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' . Electric Shock Displaces Cells Of Brain Nerves, Tests Disclose Baltimore. replacement and alter-' ation of the nuclei of the nerve cells in the lower part of the brain that controls body functioning as the re- cult of electric shock, so that they are not able to perform their duties In re- gulating heart pulse and breathing, Is the subject of a recent research re- ported to the American Medical As- sociation by Dr. O. R. Langworthy, of this city. This explains, as Dr. Lang- worthy points out, why the first effect of severe electric shock is to stop breathing and to lower the pulse to a feeble count. The researches were made on small parts of the nerve and brain tissues of two men who were killed- by electric shock. One of them was electrocuted as a criminal and the other committed suicide. In both cases the nerve cells of the medulla, that portion of the brain between the cerebrium and the spinal column, showed visible damage under a sensitive microscope. In each case the darker central parts of the cells were found to have been forced out of position and changed somewhat in character, so that they absorbed more of the dyes used to make them visible when pre- pared on a side. Some of the other j component parts of the cells were like- wise disorganized or damaged. The electric current entered be- tween the left arm and the left leg in the case of the man who committed suicide, and the electricity did not, therefore, pass through the brain. But : the cells of the brain were injured in the same manner as the cells in the ; criminal's brain, which was subjected I directly to the electric current. This seems to suggest that the nerve cells of the medulla are in some way sensi- tive to electric shock received ! other parts of the nervous system, and can j be damaged by surges of abnormal nerve impulses traveling from the af- fected arc to the brain as the normal nerve impulses do. Eat More Seaweed The Plant of Life The increasing prevalence of the condition called goitre is causing alarm r. scientific crcle. In numerous alarm in scientific circles. In numerous instances it assumes most distressing It attacks all kinds of farm animals. Pigs are born iJead. Calves, lambs, kids, and foals com? into the world poor and weak. Commonly they have enlarged necks; in calves the trouble is> called "big neck." Chickens suffer from the same complaint, and the lay- ing power of hens is much reduced. Farmers' losses due to goitre have' been enormous. The cause until re- cently was a myst-ry. Now it is known that the lack of iodine is ac- countable for the mischief. Goitre is a disease of the thyroid gland, une of th important ductless glands in the throa', and is due to lack of icdine. The gland becomes greatly enlarged, and presses upon the windpipe, interfering with breathing. Wherever it most afflicts farm animals, there also does it most commonly at- tack human beings. An eminent medica". authority say?: "The thyroid gland s to the body of man or animal what the draught is to the fire. Nay, more; its iodine is the match that kinv'.L's the fire." For iodine, taken into the body with food, is stored in the thyroid gland. Jt is there held as a reserve, to be drawn upon only wt en the tody re- quires more iodine than is supplied by the diet. Health depends largely upo"h this apparently insigi ificar.t store. The throat gland, in human beings, sometimes become enlr.rged to such an extent as to form a huge swelling at the base of the neck. But there art plenty of people with small goitrous swelling who fail to notice them par- ticularly. DOW ;>N THE FARM To farmers the discovery of a suc- cessful iodine treatment for animals is of utmost importance. It works .with certainty, the stuff being given medicinally in the form of sodium iodide of potash. Dissolved in water, one ounce to the gallon. a tablespoon- ful is administered daily t the cow, the sow, the ewe. or the mare during the gestation period. The same dose for all. For mares and cows it i* sprinkled on the food. The treatment has proved no less successful with chickens. Pullets 'dosed with iodide lay more eg#s. and !their useful life is extended by one or two years. The yield of pullets wont up from 107 eggs to ITS, and the aggregate egg production of twelve birds went up in three months 'from 139 eggs to 