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The National tribune., 1908-01-16
Science Notes.

The Marquis de Nadaillac gives mans
range of endurance of temperature as
equivalent to at least 1872 degrees CEN
tigrade, or 236 degrees Fahrenheit. His
estimate is based on the recorded facts
of -65 deg1e centigrade, or -85 de-
grees Fahrenheit observed in the Kara
Sea, and 67.7 degrees centigrade, or
1913 degrees Fahrenheit, in the coun-
try of the Tuaricks, in Central Africa.
DR.. Andres, having calculated that
accidents from lightning have increased
by from three to fivefold during the
last so years. finds that the causes
which have been assigned for the phe-
nOmena do not account for all He re-
CARDS the main cause as lying in the
enormous increase in manufactures, To-
comotiveS, etc, which fill the air with
smoke, steam and particles of dust of
all kinds, while the increased popula-
ionS contribute their share to the i'm
purity of the atmosphere. His own
experiments and those of others have
shown that all the electrical phenome-
ma of the air increase in intensity with
the increase of dust in it.
In military test at Cauy, on the
Lake of Geneva, searchlight with a
reflector of 3.24 feet, has thrown its
rays rs miles, showing objects distinct
ly at 6.5 miles. A generator of "a
horsepower gave light of 1000, 900
candles, but 40-horsepower is expected
to yield 100000.
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
Omcerr On the Retired List.

Editor National Tribune: I have read
the article of Capt. Isaac ID. Isay, of
Fort Wayne, Ind, headed "Ex-Regular
Army Officers" The same arguments
hold good as to all of the officers who
were mustered out after the close of
the late unpleasantness'' to reduce
the army" Take. for an example, the
officers of the Tooth u. S. C. Il. This
regiment was Differed from men who
were promoted from the ranks of Reg
ular and volunteer regiments. 1t was
organized in 1864; was roughly used at
the battle of Nashville, Tenn, Dec To-
16, 1864. Late in October, 1865, it was
ordered to Benton Barracks to refit for
duty in Texas or New Mexico. Each
officer was required to lay in a new
uniform and supplies of underclothing
to last a year or more. On Dec. 4,
1865, said regiment was ordered to
proceed to Nashville, Tenn, for muster
out. Each officer had expended from
$3.50 up to obey the order to refit. This
uniform was of no earthly use to dis
charged officers. Did the United States
who had ordered these officers to refit,
pay for the refitting? No, indeedy. Very
many of the discharged officers were
treated in similar manner 1 do think
that Congress should, in justice to the
few eX-Army officers both Regulars
ana volunteers, pass an act placing each
and every one of the officers discharged
honorably for the reduction of the
Army, on the retired list of the United
States Army at one grade above the
rank held at their final muster-out, pro-
vided that none of said officers shall he
placed on the retired list" of the u.
S. Army at a rank below that of Cap
tain of Cavalry. Such an act would let
very worthy lot of aged men-very
few of them are now under 20 years of
age-down the slope easily and gently.
and the number of said officers is now
so small that the cost of this act of
justice would not be appreciable to the
average citizen.-Carlos P. Lyman,
captain lVOth U. S. c. T., Amherst,
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
Hardening HOrseshOes.

Editor National Tribune: VIII you be
80 kind as TO print in your paper a
recipe for hardening horseshoes? /
think you did print one once, but i
cannot find the paper.-B. +. Rice,
Cortland, n. Y.
There are many recipes for this pur-
pose, and one of the simplest and cas-
lest is 10 crush prussiate of potash to a
powder, being careful that there are no
Jumps left i'm 1t. Then heat the iron as
hot as possible without causing it TO
scale. Apply the prussiate of potash
with an iron spoon, rubbing along until
II fuses and runs all over the iron. This
should be again placed in the fire and
slightly reheated. when il is plunged
into water, being careful to make the
immersion so quick and complete as to
prevent warping.-Editor National
Tribune
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
Rurnn Cured by Bnking.

