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LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER.
CHAS. F. ADA E. SGULE, Tm.T:
TOLEDO.
..OREGON.
If the truth Is mighty and will pre
vail it should show more signs of be
coming prevalent.
When you meet u worthless man It's
duoghnuts to fudge he can tell you a
sure cure for corns.
re are now exporting bath tubs to
Europe. Hu Europe been going down
to the t'k all these years?
the toes of the dancers with his tal
lowed boots, there is real Joy in the
country gatherings. And when the
young men take their favorite girls to
the midnight supper and eat of chick
ens and beans and homemade cake they
are as gods in the social circles of their
! community and as huppy, perhaps far
happier, than the men who take fash
Ion's leaders in city mansions to feasts
a hundred times more expensive. So
cial happiness Is dependent upon the
hearts of those that seek It. And those
who listen to the tuneful voice of some
gifted farmer as he calls the changes
In the old-fashioned dances may be
after all the most succesful social
rulers of the world to-day.
I'earv tlr.nks of trying again to reach
the north kl?- Isn't there anything
that people cu'4 take for tUftj?
We regard the Insinuation that Uncle
Russell Sage will economize by wear
ing his valet's castoff clothes as almost
slanderous.
"Single blessedness" Is a bouquet a
bachelor throws at himself when he
wants to get married, but can't find a
girl foolish enough to accept him.
When the wireless telephone comes
along the belated husband will have a
line time dodging. He will be forced
to fife n hole In the ground or quit the
earth.
The meat question shows that when
the consumer has once been started in
the way of paying high prices It Is hard
for him to get others to let him break
himself of the habit.
Itnbbi Hirsch knows of no reason
why men who give themselves up
wholly to money 'grubbing should not
be called cranks. Isn't this an indict
ment of the human race?
When the King of Saxony declares
that the elopement scandal does not
"add to the prestige of he royal house"
he is to be congratulated on having
discerned an Important and Indisput
able fact.
A Missouri boy stole and pawned his
mother's wedding ring In order to buy a
marriage license for himself. Really a
boy like that deserves to have descend
ants who will keep his name ringing
through the corridors of Time.
It now develops that General Chaffee
Inched up against Count von Walder
see In much the same way that Ad
miral Dewey crowded Admiral Dlede
rlch. History caunot be properly
Judged until a long time after It Is
made.
A United States Judge In St. Louis
has sentenced a man to Imprisonment
at hard labor for life and twenty years
In addition. The question now arises
whether the entire sentence can be set
aside for lack of Jurisdiction In the
country where the convict may be dur
ing the nddltiouul twenty years.
If agriculture Is without opportunity
to pile up wealth It has Its compen
sations for the loss. The life of the
fanner may be one of toll, of patient
endurance, of comparative Isolation
from his fellow man, but It Is one of
the greatest lndeiendenee. The man
between the plow handles Is the freest
man on earth.
Tho whole tendency of civilization
Is not toward war, but away from It.
This has been freshly and Impressive
ly Illustrated In the case of Venezuela.
and while It would be foolish to assert
year Its occurrence becomes more tin
likely. The national rivalries of the
future seem destined to assume the
form of commercial competition.
Thero Is no sort of doubt that the
pulpit and collego have both become
more notably servile to very rich men
than they were fifty years ago, and
Professor Buscom has done his day
and generation a service In sharply re
buking It Meo of learning aud the
Institutions they represented used to
respect themselves as entirely superior
to great riches. Tho "poor scholar"
felt rich In his own right of high In
U'lllgence, but the college to-day, It Is
frequently the case, cringes, cap la
Laud, to Ill-gotten wealth.
The doings of the leaders In the no
clal life of the cities are faithfully
chronicled, but who, outside the coun
try districts, realises the Joys of tho
"social events" that take place there?
What lady going In a luxurious carriage
to a metropolitan ball la as happy as
a Bchoolma'am riding In a pung be
slde the young fanner who Is taking
her to the dance at the town hall? What
mimic can tho centers of fashion pro
duce that fulls so sweetly on the hear
er's ears as the strains of the local or
chestra, which, with two violins and a
church organ, dispense Joyous har
mony to tho happy crowd from Just
after chore-time till the morning be
gins to light the eastern sky? What
though some village belles wear gowns
cut over to their manifest disadvantage
or aomv thoughtless youth endanger
Judging from the growing fashion of
turning one's back, particularly If It
be a fashionable back, upon winter,
there is an increasing distaste for the
chill season, and It would be quite In
order to change slightly the old adage
and say that as the days begin to
lengthen not only does the cold begin
to strengthen, but the determination to
escape this cold grows equally severe.
