Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1910 — Page 3

CURE BY INJECTION

Much Hope Offered by Physicians In Use q! Radium. *«ropean Salentlata, Attar Making Experiment*, Write Article on SubJect for London Lancet— Lupua Vulgaris of Nook. New York.—Several European phy--8 clana and surgeons have been exporJ?®. ntln< w,tli Injection* of solution* of radium aa a curative measure. Dr. L. Wlcham and Dr. M. Degrais have written an article on the subject for the Umdon Lancet The Medical Record says of It: Allude to a paper presented « the Lisbon congress by' several trench authors, the conclusions of which are as follows: " When Introduced into the animal body the emanation diffuses Itself through the structure, and may in this manner reach deep-seated parts. It “as a predilection for the glands which S int ’ raal secretion add espeu » for the ,u P ra renal capsules. It eliminated by the lungs and the kWneyT ,d * BmaU cxteat by ths au toors then pass on to relate their own experiences with this mode ™r£ er ? P <: In a oaae of topus w»«. °\ the neokl a curative change was produced by injections of (1) wain. ? d9ttd radioactive in the proporlon of one millogram of pure sulphate Per Uter> or (2) water impregnated with radium in the properon of one millogram of pure broU “ per Hter - In thls “so o injections of each kind and of from one to two cubic centimeters were Riven in the course of two months. They have also presented a case of lupus erythematosus, treating for comparison the lesions on the left side by e application of the radium apparatus and those on the right side by injections. On the left side there was a sharp reaction with destruction of t e lupus and a subsequent process of repair. Later there seemed to be a strong cicatrix, but still later there was a recurrence of the lesion at the margin of the tissues of repair. On the right side there was no visible Inflammatory reaction, but there was first a diminution and then a disappearance of the erythema of the lupus,

POETRY IN BILLS

University of Chicago Teacher Makes Unique Statement _ Professor Wllczynskl Announce* Advance of Rhythmical Revolution In “Poetry and Mathematics." Chicago.—Poetry Is booming. The grocer's bill may now be called a lyric, the butcher's communication an elegy, and the housewife who checks the charges a literary artist of the subtlest mold. Professor Ernest J. Wilczynski of the University of Chicago mathematics department says so. Profesor Wllczynskl, who teaches integral calculus, projective differential geometry and other advanced subjects at the university, announced the advance of the rhythmical revolution In a lecture on “Poetry and Mathematics” the other day at Ryerson Physical Laboratory. Poets and mathematicians, he declared, are expert in each other’s arts, and by no means so different as uninformed persons may imagine. The university authority defined the world as one huge mathematical problem, and his remarks were full of comfort for those who may have felt a lack of the poetical faculty. Bookkeepers as well as tradesmen and kindergarten pupils may squeeze themselves Into the poet’s hall of fame by a liberal Interpretation of the new theory. "The poetic and mathematical aspects of the human mind have much more in common than is usually realized," said Professor Wllczynskl. “There Is no such thing as one faculty of the mind that Is without contact with other faculties, and It Is true tn the case of the mathematics and poetry, of course. “A poem and a mathematical composition are both the expressions of ideas. Goethe said that he disliked mathematicians because they always translated everything into their own language. But he would not have objected had he known that their language was the most beautiful, perfect and adequate of all. A "Each art has a peculiar language, and Its conventional symbols. Beethoven nnd Wagner, spent many years distributing small black dots over five parallel lines, but the dots were only the symbols, not the music. In the same way the mathematical equation Is only the symbol, but the form Is the Important thing. This Is true of both poetry and mathematics. “Like poetry mathematics may express Its thought tn different ways and mav be of beauty because of Its formal element The peculiar element of poetry may be said to be rhythm and that of mathematics to be rotation. Aristotle called attention to the necessity for unity of action in the drama, and the same necessity holds for r.ijkthematlc*’. . -Aristotle's famous saying that the probable-impossible Is preferable to the improbable-possible, Is true in

GIANT BRITISH WARSHIP

LONDON; ENG.—The latest powerful addition to the British navy was sent down the ways a few days ago. In and armament the vu* tel is the first of Its class in the world.

