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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS A HAMMOND IDEA
Would Succeed Department of Interior—Senator Draws
Bill President Will Study.
Washington, D. C. John Hays
Hammond, President Taft’s closest
friend in private life, suggests the
formation of a Department of Public
Works to succeed the Department of
the Interior. The proposed depart
ment would be the most powerful in
the Government. It would have ab
solute control of all of the Govern
ment’s national resources, direct all
of the Government’s mammoth engi
neering works and absolutely control
the conservation policy of the Gov
ernment.
A United States Senator has in
dorsed Mr. F.ammond’s idea, and will
jrrite the bill, which the President
jvill study during the summer at Bev
ierly. The functions of the new de
partment will be:
To direct the completion and
he custodian of the Panama Ca
nal after it has been opened to
traffic.
To direct the reclamation of
swamp lands and the irrigation
of arid lands.
To protect the power sites on
public waterways.
To administer the affairs of tne
Forestry Bureau.
To carry cut the conservation
policy of the Government.
To administer the area of pub
lic lands under a special land
bureau to succeed the General
Land Office.
To organize and maintain the
proposed bureau of health which
the President advocates for the
! conservation cf the citizenship of
j, the Un : ted States.
f What disposition is to be made of
the Patent Office has not been de
cided.
PROVES ELECTRICAL FACTS.
Discovery cf Professor Miiliken, of Chicago University--Four Years of
Research--Succeeds in Iso’ating an Individual lon For
Extended Observation.
- Chicago.—After four years of in
vestigation Professor Robert A. Mini
ken, of the physical department of the
.University of Chicago, announced
that he had discovered the proof of
facts in electricity taking rank with
those in optical research which won
the Nobel prize for Professor Albert
!A. Michelson, a fellow member of the
faculty.
Professor Milliken gave out the re
sults of his experiments before the
Sigma XI Society of the university at
the Quadrangle Club. He declared
that work carried cn by himself and
Professor Harvey Fletcher prove the
ories Hng held, but until now not
proven.
In summarizing the results of his
experiments Professor Milliken said:
“We have succeeded in isolating an
individual ion, and holding it under
observation for an indefinite length
of time —an hour or more if desired.
I “We have been able to give a tan
gible demonstration of the correct
ness of the view advanced many years
ago that an electric charge is not a
homogeneous something—a strain in
the ether or an imponderable fluid —
spread uniformly over the surface of
the charged body, but that it has a
’definite granular structure; consists,
In fact, of a definite number of specks
or atoms of electricity, exactly alike,
peppered over the surface of the
charged body.
“We have been able to bring for
ward new, direct and most convincing
evidence of the correctness of the ki
netic theory of matter, for we have
not only shown directly that a mole
The proposed change in the system
of government may be a matter of
years. Its authors disclaim any con
nection of the Ballinger scandal with
it. The change, if it is ever made,
will probably come long after Mr. Bal
linger has retired. It is not advo
cated as a means by which a substi
tute Cabinet officer can be chosen to
supplant Mr. Ballinger.
One of the reasons urged for the
new department is the Panama Ca
nal. When that enterprise is com
pleted it will have to be administered
by business men. The War Depart
ment and the Navy Department will
protect it, but when it comes to the
exactions of ship’s tolls and other
business matters business men will
be called upon to take charge.
Mr. Hammond said:
“I believe that a Department of
Public Works, similar to that which
is maintained by the English Govern
ment, would conduce to a more eco
nomical administration of the various
interests of the United States. A de*
partment which would take over the
control of the physical property of the
Government, which would supervise
and take care of the expenditures for
buildings and other big improve
ments, such as the Panama Cai_al and
other projects, would be the best busi
ness policy which could be adopted.
The various bureaus and other organ
izations which now control these en
terprises and this enormous wealth
are, by reason of their variety and in
dividuality, unable to conduct the fis
cal affairs oi the Government as ad
vantageously and expeditiously as
coala a department which would be
in direct touch and have absolute con
trol.”
cule of air is in rapid motion, but we
measured the order of magnitude of
energy of agitation and find it to
agree with the computations based
upon the kinetic theory.
