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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16

No ono ever supposed that there still breathed within
trade winds and the icwced tropical light. But they
did know how youthful she really was until sho
sentiment of Australians in general she was fitted up
for exhibition purposes and restored to her former es
Soon afterward she was scuttlcd and sunk in sgd.
harb9r by malicious persons but was raised and and
freedom. Under her own SAIL this shy maid OF lVo
once more willing bride of the and hoary sea
Not timber started during the passage of 100 days,
though she rolled deep in the long arms Of the southern
Show Ship Now
Since then or for matter of fifteen years, she has
the purpose Of exhibition. That she is yet, sound
enough 10 the Atlantic no one doubts Tor her
teak hull is harder than oak from the curing
process of more than a century and # she comes to
Kew York her oddly wrought Henry VII stern: with
attract all lovers of old-fashoned ships,
Below she will be model OF what she was in tho he
many prisoners in captivity, though they will not live
and breathe for Ii proposed to eXhiblt her here ms
in her hunks demonstrate most effectively just
what these human beings suffered IN.
refresh ourselves with the image of Frank Gardiner
a famous Australian bushranger who served several
wears the old ship and who, having been pardoued.
went to San Francisco and conducted thriving hqnor
business.
Then therc will be likeness of Inspector General
convicts that they could not bear the thought of sep
is570" s5 50 they Killed % WIN some sD0'''s IN A'H
George Loyelace will also be there. lie was trans
ported from England for Joining trade union III vo-
atiou Of the law of 1854 but pardoned after scrv-
ing less than half of his sentence of seven years
These three conspicuous former inmates of the ship
will be exhibited in wax together with two score or
of other figures. each illustrating in some man
ner life the Success 10 the days of her abascmcnt
Visitors will view also The instruments of torture
that in actual half century ago and ponder
the upward trend of humanity since those ancient
days.
All things concerned this wonderful maid Of the
is pretty certain 10 attract her share of attention
summer when she glidcs in through the Narrows
and drops her anchor IN tho lower bay For she Is
last of the ancient prison ships The final remaining
link that uncs these days of illumination with the
raw red days Of the past.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16
Gleanings from Science Publica-
tons in This and Other Countries

: worked out. based upon these formc.
experiments. but with distinctive
features making them workable Oud"r
every day conditions. In 1904 Prof
! Arthur Korn transmitted by electricity
n photograph over telephone lines from
Munich 10 Nunbcrg; and four wears
later his system Of phofo-telegra,hv
was established for regular use between
the newspaper Offices of the Local
Apzciger in Berlin, thc Illustration IN
Paris aud the Daily Mirror IN
London. Pictures ar" now Trgularl,-
transmitted between these offices, some
times in the short period of twelve
minutes.
The process is based upon the use
of selenium. BidweIl observed long
ago that the element selcuium varied
rs TO its electrical resistance in tho dav
time and IN the night time, An clcctri
cal current passed through ii met with
less resistance when the sclcnlum was
IN the daylight than At night, when no
illumination fell upon il. Now, a
photograph consists Of Various shades
of gray, and light viii. of course, pass
through the lighter parts more readily
than through the dark ones The
photograph which IS 10 bc tciegrapbcd
*. therefore transferred ic 4
transparent sheet pf ccllulnld. wrapped
around a large glass cylinder. i'm the
interior of. which is placed lamp.
Upon revolving The cylinder tho rays
Of light from the lamp pass through
tho film and fall upon u prism. and arc
thence reflected to the selcnium cell
The light thus reelected upon the
s"ienum naturally always varies in
exact accordance with the density OF
that portion OF the photograph through
which 1T is passing al the time
Therefore, II we send nm electric cur
rent through the selcnium. whose re.
sistancc changes when illuminated. It's
intenslty viii also vary accordingly.
The sending instrument thus sends out
TO the receiver u current which cor.
stantly changes each instant in lntcn.
sity. according 10 the tones of the
photograph. Eoru uses n double !
sclenium oell, in order TO have a quicker |
and stronger response
The picture is received nj the other !
end Of the line by means of shutter, |
which opens and closes in exact ac.
cordaucc with the intensity of the cur.
rent. The varying light ray thus pro
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16
ASTRONOMY AMONG PEASANTS

