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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1909)
I fStttt44444444499 I aVRUS HALL MC0R5HCK, son of Rolwrt McCtormlck and Mary I T I Anna Hall, was born at Walnut Grove, Rock Ridge County, I I Vn- one hundred years ago. His father, farmer nnd Inventor. " iriuiunumiij Biuin. jus gimi-srsuoiaioer was on id dian fighter In Pennsylvania. On his father's farm of 1,800 ncres young McCormlck was equipped for the struggle which no uimny 10 iiiuku mm me roremost manufacturer or the world. He learned the rudiments in a little field school house. With his fa ther and brother he worked with his hands lu the farm carpenter shop and smithy. lie hammered Iron and shaped wood. He held the plow in the fur row. He cared for horses and cattle. Robert McCormlck, the lather, had fashioned a hemp brake, a clover huller, a bellows, a threshing-machine and had essayed a reaping machine, which, however, proved Impracticable. Ills ambition to perfect a reaper and his disappointment In not achieving was an Incentive to the boy who early displayed an Inventive ability which, in his case, may be attributed to both heredity and environment. At the age of 15 young McCormlck invented a grain cradle. At 21 he patented a hillside plow. Two years later he built a self-sharpening plow and during the same twelvemonth was working on the details of ills masterpiece. The need of a machine to replace the sickle and tht scythe had keen recognized by other than the McCormicks. The Royal Agricultural Society of Great Britain had offered a prize for the invention of such a device. In tills country Obed Ilussey, a seaman of Nantucket, was in 18113 granted the fiiot patent fr a pradkul reaper. Two years befui'u, lu 1831, Cyrus IIa!l McCormlck had with his own hands fashioned every part of a reaping ma chine, which he exhibited to neighbors In Virginia. His patent was not taken out until 1834. . N At the age of 8G McCormlck started on horseback for the West, lu whose development ho was to play so great a part. From the hills of Vir ginia he rode to the prairies of Illinois. His prophetic vision saw the sun burned grass blossom Into fields of golden grain. His imagination was fired by the thought of the time to come when the trails would be main traveled roads, when the isolated clearings of the pioneers would become great cities, when the hum of water wheels would be hoard along the banks of the streams. He anticipated the time when the wheat fields of the State of his choice should lie known throughout the world. He forecast the day when the pitiful cry for bread by the starving hordes of the Old World would be heard In the land of plenty and the answer returned In ship loads of wheat and flour. He had faith to believe that great industrial communities would be born and men and women and children coine to people the wonderful laud. In all this was the bright particular star of his hope and faith and being the reaper he had Invented, In which he believed and which he de termined to force into universal use. Anl his dream came true. , Mr. McCormlck located in Chicago a full-grown man, says the Record Herald, and within ten years the McCormlck reaper was known In every part of the country. At the world's fair In London in 18ol the "Grand Coun cil Medal" was awarded to McCormlck, and, although the London Times had at first ridiculed his Invention as a "cross between an Astley chariot, a wheelbarrow and a flying machine," It later conceded that "the McCormlck reaper is worth the whole cost of the exposition." Ten years that brought prosperity and fame were not without strife A consistent individualist, Mr. McCormlck would never brook competition. As other men came forward with similar Inventions, the agricultural machinery world became n scene of battle. For years scores of lawyers were engaged in court by the warring harvester kings. Bitter rivalry developed. The eco nomic advantages of combination, the wastefulness of competition, however brought together warring Interests of the past and welded them into a great harvester eompnny, with an output of 700,000 harvesting machines a year a revenue of $73,000,000, a capital of $120,000,000, an army of 70,000 em ployes, a square mile of factories, trackage of 12,000 cars at its 100 ware houses and six busy railroads of its own. BEAUTY OF NEW SOCIAL CABINET yuis. alu cut The beauty of the Mrs. Tuft's social cabinet will be .Mrs. Albert Akin, daughter of Attorney (leiieral Wicker sham. Mrs. Akin, whose home Is in New York City. Is noted as one of the most beautiful women of theyoung er set. Her mother, the wife of the new Attorney General, Is expected to bo one of the new Boclal leaders of tho capital nnd Mrs. Akin will assist the Wlckersham household In the recep tions and entertainments. Mrs. Taft, It is said, also will enlist the services of Mrs. Akin in social activities. We often hear this statement made: "There ought to be something done!" Well, we should say so! Don't stay up all night because you can't lsarn it all In on da. . ' ..