leather shoes and their horses are al
most too skittish, but the girls are all
rignt If their clothes set better than
you thought they would, why you must
remember that they subscribe for the
very same fashion magazine that you
do.
EOFLlE
CHAI. T. ADA K. SOCLE, Pnb..
TOLEDO OREGON.
LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER.
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CIVILIZED MEN SHOULD BE ABOVE WAR.
By Henry Imboachere,
I prefer teaching our children that war ia one
of the direst curses that afflict this earth, and
that, while all should be prepared, if needs be, to
defend our indeiendence, our persistent aim
should be to avoid all wars, and as was well
said by Lord Fercy "nations should consider,
not how little they can concede to one another,
ut how far they can meet each other's views."
This is the spirit that now animates the work
ing men of France, of Germany, and of Italy. Their lead
ers are ever deprecating any recrudescence of the military
spirit that has conduced so often to war In the past It Is
the spirit that animates our own worklngmen. If we were
attacked they would need no military tomfooleries In na
tional schools to induce them to fight for their country.
But they know that peace Is the best of policies for them,
as never has there been a war which has not been harm
ful to those engaged In Industry. Napoleon infused a mili
tary spirit into Frenchmen. What did the worklngmen
of France gain by his conquests? What do British work
ers gain by our annexations of Uganda, of the Soudan and
of the empire of Sokoto? What have they gained by our
war in South Africa, except having to pay more for some
of their necessaries and the knowledge that it has paved
the way for the introduction of Chinese chattels to work in
the Transvaal mines for the benefit of cosmopolitan mil
lionaires? A tribe of savages Is always cultivating a military spirit.
Its sole occupation is war, and the arts of peace are de
gpN1 pnntffmptlhlp to mn of spirit. Among HvIHtm!
men there ought to be a higher Ideal, and there, would be
were It that there are usually too many missionaries of
strife among them ever appealing to the baser passiom
and trying to persuade their fellow-countrymen that there
Is something noble and elevating in war and that a soldlei
Is the noblest of human beings. Armies are necessary
evils, but for my part I prefer a procession of trade-unionists
to the marching by of armed regiments, and the simple
and homely garb of a worker to the tawdry trappings of
men of war. I respect a man who honorably fulfills his
calling as a soldier, but be is no better in my eyes than the
man who honestly labors In other and more peaceful avocations.
By T. P. O'Connor.
There are hundreds In every great city, and In
every country there are thousands of men,
women and children with a latent capacity of
heroism who go through life unnoted or despised,
because no accident has evoked it. Again, the
recognition or Precognition of those heroisms
which accident has evoked Is often accidental.
They happen, perhaps, inopportunely, when at
tention is absorbed by something which Imposes
more upon the public Imagination. In the same week In
which the name of the boy hero of the Norge was in every
paper and on every lip a boy hero of our own, who threw
himself In front of an express train to seize a little brother
and fling him aside off the track at the cost of his own life,
attracted hardly a moment's notice.
Dumont records the following Instance of a woman's
heroism during the siege of Gibraltar: "The count d'Artols
came to St. Roch to visit the place and works. I well re
member that his highness, while inspecting the lines In
company with the Duke de Crlllon, both of them with
their suite, alighted, and all lay flat on the ground to shun
the effects of a bomb that fell near a part of the barracks
where a Frenchwoman had a canteen. This woman, witt
two children on her arm, rushes forth, sits with the ut
most sangfold on the bombshell, puts out the match, and
thus extricates from danger all that were around her. Num
bers were witnesses of this incident, and his hlghnesa
granted her a pension of three francs a day and promised
to promote her husband after the siege. The Duke de
Crillon Imitated the Prince's generosity and insured to her
a payment of five francs a day."
Here, from a contemporary journal. Is an account of an
act of similar intrepidity, giving the names of the heroes:
"After a royal salute from the principal fort, St Heliere,
in the Island of Jersey, the matches used on the occasion
were lodged In the magazine without being properly ex
tinguished. On the evening of the same day smoke was
perceived to issue from an air hole in one end of the maga
zine, and the alarm whs soon spread. Three men volun
teered their services and were bold enough to advance to
and break open the magazine, where they found two cais
sons of wood, filled with ammunition, on fire, near which
stood an open barrel of gunpowder. A flannel cartridge
was almost burned through and some of the beams that
supported the roof were on fire. By their exertions the
fire was extinguished. The magazine contained 200 barrel
of gunpowder, besides charged bombs."
FORTUNE TELLING IS UNSCIENTIFIC
Br Andrew Wilson.