Astronomy among the Russian
pcasantry has hcen the subject of study
during ihe past Twelve wears on the
part OF Pierre Stoi3n. Tho results OF
his observations. as set forth IN a recent
French astronomical magazine. give us
an interesting picture Of folklore. now
rapidly passing away, in which fairly
positive knowledge is curiousIv mixed
with superstilions and NEUROLOGICAL
representations.
All Russian peasants of course know
the sun; they consider II as = being AZ
orc" mysterious and hcneGceut. Tho
moon is 10 them the brother of the sun /:
ut hides itself constantly from the view
OF the latter: il is covered with ice and
snow; on ITS disk Que sees Cain killing
Abel with his club; its rays are cold
and rigorous if allowed to fall upon tho
eyes Of sleeping person; tho direction
ol The corners of ITS crescent serves as
predictions Of the weather. The stars
arc tho lamps or candles which God
each day lights and cXtinguishcs: while
the comets arc the exceptional messon
gers Of the Creator, who sends them 10
announce wars, faminoS and pestilcnces.
Tho comet Of ISL, followed bv the in.
Naslon OF Napoleon naturally confirmed
this idea. \ falling star uroclnims that
some human being has transgrcsscd or
slnned at that moment. The Northern
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16

air to prevent their dying the authorities hands
or whether they newly freed eonvicts history
does not divulge If the latter it is reasonable 10
imagine that they were moro careful in the future
for what the interior Of the Success must have been
staggers the imagination.
Most Of the cells devoid of light. no provision
of any sort being made for it. In these caves many
prisoners lost their sight forever After months pos
sbly years of total darkness, their eyes like those
of the sghtless fish in the abysms of the Mammoth
cave ont, and when the sun IS light once more
srnck their faces there answering gush of JOY.
Such the number Of desperate outlaws in the
colonies that the Success wanted for
PIGMENT of visitors, and mt times they the
:. Accommodations - platform accordingly built
1thwartshps considerably elevated, to command
a full view Of the vessel, which paced day and
night by with orders to open fire any pris
pnc who attempted escape, and the grim record is
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16

Juccd acts upon sensitive paper aud II
picture results.
Berlin has also worked out a success
fu system which is based upon the fact
that if q gclatine relief photograph Is
placed upon x cylinder. the outlines OF
such Il photograph VIII cause metal
style pressing against II 10 he raised
and lowered according In the contours
OF The picture. Now If tbc style y
attached To the membrane Of micro
phone and tho cylinder rrYolved the
sivIe will press more or less according
to tho varying thickness of the ccla-
tine i magnetic current passing
through ihc apparatus IS TINS caused
TO vary lust as speaking INTO an
ordinary telephone causes variation,
Tho varying current ls transmitted 10
receiving station and these TO Sens-
tive piper. Efforts are now beng mad"
by Baker 10 utilize tins latter process
for transmitting photographs by wire
lres tplrorouhV.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16
Those Turquoise Seas
That Suddenly Would
Swarm with Malay
MiScreants

bnt inlo the ship. with accommodations for 100 con
vets me galley WAS shifted from amidships TO the
forecaste head and hankcd either side by sinister
sentry box whence, from day TO day, violent guests
might be conveniently picked off
BESIDES these precautions twentyseven warders
installed none being chosen because of his gentle tenn
prament Vertical IRON ladders were by an error erect
ed connecting the upper and lower decks for prisoners
were never able TO make of them by of the
weight of their fettcrs
When necessity arose; which was presumably not
parLicluarlY frequent the convicts hoisted on
deck in squads Of five or six by means of winch
Which, being interpreted, means that batch Of men
were linked together iron hook snapped under
the chain that bound them and they were broken
out of the hold like ordinary cargo.
Whether these prisoners hoistcd into the fresh
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16

terics. with man killing and every atrocity that is
imaginable in the way of satanic punishmens Finally
SO conspicuous did she become so evil odor
from the nosome cells that public sentiment in Ans.
tralia turned against her The convicts were trans
fcrred ashore to prisons properly constructed and in
1871 the year Of the Indian mutiny, the Success
transformed into prison for refractory
Matters conducted In n much higher and more
humane than before and for three years she
served a sailors jail, when she again altered,
this time into woman 3 prison. and sneh she was
employed at SaDdridge for eight years. In 1869 we
find another shift of wind and she becomes boys
formatorv which ended her of ignominy, for
although she subsequently used store hnlk
by the Australian government surely 1t is disgrace
TO a warehouse for the people
This seemed at time TO Indicate the lifting of
the curtain the final act Of tho old ships dramato
life and that the only work that remained for her
do was the boarding Of and provisions.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16

