Daily British Whig (1850), 27 Feb 1909, p. 9

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SECOND SECTION, RUBBISH IS SAID TO 0 WORTH A FORTUNE. Deserted Mine in Cornwall to _Be Worked For Radium, New In dustry Which May Lead to | Revolution in Science. I | | i | | i | St. Ives, Cornwall, OR something fifty there on of St Feb, 27 like | past | stood | the outskirt the: town of | Ives, Corn- years has | an ugly | refuse wall, heap of clay and taken® from the old Wheal Tren with copper mine and ax It been stones | aside | { thrown worthless has an always eyesore | to the of the town, and a despair to the speculative builder who saw a useful site spoiled No one knew, and few gies that this ugly heap was worth haps an hundred timés as much a equal quantity of autiferous rock from | the Rand, or that it contained, i comparatively large quantities, um, Radium, as most people know ig extracted from uranium, ita tara isis the blénde. artists pet oven an radi now, | which, product of pitch This pitdhiblende, which in ap pearanen like solidified tar, very rare substance, mn is is al Pabst ) Tratmeant af Te ToL Enda SEEKING RADIUM IN THE SOIL. ( At the moment of the foundation of the British Radium Institute comes an announcement of the beginning of a new British industry, the extraction of radium from pitchblende ore mined in Cornwall, Further interest attaches to this from the fact that the government of Austria has forbidden the exportation of radium. Most, if not all, forms of birthmark can be cured by means of radium, and the Lon- don Hospital, which makes a specialty of the use of the "element,™ has been successful in a number of cases. At present, the radium is applied by means of a tube in the manner shown in this illustration. It has been found, however, that it is infinitely better to apply the radium from a flat surface, and a few experimental instruments have been made. Some idea of the cost of the cure may be gained when il is said that ome of these new appliances, having a surface scarcely bigger than that of a postage stamp and containing 1.35 grains of radium, costs $1,800. France--at Nogentssur-Marne- larger deposits exist at the wtal mines in Bohemia. Now it is known that Cornwall undoubtedly con tains a very large quantity. | More than an hundred = men have started work, this week, at the Tren "with mine to extract the Fe 54 | and |¢ | { | { s ; | A small quantity has been found in| ind | Joachim- | which lies about the surface and deep in the workings. The inauguration of this work may almost be described epoch-making. The potentialities of radium are only half known yet. Experiments are re | stricted | which exists [a cruiser the infinitesimal quantity | less 'than a pound in He but all ¢ possesses properties '| i | | It is estimated with the. mine at Hitchblene there will yield about one one-hundredth grain to the ton. This is a quantity about the size of | pinhead, and its value would probab rh Francis Darwin pointed out wheg, he he between $5,000 and $7,500, was president of the British At present it is next to. impossible tion, two yeats ago, that radium wed, fix a price for radiam. It is millions of times more powerful than | precions to have a price fixed in terms dynamite, and that there w: i mere gold. energy in a pound and a hali el The beginning of 6,000 miles at high marks the hy those Ives hy St. connected that the world; that it wonderful entire scientists wwreed and more than the philosopher's stone Associn too S ene to dri speed St. Ives to work at first attempt ever made LZONDQN SCOTTISH MARCH THROUGH SOVIH LONDON WITH habia QBILCT OF BEATING UP we ie RECRUITS. FROM TY - GRA PWS 07 London, Feb, The efiect of the play, "An Englishman's Home," whicli deals with an imaginary sion of England, 'is becoming more far reaching every Hay. It-has undoubted ly aroused in England of militarism as has not the Boer war To it alone markable burst erating for the fore its produstion were Deen and eruits Hn they with them. They rate of five or j.ondon alone Every Saturday talions give 'march called, "covering all city. When the battalions reach headpuarters, afterward there weores of young men Napping on the flanks anxious to enlist of the erack battalions are not already filled, but have Major "Du Mauvier's play the problem for the month ogo it procure the mva such a existed spirit Se can be ascribed the of enthusiasm in 1 territorial army. Be the authorities | pleading for are overwhelmed are coming in at the! hundred a day 1 SIX in territorial bat iti the out," as sections of 0 the their are along Some only a waiting has offi war 1 sible seemed mpos twenty-seven thousand [if SERGEANT ENL RECRUITS BEN TOWZY. [GLENG CAPTL DTATOR. FOR THE car men Ory complets izati Now numerouas are the cream is nee the organ it is justothe' the selected n Ve i recruits that only Judge turns him ed Ro extract raithum in, Eocland, and it is that it marks a gevival | the Cornwall mining industry, Hall a century ago the Trenwith mine was worked for copper, and then atl a lower level for tin. Altogether ome $500,000 worth of metal was tak- on out. Fyery "day valuable piteh- blende was thrown away with the oth rubbish here manager black It him, Loo, hoped, of or is a story of a stupid mine thanght the pitchblende Sand consigned