Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-09-08
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One thousand five hundred and fifty
six tons of meat were destroyed in
London last year as unfit for food, ac-
cording to the report of the health Of
ficers. This, however, was only small
part Of the meat consumed, which
reached 410,500 tons. The tables show
that % per cent Of the total was
country killed." 36 per cent town
killed and 1874 per cent either Ameri-
can or colonial meat, frozen.
A quite extraordinary combination Of
merits is claimed In France for new
explosive, which consists of a mix
ture Of powdered aluminium and
nitrate of ammonium. 1t is not liable
to spontaneous decomposition, cannot
be prematurely exploded by shock or
friction, burns only with difficulty, IL
not affected by frost or dampness, and
the gases from its explosion are harm
less. 1t can be exploded readily by
an ordinary detonator.
Twenty years ago the average yield
Of wheat for California and the San
Joaquin valley was forty bushels to
the acre. Now yield Of twenty push
els is considered an exceptionally good
crop. The millers of the State COM
plain Of marked deterioration in the
quality Of the wheat now grown. The
gluten content is becoming more
starchy. The land used for the produc-
ton of wheat has been used for the
same crop since Americans have been
in California.
English miners are interested in a
new compressed-air coal cutter recently
introduced by q Sheffield firm. The ma
chine weighs only $50 pounds, and 1t is
said that It can be used In seams SO
steep that the miner cannot stand up
right and 30 thin that he has to crawl
on hands and knees. A piston carry
ing a pick, and governed by a valve
movement, flashes to and fro with
great speed, the point Of the pick being
gradually moved across the coal by
means Of a lever 30 that a continu-
GUS cut Is made.
Aluminum-coated paper, made In
Germany for wrapping food sub
stances, is prepared by applying thin
coat Of an alcoholic solution Of resin
to artificial parchment, then sprinkling
aluminium powder over the surface
and finally submitting to pressure. The
artificial parchment paper is paper that
has been treated with sulphuric acid
The aluminium paper is not attacked
by the air or by fats, is much cheaper
than tinfoil, and late analyses in Paris
Of this paper and of aluminium fol
showed but small proportion Of for
eign matter and no arsenic or poison
GUS metal.
Dr. A. Charrin, a French savant
. fed two groups Of guinea pigs on car
rots. One group took the vegetable
/ after 1t had been sterilized by boiling
, and all germs thus destroyed; the other
: after It had been sprinkled over with
dust or with the soil in which the
carrots had been grown. OF seven.
teen subjects IN the first group twelve
died before those In the second, and
the investigation showed that the to
, tai absence of germs in the sterllized
| food impaired the digestion and low
cred the assimilative power Of the ami.
mails. Only five altogether were lost
, of the group fed on the germ contain.
ing food.
In recent address Prof. II. f. Os-
I born gave some additional facts about
ancient American horses. 1t appears
that in North America there were al
| ways from four to six entirely differ
ent varieties Of the horse family living
ing contemporaneously. Some were
slow-moving and relatively broadfoot.
ed horses, living in the forests; others
were very swift, having narrow feet
more resembling those of the dee-, and
lived on the plains. Moreover, there
, were American horses larger than the
huge Percherons Of to-day and others
} smaller than the most diminutive Shet-
lands. Strangely enough, the grea test
beauty and variety in the development
; Of the horse family were exhibited here
Just before the total extinction OF
horses on the American continent, a
| catastrophe which still offers an un.
solved problem for investigation.
The Drama Analysed.