LIHGGLN COIM LEADER
C T. SOUIE. Publisher
TOLEDO
OREGON
Time to put thnt Russian revolution
In the "alleged" class.
The Northwest Passage Is found, but
nobody knows what to do with It
The souvenir postal card has led to
e murder In New York. Not at all
surprising.
Politeness Is the bridge that spans
the abyss between truth-telling and
common sense.
The difference between the drama
and real life Is that on the stage trage
dies seem pathetic.
Mark Twain Is to. write an auto
biography. Mark refuses to tackle any
thing grave until be Is dead.
Teddy, Jr., hunted eleven days and
got nothing. Does he wish to bring
gray balrs In sorrow to the grave?
The Czar keeps a fortune-teller on
his payroll. No wonder the poor little
father always wears such a melancholy
expression.
The truth of the matter Is that the
Russian peasantry are suspicious of
eating freedom cake from the hand of
Adnm Znd.
A rich Pennsylvanlan has hired a
trnlned nurse for his sick bulldog. The
strange part of It Is that this million
aire doesn't live In Pittsburg.
As a matter of fact, the Cubnn revo
lution seems to be the result of a dis
inclination on the part of the revolu
tionists to work for their living.
Mr. Rockefeller's pastor says tno
most miserable people on earth are very
rich. Most of them seem to get a good
deal of satisfaction out of being miser
able. The Sultan has pardoned a large
number of criminals out of the Turkish
prisons. From this It Is Inferred that
his health Is either a great deal better
or a great deal worse.
Thnt northwest passage has been
found again, but President Roosevelt
Is trying to oien up a southerly pas
Bage which he thinks will be more con
venient for general use.
Mr. Rockefeller has gone on record
as an exponent of the "simple life,"
and It Is no surprise to the folks who
have noticed what a simple matter It is
for him to make a living.
General Weyler Is reported to regard
the Cuban revolution as a bit of child's
play. This moy be due to the fact that
both the revolutionists and the govern
ment are trying to make It a bloodless
affair.
One of New York's loveliest and most
aristocratic heiresses Is to become the
bride of a newspaper man. Titled for
eigners will regard this as another ag
gravating piece of effrontery on the
purt of the press.
General Miles says that the open
ing of the Panama Canal will cause a
world war. Somehow, the General re
minds us of those long-distance alarm
ists who say that In two or three mil
lion years the wrld will frizzle and
fade away.
One hundred thousand dollars' worth
of postage stamps belonging to Boston
collectors were exhibited at the con
vention of the American Philatelic As
sociation. The average boy collector
who has a hundred dollars' worth at
the catalogue price thinks he Is rich.
Sentimentalists always picture the
Indians as a vanishing race, shoved on
toward the furthermost edge of the
mop by the ruthless white man and
shot down now and then when they
do not obey with sufficient alacrity
the order to move on. But cold statis
tics show that there are 284,(100 I
dlans now living, and that there has
been an Increase of 14,000 In the last
decade. It Is estimated that there were
but 230,000 In what Is now the United
States when this country was discov
ered. These figures constitute a high
tribute to the vigor of a race that has
not only survived the encroachments
of civilization, represented by some
00,000,000 whites, but increased and
multiplied while defending Itself with
Inferior weapons against trained fight
ing men with modern arms.
The director of the solar observatory
at Kensington In England announces
that at the time of the San Francisco
and Valparaiso earthquakes and those
which occurred In 1004 the spots on
the sua were at the maximum of their
Ize It Is not known that the sun
pots and the earthquakes have any
relation, but their simultaneous ap
pearance has been observed often.
There Is another theory of the west
ern earthquakes, however, which Is
more simple and probable. It is that
the mountains on the western shore of
the continent are slowly but constantly
being forced upward. Occasionally the
upturning strata of rock slip and the
result Is destruction to the cities with
in the area of disturbance. This theory
fits well with the recent successive
earthquakes on the Pacific coast
Progress In China has recently been
shown In a remarkable, If not unique,
way. The people of -a village In the
province of Fuklen held a meeting, and
determined to break up the opium hab
it. At the suggestion of two men who
had gone to the Fuchau City Hospital
for treatment for opium-smoking, let
ters were sent to the head of the hos
pital asking him to come to A-long and
help them. One contained a respectful
and carefully worded agreement signed
by the village elders and principal men.
