Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 24 April 1920 — Page 4

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USE ADOBE TO BUILD HOMES Back to Materials Employed by Spanish Missions. CHEAP MTEHLU IS SOUGHT Concerned Effort to Reduce High Cost of 3uilding Snrill Homes Is Being Made in Many Places—Adobe Schedu ed for Picturesque Recrudescence —Cool in Summer and Warm in Winter. ConciTtVil olTori in rodtice tlie lii^li oust of Imllilini: small liomes. so as to iibice ilii“in within roach of families uf nwiili'si Incomes, is heins marie In ninny places. Analytical chemists are timling their services in demand tcsiinc the various qualities of clay which It is hoped will furnish The durability shown in the adobe houses built by the early Spanish settlers in Nmv Mexico, Arizona and California tmire tlmn n century since. Many of these buildings still extant are as solid If not more so, than they were when plastered together by their crude designers and constructors. Inns before i lie Louisiana territory became an Integi il part of the United States of America. to an article published in the I’ostThspnicti, prepared by Thomas Crane Young, prominent St. Louis architect, attention was called to his plan to neiiie a scries of experiments with the clays In the vicinity of St. Louis, to see jf small homes could not he prove! • | with a sun-dried mixture of eanh nod straw, serving as a substitute i,o walls of standard brick or bolmv tiles. These experiments, the S: Louis Post Dispatch announces, are -. ill tinder way and are being wiiti-|,,d closely by those who hope for Men,- satisfactory adjustment of the I mi -ig problem, which has reached nn acute stage In St. Louis and most of the other large cities. Adobe Brick* the Thing. \V, building costs persistently ndvuiiring and rents keeping pace with Hus upward trend, a cheap material that w i dd serve the purposes of lumber. (iricl;. stone, tile or concrete would in' a very long way in removing an admittedly serious menace. That the adobe Is scheduled for a picturesque recrudescetieo is no longer a matter of speculation, as it has nlteadv been taken up nn an intensive sen I.- in southern California, where Mime of the mission buildings t-on-strueted of earth still stand ns a metnorial to the constructive genius of the earliest settlers, who came chiefly from Spain. Like the Indians and others who bapp.-m-d along first, they decided that linan-s were essential. Having no urchltecl builders or skilled meclmnh's they look advantage of the mator \!s (hat nature supplied and molded their wall' of mud. with sufficient straw or grass to make the binding for i- necessary to hold the mass together. Kven where there was no timber available. I he' made supports of tl o same plastic iii iterlal nfier subjecting it in a drying process In the luetcst biciis of the sun's r.tys. These phin molded the clay Into blocks mu i larger than the standard bricks of !h ■ present day and Used the soft chi' instead of the lime or cement mortar used In modern construction S-rnpIc P •'■.3 of Building. V.'niie the construction of th - adobe Ti c - ■ is II slow process, it Is yet simli'o and requires no large wot king Lire - such ns l< needed In the bulidii.g a home with hrh !; tiles or lumber out lit Callforii'a. "here the a !. |s coming bad: strongly, women and girls have turned builders and h.n,» i pa red some attractive-looking bungalows. They follow closely the si\!,- of Ihe mission builders anil vo , with a gcnu-iie rest onec thev g>‘t their houses under way. In the Huntington Hark district, near I.os Angeles, voting women are giving time nnd study to their plans and are getting some artistic effects when it comes to the stucco work on the ox ter or of the walls. When the litllc homes are completed. It is planned to ti a ui vines that will spread all over tie striiclnres and add greatly to their pirt in esqiie lieutlly. Though the Spaniards are credlle! witb ie d m-lopinimt of the adobe, excavations made In ancient Assyria. P.jIi.Ioii mid Kgypt have disclosed Ihe t ict that the same material, mixed "I'h straw nnd grass, was generally t's.-ii far home building by these curly races Thev followed the same general | ss of molding the bricks or hotel a uniform sir ■ and then di > in. .cm in tin- sun. before selling ihem in the walls. Where a stout huilillit'g was desired a very thick "all w.i- constructed, hut most of Ihe Ie. s,-s had but one thickness of the I 'id-tiiolded forms. Indians Were P oneers. 'I he adobe o| southern California and Arlr.onn In Its crudest stale has nlv-'avs in cn a delfght to the artist. I’art of the soil, not altogether lovely, but yet litirmonlous. they present a froiit of solidity and unobtrusive dignh.' that deeply Impresses one at on.o 'Ihe first adobes hullt by the In I ms. who had little Inclination for nn hltecfurnl henuliflcntiiiu. were walls of mud heaped up In mass, with a pics- nf wood or n hunch of grass stuck here and there to give the mixture holding qualities. The early Spanish came along and studied the ai ts and crufts of the In.

