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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-10
FIRST PEACE" CHRISTMAS
Werla At pexSe Fer First Christmas
Stree fai3-seidters ara saigers
Take Part

Washington AMerlca celebrated
vicspEy ghfatMas
Win sAe world AZ peace tyr tho
E!Tst Chrsslua& siHra 1919 because 81
the victories ot the military fef@"s 81
the t.aled States aud gho allies. tho
Americas people appeared detr5n'ned
tn make the scicerstian memorable
fais determination svemed 10 have
ava1 tnsvGs>Ftesss ny 7t"se*i5it err" " f,&aA
Christmas message 10 the Americas
people saying thar Throughout ta&
srsms ssssSssa ssa}sv atsstf.s4 e@'' bare,
beea associated II thiE wsr pah'ic
.oslaiaa sIfQaglv su@talas AL proposals.
for Just and Iast!as peAse
Ia the celebration * tae victory
Chrt4 tmas iae soldiers anl sailors Wbi
made saea Christmas possible aai a
large par Though a Jars. part NJ
the military force VT ,av nstlon ro
maiHe8 overseas those abe have W.
t.rnea Wegg siren a srleuus ia every
cogmeuity agd had .srge paT, In III"
days celebration
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-10
December 70 Wilson'S Birthday

Washington Woodrow Wilson, FRS.
ti'l3en of America IN The hearts III ths
people ~ the World, was T.. years VI
age Last aeeA
He was bern ia a 1'tle parsonage IL
stanton Va aa nCc -. 1876 Ne
had breakfast lass -. -:fday amid TIE
splendaTa ~ the mos, gorgeous SUITE
ia buckingham Palace. onre the home
a. the Mig Who dlyi8,~i the FnE,lsh
speaking people M dryiag TIE tntfi
states frt@ ,he British fold Ia sTi5g
During the day be was rendered .
reception ty the lo'd mayor o. ior3un
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-10
ceefEscs.e German Propaganda,

S,4rsva Tors ~ German grVpa.
eaaaR literature written ser the par
r-ese G, treiRiHE 4lssRnfjon ArgonE the
eaisrts allies AID the n.fed States
~nas7rtrirr tie question ~ freedom *
Inv s@as. have r~scsed swtirsrSanf
since the ssEu5rx Of ;ae afmlstfre A
.2rEe aafan-f a Il tire Esen caaftseas
"a rEt tie German agents fentsaae
,hstr warE SD are spesS.EE ssaay
-. ;l3.erE ~ asa*ks
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-10
Fedora lcspi.si Progress

West Batsa, ind Work 4, tns AiT
government hosFita. here IL zr tor.
wAr5 rapidly ana a't@aeY asasy sol.
d3ers tr9s1 seGtYal states arr undergo.
ire sreafrasst .cr tri4.yss ard sas.ogs
o1Ase disorder p1aes bsye l4sE cgs'Y-
p,stet Tor sfAtt4-E ta" education * = .
grea sIpnS sns;tenal ard Atsaer p
iae4 As SONY as they d. s'raas eGa gs
10 take IN 'F,s a-s
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-10
ARMY ii UNFRAMED.


Warsaw Rpgsiaa otfieers pau have
r@ysped tFaas i.a.ahcfik Ransis 80 Var
aaW, in discussing thn pcsslA.t>f # Rr
allied military movement against tat
ih1lstcaikt pointed oat te ghe enFre
apanatai that sbe Foisheyihi soald TX
uaaaie "a trsiaI trained army Iha
nolsAtvik !eGos they declared. eoale
fee before afmored faotor cars, taBAt
add other santhoas 81 modern warfare
20 which teS wcfe cot ace gssnniet
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-10

