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The Portland daily press., 1900-03-01

severe rain storm ~ Winn aud vicinity.
During the past week there wac o rush
qf commercial men at the kstahdin
Housa
supper ON Thursday evening last in
the winn rink with good attendance.
In spits of the severe weather.
Tuesday, the 27tb, the Ladies' Literary
club Of Lincoln held reception In tue K
Of p. hall, wfsh . good attendance and
fne social time. Such gatherings make
an oasis in the desert Of dull lite at this
Ash Wednesday ssrvioss In all Episoopal
churches usher In the calm. penitential
season.
Bishop Goldman Of the Diocese of Maine
begins his work under very arspioious
conditions. The. ksv. Mr.. Eardley Of
Henderson and sherman missions will,
BY order Of the Bishop, assist as the
cathedral, Portland. during Lent.
CORNISH.
Cornish, fsb. ss.-The North York 5.
;. Association met q hearty welcome,
February ~, from tie Methodist church
at Cornish. Eight schools were repre-
seutsd In the attendance, and ~ many
pastors we're present. The principal
speeches were the State Field Agent, l. n.
Halliday, and the state Speriniendent OF
Primary Schools, Miss y. ). Lucas. The
following officers were chosen f,r 100;
President-Rev. T.. q. Chapman.
SEQ. and Trees.-Mrs. Il. ID. Jordan.
Assistant-Miss Blanche n. henderson.
Supt. Of Normal Dspartmeut-Rev. ID.
II. Graham.
supt. Of Home Dspsrsment-Mis,E Emily
Jones.
supt of Evanssiis,io Department
Rev. A. U. Brown.
supt. of Primary work-Mrs. II. H..
Mokenney.
Resolutions were passed encouraging
better attendance In and be:tr equip
msnt Of the Sunday schools. recommend-
ing the observsnce Of Deoision Day, also
relative TO Temperance reform reform and
against gambling In any fashion At
public entertainments. also one thanking q
the people Of Cornish for thsi ir generous
hospitaiity. especially those Of the Mstho-
dist church.
SOUTH wINDHAM.
Revival services have been held at the
Free win Baptist church at this place IL O.
psstor, ssssisted by the Rev. q. q.
Pheian Of westtrook. Good results are
expected. Some have already come. Mr..
ful,z 10 also pastor Of White Rock
church and during the past year has
preached over one hundred sermons. held
~ many sooisl me,tinss and weekly
Portland, aud has travelled by train over
1850 miles II put in Q straight line, over
800 by team and many more ON foot. to
thsse parishes. The psopls Of White
Rock gavs 10 him and family . very
pleasant reception and donation few
days ago. Headings, singing. mrslo and
supper, and purse Of money, were the
programme Of the evening, an Joining
In good wishts for their beloved pastor
and family.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-01

winn, Feb. s7.-Tuesisy, Feb. %. the
open meeting In the dining room Of the
Masonic hall at which the folio wing pro-
grAmms was givens
Prayer Rev. u. Il. Fierce
Lecture on James Russell Lowell,
Rev. Dr. Quinn, Of Winn
Recitation, Miss Sara Smith
Song, with organ accompaniment.
Miss Pickering of Lincoln
Remarks, Rev. d. X. Pierce
Living Pictures
Music
Russell Lowell's life and noted his poetry
and prose. Great emphasis was laid on
the special environment Of the child,
James Russell Lowell. especially the fact
that his young nurse read to him three
hours . day during bis early infancy.
from her favorite authors. Sha ksspsare
and Spsnsr. IL was shown that this
poetic education had . very marked
eject on the ohild. The address was
we'll received BY the club.
Mr.. B. Gates returned this afternoon
from Presqus Isle, whore he had been on
bs1d g I'd sso e. iSs Rus.as. sy: pnsia pnau
who had been on visit to his friends
here and near Portland, left this evening
via the O. p. r., % his home, well
plssred with his visit.
DR.. Quinn attended the Board Of Mis-
sions msetings In Lewiston en- ThurSday
evening and Friday, thence hs went 10
Portland on Saturday morning to this
services 81 the sonsscsatisp of BiQhop-
elect Ccdmsn, and spend Sunday In
Poftland, rstuspipg ON Monday night.
Sunday, the setn, thsrs Was . very
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-01