To assume that In some mysterious fashion or
other the indications, not of character merely,
but of a person's past and future, are to be deter
mined by a survey of certain lines on the palm,
is to assort a doctrine which Is monstrous in re
spect of Its absurdity. Such a statement Is easi
ly made, but when one calls for proof he does not
find it in the results of the palmist's practice, and
certainly no explanation is forthcoming from th
side of physiology. The whole soothsaying business is a
uiatter of tricks, such as can Impress the credulous alone.
I never heard the case against palmistry and fortune-telling
at large better summed up than in the expression of
an American critic. He declared that If there was any
truth or reality in the art the palmist could make his for
tune on me iuri Dy uacKiog winners, tnat his operations on
the stock exchange would soon render him Independent
and that if a life lnsnrnncA rnmrunt mnl.l trust tn hi
- . 1 ----- - . i. u ui-i iu uio
revelations regarding the duration of life of Insurers, he
would be retained by It at the salary of a president
That which also surprises me is the faith which cul
tured people occasionally are found to place in fortune
telling. I have read of cases In which It was averred that
a lady looking Into a crystal described to bystanders scenes
she had never witnessed, but with which scenes they were
themselves familiar. Now, one would wish here for much
more exact evidence than mere hearsay. In a scientific In
vestigation we should have all the evidence duly noted,
and every possibility of fraud or error avoided. There
would require to be an exact Inquiry into all the circum
stances under which the alleged reproductions in the crys
tal, construed by the brain of a person unfamiliar with
the scenes, were carried out I do not know if In a single
Instance this plan was pursued. Why should we not apply
the care we exercise In ordinary matters of life to the pre
tensions of the fortune-teller? Besides, even on scientific
grounds, we might find In certain brain-vagaries materials
for accounting for the phenomena on the lines of uncon
scious memory and reproduction of impressions. As for the
palmists, let us devoutly hope we have heard the last of
them. On this point I have my doubts.
After putting your best foot forward
get there with both feet
An old bachelor says an optimist is
a married man who is glad of it
In the bright lexicon of the hustler
there is no such word as "enough."
A wise physician sometimes flatters
a man by telling him he baa brain
tag.
Many a woman who can converse
In five languages is unable to shut up
In one.
If wives would continue to be sweet
hearts lots of husbands would cease to
pay their club dues.
An honest miller separates the
wheat from the chaff and converts
the latter Into breakfast food.
Many a man talks back to his wife
for the purpose of affording her the
pleasure of getting in the last word.
A colored philosopher says there is
less luck In a rabbit's foot than there
Is In a chicken's foot providing the
rest of the fowl Is attached.
Jean De Keszke gets $30 an hour for
music lessons, i'erliaps if Pattl could
do that she might forego the sweet sor
row of saying good-by to American audiences.
The King of Spain has consented to
net as arbitrator between Honduras
and Nicaraguu. Who can deny that
Progress Is progressing when children
may settle disputes between great nations?
A Boston society woman who en
deavored to smuggle a pearl necklace
through a custom house was caught at
It and the Jewels were confiscated.
Still, this probably had less than Mr.
Douglas' advertising to do with the
result in Massachusetts.
"Not a single religious problem of
any importance has been solved by
the theological seminaries of the Unit
ed States in fifty years," says Presi
dent Harper of the University of Chi
cago. Therefore he wants his univer
sity to go to work and solve them all.
It is a great undertaking, and will
probably keep the Chicago Institution
busy for the next year at least.
Spain Is about to Hbollsh bull-flght-lng.
No country in the civilized world
has changed so much in the last six
years as Spain. The effect of the
prompt and unequivocal defeat admin
istered to her navy by the United
States has been highly beneficial to
the nation. Her people no longer stand
against a wall and whine. The loss of
their colonies has proved an Incentive
to the development of the resources of
the peninsula. The lowering of the
traditional Spanish pride has induced
Inhabitants of city and country to
work as never before since the Roman
Invasion, i
We pray thee, O Yankee ingenuity,
to give us: A window shade that rolls
up straight a window shade roller that
stops winding when the tassel reaches
the pole, a window snsh that doesn't
rattle when the wind blows, a rug that
won't turn up at the edges, a silver
service that will not tarnish, door
hinges that won't creak, door locks
with spring latches which yield to their
keeper without the constant assistance
of soap, a bunch of keys that will not
rust milk bottles that will clean them
selves, garbage palls that will defy
white wings and the porter, steam
heaters that won't stink, gas tips that
won't clog and fish tall, n griddle that
Won't smoke, a clock that keeps time.
