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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

The widespread passion among men,
during the last and present generation,
to accumulate wealth suddenly has not
contributed to the elevation of human
character or the betterment Of our civ
ilization. Since the war between the
States there has been a wild rush for
riches. The war, like all great wars,
developed luXuriant crop of rascals,
every one of whom was deaf to the
Claims of patriotism and honor, and
who for four years groveled among the
dead and the dying, and amlLSr the
agonies of a painting, struggling coun-
try for dollars. The result was that
millionaires appeared with the sudden
ness of the mushroom in the night. and
moculated the whole country and pos
terity with an abnormal love of money
and with a large measure of disregard
for the ways in which it nigh. be ac-
cumulated. Bold, unprincip,ed men
appeared upon the scene of action, and
with marvellous, brilliant audac!ty,
Haunted the evidences of i,l-gotten
wealth until the desire to be rich at
any price was alarmingly general, es-
pecially among the young. But the
suggestive fact is apparent that the
man who is satisfied with moderate
and steady gains, who is content to
stick to his farm, at his forge or his
bench, is far more fortunate than the
average man who seeks fortune on the
board of trade, in gold mines or among
diamond deposits. More wealth has
been expended in transportation and
supplies by the seekers for wealth in
the Klondike than has been taken from
It's golden repositories: and the SHOWS
of the inhospitable region are dotted
with the dead, and the region has
echoed with the walls of the hopeless.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

Americans have made two conquests
of Cuba. The first was by the army
and navy, the second by modern sani-
tation. When the island of Cuba was
turned over to the United States by
Spain it was the dirtiest spot in all the
world. The cities were plague spots.
And the problem was the more diff
cult because of the indifference of all
classes of citizens. Families kept pigs
and cows In one apartment of their
houses. There was no sewerage. There
had been no renovation of filthy pre-
misses for years. George II. Waring
gave up his life for Havana and Gen
eral Leonard Wood refused $4,000 a
year to go back to Santiago when the
yellow fever broke out there. Thanks
to Waring, Havana Is a clean city and
In Santiago miracle has been
wrought by General Wood. Yellow
fever, whose food Is dirt, has been con-
quered. The second conquest of Cuba
is no less a matter of pride than the
first.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

"Even in palaces life may be lived
WELL" quotes Matthew Arnold. Mr..
Chamberlain holds that people who
I! live in comfortable houses with mod
ern improvements are happier than the
inhabitants of snow-huts or dugouts."
Not only are they likely to be happier,
but also of higher human type and
every way more noble. Most right
minded people would sympathize with
the old gentleman who says, Il never
see a fine house without wishing that
everybody had one-then should have
one" OF course, grovelling, slum-
like habit Of mind is possible amid
the eye that sees all things as they
are, there may be a sty behind the
front Of marble or of brownstone, and
a clean bit Of heaven in the humblest
hovel. And it is often necessary to
add that many people are consigned to
novels by the greed and fraud which
have made the mansion possible. But,
other things being equal, the environ
ment helps or hurts the whole man;
and as a rule, it is the expression of his
qualities, the outgrowth Of his charac-
ter and life. At any rate, it is desir-
able that every human being should be
well housed, well fed, well clad; also
that every human being should help
himself to these things, without
snatching or crowding. Household"
is one of the sweetest words in any
language. Therefore it is worth while
for the young people to put the creation
of a good home into the program of
their life. to focalize their forces on
this point; to get and to save for the
realization of this beautiful dream.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

volatile and dangerous for any but
detona1ng purposes, it can only enter
the list on sufferance. Precisely the
same applies to nitrog.ycerin.
This, however, is the nearest that can
be got to an absolute table:
1 Fulminite Gun cotton
z Blasting gelatineG Picric acid
3 Gelignite 7 Cordita
4 Dynamite s Gunnowdor
Ihere Is very little to choose between
o. e. o and g as regards power. Gum
powder, it will be seen, is at the bot.
tom of the list.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

