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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-11-12
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Coughs That Are Stopped!

Careful people see that they
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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-11-12

Dairy farm for rent. Stock
for sale. Located on Depot
slough. Address Mrs. F. Falcon
Toledo, Oregon.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-11-12
FOR SALE

New 4-room bungalow. Price
$3.50. $3.50 down, balance three
years at 6 per cent. Enquire at
this office.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-11-12
FOR SALE

The only restaurant in Toledo.
Investigate this rroposition. Ad-
dress or see Harry Swayze,
Toledo, Or.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-11-12
FOUND

Row boat, II or IA #. long,
been painted blue; stern split.
Found October 21st. Owner
can have same by paying the
charges. L. c. Whitaker,
Toledo, Or,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-11-12

Office IL Ofstedahl Building. Office
hours: 10 to l2a M; 2 to 4 anJ : TO 5
.. m. Emergency Calls at anv tin
CG-BOTH PHONES sSa
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-11-12
c. C. Pond of Siletz was in the

Z. Z. Pond OF SlletZ was IN the
city last Saturday.
George Miller of Siletz was in
the city Tuesday afternoon.
]. L. Whites returned Monday
evening from a trip to the Val
ley.
See the Butter-Kist Kiddie
operating the machine of even
ings. It's worth your while.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-19

would have it mixed with 'the head
of hare. and the "intestines of a
mouse" to be sure. but the chalk was
the base of the powder. just as it is
the base of the tooth powders Of the
goth century.
Naturally. the ancient dentist was
rot as well equipped with instru-
ments as the dentist OF today-at
least not In Rome. There. according
to CELSIUS. his outfit consisted OF
tweezers, corresponding to the mod
ern forceps: phizagra, to extract
roots; vulsellum. for removing debris
OF bone and tooth. and the specillum.
q sort Of probe.
Nevertheless, no matter how mea-
gre their equipment, they accom-
plished some feats quite comparable
with those of the dentistry of today.
In the various museums OF Rome and
Greece there are many specimens OF
ancient crown and bridge work that
betoken knowledge and mechanical
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There are some facts, indeed. which
lead one to suspect that 1t is almost
ns old as the toothache.
For instance, there is In the archae-
illogical museum Of Athens vase OF
antiquity so remote that none vent
ures to locate its place in time. It's
principal decoration represents a
dentist in the act of extracting a
patients tooth.
AS far back as 1900 B. c. the ply
sicians, Asklepios, recommended that
the teeth should be extracted for GER
tain maladies.
Nine hundred years later. In 400
B. c. to be exact. Hippocrates pre-
scribed "dill, anise seed and myrrh
dissolved in. pure white wine" for the
cure of ''blacl<s and unhealthy gums"
Now, nearly 24o0 years later. myrrh
is one of the: commonest Of the den-
fists prescriptions.
The same ancient authority recon-
mended chalk for the teeth. He
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-19
How the SNAKE Eats Objects BIGGER Than Himself

by telling Of the killing of boa
constructor about so feet long.
Like the farmer who beheId a camel
for the first time, and then declared
that There amt no sech animile!"
there were many travellers, natural-
lists and Others who scornfully held
that the youthful explorer was either
deliberately rcmancing or that the
proximity of an ordinarily big snake
had supcrheated his Judgment.
ON the other hand. there were some
who upheld the story. notably men
who had long and varied experience
in South African Jungles. Our con-
tribution to the debate Is carefully
drawn from photograph, and shows
Java tiger snake after 1t had swa1-
lowed wild boar weighing more than
% pounds. .s !
The bulge shows where the boar 10
safely tucked away. and when the
ordinary thickness OF the reptile is
compared with It one realizes the
enormous distension OF. which snakes
OF this species are capable.
While this Java glutton does not
match the monster of the Amazon,
stiu it IL within reaching distance OF
It, 30 to speak; It Is fully g feet in.
length, just IL feet short Of confirms
ing the LANCE story. And what is II
feet when it comes to the acceptance
of a drst-rate, ripping good story7
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distances. in the. near neighborhood
OF its home. Then 1t is liberated at
greater and increasing distances IS
miles away. so miles away, 100 miles
away, and SO on. But for these
performances. It Is always shipped
from home in the same direction. on
new route 1t would be lost.
The carrier pigeon is nnisnamed; It
Is the homer that carries messages.3
The latter has been derived through
the interviewing of several different
varieties, chief among which are the
carrier. the dragon. the owl pigeon.
and the swift smerIe.
The processes of evolution as Inodi-
ned by human control have had no
more remarkable Illustration than
that afforded by the domesticated
pigeons, ali the varieties OF which
fantails. pouteurs, tumblers. and the
rest-are descended from one original
kind OF bird. the ..blue rock But,
the homer Is the only pigeon La;
which the special aim OF breeders has
been to develop the intellect.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-19
Most Remarkable
Of Boundaries.
I-tHE demarcation OF the AiasiSa.
Canada; boundary from the Sc.
Elias range straight north along

