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Vow H»claimed, It Is A Sommer He. sort w ith k l s h t r - t w o In h a b ita n ts tr wad the scientific world so 1 as by the discovery, three or Bears ago, of a substance which ed to contradict the laws of lit' after they had been slowly Lted during many centuries of ation. The discovery was by |# called an acciueut, but it is gen- ny ascertained that they occur .most luontly to men who were investi- T in* along particular lines, and so It I w: h radium. Since the discovery t there was a property in light could Impress an image on a sitve plate, every development of 'toffntphy and Its kindred science» b r slow degrees up to the discovery lum. qualities of the new substance mysterious, so contradictory, one lay so miraculous, that the lnter- the scientific world was instant- sed. The factory is located at :ur-Marne, In France. The A of extracting radium-bromide f w , occupying from two to five ; tedious in the last degree and J t Incredibly expensive. It is ^Btted that, counting the cost of ^ ■ n e ry and labor, both of the com J^Bvely unskilled laborers In the ;toi y and that of the trained chem- Utjxperts who perform the conclud- ^Hperations, the cost of extracting ^^^■ilogram of pure radium-bromide, Oli$ thirty-five pounds, would be out $80,000,000. It Is easy enough to ^Hto that no such quantity of ra- urn has been extracted from its ores, e most that any scientist can o procure is a few small par ies» hermetically Bealed in a glass ^^a&nd these bits, most of them e-lutli to one-tenth the size of a i head, are the material with which sts and physicians make their ex te n ts. rtne-n ’he radium factory abstracts from nsut Qt tons niinerals the microscopic •Coli W ,es worth thousands of times jxpri lr weight In gold. The materials ■ 111 . « l o s t varied, principally being 123. '-h blende. Pitch blende Is of Itself erj remarkable compound, contaln- _ _ the sulphates of almost all known jB tls. By wagon loads the ma- al is sent through a crusher, then ject' d, In a great tank, whose con- ^shorfir re stlrred by a mechanical de nt uai^B0 Proceases 80 numerous and ntlli' that to give even a crude no- of them would require a volume. jdon’s underground tubes have length of 145 miles, land imported from Argentina 7 nearly $21,000,000 worth of beef and $11,472,345 worth of mutton. lada has twenty wireless stations, ew wireless service Is being es- ed between Prince Rupert and uver. of the great intellects of En- has stated that not above fifty ,nd people in all Britain can <K and understand the ordinary for S>n newspaper. n soByvesant Fish, Jr., began in the i-ovidBis Central shops in Chicago at i, bulHary of $25 a month. Later he ; to jB d as station agent at $60 a intBi in his eagerness to learn the e. from th^ bottom up. ^u*ls[hf Wesleyan conference of En- Sail recently passed by a large ma- a motion to admit women as lelegates. This resolution must ly iroved by the synod before It hkhH rule of the denomlna- wuraœsm ¡aroma ©OT!2£3ill$ra B iW DR. TTDOIE WKM®' For every ton of pitch blende residue over five tons of acldB and other chem icals and fifty tons of water are re qulred, and after continuing the sep aratlon and purification for months there remains at the bottom of th« great tank a handful of Impure ra dluin-brorulde, which Is turned over tc chemists of long experience, for final reduction. When they have finished their work, there are left a 'ew grains of the substance known us radium bromide. When this remarkable mineral wit first announced there were the highest expectations entertained among med ical men, their patients and the pub lic, regarding its future usefulness in medicine. Lupus hag been cured with it, so have persistent ulcers. Cancer, when in its first stages, has yielded to the power of Its rays, but deeply-estab lished cancer has resisted its Influence. It is now believed that the virtues at tributed to the water of certain springs are due to the presence of radio activity. The most singular property of this magical element is the fact that It gives out heat constantly, almost uni formly and under all circumstances, without loss of weight, change of sub stance or deterioration. A particle of radium has been known to radiate its heat for a year or two at a time, and when weighed again has not lost a ten- thousandth part of an ounce. Every one knows the various ways in which heat is produced, but radium is a self producer of heat, and so far as we now can see, the process may continue indefinitely, and It is this property which makes the little grain of ra dium-bromide, which looks exactly like a grain of common salt, so wonderful in the eyes of the chemists, for it ap parently contradicts flatly every prin ciple regarding the evolution of heat Mexico, which the Mexican Herald says is to be mined and shipped for refining to Mobile, Ala., where a fac tory has been erected. American im ports of unmanufactured chalk amount to about 125,000 tons a year, mainly from England and Germany 7 he girls of the Boston public schools are to have an opportunity of taking