Lincoln County leader., May 29, 1908, Image 6

LINCOLN CQUHTY LEADER
RC COLLINS, Cease
f N HAVDEN, I
TOLEDO OREGON
now about It, any bow T it marriage'
(a failure la divorce a success?
An attitude of alienee la always quite
becoming to a man who baa nothing to
ma.
The almpllfled spelling board baa
ound an absolute cure for phthisic.
The apell It "tlslc."
Tbls country annexed a lot of un
founded rumors when abe gathered In
the Hawaiian Islands.
Minister Wu Ting Fang weara a coat
which la buttoned down the back, but
be haa somebody to button It for him.
Before we atart any more legal holl
4aya In thla country we should learn
to keep aafa and sane those we now
have.
Chicago man meets a girl at luncheon
and marrlea her Immediately after
ward. Some people let thla quick-lunch
habit go too far.
Why should the fleet visit Australia?
Why, think of all the kangarooa and
ther atrange creaturea the sallora can
oCut for ju&accta.
Death remalna the great lereler.
Philadelphia's "Ideal bachelor" has
been revealed by the filing of hla will
aa a mere married man.
A lot of New York men who former
ly were rich think of throwing their
million-dollar yachta on the market
Save your pennies and buy a yacht
Hundred,- but It waa Intended for a I FROM DOCTOB TO TRAMP,
particular occasion and baa never been I
popular. If Mr. Carnegie will offer ow Mission Worker AmU the
sufficient urines to poet and musicians u Untortnnate.
... mi.h, anm.rt.ln, which would I Tnere are DUmber of vc7 "UCCesS
befit the dimity of the nation. After ,'ul men thls country who In their
all Is said and done, the only really
American tuue la "Yankee Dooble,"
which la uprightly enough aa an air.
though the worda are ridiculous. Y!t
It la to tbla tune that our troop hava !
marched to their greatest victories. Let
us have a real American antben.
Mr. Harrlman baa given $30,000 to
assist In the great work of killing rats
in San Francisco. What have the San
Francisco rats ever- done to Mr. Harrlman?
Some people sometimes think chil
dren are In the way, but when a think
like that at Cleveland happens the
public's big heart cries out in sympathy.
A Utah woman laced ber corset so
tight that she crushed ber heart and
died of cardiac paralysis. Aa a matter
of general safety, corset strings should
be made a Uttle weaker.
. Henry James complains that the
newspapers do not print good English.
We understand that the king of the
Hottentots Is disturbed by the belief
that Caucaslana are not as white aa
they claim to be.
For some yeara an English committee
baa been at work on Sbakspeare me
morial plans, the underlying Idea beliig
an (International tribute of a Inst and
signal nature to synchronize with the
three hundredth anniversary of the
poet-dramutlst's death. At first there
was considerable opposition to the
whole conception. Would not. It was
asked, any kind of a memorial be a
ludicrous antl-cllmax? Has not the
world honored Sbakspeare for genera- j
tlona? Can It pay him greater homage
and tribute than It does by constantly
reading and seeing his works, by ac
knowledging his literary Immortality
and placing him above Dante, above
Mollere, above even the Greek dramat
ics?. But these objections were dis
posed of, and then a new controversy
arose aa to the shape and form of the
proposed memorial. Would a statue be
appropriate? Should a great library,
museum, Institute be erected to promote
the study of Shakspeare and of art
and letters In general? Or ah'mld a
national theater be built and dedicated
to the performance of classical plays,
Shakspeare, of course, furnishing tbe
bulk of the repertory? This dlseudon
has continued In spite of a decision ten
tatively made some time ago by the
executive committee of the movement
But the action which the general com
mittee has Just taken will mark an Im
portant advance In the project. It ap
pears that this committee, Indorsing the
recommendations of the executive body,
proposes to raise a million dollars and
appropriate half of that sum for nn
architectural memorial and the otber
balf to the founding of a Shakspearean
Institute. There Is to be an Interna
tional competition, limited to English
speaking races, for the memorial de
signs, and each design must be the work
of an architect and sculptor collaborat
ing. AH civilized nations are expected
to Join enthusiastically in the proposed
tribute to the greatest Anglo-Saxon
poet, and an International committee rf
statesmen, diplomats, authors and art
ists will be created to co-operate with
the English body having direct charge
of the enterprise.
