Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-01-06
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A new vegeta Die Tor taDle use Is tne
Crambe tataria, an umbelliferous plant
sea kale. The sweet roots,
raw and cooked, are eaten by Tartars
and Cossacks, and for these and the
sprouts also, it is recommended for cul-
tivation by prominent member of the
Academic de Cuisine of Paris, who de-
clares that 1t is finer in flavor than
asparagus and caulinower, which 1T
suggests. The roots are boiled in salt
water and seasoned in butter, a salad
of young leaves and slices Of roots be-
ing another dainty luxury.
Additional particulars about the new
species Of white potato, which Is now
cultivated in France from plants found
in Uruguay, indicate that its import
ance as a substitute for the Irish po-
tato has not been exaggerated. Orig
inally very bitter tuber, the new veg
etable becomes, after three or four
years of cultivation, an admirable food
product. Its yield Is enormous, and it
Is exempt from the maladies that at
tack the ordinary potato. 1t grows
best in moist SOIL its native habitat
being the marshy shores of the River
Mercedes in Uruguay Its flowers
have jasmine-like odor, and a deli
cate perfume has already been extract
ed from them After one planting the
plant perpetuates itself from the brok-
en- roots left in the soil.
! Daoont od, IN, tho nrinn Of shpl-
lac, due partly to it's use in electrical
works and in making gramophone rec
ords have led to the collection Of facts
about its production. Lac Is an in
crustation on the branches Of certain
trees in India caused by insects. 1t Is
found throughout India, but Is most
abundant in the Central Provinces.
Bengal and Assam. 1t Is collected by
natives, who break off the incrusted
branches. The gatherers and local
dealers sell it in the form of 'stick
lac" to manufacturers, who turn 1t
into the shellac, or button lac" Of
commerce. Nearly the whole of the
shipment takes place from Calcutta.
and the chief markets are the United
, States and Great Britain. In India
lac is made into bracelets, rings, beads
, and other ornaments.
, The apparatus by which DR.. Arthur
, Korn, a German inventor, has succeed
= ed in transmitting photographs about
500 miles over observation-disclosures
9 lines depends for It's action upon the
= changing electric resistance of seleni-
8 um under the influence of light OF
n varying intensity. A ray Of light,
a caused to pass systematically over the
r surface of transparent film contain
: Ing a photograph, falls upon selenium
= cell whose electric resistance varies
i with the amount of light passing
g through different parts Of the photo
graph. These varia tions are transmit
/ ted to the electric wire and at the re-
Y ceivng end they vary the illumination
J. of a. small vacuum tube, which passes
Y over sensitized Photographic paper
e synchronically with the ray Of light
t moving over the film at the sending
n station. Thus a copy Of the original
q photograph is produced.
l. Although the problem Of color pho
J. Biography Is still far from solved, prog
ress is being occasionally made. A
.t new German discovery-that of DR..
2 Koenig-relates to printing from tri-
$ color negatives, and depends upon the
= use of paper coated with colodion So
lutions of colorless compounds Of green
ish blue, cherry-red and yellow dyes
that develop the original colors on ex-
V' posure to light. The set Of three mega
er lives is first made under the usual light
filters The printing paper Is first
to coated with the solution of the dye
er that is changed by light to greenish-
le blue, and, after drying, 1t Is exposed
'e about thirty seconds under the mega
tive taken through the red filter. When
lie the required depth of color Is reached
le It is fixed in n solution which removes
Or the unaltered dye compound. The pa
N per Is then recoated, this time with the
ly colodion for the red print, and ex'
IS, posed in exact register under the green
ad negative. After this Is fixed the third
w coating Is made, and the yellow image
ne is developed under the blue negative.
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