Lincoln County leader., January 17, 1908, Image 6

LiKliULN COUNTY LEADER
R E COLLINS, Editor
r N HAYDEN, Manager
TOLEDO .....OREGON
Now that the pure food law !s In ef
fect, we can begin to live longer.
Mrs. Russell Sage Is said fo be tired
Df receiving suggestions as to what she
ebould do with her money. How un
grateful !
The seismograph may know all nbout
an earthquake, hut we must depend on
the telegraph for a list of the killed
and Injured.
A girl has publicly announced that
she has no Intention of marrying. Rea
son for making the announcement: She
a worth $100,000.
After a while the weather bureau
tnny find some way of employing a
force of aeronauts to push the clouds
away when we get tired of them.
According to an Australian physi
cian, sour milk Is the elixir of life.
Perhaps he has a grudge against some
Ice company and Is trying to get even.
China Is to be a constitutional mon
archy frixm now on, but It Is likely that
it will 'be quite a long time before
uiuuy of the Chiia'se people find It out.
And now a woman Is called Insane
because she held throe bright dollars
In her hand and sprite to them. If
money talks, why may not a woman
converse with It?
Gertrude Atherton calmly announces
that any woman can marry any man
she wants. Massachusetts has a lot
of school teachers who would like to
get Gertrude's formula.
In reading over women's applica
tions for divorce we occasionally run
across a unique charge, which goes to
Bhow that some husbands are quite or
iginal In their meanness.
A Michigan man wrote a message on
a toadstool stating he was aoout to
commit suicide. But as he did not eat
the toadstool his friends think he has
eaten his words.' Queer world.
A New York doctor says the great
majority of alleged cases of Hydropho
bia are merely cases of bad scares.
And the dogs who are Involved were
no doubt as badly scared as their vic
tims. A Pennsylvania man who tried to
hoot out one of his teekh to save a
dentist bill, succeeded In his purpose,
but made It necessary for his family to
pay the undertaker. Some people have
ao luck at all as economists.
A Pennsylvania murderer has been
sentenced to prison for 155 years. If
there had been a woman on the Jury
ahe would no doubt have made a plea
for clemency by asking to have the
term marked down to 149 years.
An American theatrical manager pro
poses to put a stage In the largest
steamships, and relieve the tedium of
the voyage by plays every night. To
many travelers the pleasure of an
ocean voyage consists lurgely In leav
ing behind as far as possible the labors
and entertainments peculiar to the
'and.
It Is reported that the chief cook of
tho Crown Princess of Germany has
been In this country studying Amer
ican cooking, that the princess likes
American victuals, and that her chef
has been paying especial attention to
pies, cakes and flapjacks. The poor
man may master the mysteries of
ml nee-meat, but he will never learn the
difference between a fried cake, a
doughnut aud a cruller.
The late Mr. Barnum had an ele
phant plowing on a Connecticut field,
Jn view of passing ralroad trains. To
a farmer who asked If the elephant was
a profitable beast of labor for this coun
try, the showman replied that It was
not unless one had a circus to adver
tise. Contractors In a Now York town,
engaged In extensive building, have im'
ported two work elephants to pull dirt
cars. It may be, however, that the con
tractors have caught Baruum's spirit,
and have sent the story, to the newspa
pers for purposes of advertisement
What Is probably the finest building
In the world for the use of a collector
of customs was turned over to the na
tional government recently. The new
custom house In New York, begun In
1900, has been completed at a cost of
seven million two hundred thousand
dollars. It covers the entire block be
tween Whitehall street and State street,
running from Bowling Green to Bridge
street Its street faces are adorned
with splendid pieces of sculpture typi
fying commerce, and Its main court or
rotunda, Is one of the largest spanned
by a single roof. The Interior fittings
are ornate and dignified, as Is befit
ting in a public building belonging to a
rich and populous country. About two
thirds of the customs revenue of the
country Is paid over the desks of the
collector of New York. The remain
ing one-third Is collected In the more
than one hundred and forty other col
lection districts. An elaborately
equipped suite of offices has been pro
vided In the building for the use ol
the Secretary of the Treasury on hie
official visits to New York. Other suites
are set apart for the Weather Bureau,
the Naval Bureau, tho Civil SerHc
Board, the Isthmian Canal Commls-1
slon, the Secret Service Department '
and some other brandies of the nation
al government that have to use offices
In New York. But they all together
occupy much less space than that de
voted to the use of the various branch
es of the tariff collection service.
