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LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER.
CHAB, F. Jk ADA X. BOCLX, Fobs.
TOLEDO OREGON.
King Pete of Servla wants to resign.
Anybody want Lis job?
Somebody has written a book enti
tled "How to Sleep." That's easy. Get
an alarm clock.
Hall Oaine has nervous prostration.
Now perhaps he knows bow most of
the people who have seen his plays suffered.
If an ordinary old one-dollar bill har
bors 00,000,423 germs, how many could
get board and lodging on a veteran
twenty-dollar note of commerce?
The Sultan has promised to make an
exhibit at St Louis. The Sultan rec
ognizes only a constructive difference
between promises of an exhibit and an
exhibit of promises.
The main argument against the Ben
Davis apple is that it isn't good to eat.
Kansas City Star. But the exasper
ating feature about it is that it looks
as if It were good to eat
Prince nenry, flddrpRHlner Owrnnii
soldiers who were about to depart for
Africa, said: 'Germany expects every
bullet to do its duty." Any bullet that
doesn't do that ought to be shot
It Is true, as Secretary Shaw says,
that the boy should see more of father,
but this would mean that father should
stay home more in the evenings, a
hardship not to be contemplated with
out protest.
Some of the people who are not kept
busy earning their living have taken
up for discussion the old question,
"Should a genius marry?" Of course
each of the discussers speaks from
personal knowledge.
Among strange legacies may be
classed that of a Vermont man who
left ?500 to his church, the income
to be used in sweeping the snow off
the church pavement and in strewing
ashes and sawdust on the slippery
places.
At Great Neck, L. I a widow with a
fortune of $1,000,000 recently married
a poor young man whom she had
known only two weeks. Still, there
are plenty of men who will go right
on striving so that their widows may
be left rich.
The town of Coldfoot In Alaska,
prlugs into prominence in connection
with a report of a territorial official
recommending that It be made a rein
deer station and that a post road be
constructed thereto from the Yukon
Elver. What is It that the mayor of
Hottlme, Philippines, will say to the
mayor of Coldfoot, Alaska, some day,
when they meet at Washington, In a
notable fraternal jollification?
General Weyler professes to be sor
ry that he did not Invade the United
States when he had charge of the
Spanish army in Cuba. We often hear
of people who worry over troubles that
may come to them In the future, but
Weyler is probably the first man on
record who ever worried over trouble
which he failed to get into when tie
had a chuuce, and which there could
be no possibility of bringing back.
The adulteration of drugs is a double
evil. It Is not merely that the adulter
ants put Into them may be Injurious to
health, but even when tills Is not the
case they may so detract from the effi
cacy of the medicine that it will not
accomplish the purpose for which it is
Intended. A careful analysis of drug
products which are largely intended
for ubo lu States other than those in
which they are manufactured ought.
therefore, to contribute essential! to
the protection of the public
Civilization is not averse from money-getting
and it lays down no rules
as to how much solid comfort an indi
vidual or a community may enjoy, but
it does insist that money made under
its auspices shall lie well spent and
that the benefits which it bestows shall
fall in some measure on all, for no
man can be siitd to be really and truly
civilized whose feet are treading out
side the path of right living and who
does not bestow on others less fortu
nate, but not less deserving, a share,
however modest of the comforts that
are his. Divorce civilization from mor
als and you have nothing left but a
ridiculous and an impudent sham.
work while the men are being educated
to make a breakfast on a cup of poor
coffee and a chew of tobacco. There
ought to be a cooking department not
in every school but in every home.
BATTLE-GROUND OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE CONFLICT"
A contemporary hits the nail on the
head when It says that the darky chef
lu the little cluttered-up kitchen of a
Pullman dining car will always serve
you a daintily cooked meal, no matter
what you order. Why should not
housewives, with better facilities, do
as well? Because they do not know
how. Why do they not know? Be
cause they have never been taught
The girl must learn how to cuff the
piano and do various kinds of fad
Next to love, the most Important of
ten the most importunate, question be
tween a man and his wife is money.
