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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1908)
UKG6LH OOOf LUGES ' R t COLLINS, Idkt r N HAYDCN, Manager Toledo Oregon From Missouri comes the story of a pig with au extra tall. Possible It also lias a few spare ribs. People who refer to Mrs. Gunness ns another Lucretla Borgia appear to be doing Lucretla a rank Injustice. The Doukhobors do not seem dis posed to heed any warning ngnjnst taking off their flannels too soon. In order to marry the man she loves a Texas woman has forfeited nn estate worth $800,000. He has no title. A firm Is now losing money on a pat ent medicine that once ninde millions. They should re-label it and sell It as furniture polish. An Insane wojnan has been restored to reason by being told that hell was frozen over. We hope she never will find out that she was deceived. Says .Justice Brewer: "No pence born of force can possibly endure." Still, It has been a long time since Uncle Sam had to lick anybody. A Chicago Judge has decided that kissing, without the consent of the kissee, Is assault and battery. That takes all the romance out of a stolen kiss. What a sad young man Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt would be If he had to drive that coach from London to Brighton for the purpose of making a living. "Does the 'Merry Widow' hat en danger men's souls?" asks the Balti more Sun. We can't speak for their souls, but It seems to be pretty bad for their eyes. Rabbi Sehanfarber says too many of the multimillionaires are afflicted with fatty degeneration of the purse. He couldn't by any possibility have meant oily degeneration. Hans Wagner, the Pittsburg ball player, will receive $10,000 for playing this summer. Mr. Wagner is. one of the eminent gentlemen who have suc ceeded by carrying big sticks. A Detroit man wants a divorce be cause his wife refused to put a porous plaster on his back. He would have had a much better case If he had waited till she Insisted on pulling a plaster off his back. A dispatch says that Prince Vladi mir Sergejevltch Kutuzoff and his wife, Warwara Tranovskaja Kutu.off, of Itussla, have gone to Doukhobortskv. Note to printer: Please put the lot , ters back In the alphabet after using. A new terror has been discovered. It Is a disease that attacks only a por tion of the vermiform .nppendlx. But It places the entire organ under sus picion, and surgeons recommend that no part of the appendix be spared In operating. "I promise always to be polite to everybody, particularly strangers .and persons I know," Is the pledge taken by members of a Politeness League which is being organized among New lork schoolgirls. The "quirk" in the sentence Is relied upou to Ox It in the memory. If any sped lie proof Is sought of the medievalism of Uussian civilization, It Is to be found In the recent spectacle of two generals standing up and shoot ing jit each other for "honor." In civilized countries duels are fought, but they are contrary to the law, and are carried out iu secret. The Uus sian duel was officially sanctioned and was an open performance, In the pres ence of spectators, among whom were several women. The history of the United States shows that for every three years of peace there has been one year of war. This Is n very fair average for a peace- loving nation. As long as human na ture Is what it Is, as long as the Intense rivalry for commercial supremacy con tinues there will be war. Man is nat urally a combative anlmnl. Ills nrl- nieval Instincts are only a hair's breadth beneath the surface. The In clination to turn the other cheek 1b not In blm. Touch him upon a tender spot, generally his poeketbook, and The Hague tribunal fades away Into the dim vista of his dreams. -"Havoc!" he erics, and the dogs of war are un loosed. There are those who scoff at the idea of the United States engaged tn a foreign war. Who knows? As a matter of fact, a little slang Is an excellent thing, but In the present era of slnng more than the smallest quantity Is a great deal too much. The English language may fairly be said to be the most picturesque and most expressive in the world, and it does not need the verbiage of the slum, or eveu the catch words and catch phrases of the street, to add to its vigor and variety. As a 'rule, the use of slang Is indicative more of paucity of thought and idea, than of a susceptibil ity to the humorous and the graphic. If we tell our friend to "get onto his Job," "to get onto himself," "to get busy," "to get a move on" or any one of a hundred other things, we certainly reveal our tendency to move with the tide of the hour, but at the same time we clearly show that we are more Imi tative than original. We seak slang frequently through sheer laziness. It was the last word In the mouth of a companion, and it becomes the next word In ours. It is echoed by the speaker, by the teacher, by the lecturer, by the writer, but with rare exceptions It never becomes anything but slang. After all. It is only the best of slang that survives, but even then we need not excuse ourselves for becoming pro ficient In Its use We should think of the present as well as of the future. Why use slang when we can spenk the speech of our heritage equally well? Why become the blind lenders of the blind? The stnrs In their courses condeim. the Idle woman. The quiet forces of nature reproach almost as severely the wnmnn who vluntnrl1y overworks, and thus makes herself a hindrance in stead of a help in the busy world. The keenest Impression left by Professor Palmer's noble biography of his wife, AHce Freeman Palmer, Is that of her wonderful skill In adapting her work to her strength, and In finding strength for all Important work. She always scoffed at the idea of "saving herself." She saw clearly that a woman's vigor is not like a cistern, containing so much