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Uncle Sams Great Testing Machine in Operation pr. F. K. McGow an, chief of the textile division of the bureau of standards, and Dr. F. C. Brown, acting director bureau, inspecting a four-inch manlla hemp hawser broken by the most powerful precision testing machine In . it. u >rl<l. which is located at the bureau. The machine Is capable of exerting a compression of 2,000,000 pounds and H u?iisi??n of 1.300,000 pounds. It is uped to test the strength of hemp and wire cables. W ise Men Often Fooled by Girls Recent Escanaba Fever Hoax Re calls Fasting Young Women Who Astonished Sages. ' What, do you think, was ths t \ object of these girls in pulling J ' the stunts they did? * ? New. York.? Temperatures as high 114 degrees Fahrenheit, registered with the aid of a hot-water* bottle by Mk? Evelyn Lyons, who fooled the of her home town, Escanaba, Mhlu for more than two weeks, are actually recorded sometimes in cases ?f -.uiistroke, according to locnt raed ..?al authorities, who explain that the patient always dies within four or five hour? unless the temperature Is re dr..-ed. Hysterical temperature or cnnnl ataxia, occasionally will run a< iiiirii as 108 or 110 degrees without I vitu' permanent Injury, according to swne medical textbooks. The young woman of Escanaba was .jPs.Til.ed as a "hysterical malingerer" > I >r. Morris Flshbeln, editor of the j i;rr.:il of the American Medical As v..-:;?ti.?n, who investigated her strange . -?? and exposed her deception. It ?. ;i> found that Miss Lyons was run a slight temperature, due prob acy t<> injuries she is said .to have r.'. .'i\?:<i in hi) automobile accident. m;.> I.\ ons' case suggests' the cases ..f {) ?? "fasting girls"? found as far i..i k as the Middle Ages? whose de vious. usually the result of hys teria. coLvinced many learned men of their time that they were able, with i 'lp aid of some mysterious power, to liv- for long periods without eating. Ihsterla, in the opinion of many j r-.Miieal authorities, Is certain to be a. .-i.tupanled by mental changes. In s.'jiip cases disclosing only a lack of '?ill in< e und will power, the partial !<i?< of memory, or in other cases re ' melancholy, sudden emotional < rhursts. loss of judgment and dlsre ir?i of truth. One of the marked, run proms of the affliction is a ci'av mt: for sympathy. The last two symptoms were the '.ims for the strange actions of the "fasting girls" and self-mutilating u.irtyrs. as well a, of persons who ^?runtimes pretende<l they Avere suf Vring from paralysis, tumor, stone in 'he Madder and who often were eager '?? submit to surgical operations. The story of a nun at Leicester M !i'< was said to <have taken no nour -? Sent for seven yeafs. yet preserved '? strength and health, attracted the ?"'??iition of Hugh, bishop of Lincoln 'i He assigned 15 clerks to ob wve rhe subject without relaxing t' eir vigil. WMien the clerks reported t lie bishop that they had followed instructions and had found that ii. in took no food, the bishop said ??vas convinced of the genuineness 'lie nun's claims. Grew Without Eating. "ire of the most striking cases in "??? early part of the modern era was ' "f Margaret Weiss, a girl of ten who lived at Rode, a small town ' mi Spires. A history of the case of 1 little girl was left by Geraldus "Idlanus, whose patient she was. ? he -lrl was said to have taken no ""I or drink for three years, during hh-ii time she continued to grow, to about, laugh and enjoy herself ?>e other normal children of her own !-e She was said to have suffered nearly from hysteria during the first e;i r. The- child played her part so well ' it she was sent home to her friends order of the king after she had ??en watched persistently and de i.n-ed to be no dissimulator by Doctor I'1 ei.Mfanus and the parish priest. Bucoldlanus appears to ave heen some\<riat staggered, l>r. William A. Hammond In his book "Fasting Girls," for he asks very ; entirely : "Whence comes the ft?1 mal heat, since she neither eats nor drinks, and why does the body grow when nothing goes into It?" Symptoms of the "fasting girls" varied, and there were some who were reported to have been marked in a miraculous manner with the wounds received by Christ at Cruciflxi(yi. One of the most recent cases of ab stinence from food with stigmitization was reported widely r.bout six months ago in some of the newspapers of New York city.. While temperatures fluctuate widely In the case of womrt who are afflicted with hysteria, the highest tempera tures usually found are accompani