LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER
RtrOUKS. rdr
TOLEDO..
OREGON
A London bishop has advised men to
kits their wives. Their own wires,
bind you.
It trial marriages are a success
among the Esktmvs, It's mors than can
be said In Astorblltla.
Miss Ilelen Gould says that she "Is
aot clever enough" to talk to the news
papers. Too clever, we should say.
The New York couple who have been
married sixty-three years without a
single quarrel do not know what fun It
Is to kiss and make up.
"I have all the money I want," de
clares Oscar Hainmersteln. Oscar has
always been rather proud of his repu
tation for eccentricity.
had confined himself to dealing on the
basis of what there was, he would have
been a success. But be overcapitalized
himself, and the time came when be
.wild not earn Interest on his capa
bilities as be estimated them. Then
(allure was sure, and be died poor,
broken and alone. One of the secrets
of success In this world is knowledge
of one's self. The man who Is aware
of his own limitations, and keeps with
in them, Is always safe, no matter how
narrow they may be. The failures are
mostly of those men who overcapitalize
themselves. It is as bad to undercapi
talize one's self, of course, as to go to
the other extreme. The man who Is
diffident, who underestimates his own
ability and strength, will not go far.
But at least that sort of man does not
make the crash that follows the fall
of the overcapitalized person. Learn
to estimate yourself correctly that Is
the lesson a man must master who
seeks success. Overcapitalization Is as
dangerous to an Individual as It Is to
a corporation.
There is an old one something like
this: "Put a fool on a horse and he
will go full gallop." How easy It would
e to substitute automobile for horse.
A lady Spiritualist asserts that the
Czar of Russia consults mediums every
day. If this is true he must be pat
ronizing an inferior class of mediums.
The Delaware man who whistled
while the doctors amputated his fin
gers may turn the Joke on the saw-
bono by making them whistle for their
pay.
While scientists are worrying ever
earthquakes that cannot be located, the
rest of humanity Is thankful that no
long casualty list makes Its appear
ance.
If they've really found a way to re
move birth marks by the X-ray we do
not see how the Old Earl can possibly
recognize his long-lost chee-ild In the
fourth act.
The woman who accuses her mother
of having alienated her husband's af
fections has placed the mother-in-law
joke In a new light and given It a new
lease of life.
Some professor claims to have proof
(hat Solomon did not write the Songs
Of Solomon. It isn't likely that anybody
will ever think It worth while to claim
that Hall Calne didn't write his works.
A 'woman advertised for a husband
and used a fictitious name. Her son,
oslng a fictitious name, answered, and
they met by appointment It was per
baps to emphasize their silliness that
they let the story get out.
The divorce Is absolute, but Count
fionl's creditors' claims have been set
tled. That should relieve him of some
annoyance, and yet a man of his sensi
tive nature must shrink at the thought
of wasting money on creditors.
A Pennsylvania man Is fitting him
elf for college at the age of 57 years,
We are sure that Henry O. Davis of
West Virginia will extend his best
wishes to the young fellow and hope
that an honorable and a useful career
may lie before him.
The report of the abdication of the
Dowager Empress of China nppears to
have been premature. In fact, the peo
ple who started It are keeping us far
away as possible from Tsl An's head
quarters and fervently hoping that
there may be no Immediate necessity
for them to look her lq the face and
say it
Parents who are dissatisfied with
the present status of athletics In the
public schools and there are many
of them will follow with Interest the
course of the Boston school commit
tee, which Is considering the advlsa
blllty of Introducing the West Point
drill. It Is a matter of common knowl
edge that the drill at West Point ac
complishes the main object of all nth
letlc exercise It gives Its pupils
sound body and an erect, vigorous
carriage that lasts them through life.
Is there any school in American where
football, baseball or all the sports to
gether do this for the whole student
body?
During the last quarter of a century
there has been the greatest activity in
archaeological research, which received
an extraordinary impetus from Dr.
