LIU COUNTY LEADER
CHAS. P. ADA E. SOULB, Pb. ,
TOLEDO OREGON
The best way to fight the old-age
limit is to keep young.
Russia will keep 300.000 soldiers on
the Chinese border. Sort of ornamen
tal border.
The world is not growing worse, but
the graft investigators are just finding
out haw bad It was.
Several excellent reputations have
been sadly mussed up since this life
Insurance investigation began.
Marie .Corelll may have a double
chin, but ne will be a 'rash man that
ventures to chuck her tinder it
Somebody is going- to' dramatize the
book of Job? It doesn't look like an
easy Job, but of course vou never can
tell.
A California millionaire has adopted
a girl because he was charmed by her
piano playing.. We may add that she
didn't live next door.
The wages of sin remain the same
as heretofore, but frequently the sin
ner has to wait a long time to get
what Is coming to him.
"Many a man," says one of the lady
Journalists, "has fallen In love with a
dimple." Yes, and discovered later
that it was only a wrinkle.
If a doctor can't get free advertis
ing in any other way he can manage
It by coming to the front with a de
fense o'f the pesky cigarette.
Some day an American will come
home and forget to say "there is no
country like our own." And he will
be awarded the medal for originality.
There are many humorists among
the football coaches of the country.
They are all protesting that they have
always discountenanced rough play In
the game.
A New York girl has Invented a ma
chine by which she claims one may
count a million dollars a minute. John
W. Gates will no doubt hall this as a
real boon.
A 10-year-old boy has gone Into bank
ruptcy at Le Sueur, Minn. Let us hope
he may now get a new start in life
and succeed in amounting to some
thing, after all.
The average' citizen, however, confi
dent that neither semi-starvation nor
going without sleep will make a Thos.
A. Edison of him, will prefer not ,to
change his usual manner of living.
In making the statement that the
average man eats too much Mr. Edi
son lias drawn forth Indignant pro
tests from countless thousands of reg
ular boarders throughout this broad
land.
After Andrew Carnegie gets the wo
men to wear their hair short for sani
tary purposes let him tackle the cor
set. Andy is too good a man to ever
bo allowed to sit down In a corner
with nothing to do.
A Virginia preacher has been sus
pended for six months for kissing a
pretty girl. He would probably have
been excused if he had picked out sqme
homely old lady with traces of a mus
tache. Treachers who desire to kiss
should always remember these things.
John A. McCall's friends say he Is a
poor man, so poor, In fact, that his in
come Is barely sufficient to keep up
the payments on the $3)0,000 Insur
ance policies which he carries and en
able him to live In such style as be
fits one who occupies a $450,000 home.
Mr. McCall's case is truly pathetic.
Can't Bomebody suggest a beneiit of
ome kind for him?
Immigration, according to students
of the subject, follows the parallels
of latitude thut Is, people who move
to a new country seek to settle In a
climate as near as possible to that of
their old home. This is held to ac
count in a measure for the refusal of
European immigrants to settle In our
Southern States. The theory does not
work out, however. If It did we should
Bee the Italians, for instance,, flocking
to the South and to California, where
as In truth they gather in the large
cities of the North. The truth prob
ably Is that the negro question has
most to do with the slackness of Immi
gration Into the South. The newcom
ers have no race prejudices, but they
fear low-priced competition.
Sea battles at the present time do
Dot result In such great rewards of
prize money as formerly. English sail
ors In times past have brought great
fortunes home after their successful
cruises. In the war with Holland,
1051-1054, English ships are said to
have taken 1,700 prizes, worth $30,000,
000. In 1057 the Spaniards loaded Brit
ish sailors with treasure. They seized
two of the Spanish galleons so richly
laden with gold and Jewels that It took
thirty -eight wagons to carry the treas
ure from Portsmouth to London. In
17G1 came the historic capture of the
Hertnlone, the Spanish treasureshlp
from Lima. The admiral and captains
received as their share $325,000 apiece,
the lieutenants $05,000, warrant offi
cers about $20,000, petty officers near
ly $10,000, and even the common sea
men $2,500 each. On arriving at Ports
mouth the seamen bought up all the
watches In the place and fried them
over the galley Are.'
