The Oregon daily journal., June 09, 1908, Page 3, Image 3

THE OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, TUESDAY - EVENING, JUNE . .9,, 1808.. .
PROBLEMS THAT FACE
INVENTIVE GENIUSES
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Every Field of Human Endeavor Is Being Investigated
With Slow Patience by Scientists Great Con
. v sumption of-Coal by the Railroads. , -
, BT FREDERICK J. IIASKIJf.-frv 'V
(Copy righ t 1W 8. by Frederic J, Haskin.)
. " , A the world today looks back upon the reign of Elizabeth as
v the golden age 'of letters, upon s the era of PeVlcles as the golden age
lot Greek civilization,; so the world of the future will look. back upon
the twentieth century as the golden, age of science. The wonderful In
dentions and discoveries of the nineteenth century have already changed
'the whole world but there Is good reason for the faith of scientific men
v thai they were only, the seeds scattered from the hand . of the sower,
' the promise of the full .fruition to come in this present century. , .
. The scientists of ths United States
do not lead all the world. It Is true,
but th Americans are first . In the
application f , science to practical at
! fairs. - There waa a time when the
.scientist was a recluse who pursued
Ms . painstaking investigations merely
if or the love of hls .work. Nowadays
'the ' scientist works .with a purpose
- ismd that purpose the desire to lighten
the bunlen, increase the usefulness,
.and add to ths pleasure of every liv
ing man.
Every field of human inquiry Is be
ing examined Into with the slow, pa
tient, careful and intelligent question
ing of the scientist. Every discovery
mads Is Instantly applied to some prob-
ira oi actual . me. x ime was, ana
not so long axo. that the world laughed
at the be-spectacled man who bent for
years over ms microscope looking at
'buga" The world laughs no longer.
That much despised "bugologlst" has
freed the race from mortal fear of
many diseases, he has found the way
to prevent devastating blights which
destroyed useful plants, he is still tire-
Messiy at work lor tne good of man
kind. .
Bclenoe of Future, i.
! 'The great problem "'of the Inventor
and the scientist of the future will be
the utilisation of what the people now
waste In this country.' For Instance,
It la said that the railroads of the
United States use 160,000,000 - tons of
coal a year in their engines, and that
the energy of only 7, 00,900 tons of
tnis is utilised, tne energy or tne otner
142,600,000 tons passing uselessly away
Into the air. Every ton of this wasted
coal gives off 65,000 pounds of car
bonio acid gas and each pound' of it
baa as much efficiency in , it as three
pounds of steam. Thus, every year
the railroads alone waste power equiva
lent' to twenty-seven trillion pounds of
steam. Think of the wonderful bene
fits , the man will confer upon hu
manity who will find a practical way
to utilise only one-half of the wasted
energy! If all coal consumption shows
a proportionate amount of wasted
energy it means that in the United
States we annually lose the energy of
more that sixty-five trillion pounds of
steam. That energy, properly doled out.
would be sufficient to meet all the
power requirements of the whole world.
Some idea of its inconceivable im
mensity may be gathered from tho
statement that If every one of the
twenty-five million' horses in the United
States were required to exert their
full pulling power. It would take them
more than 6,500 years, working eight
hours out of every day and 300 days
out of every year, to perform a like
amount of work.
Then there is the waste of water
power. The total amount , of water
f lower used in 1905 was about a mil-ion-
and a half horse-power. If tho
Streams of the United States from the
smallest available mountain brook up
to tne waterfalls and rapids of the big
rivers were harnessed, it would probably-show
a hundredfold Increase over
the - present capacity, or' -enough to
Vhen the Nerves Cry
Look to the
off
fThe cry may be in some of many ways, Trembling, Sleepy in the day time (comes
rtfrom stomach), Headache, Dyspepsia, Bowel Trouble, Heart Palpitation, Pains in vari
ous parts of the body, and even Piles, Diabetes and Weak Eyes originate in a "disor
dered nervous system brought on by coffee. -
If you don't heed the cry (Nature's hint) you may
be sure the trouble will get worse, and not better until
you either quit the coffee habit which is the cause, or you
develop fixed organic disease that may carry you down.
It is the finest trade possible, to quit coffee and
get well.
Health is the most exquisite fun on earth.