-v'Vy.-.y ii tTs cr tks RAEUES PLANT GUARDIANS. AnU Which Savagely Defend a Tree In South America. Ant defenders of plants and trees are some of nature's pretty marvels. The cecropla adenopus is a remarkable tree of south Brazil widely distribute.! j througli the tropics. Its Blender trunk is crowned with long leaves at the ends of the branches. A few active ants run continually along the branches and the leaves, but if the tree is shaken slightly an army of ants rush out by small apertures ready for a savage assault on the in truder. The ant is the terrible guar dian that the tree has retained to pro tect It from Its most formidable enemy, the leaf cutter ant. The defenders rarely leave their re treat, where they live on small whitish egg shaped bodies about one-twelfth of an Inch long, known as Mueller's cor puscles. These are formed of delicate tissue, rich In protelds and oil, as ra tions for the garrison of defender ants to feed upon. The curious arrange ment by which entrance Is made to the hollow stem has been studied by W. Schlmper. Just nbove the point of insertion of each leaf extends nearly to the su perior node a superficial groove, at whose end Is n rounded depression. There, the tissue Is thin, like a dia phragm in a tube, and It also Is soft Tho hole by which tho ant enters Is nlways pierced at this spot. The ants seem to have made -their entrance througli the groove originally because it was at the top. In tho course of this plant's further development nat ural selection augmented these natural advantages so that finally tho thin, frail diaphragm as It exists to-day was developed. What She Wanted o See. English Clergyman And when you arrive in London, my dear lady, don't fall to see St. Taul's and Westminster Abbey. Fair American Tou bet, I'll rattle those off suce; but what I've been hankering to see, ever since I was knee high to a grasshopper, Is the Church of England. D01TTS BY THE BABY. Theae Itnlea Should Be Slrlelly Pol lowed by All Concerned. All newly born babies who desire to have a copy of the following on a card to hang around their necks can obtain one free by applying to this ofllce : uon t handle me more than Is neces sary. Don't put Into my mouth, to ston me from crying, an old piece of rubber to suck. It is about the worst habit I can get Into. Don't let any relatives see me. Don't take me ud. strain me to vour breast, walk the floor with mp. riqnrp before me like a wild Indian shaking a horrible rattle, or talk gibberish to me wnen I have a crvine snell. There may be something serious the matter with me, but this isn't going to help. When I push away my bottle, don't force me to feed. I know when It Is necessary for hie to eat anything. Don t take me to the circus, prayer meeting, or. to spend the day at the seashore. I'm not so old or so fool proof as you are. Don't kiss me. Take some one of your own size. Don't show your anxiety about me when in my presence. I haven't any too much confidence In myself. Don t be too proud of my unnatural brightness. It may be a form of de' generacy. Don't tell anybody that I am only a little animal. - Let them guess It for themselves. Don't take my temperature or send for the doctor on the slightest provo cation. Don't let the. light strike into my eyes. Don't rock me to sleen. npmnmw that the hand that rocks the cradle Is ruled by the baby. Llnnlnc 'Ott's Mnirn. zlne. "Is she making him a good wife? "Well, not exactly; but she's making him a good husband." Johnny The camel can go eight days without water Freddy So could I, if ma would let me. Dyer Did his widow succeed In breaking his will? Duell Yes; long before he died. Plck-Me-Up. "She said she'd marry me If I felt the same way a year from then." "Did you?" "Yes; but toward another girl." Belle I wish the Lord had made me a man. Nellie Perhaps he has, only you haven't found him yet. Cleveland Leader. Hotel Clerk Do you want a room with a bath? Uncle Hiram Wa-al no; I don't calculate I'll be here Saturday night. Princeton Tiger. "Did the wedding go off smoothly?" "About1 as smoothly as such affairs always go oft. The only hitch that occurred was when the pair stood up to be united." "HOW dO Vmi AVAI- Oraf T an wall with your wife? Don't you ever have any differences of opinion?" "Of course we do. But I don't let her know it." Cleveland Leader. Captain Do you see that captain on the bridge five miles away?. Tar Ay, ay, sir. Captain Let him have one of those 12 inch shells in the eye. Tar Which eye, Bir? Ally Sloper. Little Mary sat seriously thinking, out some hard problem, when she re marked, "Grandma, I don't know yet which I'll be, a nurse, or a storekeeper, or get married, and be nothing." Johnny They're makln shingles out o' cement now'days. Dickey I don't mind that so much, but if maw ever gets a pair o' cement slippers I'm going' to run away! Chicago Tribune. "I'm getting out a line of common sense footwear for women." "Do wom en want common-sense footwear?" "They'll want mine I've added an ex tra inch to the heels." Washington Herald. "I see the wireless 'phone is a fail ure," he said. "I ra glad of it," replied his wife. "Just think of the remarks you make when Central Irritates you, and those floating around in space for any. amateur to pick up." Mr. Simple I see that this here piano-playln' Paderewski has got the rheumatism in his hand so he can't play. Mrs. Simple Then why ddn't he use one of these mechanical pianos? Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Is June the favorite month for mar riages out here, too," asked the New York lady. "I don't think so," replied the Chicago woman; "I've been mar ried six times in other months, and only twice in June." Yonkers States man. "Now," said the magistrate, "you must testify only to what you know, no hearsay evidence. Understand?" "Yes, sir," replied the female witness. "Your name Is Mary Bright, I believe. Now, what's you age?" "I won't tell you. I have only hearsay evidence on that point." Catholic Standard and Times. 4 m m m m m 44444444444ftttfvtt Matlhetr Bucklnger. Of all the Imperfect beings brought into the world, few can challenge,' for mental and acquired endowments, any thing like a comparison to vie with this truly extraordinary little man. Matthew Bucklnger was a native of Nuremberg, In Germany, where he was born June 2, 1074, without hands, feet, legs or thighs ; In short, he was little more than the trunk of a man, saving two excrescences growing from the shoulder blades, more resembling fins of a fish than arms of a man. He was the last of nine chl'dren, by one father and mother, viz., eight sons and one daughter; after arriving at the age of maturity, from the singularity of his case and the extraordinary abilities he possessed, he attracted the notice and attention of all persons, of whatever rank in life, to whom he was occasion ally Introduced. It does not appear, by any account extant, that his parents exhibited him at any time for purposes of emolu ment, but that the whole of his time must have been employed In study and practice, to attain the wonderful per fection he arrived at In drawing, and his performance on various musical in struments; he played the flute, bng- MATTHEW BUCKIXCER. pipe, dulcimer and trumpet, not In the manner of general amateurs, but in the style of a finished master. He like wise possessed great mechanical pow ers, and conceived the design of con structing machines to play on all sorts of musical Instruments. If Nature played the niggard in one respect with him she amply repaid the deficiency by endowments that those blessed with perfect limbs could sel dom achieve. lie greatly distinguished himself by beautiful writing, drawing coats of arms, sketches. of portraits, history, landscapes, etc., most of which were executed in Indian Ink, with a pen, emulating In perfection the finest and most finished engraving. lie was well skllVd In most games of chance, nor could the most experienced games ter or Juggler obtain the least advan tage at any tricks or game with cards or dice. He used to perforin beforo company, to whom he was exhibited, various tricks with cups and balls, corn, and living birds; and could play at skittles and ninepins with great dex terity ; shave himself with perfect ease, and do many other things equally sur prising In a person so deficient and mutilated by Nature. His writings and sketches of figures, landscapes, do were by no means uncommon, though curious; it being customary with most persons who went to see him to pur chase something or other of his per formance; and ns he was always em p!oyed in writing or drawing, he car ried on a very successful trade, which, together with the money he obtained by exhibiting himself, enabled him to support himself and family in a very genteel manner. Bucklnger was mar ried four times and had eleven chil dren, viz., one by his first wife, three by his second, six by his third and one by his last. He died In 1722. Blacking lleela. "The ordinary bootblack," said tho woman who has had much experience, "does not. know how to polish a wo man's shoes. He thinks if he puts a brilliant shine on the toes and slaps a thin coat of dull blacking over all the other parts of the shoes he has done a perfect Job, because that Is the way he blackens men's shoes'; but that will not suffice at all for women's shoes. They should be evenly polish ed all over. "The front part of a man's shoes is all that ever shows, but when a woman crosses the street or goes up or down stairs or steps on or off a car or Into an auto or a carriage her whole shoe Is likely to show, and nothing looks wore