LINCOLN GQUNTT LEADER
Rt COLLINS, rdhf
r N HAYDEN, Manai r
TOLEDO..
.OREGON
One way to buy experience Is to
peculate In futures.
Invisible patches are not used In
patching up quarrels.
The reddest apple doesn't always
make the best sauce. '
Wise Is the man who knows when
to treat and when to -retreat
It's easy for a deaf mute to love a
girl more than tongue can tell.
Many a spinster who could have mar
ried In baste repents at leisure.
No man can sneak Into heaven on
the strength of his tombstone epitaph.
Our Idea of a romantic girl is' one
who sends out Invitations to her elope
ment Nobody ever heard anybody complain
that going to the devil Is a lonesome
Journey.
Some people think they are In the
manufacturing line because they make
promises.
A bird can sing without a piano ac
companiment, which Is a blessing we
Aften overlook.
One may get along without doctors,
lawyers and preachers, but the grocery
nan Is Indispensable.
King Alplionso, of Spain, wouldn't
make a bad sort of anti-race suicide
Citizen of the United States. ,
The average marriod man has about
as much to do with managing his home
as a mouse has with managing the fam
ily cat
When a girl tries to' dodge a kiss
She always manages to do It In a way
that enables her to catch It squuro on
her Hps.
It was a colored girl that . won the
championship In the spelling contest In
Cleveland. But the negro Is used to
hard words.
They are going to spend $40,000,000
for the Improvement of the Itussian
army. We never knew anything that
needed It more.
i We have heard a great deal about
the mayor of a Texas town who draws
a salary of $1 a year, but not a word
to the effect that he earns It
Ida Tarbell wants the women of the
World to unite and prepare to light
their common enemy man. If It Is
all the same to Ida, man would much
prefer waiting for cooler weather be
fore opening hostilities.
The "abandoned" farms of several
of the New England States present no
doubt a gloomy picture to some per
sons, and yet, so far as future growth
Is concerned, there Is more hope In the
fact that these farms ore not worked
than there would be If ail the avail
able hind In the six New England
States were cultivated to the limit of
Its productive power. The farms which
have been abandoned are to the future
of New Englnnd what the land which
has never boon brought under cultiva
tion is to some of the States of the
West. At some time in the future they
will be occupied and tilled, for the de
mand for land will force them Into
use. Neglected now, they ore never
theless a source of future wealth and
production. Now England as a whole
has a long way to go before It reaches
In density of population the condition
of some countries in Europe to-day.
To become gloomy In reflecting upon Its
future Is to ignore what may be learn
ed from the history and the example
of other prosperous and yet more
densely populated parts of the world.
The Immigration commissioner of a
Western railroad recently applied to
an Eastern tralllc manager for special
"honieseekers' excursion" rates to en
able farmers to go out 'and look at his
Western lands. "I won't help you
a cent's worth." said the Easterner, em
phatically. "Every farmer you take off
our linen makes a dead loss to us of at
least a thousand dollars a year." The
estimate must have been a large one
In the west each new settler Is expected
to odd ?30O n year to the Income of the
railway but It Is of interest as Illus
trating the fnet that every one of us, no
mutter how he may esteem his own
worth to his community or to society In
general, has a value to his fellows that
can be figured in dollars and cents.
What he produces others consume, and
what he consumes others produce.
Prosperity is a mutual affair. Especial
ly Is this so as between the farmer and
the railroad or between the railroad
and every other man. What each aew
settler produces the road must haul to
market; and ull his machinery, all his
clothing, all bis fuel, all that his own
land does not give him, the road must
bring. The true science of transporta
tion is based on the knowledge of mu
tual dependence, and the problem the
rate regulator must solve is that of en
abling the farmer to get the most wares
Into the best-paying market, maintain
ing a profitable rate on the carriage
and on the return haul of what his
surplus buys. It would be an Interest
ing problem for some readers to figure
out their own cash value to the road
which serves them, and to their fellows,
and thus determine whether they are
giving as much as they receive. Hap
piness is not a matter of dollars and
cents, but rnuch comfort is begotten of
a proper sharing of prosperity.
