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The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Science Has Compound
edChemicaI limitations
zof Life Cells.
One Engine IS Used to
Shorten the Period
of Pneumonia.
Decay May Be Arrested
and Life Created in
a Laboratory:

~ CIENCE has for number Of
years been trying to break up
the elements into simple consttt-
uents, and with their constit-
uents, if such existed. it hoped by
the reverse process Of synthesis to
build up new and unheard-of COM
pounds.
But up to thf:, time the element,
Notwithstanding al it's savage treat
ment in the laboratory, has not changed
its nature Analysis OF ..the elements
has proved futile, but the synthesis
easy-as. for example, sodium with
chlorine gas gives US table salt. oxygen
with hydrogen forms water. and SO
with thousand other compounds.
On the other hand the synthesis of
organic matter is different Sugar,
starch, butter, etc, ara very difficult
to break up, notwithstanding their con-
stituents are few-carbon, water (hy-
6rogen and oxygen). and nitrogen The
human body, the odor of the rose,
starch, sugar, etc, etc, are all COM
pounds Of these four substances. The
differences between them are due sim
ply to the manner IN which the mole
cules composing them are grouped.
Science can ana1yZe the various or
ganic bodies, that is, pull them apart
thesize-that Is, can It take their in
organic constituents and put them to-
gether SO as &c make organic COM
poundsI
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Drew Her Personal Check.

But the thirty-day option was running
out and a few more hours would see 1t
pass from her control. OF public funds
there was still none. So Miss Driscol
drew her personal check for $500 and
thus had her option clear for the full
year. It was agreed that at the enc or
the year an additional $4,000 was to be
paid, and two short notes given for
SIS. 900 each
Society took kindly to Miss Driscolrs
plan. but the necessary funds accumu-
lated slowly When the year drew 10
close il was found that only 5000 had
been raised-not enough TO repay MISS
Driscoll the money she had advanced 10
ciated with Miss DriscoIl were helpless.
It looked as though all the money and
all the effort was to be wasted. MISS
DriscoIl agreed with them it was too
had. and tried to comfort them by say
ing they had done their best and that
posterity some day would recognize the
courage and persistency OF their efforts.
Those who had labored hardest Tor the
success Of the project accepted the con-
ISOLATION with the best grace they could
and, metaphorically speaking. turned
their faces to the wall. 1t was not till
the day after the years option had ex-
PRED that they learned, to their su
prised delight, that Miss DrtscoN ha
added $4,000 Of her own money to tn
$3,VDU raised py them, nad guaranteed
the payment OF the two notes aggregat.
ing 1000 and had saved the Alamo for
Texas. 1t was last April that Miss Dris-
coli took title to the property, and since
then. by taking Up both the outstanding
notes, she has made its preservation alb
soutely secure
She still regards herself simply as the
trustee for the Alamo mission fund
organization and the Daughters of the
Republic and stands ready TO deed the
whole property to them as soon as they
are in a position TO take II over Mean
time, however, the State Democracy had
pledeed itself to purchase It for s75, 900,
and il the promise is fulfilled by the
passing of the Alamo bill she will hand
the title deed over to the government.
1t has been arranged. however, that
the property shall remain under the c on
troll of the Daughters Of the Republic.
and the society Will at once set to work
on the task of rebuilding the old mon
astery. The chapel is in state OF ex-
cellent preservation. but of the rest little
but ruins of the old walls remain stand
ing. Much of the original stoneworR,
however. filters the ground ana Will be
used as far as possible N the recon
struction of the place into its original
form.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29

unsmelted gold
not character. So tle- ads
this proud village om
Of trial 1t is of
malice that the l Re
the trial one of hon 1
honesty.
Hadleyburg offend
ger. It was a stroke
stranger was revenge FE-
he studied upon a mea
last he decided to aas-
burg's greatest source ~ Ear l--
compatibility. The 81 ea-- =
that Hadleyburg had -Hs.-
lutely incorruptible citfze arz
the leading citizens So ~
malice was aimed at every
He determined TO corrupt
through them tear away -l--
self-righteousness which III,
carefully wrapped about !t
aimed publicly to expose the els
whom he knew to be slumber M
hearts of Hadleyburg's leadins
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Whisky Without Grain.

