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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07
GROWING is UNNECESSARY.
Plenty of Monarchs Reign Comforta.
bly, Without the Ceremony.

Tienty OF Monarchs Reign Comforta-
bly, without the Ceremony.
The suggestion is made in certain
nigh quarters that the coronation-un-
less privately performed-should in
future be discontinued altogether.
There are various potent reasons for
this. In the first place, the sovereign
In these days does not require corona
tion. The fact of his being on the
throne is sufficient justification for his
sovereignty. In the old days, before
the ceremony became mere religious
function, as at present, 1t was regarded
as essential to crown the king before
| his right and title could be looked upon
as unquestioned. He was then actu-
ally accepted by the nobility and the
people as the rightful sovereign.
against whom all pretenders had ever
after no legal claim.
Nowadays the coronation does not
even serve the purpose of symbolizing
kingship. That fact is assumed by
the accession ceremony following the
death of predecessor. That the cor
onation ceremony is not now regarded
In the same light as heretofore is at
tested by the fact that most of the
reigning kings of Europe have never
been crowned.
The kaiser, who has now been on
the throne for over twelve years. will
probably never have the crown, either
OF Prussia or Germany, placed upon
his imperial head.
Ihere Is story prevalent on the
continent that the bishop of Posen
whose predecessors have crowned
Prussian kings for many generations.
Is persona non grata with the kaiser.
and that as long as the present bisbon
lives the sovereign Will not allow him
to perform the ceremony; but there is
also belief that the kaiser is not
particular whether he is crowned or
not, so long as he Is on the tbrona
firmly and irrevocably.
Victor Emmanuel, king Of Italv. bos
not been crowned; nor has Queen VIII.
helmina Of Holland, who, though he,
coming of age was generally mistaken
for a coronation, has not yet had her
crown placed on her head.
The same Is true of the king Of
Spain, whose coming of age and mo-.
cession We're not an actual coronation
The sultan, who is now one OF tho
iongest-reigning monarchs in Europe
has never had the ceremony perform.
ed, and 1t Is certain that he never will
be crowned. There is no crown sym.
bolic of Ottoman sovereignty.-Lon.
don Express.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

continent to the big button factories,
from which they issue forth in every
conceivable design, color, grade and
classification of button.
The ivory plant has recently been
discovered in California, but the nut
| it produces in it's wild state Is of in
ferior quality and will not make good
buttons. 1t is believed though, that
with the proper cultivation the fruit
would be as valuable as the Central
American. If so the growing of but
tons in America would become an in
dustry of Importance second only to
the growing Of corn, wheat and cotton,
for everybody wears buttons.
The best ivory nut for commercial
purposes is found on the banks of the
River Magdaleria, in the United
States Of Colombia, where by some it
Is called the Tagua palm. The fruit
forms globular head about twice the
size of a mans head and weighs from
twenty to twenty-eight pounds. The
head is kind of cluster Of bulbs, and
in all contains from fifty to sixty seeds.
The seeds are allowed to dry and are
harvested several times a year by the
natives.
The Apparel Gazette, the great deal
ers' authority on everything that peo-
pie wear, says: 'The ivory nut Is
used almost solely in the manufacture
of buttons, though some factories also
make poker chips from them. The
nut, however, has superseded the
archaic mud, rubber and bone buttons
In vogue formerly. 1t admits of wild
er and more varied treatment for this
purpose than any other known sub
stance, and is easily worked. The
United States consumes more than one
half Of the worlds product of ivory
nuts and nine-tenths of the vegetable
ivory Is manufactured into buttons.
when the nut reaches the button
factory 1t is cut into three slabs. In
the process Of cutting out, the button
Is partially shaped. Afterwards the
thread holes are drilled and counter
sunk. The button is then sent to
the polisher, who uses the shavings
and. powder made in drilling to polish
them in their white state. Afterward
they are sent to the designer, who
traces on the buttons in indelible dyes
the designs needed to make them
match the various weaves, coloring
and textures of fabrics. After receiv-
ing these outlines, If the buttons are
to remain smooth and receive another
coat Of coloring, they are put into dye.
If they are to be stamped with SER
rated pattern, they are put into
pressing machine fitted with dies of
the pattern red."-Popular Me-
chanics.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