part In outdoor Bports on the same terms as their brothers. Out door gamee and gymnastics will be made a part of the curriculum Just as soon as playgrounds for girls can be fitted up. Baseball, basketball, run ning, Jumping and all sorts of other games will be taught. The county Judge of Cook County, Illinois, has recommended the ap pointment of a woman as Inspector of all institutions to which delinquent and deficient children are committed. He suggests a salary of $1,800 a year. Heretofore club women of the State have conducted examinations of such Institutions and where remuneration was necessary the money came out of club funds. The industrial census of Germany for 1907 (Just published by the Ger man imperial bureau of statistics) gives 4,025,591 industrial concerns, employing 14,348,389 persons, of whom 3,510,466 were women. The Increase in twelve years is 4,079,120—a ratio about four times as great as that of the employing concerns. These fig ures do not Include railroad, postal, telegraph and telephone employes. or8f|ha women of Chicago are urging ,(l ^ft-rease in the number of milk ln- .¡f,;fct<irs for that city. They say that tor^Bmposslble for the eight lnspect- y -flo w on duty to make sure that The Good Times Are Coming. small part of its supply Is In Oh, the good times are cornin', no mat borne condition. ter what they say; ling, selling or exporting of red You kin hear 'em hummin', hummin’, Ig in or from Korea is now for- for a hundred miles away; under fines of from $50 to $500 They're a-sallln' through the summer, d confiscation of equipment to all an' a-flghtln' through the freeze; except the Korean govern A-rldln’ down the rivers an' a-blowln' In the breeze! or firms specially authorized by is highly valued In the orient Cornin' tdlclnal use. A-hummin'— kil's foreign trade in the first Like a regiment a-drummln’ l konths of this year totaled a val- Lane has got a-turnin'. Buttermilk's a-chumin' So keep your lamps a-bumln' '/* ,°°« over that of the first four Till the good times come! ;v S s of 1908. Imports were $55,- it :' 3*bflfr>- a decr,!a8e of $9,000,000, and Oh, the good times are cornin' you $93,000,000, an Increase of $27,- can see ’em on the run, ,t Coffee Is our principal pur- A-twlnklin' in the dewdrops an’ a- id shinln' in the sun! o f J ® w Japanese steamship service A-dumpin' over the daisies, an' bab blin’ in the brook, (il(lheen put on-between ports of Jap- ire 3T*a Hong Kong and Valparaiso, An' lookin’ at a fellow like his sweet heart used to look! be H>®y 016 T°S° Klsin Kaisha Com- pat|r ef Kokohama. The three steam- Cornin' are subsidized by the Japanese A-hummln'— iment. Other ports of the west Like a regiment a-drummln'; if South America will also be Lane has got a-tumtn'. Buttermilk s a-chumln', So keep your lamps a-burnln' Laura A. Hecox, who for twen- Till the good times come! i years has tended the light of —Atlanta Constitution. ta crus lighthouse, has recent- rned to her post from the last Heeded Them la Hie Baetnees. ___ six vacations she has taken Miss Ootrox— Nearly all my admirers IHg that period. Since 1881 she think I should be able to get tips from , absolute charge of the light, you on the market. ' M all that time it has never gone Gotrox—Encourage them In that be during the night. lief, my dear. It won’t be long before -mer a ns bare discovered a deposit I'll be ready to unload the stock I'm r *Mtlng la the Bute of n»w r».i,r carrying.—Puck. s In a gorge close down against the inner base of First mountain David Felt In 1.845 began an enterprise that years after gave New Jersey her de serted village. He owned a blank book and stationery store in Brooklyn and another in New Orleans. To supply these with material, says the Travel Magazine, he built a factory in the bottom of the na-row gorge and at the blufT edge of the level land above he placed for his employes several com modious houses whose back windows looked sheer down upon the factory, twenty feet below. He told Thomas Stead that he had "two barrels of specie" to start with, and as land was cheap, lumber abun dant on his 60(1 nr 700 acres and dress ed stone at hand in the ruins of a powder mill dating from the war of 1812, he built spaciously end well. Prosperity smiled upon the hidden village. The Civil War changed the course of life for the little community. New Orleans was cut off by the blockade and Itavid Felt, despairing over the loss of business, sold out before the war was over. The place passed Into unsympathetic hands, deteriorated as the Inhabitants moved away, and in the early '70s was known the country side over as the deserted village. The great water wheel rotted down, the little stream that had furnished the power being neglected slipped back Into Us old bed in the bottom of the gorge. The acres of farm land that lay broadly between the First and Second mountains were covered with weeds. Only the shade trees profited by the neglect that was over all and grew into stately proportions. The natural beauty of the spot, coupled with the lure that attaches to a deserted vil lage, drew to it the curious to