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tween which the electric arc plays, and
produces its mysterious effects.
II am trying now" said Mr.. Edison,
''to determine JUST how much Of a
vacuum must be produced in these tubes
to get the best results. attach the still
open tubes at the end Of the bulb.to an
air pump and begin to exhaust the air.
Then at different times during this pro-
cess have picture made. am making
one now with this bulb.'
Sure enough, supported by frame back
of the glowing bulb and only about three
or four inches away from it, was an or
binary Photographic plate holder. and
within this was prepared plate. Be-
tween this and the bulb and hanging
against the plate-holder was square OF
ordinary yellow cardboard, and sewed
upon this were various strips of metal
and other substances.
There was something else there, how
ever, and this had it's special story. 1t
was big square of celluloid in thin
sheet.
II have had lot of plates spoiled,
turned black, evidently by ordinary
light" Mr.. Edison explained, land /
suspect that this was the result of sparks
which form from time to time about the
bulbs, and at these times I suspect that
the nails on the holder frame may also
get to glowing and so form light in the
holder have found that oelluloid is
almost entirely transparent to the new
rays and it cuts off the other light, and
SO am trying it in this way" Mr..
Edison then led the way back to the
room where his visitors had found him.
"Here,' he said, ''are a lot of the
plates we have made"
He pointed to several dozen plates
which vera spread out upon table.
"They are all of one subject, CONTINUED
Mr.. Edison, "and all made on the same
kind of plates and with the same expo
sures, for all / am doing is simply test
ing the kinds and conditions of bulbs.
Here is the subject, lying beside one OF
the plates"
The "subject" proved to be another
piece of cardboard like that which had
been left in front of the glowing bulb in
the other room. Upon it were fastened
strips of various substances, each about
five inches in length and three eiVhths of
an inch wide. There was first strip of
yellow celluloid, then one of steel, then
one of common window glass, and these
were followed by strips of aluminium.
zinc, and copper. Each strip was ahout
one-eighth of an inch in thickness.
1t was curious to see the different do.
grees of penetrability offered by the vari-
GUS substances to the Roentgen rays.
The part of the plate which had been
under the colluloid strip was almost as
black as though the celluloid had been
absent, showing that celluloid is aim st
transparent to the rays The glass slip
had cut off about one-hslf of the effective
rays. TIE alumiHum had proved to be
almost as opea to the new rays as had
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the glass, and the steel and zinc had
offered the highest resistances, in the
order in which they are named. Still,
none of the substances had proved to be
impenetrable to the X-rays. There was
darkening of the plate under each.
When get the best tube.' Nh. Edi-
son concluded, ~ shall begin to expert
ment in the matter of making pictures,
but shan't try making photographs of
the hand or anything of that sort. That's
too easy. What am doing, however, is
to amuse myself, and l shall not go into
the business of tube making.''
On Jan. 21st, at the "Uraia'' exhi5i-
tion in Berlin, DR.. Spiers cast on the
screen photograph made by Prof.
Roentgen of large metal plate that has
been broken, then welded together and
sinoothed SO that the joints could not be
ssen Roentgen's X-rays brought out the
fractures distinctly. Vienna observers.
according to the London Standard of Jan.
23. had found out that metallic objects
exposed to the X-rays show in the photo
graph all the inequalities that exist in
the structure of the metal, such as frac-
ture, cavities, and SO forth. Further
having found out that the different
metals, such as aluminium, lead, copper,
and iron, are Opaque in different degree
to the X-rays, and that the thickness of
the metallic object is also a factor that
can be determined by the picture, the
Vienna physicists were trying to test the
homogeneity of alloys by Roentgen's
process; for instance, whether zinc
and copper in steel bronze have amalga-
mated. They thought it easily possible
to ascertain the quality of iron and steel
by the photographs. In Paris Prof.
Lannslougue has photographed diseased
thigh bone distinctly enough to show
that the destruction of bone spreads from
the centre to the surface.
From the start Roentgen has asserted
that his new X-rays are not katho de
rays, because the latter are depleted by
magnets, while the X-rays are not A
report has come from Paris. that a
French experimenter obtained photo
graphs of bones through the flesh by
using the light of an ordinary kerosene
l.lsp without any electricity.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-15
STARVING AND FROZEN
For Thirty Days-Lost In the Noun
tains Of Arizona.
A Tale of Terrible Suffering In the Wild
West.

