Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-10
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A railway Will be built up the Rax
Alp. which is 6,4o0 feet high.
Some authorities hold to the idea that
a child's disposition is largely governed
by his diet, citing the gentleness of the
relocating races against the quarreling
meat-eatfng children as proof.
The figures given in the London Coal
and Iron Trades Review show that of
the worlds pig iron product of 1898
1914 per cent. was converted into steel
in 1868 only per cent. or the worlds
pig iron product was applied to the
manufacture Of steel.
verrazano, an italian navigator, Is
said by Sweetser, in his White Noun
tain Guide, to have been the first Euro
pean to speak of having seen the White
Mountains. Cruising along the coast
northeast from the present site of
Portsmouth in the year 1924, he saw
.shigh mountains within the land"
They appeared on maps published as
early as 1929.
Members of the engineering corps of
the, United States army have cleared
the Pasig River of number of stone
laden canoes which were sunk to close
the channel The total value of the
property recovered blythe engineers is
estimated at $750,0OO. Maps and topo-
graphical sketches Of the country
around Manila were made for the use
of the army commanders, and the sur
veys were frequently made under fire.
DR.. Francis II. Williams, of Boston,
says that when it becomes customary
to examine the chest with the X-rays
deaths from heart failure without pre-
yious warning will be less common.
The rays not only enable the physician
to determine the size of the heart, but
with their. aid he can also follow its
movements in health and disease,
which has not before been possible.
Such exSmina tions are also useful in
cases of incipient consumption. With
proper precautions taken no harm need
be feared from X-ray examination.
AS In the case of the ,X-rays, 1t Is
possible that one Of the earliest prac-
teal uses of liquid air will be in sur
gerry. Already experiments have indi-
Gated that spray Of liquid air can be
applied as a local anesthetic, but the
application should never be made ex-
cept by an experienced operator. In a
minute small part of the body can be
frozen as hard as Ice, and surgical oper-
ations conducted with the aid Of liquid
air are attended with no hemorrhages
In the Medical Record DIR. A. c. White
describes various experiments with
liquid air, including the successful
treatment of such diseases as sciatica,
neuralgia ard iYy-poisoning. Boils and
carbuncles can be aborted with liquid
air, and it Is useful In the treatment of
ulcers.
According to the Conclusions of Mr..
A., 81. Keane, q well known English
ethnologist. the first creatures that
could properly be called men appeared
on the earth ia what geologists know
as the Pliocene pefiod. somewhat
about million. years ago.. The precur-
sor of man, Mr.. Keane thinks, was
some. such ape-like creature as the
Pithecanthropuse erectus, discovered by
Dr.. Dubois In Java a few years ago.
-Four varieties Of men were developed
Homo Ethiopicus in Africa south of
the equator. Homo Mongolicus in Cen.
tral Asia, Homo Americanus in the
new world. and Homo Caucasicus in
northern Africa. From these the ex.
listing races are descended. Whether
man has existed million years in the
past or not, there is no apparent reason
why he should not exist more than
million years In the future.