Urea and vinegar have been built up
IL the laboratory by properly coTabin-
ing the four simple substances. carbon.
oxygen. hydrogen, and nitrogen. Acct
yiene gas under proper treatment be-
comes benzine; add hydrogen and ethy-
iene is formed: in this put certain
amount OF water, and 1oI science has
manufactured the alcohol Of WHISKY.
Over thirty-five thousand substances
can now DE built Up in the laboratory.
the majority Of which are not found in
nature Is science destined to quicken
competition, to increase the struggle for
existence and totally destroy the weak
est element in the communicable
farmer? Nader root and indigo for
dyes have already been replaced by lab
oratory methods; why not wheat, corn.
and cotton?
The Washington times., 1905-01-29

no Corrupted dadteyDurg,
published III "Harper's Magazine" for
December. 1899. All readers have laugh
ed over the story. Few, however, knew
that the fiction had real town for its
basis. says A NJ. Ingraham, in the
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The writer claims that OberIin, Ohio.
the scene Of some Of Mrs. Cassie L.
Chadwick's financial achievements, IS
the real Hadleyburg. and that the dis
dngu1shed author once visited the Ohio
town and took a robust dislike to the
place because it was too sanity and
too proud OF its goodness. On leaving
the little VILLAGE. continues Mr.. Ingra-
ham, Mark Twain declared he would
never visit the town again. He added
to the declaration at another time: IF
l could not go from New York to Chi
caso without passing through Oberlin.
l would go around the other way"
The pen Of the satirist was dipped for
Oberlin- He called the place by an
other name, but SO thoroughly tinged
his description with Oberlin character
istics that the stream was quickly
traced to it's source. This may be OF
interest +" student of modern lit
7-.a IS to the reader of the
-si- connected with the
berlin bank by Ms
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
lar arrangement Of the two kinds Of
acid was different.
The Secret of Life.

Later he was astonisned to observe
that certain yeast cells would thrive in
the left-hand solution and perish in the
right, which seemed to indicate that
the molecular arrangement OF the yeast
cells was closely related to that of the
right and left handed acids a few
years later he had revealed TO man the
existence of that great germ life TO
which scientific men now attribute both
health and disease
Above all, he called attention to the
very intimate relations existing between
the Preventative processes and, life it
self, but being Of a deeply religious ma
ture he could not admit that they were
one and the same. Pasteur insisted
that the yeast cells, to carry on this
process OF fermentation, must be en-
dowed with life. or what he termed
vital force.
But a materianstic German took these
yeast cells and placing them IN hard
quartz sand. subjected them to an enor-
NOUS pressure. or course. the cells
were totally destroyed. but to the as
constituent of the world the Juice Or
ferInent which exuded from them was
The Washington times., 1905-01-29

to each addressed, but bringing the same
message These letters contained the
test phrase. Almost simultaneously nine.
teen leading citizens OF HadIeyburg de-
posted envelopes containing this phrase.
The opening Of the envelopes was at
public meeting. determination was IN
Gulged in on all sides, when 1t was dis
covered that the test phrase was found
in all envelopes. Mr.. Wilson charged
Mr. Bilson with having stolen the
phrase from his envelope. But at last
the bag was examined and its contents
found TO be not so gold pieces, but lead
l1sks gilded- Hadleyburg had been
scandalized- The press SO thoroughly
told the story OF Hadleyburg's downfall
that the legislature was petitioned 10
change the name of the village. And
Hadleyburg began again 10 establish 9
reputation for honesty.
He fabula docet. The best places fall
under the assault ef the tempter-
OF all places in the country Oberlin
have looked for a sensation such as has
Twain's keen bit of satire we laughed.
1t was so far from any possible realiza-
ton that ii was a real joke But, alas.
fiction has become fact Oberlia-ths
real Harleyburg-has been corrupted
corrupted to degree far exceeding the
creation OF the authors fancy. Ths
agent of Hadleyburg's corruption was =
man, but Oberiin's boarded treasure Of
honor has been pillaged by the deft
hand of a woman. Hadleyburg's de-
famation involved SSS,50o- Had
came to distrust its leading CT
Oberlin declares the principals
story TO be criminals The story
leyburg is COMEDY only; The st
Oberiin IS TRAGEDY
No, this could scarcely have
dreamed Of by the widest fancy.
than fancy could have pictured ha
realized. Shall Mark Twain be nur
among the prophetS2
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
A Banker the Most Trustw,

