LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER
Rf COLLINS, Editor
r ti HAV DEN. Manager
TOLEDO..
OREGON
why not make "Woodman, Spare
That Tree" the national hymn?
A harp 414 rears old baa been found
In Iowa. Terhaps It Is the one that
nce through Tara s halls.
We should like to rebuque those
women of Dubuque who are forcing
uoii uuEiuituus iu icuru 10 cuque.
"Lady Subscriber"' Is hereby Inform
ed that money which Is carried In a
woman's stocking cannot properly be
called elastic currency.
The New York Tribune heads a hard
times story "Corset Factory Feels the
Pinch." Fewer of Its patrons, then,
must be feeling the squeeze.
A South Korwalk (Conn.), man has
Just returned home from the civil war.
Ills wife certainly Is Justified In sus
pecting that he stopped somewhere on
he way.
G. Bernard Shaw sarcastically refers
to us as a nation of villagers. If It Is
disgraceful to be a villager a good many
of us have hitherto been unaware of
the fact
Miss Mary Money, an American girl.
has applied for a Jockey's license in
France. If the theory that "money
makes the mare go" is correct, Mary
should be a success.
Judge Tetlt urges that eiignged cou
ples should study the law of courtship,
But that would not decide who is to
get up and light the fire of a morning
six mouths after the wedding.
What If the engle on the new $10
told piece does look like a turkey? If
the turkey wasn't such a big fool about
some things, as a national bird he
would be as appropriate as the eagle.
"Why do women cultivate a special
voice for the telephone?" asks the
'Montgomery Advertiser. Doubtless be
cause the one they use on their hus
bands would put'the transmitter on the
blink.
A New York bank teller complains
that he finds It difficult to support a
family on an Income of $1,800 a year.
A good many people have supposed
hlthejpto that only millionaires were in
any way connected with New York
banks.
John D. Rockefeller thinks the op
portunities for young men are a thou
sandfold greater In this country than
they ever have been In the past. It
niUBt be understood, of course, that Mr.
Rockefeller does not Include the oppor
tunities for getting along without work
ing. Reports from the surveyors who have
been marking the line between Canada
and Alaska Indicate thaf as originally
fixed In 1898 it was six hundred feet
too far west. The United States Is to
have a strip six hundred feet wide and
many miles long, which, until the pres
ent survey, the Cnnndlans supposed be
longed to them. The proper boundury
Is the one hundred awl forty-first me--Idlan
northward from Mount St. Ellas.
Not long ago the manager of n fash
ionable London .restaurant refused to
allow an eurl and his countess to eat
in the dining-room because they
were not attired In the regula
tion evening dress. Admission to
certain parts of the fashionable
I-ombm theaters Is also denied to
those not In evening clothes. Such
rules are In accordance with the snob
bish definition of a gentleman as one
who "dresses for dinner ;" but most of
us know that It takes more than that
to make a man, to say nothing of a
gentleman.
LilK'i-la has lately lost nominal con
trol of imrt of the territory over which
the congress of the black republic was
supposed to exercise sovereignty. A
new treaty with France has been nego
tinted, delimiting the boundaries of the
republic's country to the advantage of
France. The French Insist that In
view of the Ignorance of the natives In
the Interior of the existence of any In.
dependent govern nt on the coast. It
Is not' encroachment on an Independent
power for the French to push their
boundaries seaward. As Liberia Is an
Independent power, the protection of
Its territory Is a matter for Its govern
ment, and not for outsiders. American
friends of the country may regret that
the experiment of sttlng up a negro re
public bus not been more 'successful,
but they must fuce the facts.
Public confidence litis been shaken by
the excessive exploitation not of the
proper business of certain corporations,
but of their Hocks and securities to ad--ranee
the personal chemet of high offl
ifct "Gentlemen's agreements" for
J doubtful, perhaps sinister, purposes, '
curing possession or a cnain of banks
to further the ends of purely specula
tive pools and combinations, are among
the ulmses of "high finance" revealed
during the depression from which we
are recovering. The real property of
tne country is Intact The mines, the
railroads, the mills, the flocks and
herds still exist. The land Is produc
ing, and will produce, at a tremendous
rate. All the elements of abounding
and continuing prosperity In office, field
and shop are with us. The one thing
needful is the elimination of stock wa
ferlng and stock Jobbing directors and
otner omciais to whom the organiza
tlon of our Industries and the conser
vatism of the wealth of the country It
to a very great, to a commanding, ex
tent committed. We shall have gather
ed good from our financial Ills If the
obligations of trusteeship are more r
llglously observed.
