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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-09-30

comrades turned their gaze to the nor
nor'west, and again shook their heads.
Don't see no lights" murmured
Billy.
Then said the captain defiantly,
i've got 'em! I've got 'em, boys. I've
been often on the borders before, but
now I've got 'em, sure"
Looks like it, skipper" said Teddy
sympathetically, but don't get fright
ened, Joe; it'll be all right if you swear
off. That is sent as n warning you
should pay heed to-"
"a warningr' cried Capt. Joe exult-
antly. why, rot my halyards! It's
tie finest sight you ever saw. never
dreamt of anything equal to it, Talk
about the delirums My word, it's
heavenly. l thought a fellow saw
something ghastly wnen he got into
the tremens, but that isn't the case.
You should drink more rum, you two.
and then you'd know what enjoyment
Is. Take me for a gudgeon, If this
don't beat all the magic lantern shows
| ever see, and if pint O. rum will
give man heavenly vision like this
what won't quart do? BY ginger.
boys, I'm going to double this row o.
lights; whcre'd you say the rum was 2
Well, here goes for the rest O. the
cask."
Billy and Teddy looked at each othe,
with dismay.
Il reckon" said Teddy we've been
hasty. This lessons failure"
And Billy nodded his head solemnly
several times without speakng.-De,
troit Free Press.
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Things We Ought to Know

That water is purified by boiling
That olive oil is gentle laxative ani
should be freely used.
That good literature should be pknh
fully provided for the boys.
That all children, girls as well y
boys, should be taught self-rellancs
That sprains may be greatly rellevd
by the use of poultices of hops or tan1
That every kitchen should have
high stool on which one can sit VAd
ironing.
That every household should poses
a pair of scissors for trimming aNl
wicks.
That there is no better medicine Y
bilious persons than lemon juice !"
water.
That hot, dry flannel, If applied UN
face and neck, will relieve jumpH
toothache.
That if an iron is once allowed 'oF
come red hot it will never relain "
heat so we'll again. -,
That the future destiny of the cnn4
says Napoleon, sis always the wOfA~
the mother" 49,
That room may be swept w'n'',
raising a dust by scattering Scraps "
damp newspaper around. IA,
That in canning or preserving iiu'' .
and vegetables it is always mos =. y,
nomical to choose the best and iresu'', '
That when putting away tne s|,,
pipe for the summer 1t snouiu A.
rubbed with linseed oil and put NAV
place. "a,
That the rubber rings for run =, =
when stiffened, may be restoreu y
soaking them in water to Wnlcn -
monia has been added. ,..,
That the gliding on tarnishea p..Sl .,
frames may be restored by genu! wa,
ing it with warm water, in "n'D
onion has been boiled.
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THE CONVERSION OF JOE RATTLIN.

