Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-09-17
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pinos lnhaDiting three hundred differ.
ent islands.
Last years output of coal in Eng.
land showed decrease of over six
million tons.
One-third of all the tonnage under the
american flag is employed on the
Great Lakes.
More than 100000 pounds of human
nalr are exported from Hong-Kong to
this country annually
The worlds stock of gold has de-
creased about one-half in the last
aecade. and doubled in the last quarter
Of century.
from July 1 to Dec. 81. 1908, 24,5O0
persons entered Mexico. OF these H..
200 were Americans and 9,700 were
Homecoming Mexicans.
OF the 3,23S fires which occurred in
London In 1908, electricity Is said to
nave been the cause of 101. and 355
were attributable to gas.
The death records of the railroads
have been lessened materially recently
as result of the compulsory adoption
OF. safety devices and systems.
There Is union of hatmakers at LIE
Mans, France, in which the offices of
president, vice president, secretary and
treasurer are held by one man.
The current year book of the Carne.
gle institution shows that during the
last year $636,30O was distributed
among nearly three hundred persons
engaged In conducting scientific re-
search.
On the shores of Cape Cod there
were, during period of twenty years
following 1881, as many as one thou
sand wrecks of vessels carrying pre-
cious cargoes of human beings and of
freight.
The first matriculation of women
students at the universities In Prus-
sia has resulted in the admission of
663 students, including forty-three
from America and seven from the
United Kingdom.
The negroes Of this country formed
In 1900 1888 per cent Of the popula.
ton; in 1910, 1903 per cent; in 1850,
1858 per cent; in 1860, 14.12 per cent:
In 1880, 1911 per cent; in 1890, 11.92
per cent, and in 1900, 11.59 per cent.
AS against the 41,O0O motor vehicles
all told in Germany there are more
than 100000 automobiles in the United
States, or twice the number in use
throughout all Europe. In New York
State alone there are about 10000 cars
Registered.
The most spectacular fire ever wit
messed In the oil industry was at one
OF the Dos Bocas wells in Mexico.
About sixty thousand barrels Of oil
were burned up daily for nearly two
months. The flames rose to heights of
500 to 1.4O0 feet
Whalebone cost only 25 cents a
pound half century ago. To-day 1t
costs about SIS a pound. The total
product landed from the American fish.
cries during the nineteenth century
exceeded ninety million pounds. A
single whale may yield up to three
thousand pounds
The story Is an old one of the party
Of tired travellers who entered a house
decorated by a peculiar sign and de-
manded oysters. This is not res
taurant," said the courteous gentle
man who met them; II am an aurist."
Isn't that an oyster hung outside the
door?" asked one. mo, gentleman, it
is an ear"
Neck boils come with the sweaty
season. Many people have large hair
pores on the back of the neck. The
sweaty starched collar rim is good
culture soil for boil and carbuncle
germs, which get rubbed into the large
hair follicles or sacks, producing a
painful, sometimes dangerous spread
ing crop.
An iceberg described as two and one
half miles long and 500. feet .high-
presumably not SO high for the whole
two and one-half miles-was passed
about twelve hundred miles from New
York on Monday last by the French
line freighter Mexico 1t was in lati-
:ude 1920, longitude 46:7O.-New York
Sun.
More than 1000 New York jewelers.,
opticians, optometrists and lens grind
ers have been registered by the Board
of Regents and have exemption" cer-
tificates from the University of the
State of New York, which are hard for
the public to tell from medical diplo-
mas. The head men say that of all
who had thus far been examined by
the Board of Regents only sixteen were
able to pass the examination in optom-
etry.