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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-08
Royal but Poor.

Unless Queen Victoria on the one
hand and the Car ON the other con-
tribute toward the maintenance of
Prince Francis Joseph, of Battenberg,
and of Princess Anne, of Montenegro,
whose engagement has Just been an
nounced. it Is difficult to see how they
will ever be able to maintain an estab-
lishment BETTING their rank. The
Prince has at the most an income of
$4,000 a year-probably not so much
while Princess Anne is the daughter
of ruler so poor that he is compelled
to depend upon the bounty of the
Car, his patron, in order to make
ends meet. 1t is probable. however.
that Emperor Nicholas will dover
Princess Anne to the extent of 1,00O,-
600 roubles, just as he did in the case
of Princess Helene when she was led
to the altar by the Crown Prince of
Italy. Anne, like her sister Helene.
and their elder sisters, was brought up
at the court of st. Petersburg under
the personal supervision of the now
widowed Czarina, her parents being
too poor to defray the cost of her edu-
cation. The late Car became suffi-
ciently fond Of the girls to dover the
two elder ones on their marriage Just
as his son has done for Princess Hell
enc, and is expected to do in the case of
Princess Anne. A million roubles. even
with the present deprecated value of
that much abused Muscovite coin, rep
resents about $3.50 600 in English mon
ey, so that that young couple may in
the long run not be so badly off after
all.-ChicagO Record.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-08
FASTEST HORSE EVER FOALED.

, been left with a cross bar over 1t, from
post to post, about nine or ten feet
from the ground. One night we tied Il
lot of ponies in there to have 'em han
dy next morning. We was all eating
breakfast early, when here comes Il mig
ger cook running down from the corral,
his eyes just adjusting right out from
his black face.
"'Dat ar white PAGERS up dar in de
pen a-fghtin' an a-teazin wild de
ponies
I'VE all slipped up little draw what
run back of the corral. run round and
got in the open gateway. The PAGER see
me right away, and broke straight at
me. ears back and teeth a-showing. |
took skeer. turned round and jumped
for that bar. | got holt, and was
a-drawing myself up, when he come Il
flying and pacin' right under me.
never knowed till then the quickness Of
a mans thinking. The horse went un-
der me so fast 10 split timer ever made
could a-caught it. Yet in that fraZzle
Of second, thinks |, I'll ride you now,
d-n you | dropped, and Lit right
straddle of him, sorter back towards
his rump. I flattened out right for
ward, stuck my heels in his fanks and
got a saving holt with my arms round
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-08

quitting If he sweat any. he cut the
air so fast the wind dried it up. but the
foam flew like whip lashes. | begin to
think of all these here skeery stories
about ghost horses, and witch horses,
and a queer kind of sick feeling begul
to spread around down in me some.
where's. lifted up my head. caught
look of where we was, ana then you
bet | was sure skeered. and it was SOL
id, sure-enOugh thing to get ratified
about, too. We was twenty miles away.
and right in front of us, about a mile,
was the Colorado River. wouldn't
a-cared cuss for just water, but we
was just bulging straight for place
where | knowed the upland prairie
broke right off short, and there was Il
straight fall down over buff of 20J
foot. II wasn't no distance for that
flying clitter to cover The place SEEM
ed to be coming up itself right at us.
| lOOsenpd all hOlts, said Il prayer and
rolled Off-ker- blim. was tough in
them days or something would a-brOke
Jared, but | staggered up in time to
see the horse pace right into the air off
that bluff. Then there was nothing but
the blue sky, the grass and the scat
tered trees whirling in a mad dance all
around ne. The fastest horse ever
foaled had suicided. l fell down in
faint right where l was. The boys
never found me till late in the day and
they brung me to. If I'd a-stuck OH
well, did you ever bust a red, ripe to-
mato against a rock wall-that's the
way I'd a-lOoked at the bottom of them
bluffs. This Patchen's pacin' looks
tame and slow to me. Fact is. that ride
has spilled me for speed. I've never rid
nothing since so fast but what it seem
ed to sorter have a slowness about it."
-Globe-Democrat.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-08
A MONUMENT OF LOVE.
Story of the Building of the Fsmol|
Moorish Palace of the Alhambra

Story of the Building of the FsmCl
Moorish Palace of the Alhambr
The Alhambra of Spain has attain
a fame equalled by no other palace
earth. This marvellous creation |
Moorish fancy is situated in what W
in its time one of the strongest "
largest fOrtresses in the world. Cad
bic of containing an army Of 400
men, it was at once the admiration
the Moors and the dread Of the SpdI
iards. The Moors called it the Maid
Fortress, and had a superstition h
when 1t fell the Moorish power in Spal
would come to an end. The belief va
justified by the event, for Kal-al-HaH|
rah, the Red Castle, was the last Mod
ish stronghold to surrender to y
Spaniards, it being given up the ys'
before the discovery of America, '1T
the eight centuries of constant war '
tween the Moors and the SpaniaS
were brought to a close. The daiSl
palace within the walls of the hus
fortress was the work of Ibn el a
mar, and was inspired by his love u
his wife. Teleika was her name, SOD
say Zeleika, and others give her y
rious appellations, so she may have Do
more names than one, but, no matt
what was her name, she found life
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-08
JOHN OLSON'S COTTAGE CAB.

