LINCOLN GODm LEADER
RCCOUINS. toiler
r N tIAYDEN, Manager
TOLEDO OREGON
Throughout all the turmoil the nortu
pole remains cool.
Every woman, before she Is allowed
to vote, should be able to make a cher-
r pi.
Home Is a place where a man can
do as he pleases If he is married to
the right woman.
occupations which may Impair his
standing. The business world has a
right to know of any business man
"not only where he spends bis days,
but where he spends his nights." It
has a right not only to know his
financial standing, but also his status
in the scale of social decency. The
man who Is faithful to the duties of
his office and false to the standards
of domestic decency must have his
financial credit marked down and the
business confidence of his fellow men
lowered to the class of extra-hazard
ous risks.
Why should a girl approve of being
called a duck and object to being de
scribed as a goose?
To those whom It may concern: A
Philadelphia scientist declares a man
need not die unless he wants to.
What a man can't understand about
a woman is how Bhe never realizes
how smart he has' to be to shave himself.
The new Turks are going to sell
their navy for old iron. This Is much
better than having It sunk by the first
nemy Turkey makes.
y Mr Rockefeller, "it is a blessed
thing to struggle," even if you can't
make the old stovepipe fit. It brings
the higher moral qualities Into play.
Bays Dean Breckinridge of the Uni
versity of Chicago: 'The hired girl
( queen In the American household."
True, undeniably, but why rub it in!
Few girls of 20 are as considerate as
one described by a Western newspa
per, who wears her hair braided down
her back to help her mother to retain
an appearance of youth.
Why not extend the voting privilege
to our American women, with a gentle
God blens 'em? It would save lots of
trouble, and they are bound to get
uhat they want, anyway?
King Edward has bestowed knight
hood on Lieutenant Shackleton for get
ting farthest south. . The lieutenant
was lucky In that his performance did
not Interfere with the regular business
f any other south pole hunter.
Knud Rasmussen, a Danish naviga
tor, who has lived amongst the Eskl
mos and Js married to an Eskimo worn
an, says Cook went to the pole all
right. Peary says RasmusBen knows
about as much about It as a yellow
dog.
W. T. Stead claims to have had an
Interview with the spirit of Gladstone,
who Is reported to have said that he
was not Interested In worldly affalrB,
Nevertheless we can't keep from be
llevlng this to be a pretty interesting
world.
A learned doctor lays the blame foi
the Increasing baldness that is becom
ing apparent among women, to the
men. . Met get bald from wearing silk
or other stiff hats, and the disease be
comes hereditary and spreads to both
sexes. If they would save their hair,
the doctor sayB, the human race must
establish the fashion by going about
their various vocations bareheaded.
The reason why the stiff hat Is partic
ularly provocative of baldness Is be
cause It presses close about the tem
ples and cuts off the blood supply to
the head. It might seem that the
monstrous contraptions with which
women surmount their cranhnns would
be more Injurious than the light silk
or derby male head coverings; but not
so. The feminine headgear is fastened
on to the hair with hatpins, does not
press upon the tissles at any point,
and permits the free circulation of air
through the hair and all around the
scalp. In fact, the feminine hat, out
landish as It often appears, Illustrates
in all Its forms the superior genius ol
women In solving the problems ol
clothes. The women demonstrate It
also by dressing In such a manner as
to appear cooler and more comfortable
In summer and warmer Iti winter, to
say nothing of the degree to which
their garments excel those of the male
sex In beauty of detail and general ef
fect.' It Is difficult to Imagine what
the poor male of the human species is
covering. The ladles can go bare-
going to do about this matter of head
headed. If they choose, without much
Inconvenience or lack of ornamenta
tion, because they can dress their
abundant hair In becoming ways, and
Its mass furnishes an adequate protec
tion against the weather, even in the
cold season. But there are compara
tively few men past the first flush of
youth who have enough hair to keep
their scalps warm or protect It from
the rays of the sun. And If they
adopt a light, soft hat that will not
press upon the temples, how are they
going to keep It upon their heads on
a windy day? The matter might be
arranged for the coming generation.
Boys could be taught to go bareheaded
and thus save their hlrsuite heritage;
but the case of the mature or middle-
aged man who Is already inclined to
baldness Is rather a sad one.
DIVORCE OFTEN A ELESSINQ.
By Juttlce Henry B. Brown.