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DOC BUTIIAN.
King Manuel of Portugal either la
unusually wise youth or baa wise coun
selors, perhaps both. He aald the oth
er day to a prominent opponent of the
monarchy, 'who had called at the palace
to show respect for the memory of the
dead king, "You are a friend of the
country and bo am I. Let us meet with
that common boud. and we aball soon
understand each other better." This
la the aort of conciliatory spirits that
disarms opposition.
Modern scientific educational meth
ods may have Improved means of teac'a
Ing spelling, but It 1b to be doubted If
anything surpasses the old-fashioned
"bee" In fixing In the mind of youth the
Intricacies of the English language. If
tbe solid business men of any large
city were questioned as to the method
by which they learned to spell It might
surprise the Investigator to hear bow
many would answer: 'The 'spelling
bee' of the country school."
There Is Uttle whipping In tbe Eng
lish schools to-day and It Is almost
confined to historic Institutions, such
as Eton, Harrow and Rugby, where the
rich and aristocratic send their sons
and where a peculiar pride Is taken in
maintaining the ancient customs. It
niny be true that to spare the rod is to
spoil the child. It may be a fact that
American boys and girls are allowed too
much Indulgence and thnt they would
have better manners and perhaps better
morals were the old system re-estab
lished. The great majority of parents
and teachers refuse to be thus persuad
ed. Tbey persist In regarding corporal
punishment aa a relic of barbarism and
In believing that youth can be effeetu
ally trained and disciplined In other
and better ways.
We have no renl national anthem
My Country. TIs of Thee," la not
bad composition sung to the tune of
"God Save the King." It haa the ad
vantage that most people can sing It,
though not many are really faiullla
with the words. "Columbia, the Gem
of tbe Ocean," Is an ancient compost
tlon set to an ancient tune, and la little
Bung In these days. We have no hymn
which really expresses national sent!
ment and national virtue. Tbe cen
tennlal ode of Wblttler la a beautiful
composition sung to the tun of "Old
younger days were vagabonds. Some
of tbem are doctors,
lawyers and liter
ary men, and a few
now count their
wealth In six and
seven figures. Again,
there are vagabonds
of to-day who once
were professional
men of respectabili
ty and promise.
Such are the
changes which are
constantly brought about by time. One
man who has seen In his lifetime vi
cissitudes running to tbe extreme is B.
L. Keitman, whose picture Is herewith
presented. Ho Is generally known aa
"Doc" Reltman. Of good family and
education, he graduated In medicine,
and for a time practiced his profession.
Then drink and the wanderlust, which
to a greater or less extent lies dormant
In the best of us, conquered htm and
he degenerated to the aimless and
homeless condition of a tramp. After
several years of vagrancy the doctor
"found" himself again, and successfully
fought out the battle against drink and
bad habits. 'Now he devotes himself
to the unfortunate, traveling about tbe
country, speaking at missions and try
ing to make the wanderers he meets
there realize the folly of continuing
their habits of life. He has theories
about tbe treatment of the homeless
which conflict with generally accepted
practices, and his personal experiences
make his opinions worthy of consideration.
REfU
When a man is never fooled by a glr)
lt'a because he simply Isn't worth It
A woman can like moat any novel If
It couldn't have happened In real life.
A good thing about money Is the
temptations you escape by not hav
ing It
The more vanity a mnn has and the
less self-respect, the better his chance
to get along In politics. New York
Press.
