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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1908)
LINCOLN COUNT! LEADER ft C COLLINS, tdftar r N HAYDEN. Maaagar TOLEDO.. .OREGON Some farmers are smaller potatoes than they mine. When money beglus to talk people It up and take notice. With the numerous courts In session these are trying times. The multiplication table doesn't sat isfy a small boy's hunger. Jealousy Is the trading stamp given With each case of true love. (Mankind Is divided Into happy peo ple, unhappy people, and the Gould fam ily. To choose friends for their appear ance is no worse than to Judge books by the cover. By writing the story of his life and Bufferings himself, Mr. Rockefeller cleverly forestalls Murat Halstead. Dr. Koch's cure for the "sleeping sickness" Is good medicine to "try on" the boy whose Job Is the early chorea.. These "mysterious" mnriW which are startling Paris would be easy to un derstand If they were not done In French. The Japanese government denies that It Is In sore need of money. This muy make It easier for Japanese tax-dodgers to sleep well. "The nation," says John O. Woolley, "Is awake." Yes. It Is even sitting up and noticing things, as old man Castro has found out Houston, Texas, has a woman who declares that she wouldn't marry the best man living. Perhaps he ought to be congratulated. King Alfonso may as well give up the hope that he and Queen Victoria will ever be permitted to move Into a ashIonable flat According to Mark Twain, "a mine is a hole In tho ground owned by a liar." Mnrk also has evidence that other busi ness enterprises are owned by the same party. Human nature Is a funny thing, and after Anna Gould has had her second bitter lesson with fake "noblemen," there will be plenty of her country people sorry for her. It is mortifying to learn that Aunt Carrie Nation was fined $23 and costs a day or two ago for scolding. Things have come to a pretty pass If Aunt Car rie can't express herself In her custom ary voice and manner without being ouulsbed for it Many of the colleges and universities are in no-license towns. Lei ami Stan ford is the largest non-sectarian Insti tution to enforce prohibition within the university domain. Intoxicants are for bidden In boarding houses and fratern ity buildings. Similar restriction has long obtained at several colleges which ore under the control of Influence of lie churches. The feeling of China for this coun try Is unusually friendly, and it is for Btatesmen to maintain and promote the sentiment. How far the ancient Kast can ever be nu' extension of the course of empire that for ages has taken Its way westward is a problem that time alone can settle. But America and Asia can bo friends and commercially Intl inate without trenching too far on race and social traditions, habits, tastes and endencles. The statue of Gen. Francis E. Spin ner, mode under the direction of an as sociation of . women employes of the government, is to be erected opposite the Spinner home in Herkimer, New York. General Spinner was treasurer of the United States from 1SC1 to 1875, and when the clerks of the Treasury Department resigned, during the Civil War. to enlist In the army, he recom mended that their places be tilled by women. He carried his point against considerable opposition, and thus opened the door to self-support for many women. He was notable also as the inventor of a peculiar signature which appeared on all the national pa per currency, nnd was the butt of the newspnper humorists for years. But lie will be remembered longest as the niRn who called on the women to take the places left vacant by the men who went to the front to fight Baron von Sternhurg, Germnn am bassador to the United States, In an address at the University of Illinois, once showed that all the great leaders of nations, such as Frederick the Great and K'ang-Hl, the greatest Chinese emperor, have taught the same prin ciples of citizenship. He drew an In teresting parallel between the teaoV lng f K'ang-Hl in the "Holy Ed!