Lincoln County leader., May 08, 1903, Image 2

LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER.
CHAB. F. ADA B. BOUI.B, Pabi.
TOLEDO OREGON.
Don't impose on others in order to
make an imposing show.
Nothing bores an optimist like the
history of other people's troubles.
If men were as good as they claim to
be they would not have to claim to be
as good as they are.
People who know there is little of
good to be said of them are always
listening in the hope of hearing it.
The question of who founded Rome
isn't half so interesting as the identity
of the gentleman who made her howl.
The term "deadly parallel" has
about outlived its usefulness. Incon
sistency in a public man Is no longer
atal.
Is the accumulation of money you
don't need worth those gray hairs,
deep lines of care and decrepitude in
middle life?
It Is rather a pitiful fact that vener-
able Oxford has so few generous sons
that she must appeal to a Scotch-
American ironmaster for help.
The milliner who has discovered
that nose defects are curable by a
hat brim does not mention a remedy
for eye diseases caused by veils.
Congressman Lacey's efforts to pre
serve some of the natural curiosities of
the great West will not, we hope, In
elude many of the Western politi
cians. So long as Uncle Sara supplies the
world with food he can afford to be a
little short on warships. Nations are
not apt to quxrrel with their bread and
butter.
If the pituitary gland at the base of
the cerebellum does, as Dr. Sajous con
tends, govern all our bodily functions,
why not have It cut out and so uvold
the bother of the bodily functions?
Having become tired of seeing the
story In print Mr. Rockefeller denies
that he ever said he would give $1,
000,000 for a sound stomach. A mil
lion dollars Is a great deal of money.
Since the President gave that em
phatic opinion ou the subject of race
suicide, the aspirants for office under
this administration will hurry uu in
the matter of raising large and Inter
esting families.
How strange it must seem to Snaln
to have a minister from Cuba in Mad
rid! Yet when the Cuban minister ure
sented his credentials to the King the
other day, his country was compli
mented as if it had not rebelled and set
up for Itself.
A Chicago University nrofeflsnr nn
nounces that mechanical shocks caused
by the "beating muscular movements,
the Jar of walking, vibrations In vehi
cles of transportation and floors of
uuiiuings" conduce to long life. We
hope he doesn't annrove of train
wrecks nnd earthquakes as stimulants.
Tho retaining of a corps of three
score surgeons by a great railroad cor
poration In order that they may give
first aid to the Injured In accldt-nts will
be generally commended, but Is It not
the wlswtt policy for railroads to take
such precautions that surgeons need
not be called on for the relief of disas
ters? Nearly every State Legislature Is af
flicted with freak legislators, whose
ridiculous travesties upon law-making
bring the legislative machinery Into
contempt. Their antics, unrestrained
by the rules of the bodies to which
they temporarily belong, suggest cere
bral Inllnnlty on the part of presiding
olllcers whose plain duty It Is to keep
the proceedings of legislatures with
in the bound of common sense.
Neither the blight nor the early
frosts can affect the value of the Chi
nese peach bloom, even If these things
do affect the American fruit growers.
This U because tho Chinese peach
bloom appear on small vasce made
two or three hundred years ago. One
of them, six inches tall, sold In New
York last month for thirty-two lmn
dred dollars, enough to buy a good
sized peach orchard In Delaware or
California.
After nil this Is a Rood old world to
live In. Occasionally some ungrate
ful cur will snap at tho hand that for
merly fed Mm. Onco In a while some
snarling nolmdy, with neither brains
nor ability, will assail those whom a
community has already Judged his su
perior. This Is one kind of human na
ture, but It exists In a very small part
of our population, and may well be
Ignored on account of tho Inconse
quence of Its result. The great ma
jority of pew) Ilka on another, bars
respect for honest manhood and true
womanhood, and care very little for
those who try to belittle their neighbors.
The average schoolboy may thank
fortune that he is not a Mexican collec
tor of customs, for if he were he would
be confronted with problems in arith
metic which would make finding the
least common multiple seem easy. The
fluunce minister has recently told tho
collectors that to find the duty to be
levied in any given instance they must
uiultiol.v one-half of the amount of the
duty computed at the prevailing rate
by two hundred and forty-seven and a
quarter, the rate of exchange for gold,
and divide the product by one hun
dred. This will give the amount actu
ally payable in Mexican money.