Schllemann's discoveries. Nor has the
Interest aroused been confined to ex
perts. Though the people generally have
paid little attention to methods and de
tails, they have been glad to learn of
the results and have applauded the
scholarship and the Industry that have
brought them about They have rec
ognized, too, that in addition to schol
arship and Industry money was neces
sary for unraveling the- mysteries of
buried cities, but the i?t!22"t!on tbet
furnishing the money provides a most
attractive career for rich young men
was reserved for Prof. George N. 01-
cott, of Columbia University. He
grows eloquent over the thought What
he asks, have the gayetles of society,
'what has fishing or bunting, golfing or
automoblllng, to offer comparable to the
keen excitement of watching and direct
ing a hundred workers as they lay bare
an ancient city which human eyes have
not seen in two millenniums?" As for
the opportunities to make Important
discoveries, he shows that tbey still
abound. There are chances upon
chances In Southern Europe, and Asia
Is a specially Inviting field. Ameri
cans can work there on the same .terms
as Europeans. They will not be at a
disadvantage, as tbey might be In Eu
rope, with the competition of the na
tives; they will have oriental strange
ness to lure them on and the spice of
adventure. Many an ancient Asiatic
city is awaiting the golden touch that
will unlock the door of hidden wonders,
and "would mean that American wealth
might give the means and American
scholarship reap the glory." As we
read of the enormous waste of time
and money by young men of wealth, or
become cognizant of It In other ways, It
seems as If such an appeal should have
some effect. There Is an opportunity to
promote a highly valuable work for all
mankind, to lead a useful life, to awak
en a new interest In life, to share In
the scholar's glory. The rich young
men should think It over.
"A lot of men," said Gov. Hughes, of
New York, in a speech the other day,
"are overcapitalized worse than the
corporations, and cannot earn interest
on what they Imagine are their In
talnslc merits." This Is so striking
way of putting an old truth that
bears discussing. Everybody knows
men whose stock Is so heavily watered
with conceit that they cannot avoid
bankruptcy. They do not pay divi
dends on the capacity they brag about
They say they are capable of great
things, but when It cornea to the point
they are Incapable of even small ones.
The late Dr. Dowle waa an example of
another kind of human corporation. Ha
had a great deal of ability, and If he
Not a "Light" Drink.
An Easterner, riding on a mall stage
In northern Colorado, was entertained
by a dialogue which was sustained
upon one side by the driver and upon
the other by an elderly passenger, evi
dently a native of the region.
"I understand you're temperance,"
began the driver.
"Yes, I'm pretty Btrong against llq
uor," returned the other. "I've been
set against It now for thirty-five years."
"Scared It will ruin your health?"
"Yes, but that Isn't the main thing.
"Perhaps It don't agree with you?"
ventured the driver.
"Well, It really don't agree with any
body. But that am t it either. The
thing that sets me against it Is a hor
rible Idea."
"A horrible Idea ! What Is It?"
"Well, thirty-five years ago I wae
sitting In a hotel In Denver with a
friend of mine, and I says, 'Let's order
a bottle of something, and he soys,
'No, sir. I'm saving my money to buy
government land at a dollar and
quarter an acre. I'm going to buy to
morrow, and you'd better let me takf
the money you would have spent for
the liquor and buy a couple of acres
along with mine.' I snys, 'All right.
So we didn't drink, and he bought me
two acres.
"Well, sir, to-day those two acres are
right In the middle of a flourishing
town; and If I d taken that drink I
have swallowed a city block, a grocery
store, an apothecary s, four lawyers
offices, and It's hard to say what els
That's the Idea. Ain't It horrible?"
ECDFI
Gnlltr.
"That nigger's a coward!" '
"Nossuh, he ain't no cowa'd."
"You said yourself that be was chick
en-hearted."
"All nlgguhs Is chicken-hearted,
boss." Houston Post
You may think you live in a good
country, but the real estate agent la
the true optimist
M. C 1NQAIX8.
CHANGE THE SHERMAN LAW.
By M. E. Ingalts, Banker.
I would ask our public men to cease
the talk which gives the Inference
that everything In our corporation life
Is rotten; which disturbs business men
and harms our fair reputation all over
the world. It Is not true that our
business generally Is being conducted
on unlawful lines. I can state, and
defy contradiction, that the railroads
of this country, the great Interest
about which there Is so much talk and
abuse, are being conducted to-day In
accordance with the letter and spirit
of the law. The worthless class, the
reformer who hopes, without work, to get some of his
neighbors' property, are very few. We should not en
courage this number or lead our people, who are nearly
all comparatively well off, to think that there is any
class in this country trying to oppress another.
Above all, the Sherman law, so-called, should be
changed. I have repeatedly stated, and I think my con
struction of that law has been azreed to bv the hlehest
ln the land, that under the present terms, and If strictly
construed, no man can honestly engage in business with
out danger of violating it Any agreement, almost, be
tween two parties Is a conspiracy. This spirit has been
enlarged and re-enacted In State Legislatures until It has
produced even worse conditions. In my own State leg
islation Is so strict that if two butchers on opposite cor
ners of the street should agree upon the price of beef
steak it would be a penitentiary offense, and conspiracy
can be proved without the usual form of evidence.
