LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER
CHAS. P. ADA E. SOULB, Pabi.
TOLEDO OREGON
In preparation, "Vindications I Have
Had," ly Pat Crowe.
Father Gapon turns out to have been
a police spy. Well, he looked It
A murderer has been sentenced to
serve twenty-eight years In the peni
tentiary. But will be?
Wisconsin has discovered that abol
ishing capital punishment does not re
duce the number of capital crimes.
Now someone Is Inquiring, "Has the
New Woman' Killed Love7" No, de
cidedly no. It was the old woman.
The proposal to put the Jail prisoners
to work on the public roads would con
vert them all Into practical highway
men. It seems true that the Rockefeller
family Is drlng IU best to put tempta
tion out cf tue reach of the average
Uiorta).
Senator Clark Is afraid to fix In his
mind what his copper mines are worth,
for fear the tax assessors may be
mind render.
It Is given out that King Edward is
lamed for life. Surglcul science Is nut
yet equal to the Job of giving even a
king a new tendon Achilles.
At the time Anna Gould married
Bonl Castellane there was a general
Impression that the girl was paying n
high price for a remnant of royalty.
It nppears that the senior class at
Annapolis has voluntarily abandoned
hazing. The Interesting thing now Is,
What will take the pluce of that prac
tice? China may boycott American goods,
but she has to have Southern cotton,
whether she buys It from us or England
or Germany. That cotton monopoly Is
a great thing, and It is eternal.
A woman whose husband went to
buy a cigar thirty-two years ago, and
Is still absent, now seeks a divorce.
Why not first try to discover what
brand of cigar the man tackled?
Charles Wagner, apostle of the sim
ple life, says "the world has reached
a state of Intellectual disquietude nnd
moral disintegration." And with all
that anti-graft talk In the air, too.
When Mark Twain recites the advan
tages of teaching others to be good over
being good one's self, he is merely com
mending the good, old-time lesson of
the sign post, which points the light
way without traveling It
According to Dr. Wri)ey, the govern
ment's chemical expert, thousands of
babies are killed by adulterated sooth
ing syrups. There Isn't much hope for
a baby If he has to begin life by taking
adulterants Into his stomach, with the
only hope that If he survives he may
some day choke on a bogus lamb chop.
At a time when the national govern
ment (as well as many States) Is mov
ing against adulteration of food, we
have the entertaining spectacle of a
professor of chemistry giving object
lessons on the subject A New Jersey
chemist stands ready to supply you all
sorts of food and drink, principally
made up In his laboratory, without call
ing at all upon the animal or vegetable
kingdoms. Ho will make you all sorts
of salads and dressings, which taste
well, and will take decayed meats and
vegetables and after treatment appar
ently serve you a palatable and whole
Borne dish.
French engineers are proud of the
new railway bridge constructed by
Frenchmen across the Songma In Indo
Chlnn. The Songma Is a very deep
stream, the waters of which are dis
turbed by violent winds. The depth
nt the point where the new bridge
spans the river Is sixty feet so that
It was not possible to erect a pier In
the river, and the work had to be
constructed entirely In the air. The
form of bridge chosen was a steel arch
carrying the roadway by suspensory
cables. The members of the arch
were swung Into place by means of
trolleys running on temiwrary cables
Stretched overhead. The arch con
sists of two halves conjoined at the
center by a "rotule" or cap-pieeo,
widen automatically adjusts the ef
fects of deformations. The length of
the bridge Is a little more than four
hundred and thirty-one feet The rail
way connects Hue, the capital of
Anam, with Hanoi, the capital of Ton
kin. The death of King Christian of Den
mark and the succession of his son as
Frederlk VIII. attracted attention to
the secure position of the little king
dom la the family of European nation.
