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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1900)
LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER CHAB. F. ADA K. SOULK, Pubs. TOLEDO OREGON The horseless dog cart has made Its Appearance. A short life and a quiet one If you do not advertise. Mark Twain Is in favor of perpetual copyright, but surely lie can't expect to live that long. In the royal family circle will Vic toria's youngest grandson be common ly spoken of as "Patsy?" Life may be a mystery, but for a fel low to be continually going dowt hill Is not a pleasant way to get to the bottom of it. The shad lays millions of eggs. If this quality could only be grafted on to the lien, Easter and an egg trust would bring no terrors. The woman who wants a divorce be cause her husband Is characterized by general cussodness should have It with out fur'.her questioning. Three tamps, were arraigned for breaking Into a bath-house In Chicago. They vow they never will commit any mien I inane caprice again. Curfew laws may do for children, but If it is not Intended men shall be out o'nlghts why Is Hymen, the patron of marriage, pictured with a torch? A strategist loses considerable stand ing when he Is so unfortunate as to get killed while engaged In the execution of one of his brilliant movements. A Brooklyn judge has decided that a man Is not legally bound to provide for his wife's mother. However, there Is no way to make the wife look pleasant when the man asserts his legal rights. A man who called another man's at tention lately to a chain dangling from a waistcoat pocket was forthwith charged with the theft of the watch. In most cases It Is wisest to mind your own business. The horrors of war In South Africa have been softened by many acts of magnanimity on both sides, and tierce foes In combat have forgotten animos ity when moved b,v,4.he afff.Vtot hu man needs. Wfore the relief of Lady- tmilth. a message went from the ca.u 'if the Boors to that of the Br.t sli, re questing, for the relief of men in hospi tals, a certain kind of medicine which the Boors' medical department lacked. The request was instantly granted. The Boers' conthleiue In the humanity of their foes was as touching as It was creditable to the British who Inspired it. In these days when women are do ing all sorts of things It Is well to re mind them that there are some tilings they can't do. For Instance. The ad justment of the female clavicle makes It physically impossible for a woman to throw a missile with either accuracy or grace. Nature, doubtless, never In tended that she should throw things at the other sex. Another thing. Few women bless 'cm know how to get on" n street car In I lie orthodox fashion. A afreet car conductor will give his bell rope a couple of jerks to tell the mo tormau to go ahead as soon as a man mts his foot on the lower step as to a woman, never. She Is all too likely to pet off backwards or straight In front or any old way. Even women have their limitations. One of the Iowa Legislature's sins of omission was Its failure to pass the Mil to prohibit seining and other simi lar methods of taking lish In the border rivers. The bill was defeated because tlw seine lishernien made a vigorous ll. ht against It. The argument that had weight with the Legislature was that the bill aimed to destroy the Inter ests of the men who tisli for a liveli hood and was in the Interests of the uportsmon who caught only a few lish. This strange argument actually car ried the day. Several of the seiners employ from llfteen to twenty men each to ding the rivers. It Is only a matter of time when the supply will be ex hausted. Just as the game supply was ruined by the lack of adequate game laws. Sportsmen believe that the sup ply of tlsh will be exhausted within live years at the present rate, and It Is feared that the rivers will have to be restocked when the next Legislature meets. Although the Legislature re fused to forbid seining it Increased the Appropriation for the game and lish warden from $0,000 to $ir.000 and gave him additional powers to enforce the law. The warden has complained In the past that he was unable to employ Kiitliclent help to enforce the law. The additional appropriation should be ade quate and It Is hoped that he will pre vent the reckless slaughter out of sea eon which has been notoriously com mon in Iowa. The South African war has again given the horse a dignified place among the world's things of vaiue, but It Is doubtful whether he is to be congratu lated upon his rehabilitation. Though he is no longer a drug on the market, he has no brighter future before him than at any other time since the trolley car and the automobile began to crowd him off the earth. For the crowdin? off process continues at a rate that might well alarm the whole equine race. Competent authorities estimate that the Boer war Is killing at least 5. 