LINCOLN COOITT LEADER
. C T. SOULC, Publbhcr
TOLEDO OREGON
Some people display the best of taste
by cutting out originality from their
conversation.
Many women linve a way about them
that Is calculated to drive sensitive
den to drink.
Mrs. Sage will not aid rich beggars.
"To him that hath shall be given" she
does not take literally. '
Governor Magoou Is going to abolish
dueling in Cuba, lie must be ufrald
that somebody will get hurt
Tosslbly Mr. Hughes wears that
beard In fulfillment of a rash vow
made at somo earlier period of his career.
Teary hasn't found the pole, but he
has pentrnted farther north than any
other navigator, giving America the
record.
In view of the general advance In
wages the walking delegate is begin
ning to think It is time for him to
strike for an Increase.
Swiss hotels are about to bar Itus
elans, the proprietors having no desire
to see their furniture and crockery
mussed up by u Lmuiu expiubiou.
When one reads of the actions of
Count Hon! de Castellane it seems a
pity that Mrs. Jay Gould never taught
her daughters how to use a rolling pin.
According to Anthony Comstock,
Adam "hid behind the skirts of Eve."
It will be recalled thut on thnt memor
able occasion Eve wore her upple-green
ault
There are likely any number of pa
triotic American citizens who feel that
an opportunity to kick Count Bon! de
Castellane should be added to the man
ifold blessings of this country.
Governor Magoon is discharging
government oflicials In order to cut
down Cuba's expenses. Cubans will
regard such a proceeding as a poor
way to try to save the country.
A man In I'lttsburg, Mass., killed his
wife and himself because she spilled
a cup of tea at the supper table.
There's nothing like thoroughness. He
never will bo bothered In that way
again.
All the old clerks employed by Bus
sell Sago have had their salaries dou
bled by Mrs. Sage. This must put
them in the embarrassing position of
trying to mourn Uncle Uussell's death
and look pleased at the same time.
1 IIariKr's Weekly publishes n story
to the effect that In the reading-room
of one of the most exclusive clubs of
Boston there is a sign thut says: "Only
low conversation permitted here." In
view of the fact that it Is an exclusive
club, perhaps the joke is ou those leo
plo who think Boston doesn't know
how to say what she menus.
Certain Chinese who led the boycott
on American goods In Canton last year,
and were punishd by Imprisonment,
were released the other day. A crowd
of enthusiastic Chinese gathered and
applauded the men, and a magistrate
gave a luncheon in their honor. Indeed,
the boycott leaders were treated very
much as the leaders of the nntl-Chlnese
agitation used to be treated in the
sand-lot days of San Francisco.
Many Americans are astonished be
cause they see grave discontent In the
midst of unprecedented prosperity.
They can not understand the unrest of
many citizens, native born and natural
ized alike, when the times are better
than ever before. It Is nothing strunge.
Human ambition feeds on success. The
farther from actual want men and
women get the more they desire. Com
fort Is conservative, but It Is not an
opiate. If It were the world would
stagnate when It was best able to un
dertake and carry out great enter
prises. There Is never enough prosper
ity to go around, In the Imiwrtaut sense
of nppoxlmate equality.
One of the Philadelphia papers has
given considerable space to correspond
ence upon the problem of domestic
economy and the cost of living. Writ
ers whose resources vary widely have
given their experience and offered their
advice. One woman whose husband
gives her five thousand dollars a year
for her family of four Is unable to get
along comfortably on that sum. She
wants a sample bill of fare for a week,
and also Information as to where she
can "get a hat for less than fifteen dol
lars." Another woman with a fumlly
of three has less than five hundred dol
lars a year, yet she says they "have
the best of everything and plenty of
16," She docs her own washing, Iron
Ing, cooking, dressmaking and mending,
bus a garden and keeps hens. One of
these women ought to study domestic
science. The other might easily get a
chance to teach It
"While tills Is an age of Intellectual
ity and brains and all that sort of
stuff," said a young business man yes
terday, "yc.u've no Idea of the absolute
lack of knowledge of little things that
most of us have. For Instance, yester
day I was In conversation with a friend
and, although we were talking upon
some absolutely Irrelevant subject, I
was startled by suddenly having him
ask me: 'What Is the capital of Flor
ida?' Tallahassee,' I answered, and he
thereupon began to ask me the names
of capitals of State after State. I an
swered correctly thirty or more until
we came to a distant State. Think as I
would I could not remember the capi
tal of that State. When he saw he had
me cornered my friend told me of the
theory he had that pjily one man out of
every ten had more than a superficial
knowledge of these little things. Ac
cording to him I was the eighth man he
had tackled and not one of them could
tell without a break the capitals of all
the States In the Union."