'll.ms with pro'ii. They found iii.my of the adobe houses in good condition and as other niaterhils were not easily ohliilned. they began itiiproveineiils on ilie original plan. They found that most of the soil of Hip country was well adapted for such uses and they gathered their workers together and liroceeded to build their missions. They shaped the pliable day into macks -4 by 12 by Iti indies, and added a liberal measure of grass to tinpart strength and prevent disintegration. These were piled up in 'he orni of iiariillelograin. the soft earth, a ell watered, being placed in to- Interstices and over the points. As timbers and shingles coulil not he obtained, they molded suhsiliutes of ike siinie mud composilion and Install'd them in place. After the great earthquake of INI2. Ihe Spin in ids uhiiiidoned the practice of providing ''oot's of this iiiiitcrial, as it was In that disastrous happening that the top ot the tiiissioa ehlirvli of San Juan l'upistruno collapsed while the place was lilled with frightened memliers of ihe eolony. Many of the worshipers were killed by the falling blocks. Cool in Summer, Warm in Winier. The walls of the early houses varied i good deal, some having a thickness if three and four feet, and the floors cere n t ie of ihe same composition. I'lie adolies served Ihe double purpose if keeping the occupants cool In the extremely hot weather and warm when a wintry blast happened along. Where it was available, ihe early builders, espeelally the Indians, eontbini-d tin* soil with “tulle.'' a sort of reed found In tin- swamps. Tills added innterlnl strength to the walls. Many of these ahius, reared more than a hundred venrs ago. are still occupied by the leseetidnuts of their designers. Among 'In* foothills of I’alomar are several illlimes of the Temecula Indians >vhose hills, built nf this formula, are 'til! providing, home and shelter. \YIie! ■ tin* mud bricks were placed it the walls without first being dried nut !Iioioughly end mixed with some sort of a hinder, they soon stierumbed in the we ll her and disintegrated In Mine. Thus the original building of In- Sun (iahriel mission was reduced ni time to a mere mound. This fur nlshed an object lesson to the htilldors who constructed the other missioi groups of stancher compositions. I'm ii'iinv years one of the show places of Snatii r.arhara was the adoht ntitiidon elected by Don Aguirre, nnd known as "La Cnssa dc Aguirre.' Palace Built of Clsy. Dan Agtt'rre was a rich Spaniard who did not believe In praetleln: economy 'Vh"n it came to providin i home far himself mid Ids descend nits. He used adobe for his wall In-ciittse l li d vvns the popidur materln if tin* time, hut he made them n thick as an ordinary' fortress; its win lows deep ns the ports for guns am protected from without with very heavy shutters. The shingles cumi from Ilonoluhl and the furniture and 'npostrics front Spain. It contained a store, niagii'/tne. warehouse and court and In elTort was n village with In Itself. Tlie residence was lit lat'gi looms and its drawing room was ktio-vn to the grandees from San Diego to Monterev for Its receptions and pm tics, at which the Sennru Aguirre presided with nil the grandeur of a qcenn. Tl . patio was 10 by It) feet the arches of adobe being supported by colui >ns of artNtlc molding. The porch "a - Hilly 15 t'eet in width, ex 'cud ng ihe entire leii::th of the court. Tli s fun its i ieathm of adobe stood • i.Lilly, lel'ying the ravages of time iiid wet her extremes, until about I' enty fiv- years ago, vvhni a cloud Imisi in iiie mountains sent a cuturuct dow n on tin place, tearing nut the suptort. m l s.artlng the disintegration that rnii ed its eventual ruin. Tip- . | it a- builders of 11)20. while seeking - .line of the decorative < lietue of tlie Spanish builders, are more io'etil on ptuvidiiig small homes rather then forts, nnd are icit making their walls as thick as Don Aguirre deemed n s essary. Durability and ;iennani , niy can he Insured withoul icsorling to miHi massive walls, uhd as lumber nod shingles can l>» secured for tie- roofs and supports. It Is not access try to Imite mishaps such as iicruired In the 1M2 earthquake. Hag Proved a Success 'lln* saving in brick and files, the tiliicqial Items in home construction is a m-i v iniportnnt factor In the cost of providing the small home, and tlie workers out In t'allfornia nnd other western states will flnd many others following their example In combating the high cost of littild'ng. That Ihe 'omen have fnutifl It pleasant employ-.u-nt mixing the mud nnd molding the i,locks to go Into the walls Is atso rem b’d as a promising augury that ibeic will Ie many convert 4 to Ihe idobe plan. lif course, nil clays are not as well idapt I as thos-* In tie- far West for 1 doll*- walls hut most cities have a 1 riely of roils null t- sts should he ,ade iM-foro Hie bricks are molded. In the vicinity of St. Louis some of 1I1 bi-s-: brick, terra cotta and tire■lay products In the country are produced winch means that there is a bountiful supply "f material waiting *o he taken out n( tie hosom id Moth cr I la it h I'm' those who wish to experinieiit anti lytllld. The tests now hetag ■unde by Arihltert Young nnd Ids assicintes at'^■ being awall<A| with Inter i*s( hy many persons who liave lots at t I u k the nouns to provide houses .t Hie present record liteaking prices if materliils of commoli usage. If the •arlh and its straw nr other hinder an he haniiiii 1 ed and treated inti ■ hniie to siiijjdy the walls. Si Louis <\ill nut tie long in catching up with die «'ulifornia meu nnd women who are achieving results.

