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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-10
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for well established house in n few coun.
tics, calling on retail merchants and
agents. Local territory. Salary s1O24 a
year and expenses, payable s19. 10 a week
in cash and expenses advanced. Position
permanent. Business successful and
rushing. Standard House, 1884 Dear
born ST. Chicago.
wANTED-sEvERAL PERSONS OF CHAR
acter and good reputation in each state
Zone in this county requiredD to repre-
sent and advertise old established
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each Wednesday direct from head offices.
Horse and carriage furnished when nee
essary. References. Enclose self.ad.
dressed envelope. Colonial Co., 1884
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Watch the Bear.

Scratch a Russia and a a
Turkish
policy policy fixed
policy
the old OF
the
much religious political that caused
Britans control Of
Mediterranean
Slavs
will the civilized world
is a war Christians.
model worshppes
butcher
bgands Macedonan
ma Catholics
dynamid cities killing
would killed
would interfere
tempts
greedest and hungrest of them all is
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anne Curie's. Notwithstanding she
has now taken leading place among
the foremost scientists Of the world,
she Is plain, domestic woman, a
mother and housewife. She has
always taken deep interest in her
husbands work. is proficient in lab
oratory practice and had previously
given him many helpful suggestions.
She is no new woman" Home has
been first place to her; and out of
the home-out Of the very heart of
human life-has come the discovery
before which all other scientific tri-
umphs may become insignificant.
1t IL said Of radium that 1t emits
radiations-shoots of particles of IT.
self into space at such terrific speed
that 92.500 miles q second Is consid-
cred a safe estimate. This goes on
eternaily. yet SO minute are the par
tlcles thrown off that the actual
loss to a square centimeter Of radium
is estimated at less than a miligram.
q tenth. in q thousand million years.
So the substance. though ever casting
itself of at uncomfortable speed and
in incompatible particles. Is for all
practical ends. inexhaustible, indes-
tructible.
Incidentally. these radiations rev.
olutionize the old theory Of atomic
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-09-21
JA|LB|RDS make LAWS

The jailbirds boarding at the coun-
ty bastile have established a code for
law and order and inaugurated
courts and officials to carry out the
CODE
The Paully cage in the jail holds 16
men and the pen" another 16, and
each community has its court and
executive officials, and its laws are
aimed at abuses within the bars Of
which the general commonwealth
takes no cognizance.~
One of the rules Of this kangaroo
court" says: "All persons entering
this corridor without the consent Of
the inmates thereof are subject to a
fine of not more than 81; said fine to
be used for tobacco and equally di-
vided among said inmates" whose
supplies have run short.
Other rules are:
prisoners not paying fine assessed
by court will be compelled to work
out same on the floor" There Is the
same system which prevails outside,
only In this case the delinquent does
all the floor scrubbing instead of put
ting in time on the rock pile or MAX
ing jute bags.
"Any officer Of this court who shall
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CONDENSED TELEGRAPH NEWS.

after Kid Curry, the leader Of the
gang which held up two Great North.
ern express trains on July 8, 1901 =
q London.-Lord Balfour of Burleigh,
secretary of Scotland, and Arthur
Ralph Douglass Elliott, financial Sec
rotary Of the treasury. have resigned.
The two make a total Of four vacant
cabinet posts.
Monterey, h&exico.-General Sny-
man, a Boer general, has moved his
family to the coloney site purchased
near Ortiz station on the Mexican
Central railway and will settle there
with 80 other Boer families. i
Victor, Col-Because the non-union
men from Minnesota, employed at the
mines, were jeered at by the striking
miners on their way to supper, the
cavalry were called and dispersed the
crowd.
Chicago.-The Federation of Labor
will send to President Roosevelt a
9080-word letter Of advice, in which
fault Is found with the presidents
attitude on the question Of open
shops.
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lamps will have become mere tradi-
tions. as the tallow candles and the
pine knots have become such to us.
But, important as this lighting
quality of radium is. other qualities
far more important are being dis
covered.
The turning Of night into day will
be marvellous achievement; but
the leading TO the production Of light
without heat. the making Of gold out
Of base metals. the solving of the
puzzle of the Aurora Borealis, the
uncovering of the secret OF electric
ity. the opening up Of communica-
tion between planet and planet and
determining how the world will ulti-
mately be destroyed these are
achievements 80 vastly more marvel
Gus than human reason. with the
hand upon the curtain Of this Utmost
cabinet OF natures mysteries. trem-
bles and almost fears to draw II
aside and enter.
1t remained for a woman to lead
In the discoveries. Madame Curie is
her name. She and her husband 10.
gcther unmasked the mystery. He
In a Partisan chemist and she Is his
co-worker.
A western college professor has
Just demonstrated the fact that many
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-09-21
Skatium Transfer Co.

