Nick Carter Stories No. 156, September 4, 1915: Blood Will Tell; or, Nick Carter's Play in PoliticsCarter, Nicholas (House name)
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Nick Carter Stories No. 156, September 4, 1915: Blood Will Tell; or, Nick Carter's Play in Politics
Carter, Nicholas (House name)
Detective and mystery stories, American -- Periodicals; Popular literature -- Periodicals
Burglars entered the Graham house a few days ago, and, in addition to
taking several articles, took the canary. The police were notified of
the finding of the canary. The canary was carried away in a new brass
cage. How it escaped, of course, is not known, but it evidently was
taken far away.
Find American Girl Husky.
The health department has weighed and measured ten thousand New York
school children who, from July 13, 1914, to April 13, 1915, asked for
working papers.
The boys of English, Scotch, or Irish stock weighed, on the average,
102.44 pounds. They were the lightest of all in avoirdupois.
The boys of Italian stock weighed 104.61.
The native American boys of American-born parents weighed 105.61 pounds.
The boys of German stock weighed 106.62 pounds.
Those of Jewish stock weighed 106.92 pounds.
The Russian, Polish, or Bohemian boys weighed 108.13 pounds. They were
the heaviest of all.
The composite average weight of the boys of all nationalities, native
and foreign, was 105.71 pounds.
In the matter of height, the German boys were the tallest, with an
average of 62.39 inches.
The native American boys of American-born parents averaged 62.38 inches,
the English, Scotch, or Irish, 62.21; the Russian, Polish, or Bohemian,
61.87; the Jewish, 60.93; the Italian, 60.30.
The composite average height of boys of all nationalities, American and
foreign, was 61.35 inches.
The girls of native American, English, Scotch, and Irish stocks were
taller and heavier than the boys of those stocks.
The composite average height of all the girls was less than that of the
boys, but they were a fraction heavier than the boys. The Russian,
Polish, and Bohemian girls were the tallest. The German girls were the
heaviest.
No Hair Cut in Fifty Years.
Caleb Stone, eighty, Middletown, Ill., received his first hair cut and
shave in fifty years. He said a half century ago that he would not
permit his hair to be cut or his beard to be trimmed, and kept his word.
His white locks had grown down to his shoulders and his beard to his
waist.
Groping for Gems in the Sea.
There is plenty of romance and excitement connected with the work of
diving for pearls in the waters of West Australia, but one of the
strangest things about the business is the curious mental condition of
the divers while they are under the water, groping for precious gems,
says an exchange. During a part of his time below, the diver is said to
be bordering on insanity.
A grudge against or a suspicion of those above is suddenly magnified in
the diver’s imagination, and he signals to be pulled up, resolved on
immediate revenge. When he reaches the top, however, the imaginary
wrongs vanish.
At a depth of eighty feet the diver cannot see well; he moves painfully
and he breathes hard. At every foot deeper he thinks how slight a mishap
may befoul his life line, and all his thoughts tend to center on his
hazards.
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