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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
WILL USE RAD|UM
RAYS AS A CURE
Johns Hopkins to Try New
Treatment For Rheumatism.
FIRST Time. IN AMERICA.

May Not Work al Well Here as In Eu-
ropean Climate - Theoretically Pa
-'A tient Takes Air Saturated With Rays,
Which Travel to All Parts of tho
Body by Way of the Blood Vessels.
Baltimore.-The Johns Hopkins hos
pital has purchased quantity Of "a
dunn in Europe and within few weeks
will establish new department for the
treatment of diseases by means of the
Inhalation of radium emanations. So
far as known, this will be the first use
of radium in this way in the United
States.
Since the discovery of the mineral
about fifteen years ago by Professor
and Nine. Cur1e Of France it has been
used in many surgical cases In Europe,
and until few years ago its use was
confined to such cases and to giving
what are called radium baths. Espe-
cially noteworthy were its effects in
the treatment Of cancer, giving hope
that new and permanent means of
fighting the disease had been found.
The use Of radium in purely medica,
cases is something comparatively new.
1t was discovered that the emanations
from radium were enormously benef-
cial in the treatment Of chronic rheu-
matsm. facial paralysis, neuralgia and
diseases of the joints. Persons who had
suffered from these ailments for years
found their one relief to come from
the strange element, and gradually
method Of treatment has developed
from that discovery.
By this method the emanatons from
radium are collected and held in solu-
ton in the air. A compartment called
an "emanatorium' is the cabinet in
which patients Of the radium treat.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
SAVED ST. TUr LLE,,,aV +.
scientistTs''s How Playth;ns rerr;f,eo
African cannibal King.

scientistsTels How Playthine Terrified
African cannibal King.
Philadelphia. Emil To-day. Ilon.o
explorer. who saved his life when he.
faced AN irate savage monarch IN the
wilds of Africa by the use Of me-
chanicaI toy. haSaasrptnrned to tax.
charge OF catalogliing the etllnolog,c;,
collection at the University Of Penn
sylvania
when arrived within the domain
of the cannibaI king said Mr. To-day
II was ordered to 80 back. When re-
fused the king. accompanied by an his
savage retinue. came to my tent for
the purpose OF personally attending To
my execution. In nv trunk was a tiny
mechanical elephtht controlled by
clockwork Glad to seize any chance to
proIons my life. wound it and placed
it before the savage8ruler
LAS the little toy. with Swaying
trunk. clicked it's way toward the mon
arch and his party they fed. They re-
turned later, thoroughly awed. and
treated me as it We're a deity
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
BANDITS HAD FALSE HOOPS.
Ingenious Contrivances Are Found
Near Edoe If a Svanon

Ingenious Contrivances Are Found
Near Edge Of Swamp.
Long Beach, Cal-What is believed
to have been safe blowers cache. dis
covered at the edge of a swamp near
here, yielded several ingenious contriv-
ances apparently intended to divert
pursuit after the commission OF a
crime.
They were a pair of imitation horse
hoofs carved out of pine and fitted
with straps so that they could be adj
1usted to a pair Of shoes; an imitation
cows hoof fastened to cane evil
IDENTITY was intended to be used In con
Junction with the others to help give
the impression Of man on horseback
driving cow.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
EIGHT BELLS FOR
TIE SCHOOL SHIP
Newport Is Doomed by Educa-
ton Boards Order.
may SAVE IT,

New York Is Tired Of Paying 100000
Year For Benefit of Less Than
Hundred Students-TilIman's Strong
Plea For Its Continuance-Was Start
ed Forty Years Ago.
New York.-If the order of the board
of education disseminating the New
York Nautical school is final it means
that the final chapter has been written
in the history Of almost the sole re-
naming link between the present day
and the vanished age Of the American
merchant service that has been the
model for similar institutions abroad
and was almost unique in this country.
Before the school can be finally re-
garded as abolished, however, the &C.
ton Of the board must be confirmed
by vote of the legislature.
The reasons given by the board for
its action can be summed up in the
statement that the school was not CIV
ing the city sufficient return for the
money expended. 1t is said that the
school has been costing the city up
ward Of 100000 year for the benefit
of less than hundred students.
1t has been said that out Of several
hundred pupils graduated records can
be found Of only a hundred or so who
are following the sea. To this Com
mander E. 81. Tillman, y. S. N, super
intendent Of the school, retorts that
there is no method provided Of keeping
track of the students after graduation,
and that therefore the records do not
prove anything. In his annual report
to the board Of education the super
intendent made a strong plea for the
continuance Of the school,
The New York Nautical school was
Instituted in 1873, its object being, in
the words Of the statute establishing
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
WOMAN ON TRIAL
FOR KILLING 1912
Russian ogress Charged With
Wholesale Poisoning. i

