Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-10-15
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
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Inc SalVatlon army breaches the
gospel in thirty-One different Ian
guages.
An investigation of the boy work
ers of London shows that the news
boys are the healthiest and the bak.
ers least so.
New York State has $4,000 uniform
ed and equipped citizen soldiers, yet
Governor Hughes manages to get
along with a staff of eighteen Off
GERS.
About 100000 Of the natives of
Siam are Kept busy cultivating rice.
Several varieties are cultivated, some
requiring only two months, while the
others require up to six months to
ripen.
NJ. Marcel Provost has been elected
to the Academic Franchise in success.
sion to Victorian Sardou. There were
four ballots, at each of which M. Pre-
vost secured the largest number Of
votes.
of Suez, on the Red Sea coast, the
gusher giving increasing quantities
daily, and indicating large reserves.
The possibility Of cheap supply Of
fuel is discovery of the greatest i'm
portance to Egypt
An electric heater for thawing ex-
! plosives Is used at the Roosevelt
drainage tunnel in Cripple Creek. 1t
is in successful operation. The cost
of this method of heating is about 10
cents for twenty-four hours, and Is
said to be far more economical than
COAL
That valuable energy which should
he conserved for thinking and doing
Is used by vegetarians in digestion.
In the meat eater the steer does the
drudgery of vegetable digestion for
the man, while vegetarian makes of
himself and his faculties a kind of
animal-New York Press
On its through trains one of the
eastern railroads has installed a sani-
tary system of supplying water to
passengers. In every car a slot ma
chine Is Installed, which supplies par
affin drinking cups for cent each.
The passenger uses this paraffin YES
sci and throws 1t away after use.
Nathaniel Osborne, who used to
blow the organ in the Brick church in
Fairhaven, Conn., was once asked how
much salary he received. Twelve
hundred dollars" he replied. Twelve
hundred dollars!" exclaimed the ques-
toner in surprise. YES" replied
Nat, but that's for one hundred
years."
1t has been decided to remove the
notice on the pier at Yarmouth, Isle
of Wight, which runs as follows:
ANY person going on the pier with
out first producing his railway ticket
or paying the authorized toll or in
sulting or annoying the pier master
or any other official is liable to fine
of e5."-London Evening Standard.
California is to try acclimating the
Korean wild fig. The fig, growing on
a hardy vine, on trees, trellises and
hedge rows to height of thirty feet,
bears delicious fruit. Some of the
seed has been sent to the department
of agriculture, California State uni
versity. The fig grows wild in Korea
and has proved of great value there
The sofa on which Dickens died at
Gadshill has just been presented to
the Dickens museum at Portsmouth.
He was at work on Edwin brood" on
the evening before his death, when he
came in fatigued and after a few
words to his slster-ln-law, Miss Ho-
garth, fell to the floor, never to speak
again. The couch is of rosewood and
covered with green plush
The old gentleman was not accus-
toned to having the new railway in
his town; upon seeing a train ap-
preaching he whipped up his horse
and tried to cross the track in front
Of 1t. He and his horse came out
safely but the wagon was badly
broken. When he found that he was
not injured he called to the engineer:
why, l thought you saw me coming"
Bishop Samuel Fallows of the Re-
formed Episcopal church, preaching
in ST. Paul's church, Chicago, recent
ly, on "The Race for Life" took occa-
sion to warn his congregation against
automobile speeding. LET your mod
Grafton be known to all men should
be inscribed on every car said the
bishop. THE commercial, military
and other uses Of the automobile are
endless. We therefore hail its advent
with Joy not untempered, however,
with wholesome fear"
A decision of the court of appeals
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