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LINCOLN GOUSTY LEADER
RtCOlllNS, editor
r N HAYDEN, Manager
TOLEDO OREGON
Harrying (or alimony meant a lot
f publicity.
The cotton and woolen schedules are
looked upon more or less at a soft
thing.
It is not the easiest thing In the
vorld to convince a boy that work
Is good exercise.
The average man would be content
If he could catch a flab, (or each mos
quito bite he receives.
By giving away her money at the
rate of $2S,000 a day Mrs. Russeell
Saga Is establishing a grand record.
It Is apparent that women should be
careful not to fall In love with Alfred
Owynne Vanderbllt He Is a hoodoo.
Congratulations to Papa Alfonso of
Spain 1 He is a lucky monarch. He
wanted a girl baby this time, and a
girl It 1b.
We now have a society to promote
the travel of dogs In first-class cars.
Thus does the race march onward and
rpwnrrt in Its morel iroal.
"Another monster comet with a tre
mendous tall Is said to be menacing
the earth." Suppose it wouldn't do
any good to muzzle its tall?
Mrs. Belmont says that most women
at the age of 18 hate men. Well, they
marry them to reform their bad traits
and gradually learn to like them.
Think of King Alfonso'B growing
family, and reflect upon the possibil
ity that a third of a century hence
he himself may be the father-in-law
of Europe.
Yellow Jackets invaded a' Georgia
church while services were In prog
ress, but If any of the brethren
prayed for deliverance they . did it
while running.
Mark Twain advises girls not to
marry to excess. It is good advice,
but many ladles will find it difficult,
In the absence of specific instructions,
to decide Just where excessive marry
ng begins.
A Judge recently asked a child wit
ness, "Where do the liars go?" The
child thought it was to a certain place,
but others believe they go down to the
assessor's office to return their per
sonal taxes.
Professor Lefranc of the College of
Prance says he saw no ugly, houses
while he was in America. He must
have refrained from looking out while
he was passing through the various
railroad yards.
An automobile chauffeur, who reck
lessly ran over a child in New York
and killed him, has been convicted
of manslaughter and sent to Jail on
a long sentence. The possession of
power even when it is only applied
horse-power carries responsibilities. .
United States assay offices will here
After decline to buy gold without a full
and complete history of Its origin. It
Is suspected that burglars have melted
watch cases, rings and other Jewel set
tings, and sold them to the govern
ment. Whether the new rule foils the
burglars or not, it relieves the Treas
ury Department from the accusation
that it Is a "fence" for thieves.
Pranking privileges were greatly
abused in days gone by. The govern
ment employe's friends shared In his
opportunities. In a letter written by
Wordsworth in 1815 the poet said:
"By means of a friend In London I
can have my letters free. His name
Is Lamb, and if you add an 'e' to his
name he will not open the letters. Di
rect as below, without anything fur
ther, 'Mr. Lambe, India House, Lon
don.' " Coleridge, too, saw that a post
age saved was a postage earned, and
made use of the Mr. Lamb of the In
dia House Charles Lamb.
Patriotism has become the basis of
a great American industry. Because
of the amazing increase of patriotic
sentiment in this country during the
last decade the manufacture of Amer
Jean flags has quadrupled. More than
' three million star-spangled banners an
nually are made of Bilk and bunting,
but these form only a small portion of
the total number o( United States flags
that are born, that live and die be
tween January and January. In re
mote (arming districts, where ten
years ago the national colors were
rarely seen, every suitable occasion
witnesses a flag display. The flag has
been added to the household gods from
Maine to California and from the Gulf
Of Mexico to the Canadian line. Bo
far as Individual popularity Is con
cerned. It ranks with the firecrackers
on Independence Day, and outranks
all else on that day of national pat
riotic observance. May 80.
Work is begun on the Cape Cod Ca
nal, an engineering project which has
been discussed since the days of the
Pilgrim Fathers. At its narrowest
point Cape Cod is eight miles across
and the canal will save sixty-three miles
around. The route almost follows an
old Indian portage. An attempt is be
ing made by the New Jersey railroads
to h'ave the old Morris and Essex Ca
nal abandoned. Many of the old State
canals have been abandoned. The
main Pennsylvania Canal over the Al
leghanles was abandoned years ago.
There should be more water transpor
tation. For all heavy freight like
coal, lumber, grain and ore water
transportation is more economical and
suitable than rail transportation. Re
lieving the railroads of their heaviest
freight, with low charges, would en
able them to develop their higher-class
freight business and their passenger
facilities. It would do much to pro
mote industry, as It has in Germany,
France and England. The Cape Cod
Canal should be the beginning of a
protected salt-water route from New
England to the land of cotton.
