Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-01-07
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eign type is rapidly extending In ia
pan.
There are In France over 10000
qualified medical practitioners and over
1900 pharmacists.
OF the Philippine islands the one
which probably has the most product
I've soil is Mindanao.
The roller skating fad, which be-
came popular In England last winter,
promises to continue this season as
well.
In reply to an inquiry Consul Chas.
M. Caughey of Milan reports that har-
ness racing Is becoming more general
In Italy, twenty-six meetings having
been held in 1908 In twenty-three CT
ties.
With view to raising the standard
of pillow, needle point and Midland
lace production by English peasantry
the lady mayoress of Midland will hold
an exhibition entirely of English hand
made lace at the Mansion house.
The Chinese thrash rice by hand,
beating bunch against frame sus.
pended over a basket. For a tanning
mill the usual way is for them to put
the unhulled grains into a receptacle
and tread on them with bare feet un-
III the breeze has blown away the
chaff.
Fifteen hundred "six-penny cabs"
hansoms and f0ur-wheelers have Just
been placed In the streets of London,
and they are said already to have
scored great success. Each cab bears
little flag with the announcement:
"Sixpence (12 cents) not exceeding
one mile"
The financial possibilities of cine
matograph theaters have dawned slow
ly on the British mind, long after they
were extensively exploited in the
United States and on the continent,
but provincial theaters are now begin
ming to feel the effects of their compe-
tition seriously. There are one thou
sand of these shows in the United
Kingdom already, and the number is
increasing monthly. The price of ad-
mission ranges from penny to shil-
ling.
The electric treatment for skin dis
eases, first introduced by Professor Le-
due Of Paris, in 1903, has now emerg.
ed from the experimental stages and
Is extensively used at Bartholomew's
hospital, London. The treatment con-
sists of passing an electric current
through the diseased part, one of the
electrodes being a covered pad soaked
with solution containing a drug or
chemical. The electricity breaks up
! the solution into ions, which penetrate
the tissue cells with the current
Up-to-date stenographers use the
typewriter automatically, pretty much
as pianists play in the dark. This
not only relieves the eyes, but gives
greater freedom to thought and move.
ment Of the body, and puts a large
part Of the work upon the centers of
the automatic nervous system in the
tip-top of the spinal cord, which act
more or less Independently and with.
out concentration and fatigue of the
higher brain cells. Some can type a
rapid dictation in the dark with only
seeming playful effort, and few can
use their fingers, chew gum, talk
laugh and work all at the same time
New York Press.
In microscopic form Moissan, the
French chemist, produced absolute
diamonds, which are but crystalized
carbon. The largest artificial diamond
yet produced measures less than one
millimeter (.03937 Of an inch) in d.
ameter. In Moissan's laboratory they
believe that If they could deal with
forty or fifty pounds Of iron as easily
as with four or five ounces their dia
monds would be larger. They also
believe that the process of their labor
atory Is the process of mother earth
though down in her secret laboratories
the earth has temperatures and pres
sures they can not command and aeons
OF time to perfect her work.
| Sir David Gill, who, says the West
minister Gazette, is to make repor,
to the International Geodetic Confer
ence on the progress made with the
African survey from the cape to Cairo
along the 30th meridian east, com
menced that great task many years
ago while astronomer royal at the
cape. He pointed out to the colonial
government that proper survey was
essential to any system of land ten
ure, and showed that big tracts of LAND
had been lost to the government by
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