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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1905)
LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER CHAS. P. ADA B. SOULE. Psbi. TOLEDO OREGON "Millions for libraries." snys Mr. Carnegie, "but not one cent for Mrs. Cassle Chadwlck." Vests, according to an English phy sician, are unwholesome. They should be pulled down oftener. The consumers are patiently await ing a decision against the beef packers tliut will affect the price. Two or three of the principal cities of this country have not yet been promised $30,000,000 union depots. The subjects of the Czar are begin ning to regard him as their little fa ther, several generations removed. While there may be some doubt as to the kind of apple Eve ate, every body knows what the Adam's apple is. Brooklyn bridge is to be reconstruct ed at an expense of $5,000,000. The ties that bind Greater New York to gether are costly. Americans eat more sugar than any other people on earth. It is no wonder, therefore, that they do the most scold- lug at the sugar trust. Dr. Cobern says that there are wom en In Kansas who eat candles. Hurry tip now wfth your pert remarks about the value of a light diet. Andrew Carnegie expended $22,000,- 000 in good work last year, but is not yet poor enough to feel that he Is fully prepared to die under the rules. Many of the stories that come from Russia are declared to be untrue. Still, they may only partially offset hun dreds of true stories that do not get out. Russia has a larger percentage of . blind people than any other country In Europe. It also has the. largest per centage of people who might see, but refuse to look. "The New Testament never mentions lawmaking as remedial for the sins of man," says Bishop Potter. But there were no railroad sinners In the New Testament time. Just think! When you become the oldest Inhabitant you can lord It over younger people because you will re member all about the beginning of the Russian revolution. Any scheme that provides for the drowning of infantile idiots without providing similar discipline for the college hazers will be condemned as discriminative and Inadequate. Argentina has so many horses that the animals Injure the camps, and the cattle raisers are beginning to get rid of them to make place for more cattle. Even beggars are mounted In that re public. The Rev. Newell Dwight Hlllls says a great religious revival is about to weep over the country. A great many sinners high in official and social po sition certainly are on the anxious seat Just now. Senator Depcw expects that In ten years the steam locomotive will be relegated to the museum as a curiosity of the past, aud the Senator, although omewlmt over 70, Intends to live long enough to say "I told you so." Rodman . Wanamaker, of Philadel phia, Is said to have his life Insured for $3,200,000. If he should start to play football or volunteer to sprve In some war the Insurance officials would sit up nights waiting for the returns. Commander Robert E. Parry Is ar ranging to . keep In communication with civilization by wireless telegraphy during his next attempt to reach the north pole. If he should be successful it might not be necessary for hlni to wait till he returns before announcing the glorious news. For the erection of the bridge over the Zambezi River, Just below the Vic toria Falls, on the Cape-to-Cairo Rail way, a cable operated by an electric motor is being used to haul material from one side of the river to the other, so that the bridge can be built from uotn enas simiuineousiy. The ftpan of the cable Is over 900 feet, and It Is enid by engineers to be the longest of the kind ever used for that purpose. A school of humanitarian philoso phers contends that criminals are the result of conditions not of their own making, and that therefore government should be lenient in punishment and hare In the responsibility of all wrongs that are done. This might pos sibly be a plausible tlieory If It were practicable. But the times are not yet ripe for such benevolent and altruistic practice. The first duty of society 1 to give Itself present protection, and tlie best and quickest way to do this is by weeding out and getting rid of Its objectionable and vicious members. No authentic likeness can now be found of three members of the conven tion which framed the Constitution of the United States. Of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Indepen dence, the portraits are at last com plete. It was long supposed that John Morton of Pennsylvania, and Caesar Rodney of Delaware, who had a disfig urement on one side of bis face, had left no likeness behind. But patient search was at last rewarded. Of each retiring cabinet officer painting la now left in his department In Wash ington, and portraits of all the resi dents may be found on the walls of the White House. It is becoming custom ary to assemble the historic line of other important officers. But as this had not always been done, the govern ment Instituted a search to complete its sets of portraits of prominent offi cers for the St. Louis fair. That in volved long correspondence with rela tives and descendants, and a study of the old libraries and local histories. John Gaillard of South Carolina, who was president pro tempore of the Sen ate nearly a century ago, gave the