In 18."2 representatives of England,
France, Austria, Russia, Prussia and
Sweden signed a treaty, declaring that
the maintenance of the Integrity of the
Danish monarchy-was necessary for the
peace of Euroje. To secure that Integ
rity they selected Prince Christian as
heir to the childless king. The rights
claimed by Prussia In the Danish prov
inces of Schleswlg and Holsteln were
not surrendered by this treaty. Prussia
claimed those provinces In 18(54 In a
war, one of the results of which was
the annexation of them to Germany
and their final separation from Danish
Influence. German ambition does not
seek the annexation of Denmark Itself.
Even on the pan-German maps the
boundaries of the new Germany stop
at the southern frontier of Denmark.
Denmark guards the mouth of the Bal
tic. It Is to the Interest of all the
powers that a neutral nation shall hold
this strategic position. If this were not
so, It Is likely that the pan-German map
would Include Denmark In the dream
empire o. the future. Should the In
terest of the powers disappear, Den
mark Itself might suffer the fate of
Schleswlg and Holsteln, which were
seized by Prussia at a time when
neither England nor France cared
enough about the Integrity of the Dan
ish kingdom to go to the assistance of
the Danes. So long as Danish occu
pancy of the end of the old Jutlana
peninsula conserves the peace of Eu
rope, the throne of the Danish kings
will be safe.
A thorough consideration of the
whole question regarding the type of
canal to be constructed on the Isthmus
of Panama has led President Roosevelt
and Secretary Taft to decide In favor
of the lock canal and against the sea
level waterway. The last word will be
uttered by Congress, for Mr. Roosevelt
says in his message accompanying the
reports of the experts, the commission
ers and Chief Engineer Stevens that
Its direction "will, of course, be follow
ed," whatever It may be. But there Is
little doubt that Congress will indorse
the practical conclusions of the execu
tive. It cannot be said that the deci
sion was hastily made. Special care
has been taken to insure the best pres
entation of the strongest considera
tions In favor of the sea-level project
The arguments of the majority of the
consulting engineers have been earnest
ly and deeply considered. Secretary
Taft admits that he entered upon the
study with a pronounced leaning to
ward a sea-level canal. President
Roosevelt also originally Indicated a
preference for that type of waterway.
What has compelled them to render
the verdict they have finally given may
be briefly summed up as follows: The
practical success of lock canals now In
operation ; the dangers of so narrow
and contracted a channel prism as that
which, In view of the financial nnd
other difficulties, the majority pro
posed ; the great additional cost in time
and money of a sea-level canal ; the
natural desire of the people to see, or
to hope to see, tangible results from
the enormous expenditures they were
Incurring; the fact that It will be easier
to enlarge a rock canal than one of the
other type, and, finally, the fact that
the present law contemplates a lock
canal. Amendment of the law would
reopen the door to obstructive tactics
and Intermlnnble debates. These rea
sons will doubtless appear fairly con
clusive to the grent majority of the
laymen of the country, says the Chi
cago Record-Herald. It Is not denied
that the sea-level type has some advan
tages over that recommended. But It
Is, ns the President says, misleading to
talk about "the Straits of Panama,"
for no one suggests anything but a nar
row chnnnel, and much of the npparent
simplicity and nlleged thoroughness of
the sen-level solution Is 'delusive. The
balnnce of ndvnntage seems to be clear
ly on the side of the lock canal.
HOMES OF PUEBLO INDIANS.
The picture shows some of the cu
rious dwellings of the Pueblo Indians
nt Taos, N. M. They are believed to
be the oldest human habitations In
America, nnd the Taos valley Is prob
ably the most primitive spot In the
country. Over 500 families live In
these Taos pueblos, which nre con
structed of adobe and straw, tier upon
tier of rooms, the first floor reached
by a ladder. In the town of Taos,
which Is three miles from the Pueblos,
Kit Carson's house Is still standing.
He is burled In the Taos cemetery.
Heart and Spadea.
"I see thnt one of these Panama
canal commissioners says that the
hearts of the helpers along the big
ditch are In the work.
"Seems to me It would be a good
deal more encouraging If their spades
were la It" Cleveland Tluln Dealer.
TRUE HAPPINESS NOT IN GOLD.
By Eev. J. Falk Vldaver.