A Tale of Terrible Suffering In the Wild
West.
(Jerome, A. T., Mining News
ION Saturday afternoon there was
brought in from the Apache Maid ranch
in the Mogollon Mountains man who
had been lost in the mountains for near
ly thirty days, most of which time he had
been with put food, says the mining
News"
When he got to the Apache ranch he
had nothing on but ragged pair of
drawers, an undershirt and his socks and
shoes, his clothing and blankets having
caught fire from the camp fire the night
before and been completely destroye ed
he having a narrow escape from being
burned tn death. To add to the poor fell
lows suffering, his feet had been frozen
some days before and were swollen and
In terrible shape, and it is thought he
will lose the toes from each Of his feet,
and it may be necessary to amputate one
of his fest
The mans name is Il. F. Parker, a
rarpen ter by trade, and he had been resi-
dent of PRESCOTT for some months, having
come to Arizona from Creole, Colorado.
After working at his trade in Prescott
until September last, he formed a CO.
partnership with Harry Gilmore, an old
Colorado acquaintance, for the purpose
of going to Mormon Lake to shoot ducks
for the Flagstaff market. They bought
team and outfit in Prescott and drove
to Mormon Lake by the way of Jerome.
Like all those who went to the Mormon
Lake to shoot game for the market, there
WAS very little money in it for them this
season, and during Parker's last visit to
hlagstaff, where he had gone to sell q
lew ouoks, he WAS requested by one of
tne merchants there to procure him some
WIG turkeys and recommending Ander-
son $ canyon us coed place to hunt
theih. arkef returned to tie lake and
on November went to Anderson's oan-
yon, against tie wishes Of his mariner.
who was afraid that Parker would oet
lest.
He remain e. on the rim OF the CANYON
all night end next morning he went
down into the canyon, where lie four n
TIL" we're large flocSs of turkeys. He
having M mans of tran pnting thu
i, .-ss II be Was 10 shoot them then.
sta tod for the lake to bring his partner
nd cuiIt 10 tire cnpyf n For two DIV
he WANDER d s'cu7 Though the noun.
taiDs, arc on TIE morning cf the third
III, in tire midst Of heavy rain storm.
re c-'ne 10 Bags sie.E men, and there
beng o erson IL hone, took possession
ard enfi0ai Until morning, when he
sta1lei again fot the lake through the
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EDISON AND ROENTGEN.
What the Former Is Doing with the
Discovery Of the Latter.

