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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1897)
JUDGE HAS A BIG TERRITORY. HERE'S A CHAINLESS BICYCLE C'. S. Johnson of Alaska, Whoee Juris diction lnOne-SUtli of United Stutes. 'Charles Sumner Johnson, recently up pointed by President McKinle.v Judge of tlie T'nited Stales ( ourt for the dis Irict of Aliiska, exercises jurisiliction over a domain vastly greater than that of any Federal judge In the I'nion. It 4-iiihrnccH mi area of nearly (iiMI.OlK: square miles, with a const line longer than tliat of nil the Atlantic. I'ucilU Jind tiulf States combined, and his jur isdiction Is nearly one-sixth of tin whole territory of the I uited States It extends from south to north from latitude "i4 degrees 4(1 minutes (sixteen mid two-thirds degrees) to latitude 71 degrees 2(1 minutes, and from east tc west from degrees west longitude 57 degrees 20 minutes) in .J 72 tyftrvv 40 minutes east longitude. The position of judgefor this country of Immensities (s no sinecure. The greatest hindrance! lo the prompt administration of justlc lire the lack of transportation facilities the great distances, want of means lot communication, and the dirliculty of se curing competent and reliable juries. Judge Johnson was horn in a cabin In Jones County, lown, In 18r4; edu cated in the high schools of Cluiinda, ItH Inventor Claims Development o Speed of u .Mile a Minute. American wheel manufacturers nc longer seek novelties in chninles- wheels in Kuropean countriei:. Hoi.it; talent is giving the subject Its best: thought and a Detroit man believe that he has found a satisfactory so j lution of the problem. The new wheel j promises to be very speedy and its In-; ventor claims that by its aid tlio mile in I one minute will he an accomplished! fuct. The inventor Is a skilled mac'diiUt. While working at his trade, making a set of patterns for a shaping machine, the idea for ids chainless bicycle oc curred to him; namely, -the application ASPIRES TO HAWAII'S THRONE. Princess Kainlnni, .Niece of Liliuo kalani, the Deposed Queen. Princess Kaiulnnl, the accomplished young woman who aspires to the throne of Hawaii,, is n typical Hawai ian beauty. She is tall, finely propor tioned, with grace ami elegance in even- movement. Her education is of the TllE XEW CHAI.VT.ESg WIlElCt.. r T rilARLKS 8. JOll.NSOX. Agricultural College, and State Uni versity of lown, graduating from the law department of the latter Institution In 1877. He removed lo Nebraska and engaged In the practice of law, was elected to various ollices. among them member of the Legislature of mat State in JNK2, prosecuting attorney for his district In ISNfi. and re-elected In 1SS7. He resigned In 1SS1 to accept an appointment as I'uited States attorney for the district of Alaska and served in that capacity four and one-half years, being the only attorney who ever served n full term in Alaska. After tin expiration of Ids term he settled in .In iieau, Aliiska, and continued the prat lice of law. lie was elected a delegate to the Republican convention at St. Louis In Is; HI, and was chosen national committeeman for Alaska. LINES ON THE FACE. They Tell (lie Life Story of the Indi vidual with Kemiirkitble Accurucy. Kverybody who possesses character of jiny sort Is laying a system of railway lines on his face which, as old age ap proaches, will tell his life story and the kind of man lie is more clearly than he could tell It himself. Look nt the "cash lines" In sketch No. . A constant hypocritical raising of the forehead has made those forehead lines, V-shaped under the eyes, on the baggy chin, mouth and cheek seud-cir-vles, and those little upward curves in I he eye-corners. Face No. 2 has not made the best of things. Everything Is wrong, say the drooping lines at either side of the mouth. And the chin itself is a study In woebegone Irritability. No. 3 Is a inn ii who persistently makes the best of things. Life with him Is u perpetual circus, and the lines in his fnce have gradually formed themselves iT"v' . r Sx of the principle of the motion of the simper. To all mechanics who uikp r- stand the motion the idea will Ik per fectly clear. The general plan of the driving niechnnism is that of an iut r ual gear combined with compound cranks. The internal