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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1907)
f iibou mm leader Cr.SOUlE. PaUMMr TOLEDO., .OREGON Secretary Wllion can always look to the fertile field and find something to be optimistic over. Mr. Rockefeller has been making bli Will. We trust that be bequeathed the earth to the people who reside on It The Increased cost of telegraph mes sages will make the average woman more afraid than ever to open one of them. The author of "Florodora" is dead, but the original sextet will be making rich and racy reading matter years from now. It may interest the man who has to relight his cigar erery thirty seconds to learn that the match trust cleared (300,000 last year. The scientific name of the green bug that threatens the wheat crop Is toxop tera granlnum. Take It home and try It on your graphapbone. When the average man reads In tbe stock market column of the paper the Statement that "money la easy," be can't help feeling that It must be a mis print Those who pretend to know say that only 9 per cent of the kisses are laden with disease germs. Who wouldn't take a chance under such circum stances? A Cleveland woman Is suing for di vorce because her husband won't let her read the newspapers. Why doesn't she compromise by letting him tear out the baseball page? Tom Law son Is salcj to have made 12,600,000 the other day by not buying a copper mine. We refrain from buy lug copper mines every day In the year without gaining anything by It Mexico has been badly shaken by an earthquake, but luckily It does not ap pear that the people down there are going to need any help In the way of money which may be pocketed by graft ers. ' A Boston newspaper recently con tained tbe following headline: "Eye and Juice Boards After Knowledge Box Trimmings." If that doesn't remove your doubts about Boston's Intellectual superiority, nothing ever will. Tbe worst feature of the advance In telegraph rates Is that the good news and the bad news will continue to cost the same. A private telegram telling about a slump In stocks will cost the same ss the announcement of tbe death of a rich uncle. Consternation was caused all over tbe English-reading world not long ago by the report that the Valparaiso earth quake had destroyed Juan Fernandez, Robinson Crusoe's Island. Tbe terrible rumor has been denied authoritatively by the secretary of the Royal Geo graphical Society. Mothers and other humnne persons will agree with the remarks of a lec turer in the Harvard Medical School, who said the other day, In speaking of the persons who had asked him whether It Is worth while to save the lives of diseased babies, "I reply that no baby ought to die. It is the brain which, after all, does the work, better or less well, according to the physical development We cannot Judge before hand at birth what the individual may become later." This sacrosanct attitude of the min ister no longer goes with the people. The man who adopts It is as far be hind his time as if he wrote his ser mon with a quill 'pen and dried the Ink on it with sand. The successful clergyman no longer lives in bis pulpit and meets his people solely at the Fri day evening prayer meeting. He comes down from hi pedestal and mingles with men. If they find he Is of the same clay with themselves, If he has land human experiences himself and has been made wiser and broader and more tolerant by the evil and the suf fering with which his calling naturally brings him Into contact, they put a high value on his words, quite as much from the fact that be is an every-day man as that he has "reverend" before his name. Tbe migration of Japanese to Korea is s&ld to be going on at the rats of B.000 or 200 a month. Tbe islanders who cross tbe strait to ths peninsula are men of the kind who would be most useful to Japan in case of trouble with ths Koreans. They are making their impress, deep and strong, upon the less advanced and feebler people among whom they live. Meanwhile ths Japan projects which deal with Dm fortification f strategic garrison points In Korea and tbe grldlroning of the country with railroads and mili tary highways go forward steadily. Every such extension of Japanese power and sovereignty means another step toward the time when Japan will be prepared to announce and enforce, as to eastern Asia, a sort of new Mon roe doctrine Asia for the Asiatics. That physical fatigue Is not necessar ily a cure for mental fatigue Is the conclusion which is gradually being reached by a good many people who used to hold tbe affirmative of the proposition. So learned and weighty a body as tbe British Association for th Advancement of Science is now dis posed to admit that a man is not likely to recuperate his brain by overworking his muscles. This looks like enlighten ment In Epgland and to a smaller ex tent in this country the doctrine has been preached and pretty generally ac cepted that a man who is fagged out mentally ought to fag himself out phy sically