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MICHIGAN

College Men.

Neither in scholarship nor in fitness

for the business of life does the prod

uct of the great colleges of the pres

ent day compare with the graduates

turned out from the little colleges of

a generation agr. Then, it is true, the

toy viih the diploma was often too

stuffed with Latin and Greek and phil

osopby to be much of a practical man;

mow he knows a little about manners,

more about clothes, something about

"grinds," "poaches" and "profs," hut

'the evunum bonam of hi knowledge

relates to drep kicks and line bucking.

The old type was better, says the

Washington Post, because, though im

practical, he had a trained mind and

was tattied to discipline, whereas the

new product has gotten most of his

training in the ways of a good time.

College life is, or should be, a period

of training which prepares the youth

for the business of a broader life. It

win not do to cultivate exclusively the

superficialities, which the atmosphere

at most of the larger universities is

doing. One of the reasons why men

who come up from rude walks of life

without the benefits of education fre-

quently outstrip the college graduates

is because such men have trained

their powers through hard work, while

the college man has vitiated Ml tal

ents through overmuch play.

The bureau of engraving and print

Jng at Washington has OOff dieted de

signs by Postmaster General Meyer

for a new issue of United States post

age stamps. It is expected that ship

ments to postmasters will commence

some time in November. The new is

sue has been designed With the ob

ject of obtaining the greatest slm

plicity commensurate wifh artistic re

sults. The profile has been taken in

each instance, giving a bas-relief ef

feet. All the stamps are of a similar

design, containing a head -in an ellipse,

the only decoration being laurel leaves

on either side of the ellipse. The let

tering is in straight lixes, at the top

being "U. S. Postage" and at the bot

tom the words "Two Cents." The one-

cut stamp contains the head of Frank

lin, while all the othen will bear that

of Washington, taken ferOBB bust a by

Iloudon. The color are the reds and

blues of the early stSSQps. Director

Ralph of the bureau of engraving and

printing regards the ncv stamp as the

most artistic ever issued by the gov

eminent.

David Lubin, formerly of California,

has finally won complete success for

his long-cherished plan to aid agiicul

ture in a world-wide way. After ap

pealing in vain to his own government

to encourage agriculture by bounties

OB leading agricultural staples, instead

of continuing a hopeless struggle he

changed his base of operations in be

half of agricultural interests and Dp

pealed to the King or Italy with so

much persuasiveness that his recom

mendations were adopted by that

monarch much as ke made them. The

result is the endowment and perma

nent establishment at Rome of the

International Institute ef Agriculture.

Ths test of its value is shortly to be

made. Within a month delegates

from 4G nations will meet at the first

session of the general assembly of the

Institute, and working plans will be

considered and probably adopted.

No labor movement of modern time

is mare needed or likely to do more

good than the organization of wage

earning women. The woman has a

harder time than the man in a single

handed fight to earn a respectable liv

ing and maintain herself In decent

surroundings. Last month simul

taneous conferences of the Women's

Trade Union League were held in

Itoston, New York and Chicago.

Women united in a cause are almost

irresistible, and this is a cause which

can have few enemies.

Approaching completion in the ship

yard of the Elswick works at Newcas-tle-on-Tyne,

England, Is the Brazilian

battleship Mina Geraes, which has su

perior armament and arrangement to

the British Dreadnought class, as well

as being the heaviest battleship yet

built In the world. The cruiser Invin

cible and the battleship Superb, of the

Dreadnought class, are alto to be seen

at the shipyard.

A biography of the late Dr. Oilman,

formerly president of Johns Hopkins

university, says he "knew everything

and yet wae not a specialist in any

line." He would probably have met

the requirements of the writer of a

current magazine article who com

plains about the prevalence of special

ization and Its evils.

A Toronto dealer advertises music

y the pound, and probably the (om

its pound when tbey play It

JjG ElH Women Benefit

1 by Moderate Use

dmOHe of Tobacco

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By DR. RACHEL SKID ELS KY.