There is too little elbow room on
modern United States warships, espe-
cially in the general mess, and this is
one reason for the discomfort which
causes many recruits to desert. Deser-
tlons during the last month numbered
more than 300 The general mess sys-
TEN has resulted in Il very well cooked
and plentiful ration OF considerable
variety, but the space for the mess
tables Is so small that the men have
10 sit very close together and all their
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

Wireless telegraphy will have VITO
compete with ocean cables for some
time to come. A company has recent
ly been organized to lay a cable from
Seattle to Valdez, Alaska, and thence
TO Vladvostok. The cable will bring
Asiatic Russia and the gold-fields of
Alaska into close communication with
the markets of the United States, and
expand the interest of Americans in
the Orient.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

The London Lancet says that athle-
ties in England have developed too
much into gladiatorial displays by
picked competitors struggling to win
prizes or to earn wages before huge
crowds of spectators, and can hardly
be regarded as effective agents in the
development of the physical strength
and physical activity of the people.
There is the same tendency in this
country, but the fact merely serves to
make more imperative the need of
supporting and extending such sys-
TENS of physical training as have for
their chief aim strength and not fame.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

1t is proposed in Stockholm to tax
all adult persons weighing more than
l25 pounds because fat is an evidence
of good living consequent upon pros
perity. And yet we have seen million
aires whose dyspepsia kept them as
thin as Jobs turkey. But what n de-,
mand there would be for anti-fat nos
trums under such taxi
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

a a, special sisga'
s' ance to the 4
,n tl0n IT, to a juds,,II b
In Wisconsin II \
colored c man, i
hrst instance Of
la Kind, it is said,
the history Of
State. The post
might be more ,
rectly deHnoa A
that of a jp,'
Of the nao =.
judicial Office
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07
OYSTER BAYS WHITE HOUSE,

Suite of Rooms Over a Grocery Sci
cured for President Roosevelt
1t is surprising how many people
want to live in Oyster Bay, L. l., ths
place President Roosevelt calls home
1t is impossible ctically to rent o.
buy house in the village at the pres
ent time. Realty prices have SCARED
and lots which would have been dear
at $500 two years ago are now worth
$1,000. One piece of property jumped
from $4,000 to $4,000 while New
Yorker was thinking Of taking an
option on 1t.
During the past two years the vii
lage has grown greatly. Five new
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

food is placed ON the table before mess
call is sounded. This detracts from
the neamess which could be obtained
by more roony mess quarters. The
extremely large batteries now being
placed on shipboard necessitate larger
compliments on battleships and cruis-
ers, while large amounts of auxiliary
ma chinery take up great deal of deck
space
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

DR.. Edward Everett Hale has been
collecting opinions on the question,
Should boys tight?' Most of his cor
respondents answer in the negative,
but they would probably admit that
the other boy should be served with
an injunction to restrain him from
knocking off the chip.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

There Is certain prominent politi-
less here, who is palpably suffering
from foot and mouth disease, the form
er being entangled in the latter.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07
Automobile Perils.

