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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1909)
LINCOLN GQDHTY LEADER RE COLLINS. td'Kor f N MAY DEN. Maoaier TOLEX) OREGON When trouble goes to Bleep don't set the alarm clock. Women and newspapers should wer be Judged by their wrappers. When tou want to find out which Is tie Khadr s!3e of the street the best way !s to ask a loafer. When a vonng married man gets irk tis mother nlways Imagines It Is fl-ae to his wife's cooking. Srcr.e pessimist has made the discov ery that t.e holes in the doughnuts are much larger than usual. Ose man advertises for a wife who kas no mother. He must have taken the mother-in-law Jokes seriously. Ft this time next year very few people will care to take the time to look at an airship that Is going by. Learning to ride an airship Is some what like it used to be to learn to ride a bicycle with a longer and harder fall. Being a driver in an automobile race may be a trifle less exciting than cvor 7!?.s?.-a !l barrel, but It Is a lot dustier. It was no great sacrifice for Prince Miguel of Braganza to renounce the Portuguese throne, which he had no prospect of attaining. One of these days the nations of the earth are going to quit building Dreadnought and devote their time to the construction of fighting aeroplanes. One of the experts gives It aa his opinion that the late Colonel Snell was crazy over women. We are inclined to regard the opinion aa being extreme ly conservative. A California young man Is going to marry "a very wealthy and an ex tremely beautiful" East Indian prin cess". We are willing to believe -that she hag money. A dispatch from East Africa says Kerralt Roosevelt has "bagged a cow hippo." After which performance we suppose he slung her over his shoulder and toted her into camp. Bex plays a great part in the "Chris tianizing" of the Chinese in this coun try. Since American girls have stopped teaching In the missions the pupils have deserted them also. One hundred and fifty Boston girls recently kissed the mayor of that town. We hasten to assure our read ers that the young ladies did It In a perfectly prim, proper and prudent manner. The physical condition of children is In some measure responsible for their wrongdoing, think many doctors. It Is one of the advantages of living In a material age that material causes for evils are sought and removed. Prince Miguel of Portugal is to marry an American, girl and several millions of good American money, a large part of which Is to be paid In advance. We wish Mr. Aldrlch would devise a tariff scheme to keep these titled ones out of the American market. Another child shot by a revolver which he and a boy companion found lying about the house and which they began tossing about, ignorant of Its death-dealing powers. Is there no way of legally reaching the vacuous minded owners of firearms who persist In leaving them lying within reach of children, fully loaded and actually in viting death and Injury? Managers of charity bazaars In Lon don have lately been selling "immu nity tickets" of admission. The ticket entitles the holder to enjoy the social and spectacular features of the bazaar with Immunity from constant request to buy this, that or the other trifle at an extravagant price. The amount charged for the tickets depends on the good nature of the managers. Church fair promoters in America might copy the London Invention. What shall be done to bring men Into the church? The question Is more easily asked than answered. Much depends, of course, upon the minister. The trouble with too many preachers Is that they do not attempt to appeal to men. Indeed, It will be . found that where ministers possess manly traits they do not have occa sion to worry over the emptiness of pews. If their sermons are virile and attractive, if they deal with the daily problems of life, If they help men la netting and conquering the tempt tlfttu which constantly beset even ths most moral, they will find pleat of masculine auditors. DOES THIS riCTTTCiE ACITUSE AITT OF T0I7. GULLST . In a speech at the opening of ths Hudson and Manhattan tunnels Will iam G. McAdoo said: "We believe in 'the public be pleased' policy as op posed to that of 'the public be d d'; we believe the railroad is best which serves the people best; that decent treatment -of the public evokes decent treatment from the public; that rec ognition by the corporation of the Just rights of the people results in recog nition by the people of the Just rights of the corporation. This is an an nouncement of a sound policy in cor poration management, and It should receive the thoughtful