TTTE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: ArRTL 2. 1010. BOY SCOUTS FOR AMERICA New Theory of the Comet George H. Lee Argue that the Visitor ii a Great Globe of Gaseous Nature, of Which Only the Nucleus and a Small Por tion of Iti Body it Visible Owing to Its Extreme Attenuation P Mr One Corps at Springfield, Mast., and Another Planned. rein ii mm PLAN OF THE ORGANIZATION Idea that Has Kelleted 160,000 Roy la Knaland Branaht America Krnnt l aw a I'raanrd by Hero of Mafrklaa. The buy ("rout idea has Just ieai;hed Amerka from England, whin l.VO.OnO boy mi enrolled In the order. Spring-field, Marc, ha adopted the Idea and 8yracuse la setting ready to Institute It In the com ing summer or fall. The boy pcout, with his khaki 'shirt and woolen stocking!, may he as ubiquitous here as he Is In Knx Isnd. At about 10 jeats of age every healthy tnlnded youngster becomes Imbued with the spirit of adenture. Tha boy scout plan Is to take advantage of this Interest and train the lad In a wide field of wood craft and military knowledge, and, above all, to Instill In him at this Impression able age a practical twentieth century spirit of chivalry. The Young Men's Christian association directors and the school men of England are unanimous In their praise of tha practical working out of tha scheme. Tha scout Is taken at tha age when his surplus energy Is seeking some outlet, and he Is taught to do, most of the simpler things known to soldiers, sailors, police men, firemen, first aid graduates, fisher men, hunters, woodsmen, campers and de tectives. A battalion of these young scouts In khaki shirts and stout shoes and stockings marching down the street for an hour's practice and play at tho edge of tha town presents an alert, self reliant, well-dlsclpllnrd appearance seldom seen In boys of their age. Golnax Through Probation. Kvery patrol of boy soouts is named after some bird or animal, so the first thing the boy does is to learn the cries and calls of his particular totem. He is then admitted Into tha organization on a month's probation as a tenderfoot. In this month it Is his duty to pick up prac tical Information, for at the. end of his probation he must pass several tests bo fora he receives his second-class scout'i badge. Ha must have an elementary knowledge of flrat aid to the wounded and of bandag ing. He must know the Morse alphabet, so that he can signal by It. He must also be able to pass along a street, look in four store windows, a minute at each window, and then tell with reasonable ac curacy the contents of each. When the boy scout has won his second class badge ha begins at ones to prepare for the first class degree. To pass he must, among other requirements, be com petent to carry verbal messages and to compute the height of buildings and short distances by sight with not more than 25 p.r cent error. He must also be able to track a party of the enemy and to run a mil in twelve minutes. All this secures for him the general first class degree. There are also special first clans badges, such as the seaman's badge. The scout who gains this haa really a good deal of nautical knowledge. Besides rklll In swimming, he can quickly tie eight dlffloult knots blindfolded or In the dark, and can row a boat single handed. First Clan Quailf leatloaa. For the first class signaller's badge the boy scout must stand teats In sending and receiving message semaphore and Morse at the rate of twenty-four letters a minute. He must be versed in tbe fascinating; art of sending smoke and flame signals with fires, and must be able to transmit cor rect Information In regard to the move ments of the enemy. Special medals of honor are given for such deeds as stopping a runaway horse or saving life. There are twenty medals of this class. In with all this training are mixed the pastimes that a boy dellghta In, the skulk ing on hands and . knees through long grass after the imaginary enemy, the building of Indian camps by riversides and the flashing of messages from hilltop to hilltop. But valuable as la such practical train ing while the boy's mind Is fresh and moat eager to ' receive It, It Is still only the lesser part of the good the boy receives from being a scout Behind it all stands a code of honor, definite pledges that ' he must make and must live up to if he would remain in tbe order. His motto is "Be prepared," and the boy scout is pre pared for emergencies, physical and moral. This Is the scout oath, designed, of course, for English boys: "On my honor I promise that I will do my best (1) to do my duty to Ood and the king (1) to help other people at all times; (I) o obey the scout law." east Law. This Is the scout law which the boy haa promised te fulfill: V 1. A scout's honor Is to be trusted. If a' scout says, "On my honor it is so," that menus that It is so. Just as much as if he had taken a moat solemn oath. Similarly If a scout officer says to a scout, "I trust you en your honor to do this," the scout Is bound to carry out the order to the very best of his ability and to let nothing in terfere with his doing so. If a scout breaks his honor by telling a He or by not carry ing out an order exactly when trusted on his honor to do so he may be directed to hand over his scout badge and never wear It again. He may also be directed to cease o be a soout. t. A scout Is loyal to the king and to his officers, to his parents, his country and his employer. He must stick to them through thick and thin against any one who Is their enemy or who even talks badly of them. I. A scout's duty Is to be useful and to help others. Aod ho Is to do his duty be fore anything else even though he gives up hut own pleasure or comfort or safety to do It. When In difficulty to know which of two things to do he must ask hlmiKlf, "Which is duty?" that Is "Whloh Is best for other people?" and do that one. He must be prepared at any time to aave life or help injured persons. And he must try hi beat to do a good turn tu somebody very day. 4. A soout Is a friend to all and a brother to every other scout. Thus If a scout meets another scout, even though a stranger to him, he must apeak to him and help him In any way that he can, either to carry out the duty he is than doing or by giving him food, or as far as possible anything that he may be In want of. A scout must never s a snob. A enob is one who look down Upon another because he la poorer, or who Is poor and resents another because lie Is rich. A scout aocepta the other man as he finds him. "Kim," the boy soout, was nailed by the Indians "Little Friend of All the World," and that la the name that very scout must earn for himself. I. A soout must be courteous; that la, he Is polite to all, but eepeclally to women and children and old people. Invalids, cripples, tc, and he must not take any reward for being helpful or coui-teous. t. A scout la a friend to animals. He Should aave thera aa.far as toaalble from pain and should not kill any animal un necessarily, even If It la only a fly. Kill ing an animal for food Is allowable. 1. A eoout obeys order of hi parents, ratrol leader or scoot master without ques ion. Even If he gets an order he does not like he must do as soldiers and sailors to: he must carry It out all the same, t rauae It la his duty, and after he haa tone it he can come aud atate hta reasons scalnat it. But he must carry out the or der at once. . A soout amilea ami whistles under all rlrcumsrDcea. When he gets an order he hould obey It cheerily and readily. Dot In a slow hangdoe; sort of way. Koout never 'grouse" at hardship, nor whin at one KVERAIj of my ftien'ls have s said to me that their children were "scared to death" about the comet, and the stories they had heard about the tail of the romrt striking the earth. There Is really Just as much danger to the earth from Impact with the tail of a comet as there would be to a brick wall from striking It with a child's toy bal loon. Most of the theories of damag posiibil itles are not only Impossible, but are ab surd. One says tliat the comet's tall may be a highly poisonous gas. overlooking the fact that such a gas could never reach the surface of the earth, at the bottom of the tremendous atmospheric ocean. In amount sufficient to cause harm, even though It were composed exclusively of the deadly cyanogen. A thousand cubic trllrs of gas, st the diminutive pressure existing at the extremity of a comet's tail, would, at the surface of the earth, be compressed to a cupful. Another far-fetched theory is that tha upper surface of our ocean of air Is a sea of oxygen, the highest known gas and very inflammable: that the tall of the com t may "touch off" this gas and set the world nfire. In this case It Is over looked that hydrogen will not burn, ex cept In the presence of oxygen, and even though the tall of the comet were a flam- 6UN o Nutates r A TRITE COrTiT DIAGRAM SHOWING MR. LEE'S Ing torch, plunged Into a surrounding sea of Inflammable hydrogen, it could not produce a single flicker. The upper. strata of our earth's atmos phere; the atmosphere of Interstellar space; the general makeup of comets,, etc., are all matters of conjecture. I find that as