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CANCER CURE COMING A PERILOUS CALLING
Medical Authorities Sure Remedy Difficulties and Dangers Met With
STEAMER GRAVEYARD
Still Have Not Had Enough.
Will Be Found.
in Bridge-Building.
Ilidlnm and X-Raya In flight Dire.
loa Although Prolonged El
poiore la Dangeroua In
tretlng Heaearch.
Published statements with regard
to medical discoveries, chiefly in con
nection with X-rays and radium, fol
low one anoiher wth such rapidity that
it is difficult to follow them wiMi pre
cision. The deepest in. crest is ! aur
ally centered on the achievei.-ns of
those who are trying to work their
way to the discovery of a cure for can
cer, which, as a cause of death, ranks
in this country second only 10 phthisis,
.says a London report.
The results of a series of experi
ments in Great Britain and on the con
tinent arc certainly such as to arouse
iiopcs artu-.g the expert investigators
:h?.t t'.-.ey are at least on the right
.'rack. 1; would be rash and uujustifl
:b!e to s?.y more.
That ialsf hopes avo being constantly
Mammoth. Steel Maawa Maat B
WoTt Iato tha Dlaar oatara
with Mathematical Accir
ay at All Time.
Hew Jersey Town Where Many Old
Eastern Vessels Lie.
The design of a long bridge spun is
one of the most elaborate mathemat
ical problems that arises in construc
tive work. The stresses produced by
its own weight, by the weight of traf
fic, by locomotive drivers, by the ham
mering of flattened wheels, by the
action of brakes on an express train,
by the high speed of a curved track,
by the wind and by the expansion and
contraction of the steel in summer
and winter, are all accurately calcu
lated. The definition of the loaded
and unloaded bridge is determined,
and complete drawings are made of
every member of it. The bars of steel
are tested in machines which will pull
in two a horsehair or a steel bar
strong enough to lift half a score of
the heaviest locomotives at once, and
Wtll-Ksown River Craft That Hm
Dec one Worm Out Find a R sat
is T Piste on th RarJtaa'a
Uanka.
St. Petersburg!. Aug-. 3 The preps
generally continuea to avoid trenching
I of the ground to be covered in the peace
negotiations, though the Sviet, which
neither hopes nor withes for peace, pre
dicts that the pourparlers will result in
nothing but id'e tulle.
The Moscow Gazette, an apostle of
uncompromising reaction declares that
It appears to have been left for the
residents of the little town of Perth
Am boy to prove that the Hindoo belief the dispatch of M. Witte to the United
in the transmigration of sou Ls is a re- States is ft disgrace and holds that the
slit v. at least, as far as boats are con- , t . , . .
, ' t, T ... only concession Kus-ia can make is to
cerned, sub the St. Lous liepiibhc.
Steam craft which iiv years gone by demand no indemnity from Japan and
made great records in the local waters, no peace until defeat and retribution
raised by premature announcements of j which will crush an egg-shell or
.nippo.'-ff infallible cures is undeni
Able. Sin h a claim was made recently
;y the newspapers as a result of
lie sptr:r.;cnts of eminent bacteri
ologists who have been engaged entire
v list six months in research
vor.v at th? laboratory of the Uoyal
:.-,! leff of Surgeons, under the auspices
of the ra:uer-reses.rch fund.
Drs. .Murray and B.ishfonl, who were
imoii'; tiiosc! appointed investigators,
vf;:F? give cor!lr:::?f!',n to the
.nory. Nothing. i!i:y dc-.ljrc, is being
nor.loctcd by the committee, and con-
steel column, and accurately measure
and later were dragged out of the
busy swirl tired of the struggle, are
to-day so much a part of the Raritan
river town that their names are house
hold words there.
The graveyard of old veaaels has had
a day of resurrection.
The valiant spirit of each has left
cold boiler and paralyzed engine to
take up its abode in dwellings, decora
tions and the hundred and one things
into which its dismembered but resur
rected body has been transformed.
During the last feu years many well
known boats have been brought to-
price. For the average run of ttaple,
25 C9nts is the market, and most of the
large busine'8 during the last two or
three weeks has been at that price.
