LINCOLN COUHTT LEADER
CHAS. P. ADA E. SOULB. Pmbi. ,
TOLEDO OREGON
Even the man who Isn't square mny
be cornered.
"The glory that was Greece" seems
to have passed to the United States.
The Czar of Russia Is only 38, but he
has had almost reverses enough to
make him 83.
If a man boasts that be has no ene
mies be seldom has occasion to boast
of his friends.
In view of recent disclosures Mr.
Rockefeller's income probably has been
underestimated.
Notwithstanding bis advancing years
the Sultan of Turkey seems to be about
the same old Sultan.
Now that Cuba has bad a $500,000
fire there Is no more doubt that she
Is becoming Americanized.
The man who never made a success
of anything In his life always wonders
why other men do not heed his advice.
Mr.' Rockefeller's taste In art la said
to be crude. That may be because he
has used bis refinery fur oilier im
poses. Of course, wheu the psalmist Used
nian'g limit of time at three score and
ten be bau never heard of Uncle Joe
Cannon.
Now that a hospital for th very rich
Is projected, the doctors will have to
think up some more exclusive disease
than apieudlcltls for them to have.
"I admire the spirit that never gives
lip," said John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to
bis Bible class. Must be a great ad
mirer of dad, who doesn't give up
much.
Millinery may be taught In some of
the Chicago schools next year. This is
encouraging. The time may come when
every girl will be able to make her
own huts.
If we have the right Idea of the
peed of Mr. llarrlman's train across
the country, when doing Its best, It
pusses eight or ten given points at the
nine time.
Congress has voted to have the Uni
ted States build the largest battleship
In the world. By the time the keel Is
laid down England will have made ar
rangements to construct a 21,000-ton-oer.
A prophet who predicted the Mont
Telee disaster, the eruption of Vesuvius
and the San Frauclsw earthquake says
New York will be destroyed within two
years. This Isn't likely, however, to
worry Wall street half as much as the
scarcity of lambs, which, according to
recent reports, Is becoming more evi
dent day by day.
The average man Is not accustomed
to regard bis health as his very best
asset, yet that Is precisely what It Is.
The man who will accord due regard
to his health, from a strictly business
standpoint, will go further, last longer
and accomplish more in the end than
one who makes health an after-consideration.
Success which Is attained at
the excuse of health Is worth abso
lutely nothing to the man who attains
It There Is no pleasure either in the
process or In the final result.
The aim of the reformers In school
nd college athletics should be clearly
and directly the betterment of condi
tions, not the extirpation of the love
of combat which is Inherent In the na
ture of mankind. The notion that hard
general work, resulting in full muscu
lar development, saps vitality, weakens
the organs and is a wearying Incubus
to the Individual Is so Illogical as hard
ly to deserve an answer. But some
persons believe this. Such should pity
the wild animals that, guided only by
an Instinctively physiological need, run,
Jump, pursue and wrestle with one an
other, thereby using and developing
fully their whole bodies. -
The growing importance of the gulf
ports for the shipment of western pro
duce U gathered from a statement re
cently Issued by the Department of
Commerce. For the ten months end
ing with April Galveston, New Orleans
and Mobile exported $30,000,000 worth
of breadstuffa, against $33,000,000
worth for all the Chesaeake ports, In
cluding Baltimore, und $37,000,000
worth for New York. New York's lead
Is readily accounted for by the advan
tage It has in the cheap water route
through the lakes and the Erie canal,
which also give her not a little wheat
from the Canadian fields. With a deep
waterway from Chicago to the mouth
of the Mississippi, New Orleans, which
contributes $10,500,000 to the above to
tal of $30,000,000 for the three gulf
ports, would to all likelihood excel
New York In the shipments of bread
stuffs and other western produce.
