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,4ft v." wm : V flltt'WIn®- Story of the Adventure %< \ of the Bailoonists Who Were pt|, v A' * "* - jDHTH NEAR WHBj RESCUE) j|Lo«t to th« World 29 Days In All-- Wandirtd Four Days In the Wood* ' With ilothlng to Eoat Except the 5fi Pigeons They Had With Thorn. Mattlce, Ont--After being lost to iV.. --e world for 29 days,.(our of whicb jf ^';-t"r*re 8Pen* wandering In the woods, >he three navy bailoonists, Lieuts. iParrell, HInton and Kloor, arrived I here; Lieut. Farrell told the following •^Jy' etory of their adventures: ^ Lieut Farrell's story of the (light C -^yfcnd wanderings of the trio begins witli ,i|;he morning hours In Rockaway naval , v\ Jhlr station on December 13 and goes ^t»n through the flight, the landing, and to the meeting with the Indian at oose Factory who saved their Uvea. "It was Just an ordinary balloon fiop,H Farrell began. "It was for training. HInton told me after we left (that the gas in the balloon was ten tiays old, stale and impure. . "HInton called me up at about twen- 4y minutes to 12 (December 13) and told me I could come on flight If 1 |<vanted to. No special orders are Seeded. We just got permission from ommander Cummings of the post fend Executive Officer Douglas. : "I am senior officer of the three, but Kloor was in command of the Bight, a^ he Is a balloon officer and 1 am a gunnery officer. I have been in »vfation for three years and hare flown In every 'kind of aircraft. We left at 1 p. m. Left With Four Pigeona. / "We had four pigeons; we let the first one go with a message for the • Brooklyn navy yard. : "HInton and Klo^r had heavy underwear and uniforms under their flying suits. I had only the underwear end the flying suit. I had a grip with Kny uniform and some other things in It We had eight sandwiches and two thermos bottles of . hot coffee. None of the underwear was electrically fceated. "We expected to land next morning In upper New York state. We had maps or charts except a railroad f'%nap of the Canadian Quebec Central , line, which I bought We had three chances to land before we did. We did etop once at Wells, N. Y. "We made fact to a tree near a light It was In a window of a farmhouse. A man came along and we asked him where we were. He told tas, but he could not say what big town we were near. Kloor Game to Qo On. "We cast loose and went np again. It rained and blew during the night. ' We could have landed at Ottawa «t 11 p. m. We saw the lights of a big city. But Kloor is Just a kid and he* was enthusiastic about a long flight. . Wc all agreed that we ought to do a decent flight There had been rain from Wells on. "The wind wag north by west That .night it blew hard and rained. There was no sign of civilization. But we thought It would be all right in the tnorning. At daylight we saw only forests. The rain had calmed down. •There were low clouds and fog. "The rain stopped at 8 a. m. (December 14). We ate all our toot during the night. We had two packages of cigarettes and one box of matches, but you cannot smoke in a hydrogen balloon. We realized we were lxt bad that morning." Explains Flying technique. Here Farrell paused to give a brief ^explanation of the technique of balloon flying. "You have a lot of expendable ballast," he said. "We had twenty-one sandbags weighing thirty pounds apiece. At first the balloon rises with tall the cargo. Then It begins coming down as the gas deteriorates. When you are down too low you throw out a , sandbag and that sends you up again. "When all the ballast Is gone you go up for the last time and have to come down as soon as the gas begins to weaken. "Our twenty-first bag went over that imorning. After that we had to throw out equipment to keep up. We hauled -in the drag rope which is used in snaking landings and cut it into several pieces. We used each piece as ballast It was not very long before the last piece went over the side. At 11 a. m. the aun came out and fceated up the gas in the balloon; that makes the gas expand and sends the balloon up. "We were fighting to keep in the All we saw was trees, lakes, and (fy. Jtaow. It was about 1:30 p. m. that ^ ; Ve saw a shack In the woods. At we thought It was a shack. We H. . f' #era in doubt about this until we heard a dog bark. 1 took bearings with the compass on the shack and the place where the dog barked. Wp decided to land. We were In low clouds about 1,000 feet high. The wind was north by west, the