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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1901-12-05
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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22
The Newly Discovered Beast.

The colcration of the Okapl is quite
extraordinary. It's cheeks and jaws
are yellowish white, contrasting
abruptly with the dark-colored neck.
The forehead is a deep red chestnut;
the large, broad ears are of the same
tint, fringed, however, with jet black.
The forehead ranges between vinous
red and black in tint, and q black line
follows the bridge of the nose down
to the nostrils. The muzzle is sepia
colored, but there is faint rim or
mustache of reddish-yellow hair round
the upper lip. The neck, shoulders,
barrel, and back range in tone from
sepia and jet black to rich vinous red.
The belly is blackish, except just I'M
der the knees. The tail is bright
chestnut red, with a small black tuft.
The hind quarters, hind and fore legs,
are either snow white or pale cream
color, touched here and there with
orange. They are boldly marked, how.
ever, with purple-black stripe and
splQdges, which give that zebralike
appearance to the limbs of the okapi,
that caused the first imperfect account
Of it to indicate the discovery of q
new striped horse. The soft parts
Of the animal being as yet unknown,
it cannot be stated positively that the
okapi possesses a prehensile tongue,
like the giraffe, but the long and f1exi.
bic lips would seem to atone for the
very weak front teeth. 1t is probably
by the lips and tongue that the crea-
ture gathers the leaves on which it
feeds, for, according to the accounts
Of the natives, it lives entirely on foil
age and small twigs. Like all rumi-
nants except the camel, it has no front
teeth in the upper jaw. The molars
are very much like those of the
giraffe.-Slr Harry H. Johnston, in Nc
Clure's.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22

principal cause of the severe heated
spells of recent summers has been the
wholesale wiping out of forests.
THAT forests affect the airs tenn
perature there is no doubt. Evapora-
ton within the limits of a forest goes
on much more slowly than outside.
This means moisture, and with mois-
ture comes a cooling Of the atmos-
phere. In regions largely fOrested the
temperature is usually much lower.
ave have long observed that areas
originally humid are dried up by de-
forestation. Regions once heavily
wooded, with plenty of water in
streams and springs, have become
parched, the streams being either dried
up or nearly dry. The forest covered
watershed means a spongy layer Of
'humus,' or leaf-mold, which absorbs
rain. This sponge, spread over the
soil, gives up it's water slowly, and
thus the supply of moisture remains
in the water shed for a longer time.
Wipe out the forest cover, and the
spongy layer disappears. Even though
the amount of rainfall remains IN
altered, the smooth surface allows the
water to rush away. There is nothing
to hold the water, and so it passes off
rapidly, leaving the ground dry. Water
that falls on a slate roof runs off fast
er than if the roof were covered with
moss"
The man who has most carefully
studied this subject is B. Ribbentrop,
Inspector General Of Forests in India.
he says forests affect climate in a
marked degree. History proves this
in numerous instances where the de-
terioratiOn Of the climate of whole dis
tricts, and even of entire countries, has
followed the destruction Of forests.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22

tudes and stretching for miles along
the great ranges. 1t has been observed
that the absence of timber even In the
mountain parks lnterferes with the
rainfall, causing periods Of drought,
or violent transforms doing great dam
age and passing quickly away.
Irrigation, followed by vegetation
and tree planting. brings rain. This
has been demonstrated all over the
greater West.
In former times the summer storms
were chiefly confined to the mountains
Of Colorado. Now they spread out on
the plains, following the rivers, with
their miles of wide areas Of irrigated
fields and recently planted timber
belts. Moisture begets moisture, and
with 1t comes a milder tempered at
mosphere, gentle showers and cooling
breezes, instead of erratic periods of
drought floods and cyclones.
All this. with many other facts, has
an important bearing on the phenom-
1AAtA VI 4Ce4L WAVES hOW NANAtAhH GO
much concern.
called on Mr.. George Sudworth,
Acting Chief of the United States
Forest Bureau, in Washington, for his
views. He said:
'There is much difference of opinion
on the subject among scientific men,
but students of forestry are as a rule
convinced that the wholesale destruc-
ton of trees in this country has had
much to do with the recent aggrava-
ton Of the meteorological phenomenon
known as the hot wave
Hot waves may almost be said to
be peculiar to this country They oc-
cur in India, but in Europe and most
other parts of the world they are I'M
known. We find them uncomfortable,
but as yet we have not learned with
any degree of certainty the causes
that bring them about. Future inves-
tigation Is likely to throw more light
upon the subject. am satisfied a
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22

