LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER
CHAB. P. ADA B. 80ULE. Pabi. J
TOLEDO. .......OREGON
The impulse to reform conies strong
est when one lins been detected.
A couple In Ohio were married In
three languages, but they could be di
vorced In one.
That New York dentist who charged
Fr'nce Louis $1,000, seems to have
pulled his leg Instead of his tooth.
Why Is it that when a man goes
wrong In financial matters these days,
he is always the owner of an automo
bile? What Is chiefly noticeable about the
Russian situation Is the enormous
amount of room there is for Improve
ment. It would be Interesting to hear the
McCurdys expressing their minds con
cerning young Mr. Hyde, who started
all this fuss.
Heroes are quickly forgotten. In
order to get his name In the papers
again, Togo may have to get run over
by a trolley car.
Occasionally you find that there Is
something In a name. Once In a great
while juu flml a niutu.il Insurance
company that really is mutual.
A woman In New York, who has
been asleep ten months, has Just been
aroused. She Is still under the Im
pression that all the insurance compa
nies are honest
There are those unchaiituble enough
to say that a man as bald-headed as
John 1). Rockefeller, with the great
saving in time and money It creates,
Just couldn't help being rich.
How would It help the policy hold
ers to regulate life Insurance by taxa
tion? The companies would simply
add the tax to the premiums and the
policy holders would continue to pull
all the freight.
Mr. Iepew is said to be "looking
cheerful." The chief peculiarity of
Mark Tapley's Jollity, it will be re
membered, was that he Invariably
came out strongest when his surround
ings were the most depressing.
Mark Twain says he takes no ex
ercise and smokes constantly, and he
has reached his 70th birthday. But
Just think how much older he might
have been by this time If he had exer
cised regularly and eschewed tobacco.
Toon Chew, editor of a Chinese
newspaper In San Francisco, observes
that while he is a yellow editor he
runs a white newspaper. Mr. Chew
also observes that a good many white
editors run yellow newspapers. An ac
cusation of color blindness would not
lie against the almond eyed brother.
Once in a while a bit of slang is so
expressive It -becomes Incorporated
into the language as an allowable
Idiom. One of the most striking of
these is "making good." . It has come
to have uot simply a general but a
specific meaning. It illustrates the
idea of competition; It indicates that
under Intense modern methods It Is
only he who succeeds that can, in the
long run, win recognition. Recommen
dations, testimonials, requests from
eminent men, nil fall before the stern
decree that you must "make good."
Each year there are granted In the
I'nlted States as many divorces as al
together In France, Germany, Sweden,
Belgium, Greece, Austria, Norway and
Great Britain. The showing gives this
nation a decidedly unsavory reputa
tion. It calls renewed attention to the
extent of the divorce evil. Americans
are pleased to speak of the lax mor
ality prevailing among the people of
Europe, yet in the matter of divorce,
which has been stigmatized us noth
ing more than progressive polygamy,
America Is the equal of the greater
part of Europe. The marriage tie
may be dispensed with In Europe but
It Is growing to be disregarded in
America.
The marksmanship of the American
naval gunners during the war with
Spain was the marvel of the olllcers
In otbr navies. Rut even their ex
"cTHWit work then did not equal the
record made during some practice
shooting recently, when a moving bat
tleship at a distance of a mile from
a target twenty-live feet long and sev
enteen feet wldo put nine thirteen
Inch holes In the target with ten shots
lired In live minutes, and then put ten
smaller holes in the same target in
two minutes. How lrfng could nn en
emy's ship, offering a mark ten times
as large, stand up under such wonder
fully accurate tiring as this?
It Is Interesting to see how often
the courts, which are supposed to be
unresponsive to emotion, are moved
to action by an incident of real pathos
or heroism. In Boston, recently, an
orphan boy of 17 was the defeudaii
in a suit brought by his uncle and
aunt, to secure the custody of his twt
younger sisters. The boy told tin
court that he was earning only $3 n
week, and that perhaps it was true
that the little girls would have more
luxuries with tlfe uncle and aunt; but
he wished to "keep the family togeth
er," and felt sure that he could do it,
with such help as the two older broth
ers had promised. Moreover, the lit
tle girls preferred to stay with him.
