Lincoln County leader., December 18, 1908, Image 2

LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER
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A. sheath stocking? Shocking!
Lore at first sight often proves a
light case after the second meeting. .
The only thing wrong with money Is
that there Isn't enough of It to go
round.
An expert In drawing need not neces
sarily be an artist he may be a dentist
Instead.
You can't Judge the brutality of
some people by the horsepower of their
automobiles.
A Grand Army veteran has married.
We hope It will not prove a case of
re-enllstment
Twenty thousand dollars was paid
yesterday for a collection of butter
files. Verily riches have wings.
There are few chances of becoming
a hero nowadays unless you get into
the fire department, or marry a chorus
lady.
A New Jersey court decides that It
Is not unlawful for a man to swear at
his wire. Perhaps nut, but uiuiiy find
It dangerous.
for testing plants believed to be suit
able for paper-making.
The man who prides himself on al
ways saying what he thinks, 6eldora
succeeds In saying anything any one
else wants to hear.
Some day, perhaps, science will
evolve the perfected automobile tire.
Up to date It still lacks several thous
and miles of having done so.
You may have observed that an
office-seeker Is a man who shakes tho
voter's hand lofore the election and
shakes the voter uftenvard.
A discharged laborer caused some
German contractors to lose $875,000.
As this docs not get hiin another job,
it is hurd to figure where his joy conies
tn.
Necessity being the mother of Inven
tion, it Is likely that the woman who
invented the "bookless waist" has a
husband who rebelled and "yumped his
yob."
That's a wise doctor who says that
it's the comfortable old shoes, not the
tight, new ones, which hurt women's
feet He ought to do a rushing business.
"Asthma and society" drove an old
tnnn West to begin life over again
among strangers. Of course asthma
sometimes demands heroic treatment,
but he could have escaped from society
by merely disposing of his automobile.
It is said that there Is enough coal
In Alaska to put off the fuel famine
from the exhaustion of cool which had
been predicted at the end of the pres
ent century. This news will bo a great
relief to present coul consumers who
have been alarmed over what they had
to expect In about ninety years.
It was from New York that Horace
Greeley advised the young man to "Go
West!" The advice now comes from
three thousand miles farther eastward,
and Is iiddressed by Israel Zangwlll to
nn audience of Jews In London. lie
told his fellow religionists the other
day that they might to migrate to the
Western States of America, where there
is room for them.
German Interests in Argentina and
Brazil are so great that German cap
italists linve decided it Is wortji while
investing six and a Jinlf million dollar
in a new telegraph cable connecting the
fatherland with South America. The
imperial government will protect the
investors from loss. This is one of the
ways by which the tics between the
Germans abroad and those at home are
preserved, ns well as one of the meth
ods adopted for fostering the expansion
of German commerce.
During the current fiscal year, which
began with July, th Department of
Agriculture will expend fifteen million
dollars. When one compores this sum
with four million dollars which wus
spent in 10O2, one gets an idea of the
rate at which this department Is grow
ing. With the possible exception of
the Postofllce Department, no other de
partment comes so near to tho people,
and none touches the ordinary citizen
on so many sides. The forestry serv
ice, the burcnu of animal industry, the
testing of foods, the study and predic
tion of the weather, the development
of new plants, the building of roads,
the crop reports these are only a few
of the ninny ways In which this depart
ment is helping the people of the wholo
country. One Item of ten thousand dol
lars to le spent this year may result in
the saving of millions. It will be used
The Wall street evils of which tbt
public complains are not in morals, but
In economics. If the stock exchange
were simply a place where 1,100 brok
ers matched dollars among theiuselvei
the community at large would not be
affected. But what the stock exchange
does is to gamble with the capital and
resources of the United States, to fix.
as at present, rates of Interest artifi
cially low in order to boom stock prices,
and at other times to bid Interest rates
to absurd heights, to the injury of
commerce and industry. Its demoral
izing effects come from the fluid capital
of the United States being used for
gambling purposes and taken from
legitimate industry. The morals of
Wall street, whether by day or night,
are matters of little more public in
terest than the personal habits of bookmakers.