First Trying to Find q Substitute for the
Crookes Tube that will Be Cheaper
and Better-Then He viii Continue to
Amuse Himself with a New Discovery.
Thomas A. Edison, the Wizard, who
transforms scientific discoveries into
practically useful or amusing results,
pent all day yesterday in his laboratory
at Llewellyn Park experimenting with
the newly discovered Roentgen light,
which goes through wood flesh, and
even metals, and makes photographs of
tine interposed articles upon plates en-
closed in what are ordinarily called light
proof holders. MI. Edison was in his
glory, logged out sIhe loves to be, in
his old CLOTHES, and happily unconscious
of the machinery CRIME which covered
his hands. There were many visitors
during the day, and he received each one
with jolly smile, and showed them
what he was doing, while at the same
time he was also keeping himself and
his assistants busy carrying on the work
in which he Was interested.
1t had been reported that he was going
during the afternoon, to try and photo
graph the brain Of man, and at any
rate to make an exposure of a mans head
t, the influence of the new X-rays and see
what result would be obtained.
"Yes,'' said Mr.. Edison when he was
asked about this. 81 was intending to
make such picture, but am not ready.
am making the tubes for that purpose
now," and, turning he pointed to a
number Of freshly blown glass tubes
which lay IN bench behind him. Each
tube was about tn inches long and per-
haps 1 12 inches in diameter, 1t is Mr..
Edison's intention to place a number of
these tubes side by side, SO that the
X-ray -emitting electrodes OF the lot shall
form large enough surface in combine
tion to furnish parallel rays which shall
cover the entire area of the subieot, .
head.
"Tsll Amos, said Mr.. Edison to The
Sun reporter Everybody knows that
Amos is II Congressman, "that wish
he would come over and lot me try If /
Can get a picture of any wheels he may
have. A friend of mine who was here
today and heard about what I was going
to try. said: Don't Try with Democrat
er you WON'T get any result I don't
know how that is. but expect to be able
to get picture of all there may be inside
the head of the subject. .
Then Mr.. Edison led the way to a
room at tie far end of the long line of
experimenting rooms on the second floor
of the laboratory. There he ret a-going
an eloctricalecommutator, which was con-
isoted with big Ruhmkorff coil and
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f3d by a current from five of the storage
batteries which are made for running
microscopes and monographs. He point
cd out a tube which was beginning to
glow with mysterious, uneasy, violet
light. Then he explained that the light
which was visible had nothing whatever
to do with the rays which were supposed
to do the photographing through what
have heretofore been considered opaque
bodies
"That light which yon see, (" he said,
sis a fluorescence merely, oocasioned by
a tremendous bombardment Of the glass,
with millions of particles of the confined
gases. The character of 1t depends upon
how much air there may be left in the
bulb. We can tell by the character of the
light and the commotion which is pro-
duced whether the glass bulb has been
washed or not after it has been made, or
even whether the glassblower has been
drinking Leer or whiskey. Cribs was
said with twinkle in his eye. be-
lieve that we could even distinguish he
tween different brands of beer or whis-
key. There is another curious thing
about these tubes The huorescsnoe Of
ten continues until long after the current
is stopped. have found tube glowing
an hour afterward Then the inside of
the tube gets charged with such ire
msndous difference of potentiality of
electricity that it is just like a Leyden
jar, and when visitor who was here
last night broke one of them with file
he got shock which nearly downed
him.
The tube which Mr. Edison hal set
glowing was made of the glass bulbs
which are furnished in an unfinished
state to make incandesoent light bulbs
from.
"They are infinitely superior to the reg
ular Crookes tube" said Mr.. Edison
land so easy to make that believe ten
men in an electric lamp factory could
turn out 1000 of them day. They are
better because they are so much thinner,
and glass Offers a great resistance to the
new rays"
Then Mr.. Edison explained how he
made the bulbs. When the crude bulb
comes to hand it is open at what is to be
the tap where the 1noandescent bulb
screws into the holder, and has a slender
tube at the other end where one after
ward can see left little point of glass
on the finished lamps. This open end
Mr.. Edison has softened in flame and
the narrow end of the bulb sweIled ont
20 about half an inch greater diameter
than it should have for lamp. Then
the glass is drawn in and closed up upon
a platinum wire, which is sealed in the
glass. Now, at one side of the larger
part of the bulb the glass is softened and
a hole is opened, AID this is again sealed
up about another platinum WIRE At
tached to each of these wires and inside
the bulb are disks about an inch in d.
ameter of aluminium. These disks form
the positive and NEGATIVE electrodes, be-
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Exnects the Worst.

ways expect the worst in all things
ant all cases. because / know the worst is
possible; therefore it is natural for me to
expect the worst, and as it is the unexpeot-
ed that happens, the worst does not often
hammer to me.-Eihar and Fabric.
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cold north wind. At noon the rain
urned to snow, and all through that
afternoon until darkness settled down on
the mountains, the poor fellow, wet to
the skin, almost
ROZEN AND STARVED,
walked on in search of his partner, and
camp. That night he came to large
hollow log in which a fox had made his
home. He dislodged the fox, started a
fire near by and crawlei into the log,
where he remained during the night.
Next morning the air was clear and cold
and he again started to hunt his camp
through about ten inches of snow which
had fallen during the night Before the
day was far advanced, a heavy fog had
come up and it was impossible for him
to see more than fifty feet ahead. For
two more days, with wet feet, almost
exhausted from his tramping through the
heavy, wet snow and without anything
to eat, he struggled on. Near the close Of
the second day he discovered smoke ahead
and with great JOY he started for it with
the happy feeling that his troubles we're
now over, but on arriving at the fire
from which the smoke came he discov-
cred it was the camp fire he had built
near the fox's home two days before. He
remained here during the night and next
morning he went on to Jay Cox noun
tain in hopes he would be abba to see
some Landmark which would help him
out OF his trouble, or that he might see
some part of the country which was free
from snow to which he might go.
From Jay Cox mountain he went to
Pine Springs mountain where he re-
m lined all night. All this time his
partner had been hunting for him and
discovered by trails made by Parker that
he had been within one mile and half
of their camp during his rambling. Dur
ing the night spent on Pine Springs
mount tame cat came to Parker, and
with the cat as companion, the now al
most famished man started for Chavis
Pass, where he could see there was no
snow For three days he struggled on
through the snow resting beside camp
| fire at night, but without anything to
eat On the night of the third day he
arrived at Chavis Pass, where he re-
manned until the next morning, when
he walked to Sunset Pass, where he met
Mexican sheep herder, who refused to
understand Parker's appeal for some-
thing to eat until forced to do so at the
point of Parker's shot gun, when the
Mexican directed him to n sheep Damn
Lear by, where he went aud received
kind trea tment at the hauds7of Dave
Dawzey who had charge of the camp. AL
though he had a gun and ammunition
with him he
HAD NOT EATEN
| nnrthincr ha SAWS for the six DAVIS nroui
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The American Attitude.