p,V,HE demarcation OF the Aiasike.
Canada, boundary from the St
Elias range straight north along
the Hist 4neridian. to the Arctic
ocean has been In progress since 1907.
ana Is reported to have been CONE
pleted during last summer.
This undertaking was notable for
several reasons. No other modern
boundary demarcation has asxteAdeds
into such high iatitndes. and few
of equal length anywhere
In the world are SO straight: the line
follows the meridian without the
slightest deviation. regardless Of
awamps and forests.
Wherever the boundary passes
through timber and brush q 3o-foot
clearing has been made. Monuments
have been set up along the entire line.
at points visible from each others
generally as distances Of three or
four miles. At important points these.
monuments are hve-foot shafts Of
aluminium bronze. Weighing 800
pounds. set in 1000 pounds OF concrete.
The boundary is 800 miles iong. ana
il marked by about 200 monuments
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-19
How Women May Ride
the CHARLEY HORSE"
Machine to Melt FAT

pered woman" And to these ladies
who are trying to stay the onslaught
Of fat by special treatment the
Charley horse. machine must come
like a rotary blessing. "It can roll
OF the fat just as easily as you would
peel OF the layers of an onion.- re-
marks a veteran trainer.
It does away with the old-fash-
toned indoor training for the heshy in
rolling over the floor. Besides It Is
tidier. It is machine that will do
ones exercising for her without ex-s
ertion on her part. It has been tried
out in a Chicago hospital. It's prim-
ary purpose is to reduce weight with
out requiring exercise or dieting.
The patient stands on the plat
form, which is raised or lowered so
that the rollers will inclose her about
the hips. stomach or shoulders. as
desired An ingenious crankshaft ar
rangement makes It possible for the
rollers to be adjusted closely around
the circumference OF the body.
Exercising without exertion.r says
DIR. Carleton Simon. els a lnzy mans
pastime. and should be ideal for indo-.
lent. overfed women. It Is the direct
esertion that makes exercise efec-
tlve-the conscious playof muscle and
fibre and the mental process back of
1T. For you must remember that tho
mind has as much to do with the at
tanning any particular physical con-
dition as the mere mechanical action.
.You may roll away a Charley
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abled mon 20 actually see the diges-
tive mechanism at work or to appre-
bend the delicate chemistry of the
processes involved
It now develops that. In so far as
the digestive process IS concerned.
the principal effect OF water is to
greatly stimulate the flow OF that
essential nuid. the gastric Juice. No
other agent In our food does this SO
quickly or as efectually. More sig-
nincant stin. the gastric Juice thus
secreted has higher concentration
OF acid than that produced previous
to the Introduction of the water.
That is to say, water is quite es-
sential to the free production Of the
most important of the reagents which
nature uses in Transforming food into
life
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gastric and other digestive Juices.
so essential to the digestive process
and SO very materially interfered
with assimilation
It was confidently stated. too. that
a quantity of water in the stomach
actually flushed that organ. and that
the food was thus carried on into the
intestines before the digestive
changes that should be brought about
had been satisfactorily inaugurated.
on these grounds. to which the
layman could not demur, we were
condemned to thirst at mealtime by
the edict of our physicians, although
it is pretty safe to say that the ma
jority of us needed the voice of appe-.
site-just as the doctors did in prac-
tice.
All this was before science had en-
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rrHE proper time to drink water
is when one is thirsty no mat
ter under what conditions the
thirst may arise or when. Such. at
least, is the present position of the
more progressive Of the medical fra
ternity.
The old superstition which forbids
water at mealtime passes. It was a
superstition which had much show Of
reason. to be sure. It seemed quite
evident that the drinking OF water
with meals unduly diluted the food
and 50 hindered the mastication and
insalivation that are essential to its
proper preparation for the stomach.
The doctors seemed correct In stat
ing that water, when INTRODUCED into
the stomach with food. diluted the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-19