Bishop Frank M. Bristol declared
at the Uock Hiver Methodist conference
in Chicago that the superannuates'
fund Is the easiest one to 'get money
for. Undoubtedly this is true, at a
gathering of preachers. It is to be
hoped that Bishop Bristol's assertion
is becoming generally true of the Meth
odist laity. There are signs that it
is. There are reasons for the indiffer
ence toward the claims of the worn
out preachers which has beeu largely
complained of, and for the awakening
from that indifference which Is now
becoming manifest. Many laymen have
not realized that, while there are in this
country as wide opportunities as there
ever were for young men, and wider,
there is not the chunce there once was
for men past middle life to attuin ma
terial success in a new calling. This
change comes inevitably when the wlld
ernuss is conquered and the land really
populated. Then, again, many laymen
have had their Interest, not in religion,
but in the church and its condition,
cooled by the attitude of some conspic
uous, preachers, and their numerous
Imitators, toward themselves and their
business. When the preacher becomes
a lecturer, apparently striving to
preach everything but the gospel, deny
ing the authority of his ollice, and ask
ing to be takeii simply us a man In his
profession, others cannot be blamed for
Judging him on his Individual merits,
Just us they do men in other profes
sions, and losing respect for the divine
calling which the preacher has virtual
ly repudiated. There Is an Increasing
public consciousness of the change lu
material conditions which niukes it al
most Impossible for a man pust middle
life who has not achieved reasonable
success in his culling to change it for
a new one. And there Is a growing
public awakening to the truth that the
Christian ministry, to be worth while,
must be not merely a profession chosen
like the lawyer's or the engineer's, but
a response to a divine call to deliver
a message which its bearer cannot
know and be silent about. With the
purging of the ministry that is slowly
but surely going on with its increas
ing restriction to men who know they
have the message, as evidenced by that
very decline of candidates for it so
much lamented there should come a
new birth of respect for the real
preocher of the gosiel for the man
who must uud docs preach the gospel
because he cannot .be silent without
feeling himself a traitor to himself
and to God. And so the claims of
the worn-out preacher, whose devotion
to his mission and his message has led
him to live for his faith, and that
alone, through all the years until old
age comes and he can do no more, are
pressing home to the hearts and souls
of men as they never did before.
C. W. FAIRBANKS.
IMPROVED LABOR CONDITIONS.
By Vice President Fairbanks.
There has been during the past
few years a very noticeable Im
provement lu labor conditions. This
has been due in a large degree to
the perfection and influence of la
bor organizations and to the co
operation of many thousands who
have believed that the improvement
of the conditions of labor was u
matter of the very first Importance
to the great body of our citizenship.
Such gratifying Improvement is duo
to a wide discussion of labor's interests and to the edu
cation of the people as to its condition and aa to its real
and just needs.
In the earlier days those who advocated an Improve
ment of the conditions of labor and sought to enact laws
for its protection were regarded by many as agitators,
as encroaching upon certain vested or natural rights of
employers. Much progress hus been made since thai.
The reforms which have been effected and which are
now generally regarded as Just, the improvement of con
ditions in many hazardous undertakings for the protec
tion of the persons and lives of operative, the improve
ment of insanitary conditions which surround many
places of labor and other lmprovementsfcare proof of the
wisdom of orgnnlTod effort And of d'oenostnn.
SCOPE OF MAN'S WORK.
By Prot. Ken) on L. Butterfield.
The sharp distinction sometimes drawn be
tween vocational Btudies and culture studies
is already being modified. Some 'time it may
be obliterated. Probably we shall have a new
definition of culture. At any rate, vocation
hereafter Is to be glorified not only for what it
contributes to national and Individual pros
perity, but for its educational possibilities.
Vocation is not meirely technique. It is not
merely breadwinning. At its best it Is a form of social
service In which the whole man Is engaged. It relates
itself to most of the Individual demands for growth ond
even more vltallly to the social demands of family and
of state and of civil society. Hence we shall discover
a way of mnklng vocational training also a liberal train
ing. Agriculture Is to be amply recognized In the schools.
If agriculture, properly defined and taught, is efficient
educational materiul, both city and country boy may
profit by it, the one because he will reach a knowledge
of and a sympathy with nature not easily secured in any
other way, the other because he is utilizing his environ
ment physical, industrial and social as a means of
education.
"PINK TEA" DIPLOMACY.
By Spencer Eddy, U. S. Minister to Argentina.
