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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28
WILLIAM W. ASTOR.
LEFT AMERICA TO GAIN FAME
IN ENGLAND.
Now He Finds Himself Millionaire
Without a Country-TaboOed by the
Prince of Wales Set for Insulting
Sir Archi bald Milne.

The story of William Waldorf AstOr,
who grossly offended English society
short time ago by insulting Sir Archi-
bald Milne, Il particular friend of the
Prince Of Wales, and who has been os-
tracised by the smart set, which basks
in the Princes favor, is that of man
without a country. He began life with
unlimited wealth and boundless ambi-
ton. He still has both, for the latter
has never been satisfied.
About twenty years ago group of
young men among the rich New York
ers were starting out in life, all with
some political ambition and all backed
up by an old family and big rent roll.
None of them promised so much and
failed so dismally as William Waldorf
Astor. He intended to be President of
the United States. He is now man
without a country, disappointed, cyni-
cal, with no future before him at 80. He
was the son of John Jacob Astor ILL.,,
the head of the great family who came
from the little village Of Waldorf, Ger
many, about 120 years ago, and started
in life as butchers and fur traders.
When William Waldorf came into the
world the Astors owned 8 per cent. of
the real estate in New York City, and
had taken social precedence over the
old Knickerbocker families, who once
held themselves aloof from man who
peddled furs on his back. Astor was
educated at the law school of Columbia
University. He imagined himself a
second Disraeli and began simultane.
ously a career in politics and in liter.
ature. He was elected State Senator.
He ran for Congress to succeed Levi P.
Morton and was defeated by the late
Roswell Flower. He was appointed
minister to Italy by President Arthur.
He distinguished himself there by scat
tering golden scudi with lavish hand.
incidentally he got along with his min
isterial duties without discredit to the
government. Nothing came up to de-
mand diplomacy, and Mr.. Astor was
equal to the situation. He returned
home and threw himself into politics in
New York State. Perhaps it would be
more correct to say that he threw him
self at politics. He worked very hard,
and he was very much in earnest, but
his efforts came to nothing. He gave
his money freely and he gave his time
without stint. But he failed to connect
with the people, and that is an essential
element to success in American politics.
as Mr.. AstOr found out. He wrote a
novel called Valentino" and followed
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28

witness performance by a distin-
guished actor, watched the effect the
missive had upon her.
The orchestra had just begun to play
after the curtain had dropped upon the
second act when the manager of the
theater appeared before the curtain
and motioned the leajier to silence. His
face was very grave and he held a tele-
gram in his hand.
rs Miss Vermont, of Washington, in
the house" he asked. "a telegram has
been brought to the theater addressed
to her."
Miss Vermont turned suddenly cold
with terror. Mother had had a stroke
or fathers automobile had run away
with him. or brother Jack had been
capsized on the river and drowned. She
saw, every detail of her fearful home
iourney-the sleepless night of waiting
for the first train, the interminable
crawling of it WashingtOnward. She
saw herself in the deepest mourning. In
half second she lived week of mis-
cry. Her two cousins were gazing at
her in frightened helplessness. She
staggered to her feet.
II am Miss Vermont" she said. with
an effort.
An usher ran down the aisle. Every
eye in the theater was on her Every
woman there felt for her. For mo-
ment she could not nerve herself to
open the envelope. She must. She
must know which one it was. The
message was a blur before her. 1t was
signed Jack. She caught the words,
Wire at once" 1t was mother, then,
or father. She looked closer. This
time she made out the whole message.
1t read:
Mother left out pink organdie. Do
you need it! Wire at once"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28
Mans Expectation of Life.

