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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1910)
LINCOLN t LEADEH BF COLLINS, Editor r N HAYDEN, Mauaftr TOLEDO OREGON Many a good turn that deserves ait ether never gets It in thla world. The man who Invented cranberries Diust .have been a great friend of the sugar trust The Standard Oil has annexed Greece, but then they have no Sher man law in Greece. Scientists who Insist that there is no life on Mars have no respect for the feelings of some popular novelists. Some men's Idea of a good wife la one who doesn't object to their tobac co being counted as a household neces sity. A Paris physician declares that jeal ousy is a disease, just as much as niea- cles. But one can't have measles more than once. Consider Missouri: it sells more mules and corncob pipes than any oth er State In the Union and yet wears Us laurels with modesty. It must be really awkward for a bride whose husband was careless about the staying qualities of his dl- vorce to discover that she never was really married. A man whose heart was found to be on the right Bide has been deported, but the immigration authorities are till admitting too many who appear to have no heart. The suggestion is made that the north pole be turned Into a weather bureau station. This would be all right If they manage so that its brand of weather could be utilized In July or August. have long hair, affect velvet coats, ana, now, velvet hats. But we do not see that college professors, the geniuses of the laboratory, the conqueror of the stars or the deep miners of re search clothe or rig themselves differ ently from their fellows. There is genius and genius, evidently. Queen Wilhelmlna of Holland has Inventod a baby caravan In which the little princess may take her outing In all kinds of weather. Naturally, as a queen's Invention, it ought to draw a large royalty. The average man Is ready to wilt when he is confronted with a woman suffrage petition. The women, If they go about It In the right way, shouM find It easy to get two or three thou sand miles of signatures. More than sixty years have passed Blnce Ellas Howe took out his patent on a sewing machine, and nearly fifty since he received the French cross of the Legion of Honor for his achieve ment. To-day sewing machines are used almost universally. The expira tion of patents has brought them with in the reach of even the humblest. The first fear regarding the sewing ma chine was that It would drive seam stresses out of business. This is al ways the fear about Inventions that overcome the use of hand-work. But It was not realized with reference to the sewing machine. The very first effect was to stimulate fashion. The Invention was followed by a perfect outburst of new gewgaws on women's clothes. The simple skirts of former times gave way almost immediately to a bewildering array of ruffles, flounces, braids, tucks, rows of stitching and trimming. The Invention temporarily freed womankind from the grinding labor described by Hood in "The Song of the Shirt." But It introduced the sweat shop, which, under conditions of commercialism, Imposed nnothpr frightful kind of slavery. The hope of the Inventor that he would emancipate woman from the thralldom of the needle was thus defeated. But the la bor of the machine Is Incomparably less exacting than that of handsew ing, and enlightened altruism Is grad ually overcoming the shameful condi tions under which women work at it. It Is hard to overcome the cupidity of mankind, but It must be admitted that every great Invention tends toward beneficence, no matter how hard avar ice may struggle to nullify it. The many labor-saving machines Introduc ed upon the farm have not only made the food supply of the world greater, but have lessened the grinding man ual labor of the farm. The sewing machine has done something for wom ankind, though not all It might have done. The shoemaking machines of America have shod the race better than it ever could have been other- Ise. but unfortunately they have brought the boy and the girl Into the factory, when they should be In school or on the playground. With every gain there has been some loss. But every great Invention has brought th race to. a little higher level. "A Parisian dress designer says within twenty years both men and women will wear garments that do not reach below the knees." Don't believe it. Fashion may be cruel, but she must have some feeling for bowlegged patriots. Why not turn the disputed question of Mount McKlnley over to the Duke of the Abruzzl? So successful and fa mous a mountain climber as he ought to jump at the chance of adding an other leaf to his laurels, and Inciden tally settling half of an annoying and unfortunate controversy. A wreath waB placed on the tomb of Commodore Perry in -Newport, R. I., by representatives of the commercial delegation from Japan, who have been visiting this country. Their tribute to the man who opened Japan to the ' Western world and the Western world to Japan was as graceful as It was de served, No doubt former Secretary Shaw is right in saying that grafting in the federal service Is widespread. No doubt Secretary MacVeagh Is right in describing the New York 'customs houBe as "a nest of corruption." But all this is largely so because of the Inefficiency and Incompetency of high department officials and because of the loth, negligence, or worse, of Con gress. An aroused public sentiment could do much to bring