The Washington herald., 1910-09-11

frontier to the unlimited importation OF
Servian cattle and pigs and they also de-
mand that Argentine meat be allowed
TO enter the country The government has
hitherto refused 70 make such concessions
on Sqs''Herations Of public health.
Rumania. winch formerly sent large
quantities OF meat to Austria. is now also
suffering from a shortage Of cattle, and
OF the other countries from which It is
proposed to draw supplies, France Italy
and Holland. none Of them is in a position
70 send much meat 10 Austria The gov
eminent is willing to reduce railroad
treights and market taxes to help the
situation, but there seems little chance
or meat and other foodstuffs becoming
cheaper in Austria.
Several miracles are reported in con-
nection with this years national French
pilgrimage 10 Lourdes and are described
In statement signed by DR.. Boissaire
and other physicians who have had the
cases under observation.
The first miracle occurred on the first
day the pilgrims arrived A seven-year-
old boy. whose face was covered with
growths which prevented him from open
Ing his eyes. suddenly recovered his sight.
A woman Of twenty-nine afflicted with
paralysis Of the left side when immersed
IN the water Immediately raised her left
hand and wiped some water from her face.
seventy-twO-year-ol woman from
Paris. who had suffered from ulcers in
the stomach for ten years and was so i'll
on the journey that the last sacraments
were administered at Pau. improved at
once after being dipped in the water, and
now eats and drinks normally.
Another Partisan girl. who had been
bedridden with spinal disease for seven
years, felt a tingling sensation in the
legs on being placed in the water. and III
few minutes raised herself to a stand
Ing position without assistance.
Other cures have been announced in
cases Of paralysis. tuberculosis, spinal
diseases, and disease Of the bones
Even remote corners of England have
been Americanized this summer. At
Clovelly, fishing hamlet in Devonshire,
where ten years ago a visitor from the
United States would have been a curl
oSity, there has been a constant stream
OF American tourists since the first Of
June. Many Of them wrote months be-
fore from their homes and arranged for
rooms, and English visitors accustomed to
stopping casually at the little village on
their way TO other places have found
there was no accommodation left for
them.
Sixteen hundred tourists a day visit
Clovelly, as coaches. omnibuses, and ex-
cursion boats make the village their
destination. The villagers have long
given up every occupation except that Of
catering to the tourist Every CloveIlyite
makes Of his house an inn, and Of his
garden a tea place Fishing has been
abandoned, and the village thriyes on the
people who come 10 walk through its one
quaint street on the side Of a hill
Two Munich doctors, Prof. Rieder and
Or. Kaestel, assisted by DR.. RosenthaL
Munich engineer. have completed some
important improvements in a newly IN
vented Photographic process called bio
rontgenography, by which the human
organs in action are exposed to view.
One OF the first organs 10 be examined
by this new means was the stomach, with
the result that some prevailing ideas
upon the subject OF digestion have been
disproved. II being impossible TO take a
photograph OF the stomach under normal
circumstances by means Of Rontgen rays
q small quantity Of a harmless chemical.
circon-oxide, is added to the food. which
produces the desired effect. over a dozen
biorontgen pictures can be taken in
twenty-five seconds by the new appa-
ratus. which is the period required for
complete digestive movement Of the
stomach.
The pictures are taken during a brief
pause in the respiratory process, In order
that their clearness may not be spoiled
by the movements OF the lungs. The
Bavarian medical faculty is confident
that diagnoses Of many internal ailments
will be greatly simpIifed by the dis
covery.
The French insurance companies have
decided definitely not to insure airmen
against accidents. at any rate for the
present The only proposal they will
entertain is insurance against loss or
Injury caused by an aviator to other peo-
pie. The organizers Of aviation meetings
can insure against this kind Of accident
without difficulty. a premium OF $1,000
guaranteeing 10000 insurance during
the continuance Of the meeting
In lsadore Loewe Germany has lost one
OF her great captains OF Industry. He
was not exactly self-made man, for he
began with the already established nrm
OF his elder brother. Ludwig, whose name
the company stu bears. He soon dis
played business and financial ability
which resulted In an enormous develop
uent Of the Arms enterprises until they
bow cover many fields in addition 10 the
sowing machine industry with which the |
hrm began.
Through his financial ability he gained |
the confidence OF the Berlin banling
world and thus had always at command
The capital needed for his ventures. In
private life he was one OF the dozen
wealthy Jews who by the magnihcence Of
their entertainments lead the society IN
which Berlin largely owes its modern
reputation for up-to-date luxury and dis
play.
An estimate OF the worlds available /
iron supplies was given at the Interna- |
tional Geological Congress at Stockholm
by the Swedish Premier S. Linduan |
who read a summary OF sixty special
reports. compiled for the congress by /
government departments and scientific /
Institutes in all iron-producing countries. /
Mr.. Lindman gave the worlds visible /
supply Of iron ore as 1900, 100000 tons. /