It is easy to quit coffee when you have choice, well
made Postum, a delicious hot beverage with the deep
seal brown of strong coffee that changes to a rich golden
brown when cream is added. Then you have the crisp
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coffee "snap" and a flavour all its own. The nerves are
relieved of the old hurt of the poisonous "Caffeine" of
coffee and in its place you feed the system on strong food
elements in Potum which quickly rebuild the wornout
and exhausted nerve and brain cells destroyed by Coffee -
These are facts. Prove them'by 10 days' trial. i
"There's a
. Get the little book, "The Road to Well vi lie," in' pkga. ' ' '
Postum Cereal Co;, Ltd.; Battle
furnish the power of the whole nation
a hundred years hence. By the utili
sation of the hydro-eleotrio principle
the millions of horse-power now goinj
to 'waste In the mountain fastnesses r,
the country can be brought out Into
human habitations and made to bear
Its burden 'in a growing civilisation.
Every community in the land could
have lta hydro-electro plant Just as it
now .has Its blacksmith shop and its
riant mill. With bis storage batteries
ma iarmer wouia nave, a cneap sub
stitute for his horses, having them
replenished just as he now goes to
the blacksmith shop to have his horses
shod. Or, perhaps it will; come even
closer to him. Today the farmer in
advanced rural communities who has
no telephone Is a rarity. Why not
electric transmission plants ' reaching
every farmf There are today intern r
ban railroads which, sell their surplus
current to farmers , within their-territory
at less than half the cost of
horse-power. - It Is beyond the hope
of a century's progress to see a thing
In general use which baa already proved
its .valuer " as tne years come and
go, farms will get smaller and men
will be forced to consider every item
of expense, and to reduce waste to
the minimum. Electric power wlil.be
one of the -things to come as a re
sult of this twentieth century develop
ment. Transmission of Power.
There Is even a possibility that wire
transmission of power may be suc
ceeded in the future. Wireless teleg
raphy looked Impossible until within
a few years ago. Seeing by wire, or
telephotography, would . seem - an Idle
dream but for the fact that we know
It has been accomplished. But beyond
this even, we would have . regarded
the discharging of a torpedo by wire
less communication, within a range of
seven miles, as Impossible. And yet
nils Is a recent accomplishment. Is
not, that a wonderful first step In the
direction of the wireless transmission
of power? So that after all, the dream
of the farmer replenishing his storage
batteries from a wlreles current may
yet ripen into an 'actuality.
It is even possible that new sources
Of power may yet be utilised. - Who can
calculate the force with .which the bil
lows break upon our coasts? Some one
has invented a turbine which may be
anchored in midstream to catch the
power of the water as It rushes on
ward in tne universal Impulse to 'find
a resting-place as near to the center
of the earth as possible.
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May the cen-
tury not bring forth a similar method
of harnessing the waves as thev break
upon our shores?
For generations man has dreamed of
the utilisation of the " energy of the
sun's rays. But it has remained for
the twentieth century to take the great
est step In that direction. A solar en
gine, snowing; 3U horseDower while th
sun shines, has been developed. So suc
cessful was the engine that a comoanv
has been formed to build one in Florida I
to be used for commercial purposes. Is I
it any greater step rrom tnts to a gen-1
eral utilization ef sun power than it
was from the Watt steam engine te
one of the modern kind showing 10,000
horsepower? Or is it a longer distance
to travel than from FultonTs Clermont
to the twentieth century Lusitanla?
i -t Brings JTew Methods. V
The century will" bring forth new
methods 'Of - preventing fires and of
fighting those which do. occur. ;, In-t the
past 82 years the fire losses of the
United States have amounted to I&680.
000,000. The money values thus wiped
out would be enough to furnish 1,250,000
families with $2,000 homes. Fireproof
buildings will be Imperative necessities
as building- materials become scaroer.
In the countries of Europe, furniture,
even in the homes -of the poor, lasts
for hundreds of years. Dovetailing and
the like prevent it from ever falling to
pieces. Who would think of such things
nerei
e? . It Is cheaper to buy a new paperlf or a generation Dr.. Williams' pin
pins than to pick up those scattered-fPllH have been curing rheumatism and
tund. It is cheaper to use a half other diseases caused by poor blood and
of
around. It la che&oer
dosen bedsteads -that have been glued
together than to buy one perfectly
made. . It has been cheaper to rebuild
a house, if it happened to burn down,
than it was to build a good ona In the
first place. All of this. argues wonder
ful prodigality of resources. By the
end -of the century necessity will have
caused ' us to evolve a plan of. living
on the basis of "once well done, twice
done." ' . ' -
The new - century will revolutionise
warfare, and a bold ; prophet indeed is
ne wno will try to aescrme tne ena-of
tne-century , name,
force Is recognized
Already tne new
hnnnv childhood.
n t. la al am ,n . . Tt' .hfll7 arivtm ' US, the
promise of airships which , will bo ef
recti ve jn time oi war. juvery , mw
year brings' forth new- inventions to
add to the hideousnesa of the war mon
ster, and. each' one of - them bespeaks
such terrible carnage that every human
Imnulu mvnltl It th thnllffht. Each
step of progress in the science of war
seems to make ins possioimies ox war
more .remote. , ,.. ; .'.
