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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1900)
LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER CHA9. F. & ADA E. SOCLE, robs TOLEDO .......OREGON The nian who would serve himself and not other people will not live long after he Is dead. Judging by the recent tests, the United States submarine boat Holland promises to beat the Dutch. A London newspaper calls Yerkes the "King of the tramways." Before they are through with him they will find be la also the ace and joker. While the whipping post Is not a lov able Institution, should it come Into this State there ure doubtless some who in time will get attached to it. It Is said that there is a multitude of old copper cents that cannot be located The same elusive quality has been ob- served frequently about the $20 gold pieces. 1 The bicycle could not do It, nor will the automobile starve out the horse. These Increasing shows are proof he will never be without a bit in his mouth. Hetty Green says she is using her money to save souls. She probably goes on the theory that everybody who gets monev In dRtnnpd; bene she Is keeping as many as possible from ob talnlng any. A Philadelphia woman has begun ult for $5,000 against a man who call ed hjer "an old maid." Perhaps she didn't know when she decided to take this course that she would have to tell her age in court "Where lies the East?" was the eager query of the fifteenth century navigators seeking a passage to China. Captains of Occidental ships of .state In this last quarter-year of the nine teenth century put It differently: "How the East lies I" The weather expert at Galveston esti mates that the wind blew at the rate of 120 miles an hour during the great storm. This appears to be a very mod est estimate, considering the fact that tbeianemometer had blown away and he was left wholly to his Imagination. "Music has won more battles than gunpowder," said a great general. Cer tainly more flags have been taken by Sousa's band than by all our armies In the field. Nearly every city In Eu rope has presented Sousa with a civic banner, and his so-called "American" music has inarched triumphant through camps usually half-hostile to tho "States." May such peaceful vic tories attend "The Stars and Stripes Forever!" "A library In a garden," the aspira tion of an old scholar who loved nature as well ns books, is in a fair way to be realized for everybody lu Brooklyn. By the co-operation of the public. library and the park commission there were reuding-rooms nud libraries in three of At T I. t (. J . II. Hit? DIUDKiyU JIUIhB UlUlllg U1B BU lu ll) IT, and oue of them was visited by more than six thousand persons lu a mouth. People who used to sit around stupidly, half-asleep, read while enjoy ing the peace and quiet of the place, and children found something to do besides playing until they were tired and quarrelsome. They nil are to he congratulated, but equally warm con gratulations are due the public library, which has found one more way to ful fill its mission of reaching the public. A New York railway man says that there should be schools for the educa tion of engineers, firemen and other railway workers. While it is true that railroad work can only be finally mas tered in practice, the suggestion is a good one and applies to other callings where the members are public or semi public servants. Schools for motonuen iul conductors would no doubt du much good. In such schools the gen eral education of the pupil should re civ attention. Aud In the case of conductors aud other Individuals com ing In close contact with the public, manners and deportment might be in cluded In the curriculum with advan tage. With such schools In existence and with laws providing that etllcleucy should be a prerequisite for employ ment lu these seml-publlc occupations In which Inetliclency endangers human life, accidents might be greatly reduced In number and exteut of damage done. Prof. Cesare Lombroso accounts for the desperate bravery of the Boers on chemical principles. He made analy sis of some Boer blood he obtained for the purpose. Ills conclusion was that It was composed of 73 per cent Dutch Mood. 12 per cent French, 12 per cent Scotch and 3 per cent Gemnn. This Is said to be a very strong mixture. The professor's percentages foot up 105, instead of 100. If this Is correct tbo Boer Is Indeed a very remarkable Individual. But let that pass. The polut Is that spirit, courage, patriotism and ail other qualities of ' character which go to the making of real man hood are all reduced to material sources in the blood corpuscles. The more Dutch blood the braver Is the man. An Interesting question Is, whnt If the professor had found say 50 per cent English or American biood in ad dition to the 105 per cent? The Boer would certainly be invincible had he thought to Introduce a little of this fluid in his veins. It is not right to treat science with levity, but one can't help wondering, if great follies are not sometimes committed in the name, of science. Politicians will scan the census re turns with lively interest, because pop ulation forms the basis of the