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The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-12-11
DISCOVERY OF DYNAMITE.
Terrible Explosive First Prepared
by an Italian Chemist in
the Year 1915.

Few people know what dynamite isi
though the word is in common use, say:
the American Syren and Shipping Jour-
nal. 1t is giant sunpowder; that IS, an
explosive material, varying in strength
and safety of handling according to the
percentage of nitroglycerin it con-
tains. Nitroglycerin, whence it derlVeS
its strength, is composed OF ordinary
glycerin and nitric acid, compounded to-
gether in certain proportions and at
certain temperature. Nitroglycerin.
though not the strongest explosive
known being exceeded in power by nj
trogen and other products of chemistry,
is thus far the most terrible explosive
manufactured to any extent. Nitro
glycerin by itself is not safe to handle.
hence dynamite is preferred
1t is extensively made and consumed
in the United States under the various
names of Giant, Hercules. Jupiter and
Atlas powders, all of which contain
anywhere from so to 80 per cent of ni-
troglycerin, the residue of the compound
being made up of rotten stone, noneX-
plosiVe earth, sawdust, charcoal, plaS-
ter of paris, black powder, or some other
substance that takes up the glycerin
and makes a porous, SpOngy mass.
NitrOglycerin was discovered by Sal
vero, an Italian chemist, in 1845. Dyna-
mite is prepared by simply kneading
with the naked hands % per cent. Of in
fusorial earth and rs per cent. OF nitro
glycern until the mixture assumes
putty condition not unlike moist brown
sugar Before mixing the infusorial
earth is calcined in a furnace in order
to burn out all organic matter and it Is
also sifted to free it of large grains.
While still moist it is squeezed into car
tridges, which are prepared of parch-
ment paper, and the firing is done by
illuminate of silver in copper capsules
provided with patent eXploders.
Nitroglycerin is made of nitric acid
one part and sulphuric acid two parts,
to which is added ordinary glycerin,
and the mixture is well washed with
pure water. The infusion is composed
of small microscopic silicious shells
which have lost their living creatures.
The cellular parts receive the nitroglyc-
erin and hold it by capillary attraction,
both inside and out. The earth is very
light Water is expelled from it by
means of a furnace and then in the form
of a powder it is mixed with nitrOglyC-
erin Nitroglycerin has a sweet, aro-
matte pungent taste. and the peculiar
property of causing violent headache
when placed in small quantity on the
tongue or wrist. 1t freezes at 40 degrees
Fahrenheit, becoming a white, half
crystallized mass, which must be melt
ed by the application of water at tenn
perature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-12-11

lovely, innocent child, Gwen, and as
helpless as q child"
And that you love most of all" said
the girl. You love to take care of her."
He began to laugh, from sheer hap
piness.
"She is so young-barely 1S-and SO
ignorant of the world. Life, for her,
is full of dangers. Oh, l must guard her
well. Gwen, if you only knew the Joy
a man has in the helplessness OF the
woman he lowest"
Il think understand" she said. Let
me see her picture"
How did you know?" he asked, with
a shamefaced smile, and drew from his
pocket tiny leather case.
She stirred the glowing Goals into
flame, and knelt on the hearthrug to
examine the portrait.
1t was a pretty, commonplace little
face, with a somewhat affected express
sion-possibly due to the photographer,
Gwen reflected.
Its not a good likeness" said Tom,
looking over her shoulder, and, OF
course, all the coloring is lost. She has
lovely hair-brght gold when the sun
is on it-and a real complexion, Gwen,
like young child's."
She must be very pretty"
81 wish you could see her. but you
will soon, | hope. She's coming 10
! town, with her people, next month.
"Mayn't | know her name?'
"Of course. I'd quite forgotten you
didn't know. It's Lucy Mannering.
She noticed how fondly his voice I'm
gereG on the name.
Lucy" she said 81 think 1t suits
! her, and I remember now that you men
| toned her in your letter. She has Deen
staying with the Harwoods. too, hasn |
she? | know now" she added, with
| light little laugh, why you wrote 10
me so seldom, Tom
"I was a selfish beggar and I've never
asked YOU, Gwen. how you've been get
| ting on. Splendidly, as usual, OF
course?"
! She smiled little bitterly.
| IF you choose to call it that she
said. Il can always get plenty of work
And you deserve it,
Such as it is"
"Oh, come now, Gwen, you, a success
| full journalist, oushtn't to talk like this
| Why, thousands of women would give
anything for your position
Il daresay."
But not many of them have got
! your brains or your enterprise.
Don't you think SOP
81 always said you were bound TO sue
ceed. Gwen. when | watched how you
stood up against all odds, how you
smiled at rebuffs that would have MADE
other women weep, how you bearded
the editors in their dens and calmly told
them that your stuff was what they
wanted, and how, when they declined
your manuscripts time after time, you
| only laughed and declared that your
! hour would come some day-do you re-
member Gwen?"
"Yes, | remember" she said, YEARLY.
And your hour has GOMEZ
"Yes. got what l wanted, Tom.
Il knew you would. You are SO cool
a nd plucky and unmoved, Gwen. Some
times | feel almost afraid OF you.
"Afraid-Of me?'
She stared at him, with wide eyes full
Of pain.
Almost afraid" he said. You are so
different from other women. Some
times Gwen, you are almost unnatural,
YOU seem so proud and strong and IN
dependent"
IF he only knew" she whispered to
herself. and in that moment she real
lied the vast gulf that stretched between
her and this man who understood her
so little
Forgive me if | send you away now,
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-12-11
A~aI Twins.