Sunday long since ceased to be ex
clusively a day of worship in the Unit
ed States. In fact, the percentage of
the population who are habitual church
goers Is comparatively Insignificant.
Sunday has become not much more
than a day of rest and recreation. In
spite of helpful laws and ordinances
It la a dltllcult thing to preserve a de
corous observance of Sunday. The
declaration of Christ thnt the" Sabbath
was made for man, not man for Sab
buth, has been given a latitudinarlan
interpretation that allows not only ur
gent and necessary duties to be per
formed on that day but tolerates open
saloons, theaters, ball games and ottier
kinds of sports and amusements.
You've formed your notions of coun
try people from "The Old Homestead"
and these by-gosh Mirundy novels. The
real farmers nowadays drive Into town
In double-seated carriages with match
ed bays curried so that you could see
to comb your hair In their glossy sides
The single rigs sparkle In the sun, con
veying young men and young women
of such cleuu-cut high-bred features
as to make us wonder. They all come
from good old stock. The young fel
lows run a little too strongly to patent
While -we still insist that people who
deal In articles wherewith one may
take life secretly shall be licensed and
made to show their fitness for public
and professional trust we show a sin
gular Inconsistency in demanding no
license to make or sell or use the
means of sudden and violent death.
In other words, while we demand skill
and care in making, bottling, labeling,
prescribing and selling certain strenu
ous alkalis, acids and drugs that have
a specific effect on the functioning of
various organs, we will sell to any
body a gun, plstor, a box of ammuni
tion, a ton of dynamite, a keg .of pow
der, a bomb, a rocket a dagger, any
thing In fact wherewith the end of an
enemy or a host of enemies can be secured.
A magazine writer says the church
is In crying need of "business clergy
men." He explains that congregations
of which he knows have grown from
almost nothing to great size because of
the business ability of the pastors
chosen to lead them. He thinks the
Influence of the church will wane and
dwindle unless men fitted to deal with
administrative and financial problems
enter the ministry In large numbers.
We do not remember ever having seen
the commercial trend of the present
age better Illustrated than in this ar
ticle. Probably the writer would con
sider a great poet, a great scholar or a
great statesman a failure unless his
success were attested by the number
of his disciples or the size of his bank
account Business ability is a good
thing to have, whatever one's calling,
but the need of the church Is more true
spirituality in its leadership.
It may always have been so, but It
Is especially true to-day, that this coun
try is producing a higher type of wom
anhood than of manhood. In all our
towns' and cities there are more young
women whom you would welcome to
your homes as daughters-in-law than
young men whom you would welcome
as sons-in-law. There are reasons why
this is so, but there is no excuse that
It Is so. There is nothing In the world
so well worth looking after as the boy,
and there Is no human being in the
world so neglected. We have pro
vided little place, scant room for him.
He is welcome to the home as a baby
and he is welcome as a mau, but there
Is little welcome for him as a boy.
We chaperon our girls and carefully
guard them against unworthy boys,
but we leave the boy to choose for him
self his associates and his achieve
ments. We give him much sage ad
vice, perhaps, but little sympathetic
guidance. The loneliest, most unloved
human creature Is the boy. Girls are
naturally winsome, gentle, companion
able. They win their way in homes
and hearts. But the boy, 'noisy, awk
ward, mischievous, is Invited Into few
homes and feels none too much at
home in his own. About the only door
that swings with sure welcome to the
boys, about the only chair that is
shoved near the lire especially for the
boy, about the only place where he is
sure of a cordial greeting is where he
ought not to go. It is one of the hard
est things in the world to get hold of
a boy to get a sure grip on him. It
Is hard to win the companionship, the
faith and confidence of your boy. He
has almost occult powers of observa
tion and conclusion. You think you
know him through an occasional
glance, but the chances are he knows
you far better than you know him. He
Is hungry for companionship and he
will have It. You can't chain him
away from it. He wants the com
panionship of boys, and nothing will
take Its place. If the rime of selfish
ness has so Incased your heart that
the Joys and hopes of your boy cannot
enter Into it the boy la to be pitied,
but so are you. Few fathers and sons
are more than fairly Intimate acquaint
ances,. It Is always the father's fault.
How Odors Move from Place to Place
That odors move with the air, or dif
fuse through it like gases and do nor
puss through it In waves, as sounds do.
or In swiftly-moving particles like the
radium emanations, seems to be con
clusively shown by recent experiments
on the propagation of scents through
small tubes. In such tubes there can
be no general motion of the air, and
the rate of travel of an odor is ex
tremely slow. That of ammonia took
over two hours to get through a tube
a yard and a hnlf long. The presence
of the ammonia could be detected
chemically at about the same tlni
that its smell was noticed. It seemed
to make little difference In the speed
whether the tube was held horizontal
ly or vertically, or whether the odor
moved up or down. Success.
