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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1905)
UHCOm CflllHH LEADER. CHAS. F. ADA. X. SOULK, Fobt. TOLEDO OREGON. tory. He holds that the doctrine of human brotherhood is religious, and that its realization in life Is Impossi ble without the religious motive, the motive of obligation to a higher power than that of physical force. I '1 A lawyer's fee la due to the other chap's Ignorance of the law. This new kissing disease will not care any young man who has plenty of sand In his craw craw. Feople who think this world Isn't good enough for them are not likely to be very well satisfied with the next It Is said that General Kuropatkln receives a salary of $100,000. The ghost doesn't walk in his case. It run. The pointed shoe adds another ter ror to the young man who is courting the daughter of the objective old man. Like all generals who lose, Kuropat kln was not only whipped by his ene mies, but it being roasted by his friends. The nurse who killed two of her pa tients by giving them carbolic acid for water should have her sense of smell repaired. The farmer who plants carefully tested seed corn In a thoroughly inocu lated field would seem to have an im mortal cinch. Lying, the scientific gentlemen say, is a disease, indicating a defective cir culation of the blood. Certainly a great deal of campaign lying Is done In vein, so to say. Towerful whistles are to be placed on our warships. Still, as we are rap idly growing as a "world power," our navy will be expected to do something besides blow. The German Emperor has Just un veiled another statue of one of his an cestors. Let us hope that his ancestors and the sites for statues of them may never be exhausted. William might be doing much worse things than un veiling statues. During the Peace Congress in Bos ton one of the oldest members of the American Peace Society published in facsimile his certificate of member ship, doted Jan. 28, 1871. It was signed by the Vice President, a Quak er named John G. Whlttier. Of course the Immigration commis sioner's fear of an Influx of Japanese Immigration after the war may be well founded, but just now it looks as if by the time the war Is over they will have considerable additional room of their own in which to spread out One way to deal with railroad wrecks Is to make it so expensive for a railroad to malm and kill its patrons that it can not afford not to provide for their safety. As long as human lives are cheaper than soundly con structed passenger coaches there will be wrecks and the smoking cars and second-class conches will always be the first to be ground Into kindling wood. Those who are clamoring against race suicide are all right, but too much credit must not be given to the mere fact of birth. According to a recent volume of statistics issued by the Brit ish Board of Trade the highest birth rate is In Iloumanla, 30 in 1,000, but that country has also the highest death rate, 27.7 in 1,000. Not the number of blrtlis but the quality is the important matter. Whatever hopes the Japanese orig inally had of a short war, they are now preparing for a long and exhaust ing struggle. Count Okuma is free to tell his countrymen that they must ex pect to spend at least 11,000,000,000. The taxes will be piled on the people, Internal improvements will be stopped, even popular education is to be cur tailed. In Russia the same procedure will take place, causing even greater distress to the nation. And. this Is glo rious war. Crop statistics for 1004 show that since 1001 the aggregate value of farm products of the United States has been steadily pn the increase. The present year It reaches the enormous total of $3,000,000,000, a gain over 1003 of $137, 000,000. over 1002 of $213,000,000 and over 1001 of $352,000,000. This would seem to prove beyond any doubt two Important points first, that the Uni ted States is the most productive na tion in the world; and, second, that the migration cityward has been stopped. A Jewish rabbi, speaking at the Con gress of Arts and Sciences at St Louis, said, "When God added man to Ills other creations, He made only one, so that men of future generations might not say one to another, 'My ancestors were better than yours.' " The rabbi also said that his religion does not teach that in the beginning God made a Jew, nor does Christianity teach that God created a Christian first; be de clared that no religion recognises the distinctions developed by profane bis- One of the most interesting sociolog ical changes in history is now going on in the housing of people in the large cities. It Is, of course, generally known that the proportion of private dwellings to the number of apartment houses is decreasing, but it is doubtful if even the well-informed are aware how great the decrease has been and how firmly the new order has become established. Last year, according to the records of the building department of New York, but sixty private houses were erected in the whole of Manhat tan Island, whereas in the same period the number of new apartment-houses reached into the thousands. The