Why should a person expect oaW to rocciTO gifts 011 uis birthday? If he has had a fairly prosperous ,and happy life—and that is certainly the_ average lot. —why should he not exhibit his. tude by sharing his blessings with others? That is what Mr. Julius. Rosomva d, of Chicago, has done. On his fiftieth birthday ho gave 657.500 dollars to ■ charitable and educational institutions. Of this sum the University of Chicago received 250,000 dollars.
Tho rain-making hallucination is apparcntlv, savs the "Scientific American,' one it' the' incurable forms of mental disease. This apropos of a revival of the experiments conducted some years ago in Texas, by which heavy explosions were caused for tho purpose of producing rain. In tho recent experiment 5400 pounds of dynamite were exploded in a town iu Michigan, and a heavy rain followed— but then it was raining when tho experimenters began their work!
For Bronchial Coughs and Colds, Wooda' Great Poppomint Cure, Ib. 6d.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1634, 28 December 1912, Page 12
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160Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1634, 28 December 1912, Page 12
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