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The Washington times., 1907-03-03

70 send her. and you say. I asked the
LADY quick (''quick'' stands for %. how
many more columns there are 20 add
The gentleman AT the board advances
and asks the question OF the medium.
who Immediately responds. There is
only one moro column 10 add. sir. put
dowL Is The answer to that sum is
1855
Then Mr.. Abbott shows how easily the
medium. though Embodied. can tell
what figure IN the board is indicated
when IT is merely tapped by her part
ner. The audience are bewildered and
never stop 10 think that this part OF the
program has been prearranged." Mr..
Abbott arranges that his medium shall
answer in this order-2.SS2. nothing
there" a. nothing there" 81, "no'NinE
there: 3g77. nothing there" Some
times he win slightly vary the order.
Mr. Abbott's code can be made to COW
er almost every conceivable thing We
give just the first three signs:
.-I- means figure or letter a"
Go" means figure . or letter B.
'r-sn" means figure OF letter &C"
30:
II want 20 know his initial?'-"A"
Go and tell his letter. B"
can you tell this one2''-"C."
Take the months OF the year:
~ is January.
Go" is February.
can" is March.
So:
Can you tell this gentleman the
month he was born in?"-"March."
In The same way the code is extended
to coiors. to metals. 10 Christian names.
to relatives. to cards. TO countries. and
20 articles
in the matter of dates nothing could
be simpler. For example, Tell the
date" means 1890.
So.
Il" tell the date-I90l
Go" tell the. date-iSO2.
can" tell the date-ls0S.
1t should be explained tnat there Is
nothing cumbersome about Mr.. Abbott's
Il" One fancies all the while that he Is
saying Aye
However. enough has been said TO
make clear the simplicity OF the Abbott
code And If there still be. any one who
fancies that ''Zanciging" depends upon
some mystic force he cannot do better
than study this psmphlet--Londoz
Chronicle
The Washington times., 1907-03-03

fall together again. only to repeat the
process indefinitely.
The change in the physical and the
chemical condition OF radium is so
slight that Il may be practically ig-
nored: and so the electric clock. as
the radium perpetual motion" ma
chine IS called. is the nearest posi-
BILE approach to the wonderful secret
or nature for which men have been
waiting so many thousands OF years.
The Washington times., 1907-03-03
PerptnaI Motion Found.

Another dream which mankind has
been cherishiag for centuries Is the
belief that some day nature would
reveal perpetual motion machine.
Ana tnis. TOO. is now an accomplished
fact through the wonderful power OF
IaGIum.
There is 40 commercial value 10 the
invention. buc there is in every new
discovery possibility Of additional
tical value.
The mechanism Of the perpetual
motion" angcment in which radium
* the active power Is very simple. 1t
consists or vacuum tube. as shown
.h Tie accompanying illustration.
which contains vial OF radfum and
au ordinary gold leaf eiectroscope.
The Washington times., 1907-03-03
AIchemists, pream RealIned.

According 70 DR.. sIampson. the old
dream of the alchemists seems to have
become a reality. Radium. Il IS claim
ed. has proved that one element can
be changed into another. Men have
spent centuries in trying to discover
how to change one substance into an
other. how to change the baser metals
into gold. But no success attended
their efforts. Radium has done what
no other substance has beer known
TO do.
"Rsdium can manifest itself by
causing suitable screens to become
luminous IN the dark.
Two experimenters. Rutherford and
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WHAT RADIUM CAN DO.

Radium has the power of producing ap-
proximate perpetual mOtiOn.
By its means, the eye can be made to see
things which are invisible even through the
strongest microscope.
Even the blind can be given the sensation
of light by the use of radium.
Radium has accomplished the old aIchem-
lists dream of changing substance into an
other.
Its explosive power is million times great
er than that of the most powerful guncOttOn
ever made. Radum may some day make war
practically an impOsSbility.
1t produce picture upon a photo
graphic plate through an eighth of an inch of
steel.
II gives out continuous light and heat with.
out any apparent chemical OF physical change
in its own substance.
The Washington times., 1907-03-03
Lots Of Radlum in the Sun.

