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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1906)
LINCOLN COUNT! LEADER CHAS. P. ADA E. SOULH. Fobs. 1 TOLEDO OREGON Some things go without saying, but woman's tongue Isn't In that class. The Klckapoo Indians are now gov erned by a woman. Civilized at last. We could see through some people before the X-ray was ever Invented. Russia's reign of terror appears to have settled down to a steady drizzle, After a girl gets to be about so old be ceases to want to go on the stage. A boy can Inherit all his father's bad habits, even when the old man hasn't Sot then The Isle of Pines Is now said to be pining for trouble and Is ngaln trying to annex the United States. Time works wonders. Even life doesn't look the same to a woman of SU as It did when she was sweet. 10. A Western alderman Is reported to be suffering from an application of X-rays. Very few aldermen will bear looking Into. A bachelor says that fully' one-third of a wuiiittii's pleasures in Ufa arc de rived from her ability to shed tears at wIlL A manufacturer promises to put fly ing machines on the market at $1,000 each. Put In your order now, befoits they go up. One man says the Duks of Welling ton never won a battle; but the news comes too late to be of any comfort to Napoleon. ' , What a man and his wife say to their guests and what they say about them after their departure are differ ent, quite different The German doctorwho says that baldness Is caused by stifling the Im agination evidently must have a lux uriant bead of hair. In relation to this bee sting cure for rheumatism, -It at least causes the pa tient to forget all about his rheuma tism for several exhilarating seconds. Men think they can fool some women 11 of the time and all wmoen some of the time, but as a matter of fact, they can't fool any of the women any of the time. Andrew Carnegie thinks many people now living will see England, the United States and Canada merged under, one government. He dbesn't mention the name of his candidate for President of the united countries. An English periodical, the Bystand er, says New York's "400" Is made up of people who lack , refinement and adds that there Is no such thing as cul ture In America. , How our English cousins do love us when they can use us for their own profit A Missouri man has discovered a new way to get rid of mosquitoes. He says to rub alum on your face and bands. When the mosquito takes, a bite It puckers his buzzer so It can't sting. It nits down In a damp place, tries to dig the pucker lose, catches Its death of cold, and dies of pneumonia. Alfred Mosely ciune to America from England three years ago with thirty carefully selected men to study the schools of this country. Ills report showed a keen understanding of the merits and the faults of American edu cation. That the merits outweighed the faults Is shown by the announce ment of his Intention to send to the United States and Canada five hundred teachers to learn the educational meth ods of this continent. The visit of a scientific expedition to Greeley County, Kansas, in search of Information about a meteor which ex ploded there, has lately called atten tion to the way history Is preserved In names. The Greeley County Court House Is In the village of Tribune, and the nearest railroad station Is Horace. It Is probable that all the school chil dren In that part of Kansas know the tory of Horace Greeley and his great fight In the Tribune for freedom not only In Kansas, but In the rest of the country. It used to be the fashion, widely pre Talent to cold Eugenie when she was empress of the French for her extrav agance In dress. She was criticised for It by all sorts of monitors, more from abroad than at home. It may sur prise some who rebuked her so often to Know that she has lately told a friend In this country, now when she can have no Inducement to misrepresent ay thing, that onh three times In her life once when she was married, once when ber son was baptized nnd on one other occasion not specified had she ever worn a gown that cost as much as $200. Tet In her time she was excoria ted as the most richly dressed woman In the world, when millions of Ameri can women outclass her in costly ral ment every year. The great lesson of the Russo-Japa-nese war was that Ignorance and cor ruption can not successfully contend with Integrity. The Japanese were ed ucated In the sense that their natural talents had been developed; In the ad ministration of their affairs there was little or no corruption. The Russians, on the other hand, were densely Ignor ant A people of fine talent those In the ranks had been permitted to sink Into a condition little above that of the brute. In the administration of the several departments corruption was in everything, from the corrupt tip of the lowest commissioned officer to the graft of the grand duke charged with sup plying the navy with coal. And Rus sia, the great nation, went down in de feat before Japan, the small. But the fight was lost to Russia before a regi ment left for Manchuria or a battle snip sailed for the China Sea. No matter how much or how little talent a man may have, the first requi site to his success In life is the choice of a calling. There Is no way of ascer taining how many men out of 1,000 miss their calling, but apparently the world !s almost full of square men In round holes and a large proportion of the manhood of the race is misdirected and practically thrown away. The rea