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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-01-30
The Face.
season.

1t is we'll to bear in mind the fact
that the face is a sure index to charac-
ter, and however great an effort may be
made to keep the features under con.
troll, a persons disposition will be
faithfully reflected in his ~countenance.
At odSi moments, perhaps, it will be
easy to adopt an artificial expression,
but as soon as the effort is over, the
face is sure to return to it's natural
state, and, in any case, throughout the
long hours of the night it is left undis-
turbed. We all know how clearly the
face of the grizel or pessimist, with its
pincheG features and wrinkled brow.
shows the cankering spirit that exists
within; and, to take an opposite case,
there is no installing thecontented face
of the optimist, who fears no trouble,
but intends TO make the best of life.
and to take all things as he finds them.
The proud man and the vain woman
can be detected instantly by the semi
hONOiihk ONCt VIC COuDJenanCe,
which is II sure sign of the abominable
spirit that is eating into the heart.
The pleasing expression, with clear.
calm eyes, which is to be found in the
face of the straightforward man, can
not be better described than by the
term generally made use of-"open
countenance"-and it presents a strik-
ing contrast to the face of the crafty
man, whose small, piercing eyes are not
for n moment Mt rest.
1t will be seen, therefore. that we
should never lose sight of the fact that
whatever our disposition may be. it
will be faithfully reflected in our coun.
t%enance, and no effort should be spared
in u younger days, whilst the feat
ures are pliable, to correct n undesir.
able qualities we may have acquired. in
order that our features may not in the
course Of time assume an expression
repulsive to others, and unpleasant
even to ourselves. - McCall's Magazine
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-01-30
Otis Cuttings,

Manford Duel was called to this place
OH some business last week.
A. S. Thompson has been laid up for
some time with a bruised foot.
Mr.. Scaley who has been at the point
of death, is recovering.
The buzzing of our saw mill does not
keep any one awake yet, but look out.
Preparations are being made for the
entertainment at the school house on
the 10Th. Full particulars next week.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-01-30
WANT A PIANo1

lam agent for the Allen & Gilbert
Co. of Portland and can sell you a
hne piano Go styles to select irony
OF an organ, either Estey or Chicago
Cottage, at a lower price than can
pc obtained from any other firm on
the coast.
Will also supply you with any
other musical instrument you may
want. Call and inspect pianos now
on hand. GEO. A. LANpRErH.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-01-30

When Sandow poses and the muscles
Yidge his back and knot his arms, we
think we have before us the very secret
of strength in those magnificent muscles.
But we haven't. Starve Sandow, or,
what IS practically the same thing, let
him be dyspeptic, and his muscle would
soon fail. Strength is made from food
properly digested and assimilated, and
no man is stronger than his stomach, be-
cause when the stomach is diseased di-
gestion and assimilation are imperfect.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures diseases of the stomach and other
organs of digestion and nutrition. 1t
enables the perfect digestion and assim-
ilation of food 20 that the body is our
ished into perfect health and strength.
al had what my physician called indigestion.
He gave ME medicine for the trouble but It did
me no good" writes Mr.. w. II. Wells, of Will
lard, NJ c. III wrote to DR.. Pierce and stated
gienic rules. l carried out these as best / could,
bought six bottles of his Golden Medical Dis
covery' and commenced taking it. A few days
later L, noticed a great change, Felt like a new
man. Before 1 began the use of the Golden
dedieal Discovery / suffered greatly with pain
IN stomach, my nerves seemed all rundown
I was very Thin in flesh, but now can eat heartily
and sleep good at night"
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is SEN free on receipt of stamps
to pay expense of mailing only. Send
t~wenty-one one-cent stamps for the pa
per-covered book, or thirty-one stamps
for the cloth-bound volume. Address
DIR. r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-14
Woman,a Success.

According to the book of Genesis,
Adam, the man Enough that is claimed
to be the silent SEX, made the first
speech on record, but it is very safe to
say that woman VIII have the last
word Upon the threshold Of this pro-
gressive Twentieth century we find
that woman, emanating from ''the
Christian home for a temple and a
mother for shrine" is nobly and ably
filing nearly all the avocations and
high callings in life, nor does it detract
one iota from her feminine charms and
graces. Ever since Adam set his teeth
on edge with that famous Ben Davis
apple and Eve found herself on the
wrong side of the gate of Paradise wo-
man trusts to her intuition, nimble wit
and feminine tact to help her through
the pass of difficulty and this leads up
to woman in literature, who by her
cleverness, faithfulness and energy now
stands abreast with those who have
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-14
CORN AS FUEL.
Acre of Corn Equals Over Two Tons
of Coal.