The scoured cost orNo. 1 staple it cicse
to, if not tally, 7o cents.
There is a brisk demand for the val
ley wools of Oregon and liberal sales
have bi en close around 33 cents. Idaho
wool, in hags, moves steadily at 22 to
23 cents for an average and 24 to 25
centM for choice, a scoured cost of 70 to
72 centd being indicated.
the stress in each case. The differ-, gether on the shelving banks of the
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v. it h respect to i'vie
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:u;t, a", eminent Pnris phy
profc ?:. r in the French
.' ;.:erli. !'.;?. dec -laroi that the
hitherto made have re-
ring on vhieh to base se'en-
tj.V troaimcnt.
"We arc still groping in the dark."
he says, "with regard to the reported I
cures by the X-riy.'3. My long e::peri-j
in t V1 large-t hospltiH ia Paris'
made rae no-; c optical. Relieve I
i'.e, these 'curei' are t:ot detin:te." I
i ne .i.(i;:u .c;; no;-:jj;ii in i-u::yua is
th.e pioneer in cancer research in Great
Ilritain. It receives suggestions for
' 'ires in ail pans of the world weekly.
M?ny are given fair trials, but hitherto
without success. The Middlesex hos
pital doctors authorize the positive
statemea. that, while they do not claim
7o have ejected anything like a cure by
means of the X-rays and Finsen light
-re E-.tir.en'.s. yet suffering from cancer
ha- been relieved.
Edison's experience of ill effects
from prolonged exposure to the X-rays
is no new ih.v.g in the London hospl-i-Ai,
where it has long been found that
v.e demonstrators who are daily in the
, .scrice of the rays are liable to
-uhclioaa. a mai;:i nit growth cf the
K'vin whit h is nearly allied to cancer.
Two workers in the radiograph de
partment of the London hospitals are
iow on an enlc-rced vacation with their
han-ds injured, but this ls not a com
mon experience. One precaution tak-
a in some of the continental hospitals i
H that of employing a leaden screen
when taking radiographs, so that only
the necessary surface shall be exposed
to the rays.
This plan, it ls thought by the Eng
Cisb physicians, is not necessary, and
the iuggtstion that the operators wear
Ifadi-n mittens is thought to be im
possible, ae they would probably d
.stroy the medical properties of the
rays.
ent kinds of members are forged, riv- j
eted, bored or planed in perhaps half t
a dozen remote shops, nnd although i
usually not fitted together there, are
examined and measured by special
ists to see that they are correct,
and are then shipped by scores of
car loads to the site of the proposed
structure, where steam derricks un'
load them and pile them many feet
high in stacks covering acres of
ground.
The huge piers may rise above the
water, hundreds of feet apart. It re
mains to place on them a 1,000-ton
structure, hi-h above a savage chasm,
over an i'ii,,a.ssal)!c current or roar
ing tide, where the water is deep, the
bottom of jagged rocks or treacher
ous (luielipar. I, or where an old bridge
be reiiiov(
nnd the new one
built, in ii.s place without interrupting !
navigation or obstructing c"nt hi nous j
traffic on the bridge. T i accomplish '
this the engineer has timber, bolts j
and ropes, hoisting engines, derricks, j
nnd a band of intrepid builders, who i
have perhaps followed him for years !
through more hardship and danger ;
than fall to the lot of almost any ,
other calling, writes Frank YV. Skin- j
ner, in Century. j
The complicated framework of a '.
great span is a skeleton with many
accurate joints and thousands of steel
sinews and bones, each of which must
go in exactly the right place in ex
actly the right order. The builder
must weave into the trusses pieces
larger, heavier and far more inflex
ible than whole tree-trunks: swiftly j
hoist and swing them to phi'-e him- i
dreds of feet high: tii together the
massive girders and huge forged bars i
with watchoi:iker's accura'-v: support '
the unwieldy masses until they are !