ments of inflammatory rheumatism and malarial fever. In addition to sun stroke. The limit of human endur ance Is usually reached when the tem perature reaches 106 or 107 degrees and stays there for any length of time, according to Dr. Samuel W. Lambert, who has served as attend ing physician at some of the leading hospitals of New York, pnd as pro fessor of therapeutics and dean of the College of Physicians and Sur geons of Columbia university* Doctor Lambert believed the case of the Kscanaba girl fraudulent when it was brought to his attention tjiree (lays before Miss Lyons was exposed. Guessed the Reason. - "A hot-water bag in the bed will often send the thermometer up," was the first observation on her case made by Doctor Lambert, who added: 4'The temperature will go to 114 degrees in cases of sunstroke, but the patient will die within a few hours unless the temperature Is reduced. "I have seen temperatures rise fo 110 degrees in cases of inflammatory rheumatism, but the patient always died. In cases of that kind the tem perature rises very suddenly and 4eath quickly follows. Temperatures wilt run as high as 107 degrees In cases of malarial fever, but they come right down again. Otherwise the issue is fatal." The mean average temperature of man Is 98.4 degrees by mouth. His temperature Is marked by daily varia tions, th^ lowest point usually being i T | Two-Foot Snake Is t Found in Calf's Body i A year-old calf owned by i Henry L. Clarke, of EJvart, Mich., | died under mysterious clrcum- t i stances. Unusual symptoms I J baffled veterinarians, so an au- J 1 topsy was held. A two-foot wa- I J ter snake was found twined f f around the lungs and heart of J f the animal. ^ { Death came when the snake j | began eating Its way through + j the walls of the stomach. J reached from two to four o'clock In the morning and the highest after eat ing. The normal range Is less than 2 degrees. Death usually followg temperatures below 80 degree: and above 106, but variations from f5 de grees to 112 have been recorded where the patients survived/ ' Compared with the mean average temperature of 98.4 degrees in man some of the lower animals show mark edly higher temperatures. The spar row, for Instance, has a temperature of 110. The temperature of the horse varies from 99 to 100 degrees, the ox 100 to 101, the cow 101 to 102, sheep 104 to .105, the dog 100 to 101, the cat 100, the pig 101 to 103, the rab bit 101 to 107, and the duck-bill platypus 7fl degrees. The hen has a temperature of 106 to 109 and the duck 107 to 110. Of diseases in general fever Is one of t lie most common accompaniments. Temperatures In excess of normal are largely caused by toxic poisoning, al though In some cases fever Is caused by nervous shock. In children's dis eases high temperatures may develop suddenly and subside rapidly In ty phoid fever, for mrfny years one of the most dreaded diseases, the tem perature at first registers from 104 to 10f> In the evening and 103 to 1^4 In the morning. In the second and third weeks the dally range Is comparative ly small. Sixty Raw Eggs One Meal. WInsted, Conn. ? Sixty raw eggs Just about satisfied Mooney Gang! when he went Into a cafe for a meal. Then Gang! had to eat two big sandwiches to settle his stomach. James Casey lost ;a wager as thf last egj; slipped down and paid for the meal. Last Run After 53 Years' Service I George jBemis, Indianapolis, Ind., railroad engineer 'for fifty-three years, Is shown boarding his engine for his, last run. He never made a run without first kneeling in the cab of'his engine and praying that the Lord might help him to bring his passengers safely to their journey's end. Bemis retired from service in the Big Four at the age of seventy years and without an accident in the fifty-three years* servlc* % r ... . 'i. . ^IG IRON PRODUCTION NOW AT ? . ? NEW HIGH LEVEL FAR ALL TIME. REGORDS tN AUTO MUCHOH ) Railway Car Loading Add Their Tes timony to Other Evidences of In ' tense Activity. X . New York. ? Although considerable Irregularity was apparent in the chief financial^ markets during the ,past week, reports from industrial dis tricts showed that the strong upswing in business ft being continued. Pig iron production is at a new high level for all time and a similar condition probably exists wilh regard to steel. The secondary buying move ment in steel priducts, which started last December, and which was super imposed in one that had begun in the spring, has come to a pause, this is explained, however, by the fact that production is- now extraordinarily large and that