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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18
ONLY A COPPER.


When a ruling passion gets tyran-
meal, it is time for 1t in turn to be
overruled. Lippincott's Magazine says
that a pompous old gentleman in a
New York railway station was buying
his ticket for Chicago, when he drop
ped a cent. Didn't you lose some
Of your changer" asked the ticket
agent.
Eyes, 1t was only a copper, but"
He adjusted his glasses and bent
over in search Of the missing coin. One
or two Of the bystanders Joined him.
How much did you drop? asked
one.
"Oh, only a "copper"; still"
He bent lower, and peered under q
seat.
Curious how money will disappear"
he said. "Of course a copper Is only
a trife- Excuse me, sir, may1 trou-
BILE you to move your satchels? Pos
sibly the coin may have rolled behind
them. 1t was only"
Il think it rolled under that seat
over there" called a man near by.
"Oh it did? Thank you"
He dropped on his knees and peered
under the seat. His glasses fell off.
and he readjusted them, struck a
match, burrowed under the seat, and
then rose to his feet, wiped the dust
from his trousers, and said to a lady:
Excuse me, madam, but 1 think
the coin may have rolled in this direc-
ton. Would you take the trouble to
rise? 1t was only a copper, but"
The woman changed her seat and he
resumed his peering. Then a man
said:
II don't think it rolled in this direc-
ton. Isn't that 1t wei there against
the baseboard?"
"Ah, perhaps 1t is! I'll see. No, this
is just a brass button. OF course a
copper is the merest trife, but"
He pulled out his watch, glanced at
1t and then at the clock on the wall.
Then he hurried to the window and
asked the ticket seller, when did you
say that train went to Chicago?"
"Four-fifteen, sir. Went just a mo-
ment ago."
1T did? Then I'm left, and all on
account Of Still, a copper's a cop.
per. 1t isn't very much, but
And he began to search for it gain.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18
Scraper for Irrigated Land.

In preparing land for irrigation by
the check system the "ridger" in cross
ing the first ridges when making the
cross ridges breaks down the first, and
the corners are therefore imperfect.
Fol repairing these corners and filling
gaps in the ridges the jump scraper or
horse scraper Is used. This is the work
Of the blacksmith. The beams are u
by IL inches and 30 inches long from
the draft ring to the bend downward.
The shovel is Of No. 10 sheet iron "a
inches long by Is inches deep. The
handles are those used on any cultiva-
tor. The beams are bent to stand @
inches forward Of a square placed on
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18
CONCEIT OF THE SOMALL.
His Good Opinions of Himself Are the
Subjects of His Songs.

Perhaps the most remarkable charac-
~teristic of the natives of Somaliland is
their unbounded, preposterous conceit.
~Englishmen who know their language
have been appalled, by it. When water
ing his camel OF his horse the Somali
encourages the animal to drink by
chanting to it in a monotone. 1t is at
such moments of extemporary effusion
that the man shines in all his glory.
The subject matter may be the expert.
ences of the days march, the virtues of
the animal beside him, the charms of
his latest wife, or his own prowess in
some bloodless tribal raid. BY great
good fortune the following literal trans.
lation of one of these chants or songs
came into my possession, and | insert
1t without any comment:
"Will you see a man? Then behold
me! l an a Somall, as perfect in size
and fern MS Adam was after God had
breathed into him his immortal soul.
Look how beautiful my curly hair is,
and how majestic l look when wrapped
from head to foot In my snow-white or
jungle-colored tobe, although there be
sometimes only one pie Ia small piece
Of money! tied to it. My house is the
desert, and l am born a free man Free
as the wind! l know neither king nor
master. l am as Adam was, my own
master and king. In the jungle | tend
my camels and sheep; my only labor is
to watch them feed. In my kerrier,
my wife, my dear slave, does all the
manual work, while tending my off.
spring, and woe to her If she forgets
to prepare my evening meal. The jedal
whip shall then have its turn to make
her remember for next day. In such
a state is any man happier than III
Golden Penny.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18
Berry Culture.


