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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08
UNITED STATES RICH IN RADIUM
Europe Gets Chief Supply of Ores
Here, Says Expert

The United States bureau of mines
has made the startling discovery that
more than two-thirds of the radium
supply of the world is being made in
Europe from American ores shipped
abroad through the foresight of for
eign scientists. Radium is purchas-
able only in very small quantities and
at price equivalent to $2,250,OO0 an
ounce, and although, from the inves-
legations of the bureau o mines, it IS
shown that the United Statets has the
greatest known supply of radium-
bearing ores in the world, not one
grain has been produced here
The United States today is in Il
humiliating position of being forced
ito purchase for eXtravagant prices
from abroad such radium as its hos
pitfalls and physicians can afford for
experimental purposes, while we
have been supplying the ores from
which it is made" said Charles L.
Parsons, chief of the division of min
eral technology of the bureau.
Several months ago rumors reach
ed the bureau of mines that in Colo
RADIO there had been an increased de-
mand for carnatite, the radium-car-
rying ore, and that this ore was be-
ing shipped abroad in conhiderable
quantity. 1t was also reported that
the Europeans were insisting upon
only the highest grades of these ores,
and that a great amount of lower
grade ores was practically being vast
ed. R. B. Moore and K L. Kithil, in
charge of the Denver, Colo, labora
tory, investigated these rumors and
found that, while all the radium plac-
ed upon the market in the last few
years mad been produced in Europe, A
large portion of this had come from
American ores.
The Austrian government, realiz-
ium ores at ST Joachimsthal, purch-
ased the mines On the other hand.
the United States has allowed her
much greater resources to be exploit
ed by foreigners on a basis which
wastes perhaps irretrievably large
portion of the ores mined, and has
exported carefully selected ores at .
price by no means commensurate with
its radium value.
The discovery of radium has al
ready changed our ideas regarding the
constitution of matter, and scientific
investigation will undoubtedly lead to
valuable results which We cannot now
even foresee. 1t is the purpose of the
bureau of mines to encourage the de-
velopment Of a radium industry III the
United States
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08
AUSTRALIANS BURIED TIMBER
Chambers JournalD

1t is believed that now1ere in the
world is there so great an area cl
buried timber of immense size as in
the Papakura Valley, near Auckland.
New Zealand. Beneath the surface I:
the peat, where the SOL has sunk III
drying, or has been blown away. the
trunks of innumerasle kauri trees lie
exposed to view For centuries the,
have been covered by the semi-liquiG
peat until their branches and crown,
have decayed and disappeared.
Nothing but the solid hardwood .
the mighty trunks remains, and thes,
lie in arderly swaths almost as regula
as wheat stalks on a newly reape6
field. The thousand heads point all ~
one direction, as if the forest had fal-
len under the sickle OF some giant
reaper. Like the branches and crown
the soft sapwood that once surround
ed the solid heartwood of the living
trees has long since disappeared; so
in estimating the original size one
must make a considerable addition to
the present measurements. Many OF
the logs today show a girth of over
six feet and length of so or 80 feet
of straight timber free from knot lr
branch.
Everywhere about the swamp thera
the excavations where workmen arr
uncovering the timber They scoop
pits in the peat on each side of tho
trunk for the sawyers to work in. The
men WELD huge crosscut saws and cut
the tree into shorter lengths for the
mill. Then the grips of a forest
devil" are attached to one of the Sec
tons. There is rattle and clank of
machinery, a groan and strain Of
pulleys, coughing roar of steam and
the great log is torn from its bed OF
centuries. swung upon trolley and
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08

