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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1900)
,! CHAS. F. & ADA E. SOULE, Fobs. TOLEDO OREGON Naturally enough the brick trust has gone to the wall. One of the get-rlch-qulek men has been disposed of satisfactorily by the get-justice-quick process. Rev. Mr. Sheldon Is now In a position to realize with what comparative ease the average preacher earns his salary. At the same time It la not a bit easier for some folks to borrow trouble, than it Is for others to lend or even give It Nineteen hundred Is a year that can be divided by 4, but nevertheless mocks the fond longings of many an eager spinster. Evidently the Judge that upheld a marriage contract made on Sunday went on the old theory that "it Is law ful to do good on the Sabbath day." The daughter of the Sultan, who eloped with a poet, probably figured that it would be impossible for him erer to support more than one wife. When the Prince of Wales ate a 10 rent dinner the other dnv the fnet wiin considered to be of sufficient import ance to be cabled across the Atlantic at 20 cents a word. Yet some people claim It Is the thing that is done which counts and not the person who does It. The law which provides for the pay went of prize money to the navy ought t be abolished. It Is a survival of the days of pirates and freebooters, when the United States was unable to afford a respectable navy of Its own, and it was necessr.ry to offer Inducements to get private owners and adventurous (tailors Into the business of killing pirates aivJ sinking their vessels. The days of the necessity for blood money however, are past, and the prize laws taiould piss with them. Just tis Hungary "Is tired of having to stay In bed whenever Austria hap pens .o be taken 111," Norway strains agali'st pulling lu team with Sweden and has recently acquired a separate national flag. Some years ago the veil era Me Max Muller received a scholarly letter from Dom Pedro of Brazil, which lie showed to King Oscar. The monarch of the Scandinavian countries read It with a sigh: "I have no such leisure for Sanskrit. The happy Kuipcror of lira nil has but one country to govern; have two." Rev. Samuel (J. Smith In n recent ar ticle In Harper's Bazar on "The Phu of Women In the World's Work. pleads for the limitation of women In factories and trade and strongly advo cites the closing of all wage-earnln occupations to girls under IS years o age. The doctor evidently means we and perhaps in a good many cases his position would hold good and yet there Is no doubt that such an arbitrary rul ing would be an Injustice to many homes. Take for Instance the case of a woman bereft of her husband, and left without means with two or three young daughters on her hands. The mother has lieen a "home" woman, is unskilled In any kind of business or productive industry. Her eldest daugh ter Is but 14 years of age, but is anx ious to come to her mother's assist ance. She leaves school, learns a trade and at l." or lit is qualilicd for some In dustry that gives promise of advance ment In the future and helps the moth er and younger sisters materially for the present. But lr. Smith says she should be 18 before entering the Indus trial world." What would he have this mother and her daughters do lu the meantime? All good Americans will heartily In dorse the vigorous patriotism of the fa mous physician. Dr. McBlrney, lu con tradicting the story of his intended re tirement to Europe, with the emphatic remark, "1 hate Eupore. America is good enough for me." It is not neces sary to hate Europe, and It Is protltable to have seen and studied Furope. It lias much that Is worth seeing and studying and, moreover, the fair-minded American always likes to examine for himself the evidence on which he is to give an opinion. Travel Is good for both mind and body; It Is vacation and education. But after the Amer ican has taken a good look at F.urope lie need have no hesitation in declaring with Dr. McBirney that America is pood enough for him. It Is good enough for anybody. Nowhere else In the world can life be lived under better condi tions than lu the United States. Alike for the toller and the capitalist, for ar dent youth ami tranquil old age, for manhood anil woniauhood. for the thinker or the worker, for all . who really live. It Is the land of opportunity, nt hope, of progress, of possibilities on the whole surpassing those of the most favored countries of Europe. It Is the most Interesting country in the world. It Is now nt the most Interesting period of 1U history. It Is struggling with u LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER greater number of problems and more Important ones than any other country. ik1 It Is growing more interesting all the time. Its successes and Its. failures re fraught with vaster consequences for the welfare or detriment of the hu man race than those of any other coun try. The American who under any circumstances does not find America good enough for him Is simply blind to the most attractive picture lu world history. The school savings bank system es tablished In Champaign and Urbana by the Woman's Club of the Illinois win cities is reported to be completely successful both in Its plan and its exe cution. The banks are in connection with the public schools, and began three months ago when Mrs. Julian, a teacher lu one of the Urbana schools, was Induced to take charge of the sav- ngs. Already some twenty of her pu pils have