gen, (2) of a recipient in which this is
turned into gaseous oxygen, and 81 of
kind of mask which renders the res
piratiOn of the gas certain.
Pure oxygen almost always causes
nausea and illness. To avoid this NJ.
Cailletet has placed in the mask a
shutter with variable opening, ena-
bling the wearer to mix with the oxy-
gen a certain volume of air. The aero
naut regulates this opening so that the
oxygen increases in amount with the
height, and, with the object of pre-
venting the condensation of the water
vapOr contained in the respired gases,
he allows it to escape by a flexible
tube furnished with a special valve
and hidden under the aeronauts
clothes to prevent freezing.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22

In that strange city of San Luis Po-
tosl, in Old Mexico, where the timber
disappeared long ago, was told that
it had not rained there for eight years
The dust was foot deep, and the
burning heat Of the sun seemed to
wither the very faces of the muleteers
driving their silver laden asses through
the streets.
In the spectral Middle Park Of Col
OradO one sees a vast desolation of
stupendOus mountains, isolated and in
clusters, absolutely naked-without
tree or shrub. Ages ago the Indians,
1t Is supposed, living in that once pas
tOral region, fleeing before invading
tribes, burned the forests behind them.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22
80 pIooEsT LoasTER PouNp.
neing Built on tho Maine Coast 20 Held
Half Million Crustaoeana.

AZ South Bluehnl, Me-. on the Han.
cock County coast. Is being construct
ed the largest lobster pound IN the
world. It's capacity being estimated at
100000 Holsters The lobster fisheries
OF Maine have long been one Of the
most important Industries Of the State.
the catch being valued at millions of
dollars annually. The fishermen long
ago realized that by holding the lob
sters until the "off" season OF the year
they could get higher prices than If
the whole catch were marketed as fast
as taken.
For this purpose they constructed
pounds or enclosures IN which to con-
fine the fish. There was much risk In
this, however, for storms frequently
wrecked the small pounds built by
individual fishermen with limited
means, and thus many n man lost his
entire seasons catch. Gradually the
business Of pounding Holsters passed
into the hands Of men Of large means.
who in recent years have purchased
the catch Of the fishermen and yard
ed" the Holsters in vast numbers In
pounds Of great capacity, strongly con-
structed, selling when the price Is
high.
The new pound at South Bluehill Is
n natural saltwater basin. formerly
the pond of one of the old-fashioned
tide sawmllls which have now disap-
peared from the Maine coast The
basin is connected with Bluehill Bay
by a narrow strait, and fills and emp
ties at every tide. To convert the
pond into lobster pound 1t was sim
ply necessary to construct gates at the
outlet so that the water could be held
or lowered at viii. The pound Is on a
steamboat route, and Holsters taken
one cay may be landed in Boston on
tn following morning. New York
Sun.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22
The Park Lands OF Africa.

There are certain districts in Central
Africa that look much like the planta.
lions of civilized countries. Their ap.
pearance impresses the traveller with
the belief that their features have
been shaped by the hand Of man. and
yet there are no people there capable
Of producing such effects. A member
of the Linnaean Society, of London, in
a recent discussion Of the subject, &C
counted for the "homelike" look of the
land by suggesting that light surface
soil was gradually deposited over the
salt steppes left by old-tine lakes, and
over this the vegetation referred to haa
spread.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22

On every side, in a grand encircling
amphitheatre, peaks of the Rocky
Mountains rise to the snow line hem
ming in this Middle Peak, fortunately
supplied with rivers flowing swift and
deep from the canyons of the snowy
range. But the rainfall is said to be
decreasing with the destruction Of pine
forests of the higher mountains.
In view Of the vital necessity of pro-
tecting the timber yet remaining in
Colorado, the Forestry Association,
composed of the best men in that
State, was early organized, stringent
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22
Bride Couldn't Fool one Woman.

