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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-20
SHE GOT HER BOTTLE OF INK.
But the Parcel Was Big Enough to
Contain a Safe.


But the Parcel Was Big Enough to
Contain a Safe.
One woman who lives in Pine avenue
went shopping. This happened last
Monday. She left her home with purple
plumes in her bonnet, and she lost not
one of them In her trip downtown.
She had read an advertisement in a
could buy bottle of ink for cent.
The woman bought the ink for penny
and asked that it be delivered to her
home. The clerk said nothing. Neither
did the man in the parcel-room. He
worked by himself. Delivering penny
purchase was ripe walnuts to the man.
Next day wagon with a silk hated
man on the drivers seat and freckle-
faced boy as tiger on the rear step
rolled up in front of the house in Pine
avenue.
The freckle-faced lad ran up the
steps and crushed the electric button
with thumb which he had used but
few moments before in shooting
craps" This game, by the way, is one
of chance. He held in his arms box
of goodly size. The woman of the house
opened the door.
Mrs. So and So?" asked the boy with
the freckleS.
Yes was the woman's reply.
"Kindly receipt this slip"
"Why, have nothing coming in such
bulk" the woman said.
But you are So and SOP" the free
kled boy INQUIRED.
YES" declared the woman, "but
there must be mistake"
However, the box was taken to the
kitchen and opened with sledge and
hammer. Excelsior was strewn upon
the floor In the womans wild endeavor
to solve the secret of the inclosure. 1t
c!ung in yellow strands about the pipes
of the sink, puffed its way into the door
leading to the wild roses in the back
yard and clogged the passage to the
dining-room.
| Then the woman In Pine avenue
found her 1-cent bottle of ink. 1t was
In the center of this great wad of shay
lngs.
The man In the parcel-room was one of
Jest and merriment. He rolled nonsense
into joke and enjoys the fun, even IL
1t did cost penny or two more to the
6rm.-Chlcago Chronicle.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-20

a big crowd outside the pit and gallery
doors of theater creates in the minds
of passers-by the idea that the piece
must be worth seeing to attract SO
many patient walters. A few shop
keepers, too, have found out that half
a dozen well-dressed people, gazing in
tently into a shop window, leads others
to do the same thing and constitutes a
far better draw" than anything put
in the window itself. have even sup
piled spectators for a wedding, in
case where the bridegroom was
wealthy parvenu who had great de-
sire for popularity. An artist once
hired from me about dozen well-at-
tired people to stand in front of his
picture at an exhibition, the conse-
quence being that his painting attract
ed considerable attention. Where do I
get the people? Oh, there is no diff
Guilty about that. Some Of them are
sandwich men In the daytime, and
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-20

that means something more than 1000
ton Of cargo. Brief work in the line
done on the canal and an ocean high
way Is opened up for Chicago and the
West, in meats, in grain, in all those
commodities that now go to Liverpool
by other and more expensive routes
for water carriage is much cheaper
than rail carriage, and farmers who
grow grain in Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa are to-day In measure at the
mercy of the rail lines. Ocean rates
from Galveston and New Orleans
would enable them to beat the sea-
coast rates from New York by from
10 to 20 cents on bushel.
1t Is said that nothing but money and
the authority to go ahead is needed in
the work south of Lockport. Half or
$25, 100000 would make the lower chan
mel adequate. There is a great deal of
boring and dredging to do; docking,
and the Strengthening out Of crooked
courses; but competent engineers have
been looking over the field, and the plan
Is simple when understood.
The lower Mississippi problem is one
of the worst to the canal project. Many
millions of dollars have been Jumped
into that river by succeeding Con
crosses and engineering boards without
substantial Improvement. The river
has depth sufficient for present COM
merce, and no decided effort has been
made to deepen it at certain ''cross-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-20