A
why the Medicine man is passing. '
By Frederick Treves.
I am afraid that a long time will elapse
before people break off the extraordinary
hublt of taking medicine when they are sick.
It is a prejudice deep down In the hearts of
the people. Why it exists it is hard to say,
but there it Is, and I suppose it must con
tinue some little time longer.
If you picture the environment of a doc
tor, you see a room with a multitude of
helves covered with bottles from floor to celling. These
bottles rapidly are vanishing, and the time is not far dis
tant when "they will be reduced to an extremely small
number. The empty shelves will be replaced by simple
living, suitable diet, plenty of sun and plenty of fresh
air. The astonishing history of certain infectious mal
adies surpasses In Interest every romance that ever has
been written. The tubercle at this moment Is killing
60,000 people per annum. Not one of those people need
die the disease Is preventable.
Take consumption. In the years 18G1-5, the mortality
from consumption In Great Britain was twenty-five per
10,000, but it has dropped until -now It is less than twelve
per 10,000. This compels us to ask what Is going to hap
pen If this sort of thing goes on. It means this It will
be Impossible to find deaths from scarlet fever, typhoid,
cholera, diphtheria and the like. There used to be 200
leper houses In England. There is not one In existence
now, except as a curiosity, and leprosy has left Eng
land since the eighteenth century. In 1CG5, In the short
period of six months, If Macaulay Is to be trusted, 100,
000 people died of the black death. Where Is It now?
It has vanished. Did anyone at that time ever dream of
suggesting that, the day could possibly come when death
from leprosy and plague would be unknown? Yet black
death has now no place In the British Isles. As an Irish
man would say: "Black death has found that England
Is no placs to live In."
FINANCIERS AS MONEY MANIACS.
By Rev. Dr. Charles E. Locke.'
Americans are manifesting an itching for
money beyond all reason. Money has Its good
sides as well as Its evil. It can purchase
privileges and multiply chances and anni
hilate distance. Money makes possible the
greatest philanthropic schemes and generosi
ties. Money makes the world go, and It can
be made humanity's supremest blessing.
Alas, that riches so often prove to be pit-
tails to those who seek and to those who possess them!
Men become money mad. They want money, not for the
privileges which it will affoTd, but to endeavor to satisfy
an Insatiable greed. Our age Is sadly afflicted with this
inglorious mania, and men are endeavoring to get money,
honestly if it Is convenient, but they must get money.
What instance of this uncontrollable passion, of greed
have been seen recently in the diabolical system of re
bates by which great corporations have grown richer and
respectable smaller dealers have been crushed to the
wall, and the high-handed robberies and vulgar criminal
extravagances of Insurance officials!
Somebody has been recently insisting that the very
rich are Insane, that the acquisition of the power which
L great wealth brings unsettles men's minds. It Is true.
however, that selfishness and arrogance and vulgar ex
travagance, and foolhardlness and utter defiance of all
laws of safety and society characterize some men who
become suddenly rich. The awful slaughter of the auto
mobile maniac Illustrates this tendency among prosper
ous people.
WHY WOMEN DO NOT MAEEY. '
By Henry S. Prltchett.
There Is the general supposition that col
lege women do not marry; that higher edu
cation Is leading them away from the home.
This Is true, but It also applies to women
outside of colleges women who have mas
tered an art or a profession. Marriage with
them Is not a necessity from the point of
support; they have their liberty and Inde
pendence and self-support In their own bands.
and they weigh well the advantages tbey might gain by
marrying.
It cannot be questioned that woman's Independence as
to marriage makes for her happiness, not only as an In
dividual, but as a sex. If the financial question could
be eliminated, matrimony would be as nearly Ideal a
thing as we possibly could conceive, and It seems to be
a proved fact that there is little domestic uuhappiness
among the women who marry from wise choice rather
than conventional necessity. Love then becomes the rul
ing element, as It should be always.
The whole situation Is simply this : In the past there
was but one future for the girl matrimony. To-day
woman regards herself as an Individual. She looks at
man from a higher viewpoint and she weighs his powers
of making her happy with her own ability to do the same
thing. Marrluge is no longer a necessity, and when she
has mastered an art she can take the same attitude that
man does of choosing the one she wants. If she does
not find what she likes, she has the same prerogative as
the bachelor.
"HAMLIN, THE BAKER."
