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LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER.
CHAS. F,
ADA Z,
SOCLE, Pubs
TOLEDO.
.OREGON.
No man Is In b ashless for himself
If lie Is married.
According to the common definition,
graft is high finance on a small scale.
A schoolgirl never graduates until
she has learned to stab pickles with a
bairpln.
Wise Is the young man who doesn't
have his fiancee's name engraved in
the ring.
Opinions should be formed with
great caution and changed with still
greater caution.
I ands. In return, the United States-pays
the friars seven and a quarter million
dollars. The work of the church, and,
indeed, of the religious associations,
will go ou as before,- so far as the spir
itual and social side of it is concerned;
but the orders cease to be landlords.
The government, on the other baud, ac
quires an opportunity of great value.
The possession of four hundred thou-
Bnnfl nnfoo f tha T I , -1 1 lief fl II i mftSt
valuable land in the Islands gives the MiND SHOULD BE THE STANDARD IN MARRIAGE.
means to carry out the plan of estab
lishing a class of small landowners, se
cure in their possession and devoted to
the maintenance and development of
American principles.
Surely there must be some way to
prevent railroad accidents. Isn't it time
for an Improvement?
The asbestos curtains in use need
not be thrown away. Cut into small
bundles, they might be used in kin
dling In fires.
After all there is no patent break
fast food that is better than bacon and
eggs and buckwheat cakes, although
some are more extensively advertised.
The average Russian peasant has a
vocabulary of only ,110 words. It is
surprising that a man can sneeze or
clear his throat in 110 different ways.
"Nowadays we read too much, as we 1
eat too much; the memory, like the
digestion, is weakened by Burfelt" :
These words are taken from a recent :
biography of Whlttier.. The author
shows how meager In quantity was the
Intellectual diet of the poet in boy
hood. The Bible, "Pilgrim's Progress,"
and a few of the volumes which form
ed the Quaker library of his parents
were the chief staple of his reading.
The contrast between conditions of
boyhood which produced such men as
Whlttier and those in which the youth
of our day are nurtured is frequently
pointed out to the disadvantage of
the present. It is the fashion to be
wail the multiplication of books and
magazines. Because one person or an
other tries to read them all and falls,
or meets with that success which turns
his mind into a scrap-bag riddled with
holes, it Is argued that modern condi
tions are all wrong, and that . "civili
zation" should turn back to earlier
President Palmn has vetoed Cuba's
lottery bill. It looks very much as if
Cuba's first President might make a
record for his descendants to be proud
f.
wisdom is lustlfied bv the result. There are men who have
ways.. It is a plausible cry, but Is it ! gunciont force of character and enough talent, not to say
quite convincing? The world is full of j gellluS t0 command success, and to be, as Napoleon said,
a number of things which did not ex- tuelr ow1 ancestors. But she who hopes for this takes
1st a hundred years ago. Moreover, its heavy rlsk8. there ls 8maI1 cnance 0f more than one Abra-
Bpaln has declined to make an ex
hibit at the St. Louis World's Fair be
cause she does not like this country,
and for the further reason that she
has not the price.
population has enormously increased
which is to say that where there was
formerly one boy or girl looking for
knowledge, there are now hundreds of
The minister to Korea complains be
cause his silk hat touches the eaves
of the legation building when he
stands on the steps. Evidently what
the minister needs Is an opera hat.
An Arizona man committed suicide
a few days ago because he couldn't
get his Balary raised from $9,000 to
$12,000 a year. We know quite a lot
of people who would be willing to
take $0,000 a year each and live even
In Arizona.
There ls consternation among gov
ernment clerks at Washington becuuse
they will in future be required to work
even hours a day, with only two
months' leave on full pay jht annum.
As a taskmaster Uncle Sain Is getting
to be Just too horrid for anything.
similar seekers. Therefore the ageu- Tue unequal yoke niust inevitably chafe its wearer more or
cies of knowledge have inevitably be- lle8g an(1 lt ,3 not to gmlIe walk daIntny under the
wHderlngly Increased. But must the j burden.