An ingenious mathematician main.
tains that the number of years which
anyone is likely TO live may really he
ascertained by applying the following
rule: Subtract from the number 81 the
age already attained by the person and
divide the remainder by >. For exam.
pie suppose that we wish to find out
how long a person who Is now fifty
years old is likely to live. S6-50-36
36-:2-1S, and 1S years is the answer
to the question. The same statisticiap
also assures us that out of every 1.OOC
persons who are 90 years old only 59g
will live to be 20, 120 to 80, seventeen
TO he 90, and it is doubtful if even four
will attain to- the dignity of ccntena-
rians.
A critic points out that these figures
may seem very convincing, but they
they cannot be accurate in all cases.
1t may be easy, he explains, to show
how long man Of 30 is likely to live,
but the rule applied in his case cannot
be applied in the case of man who ls
over Sc, and hence 1t cannot be accept.
e&as nfallible.-Cincinnat ENQUIRER
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28
Electric Power I'm the NAVY

The, cautious experiment of electric.
ally driven turret turning machinery Oh
the Brooklyn, of chain ammunition
hoistS on the Puritan, the system of
blowers and eXhausters on the vii.
mington, have all been grouped on the
Kearsarge and Kentucky. These two
battleshlps have more of their auxil.
larry machinery driven by electric pow.
er than any other warships afioat.
These battleshlps represent the inter.
mediate stage between steam and elec.
trically driven auxiliary machinery.
and show results in economy in coal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28

tai energy o1 these brain elements.
When all is said, if the average man
prefers to regard size as the correct in
deX of intelligence, he must admit that
40 per cent. of the women he meets are
OF larger intellect than he. This will
give him food for reflection, and per-
haps, after little, he will agree with
Prof. Sutherland that every year seems
to show with increasing conclusiveness
that there is in the great mass of cases
II practical equality in male and female
minds"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28
COULD NOT HEAR mo"
Timely Deafness of an Applicant for
a Cover rment lob.


! Government Job.
Congressman John H. Ketcham. of
Dover Plains, N Y, is more or less
| hard of hearing, writes Cyrus Patter-
son Jones in Success. He holds his
! hand up to his ear while you are ad-
| dressing him and manages to catch
your meaning fairly well. Just how
much he hears is open to question and
! Secretary Gage, Of the treasury. for
one, has his own suspicious that Uncle
John" is not quite so deaf as he APP
pears. 1t happened this way:
Mr. Ketcham had been in Congress
SO long that he had used up all the
patronage to which he was entitled,
/ and could not get any more places for
/ his constituents. But one day this
/ spring he called on Mr.. Gage.
There is man up in my town." he
explained, who must be fixed, and l
want you to fix him"
Il can't do it," replied Gage land up
went Ketcham's hand to his ear), be
cause there are no vacancies in my de-
partment." :,
Yes, that's what he wants." said
ment."
The Secretary looked at his visitor
intently, and said in louder tone:
"The civil service rules cover all APP
pointments under twelve hundred or if
teen hundred dollars wear"
Mr.. Ketcham removed his hand from
his right ear and replied:
That will be satisfactory. He will
not expect more than twelve hundred
dollars year"
Mr.. Gage was growing desperate.
Il tell you," lie fairly yelled. II can't
do anything for your man. There is no
use bringing him down herew
"All rlghtw said the imperturbable
Congressman, rising. 'I'll bring him
down." and out he walked leaving the
Secretary in state Of collapse.
Sure enough, day or two later, the
deaf man walked in with constituent.
Here is my friend that you prom.
lsed to place." he said.
Good Lord!" said Gage (and up went
the others hand), didn't | tell you
could do nothing absolutely nothiug?"
"Hey% .
Didn't tell you not to bring your
man here, because had no place foi
him."
NO; you said you would give him
place at about twelve hundred dollars s
year; so l sent for him and here he is
The Secretary was in despair. He
loked the Congressman in the FACET
was blank. In sheer desperation he
tapped bell for an assistant. told the
latter to take the constituent to Mr..
B, and if possible TO find him a
place. The Congressman shook hands
all around and departed with an ex.
preston of benevolence on his coun.
tenapce.
| The man got fairly good place. The
Congressman is still rather deaf. The
Secretary-well, he has his own sus-
picions.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28

