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NOW MME. CURIE
FOUND RADIUM
Struggled Many Months With Ref
use of Pitchblende Mines.
GAVE IT ALL TO SCIENCE
Now It Is Proposed to Present a SIOO..
000 Thimbleful to Her When She
Visits This Country in the Spring—
Women of America Are Gathering
the Necessary Funds—Mme. Curie
Has Found New Startling Qualities
in Mineral.
When M idaiiic Marie I'urie arrives
hcn* from I'ans tmxt Mat, says a New
York (lis|rti!li. 'in' may In* jti**.*—-nt***t
by tin* noun'll of America, as has al
ready lift'll nnnniiiH fit. with a tuhf
containing oil*' gramme *f radium
tin* railhtat tlv. fh'lin'lit Madame t'urie
discovered ami .an' to tin- world in
181*8.
Tim reason for this gift is tin* fa• • t
that itlthmigh Ma*laiiif t'lirh- knows
linin' concerning i*a*lliiiii and pm
t*nt III! it it- than at > living soul. -In*
bus nut. because of her :rnerosity.
out* train will* width to conduct ex
pt'riint'nt.s ami research work, vvhmli
will lllfllll so unit'll <•> tilt* World ill
large, Tin* gruiiittm. w lih'li will fost
fllltl.lNNl, t-an contained in .i -mall
fhi in bit*, and thfri* u ill ho t onsider
aldt* room to span*.
Dr. Robert Abbe, the tinted surgeon
of New York, is ding the Mum *'uric
Itadluii' t ’oininit I*** in its t-ffort to
gather tbt* necessary fond, lit* was
the pioneer 111 tht* use *if radium in
this country, and Is one of tin* few
scientists who lias worked side bj side
with Mine, t'urie in Paris. Sin* Ini'
frequently expressed the liii;l **~t re
gard fur bltn.
I>r. Abbe has written for niedieal
history a book <*ntitleil ‘.Mme t'urie.’’
the manuscript of which was recently
complete*!. Tlie surgeon lias _'i\**n
to Til** New York Times an excerpt
from one of tin* chapters of Ibis work,
which throws mu*h interesting light
on Mine, t ‘urle’s *!is<'*>\ery of rmliuin.
'* Important Discovery.
“No woman engaged In purely sci
entific work." iijs I *r. Abbe, "has **v**r
been accorded honor for a* iiiplisli
ing a dlseovery >o Important to tlm
world ami t" '■ iem •* a Mine. ’tjri•
has been for her discovery of radium
“tit her women have been credited
with deeper and wider s*-i.'iititii• knowl
edge: other women have -at upon
thrones. an*l. with royal privilege*
have made history, hut no other wom
an. by sheer for* * of **m rgy -ml brain
|H>wt*r, has pursued ,i trail into :>n
unknown jungle. ami l*rou : i• •*. light
Mil'll till unsuspected new f.e!ol';!i ' ' e
world's make up, wb • i.: : . 1 -m i,
revolutionary ii dueme in - mm*'
“No I*ll*' 'ill! '; | y tluil ' |j* U| { :, .-i 1
on this by c|iam*\ Tine*' existed,
first of all. .i complete edit* anon u
ehetnislry ami phy;< - wit In*.it \% ti i*■ I;
til*' til's! step 111] | n<>: haw
taken Secondly tin- i-iier.';. tin *|otn
Inaliny will tin- /••;: in pursuit, the
indefatigable working pow*-: •!.*• elt
sacrificing bravery the same ti'ivo
which ma’le it possible for Ivnry to
reach the Sort! pole carried ibis e\
plorcr into an m '.own wi e.-nn-s
--“We witln's Mill* I .rm s re
seareb. one of most * *’inp ! *'t*
ph*ees of def**'"i ve work that ever un
earthed a I Id* : mystery
“She who has g \en It away freely
has none, and ■ ■ .* • • •*• : ur- *•
further dlseovi" Every ~r -i new
chapter tins '• * it..
