| Show I I From FroU Battleground t u d of oE f Th A During tho the past decade Io II II li Is it Serial Ser nl the tho story lol I Stor Story of C Lift Life achievement nt In many Jal I fields felds has been bean of oh l tin un surpassed purposed Interest l the whole ruo moO seems to ho he In motion moton and ana In religion politics economics socIal nodal tion science anti and Rm business tho the restless restlessness ness floss ton and tho the outgo of at energy havo been on a it coto nl scale The news newspapers have havo printed a papers of at the tho period I kind of ot serial story tol which for tor pathos humor tragedy dramatic situation tIon n contrast of ur character vivid picturing of or human conditions has hM made mado some of or the tha most powerful tIdbit seem scent a n faint reflection colleCtion refe ton pf Qt t an almost ulmont t blinding light This flu story In which many minor minori i plots have havo run together has bIas hl been NO so HOI I engrossing not hot only In time tho vast variety i of nt character It has hM brought to light but In ItH Il and Its ItA sue sur surprises Sur that a n host of ot mon man and nd worn women cm look hook as M eagerly e orly for tor tho thin newspaper as nl thoy they once looked for tor an nn Installment of ot a fascinating serial story To 10 a n de the dt glee greo of ot which wo we are aro unaware tho time affairs of ot the tho whole world aro Iro ae now no before us H at itt a n moment of ot rapid and li lunatic change scenes uro are being shifted old actors pass oft off of and now actors como conic on ott the tho stake yesterday tho the stage setting wan Russian today It Is IB Japanese tomorrow It I will bo Ito n or French Nowhere has hU this thin story tor of itt lt real life lra boon more moro dramatic fuller tuler of lt surprises s more moro commanding In Its It Interest than In this country where shero the tho newspapers are as ns leg ing In 01 as i the novels hovels and int many of ot the tho novels have havo the tho timeliness out and CUl current Interest of ot tho the newspaper Sooner or later Inter such auch a 1 tide of vitality will wil find Its way my I Into literature but for COI tho the Im len Immediate mediate spending of ot lt 11 its energy the newspaper otters offers the most niost available channel Sooner or later the perma permanent nent record will wi take toko tho tile of ut tho the vivid partial Inartistic but vital re Ni report report port of oC the comedy anti and tragedy ot or orle life le but hut would It be surprising If It It should appear that for tor tho the moment men are aro more Interested In tn fact In In itt tho lie serial story told told by hy bytho hyI bythe the tho I newspaper than In that that told by iy tho the novelist iThe Outlook Nothing In iii all tho the realm ll al 13 15 Periodicity of ot political economy econom 1 und and In lit InIs Of OC Panics more 1016 extraordinary Ind HB Its way nay more per ver perplexing perplexing to Is the thin theorists than what wo we WI call the tho periodicity perlo cal whA of ot commercial panics Tho The fact tact ot of that periodicity Is quite Incon Incontestable incontestable testable occurrence of at the tho larger dis 11 listens of ot this sort In 1837 1537 1857 1873 1813 1893 1803 and ILd 1907 1007 In this country and in ma I 1825 1844 1866 and 1880 1890 In tn Great Grea lint silo has fixed as LI a I maxim bothof both practical pra anti and theoretical finance w wn 2 n t wo we vail call the tho cycle of pros prosperity cal p Intervals of ot exactly 20 yeats of this U such Much a period a does doe not observe s the tile dates dal K aro fino themselves evidence but that approximately two decades elapse between these successive wrecks of ot financial and Industrial cred credit it that the Intervening Into period Is 11 made up UI of ot slow Blow 1101 and amI toilsome recovery reco ory fol tol followed oI lowed by renewed then by b returning I speculation and extravagance extra extravagance gance and ami finally after several moro more lance or louts less plain vlon warnings by another drown of the credit system to this tho the whole history of fi 11 finance nance und and