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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1900)
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This prize competition is opeu to all, ana eacn story win oe )uagea solely upon its merits without regard to but no story will be considered at all unlets it is sent strictly in accord ance with the- printed conditions, which will be mailed free, postage paid, to any one, together with 6 complete specimen stories, and many of the names and ad Fell dresses, as references, of the men and women in all parts of America who have received over fso.OCO cash, for Black Cat 9 i stories, also information of real value to all who are inter ested in earning money at home. Send address at once, as the contest closes March 81st. The fihorttitorv Pub lishing Co., . High-Hartford Dti-cei, .Dusiun, xtiass MINOR NEWS ITEMS. The number of marriages in Man hattan and Bronx this year will be greater than ever in their history. The Ancient Mechanical Society ol uttinuiuiu uuiuui uiou iia loin anniver sary recently. An attack of melancholia caused Mrs. Samuel Miller, of Portchester, N. Y., to cut her tongue with a pair of scis sors. The oldest existing church in New' Hampshire is the Congregational at; Hampton, which was organized in August, 1638. The state prison building at Sing Sing, N. Y., has been condemned by a committee of the New York State Pris on Association. The best maple syrup comes from the north side of the tree, but the flow is not so large as when the tree is tapped on the south side. At a recent auction sale at Zurich more than 1000 gold and silver Swiss coins of the 15th to the 19th centuries were disposed of. On the big steamer Oceanic there is no seat at the table marked 13, nor a cabin bearing that number. This is a concession to superstition. In Connecticut the percentage of criminal population to the 1,000 inhab . ipitTts hasiallen steadily, from 2.48 in 1896 to 3.83 in the present year. The Noah Webster Association, which has just been organized at Hart ford, Conn., will procure funds for the erection of a library building in mem ory of the lexicographer. Thunder storms are more frequent in Iowa than in any other part of the world. The average is one about every fourth day. Sumatra has 86 in a year, and Rio Janiero 51. The vegetable ivory of Ecuador is the nut of a native palm. The exports amount to 11,500 tons per annum, of which two-thirds go to Germany an one-sixth to the United States. A Chicago workingman has discov ered a process by which plate glass can b'e made from slag, the waste ma terial in iron and steel manufacture, and the Federal steel trust proposes to build a plant to turn out the new product. The whole of the dry land on this planet scarcely exceeds 52,000,000 of square miles. Forty millions are un der caucasio sway, leaving, as Profes sor Keane says, not more than 12,000,- 000 for the now reduced domain of the other divisions. James S. Galloway, of Hillsdale, Mich., has just pur hased the whole of Morgan county, Ontario, 89 M square miles, for the white pine timber upon it. He could cut nearly if not quite 100,000,000 feet, but intends to hold most of it, awaiting developments. Judge Scott, of the district court at Omaha, has decided that the forcible entry of a saloon for the purpose of rob bery is not burglary under the law, for the reason that the word "saloon" does uot occur among the buildings men tioned in tho statutes in the list of places subject to burglary. The life-sized bronze equestrian statue of Frederick the Great, by J. L Gerome, tho French sculptor, which he will exhibit at the Paris exposition, has been purchased by Peter Gibson, of Cincinnati, and immediately after the exposition it will be shipped to this country. 