Certain fundamental differences of
character seem to exist between men
and women, and the lord of creation"
AS he sometimes calls himself is apt
to ascrlbe them to the brain. This the
ory, he feels, carries with IL the privl-
lcge of monopolizing the morning pa.
per, and of answering with an air of
authority questions of which he knows
quite as little as his wife. An English
scientist Alexander Sutherland, has
studied this problem in its physiolog.
lCal aspects, and his conclusions are in
tcresting to men and women alike
From II comparison of trustworthy sta
tlstlcs, II appears that the brain of tho
average man is about unc-tenth larger
than that of the average woman; but on
the other hand. il the ratio between the
size Of brain and body be taken into
consideration, mans brain comes out
second best Happily, however, male
Intelligence has louphole of escape
from the natural Inference from this
fact. The smaller animal always has
the larger proportional brain. 4 eat
has more brain In proportion to It's size
than an elephant, and II baby's brain is
five times the relative size of It's ia
Tiers. Woman has. however, other
lines of defense. All mental activity
finds Its origin in the thin outer layer
or cortex of the brain. On every square
inch there are some ten millions of min
ute cells, the instruments of mental en-
ergy Might not more just compari-
son be based on cons,ueration of these
cellsy Perhaps. but no observer has
yet shown that sex makes any differ
eDce In the number. DEVELOPMENT or vi
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28

The adornment of the interior of
school-houses Is no less important than
the Improvement of the grounds in
favor OF which Il sentiment SO vigorous
and so widespread happily exists. Less
general, but steadily growing, is the
demand for beautiful schoolrooms.
Much is already accomplished. Local
associations, town Improvement socie-
ties, patriotic orders, historical socie-
ties hnve willingly co-operated with pr-
Vate henpvolence. There have been be-
quests and memorial presentations; and
few schools have funds sufficient to
render every classroom, hall, corridor,
stairway, even cloak-r0om delightful
to the eye and instructive to the mind.
Few schools can hope for such equip
mcnt,at least, all at once. There must
be small beginnings and gradual
growth. In many schools a suitable
ana charming custom has arisen of late
years, by which each departing class
rs Ii graduates leaves behind ii mem
orla! east or picture. This may fitting
ly possess illustrative connection with
some course of study, or ii may be one
among the masterpieces which repre-
sent the highest reach of art in pure
beauty, cducative only, although pow
erfully, through innate grandeur or
l0veliness. The essential Is that IL
should he truly tine-the work, not nee
cssarily of an old master. but of mas
ter Fortunately boNS nn1 pirlS nro
as quick to learn how to give as to give,
and the mistakes of class committees
are few. SO promising indeed Is the
progress of this movement among our
generous young students that there Is n
good prospect that few years hence
the month of graduations will bring
Ms great establishment to schoolrooms
as Arhor day will bring TO the sur
roundingS of the buildings.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28
Specimens of Irish BuIls.

"Some fifteen years ago." says a cor
respondent of the London Spectator. "I
heard digntary of Cork Cathedral
address the congregation In st. Mary's
Church. Harrogate. in this wise: If
there be any of you here. dear breth.
ren, whom God in his mercy has taken
to himself In the same discourse
pleading for some charity, our sense of
generosity was sought to be stirred by
the following sentence descriptive Of
the miseries of which Ireland was then
the victim: In the sister country
where for some time we have been suf-
fering from vlvlSection. is 1t to be won.
dered at II we have been a little dis
turhed while undergoing the process .
Might | suggest that the following be
added TO your remarkable collection
of bulls? A person who evidently dis.
likes the name of William. and who Is
not an lrishman, but, In my mind. wor.
thy to be one, said: AS long as | am
alive I shall never give the name Of
William to one of my sons"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28

or course the girl who walked 5000
miles on wager was pretty" They
always are. If she had travelled II mile
by turning handsprings or had crossed
the continent in a box car it would
have been the same, with the possible
addition that she would have been de-
-scribed as refined and highly edu-
Gated" also. That's one way to ac-
qulre beauty-'newspa beauty"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28
FOCUSED ALL ATTENTION.
Woman's Telegram Diverted Audience
from the Performances

When woman receives a telegram
at her home it causes her heart to palpi-
tate at a greatly accelerated rate and she
hesitates long before opening the en-
velope. What must be the effect upon
her when the missive comes to her,
with every appearance of urgency,
when she is seated in a theater? A
young woman on visit to Wilkesbarre
Pa, recently underwent the experience
while the entire audience, gathered to
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28
Prosnernns NIexicn

Mexico In the past nine years has
doubled its revenues, doubled its OK.
ports, doubled the number of it's fac.
tories and multiplied by three its bank.
ing capital-and the continuance of
this great prosperity is now quite as
pronounced as ever during the decade.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28
Why Astor Left America.

