Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-03-25
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
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The Siamese peninsula is to be de-
veloped in the immediate future by the
construction of over 600 miles of rail
way.
Several German shipyards are equip
ped with electromagnetic powerful
enough to lift dead weights of $4,000
pounds.
Milk costs at least 10 cents quart
in Mexico and butter 80 cents a pound
The demand for poultry is always
greater than the supply.
Three hundred women were contest
ants in recent archery tournament
in London. Archery has become a pop
ular sport with women in both Eng
land and France.
Abdul Hamid's 1000 waistcoats and
the hundreds of boxes of shirts and
waistcoats found in Yildiz kiosk recall
the posthumous sale of King George
Tvs wardrobe, which realized $4,000.
AS far as we know, the shortest as
sociational report on temperance was
presented by ]. ]. Barrow and c. w.
Scarborough and adopted by the Cen
trail Association in 1879. 1t was as
follows: mo drunkard shall inherit
the kingdom of heaven" Biblical Re
corder.
At this season of the year, when
sore throats, laryngitis and similar
complaints are very prevalent in Lon
don, 1t may interest our readers to
know of very simple remedy which
is recommended by the celebrated DR..
Fauvel, Of Paris. He recommends a
gargle of ordinary tea before going
out in the morning and if possible, OH
returning at night-London Chronicle.
Surely "the world do move" Here's
Chicago putting rubber soles on its
noisy milk peddlers who clatter up
back stairs at 2 a. m, to the rout OF
Morpheus and the discomfort of ten
ants. Now, if somebody will invent
noiseless milk wagons, nonrattling cans
and few more things of the kind, a
dozen quiet loving and sleep needing
home suburbs of New York will gladly
build him a monument.-NewY York
Tribune.
Constantinople is the dirtiest city
in the world, the only street cleaners
being the starving dogs, cats and rats;
but the people do use soap. Last yeaI
there were imported into that city
$500 tons of soap selling from 20 tc
60 cents a cake. Practically all the
soap of Constantinople arrives from
the island of Mitylene, which makes
$4,000 tons a year from it's olive oil
Constantinople still burns candles
largely. The annual imports amount
to 100000 pounds.
While alighting from a tram car in
Vienna some months ago, Fraulein An
cite Schmidt accidentally injured g
fellow-passenger's eye with one of hel
hat pins. The unfortunate man wa:
taken to the hospital and eventually
lost sight of the injured organ. Frau
lein Schmidt, who visited him regular
ly, offered, says a writer, to become hi
wife and look after him for the rest o
his life. Her offer was promptly &C
cepted and the marriage took plac'
lately.-Chicago News.
Off the northwest coast of Australi;
there is an island which till recent.
belonged to no one. 1t Is not yer,
large island. In fact, it measures onl,
365 yards by 30 yards. 1t has, how
ever, a good anchorage, and for tha
reason it's possession may at som
time be valuable. The British govern
ment has, therefore, annexed the Isl
and, and an official notification of tn
fact recently reached the common
wealth minister for external affair:
The new British possession Is know
as Cartier island, and is almost sui
rounded by coral reefs.-Westmin
Gazette.
Germany pays comparatively littl
attention to poultry raising. For tn
greater part of its supply of eggs an
poultry the empire is dependent upo
Italy, France, Belgium and the Balka
States. The imports into Germany c
eggs and poultry have increased ma
velously since 1872, in which year tn
combined imports of these two item
amounted to only $500,00O. In 1SS
they had increased to $5,OOO,0OO, an
in 1907. $37,S45,75O worth of importe
eggs and $12,73O,5O0 worth Of impor
ed poultry were consumed, with e,
ports that same year amounting
only s313,50O for eggs and $211,250 fe
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