LINCOLN MOT LEADER
C r. SOULC. Publisher
TOLEDO OREGON
It will be bard to put a permanent
coat of whitewash on the licorice trust.
When a girl Is pretty she doesn't
have to learn housekeeping to get mar
ried. -
The man who doesn't want anything
from the public has a way of helping
himself.
Indications are that the Interurban
Is going to make Itself a characteris
tic of 1907.
Can you think of anything that is
easier or that pays better returns on
the Investment than pleasing a little
child?
Professor Lowell says there are ca
nals on Mars that are thirty-flve miles
wide. This may be accepted as a rath
er broad statement
Now that several Frenchmen have
been accidentally Injured In duels, we
may soon expect a clamor for the de-
Drutaiizing or me sport. .
The world Is certainly growing Dei-
ter. Fewer public olliclals are riding
on free passes this year tliuu lii uiij
former year for a generation.
It' is explained that the robber who
held up a train In Virginia recently
cot nothlmr. That Is unfortunate. He
should have got five years at least
All Mural 'the new Shah of Persia,
Is described as a man who possesses a"d that they may lie In some coua
.n iron will. Also he has more step- try graveyard, perhaps, within sight of
mothers than any other ruler now ex-
jjk
The new pure food law does not, as
we understand, prevent the mauufac-
turers putting pictures .on the cans that
will make our mouths water to look at
them.
The Standard Oil crowd may be fined
$58,000,000 by the Ohio courts. Don t
however, make any big, wagers that
the maximum penalties will be lin-
posed.
Nobody Is now talking about annex-
lng Cuba. It seems much more satis-
factory to have the United States mill-
tary down there, with Cuba paying the
expenses.
The Howard Goulds are again being
sued. Mr. and Mrs. Gould have for
some years past been enabling the New
York lawyers to keep from being over
taken by anything like ennui.
Diamonds are reported to be going
down in price. This is probably due to
the fact that general prosperity has
made It possible for so many people to
have diamonds that they have become
common. ,
The Czar has written a poem In
Which he expresses the belief that sad
ness will pursue him through life. If
Badness ls the only thing that ever
gets after htm Nicholas will be luckier
than most of the other prominent Rus
sians.
With a view to facilitate the trans
action of business, the London Times
Company has been converted Into a
limited liability corporation. The
shares of the private company which
publlshes the Times have become so
subdivided In the course of descent
through four generations that tliero
are now about one hundred and fifty
proprietors, some of whom hold as lit-
tie as, one-fiftieth part of the one:bun- the publishers he took to writing "Sun
dred and fifty-second part of an orig- day stuff." Soon the matter-of-fact at
Inal one-fifth. titude of the workers around him, with
Assassination never yet won a victory
for an individual, a party ox a cause
and it never will. The murder of
Lieutentant General Pavloff adds an
other to a shamefully long list of sim
ilar crimes In Russia, but like all
those that have gone before this one
will bring no fruits to the assassin
and his friends. A class of people.
whether under a Czar of a president,
who resort to the torch and the bomb
are not entitled to liberty. The man
who slays In the dark or who shoots
down In cold blood and the party which
supports such a man are unfit for self-
government The yoke of national op.
.presslon can't be broken by murdering
Individuals.
A corporation recently paid more
than a hundred and fifty thousand dot
iars In. flues Imposed by the court for
breaking the laws relating to rebates.
This was an Important episode In the
moral nousecieauing to. which Ameri-
can business Is being subjected. But
It Is not so important as another pay
ment that was made within the same
week. A prominent citizen of New
York voluntarily paid the city twenty-
seven thousand dollars back taxes
which be bad bad deducted because
he misunderstood the law relating to
the exemption of mortgages. How
many Americans pay the taxes which
they know they owe, even If the amount
Is more than the assessor determines?
Joseph II. Choate tells lawyers that
they should be courteous In the cross
examination of witnesses. lie also ex
presses the Judgment that rudeness
and discourtesy hurt the lawyers who
employ them. Lawyers as a class are
not loved. Most men at some time or
o,ther have had disagreeable experi
ence with them and while they may
respect Individual lawyers their feel
ings toward lawyers In the mass Is not
one of respect and affection. The
badgering of witnesses under cross ex
amination which small lawyers delight
In and which Judges permit when they
should not Is an old evil which creates
for the badgering lawyers the cordial
dislike not only of the badgered victims
but of most of the laymen whq witness
the performance.
