Show second ward people enjoyed themselves to the limit last monday night in a program of rare excellence A very large crowd was present and the affair from alpha to omega was gilt edged the program was short but it was nicely punctuated with musical numbers select readings and other and it was highly enjoyed refreshments including the serving of punch were other pleas ing diversions at tho the conclusion of the program dancing was in order and continued until the midnight hour financially as well as socially alu ward scored a hap happi fa f 0 was the sum of 0 th alis clean up u aul and ir r has bas added consider n to a fund which was needed the conclusion of experts in the united states health service that the number of persons in this country addicted co 0 o the use of narcotic drugs has hag been exaggerated will be received with general satisfaction but the fact that it Is based on the official statistics of the importation of such drugs may cause conle people to wonder whether there may not be surreptitious importations of which the custom house officials are unaware up to date the battles in the air of which so much was expected have counted their casualties chiefly among civilians who have no means of fighting back we are 0 going to have it seems the bl biggest gest submarines in the world this Is the next best thing to having the i smallest need aced of them 1 Y 7 7 of courso cours women balli about their 1 14 ats buethe real talk teat comee when thay ya A ami 0 35 y scientists have discovered that prehistoric man was vas artistic but Ire prehistoric historic woman paint as well hidden among the pages of statistics and maps map in the 1911 general report on the census of india are some quaint stories of indian beliefs and superstitions mr who su per intended the census taking in bengal bibar bihar and orissa tells us that the lower classes think that insanity is due to excess of bile in the system or to worms in the head neglect of the worship of the gods or the curse of yogi sadhu or other holy man may produce it madness being due to possession by an evil spirit every attempt is made to appease or exorcise it the exorcists hold smoking chilies childes to the nostrils of the patient and chant mantras addressing the spirit in obscene language all with nith the idea of driving it away when these means prove futile they prescribe a diet calculated to force the spirit to leave his victim in tear fear of losing his caste the unfortunate patient has therefore to consume soup made of toads etc when these abominable no strums fall fail the use of medicated oils and of indigenous herbs and drugs is resorted to the medical treatment of the insane sometimes takes the following forms the mud taken from putrid tanks is plastered on the patients head or aloe pulp is mixed with water and applied in the form of an emulsion A favorite remedy Is soup made from a particular kind of frog again the caste question Is one which is of particular importance tn in many of the eastern provinces and it Is told how one chief excommunicated the in one highly organized caste which had been split into two hostile camps and so effectual and binding was this order that not only did the barbers wa shermen and priests of the state who had hitherto served them refuse to work fortham for them but the services could not be obtained even of barbers shermen wa was hermea and priests residing outside the state this order was strictly enforced for some time the men of this caste are clean shaven and very well groomed and dressed but when the dispute was eventually settled the persons affected by the order had long dirt matted beards the hair of their heads was in long strands and filthy in the extreme and their clothes were beyond description tor for |