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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1908)
LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER RC COLLINS, Editor r N HAYOEN, Mamtr TOLEDO OREGON A merry widower, Imogene, is one who does not have to pay for a Merry Widow hat Even If they were to live 120 years, some men wouldn't succeed lu getting out of debt Alfred, It will be remembered, la the Yanderbilt whom Cornelius II. selected as the heud of the family. Japan may be able to get Just as much excitement out of Korea as Un cle Sam ever got In the Philippines. Ixve may laugh at locksmiths befo'e marriage, but it never even giggles at plumbers after starting housekeeping. Some of the conspicuous members of New York City's smart set have curi ous ideas of what constitutes comfort In life. We never hear persons who hnve to celebrate their golden wedding say lug that they have bad enough of mar ried life. Another Knellsh war ship has been Bunk during maneuvers. It is report ed that Emperor William Intends to try to prove an alibi. "Single women should pray for hus bands," says the bishop of Buffalo. And wouldn't It be well, also, for mar ried women to pray for their hus bands? A poet was beheaded In Haytl a few days ago. It should be explained, how ever, that he was executed on account of his political adulation and not be cause of his poetry. A Texas woman has forfeited an es tate worth $800,000 In order to marry the man she loves. And he will prob ably bo reminded of the fact for the the rest of his life. A man of the name of Scarlet Is act ing as prosecutor of the Pennsylvania Btatehouse grafters. It is, perhaps, only natural that be should catch some of them red-handed. A number of Chinese experts are coming to the United States to study the financial system. When they find out all about It tbey might enlighten the people of this country. A burglar who "masqueraded as a yuctitsnian" has been senteuced to twenty-seven years in the penitentiary, If the "masquerade" Included the wear ing of a yachting cap the sentence was too light. A New York pollcenmn explains that anyone can stop a runaway horse by pinching his nose. Perhaps this police man is the promulgator of the theory that one may capture a bird by sprin kling salt on its tall. Rather a cheerful outlook, thnt of a Boston social reformer and settlement house worker! "I believe," he said, re cently, -mat i Biian live to see r.ve hours a day's work, five days a week's work, and Ave dollars a day's pay." The attractiveness of the prospect depends, however, upon whether one is employer or employed. Objections to the long cruise of the battleship fleet hnve never been numer ous, but If nny patriot needs to bear ardent applause of it he should consult the parents who have been accustomed to help the children at their home les sons. Thanks to the voyage and the consequent publicity, these fathers and mothers now know almost as much about geography as their boys aud girls do. . The Cotton Chapel, conuected with St. Botolph's. Church, in' the little old Lincolnshire town of Boston, England was restored some years ago, largely through subscriptions from members of the Episcopal church In Boston, Mass. It is now in need of some fur ther repairs, and the mayor of the town has written to the mayor of Bos ton to cull attention to the mntter and solicit aid. There is something very human in the relationship of such places, one the aged mother In the old country, the other the strong, prosper ous daughter lu the new. Certainly the form of address was beyond reproach, It was: "To the Right Worshipful, the Mayor of Boston." Though it is being done quietly, so quietly that few people who are In the Immediate vicinity where It Is going on do not realize it Cuba Is losing a great wealth of valuable timber lands, says the Havana (Cuba) Post, and no meas ures whatever are taken to prevent the Impoverishing of the Island in tills re spect This matter has become of such Importance In the United States that a conference of governors Is to be held to consider the matter. In Europe fore try has become a science. Many cen turies ago these countries were menaced by Just what Cuba is menaced by to day. A Northern colleague says that an a romilt the protection of the wood binds and the plauting of trees have become as much a governmental activ ity as the levying of taxes or the car rying of the malls. All noutlllable areas re set out lu forests, care Is exercise! in the cutting of timber and as far as possible waste is eliminated. America has now reached the point where simi lar measures must be adopted, and that :peedlly. This is necessary, not only to avert a lumber famine in the nesr future, but for its effects on the cli mate. A routine news item