There Is a homing Instinct among
men as there Is among birds. It Is
a pretty fact In what may be termed
Innate psychology that men as they
grow old and see the end approaching
have a disposition to return to the
places where they were born to await
the summons. They do not always
qbey this prompting; Indeed, It Is dl
rGgardea , more cns'es thnn',t ls heed-
But th hl8tlnct ig there. It is
declared by students of biology that
tne iove of one.s birthplace Is congenl
tal nn(j tnnt ninn wll0 was Dorn nenr
the sea, for lusuiuee, will uUvuys Lave
a yearning to return to the ocean, even
though he dwells far inland from In
fancy to old age. Another phase qf
this homing iristinct Is the desire that
men experience to be buried among
their kindred. It ls this instinct which
accounts for the transportation of dead
boaies over thousands of miles or lana
farmho.use deserted half a century
ago. The author of "Waverly" com
pared tne course of a man through tne
world to that of a hare, which Is start-
ed from her form and after a long
chase and making a large circle ends
by returning to the nest from which
sne started. Like the wounded deer.
man yearns to reach home to die.
Any eastbo.und overland train contains
evidence of it in the poor consumptive
wno, having vainly sought the climate
0f Arizona or California In the hope
of prolonging life, turns his face home
ward whpn nil linno la at nn onri "(in-
, h . , . t
, ht , ... rollfltprai trt this In-
8tlnct and ak)n t0 lt , orlgln ,g the
desire which city men of country birth
experience for rural life as they grow
older. This yearning for the country
ls. Indeed, not confined to the country
bred. Nearly all men experience It
and this ls the result of atavism In
herited love for the soil persisting
through many generations of city dwel
lers. As man grows old he desires to
get back to nature. So that in these
things, as in many others, we are really
not free agents, but the creatures of
heredity, governed literally by the In
stincts and .tendencies of ancestors
dead for centuries. Our forefathers
live In us and It Is a picturesque
thought It promises an Immortality
that we can all understand and np
predate.
WHERE IDEALS QUICKLY DIE.
Commercial Atmosphere of New York
Cltr Act am Cramp on Genlna.
What ability or skill the great man
of the provinces brought with him to
the metropolis may be only the foun-
datlon for real work. There will sure-
My be extensive revising of Ideals and
methods. A story Is told of a poet who
arrived In town with a complete epic,
This found no acceptance, so after
cursing the stupidity of the public and
the practical view of the market he
acquired, led him to doubt the literary
value of the work he had done in the
sentimental atmosphere of bis native
place.
Presently a commission to write a
column of humor a week came to him
and he cut his epic In short lengths,
tacked a squib on each fragment and
eventually succeeded In' printing it all
08 humor at a price many times larger
than the historic one brought by "Par-
ndise Lost"
Another newcomer brought unsal
able plays and high notions of the aus
terity of the artistic vocation. Three
months after his arrival he was de-
llgkted to get a commlsslpn to write
the handbook which a utilitarian pub
lisher proposed to sell to visitors seek
lng the mutropolls. This commission
brought not only a fair payment for
the manuscript on delivery but Involv
ed a vital secondary consideration. The
title of the work was "Where to Eat
In New York," and Its preDaratlon
made It necessary for the author to
dine each evening for a month In a
different cafe at the proprietor's ex
pense. Atlantic.
As long as Father retains any rights
at all, be Is pretty sure to remove his
shots out bv the sitting room firs.
Probably the most picturesque phase
of American railroad operations Is
found In the manner In which the
steam roads of the West battle with
the giant snowdrifts of the mountain
if gions. This novel activity is seen In
Its most spectacular form on the higher
levels of the Rocky mountains. The
largest rotary snow plow In the world
Is In service on that engineering mar
vel, the Moffat railroad In Colorado,
and the manner In which lt bores
through the great white banks that
block the steel-tracked highway haB
solved one of the most perplexing prob
lems of operating a railroad more than
11,000 feet nbove the level of the sea.
In the early days of railroading In
the region beyond the Mississippi river
the familiar hand shovel was the main
dependence for clearing the tracks, and
after-every heavy fall of "the beauti
ful", an army of men that Included ev
ery available employe of the road was
hurried to points where blockades
might be expected. Locomotives, In
sitings of two, three or four were also
burled against the drifts in an effort
to dislodge the troublesome masses of
icy crystals.
- As a solution for this last-mentioned
makeshift some genius Invented the
push plow, a huge wedge-shaped struc
ture on wheels, which "bucks" the
drifts, impelled by the force of several
powerful locomotives behind lt, and If
the snow barriers be not too heavy, can
force a pathway through the mass.