gear has a pro jecting arm which contains u slot in combination with the pedal cranks. The tremendous gain in crank power Is more than sufficient to compensate for the slight Increase of friction In the toothed gear over that in chain gearing. Tlie greatest advantage Is that while transmitting the power to the pedal crank there is a gain of three inches actual leverage over the present mod els. With very little trouble tlie pinions can be changed (known as changing the gear) so as to convert the wheel from a racer to a road wheel. Another special feature Is that the wheel base. or distance betweu the points of con-1 tact, with the ground, Is 8 to 10 inches , shorter than in the chain geared bi cycle, which Is an advantage in making j short turns. i The rider sits directly over tlie rear wheel, the saddle being changed at will, as In all bicycles although the position will be "identical witli that assumed on the ordinary "safety," and one would not feel the difference between riding on this and a chain-driven wheel. The weight will not exceed 24 pounds. All llii.i.i..- hAlLJ.AN'I. bearings are either roller or ball bearings so as to niiniijilsse friction. Tlie gearing and bearings are enclosed in dust-proof shields. Tlie wheel can be placed on the market in tlrst-chiss style nd workmanship for ,$12". J ' ( 4 1 ? A Into a network of Jollity and good tin nior. No. 4 is the Hill Sjkes type of face. Bill's hand Is against everybody when It Isn't In anybody's pocket.. If von are vetting nny of these lines look out or you will find yourself enjoying the hos pitality of the Government. Itoe'a WIiik Work llnptdly. A captive bee striving to escape has been made to record as many as 15,510 wing strokes per minute lu a 'recent '-est. RESULT OF A FAD. Oolf Is Everywhere Now the Game of the Moment. As golf is just now tlie game of the moment, having shouldered tennis to a back seat, the artists have turned their attention toward picturing and carica turing the types to be met with on tlie green golf Held: ?A?7 t Ml ATTITUDK IX OOLP. There is no denying that a ninn's character Is cruelly displayed by his net tons on t he golf liuks and the nu merous remarkable attitudes people strike are a cause for amusement to lookers-on. Here are some of the posi tions witnessed at a recent golf game. Why They Don't Mourn. "Why don't the HifTtons apiear In mourning? Wnsu't Charley Hlfftou, who was drowned last week a member of their fnil'.y ?" "Yes; but he rocked the boat." Glevelaud Lender. TUB 1)111 V1.N1 MKCIIANtSM. very highest order. She Is very music al, slugs, composes and uses almost any instrument of harmony, even to the violin. A peculiarity of Hawaiian law Is that descent Is through tlie maternal side, instead of by the father. If a member of any of tlie families of the high chief marries a woman of the people the children, while perfectly legitimate, do not Inherit the lands or honors of the father, while If n inun not of noble blood marries n woman connected with the noblest families her children by him are nobly born. Succession to tlie throne Is first by descent. The reigning sovereign possessing no helr has the right to adopt and name an heir to the throne. In the absence of : descent or nomination, election by the Legislative Assembly, with the proviso that the choice must lie from the fam ilies of the highest chiefs, provides for tlie succession. Princess Knlulanl is the niece of Queen Lllluokalnna, and was named helr-npparent on March 8. 1891, the fact being officially communicated to this Government and acknowledged by the United States. But the young Trln cess was not at this date in Honolulu, for on May 10, 188!), or in her 14th year, under tlie charge of Mrs. T. R. Wnlker, wife of the British Consul, she had left that port for England. There she has been ever since with the fam ily of Mr. Da vies, and with him Trln cess Kallulanl visited this country to protest against the Harrison treaty of uuuexutiou. ATCHINSON GlOBE SIGHTS. . -i A man who sells candy should nevci chew plug tobacco whih-at his work. The ostrich that sticks its head in the sand, and thinks no one sees it, isn't to he mentioned in the same day with the lover. When a piece of fertile ground be comes too worn out to raise ii crop .! weeds, you can believe the theory that men