That Is rather a hold and sweeping
proposition made by the author of a
recent book, "Civics and Health," to
hitch what might be called free health
to our free schools. The tendency for
many years past has been to burden
the schools with' all kinds of collat
eral issues, which some people call
fads, some of which are highly useful
and some plainly beyond the scope of
such Institutions. The danger has
seemed to be a breakdown of the pub
lic school system from attempting too
much; but the zeal of the enthusiastic
educator has Its praiseworthy side. It
is possibly better for the children that
the public and the taxpayers should
have to restrain him than that they
should have to pod him. Secretary
William H. Allen, of the bureau- of
municipal research, contends that the
pnysical basis of effective citizenship
has been too much neglected, and
thinks that the health of the country
may be brought up to a higher stand
ard by a system of school examination
and basing promotion from grade to
grade upon tests of physical hygiene
as well as of scholarship. If the chil
dren are found suffering from malnu
trition, this must be corrected in some
way. If they are tuberculous, proper
treatment must be prescribed and en
forced; if eyes are defectivethe de
fects must be promptly remedied; if
teeth are bad, the mouth must be made
clean and sound by adequate dentistry.
The plan would Include also the en
forcement of proper exercise and rec
reation. Who is to pay for this, Mr.
Allen does not say, but It Is manifest
that Borne, If not all, of the cost would
have to be provided by taxation. The
end to be attained is unquestionably
desirable. A sound body Is as import
ant as .a sound mind. But the success
ful working out of the details of such
a plan would seem to be beset by
great difficulties. .
Artful Young Barney Kehoe.
Will ye be for the Gap o' Dunloe,
I dunno?
Oh! I'm glad o' that same!
All the tourists think shame
To be mtssin' the Gap o' Dunloe
They do so.
Now, then, whisper! Mayhap
When ye come on the Gap
Ye'll be seeln' a lass
On this side o' the pass
That'll ax for the toll.
She's a daclnt good soul,
Though the eyes of her twinkle so
droll,
Well, ye'll pay her the tax
An' ye'll wink an" ye'll ax:
"Would ye marry young Barney Ke.
hoe?"
'Tie a bit of a Joke
That the folk love to poke
At tHe lass o' the Gap o' Dunloe.
An' It's where, whin ye've done wid
Dunloe,
Will ye go?
Ye'll be wise to come back
By this very same thrack,
Fur there's little that's back o' Dun
loe
There is so.
Sure, the hills are so bare
There's no scenery there
Like the kind that ye find
On this side, d'ye, mind?
So, I'll watch for the day
Whin ye're passln' this way
Jlst to hear what the lass had to say,
Whin she made her reply
To the wink o' yer eye
An' yer Joke at the Gap o Dunloe
Is it who may I be?
Ye'll And me, d'ye see.
If ye'll ax for young Barney Kehoe.
Catholic Standard and Times.
Ena-llnh Flea for Cltlca beautiful.
What England wants Just now is a
man, or several, of Infinite ability
and ample means, who, purely for the
sake of their art alone, will prepare
Imaginary schemes showing how and
In what way our cities ought to grow
If they are to be healthy dwelling
places and beauty spots Instead of
biota upon our land. English Build
ing News.
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PAINTING'S APPEAL TO. THE DLLETTANT.
' By Mtrcel Prevott.
Painting, I believe, Is getting to be the
most tempting art (or the dllettant, more
tempting even than music. There are more
painters than there are musicians, writers,
than everything else, almost. There are in
finite numbers of them. The most modest
banquet of painters reunites hundreds of
guests. At every exposition modern paint
ings cover a large area of space. And what
does honor to these volunteers of art is the fact that
no financial bait Induces the greater part of these paint
ers to follow this vocation.
In Justice to these dilettanti of the brush it must be
aid that many of them do not pretend that they will
gain either glory or (ortune by their paintings. Less
presumptuous than poets, less chimerical than musi
cians, many men of talent who hang up their pictures
in salons from time to time admit that they paint for
the pleasure of painting only.
The pleasure of painting is complex. While giving
an occupation for the painter's fingers, painting is not
exactly a thing to stir the soul of the amateur. The
amateur is not required to undertake a number of com
positions and to pick out the most difficult. A faithful
reproduction of a house at the edge of a stream, and the
amateur has gained the name of an artist Painting
wWMn tb llrniU in vhloh th fUlottn-it .ttvIhs It ts
one of those arts where invention and originality have
been greatly reduced. A successful copy of a picture
of a great master with them passes for a work of art.
