Lincoln County leader., November 13, 1903, Image 6

LINCOLN GDUNTT LEADER.
OH A 8. r. A ADA B. BOUI.K, Pubs.
TOLEDO ...OREGON.
A racing yacht Is Just about as use
ful as a racing automobile.
If Prof. Langley succeeds In making
his flying machine carry him, he will
be a "bird."
should not be laid to the door of the
Turk. While the condition is bad
enough, most of the reports are prob
ably grossly exaggerated, because
many of the so-called towns of Mace
donia, which are Bald to have been
destroyed, consist of only about half
a'dozen farm buildings. Rivers which
are luridly reported to be damned
with the bodies of murdered Christians
are in reality streams so small and
sluggish that any small object would
stop their flow.
Judging by the press reports, pro
ceedings In Macedonia are the anti
thesis of "constructive warfare."
John Hill, Jr.", has written a book to
tell people how they drop their money
on the stock market. Most of them
know.
Suspenders are going Into a trust
That's one thing this world needs.
How often do we see suspenders that
cannot be trusted.
Optimism is only another word for
beauty. In the world's great market
of friendship there Is no call for the
whlney cat mortal.
At Chicago, a 19-year-old boy, won
the first prize for the best dress hat
at a milliners' convention. This Seems
to open a new field for the ' tasteful
of the male sex. Man is a good judge
of the neatly dressed woman. It is
claimed that the average woman takes
more care with her dress Jn order to
please the men than to attract the
critical gaze of her own sex. As man
knows what styles are the most attrac
tive to his eye, he seems the proper
one to design them. It is stated that
woman Is rapidly crowding herself in
to occupations which were formerly
exclusive with men. Now man has
the chance to get even, by designing
and constructing the head gear for
women.
Inasmuch as a man cannot have two
wives at the same time, he ought to
be protected from a duplication of
breach of promise suits.
vention
What's this? The Kaiser rebuking
the Uhlans for riding down the crowd
at Berlin! Has the army lost caste,
and its concomitant privileges?
Every time lieutenant Hobson sees
a new girl or calls on a family where
there Is a marriageable daughter, the
society reporters cannot Bleep nights.
Agents of the Interior Department
hold high, Jack and the game, leaving
the Indians with but Lo. Is It any
wonder that the Indian took none of
the tricks?
It Is useless to quarrel with daugh
ters of American multimillionaires
who enter upon international alliances,
Taolntfd fin thev r hw their rrai
fortunes, they are necessarily restrict
ed In their acquaintance with men,
and In their choice of husbands in
this country to the narrow circles of
the Idle rich. Within those limits
money is the principal and often the
only standard of social virtue. In that
environment a simple marriage of af
fection must be comparatively rare.
Not upon the daughters, but upon the
sons of the American rich, must rest
whatever of blame there may be for
the surrender of the American woman
to the titled fortune hunter. It is not
her fault If she can get more for her
money In London than in New York.
A New York woman exhibited all the
symptoms of hydrophobia when her
daughter came home and announced
she had just been married to a man
named Terrier.
We cannot understand why Emperor
William, enjoying all the protection
which goes with his divine right,
should consider it necessary to sleep
In a tent of asbestoB. He can't be
"fired."
The shipbuilders of Great Britain
believe that if they would all combine
they could produce a yacht that would
carry off , the America's cup. They
might, provided they hired a Yankee
crew to sull it.
This revived discussion respecting
the advisability of cutting the word
"obey" out of the marriage service is
useless. In the future as in the past
women will cheerfully promise obedi
ence, but will make things interesting
for the man who undertakes to en
force it.
The trappings of woe are expensive
and it is quite worth the while of
leaders in thought to deprecate the
custom of elaborate funerals. If a
duke can get along comfortably with
a $35 funeral there is no reiison why
the late John Smith should be burled
at an expense involving the mortgag
ing of the family home.
our millionaires daughters may
marry English dukes and earls and
thus with American money repair the
financial decay of the English land
values. But the few such family al
Dances that can be arranged will never
havo the effect of Instilling lu the
minds and hearts of the American
masses the sliglttest reverence or
affection or respect for a titled aristo
cracy as a social Institution.
