Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1905-03-17
GENERAL ITEMS.

About 60 900 wedding rings are
deposited every year at the munici-
pal pawpshop Of Paris.
One million tons Of lead are am
nually produced in the aggregate BY
the lead mines Of the world.
Ia all, the Miners Federation Of
Great Britain sent $1,000 to the
striking coal miners Of Germany,
The capacity ofthe copper hmelt-
ers in operation in California will
approxip nate 1000 tons Of ore per
day,
In Chinese language, promoting
profits are known as the thinking
shares to the gentlemen who found
ed the company"
A mule has died at Mountbrien,
Tipperary, Ireland, at the age of 81.
For forty five years it made two
journeys a day, with milk to Tip
perary, which is three miles from
Mountbrien.
The Boise Basin, only IS miles IN
diameter, turned out $33, 600, 900
from the fall of 1862 to 1863, and
to the present time $50 tons Of gold
dut, worth $l96 per pound, about
$3O0,O90, 600
II is claimed that smoke, or hy-
drocarbon, whenever created
through imperfect combustion, can
be burned when property treated.
If carried through another fame or
an intensely heated up combustion
chamber, it will be perfectly con-
sumed, without leaving any trace of
smoke at all.
Some Of the farmers near Santa
Rosa, CAL, are experimenting with
tea growing, and their efforts seem
to be meeting with success. 1t Is
said that there is no reason why
tea should not be grown IN some
sections Of this country, though the
earlier South Carolina experiment
is not known to he making great
headway.
II is said that there are in London
about 2000 charitable institutions
aud organizations to advance the
cause of progressive and advanced
civilization. The number includes
large aud small institutions, afford
ing more or less relief to- the afflicted
and those in distress. They are
supported almost entirely by per
sonal contributions.
japanese soldiers along the Shl
river have shown their ingenuity il
the utilization Of an oyersupply o
rats. The rodents became pes
and the soldiers set to work to de
stroy them. Though destroyed th'
rats were not wasted The soldier
cured the rat skins and used ther
for ear-Aaps, with the tails tie
beneath the wearers chins
Swedish doctors never send bill
to their patients. Each patient pay
what he deems just or is able t
give The rich pay the physicia
j literally, whether they have nee
Of his services or not, if he has bee
once retained by them. The poe
if they possibly can, pay him
small sum, and the very poor pa
him nothing Yet he attends th
poor as faithfully as he does Il
rich.
Two German doctors have bee
looking into the question of bearde
women, and they have discoyerC
that Out Of every 1000 sane female
300 are bearded. Of these $50 hay
only slight down, forty have
very visible beard, and ten are u
mistakably adorned with this hirsu
I appepdage. Out of 1000 insa
women examined, 48l had slig
boards, while fifty six had bear
well grown. Reynolds Newspapt
When steel is slowly heated
surface gradually changes color,d
Il probably, to the formation Of q f
film Of oxide on the surface. /
colors thus successiyely appear fry
low to high temperature are
yelowish- white or light straw CO
dark straw, gold or yellow, ,broN
purple, violet and deep blue Fina
~ the steel becomes red hot and bl
oxide is formed The colors
VI leeper and more distinct the bel