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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. ; JANUARY 21. 1917.
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By Garrett P. Serviss.
ASTRONOMERS do not llk to deal
with miles any more than million
' aires like to count their wealth in
cents. -The unit of measurement -must
bear some 1 convenient proportion - to
the magnitude of the thing measured.
So th. astronomer, when talking- or
writing' of the distances of the stars,
employs a standard of sult'able length,
which he calls a "parsec." Formerly
: he used a "light-year'
A parser is 06,265 times the mean
distance of the earth from the sun, and
turned into miles it amounts, In round
numbers, to 18.000.000.000.000! It
takes light, which travels 186,300 miles
per second, about three and one quar
ter years to cover a 'parsec. In other
words, a parsec Is equal to about three
' -and one quarter light years, and a star
situated at that distance would require
- three and one quarter years to flash a
signal to use.
, - But there is no known star so near
as si Single parsec. The nearest star
not less than SO.000 blazing orbs, every
one of Srhich may be as large as, or
larger than, our sun. But their ap
parent crowding together la an effect
of their immense distance from us.
Still, they are evidently much nearer
together than are the suns in our part
of space, so that they constitute a sys
tem of their own, which must present
a spectacle of amazing splendor to the
inhabitants of any planets that it may
contain.
There is no apparent reason why
there may not be planets circling
around the suns of the Hercules clus
ter. The nearer stars of the assem
blage would be three times as Jiear
and nine times as bright as Alpha Cen
taur is to us. Beyond them, at grad
ually increasing distances, would be
seen arrayed In concentric spheres, the
other 50.000, like stellar armies, with
ranks receding in the distance.
It is the arrangement of these stars
in a globular group which constitutes
the chief wonder. The universe as
it "Alpha Centauri, a double sun, each Hwhole is not arranged in that way. It
of whose components is tibout equal to
'out sun. The distance of the great
double sun Alpha Centauri is about
one and a third parsers. The distance
Of the still greater star Sirius is about
. two. and a half parsecs. But these are
near neighbors when compared with
millions of stars in the Milky Way,
1 which are probably a thousand or more
. parsecs away.
. We can matt a still greater jump
. Into space with some fair degree or
probability that we have not overesti
mated the distance. For instance.
- there is reason for thinking that the
' globular cluster of suns in the con-
stellation Hercules, which glows in a
-large telescope like a ball of frosted
' silver In an electric beam, is at a dis
tance from the earth of as much as
10,000 parsecs; or, to put it into nflles
' just: to tickle the imagination, 190
quadrillions of miles!
It would take you 6,000,000 years to
count 190 quadrillions, if you counted
'one every second and never stopped to
. eat and sleep'.'
On the wings of light you could ride
to the Hercules sun-cluster in about
80,000 years, but If you went on a
swift cannot ball, it would take 11.-
4,000,000,000 years, while a mile-a-min-uta
express train would be 830,000,
. 000,000 years making that trip! It
;'would take a string of 23.750 billion
I earths to reach from here to the great
- sun-cluster.
, Counts of stars In a photograph of
'" the Hercules cluster made recently
with the 60-inoh reflecting telescope
on Mount Wilson, in California, indi
cate that that "ball of suns" contains
appears to be a flattened system,
based upon the spiral of the Milky
way. and our snn happens to be sit
uated, at present, somewhere near-the
center of the relatively open and'eiftp
ty space within the spiral, and at the
great distance from the inner edge of
the t'ilky Way.
Within this space suns are flying in
every direction, and yet not without
strange relationships of motion. One
after another there have been discov
ered in recent years groups of stars
(suns), which keep company in their
journeying. One qf these is known as
the Taurus group, because many of its
members are stars in the constellation
Taurus, although others of its mem
bers are situated in far distant parts
of the sky. There are 39 stars of this
group now recognized, and they are
traveling along parallel lines, without
regard to motions of other stars.
which, as seen from the earth, seem to
be mingled among them.