263. Cows yield more milk, and bring profit for a much longer period. Ewes supplied with iodine have more young lambs. Pigs gain weight faster. Calves reach marketable con- dition sooner. Lambkins, pigling?, and calves require less food to show a given increase in weight. In a word, ioddne makes farming pay much better; ami the stuff, in the form of iodides, is inexpensive. Dairy cows are by this means quickly cured of goitre. But the main problem has to do with human beings. At the same time. experiments with the iodine treatment |of human beings offer lessons to ^breeders txnd owners of livestock. FOOD VALUES. For the source of iodine supply, man '.must look to the sea. To extract it from the waters of the <x;ean s not practicable; but that is unnecessary. ..because certain marine plants, par- most valuable. But the kelps, vastly abundant, should yield valuable food products. They contain all the worth- | while minerals that the ocean holds in solution, and may be regarded as mar- ine vegetable* neglected through ignor- ance. The absolute dependence of man and the lower mammals upon iodine is regarded as supporting the theory of science that all animal life has its origin in the ocean. Their remote an- ancestors having become habituated to the p -esence of iodine contained in sea water, animals even now cannot get along without it BENEFIT TO THE WORLD The finest fleeces i'. the world 1 are grown in the Orkneys, where the sheep feed on seaweeds. Salt derive:! f -om sea water by evaporation con- tains much iodine, and its introduction into general us* for the table would be a great benefit to the human race. It would also be most benefical for farm animals. Unfortunately, it is expensive; but it could be made com- paratively cheap if production were undertaken on : large scale at suit- able manufacturing plants along the coast. Observation has shown that occa- sional visits to the seashore render people practically immune from goitre Sea spray blown inland iodizes the soil, the plants, and to some extent the air. Marine foods, such as oy.ters and fish, cor. tain iodine in useful quanti- ties. Goitre prevails more or less in all parts of the world, and among all peoples. It is worst in Switzerland, where almost 1 .6 per cent, of the in- habitants are affected. Formerly their affliction was aitributed to drinking water from melted s..ows, but now it is known to be due to lack of iodine. Swiss families that c. t afford the ex- pense spend some weeks annually at the seashore for a cure. Agony of Neuritis A Story of Intense Suffering and Relief. "Do I recommend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills? You may believe I do," says Mr. John H. Jamieson. of Wallace- burg, Ont. "For five years I suffered day and night from neuritis. The agony was ter- rible. I lost control of my arm and shoulder and my hand became shriv- eled. Nothing helped me till I began taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Even then the improvement was slow and I took ten ooxes before I was on the ' way to recovery. After that, though, ! relief was rapid. My hand gradually tilled out; the palu left me and I could sleep in peace. That was two years ago and I have not had a twinge ot tbe trouble since." Sufferers from neuritU, neuralgia or Rheumatism should try the common-) sense method of banishing these trou- bles by enriching the blood and strengthening the nerves with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. These Pills are sold by all medicine dealers or by' mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr. j Williams' Medicine Co., Brockviile. Out. Germany to Use Loudspeaker As Advertising Medium Berlin A great engineering firm in Germany is responsible for an inven- tion whose utility has at least two aspects. It Is a gigantic loudspeaker, so constructed that a mere whisper into a microphone can overwhelm a whole city with vocal tones of ex- Answer Children's Questions Elsie F. Kartack The old-fashioned saying, "Children should be seen and not heard," should ' have passed forever from our present ' day experiences for a greater und*r- j standing of what bet promotes a child's growth has uisplaced the meager insight of former days. A re- ' cent experience proved the injustice of trying to hold to that worn-out maxim. We were having a delightful ride in | the country. At my suggestion, we