gaze through the broken windows into the empty houses, stroll through the great factory stripped of its machinery and silent and to eat picnic lunches under the noble trees of the unkept lawns. To-day this Is changed. It is a summering place for the fortunate. The creaking doors have been fixed, the buckling floors repaired, the scal ing paint renewed, the overgrown lawns mowed, the broken roadways mended and now securely hidden in this quiet nook there is a population of eighty-two. ALASKA. LASKA has long desired a territorial status and last year the Yukon exposition seemed a good time to make a strong play for it. It has a white population of 40,000, nearly the same as Nevada, and, though this is small for a State, it has usually been con sidered enough to make a Territory. It has averaged an annual output of gold of $20,000,000 In the last five years. Since 1880 its gold product has been over $140,000,000. It is proving to be a great cop per country, and In 1906 9,000,000 pounds of copper were exported from Alaska. Recent surveys, still Incomplete, show that Alaska has coal in abundance and of the finest quality. Surface indications of oil are reported. Marble has been found in various quarters. Tin, sil ver and a large number of miscellaneous metals are re ported. All this Indicates a very rich possession, bit the gold exceeds them all. The gold-bearing areas of Alaska are so extensive as to make it not improbable that it will prove to be one of the richest gold-producing sections of the world. This indicates a land of inex haustible riches, but President Taft tells the Alaskans that a mining population is a wandering population and not good material for local seTT-government.—Philadel phia Press. A PI PASSING OF THE SLEIGH. T IS little short of treason to carp at prog ress. We shall hardly be able to do so if in its manifestations we balance what we have gained against that which we have lost. Yet a feeling of regret can hardly be repressed at times when the things of life and love that once carried their thrills no longer possess interest for a new generation. It is not more than a quarter of a century ago when the sleighing season meant a series of road carnivals all over New England, and in Boston in particular. Its coming was awaited with eager Interest and enthusias tically, almost rapturously, improved when it arrived. Every man who owned a horse also owned a sleigh of some description, and it was pretty sure of making its appearance at the earliest opportunity. The press went into descriptions of turnouts as minutely as it now re ports the ladies’ gowns at a horse show. There are sleighs still, and there are conservative people who like to recall the old festival days of the road by using them. On a pleasant Sunday there may be heard quite a Jingling of the bells over the boule In India there are nearly twenty- A TRUCE TO VARIETY. six million widows. Brazil grows more coffee than any t4 + 4 + -H 4 + W + 4 + + + + + 4 4 + + + + + 4 other country in the world. Having no daughters of their own, Out of a total of eighteen south pole expeditions nine have been Brit- Mr. and Mrs. Dillworth were very fond of their lively niece, Clarice, and it tlsh. At a rose competition in Paris re was therefore a pleasant surprise cently, sixty-nine entirely new varie when they received word that she was going to stop over for a short visit on ties of roses were exhibited. her way home from Chicago. In her The first airship annual, entitled letter she announced that she had “All the World’s Airships,” is to be Just been taking a course of cooking published in England in October. lessons, and would tieat them to the On the shores of Cape Cod there newest and daintiest dishes. A writer were during a period of twenty years in the Chicago News tells the tale: following 1881 as many as 1,000 An explanation of Clarice's sudden wrecks of vessels carrying precious interest in domestic science was af cargoes of human beings and of forded, when she arrived, by a very freight. new-looking diamond ring which Residents of the cork regions of sparkled on her finger. Spain heat the bark in kettles with ''I’ve brought my book of recipes," spouts, through which Issues a gas Aunt Amanda,” she announced, "and that is used as an illumlnant. The I'm going to stay two weeks and do refuse is sold as the "Spanish black" all the cooking while I'm here." pigment. "You're welcome, I’m Bure, my Post houses ou Roman roads were dear,” responded her aunt. "I Just get erected every five or six miles. Eacfi sick and tired thinking what to have of them was constantly provided with for the next meal. It’s the same thing forty horses and a hundred miles a over and over!” day was an easy Journey. Any one "Well,” exclaimed Uncle Nathan, as using these posts must show a man he pushed back his chair after sup date from the emperor. per, "that certainly was a treat! The A sum of $4,620 was paid at Chris trouble with your aunt is,” he ex tie's rooms, London, for a set of ten plained, “ that she lets herself get into Chippendale mahogany chairs, the a rut." “ As there are thirty-one