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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1904)
LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER. CHAS. V. ADA I. BOCLK, Pub.. TOLEDO OREGON. Many a girl shatters her Ideal when she marries him. It Is twice as easy to fool yourself as It Is to fool other people. The Hon. Jerry Simpson, we are credibly Informed, wears 'em now. Ten cents' worth of help will make more religion than a dollar's worth of argument. A Michigan county clerk reports that he issued 350 "dear" licenses and 217 deer licenses last year. Herbert Spencer was supposed to be a very wise man. Yet he left a will that Is three columns long. The operations of trust promoters are often like those of the prestidigi tateur pitiable simple, once they are exposed. There are 144,000 Mormons In the United States, but just now Senator Smoot Is the only one who is especially conspicuous. The whereabouts of a warship is sometimes regarded with more interest by various governments than any ofll clal utterances of a diplomatic nature. Thirty thousand orders for automo biles have been placed with American manufacturers for this year. The horseless age may not be In sight, but the good roads age is. According to the United States Su preme Court, the Porto Rican is neith er a citizen of the United States nor an alien. He 1b simply a Porto Rican, and that's all there is of it It Is music of this sort which they recall who listen for the notes of the old melodeon and the voices of those who gathered about It; and for them the piano is no substitute. If Frau Wagner should pick up an American magazine and see an adver tisement of "Parsifal breakfast food" It is probable that she would die and come over to haunt Conrled. Some Chicago statistician has fig ured out the charitable, educational and similar bequests of the United States for 1003 at $70,034,078. Good! Now tell us how much we spent in ali mony. r A gentleman who resides in Switzer land announces that he has invented an electrical contrivance which will kill off an army at a single shock. It won't .do. Where would the heroes come In? Science tells us that out of fifty skeletons measured the left legs of twenty-three were longer than the right Evidently there are many of us who contrive to conceal our pulled legs, even after death. The steel trust expects to save about 112,000,000 as the result of Mr. Carne gie's salary reduction plans. If there are twelve cities in the country that have not bwn supplied with libraries, they should file their applications at once. There is humor in the story that Russian disciples and admirers of Maxim Gorky, lately tramp, beggar and anarchist and then successful nu tlior, now declare with great Indigna tion that he lias grown comparatively rich by his books and Is therefore "changing his point of view." They all do it. Every mother's son of them who preaches that "property is rob bery" changes his tunc as soon as he gets any property of his own. The reading public kuows that the Egyptian government completed the great Assouan dam a year or more ago; and that the construction of the dam was one of the most stupendous feats of engineering In modern times. The public has not been Informed, however, whether the dam is a suc cess. Pleasing to relate, it Is. Com pleted at a cost of $12.ri0,000 the dam has improved land In the Nile valley to the extent of $'J3.000,ooo or a first yearly dividend of IW0 per cent on the investment. Tho plotureHtjueness of shipping suf fered from the Introduction of steam In place of sails, and has further de clined since the "fore-and-after" has superseded the suuare-rluiro.1 Still another change Is taking place uie loss or topmasts. The experiment has been made successfully on the Pa cific coast and Is being made on the Atlantic soahonrd. A haw fnnnuu - uino t,- d schooner, lately launched at Mystic, Conn., has no topmasts. The reason for the change Is the which has made tho other modifica tions economy. Fewer meo can han die a schooner without topmasts, and the topsails which are thus abolished are said not to be worth the additional original cost and the expense of handling. Advocates of shortening the college course to three years,' or even to two years, have sometimes urged the change on the ground that the average age of students at graduation Is great-j on ten lunatlc8 per er than it was fifty years ago. A pro- lth fessor In Columbia University thought aay- "L, i that aside from Its relation to the dis- &reater Proportionate increase, cusslon about the college course, It The self-lighting Bunsen burner of would be interesting to find out