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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21
offered to the applause which greets

offered to the applause which greets
good plays and competent actors. Why,
then, should bad plays and incompetent
actors be exempt from the reprehension
which they have incurred by their I'M
worthiness? The question is one which
will not be finally settled by the pro
nouncement of judge. If merit is en-
titled to praise imposture deserves pub
lie rebuke. The bad actor is going to
hear sibilant testimony to his shortcom-
ings despite any decision that may be
formulated by the courts.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21

What means of redress Is open to the
ticket for a bad theatrical performance 7
Is he to suffer in silence or has he rem
edy? These questions are of added in
terest owing to recent decision, the
learned Judge holding that, though the
show be of the kind professionally
known as rank" the deluded ticket
holder is not entitled to manifest his re
sentiment by kissing or other evidence
of disapproval. Few people will ap-
prove this decision. 1t violates natural
justice and 1t conflicts with the innate
instinct Of man to raise some kind of n
disturbance when he finds that he has
been swindled AS we'll say that the
restaurant patron who finds tough beef
steak or dubious eggs set before him is
not entitled to offer n few emphatic OBJ
servations 10 the entire establishment,
from the proprietor down to the dish
washer. or course, II may be argued
that the theatergoer who has paid good
eloney to see bad performance has his
remedy at law--that he may sue for
and recover the amount that he paid for
his ticket. But even IL this proceeding
We're not tedious and expensive 1t
would still afford inadequate relief. The
outraged patron of the drama is in
equity entitled to express his resent
ment of the imposition that has been
practiced upon him. He has right to
voice his indignation so that 1t will be
heard Of all men. No objection ever is
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21

An edition de luxe, limited to 500 cop.
les and offered for personal subscrip-
ton at guinea, will perpetuate news
paper prepared by British officers while
prisoners in Pretoria. The Gram, thus
edited, was produced by means Of the
hectograph. When the time comes for
n complete and dispassionatae history
of the South African war, the Pretoria
paper will be an interesting witness.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21
A Curious Street

Canton, China, possesses the queerest
street in the world. 1t is rooted in with
glazed paper fastened on bamboo, and
contains more signboards to the square
foot than any street in any other coun-
try. 1t contains no other shops but
those of apothecaries and dentists.
Physic street is Its appropriate name.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21

The father of Cornelius Alvord, Jr.,
the man who stole 100000 from a
New York bank, took 100000 from a
Syracuse bank forty-one years ago. If
there is third Cornelius Alvord he is
ing job in bank, unless he adopts
an alias.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21
A New Will

Hello, Jasper" exclaimed Spenders,
stopping his rich uncle's valet, "how's
uncle this morning?"
well, sir, he says he thinks he needs
a change of heir"
so, he's sent you for the doctor, eh?"
MOTOR his lawyer."-Philadelphla
Press.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21

The requirements are so many and
the examination is so strict that man
who joins the regular army of the Uni
ted States must be, physically, an al
most perfect man. 1t is the govern
ment's interest, of course, to keep him
SO. In time of actual war he may have
to bear some deprivations as well as
race the ever-present risks of battle;
but ordinarily he is we'll sheltered
clothed and fed and If the generous
army ration does not satisfy him, he
can buy great many luxuries for a
very little money. The subsistence bu-
reau OF the War Department does not
OFTEN figure in print, but the enlisted
man, at least, knows that it does much
for the army's health and contentment.
Virtually 1t conducts department
store for soldiers, selling everything at
cost price. Private Jones of the Four
teenth can buy a fine razor. for in
stance, cheaper than his brother in New
York can, and If the private has fancy
for toilet soaps and silk handkerchiefs,
equally good bargains are open to him.
To supplement the rations Is, however.
the principal business of the subsist-
ence bureau. 1t provides almost every
thing that Is eatable-condensed milk
jams and jellies, pickles, dried fish. ma
pie syrup, olives, crackers and cakes.
and a bewildering variety of canned
foods, including soups, meats, vegeta-
bles and fish. Recently candy was
added to the list, and although our bows
in China are out of the latitude of choc-
olate creams, they can buy cake choco-
late and all the gumdrops, lemon tab
let's and similar hard candies that they
wish. Our army has no exact eouiva-
lent as yet for the field bakeries" en-
ployed by the French and other foreign
armies, which furnish fresh bread ev-
cry morning to the troops in the field.
But on the whole, United States sol.
diers are probably better cared for than
those of any other country. 1t is a
trusm that they deserve the care. The
army is so small compared to the fight
ing forces of other nations, that the
country has been able to set n high
standard, and enlist men who are as
worthy to enjoy luxuries as they are
strong to endure hardships.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21