Holding up railroad trains has be
come so common that It attracts no
more attention than the killing of a
few people on a trolley car, but the
exploit of a lone bandit In holding up
a train near Glasgow, Mo., Is a little
more Interesting.' In this case a single
robber, masked and with a pistol In
eacli hand, compelled a sleeping cur
conductor, a porter and a flagman to
go before him and wake up all the pas
sengers In a sleeper, and as fast as he
came to them demanded and received
their money. He then left the train
and there was the usual fruitless effort
to follow and arrest him. He got only
a small amount because the door of
the other sleeper was locked. This Is
the climax of what has always been
an astonishing thing, which Is the ab
ject and unnecessary cowardice dis
played by both train hands and trav
elers on such occasions. That women
will scream and thnt nine out of ten
men will cower and tremble Is to be
expected. The wonder Is thnt with
100 men on n train never Is one found
of sufficient nerve and daring to put a
train robber out of business. This Is
remarkable because It Is something
that could be easily done. It would
not lie necessary to face the bandit and
begin a duel with him. Any man with
a pistol and a moderate share of nerve
could conceal himself In some dark
nook In the' train and blow the bandit's
brains out as he passed, without ever
being seen. The facilities for such
strategy on a railroad train are In
numerable. The way most men reason
about It Is: "This man will certainly
shoot me If I give him any provocation.
My life Is worth more to me and my
family than my money. It would even
be chenper to give up my money than
to rocelve a serious wound. It Is the i
u in.. ... ok- j t ink. ..llllisuv. llllll'MUr IU
protect me and I am not going to do
Its police work at the risk of my life.'"
No one will blame a man for reasoning
In this way, but the wonder Is thnt
there Is not occasionally some plucky
individual who will risk his life to kill
a villain nnd protect a trainful of pas-'
sengers. This is wonderful because
every newspaper contains an account
of some feat of heroic daring in other
walks of life. In the last year hun
dreds of people have risked their lives
to save others from drowning or from
burning to death. Even women rush
Into burning buildings to save a pet
dug or pnrrot. Mr. Carnegie has estab
lished a mill to turn out medals, di
plomas nnd pensions for herpes nnd
the applicants nre innumerable. When
will It happen that a Carnegie medal
was given to a man who rushed at a
railroad bandit with pistols In his
hand and choked him to death in the
presence of the passengers? It may
be that not many men on a railroad
train have pistols with them, but If
that Is so they ought to carry them
when they take long railroad Journeys
In this country.
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ATTITUDE OF THE FARMERS.
By John At. Stahl.
While not complaining and while freely and
gladly acknowledging their great prosperity,
due In large measure to the development of
manufacture, transportation and trade, farm
ers nevertheless believe that the margin be
tween the price paid to them and the price
paid by the consumers of their products Is
altogether too great and that this margin has
contributed much to aggregations of wealth
that are dangerous; hence farmers would not try to In
crease by large their profits by compelling the consumers
of farm products to pay more, but rather by lessening
the opportunity of an Increase by unfair means of the
wealth of those already too rich.
Farmers recognize that the value of their lands and
the profits of their business are largely due to the mar
kets created by manufacturer nnd the transportation pro
vided by railways. But the fanner distinguishes between
the manufacture, transportation nnd sale of articles and
the work of corporations and individuals that put their
attorneys and willing servants into State Legislatures and
the National Congress, In executive otlices and even on
the bench, not for the public good, but to secure advan
tages that are unfair in themselves nnd In 'their results
dangerous to the masses. Speaking largely, the remedy
we would propose for economic injustice would not be
of the nature of special laws or efforts In the way of arbi
trary hindrances to honest trade or arbitrary seizure of
the holdings of any class nnd a distribution to any In
jured class, but ruiher we would depend on the awaken
ing of such a national conscience and spirit as will com
pel Just laws and secure to every class its full rights In
open competition with all.
MEN AND WOMEN BOOMERANG TARGETS.
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
How Idly we use the phrase, "Cast thy bread
upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after
many days." - But no truer words ever were
Inspired by the divine sources of nil truth.
Whether your bread is sweet or sour, whole
some or poisonous, it shall return to you
"after ninny days." Thought Is a boomerang.
