The Springdale news., 1909-05-21

Npi n itiifPtfii'i - ''t4i N VI -s5N'''' +fA' ~ succession of rheumatic attacks and an improved electric interrupter, since adopted by one of the great telegraph companies The former obliged him to stop these experiments, and the in yentfen he considered trivial Proba bly, the great problem of getting al the secret of energy led him into his at- tempts to study the mysterious elec- trical waves radlated by lightning flashes At any rate, he was soon as deep Into the subject of electrical sei ence as his conntryman. Hertz, had ever been He used to tell me that he often wondered why he hadn't taken up this line before the world of ener- gy he now set out to explore, waves in that tremendous range between those we hear and those We see II was nat ural that he should then come to the most prominent radioactive clements. uranium, thorium and radium But, though his knowledge surpassed that of the much exploited authorities, he was never satisfied with any of his re- suits.
 'Pitchblende. no he would ex- claim. It has not the great power. The mines are not deep enough yet'
 Then suddenly the great Idea that was to bring him success and cost him his life came to him The bowels of the earth must hold the secret. He took up volcanoes Does all this sound foolishf II was not if you knew the man He was mighty enthusiast. born martyr Not cold blooded. like the rest of us. The fire was in his veins A light, please. Thank you.
 We chased volcanoes. There was theory under 1t all He believed that volcanic emanations are caused by mighty and uneemprehended ener gy, something that achieves results ascribable neither to explosions nor heat. some eternal. inner source. Ra dium. if you choose, only lie didn't call il that Radium, as known to our modern scientists, he regarded as the harmless plaything of people with time hanging heavy on their hands. He wasn't after force Ill pin point quanti- ties he wanted results. Yet l believe that after all W hat he sought WIS q sort of higher power of radium. The phenomena were related. And he had some Of that concentrated essence of pitehbIende in the chest when We start ed Oh Hot much. say about S2eoo0 worth Maybe thirty For aset No Rather for comparison, judge.
 Yes. VIZ chased volcanoes be came used to camping between sam ple heils ef all known varieties. l got so that the fumes of a sulphur match seemed like draft of pure, fresh air. Wherever any of the earth's pim- ples showed signs of coming to a head there wefe We. taking part in the trouble Ky and by the doctor got so thoroughly poisoned that he had to lay off Back to Philadelphia we came There an aged seafarng person, tenn porarify stranded. mulcted the profess or of q dollar an undertaking that re quired no art and in the course 6f his recital touched upon wonder little cess pool of internal iniquities. An un- eharted volcanic island one that he could have all for his own You may guess whether Dr Schermerhoru was interested
 That iss for which We haf so long in ealn sought. Percy lie said to me in his quaint, link chain style of speech. "A leedie prifate volcano labo ratory to ourselves to have. Totally unknown. undescribed, not on the oh at.tt t,. J.. ,tt l make t list of the things to get
 He began his list, as 1 remember, with three dozen undershirts. gallon of pennyroyal for insect bites u box of assorted fishhooks, thirty pounds of tea and Il case of carpet tacks. When l hadn't anything else to worry over, used to He awake at night and specu- late on the purpose of those carpet tacks. He had something in mind If there was anything on which he prid ed himself, il was his practical bent But the list never got any further It ceased short of one page In the ledger. as you may have noticed. l outfitted continent
 .'The doctor didn't ask me whether I'd go. He took it for granted That's probably why l didn't back out Nor did l tell him that the three life insur- ance companies which had foolishly and trustingly accepted me as risk merely Oh the strength of good con stitution were making frantic efforts 10 compromise on the policies They felt hurt. those companies. My healthy condition had ceased to ap- peal 10 them What's Il good constitu- ton between earthquakesf No, there was no use telling the doctor It would only have worried him. Be sides, l didn't believe that the island was there.s thought 1t was Il myth of that stranded ancient mariners imag nation. When it rose to sight at the proper spot, none were more astound- ed than the bad risk who now address es you
 Yet l must say for the island that 1t came handsomely up to speeifica- lions. Down where you We're, Slade, you didn't get a real insight into its disposition. But in back of us there was any kind Of action for your mon. ey- geysers. hell spouts. fumlng fs. sures, cunning little craterlets with half portions of molten lava ready to serve hot. more gases than you could create in all the worlds chemical iabo. ratories in fact, everything to make the place paradise for Old Nick and Dr. Schermerhorn. He brought along in his precious chest besides the ra- alum some sort of raw material also as near as could make out sort of