Lincoln County leader., May 21, 1909, Image 6

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LINCOLN GOIM LEADER
R f COLLINS, Editor
T N HAYDEN, Manager
TOLEDO OREGON
Anyway, there are too many wild
animals In Africa.
There is a hint that Taf fa new horse
will be supplied with reinforced con
crete ribs.
George Ade Is now a member of the
National Institute of Arts and Lot-
tens I Gee!
To be a good conversationalist Is
well, but to be a good conversationalist
Jier la better.
The river In Mammoth cave threat
ens to fall In line with the rest of
Kentucky and go dr.
Coming down to a fine point, every
body will agree we should have civil
service In taking the census.
A bachelor should be handled, with
care. Tax him and you virtually give
him a license to remain single.
You may not bnnk on the judgment
of a volatile, light-hearted man, but
Isn't he agreeable to have around?
Aunt Hetty Green has as good na
promised her daughter that when she
flics she will not take her money with
her.
With one hundred thousand bache
lors In the State of Texas, what be
comes of the theory that every Jack
has his Jill?
The Methodist, Presbyterian and
Lutheran churches of Parkton, S. D.,
are talking of combining. This shows
almost more than human Intelligence.
"It Is surprising how many grown
people there are who can't spell," re
marks the Atchison Globe. And they
are not all spelling reformers, either.
When King Edward and Emperor
William met In Berlin each kissed the
other on the cheek. The cable does not
report that anybody was moved to
tears.
Suits against big corporations resem
ble the storm clouds on the great
plains; they are very large and black
and emit great thunders, but nothing
iver happens.
Hetty Green's son-in-law Is reported
to be troubled somewhat by rheuma
tism, but there Is no likelihood that he
will be bothered much by gout If hp
Uves with his mother-in-law.
A Kansas womnn wants a divorce be
cause her husband compelled her to put
on a pair of his trousers and work In
the field. He should at least have per
mitted her to have new trousers.
Texas has a new law which provide
that people who desire to get married
In that state must give ten days' notice
of the fact. But what If they don't
know it themselves so long before?
Tourists with money have so care
fully avoided Bandit Ralsull's neigh
borhood that he has been reduced to
accepting the governorship of a prov
ince. To be sure there are taxes, yet
a governor Is handicapped where a
bandit Is not.
The Cleveland Leader tells a good
story, Illustrative of business success,
about a Swedish miner In the West
who was noted for always striking pay
dirt. Ills fellows thought that there
must be some secret to this unusual
ucceRS, and questioned him as to how
he always succeeded in finding the spot
where the gold cropped out. "Veil, Ay
don't know ef Ay can tell anytang 'bout
dat," answered Ole. "Ay only know
flat Ay yust keep on dlggln'."
The Earl of Leicester, who died re
cently, was known as the "first- fnrmor
of England." On the great estates
which he Inherited from his father
were first Introduced methods of scien
tific farming which have greatly bene
fited EngllBh agriculture. They Include
the four-course rotation In crops, tur
nips, barley, clover, wheat and the live
stock shows." The earl was interesting
not only as a farmer, but as an exam
ple of longevity In a long-lived family.
No less than one hundred and fifty
seven years separated the birth of the
father and the death of the son, and
the son married his second wife one
hundred years after the father married
his first The father of the earl who
has recently died hended a deputation
from Norfolk to urge George III to ac
knowledge the Independence of the
American colonies. He died at the age
of ninety, the son at the age of eighty
seven. A certain philosopher declares that
a woman Is known by her mouth. Not
by the words that Issue therefrom, but
by the shape and color of the Hps,
and the lines and dimples that gathei
about this Important feature. He Is
supported In his theory by physiogno
mists, who all endeavor to impress us
with the fact that no woman with the
small red-lipped, "Cupid-bow" mouth,
so praised in song and poetry, was ever
intellectual or generous of heart; and
It is consoling to those whose mouths
are not In accordance with the lines of
beauty laid down by the poets to be
told that a "wide, straight mouth, with
strong white teeth" denotes the woman
of superior Intelligence, goodness of
heart, strength of mind and a thousand
and one other sterling qualities, which
we all like to think we possess, says
the New York Weekly. It Is the fash
ion nt present to hold the lips very
slightly apart. This is supposed to give
that Innocent, wistful, wonderful ex
pression which was the peculiar prop
erty of the heroines of old-fashioned
novels, but which bicycle riding and
kindred modern amusements have caus
ed to vanish.
