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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04
The Origin Of Radium.
From the New York Tribune.

Lord KeIyin's recent dissent from the
s,nposition that one chemical element may
he evolved from another has created stir
among those who are openly committed to
that doctrine His short note to The Lon
don Times on the subject has been followed
by others from champions Of the views
which he condemns. In the course OF the
correspondence. 1t appears, the question
was asked by Mr.. r. j. Strut how the ex-
istence of radf0m in the earth at present
could be accounted for. Laboratory expert
ments indicate that that strange substance
disintegrates at such~a rate that any given
piece Of 1t would completely disappear In
Z 600 or 4. OC0 years. AS the world Is believed
to he much more than 1000 years old. the
followers of Sir William Ramsay hold that
the original supply of radium must have
entirely evaporated long ago. They there-
fore suspect that there must have been a
fresh production by a process of transfer
nation from some other element, perhaps
uranium.
Lord Kelvin points out that at least one
other hypothesis Is tenable He claims no
credit for originating the idea, but merely
shows that he agrees with others by whom
1t had already been advanced. II Is pos
sible he says, that radium may nave oeen
imprisoned in the crust of the earth under
such enormous pressures that diSintegra-
ton was impossible To use his exact Ian
guase, the constituent atoms may have
been safely protected against the explo-
SlVe uyingS dSuHoct Wy -
duce the heating effects discovered by our
laboratories" Whatever be the final opin-
ion, it is evident that the world is not
just now tied down to any single expla-
nation of the fact to which Mr.. Struts
inquiry relates.
Lord Kelvins reply is interesting Cor
other reasons than because 1t shows what
he thinks of the antiquity OF radium. 1t
will be observed that he accepts. pre-
visonally at least the theory of Prof. ].
]. Thomson that atoms are composed of
particles much smaller than themselves.
for 1t is by the explosive fiyings asunder"
of the particles which enter into the
structure of an atom of radium that Prof.
Thomson explains the once mysterious
development of heat from that substance.
When Lord Kelvin was last in the United
States he ESsitated to express himself re-
yarding the hypothesis that the atom is
composite. His present frankness shows
that he Is not so conservative az might
have been supposed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04

only one In the calendar which the Por-
tuguese adventurer could not forgive. Fear
Ing to return to Europe. he deserted from
his ship at st. Helena, and took to the life
OF solitary. A cock which was washed
ashore half dead became his companion.
and he made for himself, like Alexa nder
Selkirk. house in the wilds He was in
terror lest he should be captured and sent
back to Portugal, so he took to the woods
whenever ship put in. But passing sea
captains were friendly and left letters and
gifts OF food for him on the beach and
by and by he was induced to meet them and
at his own request was taken to Europe in
order to obtain absolution for his sin of
renouncing his faith This done he returned
to his island and died there after more than
thirty years of solitary life.
A certain Marie de Mayrena Comte de
Ray. became the ruler Of a little people
called the Sedangs in the hinteriand Of An
nam. Immediately the disease of grand
eur" fell upon him, he set about raising
the funds to exploit his kingdom got to
loggerheads with the French officials, Of
fered his state to Germany, and, going to
Europe. was put in prison for debt He re-
turned with funds raised by Belgian Of
hcials. who were left to kick their heels at
Singapore. while the King in a sudden
fright went OF to the little island of To
man. There he remained in hiding believ-
Ing that his death warrant had been issued
and that his deeds were convulsing the
chanceries of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04
Bees That Burrow in the Ground.