Yes, our Black Spook' was denor
ished by running into a barn" -.
Then l suppose you had to walk
mo, we had to run. The farmer
came after us with a pitchfork ana q
bulldog. ."-Philadelphia Record.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

The minister who wants women to
solve the servant girl problem by do
ing the housework themselves must be
one Of those unfortunate people who
never have had chance to know
many women well.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

And now they say pigskin is better
than rubber for automobile tires.
There is also certain fitness in it's
use by those automObilists who take
tile whole street and want more.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

One of the lady doctors says men
are more emotional than women. But
perhaps she has merely drawn her
conclusions from the actions of moth
ers and fathers over thes arrival of
twins and triplets.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

Miss NJ. e. Braddon has just pub
lished her siXty-fourth novel; 1t is
almost terrifying to think what might
have happened if Miss Braddon had
beer the wife Of Cyrus Townsend
Brady.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

Within the last twenty years at least
sixteen j. Wilkes Booths have told
their secret to the world and died,
usually in some distant and unobserv-
ed spot.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

The foot-a nd-mouth disease is de-
ranging the New England's fairs. The
hand-tO-mouth disease is a complaint
of long standing almost everywhere.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

A Chicago man had an. otherwise
fatal bullet stopped by roll Of bills
in his pocket. A roll of bills is one
of the best life protectors there is.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

Some men have about as much
chance to become president as they
have to earn the fifty thousand year
in any other way.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

AS genuine fisherman Mr.. Cleve-
land believes in speaking easy and
carrying long pole.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

Booker Washington might circum-
vent the Amalgamated Union of Cham
Der Ladies by carrying a cot with him.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07
Their Identify.

Inquisltive Party--What are tbosa
peculiar-looking things?
Dealer-Pressed family skeletons for
the closets of fat dwellers.-Judpe
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

DR.. Rainsford, Of New York, wants
the churches to combine. What does
he expect the preachers to do when
the consolidat tion is affected?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

Arbitrating arbitration is new
feature in connection with industrial
disputes.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

China admits that in the door busi-
ness Russia practically has cinch.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07
ONCE A SLAVE

He Is Now a Respected Jus.
State of wisconsin..Ss .Ssa
The current discussion ov,.
measure Of political ri,ht. .H
should be accorded to tba na s WAl
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07

When man is stuck up, they saw
that he has a feather down his back
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-08-07
Immigration of Jews.

Russian Jews to the number of "a.
600 came to New York during 1902.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-01-21
THE MOHAIR INDUSTRY y.

In reply to inquiries addressed to
manufacturers of mohair, the Agricul-
tural Epitomist furnishes some inter-
esting information. 1t seems that the
season of 1902 has been a most profit
able one for the man who grows short
stapled, cross-bred stuff. During the
past season there has been quite spir-
tied demand for the short hair, caused
by some of the dress goods manufac-
turers who are using it i'll a limited
way to produce certain effects which
cannot be had by using the long
stapled hair. In consequence of this
strengthened competition, prices for
this particular class of hair have been
run far beyond its intrinsic value; in
some cases this short, low stuff has
brought as high or higher prices than
the better grades OF the years growth.
1t is most unfortunate that such con-
ditions should exist just at this time
as it is apt to have depressing effect
upon the industry, encouraging, as it
will, the growing of the inferior arti-
Gle, and having a tendency to dis
courage the man who has spent time,
money and brains in elevating his
flock to the high standard. But the
latter is bound to win in the end as
there is always demand for the long
stapled, fine fibered hair while the
demand for short stuff is only spas
modic. OF course 1902 was record
breaking year in mohair. as in so
many other of the crops of this COUP
try the estimates mounting up to con-
siderably above million pounds; the
Oregon clip averaging about three and
one-half pounds per head, which is a
little above the average for all the
States. The consensus of opinion
amongst the manufacturers sustains
the contention of the Epitomist that
no breeder of Angoras need have any
fear of overproduction in quantity or
quality in the Angora goat business,
at least during our time and genera
ton.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-01-21
"a . ToRIA
Bears the If The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature es N1X2Nzzw
TAFT Will REH1IN.