Billy Capstan and Teddy Luff, two
middle-aged fishermen, stood, or rath-
er leaned, against one of those tall tar
smeared wooden buildings at the front
of the old town of Hastings; building
used for the hanging of nets and the
storing Of other paraphernalia OF the
fishing industry. Their boat, The So
Der Jade, was hauled up high and dry
on the pebbly beach, and the two men,
silently smoking short clay pipes with
bowls turned downwar6s, now and
then cast = wistful glance at the craft
of which they were part owners. Ac-
cOrdng to the poem there should have
been three fishers who went sailing to
the west as the sun went down, but in
this case the third, who was skipper
and predominant partner Of the craft,
was, as Teddy Luff phrased it, lying up
for repairs. Both men knew that he
was dangerously near the boundary
line of that fantastic country known
as lelirium tremens, al d The Sober
Jade was now out of the water wait
ing for her master to sober off.
Joe Rattlin, the captain of The sober
Jade, was not man to be eXpOstulated
with. He was one of the dOmineering
sort when sober, which was seldom,
and very much more so when drunk,
his principal line of argument being
the flooring of man with handspike;
therefore his partners and crew tried
TO avoid discussion with him, for in 81
lence on their part lay the chances of a
long life and immunity from bruises
and black eyes. Even between them
selves Billy and Teddy did not dwell
at any length conversationally upon the
shortcomings Of their master and part
ner. Each of the two men liked drop
of grog himself, but neither had the
ambition to be the main support of the
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81 got something better to do"
growled Teddy. "GO and get it your
self; it's out for'ard.'
"If l have to come up there SAID
the captain, III throw you overheard.
Billy Capstan, bring aft the rum"
Captain Joe Rattlin," cried Billy.
you've had more than your share
now. I've put the rum forard, nd
there the rum stays
With resounding oath, the captain
came up, and then stopped, stricken
dumb by the amazing sight pread out
before his eyes. He drew his hand
slowly across his forehead.
"My Godw he cried, Billy, WHAT'S
that?"
whats what?' said Billy, indlffer-
emily cOiling rope with his ba k to
the fleet, while Teddy was busylng
himself near the wheel.
whats that l see in the Otfing"
cried Captain Joe. Look at it a-stand-
ing out between sea and sky, like
thousand ships afirew
Billy and Teddy looked over in the
direction pointed. Teddy shrugged his
shoulders and was silent.
what is it?" asked the captain, and
his crew was pleased to notice tre-
NOR of anxiety in his shaky voice.
Rum, ! expect" answered Billy
grimly. 81 don't see nothing, do you,
Teddy?'
NO" said Teddy, except black wat
er and blacker sky"
Look again, boys" cried the captain.
"Of there, nor-nor'west. Don't you
see the lights?"
There was trace of nervous appre-
hension in the shippers tone. His two
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There is nothing in her appearance to
suggest the doctrines which shock so
many of her friends. She is a tall,
beautiful blonde. Her face is tender
and thoughtful, and her every move
ment is full of grace and refinement.
Regarding her theory Mrs. Noel says:
"One of the most perplexing oues-
tions in society is. perhaps, as to the
best methods Of dealing with its per-
sistent criminals and incapables. Thou
sands are born yearly, monthly, daily
into life, which means misery and main
in body or soul to the end of their davs
Everybody knows this; everybody nd
mits that such lives would be better I'm.
lived; that removal of hopeless cases
or mental and physical deformity to n
short grave before the sunset of their
natal day would be kindness to the
race and an expression of ultimate love
to the unfortunates themselves, How
much suffering both to the weaklings
themselves and to their possible nos.
terity would be prevented by the hu-
name taking away of the insensate in
fantile life before the opening of its
eyes upon the world To such there is
no friend like death, and why should
not the law be a ministry of humane
things, releasing from the odium of
murder the taking of life when an au-
thorized board Of humane physicians
should decide 1t best?
Persistent young criminals, too
stter efforts to reform them have failed
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certain number of times, and thaS
manned into masses of breaths
horror and incurable pain and hunE
iating helplessness by accident-Vh
should not they be put out of the va
kindly and solemnly? Everything ID
humanity is duly husbanded by nil
and all these useless superfultles nl
infections Topped away. When once b
race is perfected in love who shall "
that the taking of harmful, suferil!
and promiseless life shall not be n
garded as a mercy rather than as an
yenge?"
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Don't Wear Starcbed Jinen

Prof. Max Rubner, who lectures nm
hygiene at the Berlin University, has
published very interesting article on
the use of starched laundry in summer
After extensive and careful investigo.
tion he has come to the conclusion that
starched linen forms very strong OBJ
stacle to the discharge of heat, and This
influence becomes stronger in the somn
proportion as the outside tempero turs
rises. This seems to prove that tbe
starching of shirts is rather unrea.
sonable custom. In winter, when wa
try hard to retain our bodily heat, the
protection given by starched linen 10
very small, on account of the low fam
perature on the outside, and in sum-
mer' when we try as hard to cool off os
much as possible, starched linen ener-
getically keeps the heat in. If is trr,
enough that with the rising temnaro-
ture perspiration will dissolve tbo
starch, but even then it is very die
agreeably felt. In this condition n
closes up the pores of the linen and
renders difficult the entrance of dry air
to the skin, and it is just the fresh and
dry air that gives us coolness in snm.
mer' Prof Rubner closes his argument
with the advice to leave off the use of
starehed linen entirely in summer, and
II possible, also in winter, although he
admits that custom and fashion viii
hardly allow starched linen to disap
pear entirely.
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rum industry, as was apparently the
case with CApt. Joe Rnttlin.