'PROBABLY ENJOYED THE JOKE

Young Officer Might Easily Have Guessed How Much Captain Schley Was Able to Surmise. When a group of American naval oflleet's on shore leave In Brest were exchanging reminiscences, a tniddh* aged oflieer of the keen, alert type t'elated this incident of his early days in the service: I was Just out of Annapolis, and prohnhly not so sedate ns I should have lircn. In the long hours ot the night, while Hiking my turn on "atcli. I would frequently take a few turns ahout the ship and. If all was well, curl up in a dark ciirner and rest The late Hear Admiral Schley, then a captain, was in command of the ship, nnd he must have suspected that we younger officers were not walking as nmoli as we should while on watch. fine niglii he gait- me a small pack age to slip in my pocket, "lb-turn this package to me when you eo.oe off In the morning!'' he Tirdered. When the next night he did the same thing and cautioned me to keep moving about, I became suspicious and examined the package closely Although I could not gat a elite to its contents, I suspect ed that it some how kept track of the distance I traveletL while on watch. We wee near the equator and in the histnrb Spanish Main oei-ati lanes, and It was so warm that I didn't want to keep walking; so I called a sailor and. handing him a hill, told him In take the package and shake It violently for several hours. After the cruise v.as over. ('apt. *Srhley called me to Ids cabin anil told "nn- that as he was leaving New York tin Invenlor handed him 11 package, saying It would show how far a mail walked If carried in his pocket. "The first night you carried this package." (’apt. Schley explained. "It slid ved that you scarcely had walked at all : and the next night It showiAl that von had vnlked as far as from New York to Kansas city. I could not •tecuse .‘in American officer on merely the evidence of such an untrustworthy machine. We will forget It." As I was leaving tin' room I glanced back and caught a twinkle in tie ad inirnIs eye. I have since wondered lust how lunch the shrewd old sea dug surmised.—Youth's 1 ’ompanlon. French Pipe Lines. The Ki'enoh undersocroinry' of state for public works has given a contract for the construction of n pipe line from Le Havre to I’ar's to convey crude petroleum, the work to be ('iimpleted within a year. The tender for the work was made by the f'ompngnie dcs Ma'/.outs de rot roles. The lines, for there arc to be two. will pass Bolhee. Hnrantln. IJoncii and I’outoise, and will consist of a large pipe having 11 Imre nf 25 oenflmoters and of a smaller having a Imre of ten eenl illP-ters. The flrsf will have a rapacity of •I.5PP tons of heavy romhuMihh- oil per day and the smaller will have a rapacity of I.IHKl tot s per day. These two p'pes ought to have an appreciable ImjmrInner for Paris in Itself and as a distributing point, and though the initial cost Is no trifle, being reckoned at francs "at tioruinl exchange," tlu* project, v ilh pn per iiamngeineiit. ought to he successful.

Pcnjicr. Cult in Paris. The cult of tie* p ngiiln has come to Paris, w riti a correspondent. In many houses and in more shop win (low s you w ill now flnd quaint, cuntcm [dative penguins as ornaments, or In pottery and china. The penguin poree lain cotYee set is the latest design. I'athei penguin in delicate, deftly shaped white china makes the coffer pot. and the coffee, nicely hot in hS plump body, pours out through Id' long, sturdy hrak. Penguin Junior, a lULe slimmer, is the milk Jug. anil tin coffee cup, in tin- shape of a penguin's egg. Is little penguin "ihoiight of” but not yet born.

