ONE OUT OF TWELVE
GET HOSPITAL CARE
Survey Gets Data on Cost of
Medical Treatment.
Washington.—More than 10,000,000
persons, or approximately one in every
twelve Inhabitants, are treated each |
year in the hospitals of the United |
States, according to figures cited in “a |
survey of statistical data on medical |
facilities in the United States” pre-
pared by Dr. Allon Peebles for the |
committee on the costs of medica’ |
eare,
Latest figures in possession of the |
committee also show that inhabitants |
of the United States spend an average |
of more than two days a year each ir |
bed in hospitals.
Five-Year Study Plan.
The survey of medical facilities h |
part of a five-year study being made |
by the committee on the costs of med- |
ical care under the chairmanship of
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur. Its purpose |
is to study the problem of the “deliv- |
ery of adequate, scientific medical |
service to all the people, rich and
poor, at a cost which can be reason-
ably met by them in their respective
stations in life.”
Altogether there are at present ove.
200,000 hospital beds In the United
States, the survey indicates. This in-
cludes beds of all kinds—for medical,
surgical, mental, tubercular and other
types of cases. There are, besides,
more than 49000 bassinets for new-
born Infants,
Many Persons Employed.
It was found by a study made b
Jdties ranging from 100,000 to 300.000
in population that for every 100 hos
pital beds there are two internes, seven
graduate nurses, twenty-nine student |
nurses and two attendants, i
Including physicians, dentists, drug |
gists, midwives and other practitioners |
and all the other types of workers in |
the field of health, hygiene and dis- |
ease, the business of curing
illness |
and maintaining health employs nearly |
1,500,000 persons in the United States.
About 600,000 of these are employed |
in hospitals.
Pecos River Is Dubbed
Pirate of U. S. Streams
San Antonie, Texas.—The Pecos riv-
er of west Texas, arch pirate of the
ages, may eventually change the |
stream pattern of mid-continent Amer- |
iéa, R. B. Campbell, petroleum geolo- |
believes.
"Campbell has pointed out that the
Pecos has already “beheaded” the Col- |
orado and Brazos rivers by taking over | |
their tributaries,
When the Canadian river is “be
neaded,” there will be a third river
skeleton stretching its dry framework
over the western plains. In ages to |
come, the Pecos may behead the Ar-|
kansas and South Platte river, robbing |
the Father of Waters of some of its
contribution from the eastern slopes of |
Qie Rockies, Campbell declared.
Lily Raises Din as It
Grows 5 Feet Overnight
Irvington, N. J.—For eleven years
Mrs. Elizabeth Arnold has Lad a ber-
os" hi a native of Mexico, in which
takes great pride because of its
rapid” gro . Frequently the plant
In true Jexleny style,
wie
or some time It
in as
Cy earth
and ran downstairs, “The berserk lily |
EE 4 Dlossony tn big as «ay head. |
nomy Fails to Hit ;
Detroit Postoffice Cats
Detroit.—Government pay rolls and |
salaries may be slashed in economy |
fledsures, but the post office casts of
Détroit will continue to draw thelr ra-
an, pro provided for in the miscellane- |
The cats are provided to |
teep mice out of mail containing food- |
Hust 35 Shoots Hawk
Fat Rabbit |
Mt, ou Pa.—Tom Price of Slat- |
pgion shot at a hawk high above his |
wad and brought down a rabbit, he
Anima, g the same time he bagged
w
ce reported he saw the hawk fly
about 35 feet In the air, He fired.
he hawk plumped at his feet. - In ite
alons was a fat rabbit,
3oulder Dam Workers
Must Wear “Tin Hats”
Las Vegas, Nev.—War equipment is
g vogue at Boulder City, near where
rorkmen are constructing Boulder
Jam, Fifty dozen “tin hats” have
een ordered by the Six Companies,
ne, for every man on the job, None
£ the workmen will be allowed In
be canon bottom without one of the
hats.” Falling rocks have done dam-
ge to els, they say.