Undoubtedly the oldest twin sisters
in the United States, if not N the
world are Mrs. Eveline T1lton and
Mics Emeline Perrin, of New Hampton,
10 who celebrated their ninety-second
birthday this year. These TWO women
we're born in Vernon, Conn, May u,
1911 and were of family of five chill
dren two others of whom are TWINS.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-12-11
RIun Gum EireXNOOf. .

Groves of the eucalyptus tree, known
as blue gum or mamma gum, may be cut
to the ground for fuel when they are
five or seven years old, and every six
to eight years subsequently. The yield
from each cutting is commonly so to
* cords of fOur-fOOt wood an acre.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-12-11
Probably the Largest.

The largest plow in the world, per-
haps, is owned by Richard Gird, of San
Bernardino. Cal. This immense sod
turner stands Is feet high, and weighs
$4,000 pounds. It runs by steam is pro-
vided with II 12-inch p!owshares, and
is capable of plowing SO acres of land
daily. 1t consumes from one to 1 " tons
of coal per day, and usually travels at
the rate of four miles an hour.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-12-11
Something Doing.

Yes said the railway manager,
"where there is smoke there must be
fire.
Then he got busy and fired half a
dozen employees who had gone wrong
according to the rule: mo smoking al
lowed while on duty. Chicago Daily
NaWC
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-12-11
Naxf I'm Order.

A Cleveland company wants to insure
hank depositors against loss. The Chi
caeo Daily News remarks that COM
pany to insure this company in the ful-
filling of it's contracts would be in order
next.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-12-11
ShippInE Live Trout.

Of 10000 trout recently exported from
Switzerland to Austria, Germany and
England only 400 died on the way, be-
cause the water had a regular supply of
oxygen.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-12-11

never he able to kill themselves in this
manner for. simple as it seems, the
act Of retaining ones prealn until
death comes can only be PERFORMED
bv one who is either unusually Fhieg-
matte or endowed with a very strong
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-12-11
How Ahout the Privates?

They found enough people in Panama
to fill all the cabinet positions, but
what. asks the Chicago Daily News, are
thew going to do for privates in the
army?
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-12-11
Things the City Should DO
Bv HON. SETH LOW,
Mayor of New York.

FIESE are days in which everybody tends towards the
city 1t is easy enough to understand this tendency
for in the cities there greater volume and variety
of employment, and equally greater volume and
variety of entertainment The trend to cities, how
cver has produced some results the effects OF which
are only beginning to be realized. 1t used to be
thought that the city had done enough for the child
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-12-11
HarH Ennunh

Hard cash is probably so-called be-
cause it is hard to get.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-12-11

life of its population when provided ample school accommodations
# has come however all the larger cities OF the
countrvcertanv cta the croWdnS togeher OF
, ne in the city, the grows changes the environment
Of children most They to suffer Tor air IN their
noes likely be deprived OF opportunities Tor play
be therefore, that the
higher people the nation than to afford natural
well as for work and for study
There thing be said OF every clhat Just because
about It,
often under special obligation to give back IN SOME
form OF service that which abundanty received
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-04
ITO Be Continued. ]
An Ingenious Yarn.

