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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1903)
LINCOLN COUNTY LEWES. ! CHAI. V. ASA. IOC1I, Vmn. TOLEDO OREGON. All that now remains Is for trusts to begin busting. the Shakspeare wasn't much of a man. He raised a very small family. But when the north pole is discov ered Mr. Carnegie will insist on giving it a library. . Mav It be considered significant that the latest Van Vorst literary produc tion is dedicated to Mark Twain? The formalin cure is said to have petered out in New York. The trouble seems to have been a minor one the patients who tried it died. If Teary can't wait for the raisin.v of that fund of $150,000 the Ice ought to be solid enough now to make walk ing possible most of the way. A minister recently prayed that the mayor of his town might either be con verted or killed, as the Lord might see fit. It is always well to give the Lord a choice in these matters. V,e are pleased to learn that William pnokpfl'r b" b"d p's nsHPssmpnt re duced from $1,000,000 to $300,000. We are opposed to grinding the poor by taxation or nny other method. Kansas women are again denied the privilege or saved from the burden some responsibility, whichever way you prefer to look at it of helping elect the country's Presidents. Marie Van Vorst snys there Is no chance for an unmarried woman to win fame. In view of the fact that Marie is reaching after fame, the in ference should be very simple. A new edition of W. II. r. Phyfe's "Seven Thousand Words Often Mis pronounced" has just been issued. It Las one serious fault, In that It doesn't tell how to pronounce the author's name or why he spells it that way. Emperor William's favorite poet has written a book In which he urges Ger many to Join the United States In en forcing the Monroe doctrine. Are the Germans foolish enough to believe that Uncle Sam needs help in this business? Alr-shlps are not new, for when a Conostoga wagon cnrrled freight and passengers from New York to Phila delphia in three days, in the early part of ,the last century, the vehicle was fulled a "flying machine," so unpre cedented was Its speed. The lady of fashion keeps longer hours than any worklngwoman, has absolutely no regular periods of rest and gets In the social "rush" season no day off in seven. Her meals are not well timed, her food Is too rich, her wardrobe Is a burden and her fe verish hunt for fresh entertainment to arouse senses dulled by monotony involves a constant mental strain, not to mention moral risk. "A great struggle arises in a wom an's mind when she Is asked what her new gown cost. She is always in doubt whether to cut the price in half and make you envy her the bargain or double It and make you envy her alllu ence." This Is Hunting around credit Mi to the Ixuidon Spare Moments, but It has a distinctly American flavor. No London editor, either In his spare mo ments or any other moments, ever orig inated that Idea. immediately, there would possibly be less sinning and suffering. Possibly not. Would there also be less man hood and womanhood? Did tobacco make boys sick all their lives would tobacco be stolen? Maybe you agree with Elbert Hubbard who thinks no man can be deeply religious who has not deeply sinned and deeply repented. "Sow your wild oats," say these advo cates of necessary evil. That is a dan gerous doctrine, young man. You may not reform and be obliged to reap the crop. You may not be caught, as those boys were caught. Don't do a mean thing, but If you are determined to do wrong pray you may be caught In the first act. Like the boys you may be so sick and so sorry you will quit. Six million two hundred thousand farmers' bulletins on a hundred and forty different subjects were printed for the Department of Agriculture dur ing the past fiscal year. As there are about six million farmers, exclusive of agricultural laborers, In the United States, this Is one pamphlet for each one. If any farmer did not get his copy, it was because he did not apply for It, for they are nearly all turned over to the members of Congress for free distribution. There is hardly a subject In which farmers are Inter ested that is not discussed In some one of the various bulletins. Information is contained in them about the feed ing of farm nnlmnls, hng-oholovn, how to kill weeds, the care and feeding of chickens, butter-making and the care of milk, the vegetable garden, good roads, breeds of dairy cattle, bread making, how to raise apples, rice-culture, tomato-growing, sugar as food, insects affecting tobacco, cotton and grapes; diseases of potatoes and ap ples, how to detect oleomargarine and renovated butter, tree-planting on ru ral school grounds, the Angora goat, and scores of other things. It would be difficult to estimate with any de gree of accuracy the financial benefit which has accrued to the farmers from the perusal of these bulletins. Such men as believe they must be continual ly studying to keep abreast of the times and to understand the possibili ties of their business have been the most diligent readers of the publica tions of the Department of Agricul ture. It is the benefit which these men have derived that justifies the continued expenditure of money by the government for free education of this kind, an education almost as necessary to national prosperity as that provided for the children In the public schools. The world Is waiting for a multi millionaire who Is willing to lessen bis burdensome income by Increasing the pay of thoso who are the Instruments of his success. Let him do what he pleases with his surplus