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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-12-02

We would call the public's special
attention to the extra quality ofour
shorts, chop and -four, if not better
than any other in the market we
would not say so.
YAQ. BAY Nero. Co.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-12-02

Come in Saturdays and get your
10 per cent discount on one of Mill
er & Pruett's nobby $I2 suits, that
retail other places for $14.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-12-02

The bright star in the constella-
tion of flour brands is and has been
for years, the Red Crown brand.
We sell it. Y. B. M. Co.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-12-02

rr Towner and David John of
we're in town Monday.
,eif Ross visited Nashville and
port on official business Mon
! Williams of Newport, did
hess at the court house Mon
\. Burch came from Newport
Day to transact business at the
a.
Ills Jessie Mays, of Newport,
been visiting Miss Lou Burt
week.
how commence to make your
ltmas gifts. That glad time is
St upon us.
VIl Wakefield, of Eddyville,
bit Sunday in our city. He
bits his father as not being very
yet.
lessrs. John and Jay Loomis,
y Case, Allen Logan and Judd
ys, Of Newport, attended our
anksgiving dance.
lessrs. Joe Schirmer, AL Taylor,
/ Huntsucker and Newt Gull
.ns from about Oyster City, were
Fitors in our city Friday.
|AB. Fred Stanton is again at
Agency, called hither by the
|fden death ofthe Matron, Mrs.
<, whose obituary appears else
|ee in this issue.
|Nessrs. Whetsler and O. c.
||npson, two residents of Elk City,
Fnt yesterday with our people
feWing old acquaintances. Bud
|Fr spoke a loud word.
Valentine Thiel, who went to
FSOuth Beach home several days
|0t0 harvest his potatoes, came
Tue city again Wednesday morn
; looking hale and hearty.
Arthur Rochester came down
'n Elk City Tuesday to look
'Ff business interests and spend
evening with the boys. He re-
med the following morning.
Aesdames A. H. Rowe and
uA'lS OF Yaquina, visited Toledo
"uloay' the former to make ar
aSements if possible to move to
''uO and place her children in
public schools.
+aughable things occur often if
'Oniy sees them. A crowd of
Nc :, twenty-five gathered at the
iii one night last week to see the
SINGERS One poor, lone man
: - ue only being aboard when
TAIN halted.
1., -, Maine program given at the
l00l building last week Wednes-
/, y, was a pleasing success, the
|. r., =. doing themselves proud in
\ b. A'erary parts and songs. The
: rSu,e y, was especially pleased
/ tue work of the primary de-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-12-02

High time to sow grass seed now.
Krogstad keeps all the varieties
adapted to this locality.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-12-02
Nov. 29, 1898.
For Sale or Trade.
VALDEY.

For Sale or Trade.
A fine 2-year-old bull of good
Jersey blood, at the DR.. Rich farm
above Toledo.
If. GUST FoRSsELL.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-12-02

If you don't read THE LEADER
you don't get the news. 81 so.
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-02
CHAPTER II.

In spite Of what Colonel Frazier could
say Captain Lawrence had gone the long
and devious journey to Washington
Those were the days when the lumber.
ing stagecoaoh, once a week, or rat.
tling ambulance, bore our army travel
ers from the far frontier to San Antonio
Another trundled and bumped them
away to the gulf. A Morgan line steam
ar picked them up and tossed and rolled
with them to the mouth Of the Missis.
sippi and unloaded them at New Or
leans, whence by dusty railway journey
Of As hours or more they could hope to
reach the north. The parting between
Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter
and boisterous little Jimmy was some
thing women wept over in telling or
hearing, for only two looked on, we'll
nigh blinded-Mrs Blythe, who had
been devoted to their mother, and Old
Nanny, who was devoted to them
all. A month had rolled by, and the
letters that came from Lawrence from
San Antonio and Indianola and New
Orleans had been read by sympathizing
friends 60 the children Then all await
cd the news from Washington. Every
one knew he would wire to department
headquarters the moment the case was
settled in his favor, but the days went
by without other tidings and the croak-
ers who had predicted i'll success were
mournfully happy February passed,
March was ushered in, orders came
transferring certain portions Of Frazier's
big command, and certain new officers
began to arrive to fill the three or four
vacancies existing, but the new captain
Of Troop d Of the cavalry had not yet
appeared. His fame, however, had pre-.
Ceded him, and all Fort Worth was agoI
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-02