as a means of recuperation. The proposition has not been put in that form, but that has been the purport of It Are you mentally played out? Go and tire yourself out physically by row ing a boat or riding a bicycle or play ing tennis or even by sawing wood. This has been the formula. There is a homeopathic flavor td it Yet Hahne mann never intended the theory of slmlHa slmlllbus curantur to apply to such a matter. It Is doubtful whether the physical culturlsts themselves did either. In truth the gospel of exercise fur 11m fcuka of exercise Is Ui result of a msapprehension by those who preach It So long as exercise Is re creation it Is a remedy for mental fa tigue. The moment that It becomes work that, moment it aggravates In stead of relieving the strain upon the brain. Exercise enthusiasts saw that In certain cases athletic sports bene fited weary brain workers, and they jumped at the conclusion that It was the physical activity that caused the good results. In truth It was not the exercise (except in a small degree) but the sense of recreation, the entire change of occupation, that did the work. It was taking the mind from one task and putting it at another and easier one that gave relief. And that Is the secret of all true recreation. A man may divert himself by diverting his thoughts into new channels. The lawyer may take his recreation in col lecting butterflies, the banker may take his in playing penuchle, the physician may go In for amateur theatricals. In all three cases the result will be bet ter than if the lawyer and the doctor and the banker, having no taste for athletics, go to a gymnasium and dog gedly put In a certain time every day tiring out their muscles. Tiring tbe muscles does not rest the brain. The British association manifests wisdom in repudiating the exercise fetich. Ex ercise In moderation and In its proper place is a good thing. But exhaustion never cured exhaustion. STUDIES LOBSTER'S HABITS. Dlfflenlty French Professor Had to Secure lomi Sea TVXir, A distinguished French scientist, a professor in a Paris university, who was studying tbe habits of the lobster, decided that Inasmuch as the habitat of the lobster was the salt water of the ocean It would be necessary to get some sea water for proper experimentation. Sea water, a few barrels of old ocean, was required, but In France, where all things are beneficially regulated by a paternal and solicitous government, It was necessary to get the permission of the minister of finance or, as we should say, the federal treasury depart ment to transport sea water from the ocean to the Interior. For Is not the sea salty and is not the production of salt a source of revenue and might not the professor wish to extract two tea spoonfuls of salt? The application went to the ministry, where a subordinate official was charged with tbe duty of looking Into the standing of the petitioner. There was a voluminous correspondence on the subject The petition was referred to many bureaus and finally with a favorable recommendation to the chief of the department, who Instantly re solved that It would be necessary to inquire why the professor wished to transport sea water. Weeks passed and another Inspector made a favorable report The petition er received a tremendous report elab orately swathed In red tape and Inci dentally official extracts from that part of the penal code relating to the salt monopoly. After months of waiting the professor was empowered to fill several casks with sea water at a par ticular point where another official Is sued to him a permit for the transpor tation of the water Into the Interior of Franc. Lobsters ar so called because of their awkwardness, stupidity, Inepti tude, slowness. WU Olrl. "Why did yon turn him down?" "He said If I would marry him he would never go away and Jeare tat alone." Houston Post W- "k J IS i aw --v 1 Shad 7 Watering Tron-h. The writer may be a crank on the summer care of animals, but at least he knows that It pays well to look out for their comfort during the heated spell. Knowing the luxury of 9 drink of cool water In warm weather an in telligent man realizes that an animal will enjoy Its water much more If it is In a shady place where It is cool and where also there may be a little shade for the animal while It is drink ing. Only in some sections do we find the old-time drinking trough hewn from a log than which nothing better has ever been devised. On most farms it will not be at all hard to find a corner shaded by trees or vines where this troueh may be lo cated. Oftentimes an old tree will serve as a hitching post near tbe trough and a light chain or tie rope hitched to the lower branches of the LOO WATEimo TROUGH. tree to hold the horse while drinking If Its owner wishes to leave it a few minutes. By a little care In the set ting of the trough so that the lower back corner Is 'tilted away from the side at which the horse approaches the trough the overflow may be readily conducted away from the trough and