Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-16
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


There are 1900 islands in Lake
Huron.
The telephone business is picking up
In China. Pekin has now LOO sub
scribers.
The average life of piece of plate
glass Is ten years, as shown by plate
glass Insurance records.
Roumania is the most illiterate coun-
try of Europe Two-thlrds of its in
habitants can not read nor write.
Glass is among the cheapest products,
bur made into microscopic detectives
Its value approaches that of gold.
An English ornithoogist has success
FULLY bred the black swan, one of the
rarest of birds except in Australia.
Eddie Loving, who has recently OBJ
tained an appointment as messenger in
the service of President-elect Taft. Is
noted golfer, though only nineteen.
Members Of the BARRIERS union of
Chicago are denouclng the tipping sys-
tenn, but not out of consideration for
their customers. They wish gratuities
abolished because of their effect on
wages, which, in some shops are now
near the vanishing point.
Sclplo Africanus was one of the
greatest soldiers, save Julius Cesar, in
Roman history. He defeated Hannibal
and his Carthaginians at Zama, a city
Of Carthage on October 10, in the year
300 p. c., and gave TO Rome the ascend
ancy over the then known world.
Smoking has been under discussion
In the Anglican Church synod at Ben
dlgo. One member wanted the temper
ance pledge extended so as to ban to-
bacco as well as alcohol. Canon Bridges
warned the proposer that he would
have the whole female population up in
arms against him. Every wife knew
that the pipe was her husbands best
Catching fox alive with an over
coat Is a feat performed by David
ClinaM, member Of the Fox Hunt
Club Of Winston Salem, N. G. After
long and exciting chase Mr.. Clinard
with six hounds had tired Reynard out.
and in doubling the fox came so near
Mr.. Clinard that he threw his long
overcoat over the animal and succeed
ed In capturing 1t just before the dogs
arrived.
At a recent shipbuilding exposition
held In Germany, the greater part Of
the exhibits related to the use Of cleo
tricity on shipboard, and a large num-
ber Of new and interesting devices were
shown for the first time One Of the
features Of the electrical building was
A chandelier which is thought to be the
greatest thing Of the kind ever con-
structed. 1t comprised large octagon-
al arrangement Of angle iron, with
some decorative material interviewer,
and from it were suspended sixteen
flaming arc lamps. The light from this
great cluster was almost binding.
1t is proposed to connect the chief
groups Of the Pacific islands by means
Of wireless telegraphy. The plan is
proposed by capitalists interested in
some Of the Islands of the Gilbert
group, but government aid is expected
from all nations having possessions in
the South Pacific, including Great Brit
ain, France, Germany and the United
States. The French island of Tahiti
Is particularly Interested, the nearest
available ocean cable station being at
present at Auckland, New Zealand,
2,25O miles distant. 1t Is proposed to
install ten or twelve central stations,
each controlling circular region, the
largest of which will have o, radius Of
about 1850 miles,
The "mock snaip Is new specimen
which will have to be added to the col
lection of strange things served by res
taurant keepers. The edible snail is
disappearing from the vineyards and
gardens of Burgundy, where formerly
it existed In countless thousands. The
scarcity and consequent dearness Of the
escargot has caused some INSCRIPTIONS
proprietors of restaurants In Paris to
invent the mock snail. 1t is made out
of veal All that is required Is guam
tity of empty snail shells and veal fat.
The fat is cleverly cut into spirals and
worked into the she'll The disappear
ance Of the real snail is taken so seri-
ously in France that the County Coun-
cil Of the Cote dor has suggested that
law should be passed giving the es-
cargot a closed season, from April 15
to July Is in each year.
Persia's ancient city of Tabrlz, one Of
the scenes Of recent violence in the
Shah's dominions, can hardly be said
to have ever enioyed a uuiet life. When