There really Is nothing in Chicago
that a visitor cannot buy. Or, to be
exact, there Is nothing in Chicago that
some obliging gentleman wearing a
large checked suit Is not willing to
sell to the visitor at a bargain. The
latest bargains put before bucolic
strangers are to be found in Its collec
tion of public parks. It seems strange
that the parks were not put on the
market before, along with the skyscrap
ers, the stock yards, the bronze lions
at the entrance to the Art Institute
and the glided Dlauu 011 the lower of
the towering Ward Building. But
it seems they were overlooked until an
Iowa cattle raiser was seen gazing with
enjoyment at the broad acres and the
lagoons of Sherman I'ark, .whereupon it
was sought to convince him that a
park in the city was Just what every
farmer ought to own. It would cost
only $1,800 careful questioning having
developed that to be the amount of the
stranger's roll but. much to the dis
gust of the prospective purchaser, some
meddlesome policemen came along and
spoiled the deal by arresting the renl
estate agents. Beyond doubt some other
Western cattle raiser, lenrnlne of this
latest outrage upon the prerogative of
an American citizen to buv whnt h
wants, will feel Impelled to get even
by going on with a few hundred dollars
and purchasing Lincoln Park or the
Lake Shore drive so quietly that the
police will not know anything about
it. Prosperity In the cattle business
and prosperity In the confidence indus
try appear to be one and lnseuarable
if only they are relieved from the in
terference of a paternalistic govern.
tuent
INK.
ANDREW' CABKEG IE.
GREAT WEALTH AND HAPPINESS.
By Andrew Carnegie.
Beyond a competence for old age,
which need not be great' and may
be very small, wealth lessens rather
1 hi n Intenn one 1. . . u ...
Jf5? 13Pf 5f Millionaires who 1 augh are rare.
ine deplorable family quarrels
which bo often afflict the rich gen
erally have their rise in sordid dif
ferences about money. The most
miserable of men as 'old age ap
proaches are those who have made
money-getting their god; like flies
on the wheel, these unfortunates
fondly believed they were really
driving It, only to find when tired
and craving rest that it Is impossible for them to get
Off, and they are lost plenty to retire upon but nothing
to retire to, and so they end as they began, striving to
add to their useless hoards, passing into nothingness,
leaving their money behind for heirs to quarrel over.
Gigantic fortunes, in the nature of things must be
fewer and harder to build up in the future than in the
past Most great enterprises are now In the corporate
form. The writer knows but one man now in active busi
ness who is likely to have an exceptionally large estate,
and the foundation of that was laid more than half a
century ngo by the purchase of timber lands which have
Increased enormously In value. Meanwhile, our immedi
ate duty, is to distribute surplus wealth to the best of
our abilities in such forms as we believe best calculated
to improve existing conditions. We must all learn the
great truth that only competence Is desirable, almost nec
essary, wealth non-essential, and when It does come it is
only a sacred trust to be administered only for the gen
eral good.
VACCINATION TOE TYPHOID.
By Dr. J. C. Torrey.
Typhoid fever is one of these distinctively
human Infectious diseases for which pre
ventive vaccinations have been attempted.
The results are of general Interest because
of the widespread prevalence of this fever.
Pfelffer and Kolle reported In 1898 the phe
nomena following the Injection Into man of
the bacillus typhosus killed by heat. Their
most important observation was that these in
jections Imparted to the blood of human beings specific
bacteria-killing properties, Just as they protected guinea
pigs against fatal doses of the bacillus.
Taking advantage of the almost certain epidemics of
typhoid fever in military camps, Sir E. A. Wright in
stituted an extensive test of anti-typhoid accine among
the British soldiers in the Boer war. The vaccine con
sisted of cultures of the typhoid germ grown in broth
for several weeks and then sterilized by heat and an
antiseptic. Thousands of soldiers were treated with'
standardized amounts of this vaccine. As to whether
the results Justified the trouble and disagreeable effects
of the treatment there is great diversity of opinion.
The statistics of the British war office were considered
unfavorable,.and the prophylactic Inoculations have been
officially discontinued. Wright has claimed that the
general results were favorable, and In this opinion he
is supported by the majority of the medical men who
followed the experiments.
Metsehnikoff has placed the great weight of his Judg
ment in favor of the utility of a continued trial of the
prophylactic. According to Wright, the most exact data
are those in regard to the army men isolated at the
'siege of Lsdysmlth, and here there were only one-eighth
as many cases among the vaccinated as among the un
vaccinated, with the mortality very much lower in the
former. Wright has found that especially good protec
tion is afforded by two successive vaccinations. He nonr
injects fiubcutaneously In the first dose about 1,000,000
dead typhoid bacilli, and In the second, given approxi
mately a week later. 2,000.000. Ha rper's.
GRAVE DANGER OF THE T00-I0ND MOTHER.
By Edith Shackleton..