1T has been suggested that the
enormous amount OF heat which IS
continually given out by the sun is at
least partially derived from radinm.
II this be true. radium must be much
more plentiful in the sun than il is
on earth
Prof Curie. It's discoverer. said that
All the radium in the world could be
placed in tablespoon A few years
ago II could be bought for about $1,000
a grain. and at that price it cost 5000
tlmes az much as pure gold But to-
day Il IS not IN the market. and can
hardly be obtained AT any price
'Radiun IS obtained from pitch
hlende. and Prof. J. :. Thompson says
that there is more gold in ordinary
sea water than there Is radium in
pitchblende. In 5000 tons OF this sub
stance there are only two and one
tenths pounds OF rsdium
But experiments can be conducted
with a piece OF radium which Is al
most or quite invisible to the naked
eye. With piece OF radiun no larger
than a pin point. / produced an i'm
preston on q photograph plate
through one-elghth inch OF metal. II
sock forty-eight hours 20 do this.
The Washington times., 1907-03-03
Made DistOrted ShadOws.

The peculiar thing about the result
ing picture is tho fact that the radium
for some unknown reason not only
photographed the objects. but also
made cdriously-shaped shadows OF
them. This is the part for which we
can find no possible explanation.
"It appears In the picture as II the
metal stencil had been folded together,
and the letters are strangely dupl-
Gated But what made those odd
shapes we do not know
"AA are coins which cast big. thick.
The Washington times., 1907-03-03
RadIum,s MarreIous Powers.

Many wonderful and startling things
can be accomplished by this newly
discovered substance. Few people
realize what marvellous powers are
possessed by radium. Or. Mcclure
has not only been experimenting with
this strange force. but he has gath
cred together from various sources all
that has been done by othert expert
menters along the same line.
"Radium." ne says, "can perform
the paradoxical feat Of causing she
eye to see the invisible; II can produce
perpetual motion. or. at least, the
nearest imaginable approach to per-
petual motion; Il has an explosive
power which. II given free vent. would
be million times greater than gun
cotton; Il manufactures and stores up
electricity; when acting upon certain
chemicals It causes them 70 give out
light In the dark. and II has even
produced sensation of light in cases
of total blindness.
AS TO its value In the treatment or
certain diseases. a most remarkable
result OF treatment by radium was
presented by DR.. Abbey. OF New York
city. in a lecture delivered here In
Washington recently. He said that "a
patient who had completely lost his
lower eyelid as a result OF cancer was
not only cured of the disease, but that
the eyeIid itself appeared again with
eyelashes- This is as II one should
report the removal OF a leg and that
II grew IN again. foot, nails. and all.
Such result might be considered alb
solutely impossible. had Il not been
declared hNr q reA
authority and such a well-known and
sklllful surgeon as DR. Abbey.
The Washington times., 1907-03-03

Everybody has seen the gold leaves
in the simple electroscope fly apart
when an ebony stick, which had been
rubbed with a silk cloth, was held
near the tube containing the gold
leaves.
In this case. the radium is the cleo
tric pe.wer which makes the gold
leaves fly apart. AS soon as they
touch the SIDES of the tube. however,
which is lined with tin foil. the electric
current which they contain passes TO
the earth, and the leaves immediately
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Freakish Pictures That Battle
Explanation by Those Through
Whose Ingenuity They Are
Brought About. =. :. =.

NE OF the most curious
effects that has yet been
produced by the remark
able new substance
known as radium. has
been accomplished right
here in Washington.
This is a photograph which was re-
Gently taken by DR.. William NJ. Gray,
deputy surgeon general at the Army
Medical Museum, corner OF Seventh
and q streets northwest. 1t Is photo
graph OF different substances taken
by means OF radium.
No one of the few persons who have
seen the remarkable picture has been
able to give any satisfactory explain
alton as to the cause OF the strange
phenomenon.
DR.. Charles z. Munroe. professor OF
chemistry and toxicology in George
Washington University. said that he
had meyer before seen anything like
It and that he could not give any rea-
son for the apparently inexplicable
effects as shown I'm the picture.
Nor could DR.. James c. Mcclure.
professor OF dermatology in George
town University. throw any light upon
the matter. DR.. Mcclure himself mas
been making a careful study OF the
wonderful effects OF radium and has
conducted many experiments with this
yet almost unknown force.
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interesting to observe that the doctrine
Of the transmutabilit OF the metals
n doctrine which IL was thought at
r.e me that modern chemistry had
utterly exploded-receives not a Httle
i. oro,na.loe= sfOm a variety OF facts
every day coming 10 light
How this would have delighted the
heart Of the greatest OF all the al
chemists. Paracelsus, Things jusS as
strange as he ever dreamed have come
true since his day And new wonders
are being revealed every day.
The Washington times., 1907-03-03

that e throws out heat without com
hustio1 on its 9wr part. and without
undergoing any apparent physical or
chemical change This Is much the
same as II stove should continue 10
throw out heat forever without the
addition Of fuel. The radium pro
duces continual heat three degrees
above the temperature OF the sur
rounding air. and will melt its own
weight OF ice every hour,
The Washington times., 1907-03-03