In this free country, with universal
education, with the richest natural re
sources in the world, needing only de
velopment by means of labor and cap
ital to produce wealth enough to lift
the entire population above want, the
fact remains that the numbers of the
able-bodied poor are very great and
the condition is not confined to hard
times. Ten million people an eighth
of the entire population are in a con
dition of what may be considered ex
treme want. Yet it is stated on good
statistical authority that within a hun
dred miles of New York City, where
thore Is a very large poverty-stricken
population, there are hundreds of aban
doned farms with thousands of acres
of idle land. Not only is this true, but
within the territory named there are
allowed to go to waste each year thou
sands of bushels of apples, gar
den stuff and other produce, much
of It being left to rot on the
ground. Something like this can
be said of every city where unemployed
people are found In large numbers. If
all the unemployed people who could
get work In the cities, if they wanted
It, were earning wages, and if all who
cannot find employment in the cities
would seek It in ..the country, there
would be a decided decrease In pov
erty, not only in a hard times period
but at all periods. The marvelous pos
sibilities of the millions of acres of
vacant land In thiB country are only
beginning to be reollzed. Intensive
furmlng Is mnking land wonderfully
productive to all who will bring Intelli
gence and energy to bear upon it The
world never yet had too much to eat
and wear and provide shelter. There
can be no overproduction in this lino
as long as there Is left a hungry mouth
or a ragged back.
HE WAS AN IRISH CHINAMAN.
How CeHlo Araerlcau Became a Ct
lentlnl Cltiaen.
While on a visit to Washington, D.
Ci, recently, John B. O'Neill, a former
Washington attorney, who Is now en
gaged' ns military instructor In China,
related nu interesting and out-of-tho-ordluary
happening in which he was a
principal. It occurred, says the Wash
ington Star, about fifty miles from
I'ekln.
"We were trying to get a big gun
across a little stream," said Mr. O'Neill.
"I had about thirty Chinamen engaged
at the task, while fully a hundred more
stood about the bunks of the stream
and looked on. When the cannon hud
reached the middle of the creek, or
river, it became stalled in the soft mud
at the bottom. I was yelling at the
'Chinke' In pidgin English, trying to
get them to extricate the gun, when
above the babel of Chinese voices there
came In a high falsetto and decidedly
Irish brogue this remark:
" 'Why the dlvil don't yez spalpeens
pull th1 cannon to yez right? Begor
ruh, ye'r a lot ov low-tide clams!'
"I looked 'in the direction whence
the voice came and saw n short Chlna
mau, ns I supposed, with a long queue
and a genuine Celtic cast of counte
nance, lie was holding a little Chinese
boy by the hand.
' "'Who ore you?' I shouted at him.
" 'An Amlriklu, like yerself,' was the
reply.
" 'I am a Chlnese-Irlsh-Amerlcan, an'
me na'iie Is O'Fluherty.' "
Mr. O'Neill said he had a long talk
with the quaint fellow, who informed
him that he left Tyrone, Pa., for China
about twenty years ago, and upon h!s
arrival in the celestial empire he mnr
ried a Chinese woman, adopted their
manners and gnrb, including a false
queue. He added that he was the fa
ther of several little Chinese-Irish
O'Flnhertys.
"Why have you not dropped the 'O
fornlnst your name?" asked Mr. O'Neill.
"You seldom see an O'Flnherty these
days. They are all Flahertys."
"I didn't drap me 'O' for th' same
r'ason ye did not drap yers. Ye know
In th' owld coimthry the O'Flahertys
and the O'Neills 'O' lverybody."
The average womnn's letter begins
one of two ways : "It Is a perfect shame
I have not written to you before," or
"Do I owe you a letter; or do you owe
me one?"
Every woman has an idea it should
be a pleasure for a mnn to work for
money for her to spend.
The general public hns little idea of
the well-organized plans In operation In
nearly all large city retail stores to
check thievery, says the head detect
ive In one of the largest dry goods es
tablishments. By the systematic pros
ecution of thieves the losses do not
amount to one-third of what, they did
three years ago.
"Every large retail department store
In New York and Chicago has its regu
larly organized staff of detectives whose
duty It is to detect dishonesty In al
most every form Inside the store, while
Syiny establishments have a force of
DETECTIVE WABS A SHOPLIFTER.
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detectives who watch for thleves'who
may seek to rob tho establishment's
delivery wagons when out ( on their
tours. Part of this force are men and
part women. The employment of wom
en In this capacity is absolutely neces
sary, for women can do excellent work
where men would be worse than use
less. For instance, If a male detective
should be seen ill the crowd at a bar
gaiu sale or at a counter where an un
usually largo number of women were
congregated, the suspicions of uuy woni
nn shoplifter In the crowd would be im
mediately aroused and she would trans
fer her activities elsewhere, where no
man was directly in evidence.
: ' Arresting a Thief.