North berwick, Feb. 26.-Miss Annie
Tapley, sister Of Nrs. j. A. Norton.
disd very suddenly at Mrs. Norton's. In
this place, sunday morriua, sitter only .
few days illness. Miss 1aplsybW Was resi-
dent CT Cape Neddiok, losk. she was
highly rsspes ted lady end many friends
mourn her deoease. She wss an active
member Of the Cape Nsddick Baptist
church.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26

ment for army rations at an enormous
profit, and pocketed handsome rake
off on all other supplies furnished to
the tens of thousands of soldiers in the
Pechili province. Then he was chief
supreme of the custom houses for a
long distance around the Gulf of
Pechili, and there was nothing mean
about the stream of gold that poured
into his strong-boX through this chan
mel. 1t has long been notorious that
one of the methods he employed was
to import large quantities of goods
through his agents without the pay
ment of cent of duty, and then sell
the goods at round figure to his coun-
trymen. This method of money-mak-
ing finally involved the old gentleman
In troubles, charges were made against
him, and he came near losing his official
head; but his power was so great and
his real services to the state were so
valuable that he was almost invulner-
able in spite of the many enemies who
have always been ready to accuse him.
One of his great sources of money
getting employed by Ii Hung Chang
during the later years Of his career as
Viceroy was as a money lender. There
Is little doubt that he was the king Of
pawnbrokers the world over. His loan
offices were scattered far and wide
over his province, and he loaned great
sums of money on mortgages and on
pledges of personal property. In coun-
try where no legal rate of interest Is
fixed this business has brought enor-
nous returns to Ii Hung Chang.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
Too Ethereal.

Senator Sorgum had been doing his
best to carry on a conversation with the
extremely sentimental girl, and was
becom ng disco ragged. She was gazing
through the window and exclaimed
"See those distant stars. Did you
ever pause to think that they may be
worldsW
"Yes, believe have"
"And that they may be peopled with
beings that hope and struggle as we dol
Oh, did you ever think of those peopler'
NO." he answered, II never thought
Of them."
Turning abruptly, 80 as to face him,
she exclaimed
why not%
The senator thought for moment
and then answered coldly,-
For the simple reason, miss, that
they don't vote in my district"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
I,s Chief Industry Ignored.

A student of the history Of Ameri-
can iron and steel shipbuilding recent
ly visited the public library at Phila-
delphia. Philadelphia and Chester,
which, so far as ship-building Is con-
cerned, are practically one, are the
birthplace of iron and steel ship. build
ing on the Atlantic coast, and 1t might
be expected that first-hand historical
material concerning the industry would
be found in abundance In the public
library of Philadelphia. When the
card catalogue was examined 1t was
discovered that the only books under
the heading of ships or relating to ships
or shipbuilding were Miss Harraden's
"Ships That Pass in the Night" and a
little volume on "Seaboard Life" writ
ten for Soys, by w. II. Rideing. An
appeal was made to the librarian In
charge of the reference-room, which
resulted in the ascertainment Of few
initial and elementary facts from the
standard history of Philadelphia. OF
first-hand material there was absolute
ly none. Beyond what was contained
In the history of Philadelphia the IL
brary afforded. no information concern
ing one Of the oldest and most interest
ing and now one Of the largest indus
tries Of the city.-Boston Transcript
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
GEN. LORD METHUEN.
Family History of One of England,
Leading Soldiers.

FAMILY History of One of England,
Leading Soldiers,
Gen. Lord Methuen, who was sent ia
relieve Kimberley and rescue Cecil
khodes, and met with defeat, has been
nearly all his life in the British army.
Lord Methuen's family is better known
in Scotland by the name of Methven
The two names seem to be interchange
able. The Generals family is an old
Scotch one, coming from Perthshire,
III the reigns Of William and Mary and
queen Anne, John Metnven was sue
cessively chancellor for Ireland and am
DasSador to Portugal. He negotiated
what was probably the original reci
procity treaty, making u commercial
compact with Portugal. His son, Sil
faul, was the first Of the family to spell
his name with "u'' in public. Sir Paul
prospered exceedingly and became a
much esteemed minister of Queen Anne
and her successor, the first George. He
was ambassador to several foreign
courts IN the interval in which he did
not hold home office. and was dilet.
tante In art and letters. He collected
a gallery Of pictures which was famous
IN its time, and when lie died he was
buried In Westminster Abbey. This
cultivated old bachelor was succeeded
by his cousin, Paul, from whom Is de-
scended the present Lord Methuen. II
was not until 1888 that a peerage was
created for the house OF Methuen. The
General Is the third baron.
The general was military attache al
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
HoMEsPuN PHILOSOPHY.
observations on Commonplace Things
by the Atchison Globe Man.

