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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1900)
LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER CHA8. F. & AOA K. SOCLE, Pubs TOLEDO OREGON The world Is happiest when the ther mometer has plenty room at the top. Quite a Dumber of Chinese names begin with Li, and It seems so appro priate. The niau whose shout is loud can vote no oftener than he that merely thinks. The luxuriant weed by the wayside b4 on the vacant lot works twenty-six hours daily. The Sultan has just bought a lot more Knipp guns with the $100,000 he owes Uncle Sam. Reports that the present season's rub ber supply is short will have no effect on the usual neck output. In the opinion of the multitude n strong argument cannot come from the mouth of a man with a weak voice. "Nothing Is prettier than a black hat," says a fashion journal. How alwut the young lady underneath It? If the nose really Is the Index to the brain, as some scientific sharp declares, Home people's brains must be a fiery red. Why critic!. the Chinese at bosr.c for being so conservative when even In this country they continue to hang on to the old lines. The man with the bullet-proof cloth Is neglttlng an opportunity In not dis playing his samples to the crowned beads without delay. The New York doctor who says that Llgh collars have a tendency to cause tonsilltls ought to be grateful to the foolish folks who wear them. The King of Servia places his throne 1b Jeopardy by marrying the girl of his eholee, but perhajm he does not care, a It is not much of a throne, anyway. It was a Frenchman, It seems, who attempted toklll the Shah of Persia. He allowed the Shah to escape, and there is where the proverbial French polite ness came In. Simultaneously with the appearance of the man In the shirt waJst came the rtn-ent outbreaks of anarchistic vlo-JeiH-e. Can this be something more thau a mere coincidence? "Ixdisler" as a term of derision and contumely is said to be of most ancient origin, archaic delving having shown that the people of Boston called the red-clad British soldiers "lobsters" as far back as 1770. This discovery hav ing been duly authenticated, the muue of "lobster" assumes a wholly different jdgnificatiou changes, In fact, its whole style and character. The Anglo inaulae should now feel proud to be dubbed "a lobster," while an Irishman hould feel far more deeply Insulted over the crustaceous title than iu for mer days. Happy Is the man who forms, early la life (or If not curly, then lute) I In habit or taking all the light and warmth and cheer lie can get with a fine glow of appreciation, looking, menu while, somewhat sidowise at those opposite experiences lie can not escape. Let him squint a little, or look ttie other way. lie will be u happier man, u well as. more popular, lhau (lie aolf-appolnled devil's advocate who sedulously notes the muggiuess of the weather, the feebleness of his pulse, or the fact that he Is "tired" (which, Cod help us, we all are- until we get rested). We wish we could draw a lesson from the downfall of V. C. Cuthhert. who was scn'eucisl recently from Chicago to the iK'tUteutlary, but the moral eludes us. tte didn't drink, lie didn't gamble. He didn't frequent the l nit- trucks. He didn't associate with dis reputable women, lie didn't use drugs. What he did do. and this was his only bail habit, was to forge checks and iotes. For which small. dissipation he was sent to Jolli-t. Hut crliaps there Is a moral In this siory, after nil. Per luis crime Is not caused by bad habits and bail associations, but by a criminal tendency, and that one of the manifes tations of a criminal tendency may 1m bad habits and bad associations. I'liy details of the soul, as well hs physi cians of the body, have frequently mis taken cause for effect. A vigorous crusade against pro faulty haii been instituted In Washlngum, . C. In the Interest of morality and good taste let us wish a proscrouH ca reer to the movement. "Cuss words' re convenient to those whose vocabu lary Is meager and w hose stock of Ideas I depleted. Hut tiie man of mature iiilnd and dignity of character does not Heed profanity to help him over a crisis. Aside from the question of morn Is, pro faulty Is to be condemned as vulgar. I'mltf of thought Is reflected In parity of speech. .No man who has as much respect for himself as be ought to have will disparage himself by using lan guage which docs not express the best that is in him. "Let your communica tions be yea. yea, nay, nay." More than this is of evil origin. This is the same as to say: Say what you mean, neither more nor less. If yonrnieaniug Is pure and mauly'your words will correspond. As a target for political talk and a factor to be dealt witli in campaign tac tics the young man just passing his eventful majority, and ready to be gathered into the