about a better condition in the federal public ser vice. . "Why is it," asked a writer in the Fllegende Blaetter, "that when a man discovers that he Is a genius he al lows his hair to grow long, and that when a woman becomes similarly con clous, she has her hair cut BhortT' It probably grows out of the fact that, learning that they are different from others, they wish to emphasize the fadt by some outward distinguishing mark. The woman who merely keeps bouse, raises children, supports the church, tolls for missions, and gives borne entertainments, will wear her balr In coils, puffs or otherwise piled upon her head. The female genius goes to the other extreme. She cuts bers off at the nape of the neck. So also the ordinary man, who merely works for a living, votes and tramps with a musket If his country calls, wears bis balr short to have it out of the way. But- the genius, thinking more about himself, sees the value of an external sign that be is not ordi nary. Proobata. artist, musicians MONORAIL GYROSCOPE CAR STIRS U. S. RAIL MEN Test in England Proves It a Success Speed of 150 Miles an 'Hour Predicted far Trains Using This Principle Spinning Wheels Keep Equilibrium. , , "- 1 j rj-n ii i jf i I j i - - .. .f-X '-'.-- -zt.y?: ; B"' -Wft. . .n.tnMMm.ui.J-iK i-i) 7 4 VJ i I LI 5 .,'"o,j'f 1 A, .1 y- "... RUNNING AN OYSTEB, FARM. errltorr Weeded and Seeded and Conducted on Scientific Bawls. When the oysterman plants a bed he weeds out the-ground, just as a farmer does, freeing It as far as pos sible from the lurking enemy. Then he puts In some good shells and some sturdy, big oysters as breeders. His crop Is like a farmer's crop, depending largely on the season and affected In a considerable degree by luck. Al though the oystermen who rent or own their beds get spawn from the Sound, they have had little trouble In past years In keeping down the starfish, sea spiders and drills. Starfish and drill operate differently on their oyster food, but .both are equally destructive. The former closes about the oyster and suffocates It, while the drill, with its sharp little cone of shell, bores through the shell of the oyster and sucka It hollow. If no attempt Is made each season to clean out the oyster beds, these two creatures are capable of destroying from one fourth to one-half of the product. Oyster farming Is now conducted on highly, scientific principles, but al though one object of the society's visit was to teach the latest lcsson3 of science, it may-he doubted If the mem bers could Instruct the Oakera and the Beebes and other large proprietors in their art. The Long Islander is a philosopher in his way, and never shows impatience while the lesson is in progress. It may be that he has his quiet laugh after the fisheries men have lectured and departed. It was the practical oysterman who found out nearly a decade ago that the oyster beds of the Great South Bay, which were getting exhausted, could be replenished by spawn taken from the southern waters of the Sound. Their spawn, after transportation and rebeddlng In the bay develop into the firm, small, slightly coppery flavored Blue Point Why It Is so the lay mind cannot tell TPjOUV GT GTROXCOffi, CATC Great interest has been manifested among American railroad-men lately In the monorail car tried out by Louis Brennan, C. B., before the Royal So ciety of England. Many believe that the principle of the gyroscope thus adapted to a full-Blzed car for the first time Is about to revolutionize railroad construction. Mr. Brennan first demonstrated the Idea with a small model before the society In the spring of 1907. Recent ly he exhibited, on the war office erounds near Chatham, a 22-ton car 40 feet long, 13 feet high and lu feet wide, mounted on a single line of four wheels, without other support than those wheels. Two gyroscopes were used, weighing three-quarters of a ton each and mak ing 3,000 revolutions a minute In a vacuum. A gasoline engine furnished the power. The gyroscope wheels are 3 feet 6 Inches In diameter and are placed In a cab at the front of the car. A speed of only seven miles an hour was attained on trial. It was found that the big car was even more successful than the model. It showed no tendency to leave . the track or to tip. Sudden shifting of weights In no way endangered the equilibrium. It is expected that this type of car will do away with the dangerous and uncomfortable slde thrust which leads to spreading rails and excessive jolt and Jar, and limits the safe speed of the ordinary two-rail train to about seventy miles an hour. Moreover, the power of this engine . can be more economically applied, and it Is predicted that a safe speed of 150 miles an hour can be attained. The gyroscope employed Is on the same principle as the toy of that name and of the ordinary spinning top. It. lends stability to the supporting car through the fact that a revolving wheel tends to remain In one place. SPORT THAT SAVED A NATION. SkeeinK Freed Norway from Foex lleadjr to Overwhelm Her. Surely Norwegians should know what's what in skeelng. Have they not made history with their skee? Would they be the united, free and independ ent little country they are today had it not been for the skee and their army's abllty to use" them? Would they not be merely a succession of Ice free ports maintained for the conven ience of England, Germany, and, most of all, Russia? They had a pretty hot little war all their own in 1807-08, and If it was short they have only their