Lincoln County leader., April 16, 1909, Image 2

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CHILD DIE SHOULD BE BEAUTIFUL.
By Sir Oliver Lodge.
The ultimate bhject of religious training
must be to encourage such ideas and habits
as shall result in 'a happy childhood and a
sound and useful life.
The first real gods of a child are his pa
rents, however ungodlike they may be. And
hence arises that feeling of security and near
ness of protection and law which is one of
the luxuries of childhood, and. I mav add.
one of the responsibilities of parenthood. That nation
or colony which could insure that Its children should
spend their short and vitnl early years among healthy,
happy surroundings suited to their time of life and
state of development, and leading to a good, robust,
serviceable manhood and womanhood that nation would
in a few generations stand out from amongst the rest
of the world as something almost superhuman.
From my experience of the innate goodness of un
spoiled humanity I have an idea that if children could
be planted amidst favorable surroundings they would
nearly nil flourish and grow beautiful as plants do
under right conditions.
No fraction of the world or of the individual can be
thoroughly henlthy and happy while any member of it
is degraded and wretched.
BLUFF AND NOISE MODERN WEAPONS.
By Q. K. Chesterton.
Or. most political platforms, in most news
papers and magazines, I observe that there
are at present only two ideas, either to avoid
controversy or to conduct it by mere bluff
and noise. Evasion and violence are the only
expedients. A man must be deaf to his op
ponents' arguments; he may be deaf and si
lent, and this is called dignity; or he may
be deaf and noisy, and this is called "slashing
journalism " But both these things are equally remote
from the fighting spirit, which Involves an interest in
the enemy's movements in order to parry or to pierce
them.
It is part of that unchivalrous and even unmilitary
idea of bullying, of using bombastic terrors in order to
avoid a conflict which is at this moment the highest tur
ret of the tall hypocrisies of Europe. Europe is full
of the idea of bluff, the Idea of cowing the human spir
it with a painted panorama of physical force. We- see'lt
in the huge armaments which we dare to accumulate,
but Bhould hardly dare to use.
I do not like hovering and lingering threats of arma
ments nor do I like hovering and lingering threats of
riot. If reople want to have a revolution let them have
it and let it have the advantage of a revolution, that of
being drastic and decisive. But a mere parade of pos
sible war. seems merely a perpetual anarchy. Revolution
creates government, but anarchy only creates more anarchy.
SOCIETY MAKES "PROFESSION" OF CRIME.
By H. J. B. Montgomery.
Mtny penologists assert that the profession
sional criminal is a man whom it is hopeless
to reform. They say that he finds in crime'
not only a livelihood, but exhilaration, sport,
fascination. lie is a beast of prey, who must
be not only muzzled but caged in the inter
ests of society. I have no hesitation in stat
ing as the result of my experience that the
assumption which underlies the avguments of
the penologists is not only not correct, but is absolutely
fallacious. The criminal who finds a fascination in
crime has no existence save In the imagination of tho
penologist The 'professional criminal has been made
such by society. He is a prison product in the first in
stance, and when he is released from prison society gives
him clearly to understand that his place for the future
is with his own class the criminal class.
Out of the light of my own experience I declare that
men, even criminals, are not so hopeless, so callous, so
incorrigible, so devoid of human feelings as the penolo
gists would have us suppose. In every human being
there arc principles cf good and evil, and pocsib'.'.Uics
of either being evolved. The easiest way, I suggest, to
abolish the professional criminal is to cease manufactur
ing him.
HIGHEST FUNCTION OF THE CHURCH.
By Rev. A. H. Stephens.
The church must ever be the handmaid of
law enforcement and stand aggressively for
the suppression of vice and public Immorality.
The highest unction of the church is to serve
the community in which it is located, in its
civic, social and religious life. It should feel
Its responsibility to present a higher type of
life than Is found elsewhere, less influenced
by human prejudice and human passion, freer
from compromising entanglements and questionable alli
ances, exhibiting the purest form of social circumspec
tion and political and commercial probity.
The community has u right to expect something bet
ter from the church than it finds in itself higher ideals
and more unselfish endeavor at their realization. In
these respects the church owes It to the community that
it shall not be disappointed, but that it shall experience
the thrill, if not the surprise, of entire fulfillment. The
church must seek the co-operation and allegiance of the
contiguous populations, not for its own good, but for the
good of those sought, ever teaching the lesson by exam
ple that It is more noble to serve than to be served.