There Is no question connected with the ad
ministration of the law so fertile of litigation
and so exacting of public attention as di
vorces. That separation of church and sta'te
which is a. cardinal principle of American
Jurisprudence is nowhere more applicable
than in that which concerns the marriage re
lation. it is not perceived why the partnership cre
ated by marriage should so far differ from a commercial
partnership, that one may be dissolved at pleasure,
while the other 19 absolutely Indissoluble. A proper re
gard for the Interests, of the state as well as the perser
vatlon of domestic happiness would seem to require that
when the whole object of matrimonial compact had been
defeated by the habitual, persistent and uncontrollable
conduct of either party and that relation which should
represent the acme of human happiness Is made to
stand lor all that Is most repugnant to our desires and
anticipations a severance of the ties should be per
mitted. The clergy have generally been outspoken In denun
ciation of the acknowledged evils of divorces and dis
creetly silent in respect to their utility, Ignoring the
distinction between the causes for which they may be
granted and the procedure by which they are obtained.
I cannot, recall a divorce fairly obtained, without fraud
and upon due and personal notice to tha other side that
did not apparently redound to the welfare of the parties
and prove a real blessing.
HOUSEWORK AS EXERCISE.
- By Margaret Hubbard Ayer.
There are all sorts of ways for a woman
to exercise in the house and accomplish work
at the same time. And she is doing more than
accomplishing housework. She Is accomplish
ing a good figure, which should make house
work worth while If nothing else did.
Women who live In hotels and boarding
houses usually get too fat, because they have
nothing to do, and religiously taking a walk
every day is not enough. If a woman does her own
housework and goes at It with the Idea in view of mak
ing it do for physical culture, Bhe will be surprised at
how many different things tihere are in connection with
her work that will answer for gymnastic exercises.
Sweeping Is an excellent exercise for developing shoul
der and chest muscles, but better still is the carpet
sweeper, which la as good as any gymnastic apparatus.
Dusting and rubbing both may be used for physical de
velopment, and there Is a kind of foot polisher for wax
ing floors that might have been invented purposely for
fat women. If there is a force pump in the bouse, like-
the ones used In summer cottages for filling tanks. -la
tha attic, the house worker will find the best sort of
exercise ready-made for her benefit, which will probably
please the men of the family whose reluctant duty H
usually Is to keep the tank full.
N corsets should be worn when working the force
pump. The body should be free to follow the movement
of the handle. Work for five minutes, then rest a bit
and start In again, resting and working alternately for
twenty minutes or half an hour.
If housework Is done intelligently and quickly, with-'
out any dawdling, the worker gets all the benefit of the
exercise without belnr worn out. That Is why so many
women are exhausted over housecleaning, because they
don't know how to do the work, and scatter their forces
by not being thorough.
ARE RICHES A BLESSING?
By E. S. Martin.
Imperfectly as wealth still performs its
proper functions' Is it not better geared to
them than It has been In times past? Of
course a lot of It is wastefully used; but not,
even now, so great a proportion of the total
wealth as appears, because the wasteful dm
of It Is apt to be far more conspicuous than
the fruitful use. Besides the very large share
of the total wealth that goes to maintain life
in no more than reasonable comfort, and to enlarge the
opportunities and better the lives of those who have it,
there is a constant expenditure of slices and shares of
the incomes of the greater fortunes in works of studied
and tested benevolence, and, above all, in promoting ed
ucation and the discovery of truth. So common is this
use of superfluous money by Individuals as fairly to
give ground for the suspicion that the limitations of the
profitable use of money for personal advantage are be
ing better appreciated. Those of us that have learned
a little, really want, not money, but life the "more
abundant life" that Is worth having. We want money,
in bo far as It promises increased life; but, looking
about at the various people who have money abundant
ly and superabundantly, it is easy to see that, beyond
a certain point which many attain, the mere command
of money does not give the coveted Increase of life. Ex
cessive fortunes seem as apt to blight life as to expand
it; and when they do blight It breeding selfishness and
laziness, narrowing association, relaxing fidelity, and
paralyzing effort they bring, not envy, but contempt on
their possessors. There seems to be nothing profitable
to do with the more enormous fortunes, the rolling up
of which has made so many observers anxious, but by
hook or crook to devote the bulk of them to securing
the welfare of the people from whom they were derived.
Harper's Magazine.
