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.
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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.
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"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,"