Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-10-27

Tyndalps plan for purifying water
by means Of electric currents has been
tried successfully in the Bruges Canal
in Belgium. After being subjected to
current of 1000 volts the water be.
came pure and palatable.
The acids Of apples are exceedingly
useful through their stimula ting intlu.
ence upon the kidneys, whereby poi.
sons are removed from the body and
the blood and tissues purified. The
acids of apples are all highly useful as
a means Of disinfecting the stomach,
since the ordinary germs that grow In
the stomach, producing biliousness,
headache and other troubles, will not
grow IN fruit juice or fruit pulp.
Attention is called in medical Jour.
nails to the desirability of testing rail-
road employees for defective hearing as
well as for color blindness. A recent
examination in Europe developed the
tact that out of eighty-two firemen and
engine drivers only three possessed
perfectly normal hearing. 1t is sug.
gested that there should be a standard
or hearing power for the examination
OF employees who have to depend unon
sound signals.
According to Prof. Moritz, writing in
German medical periodical, the most
speedy absorption of a drug into the
human system Is secured by adn,nisl
tering 1t with water on an emntu
stomach. In many cases, he saws n
definite effect will thus be producad
when no effect would be perceptible
from the same dose administered shorr.
ly after the taking of food. Food takon
Immediately after medicine retards the
absorption Of the drug.
Scotch and Austrian pines have onIv
TWO needles to cluster. These tres
not being native to this country. ara
round only as ornamental foliage IN
parks and gardens. The Norway snruce
so generally liked for Christmas trees
mas needles that do not grow in clus.
terS' Dut singly along the short stems
ana are not more than an inch or two
long. Their great virtue IS in haino
SLOW to fall; often the needles hang on
a growing tree for six or seven years,
Among the places visited by the Ger.
man exploring ship Valdiyia, recently
returned from the Antarctic Ocaon
was Bouvet Island, which. altbouob
discovered in 1889, was only known
10 nave been sighted twice since its
discovery, and until the Valdivia,o
visit had not been seer for mora +bon
seventy years. The island Is tha sun,-
mt or volcanic mountain rising 5000
leet above the sea. Its crater is entire.
~ covered with ice, which caves down
IN steep wall to sea level. II is sim
ated about 1,S00 miles west of south
from the Cape Of Good Hope.
The sky of Italy is noted for its c,ao =.
ness. The blue is deeper, not because
the dust there is finer than In the north
ern countries, but because I'm the conn.
tries OF the north, due to the pra.+or
coolness OF the air, the vapor more
readily condenses upon the dust narti.
cles. The dust particles thus become
larger, and consequently not so effac.
1--WE In turning back the blua row
alone, but others are also reflected and
a graylsh effect is produced. In single
location the blue of the sky may an.
pear bluer at one time than another
Inc SKY Is oftentimes said to be varv
Diue' when some white cumulus olo,,do
are outlined against 1t. The sky is then
a deep blue by contrast with the brill.
liant white. After a shower, when tho
lower stratum of air is washed Of its
coarse dust particles, a deeper and
purer blue is the result.