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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1903)
160LR COUNTY LEADER. U Hit. F. ADA K. lOVtl, Fvfca. $ OLEDO. OREGON. for himself" it is an Indian. Having made it, it seems as if he ought to be allowed to keep it. I " ,ie woman who can't fool some man ' ' robably alone on a desert island. .ijiere are no drafts on the Bank of ii i'herhood which are not honored .', iout discount - I : jie Hague tribunal is to have a , 00,000 home, but there is nothing 5 ; et to put in it -J :i!9 lother child has died from "Jump- :the rope;" and still parents allow ; r children to skip without limit ijj jie sowing of wild oats is more pro . jj than that of any of the cereals. It i, .is abundant crops every inontn in year. 'pe Leo is not a fop, but all the e he has the largest and most ele !t wardrobe in the world. Ills tailor 'li huppy man. "A i'.iJU pair of shoes can be made in a I iicj(ii (Mass.) factory in thirteen inln- ; i ' ; tli ut Is, as fast as a 13-year-old 'Mr can wear them out. Hie Macedonian cry seems to lndi- ;"? that the SuiuUi'i lefmuis need re s' ling. Some sweet day the old fel- j will be put out of business. issibly there has been some mis irstandlng. When a public officer ,;vs an oath to execute the law it ' ii not mean that he is to kill it. m New York amusement man has 'i,ht a monkey to "loop the loop" ;'iu automobile. Verily, it takes ,,'''s best to keep ahead of the monk. ' iiiauucey M. Dopew says a man j ',.'!; n't reach his prime until he is i l 'fl 50 years of age. It is under i . jd, however, that Chauncey In this f Anient limits himself to men. ; ijiiuor says that the bonnet with rib i j!i tied in a double bow under the ! ;:j Is coming In again. When a wom- (jvcars something like that she can 1 ii wind Man around her linger like j ; ;'ece of paper. !j Harvard professor of pathological .jjomy nnnounces that he has dlscov j; the germ that causes smallpox. 3 that a rellectlon on the other fel i.; In the past who have been doe jig Biuall pox patients? Philadelphia man has paid $2,100 the original manuscript of Poe's 1, "The Hells." If Poe could have hat much money for all the poems rote he would doubtless have con od himself the luckiest bard ex- ,; . ! ii ,: ii e discovery by archaeologists of 'tons in Kentucky supposed to be a of prehistoric mound builders als to the dullest imagination. In- tions on the stones In colonial eyards do not seem old beside the Ichor of men who were burled stone knives and stone cups. oking back over the long record of e protest against labor-saving lods, we tlnd that what nt llrst ed like a calamity to some evont r proved to be a blessing In dis- ?. Facilitating production has e production easier, wages higher In the long run has helped to make opportunities for labor. .'1 one should go to llagdad over the railway which England. Franco Germany ore to control he would And lloroun al ltasohld in his an : capital. Nor would any of the r romantic figures of the "Thou . and One Nights" b there. Hut e should travel by camel train and p outside the city at night before railway Is finished, he might tin-, e that all the tales of the fnsolnot serles were being retold in his Ing. The calif himself might call Is tent door. The first whistle of locomotive will drive away much hat one Is accustomed to regard as spirit of the Fast. f ,1 t long ago the Indian Huroau Is- an order that all the reservation ins should have their hair cut. The ee provoked so much opinisltion It was finally rescinded. Now an r change Is planned which can ly be expected to meet with any vigorous antagonism n change I distinctly Indian to more eom- Anglo-Saxon names. The reason tned Is that Indlau names are ly Individual, and go out of ox ice with the deaths of the- men bear them. This makes It dltll to trace titles and family relation J. and confuses government roe . "Mon-Who-Toos-ln" nnd "Thun-it-Nlghf may therefore have to mo plain Peter Smith and Cyrus gin. Naturally they do not like It; can one blame them much, if man has to work to "make a name Newspapers, Joking about the growth of American cities, have inverted geog raphy, and said that the State of Illi nois Is situated in Chicago. The jest of one age becomes the truth of the next. A professor at Columbia University has predicted that there will one day be a continuous city from northern Massachusetts to Virginia. The cause of this possible result is the