entered Melbourne harbor on May a. 1852 she ended
forever her career as merchant ship.
AS wooden vessels go she was then approaching old
ISe, naNIng attained the antiquity of upward of sixty
years But so sound and scathless were her timbcTs
and piankIng that when she finally lay moorcd fore
ana ait at Melbourne she sixty years young with
icss @ enn1 1a Of her life behind her and she nearly
mein Wrinkled, perhaps but still game and cheerful
IN soul The old ship cbcrhcs her youthful grace which
u al goes well, she will exhibit to MS in a few short
months. ~
When the Success anchored in Melbourne harbor. in
ISo2: the gold mania had Just developed in Australia
Men were gold mad. They deserted their homes and
families IN quest of the soft suphur,coorcd nuggets
mat mat, nestled @ in the sands of Ballarat Murder and
arson roted together and human life was chcsp and
doubtful Therefore when the Success had let 90 her
mndhooks in the harbor all hands voted 10 abandon
ship; so master, aud passengers Immediately and
pcrmanently forsook her for the golden gravel Of tho
uplands. - "
Deserted thus perhaps the old ship was not so rnpcb
to blame for her impending fall for she was offered
by her owners for sale TO the highest bidder which
aRpened TO be the government of Victoria, Australia
Dgis we're scarce lnsthe d1ggngs, and the widest
OF men answered the call of the gold and bullets were
better and quicker than words. SO the old Success
was bought by the colonial government and fitted with
cells from keel to deck. Seventy two of them were
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16
Some Frightful Tortres.

Methods of punishment were apparently ingenious
In the Australian colonies in the httes. Refractory
convicts not likely to renea their offences against
the prison rules. although one of the corrections
have had sautary resultant Of the compulsory
bath Tins would not appear the light OF dreaded
pcnauce, vet it is mentioned among the common meth
ods OF reducing criminals of the Importance
of their jaiIers.
For those among the convicts who insisted free
speech the provided and The cato mine tails
always slept with one eye open, and she had in
tcnscy vigorous life for every tail Then there
ball of iron weighing more than seventy pounds that
was shacked 10 prisoner S waist belt by thick
chain, the being compelled to perform certain
duties while thus inflicted Metal collars fitted around
the neck lent aspect of organ man. monkey 10
some unfortunates who pursued their enforced
ons under this unpleasant handicap. Some Of these
IRON collars We're spiked, and there is every to
credit the belief that the Iron Virgin persuaded
recalcltraDts TO reform-the hollow figure of a woman
INTO which was thrust, when the form was
clampcd down him,
The corner cells were known the black holes.
and prisoners condemned to their torture were so
chained to tho walls TO make ii impossible either TO
stand or To lie flat For many years the Success full
filled her gloomy and repelant mission and
mc or other she the abiding place of Of the
notorious criminals of the Australian gold dggjngs
The ship even to this day is hung with dismal mys
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16

blood Still others gave chemical
explanation by proving that q relative.
" smaller absorption of oxygen into
the tissues occurs during tho night; or
by showing that sleep is an illDcss,
sclf-poisoning of the system by toxic
matters accumulating in tho blood
through the activity of thc tissues.
Sill others, again, have advanced The
theory that II is the result Of an cy-
pansiou and contraction of thc nerve
cells.
nr. Sidis. as an outcome Of his
numerous experiments. rejects all these
explanations. He couccdes that
changes of the circulation of tho blood
IN the brain. and Of chemical compo-
Sltlon of the tissues no doubt coin
eide with the period Of sleep, and that
toXl" alterations occur in The system
during fatigue, the usual preliminary Of
rest But he considers sleep itself TO
be - reaction of the nervous system 10
stimulus. II is a well-lenovn fact that
f We. Tor instance, continue 10 irritatc
our nerves hv 4 continuous proddinc,
these nerves VIII finally fail 10 re
spond. II We cut into our flesh anv.
where pam rs produced; but if the
wound he persistently irriiated, all pain
VIII gradually cease. Only after n
period OF resi- viii sensation and pain
rctum. 50 DR., Boris has found lhai
SIr"U - nothing NOR" or less than u
faiiur" Of our system tG react 10 the
continued impressions produced upon
our nerves through our senses. stimuli
th@t have exhausted themselves hy
their monotony drop out and are re-
placed bN new ones, until the whole
round of daily sensations is gone
through and the organism. ccasing 10
resnonj To its external environment.
falls asleep. After y period Of rest il
awakens and is ready TO receive new
Impressions.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16
rlet Survey of the Field of Science
Throughout the World

