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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31
ON TO HIS CURVES.
When He Tried to Discover Her Senti-
ments He Struck a Snap


He was young man, as some young
men are who are everlastingly paying
their devoirs to pretty girls, and never
reaching any definite business cenclu-
sion.
A man like that learns exactly what
a girl thinks Of him, and when he finds
it Is favorable, even to matrimony, he
begins to hedge, and after few pain
full struggles Of "a choked Cupid, the
affair is all over, and the girl wonders
whatever she was such an idiot for,
while the man laughs softly to himself
and seeks fresh fields and pastures
new.
Really there ought to be law against
1t, and If Judge Lynch would intere-
vene now and then it would clear the
atmosphere; but public sentiment isn't
sufficiently educated yet, and we must
wait awhile for the needed reform.
However, all girls are not the same,
and the one of this chronicle was differ
ent, though the young man was like
those referred to.
He had been paying assiduous court
to her for six months, and 1t is not to
be denied that she liked him. Most
well-balanced girls do, and nobody can
| or wants to censure them for 1t. He
wasn't quite sure where he stood in her
affections, and he was anxious to know,
so he proceeded in the usual fashion.
Only this time the girl wasn't an idiot.
What would you do, Fannie" he
said in his pleasant off-hand way, "if a
fellow should tell you he loved your
THAT would depend" she responded
with little flutter of she didn't exact
ly know what.
depend on whaty" he inquired.
"Oh, on a good many things" she
said, rather weakly.
"And suppose he were to ask you to
marry him?" he asked next, concluding
that promptness was the soul of dis
patch.
THAT would depend, too" she an
swered neryously.
"On what?" and he became very ten
der indeed.
"Well, you ask me to marry you and
see," she said, so forcibly that he was
disconnected to the point of utter rout,
and he has been kicking himself ever
since, for he learned afterward that the
girl was worth 100000 in her own
right and he might have won her.
Detroit Free Press.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31

When the st. Gothard tunnel was
built, in the '70s, the disease spread
throughout central Europe, especially
in Switzerland. The further spread
ing of the ankylostoma to the mines Of
Europe was quick to follow. When the
men were first attacked in the ST. Got
hard tunnel 1t was thought that new
disease, the tunnel disease" had been
found. but it was nothing other than
the ankylostoma, as was proved by
Perroncito, when he found no less than
1,5OO of these parasites in the duode-
mum of man who had died of ''tun-
mel disease"
The mode of infection is very .ap-
parent. The men while at work often
carry their hands to their mouths, or
eat their food in the tunnels or mines.
and in this way the parasite or its eggs
enter through the mouth, pass on into
the system and find permanent home
in the intestines, to the walls of which
they cling with all six teeth, feeding
on the blood Of the unfortunate person
attacked
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31
Not Law but GnsneI

Clergymen vi the past often had
traits Of individuality which are per.
haps not so common at the present day.
Archbishop Sumner was once holding
a confirmation in an English parish
church, when he observed that a num-
Der of people were standing in the
aisles, although several pews were
empty. He stopped the service, and
asked the reason.
THE pews are private property" an
swered man, "and they're shut up"
There can be no such thing" said
the bishop, authoritatively. "Let the
pews be opened"
"We can't open 'emw shouted some
one. "There're locked"
'Is there locksmlth hereY
"Yes, my lord"
Every well; let him remove the locks.
A hymn shall be sung meanwhile"
So the locks were removed, the audi
ence seated itself, and the confirmation
went on.-Youth's companion.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31
Worth Fifty Thousand Dollars.