As well as we can Judge it Is
about once in every six months that it
is proposed in this country to put to
death by painless methods people who
are hopelessly ill and who are in terri
ble agony. The proposal generally
emanates from the medical faculty,
but Its latest appearance is In the con
vention of the American Humane As
sociation, where its advocates were
women, and the physicians opposed It
One of the speakers having by way of
illustration described the sufferings of
the victims of a recent railroad acci
dent, Mrs. Totten rose and said pas
sionately: "If I had been In that wreck
and had seen cases such as have been
described and had a pistol I would
certainly have shot the sufferers to
put them out of their misery." All
this docs great credit to the hearts 6f
these women, but it only shows that
their hearts are better than their judg
ments. In this matter they see only
one side of the subject Probably ev
ery mature person that ever lived has
been deeply affected by the sufferings
of people who seemed certain to die
lu a short time anyway and has said
in his haste that they ought to be
chloroformed to death, at least If they
themselves desired it This is what
he says in bis haste, but the sober
second thought is always different
There are two obvious objections to
such a practice as these women pro
pose. The first is that the wisest man
on earth could not tell when the prop
er time to take a human life in this
fashion had come. Take the case
mentioned in the convention, of a man
caught under a ruilroad wreck and on
the point of being burned alive by the
approaching flames. That will be
considered a strong case, and yet If
the wind should suddenly change he
would be saved. Have these kind
hearted women never heard of people
whom all the nttendant physicians
gave up to die and yet who got well?
Have they never heard of people who
were supposod to be actually dead and
were burled and yet who were not
dead and were exhumed and recov
ered? Who, then, would be rash
enough to pronounce a case hopeless
end proceed to odmlnister chloroform
or morphine? The other objection is
that if the state were to legalize eu
thanasia nearly everybody would die
in that way except the Inmates of the
asylums. Just as certainly as a sick
person had any money or any ene
mies, anyone who was tired of his au
thority or afruid of his "influence, he
would be poisoned and killed by some
of those around him as "hopelessly ill"
and "at his own request" A physi
cian's certificate might be made neces
sary, but that would only cost $2.
These considerations are so weighty
and so obvious that thoughtful people
have always left this "reform" to
those who were surcharged with senti
mentality, effeminacy, paganism, bar
barism and sensationalism, with
whom it will always remain.
, Mixed Relationship.' '
A daily newspaper tells the story of
a lawyer who received a call from a
now client, a mau bent upon recover
ing a sum of money advanced upon a
note and not repnid. "Who Is the
client?" asked the lawyer. "Oh, she's
a relative of mine!" "How nearly re
lated?" "Very nearly." "But, my
dear sir," persisted the lawyer, "you
must be .more explicit" "Well, she
may be my mother-in-law. May be?
Then you are likely to marry her
daughter?" "I've already married the
daughter." "Then of course the de
fendant Is your mother-in-law!" "Per
haps you'd better hear the whole
story," returned the client. "You see,
a year ago we lived together, my sou
nnd I. In a house across the way
lived a widow, Mrs. Poster, and her
daughter, Mary. Well, I married
Mary, and my son married the widow.
Now perjaps you can tell me whether
my son's wife Is my mother-in-law or
my daughter-in-law." But the lawyer
could not
Profitable Work.
"No," said the first business man;
"I don't approve of all work and no
play. I'm Just as ready for play as I
am for work."
"Well," replied the other, "I never
believe in playing the fool while there's
a chance to work one." Philadelphia
Press.
Everyone is shocked when a mother
1h impatient, and surprised 'when a
father Is patient,
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WHEN IS A MAN TOO OLD TOR WORK?
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flv InHm J. MnmlmA
It has been discovered that the traveling
salesman's record-breaking days lie on the sun
ny side of 40 years; after 45 he loses the In
itiative that prompts catching the earliest trains
and Rtaying to the last one with a promising
customer. It is not so much that he cannot
physically take up the activities that once made
him a record, but that his mental lassitude In
terferes with his seeing the necessity fnr ,.nh
activities. Should the young man at 23 have all the knowl
edge, sobriety and appreciation of the things that may be
his naturally at 50, what an advantage he would have In
the selfish race to success! There Is never a reason why
the experiences of the father may not be handed down to
the son. Certainly the greatest capital possessed by the
young man toward a business career should be In having
a father who In every sense is a cood hnslnnea man
There are few businesses where headwork Is necessary
,u .lu lAireucuLx iuiii me man wuo is old
only by years should not be a factor in Its success. ' The
man with white hair and a clear, sound brain has only him
self to blame If he Is deposed on account of age. Such a
man has the warning of his approaching condition In his
hair; It is the danger signal Indicating his growing Infirm
ities unless he shall check them. He needs an awakened
interest in the everyday world nround him, to shade his
prejudices, renew his appreciations of the good things of
life, to make sure that every day he Is alive and on in
tegral part of the world that Is dolni? tiling.
