The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-17

Formation Of New Elements.
Uranium appears to have decadent
| life history. breaking down into other
elements, of which radium is one.
which In turn yield the emanation
and other elements designated as
radium A. b. etc. The theory has
been propounded that uranium, tho
rum and radlum are undergoing
atomic disintegration. and the heat
that radium evolves is the direct out
come Of explosions Of the atomic
structure. Elements Of lower atomic
weight thus result and hence the ap-
pearance of helium. This would ac-
count for the presence Of helium In
the rocks and spring waters Of the
! globe. where it has been accommodating
for millions Of years. DR.. Charles
| Avery Doremus In Century.
Reynolds and Two Pictures.
Sir Joshua Reynolds having become
| a great man, 1t was but natural that
/ the town council Of Plympton, near
| Plymouth, where he was born. should
1 elect him mayor. In acknowledgment
Of the honor he painted fine portrait
or himself and presented 1t to the cor
poration. He wrote 10 friend ask
Fling him to see that the picture was
hung in good light. This friend not
| only did so. but hung a poor picture
alongside OF lit In order to heighten
the merits of Sir Joshua's work by
contrast. Then he Informed Reyn-
Odds OF all the trouble he had taken.
In thanking him Sir Joshua told him
that the poor picture had been paint.
ed by himself (Reynoldsl in early life.
Ho UNLOCKED.
The energetic Euclid car conductor
was doing his best to get the passen-
gers up the aisle, but stout man with
double chin barred the way.
1 "Will you kindly unlock the pas
sage, sir?" the conductor cheerily
called to him. .ac
Sorry | can't oblige you," the stout
man, who thought he was something
Of a wag. called back. You see, my
i
"All right. Mr. Henpeck," the con
ductor shouted And now will you be
kind enough to shrink little and let
this bunch of unterrfied bubbles
scrape by your
And in the wild rush which followed
the stout man was forced to give way.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
An Ancient "Frickaiss"
A manuscript cookbook OF the year
1884 contains this recipe for "a frlc
kaises' Take We fowls. cut them IL
pieces and clean them season Will
pepper & salt little mnce nuttmet
cloves some parsley. little. bit OF
onion. Let them lay'l2 hours then fiowl
them very well. fry ii sweet butter <
make We butter hott before you pul
them In. Fry d fine brown, Wash We
pan & put them in n gain with pint
OF gravy. Lett them swinyer 10 ye
gravy. Take the yolks OF 3 eggs with
a little grated nutmeg g. little JUICE
Of lemon & spoonfulIs of wine. Shake
1t over the fire TIL 1t Is as thick as
cream pour over we frickaise and so
serve It to We table hott."
A Scientists Error.
1t Is said that when Sir William Sic
mems. the founder of the famous firm
Of engineers. arrived In London from
Germany. poor and friendless, hoping
to dispose Of patent for improved
electroplating. his imperfect knowledge
Of English led him into committing Il
droll mistake. Seeing undertaken
written over shop door, the youth I'm.
agined that this name indicated per
son who undertook enterprises and
who therefore, might be inclined t
| purchase or finance his Invention. II
was only after q long interview. equal
~ perplexing to both parties. that tbs
| German inventor was referred by tn
funeral furnisher to Messrs. Fixing
ton to whom he finally sold his patent
London Mail.
Ruined ny Pro- trIty
II .tir nov" exclaimed Br,ther Dick
Il you see what prosperity does fe
M ps,sson. don't you: Look ~ dat mal
,onder, Wen he wuz po' he WI:
lappy. but he won prize or $40. an
FUN dat day ter dis be ain't knowet
what peace ia. His wife wanted tel
puy hat wild de money an he want
| d TO 20 into de bnnkin' business. an
lars whar de row started An 1t amt
likely dat it'll stop soon either. An all
IN account er strikln sudden riches by
winnin' dut ten dollar prize May de
good Lawd keep me pc an peaceful!
Atlanta Constitution
II Historical.
IL Mrs Green and Mrs. Smith came II
> before sunrise today ana settled Their
! bilIs,D said the clerk In the corner gro
Gerry.
II "Ah. indeedr' laughed the fat grocer
well always was Interested In the
early settlers News
A Festival of Flowers.
At Genzanc, Italy, near Rome, dur
ing the festival Of flowers, one Of the
streets Is carpeted with genuine Gow
ers In elaborate designs. The WORK
and designing are done by the people
who live on the street. This festiva
1 Il. l.