LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER
CHAB. F. ADA E. BOULB, Pb.
TOLEDO OREGON
It uppears thnt even Morgan Is likely
to bowl when his finders are pinched.
It will be a hard task, even for the
President, to reform both football and
the life ln.su ranee game.
Francis Wilson lias become a father-in-law.
This eutitles him to congratu
lations from Lillian Russell.
Cuba seems to be overly sensitive to
ward the United States, to whom she
owes her very existence as a nation.
"One can buy a modest little even
ing hat for $50," says a fashion writer.
Poss 1 ly one can, but more of us can't.
By the way, Is that woman who had
needle removed from her tongue the
only one of the sex to need the opera
tion t
z When the Russian soldiers begin to
make demands the Czar realizes how
uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown.
A Boston paper refers to him as "Al
bert Austin, the poet laureate." But
matter. lie says he never reads press
clippings.
Recent dispatches from the Isle of
Pines say all Is quiet there, the army
Laving put Its gun behind the door
and gone out to hoe the pineapples.
A mob hooted at the oldest daughter
of King Edward in the streets of Lon
don the other day. The outlook for the
royalty business Is anything but prom
ising. One of the railroad magnates gave
his son for a wedding present the other
duy a check for $250,000. Well, it
wasn'tv nt tho expense of policy hold'
crs, anyway.
Professor E. BenJumlnAndrews de
clares tliut football breeds kindness
nud restraint. This opinion is start
ling enough to make a pretty good ad.
for the professor.
With a score of twenty-five killed
and flfty-flve wounded to their credit,
why not arrange a match between the
hunters of Michigan and Wisconsin
end an all-star gridiron team?
A young man In Maryland lies so
continuously and unwarrantably that
Ills parents think that he will some
day become famous as a witness be
fore some investigating committee.
When Perkins was a boy, Just enter
ing the life Insurance business, he re
ceived a beautiful letter that was full
of good advice from his father. This
only goes to show the uselessness of
writing.
Wise men sit In the learner's seat all
their lives, nud no one Is too old or too
well informed to go to school. In a
Pennsylvania Sunday school is a class
of six men and women whose ages run
from 75 to 84. The teacher Is a mere
Infant, 05 years old. Ills pupils aro
obedient to their teacher and be Is
modestly respectful to his elders.
Voting machines, on the principle of
the cash register, have worked well
where they have been tried. The re
sult Is ready as soon as the voting
ceases. None of the troubles of a re
count can arise. Considering the rapid
ity with which the Australian ballot
came Into use, it would not be surpris
ing, after the complications In New
York City, if voting by machine now
made some heodway. Like many other
tilings in the world, It Is simple enough
to those who get used to it.
Women are savers rather than spend
ers. And when they spend they Bpend to
good advantage. A dollar In a woman's
hands goes twice as fur as a dollar in
tho bunds of a man. If you waut to
live money let your wife be the bank
er. This Is for the man who gets
wages out of a Job and for the man
who gets a salary out of a position.
This Is for the worklngman, whether
he labors with his hands or tolls with
bis brain. This Is for the married man
and for the man about to bo married.
It la for men in every class of life and
every walk of life. It is the best nd
vlce for the average man everywhere.
Every move that has been made dur
ing the insurance Investigation has
been for the benefit of the policy
holder. Every damaging revelation
that has been made strengthens
their interests. The policy-holders
who remain are the policy-holders
that will win. Those who go out
will regret It. In spite of all the sins
of omission and commission Unit have
been brought to the doors of the offi
cers of these companies there is noth
ing yet brought to the surface Indicat
ing financial weakness. On the con
trary, their very strength has furnished
the temptation for that exhibition of
ethical weakness which has been so
sensational.
Reform of the prisoner was the aim
of those who first advocated the Inde
terminate sentence. The plan has
been supposed to be satisfactory, but
the recent National Prison Congress
pointed out some flaws. The chief
trouble comes from the fact that some
States which have adopted the Indeter
minate sentence have complicated it
with a maximum and a minimum term,
so that it Is Indeterminate only within
fixed limits. The effect of this Is that
many prisoners, knowing they can be
held only the maximum time, obey the
rules well enough to secure the rebate,
but upon their release revert to lives
of crime. The recommendations of tho
congress were: Well-guarded laws per
mitting the suspension of sentences be
fore imprisonment in cases of minor
offenses; provisions for Indeterminate
sentences in the penal system of every
State; and the creation of non-partizan
boards to handle the cases of paroled
prisoners.