And the Lord said unto Aaron: In
their land shalt thou have no Inher
itance, and no portion shalt thou
have among them. I am they portion
and thy Inheritance among the chil
dren of Israel. Numbers 18:20.
Signs, emblems, symbols, examples,
Illustrations and pictures are the best,
the most effective means of Instruction.
The ardent Biblical prophets re
ceived nnd delivered divine messages
by signs and symbols. The power, the
Influence of religious Instruction by
signs and symbols, Is unspeakably
great
The Idea of Imparting religious les
sons by signs and symbols was first
conceived by the Trophet Moses. He
was unquestionably the most practical
pedagogue that the world has ever pro
duced. He undertook to educate re
ligiously 000,000 Ignorant slaves with
out the assistance of teachers and
without the aid of text-books, but mere
ly by signs and symbols.-
He also appointed his brother as
high priest, who, by his mode of liv
ing and by his apparel, should serve
his people as a model and living ex
ample. His white linen garments
should teach them a lesson of purity,
cleanliness and neatness. His mode
of living, again, should enable them to
attain true happiness.
"In their land shalt thou have no In
heritance and no portion," etc "I am
thy portion and thy Inheritance," etc.
From these words we plainly see that
the high priest was strictly prohibited
from owning any property, from pos
sessing earthly goods.
It seems to me that In our present
day nnd more especially In this coun
try, an ollice like that of the high
priest of old could not so easily be
filled -because It would debar Its In
cumbent from the acquisition of riches.
In this country it is generally con
ceded that a life without ambition to
be wealthy Is not worth living. But
In order fully to appreciate the wis
dom contained In our text we must as
certain the meaning of the word riches
as understood by the great men of all
ages. In common parlance, the term
riches expresses an abundance of valu
able properties and a large bank ac
count. The lack of all these Is called
poverty.
In the estimation of the great men of
the Biblical and post-Blbllcal history
riches consisted in spiritual treasures,
In the possession of a fertile Imagina
tion, a clean conscience, a pure mind,
a noble character and a heart over
flowing with righteousness. These
heaven-born qualities are productive of
true happiness ; with them the poorest
man Is rich; without them the rich
est man Is poor.
Hence the Lord said to the high
priest In the words of our text "I am
thy portion nnd thy Inheritance."
These words suggested to Aaron that
godliness, holiness and Idealism are
superior to.all earthly possessions.
King Midas, who was so happy and
overjoyed In the realization of his wish
to see everything he touched trans
formed Into gold, nnd whose happiness
soon was marred when discovering
also that his food which ho would eat
nnd water and wine which he would
drink turned to lumps of gold, may be
looked upon ns a prototype of Innum
erable Individuals who In their
greed for riches render their lives un
happy and miserable. In valn; there
fore, may we ask for true happiness
In the mansions of millionaires, In the
palaces of kings and sovereigns.
There Is, however, In the human
body a little organ, the size of nn
orange, which everyone wears In his
bosom. I mean the heart wherein
true happiness sometimes dwells. If
the heart Is faithful, devotional, God-
loving; If the heart Is free from selfish
ness, envy, Jealousy, nnd discontent.
then It becomes an abode of true hap
piness. THE LAW OF FORGIVENESS.
By Rev. Henry F. Cope.
Forgive and ye shall be forgiven.
Luke vi., 37.
A slllv Interpretation often leads
to the utter rejection of a law. Senti
mentalists have caused men of sense to
pronounce this an Impractical rule. Yet
we Indorse It every time we utter the
Lord's nraver, and still we hope to be
forgiven whether we find It possible to
forgive or not If this law means the
soft minded flabblness thnt sends bou
quets to bloody criminals nnd petitions
the pardon of murderers and the re
lease of the foes of humanity, we must
reject It as the utterance of one unac
quainted with the rugged facts of life.