tombcd IN total darkness and i'm state
OF complete rest. have been able to sur
NlLe after considerable periods of time.
On The other hand, it has been found
prove fatal 10 mankind Light is nee.
cssary to the proper activity of the
Vial functions and lis absence causes a
sollcnng and degeneration of the tis-
As an example Of this. VIC may recall
,Go On lac, 1act that IN the eastern pcniieptiary
tho IN ms wanna where for fifty wears
oners suffered much from fuborcrIns;s
and 9'ncr diseases, in spite of thc oood
Ventilation. As soon as the cells Tnrn
so arranged as TO become prnnrrh.
llghted the health of the inmates i'm
medIsteIy improved 10 a surprising de-.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16
COPYRIGHT

them. Or. if thc microbes are FIRST
bathcd in serum and then washed, they
are also devourod by the lcucocytes with
great avidIty. This substance which
thus evidently exists in The blood serum.
and which thus prcdigcsts the mi
crobes and renders them nppetizing' to
the Ieucocylcs. is called opsonin, from
tho Greek word meaning prepare u
banquet - II has not vet been isolated
and is known only by It's effects. There
must he a number of different kinds of
opsonms, contained in human blood ser
um, because il has been found hat n
person may have low resisting power
for the baciIli Of tuberculosis. and still
bc normally rcsistent TO all other bac.
tcTln.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16
LEADLESs POTTERY,

foreign journals AFRO making fre.
mcnnon OF tho recent Introduction
called leadless pottery, Such an
Velnenl IN the manufacture of
na and eartbenware is TO bc hail
pm pleasure. as heretofore much
ware has been coated by means
~ glaze. Not only is tho use of
lite lead in the Manufacture of
~ very dangerous 10 the maker.
nsny instances Of lead poisoning.
nnN IN insidious chronic forms.
been traced 10 the use of lead,
Z ware. Paralysis and blindness
|becn known 20 fall 10 the lot of
y workers, while tho users have
Ehered III many ways. Numerous
pnl patterns OF, the new pottery
~ manufactured abroad. including
pat ar" adapted 10 every kind of
lcm the ordinary pic plate 10 The
ldesiSned aud highly ornamental
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16
Science Digest t

l1gh, Is the v2t or box from which the
lightning hrsl issues. Some of the plan.
els and consultations are thus named
inc "rTat bear or Dippcr is n chariot,
or an elk, or a horse, attached to a post.
around which II turns; or a casserole,
or turnstlIe. The PIciadcs arc smolder-
ing chpcrs' or hen and her chicks. or
a duck s nest with duckIinos. Orion
is garden rake: Venus is tho star OF
night or of the dawn. or of the blush.
ing maiden; the Milky Way is The path
of Moses, or the road 10 Jerusalem.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16
hcT OF LIGHT
ENERGY ON MANKIND

-.ent IN news item from Msroueffo.
.,h ,,is VS. that an cntombed miner
,1msp from death after n week s
y'"'H.. whcn his rcscucrs found
I coz W. ono of The locsl coal mines
ovu le"t beneath the surface
oI, I'm stated that he WAS in Il
sr;SSd good condition, though-hc
tand nd In IN space only a few feet
n,hor ha was without food. This and
Y'm@r mo,, wonderful suryivals of en-,
crnnI mr, ana animals confirm In a
ruel aS way the observations re,
naps @ rs Ia the effects of Iipht
upon pom the human system.
.bay U'fn N found Id that two main prin-
'fI ,;l% ne Iaid down regarding the
y, 2so ,,gnl on The animal organism
fanS INC system Ia absorb more
"na Ito 10 cScretc more carbon dio.
tcrI v.peI words, ii causes a more
nc ,,,css'enangc aud burning up Of
Jh;to, thn, is, n greater activity
rns,, ms, hrGs. This explains in =
q s"Fe how starving mcn, en-,
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Palmo Tablets

transform weak, broken down, nervous
wrecks into magnificent types OF physi'
cal perfection. They restore the nerves
and kidneys to their normal conditions
and make you look and feel years
vonHgor. Guaranteed. so cents. Book
Free. The s Il. Fell Co, Cleveland, o.
f. +. Hill Drug Co. SO w. Second So.
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TELEGRAPIIING PICTURES.

he problem OF transmitting pictures
by telegraph is very old one and has
only of lato been accomplished with
any degree Of commercial success. II
was attempted eXperimcnially AS far
back ms lsl1 by Bakcwcll, in 1886 by
C0sclG and later by Sclcco and others.
Recently practical processes have been
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16
HAND
SAPOLEO
FOR TOILET AND BATH

FOR TOILET AND BATH.
Fingers rougheued by needlewors
estch every stain aud look hopelessly
Rirty. Hand Sapolio removes not only
she dirt, but also the loosened, injured
suticle and restorco the fingers to theii
satuTal beautxs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-15
sale of Real Estats.

