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Show TOR SAUNA SlIN. SAUNA. UTAH Camembert and Roquefort cheese which, when grafted on the plain English cheese. Imparts to it the flavor of the foreign varieties. Few Are Visible. The naked eye is able to discern few of the "animals" In this compact menagerie. There are some that can be seen and these are relegated to a in the institute cage prominent room. But it is the invisible terrors" that Interest the scientists and bacteriologists. There are more than thirty strains, or species, of the genus Aspergillus in the living state. They were taken from the Soy products and used in making pickles In China, from the dust in the London subways, from the mealy bug of the sugar cane and from the wild animals In the Loudon City Hall of Boys Republic Virginia Executive Mansion Gutted by Flames zoo. Of the tubercle bacillus alone there are more than twenty specimens or strains. Some come from human cases Members of the Chicago Boys Brotherhood Republic of America, H4 in number, have just dedicated their new city hall, shown above, which was established as a memorial to E. D. Hulbert, late Chicago banker. The boys have a complete government, the mayor, Jerome Sampson, and chief of police, Joseph Kafilson, being shown in the illustration. Microbes Housed in a Menagerie London. More deadly than adders, swifter than the tiger, more stealthy than the leopard and in sufficient numbers to lay low all Britain, more than 2,000 terrors" to man and beast are housed in a Chelsea gardens structure, and thousands pass the building daily unmindful of the lurklpg death within. Inside the house bacteriologists, and leading surgeons, physicians and scientists of the empire handle the monsters" with a nonchalance that would shock the layman. It Is Menagerie of Microbes, the National Collection of Type Cultures maintained at the Lister Institute of .Preventive Medicine, and the monsters are listed, labeled and cared for with even greater solicitude than death-dealin- g that shown for ferocious animals In zoo. In the new catalogue just Issued by the Medical Research council upward of 2,000 living strains the London at Richmond, Ya., after the fire that gutted the lower floor and destroyed Inset Is Mrs. Lee Trinkla, wife of the governor, who ytav painfully injured i Poison Found in the Medusas Fresh Water Tanks Dig Up Skeleton 2,000 Years Old in Arizona Phoenix, Ariz. The skeleton of a man, believed to have been a member As a result of the move in 1920, it of the race said by some archeolonow is possible for any surgeon or gists to have inhabited this section physician, any bacteriologist, patholo- of Arizona 2,000 years ago, was ungist or researcher in protozoology, or earthed near the eastern city Unfits the scientific advlger of any industry by a party of excavators working unto find in the Chelsea Gardens menag- der the direction of the American Muerie living cultures of the majority of seum of Natural History. the known strains of microbes. Here,' Measurements of the skeleton inditoo, he can obtain authentic knowledge cate the man was about 5 feet 8 inches of the animals with which to compare tall. Both Erick Smith, In charge the organisms in which he ; Is in- of the excavating work, and Dr. O. A. terested. Turney, Phoenix archeologist, Last year more than 4,000 cultures said the man undoubtedly was a memwere distributed to interested work- ber of the race that was known as ers. While many of these went to inthe canal builders, who are bedustries, the bulk of them were used lieved to have constructed the first to save human and animal lives. The irrigation system In the Salt river collection is not limited to maleficent valley. Traces of these canal sysorganisms, despite the fact that the tems still remain. bulk of cultures are of those that Belief was expressed that there cause disease in man, animals and were two rooms beneath the chamber For Instance there are ex- In which . the skeleton was found.. plants. amples of microbial pests of tobacco, Doctor Turney explained that It was which, taken from the .finer strains of the custom of this race to lay their tobacco, when propagated and isolated dead In the floor of a room, cover may be used to improve Inferior va- it with earth, build a new floor und rieties. Then there is a mold from continue to live In the same dwelling. Germs Fatal to Man, Beast and Plant Found in London Institute. of bacteria and protozoa are listed as inmates of this scientific menagerie. The catalogue not only lists the animals" alphabetically, but includes their scientific names with a complete description of their source and- habits. It also gives a list of the sub- jects with reference to their related organisms. Special Temperatures. Just as the wild animals in the zoo require certain temperatures In which to thrive, so do the exhibits" i.n the microbe menagerie. Some of the varieties Insist upon polar atmosplfere, others demand the heat of the torrid zone and others will live only In the balmy winds of the temperate zone. The vagaries and demands of these frequently invisible terrors are met with and precise care taken to see that nothing will interfere with pleasure and comfort. From all parts of the world scientists and bacteriologists have sent to the Lister Institute the minute animals so that the private collection of the institute, long famous, has been so greatly augmented that it Is said to surpass any in the world. For years the Pasteur Institute maintained a collection in Paris, another in Prague and