mdignantly thrown back feeling very crestinllen, the rubbish heap parts of the country a pitchblende exported to where uranium Uranium, hesides be! radium, has a high its owl, It is ex as an alloy and in the industry. England has known much about manufacture, and the Ger man metallurgists have been allowed to make a virtual corner, Small boys in St. Ives have kept pieces of pitchblende as curiosities, for when rubbed and held in a dark place it gives off a curious dull light. Onee a resident in the town sent a lump to a leading scientist for examination, and told that the ten pounds of pitchblende was worth $50 in gold. The work of drying the Trenwith mine will be a lengthy process, but plans are already being: made for the erection of pumping machinery. The water in the mineé opens up an- other prospect, It must be radio-ac- tive, and therefore have a high medical value. Thé worth of radium baths is well known in the treatment of cer- tain complaints, and there is a possi- bility of radium baths being estab- lished at St. There is one other point of view that may some day have to be considered in connection with radium. Dr. Jekvll, when he changed his personality, let loose a demon bevond the cont of man. What may the effect of the unloosing of a force of incredible pow- er such as must follow the production' of radium on a large seale? sady one serious problem has arisen, and that is the impossibility of keeping even a small quantity togeth 1 r, and so the amount in existence in widely distributed . particles. There structure in existence that would hold a pound eof radium. Radium of the most, if not the expensive of chemical sub- stan and it was only the muni- ficence 'of the Right Hon. Sir Ernest Cassel which placed on a' practical footing the new scheme for a British Radiim Institute, which has been started. at = the suggestion of his ma- jesty the king. Sir Ernest Cassel is a of the banker, Jacob Cassel, of Cologne, and received his education in that city. ' He himself earries on busi ness in Old Broad street. Lord Tveagh (formerly Cecil Guinness), who also has Liberal donation to the funds of the Radium Institute, has already shown himself a patron of public institutions devoted to the art of healing. The Dublin hospitals especially have bene- fited by his munificence. He is a fel- low of the Royal Society and has re cently heen elected chancellor of Dub: lin University, He was. made a bar onet in 1885, a baron in 1891 and a viscount 1905 who was such at he Gh From other little Italy was copper it as was and, put it was and extracted. ing the of commercial value tensively colored-glass No one Germany, basis of used mn its was Ives; be 1s is no is one most, es, son Sir Edward given a in MIMIC WAR TARGET. Army Council Adopt New System of Practice. Feb. 27. ~The just approved the military training the colomier. These of E. J. Solano, and are designed to take the place of the bullseve which was formally condemned he i cil in October, 1907. and hay now practically been abandoned hy Mg 1 i | tions for training. In all but the war final stages of an action battles ave | | | London, F ha for coancil targets army Solano are the invention by coun n "now in Britain and |; {lows : | about 11 Bre Se fought riflemen at may very be dangerous at dis wmnees up 2,000 yards and ower, They are no longer distinet marks, even when visible, and 'the moving tar gets of a battlefield are seldom visible long enough to permit of doliberate aim. Eyo training, distance judging, and rapid fire are the three essentialyg of war training in marksmanship, aw] it these that the targets sf ek to provide, Printed on grey, green, and brown papers, the figures gre re duced accurately to seale and colored with atmospheric effets. They arc sfitable for individual or eollee- tive firing, and ean be wlapted for full size ranges as well ys for ndinia- ture ranges. The bullstwe target con- stitutes roughly, only' five per cont, of the training of the) forvien conseript. The Solano battle practice target is stated to solve ihe want of range accommo lation training the territorial array. to new also serious for TOO LITTLE BLOOD. Responsible For Nearly All of the Misery Women Endure. Anagmia is written on the features of ninety women out of a:hundred. Unmistakable are the signs of "too little blood." The weaker sex is as- sailed at all ages by the evils result- ing from bloodlessness, from the girl who is weak and languid, with dull eyes, pale lips, fitful appetite and pal- pitating heart, * to the woman who feels 'never well," with pains jin the back and acfoss the shoulders, faint- ing fits and aching limbs. And later at life's turning point, nervous disor- ders and heart troubles make gredt calls'on a woman's strengtln At all ages Dr. Williams' Pink Pi are especially valuable to the sex, for they alone possess the powe of making in abundance the rich, red blood of health. veins with new feebled bodies are ale blood, so strengthened, weak nerves ave fortified, and "robust health is restored. Mrs, E. Smith, Windsor, N.S., says: 'A few years ago my health began to fail. 1 suffered greatly from inward troubles, and in about a year's time my-whole system was almost a wreck. * My blood had turned to water, and my heart had become so badly effect- ed that I could searcely go about. In fact life had almost become a burden, and there seemed little hope for me. One day a friend asked me if I had tried Dn Williams' Pink Pills, and told me that she had been in almost the same condition I was ,and that the pills had restored her to her pre- sent splendid health. I took courage from what my friend told me and be zan-to take the pills. 