wheth- a German chemist depends upon the er this was true or not. Accordingly Igniting effect of a pellet of palladium he examined the records of eleven sponge, which Is passed over the es promlnent universities and colleges in caping gas as the tap is opened, the East and middle West, and dls-1 Over-fatigue is regarded by Dr. Bur covered that the average age of the ton-Fanning as the determining cause graduates in the decade between 1850 of 10 per cent of his cases of pulmo and 1800 was twenty-three years and nary consumption. Even a single ex one and three-tenths months. In the cess as unusual bicycling, climbing, decade from 1800 to 1900 the average hunting, or even dancing or tennis was twenty-three years and one and may bring into activity unsuspected nine-tenths months. When one com- latent tuberculosis, pares the list of subjects which the The statement is generally made that students studied fifty years ago with tne principal geysers of the Yellow that which they study to-day one is Btone pnrk greatly exceed in size and inclined to respect the capacity of the power all others in the world. J. A. modern young man. There has been RU(iiick, now of Ottawa, Canada, con no deterioration of intellect, else the tradicts this, and says that the Wai average age at graduation would be mnngu Geyser in New Zealand far ex- much higher. Juggling for millions, as it is per formed by trust experts, deserves the reception which Is following the ex posures. Turning water into money is nnfpr thnn sellincr eold bricks, because the trust manipulators purchase the ablest legal talent Morally, between such performances and easy-mark thieving schemes there Is no difference, says Collier's Weekly. When the elev- be found out" is broken by these vera- clous plutocrats, we stand aghast at the unconcern with which they bleed the public. Lying for money seems to be consistent with high position in so ciety ana business. Men most con splcuously desired in society have fat- a certaln temperature. The arrange tened on bribery and false pretenses. ment can be aPPlled to many Purposes. Some of them have been honored with I CarPets, rugs, etc.. can be kept at the public office. Nothing could be more temperature of the body or higher, respectable thnn they. They are our and or wet medical applications nobility, as able to ride over the sera- ican be kePt eas"y at 150 deS- c- In pies of classes below them as the no-1 the industries numerous uses are sug- blllty of birth once rode over plebeian Bested, as in filters for fatty or gelat bodles which blocked the streets. The I lnous matters, and for warming car- exposures in Wall street may diminish the prestige of "success," as accumu lating wealth by disregarding honesty is called. If they do they will accom plish a profound improvement "Pluck, skill and determination," says a hu morist "will in time work wonders, but they get much quicker returns by working suckers." In the death of "Citizen" Cieorge Francis Train there passes from among men a figure most eccentric and pathetic. As an erratic genius, full of apparent cntradictlons and brilliant achievement he stood unique among the psychological wonders of his time. So eccentric was he, and yet so poten tial In performance and so complete and brilliant in his mastery of great undertakings, that he excited the In terest and wonderment of all who came In touch with his odd personali ty. With our vague and confused no tions regarding the human Intellect and the line of demarkatlon between sanity and Insanity, not many men will care to take the responsibility of passing upon the mental soundness of George Francis Train. It is recalled that very few men of learning aud sense did not believe him Insane even during the later years of his life, when he withdrew himself from contact with men and sought the companionship and acquaintance of children and birds. A builder of ships, organizer of the Union Pacific Railway, founder of the City of Omaha, n vigorous and vir ile writer, a deep philosopher, a glolic- tiotter and n dweller In many climes, a promoter of great and daring enter prises, "Citizen" Train was a marvel of Initiative and energy. Ho added to his manifold experiences by being thrown Into Jail fifteen times without being guilty of n crime. Whether sane or Insnne, Train was remarkable for genius and possessed of the uncon querable "American spirit" that fear lessly defied all opposition and swept all obstacles aside. Even In the sad decline of his powers he gave Hashes of genius that made him a stranglv Interesting ns well as a most pathetic personality. Followed The Name Oaft. In the days when Sir Charles