Prince Inkathar of Cambodia has had
to pawn his jewels for ready money.
This indicates that the prince is already
married. Otherwise he would have
come over with his jewels on and mar
ried an American girl.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21

If this money lending by Uncle Sam
goes on he will pretty soon have on
hand lot of secondhand crowns and
cOronets put up as collateral by men,
bers of the effete monarchies as Sc
curity,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21

w. X. Vanderbilt has given Nissan
hall to the university at Nashville, but
as 1t is a coeducational institution the
boys probably had not waited for that.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21
Prohibitive Export Tax.

The Republic Of Guatemala has i'm
posed tax of $40 head on all cattle
exported from the country. 1t is in
tended to be prohibitive
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21

Zangwill insists that he finds the
highest form of truth in fiction, and in
this he seems to be telling some of it.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21

When an umbrella trust can be
broken up it just means that the trust
will not always reign.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21
Ticking on watch

A watch will tick 16O, 144, 900 times in
a year If it is kept continuously run
ming.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21
A Strange Tree.

In the village of Mllbeck, near Kes.
wick, England, is n most curious freak
of nature. Two trunks rise on each
side of spring Of clear water, and join
together three feet above, forming one
tree.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21

Among the arts which the world is
wont to place in the lost column is the
art of conversation, for at regular inter-
walls some one arises to assure people
that they do not know how to use their
tongues. Perhaps the injunction to
children, to be seen and not heard, may
have had something to do with this de-
cadence, for certainly it does seem as
If the tongue had not kept pace with
the pen. The author of pertinent edi-
torial article in Scribner's questions
whether the art of talking is not dying
out because Of specialism, the absorp-
tion of each individual in his own ca
reer. '1The result of devotion to a spe-
cialty," he says, sis to reduce original
subjects of interest-that is, the sub
jects which one has in common with
other people, topics Of conversation as
they are called. We speak of our mod
ern world as wonderfully broadened in
interests and sympathies by the tele-
graph and the newspaper Yet for even
a high type of individual it may be a
~oAS'"iJ hhlioNihS NOliu' Out 10
sometimes inclined to the conviction
that conversation as well as compost
tion ought to be taught in schools. 1t
might lead to the stiltedness and the
artificiality that the author of this arti-
Gle finds in the fine talk of the past, but
1t would insure glibness that is as
good as gold at times. Tonguetiedness
Is worse than stiltedness and incoheren-
cies more pathetic than artificality. 1t
is this lack of the right word which Is
responsible for the imperfect sympa-
thies that exist between people, and
conversation might perhaps help to
bridge over those "estranging seas"
which, as the poets have it, separate
individuals.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21

If hard work is creditable, how NAN
creditable men there arel
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-12-21
LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER

cHAs. F.. q ADA e. soULE, Pub.
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-03
nnrn na KInr of Indnstrr.

One of the reasons why the French
of Canada could never hope to main
tain themselves in the contest for
supremacy with the English and the
residents Of the thirteen colonies was
that corn could be grown north OF the
lakes and the st. Lawrence in limited
quantities only. This valuable Ameri-
can product, which the Indians with
their stone implements could plant
between the stumps of their rude
clearings or on the prairies, could be
utilized to an important extent by
those Indians only who resided in
what is now the United States. The
more northern tribes could grow it
only in triAing quantities, and their
French allies were thus deprived Of a
valuable aid in the maintenance Of
their power. Corn was one Of the
factors which gave the victory to the
English and the Americans in the war
which expelled the French from
North America in 1755-63. IL thus
reserved the better part OF the CON
tinent to the younger and more pro-
gressive branch of the Anglo-Saxon
race, who appropriated it q dozen
years after the French were driven
out. st. Louis Globe-Democrat,
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-03

