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.