Lincoln County leader., June 16, 1905, Image 2

LINCOLN COUNT! LEADER
CHAS. F, ft ADA E. SOUUB, Pub.
TOLEDO OREGON
The officers of Mr. Rockefeller's
company deny that their "ile" money
Ls rile money.
There are more millionaires now
than formerly, but principles have un
dergone, no change.
Show us a man who thinks he un
derstands women and we'll show you
gold-brick buyer.
Women may dress for the benefit of
men, but their clothes are seldom no
ticed except by other women.
The minister who said that John D.
had one eye on charity and the other
on Standard Oil must have meant that
be Is cross-eyed.
"The most unsatisfactory thing to
bold," remarks the Nebraska State
Journal, "is a grudge." Ever try hold
ing a greased pig?
H. Hlder Haggard predicts ruin for
America unless the trusts are curbed.
Perhaps he intends to settle in Kansas
and run for olllce.
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A statistician hat found that "only
Are of every 100 business men 'suc
ceed." But he baau't figured In the
get-ricii-qulck contingent.
Mr. Carnegie says be never said that
to die rich la to die disgraced, but the
mall colleges needn't worry; be Isn't
going to stop giving it away.
New York City now claims nearly
,000,000 Inhabitants, most of whomare
contributing as regularly as possible
to the prolita of the theatrical syndi
cate. Cassia Ohadwlck may have the con
eolation of knowing that Sophia Beck,
ber successor in the center of the
stage, ls not nearly so bright a finan
cier. An astrologer who has cast the
Czar's horoscope says all ls dark after
the year 1012. Perhaps that ls the
time at which light is to break over
Russia.
The United States government will
now undertake the establishment of a
bullfrog hatchery. Evidently believes
If there must be croakeis it Is just as
well to control the market.
Ex-Senator Stewart, of Nevada, ls
at the age of 78 going to start In life
aud try to accumulate a fortune. He
must refuse to believe that Osier knew
what he was talking about.
An English Judge has decided that a
theatrical manager must pay $15,000
for the plot of a musical comedy which
be ls aileged to have stolen. If the
manager Is guilty he must have some
thing entirely new in the musical com
edy line.
Humorous epigram is soiretlme?
suggestive even If It understates oi
overstates the truth. A lecturer, com
menting on the luxuriousness of tlx
modern young woman, said, "Girls it
these days will not wear porous plas
ters without fancy-work trimmings."
"Mothers Congress Ends," was the
heading on the report of the last meet
ing of & company of mothers in Wash
ington recently. This particular con
gress has ended, but the mother's con
gress ls In continuous session, follow
ing the sun from Seattle to Seattle
again. Wherever mothers are there
Is a mother's congress.
Here now Is a college professor who
tella his students that the old adage
of "early to bed and early to rise" Is
out of date and untrue, so far at
least as the last blessing it promises
us Is concerned. His thesis ls that the
time-honored aphorism only applied to
the elder days when the shades of
night were only to be dispelled by a
farthing candle or an ill-smelling
whale-oil lamp, but In these Joyous
days or nights of luminous kerosene
and the Incandescent mantle or the
clever little electric bulb the situation
ls altogether changed; that the night
hours are the true time for study uud
mental effort; that the faculties are
then more keen and wide awake, the
soul more open to the Inspiration of
genius; In short, that the morning is
no time for brain work at all.
For several million persons the be
ginning of April marks the expiration
of a four-mouths' term of Imprison
ment. They have been shut away, not
In solitary confinement or at hard la
bor, perhaps, but nevertheless they
have been restrained of their liberty.
Boating, swimming, baseball, blcy
cling, golf, tennis, gardening, and i
number of other things, are among the
prohibited diversions during this perl
od of Imprisonment. But at length
the sentence Is served, our time Is up,
and we are free again. This annual
term of confinement Is one of the pen
alties of living In a country where the
winters are cold. It Is regarded as a
matter of course; something for which
we are In no way responsible and from
which we can In no way escape. But
after all, It Is, like most prison sen
tences, for our sins. The snow keeps
us away from our tramps In the woods
because we cannot, or- do not, wear
foot-gear which will give us mastery
of it. We yield to the cold because
we do not dress properly to combat it;
the rain keeps us prisoners because
our habits of life make us fearful of a
wetting. ' So It ls our sins, not nature,
which condemn us to "do time" for a
third of every year. The release is
always Joyous. To be free ls ever the
greatest happiness In the world; and
If there ls any time when one ought
to take home the purpose of all en
lightened penology that punishment
Is good only as a warning and a cor
rective that time ought to be the mo
ment when we have paid the penalty
In full, and are free to begin over
again.