The chairman of the Harvard ath
letic committee, Professor Hollls, de
clares that rival teams are selected
dishonestly and that players are in
tentionally disabled. The percentage
of Injuries Increases annually and the
moral tone of Intercollegiate sport
steadfastly declines. That these
charges have a basis of truth has lon
been believed. The gambling spirit
has corrupted amateur athletics In the
largest and most populous fields. Ex
posure of convincing facts must tend
to deter people from making the an
nual contests scenes of social distinc
tion and enthusiastic patronage. .The
sanest minds in higher education have
long been of opinion that the athletic
fad has been carried further In the
United States In association with high
er education than Is wholesome for the
Intellectual standard or the morality
of the colleges. If the public would
refrain from attending the excessively
advertised games the true relation of
sport to college life would be more
speedily ascertained. The reigning
brutality of football, the almost total
lack of generosity In the greatest con
tests have aroused disgust and appre
hension. There was never anything
noble In hitting a man that was down
Even the cultivated heathen were re
volted by such brutlshness. Football
as It Is now practiced has largely lost
every quality of gentlemanhood and
Is not above the debasing exhibition of
low prize-fighting when not a criminal
fake.
Several years ago a German noble
man who happened to be visiting in
this country was in. reduced one even
ing to the family circle of a distinguish
ed scholar of one of our Eastern States.
The German had "thirty-six quarter,
lugs" In his coat of arms, together with
all the prejudices, greatly exaggerated,
of his class, and was Inclined to look
on Americans as meretorloas enough In
their way, but as belonging distinctly
and of necessity to a lower order of be
ings. The host was an archaeologist.
and having received some of the an
cient implements and utensils exca
voted In Rome at that time by Prof.
Rodolfo Lanclanl, was explaining to
the young and old folk that thev -
toys used by the little Romans agca
ago, which establishes the "solidarity"
of youth In all ages. The assembled
company forthwith descended to tho
floor of the library and pl.iyed tho
games with the antique Roman toys.
Neighbors and friends dropped In quite
informally, music enlivened the gather
Ing, talk which ranged from the grave
to gay was not wMiout U humor and
Its wit, and as all present were delight
ed, they all contributed to the delight.
When the guests departed, the German,
who had drained life to the dregs, lmd
seen society from the Paris Faubourg
St. Germain to St. Petersburg, and
from Rome to London, was Impelled
to say that there was the Idyllic and
the true society. No lackevs. no nm.
diglous expense, no frigid formality,
uui an simplicity, ease which was as
attractive as It was natural and whol -
some. The German confnwvi h ii...t
discovered a new ArcaJv. nnd thnt
clety In Its new manifestations was n
return to the naturalness of former
days, which Indicated a real advance,
a higher civilization. The slmnl iif L
not, however, so common nor s fre
quently an object of desire In America
of to-day as to be typical. Tims wi.n
have means are In so breathless a race
to Fpev.a. to make a dlsn'av. to a .
their rivals, to seek pleasure int.,i
of letting pleasure come to them, that
artmca ity, as In nil rich soclttlis. has
crowded simplicity nnd naturolncss to-i
much Into the background. Tln des'ro
for money Is natural. nl it U likewise
highly omnnndable. Miuikv niunJ
comfort, education for children, pro
tectlon against old age and sickness
opportunity for self-Improvement, and
it provides many of the thlni -mi.
distinguish life In a civilized country
i mm ure in me nnunts of the savage.
Stored wealth Is. lu a word. cIvIIIt-h.,..'
Iiself. or rather clvllla -it Ion dej erds on
u. 11 is no wonder, then, that money
Is the universal object of tha t..
denlre, bnt the wonder la that when
men have won wealth thn .t,.,n
spend It bo foollshlr as the An t.. n,.
m 0 U MIUU'
cm society.
KUhlnir In the Vron Plaoe.
Tommy W-we haven't
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i ne Farmer Viil. vnn win v....i. i I
New York Times. .
JINGO, THE GREAT ELEPHANT, WHICH DIED
ON BOARD SHIP AND WAS BURIED AT SEA.
iiSSiKi iliiiilii
V7INGO, the giant elephant which died at sea on March 12, and which
qJJ terrified the passengers, the crew and the wild animals on the steamer
Georglc with his incessant trumpeting and hi efforts to cscapa fiuiii
Lis cage, was the largest elephant In captivity and two Inches higher than
Jumbo. His exact height was 11 feet 4 inches and his weight waa six tons.