To the young and romantic this may
seem a sordid condition. Love, in their
view, means bon bons and long
stemmed "American Beauties." Later
on, when they learn that It also means
taxes and coal bills, shoes, pew rent
and groceries, they will see why it is
that the most beautiful superstructure
must have a firm financial foundation.
Then will come, or at least ought to
come, the question of an allowance for
the wife a very modern question In
the opinion of many, and a foolish one
In the view of the old-fashioned and
conservative. It is true that It Is raised
more often than It used to be. The
reason Is that women's views of life,
especially of married life, have ad
vanced. Many were self-supporting
before marriage, and many more might
have been so if they chose. To them
the exchange of financial freedom for
absolute dependence Is not attractive.
They had the control of money before
marriage; they reasonably desire the
control of at least a little after mar
riage. To men of sympathetic Imag
ination this question may never pre
sent Itself. They supply unasked not
merely the wife's known and expressed
needs, but realizing their own fond
ness for a new tie or the occasional
entertainment of a friend at luncheon,
they appreciate a woman's need of
funds for which she need not account
The other type of man the type which
pays the regular bills and takes no
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RELIANCE,
Not to the swift the race;
Not to the stroiig, the flight,
thought of extraneous wants should Not to the righteous, perfect grace;
remember that married life is often Not to the wise, the light
compared to a partnership. It Is not
necessary that both partners draw Bnt often 'altering feet
equal sums from the profits of the, "?e BUrft t0th? oal;
. . , . ., . . . And they who wnlk in darkness meet
business but even the junior partner Th(j Jnri(je Qf gou,
expects to use his small share as he
pleases. If he is worthy to be a mem- thousand times by night
ber of the firm he will not take ad- The Syrian hosts have died;
vantage of his position, nor draw moreA thousand times the vanquished right
than the business will stand. The ne- Has risen glorified,
cessity of asking for every cent she
spends is humiliating to any woman he truth the wise man sought
of sensibility. She want her allow- poI:en b a child;
. ,7 , . ... ,,, The alabaster box was brought
ance, and If she has it she will use ln trembll hands defllm
it in most cases, wisely, and both she
and her husband will be happier. Not irom my torch, the gleam,
oui irom we Binre noove;
The recent death of James L. BlairNot from our hearts, life's
of St T-nnln nt TCiiRtls. Ploridn nnlnts stream,
a moral if It does not adorn a tale.
crystal
But from the depths of Love.
Atlantic.
VIEW OP CHEMULPO, TUB PORT OP SEOUL, KOREA
Let us briefly go over this dramatic
life narrative, if only for the moral
Blair was the son qf the famous Gen
eral Frank P. Blair. He was hand
some, talented, successful. He was
chief counsel to the world's fair at a
salary of ?25,0O0. His wife, a
of society, was president of the board
1 J a. m-t nru -
Ul iauy manager, m i,w a year.. 0W Well 1 remember the day
He owned one of the handsomest res!- 1 when x flrst came lut0 offl
deuces in the fashionable suburbs. He"S right rrom tne ractory wlth my
delivered lectures to young men onenamel black and shining and my
commercial integrity. In short, he wa3nlckei trimmings untarnished! It was
put on a peuesuu as a paragon or non-iate iu the afternoon when I arrived
or. In a single day he fell from thisand the office was deserted. I was
high eminence to the level of a com-rfltller lonely that flrst night, for I
mon criminal. Let us correct the fore-ml88ed the llvel chatter t0 h
going statement: He did not fall lnund been accu9tomedi and the new oak
one day. He fell as all men fall-by de8k to whIcn r wag secure, f
degrees. He was found out in a day,8eemed Bomewhat un80cIabl
that s all. The crush came when
Blair's clerk announced that this al- The next lnornIuK 1 abruptly
leged paragon of virtue had beenflwakened by a bubcl of 8lrIlsn voicp8
forging deeds and mortgages for Cf-and 80011 one of the BPeakws sat down
teen years. Blair twice attempted tnnt n,y dp8k nnd drew me out lnt the
kill himself. He went to pieces and1 ght hen 1 Synced rather fearfully
was sent to a hospital and thence tolnto ber face 1 wa8 renssurl. for her
Florida. Toward the last he was llt-brown eyes were very Pignut and
tie more than a gibbering imbecile kind' and 1 fol,nd the touch of he"
The only bright page of the last chap-hund llffht aml Prftctleed.
