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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06
THE LoNELlesT WOMAN.
She's from This City and Lives Up on a
Seal Island.


Seal Island.
Without doubt the loneliest woman,
that is to say, the one farthest removed
from her kind, in all these United
States of America is Mrs. Clark, of this
city, the wife of Major E. w. CLARK,
government agent of the Pribylof or
Seal Islands in the Behring Sea. This
group, composed Of the two small ISL
ands of st. Paul and st. George, are
the homes of nearly all the seals re-
naming in existence, and they are
about eighteen hundred miles west of
the entrance to Puget Sound, and about
two hundred northwest of the Aleutian
Islands, belonging at Unimak Pass.
st. George, which is the smaller of the
two, being about six by twelve miles
in extent, is forty miles from st. Paul
and it has a population of about one
hundred Aleuts, and four or five
whites, consisting of Major Clark and
his wife, physician, and two or three
clerks for the North American Com
mercial Company, which controls the
seal business, and has stores and ware
houses on both islands. The little
village of ST. George contains twenty
five or thirty houses, including the COM
pany's buildings, the agents house and
Greek church. There are no other
houses on the islands, and Mrs. Clark
is the only white woman. Her home
is Il small cottage of four rooms, very
cosy and comfortable, with books and
pictures, and fine outlook over the
sea. She does no cooking in her own
house, as the government officials take
their meals at the company house near
by. Mrs. Clark's nearest neighbor is
the wife of the agent on st. Paul, who
is less lonely because she has with her
two small children, Mrs Clarks chill
dren being grown and having their
own homes in the States. There is no
communication between the islands
except by one of the company's ships
and by revenue cutters as other ships
are not permitted to visit the islands
These ships come only in the summer,
Clark does not expect to see any one
or hear anything from the United
States, or to send word home, no mat
ter what happens. Sickness, death,
disaster may come to her far off in
that forbidding sea, or may visit her
own 1T home, but no word may come
or go until navigation is resumed. St.
George is absolutely without trees,
but its rolling surface and mountains,
a thousand feet high, are beautifully
green with coarse grass and moss, and
wild lowers Of brilliant hues dot the
! level stretches near the sea. Blue
foxes abound, and over the rocks at the
waters edge thousands and thousands
of seals in ceaseless activity disport
them selves noisily day and night, from
June until December, while millions of
water fowl fill the air and the sea and
flutter about the cliffs. Three hundred
days in the year the weather is dark
and dismal, and fogs hide the islands
for days at time The cold Is never
excessive, but the winter storms are
severe, and terrific gales sweep over
sea and land. There is no harbor, and
slips come to anchor a mile or so from
81 .ore.-Washington Star.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06
dustrial change that is rapidly taking

dustrial change that is rapidly taking
place in certain sections of the South.
The advent of Belgian, German, Dutch
and French immigrants is changing the
agricultural status, especially in Louisi-
ana. These newcomers are thrifty and
practical farmers and truck gardeners,
accustomed to make the most of every
square foot of their ground. The great
plantations of other days are being
broken up into small farms averaging
thirty acres, for which the Belgian is
willing to pay $40 an acre. Under the
old one-crop system the planter was
content If he got gross income of $40
or $50 year per acre from his cotton
or corn. The Belgian thinks himself i'll
used if he does not get 500 year, and
he often gets 5000. This he does by Il
constant rotation of crops of every sort.
The Sun correspondent says these new
inhabitants are prospering so well and
are increasing so rapidly that they are
changing the whole economic aspect of
Southern garicultural interests. They
are producing the early vegetables,
strawberries, fruits, and melons that
now come in increasing quantities from
the South, and at the same time they
are crowding out the negro. Their in
tense, patient, and ceaseless industry
has nothing in common with the easy
going ways Of the colored populations
If they hire help they want men drilled
I'm the hard El1rOOp9D school who are
willing to work froIn daylight to dark
every day in the week and to live as
frugally as themselves. In such sys.
tenn the negro cannot hold his own and
Is being crowded back upon the plan
tations where the old and shiftless
methods still prevail. Apparently the
blacks of the South are in immediate
contact with an important phase of the
immigration movement.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06
LAW AS INTERPRETED.