mon additional assistance. A shrill
call on his whistle--from the hall
doorGtranslate the decision into ac-
tion, aud with the arrival of another
constable upon the scene was called
upon for fresh explanation. The
second official head threw no more
light upon the case than the first, but
offered a suggestion--"Let's knock
up the neighbors, p'r'aps they know
summat about it,"
To the right and back, and then to
the left, went that constable. Rata.
tat, tat-a.tatl went the knockers. Up
went the windows, out came heads.
"Whos there?" "What dye want?"
"What dye say-who's my neighbor?
What neighbor-what dye mean?"
And then doors opened, and other
doors caught the infection, and they
opened; in short, there was pretty
'to do" and half-dressed crowd
soon shivered around the steps Of No,
119. 1 was quite harried with their
questions. 1 had no sooner arrived
at the end of one series than 1 was
plunged into another. had no sooner
satiated one individuals desire for
knowledge than / was called upon to
feed some one else. Whether my
brain and my temper would have stood
the strain for very long L can't say,
but 1 may add that this is q difficult
question to PROFOUND, even to myself.
Happily 1 was extricated from the un-
pleasant situation by being led off to
the nearest police station to be de-
tanned there pending further inquiries,
as the result of those just made showed
the existence Of local caste feeling
which took no note OF the existence Of
the occupants of No. 113, and it ap.
peared we'll to the "Force" under
these circumstances to hold me fast
for the present
At the station, I told the inspector
on duty all about myself quito like a
little boy. But he did not appear sat
in6ed, and muttered some word TO
himself that sounded to me like 'sus.
picious," and which resulted in my
seclusion. Itwas but temporary, as
the result Of the further inquiries
proved satisiactory--to me, that is to
say. This was what they proved:
That my landody, my landlord and
their daughter had left the house No.
113, and had left it i'll the night. That
they had left it in the night because
they were in debt for their furniture
(which was hired) and for their rent,
and because, presumably and by the
evidence of certain tradesmen, they
possessed no money to settle those
vulgar claims.
To them my half-a crowR, paid in
advance, had been half-a-crown, at
least so (again) it was presumed, for
their whereabouts was never traced.
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-03
THIS HORSE is A JUMPER.
Cleared a Chasin of Twenty-one Feet TO
Escape Grizzly.

Cleared Chasin of Twenty-one Feet to
Escape Grizzly.
Not many horses trained in steeple-
chasing and ridden by skilled jockeys
could make a clean jump of twenty
one feet.
When George King, the cowboy,
started out to Ground up" a herd o.
cattle that was pasturing in the val
leys of the Santa Ana River he invited
an Iudinn, Juan Machado, to accom-
pany him and help him in the cattle
driving. Machado was on the point
of agreeing, when Kirg said jokingly:
"We will take our guns along and we
might get fat bear
Immediately the Indian appeared to
be in a state of abject terror and re-
fused to take the trip, assuring King
that the grizzly bear always overheard
such threats and that hunters who
announced their object were sure to
be eaten up. Laughing at the In
dams superstition, King started on
without him.
A day or two afterward he was fol-
lowing lonely trail alone. The trail
led through a dense thicket and was
near the border Of dangerous gulch.
Suddenly the pathway made q sharp
curve and disclosed to the cowboys
sight monster grizzly gnawing at
the quivering flesh of a newly killed
yearling. Now, of oil circumstances
calculated TO excite a grizzly the in.
terruption of his meal is the surest.
Therefore when the mounted cowboy
rode almost upon him he rushed for
ward with terrifying growl.
The little horse needed no spurs,
but darted onward through the brush
with Incredible swiftness, the angry
bear following close behind. In
moment tho horse and rider were on
the edge of the gulch, aud there was
no room for turning. King and the
horse both knew that. There was but
one thing to do. King raised the
bride reins, the little horse gathered
her legs beneath her, sailed straight
through the air--and landed safely
on the edge of the opposite bank.
The chasm was twentY-one feet
across. And the Indian said: "I told
you so. / told you the bear would
hear you. st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-03

