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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-11

uranium found in Cornwall. The eminent chemical investigator, Sir William Crookes, who has been looking this matter up finds that the most pe- culiar characteristic of this extraordi- nary metal is its persistent emission of heat. For a year or two past specimen that has been experimented with has shown no disposition what ever to cool off, and the only solution of its not doing so is that it absorbs heat from the atmosphere and then throws it out again-nOt diffusing a genial warmth that would make the average English drawing room habita- ble in winter, but an intensity of heat that would make an American room seem frosty by comparison. This con- tinuity of heat diffusing power is the amazing thing about 1t. It does this work continuously without dininution of its energy. It has no apparent source of recuperation, and yet it puts forth an unvarying stream of force. Something seems to come from noth- ing. If it sends off particles of its own substance they are so tiny that it would require, according to one calculation, 10000, 100000 years for one square inch of it to lose one grain of its weight. Sir William has been experimenting for some time with this recently discov- cred substance, and finds that it emits mysterious particles called electrons. A platino-cyanide screw placed near a piece of radium causes it to produce a phosphorescent glow and shower of sparks of light. A blende screen causes the production, not of the general glow, but of the sparks alone. And after ex- periments have been made in glass vessel the vessel itself, even after be- ing washed, emits similar rays.
 No explanation of these phenomena is hazarded by Sir William, who de- clares that he has spoken to Kelvin, Rayleigh and Thompson, but at present we are all groping in the dark" or at least in a dusk illuminated only by the electrons of the little spitfire radium. There are but two pounds of radium in the wOrld-so no one need think this marvellous substance a substitute for coal.
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ren dressed in night-clothes very much too large for them, and the skin oeing greatly wrinkled, carried out tnis effect. They were quite naked with the I exception of few whiskers, which were perhaps an eighth of an inch long, They were blind, though the eyes appear rather large and dark under the closed lids. The ears were folded down like the flaps of envelopes, and were attach ! ed to the sides ot the head. There were four toes on each foot, and five on eacn hind foot, and all the toes on one foot l were joined together, right to the nails. The tail were round, tapering ana | translucent.
 1 When the squirrels were one day old, 1 the car-faps of one little fellow became i detached at the tips. and stood out at right angles from the head. When they were two days old, all the ear-fiaps were detached to this extent, and i'll the course of a day or two the ears straight ened until they lay close to the sides of the head. Later when the little fellows began to be well furred, the ears again stood out slightly from the head. They were strong from the start, and when i two days old they could cling to an un- right finger for several seconds. At this age furry hair began to appear on 1 the nose, the head and the forward end of the back. The front legs were very much stronger than the hind ones at this age. When turned over on their backs, they squeaked and made brave efforts to right themselves, but to no purpose. When held up by the tail, they spread out their flying mem- brances, in which the veins could be plainly seen. The toes on the front feet became tightly seperated at the tips.
 When three days old, the young squirrels could cling to a finger for several seconds, even if held upside down. The front toes became further separated and the hind ones began to separate at the tips. The little erea-
 lures gained strength rapidly, and each day were able to cling to twig or a finger a little longer than they could do the day before.
 In a week the lower incisor teeth be- gan to be visible through the gums, and the toes of the front paws were almost entirely separated from each other. The noses of all the squirrels were slightly retrousee, which gave them a rather comical appearance. So strong had the infants become when they were eight days old, that one of them clung. upside down, to my finger for one minute and five seconds.
 The actions of the mothers during these observations were extremely in-
 teresting. They were gentle, even timid, but they exhibited a quiet yet un-
 swerving courage which demanded ab-
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liged to mark the babies that I might
 know them when I saw them again.
 This was easily accomplished by trim
 ming two or three of the whiskers on one side of the face. The mother would sometimes remove her family by flying to another tree with them one at time.
 When two weeks old there was hair on all parts of the body except the edges of the flying membranes. These membranes were still so transparent that printed page laid beneath could easily be read. Up to this time I could not ascertain that the youngsters had the power of hearing to the slight est extent, as they did not respond in any way to the loudest or shriIlest sounds could make. But they were very sensitive to vibration. and would | jump violently if tapped on the table on which they lay ..3.. 4 s5s .,.l .+s. x On the sixteenth day all the babies had their lower incisor teeth, and their upper teeth could be felt through the gums. As they grow older, the squirrels ! did not squeak So much but they had a habit of taking several gasps in rapid succession. ... ss-,-~ --, On the twentieth day. the young l squirrels showed for the first time that | they could hear a sound, by starting in- stantly at a sharp chirp or whistle. l A low sound no matter how loud, had 1 no effect upon them. The sense of smell was evidently devolped at this age, for 1 the little fellows evinced a marked dis | like to the odor of eucalyptus oil. Their eyes opened when they were just about four weeks old, and from the day they got their sight their development was even more rapid than before. They soon began to nibble bits of nuts, and before long were quite independent of their mother They got the use of their 1 flying membranes by degrees. First they would make short leaps of only 8 few inches, but soon they increased the distance, and as they felt the need of them, they spread out their little mem branes and were carried safely to the points aimed for. How gentle they were, how entirely fearless, leaping from tree to my shoulder and back again without the slightest hesitation. And indeed they had little to fear, and I believe they knew it, but not even they could guess how safe they were. Ernest Harold Baynes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-11
AGAIN R.4DIUM,