accumulations. It would not be In every sense agree nble to see him bestow It as a gratuity on his employes, for such n course would have the appearance of charity. Hut let him recognize the past and pres ent services of his helpers by such nn increase In wages as would be com mensurote with the great value of those wrvlces and would also serve to de crease the embarrassment of riches. Tour small Imys stole tobacco from a car. The quantity was small but sufficient to make them sick A police man noting the 111 effect of their ini tial Indulgence arrested the boys on suspicion. Being lu a repentant mood, the iKiys confessed. Lucky boys. For It Is luck ludeed to be caught lu your llrst meanness! If you put your fluger lu the tire it Is burned. The peunlty follows promptly. You learn liv n. perlenee to keep your linger out of the lire. Were the penalties following the inirucuou or all laws. D ivalent i.,.ntnl moral Immediately applied we might not nvo so long, but wo would get ex perlenee rapidly. Because is In the future we sin nnd hope to dodge the punishment, lln.l ih added to that divine warning. "lie sure your am win Hud you out," the word Who that has noted the tide of immi grants which pours into the United States every year has not asked him self how the stream becomes merged In the current, of Rational life; how these strangers are transmuted into Amerlcnn citizens? AVlthout doubt the most important agency is the pub lic schools. A college settlement which has been studying the matter closely has brought to light some most inter esting nnd encouraging details. "A little girl of foreign birth and stam mering tongue, In one of the lower grades, tells a visitor that the beauti ful portrait of the Father of Ills Coun try, which hangs upon the schoolroom wall, Is a picture of Buffalo Bill. This is the beginning. A few grades higher up a group of boys of foreign birth are celebrating Washington's birthday. In mimic scene they reproduce the pro ceedings of the Continental Congress. Statesman after statesman answers as his name Is called. The gentleman from Virginia can hardy wait his turn to deliver himself of his great utter ances; the gentleman from Pennsylva nia protests In vain. All at last acree to hang together or to hang separate ly, and they affix their names to an imaginary Declaration of Independ ence. Jlieir audience cheers witii nr. citement. and joins with the patriots in singing fervently and unmiestlon- Ingly "Land where my fathers died." All this may seem an artificial means of stimulating loyalty'to a new father land, iet could a better n. 1m vised? These boys are at the age when Imagination plays Its most Im portant part. Their contemporaries of Amerlcnn birth nre playing Indian and train robber. This does not mean that they will become savages or bandits, nor Is It expected that the young Im migrants will grow Into Patrick lieu rys or Uobert Morrises. But the Ideas which these names set up for them are provocations to the best citizenship. The public schools which guide their pupils into exercises of this sort are doing an important service. Our com posite population needs every unifying Influence. Tea Services of British lloyalty. Among the many beautiful seta of tea services In the possession of the King and Queen of England is one which was given to them on the occa sion of their stiver wedding, In 188S, by the King nnd Queen of Denmark, and which Is loth for tea nnd coffee. Prlnco Wnldemnr of Denmark sravo at tho same tlmo a caae of antique spoons which are also frequently In use. The King is quite a connoisseur In coffee, and hna his own coffee-maker fmm Turkey, always preferring to drink the oevcrago m tho real Turkish waj. Charles Marriott, the author of "The Column," Is now finishing a new novel which is entitled "The House on the Sands." "Old Paths and Legends of New En gland," by Katharine M. Abbott, is shortly to appear with the imprint of - P. Putnam's Sous. Dr. Lyman Abbott is now at work on a oiography of Henry Ward Beech er, which Houghton, Mifflin & Co. ex pect to publish next September. Mark Twain Is making haste to put the finishing touches to his papers on Christian Science that a book may be made of them for early publication. Miss Alice Brown, the author of "Meadow Grass," has written a third novel, "The Mnnnerings." The action passes in a country house and includes a double love story. The author of "The Story of Mary McLane" Is at work upon a new book. It Is said to be quite different in char acter from the first one, and to be written with more reserve. It Is diffi cult to imagine what form the girl's ideas will take now that she is two years older and bus seen more of tha world. Henry Holt & Co. have In press for Immediate publication a handbook on "Money and Banking," by Professor William A. Scott, of the University of Wisconsin. While intended primarily for educational use, It will be service able also to the busy general reader who wishes a clear statement In com pendious form of the first principles of inouern currency. The little magazine which the Scrlb- ners have published for so many years under the title of the Bookbuyer, has -een transformed and given the title of the Lamp. It has been made a lit tle weightier, leading off with an ar ticle on "Macaulay's First Essay," by Professor Wilbur L. Cross, and the department called "The Kambler" has been relegated to the pages at the back. John Lane will soon publish a novel by Mrs. Wilfrid Ward called "The Light Behind." Mrs. Ward is ft niece of the Duke of Norfolk, the premier British Duke. Her father was James Robert Hope