You will, but let there be no Thought OF
marriage before she is 20-before she
can have had opportunity Of seeing
something Of the world and Of other
men-noC these young whippersnappers
just Joining us here
1t was a surprise to him chat Laura
should accept Mr.. Barclay She came
TO him, her father, all happy smiles and
tears and bushes, and told him how
proud and glad girl she was, because
she thought her lover the best and no
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-02

AHCU OpOItO oJOGob BOUTS LODGLIBT.
blest man she ever dreamed Of except
her own dear old dad. For time Waite
took heart and hoped for the best and
believed her and her mother, as indeed
they believed themselves, and when
Barclay went back to Sanders at the
end Of January he was a very happy
man and Laura for week q very lone
ly girl. Then youth, health, elasticity,
vivaCity, opportunity, all prevailed,
and she began to take notice in very
joyous fashion. She did not at all recog-
nize the doctrine preached by certain
mammas and certain other damsels,
that she as an engaged girl should hold
aloof now and give the other girls not
90 pretty, a chance. The barracks were
gay that winter; Laura danced with
che gsyest, and when Barclay got leave
in April and came down for fortnight
he found himself much in the way Of
two young gentlemen who danced de-
Iightfully, q thing he could not do at
all. Yet he had sweet hours with his
sweetheart and grew even more deeply
in love, so beautiful was she growing,
and went back to Sanders a second time
thinking himself happiest of the happy,
or bound to be, when, in the coming
autumn, he could claim her as his own.
But Waite was troubled. He was TO
take the field the 1st Of May; his troops
would be in saddle and on scout away
to the west all summer long; his wife
and daughter were to spend those
months at the seashore and in shopping
for the great event to come in Novem-
ber. He had long, earnest talk with
Barclay when once more the devoted
fellow came to see the lady Of his love
ON the eve Of her departure for the east,
but Barclay looked into her radiant,
uplifted eyes and could not read the
shadow Of coming events, Of which she
was as ignorant as he
In May he led his men on the march
to the Big Horn, and in June she led
with Cadet Lieutenant Winn the ger.
man at the graduation hop at West
Point. Then Winn was assigned to du-
BY, as was the custom Of the day, one Of
two or three young graduates chosen as
assistant instructors during the sum-
mer camp He had an hour to devote to
drill each morning and dozen to de-
vote to the girls and Laura Waite, with
her lovely face and form, was the talk
of the brilliant throng Of visitors that
summer. She and her mother returned
to the Point as guests of some old
friends there stationed, visit which
was not ON the original programme at
all. Winn took the girl riding day aft
er day and to hops week after week.
The shopping for the wedding went on
between times, and Winn even escorted
them to the city and took part in the
shopping. In fine, when November
came, in spite Of the furious opposition
of her father, in spite Of his refusal to
attend the ceremony or to coUntenance
it in any way, Winn, vice Barclay,
honorably discharged, appeared 80
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-02

Ut can't be useless, STR" burst tGl the cap.
tain tmDetuOuSly.
20 meet him. Brooks knew but modest
bit Of his story, and what he knew he
kept from every man but Frazier, yet
had had to tell his wife. The Winns
were silent ON the subject.
Winn himself was q man of few init
mates---a young first lieutenant of cav.
alry--and the tie that bound him to
Lawrence was the fact that he and Kit.
ty Tyrrell were first cousins, theiE
mothers sisters, and WiDn, tall, ath-
letic, slender fellow, frank, buoyant,
handsome and connected with some Of
the best names in the old army, was
one of the swells Of his class at the
Point and the beau among all the young
officers the summer Of his graduation
the summer that Laura Waite, engaged
20 Brevet Captain Galbraith Barclay Of
tho infantry, came from the west to
visit relatives at that enchanting spot,
spent just six weeks there, and, after
writing letters all one month TO close
her absent lovers eyes, wound up ny
writing one that opened them. She was
beautiful girl then; she was lovely
looking woman now, but the bloom was
The age-herald., 1898-01-30
The Value of a Fleet.