A year ago the trolley car began to
displace the burse car. It soon became
manifest that the displacement would
become general. Many were led to an
ticipate the downfall of the horse, or,
at least, a great decline In the value of
horses, owing to their banishment from
one field of usefulness. A little biter
cume the automobile. It has com
menced taking the place lu the city of
the draft horse as well as of the car
riage horse. That led to predictions
that the day of the horse was over and
that the raising of them would become
a decaying Industry. The horse refuses
to go, and his value has advanced. On
Jan. 1, 1807, there were 14,304,000
horses lu this country. On the first day
of 1006 there were 18,718,000. In nine
years there has been an lncreas of 30
per cent The gain In the number of
mules has been great but not so large.
In 1897 there were 2,215,000. This
year, notwithstanding the heavy pur
chases made by the British Govern
ment during the Boer war, there are
8,400,000. The Increase In the valua
tion of these animals Is more surpris
ing than In their numbers. The total
value of horses has advanced from
$452,000,000 to $1,510,000,000, and of
mules from $92,300,000 to $334,000,000.
It Is hard to explain such an advance
in values, except on the theory that
the valuation In 1897 was too low or
thnt for 10W r little Inflated. Even
after making all allowances It Is man
ifest that the value of the horse and
mule has not been affected by the In
troduction of Improved modes of loco
motion. One may rest assured that
the 18,700,000 American horses are not
eating their heads off. Those that are
old enough are employed on the farms
and in the city. The supposition that
horse power might be supplanted by
electric power was not well founded.
There is so much work to be done in
the United States that both kinds of
power are needed, and probably alwuys
will be.
Speakers at a meeting of the Wom
an's Trade Union League In Chicago
maintained the other day that the
wages of women are far below the
American standard of decent living,
and that It is high time to disabuse
employers of the notion that women
workers are willing to receive unequal
pay for . equal work. Some put the
minimum "living wage' at $15 and
some at $25, but all agreed that a rate
of $8 or $7 means "charitable assist
ance" in some form or another. Impar
tial and intelligent students of the
question of woman In Industry like
the two University of Chicago women
who dealt with it In the Journal of
Political Economy only a few months
ago recognize that women hardly ever
do "the same work" as men. "The de
mand for the same wage," say the uni
versity Investigators, "can be based
only on the claim that there is the
'same work. In the face of the facts
Just presented, It it fair to ask, Where
Is the same work to be found under
present conditions?" "The facts pre
sented" In the article Indicate that
there Is little direct competition be
tween men and women workers. The
last census report says that "if we look
at the list of occupations we find
women doing the lighter work, the me
chanical work, the less skilled" lu the
Industries where they work by the side
of men. American and Brltlsa labor
reports contain plenty of evidence that
"women and children perform the light
er! while men .perform the heavier
grades' of work In occupations which
employ both sexes. The question of
equal pay for equal work Is by no
means as simple as it looks. With re
gard to the "living wage" generally,
Is It true that the women who receive
less than $15 a week in a large city
must in the end have recourse to char
itable assistance? The girl who lives
at home and is In part supported by
the head of the family Is not depend
ent on charity. Her wages may not
cover all her expenses, but the family
does not expect that they should. All
can live In comfort where the wage?
of the father are supplemented by those
of two or more children. Under these
circumstances and they are the rule
rather than the exception says the
Chicago Record-Herald, women are cer
tainly willing to work for lower wages
than they would need were they com
polled to support themselves absolutely
and to enjoy none of the advantages of
family economy and co-operation. In
regard to amusements, It Is not to be
overlooked that glrU seldom pay for
such things, their boy friends and ac
quaintances being only too anxious to
"take them" to the theater, the sum
mer garden, he skating rink, and so
on. An industrial order based on sup
ply and demand, on competition, auto
matically governs Itself by such facts
and circumstances.
Asking an Innocent (lueatloa.
First Actress Why, haven't you
heard, dear, I'm engaged for one of
the principal parts In "Beauty, and the
Beast"
Second Actress How nice! And
who plays beauty ? London Tatler.
AMUSEMENTS A GIFT OF GOD.
By Kev. C. Q. Wright.
Shall he not with him freely give us
all things? Romans 8: 31.
The earth is the Lord's and the full
ness thereof. I. Corinthians 20: 31.