“A still *i lerr ■ t.ap:*'i' i'
unreve.ii*' ! • - ■ ; ••.•*• */
the uuln* I.
11 1 s 1 : 11 , ■ o • •. !. • ■ r
feet- .*• ' a
w rent Ii * ' .a'lr
ani! W ill. " to •'! "U
sand fold
revelalie.'i o' '
Its f. s '. I • si ' 1.
cancer 11 t 'ire. * s- .• . ' -
now turned I er •!:•* t.ht '1 1 i.e
of research.
Led S mple Life.
“The story of Mi. • ■ '>. - . :.* -
to* simple as ' ii.lt of l! 1.-. S (if
Other workers ill the sunn In Net
ertheless, we will see thai "'scntiii
features we •• a preliminary irutnitu
In self-denying home lit* ideally sim
ple, her fatlier being llm Professor of
Physics and •iicmi'try in the I'm
verslty of Warsaw.
"The magnetic pull of the renowned
I’arls schools, where science had its
purest atmosphere of reseureh. hmuight
tier, with scores of others, from many
countries, to the University of I’arls.
There she was welcome, as an ardent
udent, ami for two years she lived
as all students do, on the merest ne
cessities of life in the I.atin Quar
ter. Fired by the spirit rtf work, she
was welcomed by Professor Beequerel
n the IH*|airtment of Physics, ami by
'essor Curie In chemistry, as a
•nlm! and a gifted student. The
••eruiltled her assistance In
of uranium reseureh to
*tal would shine when
'uric room, and. If It
*bt act like the
v. widest had
I w ise to test the tresliim" of the plate j
by developing It. To the surprise of
all, i dark spot appealed on it In*
Heath while tlm iiiilnTal bad rested. ,
"In a word, some unsuspected rays
1 laid gone through the blink paper.
This was ihe startling beginning of !
the discovery It* . ijtii'l'ii rays became
the new wonder I’.y delicate tests
they were proved to be electrical.
■'Then I'.an the pursuit. All Joined
in it livery lorin of uranium In laho
ral"lies was tested.
Mine Curie took the next great
Step tin deciding step. She went to
the mines near Carlsbad, where the
mineral pitchblende had been mined
for a century for the extraction of
uranium. Sin* examined the refuse,
of which ti ft y tons had accumulated
in years past.
"Pitchblende had always been
known tii laboratories of Lurope as a
composite ore containing a mixture
of a dozen different metals beside the
uranium for which it seemed alone
worth mining simb as lead, silver
tin. bismuth, etc.
“To Imr surprise. Mine. Curie found
the ri-tiis. was mneli stronger In
lhiii|uercl rays than the uranium
vv lib li had been extracted. This start
bn. fact tlmn 'taied her in tit*- face,
that something unknown existed in
tlm refuse
"I'.V cltellllcai processes she proceed
ed to dissolve oik tif't the lead, tin’ll
the tin. tlii-ri silver, and so on until
as the residual mass lioeaum purer it
became stronger and stronger, six'y
times stronger than uranium.
"Tills small remnant glowed in the
dark. Ml but tvve metals had been
eliminated. Tlm'e were knew it not to
have th* slightest radioactivity
Therefore tlml'e could be but on ill
elusion she was facing a mysterious
new force. Tbe ex. i;i'tin'llt ran high
as the months xv.'iif by.
‘‘Filially, after two years, slm was
able by ultra clmtnloa! resources, with
the help of her teacher* and Profes
sor t'urie (vvtm, meanwhile, had of
fel'ed himself ami been accepted 111
marriage), to announce to the world
OVis) the discovery of a new element
radium.
