LINCOLN COUNTY LElCEti
C T. SOULE. Publubcr
TOLEDO OREGON
A lawsuit Is the thief of time and
money.
If a man Is Incompetent he usually
charge It up to bad luck.
Men with long heads are capable of
using them on short notice.
Happy Is the spirit that makes two
flays of sunshine grow where only one
grew before.
The man arrested In New York for
marrying eight women ought to be.add
ed to the Carnegie hero medal list
The girl graduate who marries at
commencement Is the present heroine
of the bon-bon school fit romance.
It Is too late, perhaps, to ask the
woodman to spare that tree. What Is
needed .now is to reproduce that tree.
"Eight-hour day for wives," Is Presi
dent Roosevelt's latest slogan. Where's
a man going to spend the other sixteen
hours?
Owing to the kind of person he has
confessed himself to be It Is only fair
to assume that Harry Orchard auiokes
cigarettes. 1
King Edward tons decorated Caruso
with the Victorian order. This will
help materially to make him worth
the price be demands.
Schoolgirls kiss euch other Into grippe
and fever, Dr. Drake says. It must be
really dangerous for girls to be kissed
by anybody but a man. ,
A Baltimore physician assures us
that kissing Is not so dangerous as
many bacteriologists assert A lot of
Us have been brave enough to risk it,
anyway. .
A London scientist snys strawberries
cause people to become sulky. He may
be mistaken. It Is usually the lack of
strawberries In the shortcake that
makes people Ill-tempered.
Emperor William has about made up
his mind not to have a world's fair In
Germany. Germany Is doing fairly
well, and he probably thinks It would
be foolish to disturb her.
I After the scientists have succeeded In
weighing and photographing the soul
will they be good enough to furnish di
rections for preveuttng It from leaving
homo without permission?
Dr. Evans, health commissioner,
gives It as the result of his observa
tion thqt it Is better to be born a hog
than a human being. Doesn't the doc
tor know that some men find It easy to
bo both? (
Stories of boys who began small and
have waxed big are still told, In spite
of the cry of lessening opportunities
and all-embracing "truBts." The latest
Is that concerning a boy who began by
sweeping out a rullroad ofllee at three
dollars a week. .He has' just been made
freight manager, at a salary of twenty
five thousand. Itut he has not been
sweeping all the time.
Friends of the Indian will rejoice In
the fact that the lives of countless red
skins will be saved by the recent arrest
of a 13-year-old Massachusetts boy.. He
had dug up the hatchet, struck it deep
Into the war-post and sturted for the
far, far West His armament was an
alr-rllle, a razor, a pair of brass knuck
les, two toy pistols and a sword. He
lind run away from his home, and his
mission was the extermination of In
dians. But he had thoughtlessly omit
ted to put any wampum In his pocket
or any parched corn and pemmlcan In
hla pouch. He got hungry, applied for
help at a police station, and there his
romance ended.
If the writer of this ever gets out of
the newspaper business and finds that
he has an unsatisfied desire for more
good reading matter he expects to drop
Into a newspaper ofllee once a week
and buy a nickel's worth of old papers,
lie will probably get twenty-flve ex
changes and half of them will be met
ropolitan not more t5an a week old.
Out of the bunch be will get a lot of
reading that will be as good as could
be found In any two or three 10-cent
magazines. The newspapers of this
country are filled with good stuff every
day of the year, not alone local news
matter but matter of general Interest
matter that Is as readable when It Is
e year old as when It was first printed.
The good feeling which Is develop
ing between England and France may
Induce English-speaking folk the world
over to take a few valuable lessons of
the French. They have been tradition
ally regarded as a fickle people, much
glvan to the drinking of absinthe, and
to social Intrigue, and successful chief
ly In the devising of gay and expensive
fashions, to the depletion of English
and American pocketbooks. In point
of fact, the French as a nation have
certain notable virtues which we may
emulate. For example, the average
Frenchman, Instead of being a wan
derer, Is emphatically a family man.