Professor Max Hera, an Austrian
scientist, has lately published an es
say on "the difference between wind
and draught," in the course of which
ho defines a draught to be "a current
of air In an Inclosed space." He illus
trates the idea by saying that if a per
son who is in a room sits before an
open window into which the wind is
blowing it is harmless, but that If he
sits near an open window past which
the wind is blowing the air Inside is
drawn out of the window by suction
and Is certain to give him a cold.
Strangely enough the professor makes
no mention of draughts except cur
rents of air moving from a room
through a window to the outside of the
house. Whatever an Austrian draught
may be, an American draught Is any
current of air which chills the body
unequally. In the nature of the case
this con not happen out of doors, nor
can It be produced indoors by on nlr
current of great volume or of great
force. For the most part it Is a gentle
movement of cool air toward some lim
ited portion of the body and the gentle
ness of the movement constitutes Its
greatest danger, because It frequently
does severe damage before it Is no
ticed. The same effect may be pro
duced without any air current at all.
A person who goes Into a warm hall
and sits down with his shoulder near a
cold Iron pillar or plaster column for
an hour Is almost sure to leave the
place with a touch of rheumatism in
tli at shoulder. The same thing takes
place when a person sits In a warm
office with one side of bis body turned
toward a plate glass window in ex
tremely cold weather. The conduction
of bodily bent in this way Is so great
that if the palm of a warm hand Is
held close to the window pane the
sensation, will be that of wind blowing
through the glass. What Is stranger
Btlll, some of the effects of a draught
are occasionally experienced when a
person who Is quite cold all over has
one part of bis body brought In con
tact with a current of warm air. This
shows that the essential feature In a
draught is the unequal heating of dif
ferent parts of the body. When a cold
Jet of air plays on the body of a per
son who Is otherwise warm what bap
pens Is that the blood Is driven Inward
until congestion Is produced, and this
congestion, unless soon relieved, be
comes inflammation. The alarm signal
of a draught Is a sneeze, which Is a
spasmodic effort of nature to start up
the circulation and relieve the conges
tion. A person may be far gone to
ward contracting a cold before he
sneezes, but the moment he gets this
warning he should change his position,
look around for the draught and move
out of it or protect himself against It.
A draught Is something to be sneezed
at and to be avoided. Draughts cause
more deaths than war, whisky, foot
ball, consumption and yellow fever
put together. Almost everybody who
dies from disease dates his sickness
JYom taking cold. This is especially
true of elderly people. Yet it is a mat
ter In regard to which there is great
Ignorance and great inattention. This
Is the season when colds, influenza and
rheumatisms are quite fnshlonable
among people who live indoors, and
they may save doctors' bills and
lengthen their lives by reflecting on
these homely suggestions. Bewure the
draught.
Men Vaeful In Some Wafi.
Life to women, especially to young
women, means love, and little else but
love. Man exists to be run after, or to
be run awoy from; to be attracted,
married, deceived, divorced. In the
world he serves other purposes; but
in the ofdlnnry woman's ordinary
novel he lives for those alone. Book
man. African Salt Marine.
Along the central part of the Kongo
River there are a number of salt
marshes. The Africans dig shallow
holes in these, whence Issue streams
of hot water which, on being evapor
ated, leaves a residue of salt.
The average man thinks about the
worst thing In the world la a doctor's
bill until be meet an undertaker's,
RICHES OF GOD.
By Kev. Russell H. Conwell.
Text: "Oh, the depth of the riches
both of the wisdom and knowledge of
God." Romans xl:33.
When the other duy a man who con
sidered himself useless to the world,
and who, in an Inventive frame of
mind, had tried to create many things
that were failures, his friends urged
him to abiuiilou It altogether, one wise
little girl advised him to "invent some
thing useful." That thought, as a re
buke, came to him to be his guide, and
he decided to invent something use
ful. To show how right at hand are
the discoveries ,aud the necessities of
life, we need only say that the man's
wonderful inventions for cleaning pub
lic buildings nnd cleaning private
homes have been an advance upon san
itary work, and an advance upon
health that must be murvelous in Us
uses, showing that the simple thing
right at hand Is really the great dis
covery that the world most needed,
and the explorations into the line of
discoveries for the benefit of mankind
have just been touched upon. We nre
only encouraged by what steam and
electricity have done; we are simply
advised to go on, by what we know
from the mlscoscope and from the tel
escope. We are simply on the verge of
the explorations yet to be. "Oh, the
depth of the riches of the wisdom and
the knowledge of God!"
