Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-11-13
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i Ia the last seven years Germany has
i laid 1910 miles of cable, including
the line between Emden and New
York via the Azores, which is 4,Sl3
miles IN length The construction OF a
second cable between Emden and New
/ York, over the same route, has been
begun. aud it is expected that the work
viii be completed before the end Of
the next year.
\ new process for making limitations
Of statuary marble, onyx and other
multicolored stones has been devised in
IN Europe. About 1000 parts of alum
to from 10 TO 100 parts Of heavy spar
Jbarium sulphatel and 100 parts Of
water are mixed with the requisite
pigments and the liquid mass is boil
ed down and cast into mold. The
amount of heavy spar used varies with
the degree of translucence desired, At
ter being nodded and dried, the artiii-
cial stone thus produced can be polish.
ed aud finished as desired.
When the members of the British
Institution of Electrical Engineers paid
J y.slt of Inspection TO northern Italy
they were interested in a device used
to protect the overhead transmission
lines of an electric traction system from
lightning discharges. The device coll
sists Of Jets of water, which form II
permanent earth" at the Monbegno
generating station on the Naltellina
line The electric resistance of the jets
WAS said to be sufficient to prevent a
serious loss of current, while not too
great to enable them to serve for pro
lection against lightning.
An Indication of the enormous cost
Of time as well as money involved in
attempts to repair the damage done by
forest destruction is given by George
w. Rafter, In Water Supply Paper No.
50, of the Geological Survey. Con
celning the proposition to reforest the
Croton watershed, whereby, it is caleu-
lated, the daily supply of New York
City water could be increased 75,00o,-
0}0 gallons, Mr.. Rafter says that 120
years would be needed to produce the
full effect of forestation, and by the
expiration of that time the original
cost, compounded at three per cent III
terest, would amount to about $780,
000,000
Albinsm. states Il. Henriot, may be
traced back more than four centuries
before Christ when 1t was described
as existing In India, but until the end
Of the seventh century 1t was regarded
as a condition of the skin. Sachs
himself an Albino-and others have
shown that 1t is caused by absence Of
iron in the lower skin. In man 1t Is
most common among blacks. The
white Albino has a skin of peculiar
pallor hemp-colored hair, rose-col-
ored iris and red pupil; the negro In
some cases has a skin as white as milk,
while IN others 1t resembles wax, and
the hair Is pale blonde, yellow, orange
or even red. Albnism has been record
ed In seventy-nine mammals, including
horses, rabbits and mice. Numerous
examples are found among birds, the
white blackbird being no myth, and It
Is often observed among fishes, rep
tiles and batrachans. 1t takes two
forms In plants In one the leaves are
affected. producing monstroslties of va
riegated colors, and the other manlfests
itself in the corolla. There are Albinos
also among fruits, such as the rasp-
berry, strawberry and gooseberry.