consumers are assured all the _jjteel which their plants can handle. That other branches of industry are operating at what amounts to ca pacity may be seen from the figures for automobile production for March. Some 346,000 cars were manufactur ed in that month, ^which exceeds by 57,000 the best previous record, made in June of last year. Over twice as many cars were made in the first three months of this year than last, the total being slightly more than 867,000. Makers believe thta the total for the year will be 3,000,000,' but point out, significantly that favorable conditions wil be needed in the materials mar kets. Railway tar loadings also add their testimony to the other evidences of intense activity, continuing to set new high records for the season of the year. / In this connection much inter est has been displayed program an nounced by the American Railway association. Anticipating / further gains in traffic and a wholly unprece dented/ autumn movement of freight, the railroads have authorized the ex penditure of $1,100,000,000 this year for the expansion of their rolling stock and other facilities. Favors Cut in Surtax Rates. Washington. ? Possible efforts by the treasury to have Congress cut the surtax rate on incomes further were forecast in a formal statement by Sec retary Mellon, who asserted that March collections of income and prof- ! its taxes, aggregating $462,000,000, | had fully justified his prediction that I downward revision would have the ! effect of actually increasing rather 1 than decreasing the federal revenue. Coupled with this statement, was a declaration by Mr. Mellon that the j March collections which we.1# under : the lower rates of the new law of "under such revision as has b*en ac complished" provided a practical answer to the tax problem and "shows clearly what course further revision should take." He mentioned that although highe r^tes were in effect in March, 1922, the col'ections at that time were $70,000,000 leis than 1 in the same month this year, at cir cumstance which he regarded as proof that the downward revision had. acted as a stimulant to business. Shoot Auto Carrying Gir( i. Greenville, S. C. ? The car i* which they were riding was badly Jhot up and Miss Rosalie Bowen anct Miss Mary Owinn, young women of Ashe ville, N. C.. miraculously escaped death when they failed to halt as or dered to do so by a group of federal prohibition officers on the Greenville Asheville highway about 20 miles north of here, according to a story told by the young women on their ar rival here. After a tire was deflated f>y shots and the car dashed into a ditch, officers searched it, the younjj women said upon arrival here, ana then allowed them to procee^. prohibition officers, it waa said, were waiting on the roadside near Traveler's Rest in' upper Greenville county for expected rum smugglers when the automobile bearing the two yo^ng women hove into sight around a curve, T. L. Queen, officer in charge of the party, stepped into Jhe road, the girls said', and attempted to flag down the on-coming car. The young women, they later told officers here, thought the group of men were high wayment, became excited and dashed ahead. ? Want Women to Taxe Exercises. Wasjiington. ? Measures, to interest American women in suitable froms of exercise to improve their health and physical fitness helc^ the attention of he Women's .Conference on Physical Education, meeting here under the uispices of the Amateur Athletic ">d$ration at the call of Mrs. Herbert T-Ioover. vice president of the Feder ation. The problem was viewed as Qne ?>f intresting in physical recreation 'hose who missed the advantages in physical training of the present day school girl. >?? \ A. I 1 ' CONDENSED NEWS FROMi THE OLD NORTH STATE \ , SHORT NOTES OF INTERE8T TO - CAROLINIANS. ' ' the election of the hundred thousand dollar cotton mill for Marshville. The mil! will manufacture cotton fabrics for making automobile tires. Reidsville. ? Rockingham County authorities have ,been unable to solve the mystery of the burning of the Law gonville school house a few days ago, marking the second time it had been burned in three months. Marshville.?