sun had been heating up our bag and we began to go up. We reached 6,500 feet It takes a long time go from that height ' Make a Bad Landing. "The clouds were below as and above us. We got down about two o'clock. It was a bad landing and we were pretty badly shaken up. We were not hurt or thrown out but the basket was smashed against the ground. "The balloon caught between the trees. We had taken the pigeons Into the basket to protect them from the landing. Usually they ride in a cage tied outside of the basket. The weather was clear and nearly freezing. "All three of us stepped out of the basket In our flying clothes. I took the grip. We were soaking wet Kloor took the pigeon cage. We started off at a terrific pace to get where the dog barked. We did not stop to inspect the balloon. From the bearings I took In the balloon we figured the dog to be south by east from us. Start on Long Trek. "We started through the forest on that line. I carried my grip for one day. We went on until dark and made a fire. I smoked two cigarettes while we rested; so did Kloor. ilinton did not smoke. "We did not eat that day; we carried the pigeons until the next day. There was some snqw on the ground, so we got a lot of pine brush to lie on and I picked a lot of rotten wood with my penknife. We had no firearms-- only the knife and the box of matches. "HInton went on a little to find a stream. While he was gone he laid off his flying suit to make better headway and he could not find it on his way back. "That night I slept next to HInton. He was next to the fire. I was on the outside. Kloor lay off to one side and slept We got on fine together in the forest Hinton and I dida't sleep. We got up at daylight They Eat First Pigeon^: "We ate a pigeon that mornfng, December 15. We cleaned a pigeon and cooked it We divided it in three parts, a couple of mouthfuls apiece. We drank water out of moose tracks and holes In the ground. That is what probably made, mer sick the next day. 'We started off, I carrying my grip. "We came to a creek that day (the Indians call this stream the Nescohaga). Hinton was leading and kept moving too far to the west "I proposed to him to go southeast In 30 minutes we got to the creek, which was not frozen over, so we had to follow the bank. We camped again in good shape. I, for one, was not very hungry, but we were cold when we stopped walking. "We had made a fire and rested at noon, but we did not eat in order to conserve food. We argued about where we were. I figured It somewhere in the woods in Canada, but wasn't sure. Hew They Were Garbed. "At that time I was still In my flying suit, Hinton in uniform and Kloor in uniform and flying suit We all wore flying boots. My grip kept getting foul of trees, so I threw It away at ten o'clock, but took care to put It in a tree. Before that I got my good English shoes out of the grip and put them on and threw away my flying boots, which were pretty near gone. "I did not make more than four miles the first day nor more than seven or eight the second day. Our night camp was on the creek. We did not eat During the day we all nibbled s bit of a kind of moss we found growing around. "We were not cheerful. We began to dread that this dog barking proposition was a kind of phoney. There were so nfany noises. I figure now It was a wolf barking. We saw a lot of wolf tracks. Youngest Flyer Prays. "Kloor told us he had been praying --not out loud, but Just to himself. I'm not much on religion; I didn't pray. No more than I made a propo-* sltion they should dine off me. "Hinton and I discussed our course while Kloor was praying. We had to admit we were In a pretty serious Jam and felt pretty blue. But when we quit we had a hunch that the third day was going to be lucky. "We ate the second pigeon and killed the other one the morning of the third day--December 16. Kloor put «the dead pige9n in his pocket. We did this to do away with the cage. "During the night Hinton and Kloor got their feet In the fire. Now their flying shoes were burned and they had to throw them away and walk In uniform boots. My shoes were in the best shape. : •> Hikers Growing Weakly "We were all growing weak and fell a lot In holes and over trees. Hinton MCHENRY ptajndrajlbb, Sfefrewft*, - :>'3& was very weak. I ftelt like rt/mltlng. Hinton was nauseated, his stomach was very bad, but our heads were as clear as they are right now. "If we had had a definite Object we could have gone fifty or a