recently record ed the appointment of Thomas E. Mc Donnell to succeed the late Alonzo Wy- gant as general superintendent of the iftu division of the United States Ex press company. That Is, Mr. McDon nell has charge of the company's large business In and about Chicago and on all the lines of the Chicngo, Milwaukee St. Paul Railway. The fact Is also noted that the man who has reached this important and responsible post at the age of 35 entered the same service twenty years ago as a wngon boy who was paid a few dollrfrs a week to carry parcels In and out of houses and stores and run other little errands. He has been promoted gradually to his present place simply because he did his work faithfully and well in every position. The case of Mr. McDonnell is cited sim ply as an illustration of the folly of the assumption, somewhat general of late in "sociological" treatises, that the conditions of Amerlcnn life have some how so changed that the boy who must begin life at the bottom of the ladder has not the "chance" he once had of material success. There never was a sillier assumption than this or one bo contrary to the visible facts. There Is not a business house of any size in any of our cities where there are not men In the highest and most responsible po sitions, or plainly progressing toward them, who began at the very bottom and have risen by their industry and fideli ty to economic independence nnd con spicuous success. The "chance" of the poor boy is so largo and numerous and frequent that he does not need to look for it as a "chance" at all. In every line of endeavor the "chance" is look ing for him. There Is not a head of a business house In this or any other com munity who Is not compelled to spend a large share of bis time In looking for assistants, and whose days are not a constant effort to find or ninke helpers who can be relied on to do their work with Intelligence and fidelity. If this were not so the conduct of nny bust ness would be a mere pastime, a hap py dream, instead of the hnrd nnd con tinuous work that it is. Industry, fru gality, fidelity, zeal understand what Is to be done, readiness to do It, pa tience to wait the call to the larger task, cultivation of knowledge how to deal rightly with emergencies, and cour age In dealing with them when they arise these are the qualities that give the poor boy his "chance" to-day as in the past these are the qualities that win material success. And becuuse the tasks are larger and the wealth to be won or lost lu them greater than ever before, the poor boy's chance was never bigger than it Is to-day. All he has to do is to be worthy of It and take It when it comes. What He Wanted to Bar. "Hello!" "Hello!" "Hello, confound you! What do you want?" "Is this 05?" "Of course ! Why don't you go ahead and talk?" "Oh, you needn't get mad about nothing." "Well, my time's worth money ! I can't stand here all day Jabbering 'hello to somebody!" "This Is about the first time I ever used a telephone, and " "Did you call me up Just for prao time?" "No, of course not." "Did you call me up to tell a funny story?" "No. I " "Well, why don't you go ahead then with your business?" "You don't give me a chan.ee. As I was saying " "There you go again ! Say, how long are you going to keep me standing here?" "You can Bit down If you want to!" "I'll sit down on you if this Is sup posed to be a Joke! Who are you, sir?" "My name Is Brown. I moved In directly opposite you a few weeks ago." "Well, Brown, I'm sorry I have spoken so harshly to you, but I'm not feeling Just up to the mark to-day. Hope you will pardon me." "Oh, certainly." "What was it you wished to say to me?" "Why, I wanted to tell you that your house Is on fire." Success Magazine. It's queer how people will sit up and take notice when one man begins t abuse another. CROSSROADS OF Rear Admiral A. T. Mahan, U. S. N., world-famous expert author of "Influence of Sea Power on History" and other important works on naval strategy, says that to anyone viewing a map showing the full extent of the Pacific, two circumstances will be strikingly and immediately apparent. He will see at a glance that the Sandwich islands stand by themselves in a state of comparative IbuIuUou, aujid a uot c-ipuiiso of sea; and, again, that they form the center of a large circle, whose radius Is approximately the distance from Honolulu to San Francisco. This is substantially the same distance as from Honolulu to the Gilbert, Marshall, Samoan aud Society Islands, all under European control except Samoa, in which we have a part influence. To have a central position such as this, and to be alone, having no rival and admitting no rival, are conditions that at once fix the attention of the strategist. But to this striking combination Is to be added the