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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21
GHOSTS ARE PLAINLY WsIeLE.l
Some People So Constituted that They
See Supernatural Beings.

Some People So Constituted that They
See Supernatural Beings.
There is no doubt that person mayr
apparently see objects and hear Werds
which another person close by cannot
see and hear. Such impressions are to-
be referred not to actually existing OBJ
jects, but to the action of the subjects
mind. DR.. Abercromby tells us OF one
patient who could, by directing his at
tention to an idea, call up to sight the
appropriate image or scene, though the
thing called up were an object he had
never seen but had merely imagined.
When meeting a friend in the street he
could not be sure whether the appear
ance was his friend or spectral iilu-
sion till he had tried to touch 1t and had
heard the voice. Goethe saw an exact
counterpart of himself advancing to-
ward him, an experience repeated by
Wilkie Collins. Sir Walter Scotb re-
lates that soon after the death Of Lord
Byron he read an account Of the de-
ceased poet. On stepping into the hall
Immediately after he saw right before
him, in standing posture, the exact
representation of his departed friend,
whose recollection had been so strongly
brought to his imagination. After stop
ping a moment to note the eXtraordin-
ary resemblance he advanced toward it
and the figure gradually disappeared.
Some of the cases narrated by Sir
David Brewster are particularly in
structive. The subject was q lady
(Mrs. Al and her hallucinations were
carefully studied by her husband and
Sir David. On one occasion she saw
her husband, as she thought, who had
gone out half an hour before, standing
within two feet of her in the drawing
room. She was astonished to receive
no response when she spoke to him.
She remembered that Sir David had
told her to press one eyeball with the
finger when the impression Of any real
object would be doubled She tried to
apply the test, but the figure walked
away and disappeared. The simple
scientific experiment diverted her at
tention from the creation Of her mind,
and this, no longer being in sole posses
sion, could not maintain itself and was
dissolved. Another hallucination took
the form Of her dead sister-in.law. The
figure appeared in dress which Mrs.
A. had never seen, but which had been
described to her by 4 common friend
Westminster Review.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21
SUN DlALS OF ANCIENT TIMES.
How the Flight of the Honrs Was Tn,
diCa ted fn ChiId-a-. a. =. - =

now the Flight of the Honrs Was In.
oicateo TO Children of the Desert,
IL is probable that the earliest sim
dial was simply the spear of some no.
MAD chlef stuck upright In the ground
oerore his tent. Among those desert
wanderers, keen to observe their SIR.
roundings, it would not be a difficult
thing to notice the shadow shortened
as the sun rose higher in the skv and
that the shortened shadow ALWAYS
pointed In the same direction. The
recognition would have followed very
soon that this MONDAY shadow chang.
ed IN It's length from day to day. A
six-foot spear would give a shadow nj
monday in latitude 40 degrees Of
twelve feet at one time of the year and
or less than two feet at another time.
Ihis instrument, so simple, so easily
carried, SO easily set up, may well have
begun the scientific study of astron-
omy, for it lent itself to measurement.
and science Is measurement, and prob
ably we see it expressed in permanent
form in the Obelisks of Egyptian sollr
temples. though these no doubt were
retained merely as solar emblems ages
after their use as actual Instruments
OF observations had ceased. An I'M
right stick, carefully plumbed, stand
Ing on some level surface, may, there
fore, well make the first advance up
on the natural horizon. A knob at the
top of the stick will be found to rem
der the shadow more easily Observed
knowledge.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21

Children are insured in this country
with Industrial companies in the same
manner as adult members of the fam.
lily. They are insured as members Of
the family for the purpose of providing
in return for weekly premium of
either . or 10 cents, for a respectable
burial at death, and for the expenses
of the last illness. The average pre-
MUM at which children are insured is
q cents while the average amount paid
at death of children under 10 years of
age is about $50. This amount Is
barely sufficient to meet the expenses
of burial in the large cities.
The youngest age at which a child
Is insured Is next birthday, and at this
age, In return for scent premium. tho
companies will pay $S II the child dies
during the first three months of policy
duration; $40 II the child has been in
sured more than three months, but less
than six months; $12 If the child has
been insured more than six, but less
than nine months; and Sl5 II the child
has been insured more than nine
months, but less than one year. At
the age of 3 years the amount which is
paid after policy has been one year
in force is $l7; at age 1, $50; at age :,
S24-increasing gradually until age 10
is reached, when the amount payable
at death, in return for 5-cent pre-.
MUM is S120, In other words, the
amounts gradually increase. although
the premiums remain the same.-Les.
lies Weekly.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21
AMERICAN SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
He Organized the Chinese Army and
Gave 1t High Standing.

