Lincoln County leader., January 28, 1910, Image 2

LIU GQflin LEADER
RECOLUNS, Cdftw
f N HAYDEN, Maaagar
TOLEDO..
.OREGON
Trouble never cornea singly to a
bigamist
The only people in Franc who take
no Inters la duals are the undertak
ra The Boutin pole la no doubt begin
ning to feal aa If tt wrera already lae
aoed. Royal weddings continue, and the
people of Europe continue to pay lor
them.
What has become of the man who
used to eay that his home waa wher
ever be took bis hat off T
Blr Thomas Lip ton says that It is
luck to be born poor. It may be luck
to be born poor, but It la bard luck to
live so.
The Kaiser's new Dreadnought la
eaid to be so fast that she easily outr
distances even the criticism of the
Socialists.
The discovery that cancer cannot
live in the name place with Hmburger
cheese Is of particular comfort to folks
ahQ aliAr.
Gypsy Smith's favorite song Is,
"Where He Leads 1 Will Follow."
That's the one that made Edna s May
famous, and won her a rich husband.
"Is the college girl a mollycoddle?"
the New York World asks. That's a
question for some other fellow to an
swer. Jumping In where angels fear
to tread la not a pleasant pastime.
A man who has been arrested at
Yonkera, N. Y., for bigamy admits that
be can't remember the names of all his
wives. It is probable, however, that
be could, if he were to meet them,
truthfully say their faces were familiar.
A desire to enjoy the privileges of
democracy and to be Independent once
in a while of the claims of royalty 1b
the reason given by Princess Christian,
the eldest surviving daughter of the
late Queen Victoria, for Joining a wo
man's club.
Captain Amundsen is going to start
tor the north pole, taking with him a
food supply greet enough to last seven
years. He evidently la determined to
avoid any danger of being doubted,
when he returns, because of the speed
he bad to make in order to avoid run
ning out of pemmlcan.
What this world needs is new and
better men and women, who will find
at hand all the religious help that Is
necessary without devising new sys
tems of ethical culture. Not all men
are Intellectual Brahmins, who can
feast their souls on academic Ideals.
Most of us need the personal help and
sympathy of a Divine Being, who Is
to us a reality and not a theory of
living.
London seeking British capital tor th
enterprls The recently appointed
Japanese consul general In Bogota ex-1
presses an intention to co-operate with :
the engineer. Those familiar with the
history of the Darlen project will nat
urally Infer that there Is more Inter
national politics than canal building
In the renewed discussion of It The
Darlen route by the way of the Atrato
River waa explored by American en
gineers in 1857, in 1870 and in 1899,
but the difficulties in the way ware so
great that the project was abandoned.
It Is true that Senator Hanna talked
about this route during the negotia
tions over the Nicaragua and Panama
pro J ecu, but It is generally believed
that this was for the purpose of bring
ing the other negotiations to a success
ful Issue. Four other general routes
across the Isthmus have been consid
ered besides the Darlen, Nicaragua
and Panama locations. One Is by way
of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec In Mex
ico, and the other three are In Pan
ama: the Chlrlqul Lagoon-Dulce Gulf
route, the San Bias Bay-Bayano River
route, and the Caledonia-San Miguel
Bay route. A railroad has been built
across Tehuantepec by Mexico, and
the canal project there has not been
seriously considered for- years. . The
San Bias and the Caledonia Bay and
the Atrato routes Involve the construc
tion of a tunnel, and have been reject
ed for that reason. The Nicaragua
route Is the only one which was ever
a serious rival of Panama, and the
United States would now be engaged
on that project of the French company
had refused to sell its rights at Pan
ama. In suits for divorce, as In other un
pleasant cases, Judges have the right
by low to hear testimony In private In
the interest of public morality. We
do not know how far this wholesome
law differs In different states. It must
grant everywhere wide discretion to
the judge and this may Include power
everywhere to suppress the decree 'ae
well as the evidence and to seal the
whole record file so that It never can
be examined by the public That
practice has prevailed In New York
City for a long time, though it was
not brought to general public notice
until census officials sent by President
Roosevelt to obtain statistics of di
vorce found themselves confronted in
New York with sealed records in
locked safes. These cases are invari
ably those of rich and prominent fam
ilies, or persons possessing an equal
Influence with the courts. This la a
shameful abuse for protection of privi
leged classes of a law strained from
the original purpose of protecting pub
lic morals. It Is one thing to prevent
demoralizing recital in open court and
another to cover up evil whose exam
ple would be wbolesome to society.