never get too old to fall lu love. If women must gossip at church sew ing societies, what is the mutter with taking up some of the people In the Bible? The characters are not such that they can't be gossiped about. When a girl leaves home as a bridi she travels in a sUite-room, and the gods have been good to her beyond complaint if she makes her iirst trip home in a chair car, and feeds her ba bies from a lunch basket. Some day a writer will appear who will be bold enough to denounce tlie custom girls have of cutting their party dresses very low In the neck. It will probably be an old woman whose charms have shriveled up. Every girl imagines that she can be come an experienced cook after she gets married, without previous prac tice. StllJ, it Is demanded that the man have practice In his trade or profession before trying to earn a living. In a late magazine there is a long story by a woman over her unfavor able "environments." The story nlay be reduced to a few words: tlie writer says In effect: "I vis.h I could put my environments in a bucket, and kick It over." A boy of 12, hungry and- hearty, re cently came to Atchison to visit two old maid aunts who lived all alone. He arrived on a Saturday night, and as was their regular custom they had stocked the house with provisions enough that morning to last a week. They cut two extra slices of thin bread, and an extra piece of cold meat in hon or of the boy's arrival, and sat down to tea. This hungry, hearty boy of 12 ate everything tlie maiden aunts had on the table, arid by Sunday noon had cleared out everything In the house, and the maiden aunts had to borrow from the neighbors for food for Sun day supper. His appetite so alarmed these two frugal old girLs thai they have called In a doctor to do something for it. STATUE OF TUBAL CAIN. City of Pittsbnrs to Erect a Great Monument to the First Smith. The city of Pittsburg is contemplat ing the erection of a great statue, a work with a meaning, a rival to the mammoth Liberty of New York har bor. It Is the purpose to erect the sta tue in the Allegheny River. The illus- TUBAL CAIN, THE FlIIST SMITH. tratlon here given Is made from one of the suggested designs. It la tlm fi of Tubal Cain, the first smith, and Is intended to typify the iron Industry, which lias made Plttshnrir what- If la Many other designs have been submit ted auu uie ravoreu artist will be con sidered a lucky man. Helpless Lord Chancellor. The responsible office of chairman or president of a legislative body is one that generally curries with it both powers and privileges, says the Lon don Sunday Magazine. There are, however, exceptions to tlie rule. In the British House of Lords it is not tlie lord chancellor but the whole house that Is addressed us "My lords." The speaker is the sole Judge of nil questions of order in the House of Commons. In the House of Lords such matters, when there is a conflict of opinion, are decided by the whole house and not by the lord chancellor. If several members of the House of Commons rise simultnneousiv to take part In a debate the speaker decides who shall speak first, but if two or more peers rise together in the House of Lords the lord clinncellor cannot de cide who shall first be heard. It Is the voice of the house that determines. , Happily etiquette is so strong in tae gilded chamber that it rarely happens when tlie house by cries expresses its desire to hear one of the contending peers that the others do not give way. But some years ago there was a nota ble scene over the question whether a peer who had risen from the front tory bench should be heard In prefer ence to a peer who had risen from the front liberal bench. Neither lord would give way, and to bring the curious situation to an end Earl Granville moved that the liberal peer be heard. Tlie house divided on the question and decided by n big ma jority that the tory peer shomd be heard first. It Is difficult for the average man to understand why the lord chancellor should not be able to exercise author ity which is vested in the ehtiirmnn of every public meeting, but there is a subtle constitutional point involved In this apparently ridiculous procedure. All peers are equal as legislators In the House of Lords. No one of them enn be vested with nuthorlty over the others. Therefore, when a point of or der Is Involved It is the whole house and not the lord chancellor that must decide the Issue. SEEKS TO EE QUeEh Miss White of lianTerr. the Swedish Thru,,,, An American woman i . no p !, ..i.i.... , tt,M1mantt, Tenitorv. and uim . '.. one of the oldest t! She is Miss Louise White ,,f , T tlm l-lirl.lfnl ., ' i--u ol aweden At,,, B..t Miss White Is right on thc ZI From the window of ,,le CT1 wun: sue occupies In Ktn.