Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-04
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In the last seven years Germany has
laid 1875 miles of cable, including
the line between Emden and New
York via the Azores, which is 4,S13
miles In length. The construction Of a
second cable between Emden and New
York, over the same route, has been
begun, and it Is expected that the work
will be completed before the end Of
the next year.
A new process for making limitations
of statuary marble. onyx and other
multicolored stones has been devised in
in Europe. About 1000 parts Of alum
to from 10 to 100 parts Of heavy spar
(barium sulphate) and 100 parts of
water are mixed with the requisite
pigments, and the liquid mass is-boil-
ed down and cast into mold. The
amount Of heavy spar used varies with
the degree of translucence desired. AZ
ter being nodded and dried, the artiti-
cial stone thus produced can be polish
ed and finished as desired.
When the members of the British
Institution of Electrical Engineers paid
a visit of inspection to northern Italy
they were interested in device used
to protect the overhead transmission
lines Of an electric traction system from
| lightning discharges. The device con-
sists of Jets of water, which form q
permanent earth" at the Monbegno
generating station on the Valtellina
line. The electric resistance Of the jets
was said to be sufficient to prevent
serious loss Of current, while not too
great to enable them to serve for pro-
lection against lightning.
| An indication Of the enormous cost
Of time as we'll as money involved in
attempts to repair the damage done by
forest destruction Is given by George
w. Rafter, in Water Supply Paper No.
80, of the Geological Survey. Con-
corning the proposition to reforest the
Croton watershed, whereby, it is calcu-
lated, the daily supply of New York
City water could be increased 75,OOO,-
900 gallons, Mr.. Rafter says that 12O
full effect OF forestation, and by the
expiration of that time the original
cost, compounded at three per cent In
terest, would amount to about $780,
100000.
Albinism, states e. Henriot, may bt
traced back more than four centuries
before Christ, when it was described
as existing in India, but until the end
of the seventh century 1t was regarded
as a condition Of the skin. Sachs
himself an Albino-and others hav'
shown that 1t is caused by absence o.
iron in the lower skin. In man 1t II
most common among blacks. Th'
white Alblno has a skin Of peculia
pallor, hemp-colored hair, rose-cOl
ored iris and red pupil; the negro Ii
some cases has a skin as white as milk
, while in others 1t resembles wax, ant
: the hair is pale blonde, yellow, orang
or even red. Albinism has been record
ed in seventy-nine mammals, including
horses, rabbits and mice. Numerou
7 examples are found among birds, tn
4 white blackbird being no myth, and
is often observed among fishes, RET
D tiles and batrachians. 1t takes tw
!, forms in plants. In one the leaves ar
a affected. producing monsTosities of va
riegated colors, and the other manifest
t itself in the corolla. There are Albino
S also among fruits, such as the rasI
!, berry, strawberry and gooseberry.