The best growers Of bush fruits
make it a practice TO carry their fields
no longer than six to nine years. At
ter this time they are plowed up, new
fields being set in the meantime to
keep the crop going. There are va
ries or b~lackberries deteriorates after
a certain number Of years. The plants
become weakened with age, they are
attacked by insects or disease, and
they do not produce young fruiting
wood with anything like their pris-
tine vlgor. Further than that, the
soil becomes exhausted more or less
Of elements Of fertility. Rotation Of
crops Is favorable to success in all
lines Of agriculture, and not less SO
with fruit crops than with others.
We therefore suggest, as being very
strongly indicated by the symptoms,
that 1t will be best for you to set a
new field Of blackberries at once, and
to pillow up the old one as soon as the
new II comes into bearing. In set
ting a new field, we would insist upon
fresh plants from some good nursery
or from some grower who makes n
specially of growing plants 1t is very
poor practice and poor economy to
take plants from an old field. In east
the old field is infected with disease,
1t is a fatal mistake Country Gen
tleman.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18
Chemically preserved Milk"

Speaking Of the use Of formalin and
boracic acid as milk preservatives, Il
daily paper remarks: THE milkman
who knowingly deals in chemically
preserved milk Is n secret assassin of
infants, and 1t is the sacred duty OF
public health officers TO send him to
the penitentiary," The dalryman who
doctors his milk before he sends II TO
the mllkman Is equally criminal. City
milk often gets a double dose, being
preserved" At both ends Of the line.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18
and Sheer.

1t would be well IL the prominent
writers on the subject Of the Angora
were to give more attention to point
Ing out the distinct differences be-
tween the sheep and the goat. They
should urge the farmer with plenty Of
browsing to secure the Angora and
thus secure economical underbrushing,
but for the one who has nothing but
pasture and could use the sheep to a
greater advantage such farmers should
not In u estimation be advised to at.
tempt 10 raise Angoras.-Drovers'
Journal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18

aXletree, two planter wheels and a
wagon tongue. A small platform over
the axletree carries the barrel. Anoth.
er convenience pleases me more than
the cart. Have made brush dams in a
ditch crossing my pastures; set barrel
In the ground and my horses, cows and
hogs can help themselves to water
without spelling 1t for each other.-C.
l. B%otsford, in Iowa Homestead.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18
Ensilage Carriers.

The carrier which conveys the ensil.
age to the silo is a great consumer OF
power, and for a very tall silo must
be driven faster than is good for the
running gear. For that reason and
also for convenience in feeding, 1t is
better to have the top not more than
20 feet above the ground. For small
sllos 4 feet below ground and 10 to 20
feet above is quite satisfactory and
convenient.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18
Small Silica.

Dairymen with five or six cows may
proftably build n silo. 1t has been
found that to silo a corr field adds
about $40 per acre to its value, after
paying for the extra work, as com
pared with dry curing. Hence anyone
who raises an acre or two for feeding
would have a silo, which will also
come handy to save a second crop of
clover, soy beans, peas and fodder
crops difficult to be made into hay.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18
Green Stuff for Poultry.

Cabbages make II of the best sup
plies for early winter. The soft heads
are useless for market, but make good
hen food. Kale, rape, beet leaves are
good, also beets. Sweet apples are
suitable, but sour ones in too large
quantities have n bad effect. Second.
crop clover hay chopped and mixed
with dough is the best winter substi.
tute.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18
Home Made Husking Table.

1t is not an easy task to handle a
shock of corn and get it into a posi-
ton where the corn may be husked
readily and with the least expense Of
labor. The illustration shows a table
which may be readily made Of cheap
lumber, and which will materially
tighten the labor of corn husking. The
table may be made of material an inch
thick and three inches wide.
The top of the table is ten feet long
and three feet wide. End pieces are
arranged so that they may be used for
handles, and the legs, which are two
feet and three inches long, are bolted
to the side pieces 10 they will swing.
In using the table swing. the legs to
the sides and lay the table fiat on to
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18

W h e e ! are high
enough to invert the
axletree and keep 1t
off the ground, hay
ing the curve of the
axletree made to
hold the barrel.
have h suits me
better. 1t Is q hnrry
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18

the ground. Push the shock of corr
over on the table, have a man take
hold Of either end by the handles, and
the legs will drop down and the shock
is easily raised and in a position where
it may be easily handled. The cost Of
the table is small and its use will save
both time and strength.-Indianapolis
News.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18
A NnturnI Bug Killer.