1'ss6le ftssa sets E7t thpaSzs,i
American Sfsra had h&s1 spfafnt-4
FROM tq.e7fax fls- %, Ard Slifhfjy
-ase fssr go N iks4 oseantty sss
.-es yast.ersS oat ~ sarTtfs -He11 3sers
~ s sc@ e fz-s es1sM5tst# ~efe
fo'4 g. f+s1- sss5r eGsererte al tae
VA rs-a- SGT
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-10
GREAT WARS DEAD
TOTAL. IS 6,426,5l4
RUSSIANS LEAD VITA A TOTAL
or ONE MILLION SEVEN Nun
oREc THOUSAND.
THE FRENCH LOST HEAVILY
prusaian empires kslied 3aid TO 70
TAI 500 ndC--Ausrican i.osa Sas.
as Deaa-~Britatn's Killed
Totzi fo6.72

iogdoa With the Issue Of the eta
eIsl figures Of the french losses IN Via
war IL Is g0ssible To arrive ~ the ap.
proAimate estimate of tbs aepaiSiag
toll Of Ito. The dead. ~ far. Ruu bes
s,ta5, 50t The individual national loss
81 Ia dead thas far aauounced are
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-10

Isar 80 vsr A71e,.fsa eess-eF-
an ~ a. = ,he 'ts5 STATES tisAt
a..s.es ne rap8 Ssse AZ tgaaers
.aJrz. s .cn epaT5 ysis xesG
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-10

ID" Total NeTIR4R tasuaItIfa ~
aFea by the Beriia Forwaerts as ~
$50 500 and thu Austrian total ~as
placed al t6e4 1a0 s,erytA, Ia killed
wounded an1 prisoners. l0sy SEQ 0@
E1sn
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-10
Lest 80 In Ar.

Washington The Uar department
announced thgt $50 American commits
siuaea officers Of the air service wofs
killed In 1913 tn acton Ia France
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-10

london FirlES hy German officers
ca an siited aulrfmuhi'v fArYyipE az
AmrfHA4 ssaE ~as no cause ~ street
fighting IN iusiu saya a dihpAtta to
The Exchange Telegraph from topen
hagen lhe Germans vefe defeated
in lAo fighting about IS persons, 10
c'gdtgg a gaW'sy u womea and chit
dren, wore kl,ed during tho fioiiag
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-10
~, sa-Ase ea,s.. A~ar.

Ha,2 Ttvas y " >sisy evN1
rva4 s,a~s~r 49, 5.s-srss5,a 81 tse 5ss-4s
4~g~--7a re-- l@a 90. G.t4 GERS
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-10
GERMAN OFFICERS
FIRE ON u.s.AAG
An AuToA0atLE BEARING Ga
sAEa 10 AvrrAckEc I'M 20
SEN, eolANn
Kill MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN
street. Elstlma Taxes psaoa ssessst
GG8-a ID casaed Out re Protect
AAlisa paess-,, rsles Rsfass
To raks oe~a Fssss

wsrsaw ---A Polish OssrsiAi Fvp0r
conceEniax the Fiasing IA TAasea 80
TIE arrival III lxaaer Jan faaerswska,
who ~as aa Aas way here, Say. she
trcShas began whea allied aAa Aaasf
lean flags wsrv AossteA ever sAa eity
ball
TIE ceFasns demanded thai the
flags be Aaalea dows, TIE foles re
fused 60 ae1Rseses, whereagaa the
Germans hroagag 90 gnaeAias gans and
ssesaa fiEtax In tAe siF~@3s, arssing
back fhv sr0uds ana dispensing tho
roissh troops
Ftns,ls TIE German Officials saok
down iiie flags Meanwhile lie T'tsleas
reassemtist ard began 10 TctaFa tAa
German TIRE The fighting eoaltaaea
iron, o'cloek in tbs aglerneaa untll
! e'cloek
The Germans provoked aaasheF Inei
aen' ty trying u prevent faaerewski
'rusa Eolng aboat the streets They
called "a the fsritsxA eolaAel. Made,
ard told Ain thar u radeswwski was
permitted to so ahoat IL would be tbs
caaSs of tuahle between the rultaa
and Gernaa populations Col Wade
made ~ answgF HE merely tarard
bls basA CA the Germans aaa got sato
q meteor car with I'adafea AAs tbs Vt
rival oi l'aderevssi And ngs,ith sad
ltttrf1s1sa n e,shSeps ssss ssrsersss f58essf
ee,Aakiasai here Tho hope IL express
ed TIA, lnelr arrival Viii stamp cat
Holsacs3sfn ara prvyssi anticipated
trouble 10 RarsaW.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-11-22
NOTICE OF PROPOSAL TO ISSUE
BONDS OF SUPERVISORS DIS
TRIcT No. 2, JACKSON cOUN-
TY. MISSISSIPPI.

