Lincoln County leader., June 11, 1909, Image 2

LINCOLN GOUHTY LEADER
R COLLINS, rtitor
r N MAYDEN. Manager
TOLEDO OREGON
Getting a quick ana easy divorce Is
merely a matter of rhino and Reno.
Let them make the tariff on toy
Arums and toot horns as high as they
please.
To be caught napping is bad enough,
but to be caught kidnapping Is extra
haxardous. The census Is to cost $14,000,000, and
Will be Issued In 14.000 volumes, which
14 persons will read.
Sir Thomns Llpton Is said to be get
ting Interested in airships. Water boats
have been a distinct disappointment to
him.
Trof. Starr falls to Include In the
perils of the Roosevelt expedition the
fact that, the ex-President will 6hsve
himself.
Hen-pecked husbands, to Judge from
the frequency with which they are men
tioned, are much more numerous than
henpecked roosters.
The open season for kidnapers should
be arranged to last from the first day
of January uulll midnight of llie Slat
of December annually.
Discovery of the fact that Kidnaper
Boyle is a plumber gives the affair a
different aspect. His time may have
been worth fully flOJXK).
An English paper says women "would
be such bores If they were logical."
Possibly true. We know some logical
vaen who are terrific bores.
. We can never believe that Lieuten
ant Shackletou found it very cold, be
cause we are all Instinctively certain
that the farther south one gets the
wurme It is.
The Crown Prince of Servla has re
signed his right of succession to the
throne and offered to leave the coun
try, but he does not promise to earn
his own living.
The ex-Crown Prince of Servla has
received enough advertising to make it
certain that he could get a place with
tome musical show if he were to come
Over to this country.
Prof. Munsterburg of Harvard says
that he has Invented a psychological
machine that tells whether a man Is
lying or not This Is no contrivance to
have around during the fishing season.
A Russian woman who has been ar
rested for killing 300 men explains that
he. did it for the purpose of freeing
their wives of tyrants. It appears that
It is possible to go too far even in
fighting tyranny.
- There is something uncanny in the
experience' of that South Chicago man
wno had a "funny feeling" that his
house was on fire and hurried home In
time to save it. Hamlin Garland
would be glad- to meet him. There is
material enough in that man for a good
. magazine article.
One hundred orphans who lost their
fnrents Jn the Sicilian earthquake wVl
be cared for in a home which is to be
built with two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars given by the American Red
ross society, this is one of ten
orphanages which the international
committee has decided to found.
Strict speed laws are becoming com
mon and their enforcement is rigidly
flemanded by pnblic opinion. It is all
because of a few harebrained scorchers
who were divinely designed to run
wheelbarrows instead of automobiles t
The governor-valve of the intellect of
automobile scorchers was never design
d to be attached to machinery. Against
the fool in an auto the war ought to
be one of extermination. It would be
cheaper and pleasanter for the public
to exterminate the auto fool than to
permit him to continue exterminating
ne public.
It Is a common delusion that in over
coats weight and warmth go together.
The London Lancet points out the fact
that not only Is this not so, but within
certain limits the opposite is true. The
material and the weave which produce
the greatest weight are also those
wnicn mane good conductors of
heat, and therefore poor preservers
of it. The looser, lighter weaves are
not only warmer than the heavy, .tiiT
cl ths. like the old-fashioned meltons
and Korpcys, but they permit more frte
uom pi minion, wuicn, in turn, pro
duces heat. The Lancet also declares
that we make a mistake in using dark
cloths for our winter overcoats; that
light colored ones would at once be
wanner and more cheerful in a .gloomy
eason.
To enter Into the detail of the causes
that contribute to a high death rate
among infants Is to Indict about every
city In the land and all of the States
for complicity In a murderous conspir
acy. When a municipal legislature de
clines to pass any law honestly and
scientifically designed to Increase the
purity of the milk supply, It becomes a
party to this murderous conspiracy.
If it falls to enact suitable building
laws, it Is guilty of a crime of omis
sion. It Is similarly derelict when it
falls to provide for the medical inspec
tion of school children or to compel the
taking of any and all the precautions
which science has devised and experi
ence has proved to be beneficial. We
may hold opinion with certain men of
science, commonly designated as
cranks, that disease Is a crime, but we
may not hope to see the people attain
to universal heights of right living.
But.because individuals habitually and
often Intentionally abuse or neglect
their bodies, the State Is not absolved
from exercising to the limit of toler
ance Its duty of safeguarding life and
health. As it is now, the State sins
as the Individuals do and,- presumably,
because they do.