1 -V DR. If ARTEL'S BOOK, Kelief for Women" Htmtjr, in Plain, aeaJed envelope w nw to-day for tbla Book.eontAlnlno; Particu Un and TeeiUnoQiaii of DR. M ARTtL'S French Female Pills. Praised br thotimndi of aatlaflad ladleaaa tafe.alwajara. labia and without an equal. NnM hv allHnicpiriari In mt.Jil hni EVeWLnh. (U on top In Blue, Wbita and Ked. TaJie no other, rrsnoh Drug Co., 381 A m fearl 8U. Voir Votk Cltj, PAMPCD ,s Curable U All U Lift Without the Use of Knife, Address DR. NEWKIRK, Mountain Home, Ida. V tUHtS WHIHt ALL tLbt MILS. , f Bet Oouiih Syrup. T ' I J In tlmA flolA hv riruiro-lfita. A. POPULAR BEVERAGE TEA IS DRUNK IN ALMOST ALL COUNTRIES. Legend Concerning the Origin of the Tea Plant In Koine Places It la lie- garded as Food-Peculiur Ways of Preparing It. How long tea has been used as a bev erage no one knows. It was a domes tic essential In the kingdoms of the Ori ent long before It was Introduced Into Europe, and that was not a few dec ades ago. To-day it Is used as a bev erage In nearly all civilized lauds, and even barbarians dream over Its care beguiling properties. A pious legend tells us that Daruma, an Indian saint, was the medium through which the beverage became known to the world. He had renounced all allurements of this life to pass the remainder of his days In meditation and prayer. Many long years be spent In supplication, when one fatal night the evil one pos sessed his soul and the saint fell aaleep to dream of a beautiful woman who had enchanted him. When he awoke he was so humiliated and pained that he drew from his girdle a knife and severed his lazy eyelids from his eyes and cast them from him. What was his amazement to discover the next morn ing that the lids had disappeared, and In their place two wonderful shrubs were growing shrubs with dainty leaflets, eyelid-shaped and snowy buds opening to the east! " lie called It te, and vowed that with Its help he would pass the remainder of his days and nights In unbroken meditation. Tea became known in England about the middle of the seventeenth century, during the latter half of which we find occasional reference to it, but It did not come Into general use until the be ginning of the eighteenth century. It was first sold In public houses as beer Is now, and tapped. Tea Is the national drink In Russia. It is as indispensable Inthe food of the people as bread and meat, and is taken at all hours of the day. In all the scr rows of the Russians, tea and vodka seem to be the universal consolation. The first thing In the morning, after luncheon, after dinner, in the evening, the last thing before going to lied, are regular times when everybody takes tea, but there are many who take It at odd intervals between times. In Morocco the teamaker puts a handful of tea Into a teapot, pours on some hot water and pours It off direct ly. Then as many lumps of sugar as desired are added and the teapot Is fill ed with boiling water. The same tea Is brewed two or three times, leaves of wild thyme and fragrant verbena being added. Milk and cream are never used. The host always pours out a cup for himself first and drinks it off before his guests have time to touch theirs. This Is to show them that he has no designs against their lives, and that the tea is not poisoned. Tea Is uot simply a beverage with Tibetans, but the principal article of food. It Is invariably mixed with but ter and parched barley, and the leaves are not infrequently eaten. The brick tea Is reduced to jowder and put Into the kettle Just before the water bolls, and after cooking five minutes salt and soda are added. Sometimes It is par taken of In this stage of. the prepara tion, but usually It Is put, through a bamboo strainer, Into a tea chum, with a little barley meal, and churned vigor ously for two or three minutes; then It is poured into earthen or metal teapots and Is ready to be drunk. . The Dutch drink tea In the evening two hours after dinner. The brazier with the boiling kettle Is brought Into the drawing-room and placed beside the mistress of the house, and the tea tray with