All things are yours. I. Corinthians
3: 21.
"How shall we amuse ourselves,
sanely and in good conscience?" was
the question before a recent meeting of
a young men's social organization In
Philadelphia. This Is a question of
public morals that must be considered
and settled by the common council of
the kingdom of God.
Says one editorial paragraph : "If you
once make a rule that a man cannot be
gay and at the same time godly, you
will be more apt to, decrease godliness
than to destroy gayety." .
Last Thanksgiving day I heard a
prominent Preslij leiiau minister say in
his sermon: "Religion that brings mis
ery Is not born of God. Make
the people happier and you will make
them better." And one of the conser
vative religious papers recently said:
"Let us never be afraid in Innocent
Joy. Ask for the spirit of Joy
and that genuine and religious optim
ism which sees in God u Father and
asks no pardon for His benefits."
We need heartening up, Invigorating,
diverting we need more of God's out
doors and a return to our childhood for
a season to unloose the pent stroke
from our arms, the caper from our
heels, the call from our lungs, and the
song from our hearts.
As to the moral character of sports
and pastimes, it is well to remember
that they have no character of any kind
except thnt which the individual .give
them. It is for every man to decide
whether his amusements shall be Inno
cent or otherwise, as be does with his
tongue and hand.
Why should Satan be allowed to car
ry off every Joyful and useful diver
sion, us the Philistines did the ark of
God? It Is for the good people to recap
ture them to retake the high places
and pleasant strongholds to make a
crusade to reconquer and cleanse and
occupy these God-given gardens of the
life that now is.
Misuse has created much of the pre
judice against the expurgated pleasures,
They have an acquired reputation.
"Vice Is perverted virtue," and the
evil use of good things brings many vir
tuous things Into disfavor.
How unfortunate that the abuse of
good gifts from on high should have
been allowed to give them a bad name
and place them upon the social and ec
clesiastical blacklist. But most unfor
tunate Is the selfish intolerance that so
multiplies -forbidden things" as to
make it next to Impossible to enjoy life
in good conscience.
The fine humor of the Master's re
buke, "ye strain at n gnat and swallow
a camel," still applies to ninny self-ap
pointed misguided kill joys who go
about labeling forbidden fruit and pla
carding edicts against everything which
they themselves do not enjoy or which
gives tlicni occupation.
The young and vigorous want recrea
tion, the old and heavy laden want re
laxation. God gave this relief to both,
and his people should rejoice to allow
It to them. Nor will they necessarily
abuse the Indulgence. Tfie foolish, who
also abuse food and raiment, will oft
times licrsist In the wrong use of pleas
ures, and In pursuing pastimes that
waste mind and body; but the reason
able can be guided and trusted In all
the healthful outdoor and Indoor diver
slons.
VICIOUS VIRTUES.
By Henry F. Cope.
"If therefore the light that Is In thee
be darkness how great is that dark
uess?" Matt. 0 : 23.
He who protends to virtues he does
not possess soon loses those he may
have had. Professional holiness brings
about the death of ordinary houesty,
The most unscrupulous men in this
world are those who make the noisiest
parade of their scruples. It Is never
safe to trust your possessions to those
who advertise their piety.
It Is better to be honestly, avowedly
bad than to attempt to acquire spiritual
standing by means of padded assets.
There Is always the hope that the bad
man may become good; his heart is
soil In which good seed may germinate.
But the heart of the hypocrite Is crust
ed over ; It Is a rocky place, geared and
scarred by habits of false living.
Professional religion spells the par
alysis of religion. He who simulates
emotions he does not feci, who excites
himself into asserting convictions that
have not gripped his heart, or 'who
loudly proclaims virtues he does not
practice, is sealing himself to the doom
of all liars, that bis life Itself should
become oue Mark, black lie, his soul
forced to go on singing the songs of
paradise while It still sinks deeper and
deeper Into the mire of perdition.
