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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1908)
LINCOLN COOT LEADER RE COLLINS, tdftar r N HAYDEN, Ma TOLEDO. .OREGON Speaker Cannon says congress will jo slow. And be knows, If anybody Ooea. Generally It Is the man who does not own but hires an automobile who leads the fastest life. Some men are weighed In the bal anee and found wanting, while others are wanting something all the time. A steer from Canada has taken first honors at the Chicago livestock show We may have to annex that presump tuous country yet A book is always an acceptable Christmas gift, but a single leaf from a check book generally brings more happiness In Its train. Some of the men who this season were mistaken for deer and shot, nrob ably left families who are now trying to keep the wolf from the door. A California man named pitcher has been awarded a divorce because his wife drank to excess. Pitcher must have grown tired of seeing her rush the can. Two Pittsburg men have been RPtl fenced to the penitentiary for stealing o cents. Liet people who are addicted to the habit of robbing their babies' oanus Deware. A faint idea of the destitution pre vailing In certain portions of India may be gathered from the fact that some of the nabobs have only thirty -.uioraomies apiece. A Brooklyn magistrate has decided mat no woman has the right to compel her husband to scrub the floor. Hnw can there be equality of the sexes wuue sucn decisions are handed down? It Is alleged that the eagle on the new $20 gold piece looks like a goose. We have been so busy keeping our $20 gold pieces In circulation that we have had no time to notice the contour of the bird. . It seems like the most natural thing In the world to hear a Russian prais ing our navy. Indeed, It Is one of the distinctive characteristics of the Rus sians that they have always kind words for the United States. Please emit a sigh for the woman who sued a New Yorker to recover $15,000 as dnmnges for two kisses he had taken without permission. She got nothing. The Jury at least might have been sympathetic enough to ren der a verdict that he return the kisses. As usual after a financial crisis, bankers urge the need of establishing In this country something like the Bank of England to manage the na tional currency. The, present system is antiquated and bad, and any sug gestion for improvement deserves re spectful examination. Surgeon-General Rlxey has recom mended in his annual report thnt an order be issued forbidding the use of cigarettes to all persons in the navy under 21 yenrs old. If the order were made and enforced, Dr. Rlxey says, the sick records would be smaller and the general efficiency of the service would to improved. ' That was a wine word which Ambas sador Rryeo uttered at the opening of the International Young Men's Chris tian Association convention In Wash ington the other day, when ho said that every upright life counts for good gov ernment The source of reform In gov ernment has always been In the pur poses of en awakened voter. In the very American state of Okla homa is a little group of fifteen Indi viduals of as pure American blood as can be found In the country. They own property to the extent of twelve square miles, and are reported to be In a flourishing condition. They are fifteen buffaloes which were formerly part of the herd In the New York Zoo logical Park. Their new home Is like that to which their ancestors were ac customed, and It Is hoped they will thrive better than they could In a city, end thnt they will have thousands of descendants. "A man." says a newspaper story, "made millions in his ninety years of life by never doing the usunl thing." These are some of the things he never did : He never traveled ; he never Joined anything; he never paid for a ticket of admission ; he never ate In a hotel or restaurant; his total exjwndl ture for car fare was less than one dol lar; for forty years ho had not voted; he wouldn't smoke, not bex-ause It was harmful, but because It cost him twelve cents a -week. And it'um he died hi hud amassed $1,500,000. Toor, lone some old man ! The world was no bet ter off for this man. He took all 11 would give, but he gave nothing In re turn, either of money or sympathy oi life. So, when he died, they told aboui him In the newspapers, and now othen will spend the money that he gave uj everything to gather. There can't tx many who care whether he Is gone oi not Probably he had a few who lovec him, because the most unlovable of m are nearly always loved by somebody But there Isn't any street full of friendi who feel that something has gone oui of their lives. He hjpsn't left an emptj place, for he never cared about othei people or other things, or to see and know and understand and feel, and tc put out his hand and get hold of th hand of the