Lincoln County leader., July 24, 1908, Image 2

raw mm leader
Rt COLLINS, rdtor
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TOLEDO OREGON
Another crisis Is feared in 1'orrugai.
The young King Insists on paying bis
Nther'B debts.
A Pennsylvania girl recently coughed
tip a safety iln. They are the only
Vlnd that should be swallowed.
If making rubber from skimmed milk
is a success, won't there be danger of
the formation of a skimmed milk trust?
will very likely be explaining loudly
to everybody the advantages of some
Invention which does the work so badly
and so quickly that it all has to be
done over again. The speed of Ameri
ca is also very largely a matter of ex
ternal appearances and of show. It Is
like the hurrying and scurrying of thu
mysterious waiters whom we have ull
of us seeu racing about in crowded res
taurants. They rush here, they rush
there, these wonderful waiters; they
knock over this table and upset thut
chair; they drop things, and fall and
stumble about. And meanwhile no
body gets served, nothing gets done,
and the hungry guests "look up and arc
not fed." A little work, they think,
would be better than so much hurry.
The present ruler of the district
around Mount Ararat has- ordered a
motor boat. Gracious ! hasn't the flood
dried up there yet?
In his latest description of the war
between the United States and Japan,
Captain Ilobson generously refrains
from getting us licked.
The saddest sight in a none too Joy
ous world is to behold two "Merry
Widows" trying to crowd under one
umbrella and still call each other
"dear."
A Chltgo baby Is to be rocked in a
$1,000 cradle. Still It may not grow to
be more useful than some persons who
were rocked In a sugar trough during
Mrs. Fill Totter Stlllman, who pur-
Chased at $00 each thirty hats without
wearing one of them, certainly showed
fine discrimination when she chose a
millionaire for a husband..
A Hungarian physician claims to
nave discovered that nearly all modern
ailments are due to the habit of sit
ting. But that Isn't going to worry the
men who never get up and offer a worn
in n seat in a street car.
Having a keen recollection of his fa
ther.'gay Paris looks upon the demure
Prince of Wales as an Impostor. The
present prince Is a yonng man of good
habits, and he has had efficient train
ing by a wise father who has seen
"wilder" days.
From Peking comes the news that'
"Chinese rebels with French arms" are
defeating the Imperial troops. We
knew that graft was rampant among
the Chinese ofllcinls, but grafting
French arms upon Mongolian malcon
tents Is remarkable even in these Bur-
banklsh days.
New York has been having an exhibi
tion of nearly two hundred dolls, col
lected from all nations, and represent
ing centuries -of doll development.
Dolls are In existence which date back
to 4000 B. C. They were found in
Egyptian graves, and are simply minia
ture mummies. But the oldest dolls of
Mrs. Starr's unique collection are
from Teking, and came from the pal
ace of the Dowager Empress. Mrs.
Starr has dolls representing Dutch
fishwives, women from Lapland equip
ped with snowshoes, Indian soothsay
ers, Mexican runners, French lace-
makers, i and New England country
girls of a century ago. One Egyptian
doll was made entirely of mud, except
its hair. Another was constructed of
a bnniboo Ptlcfc dre?aed !ti n f1
garment, and with a mass of long
black hair. The pith of a tree was
carved into a charming doll, and Cali
fornia seaweed was the material of
another. A perplexed lady came to
the teacher of her grandchildren with
a weary plaint as to the Indifference
of the two little girls to the sound
knowledge which interested their three
brothers. "The boys love butterflies
and stones nnd shells and plants, and
will read every book I give .them on
natural silence. They are eager to
know about everything, from the stars
In the sky to the weeds by the rood-
side. But Mary and Nelly what do
you suppose Is their one enthusiasm?
she asked, dejectedly. "Dolls, I guess,
said the wise teacher; "and a healthy
passion It Is, too. We won't Interfere
with the course of nature, dear Grand
mother-of-bo,vs-aud-glrls ; for until the
world turns the other way on Its axis,
and plants grow with their roots In
the air and their blossoms In the
ground, we may expect our girl babies
to love dolls."
LIVED AFTER HANGING.
A young man has lecn exported from
he New York Produce Exchange be
cause he advertised that he would
guarantee profits of more than B0 per
cent to people who would let him spec
ulate with their money. Add another
to the list of people who think It Is a
shame that they can't be "let alone."
The Japanese vessel which the Chi
nese seized off Macao a few weeks ago,
because it had n cargo of rifles, was de
scribed in the dispatches as the "stenin
er'Tatsu Maru." This was an error
similar to "Ynngtse-klang river."
"Klang" means river In Chinese.
"Maru" Is Japanese for steamer, and Is
usually put after the name of steam
vessels to distinguish them from sailing
ships.
TIGHTENS ECBn EVANS
BRITAIN'S NEW PREMIE A
It Is pretty generally admitted that
the present prime minister of England
owes much of. his success to his wife,
who as Miss Margot Tennant was
one of the most beautiful and talented
young women in English society. She
"Fighting Bob" Evans relinquished command of the American fleet and
will go on the retired list. It was hoped the brave old sea dog would be able
to accompnny the fleet arouud the world, but ill health compelled hlin to haul
down his flag.
Robley Dungllnson Evans was born In 1846 and is a graduate of the
Naval Academy. He received his first baptism of Are at Fort Fisher In 1855 ;
was In command of the Yorktown in 1891, when there was trouble with Chile,
and led the battleship Iowa at the battle of Santiago. His sobriquet, "Fight-.
Ing Bob," was honestly acquired, for he was always in the thickest of the
fray. Although a strict disciplinarian, he had a way of giving commands and
enforcing obedience that won for him the love and respect of his men.
It was a fitting climax, to the noble old admiral's career that he was
the ranking officer of the combined fleets at the Goldon Gate, the most for
midable array of battleships ever assembled. His success In sailing the six
teen American battleships from Hampton Roads to Magdalena Bay,, the end
of the voyage finding the ships in better condition than when they shipped
anchor, won the world's commendation. Those two events furnish a glorious
finale to "Fighting Bob's" naval career, which Americans will hope is but a
prelude to many years of peaceful retirement
(OTERJCnH
The possibilities of the matrlmonlnl
advertisement hnve been once more dis
closed by the levelntlons made in the
Laporte murder mystery. As an insti
tution which ihrlves by defrauding of
a few dollars the ignorant and weuk In
telllgence it has been made especially
familiar of late. But ns an Instrument
of more serious criminal enterprise It
still nei in considerable advertisement
This it now to receive to the full,
Wherever In America people can read
the story of Laporte will make Its way.
The remote mining camps In Alaska
and the lumber camps In the North
em wilderness, the lonesoinest farms
ranches of the far West, the plantations
of the South and the most ignorant
districts of the great cities will each In
their due time be full of the wonder
and grewsome fascinations of this mys
tery. The name of Laporte will fix It
self In the memory of at least a gen
eration. This ought to breed some cau
tion, for a while, at least, In the minds
of the susceptible and gullible. The
thought of the murderess spinning her
wide web to catch victims by the fa
miliar lines of the matrimonial adver
tisement is one to fix itself In the Im
agination of the dullest.
Many Inntnncei ,of Rennscltaf Ion of
Persons Who Have Been Executed.
Innumerable Instances of rcsusclta
tlon after hanging are recorded, accord
lng to Tit-Bits. Henry III granted a
pardon to a woman named Inetta de
Balsham, who was suspended from 0
o'clock on a Monday to sunrise on
Thursday and afterward "came to.
Dr. riot tells of a Swiss who was hung
up thirteen times, without effect, on ac
count of the peculiar condition of his
windpipe, It having been converted Into
bone by disease.
Annie Green, a domestic, was hanged
at Oxford In 1050 and recovered four
teen hours afterwards under ar doctor's
treatment Mrs. Cor, who was
hanged nt the same place eight years
later, also recovered. On September 2,
1724, Margnret Dickson -was hanged at
Edinburgh and recovered while being
carried to the grave. She lived for
many years afterward, and was univer
sally known as "Half Hanged Maggy
Dickson."
A housebreaker named Smith was
hanged at Tyburn In 1705. A reprieve
come when he had been suspended a
quarter of an hour. He was cut down,
bled and revived. William Due!!,
Vnged fa London In 1740, revived and
as tra. vported. A man hanged In
Cork In 1705 was taken Jn hand by a
physician, who brought him around in
six hours, and we ore told the fellow
had the nerve to attend a theatrical
performance the same evening.
Richard Johnson, hanged at Shrews
bury on October 8, lCfKJ, obtained a
promise from the undcrsherlff to place
him in the coflln without changing his
clothes." After hanging half an hour
he still showed signs of life, and on ex
amination it was found he had
wrapped cords about his body connect
ed with hooks at the neck, which pre
vented the rope from doing Its work.
The apparatus was removed and the
man hanged effectively.
It may be offered In explanation of
the cases mentioned that there was no
drop used at executions in those days
m wan i i fi'Yf i c fi im'mi
ini bioiit uoa. ii. ii. asquitii.
Is said to have suggested the "Dodo"
of E. F. Benson's novel of that name,
and her engagement to the quiet Home
Secretary of Mr. Gladstone's adminis-
frntloTi w tnA nonantmn or thA year
in which It occurred. Mr. Asquith had
been a widower for many years and
cared very little for social life. He
It happens to be true that there Is a
tendency In- America to talk at such
length about doing things quickly that
much of the time which might be spent
In getting the things done Is spent in
stead In boasting about bow quickly
they are going to be done, says the
London (England) Dally Mirror. It
happens to be true, also, that while
ordinary "slow and conservative" peo
ple are pushing steadily forward and
reaching certainly, Inch by Inch, to
Mt the end of their work, Americana
Ttaa Mnln Trouble.
Wise Oh, give us a rest for awhile.
won't you? Doubley Well, every fel
low has a right to his opinion, and
Wise Yes, but the trouble Is that he
can't be made to realize that there may
be a wrong to It Indianapolis News.
They always speak of love's young
dream, because It so rarely lives to bp
old.
The theatrical manager has a pool
show If It Isn't a good one
A project Is being considered foiithe
transference of the Jardln des Plantes
to a site three miles outside Paris,
where it Is Intended to create a zoolog
ical oasis in which the animals can
have comparative liberty. Large in
cisures containing trees, lakes and wa
ter courses are to be constructed. One
feature of the oasis would be a large
hothouse in which all kinds of butter
flies would be reared.
Messrs. H. P. Cady and D. F. Mc
Farland have found the rare element
neon toegther with helium In natural
gas from southeastern Kansas. They
report that in addition to all the strong
er spectroscopic lines of helium, which
they have carefully Identified, they find
15 fairly strong lines which cannot be
identified with those of any of the fu
mllior gases. These lines having pre
viously been found by Dewar In the
spectrum of gas from the Bath Spring,
and also reported In lists of lines
shown by the more volatile gases from
the atmosphere, they suggest that they
may represent a new elementary gas.
M. E. Pennington of the Bureau of
Chemistry, Department of Agriculture,
reports that experiments on milk kept
at about the freezing point showed a
continuous Increase of organisms for
fivo or six weeks. At their maximum
they numbered hundreds of millions
per cubic ceutlmeter, and occasion
ally they passed the billion mark.
Although the milk experimented
with was never solidly frozen, yet
after ten days to two weeks It wus
a mass of small ice crystals. No odor
or taste Indicated the high bacterial
content, and even on heating no curd
was produced until "the very end of the
experiment.
It has often been asserted that Rog
er Bacon, appreciation of whose scien
tific acquirements is contlnunlly grow
ing, knew how to make gunpowder in
the thirteenth century, although more
or less doubt on the subject has always
existed. Confirmation of Bacon's knowl
edge In this respect is regarded as hav
ing been found In a manuscript contain
ed in the National Library in Paris,
which has recently been studied by
Mons. P. Duhem. Monsieur Duhem be
lieves that this manuscript , Is a part
of Bacon's Opus Tertlum, and it clear
ly Indicates a knowledge of the com
position, as well as of the explosive
energy, of gunpowder.
Of a curious double rainbow an ob1
server says In a letter to the London
Times: "On March 14 last, while on
tho voyage between Jamaica and the
Isthmus of Panama at 11 a. m., the
sun being then nearly In the zenith, a
double rainbow of brilliant coloring ap
peared, forming) a complete circle round
the sun, the Inner bow being some dis
tance from the sun, the outer bow being :
about an equal distance from the in-
ner. A clear horizon showed no signs
of rain. Neither "the captain nor any
other soul on board had ever seen a
similar phenomenon. The other bow
faded gradually away and then the in
ner bow?"
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pbemieb's wife and dauohtlb.
Novel Vie (or Wooden Kggm.
One of the innumerable things that 's Bnl(l t0 be rather unprepossessing In
the manufacturers of turned wood appearance and has a puritanical aloof
goods make Is the durulng egg, for iiga ness that makes him personally un
in darning stockings. popular. Naturally, the "world" feels
These eggs are commonly provided. Justified in saying that had It not
each with a handle of the same kind of 'been for his wife he would not occupy
wood, which screws Into one end, says
the New lork Sun. A while ago there
was received at the New York office of
a turned goods manufacturing concern
an order for a couple of cases, some
the position of premier.
A Mlnondtritod Jeat.
Lord Lytton, when viceroy of India,
was seated one day at dinner next to a
thousands in number, of Hmin, iiaa? wuose name was irch. and who,
to be supplied without handle and of a tbough very good looking, was not
size somewhat smaller than the stan-! overlntelll8ent- Said she to his excel-
dard ; and then for some reason this " ; ' '
special lot of eggs was left on the e ya ncIunlnte(1 wltn nny of the
manufacturer's hands. But they were BlroucB?"
not wasted. "ob J'es!" replied Lord Lytton. "I
In the course of time there came In ; knew 8everal of tbem most lnmatcly
a hatpin manufacturer who wanted to' 1 9 nt Mt011 'naeeu, more intimate-
leave an order for a few thousand hat-. y
pin knobs, to be made in specified shane My lom' renllca tne 'nQy r
ana dimensions. .Besides making regu-i" u"u,:o "lc i mine.
ary a great variety of things the I "And tlley cut me" resurae(1 th.
turned goods makers olso turn wood i vicery- "but" and he 8ullIeil Ills wont
In any shape that may be required to ea Bmlle' 1 nnve ne-ver rolt Iuore ln
order.
And then the salesman recalled thai
little lot of undersized handleless darn
ing eggs, which proved to be exactly
whnt the hatpin man wanted, and he
took the lot. And so finally they came
to be made up, not as darning eggs,
with fancy handle, but the knobs of
hatpins.
clined to kiss the rod than I do now.
Sad to say, Mrs. Birch did not set
the point, and told her husband his ex
ellency had insulted her.
Shakexpcare'a Laat lllnens.
According to a tradition handed dowt
by Ward,' the vicar of Stratford
Shakespeare's last illness was a fevei
brought on by a "merry meeting" with
Drayton ond Ben Jonson. Another au
thority, Halliwell-Phllllps, says that
the great poet died of typhoid, caused
by the filth ond bad draluuge about
New Place. Like nearly everything
else about Shakespeare, the question of
the character of bis Inst Illness can be
answered only conjecturally."
When a femtle person doesn't want
to get married, she is already,
A man can cut down his smoking If
he's sick abed and thinks he's dying.
' The first essential- to being a great
man is for him to have no doubt about
it himself.
The reason a woman says the baby
never cries at night Is she believes It
is never going to do It again.
It makes a woman very proud to
think how smart the children would be Dealer,
if the Bcnooi teachers only knew how
to teach tbem.
What satisfaction a woman gets out
of. ber husband's garden is how often
she can catch him pretending to know
things about it
A Trifle Damp.
Golfer An' what like a day had ye
fiere yesterday, Macpherson?
Macpherson Oh, an awful day! It
was Just pourin.
Golfer Weel, weel, vS in the toon
we Just had a local shower.
Macpherson Aw, weel, I can assure
you It wasn't local here whatever.
At the Wlnd'a Merer.
"Scrogglns is always boaBtlng about
his new balloon."
"That's all It's good for." "
"What's all it's good or?"
lo blow about." Cleveland Plnln
Indifference is about the only thing
capable of freezing the m!lk of human
kindness.
Electric signs are
tornn bright remarks.
responsible for