From Harper's Magazine.
The burrowing bees are commonly ranked
with solitary insects. Certainly they are
not Social living in organized communi-
ties. like honey bees. But one might ven
.ure to cad them "neighborly insects, for
they love to make their cavernous hermit
ages in well-peopled neighborhoods.
Their burrow sites are preferably upon
hard, dry spots, with a bit Of slope, maybe
Therein the mother will sink shaft eight
or ten inches deep and about three-eighths
OF an inch wide. On either side she will dig
out small ovate cells, five or six in all,
which she duly provisions and supplies with
an egg apiece.
The burrows are about the bigness of the
occupant and extend inward for a foot or
SO with sundry engagements, after the
fashion of their kind. wherein the young
are bred. In the height of the season these
bee neighbOrhoOds are the scene of q busy
life. The air resounds with the hum Of
wings as the insects fly to and fro on par
entail duties bent. plenishing their nurseries
with pollen and honey of the flowers. But
just inside each burrow gate an interesting
phase of insect life goes on. Beyond the
gateway, which Is about the length of the
bee, there rises a vestibuie-a tiny expan-
sion Of the burrow-whose use soon ap-
pears Just within the gateway, with face
toward the opening. one Of the housekeep-
ers. now the male and now the female, but
oftener the former. keeps constantly on
guard. And great need there Is for such
sentry duty; for insect rogues and thieves
besiege the doors to plumber the contents
of the nurseries or infect them with para
site eggs.
Here. then, we see the male on sentry
duty. his body blocking up the gateway and
his rounded head closing up the entrance.
When his mate comes home with her bee
BASKET full. the guard backs into the vestf-
buie which is large enough to allow the
passing of the female. and returns to his
post A loving welcome awaits the incomer;
for the doorkeeper with open mandibles and
waving antennae. the apian style of en-
brace, greets his partner right joyously.
Thus the good mistresses Of our homes and
their maids at the back gate are not the
only order of housekeeping creatures that
exchange kisses at ones doorways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04
Plans for Temperance Meeting

AT the meeting held Sunday night by the
catholic Total Abstinence Union at Good
Samaritan Home ii was decided to holo ,
general open meeting in the interest of
temperance the last Sunday in October
10 which members of all of the temper.
ance organizations of the District of CO.
lumbia will be invited Ladies' will ba
especially welcomed. A committee was
appointed to make all the necessary ar.
rangements and have printed matter dis-
tributed. The committee will meet newt
Thursday night.
President Thomas Maloney occupied the
chair and during the progress OF the even
ing session called upon Messrs Edward
Hannah of Union Tent of Rechabites, VIII
lam A. Meyers of the Fraternal Jonads bs.
Paul Goldsmith OF St Louis Mo-; Eugene
Harris, Thomas w, Loran. an old member
or the Father Mathew temperance move
ment in this city; John A. Cole. Matthew
Malioy and Thomas j. Clark all of whom
spoke upon topics of interest in the tenn
perance movement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04
Fishing Rights in Norway.
ON the Philadelphia Bulletin.


ct Is fashionable" said q rich man, Ito
spend the summer In Norway. The Nor
wegian climate is superb, the scenery Is
grand and the living is cheap-a dollar q
day at the hotels and carriages at half a
dollar day. One fine thing about Norway
is that in the summer the night only lasts
a couple of hours. and IL you go as far as
the North cape there Is no night at all, but
the sun circles round and round the horizon.
and never sinks below. The Norwegian
rivers abound in fish. and any one is free to
angle for trout in them. The salmon rivers,
though. are strictly preserved. Some of the
salmon rivers are very fine. and rent for as
much as $1,000 a year. know a man who
has river only two miles long that he
pays 81. 800 for. He often gets fish of sixty
or seventy pounds The day I called on
him last year his wife came in with FORTY
FOUNDER. twenty-five FOUNDER and q fifty
one FOUNDER that she had caught herself
within three hours"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04
Phonetic Spelling.

W. d. Howei1s, in Harper's Magazine.
1t is held creditable to spell In the FASH
ion of the photographers. but it is really
discreditable. II to defy law and order Is
infamy. A child is punished IL 1t obeys
its instinct and spells phonetically. but it
ought to be rewarded and its Instructive
photography reverentIy studied in the hope
of some hint for the amelioration of the
abuse under which we all suffer. The
actual English spelling does not spell any
thing, really: 1t is kind of picture writing
In which certain groups Of letters symbol
ize certain sounds without representing
them. The difference hetween our spelling
and our speech 10 such that the lexicogra-
pher finds his burden divided between or
biography and orthoepy. and yet doubled
in the failure to show how the printed word
shall be spoken. For the literary artist
who wishes to indicate dialect variations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04

