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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1905)
METHOD BY WHICH JAPS REACHED WALLS OE PORT ARTHUR EORTS. SYSTEM OF PARALLEL TRENCHES OX WHICn JAPS WORKED FOR MONTHS. Th picture shows a method of attacking a fort If high angle Are falls to reduce It. The Irregular trenches lending to the parallels are dug so that they cannot be swept by the enemy's Are. The men dig the trenches under the nroteetlon of their own artillery. The parallels are for the protection of the storming parties as they approach i.pnrr nmi nearer the walls. A "parallel" Is a trench, often many miles long,, which fronts the fortress. Suppos ing the army Is 4,000 yards from the fortress. During the commencing bombardment this Is called the "first iirtuiprv nation' Thev want to move nearer and so they construct the "first parallel," perhaps at a distance of i nnn r.ni. from the fortress. But In order that men and guns may move safely Into this "parallel," approaches v' . i. a nnmivr nf trenches lending from the first artillery position Into the "parallel." These IJillC KKf UC V. 11 1. LUtil W) - approaches run In zigzags, as, If they were straight, they would be open to the enemy's fire. Th wnv in which the "parallel" Is opened Is Interesting. So soon as it grows dusk a number of officers, accompanied by sappers, move forward. Here they trace the lines which the parallel will follow. Each sapper has ninfcpt nnd n measurinc tape. The officer stations the first snpper at the end of the trench line, takes the end of his tape, and walks along until the tape is drawn out At this point he places a second sapper, takes his tape, and walks to the end of it, and so on. The sappers drive the pickets into the ground, fasten the tapes to them, and He down t,. nwnit the wn'rkinir nnrtv. Later on the working party, with picks and shovels, arrives and sets to work with all Its might. By break of day each man must have dug a trench 5 feet long. C, feet wide, and 4 feet deep, except the front eighteen Inches, which Is only one and one-hnir reet deep. ine earru ue pnes in rrom 10 iorm a purupei. ai tlayllght this trench will be occupied by a strong force, called the "guard of the trenches." But the work Is not yet finished, for the following two nights are also devoted to digging, and when finished the trench is 10 feet wide at the bottom or more, much wider on top, 4 feet deep, having steps in front, and protected by a parapet of enrth In front, which Is about iVi feet high. Behind this "parallel" protected places are formed for the artillery, another big job. seeing that thirty feet of earth, and probably more, is required to insure the Bafety of the guns, parallel is made, nnd the rush of Infantry. Into the fort tnkes place. In meeting Amaranth face to face at the old stile. She'd a rose in her bonnet, and oh! she looked sweet As the little pink flower tuat grows in the wheat, And Sylvester felt that he must win her at all hazards. He advanced smiling and with out stretched hands. Did you really think I meant to give you up, Amaranth?" he asked, reproachfully. But she drew coldly back. "Give me up? Certainly! You gave me up long ago," she re urned. "But I didn't mean it! I I own I was n fool, Amaranth," he s'ammered. desperately, "but I alius intended to come bnck an' marry you. An 'tain't too late yet Only name the day, an' I'm yours." But Amaranth smiled as she glanced beyond him to a tall figure which was rapidly approaching them. "Very much obliged, I'm sure," sha replied, demurely, "but I have prom ised to be Roger Alden's wife, and the day is already named. Here comes Roger now. Will you stay and be Introduced?" Rut with a disappointed scowl, Syl vester slunk away. Chicago Journal. WORKMAN WHO CHEATS. Finally, the last GOLDENROD. When the wayside tnngles blaze In the low September sun. When the flowers of summer days Droop and wither one by one, Reaching up through bush and brier, Sumptuous brow and heart of fire. Flaunting high its wind-rocked plume, Brave with wealth of native bloom Goldenrod! In the pasture's rude embrace, All o'erruu with tangled vines, Where the thisrlo claims its place. And the straggling hedge confines, Bearing still the sweet impress -Of unfettered loveliness, In the field and by the wall, Blinding, clnsping, crowning all Goldenrod! Nature lies disheveled, pale, With her feverish lips apart Day by day the pulses fall, Nearer to her bounding heart; Yet that slackened grasp doth hold 8tore of pure and genuine gold; Quick thou comest, strong and free, Type of all the wealth to be Goldenrod! Kansas City Journal. ; HMO INVESTMENT. I ' 4 itm: ROUBLE began for Amaranth "V Brooke when she decided to buy back the ramshackle old family homestead