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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-08
Close To EaPtEp'S Mysteries

now getting into full swing. Yet even
while its various laboratories We're in
process OF building it started to la
bor with the energy of n beaver, and
in the short time that has elapsed n
tremendous amount of work has been
accomplished
Reclaiming Desert.
One of the big tasks begun at the
outset was that looking To the recla
nation of the vast stretch OF arid
country in the Southwestern United
States. Near Tucson, Ariz., OIL Tum-
naoc Hill. was erected what is called
the Desert Laboratory, which is I'M
der the direction OF the Botanical De-
partment of the Institution.
Day by day, the secrets of the des-
ert are being brought to light. Soil
is analysed, plants are subjected to
chemical and other tests. The effects
Of temperatures and moisture upon
plants are recorded with painstaking
regularity. Everything that has con-
nection with the question of why the
desert does not bear fruit like other
land is diligently probed into. Grad
ually the mystery is being penetrated
and eventually the scientists hope
that they will be able to show how
the arid land can be cultivated and
made TO support its quota of humans
like any other soil.
That's the main purpose OF the bot
anical laboratory--but despite its
vastness. those who have It in charge
do not stop at probing into the little
details OF things around them, such
as the ordinary man with such a 1oa
on his shoulders might not think
=, worth while.
Changing Plants With Chemicals.
Consequently. d. II. MacDougal, the
director of the laboratory. was able
to discover recently that he could
change the character of plants apt
flowers by treating their seeds wifi
chemicals.
How did he come to make the dis
covery. you may ask? The answer II
somewhat like the average woman
gives. He did it just because. n
wondered what would happen IL n
opcned seed and put in a few tin.
drops of chemicals. He couldn't fin
out that anybody had ever tried 1t i'e
fore. So he made the experiment
and he found that the plants and flow
ers exhibited certain changes fror
their parents
And 1t was another victory-anothc
answer to the Why OF plant life-to
himself the men who are making tn
steel at the roaring furnaces back |
The East and for Mr.. Andrew Car
ncgie.
indeed. 1t seems that grea
amount of the research which the in
stitution's scientists conduct Is c
that kind which the ordinary morti
would consider trivial Yet, it is wit
these small facts that they nope
build up great structures OF vital i'm
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-08

were attached. until they found out
that these also were not good to eat
The Reward for Peril.
Now. all OF this may seem very re-
mote from the human scheme to the
average workaday person. but that
only makes all the more striking the
peril to which another of the colora-
ton investigators put his life He
was assigned to find out about insects
aud he spent two months on Bird Key.
Fla. living and working in the only
available shelter, Il deserted yellow
fever hospital
John b. Watson is his name and he
is n professor of the University of
Chicago. Yet after his two months
sojourn in the yellow fever hospital
he came home filled with enthusiasm.
He had not definitely decided as to
the color protection of the insects.
but he had found ont what to him
was a reward for years of life In the
most loathsome region. to wit: That
sooty terms and noodles 1.-TWO species
of birds), when taken TO Cape Hat
teras return straight to their nests,
I n distance of $50 statute miles.
Perhaps. the man who has TO bear
the rigors of the steel furnace heat
might object to the use of the money
he earns In this fashion. but IL still
remains that DR.. Watson himself
worked in temperatures as high as
100 Fahrenheit when the sun was
pouring down upon the sands of the
Florida Key.
Safe Guarding Navigation.
| When ii comes TO research that has
a present and practical value. proba-
bly, the most importnt results so fal
secured are TO be shown Ey the de.
partment of terrestrial magnetism. II
its work it has employed the mag
netic survey yacht Galilec for opera
tons in the Pacific Ocean. This yes
sci has covered more than fifty thou
sand miles. along courses which ar
taken by the ships that ply in tina
lsea. Observations were taken whic
proved that there were important or
rors In the charts used by mariners
All of this data was turned over I
the U. s. photographic Office and !
now available for the use of the cap
J tains of Pacific vessels.
Just what ignorance regarding tn
magnetic conditions means 10 YES
2 | sci is strikinely evidenced in connec
: | ito with discovery of n local mag
: snetic pole at Treadwcll Point, Alaska
Here il was found that the attractio
Q would throw n compass one mile ava
fully eight degrees out of its right.
position. At such a place this Won!
r he quite enough to carry a snip upo
the rocks if the vessels navigat;
n know nothing OF 1t.
or course. the terrestrial magnet
S observations are not confined to th
S ocean. as the term would imply. IL
+ agents are always at work in Amer
: ca Africa. Europe. Asia, and the va
n rious islands of the sea.
h A verltable city directory of III
' stars has been put into shape by III
y department of Meridian Astronomer
i Try. This is a catalogue giving q!
s positions of all the stars from thos
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-08