tbe wet stamping place avoided. A good plan is to dig out the soil for a foot in the Bpot where the horse would stand while drinking and fill it with coarse gravel which would surely do away with the' wet spots. Indian apolis News. The Early Frnits and Vegetables. Ground Intended for onions should be plowed as early as the weather will permit, as the onion crop Is the first to go In. One method of producing onions Is to sow tbe seeds In hotbeds and transplant the small bulbs later. The seeds may be sown In the hotbeds in January or February. By thus grow ing them there is a saving of time and less difficulty with weeds. If prefer red, the onion sets may be procured of seedsmen. In fact, onion sets should now be in the ground. Plant the sets In rows, placing them four inches apart in the rows. The rows may be suffi ciently wide to permit of the use of a wheel hoe. It is important to keep the grass from between the onions as well as to have the space between the rows clean. Onions can endure frost, and will start to grow almost as soon as planted. Rape (or Sheep. Every farmer who keeps sheep should try rape this year, if only on S small plot, so as to learn how It grows and what it Is worth. Get the dwarf Essex variety, plant It In drills and begin to use it as soon as it Is well grown. It will grow again after being cut It may be planted In April, ven later. Sow it In rows or broad cast It Those who sow It for sheep broadcast It over the field and turn the sheep on it at any stage of growth de sired. It is now considered Indispensa ble to all who keep sheep, but, as it is also relished by other stock, it will be found serviceable In providing a suc culent food late In tbe season after grass is gone. It Is also excellent for all kinds of poultry. Breeding; Sows, Breeds of swine have been injured to a certain degree by using animals for breeding purposes that were not fully matured. Experiments made with ma tured sows and young sows show that the cost of raising pigs from matured sows Is much Jess than from younger dams, while tbe losses of pigs were also much greater when the dams were young. It has been claimed that liability to swine cholera and other diseases Is likewise caused by the use of Immature animals for breeding pur- poses. Is Conttnaons Corn Cnltare. In the spring of 1804, at the Rhode Island experiment station, Professors G. E. Adams and II. J. Wheeler began the study of the continuous culture of corn on an acre of soil that is partly a slit loam and partly a light sandy loam. In the first two years only chem ical fertilizers were used, the main tenance of soil humus being placed upon the corn stubble remaining upon the field. The following two years half of the area was sown with crim son clover at the time of the last cul tivation of corn and half to rye, In order to compare the merits of a legu minous and nonlegumlnous crop as a means of maintaining soil humus. Beginning with 1893, after the ex periment was In progress four years, the first quarter of the acre plat was sown to crimson clover and the third quarter to winter rye at the time of the last cultivation of the corn, while the second and fourth quarter acre re ceived no clover crop. In 1809 the land was limed to secure the success of clover. A summary of the results during the tTvcIve years the experiment has been conducted shows the gain from using clover as a cover crop, after deducting tbe cost of the seed, was $50.24, or an average of $4.19 per acre annually, compared with $4.28, or an average of 30 cents an acre annually from using rye. Alfalfa Seed Testing-. Directions are elven bv the Terns station for testing the purity of alfalfa seed and the weed seeds frequently found In It, together with seeds some times used as its adulterants, such as bur clover and sweet clover, are de scribed. In 1905 the station tested thlrtv- two samples of alfalfa seed obtained from tbe wholesale houses of the State. In these samples thirty differ ent weed seeds were found. The ner- centage of sand, trash and broken seed varied from 0 to 20 Der cent Testlncr the vitality of the seed is also describ ed. The results secured with the thirty-two samples showed their vitality or germinating power to vary from 4U.o to 96.5 per cent, the greater num ber having a vitality of over 80 rr cent. The actual values of the seed samples In percentages varied from 39.0 to 96. The results in detail given In a table. Vermin-Proof Roost. Get 'as vertical supports Iron nlnoa two feet long, cut Jam tins In half sim ilar to the illustration. Place kerosti and water In the tins. The perches suoum not come within six Inches of tbe walls. Then the red mite (ear- eoptes) or tick Is held at bay. Lime washing the house is not necessary, says J. A. C. F wrltlnir from rinn Victoria, Australia. In our country in stead of using dropping boards roofing felt in sheets Is used. It folds easily, does not rot, prevents the floor from being hollowed cheaD. everlnaHn Trap nests of any, sort are not