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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1904)
LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER. CHAB. F. ADA K. BOCLZ. Pubs. TOLEDO OREGON. The Czar knows now what a reul "boy In summer time" looks like. Lobrten are said to be becoming carce. Probably tliey have wearied of being scalded alive. It cannot be wondered at If the Koreans occasionally let their Indig nation get the better of their neutrality. The Czar has bad reason to walk the floor at night for several months past, so he won't mind it so much DOW. Sooner or later the boy bandit learns that the reality la not at all like the story told In the five-cent novel It Is generally admitted that Bishop Potter has the courage of his convic tions, but some people think he ought to have his convictions pulled. The prize monkey at the Philadel phia zoo is learning to write. It is ex pected to fit him eventually for a place as society reporter at Newport "Always wash your hands after handling money," counsels a health authority. Ah, vm n1 1f th stnln still seems to linger hand some of It back. The Dowager Empress of China Is reducing her household expenses. Many a man In this country would be glad to have her tell him how she Is doing It The Japanese private soldier re ceives 70 cents a month. A poor mathematician can figure the value of a good quality of patriotism to a coun try on this basis. It Is calculated that 1,000,000 dande lion seeds weigh a pound, whlah indi cates that there are fertilized and pro ductive things nearly as light as many campaign arguments. It Is stated that 1,200 wires have been inclosed In a telephone cable two and one-half Inches In diameter. Think of the sulphurous thoughts that might be engendered if all these lines were "busy" at once. Tablets are to be placed by the British government on buildings In India which are famous in the history of the country. Four of the buildings elected are the houses of four early Christian missionaries. The govern ment thus officially recognizes the fact that the missionary bears the torch which lights the way for ex plorer, soldier and governor. The function oftthe trolley roads which fur outweighs the narrow mar gin of their competition Is the devel opment of Uie rurnl districts in a way to furnish enlarged business to the railroads. The rurnl trolley road and the rural telephone will take away nine-tenths of the Isolation of country life. If they are accompanied by im proved highways the chnngo will be well-nigh complete. The growth of rurul population under those condi tions, whether the trolleys are Inde pendent or not, will give the railroads more business than they will lose by the competition. More than six years have passed since Dewey sank the Spanish fleet in Manila Hay, yet it is only now that the courts have taken final action on the award of the prize money earned on tliut occasion. The question of prize money Is a doubtful one, anyway. It was originally given to sailors as a compensation for the opportunities of pillage which soldiers enjoyed, In an attempt to make the land and sen ser vice equally attractive. Long ago the soldiers' right of pillage was taken away, but the sailor hus so far held to Ills prize money, though It Is doubtful If the system will long be continued by civilized nations. A "health show" of novel Character and great good sense was held lately In a crowded tenement-house district In Boston. The Idea which governed the managers Was to make Important scientific truths clear to the people who have most need of them. The "show" was an exhibition by cooking classes, a hygienic bedroom, a milk exhibit, showing how to cleanse nurs-lng-tMittles and sterilize milk; hygienic clothing for children, tuberculosis ex hibit, which included a consumptives' tent and other devices for the cure or prevention of the (Hsease. There were also many additional exhibits, each one prepared and explained by Borne one club or society or gild de voted to work In that field. In ten years, said an English naval expert the control of the sea will pass from Great Britain to the United States. Uncle Bam, It appears, is building more battleships this year than John Bull. Hence the alarm of the English expert quoted above. It Is impossible to believe, however, that his fears are genuine. Our British cousins have too long a start to be overhauled by Uncle Sam unless we should Increase the number of our shipyards and spend (hundreds of mil lions of dollars in the next decade turn ing out battleships and cruisers. The truth is that the alarm expressed by our British cousins is part of their scheme to reconcile King Edward's subjects to heavy taxation to maintain England's naval supremacy. That is the way the Briton is "bunkoed" into