fact is that nearly all' New York now lives In apartments, flats or tenements. The name is determined by the size of the rent Almost the whole residential portion of the city is a gigantic honey comb. The human bees enter their cells by a common entrance, seek their separate quarters, and there live In such degree of comfort as Is possible under the circumstances. What will be the effect on the home life? A chance paragraph in a New York news paper gives at least one hint at an an swer. The paragraph notes the lack of any provision for guests in a mod ern flat that can be had for a moder ate rent, and describes the consterna tion of a young married woman at the thought of cumpuiiy. Ia llie old-fuhh-loned home there was no virtue which shone more brightly than hospitality; not the hospitality which takes a friend out to the nearest restaurant or hotel to dinner, but that which, in the good old phrase, made him "feel at home." No more serious indictment could be brought against the apartment hotel than that it makes the entertainment of guests a burden, if not an Impossi bility. - A Fifteen years ago there was hardly a town in Western Kansas which did not show many foundations on which no superstructures had been erected. The foundations remained uncovered be cause of the collapse of the boom. Some of them were small and shallow. Oth ers were laid broad and deep. The ele ments assailed them all alike. The rains washed the mortar from between their bricks and stones. The frosts dis integrated the bricks and sto.:e them selves. Foundations which, If built upon in the ordinary way would have endured for generations, fell, in a few years, into such utter ruin that when "good tlmea" returned to Kansas it was In all cases unsafe, and in many impossible, to erect buildings upon them. Only small portions of the ma terial they contained could be utilized In the construction of other founda tions. Not unlike the fate which these abandoned foundations suffered is that which overtakes the educations which many men acquire in the schools. Schools and colleges lay but the foun dation of education. They may lay it broad and deep, but if no superstruc ture is later erected over it the foun dation will quickly fall to pieces. As sociation, the mortar that binds the bricks and stones of the mind togeth er, will be washed away in time. Ideas, which are the mind's bricks and stones, will crumble and fall apart A founda tion without a superstructure is worth less. It has no adaptation to Its en vironment. Nature will not let It long exist. Ihere are thousands of men and women who have a smaller sum total of knowledge and reasoning power at 30 or 40 than they had when they threw aside their school text books. They have erected for them selves no intellectual superstructure, and their Intellectual foundation, being unprotected, Has fnllen Into decay. THE CITY AND THE f ARM. By John A. Rowland. The editor of a great newspaper told me re cently that nothing which he could print attract ed the attention in a metropolitan city like a story of marked success by some original adven turer upon a farm. . A recent story showing how a young man had cleared the price of his new farm in one season's crop brought out more let ters of further Inquiry than anything printed In the papers in months. And naturally enough they were city Inquiries from men who were anxious to return to nature. On the farm In summer the city man who goes for a visit naturally sees the farm at Its best It is the fruit vegetable, and egg and chicken season the season of fish ing, and drlvftig, and hay making, according to the Maud Muller standard and the farmer host as far as possible slacks up on the season's work and leta his guest see the glories of the summer. There may be a hay ride in the moonlight; a drive to the quaint little rustic church and two hours of old fashioned, refreshing service; everwtoere the guest's pleasure will be consulted, to the end that when the city man goes home it will bo with the impression of a country life that Is one long delght to tired nerves. On the other hand, the country visitor goes home, tell ing how the Jones family in the city doesn't know just how well off it is. According to his Interpretation of It, they are on the go to places of amusement of all kinds every night in the week artd spend money like water. He hasn't real ized that it may have been the first time that the Joneses had been out In weeks when they broke away with him on tlie rounds, and he does not know that it may be weeks more before they may feel able for more of it But In the meantime it may be pretty safely guessed that .while each side to the visiting Is considering what an easy, de- The Difference. Uncle Jnred and Uncle Benjamin made a sorry pair. True, there was blood on Uncle Benjamin's forehend, and ho looked white and faint But Uncle .Tared, who tried to support him, walked with a very pronounced llmu. displayed only one coat tall where two should have been, and was rumpled and bedraggled generally in a way to suggest participation In a riot "What's happened to you two?" asked a