The two pictures that confront a pr
spective traveler are those of a meager
coal pile at home and an ever-abounding
blooming rosebush and ever-bearing
orchard tree abroad, and It Is not to
be wondered at that he decides In favor
of the roses and oranges. Time waB
when literary men constituted them
selves defenders of the seasons aud
wrote "a good word for winter," or "a
plea for summer" In a way to win un
loyal hearts. But where Is the modern
poet of winter who would have the
hardihood to write as Lowell tells us
did the ancient poet of winter, lying
in bed with his hand through a hole In
the blanket? Lowell also reminds us
that one of the first rules of whist Is
winter, and he declares that for "a good
solid read" there Is nothing like the
sense of safety that a winter tempest
brings. Some deep observers of society
go so far as to declare that the grow
ing habit of escaping from winter ar
gues the fact that people are becoming
more enervated, but It is to be doubted
whether the habit Is sufficiently univer
sal to justify these forebodings. Yet
it remains to be proven whether the In
dividual who takes the weeather as he
does life, "just as it conies," does not,
after all, have the best of It.
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In our concern about what shall be
done with the dusky tribes that came
under our flag as a result of the war
with Spain we have almost forgotten
the red-skinned wards who for four
centuries fiercely resisted the encroach
ments of the white man and stubborn
ly resented the paternalistic efforts of
the government to civilize them. It
will be Interesting news to maqy Amer
icans to learn that the identity of the
Indian In his tribal relation will soon
be forever lost. It Is believed that an
other year will see his final disappear
ance from among the segregated com
munities of the world. The tangible
remnant of the aborigines of North
America now consists of the five prin
cipal civilized tribes Cherokees,
Creeks, Choctaws, Chlckasaws and
Semlnoles, numbering, In round num
bers, about 85,000. Some of the nomad
ic Apaches, Comanches and Arapahoes
still exist as melancholy relics of a bar
baric age In Oklahoma, New Mexico
and Arizona, but they long since lost
all semblance of tribal . autonomy.
Seventy years ago the five tribes were
moved to the territory west of the Mis
sissippi, and for thirty year they have
been living under tribal governments
under constitutions copied closely after
In the course
those used by the State
tfyears thousands of white settlers
that a great International war caunotC ... " aim Bquat-
agaln happen.lt may be said that every W SFT Jnnd they liked.
complicated by the return of the negro
slaves held by the Indians, but llber
oted during the civil war. The three
races have Intermarried until travelers
In the territory assert that the Indians
are divided Into two general classes
"white men and negroes." There are,
however, some twelve or fifteen thou
sand full-bloods In the territory. Hun
dreds of these Indians have been grad
uated from the best colleges In the
United States, while thousands have
received an excellent education In the
schools maintained by the tribal gov
ernments. Their degree of literacy Is
much higher than that of the whites
who have Invaded the territory. Hut
the Indian Is now standing on the
threshold of United States citizenship.
His tribal governments must be merged
Into the Union. Since 1SH3 the Dawes
commission has been engaged In the
work of allotting 30,1X10.000 acres of
valuable land among some 83.000 legit
imate heirs out of 200.000 claimants.
The stupendous character of this task
and the dltlleultles In the way of equal
ly dividing the land are pointed out In
an article In the Forum by Thonia F.
Millard. In the opinion of Mr. Millard
this "equalization," which I costing
the government hundreds of thousand
of dollar. Is In reality a farce. The
Indian desired to divide the land by
the very lmplo plan of giving each
man hi and his family' share of the
land he was living on and partitioning
unoccupied land among those who had
no. regular place of abode. Mr. Mil
lard believe thl plan hould have
been followed.
THOMAS NAST.
about $1 per acre.
80GD FIELD FOR AMERICAN CAPITAL.
By Thomas Nast, Late U- S- Consul General at Guayaquil
Ecuador is reasonably ueuuuy, t-
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Al ?V 1 clally m tne country, tne prevumus
SV eases being malarial fevers. One soon
gets acclimatized. Iff Guayaquil nuu
along the coast the climate during the
wet season (from January to May) is
very unhealthy.
The chief industry of Ecuador is cacao
growing, which is extremely profitable.
The world's supply of cacao amounts
to some 90,000 tons, and of this Ecuador
produces 27,000 tons, or about one-third
of the total. Land can be obtained at
It requires about five years to bring a
cacao estate into bearing, at a cost of 15 to 20 cents per
tree. The trees yield on an average one pound each. For
a plantation of 100,000 trees It costs to bring Into bearing,
say, $17,500. At the end of five years It Is worth $50,000;
at seven years, $75,000, etc. The production of 100,000 trees
would be 100,000 pounds, worth $11,000 at present. The
cost of putting this quantity on the.market, including labor,
etc., would be $4,000, leaving a net profit of $7,000.
