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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1908)
L1NG0LH COUNTY LEADER Rf COLLINS, rdilw r N HAVDCN. Miniitf TOLEDO. .OREGON I thought tby were onlv In fun. It lr' the old nory of the boy who called, "Wolf! w-lf !" when there was no wolf; How long will It take the hoys, and the men, for that matter, to learu the lesson?" Busybodles are really never busy. Keep your own counsel and you'll Deed no lawyer. Money Is the golden net In which suckers are caught. The hopeful man usually has the least cause for encouragement. One actress has done her part In de rating the stage by going up In a bal-'oon. This country, should have better toads, with fewer Jumplng-ofl places for automobiles. It takes two to make a bargain, and usually one of these has his suspicions about Its being one. A Pennsylvania man Is going to quit smoking at ninety-sis. lie desires to live to a ripe old age. Two years' savings has enabled a touple to return to Hungary and settle down for the rest of their lives. Serve them right. Chauneey Depew says over-eating fins killed moro pernn than drinking too much. Hut even If true, isn't over rating a slower process? Lovers will never admit that poverty Justifies desertion, flnnly believing that two can live on the same Income that supports one In single blessedness. A Los Angeles widow has, by marry ing again, given up her chance to in herit ?.-)00,(K0. Think not of her cour age but of that which her new husband mist possess. Dr. Wiley, the government chemist, believes better bread would reduce tiro nunilKT of divorces. If this" Is the case better bread will not be welcomed in theatrical circles. New Jersey has an official dog catch er who has been bitten 3,000 times by dogs of different breeds. Nobody seems to have taken the trouble to find out what the effect on the dogs may have been. During the past year a $7,000,000 in crease of money order business has been noted in Boston, Evidently the Boston folks who started out to see the world have been writing home for more money. An Indiana Judge thinks the people of this country have no right to be shocked by the dlrectolre gown as long as women continue to lift their skirts when it rains. Another Daniel has come to Judgment. Americans are creating the real onsation in the airship line In Europe Just now, and everybody Is recognizing It. There are something intensely practical about an American inventor when he gets busy, which makes all the world attentive. The fashionable wedding Journey for British Columbia couples is a tour of the coast. The Canadian Titflfic rail way has Just added to its steamship service a "honeymoon boat" which lias three hundred "honeymoon staterooms. " There are only thirty second-class berths on the steamer, since, of course, no bridegroom would accept inferior accommodations. Bachelors may use the cheaper quarters. President G. Stanley Hall, in an ar ticle In the American Magazine, gives American fathers something to tjilnk about. Writing of "the awkward age" of the boy, he says that in the period between twelve and sixteen the boy grows away from his mother, and needs the wise, guiding hand of the father. The father then has great opportunity to mold the boy's flexible, undeveloped character. Doctor Hall thinks the American father Is not doing this, but Blilfls the responsibility to school teach ers and others. The proper brlnglng wp of the boy is the finest work a man can do for himself and the state, nnd President Hall's comments probe the underpinnings of home and nation. Because some hoys In bathing on the Atlantic coast had appealed for help nnd then laughed at those who came to the rescue, neither boy at the same bathing beach, taken with cramps a little while later, called vainly for as plstance untl he went down the third time. Then some spectators saw that lie was not Joking, and with great diffi culty got him out of the water uncon scious and saved bis life. Other boys In other parts of the country have not been so fortunate, and the newspapers have several times this summer report ed that the bather was drowned, as those who heurd the calls for help A great portion of the public domah. is poor land, worthless for farming pur poses; but, on the other hand, there are large deposits of coal, oil ,yd other minerals of Immense value and vast forests that will furnish till her for gen erations to come. Naturally, such states as Montana, Idaho and Nevada look upon the public lands in their bor ders as the possession of their citizens. They are anxious to have the tracts divided and given to settlers, so that the population may be lncrensed and the resources of the states developed. Hut the public 'Jmds are peculiarly the possession of the nation and must be safeguarded .s