LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER
CHAB. F. & Al K. SOCLE, Tubs
TOLEDO OREGON
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The newest thing In shirt waists the
man who wears them. .
, Auot her reason for the campaign liar
never hitting the mark Is his always
shooting with the Ions bow.
A professional water walker got his
feet wet, caught cold, ami died from
the effect. There Is no telling what a
profession may do to a person.
American women don revolvers and
American men take lo shirt waists.
Heal life affords cases of "Vice Verm"
as amazing as the imagination of Ans
tey ever created.
The maharajah of Bharaptur became
Intoxicated and lost his Job. It was
considered absolutely necessary for a
man, who had to pilot that title through
the streets to remain strictly solier.
China has borrowed from the "for
eign devils" In recent years fcHJO.ooo,
000, and. the larger part of the money
lias been expended to pay for modern
uruis. China evidently believes In
lighting the devils with their own
UI'UIK.
' A professor of geology has found
near MouUiair, X. .1., fossil specimens
of a llsh supposed to be millions of
years old. The tlsh belongs to the or
der of ganoids, of which there are only
n few modern representatlv.es. House
keepers who think their tishman Is not
furnishing wares as fresh as they de
sire can at least comfort themselves
i with the knowledge that his ice-box
contains nothing as old as this.
"When the rats die, you may know
the plague has come," Is a common say
ing In the Fast. Honolulu puts it dif
ferently. "When the plague lias come
the rats must die," is the Western ver
sion. The physicians became convinced
that rats were responsible for the dis
Hcmliiatloii of. bubonic plague In llouo
' lulu, and offered a bounty of cents
a head. Wit li In two weeks more than
five thousand were killed. The result
ecnis to have justified the outlay, for
It Is said that since the rats were de
stroyed not a single ease of plague lias
appeared.
"One of the things that strikes one
most forcibly in this country," said an
l'lnglish observer, who has been spend
ing some weeks In the I'lilted States,
"Ik the way In which your young men
not only support themselves but push
on into positions of trust. Our English
Ikvs certainly seem to be better edu-rated,-hut
the American boys beat 'em
hollow In self-reliance and Jiorse sense,
us 1 believe you call It here. Perhaps
it Is owing to the different way in
which I lie American young man looks
fit tilings. The Kuglish boy, starting
out in life, 'obtains a berth' which Is
something to sleep In or lie Minds a sit
uation.' The American hoy either 'gets
a Job' or 'goes to work' for somebody.
There is a whole revelation of mental
attitude In those different phrases."
The editor of an anarchistic newspa
per published In this country hailed the
murder of King Humbert with an edi
torial paean of Joy. lie frankly con
ceded that Humbert was kind and esti
mable, personally, and that he had not
been guilty of oppressing his people;
jet this mail rejoiced In ids dcalh mere
ly because he was a king. W hat sort
if man It Is who preaches such doc
trineswhat sort of men anarchy
breeds -Is well brought out by the com
ments of a Chicago paper on this odl
or: "He Is not u worker, but u 'dead
beat.' He spends most of his time con
suming beer and giving utterance to
the desire that people may be killed.
He Is not oven a brave niau. When lie
was last wanted by the police he had
to be dragged out from under the bed
where he had hidden." Tills is a Just
arraignment, not merely of an anarch
ist, but of anarchy.
A Washington police Justice recently
dismissed a charge of profanity lodged
against a man who swore at a street
car conductor. The learned Judge held
that, although there was au ordlnnuce
against profanity, In this ease the prov
ocation was great and therefore the of
fense was excusable. Nevertheless,
profanity Is never excusable. It may
not be unlawful. In the view of many
worthy peop.e It may not be immoral.
Hut that It Is inexcusable on the ground
of good manners, good taste and a
proper sense of self-respect cannot be
questioned. The spontaneous vocabu
lary of a niau Is a retlectlou of his real
self. By his speech ye shall know hltn.
The old saying, "In vino Veritas," Is
terribly true. When a gentleman takes
too much wine he still speaks like a
gentleman. When a cad Is In his cups
he will talk like a cad, though In his
sober moments, when he Is on guard,
he Is a model of correct discourse and
a Chesterllehl In manner. Likewise
when a man is In a passion, when he
forgets himself In the heat of anger,
lil nvvecli will betray his vulgarity If
he Is vulgar, or proclaim his purity If'
he is pure-minded, l'asslou Is the
great revealer. There is a spirit iu
language which makes its way iuto the
character. The habitual employment
of the purest vocabulary will gradually
ri'line the coarsest, vulgarest clwracter.
Habit is all powerful. The coarse man
beginning the practice of propriety in
his speech will at first seem to be what
he Is not, but if lie perseveres he will
come lo be what he desires to seem.
Then, when passion consumes him he
will be in no danger of lowering him
self In his own eyes or in the estima
tion of others. He will still be u man.