ter Is that which recites the heroism How tast thme little fingers would
of the wife. She gave up to the cred-fly ovpr my white keys, as my carriage
itors her home, carriages, furniture, 8,,PPP(1 back and forth over the sheets
everything, and was at the bedside of0' paper! I grew very fond of my lit
her husband from first to last. Andtle mistress, and I knew she was proud
the moral? It Is the old, old one "Beor Sometimes when a thick pile of
sure your sin will find you out." No'ters lay on the desk waiting for an
man Is brilliant enough to escape thenswer, her fingers moved so swiftly,
consequences of his wrong. Mortal yt unerringly, that I marveled at her
prescience Is In vain. A man's sin maysklll.
not always find him out to the public. I ftrew to understand her moods. tnt
lt may be that Providence, or fate, orby the expression of her brown eyes.
M"tc you win, wm punisli him by " nen sue wos nappy they would laugh
fiivlng him to bear the burden of re-80 merrily; when she was angry they
niorse alone. Or by forcing him to would flash with defiance; hut when
keep his ill-gotten gains. Or it mnybe was sad they would hide under
strike him through bis children. Or l'nher long, dark lashes, all the hnppy
one of the thousand ways Justice has light in them gone,
for Its own. The law of compensation Every few days the mall brought her
holds ou n,y not Del eve In the de- letter, at sight of which she woS
, duration of he old book. "Vengeance suddenly grow quiet nnd though"
Is mine. I w 11 repay, snlth the Urd."ad her face would take on S
may believe only In fatalism. ItKrvlty which well became her. Onl
i i"e 'w 18 8re. " today as she furtively opened the cover
writUMl In vmir iiwm in l, oil i . . : " ll,e uer
. .. . ., ... lluuluuor ner ,m ename watch I cauehf a
?" V ' b'8t0ryr B 8Ul-eK"Pe of a man's face with cKPr
your sin Mill find you out! dark eye9 and a flrm mouth
, .,. . , , , 0ne dy a tall, athletic young fellow
Ml(j Hh In Lake Tahoe. came into the office. whno o t ...
An Englishman, visiting Lake Tahoe.stantly recognlzel as that hidden In the
"""" - " ny gooawatcu. rney greeted one another with
unmug iuC H.O.O. UU yes, stranger."a quiet "Well, Ruth," and 'How are
"What kind of fish do you catch hereVyou, Jack?" but their hands and ev!
, ..B1. hum lsnifi Himuicaneousiy,
. V. I . . I. . . .. .
";ll"V.uTm:K,slnsnyouever He could not be called handsome
caught? "Aa'aL s ranger, we don'tbut there was character in every Tne
take welch nir much nim wlmn . . cery nne
nii . r . B or uie ratner ruggea reatures. He
fishing, and I am an honest man. andrted himself very erect with a ma
wouldn t like to say how much thatful air and a slight touch of haute,
"'T' wou.a weign. But They went out together, and I was
l tell you, stranger, that when I pullediio fnr tha FAttf tf thA Inn Nil
that flsh out of the water Uie take matador of the week Ruth was unut
Went dOWn a fOOf Mllv ,.v hnmmln. t,.!"".
1 um
snatches of song, and now and then
laughing softly to herself.
Several months passed by. One day
the mall brought her a letter thinner
than usual. Her cheeks flushed hotly,
as she read it and her eyes grew dark
with anger. Without reflecting upon a
hasty decision, her fingers tapped out
her answer.
'Jack Your letter received. Since
you did not trust me, I have no ex
planation to make to you. Consider
our engagement at an end forever. I
will return your ring at once.
"RUTn."
In spite of their flashing, the brown
eyes were wet with tears, but with set
lips and steady hand she dropped the
little white envelope Into the mall box.
The next morning the slender circlet
of pearls on her left hand was missing.
anu for many weeks her smile was
rare Indeed.
One day, late ln December, when she
was rushed with work, she told the
girls she was going to work an extra
hour. For a time she clicked away on
my wnite Keys, but soon her fingers
began to move more slowly. Suddenly
with a great sob she burled her face
in her amis and the tears came un
checked. As she sat there, crying bitterly, the
door opened softly, and someone came
quickly to her side.