All of these stars are "giant suns,"
from five times to a hundred times
greater than our sun. t immense dis
tances separate them from one anoth
er, yet they acknowledge the mysteri
ous link that binds them, and each
holds the common course, as if they
were a handful of orbs which had been
flung out by the Creator by a single
motion. They are receding from our
point in space, and It has been calcu
lated that In 65,000.000 years they will
appear, as seen from the earjh, as a
compact group, a glimmering speck of
Stardust, like the far mightier assem
blage in Hercules.
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War's Effect On Elements
.OESi the war'make it rain? "Rain
makers" from tlrne to time have
experimented In arid parts of the
United States with doubtful success.
' firing explosives into the air to
"shake" the rain down. After all. were
they on an entirely wrong track?
A French engineer, writing for the
Army Bulletin, rather takes the view
that they were not. After a careful
study of the question, he declares that
one cannot prove that the heavy can
nonading along the western front pro
duced the rain, but it can be proved
that It very probably adds to the quan
tlty and provokes it. Bays he:
"First, is it possible for artillery
firing to cause to collect above the
battlefield or elsewhere an abnormal
Amount of clouds?
''Second, once clouds are collected.
Will the firing cause rain to fall?
The reply to the first question
'does not seem to me to be doubtful.
Heavy gunfire acts upon the air by
heating it and shaking it. The detona
tion temperature of explosives used
for firing shells and the heat of the
exploding shell itself is 1800 degrees
Centigrade and above.
- , Those who have seen the battle
fields of the Somme, Les Ksparges and
allies on the one side and the Germans
on the other, it is certainly far from
being negligible.
"Nor would this be the first time
that men have influenced natural phe
nomena. The winters of Silesia and
Poland are less rigorous now than for
merly, because of man's work. They
are also shorter. The country has be
come much more densely settled and
factories numerous. If. from one dav
to another, population and factories
should cease to exist, it is not difficult
to calculate that the temperature
wouia De lowered 6 or 6 degrees Cent!
grade. A similar increase has certain
ly quickened evaporlzatlon and modi
fled the currents of the air."
Aviation
in Mexico
was killed at Oshkosh, Wis., last
spring, while looping the leop.
Upon Nlles' return from Mexico, the
writer was approached by the Car
ranzista agent In New York and ten
dered the position of chief of the Mexi
can aviation corps, but being already
under contract the offer was declined
and W. Leonard Bonney took the post.
By this time the aviation corps con
sisted of five machines and a motley
assortment of men to fly them; Bon
ney and a youngster. Lawrence Brown,
being the only Americans. Another of
the pilots, Puflea, was an Austrian;
the rest Mexicans. Bonney and Brown
did much useful work the former once
blowing up a troop train with a dyna
mite bomb. They both had many close
calls, but returned safely to the states
at the expiration of their engagement.
Meanwhile, characteristically quick
to realize the importance of the aero
plane as demonstrated to his discom
fiture by Carranza, General Villa de
cided that an air force was his great
est single need. With this in mind, he
arranged for the purchase of half a
dozen machines and hired aviators to
fly them
The Villista aviation corps wrote for
American aviation one of its most
tragic pages of her history. Of the
six men who crossed the fatal inter
national bridge at El Paso only four
lived to see it again.
Aviators Mayes, Fish, Rhinehart.
McGulre, Heth and. Bergenthal, all
Americans, went southward to their
hazardous task. They found all the
machines in bad shape and in every
way unsuited to the work.
Then Villa bought a really modern
machine and with this Aviator Wil
liam Lam key did some useful flying.
His enthusiasm quickly waned also.
and he was permitted to return to the
states the only aviator in the Villa
employ actually to collect the money
due him.
At the present time Carransa's air
forces are somewhat small and prac
tically nothing is known about ViHa's
aernonautic activities. But the his
tory of Mexican aViatlon. when it is
written, will disclose-stories of Ameri
can heroism that will make wonderful
reading. Such tales will be of daring
of magnificent adventure of death.