However, the fact that even the heavi
est snow plows are ofttlmes battled
by the drifts in the mountains indi
cated the necessity ,for a yet more pow
erful type of snow fighter, and thus In
time there was evolved the buow plow
known as the rotary, which has revolu
tionized the methods of lighting snow
and ls represented In the rolling stock
of every railroad that ls liable to feel
the grip of the western blizzard.
In the principle of Its operation the
totary Is radically 'different from all
other designs of snow plows, for In
stead of being anything In the nature
of a scoop or shovel that shoves the
snow aside. Its chief working median-.
ism consists of a monster wheel which
burrows through the snow, tossing the
more or less fleecy material In every
direction. The wheel or snow screw
IN OLD "LYCEUM" DAYS.
The golden days of the lecture plat
form are past, and the lecture bureau
ls no longer the active feature of the
Intellectual life that It was fifty or
even twenty-five years ogo. At one time
almost every town. East ana Nesr.
had Its lecture course each winter
Many were the adventures experienced
by the lecturers as they penetrated the
provincial ports of the country to ue
llver their messages of wisdom or
amusement. Sometimes a concert by the
Mendelssohn Quintet Club, or some
other musical organization, was sand
wiched in between two lectures.
Thomas Ryan a member of the fam
ous quintet club In "The Recollections
of nn Old Museum," tells of the recep
tion of a young woman lecturer in a
small Wisconsin town: ,
It was a young men's society which
had summoned her, made up o.f very
youthful members. When she reacueo.
the station the entire association was
lined up to meet her, and she was cere
moniously Introduced, then and there,
to each one. As the weather was ex
tremely cold, the process was an ordeal.
This over, the leauer wiped nis Drow
and looked abo.ut as If asking what to
do next. Miss Andrews suggested the
hotel. A one-horse sleigh was produc
ed ; the leader handed the lecturer In,
got In himself and offered her the reins.
She d(!dlned. saying he knew the horse
and way better than she. The young
man seemed relieved, and quite satis-
fled that he had shown the guest of the
society every courtesy possible.
That evening the whole assoclalinu
again met and escorted the lecturer to
the ball. The room was packed.
On the stage was an old-fashioned
settee with legs In the middle and at
each end. When Miss Andrews sat
down the affair tilted with her.
large, heavllv built clergyman came' In
and seated himself on the other end.
Up went the settee, and up went Miss
Andrews until her feet no longer touch
ed the floor. The audience giggled and
at the forward end of a rotary resem
bles the propeller of a steamship or a
giant electric fan, although, of course,
it has many more blades than either of
these.
The wheel of the average rotary
snow fighter ls from 8 to 12 feet In
diameter and consists of a series of
hollow, cone-shaped steel scoops, each
equipped with a knlfe-llke piece of
metal. As the wheel revolves at high
speed, these blades strike the snorir
and Ice loosening lt and throwing lt
Into the scoops. The wheel proper Is
Inclosed In a metal hood, at the top of
which ls a square opening or funnel.
By the revolution of the wheel, the
snow caught up by the scoops ls thrown
through this opening with great force,
and the funnel Is so shaped that the
bpow is hurled In an oblique direction
and caused to fall at a" distance of from
50 to 100 feet from the side of the
track, according to the speed at which
the wheel ls being operated. Moreover,
the hood ls Inclined inward, so that the
falling snow does not descend upon the
top of the rotary and bury the machine
m a drift of Its own making.
The rotary plow, like the old-fashioned
type of push plow, is propelled
by a couple of powerful locomotives,
but the power for operating the great
propeller Is contained within the plow
Itself. This Is supplied by an engine
somewhat resembling a marine engine,
but capable of developing almost as
much power as n locomotive. The ro
tary must withstand the force of push
ing engines behind, as well as counter
act the side motion of the great whir
ring wheel, and consequently the roof
and sides,' as well as the framework,
are of metal, and the machinery ls set
as near the ground as possible, In or
der to help "steady" this energetic me
chanical toller. The weight of the av
erage rotary, complete with tender for
fuel and water, is more than 100 tons.
At the forward part of the plow ls the
pilot house, wherein ls stationed the
pilot who directs the operation of the
rotary and communicates the necessary
Instructions to the engineers, of the lo
cjmotlves In the rear.
A giant rotary can force Its way
through almost any snow barriers at a
speed of from four to six miles . per
hour, as a minimum. The ponderous,
knife-armed wheel spins around at a
speed of from 150 to 300 revolutions
Miss Andrews laughed ; there was noth-
ng else to do.
The lecturer scanned the house.
foremost, leaning with folded arms
on the edge of the stage, sat a young
nan In a red flannel shirt who never
took his eyes off the lady on the plat
form. Finally the reverend giant rose to In
troduce the lecturer. This suddenly let
Miss Andrews' end of the settee dawn
with a thud.