The health: of humanity will be a
matter of general concern In the cays
that are to come. The span of 'Ufa will
ha lAns-thened. ftrtenca will wine Out
epidemics. Individual understanding of
the laws of health will ename . us, to
avoid a thousand ilia. It Is not Im
probable that necessity will force upon
us the Chinese way of paying our doc
tors to keep us -well Instead of reward
ing them for treating us when we are
sick. The discovery of dirt has -been
said to be the hygienic triumph of the
nfn,tMth rtiirv , fla has the 7. nrao-
tlce of .cleanliness been the triumph of
the twentieth century. Plenty of. sun.
plenty of pure air, .plenty of pure food
and of fresh air for everybody will be
the order of the years to come. Trying
to keep well rather Shan to ; cure dis
ease will be the. Individual policy of
those days,
Improvement of Health.
The application of -he discoveries of
science to sanitation ana nygieno um
Irejirfv reunited in treat Improvement
of the public health. Our grandfath
ers did not dream of the science of
cleanliness as we know It today. The
frandsons of the more enlightened
mnrlrains nf the ft rat of the century
will be better and stronger, men in 4he
end of the century. . wnen me unnea
States comes . to the year , 2000 with
885,000,000 people It will be the great
est nation of history. . Much of the
credit for that triumph will be due to
the scientist who has made possible the
Intimate d&llv communication of the
people all over the broad country, who
has made knowledge popular and cheap,
who is teaching us how to be clean and
healthy. The application of science to
daily life means that the people of the
end of thecentury will be better men
than we ,aM better physically. . better
mentally and better " morally.
ALBINA SHIPPEES
MAKE COMPLAINT
' (Salem Bureau of The Journal.)
Salem, .Or., June. 9. Pursuant to a
notice served on the . railroad commis
sion some time ago, the O. R. & N. yes
terday discontinued the practice of de
livering less than a carload of freight
In the Alblna yards. Shippers in Al
btna were greatly accommodated by the
former service and will take steps to
have it reinstated. The commission is
considering the matter at this time.
SCHOOL TEACHER
and Coffee Drinking-
Many good people are loth to give up
coftee, even though they admit that It
la doing them harm, because they fear
that nothing else in the way of a hot
beverage will satisfy them. A' school
teacher says:
"I always enjoyed coffee for break
fast , The day seemed lost without it
But In time I began to experience bad
results from lta use. I grew very ner
vous and lost flesh and finally was pros
. trated by a complete nervous . break
. down. Then I was compelled to aban
don the use of coffee.
"1 adopted Postum aa my hot bever
age at breakfast Have been using It
for more than two years, - My health
Is restored? and I am able to take an
Interest in life once more.
"My whole family, children and all.
drink Postum, and wa al) thrive and
keep healthy on It It is to us a de
lightful drink, delicious and tempting
and with none of the harmful effects
that 'usually followed the use of coffee.
The choicest brands of Java and Mocha, ,
offered free, would not tempt us to quit
the use of Postum" ", -
Name given -by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. 'There's a reason." Read
the little book, "The Road to WeHvllle,"
'in pkga : .
99
Creek, Mich,
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ALMOST A MIRACLE
His -i Body J Distorted V and
Racked With Rheumatism
"for- Two Years , This ,
Y o u n g , Man Now
' , Walks and Works. -
during that time certain cures nave been
f ubllshed that were ao marvelous In
heir nature that they have been termed
modern miracles. Such a cure was that
Of Chaxlea Calhoun ' 3r .- nn ltvlnv
at Capron, N. Y and employed in a
mill there. The faota In the case axe
widely known in the neighborhood in
which Mr. Calhoun Oves and the cure
is regarded locally as nothing short of
miraculous.
When the Calhoun family was living
ai vy.inneia, in. x., some years ago the
young man waa taKen sick. "Our ram
and In such agony that I could not bear
the weight of the sheets nor to have
any- one touch, me. I could not move
myself at all.