Baking a patient as a cure for burns
is the new method now used in Roose-
welt Hospital, New York City. This
idea, which is a new one. has proved
very successful, patients having been
cured whose bodies were scared nearly
half over, while heretofore the case has
been deemed fatal when One-third of
the body was burned. A sort of oven
is formed by introducing a latticework
frame under the bed clothes over the
patients body TO prevent the bedding
from coming in contact with the skin.
Into this oven the heat is introduced
from common gas stove by means OF
pipe. The surgeons at the hospital
are very enthusiastic about the new
treatment
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
THE PANAMA. CANAL LOCKS.

The revision of the plans for the
focks on the Panama end of the canal
which the Commission has determined
upon, is believed to be of immense I'M
portance in simplifying the canal sys-
tern and providing for its security. The
first plans provided for two large DAMS
one a mile long and the other mile
and quarter long, which would nave
formed a lake two miles wide and four
miles long and require the relocation
of the Panama Railroad and the build
ing of a great spillway. The new plan
calls for the construction of one dam
at Mirafores only one-half a mile long
in which will be built the two locks to
raise the ships from the tidewater IN
the Pacific to the 55-foot level. The
Miraiores Dam will have an additional
recommendation, since it will reach
everywhere to the rock and its foun-
dations be certain.
The National tribune., 1908-01-16

terrible experience. prosperity was es-
tablished upon the gold basis and the
protective tariff
The panic of 1907 was the result Of
'step-ladder finance" 1t was acute
while it lasted. but is almost ended now,
as its cause was quickly located and
remedial efforts as speedily applied. Tho
result undoubtedly will be the final bet
terment of banking conditions, cleaner
and fairer methods in the financial aud
industrial affairs of the country and
the establishment of business upon
firmer foundation. Step-ladder finance
when exposed caused lack of confidence
on the part of the investing and pur.
chasing public. Withdrawal of support
to banks and of investments by depos-
itors and investors brought the crash.
When confidence is fully renewed de-
positOrs will come back to the banks,
investors return to the markets and
business will proceed in increased vol
ume.
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
To Explore South America.

A party of Boston scientists, under
the direction Of George Melville Boyn-
ton, has organized an expedition to ex-
plore the wilds of South America. \
Gloucester fishing vessel has been
bought, and viii be christened the Dis
covery. There will be about 35 men
in all, and the trip is expected to last
live years. Operations will be confined
chiefly 10 the unexplored regions south
of the Amazon River, but the expedi-
ton will eventually follow the Amazon
to its source and cross the Andes COM
Ing out at Punta Parine, Peru. Ir the
party will be botanists, mineralogists.
ethnologists. taxidermists and photog
raphers.
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
Slaughter of the Wild Pigeons.

Editor National Tribune: Upon read
Ing your article on wild Pigeons in
The National Tribune of June 20 it
occurred to me that perhaps some of
your readers might be pleased to learn
just by what means they were so nearly
exterminated. In the Summer of '73
or IA there was a pigeon roost near
Mantorville, MINI. During its presence
there l had occasion to visit the place,
and was astonished to see the thousands
of dozens of birds alive in crates and
dressed and packed in ice, awaiting
shipment to various parts of the coun-
try, mostly to Eastern cities. / ascer-
tanned by inquiry that some scores of
trappers and hunters had been there
old birds and robbing the nests of
squads. The sight shocked me as so
unsportsmanlike and wasteful While
the matter was fresh in my mind 7 was
entertained al the home of one of nv
parishioners, and related to him what
] had seen. He then confessed that he
was a member of 1.-THE United States
Pigeon Association q think that was
the name), and said that all the MEM
bers thereof We're under obligation,
whenever either of them knew of a.
roost, to notify every other member of
the association, whereupon such as de-
sired so to do set out for the locality
with traps, nets, guns, ETC., and began
their slaughter. Ten or 12 years later
when some years had elapsed since
had seen pigeon, l met another men,
ber of the association, and asked him
where all the pigeons had gone He
said that the last roost had been in the
vicinity of Los Angeles, Cal, and that
nearly all the pigeons remaining after
the usual slaughter had been driven out
to sea by fierce off-land gale. Since
that time / have not seen a pigeon, but
once heard a cock calling in the woods
as i was driving by. 1 am glad to learn
by your article that some are still left
and hope Congress may take such steps
as will permit them To increase once
more.-Henry G. Bilbie, Owatonna
Mich
The National tribune., 1908-01-16