The Judge commended his pluck and
his humane spirit, and awarded him
the custody of his two sisters, in or
der that he could have his wish to
"keep the family together."
It Is a wise man that can tell by
looking at a frog how far it can Jump
and It requires Just as much wisdom
to tell by looking at a man how long
he will live. Yet appearance go for
something, and the Medical Record
has published an interesting article on
the signs of longevity. According to
this article a man may reasonably ex
pect a long life when he has a large
brain, a large heart, large lungs und
large digestive organs that is, large
for the size of his body. The large
brain Is Indicated by the head tower
ing above the openings of the ears
and the large lungs by lurge nostrils.
Large organs generally are Indicated
by a long and thick trunk as compared
with the legs, by large facial features
and by a heavy hand with short An
gers. Hazel eyes are said to be favor-
ahlo also. The Record devotes less
attention than It should to the fact
that precocity is unfavorable to long
evity. In the vegetable kingdom the
plants which mature the most slowly
live the longest and the same holds
good id the animal kingdom, Including
man. me same principle applies to
the different sexes of the same species,
women, for Instance, maturing at an
eurlier age .than men. It Is natural
to expect the same rule to govern long
evity In the individual, and according
ly experience shows that men aud
women who mature slowly are apt to
live long and those who mature at an
early age to die at an early age also.
Men like Lord Macaulay and John
Fiske, who were good Greek scholars
at the age of C years, do not often
reach three-score years and teu. On
the other hand, many school children
who are Incorrigible dunces and are
blamed or whipped for being back
ward In their studies may not only be
marked for long lives but destined tn
Intellectual greatness also, because
they are maturing slowly.- The truth
of all this may be freely admitted, and
yet It leaves us Just as far as ever
from being able to predict a lone life
or a short life for .any Individual. Even
the strongest man Is liable to be car
ried off by violence, by contagious dis
ease, by a rigorous climate, bv hard
ship or by Insufficient nourishment.
and even the weakest man may live ;
to a great age In consemieuce of favor-1
able conditions. Paradoxical as It may j
seem, some strong men die vounir in :
consequence of their strength aud some ,
weak men live-to old age In conse
quence of their weakness. Nothing i
Is better known that that In many
cases the man of an Iron, constitution
gets the Idea, that he can stand any
thing and consequently proceeds to
task his powers or Indulge his appe
tites In a manner thot breaks him
down before he has lived one-half as
long as he might. On the other hand.
everybody has met with men who have
lived for 80 or more years without ever
seeing one well day. The explanation
is that they were endowed or afflicted
with a remorkably sensitive organiza
tion, which made every departure
from absolute prudence so painful that
their prudent living more thau offset
the large organs and splendid vitality
of some other men. A single weak or
gan may have the same effect as a sen
sitive temperament. IT, for Instance,
a man has a weak heart, but Is strong
in other respects, and if he is naturally
careful of himself and determined to
preserve his health the efforts he
makes to avoid injuring his heart's ac
tion may bq the means of preserving
him to old age. For these reasons the
large organs referred to by the Medi
cal Record are not a promise of long
life unless coupled with other favora
ble conditions and with a prudent and
temperate turn of mind. A strong man
without prudence has not near so irood
a chance for longevity as a weak and
suffering man with whom prudence is
a dally necessity. After all our phil
osophlzlngs we find ourselves at the
complete disposal of the Infinite God
who called us Into being and has des
tined us to live until be chooses to
take our breath, and that Is Just as It
should be.
Kltttit Million Dollnr llonae. -
Lord Bute, of England, owns the
costliest house In the world, situated
at Rothesay. It covers two acres of.
ground, and represents an Investment
estimated at $8,000,000.
