Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-16

column, Sport Topics of the Hour,
the following: l am citizen of the
United States and have been for
twenty two years. Before coming to
| this country l was a deserterA of the
| Russian army. Should l attempt to
go back TO Russia, is 1t possible that
I can be arrested as an army de-
serter while an American citizen?1
b. l.. PACKHARDT.
Yes, the United States would not
protect you for anything you had
done previous to becoming a citizen.
For any further information regard
ing this write to the department of
state Washington; D. c.
J. P. NJ:
| 1 have heard so much about radium.
| What is it? MRS. r. f. O.
Radium is q brilliant white metal
with very strange properties, disciV-
cred in 1898 by Madame Curie, a
! French chemist, but not obtained in
pure state until 1910. 1t is found
in many parts of the world, but al
ways In extremely small quantities.
The chief supply to date has come
from Northern Bohemia and is ex-
tracted from a mineral called pitch
blende. 1t takes 100000 grams of
pitchblende to yield one gram of ra-
dunn, and the process is very expen-
sive. Redium keeps temperature
considerably above its surroundings.
1t throws out heat without burning,
seemingly without any chemical
change, and without any loss of en-
ergy. Besides heat and light, radium
sends out "emanatlons"-vas num-
bers of particles ineonceivably small
which have strange chemical, cleo
trical and physiological effects. They
penetrate most substances, as light
goes through glass. There is reason
to think they may cure cancer and
lupus. On the. healthy skin they
cause a peculiar burn, or sore, which
is very slow in healing. Under the
influence of these emanations or rays
many substances give out light.
Perhaps in this way the 'phoSphores-
cence'' of certain insects may be ex-
planned. The natural law Of the CON
servation of energy" does not clearly
apply to radium. This makes SEEM
ingly a mysterious exception to the
general laws of matter. How can a
small bit of radium give off heat and
light and energy for hundreds of
years and not be consumed? 1t does
it, but what is the explanation?
Science has not yet given a salts
factory answer to these questions.
@
j. p. NJ.
When was the Russian and Japan
csc War? S. s.
The war began in 1903 and contin-
ued until 1906.
j. P. N:
What department in tfe govern
ment has charge of the census?
A. L. M.
The Department of Commerce now.
Until March, 1918, the Census Bureau
was under the Department of Com
merce and Labor.
j. p. N:
What are the premiums -on a white
cent dated 1861 and on a three-cent
piece of 1867? JOEL r.
Your three-cent piece is valued
from so cents to 50 cents, according
to condition. No premium on your
penny.
]. p. N:
On what night does the field Hos
pital Corps in Elizabeth drill?
TIN SOLDIER.
The Field Hospital Corps drills
every Monday night in the Elizabeth
Armory.
| j. p. N:
| Where can a widow apply for a
widows pension? Must one be en-
tirely without means to secure a pen
i sion? She has five children ranging
| from one to fifteen years.
MRS. A. H.
Apply at the county clerks office
| for application blank. Yours Is a
good case, the fact that you have
! five children making it so.
j. p, N:
Where can l purchase a book on
diseases of dogs? F C. o.
Apply at the Free Public Library
for good books on that subject.
g
j. P. N:
Is there any premium listed on a
dime dated 1853? w. G. B.
No premium is listed on your coin
]. P. N:
r and NJ and H were playing bio
pinochle to a hundred points. F made
his hundred and was out. NJ has
seventy-flve points and H ninety five
points. NJ bought the bid and melds
fourteen points. H meldS six points