the. part assuming a whitish cicatricial aspect "At the time the recurrence was found on the left side the recovery on the right side was maintained, and there had been no reappearance of lupus since that time. In these two cases the doses of radium vjere extremely small, but they contained the emanation, an element which is not present in the rays emitted by the radium apparatus. “The Injection of certain insoluble salts of radium suspended in an. emulsion into structures of small absorbent power prolongs the contact of the salt with the diseased tissues and intensifies the action of the radiations and of the emanation. This plan was followed in treating a large cancerous nodule, being made tn a mixture of paraffin and vaselin. The object was to inject this preparation beneath the nodule, so as to prepare a stratum underlying the whole of the diseased part. Thus the nodule was exposed to a cross fire, as it were, diminished in size afid rapidly disappeared. There

mathematics also. We Insist upon casuallty in mathematics as we do in poetry. “The minds of poets and mathematicians work in the same way, both possess Imagination, both hold’ the idea important and insist that the essential Ideas must be true. The perfect mathematician, then, may be regarded as the perfect poet, and the arts are very similar,"

LONG, HARD WINTER AHEAD

Blackbirds Going South and Chipmunks Getting Into Their Bur- -- rows, Says Zoo Keeper. New York.—“We are going to have an yearly winter this year and a long and severe one,” said Head Keeper Snyder of the Central Park menagerie the other day. “AU signs point that way, and I have been studying these things for a quarter of a century. "Blackbirds, chipping sparrows, bluebirds and other summer visitors

West Raising Sacred Sheep

Former Yale Professor Expects to Make Fortune Out of Experiment on Pacific Coast. Tacoma, Wash.—On Hesper island, in Puget sound, George Sifford, a former Yale professor, is tenderly caring for as choice a bunch of lambs as ever delighted the heart of a gentleman farmer. They are karakuls, or the sacred sheep of Asia and biblical times, and were secured by Sifford after great effort and considerable money: It is said they are the first ever raised in America; they are worth more than 100 times as much as the common sheep of the flocks. The Karakul Is the sheep which produces wool used for the finest coats in Europe. Its wool is almost priceless, and there are comparatively few garments made from the real Karakul. The pure bred sheep are to be found only in the herds Of the wealthy noblemen ,pf Bokhara, as the majority of the breed ar.e mixed with Afghan and other species. Sifford, while acting as a missionary to central Asia, brought thirty of the sacred sheep to this country. He secured his first pure-bred sacred sheep because of a favor he did for a Bokhara nobleman. Convinced that such a sheep would soon be ’a source of great wealth if once adapted to America, he searched around to find others. He was rewarded in his efforts and finally through the aid of a wealthy uncle reached America with the specimens. To find a climate similar to that of Pokhara wa« the most serious cuesflop before Sifford. On the way down Puget sound from Victoria, B. C.. he passed Keeper Island, covered with everygreen tree* and luxuriant shrubbery. Reaching Seattle, he returned to the island to Investigate and found al-

was no ulceration and there has been no recurrence. "It must be understood that soluble radium when Injected is in a free state in the animal body and carries with it gaseous emanations which give rise to the phenomenon of radio-activity. The salt in radium apparatus does not supply emanation for therapeutic purposes. for this gas does not pass through any solid body, being in this respect unlike the extremely penetrating radium rays. “The authors believe that these experiments offer much hope for the future."

How a Story Originated.

Tangier.—A report in circulation here that American interests had purchased the greater par| of the valuable Anghora country, in southwestern Africa, turns out to have been erroneous. It originated from a small and unimportant purchase of land by a Moor named Hasan Ben All, who is a naturalized American citizen.

have been flocking for over a week. I saw a flock of several thousand blackbirds flying southward over the city last week. Migration to the south is unusually early this season. "The chipmunks are very busy laying up a supply of beech nuts and other provender for a long winter. Woodchucks up the state are going into their burrows for the winter with a big layer of fat on their ribs. Usually they stay out until September. You had better get your fur overcoat out of the tar barrel for an early cold snap, for frost will be here early.”

Mosquitoes Kill Cattle.