The main obstacle to an effective so
clal control of the sale and use of fire
arms lies in the bourbonlsm of police
officials, who think revolvers so much
a part of the normal life of mankind
that the very idea of suppressing them
is set down at once for foolish Ideal
ism. Nevertheless, the more highly
perfected the various kinds of life de
stroyers become the more important
will it be for society to bring them
under rigorous control. The invention
of the Maxim silencer will unquestion
ably give Impetus to the movement.
The Scientific American says of the
silencer, as now perfected for use on
rifles, that a man could now be shot
"on a crowded thoroughfare and In
broad daylight without there being any
evidence of smoke or report to show
whence the bullet came." Doubtless
in the course of time a silencer for use
on pistols will be perfected, and then
the possibility which now exists of un
traceable assassination from a window
opening or other place of concealment
will be greatly extended. Already there
is a bill under consideration in th
New York Legislature to prohibit tho
manufacture or sale of the instrument
except for the use of military or civic
organizations, duly licensed by the
State, and to punish similarly anyone
who may carry it concealed on his per
son, hlmultaneously there is an or-
dlance pending before the New York
City board of aldermen for a detailed
registration of all sales of weapons,
with full Information about the pur
chasers. This latter ordinance, how
ever, even though adopted in an effect
ive form, will doubtless be nullified by
police neglect In administration. The
time will certainly come when firearms
will 'be chased out of civilized commu
nities with the same rilltrwnno with
which snakes are now hunted down.
THE MEASLES CANNIBAL. ,
Method of Vancouver Island Tribe
to Drive Away DIaeaae.
A few years ago an epidemic of
measles broke out among the Indian
tribes living on Vancouver Island, in
British Columbia, not far from Fort
Rupert, and the shamans or medicine
men came to the conclusion that a can
nibal sorcerer, whom they termed the
"hamatsu" (measles cannibal), was
slaying their childrento eat them and
that he would continue to do so until
he was killed.
As they could not slay a ghost in his
own person they arranged a ceremony
in which one of their number posed as
the cannibal and was treated as they
would have liked to treat the real foe.
This fact of a substitute was, of
course, not made public, only the med
icine men knowing the truth of the
matter.
Against a wall of rock was painted
an Imitation opening, in the centerof
which the "cannibal' was fastened. At
the proper time, after going through
various Incantations, a covering was
Jerked away, exposing the cannibal ap
parently springing through the solid
rock. He was promptly grasped by two
of the priests, who dragged him out
and rushed him through a fire which
was burning in front of the place and
which was surrounded by all the mem
bers of tho tribe beating drums and
singing at the top of their voices. By
some Jugglery the cannibal was got rid
of, and the people were told that he
had flown away through the air and
would not come bark.
After this ceremony hud been re
peated several times to put an end to
other epidemics, which were only too
prevalent among the Indians, it grew
into a sort of annual affair, managed
by the members of a secret society
whose members know that the
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posed "hamatsu' was only
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man.
Could Pawn It.
There once was a fellow named Crockett
Who gave a young woman a locket.
Said she, "Tbat'i line, Joe,
For now, 'don't you know,
Whene'ar I'm hard np I can hock it."
Kansas City Tlmra.
There is one thing the fathers of to
day can't do as well a the fathers
of thirty yean agoi They can't spank.
MODJESKA'S CAREER IS ENDED.
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TfirVJlTE LIFE,
Mme. Modjeska, the famous actress, who died recently at her home near
Los Angeles, Cai., was born Helena Marie Ben da, at Cracow, Toland, Oct.
12, 1844. Her father was a musician of high standing, and two of her broth
ers have distinguished themselves on the tstage. She was married at 10 and
went on the stage a year later. Her success was marked.
In 1802 she became manager of a theater at Czernowce. Her next re
moval was to Warsaw, where her husband died, and where, a year after
ward, she married Count Charles Bozenta Chlapowskl, a young Polish patriot
of noble family. In 1875 they came to America, escaping the ignoble censorship
of Russia. At San Francisco, in 1879, Modjeska made her debut on the
American stage and gave her first performance in the English tongue. In
1879 Modjeska returned to Europe and played in the principal cities of
Poland, going thence to play over a year's continuous engagement in London.
She delighted cosmopolitan audiences with her Marie Stuart, Rosalind, Helen
Thora, Magda, Camille and Adrlenne.