throbbing, living world around him. People say "That's a queer story J" It's more than a queei story. It is a real tragedy, because It Is the story of a man who died befori he bad begun to live. By a happy coincidence, the unveil ing of a memorial statue to Queen Vic toria at Lelth, Scotland, fell on the day of the publication of the first vol umes of her letters. Lord Roscberj made the address at the unveiling, and although be did not allude to the letters, his oration was precisely In the spirit of them. They reveal simple, earnest, womanly nature, with no hint of the. Intrigue and Jealous; and self-seeking which so commonly hedge a throne, The queen's devotion to the duties of every day, as her let ters reveal It, her rigid Impartiality when she was called upon to deal with men some of whom she disliked as much as she liked others, her gentle firmness when her ministers tried to Ignore her, and her Insistence that she would not delegate her actual respon sibility to any other hand these are the traits of a good mother quite as much as those of a great queen. Lord Rosebery dwelt upon her womanliness and Its unreckoned powers for good. Speaking of the day when, as a mere girl, she came to the throne, he said, "Queen Victoria was then, as It were, the child, the darling of the people, and she lived to become their venerat ed mother." "Mothering" her subjects was a noble work for a lifetime. To this Lord Rosebery had the courage to add one other ground for national obligation to her. "Not the least of the services that she rendered to us," he boldly declared, "is the effect of her training and example upon the present King." It was a fitting time and place for a grave tribute to the royal moth er's royal son. As adviser, wise diplo matist, peacemaker, he Is doing honor to her training, and showing the world how the mother be she high or lowly wields a power beyond the queen's. Nothing In the development of Amer ican taste Is more hopeful than the waning of the spread-eagle oratorv and of turgid rhetoric In writing. The passing of the pompous and artificial in public discourse may be witnessed throughout the English-speaking world, ror the faults of tho old style, like many Amerlenn fallings, were not pe culiar to this country. In a recent nddreRs at Edinburgh University Mr. Hairour said that good public speak Ing Is merely heightened conversation. That Is, It Is natural, sincere, but pol ished and correct; Just as In fiction the conversation sounds like neonle talking, but Is ensler and more firmly constructed than the spoken sentences of real life. In the old days the flow ery manner, employed by a master, could convey grent matter and achieve poetic beauty. Webster could talk in periods and not "sound like nlav- actlng." But much which passed with our forefathers for eloquence would seem to us prolix and false. Tho mas ters of the old style were splendid, but their imitators were dull and hys terical. The beginning of the chance came when men like Lincoln and Beecher and the cool-headed nnllH. clans of modern England and America turned their thoughts, not' to the sounding-board nor to a select audi ence, but to millions of people. Their words had to stand the test of nrlnt. and be read by a growing multitude, which wished above all things to un- flerRtnnd whnt was meant. The Speak er of the British House of Commons, In a recent address, gave a hint which explains the change. He said that the most effective 'orator at the nrosenr time Is he who best understands and has mastered his subject In former times the purpose of the orator was to stir up his hearers to lend them to act. although they might not know why they were to act. To-day the ob ject Is to convince, and thorough preparation and simple, direct dis course are more effective for that than ornate sentences and the abundant gesticulation of the earlier method. Alwaya at It. Mrs. Pease My husband and I nev er dispute before the children.' We nlways send them out when a quarrel seems Imminent Miss Sharp Ah, I've often wondered why they're so much in the street I KENTUCKY'S TOBACCO AR Vight Riders Inflict an Aggregate Loss of Nearly $1,000,000. The last exploit of the Kentucky tobacco night riders In seizing the city of Hopklnsvllle. destroying $200,000 worth of property and seriously wound ing two men, has aroused an intensity of Interest throughout the 8tate aud far beyond its borders. These the most conspicuous feature of the war that Is being waged by the tobacco growers of Kentucky against the Ameri can Tobacco Company. By reducing the competition in the buying of tobac co to practically nothing the company forced down the price of leaf tobacco until the growers say they can not real ize enough to pay for raising It The tobacco crop is a mainstay In many parts of Kentucky, and thousands de pend on It for their daily