In 1905 the game of football cosi
the lives of 24 players and Injured 20C
'others. That was the worst record tb
game has ever made In this country.
Coming after several years of high fa
tality lists, it excited a movement for
reform, which ended in a general,agree-
ment that If the rules could not be so
revised as to eliminate the Increasing
perils of life and limb, and If the worst
of the commercial evils of the game
could not be removed, then the game It
self would hnve to be banished from
our colleges and high schools. Colum
bia University put forth an edict ol
banishment, but most other Institution!
contented themselves with a revision ol
the rules, from which much Improve
ment was hoped. That there has been
an Improvement In the moral tone of
the business management of the game
is certuln, but the statistics of casual
ties for this year have been the cause
of great disappointment over the work
ing of the new rules of playing. Last
year the deaths were 14 and the In.
Jured 160, and this year the death!
number 13 and the Injured 152. Mean
time Columbia Is giving the colleges an
object lesson In the possibility of nros-
perlug without the game. A committed
of the faculty Investigated last spring
the effects of the retirement from the
field of sports, and reported that at
tendance at the university had grown,
that students took more interest In
their studies and that no loss was ob
servable. Recently the students have
worked up enough Interest In a mock
political campaign, wth Drlmarles. con-
ventlons and the full machinery of gen
uine politics, to compensate them for
the loss of the football excitement. It
Is certainly Incumbent on the Deonle
who still believe In the future of foot
ball to meet the present situation and
show that It can be played with reason
able safety. It Is true that the most
fatalities are among high school pupils
and other boys not In fit physical con-
dltlon, but the colleges cannot escape
some of the responsibility for these
deaths, since they furnish the Incent
ive to the noncolleglate players and
since their rules are the rules the oth
ers follow.
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JAIL FOR TRUST OFFENDERS.
By Attorney General Bonaparte.
I have noticed a good many com
plaints that criminal prosecutions
against trust magnates and sentences
of imprisonment for them have been
very infrequent, and, in fact, for prac
tical purposes, unknown. It is perfect
ly true that. In my opinion, at least
a better moral effect would be pro
duced by sending a' few prominent
men to Jail than by a great deal of
litigation, however successful, against
the corporations they controlled,
c. J. bonafabte. But it must be remembered that it is
only successful prosecutions which would have a good
effect. . Some time since two corporations and their .re
spective presidents were Indicted Jointly for violation of
the criminal provisions of the anti-trust law. If the cor
porations were guilty of such, it would be hard for the
lay mind at least to understand how their presidents
could be Innocent Nevertheless the Jury convicted the
corporations and acquitted the presidents.
It is the avowed purpose of the Department of Jus
tice to prosecute criminally anyone who Is really re
sponsible for violations of the anti-trust law wherever
It can do so with any reasonable probability of suc
,0" It docs not care to prosecute mere underling who
are known to everyone to have acted under the direct au-
thorlty of their superiors.
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KINDNESS IN WEDLOCK MAKES HAPPINESS.
By Helen Oldfield.
The man who has hung upon his sweet
heart's words and craved her kisses does not
realize the pain which he inflicts when he
leaves her day after day without a caress, or
at most bestows upon her a nerfunctorv kiss
I as he starts out in the morning for bis busi
ness. The question is bound to suggest Itself
to her: "Is he getting tired of me?" Poor
woman! She may worry herself for mnnv on
hour with that and Blmilar tormenting queries. He was
so gentle and tender when they were engaged; now he
bangs the doors all over the house, apparently cnreless of
the fact that her head Is aching and her nerves are on
edge. He always Is too busy to attend to her, too tired
to go out with her in the evening. At one time he could
not spend hours enough at her side.
Most people who have nny strength of character are
obliged to have a temper of some sort, even though It
be well controlled. The wife who nags is a curse to her
husband ; the man of whom the utmost which can be ex
pected is that he shall not grumble nor find fault is
scarcely a blessing "to his family. There are refinements
of Irritation which are quite as hard to endure as are
blows and curses. Social, professional and business in
tercourse all demand self-control and courtesy alike from
men and women ; but there are unfortunately those who
wholly fall to recognize a similar claim In the family
circle.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
By Elizabeth C. Baldwin.