The biographies of the old time soldiers
of fortune will be tame compared to
By 7. Guy Gilpatric.
wi will surprise many people to
I learn that the Mexicans were the
first in the world to appreciate the
Verdun know that all vegetation dis- value of and to employ an aeroplane
nuuvai a aiuuuu apuia wneic iraiuiuiii in nntna.1 wnrfaiA
usve nepv uy a uuiiuuucli, unease lire i Mevlf' flrt
It Is bevond disDUte that the exDloslora .. " ir, anu nence
draw a certain amount of humidity tn first m th world, was an Ameri
from the ground, and the increased can. tne late Captain Hector Worden
temperature of the air in the regions J Worden was well known through his
about lakes and rivers tend to hasten exhibition flights in the southwest, and
r. .i),,..!. k. .(; was a skillful pilot. In 1911 he was
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further add to the temperature by J " " iai .. constitutional
means of molecular friction. ivnimeni o ao oomo dropping,
"Therefore, cannonading has two ef- scouting and the rest of it. Aeroplanes
fects on the elements: It Increases were not as dependable then as they
vaporisation oa the ground and heats ar" now, and Worden was given a
the air. Water on the earth, through salary of $1500 per month ( American
evaporation adds to the quantity of I money) and commissioned captain in
clouds and the warmer, moist air, ris- Maaero s forces. At that time the
ing. influences the air currents. Just principal activities of the rebels were
how great an effect these things pro-1 twing up railroads and dynamiting
-fluce is difficult to say. but given the I bridges, so Worden's Job was to natroi
quantity of explosives set. off by the I the lines, via air. to report the dara-
- ages tnus discovered, and. Incidentally,
THE STORY LADY
Trie Race With the Wolves
By Georgette Faulkner.
ONE bitter cold night In winter a
Russian baron started in a sleigh
to go on a journey from the little
frontier town of Robrin to his home in
Petrograd. The baron had with him
his wife and his child and his faithful
servant. Brie.
The landlord of the inn begged him
nnt'tn travel on such a ninht. "The
roads are blocked by the snow drifts." !
said the innkeeper, "and packs of hun- 1
gry wolves have been seen in the
neighborhood. You will risk .your
lives If you go out tonight. Walt un
til the morning."
But the reckless baron would not
listen to these entreaties, and an
swered: "No, we will start at once
and go to Bollsvo tonight."
So four horses were harnessed into
the sleigh and, with a merry jingle of
bells, away they dashed into the dark
ness. They drove on and on for some
time, and the baron said to Eric: "See
there was nothing to fear." Then sud
denly they came into a dense forest
and far away and faintly they heard
the howling of the wolves..
"What -was that?" gasped the bar
on's wife, as she clasped her child very
tightly in her arms.
They all strained their ears and lis
tened very Intently, and then they
heard the long, low howl again as the
wolves came nearer and nearer.
The horses heard the sound, too. and
with a snort and a bellow they
plunged on through the snow drifta
the driver urging them forward to
greater speed. But nearer and nearer
came the terrible howling of the
i wolves, and soon they saw the lean.
gray forms of the hungry beasts as
they rushed through the forest in pur
suit of the sleigh.
The mother held her child closely to
her breast and, dropping to her knees,
tried to hide under the warm rugs,
while in her agony she prayed to God
to save them.
The baron and Eric got feady their
pistols and, leaning far over the back
J
over the side of the sleigh and into
thfmidst of the snarling wolves.
For a moment the blase of the pis
tol as it flamed into their eyes startled
the savage beasts, and two more of
their number dropped dead.
The wolves snarled and yelped as
Eric fired at them again and again.
The baron's wife covered her head
and hid in the bottom of the sleigh.
The baron, had he dared to aid Eric
then, could not have helped him, for
the horses, their strength redoubled
by terror, dashed on toward the lights
of the town.
When the sound of Eric's pistol
ceased Just as the sleigh reached the
larger houses of the town, the baron
feared all was. o'ver with his faithful
servant.
"My poor Eric!" moaned the baron.
"He is lost forever." Then he lifted
his fainting wife and child and car
ried them into the inn.