-" and lie public utterances of Presidimt Hoosevelt. It Is a truth familiar to all students of comparative literature that under similar conditions men of moral purpose have much the same Ideas. Devout scholars have always delighted In the fact that the noblest sentiments of Greek philosophy are not unlike those of the Bible. That a modern man should preach what was preached by the ancients only bears out Lowell's epigram that the best things obligingly got themselves said several thousand years ago. There cannot be a near woman In fact, but imagination draws the pic ture of one for us now and then when a scientist or philosopher undertakes to tell woman-' what will happen If she keeps doing things said to have been unknown to her grandmother. A woman is always a woman, although she may not choose to hew to the line fixed by ancient custom. All men are men, even though some of them may be called mollycoddles. Women are taking away men's Jobs, and It is said by observers that they are going to keep doing so and enlarge their hold ings In that line. The president of Bryn Mawr college for women Bays that women "are steadily taking pos session and driving men before them," and. furthermore, they "will be com pelled by ecvuouiic i-uusca bc-youd their control to stay in them after mar riage." Our grandmothers in their red cheeked days milked the cows, and no one would have dared to hint' that a milkmaid was unwomanly because of her skill. They husked corn, too, and when the good man was away fed the stock. American women have always taken up man's work from thne to time and put it aside when the need was over. If for economic reasons they are better at typewriting, tele phoning, telegraphing nnd bookkeep ing than men, they are none the less true women when they do this work. Professor Boss gives the most star tling picture of the near woman when he dips into the future and sees whai Industrial occupations will do for wom en. He says "there will be a rever sion to the type of masculine women, squat, flat chested, brond backed, low browed creatures, working In the fields and factories side by side with men." We shall be compelled to admit that such "creatures" would be "near women," according to our modern ideals. On the other hand, President Ellott says, "The higher education ought to fit women for the single oc cupation of bearing nnd educating chil dren, and it is the most Intellectual occupation In the world." So the true woman has a chance to remain herself In spite of the education which makes her man's dangerous competitor. Per haps the industrial woman of Pro fessor Ross and of the president of Rryn Mawr will emulate the educated woman In the matter of attention sometimes to the benring nnd educat ing of children. In that case the jewel of womanhood need not depart from women who work, and the talked of "reversion to the type of masculine women" Is only a bogy. A Good Old World. When the sun comes out, An' the clouds go 'way, An' the little children , Come out to play, An' the grass looks green, An' the cat sits curled On the gate post, ain't it A good old world? When the mocking bird . Sings a lilting tuna, An' the air is liker The first o' June Than midwinter air, Ain't your griefs all furled, An, honest, ain't it A good old world? When sorrow comes, An' your head droops low, An' you've come to know All a chap can know Of grief, nn' your hopes Are In darkness hurled, An' a friend comes, ain't it A good old world? It's a good old world It's a good world, yes! For the hope an' love An' the tenderness That comes when a chap By rough fate Is hurled In a hopeless heap It's a good old world 1 For the little babies That laugh nnd run, For the cat a-nappin' ' Out in the sun On the high gatepost In a soft heap curled, For the slngln' bird, It's a good Old world! Judd Mortimer Lewis. No Share In the Fan. "What are you crying for, my little boy?" "Boo-hoot Pa fell downstairs!" "Don't take on bo. He'll get. better soon. "Sister saw him fall all the way. I never saw nufflu' I" Answers. Perhaps the most superstitious class of people In tho United States are the otherwise hard-headed, keen-witted railroad men. They are fatalists by circumstances of a life of constant dan ger. Death Is a commonplace; acci dent and hi jury all in the day's work aud Hue of duty. Contempt of death, akin to that of the fanatic Mussulman, but without the allurement of the black-eyed hourl paradise, Is bred by familiarity, the never-ending risk of life and limb, as told in the grim sta tistics of railroad fatalities. Many bloody caniDalens of fower casualties than the annual death and accident report of the Interstate Commerce Commission. This makes life cheap and Its risk and sacrifice for so much per diem an Incident. The railroad man lives In an atmosphere of the fatal chance and nerve-teasing un certainty. Death may be speeding to ward him and around the curve ahead; the next pounding of the massive driv ers may strike a broken rail; the tower signal man makes his awful er rors in an almost unvarying avernge; the landslide aiid the tampered switch are entirely beyond prevision. And it is this domitinncy of chance, of the un prevised, the unexpected, the unfore seen, utterly baffling human ingenuity, that makes the average railroad man as superstitlously fatalistic as a whirl