hung from the left shouldor--wurn
by the King OF Spain at the bourbon
wedding? The bridegroom. too, K
noticed, was similarity ovcrdresseJ..'
The immediate meaning OF 1t was
that the two personages mentioned
were wearing the most splendid
clothes they could find in their ward
robes. 1t signifled In the second
place that both Of them were officers
OF mssars. to whom the dolnlan ia
peculiar. Regarded as a historic rel
lie, the dolman means even mors I'M
portant things. In n sense 1t means
the salvation of Christendom from
the hordes OF Islam.
For htssars were invented by Ma
thias Corvinus, King OF Hungary, one
Of the great opponents of the Turk
In his long struggle to break into
Europe. Matthias raised n special
force OF light cavalry by enrolling
one man out of every twenty in tho
villages of Hungary and "huzsar''
means In Magyar, twentieth"
The world has always looked 10
, Austria and Hungary for example In
In the U.Atter Of light horse, and
hussars have come to be copied
all over Europe without any thought
of the meaning of the name. Great
Britain. never quick to innovate,
changed two light Dragon regiments
to hussars only one hundred years
ago and has since added eleven hus-
sar regiments to these. Along with
the name the distinctive details OF
the busby and dolman have been cop
led. too.
The dolmen tolls plainly of tho Itir-
kish wars Of the fifteenth century.
The Hungarian troops had borrowed
from their hostile neighbors the
idea of the "dolama'-the word
Is Turkish--a sleeved robe worn
over the other garments. probohly for
warmth. Whether it was Turk or
Magyar who conceived tho idea OF
casting it loose and going into action
with 1t flying pictresquely on thc
breeze we do not know.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-08

of tho brightest TO those of the sew
enth magnitude. As there are more
than 5000 of these, 1t Is evident that
1t was quite an undertaking.
Nothing of equal comprehensive
ness had heretofore been done In
this direction. and the result Is cx-
pected to be OF great assistance to
astronomers everywhere.
In the Solar Observatory. ioialel nj
Mount Wilson. Cal. the director, DR..
George X. Hale. is pursuing n line of
investigation which he believes Will
add TO our knowledge of the sun to
az immense degree when he has thor
cughly worked out his theories.
One OF the important ideas which
ne Is investigating Is that prevailing
knowledge concerning the appearance
of the sun is somewhat inaccurate.
This Is based on the belief that all
OF the light from the suns disk does
not come to us In straight line.
The theory !s that by n process OF
anomalous dispersion set IN by the
gases and metallic vapors of the So
lar region. the sun rays are curved
so that We are made to see things
| as they are not
The thought Is quite new; as we'll
as radical. and much time will have
| to be spent upon 1t before It can be
| determined whether or not there Ii
anything In II. 1t Is believed though
that 1t will ultimately lead TO discov
cries of immense Importance.
But the work of the institution Is
not altogether with the little fishes
Of the sea. the magnetic attractions OF
and aud ocean, nor of the extra ter
-estrial regions. There Is room ir
Is philosophy for the nearest thing
to man-his stomach.
| Research along this line is carried
on at the Nutrition Laboratory, locat.
ed at Boston. Massachusetts. Here
as the subject OF the work would
make obvious. investigations are pur.
sued in regard 10 the food values o
the things which are included in tn,
: human dict and certain things which
. are not.
The laboratory was only recent.
put into operation and little IN tn
: way of result has been attained s.
far. But eventually it Is expecte
that the work will be of considerable
value to mankind in demonstratin
the energy producing qualities @
foods. the harmful qualities of other
and generally shedding new light o
the things which he cats or shoul
eat.
Other departments which are doin
: excellent work are the Gcophysica
! Laboratory, located in Washington
7 and the Historical Department. TIL
latter is engaged in investigating tn
various papers existing which nave
9 hearing on Americas past. II Is max
$ ing catalogue for the use of thos
who wish to investigate along thes
lines.
Wide Range of minor Work.
These are simply the main project
9 of the institution. All the none
which Mr.. Carnegie's ten millions {
G United States Steel bonds earn doe
2 not so into these by any means
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-08