tronomers generally accept literally the Klnetlo theory of diffusion of gases; that Is, they accept U without allowance for the more Important items of pressure and temperature. The klnetlo theory of diffusion of gases la to the effect that the molecules of all gases are In rapid motion, bombarding each other, moving baok and forth, so that , a mixture of two gases, even though one Is heavier than the other, will not separate Into layers but will continue more or less of a permanent nature. From this It Is . reasoned that the gas hydrogen, which Is approximately sixteen times lighter than air, will not seek the upper strata of our atmosphere but will be per manently, In conjunction with all other gases, mixed throughout our atmosphere. One who has thoroughly Investigated klnetlo energy In relation to gases known that the action Is influenced to a very great extent by temperature and pressure. Heat Is the prime factor, but pressure has Its influence. I have experimented ' with various gases under pressures ranging from 1-1000 of an atmosphere up to an extreme pressure of over 3,000 atmospheres or about 60,000 pounds to the square Inch, ' a pressure caused to bulge the sides of a tool steel tube having one-fourth Inch bore and three- edghth-lnoh walls. At atmospherlo pressure, or the ordinary state of gases at the earth's surface, and at a normal livable temperature, the ac tivity of gases is very great. A cupful of hydrogen Introduced Into an ordinary closed room will quickly find Its way to every part of the room, though being so much lighter than air, It would seem that It should float at the top. Reduce the temperature and the activity of the gases decreases until, at the freez ing temperature (of the gas). It practically another, nor swear when put out. A scout goes about with a smile on and whistling. It cheer him and it cheers other people, especially in time of danger, for he keeps tt up then all the same. The punishment for swearing or using bad language Is for each offense a mug of old water poured down the offender's sleeve by the other scouts. 9. A scout Is thrifty; that Is, he saves every penny he can and puts it into the bank so that he may have money to keep himself when out of work, and thus not make himself a burden to others, or that he may have money to give away to otheri when they need it. Lieutenant General Baden-Powell, the British hero of Mafeklng In the Boer war, conceived the Idea of the boy scouts. He drew up the rules and bylaws and insti tuted It as ar successful working soheme. He is preparing for England 1&0.000 boys trained In military discipline and tactics ready to be called upon by the nation in time of war. Better still, he Is preparing 150,000 citizens more alert, capable and atancher morally for their enlistment In the boy scouts. No Rata Liwii Dylnar. In spite of the oft-repeated, prediction of the weather bureau that Omaha is to have rain. It doesn't Mimi and minv lawn are going to ruin as a result. Some have been precautious enough to purchase lawn hose from the Omaha Rubber com pany at 1608 Harney street. When thla Is aone ana tne lawn aprinkled frequently It la always green and velvety. I A LINIMENT FOR EXTERNAL USE. Not only i Mother's Friend a safe and simple remedy, but the comfort and healthful condition Its use produces makes It of Ines timable tsIu to every expectant mother. Mother's Friend relieves the pain and discomfort caused by the strain on the different liga ments, overcomes nausea by counteraction, prevents backacbe and numbness of limbs, soothe the Inflammation of the breast glands, and In every wy aids In pre servtoi the health and comfort of prospective mothers. Mother's Friend is a lini ment for external massage, which by lubricating and expanding the different mus cles aud membranes, thoroughly prepare tho system for baby's coming without danger to the mother. Mother's Friend is sold at drug stores. Writ for our free book for expectant mothers. TIIS CHABFIZLD CO. ATLANTA, OA, iease.1. For instance, a mixture of equal parts hlm;eii and oxygen will be enorm ously active at a temperature of 200 degree Fahrenheit. At lero the activity Is much diminished, llejduce the temperature to the f reesing point of oxygen, and the separa tion Is complete. There is no such thing as a complete vacuum. The law governing the expansion of gasee insures an atmosphere of some kind to every body floating In space. It aiso proves that all space Is filled with gas of an extreme attenuation, if not hy drogen, then a lighter and to us unknown gas. I believe that a comet Is an immense