over the way OF your dreams, my boy
Are wondrous things for your eyes to see,
And wonderful paths to a world OF Joy
And the marvellous land OF the ought-to'
Be.
There IS gold in the dust that your feet will
tread,
And dIanonds CLEAN on the wayside
grass,
And wreaths Of laurel to grace your head
Hang waiting to crown you as you pass
There are marble castles ard broad estates,
And servants to every Wish fulfill,
Aud armored hosts at the castle gates
Stand ready and eager to do your will.
There are living springs to renew your
youth,
And dreamful shades for your least re-
pose,
And breezes to fan you with love and ruth,
And gardens that blossom like the rose.
TLere are wildwoods ringing With songs OF
birds;
There are sumptuous feosts where
friends are met
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-03
THE FARMERS LOT.


pando
nbout his asks,
working night peeause
and that is all he asks somachs acne
Hebi dol
raise
toe mush
to own
Ands
M o o
dwes
oftenhe has two. rm,apM
he
ear q
he he
duds ossapet the eheat,
farm myself
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-03

~
fate For the ono that L AIN about to
describe / paid half a crown. The
sensations that that half crown
brought to me were in excess of what
1 had anticipated, and strained every
nerve in my body Yet / am not q
fool and no one is in his own estima-
tion.
Twas a November day 1.-The time 8
o'clock in the evening. L was in a
London street. and had just viewed
to my satisfaction bow window in
which was hung up a card with
Apartments to Let" printed upon it.
With the knowledge that I wanted q
bed for the night, and with the card
before me, what could be more natural
and within the ordinary lot of man
than to ascend the flight of steps that
lay before me, knock, ring, enter and
secure bed for half crown, paid in
advance? To my mind there was
such plethora of vulgar incident in
this that remember the transaction
but dimly. That was received by a
landlady (she was middle-aged, I
think, and escorted by her to q COM
Portable bedroom on the second floor
that 1 was left there with pen and ink (;
that called for some writing paper
and was waited upon bya girl, who
said that she would ask her father for
some; that when she had brought it
to me wrote several letters, and after
ward went to bed-all this is fixed
vaguely in my memory by it's simili-
tGde to many another night that /
have passed under hired roof. Then
there comes a blank, which grows into
memory again with the lugubrious
sound of prolonged howl--a dogs.
1t was dark, so dark that the cur
tanned window of my room offered but
the faintest suggestion of the fog
swathed light without. Again and
again the oppressive silence aud
heavy gloom around me were intensi-
fed to my semi-consciousness by the
howl without dying down to a whim-
per, to extinction. A nervous feeling
took possession of me, and fed upon
the darkness. sat up in bed, and
drew long breath to free myself of
its incubus. What. was there foul
with the night that it came sosheavily
to my lungs? For the moment I was
puzzled; but only for the momeut.
And then, half-suffocated, eiacula-
ted, ''It is gas, there is an escape of
gas"
With a wave of my arm, I threw
the bedclothes to one side, and with
an eager leg placed foot to the floor.
Then 1 stood up and hesitated.
Should ring, should L call? mo-"
j muttered to myself, as L reflected
that it was more than probable that
the servant would strike a match IN
coming to my room. A step and a
grope would tell me. felt eau
tiously. mol the tap was as it should
be.
Then thought lapsed into instinct,
and action superyened. / crept
quietly to the door and turning the
key IN its lock with the caution of
thief, and drawing the door into the
blackness of my room, faced the black
ness that vaster lay outside it.
Gently, gently, with a hand touch
ing cold WALL orept outward and
to my left My fingers were caught
by a projection; they passed it by.
and sank into hollow-'twas q door.
l turned the handle, and whispered
gently but distinctly through the half
opened door, TITS I, Mr.. Snipe, the
lodger. Don't strike match.
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-03

