Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, May 25, 1900, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextLINCOLN COUNTY LEADER CHAB. F. & ADA E. SOULE, I'ubi. TOLEDO '. . OREGON Europe's coal famine Is a feast for American mine owners. It Is wrong to Judge by appearances when the gun doesn't seem to be load d. There are 0,150,000 volumes In the li braries of American collegia and the freshman generally knows It all. The report of the death of Osman Pasha, like that of Mark Twain, seems to have been greaitly exaggerated. The evil that men do lives after them, but the ones who preach the funeral sermons are careful not to mention it. Discussing the advisability of short engagements recalls that the summer girl brought them into vogue seasons ago. Nineteen hundred Is a year that can be divided by 4, but nevertheless mocks ttie fond longings of many an eager spinster. The Dowager Empress persists In be ing reactionary for nil she must know that so long as China wears the queue It will hang behind. Tews of non-paying holders in a Ita cine church were nailed up. It would be much better if the trustees had at the proper time nailed the pew-holders down. A young lover In New Orleans paid ?120 to hear Ids sweetheart sing to him I from Phlhtdelphla over a telephone ' wire. At all events, he made his money go a long way. , . , ) There Is a fiction that above the land lug place at St. Helena is written the wjords of Dante's vision, "All hope abandon, ye who enter here.".- It Is not qnltc so bad as that, but It Is bad enough. i a. Miuuir preui-uer huh iiau ins church wired so as to offer a sermon telephone service to all who wish to . - 1 . 1. 1. .1 1 J listen wane enjoying tne comrort ami privacy of their homes. What would A.. . 1 . -. m... l. . .L..1 IS 1 1 t vjiHiyu uuu.m-i say 10 wi.il 11 uu couiu come to life? Miss Grace M. Dodge rinds three faults In the business womanshe un dercuts men in wages, she Is not suffi ciently thorough, and she eats cream puffs ins-toad of beefsteak for luncheon. Any butcher will tell you thnt the last weakness Is the worst. At a legislative hearing on behalf of the Insane poor, n physician recalled Mu fact that as late as l.NJi!) the city of Boston kept Its pauper lunatics In wooden cages, which rested on wheels and were rolled out of the almshouse on pleasant days, to give the wretches a little air and sunshine. When a new building was provided the patients were trundled Into It in their cages. But Dr. Butler, the wise and humane tmpcrintcudent, promptly set them free ' from conditions which might make a sane man crazy. That there Is much room for civil ser vice reform In Turkey Is newly empha sized by a recent experience there. An American traveler, wishing to mail a magazine, was told by a head postmas ter that while a good Mussulman might mall It as a periodical for eight cents, a heretic would be charged book post, 75 cents. Just outside the door a clerk whispered, "Do not mind him! lie Is an ass! (Jive me your paper, and I will send It off when he Is uot look ing." While this was service, It could hardly be called civil, and surely there Is need of reform. Porto Rleo's exportnt.ou of coffee Is larger In volume than thnt of any of the other native products of the Island, and nccordiug to (Sen. Koy Stone muci. of the coffee is sold as genuine Mocha and Java. The average Porto HIcan agriculturist, whatever his depriva tions otherwise. Is usually the posses dor of a coffee patch, which he culti vates and from which he secures a suf ficiency of the berry to supply the needs of his family. He bakes the ber ries till black, and pounds them Into powder in a mortar. The beverage re Milting therefrom has the color of Ink and the consistence of broth. Since the close of the war some of the natives have learned to prepare coffee for drinking put poses after the American fashion; but most of them practice the ways of their fathers. The present oien door policy for mar riage In America cannot exist much longer, writes Fdward Bok In the La dles' Home Journal. The question must be met, und It should Ik met squarely. Auy discussion of divorce Is untimely; It ts futile nt the moment. It Is grap pling with the question at the wrong end. Whether divorce Is right or wrong; whether there should le di vorce nt oil, and on what grounds a decree of divorce should be granted 'these are not the pressing questions ot rue hour. The whole mutter. of divorce tws not Lein to stand In such 'urgent need of discussion as docs the question of the laws of marriage. When we ad Just marriage as we should adjust it, then we can give our attention to di vorce. And then we shall tind that in adjusting the one we shall have coirni pretty close to the wisest and best ad' Justiuent of the other. The practice) solution of both, in short, lies in the proper adjustment and rigid enforce ment of laws which shall make mar riage more difficult of accomplishment Considering the number of times 11 has been "wriittn up," it is siuuhu that the peculiar swindle known us tin "Spanish priest game" Is stdl worked or nitewpted .n this Count y. priest, who is suppjsea to l.ve i J Madrid, writes some thrifty Aim-r it'i.n citLen, tiling of baric treasure or of a legacy toft by a t.paa ish grandee to him, the American cit.1 sseu. if the latter nibbles at the b:i.t the next thing is a request for mono.; for legal or other expenses. If the iv mittuuee be made the Madrid ecclesi