Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 19, 1917, Page 6

FRIDAY, JANUAEY 19, 1917, A TREE AND A DISEASE. Malaria and th. Effect Produced by Planting a Blue Gum. uring the latter decades of the nine- ‘eenth century it was a common prac- dce to plant blue gum or eucalyptus trees in districts infected by malarial fever. It was held that the essential ofl produced by the leaves combated the harmful vapors rising from the swamps laden with the poison of the disease. The discovery that the ma- larial germ is introduced into the blood by a mosquito has settled once and for all the origin of the disease. The theory that the eucalyptus tree neutralized the poison vapors is non- Y & sense, yet the fact remains that where blue gums were freely planted there was always 2 notable decline in the amount of mnlnrm What is the explanation of this cur- cumatance? It has been demonstrated that, of nearly all trees, the eucalyptus absorbs the greatest amount of water. Two seedlings—a blue gum and a plum —were placed with their roots in wa- ter, and the height of the water was carefully marked. The plants were kept in & warm atmosphere and ex- amined at the end of twenty-four hours. The little eucalyptus had dis- sed of four times the water that the lum had been able to take up. Seeing that blue gums increase in ht with great rapidity, often grow- ing many inches a day in a hot posi- tlon, the amount of moisture taken up increases on a greatly progressive scale. And this is just what brings about the downfall of the malarial IR DS Electricity and Coal Waste. From coal we chiefly draw the sun’s stored. emergy, which is required to meet our industrial and commercial needs. According to statistical records, the output in the United States during an average year is 480,000,000 tons. In perfect engines this fuel would be suf- ficient to develop 500,000,000 horsepow- er steadily for-one year, but the squan- dering is so reckless that we do not get more than 5 per cent of its heating value on the average. A comprehen- sive electrical plan for mining, trans- porting and using coal could much re- duce this appalling waste. What is more, inferior grades, billions of tons of which are being thrown away, might be turned to profitable use.—Nikola Tesla in Collier's Weekly. The Color Cure. To cure smallpox was apparently a very simple matter in the good old times. John of Gaddeston, court doc- tor to Edward IL, Has recorded that he got rid of the disease by the simple expedient of wrapping his patients in red cloth. “Let scarlet red be taken,” he says, “and let him who is suffering from smallpox be entirely wrapped in it or in some other red cloth. I did thus when the son of the illustrious king of England suffered from small- pox. I took care that all about his bed should be red, and that cure succeeded very well.”—London Tatler. 5 Persia’s Great Superstition. | The greatest superstition in Persia is what is known as the “evil eye.” You must not say to some one whom yow mosquito. To complete its life cycle it Is necessary that this insect should Pass its larval stage in pools of water. - With the coming of the eucalypti these Pools ang indeed all marshy places dis- “ppear, the breeding spots of the mos- quitoes are gone, and in time the in- sects vanish altogether. THE MIDDLE WEST. ‘Can Any One Really Tell Just Where It Is Located? The east retains a somewhat con- descending attitude toward the middle ‘west, and in its friendliest moments t speaks of the plainsmen as “first rate raw material,” as if the middle west existed and had somehow a local habi- tation and a name. The middle west itself is by no means #0 sure about that. Although the prai- ries begin at Batavia, N. Y., Buffalo- nians resent being termed middle west- erners, Omaha I should describe as unquestionably middle western, yet there are middle westerners who repu- diate Nebraska and only tepidly ac- cept Kansas, while St. Louis and Kan- sas City belong to the middle west ac- cording to some authorities, to the south according to others as vociferous, By general consent Minnesota belongs to the northwest. However, if you go halfway from Portland, Me.,, to Port- land, Ore., all of Minnesota lies behind you. In Chicago they say: “Why, man, alive, thefe’s nothing western about us! This is the interior.” A dear soul in Montana remarked to me: “How Jjolly to hear that you came from the east! I'm an easterner myself. I lived in Iowa.” 1 ‘Where, then, is the middle west? In the words of the immortal Artemus, I er, “Nowhere—nor anywheres »”—Rollin Lynde Hartt in Century _‘_fifinm!ne. The Height of Trees. ‘When one is out for a walk it is a very common thing to wish to know the height of a particular tree which happens to catch the eye. When the sun is shining it is possible accurately to measure the height of the tree from the shadow it casts on the ground. In order to do so a stick must be set up- right in the ground so that its shadow falls beside the shadow of the tree. Then, as the length of the stick’s shad- ow to the stick’s height, so is the length of the tree’s shadow to the tree’s height. For example, suppose & two and a half foot stick shows a shadow three feet long and the tree’s shadow i8 eighteen feet long. There- fore the tree is six times as high as the stick, which shows that the height of the tree will be fifteen feet. 3 ] ] He Was Short. Barly one evening a frail little girl entered a candy store and asked for a cake of chocolate. After she had the candy she put four pennies on the counter and started out. The storekeeper, though averse to frightening the little thing, called aft- er her in a gentle voice: “You're a penny short.” “No; you're a penny short,” she call- ed back as she disappeared. . Woell Named. - “A wonderful man is my uncle,” said Httle Binks, “so very original and : witty.” = He says he called his dog “Sausage” because it was half bread, his goat “Nearly” because it was “all butt” and his prize cockerel “Robinson” because it “Crusoe.”—Exchange. A Sure Winner. *T've been stuck at different times on cotton, tobacco, oranges and corn. “Well?” “Now I think I'll invest in a coal (g mine. That crop is never a failure, and there’s always a demand for the out- put.”—Kansas City Journal Bitter. o0 is that foolish man that is in e with you?” “How do you know he is foolish?” “He is in love with you.”—Houston Post. Vessels large may venture more, but lttle boats should keep near shore.— Franklin, meet, “How well you are looking!” for if you do and that person is taken ill 15 will be because you gave him the evil eye. You must not say to a moth- “What a pretty baby!” “Whnt a bright ‘child" for if yotf do and any- thing unfortunate happens to the child you will be considered responsible. Many mothers let the children go dirty and poorly clothed in order that they may not attract favorable attention. The sign which is thought to have some power to avert the evil eye consists in holding the second and third fingers of both hands close to the palms with the thumbs, while the other fingers are ex- tended straight out. Then, with the hands behind you, you make a down- ward movement three times. Struggle of the Rivers. The discovery that there is a kind of struggle for existence and survival of the fittest among rivers is one of the most interesting results of the modern study of physiography. A notable ex- ample of this contest is exhibited by England’s two biggest rivers, the Thames and the Severn. Between their valleys lie the Cotswold hills, and exploration shows that the Severn by eating backward among these hills where softer strata underlie them has diverted to itself some of the headwa- ters which formerly flowed into the Thames. Vulgarity. “Why do you say he is vulgar?” »Because he has at least ten times as much money as I have."—Chicago Herald. Be pitiful, for every man is fighting & hard battle.—Ian Maclaren. Read Daily Pioneer Wantads IS YOUR SPINE in perfect adjustment? Do you suf- fer from various ills? Have you investigated and learned about CHIROPRACTIC, Nature’s way to health and long life? Call and talk the matter over with us. . A. Dannenberg, D. C. First National Bank Bldg., Bemidji Office Hours: 10-12, 1:30-5, 7-8 Phone 406-W = = R e e ——— e Ship or bring your Furs & l-lldos while prices;are high EIILIIBEHE’S HIDE & FUR GO. 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