bank accounts, twelve of them being above $5. Since then the Wo man's Club has provided blanks and the system is being followed through out the cities. It is probable, however, that the plau will die when the novelty wears off, as has been the case with school savings banks established in other cities. The expenses and annoy ance of management are too great and the reward in glory usually too small for private philanthropy. The only suc cessful plau for encouraging school children to save is the postal savings banks. In Great Britain, for instance, children may obtain cards and paste jnny stnnmt upon tlim until n shil ling Is had, and then an account may be opened with the government. A million accounts have been opened thus lu England. In France and Belgium j-ceutinie stamps may be saved until a franc Is gained; In Austria 5 kreutzer stamps until 50 kreutzers are had, and In the latter country there nre 47l),41H children who have bank accounts, fo be sure there are dime savings banks In the United States, but they some times fail. If postal savings banks ex isted In America there would be cer tainly some provision for saving pen nies as there Is In Europe. Propositions to abolish the death pen ality have been under discussion this season lu two or three Legislatures. The movement makes slow progress; for, after more than lifty years of agi tation, there are only five States Col orado, Rhode Island. Maine, Miclilgau and Wisconsin In which the death penalty Is forbidden by law. The ad vocates of the change Insist that cap ital punishment Is brutalizing; that it does' not act as a deterrent to crime: and that It defeats the ends of Justice by making Juries reluctant to convict when they know that a verdict of guilty will carry with it the death sentence. Such a case as that which recently oc curred iu New York, where a convict, sentenced to life Imprisonment for mur der, was proved Innocent and pardoned after serving twenty-two years. Is cited as evidence of the Irreparable wrong which would have been done, if the death sentence at first imposed upon him had been carried out. On the other hand, it is argued that the death pen alty really does deter from crime; that statistics show that, through the abuse of the pardoning power, the average term of life Imprisonment has been re duced to contlneuient for only ten or twelve years; that the Increased prison population, where the death penalty Is abolished, puts a heavy burden on the public; and that convicts under a life sentence are a dangerous charge. In cause they can murder their keepers without incurring any heavier penalty than that which they are already un dergoing. The recent lynching of a Colorado convict, who bad escaped from the penitentiary after killing a prison official, Is explained as a pro test against the disuse of the dentl: penalty. In Michigan there is a stroiic agitation for the restoration of capita punishment. Iowa once abolished the death penalty, and later restored It; anil Maine, after abolishing It. restored It and later abolished It again. While the movement to do away with capital pun Ishment makes slow progress, liumanlz ing Influences are gaining ground. Tin Hcandal of public executions has been abolished In most States; there art' about twenty States In which the court may substitute life Imprisonment either at Its own discretion or upon tin recommendation of the jury: and tluv States. New York. Ohio ami Massachu setts, have substituted the electric cliaii for the hangman's rope. Con I (iti'iiiery. Some extraordinary shooting by t' British gunners Is recorded. The (" il'.Uotis of tiring were fiat each gin' crew should score what It could I three minutes, hcglniiiti'; at '2.V.V yards, diminishing to l.OOH yards an then Increasing to '.'.-ito yards ag.rn It Is asserted that the Blake tired 14." shots from ten guns, hitting the targe 110 times. The best crew tired eight ecu shots and made fifteen hits. Tin Koyal Arthur's best gun crew hit the target fourteen times out of elgbwi shots. A cup has to be too small to drink out of before the women will admit that it is pretty. A pretty ami becoming new dress and hat are fountain of youth enough for almost any woman. TEN ACRES AND MARY, I'm up an' away At break o' day, An' never of work I'm weary; For I sing this song As I toil along "I've got ten acres and Maryl" ' Troubles enough . : For the worl' is rough An' things will go contrary; i But ever this song, " As I trudge along "-y "I've got ten acres and Mary!'" No angel bright, With wings of light; Of a angel I'd grow weary; But a woman true, That's a jay to you "I've got ten acres and Mary!", -Atlanta Constitution. THE FACE HE SAW CrWO blind people who love each II other. w He, an ungainly, stunted figure, with a very homely face; she, tall, thin, of yellowish complexion and of sickly appearance. Benevolent people had placed them In a blind asylum years before. There they were brought up. As children they had played together, and were contented and happy. The pleasures of the world were ns strong to them as Its daily miseries. They knew that quiet, comfortable house, Its large garden and nothing more. There they belonged. They could know noth ing of what was going on outside. One thing only was clear to them and that was that they loved each other. A hot summer day. The two sat on a bench in the garden chatting. "Pnul, I am so glad." "On what account, Anna?" "Ah! Don't you know? To-mor ro v " Yes. To-morrow the famous oculist will