States during the next six months Four
be constantly sick. At least 5000, 900 homes
consisting of 25 900 600 persons will be made
more or less wretched by mortality and
morbidity.
We look In horror on the black plague of
the middle ages, yet II was mere passing
cloud compared to our own white waste. It
Is reasonably certain that Of the people Iiv-
ing today over eight millions will die of
tuberculosis, but not a hand is raised by
the federal government to save them. Over
six millions must die of diseases Of the
heart and eight millions of pneumonia, but
not a wheel of the official machinery at
Washington is set in motion for their cure,
and the event is accepted by the American
population with as resigned a mien as the
Hindoos show in awaiting the day of the
cholera.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04
A National Department of Health:

FrOm HHrpef 3 WeeAN'
Does this country need national depart
ment of health? This question was by far
the most important and certainly 1t was Of
the most general interest of all those dis
cussed during the summer meeting of the
American Association for 6le Advancement
of Science. which has just closed in Cornell
University. The Initiative In the discus
sion was taken by Prof. J. Pease Norton
of the department Of economies Of Yale.
Prof. Norton maintains that the wastes
from disease in the United States have be-
come so great as to make national depart
ment of health necessity. There are, in
deed, four wastes which are the more Ia
They are preventable death. preventable
sickness, preventable conditions of low
physical and mental efficiency and prevent
able ignorance. One million 1--WE hundred
thousand persons must die in the United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04
A. MEXICAN ELECTRIC PLANT.
It Boasts the Longest Power Trans
mission In the World.

It Boasts the Longest Power Trans
mission In the World.
From the American Exporter.
It happens that Mexico can boast the
longest electric power transmission in the
world from one big plant-namely. that
utilizing the splendid double decked Necaxa
Falls whose glistening silver spray, by
means of the electrical engineers alchemy.
becomes gold indeed at distant Ell Orc, or
the City Of Mexico-a total line transmits
sion of 101 miles. The Mexican. Light and
Power Company, an energetic corporation.
whose present field OF operation Is the great
central Mexican plateau. is developing and
conserving the energy of the Tenango and
Necaxa rivers, which at q point one hun
dred miles northeast of the City of Mexico
break out Of the mountains at a height OF
three-quarters of a, mile above the sea and
flow into the Gulf of Mexico. These twin
rivers drain a-territory of opt square miles,
and, owing to the extraordinary geological
nature of the region. encounter wonder
full succession of waterfalls, or precipitous
half a mile-three thousand feet-in a dis
lance of three miles. 1t Is needless to say
that, with such head, even a modest
quantity Of water can keep some of the
largest electrical generators spinning, and
by creating reservoir capacity these mills
of the heavens can be kept grinding out
their grist of current all the year around at
a steady output. The plan adopted for util-
ization has been bold. simple, Napoleonic.
The Tenango river has been consolidated
with the Necaxa. and their joint flow has
been damned up into reserve fund In an
Artificial lake at Necaxa- Thence the water
goes through two lofty tumbling'' acts on
the Nexaca river. and. passing downward.
gets total drop of 40 feet in mile be-
fore 1t smashes headlong into the first
power plant. Here, however, all it's poten-
tial is not given up, as Immediately below
Is another giddy drop of /, 100 feet. at the
foot of which 1t must again set other dyna-
mos hummng before 1t Is allowed to now
unvexed to the mangroves that fringe the
gulf. The two plants are to have final
capacity of no less than $1,000 horsepower.
or enough to light up one million incandes-
cent lamps in the capital of Diaz-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04
Ian Maclaren and Welsh Character,

tnt Ntsttfn 1alI
Ian Maclaren. who is deeply interested in
Welsh life, will next week have an oppor-
tunity Of studying 1t more closely and OF
comparing Welsh character and customs
with those OF his native Scotland. He will
pay visit to the National Eisteddfod at
Carnarvon. accompanying Mr.. Andrew Car
negie. between whom and himself exists
lifelong friendship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04
Two Strange Careers.
From the Spectator.

From the Spectator.
A certain Fernao Lopez, the earliest exile
of st. Helena, having deserted to the Mo-
hammedan enemy and fallen Into the hands
of that fierce Christian apologist Alfonso
Dalboquerque. had his nose and ears cut
on and his hair plucked out by the roots
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04
Motto for Golfers.