than soiled heels or dingy strips up the back of a woman's boots. A woman who cares to be well groomed Is extremely particular about the trim ness of her heels and ankles, but It almost Is Impossible to get a bootblack to give that part of her shoes suffi cient attention, although ah paya htm xtra." Marvelous, ji jk Quaint and Curious. SOMETHING FOB EVERYBODY The Korean tailor pastes his seams together. One Amsterdam factory alone cuts 4,000,000 diamonds every year. In China an overtalkatlve wife may be divorced on that charge alone. The boilers of the turblner Maure tanla, placed end to end, would meas ure 547 feet In length. A meteorite that weighs 682 pounds has Just been brought from Cripple Creek, Colo., and placed In the Amer ican Museum of Natural History In New York City. Last year more wheat went to Eu rope from the port of Montreal than from New York and all other Atlantic seaports combined. Yet Montreal Is a comparatively long distance from the ocean proper and 250 miles from the nearest salt water. The little King of Uganda Is an In telligent boy, 11 years old, now be ing educated by an English tutor. The fact that he is a keen football player Is Itself a good sign that he has been trained on right lines. My visit to Uganda, by Bishop J. E. Hlne. There are three cathedrals at Men go, Uganda, all on neighboring hills. The Mengo cathedral of St. Paul, Church of England, has a congrega tion of 3,000. The other cathedrals are Roman Catholic, one English, the other German, both large Buildings. In Constantinople a few better class women are "feeling their way" in re gard to dress, but like all pioneers they suffer for their cause. If the customary heavy black veil is thinner, if the hair has an appearance of be ing puffed out beneath its covering, if the rich silk mantle Is cut to show the slender form or more manure curves of its wearer, she is Immedi ately an object of much attention and remark from Turk and Christian. No city has a happier name than Ispahan the "rendazvous." When visited by the traveler Chardin, In the early part of the eighteenth century. It contained 173 mosques, forty-eight colleges, 1,800 caravansaries and 273 public baths. But the Afghans,' the local vandals, who did not care for bathing, destroyed the aqueducts and slaughtered the bathers. In the mat ter of great public squares Ispahan can easily outrival any European city. The Meydan, or great square. Is a third of a mile In length and about half that breadth. It was once encir cled by a canal bordered by fine trees, but these have long since vanished along with the canal. The proceedings in a libel action now being heard in the Berlin courts are causing a Bensation in medical cir cles. The plaintiff, a well-known Ber lin doctor, alleges that the defendant accused him and others of paying com missions to agents in order to secure patients. The evidence has shown that many prominent doctors, and even professors whose reputation ex tends beyond their own country, em ploy paid agents in society to enlarge their clientele. . Well-known women are said to have made it their busi ness to sell their sick friends to the highest bidder. The Berlin Medical Society will demand an explanation from several members. Kemarkable has been the career of F. C. Selous, the famous hunter and explorer, who accompanies Mr. Roose velt on his African big game expedi tion. He was only 20 years of ago when he went to Matabeleland, in days when railways were unknown there and when the interior of the country was a sealed book to the Eu ropean. For years he was in unknown countries hunting elephants, lions and other animals and at one period he was nearly three years without see ing a newspaper, a telegram or any kind of money and he was perfectly happy. He spent nearly a quarter of a century of his life penetrating the interior of South Africa. Then he went to Alaska on a 15,000-mile tour In search of moose and caribou. When the free trade bill for the Philippines passes Congress and comes up to President Taft for signature, says the Manila Times, he will have a gold pen with a pearl handle made wholly of gold and pearl from the Philippines with which to affix his sig nature to that important document.. Some time ago Manager Schwinges of La Concha button factory conceived the Idea of making a pearl handled gold pen and pearl Inkstand, to be sent to President-elect Taft as a me mento of the Philippines that mlghl be kept on his desk as a constant re minder of the islands across the sea. The stand is made of a large pearl shell.wlth small knobs of solid Bilver for feet, and the-bottle Itself is made from narrow pieces of mother-of-pearl running lengthwise and completely covering the Ink receptacle of glass on the Inside. The pen Itself, is a work of art, with a long Bhaft of pearl, at the tip of which 1b tha A eagle, beautifully carved, with out stretched wings.