^A new Baptist church with seating capacity of around 700 is being erected at Faulke, a rural com munity in West Marsh ville township, i The building is to be constructed o i wood, but will be modern in every re spect. Salisbury. ? Plans are underway to obtain for Salisbury and Rowan county i a $250,000 orphan home, the basis of a | $1,000,000 institution, which the Junior j Order of United American Mechanics is scheduled to build., / Elizabeth City. ? The Board of Coun ty Commissioners in regular session j voted to pay Confederate veterans , wishing to attend the reunion at New Orleans, $35 each for expenses. Raleigh. ? The case of the Chamber of Commerce of Goldsboro vs. the Wil mington, Brunswick and Southport Railroad Company, involving repara tions on lumber shipments, has been deferred by the State Corporation Commission until April 17. Albemarle. ? Hon. J. M. Brown, sen- ! for member of the firm of Brown, Usikes and Brown, atorneys of Albe marle, and one of the oldest members I of the Albemarle bar died at his home here. , Monroe. ? A ten-gallon still and 80 gallons of bear were captured in the barn of Howard Marsh, a prominent white man of south Marshville town- j ship, a few days ago by Sheriff Fowler, Chief of Police Spon and Chief Barnes Griffin of Marshville. Marsh was also arrested and placed under a $500 bond. Asheville. ? Sam Gibbs, about forty years old, jumped off a trestle above Canton on the T. and N. C. Railroad and was drowned In Pigeon river. A man named Ferguson w^s near by and heard him say he wa# going to jump.' but could not prevent the tragic end. Raleigh. ? H. M. Londan, state ref erence librarian, has accepted an invi tation to make an address at one of the divisional meteings of /the Ameri can Library assoclationi in . Hot Springs, Ark., April 25. He will speak on a "Code of Ethics or a Code of Standards of Practice for Librarians." Monroe. ? The Union County Child ren's Home, established more than a year ago by Rev. E. C. Snyder, county wellfare officer, will probably be tak en tover by the county at an early date. The matter came up before the county commissioners, but Rev. Mr. Snyder was. instructed to continue his work until a plan can be worked dut. | Charlotte. ? The Charlotte board of school commissioners ordered an elec tion for Mav In to vote on a propose# $1,000,000 bond issue for further devel opment of public school system. In an nouncing the election order t"he board stated that facilities now available are insufficient for the 11,000 pupils. Monroe. ? Failing to arise at the usual hour Mr. John Broom's wife went to his room and found^him dead in bed. ForN some time Mr. Broom's health had been bad, but his sudden /* death was a great shock. He was a good citizen of the Waxhaw Baptist church community and is survived by his wife and several children. Ahseville. ? Dr. ? Carl V. Reynolds, Asheville's health officer, and Dr. C. L. Minor, nationally known physician, Issued statements ' making it plain j that malaria is unknown in western I North Carolina. Statesville. ? Sidney Wheeler, a con vict, made his escape ^rom the quarry at Rocky Face mountain. ^How Wheeler got away from the two guards who were on duty is mysteri ous, his absence not having been not iced until the dinner "hour at the camp. Wheeler was sent to Rocky Face quarry from Wilson county. . ^ Mocksville. ? The plans and blue j prints for the Southern Bank and Trust Company, Macksville, are now j completed and the material is being laid on the ground and the work will I begin on the new bank at once. This | will be a two story brick building of j modern design and will add much to the appearance of Mocksville. Lenoir. ? Charter has been granted for the eighteenth textile mill ' for Caldwell county. This mill will be ! located at Hudson. The name of the I organization is th? Caldwell Cotton 1 Mill Company. The incorporators are A. M. Kister, T. H. Broyhill, >B. B. Hayes, H. M. Courtney, Mark Squires, J. H. Beall, M. T. Hickman and Rufus L. Gwyn. Rochingham. ? The town commis sioners have passed an .ordinance j making it unlawful for any milk to be sold in town from a cow that .ias not had the subcutaneous of intradi dermal tests for tuberculosis within 12 months from such sale. r It be* comes effective April 15. ! Plttsboro? J. A. Perguson, a gro cery broker dropped dea<J in the office of Dr. W.*B. Chapin, where he makes headquarters. Mr. Perguson was about 60 years old and has been feeble for some time . though able to get about and attend to his business. His wile and children live in Burlington. ? i ? 