in turn, capital of the Assyrian en-
pire, arose in this valley-Babylon, on
the Euphrates, and Nineveh, on the
Tigris. Babylon is undoubtedly one If
the most celebrated cities of all his
tory. The ancient chroniclers tell us
that these walls were AZ miles long
and rose 300 or 400 feet in the air.
The Chaldean priests ascribed to it
the antiquity of 100000 years, but the
book of Genesis in the Christian Bible
fixes it's foundation within the histor-
ical period 1t ascribes the building
Babylon to Nimrod, the mighty
hunter. Semiramis, the famous queen.
was one of the Babylonian monarchs.
1t was she who constructed the quays
and built the hanging gardens and
the wall. When Ninventh was destroy
ed in 7S9 B. c., Babylon became 81
preme, Observation-Disclosures, its king, d.
feated the Egyptians, destroyed Jerus-
alem, took Tyre, and adorned his cap
ital with many magnificent mona
ments Cyrus, King of the Persians.
captured Babylon, and made it one ot
his capitals. SO did Alexander the
Great Fer centuries nothing was
seen on the spot it occupied except .
heap of ruins, for which the Arabs
had such a superstitious reverence
that they declined to pitch their tents
there, and which remainded only
lair for the beasts of the desert
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08

hauled away on it's last journey to the
saw benches.
The cut timber is perfectly sound
and of excellent quality. 1t differs
from the kauri timber that is cut from
the living tree only in its color, which
is a dark reddish-brown, like mahog-
any.
The peat is full of fossil gum, shed
through countless centuries by the
trees that are now being dug out The
value of resin makes another industry
profitable-the recovery of fossil KUN,
In some parts of the swamp area as
many as five successive layers of gum
have been found.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08
lola, Kansas. =
of Life | was sick

Compound and | purchased bottle.
Before it was gone the bloating left me
and | was not so sore. continued TAX
ing it until had taken twelve bottles.
Now am strongerthan ! have been for
years and can do all my work, even the
washing. Your medicine is worth its
weight in gold. l cannot praise It
enough. If more women would take
your medicine there would be more
healthy women. You may use this let
ter for the good of others. Mrs. d.
H. BROWN, 809 N. Walnut ST., lola, Kan
Change of Life is one of the most
critical periods of woman's existence.
Women everywhere should remember
that there is no other remedy known TO
SO successfully carry women through
this trying period as Lydia E. Pinkham
Vegetable Compound.
IL yOu want special advice write 70
Lydia Z. Pinkham Medicine Co. (e0nfI.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter VIII
be opened, read and answered Dy q
woman and held In strict confidence"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08
RIGHT AND LEFT.HANDED PLANTS
Chicago Tribune

Pa you know that if you fed your
plants you would be much more likely
20 have them grow rapidly and strong
At least this is what German inves-
tigator has announced. Weall know, he
says, that human beings and animals
are much better able to resist the cold
"'hnn they are well fed And the same
has been found to hold true with
plants. Any infusion Of foreign mat
ter, such as sugar, alcohol, glycerine
and like foods has the same strength
ening effect. That they are right and
left-handed, an English investigator,
r. H. Compton, has thought it sutfici-
emily interesting to make an extended
observation and study. For expert
ment he took eight varieties of two
rowed barley and set out to determine
the ratios of rights and lefts. In the
'front.' among leaves of seeds of differ
ent varieties, he found that 40 per
cent. had the first leaf twisted to the
left A varied assortment of left-hand-
ed seedlings, and the same was the case
with the oats. hen he came to corn
the ratio was APPARENTLY almost equally
divided, and there we're no more left
handed seedlings than right-handed
ones
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08
A QUESTION OF STATE SENSE
Chicago JournaD

CALIFORNIA; right to prohibit aliens
from holding land is not in dispute.
The Federal Government admits that
right, and many states have exercise 4
1t. The issue is whether California
shall put into her law against alien
laRdholding provision which does no
good. and which is known to be offens-
i've to a foreign power now on friendly
terms with the United States. 1t is
not question Of State rights. 1t is a
question of State sense.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08
OFFICIAL ORGAN
4nserfcus, Ga, May s, 1918

