Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-24
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
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The Forestry Service has administra
ton over 164,00O,000 acres of land. -
Despite lower tolls, the receipts of
the Suez Canal were greater last year
than ever before.
The Salvation Army has factory in
Europe where musical instruments are
made for its members.
In China the property Of the parent
must be equally shared by the children,
on the death Of the former.
The greatest daily change Of temper
ature to be found on the earth's sur
face is in Arizona There is frequently
change Of 80 degrees in twelve hours,
Ivy growing over the walls of a
house renders the structure cool in
summer and warm in winter. 1t also
keeps the walls dry. 1t is, however,
very destructive to woodwork forcing
the joints apart.
The famous ruins of Tintern Alb
hey, Monmouthshire, England, are be-
ing restored as far as the four great
arches are concerned, and more exca-
vations are being made around it in
hope of finding other buildings.
Bryn Mawr College was founded by
Joseph w. Taylor, who began the erec-
ton of the college buildings in 1879.
He died in 1886 and left an endowment
Of $800,000 for the continuance Of the
work he had begun-a college for
women.
Deep-water diving can be carried ON
with safety to depth of 210 feet pro-
vided proper precautions are taken and
suitable appliances used, according to
q report of the British admiralty COM
mittee appointed to investigate the SUBJ
tect.
In the erection Of railroad bridge
over the Susquehanna River at Havre
de Grace, the American Bridge Com
pany will make use of what is probably
the largest wood block ever made 1t
has been made especially for the work,
and weighs 1850 pounds, measures
thirty inches across the shell and Is
rated at sixty tons capacity. The
shackle is solid forging three and
half inches thick.
Il don't think Ibsen knew much
about dramatic art said the blonde
young woman who had Joined an Ibsen
class. "I've just been to see The Mas
ter Builder and they wore the same
costumes all the way through Her
astoninshed instructor swallowed
quickly and responded: Don't judge
Ibsen by one play. In sHedda Gabler'
they wear morning, afternoon and
evening clothes. It's really quite
1ressy."
Celluliod Is plastic material com
posed of guncotton and camphor The
guncotton, or nitro-cellulOse, Is made by
treating tissue paper with mixture
of nitric and sulphuric acids. The
product is mixed with camphor and
various pigments to produce the de-
sired color, and the materials are thor
oughly incorporated by means Of heat
ed rolls. 1t Is subsequently submitted
to great pressure 1t ls afterward
nodded into form by means Of heated
dies, under pressure. 1t is very hard
and elastic and takes high finish.
Two principal theories have been ad.
vanced for the erection of the pyra-
mids Of Egypt. One, that each king,
on ascending the throne, began to build
a pyramid as tomb and monument to
hlmelf. This was usually laid out upon
a comparatively small scale, so that
if the builder had but short reign his
tomb might be complete. AS time passed
successive layers were added and the
size of the monument was thus propor-
toned to the length Of the builders
reign. This theory is combated by
Petrie, WHO believed that each pyramid .
was begun and carried out upon def.
ute design of size and arrangement.
The greatest river in the world in.
flood of waters Is the Amazon, and II
Is one Of the least useful owing to the
character Of the region through which
1t flows. What is classed as the long
est system in the world is the Missis-
slppi- Missouri, which Is also the most
useful, as great cities have grown up
along Its banks. The Nile, which ranks
with these, Is one Of the longest rivers
In the world, but it is not especially
valuable as a navigible stream. Its
chief benefit to the country is from the
immense deposits Of mud carried down
In the annual floods and which have
made the region overaowed one of tho
most fertile in the world.
More duels are fought In Germany
than in any other country, and Jena
and Gottingen are The cities which take
the lead 1t is said that a duel takes