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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

To girdle the earth with a message
President Mackay recently, is a mar
velous achievement in telegraphy,
made possible by the triumphs of
science and engineering in great
country. The message which went
around the world in this remarkably
brief time was sent over the new
American Pacific cable by President
Mackay, of the Pacific Commercial
Cable company, from New York to
President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay,
Long Island. 1t closely followed a
message sent by President Roosevelt
to President Mackay, which was flash
ed around the globe in twelve minutes.
Over half the journey of these globe
girdling messages, representing a total
mileage of 25,S35, was made on Ameri-
can lines. The only part Of it's trip
where the Mackay message was forced
to traverse foreign cables was that
between Hongkong and the Azores.
From New York to Chicago, thence by
Postal Telegraph company to San
Francisco, thence along the new Pacific
cable to Honolulu, Hawaii, on again
to Midway Island, and then to Guam.
From Guam it was flashed under the
Pacific to Manila, thence through the
China Sea to HOngkong, thence to
Saigon, to Singapore. to Penang, to
Madras, under the Indian ocean, thence
by land across India to Bombay, then
under the Ara bian Sea to Aden then
up the Red Sea to Suez, through Egypt
to Alexandria, under the Mediterran-
can to Malta, by land to Gibraltar,
thence to Lisbon and to the Azores.
Here it left the foreign cables and
wires, was taken up by the CONNER
Canso, Nova Scotia. and then to New
York and Oyster Bay. If this message
could have been transmitted without a
| break 1t would have made circuit of
the globe in less than one-eighth of
Il second. The new cable gives Il direct
route to the Orient and saves 5000
miles from New York to the Philip
pines. 1t places Washington in direct
communication not only with the larg-
er towns in Hawaii and the Philip
pines, but will ultimately enable the
government to quickly reach the min
ing centers in Alaska. When Shakes
peare made Puck say to Oberon, III
put a girdle around the earth in forty
minutes he was supposed to be writ
ing under the privileges of poetic
license" The latest achievement,
however, far transcends the poetic
fancy of the imaginative bard OF Avon.
From forty minutes to nine and half
minutes represents the far astride of
the fact of scientific accomplishment.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04
Thirty Bibles a Minute

The Bible publications OF the W.
University Press have been ls'u,s :,
800 years, and can be publlsheu
languages and dialects. EVeis !
fully 900 tons Of paper are wv
this purpose alone. Orders ~.
600 Bibles are quite common a''
supply of printed sheets is ~ !
that an order for 100000 cop''
be readily filed. On an averass
thirty to forty Bibles are luz
every minute.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

dOI IneTe ISL muCh W w. 10 'h|AN'
"Sure. only weeded one row and
part of another one. Pa, was 80
in arithmetic last week. If get 80
next week will you give me the
$2.92%
"I'n give you licking If you don't
get 9O," said Allison. "The idea OF
a boy Of your age doing no better than
that and getting tired after he weeds
a row in onion bed. No, sir, you
lust work for it. l used to saw wood
and split kindling for my pocket mon
ey when l was boy. l didn't have
a father who shOveled out money for
me whenever l asked for it. remem-
Der one Fourth of July had S. spend
ing money, and / earned every cent
of it myself"
what did you do with it?'
"Firecrackers mostly, l guess-1
don't know that l spent it all. l
probably put lot of it in the bank"
"You said l wasn't to have any fire
works this Fourth at all. You will,
though, won't you, let me? l didn't
mean to set the barn on fire and I'll
be careful this time"
"You may run away now. I'll talk
to you about the Fourth Of July some
time next September"
Il don't see any way to get any
money" said the boy, with an ag-
grieved air. "There isn't any wood
to saw around here, and If there was
l haven't got a saw. What other ways
did you make money when you were
boy, pa"
~ hustled" replied Allison, IL
didn't sit around and try to con a
loving parent. l got out and showed
myself willing and cheerful and in
dustrious and tackled anything that
came along. l didn't mind how rough
or hard work was as long as it was
honest. I'd like to see you like that.
I'd be proud Of you then"
was grandpa proud of you?"
II think you've twisted that chain
as much as is good for it," said ALI,
son. "Now run along"
The evening following Allison's boy
did not return home in time for din
ner. Mrs. Allison said he had been
away all day and she was beginning
to worry about him., He got back,
however, about dusk. His face was
dirty and there was a wide streak
down the front Of his new tweed suit
which looked like axle grease, but
which he said was molasses. His can
was caked with mud and -four, his
knickerbOckers and jacket were torn
and there was -four on his shoulder
| and egg on his waistcoat.
I've been hustling," he announced
Il got a job from Tiedman's deliver.
ing groceries and I've made fifty
cents. Gee, but I'm hungry! He
didn't give me the fifty cents, though
because let case of eggs drop out
| of the wagon. You'll give it to me
though, won't you, pa? | earned it,
You go up to the bathroom and be
skinning those rags off" said Allison
"fll come up and talk to you pres
ently."-Chicago News.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

President Loubet in London told the
King he was more than touched" by
the reception given him. But not SO
touched. as when the Car visited Paris
same moment
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

John Burroughs says that If there
are not so many birds in the West as
ers. Nevertheless there need be no sec
tional jealousy. The West can always
say that flower in the hand is worth
two birds in the bush.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04
Same Old Plaint.