Afar her thunder rattleS.
Was that her flag we saw?
We hope she'll win her battles,
And then Wen shout "Hurrahi"
As freemen still we prize her,
And may her word be lawl
We cannot recognize her,
But we can shout "Hurrahi"
Her voice for succor crying
Our sympathies would draw.
30 where our flag Is flying
We shout: "Hurrah! Hurrahi"
Fight, Cuba! If they crown thee,
Well help thy braves to blow,
But If In blood they drown thee
Well shout, "We told you sol"
ATLANTA Consitusioa.
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HAD NOT EATEN

anything. ne says, for the six days previ-
Gus to that Oh which he had reached
Dawzty's amp. After resting few days
beie he started Oh December IL again
for Mormon Lake,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-07-04
Bananas the Bread o.
Tropic Lands.

The banana. which alone Of fruits
possesses all the essentials to the sus.
tenance of human life, Is worth more
than all the others, ans Is thus the most
valuable fruit in The world Even with
US 1t already holds its own when com.
pared with any other fruit, while In some
countries Africa, for instance its pc.
siiion is as important as that Of wheat
In the United States, OF rice In China.
Over the larger part of the Dark Conti-
nent, says the Youths Companion. the
banana is the staple article of native
food, aud every African village has its
banana fields, as we have helds OF po-
tatoes or corn.
The anana belongs to the great Musa
family which, with It's scores of species
and innumerable varieties, encircles the
world between the tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn. even extending H. limits a
few degrees to the north and south of
them. The plaintain, of which we read
so much in all books describing travel
In the tropics, Is but larger and coarser
variety of the banana; while manila
hemp comes from another branch Of the
banana family, the great Musa textillis
of the PHILIPPINE islands.
Although some varieties OF the ba-
mana attain the size of small trees, IL is
an herbaeeous plant, and the kind most
generally cultivated for their fruit are
the dwarfs, which grow to a hei, ht Of
four or FIVE feet. The smallest Of these
produce the delicate fly bananas, I'M
known to northern markets, but almost
the only ones eaten as fruit in fountries
where the Lanana is grown. While the
little fig banana is always classed as a
fruit, piantains. which are the largest OF
the family, are invariably fried or bake d
and regarded aS vegetables. Ordinary
bananas, taken before they are quite
ripe, may be secepiably prepared in th'
same way, Eqr cooking OF drying thu,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-07-04
A STORY.
RnnA IL

k&F1U
1t has been reported at the Office of
the COOPERATIVE Wagon & Machine
Company, by reliable parties, that they
had been told w. A. Wood machinery
and extras could not be had Knowing
such reports to be incorrect and made
only to advance the sales of inferior
machines, We take pleasure in advising
you that the COOPERATIVE Wagon &
Machine ompany have received this
year TWENTY CARLOADS OF WooD' 5
MACHINERY, MINNIE BINDERS, RAKEs
AND PLYMOUTH RED TAG BINDING TwINE,
and that never in its existence has our
company been better prepared to fur.
nish machinery and extras TO those de
string same than now. We thank YOU
for all past fasors extended and res
pectfully solicit continuance of your
patronage.
Yours respe ctfull,,
Heber }. Grant. a'resideui.
GEO. r ODELI.. Gen. Mgr.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-07-04
AN APPEAL.

