LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER.
CHA8. r. ADA X. BOUI.K. Pubs.
lng out of sovereignty are limited in
scope, and are, after all, merely indi
rect forms of taxation.
TOLEDO OREGON.
When a bee loses its temper look out
for a stinging retort
What a blow to equal suffrage: A
Denver woman has been accused of
fraudulent voting.
Pneumatic boodlers would have a
powerful suction; but it may possibly
develop that pneumatic boodllng was
mostly wind.
Mr. Joseph Gotobed resides in Kan
sas. A man with that name might
almost be pardoned If he exhibited a
disposition to lie around.
A new machine for picking cotton
has been placed on the market A more
urgent need is for a machine that wll
wat the boll weevil in the jaw.
The Minnesota cow whose stomach
was discovered to be full of pins shows
that in this rapid age even the erst
while gentle bovine will sometimes re
sort to sharp practices.
Reports from Servia indicate that
King Peter excites about as much en
thusiasm when he appears in the
streets of his capital as an Orangeman
would at a Fenian picnic.
Brlgham Youngr's dlnry w23 fou,ad
the other day. The fact that he, with
all his wives, was able to keep a diary
only proves him to have been one of
the most remarkable men that ever
lived.
George Francis Train had a big
brain. Its weight was 54 ounces
against an average weght of 40.5
ounces. Evidently the fly wheel was a
little too large for the mind that was
running it.
Several "large" car ferry boats are
being built for the English channel
Each boat will be able to carry 10
cars, and they will be operated be
tween Dover and Calais. Such boats
as these are would be classed with
canoes on Lake Michigan.
A member of the English commis
sion which came to this country to
stuuy tne American educational sys
tem remarked, "We in England think
that national character will keep us
going without more education. Here
men hold, not that education is the
only thing to save a nation, but that
to neglect it may spell ruin." Let us
make our part of the remark true.
It Is an old story that after a highly
paid soprano in the choir of a fash
lonable church had sung an operatic
selection the pastor arose in his place
and said, "We will now resume the
worship of God by singing hymn num
ber so and so." The Pope evidently
agrees with the mythical pastor, for he
has recently issued a note on church
music in which he condemns the trans
formation of church services into con
certs, and expresses a preference for
plain song.
Does the average family proportion
its expenditures judiciously? The Hull
House Woman's Club of Chicago
thinks not and has drawn up a sched
ule to show how an income of $12
dollars a week should be apportioned.
It allows for rent 12.30; food, $4; cloth
ing, $1.60; fuel, $1; personal expenses,
$1.20; charity, 60 cents; and savings
and amusements, $1.60. Probably for
a city family the proposed allowance
for rent 1b not large enough; and it
makes a great difference in items such
as food and clothing whether the fam
ily consists of a man and his wife, or
whether there are several children. Be
that as it may, the schedule compares
interestingly with the results of an
inquiry recently made by the National
Bureau of Labor. The inquiry took in
about 2,500 families in all parts of the
country, averaging more than five per
sons to the family, and an Income of
$827 a year. These families spent
more proportionately for food and
clothing, and less proportionately for
rent and fuel, than the Chicago esti
mate allowed. Proportionately they
saved more money, too. As between
city families that have to do with $12
a week and families that have $16, one
might fix a limit below which, the less
money earned, the more proportion
ately -would have to be spent. A larger
Income gives ability to take advantages
of bargains and make occasional pur
chases at wholesale. The smaller in
come does not greatly lessen social ob
ligations, and on the other hand it af
fords fewer financial opportunities. To
be sure, the Chicago economists hope
fully hold that even on $12 a week a
family can save money. The thing is
done, but it should be noted that it is
more easily done in a small town than
in Chicago or any other large city.
The scarcity of farm hands in Kan
sas is a dllllculty which confronts the
farmers of every State in the Union
and which Is becoming more acute ev
ery year. Men will not work on the
farm for, say, $25 a month and board
if they cun get from $1.50 to $1.75 a
day in the city factory or on public
improvements or in any other capacity.
It is vain for the farmer to urge that
the man on the farm, with the appar
ent lower wuge, is really making more
money if he but takes into considera
tion that on the farm he pays no
board. It is not the wage so much
that a fillets the workers as the chores
on the farm. His work is never done;
he is In the same plight as the do
mestic servant; he has no time to him
self. Customs receipts and Internal reve
nue taxation furnish, as every one
knows, the bulk of the government's
income. But the government profits
by a snug sum from sources that grow
out of sovereignty, usually on the
"penny wived, penny eurneil" princi
ple. For example, about three mil
lion dollars' small change Is absorbed
In the channels of trade each year.