But forgiveness and pardon are two
different things ; forgiveness Is between
man and man ; pardon Is a matter of
executive power. You can forgive a
child and still punish him. The for
giveness that does away with conse
quences would make this an Immoral
world. No greater wrong can be done
to a man than to protect him from the
deserts of his evil deeds. This is as un
just as to withhold the rewards of the
right
The difference between the law of an
eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
and the law of the Great Teacher lies
largely In the spirit of dealing with the
offenses. The old spirit was that of
getting even with the wrongdoer. Ills
net was largely regarded from the per
sonal standpoint; a crime was Indi
vidual and not social. Revenge follow
ed wrongdoing.
But Jesus says It Is better to lift a
man up than to get even with him. It
Is better to help men to the right than
to satisfy your desire for revenge. For
giveness Is more than saying, "Go with
out punishment ;" rather It says, "Come
learn a better way; live without sin."
Forgiveness takes mnllno from the mind
of the offended ; It substitutes for It the
motive of friendship for the offender.
Revenge says, "I will mnke It worse
for you than you have made It for me."
Sentlmentallsm says: "Let the poor
victim of circumstances go ; send him a
rosewater spray and an embroidered
text and he won't do It again." But
love, she of the clear eye and the steady
hold, takes him by the hand In silence,
lifts him up, and leads him, perhaps
by paths of pain, to his better self.
Love puts his sins behind her back
and tenches him to face her way. Love
lets the wrong tench Its own lesson,
bear Its own fruit And in her labor
for him she forgets her own pain and
loss caused by his offense.
The best way to forgive a burglar
would not be to let him out of Jail,
but to teach him the laws of prop
erty, to train blm In the self-respect
that would lead to industry, to make
him a brother and a fellow worker
among men Instead of an outcast and a
social parasite. The test of any for
giveness is its helpfulness, the manner
In which It wipes out the enmity of the
victim and turns the guilty Into better :
ways. j
Many say, I can forgive, but I can-'
not forget No one asks you to forget ;
but you cannot fully forgive unless you
will forego the feeling of enmity and
the desire for revenge. You cannot
mnke anyone forget that which they
have once known ; but you can substi
tute helpfulness for hatred and restora
tion for revenge. True love simply dis
counts the past as a ground for pres
ent action; It refuses to determine Its'
personal bearing and deeds lnto-day by j
the other's 111 deeds of yesterday.
So far from forgiveness belmr ttio'
weakness of the thoughtless, it is the
helpfulness of the strong and the wise.
To forgive a man will not mean to es
cape from the trouble of securing his
punishment ; It will not mean the weak
complaisance of Indolent tolerance. It
will mean thought for bis weakness,
taking up his burden, doing the broth
er's part for him, the endeavor to do
for him what we would like to have
the Father of us all do for us all.
Short Meter Sermons.
lie finds no weal who flees all woe.
It's mighty easy to mistake venom
for virtue.
Righteousness is never better for tak
ing a rest
There can be no finality to truth that
comes to fallible men.
The wisdom from above will be
known by its works below.
You cannot measure a man's right
eousness by his reticence.
The polished Christian comes from
the mills of adversity.
He who lays out each day with pray
er leaves it with praise.
The man who is too good for any
thing Is often good for nothing.
A successful candidacy for heaven
Is more than learning to look like a
corpse.
The man who always has the sins of
others before him puts his own In his
pocket
The vices of earth become dominant
when we are deaf to the voices from
heaven.
Men often think they love the sinner
because they are too lazy to prosecute
him.
There's a good deal of difference be
tween social prominence nnd personal
eminence.
You are not likely to cheer the hearts
of others by looking down in the mouth
yourself.
It Is easy to mistake the outer re
straints of society for the Inner right
eousness of the souL
ALL MILLIONAIRES.
Erery Cltlien of Greater New York.
Haa a Hlabt to the Title.
An assiduous and painstaking reader
of the World writes to us from Buffalo
to protest against the exuberance of
reporters In "trying to make out that
there ure so many millionaires in New
York." "We country people," he com
plains, "can swallow that they consti
tute a large multitude anywhere from
20,000 to 60,000 but when It comes to
crediting almost everybody to that
cluss it goes beyond our containing ca
pacity." I We regard this as a captious and
Ill-natured criticism, which has Its In
spiration In a certain provincial Ignor
ance of the manners and customs of
New York, says the World of that city.
