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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1908)
gjflvent.on Metals got tired as well as living tilings, a scientist declares. Telegraph wires are better conductors on Monday than Saturday, on account Of their Sunday rest, and a rest of three weeks adds 10 per cent to the conductivity of wire. Alzen Is the name given to a new metal, which Is composed of two parts of aluminum and one part of zinc. It Is snld to equal cast Iron In strength, but Is much more elastic. Alzcn Is suiierlor because It does not rust and akes a high polish. The singular phenomenon of hard steel being cut by a rapidly revolving disk of soft steel has been somewhat puzzling. A microscopic examination by au English engineer, F. W. Hnrbord, bus now shown that the metal acted upon Is beated nearly or quite to the melting point of steel, but only at the ')oint of contact with the disk. A section of the Canadian Northern Railway, running northwest from Sud bury and crossing the Vermillion River, is unique in that It Is ballasted with gold. Every yard of the gravel used for ballast has been found to contain from 50 cents worth to $1 worth of the precious metal In the "shape of fine dust, and a (syndicate Is installing machinery or its extraction. There was' recently brought to the British museum about half a peck of stones asserted to have been taken from the stomach of an African elephant. The stones are angular and unworn. Other instances of the same nature are known to hunters. The man who gave the curiosities to the museum has dem onstrated the existence of the stone swallowing habit In crocodiles. Lurlng the year 1!K)7 the Nile reach ed the lowest level know In Egypt since 1877 and but for the existence of the great dam at Assnan and the vast vol ume of water impounded by It to sup plement the low Nile during the season of drought the country would have been plunged Into the horror of a famine. The year 1!)07 was the eighth successive lean year, so far as the Nile flood was concerned. So great Is the part played by birds in disseminating seeds and In protect ing plants by the destruction of noxious Insects that II. W. Hanshaw reaches the somewhat astonishing conclusion that If all birds were exterminated, i.ot only would successful agriculture be come Impossible, but the greater part of the vegetation of the earth would eventually be destroyed. A permanent reduction In the bird population, he says, could not but have disastrous con sequences. One of the most remarkable of the high (lights achieved by the free bal loons, now employed In many countries for scientific exploration of the upper nlr, was made on July 2.", 1!M7, nenr llrussels. The tandem balloons left the village of Ueole at 7 o'clock iu the morning, and one hour and six minutes later they had attained an elevation, as Indicated by the self-recording barometer, of almost exactly Ni miles. At that point the upper balloon hurst, ami the (light was arrested. At the height of about miles, as usual, the fall of the thermometer was arrested, and a sudden rise of 12 degrees oc curred In the temperature. At a little less than 81a miles an Isothermal zone was encountered, above which another rise of temperature began, and contin ued until the balloon burst. The last temiierature recorded was about degrees Fahrenheit. , KINGSTON'S AGED OAK. Centuries Oltl and Washington and Clinton Silt Under It. "I was at Kingston during the Clin ton reburial ceremonies ou Memorial ilny," said a New York man to a Sun reporter, "and I stood a while beneath the branches of what Is perhaps one uf the most remarkable old oak trees to be found anywhere In this country. "Just how old the tree Is no one knows, but there are records showing that 2!0 years ago it was a landmark. The tree stands to-day more than 100 feet high and Its trunk Is nine feet In diameter. Nowhere about It did I dis ;iver any sign of decay or declining 'Igor. ' "Hut aside from Its admirable physi cal condition and aspect this old tree has historic Interest. The tree stands not a great way from the old senate house, where the State of New York bad Its birth, and It marks one edge of the plot on which the famous one-legged Dutch governor of the colony, re fer Stuyvesant, built a stockade as a defense for the colonists against ma--nuding Indians. "After the revolutionary war, when General Wushlngton went up from Newburg to visit General George Clin ton at Kingston, the two patriots sat beneath the spreading branches of this onk and for hours recounted the events of the long struggle and doubtless dls tussed plans for the future welfare of the country. Who may know but that some of the benefits which we enjoy to uuy tinder the Institutions of our gov ernment are results of the discussions of tluwe two great patriots beneath this grand old tree? I brought myself to think so, at any rate. "A few miles from this historic olo. oak, an old resident informed me, Is an other tree which besides being an an cient