"It was her beautiful tribute to
science that an impersonal name
radium wa* given, because it gave
out rays. Knowledge, and md fame,
was her pursuit. In contrast to her
un~''lti*h /cal, the Austrian owners of
the niltm would give Imr only one
lift h Ilf the refits,, which she desired
for furtlmr study. The rest, they
found, had a new commercial value
owing to her research, and they kept
If for profit and study. Slm, on tin
other band industriously extracted a!
tbe radium from her small store, and
after a year, believing tlm physica
■ lu:i 1 itii - were mo* under'! I. offered
It t" the medical world, not only In
Pari*, but to u*.
Supply Soon Exhausted.
"11l l'.H.'t *ln released .! ami vv.
were aide a, put. i.a*. tin- tit's; morse
for New York It I- interesting to
record that, wlmn n second order wa*
cabled t'- Imi for more wa* with
bold for two months, until 'ln- had
finished some • a oriumtric to'.. Timt
she released a 'ln laid bo' *eion
11 s' . to is* ■ A u■,a : t cl' more o'
that Ills!"!':' bit. which proved th:*'
radian. - ••* Imat I'oiitimiou*..*
• a lilt 111 : mkly t> Mew York
"Her sjn.i st r. -if V.-'t ••fuse
however, -a' |ii : *■ I.ly ••\baU'!i"l am:
all " e I d.itm I" I • bad :i. if. worn
vv ii * ?• -: some tilin' mad** in '• -'many
That, also, re could buy. bid id Inin I
largo: pm.-
"Mil.ii* I'Vi'iyvilicii in tie wnri.
I i l . se..t .d b.r *! 1 1 - new precious
I'm',. ! • - * d, -cover
. ; gfii les in
piipi • eav lug
' t.i ■ : f ill,-. ? In' . • tin p'ate lie
V ■ doped l.ia. i ' bn', bt J'il Ii I i 1!:: Sollle
si' a! ! ip:..' '' ■ - vv *•:.- f oT.,d 1 p. .ft u
ga . ' ■ ' t' • 1 in one
nr '.Vo . p .os
"Tie ’l'd:'.' b .IV . . 'ln
World I • a. ’ on
'-s by o' ..*.- *,d I" ■ Hiii'iil
relin.'lii* ' 1 . iit east six
111..!,' : * - • ; . ~.p;i
rat. ' In taor. 1 I "" ton* o'
r- ■ , , .*•. • ' .* . than
a Mb'."'"' '
\! • . M i • .
... ... ...Is a .1* • and II." md
s': I'- *1 It - p* •'•'bills
t:m'
''l Im . ' .' '• V " s 'll* . a*
I■ . ■ ■ ontes'at. by a commission
giving Mine, i uri. the Nobel Pri/.e it.
I'.Hln. '
WAR PREPARATION COSTLY
United States Will Spend $J.593000,-
000 During Present Year
Wtir preparations this year will cost
the United State* ■•:*:ii*i<****< ae
cording to estimates. Every person in
the ! iilti*d State* I* paying SIM."I a
year for war purposes, a* against per
capita appropriations for all purposes
of S.’tl.'fj.
To get ready for future wars the
United States tills year will spent!
*Bol.Mil .MM), or about L'.”. per cent of .
the total appropriations.
City Loans to Jobless.
The city of Muskegon. Mi<*h., be
lieves In the honesty of Its citizens. It
has already hacked timt belief to the
extent of more than flti.uon i>v mak
ing unsecured loans to citizens tempo
rarily out of work ninl In need.
(TI •ns are made in the form of j
’•earli’g nites, payable on
LONGEVITY ON THE DECREASE
University Professor Thinks It Is. and
Gives Some Cogent Reasons Why
It Should Be.