Acre of Corn Equals over Two AonS
of Coal.
Substitutes for coal have for many
years commanded attention and es-
pecially so during the past eight or
nine months in the United States, with
coal prices at abnormal figures as re-
suit Of the anthracite miners strike
last year. Peat and briquetted saw
dust, wood, oil and many other sub.
stances have been under consideration,
and among them also corn, this last
particularly having been spoken Of as
something quite new, though, as a
matter of fact, corn has for long time
been used as a fuel in the farming dis
tricts of the western sections Of the
United States, and that, too, with very
satisfactory results.
In a general way, 1t was recognized
there that when corn was abundant
and cheap and coal was expensive, the
the former made cheaper fuel than
the latter, although no scientific de-
termination of their relative efficiency
had been made until a short time ago,
when tests were made by the depart
ment of agriculture of the University
of Nebraska. These showed, among
other things, that Of corn, which, if
burned, will yield from 22,512,0OO to
45,O24,OOO units not counting the heat
that could be obtained from the stalk.
Since a ton of good coal will give up
from about 2O,OOO,OOO to 26,OOOOOO
units, an acre Of ground in each year
capable Of producing fuel which is
equal to from O.S7 to1.2S to LA or 2.56
tons Of coal. The stalk will probably
increase this amount by one-fourth or
One-third.
The experience gained from boiler
tests with corn fuel made it appear
doubtful whether corn would be a
practicable fuel for the generation Of
power, unless it were burned in some
special furnace that would insure the
perfect combustion of the volatile
matter which forms SO large a percent
age Of the whole corn, and which is
driven at a comparatively low heat.
Some form Of automatic stoker would
ALSO nc OColId UlC, SIuCc luS COA Ii Jul AS
rapidly and must be frequently fired,
making the work of the fireman very
arduous, and at the same time tending
to cause incomplete combustion by the
excess Of cold air entering through the
fire door. Undoubtedly corn may, at
times, be cheap and economical fuel
for domestic USE 1t is cleaner and
more easily handled than coal and con-
tains but very small amount Of ash.
1t burns rapidly with an intense heat
and this is apt to be destructive to the
cast iron Innings of the stove Here,
again, therefore, some special form OF
firebox, that will not be injured by the
heat, and that will utilize as much OF
the heat as possible should be used
Casters Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-14

"fast cure" imbued with 1t, that alb
stinence from food for a period OF
forty days-"going through the wilder.
ness" as faith-curiSt with a some.
what numerous following in this few
years ago designated it-would relieve
his disability. Having accomplished
about half his plan, he died, says the
Portland Oregonian. This does not
prove that fasting within proper limits
is not beneficial. 1t merely shows that
this victim, bounded by fanaticism,
overdid the thing.
It is generally conceded that the
American people eat too much. Begin
ming with infants, it is the habit Of
very many mothers to feed them every
time they cry, and as constant disten-
ton Of the stomach causes them to be
uncomfortable, they cry most Of the
time, and hence are fed most Of the
time. Surviving this surfeit for few
years, they go around constantly as
children with 'piece" in their
hands, are troublesome at meal time
because not hungry, and come to their
school days with weakened digestion,
headache, and minor train Of ills that
make them intractable and to the com
passionate objects Of pity. This stuff
ing process keeps on in many instances
through life or until stomach trou-
bles' render 1t impossible.
Some explain this habit of overeat.
ing as the result Of cheap and album
dant food in this country, while others,
barking back a few generations, de-
clare that both overeating and fast
eating, another American sin, result
from the pinched conditions Of early
colonial and Western pioneer times,
| wherein food was not plentiful, and In
order to get ones share at the family
board it was necessary to dispose OF
| the food rapidly. In other words, the
| fact that if one did not eat his allotted
portion quickly another whose appe'
| tite was unappeased would appropriate
| it.
Whatever the cause the effect Is
with US. Fasting is the other extreme,
but very few press the limit in this
direction. The Scranton man to whom
reference is above made is by no
means alone in the fanatical attempt
to drive disease out Of his body by Sc
we're fasting, but relatively few per-
sons hay gone to their death from vol
| untary starvation, while gluttony has
slain its thousands. Intelligent people
| have little sympathy for the victim of
self-imposed tarvation-whether, as
| in the case Of DR.. Tanner some years
ago, a forty days fast is undertaken
as a medical experiment, or, as in that
Of numerous religious fanatics, in
obedience to a supposed divine COM
mand. They are, however, compelled
| through humanity or courtesy to SYM
| pathize with a multitude Of stuff erers,
including themselves, whose ills are
primarily at least due to overlooking.
This being true, the fasting cure -
moderately and prudently applied,
could scarcely fail to confer a benefit
| upon mankind.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-14
Why FIannels Shrink.