Lake Charles, La.—Southwest Louisiana is in the grip of the mosquito plague. Thousands of cattle have been killed by the Insects. They hover in hordes over the fields and marsh lands. At night they fly Into towns, making living conditions almost unbearable. It is impossible in some of the towns along the Southern Pacific railroad to go out of doors at night. Persons eat dinner with their ftnkles swathed in protecting clothes; then they get beneath bars and netting, for it Is impossible to keep the mosquitoes out of residences.

most the identical glasses and shrubs that grow in Bokhara, but of different names. Here he took the sacred sheep, and they flourished. Now there are fifteen lambs, and the next summer or two there will be a good-sized flock of the most valuable sheep in the wo-.’d. The sheep are free from any n' e diseases afflicting the common kinds, and the quality qf wool produced since reaching American shores Indicates an Improvement.

EAGER TO GET WEEKLY BATH

English Millionaire Proud of Gorgeous Lavatory in Hi* Elegant Mansion. London.—" Apropos of personal elegance and cleanliness,” so "M. A. P.” has related in the evident effort to relieve the holiday pressure, “one is reminded of the story of a certain self-made millionaire who built for himself a gorgeous mansion not far from Hyde Park corner, the wonders of which were talked of far and wide and so excited curiosity that a certain member of royalty expressed his desire to see the inside. “Very flattered and gratified, the proud owner showed the guest all that there was to be seen—leaving the wonderful bathroom until the end. Everything here was as near perfection as possible. Rare marble had been used for the floor, the walls were lined with panels of precious stones and a wonderful flight of stairs with a crystal balustrade led down to the bath Itself. The royal visitor showed his admiration generously. “Yes,” said the host, “the man who designed It knew what he was about, didn’t he. Do you wonder, your royal bigness, that I look forward to Saturday nights’” -

CLEVER FIRST BASE PLAYER

Jake Daubert of Brooklyn Nationals, One of Season’s “Finds," Telle of Early Start. BY JAKE DAUBERT, Tou ask how I got my start. The fact is I started and slipped back so often that it is hard to tell how. I know that at first I didn't want to start at all. I loved baseball, and played ever since I can remember. 'I was on the “first nine" in my home town when I was 15 years old. But the idea of getting into the big leagues did not come to me for a long time. I was in the little Williams Valley league down in Southern Pennsylvania, and was hitting pretty well, but my arm was bad. I was a third baseman then and never had played much , except as a pitcher, and sometimes a catcher or the outfield. I got an offer to go out again when our league went up, but wanted to stay at home. I finished up the peason there and saw I could hold my own with them, except that my arm was so bad I wanted to quit. I couldn't heave them across from third base, and besides I didn't know much about playing the game, or how to take care of my arm. I went to the manager and told him either I would go home or go to first base. He asked me if I could play first and I said I thought I could, although I never had tried it, and that a lefthanded thrower belonged there rather than at third. He must have liked my nerve, for he gave me a chance and I made good and hit well. Then Cleveland got me and I thought I was started, but somehow they could not see me. I thought I was doing fairly well, but they chased me to Toledo, recalled- me, chased me again and finally I got discouraged and couldn’t hit and everything broke wrong, and I was sent to the Southern league. I didn’t like the way Cleveland had treated me and I wanted to show that bunch I could play the game. I work-

Jake Daubart.

ed hard at Memphis and studied the game. I learned a whole lot and suddenly I settled down and started hitting. After that I was all right. 1 began correcting faults and working harder to get along and pretty soon Brooklyn grabbed me. That time I was ready and knew I was ready. I had the confidence and I knew that I could hold my own.

TIGERS’ CUBAN TRIP STOPPED

President Navin Put* Emphatic Veto on Proposed Tour and No Detroit Player Will Go. ’ There will be no Cuban trip for the Tigers after the league season closes. President Navin has put his fqpt down on such a trip, and no members of the team will be permitted to play ball in Havana and other places. Any player disobeying this order will be fined SSOO. But this threat may not make any change in the players’ plans. One of the party said that nearly all the regular men have made preparations to play ball on - the Island. “What can the club do If twelve of us go to Cuba to play right after the seasons opens?” this player says. ‘‘lf we are fined we will not report in the spring, and I guess that would settle the matter. It seems absurd and unjust to object to us going to Cuba. We go right after the season Is over and spend about two weeks there. That certainly will not injure us. So far as it being detrimental to our future, why just look at the Athletics; they made a trip to the coast last winter and it does not seem to have affected their work In the least.” Bobby Byrne leads tne National league In two-base drive*. ’