"The rheumatism was complicated1
wijn a nervous trouble resembling St.
Vitus dance, my limps and head Jerked
and I suffered all the agonies possible.
Blisters were applied to my knees until
they left scars, but I could not feel
them. My fingers began to draw out of
win auu gfl BlllL i
"In spite of the doctor's treatment
and all the medicine I took I kept get
ting worse, juy zeet swelled bo that I
could not get a stocking on and I could
not straighten up at all. Finally the
doctor told my father he could do noth
ing more for me.
"At this time Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
were recommended to me and 1 round
relief in the first box. After taking
three boxes I could walk. I continued
to take them steadily until I was cured.
That was in 1895. I have worked every
day for years now and am entirely well
and have no trace of my old trouble
whatever."
Our free pamphlet, "Diseases of ths
Blood," gives further Information about
the treatment of rheumatism.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent by mail, postpaid,
on receipt of price, 60 cents per box; six
poxes zor .to. Dy tne Dr. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
110 GARDEN TOO
SMALLFDR FRUITS
What Can Be Done With a
Few Square Yards of
Good Soil.
There are few home gardens so small
that fruit can not be grown in them to
advantage. Apple, pear and other frlult
trees can be planted in the border of
the garden, and while they may not do
ao well as in tilled orchards, the results
are generally satisfactory.
Along a back fence or beside a walk
one may plant a row or two of currants,
gooseberries or blackberries, or he may
make a trellis for grape vines. If there
la a back vard 0 feet wide available
there is room in three borders for six
to eight fruit trees with bush fruits
between without encroaching too much
on the lawn.
Where space is mora limited, dwarf
trees may be grown. The apple is
dwarfed by grafting upon small slow
f rowing types of apple trees, such as
he Paradise and Doucln stocks. The
latter Is the better, making a stronger
tree. The pear is dwarfed by growing
on the root of quince. Dwarf apple and
rear trees may be planted as near as
0 feet apart each. A dwarf apple or
pear tree should be kept at the height
of 10 or 12 feet, ana should not attain
this stature in less than 10 or 12
years. A dwarf apple tree in full bear
ing enouia average irora iwo peciis iu
a bushel of first quality apples. Buy
your trees from a reliable dealer, first
class stock. It does not pay to save
at the sacrifice or quality.
Qrowlng Beans.
Rna are easv to arow. but Inexperi
enced gardeners often fall In their first
crop by planting the seed before the
ground nas Decome warm ana ury. niu
vegetable seed will decay more quickly
than the bean. Delay in waiting for
th aoll to drv out In the snrlna will be
more than made ujJ by the rapidity of
growth when the beans are planted cor
rectly. -
Reana will crow in almost any soil.
but the best results are obtained by hav
ing - rich, well woritea grouna. xne
beans may be dropped In drills one Inch
deep, the seeds to lie three Inches
?part. Cover with soil and firm with
he back of a hoe. For bush varieties
allow 18 to .24 Inches between drills.
For the dwarf llmas two and-a half
feet la better. Llmas should not be
fplanted until the weather is warm. Pole
I llmas are usually planted In hills two
or three feet apart in tne rows, uwari
llmas mav be sown thinly in drills.
Numerous varieties of both the green
podded and the wax bean are used for
eating with the pod while tender. The
various strains of the black wax are
the most profitable string bean. The
old fashioned cranberry or horticulture
lima type is probably the best shell
bean, but the trouble ' f poling It
makes it unpopular. Both - the dwarf
llmas and the pole llmas require a
longer season to mature than the- bush
varieties, and only one planting is usu
ally made. The bush varieties may be
planted at intervals until August 10.
Bach planting may be made on ground
f revlously occupied by soma early man
uring crop.
Honeysuckle Are Fretty.
The honeysuckle.' or lonlceras, are
many of them natives of Our country.
With few exceptions they are hardy,
and they are charming ehrubs, some
with a trailing habit of growth and oth
ers upright bushes. -'' -
The trumpet honeysuckle (It. semper
virens), is a handsome native trailing
species, not quite hardy In the extreme
north. It bears clusters of blight red
flowers in June, and usually a second
crop in the fall, succeeded by red ber
ries It - is often used as a porch
climber. .Because of i straggling
growth It is most effective when left to"
ramble over old walls or stone heaps,
or over the roofs of low buildings. It
is often attacked by the green or black
svhls, which can easily be kept in
check by spraying with a tobacco In
secticide. lionicera Japonlca halleana Is an ex
cellent climber,, a vigorous grower,
with white, sweet scented flowers,
changing to pale. yellow. The berries,
borne in autumn, are black. It spreads
rapidly from underground runners.
