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‘MUSHERS’ OF NORTH IN CONSTANT PERIL Face Death Hourly From In tense Alaska Cold. Nenana, Alaska.—The "musher" In the arctic circle, where winter pre vails about eight months out of the year, must never relax his vigilance If he would survive the perils pe culiar to tlie region. To the explorer, prospector, scien tist, trapper or hauler of mall and supplies who must go north of the Yukon river basin, one of the great est winter hazard* Is the lack of timber for firewood. In some locali ties the only timber Is aspen, common ly called poplar, scrub spruce and stunted brush. When a man faces 50 degrees below zero In sleeping bag and canvas tent, he requires a big log fire and abundant fuel to keep It going. When tlie Arc tic blizzard sweeps down, man and beast are compelled to seek shelter. In the bitterest cold few lungs can withstand the “scorching" atmosphere that appears to sear them like a flame while the blood Is turning to ice "Frozen" lungs are not uncommon, bu1 there are certain precautions that min lmtze the danger. Equipment for Journey. The equipment Includes three pairs of heavy woolen socks on each foot; underwear and shirt of wool, hut of medium weight; mittens augmented by buckskin slipovers and a drill parka. Its hood faced with wolverine fur, which does not gather frost and freeze where the breath strikes It. The muskrat or beaver cap has flaps to pull down over the ears and under the chin. The shoes frequently are moose hock mukluks. At no time must any portion of the fleeh save the eyes be exposed to the frost, and even the eyes must he pro tected when facing a blizzard. Travel ers usually augment this “light" equip ment with a complete suit of rein deer furs. Submission to the cold of the Arctic has a different effect than might be Imagined. Instead of a shivering and a gradual agonizing process of freez ing, the frost overcomes one sudden ly and almost painlessly. There Is a numbness In tlie more ex posed portions, like the feet, legs and hands. Later the jaw becomes stiff, nearly immobile. A minute’s exposure of a partly cold hand to low tempera tures causes the fingers to become stiff and without feeling. It Is as if they had gone to sleep. The man in dan ger of death from freezing Is over taken by a rather pleasant lethargy. A danger Is found In becoming over heated and then tarrying to cool off. Even when the temperature Is 50 be low, one’s body perspires if all orifices of the clothing are closed. If there are any holes In the equipment, the , cold penetrates like the flame from a 1 blowpipe, boring In rather than spread ing. How Death Steals on Them. One may have a spot the size of a dime frozen on a finger where there Is a hole in glove or mitten, and the rest of the hand then becomes numb. In stopping for rest, the uninitiated often tarry too long, and on arising wonder j why the limbs refuse to function with j their wonted suppleness. After several | such halts, further progress becomes a I struggle, and unless a fire is available Immediately the chances of freezing are great. Frozen hands or toes are treated In the time-honored way of rubhlng them with snow until the circulation is re stored. Horses used to carry outfits Into the Interior of Alaska are protected from lung freezing by a covering like a nose bag, through which the air is filtered of Its biting frost before It is breathed. Nature further guards these horses by causing the hair on them to grow until by spring they resemble fur-bearing animals. Mule’s Appetite Brings Suit in Superior Court Beaver, Pa.—The mule that made Beaver Falls famous hag reached the Superior court. Dates fio not matter much, but two or three years ago a mule was given away In Beaver Falls. The gift, after a day or two. proved unacceptable, and an attempt was made to return it. The mule promptly became homeless anil some boys found It on the streets. The police got it, naturally, and placed it In the livery barn of C. L. Householder. While insistent efforts were being made to find an owner, the mule ate up about $200 worth of feed, many times what It was worth. Householder tried to collect finally from the borough, and the borough re frained, because of technicalities, from paying. He sued. The case coursed through the Beaver county courts and finally was put on the Superior court docket Canteen Is Recovered 62 Years After Battle Corinth, Miss.—a Confederate vet eran who was removed from the bat tlefield of Shiloh In 1862 by bis com rades has recovered his canteen after 62 years, according to S. F. Swlnehart of Blythevllle, Ark., who was a mem ber of Buell's army. Two Civil war veterans, a Confeder ate and a Federalist, met on the bat tlefield recently. The Confederate vet eran told his former foemun of having given his canteen to a soldier lit blue, who also was wounded, on the first day of the Battle of Shiloh. "Here Is your canteen," said the other, unbuttoning his coat. BACE WOMEN ELECT STATE DELEGATES Newark, N. J„ May 80.—More than 100 women attended the quarterly con ference and victory celebration of the Republican Colored Women of Essex county at the Lincoln dub, East Orange recently. Mrs. Catherine Bell of Orange and Mrs. M. EL Burrell of Newark were elected delegates to the spring session of the State Republican rnafsieatn to bo held in Atlantic diversification" is HELPING THE FARMER Stricken One-Crop Farmer* Save Selves From Ru.n. Washington, D. C.