000 horses per month, which will ac count for 35,000 or 40,000 animals since the beginning of the war, not counting those useu for table purposes In Lady smith, Klmberley, and Mafeking. There Is every probability that the wastage of horses will be still greater when the British penetrate farther Into the Boer country. The Boers take special pains to kill the enemy's horses, because the death of a horse is almost as great a military loss as the death of a man. The climate also causes the wholesale sickness and death of the unacclimated animals. To supply this enormous wastage the British are scouring the horse markets of the worlil. The war oliice is said to have arranged to con vey 20,000 horses In twenty-three ves sels from New Orleans, Buenos Ayres, and Australian ports, while at the same time a New York dispatch states, that a contract has been nearly com pleted In that city for 30,000 more. If the war continues long enough at this rate the American horse breeders will bo in clover. Sterling Ilellig has been interviewing Jules Verne at his home In Amiens, where he Is a Town Councilor, a lead ing eitizeu, nnd an indefatigable writer of wild scientific romances. The way some of Verne's fantastic ideas have been realized is frequently a subject of remark. Ills cigar-shaped submarine boat, the Nautilus, described thirty years ago in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sc a" Is now a con crete fact in the Holland boat and In a similar vessel which Is being quietly added to the French navy. The flying machine in "Hector Servadoc" is at the present moment a reality In the Sautos-Dumont dirigible balloon, which, according to Mr. Ilellig, "may bd seen maneuvering over Paris." The automobile was also foretold In "The Steam House" and "The Screw Island." In view of the venerable Frenchman's qualifications as a prophet, It is encour aging to see that he thinks the automo bile Is "the most precious of modern In ventions, because Its destiny will be to combat the great danger of the future the tendency af-cpulatlons to desert the cour'iy-'for the town." lie thinks tha intelligent and the rich will seek the country more and more, while the poor and ignorant, In their misguided desire for the excitements of city life, will crowd more and more Into the towns. "The rich will feel more secure In the country, for one thing more se cure to pursue their extravagant self-. Indulgence, free from the reproachful gaze of the poor." Evidently the au thor of "Around the World in Eighty Days" is a student of other matters be sides the latest scientific theories and inventions. ' It is now In order for him to forecast some sort of automobile that will also take the denizens of the slums and sweatshops to the green fields and enable or Induce them to make a living there. The romances of royalty are as tingle as those witli which Anthony Hope lias filled the imaginary realm of Kurita nla. Princess Stephanie, a daughter of the King of the Belgians, in the bloom of early youth became the wife of Archduke Uudolf, the Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary. She seemed des tined to be an empress, but her life la Vienna has been overshadowed with unhappiness. The tragic death of the Crown Prince left her a widow with a young daughter to be educated iu the stateliest but most gloomy court In Eu rope. The Princess at 3," has entered upon her second romance. Her mar riage to Count Kleiner Lonyay luvolved the sacrifice of her royal rank and com plete separation from her daughter, who has reached the age of 10. The King of the Belgians and the Emperor of Austria each attempted to dissuade the Princess from tills second marriage, but she had fallen In love with the Hungarian Count, and chose to take her leave of a court where she has never been happy, and to leave behind her daughter, to whom she Is devotedly attached. At the marriage, which took place in March, neither her royal father nor her Imperial father-in-law was present. Etiquette forbade them to as sist at the ceremony. But the Couu tess has not forfeited their love or their esteem. The Count Is of noble, but not of royal, birth. He has estates In Hun gary, and Is a diplomatist who has been connected with the Austrian embassies at several Europeau courts. Itoyal eti quette Is rigid and without sentiment. The Crown Princess, who had expect ed to be an Empress, divested herself of royal rank nnd privilege when she became a Countess. She can never again meet on terms of equality her own daughter, who Is a great figure at the Austrian court, and Is to marry a King's son. Yet she has exchanged a life which had become a perpetual tragedy for one that promises happi ness, and every one who knows her wishes her happiness lu the fullest mensura PHEACHES BY 'PHONE. UP-TO-DATE DEVICE OF AN DIANA CLERGYMAN. IN- Qed-Rldden Communicants Not De prived of His Discourse Electricity Helps the Pastor to Spread the Gospel. 'y ' Science long ago discovered a proc ess by means of which a man in I gut If willing to pay for it lounge about In slippers and smoking jacket, and enjoy a high-class concert. He need not ar ray himself In full evening dress, go through a stormy night to a distant hall and there listen to the rapture In spiring sounds; he could remain at home and indulge in a smoke-begrimed pipe the while his soul was soothed by things said to be equal to taming the savage breast. The phonograph did it i for him. Spiritual consolation, however, has PREACHING THROUGH A TRANSMITTER, until the last Sunday of them all never been administered at short range. True, the telephone may and doubtless has been used many times to call a clergyman to a bed of sickness or to some sorrowing family needing susten ance not of the flesh. But few, If any, ministers have