astic is heard from no mote. Of course there is no Spanish priest mixed up In the matter at all., 'J he whole th.n,j is the work of American swindlers who have a branch establishment iu tin Spanish capital, and the fact that they continue to attempt a swindle whica has been exposed dozens of times is no tribute to their originality. That Sjina people haven't heaul of it, however, is evident from the fact that a seasoned Washington correspondent treats one of the "priest's" letters quite seriously and a Western man of prominence Is reported to be on the point of claim ing a "legacy" left him by a hitherto unheard-of Spansh relative. The fools are still a numerous brunch of the human family. Bishop fallows' parody, wherein he made man express a longing to be a "kicker" rather than an angel, contains a deeper' note than appears to the su perficial observer, says the Chicago Tribune. It is the cry of the age the masculine cry and one for which there Is the hope of an earthly con summation. Man already stands with the "kickers," and it Is natural that he should desire to be among them in the world to come. Moreover, the bishop's parody is a protest against the inanity of angels. It is not, as the author declares, that humankind feel that the wish to be an angel is a too modest expression of their souls' long ing, but simply that the Insipidity of angels, their cloying perfection and negative goodness, excite revolt rather than admiration. It is so In fiction, and the saintly Agnes in Dickens' "Da vid CopiK'rfleld" richly merits the an tipathy of a great critic like Saints bury, who, when he chanced ujion the assertion that "Agnes is ierhup9 the most charming character In the whole range of fiction, " declared that no de cent violence of expletive, no reason able artltice of typography, could ex press the depths of his feeling. Mod ern readers do yawn over Agnes and over Amelia Sedley, and It was not the latter lady who received the tribute of a recent dramatization but her faulty friend, Becky Sharp. So It is well for man to recognize that his place Is among the protestors and that nose gears rather than crowns must become him. Reports from correspondents lead the Minneapolis Journal to predict that 11)110 will 1k the great year In the Northwest for immigration. Reitorts from the registers of the land otlice and from the land agents of the vari ous railways traversing the section tell a story of unprecedented demand for la ml and a rapidly swelling tide of im migration. Thus homestead claims tiled at the principal land offices iu Minnesota an-d the Dakotas numlered .1,122 for the three months ending Feb. 28, HUH), as against 1,:U5 during the same ierlod of the preceding year an Increase of 128 per cent. The winter mouths are the dullest of the year. The (Jreat Northern Railway intimates that Immigration will be 50 per te... larger than in ISM), when It was 00 per cent larger than the preceding year. From less than 200,000 persons in 1800 the four States of Minnesota, North ami South Dakota and Montana in creased to about 2,000,000 Inhabitants In 1S00, one of the most remarkable Instances of rapid development on rec ord. The figures in 11HK) are dilllcult to estimate, but are not likely to le disappointing. This increase has been directly due to Immigration, train af ter train load of people hastening to take up the lands the news of whose wonderful productivity had gone forth. The Immigration of Easterners ceased in great measure about 1800, although the Influx from northern Euroio bus continued unabated. Now the foreign Immigration Is greater than ever. A larger proiortlou than ever Is going to the Northwest. Meanwhile the Immi gration from tho East and middle West has revived. The Minneapolis Journal estimates that the number of Immi grants of the present year will be In excess of 200,000. There Is plenty of room In the Northwest, and the Fast and middle West are willing to coutriV ute to Its growth. A SEVEN-ROOWT COTTAGE. pbnvcnient and Roomy House at a Cost l Not to ExceeJ $1,200. i On every side we see in the pictur esque homes that dot the landscape the result of education In architecture, for the man who ten years ago would have been satisfied with a plain, square house has now seen examples of what can be done in designing a neat, con venient and roomy, yet cheap cottage. I The plan here offered has four rooms downstairs and three above, besides it he accessories, such as a pantry, en jtrles and closets, and a large attic over the kitchen, which could be fin ished and made a good room if neces jsary. It has been erected and fully (finished complete In Carthage, 111., at KXTKRIOR VIEW. a total cost of $1,200, including the foundation. Constructlonally the house is of the best, the materials being of good quality. The frame Is of pine, phenthed with snip'.ap overlaid with paper. The outside finish is of pine, with half-Inch siding on the sides. Referring to the floor plans, the front enrance Is from a porch Into either the parlor or sitting-room. These rooms are each of good size. To the right of the sitting-room Is a bed-room 12x12. We pass from the sitting-room into the kitchen, which is also to be used as dining-room, except on special occa sions, when one would eat In the sitting-room. Off the kitchen is a well fitted pantry. Stairs to the cellar lead from a passage between the sitting room and kitchen and down under the main flight, which rises to the