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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22
A USEFUL NEW METAL.
Makes the Production Of Hydrogen IN
Easy Matter.

Chemical substances known bither-
to only as scientific curiosities are dali
ly being put to uses sufficiently valua-
BILE to warrant their preparation In
commercial quantities. In this sense
the metal calcium is new" for al
though long registered among the
elements, It's uses In the arts have
only recently been discovered. A re-
cent article by J. Escard In L'Eclai.
age Electrique says:
This curious metal. light, combus-
tible, silv~er-colered. and forming ordi-
nary lime by oxidation. is o obtained
by divers chemical processes, common
ly electrolysis OF Its melted salts.
Moissan, on the one hand, and Mes
srs. Gin and Leleux on the other, have
also prepared metallic calcium from
the Calcium carbid that is used to
make acetylene gas. The high tenn
p%erature OF the electric furnace, which
is utilized to make the carbid by syn
thesis. may also dissociate this COM
pound; the carbon alone remains In
the crucible, while the calcium distils
on ana is condensed.
Calcium, either pure or In combina-
ton. is certainly destined to a brilliant
future. More tractable than sodium
aud less violent in its reactions. IL
would appear to be specifically adapt
cd to applications in metallurgy that
require the use of reducing substances
to purify molten metals at the moment
OF casting.
As found in commerce. this metal
Is sold In the form OF small bars con
sisting Of 98 per cent. pure calcium.
Its mean density is Ia; that is 1t is
almost twice as light as aluminium. II
alters slowly In dry air, but very rap
Idly In moisture. II burns with a very
bright white flame. Its hardness Is
greater than that OF sodium, lead. or
tin. and Is comparable to that of alu-
minum, though slightly less than that
Of zinc or magnesium.
Calcium hybrid was shown to the
academy last year by George Jau-
bert, under the name OF hydrolith thy
drogen-stone). Under the &C.
ton OF water at ordinary tempera-
lures, the hybrid dccomposes like cal.
cium carbid, giving of. not a~cetylene,
but hydrogen. .
ITO make the new product indus
trially, metallic calcium is heated in
horizontal r%etorts, kept at a high Ten.
perature. in which IA current of case
Gus hydrogen circulates; after some
hours all the calcium Is changed into
hybrid. The hydrolith then appears
az irregular, porous, white or gray
fragments, of considerable hardness.
insoluble in ordinary solvents, but in
stantly decomposed by cold water. II
contains 80 per cent. Of the pure com.
pound; In these conditions a kilogram
(2 10 pounds) of hydrolith gives on a
cubic meter of pure hydrogen. The
Importance OF the new product for the
preparation of gas In ~aeronautics has
been noted; the process has already
been utilized In the imitation Of bal.
looms"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22
How a Hero Died.

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TOT Austra'ia, ihe DAY n steamer
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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22
To Simplify Terms.

The Medical Society of Athens"
says the Medical Record, in the en-.
deavor TO assist in the formation OF a
system OF classical Greek medical
nomenclature, has appointed a
committee, Of which Prof. S. Manginas
is chairman, entrustiEg this committee
with the collection OF the classical
Greek definitions to be proposed ii
substitutes for irregular terms newly
introduced into medical literature and
in use both in Greece and In foreign
lands. DR., Achilles Rose OF this city
has been unanimously elected a men,
Der of this committee"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22
KILL TO PLEASE SWEETHEART.
One Way for an Abyssirisn Youth to
Win a Bride.