P : g Livl a Mirth on Snow Pierre. S D.—A pig. on the (hiring ton raneli. In ILe icon county seems to have as ninny lives as most cats and possibly may be superior In some re sneets to a v Imb- lot of camels. The pig fell Into a well and remained there for 2N days During this time the owner searched and advertised for the missing porker. It was found by 11 dog. whose actions attracted a cnnijr of cbllllrcn. Kvidentlv the pig had lived on snow. It was weak, hut will In - to eat when hoisted from Ihe well, for It had lost about sit pounds.

Mmc'snt Loin in Well. A silver coin abonr the size of a dltue and dated 17TJ was found hy Adolph lleuser in the bottom of a wel' on his father's farm in the Brown va 1 ley district ncai Marysville, t’al. Tin tarings are hadlv wom. hut show tfm' the coin Is of Spanish origin Iteiisi-i "as rlcnhlug out the well whett he found the old coin.

Even Were New Suits Not $40. Sir Oliver f.odgg says that dying Is like discarding an old suit of clothe*. To s iiiie of us doing the latter is almost as hard us dying, truly.—Bim ;

loti Trnnserlpt.

SHOES TELL fALE HIT INFLUENZA

Criminal's Tracks as Good as His Calling Card.

Interesting Story of How Hun Agent Who Attempted to Blow Up Munition Plant Was Speed.ly Brought to Justice. Puriri;* the Inu* 'Mir. \\ Mir lahnr troti ‘•Ms, sfrikt’* tifmI rMfiriv' wvim hrnuulir rihmir l»y enemy n^enfs uliMli Interferecl with the production nf war mal(*rial. n dariiiiz atirtnpt wns mn»le (nd(*. sfrny a Inr^e nmii'tiou plnni. Bui t!m hnmh (danted under a pile nf boxes in fin* factory failed to explode, says tlie

Huston (e’lohe.

'I he crtiaioal forced entrance ihroaffh >. window hy the use of a jimmy; Ida Miuerprhils $\crc foimd smeared all • '*r r)oorUtin!»« and window sills; hut lie had worn gloves nnd ihe prims were useless ns evidence. I »eep foot impressions pointing toward the factory were found on the grounds surrounding the plant. TIicsq were traced to ilie window where ihe onlranee liad been forcefi. The deep foolpriuis itulicnted ilia* the one wiio made them had been carryim: a heavy object, nnd as he had taken lon>? steps. It showed lie was a •all man. A chiropodist stationed at 1 nearby army ramp was called into • lie case and he made several easts of fhe footprints leading to ihe factory. The results of the casts showed that the criminal had worn a pointed-hud. Knglish last shoe, with a broad heel; ihe shoe had been recently linlf-soled. and that there were heel plates of a foreign ninke on tlie heels. There was 1 ms rkeil promition of the internal lateral border ami aho a marked uhducinn of the right ffml, wliich proved a

lat rigid font.

Who was this "John I Me" with a marked right foot, wearing pninted•ced. I’nglish last shoes, recently half -oled. with foreign make plates on the heels? What cnhhler carried import'd load plates and had laieiy attached 1 ptilr to a newly half-soled, poinicd-

foed. Knglish Iasi shoe?

The rest was easy. .lolm !h»e was 1 ppr» bended within 4S hoars ami is

io\v behind prison bars.

In footprints the same ridge formarion will he found as in Hagerprints, • tit footprints taken from flu* hare foot I ‘'| n f ire only foiiu',' ocot;-ionally. liecanse mn«it people wear shoes. Shoe and hoot prints may at times play an hnoortnid part In ihe detection of crime, because they reproduce the character-

istics a if the wearer.

Pediatrists claim that determination is indicated hy the feet kepi in a parallel position ; a enlcuhifive and curium person toes out considerably ; shiftMsstiess ami Infdtnncy is indicated In 1 *waying walk; while good health is -dioun hy h brisk gait. Sick pe|i|ile hag their feet along the ground. In the r\eminntiofi of shoe or hootnrints we will he aide to determine ihe exact type of the shoe worn. It will also show heel plains, patches, pegs, si itches, ext ra nails, and w here the shoe is worn more or less. All these marks present ven strong whMnce lhat may lead to tin* apprehension of a criminal: sis each indl«ddmd hy the reason of his own pe•tdtar gait, manner of walking, etc., wears out every pair of .shoes in the

very same areas.

AT ITS SOURCE Dr. Simon Flexner Proposes Combating Dread Disease

at Its Origin.