townsman. "That pesky colt of Benjamin's run away and throwed him Just as I came along," Uncle Jared answered. "I'm giving him a lift along towards home." "Look as though you needed one yourself," pronounced the inquisitor. "What's been bappenln' to you?" "Who, me? Why, nothln' to speak of Just been to town to see the big procession. Got more or less hustled round and trompe'd on, but " He stooped painfully to adjust a shoe which had been ripped open so that half of the upper flapped as he walked "Don't see much difference betwixt ye, Judgln' by the display o' wreck age," the neighbor persisted. "There's consider'ble difference, I take It" Uncle Jared answered, with conclusive dignity. "Benjamin's met with a accident, but I've been pleaa- urin'.". IN ORDER TO PLEASE BE PLEASANT. Br Helen Oldtteld. It is an ondndable fact that a woman's at traction for men is not regulated by her age, by her beauty, which ia largely a matter of indi vidual fancy, nor even by her power to ' draw attention, since this may be transient It not In frequently happens that a plain woman is more sought after than a beauty. It Is the soul which looks out of the window of the eyes which is really the center of magnetism, the body is mere ly the case which contains the jewel. In a ballroom one sometimes sees queenly creatures in faultless gowns, "splendidly null," playing the part of wall flowers, while some bright eyed, freckle faced girl, whose only charm is the all powerful one of piquancy, has more partners at her disposal than dances to bestow upon them. "If you want to have heaps of beaux, you must enter tain the agreeable features and do the pretty polite." This advice, given by an old colored mammy to her nurslings, holds the gist of the whole matter in a nutshell. Courtesy la the flower of love and good will for all men. "He who would have friends must show htmsrtf friendly." People like people who put them into a good Ihumor with themselves, who say and do the pleasant and the proper thing, and who never rub one the wrong way. This then, la the magical talisman which renders one woman infinitely more fascinating than another; and draws men to her as though with a magnet. Some may term it individuality, others may call It her personality, but it is really her atti tude of mind, her adaptability, and above all the sympathy which puts her rapport with whoever she meets. Some women are born with a calui liiJIiTeieiice which ha a won derful fascination for many men, ' the sort of men who always desire the unattainable, and who flee the woman they suspect of trying to attract them. Such a man quickly wearies of the woman whose chief diversion is himself. A woman In such an attitude of mind lacks Individuality, she is nervous and anxious, she lacks repose and self-poise, is invariably self-conscious, and Is apt to betray the fact that she Is struggling to make herself agreeable, whereas the agreeablllty should be spontaneous. This Is indeed the root of the whole matter, "to be the thing we seem." Hghtful life the other leads, both sides are tucking in In dustriously to the inevitable hard work that is In hand to each. Man probably never will progress beyond the point when he is Interested in planting and growing things from the earth. But It is well for him to know that not anybody can farm successfully, and certainly few of the elect in the field can conduct a farm without close application, the exercise of Judgment and expert knowledge, and at all times with a dependence upon the seasons that makes the farmer seem at times a creature of the elements. WHY ARE CHURCH BELLS RUNG ? Br Itonrr Laboucker fit. D Why are church bells rung? The practice la apparently of mediaeval origin, and I was once told by one who affected a knowledge of such matters that the Idea was to drive away the devils from the scene of divine worship. I can understand that It might have this effect; but may K not drive away the sinners, too? Be sides, it it justifiable to drive away the poor dev ils? I suppose the Idea is that a rtevlf wmM omy come 10 cnurcn ror Ui own devilish ends; but I do not know that we have any right to assume this. The practice clearly cannot have the authority of the primitive church, on which modern Christians take their stand more and more. The early Christians worshiped mostly in back parlors or in the convenient seclusion of places like the catacombs, and the last thing they desired, as a rule, was to obtrude their religious gatherings on the notice of their neUIiW.s. Nor, when ihe Chrisiian relig ion became "by law established," was there any reason to announce the hour of worship by ringing bells. Every body knew the time of the church services, and if any one stopped away on the ground that he did not hear the bell the excuse would have been as little use to him as It would to a modern schoolboy who failed to get up In the morning for the same reason. In point of fact, the bell-less little bethel is often filled both fuller and more punctually than its haughty neighbor with the clanging peal. It Is true bells are rung at rail way stations when a train Is about to