Pursuant to an order entered at the
November term, 1919, of the board of
supervisors of Jackson county, Missis-
sippi. said board will at the regular
December term, 1919, thereof, order
the issuance of Fifteen Thousand (S15,-
100000 Dollars of Supervisors District
No. 9. Jackson county, Mississippi. pub
tic road bonds, for the purpose of con.
structing and extending public high
ways in said supervisors district No.
2 to connect with improved public
highways of adjoining supervisors
districts, so as to form a continuous
system of improved inter-district, inter
county and interstate highways, in
accordance with the law providing
therefor, and such plans and specifica-
tions as shall hereafter be adopted, I'M
less a majority of the electors OF said
supervisors district No. 2, who shall
vote in an election called and &C ha
held in said supervisors district No.
on tie 29th day of November. 1919
shall vote against the issuance Of sach
I bonds.
This the 4th day of November, 1913
FRITZ COLMER.
FRED TAYLOR, President
Clerk Board Supervisors Jackson
County, Mississippi.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-11-22
ciTATtoN--cHAscERY COURT

ciTkTtON--CriAH CERY COURT.
rae state Of Mississippi,
jackson County.
No. $780,
IN Matter Of Estate Of o. II. delamor-
ton, deceased
The State of Mississippi, to Frederick
de Lamorton, and to Mrs. NJ. l..
Lowell:
You are hereby commanded to he
and appear before the Chancellor.
Chancery Court of Jackson county, at
a court to be holden at the court
house thereof, on the Second Monday
of January, 1920. next, then and there
to show cause, if they can, why the
final account of Mrs. o. H. de Lamor
ton, executrix of estate of o. H. de
Lamorton should not be approved ant
allowed and executrix discharged, anc
further to do and suffer such things
as shall be considered and ordered b,
the court aforesaid, in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal of saic
court. at Pascagoula, Mississippi, thi:
9Th day of November. A. D. 1919.
FRED TAYLOR,
Clerk
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-11-22
The Road-In New Overland on
Three-P0int Cantilever Springs
AS 1t Seems

This means an altogether new standard OF rldng
comfort, noteworthy reductonin the wear ana !eas
hch lessons the efficiency of a car. The new springs
Give longer life to every part and thus minimize up
keep and replacement costs.
Tires wear longer because cushioned against
bammering blows Light weight means marked econ
omy in gas, oil and running expense
Overland As equipment is complete from Auto
Lite Starting and Lighting to Demountable Rlms'
Come in and see this remarkable car. Ask tor
booklet. Overland Touring, S845; Roadster, S04o;
Coupe, $685.; Sedan, S1375. Prices f. o. b. Toledo.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-11-22
Bowels Begging for Help

Torpid liver pleading for assistance
how careless to neglect these thing,
Nheh i'r. Kings New Life Pills 5,
10 their relief '"i''
Leaving the system uncleaned, clog
ged bowels unmoved, results ID heslth
destructive after-effects. LET stIn,,,
Ialihg, tonic-in-action DIR. Kings Ne,
LIE rms bring you the happiness !,
regular, normal bowels and liver fun,
llonlhg. Keep feeling fit, doing r
W0rk OF man or woman who fin.
reilsh In 1t. All drugglsts-25c.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-11-22
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
w. F. CUMMINS,
Register

L. S. Land Office at Jackson, Miss.
October 81, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that Rufus
Naples. of Orange Grove, Mississippi,
who. on May 20, 1916, made Homestead
Entry No. O7326, for lot 6. section IL,
township south, range west, st.
Stephens Meridian, has filed notice OF
intention to make three year proof, to
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before clerk of the Chancery
Court of Jackson county, at Pascagou-
la. Mississippi, on the 9th day OF De-
cember. 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses: W.
X. Riley, of Pecan. Mis-; W. II. Living
ston, of Pecan, Miss; Andrew John
son, of Kreole, Miss; Avery Moria, oil
Pecan, Miss.
W CUMMINS. Register
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-11-22
WHEN YOU SUFFER
FROM RHEUMATISM
Almost any man will tell you
that Sloan's Liniment
means relief