yet another In the Museum of Natural History, New York. Each of these, however, were limited in scope, and five years ago the Medical Research council enlisted sthe of the Lister Institute to expand the Chelsea gardens collection to its present size. To it also was added the type culture of- fungi gathered by the British Mycologlcal society. or from generalized tuberculosis. Others come from bovine types, avian types from birds, and one from a kangaroo at the zoo. Then there are the cold blooded types from the alligator, tortoise, frogs and fishes. One of the curiosities is a culture of the bacillus hotulinus from a food poisoning case in Lough Maree, Scot: Scene in the executive mansion land, In 1922. This Is regarded as in- many heirlooms of . colonial times. valuable in case of another victim of In rescuing her little son. the disease turning up. This Is the disease thalTia filed the United States medical fraternity some time ago when so many were poisoned by eating spoiled ripe olives. Another of the feature exhibits" are the trypanosomes of sleeping sickness. Another shows the types of tie ngana disease of cattle in tropical Africa. When the U. S. S. Medusa, largest naval repair ship In the world (shown above), was at Mare Island recently, poison enough to have killed the entire ships company of 484 men was found In one of the fresh water tanks. While an official Investigation was under way a chief gunner of the crew committed suicide ut Vullejo, Cal. Start Drive for Worthy Charity INDIAN TURNS GRAY Bruin Cools His Fevered Mouth - , Chief Mud Feuthers of the Glacier National park reservation is one of Indians ever seen the few gray-haireon the North American continent. d UNIQUE MONUMENT Mrs. John Allan Dougherty and Brig. Gen. Lloyd M. Brett, leaders in the campaign to raise funds for the creation of a hospital for tubercular children at Albuquerque, N.' M., put up the first poster for the drive in Washington. This Malayan bear in the London zoo apparently had been celebrating the holidays like his human friends and next morning found It pleasant to ' cool his mouth with an icicle. , - DOLLARS AND CENTS VALUE OF HUMAN BEING IS SOUGHT - O Statistical Measure Based Upon- - In- vestment Represents and His Production Valuer Man New York. The dollars and cents value of a hnman being's existence, taking Into consideration the investment he represents and his commercial Importance to the world, is being investigated by Dr. Louis I. Dublin, statistician of the Metropolitan Insurance company, here. A mans estimate of the value of his own life may fluctuate widely, said Doctor Dublin. At one time, he may be willing to sacrifice all his worldly goods to save his skin, and at another time, ns suicide statistics show, he may value his life at less than nothing. But his family and his business associates and the community at large all have a close Interest in his existence, and it is sometimes necessary for courts and insur . ance companies to set a numerical estimate on the worth of a human life. The same methods that are used to evaluate manufacturing plants can he applied to the individual. Ye have to reckon the cost of Installation, running- expenses, and a sinking fund against the time of expiration. On the credit side of the account we have such items as current earnings, unpaid services rendered, participation in the upkeep of population, and so forth." New Fads London. Some of the girls are carrying their watches tucked Into garters Just above the knee. Another new mode is the wearing of neckties behind Instead of In front Has Self Arrested as Drunk; Dies in Fire Marshfield, Ore. Fire which destroyed the Lakeside wooden city Jail burned to death Fred KuIJu, a boy of twenty, who obtained too much moon- shine while attending a dance and, at his own request, was placed In the Jail until he doped to recover. Coronqr Keizer, who Investigated the affair believed 'that KuIJu was" smoking and fired his bedding. The Jail burned before the fire was discovered. KuIJu was found in the. middle of the ruins, with most of the bedding wrapped about his upper body. His legs were bfirned off to the knees and his arms were alo burned to cinders. Kulju was said to have been drinking for the first time. Ills request of the night officer to put him away was verified by the officer, Willetts. The young man was the oldest of a widowed family of seven, and the main support of the family ranch. Furuta, formerly the most famous 0 The sun has only geisha in Osaka, left a bequest of the to the city. effect of the moon in tide attraction. $5,-00- Wins Prize of Science Association h I'r. Dayton C. Miller of the.Ca.se School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio, with his invention which Is said to be able to photograph the sounds of music. Doctor Miller has Just been awarded the $1,000 prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science as the author of the most notable contributicn to science. The award is based on bis paper on The ment. Almost in the shadow of historic Park Street church, on Boston common, there now stands a unique monument to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It stands 13 feet high a foot for each f in colony. On one side the bronze by John F. Paranfino, after the painting by Trumbull shows the representatives of the colonies pledging "their lives, their fortunes and t heir sacred honor." On the other side Ether Drift Experl- is an exact copy of the original declar'.i ation including all signatures. bas-relie- Miclielsou-Morle- y |