Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-07

poles were broken down IN me Mild. M
uo ease did u reinforced concrete pole
fall. and this in spite of The fact that 80
severe WAS The stress that the wooden
cross arms upon some of these poles were
broken. They are made 80 Portland G.
mcnt. reinforced with steel rods. They
have the further advantages. in addition
,o their strength. that they do mot rot
"a the ground and that they never rust
is do The steel poles.
Stimulating Plant GrarH WITH n
oHS.-ENpcriment> made hv Ir.
schwartz. a German scientist. show that
y RAYS stimulate the growth If plants
and oi living tissue in general. but in
0rlcr iu p%roiHcr good results il j. RI
luired io adjust the value of the rays in
order tn prevent q destructive action
such a. can take place without due care
i'm making use W them. Should the eN
pD>ura tn the RAYS hc too long. The ~
feet can rxcetri ne proper limits aud To-
rome Gan-ernUs Working uIDa plants
he fni- thar au under exposure If - >sr
mnd~ has no apnreciahlc cficcia on an.
aind Ulun the growth. and an the rln
frarv. 10 10y exposure 81 > minutes i-
seen iD alter tho tiSSTc> and hinder the
growth &c the plant. The pruIrr time ~
lrarcl ~ ~ lJu seconds. and shortlt
ftcr exposure io Tie rays the plants
were - much siimulltcd that in three
weeks time they had grown a. double
he height III the other specimens. Snch
apartments were made with the uSc of
Nouue sprouts. AMI not upon plants in
u advanced state uf growth A. ~ The
Effect "m the tissues W the human body.
hc finds that ~ The ease ~ wounds
where there is i decrease ia vitality II
structures this j. stimulated Ga quite 4
leercc. 50 that for instance. an rh>tin-
ATE wound will heal M after a CIV So
lncc>. IN j. we'll known that the NrayS
aill pre- luce severe burns upon The skin
put this H. caused IN u too strong action
4 roBcdy ~ iHfarctic NcmUnrldfHTr
-Nrrnpns If The editorial MawSon and
Wilkes published in onr issue on March
llth. ~ ancpar, that American geogruph
-r~ have been over %~au.uiuc I'm assuming
hat the name Wilkes Land was ~
Last iudclihIv inscribed un Antarctic
maps. a painted cut III our editorial. y
British chart ~ l>Ii shows this name iii
lis proper place. For The past half-ccn
turv. however. the harking~ AMI Filings
If British photographers concerning the
name and it~ application have furnished
diversion a. Americans endowed with 1
sense ~ humor and have hcrn taken aH
grand scriex ~ others. The --latest epiSol
III the comedy taS sc prefer - cun>idcr
itl takes the form of = map published ir
onr English contemporary Naiur" ~
March 9Th. pler H.. Here We find Wilkes
Land" printed where ID belongs. hut in
type which conveys uu uHmi-,lkrhlr ~
preston uf vlucSrcurr. while iWwcii
liatciy beneath II. spread over the same
tract &c Hand. annear> IL large hrll lri
tiers the name King George n. Land
The latter name j. a little over 2 year ~ !
having occurred for the first time i'm %
wireless message Of February. 1913 FROM
Dr. Nuwsun. who was then In Adcllr
Land. We believe. however that MawSuH
had nn intention ~ giving this nam"
anNthiur like \ geographical extension
indicated IN the rharf IN Nature. \ dcfir
lie statement froln him nn this >uhiccf
will hc awaited with interest. though N
can in up Wise affect ~ vail liiy ~ The
earlier namc. For American ec~ographer>
* least. The long stretch of the Aniarc
tic between Victoria Land and Kaiser
Wilhelm Land will remain Wilkes Land
until tho time-mrv. perhaps. mra~TrahiN
at hand when his nnrtinn ~ the
antarctic H. annexed tn the Common
wpaith az AnStrnlis Then ~ course. W..
shall hnvr 60 lrcrpa whatever name the
Australian nutlarfffr~ eht4~.. "a a~>~fru