Lincoln County leader., May 13, 1904, Image 2

LINCOLN COIIHTY LEADER.
CHAS. T. ADA E. SOULS, Pubs.
TOLEDO OREGON.
"Offensive partisanship" on the part
of a postmaster is measured not by
its activity but by its direction.
It seems a pity that Elijah Dowie
and King Solomon could not meet.
They would have some very interesting
reminiscences.
It has been found that the Sierra Ne
vada mountains are 8,000,000 years
old. As far as can be learned they
are still in first-class repair, too.
A Texas man who was expelled from
church thrashed two preachers. It is
as difficult to take religion from a
Texas man as it is to get him to
take it
"Are we a civilized people?" asks
the Kansas City Journal. Speaking
for the country generally, we are, but
there are times when we don't seem to
stay put, as it were.
Venezuela, too, is kicking about the
decision of The Hague arbitration tri
bunal. However, it was not expected
Venezuela would fca pleased wkii any
sort of decision which involved the
payment of money by that government.
Speaking of heart failure, a story
comes of a boy who suffered from it
and died while he was undergoing a
perfectly Just and well-merited spank
ing at the hands of a parent Every
boy should cut out this deplorable
story of parental atrocity and paste it
on the visor of his little cap.
The commissary general of the army,
having thoroughly investigated the
subject approves of hash as proper
food for the soldiers. This Judgment
Is Justified by that of mankind gener
ally, more unjustly and more unrea
sonably abused than good, sound hash.
It deserves to be eliminated from the
list of bywords and decorated with the
blue ribbon.
And now another backset is given to
matrimony during the leap year of
1004. The London Lancet is urging
that young men undergo an intellectual
test before being allowed to marry.
How many young men would present
themselves for examination, and how
many could stand the test! The elrls
are inquiring whether they will have
to take the first on the eligible list and
then the next and what they will do
when the eligible list is exhausted.
The Hawaiian national hymn ismak
Its progress round the world, and soon
It will be like the British Empire, on
which the sun never sets. It was In
troduced a few years ago at Yale Unl
verslty, where it is known as the
"Boola" song. A Yalo graduate took
it to Jnpan, and taught it to the Jan
anese soldiers, who liked It, and may
even now be trying to "boo" the Rus
slnn benr with it. Another Yale man
set patriotic words to it. and the Muee
donlans uso it as a war-sons-, to arouse
enthusiasm In their fight against the
Turk.
Jane Austen wrote to her sister in
1814, "I have determined to trim my
lilac sarsenet with black satin rlhlmn.
Just as my China crane Is. slxnennv
width at the bottom, three-penny or
fourpenny at ton. Ribbon trl
are all the fashion at nath. With this
addition it will bo a very useful gown
hnppy to go anywhere." Emerson
quotes, "with admiring submission,"
tlu experience of tho lady who do
clared that "the Sonne of being perfect
ly well-dressed gives a feeling of in
ward tranquillity which religion is
powerless to bestow." So tho clever
womnn and the philosopher pay their
xrinuto to tno spell or dress. Any worn
an who has qualms of conscience nl
the amount of time and thought slu
must givo to her clothes nmv mini..,
cheer from the Innocent pleasure so
genuine n nature as Miss Austen
found in the simple task of making
gown "uaimy to ito anvwhore " Tim
woman who hns compassed the art of
ma King tnat kind of a gown has done
nerseit a largo service and tho world
no small one. We should have "ad
mired" to see Miss Austen nttirn,i 4,
the lilac sarsenet with tho blnck satin
ribbon. We niny be sure that not only
gown nappy to go anywhere
but that tho wearer wus happy in it
and that the company was hnnnv i.
have her. A gentle word, n rhm.it.i
net. a dlltlcult sacrifice are each more
wsy in a wen-nttlng and boonmtn.,
dress. Torhaps it my bo a sign of our
servitude to enrtn that this should be
so; but while we live hr -
bound to look facts in the face, and
enensu me uieai of tho "happy
gown.
A Boston expert has been making
exhaustive researches into the home
me or nunureas of families n all parts
of the country. He wanimi w
how the average family spent their
income, no round folks who ato them
selves into poverty; others who starr
ed fn order to dress; people who wast
ed hard-earned dollars, and one foci
that seems bigger than all the rest Ac
cording to his figures the average fam
ily of moderate means pays from 20
to 25 per cent of their gross income
to the landlord. In other words, the
breadwinner works nearly or quite
one-fourth of his time for the privilege
of a roof to cover his head. It is a
wonder that more young married men
do not buy homes. They can do it il
they will. It only takes a little pluck,
a little daring and some self-denial.