I'm Abyssinia the natives will kill
white men In order to please their
sweethearts," declared Frank Mowrer,
formerly consul general to Addia Abe
ba, and Just appointed consul at Leg
horn.
ut is never dangerous for a white
man to travel In Abyssinia provided
he Is accompanied by a native es-
cort, because those who compose such
an escort are always trustworthy, but
a man takes his life in his hands II
he goes abroad alone. Not that the
natives are ferocious. but that he
could not be sure that n OF them
had not made a pact with his sweet
heart to kill q man of white skin In
order to win her for his bride. The
native who wins such a distinction
wears a white feather In the back OF
his hair.
Among all the 1000, 900 OF popula.
ton and In the entire area equal to
New York. Pennsylvania, Virginia and
New England, there are but two
white women In Abyssinia. They are
the wives Of two consular officials.
Strange to say. the national game Is
hockey. but Caucasians cannot play
1t very much because of the climate.
The natives work but little and eat
raw meat. They kill an elk, peel on
tho skin as you would peel a banana,
drain of the blood and proceed with
the feast. Every Abyssinian is a
good butcher.
ITO the lover OF nature Abysslnia
is a paradise. In my journey through
the land | saw thousands upon thou
sands of different species of birds that
were beautiful In their plumage and
sweet In their songs. Occasionally ]
heard the faraway roar Of lions. those
mighty beasts that promenade the
forests and seldom molest human be
ings unless they are attacked. The
Abyssinians never use a light Of
night, no matter where they are, and
sit In the dark and converse. There
fore they have good eyes. And they
have wonderfully white teeth, made
so by cleaning them with the spread
ed ends OF a small stick"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22

ern community; and yet there are
less than a dozen white men in all
Dalny. One may live here for days
without seeing a Caucasian face.
White hands built these houses and
streets and a white brain designed 1t
all. But o the squat Chinese town
off toward the hills is no more orien-
tai than the population of Dalny, al
though externally the city appears to
he the antipoies vi any Japanese set
Element.
The signs of ruin and defeat on
every hand are depressing. Some of
the finer buildings were burned by
the Russian forces before they eyacu-
ated, and no attempt has been made
to tear down or reconstruct these.
Others are in sad disrepair, simply
because the Japanese, who are camp.
ing in them, do not know the use of
the buildings, which are so unlike
their own The windows are curtain
less and s%hutterless. Bricks are fall
ing and decomposing. The very
metal storks that stand guard on the
caves of the houses are tumbling un.
needed to the ground. The dwellings
are going to ruin and their occupants
are uncomfortable; thus nobody Is
satisfied. So numerous, however, is
the japanese population that 1t Is i'm
possible to rent a house; the Ameri-
can consul asked to be transferred be-
cause he could not get q home for,
his family.
Good order is preserved in this
strange city. Phe Japanese are en-
ftrely masters of the situation. There
are no Russians, and more Chinese
than Japanese. The former are the
coolies, the jinrickisha men, the
drivers of the low Russian carriages.
or droskas, and the workmen gener-
ally, While 1t is plain that the Japa.
nese are in command, there Is none
of the o~verbearing attitude, brow
heating and oppression that are so ap
parent in Korea. Toward the coun-
try which IL has really conquered
Japan is gentler than toward its
friendly n~eighbor, Korea.
Soon after the var was oyer-in.
deed, before the Portsmouth treaty
had been signed-the Japanese Chris
.i4ns in Dalny began to get together,
Their leader was the man In charge
CT the entire commissary department.
of the army. The same energy and
efficiency displayed in keeping the
widely.separated host of soldiers fed
has always characterized this mans
religious activities. When he had or
ganized the Christians, who were
mostly army officers, into a church,
the question of securing a pastor
arose.
Thereupop a unique distinction was
conferred upon n Of the veteran
missionaries of Japan. Rev. T. c.
VIM, a Presbyterian of Osaka. Mr..
VIM had always been engaged In
pioneer work. Before going TO Osaka
he had been the first missionary at
Kanazawa, on the east coast, and
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22
loyal to Columbus,

THE most popular man in New
York. living or dead, seems to be
Christopher Columbus" remarked the
inan from the south. Il base my con.
illusions on the quantity of flowers
that are offered up to his memory.
No matter what time Of the day, week
or month you happen to pass a Colum.
bus statue you see bouquets and
wreaths piled up at Its base and
twlned around Columbus feet and
legs. Except on special holidays.
such as the Fourth of July, Decoration
day and notable birthdays. nobody
ever thinks Of %smothering the efigies
Of Washington, Lincoln and other ma.
tlOnal heroes in floral tributes. For a
long time | could not understand this
striking partially to the d%iscoverer OF
our country. Upon inquiry | learned
that there are several societies
American and Italian-which donate
q certain sum Of money each year for
the decoration OF Columbus Isonu.
ments. and 1t is the treasurers' duty
to see that the prescribed quantity Of
flowers Is provided"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22