Estates are easily sold at the above figures, and If a cap
italist can wait for results for five years he is sure of a
good Income. In the mentinie. "catch crops." such as rice
or corn, can be grown on the same ground, which is so
fertile that for the growing of rice, etc., It Is never neces
sary to plow; a hole is simply made, with a machete and
the seeds put In, and good returns are obtained.
The planting and growing of rubber trees Is considered
one of the best Investments; but very few have been
planted, on account of the large supply of wild rubber and
the fear that some artificial matter might be discovered to
take its place. There are plenty of good opportunities in
Ecuador for the Investment of money.
It is for this that we have schools and churches. It Is for
this that we have tariffs. It is for this that we have law.
And it Is for this that the republic must live or bear no
life.
SENATOR HOAR.
LABOR'S RIGHT TO COMBINE.
By Senator Hoar, or Massachusetts.
I cannot see why if capital may com
bine in corporations, labor may not com
bine In labor unions. Every corporation
and every partnership is an aggregate
of individuals. So when a single work
man desires employment he has to make
his bargain not with one employer, but
with many employers acting as one.
He Is also at another disadvantage. The
thing he has to sell Is his day's work. If
he goes down in the morning to make
his engagement, the thing he is to sell
is perishing with every hour of delay In
making his contract. These associations of capital fre
quently extend through the whole country and control under
one head and with one will every establishment In the eoun
try in which a skilled workman might hope to find em
ployment. So I can see no reason why the workman should
not combine to make his bargain as to the rate of wages,
as to the hours of labor and as to the comfort and safety
or nis occupation.
But, on the other hand, he has no right to Interfere by
violence with the freedom of any workman who does not
choose to belong to his union. Of course where men act
in masses and are under excitement there will be occa
sional and sporadic instances even of unlawful and violent
action. These will always occur whle human nature re
mains unchanged and are not to be considered too seriously
or too harshly. But a republic cannot live If any body of
men unaertaice to impose their own will upon the lawful
freedom of others.
Subject to this condition I believe the sympathy of all
true American Is on the side of labor and its attempt to
Dener us conuition. unless the American workmatshnIl
have good wages and leisure and comfort, shall have books
In his home, shall send his children to school, can provide
comrortamy ror nis oia age, the republic Itself will be" no
longer worth living In. Capital and wealth will In the end
take care of themselves, but to the elevation of labor,
which 1 but another name for the elevation of citizenship
the whole force and power of the republic should be bent
PRAISE AND BLAME BOTH OF VALIE.
By James F, O'Brien.
The two greatest factors In securing the best
work from employes are praise and blame. I am
sure that neither alone will answer the purpose.
The man who must be scolded and found fault
with continually Is of little value in any position.
He is in disfavor with his superiors In oftico be
cause they cannot trust him to perform his duties
faithfully. As for the man himself, his many
delinquencies cause him to lose confidence in his
own ability; he becomes careless and forgetful, and finally
loses his place altogether. A too frequent use of praise in
the management of employes is productive of undesirable
results of a different character. The man who Is continu
ally praised after a while becomes Imbued with the Idea
that he Is "IT." He has an exaggerated Idea of his own
importance and Is liable to assume a patronizing air toward.
his associates and customers that Is not at all deslrable
ln fact Is decidedly harmful. Such a man Is almost certain
In the end to become so Intolerable that he is at last noti
fied that his cervices are no longer required.
Too much praise or too much blame Is therefore equally
harmful, though in a different way. A Judicious use of
both Is highly desirable. When a salesman makes a good
sale, it pleases him to receive a word of commendation
from the manager and It spurs him to do better. On the
other hand, If he is Impolite to a customer or does some
thing he ought not to do, he should be reproved gently but
firmly. This will make him more careful In the future,
and In the end he will be more valuable to himself and tb
firm.
Much depends upon the manager himself. If he pos
sesses good common sense, has a fair knowledge of human
nature, and has personal magnetism, he will have no
trouble with his employes. If, on the other hand, he li
unjust, hard, and unsympathetic, he will be unable to keen
good salesmen or saleswomen In his employ for any length
of time. No one of spirit will submit to being cursed and
reproved before his shopmates by the man from whom ht
receives his orders. Dissatisfaction Is certain to show it
self among the other employes, and the entire force soon
becomes demoralized.
CHOOSING AN OCCUPATION.
By Hamilton D. Maxwell.
Many a young man falls to make his mark In
the world because he does not make a choice of
occupation. This is a very commonplace remark,
and so also is the inquiry why is a choke not
made?