The open season on the old man's
pocket book begins January 1, und
ends December 3L
JOYS OF CHRISTIAN MINISTRY.
By Rev. Smith Baker.
Text. "And he that reapeth recelv
cth wages, and gathereth fruit unto
eternal life; that both he that soweth
and he that reapeth may rejoice to
gether." John 4:30.
Every true work is a Joy In Itself.
The greatest opportunity and the most
glorious privilege in human life Is to
preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The ministry needs no pity. One be
comes weary and disgusted with hear
ing about the sacrifices and hnrd
times of preachers. No man makes a
sacrifice who Is called of God to
preach the Gospel. Much la said con
cerning why more young men do not
enter its ranks. We are told the In
ducements are not enough, that there
Is no scope for the greatest ability,
that the salaries are too small and
that the profession has no attractions
for first-class young men. All his
tory, as well as true spirituality, con
tradicts such sentiments. No other
profession has had so large a propor
tion of critical, learned students, pro
found thinkers and eloquent speakers.
No other profession has so led the
world In all the deep and fundamental
principles of thought and life.
A great Joy of the minister Is the
study of the Bible. Every true man
loves his science. The study of the
human body to the physician becomes
a passion. The study of the flowers
to the botanist Is a delight. The study
of the stars Is to the astronomer is
In Itself a satisfaction. They read
God's thoughts over after Him In na
ture, but the Bible is a greater and
completer revelation of God. It is a
message from God's heart to man's
heart. In it the soul comes nearer to
God than all the material universe
can bring us. The Word of God to
you, enters your soul, fills and
thrills you. Your heart burns within
you as God opens to you Ills truth
and love.
The faithful minister has unspeak
able Joys of memory. The best men
have enough to be ashamed of
enough of their unfaithfulness to re
gret, but the honest, faithful minis
ter has an everlasting picture gallery
bringing gladness to his heart, not
of great things done, great sermons
preached or great outward deeds per
formed. There are but few moun
tains, but millions of beautiful hills.
There are but few rivers, hut mil
lions of little streams singing through
the valleys. There but few Tunis,
ond I.uthers, and Weslcys, and Stur
geons, but hundreds of thousands of
faithful ministers Into whose souls
run little streams of sweetest mem
ories. Pictures are not of greatest
value from their size, but from what
they represent. After years of ser
vice, some of the swetest memories
which will come to your heart will
be of little things In your first most
obscure parish. You will love to look
at them. They will be the gems of
memory. When the years have gone,
some man whom you had forgotten
will thank you for leading him to
Christ, when he was a boy, thirty,
forty or fifty years before, and here,
thanking you for the help you were
to themionce. Thus memory will grow
richer through the ages. It will be
one long possession of Joy. The aged
minister may live In an humble home,
he may no longer preach from the
pulpit, but he is rich In the Hood of
sweet memories which are his.
GOD'S TRUE WORSHIPERS.
By Rev. S. Schlllinger.
Text. "I will worship toward thy
holy temple." Psalm 5:7.
When we speak of the tample of
the Lord as the proper and orderly
place of worship we do not mean that
that Is the only place. That does not
excuse Christians from holding wor
ship In their family circles. Would
to God that more of that were done!
Where the family altar Is properly
maintained people will eagerly and
willingly go to the house of God.
When It Is claimed the family altar
takes the place of public worship
there Is something wrong. The fam
ily altar Is not rightly conducted. He
who rightly searches the Scriptures at
home will learn that It Is a sin to
neglect and despise public worship.
"I believe in the communion of
saints," we confess. What does Tnul
say to the Hebrews? No doubt there
were some wiseacres among them also
who thought they could read their
Bibles at home and did not need to go
to church;, therefore, the Apostle says,
very emphatically: "Not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves together, as
me manner of sjme is; but exhorting
one another; and so much more, as ye
see the day approaching."