Observations on Commonplace Thinss
by the Atchison Globe Man.
Women don't treat men very decent.
AS man grows older, amateurs be-
come worse.
Didn't complain of any thing so long
as you don't have cancer.
Most women dislike it when strange
men slap them on the back.
When some people become bilious,
they quarrel with every friend they
have.
This is the season when men discover
that 'possum and coon are not good
to eat.
Men without means are always WON
dering why capitalists do not invest
more readily.
The poorest fiddle players carry their
fiddle boxes in the most fragrant man
ner on the street
Women quarrel, make up, and claim
that everything is again lust the
same" but it isn't.
We have noticed that the man who
comes In to use the telephone, usually
leaves the door open.
After a woman reaches forty, some
times her nose is as red as her lips were
when she was sixteen.
When a decent man hears "story"
on another decent man, instead Of as
sisting In spreading it, he starts back
FIRE
NO wonder women never eat much
when meals are ready: they eat so
much around grocery stores, and while
cooking.
Every man who leads prayer meet
Ing finally gives the impression that
the Lord uses an ear trumpet, and he
has exclusive control Of this end.
There has always been a certain
amount of wickedness in the world. 1t
Is perfectly natural, and protests
against it are as idle as protests against
old age.
If you want n man to rave over a
present, you must give him good one,
but woman will make as much fuss
over silver spoon as she will over u
house and lot.
The most adorable woman In the
world, Is the woman who is most
natural. A woman who Is cultured"
expects flattery in large doses, and Is
disagreeable If she does not get it.
Women's magazines contain many
suggestions for women who want to
keep their husbands at home nights,
but there is nothing that really helps
them except corns on the husbands
! toes.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
II HUNG CHANGES WEALTH.
ways in Which He Accumulated His
Enormous Fortune.

ways In Which He Accumulated His
Enormous Fortune.
III Hung Chang, the most conspicuous
Chinese Of the age, is often called the
richest man in the world. One way in
which Ii for many years made an
enormous sum of money was to use
thousands of soldiers in his own pri-
vate enterprises without paying them
cent for their labor. In the course of
time he purchased extensive estates in
the rice-growing regions and raised
more bushels of rice every year than
the bonanza farmers Of North Dakota
used to raise of wheat. He got his
labor for nothing, and his great crop
OF rice was almost clear profit. He
simply turned his soldiers loose in the
rice fields, and they had to be content
with the rations and the miserable pit
tance paid to them by the government.
The great man also became his own
contractor for army supplies. He
would sell his own rice to the govern
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
Natural Icebouse on a Farm.

Water constantly freezes In summer
in a rocky crevice on the farm Of John
Dood, in Sweden Valley, Pa. Aside of
this fact, and with the Intention Of
forming a natural icehouse, the owner
tried to have shaft sunk in the rocks.
When the men had gone down four
teen feet the atmosphere became so
densely cold that they had to cease
work. Dripping water freezes there In
4 few minutes.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26

shape. His right arm was terribly
broken and torn and he was already
suffering from loss of blood. But he
was game. He offered to take his left
arm and begin the performance all over
again, which proposition was respect
fully declined. The next day when he
was able to be moved Tom was strapped
to his broncho and taken to a train, ul.
timately landing in the penitentiary
hospital at Santa Fe.
OF "Black Jacks" gang Of thieves and
cutthroats Tom Ketchum was the lead
er. He was 35 years old, and In Texas,
his native State, he Is known as the
new Jesse James. He stands feet 10
inches in his stocking feet and is built
on the graceful lines of tiger. He Is
as void Of conscience as the Winchester
he carried. He would rather shoot a
man than eat; If the man be an officer
of the law 1t was more fun to kill him
than to 90 to a dance. One Of his boy
hood pastimes was to hide In some con-
'yenient place on the ranch In Texas and
Shoot Mexican herdsmen. When a lad
he was summoned as a witness In a
lawsuit, and not knowing what the
summons meant, and not caring to take
any chances, shot and killed the officer.
After this he found 1t convenient to
change his residence, so he rode up into
New Mexico and Arizona. Here he soon
became terror to everybody in gen
eral and railroad ard express com
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
WRESTLING WITH LANDSCAPE.
The Original Iowans Got Tired of
Climbing Hills.