The Trinidad Botanical Department
proposes a unique plan for the exter.
minatlon Of the destructive reaches
which prey upon orchards. 1t recon.
mends the plentiful use OF pitcher
plants as a sort Of floral watch dog.
This peculiar flower possesses the
property Of capturing and killing In.
sects which venture into Its enticlns
urn-shaped blossoms In search OF the
seductive bit Of honey dew which may
be found there.
Chill sends out Yhent nitratea. wilma
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18
Water Barrel Cart

A subscriber asks for a plan for wa
ter barrel cart to run by hand. One
can be made of an old c%ultivator If he
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18

top Of the beams. The braces are of
&-inch round iron. The shovel is
slightly cupped to make it hold more
earth.-Denver Field and Farm.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-18

Chill sends out wheat, n~itrates, wine
and guano
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-11

IT live for those that love me,
For those that love me true;
For the heaven that smiles above me,
And waits my coming too:
For the cause that lacks assistance,
For the wrongs that need resistance
For the future in the distance.
o. che good that I can do
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-11

That is a noble aspiration even though
one should fail in it. 1 have not consider
ed the many noble and prosperous of the
younger members of ''the dispersed
abroad
All of the sons who shall visit their ma
tive North Carolina, Heavens bless
ings'' attend her-and shall be at the great
Reunion of hearts and hands at Green's
boro, will receive genuine North Caro-
lima welcome, and that means everything
possible that is good-cordiality, sincerity,
and pleasure, into which the heart enters
fully
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-10

W. Va, giving details of double kill
ing Saturday evening. A warrant was
issued for desperate character known
as Collie. Mr.. Granville Messer asked
that he be allowed to make the arrest,
and he was made a special constable
When he went to make the arrest Collie
began to fire on him, and duel began.
After the smoke cleared away both men
we're found dead, Collie's body receiving
ten bullets and Messer's four.
Nine of the 30 members of the Ameri-
can Hebrew Congregations executive
board was in session in Cincinnati yes
terday. Samuel Woolner, of Peoria, ILL.,,
was elected president, to succeed julius
Preiberg. A movement was started 10
establish Jewish churches in every COM
munity in the United States. In the
larger towns synagogues will be built
and rabbis stationed. Sabbath schools
will also be established. In communl-
ties which cannot support synagogues
circuit rabbis will be provided who, at
stated intervals, will visit the commu-
nifty and conduct religious services.
Another delay in the Venezuelan ne
gotiations has been caused by the Ger
man protocol, which Minister Bowen
refuses to sign on behalf of Venezuela
until an Objectionable provision is CHM
mated. 1t is rumored that this pro-
vision would lead to q submission of the
Monroe doctrine to The Hague tribunal
for adjudication; also that it practically
asserts the disputed right to preferential
treatment. Two thousand soldiers, led
by General Ferrer, Venezuelan Minister
of War, have left Caracas on an expedi-
ton against the insurgents. Owing to the
blockade the legations at Caracas are
without bread.
Meager details of a fight between two
white men aud a crowd of negroes at
Beach's still have reached Waycross,
Ga. Two negroes are said to have been
killed and nine others wounded, one OF
them MORALLY, Three of the wounded
are said to be women. The shooting
was done while a negro festival was in
progress Saturday night. The report is
that two white men went to the festival
and after having a difficulty with some
of the negroes locked the two doors OF
the building in which the negroes were
dancing and began firing into them with
shotguns. The house was quickly clear
ed of all except some of the wounded.
The two men are said to have entered
the building and tied the wounded and
dead negroes together.
A dispatch from Brussels asserts that
NJ. Giron is returning to Geneva, in re-
Spouse to an urgent appeal from the
former Crown Princess of SaxOny. The
princess having failed to obtain permits
sion 10 see her sick child, considers ii
futile, according to the dispatch, to make
any further concession to the Saxon
court. The father of the former Crown
Princess Louise of Saxony, the Grand
Duke Ferdinand ", of the non-reign-
ing house of Tuscany, is willing to be-
come reconciled to her, it is said in
Munich, on the following conditions:
Utter separation from Giron; the Grand
Duke of Tuscany to fix her place of resi-
dence and select her encourage. 1t is
regarded as certain that the former prin-
cess will accept this ultmatum.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-10
Tourist steamer Stranded.