portancc.
Take. for instance. the labors that
are being pursued In the department
of experimental evolution. the labora-
tory of which is located at Cold Spring
llarbor, Long Island. One OF the at
taches, +. Il. Lntz is carrying on an
extraordinarily peculiar line of work.
He has discovered. he says. that
male crickets exhibit a popularity
which is to be seen in human beings.
Humans when they clasp their hands
generally have a habit of keeping a
certain thumb uppermost. He has
noted that the male crickets usually
have their right tegmen overlapping
the left, hut has found cases where
the reverse rule prevails. SO, he
says: 81 hope to find out IL this
character is inherited and. if so.
what laws are followed"
Sounds n trife absurd. doesn't 1t?
Yet, it isn't-it's just part OF great
scheme of work by which it is intend
ed to find ont what rules of heredity
affect animal and plant life. And the
| object of this is one which will be OF
! great service to mankind. The Insti-
| tuition hopes to be able to teach jus.
how breeding can be controlled to OBJ
tain the highest and most useful
types of plants animals and birds
And indirectly, when the end Is
reached the benefits will he felt even
by the men who are toiling at the
steel furnaces in order to foot the
bill
When 1t comes to the enterprises
OF the department OF marine biology
1t is likely, Also that the steel worker
would consider 1t a waste OF his en-.
ergy to labor In its behalf Some o.
the features of it's work would no
appeal TO his matter fact reason
at all, but the Institution's director
think II or very important charac
ter.
Does nature color certain fish an,
insects to protect them from thei
fellows who would eat them?" is on
Of the problems which this labora
tory. located at Dry Tortugas. Flor
ida. has on its hands.
Prof Jacob Reighard. of the Uni
versity of Michigan. began the inves
tigation OF the coloration theory a
applied to fish for the Carnegie In
stitution in 1905. He recently sub
mitted a report in which he took tn
attitude that the preying fish certain
ly have the ability to distinguish Ike
tween colors.
The fish he experimental on wer
gray snappers, the commonest prey
ing fish along the coral reefs Of Tor
tugas. He got $50 of these togetht
under conditions which were entire
ly normal and began to feed thei
with artificially colored fish.
He used those which the snapper
cat usually. but dyed them warrior
hues. After ne had done this fc
sometime he began 10 attach nettle
: cells to the fish which made thel
, unpalatablc: He tried this with fls
! colored red and found that the snaJ
D pers would not take them again. Tho
would take the same fish wien dye
blue, though, even when the nct,l,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-08

Frame In Your mind ali alphabetical
list OF all the branches OF scientific
research from anthropology down to
zoology and then you know tho rani-
ncations of It's labors. Any scientist
In the world who has any important
theory-anything. no matter how tri-
Vial 1t may be in itself. which gill
help to piece out some fabric OF know
ledge--is given grant of the money
which the makers of steel pour into
It's treasury annually. He has but
to communicate with the admnistra-
tive officers at Washington and II his
Ideas are worth while his grant will
not be long delayed.
Nothing gives n more comprehen-
sive idea of the amazing range of the
Investigations which are thus pursued
outside the major departments than
the list of the papers which have been
printed by those who have got these
grants.
Among them is T. w. Richards, the
| man who won the Nobel Prize Tor his
work in chemistry. and still another
notable figure In the list is Simon
Newcomb. the astronomer. But then
one finds that O. p. Hay, as the re-
suit of grant. has secured descrip-
tions of "seven new species of turtles
from the tertiary OF the United
States" and that with tho help OF the
institution +. II. Pike has studied "the
shrimp" Then. before we have for
gotten Richards on the "Compressi-
bility of Solid Elements" or Newcomt
on the heavens in general. 1t Is shown
by the list that G. H. Shull has con-
tributed paper on "The Latent
Character of the White Beam
Long way, isn't 1t. from the stee
mill-with its roar and clatter, rs
seething metals and It's binding fash,
es Of lIeht-down to the little, repose.
full white bean. to the poor. degenerate
optics OF the shrimp who lives In the
Culan cave. or even the seven turtle!
out OF the tertiary OF our own coun.
try.
But 1t means whole lot. 1t repre-.
SCENTS the intense character of man.
, disposition 10 find out things. and |
, means that the Carnegie Institution /!
going to pay as much attention to til,
, little white beans that grow in Oh
, gardens as to the orbs that stud thu
/ ceiling of the sky. 1t means that tn
: whole universe is to be studied an,
, catalogued and that everything posi-
| bic Is 10 be brought under the contro
eli man.
. SO far. no revolutionizing discover
! has been obtained-for the work /
. only five years old. Nevertheless
g Mr. Carnegie is so we'll pleased wit
2 the manner in which use is bein
A made of the slO.000,0O0 which h
spent the prime of his life In makint
G that he has added S2,O00,000 to tn
. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES more 70
which the men at the furnaces wi
learn dividends year BY year.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-08