bread. The growers determined to force the price up. The plan proposed In the beginning, and which la still being followed, was to form a combination of the growers to oppose the combination of the manu facturers and by withholding the to bacco make the tobacco trust come to terms. ' Many associations of growers have been formed In the different to bacco raising regions of Kentucky. But some of the growers did not come into the association ranks and others grew weary of waiting and sold their crops. The more violent men in the associa tions have resorted to the measures thnt gave rise to the night rider, and by destroying the property of the to bacco company and the growers who are not allied with them have sought to carry through their plan by force and terror. The Hopklnsvllle rail was the second time In twelve months that the night riders seized and terrorized a city. On December 1, 1900, they entered Prince- j SKETCH OF COURT ton, Ky., a town of several thousand inhabitants, about thirty miles north of Hopkinsville, took possession of the po lice nnd fire departments, the water works, the telephone and telegraph of fices and with the town shut off from the rest of the world dynamited and set fire to the Steger & Dollar and the John C. Orr tobacco factories, which were allied with the trust The first appearance of the night riders was in November, 1900, when they destroyed some tobacco barns and small factories In Todd County, with a loss of about $10,000, The first raid came on the night of November 11, 1900, when masked bands entered the towns of Eddyvllle and Kuttawa, situ ated close together in Lyon and Cald well Counties, and destroyed the plants of the American Snuff Company and M. C. Rice, with $20,000 loss. Besides those there have been mnny smoller raids and visits to Individual growers. Tolincco barns hnve been burned, growers who refused to pool their tobacco have been tnken from their homes ond whipped, houses have been fired into aud the occupants wounded. The aggregate losses by these raids amount to nearly $1,000,000. A Synthetic Health Creed. The "bnrk-to-nature" movement, of which the most prominent leaders are Dr. J. H. Kellogg of Battle Creek, Dr. Dewey, Profs. Fisher nnd Chittenden of Yale and Prof. Metchnikoff of Russia, has now found a synthetizing exposition at the hands of Dr. Daniel S. Sager in a new book published by Stokes, entitled, 'The Art of Living in Good Health." This new apostle of the simpler life, with the added authority of a successful "M. D.," commends much of the work of those pioneers nnd founds his system on a creed, the vest-pocket edition of which Is : wreathe deen: chew long: drink enough: enl little." Bathing, exercise, early sleep and cheerfulness are other articles. "n'U - nARPfy K tHav Francis GAF7AH pfflwnL rftNl(foEii.irY orno CAKE FOB EX-PRESIDENTS, IS PLEA OF GROVES CLEVELAND Urges Duty to Make Provision for Men "Who Have Filled Highest -Post in Nation. Referring to the poverty of Jefferson when he left the presidency as a blow to national pride, Grover Cleveland, writing In the Youth's Companion un- acr to title "Our People and Their ex Presidents," argues that definite and generous provision should be made for the maintenance of chief magistrates at the expiration of their terms. He deals with the subject at length and explains that he feels he can do so without his sincerity being questioned, since he Is beyond the need of aid from the public treasury. "The condition Is by no means met," Mr. Cleveland writes, "by tho meager and spasmodic relief occasionally fur nished under the guise of a military pension, or some other pretext, nor would It be best met by making com pensation dependent upon the discharge of senatorial or other ofllcial duty. Oar people ought to make definite and dec orous provisions for all cases alike, based on motives of Justice and fair ness, and adequate to the situation." Mr. Cleveland describes the limita tions that his former high office place on a retired President in his choice of occupations and means of livelihood, and how popular conception of him as a repository of national dignity pnfnrrtH, a scale of living that may not be within his private means. 