Lincoln County leader., August 21, 1908, Image 6

UMOQLN COUNT! LE1DER
RE COLLINS, Edker
r N HAYDEN, Maaacar
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It Is the results of love nt first sight
hat prove that love Is blind.
Even if a mosquito snug like a lark,
'ts bite would feel Just about the same.
Doubtless It never, at any time, oc
curred to Hurry Thaw to be more than
temporarily Insane.
If these air-ship accidents continue
It will soon be almost as dangerous
to own one us to own an automobile.
When nothing else is bothering
France the people over there can al
ways stir up a lively row by reburyiug
somebody.
Hlc-hord Tenrson Hobson has gener
ously decided not to have war between
this country and Japan before 1009 at
the earliest. '
"Where Is the most lonesome place
on earth?" somebody asks. Our an
swer Is home, when wife and the ba
bies aro away.
An elderly lady has died from burns
received while smoking her pipe in
bed. A warning to other ladles who
Induce In this ha'olt.
Much of the correspondence that
passes between the United States and
Great Britain Is not worth more than
a 2 cent stamp, anyway.
Sometimes the despairing conviction
forces Itself uiion Editor Stead's mind
thut the world Isn't really worth all
the trouble he Is taking to save It.
Miss Bronlslawa Machszewsychow
iyskls, of Philadelphia, will shortly be
come Airs. Soznow, and the city direct
ory people are no doubt glad of It.
Some women get queer notions qt
times. A Pittsburg wife, who has kept
her husband for thirty-live years, has
suddenly decided that she wants a
divorce.
Russia's plan to put a skull and
crossbones on nil vodka bottles Is not
likely to frighten the thirsty. It's
what they see after Imbibing too freely
that teaches them a lesson.
The steamships Maurctaula and Lusl
tanlu have earned their owners $750,
000 a year. Young couples anxious to
get along In the world should buy a
Lusltnnln or two and live cutting cou
pons ever afterward.
A Heading railroad train ran Into
a team driven by an eleven-year-old
boy the other day, wrecked the wagon
and threw the boy Into the nlr. A
brakcuian who happened to be stand'
lng on the locomotive steps at the time
caught the boy by the arm as he came
down and saved his life. If the brake
man was a baseball-player In his youth,
the incident affords another illustra
tion of the value of athletic sports.
The best protection for any city Is
found not In the number of Its police
men but In the number of lights on
Its streets. Another fact, just us true,
though not so well known, Is that the
greatest protection to society Is found
not In tho statute books but In the
newspapers. No one knows the num
ber of men who have refrained from
committing crimes against society
through fear of exposure In the pub
lic press.
Perhaps It Is a waste of words to
moralize over social scandals, but each
new domestic upheaval In what Is call
ed our best society (meaning our weal
thiest) exerts un evil influence
so fur beyond its source that the im
pulse to plead for a higher standard
of morals among the richest people Is
hard to resist. It must be admitted
that little good has resulted from the
most earnest remonstrance In the past.
The young Hons of society, hi many
instances, contlnuo to conduct them
selves ns If they were unconscious of
any public duty Incumbent upon them,
ns If they were unaware that the posi
tion they hold, by the grace of tile
community, carries an Influence which,
if exerted for-evil, menaces the very
existence of the soclul order. Yet tills
is the plain truth.
Last year the American Bible Rn.
clety distributed 1,800,000 copies of
Bibles, Testaments and Scripture por
tions. The British Bible Society also
is very active hi distributing tho Serin
tures, and the two organizations send
the "Good Book" to every part of tho
world. The Bible has been translated
into about one hundred different Inn
guiiges, and the American and British
societies thus provide for all races. I
is stuted that Mrs. Hussell Sace hn
offered to contribute $500,000 toward
the permanent endowment fund of the
American society- When it Is cousld
ered that millions of copies of the
Bible, or parts of It, are printed yearly
for distribution from one end of the
world to the other, It seems to be clear
that religion is not losing ground. It
Is said that rationalism Is spreading
In continental Kurope, and even In t'ju !
I ultra States there are uiose who ;
profess to see a decline in religious
faith. Yet the Hlble Is printed and
circulated as never before. The "best
sellers' in fiction are thought to
achieve marvelous success if the sales j
reach a few hundred thousands. The
Bible, or portions of It, goes out by mil
lions every year to the uttermost parts j
of the earth. It Is incomparably the
greatest of all books from all points of j
view.