It has been reported that Spain intends to concentrate her fleet at Havana. She will scarcely do so with any expectation of successfully facing the warships of this country. She may send her ships to Ha- vana in order to put more courage In her troops, but she certainly cannot hope to meet in hostile array the ships of the North Atlantic squadron. Admiral Si- card, of that squadron, has three first-class battle ships, the Indiana, Iowa and Mas sachusetts. and two of the second-class, the Maine and Texas, and two armored cruisers, Brooklyn and New York. He has the cruisers, Montgomery, Marblehead, De- troit and Nashville, besides two double turretetd Monitors, and half dozen first class torpedo boats Spain cannot whip such a fleet. Her armada days were long ago ended.
 When the Illinois, Alabama and Wiscon- sin are completed this country wild then rank Germany in sea power. Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy will then in the order alone, rank the United States in number of warships and force of guns. In many respects the navy of this country is today superior to that of Germany. The German ships, as rule, are older; some of them are not worthy of mention in list of modern fighting vessels.
 The ships in course of construction in this country include four first-c,ass battle ships, not counting the Kentucky and the Kearsarge, both of which await the ac- ceptance of the government; and sixteen armored cruisers, monitors, gunboats and torpedo boats. When these are afloat, this country will easily outrank Germany; and if all conditions are considered 1t will be a question whether it does not out rank Italy also. The ships of this country are new; they carry the very best arma- ment, and the training of both officers and men leaves little to be desired.
 Spain has no intention of challenging this country. The country that is best prepared for war is not often asked to ex- ercise its strength. Its apparent strength operates to save it from the horrors of war and to enforce its reasonable and just demands The display of strength in the North Atlantic fleet is a guarantee of peace as well as a guarantee that Spain will not attempt to monkey with our coast cities. No better demonstration of the true economy of satisfactory navy is needed. It is defense against aggres- sion, and an advocate that speaks louder than words.
The age-herald., 1898-01-30
The Can't-Get-Away Club.

The Age-Herald has received a copy of the report of the well known club in Mo- bile, whose mission is charity, covering it's work in 1897. The club was incorpor- ated in 1854, when John A. Winston was governor. but 1t only comes to the front when it's services are needed. It had not met or acted in nineteen years, when, on being again confronted by yellow fever it once more organized for work. Its thirty two active members under the leadership of Judge Price Williams. at once devoted themselves to the relief of those who had been stricken down by the dread disease. And when at last the battle was ended, a special committete summed up the work done by 1t: "The club is proud of it's officers, its doctor, its chairman of the nurse committee, and it's ward committee charmen. Each in his sphere did his work well, untiringly without demur or hesitation. When a duty was to be per- formed it was done, and done at once. No day was too hot or wet, no night too dark, no hour unreasonable, no distance too great When a call was made no ques- tions were asked; 1t was responded to promptly"
 Contributions came in freely People gave over and over again, and the result was that Mobile cared for her own. No appeal was made for outside help. The city preserved her old-time record. The report shows in considerable detail how the money was expended. One hundred and forty-six nurses were put on duty, and from each of the eight wards of the city is presented a report of cases, and of the work done. It is a noble story. And in the telling of it mention is made of a humble coored preacher, the Rev. A. F. Owens, a hero of the time. There was a spirit of unity and a willingness to be helpful, that were beyond praise, and the devoted members of the club have in the words of their president, reward be- yond recompense in the grateful hearts that, from beds of suffering, are today living evidences of their benefaction
The age-herald., 1898-01-30