more marked. The mar himself is
quiet, retiring and s~oft.spoken, with
out any signs of self-assertiveness.
The Church in a Cathedral.
Still other extraordinary honors
were conferred upon the Winns-for
Mrs. VIM is rs popular as her hus-
band with the Japanese, and herself a
resourceful, tireless missionary. While
the American consul was utterly TN.
able to secure a home, one was pro.
vided, rent free, for the Wins by the
government. Even more noteworthy
was the fact that the Russian cathed.
raj was turned over to this infant
Japanese church for its meetings.
The Japanese Christians talked in
the newspapers - much about this
remarkable concession hat the au.
thorities were, after a time, Obliged
to withdraw 1t; but not until It had
been found by the congregation that
in location and construction the
cathedral was unsulted to their pur.
poses. A new building was furnished
by the government and this is now in
use. pending the erection of a church.
In this building two Sunday serv.
ices are held. The congregations
vary because Of the shifting nature of
the population. The army men who
were responsible for the establish
ment of the church have all gone,
| and the new organization might have
lapsed had 1t not been for the pres.
euce Of the Wins. Some OF the
leading men of Dalny were present
the Sunday morning | attended serv-
ice and in the evening there were
upwards of a hundred men. In the
afternoon Mr.. Vim had q Bible class
RT. 1s-PLATES AND SHEETS.
with students and civilians, and Mrs.
| VIM one with policemen,
Except for the missionary's salary,
the church Is quite self.supporting. 1t
Is more aggressive than many long
established congregations in Chris
tian lands, for 1t maintains, with no
outside aid, a hospital and a CONNER
cial school for young men; with, ma
turally, religious features attached to
both. The varied labors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Winn include writing frequent
articles of a timely, practical sort for
the Dalny daily newspaper!
A New War on iiaotuns Peninsula.
The recent war which centered its
most noteworthy features here held
the whole worlds attention. THIS
rNesent religious conflict, while less
spectacular, is also strategic, Budd.
hism and Shintoism are not here in
force or power. The ancient religious
associations aks lacking. The out.
ward signs, such rs idols and shrines
Of the ancestral creeds, are wanting.
Christianity is here and displaying
marked Vitality. 1t looks like a rare
chance for the latter.
In addition to Mr.. Winn's work The
being the only American missionary
on the peDinsula) the Young Mems
Christian association is serving the
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22
Frog on Elevated Train.

From under the feet Of a woman
who boarded a Third avenue elevated
train at Fourteenth street the other
day there jumped a live something
which darted under a seat, says the
New York Sun. At the cry OF "Mousel"
there was a stampede, One woman
stood on the seat, another grabbed
a strap In each hand and lifted her
feet from the floor that way; some
Just Rugged their skirts, while two
made for the platform. A brave youth
pushed back his cuffs, knelt and be.
gan feeling under the seat with his
hand, whereat the quarry leaped
nimbly back into the aisle and stood
blinking for all to see
"Mouse," snorted the guard. Say,
that's a bullfrog!"
Which, despite the setting, was true
beyond all protest, The outraged exile
was seized by the guard and hurled
out into the street, How he climbed
Into the elevated was not explained.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22

In spite Of the common belief that
the British husband is a very master
full and domineering parsonage. Miss
Loane, In a volume entitled The
Queens Poor" observes that in all
respectable homes women and girls
take the lead to a much greater de-
gree than is generally understood. Il
asked a married woman belonging TO
a large and unusually hospitable fam
fly, and acquainted with what she
called the inside Of a great number
Of houses, II men were allowed to
help themselves at table. Her reply
bristled with negatives:
why. no, miss; you couldn't stand
letting them help themselves, the
money wouldn't neve go round. Men
and boys would Just wolf the things
down. Will don't much like being
helped, so | only put as much on the
table as ! don't mind being ate. Fa-
TIERS never allowed to put a knife
into the butter. All the 40 years he's
been married mother has spread every
slice of bread he has had. And that's
the way II is in every house l
know"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22
PITY THE POOR MILLIONAIRE.
lie sighs for the Breakfasts and the
Appetite Of His Youth.