Prof. Ihiytnnml Pearl .if Jobtis llep.
kltis. after tin exhaustive study of life
probability extending through a histor
ic period ut two thousand years, nr
rives at the conclusion that "Idle
man's possibilities el III*- at birth am!
in earlier stage* luts been steadily im
proving. hi' expectation "i lit*- at ad
vanced age bn* been steadily dv r* a*
lug. i’ompafisoiis ranging from the
lintiian*. Egy ptlun to tlm present day
offer statistical The theoretical
explanation is that in early time', with
less provision for the protection of
babies iiiml infants, only the more rug
ged palled through. Nowadays with
increasing care for childhood, the weak
arc . a fried into adolescence and adult
hood. Wlmre formerly only the fittest
or toughest managed t■ • reach the
shady slope of life, and were conse
quently more likely to hung mi to ripe
old ages, tlm salvaging of the weaker
brings 1 licit! Into tlm fifties and sixties
with less hope of prolonged life. It
sound' plausible and may explain the
apparent d*-. rea**- of longevity. Inci
dentally. Ill* statistics brought out the
fact that while women formerly ha*l
less expectation of life iit all ages,
till* has been reversed another blow
to the tradition of "the weaker six."
Women now appear to have tlm great
er probability **i prolonged lit*
KNOWS MACHINES HE BUILDS
Head of Great Locomotive Works Has
More Than Business Acumen to
His Credit.
On a Imt day last summer au ex
press train between I*ltlln* I*-1 plitiv nml
New York came to a jolting halt, says
Nation's I'.usiness. The passengers
first Joked, then grumbled, then grew
impatient. A big man. wldtc-balrcd.
but youthful in motion, climbed down
from a chatrear and marched up to
the engine, whirl* was the center of
a ring of passengers.
"What's wrongV" lie asked.
In etYii t, the engineer said that the
engine had quit and he didn't know
w hiit the several things was the mat
ter with it.
The big limn peeled off his coat and
waistcoat and rolled up his shirt
sleeves. Tlmn he sort of disappeared
In the Interior of the unwilling engine
and tlie ring of watching passengers
' grew.
Half an hour later he emerged with
a smudged fac ami grimy hands, and
said. "She's all right now,' put coat
ami waistcoat over hi* arm and
walked back to hi* 'half car, wiping
his hands i.n a handful of west* lm d
picked up in t In- . ill*.
Slm was till right, and the man win.
mad* Imr all right wa* Samuel Mat
tlii'W* Yam-lain, millionaire president
... the i’.aldvvln I. motive works, und
u rent 1..*" el then ”*>,'• workmen.
Airolane an Essential Now.
In e'* minutes after ti c iiirminghum
etlii'e "! a Slmihy county mine opera
tor bad gotten in touch with tlm mine
rc>. im stilt ion at Host Lm!. experts
at the s'.ition had engaged at* airplane
ami will, special I it*- saving apparatus
had been landed at the mine, .'it* miles
distant.
Ties marks a new held *.f useful
ness t..r the airplane I*hy si* inn*, life
saving expert - :nd mil •• r*'*ein up
puratus may I*■ • .*ri i* *J through the
air l. tie *.. *i.o "i a inn * d.saster
and many lives may be s.im-'I by tins
Ijlll' k s' rv i. e.
Wlmn tlm airplane lias evolved into
a nii'iimn for ti.*- *: vin> <-t intimiti
li!*-, it may indeed I.*' said to have
entered ti.. 'a" ■•! th* essentially
pm* 'i. ; i’.irn. n. \a. 11* raid.
Work of Y. W C. A Abroad
S* •: • *■: 'im t* - i y ■c - . /.ed
) \\ , * \ n iv: 1 .... I’* - ate vv ere
■ tit | : -. •. :*■ *■! '.. ' • have m* : .Imr
s|. P aid ..: 1 ... a' . It ' *
1 . i.ng \\ eta.'l. s < '!. .•' .1 .alien
pi. s. i,te.| to :Imin tiy a yo'li g girl
.b* ■ v ;i* *>n Im;' ■ - ■ A nm l llm
girl pr*.v.-d p ' .. ng in
* '.I'V eliilill will. a •I. en! nmlli
!.. I'sl.ip ;n the 1 1 . ,n -1 ll Hi*'
... tlllll and !■ ll -I t t llm card to
he 1 1 ii v • ■!* ■*- a* .. gin. '.'<■*• d a*
sstali'*. along ,o vv.. . i.n'!* as
young a* twelve and sixteen arc pass
in, through tlm 1 W 1 A. "ih. c ill
1 .ilitii'l *M. tin* way t" Attmric.i.