Individual inevitably be bewildered? j '
That there Is no more of a cat than Its
skin is a homely statement of unchang
ing truth. The human mind is still
the human mini. Not even a Bacon
can presume in our days to take all
knowledge for his province. Out of
every thousand printed 'pages there
may possibly be one or two for any
given person. The teacher of another
and of himself must learn to discrimi
nate. The wise man will rejoice in
every new road to learning, but, after
treading the few paths proved the best
by the wisdom of the ages, will enter
those new roads only which are meant
for him.
The roof of the cathedral at Toledo
In Spain, not. Ohio fell recently.
The accident was due, not to skimped
and hasty work by n speculative con
tractor, but to old nge. The building
was begun In the thirteenth century
and was not finished for two hundred
and sixty-live years, In the year Ameri
ca was discovered.
Surely it is wise for Hie giver to look
a gift horse In the mouth. A western
Congressman's wife made an appeal
to her neighbor In nshlugton on be
half of her minister at home, who had
asked her for winter clothes; the poor
people of the cold nortinvestern parish
wore siifiorliig. One warm-h-Mrted
Washington lady sent a bundle the
next day. It contained two beautiful
silk petticoats, a pink chiffon theater
waist, and a tan-colored riding habit,
War has Its episodes no less roman
tic than those of peace, as a senti
mental Milton might have said. One
of them ls diselosed in the search of a
Cuban soldier for the American nurse
who cared for him In the hospital at
Santiago. Mie would not give her
name to him, but told him that he
would hear from her ufter the war. lie
bus been waiting for word from her,
and Is now In this country, searching,
with nothing to aid him save her pho
tograph niul the kuowlodge that her
family objected to her service as an
army nurse.
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We hear of rural counties charged
wnu uie cost of keeping a consldern
bio number of vagrants who are not
ovep the poor of those sections. They
aro able liodlcd, they go there to be
supported for the winter, and yet no
one uas enterprise enough to suggest
the obvious course of making them
work wbile they nre living at the pub
lie expense. Nothing would bo easier
than to provide them with work
there was active and ellleleut admlnls
trntlon. They could bo mndo to saw
wood, shovel anow, clean streets or a
down other things. It Is a nerfectlv
safo assertion that If auch work were
provided the tramps would speedily
uuu omer placet to spend the winter,
The settlement of the troublesome
Question of the friars' lands in the
Philippines gives to the United States
the title to nearly all of the real nron.
. arty of the religious orders la the lal-
By Helen Oldtield.
Men who marry beneath them often have. a
most uncomfortable time after the knot is tied.
However high may be their own social standing,
they cannot compel Bociety to see the match
from their point of view. True, if they are
plucky and persistent, and, what ls more essen
tial, if their wives have tact and certain other
superior qualities which make for social popu
larity, the Dalr usually wins the fight in the end,
s struggle ls apt to be a long' and bard one, and
society never forgets, even though lt may consent to Ignore
the pit from which the newcomer was digged.
When a woman takes a husband from a lower social
plane than her own the case ls much more difficult. When
the man ls markedly beneath his wife she can, as a rule,
expect nothing but to be dropped by her own set. She
turns over the most decidedly new leaf which Is possible
to aa existence. She steps down from her own position
in society to that of her husband, and must adjust herself
to the change of circumstances as best she may, an adjust
ment which Is rarely effected without regret and pain,
which are likely to Increase Instead of diminish as time
passes. Almost without exception, In ordinary marriages,
lt is the husband who establishes the social line for the
new household. If that ls higher than the one to which the
bride has been accustomed she has the opportunity to rise;
If lower, she m-t a!n-nt surely descend.
Once In a great while, when a woman disregards socie
ty and takes a husband from a plane below her own, her
ham Lincoln In a century.