'Ruth, dear little Ruth," said a husky
voice, and tender hands raised her fair,
tear-flushed face and kissed It.
"O, Jack, Jack," she sobbed, cling
ing to him, while he lavished caresses
and loving words upon her.
"I saw the light and couldn't help
eomtng up," he murmured. "Can you
forgive me, dear? TheRe weeks have
been so long and lonely."
Bnt for answer she only clung closer
to him, and sobbed from sheer hnDDl
ness. vv
Ruth and Jack are married now and
this Is my last day in the office for
to morrow I am to be taken to their
new home, to bo the especial property
of Mrs. Jack. Surely I could ask for
no happier fate than to be alwavs nenr
my little mistress, who has been dearer
to me than ever since the night when
I alone witnessed the reconciliation
between her and Mr. Jack.
thrusts its nose between the ban ij
opens its cavernous mouth,
affording to visitors an opportiti
of indulging ln the sport of tbrorJ
peanuts down its throat Thl 1) J
pleasure that appeals chiefly .
children.
But those who try It don't aiwij '
succeed ln tossing the peanut into 1
front of the cage that keeps the pi
nlo nf a HftlA I lain nna nnd ft .
f 1 ilk kiv XIIUHIIIVV
children's fear is likely to make tM i
nervous, and so their aim Is uncerta
Therefore the peanut may hit the pi f
zly's nose Instead of going straight W
10 its mouin, or u may uu oe ui i
bars of the cage and fall outside
the stone in which the bars are 2
bedded.
But when the children throw nl
peanuts and when they have thrtj
all they have and have seen the jtieI
eat all It caught they have anotj
sight waiting for them that Pl
more, If possible, than' it did to (
bear catch the peanuts in Its mo j
When no more are coming to it
grizzly lifts one of its big pawni
thrusts it out through the bars
as It can reach on the stone ledge J
sweeps up and gut hers In the pear
that have fallen there and eats tt-l
To see the beast eat the peanutsjl
ftnofinu lu nmiiulniv a a tt'oll Aft llUfTl
v. i i ij . o i r Mill lining
lug; to see it stretch out throiign i
bars that ponderous and powerful r j'
Is most startling. I
The polar boar comes up and tbf1!
Its nose through the bars for peal
In juBt the same way, and it gfef
those that fall outside ln the games'
ner, with this addition, that tJ
ito m white-clad FT"
between the bars to rake In stray
nuts that have fallen outside it
times for this purpose thrusts out
ton cue. I
The grizzly bear eats the kn'",I
the lion nn to nnlu on rplectS the M""'!
the nnlnr inni onta thpm shells aid If
But the grizzly has been here the H"J
er time norhnna the Dolar win "1
to be onunllv fastidious. All Nl
Crlr.T.llna an1 nnlnri na well Bl 1
from milder cllmps. annear to he 'f
of peanuts. New York Sun.
ALL BEARS LIKE PEANUTS.
Fbtot of th Anlm.U Ma R. n.
All hoa rm nr.nAn. a ...
uuurur in iiira
whether the beasts come from sou'
regions, where tha 1 n
. ., " F"ui KFOWS or
"I" IJ uu,,u"ns 01 tue "ozen north.
nown.
not Implant-
where nPnnut ta
If the taste for peanuts u nnt '
ed in them naturally they acquire Z
very readily, as is shown, L examnle
by the grizzly and the
the menagerie in Central p..,. ln
The big grixzly comes to the front
of It. great cage In the bear L T,'
ladnstrlona Smokers in Holl"4,
nlflCe 1
vimuu uuiub t,uc ! i
world as a nation of smokers. M
Dutchman consumes on an Te
100 ounces of tobacco a year.
Belgian comes a good second, "
annual consumption of eighty
followed closely by Turkey with
ty ounces and the United Statee
sixty ounces. Germany, France,
and Italy tread closely on their
while the United Kingdom coraM
paratlvely low on the list with t
three ounces.
It Is easier to make a bluff tb'1
to make imod.