The Detroit Blver and the Sault ct,
nals are the two chief points for the
enumeration of the vessels and car
goes which carry and make up the
enormous traffic of the American lakes,
the largest water-borne traffic In aa
equal area In the world. Statistics
taken at these two points, pending the
tabulation and summing up of the fig
ures by ports, give a fairly accurate
view of the magnitude of that traffic.
A preliminary bulletin on that basis
Issued by the Department of Commerce
and Labor shows that In total bulk
nnd In all Important divisions save one
the lake traffic of the season of 1907
breaks all records. The exception Is,
of course, the lumber traffic, which Is
dwindling because of the reckless way
In which the great pine forests of the
old Northwest have been exploited for
the last quarter century. No less than
28,883,100 tons of Iron ore were taken
from the Lake Superior mines this
year to feed the furnaces of Pennsyl
vania, Ohio and Illinois. Tills was
nearly 3,500.000 tons more than In 1906
and 5,000,000 tons more than in 1905.
Most of the wheat also passes the
Sault, although some goes eastward
from Lake Michigan ports and a small
er amount from Lake Erie. The de
partment's bulletin shows that 60,153,-
551 bushels passed the Sault and only
32,101,873 bushels passed Detroit giving
Increases at the two checking points,
respectively, of 40 and 47 per cent over
1000. These figures, unless there Is an
error In the department's printed bulle
tin, raise an Interesting question. It
Is: What became of that 24,000,000
bushels of wheat? The obvious answer
Is that most of it went to Europe over
the Canadian railways. However, that
amount of wheat would require for Its ,
handling about 85,000 cars, a capacity
not credited to the Canadian railways
reaching the lake from Sarnla north
ward to the Sault, and which Is denied
to them by all railway men. The de
partment must be left to explain Its
figures, which, If correct, show a most
astonishing and unsuspected growth of
Canadian railway capacity. The corn
figures are clear enough. Chicago Is
the great shipper of corn, and 35,770,
712 bushels of It passed Detroit, over a
million bushels more than In 1900. The
soft coal movement over the lakes is
chiefly from Lake Erie ports north and
west Nearly 11,000,000- tons passed
Detroit, as against 8,484,801 tons In
19O0. The total freight traffic of the
great lakes passing Detroit for the sev
en months ending with September was
49,520,478 tons, as against 44.125,782
tons for the same months In 1900.
Mexico's Potato King-,
Out on the Chihuahua and Pacific
railroad Is the greatest potato-growing
region yet developed in Mexico, says
the Mexican Herald. A large market
Is rapidly being opened up, the pota
toes, which are flue In quality and of
lnrge size, resembling the famous Gree
ley product, having a reputation
throughout northern Mexico. Already
during the present season one Mexican
farmer alone hns shipped two carloads
to Monterey.
The leading potato farmer of the
State, In fact, of the republic, Is oJe
Coayem, a Chinaman of modern pro
gressive Ideas, from whose farm, 7,500
feet above sea level, at Pedernales,
right on the continental divide, some
seventy carloads of potatoes will be
shipped this season. Joe came from
China some years ago bent upon mak
ing his way up In the world. He has
mastered both English and Spanish
thoroughly and subscribes for and
reads the papers In both languages.
Five years ago he bought two acres at
Pedernoles "for a song" and on time,
lie paid for them out of his first year's
crop and his holdings now comprise
several thousand acres.
Rnfe.