Apropos of the proposed visit of Queen Victoria to Cimiez, there is quaint legend. It is said that in the second or third century a young girl Tatia, refusing to sacrifice to Jupiter, was taken into the ampitheater to be thrown to the lions. But her heart failed her; she sacrificed to Jupiter, and her life was spared, but only for her to die a fortnight later of remorse. More than thousand years later Ram dazzo, a pupil of Raphael, sought shelter from a storm in the ruined amphitheater. On entering one chamber he found it brilliantly lighted, and saw young girl, who invited him to feast with her. After ward she led him into the ampitheater, which was crowded with Romans, patri- clans and ''plebs." The scene of Tatia's recantation of Christianity was acted over again, except that just as the girl was about to abjure her faith the painter made the sign of the cross, and in moment there was flash of lightning, a roar of thunder and the painter swooned. When he came to himself everything had van- ished. But he told the story widely, and it lives to this day among the peasants of Cimiez.
 During discussion in regard to circum- stantial evidence lawyer told of a re- markable case which, he said, appears in the Virginia reports. It was this: A man was discovered drawing knife from the prostrate form of another man near a roadside. The witnesses rushes up- on him and took the weapon from him. It was still dripping with the warm blood of the victim. He was accused of the mur- der, but asserted his innocence He claim ed that he had happened along the road but few moments before and saw his alleged victim struggling with another man. Before he come up, the unknown had driven his knife home and had fled into some brush close by. Seeing the knife still in the breast of the fallen man, he stopped over and drew 1t forth, Just as his accusers came on the scene That was his story. The knife being Identified as the property of the accused, ho oredence whatever was placed in his tale. He was tried, convicted and hanged
 A year later the man who had really committed the crime, while on his death bed, confessed that he was the murderer and told how he bad stolen the knit from the innocent man Aho had been tsnt t6 the gallowa.
The age-herald., 1898-01-30
Disbursement of School Revenues.

It would naturally be expected that the school revenues of Alabama, meager and insufficient as they are, would be distrib- uted in such manner as to secure the highest returns to the state. An examin- ation will convince anyone that the pres ent method is inequitable, primitive and antiquated.
 A census enumeration of youth between
 the ages of seven and twenty-one is taken
 every two years. Upon the basis of this census the educational fund of the state Is disbursed. This method has long since been abandoned by the most progressive states as uneconomical and unjust. It offers temptation to swell the returns of the school census to its utmost limit in order to obtain a larger share of money
 from the state funds. On this point, the
 recent dividend report of the state super fntendent will afford some instructive data to the statistician. The injustice of this method is more clearly seen in the fact that the number of residents between cer- tain ages furnishes no criterion to the actual necessities of a community. We might as well distribute the school funds
 upon the assessed valuation of the terri
 tory in question, or upon the basis of it's total population.
 The object of the state in the appropra- ton of school funds is two-fold, to equal
 ize as far as possible school privileges,
 and at the same time to stimulate every community to take advantage of the oppor- tunities thus offered the children. The
 principal of taxation is plain and simple;
 all are taxed for the benefit of all If
 this be right, then it is also right that the funds thus raised shall be distributed for the equal benefit of all. Communities with large corporate interests are largely de- pendent upon the adjacent rural popula-
 ton; the former is rich in values, the lat
 ter in children. It is just that the strong
 shall assist the weak, especially when the
 strength of the former is absorbed from
 the latter Furthermore. 1t is best that
 the funds shall be so distributed that they will act as a stimulant in obtaining the highest possible per cent. of attendance The school funds are raised for the educa- tion of the children. The method of dis | tribution therefore should place premium upon actual school attendance rather than | upon the multiplication of census returns The average daily attendance of last year, should constitute the basis of the appropriation this year for any school Schools are provided for the benefit of people who will send their children. The scriptural principle applies here: ITO him that hath shall be given" Under the present method a county with only 10 per cent. of its census children in school draws the same amount of school money as an
 adjoining county with the same number of census children and 75 per cent. of them in attendance.
 Another defect in the present system Is the diffusion of the funds by the needless | multiplication of small schools. Half Q dozen schools are often found in a com-
The age-herald., 1898-01-30
An Export Trade Needed.