The cause of public morals Is not
aided but injured by allowing persons
of wealth and station concealment of
rices which are ruthlessly exposed
! jjpra.a jwa tmeu ilswix iujj
Eight new sanctuaries for birds and
animals have been set apart in the
state of Victoria, Australia, by the gov
ernment within a year. This is In ad
dition to the ordinary protection af
forded by law to kangaroos, platypus,
magpies, laughing jackals and certain
other animals, and Is Intended to pre
vent the extermination of native crea
tures. Several years ago a private cifci
ten established a game sanctuary in
South AustraMar and the birds within
It are now about as tame as domesti
cated chickens. A similar fearlessness
of man la noted In the East African
game preserve along the railroad on
which Mr. Roosevelt traveled on his
way to the hunting fields.
Paper of a stronger texture, some
thing that will stand the test of time,
better than that commonly used for
legal documents and public records,
Is earnestly urged by a prominent of
ficial whose recent researches have lm
pressed upon him the increasingly
perishable nature of that now used.
Undoubtedly his plea Is well founded,
and It might have been extended to
cover the paper used In books and
newspapers, that la, the books and
newspapers which are worth preserv
Ing. As a matter of cheapness, such
a quality of paper Is now generally
used that its lease of life Is certain
to be much shorter than that used in
earlier years. Paper can be made
from many different materials, and is
amployed for a multitude of uses; but
principally It Is used, and will con
tinue to be used, aa an adjunct of "the
art preservative," and in this connec
tion It is desirable that it be as sub
stantial and durable aa possible.
Interest In the Darlen Canal project
naa lately been revived In Columbia.
An engineer who is trying to get a con
cession from the government for the
construction of the catul r
all
"TOWEBS OF SH0AM LESS IS NUMBEIL"
By William Scott Palmar,
"Providence and prudence," said Sweden
borg, "act as one." I see earthquakes and
volcanoes, wrecked ships, innocent men suf
fering while the guilty prosper. I sea micro
scopic parasites slaying their thousands and
mosquitoes more dangerous than quick-firing
guns. Disease, pain, misery, and the inci
dence of death, working by a grim law which
is morally an indifferent chance, seem out of
connection with love or Justice. My heart sickens
as my mind's eye surveys the world where every living
thing lives In some peril; and where the peril turns
to disaster as that or this "tower of Siloam" falls with
out distinction upon young and old, just and unjust,
valuable or worthless lives. Or so we say when the
tower falls upon ourselves or upon those whom we love
as we love ourselves.
Now and then something happens In the world to rid f
us of one of these dangerous towers, these indifferent
agents of death or misery; and we breathe more freely.
For example, malaria and yellow fever -are growing
dally less terrible, and whole countries over which that
tower always shook and often fell are freeing them
selves from a death that slew discriminatingly, un
lovingly, nnJuBtly. At least this Is what men say of It
when It smites them In seme tender place.
There are not many of us, if there are any, who would
be so foolish as to mark out the boundary beyond which
our use and management of things will not be able to
pass, and our skill and prudence will not be able to
avoid catastrophe. Some of us even believe that we
may come to use our world skillfully enough to ward
off all disease and bodily pain, so that life will last
much longer than It does now, and death coma, for by
far the greater number. In the way of old age.
WHO GAINS MOST BY MARRIAGE t
By Harold Owen.
