Lincoln County leader., July 20, 1900, Image 2

LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER
CHA8. F. ADA E. SOCLE, Fobs.
TOLEDO OREGON
"Early to bed" may result In wisdom,
but, If so, Low did the owl get bis repu
tation? Those Chinese Boxers may be good
fighters, but they don't stick to the
rules of the prize ring.
A good ninny failures are due to the
fact that the so-called opportunities In
a man's life are not labeled.
The Boers are expert at making
treks, but General Bobs has apparently
been able to take the most tricks.
That Texas girl picked up by a cy
clone Is on record as not liking It. Still
few are likely to be carried away with
admiration for these phenomena.
In classic times It was believed to be
sweet to die for one's country. If Aguln
aldo had died as many times as report
ed he would certainly be a regular
honeyboy.
Mr. Carnegie says he could raise
$200,000,(XK) at short notice. Is not a
man of Mr. Carnegie's age who can
perform that feat tnklug too many
risks of dying rich?
Padcrewskl's tostlmnntnl tn ihn rnn-
sleal taste of the American people
cost hlni nothing. The testimonials of
the Amerlcau people to the musical
talent of Padorewskl cost them many
thousands.
The three gentlemen of Constantino
ple who were arrested for carrying
plans of the sultan's apartments con
fessed that they had not located the
exact room where the wily old mon
arch preserved his Bouvenlr ultima
tums. The Itusklu co-operative colony,
which recently went Into Involuntary
liquidation In Tennessee, Is about to
try It again In Georgia. A new expedi
tion is also being planned to And the
north pole, aud a Loudon man Is figur
ing on starting a Christian dally.
It Is the busy man, the man' who la
bors,, the workmen, If you please, of
the world who have built up the com
munity. The trouble Is that they have
worked without unity of purpose and
on too low a grade of Intelligent pur
pose. They are weakened by their
low conception of their power and In
fluence as well as by Ignorance of how
to go about It. Of all the citizenship
the busy and the working man has
most need of this public effort and are
the ones who should press It.
Another Illustration ou the compara
tive hopelessness of The Hague peace
conference is furnished In the fact that
the English Government has a plan
under consideration whereby every lad
In the public schools of that country Is
to receive a military training with a
View to future possibilities of being
railed ou to serve as a soldier. If the
plau matures alout four million chil
dren will be subject to this new branch
of learning. It Is proposed to start In
with their martial tuition at about the
age of 11 and continue it for at least
three years. Din ing this time they will
use dummy guns. When they leave
school they will form armed cadet or
ganizations, and so become in minia
ture exact counterparts of the present
militia or volunteer regiments. All of
which Is quite a commentary on the
way modern education Is Inclined to
teach the young Idea how to shoot.
To wed early or late, that Is the ques
tion which Is now agitating the minds
of people who want to keep the human
race headed In the right direction.
Whether 'tis better to rush blindly In
to matrlmouy when one feels that he
Is up to his ears lu love or, by waiting,
run the risk of meeting some one later
on who will not be opposed to taking
In Imnrders or looking after a grocery
If necessary. Mr. Kdward Bok, editor
of the Ladles' Home .lournal. Informs
us that no man can afford to marry
before he Is 25 years of age. Mr. Bok
himself remained a bachelor until he
was well past 30. and we Infer from
the advice he now gives out that he
regards his present happiness as suf
ficient to repay htm for all the lonely
years that elapsed In'fore he really be
gan to live. An Irrevereut Western
critic suggests that perhaps Mr. Bok
looks back titon his years of single
blessedness with so much pleasure now
that he want to help prolong the hap
piness of others as much as possible
by warning them against undue haste;
but we dismiss this Insinuation as un
worthy of notice aud too base for aert
ous discussion.
Judge Simeon K. Baldwin recently de
it vered an address before the Ameri
can Social Science Association ou "The
Natural Right of Man to a Natural
I teat h." He took the position that a
man who was hopelessly 111 should be
pcrmltced to die without effort to pro
uag hi life, and that medical men
should not lengthen the lives of persona
suffering from Incurable diseases. To
understand the startling proposition it
Is well to understand that Judge Bald
win i a man who does not enjoy mak
ing statements simply to see the effect
and to be amused by the adverse criti
cism. He Is a Judge of the Supreme
Court of Connecticut and a lecturer on
constitutional law at Yale. Ills repu
tation as a Jurist and thinker entitles
him to a respectful hearlug. Should
the proposition be accepted by physi
cians, think of the awful mistakes
that would be made. Think of the
men who have been pronounced hope
lessly 111 who are to-day walking the
streets In the enjoyment of perfect
health. Their lives had been prolonged,
and then came recovery that In many
cases Is unaccountable. Man has a
natural right to live as well as to die.