It sometimes is long in proving itself to lie of
this reacting nature; but the greater the delay
the stronger will be its force when the backward swing
begins. ,
Unless we find something every day to be happy over,
we never shall be able to enjoy fully any blessing which
may come to us. Continuel discontent shapes the mind
for unhnpplness, and no amount of good luck can twist
It bnck Into harmonious proportions. The man who never
hns learned the lesslon of contentment and happiness in
some degree In his hard days never will find It In his easy
ones. When he undertakes to enjoy travel, society or
home, he will find the only demon of unrest Is with him
his relentless boomerang.
There Is the disloyal thought, which many people, both
men and women, suffer from. They blame fate Instead
of their own minds for their bruises. The disloyal friend
or the faithless lover, sets currents In action which in
evitably must bring disaster In time. I do not mean the
friend who outgrows the other, the lover who finds It
Impossible to continue loving. Those sad experiences
sometimes occur with the most loyal! But I refer to
those who repay trust with trickery, confidence with de
celt, yet who cry out against cruel destiny when they
are forced to suffer from the same qualities In others.
WOMEN'S EXTRAVAGANCE OFTEN MEN'S FAULT.
By Helen OldReld.
Nothing can be more foolish than for a
young couple to start married life with a
grand splurge, spending the few hundreds or
so in the bank in unnecessary extravagances
which will do them no practical Bervice when
the money is gone. Even where there Is a
solid reserve fund available it is ill advised to
draw upon it heavily, or even to abstain from
adding to It, if possible, at the outset of matri
mony. When once the Initial expenses of the wedding
and house furnishing are over, the cost of living ought
to be, nnd usually Is, less for a time than It will be there
after. Everything is new, nnd with ordinary care there
should be no outlay In replacing or repairing for some
time to come.
Whatever a man's Income, be it large or smaJl, his wife
has a moral right to a certain portion of It, upon which
Bhe can depend, and this should be given to her regu
larly, without her being compelled to ask for It. It Is a
humiliating position for any one to be left without a dol
lar to pay an expressman ; nay, worse, not to have the
small amount due on a letter delivered at the door! Th
average man dislikes exceedingly to be continually asked
for small amounts of money, but he rarely appreciates
how galling it is to his wife's pride, her self-respect, to be
obliged to make such requests. Let every man be honest
enough, and loving enough, to give his wife a fair Idea of
his financial position, and trust her to conduct herself
accordingly, nor leave her In Ignorance when serious
trouble is threatening to Ingulf her as well as him.
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SNOBBISHNESS AND "THE ELECT."
By Juliet V. Strauss.
There Is no snob so unutterable, so
disgusting and Intolerable as the In
tellectual snob.. If he were really
bright he would know things and
nmong them he would know what
real "smartness" is and that people
who have It never go blathering
r ,V 'P4 be 14 nn1 say nothing about it.
The Idea of calling those who have
succeeded in getting rid of their ob
ligations to their neighbors, and form-
juliet v. strauss. ed a little clique of their own the
elect! I &et disgusted with these smart people who can
find only a few appreciative friends, who call the people
around them "these people" nnd assume an air of bored
superiority.
I remember of hearing a little girl say once to a com
rade in the "elect" business: "It is just we, us and com
pany." Both of them tittered at this and looked (as only
females can look) at another little girl who wasn't "In"
we, us and company.
ILL
A Plucky Policeman,
rollcemnn Jacob Farra, of West
Chester, Ta., who has, the reputation
of being afraid of no dog, attacked a
dog which was apparently mad, drag
ged It from a porch and shot it. The
dug was on the porch of W. It. Ottey
and had chewed the legs oft a rocking
chair when the policeman arrived. He
did not hesitate, but grasped the ani
mal by the tall, threw It over a fence
and then shot it In an alley.
The Future Fire.
"Do you really believe," asked the
unscrupulous business man that 'hon
esty Is the best policy?' "
"I believe," replied the Rev. Mr.
Goodley, "that It is the very best eter
nal fire Insurance policy." Philadel
phia Tress.
k LITTLE LESSON IN PATRIOTISM.
When In June, 1777, General Bur
goyne started from Canada with 80,000
splendidly equipped soldiers, and the
finest train of artil
lery that had ever
been seen In Amer
ica, It was confi
dently expected by
the British minis
try and the British
army thut he would
experience no diffi
culty in subjugating
the continental
army..