ings" where sand has piled up and the
lightest vessels run danger of striking
the bottom. Engineers of national rep
utation are unit that the Government
should begin the work of Improvement,
substituting docks of masonry for
wooden wharfs.
The pace has been set by the drain
age canal. 1t has been demonstrated
to the world that ship highways can
be constructed inland wide enough and
deep enough to float any warship on
the high seas. The West now offers the
finished product Of it's efforts to that
higher authority which alone can exc
cute one Of the grandest projects of in
ternal improvement ever presented TO
nation.
In this project every farmer in the
West is vitally interested. The agricul-
tursts of this section ship through
Chicago nearly 4O,OO0OOO bushels Of
grain year. Upon this, should the
transportation be made by the pro-
posed route, the saving would be some
thing enormous. Aside from the strict
commercial Interpretation. there is the
problem of making the great lakes a
useful body Of water for defense. No
outlet to the sea now exists, but Can
ada and Great Britain have an inlet
which Is controlled by them. The Mis-
sissippi project would be purely of the
country and for the country, involving
new grand highway.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-20
When Crowds Are Useful.

Quite brisk business exists in the
crowd line, said well-dressed man to
the writer, and l make a fairly good
living by supplying them. All sorts of
people find a crowd useful at times.
For instance, a young man who is
about to make his debut as lecturer
or musician can, by coming to me,
make sure Of having not only anu
merlcally speaking-respectable, but
highly appreciative, audience. Again,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-20

0G1 HEN the first water of the
W great Chicago drainage canal
topped over the big bear-trap
dam at Lockport, to most residents of
the vicinity it signalized the end of
titanic undertaking-th sanitary wa
terway had been completed, and there
ended the job. When that water first
plunged, kissing and writhing, down
the valley of the Desplaies to its juno
tiOn with the Illinois River on it's way
TO the Father of Waters" men who
watched the work felt that great les
son was ended
An offertory of some $33, 100000 had
been poured out by Chicago, ostensibly
to purify the water supply, vitated by
thousand sewer conduits. But the
real service had not commenced, for
the sanitary feature of the mighty
canal was and is but a subsidiary ele-
ment. The real object sought to be
attained when the work was under
taken was and is the beginning of a
ship canal to unite the chain Of inland
seas with the salt tide-water Of the
delta Of the Mississippi River, some
1900 miles away.
The opening Of the mammoth chan
nel over 200 feet wide and deep enough
in all its thirty miles to float the heavi-
est warship, was really the opening
wedge of a project which has been
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-20

work for me at night: others work for
me In the day, and appear on the stage
as "supers" In the evening. pay
them so much per hour, and find the
clothes. have most elaborate stock
of garments, and can turn out quite
an arlstocratic looking crowd.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-20

undergo changes in composition which
prepare them to be added to the sub
stance of the plant. Thus it is in the
protoplasm Of the living cells of the
plant that those digestive" processes
are carried on which Aristotle believed
to occur in the soil. We see, then, that
the living cells are microscopic labora-
tories In which the digestion of the food
Of the plant Is carried on.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-20
More Ornamental than Useful.

Dorothy-Papa, we girls have new
name for those men who call on us, but
never take us out anywhere.
Papa-What Is 1t. daughter?
I'VE call them 'tireslde compan-
IONS Life.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-20
Money Used in Mafekine.

Colonel BadenPowell and his band
Of soldiers, who withstood the repeated
and unsuccessful attacks Of from 1000
to 5000 Beers on Mafeking, showed his
when he created the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-20

Capacity of Labor-Savinx Machines.
1t is estimated that the productive
capacity of the labor-saving machinery
in the United States Is now equal to a
Woodworking population of 400,000.000.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-20
Newfoundland Csdasb.

The annual export of Goldfish from
Newfoundland is about 1,35O,OOO hun
dredweight.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-20

Unfortunately willing person 4
nearly always a stupid person.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-20

currency notes for circulation In the
besieged city. The one-pound note,
which Is reproduced here, is attractive
In design and general appearance.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-07-20

Work and don't worry II you would
be happy. Worry and don't work IL
you would be otherwise.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04
POPE LHO'S SUCCESSOR.
His Holiness Names Cardinal Girnl-
amo Maria Gotti a. the Next Pope.