EASTER!! EUROPE PLAGUE SPOT Many Rscordad Epidemics Shown to Have Emanated From That Area — Disease Claims More Victims Than European War. t Nhnv York.—Aooonliiig to Dr, Simon I b-xtu-r. Director of Laliuratories of tin' Itnckcfclb-r Institute fur Medical Hi-sea rch. further recti rreuces nf the Inillten/.a ccob-ioic can he lO'C'eiitcd only t>y wiping out the disease at its source. In :t recent address before the Congress of'Aiiicrlcan I'hyslcluns iind Surgeons, later ptiblishetl hy the AnicriCiin Medical Assocl.-ition. he outllued tic- path of the disease through its

different singes.

"There an- excellent reasons fhr re gnrding the eudi'iitlc home of itiflucn/.ii to be Kastern liiiriqic." he said, "and in particular the border regions between Ktissiii and Turkestan. .Many recorded epidemics nave been shown more or toss clearly to enutnafe from Men area, while the epidemics of recent history have heen traced there with a high degree of eouehisiveness i'roin lids Kiisterti Lome, at intervals of two or three decades, a migrating epiileniie iiiflltenza heglns, nmviiig east ward and v.estwnrd. with the greatet velocity in the hitter direction.

Uncanny in Action.

“To the casual observer there is si'iiirihiiig iineiinay in the way itillu ei'-a strikes down its victims. While other epidemics proceed trout hail to worse, with at least progressive In creases in intensity, influenza seems to overwhelm eouiuianlties over even wld (■1 stretches of territory as by n sing 1 " stupendous blow. While in the one ease the gradually iiceelernting rate of speed of extension inn) be Inkeli to Imlb'iite fiersonal eoiiveyanec of ttie provoking nilero-organlsni. In tin* oilier (be sudden wide onset appears the very negation of personal cointntllil. 1- j

Henee the Invoking of mysterious Influences, the revival of tbe notion of I mhism and similar agencies, to Recount j for this phenomenon. Indeed, the pub j lie mind in general lends Itself readily 1 to such formless concepts, for the n-n- j son that there still resides in the mns» .

Old Dwelling New a Th*if?r. 'Ihe Sip innnnr. Indi In I .dd. has been sold and will lie ra.'.etl to make wit for a moving pb t tie lliealer I he manor stands at lie " i n avenue Ml'd Newkirk street. .lerse> t'itv. and is ^aoi to to- tlie (thlest smieime In 'hts part of the world. 11 New York orrespomleiit ot tilt- I’ittsbitrgh Dis patch writes. The site for tbe manor s granted on .lauunry 2, liiti'.' hy (••itrits st \' esi.nr to Nielmlos Varh-tli ind Balthn'/ur Hayard. In I77('> I.o'd '■it'iiw iillis and a troop of British In'aotrv pusse,| through what w;is Mk-ii Berri-a ami tlie Kugtish eotiiiiinmlt-r -leftl In the s,p manor that night. '\'hen l.afayette visited Dot'* a rick, in Bergen, he planted two elm trees near 'tie Sip manor. The old dwelling was erected of -tone-- gathered in the nelghlno Ihmm! (tint tilled tu with yeBow clay and rub--b- Tlie p'nee has been itnp"nvcd from time to time lint the original waH* stand today as they ue-e when Unlit.

Simnlific? Launchings X hlg steel cm ge lalnt wus latinehed sfleer "sftlll)' sonic weeks a-o to life 'hro" of a single electric switch, s:t\s ihipnbir Meeh'iiies Magazlm*. Sldt*- ■ I.Mim hmgs have lieeti precipitated hitherto to skilled arinrn. who Impped through the laitnehtlig citl'b-s it n given signal., InnfleniIon on the part of one man with this old method sometimes resulted in an uneven prog ress flow n (he ways, or even in (h"JfS 'er. With the new system lieai) w tmdoii guillotines tjil-'o tla* phi* es (if life axmen. The wesgllted hlades are held a' the tops of the frames In the allraetlon of ch-eirotiingnels; wlo-n tinenrrent Is broken, all the hlades descend Ntmultaiiemisl) and the 'csspl strikes tlo* water on an even keel. Lens C0.1l Mines in Erd Shape. All of the year 1D2U will he required to complete Ihe removal nf the debris bi tin- |dts of the coal mines umiiml Lens Franee. The majority of the mines are flooded, dqe to the destruction of the machinery. Fh'ctrle pump* are being iustalled nnd new cement * shafts will m- constructed. Two ot three years w III he needed to pump ou'

all fhe water.

of the people, even in Ha- more enlightened countries, a large nm-nidl-cnled residue of superstition regor ! Ing disease. One does not need to loot; for or dig deep in order to uncover the source of this superstition. W* have only recently emerged from a past In which knowledge of the origin I of disease was scant, and such vie". ' as nitnonly held and exploited were mostly fallacious. It Is. Indeed, very recenlly. If the trsinsfornintlnn can he said to he perfect even now. that the medical profession as a whn’o has heen cniapletely emancipated. \ll this Is very far front being a matter of remote Importance only, stive In tin* etui ihe successful Imposition n f sanitary regulations Involves wide e*i opernilon: nnd tinti! the nm.lnrlty of individuals eomposlpg a ennununlty Is hronght to a fair love! of nndors'nndng of and hellef In the measures proposed. serious and sustained endeavor j to enforce them Is sea reply to he ex' '

peeled.