hundred miles without so much distress. We saw BO much of the same sort of woods that It appeared we were not golrtg anywhere. But we were not going in circles because we were steered by the compass «ig*Agg»ng through die wood. That counted against us. "I began to lag behind pretty much and Hinton suggested that I take off my flying suit. I did, and walked in my underclothing the rest of the trip. "Hinton wrapped my suit around him as a sort of blanket Just before noon I had a nasty fall over a tree trunk into a hole three feet deep. I waa bruised and scratched but I got up alone. Hunch Falls to Help Out "We didnt eat at noon and made fire snd warmed up and started off again all together. We were pretty blue when we camped the third night Our hunch about the third being the lucky day fllwered. "Hipton said, 'Let's write some letters and put them In our pockets,* but I said, 'No, we'll have plenty of time to do that' "Hinton could hardly hold his head up. It was very cold and It sure was our worst night We slept again with Hinton near the fire and me on the outside. I had the flying suit on, but it was too cold to lie still, and 1 would get up often. "When I did Hinton did too, and we would both sit near the fire for a while. Kloor slept fine, almost In the fire. He kept getting his feet In the fire and we #ould have to pull them out "Next morning we kidded the kid-- that's what we called Kloor--and told him be had been hogging the fire. Hinton had the matches, because he knows how to light a fire. We were careful with the matches. We would go stiff when it took Hinton two matches to get the fire going. Trio in Bad Shape. "Kloor had lots of pep after his night's sleep and Hinton was In bad shape. I was a bit better off than Hinton, but not much. We started off without food along the bank of the creek. I had a hunch that night might have frozen up the creek and I left them to go down and try It out" The distance covered that afternoon was not more than three miles. Next day (Thursday) almost thl same story was repeated at nightfall, their distance from the "hypothetical" village being still as undetermined aa when they made their landing. Friday proved to be the lucky day. In the morning Tom Marks, a Cree Indian trapper, who was inspecting his traps on the outskirts of the settlement of Moose Factory, an island in the bottom of James bay, noticed tracks which he Judged to have been made by three white men. His curiosity getting the better of the native Indian timidity in the presence of the unusual, Marks followed up the tracks until early in the afternoon he came upon the three bailoonists. Kloof's Story of Trip. "The first days out were the worst, said Lieutenant Kloor, describing their experiences. "We had practiced walk lng with snowshoes at Moose Factory while we were there and thought we were experts with them, but after going a day on the trail changed our minds. It was quite stormy, too, and the first week we were out we encountered three severe blizzards. "On Sunday a week ago It became so bad we were compelled to retrace our steps for more than a mile. We also found that the dogs we had with us were inadequate for the load we were carrying and had to send back for more. The weather, however, was not very cold. We had lots of moose meat to eat and I think we are all feeling fine." "What scientific values to be derived from your trip?" was asked. "The' main scientific fact demonstrated," replied Kloor, "'is that a balloon of 3^000 cubic feet capacity can remain in the air for more than twelve hours. We were in the air for twenty-five hours and could have remained there longer. Further than that I think nothing ought to be said until we report to our superiors." Dogs Hail the Arrival. Kloor, a blue-eyed, ruddy young fellow who looked to be in the pink of condition," was the firat to arrive. He came whirling around the bend of the Mlssanaibl Into the town, riding on the dog sled, with Sam Sainsbury, Toronto explorer, who had gone to meet him. The howling of husklea tethered before Indian huts hens was the first warning of the party's approach. A moment later Kloor's sled came over the snow. He was bundled to the eyes In the garb of the country-- mackinaw, moccasins, wool cap and muffler--and no one recognized him until he had slid stiffly from his sled and introduced himself. "I feel fine. We're all all right. All I ask Is that I get to a fire," he said. NO ASSIGNMENTS ON COMMITTEES Will