The painful, fact Is that the young men who
think and consult out the future, and come to
some well-defined plan of life, are In the minority;
while the men who take things as they come, care
little for the future, and plan less, for it, are In the ma'
jority. But there are a large number of men who are Id
perplexity about the future. They almost wish some over
whelming circumstances would force them into an occupa
tion or a profession.
Man 1 endowed with the power of choice, and we musl
decide for ourselves. True, a man's choice will be modi
fled by circumstance not In his immediate control, but
after all, one must act for himself.
The power of choice does not, of course, prevent the ask
ing for that wisdom from above which will be liberal!
given to those who devoutly seek It.
The first Inquiry Is: What can I do? I may be able t
do several things, and do them reasonably well, but tbw
must be a selection, and hence the second Inquiry: V&t
can I do best? ' Then follow the question of opportunity
Where and how can one find not only opportunity, bu
the largest opportunity to do what one can do best? Thi
man who finds "the largest opportunity to do what he cat
do best" has chosen hi work, the method and the field.
SHE CLAIMS $40,000,000.
The Bum Left by the Man She Married
on Hie Death Bed.
In all probability Mr. William H.
Bradley, of Tomahawk, Wis., will
come Into possession of the $40,000,000
left by her husband, William II. Brad
ley, a pioneer lumberman and the rich
est man In Wisconsin. Three day be
fore hi death be married Mis Marie
Hanneniager, who for twenty year
W. H. BRADLEY. MR. W. H. BBADLIT.
wa hi private secretary and who
know more than any other person
about his vast estate.
Bradley wa as eccentric as he wa
wealthy. He wa a native of Bangor,
Me., where hi father, as the ion
proved to be, was a successful lumber
man. In the early CO he went to
Wisconsin aud entered the lunfbcr
business In a small way. Then he got
lu with some Milwaukee capitalist
and began operating near Muskegon
Mich. Thl venture wa very profit
able, and made him wealthy. He
MANY UNDERTAKINGS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN
MENT IN THE FARMERS' INTEREST.
THE National Geographic Magazine assert that no other government
in the world doe so much a the United State to promote the agri
cultural Interest of thecountry.
Through it effort tea Is now being successfully grown In Soutl
Carolina.
Through its encouragement Connecticut will oon be raising all the Su
matra tobacco consumed in the United 8tate-$0.000.000 worth annually.
A new variety of long-staple cotton, having nearly double the value of the
old, ha been created; new wheat and new rices, and even a frost-reslstlnf
orange has been evolved. And these are only samples of what has been
done.
The American farmers have an Invested capital of $20,000,000,000. ThU
Is a great agricultural nation, and Uncle Sam doesn't forget it Glance 8
some of the things he does to help and protect the farmer- I
mnrtlm?,!" ,n(lu8try made ,n8t 60,000.000 ante
TIC. Th- 1 ? m,nt,onlmal d about 30,000.000 post-mortem In
X o LJ aTA D8rct,on 8tamP l"d to over 23,000.000 pack
ages of meat. And this Is only part of the bureau's work.
Ill lT1 C0l,ege" have an endonce of 42.000.
The export trade In fruit and vegetable Is assisted by the Introductlo.
tl ZZT f handl'Dg- ImporU,d " Product, are extmlnei'
for injurious substances. Important Investigation have been made in t
SSS. ,7 W,'tb a V,CW t0 'mpr0Vln tLe and quanTlfy o tab.
u tTr. The De-rtTnt TTh'h"0 ,f th rent?8t a88l8t8 to ag
culture The Department of Agriculture I a worker for forestry the bureau
of forestry being a part of It The bureau of soil employ, ove 175 irW
The department published la.t year 757 different pubSon, wHhTtoUl'
1800.000 a year, it Is Inadequate to supply the demand.
moved to Milwaukee, but the Inactivi
ty of city life palled on him and he
decided to found a city In the primeval
forest
He traveled up the Wisconsin valley
till he reached the nlace
bnwk now stnnda Tho. . i,.,n.
v uc uuiil a
v mill and a largo hotel, with nn-
pilntment eaual to hna
lai?e cltle. lie started a newsnsnor.
bult and stocked a Kenornl ttn
thedl waited for tho
he was sure would fniin, Mm
the timber about his nll was c
down and shipped to maAket he Lu?
railroads, adding miles aid miles
he needed them. Everything he toiicf
ed Boomed to turn to gold.') and inveff
ments which to other deemed t
liclght of folly brought hlni fortm
While Tomahawk wa still In Its
fancy Mr. Bradley established anotJi'.
,vnu opini aus, ana In this, v
fVfM.Uk.VU vvuiiiJ
ue wa successful.-Utlca Globe,