The tail feathers Of the feriwah,
rare member of the family of Paradi.
seidae, or birds of Paradise, are the
most expensive known. Indeed, its
price may be called prohibitive, for the
only tuft existing in England-prob-
ably in any civilized land-was pro.
cured with such difficulty that it is con.
sidered to be worth $50,OOO 1t now
adorns the apex of the coronet worn
on state occasions by the Prince of
Wales. The feriwah, like most birds
Of it's family, is shy and difficult to
track, haunting the most remote re-
gions of the East Indian islands. As
these hills and forests are also the
home of tigers and other fierce ami
mails, its pursuit is attended with great
danger. 1t Is said the aforementioned
tuft was secured by the cost of twelve
lives. Its full beauty and luster are
lost unless 1t is pulled from the living
bird, which must, therefore, at first
be only wounded or trapped. Very
valuable also are those Of the drepanus
and moho of the HawaNian islands.
The brilliantly colored feathers of these
birds were formerly exacted as tax
from the people, and employed by them
to ornament their state robes. Only
one Of these cloaks is now in existence
in Honolulu, and 1t is kept with the
greatest care for the use of the sover.
eign on state occasions. Such would
be the demand for this should 1t be for
sale that it may safely be said to be
worth more than $5.O00,O00, single
feathers having been sold for fabulous
sums.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31

Soon after the news of Dewey's VIC
tory at Manila Gen. Merritt was ap-f
pointed military governor of the Philip
pine Islands, and assigned to the COM
mand of the Eighth Army Corps, with
headquarters at San Francisco. Gen.
Merritt sailed for the Philippines with
the third expedition and arrived in the
islands late in July, 1893. Later Gen.
Merritt relinquished the military COM
mand to Gen. Otis and assumed the
duties of military governor.
AS he had been appointed a member
of the Peace Commission at Paris, the
general left Manila on Aug. 30 on the
steamship China. After the conference
in Paris he went to London and mar
ried Miss Laura Williams, Of Chicago,
on Oct. "a, 1898. The general and his
wife returned to New York on Dec.
II, 1898, and from that time until HIS
departure for Europe he was stationed
at Governors Island.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31

son advances. They go through the,
hard labor of harvesting the crop andl
come out in fine condition, although
they began it weak and half starved"
1t should be added, however, that the,
entire juice of ripened cane is more,
complete food than sugar, containing,
as it does, other food constituents be-
sides carbohydrates.
Children have a natural craving for
sweet things, and the sugar of milk.
which makes up from to per cent Of
1t, forms an important part of baby's
first nutriment, taking the place of
starch until the child's stomach is able
to aSsimilate it, so that a 2-year-old
child drinking two quarts of milk a
day consumes in this way about three
ounces of sugar.
A lump Of sugar contains as much
nutriment as an ounce of potato and Is
far more easily assimilated. In times
or great eXertion, as are likely to occur
in army life, this feature is particularly
valuable. In warm countries sugar
takes the place Of fat and either sugar
or sweet fruit, as dates, figs, ETC., Is
eaten In large quantities in tropical eli.
mates. AS source of muscular energy
sugar Is rapidly becoming recognized,
so that training diets are sometimes
made to include large quantities of it,
as, for instance, in the rowing clubs Of
Holland.-Phlladelphia Record.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31
SUGAR AS A STiMULANT.
Swiss Guides and Canadian Lumber
men Aware of Its Value.

Swiss Guides and Canadian Lumber
men Aware of Its Value.
The Swiss guides fully appreciate the
value of sugar as stimulant, and al
ways carry it in their kits, preferring
lump sugar or highly sweetened choco-
late. The muscular lumbermen of
Canada consume an extraordinarily
large amount Of sugar during the sea-
son in the woods, taking 1t in the form
of molasses. They sweeten their milk
Tess tea with 1t, make cakes with it and
even add it to their fried salt pork,
which is the only meat they get during
the time they are in the woods cutting
lumber, and this Is practically half the
year. In the "black belt" Of Alabama
the staple articles of diet are also mo-
lasses, salt pork and cornmeal. These
simple articles form the diet day in
and day out, year about, and yet the
negroes seem to thrive on them. But it
is on the sugar cane plantations, per-
haps, where the value of sugar as an
article Of diet is most apparent. A
pamphlet entitled Sugar as Food" re-
Gently issued by the Department of
Agriculture, referring to this fact,
says: For months the chief food of
the negro laborers on the plantations
is said to be sugar cane, and they are
seen to grow strong and fat as the sea-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31
TUNNEL DISEASE.
Curious Affiiction of Those Who Delve
in Miues and Tunnels.