The nature of our extended knowl
edge and what lies possible before It
struck me with great force when I
read that they have now discovered a
process of raising seedless apples and
seedless oranges. The influence of
the horticulturist upon the fruits of
the world see how he Is able to make
them more luscious In taste, more nu
tritious, more beautiful In exterior,
and how he Is able to preserve them.
He takes trees of the north, that have
only borne fruit at a certain season, In
the full, and guides them through cul
ture and transference until they bear
fruit lik the orange, all the year
round. I ask. What Is not possible to
man? By and by all these things shall
be raised in every clime, and shall be
adapted to every place, as we are only
on the verge of discovery. I think it
must seem almost miraculous to those
who have raised apples all their years
upon their farms to find that It Is pos
sible now to raise a seedless apple, In
which there Is no core, but all is nu
tritious and luscious pulp; and yet that
Is merely the Primer of what is to
come in this direction.
By and by, they tell us, they will
make vegetables as needed; that If you
want potatoes, or turnips, or peas, or
beets, you will Just mix them up In
the kitchen from the original sub
stances which nature now extracts
from the air, with very little from the
earth. Chemistry, in Its marvels, is
oble to annlyze entirely the potato nnd
tell us Just what Is the composition,
and tell us bo nearly the proportion of
the combination that It seems to re
quire but one little stop farther an
other discovery to make potatoes, to
manufacture them in our own cellars
or our own kitchens, ami to make them
of any quality that we may require.
That is not so far ahead, and thus sug
gests the depth of the riches of the
knowledge of God's laws, of the knowl
edge of what He has done.
TEST OF THE PURE RELIGION.
By Rev. J. B. Remensnyder.
"Fure religion and undefiled before
God and the Father."-'-James 2: 27.
Every right-minded and sound-hearted
man or woman believes In religion;
that is, that man has faculties fitting
him for God, relations tnot bind him
to God, duties owing to God. But
what is pure religion? There are so
many counterfeits. How shall I tell
the genuine article? This is what per
plexes many a person who would like
to be really religious.
First, there Is the religion of Inter
est. Some persons treat it as a mat
ter of shrewd calculation. They think
it is prudent and safe to be religious.
It is a good prop for the state and
makes good citizens. It is a certificate
of character. Religious standing in
the community is looked upon as a
valuable asset, much the same as a
bank account.
It niuy also be a passport Into
heaven. Hence, such persons are reg
ular observers of church services and
perhaps large givers. But this religion
of interest is a hollow counterfeit. It
reduces piety to the level of a mere
business. It has the "form of godli
ness, but denies the fervor thereof,"
and It does irreparable harm to pure
religion. Many take these formalities
as true types of religion, and they
think tuat all piety is but hollow show,
empty ceremony, sounding brass and
tinkling cymbul.
Here, again, Is the religion 'of law.
Tills regards God as a law-giver who
must be feared and served. It thinks
of .Him with trembling and awe.
Hence with it penance, rigor and self
denial are the chief graces. It is a
religion of the conscience and thor
oughly sincere, out its objection is that
it only sees one side of God.
It is narrow, harsh and austere. It
makes religion a mutter of gloom and
robs It of all sunshine. It tends, too,
to self-righteousness. It manufactur
ers Pharisees. Its votaries become
censors of others. They Judge all by
their own hard legalism. And whoever
does not square with their nurrow, se
vere standard, they look disdainfully
upon as publicans and sinners.
The third type Is the religion of
love. This does not, Indeed, forget that
God is law and Justice, but It recog
nizes that supremely "God Is Love."
It looks upon Him as a father, only
desiring the highest well-being of His
creatures. It worships Him, not with
fear, but with rejoicing. It serves
Him, not In the bondage of a slave,
but with the freedom of a son. It Is
not hampered by the chains of the let
ter, but lives in the liberty of the
spirit.
It Is the religion of the heurt. It Is
the religion of Joy. It Is the ideal re
ligion of the soul. Tnls Is the "pure
religion" of our text, "undefiled ue
fore God and the Father."
"Pure religlou" nguin is a life, and
none the less Is it a faith. It is a
frequent mistake to conceive of these
as distinct from or opposed to one an
other. But normally they ore mutual
ly independent as fountain to stream,
root to tree, seed to fruit. There is,
Indeed, a dead or merely creeded, but
there is also a Hvin'g faith.
A man's life Is none the better for
being an atheist or even a heretic.
Negatious are not sources of life or
power. "All great ages," wrote Emer
son, "hove been ages of belief." The
purer, the stronger, the diviner our
faith, the richer and more beautiful
and fruitful will be our life.