Defer Announcing, st for Another Week, • < present Pia% TO BE OF INTEREST TO EVERYBODY • The first bicycle driven by pedsls made in Paris in 1808. Ecuador takes its name from the fact that it is situated on the equator. OH production to the United States Increased 25,000,000 barrels In the last year. The West Indian crab Is bom to the nea, matures in fresh water and then fiassesi the remainder of Its life on dry land. Persians love dogs because they sre Supposed to He awake nights snd drivo way the demons that wait for the •wills of the dead, so the more the (Bog howls at night the surer he is to defeat the demons and the man be Is appreciated by his owner. The establishment of "farm col- < amies'* In California has been urged «w/a method of reducing the cost of living. The statement Is made that there are 125,000 acres of land In that jgtate suitable for cultivation, which gn now unproductive forlack sf Mas to till the land. } .m/sj. C'lW,._Js Scotch interests are planning to obtain 42,000 electrical horsepower by harnessing three lakes, and to utilize the waterpower running to waste In the watershed of the Tay. As a form of hazing, "plebes" at the United States Naval academy at Annapolis who are unable to guess the dally dessert ana forced to eat their meals sitting on the floor under the table. When John Qulncy Adams went to Washington as Pqpldent one of his popular recreations was to take his private secretary and some good friends and swim tn the Potomac for an hoar. Be was as expert swimmer. In Afttcfi there Is a lack of locomotives which Is felt Just as acutely as is being experienced in the remain* der of the world and for the purposes of a light railway, cars are being drawn along the tracks by road tractors which move along oa a resd bailt beside the tracks, » Trivial Accident Brings Disaster. ,'The gypsy moth has caused a great flfeal of trouble in this country, and much money and energy have been spent In the effort to exterminate it. The trouble started when a French naturalist named Trouvelot, residing In the town of Maiden. Mass., left a paper box containing gypsy moth eggs on a window ledge and it bleyv off.' That was in the early eighties, and he was making experiments with various kinds of caterpillars as silk spinners. Could Show Him In 8hort Order. Elocutionary Aspirant--"Tears, Idlf tears. I know not what they mean!" Manager--"Well, you come into our box office and our accounts will soon show you what idle tiers San Francisco Chronicle. Spanish Tongue Supreme. Together with Portuguese, which Is practically a dialect Spanish is the language of the whole western hemisphere south of the Rio Grande, a region of incalculable natural wealth sad vast trade possibilities • Method of Procedure In Legislative - Matters and Other Formal Affaire Will 8e First to Receive^ - ' Attention. fep^!Qgfle!<3. -- Speaker Da^ffeg plans to defer announcing the membership of the various committees of the house of representatives until next1 week, instead of Tuesday, when the general assembly meets. He has stated that he desires another week to finish the list The full assignment of chairmanships and memberships on the house committees will go over until January 25, he declared. When the house session opens on Tuesday adoption of rules of procedure will be undertaken. The rest of the week will be devoted to what formal matters may come up. It being understood that committee assignments will not be one of the latter. In the senate, selection of a secretary will be made, when It Is probable what appointments Governor Small Is ready to transmit will be taken up for concurrence. Leaders assert that the governor's appointments will not encounter senate objections. Then the list for former Governor ILOwden'a recess appointments, which number some 150, will be called up for concurrence. There la scheduled a contest over this list, administration followers differing from the advocates of the Lowden regime on concurring In all of them. It is safe to say that the entire lot will not be confirmed, even Governor Lowden's friends being listless about some of them. But a major fight is shaping In case there be a move to oust Gen. Joseph B. Sanborn from the state tax commission. He is one of the Ix>wden recess appointees whose selection still awaits concuarence in the senate. Reports are divided on whit the senate will do. There is a suggestion that Governor Small's following in the senate Is anxious for a roll