Lincoln County leader., April 30, 1909, Image 2

LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER
RC COLLINS, Editor
r N HAYDCN, Manager
TOLEDO OREGON
It took a man to writ the prize
Winning woman suffrage poem.
In the course of time February will
be wholly devoted to celebrating the
birthdays of great men.
Prof. Zuebllng says woman la a live
problem. There Is no doubt she keeps
many busy hunting for the answer.
E.II. Harrlmnn Is looking for young
men to fill $50,000 positions. How
ever, he is looking for $50,000 men.
The Los Angeles Express tells of
ptomaines In hnsh In that town. There
Is everything in hash from ptouaHs
IP.
When a Tennessee man Is called to
do Jury duty he runs the risk of being
found gulty of being able to read and
write.
A St Louis philologist wants the
Simplified Spelling Board to tackle the
word "colonel." Why pass "lieuten
ant" by?
"The per capita circulation .of
money Is steadily rising," says the
Richmond Times-Dispatch. But does
It really circulate per capita?
i
One of the curious things about some
Of the men who think they look like
Lincoln Is that they act as If they con
sidered It creditable to Lincoln.
King Edward and Kaiser Wllhelm
have had such an enjoyable time to
gether that Great Britain has Just de
cided to build six more big battle
ships. Andrew Curnegle admits that Rob
ert Burns was one. of the most extra
ordinary men ever born, although it is
well known that the poet never saved
$1,000,000.
The Rosebud settlers are calling for
girls who are willing to become, wives.
Before going the girls should be'given
to understand that Rosebud Isn't a
flower garden.
Because his wife would not. permit
him to remain away from home at
night for the purpose of playing pe
nuchle a New Jersey man hanged
himself. She must have been right
In feeling that she ought to watch
him,
A Pennsylvania carpenter recently
burned a barn In order that he might
get a Job as a builder. He can at
least set up the claim that there would
be no Justice In fining him for try
ing to operate a combination In re
straint of trade.
Panics In burning halls are becoming
less frequent, thanks not to fewer
fires, but to excellent co-operation on
all hands. Twelve hundred people
walked quietly out of a blazing the
ater in New York recently. No one
was hurt, and but one girl fainted.
The orchestra aided the exit by play
ing until the place was emptied.
What boy born during the current
year will be the Abraham Lincoln or
the Charles Darwin of the century?
Both Darwin and Linaoln were born
on February 12, 1800. The same
year saw the birth of Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred
Tennyson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
and Felix MciidclRsohn-Bartholdy, to
say nothing of scores of men famous
In other branches of learning.
It only renin ins for us to hope that
chicken farmers generally throughout
the land will get busy now with the
brush and the green paint. If there Is
one thing we need in the markets above
all tilings, it Is more eg and cheaper.
If the hens will double their efforts,
the price must tumble as Inevitably as
that the sunshine must follow the rain.
The hens will double their efforts If
preen paint Is offered as an Inducement.
The bargain is so much to the advan
tage of the owners of the paint and
the remainder of mankind in general
thnt It would seem compounding a nion
umental folly to hesitate In the emer
gency upon us.
Some day not very far distant, it
Is hoped, exporters and tiimoi-ters in
the United States will awaken to the
realization that South America offers
them exceptional business nnnnrtnn
ltles, and then probably a systematic
and determined effort will be made to
wrest from Europe the trade whteh
geographically speaking, belongs to
us. Why this rich field has not hpon
cultivated Is one of the mysteries
which for a decade has puzzled cltl
rens who visited the continent to the
south. Perhaps the explanation is
that we have been too busy extending
our trade to Europe and Asia, but
Whatever the cause, the, time has
passed when American merchants CM
any longer afford u Ignore the possi
bilities apparent to the well Informed.
With what scorn do certain of our
economic reformers scoff at the girl
who prefers working for five dollars a
week In store or office rather than In
a factory or mill for twice or three
times that amount as a skilled oper
ative. Yet how little are they Justi
fied. The Ideal destiny of every prop-erly-brougut-up
young woman Is mar
riage. There are no old maids of 18.
The girl who expects to earn her own
living only for a few years Isn't study
ing out economic problems as they
may relate to her earning capacity at
thirty. Bless her heart, no. The Idea
that she may be still earning her own
living at that age never enters her
head until thnt age Is at hand. She
finds that, lightly or wrongly, there
in an Indefinable but nonetheless dis
tinct social line between the stenog
rapher and the weaver; between the
girl who sells a hat to a customer and
the girl who made the hat in the
workroom. Quite unconsciously she
caters to the social ends of life. She
probably would not explain it Just
that way, but she prefers to be the
stenographer or the saleswoman. The
possibilities of her marrying well are
greater. Her married estate and the
social position of herself and her chil
dren are more Important than the pay
envelope. She will be a wage-earner
only a few years. She expects to be
a wife for many. What are the few
against the many? The social reform
ers are all wrong. Pride does not
cause this point of view In the work
lug girl. It is instinct, primal, prop
er, pure Instinct, as broad as creation.