sphere of gaa, the diameter of which Is more than twice the length of the tall at It most prominent appearance, which also comprises the concentrating or controlling medium the vast central swwui of small solid bodies Is Increasingly attenuated from the nucleus or center to the outer surface. This Immense globular body of gas is enclosed by the atmosphere of lnter-stellar space, which, while not a real vacuum, Is a greater one than any yet attained through the efforts of man. It 1s Just the kind of gas; just the right diminutive pres sure to produce Illuminative effect under electrical excitation. THE tAKTH o J VnitRLE tokzion or COMET'S AXMOJFnXRE THEORY OF THE COMET. The spectroscope shows in the tail and bright nucleus of the comet cyanogen, or carbon and nitrogen, also hydrogen and other substances In gaseous form. It Is a well known fact that carbon and nltrlgen, under slight pressure and exposed to elec trical Influence, will emit light. Therefore, the entire vast body of the comet many millions of miles in dlameter.Jis luminous If any .portion of It is luminous. Why then does it not appear as a vast ball of glow ing fire? Simply because of the fact that, from nucleus or center to outer surface, the gas Is of decreasing pressure and Increasing attenuation In accordance with the law governing expansion of gases. A gallon of gas at the surface of the earth of a pres sure of one atmosphere will, at a pressure of one millionth of an atmosphere, expand to a quantity of 1,000,000 gallons. Reduce the pressure to Infinitesimal amount and the gallon of original gas will fill all space. Tho gas in the nucleus of the comet is of sufficient density to give a bright light while the glow becomes fainter as the outer circumference Is approached. We do not see the main body of this faintly Illumi nated gas because it Is overshadowed by the sun. We see only the bright nucleus and the portion of the outer sphere which Is shaded from the rays of the sun by the nucleus. That Is why the tall of the comet always points away from the sun; It is why the tall Is sometimes straight and some times curved according as the nucleus and extremity of illumination are of varying distance from the eye of the observer; it is why some tails are single and apme double as the nucleus may be single or separated; why the comet grows brigter and the tail longer on approaching the sun. If we could see the comet In eclipse, that Is, if there were any body large enough to shield It from the sun's light then we would see a wonder greater than any yet shown to man. Instead of the present form we would see an immense globe or ball of fire, the diameter of which would be twice the length of comet and tall combined. It would surely startle the unregenerated. GEORGE H. LEE. EARLY LIFE 0FJANE ADDAMS Tell of Kmperlence of Her Child hood asid the Offer f a Bribe. Jane Addams, the great social settlement worker and the creator of Hull House In Chlcsgo, begins her life story in the April American Magaslne. Among some of the early experiences of her childhood she recounts the following touching storyt "My great veneration and pride In my father manifested itself In curious ways. On several Sundays, doubtless occurring In two or three different years, the 'Union' Sunday school of the village was visited by strangers, some of those 'strange people' who live outside a child's realm, yet con stantly thrill it by their close approach. My father taught the large Bible class In the left-hand corner of the church next to the pulpit, and to my eyes at least, was most Imposing figure In his Sunday frock coat, hi fine head rising above all the others. I imagined that the strangers were filled with admiration for this dignified person, and I prayed with all my heart that the ugly, pigeon-toed little girl, whose crooked back obliged her to walk with her head held very much upon one side, would never be pointed out to these visitors as the daughter of this fine man. In order to lessen tho possibility of a connection be ing made, on these particular Sundays I 5TH' a i PH KALTEX FURNITURE Made of a light, tough fibre, practically indestructible finish will not scratch, jhh'1 or splinter; is not affected by heat or moisture, and can be scrubbed like a floor. Shoinn in tli3 beautiful shade of Grass Green. Kvery piece hand made and an ornament to the Den, Lihrary, Sun Parlor or Porch. We want you to see all the various styles and shapes in this new fur- uitu c INTRODUCTORY PR CES A Arm Chair B Settee C Table D Fern Stand MILLER, STEWART BEATON, 413-415-417 South Sixteenth Street. did