A young, active business man with an Idea that ap
proaches an inspiration is just as much In need of the
cold water of an older judicial mind as the old man Is In.
need to seek the novelty and Inspirations of the youth
ful present. An Ideal condition should be presented In the
gray head In copartnership with the young man in his
activity.
CONGENIALITY IN MARRIED LIFE.
. - , , . , Br Robert Hlchens.
The sad truth is, I suppose, that i great mauy
people marry unhappily. No star dances on their
wedding days. They are unfitted to live together,
and so when they do live together either quar
reling or dnilness sets In. The ,fat? they have
selected acts upon them either as an irritant or as
a soporific.
It is quite a mistake to suppose that if one
dull person comes across nnntlior ri.,ii r,-,.. ...
they enter Into matrimony they will necessarily bo dull
together that is, dull to each other. If they suit each
other they will not. Dull to von. tn mp..,. w
to each other. Many a dull husband mated to a dull wife
nas sam to me confidentially: "No one who. hasn't lived,
as I have, with Mrs. Jones for tmntv von- .'
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idea of her cleverness. Her insight I eiv mn m
Is something wonderful," and so on and so forth. And
so says Mrs. Jones of Mr. Jones. I know that Mrs! .Tones
bus a head as empty as a sieve and that Mr. Jones Is the
greatest bore In Christendom, but to each other this worthy
pair of people appear shining with brlliiancv. u-h.i ti,
are suited to each other, that is all. The person who thor-
ouguiy suits us can never seem to us dull.
AH this pother about the dullness of mnrrin i.
rather ridiculous. Married life is not necessarily rinii nn
more than the life of a bishop or a bargee, a princess or
a Pomeranian dog Is necessarily dull. It all depends on
the people who enter Into it. Wh ere thprp in nn natural
sympathy there will certainly be either dullness or despair.
ve suouia cnoose careruiiy, then, and we should never do
that most foolish of all the many foolish things called
"worldly wise" we should never marry for position or for
money merely. If we do we deserve whatever we get,
whether it be only dullness or the torture of a lively mental
agony.
GLUT OF EDUCATED MEN.
Br Austin BltrbOHcr.
A source of discontent felt painfully In the
United States Is the education of the people above
the recognized needs of education. ' Through the
extraordinary emphasis given by our democracy
to universal education more men and women are
now trained, especially In the universities, than
there is demand for. Not half of them are need
ed in the learned professions. ,A large part are,
accordingly, living In poverty, or drifting Into
"lower" occupations.
Traders have more power to-day than lawyers, clergy
men, or professors. A man Is measured by' what he can
do more than by what he knows. The United States Sen
ate Is filled with millionaires who have no training in
statesmanship any more than In scholarship. Eminent men
speak contemptuously of the literary class. "Anybody can
write," said a prominent butcher, "but it tafces a great man
to run a commercial business." And he thought his life
more beneficial than the poet's or philosopher's, because he
paid more men wages.
We have a limitless demand for men in other tnan
learned wor!:, where many of our scLiiara tun uj employ
ment Besides expanding the subjects on which learning
may be spent, as the Industrial arts, where science Is being
more Introduced, necessitating .many scientific men, ' the
learned can spend their leisure at books while giving their
productive hours to commerce or fanning.
Learning does not spoil one for any occupation. Be
sides improving most work, it may be enjoyed as mere cul
ture. Scholars must learn to do something else than make
their living at their learning. In times like the present
they must accustom themselves to enjoy a life which Is not
highly Intellectual.
EXTRAVAGANT LIVING A NATIONAL MENACE.
By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory.
The Americans are the best fed people on the
face of the earth. But there Is such a thing as
eating too much,' and It is more than likely that
over-eating has done more than the drink habit
toward debauching the human race.
National progress is not to be measured by
the advance that is made in luxurious living.
Somehow or other Spartan valor Is inseparably
connected in our thought with s
" 1 ' OXMIfllLUJ.
Eating to live, the fathers of our countrv suliordlnnto,! t,
palate to prlclple, and the gustatory glands to the high
and solemn sense of duty. They had a work to do and
that work was not to gormandize.