Women" remarked old Growells,
"are the rulnation of men"
You shouldn't say that" replied
Mrs. G. when you We're sick wasn't
| always near your bedside?'
"Oh, of course" rejoined Growel!s.
you were there for the purpose of
going through my pockets all right
enough"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

The good men do is not always in
tered with their bones. 1t was an
nounced not many days ago for the
first time that the tive-thousand-dollar
anonymous contribution which headed
the national subscription for the relief
of the starving Cubans, before the
Spanish war, was made by William
Mckinley.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04
A Question,

what do you think Of the new
boarder?" asked Mrs. Starvem.
"Oh, l don't know" replied Star.
board. II think he's very polite"
Either that or very sarcastic. Did
you hear him ask me If I'd pass the
Cream"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

This talk about the Kaiser having
impertincntly 'nosed" about the Kear-
sarge adds to Williams list of versatile
accomplishments that of expert engi-
neer and shipbuilder. For he must
have seen at glance what the ordi-
nary expert could have discovered only
after the most minute scrutiny.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

That conflict between Japan and
Russia Is inevitable and not far off is
evident to even casual observer of
political conditions in the Orient. The
basis of the coming difficulty Is neither
sentimental nor insignificant. and
moreover 1t is one that diplomacy can
not alter or avert. Japan has the larg-
est shipping and carrying trade in
Manchuria, having had III ships with
tonnage of 100000 entering the port
of Niuchwang in 1902, and much
larger proportion for the year 1903 up
10 the present time. Her imports at
this port amounted to 2.l60329 taels
and the exports from this port TO
Japan for the year 1902 amounted to
S,I49,45S taels. The Russian shipping
amounted to one steamer, and her
imports and exports were-none
Japan's exports to Korea in 1901 were
1l,372,550 yen and her imports from
Korea were 10,052, ,43S yen; while Rus
sian imports and exports Were merely
nominal. Japan's exports 10 all of
China amounted, In 1901, to 42,925,5T9
yen. having doubled in four years. and
her imports from China were 27,256,-
9S6 yen.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

voted exclusively to the display of
nected with the economic uses Of al
cohOl. This year similar exhibition,
or one designed for the same purpose,
became really a most astonishing
revelation of the uses of the potato
and the large place which it occupies
among German products No doubt
members Of the wide-awake geogra-
ply class of to-day know that potatoes
are one of the most valuable crops in
the world; yet even they may be as
tonished to learn that in Germany one
one hundred and sixty acres are plant
ed with potatoes for each ten thous-
and inhabitants, whereas in the United
States the area so planted is but a
fraction over thirty-four acres, and in
Great Britain and Ireland thirty-one
acres. Not only are the German work
ing people large eaters of potatoes,
but they make varied and extensive
use Of them for other purposes. In
dian corn is not grown extensively
anywhere save in the United States. In
Germany potatoes take its place as
food for cattle. This has led to the
invention of special evaporating ma
chinery, for the large amount of water
in potatoes makes them decay quick
ly and they lose much of their food
value when they sprout. The evapora-
tor makes them available for forage
the year round. Starch, deXtrln, pota-
to flour and starch syrup are also pro-
duced in large quantities, but alcohol
is by far the largest product. Alcohol
in Germany is made to play an i'm
portant part in economic and industrial
life. Heating and cooking stoves,
street and household lamps, stationary
engines and locomotive motors, all are
fed by it. Both in the German and
in the Russian navy alcohol engines up
to three hundred horsepower have
been used with great success.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04
Substitute for Human Hair

A substitute for human hair is now
made from cellulose and nitrocellulose
according to a German scientific peri.
odical.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

Tell n beggar to fill his basket and
he will set up howl because he didn't
bring a larger one.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

An old bachelor says that woman is
the only animal afflicted with the bar
gain-hunting habit.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

There is nothing new under the sun
except the methods of expressing old
thoughts.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

A man doesn't have to work overtime
wnen it comes to making fool OF him.
self.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

If you don't like any one, call him a
gazaboo. 1t is one of those new words
which mean nothing, and which, con.
seQuently mean everything.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