Step by step, slowly perhaps but certainly,
the public library is following the path al
ready trodden by the public school. The ex
perience of the one Is almost identical with
that of the other. The place now assigned the
public library, by general consent, Is that of
an Integral part of our system of public and
free education. On no other theory has it
sure and lasting foundation : on no other the.
ory may It be supported by general taxation; on no other
theory can It be administered wisely and consistently.
A public tax! can be levied for the maintenance of a pub
lic library only upon the principle which underlies all
righteous public taxation ; not that the taxpayer wants
something and will receive It In proiortlon to the amount
of his contribution, but that the public wants something
of such general Interest and value that all property own
er mfiy be nked and retired to contribute toward !U
cost. 1
Casting about for a satisfactory sunnlemnnt
-plenient for the public schools, we find the public library .
iruy 10 mane it possible ror the adult to continue
through life the growth begun iu childhood in the public
school. Only in this way and by this means can we hope
to continue the common American people as the most un
common common people which the world has yet known.
EVILS OF POLITICAL PREJUDICE.
By Prot. Jeremiah W. Jenks.
Some writers on sociology take as the basal
Instinct on which society is founded the "con
sciousness of kind." It is apparently this
fundamental Instinct which leads members of
society to distrust others different from them
selves and which brings about in many In
stances conflicts of races, even though there
may be no cause often, or reason for these
conflicts. In politics, however, we nml t ot.i,i
the force of prejudice as well as the force Of reason, and
the statesman cannot Ignore prejudice as a motive force.
Political speeches, as a rule, appeal to self-interest Men
who have sacrificed for the party expect their reward,
,but even most of thoseatvbo are corrunt in nolitii iif
would be Influenced if they saw clearly the evil effects ol
ineir corrupt action.
I Training Him j
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"Tongue" In business Is at a discount.
The modern salesman Is the mnn who
knows when not to speak. So of ad
vertising, silence Is often golden.
Increase your effort as your field nar
rows. It is easier to sell $10 worth of
goods among a thousand people than to
sell that amount among one hundred.
If you have oaly a hundred prospects,
then work them hard.
(;ood advertising cannot be called an
expense, for It Is only an Investment,
Just as you place your money In a shoo
stock or a line of furnishings, and vow
get your money out of It Just as surely,
and with iwsslbly a better margin on
tuo investment
No door is thick enough to keen out
the newspaper and its advertising; no
chamber Is too remote, or too quiet, for
the favorite family paper; no surveil
lance Is so strict but the newsnanr Is
admitted, and It brings Its message of
wars, of elections, accidents, marriages,
births nnd deaths and advertisements.
A Fool Mliclit Bar
That the glitter of gold Is better thnn
the gray garb of brotherly love. '
That It does not pay to be forelvlnir
In a world which so rarely forgives.
Iliat the one to whom the laurel In
given necessarily deserves It.
That the plaudits of the mob are bet.
ter tluin the appreciation of those who
see most clearly.
That a million dollars Is mom tn ho
chosen thnn a humble and happy home.
nut wnat would you expect of a fool ?
Success Magazine.
It doesn't take the averairo womnn
ono-thlrd as long to mix up a cake
and bake It, as It took her to run next
floor and. borrow the egg
The girl's face wore an exnresslon of
tender commiseration and she leaned
forward and touched the young man's
bowed head with a light, caressing mo
tion, In which there was something al
most maternal.
"I'm so sorry," she said. "I'm very,
very sorry."
"You'll spoil the part in my hair If
you do that," said the young man,
looking up, He said it In quite a mat-
teivof-faet tone.
The girl seemed a little surprised and
hurt by his rejection of her sympathy,
so that when he asked, her If there
was absolutely no , hope her negative
reply bordered on snnpplness.
"I know you said so," remarked the
young mini, leaning back n little In his
clinlr anil crossing his legs. "I wanted
to be perfectly sure, that's nil. If
you've quite made up your mind that
I won't do I've got to kind of readjust
myself. You see, I've been reckoning
on your taking me. Of course, I didn't
expect you to unless you thought a
great deal of me, but 1 got the Idea
that you might somehow. Well, I sup
pose that I mustn't take lip your time."