The old conception placed on diplomacy by
Americans is fast disappearing. It has not
been so ninny years buck since the impres
sion prevailed thut a diplomatic post was noth
ing more than a medium through which our
country maintained its social entente cordlale
with other nations. And this Interpretation
of the functions of the office was held also
by the men In the service themselves. But
men of. pink tea proclivities are no longer wanted In the
service.
- A school for instruction for those who wish to enter
the service, conducted on the lines of some institution
like West Point or Annnpolis, would raise the standard
of American diplomatists still further. It is Impossible
for a youngster to Jump Into the field and compete with
older heads, but with three years of hard training In
such a school he would be fully qualified for the work
cut out.
LACK OF POLICE SUPERVISION.
By President Eliot of Harvard.
In no other civilized country of
the world Is there such absence of
effective police supervlslon'as in tb
United Stutes. One must say that
there is none in country districts
and that lu urban districts it is or
dinarily Ineffective. Even well
known members of the criminal
class are under no effectual control,
and by merely changing from tiiu
to time their field of operations
often succeed In preying on tho
r-RKsioKNT Eliot. community for years. The law
has no f-troug arm.
THE DAISY-FIELD.
Man looked upon the sky by night,
And loved its tender azure, bright
With many a softly beaming light;
And sang his Maker's praises.
"The sun declares Thee in Thy dread ;
But from the stars Thy peace is shed :
Would that by day they comforted I"
God heard ; and made the daisies.
All in a firmament of green
Their golden orbs now float, serene,
Twinkling with rays of silvery sheen,
To comfort him who gazes.
Back Home
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nrliictnut IOiikIInIi C'oiirteNy.
That gifted publicity man, A. Toxin
Worm, made the preposterous claim In
London lost winter that he would see
to it that there was no "booing" of
the actors nt the opening performance
by E. II. Sothern. This popular Eng
lish diversion consists of bellowing
through the hands and no "first night"
Is supposed to lie complete without vo
cal Interruptions.
On the night of Mr. Sothorn's. first
performance some forty-live evll-look-Jng
men, liearing blackjacks In their
sleeves were distributed throughout
the gallery ond pit. There was no In
terruption from the audience that
night, but only the occasional dull thud
of blackjacks uion knuckles. Every
hand that was raised as a preliminary
to the "lKHilng" process received a
quick blow. Mr. Worm says that he
never saw so many limp hands and so
many bewildered faces assembled in
any one place as he saw that first
night among the crowd thnt left the
theater.
At the close of the week that dlg
lilflwd journal, the Times, commented
gravely upon the growing courtesy of
English audiences toward American
actors, nnd witnessed the ense of six
productions by Mr. Sothern without a
single 'boo." Success Magazine.
When Alzora Dunn had shaken the
dust of Brattleville from her feet
literally,, for It was a hot, dry summer
and departed for Chicago, Gus Mitch
ell of course had been at the railroad
station to see her off.
Brattleville boasted only 700 inhabit
ants and the celluloid collar was still
regarded with favor in its society cir
cles. Aronnd his celluloid collar Gus
wore a narrow black string tie with
crumpled ends and there was a photo
graph button of Alzora in the lapel of
his coat. He also had abalone shell
cuff links. In spite of this he had a
good, square Jaw and a look In his
eyes thut a woman could trust. He
had a heroic smile on his face os he
crushed Alzora's fingers at parting.
"You're sure, ZoryV" he asked, a
trifle tremulously. "There Isn't any
hope for me? You don't care?"
For an Instant Alzora Dunn, her vel-
j low hair shining In the sun, tier pretty.
frivolous face pink with the excitement
of her departure, felt 'a sudden qualm.
Ever since she could remember Gus
had tagged around after her. Of
course bIio liked him but marry him,
never 1
It la as bad to give a compliment
with a "but" attachment, ns it is to
give a present and grumble about the
coat of It
Of Inte she had felt that she was
born to shine in higher circles. The
letters of o girl friend who had gone to
Chicago and was a clerk In the store
where a position now awaited Alzora
had caused her to look at Brattleville
with scornful eyes. She shuddered to
think that she might still be Btupldly
measuring ribbons In Gus Mitchell's
father's general store had It not been
for Carrie's letters.
When Alzora spoke to Gus at parting
It was as from a great height, bending
1 down to one In o lowly rut, one for
whom she had a friendly, pitying re
; gard.
I nv . f l . .. i , li r it,.. .
vu, wuN, tsnv buiu. i iiKe you ana
all that but I don't love you!"