Mien a woman declares: "I am complete
ly bound up in my children," or, "I have no
interests outoldii my home," u clioius of com
mendation of these callous confessions arises.
This overdeveloped maternal Instinct, with
its almost invariable accompaniment of snob
bishness, Is Just as dangerous to the nation's
welfare as the overdeveloped self-preservative
Instinct that Impels men of the Rockefeller
type to seize and hold everything that happens to be
knocking around, and there is no place for either of
them in the true democracy.
The hnvoc that can be wrought by a single specimen
of the fond mother Is instanced In history, and has In
spired nt least one great novel. All the misery and
tragedy In "Trilby" came through a fond mother of the
malignant type. This specimen said she was acting for
the good of her child. To make this statement is one of
the creature's habits, though she really has not the
faintest notion of what really is the "good of her child."
The appioved methods of dealing with the fond moth
er nuisance are educational rather than destructive. It
Is possible that none is past redemption. Even an ac
tive one may be led Into ways of grace by being set t
consider her offspring. Let her carefully note their re
semblance to her husband's sisters (whom she possibly
loathes) or to her own great-uncle, who disgraced the
family n generation ago. Let her consider how much of
them resembles no one else at all. Then she will begin
to realize how small a share Is her own ; that her child
is a member of the human family; not a gift, but a se
rious chnrge. When old English was new, by the way,
the word "fond" meant foolish.
Why That of Violet Color la XJaed
by Many Persona.
A business man who uses violet writ
ing Ink in his office, land who is some
thing of a reckless punster, on being
once asked why he did not use black
Ink for his correspondence, replied
with an abandoned chuckle that he
wished his correspondence to be "In
violet." His real reason, as is that
of most persons who prefer this color,
is a practical one. Violet Ink, unleBS
the flow is unusually free, dries al
most Immediately upon beiiig put to
paper, and thus saves the bother of
blotting. Moreover, it stands out well
on paper of any color, even its own,
since, being a strong mineral ink, If
It's good, the bronze green In it
catches the light ill the letter case
and renders It , distinct Green Ink
has properties similar to those of vTo
let, and while it does not dry so rap
Idly, It Is always distinct and strong.
For these reasons violet and green
Inks often are preferred to black or
blue-black writing fluid."
Writers who are Inclined to nerv
ousness, and especially those whose
thoughts run so fast ahead of their
scribbling speed that they are fre
quently obliged to stop and reread
what they have written, should use a
strong colored ink In preference to a
pale-black Ink, even when the latter
dries afterward to a deeper black, as i
so many good black inks do. The pale
ness of the first Impression on the
paper la an annoyance to nervous
writers ; there seems something In
effectual about the appearance of the
writing to them, sub-conscious though
It be, and any added discomfort of the
kind tends to interrupt and Impair the
flow of thought. Red Ink Is used prop
erly for emphasis, ruled lines and or
namental purposes only; reading of
much writing in red ink, especially on
whTte paper, is bad for the eyes and
aggravating. When one realizes, as
those persons do who are obliged to
read letters from cranks of all classes,
that the use of colored Inks and papers
Is one of the most frequent indications
of a disordered mind, it Is not strango
that the ordinary black ink of com
merce continues to hold chief place in
written correspondence to say noth.
lng of Its being the cheapest
(cnriRJCEis
You complain about little things.
But you will have something worth
complaining about some day; -wbeu
you are old, and neglected, and sick,
and can't get well.
Japan has thirty-two time piece fac
tories, which turn out annually goods
Valued at nearly $800,000, the latest
figures being 200,702 standing " clocks,
441,755 hanging clocks and 25,300
watches.
Prof. Louis Agasslz, many years ago,
first announced that the Ice sheet, or
glacial flow, at the northwest of Maine
could not have been less than a mile
deep; while later geologists have con
firmed his statement, adding the more
recent conclusion that the Ice was of
that thickness at least over the larger
part of New England.
From calculations made by Prof. H.
C. Wilson, which are quoted in Nature,
there seems reason to suppose that the
conditions under which Halley's comet
will return to us in 1910 will be much
the same as those under which It ap
peared in 1000. It was then one of
the grandest objects which ever ap
peared In the heavens, and made a tre
mendous impression upon the medieval
world.
A great deal of attention has recent
ly been given to the cultivation of rub
ber, on account of the continually in
creasing demand for it. Prof. Francis
E. Lloyd points out that "the lnelvt
able struggle of man with nature" has
already manifested itself In this new
field. Already a considerable number
of parasitic enemies have been discov
ered, "whose energies appear to be
largely concentrated upon cultivated
rubber trees." It is another problem
for science to deal with.