—llow the stricken one-crop farmers of the Middle West and Northwest are beginning to save themselves from ruin by crop diversi fication is disclosed by reports of coun ty agents to the Department of Agri culture, a resume of which was made public. As a whole the survey shows a drift out of wheat into live stock, a trend away from beef cattle to dfllry cuttle, a big increase in poultry, in the pro duction of feed crops and a general movement toward diversification in localities where diversification has not been common heretofore. Generally speaking, the changes in dicated are said to be thosjt which the farmers should have mude in view of the economic situation. Reports from Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska. South Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Washington cover 302 counties and show a great reduc tion in the acreage of wheat and other small grains and In beef cattle produc tion. Expansion Is shown In dairying, poultry, swine, corn, alfalfa and other feed crops, and also in flax in the spring wheat states, soy beans. 4Ped clover and other leguminous crops in the great farming section of the com belt and adjoining Western states. Dairying has exjwnded practically everywhere. Poultry raising has been increasing generally, 130 counties showing ex pansion. Fifteen county agents reported eir pansion in sheep raising, and nine re ported a reduction. Swine production showed expansion in 118 of the reporting counties and contraction in twenty. Washington.—Science is approach ing mastery over insanity, old age and other ills through study of the endo crine glands and discovery of means of their control, Dr. William J. A. Bai ley of New York declared in a paper at a session of the American Chemical society. Describing development of basic knowledge about endocrine radiation with the gamma ray as being of trans cending Importance to the human race, Doctor Bailey, who Is director of the American Endocrine laboratories, declared “we have cornered aberra tion, disease, old age and. In fact, life and death themselves In the endo crines.” “If we look more to the endocrine glands and less to the head,” he said, “we have an excellent chance of eradi cating insanity. ‘‘In and around these glands.” he added, “must center future efforts to ward human rejuvenation, a goal for i which the world has sought and oae which now seems to be truly realized." Study of the principles involved in | endocrine ionization, said Doctor Bal , ley, has placed science on the thresh old of a new era. “We have too long regarded insan ity as purely a brain condition,” he declared. ‘‘Its seat is unquestionably in the endocrine glands, which abso lutely control every brain function. “No greater truth has been vouch safed to mankind than that these lowly masses of colloidal ooze regulate ail body activity, down to the tiniest cell, i I am satisfied, from clinical experi ence, that a method of endocrine ioni zation is now available whereby we can definitely, practically without ex ception, retard the progress of senes cence and give a new lease of rela tively normal functioning power to those whose sun of life is slowly sink ing Into thp purple shadows of that longest night. “Rejuvenation means more today than any other subject that can con cern a man or woman. The wrinkled face, the drawn skin, the dull eye, the listless gait, the faulty memory, the aching body, the destructive effects of sterility, all spell imperfect endocrine performance.” H 1 I l-l ;; Convict* Give Jailer Gift on His Birthday ;; ■ ■ Prisoners in a Jail rarely have .. much esteem for their juiler. It .. | | Is different, however, at Lhe \ j ■ ■ county Jail at Akron, O., where < > \ the prisoners presented Jailer C. ‘ \ • • G. Landtie with a box of cigars ■ ■ \\ as a birthday gift. ] ] • • All the prisoners were permit- ■ ■ I | ted to gather around the Jailer I \ • ■ for a few minutes to congratu- • ■ \! late him. . H "H-M-l1 I-l-l-l ■H--I--H-H • New Anesthetic Is Used to Ripen Orange* St. Louis.—The development of ethylene, a new anesthetic, was de scribed by Dr. A. U. Lockhardt and Dr. J. B. Carter, Its discoverers, before the closing session of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology recently. Although cbjectlon to Its use as an anesthetic has been made because of its odor and because It may explode If exposed to tlames, or a spark. Doctor Lockhardt, who read the paper, said ethylene was being used successfully and that experiments have shown that It produces no 111 effects even on chil dren and old men. Ethylene Is being successfully used also, he asserted, to ripen oranges and lemons artificially. Ethylene, Doctor Lockhardt de clared, Is present In automobile ex hausts and the fumes from an un trlmmed kerosene lamp. It also hss been found In Illuminating gaa. CARD OF THANKS To the members and friends of Lodge C. B. £ Q. Porters and Quinn Chapel Choir: We thank you for your kindness and floral offerings received during our hour of bereavement. VIRGINIA LEWIS, Wife. CLAYTON LEWIS, Son. MRS. B. GRIFFITH. ROY FORD. 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