keyed toget fr and se)f-yu--tf;-dpg;
anil under mi'lions of pounds of sf res j
must adjust them, at di:'v heights,
to math'i"M':'-al Ihu-s. T' is he may t
need to do. n"' dcHb-'ra' ' i"i " com-
fortable shoo or on ; -!H platform. ;
but in dangerous ("i.-"gtn--if at ut-
most '.!. ""ittii'g f'ii'' !i v wb1 ;
Strcllgttl tip ti'irrc'V ..-l-ivryr Tpiii!w :
in a furious tempe-t. in 1m,'c' f.,M or i
in blazing, heat-. I'e oiny lie in the
heart of an African d"-t. menaced
by blood-thirsty fanatics, or in a
gorge of th And"1. lumdrcN of miles
from tools or supplies, where there is
absolutely no supplement to hi- own
resources. I'ntlcr such conditions
bridge building is one of the most
fascinating nnd difficult of engineer
ing problems, anil requires a differ
ent solution for almost every case.
lcaritan river, where the junkman de
cides their destiny.
The giantess of them all is the
famous old Albany boat Drew.
Close beside her are the firenravaged
hulls of the ferry boats Elizabeth and
Plain field.
The worn-out ferryboat Central and
the ill-fated Northfield are rubbing
their noses in a friendly way with the
rie and fall of the tide against the
Drew's port quarter.
The half-burned Thomas McManus
keeps wei! luider water on the river
side of the fleet.
The siue-wiieel steamer Oolonia. of
Philadelphia, which w.as condemned a
unseawnrthy after the last internation
al yacht races, and the famous old
ferryboat Chancellor, the only craft to
cross the bay during the blizzard of
1SS, have both settled high up in the
sand.
These boats represent more than
$i.O:0.0(M in original cost, and are in
all stages of dismantlement.
Probably one of the greatet boona
that ever came to Perth Amboy vaa
the steamer Drew. j
She was towed to her present berth :
a little more than a year ago. j
From the outside she appeared to i
be a great unwieldy hulk of little j
value, but wiihin she has proved to be
a veritable t ream re ship. j
Houses have been built from th i
well-seasoned planking of her super
structure. The panel work and rich carving of
her 100 and more staterooms have been
used for interior decoration, and the
stateroom thtmselve for store
houses. There is one stateroom which has
been left just where it was when the
old river bt. a t made her last trip.
Money cannot buy it from the junk-
have overtaken the enemy."
The B iulevjrd sheet, the Gaz tte,
predicts a general European alliance,
headed by Russia, Germany anu
France, to preserve the peace of th"
w rld, to restrain Japanese preponder
ance in the East and to preveut Great damaged late spring giain and the crcp
Illffli Prices for Harvcat Hun da.
Palouse. VVsh., Aug. 3. The hot
weather lias brought the harvest on
much earlier this year than was ex
pected. For some few days binders
hive ben running fuh blast and thresh
ioj will s'ait soon. The hot weather
Hi itatn
affairs.
from meddling in continental
Mule of Oregon. Wool.
Boston, Muss., Aug. 3 The e lnis
been a large move cent In Oregon wools
here this wetk. ir.c'u ting the celebrated
Baldwin c ip, which brought a Miff
of fall grain le slight, y decreased.
The ga de s are rapidly drying up and
tt is anticipated that the potato crop
w 11 not be large. Much trouble is be
ing had in getting harvesters, as th re
is mire wuk than there are men.
Wages are abrut ik) per cent higher
than usual this year.
Heppner Gazette Weekly Oregonlan.
Ufa. Tiekllas CklapsaMM.
It has been observed that If the
larm-d dog is taken back to th wild
ht&7, he loses bis voice. These
'sounding voices" are produced in the
Animal throat in a way similar to hu-.-ran
language, but are not "voices"
rop?r, nor "languages" proper, and
;.t t they are full of psychological ex
pression, and reveal the animal's
t'y-hlc Mates. If we tickle a chim
pan.e" in the armpit, the touch pro
duces a grin on the face simMar to
hat of a man under like circum-r-lAnces.
