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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1907)
LIKCQLN COUNTY LEADER RfCOlLINS. Edkar r N HAYDC.N. Manager TOLEDO.. .OREGON Captain Amundsen will use polar bear fof TTa dash to the pole. This sounds logical. The simplest of simple live Is said to be tbe one beet thing for the editor. Let us read the proof. It will be seen that tbe deceased wives' sisters have begun to marry their deceased sinters' husbands. Surprising bow many of these suc cessful air ship trips end In tbu ma chine being carted home In a farmer's wagon. That Chicago family which has lived In a motor car- for a year may have been driven to it by the servant girl Question. The New York woman who Is living with a bullet In her brain Is going to have considerable trouble getting it off her mind. Without wishing to work off a pun, we would rise to remark that It seems about time for civilization to apply the strap to Morocco. One scientist's guess as to the condi tions that prevail nr the j'Tit far probably Is as good as any other sci entist's, If not a little better. Captain Maban has just published another book on the science of wr. In spite of the efforts of peace congresses such books always seem to be timely. A New York man who sat down on en Inverted carpet tack recover&l his powers of speech which had been lost for fourteen years. Guess what was the first thing he said. The "Esperanto waltz" has arrived. It Is probably Intended to enable the waltzers to say something more than "Isn't tbe music lovely?" or "What a epleudld floor this Is." Tbe Kataastaasan Kagalanggalang Katlpunan Is the name of a Filipino se cret society. If the passward is of like length they must have hard work get ting a quorum before the hour of ad journment .' A man and his wife quarreled over a feather bed ; the man's wife left bun, and he went out into his back yatd and blew his brains out Now he has no use for the feather bed. How easily ome things are settled, after all. New York millionaires are buying homes in Paris. Where will the East ern movemeut cease? The millionaire makes his money In the West aud can not be satisfied until he has a home on Fifth avenue or near if Then he be gins to want to live In London, and after London Paris apjeals to him. From Paris he may go to Turkey or Persia. Numerous inscriptions In Latin were cut on the new building for the Depart ment of Agriculture In Washington. The head of the department discovered the other day that some of thorn are In bad Latin, and ordered them all erased and recut In pluln English. There Is no better reason for Inscribing Auierl "can public buildings with Latin than there would have been for putting In scriptions In Greek or Sanskrit on the public buildings In ancient Koine. The theory that there Is a peculiar virtue in a foreign tongue Is widely held. It goes so fnr as to lead to the sinning of French translations of German and Italian oieras In American opera houses, translations made at the de mand of music-loving Frenchmen, who Insist that they shall understand the language Bung to them. There Is a large class of citizens In every country who distrust banks or dislike to go to them with small sums. The result Is that a great deal of money Is kept out of circulation by hoarding. In the United States the amount thus carried on the person or secreted Is not less than $500,0 K),000. Its owners would be willing to let the government have the money, and there would be nq panicky runs. At any postofflce funds can be withdrawn at any time, so the account Is virtually a national letter of credit. In England the rate of Interest paid Is 2 per cent and the minimum deposit received Is 1 shilling, though there is a provis ion for penny savings, by means of cards on which stamps are affixed a penny at a time up to a shilling, when a regular deposit can be made. No one can deposit more than $250 In any one year, nor more than $750 as a to tal, and when the principal and Inter est reach $1,000 Interest ceases, which rule Induces the depositor to Invest his $1,000 otherwise. By the British sys tem the empire Is tbe bank, with every postofflce a branch and all postmasters genta. Through' their postofflce the people may Invest In national securi ties. Insure their lives or .buy govrn ment annuities. The older leaders of the woman suf frage movement In the United States had to suffer many serious disappoint ments. In fact, after devoting their lives to tbe cause, they found that It had made little progress, and to-day Ida Ilusted Harper, writing for the North American Review, declares that though there has been the longest and ( hardest struggle for it here the sue-1 cess of the effort has been small. She says that It does not tend "to stlinu-1 late an American woman's national pride to reflect that this may be the last of civilized countries to grant women a voice In their own