'Directly all the figures are down
remarks Ngr. Abbott "the feeder must
have ready the total of the first column
-le-to transmit TO his medium Before
the persou who has written the figures
has time IN draw the line the feeder
savs To him 7 please draw a line. CT
stands for and please for g.
..rhe medium is listening for the code
ana Immediately adds the first column
ana calls out. put down and carry l.
You are ready with the second coiuiin,
snd sav 20 the writer, I please. put
down and carry J. Your medium
lr,or,s that I please is is. and again
calls out Put down and carry J.
.srhen YOU have the last column ready
The Washington times., 1907-03-03

smallest conceivable particle OF matter,
which neither the eve nor the strong
est optical instrument could decipher.
This recently Impossible feat can
now be accom- mplished by means OF
radium. The small instrument which
Is used 10 reveal the unseen TO the eve
OF man Is known as the spinthsriscope.
IL Is only playthIng, and yet It Is
one Of the piaythings OF mankind
which are wonderful as the hidden
mysteries OF Nature herself
Looking through this instrument
in the dark. as soon as the pupil OF
the eye becomes sufficiently dilated.
beautiful blush scintiilations are seen
and waves Of light proceeding in all
directions as II from common center.
What is seen are actual particles OF
the eye can see. and even a thousand
times smaller than the microscope can
show
If tube containing a minute
quantity OF radium is placed on the
temple, or even az the base OF the
brain, while the eyes are securely
bandaged. tho sensation OF light will
be Immediately noticed, and this is
true even in cases of total blindness.
provided some OF the fbres OF the
optic nerve remain. This has led 10
the hope that Il would be OF great as
sistance to the blind: but thus far It
has given no beneficial results in this
direction
The Washington times., 1907-03-03

fat shadows that make them look like
tussocks. BIB is nail. and c Is the
shadow which is ten times as wide
as the nail itself. You can even see
the fine corrugations near the head
OF the shadow nail ID is Yale lock
key: Z is the broad shadow which IL
made G is another Yale key. and IL
is the grotesaue shadow which II cast.
The Washington times., 1907-03-03
DIR. WILLIAM M. GRAY,
Deputy Surgeon General st the Army
Medical Museum.

yellow and brittle Ordinary phos-
phorous is turned into the red variety.
Glass in which radium has been con-
tained soon takes a violet tinge. Iodide
of potash changes from white to blue.
1t will also cause rhosphoreseenee IN
a number Of substances. such as pa
per. the tissues of the skin and dia-
monds. In regard to the latter. there
Is no better test for genuineuess. for
no limitations can be made TO so
scintiilate In the dark
EnOther recent writer saws. 1t Is
The Washington times., 1907-03-03

soddy, have proved concluslvely and
absolutely that radium emanations
can he converted into helium
And so. as Mr.. Hampson says, The
conclusion is inevitable that they wit
messed the transnutation of radium
into another distinct and separate sub
stance.
x x
How It Changes Substances.
Many chemical changes in different
substances have been noticed. Paper
exposed 10 radium rays soon becomes
The Washington times., 1907-03-03
MoIecuIes Nav BE Seem.

"A few years ago anyone would
have been pronounced insane Or an
iSnoramus il he had declared that
he could see molecule, the
The Washington times., 1907-03-03

Perpetual motion machine in which
radium is the active agent. The vial
A contains the radium; B is an ordinary
gold leaf electroscope; D and D being
the gold leaves, and C, are pieces of
tinfoil.
The Washington times., 1907-03-03