LINCOLN MOT LEADER
R E COLLINS. Editor
r N HAYDEN, Manager
TOLEDO OREGON
Come let us worry together about th
Ice crop !
If 'bachelors are to be taxed how can
they be expected to save enough mon
ey to get married?
Mr. Gompers says Just as good men
as he have been in Jail. Sure enough!
John Bunyan, not to speak of others.
Queen Lil thinks her claim against
the government will be paid. Anyway,
It won't hurt her to feel optimistic
bout it
European courts hold that the man
who owns land also owns the air over
It This looks like trouble for the
aeronauts.
It Is reported that a Germnn profes
sor has concussion of the brain. Prob
ably caused by a collision between two
trains of thought.
An Oklahoma woman has 301 ways
to cook corn. But mother will go on
soaking them In hot water and apply
ing father's best razor.
There is no good and sufficient rea
son why you should mind your own
business if other people will pay you
more for minding theirs.
More school children 'are made sick
by improper eating than by anything
else. The cooks' union should inspect
the food of all school children.
Mrs. William E. Annis asks: "Is
there no unwritten law for broken
hearted widows or fatherless chil
dren?" A very pertinent question.
Had a woman's club been in exist
ence in Mark Antony's time we should
not have had to wait till now to learn
that he married Cleopatra for her
money.
China now owns Its telegraph system
which makes us wonder if It isn't
quicker to send the Chinese language
by freight than try to strain the wires
with it.
An Eskimo, with a scientific educa
tion and the proper outfit. Is going
after the north pole in deadly earnest.
The Eskimos believe that the pole
should be kept at home.
"All children are liars," said a Wis
consin professor. A well-known biblical
personage who made the same state
ment concerning all men admitted af
terward that he spoke in haste.
One of the preachers says Adam was
a loafer. This decision has probably
been arrived at because we have no
proof that Adam ever got up In the
morning and put on the coffee pot for
Eve. (
Mr. Rockefeller has given another
million to the University of Chicago.
At the rate of a million a year it will
take him twenty-eight years more to
give away tho $20,000,000 saved by not
hnvlng to pay the flue assessed by
Judge Lnndls.
Massachusetts has a law to prevent
recklessness and speeding in automo
biles, which law may be rendered ridic
ulous by Its wrong punctuation, as it
forbids driving over roads "laid out
under the authority of the law reck
lessly or while under the influence of
liquor." Boston, In consequence, is In
rhetorical spasms.
An extraordinary demand has arisen
In the eastern counties of England, for
second-hand Bibles the older and dirt
ier the, better. Copies which formerly
realized four pence are now readily
bought for half a crown. They are
being used to manufacture evidence of
age in the case of old-age pensions. A
woman who produced a Bible to prove
her age as 70 from an entry on the
flyleaf had, unfortunately, omitted to
tear out tho title page, which showed
that the Bible was printed in 1805.
In the advertising columns of the
newspapers are found the business
cards of countless seers and clairvoy
ants, who promise for a small sura to
rend the veil of the future and tell"
their patrons what is going to happen
to them. That palmists, card readers
and clairvoyants are able to pay for
the advertisements which appear in the
same place day after day is evidence
that they find enough credulous persons
to keep the prediction business on a
paying basis. Their victims are beyond
reason, or they would reflect that the
forecaster of future events, such as
the condition of the stock market six
months ahead, would make more
money by using his knowledge for his
own benefit than by selling it for two
dollars. Besides the prophets who are
In the business for the profit there is
in it, the world in blessed with gen-
roua philanthropic seers, who pannsn
free of charge predictions, always of
some disaster, as great storms, earth
quakes, wars, and the end of the world.
Sometimes an event obligingly falls
out on somebody's prediction, and a
reputation is made. If seers in all
parts of the world keep on foreseeing
earthquakes every day or two, an
earthquake, when it comes, will be like
ly to find a prophecy awaiting It. The
room is so taken up with predictions
that an event must alight on one of
them. A prophet destroys the world
every day or so. But the world obsti
nately refuses to be destroyed, and
when it comes to an end, only one
prophet will be entitled to gasp, "I
told you so!" A year ago Mme. de
Thebes of France predicted war be
tween Japan and America in Novem
ber, 1008. Instead, a little later, There
was the exchange of peaceful notes.