Life Is sweet to most persons, and their
wish to live Is paramount to any rea
son of expense and burden to others
that they might be. No medical man'i
Judgment Is Infallible, and few physl
clans would care to assume the respon
sibility of the profession If those be
lieved to be hopelessly ill were to be
denied medicine and attention that
would prolong life. Judge Baldwin's
proposition is contradictory to the
highest instincts of humanity.
PUGILIST WANTED HIS CHANGE
Bantam Annoyed the Conductor and
Trouble Keaulted.
The bantam-weight prize fighter, Im
maculate in n new spring overcoat aud
a blonde hat, stepped on the street cat
with a confident air and leaned against
the rear dashboard. The conductor
looked him over with poorly concealed
contempt. He was not to blame, fot
the bantam carried no three-sheet post
ers on his overcoat telling who he was.
"Fare," said the conductor rather
sharply. The slugger yawned and
fished up a coin. The conductor shoved
It In bis pocket and rang up the fare.
Then he gazed Into the car aud rode for
some moments motionless.
The bantam touched him on the arm.
"Well, what Is It?" demanded the
conductor, turning savagely.
"My change?" said the little fellow
mildly.
"Change? Whatcher want?" cried the
nickel snatcher; "change for a nickel?"
"I gave you a quarter," suggested the
bantam.
"You what? Well, say, young feller,
another crack like that an' ofT you go
In the ditch," said the polite conductor.
The bantam looked him In the eye and
said:
"Are you golug to give me my 20
cents?"
"S-s-sp-p-p " the conductor started
to say, Unking his words together so
fast that they fell over one another.
And then he Incautiously reached forth
an arm toward the dapper little man In
the light coat.
When they had stopped the car to
take the conductor off he was tit for a
surgical dlnlc. What the little fellow
did to him was certainly sufficient from
a scientific standpoint, and the messen
ger loy on the platform methodically
rang up ten fares before he declared
the conductor "Out." Meanwhile the
little man was standing on a corner sev
eral blocks back lighting a cigarette
and telling a friend that some of these
conductors would get hurt some time
If they got gay. Chicago Chronicle.
LESSON FOR BOYS.
The Rise of Frank O. I.owden a For
mer Hurling-ton, town, Teacher.
Frank O. Lowdcn, of Chicago, attor
ney and practical head of the l'ullmau
Palace Car Company, and husband of
Florence Pullman, and at one time a
school teacher lu Burlingtou, was lu
Davenport, Iowa, recently. Ills short
stay there Inspired the following In the
Davenport Democrat:
"Not many years ago Frank Lowden
was an Iowa farmer boy. He eventu
ally got Into the Iowa State university,
where, as people of this city who knew
him then tell It, he held the banner for
couutry verdaucy aud awkwardness,
but along with It he held the reputation
of belug one of the lest students and
quickest learners In the Institution. He
taught In the Burlington high school for
a time, theu gave up teaching for the
bar. then went to Chicago, aud theu the
rest came easily. Any bright boy might
do the same. He succeeded lu having
one of the richest girls lu the country
fall lu love with hlni, and wheu her
father conveniently died he came Into
the management of his vast estate, and
a foremost posltlou as a successful at
torney and a niau of affairs. Every
Iowa farmer boy ought to look up and
take heart with the Inspiring vision of
Mr. Lowdon's success to encourage
him."
Large Families.
Small families are hardly the rule
among the Kuglish upper ten. The av
erage Is six or seven. The queen Is tin
mother of nlue aud the Princess of
Wales of six children. Iord Aber
gaveuny Is the father of ten, the Dukt
of Argyll of twelve, the Dowager
Couutess of Dudley Is the mother of
even children, the Earl of EUesmere
boasts of eleven, the Earl of Inchlquln
of fourteen, and the Earl of Leicester
of eighteen. Indianapolis News,
RELIC OF LIVINGSTONE.
Beet Ion of Tree Under Which Hla Heart
Was Buried Carried to England.
In that portion of South Africa which
Is now called Ithodesla, at the small
settlement of Chltambo, Just south of
Lake Bangweolo, Dr. Livingstone, the
famous African explorer and mission
ary, gave up his life on May 1, 1873.
The Royal Geographical Society has
Just received a remarkable relic of Dr.
Livingstone in the shape of a section of
tree trunk. When the great explorer
died there was Intense grief among
those natives to whom he had endear
ed himself. They opened the body, re
moved the heart aud placed it in a tin
box which they buried under a large
tree. Around this they erected a fence.
