Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 6, 1920, Page 3

Y EVENING, AUGUST | WAS ABLE TO DIGEST STONES. th‘eh Historian Left Descrip- 7 ‘tion: of Man. W Btor That Was and; bistorian, give ; B cription” .of a true lithophagus or one-eater, ‘whom: he ‘encountered in northern part ‘of « France. | *This n;” states Benolt, “who answered to " the name of Brunda, net only swal- /fowed fiints aninch'and a half long, .74 full’ inch broad and half an inch ‘thick,'/ but . any' stones - lik¢', marble - which 'he ‘could reduce to powder. I .’ “examined this man with:all the atten- . tlon I possibly could, inding: his'gullet . 'very. large, his teeth..exceedingly, .. strong, his saliva very, corrosive and * /.his' stomack'lower than usual—a fact’ which I imputed to the vagt number flints which he had. swallowed. ‘“Upon interrogating one '.of . 'stone‘eater’s’ friends .1 was’ told that ‘Brunda. had been found-'three years “tbefore In-a northera uninhabited 18- Aand, by .the crew of a Dutch: ship, ‘T "\ «an make him eat raw flesb with the_ , ntones,” said" the man who was acting -a8 his keeper, ‘but I could never in- ~duce him. to swallow. bredd. He will | :.«drink water, wine and brandy, and ap- rs to' be very fond of the latter. 3 leeps 12 hours a day, but always ., At'a seated posture, with his chia rest- ing;on his knees. He smokes almost all the' time that he s not asleep or fEES GIVE MILKLIKE JUICE x Troplcs Provide : Pretty. -Fair. Substi- . ‘tute for the Animal Preoduct in - Use in ‘Northern Climes. In British Guiaha and the ' West Indies, particularly on the banks of - thex River Demerara, there grows a tree, known to the natives as the hya- ' “hysy which ylelds from its bark and ith ' a ' Julce slightly" richer :.and: ;thicker than cow’s milk. The tree is abont forty feet high and eighteen ‘inches in' circumference when full ;2§ ‘grown, and the natives use its Julce 7§ as-we use .milk, It being.perfectly. ** § . tharmless and. mixing well with' water. " The Olngalese have a° tree—they -call it kirlaghuma—which yields a fluid in all respects like milk; while in the forests of Para grows a tree " «called the massenodendron, which SR gives a milklike juice. It can be kept 3 for an indefinite time and shows no ~tendency to become sour.: On the other hand, certain trees in 3 the valleys of Aragua and in Cauagua g yleld a similar, fluid, which, when ‘ex- a1 - posed to the -air, begins te form into a kind . of cheese, which very soon i , "In ‘the Canary Tslands there is a < ff . tree called tabaya dolce, of which the nilk, - thickened- into a: jelly, is con- R “sldered -a delicacy. - Y 2 How Chinsse ‘Handle. Eggs. _. . Hunan; €hina, is & very!large egg- producing: dfstrict. . Changsha of'.the moat’ Important ;distribdting centers and'eggs are:preserved here for, shipment to other parts of China. Unger the old system .the eggs. are collected..in the. country- round- about angi sent to the egg commission houses to be sold to retail dealers or peddlers. For export to other parts of <China/ the eggs _are preserved . by wrapping them’ in . coating’ of clay and ‘salt ‘mixed with rice hulls. Such »cla_;wv,vrflpped eggs are then closely packed in large jurs and’ sealed - up, after ‘which they are ‘said to keep in- « .definitely. <7 : {7 1. “The Goose Hangs High.” The expression: . “the . goose hangs. :high” comes froni the southern amuse- -meéit' known’ as “goose !pulling.” - A Yoose, its neck- carefully plucked and o ‘greased, ‘was_hung by its feet to -’the braneh-of a. tree. . Men ‘on "horses 'would ride past.at a gallop, trying to .t it by the neck and pull the head ® iofti. The better the goose was'in dodg- i +Ing;*the greater the fun. When the .goose hung. high. so ' the competitors % 'had to stand.in their stirrups, the joy 7 -was: the grentest.” The whole of this . vexpression Is, “F)vur_\'thlng- is . lovely - ‘and’the goose hangs high.” £ % MRS. CUMMINGS WAS NERVOUS DEPRESSED ' AND _ HARDLY ABLE TO EAT WHEN SHE BEGAN. ‘TAKING'TANLAC. \ “If any one had told me there was ' 'a medicine in the world that would-do Jme .the good Tanlac has I would not elieved them, and don’t feel that T wouldbe doing right not to ' ' 'telifothers what it has done for me,” o Mrs. Willidm2A. Cummings, 1033 dmond avenue, St. Paul, Minn. - “Ror the past year'l had:suffered ‘terribly from indigestion and was inj N'a badly run-down condition when I " gtarted taking Tanlac. . My appetite Was very poor and I'could not.digest even the lightest kind c_-f food. I} sufféered a great dedl with nervous headaches and at times had terribly dizzy spells.- I was nervous and weak, “ felt depressed all the time and could ‘get ‘but little_sleep. 1 had lost con- Siderable *weight and ‘felt tired and " worn out all the time. After trying \ .| The :anatomy_of the brain: has been ¢{ ‘carried to-such a fine degree of knowl- ;1 &dge that we are now enabled. to put _?——__“_ o Imy health has been so great. all my i gladly pay five dollars a bottle for it 6,'1920 REAL TURK NOT A BARTERER Refuses to Go’Out of His' Way to Make a Sale, and ls Apt to . .Ignore Strangers. Y * TLove ‘of baksheesh (gratulties) be. .| trays ‘the falsely named Turk.. Eager- ness to do something for you or busi- ness with yoa -is-another sign- of. the mongrel Turk, Some. real Avatolian Turks.‘are ‘merchanta and sit In ‘the bazaars. ‘'But they will not go out of their way to make:a sale and they really do not care if you buy or not. Often they, Ignore: strangers; some- times: they; rebuff’ them. = When you ‘run. up, against’ this type In the bazaars, where all the Jews and Gen- tiles are after' your money with an. that we call oriental, it is like a dash’of cold, water in your face. Once in ‘a little open shop I 'saw a rug that attracted me. I started to enter. But the crouched figure on a ‘mat ‘put out a long-fingered Teft hand, grasped firmly my ankle, and removed my foot outside the threshold. I Ithought ‘there must be some supersti- tion about which foot went first. So I tried the other. The same left hand ‘proved again- its strength, All the while the merchant did not speak or look up. His right hand was string- ing ‘beads- and he- was smoking a nargile.. - He simply didn’t want' to bother with me, and my shoe told him that I was a franga (European). Later 1. got' to know that old bird, and we laughed over. stories' together. But he nefer asked me to buy anything, and I':did not want ‘to risk his friendship by making a second try for' the rug. There 'are: other things in life than selling ‘and buying. And much more fmportant! ' But the mongrel Turk, like the Christian, does not understand this. It fsn’t in his blood.—Chicago Post. 7 MARVELOUS 'iS. HUMAN ‘BRAIN Many Millions of Nerve Celis Make Up I the Mind Which Controls the s Body’s Movements. The highest product.of evolution is undoubtedly the. human brain. This is the seat of the mind—and, so far as it can be sald to have a. seat, of the soul,"also. . Filling the great cavity of the skull Is the ‘cerebrum, thrown into . many folds or so-called “convolutions.” This matter is gray on the outside and white-toward the center. It is in the gray matter, composed of millions up- on millions of nerve -cells, .connected one. with anothar, that higher thought —reasoning, assoclation, memory; etc., g0 on. In the brain there are certain sensory - centefs. which ' recerd’ the :senses ‘of “sight;7smell,> taste; Hearing. and touch. - There are also certain “areas” or. parts of the brain which move. various” parts. of the body and these are the so-called “motor areas.” ~eur-finger-upon-a- certain.spot in the. brain and sdy, “This group (or groups) of cells moves: the little toe on the left foot,” or whatever it may be. Ev- ery ' movement in-the body is controlled by these centers, efther in_the brain or by the nerves which branch out from the spinal cord.” All activities of the body, however; other