Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-08-29

huge stations tina will completely en-
circle the world.
Albert r. Zahm NJ. E., Phi. D.. lead
ing American authority on the scien-
tlfic side of aviation, fixes the date OF
the first really successful aeroplane
flight at May 6, 1896. when Langley
flew more than 5000 feet in a steam
monoplane model: but it was seven
years later. after flights by the Wrights
that scientists conceded that the aero
plane had come to stay"
The aeroplane. says DR.. Zahm. is
truly a century-long creation. still in
he experimental state and far from
commercially practicable. But though
still an enfant terrible, the %aeroplane
has achieved excellent records. 1t has
attained a speed of 1O4 miles an hour
In a closed circuit, has flown nearly
$4,000 feet high, and has carried 10
passengers at once. their weight ag-
gregating LAO pounds. 1t has flown
through storm clouds, over mountains,
seas and continents. 1t has voyaged by
compass over inhospitable routes, from
city to city, faster than the eagle or
the railway locomotive. When finally
perfected sufficiently for regular trans
ventor. n h will be it's rank
among the marvellous mechanical
triumphs of una genius?"
Radium.
Giving his reasons for the selection
of radium as one OF the seven modern
wonders, Herbert N. Mccoy, B. S. Phi.
D., University of Chicago, announces
that the discovery of the phenomena Of
radio activity seems to show the fall
lacy of the conclusions that perpetual
motion machines and the transmuta-
ton Of metals are impossible. Yet this
wonder was discovered less than six
years ago. After two or three years
OF most difficult work. from a ton Of
ore as much radium as could be heap
ed upon a dime was obtained, in the
form of pure radium chloride, a white
Crystalline substance over 1000, 900
times as active as an equal weight Of
uranium. A bit of this radium no
larger thar a pin head could produce a
photograph in a mute or two. The
radium itself glowed family in the dark
and caused certain minerals. as zinc
blende or diamonds, brought near it to
glow quite brilliantly. Viewed with a
magnifying glass, the glow Of the zinc
blende is seen to be u to numerous
distinct sparks OF scintillations. each
visible for but a moment.
Not only light, but neat also is pro-
duced-about 100000 times as great
as h a formed by the burning Of an
equal weight OF coal.
A~ntiseptics and Antitoxins.
DT. h. -. 1yde OF the journal OF the
American Medical association. in rank
ing the discovery of antiseptics and
a%ntitoxins among the seven modern
wonders, declares that when the germ
theory was proved true, the key had
been found which was to release the
south from the thraldom OF yellow
fever quarantine which yearly paralyz-
ed it's commerce; to free our army from
the bondage OF disease which slew more
soldiers than did bullets. n to I'M
lock the barrier thai held Atlantic and
Pacific apart at the Isthmus of Pana-
ma.
Although. h communicating Of
many diseases has been recognized
from earliest history. it was not until
about 1860 that Pasteur in his garnet
laboratory proved the dependence of
fermentation. putrcfact!on and decay on
the presence of minute organisms. Up
to this time. as Velpeau remarked. "a
pin-prick was a door for DEATH"
Whereas the death rate in compound
fracture was two out OF three before
the days of antisepsis today 1T is less
than one in so; and. whereas in the old
days operation vas followed as a rule
by rotting sores. lockjaw. gangrene M
by death in an appalling proportion OF
cases. today with antisepsis the sur
geo may open almost any cavity OF
the body. and the wounds will heal in