Jingo was captured in Africa when he waa quite young, and until recently
was the property of the London Zoological Gardens, from which he was
purchased by an American circus manager for $50,000. The great beast was
not fond of the sea, and his Journey from Africa was very nearly the death
of him. It was only with great difficulty he was placed aboard the Georglc
at Liverpool, bound for New York. I
Jlnge had been the star attraction of the London zoo, but last summer
he showed signs of 111 temper and in September the animal-keepers decided
it was no longer safe to allow him to carry children on his back through
the gardens. He therefore was sold to an American circus. The elephant
had not been In good health during the winter and, not having traveled
a I fCy' and plned from dRy he was token from the zoo.
As each day passed Jingo seemed to -grow weaker and he squirmed in hia
E2ii V " hachway that scflPe impossible. For sixty hours
iww ing iath 6 mammoth beat trumpeted without cessation and
twice knocked down h s keeper, Thomas Lawrence, who attempted to pacify
J f the elePhant aroused the leopards and tigers which were
on the ship and they, too. joined In the tumult, which for thrdays IZt
crLC7uVen he Ge070n UanL Ab0Ut 9 'c,0 momlng'jlng?
wi's thrown rZT " " U
ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOATS ARE
VERY RARE IN CAPTIYITY.
The scarcest animal in mntiiritv
the Rocky Mountain goat. Only three
of these wild and untamable creatures,
It Is said, are now or have ever been
held captive. One, a very fine speci
men, is in the famous Zooloo-lml n.
den, in Regent's Park, London, Eng-
iaiiu, ana tne t'hlladelphla Zoological
gardens has the proud distinction of
possessing the only pair, male and. fe
male, ever exhibited or ever kept In
captivity.
The animal la solitary in its habits,
ROCKY MOVKTAIW GOATS.
and Is about the size of a In
with lonar white hair. wpII aiil to1
- - - - ua..u tvr
harmonize with Its snowy surround
ings, me uair is very abundant around
the throat aud neck and stands irect
like a mane down to the
back. This hair was esteemed of great
iue Dy tne Indiana for maklne Man
kets. The hoofs and horns r hi,.i.
The three speclmena of Rocky Moun-
uun goal now captive were obtained
by killing their mothera and securing
iue ms, wuicn nave been practically
reared In captivity.
DR. ORESTES A. BROWNSON.
A DUtltiirnliihed Amerlcnn to Hit
The? frlenda of Dr. Orestes Augustls
iwuson. New England's distinguish
od theologian, lecturer, patriot, editor
and sociologist, are
about to erect a
bronzo bust on a
granite pedestal In
Sherman Park,
New York City, at
72d street and Am
terdam boulevard
The Catholics of
the country have
subscribed for thla
memorial. Dr
Brownson was
BBOWMSO.f HUST.
ranked aa one of
m j with i uia oay. tie
vu hora in RfD.).. i-i
1S03, and died In Detroit P7
-- , AftU
17, 1876. He was preparing for the
Presbyterian nulnlt rh DTI ha amMoAJ
- - a---? af ciuuiOCUU
Unlversallsm and entered the ministry
iu iao. tie was pastor of churches in
Vermont and New York for seven
years. As editor of the Gospel Advo
cate he wrote and worked earnestly
for the Improvement of the laboring
classes.
Dr. Brownson was an associate ot
notea New England thinkers and at
one time a member of the famous
Brook Farm Foamier 'Association,
wun ueorge Ripley and Charles A
Dana, Father necker, Hawthorne and
outers at its head.
Teaching LansnairM tn
A peculiar profession is that of a
oian in Chicago who Is a teacher of
languages to Darrota. Th ru
Tribune says that while this foreigner
uoinff translations and giving
French and German lessons at starva
tion prices, he chanced one day to
w.m a parrot dealer, and asked
him If many birds were sold abroad.
"No," said he, "but only on account
of the difference In language. English
speaking parrots would hardly be In
demand In a foreign country."
This gave the linguist an idea. He
took home an uneducated bird, and in
a few weeks had taught It to repeat
some short French sentences. ft.r
that he began a regular occupation of
eachlng French, German and Italian
to parrots instead of to people.
Diet and warmth are important con
ditions In this system of education.