His Statu Ie(lnel.
"Is Blyklns a golf player?"
"No," unswered the contemptuous
expert. "He likes to be on the links
and uses a golf ball ns a pretext He's
merely a pedestrian." Washington
Star.
WHY HEROES' FAME IS ACCIDENTAL.
NEW EUECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE.
Future Railroading May Be Greatly
Changed by Speedy Engine.
A new electric locomotive which may
revolutionize the motive power on rail
roads was given a trial at Schenec
tady, N. Y., a few days ago, while
scores of men prominent in railroad
and electrical circles watched the
tests. The locomotive was built In that
city for the New York Central termi
nal service In New York City, and the
trials demonstrated that It will ulti
mately provide high speed motive pow
er for railroad traffic. It is expected
to develop a speed of 100 miles an
hour.
The official tests of the big. 05-ton
electric locomotive took place on a
stretch of four miles of especially pre
pared track near Schenectady, and in
the presence of many leading railroad
olliclals and hundreds of deeply inter
ested spectators. This extraordinary
locomotive, the most powerful trans
portation engine In the world, pulled
a train of four heavy coaches at the
rate of 72 miles an hour, and only
the shortness of the track prevented it
from attaining an even higher velocity.
In the cab of the locomotive when it
left Its shed for the trial was W. K.
Vanderbllt Jr., who worked the con
troller. The engine was pronounced
a great success and all who watched
the tests were strong in the belief
that it will be a great feature In rail
roading In the future.
This locomotive is the first built of
40 ordered by the New York Central
for Its New York terminal. It had had
several preliminary trials, but this was
the official test for speed, drawing ca
pacity and acceleration. Prominent
electrical engineers and railroad men
from all over the country were pres
ent. There is little doubt in the minds
of the officials who witnessed the tests
that a speed of 90 to 100 miles an hour
can be made.
There was no heat in the cab, ho
noise save the whirring of the air com
pressors for the brakes and no smoke
to pollute the clear country air, yet
this huge machine with Its 3,000 horse
power pulled a train of ten cars,
weighing COO tons, at the rate of 50
miles an hour and actually beat an ex
press train which passed on another
track. It also pulled a 400-ton train of
five cars at a speed of t2 miles an
hour.
The locomotive Is one of a number
that will be used by the Central for
hanling through passenger trains
through the Park avenue tunnel In the
metropolis. With one of this type,
trains of ten or more cars may be haul
ed at express speed of 60 to 70 miles
per hour, and the design and method of
control ara such that two or mora lo
comotives can be coupled together and
operated by a single engineer from the
leading cab, so that the size of the
train that may be under the control
of one engineer is practically unlim
ited so far as the question of motive
power is concerned.
The locomotive Is double-ended and
can be run in either direction with
equal facility. The maximum horse
power of this locomotive Is approxi
mately 3,000, which is considerably
greater than that of the largest steam
locomotive.
Man a Member of Mineral Kingdom.
That the minute traces of metallic
substances found in living bodies are
not accidental, but essential to the
performance of the functions of life,
Is asserted by Herrera, a French bi
ologist He goes so far as to say that
zoology and botany are but chapters
of mineralogy, so important is the rolo
played In organic life by these so-called
Inorganic substances. For instance, all
the phenomena of movemment In an
animal are, he asserts, due to oxida
tion. As to nutrition, it is Impossible,
he says, when the food is deprived of
its mineral elements. Dogs fed on
substances from which the salt and
other Inorganic matter has been care
fully removed die of starvation. At
the bottom of our vital processes, as
serts this writer, are fermentation and
oxidation, or their analogies; and these
depend on the presence of certain min
eral bodies in the tissues. Even the
role of pepsin In digestion seems to de
pend on the presence of Iron. In short
the organic substances on which life
depends are, he says, "prepared in in
organic workshops with mineral re
agents;" and thus a living being is
practically a member of the mineral
kingdom. Success.
Amended.
"Oh, my!" groaned the tramp, who
had been induced to saw a little wood,
"dls Is hard work, lady."
"Well," replied the Boston lady,
"you know the scriptures say 'man
must earn his bread by the er per
splratlon of his brow. "Philadel
phia Ledger.
A man's relatives should live so fai
away that he feels like putting on
clean shirt when he goes to see them
NEW YORK CENTRAL'S NEW ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE.