El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30

Ornaments Offered to the
Gods by Peruvian Pagans
Are Recovered.
AMERICAN CITIZEN
IN ENGLISH OFFICE

London, Eng, Dec 30-The gold relics
recovered from Lake Guatavita, one Of
the five sacred lakes of the ancient Inca
kingdom of CbiDeha In the Colombian
Andes. have been sold here at an anti
quaIlam auction.
The ornaments. which were thrown
into the lake as offerings to the diYini-
ties supposed to inbabit its waters, are
splendid specimens of the Craftsmanship
Of the ancient Peruvians. The most
valuable piece was & breast plate OF pure
beaten gold shaped as a dried hide ana
embossed with warriors head One
of the most beautiful pieces was colled
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.
American IN English Office.
MichaPl HYams. an American citizen,
has voted for j years in England and
It was not until lie was elected a mem
Der of the Edmonton board Of guardians
that it was discovered that he owned
property in America and was a natural
lied citizen Of the nite3 States. Hyams
was born in London but he spent 10
Years in America. On his return to Eng
land - years ago he became a house
holder and as such has voted cOntinu-
ouslT since
When he learned that in the eve of the
law he was still an American citizen he
resigned from the board and applied for
readmissi0n papers to this country.
These have inst been granted by the
home office and Hyams viii contest Tor
The vacancy which his resignation made
on the board
Stin Air Impure.
Or Leonard Hill who has lust COM
pleted a series Of remarkable expert
ments at the london hospital, contends
that still air in bot rOOlus cannot be
kept pure no matter what the system Of
ventilation IS
DR.. Hill Is a lecturer on physiology at
the London hospital and for some time
he has devoted himself to the study OF
the effect Of subteTTanean work on hui
man beings His work emphasized the
danger of bringing divers out of the
water too quickly and his suggestions
ilave done much 70 make their calling
less hazardous.
As the result of his most recent ex-
periments, Dr. Hill contends that veni-
lation Is not a question of the chemical
purity Of the air, but that the evils OF
illV-ventllated rooms arse almost entire
~ from their excessive heat and humid
itv OF their excessive drYness and to a
certain extent from the offensive smell.
The ideal temperature for q. room IN
NlllLL n =tL-lAlc4 VI IflllAl az fa-e---1--A
is from 81 to go degrees, he says. Ae-
cOrding to the rules Of the home OIfiee
only 10 2 per thousand Of carDOndc acid
should be allowed in a room, but DR..
Hi states that 20 to 30 parts per thous-
and VIII do no harm if the air IS kept
cool.
The experiments took place IN a cham
Der eight feet high and four and one
Ill .-- n fI7Tz vi
DR.. Hill cramnled eight healthy medical
students and sealed them in. They re-
manned there half an hour. until the
chamber contained 4 to 8 percent of car-
bOnic acid and Is percent OF oxygen.
The temperature rose to 50 degrees ana
rs the air became saturated with mos
tire the students became intensely hot
and uncomfortable. When they were ex-
smined their pulse showed an acceieTa-
ton beyond what would be normally ex-
perieneed IN q cool place.
The doctor then set number Of cleo
fric fans In the TOP Of the chamber IN
motion. The students IN a short time
were able TO endure the neat and even
to work in comparative comfort IN spite
of the close confinement and the hlgn
percentage Of ear5onlc acld IN the ar.
This was because the air at S. degrees
was cooler than the bodies Of the sub
iects and while in brisk motion It was
sufficient to make them quite comfort
sble.
Is COddling the Race.
Dr.. Hill in his lecture on the result
Of the experiments declared that the age
Of heating houses and trains in winter
was coddling the race and tending to
break down the natural defensive mech
hnism of the body. rendering it thereby
more liable to illness. He said;
Cold air makes us more active 10
warm ourselves. makes us do more
breathing and gives US better appetite
The system is toned up and we take in
more food and oxygen Hot dry ar
dries I'D the throat, and makes people
prone to infective disease. in America,
where they pump dry air into their
schools there is a very high rate of
diphtheria. Instead Of having artificial
methods for keeping our rooms hot we
ought to have means for keeping them
cool