Washington, Jan. 14.-After mature
consideration, it has been decided by
the President that Judge Taft shall
remain in the Philippines as civil
governor. For several weeks it has
been regarded as settled that Cover
nor Taft would return to this country.
perhaps i'll few months, ito become
a justice of the United States Su-
preme Court. IL was the President IS
purpose to name General Wright as
civil Governor Of the Philippines.
AS soon as it was learned in the
Philippines that Governor Taft was
likely to leave the islands, cabled pro-
tests began to pour in on the Presi-
dent from prominent Filipinos. The
protests received in no manner reflect
ed on Vice Governor Wright, but it
was pointed out to the President that
Governor Taft was ideally equipped
for the position of Governor and that
any change, at this time, would be
disastrous to the best interests of the
archipelago.
Governor Taft's ambition has been
to round out his career as Justice of
the United States Supreme Court,
but he has become imbued SO entirely
with the spirit of the great work tc
be accomplished in the PHILIPPINES.
and so perfectly in sympathy with the
ideals of the best classes that he will
yield his own wishes and accept the
responsibility thrust upon him.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-01-21
AGRICULTURAL.
T1LUE or FERTTLIZERS.

Everything in the vegetable line
draws its sustenance directly from the
soil. In its most nutritious stage
each plant contains the most valuable
of the elements of soil fertility it is
capable of consuming. We're farm
crops removed from the soil and no
equivalent return of the fertilizing
elements made, the farm must suffer
thereby, On the ordinary farm, how
ever, such a condition of affairs is
rarely necessary as there is usually
enough stock to furnish an abundance
of manure. which, if properly main
tanned will more than supply the de-
ficiency. Those who find the supply
of barnyard fertilizer insufficient or
inadequate to meet the demands of the
soil resort to the legumes with most
gratifying results. There is scarcely
portion of the country where some
of the legumes will not thrive and i'm
prove the soil. They furnish the most
expensive element of fertility, nitro
gen, at the lowest possible cost. When
turned under green, they render the
soil rich in humus and available plant
food. Strange as it may seem, the
value of most fertilizers as plant food
is not the only value they have in
their relation to plant life. The
moisture they gather from the air
adds greatly to their worth in dry
weather. The nitrates possess the
property of taking water freely from
the air, as do the salts of potash, gyp-
sum- etc. Plants must have food and
available food and water. with
in their reach. A farm left to det-
eriorate in fertility cannot raise crops
to maintain the number of lives that
a well kept, highly fertilized farm
can. Nature demands return for
what she yields. Agricultural Epi-
tomist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-01-21
UNFIT FOR WORK."
The Doctors Verdict and How Mr.
Graham DisTegarded II.

1.-The doctor said / was not fit for
work and if wanted to live I would
have to give up business" said f. j.
Graham of No. 1876 Jefferson street,
Peoria, lii
And | was incapacitated, " he con-
tinued. 1t was kind of incipient
paralysis and it is due to DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People that
| am now in perfect health again.
First | would be hot, then cold and
clammy and Mt times my body felt as
if pierced by needles. There were
terrible pains all over me and then
would have no. feeling at all. y numb
ness sometimes came over me and
could not move With it all were
agonizing headaches and pain in the
region of my spine. l look back on it
now and wonder how / retained my
reason through that long and trying
ordeal. There were months and months
when l got no natural sleep and my
nervous system was a wreck from pain
and the opiates which | had been
obliged to take.
Zone day / read statement OF
man who had been cured of a case like
mine by DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People and began taking them.
Inc 0rSt DOX ulu so we'll Jnat L con-
tinued until six boxes were taken and
/ was entirely we'll. That was about
seven years ago and l have been in
perfect health ever since. ~
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People contain, in condensed form,
all the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and re-
store shattered nerves They are an
unfailing specific for such diseases as
locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, st.
Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia.
rheumatism, nervous headache, the af-
effects of the grip, palpitation of
the heart, pale and sallow complex
ions and all forms of weakness in
either male or female. DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People are sold by
all dealers, OF will be sent postpaid on
receipt of price, fifty cents a box or
six boxes for two dollars and fifty
cents (they are never sold in bulk or
by the hundred) by addressing Dr.
Williams Medicine Company, Schen-
ectady, N. Y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-01-21
STEAMER SCUTTLED.