searchers a long chase, In spite of the number and prominence of his descend ants. Four hundred newspapers called attention to the need, but without re sult. Finally a miniature, painted when he was 18 years old, was discov ered. In reproducing it In the regular form, no attempt was made to repre sent Mr. Gaillard otherwise than as a youth. Another of the most earnestly sought pictures was at last found in an obscure corner of the department over which the man had presided. where it had been wholly forgotten. No authentic likeness Is known to ex ist of Major L'Enfant, who laid out the city of Washington. With the wonders of modern photography, It Is hard to realize how serious a matter the mak lug of a picture once was. President Eliot, of Harvard Univer sity, will be regarded by football play ers In all the colleges of the country as their bitter enemy because of the attack he has made on their game In his qnnual report. The football players will, however, be wrong. Enemy though he be to some of the modern methods of the game, President Eliot could not have done a' more genuine service to college sport than by speak ing as he has. The professionalism on many college teams and the exagger ated follies of football hero-worship are well enough known. President Eliot goes deeper In bis analysis and attacks the morals of the game. Foot ball is now played, be tells us, as though It were war. The stratagems, deceptions and brutalities of war are imitated as far as may be. The ordi nary standards of honor and dishonor are forgotten in the "scientific" game Whatever argument may be made for the use of deception and treachery in war, where the struggle Is for life and death, no argument at all can be made for similar methods In a contest which is only for amusement. The game as it is now played would be condemned by the very statement of the charges against It, even If It had no harmful effect on the after lives of Its devotees But since football training is a train lug that does not wear off, since the football game sends many young men from the colleges forth into the busl ness world, there to wage ruthless business war and help to lower stand ards that are already low enough as it Is, the evil becomes one of the great est importance. The universities can not afford to let their students be in nueucea ror narni in sucn ways as this. Ou President Eliot's showing they must either make the game be come once more a gentlemanly game or they must banish It entirely. Even the more radical treatment, if it be comes necessary, will be beneficial to genuine college sport, as well as to the universities and the public. The Value of the Classics.1 . Evangellclsui half a century ago, as reflected in the letters of our ancestors, was peculiarly Icy, and of a kind to freeze up the high spirits of young people. In 181)0 a devoted mother wrote to her boy, after he bad gone to a pre paratory school "to fit for college," and said: "I am glad you are reading Plato and Herodotus. Communing with the dead, you will learn how to die." That was the worldliest sentiment In this letter to a boy of fifteen, except an injunction not to squander his monthly allowance of two dollars "in foolish purchases of sweets and trivial knlck-knncks." In the Deep Sea. Statisticians find that something like 2,000 vessels of all sorts disappear In the sea every year, never to be heard from agnln, taking with them 12,000 human beings and Involving a money loss of $100,000,000. We were told the revolution In Russia was led by Father Gopon, but It seems to have been led by Peter Outsky, Convenient Vlg Pen Front. The illustration herewith shows a convenient pig-pen front. The feed trough Is securely fastened at the front side of the pen, and the side or wall of the pen Is hinged at the top so It will swing over the trough. An iron rod Is passed through the bot tom cross-piece and Inserted in another hole In either edge of the trough. When feeding, the rod Is lifted, the gate swung back, and the rod Is dropped In the hole In the back edge of the trough. To let the pigs eat, the gate is swung toward the feeder, and the rod pushed down Into the hole in outside edge of trough. Such an ar rangement will save much annoyance and give each pig a chance to get his share of the meal. The Illustration SWINGING FRONT PIO PEN. shows the front swung back so that the feed can be put Into the troughs. Exchange. Paris Green and Weevil, That the boll weevil is not to be driven out of our Southern cotton fields by the use of paris green is the conclusion Of the Bureau of Entomol ogy of the Department of Agriculture after extensive observations and ex periments. This conclusion Is based upon the following facts: "1. Persist ent use of paris green from the time of chopping until picking (in some cases as many as fifteen applications) has failed to materially reduce the numbers of the weevils or to increase the yield. 