Modern methods of easy payments
have actually made it possible to paj
for a home as you now pay rent. A
homo Is an anchor. A rented apart
ment can never be anything more than
a temporary place of abode. The ques
tion of moving comes up often. Th
man who owns a home wants to im
prove it. He has flowers and vlnet
and a well-kept lawn. The sense ol
possession and ownership makes hii
chest stick out a bit. He is an actual
part of the city in which he lives, and
he and his wife and children are all
interested in making it the city beau
tiful. There is another side to it. The
purchase of a home is almost all profit
The head of the family saves monej
because he must save money, or lose
his home. He applies dollars to the
mortgage that would otherwise have
been frittered away in a manner thai
vn he couldn't ucouuul for. Money
melts more easily than snow in July.
He makes payments by cutting down
on luxuries, cigars, theater tickets,
drinks, street car rides, etc. There ie
more economy in the house, for often
the wife saves better than the man.
And saving for a home often brings
husband and wife closer together. Thai
Is a fact. Where two persons are fol
lowing the same idea and are Imbued
with the same ambition there has to be
a community of interest and sympathy.
If you will talk this over with youi
wife she will say: "That is Just what
I have been saying for years. We
can own a home if we will make up
our minds to do it." And she is right
'Cotton is king" was once a famillnr
saying; but in the realm of business
wnicn the great white staple was sup
posed to govern there rose a rival
claimant a pretender it may be, but
at any rate a strong one, and then it
was proclaimed that "Iron is king."
A writer in a New York newspaper, in
reviewing the business situation and
presenting some figures of the interna
tional commerce of the United States,
declares that neither cotton nor iron
is king, but that the real, the great
monarch, Is agriculture. The annual re
port of Secretary Wilson shows how
true mis is. It is only casually that
the Secretary calls attention to the fact
that the people of the United States-
eighty millions of them not only sus
tained themselves lust year, but con
tributed food and the raw materials for
manufactures by which many other
millions of people in foreign countries
were sustained. He quickly passes to
a consideration of the so-called "bal
ance of trade." This, as he shows, ex.
hiblts a peculiarity which "seems to
have escaped the attention of the pub
lic," namely, that it is alwavs a fnrni-
er's balauco of trade. During the year
r.M3 the Imports of the United States.
other thnn of agricultural products,
exceeded the exports by fifty-six mill
ion dollars. That is, there was a bnl
ance of trade unfavorable to the Uni
ted States to that amount. But when
tho traffic in agricultural products is
included, how different is the storv!
Instead of a balance of fifty-six mill
ions against the United States, the n.
ures become three hundred and sixty-
seven millions in favor. As If those
figures wero not impressive enough.
Secretary Wilson goes on to give those
lor the lust fourteen years, in lump
sums. Were agricultural products
omitted, the nation during that time
would have had an unfavorable bal
ance of eight hundred and sixty-five
millions. The farmers not only wiped
that out but brought in a surplus of
nearly four billion dollars. "These fig
ures," Secretary Wilson adds, "tersely
express tho immense national remrvo.
sustaining power of the farmers of the
country. It is the farmers who have
paid tho foreign bondholders."
Joint Affliction.
When the Halliday twins wero
bnbles their mother always referred to
them collectively. This was natural
enough, for they shared everything,
from their baby carriage to chicken
pox. As they grew a little older, however,
there were slight differences between
Elnora and Eudora. but Mrs. Halliday
took no account of them. When ti.ev
had reached the ago of seven she stlil
referred to them in a way which
struck casual listeners as amusing.
"Where are Elnora and Eudoru?"
asked a cousin, who had come to spend
the afternoon.
"The twins haTe gone with their
father to have one of their teeth ouV
said Mrs. Halliday, calmly.
When a man steals a kiss from a
girl, she has a hard time deciding af
terward if she struggled Just hart
enough to show him that he was meat
to try it and not so hard that be would
never try It again.
SNOWFLAKES.
Whenever a snowflake leaves the Ky,
It turns and turns to suy "Good-by!
Good-by, dear clouds, so cool and gray!"
Then lightly travels on its way.
And when a snowflake finds a tree,
"Good-day!" it says, "Good-day to thee!
Thou are so bare and lonely, dear,
I'll, rest and call my comrades here."
But when a snowflake. brave and meek,
Lights on a rosy maiden's cheek,
It starts "How wnrm and soft the day!
Tis summer!" and it melts away. -Mary
Ma pes Dodge.
JESSICA was sitting at a table
JJ near a window in a fashionable
restaurant, waiting.
Do Xarvllle, standing at the door,
saw her. He hastened to he holding
out his hand.
"Are you here alone?" he questioned,
surprised.
"For the moment" she answered. "I
am expecting a friend. He was to
meet me here at 8."
Glancing up at n ginnt gi'.t clock.
whose hands moved with annoying
slowness: "It is not quite that yet,"
she reflected, impatiently.
De Narvllle smiled down upon her.
"May I sit here opposite you?" he
asked, drawing out the chair, "until he
comes?"