than those initlated by the brain, are unconscious. —Hereward Carrington, in Leslie's, . Fird. Old_Petroleum Deposits. l The 'asphalt springs of Hit, from which Noah probably obtained the “pitch™ with which he made the Ark impervious to the *flood of waters,” have. now been thoroughly examined with ‘a’view to their-commercinl possi- bilities. - The. petroleum déposits of the land of Shinar, between' the Tigris ‘and” the Euphrates, which furnished the “slime” that”the descendants: of Noah “had for mortar” in building the tower of Babel. have Leen measured as well as'can be untjl the bit of the oil drill2r is sent down to prove wheth- er the. geologist ‘Is right. And the :source§ of bitumen which archeologists ‘have found was used as_ cement in constricting the. ancient”palaces of Babylon:and Ninevah have m}dnuht,ed- ly been located, s PR ey many ditférent medicineé and getting no benefit from any of them I was very much discouraged and had just|' about lost faith in all medicines. “As I had seén’so. much praise of Tanlac, however, I decided to give it a| trial; and. it. certainly was a lucky}’ day for ‘me, for my condition began to improve right away. only: taken: three bottles, but I:now have a splendid appetite, eat just anything I ‘want and everything agrees with me perfectly. - My nerves are in good condition, I sleep well and have gained several pounds in weight. In‘fact, the improvement in friends are telling me how well I look. I don’t believe there is another medicine in the world that will begin to compare with.Tanlac, and I would if I couldn’t get it any cheaper, for after what it has done for me I think it would be, cheap at that price.” TFanlac is sold in Bemidji by City Drug Store and by the leading drug- gists i1 every town.—Adv. g ‘ § So far I have|: ‘egetable Beef.Steaks. W 1 The' vegetable ‘beef-steak grows: on the:oak! tree. It:is.‘fungus, which 18 dark’ red above ' and- flesh-colored below.’ ;When' it is ‘cut through,: the: alternate dark and’ light streaks ex- actly. resemble the:joint from which it gets its’name. [t 18 a' wholesome gr- ticie of food. ! 5 “During & wet 'season this ' fungus| grows about seven: -feet - from. the ground. ‘It may. ‘be’ brolled, stewed, fried.” or.'if preferred, treated( like bectroot and added to the salad’ bowl. TURN HAIR DARK “. WITH SAGE TEA If Mixed With Suphur It " Darkens So . Naturally > 'Nobody Can Tell “'The ald-time m:xture of Sage Tea and Sulphur .for darkening ‘gray, streaked ‘and faded hair is grand- mother’s recipe, and folks are again using it to keep their hair a good, even color, which is quite sensible, as we ‘are living in an age when a youthful appearance is of the great- est advantage. Nowadays, though, we don’t have the troublesome task of gathering the sage and the mussy mixing at home. All drug stores sell the ready-to-use product, improved by the addition of other ingredients, called “Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound.” . It is very popular because nohody' can discover it has been applied... Simply moisten’ your comb or.a soft brush with ‘it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; by morning the gray hair dis- appears, but what delights’ the ladies with Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Com- pound, is that, besides beautifully darkening the hair after a’few ap- plications, it dlso produces that soft lustre and appearance of abundance which is so attractive. % ; —one 01 two tablets—eat like candy. {ann;u:t relil;evuflse';nbgzl,?luud assy lveel - rop tmg,' headache: caused by~ foodsouring,re, the many es - Acid-Stomach EATONIC s the bestremedy, it takes the harmful acids and gases right out . of the body and, of course, you get ‘Tenof thousands wonderfully Gunbnwed to satisfy or gist Cost a trific, Please tzy it well, efited. After you eat—always use ‘ | | * Not a grape juice but a true matured wine. 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