Hitcumshing Stopped
Seattle, Wash —George: OC. Law
mee, lifiv-four, contractor, hic
saghed continuously four days. The
iment wus stopped by sodium amy-
Wf, which has heen used with success
I ‘several purts of the country,
HOW
HARVEST MOON IN SKIES
OBEYS A NATURAL LAW.—
Owing to the advantages derived
from moonlight during the time
of harvest in England, the Har-
vest moon's coming is always
celebrated as a festival among
the peasantry, who devoutly be-
lieve that the so-called Harvest
moon is nothing more nor less
than a divine interposition in
thelr behalf, prolonging the light
aud thus aiding them in gather
ing the harvest, but astronomy
has shown that the seeming phe-
nomenon is simply the result of
a neutral law in the realm of
that science,
If the moon moved in the ce-
testial equator it would rise and
set directly in the east and west,
respectively, and rise later each
night at almost a constant in-
terval, but it moves in a path
always inclined to the ecliptic at
an angle of about 438 degrees and,
therefore, in all parts of its or-
bit does not rise at equal inter
vals on each succeeding night ex-
cept at the time of the antumnal
equinox, in the latter part of
September, when the sun being
in the constellation Virgo and the
full moon opposite the sun, in
Pisces, it rises ar sunset at vir-
tually the same time on several
successive evenings, While dur-
ing thar time it has advanced
in its orbit about 12 or 13 de
grees, its path being very oblique
to the horizon, it will appear but
little helow its position at the
same time the following evening
and, therefore, rising only a little
later, appearing in the east at
nearly the same time after sun-
set on several successive nights.
How Gas From Volcanoes
Produces Common Sal
The Manchester (England) Guardian
s always digging up quaint and un-
nsunl bits of information. For years,
in face from infancy, we have been
| going around asking who put salt into
| the sen,
And now we find out.
the Guardian:
“The next time we get a mouthfu.
of unpalatable salt water while sex
bathing we should lay the blame for
our feeling sick on the world's vol-
canoes—according to an interesting
conclusion arrived at by Dr, T. A. Jag:
gar, director of the Hawaiian Voleano
observatory and a volcanologist of in
ternational eminence. Doctor Jaggar
reckons that at least 485 active vol-
canoes are jetting forth in the course
of a year more than 100,070,000 tons
of hydrochloric acid, which vises as a
gas mingled with the steam. Merging
with the water vapor forming clouds.
it falls with the rains and unites with
the sodium in the rivers to form
sodium chloride, or common salt.”
Says
How Wood ls Fireproofed
Can you imagine wood thar wil,
aot burn? As a matter of fact there
is no known wood that will not burn
in the natural state, But Dr, P. G. von
Hildebrand, the well known chemist
and former German citizen who has ex-
perimental laboratories at Spring.
dale, near Pittsburgh, has discovered
a way to treat any kind of wood to
make it fireproof, as strong as steel
and as light as aluminum. He can
even take chips and other waste
pieces of lumber and by a process
of ‘cooking the wood Into a pulp pro-
duce materials which he claims ean
jhe used In the place of metals, bricks
| and asbestos. First he chips the wood
into! small pieces, cooks or grinds jt
#into’ fiber. then presses it back into
tumber of the fireproof variety. —~Px-
change.
How Kangaroo Guards Young
Like the partridge that with droop
ng wing leads her pursuers a merry |
“hase I a direction away from the
among the grasses,
mother practices strategy to protect
her young when she is being pursued
by dogs. When the kangaroo is car
| rying a baby In her pouch she cannot
| make as much speed as otherwise.
When she sees that the dogs are gain.
| tng on her she will drop her little one
| RS i A FP new
| direction to attract attention away
from It. If she Is successful in elnd-
ing her pursuers she will return later
by a circuitous route to récover her
baby.
How Fish Sleep.
| nt
of men and women an py bows
Fish cannot close their eyes ano |
cherefore
the ordinary sense of that term as
fader to mammals, says Path-
buteuy fisheries, however. experi-
special apparatus indicate
that a are more active at certain
times and that these periods of aectiv-
ity are followed by periods of repose,
Such periods of inactivity, which are
variable in degree, may he compara
ble to sleep In the sense of physiolog
leal rest.
How to Clean Pearls
One method of cleaning pearls is to
hang them for a couple of minutes in
hot strong wine vinegar, then remove,
and rinse them in water. Ir left too
long in the vinegar they will be in
Jured,
How Cobweb Got Name
Cob is an old name for spider, hence
the origin of the word cobweb,
Magazine. According to the!
are unable to sleep iv |
|
the world,
Lagiiation. Goes Bar WHY
With the Superstitioutr| Auto Drivers Should Take
No matter how intelligent we are by _
nature, or how reasonable and wise Rigid Visual Tests
Red and green were chosen for the
we may become with the experiences
of years, man never quite loses his | Stop and go signals of our traffic sys.