case with Capt. Joe Battlin.
The two men stood there silently with
their hands thrust deep in their trous-
erS pockets, pulling at their pipes, and
they seemed TO find dumb consolation
Ill each others presence, although their
disgust ut the unsatisfactory situation
of things found no expression in words,
As they stood thus, there blew along
side man from London, who began to
ask them questions regarding nets and
hshlng boats, and the hard life they
Were supposed to lead. as is the custom
with London visitors to Hastings. The
men answered him with respectful pa
tience, as had been their habit for
years, going over the same dull round
for there is little originality in the ques-
tloning of Il London man.
Yes, they encountered bit of nasty
weather now and then. No, there
wasn't much money in the fishing in
dustry. Yes, most of their catch went
TO London. No, the nets weren't paint
ed brown to conceal them from the fish.
but to preserve them. Yes, coming in
and out of the water good bit, they
were apt to rot, and nets were expen-
sive. No, they weren't going out that
day ON account of the skipper being i'll:
under the weather Il bit. No, his NAL
ady wasn't exactly caused by the hard
life he led. Yes, he'd get over 1t; he'd
had these spells before, but he'd always
recovered, although he seemed TO be
getting n bit worse rs time went ON.
Yes, the chances were his trouble
would carry him of some day, unless
lie was swept overheard in the mean.
time, and Teddy allowed that Joe
would hate to come to his death by
means of water.
Turn about is but fair play, and by
and by the Londoner, from extracting
Information, began to impart some ia
the two men who listened attentively
III he were a fisherman, the London
man said, he would put out to sea al
once aud sail for Splthead. The Who'll,
feet was going to be on view there, and
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KILL THE INCURABLES.
he.ExtraordinaryT Theory Advocated
by a Chicago Woman.


The proposition to kill all invalids,
physical and mental, as well as the per-
sistent and unreformable criminals, for
their own and society's good, may have
the support of sound and convincing ar
gument, but it is none the less revolt
ing. The last lips from which one
would expect to hear it advocated are
those of woman, yet there is woman
in ChicagO-and she is kind and de-
voted mOther-who has actually started
campaign in favor of this plan of
slaughter. Her name is Maud May
nard Noel and she has three children.
She is a close student of sociological
questions, and has written much for
American and English magazines.
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A Cosmopolitan Meal

An American travelling IN faie'' !,
describes an interesting dinner m =. =, :
recently at hotel in Jericho. ,,hn,
on the porch Of the hotel at Je, ,,.s 9,
he wrote, "after dinner, at wnl.u
were served with butter from NO,SJ ,,,S
cheese from Switzerland, marn%
from London, wine from Jeru'' n
diluted with the water from 'ne ru',A
Of Elisha, raisins from Ramo'h u ~, n.
oranges from Jericho-in no reSprd p,nd.,
ferior to those from Jaffa or the iu ~ a,
River, Florida-and ALMONDS irc iT.,ti;l
east Of the Jordan, smoking s i On.
tobacco, which, like the lurhi' .od,
pire, is inferior to its reputa'ion, ,ocsu
cup of coffee from-the corner
of Jerlcho.-Hartford Couranl'
Courting after marriage-APP'
for q divorce
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-09-30

The balloon in which Prof Ande sailed pole was m
the fashion
guide which
loon at uniform height and
panslon and overflow also which,
equipped with three large and easily worked sails This
10000 cubic diameter its widest
diameter obsprhr
The observatory equipped sextan glasses and other mm
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Courting after marriage-APp'
for a divorce
The indicator., 1897-08-28
FAURE IN ST PETERSBURG.
Tn. French President Gwen II Hearty H.
"rpfion