govern ment" And she adds: "Let this fact be remembered It Is the only on where women have been left to fight this battle alone, with no moral, finan cial or political support from the men." This rebuke comes after a review ol tbe fight for woman suffrage through out the world, from which we mak the following list of countries that have granted the demand for It rj whole or In part: In New Zealand women have had the full franchise sine 1893. All the Australian states exeepl Victoria have conferred the state fran chise on women, and women have full federal suffrage and the right to sit in the federal parliament In the sum mary on Australia we read : "At som elections not only a larger percentage but actually a larger number of worn eu Vuuu of Uit'u have voted. Last year In Tasmania women outnumbered the men at every polling station. It la also everywhere apparent that they have aroused the men to a new sense of their political duty." In the Dan ish colony of Iceland widows and spin ster who are householders or who maintain a family or themselves have a right to vote for parish and town councils and district boards and visit ors and are eligible for election to all the ofllces for which they can vote. In Finland women have the full franchise and the office-holding rights of men, including the right to sit In parlia ment In Norway women who pay taxes on property to the value of $75 in the country and $110 in the cities were admitted to the municipal fran chise In 1301 and made eligible to serve In the common councils. Later the parliamentary franchise was grant- ' ed to all who pay taxes on an Income of $84 In the country and $113 in the cities. "Wives can vote on the hus band's Income, and even domestic ser vants will have an Income large enough to entitle them to vote." It Is expect-1 eu mm uie concessions already made Hi Lon.- 'L. BKr ara ' ' ' ' ' 'sMnssMsik ' ' 'bmLj' : mi". mm. 'Zwvm:-'''i i0 AH APPEAL FOE THE FARM. By Gov. Hughes ol Neiv Vork. Yi Den you get out where a man has a little elbow room and a chance to develop, be has thoughts of bis own. His thinking is not supplied to him ever' night and every morn ing, and he is less of a machine and more of a man, so that I do not think that tbe farmers need to be looked upon, or want to be looked upon, as dependents of the State. They do not come to the State gov ernment asking aims. They are self reliant they are Intelligent What we want in connection with agriculture is what we waut In con nection with every other field of no- oov. hughes. ble effort We want training, we want Intelligence, we want scientific method, we want direction, we want the way shown, and then the man can walk In It There Is no reason why the same care and Intention and skill and scientific consideration should not be devoted to agriculture as to Industry and the technical trades. The men who are running away 'from the farm too frequently make a mistake, and some day and the day Is rapidly approaching our young men, in larger num ber, will wake up to the fact that they have a pretty good chance on the farm, and that they may be to a greater degree Independent and happy In life If they stay where their happy lots were cast In connection with their fathers' farm or another which they may be able to procure. it..-, ...w.Winiii THE LIBERTY OF SOCIETY WOMEN. By Dr. Emit Reich. Are society women free? And, if so, is that liberty conducive to things evil or good? Most society women would, there Is, little doubt, say that they now Infinitely are more free than their ancestors used to be. If that liberty is taken simply from the material side, It cannot be denied. Society women are al lowed to go out when and where they like. They have club's of their own ; they Invite men to their clubs on their own hook ; they go out to lectures, dinners, receptions, or concerts alone ; they carry on correspondences of their own; they not Infrequently earu their own livelihood. Nearly all the externals of liberty are there. However, llbertyla not an external or material thing; It Is entirely spiritual. The admiration aud social locking up to that non society women Invariably devote to "gentlemen" Is a cause of failure which does not exist In good society. The woman that Is at once shocked by any slight remark of general politeness is the woman that Is easily shaken. In society, women born to It are neither easily shocked by animated words nor easily shaken. Fewer liberties, and more liberty is this not a goal worthy of the re formers of society? Fewer clubs and lesser club life. Society women In the present system of their liberty are much envied, even admired, but not sufficiently respected. Less outward liberty would lead to more solid support OVERCAPITALIZATION OF RAILROADS. By Francis Stetson. So far as relates to the rates of railroads la competition and under State regulation, there Is no possibility of hnrm from