To crown his political and literary
dlsappointmentS dispute arose as to
whether Mrs. William Waldorf Astor
or Mrs. John Jacob Astor was entitled
TO be called Mrs. Astor." In short.
was John Jacob Astor or William Wal
dorf Astor the head of the family? So
ciety settled the question in favor of
the popular John Jacob, and William
Waldorf, in plque, built next door to
mis- cousin the big and fashionable ho-
tel, the Waldorf-Astor House. Then he
gathered up his household goods and
moved to London. He disposed of as
much of his property in America as he
could and invested his money in Eng
lang. He rented his residence and de.
clared publicly and often that America
was not his country. lie became a nat
uralized Euglishman and for a couple
Of years was apparently an intimate
friend of the Prince of Wales. 1t was
rumored that he was 10 be given a
peerage and marry daughter of the
Prince, for he is now a widower. Then
gossip connected his name with that of
Lady Randolph Churchill. and recently
with that Of Mrs. Ogden Goelet, of
New York.
All the time Mr, Astor has attempted
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28
Lemon Juice for Honrsnness

A singer in grand opera contradicts
the statement frequently made that
lemon juice is excellent to relieve a
slight hoarseness. 1t may clear the
voice at first, but only for short time.
and the strong acid is extremely in
furious to the vocal chords.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28

What has become of the old-fashion.
ed boy who was sent out by his mother
to cut the switch with which she in
tended to whip him? And what has
become Of the old-fashioned mother
who always kept switch over the fire.
place, ready for an emergency
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28

Recently Texas young woman was
carried IL quarter of a mile in the arms
of cyclone. Dut ii is said that she had
not gone half the distance before the
dampness told her that it was not her
hilarious Texas lover bent on an elope-
meHt.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28

1t with another Italian romance called
"Sforza." In the judgment of critics
they had considerable literary merit
There was lack Of the two great
things, power and imagination. There
were polish and scholarly ability to a
good degree. But here again Mr.. Astor
failed to connect with the people.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28

David Starr Jordan is right in saying
that college-bred women are desirable
as wives. Sometimes their learning en-
ables them to support the family.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28

Remember the Maine" and "Remem-
Der Majuba' are history. Remember
Pekin" threatens, alas! to be more
VoluminOusly vengeful cry.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28

When girls put on bathing suits and
then merely promenade the beach. it
might be said the dress ceremony was
just matter of form.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28

The deadlest blow that has struck at
the cigarette is the declaration of the
Rock Island system that it will employ
no man addicted to the habit. Other
railroads will probably follow.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28
Fairly Free Schools In Canada.

Long before school boards were es.
tahlished in England Canadian chill
dren were instructed free of cost be-
tween the ages of I and Il. This edu.
cation Is compulsory.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28

1t does not pay any man to hold a
political office, except rs the office may
come to him fairly and upon his merits.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28

Scientists tell us that toes are slowly
disappearing.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-28

cHAs. f. ADA E. souLE, PUBS
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-01-19

On Thursday the Joint Com
mittee on Printing of the House and
Senate opened the bids for supply
ing the Government with printing,
writing and other paper for the
year beginning July l. 1t was
very mortifying to discover that
while there was notable decrease
in the number of competing bidders
there was equally noticeable in
EFease,in the prices charged in the
bids.
THIS is the plain answer of fact
to the hyhocritical pretense put for
ward by the trust organizers that
their better methods of production
aeduce cost to the producer and
price to the consumer.
The impudent Paper Trust, pro-
tected on one side by an illegal
combination and on the other side
by stupid tariff, increases prices
instead of reducing them, not only
to its private customers but even
to the government itself whose
bounty protects it and whose legis-
lation it defies.
Let us hope that the paper trust
will squeeze the Government to the
limit. Such an object lesson on
trusts would be worth all It may
cost. Cleaner.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-01-19
Hares In California.