j had turned from the much traveled ' highway to a road seldom used. 1 1 was enjoying the wealth of beauty all ! about me. Ten-year-old Elizabeth was i bubbling over' with- enthusiasm about all the new things she was seeing and j her questions came fast. What were those flowers? Could she pick some? What was a siHJ? What was it used for? Why? Did baby ducks come out I of eggs like chickens? Why did the) creek run only one way? Could cows swim? Was that why they went into the water? There seemed to be no end to her questions. Her mother be- came quite impatient and answered her shortly anil indifferently. She was intent upon telling me about her new clothes, about a bridge luncheon that she had just given and about Grace Brown's trouble with her husband. As continuous as the stream of questions from the child was the mother's light chatter. I tried to answer some of the child's questions while attending po-i Htely to my hostess. Finally, how-i ever, in exasperation Elizabeth's ] mother said, "You must keep still. I| want to talk to Miss King and you dis- ! tnrb me For a few moments there was sl-| lence and then the questions and com- ments began again until her mother j said, "Elizabeth, if you will keep still ! for half an hour I will give you fifty' cents." To me she said, "That will hold her . I think. The silly child has been try- ing to save enough to buy her father : a birthday present and my offer will be an inducement.'" And indeed the promise of the fifty cents did seem to produce the de- sired effect. Several times her face lighted up and she almost spoke only to remember in time. Twenty-five minutes pased when suddenly, with her little face all aglow, .she burst out, "Oh, Mother, what is that beautiful red bird?" The mother without turning her, head in the direction of the bird. ex-| claimed. "There, you have lost your fifty cents! You cant' keep still for even half an hour!" Elizabeths' face tell and her eyes filled with teafT "Oh, I'm sorry. Now I can't buy j Daddy's birthday present, but I did ! want to know what that bird was." "That," I answered, "was a scarlet tanager. I have one in my garden. If Mother will let you come over after school to-morrow, perhaps we can see' it and I will tell you about it." And at that moment I decided that ' I was much in need of a little errand j girl for several nights so that Eliza-! beth might earn the fifty cents for her father's birthday In a reasonable way. A child's education depends very much upon his awareness of things about him. so his questions regarding things that he sees, hears, smells, tastes and feels should be encouraged and he should be given as correct and careful replies as it is possible to give. Issued by the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West 40th Street. New York City. These articles are appear- ing weekly in our columns. Thoroughbred He was a thoroughbred, that horse, He stretched his head out for the bit. Quivering in every limb. It was re- straint Harassed him and chafed his restless soul, Breaking his hope in dull monotony. He wan anxious for the saddle and the rein: Exercise they meant to him ,and ac- tion, speed The one great end of his existence. Into the saddle sprang the rider. "Let him go!" He pawed the air a moment. Was he free? A few mighty leaps to prove it. Then, he bounded to the race. With the mettle of his noble line of sires. Stretched his liuibs in rhythmic mo- tion, Vital, joyous, fearless, free! For him, now, no rest or turning back. It was speed he craved, and action! Indeed a thoroughbred, that horse. Emeroi Stacy, in the Christian Science Monitor. Is Baby Teething? .Teething time is a time of worry to most mothers. The baby is nervous; fretful; feverish. His little gums are swollen and sore; diarrhoea, constipa- tion, colic and sometimes convulsions set m neither baby nor mother can sleep. These troubles can be quickly ban- ished, however, through the use of Baby's Own Tablets, concerning which Mrs. Louis Grubb, Teeswater, Out., says: "I have used the Tablets for all my babies while teething and hare found them a splendid medicine." Baby's Own Tablers are sold by all ' medicine dealers or by mail at 25 ' cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co.. Brockviile. Ont. Nurses Know RED KOSE Western Canada Coal With the exception of true anthra- cite, practically every kind of