CAUGHT IK PRAIRIE BLIZZARD.
How School Children of a Nebraska
Town Were Helped Home.
"Laat Sunday was tbe twentieth an
niversary of the great blizzard of 1888
In Nebraska and Northwestern Iowa,"
said G. D. Rlggs the other day. "I
was living in O'Neill, Neb., at the time,
and bad Just left the oflice to go home
for dinner when the blizzard struck.
"I started to cross the street to a
drug store, but when 1 reached the
other side I found myself half way
down the block from my destination.
. "The fine, wind-driven snowflakes
filled the air so that I couldn't see my
hand before me. I finally worked my
way back to tbe drug store, where a
number of other men had taken refuge
from the storm.
"School had Just been dismissed for
the noon recess, and we knew that
nearly S00 children were out In the
storm. Securing long ropes, the crowd
started out to rescue them. We found
them huddled In doorways and by tbe
aides of buildings. The children
caught bold of the ropes and were led
to shelter by their rescuers, whose
sense of direction gradually returned
to them. Every one of the 300 school
children In the town was got home In
safety.
"But seven school teachers were
frozen to death in tbe country during
tbe blizzard and thousands of cattle
died. The thermometer fell from about
the freezing point at noon to 20 de-
ereea below zero that night It waa
the worse blizzard I ever aaw, and I
never want to experience another like
It" Des Moines Register and Leader,
Improving the Farm Home.
While most farm homes are lacking
In the conveniences that make for
comfort. It Is possible for them to have
many of these conveniences at a small
cost. Ofttlmes the man of tbe house
does not consider how very Inconven
ient the woman has It, so cannot see
the necessity of putting In Improve
ments In the house; while with his own
work he Is fully alive to tbe value of
labor-saving devices.
How many .steps the housewife must
take In ber dally tasks that might be
saved with a little rearranging of the
kitchen and other rooms of the house I
For instance, the cistern or well Is uau
ttV.j located at lose distance from the
house and the woman Is the one who
usually baa to carry the water. At a
small cost a pump can be placed In the
kitchen, so that with tbe same amount
of pumping abe can get the water with
out walking for It. Then, too, a sink
conveniently located in the kitchen Is
a convenience often lacking In the farm
house.
It Is now possible to arrange a wa
ter supply in the bouse at a compara
tively small cost so that running wa
ter, both hot and cold, can be had In
any part of tbe house. This makes It
possible to put In a bathroom a lux
ury that has almost become a necessity
with the city householder.
To save the wife's steps and ber
strength is to save ber health. Stop
and think bow many miles tbe house
wife in the ordinary farm home must
walk In preparing the three meals a
day. In all Justice the march of agri
cultural Improvements should not over
look the welfare of the farmer'a better
half. A little rearranging and Improv
ing will easily make things more con
venient and add comfort and happi
ness . for all concerned. Goodall'a
Farmer.
A Philanthropist.
An earnest worker among the poor
of New York says, according to a wri
ter in llamer'a Maeazlne. that not
long ago an old gentleman, who has ve lnJ- A Judge in Haiti, however,
No Come Back.
Some of the West Indian Islanders
have learned that when a foreigner
misbehaves on their shores It Is better
to suffer In silence thnn to mete out
punishment at the risk of a descend'
ing gunboat from the miscreant's na
the reputation of being something of a recently took occasion to pay off old
philanthropist, asked If he could not Bcores ana t0 redeem nis sen respeti
A Clip for the Lines.
Many driving accidents are the re
sult of the lines getting under the
horse's tall In such a manner that the
driver Is unable to
dislodge them, and
In his efforts to do
so control of tbe
animal Is lost In
some Instances this,
matter 1b provided
for by a guard
built on the car
riage or wagon
which effectually
maintains the lines
at a point above
the horse out of reach of his tall.