Ihe Psalmist says, further, that he
will praise the name of the Lord for
His loving kindness and for His truth,
Now iwww i,
words 7h: . ' " " 1" Z
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his heart. Naturally he could not have
spoken these words. That change we
ClUI faith. Without faith It la hnims- I
slble to wnrstliln r:.wi
When It is
asked how to worshlo ('.mi the first
and chief answer is by faith. It is ,housall(1 r't high green glass tele
necessary first and foremost to be- l,hono ,n8Ulators uave ehunged to bril
lieve in Jesus Christ, who taught His Ilant Purnle-
disciples how to pVay and worship. Unlike some round fishes, the flat
Christian prayer Is true worship. All "peclos keep to the bottom of the sea
worship outside of Christ is not Chris- and move aloI1K It. traveling great dls
tian, but heathenish. When the' Sa-,taui,!S- Records have been obtained
vlor told the Samaritan woman that showing that plaice have traveled
the time would came when they eighty-eight miles in twenty-eight
would neither worship iu this moun- (la.va. or 011 average of not less than,
tain nor at Jerusalem, He at once tliree miles a day.
added: "But the hour cometh and An Austrian chemist, Doctor Zirn,.
now Is, when the true worshipers hns.ln vented a process whereby casein,
shall worship the Father In spirit aud the essential element of cheese . and .
In truth; for the Father seeketh such butter, may be solidified and shaped
to worship Him." Stress must be into the various articles that are now
laW on faith, aud the right kind of made of celluloid. It is said that this
fuith; the faith liie Scriptures incul- iictv piuuuct pusM-cmes muiiy uJmnt-cate-
ages over celluloid. It Is not Inilani
In true worship the worshiper does mable, so that the danger from firo
not think as much of what God does sometimes encountered in the use of
for him. Here there Is danger of articles made of celluloid Is entirely
making a mistake. People are natur-. avoided. The new industry is now
ally inclined to think of themselves. being developed at Surgeres, France,
Even professed Christians often think one of the great centers for the manu
God Is under obligations to them for , facture of butter and cheese. .
coming to His temple to worship. This Recent Information Indicates that
was not the sentiment of the Psalmist Cherrapunjl, in Assam, and Debunja,
when he worshiped toward the holy 1 lu the Kameruu, hold the record for
temple, praised God's namo smt i,o. -in.,n .
v,..i i . ...
thanked Him for His truth. It was
the spirit the Savior inculcated. The
faith makes us realize what a great
work Christ has done for us In tak
ing away the guilt of our great ond
many sins, and fills our hearts with
true gratitude toward God. The pub
lican furnishes us with an examplfe
of humility and
when he went Into the temple to
pray, for he said: "God be merciful
to me, a sinner." It Is to be hoped
that this Is the spirit In which you
came to the temple of God.
SHORT METER SERMONS.
The fear of reputation Is often tak
en for the love of righteousness.
Many a man thinks he is virtuous
because he feels vicious when he sees
others happy.
Many a church is praying for more
eonsecra ion when it needs to put more
In the collection.
The reason some are uot wedded to
one bad habit Is because they are
courting so many.
A man's diligence In business Is re
ligious in proportion as his religion is
a diligent business.
When you have to do with those
who are blatantly honest it is time to
buy more padlocks.
A blg man's wreath on a l.ttle man's'
i I" liWU beCn,e8 V
ueo ioiKs .gei to fighting over
creed the enemy takes his forces to
another part of the field.
The next best thing to the oppor
tunity to take a college course is the
ability to forget most of It.
Cheerfulness is a virtue hard to
practice when you persist In Indul
gence In late supers ,and manufac
tured "happiness."
It. would be wrong to send some
people to heaven; they would miss so
much the chance to worry over the
wilduess of their neighbor's children.
I SERM Q.ETTES
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Science. Science is not a collection
of guesses, opinions, beliefs or specu
lative views. Science Is'demonstrated
and demonstrable truth. Rev. J. S.
Thompson, Disciple, Los Angeles, Cal.
