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SWIMMING IN FIFTEEN MINUTES "Chucfc him in ; he'll socn find out how to swim !" is the advice sometimes given to the fond parent about to teach his young hopeful to swim. According, however, to an instructor of physical education at Kan-ai University, U.S.A., a man cr child can lie taught to swim in fifteen minutes. His system seems to he simplicity itself. He goes hack to the root of all swimming principles. All animals swim in the same pod tion as they walk, and teaching man to swim resolves into three factors (he declares). Firstly, to keep tin body in a horizontal position; Mil, secondly, that it is almost impn;;.--i----ble for the body to sink if it strike the surface in a slanting pofilin. Thirdly, don't be afraid. Ob:-:er;o these three things, and yon can learn to swim in a quarter of an ho'.ir. THE MINER AND THE CANARY. Our title suggests a fabls after the order of the "Lien and the Mouse," and no doubt a modem AEsop: could construct a very pleasing tale with a telling mora', based upon the important part lhat the canary now plays iin warning rescue men of the treacherous fire damp. About fifteen years ago Dr. John Scott Haldane, who had studied conditions in Cornish collieries, suggested that canaries could be used t 0 advantage for detecting poisonous gases. These delicate birds are very susceptible to impure atmosphere, and can thus be used to give a warning before a man feels the slightest discomfort. The first test of canaries in a real mine disaster took.plac.i at the Cross Mountain mine cxplo sion at Briceville, Tain. Here the Government rescuers, equipped with oxygen ma'ilng reaclvuHS upon their backs, and carrying caged oiuarie?, were followed by squads o" mp:otected rescuers. The birds wcrci watched, and as lcng a* they rc-rivun-cd cheerful, all was well ; but whsn their wings began to droop and thoy gasped for breath, it was known-that the men without oxygen machines must venture, no farthsr. The canaries drew the line of safety, and a result no volunteer rescuers w.n'c exposed to the dangers of after- (lamp. ABOUT THE CAMEL*. In a school in the South of Ireland a schoolboy of tender years is said to have produced the following essay on the camel : •'The cannimal is a sheep of the sert. It is caused a backteria because it has a hump on its back-. The cannimal is very patient, and will lie down and die without a grown, but when it is angry it gets its back up, which is called taking the hump. The shepherds of cannimals is called Arabs. When thsy live in towns they are called street Arabs. When the cannimal goes on a journey it drinks " as. much as it can to last for many days. Such animals are called acccuiiducks. Those that cannot carry enough are called inebrates." CRUMB OR CRUST : WHICH IS THE BETTER? Which is the more digestible., crumb or crust bread ? Analysis shows vers little difference in regard to the constituents of each, but. as the "Lancet" points out, the crust, cf course, contains much less moisture, and so is richer in solid constituents. The crumb contains on an average 43 per cent, of moisture, while the crust contains only 20 per cent. One important dietetic difference between crust and crumb is the fact that the former contains an increased amount of soluble carbohydrates owing to the action of intense heat which the crust receives compared with the crumb luring baking. Moreover, the crust has a more pronounced "bready " favour which is attractive and which stimulates the flow of digestive Juices. That the mastication of crust •i the mouth is much more likely io '.! C complete than is ihc ease with he crumb everyone has generally omid out for himself, as the rkv;ieity of the crumb, and especially hat of new bread, prevent'; to some extent the salivary attack. If new i,read were as thoroughly masticated r-.s dry stale bread is 10 - . nd to be, .here would be no reason why it :hould be less digest but, the "Lancet" ccndleis, it sel'o a receives the necessary treatment in the mouth.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 669, 16 May 1914, Page 6
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698WORLD-WIDE NOTES. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 669, 16 May 1914, Page 6
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