1 took them re- Sinrl for several months, constantly growing stronger, and the internal troubles' from which I had been afflict- éd were disappearing and my whole system seemed to have gained new strength, 1 wanted to make certain that there would be no return of the trouble and 1 continued to take the Pills for a time after 1 had really re covered. Since 1 have proved for my- self what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills can do, 1 have recommended them to a number of suffering people, and those who have given them . a fair trial have proved with me that Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills are just' what they are recommended to |v." Sold by all medicin: dealers or mail at 50c. a box + six boxes £2.50, from the Dr. \ illiams' company, Broekville; Unt THOUS SANDS ouT OF WORK. by for Medicine '""No Friend of Jap" Writes Letter on Vancouver, B.C. Feb. 27.--"No Friend writes a London to Vancouver, B.(., as of news- fol London, the Jap, paper from writing in reference to I saw 'in the English papers shortage of labor in Canada ate Thousands out of work at in Vancouver. 'things don't USies--1 am what present long range and | They fill the starved } that en- | He says: "I have been a bicyclist for over five years, Last spring I caught cold cc sing | catarrh. I took Peruna, ayd am well, I often recommend Peruna to my friends." | Te. Athletes Praise Pe-ru-na. Builds Worn- Out Systems. MR. JOHN PERRAULT. Mr. John Perrault, 885 Davidson street, Boulevard St. Paul, near Montresl, Canada, writes: "I have been a bicyclist for over five years, and last spring I caught cold and did not take anything for it, for I thought it was not bad enough, but it came to catarrh. 1 was so discouraged that I didn't know what to do. 1 could not sleep; I always felt tired and troubled, "Finally I began to take Perna. After 1 had taken ome bottle I felt bettér. I took another one, and now Iam well. I would like to always feel as Ido to-day. I often recommend i'eruna to my friends." lost strength and invigorates one quicker and more permanently than anything I know. 'It gives one nerves of iron and | muscles of steel, and assists the mental activities together with thie physical to Close Confinement. | Mr. G. W. Woodbury, Rogers, Ohio, formerly Captain and Oenter of the Hiram College Basket Ball Team, writes: "There are times in the life of every student when excessive study and toa diose confinement and attention to the | & wonderful degree." object in view will tell on your health.| "The athlete knows the importance of "I have found that when body and | being in fine form. Perunais a valuable mind slike are weary and refuse to'| assistant to anyone who wishes to keep work, a few doses of Peruna res{ores! himself in vigorous health every days i ny oN JUSTICE F. A. ANGLIN, Of the Exchequer Division of the High Court of Ontarig, who has been appointed to succeed the Hon. Jas. Maclennan on the Supreme Bench of Canada. better, in fact they THE . CONJURER CONFESSES, are getting worse, Lots of the mines | and saw-mills have down. You! don't see any Japs and 'Chink.' | out of work. They get plenty lo-| cause they work for nothing, or nest] to it. The Japs have runed Bri | tish Columbia. There are now 20-1 000 Japanese and Chinese in Britizhe Columbia, It n white cart try ny more. 1 think fooled to feave England seem to gel any closed Deliberate in Movements--Must Be An Actor. "the hand is quitkar than the ous of thos accepted savings invented by some "one who koew no | thing of conjuring as ie more like Liv, by cunning conjurer who people aimed still further tof hoodwink n v to come ont | gullible public. The fact is that the here to starve. That what bun- {ject conjurer pefdom makes a rapid dreds are doing now, British Co Linotion, for that attracts attention, lumbia never has heen short of abr oven though it Ins understood. The and riever will It is the tying ea trie artiet in this fine iv deliberate in pitatist "press that say that eviry movement, and it is mainly by ST Seriectyl rete Cee Mi aliens and 'the Salvation Army are io look ii where they ough, but in flood British Colarbia. with: all the paP entirely different direction. David people that they can rake out of | Devant, who, for uw nurndher of conscey- : a : | Wve bas entertained London England this vear. | would like to . ! : . HE now: what: he "is going "to dor with | with his ingenious ticks, has said : thom out here. Most of them that | DA (onjuror HEL be an actor. By he brought out last year are the cxpression. of his fac, by his gry 4 tures, by the tone of hiz voice, in {he ones that gre starving. It tune . that thir work was exposed hort. by hig acting, hs must produce 4 his offects."' "Is Good Tea' NOTICE THE BRIGHT, AMBER COLOR IN THE CUP. Phat wa is or, is man = SOME a is not becai« ant Poot going Lo + his aclions years 18

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