FROM Coli Illustrated,
II any golfer or golf club wants a motto
I came across an old French one the other
day which seems to be singularly appro-
pirate for followers of the royal and an
cient game. 1t is: '.Faire ct Taire"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04

the system is worse than useless; he must
frame a convention and trust the readers
intelligence for its acceptance before he
can hope to suggest the accents he has in
mind. Nothing worse could be said of our
spelling than that it does not spell; that Is
quite enough to condemn it. If it fulfilled
its Office one might not repine at its mani
fold difficulties, but 1t breaks down at the
first step and at every step. 1t Is failure
which nothing but the immense powers of
the race which suffers 1t could repair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04
speeding freely along. another damned in

for a space by miniature water-gate. 1t
is difficult to regard this liliputian system
of canal and lock as other than pretty toy
scheme But it is for the sake Of these
rfyulets that the huge permanent weir on
the Mendoza river has it's existence. The
icy torrent that comes laundering down
ward from the snowy peaks of the Andes
upon the horizon has been damned from
bank to bank for no reason but this The
waters have been tanned, warmed In the
lower heat. and sent flying In all directions
to work Hence the poplar. the vine, the
asparagus, onion and potato that thrive be-
tween its rows. The prosperity of Mendoza
is bound up in its network Of little streams.
It would be an i'll hour for the town In the
shadow of the Andes should they cease to
flow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04
Australians Pest.

From the British Australasian
So long as the pastoral and agricultural
Industries remain the backbone of Aus
tralia the rabbit must be regarded an a
pest and his Wholesale destroyer a benefac-
tor of the commonwealth.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-11-24
The Very Latest Styles i'm ITEMS Clothing Il
cluded In Our Clothing Department.
Come And Look At Our Stock.


either as regards voices or AS re-
CARDS acting. The strength of the
cast is in the voices, of course, but
there are some clever comedians,
particularly Lee Adde, who in LA
Mascotte" plays the part of Prince
Lorenzo XVII. He is ably secon-
drd in the comedy parts by Joe
Alexander in the character of Roc
ca, a farmer. In "Olivette" mr..
Adde takes the part of Cocquilcot.
Among the voices, Miss Lucie De-
val and Perry Matson stand ut the
head of the cast. Miss Deval is a
high soprano and made. yesterday,
quit hit. Mr.. Matsou has soft,
clear soprano voice, which he con-
trolls admirably. Mr.. Adde made
a bit at the matinee performance
with bis song, Nothing New" In
the last act Miss Haysel Coulter
aud chorus gave a pretty rendition
of $50 Long, Mary" from Forty
Five Minutes From Broadway"
The company carries a good class
of scenery and the costumes are
pretty.
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SELLS MORE OF CHAMBERLAIN'S
REMEDY THAN OF ALL OTHERS
PUT TOGETHER,

The following letter from a locality
where Camberlain's Cough Remedy is
well known shows by the unprecede ted
demand Cor it that the medicine sells on
Its own merit. Mr.. Thos. George. mer-
chant at Mt. Elgin. Ontario. saws: IL
have had the local agency for Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy ever since it was
introduced into Canada. and sells as
much OF it as do of all other lines I
have on my shelves put together. OF
the many dozens sold under guarantee,
] have not had one bottle returned. |
canpersonally recommend this medicine
as have used it myself and given it to
children and always with the best re-
Suits For sale by T. j. Liable.
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MADE HAPPY FOR LIFE.

Great happiness came into the
home Of s. G. Blair, school super
intendent, at st. Adams, w. Va,
when his little daughter was re-
stored from the dreadful complaint
he names. He says: my little
daughter had st. Vitus' Dance,
which yielded to no treatment but
grew steadily worse until at last
resort we tried Electric Bitters;
and l rejoice to say, three bottles
effected complete cure" Quick,
sure cure for nervous complaints.
general debility, female weakness
ses, impoverished blood aud mala-
ria. Guaranteed by I. j. Liable
drug store. Price Soc.
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SATURDAY, Nov. "a, 1906.