- REEDERs OF ..homers' are al
X tering the shape Of the skull OF
- this variety of pigeon with q
view to improving the. mentality of
the bird.
The homing pigeon hitherto has
had a short. nat skull. sloping away
behind. Now. as a result of selective
breeding, It is acquiring an elongated
Uranium with a rounded dome. The
Improvement OF it's intelligence ac-
complished by this means Is declared
to be surprising. Its brain IL bigger
ana has more room for thoughts.
The .shomer'' is the only bird that
IS bred by man for the Improvement
Of its mind. Other pigeons are pro-
pagated for color. plumage. and incl
dental points Not SO the homing
variety. What is chiefly required Of
it is intelligence and memory-though.
in addition. It must possess strength.
endurance and swiftness OF flight.
It must have big chest, with strong
fiight-muscles: also broad tail feath-
ers, and long. broad wings. Yet an
other essential qualification is keen
eyesight.
No other kind Of animal has ever
been subjected to such severe breed
ing out" as the homing pigeon-a
process which in it's case. carried on
through centuries. has eliminated
every individual that has failed to
exhibit the special qualities, mental
and physical. which are demanded.
Consequently the bird has undergone
q steady and progressive improve
ment- Only few years ago a homing
flight Of 500 miles in a day was
thought phenomenal; today flights
of 500 or even 500 miles In "a hours
are not very uncommon.
In one recent instance a homer
accomplished a flight of 1900 miles
some days being required. however.
to cover the distance. It should be
understood that the pigeon flies only
in the daytime, resting at night. But
another important point to consider
is that the bird. In flying. usually
travels far greater distance than
the shortest route between the place
of departure ana its destination. It
does much circling and makes wide
detours, scanning the country over
which 1t passes and looking for faui-,
liar landmarks to guide It.
This is where memory-as well as
eyestEht-cones In. The bird does
not find its home by instinct" but
by its remembrance OF landmarks
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The water leaves the stomach very
quickly. and. contrary to the time
honored theory Of these doctors.
carries with it no appreciable quan-
tity Of the solids there. These are
left to the action of. the gastric juice.
once m the intestines. water mate
rally retards the development Of the
bacteria there. It thus becomes an
important agent In lessening the ma
levolence Of the micro-organisms
which produce putrefaction.
These are the facts which convince
medical men that water best aids In
the digestive plan when 1t is taken
with meals. If consumed at other
times 1t causes more or less glandu-
lar waste, OF course, for 1t stimulates
the secretion Of gastric Juice. no mat
ter when it is taken.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-19

TH1NK OF some society women.
opu1ent in purse and person
alike. ana supplied with choice
OF automobiles. being compelled to
seek the aid.of Charley horse" ma
chine for the reduction OF their In
creasing or too abundant adipose It's
sue! Charley horse" would have an
odd sound in a fashionable drawing
room, butAto the man who daily reads
his athletic ana baseban news it is at
once suggestive Of the training camp
and active field. The term Is used to
denote a condition arising from
bruised muscles among athletes. and
one Of these strenuous young men In
Riding himself Of his affection by
the new method usually refers to the
operation as rolling away my Char
ley horse"
A recent European observer states
that more than half of the women In
the big cities OF America nre eitheS
inclined to stoutness. are frankly
overweight or distressingly embon-
point That is to say. FAT. as ex-
pressed In ampitudinous silhouette.
billowy curves and ,cascading chins:
for. declares this writer. overeatins
and the national passion for candies
and soda fountain sweets are factors
In determining what is likely to be-
come the national type of the pam
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-19
FACTS About the EEL