The Senate adjourned without com
ing to a decision upon the treaty with
Santo Domingo. The treaty, which
was drafted at the request of the gov
ernment of Santo Domingo, provides
that the United States government
shall take charge of tho custom
houses of the country, collect the rev
enues, turn over to the Santo Domini
can creditors fifty-five per cent of the
amount collected, and give what re
mains to the republic Itself. The Unt
ied Stales goveruuieut tttatu agieea U
guarantee the territorial integrity of
the republic. .The Immediate provoca
tion for the treaty was the pressure of
the European creditors of the country
for payment and the urgent declara
tion of more than one of the great
powers that the United States govern
ment ought 'either to try to evolve
some order out of the financial chaos
of the republic or to permit such ac
tion by the European creditors. The
French and Belgian creditors secured
possession of two custom-houses In
1901; In 1004 an arbitration commis
sion decided that In order to secure
the payment of the claims of the Santo
Domingo Improvement Company, an
American corporation, certain desig
nated custom-houses might be' man
aged by an American officer. The custom-house
at Puerto Plata was accord
ingly taken over In October. The other
creditors were not properly protected.
Twice in 1904 an agent of Santo Do
mingo visited Washington, end be
sought this government to help it out
of Its financial troubles. It was not
until January of this year that the
President consented, and the basis of
a treaty was cabled to Santo Domin
go. The American representative In
the Island Immediately drafted a pro
tocol, and news of It was cabled to
this country at about the same time
that a second custom-house that at
Monte Chrlstl was taken under con
trol by an American officer in accord
ance with the terms of the arbitration
award. The protocol was not wholly
satisfactory to the State Department,
and accordingly a trenty was drawn
and submitted to tho Senate for ratifi
cation. Its terms have already been
Indicated. Pending Its ratification or
rejection, the American officers will re
main In the custom-houses at Monte
Christ! and Puerto Plata, and will col
lect revenues to satisfy the claims of
the American company. They may
take two more custom-houses If that
shall appear necessary.
SIMPLE BANKS OF AFRICA.
KaiUrs lluve a Bineular Way of Pro-
tectlnK Themaelvea in Trudlng.
In many parts of Africa the system
of banking ls as yet primitive. The na
tives of that part of South Africa
which to u great extent ls inhabited
by busumen and Hottentots have a
peculiar system of banks. These Kaf-
tlrs, among whom this curious system
of banking obtains, live near KaiDr
arln, In the south of Colony country.
The natives come down south from
their country to trade ln the several
villages and towns ln large numbers,
stay with the Boers for a time and
then return to Knltlrarla.
Their banking facilities are primitive
and consist entirely of banks of deposit
alone, without banks of discount or
issue, and they have no checks. ' But
still they enjoy banking privileges such
as they are. From those who trade,
of their own number, they select one
who for the occasion Is to be their
banker. He is converted Into a bank
of deposit by putting all the money of
those whose banker be is Into a bag
and then they sally forth to the stores
to buy whatever they want.
When an article Is purchased by any
of those who are In the banking ar
rangement the price of the article ls
taken by the banker from this deposit
bag, counted several times and then
paid to the seller of the article, after
which all the bank depositors cry out
ta the banker, In the presence of the
two witnesses selected, "You owe me
so much!" This ls(then repeated by
the witnesses.
A girl doesn't believe all aba bears
when the neighbors begin to call bar
a splnaUa.
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' The antiquity of California is rep.e
sented by her missions, savs the Pic
torial American of Los Angeles. 'He-
fore their time there was naught o.
civilization she had no historv: tli
abo.lgines of this summerland were a.
wild and untaught as the apes o.
Africa or the Simians of Central an ,
South America. The future may yet
uncover an ancient civilization upon
the Pacific coast It Is possible but
to-day It ls conceded that the advent
of the Spanish friars more than a cen
tury ago marks the beginning of a civ
ilization that has at the present time
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culminated In a period that will for
a!
ue icumeu as lue uiiniiieal
In
the scienu uc achievements of the
Caucasian race.
