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Protein3 Make Up Living
Parts of the Human Body
Prntoin* make up the real living
parts of our bodies. Our skin, mus
cles. nerves. and organs consist largely
ef protein material. 1’rotelns are high
ly complex organic substances and, as
might be supposed from the varied tis
sues that they make up, differ widely
In their properties.
They may be solid or liquid; sol
uble in water or Insoluble; acidic, I
basic, or neutral; or crystalline, waxy,:
«r Jellylike. In fact, writes. Dr.
Thomas M. Deck, in the Chicago j
Tribune, about all that they have in ;
common Is a fairly constant elemen- j
tar.v composition: about 52 per cent;
carbon, 7 per cent hydrogen, 25 per I
cent oxygen, and 16 per cent nltro-1
gen. In a number of proteins there'
also Is a per cent or so of certain ,
other elements, principally phosphorus
«*r sulphur.
Fats, which Include oils, can be con
sumed by the organism for the energy
stored up in them, and they provide
the agency by which energy reserves
can he laid up in the body. Fats are
fairly simple in chemical structure nnd
constant in composition. They con
tain about 77 per cent carbon, 12 per
cent hydrogen, and 11 [ter cent oxygen;
just these three elements and no
•theca,
Monument to St. Lawrence
Has Appearance of Grill
The Escorlal, or to give It Its full
•ante, the "Heal Monnsterio de San
Loreno del Escorlal," Is nominally a
anon u me lit to St. Lawrence, the early
Christian martyr, who was roasted to
tfenfh on n grill. There are some who
say that the ground plan of this vast
structure on the bare and barren
dopes of the Sierra Ouardarnnia In
Kim. in presents the appearance of a
grill. writes a correspondent In the
Boston (ilobe.
It is, of course, more a monument to
Phillip If, who, tired of the bustle and
world 11 ness of Madrid, wished for a
guiet residence In which to end Ills
days. It contains the Pantheon or
burial vault of the Spanish kings, and.
aiitli two exceptions, all from Charles
Y to Ferdinand VII are hurled here.
The palace occupies the northwest
corner, while the rest of the building
given over to the monastery, occu-
t*iod by Augustine monks.
Early Indian Custom
One of the customs of the early Ohio
Indians was to assemble each autumn
dong the hanks of the Cuyahoga at
Cleveland and Indulge In a general
trolie. After piling tip their canoes
«o the river hank and turning over all
-tfcelr weapons to their squaws so that
Utoy wouldn't harm each other In their
excitement, they would settle down to
i.’anblhlng all the whisky they could
Wd, In the spring of 1700 they were
assembled and frolicking as usual, pur-
■ftwasing their supplies of fire-water
Owni Maj. Lorenzo Carter, a Cleveland
(pioneer. In proportion as the redskins
became more Inebriated, Carter would
weaken the whisky by diluting it with
xwter*-until after hours and hours of
frolicking the Indians became almost
vsiber from drinking.
Santo Domingo Founded in 1496
Santo Domingo was founded in 1406
»*d has lived for more than four and
*•*«• third centuries as perhaps the most
picturesque example of a Spanish oo-
llunhil town of the Sixteenth century
1m* found anywhere. It Is surround
ed by ancient walls with bastions, and
■it* streets are strnlght and narrow
unchangeable through the exist-
«roKV of massive houses built of stone
tor permanence. The cathedral in this
ewrtiest of settlements has age of its
•sen, dating from 1512, and contains
sto reputed tomb of Columbus. And
she cell In which Columbus and his
brother were contined Is shown In the
♦Id fortress.
The Kingi’ Road
Wherever you live, you are certain
to have heard of that famous thorough-
tore In London called Rotten How,
says Pearson’s London Weekly. And
most likely you've wondered why it
has such a funny name. Kings have
uni that thoroughfare for hundreds
*f years, since the old days when it
led from the palace at Westminster to
wards the Royal hunting forests. Be
cause it was the road list'd by king
it was known as the Route du Hoi
O'reuvh for "the road of the King") —
and Rotten Row Is just a corruption of
shut name.
Dragon’* Bit od Tree
The ifragon’s blood tree is a very
• <ntriou9 type, with glaucous green
leaves which sprout upward from large
xicina. Although very diverse in mode
id growth, these trees tend always to
3<c symmetrical. The tree produces an
exudation of deep red color which is
of the resins known as "dragon’s
Wood.’’ Tills resin is said to have been
xard by the aboriginal Inhabitants of
it*e Canaries in embalming their dead
and finds employment today In the
varnish and pharmaceutical Industries.
St. Bernard Dogs Swiss
Heroes as Life-Savers
So universal Is the fame of the St.