And so we reach the lost and full
est outcome of real religion as de
fined In the latter clause of our text
Pure religion Is this, to visit the father
less and widows In their afflictions.
The religion of faith and love, of free
dom and joy, starts in the soul the
streams of charity and good will. lie
who has it wishes nil the world to
share In its blessed sunshine.
In one of Tissot's masterpieces
Jesus Is portrayed as moving through
a multitude of sick, diseased or crip
pled. As he passes by the pallid cheek
glows with health, the enfeebled limbs
grow elastic and the whole sorrowing
scene Is changed Into beauty, Joy and
gladness. So the final test of pure re
ligion Is thnt it touches the soul with
the spirit of kindliness, and that us
Its possessor moves through the world
he has a heart of sympathy, a word of
gentleness and a linnd of help for ev
ery struggling brother. And thus ev
erywhere a trail of light and a ray of
gratitude follow upon his gracious
steps.
Short Meter Sermons.
Tact Is touching with love.
Weeds are a call to work.
The Immovable hearts
move the
world.
The blue heart always has a black
sky.
The empty faith Is usually made of
sounding brass.
One does not get wedded to truth
by flirting with doubt.
The only work without honor Is that
which helps no one.
The devil Is always willing to play
dead in a war of "words.
He is blessed with fortune who has
learned to bear misfortune.
The losses of truth are more profit
able than the gains of trickery.
A man who Is honest for policy will
be dishonest for promotion.
Many a deacon who is long on coat
tails will be found short on wings.
VA loving heart is like a summer's
day; it never need to advertise Itself.
You cannot look constantly on dirt
and keep your windows free from
dust.
Nowhere does money create a more
disappointing mirage than in a moral
desert.
Many of us want a God with a keen
ear for our proycrs and a dull eye for
our practices.
Many a fly Is ready to die In the
pan if his epitaph shall read: "He
lived In the cream."
It's no sign that you will get along
with the angels because no one can
get along with you here.
HANGING OF A WOMAN.
It Mar Result la the Abolition
Capital Punishment.
With the execution of Mrs. Mary
Mabel Rogers at Windsor it is not Im
possible that the last hanging has
taken place in Vermont
There has for many years been a
strong feeling in the Green Mountain
State that capital punishment should
be abolished and on several occasions
the Legislature has conie close to do
ing away with the supreme penalty.
The cold-blooded manner in which
Mrs. Rogers killed her husband en-"
ticlng him to a river bank, binding
him in the course of pretended play,
chloroforming him and throwing him
Into the river at Bennington created
a demand for her execution which out
weighed both the sentiment against
capital punishment and the natural re
pugnance against hanging a woman.
But now that the woman Is dead, es
i peclally as the execution was not en
itlrely devoid of mistakes in calcula
tion the old -feeling against the State
taking human lift Is gaining In force.
The anti-hanging forces in the Legis
lature will now be stronger than ever.
The case of Mrs. Rogers was the
most sensational that ever figured in
the annals of Vermont. The murder
was committed in August, 1902, and
MRS. MARY M. ROGERS.
after her conviction she was sentenced
to be executed In January, 1905. The
Legislature was appealed to to inter
fere but refused. After that no less
than three Reprieves were granted, the
woman coming on two occasions with
in a few hours of the gallows. Even
the Supreme Court of the United
States was appealed to on a question
of constitutionality. Up to the day
before the actual execution the woman
had not lost hope, but the Governor
refused to Interfere for a fourth time.
A petition signed by 30,000 women
asking for clemency was Ignored by
the chief executive, who felt that be
was not called on to interfere after
the case had been so thoroughly ven
tilated In the courte. The woman was
cool and kept up her courage to trie
last
EDISON PREDICTS NEW
WONDEBS OF SCIENCE.
Electrical marvels which will aston
ish the world are predicted by Thomas
A. Edison, the inventor, who declared
in an interview in New York that th
problems of aerial navigation ond
rapid transit aeros the seas would soon
THOMAS A. EDISON.
be solved. Electricity, he says, will
soon be generated by direct process,
without the Intervention of steam, ond
with this discovery will come a 'practi
cal revolution of human affairs.
No, Probably Not.
"Yes," said the astronomer, "we con
easily distinguish signs of canals on
Mars."
"That so?" Inquired the languid citi
zen. "I wonder If the Martians can
see any sign of the Panama Canal?"
Louisville Courier-Journal.
There is one good thing about a
man being ho old-fashioned that he
dings to the Letter Writer's Friend:
He never writes anything good
enough or bad enough to make hlia
trouble.
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