CAMPS out" The third room is a gen.
eral store room. Here the hammocks
are kept and here chairs are stored and
tables piled up. Anything that is want
ed can be brought from the storeroom
at minutes notice. There Is one chest
devoted to dress goods, calico, bunting
denim and useful articles for wear and
for fancy work. The wagon can stop at
a town any time to replenish supplies.
but the owner plans 1t so carefully that
except for food, there need be no halt
for a month at a time.
Provisions are purchased Of the farm.
ers, who, 1t Is expected, will supply
butter, eggs, vegetables and chickens
cheap In return for the privilege Of
looking through the novel house. The
Kitchen Is one of the best rooms of all
for 1t rs arranged shtp-shape. Guns are
hung from hooks and plates set in lit.
tie groves. Pans are on the walls, and
everything Is polished bright.
The floors are plain boards. laid naca.
y and oiled, so that the rooms look
as neat as those in any house. 1.-The
cabin or living room has the look OF
stateroom on a yacht, and this effect
u heightened BY some very clever wall
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-08
Don't Start Rumors

Damaging truths are bad enough.
Damaging untruths-or truths perni-
ciously exaggerated or purposely col
ored-are worse still. In these times,
when business confidence is none too
firmly established, it i'll becomes any
man to endanger by word or insinua-
tion the confidence that may exist be-
tween creditor and debtor. Many a
bank has gone down in consequence
of a run excited by false alarm: and the
shores of commercial history are
strewn with the wrecks of countless
firms whose downfall was brought
about by the sudden commercial de.
mands of suspicious creditors.
Business is built on credit.
Credit is built on confidence
There is no surer way of undermin-
Ing mans business than by giving
credence to and circulating rumors
about him. The man who stealthily
applies the torch to building is no
more despicable than he who applies
the tirebrands of distrust to the repu-
tation Of business establishment. II
Is with this thought that we saw TINT
those men who indiscriminately dis
seminate incorroborated rumors are
guilty of an act for which there should
be a fitting punishment.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-08

his neck, for expected to feel the most
topliftical, joltiful pitching ever felt by
man. He pitched pitch. just sorter
squattcd, give a sorter squeal and took
out straight north. pacin' like the wind
lie was a-going so fast II would a-took
TWO men, quarter mile apart, to tell
about. One to say, Here he comes
and tother, There he goes | heard Il
yell back to me, and turned my head n
little to look. Here comes the boys
after us on their ponies, a-giving them
the quirt and spur every jump. The pom
les neckS was stretched and they was
running their durndest, but, Lord
Lord, Whitley was pacin' ten feet while
they was running five. l dasn't look
round no more. If the wind had caught
my face, I'd been strangled. The boys
yells growed fainter and fainter, until
right soon l heard nothing but ZOO
ing and humming in my ears. 1t was
the easiest ridin' ever rid and the
swiftest. 1t was like riding straight
streak of lightning. sitting in IA rock.
Ing chair. He was so easy gated you
would a-put marble in the hollow OF
his back. and 1t wouldn't a-been jostled
Off. He was the smoothest PAGER in the
world, and If old Jehu had a-seen him
he wouldn't a-bragged about his team
no more. l begun to think it was near
time for him to sorter slacken, but the
1 further he went the faster he went. We
passed what knowed was punches OF
grazing cattle, but they looked like fiy.
ing red and white streaks. We passed
birds a-hyin' the way we was going.
went right past them, and never was
on n railroad train what could even
keep up with them. We passed two or
three line riders. TheSgive a veil and
put their ponies after us, but II was
like a three-legged terrapin trying 10
run down skeered jack rabbit. When
we come to a ditch or low place he'd
rise IN the air and light pacin' ON the
other side. never heard him breathe
hard once, or show the least sign OF
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-08

decorations made from simple pIsI
Of wood skillfully inlaid. The ID.
ingen' Gus arrangement of all Is d
ing door, by which the whole side Of N
"house" can be opened. The doors s
to one side, and finally come complies
off the runners. They can be taken
and laid under the cart or used for l
bles under the trees.
OlS1l will travel with three hOns
often resting one by hitching it to D
back Of the cart. When the wagon
closed it does not look like any OH
wagon. 1t is longer and broader, a
there is an air of mystery about It's ca
tanned windows. The wagon is LeaVl
built and finished with the best
wheels and axles.-New York JOuHi
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-08