The pistol shots had been heard, and
the baron found It the work of only a
few minutes to arouse the town. He
soon organized a serachlng party of a
score and more of brave men, each
eager to rescue Eric
Each armed himself with a pistol or
long gun. Then they all dashed bade
into the woods on horseback.
they could find no trace of the faith
ful servant.
Finally they found EriCs pistols,
empty,' in the center of a trampled
circle of snow. Then they knew thAt
the faithful servant had given his life
for his master.
A stone cross now stands on the
spot, bearing the name of this hero,
and engraved on the cross are the
words, "Greater love hath no man
than this, that a man lay down his
life for his friend."
should be a cause of humiliation to
any country. Of the C9.000.000 tons of
coal coked In the United States in 1911
52,000,000 tons were coked In beehive
ovens and everything but the coke
wasted, while only 17.000,000 tons, less
than one quarter of the total amount,
was coked in by-product ovens.' and
the gas-ammonia and coal tar saved.
The value of the coal tar that has been
ruthlessly wasted in this country
would be ample to build a navy and
equip an army such as we ought to
have, ..In addition, provide for the
maintenance of an adequate national
defense. Why all this dissipation of
natural resources? There have been
many contributory causes, but it has
been largely due to the shortsighted
ness of our people and government in
not recognizing the vital importance of
the coal tar industry and encouraging
and fostering it until it is able to take
care of itself.
Pulpwood Statistics.
Figures showing the amount of
wood used in the United States for
making pulp will, it is announced, be
obtained by the United States forest
service in connection with Its I91C
census of the lumber industry.
The data to be obtained will, it Is
stated, be of considerable value to
pulp and paper manufacturers as well
as to the forest service. Owing to the
comparatively small number .of pulp
mills In the United 8tates it is
thnntht It will he nnaslhU tn Inn.
A . r "T
f"'-1 report on the work at an early date.
Because or the increasing scarcity
of the pulp wood in some parts ot
the country, the need for accurate fig
ures showing the consumption of this
class of material is realised by manu
facturers and foresters alike, and it la
expected that such figures will be
mads a part of the yearly statistical
work of the forest service. The pulp
By Frank Theodore Allen
t tret-tor .( Attrologlral gimiO Hoctetr. At
lantic ntr, . .
ANU ART ends and February opens
under planetary conditions that
very strongly suggest chaotic con
ditions or a general state of confusion.
change and uncertainty affecting tne
people and the government. Accom
panying this will be some very freak
t.H weather conditions, with acute
temperature reactions, especially over
the eastern section of the country.
Th inla.r ec llnae on January 23 will
not only generate cosmic . vibrations.
whose effects will be especially pro
nounced during the succeeding four
weeks, but will be productive of long
lasting influences which will crop up
betimes throughout tne reroainuer oi
the year.
In the extreme east or mis country
a cold spell or blustery storm of un
usual severity will follow this evllpse.
while in and near me Mississippi vai
lev some very unusual weather condl-
Alons will be experienced, as well as a
record breaking number or mishap
affecting mines, factories and build
ings. Unusually strong seismic vibra
tions will De recorded as one result or
this eclipse, also wind storms of un
usual vigor. The same stellar influ
ences which produce atmospheric dis
turbances also cause brain storms in
mortals, and one of the certain results
of this eclipse will be manifested in
an unusual array of self anointed and
appointed preachers, teachers and
prophets, who will undertake to in
struct the people in the ways of relig
ious, moral and political reformation.
The bountiful Jupiter at the time of
this eclipse occupies the house signify
ing the nation's prosperous conditions
but the evil aspect of the cold and
treacherous Saturn to Jupiter signifies
that the workers will suffer from some
form of treachery, scheming and sub
tle hostility In which tne represents
tlves of religious and legal institu
tions will be arrayed against them.
In and near the Rocky mountain re
gion a cold spell of unusual severity
will follow in the wake of this eclipse
The working classes in this region will
be discontented and manifest a some
what surly and threatening attitude.
