Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1888-01-06
REVIEW
FER SUPPLY.
-ssssect eia f.ezfere s3t Wa,er happily De-
seere.t 9eenfus. Mar ssfA. 1879 q,
tis' 1fssfaea5 department of The
~ ittastette aafrersity.


fs' ii..dsest! department Of che
- = ittaatette aafrersag.
% sssass Rfowae ~ y, Ill. D, Professor Of
Fhss.eiasS aud Hysieael
: The water with
icl we are familiar IN common life !
saer found chemically pure. The
st N nature ale snow water and |
water: and even they have GER
a1imixtufe Of foreign substances,
Nc contaminated by impurities
,she,i out of the atmosphere. Spring
ates, too, isrendere1 impure by sub
,ances received in its percolation
through the earth IN river and lake
water the ilnfalrity is not infrequentIy
visible to the eye. presenting the color
os the rocks and vegetable substances
which It holds Ia suspension Thus
tue water is ofa reddish huein the Red
rsver Of Texas, anl dark in the Big
Black OF Mississippi and the Rio Ne
gro OF South america. 1t descends
milky from the slofes of the Audes
and the glaciers ef Iceland 1t is
brown III the streams that flow through
the lnaors Of cotland and the peat
boss of ire It is greenish in the
Stands Of pe Pacific, in the Green
river il Kenueky, she lakes Of Switz-
el.s5d aud the~geyssrs of Iceland.
The Cfoton water which supplies the
" OF New York, and the Cochituate
hieh supplies tile city Of Boston con-
ain each 4 little more than 4 gldins
plo 1atter to the gallon. The
a. water Of Philadelphia con.
,ou "A grains to the gallon.
which is supplied to the
y - I.,.ttls Sgh. Scotland, contains
10 II grainss< the water of the
Thames near London, 2 grains; that
4 he jordan - grains; whilst that
Nanhattan island. in the neighbor.
Il Of Chambers street, before the in
iustion of the Croton water, con-
ed as much. as l25 grains. The
It natural water that has yet been
,insd is that of the Loka in Swe-
Shich eohtainsbHt the l-20 grain
ii matter to the gallon.
tter may be regarded as the type
preventative of all other liquids,
IS assumed as standard by
e measure their specific gravi-
2oaYerted into ice at a tempera-
b degrees Fahr. and into
s.I2l2 degrees, it is evaporated
sAmpenlture-even below the
D,t,e ,4,o ,oove,ok
exhibiting neither acid nor
erties;ve iris capable Of unit
nith acids and bases, and oi
Herewith the compounds
5 hydrates. Thus it unites
and with it forms the hy-
me
as drawn from the chemists
. - .fsifs1arsnt and scarcely com
grsssssie. without color taste or smell,
= ana nalssppafently, assimple and inertia
substance as one can well imagine; and
yet there ls no Substance whose trans
fofnatiotss are more surprisingly pro
team. OF whose relations are more ex
terislye and thtfieate 1t forms by tai
the greater part OF all animal and veg
sei'pis niaaier. 10 u the petal OF the
rose ana the muscle OF the ANIMAL are
inqeiEe'' "a q great degree, Tor then
plale lai @iei lfses'ohY OF motion a
ssisau 'l9is, aafa 9F . stone, IAN non
!. 'ils s'9Aass ara perhaps breaks youl
- take i up ana examine
ft''s ~. y ~, 70 DC aehse angular
a' !" iis's YOU are looking at---:'
Fs.". = = - llss ssa.sss1ie'a :; II
> s.sils l''teht nuiu' wiiich
s 70 s"ze - ~ gfadnan1
",'he ! silently sanishes lnte
esls - Aiss9e Fl me II returns and
iH,l,lis soit's an si'-'sel',ssiy re,aPpeai'
( 4ssu,0 q s.l's'i' el'sMii''s 10 inoi,leh
.un nay i'9mei ,., = p.eak' am 'hesf
glass.na,s nav s,,1slsgly shoot = ;ntoda1 -, 1,l
ieate ramffcatioas and resume their
previous crystalline solidity.
Water exists around us to an extent
and under conditions that escape the
notice of mere surface observers
Take plaster of Paris statue weigh
Ipg-a ttAs-and analyze-if, and you viii
ind that one salfnd outof the FIVE is
solidifed water. The iridescent opa
is bur mass of flint and water com
binsd ID fle proportion Of Q grains Of
earthly ingredients and one grain oi
water Of All acre of clay land one
foot deep and weighing 300 tons, al
least 400 toiis are water. OF the
great mountain chains with which the
5arth.ls ribbed the fIimalayas. the
Andes the Alps. the Rockies million,
and millions 81 tons ara water solidified
n earth II yol huy I00 lbs Of alum.
ton Oct IN exchange for yonr money
80 :,