call test of strength, and may welcome it on the ouster of General Sanborn, who la an old soldier of 40 years' service. Appointment of an entirely new state tax commission of three meiabers, which will be guided In Its practice by the taxing ideals embodied In Governor Small's Inaugural address, will be announced soon, according to those nearest the new governor. Another choice place Included is that of chief factory Inspector. One of the governor's cabinet places, that of the director of mines and minerals, Is in the bunch. It is understood, however, that the Lffwden nominee, Robert M. Medill of Harrlsburg, is the one member of the Lowden cabinet who will be reUHned. Rededlcation of the Illinois Soldiers' snd Sailors' Orphans' home at Normal to the veterans of the World war, provision, for the admittance of (heir children to the institution and a general physical and administrative improvement of the home are advocated In the legislative program which the American Legion will present to the Fifty-second general assembly. An outline of the proposed legislation is given by W. R. McCauley, department commander for Illinois. Amendments to the laws govecnlng the Institution which will be proposed by the American Legion also call for: Raising the age limit of discharge from the home from sixteen to eighteen years. Courses tn the state normal schools and the state university for children showing aptitude. Institution of vocational training. Repeal of that part of the statutes providing for the admission of dependent children other than those of veterans with provision to keep those dependent children now In the home "and treat them exactly as veterans' children." The American Legion's program of legislation and recommendations was announced following a survey of the home by a committee composed of Col. George F. Lee and Early Garey of Chicago snd T. E. Harwood of Bloomington. The practice of removing children from the soldiers' and orphans' home and placing them In private homes was declared to be a "blot upon the fair name of Illinois and nothing short of criminal," because it was declared children "are turned out at a tender age with practically no education, unfitted for any practical work. Provision for the care of 1,500 or 2,000 children within ten years is recommended by the commltiM. Seeks to Protect Teachers. Protection for competent schoolteachers against arbitrary dismissal Is sought by the American Federation of Teachers through state legislation. The federation claims that such legislation will go far toward raising the standard of the teaching profession. According to Charles B. Stillman. president of the American Federation of Teachers, legislation such us that proposed by the federation would not protect the incompetent teachers, but would provide the means by which they could be removed. Fear Lskes Will Be Drained. Summer residents of the northern Illinois lakes district have become frightened. They are afraid that their ten lakes will be drained dry next summer by the Fox river, leaving the estimated 10,000 cottage owners with a view of scum and weeds Instead of water. The lakes involved are Catherine, Channel, Marie, Grass, Bluff, Fox, Nlpperslnk, Petite, Long, and Pistakee. All drain into the Fox river, snd it flows lato the Illinois at Ottawa. Many residents camp at talus la the summer tin* Twenty-Five Hunting Accttfentm, The toll of death from hunting accidents in central Illinois was increased to 25 the pest week.' *;$ Would Proaecute War DeeerteMi A demand that the War department immediately start prosecution of 16,- 000 war deserters in Illinois was made In the name of the ex-service men of this state by William R. McCauley, state commander of the American Legion, In a telegram to Col. F. W. Galbraith, JrM national commander of the Legion. Will Go After Foreign Trade. That foreign trade can and must be developed, was the keynote of the annual meeting of the Illinois Manufacturers' association, held In Chicago. George Meyercord, president-elect of the association, pointed out that the reduction In price of American goods more than made up to1 the foreign buyer for th* differences la exchange values. Asserts BTlIe Are Vicious. Advocating a continuance of "states* rights" in educational matters, Dr. David Klnley, president of the University of Illinois, in an address before the Mid-Day Luncheon dub, classed as especially vicious the bills which propose to raise millions of dollars