Routing a Bugaboo “And yet no heftcr Instance of n coinmiinleahlo (lise-tst- could perhaps he Invoked than influenza to exergis,. the ftds-e Idea of the nivstorlous orlgltt of cpidoniies. To dwell so|<-|v on the su.l il»-n nnd overwhelming stroke of ri-o (II-*-ose Is wholly to overlook tl e signllieant Incidents Mint preeedt> tlv mass Infection, hecaiise fhev ar(* of such ordinary nnture and lack nil tint malic qaallty. Ae--urnte ohservers noted long ago that Influenza la itepblemle form tlb) not constitute nn I exceptioa lo the cntiunon rttlo goverti . fug cphh-nilc diseases, wliich were J obviously associated with persons and j their migration*. What the curly sto dents made out hy tracing the epi d.-ttle backward to Its point of d'-par Mir 1 , more modern observers have eou- 1 flrtnt-d by carefully kept records, often I graphically compiled, as in the exed lent Instance of tlu- Munich rererdcoverlng the epldetn e of Iss'lliu. whleli can now la- supplemented hy a uumbet of similarly eonstru'eted records of tin epidemic just passed. Those detalbvl t t-eonls show eopvint tngly a pi-ritHl ot Invasion during which there is a grad tint rise In the ntimhor of eases to culminate, within a period vnrmcslv (s'imnted tit fiaga one to three weeks 1 In a widespread, so called ‘explosive ' outbreak of tlu* disease. "It happens Mint the ear')' eases ot j epidemic lafluenzu tend tint to be so vt-re. chiefly bi-ea^se they 1 a ret) ore littended hy pneumonia and hence an frequently mistaken, and the < iHifttsioi, In diagnosis Is resolved only w lieu the full Intensity of the epidemic is renl Iz.cil. In tile uicaulliiie. rteh oppor tnnlty has been atT-oiled for the tret and unrestricted oi.’iiuilngllng -f tie sick and Ihe well, of donhtle" healthy curriers of the Inciting agon and others, nntll so high a degiec <■ dlHMemiuiitiou of Mu- provoking micro orgnulsm has lieen seeuri-il as t 1 ex pose the ell 11 re susceptible tdouieni of the population, whleli happens to I ( large, lo an almost siniui'itto-on-. 1 spouse to Ihe efTeets of the Infertile

mierohe.

“Deduetlona of like hnpert cm, p, 1

drawn trom the geographic movements of influenza epidemics. In Hastern Itassin and Turkestan, iailnenza spreads with the pace of a caravan, in l'!uro|K- and Atnerica with the speed of nn express train, and In the world at large with the rapidity of an ocean liner; and if one project forward Mte outcome of the means of IntercouiuiiinieaMon of the near future, we may predict that the next pandemic, should one arise, will extend with the swiftness of an airship. “Moreover, not only is Mils rate of spread deternilTicd hy Ihe nature of the transportation facilities of the region or the era, hut towns nnd villages, mainland and island, are Invaded early or late or preserved entirely from attack according as they lie within or without the avenues of approach or are protected hy inaccessibility, as In instances of remote mountain settlements and of islands distant from ocean lanes or frozen In during winter

periods.