preached to their flocks by speaking through an electrical transmitter. This was what was done recently lu Elkhart, Ind. Dr. E. II. G wynne, of the First Presbyterian Church, preached In his pulpit and a bed-ridden parishioner listened to the words of hope without attending upon the shrine. Francis Hoover, a member of Dr. Gwyune's church, is a martyr to rheu matism, yet he desires with a mighty desire to atteud the services of his church. But being unable to do this from physical luilrmity local scientists applied the phonograph theory to an ordinary telephone. The transmitter was fitted out with a specially delicate diaphragm, which when the reverend orator stood a few feet away sent to the listening ears the full text of his discourse. Thus was one anxious, troubled, suffering soul made glad. Opens Cp a New Field. The successful expeilmeut opeus up a new field for practical theology, which but for the temptation to sloth which might be covered thereunder ap peals to the sympathetic mind. Dr. Gwyune's experiment was made s.iL' ly to help a sick mau who asked fur his ministrations. Mr. Hoover wished to hear the sermon of his pastor, but time lacked to give it a secoud deliv ery. Also the other members of the church were entitled to hear him dis course upon the gospel. So the device was arranged that those who cared to atteud church at the regular hour should hear, and also the sick mau need not be denied. Hie device could be extended to embrace others who were unable to go forth to the sacred edifice. Few ministers lack those of their flocks upon whom the hand of provi dence has not been heavily laid. Most of the men of the cloth find It to be one of their saddest, yet sweetest duties to minister out of the pulpit to those who otherwise would lack the consolatlous of religion. If need be with the per fected telephone such might lie abed LISTENING TO A SKUMON BY TELEPHONE. and yet receive the consolations of tha word. It might be that dozens could thus be spiritually refreshed even with the flesh too weak to withstand the fatigues of the short journey church ward. It would be comparatively easy to establish a cricuit by means of which a dozen homes, widely scattered on earth, might yet be drawn nigh to the throne by means of a party line. Those, Indeed, unable to lift themselves from a bed of pain and suffering, could re ceive the message from the lips of their pastor without exertion on their own part. One machine fronting the pulpit might thus be the means of giving sat isfaction to many a man who was seek ing light, but lacked the strength to go where it was to be had. With the phonograph no church building need be constructed nnd main tained. A home for the pastor, with an organ In one room, the room big enough to contain the quartette, choir, minister and . his family, with phono graphic connections with all the mem bers of the church which might be as sessed on the new pew rent basis would be enough. The members could listen to the singing, hear the sermon and mail their contributions. Thus the expenses would be limited to the minister's salary, the parish-house and such contributions as the members de sired to make to church organizations In general. While It Is too early to prognosticate the manner of receiving church con solations of the future, it might not be HLiiibs to suggest that some such plan will be ultimately adopted. It could be done without any great loss of piety Indeed, maybe, with an access, for the show part of religion would disap pear when closed ' In behind the cur tains of the prvlate dwelling. This might be a good thing or not, accord ing to the point of view. But the be ginning made for a sick man might well expand into a system for the well which would do away with the scrub bing of the boys Sundny morning that they might be presentable In church. Divorce Is Not Too Kaey. "Every once In a while we have per fect hemorrhages of righteous Indigna tion upon the subject of divorce." writes Edwnrd Bok of "The Ease With Which We Marry" in the Ladies' Home Journal. "We say divorce must stop, or that there must be no divorce. But wouldn't It be a bit better if we let this subject alone for a while and concerned ourselves somewhat with the evil whlc'i leads to divorce? The fact of the matter Is that there Is a notion, which Is altogether wrong, that divorce Is easy In this country. Divorce Is not easy. I am far from- saying that out divorce laws are what they should be. But It Is a senseless thing to make those laws more stringent while we al low our marriage laws to be as loose as they are. Let those who cannot see any farther than the revision of present divorce laws ask themselves this question: Is It fair to allow fool ish, Inexperienced girls to be led Into what they believe to be a fairy-palace, and theu, when they find It to be a prison yes and worse, a positive sub urb to the Infernal regions to refuse to let them out. If they can get out? Is that merciful? Is that just? Would we not come closer to the coinmon sense of this whole question If, before we go any further iu this campaign against divorce, we turn back and tighten the door which leads to It? Di vorce Is not so easy but that we can af ford to leave it precisely where It Is for the time being. It Isu't a partich easier than It should be, so long as we allow marriage to be as loose