Bob Grom was the best known
pioneer in Central Arizona. The old
man was more than so years old when
he died, a few years ago, and he had
been in the territory SO long that no
body knew when he came. He spent
a fortune in locating mining claims
in the central part of the territory,
but never realized anything from
them. 4 short time after his death
the value of his claims was discov-
cred. Grom was a ranchman as well
as a mining man, and he was so &c
centric that people who knew him
never tire of telling about their eX-
perience with him. Once he was
caught out in a binding rainstOrm.
Darkness overlook him and his COM
panion in the desert. They were I'M
able to find their way, and their
matches were SO wet that they could
not light firebrands. Finally Grom
pulled a handful of wet sulphur
matches from his pocket and called
his shepherd dog. He rubbed the wet
sulphur matches on the dogs tail I'M
til it glowed with PHOSPHORUS, and
then ordered the dog to go home. The
men followed the glowing tail with
out trouble.-Washingt Post.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-04
A Change Had Come Over Him.

There are some things in this world
for which not even the most pro-
found rural philosopher can account
to his own satisfaction.
II never saw an animal move SO
slowly before in all my life!" cried an
exasperath traveller in a New Hamp-
shire stage, behind which the clouds
of rapidly rising storm were grow
ing blacker every moment. Cant
the horse go any faster? You had an
excellent one ten years ago, when |
used to spend the summer here"
That's the curious thing about it, /"
said the driver, gazing first at his
steed and then at the uneasy passen-
ger in mildly speculative way.
''This boss is the very same identical
boss that I drove that summer.
don't know what in tunket's got into
him! He seems to have lost his ami
nation. youths Companion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-04

tically, but because they are so ar
ranged in many cases that they
closely resemble an opera-gl So.
They are more or less projecting
tubes, cylindrical or conical, and havs
very large pupils or lenses. They are
not placed on each side of the head
as in other fishes, but are close to-
gether and point upward or forward,
so that they have the power of BIZ
nocular vision, as in man. There ia
great difference in the appearance
of these telescope eyes in different
deep-sea fishes. Some project but
slightly, while others are placed on
the ends of long stalk. But in all
cases the eye itself is much elon-
gated, not spherical, like most eyes.
Those variations can be followed in
the embryo, whence it appears that
these peculiar fishes have been grad
ually evolved from ordinary types
and have acquired organs necessary
to life in their gloomy home. It is
probable, too, that they dwell near
the surface when young. The retina
of this singular form Of eye is di-
vided into two parts, one for ordi-
nary vision, the other for the pur-
pose of catching any stray ray Of
light that may strike from the side.
There are also some other peculiar
arrangements similar to those which
give to birds their remarkably keen
sight and which are also found in
whales. In short, the telescope eve,
the pupil of which is always wide
open, is constructed with the view of
utilizing the feeblest glilnmer Of
light"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-04