For practically e-.y man has used
il who has suffered from rheumatic
aches, soreness OF muscles, stiffness of
joints, the results OF weather exposure.
Women, too, by the hundreds of
thousands, use it for relieving neuritis,
lame backs. neuralgia, sick headache.
Clean, refreshing, soothing, sconomi-
cal, quickly effective. Say Sloan
Liniment' to your druggist. Get il
today. Csc. Zoe, Sl40
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-11-22

Messrs. G. Saisoni, D. w. Partridge
IT, and W. ]. Lindinger attended a
beautiful dinner dance at the Rattle
House in Mobile last Saturday evening
when Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Staples enter.
tanned a number of their friends.
Mr.. Jules X. Johnson of Mobile was
visitor to Pascagoula THURSDAY
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-11-22
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Publisher
Department of the Interior.

Department of the Interior.
L. S, Land Office at Jackson, Missis-
sippi, October 9, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that Jack
Jackson, of Harleston, Mississippi
who, on March s, 1916, made homestead
entry, No. 07213, for NW4 of NWi'
Section Z. Township south, Range 4
west st. Stephens meridian, has MED
notice of intention to make three-year
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before clerk OF the
chancery court of jackson county, at
Pascagoula, Mississippi on the 22nd
day of November, 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses: I. II
Hinton, G. w. Tanner, L. P. Tanner
Leon Tanner, all of Harleston, Missis
sippi
w. F. CUMMINS,
Register
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-11-22

Mr.. L. E. Evans. Commissioner of
immigration with headquarters in San
Juan, Porto Rico. arrived in this city
Monday night to be here some time
looking after his interest in this city.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-11-22

Mr.. E. d. Dinten, formerly of this
city but now of Chicago. is spending
the week here in connection with mat
tiers in ehancery court.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-11-22
Mr. w. w. Lewis left Wednesday
for a business visit TO Meridian.
Attorney J. l.. Taylor of Gulfport
attended court here this week.

Mrs. W. G. Forsyth. who has been
spending the past several weeks with
her sons in Michigan, is expected
home today.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-11-22
HOW TO GET RID
OF YOUR COLD
The quick way is to use
DR.. Kings New Discovery
.ON'T put off until tonight what

nON'T put off until tonight what
- you can do today Step into
your druggists and buy bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery, Strrl
taking it at once. BY the time YOU
reach home you'll be on the way to
recovery.
This standard family friend has been
breaking colds, coughs, grippe attacks,
ana Group for more than Atty years.
It, used wherever sure-fire relief is
appreciated. Children and grownups
alike can use it-there is no disagree.
able after-effect, Your druggist has il.
GOc. and $l.20 bottles.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-11-22

Mr.. ]. r. Ray, of New Orleans. was
the guest of Mrs. r. j. Loughridge
last Thursday.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1919-11-22
AS 1t Is

VOU expect bad road to ride as it looks. 1t dld,
until the introduction OF the Overland
Springbase.
Overland does nat change the road but it doc,
o;wes YOU comfort instead of discomfort. 1t gives
You a smooth, sailing sensation instead of bouncing
and swaying
The Diagonal attachment of Three Point Can't
Springs the ends ola l30inch Sprngbase gives
long wheelbase road steadiness. YetOverand n
4 retains all the advantages-ightness, econ n
omy ,andeaseofhandling, of oo-lnch wheelbase' N
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23

