Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-08-04
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egraphy has been opened up by the
organization Of the Panama canal
project. officials are considering the
feasibility Of establishing wireless on
nection between New Orleans and the
isthHhus. Between these places there
Is a clear seaway Of 1900 miles,
through the Gulf Of Mexico and the
Caribbean Sea.
Work for the insane is a special
study at the Vilejuif asylum, Paris.
Painting, carving, sketching and even
tattooing are included, and recovery is
often due to the employment. In other
cases the condition Of the patients
mind is mirrored in the work done,
aiding the physician in his study Of
the case more than any amount Of
discussion or consultation.
The earth's interior, instead Of be-
Ing fluid, Is now known to be exceed
ingly hard and rigid. This is due to
the inconceivable pressure, and Pro-
lessor 7. ]. ]. See points out that as
the heat Is beyond the critical tenn
perature Of every known element, the
matter must be essentially a gas re-
duced by pressure to a hardness and
rigidity possessed by no substance
known to us.
What Is believed to be the largest
white sapphire ever discovered mas
just been brought to Berlin by NJ.
Heppmer, a German engineer, who has
resided for many years in Brazil,
where he possesses several mines. Be-
fore cutting the stone weighed 1850
%carats, but a flaw caused the cleavage
Of a piece weighing 400 carats. This
piece will produce a cut stone Of 100
carats. That cut from the larger piece
weighs 41S carats, is two inches in
length and n inch and a half wide
and thick.
Statistics collected in Germany
show that three-quarters Of all the tin
used in the world comes from south
eastern Asia. The total production In
1903 amounted to 93,093 tons. AL
though the output increases every year,
the supply is still Insufficient for the
demand. The United States is the
greatest tin-using nation in the world.
1t consumes 43 per cent of the entire
supply, although contributing very lit
tie to it. A tin-mine was opened in
South Carolina a year age, and there
are said to be deposits in North Caro-
lima, South Dakota and Wyoming.
Next to the United States, Great Brit
ain is the greatest consumer. 1t takes
% per cen Of the entire supply.
1t is the opinion Of the Dominion
superintendent Of forestry that Cana
da undoubtedly holds the first place
among the timber-producing countries
of the world, and Notwithstanding the
great drain now put upon it's
In this respect by the demands of for
eign countries, he thinks that its lead
may be increased by judicious man.
agement Of its great forests. The vir-
gin white pine, he says, cannot last
many years longer, but in the Douglas
fir, the cedar, the Western white pine,
the spruce and the hemlock, Canada
possesses all but inexhaustible treas
ures. The spruce is the most widely
distributed. Various species Of it ex-
tend from the Atlantic to the Pacific
coast, and from the American border
northward to the limit Of tree growth.
In Germany, where disappointment
has attended the employment Of acety-
lene for Illuminating purposes, a new
use has been found for the gas in the
form of an explosive for blasting. Car
bid of calcium in small particles Is en-
closed in a tin cartridge, the upper
part Of which contains water separat-
ed from the carbid by a partition. At
the top Of the cartridge is an electric
percussion device. An iron pin, work
ed from the outside of the cartridge,
p%erforates the partition and allows the
water to come in contact with the car
bid. This is effected by a blow five
minutes before 1t Is desired to cause
an explosion. At the end Of that time,
sufficient gas having been developed In
the cartridge, the electric spark is fired
and the explosion occurs. The effect
in blasting is said to be the rending
of the rock with innumerable cracks,
so that the fragments are easily re-
moved.