Doctor Wilkinson, who tells the story
In the Church Missionary Intelligencer,
accordingly went to the village, and
found that practically all the people
were anxious for the reform. At a
meeting with the head men the opium
shopkeepers themselves stood up a ad
said they were willing to stop selling
the drug, and fifty dollars was raised
to defray the cost of medicines. LiEt
March the village ancestral hall was
turned Into a hospital, and seventy-nine
men patients were admitted, a woman
from the mission having charge of nine
women In another place. For three
weeks they were treated, during which
time only two lost courage and left.
Dally morning and evening religious
services were held, with an Increased
Interest as time went on In the sing
ing of hymns and the simple Bible
talks. During the day the tedium of
the patients was relieved by magic-lantern,
photographic and gramophone ex
hibitions. What the result of the move
ment will be It is of course Impossible
to say, but at the request of the village
elders and bead men, the mandarin put
up a proclamation forbidding any one
again to open an opium-shop In the vil
lage. It la desirable that the lands re
claimed by national Irrigation project!
should go into the hands of actual culti
vators, and not of speculators. Presi
dent Roosevelt calls special attention
to this In his letter to the national Irri
gation congress. lie wishes to see a
multitude of small farms, each suffi
cient to support one family, Instead of a
much smaller number of 100-acre farms.
Doubtless the speculators already have
their eyes on the lands which the gov
ernment Is about to endow with special
fertility. They would like to get posses
sion of extensive tracts so as to profit
by the great Increase in value which Is
certain to come. If the reclaimed lands
are sold at first In small parcens to gen
uine cultivators they will stick to their
holdings and the speculators will not
be able to get In. No legislation can be
framed which will automatically keep
the speculators out. For many years
unscrupulous men have been able to get
around the land laws, and help them
selves to choice portions of the public
domain. They did so with comparative
Impunity until the present Secretary of
the Interior got after them. He has
prosecuted many and has punished
some. He has exemplified the familiar
principle that laws are of no value until
somebody makes It his special business
to enforce them. The Irrigation act
says that the limit of area per entry
shall represent the acreage which. In
the opinion of the Secretary of the In
terior, "may be reasonably required for
the support of a family upon the lands
In Question." In one locality he may
consider five acres enough, and In an-
other forty. If this discretion is to be
wisely used by the Secretary or by the
subordinates on whose Judgment he hns
to depend to a considerable degree,
there does not seem to be need or room
for any additional legislation. The
President says the national Irrigation
congress can do something towards car
rying out the policy of placing on each
reclaimed area the largest number of
families that can get a comfortable liv
ing when the land Is well tilled. It
can give advice ns to the size of allot
ments. It can assist In the detection of
attempts at fraudulent entries. No
doubt Ingenious men will try through
dummies to get control of large tracts.
If they shall succeed It will not be due
to Imperfect legislation but to the laches
of the agents of the government
Exciting Sport.
Last winter the Norwegians varied
the excitement of ski running by yok
ing the runner to a motor cycle by a
long leather strap, which be grasps
with his left hand. The speed attained
is enormous, and great skill Is required
to avoid being pulled over, as the body
Is apt to outrun the feet The pastime
Is growing very popular.
You hear a great deal of the "ad
vantages" to be gained In living In a
large city. We don't know what they
are unless It Is chasing street cars.
We always hate to visit a country
house, because of dogs,
Efflhirry voaw ol
Revolution ended by th
-toojibh AmoricOkn War
renewed titer three yews
of Independence
UBANS of the
present day were
born to revolution
Men now In the
prime of life, as in
fonts heard the
clash of arms.
Their first recollec
lections are of
swords that flashed.
homes that blazed
and women who
fled from the sav
age soldiery of Spain.