known witnm nrty miles of this town. We are backward. Wood Ashes for Fertilising-. Ashes vary greatly, those as high as 8 per cent of potash being the exception. The value of the pure potash is 'about 6 cents per pound. The best ashes are seldom valued at over $8 per ton. They contain a large proportion of lime, but potash is the material sought as a fertilizer in ashes. Potash gives good results on nearly all crops, more especially fruits, grass, po tatoes and many vegetables, being broadcasted over the nlowad - - S'VUUU and harrowed In. A Good Inaeot Powder. Pyrethrum Is well established as an Insect powder. It Is cheap and v. effectual. At the experiment station at Amherst, Mass., they mixed a table spoonful of the powder in a nsiicii equal parts of water and buttermilk- , 7 " . V,lr"uta' Potatoes and other plants Infected with v. and worms. The buttermilk makes th powuer sue to toe plants, and la about half an hour the lnw. r . good supply of It, curl, drop to th gruuuu ana ui 1 , i u A VEBMIN-PROOF BOOST. Dish Drainer. Among the recent Inventions for household use Is a dish drainer, which should prove very useful. As shown In the Illustra tion, it Is a device for holding plates, saucers and other dishes in a position to allow them to drain thoroughly. The drainer com prises a wire rack in which the dishes are sup ported snri s non DISH DRAINER. t() Diagonally across the frame are span wires, a considerable number of dishes being thus accommodated In a com paratively small space. As the span wires touch the dishes only In one spot, there is nothing to prevent thor ough cleansing, the drainage being perfect The dishes may be washed or partially washed before being In serted in the rack, or, as some prefer,, they can be placed In the rack exactly as they come from the table and then, cleansed by pouring boiling water over them. Pickled Tront. Clean the fish and boll In salted wa ter, then drain, wipe dry and set aside until very cold. Make a ptekle of two quarts of vinegar, a dozen blades of mace, the same number of white pep pers and cloves, two teaspoonfuls of mustard, three tablespoonfuls of white sugar and a pint of the water In which the fish was boiled. Boll all this liquid once, then skim It Cut the fish into pieces of uniform size. Let the liquid get cold; put back on the stove and when it bolls drop the fish .and take from the fire. Pack In Jars filled to. overflowing with the spiced vinegar. seal tightly and put in a cool place. Hard Soap. Put together four gallons of boiling water, six pounds of washing soda and, three, pounds of unslaked lime. Set aside until clear, then drain off find put over the fire with six pounds of pure fat Boll for about two hours, or until It begins to harden, thinning, when nec essary, with the water that you have drained off, adding It when there is danger of the soap boiling over. Try a little In a saucer and when thick enough throw In a handful of salt and remove from the fire. Pour Into a wet tub, and sUnd aside to harden, then cut Into bars. Tapioca and Banana Sponge. Sprinkle half a cup of tapioca and two-thirds of a cup of sugar Into one pint of boiling water, add half a tea spoonful of salt, and cook in a double boiler, stirring occasionally. Whn th tapioca Is transparent two lemons and the whites of two eggs. oearen until stiff. Spread over sliced bananas and serve with crenm n ,. gar, or with a cold-boiled custard pre viously maae. This dish may be made with canned neachea nr n,,! i tbe Juice of the fruit Instead of water. Banana Salad. Have the bananas very cold. Cut them Into small pieces and mix with a dressing of salad oil, one teaspoonful of vine- ITfl T AM A -r-svn M 1 . ,-., nmopoomui or lemon Juice and a quarter of a teaspoonful each of salt and white pepper. Fill the banana skins and t av i.h. , icuui-u leaves. Sprinkle a few halves of English wal- Till fa An A m 114.1.1- '"" cnoppea parsley over the top of the salad and serve Immedi ately. Cream at Cora Sonp. Simmer one can of corn in three cup- fuls Of Water tnr an k.. uvui-. ueu press through a sieve. Thicken three cup fuls of scalded milk with one table "Poonful each of butter and flour, add it to the corn pulp and season to taste, with salt and pepper. Let it get very hot, stir in half a cupful of cream, re move from tha flro .nl .jj SS Just before serving. If the cream la vrhlrwrtA I i . ... -i'fw n is more delicate. Chocolate Almond Delight. Dissolve onft iunv.. . , , ,u8c m rHspDerry Wlattn In a full pint of boiling water. Strain when It begins to harden and press In one-half pound of chocolate almonds. When firm serve In college ko glasses, with , , . . vwuiui ui wnippea cream orer each glass and an almond wuwt vi eacn. Spanish Cream. JK" X f ,elatla' 0D o mk, the yolks of three eggs, one small CUD of an Mr c.v. 4.1.. Miit. - . tuo seiaun in the f?ra .rJ,n h8w' tten Put t on the Sh? -.?''1 ? ltheata- Addto rti ."i toe bollln Point, stir. rlM all tha Wn ot . ... ""-am witn a mod and flavor with vanilla.