appor tionment ofrepresentation in Congress. Some States will gain and some will lose, relatively, at least, according to the measure of growth of population; but it will be months, probably, before the full statistics are tabulated, and a much longer time before the ratio of apportionment Is settled. The ratio adopted after the census of 1SD0 was one Representative to each 173 001 of the population. This resulted In a House of three hundred and -fifty-six members; when Utah was admitted the number was Increased one. The use of the same ratio, with a population larger by twelve to fifteen millions than that of 1800, would add about seventy five to the membership of the House. Congress will undoubtedly as has been the almost unvaried rule adopt a lnrtrpr rtivtarj determine the repre sentation, but a number that will result In some Increase of members. Under the last apportionment, thirty one mem bers were added, and under the appor tionment next preceding, thirty-two. The present House Is not a large body, as compared with European parliamen tary assemblies. It Is smaller than the German Reichstag, much smaller than the French Chamber, of Deputies, and but a little more than half as large as the British House of Commons. But the size of the present hall of the House of Representatives sets a limit to in crease, unless the desks and chairs are removed, and benches are provided, af ter the British custom. The center of population was fixed, by the last cen sus, at a point twenty miles east of Columbus, Indiana. It had moved farther aud farther westward with each census. Doubtless the new cen sus will show It to have moved ' still farther west, but it 13 probable that the change will be less marked than In some previous decades. The last decade has not been one of "booms," but of widely distributed growth. The Indications are that the largest per centage of growth will be found In the central West rather than the farther West, and In the States which have a considerable urban population rather than those whose population is chiefly agricultural. . The development of manual training schools and departments in our high schools for the study of bookkeeping, stenography and other branches con nected with clerical work would seem at first glance to be an unmixed bless ing. As pointed out by Supt. Nightin gale, of the Chicago schools, the pupils who complete such courses are ready to take positions immediately on leav ing school, and become self-supporting. The importance of being equipped by the State, without coRt, for the Inevita ble struggle for existence Is easily seen, but such equipment. If granted at all. should be uniform. To lucreuse the number of bookkeepers or stenogra phers in this way Is certainly a dis crimination against the people who are now maklug a living lu such branches. It Is Inconceivable that business men should eucournge the growth of a cleri cal Ideal In pupils or a method of pub lic education tjuit will reduce wages In particular occupations, and apart from this it Is little less than a crime to teach young meu shorthand. True, the study Is optional, but It Is a tempt ing chance, and since the announce ment was made a great many who have no definite aims as to the future have drifted Into this practical opportunity which Is so temptingly placed before them. The youth who knows short hnnd Is handicapped. While he is act ing ns nn ameuuensls, and doing mere ly nuH-haulcnl work, his possibly less accomplished schoolmate Is receiving a smaller salary, but plugging away nt some trade or business that will ulti mately bring Its reward In a spirit of Independence and a knowledge the pos sible reward of which may be a com fortable existence. A good stenogra pher Is too valuable to the promoted. Instances might be given lu answer to this, where stenographers have risen above their positions by the Influent- of their employers. There are many such cases, but they depend on a spe cies of charity and ore exceptional. If a boy wishes to become a professional reporter for the courts, lectures, etc., it Is another question. He cannot bring too much Intelligence or physlcnl ca paclty for the nervous strain of these positions, and he may make money; but the' public school Is not the place for him to receive the training, nny more than It would be If he desired "to become a Journalist, a physician, or a lawyer, unless the system of public In struction Is to develop Into the fitting of pupils f r work In all walks of life. WHAT'LL WE GROWL ABOUT? (Vhen the craps are all gathered the barns ure piled high, Whiit will we growl about then? Wueu the pumpkins ure spiced with the frost o' tae sky. An' the eider is sweet, an' the bead's on the rye. What will we growl about then? Why, we'll shiver and shake as the win ter winds blow That's what we'll growl about then! We'll gaze o'er the wearisome leagues of the snow, An' sigh for the blistering summer, you know That's what we'll growl about then! Ah, how can life please us . . . And when it is oust. What. will we growl about then? Why, we'll land in the next world that region so vast An' wonder if still the hot weather will last? That's what we'll growl