that none of them is distinguished
by only a single leading feature or
characteristic. All will be made up
from the combination of several CO.
incident peculiarities. 1t is this CO.
incidence of several elements that
constitutes the type.
You may see a long nose, but that
by itself does not form a type, un-
less, accompanying 1T, there are
other peculiarities in the face, the
chin, the eyes, the skull, the hair,
which, taken together, give an inn
preston of breadth and unity. A
long nose in general seems to in
dicate shrewdness, thoughtfulness
and penetrating intelligence, but a
long nose may so with weak jaw,
an unintelligent eye and other un-
promising features, which deprive
it of much of its significance.
On the other hand, a short. in
significant nose may be combined
with a highly intellectual facial and
cranial development. so that again
the nose loses it's value as a deter
minant of character.
I have not much regard for the
claims of phrenology as far as they
rest on Calls scheme of Organs,
but the better kind of practitioners
of the modern forms of phrenology
show a good deal of ability in char
acter reading. based on the combina-
ton of many indications derived
from observation of features, form,
color, physiological quality. gait,
manner, nervous activity. etc. Feel
ing the bumps" appears to be
simply . concession to old notions,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
SAYS PLANT CHANGES
ATTIRE TIMES 4 DAY

That plants eat and drink in their own
way through the soil is a well-known
fact. But in South America is a species
of orchid which takes a drink whenever
it feels thirsty simply by letting down
tube into the water. When not in
use, the tube is coiled up on the top
of the plant.
In Mexico there's a plant that likes
TO change its attire taIee times day
just like any fastidous person-it is
white in the morning, red at noon and
blue in the evening. At times it gives
out very strong perfume and at other
times it Is absolutely odorless. There S
another odd Mexican plant. the odor of
which causes people to lose their way
and makes their sense of direction nil
until the smell ceases.
Central India owns tree whose
leaves are heavily charged with cleo
trcity and to merely touch them gives
a person a distinct shock. In Brazil
similar electric power is put to lighting
purposes. Within the immediate Vi
cinity of such plant a person can see
we'll enough to read the finest print
and another is so luminous that it can
be plainly distinguished in the darkest
of nights for a distance of more than
a mile.
But the most wonderfully constituted
plant of q. Brazil is the ball-throwins
one. 1t is a small fungus about the size
of pea which projects ball to dis
tance of several inches with a distinctly
audible report-Detroit News
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
TWO DELEGATES
FROM EACH POST
TO GATHER HERE
First State Cantonment of the
American Legion to Be Held
in This City in October

Information relative 70 the first
state convention of the American
Legion was received this morning
from state headquarters at Pml4-
delphia. The convention is to be
held in Harrisburg October 2, and
4.
The first State Cantonment, as 1t
is called, will consist of one dele
gate and one alternate form each
post whose application for a char
ter has been received and approved
by the state headquarters ten days
or more prior to the convening of
the State Cantonment. and one ad-
ditional delegate and alternate for
each post of one hundred membe;-
ships paid up thirty or more days
prior to the cantonment.
Each post will call a meeting of
its members and elect its authorized
delegates and alternates soon. One
of those so elected shall be desig-
mated leader of the post delegation.
Each leader will present himself at
the state headquarters in the Penn
Harris Hotel on Thursday morn
ing. October ., at o'clock. for the
verification of credentials and reg
istration of the delegation.
Reduced Fare
A reduction of one and one-third
fare on the certificate plan" will
apply to members and their depend
ants meeting at the cantonment. If
members will inquire at their home
stations they may ascertain whether
certificates and through tickets can
be obtained to Harrisburg; if not
obtainable at that station, the agent
will tell them where they may ar-
ply. Immediately upon arrival at
the meeting present the certificate
to the endorsing officer. Miller \.
Johnson, as the reduced fare for the
return journey will not apply un-
less the holder is properly identified
as provided for by the certificate.
a list of Harrisburg hotel rates
is comprised in the bulletin issued
by the headquarters. but if any dele
gate should fail to get hotel accom-
modations he may apply to Warren
Jackson, secretary of the Harris
burg Chamber of Commerce, VINO
will furnish a list of desirable
rooms
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
Government Tactics Are
Keeping Prices of Mems
Clothing Up, Says Dealer