with- the few hundred dol lars that had been left to her by a distant relative. But there were her brother's wife and children to provide a home for, nnd when Amaranth made iin ber mind she cared very littld whether people approved of her plans or not She did care, however, what Sylves ter Smaller would think of the matter, for since she was engaged to him It would be only right to tell hlra what she meant to do. Amaranth hnd been looking over her prospective purchase and was on her way home, when he overtook her and nt once broached the sutiject. "No use to throw your money away on that old rubbishly place," ho told ber "You can't raise a crop there, an' I wouldn't tnke it as a gift. An' your money, with what I've Rot, would build up a nice, snug house on that forty acres father gnve me, an' help tn atnek the farm beside. Then vr could bo married and go right to hoiHe keening. Will you, Amaranth?" They were loitering slowly home ward and bad paused at the old stile, where a scarlet-towered trumpet-vine showered Its gorgeous trophies at thulr feet ' "Say yes!" urged Sylvester. Amaranth fU Ur determination weakening. But but there's brother Reuben's wife and the children!" she faltered. "They are quite destitute, nnd have no one to look to but me." Sylvester frowned. "Let Reub's wife look out for her self," he returned gruffly. "I dare say there's orphan asylums In the city where the young uns would be took care of." Amaranth's eyes flashed scornfully at him' as she drew herself up with offended dignity. "Brother Reuben's children shall never go to the asylum while I live!" she declared Indignantly. After a few more words their troth was broken. Sylvester stalked moodily on his way, while Amaranth, with a pang of sore disappointment at her heart, turned toward the gray stone farmhouse, where she earned a small stipend over her board by doing the housework for a family of six. The broken engagement offered fresh food for gossip among the Brooke and Stubblelleld kith and kin, but Amaranth was not to be turned from her course by their outspoken censures and criticisms. The old homestead was bought nnd paid for. To be sure the soil wa rocky and sterile, and the dwelling In need of repairs. The orchard trees what were left of them were gnarled and bent, nnd the fences and outbuildings in a sad f.tnte of dilapidation. It was really scarcely worth tho small sum asked for It, but Amaranth had determined to buy It and buy It she did. An ancient cow and a half-decrepit pony were included in the sale. And after the house had been treat ed to a few repairs and a thorough cleaning, brother Reuben's family were released from their uncongenial quarters In the city and comfortably installed therein. Mrs. Reuben a meek little woman. with no more ideas of supporting her self than a canary bird might have was yet a good housekeeper, and willingly undertook the management of domestic affairs, while Amaranth gave her attention to the raising of poultry and garden vegetables. And the children grew as round as butter balls, romping under the gnarly old apple trees or playing hide-nnd-se,;k among the tall sunflowers and holly hocks thnt nodded In the dooryard. Later on, Amaranth 'earned a few dollars each week by the sale of her produce at the little village of liney ville Center, which was scarcely i stone's throw from her back pasture bins. But with all her industry and economy she found it a hard matter to provide for herself and the help less ones depending on her, and there were times when she really feared the wolf was already at her door. Sylvester Smedley , took particular pleasure In driving past the bouse, with Nancy Maria Stubblefleld, to wtiorn he had transferred his atten tions, seated beside him In his spring buggy. But no one offered a helping hand, and Amaranth' was beginning to feel a tremor of despair when something happened which no one certainly uot Amaranth had ever dreamed would com to pass. It was nothing more nor less than the building of a branch railway from the "Ozark lend and zinc" mines to a point on the Mississippi River some twelve miles beyond l'ineyvllle Centre. The nearest route, according to sur vey, lay directly . across one side of Amaranth's estate, and she readily ac cepted the offer of $200 from the min ing company for this small portion of her "worn-out" farm land. But the tide of prosperity did not stop here. Roger Allen, the young surveyor, who had laid out the new railroad, suggested Fineyville Centre as th'J most convenient point for the smelting works to be erected by the mining company. And so the sleepy little village waked up one fine morning to find it self in the midst of a most unexpected boom." Amaranth, though offered a high price, refused to part with