Lincoln County leader., July 07, 1905, Image 2

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TOLEDO OREGON
Any in fin who Is muster of his own
LouKe Is usually a bachelor.
Even the most ardent temperance
man does not want to nee Niagara
Fulls become a dry town.
Another reason, probably, why "Mr.
Rockefeller has no ax to grind" Is that
his ax la always In good working condition.
An average girl thinks all the young
men of her acquaintance wonder If
be would refuse them If tbey pro
posed. ,
n. Oaylord Wllshlre, a Socialist,
ays bribery Is a necessity. Probably
he has been eating In restaurants and
traveling In I'ullman cars.
The Sultan of Morocco offers 2
each for the heads of his enemies. It
looks as If the beads of his enemies
wore a glut In the market
If that New York bleycliBt whose
pipe was driven down his throat by a
fall from his wheel bad been smoking
a cigarette he might still be alive.
In order that your sleep may be
sweet ask yourself this question be
fore retiring for the night: "Have I
been kind to any rleti man to-day?"
Many a man sets out for Immortal
ity and reaches Oblivion; but he may
find the road more pleasant and he
may be Just as happy when be reaches
bis destination.
Dr. Osier has come out In favor of
taxing bachelors. The bachelors ought
to get together now and give the doc
tor a vote of thanks. He might have
advocated chloroform for them.
Illchard Harding Davis says our
postal service Is the worst In the
world. It Is understood, also, that
Mr. Machen end Mr. Heavers do not
like the service as well as they did.
For the never-vacant post of "cham
pion mean man" the Chicago husband
who shot at his wife because the train
lie was on was 15 minutes late Is on
easy winner. And he blames It on
dyspepsia. A dynamite tablet should
be prescribed.
cpmcut of t!s enormous natural ad
vantages of this wonderful country.
In such a period of Industrialism suc
cess Is apt to be measured by individ
ual wealth or earning capacity. Bui
we shall come more and more to un
derstand and appreciate the true
standard, to estimate men, not In dol
lars and cents, but according to their
real worth. The world's greatest bene
factors huve been men who lived and
died poor In material wealth. The
scholar, the patriot the statesman, the
artist the scientist, the teacher, the
moral exemplar, these In the greatness
ot their work make the mere money
grubber seem meanly small. There Is
too much worship of wealth, but It Is
not universe L
Andrew Carnegie rays he always
finds out before offering money wheth
er It will be accepted or not. It's a
wise plan. No rich man' should run
the risk of being humiliated for the
mere sake of keeping his conscience
from rocking the boat.
As all the gun found lies of Europe
continue to work night and day, the
peaco tribunal at Tho Ilnguo may as
well turn off the gas, put up the shut
ters and post the usuul notice on the
door announcing an Indefinite suspen
sion of business. A peace trlbunul Is
all right when no war Is going on, but
It Is not even ornamental as soon as
the slwotlng begins.
- Cornelius Vanderbllt, the million
aire Inventor, has been given letters
patent on an Improved locomotive
boiler, which, It Is claimed, will make
a great saving In fuel to the railroads.
This Is the second or third time that
young Vanderbllt has made a success
ful appearance at the patent olllce.
Cornelius Vanderbllt Is the eldest son
of tho lato Cornelius Vanderbllt; and
should have Inherited the major por
tion of his father's vast estate and the
leadership of the house, but because
of his Independence In marrying the
woman he lovod against the wishes of
bis father ho was passed over and the
Vanderbllt cash and honors went to
bis younger brother Alfred. Cornelius
fell heir to a million or two, and his
Independence, which was worth more
to him.
It would not bo surprising If there
was a revolt some time against the re
tired list of the army and navy.
Through recent legislation and rapid
promotions the retired list has be
come top-heavy. There are now three
lieutenant generals, 20 major generals
and 2."o brigadier generals on the re
tired lint of the army. In the navy, of
the three highest grades there are 111.1
rear admirals, 18 commodores and M
captains. The act of Congress two
years ago raised many men on the re
tired list one rank If they had seen
orvlce In the Civil War and had not
teen advanced a grade on retirement
This swelled the list of brigadier gen
erals a great deal, but 250 brigadier
generals on the retired list Is entirely
out of proportion to tho size of the
army either now or what It has been
during Uie past 40 years since the
close of the Civil War.
We are living and have been living
In a period of wealth-developing, of
money-making, of industrialism and
commercialism in which have grown
up colossal fortunes through the devel-
To one aweet soul who lived among
us too short space the panorama of life
and its living was spread In a fine
and true light He saw, through much
pain and many struggles the things
that endure beyond those of this
world. In that brief "creed" of living
which has come to us from Uobert
Louis Stevenson are set the guide
posts to a finer conception of life and
Its duties than Is contained In many a
bulky book. To some It Is a part of
what they know and love; to others
It Is unknown. What Is It to you?
"To be honest, to be kind. To earn
a little and to spend a little less. To
make, upon the whole, a family hap
pier for his presence. To renounce
when that shall be necessary, and not
to be embittered. To keep a few
friends, but these without capitulation
shove ell, on the same grim condi
tion, to keep friends with himself.
Here is a task for all that a man has
of fortitude and delicacy." Here is
material for a year of writing and a
lifetime of thinking and doing. For
It la, in truth, a mustard seed of hap
piness and helpfulness. The art of
living Is of all human subjects with
wlilch we have to deal the broadest
and most beautiful. It Is well for men
and women to dip Into it as deeply as
their mental equipment and the stat
ure of their souls will allow. It Is an
art too much neglected in these hur
ried days. Tho tendency toward ma
terial gain, the craving for position
and personal place, the Increasing ap
petites for fame and fashion, are all
more or less hostile to Its development
and growth. Deserving of the highest
and most prominent place In the cata
logue of human attainments, it Is of
ten mado secondary to those far In
ferior. To "get along" in the world
seems the shibboleth of the newer gen
eration, rather than to live nobly and
well. This Is not strange, neither is
it A phase of the times to be greatly
feared. As with most things of the
sort, time Is needed to rlKht It time
and the work and words of those who
see above the mountain tops of ma
terialism Into the clear sky of common
sense nnd the spirit. Out of this marsh
may grow and bloom the best flowers
of the future. The mistakes of to-dny
are the foundations on which we build
the lasting towers of to-morrow. As
with honesty, kindness loves most to
dwell In little things. Both are like
the notes of a great organ, honesty the
bass and kindness the treble. We can
not see the player and his name Is
legion but out through the aisles and
naves and transepts of the world floats
the music. In perfect harmony they
gladden and soothe, their fair melody
drowning many discords and marking
time to the march of our better selves.
jX ' III
8TEWAftT'S SUCCESSOR.
RIn of George 8, Nixon from Teleg
rapher to Senntor.
Essentially a product of the West Is
Hon. George S. Nixon, who succeeds
the picturesque Senator Stewart, of
'Hme i' mnn iiim mm evaoa. Horn In
F 5 California In lSCo,
inn MIUlMIl- 111V IllIN
been spent entirely
In the Bnttleborn
State. He is a t.vp
I e a 1 "self-made"
man. At the age of
ill lie was a teleg
rapher, at Browns,
Humboldt County,
Nevada, for the
Central Pacific
UKUHUK . MXON. Hanrom, n(1 ,.,,
years later a bookkeeper In the Wa
shoe County Bank nt Heno. Here his
business career began; In o short time
he organized the First National Bank
of Wlnneinueea and he Is now the con
trolling factor In a half dozen hunks,
President of the Lovelock Land and
Development Company, which has re
claimed by irrigation 30,000 acres of
wonderfully fertile land near Love
lock, Nev. He Is also largely Interest
ed In the cattle and sheep business,
while bis mtnlnlg Interests In tho gold
districts are of numerous value. Aside
from the exalted" office he now occu
pies the only other official position ever
held by him was member of the Ne
vada State Legislature during the ses
sion of 1801, but be has always taken
an active Interest in politics and has
been a strong and active leader in
State affairs.
After a man passes sixty, the num
ber of times the hero saves the hero
ine in the book doesn't count for as
much as the size of the type the story
is printed in.
josepii w. roue.
THE PATRI01ISM0F PEACE.
ly Joteph W. Folk. Sorernor ot Missouri.
However great In natural resources,
however potent In material achieve
ments, Missouri's fairest and dearest
possession is her own good name. This
name she has treasured and defended
and faithfully vindicated before the
people of the world. We havewhat is
called the "Missouri Idea" the idea
that citizenship In a free country im
plies a civic obligation to enforce the
performance of every public trust and
holding every public official to strict
accountability for all official acts. Mis
souri took UO the flcrhr nirnlnat oltrln
wrongs. A dormant public conscience was aroused. The
realization came to the people that If all official acts were
for sale free government would no longer exist. From
Missouri the Idea spread from State to State until from
ocean to ocean the flght was waged against evil.
The Missouri Idea means the enforcement of law and
that if the law be bod the remedy Is to repeal, not to Ig
nore, it. There Is entirely too little respect for law In
America. Disregard of one law breeds disrespect for all
law. "It Is the law" should be sufficient for the law abid
ing. Good men will observe even bad laws, but bad men
will break even good laws.
There are many who thrill with nsrrlntlc tervnr at h
thought of going to war and risking tholr lives for their
country, out wno rorget to vote on election day. The pat
riotism of ueace is Jual as liucetbarv as tha r,nfr!nt'arn of
war. The patriotism 6f the ballot Is even more necessary
in a tree country man tne patriotism or the bullet.
The government never neglects the people unless the
people first neirlect the government. No trovernmont- .ir
State or national, was ever better than the people made it
or worse than they suffered It to become. The people are
the ultimate source of governmental power. The people are
the State, and the public life of a nation Is but a reflection
of Its private life. Good citizens may make good laws, but
no law can make good citizens.
DROP YOUR SMALL HABITS.
Br Henry Oym
Small habits reap moro victims from among
the youth of our country than do the larger, more
glaring ones against which are constantly hurled
the warnings of press and pulpit
The venerable minister who gave utterance to
the foregoing has a life record of good work be
hind him, but he never said anything to which it
will better pay the young man to stop and think
of than this.
Small habits, the kind that are so small that no one,
not even the parents of the young man who acquires them,
consider them worthy of notice, are the kind of habits that
spell ruin to all too many young men In this country each
year.
You, Mr. Clerk, Mr. Salesman, and Mr. Worker in
general, this Is written at you. If you are one of that large
class of American young men who work daily only to be
in a position to humor their desires at night you are a
victim of the small habits. If you worry about the qual
ity of your cigars or cigarettes you are likewise a victim
to them.
Remember how these habits didn't amount to anything
at all, at first? 'Member when you didn't spend over 50
cents a week at pool or billiards, and when your smoking
didn't cost you much' more than tbut? Costs you more
now, doesn't it?
But that isn't all you've lost because of the habits
those few paltry 'dollars. You've lost your opportunities to
be Improving yourself, to be fitting yourself for the chance
that comes some day to every man to step Into a position
from where the climb to the top will be comparatively easy.
The young man who wants to climb has got to choose, and
choose early, between these small habits and success.
h. w. WILET.
MEN TO BE YOUNG AT SEVENTY.
Br Prof. Hmrrer W. Wlier.
The time Is rapidly aproacblng when
no man should die from disease, and
few men should die from accidents.
The time Is coming when men will die
sJmply because they wear out and the
process of wearing out will be much
Blower .than it has been because they
will know better how to take care of
themselves and will be freed from the
ravages of disease.
I base my conclusions upon the
wonderful progress that has been made
in the last twenty-five years. Few dis
eases are nntv rvtrmllura tntii.aMA
Epidemics of diseases, such as the country has' known,
when smallpox would prevail throughout an entire city, and
when yellow fever killed off people In the Southern cities
by the hundred, are now impossible. Already, the prog
ress made by science has Increased the average span of life
by many years, and I am convinced that this same rapid
progress will eventually eliminate disease altogether.
Twenty-five years ago It was estimated that the average
life was not more than thirty-three years. . I would not
venture to say how much greater It is now, but it has
certainly been Increased by many years.
To this result various causes have onntrlhutort rin i.
the better knowledge of the laws of nutrition. Another the
improvement of sanitation. Third, there has been a gen
eral adoption of antiseptic surgery. A fourth, and perhaps,
most important cause, is the discovery of preventive medi
cines, such as serums and toxlne. Outdoor exercise has
done much to Improve the physical condition. The sixth
cause Is the realization by working people, also of all class
es, that they must have recreation and nmnuemont. ii
ness men appreciate the necessity of rest for themselves
ouu ior mose wno serve tnem. vacations have become the
rule, because the system requires an interval of roio,n....
in which to recuperate from the strains to which It Is sub
jected in business work of all kinds.
WAR'S BENEFITS OF DOUBTFUL VALUE.
Br Join D. long.
The benefits from war are of very doubtful
value. They are not the steady flowing stream
upon which you can rely. They are rather like
the torrent that destroys as much as It carries.
I think we may all rejoice that our country now
Is In a condition of peace; that all the tendencies
!of our national life are In that direction. It is
my earnest hope that we shall continue, and that
is one of the reasons whv 1 think
this Monroe doctrine a little too far Thrn u
danger that it may be carried to the point where it will
result in unpleasant complications.
CENTURIES OLD.
Bock-Hewn Temple of Egypt Still a
. Wonderful Structure.
If by some mischance, such as a
fearful pestilence, the busy millions
now Inhabiting this continent should
be swept away, what of our history
could an exploring party lauding ou the
desolate shores a century hence for the
first time glean by a study of the
ruins? It Is safe to venture that they
would depart but little wiser than
when they came. How long, for. In
stance, would the Erooklyn bridge sur
vive the ravages of time If no repairs
were made? Suppose it losted a cen-
ns 3,000 and 4,000 years yet bear wit
ness to the stirring events of their
day, as may be read on their carved
and sculptured walls by the students
of the present age.
The rook-hewn temples of Ipsambul,
Abu Sambul, or Abuslrabel, In Egypt,
are well-known examples of the fond
ness of ancient races for Incorporating
in their well-nigh imperishable public
buildings all the principal events of
their nation's history. These remark
able ruins are on the west bank of the
Nile, 1,014 miles above Cairo and eight
miles above the second cataract, and
are two of the best preserved and most
magnificent specimens of the kind In
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FACADE OF EGYPT'S GUEAT KOCK-HEWN TEMPLE.
tury or more, what then? Its stone
and steel were wrought with a view
to combine great strength with some
architectural beauty the latter being
a secondary consideration only; and
no thought was given to the possibil
ity of its usefulness as a medium for
the perpetuation of historical records.
Had the nations of old displayed no
greater sense In the construction of
their public or 'semi-public works,
there would be far less known to-day
about their accomplishments both in
peace and war. Instead, many ruins
that have withstood the action of tha
lemenU for inch long period of time
all Egypt. Both have front walls of
sandstone and their interiors are ex
cavated from solid rock. The larger of
the two has at its imposing entrance
four colossal figures that were carved
from the rock. Though represented as
seated on thrones these figures are 66
feet high and are the largest ever
found In that land of gigantic ruins.
The smaller temple, which Is sup
posed to have been dedicated to Athos,
stands 20 feet above the Nile, and has
a front of 00 feet adorned with six
gigantic statues. There is an Interior
hall having six square pillars, a trans
versa corridor with a small chamber
at each extremity, and an asylum. The
whole Is apparently almost as perfect
as It was when completed. This tem
ple was first discovered In March, 1813,
by Burckhardt. During his Investiga
tion of the sacred edifice he made
a further discovery, some 200 feet In
the rear, of the heads of four colossal
statues, the bodies of which were
buried In sand. These he rightly judg
ed to belong to the finest period of
Egyptian sculpture. The front wall
of the temple was covered with well
executed hieroglyphics and displayed
above the entrance a figure of hawk
headed Osiris Rurniounted by a globe,
and Burckhardt predicted that the
clearing away of the sand would reveal
a temple to that deity.
Not until 1817, four yearn later, was
the sand finally removed. Excavating
had proceeded to a depth of 31 feet
before the top of the entrance was
reached and much more bad to b
done before it was finished, but it was
worth the while.
The interior of this ancient temple
presents first the colonnade, the pias
ters of which bear figures of Osiris 30-'
feet high, and the walls exhibit sculp
tures representing battles and tri
umphs. Next is the great hall extend
ing 200 feet into the rock, with ranges
of massive squnre columns adorned
with statues. Beyond are an ante
chamber and tlie sanctuary with sev
eral side chambers. In the back
ground is a colossal figure seated on a
bench, nnd there are similar statues
In the side chambers. In the center
of the sanctuary Is a pedestal on
which a sarcophagus may have once
stood, and hence the argument put
forth by some authorities that the
monument was not a temple but the
sepulchre of a king.
This interesting place, whether tomb -or
temple, was constructed during the
reign of Rameses II, one of the most
remarkable of Egypt's monarehs, who
belonged to the 10th dynasty and oc
cupied the tnrone during the most bril.
Ilant period of the empire of Thebes..
All of It.
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