But General Phil-
philip schuyler. ip Schuyler had
been busy In felling the trees, obstruct
ing the fords and breaking down the
bridges In the" country through which
Burgoyne must come. By the time Bur
goyue reached Fort Edward, he was
compelled to forage for food. The New
England militia cut Kim off from Can
ada. At the battle of Bennington the
Americans under Stark had defeated
him. Now nothing was left to him. but
hard fighting. The genius of General
Schuyler had hemmed in the British.
Just ns victory for the Americans was
in sight General Schuyler was super
seded by General Gates. To Gates went
the credit of the splendid victory of
Saratoga, Oct. 17, 1777.
It miglit have been expected that
General Schuyler, whose retirement
had been due to a mistake, rather a
blunder, on the part of the authorities
in charge, should feel the personal
chagrin so keenly thnt he would have
no more to do with the cause for which
he had fought, but where his services
were unappreciated. On the contrary,
he devoted his best efforts to It and
was flnaly rewarded with the vindica
tion and the honor he deserved.
These nre the real facts about the
standing of the noblest work of God
man. He Is first known as the son of
this mother; then the husband of hli
wife, and ends by being known as th
father of Wi children.
When a girl wants to see her Beloved,
to-night, and learns thnt she can't see
him till to-morrow night, the day of
Judgmeut doesn't seem to be half as far
off. ' '
From the vlewjioint of a sensible
person Imitation Is the most disgust
lug form of Battery.
CLEANING THE FUNNEL
OF A FAST CRUISER.
The picture shows an operation which
goes on quite frequently on board ship,
especially In the navy, where It Is con
sidered the proper tiling to keep the
men employed as much ns possible. As
sopu as the exposed surfaces of a ves
sel are covered properly with paint it
is scraped off and the process is re
peated. Thus It Is that Uncle Sam's
bill for white lead and linseed oil
amounts to a very lnrge sum every
year.
Block Walnut Goen to Germany,
Black walnut Is produced In this
country nt an annual rate of about 33,
000,000 feet. The larger portion of It
now conies from Southwestern Missou
ri, Arkansas, Oklahoma aud Indian
Territory, although there Is some scat
tering growth still picked up In Iudl
nua, Ohio, Tennessee and West Vir
ginia. The most considerable stand of
the wood remaining east of the Missis
sippi river Is on the upper waters of
the Guyundotte river in West Virginia.
The home demnnd for black walnut
lumber is only for comparatively small
quantities. Its use Is largely confined
to gun stocks, novelties, electric work,
etc. The chief demand for walnut
comes from Germany, nnd Hamburg Is
the commercial center of the market
Southwest Magazine.
Two-thirds of the so-called society
400" are ciphers.
GOOD ONLY TO RUN RACES.
Thoroughbred Home Would Be Val
uelcfta If There Were No Bettinir.
James Coyle got a party of sorting
men aud race horse owners to guessing
a few nights ago. They were discuss
ing the thoroughbred and Incidentally
politics and betting. Mr. Coyle advanc
ed some original views as to what gives
the thoroughbred race horse Its value.
He set them nil guessing by the state
ment that if betting on racetracks was
suddenly prohibited the race horse
would have no value whatever.
"You believe that betting has not all
to do with values of the race horse," he
said. "Why, if the right to bet on a
race was cut off that Is, If there was
no betting allowed there are horses in
all parts of the country, worth from
$:;0,000 upward, that would not be
worth 30 cents. You needn't look so
surprised." he continued. "What do
the people go to racetracks for? Is It
to see the races? They can't see any
thing but a finish in most of them.
What crowds the race course at big
events? Do you believe It Is all love
for the horses? More than half of
those in attendance do not even see the
finish. They are there to lay down a
bet.
"Now, If they cannot bet will they
attend the races? And if they do not
attend what will become of the race
tracks? If there Is no racing what will
be the value of your high-priced run
ning horse? He cannot be used for
riding, driving cr hauling n wagon.
Well, If they can't race nor be used in
any other way what possible value
could they have? Cut off betting and
see what your big-priced racing horse
will bring." Cincinnati Enquirer.
Sure of Her Facts.
A small girl was fascinated by the
tale of the "Three Bears," as told her
by a visiting nurse. Every time the
nurse came she was asked to repeat It.
Iu "The Queen's Poor" the nurse tells
of the child's opinion.
Noticing that during the almost dal
ly recital the little girl kept her eyes
on a picture of some boys playing
football, I wondered what connection
there wns In her mind between the two,
and finally I asked her, "What ar
bears?"
With the level tones of a person per
fectly sure of her facts, she replied.
"Bears is boys."