second ill J lftt T PLOOB PLANS. floor from an entry opening off the slt-tlug-rooin and kitchen and the rear porch. On the second floor a small hall furnishes entrance to three well ventllated chambers of ample size. The timbers are sound and well sea sonedsills CxS, first floor joists 2x8, second floor joists 2x10 for main house and 2x0 over kitchen; rafters, studding and collar beams, 2x4. All to be spaced sixteen Inches from centers. The floor joists are well bridged. In height the stories are: No cellar; llrst story, SiMi feet; second story, 81 feet. The floors throughout are of select fencing floor ing, well seasoned and dry when laid. The doors are all stock made. The out side doors are l!i Inches thick, all In terior doors 1 inches thick, all princi pal doors having transoms over them. All windows are hung with weights. The plastering Is of three-coat work of best materials and workmnnshlp. The Interior finish for the entire house is of white plue, finished natural color. A sink and drain table are placed In the kitchen. The hardware Is of the best quality and workmanship throughout. The pa'utlng outside Is three-cent work, done In best manner, of best materials, hand-mixed, of col ors selected to harmonize with sur roundings. K. A. Payne. GREAT CELESTIAL GLOBE. One of the Many Fide Shown at the Paris Kxpoultion. The "Celestial CSlobe" Is a side show at the I'aris exhibition. It Is a sphere 115 feet iu diameter, and surrounded TIIK OKt.KSrtAt. OT.onR. by a terrace 200 feet above the ground. The exterior of th s immense globe Is decorated with astronomical and myth ological figures, which, being illumin ated at night from the Interior, will be visible from all parts of the Fxpositlou grounds. Inside the globe, electric ele mm I !lBHpfi -Tif - r ii" ' ' vt-M.w. . . - - - 1 I vators and Iroad staircases conduct visitors to a second sphere (110 feet '.a diameter) representing the ceuter of the planeary system. The sun, the moon, the stars and the wandering comets are visible, while In the center may be seen the earth (diameter, 25 feet), slowly revolving on Its axis. There is room for 100 persons on this mlnlnnre earth. They will travel from west to east, receiving the Impression of the diurnal rotation. To these spec tators the stars appear to rise in the east and set In the west. The moon moves around the earth, presenting its usual monthly phases. The phenom enon -of the eclipses are visible. All these celestial movements are accom plished with scientific precision. COULD NOT REACH HER MONEY. Dilemma of the Girl with a Lunch Bill and a Back-Buttoned Waist. She had listened to n long and Im pressive lecture concerning the wicked ness of tempting thieves and pickpock ets by carrying a well-filled pocketbook In the open hand the night before; and had resolved to be no longer guilty in this direction. So only just sufficient money to carry her through the morn ing's shopping, as she supposed, went into the purse which she carried; the rest of her worldly wealth she disposed of In a different manner. Then she went down town, proud with the con sciousness of having proved herself strictly humanitarian and up to date. By the tliiie the shopping opera lions had been completed the sum of money in her purse had been reduced to very slender proportions. Quite forgetful of this, however, the fair student of so cial economy entered a fashionabla lunch-room, and, being hungry, ordered an expensive luncheon and ate It. But when the time came for paying for tin same rolled around a clear and astern-,-ishing nervous shock came with It. In her pocketbook rested in louesorad state a dime, a nickel, and two pennies, while the check for the luncheon footed up to three figures. All the other money which she had about her reposed in the little money bag of chamois skii which hung around her neck, beneath her outer clothing, and the bodice which she wore was buttoned up tho back! An intimate friend who providential ly passed by at that moment rescued the unfortunate young woman trom her uncomfortable predicament, and also loaned her a nickel to. ride home on. But the bag of chamois skin went flying just as soon as she reached her own chamber, and this particular stu dent of social science has gone back to carrying all the money she possesses in her pocketbook, for good and all, she says. Chicago Inter Ocean. Animils Insensible to Pain. If It Is true that animals feel pain less than men, then it is also true that the tortures and cruelties sometimes Inflicted upon animals if administered to men would be unbearable to the point almost of insanity or death. The most sensitive part of the human frame is the skin, and while this is true rela tively of animals it is certain also that the skin of dogs or other animals is not so sensitive as that of man. Be siues, the animal's skin is protected by a coat of insensitive hair. In the case of surgical operations on men reaching, for Instance, to the abdominal cavity, It Is the incision Into the cavity that re quires the taking of anesthetics, and not so much the work to be done after the cavity Is opened. After serious operations upon animals which have" been placed under chloroform it fre quently happens that a few minutes after recovering consciousness the ani mals frisk about the room, sometimes jumping from the floor to the operating table. Exact Training; for German Sol 'iers. To train his soldiers the Emperor of Germany has devised a scheme for making the army maneuvers as like ns possible to the conditions of actual war fare. Dummies have been made of straw, canvas and old uniforms. They will be set up in mimic forts and at these real shot and shell will be fired by the soldiers. The Kaiser has evi dently been Impressed by the feats of Amerlcnn soldiers swimming rivers un der fire in the Philippines, for one of the feats consists In the firing nt dum mies painted with mustaches and fur nished with caps. These heads float in the water and make splendid targets.