A careful estimate Of the number
of rabbitries now established in
Los Angeles and it's suburbs
place them at over four hundred,
large and small. In addition to
these, there are at Santa Ana over
90, at Anaheim about 35, at Red
lands nearly 30, about the same
number at Pomona, at Riverside at
least score, at Santa Barbara
over so, and many others at points
of lesser size.
The majority of these rabbitries
carry from so to rs head each.
Many exceed 100, and there are
probably 40 that exceed 200. There
are perhaps 20 which exceed 400,
and few which have as many as
a thousand. One or two have more
than a thousand. It is probable
that there are now in Southern Cal
ifornia upward of $4,000 hares, big
and little.-Los Angeles Times.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-01-19
Eastern and Western Girls.

The comparison Of college East
and West with reference to physic-
al characteristics, in the Sunday
Post Dispatch shows some note
worthy differences.
"The Wellesley woman >" says
Prof. Seaver, sis taller and heay-
ier than the typical woman ofeither
of the Western groups, while the
Oberlin and Nebraska woman are
about the same size. The Eastern
type partakes more of the long-leg.
ged and short-trunked type, which
seems to be characteristic of the
tendency in modern development. y
The Eastern woman's head is
larger than that of her Western
SISTER, but the latter's chest meas
urement shows more girth. The
Nebraska girl has a much larger
lung capacity and this alone, says
Prof. Seaver, "would indicate a
higher type of physical ability"
Investigations like these are in
teresting as well as useful. AS
race differences are in the long run
concealed in all parts of the coun-
try, the differences which appear
must be due to environment. When
this is we'll ascertained it will be
possible to reduce the rules of phys
ical culture to something like scien-
tific precision.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-01-19
Tire Chickadee.

Perhaps no wild bird is more
con6ding. If man is at work in
the woods in cold weather, and at
luncheon will take little pains to
feed the chickadees that are sure to
be more or less about him, he will
soon have them tame enough to pick
up crumbs at his feet, and even to
take them from his hand,
Better even than crumbs is a bit
Of mince pie, or a piece of suet. l
have myself held out piece of suet
to a chickadee as / walked through
the woods, and have had him fly
down at once, perch on my finger
like tame canary, and fall to eat
ing. But he was a bird that an
other man, a woodcutter Of my ac-
quaintance, had tanned in the man
ner above described.
Persons who like to see birds
about the house in winter-and is
there any one who doesn't2-haye
only to put out pieces Of suet, tying.
them to trees or trellises, beyond
the reach Of snow banks and cats.
All winter long the birds, after once
finding their treasure, will return
AAit daily, and often many times a
dAy; and it will be strange if a nut
hatch or two had a pair of downy
woodpeckers are not seen taking
their turn at the same dainty In
a northern climate birds need.
plenty Of fuel in cold weather.
Bradford Torrey in the Youth
Companion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-01-19

The issues OF The Youth S Com
panion for the four weeks of jan
uary offer some of the most note
worthy contributions to the volume
for 1900 Among them are "Ambi-
tions; True and False, by Bishop
Henry c. Potter; "Boyhood in the
South, by Gen. John b. Gordon;
"Hunted by a Mad Horse" by c.
G.. d. Roberts; 1.-THE Modern Girls
Ambitions, by Margaret Deland;
and "The Rebellion Of Anne, " by
Mary E. Wilkins.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-01-19

Many birds form their sounds with
ont opening their bills. The pigeon is
well-llnown instance of this. Its
cooling can be distinctly heard, although
it does not open its bill. The call is
formed internally in the THROAT and
chest, and is only rendered audible by
resonance. Similar ways may be OBJ
served in many birds and other animals.
The clear loud call Of the cuckoo, ac-
cording to one naturalist, is the res
onance of a note formed in the bird.
The whirring of the snipe, which be-
trays the approach Of the bird to the
hunter, is an act of ventriloquism.
Even the nightingale has certain notes
which are produced internally, and
which are audible while the bill is
closed