clothes over no second grades. I've rid
TINS horse I'm talking about, and
reckon I'm the only man what ever
did. II was nigh about twenty-five
years ago, and | was working for old
Calico Ferguson, down close to where
Schulenberg is now. What's the rea
son they called him Calico? Why, he
always rode n spotted pony. There
want no town around there, nor no
railroad. The Dutch hadn't come In
and took up the country. 1t was all
clear, open range and no fences. We
always had line riders out, SOS to keen
the cattle In, and stop them from drift
ing Off to nowheres. was stout fell
Ter then, stuck ON myself, and didn't
believe there was anything with hair
and hoofs on what | couldn't ride. If
there was any pony around what had
name OF being unridable, went over
there, II 1t was 100 miles, and rid him.
THE more pitchful he was the more
fun II was for me. There were lots Of
wild mustangs running around there
then, mighty hard to catch and mighty
bad nuisances. We couldn't let our
own ponies out on the range loose but
what these wild ones would come
around and call them Off. When a
broke pony takes up with wild bunch
he's sure to be lost forever more. Now
there was one bunch what everybody
knowed, for 1t was led by stallion as
white as milk. 1t made no difference
how bad this bunch was skeered or
how fast they was running, this white
pony was always in the lead and al.
ways pacin'. Nobody ever see him
break a pace. no matter what was do.
Ing. Everybody noticed him and hoped
FOR him, but nobody could ever gel
close enough to rope him. Fellers come
from eyerywheres after him, but al
they ever got was see.
We'll, one season, old Ferguson had
a big corral built OF upright posts to dc
his branding In. II was all done but q
gate, and for that an open space hat
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-08
HOUSE ON WHEELS.
Curious Vehicle in Which Jonathan
Olson Will Go Around the World.


An Ingenious citizen of Altoona, Pa,
has built an elaborate wagon for him
self and family, in which he proposes
to make a trip around the world. His
name is Jonathan Olson, and he intends
to start on his long journey this sum,
mer, and to finish if possible by the
first Of June. 1899. He will first go to
Illinois, and then strike south to Texas.
VOyaging across the Gulf Of Mexico to
South America, he will take steamer
thence to Spain. From this point the
Amer can travellers will start on their
long wagon trip.
In fitting out his house on wheels
Olson has shown rare taste. He has
finished the inside in polished maple
and has adorned it with hand carvings
OF his own design. In the course of an
eccentric life he has picked up many
beautiful pieces of bric-a-brac, which
he now turns to the adornment of his
wagon house. The interior of the house,
besides having three rooms, is we'll con-
ceived in point of convenience. In one
room the family cook, and in bad wealth
er they dine there also. But the dining
room Is out of doors when the wagon
can be pulled up in a pleasant place.
Five days out Of the week there is
halt, where the cloth can be spread un-
der the trees and good cool drink OBJ
tained from spring.
The second room has a couch and
small table. The table can be used for
breakfast tray or it can be cleared at
night and used for parlor games. 1t
also does duty as writing table. or for
books and a smoking set. On one side
of the room there is dressing table
that takes up the entire wall. 1t has
twetty drawers, a broad shelf and n
mirror with shelves overhead. Here
the entire winter and summer ward.
robe Is stored.
In pleasant weather there is no sleen-
Ing done in the house. Hammocks are
slung under trees and the family
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-08

the great fortress rather dull, and
please her, Ibn el Ahmar began the ef
CANT palace as a home for her aDc
refuge for himself from the cares !
business and the fatigues of war,
proved too long and expensive an .
uertaking for his life and pocketboa
out his son and grandson each vS
Dolntifully supplied with wives, whO'
they We're anxious to please, so 1t vs.
continued by the one and finished ?
the other in 1914, over sixty years fr0'
the time when its foundations wef
laid.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-08

~ UCK PATTERSON, owner OF
X many cattle and many acres
- down in the Coast country
spent several days III San Antonio, tax
ing in the races and other things, with
myself as chaperOn. The chief attrac-
ton at the races was the black pacing
wonder, Joe Patchen. | have not, of
late years, kept up with the horses, and
my last impression of PAGERS was of
the days when Sleepy Tom, Rowdy
Boy, Matte Hunter and Lucy used to
travel around the country, putting in
miles from 2:12 upwards. Thinking
naught Of the future, we thought such
records marvellous.
Hence, when saw Patchen slip east
ly around the lmlf-mile track twice and
the time for the mile was hung out,
2:OS, | was prone to utter sundry yells
indicative of admiration and enthusi-
asm. But Buck was strangely silent
and seemingly Indifferent | knew his
love and appreciation for good horse,
his proneness to express himself very
vociferously, and, wondering, asked
him why he was as he was. Between
heats of slow class trot he told me:
"I've seen horse that could pace a
heap faster and keep it up heap long
er. I'm not yelling nor tearing my
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-08
Barbaric Chinese Nus,o

