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The beech-nut was esteemed by the ancients as human food. However, it (the Horticultural Times reminds us) k' lo<r n to have a narcotic effect, and physicians in the middle of the 17th century condemned it as capable of inever; pleurisy, and hydrophobia. The practice of cremation instead of ™mary burial is making steady progress ln J >ar * s in spite of opposition. 'Goodness gracious," said a young " n WC( iding visit to Washington, i i ' s . iat i' l the next room using such horrible language ? Why 7, they certainly don't have mule drivers in this do they It's plain to see that Juudont read the papers, darling," re- }' y le husband. "That's only a member of Congress rehearsing an apology Ha/ I ''" ' llsu ' t to an opponent in the Th.it influenza is carried into the air '■is been abundantly proved, as instance ' L C . A,C ''f. ;l man-of-war, which, on enter- •\\ e British Channel from a long cruise ■ 1 ' l eau °f health, no sooner was ' the coast of Devon, with the -™ the land, than 40 men were down i,',! e disorder, within 24 hours she On ti' men hammocks with it. at P Samu even ing a regiment on duty shKi K ; Uth was in a Perfect healthy mmf' - Ut l ' le next morning so many •," Cr ? o,vn w ith influenza that the kcn SUU , not be performed. In nno „- n< i s than 40,000 people were in p„ t attacked by the disease at St. tfj, 1 , )ur r' curious experiment was wlipi, Unn S !lu outbreak in England, mesne' 1 f ICC , u - res ' l meat was sent up by the ii, a After a short exposure, duavelv\w m fi d pUtrid ' P rovin S con " ofoxv.» there was a large excess phere 6n ' ° r r ' l^ler ozon e, in the atmos-