In cases of collisions and accidents
at sea, salvage will be paid on human
life as well as on property. Life, by
this provision, Is made as valuable as
property, though, on the other -hand,
some might argue that life Is above
all price and that Its salvage is merely
a plain ' duty. Incumbent. on all, to
'humanity.
If the Indiana continue to Increase
nd prosper, the time will soon come
when the government will cease to
treat them as wards. The present In
dian population Is In excess of three
hundred thousand, or nearly forty
thousand more than when the last
census was taken, The number or
taxed Indians in 1900 was almost dou
ble the number In 1890. "Playing In
dian," If the sport keeps up with the
times, may become a game of manag
ing a successful farm Instead of scalp
ing white settlers.
FEET OF SEA BEASTS.
Their Apprurnnve When the Skin la
Stripped Off.
Of all the feet that 1 have looked at
I know only one more utterly ridicu
lous than the twisted flipper on which
the sea lion props his great bulk in
front, and that Is the forked fly Hup
which extends from the hinder part
of the same. How can It be worth any
TO KILL RED AND BLACK ANTS.
Carbon Blaulphtde Una Official Hee
ommendatton aa an Exterminator.
W. W. Skinner, of the Arizona agri
cultural experiment station, some
time ago sent out this information on
a most troublesome pet:
Ants, the large red and black varie
ties which burrow into the ground,
may be killed comparatively easily by
the use of carbon bisulphide, a liquid
chemical of a peculiar, disagreeable
odor.
vows. Justice Hendryx now holds the
world's record, having married 6,000
couples, far more, it Is said, than any
other, he he bishop or judge, parson
or Justice. He Is now marrying the
grandchildren of couples whom he uni
ted In wedlock forty years ago and
I To be entirely successful, however,
thfi habits of the ants must be taken
Into consideration. Immediately after
a rain la the accepted time to attempt
thafi. JnDtrnMInn tnr It fa thon that I
the ants are very actlye, bringing out
tntn ttiA aim trt ha ffrloil flnv fit tVietr
beast's while to carry such au absurd . . ,. , h.ph m hava
n m.a n riia tarlfVt 1 4lld Tnf t Vl a afllrA rtft " w "
avVa,mUB .v j become damn
getting out Into the air sometimes and. . ...
pushing oneself about on the ice and '
being eaten by polar bears? The por
poise has discarded one pair, turned
the other Into decent fins and recov
ered a grace and power of motion In
water which Is not equaled by the
greyhound .on land. Why have the
seals hung back? I believe I know
the secret. It Is the baby! No one
knows where the porpoise and the
whale cradle their newborn infants
it is bo dimcult to pry into the domes
tic ways of these sea people but evi-
A half teacupful more If the nest
Is a very large one of the carbon bi
sulphide poured Into the nest at this !
time will accomplish the result. The i
ground being damp and cool Is an
other decided advantage In that It
prevents the too rapid absorption or
volatizatlon of the carbon bisulphide;
consequently a less quantity of the
chemical Is required.'
A word of caution in the use of the
carbon bisulphide Is deemed necessary.
It must at all times be borne In mind
that the substance Is highly Innamma-
dently the seals cannot manage it, so b)e and under certaIn oonditIon8 ex.
Who owns the north pole may some
day become a live question, but to
day, in spite of the speculation on the
subject, it Is of little greater practical
moment than the question about the
age of Ann. If it is frozen sea no
body owns It, and nobody cares for
it. But In the distant future, when
flying-machines are so perfected that
they can beat against the fierce arctic
winds, and fast enough to go to the
pole and back from Chicago In twenty-
four hours or thereabouts, the polar
(ce may be valuable for cooling sum
mer drinks If, Indeed, soma one in
the meantime has not Invented a way
of bringing the arctic cold to the tem
perate clime by a pipe-line.
they are forced to return to the land
plosive. Matches, pipes, etc., are to
cares oi maiernuy are on . ,eft gt home whe tn,8 chemlcal lg
to be used. The carbon bisulphide can
when the
them.
I have called the feet of these sea'ha nrnrB1, from anv drucelst. and
beaBts ridiculous things, and so they I Kfl ... t. ner DOUnd. mit cB be
are as we see them. But strip off. the ' bougnt for much le88 wholesale.
