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.