It Is a fact that Is not to be denied by any one who is
aware of what Is going on around him tlmt tho m.Ho.
people are becoming more and more enamored of luxury;
more ana more interestea in money and tbe things that
money commands, such as flue establishments, high living,
"social" eminence In a word, display. To put the whole
business into a single word, materialism.
Last week I heard n fine hnnfl ninir -1
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they called "Pan-Amerleana," but all the Pan-Americans In
creation will not serve to save us unless we vet hi w.-
it Is too late to the simplicity of life which shall keep our
uouies iuii or neauny. oiooa and our minds full of clean,
sensible and honest thoughts.
GREAT INLAND SEA.
Beautiful Lake Tuhoe Located 0,000
Feet Above Ocean Level.
A great Inland sea, seventy.-five
miles around, 0,000 feet above ocean
level that Is Lake Tahoe. Round
about It circle giant peaks, their tops
piercing, not the clouds, but the cloud
less blue of the Rocky Mountain sky.
You can see pebbles and fish sixty feet
down in these crystal waters, and out
in the center they have sounded 2,000
feet and found no bottom. A grue
some tradition of lovely Tahoe Is that
salt sea, of which Great Salt Lake is
the last remnant, had passed away.
Its shore are lined with the summer
homes of Nevada and California peo
ple, ranging from the log cabin to the
mansion, and nowhere on this conti
nent will one find more globe-trotters
than in the big hotels at Tahoe. The
ordinary traveler keeps to the beaten
paths, but at Tahoe one meets people
who have nosed about every corner
of the world; who are as familiar with
Yokohoma and Calcutta as they are
with New York and London; who have
traveled In the backwoods of Siam,
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BEAUTIFUL LAKE TAHOE,
a dead body never rises from Its bot
tomless depths." Ice cold Is the water
on the hottest day; magnificent the
fishing, and deer and bears lurk in the
encircling hills. Sudden furies of
storm sometimes sweep it; great
waves roll, and people who have cross
ed the Atlantic with impunity have
been deathly seasick on Lake Tahoe.
Such Is Tahoe, a bright, clear, beauti
ful mountain sea; the remnant, per
haps, of that grerft, Inland, fresh-water
sea which covered this region after the
and hunted big game in German East
Africa. ' .
The,globe-trotter at his cosmopolitan
hQtel,however, has no more fun than
the camper la his cabin. . Thousands
of campers peoplef the banks of Tahoe
every summer. Their white tents en
fold it like the vanguard of an army,
and their camp' fires at night are flam
ing beacons along the dark shores. In
front of the biggest hostelry of all a
mighty camp Are has, from time im
memorial, glowed each summer night;
and round Its crimson logs you will
flud all manner of clever and inter
esting men, smoking and telling stories
of all the lands beneath the sun. From
there take oar, and Join the boats that
ply merrily across the moonlit water
from fire to fire. At each one you
will find a cheery welcome, stranger
or no, and at half of them some Im
promptu entertainment will be in prog
ress, in which you are bade to Join
and contribute your share. At no oth
er summer resort Is there Just this
phase of social life. The lingering
breath of the frontier still blows
through it
Tahoe Is two-thirds In California
and one-third in Nevada, and every
two years there Is a biennial row
about It. For many a year San Fran
cisco has planned and plotted to pipe
Its icy flood down to the city, even as
Glasgow turned Loch Katrine, of the
poet's lay, into a prosaic water supply.
The California Legislature passes bill
and Joint resolutions about It, and
then the Nevada Legislature sails Into
the fray, with the effect that lovely
Tahoe still lies undisturbed among her
peaks. Minnie J. Reynolds, In the
Four-Track News.
Spontaneous Applause.
A political orator was addressing in
English a club of Italian voters. To his
surprise and satisfaction, his listeners
paid strict attention and applauded at
the proper places, shouting "Viva!"
and "Bravo!" repeatedly. At the con
clusion of nis speech the orator te
sumed his seat beside the chairman
whispering that he was delighted with
his reception and had never spoken to
a more intelligent audience, "Ha-ah!"
replied the chairman. "Me fix all-a
datl Me hoi' up one-'a flnga,. eyera
man say-a 'Hurrah!' Me hoi' up two-a
flnga, evera man say-a 'Viva!' . Afehol'
up t'ree-a flnga, evera man say-a
'Bravo!' Me hoi' up whole-a hand,
evera man say-a 'Hi-yi!' like one great
yell. Me fix all-a dat!"
A New York Judge says: "It Is a
good thing to let your wife be boss."
That's right, Judge take It philo
sophically. Clveland Plain Dealer.