When at the close ot the last centurv
the reconcentrado lifted to heaven the
arms withered by famine and Implored
cue great nation that had won Deaee to
save him and his from destruction and
despair, there was an answer at last In
the boom of cannon. Brave ships cross
ed tne water. The strong had taken un
der the shelter of his might the weak
and downtrodden. The Cuban flag was
given the right to fly over a tree Cuban
people. Out of conditions little better
than anarchy came the stable form of
order, and they who had struggled for
many a decade found their efforts
crowned with the freedom of their de
sire. Then the benefactor
leaving to an emancipated people the
problem of their own destiny. Thnt the
new republic should not have remained
quiet Is not surprising.
Many Americans know little of the
Cuba of fifty years ogo. To them the
Gem of the Antilles bus been but a spot
In the map, made vivid for the first
time when the United States, horrified
at continued cruelty, drove" forth the
tyrant The cruelty was nothing new
in. Cuban history; It had made Cuban
history. Before the climax that lower
edthe Spanish pride and the Spanish
banner In the West for decades the
prayer for recognition as belligerents
went unheeded.
In Just Revolt.
Cuba In revolt displayed a concep
tion of Justice that would have been an
honor to any people. An early move
was the freeing of the slaves held under
Spanish rule directly In violation of
treaty. Spain's pretense of emancipa
tion had been nothing more. - By rqyal
decree the slave was freed when he hud
reached his 00th year, or just wnen
he would have been helpless to care for
himself. At one time out of 000,000 ne
jroes In Cuba 308,000 were slaves, many
of these being natives of Africa. When
the revolutionists freed them a' large
number became soldiers, and some won
their way to Important command.
In 1820, but for the veto of the Unit
ed States, Bolivar, valiant and futile,
might have won the cause of Cunn. But
the cause was not killed. The South
American possessions of the Spanish
were permitted to break their alle
giance, but Cuba, suffering, oppressed,
crying out with a great voice and with
Its blood sealing the sincerity of its as
pirations, was permitted to languish In
thrall.
In 1843 the struggle for Independence
took definite form again. At that time
Cuba was recognlaed as a republic by
Peru, and there was promise of co-operation
from neighboring governments,
but that of the United States could not
be won, and the promise was not ful
filled. Yet with failure, and In the
(ace of opposition from those who might
have been neutral, and of Indifference
from those whose Impulses should have
been friendly, the faith of the Cubans
never faltered.
While Thonaanda Perished.
When 50,000 Cuban lives had been
sacrificed to the fury of a falling des
potism nearly 200,000 Spanish had per
ished on the same altar. At one time
the Cubans overran the Island from the
eastern extremity to Colon on the west
The enemy was shut In Its strongholds,
but the enemy held the sea. The Cuban
armies were made of tried fighters.
The Spanish were raw levies, constant
ly renewed. Production of sugar began
to lessen, and agriculture generally was
oq the wane. Spanish reforms took the
sbpe of more obnoxious taxes, until
te Cuban paid $S4 yearly, while the
Sfmlsh In their own land paid $7.
In 1871 the Cubans had Issued an
appeal to civilization, showing the con
ditions that had grown from the declar
ation of Independence at Manzanlllo
In 1808. It was an appeal to touch the
heart of humanity, and perhaps It did,
but to no practical effect The Manza
nlllo declaration but emooaiea tne sen
tlment sought to be put Into practice by
Lopez In 1848. In that year Lopez
hud lnnrtml nrlth a am nil nrnedltlnn
n and
is again defeated. His
resulted In his capture,
roHay, nnu was
third attempt
and he was executed. Vain also were
the efforts of Gen. Quitman In 1855, but
the seed such men sowed was ripening
for the harvest
A Real Leader Arlaea.
It was In Oitrhor lar.u ti.ot nn-i.
.. . , AVUUf tuub waiiua
Manuel de Cespedes, a lawyer, raised
tllA ratflnrinft t nnnnU tT U-J I 4.
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few hundred followers, and they but Miss Jenks nave you really broken
partly armed. A month later his army off your engagement to him? i Miss
consisted of 12.000 men. They won vie- Flyte-Oh, yes. I Just had to. He was
tory after victory. Man for man the getting too sentimental began to a'.k
Spanish were no match for them, and to me about matrimony. Philadelphia
so the regiments were poured In to Ledger.
perish of battle and disease. When f ' , . M ,.
