Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-10-19
General Paralysis of Manufact-
uring in England.
LADY COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.
The Fastest Cruiser AflOat-WOmen
Eligible to 0ffice-ReyOlu-
tiOn in Argentina.

% her secretarial staff.
A new great seal for Ireland has just
been ordered at cost OF f44O.
In England there is a feeble move
nent in progress against tipping.
The British Labor Congress has agreed
that the day OF strikes has passed.
The King of Sweden used the tele-
phone for the first time few days ago.
Fgypt's cotton crop this year will be
100000 pounds larger than in 1892.
Widespread suffering has resulted from
the strikes in the English coal mines.
1t is estimated that there are less than
10000 paupers in the Japanese Empire.
The French government charges wom-
en- tax Of $40 each for wearing trousers.
The Pope has postponed indefinitely
his encyclical concerning social ques-
tons.
There are associations in Great Britain
which insure against elopement, matri-
mony and twins.
The Argentine government announces
that the revolution in the Republic ap-
proaches its end.
Experiments made in tobacco cultiva-
tion throughout Europe have not given
much promise of success.
Under extreme pressure Siam has
agreed to sign both the treaty with
France and the convention annexed.
Local kilograms are now being trans
mitted through pneumatic tubes in most
OF the principal cities of Great Britain.
Worn sovereigns and half-sovereigns
to the amount OF G16, 100000 were with
drawn from circulation last year in Eng
land.
The women OF Iceland, who have had
suffrage ever since 1882, have
now been made eligible to municipal Of
fees.
Prof. Koch, the great bacteriologist,
has got himself into trouble by divorcing
his wife and marrying Berlin variety
actress.
There is little doubt that the whole
Austrian Cabinet will resign if royal
sanction to the civil marriage bill is
withheld.
A million acres OF oats were grown
this year in Scotland, and only 2SO, 900
acres were devoted to all the other grains
together.
Last month the officers of the Fish
mongers' Company, London, seized and
destroyed 1879 tons of fish as unfit for
human food.
The coercive measures against the
young Czechs, the Nationalists of Bohe-
mia, continue to be enforced with in
creasing rigor.
A number of smaller coal pits in Stat
fordshire, Nottinghamshire and Derby
shire, England, have reopened at the old
rates OF wages.
The vintages in France and Italy this
year are unusually good. In France the
output and quality of champagne will
be exceptional.
Germany's foreign trade for the first
seven months of the year shows a heavy
falling off in imports and considerable
increase in exports.
So vast are the ruins of Pompeii that
they cannot all be excavated at the ordi-
nary rate OF progress before the middle
OF the next century.
The Moslems plant cypress tree on
every grave Immediately after the inter-
ment, which makes the Moslem ceme-
tcries resemble forests.
The three British battle ships now un-
der construction have been modified as
regards armor in view of the informa-
tlon gained by the loss OF the Victoria.
A new street railway is being laid in
Cairo, Egypt. Passengers will hang to
the same kind of hand straps with which
cars are luxuriantly furnished in the
cities OF America.
The fastest cruiser afloat is the Yoshi-
no, which has just been constructed by
Sir W. &. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. for
the Japanese government. This vessel
attained speed OF 2303l knots.
A projected canal from Marseilles to
the Valley of the Rhone is attracting the
attention OF French engineers, and they
are at present engaged in seeking an
outlet on the Mediterranean coast.
The bicycle has become so popular in
France that the railroads are making
special accommodations for carrying the
machines and storing them at stations
for the use of travellers seeing the coun-
try roads.
Nine. Lambert de Rothschild is among
the latest enthusiasts for bicycle-riding
in Brussels. She goes regularly to the
Bois de la Cambro to practice. Bicycle
riding has created quite furore in the
city among the gentler sex.
An international exhibition will he
held at Vienna from April 20 to June 10,
1871. The exhibition will embrace eco
nomical food supply, army sustenance.
lie protection and means of transport
and a special sports exhibition.
Hardly ten years ago the first step was
taken in Germany to bring the whole
body OF wage-earners under compulsory
State insurance. To-day nearly iS. .OOO-
W laborers are actually insured against
sickness, accident, invalidity and old
age.
Some one seems to have told the Spl-
tan that chlorate of potash is a danger.
Gus explosive. Consequently no druggist
or pharmacist in Constantinople is al
lowed to possess or sell it. The Grand
Master OF Artillery alone is allowed To-
have it in keeping.
The authorities at Port Darwin, Aus
tralla, have notified the steamship com.
panies that in future the strictest inter
probation OF the Chinese restriction sc,
will he enforced. This being So. no
steamer having on board more than two
Chinese passengers can enter Port Oar
win.
The general paralysis OF manuiactur.
ing in England is costing the country
weekly. Nothing like such mis-.
cry and disaster has ever been known
before in England. There is no parallel