Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-07-08
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


/ wages are 10 cents day.
News paper is made by machinery
at the rate of from $50 to 400 feet
minute, according TO width and quail
ity.
The Peruvian Indians are credited |
With having the greatest range of |
vision of all races. Cases have been
recorded of their distinguishing human
beings eighteen miles away.
None of the monarchies of Europe,
with the exception of Russia, can show
larger area than that Of Texas
she possess $1,000 squara miles more
of territory than the kaiser's realm.
James NJ. Henderson killed a horned
snake at his home. near Bush river,
on the Belfast road. 1t was
about two feet long and lying on
stump in the field. At the end of
it's tail was horn, something like a
ROSTERS spur.-Newberry IS. c. OBJ
server.
Despite Its shortness, Downing
street, London, contains not only the
treasury, foreign office, colonial Office,
The Office of the chancellor OF the ex.
. thequer and that of the privy council.
+. 1t was built on q swamp and the
ground under the big houses is sowh
lhickly with age. blackened wooden
Piles.
Tar water was a cure-all In the
eighteenth century. 1t was prepared
ly pouring a gallon OF water on quart
. CT tar, and the dose was half pint
In the morning and a second glass
!. in the afternoon. It's use became SO
$ ra shionable that contemporary noted:
It's as common to call for glass oil
tar water in coffee house as a dish
= Of tea or coffee"
e The modern French letter box has
a the shape Of pillar, profusely orna
: mented with the conventional lily. The
n whole box or. stand is fashioned after
t plant, and the top resembles bud.
L The body is surrounded by floral
wreaths or iestoons, and the base is
J. formed by large leaves The boxes are
: placed against buildings and have a
very tretty effect.
k Another victory for woman and an
{, other argument to strengthen the as
s ;crtion that she can gain distinction
= III any field of mental activity, says a
: writer in the Theater Zeitung, is the
ruccess of the opera "Die Dorf Kom-
!, :, .esse" at the Berlin Thalia Theater.
The composer is Frau Danziger, a
a young talented musician, who will
assuredly contribute more to the mu
d sical wealth of the world"
g King Edward, as is generally known
8 has a weakness for walking sticks
J. but writer in Women at Home tells
of another collection in his majesty's
~ possession which will have a unique
interest in the future. This consists OF
Ia relics gathered from every war In
q which British soldiers have fought
Is since the early days oil Queen Vic.
e toria The king has also quaint as.
d sortment of the programs of every op.
II era, play and concert which he has at
n tended since he came to years of dis.
u cretion.
Trenton, N. j., has recently reported
II fifteen business women whose occupa.
a iions are scarcely feminine. They in
e clude babering, wholesale tobacco
It real estate, undertaking, pharmacy,
II jewelry, piano dealing, insurance, shoe
n repairing, banking, charcoal, etc. South
II Chicago's situation is more spectacular
Il IL less creditable. In addition to wo
men doctors and police, woman runs
!, the worst saloon and another the bes,
a undertaking establishment, so that
;. from birth to DEATH even by ''the broad
: way which leadeth to destruction" a
: feminine hand may guide.-The De
a lineator.
VI Bushido in a word, Is the popular
u literature of the mikado's realm. II
. includes country theatricals, tales OF
a story tellers, and musical compositions
e 1t Is not only literature; 1t Is an
d idea and an ideal. The word means
loyalty, fidelity, devotion, and 1t may
= he expressed in dozens of different ways
. Nor is 1t only system Of mental de
Il velopment; 1t is a means of SOU
: growth as we'll. what" asks Okuma
&c "is the best mode Of spiritual culture
+. for the people of Japan" His answer
a IL, ITO let them understand bushldc
. and realize its principles in them
selves New York Press.
: Khartum Is not yet century old
! and 1t owes its existence to an ori
i entail form of treachery. When Khe
dive Mohammed Ali invaded the Su
u dan in 1920 he marched triumphantly
. to Shendi, where his troops were en-
n tertained at banquet by the submis
sive natives. But while the khedive's
n high officials we're seated at the feast