through federal taxation with a proposition to return part of It to the states on condition that they furnish another equal part to what the federal government gives. "Illinois la one of five states that furnish approximately three-fourths of the whole revenue from Internal revenue taxation of all kinds." Preparing State 8chool Ceneua. It costs approximately $58 a year to educate students in the Illinois public schools. William E. White of the department of public education expects next month to present a school census of the entire state. The number of children of school age--six to twenty-one years old--the number of children six years of age and under, and total receipts and disbursements for the entire state school system for the last year will be given. From questionnaires received from all parts of the (tate Mr. White estimates an Increase in enrollment In Illinois public schools of between 5.000 and 6,000 and an Increase of about 50,000 children of school age in the state. Will Discuaa Utilities Board. The Illinois Chamber of Commerce will decide at Its meeting here, January 26, whether the body will go on reconf regarding the proposed abolition of the state public utilities commission. Delegates fr&p various chambers of commerce In the state are expected to be on hand for the meeting. The question of the abolition of the commission, which was contained in the platform of Gov. Len Small, is of Interest to practically every community in the state. Other bodies are expected to make decisions as to their view on the subject of repealing the utlltles act The Illinois State Municipal League will meet in this city February 2 and 3 and may voice Its attitude one way or the other oa tike contemplated move. , ? 4 , , Illinois Teacheraf Salaried. The statistician of the state department of public instruction has completed data showing the average salary Illinois schoolteachers are paid. Of the 207 superintendents, two received $300 or less a year, 66 from (300 to $1,000 a year, 80 between $1,000 and $2,000 a year, 45 between $2,000 and $3,000, and 14 between $3,000 and $6,- 000. Kindergarten teachers, of whom there are 40, are paid between $300 and $1,500 annually, the chart shows. Of the 0,540 teachers In the rural schools, all are paid less than $li000>a year. Salaries of the graded elementary schoolteachers range from $300 a year to $5,500. There are 10,527 of the latter grade. Ninety per cent of the 4,134 high* school teachers are paid less than $2,000 a year, and the majority of the 248 Junior high school teachers receive $1,500 or leas. Utility Rstea Increased. In an order issued by the state public utilities commission Increases in street car rates are granted the Decatur Railway & Light company and increases In electric and gas rates, of the Illinois Traction system. Electric rates are Increased in Cairo, Clinton, Danville, Tilton, Indianola, Sldell, Chrlsman, Georgetown, Hegeler, Ridge 'arm, Westville, Decatur, Galesburg And East Galesburg, Abingdon, St. Augustine, Prairie City, Knoxville, Jacksonville, South Jacksonville, Edwardsville, Brooklyn, Carlinville, Warden, East Alton, Glen Cart>on, Granite City, Madison, Nam'wki, National City, Venice, Wood River, Mound City, Ottawa, Urbana, Champaign, Bloomlngton, Normal, Hudson, Meadows*, Bridley. El Paso, Kappa, Chenoa and Lexington. Gas rates are Increased In Clinton, Decatur, Galesburg, Jacksonville, South Jacksonville, Urbmia and Champaign. 1 Governor Haa Many Calers With the line of politicians and friends calling to offer congratulations dwindling to a stray few, the new governor, Len Small, will soon be able to decide whether he is going to like the chair tn the executive office upon which he will sit for the next four years. So far the new governor's duties have been confined almost to receiving visitors In his private chamber. He has been almost constantly shaking hands and discussing matters with his pollti cal friends. Newspaper men also hav£ been prominent among the callers. Seee Prosperity for 1921. Prophecies of the return of prosperity in 1921 and discussion of industrial topics of eapeclal interest during the period of reconstruction were heard at the annual meeting of the Illinois Manufacturers' association la the Congress hotel at Chicago. "There are many encouraging indications that 1921 will mark the beginning of substantial prosperity," said Col. William Nelson Pelouse, president of the association In 1920 in his