What Is the man of the future to be-what'n
he do, do you think?
Powder and bonnets ribbon and lace-noth-
In life than to prink?
Nurse for his babies, and master of house."
cookery, housework and that?
What Is the man OF the future to be-csn mildly
answer me that?
Woman lie doing all the things that he did
woman is driving him out.
N,body thinks he's as clever as she--even he
never doubt;
Everyone knows that 'twixt woman and man
In Boston or old Calabar,
mans the cIeverest creature Rlive--ancr
and greater by far.
Equal TO any thing, never mind what; up to
all troubles we know.
Ready to frown at a friend for his faults,
ready 20 smile on a foe.
Ready for any emergency man has hitherto
hated to meet;
Calm as a cucumber, when she's at home,
cool as cracked fee on the street.
Into his province invader is she--helpless
he's standing to-day,
Brave an he Is, he knows that at last his con-
Queror's pa1Ain@ his way.
What can he DO and where can he ny, poor
ana incompe2eESSm an1
Give uS the answer, Oh, woman we>isFaE--
Give II as soon as you cani
Is he to be an effemlnate thing or will he be
simply boy,
Made for his sister 10 laugh at, and for his
sisters dear chum to enjoy?
Pray woman, In seeking new spheres for your
self, pray trim your Magnificent sails
And stead of absorbing all work iI the world
leave something to do for the males!
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-07-04

of cloth can be woven. The juice
yielded by these skins during the pro-
cess of extracting the fiber can be used
either as an indelible ink or fermented
into good vinegar.
Could anything be more contrary to
our preconceived notions than bananas
as food for babies' Yet only last
summer l was introduced to PER
fectiy well, sturdy and rosy checked
little chap year old who. SO his pa
rents assured me, had never tasted milk,
and had, during the first six months of
his life, been fed wholly on ripe ba
nananas.
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Heber }. Grant. ssresideu
GEO. r. ODELa., Gen. Mgr.
ReaI Fire IaInvIsihle.

No eve, says scientific writer, has
ever seen real fire. The fame is leap
ing in strange, fantastic form, IS or 20
inches upward from the coal. and with
1t good deal Of black, sooty smoke.
The sooty smoke and the flames are
one and the same, with only a difference
of temperature The SCOT which forms
the fame is re lot. Every particle of
the flame is red hot coal or particle of
the carbon. The real fire we do not see.
The instant that the carbon atoms be-
come really burned, eaten up by the
oxygen of combustion, they arc invisi.
BILE. In burning pounds of carbon.
the heated state of which gives us
flame, the fire work is done by pounds
of oxygen. The oxygen we do not see
The carbon We only see just before it Is
burned, and the result of the burning is
II pounds of the compound of oxygen
and carbon, which is invisible.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-07-04
WHAT CAME OF FOURTH
OF JULY SPEECH?
WILL IsscHER.

II was the summer of 1862. The ar
mics of the Tennessee and the Gum
berland had just passed through the
campaign that followed the occupancy
OF Nashville by the union forces;
Buell's army It was that had made a
forced march of ten days from Narhville
to Pittsburgh Landing. the last a. hours
of which had been double quick"
great portion of the time, much of 1t
through rain and mud. and the last "a
hours in the night, with the mud and
rain accomplishments, to the field of
Shiloh, there to relieve Grants stricken
troops and to retrieve the FIRST days
disaster
Through that bloody field, and the
evils that followed it-mud, cold. hunger
the most terrible privations and dis
comforts, indeed. known to soldier-lite
IN times Of war, came the siege and emp.
ture of Corinth. the battle of Iuka
Springs, the march to Decatur and Tus-
eumbis. and then on to Huntsville. II
was within a few miles of the last
named place that the army lay encamp-
ed, In the early days of July, and In
level valley, where there were wide
stretches Of plain aud here and there
forests of towering live-oak. g.
Here the Fourth OF July was cele.
brated in almest home-like way.
A stand was erected beneath the trees
and seats were improvised of logs and
piles OF poles laid across wooden forks
driven unto the ground, The stand was
sueose1 nth houa,ar ot vreen. and "Old
GIorys was sastefulIy woven among
them.
The orator of the day was a young
brigadier named Garfield, and his voice
in patriotic eloquence, rang out over the
vast audience of bronEed soldiers like a
silver bell.
He said things that brought only such
cheering as one hears in any army. I,
was sincere, wholesome and enthusi
Astic
There Is well-known old story Vi
those times. In those armies, that a Wis
iting govern or OF state while ridinc
along with general of division, hear
ing wild and prolonged cheer In tbs
distance, asked what il meant.
"Only Rousseau or a rabbit" was tn,