The most mediocre painting has a thousand times more
of a chance to be seen than a literary masterpiece has
the chance to be read. It is for these reasons that can
vas and brush stand in no danger of remaining idle.
But will art gain by it? That is another question.
"OLD MAN" PROBLEM FOE TOTING MAN.
By John A. Howland.
Young men, middle-aged men and old men
have been Interested alike in the problem of
the "old man" In business. That specific com
plaint of the old man is that he is not want
ed. Modern business admits the (act But
young men and men in the prime of their
lives must grow old. What are the young
men and the men of middle age going to do
about it? It is not likelv that in
future the methods of modern business will so change
that the old man, per se, will be more in demand than
he is now. Economic jihilosophies are to the effect
that in general the man who has grown old ought to
have a competence upon which to retire. Cold, hard
(acts that are Indisputable show how impossible this is
Probably in the vast majority of cases where earnest
honest men have worked at a chosen work that old
age problem . Is met if, until the end, the worker la
privileged to work. To die in the harness is by thou
sands considered an ideal ending of an ideal life. Ac
cumulated money and idle ease have shortened thou
sands of lives at the expense of contentment. For this
type of man It is a certainly that ability a'nd oppor
tunity to work until the end must satisfy. What, then,
shall the young man choose If he can promising him
that longest independent usefulness?
. Every day In the great cities no keen observer is
needed to see thousands of young men risking their
whole future in actions that can be only ruinous to
them. Not all these actions are positive. The negative
stand may be as menacing in a hundrel ways. This
working capital is working capital, not idling, careless,
time-serving routine, with dissipation sandwiched be
tween in the off hours from duty. But even work it
self may be blind work. It may be honest work, with
only the next pay day in the mind of the worker. Or it
may be clear-eyed, conscientious work, that involves a,
future more than it contemplates the results of yester
day or of last year.
"Am I a better worker than I was last year?" is the
specific question. "Why am I not better?" is the fur
ther question which may need following up and forcing
a definite answer. Your working capital has been Im
paired If you are forced to answer this second query.
What has done the mischief? Your employer, making
such a discovery as to his working capital, probably
would employ an expert accountant firm to show him
the source of such damage. What are you going to do
about your own case?
MAN'S MIND PART OP UNIVERSAL MIND.
ity E. B. Fournier d Ait.
We are gradually and Inevitably drawn to
the conclusion that mind is everything and
matter but an expression of "the universal
mind. A table, a house or a machine is the
embodlment of some human mind. A stone
Is the embodiment of some mind at present
inaccessible to us, ot some will at present
Inscrutable.
Of one thins we mar b cprtnl n n rt tint.
verse exists which is entirely unconnected with this of
ours. We know that the fruit of our cllghtest act goes
thundering down the ages, that nothing Is ever effaced,
that everything Ib of infinite and eternal consequence!
And if it leaves a permanent mark on the material
universe it will affect also all invisible universes. This
reflection may give a new zest to our present form of
existence. To pierce into the Innermost recesses or
nature, to mold natural forces to our will, to make life
happy and glorious for ourselves and our kind, to as
sert our supremacy over disease and death, to conquer
and rule this, universe In virtue of the infinite power
within us, such iff our task here and now.
The individual Is withdrawn invH th.t .
vuctv i.euier u l
sentient life where all souls are one with the' great over-
boui. wnai mis miure rate may be we need not now
inquire. Should it ever become necessary to enter upon
and pursue such Inquiry we may be sure that a full
acquaintance with the laws ot our present visible uni
verse will (orm the best preparation for it And these
laws we shall apply with the greater confidence when
we know that they suffice to interpret not only our own
universe, but the other worlds Just discernible on the
horizon of our present faculties.
A male gossip is nearly always look
ing for a Job.
Fever.
A clinical thermometer Is probably
as matter-of-course a household con
venience in most families as is a step-
ladder or a broom; and It Is well that
Its use and the general significance
of its disclosures should be ; under
stood by those in authority; but fussi
ness and constant resort to It and con
tinual discussion of temperatures are
to be deplored.
The old-fashioned way of Dlacine the
hand upon the child's body and an
nouncing that it "felt feverish" or
'had a fever." without any reeard to
mathematical accuracy as to degrees
and fractions, worked Just as well and
perhaps better than the new-fashioned
way, carried to a nervous extreme.