He picked on the banker as
trustworthy of Hadleyburg' S
nineteen. So this stranger one
rived at Hadleyburg in a BIZ
drove to the home Of 1.-The o
Of the bank" He got a heavI
Of the vehicle. and laboriousIy
to the door OF the bankers
was admitted by the banker
banker himself. being out. N
he confided TO her that the G
tanned q treasure and left he
with excitement. A note of
accompanied the trust, VIII
that the sack contained 160
4 ounces OF gold. The
dropped the Missionary Fl
she was reading and deyot
protecting this new chars
fear and no little covetous
Presently the husband
hastily read the instructio
him the sole custodian
was to advertise for the
who spoke a kind word Z
and bes towed upon him
The kind word had be
the strangers mind ano
test by which 70 ideni
owner of the gold The
used at the gambling a
grown into a vast sum
repay the kindness q
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Thermopylae had Its messenger OF
defeat. The Alamo had none

That tells the story. To conquer the
1s8 Texans the Mexicans had to sacri-
fee 1900 lives. That means that every
one of the gallant defenders killed
nearly ten Of the besieging force. Not
until Isl of the 16S were dead were the
Mexicans able to get within the chapel
where the Texans made their last stand.
1t is a matter of record that Bowie.
who was one Of the last to die, did not
succumb until he was SO walled in by
dead Mexicans that he could no longer
WELD the knife with which his name IS
linked.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
:: OBERLlN A had EYBURG IN REAL LIFE ::

task Of finding thu right man to the
banker. Now. really. the banker and
his good wife should have had nothing
to do with this ili-gottsn wealth
After some discussion, however, as to
who in the village could have done
such a kind deed the banker and his
wife decided that It must have been q
man who had recently died No other
could have been both generous and kind
case, therefore, the owner could
OF De found the wealth would remain
the bankers possession
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
GERMAN THRIFT

AS soon as the baby daughter
German farmer can run along :
provided with stout linen bag n
with her name. II is intended {
receptacle OF all the feathers sh
Every bit of down is a treasl
her. and the sooner the bag is TT
more praise she receives
When the bag is quite fu
emptied into a large one hangir
garrett. and the feathers collec'
are made into pillows, beds, q
The Washington times., 1905-01-29

- era de- or, in other words, does
ne or Terment exist whose func-
D build up instead of tearing
- so. and II the decay Of the
Hs dGe simply to the action of de-
.rnnents, then the inference
hat decay in measure, at
i<4a arrested.
grim logical conclusion of
q be a fact? Not only can
ects Of disease be neu-
decay Of the body
cess of time, and the
5Zr an, be in a, measure.
Of a life Of seventy
h<p 8. man may hope to
sg1e ely. The increase
these lines might
le25 youth-the dream
OF p, E-e life was thrown
av n at springs whose
wat vs uee live forever.
Sc ST search for
this 20 e1 Walt long for
results 'vered- Here
is a CT alive of its
marvelo re a fairy
story, bu 81 II,
Take al Of aim
onds-and s. ltion by
one enZymt -lt hydro
cyanic acid, Honds
and sugar aother
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Was Once a Mission.

In the days when Texas was a part OF
Mexico the Alamo was a mission. With
in the mission walls were a monastery
and chapel. The Texans first defend
ed the walls, then retreated to the mon
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Our Tiny Friends.

They are found in, grain, in p
IN the fluids Of the human body. II.
saliva. in the kidneys. and in the !
secreted by the liver Their funct.
Is to pull apart. TO tear down-actil
especially on the proteids-the meal
egg, and fat foods. The latter are DIFF
ficult to digest, but mixed with the
engine of malt, for instance. the proc
ess is greatly accelerated. ,14 =.
Cod liver oil mixed with the ferment
of malt IS easy for the stomach to take
up. and many Of the solutions Of cod
liver oil on the market today are SO
mixed and their virtues are largely due
TO that fact
The minutest portions of these fer
ments are capable of doing an almost
incredible amount of work, breaking up
one half to one million times their own
weight OF proteids. Men soon came to
regard vital action and fermentation as
one and the same thing, but fermenta-
ton was destructive. Was the process
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
fastened to Village Editor.

the banker decided 10 advertise &C.
,g to instructions. He FASTENED TO
ice Of the village paper, where
ms were just being made up for
on the morrow. An advertise
"a IS worded and set for the press.
GER went to his home. The edi-
The two men were excited.
told his wife OF the mystery.
Ter discussed further the
rust which had been thrust
But a thought came into
as mind at about the same
r, Each one bolted from his re-
home Each man FASTENED
the streets from opposite d.
Breathiess they met at tfe
--a office stairs. Their eyes met.
''-s lderstood each other The edi-
ed to his boy, ordering the issue
sur sed. But the early papers had
And the two men went back &c
ONES and told their disappointed
that the story was out But the
and editor were corrupted. They
Knew it. their wives knew it, and
FENCES were uneasy in both house
next morning all Hadleyburg
u Tie mysterious Dag OF BolQ
Ie bank vaults. Many called 10 see
Excitement ran high. But strange
enough a great calm soon fell on
village. The leading citizens seemed
be thinking. They were thinking.
~ were all trying to remember a
-dness done to some stranger But
b st of all their brains were at work
the effort to decide upon a kind
ord, which had been spoken. now the
.hsman by which to secure the bag OF
Did
Each weary head was helped in It's
90, koEeysr, by letter yario{fi r.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29

