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Show Bela, In 1260, more soldiers were killed by the sun than by the weapons of the foe; that in 1303 three great rivers of western Europe went dry, and that in Odessa, in 1889, the noon temperature reached 144 degrees and a sunshade was necessary at five in the morning, we are bound to conclude con-clude that we are not so badly off, after all. SOME CRUMBS OF COMFORT Those of Us Who Sweltered in the Dog Days May Find a Little Consolation Here. j For those of us who are forced to j spend most of our summers in cities j there are a few consoling thoughts, remarks a writer in the Atlantic Monthly. One is that the severest heat does not- prompt men to crime, as the social stai isticians have found that the severest cold does. Another is that the worst temperature we are i called upen to face falls a long way ' short ot the endurance limit of the human body and brain, as proved by French experiments at the 250 degree level. Another comes from the discovery dis-covery through the newspapers, with every prolonged hot wave, that we are "breaking the record" in some line or other. This ought to be a stimulus to our pride, and if we wish to carry further the beneficent influence of mental suggestion, all we need to do is to compare w hat is happening to us with what has happened to various other people at various other times. For instance, when the encyclopedias tell us that in A. D. 627 the heat in France and Germany dried the water wa-ter sources and a multitude of people died of thirst; that in the batlle of j |