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the degenerate corpuscles are the tender 



cells of latest development. In the hu- 

 man being the latesl development is the 

 brain. The microscope shows the degener 

 ate corpuscles, with the goods upon them, 

 down in their bodies the gray matter of 

 the brain. This accounts for the tremen- 

 dous mortality among heavy drinkers and 

 for the degeneracy that will be referred to 

 later. 



The second quotation, the head lines 

 and editorial from the April publica- 

 tions of a Sunday newspaper syndicate, 



is as follows : 



W 1 1 E X T 1 1 E WOE LD 'S BACK 

 BEOKE 



By James Oliver Curwood 

 Illustrated by 



Charles Livingston Bull 



EDITOR'S VOTE. Mr. Curwood is the 

 ■first writer to tell in fiction the dramatic 

 story of that dan. thousands of years ago, 

 when in the space of what was probably 

 tin more than a few minutes the earth 

 tilted twenty-three and a half degrees on 

 its u.ris, transforming what nan then a 

 tropical world into the blackness of a 

 nii/iit which lasted for unnumbered cen- 

 turies, i. ml out Of which came what arc 

 known as the Vorth Polar regions of to- 

 day. In that am- " first night " of a life 

 that liail known only perpetual day all liv- 

 ing creatures perished; but entombed in 

 their caskets of ice and frozen earth many 

 of tin m have conn down tn us fifty or a 

 hundred thousand years later, so com- 

 pletely preserved that the flesh of mas- 

 todons recently discovered was eaten by 

 dogs and nun. In fact, Mr. Curwood 

 helped uncover a mastodon at Fort MLigley 

 and ate of the flesh. 



QUARANTINE OF HAWAIIAN 

 FEU IT 



The office of information of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture has sent out a 

 notice in regard to the stringent regu- 

 lations which have been adopted to guard 

 against danger from the melon fly 

 and the Mediterranean fruit fly. Any 

 one who attempts after May 1, to 

 bring into the " United States certain 

 Hawaiian fruits, nuts and vegetables 

 will face a penalty of $500 fine or im- 

 prisonment for a year or both. A new 

 order issued by the Department of 



Agriculture provides this punishment 

 for attempts to violate the quarantine 

 declared in 1912, under the plants quar- 

 antine act, against Hawaiian products 

 which might introduce into the United 

 States two dangerous pests, the melon 

 fly and the Mediterranean fruit fly. 

 ruder the new regulations importations 

 of bananas and pineapples are per 

 mined under stringenl conditions of in- 

 spection and certification. Practically 

 all other fruits and such vegetables as 

 tomati es. squashes, green peppers and 

 string leans are absolutely excluded. 

 Circulars are to be distributed on all in- 

 ■ iming steamships warning passengers 

 of the quarantine and the reason for it. 



Eitherto the United states has foi 

 tunately been free from both the melon 

 fly and the Mediterranean fruit fly. 

 The latter in particular litis proved a 

 source of great loss, practically putting 

 i an end to the fruit industry wherever t 

 lias obtained a good foothold. The 

 I'.einiuda peach crop, for instance, is 

 now a thing of the past. It is be 

 lieved to have originated on the west 

 coast of Africa, its name being due to 

 the great damage it did after it had 

 been carried to the Mediterranean. It 

 also spread to Bermuda, South Africa, 

 Australia and New Zealand, whence t 

 was carried in ships' cargoes to Hawaii. 

 In all probability the fly would lie in 

 California to-day if it were not for the 

 fact that no fruit is grown in the im- 

 mediate vicinity of San Francisco. 

 The oreat danger is that some traveler 

 may unknowingly bring with him as a 

 curiosity pest-infected fruit, nuts or 

 vegetables and introduce them into a 

 reyion favorable for the fly's spread. 



Commercially the quarantine will not 

 seriously interfere with Hawaiian in- 

 dustries. Bananas and pineapples, the 

 only fruits which are grown in the is- 

 land in commercial quantities, do not, 

 as a rule, carry the infection. When 

 property inspected and packed in ac- 

 cordance with the department 's regu- 

 lations, they will, therefore, be al- 

 lowed admission. Other fruits, such as 

 alligator pears, Chinese ink berries, 



