Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-08-28
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


Mrs. Maynard, married seven brothers
and sisters named King.
The Somall soldier keeps himself il
perfect fighting condition on a diet Of
nuts. He eats only twenty day, but
they are of a very nourishilg kind.
Roumanla is the most illlterate coun>
r in Europe The last census shows
that in population of about 100000
nearly 100000 neither write nor read.
There are 267S miles of railroad line
IN the United States for every 10000
inhabitants, as against 60 miles il
Germany, 5.5 In the United Kingdom
and IA in France.
According to Mltchells Newspaper
Press Directory, there are now pub
lished In the United Kingdom alone 40
fewer than 1858 newspapers, of which
London contributes 404, including
thirty-one dailles.
Guanajuato holds the worlds record
as silver producer, having yielded
$1,OO0O 100000 Mexican In the last three
and a half centuries The actual re-
suits from the mills in operation in
Guanajuato at the moment show that
they are producing silver at three times
the average rate as shown by the old
records.-Wall Street Journal.
The Berlin Medical Society recently
discussed the sanatorlum question. DR..
trankel insisted that the Heilslatten"
do great deal of good. Other speak
ers declared them superfluous, pointing
out that in France and England, where
there are no sanatorlums like those in
Germany, there has been nevertheless
a steady decline In the mortality from
tuberculosis.
Senator Harte, who introduced at
Albany bill against the sale and man.
ufacture Of cigarets, has many orig
inal views. These he has the talent
to express in terse and striking terms
Discussing medicine, in which he places
none too great faith, Senator Harte
said at recent Albany banquet:
"Medlcine Is the art of amusing the
'atient while nature cures the disease"
T. P. OConnor was presented with
his portrait in oils at Leeds, Saturday
night by the Irish League of Great
Britain, in cOmmemoration of his I'M
broken presidency of the league for
/ twenty-five years. John e. Redmond
made the presentation and paid a trib-
ute to Mr.. O'Connor as safe, consist
ent and courageous guide for the Irish
people in Great Britain. John Dillon
| also spoke.
A girl Of twenty-five, Miss Gertrude
Wren, Is the first Of her sex to win the
Pereira medal for excellence in chem
istry, one Of the most highly priced
awards Of the Pharmaceutical Society
Of London. At the age Of eighteen she
began the study of her specially at
girls high school in Camden Town.
Botany IS another study In which Miss
Wren has taken great interest and
some time ago she won a silver medal
FOR superiority In that field.
A traveller waited at certain Eng.
lish privincial town in vain for the
much overdue train on the branch line.
Again he approached the solitary
sleepy-looking porter and inquired for
the twentieth time, Isn't that train
coming soonT At that moment a dog
same trotting up the line and a glad
smile Illuminated the officials face,
"Ay, yes, sir" replied the porter "it'n
be getting near now, Here comes the
"ugine-driver's dog."-Liverpool Post
Edward Rice relates that when Herr
van Buelow was in Boston Napier
Lowthion, musical director ut the Bos-
ton theatre, introduced him, saying:
Herr van Bulow, this Is Mr.. Rice, a
Boston man, who knows nothing about
music whatever, but who has written
two operas" "So?" said Won Buelow,
interrogatively. "Ve haf also in Europe
a shentleman vat knows noting about
moosic, und haf written already plenty
operas-Meestor Verdi"
General Lord Grenfell, who was re
Gently promoted to the rank of field
marshal, received high praise at the
hands of Miss Eunace Ma1derson,
speaking to peace society in England.
"lle has been soldier for about forty
five years. she said, "and his men
have killed human beings in many parts
of the world. But let us remember to
his credit that he published an order as
general commanding the forces in Ire
land against cigaret smoking by the
troops"
Some kinds of lizards break in two
when suddenly startled In the bush
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