A game of "gossip" played In some
sections of the East with much favor
seems to have In it some elements of
danger. The gtune is played with pho
tographs which are shuffled and dealt
out like cards. Every one in the party
receives a photo. It is then the play
to go around the circle each party in
turn telling every mean thing thut can
be thought of about the party photo
graphed. The Grafton. N. 1")., Hecord
says it knows of localities where the
game has been played for years with
out photographs. Too true!
Thousands of unnaturalized l aliens
vote at every election. It is only neces
sary that they should declare their In
tention to become citizens. Then If
they have been in this country from
six months to two years the time var
ies In the twelve States with alien
voters they may go to the polls with
native-born Americans and cast their
ballots. The right to vote Is a gift
from the State, on the conferring or
withholding of which there Is no lim
itation save that contained in the fif
teenth amendment to the constitution
That says that the suffrage may be
denied to no one.on account of race,
color, or of any. previous condition of
servitude. In the exercise of the (lis
cretlon allowed to the States, Con
nectlcut, for instance, has required
that voters must not only be citizens of
the United States, but that they must
also be able to read English. In
Mississippi voters must be citizens,
and must be able to read or to under
stand the constitution; whereas Ln
Nebraska au alien who need have been
In the United States only six months,
and who, thirty days before election,
declared his lntentlou of becoming a
citizen, may vote, whether he can read
English o-: even speak it. In the great
majority of States voters must be .citi
zens, and ln all the States the judges
exercise wide discretion in admitting
to citizenship those aliens who have
lived the necessary five years in the
country, and made their declaration. of
lntentlou to become citizens at least
two years before applying for their
final papers. Not long ago a judge in
Albany, New York, rejected the appli
cation of sixty aliens on the ground
that the men could not speak English.
"When a man has been lu this coun
try five years," said he, "and is un
able to talk our language, in my opin
ion he Is not fit to be admitted to citi
zenship, and I will act accordingly."
Another judge, In the exercise of his
discretion, may. admit these rejected
candidates to citizenship, but those
people who believe that foreigners
should live here long enough to under
stand American Institutions and have
Interest enough In their new home
to learn Its language will feel that
much cau be said ln defense of the
stand which the Albany judge has
taken.
The "sixth sense," by which blind
persons perceive certain objects, is at
tributed by Dr. Emlle Javei, wno nas
been blind several years, to sensitive
ness of the skin to obscure radiations
that do not affect the eyes.
Attention has been called by E.
Bohm to .two new forms of Incandes
cent lamps. In both, the lower nan or
the bulb is of fluted glass, which, act
ing as a row of lenses, concentrates the
light downwards, and gives the special
advantage of strong illumination di
rectly beneath the lamp. One form has
the ordinary filament with the upper
half of the bulb of opal glass, while
the other has a zigzag horizontal fila
ment and a top of clear glass.
A new alloy for bearings subjected
to heavy loads, such as those of rail
way axles, is' described by G. A. Cla
mer as consisting of sixty-four parts of
copper, five of tin, thirty of lead and
one of nickel. The metal casts well
and is easily worked. Its large propor
tion of lead greatly reduces wear, and
when used as a bearing for a Journal
8 Inches ln diameter by 3V& long, run
at C25 revolutions per minute and load:
ed io one uioushuU pounds per square
inch, the loss in weight was but a
fifth of a grain In one hundred thou
sand revolutions. Under the same con
ditions, the wear of gun metal of vary
ing proportions of copper and tin was
from 2Vfc to 4 grains.
A new form of the "fac simile tele
graph." by which a message, written
at the transmitting end, is reproduced
at the receiving end, has been invent
ed in Germany under the name of the
"telechlrograph." The message is writ
ten upon a sheet of paper with leaa
held in a pencil having fltxible connec-
tlons with two rheostats. As it moves
over the paper, shaping the letters, the
pencil shifts sliding contacts which
varv the electrical resistance. At the
receiving end two electro-magnets, in
fluenced by the changing currents
transmitted,, govern the movements of
a smnll mirror which, by the aid of
a beam of light, concentrated to a point
by lenses, reproduces the writing on a
sheet of sensitized paper, the point of
light following exactly the movements
of the point of the pencil at the other
end of the line.