For a month at least following the
eclipse conditions will be extremely
adverse for building and mining oper
ations, and the sensational fall or de
struction of large buildings will likely
be reported from one or more places In
that section of the country.
At San Francisco and generally
along and near the Pacific coast the
more severe of the disturbing vibra
tions of this eclipse will adversely af
fect high society and places of amuse
ment and public entertainment. The
lawmaking bodies of this region will
also become involved In' confusion, and
misunderstandings connected with leg
islation of a more or less socialistic
trend, which will arouse great hostil
ity on the part of the oostructioniats,
standpatters and reactionaries.
Rather wet and stormy weather
along the Atlantic coast states will be
more or less prevalent during the three
or four weeks following this eclipse.
coincident with or quickly following
the full moon on February Washing
ton and generally over the eastern
part of this count ry there will be a,
spell of severely cold, bleak and
stormy weather, followed by sudden
thaws, and toward the end of Febru
ary the general tendency throughout
the country, and throughout the world,
for that matter, will be a rather high
average of temperature for the season'
During the last week In February a
period of unseasonably warm weather
will visit Chicago. Springfield and the
Mississippi valley generally. Coinci
dent with this there will arise some
cause of unusual commotion and pub
lic excitement which will cause thou
in authority to be sorely d!trosned
and at their wits' end to successful
deal with situations whih may sud
denly arise. In short, an epidemic of
riotous excitement neenis to be sched
uled for that region of the country
during the latter part of February.
The figure of the solar eclipse of
January 23 calculated for Berlin shows
the passionate and explosive Mars ris
ing conjoined with the . revolutionary
Uranus, while the luminaries and Mer
cury are both in the house' of Secret
enmities and conspiracies and -opposed
by the nebulous and chaotic Neptune
and the cold and contracting Saturn in
the house which signifies the navy and
the servants of the oountry generally,
and the working classes in particular.
This la a configuration which surely
prefigures a surly and discontented at
titude on the part of the servlni
classes, and probably also entails dis
asters to the navy as well as an alarm
ing amount of serious illness among
the masses.
At London the same planets are ris
ing, and in the house of life, which In
dicates the authorities and populace of
England to be in the ascendancy, be
cause planets so situated are Indica
tive of the powers being wielded by
the government menaced by subtle.
far-reaching and baffling complira-
lons which It will be difficult to un
ravel and solve.
The horoscope of Lloyd George, who
has recently become the chief factor
In the government of Great Britain,
may now be considered as a very de
pendable Index to the duration of the
war as well as Indicating how the war
will end. We have not completed our
study of his nativity, but so far as we
have proceeded we find evidences that
he has before him a few months of ex
tremely hard battling against the most
treacherous kind of adverse Influences,
which not only threaten his health,
but menace him with secret enmities
and conspiracies calculated to produce
treachery among his subordinates. Im
mediately following these adverse as
pects he enters upon a period of his
life which will be ruled by the most
decided and powerfully good influ
ences, which will insure him the great
est achievements and highest honors
and successes he has ever yet attained.
i:
pulp wood consumption of the coun
try for 1899, 1909 and 1914 and 191
are to be compjlled.
manufacturers will cooperate In the j
work through their trade organisation.
the Newsprint Manufacturers association.
Detailed information in regard to A Kansas Inventor has patented a
the amount and cost of different kinds lever attachment for cameras to wind
of pulp wood consumed in the differ- their films, making more rapid snap
ent states is to De collected. com- shotting possible and preventing dou
paratlve figures showing- the total ' ble exposures.
out of their teens.
of the alnlsrh. thv waited tn fire.
those of a dozen American boys hardly I Faster and faster galloped the horses.
and they strained and tugged at their
harness In their fright as they plunged
through the snow.
But nearer and nearer came the pack
of hungry wolves; their eyes gleamed
Buttons From Japan.
Of the total Imports of buttons
Jr vZr Tt.il uk coals of tlTe- their-cruel fangs
!V.P?Lie.mf7v.hal-f'.,T.h,SeCfx: showed as they snarled and snapped at
importation of German and Aus- "irL V n. f the
trlan butons having been cut r0LWJ ?Bt0.