fear of the supernatural—nor belief in| tem probably because they had been
its manifestations, regardless of how | used for years in maritime traffic to
exalted his circumstances and condi- | indicate the port and lee side of
tions. An Instance has just been re- Ships, says a recent bulletin of the
ported from Moncalieri, near Turin, | Better Vision institute, And the rea-
where a young couple, setting up | son for their use at sea was that
housekeeping, had just moved into a €vel before the days of science, the
dwelling which Lad been unoccupied ays of red and green lights were
for some months, No sooner had they | found by experience to pierce fogs | |
i properties
{cent of the total number of
| to be compared with nothing he had
| ever witnessed before,
to prove that superstitions, if not na- |
——— 4,000 years old, dug up in #:
| alabaster vessels, burnished
place In which her chicks are hiding | DVSCK pottery, bracelets, anklefs
the kangaroo |
from September 5, 1774, until Janu-
a
established themselves in these quar-
ters than all sorts of mysterious and |
astonishing, as well as terrifying noises
became audible. Doors shut and
opened of their own accord; windows |
rattled; vapors of unknown source |
moved here and there; now and then |
the strains of music, or of shrill whis- |
tling were heard. These experiences |
were so alarming that next day the |
trembling pair sought the aid of the
police. A gendarme, stationed there |
the next night, insisted strenuously |
that he heard all the various commo- |
tions, too, and not only that, but aet- |
ually saw a weird shape floating about |
Which all goes
tive to the individual, are at least con- |
tagious, and may be acquired and en-
tertained even by the most staid and
unimaginative of the population.—Il
Messaggero, Rome,
Importance of Grasses
in Tan's Advancement
Civilization has been built directly
upon one or another of the cereal
grasses, supplemented in some cases
with pasture grasses, according to a
professor of Berkeley university, Calif.
Cereal grasses changed man from a
nomad to a settler. Even the calen-
dar and social life was made neces-
sary by the cultivation of cereal
grasses, In 2700 B. C., the Chinese
instituted the symbolic ceremony of
sowing five useful plants each year,
these being rice, wheat, sorghum, mil-
let and the legume, soy beans. In
Egypt, barley and millet were pro-
duced as early as 4000 B. C. On
the American continent, clviliza-
tion Is practically synonymous with
one grass, maize or Indian corn.
The greatest portion of the dry land
surface of the earth Is occupied by
grasses,
“Crossing the Line”
In the modern ceremony of crossing
the equator Neptune appears carrying
a trident with his attendants, among
whom is the barber, carrying a huge
razor and tub, Neptune is accom-
panied by Amphitrite. A sheep pen
lined with canvas and filled with water
Is prepared. The victim Is seated on a
ed. First he Is shaved by the barber,
then plunged backward into the wa-
ter. It was formerly the custom to
attach the victim to a rope and dip
him into the sea.
Message Made History
When war broke out between Spain
and the United States it was very
necessary to communicate quickly with
Garcia, the leader of the insurgents.
He was somew! in the mountain
fastnesses of Cubd, fio one knew where,
No mail or telegram could reach him,
Rowan was sent for and given a letter
to be delivered to Garcia. He dccept-
ed the mission without question and
delivered the letter. The message to
Garcia was pertaining to co-operation
with the United States army,
an
Ancient Toys Dug
A little girl's grave iu IE
Jleidey among.
FEAR " come
rr mn Bg va i
aud pitchers. Translucent and banded
and
and
finger rings were also found,
Medieval Churches
Four churches of medieval periog
can be seen by visitors to Berlin, In
spite of the common impression that
the German capital is a comparative
ly youmg city. The youngest of the
four, which stands in Klostersirasse,
has been restored to its original form.
This church was erected by Franciscan
mopks of the Gray Cloister, In 1290,
and Is sald to be one of the oldest
monuments of Gothic architecture In
northern Germany,
Well-Watered Country
In Venezuela rainfall varies fron
less than one inch a month in the dry |
season to as much as five inches a |
month In the rainy season. In addl-
tion Venezuela is particularly well en-
dowed with rivers, The country has
more than 1,000 rivers, About 250
rivers empty into the Caribbean ses,
while some 200 flow into Lake Mara-
caibo. Included among its streams Is
the Orinoco, one of the great rivers of
Secretary of Congress
In the Continental congresses thers
sus one oficial, called the secre-
tary of the congress, as the Continen-
tal congress was a unicameral body.
Charles Thompson of Pennsylvania
acted in this capacity throughout 15
sessions in eight cities and under 14
presidents of the congress. He served
ry 22, 1788.
and wists better than the rays of |
other lights, But it is unfortunate |
that the most common form of color
blindness Is the confusion of red and
green, eight persons out of every
hundred, according to a recent sur-
vey, being unable to distinguish br
‘ween the two,
“When men for generations were
accustomed to living and working out-
of-doors,” continues the bulletin, “col-
or blindness was more rare. Red
and green for ship's lights could be
distinguished by almost anyone, and
even if a mistake were made the con-
sequences were not as disastrous as |
they are today on land, in this age
of speed. Color blindness explains
why a great many accidents occur in
which motorists have driven through
signal lights. That Is one of many
reasons visual tests for driving li-
censes should be more rigid than they
are. Only ten states have adequate |
laws requiring such tests today. and |
it is only a question of time until |
the 90 major antomobile entnstrophes
a day force the other states to simi-
iar measures.”
Why Pine Trees Remain
Green Through Winter
Foliage of pine trees and other con-
JSerous evergreens remains green
throughout the winter because the |
needles or leaves are protected against |
low temperatures, says Pathfinder Mag- |
azine. In the development of plant
life through evolution these trees sur-
vived by adapting themselves to with-
stand the adverse growing conditions
of their environment. Leaves are
green because the predominant pig-
ment in them is chlorophyll, the sub-
stance which enables plants to manu-
facture food from water and oxygen.
The foliage of ordinary deciduous
trees is not adapted to withstand low
temperatures and in the fall the chlo
rophyll is converted into a colorless
product, This exposes other pig-
ments, particularly carotin and xan-
thophyll, and the result is the beau
tifully colored foliage characteristic
of the season. The needles of the
pine trees correspond in function to
the leaves of deciduous trees and the
green element in them is protected
from injury both by their tough ex-
teriors and by the arrangement of the
water molecules in the protoplasm of
the cells, There are coniferous ever.
greens in warm climates which are not
protected to the same extent and they
are likely to be damaged or killed by
temperatures lower than that to which
they are used.
Why Drought of 1930
Doctor Humphreys of the weather
vureau says that in 1830 such a large
amount of cold air rushed over Europe
causing unusually great rainfaii there,
the abnormal flow of polar air in that
direction withdrew much of the pres.
sure that causes currents to move
down the usual American paths. Much
of it was dissipated in Canada, causing
a wet season there. The United States ||
was therefore blanketed with warm |}§
In many sections it was heavy |}
alr,
with moisture, but the necessary cold:
alr currents required to produce raln | i
, did not arrive from the north.
Why a “Cloudburst”
Rain falls during rainfall, but clouds | i}
do not burst when there is a “cloud-
burst.” United States weather bureau
experts say that sometimes strong up-
ward currents of air held raindrops up
from underneath and prevent them
from promptly reaching the ground.
Then the drops gather in much larger
quantities than they usually do. When
the upward alr currents lessen, or so
much water accumulates that the air
cannot support it, there occurs the
deluge of rain thae we call a cloud-
burst,
Why Shock Causes Death
The reason why un ordinary low vol
of electricity like the 110 volt ordi
narily used for house lighting can kill
people is explained in Modern Mechan-
fes and Inventions Magazine. What
the low voltage does is to shock the
heart so that muscles of that organ
begin to quiver. continually causing
what physicians call fibrillation. This
prevents the full and regular con-
tractions which are necessary to pump
the blood.
Why Moon Is Irregular
The moon's orbit around the earth
18 not a perfect circle. The irregu-
larity in the Intervals of the moon's
rising on successive days is due to two
causes, namely: The eccentricity of
the moon's orbit, and the variation of |.
the moon's declination. If the moon
moved In a circular orbit in the plane
of the earth's equator, it would rise
each day 50% minutes later than on
the day before.
Why Onions Affect Eyes
Onions give off a chemical substance
whieh is injurious to the eyes. This
excites the nerves of the eyes, which
send a message to the brain, which in
turn sends a message to the tear
glands to make tears quickly to clean
the eyes,
these
represented 50 per
build-
preventable nature, it is claimed.
Ambition
Many young men are anxious to be in busi-
ness for themselves.
Unless they are furnished with two essential
requisites, Experience and Capital, they had bet-
ter stay out.
These two, joined with industry and good
judgment, are necessary to success.
If you are ambitious to become a proprietor
begin to savencw. Do not wait until the op-
portunity offers and then try to borrow the
necessary capital.
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) 30 years In the Business
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