The ndoptlon of a letter postage of
2 cents an ounce between the United
States and thexUulted Kingdom Is an
interesting experiment that Is likely
to have far-reaching results. The
agreement, which will go Into effect
Oct. 1 of this year, follows the reduc
tion by the universal postal union of
tho International rate of letter postage
from 5 cents a half ounce to 5 cents
for tho first ounce and 8 cents for each
additional ounce. It Is a case of the
restricted union that Is permissible un
der tho articles of the universal union,
of which other examples are furnished
In the letter rate between this country
and Canada ond Cuba. Naturally, If
the arrangement proves to be satlsfoc
ory, It should lend to other arrange
ments of the same sort between the
United States and countries In
continental Europe, and It Is con
fidently expected that it will be
satisfactory both here and in the
British Isles. One result that Is
predicted is a very large Increase
In business correspondence. The
difference on the cost of sending out a
large number of business circulars will
be very large, and the tendency will be
to multiply letters rather thun to save
the 8 cents. It is fair to assume, in
fact, that ultimately the Increase will
be larger than the percentage Indicated
by the difference between the new and
old rotes, for, as the postmaster general
says, It has always been found that n
reduction of the letter rate resulted
finally In Increasing tho revenue. The
change will mean much, also, to immi
grants, as we should realize quickly
enough If we were forced to pay 5 cents
Instead of '2 on domestic letters, ond
there are n great many Immigrants
from the United Kingdom. During the
last three fiscal years the Immigrants
from England alone exceeded those
from Germany eneh yenr, and the total
for the three years from the United
Kingdom was 353,804. These are only
the recent arrivals, but there was a
very heavy Immigration between 1880
and 1800, that from England alone ex
ceeding 80,000 in two of the years, and
there have been additions, sometimes
small and sometimes large, every yenr
since. What .with the new arrivals ond
the older residents, all the Immigrants
from the British Islands would make
a populous state by themselves.
A Lout Art Rediacoverd.
In Science," Frank Delia Torre an
nounces his rediscovery of the famous
Venetian varnish, which has been the
despair of violin makers " for nearly
200 years. Shortly after the disco
cry of America the gondolas of Yen-
Ice were regularly coated with a trans
parent, lustrous, oronge-red vurnish.
This flume colored material made
everything beautiful upon which It wus
painted. After the Venetian city fath
ers -decreed that all gondolas must be
black tho wonderful varnish was turn
ed over to the violin makers. Some
Italian furniture of the seventeenth
century still extant Is coated with it.
When the violin makers had used up
the supply on the last Cremonns, no
more wus to be had. Investigation
led Mr. Torre to conclude that the raw
materials of this varnish must have
come from Africa, and ho believes that
he has at last found a gum varnish
Identical with that used by the Cre
mona makers. It looks like the old
varnish and seems to have the same
wonderful effect on violins covered by
It. ,
Incomplete Slunala,
The Ingenious Charleston News and
Courier suggests that the new spring
hats would gain in distinction If they
sported a neat two-foot flagstaff.
And right away somebody will want
to suggest a sign language for the flag
In the hat.
Of course the flag at half mast
might Indicate that Its owner was a
widow, and a reversed flag would
mean that the lady was in distress.
Cleveland Tlaln Dealer.
Serious Trouble,
"Yes," said Dr. Bright, "I had him
for a patient once Just once."
"What was the matter?" asked his
friend.
"He wouldn't pay his bills." Phila
delphia Press.
The woman who Is ambitious to be
come a society leader begins by leading
her husband around' by the nose.
And the honesty of a poor man lr
seldom questioned.
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LEPEKS IN THE CANAL ZONE.
Mte Selected for the Colony la
Worthy a Kuxhlouable Sanitarium.
Near the beautiful little suburb of
Palo Seco, six miles from the city of
Panama, Is a group of eight new build
ings erected by American officials for
the segregation of lepers in the canal
i zone there are seventeen of them,
snd they are under the care of an Amer
I lean physician aided by several attend
ants, says the New York Times.
Nothing Illustrates the change that
has been wrought in the zone by the
introduction of American methods bet
ter than the American way of treating
these outcasts of society. When the
eone first came under American control
there were a number of makeshift pest
houses in out-of-the-way stations along
, the line of the Panama railroad. Some
were In the city of Colon, while on the
outskirts of Panama eleven patients,
nominally in the care of the govern
ment of Panama, were huddled togeth
er In a small building.