fold of one or the other party, has become more and more important. The advantages of "young blood" are frequently emphasized in the arena of vote-getting. Young men, are given the reins of party manage ment, and sometimes, when their eld ers are reluctant to yield, enter a vigor ous struggle for supremacy. This Is a signal of the advent of a new era. The people and their public servants are progressing to a stage where the Ideas and standards of a quarter of a ceiv tury ago no longer dominate. It is doubtful, however, if numerous acces sions of young men to State and na tional legislative bodies is altogether a hopeful sign. Young men hav served with distinction as legislators at different periods during the last cen- , , , 4 i i t i from external sources, and without ap- tury, there being no more cousp cuous uX, , , ' ,, , i - , , , . preclable loss of weight. This seems to example than that of Henry Clay, who i, i,.i , . n .v i . u., ,i . , , , I be inconsistent with the law of the con- Z V T, Vhe ,T V ? 6 "ervatlou of energy, but the mystery is Vonnfl f n youthful members. ! e;iplalxi-cl by the calculations of Mon lTl T, 7, T t0 1 f ' l;011t' sleur Becquerel, which show that a loss , i 1 ! T;? ot Wt so infinitesimal, that in a the ImnT . ? Pi f ,w V,9 thMaU(l ulilllon X' "would amount almost universal verdict that poll-, to no more thau a mllliKram wonl(, i n' 7""""" , js ii ue, most or an, ror ttie later genera- tlon of voters. There Is a phase of the ii . , . . , question, however, which Is proper ; cause for eongratula ion. rrogress In iwlitlcal methods and In the selection of candidates which stimulates men to ! an interest In popular government, to attend the primaries, turn out on elec- tiou day, and assist iu keeping down abhorrent Influences, Is good. The agi tation regarding the attitude of young men In the campaign, as far as it quick ens zeal to that end, is altogether to be com mended. We have enough ward heelers and professional politicians of immature years. The Jester case presented difficulties for the philosopher which the common sense of a Jury has removed. Thirty years ago Alexander Jester was indict ed for the murder of Gilbert W. Gates. He escaped from Jail and was not found until a few years ago. A new In dictment was prepared against him, and he was prosecuted by the State, with the assistance of lawyers hired by wealthy relatives of the murdered man. Hut the Jester accused of the murder of Gates In 1871 aud the Jester tried for the murder in 1!MH were two different men. The first Jester was compara tively young, hot-hended, and passion ate; the Jester brought back for trial was an old man, bent with years -and worries. If he ever was a homicide the murderous instinct had' long perished In his bosom. Hut the law was plain. There Is no statute of limitations for murder. Jester, the septuagenarian, must stand trial for the offense of Hie other Jester, and If the jury found him guilty must hang. Forrunutoly, Juries are human, though the law is stony. The evidence airainst the nrisonui' wm stromr. but In I ho vi nf iln li iu it did not appear ns evidence against this white-haired old man, but against an other person whom the inexorable years had slain. They refused to put a noose around the neck of Alexander Jester lu I'.KHI for tin- crime perpetrated by the Alexander Jester who had been his predecessor lu that withered frame, lu short, tltey modified the law to meet the requirements of good sense. No public benefit could be conferred by the punishment of this poor, dead vol cano. Since the purpose of the law lu decreeing death for murder is not to kill the murderer, but to make au ex- ample, they acquitted the prisoner, i holding that neither the human race lu general'uor that part of It residing lu the State of Missouri would be bene fited by the spectacle of a man of 70 swinging lu air for the crime which an other man luui committed. We think they were right ai-out It. Htipt'i'Nt itioit A hunt rutugrMphN. The Formosa n aborigines regard pho tography with strong superstition. Toward the close of September last the heir of the chieftain of a certain tribe and several other young mcu vis Ited the Toselkaku pacification and re clamation otllce, and in the course of their stay they offered themselves to be pholographcd. I'.ately several of those young men appeared at the same office and requested that their por traits should be returned to them, for they heard to their surprise from the elders of the tribe that persons who ar photographed are In a similar condition as If their souls had been abstracted, and hence they would lie sure to suffer serious Injury. The only way to pro vide against this calamity lay In burn ing all the photographs. Tho people earnestly tried to undeceive the youug men. but without effect, and wen therefore obliged to give them their