Chinese music is described by n
writer In Llppincott's Magazine as
composed of almost mheard-of sounds
to European ears. Chinese music has n
sort of softness and melancholy In IT'S
tones that sometimes pleases, but it is
so intolerhly monotonous that If pro-
longed 1t becomes exceedinly Irritating
To the nerves. They have no semltones.
indeed. they seem only to blow into tho
instrument or twang strings at ran
dom from the inspiration of the mo-
ment. However. 1t appears they have
notes, though their compositions are
not OF much scientific value. You
sometimes hear something like simple
melody not unlike that which runs
through the chants of savages.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-08
CornstaIk Pith.

The reason for the general use Of tn'
material as a lining for war vessel
round In Its capacity for absori
large quantities of water in a ven
short time. But the stalks cannot .
all used In this way, and did 1t eve
occur to you that the pith is just
thirsty for stable and barnyard juice
as for salt water?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-08

There is one thing about men and
women that you can always depend
upon: they are all tickle.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-08
The Reviaed Yerainn.

The I'm de steele lover puts 1t thus
Il love the very ground Miss BloopI
er bikes ovec."-Trifles
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-04
Rapid Construction Work.

A record for extremely rapid con.
struction work has been made on the
new Fair building. State street. Chi
cngo The building. which is a nine
story and basement fireproof structure.
occupies the whole of n regular city
block and was built In sections. One
was begun in January. 1897. and tin-
ished In March. For the last one.
143x140 feet In size. the excavation
was begun May ~, 1897, and finished
on June 21st. On June oath all CON
crete piers Were finished and ready
for foundation stools and basement
columns: +.125.G0O pounds of structur-
al iron We're erected In twenty four
days; $4,000 square feet of iireproof
tile arches We're set In twenty one
days; 400 steel columns We're fire
proofed in five days; 1.giGOOO feet of
flooring We're laid In eleven days: 40
600 square feet Of polished plate glass
We're set in five days; nine stories of
elevations, including all terra Gotta.
sills. caps ana terra Gotta courses. in
cluding 100000 brick. We're set in ,hir-
teen days: G0,0O0 square feet Of plaster
ing was finished In nineteen days; five
elevators Were CONSTRUCTED In twenty
nine days: 10000 square feet OF roofing
was done In three days.
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-04
LeEallty Of aINN. MnrrInrcr.

There is an Interesting ease pending
In n Washington cour; that involves
the legality OF the marriage of slaves
before their emancipation. An old ne
gro named Edmund splycr Is under i'll
dic,mcnt for bigamy His first wife.
Anna Spivcr. was n slave girl in Nir-
ginia, and was marrlrd To another slave
named Mitchell. who three years later
was sold and carried of to the South.
Anna herself was sold some years later
and taken 10 New orleans. where she
married Spivcr, and after the war they
came to Washington and lived here for
many years as man and wife. accunu-
lating scme properly. But Edmund In
his old aEc fell In with Ella Davis, a
young ncgress, who 'nt!ccd him from
Anna and persuaded him TO marry her.
The deserted wife hnd The old man ar
rested for bigamy. and his attorney
based the defense upon the doctrine
that there could hr ~ legal marriage
between slaves and. therefore, Anna
was never Sply.r's lawful wife.
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-04
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The Monte Vista journal., 1897-12-04
A. Accidental os,s s,s1.

Apropos OF the recently reported rich
gold dnds In Alaska tho accidental
strike on the payette river In Idaho,
scventy-hve miles from Boise City.
may be recalled. Two men named
George Bell and Dick Fraser were
grub stakcd" to 20 out on q pros-
pccting tour. They skirmised around
for some time without striking any
thing. Ono day Fraser went out hunt
Ing and chased n bear and . cub IN
. mountain side through heavy brush.
The game escaped. and Fraser sat
down to enjoy . brief sicsta before re-
turning to camp. He pushed the brush
aside. and was digging thoughtfuliy In
the dirt with bis fingers when he
picked up . piece Of rich hoa,. lie d,d
not know what Il vas. but Il wns n
nice specimen Of something, and no
put Il In bis pocket. He stuck his nick
Into the ground and encountered nm
obstruction 10 the shape Of lead. Go
Ing 10 camp. hs showed the piece Of
Quafts 10 Bell. aad further investix,.
ttoa showed the latter that Il was
worth looking leto. A small auantjty
Of rock was taksa out and brought 10
Boise 70 b assaysd. II went SiSs !
too eo,d.-8xchangs.