report on the activities of Dm aeeeclei***t the lest m*. TAUGHT USE OF PLOWSHARE How Legendary Chinese Emperor Is ^Said to Have Encouraged AgrifC, culture in That Country. | In Europe the most significant of the gifts of the soil are wheat and flax; in China they are silk and rice. Old Chinese myths name Shen-aung or Slennung the "divine laborer,** a legendary emperor who Is said to have reigned In the first half of the third millennium before Christ, as the father of agriculture. It was he who first made a wooden plowshare and taught the people how to use It. Shennung was one of the three emperors whom legend reveres as founders erf the Chinese social system. It was Shen-tsan, or Sien-tsan, the wife of Huang-tl, another of the tliree, who taught the people the rearing of silk worms and the treatment of cocoons and threads and the weaving of silken garments, so that her subjects might no longer suffer from "chapped and 'frost-bitten skin.** The sanctuary of Shen-nung fs still standing, south of Pekln, R. Meyer fyefstah! writes tn Asia Magazine. Here the last emperor of China used to coifte every year to bring a sacrifice to the presiding divinity and to open a furrow In the soil with his own hands. The Ceremony Is very ancient Even In the sixth century there was an imperial field that formed a sanctuary fourteen 11 south of the capital. There, In the first months of spring, on a day of good augury, sacrifices of a steer, a sheep and a pig were made to Shen-nung and to Hou-tsi. The emperor, clad In his state robes and the ritual bonnet, entered the golden charlot of state and pet^brmed thrice the ritual of sacrifice. After this the cer^ mony of plowing took place. To the north of the city, la olden times, Shen-tsan had an altar. Later the shrine was transferred to the precinct of the palace, where the empress presided over the rearing of silkworms and the production of silk. Old records mention the mulberry grove of the empress and her pavilion for the rearing of silkworms. Toward the middle of spring. In anctent times, the chief of the court would summon the empress to the grounds north of the city to begin the rearing of silkworms. The ladies of the palace and the wives of high dignitaries aided her In the task. After fasting and sacrificing to Shen-tsan, the empress and the concubines of the emperor themselves gathered the mulberry leaves. The silk obtained was used ft* the sacrificial robe of the emperor. Productive Guam. Incident to his 1920 census. Uncle Sam has found that our Island possession, Guam, produces from its 225 square miles, with Its population of 134275 native, 1,140,924 pounds ot copra for export to the United States and 851,680 pounds to Japan. The live stock on the Island includes 6,149 water buffalo, 4,35T horses, 1,160 goats, 543 hogs and 73 cattle. Corn, sweet potatoes, taro, yams, tobacco, cassava, rice, arrowroot and , sugar, are Included among the field crops. Coconuts, bananas, pineapples, papaya, cacao, limes, mangoes, grapefruit and even alligator pears constitute the food-producing trees and plants. Whereas, there are 106.2 males to 100 females In the United States, there are 95.7 males to 100 females in Guam. Some 41.7 per cent of the men are. single. The climate is said to be tropical, but healthful and pleasant, remarks the Portland Journal. The Island of Guam Is almost a neighbor, being only about 6,600 miles from our coast < Water aa a Diuretic. A powerful diuretic is water--its action In this respect drank by a healthy man, being very marked, and It appears impossible to explain Its limitation by a mere Increase in blood pressure, whether local or general; it has the power of Increasing tissue change, and thus multiplying the products as fast as they are formed--and thus, by giving rise to increased appetite, provides fresh nutriment toe the tissues, and acts as a true tonic. In persons who are accustomed to take too little water the products of tissue waste may be formed faster than they are removed, and, thus accumulating, may give rise to disease. Many gouty people are accustomed to take too little water, except In the form of a small cup of tea or coffee daily; a large tumbler of water drank every morning, and especially with the addition of some nitrate or carbonate of potassium, will prevent a gouty paroxysm. ABLE TO 'J' DO HER WORK After Laaf Snfferinf Mrs. Swfeft Wss Restored to Hufcfc by Lyfa E. 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