consideration ol railroad companies of every descrip tion. The public will be fair If it it treated fairly. When it is persistent ly hostile there are always reasons foi its hostility, and It would be idle tc contend that either the great transpor tation lines of the country or the street railways of our cities had lived up to the program that Mr. McAdoc proclaims. .They have often ignored Just-complaints and have Introduced improvements only under pressure though they should have experts at work to anticipate the needs of the public. Where there was a proper pride In the business ana a proper sense of its obligations we should not have to wait for protests and sugges tlons from without. As soon as a bad condition began to develop a remed) would be sought for it before the people had been put to an enduran test. As It Is there is too great an insistence on rights without .much re gard for Justice or of the ultimate benefits to be derived from a broad, lib eral and progressive policy. mmm i air? si.. t?wr7 mm : ' Jill mmwwmmm ill 1; H-ry 2&3Mi$' Not the least among the legal scan dals of the day is the Inquiry into the sanity of Harry Thaw, recently in progress in New York. It is a mere commonplace to say that If this young criminal had been a poor man he would now be where the wicked cease from troubling, but surely the fact ol his wealth and social position should be no excuse for making him one ol the permanent institutions of the country. In these matters of crim inal Insanity we might do worse than adopt the English system. The mur derer who Is saved from punishment on the ground of insanity, Is confined in a criminal lunatic asylum "during his majesty's pleasure," and It Is hi? majesty's pleasure that he shall re main there for the rest of his natural life. He never emerges again and there are no judicial inquiries to pro vide fat fees for attorneys or sensa tions for society. The idea that anmn who committed a savage murder twe or three years ago, and who was then morally innocent on the ground of in sanity, may now have recovered his sanity so as no longer to be a terrot to his associates Is too puerile for con slderatlon. Equally ludicrous is the idea that a judge, or Indeed any hu man being, can determine whether oi not he has so recovered his moral re sponsibillty. The man who has once committed murder under the stress ol Insanity may do so again, says the San Francisco Argonaut, and It is hard tc resist the popular opinion that the Inquiry in New York was merely one of the preliminaries to this yoong man's release. The attempt may be unsuccessful this time, but one day we shall awake to the unpalatable fact that Harry Thaw Is once more at lib erty to wreak his vengeance upon whomsoever he will. May Lone Noted Painting. A famous painting, "The Last Spike," which pictures the scene of the drlv ing of the last spike that marked tht completion of the Central Pacific rail road and Its Junction with .the Union Pacific, may be lost to San' Francisco John Washburn, son-in-law of the late Thomas Hill, who painted the pic ture, is negotiating for its sale to an Eastern man for $10,000. An effort if making to arouse the people of San Francisco to raise $10,000 in order tc save the painting for this city, says a San Francisco correspondent for the New York Herald. Should the effort to preserve the picture to San Fran Cisco fail the descendants of the Men who built the first transcontinental road will endeavor to procure the pic ture for themselves. Among those who have taken ur negotiations with the estate are Mrs Whifelaw Reld, wife of the American Ambassador to Great Britain; Wil liam E. Crocker, D. A. Mills, Mr3 Charles B. Alexander and George Crocker, of New York; Mrs. C'ollis P. Huntington, Princess Hatzfeldt, for merly Miss Clara Huntington; Mrs Mountenay Jenpson, of London, and Mrs. J. Sloat Fassett, of Elmira, N. Y, Unci neat lonablr. "Of all dogs," the noted fancier wae asked, "which kind do you consider the best?" "Well," he replied, noncommlttally "to the hound belongs the bay." Kan sas City Times. Many girls spend hours In primping- while their mothers slave In the kitchen. HE story told by thess two pictures is not a rare one; It is, unfortunately, a'.tcscthci too coeimon. Little girl, do you ever think, while you titivate yourself in finery and allow your mother to slave in the kitchen, what tSwGSf I a graVe lnJustlce vou are aolne yourself, as well as her. It Is oQjBI she who ought to be resting while you. do the work. She is old and frail and tired, and you are young and strong. Her wrinkles and bent shoulders and work-roughened hands have all