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RADIUM EMANATIONS.
•cleatUt Think* the Wonderful Sab.
stance Can Be Cued to Cure
Pulmonary Tukerculunl*.
Frederick Soddy, who was Prof. Ruth*
erford, assistant at McGill university,
In Montreal, has suggested another use
for radium. He argues that as it has
been found to cure consumption of the
skin (lupus), it should also cure con
sumption of the lungs. If its rays can be
brought to bear directly on the diseased
lung tissue, without any intervening
substances, such as the chest wall. At
first sight, says the Scientific American,
this seems rather a difficult thing to do,
as it is, of course, out of the question to
place any solid mass of radium within
the lungs themselves. But recent stud
ies have shown that radium in a solution
gives off a gas and that this gas is itself
radio-active. So all that is necessary to
subject the internal lung tissue to the
direct action of radium rays is to breathe
a mixture of air and the radium gas. By
this means Mr. Soddy believes a new and
valuable remedy for consumption will be
available to the pathologist. The rays
from radium have already proved use
ful in the treatment of several forms of
skin disease, and it has been suggested
that the insertion of minute particles
of radium In the interior of a cancer is
worth trying. It should be remembered,
however, that even if radium proves val
uable in the treatment of pulmonary tu
berculosis, its cost is so high—several
hundred dollars a grain—that it could
not come Into general use under present
conditions.
Bird* That Blush.
An observer finds that some
birds blush. He writes: “We have a
| very fine specimen of the blue and yel
low macaw which displays this trait—
not often, for he is remarkably good
tempered—and the ‘blush’ Is an invari
able sign of anger; so much so, that we
warn all friends that while his cheeks
remain white all attacks are feigned
and in play and can be disregarded,
yet if the ‘danger signal’—red—show's,
to look out and keep out of reach."
The owner of a blue and orange macaw
says that its white, parchment-like
face becomes bright pink, especially
above the peak, whenever it is angry
or excited.
Alaskan Salmon.
Alaska now supplies kilt the sal mom
*< the world.
lip Against It.
“Sir, I don’t think I quite catch the
drift of your'remarks,” said the haughty
maid who seemed to have suddenly de
veloped a case of refrigerator heart.
‘‘Well, I seem to catch your drift, all
right, all right,” rejoined the young man
who had been trying to frame up a pr«t
posal. “It seems to be something on the
order of a snowdrift."—Chicago Dally
! News.
The Old Thing Won’t Go.
Hewitt—First be sure you’re right.
! then go ahead.
Jewett—You may be sure you're right
and not be able to go ahead, if you ara
In an automobile.—Brooklyn Ufa,
—
Ages of Presidents.
Washington was 67 when he
died; John Adams 90, Jefferson
! 83, Madison 85, Monroe 73, John
Quincy Adams 80, Jackson 78,
Van Buren 79, William Henry
Harrison 68, Tyler 72, Polk 53,
Taylor 65, Fillmore 74, Pierce 64,
Buchanan 77, Lincoln 56, Johnson,
66, Grant 63, Hayes 70, Garfield
49, Arthur 56, Benjamin Harrison
87 and McKinley 58.
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ing. $4.75 for the round trip.
Tickets on sale May 14 to 18, in
clusive; final return limit May
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TO THE*FAIR.
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daily via the Iron Mountain route.
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limit fifteen days from date of
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