Dairy, n; L. The place, room, OI
house where milk is kept, and con-
vertea into butter and cheese.
2. That department Of farming
which is concerned in the production
of milk, and in its conversion into
butter and cheese.
8. A dairy farm.
Dairying, n. The business Of con-
Quoting a dairy.
Dairy-maid, n. A female servant
whose business is the care of the
dairy.
Dairy-man, n A man who keepS.
or takes care of a dairy.
Dairy-woman, n. A woman who at.
tends to dairy.
Huckster, n; /. A retailer OF
small articles, of provisions, and tho
like; peddler;. hawker.
Q. A meen, trickish fellow.
Huckster, vi, To deal in ~aaall ar
ticles or in petty bargains.
Hucksterage, \. The business of n
huckster; small dealings; peddlins.
Hucksterer, n. A huokstsr.
Huckstreus, n. A female hueh1
Itsr
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-03
OVER THE WAY.

TO greet you with tender and honest words,
And never theme that you might re-
gret.
Ali over the way OF your dreams 1t lies
THIS land of the Ought-to-Be, so fair;
This paradise of the cloudless skies,
Where the Best and Right are every
where.
Your childhood lives in this happy land.
And the loved ones lost IN the years ago
In the glow Of It's glorious sunlight
stand
And tenderly beckon you there, l know.
What care IL your present path Is bleak
And the shadows clutch at your gar
ments' hem?
It's over the way that your soul must
seek
For the light that will ever Danish them.
Just over tho way of your dreams, my boy,
Are wondrous things for your eyes to
see,
And wonderful paths to a world of JOY
And the marvellous land OF tho Ought-to-
Be.
~-ChIcago Record.
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-03

.KE many an other
man, [ have an af-
fnity for awkward
predicaments, and
to submit to what
is popularly known
as an experience"
is-if not exactly
my daily lot in life
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-13
Proposals for Supplies

SUPPLIEs-Sealed proposals for FUR
nisEins supplies to be delivered at Ne
vada Hospital for Mental Diseases at
Reno, Nevada. for one year from July
l6, 1900, viii be received up to July Ii,
1900 For list of articles to he furnished
apply to DIR. w. II. Patterson.
WooD-Eight hundred cords Of wood
to be delivered i'll Reno, New. The
quality 10 be good limb and split pine,
sound and well seasoned.
BEEF CAlTLE-Beef cattle to he de-
livered at the Nevada Hospital for Mental
diseases Reno, Nevada, in such numbers
and at such times as the Superintendent
may desire.
Separate bids will be received for
Supplies" Wood and Beef Cattle
Bids to be directed to Secretary OF
Board OF Commissioners for care Of In
digent Insane, Carson City, Nevada, NJ
to July Is, 1900, at / o'clock. p. NJ, al
which time same Will be opened and
considered The Board reserves The
right to reject any and all bids.
Envelope enclosing bid should b'
marked "Proposal for supplies, wood o.
| CATTLE as the case may be. BY order o
| the Board.
f L. WILDEs,
! Secretary.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-13
State Claims

Approved by the State Board Of FIX
aminers at their meetings held on July
9th. and 18th, 1900:
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-13
We fit Glasses

Through long.study and practice we
~ tell on examination just what
glasses your eyes require. we tHen
supply precisely the glasses needeeI
Our prices are right
If we End thai glasses viii not aid
YOU. we frankly tell you So
DAVIS & TARRER, Opticians.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-13
Notice to Deg Owners

The oog license is now due and paya-
bic at the Office of the Sheriff. All par
ties owning dogs will procure a tag for
the same All dogs found without tags
will be destroyed.
VIM. Kinney,
City Marshal.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-13

THE SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER
a. d. 1900.
AT II O'CLOCK n. OF THAT DAY.
For the purpose of nominating a State
Ticket to be voted for at the next gen
efai election. viz:
Three Presidential Electors,
Member Of Congress,
One Judge of the Supreme Court,
Two Members of the Board of Regents
Of the State University.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-13

Geo. A. Tyrrell always has on hand
fresh chocolates, creams, ben boDs, tatiies
fruits and nuts of all kinds of the finest
Quality. Also on hand a nice line of
goods suitable for Christmas presents
Fresh Eastern oysters 80 cents per can.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-13

For RENT-Hay yard back OF the
Dresbach block. Inquire at this Of
foo