The trouble that little aquatic plant
may make is illustra ed by the water
hyacinths, which are doing almost in
calculable damage In the Gulf States
by filling up the streams and paralyzing
the lumber industry, us the logs cannot
be tloated out of the rivers and bayous
when they are choked up with these
plants: Congress has made an appro-
priaton for getting rid of them, and
Major Quinn has charge of the work.
The Major has decided in favor of n
dredge which throws the hyacinth into
a mill, much like sugar mill, where
the hyacinth bulbs are crushed and rem
dered incapable of propagation. The
New Orleans papers, however, favor n
chemical agency which has already
been used with success. The Times
Democrat says: "There are probably
hundreds of miles in this section COW
cred with this plant to density of
forty pounds to the square foot. No
mill could do all this crushing, and IL
would cost thousands of dollars to do
the work. and 1t is almost inconcelva-
BILE that the dredge will gather in all
the hyacinths, and therefore complete
ly eradicate them; and IL but n few
seed are left 1t will start this water
pest once more, and we will have to do
over again what we are now doing"
The chemicals, which were tried in
tailrace, dry up the sap and kill the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15
Music Kills a Horse.

Music caused the death of beau9
full S-year-old filly at Florence, Aia
the other day.. A farmer drove y
valuable young mare into town, ana
ne was driving up the principal s1t1
a brass band suddely struck up It's pi
tant music. The mare had never hea]
sound like that before and so startl3
was she that she dropped dead IN y
shafts of the trap. A veterinary su
geon who examined the carcass deciar1
that the mare had died of heart tallul
due to excitemet caused by the sour
OF the uaccustomed music OF the pra
band.-Roanoke News,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

tended lectures at other institutions.
Miss Hazard mas won reputation as
an author Of papers on historical top
les in which she has shown traces Of
the gifts of her grandfather, Rowland
Green Hazard, the philosophical writ
or. Miss Hazard rs young for her i'm
portant post, being only 43 years of
age. As president of Wellesley she
will have charge Of eighty instructors
and 700 pupils.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

While timely warning given by an
honest press minshed the number of
those who followed the Klondike will
o. the wisp, yet there were thousands
who braved every danger to get much
less than would have been theirs with
half the effort had they remained at
home. 1t Is the distance which lends
enchantment to the view. 1t is safe to
say that for every dollar which has so
Tar been taken out Of the Klondike
country ten have been put in.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15
Telephone Methods IN Er.

All telephone lines in France au.
owned by the government. There are
112 towns outside of Paris sunn,;ed
with telephones, with an appraco+ 80
population of 100000 and with onlr
$4,000 subscribers. The latter are ar
pected to bear the expense of rnnn;n,,
the lines-about 3 cents a yard-onS
then buy the outfit at cost of about
$25. "Oou'
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

A woman who has been suing for di-
vorce has been ordered to pay $4 a
week aiimony to her husband pending
the decision of the court. Here is a case
that needs the attention of the reform
ers. Things are coming to fine pass
In this country when the court expects
a man to live on $4 a week.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

Voices made to order are the latest
thing in surgery. Actual operations
have demonstrated that the larynx, or
vocal box, can be successfully removed,
and the patient may not only survive
the shock, but recover. In order to re-
store speech to the patient an artificial
larynx and vocal cords are provided.
The voice artificially produced is inca
pable of infection, but, although it is
a montone, the patient Is perfectly able
to carry ON conversation.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15
WELLESLEY'S NEW PRESIDENT

Miss Caroline Haz ,rd, Recently Inau-
Eurated. Not a College Graduate.
Miss Caroline Hazard, recently inau-
@urated as President of Wellesley Col
ege, is not a college graduate. She
las, however, had many advantages.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15
r, Rowland Hazard, the

Her father, Rowland Hazard, the
wealthy mill owner of Peacedale, r. l.,
Is one of the men who have led in
working for the higher education of
women, and his daughter was not neg
lected. While living in Providence she
enjoyed semi collegiate privileges at
Brown University, and she has
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

There Is a woman on the Pacific
coast who wants divorce because her
husband is a bookworm. Yet there
are people who profess to believe that
literature's golden age is about to
dawn in this country.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

The times are propitious for change
in campaigning. The stump speech has
for some years been steadily losing
ground. 1t has lost much of it's old
time thrill. 1t is so much the same
thing. The people are outgrowing it.
The extravaganza Of phrase, the sweep
of gesture, the venerable anecdote
which characterize it and carry it
along are not potent as they once were.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

When 1t is said of woman that sbo
lives up to her ideals, it means that She
continues to curl her hair when her
husband doesn't treat her right
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

., FILTER FOX soKDIERs gr dually seer
through into the filter, from which hS
can always get drink Of pure water
The inventor claims that with this IN,
vention In use half of the danger fror
climatic diseases would be avoided
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15
Keeping Mice at n Distance.