remarkable relations borne to the great commercial routes traversing this vast expanse. Too much stress cannot be laid uin the immense disadvantage to us of any maritime enemy having a coaling station well within 2,.r)0O miles, as this is, of every point of our coast line from Puget sound to Mexico. Were there many others available we might find It difficult to exclude from all. There is, however, but the one. Shut out from the Sandwich Islands as a coal base! an enemy Is thrown back for supplies of fuel to distances of 3,500 to 4,000 miles or between 7,000 aud 8,000 going and coming an impediment to sus tained mnrltime operations well-nigh prohibitive. The Fretful Baby. Fretfulness In an lnfnnt Is a danger signal, and Indicates that something is wrong with either the child or Its moth er, says the Youth's Companion. The child is sick or in pain or discomfort, or else It has been allowed, through poor management by the mother or nurse, to contract n peevish habit. An infant which is manifestly ill Is likely to be fretful, but In this case the fretfulness Is obviously a symptom of the disease. But there are ninny other cases in which this condition Is not so distinctly associated with disease, yet there must be some cause for It, which should be searched for and removed when found. The most common causes for fretful iiess are pain, discomfort and hunger. A grent variety of conditions, some ob vious, others obscure, may produce pain. It may be due to beginning disease of the spine or in the hip or some other Joint. In such a ense, which is very rare in n well-nourished Infant, but does sometimes occur, besides the fret fulness and occasional screaming fits (luring the day, the baby is apt to give a scream now nnd then in its sleep at night. The child who does this repeat edly every night, or nearly every night, should be very carefully examined as to its spine and Its Joints, in order that disease, If present, may be detected ear ly and treated promptly. Another uncommon cause of pain In the young Infant is inflammation of the ear. In this case the pain Is usually very acute, and finds expression in screaming rather than mere fretful ness. Infantile scurvy Is accompanied by great soreness of the muscles, which causes the child to cry pitifully when ever it Is taken up or handled lu any way. Most commonly, however, the fretfulness of pain Is due to Indigestion, evidenced by vomiting, constipation, or llarrhea. Discomfort from creases In the cloth ing, the rubbing of a frayed edge of cloth, or the scratching of a concealed pin will make the sweetest-tempered baby peevish. Hunger will naturally make a baby peevish, but it is bad practice to stop the child's mouth with milk or give him a "comforter" to suck upon when ever he cries. The fretfulness Itself should not be treated, but Its cause should be sought for and removed. To Ward Off Pneamonla. One of the most active causes of death In cold weather is pneumonia. THE PACIFIC. says Good Health Magazine. Th's dls- ease is directly due to the growth of a special germ in the Iunus. but n still more Important cause Is the predispo sition Induced by wrong habits of life vLowered vital resistance resulting rrom chronic intestinal autolntoxlcn tlon, sedentary habits, feebleness of the heart from deficient exercise, living in overneated rooms, overeating, hlgh-pro-teld diet, especially the free use of fresh foods, the use of tobacco, alcohol these are the most potent nnd predisposing causes or pneumonia, and prepare the way for this great destrover which recent years has Increased In frequency ana ratanty until it has come to be the most active of all causes of mortality in numnn beings. For many years tuberculosis led the mortality list, but now pneumonia stnnas at the head, and the disease seems to be increasing every vear. Pneumonia germs can not be evtermi nated, but it Is easily possible to build up the resistance of the body so that pneumonia germs, even though con stantly encountered, can do no harm A simple dietary, a clean alimentary canal, active exercise out of don sleeping in cold, pure air these are the best safeguards against pneumonia. Cannrles Steamship Pets. Few and far between are the stenm. ships entering the port of Boston that cannot boast of a canary. No matter how battered and rusty the craft may be, one Is pretty t.ure to find the cannrv somewhere In the rooms of the officers or crew. Its cage, as a rule, Is a won derful creation of brass wire and lace, and the canary itself usually is a sing er whose trill and whistle are of the best. The little songsters nppear to enjoy life on the ocean. Seldom are they in convenienced by the motion of the ves sel, and the more the cage swings from Its hook the more tbey warble. Sail ors will tell you a