A young married couple are always
interesting, chiefly because they try to
conceal the fact that they are young
and married. Generally they fool their
men acquaintance, but they seldom
deceive clever woman.
A bride and groom tried the old
trick recently at a summer resort, but
they met woman who was wiser
than they.
This woman and the bride were chat.
ting on the hotel yeranda when the
former suddenly asked:
How long have you been married?"
"Three years, promptly replied the
bride.
J The clever woman looked at the
brides left hand.
How is it, then" she said. "that
you wear a ring the design of which
is barely a year old?"
OF course that settled it. and the
next day everybody congratulated the
young couple on their recent mar.
riage.-New York Mail and Express.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22
OXYGEN FOR BALLooNIsrs.
An Improved Apparatus Designed by q
French Savant.

French Savant.
The investigations of Bert have made
clear the action of oxygen on organ
isms subjected to feeble atmospheric
pressure. His numerous experiments
have shown that the accidents to
which one is exposed in rarefed air
can be avoided by keeping nearly con-
slant the quantity of oxygen taken in
at each respiration. Accordingly, since
his time, aerOnauts have carried with
them oxygen, which they breathe
through flexible tube fitted with a
mouthpiece.
M. Cailletet, in a paper read before
the Paris Academy Of Sciences, re-
marks that this method of taking the
oxygen is defective. Ever since birth
we have been accustomed to breathe
through the nose, and aeronauts have
difficulty in giving up this habit and
breathing through the mouth. Thus
the oxygen inspired through the
mouthpiece scarcely fills the mouth,
and is ordinarily rejected without hav-
ing penetrated to the lungs.
The author presented to the academy
an apparatus enabling aeronauts to
carry and have at their disposal large
quantities of oxygen stored in small
volume, and to assure the absorption
of the gas without taking any particu-
lar care. 1t is composed % Of one or
several vessels containing liquid oxy
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22

The once well wooded Dalmata IS
now a stony desert. Persia, former
ly one Of the granaries Of the East, is
barren and desolate over n large ex-
tent OF its territory. North Africa.
which was one Of the main grain pro.
ducers OF ancient Rome, IS subject to
the seyerest droughts Spain, Italy,
Sicily, Greece and Asia Minor have
also suffered enormously from defor.
estatlon
In the United States observing sta.
lions established IN forests have re-
corded over and over again the fact
that the air over wooded areas was
both cooler and molster than above
the open fields
1t has been claimed that forests ex-
ert an important influence In behalf
Of human health. Soil conditions in
the woods are unfavorable to disease
producing germs, especially those Of
cholera and yellow fever.
Every forest Is an oxygen factory.
and It is declared that its production
Of that life giving gas is Of sanitary
Importance. Ozone is also a forest
product.
The forest may be regarded as a
blanket with which nature covers the
earth for its protection. This blanket
says Professor Mark w. Harrington,
determines many Of the features Of
climate"
Says Professor Sargent: "The for
ests. in the mountain regions are es-
sential to prevent destructive torrents
and to maintain the now Of the riv.
ers."
We consumed last year more than
36,OO00OO,OOO square feet of sawed
lumber alone.
The annual consumption of our for
ests is 25,000000OOO cubic feet. To
furnish this amount would require the
produce Of 1,200,OOOO0O acres of wood
land, whereas our total forest area is
less than 50O,0OOOOO acres. 1t will be
seen, then, that we are drawing upon
our forest capital, whereas we ought
to be using only the interest.
The greatest timber consumption is
for tirewood. We burn for heating and
manufacturing purposes annually $780,
OOO,OOOO0O feet, board measure-four
times as much as We use for all other
purposes put together. However, most
of the frewoOd supply is of timber
unsuitable in size or quality for the
sawmill.
The conclusion Of all this seems to
be that because we must have tooth
picks, matches, coffins and firewood.
and, incidentally, wood for ships and
houses, with timber thieves and in
cendaries running riot destroying for
ests, the globe is to be made uninhabi-
table.-New York Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22