landmark is something of a curl slty. It Is a chestnut tree, with a trunk twenty-one feet in circumference, from which about six feet from the : ground a white elm of large size has grown. The chestnut trunk completely Incloses that of the elm, and the ex- planatlou of the curious association Is that at some time a branch of the chest nut was broken off, leaving a cavity In which In time mold and vegetable mat-, ter collected and made suitable depth of soli for the seed of the elm, which lodged therein to germinate and grow and become a tree, a veritable part of Its unprotestlng host, the mammoth chestnut trunk." Mud Hooim Built by Wupi, A naturalist has thus described the habits of a species of wasp that makes Its nest of mud, says the Dundee Ad vertiser. The mud of which their nests Is composed, he said, is often carried for some distance, as It Is essential for them to use good, stiff clay. At the edge of some pond or stream you may see these Insects roll sticky little balls out of the stiff mud with their strong Jaws. ' M'lth this henry !'nd of mini they rise slowly, and, having gained some height, they get their bearings and fly In a straight line to their nest In this way they resemble the bees ; In deed, all the wasps and bees seem to have a wonderful faculty for Hying directly home from any point. When! the wasp has gained the place select ed for a building site she puts the tiny ball of mud against the wall of the building and rubs It tight by moving her head from side to side very rapid ly. The outer surface of the nest shows a series of rings, with sharply defined lines between most of them, but the In terior Is always extremely smooth and I almost a perfect cylinder. While build ing her nest the Insect continually runs In and out of the tiny cylinder, exam ining It minutely with her "feelers." If a rough place Is felt on the inner surface she carefully sets to work and ! rubs It smooth. When the cylinder Is; finished the wasp goes bunting for spl ders. A Paychta Phenomenon An extraordinary incident is connect ed with Prof, von Ilerkomer's famous painting, "The Last Muster," which was the picture of its year at the acad emy. ' One morning soon after the exhibi tion was opened the artist was aston ished to receive a letter from a lady, a perfect stranger, who said she was not aware until she saw "The Last Muster" at the academy on the pre vious day that her mother, then dead, bad ever sat to the professor for her portrait. Now, the figure in the picture was painted solely from imagination, and the artist hastened to explain this fact to his correspondent. She thereupon asked for an apioIntnient and took an oil painting of her mother, asserting that it was a faithful representation of that lady. The academician was astonished to perceive that he had really portrayed on his owu canvas a fac simile of the figure In this other painting, although It was that of a woman whom he had uever seen In his life. London M. A. P. Shipwreck and Courts Martini. The custom of holding courts-martial in the British navy after every case of shipwreck 'has a curious origin. In 1741 tlie Wager, one of Commodore An son's vessels, was wrecked off the coast of Chile, most of the crew being Baved. The i:ien and some of the junior olU cers held that they were no longer amenable to discipline because their pay ceased with the wreck, but the cap tain, whose name was Davy Cheap, dif fered, treated them as mutineers and shot one of his midshipmen. He was then doK)sed, and most of the crew made off In three of the boats. Later when It was proposed to proceed against the so-called mutineers the offi cers of the crown decided that the men had been correct In their view. This discovery led to the framing of Section !)1 of the articles of war, which pro vides that In the case of shipwreck, de struction or capture by the enemy a ship Is held to remain In commission pending inquiry by a court-martial. "In de Nntchul Way." A rich Northerner, walking about in a Southern negro settlement, came up on a hoiiso around which several chil dren were playing. Seeing that the family was destitute, he called the old est negro boy and gave him a dollar, telling him to spend It for a Christmas turkey. As soon as the generous man had gone, the negro woman called her boy and said, "Thomas, yo' gimme dat dollah and go git dat turkey In the uatchal way." Success Magazine. Money Is the root of much evil when it gives a man a fashionable wife. Old Gentleman And if you had five hundred dollars and multiplied it by two, what would you get? Boy 'Nautinoblle! Harper's Weekly. Teacher Parse "court" Pupil "Court," a verb, active, indicative mood, present tense, and agrees with all the girls In the neighborhood. Tit-Bits. Father Got a fall, did you? Well, 1 hope you didn't cry like a baby. Son No, dad, I didn't cry. I just said one word the same as you'd have said. Punch. "What sort of a looking chap Is Gus sy?" "Well, If you ever see two men in a corner and one looks bored to death, the other one