His ruling ambition Is to own a home
which he may enjoy himself and be
queath to his children. If he has In
herited one. It Is hie greatest pride to
preserve and beautify It He chooses
bis wife not only for her dowry, but
also for her domestic virtues. The
French wife Is the best business wom
an In flie world. Household affairs are
left entirely to her, and so usually is
the Investment of family savings. She
has a clear idea of what makes for
comfort, but she has no such passion
for "things" as often weighs down the
life of the American housewife. Drap
eries and carpets and stuffed chairs
may be lacking In madame's house,
but excellent cooking and good temper
are pretty sure to be found there. One
notable Illustration of the domestic
virtue of the French Is to be seen In
their regard for mothers-ln-law. It Is
not unusual to find families In friendly
rivalry for the privilege of entertain
ing the mother-in-law, and there Is
many a household In France where
two mothers-in-law live respected and
happy, with children and grandchil
dren. We have long imported gowns
and hats 'from France. It would be
good now to Import love for the house
'hold, the thrift which by skillful cook
ing contrives toothsome and nourish
ing food from Inexpensive- material,
and those gentle domestic j manners
which moke the roof tree dear, the din
ner table, pleasant, and family affec
tion true and deep. There cannot be
an oversupply of these admirable qualities.
Every one knows In a general way
that the navies of the world, Including
that of the United States, have been
In competition of late, and that all of
tbem have been Increasing In size at
enormous cost to the respective coun
tries. How swift this' increase has been
can hardly be appreciated, however, un
til one examines such a graphic por
trayal of It as Is given, for example.
In the diagrams contained In the 1007
number of the Statesman's Tear Book.
Id figuring naval strength experts now
adays reduce all their figures to what
they call "Dreadnought" units." Bat
tle ships of the Dreadnought class are
treated as having a value of one point
and other battleships are given propor
tional values according to their size
and efficiency. Our American Louis
iana, for Instance, would rankas .80
and our Maine as .00. Since battleships
take about three years to construct the
comparisons of strength can be made
for the Immediate future years on the
basis of battleships under construction
as well as for the present and past
Now comparing battleship strength In
this way, the diagram shows that In
1000 the British strength was 10.5
points, which was more than that of
any other two powers combined. Our
American strength was Just 2 points,
and we held fifth place among Jhe pow
ers In this respect So swiftly do the
curves of strength mount upward that
by 1910 the British battleships will
stand at close to 80 points, which Is
more than three times as, great as In
1000. That will be Just about the
strength of any other two powers, the
United States excepted. The United
States will have Increased . from
points to 21; France from 0.5 to 20:
Germany from 2.3 to 15.5; Russia, de
spite all her war losses,, from 8.5 to 0:
Japan from 1 to 11, and even Italy
from 1.5 to 6 points. The curves for
armored cruiser strength are almost
as striking. In 1000 the United States
became the second power In battleship
strength and also In armored cruiser
strength. She will remain the second
power In battleships until 1010 at least
though In armored cruisers France will
equal her by 1000 and Japan will ad
vance to second place. The diagrams
remind one of the betting In a poker
game. Even on the basis of the hard
figures, it Is not quite certain how
much of the strength displayed by any
nation is biunr.
No Place for Burglar Under Ded
With every big 'robbery reported I
hotels furniture manufacturers com i
the front with the boast that wherever
else the robber may have hidden him
self. It certainly waant under the bwV
because beds nowadays are built too
low for even the thinnest of villains
hide under them.
"For many years losses of money
ana jeweiry, bbiu a lunmure niami
facturer. "were attributed lndlrectlv m
least to the bed, which was built high
enough to afford protection to the thief.
Finally, In order to save the good name
of that necessary piece of furniture we
decided to build It so low that not even
an Infant can crawl under It, thereby
compelling the enterprising burglar to
seek a hiding place elsewhere." Phila
delphia Record.
Some people look for faults In every
one they meet as If they believed noth
ing else was worth finding.
TRUE LOVE OF CHRIST.
By Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady.
If ye love 'me, keep my command
ments. St John 14 : 15. . -
Now, when we truly love a being for
the possession of qualities we our
selves would fain enjoy and exhibit,
that love, If It be worthy the name, Is
transforming. We would be like the
beloved object by which our affections
are aroused. Granted that Christ Is
the most lovuble being who ever has
existed, It logically follows that men
should love Him aud that the love we
bear Him should make us strive to be
like Hhn.