paying heavier tribute to bis govern ment. The game is an old one, buc the British taxpayer has not yet seen through it Any self-propelled vehicle is at a dis advantage compared with a horse drawn vehicle when It comes to a mud dy road. This was demonstrated afresh In the run of the Eastern auto mobllists to St Louis. A motor car will stick helplessly and hopelessly in mud through which horses would haul a wagon with comparative ease. Horses have a purchase on the ground beneath the mud; the driving wheels of the motor car revolve Ineffectually and the machinery becomes clogged with mud. This is evidently the weak spot in the horseless vehicle proposi tion. Whether the Ingenuity and skill which are now being exercised In the development of automobiles will find a remedy for the mud evil remains to be seen. If not the motor car must re main a fair weather vehicle In other words, a plaything rather than a prac tical utility. Ileal happiness Is based upon suc cess In a definite aim, and as one rise In Intelligence and knowledge one feels more and more acutely the mis ery of failure. How important then, is it In the scheme of life, which is in tensely practical In these days of fierce competition, that in getting an education a boy should gather It not merely for the enlarged view it gives him, but for its adaptation to the needs of bis future life and work. Too many young men are educated to do things they are not fitted to do. Their training is not made to harmonize with their natural views. Boys should rather be taught to use the tools they will be most likely to need in their ilfe-work. This Is un age of special ization, and those who confine them selves to one kind of work and be come as nearly perfect In that particu lar line as It Is possible to be are the ones who will succeed best. And for the boy who would really succeed there are things to learn not thorough ly enough Included In even the high est education. These are along the line of straightforward and economi cal living. Who has not seen does not Bee dully instances of distress and suffering and disappointment that could have been avoided hud the start been made right? To be happy and successful In this life for any length of time one must first of all leurn to live on less than he makes. That Is as true an axiom as any in the books, and there is no more important one in all the world's wealth of wisdom. It applies alike to all men, except of course those who have so little man hood that they can be content to let others support them In Idleness. If a boy or man will learn to live so econ omically that he will always have something left out of his Income after paying all his exponses, be Is sure barring the unavoidable accidents of life which no one can foresee to have n competence and to be happy while ho Is getting It. Yes, his is sure to be us happy a lot and as successful a llfu us fulls to any man. For success, no more than happiness, is measured In material things. But It Is not aloin.' the work one does in the world which gives him his status; it is the way he does It and what he does with his wages and his time after his day's work Is done. Those after hours are the ones that determine very largely a man's Joys or sorrows, whatever may be the grade of his dully work, or the amount of his wage, whether high or low, according to the proper classification of It There may be much personal satisfaction in knowing more aliout the heavenly bodies than others do, and there may be Joys In being able to delve In ancient lan guage for peorls of thought. For such things one needs a higher education than for sawing wood or digging fish bait Yet he who does the latter may be the better, happlor man, for it Is not the character of the labor that determines personal honor and worth, but the character which the man brings to his labor. Tentative. Mr. Tlmmld Miss I'echis er may I say Mabel er Miss Pechis Well, George, what is It? Mr. Tlmmld I er was wondering what you would say if I er asked you to er marry me. Mind! I'm only saying "If." Philadelphia Press. It is the easiest thing in the world for a woman not to see the point of a Joke. mmmvmmmi ALL SCIENCES UNITE TO SAVE LIFE. Br Amdn Wlltom. For the saving of life from premature extinc tion by -disease, the freeing of existence from the aches and pains which illness Implies, there is not a department of science which does not contribute. From geology to physio, from bot iny to chemistry all are laid under contrlbu lon for information and for aid. The nature f soils and of a waler supply is an In stigation of geological kind. Tha chemist Mt- isuo u of the purity of water and air; the biologist teaches tha physician the history of the microbe to wbloh we owe infectious troubles; and the soologlst works out