The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-21
ITEPs or INTEREST.

cropped up, and this time from the land
OF the Pharaohs. II appears that the
green island is not the only spot on
this earth TO rejoice in the name of
Emerald Isle" the honor being di-
Vided by a saWed-off portion OF earth
in the midst of the sea through which
Moses led the Chosen People dry-shod
and which modern nations call the
Red. The island seems to have some
claim TO the name Emerald, although
it is also known under that of the
Isle of st. John-and evidently derived
from the fact that the precious stone
was to be found there. Quite recently
il has been decided to conduct mining
operations on the island, and a syndi-
cate has been granted the monopoly
of working the jewel mines by the
khedive The grant also covers the
working of two other islands-Nacour
island and Roussi island-both in the
Red sea.
At a recent meeting of the Paris
Society of Civil Engineers NJ. P. Bes-
son gave some particulars of the COM
mercial production of radium, which
has been undertaken by the Societe
Centrale de Produits Chimiques. Only
about one-half ounce of the body can
be obtained from one ton of the ura-
mum minerals, which form the raw
HldleTldl, anu uIle separation VI NiilS
one-half ounce requires the eXpendf-
ture of about six tons of chemicals,
while 30 tons of water are used for
washing purposes. NJ. Besson states
that the activity of radium is such
that ii is spontaneously luminous In
the dark. This luminescence does not
arise like that of phosphorus from
civilization of the body, but is due TO
a continuous emission of electrified
I'll. rs11 l.
particles is enormous. but their mass
is so small that the loss of weight is
only about one mlligram in loo, 100000
years.
The question of a ship canal across
France, and thus joining the Atlantic
and the Mediterranean, is again up
for discussion. The special commits
sion appointed in 1896 reported the
scheme as Impractical BILE, partly on the
ground that one of the reaches would
have to be 525 feet above the sea level
and the supply of water from the up
per Garonne would be insufficient to
keep this reach filled, and partly be-
cause it was calculated that the pas
sage through the 273 miles of canal in
Guiding the delay at the locks, would
take eghty-six hours. during which
time ships would be able TO go round
and save the payment of the canal
dues. These difficulties, it is held, are
no longer insuperable, and it is con-
tended that by a new invention ships
of the heaviest tonnage can be raised
cheaply to the upper reaches of the
canal without loss of water and thus
the passage be reduced to thirty hours
On these grounds a new commission
has been asked for, and as the canal
will be of great strategic value i'm time
of war, all points in favor OF the
scheme will no doubt stretched to
( their utmost.
Out in Idaho is a newly discovered
mountain of gold, says the Washington
Post. Senator Hetfeld, who came in
yesterday from that state, tells the
story: He says that the people of Id
aho have gone wild over the discovery.
In the center of the state is Thunder
mountain. 1t is a hundred and fifty
miles from anywhere. The city of Boise
is 200 miles away and it is a long and
arduous trail from the nearest railroad
until the foot of the mountain is
| reached. Senator Heitfel says, how
ever, that before next summer 10000
people will be camped where there are
now only about a hundred. And all
because the richest find of gold ever
known in Idaho is located in the noun
| tain. For two or three years, accord
ing to Mr.. Heitfeld two men have been
walking over the mountain because
they believed it contained gold. Their
patient search was finally rewarded by
| seeing an outcropping of quartz, and
then they began to dig. They ran
rude tunnel into the side of the noun
tain and brought out gold enough to
| induce a capitalist to take a small in
terest in the mine for 100000. He
came East, organized a company with
O . nna -,
to take out gold on a large scale. SEN
ator Heitfeld says that it is expected
that in thirty days enough gold will
have been taken out to pay the cost of
esta blishing the mine. The mountain is
thirteen miles long and from present
indications is full of decomposed quartz
which will yield from SIS to 800 in gold
per ton.
"A dispatch from New Haven,
Conn, says that cancer can be sue
| cessfully treated by means of the Y
rays has been demonstrated by DR..
c. r. Skinner of this city, who has
just cured l.. S. Manville after
course of treatment of five weeks dura-
ton. The cancerous. growth was of
three years, and was not susceptible
to the usual treatment. 1t was as
large as two ordinary apples, eleven
had arrived at stage where Mr.. Man
villd's family physician thought he
was certain to die in few weeks The
physician suggested X ray treatment.
To- day a blemish on the left side of
his face and neck and only a skin scar
are all that remain to mark the cancer.
Mr.. Manville is a carriage builder.
Three years ago he was struck on the
neck by a heavy wagon pole and can
Ger resulted. He underwent an oper-
alton. The growth continued despite
treatment, and Mr.. Manville, in desper-
alton, resorted to one treatment after
another until finally DR.. Skinner be-
gan experiments. Twenty minutes
every day the patient sat before the y
ray machine. He states that the light
rays pierced the growth with intense
burning sensation, eating through and
through. The growth diminished
gradually, until at the end of five
weeks the patient is declared cured.
Up to three weeks previous to the \
ray treatment he had not been able to
sleep more than twenty minutes day,
despite the fact that he TOOK a spoon
full and a half of laudanum daily
Extensive remains of prehistoric
lake dwelers exist in the bed of the
River Save, near Dolina, in Northern
Bosnia. which fall in no way behind
the better known remains in Switzer-
land says the London Standard. The
excavations made during the year now
ending have surpassed all expectations
in regard TO the wealth of material OBJ