Curious Afiiction of Those Who Delve
in Miues and Tunnels.
There Is u disease which attacks the
laborers in tunnels and mines. 1t is as
old as Egypt, but only within this cen
tury has 1t been placed to a specific
parasite. 1t is painful and danger
Gus disease, often resulting in death.
A monograph on the subject of this
malady, called ankylostomiasis, has
just appeared, and, coming as it does
from Hugo f. Goldman, M. D., the Of
fetal physician in the coal mines of
Brennberg, near Oldenburg, Germany,
it carries great weight, for 1t is based
upon years of experience and practical
treatment of this dread disease.
1t attacks not only men but animals,
especially the horses or mules used in
the building Of tunnels and the opera
ton of mines. 1t Is disease caught by
injection, like typhoid or cholera. 1t
may be contracted in the air or by con-
tact with the germs, which are really
the eggs of the little worm, or ankylos-
toma, as it Is called. This name means
hooked mouth" and refers to the six
hooked teeth around the mouth of the
parasite by which it clings to the inte-
rior of the human intestine. 1t is found
not only in the duodenum, but also in
the smaller intestines, where 1t grows
and flourishes.
Male and female can be distinguished
among these parasites, the females be-
ing larger and more numerous than the
males. The males grow to the length
of 1887 inch, and the female Is on an
average half as long again. They can
be seen with the naked eye. This ami
NAL has neither breathing apparatus
nor circulatory system, and varies in
color from grayish white to brown and
even blood red, according to the condi-
sion Of the person in whom it Is found.
The female lays large number of eggs
In the human intestines, from which
they spread the disease infinitely under
proper conditions. The parasite and
the egg develop best in temperature
| between 65 and S5 degrees Fahren-
heit. The air and surrounding medium
should be moist. 1t is on account Of
the moisture and heat to be found In
mines and tunnels that this parasite
develops so perfectly among the toll
ers in these places. Darkness is also
necessary, sunlight killing these ami
malculae almost instantly.
| Ankylostomiasis originated in the
Orient. 1t has been long established in
Egypt, but has been mistakenly called
Egyptian chlorosis, or aenemia, and
was treated as mere poverty of the
blood in red corpuscles. 1t passed over
from Egypt to Italy, where 1t was not
really understood until Dubini found
the parasite In 1879
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31
"Bobs'" Little Admirer.

or all the communications with which
Lord Roberts has been deluged since
he went to South Africa the brlefest
and best, he says, is one he received
from three Dublin admirers. 1t reads:
Dear Lord Bobs-We are Irish, and
we think you are the incest man there
ever was, except daddy. Aunt Nell
likes you dreadfully; she has a picture
of you, and she kisses 1t and says
bless him!-Your little admirers,
Frances Muriel, Molly, and Eileen"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31
Familv Lived In H,lIow Tree.

A family named Hopgood, consisting
OF father, mother and two daughters,
has been discovered near Richmond liv-
Ing I'm a hollow oak tree. The tree was
not large enough to accommodate the
whole family, and they seemed to have
been taking turns, some sleeping under
the tree and others inside its decayed
trunk. They made their living by for.
aging and begging about the country.
The county authorities have taken
them in Richmond (va.) Cor.
New York Sun.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31
MAJ. GEN. WESLEY MERRITT.
Soldier Whose Honorable Service with
Uncle Sam Is Ended.

Soldier Whose Honorable Service with
Uncle Sam Is Ended.
Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt has been
retired from active service owing to his
having reached the age limit. He was
born in New York in 1886 and was
graduated from West Point in 1860. He
entered the regular service and had at
tained to the rank of colonel at the out
break Of the civil war. His career in
the war was marked by several acts
of gallantry, in consequence of which
he was made brigadier general OF
volunteers in June, 1868, and was
afterward appointed to succeed Gen.
Buford in command of the First Di-
vision of Cavalry. Later he was ad-
vanced to lieutenant colonel in the reg
ular army. He was made a brigadier
general in April, 1887, and a major
general three years ago, at which time
he was stationed at Governors Island
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31
K,te Masterso,,. Fir.t Poem.