Cespedes captured a town, and found , J V , , 8ald, the kInd Id
that he could not hold It with the full l'oXVu"f
consent of the Inhabitants. 4t was his f i - 3 de gUWM
wont to destroy it before abandonment Xtor t h 11
so that Into the hands of the enemy J." head waiter ?"-Milwaukeo
there fell naught but ruins. Don Do- ,
mingo Dulce, the Spanish commander, Tbat man may 66610 to you some
made overtures of reconciliation. Mes- what uneducated, and yet he makes a
sengers sent to confer with him were
assassinated, and negotiations fell
through. The war degenerated Into a
guerrilla strife, as was unavoidable,
and for long years the Spanish were "Jlmsby would have had that fat ap
harassed liv n faa fhpv vmM nnt mh. Dolntnipnf nf til a vat ic i, i .....
due and never did subdue. For decades, his head." "What did he do?" "Notu
with Intermittent periods of a peace Ing-" "Then how did he lost his uead?"
that but presaged fresh outbreak, the "The official ax cut it off." Baltimore
contest went on. Then onnositlon to
Spanish rule became Implacable. The
time for the final struggle had arrived,
ue war ol leaterday.
That which followed Is remembered
as but of yesterday. The women and have a pretty good chance at de quar
chlldren of the patriots were herded In ferr-Woin.,,! rM
camps, there to die of famine. Want
stalked through the fertile island be-
cause there was none to do the work.
The plow rusted and the hoe was Idle.
The mill turne-d no more. But the pat-
riots would not yield, though the whole
fair island be desolated and the last
Cuban give his life for liberty.
What would have been the outcome
uuu uui me uuueu suites oruerea
Spain back to her own continent and
driven her hence no man can say. That
there would have been practical exter-
mlnatlon is hardly to be doubted. In
the conduct of the Spanish there was
no hint of mercy or compromise. Wey-
lpr. nlnceri In niinromo .fiiitrnl na n
a . w " 1 "
man with soul untouched of pity, a
hardened, brutal nature dominating his
every move. He claimed the right to
make war in his own fashion, and the ttlder'n me!"
United States arbitrarily took the right "Did your daughter take physical cul
from him. For this Cuba had been hire Imwnna ni.iu t n .... ........
Imploring for weary, almost hopeless,
years-
When liberty was first an accomplish-
ed fact the Cubans chafed under the
benlgn rule of the liberators. They
could not understand that there should
be restraint unon them. Had thev not
devoted their lives to securlne freedom
itSSf-z
ban. whatever his precise lineage, re-
colls now from anything that seems In
the least to curtail his nrerormtlv n
fromn TTa Hn. w ...uWct.nH
.i .ij i i .... .
lies us oiuer ireuiiira uccepi luis, ana
the quiet opposition of speech and bal-
lot is alien to his promptings. To fight
has been the basic part of his educa-
tion, and with no foreign hosts to meet
i.. . .i 1 1 f.i.M. 1,1. . , . i .. .i
uu icuuti luiu.1 uio iivncsa uguiii3
the neighbor who may have failed to
agree with him.
Cuba's enreer hns been n sprlea-nf
- w.
tragedies. The struggles of the Cubans
would form the subject for a glorious
epic. They have emerged triumphant,
and if so be the consciousness of victory
nus lurueu iue ueuus oi a iev or tuem,
what Is the marvel?
Popular Dogr.
Jack,
a dog at the Palace theater.
London, known to theater people all
uver iue worm, uieu me oiuer uay and
his death was announced with an offl-
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ciaa euiogium. ue waicnea tne stage
. . .....
door when the doorkeeper was away
and ran and got him If the bell rang,
and had been trained to fall on and ex.
tlngulsh any burning substance he saw,
such as a piece of paper. He was
ow.u im a 1" v. yupcr, lie W88
choked to death by a piece of money
he was taking to a restaurant to buy
hi. iHnni n.llh
m uiutivi niiui
. Damp There
Travelers by steamer return no fmm
the east say that CherropoonJI, m As-
sam, had lOCVi Inches of rain between
July 10 and 25, an average of over 15
In-hes a day. CherropoonJI Is the wet-1
teM place In the world. It nn.,i
. -....urn
average for twenty-five years is 480
inches, and In 1801 It had 805 Inches of
rin. Boston Herald.
