Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-12
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show a loss Of land of forty thousand
acres since 1867, although In some
places, as at New Romney, the solid
ground has been pushed out two miles
or more In the sea.
The city of Toronto counts on get
ting 125, 600 horsepower from Niagara
Falls, although Its distance from the
great cataract Is ninety miles. The
electric current Is to. be carried the en-
tire distance from the generating
plant, which will be constructed on
the Canadian side, by cables supported
on a double-pole line.
Evidences Of the favorable action Of
X-rays upon lupus and cancer contin-
ues to increase. The action Is not yet
understood, one theory being that 1T
kills the bacteria. while a more prob
able suggestion is that the infamma-
ton set up brings an accumulation OF
phagocytes and leucocytes. and these
''scavenger" cells attack and destroy
the morbid tissues.
Excessive muscular development Is
pronounced by an experienced physi-
clan to be not only unnecessary, but
positively dangerous. On ceasing ath-
letic training, which every person
must do sooner or later, the system
adapts itself very slowly to new con-
ditions, and digestive and livers trou-
bles are very liable to follow. The
great lungs, not needed In sedentary
work, degenerate, often leading to con-
sumption.
The bacteria mining lamp Of Prof.
Hans Molisch, Of Prague, consists OF
a glass jar lined with a compound of
saltpetre and gelatine, previously inoc-
ulated with luminous bacteria. In this
culture the bacteria showed enormous
increase. In two days a blush green
light filled the jar, sufficiently brilliant
to show faces two yards away, and to
enable person to read large type,
and this light remained for several
days, gradually fading away in about
fortnight. The light is cold and
quite safe In mines filed with the
most dangerous gases.
All readers of Scott's novels must
vividly remember the Peak of Derby
shire. This elevated region is to be
made q source of water supply for
four cities-Sheheld, Derby, Noting
ham and Leicester. The gathering
ground Of the water lies from 500 to
2,070 feet above sea level, and covers
fifty square miles. Virtually, the en-
tire sources of the river Derwent will
be collected, but one-third of the water
must be restored to the river to pro-
tect vested interests along its course.
The cost is estimated at $5O,OOO,OOO.
A temporary town, with houses of gal
vanized iron lined with match-board,
and with a school. church, hospital
and concert hall, has been construct
ed for the army Of laborers, who will
be employed for dozen years. There
are to be five reservoirs with an aggre-
gate capacity Of 10.5OS, 100000 gallons.
The project Of climbing the loftiest
mountain on the earth, Mount Ever
est, in the Himalayas, whose tremen-
dous head rises, according to trigo-
nometrical measurements, 20,0O2 feet
above sea level, has now reached a
stage Immediately antecedent to the
actual attempt. A party, led by Mr..
Eckenstein, an experienced climber,
has set out for the foot of the great
peak. Several celebrated mountain
climbers have expressed the opinion
that the feat is feasible. but only by
the method of gradual ascent, whereby
the adventures may become Injured to
the effects Of rare atmosphere.
Months and even years may be spent
in ascending to higher and higher lev
els, long pause being made after ev-
cry considerable advance. The highest
ascent now on record is that of Aeon
cagua, in the Andes, the elevation Of
which is 23,OSO feet, 1902 feet or more
than mile, less than the height of
Everest.