The Interest In the strange property
possessed conspicuously by such sub'
stances as uranium, thorium and radl
um, of giving off spontaneously radia-
tlons that penetrate solid bodies and
affect photographic plates, is kept at
a high pitch by frequent new observa
tions and discoveries. Prof. E. Ruther
ford, of McGill University, has enumer
ated three distinct types of radiation
emanating from the substances ln
question. The first he calls alpha
rays, which consist of flights of mate
rial particles, carrying a positive elec
tric charge, and having a very high
velocity; the second are the beta rays,
apparently the same as the cathode
rays of ordinary vacuum tubes, but
traveling faster; and the third, the
gamma rays, which are very similar
to X-rays. In addition, some of the
substances, as thorium, give off a
fourth emanation, which appears to be
matter ln the gaseous state, and can
be carried along by air streams. Tho
rium, from which all the radio-active
constituent h:is been removed, will, In
a few weeks, yield as much as before,
around it. The same eye is ouserveu
among other, peoples that have been
subjected to age-long persecution, as
for example, the Christian Armenians
in Turkey, and the Kopts, or native
Christians In Egypt The Jews who
have lived for several generations
outside of the Ghetto do not exhibit
this facial phenomenon. There is no
reason why the Ghetto eye should not
tend to quickly disappear among the
descendents of Jewish immigrants in
the United States. It is true as Dr.
FIshberg says, that there is as much
physiognomical difference between the
Russian Immigrants on the East Side
of Manhattan Borough and the Amer
ican Hebrew who is conspicuous m
commercial, professional, and public
life, as there is between the Irishman
and the German. Yet, beyond a doubt.
the ancestors of the advanced Hebrew
of to-day bore a striking physical re
semblance to the Russian Jews wno
are newcomers to this country.
"As regards intermarriages between
Jews and Gentiles, there is no doubt
that they must have frequently taken
place in the past, so far at least as
the marriage of Jewish men to Christ
ian women is concerned. This is evi
dent when we compare Spanish Jews
with German Jews In respect to the
color of the eyes and the hair."
Week's Progress.
THE HEBREW TYPE.
THE SIGN OF THE FISH.
Why It Was Uaed aa a Symbol by the
Early Christian Church.
The symbols upon early Christian
monuments, of which so many have
been discovered this last century, are
curious and interesting. One of the
most frequent is that of the fish. The
fleure of the fish is UBed, and also
the Greek word for fish, says Dr. A,
W. Patten, who has looked into the
subject Ramsay, ln his excavations
ln Asia Minor, has found some very
important inscriptions la which the
fish signs are frequent.
But why was it that the early Chris
tlans used this sign? The reason will
appear when we remember that they
found In the letters of the Greek word
for fish an acrostic on the name of the
Savior. The word is "lchthus." Each
letter of the word ln the original
Greek begins one of the words in the
following phrase: "Jesus Christ, Son
of God, the Savior."
So the word "lchthus" came to stand
for a Christian, and it was used as
a mark of Christianity. It was not
only sculptured on burial monuments,
but came to be used on various uten
sils. A great many terra eotta lamps
have been found, especially at Spalato,
on which is found the Impress of the
fish. Many of these "lchthus" lamps
are found also at Rome. The word
"fish" came to be used also to describe
a Christian, and to call a man a fish
was equivalent to calling him
Christian.
In one of the old Christian frescoes,
Indicating a baptism, a man Is rep
resented as pulling a fish out of the
water. Ramsay tells us that it was
customary in Asia Minor in the sec
ond century for the Christian to use
this symbolic language. It was hardly
safe, then, for them to speak openly
of their faith ln Christ. They were
accustomed to wear rings with the fish
sign as a signet, much as we wear
symbolic badges to-day. One day two
men met, neither aware of the faith
of the other. One, without saviiiir a
word, traced with his stick the figure
of a fish ln the sand. The other quick
ly burst out ln assertion of his Chris
tian faith, for the fish symbol had de
clared the other's allegiance to Christ.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Bunahine Cake, '
Sift a cup of granulated sum,
J "'io ui live eggs fin,
beating these until they are thick Z
a dash of salt. Sift three-quartersof
a cup of flour twice with a hif ...