How can this likeness be brought
about In us made real by us? Christ
Himself in this thrice-repeated Injunc
tion has pointed out the method by
keeping His commandments.
But what are His commandments? Is
at once asked. Certainly they have come
down to us In many forms and in vari
ous ways, and our duty is to keep them
all. His words were never meant sim
ply for those to whom they were ad
dressed directly, as the disciples on this
occutiiuu, uur cuu lliey btt lesiiiclcd In
the1 case under discussion absolutely to
any particular set, group or selection
from His manifold admonitions. He
spoke to the world for all time and for
all men, yet it Is equally true that iu
this famous direction He referred defi
nitely to certain Injunctions.
We look back Into the preceding chap
ter and find what they were. n Jhls
same final Interview before His 1 be
trayal He told Ills disciples specifically
to do two things as different at first
sight as day and night but nevertheless
Inseparably bound together . The first
was that they should wash one anoth
er's' feet; the second that they should
love one another.
I would not limit the meaning of
Christ's words by confining them mere
ly to a pitifully literal interpretation.
The first commandment Is broader than
a mere ceremonial. It is a command
ment of service by man to men and the
second commandment Is Its complement',
for It refers to the spirit in which the
service should be rendered. Christ's
whole life was' devoted to the service
of men, and every Incident and episode
In It, every word spoken throughout It,
flowed from a spirit of love toward men
so completely and convincingly evi
denced that we can think of no better'
name for God, since Christ's time, than
that He is Love.
There Is plenty of service to men in
this world, but mighty little love. God
be thanked, even for the service which
springs from a stern sense of duty or
from whatsoever compulsion It may." It
is certainly better than disservice or In
difference. But "we shall never reach the high
Ideal and we shall never have peace
among .men until the service of one to
another arises from the love of one to
another. The growing class antagon
isms I hate the word class the grow
ing race antagonisms, the present strife
and bitterness will never be done away
with by any service whatsoever unless
love and not so much love toward God
as lore toward men, be it remembered
be its inspiration.
We are all children of a common
Father. , The rich have no exclusive
privilege of relationship to Him or
righteousness In Him, the poor have no
exclusive privilege of relationship to
Him or righteousness In Him. Neither
has the one or the other a monopoly
of evil and folly, for that matter. The
man who works with his brain and the
man who labors with his hands the
capitalist and the toller, the employer
and the employe, the master and the
man all stand on a common level be
fore an Infinite God. The rich and the
poor meet together ; the Lord, He Is the
Maker'of them all. And no man, how
ever noble his achievement or however
great his desire, can say he loves Christ
unless all he does foe man Is done as
much for the love of man as for the
love of God. For this It Is to keep His
commandments, which are kept In no
other way. '
If we could only In some way get the
principle of love for men actively at
work as Inspiration for the law of ser
vice to men, heaven would be found
here and to-day. - ,
EOOX AND FRUIT OF LIFE.
By Rev. Uriah R. Thomas,
Text "The Son of God who loved me
and gave Himself for- me." Gal. 2 : 20.
This ,1s one of those familiar texts
that I suppose to many to whom I
speak have become a ort of nest to
ward which, as a wettried bird, from
time to time they wing their way In
times of, need, times of sorrow, times
of care, of conscious sinfulness.
The root of the Lord Jesus Christ's
life was love. The life of every mail
is like a plant, in so far that It is root
ed in something. Just as the root holds
the tree in its place, and is the means
by which sustenance passes Into It
pleasure, love of gain, appetite, selfish
ness, are the roots of men's lives. Ev
ery life has Its root that holds it where
It is, and that very largely makes it
what It Is. And our Lord Jesus Christ's
earthly life was rooted and grounded
In love. We may turn to any page that
we will of the Gospel story, and we
may ponder any Incident that either of
the evangelists has recorded, and we
shall come to the conclusion that at the
head of every column and at the base
of every column we may Inscribe "The
Son of, God loved."