Pianos and furniture moved and
stored. Pianos boxed for shipment.
once corner Howard and N. p. Ry.
Telephone Main 1910. -.a ~w
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GRAND LODGE OF |. 0. 0. F.

BALTIMORE. Md, Sept. 21.-An
official welcome to the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Independent Order Of
Odd Fellows was given in the I. o. o.
F. temple today. The members Of
the sovereign grand lodge, 200 in
number, and the women representing
the Order of Rebekah were escorted
from headquarters at the Hotel Rem
merit to the temple by the Patriarchs
Militant.
Rev. J. W. venable of Hopkinsville,
Ky. grand chaplain of the sovereign
grand lodge, began the exercises with
prayer. Governor Smith welcomed
the grand lodge and members Of the
.Rebekah branch in behalf Of the
state. Mayor McLane spoke for the
city Of Baltimore. The other speak
ers included Edward Rossman, grand
master, for the grand lodge of Mary
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-09-21
AMNuls@anNeuNGs

Among the very best attractions to
come to the Auditorium this season
| will be Louis Eagans sparkling farce
comedy. where Is Cobb" This COM
edy was written with ono idea in
view-to produce laughter. After
| witnessing a performance the audi
| ence is not left in doubt as to the
| success of the authors efforts. The
| plot-and 1t has a plots absorb
ingly funny, being founded on a
| series of misunderstanding that
| would seem to require the services
| of a Sherlock Holmes to unravel.
The very best speciality acts obtain
able are introduced during the ac-
| ton Of Cobb" Every speciality will
| be a new and novel feature present.
ed by the very cleverest talent in
| this especial line of work. All spe-
| cial scenery is carried for Where Is
Cobb?' and with a company of first
| class comedians a most enjoyable per-
| Torrance is assured theater patrons.
Cobb comes to the Auditorium for
| tonight and tomorrow night.
The annual engagement of Louis
James and Frederick Warde. an
nounced for next Friday afternoon
and evening, which is always looked
upon as one of the red letter events
| of the dramatic season. Is being am
| ticipated with even more thanSthe
usual interest, because on this occa-
sion they are to appear in an entirely
| MIA
Great" by Rupert Hughes and Colin
Kemper.
Alexander is the only warrior II
recorded history who is referred ts
as having conquered the world and
so the dominant motive in the%n Y
play is naturally that of ambition
In addition to this is woven the old
est of human motives, SO that ths
story of the play may best be de.
scribed as a contest between insatf
able ambition on the one hand AMI
an absorbing love on the other; a cont
trast as it were, between the woman
and the world. Beside this elemen
of romance. large share of the plo
Is taken up with the Vaccinations o.
Perdiccas. the minister of state ant
! leading general of Alexander's forces
: The role of Perdiccas will be playe'
by Mr.. Warde and that Of Alexande
by Mr.. James. Other important char
acters will be assumed by Norman
i Hackett. Wadsworth Harris, Margar
; ct Bourne, Thomas Coffin Cooke ant
Engel Sumner.
The management of the Spokan
theater wish to announce that spe
cial matinee performance will b
given Friday afternoon at p. m
The evening performance will com
: mence at o'clock sharp. The boz
. Office will be opened Wednesda!
morning at 10 a. m.
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fail to perform his duties to the
proper satisfaction of the majorfy
of the members hereof shall be re-
moved by a majority vote and tiS
successor Immediately elected" Iii
mo grabbing at meal time allow
ed the sheriff shall preside at the
receiving of all meals and superyfsx
their proper apportionment. il
"All persons must battle and wasIE
their clothing at least once a weeld;
Inmates must sweep their cells
every day.
mo splitting on floor or in bath tub.
ANY person who neglects to battle
regularly will be given cold bath
whenever at the discretion Of the
court it Is deemed necessary"
That last rule and a decision based
upon the ruling made by this jailbird
Judge found its way to the United
States district court bench and was
sustained by Judge Hanford. A fed
eral prisoner who thought himself
better than the county men, expert.
enced the effect of the Jail law. He
complained of his treatment to Judge
Hanford, who handed down the de-
cision: Il guess you needed 1t II
those boys said So"
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RADIUM--ONE POUND COULD DESTROY THE EARTH.