The Original Iowans Got Tired Of
Climbing Hills.
westward of the Mississippi, the
dramatic play of physical nature against
the migrating will of human beings
assumes many times the interest and
lmpressiveness that 1t had in the move1
ments from the Alieghanies to Illinois,
says writer In Ainslee's, in an article
explaining the settling of the United
States. "The struggle of the settler
with the swamps and marshes AMI
malaria of Indiana-a struggle which
lasted to within the most recent genera,
tion-was but proem to the hardships
and conflicts that followed when the
Iowa immigrants crossed the river, and
the Missourians that were to be forsoOb
the hills of Tennessee.
Iowa itself, excluding the considera.
tion of the warfare with the doughty
Sioux, was not such basis of tragedy.
nor was Missouri geographically so.
but Iowa and Missouri furnished the
basis of the exodus to the further west,
and in doing so gave both the genesis
and the nemesis to many a habited
place on the way to the Pacific. Iowa
itself is an illustration in minor way
Of the law Of least resistance, and Mis-
souri, Is an illustration of the law of
greatest endurance.
"The excess Of population from ILL
nois would doubtless have gone over
the Missouri as well rs the Mississippi
and have stretched across the plains of
Nebraska twenty years before the
Union Pacific rails were laid, had not
Iowa's surface been as 1t Is and the
nomads grown tired Of rolling up and
down the undulating hills and decided
that the easier thing to do was to settle
In the attractive wooden wales and stick
their plows into the deep, loamy, corn
producing soil. The thousands who re-
mained have always been of the remain
ing, sticking kind-steady, Industrious.
thrifty, but circumscrlbed by the hills
from whose outlook only hills are to be
SEEN"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
TOM KETCHUM,
The Daring Leader of Black Jacks
Gang of Bandits.

Gang OF Bandits.
The notorious leader of the infamous
BLACK Jacks gang of train robbers
and murdererS, Tom Ketchum, is now
in the penitentiary at Santa Fe, n. NJ.
Tom held up train single-handed and
in the sequel to this was wounded and
captured.
1t was the Colorado Southern express
that Tom held up. The place selected
was near Folsom, on the northeast
! corner of New Mexico. One night as
the express was putting laboriously up
grade the engineer saw a light ahead
giving the signal to stop. When the
train slowed down Tom Ketchum
jumped into the cab and, careleSsly
swinging a 45 Colt near the engineers
nose, told him to obey all orders given
during the next few minutes. This,
Tom said, would save heartaches in the
engineers home and the intrusion of an
undertaken in the family circle. Then
he jumped off and tried to uncouple the
engine, which was made impossible by
the steep grade. Failing in this, Tom
walked back to the Wells Fargo eX-
press car and, humping the door with
the butt Of his Colt, demanded admit
tance. The messenger opened the door
and poked the muzzle of a Winchester
out into the dark and pulled the trigger
That put an end to the hold-up that
night. Just how badly Tom was shot
Is not known, for he was wounded in a
subsequent battle with United States
Marshal Forakers posse and he will
not say how much damage the messen-
ger did. AS he declared the hold-up off
1t is probable he was severely injured.
The express pulled on and Tom jumped
his bronchO and sought safety in the
mountains.
The attempted robbery was soon
known to the officials, and three days
later Marshal Foraker's men were
hunting for Tom in the uplands. They
finally hit the trail and followed it back
Here they lost 1t and while discussing
the best move a report of rifle split
the air and one Of the deputies fell out
of his saddle. This was sufficient evil
dence of Toms presence in the vicinity,
but not his exact whereabouts, as Tom
used smokeleSs cartridges. Another
shot was heard and another deputy
went to the ground. At this rate every
man in the posse would be cut down
without ghost of a chance of getting
shot. The deputies, therefore, sep
arated and began to scour the brush A
! CLINT of sunshine playing on the blue.
steel barrel of a Winchester disclosed
Tom Ketchum's position behind a big
bowlder surrounded by brushwood.
Then the day proceedings began. The
deputies shot at that CLINT of sunshine
playing along blue steel; Tom shot al
the deputies. The deputies lodged be,
hind trees and rocks and shot wildly
Tom stayed where he was and made
| bulps-eyes. If Tom hadn't showed his
right arm little too high in taking
aim he would have brought down full
mess Of deputies. AS it was a slug of
lead as big as your finger tore through
| Toms shooting member, and it took
few minutes to change his Winchester
over to his left arm. In these short
minutes the deputies closed in on Tom
and captured him. He was in a bad
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
wonders OF the Locomotive.