Gavon Puffy was a leading figure in Victorian politics there sat In the Melbourne parliament a wealthy but not well Informed butcher. The chief secretary of the day was deprecating tho atti tude of the leader of the opnosltlnn. whose conduct was, he declared, worse tnan eros. "Who was Nero?" in terjectcd the knight of the cleaver, uu equai scorn ana sincerity. "Who was .eror replied tho delighted secretary. "The honorable gentleman ought to know. Nero was a celebrated Roman butcher." No Canse Top Alarm. "1 have been troubled with Insomnia for nearly a week," said the weary, looking man. "Oh, well, It Isn't danrmmii." the absent-minded doctor. "There Is no occasion for you to loso anv .Wnl over a little thing Ilk tint'" 7 P L cience Aljl) Vention ceeds in proportions anything describ ed in the Yellowstone region. Mr. Ruddick has never himself seen Wal niangu In action, but has often wit nessed the eruptions of the geysers called Fairoa and Pohotu, the former sometimes playing to a height of more than 200 feet. The curious electric heater of M. Ca mllle Herrgott consists of conducting wires woven into carpets and other fabrics, and it is designed to give a "6" iuvu..ui0 UUH" UKmv' luuuu' "ue" ul " idoes not affeet tne Pliability or appear- ance of the material. It Is claimed that the heater is perfectly safe, and that the wires cannot be raised above riages or trains, etc New materials from which paper can be made are continually found. Re cently in our Southern States yellow pine waste has been successfully man ufactured Into that universal sub stance without which so many fea tures of modern civilization could hardly survive. Fine paper can be made of corn stalks and of rice straw. In addition to spruce, whose useful ness in paper-making has caused great uneasiness concerning the ultimate fate of the beautiful Wrhite Mountain for ests, marsh pine, fir, aspen, birch sweet- gum, Cottonwood, maple, cypress and willow trees all contain fiber suitable for the manufacture of paper. Hemp, cotton, Jute, Indian millet and other fibrous plants can also be used for this purpose, so that there seems to be no danger of a dearth of paper. Major Fowell-Cotton's expedition in Eastern Equatorial Africa resulted in the discovery of six tribes of men pre viously unknown to the civilized world. One of these tribes Is known to its neighbors by the name of . the Ma gicians. The Magiclnns dwell on the high lands half-way between Lake Ru dolph and Lake Albert, and their vil lages consist of two-story houses built of wattle, and grouped together on the upper slopes of the hills. They in spire great awe among the dwellers in the valleys below, although the lat ter outnumber them a thousand to one. Their formidable reputation appears to be bused upon their superior intelli gence. None of the new tribes discov ered by Major Powell-Cotton had ever met a white man. and they treated their visitors in u friendly manner. LAUNDERING IN WINTER TIME. Method br Which Clothe. Moy K Kept Whit and la Good Condition. Many housekeepers find dlfllculty in doing their lnuuderlng during cold weuther. In the summer season cot tons and linens can be bleached on the grass and dried In the warm sun shine, and, while they are whiter for being frozen and thawed, there is sel dom warmth enough in the depth of winter to thaw them on the line, and if they are handled in the frozen stuto they are apt to crack. For this rea son good housekeepers will not allow fine table linen to be dried out of donr In the winter, even though it may bo nguuy yenowea by Indoor drvW Fine handkerchiefs are very easily torn and delicate underwear can be ruined more quickly by being taken from the lines and folded when frozen than In any other way. If white cotton garments are much stained freezing will restore them to their proper color, and if there Is time they can be left out on the lines until Uiey freeze hard and thaw out, pro vided they are not handled in a froz en state or left to flap about In the wind. Loosely woven materials, like stockinette may also be left ontdonr on the lines until they are dry enough t 1.1.1 I.. at I , ouse' ,A '"rge rMr 19 4 7 "eful lymce ju winter, as the cothea run be dried there and the dangeia of freezing avoided. ' Such a room is also very useful for ironing in hot weather. It should be provided with a laundry stove and the fire kept up until the clothes are dried. Flannels and woolen stockinette ought to be dried on wooden frames, which any carpenter will make, and which will prevent shrinking. This is because the ultimate fiber of wool is BDiral. and the drawing up and inter- ! locking of the fibers being what con