photographs. The savage worships a deml god; cir lilted lean worships a demijohn. Tarticles of gold have been made so fine as to require weeks to fall through a short distance, although their weight j would be fifteen thousand times that of the air. One of the bulletins of the Depart ment of Agriculture mentions a simple Australian remedy for cockroaches. It consists In feediug the insects upon a mixture of flour and plaster of purls which, it is said, they greedily devour. The plaster of paris "sets" after they have swallowed it, and that is the end of them. The photographing of. condensed air waves that attend the flight of shot or shell will be remembered, lu a similar effect, Frof. Wood has photographed waves of sound, showing the alternate condensations and rarefactions of air. An electric flash, estimated at a mil lionth of a second, illuminates the source of the sound in this experiment. The substance called radium emits radiations resembling the X-rays with- nut tlir, o r,t1t.. 4-t..i .......I. suttlce to account for the observed ef- f ..tM A ,.rtlPf, Inir it t)i1a ovTklnnti firm tho ,,, . . m s. till uuuuuo 4 1 Vf II 1UUI UUI V.UII'lr"l t k. luaterIal pai.tlcleg. But ,10W lnnnIteiy mlnute M thosc be! , , , WukiuS 8 wuimon phenomenon w,lOBe Panose is not yet clear. It va- s'rau '" irequeucy m uinerem I twiturna fit ttlffarant tlnma n,t nna tlit ory is that It serves to give the eye momentary rest, becoming more i're queut as the eye grows tired, while an other view is that It serves to moisten the eyeball. Its duration, which It.too slight with distinct vision, has been a subject of investigation by Herr S. Garden. Hy a photograph method he has shown that the entire wink lasts about four-tenths of a second, the downward movement taking only about seven to nine hundredths, while the up ward movement of the lid averages seventeen hundredths, and the eye is shut about fifteen hundredths of a second. The capture of a fourth specimen of the "takahe," or flightless rail of New Zealaud, Is regarded as one of the most Important events of recent years In ornithology. The capture was effected nearly two years ago, but detailed ac counts of the bird have only just reach ed Kngland. The takahe (Notornis hochstetterl) is about equal In size to a goose, but its wings are very small, aud unlike all of its relatives iu other lands. It cannot Hy. Its breast is of a rich blue color, and Its. powerful beak is described as "a large equilateral tri angle of hard piuk horn," apparently an excellent weapon. The first specimen of the bird was caught In 184!f. the sec ond In I S.'l and the third in 18"S. The new specimen Is said to be the finest of all, and $l,rK) have been offered for i it. "JIM" COUNTED FIVE CARDS. Three-Kinitertrtl Htrantcr Won the Iot in u Dmlce City I'oker Utone. "Have 1 ever been west of Chicago?" sal. I the man who had just been listen ing to some hair-raising stories f Western life. "Why. yes, I took a tly- ! Ing trip across the country once, and that reminds me of a little incident that liupcncd to a friend who traveled witli me on that occasion. My friend, whose name was Jim Harding, was something of a sport and a pretty plucky chap, but he knew wheu the odds were against him and was not looking for unnecessary trouble. How ever, when our train was laid up In Hodge City, Kan., because of a railroad wreck there, Jim decided to see a little of the town. He was not long iu scrap ing acquaintance w It'll some fellows who were fond of poker. "Jim and his new acquaintances found a quiet place, where they opened up a game. I. tick seemed to lie against Jim from the start. Two pair, nines high, made the best hand he held, aud the other fellows didn't do a thing but get full houses and Hushes all the time. Jim wilt died them narrowly for indi cations of crooked work, but he couldn't see a thing out of the way ex cepting the fact that t lie other fellows, especially one of them, got the cards. The lucky man was minus a finger, aud by and by Jim noticed through the space left by the missing finger, that the man. who was his vls-a-vls at the table, kept a card nut wheu the pack was shuffled. Thus his hand contained six cards instead of the customary five. .11 in decided to say nothing until there was a big Mtt at stake. Then he thought he would close In on the three fingered gentleman and claim the pot by virtue of his opponent's holding a foul hand. His opportunity was not loug lu arriving. The three-fingered man evidently thought he had a sure thing and everylsnly dropped otit of the gams excepting him and Jim. The two men kept raising each other's bevs, and finally there was over StiOO in the pot. " 1 call you,' said Jim, coolly, reach ing for the chips. "I've got only a pair of deuces, but I guess they're good, as you hold an extra card.' "The three-fingered man spread his six cards out on the table with one hand, while with the other he drew forth a big gun which he placed beside the cards, keepiug his finger on the trigger. ' "Ho you see more than five cards there?' he inquired calmly. Must count them and see if you're not mistaken." "Jim counted them. 