You will notice that the lady slttln
ahead of you has an awful time to
I""-"" " " lime io
keep ber hair up If she has a Drettv
hand; and If there Is a diamond on
It her hair Just won't stay up.
"I thought 'you were thinking serl.
ously about getting married." "I was."
"Then why didn't you?" "That's why."
Cleveland Leader.
Gladys Mamma, what Is a "cursory'
glance? Mamma It Is the kind of a
look which your father gives when ho
wants to swear, but doesn't dare.
She Why did Professor Schlncker
stop playing at Mrs. Lard's muslcale?
He He said he had to, because the
. ...... um nub iiki.ucu ttl LUU
same key as bis music Harper's Weefc-
It 1
conversation was not pitched In the
flne llvln' by hls Pen" "Why, I would
"c n:m ior a writer." 'Ha
lsn t; ue ralses pigs." Baltimore
Andean.
American.
Mr. Titewodd If I promised you a
dollar, and your Uncle Joe promised
you twenty-five cents, how much would
i.rt.. . , . ,
"V flashtf n me wh that
J T lf mef
Z w h '8 he? 1 forget hIs
Z3, V, .gageU 10 mm ,n ,Ue
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'-aiti American.
I edestrian Madam, a boy who I ain
l"lu 18 our Bon nas JU8t thrown a
' uuu ium is
very Panful. What are you going to
about It? Mother I don't know.
"ave yu lnea arnica New Orleans
ajnne.
That Explains. Two small boys at
the newsboys' dinner put their iiniy
hands Ride hv stria ntviii fha tn),la.in.
- " l -"w wuici.iuuii
"Mine's dlrtler'n yourn!" exclaimed
"e, triumphantly. "Huh!" said the
ther, disdainfully. "You're two years
the visitor. "Oh. res." reniled i
Goldrox. proudlv. "She'
invoi whn qi,a nnt. r
kee Sentinel,
ilT
. '
pltringly nsKea me 81elt thoroughbred.
::yacauon!" Tialr t,h?,work horse-
ICaD B 0Ut . to .the. table ra anrt
" and f'"
8 more tua" J r Set to
ao' Chicago Tribune.
No Neerl for Tnllrlno tw. u.
--"'""& "vra
baby uk yet?" asked a M-nd of the
tamlly- "o." replied the baby's dls-
ustel uttle brother; "the baby doesn't
need to talk" "DoeBn't need to talk?"
"No. All the hnhv hna -i In t. .
- " . " 10 lvt
yell and 11 Kets everything there Is In
'the house that's worth having."
The tnlnUtor who aUr,n ... n.
nuo OUWVIkCM nUCU lilW
young lady declined an Introduction to
some of his" parishioners. "Whv n,v
,denr young lady, did you ever think
that perhaps you will have to mingle
wiui these good people when you get
to heaven?" "Well," she exclaimed,,
"that will be soon enough." Life.
Markley Subbubs may be Induced,
to sell his house to me. He says It Isn't
far out of town, either. Wisv.
..... Mine ,u
only twelve miles from the City Hail
Ainrklpv win- ha ti.
Markley Why, he told me It was only
ten mnes Dy the railroad. Wiss
That's true; ten miles by the railroad
and he walks the other two. Philadel
phia Press.
"But 'Mandy, If you can buy ribbom
w I jvu tau uuy ri UD'JU;
"ke that for forty-five cents a yard at
1Ittle store UP ner on the corner,.
What'a th(t HBO nf irnlnn .11 ii. -
" w. d w 1 A S all LU 13 WaV T l.
town, and paying car fare both wavs
to get it for forty-two cents? You
i oti,i ..
nm, yes. Papa always allows
-"go irioune.
Rnah for Robber.
nrho Rnmimir a,..,.
u.i.uie ur inaia savs-
"The glowing accounts from Ceylon It
rUt rubber trees will do will Zn
, are convinced. In . m.u
f t mr sensatlonal than that
Bplcy Isle more sensational than that:
e lcy K'ondlke."
When the bovsUdiRn,Unday 1afternx1'
On a farm Otl A Slindntt aSl.