The law of life is that people must be congenial in
order to dwell in harmony with each other, and love cannot
long endure utter incompatibility of tastes and tempers.
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WEAKNESS OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
By T. F. O'Connor.
Here ls a strange case of circumstantial evi
dence at once overwhelming and misleading: In
the reign of Elizabeth a man named Pridcaux
was charged wlth'the murder of a neighbor. The
first witness testified to finding the corpse of the
victim, and beside lt the pitchfork bearing t?N
Initlals of Prideaux. The next witness deposed
that on the morning of the murder he saw Pri
deaux pass his bouse dressed In a certain suit of
tiotues. Four hours later, however, he saw Prideaux,
then under arrest, wearing In court a wholly different cos
tume. Then and there this witness taxed Prideaux with
the change of dress, which the prisoner denied In a manner
to confused unri R-mnilnir thnt- tlm injurlatratA a-f Anna m.n,if.
A youth and a girl were married not ; i . warrant tn kpai-h. tha nxnn'. hm, Th
long ago. They promised to love, nrenehed n uloodi were found concealed In the straw stuff
cherish and obey-al the things that jtag of a bed. A thIrd wltneM te8tlfled t0 threatg uttw.e(1
nre a part of a regular marriage ser-:bv Prid,.,.,,, .mins the riore.BPfi with whm h W
vice, uuu uieuii iiuieu or nine, as rne t deadly quarrel.
case may ue. ino man ana woman
were strangers. They met on the
day of their
wis n inn I tor
the correspondence was the sequel to , T, " uo IUUUU lmu 11 waa "l8
a wager made by the vouth with his ! ?,c,sh 'or' w th ,d pourlnS from two wounds mue by
college chum. Why will men and lc tork- PrUleaux adjured him to give the name of
women trifle with matrimony? They r,la nsfll!nt- but the mere effort brought on the death rat-
wouldn't Invest $HH in a gold watch -, , , , sc Ul, 1 " ue ia aeiuged
without a thorough investigation. They 1 , """" " " ue uau laia " paa man down
would ask for n guarantee. They luc u,Bl ""llur l i" imng, nis own
would be certain that what looked pcr 1 cmr t0 nIm n'"1 hurried him from the spot in
like gold was not brass. They would !U T X h'S b!d 8t,,1"ea dothos tl,ut ho took
consult on expert. They would bo i vf ""!,u,,vr u,u "uiureu man s pitcnroiu, leaving his own.
mire that the timepiece was
Prideaux In nis defense said that as he was passing on
marriage The courtship I tte mornInS of the murder through deceased's grounds he
r of correspondence, and1' ?an H'!"5',? La1d.d1runl? ,as he tU0USht. 8on'e distance
Sir JamLif Dyer, in his summing up, ao.mitt.ea that th. :
evidence was circumstantial only, but Irresistible,
called upon the Jury to return their verdict of "guilty" I
once. The foreman, however, prayed his lordship to allow S
the Jury to withdraw to consider at length and leisure. 'i
Ills lordship rated them soundly and sent them to it
room without food or drink or light or Are. Eleven who
were ror an immeujun; vuit. ui tumj vci eiarv S
Into surrender by tne tweirtu, we roreman, wno doggedlj
declared he would die himself rather than hang the prl
oner on such evidence. When they came into court nen
morning at the summons of the exasperated Judge they
delivered a verdict of "not guilty," which so Infuriated !
tils lomsmp tnat ue aeciureu uiui me uioou or tne mvt.
dered man lay at their doors!" The prisoner, on the othet I
hand, fell on his knees, and having first thanked God tat
his deliverance, he turned and thus addressed the Judge; !