New York, Feb. 1O.-A dispatch to
this city to the agents of the Quebec
Steamship Company states that the
company's steamer Madiana, which
sailed from here on Saturday last for
special cruise in the Caribbean Sea, has
stranded off Hamilton, Bermudas. The
adyices state the vessel will prove
total loss. No loss of life is yet re-
ported but the dispatch states that tugs
have gone to the assistance of the pas
sengers. Mr.. and Mrs. B. II. Warner
and Francis H. Smith, of Washington,
d. c., are among the passengers. A
later dispatch says the Madiana !;
pounding heavily on the rocks and viii
prove total loss.
New York, Feb. l0.-Outerbridge &
Co., agents of the steamer Madiana
wrecked on the Bermuda reefs, have just
received a dispatch from their Hamilton
agent, James Conyer, in which he says
that the steamers passengers are now
being taken off in tenders, and from
them transferred to tugs. Mr.. Conyel
saws that from the shore, where he il
stationed, he can see the work of rescue
going on.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-10

would drag on before these conferences
are signed. Minister Bowen also walk
ed TO the British Embassy and called
upon Sir Michael Herbert whom
he found sufficiently recovered to
sit up for awhile. This meet
inc was also without direct results and
Minister Bowen strolled to the State
Department for his fourth chat of the
day. From all that can be learned the
German minister has not yet succeeded
in convincing his foreign Office OF the
necessity for Withdrawing its demand OF
Yesterday whose nature still remain un-
divulged nor has he been peremptorlly
instructed to proceed from the lines OF
that demand. Italy awaits the outcome
of that controversy before completing
her protocol and the result is stagnation
in the negotiations.
The House today by vote of25l to
10, adopted the conference report on the
bill creating department OF commerce
and labor. Opposition to the bill was
centred around the Nelson amendment
which creates bureau of corporations
in the new department and aims to carry
into effect the publicity feature OF anti
trust legislation.
The House committee on interstate
and foreign commerce today ordered a
favorable report on the Elkins anti-re-
bate bill, which has been passed by the
Senate. An amendment was adopted,
striking out provision which exempted
corporations from liability on account OF
testimony given by them. Another
amendment Incorporates in the bill the
act to expedite cases brought by the
Attorney General against trusts and
corporations for the violation of anti
trust laws and extends the provisions OF
the act to cases in which the int rstate
commerce commission is involved.
Senators Kean and Dryden, OF New
Jersey. called at the White House this
morning to present the name of Ex-Sena-
tor Ira Harris for the assistant secretar'
ship of the department of commerce.
Mr.. Harris lives at Englewood. He was
once United States Senator from New
York.
The following nominations were seut
to the Senate today by the President;
To be consul of the United States at
Cadiz, Spain, Richard II. Bartleman, Of
Massa ohusetts; to be auditor of the ISL
and of Porto Rico, Regis II. Post, Of
Ne.y York
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-10
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Pope received party Of Argen-
tine pilgrims this morning. de was
visibly i'll and weak.
Rubino, the Italian anarchist who
shot at King Leopold on November IL
last, was today sentenced to penal servi-
tude for life.
The steamer Arthur, from Demarara
for Liverpool, and the steamer Watchful
collided in the Bristol channel today.
The Arthur sank. Her officers and
crew were rescued, but one oftheir num-
Der died after reaching shore.
An orthodox Greek priest, Bishop
Hermann, of Cholm, Russia, has been
sentenced to lifelong solitary confne-
ment in an underground cell at Sousdal
Monastery, for forming an open liaison
with Polish music hall dancer.
The strike among the workingmen Of
the province of Cadizis assuming serious
proportions. The bakers have quit
work and great suffering among the
poor is expected to result. Last
night a band of seventy anarchists
armed with revolvers tried to disperse q
number of stall holders in the public
market at Barcelona who had refused
to close up. The police drove thu
anarchists off but not before number
of shots had been exchanged. One
policeman was wounded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-10
VIRGINIA NEWS.