st. PeterSburg.-Th most colossal
murder trial in the annals of history
will begin at Archangei next month
when woman 'p1ilaffthropist. : Mnre
.Kusnezowa, will beSspiaced in tht. dock
charged with numbering l.O12 children
by poison IS
The ogress-as such she is termed
here-kept d baby farm outside the
town. where illegitimate children were
adopted for $25 and upward Special
prices were made for aristocratic
mothers.
The fact that ever since the place
was opened five years ago the death
rate among the infants had been trag
ically high 1920 died in the year 1909,
did not attract attention, as child NOR
tally in this icy northern region is
normally high. Eventually. however
the police began to make inquiries
After exhuming score of bodies in
the cemetery adjoining the home they
arrested the woman.
A remarkable feature OF this whole
sale massacre OF innocents is that
proper death certificates were given in
each instance. Several Of the children,
Of course. had died OF natural causes.
but the vast majority were found to
have been poisoned At one period
there were $50 children in the home.
Search is being made for the doctor.
while several of Nine Kusnezowa's
staff are under suspicion. The trial. in
which the greatest interest is being
taken, is expected to last several
months, as each case will be taken
more or less separately. and the evil
dence Of over 800 mothers will be
heard ...
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22

COMMANDER e. n. TILLMAN, q. 8. N.
it, ''for the instruction of youths in
navigation, seamanship, marine engi-
neering and all matters pertaining to
the construction, equipment and sail
ing Of vessels or any particular branch
thereof" For many years the schools
training ship was the old frigate St.
Mary's. A few years ago she was re-
placed by the gunboat Newport, fur
nished by the navy department.
While the school is under the con-
troll Of the board Of education, the su-
perintendent, an officer Of the line of
the navy, selects it's own assistants,
usually retired naval officers or at
least graduates Of the Naval academy.
The boys are CHARTERED on board ship
during the winter term, but she re-
mains snug alongside the pier, which
is fitted up with class rooms, a gym
nasfum and rigging loft. Their whole
life is regulated with a view to pre-
pairing them for ship discipline.
About April 1 each year the winter
term ends and the youngsters are sent
away on vacation. The Newport is
then sent to the Brooklyn navy yard
to be overhauled for her summer cruise.
The cruise lasts from May until
nearly October. The boys are divided
into watches, and under the supervi-
sion Of the officers and the crew of old
experienced seamen they do the bulk
Of the actual work of the ship. As soon
as the Newport reaches the open sea
the engines are dispensed with, and
from then until the end of the cruise
the young mariners handle, reef and
steer, learn to tack, wear and box haul,
send up and cross light yards, make
and take in sail, heave the lead and
perform every part Of a seaman's du-
ties, not forgetting the holystoning
Of the decks in the morning.
The cruise usually takes in Stock
holm, Chrishania, Copenhagen and the
other famous seaports Of northern Eu-
rope and sometimes also Madeira, the
Azores and nearly every other port on
the Atlantic that has bred stout sea-
men in the past. On their return home
In the autumn the boys undergo in
spection by the board Of education, and
those deserving Of it who have COM
pleted their two years course with
credit receive the diplomas setting
forth that they are genuine sailormen.
every hair a rope yarn and blood
Stockholm tar
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22