stitutes shrinkage. In underwear rac tories the garments are always washed and dried on frames so that they may be offered soft and unshrunken for sale. It is much better and easier to scrub soiled flnannels with n small brush than it is to rub them clean on a board. A rather stiff brush about four or five inches long Is the best article for this purpose. Scrub the bands and seams of heavy woolen shirts, as well as those of cotton, in ' this way. This small brush is excellent in washing corsets or any heavy pieces that are difficult to rub on a board. If the brush has a small handle the garments maj be more easily cleaned with it. Many excellent housekeepers disa gree as to the best method of wash ing white clothes. Some of them pre fer to soak their clothes overnight in cold water. Others who are equally good managers, after examining each piece to see if there are any stains or snots that need special attention, plunge them into boiling Lot soap suds and let them stand for several hours or overnight. This latter method seems to draw the dirt quite thor oughly, as the water itself will attest next morning. The clothes are then lifted out of this water into clean wnrm water, the few soiled places that re main are rubbed out and the clothes are put In the boiler to come to the boiling point. , If the water Is hard a tablespoonful of washing soda, but no more, should bo added to every gal lon of water in the boiler, the soda being first dissolved in a little boil ing water. If it is put in without melt ing it may eat a hole in the clothes. If the water is soft a little melted soap should be used instead of soda, and soap should be rubbed over each piece as it is put in the boiler. Very few of the best laundresses boll their clothes longer than three minutes, Just long enough to allow them to be thor oughly scalded. Longer boiling only tends to make white clothes yellow. When the clothes are taken from the boiler the water they were boiled in should be poured over them and they should be allowed to stand in it sev eral hours or overnight. No woman who does this will ever be troubled with yellow clothes. There is no bet ter way to bleach them in winter. About once a month is often enough to blue clothes In winter, and the old fashioned indigo bag, which costs only a few cents, is the best thing to use at any time. RATS MADE BEDS OF MONEY. When the Neat Waa Found the Mist ing Bill Were All Intact. A short time ago Mrs. Mike Huller, who keeps a grocery on the corner of Eighth and Elm streets, hid away where she could easily find it, ?70 in bills for use at a time when necessity or desire required it. She thought of thieves, but not of the rodent de scription, and was, therefore, quite particular In selecting a hiding place. A few days later she thought she would take a look at her hidden treas ure, with the view of ussurlng herself that the money was where she had hidden it, but on going to the place her surprise can easily be Imagined when, on placing her hand where the money ought to have been, she dis covered that it was gone. Matters remained in that condition up to a few days ago, when, hearing a rut traveling around the house, the Idea struck her that rats were the real purlolners of her money. Going to work with a vim she was not long in ripping up two or three planks from the floor of one of the rooms of the house and, Instituting a close search, was greatly elated to find that rodents had actually stolen the money, packed It away and made a cosey bed of It for there It was before her eyes, Ev ery bill was found Intact, not n dollar missing. Henderson (Ky.) Gleaner. Rejected with Scorn. A certain social organization, called the "Young Woman's Club," found it self in difficulties after the lapse of some twenty years. The "young" wom en were no longer rightly named. The New York Times says that Wil Ham II. Crane, the actor, was once con sulted by some charming girls In re gard to the name of their prospective club. Their object they wrote, wag the building of character. They wished that to be suggested in the title, and also the fact that they were unmar ried. Mr. Crane replied that he had a name for the club "The Building and Lone Association." The cold truth Is that while a visit ing girl may have had occasion to keep an engagement book, no home girl ever had so many thin cnimr nn i,4 DENTISTRY AN ANCIENT ART. Greek and Roman or Uldea Tim, Understood the Craft. Although the profession of dentistry is commonly supposed to be one of the modern arts there are evidences show ing that it was practiced many centu ries ago In widely separated parts nf j the world. These discoveries