One of the best mouse preventlves IS
the foliage of the walnut tree. Even
after the foliage has been dried it is
said to be effectual in soaring away
mice.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

An important question now is, will
the advance in the price of wire add
to the cost of political campaigns?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

ne can filter his
water through It
into the canteen. II
he is rushed fou
time he can simply
hll his canteen and
then put the filter
In place. In thi,
case the LIQUID will
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

Men who suffer from misrepresenta-
ton can't we'll complain. There may
be as good fish in the sea as ever were
caught and yet both probably have
been lied about
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

Dewey may be a many-sided man,
but judging from the pictures printed
he hasn't as many sides as he has
faces.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

In saying man is only gorilla with
a conscience, DR.. Parkhurst ventures
perilously close to those people who
make monkeys of themselves.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15
FILTER FOR SOLDIERS.

Inventor Claims 1t Will BE n c-.
Boon to Men in the Tropics.
AN Illinois man has invented and
patented filter which fits inside a sol.
dlers canteen. If the soldier bas +i,,,o
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

The corset trust is not in gooa form.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

plant, and this without any danger to
fish, and the plan is simple and mex
pensive.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-15

CHAS. r. ADA E. SOULE, Pubs.
TOLEDO .........O OREGON
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-08
HIS welded BLISS SHORT.
Bride Groom Of - Lives Five Days
Aftcr Romantic Marriage.

NEW RIVER. VA. April l.-Spcclal.-
on the evening of the 18th of March. In
the parlor OF Hotel Pulaski. was cele-
DRAFTED ana interesting marriage. Tho
contracting parties being Mr. Edward
BERNARD, Of Dublin. aud AIRS. Mary
Brown, OF Carroll county, each Deins
about scventy-scEen years Or age.
The groom had been wldOWer about
one year. and yet durins that short ume
he was anxious 90 take unto himself
again "a helpmate. lc bad been corre-
spending with a. lady whom Doe had never
seen. but when about tO C0nsumma'e
matters he went to see her. and Go his
dismay. his lady love decided, after seeing
him. that she preferred some otner man.
He vas told OF OLD Mrs Brown. on whom
he at once called. and iu fcw moments
everything was satisfactory. and the aeet
couple came on the evening train from
BETTY Baker and were married bv Rev
j. E Moore The happy pair repaired
20 the home of tne groom near Dublin.
where au seemed BRIGHT ana lovely, hht
alas. how often O. the orange blossom
snatched from the bridal wreath 10 deco
rate coffin.
ON the day following this happy mar
rlge Mr. Bernard fell victim 10 ne
dreaded disease. pneumonia. and died on
The aged widow win return 10 her
home en- carroll county
Mr.. r. p. Gillian. one of our prominent
citizens and the oldest inhahifant of The
town Is quite sd an his home on wafer
street.
Politics IN orr county have somewhat
subsidized. oxcept in reference to CONF
,,issioner of the Revenue Mr. r.. q.
Fitzhueh. the present incumbent IS be-
inc opposed by C.. ~ s.forl prom.-
nent Republican and by d. NJ. crockett
a Democrat ,,,.,.,
MI slrord can't unite his Re.nhlica,n
forces hence The friends of Mr fi'@"'@"
feei confident OF re-o'ccting him
,rontaomerv Lodge 40. 80. E. @. @. F.
,o ',' c,cctcd Mr. n ~ Vud-on 20 repre-
sent the lodge M thc meeting %. me
Grand Lodge. which meets .n lln',O, ~
.rc second tuesday in May Mr }. W.
stone was elected alternate.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-08
HAVE ENOUGH
OF SOLDERING.
Few of the Members of the Blues
Want to Return in a Body.
WILL Soon GIVE UP THEIR GUNS
And TO March Through the Streets Of
Richmond Unarmed Would BE an
IngIorious Winding Upof Their
Career in the Spanish War.