trolley car, which not only connects towns, but makes It convenient to live in the outlying districts between towns. City life in America Is an economic neces sity, not an expression of our natures We are segregative. We like land about our bouses. As soon as it is pos sible to have our homes far from the centers, and still do business in the city, the centrifugal tendency of Amer leans will send us away from the cities to live. When trolley lines cut through every comer of well-peopled States, so ciety is likely to spread along the tracks, to thin out evenly Instead of hiving In swarms of a million. In an other century the prophecy may come true that the inhabitants of the thick:-' ly populated eastern coast will be con tinuously and almost equally distrib uted. There may be an unbroken city from Maine to Vlfginla. Then shall a man's address be, "John Robinson, Boston District, Massachusetts, City of East America?" But that Is running the idea to extremes. Frofessor Metchnlkoff has shown us very clearly that the reason man fears death is because he is called away be fore he is "full of days.' And he cites the well-known cases of Abraham, Isaac and Job, who lived 175, 180 and 140 years respectively, and died full of days, ready and even anxious to go. From which we are led to infer that our methods of life are wholly wrong and that If We shall only so live as to prolong our existence to the old-fashioned limit, we shall welcome death with as much eagerness aswenowseek to avoid it. The only trouble with the professor's theories is that he Is too particular in his examples. What was the matter with Adam, who lived 080 years; Seth, with his 002 years; Jared, with his 0(12 years, and Methuselah, with his 000 years? If such children as Job and Abraham and Isaac were "full of days," what were Adam and the others full of? If, as the inspired book tells us, Job slipped off when he was 140, "full of days," how was Me thuselah beginning to feel as he round ed his third century? If Abraham proves that we may live to be 175, why cannot Adam prove that we may Just as well hop along until we are S30? ho far as we can see Adam's word Is just as good as Abraham's whatever Dr. Lyman Abbott may think to the contrary. Professor Metchnlkoff. a very learned man, has no right to jug gle the scriptures to suit his argument. We insist on fair play for Seth and Adam and Jnred, and a "full-of-days" IntiTpretation that means something. Under what similitude will vou liken human life? A pleasure garden? Or a prison house? Some say this life Is a penitentiary where we are punished. "Life Is thickly strewn with thorns," said one pessimist," nnd I know no way save to pass quickly through them." These persona are Stoics. Oth ers view life as a garden of gaiety. They are Epicureans. "Eat, drink and lie merry" Is the gonfalon of these. A short life and a merry, say these Sybarites. The Stole was wrong. Life Is not thickly strewn with thorns. It Is trtrowu with rosi. The thorns are incidental. The Epicurean Is also wrong. He that seeks Pleasure for pleasure's sake will find only satiety. What, then. Is It? Human life Is a school. It begins In the mother's arms, and ends only on the Great Gradua tion Day. It has Its recesses, inter mission and vocations, but the school goes on! Its teachers are named Ex perience. Sometimes the Icshoiis are hard and the tears fall on the page of the text book! Sometime they ore pleasant as well ns profitable. But these lessons must be loomed. Each must learn them for himself. A man can bequeath money or advice to his lMy, but he cannot bequeath his ex perience. The boy must go to school as did the father before him, and as nil the fathers before him did. The stu dent In life's school never gets too old to learn. When he quits learning he begins to die. How puerile to nay one's education Is "Mulshed" at college! The schiHil of life has Its shirkers. If one becomes a tfunnt he must oxjM'ct a sharp reprimand. If he deliberately disobeys the rub of the school, he may expect punishment. Else the school would In? anarchy. Contrary wise, the scholar who applies himself will be rewarded. Then hurrah for our school! When recess comes let us laugh nnd play, and, as Itoimovolt says, "play hard." When It Is time for study let ns get down to our lessons. And on the Groat Comniniceinent Day. when the Groat Teacher shall hand 'to each of us our diploma, may there be writ ten on them oil, "Well