"Certainly," she replied, and he took
the chair.
He observed her admiringly.
"You are looking beautiful to-night
Jessica," he began. "How dainty your
white is, and that touch of rose in your
hat. Old-fashlened roses they are,
aren't they? On a new-fashioned wom
an. And your little fingers glittering
with Just enough diamonds, not too
many. Just enough. There are some
who make the mistake of wearing dia
monds to the knuckles, but you, never!
Dear me! The last time I saw you,
Jessica, you were in tears."
"Yes," encouragingly.
"You and he had Just separated. It
was very sad. I was not surprised at
your tears. One must weep a little for
any husband, worthy or unworthy. It
Is in the nature of woman. But I said
to myself, then, 'In a couple of weeks
or three she will be over it. She will
have entirely recovered.' And I must
say that my prophecy has been ful
filled even sooner than I expected, Jes
sica. How long has it been? Three
weeks?" After a moment employed
in rapid mental calculation, "Three
weeks! And here you are, beaming
.more beautiful than I have ever seen
you. and waiting for a friend."
Half closing his eyes quizzically, he
bent toward her.
"It is safe to say," he whispered,
"that this is not a woman friend for
whom you are so impatiently watching
the hands of the clock with whom you
are to dine."
A laugh commenced at Jessica's eyes
and finished at her Hps.
"Hardly," she replied.
"I thought not." declared De Nar
vllle. "And why should it be? Why
not go out at once with your friends?
Must you muke a recluse of yourself,
while he has all the enjoyment possi
ble? He goes where he pleases. I am
certain of that. In fact, I have seen
people who saw him dining here, there
and everywhere, with his acquaint
ances, man or woman, as it suits him."
Here he paused for an interval, in
order to observe the effect. It was
ruther disappointing thnn otherwise,
Jessica sitting under fire, composed as
a monument and quite as calm. He by
and by continued:
"As a matter of fact, Jessica, you
and he were never suited, you were
nover intended for oile another. Some
unkind fate "
"Fate, you call It," repeated Jessica.
Then, delicately defining the differ
ence: "When It Is unkind, it Is fate.
When it is kind, it Is Providence. And
you call it filter
"Rome unkind fate," went on De
Narvllle stolidly, "threw you together.
You were too much alike in tho first
place. Both of Intensely nervous tem
peraments, excitable, high-strung, it
was not In the nature of things that
you could live together longer than a
your. Indeed, many predicted a sep
aration ut the end of six months, or, at
the very least, seven. But it hits been
u year, hasn't it?"
"To-night" said Jessica, softly, "is
the anniversary of our wedding.
De Narvllle laughed.
"And here you arc," presently, "cele
brating it by dining out with a friend'
You are nothing. Jessica, if not up to
date. You are more. You are unique
unusual All your friends say that
They say you are quite right in making
the thing final. You are so superior to
him in every way. You have wasted a
year of your life on him."
Jessica shrugged her shoulders ever
v uguuy.
I "And what do they say of him?" she
Question. "This. That he has wasted
a year of his life on me!"
ie aryllle frowned.
"I don't know, I am sure, what they
:: An Anniversary
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RUSSIAN SHIP
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The ill-fated Russian mine transport "Yenesei" was destroyed 1
her own mines while laying traps
"Yenesei" had specially constructed stern ports for depositing Mallnos,
mines; This ship's method of placing the mines was as follows: wJ,'
port was opened, a spar, shaped like
Along the narrower part of the spar
was attached and drawn out until
moment a cord was pulled which released the mine and let it fall lnj cheate
water. The mine then moored Itself automatically as follows (see smil 00 m
gram): When the case M, containing the charge, had sunk to t r tliey 1
depth, It received some support from the float b, and thereupon the u' fl'e
A began to unwind itself from the drum D until It found its hold t' Tb
sea-floor. The mine would keep a uniform depth below the Burfict ; alle0
would rise and fall with the tide. The moment a passing ship Btrncl nlne'
of the studs 1 1 t the mine would
say to him," he affirmed, "but really he
was a brute, Jessica. And why live
with a brute as his wife "
"When there are so many other
brutes with whom one might simply
dine," finished Jessica.
"Of course. With whom one may
pass a pleasant evening, then say
'ta-ta.' That is best; freedom. It is
these chains that gall. It is sad, but
true. I can't reason It out Nobody
can. But the fact remains. Once a
woman becomes the property of a man
she loses her charm. The sense of
ownership appears to deaden his inter
est He is not so with any other thing
which he appears to own. His horse,
his dog, their value is only enhanced
by the fact of possession. But the
woman! Once his wife, in many cases
she is no better than a slave!"
Jessica, toying with her fork, marked
heiroglyphlcs here and there on the
tablecloth.
"For centuries," she ruminated, re
signedly, "we were practically slaves
and sold as such. Terhaps, after all,
that Is what we were born to be."