When Cyrus Hamlin was a student
at Bowdoln College he added some
thing to his studies which was not a
part of the curriculum, a providential
elective,' as was proved many years
later when he became president of Rob
ert College in Constantinople, and when
the necessity for good bread for the
soldiers of the Crimea was brought to
his notice. In "Cyrus Hamlin, Mis
sionary, Statesman, Inventor," ' the
story Is given: ,
One day at Bowdoln, Professor Smith
delivered a lecture on the steam engine
to Hamlin's class, not one of whom,
perhaps,, had ever seen, a steam engine.
Those were the days of the stage-coach
and the ox team.
After the lecture he said to Profes
sor Smith, "I belrcve I could make an
engine."
The professor v replied, "I think you
can make anything you undertake,
Hamlin, and I wish you would try."
He did try, and succeeded. By work
ing twelve and sometimes fifteen hours
each day, he built a stenm engine suf
ficiently large to be of real service as
a part of the philosophical apparatus
of the college.
During the Crimean War here was
great need of good bread, and not a
team flour mill In Constantinople. The
memory of his steam engine encouraged
President Hamlin to - think that( he
could establish a flour mill and a bak
ery, and cast good wheat bread upon
the troubled waters of that Eastern
war.
He Imported a steam engine from the
United States, and by the help of Ure's
"Dictionary of the Arts," and after la
bors which surpassed the legendary la
bors of Hercules, be was ready to grind
flour.
Might not a chemist make good
bread? He had the theory In bis bead ;
the next thing was to bar the art at
bis finger ends. This is the way he
speaks of the result:
"My bread came out as flat as a pan
cake, and too sour for mortal man to
eat But the next was better, and the
third was eatable."
He was soon selling bread so sweet,
so palatable, and In loaves so much
above the legal weight that "Hamlin's
Bread" became famous.
One day he was invited to visit the
military hospital at Scutari then filled
with sick and wounded soldiers. The
chief physician sold to him, "Are you
Hamlin, the baker?"
"No, sir." replied Doctor Hamlin, "I
am the Reverend Mr. Hamlin, an
American missionary."
"That is about as correct as any
thing I get In this country," Bald Doc
tor Mapleton. "I send for a baker and
get a missionary."
Before the misunderstanding went
farther Doctor Hamlin explained that
be was both a missionary and a mak
er of bread. The result of the confer
ence was that the English secured
good bread at one-half less than the
price they had been paying for sour
bread, which the soldiers could hardly
eat
9
. Hardly Negotiable.
Stories have beeu told of button,
tncks and various extraneous sub
stances found in contribution boxes, but
it is seldom that a church member
strikes a blow so severe as was that
delivered by Amos Budd, of Potter
vllle. on one occasion.
It was at the close of a missionary
memory of his steam engine encouraged
It was to contribute ten cents to each
of the charities to the support of which
the church subscribed, was Been to take
a blue slip from his pocket and iook
.at It keenly and affectionately.
When, after a slight but evident hesi
tation, he dropped the slip, carefully
folded, Into the box, Deacon Lane, who
was passing It, could hardly refrain
from an exclamation of joy.
"The Lord wll! bless you, Brother
Budd," be said, when the sermon waa
over,' hurrying down the aisle to over
take the prosperous grocer.
"I hope so," returned Mr. Budd, dry
ly, "but I'm afraid you cal'late on that
being a check that I dropped In the
box. It wasn't. 'Twas a receipted
bill for kerosene the church owed me
last year, and It had been overlook
ed Of course its Jest the same as
money, though, when you come to that."
Couldn't Llsht Them on Hint.
An old woman from the countrv
bought three boxes of mutches from
her grocer in town. It rained when
she was going home, and the matches
became so damp that not one of them
would strike. On the followlne Satur
day she took the matches back to the
grocer, and upbraided him for selling
such useless Btuff. The grocer took out
one or two, and struck them aulte easi
ly on the leg of bis trousers, for by
this time the matches had become per
fectly dry. But the old woman did not
think of this explanation, and ex
claimed: "Tut tut! that's not good
enough for me. I can't tramp six
miles to your trousers every time I
want to strike a match. Give me three
boxes of a kind that I can light a
home."
Tbe A are of Discretion.
Senntor Dillingham, dilscussing Im
migration in New York, made use of
the phrase, "the age of discretion."
"What is the 'age of discretion, sen
ator?" asked one of his auditors.
"I should say," returned Senator Dil
lingham, smiling, "that the age of dis
cretion Is reached when a young man
removes from his mantel the rich col
lection of actresses' and dancing girls
photographs, and substitutes the por
trait of his rich bachelor uncle."
Humility Is one of the Ingredients a
self-made man occasionally forgets to
mlx with his material.
A man should remind his wife occa
sionally that a little credit la a dan
geroua thing.