SKin, ana, 10, mere appears a piam u i8 probable that the remedy Is not
foot, with Its five digits, each of sev-1 pra(,tlcable on a verv iarge 8cale
eral Joints, tipped with claws, nowise , t th 0Bt of material, but it
essentially different,- In short, from fre,iuen,v hanuens that these ants Be-
that with which the toad or frog first , t ... "heir home, from our point of
set out in a jwst too distant for our'lew nlos, unaeslrable places, such as j
nun in unms...ni."... hoc. i nKiit. wa ks. or near ones aoor. in
Is paralyzed by a coutrlvance so aim- BUfh cnge3 a 8Ure means of eradlcat
ple, bo transmutable and so sufficient tng.tne pest Is well worth knowing.
for every neea tnat time ana cnange .Kansas City Star.
could bring. Strand Magazine.
It used to be an accepted theory
that the business world has nothing
to do with the private life of business
people. As long as a man attended
honestly to his business occupation,
was true to his obligations and paid
bis debts, that was considered suffl
clent It is no longer considered suf
ficient.' The business world, before it
will accord to any man tho highest
rate of credit, must be shown that
tha man is not only faithful and roll
ble, but is not addicted to habits d
Not Particular.
An absent-minded gentleman, whose
absent-mindedness was always present,
put down a sovereign at the booking
HOLDS MARRIAGE RECORD.
Uooiiilnalon, 111., Jnatlc Haa United
B.OOO Conplea.
Bloomington, 111., is becoming world'
offlce at Charing Cross, says a writer famous aa a Gretna Green, due to the
In the London Globe, and demanded a popularity of its clergymen and Jus-
t,cket ttces or the eace in tying roam-
"What station?" asked the clerk. jmonlal knots. The great magnet for
"What stations have you?" asked the those seeking the altar of love, how-
traveler, .ever, la tne marriage punor oi jus-
, ,11
I
l;,,.!.";;!! Ii 1 HlTaaannnnnntgaV (fa
lated to promote matrimony.- such aa
"Perfect union," "Wedded for life."
"Cupid's headquarters." etc., adorn the
walls. A monster mirror, ten feet
square, which cost the Justice $300,
covers one wall, allowing couples to
have a full-length view of themselves,
while the binding words are being ut
tered. Fresh flowers are provided1 ev
ery day anil are placed In rut glass
vases, to be presented to the brides.
An organ for the rendition of a wed
ding march is an Important adjunct
and an obliging stenographer in an
adjoining office Is ready to respond to
a call for the strains of Mendelssohn
or Lohengrin If the accompaniment of
music is desired. The justice Is also
prepared to supply forgetful grooms
with full dress suits or brides with
veils and orange blossoms if request
is made. A barrel of rice and a box
i of old shoes are also kept on hand.
I It Is not uncommon for him to marry
five couples in a single day.
Hendryx enlisted In the Union army
I as a hoy and fought gallantly for five
years.. After the war he became dep
uty sheriff. Forty years ago he was
elected Justice of the peace and has
beeji re-elected every four years since.
Mother'a Lore.
future life depends
tlce William B. Hendryx, a veritable
A noted man once said, "We shall (wid'a bower, where blushing brides
never be entirely and completely happy and ganant grooms from all over the
until every man can print his own unltod States' come to plight their
nonwrM I
will shortly attend a reunion in Chi
cago of a family where he performed
the ceremony for each member.
Justice Hendryx'a "marriage, par
lors" are In a class by themselves.
Tourists are always advised to visit
these parlors, whether matrimonially
inclined or otherwise. Mottos calcu
lated by
"Your whole
upon it."
The mother, her face tinged with
sympathy which we must ever feel In
the presence of an Immaturity that is
hesitating between right and wrong,
laid her hand over that of her beauti
ful daughter.
"Yes. dear," Bhe continued, "Into ev
ery life there comes at one time or
another a supreme temptation. If the
crisis is passed, all Is safe, but It you
yield at the fatal moment, you cannot
retrace your stepB. You are then com
mitted to a fatal policy."
"But, mother, father says he cannot
afford it."
"Exactly. Fathers, from time Im
memorial, have always said that. It
is their way of imposing on youth and
Innocence.- Go forth at once and buy
the gown. Do not forget that I am
with you, that 1 will stand back of
you with all the feeble strength I can
command".
So saying, the proud woman folded
into her arms the weak creature, who
even then, if It had not been for her
timely rescue, would have been be
trayed into a humiliating and shame
ful surrender. fluocess Magaslne.
Plan of Procedure.
Stella What would you do with flv
feet of books?
Bella I'd read the last foot first.