as It Is." Latest Invention. Every one who has ever attempted to mitten a baby whose thumb Invaria bly goes "wlgglewaggle," will rejoice to know that at last a woman lias de signed a thnmbless mitten, simply shaped to the little hand as it lies fiat, with the thumb against the fore finger. Blessed In the man who lives for the purpose of making life less a burden to other. We are all jays, to the other fellow ENGINEERED OUT OF TOWN How West Virginia Liquor Men Got th Best of the Prohibitionists. "I reckon we're got the oddest town in our State that there Is In the United States," said a West Virginia man. "Ever hear of Culloden? I don't mean the clans of Culloden described by th- poet Campbell. I mean Culloden,- V. Va. Well, sir, about half the popula tion of the town doesn't live in Hut town and can't vote In the town, al though they are right In the towu. "I'll explain. The good people, and they are In the majority, too. are down on saloons and liquor lu .any shape. They got up a'temperance meeting and purposed to drive the liquor men out of the town When you find a West Virginian ' who believes lu liquor you find a man who is ready to tight for it. The liquor people got together and in some way got the confidence of the town engineer. I don't know whether he was a liquor man or not, but they got him on their side. The engineer discovered that the town was not laid out right, and he got authority to change the metes nnd bounds. When he finished the job the temperance peo ple found out that they lived just out side of the line of the town, no matter what part of the town their houses were iu. A man could stand In hi back yard and talk to the man whose place was right up against his place nnd who was a voter, but the first man had lost his vote. "The lines of the engineer excluded, as I have said, the temperance poop!!'. It took in the license folk all right. The map of Culloden ns it now is looks a good deal like a sheet of paper after a fly with ink on its feet meanders across it. You can tell how a citizen of Culloden stands on the liquor ques tion by the place where he builds a house, if he builds one, which doesn't often occur In spite of Its zigzag boundaries, however, Culloden is a con tented community." New York Sun. Giant Trees of California. The recent attempt of a lumber man ufacturing Arm to obtain possession ot the great tree groves of California fot the purpose of converting them Into merchantable lumber has directed at tention anew to those wonderful prod ucts of nature. Few, however, have a. very clear Idea of the magnitude of those trees, many of which have a di ameter of fifteen feet, while a number have been found measuring upward ot thirty. The famous group known as the Mammoth Grove of Calaveras, contain ing about ninety large trees, stands In 38 degrees north latitude, about 4,370 feet above the sea, between the San Antonio and Staulslaus 111 vers. Ac cording to Vlscher It was discovered by a hunter In 18.-.2, but It had appar ently been visited before, as the date ISoO is cut on one of the trees The bark of one of the finest trunks was foolishly stripped off to the height of 11 feet nnd exhibited In New York and London, it Is now in the Crvstal palace. The tree, known as the "moth er of the forest," soon died. At the base it measured ninety feet In girth nnd the dead tree was 321 feet high A prostrate trunk in the neighborhood Is eighteen feet in diameter 300 feet from the base. Some trees in the Mariposa grove rival these In size. One measures 101 feet round the root and a cut stump is thirty-one feet in diameter. IanRer of Night Parties "I abominate night parties for chil dren," said a prominent city phvsician recently, while speaking of the care of the young, "and I believe every phy sician does. It is not so much the ex posure and the eating iu the night, but the breaking Into the sleep habit. Equally bad Is It for children to study In the evening. It gorges their brain with blood, nnd If they sleep they dream. I had a little patient of 12 rears who was wasted and nervous and whose dreams were filled with his problems. It was a marvel and a pride to his parents that the young ster worked out hard problems lu his sleep such as he failed to master when nwnke. But he came near his final problem. I locked up his books at 4 D'clock. He must not touch one after supper; he must play and romp 'and then go to bed. He Is now robust. You cannot emphasize too strongly the mischief of children's night study." Chicago Chronicle. Checking Ticket Speculator. There is a stringent ordinance In At nnta, Gn., against speculation in tickets lo places of amusement, nnd one of its violators came to grief during the re cent engagement of Richard Mnusfleh !u thnt city. The speculator was ar raigned before the city Judge, the case proved against him nnd he was prompt ly fined .$100 and sentenced to thirty lays in Jail. The latter part of the icntenee was afterward remitted. Mr. Mansfield expressed pleasure on being Informed of the sentence. He said his wn agents charged the public for ad ailsslou as much as they were able to pay. Fifty-two Yean Without a Drink. Some animals can live ninny years Rithout water. A paroquet lived fifty two years In the London zoo without taking a drop of water. A number of reptiles live and prosper In place nLere there Is no water.