water, but rather like a spring, flowing for human need, and to be guarded at Its source, not at Its mouth. Says Trofossor Palmer, "If there Is any one lesson which Mrs. rnlmer's life preeminently teaches, It Is the life-preservhig Influence of persistent, severe and Judiciously managed labor." She experienced every sort of demand which may be made on a woman, ex cept, perhaps, that of monotonous toil at some long-continued drudgery. Even that, one can fancy, she would have Irradiated by her Joy In every human relation. In her varied and exacting life she steadily built up her physical strength. Her power of physical en durance, not great In girlhood, In creased as her Judgment ripened. "She belle'ved continuous work to be con. dncive to health, and proved It so by practice." her husband testifies. She died of an acute disease, which could not have been foreseen or prevented, but her too short life Is a glorious wit ness to the value of a sound mind in n sound body. People who try to use their friends wear them out. Kosy cheeks are nice to look at, -Rut they don't taste any better. It takes a lot of the pleasure out of gossip for women to have It true... The average person thinks he's truth ful If lie only lies when ifs convenient. What a woman likes about mosqui toes is they bring the season of open work things they can bite through. The most Important thing about com ing home late at night Is to be able to remember the next morning where you told your wife you had been when you got in. tio.xl on a C'orkacrenr. "Do you know how to take a tlglii cork out of a bottle without a cork screw?" waB asked by a woman the other day at u gossip party. "It's a mighty good thing to know In an emergency. "My sister and I were coming back from the mountains, and she got faint on the cars. I had n bottle of aro matic spirits of ammonia In my bag, but when I tried to get the cork out I simply couldn't make it budge. "'Let ine take It out for you,' sug gested a man ucross-the aisle. "Then, borrowing my pockctknifb and using It with his own, he removed the cork in a Jiffy. He inserted the blades ou. opposite sides between the bottle and the cork, each one turned In a different direction. Ttjen when the blades were firmly pushed In he simply pressed the two together, gave them a wrench sideways, and the cork came out without any trouble. I have since tried it on larger bottles with success. It's a trick with knowing." It's no wonder children are so cou trary; Just look at their parent ELIHU BOOT. PUBLIC OPINION STRONGER THAN LAW. By Secretary Root. In the vast majority of cases men refrain from criminal conduct because they are unwilling to in cur in the community in which they live the public condemnation and obloquy which would follow a repudiation of the standard of con duct prescribed by that communi ty for its members. Where it hap pens that the law and public opin ion point different ways, the latter Is invariably the stronger. The force of law Is In the public opinion which prescribes it. Social esteem and standing, power and high place in the professions, in public office. In all associated enterprise, depend upon conformity to the standard of conduct In the community. Loss of these is the most terrible penalty society can in flict. The rules of International law are enforced by the same kind of sanction, less certain and peremptory, but continually increasing In effectiveness of control. "A decent respect to the opinions of mankind" did not begin or end among nations with the American declara tion of Independence; but it is interesting that the first public national net In the New World should be an ap peal to that universal international public opinion, the power and effectiveness of which the New World has done so much to promote. KEEP IDLERS OUT OF COLLEGE. By Dr. J. H. Can ft eld ot Columbia University. Extraordinary care should be taken not to admit applicants who are unfit to profit by university education. Not everyone who is scholastlcally prepared ought to be permit ted to take up u college course, much less en couraged to do bo. It Is on the side of char acter and characteristics that the utmost care Is needed, that the most exact Information should be sought the very point ntwhich most American colleges show grcntest Indifference and least willingness to accept responsibility. , It is entirely true that a policy of exclusion needs to be administered with greatest sympathy as well as with extraordinary care. But it should be remembered that the path of every worthy student ought' to be kept as free and clear ns possible, and that the reputation of the university must be considered and maintained. Said nn Oxford ollicer. speaking of students who bare ly meet the formal academic requirements of a bachelor's degree, generally known ns pass men : "The presence of a pass. man In a university Is an anomaly closely and dan gerously bordering upon a "scandal." It Is sadly to be feared that some American institu tions have so long endured frivolous nd idle men, for one reason or another, that they renlly fear to apply theJtnlfe. No university ought to tolerate ennui. Idleness, Indo lence and dissipation, or in any way condone failures which result from these. Any university can well afford to have fewer students, if needs be which does not at all follow if It can be rid of those who are Idle and vicious and really Ignorant A university degree not only ought to guarantee a cer tain amount of Intellectual training, activity and success, but should be reasonable proof that the bolder has been so accustomed to industry and resitonsiblllty that he will be neither idle nor Inefficient nor irresponsible ut the be ginning of his life work. prS& I have no doubt will be, i14-tv cnuR08 frll'tl(,n be remot g lr TV you produce and manufac WU TI.NQ FANG. SHAKING HANDS WITH CHINA. By Minister Wu Ting Fang. It is my fond hope that the United States will get a large share of China's trade, but in order that this hope may be realized the present friendly relations between the two nations must be maintained, which and all remoi ed produce and manufacture the best of goods, and with your In ventive genius and machinery facilities you are able to offer your goods on the market at low prices. But you kuou that it is human nature for n nation to trade with the most friendly country. China does not want un reasonable advantages and privileges. We want only fair and equal treatment, and I feel sure that your nation, so scrupulously conscientious, will not grudge us that. May China and the United States continue the best of friends, and may the development of .the trade of China with the United States, which I hope will Increase every year, bring the two nations still more closely together. SQUARE DEAL FOR THE CHILDREN. By Judge B. B. Llndsey ot Denver. The child Is a wonderful creature; a divine machine. We have much to expect from him, but he bus much to expect from us, and what he returns depends largely upon what we give. We shall suffer with blm, whether we will or not, if we do not share his burdens. Let us not weary of the struggle until the child gets a square deal, for until he does we can not have and do not deserve to have the man hood and splendid citizenship that will come alone from duty done in childhood's cause. We have ceased in this country to question the duty of the State. It must provide Tree education and puss compulsory school and child-labor laws and establish playgrounds, trade schools and juvenile courts, for the State suffers Just so far as the child Is Ignorant or weak. We "So not need more to emphasize our responsibility. Tills nation must take care of lis children. From that duty It cannot and it shall not escape. It Is only true 'o Itself Just so fac ns it Is true to its children. PATRICK HENRY'S HOME. Vlrwliilit Munition, Shorn of Former CUory, In Jiotr a Bat Iloont. Once one of the most hospitable homes in Virginia, scene of some of the most notable gatherings that fol lowed the surrender of Yorktown, whose spacious parlors and brond halls have been graced by the most gallant ben us and most benutiful belles of the Old Dominion, "Montvllle." one-time home of Patrick Henry, is now the ren dezvous of countleRs thousands of bats. They hang everywhere about the great rooms of the old house. Squeak ing ropes of them susiK'iid from the ceilings. Over the windows they form ragged curtains that dissolve as the twilight grows. They fill every nook and cranny of the wnlls. At night they loosen themselves and literally swarm about the grounds. For years It hns been Impossible to live in the one-time mansion. Now the heirs of the Aylett estate have decided to burn the house. The pest of the bats began six years ago, after the death of William Aylett, when the house wns closed for a tlnio. the furnishings undisturbed. When the bouse was closed a year later the lessee "montville." could not occupy it. A literal swarm of bats greeted his entrance. Every known means of extermination has been ex hausted without result. An effort to make the house bat proof was a failure. Hundreds of dol lars were spent In repairs, but the bats still found means of entry. They held possession ngalnst every onslaught. Thousands were killed by negroes, a prize having been offered to the person who killed the greatest number. One man, standing n the doorway one evening, killed 2,000' with a tennis racquet. Still there was no appreciable diminution of their number. The ne groes claim the bats come from all di rections. "Moutvllle" is the last of the reTO- THE CALL OF THE SUMMEH RESORT. .i I rtNHaWood K "My husbnmT doesn't realize ho prescribe a change of climate?" niu down I am, Doctor; can't you lutionary homes In King William County. The land on which It stands was deeded to the first Henry, who came to America, by Char(es II. in 1070. The original "Montvllle" was burned by the British In 1778. The present house was built by Patrick Henry Immediately after the surren der of Cornwnllls. It was inherited by the present owners through Elizabeth Henry, sister of Patrick Henry, who married the grandfather of the late William Aylett. Peculiar to Terra Haute. There Is Just one city in this coun try where new guests in the two lead ing hotels drink water Just for the fun of it. That Is Terre Huute, Ind., says the New York Sun. It Is the Joy of the life of the in itiated to Invite an unsuspecting visitor to the hotel to eat. There is always an expectant look on the face of the host as the guest settles himself, and the host who does not get his looked-for laugh is rare. As the guest settles himself sudden ly there descends by his ear down to ward the table like a shot a stream of water. Most people Jump, according to their Jumping abilities. The stream always safely hits the drinking glass, Hnd as the guest rallies and looks up for the source of the stream there Is a grinning colored gen tlemnn holding high something like a nwll tea kettle with a pretty long xi'out. The higher the guest Jumps the more gratified this person looks. Almost everybody will drink two glasses of water and signal for a third Just to be sure the knight of the tea kettle can hit that glass. Whore the custom originated nobody seems to know, but Terre Ilnute always refers to it with something like pride. For the colored gentleman who Is the smartest one of the buuch at the trick three feet Is nothing to fire a stream from the "water can." as it Is styled. He will Juggle it first close, then further away, and gradually fur ther and then down again without spll Ing a drop. Doctors don't have to advise water drinking to people in those hotels. .. A wall flower by any other nam would wither Just the same.