= 4 = 4 I = \ = y = =
THE COMING OF SPRING =
4 = y = = = = y \ = =
Come with bows bent and with empty
ing of quivers.
Maiden most perfect, lady of light
With noise Of wind and many rivers
With a clamor of waters, and with
might;
Bind on thy sandals, o thou most
fee,
Over the splendor and speed of thy
feet;
For the faint east quickens, the wan
west shivers.
Round the feet of the day and the
feet of the night.
Where shall W find her, how shall We
sing to her.
Fold our hands round her knees and
cling?
o that mans heart were as fire and
could spring to her;
Fire. or the strength of the streams
that spring.
For the stars and the winds are unto
her
AS raiment, as songs of the harp
player:
For the risen stars and the fallen
cling to her,
And the southwest-wind and the
west-wind sing
For winters rains and ruins are over,
And all the season of snow and
sins;
The days dividing soyer and lover,
The light that loses. the night that
wins:
The time Remembered grief is for
gotten,
And frosts are Stain and flowers be-
gotten,
And in green underwood and cover
Blossom by blossom the spring be-
gins
-Algernon Charles Swinburne
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08
SANE WORDS FROM OREGON
portland Greg MAN.

We see a double motive behind the
anti-Japanese agitation. One-half Of
it is fanat'cal race hatred. The other
half is economic jealousy. Cali ornia
needs the japanese. They do work
which the whites will not set their
hands to, and yet it is work which
must be dcne if the state is 10 pros
per. The wonder is that men like
Governor Johnson should encourage
this exhibition of fanaticism.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08
TEACHING AGRICULTURE
Washington Post.)

The lack of scientific" farmers N
the country is facetiously accounted
for by the fact that great many Of
the apt pupils of the agricultural col
leges become teachers as soon as they
graduate But there is a definite rea-
son for this. Scientific agriculture IS
a relatively new profession 1t is be-
coming more and more popular. The
demand for instruction is growing.
Consequently the teacher of agTicul-
ture in the high school receives 4
higher salary than the teacher of 9TH
er subjects. The most usual salary
for male teachers, according to a re-
cent bulletin of the bureau of educa-
ton, is $500, but for teachers of agri-
culture in the group studied the most
usual salary is $1,000.
Lack of teachers" is the explana-
ton offered by the authors of the but
letin for the relatively higher Iemun-
GRAFTON for those who teach agricul-
ture in American schools. When the
subject was first introduced a short
summer course provided sufficient
training, but with the extension of the
work to include several years of care
full high school study under scientific
farming conditions, there has come
demand for trained agricultural teach
ers that has exhausted the supp.y
Furthermore, many of tae States are
giving aid to local high schools for
agricultural instruction so that these
schools are able. to pay better salaries
for teachers of agriculture than for
teachers of other branches.
Agriculture made little impression
on the curriculum of American schools
and colleges before 1906. In that year
there were about 100 secondary
schools that gave some sort Of agri-
cultural instruction. Now there are
more than 5000 Elementary instyuc-
tion in agriculture is now required in
seventeen states-Alabama, Arkansai
California, Florida, Georgia, Louis
lana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas,
West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
When the teachers of agriculture
first made their appearance, the farm
ers of the country naturally looked
upon them with suspicion They felt
that they were dilettante farmers, who
knew nothing of actual conditions
Now, however, the farmers have come
TO realize that men who never farmed
an acre of ground may know a great
deal about the business The natural
ply more graduates than are needed
for teaching purposes, and then the
country will witness the benefits of
men scientifically trained taking up
the pillow and combining their text
book knowledge with practical expert
ence.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08
HOW MRS. BROWN
SUFFERED
During Change of Life-How
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound Made
Her a Well Woman.

lore 1 TOOK your Tneo-
icine | could OF
bear the weight of
my clothes and was
bloated very badly.
Idoctored with three
doctors but they did
me no good. They
said nature m u t
have its way. My
sister advised me to
take Lydia E. Pink
hams We t a BILE
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08

Tariff revision and the Japanese
question have furnished diversion TO-
while anyway.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08

Perhaps California may decide to
remain within the Union" terseiy
comments the New York World.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08

Nothing but good reports come from
the boy corn growers of Sumter
county.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08

May the prayers and hopes of the
fans be traslated into realities.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08

Maybe q Farmers Union in Sumter
county wouldn't be a bad idea!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08

Sumters oat crop viii soon add TO
the joy of the farmers here
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08