"You see, my lord, that God and a good conscience are thj -best
of witnesses." S
Sir James asked the foreman for an explanation ot
his contumacy. "My lord," replied the foreman, "I can '
explain only on the understanding that my explanation It S
confidential." "Certainly," rejoined Sir James. "Then,
my lord, I. may tell you that I did not consent to flndluj (
Prideaux guilty of the crime because I committed It mj.
self." He then explained that the deceased, upon being :
remonstrated with for taking more tithe of the foreman'i
corn than Mas his due, bad become first abusive and then i
aggressive. He even struck at th foreman seyoroj fu- -with
bis pitchfork. Inflicting serious wounds whoso scan f
the foreman showed the Judge while the mortal wounds he f
himself received were caused In the scuflle for possession
of the fork. To secure the Innocent man's acquittal he I
contrived to get himself summoned on the Jury and ap-
pointed their foreman.
CHRISTIANITY RESTS ON SELF PEREECTIONMENT.
0V Count Lma Tnimti I. 1
- vitftui)
To live on the top of a pillar, to withdraw Into '
the desert, or to live in a community, all this can f
be provisory, necessary to men; but as definite I
forms lt is evident error and, unreason. To live
n nnra and lintv Ufa tn n Tilling -.- 4n -
munlty is Impossible, because the man ls de- '
prived of a half of life communion with the i ,
world. To live always thus one must deceive 11
one's self; it Is vlipnt Indeed, that lit
a real
bargain. And yet a man will wed a
.woman of whom he knows no more
than that her face ls pleasing, her fig
ure well molded. Very often he ls
sorry
is impossible in U
a little circle of p
lt Is Impossible to
saints. In a whole
ground and cattle' musi ue uougm rented, relatlom
must be entered Into with the exterior, the uou-Chrlstlan
world. We cannot liberate ourselves from it, and we
ought not to, except that in generul we ought to abstain
from those things which we need not do. We only deceive
ourselves. The whole work of a disciple of Christ con
sists In establishing the most Christian relations -with this
world.
I think that not only there ls no possibility of illu
minating and correcting others without being enlightened
and corrected one's self to the Inst possible limits, but
that one cannot be enlightened and Improved alone; that
every time one ls enlightened aud works for the ameliora
tion of one's self inevitably enlightens and Improves others,
and that this means tn th nnlv ffi,ii!,ia ,i...i
J v.wiuua ,CJ ML LlTUUeilUg i
service to others; the fire not only brightens and heats the j
object which feeds it, but inevitably brightens and heats !
the surrounding objects, and it produces this effect only
when it burns itself. J
Some ask: "If I become better will my neighbor be
come better?" To enlighten and to improve others, as I
have already said, ls done only by enlightening and im
proving one's self.
We all, according to our weaknesses, are removed more
or less from the truth as we know lt, but lt Is Important
not to deform the truth, to know that we are removed from
It, ami to aspire ceaselessly toward lt, to be ready to listen
to Its voice, at any moment as the obstacles weaken.
A GREAT FRENCH ARTIST.
Leon Jerome, Instructor of Many
American Painters,
One of the foremost figures in
Very often the home becomes I rench art was Jean Leon Gerome, the
a section of hades. There Is vitupera
tion and scolding; nagging that drives
ii weak limn to drluk; and love why,
husband and wife discover that there
never was any love, even In the be
ginning. And it ls worse for tho
woman. When she marries she burns
her bridge behind her. She gives her
future to a man. She ls hehiless. sh
s entitled to consideration, tender af
fection, sympathy, thorough under
standing. Vuu see she gives up much
more than a man has to give when
she marries. What chance has she
when slip weds a stranger? Surely an
alliance for life is of more Importance
than the purchase of a watch, or a
horse, or a dog, or any material thing.
And when you reud of n sudden mar-
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nub- m nun ii nun. i nee iiim ioiiv are'
mixed, you wonder al,mt th parents;
why they couldn't care cmmi'li alHiut!
their girl to warn her. mivise her. I
prevent nor irom taking a st p
spells ruin nine times in too.
man who Is entitled to a go i.l
should be man enough to ivimi
doors of his life and court li:s i.
'3
that j
The i
wl.'e ,
the I
I'ildll.
famous painter and sculptor, who was
found dead in bis
bed in Paris recent
ly. Gerome was the
instructor of many
American . artists
and bad executed
many notable
works for wealthy
residents of this
country, one of the
last being an alle
gorical figure of La-
jtA.N l. utuuMfc. bor for Charles M.
Schwab. Although 80 years of age,
Gerome did not betray his years. His
tall and lithe figure, with hair as
white as snow, was familiar at social
gatherings up to the night before he
died, and bis Rparkling wit was ever
a source of keen enjoyment to the
guests.
Gerome obtained his artistic train
ing In Koine and Paris and early
achieved fa mo. He became wealthy
and lived in a splendid palace lu the
French capital. For two-score years
ue iouowea nm calling with Uie en
inusinsm or youth
The woman who Is uor.h havin- u I ; 11 " " youm ue was a com-
also worth wlunluc tn ii... i,i.r,.i...... i """" 11 "l l.ue ",0.n 01 "onor and a
It takes time, and it make.
od way.
happiness.
Attachment.
Jack I called on May Kennell the
other evening.
Nell Yi; she told me one of their
bulldogs was very much taken to you.
by the way."
Jack-No; by the twin. However. I
got rW of him." Philadelphia Ledger
mourner or the French Institute.
Among his best-known sculptures are
equestrian statues of Washington and
Ifayette. Ho had nearly completed
a statue of Corinth, which he intended
to be his masterpiece, when death over
took him.
FACTS ABOUT CONGRESS,
j Senator Appenr to Urow More Tooth
! fnl In Their Old Act.
In spite of all reports to the con
i trary, the United States fln.t.
Many a man's respect for old aft ' ,0 be growing more youthful. Thlr
nda at boardlnx-houss poultry, tn years ago a careful computation
was made, from which It appeared that
LARGEST STORE IN THE WORLD.
t iJh ? ?re. , .Ch holll', U,e UODor of uow bell,lf the. largest In the world
2v .' n tbeirU8 UU88lun t,,ly ''Moacow, and the Illustration will
gUe a fair Idea of Its proportions. It covers twenty acres of ground and em-
mehan,0, nZV wherf thousands of
merchants may be seen dally disposing of their wares. It ls said that this
gigantic bazaar cost $10,000,000 to construct.
the average age of its members was
00 years. There were then only eight
who were less than 45. To-day the
average age ls 59 years and 4 months,
nnd in a slightly larger Senate there
nre fourteen men, instead of eight,
who are less than 45. This difference
Is doubtless due to the new States
which have come into the Union since
that time, whose political lenders were
naturally younger men. The Delaware
overturn has also given the Senate two
youthful members. It ls almost a rule
that the young States have young Sen
ators. But one Senator ls more than 80
Mr. Pettus, the Junior Senator from
Alabama, who was born In 1821. Four
teen art between 70 and 80, twenty
niaa art between 60 and TO and thirty
two between 00 and 00. Tha fifteen
wbo bar crossed the thraa-acortHuid-tea
Una Include both Senators from
Alabama and both from Connecticut,
besides Messrs. Teller, Allison, Frye,
Hoar, Gibson, Stewart, Piatt of New
York, Quay, Hate, Proctor and Culloin.
The Constitution of tho United Statci
speclilea ao us the nge requirement for'
the Senate, and all the States have
mnde good this condition by a safe
margin of ten years. Only one man in
the Seuate does not give his age, Mr.
Burton of Kansas, aud for the pur
poses of this computation be has been
rated at DO.
A curious case of disguised age ap
pears among the House members in
the biographical sketch of Mr. Lover
ing, author of the rebate bill. The di
rectory which has Just come out an
nounced that he waa born "about sixty
years ago in Rhode Island." His Uo
graphical sketch baa said tha same
thing aver since he has boon In Con
gress, and he waa elected for tha first
time In 1896 and came hera In th
prtnf 189T-New York Poat