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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1900)
LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER CHAS. F. ft ADA E. SOCLE, Pnba TOLEDO OREGON . A hotel trust Is the latest. "Front! Another author of; love songs has died In poverty. . Why don't they write coon songs and chance the gout? Compulsory arbitration should here after be the keynote of labor when It ceeks by legislation a solution for the wage question. And now American made locomotives re going to New Zealand. The Yan ,. lee machinist Is almost justified in paying with Edmund Dantes, "The world Is mine!" It seems to have become a custom of late to talk about "doing a stunt." , Wherein "stunt" is any improvement on the authorized and regularly or dained "stint" does not appear. Even If the Fatent Office fs overbur dened with "notions," Inventive genius languishes; else somebody would win the rich reward awaiting the man who can build an automobile that does not look as If It needed a horse in front. A love affair in a Seminole Indian ramp resulted In the death of four braves and the suicide of the maiden. 'Twas ever thus. Contact with- clvlll vnrtnn rnhs the noble rpd man of his stoicism and makes him sensitive as a woman. A Tekln correspondent of the Associ ated Press says that a medal will be struck to commemorate the heroic de fense made by the besieged foreigners. The motto suggested for the medal Is that noble one, attributed by Plutarch to the Greek lawgiver Lycurgus, equal ly applicable In war and in peace, "Men, not walls, make a city." Oysters are usually recommended to convalescents as affording a digestible addition to the necessarily limited diet ary, but they possess another and spe cial advantage as a tonic and tissue builder, by reason of the large propor tion of phosphorus which they contain. A chemist who recently analyzed the oysters especially sought after by the Parisians found that lu a dozen Portu guese oysters there was about two- fifths of a gram of phosphoric acid, and 'lit a dozen French oysters a little less. Grocer J. II. Chambers, of Schenec tady, N. Y., In a letter competing for a iprlze for the best life story illustrating 'how to save money throws in with his -experience a few precepts. He says: To save money on a small income begin by marrying the girl you love uud that 'loves you. Be so honest arid Industrious that your employers cannot do without you. Spend all your spare momeuts in the 'Society of your wife and family. Do not go anywhere that you would he shamed to take your wife' to. Make your home so attractive that your children will hate to be away. Study the wants of your wife and fam ily. These are all the law and the prophets on the question of how to be healthy, "Wealthy and happy, though married. Statistics on liwnulty recently pub llshed go to show that mental health Is not improving. Ifetween 1850 and lS'.H) the population of the United Stale In creased two and a half times, while the mentally afflicted, Including the feeble minded, multiplied six times. In Illinois alone' lu twenty years the population Increased C4 per cent, while the Insane Increased 75 per cent. Civilization and progress are costly blessings. The demands of modern life are growing more exacting and more complex. That many break down under the strain Is not surprising. It Is the merciless proo Ws of natural selection. The fittest survive, and In the end the race is Im proved bodily aud mentally. But this doe not comfort those who, falling, imw, lu other times and other condi tions might be approved and selected as the ntttest. Italy has set an example of swift pun ishment temicred with mercy worthy of Imitation by the most stable and In telligent governments of EurojH'. Krescl, the anarchist, assassinated King Humbert. One month later to a day Brescl was found guilty, after a lelllcrate and fair trial, and was sen tenced to life Imprisonment. Although llumlx-rt wasa popular sovereign, there were no outbreaks at the trial, no mobs Intervened to take the assassin out of the hands of justice, aud there was an entire absence of any hysterical dis turbance of the peace. . No Anglo-Saxon 4'ourt could have proceeded with more dignity to an Impartial verdict, . The fact that the people are apparently sat isfied with the verdict of life imprison ment occasions surprise. Somehow Wistern thought has Identllled modern Italy with bloodthlrstlness. We are accustomed to think of the Italians as of their cousins, the French, us n mer curial people, demanding life for life, given to demonstration and uprisings jiui the slightest provocation. The dig nity of Brescl's trial and the' Judicial temper of the people gives one a new and surprising conception of the Italian character. Marion Harland Insists that chivalry Is dead. Her proof is found in the con duct of men in the street cars. She finds that fewer men give up their seats to women than formerly. Taking up the men's side of