2. Careful examination of very many experiments with the poi son made by planters in Texas has failed to reveal conclusive Instances of Its successful use. 3. Reasons for the Impossibility of poisoning weevils successfully are to be found In the facts that only a very small percent age emerge from hibernation before the squares are set upon the plants, that they do not drink the dew on the leaves at night, and that as soon as squares are set all feeding is done within the Bhelter of the bracts (shuck) beyond the reach of any poi son that might be applied." Post Palter. The post puller illustrated is a strong and durable one. It will pull any fence post The two uprights ars 2x6 Inches and 3 feet long, mortised in 12x36-lnch scantling, aud 2' Inches thick and braced. Bore a 1-inch hole in upper end of uprights, In which EFFECTIVE POST TULLER. insert a small pulley wheel. Take a chain, fasten around lower end ot post; put chain over wheel; hitch horst to end of chain. By this device you can pull a more solid post than by hand. Government Whitewash. If you ever expect to do any white washing you had better cut this out and save it The recipe is as follows: Slake half a bushel of lime in boiling water, covering to keep In the steam Strain the liquid, and add a peck of salt previously dissolved In warm wa ter, three pounds ground rice boiled to a thin paste and stirred in while hot. one-half pound Spanish whiting, and one pound glue dissolved by snak ing in cold water and then hung over a slow Are in a glue pot. To this mix ture add five gallons of hot water stir well and let stand for several days covered from dust It Is better ap plied hot. Productive iBlnnd Farms. In some respects, American farmers might take a lesson from those of the Jersey Islands in the English Channel On one farm of say forty acres, a man expects to keep thirty cows, a large herd of swine, and employ five or six men. The climate is very favorable for fodder crops, but a part of the suc cess of the Channel island farming is owing to the excellent stock kept and the care taken In saving manure aud tilling the land. Ownres Want More Money. A farm exchange says: It Is reported that in some sections where there are many hogs their own ers are positively refusing to take less than 4 cents a pound for them on the farm, and buyers are finding them selves "up against a hard proposition," as they -ut It, for the packers' price will not allow the farm price de manded. But It looks as if the farm ers are standing pat. Judging by the receipts of hogs at the big markets. For Instance: For the week closing with the writing of this the receipts at Chicago alone were (12,000 bead, against 98,000 head the previous week, and 92,000 head the corresponding week last year. It will not be neces sary to keep up such light receipts more than a week or two to bring the packers to terms. And at tills season that much more feeding can doubtless be done without loss to the feeders. At all events, with feeding stuffs at their present price, hogs cannot and should not be sold at less than 4 cents, if cost of production Is considered , a factor In the business. Checking Root Gall. When new apple trees are received from the nursery they should be care fully inspected to make sure that they are not affected with root gall. This disease Is now very prevalent in some nurseries, and great care must be exer cised. It Is a disease, that spreads through the soil, and a single tree may introduce it Into an orchard, where It may undo the work of years. We have several times Illustrated root gall In these columns, and it does not seem advisrble to repeat the illustra tion at this time. Suffice It to say that It Is a gall appearing on the roots, and any tree affected with a protub, r ance of this kind should be discarded. This is the first thing to be looked out for In planting trees. The shape of the tree is important, but It is less Im portant than to know whethor or not the tree has a disease that will prove deadly to Itself and to other trees in the same orchard. Handy Farm Cart. I have found that a cart with two wheels made as shown in the Illustra tion by using the rear wheels of an old buggy with the axle clamped to the frame by clamp bolts to be a nice HANDY FARM CART. cart for almost any purpose, and es pecially for garden use. I recently took the milk to the cheese factory when all the horses were in use. H. F. Jahnke, In Iowa Democrat. Illinois Farms Sell High. Why do Illinois farm lands sell for $125 to $200 .an acre? Because they are productive. This year one Chris tian County farmer gathered a field of corn which yielded 119 bushels to the acre. The corn was sold for 37 cents a bushel, a gross return of $43 per acre. Taking out the cost of growing the crop, there still remains a big hi terest on the Investment, even If tha land be valued at $200 per acre. While yields as large as this are exceptional, they are becoming more and more common. With Improved seed and Ira proved methods of culture, the aver age yield on good land is Increasing. This is one of the reasons land Is going up. Progress and Cost of Irritation. The Census Bureau has Issued a re port on the condition of irrigation In the United States In 1902, showing that 33,415 systems with 50,311 miles of main canals and ditches were irrigat ing 9,487,077 acres on 134,030 farms, The amount expended in constructing all these systems was $915,320,452. The average cost of construction per acre in the arid region was $9.14, and the average per irrigation system was $2, 710. The report says that the great obstacle to the development of irriga tion In Texas and New Mexico Is the present treaty between Mexico and this country, which prohllbts the im pounding of the waters of the Rio Grande. Cold