He also emits laughter-like
-ooDds. The same is the case with
?h orang-outang. The gorilla knits
the trow when angry, Just like men
We often observe in apes a complete
rhange in the facial muscles when
something is going to happen, be It
a.grr-eable or disagreeable. It is so
also with the child. In apes there is
evidently the same connection between
the facial muscles and vocal muscles
aa In man. London Answers.
MINING AT GREAT DEPTHS.
Oor Mali la Lk Slor R.
rlr a Mil
In no other district In the world
ar active mining operations carried
on at such depth as in the Lake Su
perior copper region, says the Chi
cago Chronicle. The No. 5 shaft of
the Tamarack mine is the deepest
in the world, having attained a verti
cle depth of 4.940 feet, nearly a mile.
Not far behind ir i the Hed Jacket
shaft of the Calumet A Hecla. which
is down 4.B20 feet. Another deep
shaft of the Calumet & Heqla is the
No 4 of the Calumet branch of the
property. This is down 7,800 feet
on an incline of a mile and a half.
In view of the marvelous efficiency
of the modern hoisting engine no
considerations of a mechanical na
ture need limit tht prospective depth
of shafts.
The greatest obstacle to deep min
ing is the proportionate increase in
temperature. In the I-rfike Superior
copper district State Geologist Lake
has ascertained that the temperature
in the mine varies one degree for
evtry 110 feet. The temperature in
the deepest shafts at the Tamarack
and Calumet A Hecla varies between
65 and 90 degrees, and in view of
these conditions it is evident that
considerable depths can yet be at
tained in this section.
man.
The pleasant memories of his hon
eymoon still linger with it.
From one end of the era ft to the oth
er it is the only pot which, will not feel
the sharp c-'ge if the wrecker' tools.
With the exception of that part of
the Drew which has bt-m u?cd ' the
junkman hin,.-e!f in the construction
of living tjuartcis for his men and a
combination (Mice and storehouse, in
the heart of the town, all the material
has been sold at a good price.
An elderly widow is the proud owner
of a comfortable home made entirely
from the Drew.
Her dog and chickens are also snugly
housed within a portion of the resur
rected craft.
So extravagant were the builder of
the boat in ihe selection of materials
used for her construction that carpen
ters and decorators of the town have
purchased almost the entire super
structure, although it is as yet not
more than half dismantled.
In the building trade there is a de
mand for "Drew timber" and among
decorators a call for "Drew irim-
TUe Kind You Havo Always BougIitt and which has been
iu use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
and has been made under his per-
sonal supervision since its infancy.
f-COCCv Allow un tw a to rlrrolvA in i his.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but
Experiments that trille with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance, its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
S7
The Kind You toe Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THC eiTU COMPANY, TV MURRAY STRICT, NCW YORK CITV.
IT" -
First Rational ank
OF HEPPNER.
mines.
The foregoing is the spirit of th
Drew made manifest in Perth Amboj. i
It is not confined there alone, how
ever, for all over the country there is
0. A KHRA.
.President
RFIEA Vie President
O. W. CONNER Cnshier
E. L. FREELAND.. Assistant Cashier
a demand for some part of her con , Transact a General Bankinq Business. Four per cent.
strurtion
The giant parts of her engines have
already gone to the ateel works of
Pennsylvania and Connecticut to be
fahinoed into car wheels, axles and
building material. .
paid on Time Deposits.
EXCHANGE ON ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD B0UUHT AND BOLD
Collections made on all pomtson reasonable terms. Hurplunand undivided profit $35,000.
Has an Eye ( BdiIdcm.
It is reported that the empress dow
ager of China is becoming liberal in .
her ideas. She miii-t have become con- :
vinced, sa s the Chicago Kecord-Iler-J
aid, that lh?re is a good deal of money '
on the libtral side. j
I
Would MRkr llurna (hoa Ravfona. '
It is asvrt. d thai a 3 oune otticer in !
the navy has made $H0.000 by writing!
poetry. If this is a true statement, '
says the Chicago Tribune, poets are
better paid 1 on than thty were in the
time of one Robert Burns.
Call at the Gasette odes and learn of
our dubbins offr with the Weekly Ore-news.
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