About twenty-five years ago Modjeska and her literary husband, Count
Bozenta, went with a colony of literary, musical and artistic young men and
women to live on a co-operative ranch at Anaheim, in the vicinity of Los
Angeles. In two years the colony broke up. The countess then resolved to
go on the American stage and retrieve her heavy losses in the colony By
extraordinary work and study almost day and night for ten months the
countess was able to play in English the roles she had formerly played In
Polish and French. She adopted the name of Mme. Modjeska. The second
year of her American success she built an architectural gem of a home for
herself and husband among the mountains overlooking the scene of the colony
that she and tho count had worked and planned for. Mme. Modjeska had one
son, Ralph Modjeska, a civil engineer of Chicago.
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AN OVERWHELMING SALARY
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Makuba and Oblanga were two Afri
cans, the one the captain of a boat
crew and the other subordinate to him.
Oblanga was an Independent fellow,
not hi the least lazy, who rather re
sented "bossing." In a book entitled
"The JuDgle Folk of Africa," tt. H.
Milligan tells of an altercation be
tween the two men. Makuba, the dip
lomatic, came out of It with flying col
ors. The worst disputes between Makuba
and Oblanga took place when they sup
posed lhat I was asleep. The native,
when hp lies down anywhere, sleeps
immediately. Whenever I was lying
In the bottom of the boat they always
thought I was unconscious, and that
no conceivable noise could woken me.
Captain Makuba orders Oblanga U
"haul away on the peak halyards
to which Oblanga promptly replies:
"Do it yourself."
"I won't do it ; you will do It !" say i
Makuba, In a threatening tone:
"Are you my father?" says Oblanga.
"No," answers Makuba, with infinite
scorn. "How could a Konilil man be
the father of a creature like you?"
"Then stop giving me orders!" says
Oblanga, with rising wrath. "It Is not
the first time you have tried It, and
one of these days you will find out
that It won't do."
"One of these days you will find out
that I am captain of ths boat, and
that you will have to obey me," says
Makuba.
"Not as long as I can carry a gun,"
answers Oblanga.
By this time they are standing up
nnd looking hard at each other. But
Makuba would not think of striking a
man In a mission boat. He therefore
becomes diplomatic. Suddenly, in a
tone altogether different, he says:
"Oblanga, the trouble with you Is
that you are Just a bushman ; you
don't know anything about civilization.
On every big ocean steamer there Is
a captain, and every man on board,
no matter what tribe he belongs to,
obeys the captain."
Oblanga becomes Instantly curious,
and asks: "Is he rich?"
"Yes," says Makuba, "he gets big
pay, and so do I get big pay."
"How much do you get, Makuba?"
"How much do you think?"
Oblanga thinks, as well as he knows
how, his countenance distorted with
the effort, and at length answers re
flectively : "Two dollars a month." Ho
himself gets a dollar and a half.
A broad smile engages Makuba'a fea-
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tures as he slowly answers
dollars a month."
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Oblanga gives expression tn hia
prise in a long, low whistle.' It is quite
evident to him that no ordinary per
son could command such wages; and
In a tone of utmost compliance he Bays :
"What was it you told me to do, Ma
kuba? I forget"
"I forget, too." savs Mnknhn "rh
yes," he adds, "I told you to haul on
tue peak halyards."
I.ot In a Moving Boa-.
A peculiar catastrophe in the shape
of a moving bog recently occurred in
Galway.
No one who has not visited the scene
can have any idea of its horror and
misery. The district is at all times
subject to floods, but when these floods
are accompanied by tons upon tons of
moving bog traveling at the rate of
about, five miles ' an hour the conse
quences cannot fall to be terrible and
disastrous beyond all conception.
Unlike most of the former bog
slides, there were In the present in
stance absolutely no premonitory signs
of the dreadful upheaval, the recent
heavy rains being generally regarded
as the cause of the calamity. No one
seems to have seen the actual bursting
of the bounds within which the peat
had been confined, the first intimation
of what was happening being the
strange and alarming sounds which
roused the farmer Martin from sleep,
only to find his cottage partially sw'
rounded by the oncoming torrent of
water nnd peat
He succeeded In warning most of his
neighbors, with the exception of one
poor old widow, whose cottage was al
most Instantly swallowed up. Merci
fully no other lives have been lost, but
many families have been left homeless
and destitute. Queen.
Trade Term.
"How much," began the lady to Bax
ter, In temporary charge of the coal
yard; "how much is stove coal now?"
