Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-08-14
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


ply between Japan and FormOsa Oh
regular three and flve-day schedules.
A discovery of large deposits of tin
ore Is reported as having been made
recently In the Brooks mountains in
Alaska. The details of the strike are
not given.
In the public schools of Strassburg,
Germany, men teachers get $342.72 to
$93772 per annum, according to the
years of service. and women teachers
get from $333.20 to $666.40.
In consequence of a Lahore literary
society announcing lecture, Man, the
Index Of Creation" the city authorities
sent twenty-five armed constables down
to the lecture hall, which only held
tfty peOple.-Labor Tribune.
An incandescent lamp in its green
shade WILL when turned upward to-
ward the ceiling, spread soft and
pleasantly diffused light, plenty strong
enough for room where no one is
reading. When the lamp Is so used no
shadows are cast.
Science so far has failed to furnish
any explanation Of the mystery of seed
less fruits. They are not the outcome
of the work Of man. Man perpetuates
them he does no more. The seedless
orange was found in state of seed
lessness.-Vegetarian
A Boston woman who has just cele-
brated her golden anniversary as
cook boasts of having made and cooked
$4,000 pies, 100000 doughnuts and
something more than 100000 pud-
dings, besides multitude OF other
dainties and no end of baked beans.
Her receipts are all her own and she
refuses to write cook book.
The clubwomen of Massachusetts are
fighting against the movement to lower
the milk standard in that State This
fight is said to be winning more re-
cruits to the cause of woman suffrage
than anything that has come up In the
last ten years. Mothers have come to
man In asserting that politics which af-
fects the purity Of milk and water Is
mot outside the home, but inside the
baby"
During the year ending last month
there were 4S5 new electric plants put
Into operation in the United States,
Canada and Mexico, which makes the
total 5,49S. The activity in the electri-
cal industry from the most recent fig
ures shows a decided inclination to re-
cover from the financial stress which
has been affecting all business during
the last year. The gain is equally pro-
nounced when the item of capitaliza-
tion is considered
"Bushranger," once respectable
term, has now sunk to the lowest
depths. In the early Australian news
papers such advertisements as WANT
ed, a good bushranger," were quite
common. The word then was synony-
nous with "bushman," one skilled m
knowledge and experience of bush Hfa.
But now good bushranger" would be
as ridiculous as an honest burglar. for
a bushranger Is the superlatiye bad
man of the antipodes-a bank robber. a
despoller of gold escorts and mail
coaches and the terror of the country.
side
alligator" Is merely another form of
the Spanish eel lagarto," the lizard.
Shakespeare classed the alligator as a
fish, to judge from Romeo's description
of the contents of the apothecarys
shop: "An alligator stuff'd, and other
skins Of ill-shaped fishes" Somewhat
like alligator the lizard is the "hy-
ena," which merely means sow, and
ostrich" which comes from the Latin
word for bird and Greek word that
meant either sparrow or an ostrich.
as the case might be-any bird In fact.
The ostrich is just the "blrd-bird," &C.
cording to etymology.
So great have been the ravages.
caused by the dodder-a leafless. twin
Ing, parasitic plant-that decree has
been Issued by the French president
prohibiting Its importation into the
country. 1t Is veritable agricultural
scourge, attacking and destroying hops,
vines, clover, peas, tomatoes and many
other kinds Of agricultural produce.
Once having found its way into any
district, 1t is most difficult to get rid
of, and constitutes permanent source
Of anxiety to the farmer. Cutting
down, burning and poison have all been
tried with unsatisfactory results
London Globe.
Massage, as remedy for insomnia
and other Ills, Is most ancient The
very word massage comes from the
Arabic word "mass." 1t was stolen