Some time or other in the near fu- ture, but too far away for people of this or the next generation or two to worry about, the anthracite coal fields will be exhausted. Scientists differ as to the time when this will happen.
 Some say ill 60 years, others 200. Will the new substance, radiun, then fill the bill and meet what will then be, if not long felt, yet pressing want. Probably not, for 1t is more costly than diamonds. It is an amazing heat pro- ducer; in short it is too fierce a gener- ator of heat. A lump weighing not more than a pound would blind and scorch every one in the room with it;
 and it is so expensive that a milligram of it is worth S3 and pound would cost one and a quarter millions of dol lars. Hence at that price even billion aires would consider 1t too great a lux ury except they became inclined to a fit of Nero-like extravaganza. This substance, radium, was discovered only a few years ago. It is extracted from pitch blende, 8 mineral compound of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-11
TAKING INVENTORY
Tn Store to Find How Many Clock
 Were Stolen.

Tn Store to Find How Many Clock
 Were Stolen.
 Otto Wachenhausen, who for tht past three years had been employed ai a packer by the New Haven Clocl Company, 46 Maiden Lane. New York was arrested at his home in Jersey City Friday, charged with the theft oi a numbesr of clocks and watches from the above mentioned concern.
 Wachenhausen's arrest was caused bs the statement of his son, Hans. who, it company with another boy. was caughl by the police of Jersey City Friday morning trying to pawn four clocks When locked up Hans told the police that he had obtained the clocks iron his father and that his father had stot len them from the New Haven Clock Company. The boy also said that his father had been stealing clocks from that concern for some time and had been giving them to him to pawn. John J. Phelps, manager Of the New Haven Clock Company, went to Jersey City Friday and saw the boy, whd made list of the places where he said fifty-seven clocks and watches could be recovered. He said many others were pawned that he could not trace.
 When the elder Wachenhausen was arrested. it appeared that he had taken forty clocks and twenty-five watches all of which he had given to his son to pawn. He had been employed by the company three years and was appa- rently one of the most faithful and trustworthy men in the ablishments Frequently he would work nights and overtime and was considered verS steady and reliable. There was not one Of us who would not have leaned him fifty dollars,'' sand an employe tq reporter Saturday. If he had asked for it. We had not the slightest suspi< cion that he could ever be dishonest'
 Detectives believe that Wachenhau. sen has stolen more clocks from the concern than they yet know of. The company is now taking an inventory of all it's goods in the New, York store to ascertain exactly how many clocks and watches are missing. x, x z
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YOUNG FLYING SQUIRRELS

I sometimes wonder how any one can bring himself to injure flying squirrel, for of all the creatures have ever met including most human beings, this Is the gentlest and most lovable. No other animal I know of has so sweet a disposition, and none, in it's own quiet way, is so beautiful. Its large, mild, black eyes, it's soft-grey velyety fur, are charming to look upon: while its gentle, winning yet unobtrusive manners cause me to regard it with a profound respect which I accord to few. Glad am that it is chiefly nocturnal in it's habits; this gaze of those who do not regard 1t as I do. The soft, unchanging incorruptible darkness is fitting guardian for crea- ture of such delicate mold.
 As we might expect, the young of the flying squirrel are mild and gentle, like their parents. They are born, usually three or four to a. family, in the latter part of March or the beginning of April. Sometimes their home is a nest which their parents have made of leaves and sticks in the upper branches of a tree; IL lS Slitkpty dil oAO u iGoe which has been lined and roofed over with soft materials for the reception of the babies, but the favorite home for flying squirrel is hole in the trunk or in a branch of tree dead of living. have frequently found young in a deserted woodpeckers nest.
 Of the three families of young flying squirrels which I observed last year one was born on the 27th of March, and the other on the 11th of April One of the families contained four little ones, and the other two three each. Although the individuals differed somewhat in ap- pearance and disposition, an account of one of these families will give a good account of all. When first born, the young squirrels are squirming little pink things, about 2A inches long, in- sluding their tails. Their shapeless bodies were enveloped in loose skin, and they reminded me somewhat of child
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL, yssued Thnrsdays, One Dollar s Year.
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements. One Cent a. Word each in' (seyen timesl.
 Display advertisements, per inch, one h. sertion, $1.20: each subsequent insertion, 70 ceDts; one week, s3.2O; one month, S1o; ont year. $40.
 Obituary Notices. In prose or verse, 15 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marrl- ages, Deaths. and Funeral, 50 cents each. Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (a,l matter to be un0bjetcionable). and their contracts do not inclHde Wants. To Let, For Sale, etc.
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WAYS.