be here." "And he will make us both see." "If he is really able to accomplish that." "You are joking. Of course, he will be able to do it. That Is his business." "Then, nt last, I shall be able to see your lovely face. Of that I am glad. "And of nothing else?" "Nothing." "Paul," said she, laughing quietly, "how do you know that I have a lovely face?" "Because I have seen you twice al ready In a dream. You had golden hair and wings as white as snow." "Oh! If that were only true!" "It is quite certaip." " as I so beautiful?" she asked, selz lug him by the hand: "so lieautiful? But when I reflect. Paul. I think It would be even better for us to be true to each other than to be able to see That would be lovely. Don't you think so?" "I know not." he answered thought fully; and then both were silent. The eventful day had passed. The operation on the eyes had been perform ed. If not all a delusion, it must prove a success. "Neither of you must take the band age off the eyes for fourteen days!" Such was the doctor's order before he left. On the next evening, after the sun had gone down, the two were again seated in the garden, clinging close to pach other. "Paul, when will we llrst see each other?" "In fourteen days!" "I know, but that Is much too long. Eight days would certainly be long enough." "Less time than that, perhaps; but we have the doctor's order." "I cannot endure to wait so long. What If the operation has been a fail ure, and we have rejoiced lu vain! What then?" lie was silent. "For all that, we could " "Anna!" "Only for a moment, dear Paul. It will surely uot be wrong." "You will, notwithstanding " "Only for a moment. We will put the bandages on again Immediately. You need not be at all afraid. . Please, please!" "Bather let us wait. We have suf fered many years. Let us endure It a few days longer." "No, I cannot wait. If you love me. do It, or I will myself alone." He hesitated a while, but at length answered calmly: "We will do it." "When?" "To-morrow morning early here at this bench." "Thanks. You will come at the ap pointed time?" "Yes." "(Wd-u!ght." "(lood-nlght. I hop yon wni hare a good slecv Morning twilight. Paul has ben long out of bed. lie Is In dread of the next hour. Anna, of course. Is beautiful, but he? Who knows how ugly he may be? Perhaps he Is handsome also, but he can never an- . bpf r her in tnlg drcajfui un..er. talnty. 1 qu .j the bandagel" H tore It loose and threw It on the tabie. Ills eyes were still closed. He an to the cupboard and starched there until he found a small mirror. He then went to the window, where he seated himself and waited. His heart beat violently; his head was In a glowing heat. In feverish anxiety he sat there, his sightless eyes fixed on the little glass, which his fingers held in a firm clasp. It must now decide his fate. In a few minutes he would have certain knowl edge. Clear daylight came. He felt the light, opened his eyes slowly and stared at the mirror, trem bling all the while with torturing ex pectation. No, no, no! But see! What is that? Could that be himself? An old, pock-marked, ugly face! He? Those pale, sunken cheeks, that red, tousled hair, those decayed teeth, that long neck? It could not be possible. No; it must not be! He closed his eyes, leaned far out of the window, opened them wide and looked again. His image was still there, unchanged. Still he would not believe It. In horror he kept on staring at the glass until it became clouded. Then a veil seemed drawn slowly over his eyes. It grew more and more indis tinct; darkness gathered all about him, and suddenly everything was black. He saw no more. Despair seized him. He thought he had become insane. He threw the iuir ror away, stamped with his feet and struck himself In the face. Anna would sec him, and she would he horrified. She would forsake him ugly and blind and she would go away Into the sunny world and forget him. He must re main behind, helpless and alone. All the happiness was gone forever. He sank into n chair and sobbed like a little child. Suddenly he started up. A well known hand caressed his head. "Is it you, Paul?" he heard her ask In a whisper. "Yes," said he, breathing heavily. "Paul, I looked for you everywhere In the garden and could not find you. Then I took off the bandage." "And do you see me?" cried Paul in deadly alarm. "I must say that I do not. No, no! It is just as dark as It was before. The operation was a failure. I see nothing whatever." "And I nothing," said Paul exultlngly. "I also took off the bandage, at once everything became quite dark." "Now," said Anna with a sigh, "we must remain forever blind." "It Is better so," answered Paul with a happy heart; and he tenderly em braced his poor blind friend. DIVORCES IN VARIOUS STATES. Oklahoma the Only One that Believes in Making Separation Kasy. With the enactment of the law re quiring one year's residence in North Dakota before a divorce can be granted, another State joined the decent ma jority of those which are not inclined to make things easy for people who wish to be separated from wife or hus band. Oklahoma Is now the only State or territory in which only ninety days' residence Is required. The term of residence now required iu other States Is as follows: SIX MONTHS. Arizona, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota. Texas and Wyoming. ONE YEAR. Alabama. Arkansas, California. Colo rado, (icorgia, Illinois. Iowa, knnsus, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire. New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon. Pennsylvania, Rhode