"When a detective notes the theft of
any urtlcle she follows the thief from
counter to counter and thence out of
the store, whore the offender is ar
rested, not by the female detective,
but by one of the male detectives of
the establishment, who has been no
tified hurriedly by one of the salesmen
or saleswomen, who are uncommonly
quick to tuke in such a situation,
knowing tho identity of the1 men or
women detectives J or by some police
man near the store to whom the female
detective would appeal. The arrest of
a Bhoplifter never Is made Inside the
store if It can be avoided, and for two
reasons, one being the probability of n
scene being created, which " Is to be
avoided, while the . likelihood of the
case ii gainst the shoplifter 'sticking'
when It comes up In court is much
greater If he or she Is found with the
stolen goods In their possession out
side of the building.
"The best detectives are those who
are unobtrusive In manner and appear
ance, as to attract attention Is the last
IwQjPUFTEIL
thing desired In that work. Then they
have strict orders not to remain at one
sjxit too long. They are to keep mov
ing about In n careless way.
"One of the chief deterrents to shop
lifting in the New York deportment
stores is the fact that It Is known by
these criminals that vigorous and de
termined steps ore now token to prose
cute them when arrested, and a long
stay at Sing Sing or Auburn prison Is
a strong probability.
Kleptomaniac.
"As to the moral responsibility of
so-called 'kleptomaniacs,' w'" 'And
experienced detectives who hold wide
ly divergent opinions on the subject.
Some are convinced that many women
steal simply' because they cannot resist
the temptation to obtain something for
nothing. Certainly ninny women steal
articles for which they have no use
and who ore so well off financially that
there is no need to steal. Others hold
the opinion thut 'a thief Is a thief,
whether she be a woman in no actual
need or one who steals as a means of
living without working. Certain it is
that many an alleged kleptomaniac has
been checked in" the course which soon
would make a chronic thief of her by
reason of the fact that she has been
arrested and badly scored by threat of
prosecution and Imprisonment but
whose plea of kleptomania has been
accepted for the reason that It has
been her first offense.
"In watching suspicious persons and
detecting thieves, secret signals ond
words nre employed that to the unsus
picious person, or even to the shop
lifters, have no particular meaning, Iut
which are well understood between the
store detectives, floorwalkers und sales
HANDS ACROSS
Baltimore American,
Opera tons of the
PROfESSQJYAL AAfO
Amateur women
TTfEYES WttCHCOST,
we bg City (Stores
WCREDBLY LARGE SMS
Annually
men and saleswomen. Primarily, per
sons against whom there seems to be
reason for suspicion nre quickly 'sized
up' by the store employe with whom
they come In contact.
"Of course, many shoplifters study
to disarm suspicion both by their gen
eral appearance and manner of ad
dress. They exhibit no nervousness,
keep a keen watch of all that is go
ing on neor them, and, possessing plen
ty of nerve and self-confidence, per
form the theft at the most opiwrtune
ninnioti tnkinir core to make no false
move.
Many shoppers carry suit cases, as
do hundreds of honest shoppers, and
on taking their place at a counter leave
the suit case partly open at their feet,
so that articles may be quietly dropped
therein when the salesperson is not
looking. A small purchase being made,
it Is ojenly placed in the suit cose and
the shoplifter moves away. Other shop
lifters carry a folded newspaper In one
hond, ond while the saleswoman's at
tention Is diverted, slip some article
between Its folds.
"When suspicion Is directed against'
a shopper by a salesperson, the fact
is quietly conveyed to one of the de
tectives, who approaches seemingly as
If wishing to look at some object with
the intention of purchasing it. When
It is shown the detective makes some
objection to it, whereupon the sales
person moves a few feet away, appar
ently for the purpose of showing anoth
er article of the kind wanted. This
gives the opportunity to speak a few
words of explanation.
"Signals are sometimes given to
salespersons by detectives when they
have reason to be suspicious of a shop
per who Is being waited upon at the
time. Again, words of seemingly no, im
portance are used by the salespersons
to inform a detective or floorwalker
that a shopper bos been detected In the
act of stealing.
"When possible the shoplifter is loo
to the private oflice or a room where
persons under suspicion nre ques
tioned ond searched. Once inside, one
of the mole and one of the female de
tectives are summoned, ond the thief
Informed she must submit to be search
ed by the female detective, the floor
walker and the male detective waiting
Just outside the door. If the shoplifter
objects, which she seldom does, know
ing that the gome Is up, the police de
partment Is notified by telephone, and a
city detective sent to the store, when
the thief is placed luicler arrest, taken
out of the place as quietly as possible
and removed to a police station, where
she Is searched by the police matron,
aud a charge of theft made against
her. The experienced shoplifter usually
seeks to moke ns little disturbance ns
possible when caught, relying upon
quieter methods of getting out of her
dilemma.
THE FALLS.
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