CHASE IS WONDERFUL PLAYER

There is but one Cobb, likewise but a single Chase. Fans are used to seeing the wonderful young first sacker of the Yankee team in .action. He’s no newcomer In baseball. But there probably isn’t one who wouldn’t Wllingly pay every day to see him perform if that were possible. There is probably not another player in the American league who possesses the brain to Invent seemingly impossible plays and to put them into execution with amazing celerity. His own team mates, accustomed to his speed, are unable to meet Its requirements. In a recent game between New York and Detroit, Sam Crawford, the first

GREAT CATCH BY SULLIVAN

Duplicates Feat of Catcher Street in Getting Ball Thrown From Top of Monument. Catcher "Billy” Sullivan of the Chicago Americans, while in Washington the other day, duplicated the feat of Catcher Charles Street of the Washington American league team last year in catching a baseball thrown from a window at the top of the Washington monument a perpendicular drop of 542 feet. The ball was tossed from the top of the monument by Pitcher Ed Walsh of the Chicago team. It was only after twenty-three attempts that Sulllcan finally caught the ball, although he succeeded several times in so gauging the sphere as to get it in his mitt. The speed of the falling ball was so terrific, however, that he was unable to hold it. It is estimated that the ball wastraveling at the rate of 161 feet a second when caught. Several members of the Chicago team, including Collins and “Doc” White, Trainer Quirk of the Washington team, and a few government officials witnessed the feat.’

Catcher “Billy" Sullivan.

While the feat has been attempted aiany'times in past years, only Street heretofore was able to accomplish It. His feat was perforpied during the summer of 1908 upon the thirteenth attempt. - Sullivan subsequently caught twp more balls thrown from the monument window. z After observing Sullivan's

Hal Chase.

man up in the sixth inning, poked a fast grounder between Chase and Laporte. It was too far removed from either man to be fielded. It was a hit, if ever one in that territory was one. Chase swept over in the direction of the smash, and with a sweep- of his gloved hand, speared the ball. Manning, who figured that the smash would go safe, did not start to cover the bag until Chase had made the stop. Then it was too late. Hal had to wait until he reached the bag and then throw hurriedly. The toss was faulty and Sam went to second. In two of the rounds which followed Chase made stops of throws that drew further words of admiration from the crowd.

first attempts and ultimate success “Doc” White suggested that the balls should be thrown farther afield. He ascended the monument and standing well back within the window hurled ball after ball as far out as he could. Sullivan caught the first one, and to show that it was no accident he also caught the fifth. Of ten balls thrown by White the catcher could get under only one other, but he was unable to hold that one.

NOTES of the DIAMOND

Ford of the Highlanders has pitched eight shut-out games during the season. That is not bad for a newcomer. • Ed Ainsmith, the new catcher from the Connecticut league who was tried out by Washington the other day, played like a veteran. “Johnny, the shingles on your roof are getting pretty thin,” said a Chicago fan to Kling when the Cub catcher lost his cap in going after a foul. Lefty George, the new pitcher secured by the Indianapolis team from York of the Tristate league, pitched a ' one-hit game as a farewell to his old team mates. Presidents C. F. Moll of the Wiscon-sin-Illinois league and John A. Elliott of the Minnesota-Wisconsin league, have closed arrangements for a postseason series between the pennant winners of these leagues. Lefty Russell, the 112,000 beauty Connie Mack is soon Io have with the Athletics, is showing as strong as ever in the Eastern league. He let Baltimore down with one hit the other day and three bases on balls. Dummy Taylor, the old Giant pitcher who is now with the Buffalo team of the Eastern league, was a visitor at the Polo grounds the other day and nearly broke up the game when he walked across the field, for the crowd would not quit until the dummy was told to take off his hat as. the crowd was cheering. Shortstop Hadley of the Evansville team in the Central league is said to be an exact duplicate of Hans Wagner, tn broad shoulders, bow legs, big bands, and hook nose. Nobody knows Hadley’s first name, so they have had to call him “Hans.” Hadley is on his way up the ladder of baseball fame, as he is climbing each year. The Troy team of the New York State league released Ernest Lush, a player that the New York Giants had a c’aim on. Ths case was decided by ,the national commission the other day and was the cause for a new rule to be made by the supreme court of baseball. Hereafter when a minor league club releases a,player that a major league club has a string on without giving that club notice it will be held responsible for the salary of the player.