about the middle OF August. From
every little pond and stream they
issue. following the downward cur
rent There are obstacles innunier-
able. Of course. such as dams and the
like. but the eel host surmounts them.
often suuirming its way over dry
ground for long distances. until at
length the taste of salt assures Of
proper conditions for spawning.
The eggs are minute and number
less. Millions OF them perish as food
for fishes. But millions survive. de-
velop. became eels and join the vast
horde that instinct drives back to
fresh water In the spring.
In the meanwhile, cells which have
not felt the resistless call Of the salt
water. bury themselves In the muddy
bottoms Of the streams for a winter
of comparative inactivity
It took science q long while to dis
cover that these peculiar fishes have
scales. Even now. the ordinary per-
son Is hardly prepared to credit them
with such protection. And yet the
scales actually exist. Being minute
In size and imbedded in the thick
skin, they are quite Invisible, but
they furnish. nevertheless. an armor
quite as effective as do the larger
scales which protect other fishes.
II injected into man. the blood OF
an eel causes death almost innme-
diately. This should. deter no one
from eating the dsh. however, for
the heat of cooking destroys the toxic
properties of its blood and besides.
that blood is practically harmless
when taken into the stomach.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-19

rrTIE egg OF an eel will not DE-
veiop In fresh water. It took
the naturalist a long time to
make this discovery. Centuries passed
indeed, before any OF the wise men
knew that cells produced eggs.
These nsh were wen known In the
DAVIS Of Aristotle. and priced as food.
but that astute scholar taught that
thew were without sex ana produced
.,ontaneously from the earth's en-
+-ai1s Pnny agreed with him as to
s,,a,- SER. but affirmed that they
.r,,bted themselves against the rocks.
thereby scraping particles .of slime
from their skins which DEVELOPER 20
cells. ....,
ist. an Italian. by the way. adentineo
a female eel. He taught that the
yonnr were born alive from their
mothers. More than q hundred years
afterwards. another man OF science
succeeded In detecting male eel.
thus oyerthrowing at last the teach
ing OF Aristotle.
Rnowledge Of eels advanced 50
slowlv for the simple season that
.tbey were studied only In their sum
mer homes. bodies OF fresh water.
They do not spawn there. An uner-
1.tnee instinct teaches them that their
eggs need the stimulation OF brac<ish
water TO deyelope them into activity.
Everv fan. therefore, the cells Of
the world. at least such OF them as
sea. The srsat migration begins
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-19

vt has long been known that liquid
oxygen mixed with substances like
cotton wool forms powerful ex-
plosive. but serious difficulties were
encountered In its practicza use A
new method has now been discovered
for handling this oxygen that makes
It practical for commercial use.
Bags are nned with q special form
of lampblaclx. which are soaked In
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-19

~ HE lays down her teeth at night
just as she lays down her silken
- robes" Being written of an ell
derly lady. the epigram is neither
pleasant nor polite. although in both
respects it is superior to another by
the same author, which reads: She
afects reality by wearing false teeth
made Of bones and Indian ivory
Most people would probably ascribe
these sayings to some ill-natured wit
of today, were 1t not that everybody
knows that bones and ivory are no
longer used In the construction Of
artificial teeth. But even this knowl-
edge hardly prepares the average
person for the statement that the cpl
grams quoted are almost 1000 years
old. having been written. in fact, by
the poet Martial in the first century
OF the Christian era.
Evidently, therefore, dentistry is by
no means modern profession.
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rivers, towns. and the general con-
fguration OF the terrain.
The common pigeon has tho inn
pulse to ny home. but It cannot md
its way thither from any great dis,
lance because It lacks the requisite
intelligence and memory power. In
the "homer,' this Impulse has been
greatly strengthened through breed
ing-so much 30. indeed. that 1t VIII
leave nest and young to get back to
the place where it belongs. q
A honning pigeon cannot be sent
from It's home to another place. It
win hy home. and in no other direc-
tion. At nrst It is trained for short
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-19
bow They BLAST With Liquid Oxygen

the liquid oxygen for q few minutes
just before they are required for use.
II the bag is now lighted with g
match It win burn quietly and very
slowly, but II detonated It explodes
with the force OF dynamite. and the
cost Is much Less.
Much less carbon monoxide Is given
on than by most other explosives.
and there Is no danger from q misfire
a the oxygen viii evaporate In q
short time.
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:; :. :; !; ::
that when dealing with such SUBJ
sect the mind Of the ordinary person
IL prone to lapse into wild exagger-
alton. But here we are able to give
the picture of an actual exhibit. which
win go far toward establishing the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-19
Worlds Biggest Telescopes