Coal Tar
Products
off by the war, according to
partment of commerce report which
states that in 1916 buttons were Im
ported from Japan to the value of
$472,310, as compared with $127,966 in
1914, the last normal year.
him when, bang! went Eric's pistol,
and the wolf fell dead upon the
ground.
For a momentt he wolves halted and
gased at their fallen leader. Then
TE" FOR SORE,
TIRED FEET AH!
len, tender, calloused
feet or corns.
- TI' makes
my feet
L . smaller."
to arop bombs on any enterorlsinnr
persons whom he might surprise at
tneir destructive work. "Worden did
his duty well, and materially decreased
the difficulties which had made rail
road travel through hostile, country al
most impossible. Occasionally bullets
would go 'zipping through the fabric
on the wings, but the pilot was never
wounded. After many months of this
work Worden voluntarily resigned his
rp- , r , . ,i commission ana returned to bis for-
JL1Z IS STana tor aenmsr. SWOl-1 tner occunatinn of hMtnn ei.,t
v I " - vvu ij aa .
wnue exniDitmg at a countv fair in
I Texas he was seized with heart failure
when 2000 feet in the air. and died be
fore he reached the srround. Although
his machine was badly smashed, all its
controls were intact, and medical evi
dence showed that his death was not
the result of the fall.
Encouraged by Worden's success. In
1912 the Mexican sovernment n
three army officers to the aviation
field at Mineola, L. I., to learn to flv
These young menAlberto and Gustavo
saunas, ana ignaclo Ruls rapidly de
veloped into brilliant aviators. The
Salinas boys, nephews of General Car
ranza, at present hold responsible posi
tion under the Carranza government.
One is chief of artillery, and the other
chiel,oi aviation. Both have given up
their actual flying, but their experi
ence and knowledge have proved invaluable.
The next aviator to sro to Mt1m
was Didier-Majuinn Vhi.,.. v
Ah! what relief. No more tired feet: I had adonted th TTntt m..
no more burning feet; no more swollen, home. He took his crated machine from
aching, tender, sweaty feet. No more Los Angeles to Tucson, Ariz., and man.
softness in corns, callouses, bunions. aged to smuggle it across the border
WO matter what ails your feet, or! The late Charles F nh- tv,.n
what under the sun you've tried with- I ested himself in Mexican affair Ten
,ouf getting relief. Just use "Tlx." I was famous as a trick flyer, and hi
.rTls' is the only remedy that draws I work marked him one of th. n.
out all the poisonous exudations which J centrjc and reckless men in the game.
Tuf f " XITt the feet. Tiz" curen tnnr Wh,n Kllloa wn A- " -
' - - . . I -" j-J. V,V Vlin L.ILT-
foot trouble so you'll never limp orlranra regime was lust riisin. ,,
draw -up your face in pain. Tour shoes J he worked in conjunction with a fairly
. wqiii UOTui ii gin. ana your icei will I well organized army. After- several
never, never hurt or get sore and swol- I narrow escapes from death thrm.rh
len. .Think of it, no more foot misery. I forced landlnars in th.
no more agony from corns, callouses or I growth; ,and also because .exhibition
bunions. I flying appealed, to him
, Get 28-cent box at any drug store than being shot at, he returned to the
or department store, and set instant I statea. Shnrtiw ,., .
relief. Wear smaller shoes. Just once marvelous aerial feats 'at the Panama
try rris.' : Get a whole year's foot Pacific exposition, following thaf with
temrort lor oniy Zi cents. 'Think of it; I a very successful four r t,
i. me last iiorma. yer. they fell .upon him and quickly de-
Exports of buttons from the United
States have increased rapidly during th. mffAr
The baront. and Eric did not have
any ammunition to waste, and so they
waited until the wolves were almost
upon them, and then they fired right
Into the faces of the wolves and four
of their number dropped dead.