An inscription was cut on the tree
by order of one of Dr. Livingstone's
men, while the Itoyal Geographical
Society sent subsidies to the native
chiefs of the district in order to pre
serve the sanctity of the spot. Living
stone's body was roughly embalmed,
sent to England and burled in West
minster Abbey, but for more than
twenty years no white man visited the
site of the tree under which his heart
had been placed.
Reports were some time ago received
that the tree was decaying, and Mr.
SKCTION OF I.IVINC8T0NE TREK
Alfred Sharpe, C. B., the commissioner
to the British Central Africa Protec
torate, recommended its felling lu or
der to preserve what remained of the
Inscription. This was done; the sec
tion containing the Inscription belug
carefully cut out and forwarded to
England, where It Is to be added to
the relie section of the Royal Geo
graphical Society.
The Inscription has become almost
obliterated. The bark, which had been
cut away from the trunk, has regrown
lu places and has Covered some of the
letters. All that now remains Is "Dr.
Livingstone. May 4, 1873. . . . Za
Mulasere Uchopere."
MEDAL FOR TOMMY.
F.laborate Affair for the British Fight
ers In South Africa.
On the authority of "South Africa"
the medal for the campaign against the
Boers will be the most expensive and
the most ornate is
sued by the British
war office In recent
years. The medal
proper Is to be a
five-pointed star
with a gold center
surrounded by a
it9 ring of bronze, on
which the words
"South Africa" ap
pear lu raised let
ters. In the center
of all Is a miniature
of the queen. The
614
medal Is the same
size as the Khedival Star of 1881. The
ribbon Is of four colors, a stripe of
khaki In the center, two of white nnd
one ench of red aud blue. There will
probably be a bar granted for each Im
portant engagement. Both ribbon and
star ate exceedingly attractive in ap
pearance, and will, doubtless, be worn
with much pride by the happy recipi
ents when the war Is over. Even up to
the present, the Important engagements
have been sufficiently numerous to pro
vide bars to satisfy Tommy's most ar
dent desire for martial decoratious. To
name only some of them are Magers
fouteiu, Colenso, Belmont, Graspau
aud Paardeberg.
A Flii-de-Slrclo Chnruh.
The rector of St. Mary-at-IIill
Church, Monument (the Rev. W. Car
llle), In whose church the electrophone
has for some time been Installed, Is
now arranging for the Introduction of
a large gramophone, to be used at the
1:15 o'clock dally limelight service In
the church. By means of the gramo
phone the congregation wholly com
posed of city merchants and clerks
will hear brief addresses from the lead
ing dlguitarles of the church and from
a number of promlneut laymen. lion
don Globe.
Judicial ltespect Tor Cash.
Counterfeiting was ouce punishable
by death lu England, a fact which led
a Judge lu pawing sentence ou a man
convicted of that crime to say: "I can
hold out to you no hope of mercy here
and I must urge you to make prepara
tion for another world, where I hope
you may obtain that mercy which a
due regard for the credit of our paper
curreucy forbids you to hope for now."
A man spends money more freely
when after a cheap office than when
after a wife, aud regrets leea what It
coat him.
&rr WOT
A MINIATURE BOOMERANG.
A New Toy that Afford Lota ol
Amusement.
To make this miniature boomerang
all that is needed is a sharp knife aud
some heavy cardboard. Cut a semi
circle, as shown In the picture, making
one end slightly broader than the oth
er. To shoot this boomerang place It
Just under the nail of the forefinger of
TnE MINIATURK B00MEBAXG.
the left hand. Do uot put It there at
the center, but place it In such a way
that the larger part of the boomerang
Is townrds the left. Then give It a flip
with the thumb of the right hand and
the boomerang will act like the famous
weapon of the Australian savages,
striking the object at which it is aimed,
and then returning to the person who
shot it. It will require some little prac
tice and experiment to iret the shnpp of
the boonieraug exactly right, aud at
the same time to place it in the proper
position and give It the proper stroke.
This is, of course, a play boomerang
compared with the wooden boomerangs
which the Australians throw with such
force that they can strike and often
kill a mau or animal at 200 yards, the
weapon returning to the hands or feet
of the person who threw It.
YOUNG GIRL LAWYER.
Miss Nellie Noble, of Des Moines, Car
ries Oft Graduating Honors.
Miss Nelle Pculuah Sparks Noble, of
Des Moines, Iowa, carried off the hon
ors at the commencenrent exercises of
the Iowa College of Law, Drake Uni
versity, at Des Moines. Miss Noble ha?
completed the two years' course of thf
law school, and has been admitted to
MISS X F.LI. IB NOBLE.
the bar, after passing examination by
the Iowa Supreme Court. Two years
ago she received her bachelor's degree
from Drake University. The law school
each year presents as a prize for the
best thesis of some member of the
graduating class $22o worth of law
books. The faculty submits the sub
ject upon which the theses are written.
