Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-12-22
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Charles Hose, a resident Of Sarawak,
India, has been investigating beriberi
ana has come to the conclusion that
the Immediate cause of that disease Is
TO be found in race which has under
gone certain changes connected with
the development upon it of a mold or
fungus. His experiments on fowls and
monkeys confirm this conclusion.
Gravitation is explained by the new
theory of w. A. Nippoldt as due to the
motion Of matter having the tenulty
usually assigned to the ether. All mat
ter is in motion, and the smaller the
aggregation the greater is the maxi
mum velocity. Open space contains
very minute particles in rapid motion
In all directions. The particles are
small enough to pass between the
molecules of ordinary bodies, and they
are stopped or reflected in proportion
to the mass Of the body bombarded.
Two bodies in space shield each other
on one side, being thus apparently at
tracted.
An engineer who viewed the recent
eclipse of the sun from his station In
Malta thus describes the effect of the
darkness on the inhabitants of that ISL
and: 1.-The Maltese nearly went mad
with fright, thinking the world was
coming to an end. All the people in
the village where l am living ran into
the church, while some rang the church
bells and some even fired off large
Squibs something of the firework tribe,
| mean), but it was all over in about
quarter Of an hour and then the NAL
tese left the church and made their
way back to their houses, still looking
very much scared"
Experiments aimed at developing the
resistance of brass to the action of sea-
water, with view to its employment
for constructing submarines in France.
have shown some remarkable results
from the addition Of aluminium. The
internal structure of the alloy is strik-
ingly changed by very small percent
age of aluminium, and the color chang
es are surprising. From half of l per
cent up to per cent of aluminium
gives the brass a deep golden color.
If the quantity Of aluminium is in
creased beyond per cent a superb
rose-color" results, which reaches its
maximum when the aluminium
amounts to Z per cent With 10 per
cent of aluminium the color turns to a
silvery white.
According to information sent to the
Department of Commerce and Labor.
the swarming population of China has
failed to appreciate one of the greatest
sources of wealth of that country.
namely, its vast areas of hillside and
land suitable for grazing cat
tie, sheep and horses. They use the
trees for lumber and the brushwood
for fuel, apparently without thinking
of the immense pasturages which the
luxuriant growth Of grass would sup
ply. 1t Is thought that this may be
due in part to the prohibition of meat
eating by Buddha, but at present al
most all classes Of Chinese eat meat
whenever they can get it. On the 9TH
er hand, fisheries of all kinds have
been carefully developed in China.
The surface Of the dry land sinks to
a level below that Of the ocean in six
places, viz: The Salton Basin in San
Diego County and Death Valley in
1nyo County, Cal; the Valley of the
Jordan in Palestine, where the Dead
Sea Is nearly thirteen hundred feet
below sea level; two small areas in the
Sahara Desert of Northern Africa and
larger than all others together-the~
Valley of the Caspian Sea in Western
Asia, which is eighty-six feet lower
than the Black Sea. The Salton Basin,
once connected directly with the Gulf
Of California, has been gradually
closed in by silt from the Colorado
River complete barrier was form
ed at last, shutting off the basin from
both gulf and river, and separating a
lake that soon disappeared through
In times of heavy rains
the silt is sometimes cut through.
though only at long intervals. The
last flooding in this way was in 1891
81, but in the spring of this year the
opening Of an irrigation canal left
breach, through which the summer
food has poured a Jake of many square
miles. With the foothSld gained this
new body Of water may remain long
time before sitting and evaporation
again leave dry basin.
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