ing dervish or a warrior of the Mad Mullah. This environment of the fatal chance, emphasizing humnn futility and powerlessness, creates a rich soil for omen, charm and fetich, nnd few rail road men can be found who are not in oculated with the virus of protecting superstition. Press them closely, and seven out of ten will confess It In a half shame-faced, half defiant way. For Instance, It is considered most unlucky among engineers to take an engine out for Its first run Friday or on that fatal day to put the finishing touches to it In the shop. Trainmen, particularly brakemen of the old school, believe it is bad luck if Gneat, Though ' Forewarned, Pota IIoNlena n a Predicament. An amusing anecdote was told by a young matron the other day apropos of absent-minded persons. She hnd been married only a short time nnd was giv ing a luncheon to some of her mother's friends. She was particularly anxious to have everything go off well, thnt her reputation as a housekeeper might be established,-The little menu was made out after much consultation with the new French cook. She hnd trimmed the table with her own hands and all was in charming readiness, when at the eleventh hour an old school friend ar rived from out of town and asked if she could stay for luncheon. It was most - Inconvenient but the warm hearted bride welcomed her. "Stny, by all means, dear Amy," she snld. "But there is one condition. I'leaBe do not take any chnudfrolds. There was not enough chicken and the cook has only Just told me. These French people are bo economical. But, after all, If you and I both Bay 'No' to them, they are sure to go around. Don't forget, dear." Amy promised faithfully and went upstairs to prepare for the party. The guests arrived promptly and the lunch eon began with an excellent melon for each. The hostess, having been warn ed against too much food, especially as there was to be bridge afterwards, had cut out all the extras and limited her dishes to tlie melons, a cheese souflle and the chnudfrolds. Tho last she re fused when they came her way and trembled at the small amount on the dish. There was not even any extra aspic Jelly, but she reflected with re lief thnt there would be Just enough when Amy refusal. Then, to her hor ror, sho saw her absent-minded friend sot only take one, but two, upon her SOME Or THE BELIEFcf F IRMLY ADHERED TO BY THE MOTI TRAIN a woman is the first to enter the train at the beginning of the trip. They will resort to ruse or diplomacy to avert such an invitation of accident. They will stop a woman with slow inquiries about her ticket or destination in order that a mascuilue foot will be the first to nWnd the steps. It Is also consid ered bad luck for the train to permit a cripple or a hunchback to enter first. A one-armed man among passengers upon a train is also viewed with sus picion as an omen of accident. Sometimes a careless fireman will let the engine bell toll. Such an untoward accident means that some member of the engineer's family will soon die. Old time engineers will not count the num ber of cars in a train as It rounds a curve. It Is considered bad luck. As would naturally be expected from the wide prevalence of the number 8 superstition, it occupies an important place among railroad men's omens. It is the firm conviction of almost all railroad men that when one man is killed or injured in railroad work two other fatalities or accidents will follow in rapid succession. It is oonsi.Wort unlucky, before two or three days have elapsed, for a railroad man to take the place of nnother who has been killed In an accident. Engineers Beo an omen of death upon the trip If the headlight of their en gine accidentally goes out hb the en gine is leaving the roundhouse. A left-handed engineer la viewed n a hoodoo by ninny trainmen. It Is be- nevea nis presence in" the cab Invites disaster, and old-time firemen and brakemen seek transfer to other trains as soon as a left-handed engineer Is put on their run. Trainmen dislike the presence nf n corpse In the bnggnge or exnress enr Just as sailors object to carrying a corpse on ward ship. But It Is consid ered particularly threatening to load me conin on a train with the feet of the dead person toward the engine. In a recent wreck in North Carolina a corpse was almost Inclnerntei nr. many persons were killed. It Is the firm belief of trainmen on the South THE RENAISSANCE Ot plate. The waitress had not sufficient presence of mind to halve the remaind er, so two women went without any. "And I am sure," added the narrator, in conclusion, "that they all went home hungry. Why, I blush even now when I think of that luncheon." New York Tribune. COAST ABOUNDS IN