an lmiortant national asset. The tLae Is past when they may be given to settlers by the thousand acres, fenced in by cattle kings and ap propriated by railroads. Stricter land laws and strict re-enforcement of them are evidences of the government's in tention to protect its lands anii hoM there in the interest of all the people. Do you develop your strength, In crease your reasoning power, your will power, your power of initiative? Do you not only elevate yourself and hold yourself up, but also have strength to help others? Are you a lifter? Or do you, like the senseless lobster, re main high and dry on the sand or among the rocks, waiting for someona to carry you to the sea, or for the sea to come to you, when by your own native energy you should boldly plunge in and ride the waves triumphantly? Do you, In considering every undertak ing, look hesitatingly to the right or left for some advice, some support, some prop to lean on? It has been said that for every self-made man there are ten self-ruined ones. It -is a safe guess that nine of the ten are leaners. The ranks of mediocrity of the half successful are crowded with people of fine natural abilities who never rise above inferior stations because they never act independently. They are afraid to take the initiative in anything to depend upon their own Judgment nnd resources and so let opportunity nfter opportunity pass them by. They make fine plans, but leave them to bo carried out by others; and then their only eonsolntion is In saying: "I thought of It first." Half a hundnvd claim to have been the first to invent the railway airbrake. Only one hall the nerve to demonstrate its practi cahlllty. Thousands talked about an Atlantic cable, until one came forward and laid it. He lost a big fortune by falling at first, but made a bigger one by succeeding at last. In every walk of life are earnest, conscientious Deo- ple who are disappointed that they do not get on better and who wax eloquent over the injustice that confines them to Inferior grades, while others with no more natural ability are constantly advanced over their heads. Analyze these people and you find their real trouble lies in their lack of Independ ent action. They dare not make the slightest move without help or advice from some outside source. They lack confidence In themselves. They do not trust their own powers. They have never learned to stand squarely on their own feet, think their own thoughts and make their own decisions. The price that must be paid for this shifting of responsibility is a heavy one the loss of a kingdom. We volun tarily abdicate the throne of personal ity, resign the priceless privilege con ferred upon every human being In tlite civilized land the right to think r.vl speak and decide and act for himself . The Prnyer of Cjnn Drown. "The proper way for a man to pray," Sniil Deacon Samuel Keyes, "And the only proper attitude Is down upon his knees." "No, I should say the way to pray," Said the Uev. Dr. Wise, "Is standing straight, with outstretched arms, And rapt and upturned eyes." "Oh," no I no, no," said Elder Slow, "Such posture is too proud; A nam should pray with eyes fast closed And head contritely bowed." "It seems to me his hands should be Austerely clasped in front, With both thumbs pointing toward tfc ground," Said the Uev. Dr. Blunt. "Last year I fell in Hodgkin's well Head first," said Cyrus Brown, "With both my heels a-stlckin' up, My head a-pintin' down. . "An' I prayed a prayer right then and there Host prayer I ever said, The prnyingest prayer I ever prayed, A-titamling on my head." Quebec Chronicle. Think Sot We know what Sherman said of wai I know a clerk Who claims that saying is by far More true of work. St, Paul Pioneer Presf 1 i f J' hJi V CAUSES M INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES. By Bmron Takahlra. A careful study of the international disputes establishes that they arise almost as much, If not more, from the internal conditions of the coun try u dec ted ns they do from the con .lict of outside interests. It is a pe culiar feature of such questions that .vhere they occur there ure almost .il ways' signs of disorder, retrogres sion or lulsgovernuicutv In this respect political .observation somewhat reaenibles meteorological observations. The rain comes down from where there ure clouds. Inter national disputes develop where there are undesirable conditions of life. I do not, of course, mean to say that the less modern or the less organized States are in the wrong In all in ternational questions. On the contrary, there ure cases in which such countries deserve-sincere sympathy; but it Is an undeniable fact that the less modern or the less organized States present more frequently a cause of public anxiety on account of international disputes, and It may be reasonably questioned whether the unsettled condition they present, politically, economically or other wise, does not frequently lead to such disputes. - HI I' ."".. iiiu l r St . 