LINCOLN GQDHTY LEADER
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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.
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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