A woman la the designer and paten
tee of an Invention of tbe nature of
an attachment to the harness which
accomplishes this object as well as the
guard on tbe vehicle, and Is not nearly
to obtrusive. It Is made of metal and
of such a shape as to be readily se
cured to that part of the harness Im
mediately over the horse's bauncbes.
A pair of upturned clips bold tbe lines
In a position where It Is Impossible for
tbe horse to flirt his tall over them.
CLIP FOB REINS.
accompany her on one of her rounds of
visits. Much pleased at bis Interest,
tbe worker consented. The destitute
condition of ninny families elicited ex
pressions of deep sympathy from the
old gentleman, but to his companion's
surprise und regret nothing more ma
terial. Presently they come upon a
small girl weeping bitterly.
"What is it, my dear?" the old gen
tleman Inquired.
The child raised a tenr-stolned face
and pointed into a dark alleyway. "Me
mudder sent me to buy some bread,
nn' I lost my dime In dere, an' I'll get
licked awful !" she sobbed.
"Poor dear!" he remarked in a ted
der voice, at the some time putting his
hand into his waistcoat pocket. "Don't
cry. Here Is a match; perhaps you j your management?'
mill K1 a fln If" I "
Will VO flUIC IV II till 111
in the case of an offender brought be
fore hlra.
To his first question as to the na
tionality of tbe accused the Interpre
ter had answered that the prisoner
wns from Switzerland.
"Switzerland!" said the Judge. "And
Switzerland has no seacoast, has It?"
"No seocoast, your honor," replied
the Interpreter.
"And no navy," continued the Judge,
"And no navy, your honor," was the
reply.
"Very welltllen," said the Judge,
"give him one year at hard labor."
Brooklyn Life. s
An Ambition.
"Why ore you so ambitious to have
all the railways in existence under
Always At It.
"They say that 'Mrs. Grlndly does a
great deal of fancy work."
"I should say she did.
can
fles her husbands temper." Detroit
Free Tress.
Cattle and Hide Ex portal
According to a British authority,
which contains some tables on the sub
ject, the United States has a larger
number of hogs In proportion to Its
population than Austrnlla, New Zea
land, Canada or Argentina, but the
number of beef cattle to the thousand
of population Is smallest in tbe Unit
ed States. Hides, however, have been
leclinlng in price In this country.
Under the present revenue law goat
skins, calfskins, kips, horse hides and
other raw material for tanning come
in free of duty, but there Is a tax of
15 per cent on hides of adult beef cat
tie. Notwithstanding this fact the ex
ports or shoes have Increased from
493,027 pairs, valued at $590,574 In
1893, to 6.320.527 pairs, valued at $11,.
808,323, in 1907.
Better than Scarecrow
According to recent experiments by
Stanilas Tetard, a widely known
"I want to be in a position," answer
ed Mr. Dnstln Stax, "where I can have
mv (rnnsiw.rtnHnn In IDT Docket no
matter whnt part of the world I may French agriculturist, wheat and other
' sm-il-o i ,wi- wnnt to be oblleed to -" proieciea against the
find nothing else to 'do, she ruf- "tand In line to await the leisure of a w which are particu
lar husband's teinDcr.-D,.troit nervous and overworked ticket seller." lar.y fond of the grain when its sprouts
Hopeless.
"He's no good at an argument, Is he?
Not at all convincing?"
Washington Star.
are Just pushing above the ground, by
treating the seeds before they are
slippery. gown with a mixture of coal tar, petro-
Patlence I nee dainty Indian mus- teum nnd pnenlc acjd ThIg trentmenti
llns are made from fibers of the banana wnlcn (ieuya tnp growtb of the seed for
"Well. I should sav not Whv. thni tree. s dav or two. but cnnm nn domim
man couldn't convince a woman tha 1 Patrice They ought to be easy to mpnrtB an Odor which Is Insufferable
she was pretty !" Cleveland Leader. Hip on. Yonkers Stateaman to the crows, but which disappears
after the sprouts have attained a larg
er growth, when they are no longer
subject to attack.