Every time the brawny workers.
tolling half naked before the white
hot furnaces In the mills of the 81
gantic Steel Trust. fashion n length
OF rail or section Of armor plate
! they earn dollars for the support OF
the greatest movement for barring Ma
lures inermost secrets that the world
has ever seen.
lncongruous idea. is II not. that one
of those vast combination of capital
against which men delight to inveish
should be linked in bonds of affinity
with an organization whose efforts TO
illumnc human minds and to better
earthly existence command both res
pcct and honor?
Still. after all. there is nothing in
1t more odd than there Is in the fact
that Andrew Carnegie. who has thus
bound together civilizations most ire
mendous aggregation of capitalize
United States Steel Corporation-and
tho present day leader in science
the Carnegie lnstituton-was once 4
messenger boy.
All in all. the tale that Carnegie
has worked ont and is working on.
Is one oc the strangest fabrics Of fact
that can be written. First. he appears
upon the scene a ditt,e Scotch lad.
glad enough to get job chasing
messages" Gradually. without the
aid of education, he rises until he sits
in the throne of the Steel King
Then, finally. after creating the Unit
cd States Steel Corporation-with its
capitalization of more than a billion
dollars-hc takes ten million Of tht
bonds aud endows an institution fol
The Discovery of the Why OF Every
thng-to state its purposes succinct-
ly.
So VI comes about that the mar
who had no schooling to mention
and who got to the summit of wealth
With only the aid of his natural clev-
crncss. is the patron of the organiza'
ton which is blazing fresh paths IL
scientific discovery and daily addinI
new knowledge to mankinds store.
And So also, does 1t come abou
that the army of steel workers VIII
answer to the magic that is i'll IN
ton millions of bonds toll and swea
that other men may find out the mys
tories Of the stars. the land. the sea
and the elements.
But even more striking than TINS
though. is the story of what thcs
scientists are probing into with tn
aid OF tho money that the makers @
rails and armorplate are earning TO
them. The number OF the searcher
and cxpcrimenters who are workln
on tho bounty of the workers runs i'll
to the thousands and the various en-
terprises which they are carrying o
cover range that seems almost limit
less.
Five years have passed since tn
Carnegie Institution was started, an
its complicated Organization is oni
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-08
SCIENCE PREVENTS pALpNEss.
The Tatsi Germ and Its Remedy wow
Facts OK Science.

Facts OF Science.
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man to be necessarily bald. No man
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be bald IL he will use Newbro's Herpi-
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M at the root: and cleans tho scalp OF
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rely bald. In less than a month Herpl.
ide had rembved the enemies of hair
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ring his head with thick hair an inch
eng, and In six weeks he had q normal
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'cnd lCc. in stamps for sample 70 Ths
'ernicide Co.. Detroit. Mich.
ALIENS DRUG STORE, SPECIAL.
Sex AGENTS.
Two sizes--50c and s1,00.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-08
rhe ORIGIN OF Rho poima,

what is the meaning" asked COR
respondent, of the garment called,
| believe, a dolman--'a sleeyed tunic
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-08
COUPON.