"rption
81 Petersburg, Aug. 2i--rresid"nt
EIure. VI. liauutauN, the French min
istcT for foreign affairs, and the suitc
Of the President on board The imperial
yacht Alexander reached the Neva at
noon. The river was crowded with
lavishly decorated excursion steam-
ers and the quayS were black with
spectators. The French cruiser Cur
couf which was near the landing
stage. manned her yards and her sail
ors gave ringing cheers rs the Alex
andria reached her quay The Rus
slams responded with roarS of cheer.
ing
Upon discriminating, President Faurc
was received by the governor and
civlr authorities and by a guard OF
honor from the Alexandria ms Nov
Tch"rknsky regiment or Infantry.
Standing in front OF the regiment
was a row Of th' highest army officers
of Russia.
The President. in few words. spo-
ken in Russian, greeted the soldiers.
who replied with u loud cheer.
NJ Faurc then Inspected the guard
al honor. and afterwards the Prcsi-
dent and his suite. escorted by Tral
'ossacks. were driven in npcu car
riagcS 10 the Cathedral of 81. Peter
and 81. Paul. Though rain was fall
ing heavily. the streets We're dcnscly
packed with people, who vocifcrnusly
checrcd the President Of France.
After placing "A wreath with u golden
olive branch on In" tomb Of the late
Car. Alexander Ill. Ia the cathedral.
President Iaur" drov" across the
Ncva and laid the corner stone OF the
Now French hnSpital
The indicator., 1897-08-28
Died to- Save Stevens

Phoenix. Ariz., Aug 23.-William Bo-
li,ho. foreman of the Mammoth mine
al Goldhelds, died yesterday ut Mesa.
He was ailing only II few hours. COM
planning of trouble in his throat.
Dcnth was preceded by n severe hem
urrllng". Bolilho was for wears en-
ploye1 in Colorado by sullivan X Hall
and ranked as one of the most expert
of miners.
He came TO Arizona with james
stevens, and II was under his direction
he marvellous work was done that
bored through 125 feet Of the hardest
porphyry in nine days TO the rescue of
the imprisoned miner. 1t Is believed
that Bolitho's efforts and exposure at
the time in behalf of his old friend. did
much toward bringing on the fatal
stroke. 1nterment was at Mesa this ar-
ternoon.
The indicator., 1897-08-28
-
CnInc lack to Hall.

Fort Collins, Colo. Aug. 2I.-About
three weeks ago man named John
Cowou was arrested in Canon City and
brought to this city on charge of raising
n chec, on the Poudre Valley Bank. \
few days after being locked up Cowen
received word from Canon City of the
death of his wife in Il hospital in that
city Of premature childbirth, brought
on by the shCck occasioned by her lius-
bands arrest. Cowen appeared to b"
greatly attached to his wife and begged
the authorities for permission to go and
attend her funeral. They finally CON
scented and permitted the prisoner TO
go upon his own parole
The authorities here had but little
expectation that Cowcu would ever re
turn, but last evening he came in on
The train from Denver and surrendered
himself 10 Sheriff Bond,
The indicator., 1897-08-28
FORESTERS AT DENVER.
biennial Meeting of the supreme Court oi
the Order


Denver. Aug 25.-The Supreme Court
OF th" order Of Forestcrs began Its hi
eunidi session here yesterday.
At an early hour the delegates began
TO assemble at the convention hall. At
- o'clock the credentials committee,
consisting of j. l.. Mussared of Colo
RADIO. +. i. SchulZe of New York and G..
+. Scheele of Pennsylvania met and
received credentials from 13S delegates.
II is estimated that about 80 reprcscn-
tatlvcs Will constitute the supreme
Court at this biennial session.
By 10 O'Clock the credentials commit
toe was reported all entitled to seats
and promptly on the hour supreme
chief Ranger Lawrence Smith of Low
ell, Mass called The delegates TO order
His first duty WAS 10 appoint H. f., Fla
h"rty, Peter Dcnnisou and ], II. Rowe
Il press committee.
This work done. the public reception
was held. Members Of the Foresiers
courts of the city and many ladies join
ed with the supreme Representatives
and the hall was quickly filled. Ad
dresses OF welcome were delivered.
The most important topic. probably
10 be discussed at this meeting, is the
subject of cndowments. 1t appears that
In the past history of the order some
form of Insurance was adopted. but it
was afterward abandoned, though
there Is fund remaining for that pur-
pose with members of the order under
obligation to meet dues called for upon
the death of subscribers TO that fund.
Yesterday the whole natter was refer
red TO Il special committee of which
State Senator l.. |. Wolfe of San Fran
cisco is chairman. Whatever the re
port may he the convention will have n
lively discussion upon the subject and
it is predicted that the matter of en-
dowments will not be adopted by the
Foresters.
The indicator., 1897-08-28
The Price of Wheat