An American is entitled to the credit
If credit it is-of reorganizing the
Chinese army upon basis approach
ing its present efficiency. Frederick
Townsend Ward was soldier of for
tune and native of Massachusetts,. In
1860, when the Tapping rebels were
everywhere successful, Ward, who was
26 years old, and had served in the
French army, found himself in Shang-
hal. He organized band composed
OF men of various nationalities, and of
fered to capture city for a fixed
price. The first achievement Of his
small army was the capture of the
walled town of Sungkiang, which was
held by 10000 rebels. AS reward he
was made mandarin Of the fourth
rank. Ward then cleared the country
around Shanghai, being paid so much
cash after each victory he won. After
while he disappeared and was next
heard of when the natives attacked the
city in large force, when Ward appear
ed at the head of three well-armed and
well-drilled native regiments. who res
cued Shanghai. Thereafter he became
one OF the leading men in the defense
OF Shanghai. He adopted the Chinese
nationality under the name of Hwa,
married the daughter of wealthy man.
DARN and was made a mandarin of
the highest grade and admiral general
in the service of the Emperor. General
Ward died as the result Of a wound
received in directing an assault on
Isekie. The Chinese paid him the
highest possible honors after his death
by burying him in the Confucian ceme.
tery at Ningpo. Wards successor in
command of the Chinese forces was
MAJOR Charles G. Gordon-"Chinese"
Gordon.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21
GENESIS OF GLASS WINDOWS.
They We're Not Used in Dwellings
Till Long After Their Discovery.

They We're Not Used in Dwellings
Till Long After Their Discovery.
The method of preparing glass was
known long before it was thought Of
making windows of it. Rich people in
Rome had their windows, or the OPEN
ing Of their baths, filed with mica or
transparent stone. 1t is supposed that
glass was used for windows during the
reign of Titus, fragments of glass plate
having been found at Pompeii which
was destroyed in his reign, but the first
certain mention of this use Of glass Is
found in writings of the third century.
st. Jerome also speaks of it as used A.
d. 422. Benedict Biscop introduced
glass windows in Britain A. ID. 674,
though they may have previously been
brought in by the Romans.
The oldest glass windows at pres
ent existing are of the twelfth century
and are in the church of st. Denis.
They appear to have been preserved as
part of the old church, which was
erected before the year 1140 by the Alb
bot Suger, u favorite of Louis lie Gros.
Suger had sapphircs pounded up and
mixed with the glass to give it a blue
tint. A writer of the period accounted
it one of the most striking instances Of
splendor which he met in Vienna in
1853 that most of the houses had glass
windows. Another authority, Felibien,
says that in his time Q60O round glass
discs were set in the windows of Italy,
and we find that in France there We're
glass windows in all the churches in
the sixteenth century, though there
were few in dwelling houses. The
manufacture of window glass in Eng
land was begun in Crutched Friars,
London, early in the sixteenth cen
tury
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21
TRADE OF TlEN-TSlN.
An Important Commercial City of tho
Chinese Coast.

