Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-05-14
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
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With all Its possessions considered,
there are six colored persons to every
white In the British empire.
The first alarm of fire by an electric
telegraph system was given at $50
D. m. April 20, 1852, in Boston.
Street sweepers of Chicago and Bos-
ton carry tiny electric lamp on their
caps to keep from being run over.
Stockholm, Chrlstana, Berlin and
London In the order named have the
lowest death rates Of all the cities Of
Europe.
OF tn races of the world. 60O,0OO,OOO
are white, 700,000,0OO yellow, 215,-
900, 900 black. 85,OOO,OOO brown or Ma
layan, and 100000 red, or Ameri-
can Indians.
The first application Of electric heat
Ing for household use was the electric
fatiron. Now there are hundreds Of
thousands of electric flatirons in use
In private homes and laundries.
i%A ADCl llllthlS Ill NtTlllduI DIONd
that the germs of cholera or typhoid
may endanger not only those who live
below stream, but also those above the
polluted point, as fish carry the germs
upstream.
The first rotary converted in Ameri-
ca, as well as the largest, was built
by the General Electric Company.
These machines are used to change al
ternating current into direct current
for street railway service.
Rhodes, the city Of the Colossus, still
survives, a medieval city in all Its de-
fensive war gear of tower and cur
tain and keep. 1t is the city which
the Knights Of st. John erected in the
midst Of the Byzantines. after being
driven out Of Jerusalem in the early
fourteenth century.
Josiah Quincy, the prominent Boston
politician, was walking near the city
hall, when he heard a laborer accost
another thus: That's Josiah Quincy"
"An' who's Josiah Quincy?" the other
asked. II never see such ignorance"
rejoined the other. Hes the grand
son of the statute you see In the
yard"
A sailor enters livery stable to
hire horse for the day, to take some
friends into the country. The proprle-
tor has one brought out for inspection,
and begins: There's a beauty for
you'll Small head, clean legs, short
back" "Short back be blowed
We want one with long back. It's to
carry nine."
Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, the
youngest son of one great novelist and
godson of another has lost his seat in
the Parliament Of New South Wales,
Australia, through the discovery Of
rich silver mines at Broken Hills,
thousand miles northwest Of Sydney.
The new -comers, miners, elected a la
Dor candidate,
Two French Canadians were talking.
"Ah, Antonla," one of them exclaimed,
"eef you ave h'only been at dees we'd
ding of Pierre Coubertln an Emile La
Roche you shall nevaire forget heem.
So gentil So mooch luxury! H'every
one so 'appy an 30 grand an fine
Theenk Of eet, Antoine! Hevery one
wear de Prince h'Albert pants an
dreenk de real ginger ale".
Larger than Niagara is the cataract
Of the Iguazu falls, almost at the In
| tersection Of the three frontiers of
Paraguay, Brazil and the Argentine
Republic. The river takes Its name
from Spanish word meaning great
waters. Few slghtseers ever catch a
glimpse of Iguazu falls because It
takes six days to make the picturesque
journey Of about 1850 miles from Bue-
nos Aires.
Goats, more than any other thing,
have assisted the rural inhabitants Of
Asia Minor to destroy the magnificent
forests which once extended from
Smyrna through to Konia, the ancient
capital Of Karamanla. Not only have
the peasants and nomads destroyed the
timber for the sake Of flrewood, but
they destroyed 1t also In order that
their goats might obtain suitable pas
ture. And the goats in their turn pre-
vented the new shoots ever after from
replacing the trees which had been
cut down.
One Of the leading comedians Of the
Frankfurt Theater, in Germany, the
other evening went to the director and
asked for an advance on his weeks
salary. The books showed that the
whole amount had already been drawn
and the director said mo" Every
good" said the actor, then shall re.
fuse to go on tonight" The director
saw that IL was dangerously near cur.