Philadelphia, Aug. %. - While the
government with one hand is MAX
ing a great show of investigating the
high cost of living. with the other 1t
is holding up prices to prevent a
drop in the high cost of living.
Philadelphia wool merchants and
cloth manufacturers openly charge
that were it not for government in
terference suits of clothes that now
sell for SEQ would be back to their
normal price of from $25 to $50.
They charge the government with
holding enormous quantities of wool.
which it refuses to sell in quantities
large enough to bring down the price.
and. further. that when they have at
tempted to buy cheaper wool In for
eign markets agents of the United
States Government have ordered the
orders Cancelled.
"A number of Philadelphia wool
dealers tried to buy wool from Aus
tralia n few months ago" Nathan 7
Folwell, president of the Manufac-
turers' Club. and a leading woolen
cloth manufacturer, said yesterday.
when our orders go to Australia
where there is an enormous stock of
wool, Government agent. 1 under
stand. had them cancelled. England
didn't like it much. but she couldn't
help herself.
Virtually all the wool in this coun-
try is controlled by the government,
which gives it out in small quantities
at fixed high price.
Early this spring." Mr.. Folwell
continued, Il personally wrote to
Washington and urged this wool be
placed on the market at a reasonable
price in April and May. BY market
ing it then, as l pointed out in the
letter, clothing dealers would not
have been injured. because their
stock could then have been bought
at lower prices and it would have
helped bring down the high cost of
living"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
SHIPS TO
BE USED FOR sALyAGING

Concrete ships of extraordinary de-
sign are being built for the British Ad-
miralty to be used in raising merchant
vessels sunk by the Germans near the
coast of the United Kingdom. On a
broad foundation, shaped like the hull
of a ship, are placed a series of towers,
constructed of hollow blocks and re-
enforced in such a manner as to be able
to withstand great internal pressure
The towers are provided with water
tight doors and pumps.
These unusual vessels. illustrated in
the September Popular Mechanics Mag
azine, are to be towed to the location
of sunken ship and lowered on either
side of the wreck Divers will then at
tach them to the wreck. When they
are pumped out they are expected to
rise to the surface, carrying the wreck
with them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
Scientific Discussions
by Garrett P. SerDiss

l. DO "emanations'' from radium
mean disintegration of the independ-
ent units of which the> particle is
composed? If it takes $4,000 years
before these units have all escaped
OH into space, and the particle
wholly vanishes, is that because of
their inconceivable density in the
original grouping? (2). If a can
non ball could be rendered equally
dense, and compressed say into the
size of a pinhead, and yet retain all
the matter of its more bulky form,
would that convey a fair idea? In
Il word, is it their density that causes
so many countless quadrillions of
particles to be locked up in such
small space?
]. NJ. W.
Emanations from radium repre-
sent one step in a kind of natural
alchemy" taking the word alchemy
In Its popular sense of a transmit
alton of elements. or metals, one
into another, as for instance lead in
to gold.
For a long time chemists, and
men of science in general. smiled
at the old alchemists as dreamers.
The elements" they said, consist
each of its own kind of atoms. and
atoms are indivisible and unchange-
able. 1t is ridiculous to talk of
an atom of one kind turning into
an atom of another kind"
But then came the surprising dis
coVery-a scientific accident-that
atoms-at least the atoms" hither-
TO known-are not indivisibIe and
unchangeable. This put an entirely
dltferent complexion on the whole
matter; alchemy, or the idea. un-
derlying it, began to loom up as n
scientific possibility, or possible
practice of nature herself.
And in a little while-so fast do
these things 60 when once started
one element was actually seen
producing another element in n
modern chemical laboratory, where
the mocking face of che mystical
DR.. Faustus might have been i'm
agined grinning out of the corners,
But a closer examination showed
that what was happening was not
after all, the thing that the alchem-
lists wanted to have happen. The
wanted to take some cheap, base
metal, melt 1t, or subject 1t to some
other process, and see it turn into
the one metal that was worth while
gold. What really happened was
that out of a certain mineral came
another. 1t was more like q birth
than a transmutation. The original
mineral was the mother element.
and the derivative one was its child
Professor Theodore w. Richards
puts the matter in the form of a
sort of genealogical tree" To star;
with we have On e'onlental sub.
stance, or what has been regarded