An Important Commercial City Of tho
Chinese Coast.
The bund, or water front, gives one
some adequate idea of the commercial
Importance of Tien-Tsin. The docks of
Liverpool or New York, although many
times greater in extent, are not more
crowded and busy. Here the lighters,
anchored in the river, just across the
way from the great warehouses, are
loaded with cargo to be sent Out or
which has just been received from the
ships at Taku. There are mountains
Of bales done up in mating and bound
securely with iron for their protection
in their long journey to the uttermest
quarters of the globe; there are boxes
and casks Of Chinese make marked
London or Hamburg, and in the midst
of all this merchandise throngs Of half
naked coolies swarm like insects, in
sects furnished with lusty and never
silent voices. There are tons of wool
from Mongolia, camels' hair, skins,
charcoal, and soda from Siberia, mats
and grain. One now and then has whfffs
Of musty perfume, the breath Of orien-
tai bazaars, spice and sandalwood. 1t
Is one of the busiest spots in the world
and can furnish a succinct object les
son to one at all interested in the prob
lem Of our commercial relations with
the far east
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21
THE SOUTH'S SMALL FEET.
Sborter Than Northern Feet and with
More Aristocratic Iusteps.

More Aristocratic Iusteps.
"There Is no doubt marked differ
ence," said the manufacturer to the
New Orleans Times-Democrat man, in
the size and shape of the average foot
north and south of Mason and DiXons
line. A great deal Of nonsense has
been written about the so-called "cre-
ole last but the shoe best adapted to
hlgh-class Southern trade does pos
sess certain distinguishing features of
its own. 1t is shorter than the North
ern shoe, TO begin with, and has much
higher lnstep. The difference in the in.
step varies from one-half to one and a
half inches, which Is equivalent to say
ing that a man with typical Southern
foot could not get into shoe made on
typical Northern last. The creole
model cuts less of figure in the trade
now than 1t did formerly, for two rea-
sons: First, people wear looser foot
gear at present than they used to and
the distinctive points are not so notice
able, and, second, an immense num-
ber of Northern folk have come into
the South and the local manufacturers
cater to their patronage with consid-
erable percentage of the factory out
put. But the native Southern customer
still calls for short, hlgh-arched shoe.
"ln the old days every Southern gen.
tleman had his boots and shoes made
to order and the impression is even
now pretty general that no factory.
made article can possibly be as good
as the hand-bullt wares turned out by
the antebellum craftsman. That is a
great mistake. A hlgh-class machine
made shoe is better than anything pro-
duced by hand, for the simple reason
that the stitching is absolutely uniform
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21
Born Among the BuIrushes.

There is a variety of grebe (colymbus
minor which matches its young on a
regular raft. Its nest is a mass of
strong stems of aquatic plants closely
fastened together. These plants con-
tain a considerable quantity of air In
their cells and set free gases in the
process of decaying. The air and the
gases imprisoned in the plant make the
nest lighter than water. The bird usu-
ally sits quietly on its eggs, but if. any
intruder approaches or any danger Is
feared the mother plvnges one foot in
the water and, using it as a paddle.
transports her floating nest to a dis
tance, often dragging along with it a
sheet of water plants. A naturalist
who frequently watched this remark
able removal says: THE whole struc-
ture looks like little floating isiand
carried along by the labor of the grebe.
which moves in the center of mass
Of verdure. e."-Cincinnat Enquirer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21
CATARRH
or inflammation of this delicate pink

or inflammation of this delicate pink
membrane.
The system is weakened i'll win
ter. The delicate lining is more
susceptible to irritation or inhamma-
ton, and thus we have pneumonia.
grip, colds, coughs, fevers, ETC., all
catarrhal conditions which may
easily be checked by one catarrh
cure-Pe-ru-na.
That's the only way out of it.
You may dose forever-you will
not be we'll until you try the true
cure and that is Pe-ru-na. You
may think your trouble is some
other disease and not catarrh. Call
it what you will, one thing is sure,
your system is affected and must be
treated, and Pe-ru-na is the only
remedy which reaches the right
place and does cure.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21
LAW AS INTERPRETED.