every appliance on it is set before her. It is served with small cakes, like our afternoon tea. , The Russians and Germans some times use claret in their tea. The Nlc araguan ladles call their high teas ter tullas. KRAPOTKIN IN THE SOLITARY. A Description of the Prison Room in Which lie Was Confined. My first movement was to approach the window, which was placed so high that I could hardly reach It with my lifted hand. It was a broad, low open ing, cut in a wall five feet thick and protected by an Iron grating and a double Iron window frame, relates Prince' Krapotkln. At a distance of a dozen yards from this window I saw the outer wall of the fortress, a piece of masonry of Immense thickness, on the roof of which I could make out a gray sentry box. Only by looking upward could I perceive a bit of the sky, which was now faintly Illuminated by the last rays of the sun. I made a minute Inspection of the room, where I had now to spend no one could say how many years. From the position of the high chimney of the mint I guessed that I was In the south west corner of the fortress, In a bastion overlooking the Neva. This room of mine was a casement destined for a big gun and the window was an em brasure. Sun rays might never pene trate It; even In summer they must be lost by the thickness of the wall. It was eleven steps from one corner to the ether of the room, which held an Iron bed, a little oak table and an oak stool, The floor was covered with painted felt and the walls with yellow paper. How ever, In order to deaden the sounds, the paper was not put on the wall Itself; it was painted over canvas and behind the canvas I discovered a wire grating, be hind which was a layer of felt. Only beyond the felt could I reach the stone wall. At the Inner side of the room there was a washstand and a thick door. In which I made out a locked opening to pass the food through and a little slit, protected by glass and a shutter from the outside. TMs was the "Judas"' through which the prisoner could be spiea upon at every moment. The sen try who stood in the passage frequently lifted the little shutter and looked In side, his boots squeaking as he crept to ward the door. I tried to rnieak to him. Then the eye which I could see throuirb the slit assumed an expression of terror ana the shutter was immediately lot down, only to be opened furtively a mln ute or two later. But I could get no worn or reply from the sentrv. Absolute silence reigned all round, no sounds came from anywhere. I drassed my stool to ,he window and lo ked upon the bit of sky I could see. I tried to catch any sound from the Neva or from the town on the opposite Hide of the river, but I could catch none. Atlantic Monthly Recent Investigations prove that eighty-three per cent, of all the ocean floor lies further down than one thou sand fathoms, or one mile below the surface; twenty-one per cent, lies be tween one and two miles; fifty per cent, lies between two and three miles, and seven per cent. Is known to lie further down than three miles. It Is reported from Sierra Leone that those who are engaged in Investigating the mosquito theory of malaria In that district poured a dram of kerosene oil, as an experiment, upon a puddle about a square yard in area, flouting on which were numbers of Anopheles larvae. with the result that after six hours all the larvae were found to be dead. uiimmermg phosphorescent lights play an Important part lu the activities and strategies going on in the deep sea. T il 1 - ' i uuHpiiuruKceui organs appear some times to act as bull's-eye lanterns to enable the monsters possessing them to pick tip food lu their midnight under . 