ests. Trees not only create moisture
and invite rain, but their roots, leaves
and underbrush hold the rain that falls
long enough to be absorbed by the
earth.
AS hills and mountains, by fire or
axe, lose their forest, the soil dries
up and vegetation languishes, while
valleys and canyons are flooded, often
with disastrous results. This Is the
case around Pittsburg and in other
billy localities which have been
stripped of timber for fuel and manu-
featuring purposes.
On the great plains rain seldom falls.
When 1t does it is a cloudburst. The
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22

few years ago along the Southern
Pacific east Of Tucson I'm half an hour
buried sections Of the railroad track
thirty feet deep in sand, filed gorges,
changed the course Of rivers. wound
steel rails as II they were wire around
the few struggling cottonwood trees
skirtlng a dry stream twenty or thirty
feet above the old track. and plowed
chasms in the tarantula beds clear
down to solid rock.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22

mate. And it is thought by some ex-
perts that without trees the earth
would be uninhabitable.
1t is only in the United States and
India, 1t is declared, that these devas-
tating heat waves periodically sweep
vast areas. In EurOpe-Germany and
France especially-where forests are
protected by law and heavy penalties
rigidly enforced for violations, such
Outbursts Of heat, as a rule, are I'M
heard of.
1t has long been known ito a mathe-
NAUTICAL certainty" that drought in
creases with the disappearance Of for
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22

By careless hunters. a match thrown
Into a bunch OF dry grass, or by In
eendiarles, timber thieves and the Ike,
vast tidal waves OF flame sweep the
pine clad slopes rising to lofty Glti-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22

laws passed and vigilant watch kept
to prevent destruction.
The terror of fires in the Rocky
Mountains is akin to that Of volcanoes
and earthquakes. When once started
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22

washouts that come once in three or
four years in Arizona are of indie
scribable violence. Eastern readers
would scarcely believe that on the
parched alkah deserts a cloudburst o
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22

Nh HESE modern hot waves,
with sunstroke and death on
every hand, have become q
e serious problem for science to
solve Important facts are herewith
presented on the subject. 1t is be-
iieyed that the rapid destruction Of
the great forests Of the country by
careless settlers lumbermen and wood
pulp makers are the chief cause Of
this marked recent change In our eli
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22

NODE OF REFOREsTINa A HILLSIDE BY
EsTABLIsHGNG BARRIERS OF BRUSH
TO HOLD SOIL IN WHICH YOUNG
TREES ARE TO BE PLANTED.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22
Summer Heat May
Become Unbearabl0.

National Danger Impending From Forest Destruction
The daily sentinel., 1901-04-02

For the annual conference OF Latter
Day Saiuts at Salt Lake, April 3rd to
9th. inclusive, the Rio Grande Western
will make : rate Of $40 for the round
trip. Tickets will be on sale April 3rd
only. limited to continuous passage 60
ing. Final limit April II
w. P. Dale, Agent.
The daily sentinel., 1901-04-02
tObGE DIRECTORY.
MESA LODGE NO. o5,

A. F. 4 A. M. Meets the first and third
Thursday in each month at Masonic hall,
Canon Block, corner Fourth and Main Sts.
VIM Carlyle, Sec. r Sampliner. w M
The daily sentinel., 1901-04-02
~ar.ss Dsf.r. Mssv' Bos.