BY virtue Of an order ana decree Of
the county court Of Rock Island coun-
~. Illinois. made on the petition OF the
undersigned J. Z os6eaf. EdniniStra-
tor o. l. a. Of the estate OF frederick
HildnEer, deceased. for leave 20 sell the
real estate Of said deceased AZ the De-
eSnSer sSFml o5Gyid lsVS' o. 1 1sa eoSrS
1909. I shall, on the 18th day OF Febru-
aTy, next. between the hours OF 10
O'Clock IN the forenoon and { O'Clock in
the afternoon of said day. sell at public
sale. at the east door of the court house,
in the city OF Rock Island. IN said
county. the real estate described as
lots thirty-four (34) and thirty-five
(36), In that part Of South Rock Island
known as and called Schreiner and Roth
Broth ers' Cottage Grove subdivision.
situated In Rock Island county, Illinois.
on the following terms. to-wit, for cash
IN hand
Dated this 14th day Of January. A d
1910.
J. L OAKLEAF,
Administrator c. L a OF the Estate OF
Frederick HilAnger, deceased.
8. n. Kenworthy, attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-15
LEGAL.
Publication NOTICE.


State of Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
ty-ss:
In the Circuit Court Of said county.
To the May term. A. d. 1910. In
Chancery.
George A. Lyon trustee. in bank
ruptcy OF the estate OF Josiah L. Rob-
inson, complainant. Va. Josiah L. Rob
inson. Ada Stone Robinson, Mutual
Wheel company, a corporation; Fred J.
Kraft; L. G.. Willis trustee in bank
ruptcy of the estate OF Robinson Miller
company, corporation, and William
E. Fry, trustee in bankruptcy of the
estate OF Robinson Manufacturing com
pany. a corporation. defendants.
To Fred J. Kraft, Josiah /. Robin
son, Ada Stone Robinson, L. @. Willis,
trustee in bankruptcy of the estate Of
Robinson Miller company a corpora
ton.
You and each OF you will take notice
pending in said court against you and
the other defendhntsI that an Rlfag
summons IN ehanesrY has been Issued
by the clerk OF said court against you
and each Of you tmpieAded with the
other defendants above named directed
20 the sheriff Of Rock Island county, 20
execute, retuTNaGble TO the May term, A
D. 1910, of said court. TO be begun and
holden at the court house IN the city
first Monday Of May next, at which
time and place you and each OF you
Will appear, plead, answer or demur to
said bill IN chancery IN said court fled
Bowersock & Hall, ana Jackson Hurst
& Stafford. compliments solicitors.
Dated at Rock Island, Ill, Feb. IL,
1910. GEORGE w GAMBLE, Clerk
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-15
Administrntor,. Notice.

Estate of Hannah Burgower, de-
ceased.
The undersigned having been APP
pointed administrator of the estate Of
Hannah BurgOwer. late OF the county
Of Rock Island. state OF Illinois, de
ceased, hereby gives notice that he will
appear before the county court Of ROCK
Island county, at the county court room,
in the city OF Rock Island, at the April
term. on the first Monday in April next
at which time all persons having claims
against said estate are notified and re
quested to attend for the purpose or
indebted to said estate are requested TO
make immediate payment TO the under
signed.
Dated 18th day Of February, 4. d.
1910. MOSES BURGOWER.
Admins traitor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-15
Executrix,u Notice.
Estate Of Grace Buford, deceas,

Estate Of Grace Buford, deceased
The undersigned having been ap-
pointed executrfx Of the last will and
testament of Grace Buford, late of the
county Of Rock Island, state of Illinois
deceased, hereby gives notice that she
viii appear before the county court or
Rock Island county, at the county court
room. in the city OF Rock Island, at the
March term. on the first Monday in
March next, at which time all persons
having claims against said estate are
notified and requested TO attend for the
purpose of having the same adjusted
All persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate payment
to the undersigned.
Dated this 18th day of February, A.
D. 1910. SARAH b. BELL
RI