Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1902-01-03
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A new work by D. G. Elliott shows
that the mammals known to inhablt
America north Of Mexico have lncheas-
ed in forty-four years from 3OO species
to more than 1000.
Waves carefully measured during a
heavy storm on the New Brunswick
coast recently proved to be forty-ive
feet high from bottom Of trough to
crest. They were 500 to 700 feet long,
and came at intervals Of thirteen to
seventeen seconds.
The depths of the sea are nearly at
the freezing point; they are subjected
to enormous pressures and displaced by
slow currents moving from the pole to
the equator They contain oxygen IN
sufficient quantity to sustain animal
life, and are deprived of sunlight. Is
1t possible to conceive a less comforta-
BILE habitat for animal population? No,
from our point of view; but 1t must not
be forgotten that we are neither fish
nor mollusks, and that everything de-
pends on adaptation to the surrounding
medium.
Exploration has now revealed relics
Of Menes, the founder of Egyptian mon
archy, fashioned more than $500 years
ago. OF Ter, the successor to Menes,
II is astonishing 70 find the forearm of
his queen still in it's wrappings, with
four splendid bracelets intact. This
brilliant and exquisitely finished group
of jewelry is 1000 years older than the
jewelry of Dahshur, the oldest up to
then known. The arm of the queen had
been broken off by the first plunderers,
and had lain hidden in hole in the
wall Of the tomb.
Mahogany y-hunters in Central and
South America are men requiring much
skill and experience, and in some dis
tricts the revenues depend largely upon
the success of their endeavors. Ma
hogany-trees do not grow in groups, but
are scattered and concealed In thickets.
1t takes two men an entire day to fell
tree. On account of the thick, thorny
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the custom to build scaffold around it,
and to cut the trunk at height of 10 or
Is feet from the ground. BY this
wasteful method it is said the best part
Of the tree is lost Freed from branches,
the trunk is hauled by oxen to the near
est river, where RATS are made.
The depth Of the atmosphere Is still
a matter of great uncertainty. The
Belgian Royal Meteorological Observa-
tory has been seeking to throw light on
the problem, and has collected these
widely varying estimates to distin-
guished authorities: Blot, 40 miles;
Bravais, 70; Mann, 81; Callandran, 100;
Schiaparelli, 1875; Marie Davy, 1877; Rit-
ter, PIG. Early in the last century
British physicists generally assume the
depth to be Al miles. Meteors, which
become incandescent through friction
with the air. afford means of roughly
testing these estimates, and Sir Robert
Ball shows Ritter's figures to be near
est by stating that meteors have been
observed at a height of more than POO
miles.
The recent development of this art,
called phototherapy is due to Profess
sor Finson of Copenhagen. He discov-
cred that smallpox patients, when kept
in red light, escape with little, if any,
soaring of the hands and face. The
reason smallpox scars are found prin,
cipally on exposed parts of the skin is
because the blue, or chemical, rays of
light promote the suppuration of the
eruptions. Finsen next found that the
chemical rays, when concentrated by
lenses cutting out the red rays, will
cure superficial diseases of the skin,
such as lupus Powerful electric arc
lights can, for this purpose, be sub
stituted for sunlight The success of
this treatment at the Light Institute in
Copenhagen has led to its introduc-
tion in the London Hospital.
GOOD STORY OF a BAD ACTOR.