those are angel fish saw some just
like them at the aquariuL1 down at
the Battery in New York. Say, but
there are some beauties down there!
IL looks as if it had been built for
them. The rocks are covered with
moss, and there is a tunnel lust
like L saw in the aquarium. / thought
at the time that the fish in New
York had a pretty soft snap, but
these fellows here have them beat
IN walk. l wonder if they're good
to eat?"
The reflections of Mr. Vincent were
cut short. BY good seamanship Capt.
Waters brought the yacht alongside
Jutting rock. which nature must
have designed as pier. Four sail
ors sprang ashore, and in few min
utes the lines were taut; the stumps
OF two trees acted as posts. Tenders
were lowered to keep the sides of
the shark from rubbing against
the rock, and it was possible to step
from the gangway directly to the
natural stone pier.
welcome to 'Hestoria!'" ex-
claimed Hestor as he leaped ashore
Come on, gentlemen, and explore
the mysteries of the tropics. I want
to show you something that will sur
prise you"
Back of the pier there arose a rock
which cut off the inland view Hes
tor rounded this rock, stood in the
open space, and waited for the others
to join him. Mr.. Pence was the last
to quit the yacht and showed an in
cllnatiOn to remain on board. He left
only when he found himself desert
ed
What do you think of that?"
Hestor pointed towards a grove
of cocoa palms, in the center Of
which stood large bungalow. 1t
was an artistic blending of Moorish
and Indian architecture. This build
ing was an ell-shaped structure, the
corner of which was two stories in
ing at the front half a circle. From
this as a base, there were two long
wings one story in height, with slop-
ing roofs, supported at the front by
pillars, within which were deep We
randas. These verandas were each
about 60 feet long and opened into
the central part of the structure,
which on it's interior, as we'll as in
its second story, was perfect cir
Gle.
Sidney Hammond looked at Hestor
in amazement.
''When did you build this?" he de-
manded.
Never mind when I built it," re-
sponded Hestor, with good-natured
laugh. cts built all right, as you
can see. AS matter of fact, old
man." he said, addressing Sidney and
looking carefully around as if in
search of something, 'this is the first
time I ever saw it myself. l had it
built for my tropical residence.
What do you think Of it, Mr.. Rock
we'll? You are judge of villas. Is
there anything in New York that can
touch it for the natural beauty of it's
surroundings 2"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-04
HAVE TELESCOPE EYES.
Some Families of Deep-Sea Fishes
Make Their own Light by Means
of Phosphorescence.

The deepsea explorations of the
last few years have exploded the
notion that the depths of the sea
are In total darkness, as earlier ex-
plorations disposed of the assump-
ton that they are devoid of life.
Says Umschau, in an article on this
subject:
ut is true that not ray of SUM-
light illumines the gloom that reigns
at great depths in the sea; but the
denizens of the deep, or some Of
them, make their own light by phos-
phorescence. It is very feeble
light, to be sure, and therefore the
deep-sea fishes are provided with
eyes Of q peculiar sort. They are
called telescope eyes, not because
they are much like telescope, OPP
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-04
ACTION OF THE HEART.
II Blood Is Aerated and Kept Thin 1t
May Go On indefinitely
After Death"

Hearts of dogs, pigs and rabbits in
glass jars, all pulsating and driving
blood through glass tubes into lungs,
Is part Of the spectacle presented in
the laboratory of Prof. Elias P. Lyon,
CT the University of Chicago. These or
gaps have been removed from dead
animals, and are made to beat in a
normal manner without the use of
stimulants, which Dr. Loeb and others
discovered.
why" argue the research workers,
since the heart taken from the body
Of slaughtered animal can be made
to resume its motion, should not one
be able to cause the heart in the body
of an animal that has died a natura
death to pulsate anew, and SO put life
again into the body?"
DR.. Loeb and Dr. Lingle had already
proved that the heart is independent
of the central nervous system of the
body. DR.. Loeb put hearts into saline
solutions, and found that hours after
the heart was to all intents and purpose
deal 1t would resume its pulsations.
of the heart when put into these solu-
lions would act as the whole heart did.
Although DR.. Lyon disclaims the
honor of being the first to discover
that a heart could be made without
stimulants to perform it's normal
functions after having been removed
from the body, his experiments have
been carried to a more successful con-
clusion than any heretofore made.
He takes the heart from the body of
a dog, places it in jar, and attaches
thereto loop Of glass tubing to which
the animals lungs are also attached.
The chambers Of the heart are then
filled with defibrin ated blood. De-
fibrinated blood is that from which
has been taken the fibrin-the proper
ty which causes it to coagulate. The
fbrin can be removed without affect
ing in any way the chemical proper
ties of the blood. It is removed by
simply stirring the cooled-off blood
with glass rod. The fibrin coagulates
on the rod
When this blood is again placed in
the heart, the organ resumes it's pulsa-
tions. In order to keep the heart in
motion the blood must be aerated.
This is done either by pumping air
into the lungs or by allowing air to
enter one of the chambers of the heart
through a tube.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-04

