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MONTPELIER and Wells River Railroad.

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THE LIBRARY REMEMBERED.

Mr.. David Blakely, with his accus-
toned liberality, has again remember
ed Bradford. The Public Library is
in receipt of "The Book of the Fair"
by Hubert Howe Bancroft. The fly
leaf bears the following inscription:
s.To the Public Library, Bradford,
Vermont, with the compliments of
The Printers The Blakely Printing
o., Chicago, per d. Blakely, Pres't,
Jan /, 1896"
The book, which is in two volumes,
has a full morocco binding, Is gilt
edged and profusely illustrated in the
best style of modern art Ii is an his
torical and descriptive presentation of
the Worlds Science, Art and Industry
as viewed through the Columbian Ex-
position at Chicago in 1898. 1t is de-
signed to set forth the display made by
the Congress of Nations, so as to more
effectually illustrate the progress of
mankind in all departments of civil
lized life. Beautiful a. is the exterior,
it is still more valual lie for its con-
tents, which will be of ever increas-
ing interest to coming generations
The Library is from time to time re-
membered by donations of books from
different individuals. Rev, l.. ID
Elliot, former pastor here, recently
gave work of 2 vols entitled "John
G Patton, Missionary to the New Heb
rides
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Mr.. and Mrs. A. Hart are quite sick
Mrs. Sarah Buckley is seriously ill
with pneumonia.
DR.. H. f Stevens has been at SPRING
field, VT, this week.
E. j. Libbey and family have moved
TO the Golden place.
Geo. i. Hardy has been quite sick
with influenza but is convalescing.
Soap contains lye-lye rots clothes
--eats the fibre. Use less soap.
Archie Wright sprained his ankle
quite badly while sliding Tuesday
evening.
Grand Master Crosby A. Perry will
I've the guest of Grand Secretary ii. e.
"aiker over Sunday.
Miss Susie. .Iohnpn is quite sick at
al home 0n'rne upper plaIn with the
prevailing distemper.
Mrs. Frank b Towle, who was TAX.
en- to the hospital at Hanover, Monday
died Yesterday morning at six O'Clock
We have no further particulars.
Married at che residence of A. M
Banks in Bradford, March 10Th, by the
Rev. F. w Lewis, Harley ID. Wheat
ley and Miss Alta l.. Banks, both OF
Bradford.
The adjourned second and third
meetings of the creditors of FL. A
Winship will be held Tuesday forenoon
at 9 O'Clock, at Watson's office, Judge
Gleason pI esiding.
We are glad to learn that Henry W
Lowd is able to attend to business af
ter sew, raj days severe sickness. Both
of his workmen are confined to the
house at present with grip.
The annual meeting of the corpora
ton known as the Trustees of Brad
ford Academy. will be held in Coy
Farnham's Office Monday afternoon al
4 O'Clock. This board still holds th'
Merrill Library fund and other fund
of the old Academ, but the income II
devoted to the graded school distric
which includes the town.
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ScrOfuIa

Infests the blood of humanity. 1t
appears in varied forms, but is forced
to yield to Hoods Sarsaparilla, which
purifies and vitalizes the blood and
cures all such diseases. Read this:
ain September, 1894, made misstep and
injured my ankle. Very soon afterwards,
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Foot

is now we'll and have been greatly bene-
flied otherwise. l have increased in
weight and am in better health. Icannot
say enough in praise Of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla." MRS. H. BLAKE, So. Berwick, Me.
This and other similar cures prove that
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-03-27

Too much soap is bad for clothes
ruins them; rots them; use less.
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FUNK & wAGNALLS'
Standard
Dictionary

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6y Educators, Scholars, The
Press, and the Public 10 be
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II no agent is in your town send you subscription to
FuxK & wAGNAIIs, 70 Lafayette Pi.. New York
Descriptive circulars uiIl be sent On sppieston,
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Sars aparilla

Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. 81.
Prepared only by c. l. Hood Co, Lowell, Mass.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-25

wheel rolled rapidly from one end Of
the tube to the other. The steam could
also be shifted about by magnetic at
traction. All these discoveries were
not SO sensational from popular point
of view as the photography of an in
visible object but they were more so TO
scientists. for at first sight they SEEM
ed ineXplicable, and they convulsed the
scientific world for n long time. Finally
most people settled down to acceptance
of Crookes' explanation, which consid-
cred the rays" to be streams of air
particles probably actual molecules
the smallest particles obtainable) char
ged with electricity and shown off from
the negative pole or cathode just as a
charged pith ball Is repealed from an
electrical machine. The reason that
the phenomenon appeared only in
high vacuum was. according to him,
that the air or gas of ordinary density.
even the density of the so-called va
cuum" under the bell of an old-fash-
toned air-pump, the molecules are not
free TO move for sensible distances
without striking against one another
their free PATH in other words, was
too small. This explanation has been
given without comment in most of the
orthodox books on physics. But about
two years ago, German experimenters
threw a bombshell in the English camp
by showing that the cathode rays
would pass through thin films or sheets
OF certain metals. and that by inserting
an aluminium window" i'm the glass
tube they could even be made to pass
out into ordinary air. Hence, IL was ar
gued, they could not be streams OF
molecules, but must be n kind of light,
and Lenard, one of the German inves-
tigators. pointed out. in additional sup
port of this view. that the rays would
produce Photographic impressions. If
he had followed this up. Rontgens dis
coVery would have been annotated. AS
1t is. these experiments have again
thrown into doubt a matter that was
once thought by many to be definitely
explained. The English stand by
Crookes, the Germans by Lenard, and
each side has obtained new experiment
tai evidence that only adds to our per-
pleXity. If the rays are streams of
electrified gas, how do they strike
through solid objects and take photo
graphs? If they are a kind of light,
why do they drive windmills and fol-
low n magnet?
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finely made as to be quite invisible to
the naked eye is brought out at once
in a shadow-photogroph by the Rontgen
rays.
the process OF making the shadow
photographs, as al present carried out.
is of the simplest. The object is placed
on the platehOlder. and the Crookes
tube is suspended close above, thus
throwing shadow of the object
through the plate-holdCr, on the plate
within. The feat may be performed in
broad daylight. since sunlight cannot
penetrate the plate-holder, while the Y
rays can.
Shadow photographs have also been
made recently by placing the object and
the plate between electrodes in open
air. without the Intervention of the
Crookes tube at all. This, however is
not cathode photography, but the de-
velopment of n form of electro-mag-
netic photography that has been per-
formed many times I'm the past two
years. More than a year ago a photo
graph of a coin made in the dark by
Professor Sanford of Leland Stanford
university by laying IL on a photo
graphic plate and subjecting it to a
powerful alternating discharge. was re-
produced in a large number of techni-
cal papers. The sensitive plate i'm this
case is affected by electro Magnetic
waves proceeding across II. IL is posi-
BILE. however. that there is a real con-
nection between this process and ca
thode photography. and that when this
connection is known the whole mystery
of the cathode rays win be cleared up
Ii must be assumed, however. that all
processes of photographing by invisi-
BILE rays are the same. There are many
kinds of invisible rays, for instance.
those of invisible heat, as from a stove
that is not heated to redness. 1t is
now possible to photograph with these
last. as well as with the invisible ultra
violet rays of the extreme upper part
of the spectrum. The Rontgen discov-
cry, like most widely noticed discov-
cries, has been productive of a large
amount of sensational predictions and
foolish suggestions. many Of them the
result of a partial knowledge of the
subject, although some may perhaps
bear fruit i'm new discoveries. The hope
that great practical results will follow
In the way of photography of the inte-
rior of solid bodies. as has already been
pointed out. seems hardly warranted by
anything that has been done so far
The possibility that the rays may have
some peculiar effect on the human sys-
TEN has excited interest. but none has
yet been discovered. although Thomas
4. Edison has announced that he is |
about To experiment on their properties |
as germs killers. As is we'll known. or
binary sunlight is fatal or injurious 20 |
the growth Of disease germs. and the |
new rays may possibly be more SO. |
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-25