done." Haven't you a right to a few of your own notions? Must you do everything your neighbors sugges'l fe&&$cience illiivention The late surveys of the English coast show a loss of land of forty thousand acres since 18C7, although In some places, as at New Bomney, the solid ground has been pushed out two miles or more In the sea. The city of Toronto counts on get ting 125,000 horse-power from Niagara Falls, although its distance from the great cataract is ninety miles. The electric current Is to be carried the en tire distance from the generating plant, which will be constructed on the Canadian side, by cables supported on a double-pole line. Evidences of the favorable action of X-rays upon lupus aud cancer contin ues to increase. The action is not yet understood, one theory being that It kills the bacteria, while a more prob able suggestion Is that the Inflamma tion set up brings an accumulation of phagocytes and leucocytes, and .these "scavenger" cells attack and destroy the morbid tissues. Excessive muscular develonment Is pronounced by an experienced physi cian to be not only unnecessary, but positively dangerous. On ceasing ath letic training, which every persou must do sooner or later, the system ndapts Itself very slowly to new con ditions, and digestive and liver trou bles are very liable to follow. The great lungs, not needed in sedentary work, degenerate, often leading to con sumption. The bacteria mining lamn of Prof. Hans Mollsch. of Prague, consists of a glass jar lined with a compound of saltpetre and gelatine, previously inoc ulated with luminous bacteria. In this culture the bacteria showed enormous Increase. In two days a bluish trreen light tilled the jar. sufficiently brilliant to show faces two' yards away, and to enable a person to read large type, and this light remained for several days, gradually fading away In about a roitnignt. The light is cold and quite safe In mines filled with the most dangerous gases. All readers of Scott's novels must vividly remember the Peak of Derby- snire. Tins elevated region Is to be made a source of water supply for four cities Sheffield, Derby, Notting ham and Leicester. The gathering ground of the water lies from 500 to 2,070 feet above sea level, and covers fifty square miles. Virtually, the en tire sources of the river Derwent will be collected, but one-third of the water must be restored to the liver to nro- tect vested Interests alone Its course. The cost Is estimated at $50,000,000. A tempornry town, with houses of gal vanized Iron lined with match-board. nnd with n school, a church, a hospital anil a concert hall, has been construct ed for . the army of laborers, who will be employed for a dozen years. There are to be five reservoirs with an aggre gate capacity of 10.508.000.000 gallons. The project of climbing the loftiest mountain on the earth. Mount Ever est, In the Himalayas, whose tremen dous head rises, according to' trigo nometrical measurements, 29.002 feet above sen level, has now reached a stage Immediately antecedent to the actual attempt. A party, led by Mr. Eckeusteln, an experienced climber, has sot out for the foot of the great peak. Several celebrated mountain climbers have expressed the opinion that the feat Is feasible, but only by the method of gradual ascent, whereby the adventurers may become Inured to the effects of a rare atmosphere. Months nnd even years may be spent in nsccndlng to higher and higher lev els. a long pause being made after ev ery considerable advance. The highest ascent now on record Is that of Acon cagua, In the Andes, the elevation of which Is 23.080 feet. .1.002 feet, or more than a mile, less than the height of Hverest. Causeaml KtTect. "I beg your pardon." said the young doctor, who had recently settled In the neighborhood; "did I understand you to say yesterday that you never had any sickness at your house uud therefore never engaged a family phy sician?" "No." replied Krotchett. "I said I engaged a family physician ond there fore never had any sickness at our house." Philadelphia Ledger. Miminileratooil. McQuoery "You're not so attentive to Miss Uoxley as 1 thought you would be." Hunter "No. You gee or she told me she didn't go In for social pleas ures since her father had failed." McQueery-'Toor old man! lie Is falling dreadfully. Quite a physical wreck." Hunter-"Gee whiz! Is that what she meant?" Philadelphia Ledger. Why luqlulre of a man when you moot him. "How are you?" He won't toll you, Ifthere Is anything wrong. Don't look fir praise; the more praise you get, the harder the roucf Hon will be. IMS - THE CRY FOR JESUS. By the Rev. H. M. lowry. Sir, we would see Jesu3. John, xll., 21. The east came to the cradle of Christ, the west came to his cross. The Magi and the Greeks represent that en lightened religious instinct which, dis- b-ll L. T, .kU 11 1. 