The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-04-01

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Two immense power plants are TO-
be established on the east slope of
Pixies Peak, from which power for
lighting and heating purposes will be
furnished Colorado Springs and ad-
jacent towns.
Texas oil is already making itself
felt in Europe, where liquid fuel for
vessels, particularly those engaged in
the Asiatic trade, is making rapid
strides. Tankage is to be provided in
the harbor of Copenhagen for the &C.
commodation of several such vessels
now building.
All the locomotive works in America
are at present taxed to their utmost
capacity with orders, and most of them
are refusing commissions, except for
remote delivery. Some of the rail
roads are in such dire straits that they
are offering premiums, sometimes as
much as a thousand dollars for en-
gines to be delivered in the near flu
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advantage Of these offers, but the CON-
panies which have ordered the engines,
hut those necessities are not so great
as those of some other company.
The positive Identification of hand
some diamond in an elaborate setting
is often a matter of difficulty Rosen-
helm. a foreign investigator, has re-
Gently devised an easy and positive
method of distinguishing diamonds
from glass, paste. or any other precious
stone. such as ruby, emerald, zircon,
topaz. opal. etc. The precious stone is
taken into q darkened room, with Il
rod of bismuth coated with the new
radioactive element, ,polonium. Under
these conditions diamonds and no
other substances, emit rays which act
on a Photographic plate.
The biograph as a promoting
agency has been found to be very yalu-
able, especially when there is any real
w good object to promote. One OF the
first instances of such utilization OF
the biograph was by a Canadian ralI-
wav in an endeavor to arouse inter
est in an "All British route to the
East. The moving photographs OF the
CANYONS and mountains were shown
RI illustrate the stupendous engineer
ing difficulties to be encountered ana.
ON the other hand, the panoramic
views of farm lands and logging
scenes showed the promising CONNER
cial possibilities of the country 10 pe
traversed.
IT is known that typhoid bacillus
produces little or no toxin in artlhcal
cultivation, and all attempts to oD-
tain a typhoid antitoXin have hitherto
proved failures. Chantemesse, now
ever, by growing the typhoid bacllluS
in a special culture medium prepared
from spleen and bone marrow, CLAIMS
TO have obtained toxin with Whlch lit
has been able to immunlze horses
and to prepare typhoid antitoXlh. VI
17G cases treated with the latter, seven
died, case-mortality OF only 81 per
cent, whereas or ll9Z cases tie"'0|
during the same period on genera
principles. 2S6 died, a case mortail'y
of 1913 per cent.
Observations made in France. ny NJ
Tripet regarding the variations IN 'n'
activity of reduction of oxynaello
globin in the cause Of balloon ascent
at an altitude of 5000 metres, met WIN
the following results, with the 'nIeo
subjects used: At great attitudes ,n'
duration of reduction Of the oASn"-
emoglobin diminishes to less thah one
half of the normal time OF reducuon'
this elimination in the balloon Ill INV
absence Of all fatigue being neari| -,
Simultaneous. In all three suOJec's 'n0
proportion of oXyhaemogloDln -
creased with the height. AS the p''
loon approached the earth the GOMEZ
phenomena were noted, but inc ~
turn to the normal was slow anu ""'
not completed on arriving ut the SUI
face Of the earth. The results VI
servations on the arterial bloou pa ~
sure at VARYING heights was alsV A0N~