the matter, she says it, makes no difference that women are more and more engaging in the work of men. The latter should remember that woman is the weaker vessel, and humanity no less .than gallantry de mands that men defer to her. To the allegation that women forget the court esy of acknowledgment, she says "that is their affair." By comparison with men, says Harland, every woman is a child. "If the child is Ill-mannered the man can afford to be magnani mous." While there are those who will claim that the magnanimity of men should receive graceful acknowledg ment from woman, the whole mattei may be resolved Into a sensible discrim ination. At is asking too much of a tired miner to give up his seat to a so ciety belle. An elderly man is under no obligation to surrender his seat to a healthy young schoolgirl. Circum stances must decide. Chivalry Is not dead in the hearts of American .men. In no country in the world ia woman treated with such consideration and courtesy as in this country. And this courtesy Is not simply a matter of cus tom. It springs from a genuine respect for the weaker sex. ' AAl.lVU.tJ 44 .A 14 LAIC iiiiCiOliU tUtlui'if have been getting some hard knocks during the past decade. The microbe Is still holding his own as the primary disturbance in certain classes of hu man aliments, although the physicians have now reached a point in bneterlol ogy sufficiently advanced to enable them to confidently assert that the ba cllll are not responsible for, every dis ease that flesh Is heir to. At the recent International medican congress held in Paris one of the most renowned of medlcnl authorities warned the younger members of the profession against the danger of ascribing every human ail ment to bacterial Influence. But "her edity" as an excuse for all sorts of ab normal mental manifestations and moral delinquencies has been almost completely dislodged by scientists. The time Is gone by when the drunkard can hide, behind his Inebriated great-greatgrandfather. Heredity can no longer be urged as a suliicieut cause for the moral degeneracy that leads a man to appropriate that which belongs to oth ers. Low-browed men may come from low-browed ancestors, but statistics tend to prove that under proper envi ronment and influences the low-browed youngster may be developed Into a strong and most creditable member of society In spite of his progenitors. In an address before the national prison congress at Cleveland George Torrance, superintendent of the Illinois" State Reformatory, placed the portion of crime that Is due to heredity at less than 10 per cent. He maintained what is now the commonly accepted view of the soclologigists aud criminologists that crime Is due to environment. It follows, therefore, that a great major ity of criminals can be saved Improp erly handled and placed under a proper environment. Said Mr. Torrance: "I have no hesitation in asserting that at least 8! per cent of all young men and boys who have committed crimes; If taken charge of In time and subjected to proper treatment, will beconle good citizens. Ninety per cent of the young convicted of crimes would not become criminals with proper surroundings, proper companions and proper atten tion." Tha sooner the ancient notions about "heredity" are exploded the bet ter for society and the state. The Idea that alcoholism or consumption among a man's ancestors predestines him to the same fate Is most pernicious doc trine, and Is sometimes appalling In Its consequences. It, not only excuses crime but superinduces a condition of hopelessness that Is all the more pit iable because unfounded. Heredity has had many centuries of moral derelic tion and mental despair to answer for. It Is time that the light of science was relieving It of Its burdens. The new science fetches that-man Is largely re sponsible for what he Is; that his moral and mental shortcomings cannot be charged up ngalns't his progenitors. The Child Mind. A little girl wishing to get her cap from n dark room asked the muse for It. The, nurse told told her that she' should not be afraid of the dark, as ;d was lu the dark as well as in the light. The little girl looked doubtfully into dark room, then walking bravely to the door, said: "God, please, sir, baud me my cap." A little child In a Sunday school class, being questioned how Kve came to be made, hesitated some time, and then brightening up. said: "God looked at Adam aud said. I guess I can do bet ter than that, and he then made Kve." Harper's Monthly. IiMV nt High Temperature. In a perfectly dry atmosphere animal life can exist at a temperature of 300 degrees Fahrenheit. This Is 88 decree above the boillucr point of water. LATEST DINNER AND STREET QOWNS. INDOOR TOILET COSTUME OF CRKPE DE COUNT TOLSTOI. He Has Recently Been Anathematized by the Hnsslan Greek Church. ' Count Lyof Tolstoi, who has been anathematized by toe. Russian Church ou account of his religious and philo sophical teachings, believes In the lit eral interpretation