Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-02-11
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There is florist at Pekin, ILL.,,
whose name is John Bloompot.
A North sea trawler has caught a
mackerel twenty-four inches in length,
weighing four and one-half pounds.
Londoners live, on an average, to
an age of 81 years. In mast parts of
England the standard is below this.
Columbia University boys have
taken a step in the matter of reform
that will meet with commendation.
They have barred mustaches.
1t is stated In a consular report
that provincial Persia is practically
uncivilized, and that even the greater
mobiles have no special bedrooms, while
all sleep on mattresses on the ground.
Beds are ornaments, purchased occa-
sionally and placed in the drawing
room.
To get rid of the fluttering effect of
moving pictures, an inventor has ap-
piled the principle of the stereoscope,
the picture being thrown on the screen
by two lenses, in front of which shut
ters open and close alternately SO rap
idly that there is no break in the
series.
A German inventor has brought out
new process Tor lacquering brass
tubing by revolving it in a lathe and
applying the lacquer while the tubing
Is heated electrically. Formerly the
heating had to be done in ovens, with
a separate operation for every coat Of
lacquer.
More than ten times the sum paid
over to the Indians for about twenty
two thousand acres, according to the
original estimate, has since been paid
for single square foot of New York
soil! Probably there is no other sale
on record where the advance in value
has been so great.-Putnam's.
Arrangements will shortly be made
by the Austrian government for the
public sale of radium for medical and
experimental purposes. The tota
quantity of radium which has beer
thus far recovered for scientific USE
throughout the world is estimated moi
to exceed a quarter of pound
AS to dreams, there was a discussion
at the club lunch. and one man re
marked that no man dreamed Of him
self as braver than he Is. When thu
dream came, the dreamer was always
the under dog. He was In horribl,
danger, and never did anything pic
turesque to face it. There may be mer
who are brave in their sleep. But Il
would be interesting to find one mar
outside of the dozen sleeping towards
who is a hero In a dream.-LondoI
Chronicle.
AS to the original inventor of the
planning machine, there is perhap!
scarcely a machine about which there
has been more controversy than this
and there are many claimants to tn,
honor. There are records, however
showing that Nicholas Forq, Frencl
clockmaker, used a metal planer IL
1751 for machining pump cylinders
apparently being under the impression
that they could be made more accu
rately in this manner than by revolv
ing cutter.-Cassier's Magazine.
One of the most striking features o.
the India of to-day is the remarkabl,
increase in crime, especially violen
crime, directed both against the person
and property. In many instances tn,
crimes have been marked by lust fo
blood which could only have been die
tated by the utmost barbarity. For ex
ample, in one case In the Montgom
cry district no fewer than nine per
sons were done to, death simply be
cause low caste woman who hat
married into the proprietary body
insisted on claiming the position IL
the village that she considered he
due. Five other cases are cited II
which more than three persons wer
on each occasion done to death at on
and the same time. Dacoities and bur
glaries increased at an alarming rate
Notwithstanding the exertions of tn
police to cope with this state of al
fairs.-The Englishman.
The Repertoire General des Collec
tionneurs furnishes some interesting
particulars of those whose pastime Il
collecting various Objects This D,
Gotha of collectors contains 1850,
names and addresses, and they ar,
thus classified: Autographs, manu-
scripts, 303; collections of pocket
books, ancient and modern, 143; pos
SCISSORS of libraries, 4,055; lovers O
books (books Of the virtuoso), 486
artistic china, S39; drawings, etchings
engravings, 1.745; heraldic book plates
374; historic military costumes, 422;
natural history In all It's branches (bo
tanical, chronological, etc., 1,452
miniature shells, 352; music and mu
steal instruments, 1913; numismatists
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