8 I - I 1 fa mi 3 U.UION TAKAUIhA. MAN THE CREATURE OF ENVIRONMENT. By Ada May Krecker. Even In the simpler, even In the simplest, matters, but let a phenomenon recur or per sist and its results are foreordained to ram ify surprisingly and to waft unforeseen ef fects into unexpected places. Of this the everyday soot of au everyday city supplies a case in point. Its Influences on clothes and complexions and atmosphere and petty ease doubtless have been ventilated more or less by most dwellers In city tents beyond the belt of an thracite. But if pursued by some of our Parisian psy chologists and statisticians who revel in Infinitesimal analyses and who delight In adding to numbers golden numbers, the n suits accruing from city smokefulucss might acquire gigantic bigness. There might be traced in the several members and organs of our bodies the dis eases bred by the grime, and there might le discovered a Chicago lung, a Pittsburg skin, a St. Louis eye. From an enforced and prolonged absence of beauty 'tis but a step to the loss of taste and the esthetic sense. But here the psychologists take up the tale, averring, besides, that somber hues make a somber man. They rate all dark hues us depressing, deadening, enervating, the light and brilliant colors as energizing, vivifying, exalting. To the dark occult psychologists add the malignance of hatred selfishness, suspicion, Jealousy, greed, and their neart of dreadful kin. Those who live always amid sunshine and balmy breezes are readily crushed by the first outburst of storm, whereas the sterner hearts, destined t .tlse only In face of difficulties dire and dangers, grow a rude, robust ob stinacy and forcefulness that stand their success in good stead. So the Parisian may conclude that, albeit a sorry blight on our sunless cities, the smoke in divers times and places has blown us some small measure of good. WOMAN'S DISCOVERY OF HERSELF. By Rev. WUIIrm Bustard. One of the greatest discovet of the past twenty-live years lias been woman's discov ery of herself. She has read! that stage where she knows she is not a loll, an angel or a slave, but a woman, and claiming her rights and privileges. Once, to be born a girl was ta be born a nonentity; in this age to be born a girl menus a bundle of possibilities, with a power to Influence the world for good or evil. Mar r young girls ha 13 gone luto commercial life, nnd they have gained su'eess through punctuality, being Industrious and mind ing their own business. The woman who minds her owu burluess Is to be praised and respected. Stare girls go Int t society. i 1 he trouble with our American mothers nowadays Is that they try to fit their daughter only for her society entrance. It is all right to be a society woman, but it Is I'etter to be a woman In society.'' We are emphasiz ing the word society too much and the word woman too little. COLLEGE STUDENTS WASTE TIME. By Chancellor MacCracken. Four years of Intelligent, faithful work in the average college gives a young man a de cided advantage in the work of the profes sional school ; four years of college, spent as the worst third of college students, es pecially In the largest colleges, prefer to spend them, is worse than wasted. Ixrd Bacon wauted students to allot their time, one-third to sleep, one-third to lueuis, recre ation and prayers, and one-third to work. Many college students, especially In" the larger col leges, prefer to amend the third division. Their allot ment would be read thus: One-third to sleep, one-third to meals, recreation and prayers, meaning college prayers, when required, but Instead of the one-third for work, substitute one-third for athletics, college societies, col lege politics, with Just enough attention to the demands of the faculty to keep the name of the student on the col lege roll. In the old times the thirsty squl or body solaced itself with plain water or with lemonade. The chief variation upon tlris was iced tea and once in" a while iced coffee. These were the only beverages open to the drinker of tem perance habits. We have improved upon that sort of thing nnd have in troduced "soft" punches, In which our old friend, lemonade, while still serv ing as a foundation, would not recog nize Itself. Tea, too, Is metamorphos ed, although hardly Improved, and other mixtures of Which we did not dream in earlier days are taken as a matter of course. The house where the pleasantest welcome and the best and most refreshing tbirst-queuehlngs are offered Is likely to be the one to which the young people will flock, nnd we need not fear that our boys and girls will wander off to undesirnble associa tions while they know that good things, both spiritual and physical, await them at home. None of the drinks given be low contains liquor of any sort. Iced Tea Punch. Make Iced tea and turn it Into a punch bowl, on n big lump of ice. Add to a quart of the strong tea a table spoonful of lemon Juice, a bottle of apolllnnris water aud sugar to taste. Cut thin slices of lemon and let them float on the surface of the punch. When they are in season a few straw berries or cherries or a bit of pine apple may be added. Ladle out and drink in tumblers. O ran are Sherbet.