During a recent attempt to photograph
a mouse with the rays. the animal,
which was supposed to be drowned, re-
yived. and this incident was made the
most of. in a sensational manner, but
the experimenter himself said that ne
believed the rays had nothing to DO
with the mouse's recovery.
One of the directions in which new
discoveries may follow is that of rem
dering the image or shadow cast by the
RAYS visible to the eye. A process pro-
posed by Mr.. Thompson, New YORK
electrical engineer. is to receive the
shadow picture on a surface covered
with a huorescent substance instead OF
on a Photographic plate. Fluorescence
would be excited in varying degrees.
according to the proportion of the rays
transmitted by the object, and a shad-
ov picture OF IL would thus appear cor
responding to the shadow photographs
already taken. This process has not
been developed in detail, but there
seems to be no reason why IL should
not succeed. although the hopes of the
inventor, IT, as alleged, he expects by
its aid to see the human heart beating
in the living body, may never be real
lied. IL must be remembered. however,
that in a discovery of this kind, deli
cacy of result depends largely on per-
lection of detail in the process, and the
that has seen the develop
ment of the modern photograph. to-
gether with the kaleidoscope. the tele-
phone and the monograph. need not be
surprised at anything in this line. Only.
the skeptics may be pardoned for wish
ing to see before they fully believe.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-25
TRUTH ABOUT X RAYS
A Correct and Lucid Statement of the
Facts About the New Photography.
SOME ERRORS CORRECTED
Gross Exaggeratlons Are Current,
Yet Wonderful Results Have
Been Attained-What Scien-
lists Really Think of Il.