"Sit down," said the girl. "I don't
wnnt you to go away thinking that I
have been trifling with you nnd pur
posely misleading you. I do like you,
very much Indeed ns a friend. I want
to keep you for a friend always, and
I'm sure that when you get over this
fancy, ns you will In a little while, we
shall ,bo ns good friends ns we ever
wero. If you feel a little bitter
now "
"Oh, no," said the young mnn. "I'm
not feeling hitter. Why should I? No-
liody can get Jnst what he wants In this
vale or sin ana sorrow, ah a man can
do when w can't got what he wnnts
Is to get the best he can nnd make the
most of It. As for as neing mentis is
concerned, thnt's aft right."
"You'll come and see me Just the
same, then?"
"Well, hnrdly. Why, no, that
wouldn't do. I don't say anything
about myself, but you aren't going to
be the Inst rose of summer left bloom
ing alone You'll go with the rest of
the bunch and before most of 'em, or
I miss my guess. What would the real
enndy boy say If he came around and
saw me holding down a chair here ten
evenings In the week? He'd say, 'Hello!
who tola Jonnnyr ana nea go away
"i'm not looking mad," protested tije
GIRL.
and think long, long thoughts. I know
I would. When I first began coming
here and saw the kindergarten on the
front stoop I didn't have any Idea of
Joining. It was only after they did the
fading act that I came in and began
to string beads. You know that I
certainly would never want to queer
you."
"I wish you wouldn't talk so much
slang," said the girl.
"It was a relapse," said the young
man. "I suppose I'll go right back to
It, now that you've given up the Job of
training me."
"You'll find some one else to under
take It."
"Maybe. I don't know who it will
be, though." -
"Margaret Swoop would be glad to,
I know."
"She's competent," admitted the
young man. "Still, I don't think it will
be Margaret. You're probably mistaken
about her being willing, anyway. I
know It Isn't everybody that would be.
I don't undervalue myself, but know
my bluff at being a good fellow doesn't
deceive everybody. You can't fool all
the people quite nil the time, you re
member. I couldn't fool you, for In
stance."
"You wouldn't fool anybody, as you
call It. Any girl In town might be
proud to have you." ,
"I'll give 'em a chance to be nroud.
of course," said the young man. "I
don't think they are" going to fall all
over each other to gather me In, my
self. But I need training badly enough
aud I've really got to have it"
"Try Margaret, then."
"I will, If you say so, of course, hut
I kind of had an Idea she didn't like
me any too well."
The girl laughed aueerlv. "Yon
talnly don't Intend to lose any time
about It," she said.
"Why. should I?" asked the younf
man. "Here I've been reforming my
evil ways and snvlng money and using
nice language for the last six or eight
months, and I don't want to take any
chances of going back to wihat I was
before you took me in hand. But what
are you looking so mad about?"
"I'm not looking mad," protested the
girl, Indignantly. "I don't think you
are worth being mad at To come up
here and coolly talk to me about pro
posing to other girls after all you've
told me, and "
"But I didn't start the talk. You
began It."
"Of course you would blame It on
to me. I should be sorry for any girl
who would be foolish enough to let her
self care for you. I don't believe you
ever enred for me a particle and I wish
I d never seen you. Go away this mln.
ute !"
The young man arose from his chalt
and bent over the lounge. "What do.
you suppose I asked yon to marry me?
for if I didn't care for you?" he asked.
"To train you," answered the girl In
a voice muffled by a sofa cushion. "Go
and get Margaret to train you. I don't
care, I'm sure."
The young man laid his hand gently
on her shoulder, but she shook herself
violently nnd he drew back.
"Be-besides," said the girl, "I don't
believe you meant even to propose to
me. If I hadn't "
The young man took something from
a little case and, possessing himself nt
her hand, slipped It on a certain finger.
vuat ao you suppose I bought that
for, then?" he said. "Now. hike
head out of those cushions and look at
me."
The hand was unresisting, but there
was no emergencvj.
"P-p-perhaps you were going to see
Margaret. You d-dldnt want me to
rumple your hair."
"Are you coming out?"
Nothing more was said for nh,i
three minutes.
Then what was said was noiwic'.
business. But before the
went away his hair was beautifully'
parted with a side comb. ChIca"o
Dally News.
The Parting the Way.
"Cut out that crying!" cried th ,w
perate husband. "We are at the part
ing of the ways. Make your choice.
Which shall go In the ash-barrel your
picture post card collection or your
Teddy bears?"
But the problem being ton mnoh
the wife, she promptly fainted. Puck.
How quickly we forget the thin
that have made us laugh, and how
long we remember the things that havt
made MM cry.