SAVANNAH, GA. April 6.-Special.-
There remains very little to be said about
the winding up Of the affairs of the
Fourth Virginia Regiment here In camp.
The weather is rather severe. and the
soldiers who have been living in hot
climate ever since last June suffer con-
slderably. especially during the nights.
There is no drill in the morning, and We
have had only two dress parades 50 far
in the evening. Ilaversacks. knapsacks,
canteens and the mess list have been
turned in by the different companies.
and we expect TO give up our guns and
sidearms tomorrow. After that we will
have to do like the soldiers in other regi-
ments-march our posts while on guard
with sticks instead OF guns.
ALMOST FREE.
The day OF the final mastering out OF
the regiment has been hXed for the zth
OF this month. and on that day the en-
listed men will have once more an OPP
poriunity Of starting IN life as gentle
men. for. according 10 the saying Of an
officer of the regular army who mas been
connected with the Seventh Army Corps,
there should not he gentlemen among
the enlisted men
Yesterday a letter from Major Cutchins
was read % the men OF the two Rich
mond Companies-H and M-wherein h
expressed the hope that the TWO compan-
mics would return 90 Richmond IN "A
body. and he asked how many men could
be relied upon. as reception was 10 be
tender them by the Blues Association.
Those who were willing 10 90 from here
I'm a body were asked 70 steD 10 the front.
About A dozen responded i'm Company n
and one or two i'm Company NJ. This goes
20 show that the men have about enough
Of military rule and are glad 10 become
private citizens once more. As the men
would be without arms. it seems that a
parade through the streets Of Richmond
would not be exactly the thing for them
TO wind up the Spanish-Am war
with Besides. those who have famllies
will he anxious 10 reach their homes as
quickly as possible.
or THE 18th.
The general sentiment is to leave Sa-
vannah FOR home az the earliest possible
moment. and rs the mastering out or
the regiment no doubt win be- completed
ON the nth in time for the evening tram
the arrival Of the Richmond men may be
looked FOR early next morning.
Among the guests at the DcSoto Hotel
Yesterday were Messrs. J. j. Anderson
and = Harvey Savage. Of Richmond. who
have been on an extended trip doing tho
South.
Mr.. g. s. Campbell. passenger agent o.
the Atlantic Coast Line. is also here since
yesterday morning and IS stopping M me
DeSoto lie Is here I'm the interest Of his
railroad business
G. ".
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-08
ON THE HUNT FOR ASSASSlNS.
Four Hundred Men Searching Swamps
in louisiana Parishes.

NEW ORLEANS. April 6.-Four hum
dred men armed with rifles and large
part OF them mounted for two days nave
been securing the parishes OF Tangipahoa
ana Washington In search OF the men
who recently assassinated Mr.. Mage oi
the Banner Lumber Company at KENT
wood In Tangipahoa- The Magee assas-
sination Is one OF dozen that have &C.
Cured In the parish and 1t seems 10
have at last aroused the law and order
element.
BloOihounds were obtained and the
trail OF the assassin followed. Since then
the parish has been like an armed camp.
Several posses set out for the despera :
does, who are led by Bambert and GIL
who have been several times. arrested
for murder.
The desperadoes were found. but they
fortified themselves in a house and drove
of the posse. which returned 10 rang
rahoa for relnforcements. The despe-
radoes rctreated into Washington parish
where some forty or fifty OF them assem-
bled IN a house fifteen miles east OF
Franklinton. Two posses from Iahei-
rahoa and Washington surrounded the
house to-day. but found that the men
had deserted It. taking refuge In sns
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-08
MONTICELLO GUARDS.
CharIottesviiie's Old Company Rc-Or-
ganiled-A Soldier Buried

CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA, April T.
Specialize Monticello Guard formerly
Company d. Third Virginia Regiment
was reOrganized last night. G. c. Wer-
tenbaker was elected captain + Cary
wis first lieutenant. ana J. f. Kelley
second lieutenant The company has six
~ odd men on the roll. with a prospect
Of ten or fifteen more soon 10 join
Lieutenant Edward T. Hoffman. Of the
late Third Virginia Volunteers. who came
home In declining health went last fan
10 Akin. S. c.. hoping 10 improve his
health. But his condition grew worse.
and yesterday morning az 10 o'clock he
died. His remains reached here this
morning at AS O'Clock They were in
TERED this afternoon IN RivCrview come
terry with Masonic honors. He leaves a
young wife.
Lovalet. tho fve-year-old daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs c. d Payne WHO died yes
terday afternoon. was buried this after
noon at o'clock from her fathers resi-
uence.
Captain Adolph Russon superintendent
Of the Monticello Wine Company. met
with n very painful accident YESTERDAY
piis foo, hung on piece Of wire. while
walking about his premises. throwing him
down an ernbaukment tho fall resulting
fn several ugly and nainful bruises about
the body He g. confined 20 his bed.
Martha JEFFERSON. colored woman re-
siding near Keswick. was fatally burned
NV The EXPLOSION OF "a kcrosine lamp night
before last
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-08
CAROLINE ELECTI0NEERS.
The Plea for Votes Put Up by One Of
the Candidates

MILFORD. VA April Especial 80
Politics are rapidly warming up 90 a
glow here. Many candidates for county
offices are canvassing the county and
pressing their claims upon the people for
suffrage physical infrmties. incOnsist-
cncies of opponents relative to primaries
Of previous elections. one man should
not hold office too long. &c. are pleas
upon which some candidates base their
claims.
The following unique card has been
issued by one of the candidates:
*. Il. Parish will take it rs a great
honor II az the coming election May -,
1894 YOU will consent by your vote TO
make him your Clerk OF Circuit Court Of
Caroline County. He promises. if elected.
% be your servant, and not your boss.
The present clerk has been enjoying this
place for IS years.
II have never tasted the delightful pie;
lie is a widOwer. so am ]
He has two children. ! have six:
He is three score, / am nearly in the
same fix,
l am lean in purse and person he Is
fat and fine.
His name is Mr.. Valentine"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-08
Nlnticrs in Wildwood

WILDWOOD. CLARKE CO, April c.
The services In the Episcopal
church on Easter Sunday were well at
tended. ON Easter Monday some of the
congregation met ana reelected the old
yestry
Rev. John L. Raymond. recently of
Brooklyn, y. y, has accepted the call
10 the BAPTIST church in Wildwood, and
has taken charge of the same. on Easter
Monday night he delivered an exceedingly
interesting lecture in the Baptist chapel
In Millwood on the "Old-Tlme Darkey."
after which refreshments were served by
the Ladies Aid Tor the benefit OF mis-
siOns.
Miss Lucy Laws, Of Wildwood. who has
been at the Albemarlc College in Char
lOttcsNille, and came home with the grip,
Will not return Tor the present.
Lieutenant Key Meade. OF the Twenty
first Regiment, l.. ). a., who visited his
father preparatory 10 sailing Tor Manila,
left Miilwood the 31st of March His sis
ter Miss Alice Meade a student at Brim
Mawr College. near Philadelphia, spent
her Easter holiday al her home. Pros
pect Hill. near Wildwood, and returned 10
Philadelphia April 9th.
Mr. Nat Burwell. of Wildwood. LETT
March 3tst Tor Mt. savage. Nd, WheFe
he is engaged In railroad work He had
been at home for q month recovering from
pneumonia.
home for a short time. iett on the same
Miss Mildred Mitchell OF Maryland, left
Rev 4. j Jones. where she hdu peen
visiting her sister. Mrs. Jones, on Easter
Monday for Baltimore, ,,,,., l..
MIR John e. voolfolk Of Wildwood. is
stavinq al Mr. Robot Ober's, In Baltimore.
Mrs William NJ Nelson. of st; Louis,
No is spending few days al Breyton
with Mlss MARY and Miss Jane Page.
Rev q W Nelson, Of Warrenton va.
came on Easter Monday to stay with his
daughter Mrs Hugh NJ. Nelson, at Long
Mrs x +. Hovce OF the Tuleyries. is
spending the winter in Washington, and
part OF the spring