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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22
Euo.ShelI az Mantle.

An egg.shell is used at an incandes-
cent mantle with the acetylene fame
by Emile Louis Andre, who has patent
ed his idea in France, says The lllumi.
mating Engineer New York;, He
uses an egg.shell. literally an e~gg,shell.
as an incandescent mantle for acety.
lene flames. 1t does not shatter or
break, he says, and It gives u pleas
ant soft light, All the preparations
that is needful Is t. make a hole at
each end of the shell, and to put the
shell in position with the burner in.
side. The burner head throws out
lateral flames which impinge ON the
interior of the egg.shell.'
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22

The streets of the larger cities Of
India are full of fakirs Of all classes
and of every description. Originally
the word ''fakir" had a religious
meaning, but to-day it is mostly ap-
piled to the beggars, nondescripts
and m~ountebanks of India. The sect
was founded on the phrase of Brah-
miIism, though saints of similar
name and practice are now more com
non among Mohammedans than
among Hindus. Their penances take
strange and horrible forms of express
sion-tying the hands and feet to-
gether and rolling head over heels
for long distances (some travelling
thus, It is said, for thousands OF
miles); holding the hands about the
head until the limbs are withered,
walking on spikes, dragging about
heavy chains, or sitting In one posi-.
ton until incapable of movement.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22
Had Waiter Loses Out.

About the meanest nan I've seen
yet said n head waiter yesterday.
was u little chap that blew in here
Saturday. He looked to be from some
little town, and | guess his trip to
Cleveland was about the biggest thing
he had ever done. | hadn't more than
seated him, until he pulled out two or
three cc,ca ed handed me a quarter.
Il guess It made him mad when he
found out that ! wasn't the man that
waited on him. Before he gave any.
thing to the man who took his order,
he called me oyer and said ! would
have to give him back that quarter.
Don't you think that was a shabby
trick for a man to do?"-Cleveiand
Plain Dealer.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22
Rare Pilgrim Fish Caught.

Another Breton fishing town-Con.
carneau-has had a novel experience
Of Its own. One OF Its trawl boats.
the Saint Louis, has just returned to
port, NJ with the heavy cargo Of sar-
dimes that all the good folk SO much
desired. but with a catch Of an entirely
unwonted and unwelcome kind.
This took the form of a monster fish
measuring not less than rs feet In
length. The fish is n of the pill
grim" kind, and Is associated with the
shark family, though said to be less fe-
rocious than the ordinary shark. As
tie monster is very rarely seen, but
little that is definite is known Of him.
The incident has no parallel within liv.
ing Breton memory.-London Globe.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22
The Missionaries.

Two young women on the way to
their places of business were on a
Chestnut street car in the early
morning, says the Philadelphia
Ledger. Their cheerful talk largely
concerned dress and wealth.
"Aggie," said the n to the other,
you ought to see my new silk. It's
stunning. And the lace on it," She
rolled her eyes, for speech vas in
adequate to express the beauty of the
lace.
Aggie replied that she should be
"tust crazy till she had had a sight
of the gown.
but, Gladys she said, "as was
saAng, it must be grand to be rich
and not have to walk. l do get so
tired
"Rich!" echoed Gladys. IF I was
rich | know what I'd do first of all.
I'd buy enough silk dresses TO last
me 20 years, l love EN- SO. What
would you do?"
"Me?' returned Aggie, with a toss
of the head. III | had the money l
wanted I'd ride to me job every morn,
ing In a cab"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22