In this city the term "millionaire" is a
I courtesy title which belongs to every
body who succeeds In escaping arrest
on a charge of vagrancy. Even In
those unfortunate cases the victim Is
entitled to the designation of "former
millionaire,"
I Each section of the country has Its
own courtesy titles which custom and
' tradition confer. Just as every dlstln-
gulshed son of Kentucky has a right
to the prefix "Colonel." so every citi
zen of Maine with pronounced views
about the weather and the Constitution
Is a squire. In Indiana everybody Is
a Judge, who has ever been a Justice
of the peace or a candidate for Justice
of the peace, or who has aspired to any
other office of profit or trust We once
heard an Iudlaninn speak of Judge Bev
erldge. He meant Albert J., the only
native-born American who ever succeed
ed In thinking Imperially as Mr. Cham
berlain would say.
In New York we are neither squires
nor colonels nor Judges, but million
aires. If we come frm Pittsburg or
have succeeded In dodging the taxes on
our personal property we are multi
millionaires. Those of us thnt ride on
the ferries In going to and from our
work are millionaire yachtsmen. If we
clerk In a cigar store that Is suspected
of having Illicit relations with a pool
room we are millionaire brokers.
Reporters confer these titles freely
and generously as part of the ameni
ties of metropolitan existence, precise
ly as one member of Congress alwoys
refers to another member of Congress
as the gentleman from such and such a
State, whether he considers the afore
said colleague a gentlemnn or not
Measured by the sordid, materialistic
standard of mere wealth, there may be
only a few hundred or a few thousand
citizens of New York who have accumu
lated $1,000,000 In more or less tainted
money. But this Is a grent city. It
Is not to be measured merely by the
yardstick of the storekeeper or weighed
merely In the bank balances of the
money changer.
KNOW MORE THAN SERVANTS.
Superiority In Honnehold Education
Will Clear "Problem."
My experience has taught Just this:
Our servants are not pur equals In
point of education. Then let the edu
cated mind be high In authority. No
system can be strong where there Is
not a good leader. Let our servants
feel and see that we know just ns
much, If not more, about their work
than they do. To do this we must look
Into things carefully, for no woman ig
norant of the ins and outs of a house
can control her maid. Any mind will
always respond to the superiority of
knowledge. It Is not necessnry to
parade this knowledge. But If Mary
knows that by coming to her mistress
she will be helped out of any difficulty,
she respects that mistress.
Yet while we are above our servant
In the management of our homes, the
mistress nnd maid are equals under
the laws of our lnnd. The mistress
who is wise will not pry Into the pri
vate affairs of her maid. We cannot
and do not, demand nil her time. A
ten-hour day seems to me Impractic
able, for housework In Its nature does
not admit of a ten-hour day unless we
can resolve It Into specialties. That
may work, well where there Is more
than one maid, but to the average
American housekeeier It would mean
great deprivation.
The real, true, earnest spirit of lead
ership nlwnys counts. There Is no hu
miliation In prompt obedience. By
strength I do not mean a show of boss
ism, but a quiet, Just earnest spirit
that will Impress others with a desire
to do good work. Good Housekeeping.
Antclopea C'hoone the Open.
The antelope lives always In open
country, unlike members of the deer
fnmlly, which lnvnrlably prefer a thick,
dense forest They cannot be driven
Into timber cover or thickets of brush,
but will literally turn about and run
over a pursuer, If necessary, rather
than be forced Into cover. If they nre
ever obliged to pass by or through such
places for food and water, they take
a great deal of time to do so, ns If
they were determined to see everything
thnt could be seen en route. Century.
A Fair Qnextlon.
Mr. Rlehley Rake If you don't mar
ry me I'll be a wreck in a little while."
Miss Mnlnchnnz Indeed! How much,
salvage do I get Philadelphia Presn.