“In brief the method by which all
these results have been obtained is as
follows: We blow a cloud of fine oil
or mercury drop by means of an
atomizer, and introduce one of these
drops through a pinhole into the
space between the plates of a hori
zontal air condenser. The droplet
there catches one or more of the ions
which normally exist in air or which
have been produced in the space be
tween the plates by any of the usual
ionizing agents, like radium or X
rays. The time of fall of this droplet
through a measured distance is ob
served when no electrical field exists
between the plates, then a field of
strength between 30 00 and 8000 volts
per centimeter is thrown on and the
time of rise of the droplet under the
influence of this field through the
same distance is again measured. This
operation is repeated and the speeds
checked an indefinite number of times
or until the droplet catches anew ion,
when its speed, under the influence of
the field, instantly changes, though
the speed under gravity remains con
stant. From the sign and magnitude
of the change in speed the sign and
exact value of the charge carried by
a captured ion is determined. The
air in a single observation need not
exceed one-third of one per cent.
From the values of the speeds ob
served all of the conclusions may be
directly deduced.”. - .
THE PULPIT.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. DR. ROBERT M. MOORE.
Theme: T?ic Resources of God.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—Dr. Robert M.
Moore began his pastorate Sunday
morning in St. John’s M. E. Church,
Bedford avenue and Wilson street.
He had large audiences morning and
evening. Dr. Moore’s morning sub
ject was: “The Resources of God.’’
He took his text from 11. Kings G: 17:
“Lord, I pray Thee, open his eyes,
that he may see.” Dr. Moore said:
Ben-hadad, King of Syria, was at
war against Israel. He had a supe
rior army and was a great strategist,
hut he failed. And he failed because
God was with Israel. For God is a
force to be reckoned with in life and
the side that He is on is always
the victorious side. The King o_f Sy
ria was anxious to know the cause of
his defeat. He suspected treason, but
after consulting with some of his
trusted advisers he knew that the
fault was with the prophet of God,
who was chief adviser to the King of
Israel.
Carlyle has well said that God’s
prophet is not only a preacher of
righteousness, but should be a politi
cal force whom the cause of evil
should have reason to fear. Then the
whole plan of campaign adjusted it
self in an effort to capture Elisha.
Elisha had with him as a servant a
young man from one of the theologi
cal schools. One morning, in serving
his master, he found that they were
practically captured by the Syrian
army, whose forces were encamped
all about them. Immediately he be
gan to think of escape and realized its
impossibility. He appealed to Elisha,
only to be laughed at, for the old man
had a vision that the young man did
not possess. The young man saw
only the forces of opposition; the old
man had caught sight of the resources
of G-od and was confident. He was
anxious that his companion should
have the same vision, and so he
prayed “Lord, open his eyes, that he
may see.” This incident may be very
profitable to those of us who are
seeking to estimate the resources of
life or who find themselves in an un
equal contest with threat of defeat.
In the first place, we have here il
lustrated the fact that one may look
and yet not see. They see some
things but not all. They may even
see all the adverse or disappointing
things and become pessimistic; their
eyes never discover the things of hope
or the powers that make for right
eousness. They see the shadows, but
never stop to think that the deeper
the shadow is the stronger the sun
light must be. In nature, how few
people understand completely the di
vine lesson; how few catch all the
beauty that is displayed. Bayard
Taylor has told us that one day in
looking over the Mere de Glace, he
stood beside an Englishman, whose
only comment was: “All that ice
would bring a lot of money in Cal
cutta in the hot season, don’t you
know.”
But we do not forget the immortal
lines of Coleridge’s “Hymn at Sunrise
in the Vale of Chamounix.” One
looked and saw, the other only looked
and saxy nothing. Or, in our estimate
of humanity, how many of us get the
vision of the higher things. In our
estimate of a man, his wealth or so
cial position greatly influence our ap
preciation of him and we sometimes
never seek for those virtues that re
veal the better quality of life. There
stands before us the figure of the
Christ, that great form which domin
ates the ages, and yet there are those
who look and see only a man like
unto other men and nothing more.
There are others who look at that
life and discern very God manifest in
the flesh, the Saviour of the world.
It seems to be difficult sometimes to
escape the memory of Mary and Jos
eph, the earthly mother and father.
The young man who serves as the il
lustration in this story was thinking
only of self; therefore, when he dis
covered danger he prepared to run.
It is often said that it makes little
or no difference what our creed may
be or what we believe so long as we
are good. But it makes an infinite
difference what we believe and what
our conception of life is, for even un
consciously our conduct is conformed
to our creed. If the difficulties seem
to be greater than we can overcome
and the forces in opposition stronger
than we are able to meet our course
of conduct will be entirely different
from that which we would pursue if
we felt that we would be victorious.