There is a skeleton in every closet,
but some skeletons are more obstreper
ous than others. Take one of the poets
in a current magazine, for example.
Inwardly lie Is consumed with a rag
ing lire. "Oh, take me," he exclaims,
"Into the still places of your heart, and
hide me under the night of your deep
hair; for the fear of love Is upon me;
I'm afraid lest iod should discover the
wouderfulness of our love." It is clear
that when alone with himself, and
wrapt up In his 'great sorrow, he is in
clined to make light of everything save
his own troubles, lie does not consider
that it would be physically impossible
for her, even if she were so inclined, to
take him into the still places of her
heart and at the same time hfde lilin
under the night of her deep hair, lie
Is asking too much. Hut he will not de
sist. "Oh, touch nio!" cries this an
guished soul. "Oh, look upon me! Look
upon my spirit wuli your eyes." What
nonsense: How could she? "Ami
touch me," lie Insists, as ir nothing but
a touch will ease him, "with the bene
diction of your hands." A rolling pin
would be more effective, but hear hlni
out: "Breathe upon me. hrcathc'npon
me, and my soul shall live. Kiss me
with your mouth upon my mouth and
I shall be strong." We doubt it. The
young gentleman's nerves are evidently
badly shattered, ami nothing but quiet
and a regular and long course of tonics
will tend to restore his strength. The
poet may not have gone too far. If he
has not and can calm himself long
enough to write to Klla Wheeler Wil
cox perhaps she will give him some
good advice. Meantime lie might try
the effect of a' shower bath or employ
Mr. Muhloon to harden his liber.
Is the face of a beautiful ' woman
public property, to be used In yellow
pictures on cigar boxes and Hour bar
rels, "or can its owner claim the "right
of privacy" and protect that light In
the courts? This was the question at
Issue In a suit for .fl.'.ooo damages
brought by a beautiful young girl of
Kochester against the Franklin Mills
Company and the Kochester Kidding
I'.ox Company for the use of her por
trait, unknown to herself, as an adver
tisement for Hour. The chief conten
tion of the fair plaintiff was that her
"right of privacy" had been invaded,
causing her mental Injury ami distress.
It is gratifying to note that Justice
Davy, of the Supreme Court, sided
with the plaintiff. His ruling, in which
he overruled the demurrer to the com
plaint, embodies so much sound reason
ing that it Is safe to regard ,lt as au
Indication of what may be. expected
from the courts when cases of this
kind are brought in the future. lit the
course of his derision the .ludge said:
"It does not appear from the complaint
in this action that the plaintiff is
within the category of what might be
denominated a public character. She is
undoubtedly a young woman of rare
beauty, and this she enjoys as a private
citizen. It is very natural, if the plain
tiff Is of a modest and retiring nature,
that any such publicity would be ex
tremely disagreeable and offensive to
her. ft Is not Impossible, therefore,
that she has suffered and continues to
suffer great mental injury and dis
tress." The Judge further declares that
If the lithographic likeness, owing to
Its beauty, Is of great value as a trade
mark or advertising medium. It Is a
"property right" which belongs to the
complainant and cannot be taken from
her without her consent. The conten
tion of the young woman of Rochester
raised a point which, it Is claimed, has
never been passed upon in the courts of
this country.
Naval Cadets.
The number of naval cadets Is limit
ed according to the following rule
F.ach member of "the House of Repre
sentatives Is entitled to name one can
didate to represent his district until lie
graduates, resigns or Is discharged. In
addition the President Ifct the prlvilcgi
of appointing one ami ten annually at
large. Two examinations for admis
sion are held each year, one In May and
the other In September. The require
incuts of each candidate are: He must
be between 1 and 1!) years of age; In
must be physically sound and able to
pass a creditable examination In Ku
glish grammar, 1'nltod Stales history,
geography, arithmetic and algebra as
far as the theory of quadratic equa
tions and their practice. The pay of a
naval cadet Is $,"i00 a year, begiuulug
with the date of admission.
The musicians of loiulon.
It Is said that in London there are no
fewer thnu 10,000 professional mu
sicians of various grades, and tha
more thau half of them are women.
"I'm accumulating too many books."
"Is that so? Well, quit writing your
name in them, and you'll lose them fast
enough." Indianapolis Journal.
"They say Miss Singleton is a traus
mlgrationist." "Yes! she thinks she
must once have been the wicked flea
whom no man pursueth!" Life.
Fair Painter I hope you don't mind
my sketching In your field? Farmer
Lord, no, niissle! You keep the birds
off the peas better'n a' ordinary scare
crow. Tit-Bits."
"(Snifter must have turned over a
new leaf. lie tells me he's working
night and day." "Yes, that's the firm
he's with now." "What?" "Knight &
Day." Philadelphia Press.