ment must be placed to breathe in the
confined air laden with radium emana-
tons. An hour or more at time must
be spent in the emanatorium, and the
treatment continues for three weeks.
The theory Is that the radium rays,
which do not perish like light rays, but
are held in solution in the air, are
breathed into the lungs. There they
get into the blood and thus are carried
to every organ Of the body. This is
what would happen If radium emana-
tons are an actual material substance
which can saturate the atmosphere, as
seems to be the case.
At all events this treatment has been
practiced in Europe for two or three
years and has to its credit, it is said, a
number of cures. The substance IRA
dium) is yet too much Of mystery for
scientists to bank on what it will do or
whether 1t can repeat here what it has
apparently been doing in Europe. The
Johns Hopkins warns people not to put
too great confidence in the new method
until it has had thorough trial here.
Climatic conditions differing from
those of Europe may affect the mani
festations of radium here.
One highly important feature in con-
nection with the Johns Hopkins under
taking Is that the radium treatment
will not be high priced. Rich and poor
alike will have entrance to the new de-
partment.
This seems paradoxical when it is re-
membered that very small amount Of
radium is worth fortune. One Amer
lean physician has sent abroad for a
small supply of it and is said to be pay
ing $4,000 for what is contained in a
very small phial. But this high price is
somewhat offset by the fact that ra-
dunn is almost imperishable. Giving
off emanations reduces it's quantity by
such an infinitesimal amount that it is
claimed the quantity which Johns Hop
k1ns brings over will be doing service
for 1000 years.
Another matter which may shortly
be investigated in connection with ra-
dunn is the theory that it's presence in
certain mineral waters is the cause of
their curative qualities. It is said that
the government authorities will appoint
experts to make an investigation Of the
springs at Hot Springs, Ark, to ascer-
tain how much, IL any, radium Is In the
water.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
A NEW KIND OF THIEF.

"Second Story Men" Got Away With
Williams Root.
Ch1cago.-Of all the odd booty OF
thieves shown in the police records the
most curious was reported when e. A.
Williams, who lives alone and works at
night, complained that thieves had
stolen the roof OF his house. A....'
Williams house is one room affair.
on which he had just renewed the roof
The new timber evidently was regard
ed as valuable.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
BLOOD CL0T'S ODD EFFECT,
Untaught Farm Hand Suddenly Be-
comes a Fiddler

Untaught Farm Hand Suddenly Be-
comes Fiddler.
Redwood Falls, Minn.-While husk
ing corn on farm near this city
Frantz Schultz. who recently came
from Germany. sustained injuries from
a runaway team which caused blood
clot on the brain. which is affecting his
mind In manner that ends to battle
medical men.
When brought here for treatment he
asked to be permitted to play on
violin, an instrument which he saws he
never tried to play before.
He does not play by note or written
music, because he cannot read It. but
produces good music Notwithstanding.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
Lizard In a Man Fifteen ve.r.

Lizard In a Man Fifteen Years.
Mauch Chunk, Pa.-After suffering
from a peculiar illness for many years
Bernard McNulty has dislodged a six
inch lizard, which has been in his stom.
ach since the days of the Porto Rican
campaign in 1893. when he was pri
vate In the army.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
NOTES FROM THE NEWS.

Charles " Keeler of Winamac. Ind.
paid $500 for. hog at Canonsburg. pa
The porker had just swallowed Zee
ler's 5000 watch, which slipped FROM
his pocket A Winamac butcher will
explore the porcine interior to retrieve
the timepiece.
A rural mail carrier at Barnweli. $
c.. had in his parcel load a nine pound
liver pudding. two babies and wood
en- leg when he was attacked by a
wildcat He used the wooden leg to
vanquish the cat and saved babies and
pudding unframed.
Montclair. N. j.. leads the egg contest
a Staten Island Wyandotte started it
with double egg. one inside the other,
shells and all complete Then a jealous
Brooklyn Leghorn cackled and an egg
nine inches long and six and a halt
inches in diameter was added to the ex-
hibit. But the wise Plymouth Rock
owned by Charles Poecki Of Montclair
waited and now enters the list with a
Stamese dumbbell egg. two perfect eggs
Joined BY shell tube an inch long.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-07
SALOONS MISSED HIS WAGES
Entombed Miner Was Glad One Pay
Day Passed Without Saioonkeep-
ers Getting His Pay

In one of the mines OF Pennsyt
vania there was a caye-in which I'm.
prisoned q miner named Jack Thorn.
ton. The accident happened on Fri
day afternoon, and the fellow-(abor
ers of the entombed man set to work
at once to dig him out 1t was not
until Sunday morning. however. that
they reached his prison chamber, and
by this time they were wondering
whether he had been suffocateG OF
starved to death. One of them stuck
his head through the aperture made
by the picks of the rescuers and call,
ed out:
Jack. are you an right?
"All right" came the reply, and
then. after q pause. What day Is
ehis?"
Sunday" answered the friend.
"Gee!" exclaimed Jack. I'm glad
of that. That was one Saturday night
when those saloonkeepers didn't get
my wages"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-07
BACK DOOR TO THE SALOON
Made Use os by Liquor Dealers q
Cast Out Those No Longer Profit
able to Their Trade.

