Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-01-08
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY



tons of gold and 100 tons of silver.
In all the civilized countries of the
world 60 per cent of the persons over
10 years old have to work for a living.
There are in the State of New York
forty-three villages of between 1000
and 1000 inhabitants which have free
libraries.
The Firms evidently have not found
woman suffrage failure. Nineteen
women were elected to their first Par
lament. Now twenty-five have just
leen elected to the second.
Berlin opened rink on Sept for
ice skating all the year round. This
makes the fourth p. rmanent ice rink
in Europe, others being operated in
London, Paris and Munich
The ivory nut, which is so much
used by button manufacturers, is the
fruit of species of palm which grows
in Central and South America 1t
forms valuable crop, particularly in
Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
a German statistician has calculated
that the steam power in present use on
this globe is equal to 12000O.OOO horse.
power. The coal needed to supply this
steam for year would make a freight
train extending ten times around the
earth.
from Mora comes a story OF sugar
beets more than two feet long and
weighing only trife less than twelve
pounds. There are said to be two of
these monster tubers there, and it is
claimed they were grown on the farm
Of native who lives several miles up
the valley from the town of Mora.-Las
Vegas On NJ Optic.
The fact that five Paris daily papers
are at present publishing serial stories
translated from the English reminds us
OF capital error which appeared in
some such translation short time ago
The English author had written "'He-
he-heH laughed Jones'" The French pa
per rendered this as: "T.ui-lui-lui = ria
Jones'" ''Lul" is the personal pronoun
he.'-London Punch.
The first recorded production Of
play in Australia took place in June
of the year 1889. 1t was called "The
Recruiting Officer The proceeds of the
first pay night (some f20) went to the
family Of man who had been drown
ed. In January, -1796, rough and
ready playhouse was opened and the
public had to pay one shilling head
for admission. The payments were
made in kind, wheat, -four or rum TAX
Ing the place of the usual currency
London Standard.
Don't mark your stationery any
longer with monogram. That Is out
Of date The latest symbol is the
thumb mark. 1t is engraved in gold or
silver and has all the value of Ber-
tillon mark of Identification. Station
ers who have introduced this way of
marking use the prints in the center of
Il correspondence card and about half
an inch from the top to make them
most effective. The thumb Is some
times printed in red or blue, although
the metal colors are more popular
New York Sun.
Mrs. Bertha Ayrton has succeeded In
ascertalnng the cause of the refractory
behavior of the searchlight I'm certain
respects and in devising a remedy. The
British admiralty called on Prof. Ayr
ton to investigate the trouble some time
ago. After making many Investigations
he turned the problem over to his wife,
who is the only woman member of the
Institute of Electrical Engineers and
who received the only medal ever
awarded to a woman by the Royal So
ciety of London for original lnlaided
work.
The Congregational parsonage at Kit
terry Is one Of the oldest houses in the
State Of Maine. 1t is the oldest ecclesi-
astical residence in the State, and the
Oldest one In present use In New Eng
land. The house was built in 1929, in
the days Of Hon. William Pepperell,
father Of Sir William Pepperell. 1t
contains the library bequeathed by Sir
William to DR.. Benjamin Stevens, for
forty years minister of the Kittery
Point church. DIR. Stevens in his turn
bequeathed the library to the Congrega-
tlonal ministers Of Kittery and York
for all time. Many Of these books con-
tain the Pepperell coat-of-arms.-Ken-
nebec (Me.) Journal.
In Henderson County, Cain Cox, five
miles from Athens, has not only adj
hered to diverslfcatlon in all its forms,
raising fruit, tomatoes and the cereal
and hay crops, as well as some cotton,
but he has been investing some money