Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-30

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"Ranawara" is believed by planter
experimenters of Colombo to have n
promising future as a substitute for
tea.
BY breeding and feeding his fowls
In a special way, a chemist in Wies-
baden, Germany, has been able to so
increase the natural quantity of iron
in eggs that they are medicinal and
useful for the cure of various dis
eases.
Analyses of $50 samples of coal
from forty-four French, Belgian, Ger
man and British mines have shown NJ.
Sallard that a good coal should con-
tain about twenty per cent Of volatile
matter and not more than six to eight
per cent Of ash.
The flavor of hens eggs is declared
by an English medical man to be very
materially affected by food. When.
the hens act as scavengers their eggs
are made unfit to eat, but a diet OF
sunflower seeds produces remarkably
fine and sweet eggs.
The coating on the scales of fish has
been studied by a recent investigator.
He attributes the fish's agility OF
movement and sustained life in water
to this substance, aI61 has at last pro-
duced a composition identical with it.
This artificial coating is claimed to
be moisture proof and a preventative.
and when applied to ships bottoms it
keeps them free from barnacles, thus
tending to give increased speed.
Prof. Flinders Petrie, the Egyptol-
ogist, has made some important dis
coveries in the Sinai peninsula. The
ancient temple of Seabit ell Khadem.
five days camel journey south of Suez,
he found to be Of a Semitic type. diff
ferent from any other known Egyptian
temple, possessing two courts for abb
luton and a long series of subter-
ranean chambers. These had been
AIDED by successive kings from the
eighteenth to the twentieth dynasties.
VIII Japan's new island that ap-
peared recently from the depths of
the sea endure? Scientists have been
asking this question. Graham island
popped up in much the same way in
the Mediterranean sea in 1881 and was
at once decorated with an English flag.
hut the action of the waves demol-
lshed the island in a short time. On
the other hand, the island of Bogos-
loH, In the Boring sea, appeared with
equal suddenness in 1895. and. TO-
with a second island formed
In 1888, has stood the test of time TO
the present day.
f. A. Lucas of the Brooklyn Insti-
tute Museum, who has made a special
study of whales in Newfoundland.
says that the average length of a full
grown sulphur-bottom whale is lust
under 80 feet. This estimate disre-
CARDS the exaggerated reports some
spread by sailors, and is based
on actual measurements of many indi-
vidual specimens. There seem to be
credible accounts Of whales reaching
a length of from 50 to 95 feet. but Mr..
Lucas did not see any of that size.
Whales appear to grow with great
rapidity, the length of "yearlings" be-
ing estimated at from 80 to 80 feet.
Studies made at the Western Mary
n College by Miss Z. NJ. Brace in
dictate that the chief function of the
slender forked tongue which darts in
so startling a manner from the mouth
of a disturbed serpent may be con-
nected with a sense Of feeling that
does not require the stimulus of actual
contact, but which may be a finer de-
velopment Of the sense that enables
persons to avoid obstacles In the
dark without touching them. This pc
nuliar sensitiveness is sometimes high
~ developed in the blind. The fork
ing of the tip of the snakes tongue
md the numerous folds that lie be-
hind thef orking evidently serve great
" to increase the surface exposure of
organ.