During the recent period of prosperity
the annual Increase has run as high
as five million dollars. Buying for
fifty cents a pound of blanks which
will make ninety nickel five-cent pieces
is profitable business. The galu, tech
nically called seigulorage, is hardly
less on one-cent pieces. The silver in
tho quarter-dollar would not now cost
more than ten cents, although it was
somewhat higher when the stock now
being minted was purchased. The
Treasury is the gainer from the de
struction of paper money not redeem
ed. It also derives a return from pat
ents, in the shape of fees which pat
entees pay for the privilege of monopo
lizing tholr inventions, and thus in a
slight degree shares their profits. Cer
tain other returns of this sort might
be enumerated; but tho receipts grow
It is curious how in the- last few
years the increase in crime has kept
such even pace with the Increase In
suicide. In the five years between
1808 and the end of 1003 suicide in
creased more than 50 per cent, and the
number of suicides in 1903 was very
nearly as great as the number of
deaths resulting from all other crimes
of violence. The increase in suicide
throughout this term appears to have
been very nearly regular from year to
year. Yet the five years have been ones
or aimost unprecedented prosperity, a
fact that goes far to refute the once
common belief that suicide is generally
due to "hard times." In some of the
States legal efforts have been made to
punish attempts at suicide, but the sta
tistics go to show that such lawa have
either been without any effect or that
they have resulted In making those
who try more careful to succeed. The
problem of suicide is one of the most
perplexing that has beset modern civ
ilization. There seems to be no direct
remedy. But a little study of figures
convinces that suicide goes hand in
hand with other crimes of violence.
When they increase suicide increases;
when they decline suicide declines. The
Increase in the number of crimes of
violence resulting In death In the
United States for the year 1903 was a
little in excess of 1 per cent as com
pared with 1902, while the number of
executions for tho crime of murder dur
ing the same year was less than in the
former year by something more than
15 per cent. It may be difficult for us
to see the connection between suicide
and crimes of violence, but there can
be no dltliculty in seeing the connection
between the crimes of violence and the
laxity in the administration of law.
It requires no profound discernment to
realize that if there were more execu
tions there would be fewer murders
But we have reversed the rule, and
had fewer executions and more mur-
aers.
THE SPRING POET,
Boine of the Lower Cre.i IV :
ln.lt.te BoCV
of natural language, accord!'
writer in Forest and sO '
older grammarians, I rememW
us that crying, weeping, au J?
were examples of natural A
they were expressive 0(V ;
natural to men and were
by all intuitively. Theort
or artificial lnnguage, as it i,1
is a large subject and I d0 now r
to enter upon it; but I prt5"
all forms of natural language;"
lng the cries of beastB andbj
as the term Implies, natural
nun ib, uuiu wiLu mem; aniHv
ciflc
cry ui uuy species mutt.1
termlued by some peculiarly H' J
vocal organs in that species. tVVe
Again the freshly budding leaves Invite
nit to the wold
("Nebber did I subber qulde so bad frob
cold").
And gladsome Spring once more the earth
with beauty doth enfold
("How 1 wiRh I had duh cordwood bag
I sold").
II.
The jocund flowrets, bursting forth, are
garnishing the green
("Icy winds are feld, and you jusd bed
dey're keen").
And in the bosky dells around the violet
is seen
("Biles ob snow by jance berraiddig id
I mean.")
III.
Oh, quickly me a garland' gay of dande
lions do bring
("Bedder yed a drob ob Scodge is duh
real dig");
We'll crown thee with the crocus queen
and 'round the Maypole swing
("Noddig's doig dill I sell dis ode de
Sprig").
Cincinnati Post
"KING OF PANAMA.
1 1 ii i ,' i
F. H. II
A guest visiting a family cotitiiininc
a number of children was frequently
puzzled at menl-tlnie by hearing one
or another member of the household
murmur In a warning tone, "F. n. B."
Finally his curiosity became so neuto
that he asked his host what the say
ing meant.
"It men ns." replied the head of the
household, smilingly, "that It Isn't
safe to ask for n second helping, or to
accept It If one be offered that there
Isn't any more of that particular dish
In the kitchen."