It Is highly important, therefore, that
our eyes should be open to all the
forces that are in alignment with our
cause; that we should know all the
powers that we may command; that
our eyes should be opened to all the
resources of God and to His own great
powers, which are available to our ne
cessity. It was to this end, therefore,
that the man of God prayed that the
gift of the opened eyes might be given
to the young man who journeyed with
him.
In the second place this battle
story reveals to us the fact that the
unseen world Is a real world. That
there are infinite movements in life
that do not appear upon the surface
of things; that there are great forces
in the universe which in the most si
lent way do their work and make
their contribution to the ministry of
life. There was a man, who, in one
of his letters, wrote about “being
compassed about with so great a
cloud of witnesses,” and lived as
though all those spiritual presences
were visible to him. History is glo
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rious in the character and deeds of
great souls, of great souls who have
endured “as seeing him who is visi
ble.” And the questions of doubt
never seem to shake their confidence
in the reality of the life that is un
seen by eyes of flesh. In this story
there is a young man who is a type of
character which we often meet, who
saw only chariots of iron and the
horsemen and captains of an earthly
king. It was possible for him to see
the hills round about covered with
the chariots of God, but his eyes were
holden.
This unseen world is a real world,
as manifested in the interest dis
played by this celestial amy, mar
shaled by infinite love. What were
they doing on the hills if they li.ad no
concern about what became of Elisha
and his helper? And they were there
for the purpose of defense, if neces
sary, so that the reality of this unseen
world is manifested as being a help
ing world. Elisha contended that
“they that be with us are more than
they that be with them.” We cannot
forget the statement of the sufferer
in Gethsemane, who declared that “I
could pray to My Father and He shall
presently give Me twelve legions of
angels.” We do not calculate the re
sources of righteousness well, for
there are things making for right
eousness In the world whose power
we do not fully apprecate. We need
increasingly in this age of material
ism the consciousness of God’s re
ality.
In the third place we have revealed
to us in this incident how’ the vision
of the higher life and its forces may
be obtained. This young man saw
the vision of the army-covered hills
because he was in the companionship
of Elisha. The comradeships of life
will very greatly determine what the
outlook of the soul shall be. In an
swer to the question “Is life worth
living?” it often may be said that it
depends upon whom we live with. No
matter what strength of purpose we
may have our high desires are always
modified by circumstances and peo
ple who are near about us. Edward
Everett Hale said that he made it a
practice to spend at least one hour
every day in the presence of a supe
rior. Thus books may come to influ
ence us more largely than we dream
of. A summer day’s reading some
times has determined a campaign for
truth that has meant great things for
righteousness among men.
Probably underlying the organiza
tion of the Church of God there is
this subtle philosophy or principle—
that by association with people of
high thought and noble purpose and
mighty resolve, our eyes may be
lifted to the summits toward which
we should eagerly press. But there
was also the determining influence or
prayer that made possible the vision
of the higher resources of life. Elisha
prayed and the young man saw things
in a different light. Both Browning
and Tennyson have reminded us that
prayer is an important factor in life s
activities, and that many a battle has
issued in victory or defeat, as the re
sult of steadfast prayer. Many a
prodigal has come back to the Fath
er’s house and many a wayward heart
has returned to the statutes and tes
timonies of God because, in a quiet
place, some heart has fervently be
sought the intercession of the Most
High. It seems to be a great thing to
be able to beget a vision of the higher
things in another soul by the word of
prayer, and yet it is true that many a
life w’ould have gone unblessed and
many a mind would have been per
manently beset by doubt were it not
for the praying soul that has been
persistent before the throne of God.
But supremely the vision of the
higher life is the gift of God. How
ever eager Elisha was that the larger
vision might be given to his friend,
and however fervently his soul poured
itself out in prayer, the eyes were
opened and the young man saw be
cause God uncovered his eyes. Some
one in critical mood once said to J.
M. W. Turner, “I never saw such sun
sets,” and Turner replied, “Don’t you
wish you could?”
If life is ever to be successful; if
we are ever to enter into the mastery
of ourselves; if ever we abandon the
disposition to shirk and dodge life's
responsibilities and duties, it will be
made possible largely through the
greater outlook on life which shall be
ours. When our eyes are opened and
we see life’s problems in their proper
setting, and then appreciate all the
resources and reservations which are
within the reach of those who try to
do God’s will, we shall go forth with
the step of conquest and enter into the
larger victories which reward those
only who have had the larger vision.
It is vitally important that we should
always be on the lookout for God.
In proportion to its owner’s weight,
a bird’s wing is twenty times as
strong as a man's arm.
there’s nothing in it, but it eases the
joints wonderfully.