overcapitaliza tion. In every other particular indicated by the President any evil from overcapitalization would exist aud operate In respect of stock corporations generally, whether organized aa railroads or for Industrial purposes. So far as concerns the Issue of bonds, prom ising to pny sums excecling the original consideration of the bonds, It Is to be observed that In tbe case of cor porations, Just as In the case of Individuals, this Is a matter of financial credit The corporation or the individual in good credit can borrow at a low rate and without discount; while to induce loans, those in poor credit must make concessions Inversely large. Under such conditions excessive bonded indebtedness does not constitute overcapitalization; and If It be an evil, It Is an evil expressly permitted by law. That it Is an evil when Incurred for" any purpose not strictly within the lawful purposes of the corporation, or for an amount Impairing the ability or the corpora tion to carry on its legitimate business, I fully recognize. Reasonable safeguards should be provided against such evil, and should be accepted cheerfuly by corporate man agers. In this direction the provisions of the so-called public utilities bill, requiring a commission's prior approval of all railroad bonds, as well as of Issues of railroad stocks, are eminently proper. IN OCTOBER. I dreamed one day an army passed along With many colored banners streaming free And many rounds of wild and martial song; In all it seemed most fair and gay to me. will soon result In the abolition of the An1 ret I said, they do but go to death, proimrty qualification and the admis- Thu bright array. They soon will lon of women to the polls on the same 8?attereJ be terms with men. In Sweden widows " er au meaQ0W laDas- ln me"J and single women and married women r,t utltn a At. . a a ,,, ... , I Of life all fled who marched so proud- who pay taxes on tholr own property jy Dy. have the municipal franchise on the same terms as men. Some form of And then it seemed I was but dreaming woman suffrage Is enjoyed In all the. half; provinces of Canada, and In Great For ,ow amJ cIear Britain -women have the right to par- Beside my ear tlclpate In local elections. This Is a Rang autumn'8 mocking laugh. statement of results -actually aecom-' T , . . . . , T. .... . pllshed, but it does not fully indicate 1 lkeda"d ,o! 1 De" 'herfwlse 5 . ' "lu";ul-e i gaw tne gay gabnotn of the trees the progress of the movement since the Flaunt reds and golds beneath the Octo- campalgnlng la being carried on with great vigor In the chief countries of the world and Is making recruits rapidly. Origin of Pin Tobacco. In the Jury room at the court house a few days ago a farmer said, as he took a chew of tobacco: "All the difference in the world in tobacco. I've tried some twenty dif ferent kinds, and none Is ns good as that we used to make ourselves down on the farm. We would take a maple log while 'twas green and bore a dozen holes In It with n- two-Inch They were our molds. We selected our choicest tobacco and soaked It for a week or more in wild honeyv Then we'd take the leaf to the log, get a good hick ory 'tamping' 4stiek and go to work. A little ball of the honey-soaked to- bacco would be put in an auger hole and tamped Jn with the stick and a hammer. We'd pound It In solid. Ball after bull would be rammed ' In and pounded until the whole became a solid plug. When the hole was nearly full we would ,Hund In the plug nnd then the log would he put away to seasnn. As the wood dried the. moisture would be drawn from, the tobacco. And when It was spilt the sweetest tobacco ever made was taken from It. We call ed it 'plug' tobacco and that's where the name originated." Kansas City Star. A Illatorlan's Joke. Macaulay Is not usually regarded as a humorous writer, but In his "History of England" he perpetrates the follow ing In relating the death of Charles II. He says: "Several of the prescriptions have been preserved. One of them la signed by fourteen doctors. He recov ered bis senses, but he was evidently In a situation or extreme danger." What a lot of rot there Is in the newspapers I And tills la some more of it A womancan abuse a man, and still Iotc him. ber skies, And heard the stirring anthem of the breeze ; I saw tbe haze like clouds of azure dust Afloat in air where many feet have trod ; I. saw the iron-weed and mullein thrust Tall spears mid lines of gleaming golden-rod. There came a menace of drear winter then ; I felt a smart Within my heart And autumn mocked again. Bessie Hendricks in the Critic. YET THERE WAS NONE FOB HIM. A PERSONAL AFFAIR A small, brown, silky spaniel was running frantically In and out pausing now and then to raise his sad little eyes to the faces of the unheeding shop pers. Suddenly he gave a wild Jump and a yelp of recognition It was not She coming up the block, but a famil iar face a friend. Scampering