Up to the present time we have
not seen that Lieutenant Governor
Sanders had taken advantage of
the absence of Gov. Blanchard
from the State recently to CON-
mute the death sentence of Elus
Leblanc, as was expected aud pre-
dicted by some of the people here.
We believe that the high authori-
ties of the State, whose duty it is
to look into this serious case, will
give It the attention it deserves,
and their final decision will be sc-
cording to law and justice. We
must expect that the authorities
will give this matter very serious
consideration. we have no reason
to believe that the Board aud the
Governor are going to dispense
any special favor to the accused.
and when they have investigated
the case fully, that their decision
will be what it should be, accord
ing to the law.
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Letter to FELIX BERARD
st. MdrtinUille. La.

st. Mdrtinuiile. La.
Dear Sir: Some people get disappoin
ted In painting; it doesn't come out u
they thought it would.
CD Edwards. of Edwards & Brough-
ton. printers. Raleigh, N c. painted his
house Drvoe three wears ago; he had used
30 GALLONS paste paint before and bought
30 gallons DevOe. Had is left.
Paste paint is extra thisk-with- white
wash.
Mayor W W Carroll, Monticello, Flori-
da. says: My painter said 1t would take
80 gallons to paint my house; it took 20
gallons Devoe. His honse is the best
paint job in town; aud he says DevOe is
the whitesfwhite of all white paints.
Jones & Rodgers bought 8 gallons De-
voc to prime Mr. Pratt's house at Merkel,
Texas. 1t painted two coats.
The reason for nobody guessing little
enough DevOe ia; they learned in bad
school; other paints.
Yours truly
FW DEvOE & co
IL New York
P. ST. j. Liable sells our paint.
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Opera House Dec. 3rd.
The Olympia Opera Co.

Read what the Galveston Daily
News has to say about it:
"The Olympia Opera Company
held the boards at the Grand Ope-
"a House yesterday, matinee and
night, presenting Audran's LA
MascOtte" in the afternoon and
"Olivette" at night, In justice to
the company it must be said that
there have been high price perfor-
mances on the local stage this sea-
son that can not compare with it.
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The fire alarm was sounded
Monday at about ten o'clock, the
fire being in the ginnery of the ST.
Martins Oil Works. The fire or.
iginated in the gins and started in
the big iron hues that run from
the gins to the press, the fire got
out of the tlues at the press and
set fire to the cotton in the press
and shot out of the fues Oh top of
the building and set fire to the
cotton which had accumulated on
the loof, but this being of iron. no
damage was done. Steam was
turned into the fiues to put out
the fire and with buckets the fire
was put out without turning on
the hose which would have done
a great deal of damage. This gin
merry is supplied with the automa-
tic sprinklers but there was not
enough heat 10 operate them.
The ginnery has also hose connec-
ton with the big water tower. As
soon as the alarm was given the
big pump of the plant was put in
operation and the water tank was
soon overlooking and the power
full pump can operate all the hose
Of the plant. The fire for a while
looked very threatening. but the
damage was very small. The fire
department. was promptly on the
scene ready for the emergency.
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Cut this out and take it to LARBE'S
drug store and get free sample Of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Ia
blets. For blliOusness and constipation
they are unequmltd. They improved tho
appetite. strengthen the digestion and
regulate the liver and bowels.
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NOTICE.

Hunting and trespassing Oh my plan.
tation Is positively prohibited, violat0rs
will be prosecuted. hence this notice OF
warning
Oct. q. SIDNEY JUDGE,
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FOR SAlE-Direct from Atlanta
factory to consumer a guaranteed leath.
er quarter top buggy. special factory
price s49.OD. Safe delivery guaranteed.
Write today for catalog A. GOLDEN
EAGLE BUGGY CO.. 100 EdgewOod Ave-,
Atlanta, Ga. Jan. B.
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FOR RENT.

THE OFFICE formerly occupied by Dr..
Eug. E. Soulier. second floor Dnchamp
building. having three rooms. entrance
in hall. roomy. airy. sanitary closets etc.
The very thing for dentist. Apply TO
lie. DUCHAMP.
Sept. %. st. Martinville. La.
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NOTICE.

Hunting aud trespassing on my plan
tation is strictly forbidden and the pub
lie is hereby warned Of this fact. viola.
tors will BIZ prosecuted.
Oct. q. ANATOLE C.. GAUTHIER.