The growing industry of extracting
aluminum has stimulated the search
for water power in the British Isles,
because the extraction of aluminum is
ao expensive that only low cost power
can be economically employed. In this
respect Scotland, with its mountains, is
coming to the front. The water power
plant at the falls of Foyers, In Scot
land, has hitherto been the largest in
Great Britain; but now a still larger
plant, at Kiulochleven, utilizing the
rainfall over a tract of 55 square miles,
Is about to be put Into operation for
the production of aluminum. Its nine
hydraulic turbines, each of 8,200. brake
horse power, are the largest water
wheeli In the British Isles.
Prof. Edward L. Nichols, In bis ad
dress as retiring president of the Amer
ican Association for the Advancement
of Science, used these suggestive sen
tences: "With the development of the
doctrine of energy has come the con
viction of an end of the world, Inevita
ble, as the death of the Individual is
inevitable. In neither case, however,
Is longevity to be regarded as neces
sarily beyond human control." Profes
sor Nichols then went on to say that
biologists are beginning to intimate the
possibility, remote but thinkable, of a
considerable extension rf the term of
bodily life, and that It Is equally con
ceivable that the human race may so
modify and control conditions as great
ly to prolong its career. The means to
this latter end, he Indicated, are the
checking of wastefulness affecting ani
mals, the soil, the forests and the
streams; the solution of the problem
presented by the gradual exhaustion of
nature's supplies of coal and petroleum,
and the search for ways to utilize, In
the form of mechanical energy, the
radiation of the sun.
How Heavy la a Pound.
The favorite question with the
school committeemen of olden time
was, we are told, "What Is the
heavier, a pound of feathers or a
pound of lead?" The first rash an
swer used almost always to be, "A
pound of lead." Then, of course, from
the older pupils would come the re
ply, "Both alike."
If this question were asked to-day
the old-time querist might receive a
decided surprise, for the pound of
feathers could easily be proved to be
the heavier. A single experiment is
all the evidence needed.
With any accurate scales weigh out
a pound of lead, using ordinary shot
for convenience. Pour the shot Into
one of the pans of a balance. For the
feathers, a light muslin bag will be
needed, and care must be taken that
feathers and bag together do not weigh
more than a pound. When the bag
of feathers is put Into the other pan
of the balance, the beam will, after
a few oscillations, come to rest exact
ly level.
So far the verdict' "Both alike"
seems to be proved. But place the
balance on the receiver of an air
pump, with lead and feathers undis
turbed. Cover the whole with the
glass bell Jar, and exhaust the air.
Slowly the feathers sink, and the lead
kicks the beam. The pound of feath
ers la heavier than the pound of lead.
The truth Is that what we call a
pound was not such in factj for the
atmosphere buoys up exerythinj
within it in proportion to the bulk of
the object and the feathers, being of
greater bulk than the lead, are sup
ported by the air to a considerably
greater extent than the lead. Re
moved from this supporting medium,
their true weight is made evident.
Small Boy'a Pathetic Wlah.
He is a poor little neglected boy,
whose mamma is so busy with moth
ers' meetings and club conventions
and such Important matters that she
really hasn't time to attend to her
children, says the New York Times.
This little boy was entertaining a cas
ual caller while his mother was up
stairs putting the finishing touches to
her toilet Said the little boy, whose
own toilet was sadly In need of atten.
tlon:
"What does e. t. c. mean?"
"E. t. c?" asked the caller.
"Yes," said the little boy. "It's a sort
of a word. It's in a book I was read
ing." "Oh," said the caller. "Etc. is an
abbreviation. It is Latin. It stand
for et cetera."
The little boy looked puzzled. "I'm
not in Latin yet," he said.
"Et cetera," explained the caller,
"means well, it means 'and so on.'"
The little boy was thoughtful for ;
moment, and then he sold :
"I wish my mamma could find time
to et cetera the buttons on my pants!"
And taking In his disheveled appear
ance, the visitor murmured, "Amen."
A Ilemarkable Caae.
He began after the usual form, to
wlt :
"I have a little boy at home who "
They Interrupted hhn after much the
usual form, to-wlt:
"Pardon me, old man. I must be go
Ins along. Sorry I can't wait, but I'm
due at the office."
"Just a minute," ho urged, buttonhol
ing the two nearest. "It won't take
me a minute."
They sighed and resigned themselves.
"All I want to say," he went on, "Is
that I have a little boy at home who
never said a bright thing in his life."
They grasped his hands with a thank
fulness that could find no expression in
words, and then he added:
"He's too small. He can't talk yet"
A girl should be given an allow
ance every week, If It is not more
than 60 cents. It will teach her how
to bandla the great sums entrusted to
her care when she marries.