Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-08-21
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
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/ There are upward of seventy species
edible seaweeds growing ON the
coasts Of Hawaii, and about forty of
these are in common use by the ma
( uves.
There are in Europe 10000 women
I'd girls who earn living as artists
ilodels. 1t is strange to say that there
ire not ten among them who possess
perfect face and figure.
Sleeplessness is often caused by the
head being exposed to the cold, while
the rest of the body is warm. In nine
cases out of ten, if the head Is covered
with silk handkerchief 1t will induce
deep.
Take water in which walnut hulls
have soaked overnight and pour it on
spot of ground. In a very few hours
the fishlngworms will come to the sur
face and car easily be secured for your
expedition.
| The vessel movement on the Great
Lakes last season aggregated 1900
vessel Of 99,166,409 net tons register,
cleared from the various lake ports,
compared with 76,O97 vessels of 94,O94,-
BIG net tons register cleared during
the preceding season.
The Express mentions case of a
private who for failing to recognize
and salute his officer was condemned
to march past and salute barrack
pump for two hours each day for a
week The choice of the substitute
anyhow showed modesty on the part of
the Oflicer.-London Punch.
| Messrs. Palermo and Cinngolani, the
Inventors Of ''tachyol" (fuoride Of
silver, an antiseptic employed in sur
gerry, have found that solution Of one
part In 100000 Of water will destroy
all germs, including B. subtilis, it's
germcldal effect being much greater
than that Of chlorine bromine or ozone
Great activity is being displayed by
the Turkish government in building
bridges along the important strategic
routes in Macedonia and eastern Rou-
meia. In the vllayet of Salonlca a
Belgian firm Is building three great
bridges, and Bavarian firm Is build
Ing bridge entirely of military con
StructiOn.
| In the battle which has been waged
against the water hyacnth which
chokes up many of the rivers In the
southern part of the United States, the
matter has been complicated to seri-
GUS degree by the fondness which cat
tie exhibit for this plant. 1t is almost
without food value, but there is some
thing about 1t which attracts the ami
mails and they have been known to be
lured to death In the efforts to secure
he hyacinth.
The typical American Is popularity
supposed to be shrewd, hard, level
headed man of business. and that esti-
nation Is right, as far as it goes. But
beneath these salient characteristics
lies fund of sheer sentlmentallty and
emotionalism which can not be beaten
in any other country. You will find
1t in American fiction, and you will get
1t in the archaic melodramas that still
draw tears and cheers, sighs and
smiles from American audiences
',adies' Field
Owing to many swindles perpetrated
recently through forged and stolen let
ters of Introduction, card of photo
graphic Identification invented by
Plttsburg man has become popular h
that city. Now when the Pittsburger's
friend asks him for letter of intro
duction, he takes the friend to the
nearest photographer and is photo
graphed with him in an attitude of
presentation. Then he writes his note
on the picture. And when it is pre-
sented the recipient has, no doubts as
to the identity Of his caller.
The great practical utility Of tn.
magnetic survey made in the Pacific
ocean by the yacht Galllee since 1908
is shown by a new magnetic chart
from which 1t appears that the charts
previously used by navlgators in the
Pacific ocean were erroneous along
some uch-traversed routes to the ex.
tent Of from three to five degrees, and
the errors at times were systematic
Errors of this magnitude are of I'm
3ortance in practical navigation, where
,he indications Of the compass should
we as accurate as possible.-Youth's
Companion.
An organization has recently been et-
fected with the object of conducting a
complete scientific investigation and
exploration of the Pacific ocean and its
Islands. While the chief energies of
the institution will be devoted to
ethnology, the geology and confgura-
tion Of the region will also be inves.i-
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