The mammoth water-power plant at
Keokuk is said to be in such shape as
to promise completion within two years.
1t is claimed for it that it will be sec
ond in magnitude only to the great
Assuan Dam in Egypt, and will develop
a water power second only to that of
Niagara. The dam will be 5000 feet
long, or one mile and quarter. and
the whole plant will cost from $1,000
600 to 100000
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
.AIaska Scenery,

Editor National Tribune: How are
these little ornaments called lead
trees" Alaska scenery" etc, that we
often see III parlors. made ?-Alonzo +.
Hawkes.. Alliance, o.
Dissolve 456 grains of lead nitrate in
Six fluid ounces Of water. II the solu-
ton Is turbid. filter it. Place the solu-
non where 1t is intended that ii shall
remain, and drop into il zoe grains of
salammoniac, in long fibrous crystals.
The result is Alaska scenery."-Editor
National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1908-01-16

AS has been frequently explained in
these columns. the dangerous bareback
in guns which has greatly troubled the
navies of all the world comes from the
fact that in the explosion portion OF
the carbon in the powder Is not thoroly
combined; that is, does not take up It's
requisite quantity of oxygen and re-
mains i'll The gun in the shape of mon
oxid of carbon; that is, its proportion
is one atom of carbon to one of oxygen,
whereas the normal ratio is two atoms
Of oxygen to one of carbon. AS soon
as the breech of the gun is opened the
monoXid hastens to take up another
piosion The practice in the American
Navy has been to turn an air jet into
the bore of the gun to drive out the
nionoxid gas thru the muzzle, where it
would burn out safely, instead of rush
ing back thru the breech to endanger
put in the gun. Our Army ordnance
officers claim that they have obviated
the difficulty by increasing the ignition
charge of black powder, which insures
the combustion of all the gas at the in
slant of firing. The Germans have been
working on the matter for years, and
claim that they have at last succeeded.
They say that their cartridges give no
bareback whatever, and this is due to
q secret composition that they incor-
porate, and which is believed to con-
sist of nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose and
vaseline.
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
Radium to Remove BIr,hmnrk..

Editor National Tribune: l saw an
account in your paper in regard to 4
cure for birthmarks by the use of ra-
dium? What is radium, and how is il
used "A. B. F. Hogins. r. f.. d. 4,
Freeport, H.
The use of radium to remove birth
marks is a very recent experiment Only
enc man has done it. and but little is
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
The 125th Pa.

Editor National Tribune: For the i'm
formation of Elias H. Switzer, Williams
port, Pa, would say the history of the
125th Pa. says that there were killed
and died of wounds, 54; seriously
wounded, 81; slightly wounded and not
reported, S4; total, 229.-Geo r. Cur.
tbs, Co. g, 125th Pa, Hollidaysburg, Pa.
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
The sd N. Y, CIV

Editor National Tribune: Please in
form me thru the question bureau of
the paper if in the civil war there was
a 52d Cav. from the State of New York.
W. c. Campbell, Corning, N. Y.
The highest numbered cavalry resi-
ment from New York was the 26th N
Y. Cav-Editor National Tribune,
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
The Best Account.

Editor National Tribune: I have read
your account of the Monitor and the
Merrimac, also the first battle of Bull
Run. Both are excellent and correct
l write this from my own knowledge
havlng been present on both occasions.
Richard NJ. Bowerman, Colonel. 4th
Md. brevet Brigadier-General, 1O6S
West Front ST., Baltimore, Nd,
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
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The National tribune., 1908-01-16

However, the big fleet is already
round the big eastern bulge of South
America, and it will not be many more
weeks before it will be in the Pacific
and within comparatively short steam
ing time of Honolulu and Manila.
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
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Another American idea that is MAX
ing rapid progress in Europe is the
pneumatic hammer Thu reduces the
and its convenience and excellence are
SO great that English, German and
French shipyards. boiler factories and
bridge works are rapidly introducing
them.
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
The Views.