for ward, the little dog Jumped Joyously up In front of the approaching man, now at his knee, now under his feet But the big man paid no attention until he found farther progress an im possibility, then he gave an impatient kick. "Get out of here, you " He glanced down at the small offender. " Ton my soul, I believe you're Tags," he added, quickly, .picking up the curly ball to avoid crushing It. The dog's delight knew no bounds; he licked the man's hands, be reached a dozen ' times to lick his face, and, foiled In the attempt, cuddled up against the big arm, and was content rescued! The big man looked keenly up and down the thoroughfare. "Tour mistress, Tags," he whispered ''where I she?" Slowly he walked down the long block, looking eagerly from left to right, until he reached Stearns'; there he hesitated, and suddenly turning, hailed a hansom. "By George !" he muttered, "I won't do it I'll hold you for ransom, old chap, and a big one at that We're lucky dogs!" What a flood of memories, what a sea of visions, did that tiny creature re call, as they drove slowly -up-town. But most persistent of all, she stood before him as he had last seen her white, angry, and determined. The trouble had all come so unexpectedly, like a flash from an azure sky; '.and Just as suddenly had she sailed for foreign shores, leaving him crushed, stunned with no hope. Now -she had returned ; here was animated evidence, and a me dium of reconciliation. Fate was hold ing wide an open door, but how to en ter to pass to conquer I Ideas budded, blossomed, and died; and arriving at home and the conclu sion that she would undoubtedly adver tise her loss, he decided to await her move. The next morning, as he expected, half way down the second column of the paper appeared the following notice: LOST Thursday afternoon, In vicinity of oirruv i viiauiei, answering 10 name of "Tags." Suitable reward. If returned to , Riverside Drive. He' smiled grimly, and seating him self at his desk, penned this reply: FOUND Thursday afternoon. In vicinity of Sterns' ; a spaniel, answering to name of "Tags." Would you consider yourself "ault able ?" L. W. G. Sunday seemed long In coming, but when Jt finally arrived, Lawrence Gor don was awake nnd calling for his morning paper long before his accus tomed hour." He glanced eagerly, hur riedly, through tho first column, the second and even the third. Then he began all over again; slower and with closer scrutiny, but only to be disap pointed. The messages were multi farious; gay, grave, indifferent ones; sent to as many varied hearts; yet there was none fof him. He was per ceptibly chagrined, but perhaps he had expected too early a reply. Another day passed, and he grew im patientas did Tags. Tuesday morn ing, and no reply. On Wednesday the following brief but apropos message appeared : Tags cries pitifully. L. W. O. Must be homesick. Gordon felfthat she must have seen not only his first but also his second appeal, for well he knew that until she had recovered her pet she would anx iously scan the column for tidings of him. Three times, for luck, he would try ; and, if he failed ! Bah ! there was no such word as fail. With the cour age born of despair he wrote his last entreaty : Tags Is lonely. So am I. and get you? U v. u. Can't we come And the next morning the first col umn was headed : Tags come ! Fannie Elton Morris In Scrap Book. The Storr of a Shark. "While cruising among the South Sen Islands thirty odd years ago in our private yacht, the Haute Flyer, we were much annoyed by a large Irish setter shark that persisted in following the ship. During the night the shark would often climb up on deck and tip over the garbage can. At one time Henry Williams, a sailor before the mast, was bitten on the leg by tho brute. He nlmed a kick at the shark, who growled, showed his teeth and sunk bis fangs in Williams' limb be fore leaping over the rail into the sea. One day the cook, annoyed at his alarm clock which persisted In going off furiously at all hours of the night threw the timepiece overboard Tho shark, always on hand for dainty tit bits from the galley, took the time of day at one gulp. For two days after that we heard the clock going off In a muffled way from the interior of the surprised shark, who was often seen with one fin on his head nnd the other on the pit of -his stomach, evidently trying to diagnose his clock case. We were standing on the stern of the ship one evening watching th shark, who was evidently feeling pret ty sick. Suddenly the clock went off on him, and the sailors, counting the strokes, noticed thnt it struck twenty three. When the shark heard this he turned up and died before our eyes. Minneapolis Journal. ' " Literary Item. "They say very few authors sleep more than seven hours a day." "But think how much-slumber they furnlsh other people." Try llTlng on 15 cents a day If yoo are troubled with dyspepsia.