able TO carry on tbs same
the living cells. Now the
or engines, as they are -ale--e5
called. play n tremendous p
ture. For without them q
there would be no life.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Little Olive Oil.

At meeting of the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29

engine and they are turned into the
original substance Now what are these
engines or diastases that work such
wonders?
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
A TEXAS GIRL SAVES THE ALAMO|

jecting their offer, but there is only
one Alamo in the world
The Washington times., 1905-01-29

n ANY people have read Mark
~ Twain's masterpiece of TWEEN
tieth century satire. ''The Man
Who Corrupted HadIeyburg"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-10-27
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The sultan of Morocco has accented
Algeciras, Spain, as the place for the
Moroccan conference.
Young Erne of Philadelphia had q
trife the, better Of Young Corbett in
their six-round fight at Philadelphia.
Maggie Davis, aged fifty-fve, COM
mitted suicide in jail at Oskaloosa, Ia,
to avoid the penitentiary. She had
made two previous attempts to kill her
self. ~
President Eliot Of Harvard has de-
termined that brutality and unneces-
cary roughness shall cease In football
played by Harvard teams or that foot.
ball itself shall be eliminated from the
athletic curriculum OF the university. 49,
Decided increases IN trade moves
ments are shown during September as
well as In the total for the nine months
OF this year over corresponding periods
OF last year by summaries issued by
the department of commerce and labor.
A statue OF Field Marshal Won
Moltke, the gift Of the army to the
German people. was unveiled at Berlin
THURSDAY In the presence Of Emperor
William. the imperial family. all the
great personaEes of state and many
thousands of people.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-10-27
HOT SPRINGS HOTEL FIRE
HALF A DOZEN PERSONS PERISH
r IN BLAZE At ARkANsAs
..@.. HEALTH RESORT.

Hot Springs, Ark, Oct. 27.-six bod.
les have been taken from the ruins OF
. railroad hotel located at the corner
of Elm and Olive streets here, which
was Quilted by fire early in the day.
or these two unidentified are charred
beyond recognition. ~
The hotel is two-story frame build
Ing containing thirty rooms, all but
one of which were occupied by from
one to four persons, The hotel was
patronized BY invalids and cripples
who were under treatment. ::
The FIRE lis believed to have been
caused by the explosion Of q lamp.
There was only one narrow exit, that
being q stairway, and dozens were
compelled to. jump from the second
story, in many instances in their night
clothes. One man, Fred Owerson Of
Hot Springs, was probably fatally in
jured. g". ri.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-10-27
COW AIDS IN SUICIDE. #
Iowa Man Ends His Life In Peculiar
5sf bg&&3a Manner XII SE3{3 Sst s5s A.

Des Moines, Oct. ~. with the as
sistance Of q. COW Arthur Boyd Of
Mingo, aged twenty-five years, COM
mitted suicide by hanging. Boyd un-
tied the COW, threw the loose end Of the
rope over q rafter, tied it around his
neck and jumped into eternity. The
Believing, kicking COW caused Mrs.
Boyd to rush to the barn. Boyd was
dead. 55 VI 81 !.
The rope which battered the COW
was short AND in tying it around his
neck Boyd was obliged to stand on the
manger. When his. body was found
his feet were hanging three feet from
the floor and the COW war struggling
madly for its release. &. ' 5:.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-10-27
new 0RLEIA PFdPLE
GRATEFUL 10 ROOSEVELT
'REsIpENTs or NEW ORLEANS RE-
MEMBER PRESIDENTS AID
in FEVER EPIDEMIC.
LINE OF MARCH THROUGH PRlN-
clPAL STREETS FILLED BY
cHEERiNG CROWDS.

