Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-08-12
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woods has led to an annual production
of over 1,100,O00,000 square feet of
veneer.
The department of agriculture is ex
perimenting in several of the south.
ern states with Japanese grasses used
for mating.
Porcelain was discovered by an
alchemist who was seeking a mixture
Of earths that would make the most
durable crucibles.
The latest mechanical furnace stok-
er not only puts the coal on In the
most approved manner, but 1t also dis
poses Of the ashes automatically.
While the number of violent deaths
thousand among miners has under
gone In European countries a decided
decrease, in this country 1t is steadily
increasing.
Switzerland has 14,717 miles of
telegraph and telephone lines. In 1908
the 2,255 telegraph offices handled
4,942,OOO kilograms, producing a rev.
enue OF S680,444.
After six years contest Peter Cooper
Hewitt has received patents for his
mercury vapor electric lamp. The
patents have been in dispute almost
since the date when they were first
applied for, in 1901.
One cannot be long in any hotel or
restaurant ia Canada without seeing
halibut on the bill of fare" says
writer in Canada" "In this respect
1t assumes the position of a national
dish. 1t is there on Christmas day
and again on Midsummer day"
The comets tail could have been
packed in an ordinary trunk-if pack
ed by man. If packed by woman,
she would still have had room for
eighteen dresses, four nebula, two bon
nets, six pairs of shoes, the children's
clothes, and two entire comets.-Chi-
cago Post.
Noting a projecting ledge a poor
prospector struck 1t a casual blow
with a sledge, and one of the worlds
famous gold mines was discovered.
The poor prospector was Stratton. No
wonder he called his mine the Inde-
pendence, for 1t made him independ-
ent, converting the prospector into a
rich man.
The finishing touches have juse
been placed on the exterior of "the
model power plant of the world"-a
$1,5OO,000 structure erected by the
United States government a stones
throw from the capitol at Washing
ton. This station is to furnish heat,
light and power to the entire group
Of immense government buildings on
Capitol hill.
Vacant lot cultivation In Kansas
City, Mo-, Is done this season under
the direction Of the City Club. One
nine-acre tract and several smaller
lots have been set out in vegetables
the farming being done by needy per-
sons. They are not taxed for soil,
seeds or tools, and the City Club has
engaged practical gardener to super
wise the work.
A public school teacher on the east
side recently asked pupil in her
United States history class to describe
the death and repentance of Benedict
Arnold. She was somewhat astonished
when the child, in whose mind Ameri-
can, British, Union and Confederate
soldiers were pretty we'll mixed. re-
piled: He begged to be allowed to
die In Union suit."-New York Sun.
Much attention and thought, states
the Chemical Trades Journal, have
been bestowed by those engaged in the
breaking up Of battleships and other
craft as to the profitable disposal of
the large quantities of wood obtained
from the various vessels in course of
destruction. Although there Is much
useful timber got that can be sold for
reuse, there Is a considerable guam
tity that is splintered to such an ex-
tent that renders 1t practically value
less. One or two firms are contem-
plating putting down wood distillation
plants to utilize the hitherto value
less wood.
Trial by ordeal still exists in some
parts OF Japan. If theft takes place
In household, all the servants are
required to write a certain word with
the same brush. The conscience is
supposed to betray Its workings In
the waves Of the ideographs written.
Tracing an telegraph involves such
an effort of muscular directness and
undivided attention that this device
often leads to the discovery of the
guilty party. The test is, at all events,
more humane than the ordeal by boil
ing water, to which accused persons
were formerly submitted in Japan
London Chronicle.
Professor Elliot Smith, of the Uni
versity Of Manchester, has lately made