"I see," returned the partially en
lightened guest. "But what Is the ex
act significance of those three letters?"
"They stand." said the host, "for
'Family. Hold Back.'" Woman's
Home Companion.
Where Hep Love Hated.
"I did say I could live on a desert is
land with you, my love," she tearfully
protested, when he churged her with
ludlfrernce. "But ! did not kv i ...,..i.i
live with you on canned goods?" New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
I-ake in Newfoundland.
Nearly one-third of the surface of
Newfoundland is covered with fresh
water, mostly in the form of lukes.
Civilization Is making such rapid
strides that some day we will hear of
a missionary getting cooked In a chaf
lng dish.
Benor Dnqne, Who Promoted the Revo
lution on the Isthmae.
The man upon whom rests the re
sponsibility for the revolution that
has changed the map of Latin America
is Senor Emlllo
Duque, "the King
of Panama." In the
United States this
aggressive and sa
gacious individual,
writes a corre
spondent would be
a political "boss"
of the first magni
tude a Croker, a
Piatt or a Quay,
perhaps. He is dos-
BENOR E. PUO.UE. of pw.
sonal magnetism, the grasp of affairs,
the knowledge of and power over men
that mark the born leader. At the same
time he is too keenly alive to his own
Interests ever to rise to the height of
true statesmanship.
Had Senor Duque desired to go down
in history as the Urst President of the
republic of Panama there would have
been none to say him nay. In fact,
many think he Is the man Intended by
destiny and marked out by the fitness
of things for that office.
In the natural course of human
events he may look forward to many
years in which to seek the gratification
of his political ambition. He may be
said to have a "cinch" on the presi
dency at any time he wants to assume
the cares that accompany the honors of
that office. When the newly-launched
ship of state has safely passed the
shoals and breakers that endanger the
beginning of its voyage, and when the
lookout can see nothing but clear skies
and unruffled seas ahead, then be sure
that Senor Duque will emerge from the
background of Panama politics and be
come de jure as he is now de facto
ruler of affairs on the Isthmus.
Nothing that has been said should be
construed as In any way reflecting
ujKin tne character or Senor Duque.
In fact, morally us well as Intellectual
ly he rises head and shoulders above
the average Latin-American politician
That he looks out for Senor liique first
and foremost is not due to any moral
oouquuy, nut ro ins nationality. He
could not bo a Spanlsh-Amerlcan did
he place patriotism above self-interest
And, If the truth must be confessed, he
Is probably no worse in this respect
than a good many of the spread-eagle
patriots of the American school, al
though he is not quite so skillful in
concealing the fact that he ia "out for
tne stun: ana doesn't care much how
ne gets it.
The title. King of Panama. whih
Senor Duque has so long enjoyed, was
bestowed on him, not because of his
political Influence, which was of later
growth, but on account of his business
and social prestige.
Article of Farnltnre Bmbraclnff Ad'
vantage of Two Pieces.
An ingenious piece of furniture is that
Just patented by an Indiana man which
comprises a desk and table. As is
shown in the picture, the transforma
tion from one to the other Is easily and
quickly accomplished through the
unique arrangement of the several
parts.
As a table a smooth rectangular sur
face is presented which may be used
CONVERTIBLE TABLE DESK.
THE TABLE-DESK.
Of course, a wise man never makes
the same mistake twice. If he marrtn.
i a aecond time that's another mistake.
for any of those purposes to which the
drawing-room table Is usually nuL
Bows of drawers, dainty lockers and
shelves line the sides of the affulr. Con
verted Into a desk, the user has tho
advantage of a smooth writing surface,
pigeonnoics ror the writing materhil
and pnrapherualla and an ample upper
ledge or shelf for such use as he inav
desire. Taken all in all, this Is one of
tne most complete and handy contrlv
ances of the kind that has been granted
patent rights recently.
His Present to the Bride.
Congressman Terklns happened in n
down town New York office, the other
any, and culled upon an old friend an
ulderuinn. During the chni an Ita'llan
couple came in and asked in hmUm,
English If the alderman would unite
mem in marriage. The alderman per
formed the ceremony and after Aomnt.
lng his modest fee politely hnn.ip.i t
the bride an umbrella. The congress
man eyeu tne proceedings gravely and
uiier tne coupie went out asked,
"Do you always do that, Charles?
ijo wnat? Marry them? Oh, yes.