And If the dear reformers imagine
they can eradicate or change it they
are very badly mistaken. For which
the whole world should be very, very
thankful.
The commission on country life has
not had time to complete Its Investiga
tions, 'but it has had time to demon
strate its usefulness and the wisdom
of Its methods. It has silenced the
cheap and silly critics who thought It
wildly absurd even to suggest that, as
they flippantly put it, "the farmer
needed uplifting." The problems of
rural life, known to the thoughtful, are
now more generally understood and the
farmers themselves have displayed an
active Interest in their proper solution.
It Is true that prosperity chiefly comes
from the soil. It Is true that the rural
areas of the great west have been the
hope and the envy of many city tollers
in counting rooms and offices. It is
true that Iowa and Nebraska,have not
known the worries which the panic
brought to Wall street But no intelli
gent student of rural life imagines that
it Is a life of unalloyed Joy. There Is
misery on farms; there Is excessive
toil, there Is solitude leading In many
instances to Insanity; there Is lack of
sanitary and other modern facilities;
there is backwardness in agricultural
and business organization. The farmer,
like the city dweller, needs co-operation
and increased efficiency in organization.
He needs better schools for his chil
dren, more social and aesthetic life,
Improved rural libraries and a score of
other things. He has advanced in late
years, thanks to institutes, congresses,
postal progress, road construction, eov-
ernmental aid and Interest In him : but
we are at the beginning rather than
at the end of the process of the read
justment of rural conditions to the
standards of modern civilization in In
dustry, in education, in recreation, In
religious and social life. The commis
sion can be of help to the farmer In
various ways, chiefly of course by
means of discussion, definite expression
of his own feelings and practical sug
gestions. It is to be hoped that Con
gress will recognize the value of the
commission's work and vote the small
appropriation necessary to its continu
ance.
Woman Succeeds at Farming;.
"I see no reason why a woman can
not earn as good a living on a stnall
farm as in any' other field."
Such Is the assertion, made with the
cheerful certainty of one who has tried
It and succeeded by a Connecticut
woman, Mrs. Jane C. Barrow, who has
for the past eight years supported her
self and sent two children to school, on
the earnings of a four-acre farm, only
one acre of which Is available for
planting and buildings.
"If a woman Is as fond of the coun
try as I am," said Mrs. Barrow, "she
will not find It a hardship, but rather
a pleasure.. I had everything to learn
and I have succeeded, so I think other
women could do as well. I began with
a small boy as assistant; now I hnve
a woman and a man and wo are all
three kept pretty busy."
When this energetic and courageous
woman took her lnnd she was forced to
go Into debt for money to pay for
groceries enough to keep her and the
two children until the farm began to
make returns. Technical World Maga
zine. People always behave themselves a
little better when they get to thinking
seriously of Judgment Day.
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I HOW THE WIRELESS WORKS !
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ROP a stone Into the surface of a lak at rest rtmilnr vitm
D will expand In every direction on' the plane or flat surface. If
I a similar disturbance could he made In the air the waves would
n a verso in every uireciion ana tne complete wave rrout at tne
limit would be a sphere. Any light object on the water or sus
pended In the air would move slightly. Suppose we fire a re
volver In still afr, a disturbance would be set up and waves
started that would be translated into sound by a distant tympanic mem
brane In an ear. Firing rifles or revolvers so as to represent dots and dashes
In the waves thus established would not work. So they fire the giant force
electricity across a narrow nir gap between carbon points. The electricity
Is stepped up to very high perssure voltage hi the carbons. Finally the pent
up force becomes so great that it breaks the resistance of the almost non
conducting air and rushes across the other carbon with immense speed.
This disruption of the air starts a wave as does a stone falling in water
or the discharge of a gun In air. But the outburst of electricity Is many
thousands of times more powerful than either. The sharp sounds heard by
those near a wireless telegraphic transmitter have nothing to do with the
message. They are sounds due to air waves. But a wireless telegram could
be sent through space devoid of air, for the waves are electro-magnetic, not
aerial. They move in ether, supposed to fill all space and all matter. Many
devices have been made to secure sparks through air-gaps. Condensers of
electricity have been employed at high pressure; Dynamos giving rise to dif
ferent wave-lengths are In dally use, also at lower pressures. Wave char
acteristics are modified In a number of ways, and also methods of receiving.