about then! Atlanta Constitution. O BEAUTY'S POWER tie'll be here fer supper," said Farmer Brown to a beautiful girl who stood on the doorstep of the old farmhouse. "iiow exciting! Who is he?" "Never saw him. He wrote that his name was Rex Carl Carlisle or suth ln' like that." Three hours later, when the bell rang for supper, Margaret put a lew "tinlsh iu' touches" to her hair and went into the dining room, where the farmer's family and the new boarder had al ready assembled. Margaret took her place without look ing at the young man opposite. "Let mo Introduce you to Margaret, Mr er " "Carlisle." "Yes. yes Carlisle. Never was good at remembering names," stammered the old farmer. "Mr. Carlisle Mar garet," and with that informal intro duction he turned his attention to "dishing up." Rex Carlisle watched Margaret from under his lashes. "A perfect little beauty," he thought. "She would grace any New York draw ing room but such a name!" , Margaret did not once look tip after their introduction, and at the close of the meal she quietly slipped from the room. But, living under the same roof, she aud Carlisle ofteu met. Many after noons found them together, and all the long eveuiugs, while the afterglow lin gered In the west, were spent in each other's society. Carlisle was a society man. He told Margaret much of his life In the city, to all of which she lent a willing ear. He was looking over the society notes lu a big New York dally one after noon. "Hello!" he said suddenly. "Marjory Atherton makes her debut in October. This paper says she will be 'the bud of the season, If only because of her great beaty.' " Carlisle laughed heartily. "I wonder how much her father paid for that 'ad.' " he exclaimed. "Marjory Athertou's 'great beauty!' Now that Just shows how much you can believe what the papers say. She is the plain est girl I have ever known. We weie schoolmates aud were graduated the same year. Marjory had red hair and freckles. But she was clever. The cleverest scholar in the whole class. I was only eighteen then, and imagined that she favored me more than she did the other fellows. But not being a susceptible youth to anything but beau ty, Marjory's red hair and freckles did not appeal to me." Ills companion arose and uncon sciously dropped the bunch of flowers that had filled her lap. The days flew on. Carlisle's vacation was nearlng a close. He found himself wishing that he might remain forever near the farm er's daughter. He' marveled at the power exercised over him by this sim ple little country girl. One evening ns they were sitting on the piazza he remarked: "There Is something about you thai reminds me of some one I have known." Margaret looked up at him curiously. "It seems that I have kuown you for ever." lie went on. "Yet you have only been here three weeks," she replied. "Yes, but I have not reckoned time by days or weeks, Margaret. You cau never know how I have enjoyed your companionship." He would have taken her hand, but she arose as If not noticing the gesture and wandered into the sitting room. She took a seat at the little old-fashioned organ and began playing. She started an old song, one that he had so often sung In the old days at the high school. He began the soug with her, then stopped and listened to Mar garet. How strangely familiar her voice, and how sweet lie went back to the piazza and lis- 0 o So - -oo PUT some flnishin' touches to yer hair today, Margaret. There's a new- summer boarder com'n' and Almost any one in these days of "photography made easy," If he uses good plates and developers, can produce a clear, crisp negative. Very often, however, a good negative fails to result in a good picture. The fault In the majority of eases lies in had grouping and poor arrangement of the subject. Don't begin by making portraits. Of courw, every one tries this, the result being very often freaks and curiosities which astonish anW bewilder us. The professional kuows that a special lens is necessary for a re .illy good portrait, which, however, would give him but poor results were he to use it for landscape work. ' 'Suppose you take a house for a subject. It seems easy to make a picture of a building, but a little study will show you that there are several important de tails to be observed. I'n the first place, don't point your camera directly at the front of the house. You may think that if the sun shines directly on it you'll get a good picture because there is plenty of light. But shadow is necessary as well, -and you will secure a better result if you can arrange your camera so as to include not only the, front, but one side as well, which, if the front is in the light, will necessarily be in shadow. This will give you a better idea of what the house looks like, as well as a more artistic picture. Then again, suppose you wish to take a, landscape oj a view of the street. Choose the view you thiqk best suited for your purpose, but remember that the prettiest view does not always make the prettiest picture. If you're taktng a landscape, focus so as to get a good background, and bring the foreground Into- . correct focus by stopping down your lens. Always try to have a