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an extra ration of 100 grams of sugar was issued to ten out of each twenty 
selected. The results were conclusively in favour of the sugar-eaters. The 
increased in weight, which their comrades did not; they enjoyed better health, 
and were able to support the hard work with much less distress. None were over- 
come by exhaustion, and their pulse rate and breathing were less affected by exer- 
tion. They relished the sugar, too, and didnot get surfeited byit. Theuseofalump 
or two was described as acting like a charm, not only against fatigue, but also 
in quenching thirst. As a result of these experiments it was resolved that the 
sugar ration for the German soldiers should be raised to 60 grams per diem. 
The English soldier gets 37 grams. ; 
I have just spoken of the unexpected stimulating properties of sugar. In 
practical confirmation of this fact, we find Dr. Nansen saying that he considered 
brandy drinking in Northern regions injurious, and stating that during his 
voyage its place was supplied by fruit and various kinds of sweets, of which 
there were large supplies on board the “ Fram.” 
All this evidence tends to show the great value of sugar as an article of 
diet. It does not seem improbable that the increasing height and weight and 
the improving health of the English people during the last half-century are, at 
least to some extent, due to that greater consumption of sugar which has been 
rendered possible by its cheapness.—British Medical Journal. 
MR. RANDALL AT GLASGOW. 
Judging by the notices in the Scotch journals on the work of our 
emigration lecturer in the old country, Mr. G. Randall, it is evident that the 
methods adopted by him meet with approval in the Land o’ Cakes. The 
following is from the Scottish Trader, a representative of which journal inter- 
viewed Mr. Kandall at the Glasgow Exhibition, at whicl Queensland made a 
splendid show :— 
It is positively delightful to hear Mr. Randall speaking of the hopes, the 
prospects, and possibilities of the “ Queenly Colony”; he has all the colonial 
pertervid love of country, and, judging by the magnificent display made by 
Queensland in the Industrial Hall, we have no doubt that Mr. Randall’s most 
optimistic predictions regarding the colony will be amply fulfilled. Many of us 
are precluded from taking advantage of the facilities and privileges offered b 
the Queensland Government because of our not being artisans or agriculturists, 
&ec., but there are many farmers, farm labourers, and tradesmen, who are eking 
out an existence in our restricted agricultural areas or in the crowded metro- 
politan centres, to whom Queensland offers an opportunity for acquiring a 
competency for themselves and their families that only one man in a thousand 
possesses here. 
Asked as to whether he had been getting many emigration inquiries, Mr. 
Randall said that these had decidedly been on the increase during the past few 
weeks, and were made by all classes. ‘‘ It is the one thing over and above all 
others our country needs—more people. Yes, we want capital, I know, but 
not that alone; we want the men as well. We want the investor with us on 
the spot, with his brains, his labour,-his intelligence, his interest, to start, 
establish, and carry out enterprises, industries, and business, whether in trade 
or commerce, mining or farming. Atthis moment there are excellent openings 
for enterprising men with capital to start winemaking at Roma, a woollen 
factory at Rockhampton, more flour-mills on the Darling Downs, a pineapple 
canning factory at Brisbane, drying bananas for the British market at Cairns, 
to say nothing of a score of minor industries awaiting the advent of pushing 
and determined men.” : 
We further learned in conversation that a large proportion of Queensland 
colonists are Scotchmen, many having taken leading positions in the publie 
life of the State. They are invariably successful, and are always ready to 
give a hearty and cordial welcome to newcomers from the old country. 