On presentation at the Daily Press
Office, this Coupon and 10c entities
the bearer TO one Captain John Smith
Souvenir Puzzle. gf tI,e puzzle is 60 be
mailed, &c must be added TO cover
postage.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-11-12
STATE LECTURERS WORK.
Model System In Vogue in Massaeha-
setts State Grsnge

SettS state GranJe,
The advantages of putting grange
work upon a thoroughly systematic
basis, SO that exactly what is being
ccue can he positively known and def
nitely recorded, Is shown in Massa-
chusetts, where the state lecturer,
Charles NJ. Gardner of Westtield, has
so systematiZad the work done during
The lecture hour that at the end Of the
year a complete total can be drawn off
exactly as the large business concern
draws off its annual balance sheet for
The inspection of its stockholders.
! his result Is made possible by q
carefully prepared report system
mona lecturer in the state sends to the
state lecturer once III three months a
complete summary Of all lecture hour
work in that grange, how many people
helped do it ana how many persons
attended the meetings, At the end of
the year the entire work of each
"ra ge III the state is summarized and
shown on large chart that is cx-
Libtcd at the annual state meeting
by this system the astounding fact
was brought out Of last years woYi;
that over 10000 persons had contribut-
I'd something TO the lecture hour pro
granlmes in Massachusetts and that
the total grange audience of the year
was 245,O00 persons.
This system affords mere than Il
mere record Of results. 1t provides The
means of comparison one year with an
other; il furnishes every three months
correct idea of how each grange is
getting along, whether holding its own
or not; 1t also gives the local lecturer
added reason for urging his members
to Go their best III order that that
grange shall make the best possible
showing on the years chart at the
state meeting A record is also kept
OF the leading topics discussed during
the year, and this also is presented to
the state meeting to show along what
lines grange thought is being especial
~ directed. while the distinct grange
efforts in behalf Of town Improvement,
good citizenship, better schools and
other matters Of civic betternent are
carefully recorded.
Few people realize the power of the
grange organization or the influence
that Il is exerting along such n variety
of important lines every year. Such
q system as that In vogue in Massa
chusetts, which puts into actual and
easily understood figures the total
work done in state during year
aids greatly in bringing Il realization
Of The magnitude of the work and in
tlucnce of the Order not merely TO those
not identified with it, but even to its
own members who do not always ap-
preciate the scope and power of the
Order of which they are part
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-11-12
GRANGE COOPERATION.
A Profitable Business Enterprise at
VineIeud, NJ. J.

Nineland grange of New Jersey, in
connection with the Farmers Club
and Fruit Growers union, formed an
association about six years ago under
the name Of the Grange Cooperative
society Nine directors were chosen
rs Il board of managers. Persons be
came members by buying stock at So
per share, but two-thirds Of the MEM
b@r# must be Patrons IN July. 1904,
q grange store was opened, which car
ried a full line of groceries, feed, etc
Tie cooperative plan provided for the
payment Of i per cent on each stock
holders interest in the concern at the
end of the year; also such a percent
age on all goods he had purchased as
lis sales would allow after paying the
expenses. All sales must be for cash.
The business amounts now TO over
$50 go 4 year Last April the store
building was burned, and a new one
Is now being erected. This will con
tain a grange hail with All modern
improvements. The membership of
this fiouriShin% grange is 3G4, 1t has
become one OF tle most popular So
cteties In Niucland.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-11-12
A Granaer a Hundred Years Old.

\ notable event which took place at
Oxford, Mich, last month was the eel
ebration Of the one hundredth ami
versary of the birth OF Aunt Charity
Stevens, charter member of Oxford
grange. Over 1000 people assembled
to pay tribute to the venerated sister
Congressman Smith was one of the
speakers on the occasion and recount
ed events that had taken place during
Mrs. Stevens long life, which covered
the administration of twenty-four of
our twenty-six presidents.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-11-12
Thanksoivjna Programme.

The following programme is taken
from the Michigan State Grange Lee
turers' Bulletin and is n good one to
use at the approaching thanksgiving
season:
THANKSGIVING SPECIAL.
THE best Thanksgiving Is thanks l!v-
ing"
Gong-"Nearer My God, to Thee"
Roll Call--Bible quotations.
INSTRUMENTATION of governor.
Recitation-Pen picture of the first
Thanksgiving day.
Reading - -"Thanksgiving." by Phoebe
Cary.
ng-"Beulah Land" Knapsack,
Reading-"The Pumpkin" by Whittier.
Paper-"IIistory of Thanksgiving Day"
Recitatlon-"The Story of Thanksgiv-
Ing"
Short Talks What has our grange to
be thankful for?
Song-"The Sweet By and BY.