her prop erty on any terms. By the advice of the young surveyor, however, she wns induced to lay out a portion of her farm, fronting the railroad, In town lots, which were eagerly purchased at a satisfactory valuation, and the 'Brooke addition" soon rnnked ns the most desirable residence portion of l'ineyvllle Centre. And Amnranth found herself, if not wealthy, at least coinfortnbly situated. A stout hired farm hand attended ti the farm work now. The worn-out meadows and cornfields were redeem ed from their impoverished condition. The antiquated cow wns supplanted by a small herd of Jerseys. The de crepit horse was "pensioned off" on the fattest of pastures, while a span of "matched bays" drew the new car ryall when Amaranth or Mrs. Reuben and her children took an airing. The discomfited relatives, who hnd all but boycotted Amaranth )n the dark days, now discovered that ''bloo 1 was thicker thnn water" and hastened to mnke friendly overtures. And Sylvester Sinnlley, who had not yet succeeded In building on the pater nal forty ncres, abruptly ceased his at tentions to Nancy Maria, nnd cast longing eyes toward tho thrifty com fields and well filled barns of the old homestead. Long since had he repented of hU short-sightedness, and after some skill ful maneuvering he one day succeeded Dribble He Represents in a Business Is Worse Tlmn a Wide Leuk. An employer of thousands of men wns asked what thing in all his large operations gave him the most concern. "The man who does a little less than is expected of Lint," us the reply. "He Is the dangerous factor in all busi ness. The absolute failure we readi ly discover and discharge, but the 'nlmosts' escape detection for months nnd often for years, and they mnko our losses as well as our fears," and with a very serious smile he added: "The drip in business is worse than the leak." It is a condition that is as old as human experience. Eighteen and a half centuries ago Seneca put It in these words: "Some portion of our time Is taken from us by force; an other portion Is stolen from us; and another slips away. But the most dis graceful loss is that which arises from our own negligence; and if thou wilt seriously observe, thou shnlt perceive thnt a great' part of life flits from those who do evil, a greater from those who do nothing, and the whole from those who do not nccomplish tho business which they think they are doing." Thousands of men fancy they are fulfilling their duty to their employ ers, and to their tasks by keeping hours and performing just enough to hold on to their positions. They have nn Idea thnt to do more would be to give larger service thnn their compensation re quired. They object to what they be lieve would be extra values. "The old man sha'n't get more than he is paying for," is the vernacular. Possibly it never strikes these trim mers that In cheating their work they are doing double damage; they are In juring their employers much, but they are robbing themselves more; they are in fact losing everything In life that Is worth while. They fare worse than If they did nothing at all, for time with all Its precious values slips en tirely from tliem and leaves no sub stance or satisfaction. Half doing soon brings undoing. It is the nine-tenths doing or the ninety nine one-hundredths doing that bleeds bsulness and saps character. Satur day Evening Post Ijidtlera a Mile Long. Theodore Waters, describing In Ev erybody's Magazine the deeiest copper mine in the world, writes: "Under the law it Is necessary to A Hew vegetable for table use Is the Crambe tataria, an umbelliferous plant resembling sea kale. The sweet roots, raw and cooked, are eaten by Tartars and Cossacks, and for these and the sprouts also, It is recommended for cul tivation by a prominent member of the Academie de Cuisine of Paris, who de clares that it Is finer in flavor than usparagus and cauliflower, which it suggests. The roots are boiled In salt water and seasoned in butter, a salad of young leaves and slices of roots be ing another dainty luxury. Additional particulars about the new species of white potato, which Is now cultivated In France from plants found In Uruguay, indicate that its Import ance as a substitute for the Irish po tato has not been exaggerated. Orig inally a very bitter tuber, the new veg etable becomes, after three or four years of cultivation, an admirable food product Its yield Is enormous, and it Is exempt from the maladies that at tack tho ordinary potato. It grows best In moist soil, its native habitat being the marshy shores of the River Mercedes In Uruguay. Its flowers have a jasmine-like odor, and a deli cate perfume has alrendy been extract ed from them. After one planting the plant perpetuates itself from the brok en roots left In the