come through willing service for you and the rest of the family. In every way since you were a tiny baby she has racriflced herself for you. She has worn shabby clothes in order that you might wear pretty ones, and, mind you, In her woman's heart she probably loves pretty things Just as much as you do. She Is willing to work because she wants you to look pretty and go out and have a good time, free from worry and responsibility. She wants your hands to look white, and dish washing might redden them. You are the one to take things In your own hands and insist that she should take a well-earned rest. Let her sit In the parlor while you wash the dishes. I wager that at this moment you hive far more pretty things in your top drawer than she has had in the last ten years. How often do you wear a hat two seasons and how often does she get a new one in less than four seasons? The entire household grows accustomed to the mother doing all the drudgery; they take it for granted that she would rather work than play. Apart, from that, she must always be ready to sympathize and advise and comfort. Hands and hearts must be constantly at the service of the family. And then some day the patient, loving spirit slips quietly away and the dear, toll-worn hands are at rest at last. The smile on the still lips means peace and rest, for she has been tired, so tired, for such a long time. Then the family awakens to the knowledge of what that marvelous love and tenderness has meant to them. Now, when it is too late, they would crawl on hands and knees to save her one pang. But don't wait until after death to appreciate your mother. Do it now. A grain of service while she lives is worth an" ocean of tears after she has gone. I would say to all young men about to marry, find out how the girl treats her mother. If she Is a good daughter she will make a good wife. Call on her in the morning and find out If she reads a novel while her mother cooks the dinner. Also note whether she is as neat in appearance in the morning as she is when you call upon her in the evening. A great many girls get into the habit of looking upon their mothers as old-fashioned In Ideas. There Is just one thing of which all girls may be sure, and that Is that their mothers' ideas are always1 the best ideas to follow. I hope that none of my girls are allowing their mothers to slave while they play. You may be too young to do all the work, but you can help, and Just notice how your mother's face will, brighten when you tell her that after this she is going to be the one who is petted and taken care of. Beatrice Fairfax, in the Chicago American. NEVER WORKED. Ope of the Few Gentlemen of Leisure United Statea Hu Produced. As Is pretty well known, Foxhall Keene is one of the few gentlemen of leisure the United States has had time to turn out. He Is a son of James R. Keene, the Wall street speculator. Al ways supplied with money by his fath- The woman who builds castles in the air doesn't have to worry about house cleanln P ways been In the horse. This snap shot was made when he was officiating as Judge at the Rackaway Hunt Club race meet at Cedarhurst. The World'a Greatest Cave. Every one has heard of the Mam moth Cave of Kentucky, but few prob ably are aware that its discovery was due to the search for Suitable earth for the manufacture of saltpetre. The anxiety to find saltpetre earth was due to the Embarg3 bill passed by Congress in 1807, which forbade Amer ican vessels to sail for Europe and for eign vessels to land cargoes In Ameri ca. The Americans needed gunpowder, ' and to make It they required saltpetre. ' They had geen getting it from Spain and Italy, but the Embargo bill stop ped that, and there was no American ! supply of the substance. A roving j chemist, named Samuel Brown, had shown how saltpetre, or potassium nit . rate, could be obtained from cave earth. And so the quest for caves was begun, and assiduously continued. When the Mammoth Cave was I found, every part of the great cavern was searched' for cave earth. From pit, byways, and avenues slaves car ried out the heavy loads of petre earth. Many thousands of tons were treated, and the rude chemlstrv of tha j day produced something like a hun dred tnousana. pounds or saltpetre within two years. , SOMETHING FOB EVERYBODY. er, he has devoted his whole life to sport. He is well known as a gentle man rider and has played polo with distinction on both sides of the Atlan tic. For a time he ran In motor cup races, but his great interest has al- The Sinter fttntea. Probably the sister States are: Miss Ourl, the Misses Sippi, Ida Ho, Mary Land, Callle Fornla, Allle