Hoax I understand the doctor said
yesterday that there was very little
hope Iu your rich uncle's case. Joax
It's even worse to-day. He's very much
better Philadelphia Record.
Shocking: "They say the young man
Melissa Perkins is goiu' to marry is a
reg'lar paragon." "Land sakes.' Do
tell! I thought he w as a clerk iu a grocery."-Chicago
Times-Herald.
"What do you suppose makes your
baby sister cry so?" asked a visitor of
small Johnny. "1 guess it must be
'cause she is hatchln' her teeth," re
plied the youthful observer. Chicago
Xews.
"What makes you think he is a man
of little tact?" "He joined a Don't
Worry Club the second day after he
was married, and didn't know enough
to keep it a secret." Chicago Times
Herald. School Teacher What little boy' can
tell me where is the home of the swal
low? .Bobby I kin, please. School
Teacher Well. Bobby? Hobby Te
home of the swallow is the stumnilck.
-Tit-Bits.
Doctor What you need Is change
and rest. Patient I can't afford It.
My Income's pretty well requisitioned
already. My children get all the change,
and my wife gets the rest. Philadel
phia Press.
(Seorgy (on the warpath) Say, Eddy,
did Harry hit you? L'ddy No. Georgy
Did Jimmy hit you? -Eddy Nope.
(Seorgy Well. If nobody hasn't hit you
1 will. I've got to lick some, one. Chi
cago Xews.
All that He, Asked: Miss Lulu Flan
nigan I will give yez my answer In a
mouth, Pat. Hi1 That's right, me dar
lint; tek plinty av time to think it over.
Hut tell me wail thing now will It be
yes or uo?" Judge.
Old Lady (pointing to elevated rail
road! Where do them cars go to? City
Man (hurriedly) Almost anywhere you
want, ma'am. Old Lady Laud sakes!
I thought they had to stay on the rails.
New Y'ork Weekly.
Fuddy They have a deal to say
about the "brotherhood of man," and
yet wars and rumors of wars continue.
Duddy That's all light. There always
has been more or less lighting in fam
ilies. Boston Transcript.
Tess So she's to marry the son of the
wealthy Mr. Millyuns. How on earth
did she manage to land iiiin, I wonder?
Jess She's musical, you know, and so
It's no trouble at all for her to catch an
heir. Philadelphia Press.
Proud Parent If you call in the even
ing you probably will hear my daugh
ter singing. Artless Friend Oil, I
slia'n't mind that. You ought to hear
the fellow down our way practicing on
the cornet. It Is simply awful. Boston
Transcript.
"My boy," said the first proud papa,
"has a bad habit of interrupting ine
when I'm talking. Your boy Isn't old
enough for that yet." "Xo," replied
the other, "my boy contents himself
with interrupting uie when I'm sleep
ing." Philadelphia Press.
"We got up another crowd and ran
away from those people wo camped
out with last year." "Did they dis
cover It?" "Huh! When we arrived
at the ground we found they had made
up another crowd and had run away
from us." Indianapolis Journal.
Ratios of Travel: "Mike," said nod
ding Pete, "do you believe In dls six-
jtcen to one?" "Sometimes I do," an
swered Meandering Mike, "an some
times I don't, it depends on whether
j it's sixteen meals to one mile or six
teen miles to one meal." Washington.
Star.
Mrs. Moveabout Yes, I like that
house you sent nie to see. It will be
much cooler for the summer, but the
dining-room Is only half as large as this
one. Mr. Moveabout So much the bet
ter. It will only Ih possible for half as
many files to get'lnto It. Philadelphia
Press.
"After all your talk about sensational
Journalism!" exclaimed the fly on tho
edge of the sugar bowl, "I'm surprised
at you'." "What about?" gasped the
captured tly, vainly endeavoring to ex
tricate himself from tiie sticky trap.
"Well, I notice that paper you're stnek
on now Is decidedly yellow." Philadel
phia Tress.
POOR PLACE
Thespian Methinks we hnd hotter
This paper snys eggs are selling there
on the vines. Chicago Inter Ocean.
TQLD OVER A WAR TROPHY.
Pub'.ic Interest Shown in Spanish Gnu
at Lincoln Park, Chicago.
The Spanish trophy gun, the .Maria
Teresa, in Lincoln Park, Chicago, con
tinues to be au attraction to citizens
md strangers. The gun itself is merely
in ord!.nry modern on&'.ut t war,
such as are employed In warship arma
ment, but the association of the Maria
Teresa with the naval battle off Santi
ago In July, 1S08,, and its mute story
Df the prowess and skill of the Amer
ican navy gives the gun a sort of pres
tige which it otherwise would not have.
And not only that, but it tells for itself
and for Spain that Spanish ordnance
is far from being mediaeval in pattern,
strength or projectile-throwing power.