1 he birds are kept in a temperature of
eighty degrees, and are fed on nuts
bananas and other fruit The lessons
are given morning nad evening. One
word may be pronounced for days to
gether; later several words are Joined
n the form of a sentence. A clever
bird will learn a short sentence In lers
than a fortnight.
One important secret Is that of teach-
ng a bird to speak opportunely, as If
It understood what Is happening at
the moment. If the tench or nulla
hig watch At iha in-f s ......
Mioiuui JL Oil Villi?
"What time is It?" the parrot Z
learns to say. "What time i tv
ever he sees a watch.
If he Is to be tnno-hf tn .
visitor, the teacher, ou eivinir tho t.
son. must enter the room saying, "How
uu you aor
To Induce him to mt. xr.,..
go? Good-by!" the professor picks un
his hat and atlck, and leaves the room
as he repeats the words.
Burglar. Hud Their Kerens
Burglara. unable to
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tne iron d ior of a clorsr h
avenged themselves by painting up a
notice: "There la nothlmr h ,...
teallng."
Why do peonle keen vMt.
rataT Wherein la a whltn mn.... .
rat any more aareeabla than .
ona) 'uwu
"PAR AM OU NTCOM IW j SSIONER,
James H. Blount. Who Hauled Dow
the Flag In Hawaii. "
James H. Blount, who died In jja
:on, Ga., recently, was for twenty
rears a representative In Congress ani
waa Known iuv
world over, as
"Paramou nt"
Blount. He was a
represen tatlve
from the Macon
district from the
Forty-third to the
Fifty-second Con
gress, Inclusive. He
was chairman of
the Committee on
Forelcn Affairs of
the House during JAMEB blount.
the first Cleveland administration, and
was. sent to Hawaii by the President
to haul down the American flag. Whpn
asked on what authority Mr. Blount
was sent on this mission, admlnlstrn.
tlon officials answered that he wna
sent to Hawaii, as the personal com
missioner of the President with "para
mount authority" to Investigate and
act. By his direction the American
flag, which had been raised over the
Islands, was hauled down.
This raised a storm among the op
ponents of the administration, and Mr.
Blount was nicknamed "Paramount,"
a title which stuck to him through the
remainder of his life. He was a close
personal and political friend of Mr.
Cleveland, who supported his action
In Hawaii. Mr. Blount was a man of
prominence In the South and a leader
among the Southern Doraocrats In
Congress. Mr. Blount was born In
Macon In 1837. He was one of the
largest land owners In middle Georgia.
DELIGHTFUL SCENERY.
One of th Beautiful Coacade In the
Cayuga Lake Bea-len.
New York State affords the lover of
nature many an opportunity to satiate
his thirst for scenic delights. The ma
jestic Hudson, the broad and gently
sloping valley of the Mohawk, the for
est lakes of the Adlrondncks, the moun
tain views, of the Catskills and the
grandeur of Niagara are among these,
but none offers to the tourist a more en
ticing Invitation than the lake region
of the central western part of the State,
and particularly the vicinity of Cayuga
Lake. Waklns Glen Is famous, and its
beauty has often been described. But
not far away, hidden where the trav-
BIT Of NEW TOBK STATE BCEIfEBT,
eler seldom sees them, are manv cas-
cades and waterfalls which would stir
the poet's heart, but which, like the
nawer that Is born to blush unseen, at
tract no notice, save when some nhotnir.
rapher and his camera get Into the vi
cinity, ur such as these, familiar to
many people of Ithaca, but hnvino- nn
other fame, Is the delightful bit of scen
ery pictured on this page. It Is a
scries of cascades on one of tha oraoira
which flow Into Cayuga Lake and is
about two miles from the University
City. It Is known as Enfield Falls. The
water that flows over the rocks like
nimy lace Tails a distance of about
forty feet, and Its musle n it o-iMnp
down Into the bed of the crook anrl nn.
tlnues on its course to the lake Is pleas-
uk auu rerrpsnmg.
ON THE TRAIN.
ne I've Just missed my train.
She-WelL yon didn't mlsB mine.
Perfectly Hopeleaa.
"I don't believe that mn
ceived anybody In his UfA ..m .
thuslastlc friend.
"And yet," aald Senator Sorghum,
you want me to give him employment
You don't suppose I hare time to teach
him the rudlmenta of business, do
your Washington 8tar.
i.
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