Preparation of Seed Bed.
It Is always a questionable practice
to crop newly broken sod In a dry year.
The sod usually contains but little
moisture, and tbe process of breaking
causes one to lose an appreciable por
tion of It, says a Colorado bulletin.
Suggestive plan : Plow sod land not lew
than three nor more than five Inches
deep, turning sod down as flat as possi
ble, and thus prevent Its drying out too
soon. Follow as closely with disc bar
row as practicable, and this with some
form of packer, either single or double
roll. This will level tbe sod land above,
and firm tbe soil In tbe lower portion
of the furrow slice, restoring the capil
larity where plowing baa arrested It
TM frmed under-surface soil 1b thus
enahi.od to draw moisture from below
and five good, normal root develop
ment Follow up tbe pneker with eith
er an acme or a good smoothing bar
row to prortn' a gnnd nrth mulch to
arrest surface capillarity and check
evaporation of soil moisture. Follow
with the seeder. All small grain should
be drilled In with a press-wheeled drill.
followed up with a good spike-toothed
or smoothing barrow. It la almost nec
essary that all tillage operations on
sod be with the furrows rather than
across tbem to avoid tearing up the sod
and drying out your seed bed. Do not
seed broadcast Make each tillage op
eration thorough plowing, disking,
firming, harrowing and seeding.
When the new crop Is up. cross har
row to prevent tbe formation of a
crust, and giving tbe young crop a
cultivation. Follow up each rain with
a good harrowing as long as character -of
crop will permit
Early in June prepare seed bed for
the fall and following spring's seeding.
Try to hereafter seed only on ground
wb'-'i haa been given "summer culture"
treatment
Remember that roots of all cultivat
ed crops make their best growth when
you provide:
A firm mellow.
. A warm mellow. Soil well supplier
with plant food.
-A ventilated.
s A moist
Methods of fanning which (a) con
serve tbe moisture, (b) prepare a good
seed bed, (c) reduce tbe evaporation
to as near tbe minimum as possible.
(d) use good vital acclimated seed.
(e) employ a crop rotation which has
stock foods prominent contain at least
one money crop (f) and practice thor
ough tillage of tbe ground, often tide
the farmer over bad years and .Insure
bis success In good years.
Electrocuting Animals.
The slaughtering of animals for food
by electrocution 1b being experimented
by Dr. Leduc, a French scientist, who
has been conducting his Investigations
in the French abattoirs. He baa been
using tbe Intermittent low-tension cur
rents and says he is satisfied that the
system is painless, tbe central func
tions of perception being first destroyed
and then those of circulation and res
piration, so that there is neither suf
fering nor reaction in the animals thus
killed. The doctor is endeavoring to
devise some piece of apparatus by
which the killing of cattle may be ac
complished by electricity with economy
and celerity.
Dairy Jottings.
Stock needs plenty of light Insuffi
cient light in the barn makes tbe place
unhealthy.
Calves need salt ns much as older
stock, and It is a mistake not to keep
It before tbem at all times.
If the teats of tbe cow have a ten
dency to be sore or dry, rub a little
pure vaseline on tbem.
The Iowa State Dairy Commission
has discovered that it takes from U to
12 cents to make a pound of butter.
One writer estimated thnt $100 worth
of butter bears off from the soil less
of its valuable elements than 5 cents'
worth of hay.
When confined to the stnble cows
should be watered at least twice a day.
The water should be clean and the
chill taken from it
Grooming does much to quiet the cow
and gain her confidence, and experi
ments show that from 2' to 8 per
cent may be gained in milk and fat
production by regular grooming.
It never pays to use a cheap grade
of salt in butter. If you have barrel
Bait for table use, buy a little fine salt
to be used, especially In salting the but
ter. Barrel salt Is too coarse and dis
solves too slowly to make good butter
salt