Anarchy. The anarchists are right
enough in theory. Let every man gov
ern himself and be free from pll the
trouble and expense of laws and offi
cials. Rev. David Utter, Unitarian,
Denver.
Booker T. Washington. The negroes
of this country always have Indorsed
the good work of Booker T. Washing
ton, but 1)5 per cent of them never
have Indorsed the things for which
his work Is made to stand. Rev. R. C.
Ransom, Colored Independent, Chl
cago. The Ordained. The preacher has
been ordained by the church for the
exercise of certain ministerial func
tions, but the laity have also been
ordained to high and lofty service by
the noly Ghost. And so we labor to
gether. Rev. C. Holm, Methodist.
Philadelphia.
i
fclSMnvenfion
The largest grasshoppers are found
till HoilHl Aniorli'H wlif.ro anma irruuL
; mens reach a length of five inches,
j with a spread of winirs of ten inches.
The small lake of Sewalik. 1n Alas
" "?"u,r uac ply aU to
ka, has regular tides, probably due to
i T , T T
!nn(1 the wat" of the bottom is salt
"e that of the surface is fresh.
The effect of ultra-violet -rays of
light on some kinds of glass is strik
ingly shown at high altitudes. At a
mountain station of the Canadian Pa-
l"lnc "nil way live thousand or six
xiiuiuii. unlink ujk periou
from 1805 to 1003 Inclusive, the aver-
age yearly rainfall at Cherrapunjl was
no less than 30 feet OV2 Inches. For
the same period at Dcbunja the aver
age yearly fall was 34 feet Z'j inches.
The rainiest year ever recorded at
Cherrapunjl was 1851, when 48', feet
of rain fell during the twelve months.
On June 10, V.m, at Debunja, almost
IS Inches of rain fell during that single
day. These innnensn fli t .i .....
attributed to the Influence of tropical
oceans approaching close to lofty
mountains.
Scientists are again on the trail of
the "missing link." Two years ago
certain marks were found on a block
of sandstone near WarrnamlKiol, In
Australia, which were thought to tie
the imprints of the footsteps of a pre
historic man. At the time this Idea
was ridiculed; but a plaster cast was.
sent tp Germany, and the inevitable
German savant went out to Investi
gate the matter. He now reports that.
In his opinion, they -were genuine hu
man Imprints, and this, taken in con
junction with the extraordinary human
skulls to be seen In the Wumiambool
museum, Is supposed to show thot a
link between humanity and the npa
has been discovered. The idea of tho
German doctor is that at an early
period the sandstone where the 1m-
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- l beach on which, perhaps, p'hls-
Itorlc men were accustomed to camp
A Feminine FallkiiK.
(One cannot see' just why the writof
who tells her experience in the Indi
ana Farmer should have cared to
break into the Indians' pretty belief
in the snnctity of the silent woodland
region, nor why she exposed her own
lack of tact and good manners. More
over, the Imposition of her superior
knowledge In this case was wasted,
for as the story shows, their faith re
mained unshaken, while their conclu
sion was not complimentary to the dis
turber of the peace.
I was being rowed across a Cana
dian lake by a party of Indians, and
was told I must not break the still
ness, or the spirits of the place would
he offended.
It was a calm, cloudless day, nnd
the canoe sped like an arrow across
the smooth waters. Suddenly, when
in the middle of the lake, I determined
to prove to these simple folk the folly
of their belief. So 1 lifted up my voice
In n wild cry that woke every echo of
the hills.
The Indians were filled with conster
nation. They uttered no word, but,
straining every nerve,' rowed on In
frowning silence. They reached tho
shore In Bafety, and I had triumphed ;
but the leader of the Indians looked on.
me In concern.
"The Great Spirit Is merciful," lio
said. "He knows that the white wom
an cannot hold her peace."
Dratnl Chap.
"Thirteen guests sat down at mv
wedding breakfast."
"Bring anybody bad luck?"
"I don't think so that Is, none or
the others." Cleveland Leader.
Unfortunately there Is usually
mighty little In the story that a drink
ing man has quit