Storage of Frnlts. The cold storage of fruit has grown to large proportions, nearly 3,000,000 barrels of apples having been stored in the United States as a result of Inves tigations during the last year. It Is found that the condition In which the fruit is grown and the manner of handling It determine to a large extent its keeping quality and ultimate value. The success of a few poultry grow ers has attracted the attention of qulta a number of Florida farmers, who think the industry may prove an Im portant one in that State. Very few of the natives understand the modern methods as practiced at the North, particularly with regard to fighting Insect pests and diseases. The climate itself is asserted to be remarkably favorable, so that chickens can be suc cessfully hatched and raised every month in the year, although from Oc tober to May is consider-! the most profitable l me. Ball-playing seems to bo physiologi cally beyond feminine powers. After careful investigation, the principal of a girls' college finds that a larger and lower-setting collarbone makes the movement of the girl's arm less free than that of the boy's, so that she cannot hope to throw well. "Pneumatic lubrication" Is what Dr. Carlo Del Lungo, of Genoa, calls, bis new plan for Increasing the speed of ships. It consists In reducing the density of the surrounding water by pumping air Into It, creating a foamy stratum in which the vessel slips for ward against greatly lessened resist ance. A Norwegian engineer has recently invented a new apparatus for sea sounding by which It Is not necessary to touch bottom. This Is accomplished by an acoustlct method. The depths are also registered graphically upon a revolving drum. The operation of the device depends upon the time which sound takes to travel to the bottom and return, and the measurement of the time thus gives the depth to which the exploring apparatus is lowered. A safety device for the protection of persons from the electric current up m the rupture of a trolley wire has been Invented recently. By the employment of this arrangement the current is cut off and the wire rendered harmless. The device Is fitted to each section of the wire and consists of an ordinary connecting ear held In Its proper po sition by the strain on the trolley wire. As soon as this tension is released,. as by the breaking of the trolley wire, the current is immediately cut off at the broken section without any shorting" sparks whatever. Gales and high tides have remind ed the Englishman that his little Island is being gradually swallowed up by the sea. It has been found that Great Britain lost 148,906 acres between 1867 and 18S0, and 9.15." acres between 1880 and 1890. A sur vey In the reign of Edward I. gave the Duchy of Cornwall 1.500,000 acres, but the Ordnance Survey some years ago showed that this had been re duced to 839,500 acres. Villages have disappeared In the ocean, as In the case of Danwich, of which nothing remains but a ruined church on the edge of a cliff. . Dr. Waltber Thorner has invented an apparatus by which photographs may be made of the retina of the human eye. Heretofore, says the Scientific American, it has been possi ble to study the retina and its dis eases only by direct observation with the eye speculum. The fixed Image furnished by the photographic appar atus enables the physician to study the condition of a diseased retina at his leisure. Previous attempts to photograph the Interior of the eye are said to have failed because of the difficulty of ecurlng a proper Illu mination without pain and injury to the patient Telegraph and telephone lines of the Belgian Kongo region in Africa show some interesting peculiarities. Where the lines run through the for ests the wires are placed as much as possible upon trees and In other cases upon iron poles. The wire, which is of phosphor-bronze, Is painted black, so as not to attract the attention of the natives, who lay hands upon all the copper they can find. A cutting thirty feet wide is made through the forest for the line. The first hours after sunset are the best for tele phone. After 10 o'clock in the morn ing the heat makes It Impossible to use the telephone, especially in the rainy season. Rahy Cart-laces for Hire. "Baby carriages hired by the week." read a sign appearing over the door of a place of business uptown. "Who wants to hire baby earrlazes by the week?" asked a man whose eye had chanced to fall upon this sign, and who was curious concerning It. "Visitors from out of town." wna the answer, "people with small chil dren who come here to apend a week or two with friends or relatives. They want a baby carriage while they are here, but dont want to bring one; they hire one after they get here. From strangers stopping with neonle wa don't know a deposit Is required. "How much Is the rent? A dollar a week; for either baby carriage or go cart." Chicago Jnter Ocean. Overheard by Iiuxsler. "I've got an awful coid," remarked the Weather. . "Indeed!" exclaimed the Wind. "What are you doing for It?" "I'm taking a drop of mercury every hour," answered the Weather, with an Icy smile. Some people in answering the tele plione have a tone of voice which says: "W"ell, who are you, and why do you have the Impudence to call me?" Or, "I am sick and tired of answering thl teloDhone. What is wanted this time?"