Noted rtlladalphta Physician.

more extended use of cigarettes. It would depend upon how and where

it was done. Were a woman to use a cigarette with the same feeling that

she uses other medicine all would be well, otherwise it would be dis

tasteful. I would not sanction at all a woman smoking a cigarette in public

or for bravado merely. With men and women alike, tobacco, like any

other sedative, can become a violent poison when used to excess. It is

this knowledge which keeps physicians generally from nd vising the use

of tobaceo for their women patients.

Aside from its value as a nilative, tobacco smoke has been praised

by men who have made a study of its effect! as a valuable disinfectant for

the nasal and respiratory tracts. Hay smoke has the same effect in de

stroying germs which may lodge these. Inhalation, I think, always would

have ill effects.

I speak from the general kssswledge which -overy physician poetesses.

One prominent member of the Philadelphia County Medical society gave

thie knowledge as the reason why, in certain nervous disorders, he advised

his patients to smoke good tobacco in moderation. I am afraid, how

ever, that many of them would not be so frank as I am, in view of the

widely spreud prejudice among certain people against tobacco in any

form.

As B nerve sedative I regard

women. As to the manner and conditions and extent of its use

another matter entirely.

For ages men have found relied from petty worries, rest for w.nn

nerves and general physical benefit in the moderate use of tobacco. We

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Miuuiu prvuauij iicm ivm un ivuuij jjiui-iimiii-u ui-nuutm-w m mi-

American woman were she be devote five minutes three times a day te B

cigarette or two, preferably after meals.

The smokini

abit arouU .be as

Teach

Health

Laws in

Schools

DOW

By DK. HEALY H. ALMOND.

school board. 1 ventured to pn pose regular open air drill for the children.

I remember how the chairman iih benevolent smile, suggested that

we pass on to some practical bnemees. Something of the same sort hap-

nened when I once omnlaiivd of the line asortment of evil niM mni

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human exhalations in one school where the master was smitten with a

fear of "draft-,"' and preserves! each daV air carefully for use on the

next

In 'these particular directieM, indeed, thin,s are a little better nowJ SSSSL J?l ?rcaat8 tfor th"

J establishment of a permanent guard

But the main position of the enemy, where be grandly standi at bay, re- .on -the grouds.

mains nearly as strong as ever.

Let mark- be riven freely tot teats 4ft1 nsien and hearing, for strength Rode on Runazy cage.

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of grip, for doing a long walk, say 19 satlai, ge m you please, in creditable Gd anU lower6U at full speed vp the

time, and for a fool steeplechase or ehstaels race, and marking here also "Lance colliery shafts some so or 40

by time. Nor do 1 see why marks should not bs gien also for boxing and i tim(JS- Charles Edwards, a mine work

a i ii i i m ,. t 1 , . , er, had a thrilling experience, and

gymnastics. Such rcformi Would not only ht pnpfk lor pursuits in whu h : waB HHVeu fn)lll d(ilth only by the cool

strength and activity are directly useful, but alee would enable them to Inees and quick action of Charles

withstand the severe strain of modern citv lute far better than an excess I Tstanej .

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sound aaid mSSCUlUQC il it II supplied with blood from rapac ious lungs and I clogged and he found he could not

a brisk circulation ; nnd after all we

to researvh.

My own belief that not more than six hours jier dim should be de

voted to sedentary woilk in schools, and certainly not more than one and

a half in winter and two and a half in summer to games. The rest of the

time should be largely occupied with military drill, with work in the gym

nasiums, in tiie workshops, at targets, in arious kinds of manual labor,

or in singing an excellent exercise for the lungs or in playing mimical

instruments.

Wonders

of

the

Voice

By J. MOUNT BLETER, M. D .

with which to produce the proper tones. And a WOman may hae the cords

without the quality. No two voices are alike, though they may be built

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il they arc tightened and tuned

I feel sure that tobacco, if pure ami properly

umhI, might be beneficial to women. It is known

to be valuable in functional disorders of the nerves.

As men lind it valuable to soothe their nerves in the

midst of cares and worries, J do not see why women,

whose worries are more numerous and whose nervous

organizations are more delicate, should not lind bene

fit in its proper use also.

I think that if a woman would sit down for five

minutes before beginning her -day and give fhe time

to a cigarette she would be able to plan better her

day's work. And five minutes thus used three times

daily would, 1 think, be of much benefit toiler.

Of course, I recommend the practice only to such

as are in no danger of becoming addicted to the

tobacco us valuable alike to men and

that is

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dithcult to stop as the breatl i in-habit.

Tx't us all awake to the belief that the

laws of health are the laws of God, as bind

ing on US as it' they luul been thundcreil

forth from Sinai; that if those which are

mown With certainly were applied in

practice, the improvement in human life,

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morality ami happiness would be stnpen-

Hons; thai they should be the first and para-

mount Hiiijecl tff instruction by precept,

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habit and example in every school and in

every home, and gradually hut ultimately

n code reli:iouslv observed in mills and

shops and offices.

Many years ago T was a member of n

cannot all be professors or devoted

A great voice is a gift, and not even its

possessor on tell whence it comes or how

it is constructed. The singer find that

nhe is born with this wonderful machine,

an.'l must then learn how to use it. Tetraz

zini has the wonderful formation of the

larynx and the cords which make for a

Hiperb voice, but she also has a method.

This getting tip some morning and discov

ering that you are a singer is veriest DjOO

Sense. The woman may be born with the

root! OOfds or strings hut something be

sides strings are Deeded, notably the brain

with which to control the proper muscle-,

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and toned dowr to etch other.

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PUT A BURGLAR TO

ROUT IN NIGHTIES

STUDENTS OF NEW JERSEV

STATE NORMAL AND MODEL

SCHOOLS IN MAN HUNT.

Trenton, N. J. With guards withls

aud guards without and guards al.

around their walls the State Norma

and Model Schools here would seem

to harbor anything but a bevy ol

young misses bent on learning how tc

teach. All of this guarding has come

to pass because of an experience

pretty Miss Roberta Duryea, a stu

dent, of Freehold, N. J., had with 8

bold, bad burglar man the other night

Near midnight Miss Duryea waf

awakened in her quarters in the male

dormitory by a disturbance at her bed

side.

"Who's there?" asked Miss Duryea

drowsily.

She believed for a moment that hei

roommate, who had arranged to gc

The Students, Scantily Clothed, Pur

sued the Frightened Burglar.

home for the night, had returned un-

j expectedly. Not receiving an answer

I Allss tmryea put tortn a nana to ieei

it there was anybody near.

The burglar was standing within a

foot of Miss Duryea's bedside and she

touched him. She shrieked for help

sitwl Hn Tnaraiiilrjr ttvnelf hpr a rw

jn jjltJ face which was sufficient to

mark her, but not to still her voice.

: The gin's screams aroused the

through a wilulow which he had left

open in anticipation of flight. Re-

gardleia of the cold and bitter weath-

er the students, arrayed only in their

berihboned nighties, took up the chase

Of the Intruder. Some were armed

with hatpins, some with books, "rats."

combs, biushes. shoes, and others

with rulers, blackboard rubbers and

ult ses. Several in the excitement

Chose their feather pillows for

; wt,.ipons

; But the brigade of ilimsily dressed

feniillIty did not overtake the burglar.

j He was too fleet. The chase stopped

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i policemen found the young women

. shivering in the cutting night air.

The arrival of the police caused nearly

as much of a commotion as the bur

glar. There was a wild retreat upon

I tne dormitory and the seclusion of its

, ros8g SusIe Klngman pre.eptre(;s of

the institution, and her assistants,

w,1o had been foremost lu the chase

of the burglar, retired long enough

to replace their nighties with apparel

more suitable to the weather and the

presence ot the policemen, and then

Ist0!' u

There was hut a fraction of a sec

ond to act when he made the discov

ery, but It was enough. Young re

versed the uigine, and kept reversing

It every tlm the cage was close to the

top or bottom until other employes

arrived and e'hut off the steam.

Edwards was in a state of collapse

when taken from the cage.

Squirrels Nab Dynamite.

Winsted, Con. Alexander W.

Regner, a laborer, left ten sticks of

dynamite beside a large rock beneath

a chestnut tree, while he drilled holes

in a number of large stones prepara

tory to blowing them to pieces with

dynamite.

When he went for the explosive he

found squirrels busily engaged eating

the stuff, little of which remained. He

thinks they must have hoarded most

of it, but hunters are wondering what

will be the result if they happen to

shoot one of the dynamite -filled squir

rels. Staggers Miles in Torture.

Selinsgrove, Pa - Delirious, his skull

fractured and penetrated by the point

ed butt of a heavy limb or the trtS

which he was alone attempting to fell,

Noah Hrous, 7:', years old. of Krotze

ville, Snyder county, exhibited rem:ik

;ihle aerVO staggering from the

mountain to his home, two miles ciis

tant.

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The constantly increasing consump

tion of nuts throughout the United

States augurs well for a better appre

ciation of their food value. The

time when nuts were considered

merely as a luxury, or as something

to be eaten out of hand at odd times,

is rapidly passing away. In earlier

days the native hickories, butternuts,

walnuts, chestnuts, pecans, and many

other nuts found in the United States

were to be had in country regions for

the gathering and were of no com

mercial importance. On the other

hand, the English walnuts (to give

fhem their most common name), al

monds, cocoanuts, etc., brought from

other countries, were relatively ex

pensive luxuries.

Some nuts, like the native hazelnut

j'.nd beechnut, still have practically

no commercial value ami, though pal

atable, ere almost never ottered for

sale, dOUbtleSS because they are so

small and dithcult to gather In quan

tity. The chinquapin, a small nut al

lied to the chestnut, finds a limited

sale in southern cities, but is doubt

less seldom if ever seen in other

markets, in general, hov ver, condi

tions have changed end our principal

native nuts are now staple market

commoditiei and bring good prices. At

the same time, owing to changes in

market conditions, and to the growing

of foreign nuts in quantity in this

country, the price of the imported nuts

has dropped so that they are well

within the reach of the majority.

From available statistics it appears

that in 1005 the total quantity of al

monds, cocoanuts, Hrazil nil's, filberts,

peanuts, walnuts and other nuts,

shelled and unshelled, imported into

the United States was, in round num

bers. 86,238,000 pounds. With a value

of Jf.,138.000. In 190H the total almond

crop in California reached 4.200,030

pounds and the walnut crop 12, 800, 000

pounds. The richest, yield of peanuts

was reported from the southern states,

chiefly Virginia, Georgia and Tennes

see, and amounted to. 225,000,000

pounds.

The total quantity of home grown

nuts, including both native and Intro

duced varieties, must far exceed tho

(Identities imported, but in the nature

of the case no estimates Of the total

quantities gathered .and eaten are pro

curable. When we consider the con

stantly Increasing demand for nuts

and the large quantity which we Im

port from other countries, the possi

bilities of the industry for the Ameri

can nut grower are obvious. As the

use of nuts has increased, many per

sons have turned their attention to the

growing of native and foreign nuts on

a commercial scale. This work has

been forwarded by the department of

agriculture, through the bureau of

plant Industry, and by the California,

Florida, Michigan and other agricul

tural experiment stations. With nuts,

as with other crops, It has been found

that, by selection and breeding, Im

proved varieties are obtainable, of

larger size, better flavor, thinner

shells, or other desirable character

istics. The Increased demand for nuts Is

due In the main to two causes, namely,

a better appreciation of their appetiz

ing qualities and the numerous ways

In which they form a palatable add!

tton to the diet of the average family,

and, secondly, to their use by the vege

tarians and persons of similar belief

a group small In proportion to the

total population, but still fairly large

numerically who use nuts, and more

particularly the peanut, as a substitute

for meat and other nitrogenous and

fatty foods.

Even a cursory examination of the

journals devoted to cookery and other

branches of home economics and of

the various books which are published

on the subject will show the fairly

general use of nuts for making soups,

for stuffing poultry, for nut butters,

out salads, cakes, salted uuts, and

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other dishes, and indeed several vol

umes devoted exclusively to nut cook

ery have been published.

Many special nut foods, such as

malted nuts, meat substitutes, etc.,

have been devised and extensively ad

vertised by the manufacturers for gen

eral use in the diet and for the special

needs of vegetarians and fruitarians.

It is said that some of these American

nut products contain soy beans, but

apparently the peanut plays a very

important part in their composition. In

either case, since the peanut, like the

soy bean, is a legume, these prepata

tloni might more properly be com

pared With the bean cheese and Othei

soy-bean products, so much used in

China, Japan and other eastern coun

tries, than with such nuts as the WSJ

nut, almond or eoeoanut.

The edible portion of nuts, with few

exceptions. Is very concentrated food

containing little water and much l;u

In general, nuts are also rich in ore'

teln. Those ranking highest in thi

nutrient, the ptgnolia, a variety

Minn Tint inmnrl(l tiiini Vinnin wil

::;:.!' percent., the peanut with 29. p P

cent., and the butternut with 27.9 P

cent, protein, surpass most ordinary

snimal or vegetable foods in this re

spect. The almond, beechnut, and pis

lachio, with 21.4 per cent., 21. 8 per

cent., and 22.6 per cent., respectively,

compare favorably with dried legumes.

The BnUril nut contains 17.4 per cent.

jnit in, the filbert 1G.5 per cent., the

walnut 18.2 per cent., the hickory nut

15.4 per cent., the pinenut 14. G per

cent., the pecan 12.1 per cent., and the

dry chestnut but 10.7 per cent. The

dry acorn, fresh chestnut and cocoa

nut, with G.4, 6.4 and 6.6 per cent., re

spectively, arc not as rich iu protein

as bread.

Of the nuts here Included the rich

est in fat is the pecan, with an average

of 70.7 per cent., but seven other va

rieties the BrasU nut, butternut, can

dlenut, filbert, hickory nut, pineuuf

and walnut contain upward of 60 per

cent. The almond, cocoanut and

pistachio field between 50 and 60 pel

cent, of this nutrient. Thfeechniit,.

peanut, and pignolia contain about 50

per cent. In other words, in 13 of the

varieties of nuts appearing in the fore

going table, half or more of the edible

portion is fat or oil.

Only a few of the commonly used

nuts yield any notable amounts of

total carbohydrate matter, the dry

chestnut, with 73 per cent., ratine

highest. Beechnuts, pinenuts and pea

nuts have about 18 per cent. The

quantity of starch found Is, with some

exceptions, quite small, ranging from

three per cent, in the beechnut to 27

per cent, in the chestnut.

The flavor of nuts is very largely de

pendent upon the oils which they con

tain, though in some there are also

specific flavoring bodies. The nut oils

readily become rancid, the very dis

agreeable flavor of spoiled nuts being

due to this property. Some nuts (for

instance, the chestnut) have a starchy

flavor as well as a "nutty" taste. The

small native nut Is much more highly

flavored than the large Italian or the

Japanese chestnut. The almond pos

sesses the cyanic-acid flavor, which is

characteristic of peach pits, plum pits

etc., and this might he expected when

it is remembered that the almond Is

the dried pit of an inedible fruit some

what resembling the peach in appear

ance and closely related to It botanlcal

ly. Most almonds are mild flavored

The so-called bitter almonds are how

ever very strong. ,he cyanic' acid

yielding glucosid being present In con

siderable quantity. In raw peanuts

th re is a decided flavor resembling

that of the closely related bOSUSS and

I I BSd to some persons this is not

unpalatable. In the roasted peanut

which most of us prefer to the raw'

the flavor Is largely dependent upn

the browned oils and starches or other

carbohydrates.

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