Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-30
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humidity or their excessive dryness
and to certain extent from the offen-
sive smell.
The ideal temperature for a room
in Wtaich a number of people are gath
cred is from 81 to 60 degrees. he says.
According to the rules of the Home
Office only 1 to per Thousand of
carbonic acid should he allowed in a
room, but DR.. Hill states that 20 to
80 parts per thousand will do no harm
if the air is kept cool.
The experiments took place in a
chamber eight feet high and four and
one-half feet square. In this small
space DR.. HILL crammed eight healthy
medical students and scaled them i'm
They remained there half an hour I'LL
til the chamber contained to per
cent of carbonic acid and Is per cent.
of oxygen. The temperature rose to
IS degrees and as the air becomes satu-
rated with moisture the students be-
came intensely hot and uncomfortable.
When they were examined their pulse
showed an aoceleration beyond what
would be normally experienced in a
codi place. The doctor then set a
number of electric fans in the top of
the chamber in motion The stud
ents in a short time were able to en-
dure the heat and even to work in
comparative comfort in spite of the
CLOSE confinement and the high per-
ce1tage of carhonic acid in the air.
This was because the air at IS degrees
was cooler than the bodies of the SUBJ
jects and while in brisk motion it was
sufficient to make them quite comfort
able.
DR.. Hill in his lecture on the result
of the experiments declared that the
age of heating houses and trains in
winter was COOLING the race and ten
ding to break down the natural defen-
sive mechanism Of the body, rendering
it thereby more Liable to illness. He
said:
Gold air makes us more active to
warm ourselves, makes US do more
breathing and gives us q better appe-
tite. The system is toned up and we
take In more food and oxygen. Hot
dry air dries up the throat, and makes
people prone to infective disease. In
America, where they pump dry air in
to their schools there is a very high
rate Of dphtheria instead of having
artificial methods for keeping our
rooms hot we ought to have means for
keeping them COOL"
The gold relics recovered from Lake
Guatavita, one Of the five sacred lakes
CT the ancient Inca kingdom of Chi
hcha in the Colombian Andes, have
been sold here at an antiquarian allc-
ition. The ornaments which were
thrown into the lake as offerings to
the divinities supposed to inhabit its
waters, are splendid specimens Of the
craftsmanship of the ancient Peru
VANS, The most valuable piece was
a breastp!ate OF pure beaten gold
shaped as a dried hide and embossed
with a warriors head. One of the
most beautiful pieces was coiled
snake Of gold with the head welded
on. The collection also contained a
statue of the goddess Chibcha In fine
gold and two gold drinking bowls
Michael Hyams, am American citi-
zen, has voted for twelve years in
England and it was not until he was
elected a member of the Edmonton
Board of Guardians that 1t was dis
covered that he owned property in
America and was a natlralized citizen
of the United States. Hyams was
born In London but he spent ten years
in America On his return to Eng
land twelve years ago he became a
householder and such has voted con-
tinuously since. When he learned
that in the eye of the law he was still
an American citizen he resigned from
the Board and applied for readmission
papers to this country. These have
Just been granted by the Home Office
and Hyams will contest for the vac
ancy which his resignation made on
the Board.