coal is to be found in Alberta and British Co- lumbia. The high grade lignite and sub-bituminous coals of Alberta are designated by the provincial authori- ties as domestic coal to differentiate them from the ordinary lignites. Classified Advertising FOR SALE A SEA SLED FOR SALE. MODEL IS. with new 12 H.P. Evinrudt nio. '.'f. all In perfect condition, very fas;, absolutely safe, splendid fishing boat, has special sedan top; owner getting larger model. Now lo- .ed on Georgian Bay. Wilson Publishing Co.. 7J Adelaide W.. T.rontu. Bo* 27 And of course the correct thing to do will be to driv; out to the miniature golf course in one of the new bantain-size motorcars. Milk Wisdom Milk should be scalded, not boiled. Heat until the surface of the milk: i quivers. Milk boiled loses most of its goodness. Before heating milk rinse the sauce- pan out with, wattr, leavuig just j enough there to wet the bottom of the paii. This is a great guard against burning. Milk bottles and jugs ire more easi- ly cleansed if rinsed out with cold water first. Milk should never be kept in leaden vessels, L-ir should it t : given to children in metal cups of any kind. Some people find hot milk indigest- ible. This may be because they drink it the wrong way. Hot milk should be sipped slowly. For children, milk and water is lighter anj more easily digested. Sour milk need not be wasted. It makes excellent scones, and may be added to a stew with advantage. It may be used as a junket. Last, but not least, remember its beautifying proper- ties; as a skin softener it is unrival- led. Visitor to Northern Town: "What very changeable weather you get here!" Native: "Changeable, do ye call it, sir? If it 'ad been changeable, we'd 'ave- changed it long ago!" With the exception of one cottage, the entire village of Fenwick. Eng- land, was sold at auction recently. If Mahatma Gandhi were an Ameri- can, he would send his picture with one pound of salt for one dollar. The Handy Bottle Minard'i is the sure relief in the Handy Bottle. For strains, burns, bruises, boils and blisters. Forgotten Garden Here marigolds and phlox hold their sway. And ivy steeped in memory drapes a wall. Where hollyhocks like dreaming can- dles tall Light this lost garden, crumbling and gray. Phlox, white, like lovely ladies In their day. Bend swiftly as If answering some call Where now alone forgotten pansies fall And faded moonbeams desolately stray. Clear as are morning trumpets, mari- golds Lift, rapturous, their faces to the sky Where tones ol sweet birds vanish in the folds Of rhythm's far-forgotten songs and die. And all the rose-gold swooning hour holds Echoes the requiem of love's good-bye. Alice Hunt Bartlett. For Blisters Minard's Liniment. Our Tattooed Beauties Tattooing is sometimes resorted to by women iii search of beauty. Rosy cheeks and ruby lips are thus acquired while noses of a too vivid hue are toned dowu. TheHoneyFly Catcher You Must Do Your Bit I is ibt oar igunil the fly. carrier f ftrmi and breeder of diteue. I ll proven that AEROXON none of the motl convenient and mol efficient raeuu of eombatinf Um fly cviL It u convenient, beciiue of the puh-pin. It it hy|ienic ' Hiet never ffel awty when once cu(ht Each ip.rsl five* three <--,. perfect w - 8EAARE OF IMITATIONS ( U Ce C 0. Genert & Fib. bailee Sophonlsba "What were the provi- sions of your uncles' will?" Theophll- 1 us "That I should have all that was . left after the payment of his just debts." Sophonisba "How generous! What did he leave T" Theophilus ' "Just debts." "You people in America have no an- cestors." "Oh. yes. we have." answer- ed the man whose daughter is engaged to a duke; "the best that money can buy." HER FAT IS MELTING FAST AWAY All over the world Kmsvhen Suits' IB appealing to girls and women who strive lor an attractive, frec-from-fat figure that cannot fail to win admira- tion. litre 1 *:) the recipe that banishes fat and brings into blossom all the natural attractiveness that every union POULTRY BUTTER & EGGS Get Our Quotat ; ons Before Snipping LINES LIMITED St. Lawrence Market. Toronto 2 Every morning take one - half teaspoon of Krusehen Salts in a glass of liot water before breakfast. Bo sure and do this every morning for " It's the daily dose that take* off the fat." Don't miss a morning. Kniscben daily means that every particle of poisonous waste matter and harmful