Bernard dogs that It goes without say
ing that they rank first among the
aristocracy of Switzerland's canine
world. Their home, as their name sug
gests, is the Great St. Bernard Hos
pice, founded over 1,000 years ago hv
Bernard de Menthon, a saintly priest,
and Inhabited up to tills day by breth
ren of the Order of St. Augustine,
states a writer in the Philadelphia In
quirer.
Winter lasts from eight to nine
months in that Isolated mountain re
gion and the snow is sometimes piled
tip as high as 12 to 15 feet. Bliz
zards are sudden nnd descend with
such fury that many travelers would
surely perish were it not for the vigi
lance and devotion of the monks and
their marvelously trained dogs.
Historic records show that the Hos
pice was without any dogs up to 1070
A. I>. From then on the brethren kept
a few watch dogs, but it is not clear
ly established of what breed they were.
These animals soon took delight in
accompanying their masters on their
many errands of mercy nnd were quick
l.v appreciated for their unerring sense
of location.
The race which has for the last 250
years been described' as St. Bernards
has, according to a noted naturalist, j
been gradually developed by the monks
through careful breeding and training
in life-saving work.
'The short-haired variety is the orig
inal kind. In 1850 some of the breth
ren decided to cross their dogs with
Newfoundlands, in order to raise ani
mals which would he protected against
the Inclement climate with longer hair.
However, this crossing did not affect
the physical characteristics of the St.
Bernards, and only the hair became
longer.
An Odd Musical Instrument
One of the world’s oddest musical
Instruments Is the brass trumpetlike
sayastaranga of India, which is played
—to pairs—while being held against
vibrating cords of the throat, writes
Margaret Sykes Hirth, Bombay, India,
to Collier's Weekly. As the musician
Saintly' hums the melody, the sounds
awe* taken up sympathetically by a
<ftrficate membrane in an inner cup and
]Ueu re-enforced by the resonating tube.
Many Kinds of "Rheumatism”
There are many kinds of "rheu
matism.” 'Plu* main varieties are in-
llnmntory or rheumatic fever, the
chronic condition known as arthritis,
and muscular rheumatism. Rheumatic
fever is an infectious disease most
commonly found in children and young
people. It is rarely fatal, hut quite
serious because the germ causing it
may attack the heart. Arthritis makes
the joints stiff, swollen and deformed.
It seldom kills people, hut If not
checked, causes great suffering and
Interference with work. Muscular
rheumatism usually yields to rest, heat
and massage, but chronic cuses may
refuse to yield until the cause is dis
covered and removed.
France’s Early Parliament
The parliament of France, from the
time of Louis XI to the end of the
monarchy, followed » curious proce
dure when the king was in attendance.
While he reclined on a couch and the
princes sat In chairs, the great offi
cials were obliged to stand and the
lesser officials had to kneel through
out the entire session.—Collier’s
Weekly,
Early "Pin -Money”
An old English law permitted the
sale of pins on only two day's in the
year. It was then the custom of all
womenfolk to buy their pins for the
following 12 months. At such times
they went to their husbands or their
fathers for the money, and this came
to iie known as “pin money,” a term
which Is still used with reference to
any allowance for clothes which Is
made to a woman.
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Drama Offered in Java
Takes Name of “Wayang”
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The drama In Java takes the nam“
of ‘‘Wayang” and dates hack to the
year 400 A. D. It has passed through
seven stages of development to its
present artistic fulfillment. Five of
the seven stages from shadowgraph
to “appearances In person” survive,
and the earlier types are produced
throughout Java In almost their orig
Inal forms, according to Mason War
ner in the Chicago Tribune.
Away hack in the beginning Way
ang was a sort of religions ceremony,
as was the early drama of the Greeks
and Hindus. It told the stories of the
gods, heroes, kings, and deified fore
fathers of the people by means o?
shadow plays. Always at a perform
ance incense was burned, and mean
while the story of the play was nar
rated by a “dalang,” who also pro
duced primitive sound effects to ac
centuate the dramatic moments of the
unfolding of the plot.
The action on the screen was por
trayed by reflections of cutouts of
leather representing the astral bodies
of the heroes—strange, grotesque-
images which every Javanese recog
nizes Instantly upon appearance on the
screen.
These shadow images are accepted
as reproductions of the astral bodies
of the heroes and heroines of th<*
drama—long arms, exaggerated hands
and feet, thin middles, sharp noses—
altogether impossible when considered
as representations of living men and
women.
PARASITES CALLED
THANKLESS WORMS
“Few animals are totally free from
worm parasites,’’ Harley J. \an Cleave,
professor of zoology in the I n i vers I tv
of Illinois says. ‘ Every' animal from
the smallest minnow to the largest
mamal is an unwilling host to these
lower forms of life which steal their
sustenance from the higher.”