Copyright. 1896. by Bachelor. Johnson &
Bacheller).
The curious form of radiation discoV-
cred by Professor Rontgen of wurz-
burg university, continues to attract
much attention. the scientific world be-
ing largely occupied with the question,
What is it?" while the general pub
lie is more interested in the question,
what Will IL do?" Reports of expert
ments by Professor Rontgen and his
followers have made one answer to
the latter question familiar.-the rays
discovered by him will pass through
many substances that are OPAQUE to
ordinary light. and since they will af-
feet Photographic plate just as light
does, shadow pictures of objects en-
closed in Opaque matter may be made.
The word photograph" applied to these
shadow pictures is unfortunate as by
photograph we usually understand a
picture of an object taken by light re-
fiected from that object. No such pic
ture can be taken by the newly discov-
cred radiations. They cannot take, for
instance, a full-face picture of a man.
though they can throw a shadow of
his profile on the sensitive plate. And
since they can traverse flesh more
easily than bone, the bones in the
shadow picture of n mans hand stand
out black while the surrounding flesh
appears DINNER.
To this somewhat sensational discov-
cry that the skeleton or a living being
can be photographed, or shadow
graphed.' while IL is yet clothed with
flesh. we are indebted probably for the
great public interest shown in Professor
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tity. He bases his conclusion LARGELY
on the fact that a magnet will not de-
fleet the new rays, while it's power over
the cathode rays is one of their most
peculiar characteristics. Others note
the fact that Lenard discovered some
time ago that the cathode rays were
not simple, but made up of several Diff
ferent kinds Of radiation, some of which
were DETECTED by the magnet more
easily than others.
Rontgen suggests, in accordance with
the general German belief, that the
cathode rays are a kind of light. or at
least akin to light, that the new RAYS
are vibrations lengthwise in the other
instead OF crosswise, as those of ordi-
nary light are supposed to be. Such vi
brations have long been looked for by
physicists, and IL is natural that any
new phenomenon should be ascribed to
them. But Rontgen himself admits
that there is not yet any positive evil
dence for his view.
The discovery once made, the expert
ments were quickly repeated and am
plified all over the world, since they re-
quire no very delicate manipulation nor
costly apparatus. In this country they
have been performed with great sue
cess by Professor Wright and Mr.. Bum
stead at Yale, by Professor Trowbridge
at Harvard, Professor Paupin at Col
umbia. and by Thomas A. Edison.
The possible use Of the Rontgen shad-
ow-protography In surgery was sug-
gested in the first reports of the dis
covery. Professor Wright has succeed
ed by its means in locating exatcly a
large number of shot In the body of
rabbit, and in Montreal a bullet was
found in a mans leg by the same
means. No one has yet succeeded, how
ever. in photographing any of the inter-
nal organs of the body, for the obvious
reason that these organs transmit the
rays about as well as the surrounding
flesh, and hence cast no separate shad-
ow. No very sensational results I'm this
line can be looked for proba bly,, unless
the sensitiveness of the process is much
increased, and all reports that Mr.. Edi-
son. or any one else is preparing to pho
tograph the human brain, with any
prospect of success. may be looked up
on with suspicion.
One direction i'm which the invention
promises to be particularly useful is
in the detection of flaws in metal, s i'm
castings, armor plate, etc. a weld so
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Rontgen's discovery. for dhat discovery
is only the latest development of n Sc
ries of Investigations that have been
going on for the past 80 years in Eng
land and Germany. none of which have
attracted great popular attention, al
though they have been eagerly followed
and discussed by students.
Ever since the mercury air pump was
made so perfect that nearly all the air
could be pumped out of a glass bulb.
The behavior OF the remnant has been
noticed and wondered at. IL is so pecu-
liar that the air remaining In such high
Nacua rs often said To be I'm fourth
state of matter" the other three states
OF matter being respectively the solid
the liquid and the gaseous. II two
metal points be soldered into the bulb
so that rapidly, alternating current
OF electricity can be passed through the
gas from an induction coil. we have
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IL can now be seen that Rontgens
discovery was only the logical outcome
of long series of previous experiments
To say this is not To balittle him. for
this is the usual course of discovery
and invention. Rontgens discovery is
mat the cathode rays, or that part of
them capable of taking photographs. or
perhaps a second kind of rays gener-
ated by them. will pass not only
through an aluminium window. but
through the glass sides OF the tube it,
self and through must solid substances.
and that they will so pass with differ
ent degrees OF ease. III they passed
through all substances alike. the shad-
ow-pictures already referred to could
not be taken; IL is only because for
instance, the bones are more opaque
TO them than the flesh that we can
make a shadow photograph of the
skeleton of the hand
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what is called a "Crookes' tube" so
named from William Crookes. the dis
tinguished English physicist and chem
ist, from whose experiments the first
clear light on these phenomena was
gained. When the exhaustion OF the
tube is sufficiently high there proceed
from the negative electric pole Called
by physicists the cathode faint RAYS
or streamers. which have been named
cathode rays" These move I'm straight
lines and cause many objects on which
they are directed To shine with a won
derfully beautiful phosphorescent light.
They also exert pressure. as was beau
tifully shown by Crookcs. who con
structed one Of his tubes with a minia-
ture glass railway within H. on which
rolled a little wheel like a windmill
When the cathode rays struck this the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-25
A windfall.

Charles Pickett. a young man who
has been working for different persons
In Hood River since last summer. re-
ceived a letter last Monday from his
mother. living at CrawfordsVille. Ind,
which stated that an uncle of the young
man had died recently, leaving $4,000
worth of property and money TO him
and a brother and two sisters. This
will give them $1,000 apiece. Young
pickett is now at work for A. b. Jones,
with whom he had bargained to work
until the close of the next strawberry
season. The young man says he will
stay with Mr.. Jones as long as he
agreed TO. and will then go back to In
diana TO claim his legacy.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-25

The actual discovery was made by ac-
cident, and i'm his original description
OF II. read at Wurzburg last month.
Professor Rontgen does not dwell par
ticularly on the Photographic possibili-
ties. He made the discovery by MOTTO
ing that "a phosphorescent substance
near a Crookes tube over which n cloth
had been thrown gave out a CLEAN
whenever the current was sent through
the tube. although the cloth prevented
the tubes light from being seen. The
discoVerer is decidedly Of the opinion
that the rays which pass the glass
walls Of the tube are not the cathode
rays. but q hitherto unknown kind of
rays generated by the cathode rays i'm
the glass itself Hence he calls them
the Y rays. since the letter y is used I'm
algebra TO designate an unknown guam
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-25