As to the comparative tribulations of the
married state, does the man who marries
give no hostages to fortune beyond those pro
vided by his collaborator? Is it for his own
selfish creature comforts that" he bolts his
breakfast, rushes for the morning train and
stews In the city all to earn an income of
which he personally spends only a fifth or a
tithe? Are dressmakers' bills merely cart
of his unholy, unselfish Joy? Once a man becomes a
husband, has he nothing to bear and forbear? Has the
compound word "hen-pecked" crept uselessly Into our
language? ' Has no man's "Individuality" been sapped
or overwhelmed by an overpowering personality in pet
ticoats? Though It be true that a wife has no "wages,"
is a husband allowed to husband his? Though a wife
may be "a slave to her husband," has the converse
phrase no sanction from experience? And . though a,
mother be "a slave to her children," has a father no.
parental carea? Are there no households In which a
father has to sink his "individuality" and preferences
and wishes allow his meals to be fixed, where he ahalL
live, when and where ha shall take his holidays and
even how long he shall remain In harnesa "for the
sake of the children?" Is a "devoted husband" merely
a contradiction In terms? As to the comparative loose
and gains of entering the marriage state, does the man.
standing at the altar surrender nothing and incur no
responsibilities from which ha would otherwise be free,
and does the woman acquire nothing but the burden of
fresh duties and a gold ring of a somewhat monotonous
pattern?
I apologise for the elementary and homely character
of these Interrogatories. But the fact that they arise
out of a current controversy shows where that contro
versy Is taking us. And so I put the question, as a mat
ter for timely discussion. Who gains most by mar
riage, man or woman? And that question cannot be
answered without answering the deeper question: "In
the Interest of which sex ( apart altogether from the in
stitution of home and the entity of family) Is It most
necessary that the - Institution of marriage should be
preserved?"
SUPERSTITION IN EARLY AST.
"By Dr. Paul Carat.
Physiologists are familiar with the fact
that six fingers are sometimes actually found
on one hand and that the peculiarity seems
to be hereditary in certain families, but such
Instances are malformations and have not
Justified the theory that they are Indications
of a superiority of any kind. Wa have even
an Instance in the Bible, where a case la
mentioned of a giant among the Gentile pop
ulation of Palestine who was possessed of six fingers.
It Is reported that ha was slain in battle.'
Among the notions of the middle ages which are now
almost forgotten was a belief that the faculty of pro
phetic dreams was a sixth sense, which was outwardly
indicated by the possession of six fingers or six toes.
No one except a searching critic may have discovered
that Pope Slxtus IV., who Is represented on Raphael's
Slstlne Madonna, Is possessed of six fingers. Raphael
was too great. a painter not to be able to render this
feature so Inconspicuous as to make it difficult for a
casual observer to discover the sixth finger on the
Pope's hand, and yet it is plainly visible to everyone
who takes the trouble to look for It
The same Is true of St Joseph, who, according to the
reports of the New Testament, receives his Instructions
In dreams. He accordingly Is a typical example of a
person who In all his walks of life Is guided by divine
commands tendered to him through dreams. He there
fore Is represented with six toes.
HOW THE POLE "WOBBLES."
The movement is very slight never
feet but even that
Just to perplex Cook and Peary In
their efforts to prove they reached the
north pole, the scientists now soberly
declare that the pole does not stand
still. Instead, It moves frequently,
when practiced by humbler P. , MtroiI0ine for more tnan a cen.
Thfira wan ,na n r fMBAn fj-.a V,l a A n .
crimination but some form of bribe, I T!
Jf ' 6' ' l"' TO'ci:more than sixty
court officers or a tribute to the pollt- ,C8 of the heayeng lnto and of
leal organization by which they are nortn dIscoverer
n liyOU dth!A,rfT attempt to say that he planted the
7 , V. a u? v, T fla exactly at the pole, when he can-
fralltles of John Smith and his wife nnt tnr tha n. hlm ta11 whBt w thB
are exposed to the public and spread pole . wnen he ,t00d or Blxty feet
uyuu wn recuru. uxiitos n is Decause away
they pay for the privilege? These se-l Aft'er of ob8ervatjon of the
cret records-are kept with peculiar ' mvgtei.ou8 movements from astronom
care and. like the secret archives of ; lcaj ,n all part8 of tne eartn
government, will make interesUng u TnfoHnnj nrfH Aai.Hnn
reading for posterity.
The FtaThtina; Paraon.
When the great-grandfather of the
present Duke of Norfolk was engaged I in curves and ellipses, one Inside an-
lncorporated In its report a diagram
showing the movements of the pole
from 1895 to 1899. This map shows
that the end of the earth's axis moved
in any. of his electioneering contests
he was always attended by his chap
lain, an athletic man and one who had
made suoh good use of his hands on
several occasions thai he acquired the
name of "The Fighting Parson." Mr.
