Show F E L DOWSERS that certain men can find underground round water by means of a forked twig p preferably refer ably of witch hazel Is a belief which Is held so 50 persistently by so many deop people is e that scientists unable to explain it are investigating it in the hope of discovering the principle back of dowsing that dowsers downers do succeed oftener than they fall Is certain whatever the reason A scientist of the U S department of agriculture who recently witnessed an exhibition of 0 water finding by a german dows dowser r has ban revived interest in the subject the the explanation which he suggests and which w some other scientific men believe Is possible Is that the radium emanations or rays which are constantly coming out of the earth haie a definite effect upon the nervous system of certain persons who are highly sensitive to them and that when the direct path of these rays Is obstructed by water the tha result is a contraction of the dowsers downers dow sers muscles and a movement of the forked twig or divining rod other suggested explanations are that a good dowser Is sensitive to the faint vibrations caused by running water another ot her that the minute trace of dampness in the earth immediately over a subterranean stream affects him whatever the answer it seems as it if there Is something in the ancient belief I 1 VILLAGES A ya yale Is professor recently remarked that there was no reason whatever tor for the existence of most small towns the editor ot of the new ml cliford Mil tord iford conn times has called the protessor professor pointing out that it Is only in the villages that people live a community life which Is at once comfortable and free from the annoyances noy ances of life in the cities small towns today offer everything of re real at importance that any city offers to its inhabitants and a great deal that the city cannot give one can buy to in the village stores everything that the great city department stores offer except perhaps the flashy jewelry and extravagant furs which the city stores are always tempting people who cannot afford them to buy in the village movie theatre the same pictures are shown that are seen on broadway and usually before broadway sees them nobody but the very wea wealthy I 1 thy can afford to keep an automobile in new york a few village families are without one it Is only in small towns that most people can afford to own and live in their own houses and nowhere but in the small town can one have neighbors who are really neighbors in the old friendly sense of the word I 1 stimulants alcohol morphine cocaine all of the habit forming drugs owe one their popularly ly to the fact that for a short time they enable their users to do things which they oth otherwise emise would not have the energy or the courage to do coffee and tea are stimulants of less powerful effect feat every race of people has dev developed elope I 1 some sort of stimulant which speeds up certain physiological processes for the I 1 time being I 1 in the light of this worldwide world wide hu human mail demand tor for additional sources of bodily energy scientists nave been working tor for years in the effort to discover some substance which will accomplish the desired purpose without the disastrous mental and physical reactions which follow the use of the ordinary stimulants when hen the I 1 first effect has worn wom OIL off during the war a german chemist found that small doses of add acid sodium phosphate increased bodily energy with out apparent ill effects and this drug was used to enable workers in german coal mines to do extra labor research since the war has failed to disclose any serious bad effects from the use ot of this drug and there Is ground for the be lief that this or something similar may become as popular as tea and coffee and much more useful than alcohol the federal radio com commission mission has refused fu sed to renew the broadcasting licenses of certain stations which have been used to perpetuate palpable frauds upon the public there Is still too much ot of that of thing going out on the air however I 1 listened in the other night to a broadcaster describing a wonderful wonder tul electrical mac machine hine which would cure almost anything according to him ot of course he was lying deliberately trying to get ignorant people to spend money for a worthless device I 1 b heard card another broadcast an astrologer inviting people to send her money to have their fortunes told told she was lying also there la Is no poss possible bl basis ot of truth in the claim of any person to be able to read the future whether by consulting the stars or the tea leaves in the cup frauds like these are p prohibited by law in most states but the radio cuts across state lines reputable newspapers do not permit palpable takes fakes to advertise but I 1 the radio seems to be running wild in I 1 the perpetration ot of fraud how serious has the much talked ot of business depression actually been not nearly as serious nor as tar far reaching in I 1 its effects I 1 believe as the drought bout about which much less has been said and written according to one authority business iiii as a whole Is only about 9 per cent off ob the abe normal tor for this time of year employment Is 95 per cen cent t of normal retell sales are only off oa about 3 per cent taking the country as a whole grocery sales are about the same as last year regular interest and dividends are being paid as usual and thirty million fa families millea are living on almost the same scale of expenditure as they were in the height of flush times it Is the fashion to talk poor cash its I 1 Is not circulating as rapidly as it was but credit tor for those entitled to it Is easi easier e r than lor for years the chief sufferers ore are the victims ot of overproduction over production who tire are mainly the farmers lar mers |