Lonlcera perlclymonlum is a native
Of Europe, a particularly fine specimen
of-cllmber, having heads of fragrant red
and yellow flowers in great profusion.
There are several varieties, those that
do not begin to flower until late in the
season being recommended . for the
northern states. -
Lonlcera Japonlca aurea retlcnlea, a
fine variety with , yellow reticulate
veined leaves. Is sometimes employed
as a hedge, and .must grow in full sun
light to bring out the color. As a
hedge plant it requires frequent shear
ings to keep It symetrical. ; It la not
hardy in the northern, state. ; -
Slhlaena and Allied riant. '
' The hibiscus Is of such easy culture
that 'every garden should have -one or
more kinds represented. The rose of
Bharon (hibiscus -syriacus) end the
common rose mallow (H. Moacheutos)
are old favorites. Several species are
natives of this country an a orna-
-Pi th S.v.1 lly doc0' pronounced It inflammatory
AL n , Lh-?M, rheumatism.'' says Mr. Calhoun. . "and
T . ' bout a year. For
Binv iuuniQi x was crmnnea ift tna ma
How much money can I save by buying
at Lipman-Wolfe's Great June White Sale?
White goods reduced in every department
Lipman, Wolfe & Co. invite comparison
of their low sale prices in everys depart
ment with those of other stores.
mental plants, single or in masses, they
are striking.
When space limits the garden to one
variety, the "golden bowl,r should have
first choice. It is a half hardy annual.
Toung plants should be set out early
in June. When it blooms, its immense
lemon yellow flowers attract Immediate
attention. In good soil it attains a
height of seven feet or over, and this
in two months after the plants are set
out It likes best a rich, moist soil
with plenty of sun.
Hybiscus syrlacus is quite hardy, but
not perfectly so north of New Tork.
There are many named varieties, single
and double, and of colors from purple
to lavender, and deep pink to almost
?ure white. It flowers from mldsumer
o fall. It does not do well In dry
soils, and should be mulohed about the
roots in summer to prevent evaporation,
and aiao in the fall with well rotted
manure. If the soil is poor, dig In the
mulch around the plant, then put more
manure on top. ...
Among the plants allied with the
hibiscus, and especially worthy of trial
is Lavatera trlmestris, a very free
flowering annual, with pink andwhlte
blossoms, wo ion are um r "vr
Calllhoes are small nstlve plants with
showy orange w rru " . . .,""-
crimson flowers, dwarf and spreading in
naDlw It Iiuwsia mil Buuiiun.
CEUISER WILL SAIL
ON PRACTICE CRUISE
V - (Caited Preis Leased Wire.) '
iffttirv Tard-'Puaet Sound. Waah-'june
J. Orders have been received here to
the effect that the protected cruiser St
Louis will leave on June IB for Honolu
lu for a. practice cruise.? - Secretary of
the -Interior Garfield, now an route to
the Hawaiian Islands, will return to
the Paclflo coast on the St Loula,
- S The Best Pills Bra Bold. ;
"After doctoring IS yearn for chronic
Indigestion, and spending over 1200.
nothing has done me as much good as
Dr. King's New Life Pills. . I consider
them the best pills ever sold." ; writes
B. 1 F. Aysoue. of Ingleslde, North
Carolina. Sold under guarantee at Skid-
more Drug company's drug store, lac.
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A RESULT OF
"Too Much Medicine"
A gentleman called at our offices on the 14th
of last month, inquiring as to our methods of treat
ment. He was thin, emaciated, the skin had a very
yellow or sallow color, no appetite, could not sleep
at night, had lost weight, suffering continuous pain
and had spent a long period of time in the sani
tariums, as well as hundreds of dollars, and getting
no perceptive relief at all, and finally his physicians
, thought an operation was his only hope. As a last"
,.?resortJie came to us to merely see what we thought
we could do, and after carefully considering his
conof. we accepted his case for treatment, and
TODAY he is improving rapidly and we can truth
fully say that HE WILL GET WELL. He was
doped? with too much medicine medicine is very
. good when needed, but the point is "Don't give
tO'O much.". -r- ;
If you are in any way afflicted; you will find
us always ready to help you, so -
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