Kate Masterson, the poet and humor-
ist, thus describes the beginning Of her
literary career:
"I was at school In Brooklyn when
l first sent poem to Judge, signing 1t
Kittie X. 1t was accepted and pub
lished with an Illustration and my cup
Of joy was brlmming. When l got
check for 81 effervesced. then sent
some verses to Puck, which was then
edited by II. G. Bunner. They were
also signed Kittie X, but were written
from masculine point of view, and as
l wrote very gentlemanly hand Bun
ner evidently came to the conclusion
that l was boy. He sent me some
very funny letters, and replied, keep
ing up the idea that was very fresh,
slangy boy. He accepted the verses,
She Stood on the STAIR and they were
published in a Christmas number with
a picture. AS this was only the second
poem l had sold in my life, you can
imagine how wildly anxious l was to
have it appear. bothered Bunner with
ihpuiIles, LUZ, VI coulee, tnut Wub tho
only poem on earth to me just then.
recollect finally writing him, DO you
think my poem will be published during
my lifetimeT
HE wrote me: My dear boy, can
not say If your poem will be published
during your lifetime, as l do not know
when you are going to die '"-Philadel-
phia Post.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31

Moundsye W. Va the Headquarters of the called Holiness People
They held religious
They believe sanctifcation andd ivine healing
of the
The white shirts
jewelry all
and
They
called the Gospel Trumpet No
their
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31
Temptation Resisted.

st. Peter-Editor, eh? What good
things have you ever done2
New Arrival once took the blame
for one of my own mistakes, instead
Of throwing 1t on to the intelligent COM
positor.
st. Peter-Go up head.-New York
Weekly. .
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31

1t is a pretty safe rule to go by that
when all the papers don't refer to q
man as prominent, that he Is.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31

After woman has been married two
years, she should give up trying to get
her husband to say voluntarily that he
Is fond Of her.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31

1t Is easier to open can of corn than
to prepare dozen ears of fresh corn.
For this reason, some women argue
that the canned corn is better for
you"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-08-31

No man is a thoroughbred unless he
owns two umbrellas
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-21
BIG CASE DECIDED,
The Interstate Commerce Commission
Makes a Report of Interest to
the Northwest.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O.-The inter
state commerce commission in an
opinion BY Commissioner Clements has
announced It's decision Of the case OF the
Savannah bureau OF freight transpor-
tation and others against the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad Company and
others.
The carriers rates on sugar and other
commodities from New York to Chip
ley and various other stations in Flori-
da and their rates on bacon and other
commodities from Savannah to such
stations in Florida are not found to be
unlawful. The commission rules that
a carrier cannot lawfully establish and
maintain an adjustment OF rates which
in practice prevents shippers on its line
from availing themselves OF a principal
market which they have long been US
ing, aud confers a substantial monopoly
upon new market in which for rea-
sons OF its own, 1t has greater inter
est.
Another ruling is that when a carrier
makes rates to two connecting markets
which give the one a practical monopo-
ly over the other, it goes beyond serv-
ing its fair interest and disregards the
statutory requirement Of relative equal
.ty as between persons. locations and
particular descriptions OF traffic.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-21

CHICAGO. Jan. ga special to the
Record from Victoria, b, c., says.
There was considerable excitement at
Esquimalt today occasioned by the re-
eelpt Of cipher message by Captain
Eagen. who, now that the admiral is
cruising in southern waters, Is in
charge Of the station.
This message is said to have come
from the consul at SAN Francisco.
What 1t contalnd Captain Eagen OF
course is not willing to divulge. but
that he conslndered the message OF
great importance Is shown by what
transpired after its receipt. On de-
clphering the message ne at once sum-
moned by signal the commanders Of
the other wa-ships now In port and
they were closeted with him on the
Leander for some time.
After the conference orders were sent
TO the torpedo boat destroyer Nirago.
ordering her TO prepare at once for q
cruise. shortly afterward the vessel
steamed out and down the straits on
patrol duty. At the fortihcation extra
precaution were taken. The guard was
doubled and all the guns were manned.
Extra sentries have been on duty at
the for,lhcations for the last week and
no one is allowed there.
At the dockyard all the guns are In
readiness and big gun covering the
harbor IS manned night and day.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-21
LONDON SOCIETY DULL.
The Tension Of the War Situation Dis
courages Social Functions.

