Show 1 i 1 4 I THE THELAST LAST FRONTIER 4 FIST FISH lOUND IX IN S. fly Y D. II IlTZ NEt Artesian wells recently dug lu iii northern part ot of the Sahara desert have hac been to con con- tam fish smal crabs and a nun nun- ber of varieties of 0 The most surprising thIng about the find as that the fIsh pos pos- possessed normal coloring and nor nor- normal normal mal eyes As a result scientists have a puzzle on their hands For tbs tb's bright colorIngs and the posses posses- possession possession sion ot of eyes mean that the fish were not the type which had al- al always ways lived In subterranean streams or pools The pools In cavas s yield flab l h whIch are sIghtless and some which do not even een possess eyes l French rench scientists who have been Investigating the subject think that the desert was as not always AS dr dry as It is toda today Comparatively recently as time is III measured In geology they think that a number ot of rIvers flowed through the Sahara But Dut with the change In condl- condl conditions the these e rivers began to drY up Other geological changes caused some rivers to disappear underground I When this happened It s bo be- that the fish lire life was car car- ned underground at the tho santo time where here it has managed to survive I IThe I Ithe The longest suspension slon bridge in inthe the world Is nearIng It spans the Delaware rIver be- be between tween PhiladelphIa and Camden The total length ot of this triumph of 0 modern engineerIng Is 2263 feet and and four foul Inches Thee Theor maIn span Is I feet teet lonG bug I The steel towers towers' whIch support It are built ot of ft special sille I steel having a a. strength ot of the inch pounds to square I II These TheM towers stand feet i high They theIr foundations I I In iii large steel and wood caissons caisson's filled with conc concrete el I |