shrub, a heap of stones, or some figure in the foreground. If you don't your picture will have a flat effect. A really pretty scene is often completely spoiled by a flat, uninter esting oyjinnco cf sras3 or YViic-r iu the fuierouud. Indoor photography requires a longer exposure, for no matter how strong the light is outside, it is very much diffused when it reaches objects in an ordi nary room. If, however, you want to Jake a picture indoors, try to have as much light as you can from the tops of the windows, Sometimes it is better even to block up the lower halves of the windows. An upstairs room is always prefer able to one downstairs. teaed to her sweet girlish tones. She wondered at his abrupt leave taking. Quitting the organ she went out on the porch. Rex came toward her. "Margaret," he faltered, "I love you; can you give me one little word of hope that my love Is returned? I am going away tomorrow." Margaret stepped back and looked up Into his face In astonishment. He saw the look. "I know that you are surprised," he said eagerly. "I have only known you three weeks. Yet I love you. Will you be my wife?" "Rex," she answered softly, laying her hand on his arm, "you do not love me, you only love my beauty, and It will fade. 1 am Marjory Atherton." New York Evening World. NEW MINT IN PHILADELPHIA. Will Not Be Ready for Occupation Be fore May Neit. Work is progressing rapidly on the new mint building at 10th and Spring Garden streets, Philadelphia, but Con tractor McCaul does not think It will be completed before May 1, the time named In his contract. The building Is being constructed of gray granite from Mount Desert and will be plain in style except in the numismatic room, the' decorations of which will be on a magnificent scale. Many rare kluds of marble will appear In this room. The entrance In Spring Garden street will also be somewhot ornate. The carvers PHILADELPHIA'S NEW MfNT. are at work at this point, but find their work difficult, the granite being very linrd. The grain is coarse and tough, rendering it difficult to get the smooth ness necessary for every piece used in the building. The carvers have been at work ou the stone for more than a year. Within the walls workmen are still busy putting in place the rafters. Sev eral huge boilers have been built In al ready, but none of the new mnchinery has been brought to the building yet. No machinery will be put in place un til the Interior Is completed. All ma chinery will be of the latest design. Only a few machines will be. moved from the present mint. DRIVING OUT THE HOODOO. Marcna Paty'a Story of How a Southern erChanircd Mia 1'oker Lack. Marcus Daly, the Montana million aire, tells of a poker game with some peculiar features. "The game," said Mr. Daly, "was In progress the second night after we sailed. I don't believe much In boodoos and signs and that sort of thing, and I don't put much matmr I M) faith In luck, but I was pretty nearly converted on this trip. A blonde-mus-tached Virginian named Mack Hardy was a steady loser for the first two hours. He played 'em well, but when ever he had a big hand somebody else always had one just a bit bigger, and on a bluff some fellow with more cu- rlnsttv thnn npi-ve nr Indirmpnt winilit - w o - call him down. At Just 11 o'clock he got up from bis chair and walked back ward around the table thirteen times offering no explanation for his Strang' conduct. On the next deal he had a pair of treys, raised it when it came his say,' stood two raises from other players and set It back the limit. Both the others stayed in, holding up an ac: y and didn't Improve; each of the otto! . .... . (' ers arew oniv one caru. j-iarnv nut up a magnificent bluff I never saw a low hand played better, with all the felnts of assured nervousness, frequent glances at his hand, etc. "He drove one man out who had aces up and had the other on the run when a gust of wind through the open, door scattered the third player's hand, one card getting mixed up with the discards. Of course, that hand was dead the four remnants of what had been k queen straight and Hardy swept something like $375 Into his hat. He didn't even have to show bis treys, for his opponent had not put up on the last raise, although just about to do so when the wind killed his hand. Now. wasn't that luck? Or what do you think about the thirteen walk-nround-queering the other fellow's hand? "An hour Inter Hardy tbok a fresh pack, pinned the ace of diamonds from It on a waiter's shirt front, tore up the other fifty-one cards and then marked a skull and crossbones In creme de menthe on the waiter's shirt bosom Just above the. ace. On the very next deal, with only three nines ou a one-card draw, he bluffed a $150 pot out of a fellow who held a deuce full! . Now what do you think of that?" Insulted. Ida Elmore received a terrible Insult this morning. May What 'was It? Ida Why, an old lady 'snw the han dle of his golf clubs projecting from the bag and asked blm how much he would charge to mend an umbrella. Stray Stories. Chinese Present. ' Among the Chinese a coffin Is cons'iift fiuu h ut-ui unu appropriate present ion. an aged person, especially If Id bad health