Chicago. Aug. % Speculative mar
kets on the Board of Trade to-day sue.
cumbed to proiit-taking sales and reg
istered the first declines of moment in
II fortnight. Liquidation. which be-
gan on Saturday, continued on an cnor-
nous scale at the opening. During the
first fifteen minutes of the session nuc-
tuatiOns We're the most violent in mauy
years. covering as they did - range Of
five cents. The bears who have been
in Information for some time, took
fresh courage and pounded the market
on every bulge. only letting mp after cs-
tablishing II not decline of 30 cents;
for the day in September wheat. one
half cent in september corn. and seven
eighth in September oats. Sales of
September wheat were made Oh the
curb this morning nj the highest figure
yet reachcd-1O21.
Apparently the men who have forced
the price up were trying TO realize
their profits.
The indicator., 1897-08-28
Methodist Conferences Begins.

Colorado Springs, Colo. Aug. 2i.
The thirty-iifth annual conference Of
this district began its sessions this
evening in the First Methodist Episco-
pal Church. Many prominent divines
arrived during the day. the most noted
being Bishop McCabc, better known
as Chaplain McCabe
To-day Professor W. +. Steele OF the
Ilin School of Theology ut the Den
yer University examined candidates
for the ministry. Tomorrow the sac
rament OF the Lords Supper will he
administered by Bishop McCabe. Fol.
lowing this service there will he an
address of welcome by Mayor Irvine,
and the response by Bishop McCabc.
The conference sermon was preached
this evening by Rev. !. III. Beardslcy
Of Denver
The indicator., 1897-08-28
THE COAL STRIKE.
Operators and Miners Cannot Come tn an
Agreement.

Agreement.
Pittsburg, Pa. Aug. 2l.-The final
effort to arrange II plan for ending the
big coal strike has proved a failure
aud the strike goes ON. At noon the
conference between n committee of
coal miners aud operators, national
. aud district officials closed and the
conference adjourned without date.
The miners representatives did not re
cede from their original proposition to
settle the strike by arbitra tion and
start the mines at the G9-cent rate.
The operators offered to divide the
difference between ~ and Go cent
rates, making the price Mt which the
mines should start Glla cents per ton.
but this was rejected. Then addition
al propositions Were made. One was
to start the mines without fixing any
price for thirty days and then to pay
the rate agreed upon by the board Of
arbitration. This was also refused by
the miners and they said they had
been fooled too often to trust the op-
orators again. They decline TO work
for month giving the operators the
output that length OF time without
knowing what wages would be paid.
A proposition was then made to op-
crate the mines for ten days without
fixing the price and allowing II board
of arbitration TO fix the price for that
time
President Ratchfori insisted that
nothing but the G9-cent rate could be
possibly accepted.
The operators Were firm, but the
miners Were equally determined and
every argument of the operators was
met by the miners leaders. 1t was
therefore decided to end the confer
once
The indicator., 1897-08-28
Carpet as a Gold sayer.

Basin City. Wyo.. Aug. 21.-Two
prOspectors are washing out gold from
the sands of the Big Horn river by an
ingenious process. The sand is shov-
clcd into large box into which water
is pumped with an old-fashioncd hand
pump. The dirt then runs over Il set
of RIFLES and goes into another box in
which an old piece of carpet Is
stretched. The wash passes over this
carpet. which arrests the particles of
fine gold. The cnrpct is then shaken
leaving the gold dust. The dust is en-
trcmely fine and could not be saved
with the ordinary apparatus. The
men disposed of several ounces of the
dust here in order to purchase sup
plies and will work NIL OF the bars of
the river. They are making about "a
a day each with but very little work.
The indicator., 1897-08-28
An Overland Hout. to KIond,k-

St Paul. Mimi. Aug 2i.--A Winni-
peg special says the wholesale mcr-
chants of Winnipeg and Edmundton
are sending an exploring parry to Yu-
kon overland with II view to ascertain
ing If an easy pack trail or wagon road
can he cut out. \ small detachment of
mounted police will go along with the
party. A Kootcnni company intends
building road this winter. The pro
posed trail lies right through the heart
Of the gold belt and prospcctorS say
the country is as rich ns the klondyke
and can be found 800 or 600 miles south
of the Yukon river. As II mattcr of
fact the liiondykc finds are not as rich
as the strikes made in the Cariboo thir-
weight years ago.