A multitude OF claims for an article
weakens each individual claim.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-17
TREATED wIrin scANr COURTESY

There never has been q time when
Southern delegates to u Republican Ma
tional Convention were treated with SO
little courtesy generally. as those now
attending no St. Louis Convention.
The Mckinley faction seems to be the
only one who give the mem from the
South any attention whatever, and It is
probably owing to this fact that they
appear to be 50 closely welded to his
interest.
The colored delegates from the South
are compelled to do everything but fight
for the privilege of eating, drinking
and sleeping. Inc while it is true that the
white brother from the same section Is
not compelled to &c so far In order that
he may exist. yet there is an apparent
disposition on the part of all the leaders,
except McKinley's, ITO have as little to
do with him as possible. The Mckinley
people. however. are making up by thof,
attentions to him for he suant courtesy
shown hin In other quarters.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-17
PERSONALS.

The CZarina of Russia has ~recently
ordered a typewriter, with gold type
bars, and the frame lnlaid with pearls.
Bishop Joyce, OF the Methodist
Church, will soon start on an Episcopal
tour in foreign lands that will occupy
two years. He expects TO travel so. 900
miles.
Majo" Mckinley cast his first vote for
Abraham Lincoln while with his regi-
ment in Virginia in 1864. He was ac-
companicd to the polls by Phil. II. Sheri-
dan and X. b. Hayes.
Capt. join Wilson. who first planted
the Union flag on top of Lookout noun
tain, died at his home at Station Camp.
Ky, a few days ago. He was "a wears
old.
Col. Joe I.effel, 1.-The smallest perfectly
formed man in the world, has announced
himself rs a Republican candidate for
Mayor OF Springfield, o.. He is only
iorty-siN inches tall and is 63 years old.
Miss Fanny Edgar Thomas has been
made officer ~d'academie by the French
Government in recognition of her work
in musical criticism. She Is said Ia
be the first American woman so honored
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-17
INcApACITY OF CONGRESS-.

The Chicago Record, n paper from
for, has the following to say OF the FIJI
ty-fourth Congress:
Never before, probably. has the Sen
ate given greater evidence OF incompe-
tency and of blatant disregard for the
country's welfare. The lesson In the
situation for the ordinary voter is the
realization of the need for having in
Congress more men of ability. educa-
tion and business training. The great
majority of the questions which Con
gress is called upon to face are ques-
lions regarding business and economics
not political questions. The way to
improve Congress is to bring into it n
higher grade of men. What the ordi-
nary citizen wants in Congress IS men
who are able TO transact business in
telligently."
This is right. What we do want In
Congress Is a higher grade of men-men
of business capacity-who will play less
politics and give more concern 10 the
country's needs. A majority of the men
comprising the Congress just closed
didn't seem to understand that the
country had any claim upon them what
ever and conducted themselves accord
ingly. One would find no difficulty I'm
going into a half a dozen of the great
business exchanges of the country and
selecting n hundred or so men who could
do. and would do. a thousand odd more
business in half the time than was done
by the session of Congress just closed.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-17
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

Five hundred tons of light steel rails
were recently sent from a Milwaukee
steel works to Japan. by way OF Buffalo
and New York.
y compound of boron and carbon
which is hard enough TO cut a diamond
has been produced in the electric fur
mace by NJ. MoIssan.
George Mence Smith, the self-made
Scotchman, who died recently worth
over G3.0O0.ooO possessed over seventy
stores in london for the sale OF laml
oil. kitchen brushes and other necessi-
ties of housekeeping. He leaves no less
a sum than 81 300. 900 to be divided among
the employeesof his different businesses
Difficulties have arisen with regard
to the administration of Baron Hirsch's
estate, More han one OF he executors
named by the testators have refused to
act, and complicar lions have also arisen
from the in which tbs will Is
drawn. II is expected that the property
in England which will pay duty to the
Chancellor of the EXchequer, will fall
little short of $4,000, 900.