The story of the locomotive sounds
simple in the recital. The wonder of
the thing comes into view only when
one reflects on the speed and nicety
with which cumbrous parts are made
to do their duty. The piston and con-
Meeting bar OF n modern locomotive
weigh some 600 pounds. When the
speed is sixty miles an hour these parts
travel back and forth five times Sec
ond.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
Ch,nrornrm Won't Work.

It has been found that an apparatus
for killing animals with chloroform In
England would not work in India, be-
cause the high temperature prevented
the concentration of the chloroform
yapor. That this was the cause was
proved by the fact that by placing ice
in the box the animals were readily
lrillnd
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
TO PROTECT THE RAILROADS.

Gates Prevent Passengers Entering
l. Without Ticket Examiners Consent.
Several Western railroads have for
some time required passengers to show
their tickets on entering the cars, and
on the adoption of this practice it was
found desirable to have a gate that
would make it practically impossible
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
Origin of Hours.

Just when the day became divided
into hours Is not known; nor is the
process explained. The Greeks and
Romans measured time by the water
glass and the sun dials. The hour-glass
filed with sand was the outgrowth Of
these vessels from which the water
dripped through tiny openings.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
GATES FOR PASSENGER COACHES.

for passengers to enter a train at any
point except that guarded by the ticket
examiner. The feature of the design
shown here, which has been adopted by
some Of the roads, Is that 1t folds in
such way as to be entirely out Of the
way when not In use.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26

the Court of Berlin from 1877 to 1880.
From 1888 TO 1851 he was adjutant gen.
eral of the Cape Of Good Hope. In 1901
he succeeded his father as baron, and
went home to England. Gen. Methuen
was 54 years old last September.
Through the Scarsdales, the General Is
related to the Tennysons.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
,Japan's Theater Boxes.

japanese theaters have their boxes so
arranged that the ladies can change
their dresses, as it is not considered
stylish for lady to appear an entire
evening in one dress and with the same
ornaments.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26

One Of the hard things in this world
to understand is why parents seem to
enjoy seeing their children undergo
the agony of stage fright in an amateur
entertainment.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26

panies in particular. He admitr in al
roundabout way that since 1886 he and
his gang have stolen from postoffices,
trains, stages and wayfarers 100000
and killed 200 men.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
Appropriate.

"why do they call that trick bicycle
rider Asbestos"
Because he doesn't scorch."-Bis-
marck Tribune.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26

American BPrb Wire In Africa.
Barbed-wire fences are used exten-
sively in south Africa and most Of the
material is imported from the United
States.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
A Fraction.

what is a fractions?
"A part of anything, sor."
"Give an example"
"The sivinteenth Of June."-Mel'
bourne Times. t,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26

II we were a woman, we would In.
augurate a lot of reforms, but there Is
one thing we wouldn't do; we wouldff' !
kiss other women.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26

A "ready-made" tailor In provincial
town has this advertisement outside his
shop: "Wear our twenty-one shilling
suits, and you will have 1T"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26
Out OF the Frying Pan.

He gets his daughter off his hands
And he thinks 1t all complete,
But soon he finds he has to keep
Her husband on his feet.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-01-26

When some people die, the bells ought
10 ring, instead Of toll.