Ritnnnful nt nrnqin f .
u 4 mimr. and oJi
tVtn airiro nml . . .... x- . UU
i auu ougai-. ueai for twi
xy imuuies ana roia m the white
buy eii eggH wuippea stiff with a to,
spoonful of white sugar dissolve l
one teasrjoonf ul of lonmn i.,i .
. jmtc tm(j j.
tablespoonful of orange Juice. Butte
a pan, flour it lightly and bake th(
tunc iii a Dituuj- oven tor forty
Ull'B.
Lemon Souffle Padding.
It Is the pastry cream, same as
In Boston cream puffs, with whiui
eggs whipped to froth stirred In am
then baked. It rises hleh ln th ,..
should be served immediately, or i
least not allowed to become cold. r
a quart of inim, eight ounces of sugu
five ounces of flour (a heaped cup), u'
ounce of butter, eight eggs. The yolh
cooked in the mixture, which must
then be made nearly cold and flavored
wun lemon, ana the eight whites thai
added. A spoonful of sweetened creaa
ln each dish for sauce.
Peach Short Cake.
To two cups of flour add four tea
spoonfuls of baking powder, one-halt
spoonful of salt, one-quarter cup of
butter and one tablespoonful of sunt,
Mix with milk and spread on tvt
round buttered pans. When done, n
move and butter under crust Tell,
spread with peaches, pared and cut
into sections, sprinkle well with sugar,'
and put over the upper crust buttered.
Cpver the top with peaches and ar
range pieces around the outside edge.
Cover with whipped cream. Good
Housekeeping.
Pineapple Cobbler.
1 Four slices of pineapple cut ln dice,
one lemon and one orange sliced vety
thin, eight tablespoonf uls of sugar, on
pint of iced water and one cup o(
shaved ice. Place the fruit In a bowl,
strew with the sugar and a little let,
and in ten minutes add the Iced water.
Stir well and pour into glasses halt
full of shaved ice; decorate with rip
berries.
Peach Mauaae.
Mash and rub the peaches through a
colander, and for every cupful of the
fruit allow a heaping tablespoonful of
powdered sugar. If you have a Quart
of the fruit, add to It half an ounce
of gelatine, dissolved in as little water
ns possible. Add a few drops of
brandy, and fold In a pint of si
whipped cream. Put into a mold and
pack lu ice.
There has never been any peculiar
punishment invented to fit the crime
of the man who for the sake of gain
will deliberately supply savages with
guns wun wnieii io carry on war
against his own countrymen, but
doubtless there ought to be. In con
nection with this subject It is interest
ing to notice the recent removal by
Germany from her gunmakers of the
prohibition against sending guns to
China guns into the muzzles of
which German soldiers may have to
look in some future Pekin expedition.
May no Evicted.
The Belgian authorities in Africa
have threatened the American Presby
terians with forcible eviction unless
they vacate their station on the Kasiil
river, and other missionaries have beeu
expelled from Juapa, because of the
activity of Protestant missionaries in
exposing the horrors of the awful bar
barities for which Belgian authorities
are responsible.
It Probably la.
"I am rehearsing with a melo
drama," said Carolyn Lee.
"Is it a good play?" was asked.
"It's 'Beyond Pardon.' "New York
Telegraph. I
It should not be forgotten that the
people of Macedonia have been prepar
ing for a long time to give battle to
the sultan, and later It will be found
probable that much of the bloodshed j
Cuba's Corn Crop.
Four crops of corn are produced
yearly ln Cuba. The first crop is
planted in December, and the. fourth
crop Is harvested ln December.
Prediction that lta Dlatlne-uiahlna:
Marka Will Ultimately Uiaappear.
The persistence of the Hebrew type
of features Is a matter of common
remark and sometimes wonder. But
It Is not strange that a race that keeps
its stock so pure should retalu Its
typal forms. However, nil Jews are
not always distinguishable as such by
their features. Any one who attends
the services of the Jewish synogagues
lu great European centers, as at Ber
lin or Amsterdam, will frequently see
faces that, out of the synagogue would
not readily be taken for those of the
chosen people.
mere is a great cunnge going on
here lu the United States, in which the
Jewish face is disappearing, and In
a few generations will be untllstln-
guishable from that of the Gentile,
according to Dr. Maurice FIshberg, a
well-known New York anthropologist,
quoted lu Harpers weekly:
"Some of his conclusions, " says the
Weekly, "are certainly remarkable.