SKUNK SKINS UP 200 PER CENT
Fur Trader Report* That There l
an Increasing Demand.
The despised American skunk ha*
come into his own and is now eager
ly sought where formerly he was
shunned, according to Isaac Weis
berg, a fur trader of Moberly, Mo.,
who buys the skins of skunks, rac
coons, minks, opossums and musk
rats and ships them over to Europe.
“These skins have Increased in
value during the last two years 200
per cent and more," said Mr. Weis
berg at the Imperial. “Every wom
an of fashion in Paris and Berlin
and the other Continental cities now
wears one or more skunk skins on
at least one of her dresses as trim
ming around the bottom, while many
are usrd for trimming sealskin coats.
This fashion started tho demand. Two
years ago the price of skunk skins
suddenly jumped from 80 cents to
sl, and It Is now averaging $5. As
for muskrat skins, we used to buy
all wo wanted at 10 and 15 cents
apiece. Now they are fetching $1
apiece.
“These skins are sold at auction
in London, and furriers from all
parts of Europe attend. The demand
for furs of al! kinds is increasing
enormously. I got a good view of
the reason at the races in Paris a
week ago last Sunday. I saw one
woman wearing a Russian sable that
could not have cost a cent less than
$15,000. And I never saw so much
silver fox In my life. These furs
come from Alaska and British Colum
bia, in spite of a common impression
that, they come from Russia, and
they bring fabulous prices. One skin
was so’d at a sale recently for $1,275,
and the finished furs bring from $3,-
000 to $5,000. The black fox is even
higher. Wo ship over there between
$50,000 and SIOO,OOO worth of Amer
ican animal skins every year, besides
what we sell over here. As for the
skunk, it is an American animal and
it has to come from this side. Do
we export the smell? Well, that Is
a secret of the trade." —New York
Sun.
Making Mothers Their Own Doctors.
It is not so long ago that there
was no libel in the story of the fash
ionable mother who refused to allow
her daughter to study physiology at
school ibecause sihe considered the
coloring of the illustrations in the
text bookß inartistic and thought it
“indelicate for persons to know
about their insides”; but the view
point has changed in rbcent years and
keen Interest is being displayed by
mothers and heads of families in a
work which the American Medical
Association has Just got well under
w’ay. Holding that it is the duty of
the medical profession not merely to
heal the sick, ibut also to spread
knowledge of the ways in which the
danger of sickness can be avoided,
this organization has prepared an ex
haustive series of pamphlets contain
ing the most recent views on the pre
vention and cure of disease, and fur
nishes them free on request. The
number of applications for this infor
mation which has poured in has sur
prised even the originators of the
scheme. The pamphlets contain in
teresting facts of the wonderful ad
vance medical science has made Ln
lato years, and it is shown that in
New York alor.e the death rate from
diphtheria has been so decreased in
the last ten years as to result in an
actual saving of almost 50.000 lives.
—New York Press.
Announcement of Peace.
It whb in the year 1805, that Gideon
Welles wrote in his diary, as pub
lished in the Atlantic Monthly:
“Stanton called at my house about
six o’clock p. m. and Invited me to
a hasty Cabinet convention at eight
o’clock p. m . April 21. When we had
assembled General Grant and Pres
ton King were also present. Stan
ton briefly mentioned that General
Grant had important communications
from General Sherman and requested
that he would read them, which he
did. It stated he had made a peace,
if satisfactory, with the rebels.’’
ROCKEFELLER'S N AM E WILL LIVE
Harrimar.'s Will Fade From Human
Mind, Hut Oil Magnate's Never.
Palo Alto,Gal. —ln President David
Starr Jordan’s address to the gradu
ating class at Stanford University, the
subject of which was “The Wealth of
Nations,” reference was made to the
lives ot E. H. Harriman and other
great financiers in drawing the lesson
that man’s success in life is not meas
ured by what he does for himself, but
rather by what he does for humanity.
"In those matters in which the
permanent wealth of nations is con
cerned, in the long future of mental
and spiritual development, the name
of Harriman,” said Dr. Jordan, “finds
no place. The name of Newcomb In
the same connection will stand in
’arger letters among those who by
life and influence have made this
world a broader and a better one.”
Continuing, he said: “The name of
Rockefeller will not suggest Standard
Oil or the association of monopolies.
The Rockefeller Institute for Medical
Research represents one of the wisest
and most far-reaching uses to whicli
any man’s money can ever be put.”