To Avert Recurrences. “It Is desirable, in the Interest of clear thinking, to entry this consideration of the characteristics of epidemic Influenza a step further. A feature of the epidemic disease of particular significance Is the tendency to recur, that Is, to return to a stricken region after an Interval, usually of months of relative quiescence. “Thus the beginning of the Inst pandemic in lOurope nnd the I’nited States has heen traced to sporadic ca^es appearing In April, May and June, possibly even earlier in certain places, while the destructive epidemic raged during September. October and November of 1!)1S. There are very good reasons for believing that In itself influenza is not a serious disease, hut that its sinister character Is given hy the renmrUnlile frequency with which If is followed, under particular circumstances hy ti eoneomitaut nr secondary pneumonic Infection lo which the severe effects and high mortality are traceable " Tin- manner in which to light diseases nf tills nature K according to Dr. I'l(*xticr. one of “central rather than peripheral control." that is. fighting tlit- disease at Its source rather Minn waging a series of campaigns against it after i; has sprend to distant centers. To quote; “According to tb : s proposal, an effort at control amounting even to eventual eradication nf the diseases In the regions of their endeu ■ survival wt aid he undertaken, an e|T rt. Indeed, not neenRlninil anil L fensi' '-|y spasmodic, as daring the | ■mdende exeursltins. hot continuous over r'hitivoty h-ng periods, in tlo' hope Mint tlie seed beds, as it were, of the disease liligh' he destroyed. "That such an e'Terr at the eradien1 of a serious epidemic disease tuny 1 carried through aureessfully. the experience with yellow fever abundantly proves. In attacking Mint disease, the eoeibat was not put off until Its epidemic spread had begun and until new territory, such as New Orleans. Jaeksonvllh* and Memphis, had heen Invaded; hut the attack was made on Its sources at Havana. I’nnnina and now <!t' i)'atiiiil. to which endemic points the extensions Into new and neutral terrltif) had been triced. More Victims Than War, “In proposing to strive for (he high achievement, not merely of parrying tin- blows struck hy destructive epidemics, hut of rendering them Impotent to strike in tin* future, wo may pause for a moment to reflect on the different wav* In -- hteti r-eoples r net to great calamities such as those brought hv war nnd hy disease. A" the results of a cruel and dovasMng war revolutions in governments suppo-ed the most -table mnv occur: no such result follows on s>MM tiinre deva-tnt-lug epidemics. The recent epidemic of Influenza claimed, possibly, more victims than d!d th- great war, and iho losses to the world In emotion spout treasure consumed, nnd progress impeded are Inenieulitlile; yet. through a fortuitous rlreumstanee of psychology. from Mu- one calamity the world may emerge chastened, perhaps cv -ti bettered, while from Mie other, heennse of n depth of ignorance amounting often to fatalism, mankind may largely miss the deep meaning of tin- I "on.”

MtRELY “CLD MAN JUf^y Ordinary Citizen, But He Drew Seme. thing of a Eulogy From California Newspaper Writer. Maybe you didn't know Old jp,. Jones. He was u printer, and |,. q,,,. hist week, and there was n pie, . t him hi the paper. The pier,. w ., s f lines long nnd It was o n the thirty sixth page of the paper In the I,,,.,,'., right-hand corner under an ndv.-r.ise-mem about soap nr something Maybe you didn't see ihe ph-ce i n fhe paper. No? Well, It Is no " ,„„| Pr There is so nitteli In the papers. old Jones didn’t amount to mivtiiing anyway. At least, he was of portanee. You could not expert the paper to give him any more room when lie died. That same day there was „ hlg sen tidal In high society, there was a revolution In Oermany, seven people were caught drinking liquor, u movie “vamp” said her diamonds were stolen nnd a tot of other very important things happened. Old Jones was hicky to get even those four lines in tlie last hidden corner of Mu- last page. And. besides all that, we n very sure Mint old Jones didn't nnd wouldn't give a whoop If the paper never even mentioned that he was dead. Ib- had left the country and was In another country far more to his liking ih> was with Socrates nnd Homer and tlie old gods and fighting men that he knew and loved In greasy books that he found In cheap second-hand stores nnd garbage cans where they hud heen discarded. Many 11 sunny hour have we spent with old Jones, learning from him things we never knew before. Fur 50 years he had read hooks that opened tip I’nrndise to him. His life am spent happily. Death meant to him 1 merely another Journey whleli. at the last, he was eager to take. Ih- was very wise nnd nlwnya very kind, and usually poor. Now. lit- Is with lu.itoo '••ster-h'-s nnd ns quickly forgotten ns though he had been n king nr a millionaire. fJond-hy. old Jones, r.lve our Vndesr regards to Socrates ami all the oilier fellows out yonder in the Shadow Land.—Los Angeles Titn -

No FI rting in Fiji Islmrls. 1 Sexes seldom moot in any for . of s,. oinl intereoiirso In the i> nils nf fl . The boys t ever flirt w ith, nor even seem to notice the girls. In public, there Is n never diminishing d " tars between them, giving the is! in,| an nppe.'irnnee of lioitig a world tl Iny-.itinking. nnd portraying p-'mltive! life ns Ulirotillllltie. The gh' 1 - :■* s! ,.. anti nmnlfes! a timid rcticcni'e Sydip-y Crecuhic, writing In llaT-j er's Magazine, says tin- nr:!-' I in is extremely timid, hut, for ;i!l that, nci'j tlie less fastidious. The ear'- wi'li! which he trains and eurls Ik" h.iir would put to slittnie any linp:i • l as • bund of tin- vainest of white v nn-n. Tito Fijian Is partlctilm- nliout 1 iciir without being necessarily gii'INii in his ways. Curls are made hv a tin.' sulisM'ute for soap, ninde of a niixtiiie of burnt roriM with water. This i« loft In the hair for a tiny or tw > When washed out and dried the hair Is curled and combed and imoin' d. Ills rxeellent from the point of view of sanitation, and makes the Fi.l'.n, prii.id of his hair.— ICxcliange.