Quarantine, N. Y, Jan 17.-The
steamer Pennsylvania arrived this
morning from Hamburg with thirteen
seamen taken from the disabled steam
er Siggen in mid ocean. The Siggen
was a small steamer from Sydney, @
B., for New Haven with steel billets.
She lost her propeller three days out
from Sydney and drifted 100 miles off
shore in five days, during which tine
she sighted five steamers which failed
to reply to signals. AS the Siggen
was deeply laden, menace to navi-
CATION, and there was no possibility Of
towing her to port, she was scuttled
after the captain and the rest of the
crew were taken off.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-01-21
YING WTNT'ER WORK.

1t would be impossible for me to
outline n plan of profitable winter
work that would be suited to all farm
ers, since the environments and re-
quirements of various farms are so
different. | am never at loss, how
ever, to find plenty of work for the
winter season that will prove profit
able at any season of the year, and
have noticed that the farmer who
plans for work in the shelter, usually
keeps his surroundings in good con
dition. During the cold winter days
the stock need extra attention and if
the stables have not already been
made as warm as posi- BILE. this matter
should be attended to first, as it is
better to keep up the animal heat by
providing warm stables than to have
the animals eat an extra amount of
food i'll order to keep from freezing.
Corn and oats are costly fuel. But
during the winter there are likely to
be many days-perhaps half the time
that is more proftably spent in the
shelter. 1t is not profitable to work
in the fields during the cold stormy
days. These days are better spent
around the Preside. If the day is not
too cold there may be be machinery
NlliOli tdu w ISpdlIou ulll6r suelteT,
but if this cannot be done the time is
better spent i'll reading and studying
agricultural books aud papers and
planning for next years crop. This
time is by no means wasted; in fact
it may be made as profitable as the
days spent in the field. We need this
study more p rticularly at this season
as it will help to arrange for bet
ter plan of managing our crops during
the next summer. | have made it u
practice 60 plan for certain amount
of agricultural reading each year l
undertake to study subject and limit
the time in which this work is to be
done. Then when this is complete 1
take up some other subject pertaining
to agriculture, and this, with the ag-
ricultural papers that come to my
desk, gives me plenty Of reading mat
ter to profitably occupy my spare
moments. j. A. Legg in Agricultural
Epitomist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-01-21
"FAIR PLAY A JEWEL. y

Editor Waterman e. Journal:
am pleased with the stand you have
taken OH the license law. Fair play is
a jewel. The Argus and ST. Adams
Messenger claim that towns voting
no license need not have a rum
hole in town. have called the Mes
senger S attention to section 81 that
says, in substance, that five per cent
of the voters in any town, and ma
jority of the practicing physicians
residing there, may secure license of
the fifth class, to be issued by the
selectmen. Again, that there shall
not be a place licensed within 200
feet of church or school, but this
section shall not apply to druggists
or inn-keepers. The plan is to
have rum. If the rum-sellers have
found way to sell under the present
law, is there any one that reads the
present license law that does not see
more chances to evade the prospective
license law?
Its opponents say that the prohibi-
tory law does not prohibit. Well, l
lived twenty four years where almost
every store, all the hotel keepers had
leave to sell. And know that pro-
hibition does prohibit. [ shall not
vote to help make my neighbor' S boy
a drunkard or to put temptation in
his way. l believe that nine tenths
of all crimes are chargeable to the
use of Intoxicating liquors, 1t seems
to me we have crimes enough now.
1t seems strange to me that there could
be passed law like the contemplated
license law, by any assembly that
could be elected in Vermont. | be-
lieve there will be NO vote that
the rum party will hear on the third
of February. | think that the nearer
we get to licensed saloons the less we
want them | think that the voters
ought to study the contemplated
license act and see if they would