The Maid-''I always go to church on Easter Sunday" The Man--"To pray?' The Maid-'Well, to watch and pray."- Puck.
 Old Lady Gin grocery)-"What do you sell dried applies for, young man?" New Clerk" Cause I can't get any other job, ma'am."-Chicago Daily News.
 "Fa," said the Socialists little son, "wfat is the meaning of The Great Divide?'" "Buncombe!" exclaimed his father. "They never do"-Philadelphia Press.
 Dmployer-Yes, advertised for a strong boy. Think you will fill the bill? :? Applicant-Well, just finished lickin' nineteen other applicants out in de hali. St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-11

A Chicago woman is trying to obtain a divorce from her husband because he smokes 100 cheap cigarettes a day and forces her to remain in the room where he smokes. Do you blame her, if her story is true?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-11
Two Kiatis of GpRFf,

" Iris beautiful morning." sportsman
 said, The world looks so happy let's each take
 gun, Go out and kill something for pastime and
 fun. And proudest be him who counts the most
 dead" They plotted out lives that were happy and
 good Blinded eyes and broke wings that delighted
 to soar. They killed for mere pleasure and crippled
 and tore. Regardless of aught but the hunger for
 blood. :" Iris a beautiful morning." sportsman
 cried Who carried kodak instead of a gun, ''The world looks so happy, so golden the I'll slip to the woods where the wild things
 hide" The door that he 'shot' never dreamed of
 his aim. The bird that he "caught" went on with
 her song, Peace followed his footsteps, not slaughter
 and wrong, Yet rich were his trophies" and varied his
 game -Calla Harcourt. in "Our Dumb Animals.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-11

The fastest trolley cars in the world are said to be those of this country. In Washington the cars run at maxi mum nine miles an hour; in Boston suburbs, eleven and three-quarters; in Buffalo, ten miles. But in the suburbs of the latter city twenty-three miles are reached. Of course very much faster runs are at times made over private right of way Montreal trolley cars make from eight to twenty miles an hour, with twenty-five possible for a
 spurt. The maximum in Great Britain is eight miles in the outskirts of Hud- dersfeld. German and French trans
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-11

Nearly 1000 immigrants landed at El- lis Island on Thursday. AS many more were unable to get ashore before sunset. All records for April, it was expected, would be broken yesterday.
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run from eight to sixteen miles an hour. the latter pace very frequently reached in open suburbs.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-11

William Crooks, who has recently been elected a member of the British Parlia- ment, was once an inmate of a poor house, and even now is very poor man. He is cooper by trade, and has succeeded Lord Charles Beresford.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-11

Congress appropriated $12,5O0,0OO for the rural delivery service during the next fiscal year. beginning July 1, and the department will establish 15,00O new routes on the money. On March 15 there were 14,095 routes already in op- eration, and by July this number will be increased by the natural growth of the service to 15,OO0 routes. Thus it is expected by the end of the next fiscal year, which will be June 30 1904 to have 30,00O rural carriers in motion and 15,0O0,OO0 people living outside of towns and cities will have their letters and newspapers delivered daily at their doors.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-11

The impression that British North America is covered with valuable tim- Der is fallacious. Black walnut, red ce- dar and white oak are not found north of Toronto. A line drawn from the City of Quebec to Sault Ste. Marie will des- ignate the northern limit of beech, elm and birch. The north shore of Lake Su- perior will mark the northern boundary of sugar hard maple.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-11

Ease in the money market ought to increase from now on while it is prob able that low rates will prevail in the summer In July the Pennsylvania railroad will pay off its loan of $40, ,OO0,- 900 with the proceeds of the June in- stallment of the new stock, and as a consequence the bear argument that the payment on the Pennsylvania stock will hurt the local money market falls to the ground. Later on the Panama canal payment will be made, and, in- stead of taking the amount involved out of the New York market, it will probably add that sum to the local SUD- ply.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY 1bCENTs A WEEK, 50 CENTS MONTH, sSEoR SIX MONTHS, S6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY NAH.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-11