the life history of lower animal organism responsible, say. for malaria and kindred ailments. Physics, giving ua electric light and chemistry radium, place in tha hands of the doctor means for treating serious disease by means of the rays or waves given forth. Truly, there are many minds and diverse working dally in fields of research for the benefit of humanity. , It Is curious to note how practical results may follow upon the philosophical consideration of already . known facts. Of late days tha dally Journals have frequently men tioned tha subject of cancer research in relation to what have been called new views of tha causation of that terri ble scourge of modern life. Biology shows us that from the original germ which gives origin to the animal body, a number of cells are produced in the ordinary course of de velopment. Of these one practically becomes converted Into the future frame. Th others sro tntesti. But they do not perish. They take up their abode In various parts and organs, and there lie dormant If some exciting cause awakens these dormant cells, wa can realise how, by their development they cause a cancerous growth. Briefly stated, this Is the so-called new theory of cancer. It is an old view, but as a purely biological speolmen founded on fact the theory illustrates how medicine receives assistance not from one but from all her sister sciences. PROMISE LITTLE, PERFORM MUCH. Mr Bhm OtfftoM. It is not well to promise overmuch. Profuse promises are rarely necessary, still less are they prudent, even when intended only to purchase peace for the moment; as tha man gave his note for ninety days and then drew a breath of re lief with, "Thank heaven, that's paid." Sooner or later there comes a day when tha promissory notes are due, when pledges must be made good or dis honored; when, If payment is not forthcoming. there is a sense of wrong and disappointment upon the one hand and perhaps an overwhelming consciousness of fail ure and shortcoming upon the other. It Is a bitter expe rience to discover ourselves cheated by those whom we trust and they who- do the cheating rarely profit thereby in the long run. In the first flush of ecstasy over love given and re turned, lovers are prone to believe confidently that what ever mayv be tha case with ordinary people, they, them selves, are to dwell henceforth upon the heights, that for them the future Is to be all sunshine and happiness. Like Edwin asking Angelina to stir his tea with her finger. In lieu of sugar, they are In a state of exaltation and exhilara tion, which, like the fervor of an Indian devotee, renders them unconscious of the stings and thorns along their pathway. But flesh is In most cases stronger than spirit; the bird cannot keep upon the wing forever; the body la a clog which must and will assert Itself. There was a clever magaiine story told, some years ago, of a prospective bride who devoted tha year before mar riage to qualifying herself for the duties of a wife and tha mistress of a bouse. Har friends supposed her to be absent upon a foreign tour, but in reality aba spent tha twelve months in domestic service, as cook, housemaid and nurse, thus attaining practical knowledge how to aerva her husband and herself satisfactorily later on. " 'Tis true, 'tis pity, and pity 'tis 'tis true" that many American girls marry In ignorance, mora or less total, of the things which vary mistress of a family ought to understand. Even those who take a course in cooking, as a rule, Imbibe bat little practical knowledge for future application. Whan two people marry, let each promise little and per form all which la possible, each making the happiness of tha other tha first object in life. Thus shall love, Ilka God's loving kindness, be new every morning and peace and contentment dwell within their home. STRIKES CAUSED BY DISPUTES, NOT WAGES. By W. Bourkt Cockrmn. Sj over wages. These are fixed by Immutable laws. II To my mind, where there is a suspension of ln fj dustry the employer should be held responsible. Ha is the captain to whom all others must look. The man in charge of an industry, no matter what it may be, who lacks the skill to deal successfully with the men employed under him shows by his potency that ha was never fit to have been placed In charge of It I don't eay that he lacks anything in mor als or honesty, but ha lacks skill. Tha persona who employ men ahould have at least tha same skill as those in charge of horses or mules. A man couldn't hitch a team of mules to a wagon with their head where their tails ought to be and expect them to work wall. 8uch a man might ba a very moral person and pro ficient in tha Scriptures, but I think that his employer would soon get soma other man leea excellent In morality, but mora perfect In driving mule. Tha