Scott, the parliamentary barrister, and a close friend of Glad stone. He came into possesion of Sir v alter Scott's home, Abbotsford, by nis marriage with the romancer's granddaughter and sole descendant. Miss Lockhart Mrs. Ward's childhood was passed at Sir Walter's home. She published an earlier novel some time ago, called "One Poor Sample." tsfnctorv In a financial way as a very large proportion of the better-paid po sitions ashore. There is also the possi bility of securing a commission as en sign, a possibility that has been real ized within the past year by an ex apprentlce." Washington Post PETRIFIED FOSSIL FISHES. liecent geological research bus un covered a series of wonderful fossil fishes among the shale deposits of Wyo ming. Their original forms have been somewhat flattened and changed. They measured from 20 to 30 feet long, and were in life exceedingly ravenous and dangerous. That they fought among themselves is almost positively known, for a specimen has been taken from the rock the stout back plate of which had been completely crushed in two, bearing In Its solid bone deep imprints and gashes which fit the Jawtips of this species, which had Jaws set with a bristling row of teeth. These for mllnhl crentiirpfl pre fovmd p.lonjr with others in what are known as the "Bad Lands" or fossil beds of the West. This whole section was, ages ago, a great lake, which, through changed geological conditions, was drained, leaving the mighty monsters of the deep to sink and bec6me burled deep, away from the destructive elements of the air and flesh eating animals. By piling up successive layers of sediment nature has thoroughly embalmed and preserved their remains these millions of years, until the pick of the fossil hunter has cut and chiseled out their, petrified forms. THE NAVY AS A TRADE. Secretary Moody Points Oat Its Op portauities for Young Men. "Not only the man behind the gun. but the man behind the coal shovel, the man behind the wheel, the man in front of the engine, and, not by any means least of all, the man in front of the galley range each of these is the subject of solicitous thought by men who are distinguished as brilliant com inauders of ships and of squadrons," saia feecretary of the Navy Moody. apropos of the departure of enlisting parties Tor the navy, to cover the Mid die West and Southwest. "I mean by that to convey forcibly that each of the many trades, callings and occupations which constitute the Industrial life of a modern warship Is oeing scrutinized for avenues of im provement; that there is a consistent and comprehensive 'effort being made to improve the conditions surroundlmr the enlisted men afloat, an effort which has already borne such fruit that think I am Justified in saying that in no navy are the conditions of comfort which surround the men of the navy or tne united States approached. The system under which the navv aepartment Is training material for crews Is, I believe, if continued along me present lines and with the Improve inents that experience will enforce, cer tain to give us the finest nian-o'-wars- men the world has ever seen. A bov from 15 to 17 years of age who enters the navy as an apprentice at $9 a month receives a good English education and a thorough training in seamanshln. He has certain preferences In the matter or rating, and may easily, by irood enn duct and continuous service, work his way up through successive rutin which will give him from $30 to $05 a montn; the latter pay, .with the auar ters and rations, equivalent to at least $85 a mouth In shore emploment. Ho is anted at all times, If he winces an ambition to perfect himself in his pro fession, by Instruction on board ship and In special schools established for tue instruction of petty officers and d vanced seamen, and Is eligible under certain requirements to take the exam ination for warrant officers, positions ranking next after ensigns, and with pay ranging from $1,200 In the first five years of service to $1,800 after twenty years of service, with allowances and permanence or position and employ ment that makes the rank quite as sat JEFFERSON DAVIS' OLD HOME. Beanvoir Mansion to Become a Retreat for Confederate Soldiers. In all the fair southland there la not a place dearer to the hearts of the Southern people than Beauvolr, the late home of Jefferson Davis, Presldpnt of the Confederate States. This home was recently purchased by the sons of Confederate veterans and will soon be come a home for Impoverished Confed. erate veteran soldiers. Beauvolr is the most beautiful ani Imposing place on the Gulf coast, it was settled and Improved by James Brown, a wealthy planter, who was lav. ish in th'e expenditure of his abundant means in building and beautifying his home. Oaks, cedars and magnolias vie with each other in adding charm, ana the long, gray moss fills in any little details that are lacking. The mnnsion as it was termed, is as good as It was the day it was built, over 00 years ago. A gnllery 80 feet long and 14 feet wide borders the building in front and on the sides, and ends in wings that li ii si ifr i j' i T Ways of People 2 Who Steal -Dogs. $ Dog stealing in London has Increased to a very large extent latterly, and the professional dog stealers, of whom there are many, are having a very pros perous time. A well-known West End veterinary surgeon explained some of the methods of the dog stealers. "These men," said he, "are by no means ragged loafers, but well-dressed persons of some address, many of them well off," says the London Express. "They find out that a well-known so ciety lady or