Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-02
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about hall. that amount.
Since their Incorporation the Kim
berley mines have produced twelve tons
OF diamonds, valued at $4,000, 100000.
1t Is anticipated that the anti-opium
crusade In China will be the means of
opening up a new market for Ameri-
can tobacco.
Protection afforded to the seal and
the salmon has for the time being made
a serious deficiency in the value Of the
fish product of Canada.
On Jan. Canada was sheltering 49,
25S Orientals. including 1929 Chinese,
1o,44 japanese, and Sill Indians.
Canada has made British subjects of
7,442 Orlentals.
An automatic burglar alarm has just
been invented In Russia by Lieutenant
Colonel Tufiaev and a Mr.. Domanov-
sky. The signal consists of 200 shots
fired automatically.
In some years the total coffee, tea
and cocoa imports into this country is
considerably more than $1OO,OOO,OOO
Coffee imports alone have on certain
occasions approximated $1OO,OOO,OOO in
value.
In a recent lecture delivered before
the Royal Society of Arts, Leon Caster
advances the opinion that ultraviolet
rays from indoor electric lamps are in
furious to health. He advises the use
of bulbs which obstruct these rays.
The French Governments project to
pension servants of the state railways
has been completed, and presented to n
parliamentary commission. 1t provides
for the retiring Of engineers and fire.
men over fifty years of age who have
been twenty-five years in the service
on half pay, and it gives pensions to
disabled men who have had fifteen
years Of service.
A new test for ascertaining the hard
ness Of metals has been proposed by
w. I. Ballentine. A disk of metal is
attached to the lower side Of drop
weight, which falls on an anvil. The
anvil carries pin on Its upper side,
which rests in contact with the piece
Of metal to be tested. The dlmlnution
in thickness of the disk is the measure
of hardness.
Some citizens of Buffalo have pro-
posed a new branch of the municipal
government, sort Of boom bureau"
to do in an official way work which
the Chamber Of Commerce now does.
A bill offered In the Legislature by Sen
ator Hill of Erie County to carry into
effect the suggestion would establish a
municipal department Of commerce and
Industry. One Of the schemes to boost
the city If the bill becomes a law is to
expend S50O,000 in five equal annual
installments In advertising the special
advantages of Buffalo.
"On a recent Sunday morning I con-
Quoted service in an asylum. On my
way to the institution wondered
whether my fluffy, fearless chorister of
last winter, robin, would attend. I
had missed him hitherto, and feared
some mischance had befallen. To my
delight, there he was on the upper bar
Of the window sash, just little down
from the top; and as we began to sing
down he darted to the floor In front
of the reading desk and poured forth
his silver treble with throbbing Joy.
On the giving out of the text he re-
turned to his perch, and remained ST.
lent till the parting paraphrase brought
him back once more to render with full
heart his gladstone song."-The Scots
man.
One of the most curious instances
of longevity is found in Miss Louisa
Coutenays "Notes Of an Octogenarian."
A witness in will case in which Bel
lenden-Ker, the great English convey
ancer. was engaged, was asked If he
had any brothers or sisters. He re-
piled that he had had one brother who
died 100 years ago. The court ex-
pressed incredulity, and documentary
evidence was produced in support of
the statement. This showed that the
witness father, who married first at
the age Of 10, had son who died in
infancy. The father married again at
the age Of 70, and had son who lived
to appear in the witness box at the
age Of 94, and made the above start
ling statement.
An expedition left Llandudno. De-
ganwy, and Penmaenmawr yesterday
afternoon with the object Of tracing,
Llys Helig, Welsh chieftain Of the
sixth century. The palace Is said to
be visible at very low tides at point
midway between Penmaenmawr and