son of this Is that there Is nothing more difficult for a young man or for his parents and friends to do than to tell what he Is made for and what he should .1 L J V I I M . . . uevoie ma uie to. raae tne young man himself first, and he has two obstacles to deal with. In the first place, his best talent may be slowest of ail his now- era to develop. Some parts of his bodv grow faster than other parts and It Is so with his mental faculties. Most fre quently his master passion will show Itself from infancy, but in many cases ne reaches manhood before be develops the gifts or traits which mark out his life work. In the second place, self knowledge Is the last faculty that any numan being develops. During child hood and early manhood, when he needs sen-knowledge to determine what oc cupation to follow, he knows absolute ly nothing about himself. Indeed, a man Is fortunate If by the time he Is gray headed he understands his strong and his weak points and knows what he can do and what he can not do. Of course, these two considerations make it difficult also for a young man's par ents to advise and direct him. They nave seen bis tastes and Inclinations change several times already and they do not know but they may change sev eral times more. Sometimes a youth's instincts wlH lead him aright and mis- lead those who have the control of him. It Is related of a famous painter that his choice led him In boyhood to obtain employment In an artist's studio and that the artist after watching him while, advised him to limit his ambition to grinding the colors. This accounts ror the large number of eminently suc cessful men who' start wronir nni change from one calling to another be fore they achieve success. Some great men nave, indeed. In this wav Acnnlrori a reputation for instability and gen eral wortnieesness before they struck the gait that made them famous. Thi makes It an exceedingly perplexing problem for a young man to determine what he will do and the perplexity Is tenfold greater now than It was fifty years ago. There were hundreds f years before that time during which .tho lending trades and professions were sta- Die and almost stationary, but within one or two generations, owlni? tn thn ravages of Inventions and labor-saving machinery, they have all either rlisnn. peared or been transformed. There Is scarcely a business that a young man can take up to-day which may not be come obsolete In a few years. In fact the only thing that Is permanent Is knowledge. The time will never come when It will not help a man In the race of life to be acquainted with mathe matics, physics, history, reography, physiology.chemlstry and manual train ing. Unless he knows something of these sciences he may be unable to dis cover what he Is made for or to do It after he discovers it Beyond this such Is the present condition of the arts, manufactures, science and poll tics a young man Is literally compelled to be an opportunist. That is, he must do what he can until he can do some thing different and better. If he Is In dustrious, sober, economical and watch ful a kind Providence will little by lit tle direct him aright When a girl has to wash dishes and butes It she finds a melancholy Joy In going up to her room at Intervals be tween the spoons and plates, and look IS out of the widow with what she thinks Is a sad, wistful expression In her eyes. How men are abused. Yet Is It not a fad that you know a dozen good meo to every unreliable one? MERCENARY RELIGION. By Rev. Olin Scott Roche Thus answered Peter and said unto Him: '-Behold, we have forsaken all and followed thee ; what shall we have therefore?" St Matthew 19:27. We would Imagine that the man who uttered such words as these must have made onie notable sacrifice must have abandoned a splendid home and Jewels and estates or at lerfst great wealth iit the teet of Jesus. Who would believe that a dilapidat ed fishing boat and Its mended nets were the "all" of which he speaks? let this is frequently the way in which men magnify their renunciations for religion, and then they go on to ask the selfish question, "What shall we have therefore?" After performing some paltry duty they seem to expect and demand Immediate payment. It la ns though, ttcy supposed that religion Itself could be made to furth er a man's temporal Interests; that by serving God they could advance their worldly enterprises; that for ev cry dollar given to the church or In the cause of humanity, they ought to receive ten In return. . Men brought offerings of honey and flowers nnd lambs to the temples of the fates and of fortune In the ancient cities of Greece and Italy to prop! tlate those deities ond Induce them to bestow long life and prosperous ca reers. When their prayers were un heeded tney destroyed the altars and battered down the temples. Persons who are serving God with any such idea are Just as likely to meet with disappointment. A poor, weak woman, who called herself a Christian, once said that she had prayed for a certain blessing for six weeks and. had not received It ; there fore, she was done, with 'religion for ever. Such a declaration appears very childish, but are there not multitudes who want to be paid for everything? Certainly there Is a general complaint to that effect The rich parent says, I will be very happy to attend church and give something for Its support and to missions and to charities, If I can get acquainted with other wealthy peo ple the best people and find cultured and desirable society for my family. And the pool parent says, I will come if the church will support me or find me ensy employment or take care of my children or send them on a vacation.