Let a man beware how he falls Into
the habit of substituting coats for char
acter, shibboleths of holiness for the
substance thereof. The love of the ap
probation of others, the demands of so
ciety, the possibility of turning an hon
est penny out of a holy pretense, may
all easily lead a man Into the path of
the living lie; many are the ways Into
It, but few there be wno come out Into
truth again. ,
Self-conceit Is the consequence of de
ceiving others, and a deadly conse-.
quence It Is. A man ceases to discern
the nature of his hypocrisy ; his dark
ness seems to be light. He mistakes his
simulated sanctity for that which
springs from a chastened spirit and a
pure love. So long has be fed him
self on the husks of pretense that he
lias forgotten the cleau and nourishing
grain of reality. The simulation of
emotions or of virtues benumbs the fin
est sensibilities and robs life of its
keenest Joys.
If these hypocrites be nominal relig
ious leaders, how heavy is their respon
sibility, how durk the duy when the
lights emit darkness. Men Judge relig
ion by Its fruits. If your protestations
of devotion do but Increase your heavy
heartedness, or, worse yet, do but serve
your shiftiness and double dealing, you
have by your falsehood built a barrier
against the entrance of truth to your
neighbor's heart.
Yet few are In greater danger of par
alyzing the good they have by pretend
ing to that they do not possess than
those who ndopt religion us u profes
sion. They are tempted to proclaim for
others planes of living they have seen
only afar off us though they were al
ready walking on them. They are
tempted to pose us martyrs, to serve the
truth by living a lie.
,You can never give to others the
truth, the moral impetus or the soul
uplift you do not have yourself. Many
a sermon, though freighted with elo
quence, comes empty to the heart of the
hearer because It carries nothing from
the heart, the secret place of life's
verities. But when men find the man
who, standing In the pulpit or by the
wayside, tells them the things of his
own life, thnt which he knows und feels
so deeply he can no longer be silent,
they listen, and no matter how rudely
or Inelegantly the truth be told, they
feel and thrill, soul answers to soul ;
they hasten to obey.
If you would be a light to others let
your own light shine; one little candle
may lead the traveler while the gaudy
painted pretense but casta a shadow on
his path. The size of your virtues is
of less Importance than their sincerity,
their clearness, and light.
The good we have Is too valuable to
be siwiled by turning the whole life In
to a lie In the effort to be credited with
the good we envy. If you cannot grow
great, luscious palms you may still keep
fresh and beautiful your modest dai
sies ; they are worth more to you and
to a weary world that sees them from
Its dusty highway than the longest and
most alluring vistas of painted palms.
Short Meter Sermons.
Teople who take no risks secure no
reforms.
Rites are no more religion than lit
erature Is love.
It's hard eutlng garlic and covering
your history.
The grafting church does not grow
on the true vine.
The Christian always travels best
with a head wind.
Many saints are sour becnuse they
eat only pickled piety.
They always rise most steadily who
take time to lift others.
You can measure your soul by the
amount of food It demands.
The only safe escape from an un
pleasant duty Is, by going through It.
No man has greater poverty than he
whose riches hide him from the poor.
Some preachers look for most fruit
from the sermons that are most foggy.
Heredity Is often the coward's at
tempt to lay on the dead the sins of to
day.
The promise about the last being
first Is not for the woman who always
comes late to church.
The collection would often be larger
If the sermon was less a collection aud
more of a creation.
Some churches make a lot of fuss
over the heathen because they are the
only people who live so far away that
they do not quarrel with them.
A REAL BOOK BARGAIN.
Chief Traunn In a London Shop
Sold for Sixpence.
A bookseller in New Oxford street
sustained a serious loss on Saturday,
a rare and valuable book being acci
dentally sold to an unknown purchaser
for 6 pence, ' says the London News.
Charles J. Sawyer had In his posses
sion an original copy of the "Secret
History of the Court of England," by
Lady Anne Hamilton, published in
1832. At the time of Its publication the
book was suppressed by the authorities
and very few copies are known to exist.