If the National Association of Manufac- turers would not try to regulate the uni verse, but would confine itself to its own proper work, namely the extension of the country's exports of manufactured goods, it would accomplish more, and make fewer enemies at home. At it's recent sessions it took in hand the banks, the railroads, the currency, the steamship service and dozen other subjects-none of them very closely related to the export trade. This meddling with other subjects is wholly un- warranted, because its own proper work is a heavy job, and in all its aspects de- mands the undivided time and attention of the association.
 The fact is, widening of the export trade in manufactured goods is becoming every day more imperative. vicious tariff system has over-stimulated all branches of manufacturing. The country has two factories as a rule where there should be one. The home market is over supplied, and this is the case not only in textile goods, but also in iron, and in a
 
 lets in other countries for any surplus at home is the real trouble among the cotton mills of New England. The work of the National Association of Manufacturers in the direction of an expansion of the ex- port trade, is commendable in every re- spect. It has established sample ware house in Caracas, and another warehouse in South American capital will be soon opened. Its publication and information bureaus are also doing the country excel lent service. Let it stick to its own prop CT work.
 The country's exports went in 1897 beyond one billion dollars. This is high water mark. The excess over 1896 is nearly one hundred millions. And the best of it is that American manufactured goods con-
The age-herald., 1898-01-30

stitute each year an increasing percentage of the grand totals. The years balance the excess of exports over imports stands at ss56. .4sS. .ee4 Such a balance as the stock of American securities runs low in Europe. Gold must come after while to pay for American wheat, Ameri- can corn, American cotton and American manufactured goods for all four are going forward in great quantities.
The age-herald., 1898-01-30

munIt, which in the Interest of economy and efficiency could easily and without hardship or inconvenience be consolidated into one. The larger school could thus afford better teachers. better buildings and better equipment, and by the interest and enthusiasm which comes from the asso- citation of large numbers, efficiency in discipline and instruction would be stimu- lated.
 The school funds of Alabama, 1t Is true, ought to be quadrupled. but by equitable disbursement and reasonable concentration, they may be made far more effective than they are under the present system
The age-herald., 1898-01-30
The. Jabberwock.

The. Jabberwock. By Lewis Carroll. Twas brillig, and the sldthy toves Did gyre and gimlble in the wabe; All mirnsy were the borrogroves, And the momegrat,fs outgrave. ~ He took his vorpal blade in hand, Long time his maxem foo he sought; So rested he, meath the tuntum tree, And stood awhile in thought And as in uffsh thought he stood The Jabberwock with eyes ahame Came writhing through the tulgy wood And burbled as he came.
 through
 His vorpal blade went snicker-snack; He left it dead and with It's head He came gullumphing back. And hast thou slain tine jubjub birdf Come to my arms, my beamish boy Oh, frabjous day! Calico! CailayI He chortled in his joy.
The age-herald., 1898-01-30

A New York paper prints picture of Congressman DeArmond of Missouri. representing him making a speech in the house appareled in full dress suit MS souri may not be away up front in the procession of civilization. but they do not wear dress suits there In daylight. There are too many men with guns in that state It is in Chicago and South Carolina only where the dress suit is fashionable at all hours of the day.
The age-herald., 1898-01-30

pr. Nansen having left for home, the search for Andree and the balloon can now go on. Nansen failed either to please or satisfy. Like his audiences, he was inyestigated
The age-herald., 1898-01-30

It can be set down as a fact that Joe Blackburn will not attend the christening of the batt,eship Kentucky if nothing more than bottle of water is to be broken over the snout at the day of the launching.
The age-herald., 1898-01-30

Senator Lindsay would, by resgnirg, keep his state from being misrepresehted py at least one senator.
The age-herald., 1898-01-30

That was a grelt gathering in Montgom- cry a few nights ago between Wiley run stall. Judge Coleman and Mr. Bankhead. Even the silver moon became ashamed or itself and hid it's face wlhi1e these three distinguished gentlemen were planning for future political developments.
The age-herald., 1898-01-30

Now that Kentuckians are to use water in christening their first warship, Henry Watterson will indeed have to retire to the most exclusive shades of private life.
The age-herald., 1898-01-30

It would seem that MT. Buckley, the newly appointed postmaster at Montgom- cry, might as well prepare to have the hose turned on him.
The age-herald., 1898-01-30

There Is no danger of the man who writes pieces" for the Eutaw Mirror being mis- taken for a person who has gained any- thing by experience. He belongs to the bu,;et-headed class of alleged editors who regard Jesus Christ as pigmy as com pared with his two political do.s