FISH. Pacific Iteirion Will in Time Snpplr the Whole Country. The extensive const line of the terri tory seems everywhere abundant with halibut, which has become almost a luxury m the East. There the flshlug is done at great hazard and at long distances from markets, while in Alas ka the fisherman leaves his home in the morning and returns in the even ing with the fruits of his labor. A little off the coast of Alaska and in many places among the numerous islands along the shores there exists great cod banks. These are little known and while they are now fished to some extent It might be said the in dustry is wholly in its infancy. When we consider the enormous extent of these banks as compared with those off the New England coast and the vei-v few fish now taken on them as com pared with the large numbers taken on tne Atlantic it can readily be seen to mm COUFAGEOW MEN AND ern that the body was loaded In the fate defying way. But the railroad man is not alone In his belief in omens and charms. The passenger also has a pet lot of super stitions that defy logic and the persua sion of common sense. The belief thnt tho wearing of a white flower or a white ribbon protects travelers from accident is fairly widespread. Some believe that burning coffee Just before leaving on a Journey is better than an accldeat pol icy, and In certain sections of the South some very pious people will not under take a railroad trip without first tying a copy of the sixteenth psalm under the left armpit. Putting a wisp of straw in the bottom of tlie trunk is believed not only to protect the baggage from loss, but also insure the safety of the owner. Women sometimes pack their stockings In the trunk in a mystic cir cle, as a protection from accident. There is a superstition that it is un lucky to lock the trunk before It leaves the house, and with more apparent rea son, It is particularly portentous If the trunk lid falls upon you while you are packing. If a traveler loses his hat out o a car window there Is compensation in the knowledge that it means good news from home. If a passenger happens to pass a derailed or wrecked locomotive, (t is the sign that he soon Is to come Into possession of hidden wealth. To see a crow feeding on a carenss is an other lucky omen for a traveler. If dust blows In a person's eye while on his wny to catch a train It Is a sign of accident on the trip. It Is consid ered an ominous encounter for a person hurrying to n train to meet a spectacle wearing negro. It Is also unlucky for a traveler to cut his finger nails Just before starting on a Journey; disgrace will overtake him, and If a traveler leaves home In a carriage for the station it is simply Inviting disaster for his family or friends to watch him out of sight. To insure the safe return of a nervous traveler It Is only, necessary to tie an Irish knot In his handker chief, but if he loses the knotted piece of linen he hnd better end his misery by Immediate suicide. Here Is an Incantation which Pullman conductors declare will Insure slumber on a sleeping car to even chronic In somniacs, If repeated several times with the eyes focused on the tip of the nose : "A sleeper is that on which the sleeper which carries the sleeper runs; therefore, while the sleeper sleeps In the sleeper the sleeper carries the sleep er over the sleeper into tlie sleeper which carries the sleeper, and Jumps off the sleepeT by striking the sleeper iii the sleeper, and there is no sleeper in the sleeper." JTHE KNICKERBOCKER. what an extent this fishery can also be expanded. Here also the element of safety is greatly in favor of the in dustry on the Pacific coast. At present in a small way, both halibut and cod are shipped clear across the continent to Boston and New York. With better and cheaper facilities the markets of the United States will soon be opening up to the Pacific. The salmon fishing is now whollj done for canning and in a small way salted. The extent to which this part of the industry has grown is more fa miliar to the. world than any other. During the last few years the fresh fish Industry has made inroads even on the cannery supply and mild cured s-il-mon is now being shipped all the way to Germany for smoking. During the last winter buyers from German houses in Hamburg have appeared in Alaska towns and eagerly taken all tho product they could secure. This Is but a beginning, and development in time in the way of improved means of trans portation will extend the shipping of salmon fresh from the waters of Alaska to all parts of the world. Pa cific Coast Monthly. Perhaps a feiw more people would try to be good if they didn't bump into so many others who overdo the thing.