acids and gases are expellee' from the system. At the same time the stomach, liver. kuinrvs and bowels are toned up :md the pure, fresh blood containing Nature's six life-giving suits is earned to every organ, gland, nerve and tibre i'l (he Ixv'y. and this is followed by " rh.if Kru'-chen feeling'' of energetic health ind activity that is reflected in t'n-lit eyes, clear ^km, cheerful vivacity and eharmiug tigure. WHEN CHILDREN f n f V THERE are times I rs. C I when a child is too fretful or feverish to be sung to sleep. There are some pains a mother cannot pat away. But there's quick comfort in Castorial For diarrhea, and other infantile ills, give this pure vegetable prepara- tion. \Vhenever coated tongues tell of constipation: whenever there's any sign of sluggishness. Castoria has a good taste; children love to take it. Buy the genuine with Chas. H. Fletcher's signature on wrapper. treme clarity. The vibration cf the] trictcurrent of 200 watts is used, while hitherto less than 100 watts j current was the maximum sound i strength. The firm that gave a de-j monstration of this novelty recently. ,tk-ularly the "kelps." attend to that, membranes Is so Intense that an elec-l busings*, collecting the precious chem- 'ical and storing it in their t-'ssues. AH that needs to be done is to gather these plants and separate the iodine jfrom them. The commercial supply f>{ iodin - is almost entirely obtained j before an invited audience confidently i Srom seaweeds. In some of the latter believes that a great advertisting, j particularly the giant kelp, known medium will hereby come into opera- ] \to science as Macrocystis. meaning | tion, as a stationary balloon equipped .''big bulb" the concentration of io- 1 with the apparatus can dominate the' dine is extraordinary. That marine air around It for many miles. That plant, enormous in size, anchored to there Is a distinctly useful side to the sea bottom by a stem hundreds f>f feet long, with a vast frond of leaves, contains over one-fourth of 1 per cent. of iixline. Those giant seaweids are ideal car- the Invention no thinking person can, deny. Whether, however, the gen- eral public will take kindly to the! penetrating voice from the clouds re- mains to be seen, but as "speech time" : tiers of iodine for human uses. Med-jwlll certainly be renulatcd and re- icinal extracts made from them are , stficted. It heed not be so dlstuvbin;-' Tlie curate of a country ciiuivh had preached a charity sermon, and after the service he was told by one of the churchwardens that the collect ion amounted to 20 5s. 4H<1- "Well," said the curate with pardonable pride, "that proves, 1 think, that my sermon touched them." "No doubt it did, sir," replied the warden, "but the squire put in a 20 Ib. note, and he's deaf." Grunting that a king can do no wrong it must be atlmited that Klug' Carol has been right a great many ;imes in a very pecu'iar way. "That was entirely uncalled for.", said the pawnbroker as he sold the unclaimed watch. our Stomach CASTORIA TWICE BENEFITED BY SAME REMEDY Recommends Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound standardized, and have proved 1 a$ sc-ui to believg. h.ue Minard'jj Lm,iiK"t en Just a tasteless dose ol riiillips' Milk of Magnesia in water. That is an alkali, effective, yet harmless. It has been the standard antacid tor 50 years among physicians everywhere. Cue spoonful will neutralize at once many times its volume iu acid. It Is, the right way, the quick, pleasant and efficient way to kill the excess acid. I'Ud stonuKU becomes sweet, Ui You are !M. > i minutes. Don't depend on criule methods. Em ploy the best way yet evolved in all : the years of searching. That Is Fhil-j lips' Milk of Magnesia. Be sure to get the genuine Phillips' . Milk of Magnesia prescribed by physi ; ciaus for 50 years in correcting excess , acitK Kach bottle contains full direc Ohourjt. Ontario- "Years agii when 1 had a si.-k father and ;i nursing hsby to <-:in- lor. 1 got a!! run down and 1 took 1 \ilia I 4 '. Pinkham's Yi-g. 1 - tablf Compound to get strength tt> do my work. An- other itinie at Change of Life. I had seven- head- arhos and felt tirt-il ail tho time. I took Seven bodies of the Vegetable Compound and felt like a new woman. I recommend it to any woman who it at the age when she ncvds building up." MRS?T. E. JJUJSiiA."., K.1M, Cobourg, Ontario. 1 1 ,