-' Teel and squeeze eight large oranges and two lemons. Put the Juice of the oranges Into a bowl with a small cup of granulated sugar. After It has Btood 10 minutes, nnd the sugar is well melt ed, add a tablcspoonful of nil need pine apple, aud after standing a few min utes longer pour upon a block of Ice in a punch bowl. Just before serving turn in a quart of apollinaris. Fruit Punch. Make a foundation of a good lemon ade, allowing five lemons to a quart of water aud sweetening ' to . taste. To each quart of the lemonade allow half an orange, sliced, a tablcspoonful of pineapple, cut into dice; a small banana, sliced, and a handful of cher ries or strawberries or raspberries. Let all stand half an hour before serv ing, and turn Into a punch bowl or large pitcher with plenty of ice. Stir up well from the bottom before pouring out. Iced Coffee. Make your coffee clear and strong, and add to it plenty of cream aud no milk. The best plan' Is to have the clear coffee in a pitcher and add cream and tagar as it Is needed. To those who have never tried it let me say that tliers are many worse drinks on a hot day than good, clear coffee, served with pWuty of Ice and without cream or sugar. Hut the coffee must be of the best and freshly made not the left overs of the breakfast beverage. Pineapple Lemonade. Boil two cups of sugar and a pint of water 10 minutes nnd then set it aside to cool. When it Is cold add to It the Juice of three good-sized lemons and a grated pineapple. Let this stand on the ice for two hours. When ready to serve add a quart of water, either plain or "charged," and pour on a piece of ice In a punch bowl or In a lurge pitcher. Raapberrr Shrob. For a foundation for this beverage one must have the old preparation of raspberry vinegar or raspberry royal. To five teaspoonfuls of this a quart of cold water must he allowed, and the mixture must be served with plenty of ice. If red raspberries to float on the surface of the punch cannot be pro cured, in their place may be used a cupful of shredded . plneaple or a banana cut Into dice. CHECKING A BUNDLE. The Way the Tired Man Saved Htm. elf Labor and Trouble. One day a man went into a verv hti store. He had a heavy Till lL' 1 '( n-it-K .. him. Not in the sense vou mean, am.irtina but in the real sense. He had to go two hloet.- fnrthn,. down the street and rlidn'f . carry the package. So he decided that he would leave it in the check room. He asked a floorwalker who looked like a United States Senator, but who was a perfect gentleman, where the check room was. The floorwalker said: "Th reea Isleso verdo wusta i rsa ndoveron theWabashside." He went there, wherever that was, and found he had made a mistake. He knew it was himself who hail made the mistake, for as nice a mnn as a floorwalker with a Prince Albert on couldn't have made a mistake. Finally after he had lugged his bun dle thirty-two blocks hunting the check room, had found the check room and deposited, his bundle, he walked his two blocks to the other place and was through for the day. Then he soliloquized: "How should I ever have got through or s,tood the wear nnd tear of that long two blocks carrying that bundle? If It hadn't been for the check room sys tem, what could I have done?" Chi eago News. Rendu, Apropos of beads, etymologists tell us the word comes from the rosaries which from time immemorial "have been used to keep count of prayers, for "bid dun" Is to pray in the old Angle Saxon tongue, and "beadsman" is one employ ed to pray for others. "Beodan " to proclaim, Is a kindred word nnd has Its outcome In the "bidding prayer" of our universities, when pious founders are remembered to the edification of graceless undergraduates and In the "bidding" of an auction room, when one proclaims to what price one ls willing to go. The tiny balls of wood or pearl or seeds or gems strung together for tlio purpose of counting prayers are used by Hindoo worshipers of Buddha bv Greeks, by Persians, by Koman Ca'tho lies. And from those prayer chaplets the word has passed to ' mean any pierced round ornament. Modern So clety. "I don't believe In that doctor" "Why?" "He didn't tell me everything I wanted to eat was bad for mol" London Opinion.