of the sermon on the mouut, and insists that the only Chris tian life !s tlijit which exemplifies the plain precepts of Jesus. He holds that a true Christian will do as Christ bids COUNT TOL8TOI. all to do. This theory has attracted much attention to the eminent Russian. His religious convictions are set forth In his books. "Christ's Christianity" aud "My Religion." and have long been condemned by prominent orthodox teachers, who do not agree with him in first principles. Tolstoi Is now 73 years old. His first book. "War and Peace," was published In 1800. IMPROVED HAND STAMP. Device by Which the Style of Type May Be Varied. Here we illustrate a convenient hand stamp which Is an improvement over those now In use. With the old style of stamp It has been possible to use but one set of type, aud when the stamp was purchased the desired lettering had to be set In place permanently. By the addition of the little hook shown at one side of the frame and by a slight change In the type base the lettering may be varied without limit. A full font of rubber type is provided, and by pressing the knob downward aud lock lug the mechanism against revolution the type-receiving plate Is presented In position to lusert the desired lettering. The device will also be found cou venlent In alterlug the dating stamps In common use. x HOW HE FELT ABOUT IT. Could Not Help but Sympathize in Thin Case. "Of, course." remarked the proud father of six children, "there Is nothing In all the wjlld that makes a man k sincerely happy as to have around him aiiole houseful of roysterlng children, very one of them tickled plumb to ClIASQKAnt.K TTPK FOR A HAND STAMP. CniJTE. OUTDOOR ATTIRE OF CRKAI1 CLOTH death when he comes home at night, and every one of them wanting to climb all over him atpuce and the same time. Still, It' is possible that there may be an embarrassment of riches, as the French say, of even this sort, and when a baby Is of the squalling kind he sometimes thinks he would almost com mit a crime for the sake of five or six minutes of peace and quiet. A friend of mine, who lives in a flat, Is the fath er of a regular, four-time squaller, and there was an incident at hfs home the other evening that has caused his wife to look upon him with suspicion. Al bert Is one of the mildest-mannered m: a that ever lived. Across the hall from his flat' live two bachelor friends of his, and you know bachelors are not overly partial to babies with unrestrained lungs. The other afternoon his wife came In where he was reading, or try ing to, aud she was considerably wrought up." - " 'I've got no use for those two friends of yours across the hull,' she said. " 'Why not. my dear?" he responded, in his usual mild manner. " 'Because, wheu Willie was crying a while ago, one of them said, -Oh, shoot the baby.' "'Oh, did he?' said the father, raising his eyebrows, after the manner of some people expressing surprise or resent ment or some other emotion. " 'Yes. he did,' repeated the fond mother. " 'And what did you say to that?' he inquired, with a half smile. "'What could I say?' she asked, the anger showing lu her face. "'Really, I don't know, my dear,' hesitated her husband, 'but I thought possibly you might have said you didn't have any gun.' "She couldn't say a word; she didn't try to; she just looked at him in speech less astonishment and went out of the room." Washington Star. The people who are contending that society is suffering from "over educa tlou" do not themselves appear to be afflicted with the complalut. Learning By Doing. He who argues that history does not find an appropriate place in the gram mar school must, as it seems to me, con clude to deprive the child of exquisite delight qud genuine mind-dlscipllne In the story aud picture phase of history. American Journal of Education. Politics and polltlclaus have no right ful pluce In the schools or the school boards. The way to keep politics out of the schools is to keep the politicians off the school boards. Good, vigorous nen with broad views ou all education al policies should be chosen to serve on the school board. Wheu this Is done, wide-awake, up-to-date and first-class schools will follow as a result. Mis souri School Journal. ' Our schools can never be what they ought to be until the very best men can be kept In them as teachers. It Is not enough that each State can boast a few educators ou ou equal In ability with the best lawyers, editors and business men. Every community with a hun dred or more children to educate should have at the head of Its schools a man the equal In ability, lu education, In ex perience, In culture and In business tact to the best. And what right has the community to expect this unless It Is willing to pay what the best men can obtain in other callings? Make teaching the most honorable, the most lucrative of callings, and, above all, free It from the petty annoyances of politics and meddlesome busybodles, and education will take a great leap forward for the better. The Educator. The shirt waist for men may be coin ing, but it isn't be-coiulng. STUDIED WITH KWANG HSU. Fellow Student of the Chinese Emperor Visits i-an runcisco. Leung KaJ Tin. a fellow-student of Emperor Kwang Hsu of China, is lu San Francisco. 