"That depends," said Baxter, with
whom language is often a vehicle of
confusion. "A la carte, it's seven and
a half. Cul-de-sac It'll cost you CO
cents extry." Youth's Companion.
In the Same Boat.
"Boss, I'd like to go to me grand
mother's funeral this afternoon."
"And I'd like to go to my mother-in-law's
; now, get those envelopes stamp
ed and don't bother me any more,"
Houston Post.
The Difference.
"Pap, what's the difference between
electrocution and elocution?"
"Electrocution Is painless, son."
Houston Post
Potato Snow.
Boll or steam three or four equal
sized potatoes. When done,, dry well
and sprinkle a little salt over them to
make them floury. Rub through a sieve
into a saucepan, add a little warm
milk and a lump of butter the size
of a walnut Season with salt and
pepper. Stir over the fire until the
potato begins to look dry. Serve piled
up in the center of a dish.
Entire Wheat Bread.
Dissolve one tablespoon of butter in
one cup warm water and add one cup
milk. Let it become lukewarm and
add one-half yeast cake, dissolved in
one-fourth cup lukewarm water, scant
teaspoon of salt and two tablespoons of
sugar. To this add three pints of en
tire wheat flour; mix well and let rise
overnight In morning knead, form luto
loaves, and raise in pan.
When Cooking Veu;etablea.
Not every cook knows that all veg
etables that grow under the ground
should be put to cook in cold water.
This Includes potatoes, turnips, carrot
and onions. Those that grow on top
the ground, such as beans, peas, spin
ach and corn, should have boiling
water poured over them. If left un
covered they will retain their freslv
green look.
Turnip.
A pleasant change from the ordinary
boiled turnips Is to peel and cut then
to the size of marbles, then fry them
with 2 ounces butter and 1 ounce sugar.
When covered with glaze add white
sauce. The Juice of the sliced root
of turnips mixed with brown sugar
and baked in the oven is a good pec
toral, and cures coughs and hoarse
ness.
Baked Egg with Cheeae.
Line a shallow dish with thin slice
of Swiss (Gruyere) cheese. Mix care
fully together one teaspoonful of made
mustard to adash of cayenne, one-third
teaspoonful of salt and two-thirds cup
milk. Pour half of this over the
cheese, break In five eggs, pour in th
remainder of the liquid and bake in a
hot oven until the eggs are set
Vegetable Soap.
Four onions, three turnips, four car
rots, one small head of cabbage, one
pint of butter beans and a bunch of
sweet herbs. Boil until done,, add a
quart of soup stock ; take two tables
spoonfuls butter and one of flour, beat
to a cream ; pepper and salt to taste ;
add a spoonful sugar. Serve wltl
fried bread chips.
Wafera.
Cream together one-half cup of but
ter and one cup of sugar, add one
quarter cup of cold water, ona tea
spoonful of vanilla, three-quarters of a
teaspoonful of soda and flour, to make
a stiff dough. Roll out very thin, cut
with a heart-shnped cutter, place half
of a candled cherry on each wafer ami
bake in moderate oven.
Maple Candy.
Put into a saucepan a pint of hot
milk and stir Into this a pouud of
maple sugar that has been broken or
rolled small. Boil hard as soon as
the sugar is dissolved and stir constant
ly. When a little dropped into cold
water is brittle, pour Into buttered
pans and cut Into squares.
Baked Bananaa.
Baked bananas are readily assimi
lated by the digestive organs, and are
often well borne by patients to whom
the raw banana proves Indigestible.
The bananas should be peeled and tho
stringy outside pulp scroped off, cut
into halves, sprinkled with sugar and
a little lemon Juice, and baked in a
shallow pan until soft.
Granite Shortcake.
Into a qnart of flour sift a teaspoon
ful of baking powder and rub a piece
of butter the size of an egg. Wet with,
sweet milk to a .rather soft dough.
Bake, then spilt and spread with peeled
oranges, sliced, and cover these well
with sugar and,whipped cream.
Calvea Bralna.
Wash the brains carefully and cut
each pair into four pieces, taking away
all bits of fiber and skin. Rinse well,
wipe dry and dip each piece first iu
beaten egg, then in cracker crumbs,
then In egg and again In cracker
srumbs and fry In hot fat
Corn Nut.
To one quart of white corn meal add
two tablespoonfuls of baking powder
and a teaspoonful of salt and sift well.
Add milk to form a stiff dough that
can do rormea into little cakes, and
I drop into smoking fat and cook until
r delicately browned.