- "What shall I have therefore?" . Such questionings certainly display a selfish and sordid disposition, though they undeniably echo the bargaining spirit of file day. It ought to shame us to be forever calling merit and demanding reward In holy things as If the Most High were our debtor, as If lie were actually enriched by a few Indifferent prayers or an occasional act of salf-deulal. We are told that when Leonardo Da Vinci was about to draw the head of the Lord Jesus in his wonderful pic ture of "The Last Supper" his hand trembled violently lest he should fail to do Justico to the work he had un dertaken. So we should feel that even our best works are little enough and Ioor enough for God to accept, and we should strive for the highest and holiest achievement When a man comes to love God the Divine commands are no longer a stern task to be carried out with bare liter alism, but become the plan of . which the heart approves and toward which the soul struggles. When a man comes to love God he Is transformed fnn the willful plunderer who pillages life's treasures for self into the feudal sol dier who places himself absolutely at the disposal of his lord. When a man comes to love God he longs to serve Him, and his gratitude and obedience and sacrifice are as Irrepressible as the waters '.hat gush from the spring on the mountainside. By and by St Peter came to love God with all his soul and All his strength; he came to realize bis own Imperfect labors, his former presump tion and his need for forgiveness; be came to understand that true . hap piness consists In Christlike living with out ever a thought of payment or re ward. FIRST REQUISITE 07 VIRTUE. By Ber. Sr. Falk Vidaver. Know thou the God of thy fathers and serve Him with an entire heart and with a willing soul. Chronicles xxll., 0. , From a scriptural point of view, knowledge of God Is the greatest and sublmiest virtue that man should strive to possess. Prophet Isaiah looked forward to that glorious time "When the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord aa the waters cover the sea." Prophet Hosea, expostulating with his people, said to them; "Hear the word of the Lord. for the Lord has controversy with the Inhabit ants of the land, because there Is no truth nor kindness nor knowledge of God In the lands." All the ancient prophets from Moses to Malacbl made strenuous efforts to Impress their people with the necessity of acquiring knowledge of God because such a knowledge is the fountain from which flows the highest attainments which make up the Sum and substance or man's spiritual life. A wise son who knows his father's integrity, his good nature and charac ter, his self-sacrificing devotion to his family, will never tire in the fulfillment of his filial duties; will prove his affec tion to his father by respecting, rever lng and obeying him and by acting up to his wishes and desires, So will he who knows his heavenly Father con template His wonderful works and the ways of His merciful providence, the care and watchfulness which He has always exercised In behalf of His chil dren, and, above all, the perfect good qualities which constitute the essence of-His being, never cease to venerate and adore Him, to love truth, Justice ana kindness and to live up to the teachings which He has revealed to us through His great and distinguished men. The knowledge of God as father of mankind necessarily must lead to hu manity and quality. Hence, when uoses addressed King Pharaoh In the name of the Lord to set the children of Israel free from bondage, he arro gantly replied : "Who Is the Lord that I should obey his voice? I know lint tho Lord." It Is a truism which finnAt ho train. said that those individuals as wert as nations who know not the Almlrhtv. yes, who form a wrong and errnnenua conception of Him, are never exempt rrom prejudice, barbarism and tyranny. King David, therefore, very nnnnr. tunely at the time when his son Solo mon was about to succeed him n,w of Israel, brought home to his heart a wholesome lesson In the words : "Know thou the God of thy father and serve Him." The God of thv father Is of all human belnsrs. benr not lift up thyself in pride and vanity noove uiy renow men. The God of thy father loves all his child ran on mtmf thou treat all thy subjects alike. The ijou or tny rather Is the source of truth, Justice and mercy, so must thnn on. deavor to be Just, truthful and gracious and tjy so doing thou will serve and worship Him faithfully' and loyally. MAN'S DESTINY. By Rer. A. H. Harnly. A restored earth Is to ho home for redeemed men nnH h i. heaven we will ever see will be rlg"ht uere on this material earth.. T mnM not be so presumptuous as to suppose that the boundless universe of matter the unnumbered suns and earths of the heavens were spoken Into being for man," he said. "But I am sure that In finitesimal part of creation .we call earth was made for man. And, so far as I have discovered, it is the nniv place In the universe of God that was made for man. Before the fall the per fect earth was a perfect home for per fect man and will I shock you over much when I suggest that earth Is to be the eternal home of re deemed man ; that our heaven, the ni heaven we will ever have, Is to be right ncre. Heaven will be a perfected place where weeds will cease to grow; a peneci uaen