Instantly the pack stopped and ate
up the dead wolves, and then Started
after the sleigh in full pursuit.
"They are gaining again!" groaned
the baron, while his poor wife held the
crying child and prayed earnestly, "Oh,
God, help us!"
"Cut the traces and turn one of the
horses loose!" shouted Erie "That
On one side of a new electric porch I will rive us a little time."
ngnt are grooves into which figures! So the driver quickly cut the har
can be slipped to make it serve as a I ness and one poor, frightened hor9e
house number either by day or night, ran into the forest, with all the wolves
after him in close pursuit.
"That horse has saved us." said the
baron.- But Eric knew that it would
only be for a little while, and as soon
as the wolvesVbad made a meal of the
they would be upon them again.
Eric was right, for in an incred
ibly short time the wolves came run-
the last few years. In 19H they
amounted to $724,784: in 1914, $654.
372, and in 1916, Jl.902,656. Last
year's sales were distributed in the
following amounts: To Europe, $957,
655; North America, $680,380; South
America, $167,601; Australia, New
Zealand and other Oceania. $86,235;
Asia, $6504. and Africa, $4281.
The total imports of buttons of all
kinds were valued at $877,278 in 1916;
$1,062,971 in 1915, and $2,143,778 in
1916. About half the buttons import
ed are pearl.
Terrible Itching Burn
ing on Lower Part of Alrdsei
BothEars.GrewWorse.
Like Rash Inflamed
and Swollen. Spread to
Neck. Cuticura Healed
In Two Weeks.
nlng after the sleigh, their loud yelp
ing bringing terror 'to all the poor
people.
"Cut loose another horse." shouted
the baron, "or we will all be lost." and
so another strong horse had to be sac
riflced to the hungry pack. ,
The sleigh was now reaching the
edge of the forest, and not two miles
away was the town of Bollsvo, and
some of the lights from the outlying
houses could be seen in the distance.
"See. see the lirhts!" cried th drlv.
Above ire extracts from r. excitedly. -We will soon be safe
itfnr1 ararom.e now." And a. he spoke he pulled on
ignea statement recently re- the reins and urged forward tne two
Ceived from Mrs E. Long, horses, but it soon became evident that
315 Sacramento St Portland. ? fopihtJ1!v
-k. - - - iif ii. liict went ss u Lirs-H i tiitr t nF v
UregOn, dated Oct. 30, 1916. slackened their speed and were losing
- i ground, wmie tne wolves were steadily
XlOW much better. tO . Prevent I gaining upon them and were rapidly
such suffering by using Cuticura I OTertJciB party.
e r. . . I As they drew near the baron and his
iurevcry-oayxouei purposes, tne men saw that nothing more could be
Soap to cleanse and1 purify 'the don. to stop th. wolves, for they could
pores, with touches of Ointment uTd oToutruS T.
now and then as needed to soothe snarling pack,
and heal the first signs of eczemas, ,naIl f,". wfl1
. . . . , . , down, oaron, and v meet them. I can
rasnes, dandruff and pimples. YOU fire at them for a while and hold them
Will USe no Other Once VOU try mt bay until you and your wife and
tK tv 4. v-L-fi.j u ' ' child get .safely rlnto town."
tnem. Do not confound these x0m bo. my poor Eric." said the
delicate, fragrant, super-creamy baron, ."you, shaii not do this; you
HC41ienta with Coarsely medi- "e.1 were coming closer and
Cated, -Often dangerous prepara- closer. . They surrounded the sleigh.
tionsnrzed as Substitutes K lnd one of th "mber was about o
For Free Trial by Return Mail ad- I 2Ltb2nZ'' I'Vt E
dress post-card: "Caticnrs, Dent. IL I iV-T v.T- T
Bewton.",, Sold throughout the world. I bang! went the pistol as. the baron
J fired, andvXhe faithful servant sprang
By John F. Queeny.
Copyright. 1919. by the Pharmaceutical Era.
Reproduced by Permission.