1 1 1 ..A . . . worm, uuu at otner tunes serve as a lure or a warning to other species, Lake Chelan, in the State of Wash ington, Just east of the Cascade range of mountains, was recently the scene of a strauge disturbance. Without warning, the water in the center of the lake, which Is some forty miles long and three or four broad, rose to a height of fifteen feet. Immense waves rolled upon the shores, and a large creek emptying into the lake ran dry for three hours. There Is an Indian tradi tion of a volcanic crater having once existed In the neighborhood of the lake, There Is already talk in England of developing the natural resources of the Sudan through scientific exploration. Immense forests line the banks of the Blue Nile along Its upper reaches, ex tending to the Abyssinian frontier. The ebony-tree Is met with along that river and also near the SobnL On the White Nile the India-rubber creeper, a valu able source of rubber, abounds. There are large forests In the Kahr-el-Cihazal province. Gold was once mined In some of the mountains of the Sudan. Search will be made for coal. Dr. It. Hauthal, an Argentine savant, has put forward a startling theory con cerning the remains of glgautic sloths, related to the great megatherium and the mylodon, recently found In Tnta gonla. In his opinion, these animals, whose race is now extinct, were kept In a domesticated state by the prehis toric inhabitants of Patagonia. A cave at Ultima Esperanza, where many In dications of the former preseuce of the huge sloths have been found, Is re garded by Doctor Hauthal as having been used by the ancient Patagonlans as a stable for the beauts. The marvellous effects that are some times produced by music may eventual ly receive a scientific explanation. In a recent lecture at Oxford University, Professor McKendrlck said that, while the Intricate connections of the audi tory nerves are only Just being un ravelled, it Is probable that the roots of those nerves are more widely distrib uted and have more extensive connec tions than those of any other nerves In the human body. Researches on the au ditory nerves Indicate that there Is scarcely a function of the Uody which may not be affected by the pulsations and harmonic combinations of musical tones. The ' first thing the members of a women's club do, after electing a new member, Is to appoint a club meeting at the new member's house, In the hope of getting something elaborate In the way of refreshments. When a child says a particularly bright thing, Its mother looks at Its father as much as to say, "See how much you owe my family 1" Death Fleaied Them. Drummer How was the "Uncle rom's Cabin" show at the town hall apt night? Landlord Fettyville Tavern First 'atel The audience was bo pleased with little Eva's death that they en- sorert ner till she done it again. San Francisco Examiner. Funds are being collected in Den nark for the purpose of bringing to heir native land the remains of two amous Danes who were buried abroad, fycho Brahe in Prague, and the poet lens Baggensen in Kiel. Mnrmonixm Is a blot upon our land a symptom of rovniineiitul ill-health. The right, laws iuu uv upon it us jinsieiier 8 ftuimucn KiftPrM flftPH lllimi O'lltuMttutim n. ilvutn. im. J hey would qmcklv restore heiikliv Dimty: Mm this is just what the Hitters loes for the human constitution. It makes he stomuch strong by curing indigestion Hid biliousness. Instruction in the English language s now obligatory in Russian connner- :ial schools. DEAFNESS CANNOT II R CURED By local applications, as they cannot reach the iitieased portion ol the ear. There Is only one way to cure dt'Siiuess, and that is by constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of tho Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in flamed yon have a rumbling sound or imper feet hearing, and when It is entirely closed deafness is the result, and imleistlie inflamma tion can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out ol h n are cnused by catarrh, which is nothing but ' an inflamed couuuionoi me mucous sm inues. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any Saso of Deainess (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for sirculars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Bold bv Druggists, 7oo Hall's Family Pills are the best. There are 1,135 miles of railway in Duba, 551 miles of which are controll $d by British companies. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT fake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. all druggists refund the money if it ails to cure. E. V. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. New York may furnish its fire de partment with seachlights to aid in ;aking care of night fires. The Plensnntest, Most Powerful and felteetlve Jeverfailing Kemedy lor La Grippe, Catarrh, Rheumatism. trade mr Will cure any ache or pain known n the human body. Send for trial bottle, i"ic. I'hiB offer lHsts R0 davs onlv. Large bottle (DUO loses of 6 DKOPS each) fl.Wl or 8 for $2.SH. SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO 167 and 169 Dearborn St.. Chicago. Manchester, England, has opened lodging houses under the control of the nty to accommodate 60 men. Throw Physic to the Doftl Constipation Is treated by an intestinal tonic md liver stimulant, pnlatuble, gentle, yet po tent Cascarets Candy Cathartic. All druggists. 10c, 25c, 60c. The Wisconsin College of Music has been opened with an imposing building is its home in Milwaukee. Mothers will find Mrs. Winalow's Sooth ing Syrup the best remedy to use for thrtr Shildren during the teething period. Detroit Democrats are making plans for a new party organ in that city. I believe my prompt use of Tiso's Cure prevented quick consumption. Mrs. Lucy Wallace, Marquette, Kunsus, Deo. 12, IS'Jj. Baltimore claims the largest negro population in the world. VITALITY low.di'hllliHtoil or exhausted eiireilhv Or. Kline's InvlKOiiitini Tonic. I' KKICtl. Trlnl Ituttle containing" 2 Weeks' ireinmeiit. Dr. Kline's Institute, lllll Arch bt., PhiliiUelplila. Founded 1x71. New York wants a museum of "Liv ing History and Court of all Nations," to cost several millions, exhibiting con- temporaneous art and nianu tact tire from every country in the world. The hard, white layer inside the shell of the cocoanut is not there in the freshly, plucked fruit, except as a creamy film about a 16th of an inch thick, which has IS to be SCraDeil off v . (sparkling liquid, in id "milk" known to with a spoon place of the acrh English consumers, comprise the whole nut. If yon haven't a regular, healthy movement of ths bowels every day, you're sick, or will bo. Keep your bowels open, and bo well. Force, In tho ba,o if violent physio or pill poiiton. is ilaimcroim. Tho mootlicst, euKlcNt. most perfect way ot keoplug tbe bowela clear and clean i to take , Ploannnt, Palntable, Potent. TanteGnod. Do flood. Never Sicken, Woakan. or Gripe. lUn. 'Ale, Mln Wrlto ffi.frnniiamiiU Bnd twviUlf.t.nn haallh iiMtwt. buhibi ni7r.p.7, tei.,ii.,.tr.i, iitwieri. KEEP YOUR BLOOD GLEAN lUtallArV h'rofinnv tli WhoIenlr Profit. Take AuvaaUffft of our contrnct puroham. Othara hare aaraaoaa thtr prinan ol ran or riiovMi. out our contract with ttia maoufaetamri compels ihnra to furoUh uj with thuae.ao w enn wtl thmn at a nmall profit at $141, -A.n and tt7."il, YuU woald bm provA ot eitbttr one of theac pfirloratovM. 1'heplnturet bit hut a faint lava of thrtr ligaBOs. Bent 0. 0. 1. on moolptof l7o, yon to par balanca to your baiikr or frsitf b fJAnl rtn Mr-rivfi I H.I. VAB1 at mTMtl. t fVI'hn u roAlMt hnrif ikl navnr offflrml. t Lartfl BtoT tnkAa Inca fool than aaiuallouafur beat eVilrhaui-ln mind wl.an -irtnit. tiuiliu lI.wl'AGia b'l'OVB JATaLOQTTB FRrtE. iOWELS iftiWh CANDY I yC CATHARTIC 4 W TRADI MAftH KIOIftTCRtO T rl 2 A M af:;- 4 Do Not Burn the Candle At Both Ends." on't think you can go on drawing vi tality from the blood for nerves, stomach, brain and muscles, without doing some thing to replace it. Hood's SarsaparilU gives nerve, mental and digestive strength by enriching and vitalizing the blood. Thus i it helps overworked