'One, two, three, four, five,' he said. "Yes, there are five cards, sure enuugn. ' 'You're sure there ain't six,' persist ed the Kansan. "Count them again, so's there won't be any mistake.' 'Jim gasped faintly, looked at the g'.ui and then at the six cards spread ouc before him. 'One, two. three, four. five,' he repeated. "You're right, part ner. I see only five. The pot's yours.' "Jim didn't play poker any more ic Dodge City." CRADLES THAT ARE EXPENSIVE. A Child Born to Wealth May Lie in On Costing $30O or Upward. The woman that rules the world to day through the medium of the cradle I lias a pretty expensive undertaking on her hands, for cradles do cost so much money that is, some cradles do. This year's baby is a financial monarch, in deed. He can cuddle down In a beauti ful downy nest built on a foundation of rare woods carved in exquisite de sign and inlaid with precious stones. He can dig his pink toes into rich silks mat cost any number of dollars a yard, aud wipe his pudgy nose on linens that are equally expensive. And by the time he has done all this and wriggled his fingers through any quantities of soft laces, he will have instituted himself sole owner of a cradle that cost his in dulgent parents IfoOO and upward. A cradle of this description is cer tainly a thing "of beauty aud ought to be a joy forever. The effect of such a creation upon the primitive man who swung his progeny In a bed of boughs or a wooden box set on rockers Is dif ficult to contemplate. Even kings and queens of past ages would stand in awe of it. In old Illumined manuscripts there are Illustrations of cradles where in princes of royal blood have lain down to rest, and some of these beds of aristocratic Infants are still preserv ed for the edification of later genera tions. But the 1JMK) baby could turn with disdain from every one of these cradles and seek his own modern couch with pride and thanksgiving. These really expensive erndles are not kept In stock by furniture dealers. They are made to order by expert cabinet-makers, and the fashlonings are selected from the choicest importa tions. "The excessive cost of some cradles," said a furniture dealer, "lies largely in the amount of labor expended on the carving, which Is most elaborate. In no article of furniture that we turn out is more delicate workmanship re quired thau iu a cradle. Often tin work alone on one of these little beds costs .$i:(K to $.'100. Then, when you have quadrupled this one item witli the value of the material aud bedding you have a cradle whose elegance ought to make any baby feel on good terms with the whole world." "But what about the cheap cradles?" asked the visitor. "There certainly must be cheap ones. Kvory baby who is squirming through this end of tin century can not afford to snooze iu a $."IM couch." "Oh, yes." assented the dealer, "they come cheap, lots of 'em. but we don't handle them. The lowest-priced cradles we carry cost $'2. Bui you can get one for $1. Compared with these fancy af fairs a dollar cradle looks about like ",0 cents, but no dolibt the poor baby rests Just as comfortably as the more fortu nate youngster." Chicago Inter Ocean. I'lot Koougli for a Itank. All ex-sea captain now living iu Syd ney, N. S. ,'., was many years ago lu charge of a ship carrying some con victs. The convicts mutinied, murder ed the crew aud ordered the captain to navigate them to the islands, aud, be ing a prudent man, he did so. When satisfied as to their course the convicts deliberated, decided that he had be haved himself well, and put him ashon on the first large Island they came to. He was a musician ami took his violin with li i in. A threatening crowd of sav ages greeted his arrival, but the ma rooned captain played to them till they thought him a god, brought him un limited pigs and .villus, and bowed iu adoration. Finally be married tin chiefs daughter, succeeded him, ami ruled the Island for years, till a shir culled In ami he sailed away. Haili-oatls Ncedctl In Hi-m.II. The facilities for inland transporta tion are so limited in Brazil that I lit inhabitants of the ports find It chcapei to liuiiort grain from North America thau from their own farms. Very few people live to bo : with out acquiring a physical complaint that hampers them till their lights go out forever. The man of 4 who Is sUoiij) all over, has a rare experience. There Is always great admiration for a man who uuderstauds his busiueM. RACKS THE JOINTS MIGHTILY. Inflammatory Kheumatism Is a Com plaint No One Need Covet. The name rheumatism is applied tj a great variety of affections accompan