Il Is said that 1t is better to have
the front doors" Of saloon open
than its back doors" Many Of US
think that it is much better that
any business which tends to the de-
moralization Of community, should
be done on the SLY. and In violation
OF law, and amid conditions tending
to disgust and repel, rather than IN
der the sanction of law. and with sur
roundings calculated to attract Gus,
toners. But, however that may be-
the "open door" saloon (that is. the
saloon that pretends to observe the
restrictions in a license law Is al
ways attended by it's back door sa'
telntes. or those saloons that cater
to the poor creatures who have been
first Iured to ruin by the 'open door,
and then cast out as no longer TT to
be served at so-cailed decent bars
Col. Fred n. Dow.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-07
VIEWS OF 0ONl[EEPEF
Former Owner Of Many Oramshops
Details Some Of His Experiences
Drunkard Is idiot

Ben Parker, at one time the owner
Of many saloons in 0es Moines, backed
heavily by the brewing interests, who
afterward gave up the business, says
of his former experience:
81 defy any man to present one
single argument that will stand the
acid of criticism in favor Of the liquor
game. / have Witnessed the working
man spend for drink the money that
ought to have bought shoes for his
children; have watched the business
alan spend money over the saloon bar
that belonged to other people, and
have been particeps criminis to more
woe than the bubonic plague ever
spread in it's Iaost aggressive form.
I tell you that the drunkard Is more
to be pitied than censured. He Is
helpless, weak-brained idiot. and is
fostered In his prostration by the evils
of his surroundings. If all men were
strong-minded the saloon would soon
go out of business, but unfortunately
most men are weaker than their en-
vironment and fall before the allure
ments of vice. 1t Is the absolute RE
moTal Of these surroundings that win
assure the bettermeut OF society, and
the way to do 1t Is to stamp out the
saloon, the brewery and the distillery
1t will require the united effort of the
strong to bring about the desired end.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-07
Citation.
The State of South Carolina, Coun
q

The State of South Carolina, Coun-
ty of Edgefeld.
By w. T Kinnaird, Probate Judge.
Whereas J. G. Adams bas made
suit to me, to grant him Letters of
Administration of the Estate of
and effects of VIM. J. Adams.
These Are Therefore to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
dred and Creditors of the said VIM.
]. Adams, deceased, that they be
and appear before me, in the Court
of Probate, to be held at my Office
at Edgefeld c. H., S. c., on 9th
day of May next, after publication
thereof, at II o'clock in the fore
noon, to show cause, if any they
have, why the said Administration
should not be granted. sssssF'
Given under my Hand this 29nd
day of April A. D., 1918.
Published on the 93rd and a0th
April and 7th day of May 1913 ia
the Edge6eld sAdvertiser. @saS
w. T.iKinnaira, ]. ?. Z. G..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-07
Revealing the Secret Thoughts

HeVedhHy Tie oSSTCI iFO1SNSo'
1t Is a curious thing that speaker
will taken an audience into his conf
dence to a degree impossible with
even the closest friend. If we want
to know q mans inmost mind on the
highest subjects IN the world. we have
to go to his books or hear some dis
course of his. There Is reserve that
seems to tighten the nearer we ap-
proach each other, and release itself
when we are In the presence OF our
feIlow.creatures. To this anomaly
we owe the fact that the injunction
Of Jesus as to secrecy In prayer may
be fulfilled In public worship. In the
presence OF common humanity bent
on the same purpose the secrets OF
mems hearts have been brought into
prayer. ENTER into thy closet" be-
comes a spiritual direction. and In the
public sanctuary men find themselves
praying in secret as nowhere else.
What lifelong intimacy Will not bring
Is realized in what friends hear from
one. though a stranger. who speaks OF
things too private for personal con-
verse. but true to what is in the COM
mon heart. Association brings out
what isolation hides where two or
three are gathered together In my
name." Jesus said, there am in the
midst of them"-Christian Register.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-07
What Failure Means.