Mrs. Smith Yes, my little five-year-old
girl Is a great help In my house
keeping. Mrs. Randall Why, what
can such a child do to help? Mrs.
Smith She goes down and tells the
cook for me whenever we're going to
have company. Harper's Bazar.
Nothing makes a woman who doe
house work quite so furious as to have
anyon even Intimate that she does not
have to work, much harder than the
women who work down town.
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Deposed bank president, palatial quarters of wrecked institution
and partner and brother-in-law of dead financier.
Charles Tracy Barney, deposed presl- i pany, millionaire promoter, social lead
lent of the Knickerbocker Trust Com- I er, clubman and one of the best known
Marriage Airangedj
Ohl my darling Mona, is It really
you? How delicious I I had no Idea
you were in town yet And I've such
heaps to tell you. Only I've really no
time now, because I have an appoint
ment with Madame Cellsne, and you
know she won't wait But I must tell
you a little about It Come In here
and have an Ice, and I'll tell you how It
all happened.
-I met him In Rome, you know. It
was very hard work at first, because
he would have been much more inter
ested in me If I had been an old stone
In the Forum. However, I had lots of
patience, and a lovely chiffon hat I
bought In Paris, and so, finally, when
we all moved on to Naples, he, Ter
ence, you know, came too.
We had a lovely time In Naples with
the volcanoes' and things, and soon I
saw he meant It all right, only he was
frightfully shy about coming to the
point, and he hud not many opportuni
ties, because Mr. Carstnlrs and jack
Congleton were with us, and you know
what they arel
Well ! our last day arrived and noth
ing had happened, and I got awfully
anxious, because he Isn't the sort of
man to propose by letter ; and, besides,
I knew If he weut back to Rome, unat
tached, that Kitty Singleton would
Ohl she Is a cat, Mona!
So on the last afternoon, when we
all drove up to San Martino to see a
museum or a monastery, I am not
quite sure which It .was meant to be,
I made up my mind to be a mother to
myself, aud Bald I should walk buck
to the hotel, and wouldn't he, Terence,
you know, come with me.
Of course, he Jumped at it. Jack
Congleton and Mr. Curstalrs said they
wanted to walk, too, but I marched on
ahead, very firmly, with Terence, aud
asked him about stones and inscrip
tions and things they couldn't talk
about, and soon they grew tired of
walking behind together (because they
don't like each other much), and so
they took one of those funny little car
riage things and drove home after all.
Then I stopped talking about stones,
because I was afraid If Terence got
too interested he might nut notice his
opportunity, so I began to talk about
going away, and that sort of thing, and
nt last he got husky and fidgety, like
they do, you know, and I saw It was
coming ; and then, when he had Just
begun :
"Miss Cleveland, I "
We suddenly heard "Poverlvlch," or
something like that Just behind us,
end there was a wretched old beggar
man 1
Treaca broka off Ttrj crossly, and
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told the man to go away; but he
wouldn't go, but followed us, bother
ing, till at last we gave him some
money to go, and he went
That put Terence off for a bit but
In a minute or two he recovered, and
began again:
"Miss Cleveland, can "
And then we heard another "Poverl"
something or other, and there was a
man with a broken arml
Weill we gave him something, and
then two more came, and a woman
with a baby, and a lot of little boys,
some singly and some In crowds, and
they wouldn't leave us till we gave
them money, and the more we gave
money the more came, and we couldn't
get clear of them. And Terence got so
angry, because whenever he tried to
speak to me they Interrupted him.
Well! I knew he would never get
anything done In that crowd, so I
"mothered" myself again and said I
was tired, and wanted to drive home
after all. He looked awfully pleased
at that, so we hailed one of those car
riage things, and after we had fought
our way through all the drivers we
hadn't hailed we climbed In and drove
off In peace.
Terence heaved a great sigh of re
lief, and I sat quite silent, so as not
to put him off by any Ill-advised re
mark, and in a few minutes he pulled
himself together, and took hold of my
hand (I had left It lying near hlra In
case he wanted It), and he began: '
"Miss Cleveland, may "
And then the driver turned round
on his seat and pointed out Capri to
us!