commander, Prince Christian Augus tus and their. Infantry on skee to thank, says Charles F. Peters In Out ing. All Europe waa busy trying to keep Napoleon from smudging out the lines of the map, and nobody would help Norway, except the already besieged Denmark. She, although willing, was nrevented from sending food and am munition by the English v.ar vessels that blockaded the Norse coast, and with Sweden battering them by land and England by sea, poor little Nor way could only sit tight and wait for tha approach of the season when Thor should throw the hammer and the frost giants of Jotunhelm would fight her battles for her. And lo! the Swedes allowed them selves to be outwitted. Just as their army of the we3t, which outnumbered the Norsemen ten to one, arrived at the frontier and brought up their heavy field artillery,' the White Bear from the land east of the sun and west of the moon sent his feathery flakes and brought confusion and defeat to the invading forces. Their fleldpieces were buried, their men could only flounder about in the To him mud la mud and salt deepening drifts, and, to add to their water Is salt water. But the "eel-skin" discomfiture, little flocks of green dots fisherman of Long Island, who saw began to appear upon the surrounding his livelihood departing, made expert- mountain creBts, to skim down within mentB and saved his oyster beds. Now, fange, fire carefully aimed rifles, and when the men appointed by the gov-' glide awy again before resistance ernors of state tell him to keep on cou'd 06 attempted by the demoralized renewing his bedsaa-he has been do-'; Swedish hosts. Thus the entire war ina for ten years, he listens respect- consisted of much starvation, but only fully, but It may be with his tongue thpee battles, In all of which Norway FAITH CURIST TESTS CREED. J. C. Wilson declared that his faith In Christian Science had been strengthened by a test he made In stepping In front of a speeding New Orleans trolley car. Surgeons at the hospital, where . the man was re moved, say he. has concussion of the brain, gashes and cuts about the head and face and that the left leg may have to be amputated If he recovers from the Injury to his skull. -Wilson affirms that he does not feel any pain. "I left my lodgings In the morning with the lines of true thought run nlng through my brain," he said. "I saw the car coming and Instantly re solved to put my belief to a test.. As it drew within a few feet of me stepped onto the tracks. I heard the clanging of gongs, the shouts of the motorman and the screaming of wom en as I sprang head first at the car. Then I woke up here." colled up in bis mouth. When a woman goes io far aa to tell you h baa a secret, It la a sign a wants to UU It was completely victorious, and peace waa made before the year ended. Moscow has the lowest priced dally publication. It costa a farthing Deduction. "Charley, . dear," said young Mrs. Torklns, "I see a great deal of refer ence to cotton duck in the market re ports." "Well, you know what that is, don't you?" "Of course I do. Any one could figure that out. It's what the duck hunters use for decoys." Washing ton Star. Whither Are We Drlftlnart "Something recherche In weddings.' "How now?" . "A recent bride, Instead of a shower bouauet. held her divorce decree In her hand." Louisville Courier-Jour nal - RAGS, THE NAVY YARD DOG. Able Seaman Jones Telln . Sonie- Larwe Storle of the Canine. .The battleship Massachusetts was floated out of dry dock at the New York navy yard in Brooklyn yesterday. Shortly afterward there came out of the pumped-out dock a little, lanky dog. A little fish dangled in his teeth. The dog was Rags, the canine Izaat Walton of the marine guard. Where away, sir? Didn't hear 'bout Rags, our dog. that fishes?" said "Tod dy" Jones, able sailorman, to the In quisitive visitor. "Wallop me, yer pilot- houso ain't got all the charts this. crulse. Why, there are more real live fish In a dry dock when it is pumped out than there are In them there har bor craft that go out with a cargo of landlubbers and come back with all the ballast in their foretops. Them fish get shanghaied in the undertow when the dry dock Is opened, and when she Is pumped out and all closed they are left marooned on the bottom. . This dog, he Just goes down and gets, 'em. "Rags is all right. He's low In the freeboard, 'bout a foot of draught, and three feet in length, and his armor plate he must have swiped by Jumping In a glue pot and then rolling in a rag yard. But he's cute. He got a Job here on his face two years ago from the marine guard. And that dog can laugh, mister leastwise he never stopped since he run afoul of govern ment rations. He goes around the yard" every time a picket Is posted and seea them marines- do their duty. "When he was piped off that the Massy was being floated that dogull steams down to the dock. He shinnies down the steps leading to the bottom and takes an observation between the keel blocks. Then he tooted his siren. "Quick as falling off a yard Raga dove his bow in 'tween the keel blocks. Up he comes with a four-Inch feller in his teeth. He flung it contemptuous-like on the dry floor. Then he dove again and flung a six-Inch feller. Mister, he puts six of them In a row, and then he just turns around, and whacks them dead with his tall. Sure, he's a great dog. All the seacops will have fish for supper. - Want an affl. davyT New York Times. Opinion and visits should never be forced upon people .