Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-03

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Is ruid or solid or gaseous makes ntsis
difference since under the IMMENSE pressure
within the earth msteriais can not only
transmit vibrations and resist compressions
like a solid, but they can change their
shape as easily as a fluid. They are fluid
Just as lead is when forced to flow nom
a hydraulic press, They are necessarily
intensely hot. That there are ores OF value
TO mankind in these underneath rocks Ia
now generally admitted
The Salton Sea, says Mr.. +. H.. Newell,
director of the United States reclamation
service, and its apparent miraculous growth
has given rise to almost inhumerable popu-
lar discussions, many Of which are founded
upon misrepresentation Of facts. The sea
Is not a sea at all, but an accumulation OF
waste water in the bottom of a depression
BOO or more feet below sea level Rola-
lively to a real sea Il Ia a nero puddle or
duck pond In a vast extent or arid desert.
which at one time was the floor for q largo
body OF fresh water. II r. not a new thing,
but a revival In historic times OF what has
probably occurred frequently in geological
history. The widely advertised effect upon
the climate Of the expanded Salton Sea ia
practically negligible. The wonderful re-
suits attributed to the sea In increaslnE
rainfall in the southwestern states and ter
r~itories is a case of placing the cart before
the horse; that Is to say, the apparent In
crease In rainfall throughout the west is
more likely to have been the indirect cause
OF the increase in area OF the Salton Sea
than the reverse. Mr.. Newell describes
wildly the break in the dixie Of the Colorado
river, the knife-like cutting OF the new
channel, the organized attack on the water
and the final successful closing OF the break
during the year. The sea may now evapo-
rate at from five to seven or more feet
annually. but for many years IL will prob
ably be a mark of interest to the traveller.
and the inhabitants of the Imperial valley
must live, as do the people Of Holland, with
an eye to protection against this enemy OF
their homes.
Inland waterway.
In an article on finland Waterways"
MIR. George c. Chisholm enumerates inland
routes of marine In Germany,
the United States and England and dis
cusses the possibilities OF their use in
transportation OF coal, grain and other
bulky, non-perishable articles. That the
great value of the inland waterway lies In
low cost OF transportation along its route.
is illustrated by the fact than a ton OF
NpeA ~ AS" EtaiS u.s. was 1 Nlo
thousand miles from Buffalo TO Duluth
for about the cost OF sfoveling 1t from the
sidewalk into the cellar.
DIR. Theodore Gill pictures the develop
ment of the systematic study of zoology
from the time OF the SwedC Linnaeus, the
father Of modern natul alists. to the pres
ent day.
Prof Theobald Fischer the University
OF Marburg, in discussing the Italians,
Berbers, Arabs, Greeks. Turks and other
peoples Of the Mediterranean region, calls
attention to the fac: that two-thirds OF all
the Inhabitants of these coast countries
live within fifty miles OF the sea. There
Is room for many million more people than
are now living in these regions. and when
We consider the fact that in the Moham-
medan countries which are under Eu-
rJoeAn administration. the population is
now increasing. az is shown by Egypt
and Algeriato, IL be comes very evident
that the Mediterranean is destined to have
] a great future. and its political importance
I VIII become steadily and rapidly greater as
time goes on.
. Forty men and four women per thousand
5 are either wholly unable to perceive GER
= tain colors or can recognize them only
with difficulty. This defect may be hered-
( itary and cause so little trouble as to
4 pass undetected for years. All attempts
to overcome color blindness by educating
g the color sense have failed. There are
: three theories of color vision, all Of which,
based on the workings OF the sensitive
fibrils OF the inner eye. are discussed by
s John M. Dane under the heading, 18th
t Problem Of Color Vision"
Immunity from Consumption.
; Immunity in tuberculosis" is the pres
ent live topic treated by DR.. Simon F1exner
OF the Rockefeller Institute for Medical
Research, New York. From the first great
J. steps in the discovery Of the tubercie
bacillus by Robert Koch in 1852, expert
= mentation has developed until at present
. three distinct kinds are recognized-that
e found in man, In cattle and In birds. Be
sides this there is the so-called tubercie
n bacillus Of cold-blooded animals, which
however, Is only dangerous to animals OF
q that class, such as fishes. The three MAR
sorts of bacilli are transferable in more OF
less degree, It is generally believed from
bird to beast and from beast to man.
Against the probability of Infection between
; man and beasts stands DIR. Koch. Expert
ments in inoculating cattle and rabbits 81
as to render them immune have been con,
Quoted for several years and have met Will
some degree Of success. Whether these ma,
y lead finally to the practical incubation o.
= Na"At ~ NANNf Wv ~ AA6N II
e the process, he may himself be made I'm
d mune. remains for the future TO disclose.
y Another article relating to mans heaItl
embraces a study, as a typical example, o
n the air of the New York subway prior t
&c 1895, by George A. Soper, who conducted
e the investigation at the request of tn
Board OF Rapid Transit Railroad Commits
sioners for the city Of New York. Severa
thousand analyses were made upon whicl
to found conclusions, and according t
usual sanitary standards, based on bot
chemical and ARCHAEOLOGICAL analyses. 1
was found the general air of the subwa,
was always and everywhere satisfactory
the air OF cars In the winter not included
n 1t was completely renewed az least ever,
half hour. Only about half as many bac
N terra were found in the subway as out
side, but II was not possible to prove tina
this half included no moro harmful bac
terra than the air outside.
Case Against LiIIey DfsmiaHed.