Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-11-24
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[ Written for THE LEADER

@'-G--~ quality of mercy is strained"
If he was living here on Yaquina bav in
this end OF the Nineteenth century, and
had waited as long and as patiently as
many of us have done, I would Just like
to give him that quality called "hope"
and have him pass an opinion on it.
And yet, don't know of anything that
will stand more of strain than hope.
When we say of any certain matter
I'VE have lost all hope" eleven times
out OF ten we are only daring ourselves,
and way down deep in little corner of
our hearts Hope has snugly ensconced
herself, and is shining away like the
faithful jewel she is. Sometimes it will
be quite obscured from view by the
clouds Of doubt, indecision, undeserved
blame or adverse criticism from care
less, busy world; but just dig right down
through these, Or better still, cast them
out entirely by encouraging new tho'ts,
new aims and ambitions, and up flashes
Hope once more with undimmed luster.
Speaking of the last of the century, why
do we call this the last year? Surely the
Twentieth century does not make it's
bow to us until January l, 1901. Per-
haps we are all in the habit of living
year ahead, anyhow, and we are so anx-
ious to know what the advance guard of
the next hundred years has in store for
us that we have run along down the
trail little way to meet it.
And now it comes to pass that the
elite, bon-ton, creme-de-la-creme, Mrs.
Portland Bankerdom, have organized
something called the "Oregon State As
sociation Opposed to the Extension Of
the Suffrage to Women" Whe-e-e-w!
What big breath that calls for. Truly,
| believe could cast quite an intelligent
vote, if l were a woman, in the time it
takes to say all that.
They go on to say: eve believe that
only small percentage of the women of
our state ask for or desire the ballot"
Now, how do you suppose they got such
an idea as that in their dear little pomp-
adoured heads? Perhaps they canvassed
the state while everybody was at the
beach last summer. No-that couldn't
be either, for it is mostly the class that
spend their summers at expensive sea-
side hotels who would wish to join the
o. S. A. O. to the +. of the S. to w.
Excuse me, Mr.. Editor, l know it
sounds like swearing but l didn't mean
it that way.) Iwould really like to see
an unabridged report of the views of
wage-earning, home-getting young ladies
of Oregon on this subject-those who
want some little security against the
vicissitudes of life, and also want to take
care of it after they have got it. Iwould
like to hear the voice of the many
widows in the state who own property,
much or little, and on which the taxes
are always much-I would like them to
rise in their places and say il they fully
} believe in "taxation without representa-
ton" Wecl, there is much that might
be said on the subject, and also much
that might better be left unsaid, as |
would then have longer exhalatious with
which to reduce the temperature of my
Quaker oats
In relation to this same subject, it
will be quite interesting to note in which
field of labor Mrs. A. S. Duniway will
, put her hands to the plow. You can't
sometimes most always tell about
Abigail.
man at Yaquina made a mistake
the other day. This is positively the
first time such thing ever occurred, so
. will tell you about it,
Some people from far-off state rolled
into Yaquina on the evening Lightning
Express" not long ago, and in day or
so, having gone to housekeeping, the
= gentlemen of the party got boat and
started out to gather driftwood from the
provident food tide.
As they proceeded on their winding
way a small piece of timber hove in sight,
and one of them cried out: ''That will
make good wood" The man on the
bank who heard the words turned to his
r neighbor and said: "That man is from
Nebraska" But he wasn't-he was
from Indian Territory, and Lincoln
county bids him and his friends hearty
t welcome, as she always does those who
: come here to make home and helT
build up the country by Drawn and
} brain. FELIX.
Yaquina, Oregon, Nov, q, 1899