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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1905)
METALS SUFFER: f, rom Effects of PAIN) hs Wili s esf i;lIS ClU'ND.Mt IHtPK. M. A., professor of psychic pli' tmiiii -nr. in the Presidency college t Calcutta, lias Just n tinnunccd to the world tin- startling dlscovcrey, made aft'-r years of patient ami diligent study, thut metals are sensitive, subject to pain, fatigue, stimulus, mill death. To the mind of I h- ordinary, nonscli ntiflo 1 1 , . 1 1 v lifiii I I IT- Idea, tint I a I ( of Iron, or a conn nt sidewalk, i-r i lo mil piece nmy suffer and nwwil. tsrnw tired. Ki t ill niik. I poisoned, suffer, or di nmy bo absurd, lint Hose r. i i.miiz. il now us one of tin- hading thiiik'-rs of the world Hie NIK II Wllo brought til'- OITIlHlHm of tile east to till' learn- Inc of tin it. and. niinW'iini; tin- two. set to work to inves tigate "f ntctaK ili'l.ins tl.lf is trni'.. Hi- has studied, I. us. of wonderful Instrument", tin- anion and reaction of Hi -li. "I t'l.irits.'.ind of Hi' t;l. has watched th siilf. ring nnd t,,riin. .i a f i. i- of steel, tin- ri'-ath of a tilt of copper, tlm wrli'ii'ns "l a I-ad l'l"-. Hi- has seen plants dii- of In-art I" . :ik lri.ni tn ul' i t, liu watched them nulvcr with 'motion. II. Iru- ...i-.iii'd Iron pyrites and murdered silver by disin tegrating its crystals. finds Laws of Metal Life. Now. ' v. i y man who Ih u machinist knows that marhin'-ry will In-, iik l"Wn if overworked, and every practical machinist K ,,. machinery "a rent." Any man knows that tho I. ..Hi. i in ills shoes will wear longer if In- gives It a "rest." I. hi l: li s figured out the laws of life of metals and animal and v . li'i'lc substance and found that Iron Is subject to the sane I iws as man. Irritability of tissue." ho says, "as shown by its ca pacity l'ir i espouse depends on Its physiological activity. It .in 1m- converted to an Irresponsive state either temporarily, as by ana -t li-1 1( s, or pi rma tn iit ly. as by poisons. From a conl 'a -i"ti "I 'dead' thing with Inanimate matter it has 1" en t acitly assumed that Inorganic substances, like lead, must n- ' . ss.irily !' h responsive, an assumption w hich lias been shown III be Kill I II i toll s. " It. -m:i:'r and all the modifications of response take mace in pi. i nts anil nietuls just as in animal tissues. The ii-niT of null, ciilar disturbance In a living animal tissue under stimulus Is accompanied by a wave of electrical disturbance. Kl. ctrn .il i-. spun. -4c under Ptiuitilus Is pot confined to animal, but i xt' nil- to vegetable tissues. I'sing siinllar experiments we found tin- same electrical responses evoked In metals itnlcr stimulus. In the responses of animal, vegetable, am) metal alike we And types where the responses to stimulus are uniform. Metals Fatigued Like Animals. " Fatigue In aiilmnl tissues. It is claimed, Is due to dis similation or breakdown of tissue, complicated by the pres ence of fatigue products, Hecovery la said to be due to assimi lation, for which material Is brought by the blood supply. Hut that the phenomena of fatigue and recovery are not primarily dependent upon dissimilation or assimilation be conies self-i vid-tit win n wp find exactly similar effci t pro duced in plants and metals. These effects are primarily due to strains and a brief period of rest, by removing the over strain, removes also all signs of fatigue. " In animal tissues response becomes feeble at low tem pi rat oris. 1 have observed the same thing In plants. In iik lals. ti n. at high temperatures, the response Is much diminished. " .lust as the response In animal tissues is exalted by stimulant;--, lowered by depressants, and abolished by poisons, so also we nnd the response In plants and metals undergoing similar i xaltation, depression, or abolition. Show Sensitiveness to Poisons. " The criterion by which vital response Is differentiated is its abolition by the action of certain reagents tho so-called poisons. Poisons also abolish the responses In plants and metals. Just as animal tissues pass from responsiveness while living to IrrespoiiKlveness when killed by poisons, so also sic metals transformed from a responsive to an ir responsive condition by the action of similar 'poisonous' reagents. The parallel becomes the more striking slncp It has long been known with regard to animal tissues that the POISON J FATIGUE iii j , i ... ii , ' , r . . inn -rf "' '- ""' ' ' 'CM"i . ui J C 1 same drug, administer 'Ti in lare or small dos. s. might have t EfiAL DA Ji-V -f ' X 'T opposite effects, and xperlnients prove conclusively that the V , ! 'wj. l r'j ' i f i "l same statement holds good of plants and metals. , ajr J L f'j ''Ws''"-' K I -:- ' V. " The stimulus of light has similar effects upon all matter, if yr i 8 I J ! i Al ;' ' organic and inorganic, and tin abnormalities of retinal re- I j-. '"Va! ' ' - i iiponse And their reflection In the Inorganic. -- -- i J J I i i - -N 4 l "Uvlng resmmse In all Its diverse manifestations Is ' EFFECT OF Off HZTjUS ' . 