When the odor OF burnt biscuits
comes in from the kitchen, love is
tempted to Fly out the window.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08

Hon. Bill Bryan probably had an O3-
portunity OF spouting some OF THE
Prince OF Peaee"~lectuTe to the Cali
sprnia legislature recently
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08

A woman will oft dress in taste, but
where's the woman who'll dress In
haste!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08

Now begins the long stay of tho
dust nuisance IN Americas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-08

remnants aren't won or lost in one
weeks time
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-20
. . The Manicure Lady . .
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

face if ii amused him any. But does
it mean nothing to you, this adora
ton of mine?' he says About a s
much as the standing of the st. Louis
baseball club says right back at
him. If it wasn't for the rasp e
your voice. | wouldn't know that you
were sitting across from me- / says
to him. | told him that he was an Il,
a nit, and a not. Goodness only
knows what / didn't tell him, George,
once my royal anger got 10 running
the bases / guess he never seen a
girl good and naughty before, be-
cause he Redeemed up like a min
strels tie and l couldn't get through
with his nails quick enough. He gave
me 50-cent tip, too. There's no use
talking, George, it does that kind Of
man good to have the wind took out
of his sails now and then, and when
that task needs performing your little
friend here on the left is equal to
the occasion. To me, George, the
miles of designing men that you read
about in the novels is about as harm
full a s a flock of vicious sheep. Here
comes fresh looking guy now, and
feel Just right If he turns out that
way"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-20
Up-to-Date Jokes

A painter of the ''impressionist"
school is now confined in a lunatic
asylum. To all persons who visit
his studio he says Look here; this
is the latest masterpiece of my COM
position" They look, and see moth
ing but an eXpanse of bare canvas
They ask, What does that repre-
sent?"
That? Why, that represents the
passa ge of the Jews through the Red
Sea"
Beg pardon, but where is the sea-"
1T has been driven back"
And where are the Jews?"
They have crossed over"
And the Egyptians?"
will be here directly. That's the
sort of painting | like; simple, sug
gestive and unpretentious."
EN- President Roosevelt was once
shown a picture of himself in battle.
He was represented as waving a
sword, on horseback, in one of the
fights in Cuba.
is it a good picture?" he was
asked.
"Ye-es," he replied, its all right,
except that I never had sword and
didn't ride a horse. Otherwise it's
all right"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-20
TNHERE was a fellow tried 80
dirt with me coming down

dirt with me coming down
town this morning" said the
Manicure Lady. He was some kind
full coarse, but he was one of them
kind that hates to take no for an
answer and Inc got off at the same
corner and followed m clear to the
door. ! could have got a cop and hal
him collared, but ! suppose | am too
gentle natured for that, so l let him
go on his way
Il don't see where those fellows
get their nerve said the Head Bar
| Der. Il would just as soon hop into a
| cage with a gorilla as to speak to a
J Strange lady. | would just as soon
I be killed in a cage as froze on the
street
! Yes, but all men amt true gents
/ like you, George" declared the MAN.
cure Lady. Some men is little enough
so that nothing girl would say to
/ them could possibly make them feel
smaller Wilfred used to have kind
of bug that he was irresistible with
! the ladies', and one night he was
! Dragging at the dinner table about
! how he met handsome woman in
! the park and struck up quite q flirta-
! ton He was feeling quite big and
| ma sterful about 1t until father lit into
/ him, and the way he bawled out my
! poor brother was shame. The Oil
! gent amt been off the hard stuff for
good many years, and he chums
| with some copper lined old FOUNDERS,
| but when 1t comes to the woman
/ question he's got enough of that Chv-
| aree, or whatever it is, to fill twenty
/ knights of old, and he amt got no
| time in the world for flirting or folks
! that firt. If Wifred has made any
/ contests since that time, he has kept
! them to himself.
81 suppose it is all right for school
| boys to fliIt a little" said the Hed /
! Barber, but when a grown man does
il there is something the matter with
! his head. Look at some of the warts
/ that come in her and boast to you
about how fond they are of the girls
/ Who was that dope | seen you freeH-
! ing yesterday afternoon ?"
( ooh. that? That was real estate
man from Memphis" said the Mani
| cure Lady. He didn't need to have
! his nails did at all. because some
/ body had did them the day before. the
way they looked, but | suppose he
happened to throw his lamps this way
when you was combing his hair, ana
my fatal beauty did the rest.
He asked me if | realized what a
/ queen | was, and how madly he could
/ worship me. | told him that | always
/ knew | was a queen and that he could
worship me until he was black in the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-20

