Show J ty of radium that latest wonder of science radi urn Is now believed in some quarters to be the substance of which the sun is composed light travels at the rate of miles a second consider ing that the brain can scarcely grasp the speed of a bullet a mere yards a second it is readily seen bow far beyond human comprehension Is such a speed as this nor is it any easier to grapple intelligently with the speed of the emanations of radium some of which fly off at a velocity of miles a second and will pene steel and verlous other sub stances as easily as smoke will pass through muslin so powerful are these rays that it would be as dan berous to approach radium in any quantity as it is to go near gunpowder with a lighted match A man enter ing a chamber contal nine a pound of radium would have his eyesight dee troyed his skin burped and would probably lose his life |