Port Arthur, Manchuria.-Port Ar.
thur, Dalny Tor Dairen, or Tairen, as
the Japanese Unfortunately call IT.
and the entire Liaotung peninsula are
a center of interest to those who
watch the struggle for supremacy be-
tween antagonistic religions that is
one OF the important phases Of the
complex far eastern question. Here,
on Japan's newly acquired territory,
Il Is to be demonstrated whether or
not her Christianity is to expand
along with the borders of the empire,
or whether the old faiths, Buddhism
and Shintoism, are to follow the sun
nag. AS this great promontory rep
resents. geographically, greater Jap
an Its strategic importance as q field
OF religious conflict is apparent at
once.
An Investigator Of religious condi.
lions may find Japanese Christianity
mere. OF n specially significant type.
And he will also notice the lack of
idols, shrlnes and temples that con.
front n at every turn on the island
which the Japanese now call the
mainland" Chinese shrines remain,
but these. as in China, are compare
lively few. OF interest to the west.
ern world is the fact that the only
new missionary agency that has
come in since the war is a veteran
American missionary, Rev. T. C,
Winn, n of the leaders of the Pres
byterlan force in Japan.
a New City That Looks Deserted.
A creepy feeling possesses the Wis
itor upon his entrance into the edlct.
made city Of Dalny. upon which the
car had conferred such great hopes
and lavished such vast expenditure. II
seems like a deserted city: yet It ia
full OF people. A sense OF perversior
baunts one; for here is a big. sub
stantial European city. with rows Of
attractive brick houses, and all the
outward tokens OF n prosperous west
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22
Remedies for Affections.

Dissipation Of mind and length OF
time are remedies to which the great
est part of mankind trust In their af.
flictions. But the first Of these works
q temporary, the second a slow. effect
and such are unworthy Of a wise man.
Are we to fly from ourselves that we
may fly from our misfortunes. and
only to Imagine that the disease is
cured becagca we find means to get
some moments OF respite from pain?
Or shall we expect from time, the
physician OF brutes. a lingering and
uncertain deliverance? Shall we wait
to be happy till we can forget that
we are miserable, and W to the
weakness of our faculties a tranquilli'
ty which ought To be the effect OF
their strength? Far otherwise. Let
us set all our past and present e'iic-
lions at once before our eyes. Let
us resolve to overcome them, instead
Of flying from them, or wearing out
the sense of them by long and igno-
minious patience. Instead of palliat-
Ing remedies, let us use the incisive
knife and the caustic, search the
wound to the bottom, and work an
immediate and radical cure.-l'ord
Bolingbroke l67S.l75i).
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22

many times he had been mobbed.
knives. stones and sharpened bamboo
poles (Which make the wlckedest OF
spears) waiting outside his meeting,
and even tearing down the walls to
get at him. He calmly went out.
faced them for a moment, and then
walked through them, and a way
opened for him. But they followed
with increased imprecations. Once
they closed around him, and again he
turned and faced them.
A little further on, as the crowd
grew more and more vehement, and
the clamorings for his life became
more insistent, he darted suddenly
up a dark alley, although he knew
that should he begin to run his fate
would be quickly sealed when caught.
Strangely enough. he was mo- fol.
lowed. Ii was many years before he
learned why. On one occasion he
was introduced to u big Japanese,
then become a Christian, as the la
who had once saved his life. 1t ap.
peared that the man was a ring
leader of the mob: MIR. WINS atti-
tude had led him to change his mind,
and when the missionary ~ up the
alley he stepped in and barred pur.
suit. He had to knock down a num-
Der of men, and throw two into the
river, but the pursuit was discour-
aged.
In sharp contrast to those stirring
days. Mr., Vim, than whom no eau.
caslan Is more popular with the
Christians of the island empire. was
called unanimously to become pastor
of the new Dalny and Port Arthur
church. When the attitude of the
Japanese churches toward the mis-.
slonarics is remembered, and 1t is
recalled that in all Japan there Is
not another white pastor OF a native
congregation, this peculiar honor
= conferred upon Mr.. VIM becomes the
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22

walking shoes with which he hopes
to cross the English channel some
time during the present summer. Each
shoe consists OF a beechwood box four
feet In length, Is inches In depth, and
one foot in width. In order that the
shoes may skim easily over the sur
face, Ave planes are secured to the
bottom of each shoe. The shoes are
fastened to the foot by means OF
clamps such as those used on roller
skates, the foot being inserted through
a hole In the top Of the shoe, and tho
ordinary leather boot being clamped
In place. A covering Of rubber around
the opening protects the wearer of the
shoe from splashing OF water. Tho
shoes weigh Ave pounds each.
Mr.. Oldfeld has just completed a
trip from Cincinnati TO New Orleans.
which consumed Il days. "a more than
the time In which he expected to full
all the task. In the photographs hero
presented, MIR. Oldfeld is pictured In