At the same time a rise of temDera-
ture always means something, and it
moBt decidedly means the calling in of
a Dhvsiclan If it does not en rinu-n nf
Itself or yield to simple remedies.
When the temperature Is taken bv
the mouth the thermometer should
register about ninety-eight and seven
tenths degrees, although this mav vnrv
at different times during the day in
perfectly well people. When it ree-
lsters ninety-nine degrees, or ninety
nine and five-tenths degrees, the per
son is said to be feverish. Anything
below ninety-eight degrees is subnor
mal, and anything over one hundred
and five degrees is called hyperpy
rexia, or high fever. . .
In many cases a fever is a sort
of blessing In disguise. These are the
fevers caused by the toxins of bac
teria, .of which typhoid is a type. The
whole system is then engaged In a
fight against the germs, and the battle
Is waged to more advantage, apparent
ly, when "the blood is fighting hot."
This is why, although the (ever can
be beaten down' by the application o(
cold and the administration of drugs,
It is often poor practice to suppress it
In this way. Getting the fever down
may be a momentary satisfaction, but
it does nothing to help cure the un
derlying cause. It is as if a general
should Insist upon Bllencing his own
guns.
At the same time the fever must be
watched and kept in check, because
this sort of fight is calling for an Im
mense outlay from the system, and
a raging fever not only burns up bac
teria, but It feeds upon tissue and
blood and all it can find, as any one
con testify who has watched or lived
through a convalescence from one.
What Is true of the fever of a germ
disease is false altogether In the fever
of sunstroke. In this case the fever
is the disease, ifc la not a regiment
of infantry; but a conflagration, and
it-must be put out as quickly as pos
sible, and by all the means at one's
disposal cold baths, ice-packs, ice
water, anything that will beat it
down.
The character of a fever is a great
assistance to diagnosis in many caseB,
and this is why a physician, should
always be asked to sit In Judgment
on it.
Monkey and Goat.
Monkeys are more renowned for
mischief than for kindness, but even
monkeys can be benevolent M. Mou
ton records the doings of one in Guade
loupe that surely seemed to merit that
reputation. The monkey had a friend
in a goat that went daily to the pas
ture. Every night the monkey would
pick out the burs and thorns, some
times to the number of 2,000 or 3,000,
from that goat's fleece, in order that
the animal might He down In peace.
On coming In from the pasture the
goat regularly went in search of his
light-handed friend and submitted
himself to the operation. Strange to
say, the tricky instincts of the mon
key reasserted themselves after the
pricks were removed. He would tease
the poor goat unmercifully, plucking
his beard, poking him in the eyes and
pulling out his hairs. The goat bore
It all with patience, perhaps regarding
Jt as only a fair price to be paid for
the removal of the thorns. London
Standard. .
No man ever fell in love with a
Buffraglst; when you find a man mar
ried to a suffragist, he fell In love
with her before she became one.
Tobacco heart probably kills more
people than broken heart
BULL CHARGES AN AUTO.
An automobile running along the
turnpike near Mill City, Pa., was
charged and damaged by a plucky
Guernsey bull which had broken from
his pasture and was browsing by the
roadside. In the machine were Dis
trict Attorney O. Smith Klnner of
Wyoming County, James Dershelmer
of Tunkhannock, William Skinner of
Washington. N. J., and Leon D. Deck
er of Bihghamton, N. Y. They saw
the bull, but never suspected its bel
ligerent intentions. It watched the
motor car curiously as it approached,
and when it was thirty or forty feet
away the bull bellowed, lowered Its
head and charged. The driver put on
the brakes, but the bull and the ma
chlnevmet with a shock. The bull was
sent sprawling backward. He picked
himself up with a surprised air, limp
ed to one side and gave the car un
disputed right of way. The. front of
the radiator was somewhat damaged,
but the machine was not put out of
commission.
The Ruling- Paaalon.
His clothes said he was a tramp,
but his brow was high and his man
ner grand. "Madam, may I request
the favor of a pair of your husband's
cast-off trousers? These are some
what passe." This, with a sweep of a
tattered hat, brought results in the
shape of a pair of hubby's oldest,
which were Just about two degrees
better than those the tramp was wear
ing. . After a critical Burvey of his ac
quisition, instead of the polite words
of thanks the good woman was wait
ing for, the tramp volunteered, with
a deep, long-drawn sigh of regret:
"Madam, I tee your husband discards
from weakne." Punk.