ied with pain in the joints or muscles, some of them more of a gouty or uric acid nature, others probably of infec tious origin, and others still the expres sion of some disease of the nervous structures. . Acute articular or Inflammatory rheu matism is a disease characterized 'jy pain and swelling In oue or more of lie joints, usually the larger bones, such as the knee, together with fever of more or less intensity. It is a disease of temperate climates, especially iu cold and damp regions, being very sel dom seen In the tropics. It occurs in this country chiefly iu late winter and early spring, although it may occur, particularly on the seacoast, at aay time of the year. Iu England it is said to be ruofct frequent in the autumtw It attacks persons between the ap of 13 and 40 more commonly than thoso who are older or younger. Physicians are not yet agreed as to its nature, although many now incline to regard It as a germ disease, it be gins gradually, with slight aching iu the limbs, sore throat and a general feeling of depression. The appetite falls, the tongue is heavily coatedTDfen there is complaint of headache, and of chilly sensations and the sufferer !s generally "out of sorts." There is fe-v-erlshne. and as this Increases, paiu and swelling appear In one or more of the large joints. The joints attack! are hot, red and exquisitely painful and have every appearance of being severe ly inflamed. All these symptoms may disappear !n a single night from one joint and ap pear at the same time in another; atwl so the disease may go on, attacking one joint after another, those first af fected recovering much of their tone and function. One of the characteris tic symptoms Is profuse perspiration; the skin is not red and dry, as in most fevers, but cool, moist and sometimes actually dripping witli sweat. The disease may come to an end la a week or ten days, or it may go on at tacking Joint after joint and when all have suffered it may begin over agnin and so go on Indefinitely. As long m. the rheumatism is confined to the joints there is little danger, although occasionally death results from exces slve fever; but there is always danger that it may attack the lining membraai of the heart aud cripple the organ per manently. Rarely it attacks the mem brane of the brain, causing violent de lirium or death. Youth's Companion. Kaclns; Camels. Of all animals the camel would seem to be the least likely to distinguish it self at a l-ace, yet camel races are held regularly In the south of Algeria, where valuable prizes are offered for the en couragement of the bread of racers; and as much Interest is taken in their preparation aud ierformances as In that of race horses at Latonia. The rac ing camels are the result of very care ful breeding through many generations, and iu size, temper and appearance they are so different from the ordinary beast of burden that they might almost be considered a different race of ani mals. Perhaps the most conspicuous characteristic of the ordinary camel is its extreme slowness. Nothing on earth will ever induce It to hurry. Twenty five dollars will buy a very fair speci men, buj for a mehart, or racing camel, five or ten times that sum Is paid. The racer, however, cau be depended on for nine or ten miles au hour, kept up for sixteen or seventeen hours almost with out a stop. The pace iu a camel race is generally fast and furious at. the begin ning, w hen all the animals are together and seem to realize that a contest 1 in progress. An African Giantess. Aboinah, a superb specimen of th African negress, who enjoys the dis tinction of being the tallest woman liv ing. Is black as ebony, and endowed with great physical strength, com bined with a symmetrically molded fig ure, is now ou her way to Liverpool. She was formerly one of the attend ants and lHxiy guard of the barbaric; King of Dahomey, whose Amazonian warriors have been famous alike foi their prowess and cruelty. Trained fot her bloodthirsty calling from early childhood, she was Inured to hardsliii and pain. Her stature increasing out of proportion to her years, she became a particular favorite or the monarch, and led his army. This extraordinary woman stands over eight feet in height, and can easily support the weight of a man on her outstretched hand. The dusky beauty, having recently evinced a strong desire to travel, and particu larly to visit Kngland. will no doubt soon pay a visit to some of our prlucl pal cities. Inidon Tit-Bits. Modern Way of Mending Hocks. Stockings aud socks can lie easily re paired by means of toe and heel caps, which are being made for the purpose, and are adapted to fit over the won parts and be sewed lu position. ,. i Thank your lucky stars If, wheu you are abused, there Is oue present wht remarks (even If It Is under his breata) i that he bas heard of people who ar I than you are.