4. New Orleans, Oct. az Gratitude for
the unreasonable service he has rem
dered this city In its struggle against 4
the yellow fever epidemic was the
dominant note In the splendid well
come which New Orleans extended to
President Roosevelt during the day.
Political differences were effaced and
past antagonisms forgotten in a spon-
taneous demonstration Of popular APP
probation of the presidents unfailing
sympathy and practical help through
out the period Of the fever's visitation
The presidents train reached the
tStuyvesant docks at 8 a. M, where the
5commodious ocean going steamer Co
mus awaited him. ON board the steam
er were 400 OF the leading men and
women Of the city, representing the
various committees connected with
the reception. When the president
went aboard Mayor Behrman, on be-
half Of the city, extended a brief vel
come and then the guest was escorted
by the governor, the mayor and Pres
ident Sanders of the Progressive un-
lon to point. Of vantage where he had
pointed out to him the features of in
terest during b trip along the city'a
water front.
Scenes Resemble Carnival Season.
The trip on the river ended at 1885
and the president was escorted ashore
and into q carriage. On the streets
the scenes were almost the same as
those during the carnival season. The
weather was ideal Never before has
New Orleans been more elaborately
decorated, The flag of the nation few
everywhere, while thousands of men
who had voted against him wore the
presidents picture. on the lapels of
their coats. A multitude crowded the
sidewalks on either side of the route,
while every gallery was filled and
route of the procession lay down one
side of the canal to Claybourne, thence
back over the other side to Camp, up
Camp to Calliope and thence down st.
Charles past the Lee monument to the
city hall, where the principal address
of the day was delivered, and then to
the st. Charles hotel. where luncheon
was served. -. 4.az 5t.sr.z = 5,#
4 The crowd was so enormous at La
fayette square in the afternoon that
President Roosevelt was unable to
complete his speech there. He found
himself unable to talk in the face of
the confusion and, finally, saying to the
multitude, go home and be good citi-
zens," retired to the mayors parlor,
where he held brief reception.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-10-27
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
SHlPWRE(kED LAST NIGHT
EnfOute 10 Gulf to Take Warshlp, His Vessel
COllides With Fruit Steamer and Both
are Run Ashore President URhult

= - = - - 90 = = - = ~ 80 -
New Orleans 27-A distance
midnight
unnued lighthouse
Washington
splenddly. sE1ssz Hs<5 #=zS =
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-10-27
Mutual Life Methods to. BE Probed by
Its Own Members. s5

a New York, Oct 27.The board OF
trustees Of the Mutual Life Insurance
company has appointed a committee OF
tts own members to Investigate the
company and its methods. The menu
bers Of the committee are: William
II. Truesdale, Effingham B. Morris and
John w. Auchinloss. all prominent In
the financial and business world. Tho
proposition was brought before the
board by President Richard a. Nc
iCurdy.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-10-27
Increase il RaIIroad mileage.

New York, Oct. 27s Advance sheets
of Poor,s Manual Of Railroads, which
will be issued Nov. /. gives the length
Of steam railroads in the United States
on Dec. 81. 1904, as 212.34a miles. 4
net increase of 5.0l4 miles In the year.
The heaviest construction of the year
was In the Southwestern group Of
states. in which no less than 1.7l6
miles were built.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-10-27
GREAT sUBTERRANEAN CAVE.
Interesting Discovery Near Glasgow
Junction. Ky.

Louisville, Oct. 27.-An immense
subte1ranean channel, which promises
to surpass in size and beauty the
famous Mammoth cave, has been dis
covered near Glasgow Junction, Barren
county.
One arm already has been explored
for distance of seven miles. Further
progress was stopped by wide and
swift river. It was not possible to tell
the magnitude of this stream. ss-
The investigations have. been con-
Quoted by Dr.. Hazen and John Thomp-
son. They are now engaged in build
Ing boat with which to ferry the
river. $4 Z, III \, .5l.5s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-10-27
dug TO RUSSIAN SITUATION.
Sharp Advances in Price of Wheat at
~ Chicago. .aS. Gsyszs +

Chicago, Oct. 27.sharp advances
in the price of wheat occurred here
during the day, the May delivery at
one time being UP, "a cents. The De-
cember. option showed a gain of 1sa.
The market closed practically at the
highest point of the day, final quota
lions on May being at 915s cents. De-
cember closed at S91s. The labor crisis
In Russia, foreshad downing possible
stoppage of all shipments of grain
from that country, was the cause of
the sensational rise in values.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-10-27
YESTERDAYS MARKETS.
Minneapolis wheat.

Minneapolis, Oct rs. Wheat Dec,
S5& @857sc,, May. s91kc. On track
No. 4 hard, 86ssc;; No. i Northern.
SSc;; No. 2 Northern, $3.50.