out from behind the clouds tho
eiaoe from the awnings was fol,, =
grateful. On Friday the signs that
the tropics had been entered were
u1mistakable.
When Mr.. Pence awoke about three
o'clock Tuesday morning he was
much alarmed. He was certain that
something serious had happened. An
unearthly silence prevailed. The en-
gines had stopped, and save for the
faint buzz of the electrical machln-
cry there was no sound on the
shark" The boat had lost all mo-
ton. 1t no longer rose and fell to
the heaving of the seas.
Mr.. Pence hurriedly dressed and
went on deck. A seaman was pac-
ing back and forth on the after
deck. Mr.. Pence looked out over the
port side of the yacht. A huge wall
of rock lowered almost over his
head. In the light of the. nascent
moon, the 'Shark" seemed to rest
in the center of a vast amphitheater
of beetling rocks and crags. Here
and there he could make out the
form of palm, and to his ears
came the distinct sound of falling
water, as of a cascade. To the east
the cliffs threw a long shadow over
the lake in which the yacht was an
chored. The moon had just scaled
the highest peak, and the effect was
of indescribable beauty. But the ST.
lence was oppressive. The heavy
breathing of Mr.. Vincent, as it PEN
etrated from the deck below, was a
relief, and after one reassuring
glance at the placid scene Mr.. Pence
went below and soon was sleeping
the sleep of the just.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-04
GRAVITATION VERIFIED.
Newton's Law, Says an American In
vestigatOr, Is Accurate to One
MilIiOnth Per Cent.

At 81 recent meeting of the Ameri-
can Philosophical society III Philadel-
phia Prof Ernest w. Brown, of Haver-
ford Pa, said:
Two bodies attract one another in
versely as the square of the distance;
that is, if the distance be halved the
force is increased four times; if the
distance is divided by ten the force is
increased 100 times. This is the New
tonian law of gravitation. The moon,
earth, sun and planets all should obey
this law, which was discovered by
Isaac Newton in the seventeenth cen
fury How far do the bodies obey it?
The most sensitive is the moon. We
are able to observe its motions SO ac-
curately and predict it's phases with
such unfailing certainty by means Of
this law that we can scarcely have
much doubt that it is correct. But,
nevertheless, there are some small
deviations, and the question is wheth-
er these deviations are due to errors
in the calcula tons of astronomers or
to something wrong in the law itself.
Hansen's theory of the moons mo-
ton has been accepted up to the pres
ent, but there are still some small diff
ferences between his theory and OBJ
servation. Two, at least, of these have
been unexplained in the periods of
revolution of the perigee and node.
My calculations have shown that the
differences are due to errors In Han
sens theory and that on correct
J TTII
pears that Newton's law is aocurat7
to one-millionth per cent! It is by
far the most accurate physical law
known, and perhaps the most striking
evidences of the fact that our exist
ence and surroundings are not the
result of chance-Science.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-04
Mntche. without Phospnoru.

A harmless matchmaking process
having been favored by the German
reichstag, the use of phosphorus is
to be prohibited after January /,
1904. The discussion of the present
industry brought out the statement
that the necrosis set up in the bones
of the phosphorus users may make its
appearance three or four years after
the workman has left the factory, and
so insidious is the disease that victims
have had bones fractured without
knowing anything was wrong. The eff
fects may extend TO whole families
through heredity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-04


which is attached flexible shaft,
through the medium of which move
ment is impaired to an eccentric. AS
the eccentric revolves it oscillates a
vertical shaft with short, sharp
strokes, and on the lower end Of this
shaft is the pummeling device, which is
prefera bly, of pneumatic construction,
with means for varying The degree of
hardness to suit the condition of the
flesh to be treated. There is little
doubt but that the vigorous and not
necessarily harsh movement Of the
flesh which this apparatus can pro-
duce will have a stimulating effect,
causing the blood to circulate more
freely and carrying off the waste It's
sues which have become lodged, and
at the same time building up new It's
sue by the exercise.-St. Louis Globe
democrat
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-04
NEW HEALTH DEVICE.
Movement Cure Apparatus Which
Pummels Disease Out of AiIinG
Human Bodies.

So much is heard of the different
treatments and cures for nearly all
the Ills to which man is heir, or thinks
he is, that possibly interest will be
shown in the machine recently de-
signed by a southerner, seemingly to
produce an effect exactly the reverse
from the rest cure which has been
preached in recent years. This new
apparatus will give you the movement
cure, actually pummeling the different
parts of the body until the disease is
supposed to be hammered out and the
healthy tissue renewed. The patient
to be treated reclines on special
couch, fitted with very flexible springs.
Mounted on vertical standard beside
the couch is an electric motor, to