Again De Narvllle laughed.
"Now that you are out of bondage,"
said he, "you can look back over the
situation and laugh. It has some hu
mor for you. That is better than tears.
And sorrow is, to a certain extent,
beneficial. It sharpens the wits. Not
that you have not always been quick
witted. On the contrary. So much
more so than he, it was a pity, your
friends said, to see you with him "
"Yes, they said that to me," inter
rupted Jessica. "But what did they
say to him?"
She answered her own question.
"The self-sume thing, turned round
the other way."
De Narvllle looked hard at her in the
bright light of the glowing electrics.
"Freedom becomes you, Jessica," he
declared. "I am almost ready to fall
In love with you myself to-night."
"Almost," repeuted Jessica, ruefully.
"Quite," asserted De Narvllle. "You
look content, Joyous, radlunt. I wish
other friends of yours, who have seen
you In tears, could gaze upon you now.
Friends who have talked this affair of
yours over and over "
Jessica nodded assentlngly.
"Yes," said Bhe, "my friends hove
lost little time. They have been noth
ing if not industrious."
"It was you who started the ball roll
ing." replied De Narvllle, with a touch
of reproach, "who tendered us our first
information."
"True, but it was such a little ball to
start with, and when it came back, it
was like a boy's snowball, the size of a
man! We didn't know it for ours."
Her expectant eyes rested on the
face of the clock. Apparently she had
forgotten the existence of Do Narvllle.
"It is 8," she murmured, "and time
for him to come."
They turned from the clock to the
door. A light gleamed on them sud
denly. The friend for whom she wait
ed stood there.
He advanced, and De Narvllle, rls
Ing, vacated his place at the table oddo
slte Jessica.
hu:Nmiiie',,8a,dje88icn'
Then: "We are celebrating the nnnl
versary of our wedding day together"
he explained with a smile.-Zoe An
derson Norrls, la the Valley Magazine
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WANTED, CONSCIENTIOUS for i
the i
Leaven Needed in Relations audi ,ha
gencles of American Lift. , j
It is natural, wholesome, savin q
scientlousness, applied to all tot.
tions and emergencies of privw,
public life, that is so sadly wanE; '-om,
many American communities- ftjrr
scientnousness which results In I
thing like that system of honor
distinguishes the student life ( oeT(
University of Virginia, and whlct B(j i
glnlans are apt to maintain, tin ,tra
ceptlbly and beneficially affects BDjj
tone of business and other alt: dou
that commonwealth. Downrigfc; was
scrupulousness marks the knare;i; af
tial lack of scruple character chu
large numbers of respectable met' bot
as members of boards, as mercb bal
as taxpayers, as politicians, as n to l
wink at evil practices in othen; the
idly avoid all opposition to i aej
"wrong, and themselves commit u. Ta:
nnd not too conspicuous irregulit txn
or give support for selfish reast; dal
venal candidates for office. Sucl ah
spectables" are the despair of tl( '
rlotlc men who, in our day and Ta
thousand communities, are triii
stay the tide of that political cor toil
tion which, according to bo gw loi
friend of America as John Ifc W
"for the moment obscures the p hi
democratic experiment." fe
It comes to this, that "the perioi ,fe
corruption" which friends of A ei
cans abroad are called upon m hi
to apologize for a corruption wt v
while bud enough, is not ao oV
rooted as our enemies believe- b
brought to an end only by the gro. V
of u sense of honor, of scrupulous? o
bucked by moral bravery, upon? c
part of individuals in the republic.
Is not fantastic to aver that a git 9
Imagination would assist some p! 1
to bo virtuous. If a citizen should k .
that his own lack of scruple, to '
direction, was a contribution to'. 1
corruption nnd dishonor of his conn" '
and that his personal wltliBtandln j
temptation to do wrong was note,
nn act of private virtue, but had p
rlotlc uses us well if he werei
vinced for instance, that his refu
vote as a truste for a contribution
bribery fund or to a dishonest 1
wis a means of doing away 1
national disgrace if he had the
dilution to grasp the large bearW
of his individual action, it woulJ
easier for him to take a stand1 A
righteousness Instead of weakly iff
cscing in some customary wrong- A"
totle's Idea of the state was a
tion "in a life of felicity and no
ncss;" but Christianity ought not,
have to look to paganism for Me'
good citizenship and the making t
righteous people. Century. i
Maybe Ills Last Reqneit. !
Toor Feebles (about to be open
on for appendicitis) Doctor,, be'1'
you begin I wish you would send
have our pastor, Rev. Mr. Harpi,
over. '
Dr. Cutter Certainly, if yon wlbl(
but ah!
Toor Feebles I'd like to be eP
with prayer. Life,
When a man gets up at a revlvil
asks all the women present to prJ
him, they feel that at last their n
and worth are meeting recognlfJoa' ,