Miss Ella Kerfoot has been appointed
postmaster at Kerfoot, and Miss Fannie
A. Wilson, at Norris, both in Fauquier
county.
Bethel Academy, in Fauquier county,
has introduced new feature-a cavalry
company-and the cadets are being
taught horseback riding.
Policeman Walk, who shot and killed
his brother officer, Houston Childress, at
Bristol, Sunday, and made his escape,
surrendered last night. He says he
killed Childress in self defense.
The residence of Mrs. Mamie S.
Brown, near Edge Hill, King George
county, was burned Thursday evening
just about night. The fire is supposed to
have originated from spark from the
chimney.
The commandant of the Norfolk navy
yard has issued official denial that there is
diphtheria aboard the receiving ships
there. The rumors have caused much
distress among the relatives of landsmen
enlisted in the west.
COL J. Hampton Hoge, who has been
in Washington for several days, was
carried to his home in Roanoke yester-
day suffering with typhoid pneumonia,
and is pronounced by his physicians as
being very sick man.
The committee of the Farmers Insti-
tute Of Frederick has arranged to
hold an institute in Winchester on
February "a and 25. The programme
will consist of essays on topics of interest
to everybody, interpreted with music
and recitations.
Mrs. Julia Rogers, of Woodburn, wife
of A. H. Rogers, died suddenly of heart
disease at her home, near Leesburg, on
Saturday afternoon, aged Sc years. She
was daughter of the late DIR. Thomas
Claggett, of Leesburg, and sister of Capt.
II. o. Claggett, of that place.
Within an inconceivably short space
of time this morning the entire spike de-
partment of the Tredegar Iron Works,
Richmond, was swept away by flames,
and machinery and other property,
valued at $1,000 and more were de-
stroyed. The loss, which at this mo-
ment it is impossible accurately to esti-
mate, is fully covered by insurance.
Rev. G. H. Crawford, for a year or
two State superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League, during which time he
was horsewhipped by Judge Campbell,
was displaced by the State executive
committee yesterday, and Rev. J. Sidney
Peters, of Hampton, was elected in his
stead. Rev. Mr.. Crawford was rendered
the less important position Of office sup
erintendent, but he declined this, and in
the Christian Federation, printed yester-
day, he oriticizes the committee rather
sharply.
Near Birmingham, Ala, yesterday
Mrs. G. II. Davis wrote her will on the
back of her daughter, Mrs. Dismukes,
and died. She and her daughter and
grandson, Mr.. Strong, attempted to
drive across Shades Creek, which was
much swollen, 10 a one horse wagon.
The horse was drowned and the wagon
foated down the stream. Mrs. Davis,
although greatly overcome, made her
daughter lend her back for writing her
will, and then succumbed to the excite
ment. The Others we're rescued
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-10
TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. 10, 1908.
Representative GRosvENoR,

REPRESENTATIVE GRosvENoR, OF
Ohio, gave to the newspapers last week
a formal statement of his connection
with the 'Book of the Presidents,
whose publisher and agents used his
name and personal needs in soliciting
subscriptions. Mr.. Grosyenor says that
while he wrote the book under contract
he had no pecuniary interests in its sale
He makes lame denial of the anthem
ticitv of soliciting letters signed with
his name. 1t is significant, however,
that the letters 10 prominent capitalists,
begging them to subscribe for his al
legged book, were written on letter heads
of the House committee on the merchant
marine of which Mr.. Grosvenor Is chair
man. The significance lies in this
That Mr.. Grosvenor's committee had
charge of the ship subsidy bill, and many
of the persons urged to send checks pay
able to his order were deeply interested
in that bill. The proof of Mr. Grosve-
nors direct interest in the book scheme
and of the falsity of his shifty denials is
overwhelming. The New York Post, to
which paper the chief credit of exposing
Mr.. Grosvenor is due, does not hesitate
to accuse him of grating" The Post
says: "The evidence is clear that Gen
eral Grosvenor has traded upon his OIL
cial position for his private profit. He
has associated himself with a begging
enterprise conducted by a man formerly
convicted of fraudulent use of the United
States mails; finally, he has turned and
twisted and lied as his literary schemes
have been revealed. A very rudiment-
ary sense of honor would compel his
resignation from the House of Represent
atives." The Philadelphia North Amer
lean says. "Mr. Grosvenor will not resign
Such thing is unthinkable' If he were
out of Congress nobody would buy his
book"