The great body of the Russian people
are content with their government. 1t
may be harsh, viewed from an Ameri-
can standpoint, but 1t does not seem so
TO them. They know nothing better,
and although their material condition
it poor they trouble themselves but
little about political questions. The
Russians are also exceedingly patri-
otic. They love their country fully as
much us the people of Germany or
France love theirs, and as Il rule, they
are loyal TO the Car, of whom, how
ever, they have but little personal
knowledge. 1t will he difficult to stir
people of this kind to join II revolution,
especially against the government of
the present Car. who has in many
ways shown disposition to help them.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

Buried treasure is as useful as con.
cealed knowledge.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

Self-reliance lifts man up; self-con-
ceit drags him down.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

Nobility of birth does not always in
sure nobility of character.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

When a boy gets candy on his fin.
gers, he knows how to get it Off.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

We wish we were still Oh ~
when we were not expected 10
thing but grow, and say "Piea''
Thank YOU"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

Poverty may pinch an honest man,
but it never destroys him.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

Dentists are dealers in extracts.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-09-04

Somewhat more than year ago
there was an exhibition In Berlin de-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-07
-WS AND GOSSIP OF THE DNYN THE WORLD OF SPORTS
PIhLICO'S FIVE-DAY MEET
PROMISES RARE SPORT
Many Horses How at Benning VIII
Participate In the Event.

As was exclusively announced in The
Times. the PimIico fve-day spring meet
ing VIII be held April p 10 % inclusive.
Formal announcement was made to this
effect by William =. Riggs. secretary of
the association. yesterday az Baltimore
The meeting will be given under a sane
tion from the National S:ccpIechase and
Hunt Association. and il will be In
dorsad by the Jockey Club. The asso-
citation is thus given the right TO run
six races day. A meeting OF five con-
secujive days is the longest ever under
taken b. The association. but it has
proven in its shorter meetings that e.
knows how to conduct them.
Tho Benning meeting will close April
a. and many Of tho horses that will race
there are expected TO go 10 Pimlico.
The program will include one stccpIe-
chase each day There will also be three
hurdle races and possibly steepIrchaso
for hacks and local hunters The rest
OF the card viii be made up OF fiat
races. As the meeting occurs In tho
spring, the steepIechascs will be about
two miles and the hurdle races from
one and quarter TO two miles.
:. :. Rowland. president Of the Wash
ington Jockey Club. will be the Jockey
Clubs representative. Re viii also rep
resent the SteepIechase and Hunt Aaso-
ciation. and thus be committee az one
with powers 30 act for both orgauiza-
tions- He has served as steward here lr
previous meets and knows the condl-
tious.
AlEernon Daingerfeld will be the pre-
siding judge. and Charles T. Rowe clerk
OF the scales. The starter has not yet
been decided upon.
At the meeting held last fall there
were not enough bookmakers 10 handle
the money. At this spring meeting Rob
ert $. Turner. representative Of tho
Metropolitan Turf Association. will have
control Of the bookies. Mr.. Turner says
he viii have six and probably more books
working
The added money in each race will be
$500 this being $50 more per race than
the association has ever given before.
Last fall the association had turf put on
the track. and the benefit Will be ap-
parent this spring. Pimlico's fame as a
course which can be put in fast shape
early iu the spring should be more than
sustained
In connection with the forthcoming
meet it viii be OF interest to learn that
Pimlico will not be sold. Judge Burke's
decision yesterday being against the
State.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-07
MARSHAL IN POSSESSION,
INVESTORS TO GET MONEY
Funds Amounting to Sz46,ooo Belong
ing to John ]. Ryan & Co. Seized.

ST. LOUIS. March tinted States
Marshal Morsey roTk possession OF &246.-
900 in cash and the Offices and furniture
Of John J. Ryan d Co, the urf-invest-
ment company, this afternoon. and will
hold the entire amount for distribution
among the creditors.
According to the agreement with
Judge Adams, Of the United States cir
cult court. The creditors are 10 get "a
per cent. and If the money received
from The deposits shall NOT amount tn
that. the company VIII have 10 raise
enough TO bring the payments uD to thai
figure, or the proceedings i'm formal
bankruptcy will be continued. Creditors
viii be required 10 deposit their Sims
with The United States marshal. ard
Payment probably viii De made b,- cbocl,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-07
HARVARD PROFESSOR
SCORES FOOTBALL
Urges Abandoning Annual Game With Yale-SayS
Sport IS Degrading.