canary is a mascot. Be that as It may, the canaries ore great pets. Frequently one may see a sailor on the water front lugging his bird and cage to some new berth. Bad Break. Wife Why did you give that phono graph away Just before we were mar ried? Didn't you think I could use It? Husband My dear. I gave It away to keep peace. Don't you know thnt no house Is big enough for two talking machines? And at the last report he was stlli trying to square himself. Detroit Free Tress. Weight? Advice. First Aeronaut nail is hover! Hall the ballast has gone and we hare sink lug. What shall we do? Second Aeronaut Co-eouldn't we drop a few h's overboard? The Tatler In these busy times, when you have a story to tell, for heaven's Bake make it short. Among other pipe dreams ire thosf of the church organist WOSEEU KEEP RUSSIA BED. Katherrne Ilrlnchkovakr Mars Iler . Ueantr to Help Terrorist! Canse. "The women of Russia are responsi ble for the reign of terror which is now in progress. Prisons are overflowing. And through the efforts of Russian women, many of them of the nobility, the hordes of the East have learned the value of the bomb and rifle." This Is a statement of M. Jankoff Prelooker, a Russian who has been driven from his country. Ills accounts of the tortures and the heroism of the Russian women are stirring Europe. As the greatest of the revolutionary lend ers he points to Mme. Katheryne Brlsehkovsky. . She Is fondly called the "grandmother of the revolution." As a daughter of the nobility she taught peasants to read. Then she taught them what a vote would mean and gained the hatred of the govern ment She was branded as a dangerous agitator and warned to desist. Her husband refused to bear the sufferings for the cause. She was beautiful then. and only 20. But she sacrificed all. She sold her Jewels, left her husband and donned the peasant gnrb. In order to elude the police she used acid to mar her beauty. She scarred her face and hands with It and became so ugly that her former acquaintances could not recognize her. She went back to the villages and preached revolution secretly for three years. Then the po lice caught her. She was subjected to all the cruelties of dciutisii), Includlnz the tortures of the Black Hole, and Inally sentenced to Siberia. For twenty-three years she wns en exiled prisoner. The few companions mi if m UBS. KATHERYNE BRISCHROVBKT. of her miseries committed suicide and she was repeatedly subjected to barbar ous floggings and solitary confinement But her determination to fight for the cause held out through all, nnd now she Is still carrying on the work. Prelooker gives stories of other wom en almost as great in their sensational courage and daring. Among them Is Vera Flguer, who wns released after twenty years from Schlussclberg pris on. No other prisoner had ever come rom this place alive. Another heroine was Zlmnlda Kono pllnnlkovla, the school teacher who as sassinated Gen. Min nnd nt her execu tion tied the noose about her own neck. Then there is Marie Splrldonovia, who shot Vice Gov. LuJonovskuy four times nnd wns so brutally trented by the sol diers that the civilized world gasped in horror and the czar was compelled to commute her death sentence to life im prisonment There are scores more, who are in prison and out of it, all heroines and willing to die for a free Russia for liberty and justice. An American Admirer. In a small way, an American figures In the journal kept by Rosalie Lamor liere, during the revolutionary days of 1793 In Frunce, aud now published un der the title, "The Last Days of Marie Antoinette." Rosalie Lnmorllere, a girl of Plcardy, was' servant to the queen in the Con ciergerie. "One day," Rosalie has re corded, "Monsieur de Snlnt Leger, the American, who was coming from the registrar's office, noticed that I was carrying a glass half-filled with water. " 'Did the queen drink the water that has gone from the glass?' he asked. "I answered that she did. "With a quick gesture he uncovered his head and drank the water that re- I inalned, with every Indication of re spect and pleasure." Exhaustion. "I'm rather Interested in young Mr. De Rlter," said the customer, "and I want to get a copy of his novel. Have you got ft?" "We did have a small supply a few weeks ago," said the book salesman, "but I'm afraid it's exhausted." "Really, I hea'd it was weak, but I didn't think it wns that bad." The Catholic Standard and Times. One on Him. Wandering over an old cemetery re cently a young man came across a large stone Inscribed: "Turn me over." After much difficulty he succeeded in turning it over, and found on the under side of the stone the words : "Now turn me back again bo that I can catch some other Idiot" It is better to trust to your fault than to be false to your trust.