establish the fact that the art is probably as old as many of the learned profession! now known. The making of false teeth and the filling of dental cavities is so ancient a trade that it reaches far back beyond the bounds of history, although it has generally been considered as a science of modern origin. The Greeks and the Romans had false teeth, as ancient allusions in the records tell. Perhaps the. laughing pearls between the lips of Cleopatra were, after all, "store teeth" and Mark Anthony did not know it. The ancients could fill teeth with gold, and far beyond the time of Greece and Rome the science of dent istry is recorded. Recent discoveries show that it extended even into time of the early Egyptian dynasties. Not long ago mummies were discovered on the banks of the Nile. For 5,000 years or so they had been grinning with false teeth in their sarcophagi. Teeth filled with gold, much as a dentist would fill the aching void In a tooth today, have been discovered in some of these mummies. Excavations among the ruins of the prehistoric cities of Central America have brought to light the fact that the profession of the dentist was one much esteemed and profitably followed in the days of that mysterious civilization which once existed there. The dentists of those prehistoric American days filled their patients' teeth not with gold but with little discs of bright green jadeite. The skulls of nearly all the people who were burled in costly tombs and who were evidently people of fashion have been found to have teeth in them filed down to a point and set with these little green discs. It Is thought that the filling was not put in to stop a prehistoric toothache, but as a matter of ornament. Proba bly the custom originated at first from the same causes which now induce us to have our teeth filled with gold, but it soon became to be thought ornament al and so became a fashion and badge of rank. The common people, living on coarser food, were supposed to have sound teeth, but the pampered nobles, living on rich and delicate food,, had teeth which decayed and so were supposed to require the attention of the dentist So, though dentistry has no known founder, like medicine, it is an ancient and honorable profession which can dispute with its kindred science for the palm of antiquity. POOR MEN ARE OVERLOOKED. Hintsto Brides Galore, bnt Non for the Bridegroom. A thoughtful young man of Wash ington was heard to decry the other day the fact that while there is a de luge of don'ts and do's for the bride to follow, the bridegroom must shift for himself. "There Is absolutely nothing to guide a man but his own awkward self. It isn't fair," he said. "From the time a girl is old enough to detect sound she understands the importance of hav ing things done properly nt a wedding, while the prospective groom is only something necessary to complete the picture. Nothing short of inspiration can get a man through a marriage cere mony gracefully. "In order to impress the bride and spectators that he is enthusiastic about it he appears with a sort of frozen grin on his face that you expect to f melt at any moment and run dowi his collar. If he Is too frightened to respond in a loud voice some of the bride's girl friends will whisper that 'it was plainly evident he was un willing from the start.' Again, If he replies In a loud, stern voice, another bunch in another direction of the church will huddle together and ex press how glad they are that they are not marrying him, while the attitude of many Is that they are signing away their life and all worth living for. So I, for one, think it high time that some body is writing a few hints on ho to behave, that we men may appear enthusiastic about being married with out being ridiculous and proving a tar get for the world in general to knock at" Washington Tost Essence of Orange Leaves. f One of the remarkable industries of Paraguay is the preparation of essence j of orange leaves. More than 150 yean f ago the Jesuit priests, who then ruled that secluded country, Imported orange seeds and planted groves which have; now become Immense forests, filled ' with small establishments for extract-1 ing the essence, which is exported France and the United States for tue in soap and perfumery making. It also employed by the natives in Ttrt t guay as a healing ointment and a balii tonic. ( A hair restorative is advertised that ; will make hair grow In one night 0n that Will make hnlr trrnv in a VCUl " : 'it it ";t ;l: i IB t h ftt jre I., er St be jwi jbo a l tei jen idn D( All 0 ,bo tuc knl I ' rx the dei tea m lei the I she couldn't keep them In her head. kopt enough.