sutution that the others are honest in
the selection of their teams if the RI
vairy is very keen.
Tho most dcmoralizing football game
played by Harvard during the year is
that with Yale Suspicious are ripe.
bets are on. and studies are practically
suspended during the entire week pre-
ccding the game On the whole, it
would be a good thing 10 have the game
given up. Certainly Harvard would pro
tit by it"
The undergraduates around the college
were unanimously against the opinions
expressed Harvard does not for a min
ute want TO see the games with Yale dis
continued in any one branch OF sports.
most OF all football. The students took
marked exception 10 many Of the asseT-
tions made BY Prof Hollis some OF
them would like TO see a more open
game. and certain other reforms put into
practice. but not 10 the extent Of break
ing football relations with their old
friend Yale. Capt. Carl Marshall. OF
the eleven for next fall, said.
III you take away the Yale game YOU
will take away half OF the interest in
the entire football season, for Harvard
and Yale are the most natural athletic
rivals In the field. The TACT that the
game is progressing makes it all the
more beneficial 10 the men in it. as il
develops higher intelligence. II quick
ems the wits. and keeps the men from
dissipation"
Bob" Herman. captain of the 1902
eleven. said. Most emphatically the
game is not deteriorating. The men do
so in for business. and that is half the
whole thing. II you are going 20 do
anything. do # for all the thing is
worth. without the Yale game the foot
ball season IS nothing"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-07
HERBERT CALLED ON
TO DEFEND HIS TITLE

George Herbert. the local wrestler.
who won the title of champion feather
weight wrestler Of the District. has
been called to defend his title. and he
viii endeavor TO prove his right 10 the
honor at the Empire Theater tonight.
when ne will meet Eddie Snyder. a local
wrestler Of reputation. In a finish bout.
best two out Of three falls. No sooner
had Herbert been declared the champion
Of the District on Thursday night after
defeating Eddie TiIIer than SNYDER
challenged the winner, declaring that he
could win away Herbert's newly-found
title The result was the making of the
match which viii take place on the
Empire stage tonight. Both men are
confident Of winning. and a. each is in
good shape the bout should be a stub
born and highly interesting one. Man
ager Schlesiuger has added a purse
which win make it worth while for the
men 20 put forth their best efforts to
win. The men viii be called 10 the
mat Immediately after The fall OF the
curtain on The regular performance and
the bout viii last until one Of them has
gained two falls
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-07

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. March Prof.
Hollis. chairman Of rho Harvard athletic
committee. created quite sensation
about the university yesterday when his
article in the current issue of the
GRADUATE Magazine" came before the
students. IN the article. which is on
football in general. Prof. Hollis suggests
that football between Harvard and Yale
be discontinued on the ground that St is
demorali1ing The most interesting parts
of the article are as follows:
with ;tp prevailing rHes and ten
denotes the game is gradually awaken rs
an UnfavorlbIe sentiment which is Ger
tain 10 grow. for the players themselves
no longer get any fun out OF 10. The sea
son constitutes one long period OF drudg-
cry under constantly increasing nervous
strain and excitement. Then. too. OF re-
cent years The game has been dull and
unintcrcstius for those who are not cN-
perts in tha tcchnicaIities and strategy
OF the plays. The mass plays have in
creased the percentage OF injuries 10 n
very Objectionable extent. Football has
just enough OF the prizedEht in Il TO lay
IL open 20 suspicion. ON the football
field il is customary TO weaken an op-
poncnt by bruises or otherwise. Good
generalship seems 10 direct all the hard
plays at a single valuable player OF the
opposing side. particularly n he is a
good punter. In case any man shows dis
tress ne must Dee vigorously attacked in
order TO drive him out o. the Eamc
This is called strategy II IL is chivalry
why. then. ohivairy vas poor kind Of
stuff. and we may thank God 10 is long
past
Another thins fatal 20 good sport is
the suspicion which prevails between
rival universities. IL Is almost iupoSsi-
BILE TO convince the students OF any IN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-07
JAPANESE COMMISSION
FAILS To GET ALAN-A-DALE
An Offer of $4,000 Does Not Tempt
I. c. Mcdowell Colts Owner.

T Hayaski y. Biki. and o. Iksda.
the three japanese representatives OF
the imperial breeding pastures Of Neddo.
Japan. who are in Kentucky buying thor
oughbreds and other bIooded breeding
stock for expectation 10 that country.
offered T c. Mcdowell so. COO for Alan
a-Dale. winner OF the Kentucky Derby
in 1902. Though there still exists a
doubt OF the famous son OF Sadie NJ
Marry standing training this year. Nc
DowelI declined the tender and said he
did not want 10 sell the half brother TO
Maid Marion. He told the japanese
agents that he had priced the great colt
but once. and that was when AIan-a-
Dale was a -year-old. An Eastern
turfman asked him his figures on the
colt after his brilliant victory over a
star field in the Brighton Junior Stakes.
w. c. Whitney had just paid 5 1000
for the sensational Nasturtium. and l
reasoned said Mcdowell. that my colt
was worth as much as any two-year-old
alive. and / told the turfman what
thought. and nothing less than that Gg
ure would lead the colt away from my
barn"