trade bears witness From rom Alexander D The Cycle of ot Prosperity In the tha Century Whon hen Is At II n Loss Los To 10 ri Words orts This Is Indeed a 1 fear fearful tub ful and Ind wonderful word a I word Involving a I considerable mental effort elfort to commit to memory lemor a IL word Indeed which w evokes a n feeling of congratulation that the tile composition of ot tho the English language was not left to tn scientists apt and d to In chemical research who so 80 to delight In coining Im len Impossible possible words when plain English would suffice Welt well and spare mulI equally equably wel Ild a 1 needless expenditure of ot brain tissue In ordinary however how ver this atu stu bewildering word won represents one of ot those salts of ot the thc mysterious metal m barium ballum tho the which when whon placed In the neighbor neighborhood neighborhood hood hoo of ot a LI I grain Jn of ot tho the still more moro wonderful l substance radium Im tam Immediately mediately become beautifully l fluorescent cent and luminous like Iko uranium and amid several other natural products glowing glowIng with a it 1 lambent glistening luminosity ln iii most niost lovely hues And this newly discovered element elemont radium la Is I surely Burely tho the most rost amazing and tho the most In Inexplicable explicable and nut mysterious wonder In Jn alt all nature Like the sun lun and the stars Blurs ever eel emanating without Intermission and Ind without apparent variation both light and heat hent this strange substance If It It could bo be 1 discovered In Ili largo large quaIl Quan Quantities would revolutionize the tho world For 01 so far ram an jilt can cn bo be gathered from corn our ur limited experience its Is light and Ind properties never vary VI nor nol diminish continuing It Is assumed for tor forge ago ge after ter ago a without diminution or 01 reduction Coal Con mining would como come cometo comoto comoto to an end cud for tor tho the same piece of ot radium In Iii the tire Irl grate grato would give out heat hOlt day neil and night tom for the tho te benefit of at many generation of ot a IL family and gas I and electric light bills bUl would bo ho no more moro Motive power pwel too would bo be so ito s Inex Inexpensive Ine inexpensive pensive and HO no 10 facile tucto that homes would ha be almost entirely superseded except for or pleasure riding anti and traveling In 11 tho ho air would bo be considerably lied lell Awl And who wh knows the tho OI con continued cont t ol Intense heal hent Of or tho tim Interior 01 or ortho tho the earth which all 11 tho thu long Ion tr tho the past havn hiL failed to cool down ox o only nh the tho o thin crust enclosing tin that terrIble ot of molten molen metals am ant earths may 11 not bo be 1 ted fed te and J Jb by b radium But Dut although tho thin crust cust ni o o tim the earth Crl Is Ie not than an In egg shell c compared with wih thi tho egg yet yot ot notwithstanding not all ni our bur wo we D havo hlO not yet yd succeeded In itt horl over OCI through It Surely Surly i would be b worth an effort to probo Irb doe t down In search of ot tItle this precious an III costly product And this Is ono one mor evidence of ot the omnipotent newer o otho Dr othio tho thio Great GraiL Creator who trite by a 1 word ha hn called Into existence nc thin heat hot and timid light giver And Am the these e o HI H wondrous work ork of or creation and ni re the greatness and amid Ild th Lh Infinity of ot Ills His love lovo In iii laying haying aside to fo toa tor torIL foIL IL a hut Ilia august majesty In Itt II tho the hea hOlY en of ot heavens hoven In order ordel to give glo a for tor us UA that wo we may If It w wc l will vI Inherit un tin eternity of ot A Hanker flanker FUty JUt Years Progress rg e Il ls tie alway or Of Wonderful In II Ute the Advancement degree dec reo Fifty year I ago the world wa wit 11 exulting over oer tho the achievements rr me post belief helot to them and w wi WI looking bode back at tho the work then thou accomplished nc ant and remember ber what wonders the tIme magicians want wani Ind tins has hI produced In aur own day tiny It I 1 Is but hut a few teW