Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-10
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The worlds supply Of tin was in.
creased 116,S48 tons last year, of which
more than half came from the Straits
Settlements.
Practically all the important CO...
mining states have inspection laws
designed to prevent death and disaster
among the mine workers.
Several French schools are using
machines which suck dust from the
leaves of books, spray them with dis
infectant, and dry them with hot air
At Tourcoing, France, five couples
of working people celebrated their
golden wedding the other day. Great
festivities were provided for the occa.
sion by the municipal authorities.
Wild boars still abound In a region
which can be reached by railway in
Two hours from Smyrna. Near Sam
SCUM some sportsmen have shot as
many as fifty wild boars in a single
year.
One of the requests for a patent re.
ceiVed In the patent office Of Germany
was for device for making ones own
matches. With the aid of It, any one
can, by five hours work, save 8 or 7
cents!
Fatigue of the eyes and more or
less persistent ocular troubles are pro.
duced by the rapid and brief s1cita.
tions of the retina by the cinemato-
graph. A French physician has given
the name Of cinematophthalmia to af.
fections Of this character. The trou.
bles are not very serious and generally
held easily to simple remedies.
Was the sextant in the hands OF
Or. Cook or Commander Peary suffi'
ciently accurate to determine exactly
when the pole had been reached? The
Scientific American says: "The hand
ling Of the seXtant is so simple a mat
ter and the application Of corrections
to It's readings so easy that we fail to
understand how any one can seriously
doubt DR.. Cooks accuracy"
Signs are not wanting to assure any
one that every year single chrysan
themums are steadily gaining in favor
mainly, of course, with those who's
aim is to grow plants for general d /.
oration and for supplying cut bloom.
for their own table Single blossoms
fortunately, are not criticised by the
home grower as to the size, as theil
beauty cannot be thus measured
Gardening Illustrated.
The government Is going into thu
hotel business, having agreed, through
It's insular branch In the Philippines
to take 100000 at par of the bond!
to provide money for new hotel a
Manila, which, with It's working capi
tai, is to represent an investment o
s45OOOO When the Philippines hav'
a centennial, or some other big cele
bration, will the insular government
put up It's hotel rates on the visitin.
public?-New York Press.
The new marriage law now unde
consideration in Victoria, Australia
has as It's object the prevention o
clandestine marriages. 1t provides tina
no clergyman shall perform the cere
mony unless the couple applying shall
, have obtained license. An exception
is made, however, for reasons un
known, in the case Of Quakers, VIII,
are not obliged to come before the mar
rying authority armed with permit
One of the latest ideas for killing
rats is a trap into which the anima
walks, attracted by an electric ligh
and a display of food Once in h,
cannot get out and an electric curren
kills him in fifty or sixty seconds. Tht
/ apparatus can be SO arranged that tn,
electrocuted animal itself signals IT.
fate to any desired place, advising tn,
watchman by an electric bell or thu
, lighting of an electric lamp that ther,
is dead rat to be removed.
: Music batons we're first used II
England about 1920. 1t was not unit
ten or twelve years later, however
that the baton came into general use
A German conductor who welded ont
produced such wonderful results will
his orchestra that it was thought ther,
must be some magic power in tn,
baton, and it consequently becam,
popular with conductors all over tn
country. Before the advent Of tn,
baton time was kept by the first violin
list or by the pianist.
, For some time past efforts have beei
made to raise funds In order to pro
tect from the ravages Of wind ant
weather and the encroachment o
drifting sands the ruins of st. Piran'
oratory at Perranzabuloe, said to b.
the oldest Christian relic of It's kim
in England. 1t is now proposed u
1 build a protecting house Of ooncret