Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-09-01
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vapor has proven a power-
ful dlsinfectant, a room filed with II
being freed from cholera bacilli. ms
tule germs or diphtheria microbes in
two hours.
An English health officer has issued
the following circular, which is posted
In butchers shops. with a view to
preventing contamination by the ham
ding of meat exposed for sale and of
preventing the spread of infectious dis
eases thereby, l hereby request you to
provide a suitable supply of forks with
which intending purchasers may make
examination Of the meat in your shop"
A cubic foot of earth weighs about
1--WE and a half times as much as a
cubic o Of water. A cubic mile of
earth weighs 5 ,649, 3OO,O 900 tons. The
volume of the earth is $685. 1886. OOO. 900
cubic miles. The weight of the world
without its atmosphere is 1856, 25O.-
10000 ,OOO,0 100000 tons. To add to this
the weight Of the atmosphere gives n
grand total of 1886, 255,S19,G GOO. 600.
100000 tons.
When that English submarine sunk
the other day the occupants of the ves-
sci were given a brief warning before
hand, according to one of the survivors.
by the actions of a cage full of white
mice. According to this authority ev-
cry submarine has a number of white
mice aboard because these little crea-
lures are very susceptible to atmos-
pheric changes and at once give warn
Ing of any escaping gas by squeaking.
Glass containing manganese is slow
ly turned violet by sunlight, and Sir
William CrOokes has found that ra-
dunn produces in a few days a ~colora-
ton as intense as that caused by the
sun in years. f. Fischer, has now
been studying the effects of ultraviolet
rays and reports that the light of a
mercury arclamp in a quartz tube gave
a slight color in fifteen minutes 10
four out of eight glasses, and an in
tense violet hue in twelve hours. The
color proved to be due to manganese
s~llicate.
The city Of Hull, England, has Is
miles Of wooden pavement, and is
gradually substituting such pavement
for the granite blocks hitherto uskd.
1t Is as smooth as asphalt, but less
slippery. After many experiments with
woods from various parts of the world.
the city authorities have settled upon
the jarrah and karri woods from west
ern Australia as the best for the pur-
pose. They are of a dark mahogany
color. The blocks are cut to the size
Of large bricks, and are carefully laid
upon a foundation of cement seven
inches thick. Some of these pavements.
laid from seven to ten years ago, are
not yet in need of repair.
The Brazilian government, convinced
of the existence of immense supplies
of underground water within its terri
tories, proposes to organize a division
of NEUROLOGY similar to that Of the
United States geological survey. Drill
Ing outfits have already been purchas-
ed in this country. The colonial office
of Bermuda has sought American ex-
pert advice in regard to obtaining a
supply Of water from underground
sources in those islands, and there is a
similar movement in Peru, where it is
thought that water drawn from be-
meath the deserts may serve to irrigate
the nearly rainless area along the
coast 1t is also pointed out that Ara
bia may be irrigated in this manner,
as investigation has shown the exist
ence Of great underground water beds
there, n of which is said to extend
800 miles across the peninsula from
the Hedjaz northeasterly toward the
Euphrates.