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Fatal Apoctite of an Aged Mule. Somerset. Ky.-Col. John Innliet of Acorn hits lost n mule, which lie suvs was in the artillery in tlie c|\|| war. nnd the tcstltqony of 20 d'Ceret,: owners is (hat lie was sin- . years old Tlie animal reoenily I'e.i-loped a see '•lid sel of leelli and died from o\creating.

Lcve aru] Insanity Are Twin Ailments New York.—Love and insanity are twin ailment* in the upluh>n of Magistrate S>\ reset' in tlie West Side court. Clair Degenlmrdt. an ardent luDliantl. lieguii a ftO-dn) jail sentence tothi.v, because he courted ids w ife too wildly. “Love me or die," lie told her. leveling a gun nt her. She loved him. “A week ago another nitin told me lie was In love." R-itd the magistrate. "| sqjit him in Belle vuo. The qiiesMon |s whether liivt* and Insiiiiltv are not the

same.”

Florida’s Old Sugar Mill. Tlie old sugar mill at Nr" S .ivriia, Fla., ahout 12 tulle* flown the < "H*t from Daytona, stiimls amltl nm" luaii trees, ns a pIcMiresquc and h-geii'l liaiinted relic of file III filled eo' :i /■ I entetqirisi* tleit in 17l’.!1 hroiiglit l.- 11 * Mlnoreatis. fireehs nnd llulians ' 11 that region, and for a few brief yenrH thereafter tniiisfot iiietl seven mlies of vine tangled sv.ump himl, ahe z the const into orderly little pl3ii!nt: , *a* where grew ludiitti corn, cotton, ini'. i Indigo plants and sugar cane. And it I was probably for the crushing of tins cane, a plant no longer gt'" ii in tlie vicinity. Hint the colonists hnllt the old mill. The walls and mmhliierbeds they made of coquina, a s i r. whitish stone formed of broken sheds and corals, cemented together h> nsjure. The Iron crushing tuin'hinrrv Itself probably erected at a hfler i-iiod to replace th" milonlsts' crmiei' rafus. is ne\ertbeless retnark tide b*r Its century long resistance to the fierce corrosion of tbe tropic damp. v ’dfh quickie consumes unpnlnted Iriei've, -. Keeping Hero'sm In Check. Five-year-o'd Harry was nlme-t sicxt that his ntoMier would not ve hint n spanking for it now, for the Ire Ind long ago disappear'd, so he said ' > Ids mother: "Did yon know that my brother Jim Is a hero?" “How's that?" asked his mother Jim, who is seven spoke up! ' u! '' it was nothing tnurli. motliei'," n'ld h < cliest swelled with pride. "tie om oiT And went skating one <h ' 1 ,w'ri Hurry he gets out on soiii" thin let ! |s afraid to move, for he '•as sum that Mu* Ice was going h* t.reuk. ) Just ski:!etl out to him. I 1 " ’ him up hi tuy arms and skates !l ' ''

hunk with him."

Mules Show "Hatse Sense” Owensboro. Ky.- C n’. IVits. farmer ' owes his lift* to Ids males Fprooted j hy the wind, a giant maple ■ rushed ^ across the seat of Potts' " agon. Tlie I mules *uw what was coming, hoped nnd jerked Potts out of Mie seat ,u time. t

C't octe Mint at Shanghai. Ii Is understood hy the 1 hina lo - '' 4 that tlie government has decid' d 101* lahl'sh fhe homl mint .of , ' ,i:l Shanghai, under the control of M" 1 ■ r»»in“f cot.iinlssion, which has up." ' ed a conn ilttee to purchase the grma,' hikI make the necessary arraii-r Great C.atjr in Icsland. Tlie ' .ime Swedish studepl* 1 f ogy. after an advenfurous nine expedition In Iceland, have 'I what Is hellevisl to he the * ,M r ’ ter In the world, numsiirins louu find UiloniL’t^is —oiiuilm B»'t.