(Copyrighted 1900 by Associated Press.)
LONDON. Jan. 2o.-while Great Brit
ain is being depleted by death and war
service of representatives Of her best
families comes the announcement that
the year 1900 win give the queen several
new great grandchildren. Since the
first Of the year two have already made
their appearance, the Crown Princess
Henry of Prussia having been delivered
Of son. In this spring the Duke Of
York expects to again become a father,
while several other grandchildren, II Is
said, are entertaining similar expecta-
TONS The ezar is also once more hop
ing for an heir, while the Crown Prin-
cess Of Greece and Prince Fedora OF
Reuss win also probably add to the
queens long list of descendants.
O 9
The Duke Of Yorke, by the way, mas
placed himself at the disposition OF the
Of the admiralty and will probably re-
ceive command. But, though he inti-
mated that he was desirous Of duty
with the Cape squadron, he viii not
attain his desire for the same reasons
which prevented the Duke of Con-
naught from going to the front No one
was more anxious to go out than the
Duke of Cambridge. Realizing, how
ever, that this was utterly impossible,
he consoles himself by making life mis-
cradle for the high war officers. He is
continually appearing with some new
suggestion and is generally being
turned over TO General Sir Evyln Wood,
adjutant general to the forces, who is
very deaf. So firmly is the Duke Of
Cambridge convinced that his advice is
essential to the country's existence that
he will not take his usual winter trip
TO the continent.
The news that Mr. Rudyard Kipling
and his family are going to South Afri-
ca came as surprise and is facetlous-
ly attributed to the fact that they have
been driven out Of England by the
ceaseless jangllng in music and recita-
tions Of his "Absentminded Beggar."
A representative Of the Associated
Press learns that the real reason which
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-21
soLprLrNE,
solnllne, solnllnel


II YOU are sick and tired OF rubbere,
which protect your feet from wet or
cold, and Wish 10 save continual re-
sollng OF your shoes; II you wish to
stop greoslng your harness and pro
longing the llfo OF same az least
fifty per cent, II YOU wish to save
gJNaslng your belts In your manu-
factury. go to Peterson y Brown, at
Astoria, and try case OF solhhno on
your shoes and harness, Buy your
shoes only OF those who have that sell
enIlllc waterproof lcather preparation
Take no other.
Address. PETERSON \ BROWN,
General Agents, Astoria, orogon'
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-21

Of boastful, cheerful idiot II his head
aches, it isn't worth paying any attention
to : if he feels dull and drowsy during the
day, il isn't worth serious consideration;
if he is troubled with sleeplessness at
night, he doses himself with opiates.
When he suffers from nervousness, he
walks into the nearest drug store and or.
ders powerful medicines that even phys
ician pTescribes with care. He is a very
knowing fellow, but without knowing it.
he is hugging death. There is a wonder
full restorative tonic and health. builder
that will keep the hardest working man
in good working shape; It is DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. II is made Of
pure native roots and barks. II contains
no minerals, no narcotics and no opiates.
II simply aids nature in the natural pro.
cesses Of secretion and excretion. It tones
up the stomach and facilitates the flow Of
digestive juices. II makes man hungry
as a horse and then sees to il that the
life-giving elements Of the food he takes
are assimilated into the blood. II invigor-
ates the liver. It drives out all impurities
and disease germs from the system. II is
the great blood maker and flesh builder
II is the best of all nerve tonics. II cures
bronchial, throat and lung affections as
we'll
81 had Indigestion and torpid liver" writes
Mrs. A. l. Gibbs, Of Russellville, Logan County,
KY, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cured me-"
II constipation is also present, Dr..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should be taken.
They never fail; they never gripe. Drug.
gists sell both medicines.