C.AL TAR! What does that word
suggest to you? The chances are
that the first thing you' picture to
yourself is the smoky, smelly tank of
melted tar used in street repairing.
Give your imagination free rein, and.
nowadays, st least, you can conjure up
all kinds of reds, and blues, and
greens, and sigh as you reflect how
the scarcity of dyes has affected the
hiirh cost of living:! A third idea may
suggest itself that of poison, a dread
ful, deadly poison, something tout ana
mysterious, something to shun ana
avoid. True, coal tar is. as a recent
writer has stated, a "black evil-smell
ing liquid," and as everybody knows,
its is the. raw material from which
dyes are derived.
A lump of coal appears to be solid
but in reality it consists of only one
half to two thirds of solid matter, rne
other half or third is liquid and gas
and can be boiled out of the coal, lust
as water can be boiled out of mo
lasses. Of course, a much higher tem
perature is required, and this makes It
necessary for the process to De car
ried out in a closed retort in orner to
exclude air and thus prevent burning
the distillate.
The destructive distillation of coal.
as the process is called, was original
ly carried out for tne single purpose
of manufacturing illuminating ga
The coal tar which condensed and ac
cumulated in the mains and scrubbers
of gas works was a source of trouble
and expense until rerun, an ingusn
chemist, in 1856, discovered that coal
tar could be used as a source of raw
material for making mauve, a aeucait
nurnle dve for silk. The first coal tar
dve factory was built in England, but
the Germans, quick to see tne vast
possibilities of such an enterprise.
soon took up the matter, ana it is 10
them that we owe the wonderful story
of the development of the coal tar In
dustry, a story which in accomplish
ment of the impossible rivals the fairy,
tales of childhood.
More recently a second and greater
source of coal tar has been developed.
When the growth of the iron and steel
industry made it evident that the sup
ply of charcoal necessary ro tne re
covery of pigiron from iron ore in the
blast furnace was limited, a substitute
was found in coke, the solid residue
from the destructive distillation of c -U.
Condensation of the liquid products
given off in the coking process yields
coal tar. Leading . the world as the
United States does in the manufacture
of iron and steel It should follow log
ically that we would lead in the manu
facture of coal tar and coal tar prod
ucts. But such is far from the truth.
Until within the last few years prac
tically all the metallurgical coke man
ufactured in our great steel centers
was .made in the wasteful . beehive
oven, a device which allowed all the
valuable gas and coal tar to go to h
four winds and become a nuisance In
stead of a useful economic asset. In
th. '90s the first by-product coke
ovens, a type of oven which saves the
coal tar given off in th. distillation.
were- installed In this country. Since
that time th. number, has but slowly
increased.
"THE PORTLAND PIANO SENSATION"
$90,397.55
Pianos Going at
Fourth Off and No Interest
INVENTORY SALE
$57,131.45
$33,266.10 in Savings to Coast Piano Buyers
11i4a.BO or WSiCI XS Ur AaTUAX, nrTZmZST lino to TDK Ton eaa afford to pay 95 Cask and Sfl aaoathly.
or fio cash and 98 monthly. Ton eaa, taeref ore, afford to buy a man. or nyr-riao now. Our ZS per cent lower
prices and no interest makes double volume in sales lmDerailve. even at our one-third less similar piano stores' run
ning expenses, and the large volume in sales we have secured to date makes
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needless waste of nature's stores that
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forte; S5 Cash, S5 MontH'y
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1917 Medal piano.
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Paotorle.' Catalog-new . e all oar 1S1T Medals Illustrated at oar 95 per cent lower factory price and a tmtarest
OBSBB TOTJB PIAJTO ST MITT. study and eomvar ear oaallty. prices asd a. interest, as 'advertised, and
yew will leara why w. have boas reds of mail-order bmyers. To spur you to quick action w. quote price, at one
fourth eff and no interest. This sale affords an unusual opportunity. , . ; -v , . - , r;
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within 300 miles, and the piano wiH be shipped subject to exchange within on. year, we allowing th. full amount paid.
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111 Pomrtb Street
at Washington, . ,
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