He gave Ills love, but lie gave more
He gave His will, as far as one can
understand the philosophy of the Atone
ment and can get at the secret of that
reconciling power by which men are
brought back to God, It Is when we
stand by Christ in Gethsemane, and
when we hear Him pray that wondrous
prayer, "If It be possible, let thla cup
pass from Me,", and then takes It back
and amend His prayer: In all points
made like unto us. He fashions His
prayer and says, "Nevertheless, not as
I will, but as Thou wilt" And His will
Is bent. Ills will Is broken. Ills will Is
surrendered,' and He gives His will. The
citadel of our .hu inanity,' the secret of
our personal life, the I 'of the I, He
gives for lis. "Not as I will, but as
Thou wilt"
You and I to-night are In the pres
ence of Him Who, once dead, lives
Hguiu; uui before u ciueiui uu vhl-li
the body of the dead Christ rests but
before a cross from which Christ has
ascended Into the heavens we stand.
And, brothers, sisters, you and I have
to say, and say It solemnly, some for
the first time, and some for the thou
sandth time, "He died to 8a ve me;
what can I do for Him?"
THE DOCTRINE OF SIN.
By Rev. Clarence True Wilson, D. D.
Text "He that sinneth against Me
wrongeth his own soul." Proverbs
8:30.
Were you ever stung by a bee? It
hurt for a moment, possibly for the
hour. But the .bee was ruined. It lost
Its sting and went o.T to die. Such are
the consequences to every one who
stings God., He sustains so vital a re
lation to us and has such large Inter
ests In us that any transgression of His
will is a blow at His very heart But
He has so constituted us that the blow
reacts. t "They that regard lying vani
ties forsake their own mercy." "He
that sinneth against me wrongeth 'his
own soul." Is It surprising that sin
could not be wrought without conse
quences? Thlnkesthou, O man, that
thou canst sin and never reap sin's har
vest?' The Most High gave to thee a
free personality, a splendid mission and
a blessed destiny; but when thy heart
was lifted up and thy spirit hardened,
thou didst sin ; and God has filled thee
with thine own ways. Thou hast In
troduced discord Into His government
Thy selfish rebellion has separated the
creature from the will of the Creator,
and Instead of turning In affectionate
adoration to God as the-center of the
universe thou hast established a new
center self. Selfishness has bred law
lessness. Out of harmony with God
and conscience and environment, thy
soul is never at peace : It is like a trou
bled sea that casts up mire and dirt.
'.'There is no peace," salth my God, "to
the wicked." "Be sure your bins will
find you out."
I am old fashioned enough to believe
that man was meant for life, and not
for death, that had not sin come In,
the tree of life meant special Immunity
from death. If man was created for
all he Is capable of being, be was in
tended for immortality. But what sad
havoc sin has model "Our life," says
Augustine, "Is so brief and Insecure,
that I know not whether to call It a
dying life, or a living death."
What Is your life? A hand breadth.
What Is your life? A vapor which ap
peareth for a season, and vanlsbeth
away. What are your days? They are
swifter than a post, sweeping by like
a weaver's shuttle, vanishing like the
ships upon the ocean.
But there Is a deeper death than that
of the body which sin Indicts upon the
man ; there Is a spiritual death In sin.
The final separation from God, the only
source of life and happiness, Is the
final curse of sin. This Is necessarily
eternal. The separation of the human
spirit from God, looked at apart from
redemption, Is In Itself a doom unre
lieved. The sinner has in himself no
power of self restoration to union with
God. But thank God we are not aban
doned to this doom. "If any man sin
we have an advocate with the Father."
Short Meter Sermons.
Blowers- are poor builders.
Killing hope Is moral suicide. ,
Sow happiness and reap heaven.
Every man Is made up of many men.
You can never find rest by retreating
from duty.
, It takes more than ability to knock
the church to open the doors of para
dise. -
Pineapple Preserve.
No pineapple preserve is so delicious
as the old-fashioned grated sort rich
and flavorous. The fruit la pared,
grated and measured, and a pound of
sugar allowed to each pint of pulp.