is Gussy." Loudon Opinion. Mother (crossly) Tommy, haven't 1 told you you must not talk when I am talking? Tommy But, mamma, you won't let me 'stay up after you go to bed! Sketch. "Do you think he can afford to keep an auto?" "He ought tp. He's been an amateur photographer for three years and that didn't break him." De troit Free Press. Stranger Been -a cyclone or an earthquake round here recently? Offi cer Naw this hyer's a college town, an 'ne of the students had a birthday party. Harper's Weekly. Mistress Now, remember, Bridget, the Joneses are coming for dinner. Cook Leave It to me, mum. I'll do me worst! They'll never trouble yea again! Illustrated Bits. "You say you' acted like a perfect lady throughout?" "Sure, yer honor; when he tips his hat to me nu' me not knowln' him, I ups with a rock an' caves In his face." Houston Post. Medium (Impressively)' It's the spirit of your late husband, madam, lie wishes to speak with you. Mrs. Peck It can't be poor Henry: he never had no spirit. Boston Tran script. Teacher What Is it, Tom? Tom Jimmy's swearing ! Teacher What did he say? Tom Well, marm, if you say over all thfe cuss words you know, I'll tell you when you come to it Kansas City Star. The American globe-trotter Talk about traveling. Why, In' America trains go so fast that it takes two peo ple to talk about 'em one to say "Here she comes," and the other to say, "There Bhe goes." The Sketch. Mrs. O'Hoollhan This, pnyper says there do be sermons In sthones. Phwhat d' yez think av thot? O'Hoollhan Oi dunno about the ser-rmons, but many a good ar-rgument has coom out av a brick, Ol'ni thinkln'. Chicago News. "I tell you," said Sinnick, "men are getting so deceitful these days that you can't trust your best friends " ?And what's worse," interrupted Burroughs, gloomily, "you can't get your best friends to trust you.". Philadelphia Press. "So," remarked the boyhood frleno,, "you are in the swim." "Mother and the girls think I am," answered Mr. Cumrox. "But my personal feelings are those of a man who has fallen over board and ought to be hollering for help." Washington Star. Teacher If you are kind and polite to your playmates, what will be the result? Scholar They'll think they oan lick me! Philadelphia Inquirer. He That fellow over there cheated me out of a cool million. She How could he? He Wouldu't let me marry his daughter. The Pathfinder. . "Just this way, sir," said the courte ous clerk In the rnllroad ticket office. "Let me show you some summer guides entitled 'Where to Go' and 'When to Go."' The man with the modest in come shook his head. "They don't In terest me," he sighed. '"What I want to know is 'How to Go. " Chicago Dally News. "Professor," said Mrs. Gaswell to the distinguished musician who had been engaged at a high price to entertain her guests, "what was that lovely selection you played Just now?" "That, madam," he answered, glaring at her, "was an Improvisation." "Ah, yes, I remember now. I knew it was an old favorite, but I couldn't think of the name of it to save me." Tlt-Blts. III Anifutxhi-d Speech. Eventually our finest products will be cheap enough to he within the reach of all. Then the story of the hoy and the hothouse grapes will be as ,dead and antiquated as the theater hat stories of the past. This boy he was a bootblack entered a grocer's one day, and, pointing to some superb Ijrapes, said: . "Wat's the price o them there, mis terr "One. dollar a pound, my lad," the clerk replied. , A look of anguish passed over the boy's face, and he said hastily : "Then give us a cent's worth o' carrots. I'm dead gone on fruit' The skin is an index to the quality of the blood. Eczema, Acne, Tetter, pimples, rashes, eruptions, etc., show that some unhealthy humor or acid impurity is diseasing and corrupting' the circulation, so that instead of supplying nourishment and strength to the fine, delicate tissues of the skin, it is continually pouring out its acrid and unhealthy accumulations. External applications of salves, washes, lotions, etc., may relieve some of the itching and other discomfort caused by skin troubles, and fortius reason I should be used, but such treatment cannot reach the humor-laden blood, and therefore cannot cure. A thorough cleansing of the blood is the only cure for skin diseases. S. S. S., a purely vegetable preparation, is the best I and quickest remedy. It goes down into the circulation and neutralizes ' and removes the acids, impurities and humors, thoroughly purifies the l circulation and permanently cures skin diseases of every kind. When . S. S. S. has driven the humors and impurities from the blood, and cooled and cleansed the acid-heated circulation, every symptom passes away, the skin is again nourished with rich, healthful blood and the trouble cured, as the cause has been removed. Book on skin diseases and any medical advice free to all who write. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. reseent TTlaalcins 2EZB0TTLE 35 CIS. 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