The startling assertion Is made
that pound of radium, uncontrolled,
would annihilate the earth. The
marvellous properties of this newly
discovered substance promises to rev.
0lutionize many of the frmest theo-
ries of science and to solve many
Of its heretofore hopeless mysteries.
1t is already we'll known that ra-
dunn gives out light. that 1t gives it
out perpetuslly, and that it's posi-
bilities as the illuminating agency
of the future are beyond estimate in
value to mankind. Speculation has
already been active in fixing at no
distant date the period when cleo
tricity. gas. oil will all pass away;
q tiny speck OF radium. smaller than
the point of a needle, will illuminate
mansion as brightly as the sun
lights it at midday. There is good
reason to believe that to the next
generation the electroliers and the
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common substances have the power
Of storing sunlight and emitting it
again at night. Common sugar was
one. By means of 1t photographs
were taken in an otherwise dark
room.
When Becquerel discovered that
uranium. an ore. does not need
previous exposure to sunlight to en-
able 1t to give out radiations, Mad
anne Curie began examinations Of
pitch-blende, which comes from deep
in the earth and which is also ra-
dioactive. She and her husband were
convinced that not the pitch-blende,
but some substance contained in 1t,
gave out the rays. By chemical re-
auctions of the ore the salt now
known as radium was at last pro-
duced.
Professor Curie and his assistants
rendered invaluable assistance, of
course. but the main idea was Mad
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formation of matter. The atom, here
tofore thought to be the smallest
particle Of matter that could ex-
list, is found to be made up Of my
RAIDS Of still smaller particles.
1t has been proved that radium i'm
parts its luminous qualities to other
substances brought near 1t. In the
Curie laboratory everything became
radioactive and gave off radiations
for hours and days after the radium
had been removed.
The radiations have a high cleo
trio quality and the air becomes a
conductor so that currents pass
through 1t as through wire.
Microbes are instantly destroyed
by the rays.
Many possibilities are now sug
gested as results Of this discovery.
Among them is the perfection Of
wireless telegraphy. The action of
the electric-charged radium ray ex-
plains much not understood before.
The transmutatioh OF metals be-
comes greatly simplified. The man.
ufacture of gold, by natures own
process, may come under mans con-
troll.
The action of the rays upon the
eyes causes the belief that certain
phases Of blindness, that heretofore
have baffled treatment. may be cured.
There is a new source of heat with
out light as well as of light with
out heat.
Explanation of the aurora and GER
tain atmospheric phenomena on the
hypothesis of Roentgen and radium
rays suggests the possibility of more
accurate predictions Of conditions of
weather. Astronomical speculation
may be given a new term.
Chemistry may undergo such a
rejuvenation as will result in the UNI
dreamed of discoveries.
Scientists have always claimed
that If they could only find the cause
of electrical effect they might be
able to solve the source of all energy
| and to surmise its ultimate applica-
ton. The radium rays lie very close
to the root of it.
|
however Is the light which the new
knowledge Of atomic structure may
be thrown upon the phenomena OF
disease. There is much to be
learned of the burning effects which
radium has produced and which sc
clearly resembles X-ray burns
But there is another side to the
| discovery II is prOved that the
breakup of the atoms which takes
place by ceaseless radiation is moi
confined to the radium. but ex
tends to all matter with which ra
dunn comes in contact. A pound Of
radium. collected in one spot and un
controlled, would cause the earth it
self to disintegrate as a cloud melt.
before the sun. Indeed. all matter
Is being constantly disintegrated b!
particles COMPRISING each atom fly
ing away into space. never to return
to earth. One does not need to be ;
scientist to see in this process thu
possible means Of the final dissolu
ton of the earth-and the end o
the earth.
Most OF the radium already pro
cured comes from a mine in Bohemia
It is found also in Saxony. Cornwall
and Colorado. The quality alread!
found is so small that the price of {
grain has been placed at $4,000.
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land; Adrian Hughes, grand patri-
arch. for the grand encampment, and
Department Commander George w.
Goldman of the Patriarchs Militant
Grand Sire J. B. Goodwin of At
lanta, Ga. responded. and the exer-
cises were at an end.
Grand Secretary Grants was very
voluminous report. He told of an
encouraging increase for the year in
both of the subordinate and Rebekah
branches, that of the former having
been larger than for several years.
More than 1900 lodges were insti-
tuted during the ~ months in this
and other countries, the total in
crease in membership amounting to
about 100000. The order now has
members in 10 foreign countries, but
the bulk of the membership continues
In the United States.
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Camp weisenberger.-Att the COM
petitive drill between Companies B
and D of Seattle and H of Spokane
for the Tacoma cup, Company B won
the trophy by a small margin.
blow on the temple with polo ball
at Onwentsia field during a game
Saturday Nathan Swift. son Of Louis
f. Swift. the packer. died yesterday.
Chinook, Month"; the vicinity of
Bear Paw mountains possess are sur
rounding every section of country
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NOTICE TO HoLDEzs OF sHER-
MAN STREET SID z W a L x

