The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-09-14
FOR, MEN OF BRAINS
PRIZES WORTH HAVING OFFERED
BY GOVERNMENTS.
Who Has a Scheme for the Eradiea-
tion Of the Cactus In oueensIand7'--
Find an Alloy in Diamond Cutting
That is Without Danger to Health.

Many persons. no doubt. will con-
cluGe that there is practically no
chance of securing such desirable
prizes as the large sums of money
five prizes each worth S,000--offered
by the Nobel bequest, where 1t is alb.
solutely needful to have attainments
of both learned and brilliant nature:
yet, says Tit Bits, study of the fol-
lowing particulars OF prizes which are
being offered today will show that
there are other splendid opportunities
well within the scope of most people.
Among the many varieties OF cactus
there is one which is known as the
prickly pear; 1t is a rather attractive
looking plant, but its leaves are COW
cred ~ith hair sharp enough to pierce
the hands of any one who is so rash
as to touch it. The plant came orig.
inally from America, but after it was
introduced in some manner or other
into Queensland IL spread so rapidly
and to such an extent that in some
districts II has practically destroyed
all other vegetation. The Queensland
government is still offering a reward
of $4,000 to any one who can devise
a method by which it can be complete
ly eradicated.
The British consul at Palermo not
long since sent a dispatch to the For
eign Office containing information re-
garding a premium of $4,000 that the
municipality of Catania is Offering
In order to encourage local industrial
enterprise this sum Is to be awarded
to the individual who establishes
some new industry in the town. This
trade is to be of such a nature that
it will employ not fewer than 100
workmen. A further e1000 will be
| paid for every additional fifty hands
that are afterward employed. These
sums would be payable at the end of
the year in five equal instalments.
Five hundred pounds is to be OBJ.
tanned from the government of Hol-
land. AS most PEOPLE are aware, the
Dutch are the most expert diamond
| cutters in the world, but in this dia.
| mond cutting it is necessary to use
| an alloy which is dangerous to health.
Is it possible to find method Of doing
without the aid of this alloy?
Again, to turn to very different
source of money making by competi.
ton, there is $500 being offered by
the well known firm of Ricordi & Co
In order to encourage English opera
that firm has offered this prize to be
| competed for by English subjects
| alone, and has guaranteed 20 produce
| the successful work at the Royal Op
era House, Covent Garden. M. Mas
senet has already been secured as one
of the adiuGicators.
Women can gain prize of G20(
which is being offered by the Won
ems Institute of Science at Naples; il
is to be given for the best work or
any subject of scientific research, but
it must be based on independent labor
atory experiments.
Another interesting subject is 'The
best. least irksome, and least costly
method of securing the male able
bodied youth of this country for serv
ice in the regular or auxiliary force:
as existing, and for expanding these
forces in the time of war" For the
three best essays dealing with these
topics the Royal United Service Insti
tuition offers prizes consisting of 10(
guineas, 80 guineas and 10 guineas.