Waves of electricity can be set uj whose lengths vary between an Inch and
as much as a thousand miles. There Is an incredible number of lengths In
between these, so telegraphers will have little trouble in selecting any length
and making sending and receiving instruments In tune as agreed upon. Sup
pose these should be tuned to a wave-length of 100 feet; then others with in
struments attuned to ninety or 110 feet could not cut the other's message
out of space and hear what was being sent
The electricity, from whatever source, Is turned into and cut out of
the sending apparatus by an ordinary telegraphic key, which makes and
breaks the circuit.
Suppose It Is desired to typewrite a telegram as received. Then the
power Is not sent on the magnetic waves from the sending station. This
would require enormous supplies of electricity. Waes are sent as usual;
these are received by delicate mechanism wholly unable to print anything.
But sensitive apparatus receives the Incoming waves, turns on power from
local courses, and this actuates the printing devices. The circumference of
the earth at the equator Is 24,808 miles. In order to telegraph "around the
world" It would be necessary to send through not more than half this dis
tance from nation to nation. And no doubt exists but that it will be accom
plished. Wireless telegraph Is one of the most impressive conquests of nature
ever made by mnn
.Science
tSFftvention
The only attempt ever made to mine
iron ore in British Columbia proved
unprofitable. Zinc mining also Is
practically at a standstll.
The Italian government has ordered
800,000 reinforced concrete railroad
ties, made by a recently patented for
mula, for experimental purposes.
Recent examination of concrete sub
jected to the action of locomotive
gases for thirteen years showed that
It had not been affected by them.
The largest coral reef In the world
Is the Great Barrier, off the northern
coast of Australia. It is 1,000 miles
long and, In places, 30 miles wide.
Japan's new crop of peppermint Is
expected to produce almost 150,000
pounds of menthol crystals and nearly
220,000 pounds of oil of peppermint.
Electric storms are of almost dally
occurrence on the high Grand plateau
of Bolivia, being especially severe Just
before the beginning of the rainy sea
son each year.
A scheme for the adoption of a
standard gauge for Spanish railways,
to conform to other European nations,
Is under consideration by the govern
ment of that country.
A bird census of Illinois by a uni
versity professor recorded 85 species.
The number was estimated at 30,750,
000, of which the English sparrow was
put down for 5,500,000.
A big baking firm of Cape Colony
has Imported an American plant, with
up-to-date machinery, to use imported
flour, In opposition to bakers controll
ed by the millers of that country.
The Argentine government during
the past year has begun the develop
ment of a new petroleum-field at Cotn
odoro Rlvadavla, on the Bay of St.
George, east coast of Patagonia. The
first oll-bearlng stratum was found at
a depth of 1,770 feet, in a cretaceous
formation. The government well
yields 13 or 14 tons of oil per day
without pumping. The oil Is dark
brown and very heavy, and seems es
pecialy adapted for fuel.
Observations at the New Mexico
Agricultural Experiment Station indi
cate the following ways In which ex
cessive cattle-grazing is Injurious to
land:- The kinds of plants preferred
by the cattle are . eaten before they
have time to seed, and so die out,
leaving less valuable plants to occupy
their place. The soil becomes so com
pacted, especially near drlnking-places,
that rain-water will not sink in. . The
paths made by the animals give direc
tion to the flow of surface water and
lead to erosion of the soil.
The German naval constructors have
recently turned out a peculiar form of
dock-ship, intended particularly for
I tile salvage of disabled submarines
and torpedo-boats. It consists of two
hulls resembling ships linked together,
rore and aft, high above the water,
by steel girders made ud of angles and
plates. A torpedo-boat, or submarine,
can steam between the two hulls, and
then be lifted by. cranes and tackles
until It rests upon a Dlatform formed
by hinged beams projecting across
rrom one hull to the other. The pro
peller shafts of the dock-ship are driv
en by electric motors.
KEPT UNDERTAKERS BUST.
Horn Alwaya Stopped at Houaea
Where Crape Hang on Door,
Having reached such a degree of zeal
ousness In behalf of his owner's busi
ness Interests that he would stop In
front of any house on the front of
which symbols of mourning were dis
played, Dan, for twenty years a faith
ful horse for Thomas M. O'Brien, an
undertaker of Bayonne, N. J., has been
retired on a pension. The undertaker
made arrangements with a farmer in
Orange county to take good care of
Dan for the rest of his life, and to
give him decent burial when he dies.
Dnn was shipped , away yesterday.
Twice when on the way to the railroad
station the horse balked, and It was
noticed that each time he balked it
was In front of a house with crape
hanging on the door. It was not un
til the driver whispered in Dan's ear
that his boss already had the Jobs that
the intelligent animal consented to
move on.
Dan knows the way to and from ev
ery cemetery within 20 miles of
Bayonne. ' Some persons even assert
that he knows most of the family plots
In those cemeteries. More than once
the horse placed O'Brien In an exceed
ingly embarrassing position by stop
ping with a hearse In front of houses
on which mourning was displayed re
gardless of whether O'Brien had been
retained to have charge of the burial.