Statement in recommendation of a
former employe, that, like many
others, he left our service during the
strike" is held, in Kansas City, NJ. tS
B. r. Company VS.. Delaney (Tenn.), 40
l.. II. a. 600, not to be libelous or action
able per Sc so as to constitute a cause
of action without special damages.
One whose horses shows signs of be-
coming unmanageable while being
driven at distance from home, though
they have hitherto been gentle and east
ly managed is held in Creamer VS.. Nc
Twain (Md.), 40 L. r. A. 531, to be en-
titled to continue the trip home instead
of being compelled to leave them at Il
place where he has temporarily stop
ped.
Exemption of national banks from
the penalties of usury prescribed by
State statutes is held, in Gadsden VS..
Thrush (Neb.), 40 L. r. A. 654, to be
strictly limited by the provisions of the
federal statute, and not to extend to a
note held by bank merely as col
lateral to another note or mortgage,
{ when the question arises ON foreclosure
Of the mortgage.
A purchaser of land who accepts,
without objection until after the time
for performance is past, search or alb
stract of title which is in fact defective,
Is held, in Moot vs. Business Mems In
vestment Association IN. ", 40 L. r.
A. 666, to have no right to reject the
title merely because of such defect in
the abstract if the title offered is in
fact good.
Maintenance of dangerous machinery
on private grounds, unprotected from
visits of trespassing children, is held,
In Biggs VS.. Consolidated Barb-Wire
Company Kan.), Al l.. r. A. 655, to
render the owner of the land, who has
knowledge that children and others are
accustomed to frequent the grounds
and climb upon structures which sup
port the dangerous appliances, liable in
damages for an injury to boy caught
In the machinery and killed.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

out rather imposing list of Chicago
milllonaires who have removed to New
York. 1t would be easy to make up a
like list of New York milionaires who
have removed to European capitals.
The reason for the removal is perfectly
plain. Chicago is poor place for an
Idle man. New York is better, London
and Paris are best. In the latter cites
being idle constitutes Il recognized oc-
cupation, provided one has enough
money. Hence eastward the million.
aire takes his way, aud the richer he Is
the farther he goes.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06
USES OF VARIOUS PRoJEcTlLss.
The Purposes of the Different Kinds OF
Shell Used in War.

Shell Used in War.
The nature and manufacture Of the
proiectiles used by artillery in South
Africa is naturally a subject of consid-
cradle interest at the present time. The
larger part of the ammunition of the
British forces is being manufactured
at the Woolwich arsenal. The picture
shows the character of the shell turned
out.
With the introduction of rifiing to
large ordnance, the project.le, hitherto
round became, of necessity, elongated
with the addition of studs fixed upon
it to take" the ritiing. This system
was found so wasteful, as regards the
wear of the gun, besides leading to loss
Of power from windage, that the intro
duction of the copper driving-band or
gas-check followed as an inventive
matter of course.
Under the regime of the muzzle- load
ing gun, this was impossible, but the
advent of the breech-loader permitted
the use of projectile larger in parts
than the bore of the gun. To put it
tersely, the breech chamber can be
made larger than the remainder of the
barrel, thus admitting the shot, pro-
vided with gas-check. This latter con-
sists of fiat band of copper, forced by
tremendous hydraulic pressure on to a
groove in the base of the projectile.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06
Sacred Ox,n of CeyIon.

The sacred oxen of Ceylon are de
scribed by recent writer. The largest
specimen never exceeds thirty inches in
height The Marquis of Canterbury
has one presented to him in 1891, which
is now about ten years of age, and only
twenty-five inches tall, Notwithstand,
ing their smallness, they are very use
full in Ceylon. where, it is said, four OF
them are able TO draw two-wheeled
cart with n driver and 200 pounds Of
merchandise, sixty or seventy miles in
Il day.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

AS against the statements that the
Philippine climate is not fit for white
man to live in, we have the testimony
of the paymaster at Iloilo, who says he
has in his hands over 100000 deposit
ed 10y American soldiers who intend,
when their term of enlistment has eX-
pired, to settle in the islands and take
advantage of the numerous business
opportunities there.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06


A hint OF the next fad or fashion In a
curative way may be found in an eX-
pertinent performed at Bellevue Hos
pital in New York. A physician named
Sprague has invented an oven, which
bears his name, and into which the
patient Is iusertcd-all except his head
and subjected to temperature which
under other circumstances would suf-
flee for II barbecue. The heated air is
withdrawn as rapidly as 1t becomes
laden with the perspiration of the pa
tient, and the process is further encour-
aged by giving the victim constant sips
of water, After he has been baked
long enough to be well done he is
taken out rolled In heavy blankets, and
finished Off with vigorous massage
1t may be called n concentrated form
OF the Turkish bath, If there is any
sort of badness which DR.. Sprague's
apparatus will not draw out of n man II
must be of kind thatpecds preacher
rather than doctor
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