In fact, this particular gun and its
'mounting and equipment compares fa
vorably with the latest improved heavy
artillery of the nations.
! But it is not so much the gun. itself
ns the crowds that gather about it that
interests the observer of men and
things, says the Chicago Chronicle. It
Is the variety of facial expressions
which the monster cannon causes that
makes the study.' It seems to be man's
nature to enjoy whatever stirs his mar
tial spirit, and Maria Teresa exerts a
powerful influence in that direction and
also In refreshing the memory of events
of war that transpired long ago.
i It is quite common to see two or
three gray-haired men get into a con
versation "about the big gun, when one
will recite an incident of the civil war
in which heavy ordnance played a con
spicuous part. Then another remem
bers incidents of ills soldier days, and
then almost unconsciously they move
together slowly to a seat under a near
by tree aud there light their wars over
ngain, each recounting his experiences,
hair-brendth escapes and final return to
the pursuits of peace. It was this big
gun that revived their memories and
started the veterans to, the shade of a
tree. That they were unacquainted be
fore this was no matter, for they were
hound by ties of comradeship, aud the
first connection of the great cannon
with events of a third of a century ago
was enough. Xo formal Introduction
was needed, nor did It matter hi the
least if one. had worn the blue and the
other the gray. It was the comrade
ship which battlefields create and it
needed only this lone trophy gun to
I start its tires aglow.
I Perhaps the most Interesting visitors
of the big gun are children. It Is no-
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SPANISH OUX IX LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO.
tlced thnt they feel as though they
were In the presence of something
dreadful, and-the four mortars hard
by, each weighing more than 17.000
pounds and capable of throwing a shell
of more than 1,000 pounds' weight, only
Increases the awe of the youngsters.
Children nearly always talk in a low
voice while there and move about In
pairs or In groups. They seem to catch
the meaning of the gun and mortars and
what they were made for. "This can
non Is about as awe-lnsplrlug to chil
dren as a graveyard." said a bystander
as a little group walked around the
gun, their eyes wide open.
There Is a class of people who visit
the mortars and the big gun aud find
FOR THESPIANS.
omit our performance nt Iliiyville to-night.
at 5 cents a dozen and tomatoes are rotting
Just tlie kind of inspiration they want.
They are young men who are ambition
to be soldiers and "face .the cannon'
mouth.'' Their imagination is' whetted
until they can see themselves sweeping;
across fields and charging over hills,
and the war machinery there arouse'
all the martial spirit In them. Tlo-y
amuse veterans of the battlefield, but
for all that "the big gun and the mon
ster mortars teach them a lesson that
is altogether wholesome," as an old
soldier of many campaigns put it.
Then there are the peace-at-auy-prica
visitor. The gun and tho mortars to
him are fiends, fiends from the under
world incarnated in life-destroying
agencies agencies that destroy in an
ger. "That gun Is a devil in steel, and.
its only business iu the world is to deal
deatli and destruction," said he to the
group he was with, and he worked him
self into a frenzy of anger over the aw
fulness of sentiment's other than thoso
of peace aud good-will toward men.
A One-Mun Bond.
A Washington man who put In fen
years of soldiering iu the regular army
of tlie United States was recently ap
pointed a captain and nssistaut adjutant-general
in the volunteer service,
and he is now attached to tlie staff of
(Sen. Miles. He is. a man of ability and"
great iinpretcntiousness.
A few days before he donned his uni
form he went over to Fort Mcilenry,
Baltimore, on official business, A War
Department clerk went along with him.
When tlie two men arrived at Fort Vic
Henry, the new captain pointed to :i
long shell road that runs through the
post.
"Do you see that road?" asked the
captain. "Yes."
"Well. I made that whole road my
self. It was as tough a job as 1 ever
performed, and as bitter a period, but
It did me a heap of good. 1 was serv
ing with au artillery regiment, part, of
which. was stationed here, andx iv.
night when I was ou guard the -officer
of the day crept up on me unaware
aud found nie'sitting down on a pile of
gunny sacks, neglecting my post. I got
a general court-martial for neglect of
duty of post, and was sentenced to sis
months In the guardhouse. My sen
tence tickled the old provost sergeant
mightily, for he was In need of a steady
prisoner to build that road. 1 built It.
and crunched many a million oyster
shells building It. I never find myself
feeling chesty and high-and-iiiighty,
3:
and all that sort of thing, that I don't
shut my eyes and think of this shell
road over In Fort Mcilenry." Wash
ington Star.
Moving Stairways.
Two types of moving stairways fur
the Manhattan Elevated stations l:i
Xew Y'ork City are to be put on trial
shortly. One Is a rainp consisting of
an endless rubber baud running over
drums. In the other type regular step
will take the place of the nearly
smooth Incline, so that a passenger al
ways stands on a level surface.
(5ood nature Is a glowworm
sheds light In tin darkest places.
thai
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