1 '.'vU T-" " ' X ' ' '''A found to be only a repetition of responses seen In the innr- I f f -. V"0; ' '!- - , ganlc. There Is In It no element of mystery or caprice, such w Vjr'' j- ' 'V'' V K:UkJ i i I-. n,i;;r ..I,,,,,,, J J-. y Cttj&r iv irJ'f i " ""7' y77mffmfamirrzMrmifL :tt?M;ri7 n H 1 1 it f ; X . it :V. -f,? , ttty r" . ' 4 S .-'f as we must admit to lie applied in the assumption of hypermechatilcal vital force, acting In contra diction of those physical laws that govern the world of matter. Nowhere In the entire range of response - phenomena Inclusive us that Is of metals, plants, and animals do we detect any breach of continuity. "Among the phenomena of response there L. no necessity of the assumption of vital force Physiologists have taught us to read in the r.'spou --. -curves a history of the Influence of various external agencies and conditions on the phenomena of life. By these I, n ans we are able to trace the gradual diminution of responsiveness by fatigue, by extremes of heat and cold, its exaltation by stimu lants, the arrest of life process- by poison. " Investigations may possibly carry us one step farther, proving that these things are determined not by the play of an unknowable and arbitrary vital force, but by the working of laws that know no change, netlng equally and uniformly throughout the organic and the Inorganic worlds." The experiments from which Hose draws bis conclusions have covered years of patient laboratory work. He has studied carefully the sensations of a radish and watched with vital Interest th" dying throbs of n cauliflower. He has stood by and watched a weary, world worn stalk of celery droop and wither and then recover; he has stimulated a carrot until Its joyous, exuberant responses to the stimuli, super imposed, have made strange markings upon the recording papers In his Ingenious contrivances. He has revived the stale stalks of a turnip and read Its thanks In the marks. Fagged out pieces of tin have told him the story, and weary bits of platinum confided in him that they were ready to drop from exhaustion. He has poisoned tin with oxalic acid until it died, fed It homeopathic doses and aceelcrati d Its molecular activity, and then destroyed them by larger doses. He has murdered other pieces of tin with caustic potash. And from all these things he adduces tlie proof of his theory that metals are sensitive and alive Just ns are hu man beings, although the degree of sensitiveness is, of course, much lower. ' e 1-9 i sssWWyTf' es33esssssesss99sessssss ROM Iv FAIR. TIPPING CANAL LOCK. FRENCH MARKET WOMEN. FOR INVALIDS. !"" ?TrfriT .-'."vuit.wiilliiiiiaiiiiii'i''.''W'.. - ' "! mmJl&& I VwPWWr X. A tank full of water may be tipped over a roller near one end. The water sinks to the ' wi i level of the canal, carrying the boat with it, when the tank is tipped one way. am: r.s, s to :be upper level when the tank Is tipped the other way. This French'inventloii wi i Us l.eautif .illy on paper. It hasn't been tried on a canal. ME CHA Nl CAL NO I E L IS T. l :.,.! ' v i .-. ;- ii . j ty M-f" p-tV j; r TRAVELING II A REM. .ri'4- j, y:-( J1. fj 1' KM y1 SIAMESE BUS One Qerman railroad has 40 special cars for invalid furnished us shown ulxive. PROTECT 1 1 RE HOSE. e v iir. A i. -a' a . u.w 11 a i j era ( "" ' ' Bai In Ilangkok yii travel from the steamer i the hutel on the back of an eb phant. S FATTENED UY SUN. Inside the canopy re the women of the narem of an Egyptian dignitary on Ms travels. The stoppage of street cars In time of fire, due to stretching the tire lu.se across the car tracks, Is a matter i.f gnat annoyance, if not expense, to the passengei s. This is sometimes avoided by elevating the hose sufficiently to permit cars' to pass under It. A simpler patentsd arrangement Is to ele- flA TS AND HORNS. In the French market one see. more women than men. Among the peasant classes of France, as among the French middle vate the track over the a Indicated classes, wife and husband unite their business Interests, and the woman's position is Just as Important as the man a. nerewun. DOWN IN A COPPER MINE PARREL JUMPING. The late (luy Roothby. author of many novels, called himself a mechanical author. He worked with the phonograph, as show n in the accompanying illustration, nnd rarely w rote a line with pen or typewriter. LAMP PROM GEIER. mm tieser was exisiimt nen Joshua l Israel over Jordan. One of the Pharaohs ''' it and gave it to his iViughter when tne ar 8len. Italy, Is famous for the large hats of Its women, and the long borns of Its cuttle. r,,d Holomo... Solomon strengthened U . k" ... m-- fit . . liU :? -i?-Ji";i iiiiiinmi isi w.ifi 7 ') a fioniur furtiiss. Tluse Hicks are performed by Annie Hurt h y and Arthur Hartley. English acrobats. The mine Is in Butte. Mont. The men are renting at the noon hour. I Among the beggar children, of southern taly there is rarely "Ik- who looks ill fed. riiuiigh food is ncan-e, the suimhiiie and their life in the open ail do much toward nourish ing I heir hudlcK. '