Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-23
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
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of the banana tree.
Estimates place the amount of capi-
tai value of British investments in
India at S2,3500O0.
As game preserves. it is claimed
that the northern regions and forests
of Canada furnish the finest fur-bear-
ing animals in the world.
Natives of Burma and parts of In
dia prepare tea in a peculiar way,
called picking" The leaves are boil
ed and pressed into bamboo tubes,
which are buried in the ground un-
til the material has matured
Roughly speaking, it might be said
that the annual importations into the
United States of coffee. tea and cocoa
amount to $100,OO0,000 year; three
fourths coffee, and the remainder
about equally divided between cocoa
and tea.
Several years ago the late Sir Fran
els Lockwood got prisoner off by
proving an alibi. Afterward the Judge
met the eminent lawyer and said:
well, Lockwood, that was very good
alibi." Yes, my lord" was the an
swer; II had three offered me, and |
think selected the best"
The River Indus in width during
the year may vary by miles. Traffic
for long distances cannot be guaran-
teed because the ever-shifting channel
throws up mud flats and sand banks
here and overwhelms good land there
in manner which defeats the wis
dom Of the ancient boatmen.
John Bright used to tell how a bar
Der who was cutting his hair once
said to him: you ave a large cad,
sir; 1t Is good thing to ave a large
cad, for large cad means a large
brain, and a large brain is the most
useful thing man can ave, as 1t
nourishes the roots of the air"
Baltimore is congratulating herself
on the figures shown by the new city
directory, just issued. A decided
growth commercially and a gain of
nearly twelve thousand in population
In the last year are indicated. The
population Is placed at 691 1928, which
Is gain of 11.941, according to the
directory editors estimate
R. A. Hudson, of Weddington, was
here Saturday and sold to Messrs.
Stack & Hudson, sixty bales of cot
ton for his neighbors, the Misses
Ross. These ladies make in the neigh.
borhood of one hundred bales each
year on their lands in that section.
and Mr.. Hudson carried them a check
for a clear S,OOO.-Monroe (La.)
Journal.
Cole Younger. former bandit, out on
parole granted by the Governor Of
Minnesota, has taken to the lecture
platform in Oklahoma. "A young man
never made a more serious mistake
than to suppose that the world owes
him living. 1t doesn't says Young
er. THE understanding with the
Governor of Minnesota was that I
might do as l pleased as long as 7
didn't do 1t In Minnesota" the bandit
declares.
On the west slope Of the Cascade
mountains a giant red fir was recently
blown across the tracks of the North
ern Pacific railroad Traffic was
blocked by the monster log. which
measured eight feet in diameter.
There was no saw within miles that
was big enough to cut the timber and
as the railroad company could not
walt the five days required to saw a
section from the huge log, dynamite
was placed In deeply bored holes and
the aged tree blown. to splinters. It
was easier to repair ten rods of road
bed than to saw through eight feet of
solid red flr.-New York Sun.
The total number of American regu-
lars who served In Mexico and Its bor-
ders during the Mexican war was 21.-
500; Of volunteers, 22,O27. In the as
saults upon Mexico City, General
Scott had on August 20, 1S47, an avail
able force Of 1878, nearly one-half
of whom were recruits. After several
onslaughts the city was finally taken
on September IA, after which General
Scott was reinforced to an aggregate
of 10000 men. The treaty of peace
was signed on February 2, 1S4S. The
total American losses In the valley of
Mexico were 2,7O3. including 1888 off,
GERS. The Mexicans had 1000 killed
and wounded and $3.50 Mexicans wero
taken prisoners of war.
Antietam is regarded as the bloodi-
est battle of the civil war. The losses
were nearly equally divided. The to-
tai In killed and wounded in the en-