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Jes,m S5l , T MefS ln "6Vhe
Jesuits received rova commands from
bpun to proceed to .Upper California
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7 oiu.u.oi.uig mis-
rnr ttin nnmiADA .nun.i.t i .
sicns ana couvertine and educatina-thi
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Indians of this otherwise uninhabited
The first of these missions, at San
Diego, was established July 10, 170'J.
and to Padre Junipero Serra is giveu
the honor of having been Its founder.
notwithstanding the historical fact
tnai raare Juan Crespl, accompanied
by a little band of soldiers and ser
vants, preceded Serra to the spot some
six weeks and commenced the labor of
creating the adobe structure which is
the first and oldest of a chain of twenty-one
similar buildings from that
point on the south to Sonoma on th?
north. For more than half a century
this work was ln progress, or until
April 25, 1820, when the last and ex
treme northern mission, San Francisco
de Solano at Sonoma, was constructed.
These temples of worship, construct
ed mainly of sun-dried bricks of adobe
earth and straw, were responsible for
the creation of a thoroughfare connect
ing each with the others, constituting
one continuous roadway from the mis
sion on the south to the one at the ex
treme north; this was called El Camino
Real, the King's Highway.
Through the secularization of thsi
missions, subverting the objects for
which they were created, and the can
tankerous tootd of time, there remains
to-day for the most part little evidence
of their former supremacy they are
naugnt but ruins, except where ln a
few Instances some of them have been
partially restored mainly as land-
marks and historic relics of tho earliei
civilization of California, while some
few still serve the purpose of religious
ceremonials.
In their pnlmy days these institu
tions were nrosnerous and amnsr,l
much wealth and the padres enjoyed
many luxuries, In a quiet way, avail
able In those primitive times of mea
ger facilities and products of art and
Husbandry. Settled as they were in
the' midst of populous tribes of npace-
able and simple Indians, they availed
themselves of their ability to utilize
their labor to profit. Upon the author
ity of Major Ben. C. Truman, it may
be stated that "these missions were ln
their best condition In 1814, although
In 1820 they had 400,000 cattle. 200.00(1
sheep and 20,000 horses. They also
kept at work 15,000 Indians and har
vested nearly 100,000 bushels of grain
of various kinds."
The mission system of Alta Califor
nia, founded by the missionaries of the
order of St. Francis, consisted of twen-
uiuci ui ai, r lltuin, tmiaiaieu 01 wen-
ty-one establishments, extending from
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San Diego on the south to Sonoma o
the north. The most extensive and
Important of these, Monterey excepted.
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SAN LUIS
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i-ie In Southern California, an the
hree best preserved ln the cordon are
Santa Barbara, San Buena Ventura
ind Sun Luis Rey.
San Carlos de Borremeo, at Mon
terey, was partially lestored in 1884,
on the one hundredth anniversary of
I'adre Junipero Semi's death, through
the efforts of the resident priest, Fath
erCassanova.and the late Don Antonii,
Caronel of Los Angeles. Mission Santa
Clara has been built over with a large
Catholic college Santa Crua und San
Rafael, which were small establish-
ments, have entirely disappeared, and
. , Mu . v Lii.nvi; uiauj)caicu, null
San Luis Obispo has been rebuilt The
oliiers are aUudiiig In various stages
of decay
i u uv.1 oi Btrcuiarizauon was
Pnssed the Spanish government in
iei u 11 u."
After the act of secularization was
i iuc uuwiuiia ueuau lo neriin.
and after Its conformation bv uHm
ln 1834, they rapidly went to ruin, the
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i "cms uuijr uiHiiuainea at
places of worship In charge of parish
priests. By permission of the Pope,
given to Diego, the first b shou of C:iii.
fornla, in 1850. Santa Barbara was
permitted to remain In the possession
of the Franciscan order, consequently
the church and cloisters are intact and
the gardens are beautifully kent
San Luis Rey was restored to tho
O niloAn ra In 1 OflO v..t J
Franciscans n 1892. occupied as a col-
PLAZA AND MISSION
lege for the training of Drlests of the
order, under the superlntendency of
rather O Keefe, formerly of San Bar
bara. The mission Is to be entirely
rebuilt as It was originally, the work
to be done mainly by the students. It
will be a picture of the past.