Good Work Is Costly.
'i he remurkabi*' difference in prices
of tennis racket' i* not so mu<-|* due
to til*' dltTeia'lU'e ill the cost of the raw
tuiiteriiiis **t vv hi.'h they are made us
to the kind and amount of labor on
their making, says tlm American For
estry Magazine *.! Washington Hcst
tennis rickets arc works of art, and
the skill of the worker is reflected ill
the price ns much as in any other
article belonging to -port ami ath
letics.
The Really Terrible Thing.
Mrs. (iush —Too hud about your
poor husband getting Ids arm broken
In your motor accident yesterday. So
sorry.
Mrs. Swagger —Oh. thank you. hut
that wasn't the worst; my new hat
was simply ruined. —Boston Tran
script.
A Moving Question.
ltedd-T under and that about
per cent of tlie t 'on pictures shown
ill! British Indy ■ -lertcun produc-
F
'•cage and!-
THE DEMOCRATIC MESSENGER. SNOW HII.L, MARYLAND.
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Varieties “Divvy’s—first go!” The Butter |j|
of Corbv used * n
1 ' Wherever there is a Corby Cake there is a Corby :
friendly scrimmage among the youngsters — *
Layer Ca Le each wanting a share of its healthful daintiness. a e
c“: l"s K ood for them, too -because it is rich in -^‘.’i
Vanilla. those ingredients which help to build up phy= experts.
° rangc siuue and cannot harm the digestion. 1S the finest
“ n ~ r , Droduct of the
i Hulk Lake :re an: ery that
1 Elk “Pure as Mother made it” £*L3:-
Lady, any family tab
t 1 , ult —but made more scientifically perfect than she mium P *nce P
Small Carton has facilities for making it. You don’t poun
£ lam ' have to bother to bake—iust order any one of penor butte
Lady. the fifteen varieties of Corby Cake from your maximum*
J Cocoanut, grocer or delicatessen. He’ll supply it fresh an d richne
171 Jelly-roll, ,
d Chocolate. from the ovens.
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CARDUI HELPER
REGAIN STRENGTH
Alabama Lady Was Sick For Three
Years, Suffering Fain, Nervous
and Depressed—Read Her
Own Story of Recovery.
Paint Hock, Ala.—Mrs. C. M. Stegall,
of near here, recently related the fol
lowing interesting account of her re
covery: "I was In a weakened con
dition. I was sick three years In bed,
suffering a great deal of pain, w-pak,
nenous, depressed. I was so weak,
I couldn't walk across the floor; Just
had to lay and my little ones do the
work. I was almost dead. I tried !
every thing 1 heard of, and a number of
doctors. Still 1 didn't get any relief.
1 couldn't eat. and slept poorly. 1
believe if I hadn't heard of and taken
Cardui 1 would have died. 1 bought
six bottles, after a neighbor told me
what it did for her.
“I began to eat and sleep, began to
gain my strength and am now well
and strong. I haven't had any trou
ble since ... I sure can testify to the
good that Cardui did me. I don't
think there is a better tonic made
and I believe It saved my life.**
For over 40 years, luousands of wo
men have used Cardui successfully,
In the treatment of many womanly
ailments.
If you suffer as these Sromcn did*
take Cardui. It may htlpjyou, too.
•*<*■ \ EBS
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ENVELOPES?
BILLHEADS ?
NOTEHEADS
LETTERHEAD
CARDS, TAG
CIRCULAR
OR ANY KIND OF
IF SO
Send your orders to The
have your work do
/
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J L jPrtat*/
.PRIL 2, 1921.

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