4 (Conducted by National Council of tha Bof Scouts of America.) BOY SCOUT VS. PLAIN BOY f A remarkable illustration of \vhj scout training should be the privilege of every boy in shown in the following story of two groups of boys, one com posed of scouts and the other not of scouts, both placed in the same pre dicament, which called for intelligent actionr resourcefulness and grit. The way in which the two groups handled the same situation is significant | 'A party of Pueblo, Colorado, scouts last fall were off & hike when they I were caught in a blizzard which lasted for forty-eight "hours. "It happens that in our part of the country," says the scout executive In relating the in cident, "during the fali and early win ter blizzards come up without a warn ; ing. These scouts were seven miles from town and were accompanied by their troop leader. They immediately sought refuge in an old building and then built a Are. They remained here unharmed throughout the blizzard. During the storm it was humanly im possible to get through the snow to the boys. After the stopn abated a searching party was formed and the boys were met on their way home, perfectly safe and sound and scouting was given a great deal of credit for the way the troop leader cared for his troop. "The blizzard started Saturday afternoon and it waa not learned until Sunday afternoon that three more boys who were not scouts had gone on a ;hlke to the same place but had not returned. A neighbor of the boys who was crossing the prairie at that time unexpectedly came upon two of the lads who, half dazed, were wandering j aimlessly around and did not recognize, j him. "He brought them to the city and late that night when they regained their senses, they asked for their other companion. This 'revealed the fact that there was another boy left on the prairie. A searching party of 100 scouts was formed and sent out early the next morning. Forming In a ! straight line with only a short dls j tance between each lafl, the scouts j searched the prairie for several miles i around the spot where the boys claimed they left the other lad. "The arroyas were filled with snow from four1 to twelve feet deep and.th* snow on the level was several Inches ; deep, and when darkness ica me on the party was forced to return without having recovered the body. The next morning an assistant scoutmaster ac ' companled f>y the father of one of the | other scoufs went to the place where I the scouts left off. After searching ' a short while they fount! the body of . the little boy. j "The two boys who were rescued I were 'asked why they did not build a i fire t? protect themselves from the j cold and they stated that the woods , and weeds were wet with snow and so they did not try to build a fire. They explained also that they started j to hike for hpme whey the storm | started and the' little boy nine years ! old, being unable to hike rapidly, gave out and they tried to carry him. They j could not carry him far so laid him down in tMe edge of an arroya while I they started towards what they be lieved to be a farm house nearby. They had misfaken two large trees for a house and when they attempted to And the boy whom they had left in the arroya they could not find him so they sought refuge in another canyon. The boys said they covered their little companion with some weeds and brush to protect him fn>m the storm. Of course, It is evlcfent that had these boys had scout training they cohld have built a fire and done other things to assist themselves in the emergency." Caged in a moving elevator in a New Yorfe/ apartment .house with an uncontrollable police dog, a frantic maid, and ot hvr passengers. Scout Charles Littmnn showed rare courage. The dog had driven the colored ele vator operator out of the car Just as he opened the door for the eight floor The operator Jumped but the elevator kept right on toward the roof. Scout LIttman knew that unless he could " gain control of the elevator quickly a fatal accident would occur. He fought off the frantic dog, seized the lever and stopped the car at the tenth floor. He flung open the door and everyone felted for safety. But the police dog had marked him as a victim and break ing away from the maid who had not the strength to liolc^ him. the animal chased the scout up two flights 7>f stairs, where Charles climbed through a scuttle hole to safety while the dog was tearing at his legs. SCOUTS 8A,VE BABY CALF * While on a recent hike. Troop 1 of Warren, Ariz., heard a moan of dis tress. The noise seemed to come out qf the ground. Upon investigation the scouts found that a calf hud fallen - into a prospector's excavation and was unabl^ to get otft. The troop quickly ? - tied Uelf scout belts together and one boy let himself down into the hole. He tied flife \beft rope around the calf and toon the other boys had the little ant mal atove ground amMree. ?> SCOUT COURAGE
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