Since November, 1897, when the first German sailors were landed and pos session was taken of Kyaochau, North China, which covers an area of 20S4 square miles and counts SO000 inhabi- tants, the German government has spent s11,900,O0O on it, and the new ap- propriation calls for $2956, ,19S, of which $1,177,S6O is destined for, building and fortifying purposes and for a float ing dock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-11

There is little postoffice in Wales saddled with the short name of Llan- fairpwilwyngyllg ogeryc h Tn dr o b vii Llantysillogogogoch. As rule, natives abbreviate it to Llanfairpwilwyngyl The British postoffice department which controls telegraph lines. charges 10 cents additional on telegrams bearing the complete name.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-11

Imitation baking powders are cheap, but being made from alum are unsafe for
 use in food. Alum is a mineral poison.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-11

With the exception of the Expresses, built for the Canadian Pacific Railroad, there was not, until the Spanish-Ameri- can war, first class steamer on the northern Pacific Now the largest steamers ever constructed in American waters, and, with one exception-the Cedric--the largest steamers ever built, have been ordered for the Pacific ocean traffic
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CLEVELAND BAKING POWDER CO.,,
 NEW YORK.
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THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING co
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-09-26
Capt. Brown Dead.

Capt. E. w. Brown, clerk of the
Supreme Court, and the Democratic
nominee: to succeed himself in the
same office, died at his home in
Jackson last week, after an illness
of more than two months, of cancer.
Capt. Brown was one of the noblest
Romans of them all, brave Confed-
crate soldier, and there was not a
more popular or more generally be-
loved officer and man in the whole
State. His death will be deeply re-
gretted by every man, woman and
child who had tie honor to know
him.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-09-26
Bishop 1ratton.

DR.. Theodore Dubose Bratton, the
newly elected bishop of the diocese
of Mississippi, succeeding Bishop
Hugh Miller Thompson, will be con-
secrated in the new St. Andrews
Church, in Jackson. The consecra-
ton ceremonies will take place on
September ~, and, according to the
present indications, will be one of
the most impressive and imposing
religious ceremonies that ever took
place in the State. It is thought
that twelve bishops will be in at
tendance.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-09-26
Archives and History.

The following notice has been
sent out by Director Rowland to the
trustees of the department of ar
chives and history:
II am directed by Gen. Stephen
D. Lee, president Of the board of
trustees of the department of ar
chives and history, to inform you
that the annual meeting Of the trus-
tees of said board will be held in
Jackson, Miss, October 9, 1908, at
3 o'clock pm. The coming meeting
is most important, and your pres
ence is urgently requested"
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-09-26
Pension Rolls incomplete.

W. W. Slm0nt0n of the pension
department Of the auditors office,
who has charge of the pension dis
tribution, makes an announcement
of the greatest Importance to pen
sioners who were on the roll last
year. Mr.. Simonton states that the
clerks of the various counties, in
making out their pension rolls for
the next distribution, have, in many
instances, sent in only the names of
the new pension applicants and have
failed to include in their lists
the names of all pensioners who
drew pensions last year and who are
still living and eligible to draw for
the coming year. The new pension
roll will be made up on October l,
and the auditors clerk is compelled
to make up the new roll from
the lists of pensioners sent in by the
clerks. He cannot add to the lists,
and where the lists fail to show all
the pensioners who drew last year,
and who are still entitled to draw,
these last year pensioners will be
dropped from the .oll. Mr.. Simon
ton therefore advises that the clerks
who have failed to include the last
year pensioners send in supplement
tai or additional lists including all
who drew last year and are still eli
gible. There remains only few
more days in which these corrections
can be made, and Mr.. Simonton is
very anxious to have on the next roll
all the pensioners who are entitled
t. draw.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-09-26
Oldest Twins IN the World.

The county of Holmes boasts, and
no doubt with clear title, to the
claim that within her borders live
the oldest twins in the United
States, if not in the world. They
are Betsy and Della Randall, col
ored, who have recently celebrated
their 103d birthday in fitting style.
They live on a farm a few miles
north of the town of Lexington, and
are both hale and hearty and able to
do as much work as the average per-
son of little more than half their
years. They were brought to Mis-
sissippi about sixty years ago, and
it is said that their descendants,
who number in the hundreds, are
scattered from one end of the State
to the other.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-09-26
Removal Rusnor Denied.

The report sent out last week
through these columns that the Illi-
nois Central Railroad Company
contemplated the removal: Of their
machine e~shops at an early date from
McComb City to Jackson seems to
have been >unfounded. The Nc
Comb City board Of trade asserts
that it has substantial assurance
that there is nothing in this rumor.
The report is believed to have had
its origin in the fact that the COM
pany has in contemplation the es-
tablishing at Jackson of such repair
shops as will be necessary at point
where three of its lines run to-
gether-as the main line, the Yazoo
branch and the Natchez branch.