Add the sugar to the fruit In a porce
lain kettle and put It on the range,
grading the heat so that it is moderate
for the first twenty minutes. After
that time the kettle may be drawn to a
hotter part . of the rane, where It
should still cook gently for about three
quarters of an hour. It should be clear
and transparent when done, and about
the consistency of marmalade. If a
specially juicy variety of the pineapple
Is used the pulp may be drained In a
sieve before it is cooked, the finished '
preserve being the richer for It The
juice thus taken out Is useful to flavor
sauces, or with particularly agreeable
results an apple compote.
Beef Tea.
Take a pound of good round steak, -remove
all the fat, wipe the meat with
a damp cloth, and cut It Into pieces
about 1 Inch square. Put this In a
glass fruit jar, pour over It two cups
cf cold wntcr, snd ra!t 2nd !t !t ?t?nd
for half an hour. x Into a deep sauce
pan put several thicknesses of news
paper and set the Jar on this. Pour
water Into the saucepan so that It will
rise to the same height as the liquid In-,
side the Jar. Let the water reach the
simmering point, and let it stand for
two hours, then Increase the heat a
very little, and cook a little longer.
Pour off the liquid, strain, add more
salt, If necessary, and serve very hot
Moahroonii and Cream.
Get very large mushrooms and re
move the steins; peel theinandput each
one on a round of toast In a baking
dish, first covering the toast with thick
cream and seasoning with salt and pap
rika. Turn the cupside of the mush
room up, and fill this with more thick.
cream, paprika and salt; cover tightly
and bake in a hot oven forty minutes;
remove, but let the dish stnnd covered
four minutes that the mushrooms may
absorb the steam ; serve in the same
dish without the cover ; the mushrooms
may also be put In Individual dishes.
Molaaaea Wafer,
Cream well together one cupful of
butter and one cupful of sugar, add
one pint of molaasos and one plnj: of
flour. This will make a, thin batter.
Have flat pans well buttered. Drop.
a few spoonfuls on each pan and place
In a moderately hot oven. The butter
will run together. Bake until the mix
ture begins to stiffen around the edges,
then take from the oven, cut quickly
Into quares and roll at once on the
stick.
Prnne Pud dinar.
Mix three and a half cups of flour,
one teaspoonful of salt, half a tea
spoonful each of cinnamon and nutmeg
mixed and rub Into one cup of suet
chopped fine, one cup of prunes stoned
and cut email; add one cup of sweet
milk, then one cup "of molasses, with ,
one teaspoonful of soda. Turn it into
a buttered mold and steam three hours.
Serve with snowy sauce.
Fried Tomatoes.
Slice the tomatoes into thick pieces;'
aud fry in butter until done. Trans
fer to a hot platter, sprinkle with salt;
and pepper and keep hot while you add
to the butter in which they were fried
a tablespoonful of flour and a pint of'
milk, cook, stirring, to a smooth white
sauce and pour over the tomatoes.
Apple Taffy.
Wipe small apples carefully and run.
a thin skewer through each. Make a
sirup of a pound of sugar and a small
teacupful of water, and, when a little
hardens when dropped Into Iced wa
ter, add a tablespoonful of lemon juice
and dip the apples Into the sirup. Lay-
on waxed paper to dry.
Rhubarb Fool. '
. Two bundles of rhubarb, half a pound
of sugar, half a pint of water, quarter
of a pint of cream, a little lemon rind.
Cut the rhubarb Into small pieces and
stew gently with the watec, lemon rind,
and sugar for about one hour; then
rub it through a flne sieve and when.;
quite cool add the cream.
, Mint Sance, ,
.' For roast meat Use the tips and
tender leaves. Wash dry on a sloth,,
and chop very fine. To three table-
spoonfuls of chopped mint add two ta
blespoonfuls of granulated sugar. Mix,
and cover with six tablespoonfuls of"
vinegar. Leave an hour, squeeze and
strain.
Cottasre Cake.
One and one-half cupfuls of sugar,!
one-half cupful of butter, one-halt tea-'
spoon of soda, one teaspoonful of cream
tartar, two cups of flour, two-thlrd.
ran of milk ; flavor to suit taste.