start, but this is a convenience to. the people who are seeking hurried refresh ment If a peal of bells were set up in a tower at every railway station and rung for every train there would be an Insurrection. . DO WE EAT TOO MUCH ? By Dr. Androw Wilson. A comparison of the food required per day for the support of a man doing ordinary work reveals certain interesting features. If we take the mean or average calculations derived from food tables compiled by three of the most distin guished physiologists who have Investigated this question, and making no allowance for water either taken as water or for that contained chem ically In the food, and Iil;en-lu neo-iiwH,,,, - - - o ' - " " !N i " o nucaiiuu ui aujr waie, we una me average amounts re quired by the man per day to work out as follows: Nitro genous food 4.31 ounces, fats 3.53 ounces, starches and sugars 11.71 ounces, and minerals 1.00 ounce. The total water free food per day thus amounts to 20.55 ounces. After all, It is the wise Individual regulation of life connected with foods and drinks which alone can guide It in the pathways of health. Each person is a law unto himself or.herself, not merely In ttie matter of foods and drinks, but even of the drugs by aid of which the physician treats our diseases. It Is undeniable that the tendency of our age lies in the direction of luxury, overfeeding appear ing naturally as part and parcel of the luxurious mode of living In which too many of us Indulge. Those who have experienced the Increased xigor both of body and mind which results from the adoption of a dietary which Is ust sufficient for the due development of their bodily and men tal work and no more, will readily testify to the fact that the man who overeats loses much of the rational enlov ment of life. J ' A BLOODTHIRSTY ViCEROY. Great Power In the Hands of the Chi nese Baler of Manchura. The most Interesting figure of the moment In the east is neither Russia nor Japanese, but a Chinaman, the chung-choong, o r Chinese viceroy, of Manchuria. To af ford him a specta cle, to Impress him with the might and potency of clv Ized arms, Gen. Kuropatkln halted his troops at Muk den. To earn his approbation and i-.'i.-tst; victim-, the approval of Pekin, the Japanese pushed on their advance north of their natural fron tier at Llao-Yang. In the hands of this man, the viceroy of Manchuria, the Tartar general of Mukden, the keeper of the Imperial tombs, the guardian of the sacred palace, lies the key of the political situation in Manchuria. Fif teen million Chinese wait the indica tion of his pleasure. The safety of the long lines of Japanese communications from Dalny to Llao-Yang, from the Yalu to the Taltse-IIo, and of the long er lines of Russian communications from Mukden to Manchuria, lies at his disposition. Quiet of manner and gen tle of voice, It Is difficult to realize that the Tartar general of Mukden condemns to death each year In his ya men a thousand of his subjects. Each afternoon of a corresiwiulent's five months' stay In the province of Muk den two or three, sometimes five or six bedraggled Chinamen were decapitat ed In the barren potter's Held beyond the little west gate of the capital. In the outer courts of his yamen he saw such exhibitions of torture, such bastl nadolntM and slippering!, such racking NEW THEBES BRIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI. This great structure, which connects Illinois with Missouri, known as the Thebes bridge, is 3.G72 feet in length and consists of spans over seven piers, exclusive of the approaches. The lower pier is 482 feet above the level of the sea, and the center span will have a clearance of 100 feet above high water. The approaches are of concrete, and the entire structure has cost over $3,000,000. It extends from Thebes, 111., 130 miles south of St Louis, ou the Mississippi River, to Illmo, Mo., on the opposite bnnk. of joints and twisting of muscles as turned his heart sick at the recollection. Mexico Has a Small Navy. The Mexican navy at present con sists of four small boats in the Gulf of Mexico and two in the Pacific, bo sides small patrol boats In the south ern waters. The Democrata, the first boat bought by Mexico, of 450 tons dis placement is on the Pacific coast, and with her Is the Oaxaca, and old sloop Hgged boat of steel, of about 1,000 tons, but of only seven knots speed, used as a transport Two new gunboats Just bought in the United States, named the Vera Crui and the , Tamplco, are In the gulf. They have steel hulls, are 200 teet long, displace 1,000 tons, have shown a speed of about fifteen knots and have two four-inch guns and oth er smaller rapid-firing guns each. Tho Zaragosa and Yucatan, 1,220 and 650 tons, respectively, the former having six 4.8-luch Canet guns, are-also in the gulf, and are used as training ships for the naval school which was established at Vera Cruz in 1807. The Bravo andi Morelos, being built In Italy, will displace each 1,200 tons. There are sixty-five cadets at Vara Cruz, also an arsenal and a small floating dry dock. There Is a small wooden dock at Guaymas In the Gulf of California. -