- A Benefactor. "James." whispered the good worn J nn. "there Is a burglar In the parlor, lie stumbled against the piano in thei dark. I heard several of the keys-l struck." "All right!" said James. "I'll go down." "Oh! James, you'ie not going to do anything rash?" "Ceitainly net. I'm going to help him. You don't suppose he can get that piano out of the house without assist ance, do you?" Philadelphia Press. Football Duelists. A duel has recently taken nlnce at Paris between two foot ball men, the captains of rival teams, who had quar reled on the field during the progress ' of a game. Unlike most French duels, which are Innocuous, both combatants received Revere wound in the arms and shoulders. ,s INVERTED MANSION PARIS. Visitors to World's Fair Can Walk n Their Heads or Seem To. Visitors to the Tarls exhibition who make their entrance by the Place de la Concorde will probably wonder wheth er they are the victims of hallucination or the subject of a seasonable practical joke. They will be confronted with a weird-looking structure, which a mo mentary examination will show them is in reality a house. But it is not an ordinary dwelling place. Architects usually have a weakness for laying their foundations upon a solid substra tum of earth. Not so the designer of the "Manolr a l'Euvers. He had laid the foundations in the clouds, and the only communication with mother earth is by way of the chimneys and turrets of his feudal mansion. Nevertheless there is no danger of its falling Into space with its occupants, for, be it noted, the topsy-turvy mansion is not uninhabited. The visitor draws closer and glances at the windows; people dressed like himself look out. To his astonishment they are as topsy-turvy as the house, for their feet point sky wards and their heads are directed towards the ground. If anxious to solve the mystery and to learn how it has become possible for mere humanity to emulate the fly HOUSK BUILT UeSIDE .DOWN. and walk upside down, the visitor will only find his bewilderment Increased. In fact, the apparent intention of the designer of the "Manolr" Is to instill a lasting doubt iu the minds of men as to whether they do really stand on. their heads or their heels. , Immediately the visitor enters he at once becomes part and parcel of the topsy-turvy scheme. lie- is ushered into a room, and gradually it dawns up on him that he is really walking upon the ceiling. He looks anxiously round him for something to clutch; there is nothing. He takes one cautious, step another! He has achieved the Impos sible; he has learned to walk with his head where his heels should be. The lesson thus being learned, he will find It possible to enjoy with equanimity the ordinary doings of humanity from his novel point of view. He may pro ceed to a bathroom and perceive a steaming jet of hot water spouting up ward into the tub. He may proceed to the dining room, where, the laws of gravity being suspended, the table re mains unmoved directly over his head, and nil the paraphernalia of the table the plates, the cutlery, the flowers, sus tain their positions without any more effort than tho guests dining thereat. This Ingenious production Is the idea of a Russian engineer, and a French architect is responsible for the build ing itself, while British capital has made its erection possible.' Needless to say, nn Ingenious arrangement of mirrors is responsible for an Illusion, which for elaborate detail easily trans cends anything previously attempted in the same line. One o. the Heirs, A certain amount of. freshness Is nat ural and desirable In youth, but there Is a young man. in social Washington who is offensively and incurably fresh. One day last week, however, he had a setback which to most persons would have been ample for all purposes. He was at tea and had been presented to a young wotnau from Ohio who believes in heroic treatment of desperate cases, hvhlch she very soon perceived his to ie. Iu the course of the conversation she suggested that something might be learned from the past." - "Oh." he said, "I am the heir of ail the ages In the foremost files of time, and I can't waste my precious moment looking back, like Lot's wife." "At lenst," she responded, with a sweet Insinuation, "the result In the case of Lot's wife could scarcely be possible In yours." "I don't quite understand," he said groping for her meaning. "Don't you remember she was turned Into a pillar of salt?" He understood It then, for a wonder, nnd somehow afterward the conversa tion lost Interest for him. Washington Post. Music In St. Peter's. The music sung In St. Peter's, at Rome, Is entirely manuscript No vo callst or musician Is permitted to have his part in his hand, except while he la actually performing It. If you tell a woman who claims to ba dellcate of some other woman's Inva lidism, she will say with a sigh, "I only wish I were able to do the things. Uint woman does."