Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-30
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
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Turkey holds the record for the num-
Der of aged persons in proportion to the
population.
Some of the screws made for the use
OF watchmakers are so tiny 100000
could be placed in an ordinary thimble
There is an average of seven car col
lisions day on the steam, subway, ele-
waited and surface railways of New
York
During the summer season the bor-
ough Of Richmond, New York City, dou-
bles its population on every pleasant
Sunday, but only for that one day.
The newspaper was invented by n
Paris physician, who, finding his visits
welcome whenever he brought any news
or gossip, applied to Cardinal Richelieu
for patent to publish the Paris Ga.
zette In 1902.
Several German firms Tin Eibenstock
and Zwickau) have purchased large
forest sections in the vicinity of Chiojd-
nj, Roumania where they propose to
erect sawmllls and ship from there an
nually about 10000 cubic meters of
lumber to Italy, France and Germany
Negotiations among the German man
ufacturers Of wall paper have finally
led to the organization of trust. The
seven leading manufacturers who have
already joined have combined annual
production of about $2,620,OOO. The
total output of wall paper in Germany
Is estimated at $7,000,000 per annum
Miss Jean Gordon, who has won
national reputation by her work in be-
half of women and children, done as
factory inspector in Louisiana, is not
to be reelected to her office. 1t is as
serted that she has incurred the enmity
of the manufacturers and the politi.
clans and in spite of the protests of the
women of the State she will be turned
out Of office.
The blood of the rhinoceros is very
highly esteemed by Burmese and Chi
nese as a medicine for all kinds of all
ments Whenever a party of hunters
are successful in shooting a rhinoceros
they are less numerous than they
used to be-the native beaters carefully
draw off the blood and bring it to Ran
COON stored in hollow bamboos. The
precious liquid is worth it's weight in
silver.-LOndon Standard
The sheath skirt is not new in Bur
nah, where the women wear a garment
! split to the waist, nov concealing, now
revealing" The men wear the same
sarong, unsplit. In Cochin and Travan-
core, India, the reputable native wom-
en- wear nothing above the waist except
noserings and earrings; the Syrian
Christians wear jacket and a comical
| little Cochin TAIL" something like the
obi Of Nippon, on their skirts.-New
York Press.
| Pear-shaped balloons are the fashion
In Belgium. The point is upward. the
base of the balloon is spherical. 1t is
| claimed that balloons of this shape
/ pierce the air vertically with far great
er speed than the ordinary spherical
balloon Consequently they are stead
| ier Also the upper pointed end pre-
vents the accumulation of moisture or
snow on the surface, which frequently
weighs balloon down and destroys its
power to rise.
Though Russia has much coal and
iron, her industries are quite undevcl-
Oped. Her industrial backwardness NAV
he gagged from the fact that with
territory and population twice as
large as those of the United States,
Russia produces only one-tenth of the
| quantity Of iron produced in the Uni
| ted States, and that she raises only
one-twentieth of the quantity of coal.
Agriculturally and industrially, Russia
! Is medieval country.-New York
Evening Post.
DR.. ii. c. Stevens, of Seattle, reports
recent experiments which show that
objects seen by indirect vision ordi
narily appear larger in the right half
of the field Of vision than in the left.
| With a smaller number of persons this
| is reversed. From these facts he de-
duces possible origin of right and
left-handedness. Right-handedness, or
its reverse, develops at about the age
of seven months. DR.. Stevens suggests
that they may be due to the phenomena
of vision just described. By a reflex
effect the infant reaches after the OBJ
ject best seen with the arm nearest to
! them.
| Miss Martha Van Rensselaer, super-
visor of the reading course for farmers
wives conducted by the Agricultural
College of Cornell University, believes
that there should be woman judge in
juvenile courts where girls are tried.