w uel Horace rlelCueE pIUpOSeu IL
complete moral quarantine for waits,
and an endeavor to bring every child in
the community under educative and
moralizing influences, he was met by
the cry: 1T is impractlcable! Besides,
it would cost so much!' The problem,
How to deal with 1.-The bad" has i'm
portant economic aspects. In truth, tie
moral waste in the human rubbish
heap that may be found in every city
is only the darker side of huge social
loss, of which the lighter side is ma
terial waste. The Importance of saw
ing souls needs not to be urged. If one
believes in soul at all, he believes,
theoretically at least, that 1t is worth
saving at any cost. But, practically,
the work Of human salvation is OBJ
structed on the one hand by economic
parsimony, and on the other by econ
omic prod gality; and both of these are
opposed to rational economy. There
are two or three truths that ought TO
be obvious to all intelligent people, but
TO which many are strangely blind. The
first is. that society must bear the cost
of taking care of 'the bad" There is
no option. They are n class which can
not be ignored or shaken off. They are
like the "old man of the sea" The
second truth is that the present meth
cd of restraint is not only ludicrOusly
ineffective but also very costly What
an immense number of inStitut onS
society has created to protect itself
from the menace and mischief of its
own product-police, sheritfs, courts,
ials, penitentiaries, reformatOries,
poorhouSes, executions and the like.
All these are eXpen i've; in the aggre-
gate they cost II vast sum Add to this
the cost of thousands of organizations
for reform and for NIT eating the evil
and distress caused by the deprava-
ton of human life-bethelS, rescue
homes, asyiums, relief societies, feder-
ated charities, ct id omme genus. Final
ly. add the economic loss caused by the
unDroductiveness of the bad and of
those who guard them. This entire sum
of cost to society Is sufficient TO care
effectively for the moral training OF
every neglected child and leave at least
fourth part of the money unused
This Is no mere guess. Careful esti'
mates have been made which fully JUS
tify the statement that the present ex
penditure for imperfect restraint OF
evil would be sufficient for effective
prevention. Our moral blunder Is also
an economic blunder of the graves
sort. But is prevention possible? A
single instance may be cited in reply
namely, DR.. Bernardo's work on behalf
of the waits in London. Before he be
gan his work these, almost without eX
ception, We're recruiting 1.-The bad.
Out of nearly ten thousand cases ther,
has been loss of less than two in /
hundred. The rest were saved to de
cency, health, morality and economic
| productiveness. Those who seek til,
/ salvation of the world will work will
divine effectiveness when they ST,
clearly what this means: "A little chill,
shall lead them"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

Carrying Goals to Newcastle" is no
longer a joke. Some of the 100000
tons of American coal contracted for
by Walter Parrott, London banker, is
destined for the town which was so
long the coal center of Great Britain.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

The United States now sends to other
countries every year more than 200,.
100000 bushels of Indian corn. That Is
probably the largest item in the whole
worlds international provision trade,
and one of Americas most valuable
material gifts to mankind.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

A pair Of Kentucky elopers locked the
brides father in church while they
hurried to the altar. 1t Is hoped that
the old gentleman said or thought moth
Ing inappropriate to the place.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06
Animals Which Like Perfumes

An investigator of the effect Of per-
fumes on animals in the London Zoo
logical Gardens discovered that most
of the lions and leopards were very
fond of lavender. They took a piece
of cotton saturated with it and held it
between their paws with great delight.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

More tree-planting is always desira-
Bile. AS 1t is the wood game of this
rountry has been nearly killed off. 1t
would be terrible If finally we had to
20 hunting for forests.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

Talking of the strength of trusts.
Name one If you can stronger than that
combination of limburger cheese max
ers in New York State.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

A girl in Jersey City killed herself be-
er told her. 1t did not occur to her that
It was dependent on herself what would
happen
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

Ex-Queen Lii announces that she is
going to move out of this country and
never come back again. Now Is the
time for all good Americans to give her
4 hearty cheer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

If people who tell stories would not
always begin by saying they are good
Or funny there would be fewer disap-
pointments in this world.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

When a man is referred to now as "a
veteran Of the war" it Is necessary to
,recify the war-civil, Spanish or Ken
lucky.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

It's an i'll wind that blows nobody
any good. The South African war has
simply been the making of the Ameri-
ean mule.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

The plain people OF this country have
iad an elegant sufficiency-a surfeit, in
act--of puerto"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

The prevalence Of strikes would
Ieem to indicate that capital and labor
need a "live and let live" wage COM
nittee.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

A curious thing about baseball is that
the umpire who does the least growl-
ing is the one that has to wear muz-
Ila
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

We never seem to think it odd that
The man who needs work cannot afford
70 indulge in loaf.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

1t is all right to talk about mothers
devotion, but why isn't more said about
1 fathers fidelity?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

Three dangerous courses--the course
of time, the course of true love and
the race course.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

If the girls are so angelic, and help
full why don't more of them get marc
ried?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

When a man meets with an accident,
it is always said that his wife E very
low as a result of the shock.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

AS a man grows older, he feels as IL
he were working with one hand tied.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-06

A Louisiana correspondent OF the
New York Sun notes an interesting iu-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-18
OBITUARY:
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cured the family hors4 and buggy and
on going 70 the hous, found the Wife
living in the yard, dressed for her jour
lis.y hui lifeless.
MIS-. NNsslker wa g born ir2e'oilinl pfa ma
county, Ohio sixty-niiae yessIls ago. Her
maiden name was Mary Richards ~
1858 s he Was married % Mi Wellssr an 8
thirty iN years ago ilitay came 70 Ma
shall county. Since hat time they
have occupied the sallls farm IN tbs
outskirts of .eGlane Mrs. N'ellSer
was ~ prominent Wurktl: In The Chris
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-18
t.o1n..s Id soldiers, Ho1nc.