March 8. 1907
Evening journal., 1907-11-14
TO KEEP THE SKIN CLEAN

Many a moor complexion is made SO
by uncleanliness. Soap and water are
not epought to cleanse the skin; a good
cream should also be used. Men and
women who battle their hands only
partially soon have the most frightful
looking hands. 1t is perfectly absurd
to imagine that bathing the face with
cold water viii cleanse it, just as-it is
to think that cold cream alone viii
cleanse. The way to do is this. Take
a complexion brush. a bar of pure
soap, a big basinful of warm water
ana scrub your face and neck: then
dash the water on your face at ifast
100 times: rinse with warm water. dry
and rub orange-nower skin food on the
face.
If the skin food IS made properly,
of fresh. pure material. and the soap
is Of the decent sort. the most sensi-
tive skin viii not be scratchy or smart
ing.
This is absolutely the only way to
secure a good complexion Ones skin
must be kept perfectly clean. The
steaming process is most harmful II
takes out the D atural oils VI the skin
end in n vsry short time will draw
woeful lines all over ane's counten-
ance.
Acne is nearly always caused by n
filthy skin. The dust erinds into the
pores. hinders their functions and in
flammation results. When blackheads
are very bad. wiring a towel out Of hot
water and hold it 20 The face for a
few moments nefore pressing them
out.
Evening journal., 1907-11-14
GUNNERS FOUND
DUCKING POOR

The first week of the ducking season on
the susquehanna flats. the world-renown-
ed ducSing grounds, located at the mouth
of the Susquehanna river off the shores
of Hartford and Cecil counties Md, has
proved very poor one for tho average
gunner.
The weather has been very unfavorable
and that Is assigned as the reason for
more good bags not being made. There
are plenty OF ducks on the ducking
grounds. especially trash" ducks. Can
yasbacks and redheads are also reported
TO be getting more plentiful as the sea-
son advances
The wild celery crop, upon which the
choice variety of ducks feed and which
tends to give the canvasbaclI and red
head their fine flavor, is unusually large
this season. and therefore, gunners say
there is no-doubt about the season yet
proving a good one. AS soon as there is a
good "ducklng day a number Of large
bags" are expected.
Evening journal., 1907-11-14

loss of twenty or more yards to the
Indians fifteen yards penalty and the dis
tance behind tho line that the player stood
when the pass was made. When tried on
the third down it entaled the loss of the
ball.
Can Hold Player.
OF course. holding is prescribed by the
rules but the Rules Committee, in pass
ing on the point. decided early in the
year that when foul occurred On a play
where a forward pass was either Illegally
made or uncompleted the ball was dead
and no penalty could be enforced but the
forward pass penalty The result IS that
Nthe defending player can grasp the runner
expected TO receive the pass and hold him
deliberately so that it is Impossible for
him to catch the ball or even get near &C..
There is no punishment that can be
evoked TO prevent such an acton and TIE
attacking side IS helpless
The small number of men who are eli-
gible to receive the forward pass renders
the covering Of the various men easy.
Evening journal., 1907-11-14
DOLLAR ADAY FOR
EVERY VETERAN

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14-Gen. Isaac
r., Sherwood, who was a Republican
member of Congress thirty-three years
ago. and has returned as a Democratic
member. has prepared a bill calculated
to bring joy TO the hearts of alfrCivil
War veterans. 1t provides for d PEN
sion of a dollar day for an men, no
matter whether privates or generals,
who fought for the Stars and Stripes.
The General holds that tNe has
made all those who took pait in the
winning side in that great struggle
equal. and that no distinction should
be made in the nations reward FOR
their services. He pretends to believe
that his bill win become a law. but
those ,tho have been playing the game
an these years that he has been doing
something else only smile.
Evening journal., 1907-11-14
TOWNSEND TOPICS
oeoial 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
TOWNSEND. Nov. 14.-Miss Downey
has returned home from few days
visit with her sister, Mrs. Harvey Nay
lor
Mrs. Maggie Lee spent Tuesday and
Wednesday with her son, Walter lee
and wife. near Smyrna.
Mrs. Bulden and daughter uylie, of
near Cecilton, We're afternoon callers at
William IL Moneys on Monday.
Mrs. Fanny Bramble is visiting her
sister in New Jersey.
Misses Mary Money and ella Maloney
We're visitors In Clayton and smyrna
on Monday
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Hance of Now
Castle. are visiting Miss Laura Hcave-
low in the LEVELS.
The box social held at old Van
Dykes School last Friday evening
proved a success.
The meeting of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety will be postponed until Novem-
Der 26.
The oyster and poultry supper that
was to take place next week has been
postponed.
Mrs. Richard Hodgson and niece
Edna Hart. spent Tuesday with her
sister. Mrs. James Wilson in Smyrna.
Mrs. w. A. Scott and Mrs L. L.
Maloney We're visitors at Miss Lilly
SCOTS on Tuesday in Middletown
William Naylor and wife, James Car
penter and wife Of near Odessa were
visitors in town on Tuesday.
Evening journal., 1907-11-14
ADJUSTMENTS.