By MAUDE MILLER.

ssD EAUTY is a gift from Heaven.
r. 1t cannot be bargained for.
and it is impossible to attain
II it has not been bestowed upon you.
And hence" says Miss Alexandra
Carlisle, who is playing in The Mar
riage Came" why seek to attain tn
impossible? However, don't despair,
you who have not beauty. for al
though you may not alter your fea-
lures you may weave around yourself
a beautiful frame. This but enhances
the charm of the beautiful. and to
the plain this is. indeed. a gift from
Heaven.
After you have done all that you
can for yourself in the way of fresh
air, plenty of sun and good plain
| food. after deep breathing has become
| a habit and you have banished super
| fiuous fat with a few good exercises,
| such as swimming or the practice of
| your frame. This must be chosen IN
keeping with your moods, and in case
| you have not already the secret of &.
beautiful frame l will tell you. 1t is
| color
"Colors are young and old, and are,
besides, very expressive. Everything
have selected it and have it on. Each
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-20

able. You would be surprised at the
wonders that can be wrought in the
way OF a green frame Oftentimes
peculiar emerald tints are discovered
In otherwise impossible eyes which
needed only the touch of color to be
really beautiful
yellow is very young, but is not
easy to wear. and should, therefore,
be chosen sparingly. 1t is wonderful
for enhancing the beauty Of the hair,
but it needs a very clear skin to
carry 1t off, and frequently makes
the complexion muddy Pink is youth
full and very fresh. 1t isequite the
most neutral OF any of the pale
shades, and is always resorted to
after other colors have failed, 1t
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-20

1uo II made me a strong well woman.
am very thankful that ! followed
NY trends advice, and I shall rec
y'ninend 1t as long as live. Before
LOOK the Compound I was always
a.cR4y and now have not had medi-
a.ne rom doctor for years. You
nay publish my letter. MRS. Ed
"AhD B. HILBERT, Fleetwood Pa.
=. 9uch warning symptoms as sense
sunocation. hot flashes, head
Ines Ines oakaches, dread of impending
i1 timidity, sounds in the ears,
se.pitation Of the heart. sparks be
rore the eyes irregularities. Consi-
sogoh, variable appetite weakness
~ lhquietude, and dizziness, are
psloiAptly needed by Intelligent women
WHo are approaching the period IN
SS,e When woman's great change may
De expected
rN!dla E. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound invigorates and strength
va HS me female organism and builds
~ the weakened nervous system. It
IL carried many women safely
"'0ush this crisis.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-20
Some Good Advice.

Rul this is what Ken was saying
You can understand how anxious !
aw got 10 offend Miss May. She is SO
alone in the world, living in a Bohe-
man atmosphere am sure that
mother will understand. and l want
Kitty 70 feel that I am showing her
every respect that I would show to a
eui In my own set-and that / would
rot take advantage of her"
Dick turned TO the piano to hide his
la ghter
Don't. If YOU We're to take any ad-
vantage Of kitty-Heaven knows what
Id do. Say [ got a new song-it lis
tens great
He began playing the refrain of a
popular song.
She IS SO good, So pure went on
Ken in lovers frenzy of praise
Poor" queried Dick
Pure corrected Ken.
"oh rs got a swell chorus. II
ought to he a riot. Get it?" cried Dick,
bursting into melody to drown his
mixed emotions
She's 50 brave!" went on Kittys
adore-
Dick was seemingly absorbed in the
song
us a darned good soneP
Kenneth sighed.
Il must go to my mother now"
DICK arose in some alarm.