'There is a sort of vague, but none the less imperative, feeling abroad in the land that one who has occupied the great office of President holds In trust for his fellow citizens a certain dig nity which. In bis conduct and manner of life, he Is bound to protect against ROOM AND CHIEF FIGURES IN loss or deterioration. Obedience to this obligation prescribes, for him only such work as in popular Judgment Is not undignified. This suggests without ar gument a reciprocal connection be tween the curtailment of opportunities and a reasonable obligation of indem nification." One division of the Cleveland article Is devoted to the "Occupations of an ex-President," nnd in It the former President reveals the multiplicity of things which persons endeavor to bring to the attention oivthe retired states man and the class of affairs he Is asked to engage in, NEWS OF MINOR NOTE. The Central Hotel at Colon, Panama, was burned. Loss $3,000. Fire in the York" building in Boston, caused a loss of $100,000 to several manu facturing firms and to the owner of the building. Judge Strimple, in Cleveland appointed Owen L. Wilcox as receiver for the Cleve land and Sharon Electric Railway Com pany in order to defeat the alleged plot of majority stockholders to freeze out the minority. Dr. Johu M. Flint, formerly of Chi cago, now of the University of California, was chosen to succeed Dr. William Car ninll as head of the department of sur gery in the Yale Medical school at New Haven, Conn. Sir John Roger, Governor of the Eng lish Gold Coast colony, told a Philadel phia audience the negro was the greatest problem confronting civilization and was becoming as acute in the English colo nies as in the United States. According to advices received from Washington, the government officials are not satisfied with the new double engle being coined at the Philadelphia mint, and hove ordered coinage stopped tempo rarily to permit a chnnge in the process. The design of the coin will not be changed. ESTATES OF OLD SOLDIERS. An Ohio County to Fight United , States for $500,000. Frank W. Howell, a Dayton lawyer. Is now entitled to the world's, record as administrator of estates. He has been appointed by Judge C. W. Dale as administrator of 8432 estates, and has been compelled to give bond In the sum of $3,200,000. The appointment as administrator grew out of tbe following situation: The central branch of the National Military Homes Is located at Dayton, and was established by the United States government, by a special act, March 3. 18G5. The Jurisdiction of this large tract of ground, more than a mile square in extent, was ceded to the United States government by the State of Ohio April 13, 1SC7. Upon this land the Central Branch of the National Military Homes was built for disabled soldiers and sailors who have fought the battles for liberty and union. As far as the United States government Is concerned nothing has been neglected, and the central branch Is a veritable paradise. If all the veterans who entered tin central branch had lived there would have been no contention and nothing to narrate. When death comes the veteran receives a decent and honor able burial, and his belongings are col lected, and if not claimed by relatives, are sold, and the money, together with all of the pension money to which he Is etitHinr 3 pinned In the "jvwttvi mous fund," which Is in the keeDlnz of the treasurer of the Central Branch, National Military nomea Sometimes the deceased veteran leaves consider able property which he has gained by investment or speculation with his pension money. Four teat cases are now being fought out to determine whether these estates shall revert to THE THAW TRIAL. the Montgomery County treasurer oi the United States government It Is contended by Mr. Howell, the admin istrator, that the money left by the old veterans who die intestate belongs to Montgomery County and should go to ward the school fund. United States District Attorney McPherson of Cin cinnntl is looking after the Interests of the government. He claims that the money belongs to the United States. The amount Involved In the eases rep resented by Mr. Howell, the adminis trator, is something over $500,000. An Apoatle of Happlneaa. Miss Laurence Alnm.Tnmo ,i i of the well-known arti . " nuuivr VI several successful novels, has come from her English home to lecture in America on "Happiness." When asked by a New York reporter to tell what she meant by happiness, Miss Alnm-Tadcma Raid it ' would take an hour and twenty minutes to tell that, and it had taken her five months to write down what had required years to learn. As to how it could be at tained, she is quoted as saying: "By man aging one's self; by working hard and ui-veiupmg ones sen to the limit. It never comes except by being sought. It is not a matter of condition or of wealth. It does not denend - - --- ....... ,(,.-. imp. plness lies in the curtailment of desir. T ,., . . I I uu wuuout uiings. American Wlna Nobel Prlne. The University of rhl i, .i... - n uvuia mac thf. head of its department of nhvsira 1 1 oi. Aiuert a. .uicnemon, u to receive the year's Nobel prize for the lest work in his line. Prof. Michelnnn la n .t London, where the Copley mednl has been awarded to him by the London Royal So ciety. Dr. Michelson is the discoverer of s method of measuring the velocity of light. Though born In Gcrmnny, he has lived here since childhood and is a grad uate of the Naval Academy Ho is now 50. Chinese athletes eat dusk brains.