The value of the copy Is, as Mr. Saw
yer expresses It, more or less problem
atic, but some Idea of Its worth can be
gained from the fact that It was re
garded by him as the most treasured
volume In his shop, In which he has
many rare editions.
It was kept In a glass case at the
back of the shop, but while Mr. Sawyer
was himself absent for a time an as
sistant who was dusting the content
of the case took down the book ai;.l
apparently neglected to replace It. Un
fortunately for the owner, the book by
some accident got Into a box in which
were some volumes for sale at G pence
each. It can only be assumed that the
book having entirely disappeared, a
customer chose It possibly not realiz
ing Its value and, paying his 0 pence,
took It away. '
A reward of 15 Is offered for the
return of the volume.
The loss serves to recall the famous
lucky venture of the late Dr. John Tay
lor Brown, who secured a "Kilmarnock
Burns" for Is. Od. In the world of lit
erature a copy of the "Kilmarnock
Burns" almost ranks In Importance with
a first folio Shakspeare. Dr. Taylor
Brown, In the course of his perambula
tion, visited a north country bookstall
a few decades ago nd picked up a
copy, for which he paid Is. Cd. It was
minus the title page and the first three
pages, but the doctor bided his time.
In a few years he was able to acquire
another Incomplete copy, almost a bun
dle of papers, for about 21, but the
missing pages of the first copy were
there. The book was made up, and to
no one but the expert the transforma
tion was visible.
Upon his death Dr. Brown's library
was sold, in April, ifi3, at Sotheby's
and the astute doctor's executors re
ceived 350 for the volume. A substan
tial sum was received for the broken-up
copy and after payment of expenses a
net sum of 833 was realized.
NEW ENGLAND FISH INDUSTRY.
AKarreirate Value of Annual Caleb
la About 910,000,000.
The New England fisheries are the
most important branch of the Ameri
can lishlng Industry, the aggregate val
ue of their annual catch being about
$10,000,000, or one-fourth of the value
of the total catch of the United States,
Incluling the lake and river fisheries,
the Pacific fisheries and the Southern
oyster fishery, says the Review of Re
views. It Is a noteworthy circumstance
that the British Isles produce fish ev
ery j ear to the value of $40,000,00(1
with r population of about as many
people, while the' United States, with
twice the population, reaps a finny har
vest of only about the same value.
This is partly due to the proximity of
every portion of these Is. amis to the
seaboard, whereas vast areas of the
Anglican States are hopeiessly remote
from access to the sea or from enjoy
ing tea fish as food save In Its most
crudely preserved forms, ns science
has not yet grappled wltb the problem
of treating it in a more modern and
effective fashion.
T:e deep-sea branch of the New En
gland fisheries most of the vessels
prosecuting which hnll from Glouces
ter, Muss. is engaged in by some 400
schooners, carrying 8,000 men, und op
erating on the submarine shallows or
"banks," stretching northward from
C01 Cod to Newfoundland and thence
to Labrador. The inshore fishery Is
preset uted by 14.000 persons, this fig
ure Including those engaged In the
great lobster Industry of Maine, while
14,000 more are employed In the sub
sidiary avocations Incident to the dry
ing, curing, preserving, canning or oth
erwise converting Into marketable com
modities the products o the ocean
harvest. If these 30,000 persons are
regaided as they doubtless probably
8liould be, as representing In the ninlii
so many distinct families, depending
upon the fisheries for n livelihood, It Is
easy to see why the flshe'les question
is so vital a one In New Englund.
Stage Fright.
Very few persons acquit themselves
nobly in their first speech. At a wed
ding feast recently, says a writer in th
Philadelphia Public Ledger, the bride
groom was called upon, as usual, to
respond to the given toast, In spite of
the fact that he had previously pleaded
to be excused.
Blushing to the roots of his hair, he
rose to his feet. He Intended to Imply
that he was unprepared for speech
making; but he unfortunately 1 placed
bis hand uion the bride's shoulder, and
looked down at her us he stammered
jut his opening and concluding words s
"This er- thing has been forced
upon me,"