Charles Conrad, U. S. steamer Talla-
poosa, Mahwah, N j.. writes that hs
has received the stereoscope views, with
which he is much pleased.
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
Young Soldiers.

Comrade VIM A. Robinson, Co. E,
29th Ohio, and Co. c, I'd Ohio H. A.,
Box II, r. +. ID. 90, Wellston, Mo-,
states that about the most juvenile
rebel killer he knows of is Comrade
Nick Karr, of F. p. Clair Post, G. A. R.,
in st. Louis, who at / years of age en-
listed, Aug. I, 1862. and served till Jan.
25, 1864. comrade Robinson has a
hardtack that he drew as part of a ra-
ton at Chattanooga; also a ration of
coffee issued to him at Camp Chase, O.,
Jan. 5, 1862, and he will have to be
shown 10 convince him that any COM
rade now has an older ration of coffee.
Comrade John Amry, Co. C, 18th
Ind, Hughes Springs, Tex, does not
desire to state as positive fact that
he was the youngest volunteer in the
army, but he will maintain that he was
one of the youngsters. He was born
Jan. 16, 1849; enlisted in November
1863, in the 18th Ind. Cav, but his
father took him out of the service in
January, 1864, which did not end it.
as the comrade enlisted in the 18th on
March 10, and served until Aug. z
1865. He was with his company all the
time; carried a rifle and used it, too
in defense of the Union, in a regiment
that was in it often and deep, so far as
hard service and brisk fighting were
concerned.
Comrade Floyd Harris writes from
Oneonta, n. Y, that he is not the junior
kid of the war, but one of the juniors
and says: Il was born Feb. Is, 1849
Joined Go. X, 1S5th n. Y, with school
friends older than myself; mustered in
Sept. 20, 1864; arrived at Fortress Mon
roe Sept. 29; embarked on boats up the
James; arrived at City Point Sept 80;
awakened by heavy firing at the front
near Poplar Grove Church, we were
rushed TO the front; arrived there about
daylight. The fight being all over, we
We're left to stand all day in a heay,
rain. Later in the afternoon we were
assigned to the First Brigade. First Di.
vision, Fifth Corps, and from that time
took an active part until the close of the
war.
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
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Japan's Position.

Meanwhile the Navy is sailing on its
way toward the Pacific, on the other
side of which ocean is Japan, the Ma
ton Europe is exploiting as our pros
pective foe. There has been a revival
of hostile talk and flood of newspaper
dispatches which can tend only to in
crease the friction between the two
countries. They started over repre-
sentations that the United States was
wearied Of the delays of Japan in COM
ing to terms about the restriction of
coolie immigration to our shores, and
had offended the Mikado by demanding
that certain verbal agreements about
this immigration should be reduced to
writing.
This proved to be a fallacy, and the
PRESIDENT has stated to callers that, on
the contrary. negotiations are progress
ing in a very friendly and satisfactory
manner. The chief impeachment is the
hostile talk the Pacific Coast States are
constantly making and the aggressive
altitude that the Pacific Coast Senators
and members of Congress assume. There
is also another trouble in the dispatches
or the Paris newspapers, that seemed
to have had some remarkable inspira-
ton about the prospects of war between
Japan and the United States Certain
of the Paris newspapers are generally
credited with being susceptible in Ger
tain causes when the consideration is
large enough. 1t appears to have been
to somebody's interest in any event TO
encourage war talk in the Paris news
papers. There is said to be another
reason for it in the unfriendliness of
Buneau Varilla, once of Panama, for
the President. He is said to have re-
lations with some Partisan journals, to
whom he is understood to have been
offering his views about the prospects
OF hostilities on the Pacific. On the
other hand, ambassador Jusserand is
said to have made some movement from
Washington by which this output of
war talk from the Partisan newspapers
has been materially curtailed, so that
hey are now printing more amiabIe
trticles about the relations between the
United States and Japan.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19
Climatic ADVANTAGES.


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anywhere
Washington which only
foliage
surroundings
awakens life powers
The Washington herald., 1908-07-19

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How to Reach Takoma Park.

How fO Reach porI1 Takoma reached
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loop from
marked "Takona
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reached
carriage will no
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