This year the students wrote on the de
fense of a purchaser from a trust, and
whether the fact that a vendor is a
member of a trust or ilegal combina
tion is a sufficient defense for the pur
chaser. Miss Noble was the winner of
the prize this year.
YOKE THAT LINCOLN MADE.
Now in the Agricultural Museum of the
University of Illinois.
A recent rearrangement of relics In
the Agricultural Museum of the Uni
versity of Illinois brought to light the
old ox yoke made by Abraham Lincoln
and presented to the university In the
early '70s. By orders of President
Diaper the yoke was Inclosed In a
YOKE MADE BY LINCOLN.
glass-topped case, made of boards from
the old Lincoln home at Springfield.
The yoke was made by Lincoln when
he was on a farm near Decatur. For
several years It was In service about
the Lincoln homestead. The yoke Is of
black walnut, and shows evidence of
hard usage. The workmanship Is
rough, the Iron parts being especially
crude, Indicating that they were made
at a country blacksmith shop.
Some women think It Is a sure sign
thy are good If they abuse the men. j
I MAM 9 I
WINDOW GARDENS.
Can Be Made . Ornamental and Are a
Source of Pleasure.
r The home carpenter should be In
duced to exercise his skill in construct
ing a few window boxes for the decora
tion of the exterior of the bouse during
the summer months. A plain wooden
box eight Inches deep and as long and
wide as the window sill may with a
little effort and taste be converted Into
a thing of beauty that will delight the
eye and refresh the spirit for at least
half a year. A window garden, in a
room occupied by an invalid, is a great
er source of interest and pleasure to
the. Imprisoned one than almost any
other that can be Imagined.
Ornamental boxes, such as are -seen
adorning the windows of city mansions,
are costly affairs. In the country or
village an almost equally good result
may be obtained at a much less ex
pense. A box placed with tiles presents
a handsome appearance, but plants do
not thrive nearly as well In it as in one
of plain wood. The latter, painted
green or brown, with plenty of vines to
ornament it, may be made beautiful
enough to satisfy the most fastidious
taste. Split or half-round pieces of
spruce or cedar nailed over a plain box
NEAT WINDOW BOX.
In a pattern produce a rustic effect that
Is particularly pleasing and appropri
ate. In a box intended to be placed In a
sunny window It is a wise precaution
to Insert a partition lengthwise In the
front, leaving an air space of about half
an Inch. This helps to keep the plant
roots cool. A few holes should be
bored in each end of the box, near the
( bottom. As a foundation for the soil,
anu ror purposes or drainage, nothing is
better than broken charcoal strewed to
the depth of about three Inches In the
bottom of the box. A thin slice of sod,
grass side down, placed over this will
keep the soil from washing through.
To Insure a pretty effect, plants for
the window box must be chosen wlth
care. Scarlet geraniums are showy and
,hardy, and with an edging of periwin
kle vine and a little blue lobelia set in.
front, are very effective. Sweet alyssutn
and blue lobelia, with a fringe of vines,
are also lovely. Variegated petunias
alone will bloom bravely all summer
long aud suit a delightful fragrance.;
A very successful result was attained.
In one window box with daisies, butter
cups and red aud white clover, raised?
from seeds. When watering the plant
in the window box It must not be for
gotten that thelr foliage needs refresh-1
ment as well as the roots. A florist's
syringe Is most suitable for spraying
the leaves, but a whisk broom dipped la
ORNAMENTAL WINDOW OABDEN.
water and shaken over them repeated-)
ly is a very good substitute. Large
leaves may be lightly washed with a
sponge.
One sometimes sees window boxes
with rough surfaces In variegated col
ors. These are produced by applying
Portland cement to the surface, mixed
with half as much sand. Bits of colored
glass, crockery, pebbles, chips of gran
ite or other Btoue are Imbedded In the
soft compost and allowed to harden.
The edges of the box are bound with
strips of wood painted a suitable color.
Where the necessity for strict econ
omy does not exist, lovely windows
may be constructed with additional
sashes or fitments and prettily slanting
roofs, such as are shown In the accom
panying Illustrations. From twenty to
thirty dollars may be profitably ex
pended on such charming additions to
the exterior of a plain house.
Durban a Winter Resort.
Durban Is a winter resort and con
tains some of the finest residences la
the world. They affapd a good ocean
view and are surrounded by tropical "r
trees, flowers and fruits.
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