His Holiness Names Cardinal Girnl-
amo Maria Gotti a. the Next Pope.
Rome. Jan. Lit is asserted that
tho pope, after the recent ceremony
Of opening the holy door at st. Peters
cathedral, addressed his intimate en-
tourage, and said:
II thank divine providence for
granting me the grace Of being able
to celebrate this great function, and
] wish for my successor grandeur and
q long reign, to the greater glory of
God. My successor will be young, as
compared with my own age. and will
have time to see many glories of the
papacy and the church"
Later Leo clearly designated Car
dinal Girolamo Maria Gotti, prefect
of the congregation Of indulgences and
sacred relics, as his successor. Car
dinal Gotti, the famous Genoese. monk.
is a man Of great piety and modesty.
Now about GA years Of age, he has
always lived a life of an ascetic, and,
despite the dignity Of a prince of the
church. he always sleeps in cell and
on hard mattress.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04
Proposed Zinc COmbin

Chicago, Jan. 2.-The Record says:
Information reached Chicago yester-
day Of the proposed formation Of a
combination to control the zinc out
put of the United States. Work on the
scheme has been begun and the initial
steps are being taken In Kansas City.
According to one Of the best known
zinc operators, who was in Chicago
yesterday, the plan includes not only
the control Of the mines, but Of the
smelling plants as we'll.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04

Middletown, N. Y, Jan. 2.-Colonel
William Anthony Elderkin, U. s. A.,
retired, died here yesterday, aged go
years. AS assistant commissary gen.
eral he was at one time connected
with the chief commissary department
Of the lakes on the staff of General
Merritt and General Brooke. He was
retired two years ago, owing to Ill
health. He graduated from West
Point In 1861. He married daughter
Of Rev. P. d. Curley, of Washington.
and President Lincoln gave the bride
away.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04
Ex-Conxressman Osborne Dead.

Washington, Jan. General Edwin
8. Osborne, an ex-representative from
Pennsylvania in the Forty-ninth, Fiji
tieth and Fifty-first congresses, died
here last Aight of heart disease. He
was veteran Of the civil war and for
six years was brigadier general of the
National Guard Of Pennsylvania. At
the conclusion of the war General Os-
borne was appointed Judge advocate
to investigate charges of cruelty to
federal prisoners brought against Gap
tain Wirtz. Confederate superintend-
ent Of the Andersonville- prison, the
result Of which was the hanging Of
Wirts. General Osborne was elected
to congress from the state Of Penn
sylvania at large twice, and once from
the Wilkesbarre district.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04
plred ouhuay. 1 nus
has proved stubborn.
.iJIly
A New Line to Europe.

New York, Dec. 29.-Arrangements
have been completed by Frederick Ley
land & Co., limited. of Liverpool. for
the establishment of a weekly passen-
ger steamship service between New
York and Liverpool. This new idea,
which will constitute the most import
ant addition to transatlantic service in
recent years, will have in operation
within two months six big vessels, and
will conduct weekly service similar
in methods to those of the Atlantic
Transport line, now running between
this port and Lonuon.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04
Victory For the Goebelites.

Frankfort, KY, Jan. ALI doubt as
to the ability Of the Goebel Democrats
to organize both houses of the legisla-
ture was dispelled by the attendance
in the Democratic caucus last night.
Senator Goebel was nominated for
president pro TEN. Of the senate and
the entire Goebel slate went through.
In the house caucus all of the So DEM
ocrats answered to roll call and par
ticipated. In the senate four Demo-
Gratis remained out. They were Sena-
tors Alexander, Hayes, Gillespie and
Roberts. Senator Hill was sick and
absent, but 1t not classed with the dis
senters.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04
To Cros. the ocean I'm Three nav.

New York, Dec 29.-James Gresham.
Of Brooklyn, has found capital to DEM
onstrate the commercial value of his
corkscrew boat, for which he antici-
pated speed Of so miles per hour. A
syndicate Of New York capitalists has
agreed to furnish $4,000 with which to
build small boat on the corkscrew
plan, with the further understanding
that II 1t demonstrates its ability on
commercial scale to approximate the
speed which the models have reached
the syndicate will furnish sufficient
capital to build mail boat The in
ventor promises that his craft will
cross the Atlantic in less than three
days.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04
To Reorxanise the Army in Cuba

To ReorGanise the Army in Cuba.
Washington. Jan. 2.-It II probable
that the present month will be marked
BY q complete reorganization Of the
military commands in Cuba. The i'm
preston prevails that here IL to be q
heavy reduction in these commands,
and It is intimated that the outcome
will be the creation Of two departments
instead Of the six which originally
comprised Cuba, and the four into
which the island Is now divided. Gen.
eral Wilson, who commands the COM
bined departments of Matanzas and
;anta Clara, has been ordered to
Washington, and 1t is not the present
ltention that he shall return to Cuba.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04
Gas Explosion Destroys Church.

