Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-07-29
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY

ly practlced In Japan.
Japanese dead are buried In o
squatting posture, chin upon knees.
There is record of wheat growing
in China as far back as 5000 B. G.
The first recorded Thanksgiving was
the Hebrew feast of the tabernacles.
Turkey. has a government tannery
for such products as are needed in the
army.
While 2,O00,horse power locomotives
are common In the United States and
many exceed that size, 1,2O0-horse
power engine is considered large In
continental Europe.
At twenty-one, Alexander stood at
the head of his army on the plains OF
Thessaly, Wilberforce entered parlia,
ment, and Tasso had begun his i'm.
mortal poem. Jerusalem Delivered"
which took ten years to complete.
Oyster production in Canadian wa,
ters is steadily decreasing. The yield
fell from 35,757 barrels in 1903 to a..
2s7 barrels In 1907. Canada imported
$271,760 worth Of American oysters in
1908 out Of total export of S663.832
worth.
To check New Jerseys destructive
forest fires, the State has ordered the
railroads traVersins lis pine forests to
clear the ground for fifty feet on each
side Of the tracks and plow up and
gravel ten-foot strips to prevent the
growth Of brush again.
At twenty, Tintoretto was one OF
the most prolific and popular painters
In Italy; Schelling had grappled with
the philosophy of Kant; Calico had
discovered the use of the pendulum;
Lafayette was major-general, and
Garrison voiced emancipation for the
slave.
At twenty-five Paul Potter painted
THE Young Bull" now in the mu.
scum at The Hague, said to be one OF
the finest animal pictures on canvas;
Campbell wrote his Pleasures OF
Hope" on which his fame as a poet
rests; Farquhar had made for himself
O lasting name as dramatist, and
Conde was the most famous military
general Of his time.
The ceremony of electing a mayor
in belfry was performed yesterday
according to ancient custom in the
parish church of Brightlingsea, when
Arthur Lucas was chosen in success
sion to the Rev. Arthur Petwee, vicar
of Brightlingsea, and six mariners who
had married Brightlingsea women
were admitted freemen of the port on
payment of eleven pennies into the
treasury-London Standard.
The United States and the British
empire produce S2.7 per cent of the
worlds gold supply. Germany and
France, which produce no gold. and
Russia, which produces only some
$27,000,000 worth year, feel compel.
led to hoard vast amounts of 1t to be
prepared for emergencies, such as
sudden war. This Is the reason why
the banks Of these countries begin a
process Of boarding gold whenever
there Is any likelihood of trouble.
Japan, the country that is not
bound by traditions in her search for
the best manner of doing things, has
tried our national bank plan, and
finding 1t not at all satisfactory, has
adopted the European plan of the cen
trail bank. The Bank of Japan is
capitalized at $15,000,O00. Its oircula
tion at present Is more than $17O,
100000, and Its deposits exceed $500,
100000. 1t Issues all the notes of the
country and thus controls the cur
rency situation. Besides the Bank oi
Japan there are other semi-official
banks filling various specific functions
for the government.
The chairman of the Imperial To
bacco Company of Canada was asked
at Montreal, II the report was correct
that they had bought the Ontario to
bacco crop. His answer was that to-
bacco grown in Canada to-day was su
perior to the American-grown leai
from the same type of seed, for the
reason that the soil In the United
States has been used for a number oi
years and the Canadian soil Is prac
tically virgin soil for tobacco grow
iag purposes, and therefore produced
better quality. The proof of this is
that the consumption is constantly in
creasing-Consular Reports.
Professor Ranke some time age
brought out new fact concerning
the brain of man as compared Will
that of other animals. 1t has Ions
been known that the brain of mar
does not weigh as much as that of 6
whale, or an elephant, and that there
are birds and apes whose brains arr
heavier than mans In proportion t
the weight of their bodies. But Pro