As long as parasites remain in their
usual hosts, they are not as likely to
do great damage as when they attack
a new host not customarily infected.
Then they are likely to do great dam
age.
Doctor Van Cleave says that the
harm parasites do is not entirely that
which may cause the death of the
host. There are many nematode worms
which reduce egg production in birds.
There are other parasites that may
cause complete sterility.
Most worms produce toxins which
are injurious in some way. Some
parasites predispose the host to other
forms of disease by lowering their re
sistance. The sudden Increase of para
sites may have indirect results in cut
ting down wild life populations, Doctor
Van Cleave believes.
“Very little is known about worm
parasites in fish,” he says. “This
study is still in its infancy and an
other generation will pass before
enough data is collected to enable man
to control parasites in fish.”
Wild Ducks Appreciate
Schoolmarm Hospitality
Remember the country “school-
marm”? Spending one week with one
family and the next with another, she
fared well on good food and comfort
able sleeping quarters. No family let
her go on to the neighbors showing
signs of poor treatment.
“If wild ducks could receive such
hospitality for three years, their an
nual migrations would soon resemble
those of 50 years ago,” says Col. H. P. I
Sheldon of the United States bureau
of Biological survey. “Like the ‘school-
marm’, a wild duck appreciates good
food and good resting places.”
“’The ‘schoolmarm’ wouldn’t have
lasted long on starvation ratibns and
a plank bed. Our ducks won’t last
long either if the public continues to
let itself be guided by the slogan,,
‘Let’s kill ’em while they’re here.’ I
“Investigations Indicate that 80 per
cent of the waterfowl of North Amer
ica are reared in Canada nnd winteri
in the United States, blit about 80j
per cent of the duck shooting is don?
in this country. The responsibility
of saving the breeding stock is largely
ours.”
Jailed for Hoarding Fat
Following tiie arrest of Mhlongo, a
Zulu, in Durban, South Africa, on a
charge of “worrying the hippos,” a I
shortage of the Zulu’s superlove |
charm and face cream is feared by
the natives. Mhlongo was fined $125
or three months in jail. He was
found hoarding 120 strips of hippo
potamus hide, which were considered
to be the skins of three beasts, and
his penalty was for “worrying pro
tected game.” Hippo fat is a famous
love charm and sells for 25 cents an
ounce. Its chief attribute, say the
witch doctors, is attracting the love
of a reluctant swain, but it is also
used as a skin purifier for the face.
The charm is growing rarer since all
hippos in Natal and Zululand have
been placed under government protec
tion and may be shot only at a fee
which would run the price of the fat
up to that of gold.
Decline of the Soudan
The Dervishes of the Soudan, by re
bellion in 1884, forced the Anglo-Egyp-
tian government out of the country
until defeated by Kitchener in 189S.
Within these few years, the Soudan de
creased under the inefficient and bar-]
barons Dervish rule from some 9,000,-1
000 persons to less than 2,000,000.
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No Army, Poor or Hurry
Lechtenstein, a small principality of
Europe, lias no poor and no army. Its |
members of Parliament saw their own
wood. Its prince lives abroad, but can
talk with his people by telephone. Its
quiet little capital, Vaduz, like its
name, is a “sweet valley” where live
a people able to produce all they want
—bread, cheese, milk, .honey, wool,
wiue and contentment.
Ancient Gear Discovered
Bearing a striking resemblance to
the modern helical gear, a stone found j
in the ruins of an old castle in Sweden |
is believed to indicate that people of ,
the Eleventh and Twelfth centuries
had a clear conception of gear design,
says Popular Mechanics.
Largest Bible Class Now 66
With a membership of over 550 nnd
believed to be the largest In Britain,
the Bible class connected with the
Munro church of Rutherglen, Scot
land, recently celebrated its sixty-
sixth birthday anniversary.
World’s Biggest Diesel in China
The largest Diesel power station in
the world is the 37,500 horse power
plant providing electric energy for the
French concession in Shanghai, China.
It is used for lighting and for street
railway current.—Power.
Blood for Teacher
When a public school teacher In
Osaka, Japan, had to undergo a blood
transfusion, over 250 pupils offered
their blood.
Rediscover Island
Mysterious Gillies island, sought In
the Arctic since its reported diseovery
by Captain Gillies in 1707, Is gaid to
have been found recently by the Soviet
Ice-breaker Sadko.
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a balanced ration of the major plant foods —
Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid and Potash—as
shown on the bag. In addition, there is provided,
in every Armour formula, a generous ration of
minor and secondary plant foods.
All of these minor and secondary elements have ’
recognized plant food value; many of them are
just as essential to crops as Nitrogen, Phosphoric
Acid and Potash.
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