Statute to license and regulate the
persons selling agricultural products
and farm produce on commission, is
held in State eX rel. Beck VS.. WAGNER
(Minn.), As l.. X. A. 442, to be valid
exercise of the police power, and not
an infringement Of the constitutional
rights of such merchants.
A statute making it unlawful to work
more than eight hours per day in mines
or smelters is held, in re Morgan (Colo.),
At l.. r. A. 81, to be in violation of con-
stitutional guarantees of liberty and the
right to acquire, possess and protect
property, Notwithstanding a decision of
the Supreme Court of the United States
holding that the Federal Constitution
was not violated by such statute.
Service on a person of notice of suit
against him in another State, made only
five days before he is required to ap-
pear, and when 1t would take four DAYS
of constant travelling to reach the court,
giving him but one day, and that Sun
day, to prepare for the trip, without
any allowance for accidental delays, is
held by the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States in Roller VS.. Holly. u. S.
ADV. Sheets. 40, insufficient to consti-
tute reasonable notice or due process
Of law, though the suit is for the fore.
closure of lien upon land within the
Jurisdiction of the court.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21
RIGHT AND LEFT FACES
Physiognomies Which Are STUMBLING
Blocks to PhotograDbers.

Physiognomies Which Are STUMBLING u
Blocks to Photographers.
"One Of the principal obstacles in
the way of successful portrait photog-
raphy," said an oldtime local expert,
lis the asymmetry Of the average hui
man face. The features of ninety-nine
people out of a hundred are deniably
asymmetrical-in other words, the
right and left sides are different in
size, shape and general contour. We
don't notice this variation unless our
attention Is attracted to it, but it is
there all the same, and for some rea-
son that | am not able to explain it is
generally emphasized by the camera.
What say applies, of course, to full
face pictures only, for when the head
Is turned slightly the deviations are
scarcely ever discernible.
Among men asymmetry often lends
great strength to countenance. Bis
marck was striking example of that
fact, and so was Gladstone. II you are
skeptical take full-face picture of
either and cover onehalf of it with a
card. Then reverse the process and
examine the other side. You will be
surprised. In fact, you will discover
four different men, all distinct types"
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21

throughout. In hand work no two
stitches are of exactly the same ten
sion, but on the machine they are as
like as so many peas. The result Of
this uniformity is that the shoe holds
it's shape better and lasts longer. That
is one point out of many. The only
question is that of being fitted, and
last-making has been reduced to such
an exact science that there is no diff
Guilty with any foot not absolutely de-
formed"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21
Squirrels by Thousands.

Colorado has sold sixty acres of tim
ber near Devils Head Mountain, where
1t is estimated there are 10000 gray
squirrels, which have lived and multi
piled there for years, protected by pub
lie sentiment. The squirrels will be
evlcted by the woodcutters.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21

which grasps one without warning,
the mucous membrane which lines
the entire body suddenly becomes
weakened i'll some spot and disease
is established. 1t may be of the
lungs, the head, throat, stomach,
bowels, or any other organ. Where
ever it is, and whatever it seems, it
all springs from the same cause
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21
Try Aliens Foot Ease,

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet feel swollen. nervous
and hot, and get tired easily. If you have
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Aliens
Foot Ease. 1t coois the feet and makes
walking easy. Cures ingrowing nails
swoolen and sweating feet, blisters and
callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions
of all pain and gives rest and comfort. We
have $4,000 testimonials Try it today
Sold by all druggists aud shoe dealers for
25c. Trial package FREE. Address Allen
s. 0lmstead, Leroy, n. y.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21

Ham Salad.-Chop fine one cup of
ham; soak one cup of bread crumbs in
one-half cup OF sweet milk; add one
teaspoonful each of dry custard and cell
cry seed and little pepper. Turn all
into q sauce pan and heat thoroughly.
Serve hot on small platter, garnished
with slices of hard-boiled eggs.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21
Working Children.

In Coburg- -Gotha there are 5.455 chill
dren under IA years of age employed at
their homes in making buttons, dolls
and toys for the factories. They work
from four to six hours day.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21

After man passes fifty. he is sec.
ond-handed as surely as an old wagon
that the owner is willing to sell at less
than half its original value.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21
WOErMzk1N
Women

arc Invited to write 10
Mrs. PE7E1IsAns for free
advice about their health.
Mrs. PISsk1l5ass1 Is a wO-
man.
IF you have painful
poS,E0ds, ba0kaOh0S or
any of tho moro serious
Ills of women, write TO
Mrs. PInRflSasssS sE50 has
h0I00d nslxiflfUGE0s. Your
letter will be saOr0duy
confidential.
Lydia e. PInkhan,'0
Vegetable COMPOUND Es
known wherever tho Eng
Nsh language Es spoken.
Nothing else 0aSs pO6el-
bly, b0 SO sure to help 8sEf-
fosIng women. No OElb0S'
S,seGfIOEn0 haS k0lp0d 50
many.
ROm0n,bor fhE0 who's
something else Is Sug-
00Sf0d.
Are Dl-khe--'c eH=
dress Is Lynn, Mass.
Her hel1knD hand Es
always OWf8fTefOlb0d to
suffering women
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21