peopled by perfect men and women ; a place where dishonesty, lawlessness and graft would cease! "The righteous shall Inherit the land and dwell therein forever." That Is still prophecy; it will heonmn hi,t wher Christ has returned and establish ed the eternal reign upon earth. The paradise will be a nerfWtod not, with all its natural beauties and a per- recreu man and not a city with golden pavements and dazzling brightness. Short Meter Sermons. Piety Is more than phrases. Slander Is the coward's sword. ' -Little sins open the doors to laree ones. Activity Is the best amen to an prayer. Things unreal are foes to righteous ness. The best way to win men to Ond u to be a man. The currency of kindness la en ah fn any country. Suspicion is the suhstitnta n? v,. ujv slothful for vigilance. . An ODtlmlst is a' man who to open a sandwich. GAMBLERS DELAY FUNERAL. Auction Feet of a Rabbit Which Wu Shot In the Crave. "Talking about your graveyard rab bit superstitions and that 6ort of thing, there Is no class of people who be lieve In It stronger than the gamblers," said an old gambler, "and I saw It ex emplified In the strangest- way. at Pittsburg, Kan., ten years ago. 'Kid' Jackson, one of the best known gam blers In that part of Kansas, died or consumption and all the gamblers set out to give him a good funeral. .They bought a fine casket and all the flow ers the room would' hold, and had a procession fixed up with plenty of mourners, because there was a certain ty of refreshments below after the ob sequies, even if our friend was not enjoying them above. All the pallbear ers were gamblers and friends of t he dead man. "Well, we started out and reached the cemetery all right and the grave digging man was on hand with his pick and shovel. We set the coffin down on the barriers across the grave and were preparing to let the 'kid's' body down into the grave., Just then a rabbit Jumped out of a thicket close by and landed right at the bottom of the grave. He was killed in a second: Just who fired the shot I never could tell, but It does not matter. We all carried guns In those days and were ready to shoot at the dropping of a hat But, anyway, the rabbit was dead. "The graveyard rabbit, by thun der,' one of the fellows said, as the rabbit was picked up. Talk about your mascots, here Is one for me,' and. with that he began cutting off the left Wnd foot 'Hold ud there.' said 'an other of the pallbearers, 'let's sell these reet off and make up a pot for the "kid's" folks, if we find he has any folks, and send it to them It was agreed, and in a minute the funeral services were forgotten and nn nnctinn bidding began at $5 for the left hind root and was promptly raised to SIO and then to $15 and to $20, and finally the foot sold for more than $30. The other hind foot was bid for1 and brought $25. The other two feet are not considered so much In demand. When the auction was over we fouml that the proceeds were a little more- than $100. Then we turned our atten tion to the body and interred It as it should have been. "Two of the boys In the bunch wiin. got a foot apiece were Ed O'Cnrnnp and Charlie Cropper, and I have often. wondered whether their luck after that was good or bad. But I have been awnv from that country and I have not heard from them In years. I got one of them and I can't find out that It has brought me anything that would not nave come otherwise. .Perhaps I an hoodooed." Topeka Capital. THE SUEZ CANAL. Hard to Build, Co.tly to Maintain,. wen worth It All. The creation of the wtMt trade of India was directly due to the opening of the Suez canal route to Eu rope. Before than time. Technical World, all attempts success fully to ship wheat by way of the Cape of Good Hope had failed, because of heating during the long voyage and the loss from weevils In the cargo. During the first year of operation of Suez canal 480 vessels aggregating 436, 000 tons, passed through It At the present time the number is nhnnt a. nnn. ships, with a tonnage of about 10- The magnitude of these Actipas h- comes apparent when it Is considered war ine foreign tonnage entering the port of New York Is less than onnn. 000 a year. Measured by value, the lmnnrton of the Suez canal traffic hpmmo. --.wuv.a lii ULU larger, the Imports and exnnrt nf In dia alone which pass through it being; nearly one-quarter of the value of the total foreign trade of the United States. ' The building of the Suez canal was a triumph of organization. At time no fewer .than 80,000 laborers were employed, and all the adjuncts of permanent community had to be pro vided by the constructing company. The cost of maintenance of the cannfc is necessarily high, on account of the drift of sand from the Nile at Port Said, whjch has constantly to be dredged away. The operating expense are also heavy, the great traffic Involv ing considerable cost for pilotage. Al together, the annual expense for main tenance and operation Is at the present time about $1,400,000, or approximate ly $13,000 per mile. About thirteen hours are required t go through the Suez canal by ordinary steamer. By a system of landing; marks and electric light buoys, naviga-' tlon by night Is made as safe as by day, and each vessel In motion Is re quired vto supplement the stationary lighting system by having on boar and In operation a lighting apparatus " to Illuminate Its passage through. Ves sels without an apparatus of their own, may hire the necessary reflectors, up on entering the canal and rot urn thnm ,ou leaving.