"No, I mean bestow a present uno
the bride."
"A present? Why, wasn't that her
umoreunr- gasped the alderman.
"No, It was mine," replied the con
gressman, sadly.
Moan tho Sam.
Industry and prosperity are snoiiort
differently, but they mean about the
uuie uing.
But for the need of horrti.io m
pies many a man's usefulness would
w property listed.
nmple, a crow croaks andiV
crows, because by the J
structure of their vocal anw
they can utter those sounds nY
ny tnan any otner. Yet, bj k
and effort, some, of tho i
, tMU juwern
,id.vmo dun? iw milium aDQ Jf
other sounds than those moit. T
to them, Just as the first natni "
rles of tne infant give wajr ,
culture to the myriad utterKi
rtlficial language. r " " '
The bawling of a cow and
of a lion are aulte nuto."
"-wi
and, as things stand now, th( "t
nttreil bv oiia nt thoon oi.,'
uluua, . .
be quite impossible to the otvIid h)
as I read Darwin, either of
liiifciit iu lime come to,i.J,
natural cry of the other. UtrtoorB
species of animals could be L ,
to live peacefully together ultna j.
lion ii buouiu uecome apparentS0ne f(
voice of the cow would be after
value to him, say in the mi;jn g,
securing his food, there Is no and e
to doubt that he might in tbien it
of time, from effort transmlttKv,o(
generation to generation, ja(i i
length to possess the dulcet notawaa
cow. an,
If the giraffe, which was tom-ib
only a large antelope, has develobat
high forequarters, bis elongjtcuee,
and his long, flexible upper 11; by r
ins enorts to Drowse on ffii genel
branches of the trees, and talso,
flounder, which when young o la
eyes on the opposite sides of ltiteen
as any well-regulated fish woollas 01
pected to have, is able throifthinf
continued effort to transfer rad
that rests disagreeably on tttwhlc
around to the other side ot toalom
where it may be of some serrlti
is no telling what varieties 'tTer,
cations of voice or shape ucn B
wrought in nature in the conmvnor
ages- riabi
But let us have no nieanderery
kitten cries out because in tan
with nearly all animals, It Is (rTeaSl
with a certain vocal apparatue
cry takes the peculiarity of igo 1
because that sound best rPtDdli
Its special vocal apparatus. jaci
and especially in view of the llther
cldent which I have related, I Hcan
to believe that the young of irou
mat utters the same cry as ltitor
and not from Imitation. I & Ii
young rooster erows and a jotier,
cackles, not in imitation of thelt'and
but Hko the poet who "lisped khlnt
bers," because "the numben fcoin
Imagine if Bobinson Crusoe hail T
on his solitary island with ilsai
fresh-laid hen's egg in his pool'hnd
he had put it to hatch under tabo
parrot, the rooster, If such hiiiaic
forth, would have crowed ootifaus
of a summer morning, and neTnthe
have learned to say "Poor Poll, as i
world. car
ubc
With tho Simplest ImplemW r
mi i . in T.lnntf
xiiero in a, diuij m xc
Magazine of a husband wno, nth
return from a visit, sot downf
family happenings during n "ba,
The incident it may be 8e"i'Wo
moral. The wife was namlnjln
forms she had successfully lnal
"You know," said she, tmikn(
that was locked for over i vni
You said it couldn't be opened pla
by a locksmith? Well, l tn,
"How in the world did y ev
"With a hnlrpin. And the fe j
door has been sagging round je,
hinge for ever so long, you kM,an
It's all right now." ei
"Well, I'm glad you hadlt'mt
"Had It fixed! I fixed it m'of
n hairpin. And then there '"th
crayon portrait of mother Uu' ii
on the floor for six week" "n,
you hadn't brought me any P'o
hooks" B ne
"Well, I intended to, but-
"Oh, it doesn't make any d-te
now. I made a hook myself -or
hairpin." '.
"No!" , ri
"And there's Willie! loth
coaxing and bribing him fcr"w
break him of biting his nanV.g
broke him in a week." , hi
With a hairpin?" he inquirw, ,o)
ly.
"No! Don't be a goose-hairbrush."
,1
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l
. . . .nt
"n'ml Why, your father ' .
mon laborer." ft
"Nothing of the sort He '..
his work uncommonly well
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