I'm a recent number OF the ObSerVa-
tory. Mr.. II. P. Hollis gives very
= interesting list Of large refractors
and reaectors, either under construc-
ton or already set up in observa-
tories. The largest working objective
is that of the Yerkes Observatory In
Wisconsin. u. s. A
OF the refractors under construction
the following may be mentioned: A
s2-inch for the Nicolaief Observatory.
Russia; a 2s-inch for the Union OBJ
seryatory, johannesburg: three 24-
inch for the following observatories:
Argentine National Observatory. Corr
doba, Chilli National Observatory.
Santiago. and the Detroit observa-
tory. Michigan. U. S. A.. and a 20
inch for the Chabot Observatory. Oak
land, Cal.
The Earl of Ross 72-inch reflector
holds the field for the largest reflector
(metallic speculum). while DR.. Com
mons 60-fnch (silver on glass;, now
at the Harvard Observatory. U. s. A..
comes second.
OF the refiectors under construction,
two giants are In hand. namely. one
of 100 inches for the Mt. Wilson Solar
Observatory. and one of 72 inches for
the Dominion Observatory. Canada.
Others under construction are a 40
inch, for the Simeis Observatory. Cri-
mea, and two of 80 inches. one for the
Helwan Observatory. Egypt. and the
other for Mr.. D'Esterre's Observatory.
Surrey. Eng. It Is interesting to note
that the number Of instruments In
each list is about the same, namely,
80 refractors and 10 rehectors.
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authenticity Of some Of the big claims
made by otherwise reputable observ-
ers. This snake is 1e yards long
Just think of that!
When Aagot Lange, the Amazon exc
plorer, coming for the first time from
a series of remarkable adventures In
that wild country, had his stories
given to the world with the enthusi-
astic editorial approval of Mark Tel
fair. he aroused widespread criticism
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-19
Making a Concrete Buoy

- REINFORCED concrete during
TX the last few years has b9en In
= y vading many fields which hitii-
erto have been considered as belong
ing exclusively to iron ana steel one
of the interesting illustrations Of this
fact is the CONSTRUCTION OF . concrete
buoy at Kingston. Jamaica
1t is stated that the cost il only
about so per cent. OF the cost OF q sim
liar buoy made Of steel.
no prevent the mooring chain from
injuring the bottom OF the buoy the
latter Is made concaye. The manhoIe
cover was grouted into It's place after
the buoy was adoat. Leakase IL
handled by means OF pump-hole.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-19
H DENTsTS Made TEETH BRIDGES Thousands Of Years Ago

skin that challenge wonder as well as
admiration.
Dentistry seems to have been prac-
iised on this side of the ocean almost
as early as in Europe or Asia. It is
quite likely, indeed, that the art Of
filling teeth was first discovered here.
At any rate. pre-columbian skulls
from both Ecuador and Mexico are in
evidence having teeth richly in1aid
with gold. and in some Instances
precious stones.
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showing that he was being condi-
,tioned by his own personal effort and
not by q. machine under which he
was passive.
-Fat. as q matter OF fact. IL q sort
Of .Charley horse to pink f-condi-
ton feminine beauty: and this fact
should reconcile otherwise punctii-
ious ladies', who stand on polite cere-
nlony. to the use OF the Charley
horse machine which comes from
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Flesh and How
Il Is Operated

the sphere OF she athlete ana the
boxer"
The athletic department OF Chicago
University was the nrst to try it out.
Coach stagg--is quoted as saying
his men have had no permanent
CHARLEY horses since the machine
was installed