The road leading from mission to
mission ln the early days wus called
in the Spanish tongue, el camino real,
the royal road, or broadly Interpreted,
the "king's highway." It was so desig
nated, not that the road belonged to
the king, but that it was a main high
way through the country. Later, when
missions expanded into pueblos and
large land grants became extensive
cattle ranches, there were two high
ways, el camino real do la cuesta aud
el camino real de la tejon, the road of
the coast and the road of the mountain
pass. Over the latter vast herds of
cattle and sheep from the southern
ranches were driven to the San Fran
cisco markets.
Eight years ago certain Individuals
of, Southern California came together
lut luc iuiiwac ui ptovniug n uai ic
a thn i , v 3ii tf ni.aoaitln ...tint i
mains of the missions. They have sue
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n feeded p:rtlolly ln restoring San Fer
nando, can Juan Caplstrano, San
Diego and the auxiliary mission at
UEY MISSION.
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Pala, all good, it ls said, for another
hundred years. They are also endeav
oring to arouse an Interest among tho
people for the reconstruction of the
King's highway. From a practical
standpoint the movement has the en
dorsement of the National Good Roads
Association, it is considered by those
who have the history of California at
heart that It will be an honor and
credit to the State to restore old el
camino real, not as a speedway for the
millionaire tourists' automobiles, but to
make It a highway for all the people,
by the people, to enjoy a they may
elect. It would give to California a
fine road through scenery unsurpassed
on the continent and as unique ln ori
gin as the missions were unparalleled
ln extent and character anywhere on
the globe.'
VENUS ON CRAB bHELL.
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Old Traveler Vowa Wltchl-iar Outline
A iv Found on Crawfish.
Every crab shell contains the form
of a wonian. At least so maintains
Samuel O. Trudell, o. -.1 9th avenue,
linguist, traveler and authpr and now
owner of a tobacco store, says the New
York Press, and he Is prepared to
prove his assertion, not only from ui
shells he has ln his possession, but
from any that may be taken to him.
Not only ls the female form divine
outlined in native grace and detail, but
In many instances it ls attired in the
conventional habiliments of the pres
ent time, for the drawing room or the
street or draped ln clinging garment
as If for the stage. Some, too, have
hcai2rcsci of the towering st7'.e ef
the women of certain provinces mt
France.
The two species of shellfish whtch
bear the outlines most clearly are the
ordinary table crab and the rock crab,
but the decorations are not confined t
those of any one part of the world.
They may be found even on shells
picked up ln New York bay, although
the finest specimens wnicb Trudell bait
are from the Gulf of Mexico and the
English coast.
It was back in 1870, Trudell said,
that be discovered the strange decora
tions, part drawing and part bas re-
lief, which the crab bears on Its back.
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He was taking luncheon in a restau-
CUAPKL, LOS ANGELES.
rant in Paseagoula, near New Orleans,
when he reeoeulzed the fnrm snnL
that time he has examined hundred
ot sneus, and never has he failed to
find the tracings. Often, he says, it
requires careful study to pick them
out, and sometimes a magnifying glass
Is needed to discover the lines of dots
which fill in the picture, but they are
...,,, mt-re. as a general thing tho
u me ureasi appear as if em
bossed In the shell tiio n.M. . ..
hollowed where the undulations am
rounu on the outer side. In others the
arms are shown In relief nnri i -
the legs.
One thing which the olrt mn
ed out pnrtlcularlT wna th.
balance between the opposite sides of
uie .igure, eacn reature or marking or
trace of embroidery or laeework which
ls indicated on the left being indicated
cijuuiijr i-icar on me rigut.
One shell has the form of a woman
who appears as if she were holriinir
her skirts above her ankles, which
Trudell says should cause no wonder
since she was In the water at one
time. The bauds seem to be burled in
the folds of the draperies and the
shell shows the wrinkles where on
might suppose the cloth had fallen in
curves between the hands. Another
shows a form wearing a coat extend
ing halfway to the knees and a skirt
with flounces at knees and hem.
American Petroleum Best.
The Greek eovernmanf ho. . .
- ""nKain or
dered a considerable quantity of Amer
ican petroleum. From time to tlm
there have been complaints In regard
to the Russian petroleum furnished of
In tp hv ttiA mnnntwtir n n
t"j uu n can not
be denied that the American article 1
If some people would work bard and
earn $10,000, some one would walk up
and, taking It away from them, tell
them they had no business with' that
much money.
! One of the commonest sins of the
average man ls that be "goes back" on
his friends too easily.
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