Notice is hereby given that there
has been collected and paid into Sher-
man street sidewalk fund, District
No. 1. special assessments In said
district sufficient to pay special i'm
provement bonds Sherman street side
walk, District No. /. No. 7. with in
terest thereon until the 7th day of
September. 1903, and said bonds. with
interest. will be paid by the under
signed, city treasurer upon their pre-
sentation to him at his offico in the
city hall. in the city of Spokane, Spo-
kane county, Wash. and interest on
all bonds herein described will cease
on said last-named date.
M. II. EGGLESTON.
City Treasurer
Dated Spokane. Wash. September
g. 1903.
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NOTICE TO coNrz.> TORS.

The boards of public works will
receive bids for 10000 different build
ings everywhere. You can not read
all the local papers. We can. We
keep you posted.
SPOKANE PRESS CLIPPING BU-
REAU.
Box 174S. Spokane. Wash.
The Newtown bee., 1903-03-27

division of the Southern New England
Telephone Co., was the guest at din
ner, Friday, of Mr. and Mrs Hubert
Thomas.
The Newtown bee., 1903-03-27
Special Counter.

following: Womens
Womn Corset Covers muslin full fronts necks at Pc actual
muslin Women Mercerized Lie Vests look like
sik-low sleeves, 25c; price Soc
The Newtown bee., 1903-03-27
R0j1O II i: Bentley
Is Bank ST.. New Milford.

days at S. L. Warmers, recently.
There will be several changes here,
this spring.
Miss Myra Cables and sister, Mrs Ed
ward COgSWell, of New Preston, called
at @. l.. Stevens on Sunday.
A little son has been added to the
family of |. Tuttle, and is d grandson
to DR. D. W. Knowles of this place.
w. w. Gardner has had his horse
clipped.
A TERRIBLE FIRE AvERTED.-GARRY
BURD1CK THE HERO.
That large portion of the business
section of Railroad street was not laid
in ashes is due to the prompt and
heroic action of the popular president
of the Painters Union, Garry Burdick.
1t appears that on Friday about 11.3O
the store of r. & A. M. Booth. Look
ing down the street he saw a tiny
flame shoot out from the roof Of the
building occupied by Contractor Wells
Sherman. With a bound he started
down the street, making worlds
record in covering the distance, seven
and One-half seconds. A, bucket
brigade was formed and by the time
the fire company reached the scene the
danger was over. The damage was 74c;
which was adjusted by the insurance
company for 534c. Had the flames not
been checked by the grand effort of
Mr. Burdick the damages might have
reached ST., 300. He has been the re-
cipient of warm and earnest congratu-
lations for his well-directed effort.
COMING SOCIETY EVENT.
One of the most brilliant society
events of the year will be the subScrip-
tion reception dance to be given on
April Is at Roger Sherman hall. 1t
will be under the auspices of COM
mittee of five, consisting Of e. J. EN-
mons, F. E. Soule, E. J. Sturges, J. E.
Hungerford and II. E. Kilborn. Music
will be furnished by the Wheeler &
Wilson orchestra of Is pieces. The
reception last year was grand success
and even greater efforts will be made
by the committee this year to make
the occasion a pleasant one.
Manager G.. W. Hoyt of the Danbury
The Newtown bee., 1903-03-27
AN ELEGANT sU1rE OF OFFICES.

DR. G. B. Blackman, the popular
young dentist, who has had his Office
at his residence on Whittlesey~ avenue
since the fire, moved, this week, to his
elegant suite of offices in the Postoffice
block, which are doubtless as fine as
any similar offices in the state. There
are three large rooms. The walls of
the reception room are done in red, the
furniture is of elegant quartered oak
upholstered in leather. The walls of
the operating room are green and the
mechanical furnishings are the finest
the market affords. His laboratory
opens out from this room to the south,
and is equipped with a water motor
for running what little machinery he
has. The walls in the first two rooms
are adorned with some fine pictures.
The Newtown bee., 1903-03-27
IN SECRET SOCIETY CIRCLES.