responsibility for most of the strikes lies with our captains of Industry. It Is true that cnpitalleta realize In a general way that they and tha laboring man are partners, but in tha breasts of many man still linger the old preju dice Imbued into humanity in the early Roman and fendal days when labor was servile. They seem to forget that tha term "service" doesn't apply to labor now, that thera Is a real partnership between the capitalist and the man who works and that together they must prosper or decline. If wa look over all these strikes we do not find that they have arisen through disputes over wages, but were due to disputes with the men whom the employer dealt with. I don't see what difference It makes whether the em ployer dealt with A. B. C. or somebody else. Yet against that w have seen whole Industries paralyzed, conditions of society threatened, because the employer would not settle with some outside person. That is no reason for causing a disruption. What concerns tha employer and the laborer Is what should he pay and what should he be paid. BAD NAMES, BAD LUCK. War Veaaels of All Nations Have Amply Proved It. If one should be so bold as to char acterize the superstitious sailor as sil ly, he would at once declare that there Is sufficient reason for his belief, and would proceed to prove that war ves sels named after stinging and venom ous things have been unlucky, and that the country should not be so indiffer ent to the men who follow "a life on the ocean wave" as to organize a mos quito fleet. That Snake is regarded as an unfortunate name for a vessel is shown by the fact that two of that name have been lost one In 1781 and the other In 1847; but no vessel bear ing that name is known to exist now. Serpent which Is only a substitute name for Snake, is an unlucky one also, for the one wrecked In 1892 was the fourth British war vessel of that name to meet the same fate. Viper has been an unlucky name lu the Brit ish navy. The first one was wrecked in 1780, but the admiralty would not swerve, and so kept the name on the list, each vessel meeting Its doom, and the fourth was lost only recently. The French nnvy has also been unlucky with vessels so named. The Viper, used In the British service after she became a prize from the French, was lost In 1703. The second was lost a year later, the third in 1797, and the fourth was recently lost in a collision off Guernsey. The Cobra, another British war ves sel, was lost recently at the same time as the Viper. Among other vessels similarly named and which met fates other than in battle are the Rattle snake, In 1781; the Alligator, in 1782; the Crocodile, in 1784; the Adder, in 1846; three Lizards, two Dragons and one Basilisk. All of these were of the British navy. The list could be made larger by citing the records of other navies. The Norsemen, who were so fond of naming their vessels against the laws of superstition, and using hid eous heads of dragons and reptiles on their high prows, were less unfortu nate and those did not meet with fre quent disasters. They did have a be lief, however, that it was unlucky and a sacrilege to select such a name as did Lord Dunraven for his first yacht to challenge for the America's cup, the Valkyrie. And this belief was strength ened when she was sunk by the Satan lta. The second challenger, with the WORLD'S FAIR SCULPTURE. .iiiiMi iimMnmimiM iiiiiiihh,I,.,iii , M, , ihii,b vi 'if i "THE COWBOY AT REST." Borglum's frontier sculpture at the St. Louis Exposition calls forth much admiration, his Indian and Cowboy groups being particularly true to life. "Tha Cowboy at Rest" pictured above, la one of the beautiful expressions of a phase of Western life. same name, gave trouble, and she was broken up after only a short exist ence. Navy League Journal. GRASS BOATS OF BOLIVIA. On the shores of Lake Tltlcaca, In South America, there Is more life and illllll FIBHERlf BIT OF LAKE TITICACA. bustle than in almost any other spot in Bolivia, owing to the fact that dur ing tha last century the English and Americans have gone there to develop the great tin deposits. A strange-looking boat made of long grasses woven artistically into round braids, lends a pretty touch of color to the dullness of the scenery. These queer boats have the rare advantage of never leaking, and as they come down the stream they look more like overgrown ears of corn than river craft asked Knew Her. "Has your dog a pedigree?" the garrulous woman. ' "As long as your tongue, ma'am," was the reply of the owner of the dog. Yonkers Statesman. A youthful aspirant for Journalistic distinction, who was asked to write an article on superstition and Imbecili ty, began his essay thus: "That imbe cility is not on the wane, perusal of the following lines will amply demon-strata,"