The train whistled long as It spun
across the bridge. As Gus Mitchell
stood watching It with a lump in his
throat he thought of Aizora at picnics,
at parties, in his buggy, laughing up
at him. He had felt she cared for him
and It came hard.
Alzora rarely thought of Gus the first
few weeks in Chicago. (The newness,
the excitement, the rush dominated her
entirely, and underneath ran the cur
rent of expectation. Hadn't a girl at
the white goods counter upstairs mar
ried only the previous week a traveling
man who made $2,000 a year. There
were six in Alzora's family and never
had her father's Income exceeded $900.
Only two and $1,000 each to' spend!
Not that Alzora was distinctly mer
cenary, but such things were like fairy
tales to her.
It was not long before the floorwalk
er In her department began finding that
the best vantage point for him was
near Alzora's counter. At first It made
her nervous, for the girls stood rather
In awe of him. Then her coquetry as
serted itself when she found nine times
out of ten that If she looked up he
was looking nt her.
"Gee? Hatton's struck, Isn't he?"
Carrie said to her at last. "Never no
ticed a girl before too stuck-up for us!
He can't keep his eyes off you !"
Alzora blushed. Ilatton was very
stead of "you" no mutter how many
times it occurred in a sentence, and he
called Alzora "dear child." He took
her to the theater once a week and
brought her candy.
"You're a perfect wonder," Carrie
told her, enviously. "It's because you're
so pretty! Copping out a swell one
like that the first thing! Wouldn't he
howl at Gus? Ah, my! Think of Gus
and Mr. Hatton !"
Alzora laughed, but she felt ashamed
of herself because she remembered that
look In Gus' eyes, but she dreamed
roseate dreams as to what she would
do when she was Mrs. Ilatton. It
meant a six-room flat at least and n
girl and a new tailor suit twice a year
and gloves to match, always.
When Gus wrote she put his letters
aside and neglected to answer them.
She could think of nothing to say.
HE II An BEAUTIFUL PINK FINGER NAILS."
tall ;md stiff, like a clothier's dummy,
and wore marvelous collars and won
derful neckties. No one would ever
connect the Idea of abalone shell cuff
links with him. One knew by instinct
that he wore links of plain gold. He
had beautiful pink finger nails. Ho
looked like the heroes in the paper
novels Alzora had read as a school
girl, and when It came about that he
got Introduced and called upon her she
was very happy.
She remembered Gus only as belong
ing to some fnr-off hozy existence that
made her shudder to recall, because
it grated on her nerves. Mr. Ilatton
always said "one" docs so-and-so ln-
It was quite by accident one day that
Alzora wejit Into the stockroom Just be
fore closing time and across the room
saw Mr. Ilatton seize a small boy In
overalls who had stumbled against
him. He shook the boy violently, cuffed
his ears and swore at &tm, then in his
hurry stumbled over a box and swore
some more. His face was black and
ugly. He flushed os he met Alzora and
then his countenance cleared magically.
He was suave, polite and majestic us
usual when he spoke to her.
"Are you going to be nt home this
evening?" he asked. Ills very presence
dared her to remember him as he had
been two minutes before.
"No, I I shan't be home to-night.
Alzora holird herself stammering ns she
turned nnd fled.
She felt of a sudden very homesick
and nfrald nnd disillusioned. What
would it be to have one's husband look
at one that way when he was annoyed
op speak thnt way?
For a long time Alzora sat in the
dark at her window thinking that night
and then she turned up the gas and,
getting out Gus' letters, sat down and
answered them. It was almost ns
good ns talking to him. Chlengo Dally
News.
, Self-Evident.
Once when Chnuncey Olcott was In
Ireland he visited the wishing well at
Killarney with two plain, elderly spins
ters. Beside the well sat an old Irish
woman, who looked up into Mr. 01
cott's handsome face and asked :
"Pliat are you wishing for?"
"What do you think I wish for?"
he good naturally Inquired.
"Och, thin, for a beautiful young
swateheart, of course," she said.
He pointed to the two spinsters, who
stood at a little distance, and said:
"Don't you see that I have two with
me?"
"Ah, thin It's the grace o Qod
you're wishin' for," replied the sympa
thetic old woman. New York Times.
No doubt economy is a grent virtue,
but some people have a lot of money
they never have auy use for.