The site selected for the colony is
worthy a fashionable sanitarium. On
rising ground the broad verandas which
surround three sides of every building
look across the bay, with its ever-In-
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ama in the middle distance. Farther
on the winding coast line stretches till
it is lost In the tropic haze. To the
rear, beyond the little suburb, the low
country stretches Indefinitely toward
the hills, its slow winding rivers and
scattered clearings showing like lines
on a mop.
The colony Is utterly Isolated the
chief reason for the selection of the
spot. The whole width of the bay pro
tects Panama from Infection, while to
the rear the Rio Grande and the little
Fnrfan river separate it from Palo
Seco. On the side toward the bay a
short stretch of beach offers a landing
place to small boats. A part of the
island has been cleared and each leper
will receive a small lot to take care
of and till. So far as vegetables and
poultry ore concerned, the colony is
expected soon to be self-supporting..
Of Some Value Still.
"I am a worthless thing!" exclaimed
the rejected and dejected young man
despairingly.
"Oh, no," replied the fair girl cheer
fully, "not - worthless. Your skeleton
alone would sell for $20." Somervllle,
Mass., Journal.
Even if an actor is not a spiritualist
be llkei to see the ghost walk.
RATIONAL CONVENTION
WHEKE THE FLEET CAN DOCK.
("lilted State Haa - Only Two Bin
Drydocks ou the Paclflo Coaat.
It needs only a glance at the govern
ment drydock facilities on the Pacific
-oast to convince one of their utter
inadequacy to the demands which will
:e mode by our navy during the com
ing two or three years, "says Gassier'
Magazine.
The United States government pofr
sesses upon the entire Pacific coast oulj
two completed drydocks; one at th
Mare Island navy yard, In San Fran
clsco bay, and one at Bremerton, Wash,
on Puget Sound.
The dock at Mare Island Is 513 fee,
long over all, 80 feet 7 Inches wide at
its entrance and 27 feet 0 Inches dee;
over the sill. It is available only foi
the accommodation of the smaller ships.
The drydock at Bremerton Is mort
commodlous, being 050 feet long ovei
all, 92 feet 8 Inches wide at the en
trance and 30 feet deep over sill. Thlt
will permit the entrance of the largci
battleships, but It Is distant from thf
mala naval base.
At Mare Island the government ha
under construction a third Taclflc coas!
drydock, but It Is estimated that It will
take three years of hard work to finish
it.
This dock was begun In 1000 ond the
contract called for its completion Nov
20, 1007; but unforeseen emergencies
delayed matters and the dock will hard
ly be available for use during the pre '
erit visit of the fleet.
Outside of the government docks a.
Hie Pacific there is Just one prlvnU
plant on that coast which has facilities
for handling the big battleship. This If
situated at Hunter's Tolnt, on the west
side of San Francisco bay, about flv?
miles south of the city, and Is owned
by the San Francisco Drydock Com
pany. It has only one drydock capable
f admitting tho large battleships, be
ing 730 feet long, 122 feet wide and 3f
feet H Inches deep.
There are thus only two docks on th
pntlre Pacific coast of the United State
'opable of handling the larger of the
navy's battleships, and one of these Is
n private one and will need to be leased
'tv the year by the government In order
that Jt may be nt the navy's disposal
at any and all times.
Some time before the' announcement,
of the proposed mobilization of the
fleet on the Paclflo was made the San
Francisco Drydock Company had per
fected plans for the construction of a
drydock which when completed will be
unique In this closs of mnrlne engineer
ing In that It will be the largest dry
dock In the world.
At the present time the largest dry
dock in the world Is at Belfast, Ire
land; but the proposed San Francisco
drydock will materially exceed It In
dimensions. In exact figures the new
dock will be 1,050 feet long. 144 feet
wide and 34 feet 6 Inches deep.
Coatly Target.
Probably the most elaborate and
costly target In the world has recently
been launched by the New York navy
yard. The target Is almost on exact
duplicate of a section from the hull of
a battleship and Is estimated to have
cost $50,000.
Doran't Hove To.
Maud She's not one of those women
who carry gossip around.
Lillian No?
Maud She has a "phone In her
house! Sketchy Bits.
Man a weak man love strong drink