'Even to see the Em peror is a rare privilege, denied' the great majority of the almond-eyed. The fortunate Celestial who fubs elbows "With his majesty is singularly honored by his countrymen. But he who breaks through the sacred inner circle and lives in daily communication with 7b Emperor of China Is almost a divinity to the half a thousand million less for titaate subjects. Such a dignitary is Leung Kal Tin, who owes the proud privilege of his personal communication with the Em peror Kwang Hsu to the fact that he Is a pupil of Kaug Yu Wei, greatest of Chinese scholars and reformers. It was Eang Yu Wei who -first started the re form bee buzzing lu the royal bonnet. The young Emperor finally lent a list ening ear to the teachings of Kang Yu Wei. He became a pupil of that great teacher. This naturally made the Em peror eager to meet the most brilliant scholars of Kang Yu Wei. Among the young men brought into the royal pres ence were Leung Chi Tso and Leung Kal Tin. Leung Kal Tin was the young er brother, but equally clever for his years, and an a rdent reformer. When jealousy made It imperative .that the young Empe ror haveless fre quent counsels with Kang Yu Wei it was decided to confine their intercourse to letters and to have these missive carried to aud fro by some trusted friend of reform. I.et3 fTni Tin wns one of those who bravely offered hi services for this delicate and danger ous task. vyueu me emperor saw inai nis re formers had endangered his own safe ty and that of his advisers, and that matters were nearing a crisis, he sent a secret message to Kwang Yu Wei, In forming him of the peril that was threatening all reformers. He bade them fly at once. Six of the most promising advocates of reform were butchered at the Insti gation of the Empress Dowager before they could make their escape, but Kang Yu Wei. Leung Kal Tin, Leung phi Tso, and several others managed to es cape. Leung Kal Tin came to the Pacific coast to carry the doctrine of reform to every city and village where his brother Chinese congregate. In San Francisco there are an especially large number of progressive Chinese, whe believe that the light of modern civill' zation should penetrate the gloom of China. Their battle cry Is: "Give back the throne to the young Emperor Kwang Hsu." They would have the Empress Dowager divested of every vestige of power. Leung Kal Tin. though still in his. twenties, is a man of marvelous ability. He Is a scholar, not only learned In the musty philosophy of . the Orient, but well versed in the history of other na tions and what has made their success. He is an eloquent speaker, and his lec tures to his countrymen In the United States have stirred them greatly. F LI ES HAVE EYES TO BLI N D. Four Thousand in a -Bunch on' Each Side of the Head. Whoever thinks the male the supe rior animal finds no rest for the sole of his foot In the contemplation of what we, In the sublimity of our self-con-celt, call "the lower animals." In our general Ignorance of the housefly we do not know Just how foolish and no account the male is, but we may rea sonably Infer that he is ns markedly deficient as usual, seeing that his eyes are so close together that they touch, each other. That's.always a bad sign. If you see anybody with eyes close to gether you are entitled to think IlttJe of his intelligence. The fly has two sorts of eyes, the big; compound one. 4,000 In a bunch ou each side of the head, for knocking about lu daylight, and there are simple eyes on the top of the head for use la a poor light, sewing and fine print Be fore going into ecstasies of admiration, over the creature that has 4,000 eyes on each side of its head it might be well to remember that they are not of much, account. In case of old flies kept over winter the compound eyes cave In and get broken, yet the fly seems to get along and find food. One kind gentle man varnished over the simple eyes and plucked off the wings of some flies. He found that he might hold a candle close enough to burn the com pound eyea of the fly before It had a suspicion that anything out of the com mon was going on. In daylight he took a knitting needle and brought It up la front of thp fly. close enough to touch his antennae before It dodged. If the knitting needle was brought up on one side Mr. Fly picked up his sticking plasters quite lively. Alnslee's Maga itne. A Matter of Principle. "I Buppose you will take a great In terest lu the campaign." " I should say so!" answered Senatot Sorghum "I would be culpable If I failed to do so. It was always my be lief that wheu a man Invests his money It Is his duty to stand by and see what becomes of It." Washington Star. No one is so bold that he is not afraid or a aentist.