and tired people. Jyocdd SaUapWu, Cloiloiil Ordiiunco. Hobbs I see by the papers that vnnr fripnrl Tim, n tnna V.AVJ Ml Vl.tVlJ V . MU V11V.IVU. Hobbs What do you mean? "Why bo's been made a canon of the cathedral." ii in; i aian i Know mat ne was such a big gun." N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. That the spores of mildew are dis turbed by snails and worms has been proven by Mr. F. L. Stevens, of the University of Chicago. The mildew ap peared in the path these creatures had taken over fresh leaves. BUY THE. GENUINE CALIFORNIA FIQ SYRUP CO. tKOTE THE NAME. SOLE AGENCY Worth ingtort Steam Pumps and Water Meters. Pumping Plants ot Any Capacity TATUM & ItOWEN 89 to 35 First Street, Portland, Or. Machinery All Kinds. and Maglo Lantern Bargain Ltrt No. 1A now ri'iulv for mailing. T. P. AN'DKEWS, 100 Montgomery Bt.. San Francisco. Is food for thought. PORTLAND DIRECTORY. Knneo Hint Wire Work. PORTLAND WIIIK t IKON WOKKS: V I KB and iron fend nir: olllee railiiiK. etc. H:4 Alder. .MuehliiHry Hint Siill. OAWSTON &CO.: KNttlNKS, HOII.EItS, MA chinery, supplies. 4h-5u First St., Portland, Or. JOHN POOLE, Portland, OnttnoN, can give you the best bargains it) general machinery, engines, boilers, tanks, pumps, plows, belts and windmills. The new 6teel I X L windmill, sold by him, is un equalled. Alwaya cheaper In the end than any Beeda that onlv cost half a much. Tested, true to name, fresh and reliable. Al wars the bet. ask .for Kerry's take no others. Wrlto for 1!HX Seed Aunnai. I. II. FKKIi V A DO., v7v Detroit, Ml. Weak and Worn-Out People Can secure health and strength can d it (pilclily by using Moore's Revealed Remedy It contains no dangerou drugs It has a pleasant tunic. 1 a bottle at drugglma. DR. GUHH'STRr0 PILLS ONE FOR A DOSE. Cure Sick Hnndacht and Dyspepsia, Kenioe Plinplosnnd Purify Ui Bland, Aid ingestion nndPruvent 11! I ion HI) CRN. I)a I notOrlpaorBii'Seii. Toconvlncn roil, wo will malt I HmplB free, orfull hox for'iic. 1)K. llOSANKO CO.,PlilUdii.,i'cuu. Hold by Druggl.ls. sure cube m Files ITCHINU Pllii prof ner niulKtttr Aud oaum itchiuo. Thin form, At well n Hliud, utcrting or Protruding I'ileinrn eurci by Or. Bosunko's Pile Remedy 8tnH llohinu: and blending. AtmorliM tunior. Niu h Jaratdruicdiitttomant hy iiiftil. TrijKMio fMrt. Writ me about your mm IU. BOS AM KO, I'liiUUa., Pa, YOUNG MEN! For Gnnnrrhipn and Olwt get l'alwt'B Okay Hnoelllc. It la the ONLY nitdicine whii h will ruiv mu-h and avoir enwt. NO CAHK known It ha evnr fulled lo ciirn, n mutter bow ft-lona or of how long Htundlnir. hult from Ita 11m will antmiMi you. It la almiluU'ly aafu, prevent Htrletiira. and can ho taken without Itmonva Dlenre and detnntlon from huvineM. I'KH.'i:. t3.(K. For sain hy all reliable diiimrinta, or tent prepaid by ejpruia, pliiinly wrapped, on receipt of price, by f cular mailed on roquoat. ;iJ CURE iwUKSuLl 1 At. .. - u I t6n Y'l dlee,hai7e,lnllanininllnna, Outran u-td U irritations or liberation! not to irioiure. VI nincoua ineinuranna. Prrventa Oenuninii Pnlu . and not ailriu- THtEVAeBCrlEMinil CO. 'ut or IH'lHtinou. Mole tjr nruffnlnfn, or tent In plain wrapper, liy ex proa, prepaid, for yl.OO, or 3 bottloe, 2.73. Circular mot on roquijal. ! w. r. if. v Ho. 1-19UO. W"Si.- emtHtCE.tSII.7S ciha vnun FllEE buMcrstiT uum ci brr, cw.f7V.rtru IAMD Ontaloaue i gtoraa and Hangea. D Akrfoulttiral Jiplrar nti. Huhr CarrlairAB. arf Tjriira and i'nLMit Alodlcliii a. MdMlOMi Inatrnmanta. Orirtaiia and 8Mrila F unip and 1'ntaot Jie Ouiii and riiortluf Clrv, K-UaU'vand Gauta J FnrnntnH OooJa. L-rliy IS avnrl M.nM.. CV ! .Hii I uti Oil i) .M and ClonttM. i or ftinn ipq noj-a UtsnA hntm,l nur T.nri Mtniril Cni'nuua OO'JtiUtlw Inn otor lOuOimi'taiid ovfrouo hundU UJvJUauUVut4 I n ar ovor 10A tai;'kfl an d ov r ouo h and priosa wi'.l beaaataipraaapi anI prioaa will beaoataipraaapaftii fa SYRUP OF RGB t At nnwirrintproT a " xor a at oimc 1 I i I i r -7 J