IN SECRET SOCIETY CIRCLES.
St Johns lodge of NorwaIk and the
grand officers are to visit st Peters
undoubtedly be one of the most inter-
esting Masonic gatherings in recent
years.
Good Shepherd lodge, I. O. O. f.,
conferred the third degree, Thursday
night.
St Peters lodge, F. & A. NJ, worked
the first degree, Tuesday night.
OusatOnic chapter, r. A. NJ, worked
the Royal Arch degree, Wednesday
night, on three candidates.
The hustling firm of Sperry Brothers,
of Marketable are putting up large
packing of tobacco in their warehouse
at Marketable. They began early and,
will be asserting for some weeks yet.
The public schools close on Friday
for vacation of two weeks.
Howard E. Kilborn and Perry E.
Green visited Bulls Bridge on Sunday.
DR. Howard Staub will begin the
practice of medicine in Stamford about
April l. He has rented a house on
Summer street. He is brother of DIR
George E. Stanb of this town, one of
the best known and most skillful
physicians of Litchfeld county. He is
a son of Ex-Comptroller Staub.
Mrs W. w. Cogswell of Saranac
Lake, N. Y, is visiting her mother,
Mrs Potter.
Mrs 0. D. Beach of Thomaston was
the guest, last week, of Mr. and Mrs
W. G.. Barton.
Miss Lottie Bennett of Shelton pass
ed Sunday with her father, E. A. Ben
nett.
August Pielstrom, popular young
man, has taken position with LaHait
& Thomas, the well-known clOthierS.
Mr. and Mrs w. F. Hutchinson and
daughter passed Sunday at Great Bar
rington, Mass.
A. J. Thomas has entered the en-
ploy of G. H. Hipp, the confectiOner.
ReV george BennlCU or Jersey ClCy,
N. j., visited in town the first Of the
week, the guest of his son, E. Noble
Bennitt.
Miss Maude Hill was quite seriously
ill, last week, being threatened with
pneumonia.
The funeral of Frederick, the infant
son of Mr. and Mrs Ludwig Hipp, was
attended last week Tuesday. Rev DR.
Taylor, the Methodist pastor, offici-
ated. The burial was in the Center
cemetery.
Mrs George Pulver, who has been Sc
riously i'll for several weeks, is improv-
ing. DR. Staub is the attending physi-
clan.
The Newtown bee., 1903-03-27
In Spring
Attire!

Every Section of the store
is ready with new Spring Stuffs in keeping
with the dictum Of Fashion: Millinery, Rea-
dy-to-wear Garments, Dress Fabrics, Wash
Goods, Underwear, Hosiery, Shoes.
The Newtown bee., 1903-03-27
STILL RIVER NEWS.

STILL RIVER NEWS.
Mrs Percy Collins is ill and expects
| soon to go to the Danbury hospital for
trea tment.
to run the farm at the old creamery,
for Frank Larson.
Albert Larson has tine herd Of 20
COWS which have made about $500
pounds of butter during the year 1902,
which he has marketed in New Mil
ford.
Osborne Brothers recently purchased
of Staub & Mallett one of their porta-
BILE steam engines and have been saving
up their woodpile with it.
Henry Davis, who boards with Henry
Sanford at Four Corners, claims that
some one tried to rob him recently. He
found pane of glass taken out of his
| window and his coat and vest on the
ground. They did not secure any
plumber.
Dayton Bartram has moved his fam
| lily to Branchville where he has taken
position in the ore mill.
G. L. Hamlin was in New Milford
last week assisting in the care of his
daughter, Mrs Charles A. Kellogg, who
has been quite ILL.,.
James Armstrong, who has rented
the Henry Warner farm on Pumpkin
Hill for the past few years, has rented
the Grant farm near Kellogg street,
formerly occupied by Michael Kelly,
and will take possession about April l.
Morris Clark of Washington will &C.
cupy the place made vacant by the re-
moval of Mr. Armstrong.
Ira Waters is tearing out the interior
of his old house and will use it for
tobacco barn.
Moses Glennon has leased the H. D.
Warner farm for the coming year and
expects to stock it at once.
Mr. and Mrs John G.. Waite, who
have been living in the H. D. Warner
place, will move to New Milford to, the
Mrs G. @. Carter house in East street.
Alexander Willoughby has accepted
a responsible position with the New
England Lime Co., at Boardman's |
Bridge.
WILL RAISE NO MORE SHADE GROWN
SUMATRA.
e. O. Sperry of the firm of Sperry
Brothers, the pioneers in the raising
Of shade grown tob lcco, say they will
raise no shade grown tobacco, this
year, and are quite satisfied with their
experiments along that line. They
still have the two crops on hand.