One of the stipulations entered Into
between O'Brien and the Orange coun
ty farmer Is that Dan must not be com
pelled to do any work. He must have
good oats and timothy hay in winter
and, added to that, all the grass he
can eat in spring, summer and fall.
"He's earned his retirement by twen
ty years of faithful work," O'Brien
said. "If he were a ninn Instead of a
horse,' he would have been a partner
long before this. He was simply In
defatigable In hunting for new busi
ness. New York Press.
Made Hla Dlagnoala.
"What diagnosis did the doctor
make of your wife's Illness?" "Said
she Is suffering from overwork." "Is
that so?" "Yes, he looked at her
tongue and reached his decision im
mediately." No Will and Jfo War.
Folks as have no mind to be o' use
have always the luck to be out o' the
road when there's anything to be done;
George Eliot.
And some people seem to derive a
lot of satisfaction from being misunderstood.
Kitchen Appliance.
In the illustration below Is shown an
economical and easily utilized appli
ance for use in connection with small
ranges or gas
stoves, and espe
cially useful for
single burner gas
Btoves, for using
the heat of the
burner for cooking
purposes and at
the same time for
heating Irons.
With this arrange
ment the house
BTOVC APPLIANCE.
keeper Is enabled to continue the use
of the burner for simultaneously heat
ing the Irons and cooking. It com
prises an inverted, pan-shaped body
adapted to be set In the stove top or
over the gas burner. On one side is
an opening for the Insertion and with
drawal of the Iron and a perforated
top that forms a rest and heating base
for the cooking utensil. Covering the
upelilug la tt Liligcd uuu, to prCTCCt
the heat from escaping. The irons by
reason of being encased are heated
quickly since the beat Is concentrated
and maintained with the bolder. To
withdraw the Irons conveniently a low
shaped wire handle Is employed.
Baked Corned Ham.
Soak bam over night In morning
clean and pare and wash with vine
gar, but do not dry. Put Into a roast
ing pan, skin side down, covering the
pared side with a thick paste of flour
and water. Mix together one cupful
of cold water, half a cupful of vine
gar, a tablespoonful of molasses and a
tablespoonful of onion Juice, Pour over
the ham, cover and bake, allowing 30
minutes to the pound. Baste frequent
ly. Take up the bam, scrape off the
paste, remove the skin, sprinkle with
cracker crumbs and brown In the oven.
8erve either liot or cold.
Chicken Salad.
Boll a small chicken until very ten
der. When entirely cold remove the
skin and fat cut the meat Into small
bits, then cut the white part of two
heads of celery into pieces the same
size. Mix the chicken and celery to
gether, pour on a salad dressing and
stir all thoroughly. Salads may be
made of cold roaJ or boiled turkey or '
chicken, or cold boiled mutton (chopped
fine), and lettuce may be used Instead
of celery. In this case If you wish to
flavor It with celery, sprinkle In It a
little celery salt
Gema.
The delicious rice gems served at
breakfast in an uptown home are made
in this way: A cupful of cold boiled
rice is moistened with a couple of
tablespoonfuls of milk or cream, a pint
of sifted graham flour is added, salt
spoonful of salt and three-fourths of a
cupful of sweet milk are stirred in, and
after beating thoroughly the mixture Is
baked In hot gem Irons In a hot oven.
Fried Crumpets.
Work together a half-cup each ot
butter and sugar, add two well-beaten
eggs, three tablespoonfuls of cream or
rich milk, a teaspoouful of baking pow
der and flour enough to make a dough
that can be rolled out. Roll very thin,
cut Into long strips, make a slash In
the center of each, turn one end
through and boll In hot fat. When
done sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Broiled Oyster. -
Have large, freshly opened oysters ,
clean and wipe them to have them as
dry as possible. Season a half cupful
of olive oil with salt, pepper, paprika,
lemon Juice and horseradish, and into
it dip each oyster. Roll the oysters
afterward In a little flour, arrange oa
. buttered gridiron and broil.
Chocolate Fcdge.
Put into a granite saucepan a cup oi
grated chocolate, a gill of sweet milk
and a quarter-cupful of molasses. Boil
until a little hardens if dropped into
Ice water. Add a teaspoonful of va
nilla, take from the fire and beat until
gruulated.
Orange and Balaln Pie.
Peel one large sweet orange and cut
In small pieces. Add one tablespoon of
flour, two tablespoons of sugar. Chop
and cook one cup of raisins and add
to the orange. Bake with two crusts.
Short Soarseatlona.
Grained woodwork should be washed
with weak tea. "
Five cents' worth of whiting kept
In a bathroom closet is a cheap and
quick polisher of nickel fixings.
Add a teaspoonful of lemon Juice to
the water In which prunes are cooked.
The sirup will be much improved la
flavor.