not walk beside my father, although this walk was the great event of the week, but attached myself firmly to the side of my Uncle James Addams, In the hope that 1 would be mistaken for his child, or at least that' I would not remain so con spicuously unattached that troublesome questions might Identify an ugly duckling with her imposing parent. I simply could not endure the thought that 'strange peo ple' should know that my handsome father owned this homejy little girl. But even in my chlvalrlc desire to protect him from his fate, I was not .Quite easy in the sac-, riflce of my uncle, although 1 quieted ' my scruples with the reflection that the con trast was Iras marked, and that, anyway, his own little girl .'was not so very pretty.' Happily however, this specter was laid before it bai) time to grow into a morbid familiar, by a very trifling Incident. One day I met my father coming out of his bank on the main street of the neighboring city, which seemed to me a veritable whirl pool of society and commerce. With a playful touch of exaggeration, he lifted his high and shining Bilk hat and made me an Imposing bow. This distinguished publlp recognition, this totally unnecessary Iden tification, among a mass of 'strange people' who couldn't possibly know unless he him self made the sign, suddenly filled me with a sense of the absurdity of the en tire feeling. It may not even then have seemed as absurd as It really was, but at least It seemed enough so to collapse, or to pass Into the limbo of forgotten specters. "Of the many things written of my father In that sad August In 1881, when he died, the one I cared for most was written by an old political friend of his who was then editor of a great Chicago dally. He wrote that while there were doubtless many members of the Illinois legislature who, during the great pontrauts of the war time and the demoralised reconstruction days that followed, had never heard of the movement of Illinois in which Hull House Joined to secure the passage of the first factory legislation. I was told by the rep resentatives of an Informal association of manufacturers that if the residents of Hull House would-drop this nonsense about a sweat-shop bill, of which they knew noth ing, certain business men would agree to give tiO.OOO within two years to be us(d for any of the philanthropic activities of the settlement. As the fact broke upon me that I waa being offered a bribe, the shame was enormously increased by the memory of this statement. What had befallen the daughter of my father that such a thing could happen to her? The salutary reflec tion that It could not have occurred unless a weakness In myself had permitted It, withheld me at least from a heroic display of indignation before the two men making HAIR REMOVERS ARE DANGEROUS Physicians Say: "Don't Use Poison ous Depilatories." Tee mriTiiant claims nemtlr mid. br " (Mrupulou. manufacturer of hair rtmovara la n aational liv.rttaanianla unquaallonably Juatlfjr par tlrlana in cautloulni tha publlo asalnat tha uia of thla claa of dapllatorlaa. How many pau,la ha baen anttcad into uatng tbaaa oaDgaroua prapara tlona with eonaaquant Injury to tbamaalraa cannot ba aattmatad, but only tuaaaaa at. Tha praparationa abova ralarraa to ar, layaxlably In tfaa form of creamy paataa. whtuh ara to ba aptwad upon tha akin to ram. In until thay dry. Thaaa contain Sulpnldo of Barium, an Inaolubia chamlcat. which cannot ba dlaaul.ad; tharafora. can not ba abaorbad by tha akla. 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Mled. mi oKe. v'V ,, ' $3.50 $6.25 $6.00 $9.00 H FULL ROLL ARM the offer, and I explained as gently as 11 could that we had no ambition to make Hull House 'the largest institution on the West Side.' put that we wore much con cerned that our neighbors should be pro tected from untoward conditions of work, and so much, heroics youth must permit Itself if to accomplish this the destruc tion of Hull House was necessary, that we would cheerfully sing a te ileum on its ruins. The good' friend who had' Invltfd me to lunch at the Union League club to meet two friends who wanted to talk over the sweat-shop bill here kindly Intervened, and we all hastened to cover over the awkward situation by that scurrying away from ugly morality which seems to be an obligation of social Intercourse." A Burning; Hhanae is not to have Bufcklen's Arnica Salve to cure burns, sores, .piles, cuts, wounds and ulcers. 25c. For sttle by Beaton Drug Co. Persistent Advertising In The Bee is the road to Big Returns. 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