The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-04-08

uiuLu, duu usbo 80 Nttl0D n1auf at
Orange, N. J. The larger plant Is To-
Gated at Canonsburg, near p;t,sh,,re
Pennsylvania.
At the smaller plant, it reon;raa coz
tons of carnotite ore, brought across
the continent in q cars and al aoual
bulk Of coal and chemicals, to ertract
1.-The ~ grams of radium which con.
stirnted New York's purchase The
larger plant uses loWgradt orc
mined in the desert region near vbare
/ the four states of Colorado, Utah Naw
| Mexico and Arizona join one another
the only place in the United States nv
the way, where four states meet The
ores are carried on mule back 60 miles
| to the nearest railroad.
It takes five hundred tons Of this
ore to produce one gram Of radium
| A ton of the ore requires to be treated
with ton of chemicals and "a TONS
of water, and finally yields ouantit,
or radium about the size Of the head
Of a very small pin. Expert mining
engineers have estimated that these
Colorado carnotite fields will produce
between two and three pounds Of RAJ
dunn before they are exhausted
A rich deposit Of. pitch blende has
been discovered in the province of
Ontario, so that Canada may soon be
engaged in making radium also.
England obtained five grams of RAJ
cium after the war by boiling down
a number of her great guns. This
amounts to about heaping teaspoon
full, and is worth in the neighborhood
of $350,0o0.. It is kept at the Middle
sex hospital in a lead safe weighing
sone and one-half tons.
France owns only one gram Of the
precious substance; but Madame
| Curie, the discoverer, wife OF one of
the professors in the University Of
Paris, has succeeded in collecting and
saving the gas which emanates from
the radium constantly, and it il found
that this gas is as effective IN the
cure of cancer as is the radium.
IT is known that the curative agent
in certain baths in Europe which have
been famous throughout the world is
| the radium which the waters OF their
springs contain. But it is not only as
a curative agent that radium has be-
come famous. 1t is estimated, that
there are now four million watches in
use that have illuminated dials be-
cause the diafs have been paintedwith
!! luminous paint containing radieact
| i've material. 1t is estimated that
! about one gram was used up in the
manufacture of these dials
[ Some mining corporations hay|
adopted for use in their mines Sign
/ that have been painted with luminou
i paint made from the same substances
These signs are not affected by atmoE
4 pheric conditions or by accidents, an
for that reason are specially desirabl
in mines, or in the pilot houses
ships, or, ideed, wherever it is niece
/ sary to have a light that can be q
pended upon at all times without Il
necessity of relying on electric ca
rent, oil or gas.
Experimenting with radium, DR..
G. Squance, of Sunderland, Englan
transformed sapphire of faint pin
hue into a gorgeous ruby and a fai
green sapphire into an oriental eme
aid. These achievements followed Il
accidental discovery that a diamol
when exposed to the rays of radiu
gIows with a beautiful green light
The demons that infest the atmt
DH0I0 OF our GdTJH uOW, just dS Iii
did in the days of our Lord (see Ma
5.S13: Mark 1886: Acts 1861
are sail to have made the statemeI
either through the Ouija boards WIFI
they operate. or through the socall
spiritualist mediums whom they &C
troll, that in the discovery of radiu
humanity has come very close TO Il
secret of life. OF course these "lyil
spirits" as the Scriptures call thel
cannot be trusted; and yet even
liar will sometimes tell the truth,
that he may have the greater inf
ence when he does lie. Moreover
does seem as though in permitting Il
discovery of radium the great God b
| left humanity peer a little farther
to the secrets of the universe than h
hitherto been possible. All this is ;
indication that the dawn of the Col
en- Age is breaking upon the worl
| The Lord is letting in the truth on