The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-03-31
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4 lately tested section OF the sub
marine cable. laid twenty years ago
between Cienfuegos and Santiago, "
la excellent condition. proving t~ dur
ability Of rubber-coyered cables
Modern science seems 10 show that
leprosy. the loathsome scourge OF many
lands In the past. il among the dis
orders that may be easily prevented
His late Investigations IN South Africa
and in India have convinced DIR. Jons-
than Hutchinson that the disease Ia
rarely, II ever. transmitted from one
person TO another, and have confirmed
the theory that the cause Is the eat
ing OF badly cured and poorly cooked
nsh. The kaffirs. who furnish very
many victims. have a deprsyed APP
petite for rotten FISH
The gradual disappearance OF locusts
IN Rbodesis aud other pars OF South
Africa is attributed by J. n Open. a
writer on the agriculture OF the legion.
10 rapidly growing mould The In
visible seeds are scattered by the wind.
and In favorable weather the growth
attacks and destroys vast swsrms OF
the insects Since the discovery during
the last locust invasion. the Ms uld has
been regularly distributed by the De
partment OF Agriculture. The disease
thus artibcially spread has bs-en very
effective. but dryness has caused some
failures.
A crystalline lens taken from the
eye OF bullock has been fo1.id espe-
cially useful. says Prof w. r. Watson.
for photographing objects which are
too small for the common Camera lens
and YET too large for ordinary photo
micrography. Good photographs Of in
sects have been made with such lens.
but the manipulation IL difficdit Even
the composite eye OF q beetle. which In
some species consists OF as many as
5000 separate lenses. each producing
an Independent Image. can De used
for making photographs which are
curious rather than useful They raise
the question: What does the beetle
gain By having thousands OF images OF
the same thing projected on IL r~tina?"
Quite astonishing is the rspidity> OF
working OF brain and nerves In modern
plano-plsying. AT the conference OF
musicians In Dublin IL was shown that
the ordinary player must cultivate the
eye TO see about 100 signs per min
ute. the fingers 10 make shout two
thousand movements and the brain 10
perceive the 100 signs while issuing
two thousand orders. In a part of
Chopln's ~Etude In K Minor the rate
of reading must reach $3.50 signs in
2is minutes. This is equivalent 10
about twenty-six notes per second
and. as the eye can receive only about
ten consecutive impressions per second.
IL appears that in very rapid music the
notes mus; be read In groups instead
of singiy.
A scientific Investigation OF extrsor-
binary interest is about to be under
taken IN the Philippines. under the
direction OF the Smithsonian Institu-
ton Ethnologlsis aver that the vari-
Gus tribes in those islands represent 4
mixture OF the blood OF all the races
and varieties OF mankind The white. 1
the black and the brown have each
a share In the c,mbins-
ton OF bloods are found the Segrito.
he Papusn and the African: the Malay
md the Poiynesian; the Chinese. the
Japanese and the Cambodasn: the
Hsmite. the Semitic and the Ar,an: the
Caucasian. and even. IN a slight de
rree. the American Indian. The pro-
,osed research into the origin and
development Of this blending of races
involves a study OF habits. relics. pre-
historic remains. tribal legends and oc-
.upstions.