The nFls Il Of Sae Ida County
I'ianeer ia Cift.ss says coitg tilafis a
Il: II ,neagptsr 1T the sod iers Hosna
osl. r f. lSiuer took his departure
from Ida s;roy yeste say noon ~
route To Marshaiitown where he NIL
ssii isr tfls afiiess Hpme nppsng ! 9 re-
sain his a.saifh. which has bssa cN-
cvesingis poor for tws years Coz
Is iiier hiss passe in and out among
oSif people far many years and his
cheerful, kindly ADVICE has been frs:s-lN
giyer. 70 eheeissiis fellow bangs. He Is
a man OF. superior ability and in the
vars gone .9y when IN the visos Of
soiaysie .nanlls9sfi. he was a powerful
nsinssies.- Of the gospel. and thru AZ his
long residence mere he has been called
ts former eharges upon SPECIAL occa-
sinns During the civil war ne served
tbs boys III blue With spiritual comfort
as chaplain, an he is built q jusi
Itila kind Of stuff hat makes a fighting
cllapiain
Among his comrades during thu war
ne was a uniyersa! faHorlte, and this,
coupled with his oratnrical ability, has
brought him Il flood Of Invitations at
E4acn annual memorial day solisitine
Ehinl to deliver the ORATOR. and. very
y,esr he mas eheerfully responded. to
the delight Of comrade and the public.
/ A large number of comrades. neigh
| bors and friends we're at the depot te
wish him sodspAet, as they regretfuliy
said farewell. and, yet We hope 10 wei.
come him again restored q health
/ Whatever may be the decree u circun-
| stances. we all know this kindly ole
veteran will reap the reward Of III,
| faithfu.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-18
How TO cure Group.

Mr.. r. Gray, who lives near Amenia
Duchess county. New York. says:
chamberlain Cough Remedy is the
best medicine I have ever used 1t is a
fine childrens remedy for Group and
never fails to cure" When given as soon
as the child becomes hoarse, or even
after the croupy cough has developed.
it will prevent the attack. This should
be borne in mind and a bottle of the
Cough Remedy kept at hand ready for
instant use as soon as these symptoms
appear. For sale by ali druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-18
Pneumonia pre- vented.

Among the tens OF thousands VINO
haze used Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy for colds and la grippe during the
past few years. to our knowledge, not a
single case has resulted IN pneumonia,
Thomas Whitfield & Co. 80 Wabash
avenue, Chicago, one of tbs most prom
nent retail druggists in that city. in
speaking of this, says. w recommend
sChamberlain's Cough Remedy for la
grippe in many cases, as 1t not only
gives prompt and complete recovery,
but also counteracts any tendency Of la
grippe 10 result in pneumonia For sale
by all druryisfs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-18
A Keen Clear Brain,

Your best feelings your social position
or business success depend largely on
the perfect action OF your stomach and
liver. DR.. Kings New Life Pills give
increased strength. keen, clear brain,
high ambition. A Is cent box will make
you feel like ne wbeing. Sold by Geo.
II. Powers. druggist.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-18
: + - x z = y : y 4
4 l,ei,c.t Plaster.

piece OF flannel dampened with
Chamberlain i Pain Balm ard bound TO
the affected parts is superior 70 any
When troubled VT lame back
or pains ia the side Or caest give II a
trial and YOU are certain 10 be 1l9te
than pleased with the PROMPT relief
which il affords. Pam Balm also cures
rheulnatism. One application gives re-
lief For sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-18
Excursion Rates FOR the Holidays.

Via the Northwestern line. Excursion
tickets Will he sold al low rates To
points on the NorllraYs tern ystetn east
of the Missouri river and Davenport
Rock Island & Northwestern railway
within 300 miles of selling station, De-
cember %, 90. "a %, 81 and January 4,
gold returning until January .. inclu-
sive Apply to agents Chicago &
Northwestern railway
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-18
those who contemplate

to California it will pay you to step
down to the Chicago Great Western and
inspect the elegant new tourist cars
which go via this route, one car leaving
Monday evening at 5:35, the other car
leaving Saturday at 9:22 a. m. J. A.
Ellis, agent will be more than pleased
TO show and have you make personal
inspection OF these cars