ways to backs pierced with a shell and carved with foliage and conventional scrolls, serve potatoes, that seems quite un which at one time were, It Is believed, necessary,” said Clarice, with Just a in the possession of Marie Antoinette touch of patronage in her tone. “Then, American apples containing the San when one knows how to make nine Jose scale are refused entry at Ger teen different salads, it’s easy to have man ports, but this precaution is a variety.” “ ‘Variety is the spice of life,' ” criticised as superfluous, because such apples rejected at Hamburg have been quoted her uncle, oracularly. “ There are so many dainty desserts shipped to England and Denmark without having caused a spread of nowadays, too,” continued Clarice, “ that pie really has become obsolete. the pest. How did you like the pineapple A five-pound blueflsh passes east mousse?” ward from Vineyard Sound in the “ Fine!” declared Dillworth. "I’ll spring and weighs ten or fifteen venture to say, Amanda, that you've pounds in autumn. The blueflsh is an neVer even tried to make a pineapple unmitigated sea butcher and is able mousse.” to whip any other species not larger , “No," said Mrs. Dillworth, too much than himself. He attacks menhaden overcome to mention the fact that her with such ferocity as to pack them in cup custards were the envy of half windrows a foot deep on the coast. the women in town. ’ The Orlarlnal Airship. During the ensuing days Mrs. Dili- worth, whose culinary successes were Now, while the airship fills all ears So new and novel it appears. mainly attributable to good guessing, Pray who has done the Job for years T often secretly hoped for failures; but Old Pegasus. Clarice measured and timed herself with what seemed to her aunt slavish While airships make a great ado precision, and each succeeding meal About supporting only two. eclipsed the previous one. Who keeps a wife and family crew? Old Pegasus. Poor Mrs. Dillworth was divided be tween envy of her niece’s achievements While airships fiy the channel breeze and dread of the day when the burden Who always has with equal ease again should fall upon her own shoul Flown Podunk creek or Carlb seasT ders. Would Nathan, after this orgy Old Pegasus. of scientific cooking, ever again be sat —New York Bun. isfied with her humble efforts? Her The Pessimist. own appetite failed at the sight of We knock the pessimist at times, his enjoyment, and she found it diffi Because in gloom he glories; cult to conceal the bitterness of her But here's a boost—he never tries mortification. To tell us funnystories. “ Getting tired of my cooking, Uncle —Puck Nate?” Inquired Clarice, as she found vards; but they seem comparatively lonesome and there Is more pathos than pleasure in listening to them. The output of these vehicles Is annually small. When the sleighing is good the automobile can be run, and the two methods of transportation do not sympathize. Those who own the motors can put a little more value Into them by cutting out the cutter. They can still be seen on the speedways at appointed times, but r»s a public pastime their day is nearly over.— Boston Transcript. THE TREMULOUS ISLANDERS. UBA revolutionless Is only a dream. Cuba capable of self-government in an orderly manner, capable of considering political expedients without resort to rifle and ma chete, is an Idea for alturists only. The present administration has less than a year of unprotected conduct to its credit. The hopes that the adherents of the President and those of the Vice President could fuse have dwindled away. Since the American troops withdrew the politicians have drifted farther and farther apart. They are now at odds which can never, Jt is asserted in Havana, be overcome. It Is only a matter of weeks before rebels will be sulking through the canebreaks taking pot-shots at persons pass ing along the highways. It will be only a question of weeks before the Vice President slips from the capital city and in some disloyal town a new flag is hoisted.— Toledo Blade. THE PANAMA CANAL IN WAR. HE strategic value of the Panama canal la estimated to be equivalent to a fleet of large battleships. This is the conclusion of Dr. Cornish, given before the Royal Geographical Society in London. Taking the cost of the canal at $500,000,000, which would only build forty first-class battle ships nowadays, the United States will have a good bar gain, and be able to cover a total coast line without any material increase in her vessels. The canal will double the sea efllciency of our fleet for halt the sum of money that would otherwise be necessary to maintain communication between the Pa cific and Atlantic coasts. At the same time the mer chant marine of the United States will some day be de veloped, and Justify the people in maintaining a naval armament that will be fully equal to that of other na tions.