Well ! of course, Terence took his
hand away very quickly, and pretend
ed he hud been pulling up the cover,
and got very red; and I smiled sweet
ly and thanked tLe driver.
But that stupid Italian had no tact;
he Just let his horse drive Itself, and
sat sideways, looking at us and telling
us stupid stories about the places we
passed. Of course, it wasn't for me to
tell him to look the other way and
not Interrupt us, and Terence Just sat
still, muttering sort of Greek words to
himself. However, we were nearly
home, and I felt something must be
done, and I saw I should have to do
It, so I said the others would laugh at
us If they found out that we had drlv
tn home, aftr all, and that as w
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"I MKT UIM IN RVIE."
SUICIDE OF CHARLES T. BAEXEY.
assi is
men In New York City, shot himself
because of his Inability to endure the
blot upon his business reputation which
he feared would result from the sus
pension of the company. He had been
at the head of the trust company for
many years and had seen It grow from
a comparatively obscure concern to one
of the leading financial Institutions of
the city. Then, almost without warn
ing, came the crash. The resignation)
of Mr. Barney as president of the
Knickerbocker was accepted by the di
rectors and the next day the great
trust company, with obligations to Its
depositors amounting to nearly $7,000.
000, was forced to suspend payment. Ia
the run, which lasted less than a day,
the enormous total of $8,000,000 war
paid across the countera
were near the hotel we had better get
out and walk the rest of the way.
Terence brightened ,up wonderfully
at that, and we stopped the carriage
and Jumped out. He paid the driver
and we turned to walk on. I think he
saw he hadn't much time to spare, so
he began at once:
"Miss Cleveland, do "
And then we heard loud shouts be
hind us, and the driver came hurrying
after us to say we hadn't paid hlm
enough :
Terence said another sort of Greek
word to himself, and told the man to
be off; but of course he wouldn't go,
and marched along beside us, arguing.
I couldn't understand why Terence
would not give the man more money
nnd send him off, but he has since
told me that he hadn't a penny left in
his pockets, he had given all to the
beggars.
Well! of course It Is Impossible to
propose to any one while a Neapolitan
cab driver man Is walking along be
side you, arguing about his fare; and
the hotel was in sight!
Then three beggars and the old man
who sells oranges outside the door
came clamoring round us, and I was
hopeless, because, you know, beside
the title and estate, Terence Is a dear.
And then I saw Jack Congleton come
out of the hotel and turn along to meet
us, and I was so desperate that I cried
out aloud accidentally:
"Oh, dear ! here Is Jack, and now we
shan't be alone again."
When Terence heard that he Just
stopped dead and looked nt me, and
then he looked at Jack coming toward
us, and round at all the clamoring beg
gars, and then he stuck both handf
savagely In his pockets and turned his
back on the cab driver, and Just burst
out desperately:
"D It all! Miss Cleveland, will
you marry me?"
I laughed so much that I couldn't
answer till Jack reached ns, and he
must 'have thought me quite mad? be
cause I laughed all the Way up to the
hotel door, and then I turned to Ter
ence and said :
"Oh! yes, yes, yes!" and ran Into'
the hotel, and up to my room, and lay
on my bed and laughed till I felt quite
111, because I was so happy.
And ten minutes laer they brought
me up a lovely bouquet, and the dearest
sort of apologizing note from Terence,
and so it was all settled.
But we won't go to Naples for our
honeymoon! Philadelphia Telegraph.
Carcfol Mr. Smith.
Dr. Pill (meeting former patient)
Ah, good morning, Mr. Smith ! How
are you feeling this morning?
Mr. Smith Doctor, does it cost any
thing if I tell you? Philadelphia In
quirer. ,
When a young woman tells a clerk
In a shoe store that she is not prepared
to try on shoes, It meant she has a hoi
In her stockist ,