Dauncey, an eminent counsel, 'having
once to examine him as a witness
during a trial, asked "whether he waa
not the gentleman called "The Fight
ing Parson." "I believe I am, sir,"
the divine replied; ''but if you require
any more positive proof and will do
me the favor to step out of court, I
will give It to you under my own
hand.". No further evidence was taken.
Bally's Magazine.
other, without seeming regularity. At
no time Is the pole more than thirty
The '-Idle Soph.
The psychology students of Harvard
are repeating a new witticism of their
brilliant teacher, Prof. William James.
. Prof. James, It appears, made' this
comment upon a very exquisite and
idle millionaire sophomore from New
York:
"What time he can spare from tha
adornment of his person he devotes to
tha neglect of his- duties."
Wkert Thrift Falls.
Poor Richard had Just written "For
lack of a nail the shoe was lost"
"Never mind," we cried, "perhaps a
He was lost, too."
Thus wa learn that thrift Is not al
ways desirable. New York Sun.
Soma people have better clothes than
aomT io to i o to tarter 3i
i
sorter ? '9 V P SO
DOES HOT STAND STILL.
BRIDGE IS 200 YEARS OLD.
REMARKABLE JAPANESE STRUCTURE IS OF WOOD AND STILL
SOLID.
The Iwakunl bridge, which Is 200 years old, crosses the river Nlshlkl, In
the province of Suho. This Is said to be the only wooden bridge built In the
characteristic style of old Japan now remaining, all the others being re
placed by steel construction designed In the modern style. Black and White.
feet from Its normal position, and the
diameter of its course is. never more
than sixty feet ;
There have been various explana
tions of the movements of the pole.
Edwin B. Frost, of the Yerkes Observ
atory, writing in the World To-day for
November, holds that an adequate
cause for part of the variations may
be found In the movement of the Ice,
water and air from the pole toward
the equator and Its return.
Observations made simultaneously
at Honolulu and Berlin showed that
as the latitude at Honolulu decreased
that at Berlin Increased with the move
ment of the pole. The reverse also
waa true. This means positively that
there is a shifting of the axis of the
earth.
A Japanese astronomer, Klmura, ar
gues that the movement of the earth's
axis and the pole can be explained by
the theory that the center of gravity
of the earth Is not fixed, but moves
backward and forward five or six feet
every year. Mr. Frost thinks, how
ever, that this explanation cannot be
considered as established by fact St
Louis Post-Dispatch.
Governmant'a "Blue Book."
The United States official register or
"blue book," which has been published
biennially since 1817, was of over 4,
000 pages in two large volumes In
1905, the Washington Post says. Be
fore 1817 the germ of the publication
had been appearing for over twenty
years in the shape of simple lists of
government clerks transmitted to con
gress by the secretaries, .but In that
year provision was made for issuing
regularly a complete register. There
was a time when the blue book was a
convenient size for the pocket though
containing a full roster.
During Washington's administration
the secretaries of state, treasury and
war, .Thomas Jefferson, Alexander
Hamilton and Henry Knox, trans
mitted tha names of their clerks to
congress, and In '1793 Secretary Ham
ilton forwarded to congress a general
list of clerks, agents and employes on
the government rolls. This latter, be
ing printed, was the first blue book or
register. The government waa then la
FMiadeiphla, and In the three depart
ments there were less than 150 names.
two-thirds being In the treasury.
Realcned To It.
Taking oneself too seriously Is sup
posed to be an American trait At
any rate, It Is found in America. Tha
late Edward Everett Hale, In "We, the
People," cites a remark of Thomas
Carlyle apropos of this habit
Margaret Fuller had perhaps taken
herself the least bit too seriously.
She had said that she had determined
"to accept the universe."
"She had better said Carlyla!
If aver Forarata Em.
"Maude Is continually giggling. She
seems to have an ever-present sense of
humor." . s
"Not at all. What she has U almply
an ever-present consciousness of dim
ples." Boston Transcript
Tha vices of New York, although so
numerous and terrible, and never men
tioned except during an election.