-L-i.nK " Bif mm mm mm MISS I.Ol'ISK WII1TK. Alaska Itoss. Some sort of plant has been exhibited In Portland, Ore., under the name of an Alaskan rose, which Is described as looking Hke a big sunflower, except that in place of the petals of a sun flower the Alaska "rose" has a moss of yellow blossoms, which He very close one to the other. Dry 1 ne Lace ( urinin. . Lace curtains may be pinned to the rarpet upon clean white sheets If one is without drying frames. Tin tlie sheets down perfectly smooth; then pin the curtains on them, using a rii(UpI,..,. number of pins to make the edges of uie curtains lie perfectly straight. lvuuies noine journal. Old Fashioned Women. Amateur theatricals, short-sleeved dresses and swimming baths are for bidden to the women of Uulmen, In Westphalia, by authority of their par ish priest, because they are daogeroui morals. Cause for Coinrritnin. lie had come home very unsteady, and she was good and mad. "Yes. you are tnv lmuKnn.i r Stubba; but, thank goodness, yo'u are no uiooa reiauon to me." Brookly Lirt. Never do anvthin? von n mhin, 0 v- " li 111 V V. or; you can t tell at what moment the kodak flend may be taking a snap-shot l at you. can look across the square to the pat white royal palace from which sbc hopes some day to oust Oscar II. gb, has gone to Sweden's capital annul with bundles of documentary evident, and backed by a foi-midnble array o( legal talent, nnd she is prepared to ta,t there until she can persuade the Sui dish people to help her swap her ton. net for a crown, her hotel room for i pnlace. , And, mind you, Miss White's ambi tion does not spring from an unsound mind. She Is a bright, lutelllgeat American woman, and' actually lm good grounds for her claim. Slieil leges -and is prepared to prove, sit says, that she Is a lineal descendant ol Sweden's most popular king, Giutare Adolphus, whose direct descendant, Gustavus IV., was deposed In 1809 h cause he embroiled the nation Id too many foreign wars. Miss White thlnli that she could give a better sample ol ruling than her unfortunate ancestor. Every Swede knows that King Oscar Is descended from the Kurniulotte fam ily, which three or four generation! back was not even a noble one, hul II O.jcar is handicapped In the line of in cestry he has tlie advantage of Mta White in other respects. In the !rst place, he has possession, 8nd would probably hold on to his throne as Ion? as possible. Then, he Is a very popn lar monarch, nnd Miss White, wliile her claim has been discussed to some ei tent In tlie Swedish papers, Is pereoml ly unknown. MESSAGE FROM THE KLONDIKE. Pound of Gold Sent by an Alatku Prospector to His Mother, The little bag shown in the plctnn safely held n pound of gold on the lorn- ney from Pnwson City to Pittsourj. It was sent by William G. Stonejto the woman he loved best nnd ofteaest remembered In the far-away gold Mi try his mother. It was first intrusted to Stonev's friend. S. D. Goff, ana of lilm forwarded to Mrs. Stoney. Toe time was a little more than sixty dap The bag Is being preserved by l fond mother, who prizes It more A BAO OF GOLD FOR HIS MOTHE Ihe assurance It brought her t iatt son was thinking of her nla hardships and trials of that country than for the goldUwn"'1'181 A Drummer's MUtuM ' The Kennebec Journal tells oi gor "drummer" who tried jo lady from leaping from a mpm ing train. Aner m " i hpr bf arms around her and inggf a v Into the car she recovered irom surprise enough to call ' names in the feminine vocabulary explain that she went ovtoaw ' . ' w hnndkerclilef , friends. The passengers It all, but the "drummer dldm to enjoy the situation. To Ward Off Llo. In a recent lecture the 0$ eler Prof. Peehuel-Loeschkc !d that the danger from "5jV animals in the African elsewhere was greatly exaw t and that the best weapon agai tack was an umbrella, wuicu ward off any lion or tiger.
