The independent., 1905-07-27
8 IN THE WORLD OF PROGRESS s

Half of Commander Peary's $5O,00O needed
to get the Roosevelt off northpoleward, comes
from Morris K. Jesup who had done so much
already for the success of the venture.
It is said that Hebrews have planned to re-
move every man, woman and child OF their race
from Russia, and that for a beginning they will
migrate 100000 to the Holy Land Of their far
ancestors and bring 100000 to this country.
What is probably the only automobile in use
by rural mail carrier in the country leaves st.
Paul every morning for New Canada and vicinity.
Gerhard Mechor is the enterprising carrier who
has introduced this innovation in the method Of
serving the patrons on his route
M. Bethelot, secretary of the Louvre museum,
believes that he has discovered the secret Of
the agent used in embalming in ancient Egypt.
After a abOriOus examination of the SarcOphagi
OF the fifth and sixth dynastes, which date back
far as $500 B. c., M. Berhelot has come to the
decision that the oil employed simply castor
oil, such as is still used in Egypt, which has un
dergone some oxidation, but retained during the
long period its preservative qualities
Glass that can be heated white hot and then
plunged into cold water without breaking would
seem an impOssibility, but it has been recently
made an accomplished fact. 1t is made from Bra
lillian quartz pebbles, heated redhot and then
thrown into distilled water. Then the purest
gen blowpipe into long stems, like straws, from
which glass vessels of any shape can be made.
Thus far this quartz glass has been employed
chiefly for making laboratory apparatus. test
tube, however thin, made in this way will not
break when whitehot coal is dropped into it,
The HarmsWorth newspaper syndicate of
London, has just secured by lease and purchase
over one-tenth OF the area of Newfoundland, or
4403 square miles, to be used in perpetuity as
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manufacture the paper consumed in the syndi-
Gates business. The tract is estimated to be
capable OF growing pulp-wood sufficient for 200
tons of paper daily. This is believed to be the
most extensive operation in the way of securing
an independent supply of paper ever undertaken
by publishing house. 1t brings under skilled
management vast area which would otherwise
have remained waste after being denuded of
It's valuable timber, and will afford valuable
object lesson in forestry.
Among the passengers of the steamer Ohio.
which sailed on her second voyage to Nome. the
other day, was Frank G. Churchill special agent
OF the bureau of Indian affairs at Washington
He goes north as the special representative of
PRESIDENT Roosevelt to in estigate the conditions
prevailing among the Alaska Indians and the
best steps to be taken by the government for
their care and education and to prevent extinc-
ton The natives of Alaska are fast dwindlng
g race. Like others of their race they soon con-
tracted the habits of the white man. They liked
1AAS iquoi anu CuIio HdkIIlS was easier than fish
ing and hunting. They made the change and
starvation in numerous cases was the result in
many OF the remote parts of the northern nos
session. But the higher race is not altogether re
sponsible for their ills. The unsanitary state in
which they live is not conducive to longevity
The impure air of the native huts and lack Of
personal cleanliness is fast assisting in the work
OF laying the Eskimos to waste and todav the
traveller in the northand finds but remnant Of
once populous people. In the interior of the
district there is to be found few villages of
two three or perhaps half dozen igloos con-
venient to the best fishing ground places and the
balance have gathered in the larger cities of CIV
ilization, where they find limited market
for their carvings of wood, clay and imitation war
Implements