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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.