-ar.ss D.fer. Mssv' Boss..
Dy means Of small boxes, called
grace before meat" boxss-put on the
table for the receipt Of coppers a. .
thanko1fering for msals-the total
amount collected by the Salvation
Army last year, In England, was ELL
80.
The daily sentinel., 1901-04-02

Best Route East, South, North
and West. East fast mail
route. The "Pioneer route. "
The Missouri Pacific, Judson- Phillips per-
Angles and Boston 60 east from Grand
Junction on RioGrande No. 4 every Thurs
day 4 m. Especial attention given ladies
and children travelling alone. Through
without change Pueblo to st. Louis. Denver
to Sedalia, Colorado Springs to Kansas
City.
CATsipp. 9 VI a. Ast
tsis. DENVER. COLO.
The daily sentinel., 1901-04-02
GRAND JUNCT. CHAPTER

No ~, r A N, meets second Thursday in
each month at Masonic hall, Canon Block.
corner Main and Fourth Streets.
VIM Carlyle. Sec. Orson Adams, Jr., E Fl P
The daily sentinel., 1901-04-02
Low Excursion Rates.

SOn each Tuesday until April Both, the
Denver & Rio Grande r. r. will sell one
way colonist tickets from all points on
tho main lines between Denver and
Grand junction at the following ratea:
San Francieco, Los Angeles
and San Diego. .$25 90
OPortland, Spokane. Tacoma
and Seattle. 25 90
Butte and Helena. .... % 90
From all points located of the main
lines, the local rate to the nearest main
inc junction point will be added to The
above rates.
The daily sentinel., 1901-04-02
nm n..A ..,.... i. $780,.

nm aaeA Dsssoss . ssAsaas.
james Owen, B. A., Of Balloil col
legs, Oxford, who has just been elect
ID to . modern history fellowship It
Pembroke college, IL the son ok .
Lancashire artisan. and himse23
worked in m Oldham mill when -
IN school q the ass q =.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-06-20
Los HABITAET[S De Ia AMERICA LA1IlA

Segdu les & times censos yeri6cados, te-
man al fnalizar el siglo, POGO mas Q menoS, la
siguiente poblaci6n;
Brasil, $4,000, 900; Mexico, 14OO0 COO; Ar
gentina, 900, ,O0O Chile, 1000 COO; Colombia,
4 GOO o0O Peru SOC. 900; Venezuela, 2. 500 600;
Bolivia, dos nilnnes; Ecuador, 1 800 900;
Guatemala, 1.500000 Haiti, / 100000; Santo
Domingo, 100000; Uruguay, un million; Sal.
yador, 1OOC,0OO Paraguay, 500, 600; Nlcars-
qua, 500,000i Honduras, 450, 900; Costa Rica,
300, 600; total: SO 900.
Los anterlores datos nos inducen ciertas
comparaciones que tai vez srvan de practica
ensefansa los pueblos de America que cuen.
tan con sufcentes medits de acrecentar su
poblaci6n, brindando los habitantes del vlejo
continente campos Terraces y muchas extensio-
mes de tierras incu'tas, que esperan para de-
sarrolarse en- rlquezas, inmgraciones de hon.
bres laboriosos que desean vivir en- auras de
mayor bienestar que las que Sc aspirar en- sus
paises respectlvos
Portugal, uno de los pafSes mas modestos
de Europa, con escassos medios, de una redu-
cida extension de territorlo, tiene tantos ha-
bitsDtes como suman en- junto Uruguay, Pa
raguay, Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa
Rlca aun le sobrsn dos pobsciones algo
mas de ests Ultima Republics.
Madrid, la cal ital de EspBha, cuenta mas
de la mitad de la poblscion de Santo Domingo,
Los habtantes de Paris, Ia capital france.
Sc, ascienden los que reunen Haiti Guate-
mala.
Berlin. capital de Alemsnia, reune casl
ls poblacl6D del Ecuador
La peque6a Greeia tiene mas habitahtes
que Bolivis;y Belgica mas que Venezuela ,
Perd
solo el E.tado de Nueva York Sc diieren-
ella mny POGO de Ia poblacl6n que reunen entire
Colombis Chile.
La Argentina, Mexico el Brasil suuar
menes habltantesi en- coniunto cue IL Francis