The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-10

N~1soHn n.y. ana tneD thotf ther1-
peutto vAlus.
mo spsAkSr saArtsd with the idea that
me gAseous deoOmposision product Of
rsSssm. TIN so-callsd smAnatiOn. win
nevsT bee cure for all illa. bslt hs thinks
mat IN the smAnaaion thsrApy AN aux
hlaFy 70 supplied. the smpiriO application
o. which In the radiO-active sEring has
had wonderful healing powers since tlmo
immemOrial. Dr.. 4Aubarmnnn regretted
mat tho medical profession n 90 tardy In
adopsinR radium cures In the face Of the
noaahlo results achieved In casas of dia-
Sssss and nspAritis.
Afssr Mount Hverusa. Mouna Goodwin
Austen and two or three other gianta
Of the BimalayAa. Aooncag'ia. On thu
Chilean Argentine border line. has hithareo
bssn regarded 90 the newt highest noun
tain in inc world. That place 10 now dsfl-
natsly occupied by the Loo capped VIII
Ssimina Mountain. q psak In the Sn0w
Mountain range In Dutch Nsw Guinea.
Prof. LorsasR. accompanied by two
Dutchmsn. Van Nouhuys and iAsut.
Hob6ema. has succe~ded In scaling two
thirds al this virgin peak. tho Insight Of
which he places st fs.sso fess. Tbs en-
ploreru attacked tho mountain on the
northwest sids and reached an elsvntion
q isysao fsss. whore they cAmped In q
snow blisxard @ the edge % q giant
glacier.
Here the leader Of tho expedisioa eell
Into q crsvaase and injured himself. which.
added 10 the scArCisy az provisions. COM
pselsd tho party 90 return. ThreO naaivO
guides succumbSd On the way 20 eAfiRae
and privaatons. Although tho WIlhslminA
paak Lee only . few degrees south Of The
equator. fully One-ehird ce the mounaaim
b covered with never melting snow and
ies4
An idaal country Tor halIooning and
aviation 10 tho island Of lava. writes
Richard AaamAnn In the April number Of
the DsufssAs Reese. becAuns there afmoa-
pheEio disturbances are sligha. Rseassls
hspt for the last foFty-f0ar ysass 40
Rasavia and sosrahaya. In I&va. show
that tho monsoons and trade winds blow
over the 3undA archipsaago &C an almost
constant velocity of only one meter q
second. A. midday 10 may rise 10 three
meters q second. The strongest wind re-
corded during tho period named reached
10 metsys q second. Occasional sudden
Rnlss are always heralded by rain. giving
ample time Of warning 60 air travellers.
Rising 20 q Insight Of e.OOO nsessrs the air
current becomes stronger.
Tho writer suggests that the Dutch
East Indies win very probably be arst
In establishing q regular aerial service
for passenger traflc. There are very
active aSronautical sooieties az both
Batavia and SOgrAbaya. and an aerial
postal service has already bsen provi-
aioaally planned.
On New Guinea similar conditions pre-
vail. DR. Kurt wsgsnsr. director of the
Meteorological Observatory &C Samoa. IN
planning q flight with the Dutch naval
LissIasnana RAmbold over New Guinea
with the object Of taking photographs |
of that aemi-uneNploFed ialAnd. They
win me . balloon and ON thelr faith 20 |
tho monsoon 60 carry them across in
safety.
Abdul Hanaid. sE-sultAn OF Turkey. has
OF late been the subjsct of many rsporta.
one % them being 60 thu erect that he
had been deserted by his harem. Ac-
cording TO la TureWis. the sz-Sultan was
In such fear Of bOinG poisoned that ell
food OF drink which he took had pre-
ViO,p&ly 90 BE- tasted by some member Of
hi. sntourags. Recently he dSctdsd 70 |
make similar regulations With regard 70 |
The physiO prescribed for him by his |
medical aetsndants.
The result vas that the women Of the |
harsm were called upon TO swallow |
naussOus drugs and p0tiOns. q regimen |
which soon told upon their health In I
Ordsr 20 save themselves further expert !
encsa Of ths Kind they decided to desert |
tho ex-ComnsandsY Of the PaithfuIl. whsch
shsy did at the dead Of night so a. 20
avoid painful parting sceDss with tho
prisoosr.'
Prom an Incident at Frankfort on Main
q would appear thas after the dispernal
Of ths sx-sultan's harem a0sns Of the
womsn we're fascinated by the fOotlights
Of ths vaudeville stage. Tbs chief attrac-
slon q O Frankfort music hall has been
sight 'esnnins odaIi~qUes from Abdul
Hansds harsm,' Who appeared under
the charge 81 two esInsbchs.
A msmb~s Of ths audience discovered
that ono OF the women spoke German
with a pure Berlin accent He complained
20 the police. who proceeded 20 the hotel
uhsrs the party stayed 20 investigate the
.uppo-sd fraud. Tho Turkish Consul,
bsSnR called declared that tho passports
proved that Ssven % the members Of tho
tronue were actually woman Of th@ har@n,-
Tia sixhth alleged oaalisqus. who hailed
from Bsriin. fell on hsr knees and i'm
plored tho Consul's projections. Declaring
Inst shs had been kidnapped by ths two
Turks In charge Of tho troupe The
poles released the girl and arc nov max
me- inQpiFies 90 ascertain how she fell into