decades between tho the hand hiatt handful ful tul iii of ot ships ship available during the hue Civi War and alit the tha proud that saIled galled out of t Hampton Roads on en It Ii peace cruise Into tho Pa Ja a spectacular powerful ovon even to tho the greatest amon the nations n on Then too tho thiO West eRt wn wit remote from the East fo tOt tho the wonderful railway systems which link the tha Atlantic lo and Pacific shores shore b ba bI hr a I tow days luxurious journey j wr WIrt yet t Now railroad r en cn n knows no ito obstacles Once thought hardly dari travel tree Florida mainland out along n Ihl ta h treacherous coral corll reefs rc tK breathing eJ station elation Infested with and within reach of lt no 10 pure pUr i water vaLor supply How IW beg could n a In Is 11 borers camp last lost thero thoro But nut the th theto H same samo reefs rods are ara now no the tho foundation a C aa Ca a I new railway linking tho maintain mamma o with Key Ke Vest West and and bringing Cuba lo lit mileS mies nearer n the tho o United States It Ils t 1 but a n tow few years since attico any nn old hull hub thai tiia could e uld keep koo afloat WJ n mu valued mem menu member her Der of ot Its ILs lt navy nl but recently recent the tho world with breathless Inter Interest Ilter est eel while England took the Hero Heru Her ono one of ot her older war WIl vessels vesela e sels and sac sacrificed at It as I a I target ton for her hor mailer battleships photograph that require in nn entire entro room room with lens Ions In ono wall sall wal as o a I camera Is II h hi he startling advance In this line lne A hn a IL contrast to tho the little daguerreotypes tho th Boys Dos In Blue won sending home only year CUt agol For ages leR upon pon ages the tho selL Ia has boon been eating away tho ho n r tho the Holderness coast COUt of Yorkshire York England at It a rate rato of ot tonn i IL year now a system stem of ot reinforced con ln Crete defenses doton e hint has hl checked the tho seas ravage Popular Mcchan Ics ll Made of Tho The United White Flour Fh Department of or As tg AsIs Is Iii 11 the let Het not through ItH Office of rl ri rimont mont m nt Stations hl carried on op at Ih tho Oi universities of or Minnesota and extensive Investigations Inv relating 10 i ithe c cho the ho digestibility and nutritive value v Ue o o oh all ni types of ot Hour lour Including white flour or nl me until i which Is prepared by h ii imi tire wheat kernel without ni 1 the tho bran brn shorts or gorm por lr tons commonly known as n thu th a and the lie so d thur wheat flour by Ii b removing a purL part of ot the hie bran and unil grinding the liner finer than for tor Graham flour Time The he ton con ori elusions cl leached Jo from these heso i ments ment ar are gIven n In ono tIme of or tho report as follows According to chemical an aIm of ot the tha t and Ind standard patent flours milled fron frol rote tho the same sae lot of ot hard Scotch Se Fife wheat tho the Graham lour linen contain ii the tho highest and nOI tho the patent Hour flour Hi 11 lowest percentage of ot total matter But lInt accor in into to the results of oC digestion experiment with Ih Hours Ilour the tho proportion oi I dIgestible protein and available lc gy In iti tho the patent flour foul wits wis larger hanger thai In lit B either time the or h II Graham flour Tho The lower of ot tho the protein In tho the Graham flour Iu i t I duo to tho the foot fact tot that In both and ull flours a II portion of tho the protein Is 11 contained II li litho tho tilt coarser particles bran and si resists tl tho action of Juices anti and escapes digestion Tim whIle thoro actually may mI be ha more moro pro 1110 tom in n II hen given amount of Graham o om 01 Hour our than In lit tho tile tain hallit weight of ot patent lour flour Cour from Crom rain the turn nam wheat the tho the body hotly obtains loss less leBI of oC th h protein find and energy n 0 front from tho coars rg Hour than n It loes from Crom tho the lIne fine he la lacause cause although the tho Including of ot th tin bran and germ gernt Increases tho ago of ot It decreases tho thi IK R Harry Snyder S 1 I Ii Harpers Magazine |