gentleman has a dog which is taken for a walk daily. They cultivate that dog's acquaintance with surreptitious feeds, and then one day the man finds himself round a corner alone with the dog, and the theft is accomplished. "Sometimes a decoy dog is taken out, especially In case where it is desired to Bteal an animal of the larger kind. Kensington Gardens are the happy hunting grounds of the dog thief and scores of pets are there stolen from their owners. I should say from my knowledge that at least fifty dogs a month are stolen In the West End Generally speaking, a lost dog can al ways be recovered if one goes the right way about it. For instance, I got to know a dog dealer who, though he would never steal a dog on his own ac count, must, I am morally certain, be In touch with those who do. A client comes to me with a tale of a lost dog and prepared to spend money to get It back. "I go to the dog dealer, describe the animal, and ask him to keep his eyes open for it. Very shortly he comes to me and tells me for what sum he will be able to produce the dog. Sometimes negotiations go on for months. Where rewards are not forthcoming, or where the police are hot on the track, the stolen dogs are sent down to Club Row In Bethnal Green, where there Is a sale every Sunday morning." HOME OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. are entered through tall Venetian doors. The hall is 16 feet wide and opens at the rear on a wide gallery, on which the wings also open. The room to the right as the hall is entered from the front was Miss Winnie's room. What a Mecca this room will be for the veter ans, and how they will cherish every thing that belonged to the "Daughter of the Confederacy." Equally distant from the mansion, east and west, are quaint little cot tages. Originally there was only one room In each, surrounded on the four sides by wide galleries. Later one and! two sides have been Inclosed, giving two additional rooms. It is about the east cottage that the principal interest centers, for it was in this that Mr. Da vis studied and wrote, and where Miss Winnie did much of her early literary work. The main room of this cottage was Mr. Davis' private library. ,The walls are lined with book shelves, and a little gallery runs along the upper shelves. This was reached by a small ladder. Near the fireplace is where Mr. Davis desk stood, and the door beside it is spattered with Ink thrown from his pen when he was writing his book. "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government." The east room has been enclosed, and in this room the chieftain was wont to recline and rest on a sofa. Back of this was a tiny room where Miss Winnie wrote. It is a real girl's den, and is yet quite characteristic of .the former fair occupant. The west cottage was occupied by Mrs. Hayes, the older daughter, and her children when visiting her parents. The Beauvolr home was bequeathed" by will to Jefferson Davis by Mrs. Sarah Anna Dorsey, of Louisiana. The Medicinal Value of Water. The Power of Imagination. An English physician made an Inter esting experiment not Iwig ago for the purpose of determining the relative power of Imagination of the sexes. He dosed 100 of his hospital patients with sweetened water, and Boon afterward entered the room, In great apparent agitation, saying that by mistake he had administered a powerful medicine. In a few minutes four-flfths of the pa tients, mainly men, responded to the supposed emetic. Not woman was affected. Something of Real Valnn. , "I notice in tho horrid newspapers nun some person ovan on the conti nent has dlscovahed the microbe of hydrophobia, don't you know." "Deah me, how stwangel But, weal ly, that doesn't concern me nearly so much as would the discovery of some means to counteract, don't you know, the effect that Is pwoduced on a blood' ed dog by biting common persons. My little Fido was quite ill the last time he bit an ordinary child on the street, don't you know." Cleveland Plain Dealer. The, human body is constantly un- flfM'frnlnr t Itsciio nhnnrra Ym Atif particles are cast aside and eliminated from the system, while the new are ever being formed, from the inception" of. life to its close. Water has the power, of Increasing these tissue changes, which multiplies the waste products, but at the same time they are renewed by its agency, giving rise to increased appetite, which in turn provides fresh nutriment (Per sons but little accustomed to drinking water are liable to have wasted prod ucts formed faster than they are re moved. Any obstruction to the free working of natural laws at once pro duces disease, which, If once firmly Beated, requires both time and money to cure. People accustomed to rise l the morning weak and languid will find the cause In Imperfect secretion of wastes, which many times may be remedied by drinking a tumbler of wa ter before retiring. This very material ly assists In the process during the night, and leaves the tissue fresh and strong ready for the active work of the day. Hot water Is one of our best reme dial agents. A hot bath on going to bed, even in the hot nights of summer, is a better reliever of insomnia than many drugs. Inflamed parts will subside under the "continual poulticing of real hot water. Very hot water, as we all know, la a prompt checker of bleeding, and be side, if it Is clean, as it should be, it aids In sterilizing wounds. British Trade Returns. British trade returns for 1902 show an Increase in exports of 3,517,604, and In Imports of 6,870,080. Most men can stand a disappoint ment In love better than the loss of a dollar.