The last request woman usually
makes to her most intimate friend, is
not to tell her age.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21

Every year, as mans rheumatism
becomes worse, 1t seems to take longer
for spring to come.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21

After man passes 40 he is greatly
encouraged ii he has enough hair to
get tangle in il.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21
The Chinese Postal System.

The postal system of the Chinese en-
pire is still in primitive condition.
1t Is carried on under the direction Of
the minister of war by means of post
carts and runners. There are 5000
offices for post carts in the eighteen
provinces, and there are 204O offices
for runners scattered over the empire.
There are also many private postal
couriers, and during the winter the
foreign customs Office maintains a SER
vice between Pekin and the outposts.
Every time a thoughtful man looks
around his house he sees purchases
that convince him he has been a fool
with his money. I
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-09-21

A night latch is like n tombstone
when 1t is put up for late husband.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-17
An effort being made to se.
cure pardon for DAVIS.

@ W Kellogg today received q
letter from Governor Shaw, re-
questing information concerning
the trial and conviction OF George
Davis, the young man who was
implicated in the "Reddy Wilson"
episode which occurred in this city
six years ago. In the letter the
Governor states an effort is being
made on the part Of Davis's friends
to secure Executive Elemency
alleging in their petition that at
the time of the trial the public
mind was prejudiced against Davis
and he was not given justice, when
sentenced to serve 10 years at hard
labor in the state penitentiary.
The Governor enclosed a list OF
questions asking if Davis was ably
defended, If he was arrested before
an indictment against him was
returned, if he gave bail, if he was
given 9 fair and unprejudiced
trial, if the prejudice Of the pub
lilo mind at the time Of the trial
had any influence on the jury and
the general opinion of the pub
lie in regards to the sentence.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-17
Returned The Pocket-Book.

Returned The Pocket Book.
AS stated in Saturdays TIMES
G G Williams was held up and
robbed Friday evening on the
Willow Bridge west of town, the
thieves taking his pocket book
containing eighteen dollars, and
his keys. They refused to take
his watch, saying they didn't want
anything that could be idetl6ed.
This morning when CO went to
the post Office he received a small
package, and upon opening it
found his pocket-book and keys.
The thieves enclosed the follow
ing letter in the pocket-book.
Mo. Valley, Iowa,
May ID, 1900.
Weare much obliged, but We
have no use for these keys.
Tom, Sam & Bill.
Charley is glad to get his keys
back, but he would like to get
hold of the robbers for about two
minutes.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-17


The organization Of the Mis-
souri, Valley Bare Bali team for
the coming season has been CON-
pleted. Following is the line mp.
E4ds Catcher.
Turner--Pitcher.
Schae!er-First Base.
Fyock--Second 8"
Middletou--Third
Kane--Short Stop.
Herron-L. F.
Milliman-C. f.
Burkett r.. F.
Cook.-Sub.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-17
New Dentist.

DR. RID McEvoy gradu ate Of
the dental department Of the
Rush Medical college of Chics-
go arrived in the city Saturday
and is busy arranging suite of
Office rooms in the Cody building
on the corner of Fourth and Erie
streets and will some day this
week commence the practice Of
dentistry here.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-17

Last Saturday at: s p m there
were IS teams waiting on the
bank of the river at the Blair Fer
ry to b. taken across to the Iowa
side. They were teams that. had
been to- Blair to trade. Our mer-
chants had better look this matter
up, as these teams should have
been in Mo Valley instead of
Blair Saturday. The merchants
pay the ferry charges on oil teams
fromrthis' side, when tLey are
trading in Blair.