1 Y. 14 1 1.11 .1 Y I V ' the soul, is able to rise above previous see Jesus." education and prejudice and seek the OABNKGIB ,s CANNY DniVER the hour of loneliness we seek our companion; In the day of trouble we want the counsel of our friend. There Is no one In all history who satisfies, us so fully as Jesus of Nazareth, who, as "Man of Sorrows" and "Friend of Sinners," touches human hearts ti cure, to comfort, to cleanse.. . Systematic theology Is' as necessary as the bones of n man, but those bonea must be covered with warm flesh If we are to have a friend. Delight la the study of Christian anatomy must not rob us of our living friend, the matchless Son of Man. The weary, the sad, the forsaken are crying to day, as never before, "Sir. we would. gratification of its deenest needs and its highest aspirations wherever that gratification may be found. These who thus came to Christ stood git-iii Bieui umgua.e nils, for that large number of Greeks, so only helpe(1 thoge who hftd QQ need Qf hCT1uCUl.j .wiuucu l, F,lra,.u5 ul8 nelp Ue nas been qu,te flg shrewd iub vauiijr iu iHjpuiiu religion, iuiuku to something more satisfying, and found In the synagogue servlnp of the Jews something which annealed to the cravings of that Instinct for God which all men possess. Attaching themselves more or less to Judaism without sub mitting to the religious rites necessary to give them full standing they came to Jerusalem to worship the God in whom they had come to believe. Here they put themselves In communication with one of the disciples of Jesus and request an interview with -the man who has created so great a stir In the popular mind. Their action may well be regarded by us as suggesting the cry of an enlightened religious instinct for the personal Christ. Mere curiosity may prompt such a cry. Now, as then, Jesus Christ Is the problem of the ages. He Is a person ality that must be explalued; a force that must be accounted for. This man, whom millions love and no one hates, thrusts himself before us In such a way that life 13 entirely changed for us after we meet him. "By what au thority doest thou these things?" Is a question we must have answered for the sake of our own peace of mind. "What shall I do with Jesus?" Is the Inquiry of a soul who is confronted bv this perplexing personality, this mas terful man. The age of inquiry In which we live finds its curiosity baf fled by this teacher, whose character defies human analysis, whose truth transcends human philosophies, and whose Influence is more living, more personal, more powerful In each suc ceeding age. Eager to wot what God would have us to do and be, we turn from all else to Jesus, in the hope that at last we caii find an authority upon which we can rest. Appreciation may lead us to him. Be- yond mere curiosity a soul has come to know enough of Jesus to make him feel that life offers nothing better than the study of this character and life. Moral beauties disclose themselves In such a way as to charm us. We are fascinated by his grnclousness. sub dued by his tenderness, moved by his love. ve cease to wonder why it is that those who reject him vie with those who accept him in laying their tribute of admiration at his feet, and can understand how It is that even an infidel can find the life of Jesus his highest theme and greatest satisfac tion. The motives which draw us to Jesus may be even deeier than those. There may be a strong personal desire on our part for Jesus because he has wooed and won us. We hold him not nt !, length; we look not at him in the spirit of) Inquiring criticism; we treat him not as something outside of ourselves, but as dearer to us than all the world; we desire to take him Into our 1Ivp tn reign there king of love and life. In any and every case that which this religious instinct cries for Is a per sonality. When the church, by those rude methods which It once used, tried to convert the world to ChrUHnnif- u brought into its fold a mass of bar barous and unsplrltual votaries, which left Its Impress upon church