Bama, Louisa Anna, Delia Ware and Mlnne Sota. Letts Iowa Record. A woman doesn't think a garment stylish unless it is uncomfortable. The linen industry in Ireland em ploys 70,000 persons. Copper and wire sheets are now produced direct from crude metal by one process. Asbestos of reported good quality exists In large quantity In Rajputana and in Afghanistan, and a native com pany has been formed to work the de posits and manufacture the product. About six hundred patents are granted each year to British women upon Inventions, ranging from articles distinctively feminine in nature to motors, railroad car3, flying machines and wireless telegraphy. Brazil is offering an alluring field to the American makers of patent medicines, as against the standard proprietary medicines there exl.ns no prejudice on the part of Brazilian doctors or their patients. The proportion of felonies relating to property to the population in the police area of Londrfn has ri.ien stead ily of recent years. In 1907 It was 2.CS9 to each thousand of the popula tion, a higher figure than in any year since 1895. The population of the state of Vera Cruz may be approximately put down at 1,300,000. Every settlement, vil lage, town and city Is provided with private and public educational Insti tutions for the elementary education of the people. Professor Benlamlna Riuaiui pub lishes in the Corriere delle Maestre of Milan an interesting statistical study of elementary education in Italy. School teachers are the worst paid public servants in Italy. Their pay averages from 37 to 46 cents a day. Every metal Is believed by Gruttin, a German chemist, to have Its pecu liar odor, which he regards as a ease- ous transformation product. He has made Bome of the odors perceptible for a few moments at intervals by heating the metals to 122 degrees Fahrenheit, Sturgeon are much scarcer now in. the lower Amur River than formerly, owing to the fact that they are caught contrary to law, with dragnets and during the spawning season. Stur geon weighing from 100 to 160 pounds were once caught In quantities, but are uncommon now. the average weight being between thirty-six and rorty pounds. A skirt steak Is not exactly a piece de resistance, or a flirtatious piece, aa some thoughtless sillies may think, but Is quite another niece, the chean- est piece of a steer. . It Is a piece or the diaphragm, or midriff, between. lungs and bowels, and makes eood steak, stew or sausage, havlntr the great advantage of being absolutely fresh, being too cheap to be kept in storage. It is reported that a syndicate pros pecting 150 miles south of Suez, on tne Red bea coast, has struck oil, the gusher giving Increasing miAntlt lea. daily, and indicating large reserves. ine wen has been properly capped pending storage arrangement Th possibility of a cheap supply of fuel is a discovery of the greatest import ance to Egypt, and its geographical position should render the discovery valuable to the British navy. Cleanliness was not a fad In the middle ages. King Edward IV. of En gland was supplied with a barber t shave him once a week, and "if some necessary," to wash his head and feet. One medaeval laundress was given so little to wash that 'the washing bill of a ducal establishment came to 4i shilling ($9.60) a year. Four shirts was considered a large allowance of linen for Lord Howard, and a point Is made of the fact that Master How ard was actually given a shirt to go to college with. Separate schools for tubercular chil dren may be established in Philadel phia in the near future. The new school code specifically, prescribes that children suffering .from tuberculosis can not be admitted into the public schools, and at the same time pro vides for the compulsory attendance of all children between the ages of 6 and 16 years. It Is the opinion or the educational officials that the only solution of the problem Is to set aside special schools for the use of tha tubercular pupils. The Medical Jour nal. Stromboll In pouring out streams' or lava, 13 playing a most unusual part, says the London Chronicle. For the remarkable character of this leollan Isle is that It vomits flame persistent ly and cinders spasmodically. The' lighthouse of the Mediterranean has been known to stick to Us function of torchbearer (without dropping an ounce of tar) for the space of two thousand years. Whenever the tiny, irregular eruption takes place the stones drop back again into the crater. While the ancients regarded Stroin boll variously as the smithy of Vul can and the headquarters of Aeolus, the men of the middle ages looked upon It as the main Wghway to pur-gatorr