The clergyman was long-winded, and
;he red-shlrted young man became rest
less. At last he called out In Impatient
tones :
"Dry up. old man ! Give ihe young
al a chance!"
AMERICAN OFFICER. INSULTED
BY KINGSTON GOVERNOR.
Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis,
who was practically ordered awny from
SCAB ADMIRAL DAVIS.
Kingston, Jamaica, by the British gov
ernor, won fame in the Spanish war
as the man to whom the town of
Ponce, Porto Rico, surrendered. He
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p
I - niiii II 1 it milium mi I I
per minute, according to the weight
aiyl character of the snow and Ice en
countered. Close and continual watch
fulness ls necessary on the part of the
pilot, for the character of the snow
mass encountered may change with'
scarceiy a moment's warning from
loosely drifted flakes to densely packed
snow incrusted with Ice, and mayhap
with Ice formations four or live inches
thick scattered through It. Into some
portions of the vast snow coverlet the
rotary may plunge with Impunity at a
speed of only 400 or at most 000 feet
11 minute, while banks of soft snow
ptrmlt a speed of say twelve miles per
hour. However, an Indicator In the
pilot house records every fluctuation In
the resistance offered by the snow bar
riers and a pneumatic whistle enables
the pilot to quickly signal for any de
sired change of speed.
The snow depths at some of the high
er altitudes of the American Alps are
almost incredible, but a big rotary,
working like a herculean augur and
toeslng aside Its snow borings like
chips driven out of a fan blower In
a planing mill, could actually burrow
to any depth If there were any way
to get rid of the snow thus excavuied.
The whole principle of the armored car
with the big wheel churning the snow
before It ls so 6lmple that once lt had
bi-en, devised railroad men wondered
that they had not hit upon the scheme
long ago.
There are places where the work of
the rotary plows In keeping open the
trail for the Iron horses ls ably aug
mented, on the principle of prevention,
by great snowsheds stout fences or
wooden tunnels designed to keep the.
snow from drifting over the tracks
but it ls probable that had the effi
ciency of the modern rotary marvels
been anticipated, many railroads would
not have expended as much money as
they did some years ago in construct
ing snowsheds. Thirty-two miles of
snowsheds, costing ?04 a foot or nearly
$11,000,000 In the aggregate, represents
the price one transcontinental railroad
had to pay before lt could successfully
operate Its trains over the Rocky moun
tain division.
Nowadays the rotarles cost something
like $10,000 each, but even at that price
tbey represent a great saving over
snowsheds which, aside from their first
cost, eat up thousands of dollars in re
pairs every year. Moreover, the ro
tarles have been Instrumental In saving
countless lives not merely by carrying
aid aud food to snow-bound trains and
snow-bound villages, but also by reduc
ing the number of casualties among
railroad men engaged In fighting the
snow. Waldon Fawcett a St Louis
C! lobe-Democrat. 1
was then In command of the gunboat
Dixie. He Is a native of Massachu
setts, and was graduated from the
naval academy In 18G4. He was con
nected with several expeditions to de
termine differences In longitude, was
superintendent of the naval observa
tory for a short time and served on
the Anglo-Russian North Sea commis
sion at Paris.
With ThnnUa.
Notices to the public are usually
made with little regard to politeness.
The wayfarer ls likely to meet with
warning or a caution couched In
strong but curt terms. "A Wanderer
In London," however, reports one in
stance where the regard. of the passer
by Is taken for granted and is ac
knowledged.
At the hospital Just opposite the en
trance to the East India docks and the
Blackwall Tunnel under the Thames .
notice boards are set up asking the
drivers, for the sake of tnose who are
111 within, to walk their horses past the
building.
That Is a common enough request,
but what gives It a peculiar Interest
here ls that the carter, having com
plied or not with the modest demand,
ls confronted at the other corner of the
building by another board, saying,
"Thank you, driver."
Abaent-Mt tided.
The Judge was at dinner in the new
household, according to the Philadel
phia Public Ledger, when the young
housekeeper asked:
"Did you ever try any oflmy bis
cuits, Judge?"
"No," replied the Judge," I never did,
but I dare say they deserve It"
Mahonej-'a Forethonght.
Dentist I've filled all your teeth
that have cavities, sir.-
Mahoney Well, thin, fill th' rlst av
thlm, too thin whin th cavities come
they'll be already filled, b'gobs. Puck.
When a woman gets a letter, from
her kin, her husband waits anxiously
till she gets through reading It, to learn
who ls coming this time.