Isl and, Utah. Virginia, West Virginia, Washington it ml Wisconsin. TWO YEARS. Florida, Indiana, Maryland, North Car olina, Tennessee, Vermont. THREE YEARS. Connecticut, New Jersey. FIVE YEARS. Massachusetts (unless parties nre resi dents at the time of marriage). During the reign 'of the ninety-day residence law divorces were sometimes granted on curious grounds. For In stance, a woman was granted a divorce because her husband did not bathe fre quently enough, thereby causing her great mental anguish. Another man slept with a razor under his pillow, solely to frighten his wife, who was accordingly given a divorce. A third defendant made his wife climb a step- ladder to drive nails In the woodshed: one woman complained that her hus band treated her as a child; another got n divorce because her husband enlisted In the navy; a decree was Issued to a woman whose husband cut off her bangs. IntVet'ng Fish. Tuberculosis has been communicated to fishes by French bacteriologists, and proves fatal very quickly to them, whether the bacilli are derived from hu man beings, rabbits, or hens, or from previously Infected fish. Tubero.ilous bacilli from tlsli, however, Wive ry little effect when Injected Into rabbits and fowls, the Inference being that their power Is attenuated lu the colder blood of the fish. Remember when telling a joke that all of your hearers are trying to figure how many times they had heard It be- fore. WEAVES WIRE FENCES Machine Wbicli Will Rapidly Con-V struct a Serviceable Fence. Since the use of wire fences iu one form or another has become so great on our Western plains, In Australia! and South Africa, the development of inachlnfB for their construction has, been brought to a high state of perfec tion. Our illustration, which represents an Irjproved wire-fence weaving ma chin, shows quite clearly how strong and serviceable fence may be con structed in position very rapidly an 1 cheaply. The horizontal st.nmls of wire are first attached to a post and :hreaded through the several guides on :he weaving machine and continued to i movable standard some distance -.ai.fxi'.'H?- WEAVES FENCES IN POSITION. farther along. The weaving machine carries a number of spools of wire, and when it is started iu operation the weaving of the fence progresses rapid ly iu the form shown. The several spools on this fence machine are made to revolve around the guiding strand of wire, the wire being automatically uncoiled from them. After several rev olutions of the spools, produced by a hand-wheel, the machine is tinllmbered by means of a lever and Is moved back a few inches further, and the same operation repeated. When a sufficient length of fence has been woven a post is placed in positiou and the wire fence attached to it, when the standard car rying the foundation wire is moved along for another length. OTTO OF BAVARIA. Remarkable Story of the Insane Mon- arch and HU First Love. The following remarkable story Is re lated about the unhappy King Otto of Bavaria. This last week he ate almost nothing for some days, although his ap petite is usually unnaturally good. He sobbed, wailed and screamed uninter ruptedly for hours, and even became at times dangerous. One morning, bow ever, his physician and tt keeper cau tiously pushed aside the heavy brocade curtain which divides their bedroom iv, ...i Hint .if tlii mini mmimvli anil found him with tears running down hi cheeks, gazing Into a little silver case which they had often seen In a drawer, the key to which King Otto wore on a tine steel chain round his neck. As soon as the King perceived that he was watched he turned round and smiled so happily and naturally that the doctor, surprised, stepped nearer. Wearing the same joyful expression the King cried out to him: "Countess L. has passed a better night. She is now out of danger." He then carefully locked up the little silver box, which contained nothing but a few dried strawberries, and spent n very quiet day. He also enjoyed his dinner again. This Is the other part of the story. In ISO" there was a merry picnic in a wood. Among the guests was the love ly seventeen-year-old Countess L., with whom the young Prince fell madly In love at first sight. lie sat next to her at lunch, paid her the greatest atten tion, and then disappeared with her Into the wood. As the young people did not return, and it was getting late, the mother of the Countess became nuxlous. and sent men servants out in all directions. The culprits were found with their hats full of strawberries, which they were merrily eating. The next morning they were separated for ever. Prince Otto went with the King M Munich, and the youthful Countess was sent to the Convent of Miserlcorde, where she has remained up to this day. During the few days throughout which the King bad shown such unfavorable symptoms, the girl whom he hud loved In his youth was really lying danger ously 111 In her cell. Somehow or other how Is not stated the Incurably In sane monarch had become aware of the fact. Berlin cable London News. The lleason. In one of his books Mark Twain ob serves that the reason there is com paratively little arable land In Spain Is because the great majority of the Spanish people nre In the habit of squandering It on their persons, and when they die It Is burled with them. There would be no objections to ft man riding his hobby if he would only give people an opportunity to get ou' of his way.