Nothing daunted, madame predicts ter
rible wars between next August and
February, 1910. So look out for a "red
year.",
An Interesting study of "College En
trance Requirements in Theory and
Practice" which appeared In. The In
dependent presented a long list of uni
versities and colleges at which a very
large percentage of the students were
admitted with conditions. One of these
institutions, which took In more than
50 per cent on these terms, formerly
insisted that all conditions should be
worked off before the student could
enter the freshman class. The appli
cant hnd to pass examinations, no
matter what school they came from. If
they took the examinations early in the
summer and failed in certain studies
they worked on those studies through
the summer vacation and tried again
at the opening of the college In the fall.
If they failed this time in whole or
in part they were kept out untH they
could make good. With the system
changed, entering with conditions has
become the rule, and such a history
emphasizes, we think, some of the
points that are made by John G. Bow
man, the writer of the article in The
Independent. If the purpose of the
colleges is to increase the student roll
it is no doubt successful, but the ques
tion naturally arises: "What signifi
cance have the requirements?" They
are, as Mr. Bowman says, not a real
minimum, "they are at best an osten
sible minimum, any part of which is
liable in most colleges to temporary
suspension and occasionally to complete
abrogation." , There Is no standard
worthy of the name, but merely a pre
tense at a standard. The requirements
look big in the catalogue, but the dis
cretion that is used takes all the fervor
out of them and reduces them to an
absurdity. There is no real co-operation
between the secondary school and
the college, but an excellent opportu
nity is offered for passing along the
unfit. If numbers alone is the object
Mr. Bowman is right in saying that
"the college has embarked upon a dan
gerous course which threatens its sin
cerity and its efficiency." On the other
hand, if the printed requirements are
unreasonable, "it Is time not to make
exceptions that confuse all standards
and demoralize students, but seriously
to face the problem of organizing pre
paratory education on a basis that is
really vital and Indispensable, and of
devising , machinery capable of en
forcing it"
Beaata Pond of Tobacco.
We have all heard of how to tame a
lion or tiger by steadily keeping the eye
fixed on him. According to an expert
animal trainer a more effective method
is a cigar or cigarette, says ' the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
"Nearly every wild beast that 1 have
ever como .across," said this man, "is
fond of tobneco In some shape or form
I made this discovery quite accident
ally. One, of the visitors who was
smoking a cigar puffed some of the
smoke Into the lion's face as he lay
asleep In the cage.
"I expected to see a real riot, but in
stead of that the lion, after giving a
couple of sneezes, moved quietly up to
the bars and raised his nose snlfTlngly,
as if asking for a second dose. I have
tried the experiment on all sorts of
wild animals since and I have found
that most of them enjoy thoroughly a
big sniff of tobacco.
"We "Used to spJadhaktyu. !k-lng aao
"We had a bear here once that used
to rub his nose and back against the
bars of his cnga Just like a cat asking
to be stroked whenever any one smok
ing a cigar came near him.. Antelopes
and wild goats aren't satisfied with the
mere whiff. If you give them a cigar
or a cigarette they will swallow It
eagerly and, what is more, seem to suf
fer no bad effects from their meal."
ReapnnalbllHy.
First Little Girl (conversing at the
school gate I can hemstitch and feath
er stitch and my mother lets me make
things for baby.
Second Little Girl That's nothing.
I'm let go by myself to draw beer.
Manchester Guardian.
We heard it remarked to-day that
carelessness la the first step toward
stealing.
SONG OF THE BY-AND-BY.
It seems bo far to the happy day
When the clouds will leave the sky,
But 'tis sweet to hear, when the world
is gray,
The song of the By-and-By !
I
The hills and rills they are shining
bright,
And our cares like phantoms fly ;
An echo sweet in the lonesome night
Is the song of the By-and-By I
It Reems so far to the happy day,
But its rest they'll not deny;
We hear what the angels sing and say
In the song of the By-and-By!
Frank L. Stanton.
Clarence and the Code
Clarence had looked fQrward to the
two weeks of holiday time through all
the school months. But when Christ
mas had come, his brother, who was
the messenger for the firm of Walwlck
& Wnldon, suddenly became ill. "He'll
be on his feet in a week," the doctor
said, but in tho meantime the poor lad
was worrying about his place in the
office.
