Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-04-01
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The migration of birds is being
! studied in new manner by German
ornithologists. Hundreds or thousands
Of crows are being captured at Rossit-
ten, in East Prussia, and, after being
tagged with a number and date, are
again liberated. 1t Is requested that
when one Of these birds is killed, the
tag and date and place Of killing shall
be forwarded for record.
Some mysterious deaths Of cattle in
Alderney have been traced to curi-
Gus source. Mercury was found in the
dead animals, and also in many mead
ows and gardens, and the presence of
the poison is attributed to a recent ex-
plosion of a factory for illuminate Of
mercury. The fumes from the explo-
sion We're carried to a distance by a
strong gale AS result of the inquiry,
the manufacture of explosives in the
island has been prohibited.
A still unexplained effect of the elec-
trio light somewhat resembles mild
sunburn and sunstroke. The heat Of
the electric arc employed in the re-
ducing furnace is so concentrated that
it melts steel like tallow, but the ther-
mometer dozen yards away is scarce
ly affected. Even at this distance from
the heat however, persons experience
a burning of the face and other ex-
posed skin much like that produced by
intensely hot sunshine. The skin be-
comes deeply bronzed, and there is
temporary blindness in natural light,
with pain in. the eyes, followed by
headache and Insomnia.
There is now in operation on a com.
an artificial camphor factory, the prod.
uct Of which is attended to compete in
the market with the natural substance.
1t Is maintained that it does not differ,
except in the manner of its origin,
from that extra cted from the camphor
trees Of Formosa. Artificial camphor
is made from essential oils derived
from turpentine. Chemically the only
difference between turpentine and
camphor Is the possession by each
molecule Of the latter Of one atom of
oxygen which is lacking in the former.
By chemical process the needed oxy-
gen is supplied. Three-fourths of the
whole supply of campfor is used in the
arts, and one-fourth In medicine.
The people called tne Todas, living
in the Nilgiri Hills, India, have a curl
GUS religious ritual evolved out of the
ordinary operations of the dairy. The
priest, says DR.. w. II. Rivers, is the
+ dairyman, and the temple is the dairy.
$ ohly the r1,'ir Of the sanrad buffalo Is
t churned in the dairy temple The milk
Of buffaloes that are not sacred" is
e churned in the front part Of the huts
: in which the people live. The dairy
8 temples are Of different degrees Of
t sanctity corresponding to the differ
y ent degrees of sanctity of the
: buffaloes tended in each. Even
: the vessels used in a dairy tenn
1 pie vary in sanctity, those that con-
: tain the milk being more sacred than
/ those that only receive the products of
e the churning.
4 The N-rays Of R. Blondlet should in
: terest us especially because they are
: so common about us. They were dis
( covered while the light from a Wells
: bach burner was being concentrated
: by quartz lens on a sulphide of cal
s cium screen, the lens causing the lu-
$ minosity Of the screen to persist after
h the light was removed. They are now
r known to exist not only in the mean
Y descent gas, but also in the ordinary
h gas flame burning without q chimney.
a and in the radiation from red-hot
/, plate Of silver or tale, and they excite
a radio-activity in various substances.
!: such as plate Of lead. The invisible
!, rays can be detected by the slight in
$ crease Of luminosity of a phosphores.
!. cent screen or Of very small gas
fame. These rays seem to be given off
by the human body, and D'Arsonval
Y has shown that a screen of platino-
4 cyanide of barium, made slightly lu.
. minous by radium, lights up on an.
: proach to a muscle, and is so sensitive
4 that it can show the course of a nerve
r under the skin.
. ANIMAL INSTINCT.