soil. Recent advances in the price of shel lac, due partly to Its use In electrical works and In making gramophone rec ords, have led to the collection of facts about its production. Lac Is an in crustation on J;he branches of certain trees in India caused by Insects. It is found throughout India, but is most abundant in the Central Provinces. Bengal and Assam. It is collected by natives, who break off the Incrusted branches. The gatherers nnd locnl dealers sell It in the form of "stick lac" to manufacturers, who turn It into the shellac, or "button lac," of commerce. Nearly the whole of the shipment takes place from Calcutta, and the chief mnrkets nre the United States and Grent Britain. In India lac is made into bracelets, rings, beads and other ornaments. The apparatus by which Dr. Arthur Korn, a German Inventor, has succeed ed in transmitting photographs about 500 miles over telegraph-and-telephone-llnes depends for Its action upon the changing electric resistance of seleni um under the Influence of light of varying intensity. A ray of light caused to pass systematically over the surface of a transparent film contain ing a photograph, falls upon a selenium cell whose electric resistance varies with the amount of light passing through different parts of the photo graph. These variations are transmit ted to the electric wire and at the re ceiving end they vary tho Illumination of a small vacuum tube, which passes over a sensitized photographic paper synchronically with the ray of light moving over the fllnj at the sending station. Thus a copy of the original photograph Is produced. Although the problem of color pho tography Is still far from solved, prog ress is being occasionally made. A new German discovery that of 'Dr. Koenlg relates to printing from tri color negatives, and depends upon the use of paper coated with collodion so lutions of colorless compounds of green ish blue, cherry-red and yellow dyes that develop the original colors on ex posure to light. The set of three nega-. tlves is first made under the usual light filters. The printing pnper Is first conted with the solution of the dye that Is changed by light to greenlsh- mnlntaln ladders In all mines, however deep, so that in case of accident to the blue, and, after drying, it Is exposed hoisting machinery the miners may be able to climb up. "These ladders, In a mine a mile deep, were distinctly awesome. The shaft was covered, but the trapdoor was removed so that I could peer down the hole. The first few rungs quickly succeeded one another Into darkness, but a moving light far below showed that they continued on down below the limit of vision. The light came from a lamp In the hat of a workman probably making repairs, but whether it wns 100 or 1,000 feet down wns im possible to determine. It wns not ex actly n reassuring sight. The Idea that the man was climbing a ladder a mile high, and the possibility of his encoun tering loose rungs 'in the darkness, In vited my perturbed comment. " 'Oh, that Is nothing,' remarked a workman. 'It Is not one ladder, but a succession of ladders, and there are plenty oflevels to rest upon. Why, the roller boys In the Incline shifts often slide down the cables to save time.' " Pin in Kveiyduy Fellow. "I am really and sincerely proud of the common people," said Mr. Pom pous. "I am fond of the plain, every day fellow who can never hope to be great. Call it Quixotism, If you wish "Oh, I wouldn't say that," Interrupt ed Peppery. ' "I'd call It egotism." Philadelphia Press. about thirty seconds under the nega tive taken through tho red filter. When the required depth of color Is reached, It Is fixed nH solution which removes the unaltered dye compound. The pa per Is then reconted, this time with the collodion for the red print, and ex posed In exact register under the green negative. After this is fixed the third coating is made, and the yellow Image Is developed under the blue negative. By Wire and Air. An accidental experiment in the ve locity of sound is recounted by n cor respondent. He went to his telephone, and Just ns lie put the receiver to his car he heard the click of another tele phone. Another receiver had been re moved and the line was open. Then he heard through the tele phone the shriek of a locomotive whistle, and a few seconds later the sound came through the open window in the usual way. Looking up, he saw a locomotive half a mile away, pass ing the house of a friend. Tho mystery wns solved. The tele-, phone that was open was that at the distant house, and the sound of the whistle had come through Its trans formation Into an electric current quicker than It had traveled through the air. A widower can start a new story on himself every day In the week, IX he wants to. I