"Can't I take your place?" asked,
Clarence.
Thus It was arranged and for the
two days before New Year's Clarence
ran errands and did everything that
was asked of him. Just as the office
was being closed the night before New
Year's, Mr. Walwlck called him and
said that he expected to come down
town the next morning although the
office would be closed, and he wished
Clarence to be sure and get the mall
and place it on his desk and wait for
him.
It was quite early when Clarence
found his way Inside the silent build
ing. He had brought his skates with
him, as there was to be a hockey game
later, and there was to be the family
dinner and the usual good time on
New Year's afternoon. He carefully
put the mail on Mr. Walwlck's desk and
sat down to wait. The janitor came
and swept, but Mr. Walwlck, did not
come. There was still plenty of time
before the game, but the clock hands
were slowly turning. Finally he
, picked up a magazine and turned over
the pages. The hour when he should be
playing came.
The game was on now, he knew.
The office was getting chilly and he
walked around from room to room. He
looked at the clock. The game must
have been over for some time and they
would be expecting him for dinner.
He was getting cold and hungry.
Strange as it was, when he begau to
give up hope the time seemed to go
faster. Finally he curled up on a couch
and went to sleep.
Dream after dream tumbled over
each other, and In the midst of a won
derful hockey game, where everybody
skated about eating hot goose and cran
berries, he heard a bell. He wondered
what It could be and before he could
ask he awoke with a start. Almost at
his ear the telephone bell was ringing.
He jumped and took down the re
ceiver. "Hello !" he shouted.
"Is this Walwlck & Waldon?"
"Yes, this is Walwlck & Waldon's
office."
"Well, I hardly hoped to catch any
HELLO I" HE SHOUTED.
one. Take down this cablegram and
rush it through to Mr. Walwlck.
"'Calcutta, India, Jan. 2.
"'Spike sugar Hardly new candle.
"'Spiegel, Hocker & Sons.'
"There, have you got that? All right
Repeat it All right Good-by."
Clarence rubbed his eyes. There was
the message written out, but what a
message I It did not mean anything and
it was dated a day ahead. He remem
bered hearing that Mr. Walwlck lived
in some hotel. He had seen the name
some place. Ob, yes, it waa n the
magazines. There it was, The Albero.
Like a flash he ran downstairs and
Jumped on a street car.
In about twenty minutes he reached
the hotel, and as he stepped in the door
he saw Mr. Wnlwick Just entering the
dining room. He rushed up to him and
Mr. Walwlck looked at him In surprise
and then remembered his face.
"Yes, what Is It?"
"It's a message telephoned In, sir,'
and he gave over the slip of paper.
Mr. Walwlck looked It over and
quickly took a book out of his pocket
went to the hotel office and wrote a
half a dozen telegrams.
"That was a close shave." he said
half aloud, and then noticed Clarence
at his side.
"How under the sun did you hap
pen to be at the office?"
"You told me to wait, sir, until you
came."
Then he told the whole story, and
when he had finished the head of tho
great firm of Walwlck & Waldon took
the messenger boy by the hand Just as
If he had been a grown man and said :
"My lad, you've saved us a great
deal of money, and now I .think that
I would better take you home in my
automobile just as fast as I can. Your
mother will be worrying about you."
When, they were seated In the big
machine and were wrapped in by the
heavy robes, Mr. Walwlck suddenly
asked what the boy had thought by
the peculiar message.
"I thought it was very funny, but
how could It be dated January 2, when
this is New Year's?"
"You will have to ask your school
teacher to explain why, but you see
the earth turns round the sun and it
Is the day after New Year's in India
now. Each of the queer words in the
message means a whole sentence when
you look them up in a little book I
carry. We call it a code."
When they came to Clarence's
house, Mr. Walwlck went into the
warm parlor and told the story to his
mother. Then he took a piece of paper
and wrote something on it "What
do you think that means?" he said :
Waw heart wire Clarence Young
desk apple,
"I might tell you, sir, If I had the
code," said Clarence.
"Well, here is the code book. You
and your mother can look it up."
And this waa what they read by
looking up the words:
"Walwlck A Walden hereby promise
to give Clarence Young the best educa
tion possible at their expense." The
Housekeeper. ,