At the Garrick this week with the
exception of The Lubins every act is
new to the many patrons Of this house.
Matte Boorum and her Young Ameri-
can Five in molly Malon's Fathers
Birthday" have a comedy and singing
sketch that has found general favor
during the week There are some ex-
cellent voices in the quartet, notably
those of the younger boys. The Hol-
MANS the English acrobatic comedians,
DO some clever work, and Miss Middle
toms Military Quartet introduces four
pretty girls who find favor not only
with the boys in the front row but all
over the house.
Don't forget ST. Patriek's Supper to-
night. ST. Patrick's Easements
Evening journal., 1907-11-14
CUNNING SEASON
OPENS TOMORROW
Rush Of SpOTtsmen Down the
State TO Start After
'BTer Rabbit
DON'TS FOR
THE GUNNER

Never try to cross a fence with the
hammers of the gun cooked. Lay the
gun down upon the ground on the OPP
posite side before mounting the fence.
Never carry "A loaded gun cooked. IL
is sure TO go OFF and do mischief.
BE sure of what YOU are shooting at
1t viii save doctor and undertaken
bills
IL O land owner orders you on his
place go He owns the premises and
has a rieht TO do with it as he chooses.
BE a sportsman and never shoot quail
when punched on the ground or a rab-
bit when IN its squat
Evening journal., 1907-11-14
"WETS" and "DRYS"

Stay on your water wagon,
It's the place that you must ride.
Speakeasies in those lower towns
No doubt would be your pride.
Yes, the Engineer is sober,
And sober will remain,
Because you see the fireman
Has liquor on the brain.
had a fireman once like you,
He thought he'd run the train;
But after all he took a fall
And was sent to the house insane.
Firemen sometimes think
They surely know it all.
And hy the way are sent home to stay,
To await some other call.
So in reply could not rely
On any such men as you,
Who sit and dream and lose the steam,
And lose the water too.
If Goodwin still can take ride
In "a cheap automobile grand.
You may bet, and don't forget,
That New Castle must disband.
The law Nof course must be obeyed,
While Black still runs his course,
And you who drink what is left
Have got to pay his force.
So now my friends get off the track
And don't be so giddy.
1 had a fireman once like you
And oh, my, twas a pity.
If you're a man you viii take a stand
And stick TO what is right,
You viii enlist in a noble band
And help us win the fight.
just one more word TO you, young man
Before ] bid you adieu.
Denounce that stun called corn and
hops
Then others can rely on you
The Engineer.
Wilmington, Nov 13.
Evening journal., 1907-11-14

Alfred WAY he's been visiting friends
at Kennett Square.
Evening journal., 1907-11-14
PREDICT END OF
FORWARD PASS

One Of the most prominent officials
acting on the football field this season.
makes the surprising statement that this
fan would see absolutely the demise of
the forward pass. For obvious reasons the
official refused TO permit the divuigance
OF his name but his statement Is backed
up hy such conclusive argument that it
carries conviction without the knowl-
edge Of the authority whence il comes.
The main reason is simply the impose
sibility OF executing forward passes
against a team coached to defend against
them, and it All hinges ON the dccisio OF
the rules committee that the forward pass
penalty supercedes an other penalties in
event Of an illegal or unoompleted pass.
Many wondered at the Princeton-Indian
game why the Indians vaunted pass met
with absolute failure on every occasion
that it was tried. only once in fact did i
ever have chance 20 succeed. and then
Il was fumhled by the Indian end on
that occasion the pass came as a COM
plote surprise, and the chance OF its sue
cess was due 20 the faieire Of the Prince
ton man 20 DO his prcrrranged part
The Princeton forwards who broke
through ala not try 90 stop the pass be-
ipg made. but simply sought to prevent
the passer from running with tho ball
Princeton Breaks lt.
The defense consisted in preVenting the
man assigned 90 get the hall from reach
ing the given point Every man who
could legally receive the han was COW
cred by q Princeton vis-a-vs and was
prevented from reaching the appointed
/ spot by any means possible. even 20 act
uaily grasping and holding tire player
When The bail came hurllng through TIC
air there was no one there 90 receive it
and u became an mcomnieicd pass. The
instant % touched the eround when tried
on the FIRST or second down 1t entailed