Stromsberg. Neb., Jan. Eden
Baptist church was totally destroyed
by fire early yesterday morning. and
two people seriously injured. The fire
was caused by an explosion of acety-
lene gas, with which the church was
lighted. A New Years watch meeting
was being held, and a large number of
people we're present, but most of them
had just left the building when the ex-
plosion occurred. Mrs. J. L. Johnson
and her daughter Pearl we're seriously
injured.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04
The New Cuban Cabinet.

Havana, Jan. 1.-The names Of the
members Of General Woods cabinet,
and the assignment Of portfolios was
issued yesterday. The list is as fol-
lows: Secretary Of state and govern
ment, Diego Tamayo; secretary Of JUS
tice, Luis Estevez; secretary of educa-
ton, Juan Bautista, Hendandez; sec
retary Of finance, Enrique Varona;
secretary Of public works, Jose Ramon
Villalon; secretary Of agriculture, in
dustry and commerce. General Rius
Rivera.
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less injured.
Davis, colored, engin,
Of Orange county, Va; Dona,-
man. steam driller, 20 years old,
bridge; Tony Dominica, a watt
rier, 1S years old Wilmer She
laborer, 80 years old.
Pittsburg, Jan. Am explosion
sewer gas at Knoxville, thriving
borough near here, about midnight,
wrecked large number of houses and
stables and tore up several streets for
hundreds Of feet. Fortunately no one
was injured. The houses wrecked are
IL frame dwellings owned by John
Young, fronting In Rochelle street and
occupied by as many families. They
are practically destroyed. A dozen
other dwellings are partly destroyed
A stable owned by Edward Jackson
Long alley and block of five house.
owned by Mrs. l.. C. Snyder are COM
plete wrecks. The damage will reach
many thousands Of dollars.
Pittsburg. Jan. 2.-The Monongahela
river above the city limits of Pitts
burg was ice locked yesterday and the
large manufacturing plants along the
river were compelled to receive their
enormous tonnage Of coal by rail- AL
most all depend for their supply upon
towboats that they either own or con-
troll through contracts. The promise
Of continued cold gives no hope of i'm
mediate relief and railroad yards, that
have been taxed to their capacity for
some time with the movement OF
freight, will be compelled to add one
more burden. In some places the ice
Is reported to be from to IL inches.
Lock Haven, Pa. Dec. 3O.-Grant
Bathurst assistant postmaster at
Rote, this county, was killed and two
other persons were injured yesterday
by an explosion Of dynamite In the
weighmaster's office of the Bellefonte
Limestone company, at Salona, eight
miles from this city. One of the men
in the Office raked the fire in the stove
with poker, and while 1t was still hot
hung the poker on a nail. It slipped
from the nail and fell into bucket
filled with dynamite fuses, and ter
rifle explosion followed. The build
ing was blown to pieces. Bathurst had
an arm and leg torn from his body,
and two other men were injured by
hying debris. Bathurst was 80 years
OF age, and leaves a wife and one child
Altoona, Pa, Jan. "A freight train
running between Gallitzin and Cres
son yesterday afternoon broke in twt
places. The last section, composed o.
about rs cars, started backward down
the grade to Cresson, gathering veloc-
ity at every wheel turn. 1t was INV
ming wild, there being no trainmen
1t. At Cresson the cars were pile
and fell against the Glen Campbell
commodation, about ready to ID
The accommodation was made u
two coaches. and Is passengers we
already aboard. The coaches were NJ
set and rolled over an embankmsnt
feet high. They were set on IRE,
was also the debris Of the freight G,
All the passengers were injured,
none fatally. Miss Annie Streine
Conemaugh, had an arm and leg br
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04
Fall Rivers PrOsperity.