life for a thousand years. If the church Chris tianized paganism, paganism in turn paganized Christianity. As n r..nn the personality of Christ was largely ioi. ii is me giory of the present time that the church Is swinging back more and more to the personal Christ. As the din of religious strife subsides there Is presented In new bonntr nnd power this one perfect personality. He, wui ue uione, meets the wants and answers the cry of the present day man. It Is an age of I The needs of man are paramount. As the monarch has gone down, man has gone up. Humanity wants a Christ who deals with Individual men. nnd who addresses himself to Individual wonts. In the moment of sorrow wc feel for the hand of the comforter; In By Ret: John MerrltU I am pleased when workingmen re fuse to patronize the Carnegie li braries. The great steel magnate hna.. and canny In posing as a philanthron- 1st as he was in coining the sweat of oilier men's brows Into the colossal fortune he now claims as his very own. No able-bodied man, not even a preacher, can accept a charity without being debauched in doing so. Capital ists may practice cannibalism among-; themselves without greatly Imperiling the republic, but the very moment the masses lose their healthy pride and self-respect everything will be lost. The poor man's choking at the offtv of charity and request for honest em ployment instead is the strongest proof" that he is still a man. , Do not be deluded Into the Idea that the fashionable avenues and boule vards where brown stone fronts and .marble palaces predominate are the only or the most hopeful fields for evangelism. Down on the Insignificant streets where the middle classes live, down In the so-called slums where haggard faces peer out of the wlnSow. and nakedness runs and hides, there they wait with longing hearts for the sweet gospel of him who, like them selves, had not where to lay his head.. The toiling, struggling, often sorrow ing masses are not agnostic or atheis tic or anarchistic. The millions must not be condemned for the shortcomings, of the few In the ranks of labor. The almost numberless masses have too much hend and heart and Immortality and Inherent nobility of soul for suck arrant nonsense and folly as that. The bigot who said in his heart, "There is no God," was a rich fool, and he said It In his heart because, in the absence of brains, that was his. only resort. My young friends, carry the gospel to the poor. Do not neglect or be un charitable to or burning nbaine for get the poor. The poor ye have with you always. Win them to Christ. They stand on the doorstep, in the yard, at the gate, looking up and down the long nnd dreary streets and alleyways, looking for you and wondering why you do not come with the message of salvation. Alas, some of them are coming to think it is because you are too selfish and haughty and heartless, and because you so much prefer the rich. FOR A QUIET SABBATH. By Rev. Charles W. Tnsey, No nation Is more loyal to the Sab bath than our own. Our foundations, were laid In deep reverence for the holy day. The Pilgrims, in 1020, half starved, shivered in the cold, rather than begin their work on the Sabbath. From that day to this there has been "American Sabbath." The necessity for the day Is written deei in man's, physical constitution. Like a clock, we run down. The sleep of the night. Is not enough. The seventh day Is re quired to "knit up the raveled sleeve of care." The manual toller needs It. The holy day Is the north Btnr of his. deliverance from Sunday slavery. The home needs It. The highest type of home life demands Sabbath observ ance. It Is no accident that the world, map of safe popular freedom Is made up on the Sabbath keeping nations The Sabbath Is the Gibraltar of law and order. It Is simply patriotism to keep it. It Is being attacked by Insidious foes. Sunday mnlls are wholly unnecessary They compel the labor of thousands of men who ore entitled to their Sabbath. The Sunday newspaper attacks It. It displaces what Is vastly more of value than that which it gives. It projects' the secular spirit Into the Sabbath. So with Sunday amusements of all sorts. It Is not lwst observed as a day of amusement. Sunday excursions and Sunday baseball will demoralize any town. It ought to be permanently en Jolueel as a violation of an express, statute. Hope Is bo sweet, with Its golden' wings that, at his last Rlgh, man still Implores It De la Tena.