—National Magazine. him one morning reading her cook book. "Not by a long sight!” he responded, gallantly. “ I’m Just looking to see how many more good things are to come.” The end of Clarice’s visit found her still preparing new dishes with en thusiasm. “Awfully sorry I didn’t have time to make those three other salads for you!” she called back, as the train bore her away. “ I hope Herbert will appreciate my cooking as much as you do!” "Amanda,” said Dillworth, fifteen minutes later, entering the kitchen where his wife was puzzling over a recipe for celery au gratin. “ I’ll tell you what I would like for dinner. Some bread—not nut bread nor scones, but Just bread—and boiled potatoes and fried ham and a big pie!” "You don’t mean—” gasped his wife. ‘‘Yes, I do!” said Dillworth. "But I thought you liked variety.” "Variety,” said Dillworth, "is the spice of life; but you understand, Amanda, that there is such a thing as having things a little too highly spiced.” "Well,” said Mrs. Dillworth, smil ing, and reaching for the dough-board, “ I’ll do the best I can to please you.” THE BISHOP S LETTER. and nothing about State laws pro hibiting the Bale of beer and liquor. The Episcopal church simply goes back to the paramount doctrine and Christian teaching—self-restraint. The clergy are asked to appeal to their flock to restrain their wills, and this appeal is to be made along with the given sermon of that day. There are to be no sensational harangues, no hysterical methods employed to ex cite the minds of the people against the “demon rum,” no intemperate language is to be used; the ministers aro simply to rely on the “ wise and sober Christian way." The attitude of the Episcopal church on this great question should be an example for the Methodist and Baptist ministry; but one might as well try to Induce “a Greek to lay down with a Turk in loving embrace” as to Induce the min isters of these two named churches "to concentrate upon the wise and sober Christian way" of remedying Intem perance. Bishop Tuttle and the 66 other bishops at whose order the let ter in question was sent out, are men of education—men who know their fellow-men, who know that It is hard er to legislate for men’s appetites than for “a camel to pass through the eye of a needle.” Such letters as the one referred to are refreshing. Personality an Asset, That an attractive personality is on» of the most valuable assets in business life, and particularly in the railroad service, is the belief of George A. Cul len, general passenger agent of the Lackawanna railroad. No matter in which department of the railroad a man Is employed, if his personal char acteristics render him companionable among his fellows a tremendous ob stacle has been surmounted on the road to success. Then, too, if an em ploye is pleasant and agreeable in his dealings with the public, he will avoid a great proportion of the alleged griev ances on the part of passengerc. Mr. Cullen has devised a "standard of fitness” by which to measure the ef ficiency of railroad men. They should have a thorough understanding of all the technical details that pertain to the duties of their positions, but should give requested information in plain and simple language that the layman may readily understand. All trainmen should have a proper regard for their personal appearance. A fund of gen eral Information is invaluable, and any extra or unexpected attention or in formation that may be offered is al ways appreciated and remembered by the anxious passenger. I^st but great est of the elements that make up an attractive personality is that of kind ness, a quality that can save trainmen from many disagreeable situations which Inevitably arise.—Harper's Weekly. Once a year the Episcopal church is sues a letter on the subject of tem perance, which has been a custom for some time. It is interesting to read the joint letter Issued on this impor tant subject to the ministers of the Episcopal church by Bishop Tuttle, of Missouri, the presiding bis'hop, which letter is also signed by the 66 other bishops of that church In this country. The letter reads: "The church temperance society has labored for years to deepen and strengthen and extend such self-re straint in checking and resisting the great evils of the drink habit. "It may conduce not a little to the success of these efforts if, by infor mation and exhortation in sermons and by devotions and supplication in prayer, the attention of our church people can be concentrated upon the wise and sober Christian way in which the church temperance society essays to do Its work. "Therefore the society asks of the bishops, and the bishops ask of the clergy and people of their respective dioceses, that they will unite in mak ing the Sunday next before Advent, November 21, 1909, a day of special references to the subject of temper ance in the prayers and sermons of our churches." It is worthy to note that the letter contains no references whatever to prohibition laws in any State of the Union. Ministers are simply asked to The only gambling tip which speak on the doctrine of self-restraint, amounts to anything is advice to keep which contains of course, the evils of out of the game. the drink habit. Moreover, not a word is «aid about total abstinence Sympathy has little effect oa tooth and nothins about poisonous driaks. ache.