Have you ever felt that all your ef-
forts have been of no avail? and that,
however hard you have tried. you
must know at last that you have
failed? But when there comes a time
when you can be alone with God. have
you not seen that he can bring again
from the dead all our decayed hopes
and stupefied ambitions? and cause
to bloom again the flower Of unself-
ish achievement? He has come walk
ing in the cool Of the day.; he tar
ries long after the fevered conditions
of life's exacting sun have made their
inroads. and when the shadows OF
evening fall. He is there to say IL
we have risen from failure to meet
him coming to us, that 1t Is we'll, and
that, though we have been cast down,
re "shall not utterly fail"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-07
MISSION OF CHURCH
EVERY UNDERTAKING FOR So
clAl RETTERMENT MUST FIND
HER DEEPLY INTERESTED.

p HAVE been asked about my opin-
ion of the relation of the church to
specific undertakings for social bet
terment Let me say that today
every movement for commercial i'm
provement asks for the church's back
ing and frequently seeks to be TAX
en- up as the churchs own work. Un-
discriminating critics often protest:
Why are not the churches inVestt-
eating the milk supply, providing
Fairgrounds, graphing with the social
eyil?" etc There is need for clear
definition of the cburchs distinctive
mission.
It is not its task to supply whole
some recreation. or to furnish sani-
tary dwellings, or to sell cheaper gro.
ceries, or to provide education for
community, or to take up the scate
Of wages in shops and, factories.
There may be-there undoubtedly are
circumstances under which it be-
comes necessary for the church to do
such things, because no other agency
is meeting an imperative need. a
man lying wounded at the roadside
has cl;iims on priests and Levites, al
thong first aid to the injured is not
their specific vocation. But the
church's proper task, like her Lords,
is to hold up the ideals. furnish the
motives, and convictions, and provide
the devoted men and women who,
through the state or private compa-
uies or benevolent societies shall rem
der this social service.
And the church's function is to In
spire, not to direct. The mediaeVa
church undertook to control every de-
partment of human life, crowuing and
uncrowning kings. decreeing what rate
Of interest was legitimate and what
was usuricus, and the like. The church
of today, with voices on every side
summoning her to undertake this, that,
and the other program of social prog
ress. must remind herself Of the
strict limits within which her Lord
confined himself.
Duty Of the Church.
The church has quite enough to do,
has the hardest and biggest OF all
tasks to fulfill in furnishing the world
with religion, with principles and
faith, the principles and faith OF the
Son Of God. The precise methods by
which they shall be embodied in the
structure of society 1t Is not for her
to say. for she has not been told. Sha
will be sympathetic with every at
tempt to incarnate Christian ideals;
but her unique function is to proclaim
the ideals, train the men and women
who espouse them, and supply in the
person of her Lord the compelling
power and guiding wisdom for their
embodiment
The social unrest OF today dera:iESS'
Of her intelligent and daring Chris
tan leadership. This unrest is large
ly materialistic in that 1t is primarily
interested in juste- distribution OF
wealth; but even 80, it Is dominated by
fine ethical idealism. 1t is the
church's duty to sympathize with and
then spiritualize this discomfort to
make people restfve because existing
relations are cramping and ruinous to
the conyciences and souls of men; to
hold forth plailly the social prfnci-
pies Of Jesus Christ. and above all to
proclaim the living God as the only
adequate architect and builder OF the
holy city Of our aspirations.-Rev.
Henry Sloane Coffin, d. D.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-07
Pasturing Stock.

solicit your stock for pasture.
Have 500 acres under wire on
Horns Greek, will give stock my
personal attention. See me for
prices.
l. Y. Bryan
4-2S-4t.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-07
It's Subtle Influence

II ts because Of the narcotic nature
of alcohol, which paralyzes first the
highest and noblest functions OF the
brain, then gradually the nerves and
muscles, and finally consciousness
that the drinker thinks himself better
than before, while he is gradually
losing the ability to locate himself and
TO take note Of the serious distur-
Dances going on IN the machinery and
substance of his body.-Dr. ". Pfan.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-07
Well Answered.

"The Christian Endeavorers aim 70
wipe out :ne saloon by July 4. 1920
Would it not be better to influence
the men sn that they would use the
saloon temperately?"-Both Sides
(liuuor journaD.
seWell. dear 'B. S.,' we have been try
ing that kind of thing for many day,
but as soon as we get the men just
abont learnt they slide into the slums
or are sent TO the penltentiary OF slip
their necks into the hangman's noose!'
1.-The Northwestern Patriot.