For Instance, his examination of over
3.000 Jewsjn New York City has con
vinced him that, there is no founda
tion for the notion that every Jew pos
sesses a long, hooked nose.
He does not deny that Jewish Immi
grants are easily pointed out but he
insists that they cannot be identified
through any peculiarity of facial struc
ture. A foreign look is popularly mis
taken for a Jewish look.
' "Then, again, the Jewish Immigrants
have what may appropriately be de
scribed as the Ghetto face. The Ghetto
face, or rather the Ghetto eye, ex
presses a ceaseless fear or anxiety, or
at least suspicion, of everything
Canadu's Metallic Wealth.
The metallic products of Canada in
clude antimony, copper, gold, pig roQt
lead, mercury, nickel, platinum, silver
and zinc. In 18!)1 the metal output of
the United States was -fifty-five times
as great as that of Canada, but in 1!)01
it was only twelve and one-half times
as great and this ininrnvpi
Canada's relative position has been
made ln spite of the very large abso
lute increase lu the figures for the
I nlted States. The principal part of
the gain for Canada has been in gold,
the production of which
from $1X50,000 In 1801 to f.M.OOO.OOO In
l'.Ktl.
The Klondike region, of course, has
contributed largely to this increase.
The production of iron and' steel has'
also grown greatly In the past ten
years, with good prospects of a still
brighter future. In the production of
iiK-Ki-i itiuaua surpasses not only the
i.uiieu states, nut all other countries.
The total nickel product of Hip nm.i.i
for 1901 was $7,750,000, of which Can-
w r, ' - .
muinuuuon was ?4,UOO,000.
Possible Explanation.
Smythe Strange that I.anaW.
. . . .... e-i"-J a hi
mg machine didn't fly. He patterned
it after a fowl, too, but It shot rlcht
into the water. k
Browne Maybe it
"UIUI
ne patterned it after.-Baltlmore
Auiericun.
T tnVa. . - . . .
VmII ". . . "v IO
wmiu a iuwn wnicn rirpttir ..
year-old girls will be satisfied with.
Did you ever notice that some people
bare a homemada lnoin v v
Salted Canned Peat,
Shell the peus and mix a half-pint
of salt with every quart of peas. Stand
over night nml in the morning drain
off all moisture and pack the yeas mi
suit tlehtlv in airticht Jars. Seal the
Jars and wrap each ln dark paoer-
When the peas are wanted soak over
night, then cook in the usual way.
Potatoea Baked In Half rhelli.
Select medium-sized potatoes, wash..
using a brush, put in a dripping
and bake in a hot oven forty minutes,
or until soft. Cut in halves length
wise, scoop out inside, mash, season
with butter, salt and pepper, and
moisten with hot milk.
Green Tomato Pie.
This rile should be made with WI
and lower crusts of plain paste In tl
usual manner. For the inside slice t
tomatoes thin, arrange on the low
crust, add one-half cup of sugar, the
Juice of one lemon, and a Fprfnwn
of cinnamon.
Short Buga-eetiona.
To clean zinc wash first In hot w
water and then rub witu
dipped ln turpentine.
Ants dislike borax, so sprinkle "
over shelves in pantries, etc.,
they are troublesome.
A kitchen stool Is a great comfort'
a delicate woman for sitting on
washing dishes or cleaning vegetal)
For waterproofing boots meltJ
gother a little mutton suet nd
wax, rub it over the soles and sllpw
over the edges where the stitches
rr .An, t..wl nnttr nnRS g hot fr0"
over it This will soften it, and
a broken pane of glass can
be enW
removed without injury to tne""
an ah
thor-
mil
lb
Tea and coffee pots are among
kitchen utensils that are neer
nno-lilv rlMintxl. The ordinary
will simply rinse thein out under
faucet and put them away to an
their own sweet will. lstT'
. . .i with W,B
snouia ue rrequenuy
to which several spoonfuls of
have been added and set to W"
several hours on the back of t l
of