Fall River. Mass, Jan. 2.-The en-
tire production Of the print cloth mills
Of this city for the year Just passed
was 100000 pieces, with sales fully
equal to that amount. Business has
been exceedingly good during the year,
and many contracts we're made which
extend through the entire year 1900.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04
Celebrating Emancipation Day.

Washington, Jan. 2.-rhe Thirty
seventh anniversary of the emancipa-
ton of the colored race was celebrated
last night at the Zion Baptist church.
It was the first time the celebration
has been held on Jan. 1. the date on
which President Lincoln's proclama-
tion took effect.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04

rassaic, N. j., Jan. ELLEN La
bash was shot and instantly killed here
at the beginning Of the new year. Mi
chael Schwartz celeMated the advent
Of the new year by going outside the
house and firing four shots from his
revolver. After entering the house
he pulled the trigger, believing that
there was no other bullet in It, There
was loud report, and Miss Labash fell
to the floor. shot in the heart. Schwarz
was arrested.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04
Refuse to Return Emigrants.

Galveston, Tex, Jan. 2.-Immigra-
tion Inspector Levy yesterday rendered
to the captain of the North German
Lloyd steamship Roland Is Slavonians
brought here in violation of the i'm
migration laws, and they were refused.
Warrents were issued for s. G. Spencer,
agent Of the company, and for the
captain.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04
Austria's New Currency.

Vienna, Jan. 2.-Under the new cur
rency laws which went into force yes
terday throughout Austro- Hungary the
norin and kreuzer disappear. The new
unit is the krone, equaling half a
kreuzer. After the introduction of the
gold standard the krone will be worth
one franc, five centimes.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04
Death From Asphyxiation.

Baltimore, Jan. 2.-Daniel Feeny,
aged Sc, is dead and Thomas Mullen,
% years old, is at he city hospital in
q dying condition, as a result OF as
ptyxiation. Upon retiring Sunday
night at q lodging house one Of the
men probably blew out the gas. They
were employed at Sparrow's Point, and
had spent Sunday IN Baltir-, ca
friends. ~
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04
GENERAL FRENCH.

GENERAL FRENCH.
losses are quite slight, but the
must have suffered heavily.
The Standards correspondent
Frere Camp telegraphs Genera
Charles Warren's division is
nearly complete. Its headquarters
be at Estcourt. 1t Ia rumored
that the guns which were capt
from General Butler at Colenso /
been mounted in the hills comma
ing the drift over the Tngela river
Springfield. The Beers, 1t appel
captured $40 rounds of shrapnel wi
they took the guns. General Bulle
difficulties have been immeasrr'
increased by the enforced delay 81,
the last engagement. He now v
fore him a series of walled and 'o,'
fed hills, running 16 miles alc7" -
line Of the Tugela. These are
ing with the enemy, pos'ed T. '..
tions Of great strength a"t
with guns, while the river -
In full food. The coming y
certainly be the stiffest, apd
the most momentous. OF - 80
campaign.
Ugly rumors are in circu,'ti~r Il
Cape Town Of Dutch rising, With ~
object Of selling Cape Town and III
docks, and capturing the governor o
Cape Colony, Sir Alfred Miner.
The imperial mail steamer Bundes
rath, of the German East African line
which was seized by the British cruise
Magicienne in Delagoa bay. on tn,
ground that she was carrying contra
band Of war, has been taken to ,
wharf at Durham. and is now guarded
by marines and blue Jackets.
Heliograph reports from Ladysmiti
show that all was well on Dec. 81. Tht
bombardment was being continued. but
Its intensity had relaxed.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04

ne iiipin. iUss :" ..s As..eO, i....lting
from a heavy infantry and artillery
nre for three hours into the trenches.
1t IL supposed that the insurgents
were those who were driven out o.
San Mateo on the day General Lawtt.
was killed. They numbered probably
q thousand.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-01-04
Richard Croker's Leg Broken.

London, Jan. "A dispatch from
Vantage, county Of Berks, says that
Richard Croker, who has been staying
at country house near there, slipped
while mounting horse, owing to the
animal swerving. and broke his leg.