Flannels or any articles made Of
wool are entirely different in their ulti-
mate fibers from linen or cotton or
any vegetable fabric. The fibers are
spiral in form and heat and cold and
rubbing make them draw up, while
certain strong alkaiies seem to produce
the same effect. 1t Is, therefore, nee
essary that flannels should be washed
in water Of even temperature, wrung
dry and rubbed as little as possible.
Rub when necessary with the hands
and not on a board. De not put fan
nels outdoors to freeze in winter, but
hang them before the fire or in a warm
room to dry as quickly as possible,
and they will not shrink.
Shaped wool undergarments should
be dried on wooden forms, the exact
size Of the garments when new.
Stretched on these frames the flannel
cannot shrink, and remains as long as
it lasts as good as new. Frames Of
this kind cost about as much as good
garments originally do, and will last
lifetime.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-14

provide, for, she concluded that she
must have house to save paying rent
as the first step to success. Expecting
to build this house, she had great
many talks with the men whom she
found engaged in the construction of
buildings in her neighborhood and de-
cided that if she could manage 1t 1t
were wisest to build a fiat. Her own
lot did not seem as available to her
as one nearer a certain avenue. She
could buy the lot she wanted for ST.
100; so, taking her own $1,000 and 500
in her baby's bank, she bought the
lot. It is delightful to hear Mrs. Scha-
berg tell of her efforts to get build
er to take the contract and induce a
real estate agency to lend her the
money to build the house. She went
right ahead and now owns row OF
houses, all paying good rents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-14
The Ideal Woman.

The Ideal Woman.
In the opinion of Mrs. +. II. Will
hanson, woman who has devoted
much attention to the study OF the
characteristics Of her sex, the ideal
woman is one without an ideal. Not
only is she easy to live with, but she
is worth living for. She is the sky
light in the edifce Of the human life.
She has no history. She has no story.
She is the rhythm which transforms
the prose OF life into poetry. She
wears a reasonable hat at matinees.
She is too clever to talk Of woman's
rights; she takes them. She wears
frocks that match her hair; she does
not dye her hair to match her frocks.
She is the sphinx that smiles at the
trouble man takes to unravel the mys-
terry Of the pyramids when he might be
doing something with the money in it.
She helps her husband to build up
future for himself and never seeks to
rake up the past. She believes that
theory is the proper fortress OF the
immature and that a clergyman may
still be a man. She knows that when
men talk about woman being good
looking they mean that she is we'll
dressed, though they don't know it.
She does not insist upon her husbands
eating up the cucumber sandwiches
left over from one Of her parties; she
eats them herself and suffers in 81
lence.
She is not such a fool as to fancy
that anyone is ever convinced by argu-
ment. She does not reason. She loves.
She does not believe that man can
love only once or only one. She her
self prefers loving much to loving
many. She believes that the first
woman was hieroglyphic inscription
and that every woman is but a
squeeze" Of Eve. She knows that
the key to the inscription is love. She
knows that every real woman is the
ideal woman, the fact being that ev-
cry idea Of the ideal woman is wholly
dependent on the idealist and every
| woman who is idolized is localized.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-14

10 each other once every three months,
and while there wasn't line Of affec-
ton In the letters on either side, there
WAS enough in them to show that each
eslt that the old marriage arrange
ment made by the parents still stood.
I George Schuyler was 25 years old.
His income now was large enough 20
Justify him in marrying, and in feel
ing that he wouldn't have to go to the
bureau drawer every morning to find
ehis wifes purse. George was going
Back 70 take a bride that he hadn't
seen In nine years. and it's just barely
possible that ne didn't feel overly COM
PORTABLE at the prospect. AS a mat
yer of fact, George Schuyler liked
bachelorhood. No woman ever as yet
bad stirred his pulse. His gun and his
rod were more to him than ell the
women In the world. But George had
been getting letters from his aged
parents, who said that 1t was time he
came east and went to wooing in earn
est. He wrote that he would start
In a week, but that on his way he
was 70 stop for a few days fishing
with an old friend on the Beaverkill,
that ideal trout stream which tumbles
down the southern slope Of the Cats
kills on It's way to Delaware.
+, George Schuyler took his fly book
and his split bamboo rod on the first
morning after his arrival at his
friends wilderness lodge and started
out to whip the stream for the
Epeckled beauties. lie was IN wading
boots hip high, and down the stream
he went, dropping his "coachman" lure
BIO the surface Of every pool where
1T looked as though trout might Turk.
Luck was only fair and the sun was
getting high. Trout don't like the
glare of the midday sun and they keep
away from the surface, no matter how
tempting the morsel offered for con-
sumption. George Schuyler was think
ing about Keeling in aud going back
ko the lodge, when suddenly 1T place
where the Beeverskill bro. ned he
saw a country girl, in cal-c ess
and sunbonnet, sitting at the ater's
ndge. She was listening to the song
Of brown thrasher that, fitting on a
low tree top, was pouring forth its
medley for the benefit Of his sunbon-
acted friend.
George Schuyler stopped in mid
ztream. Ee did not wish to disturb
the birds solo, upon which the listen
ing girl seemed so intent. He stopped,
but slipped on a round stone and
Bplashed the water, which was calm
and still just there. The thrasher went
kQto the thicket like a flash and the
girl turned her head just as quickly.
George Schuyler saw a face under
Ehe shadow of the huge country bon
pet that was much more than pretty
and which had in it that which men
rightly call character. Georges fish
srman's cap was off in an instant.
"Good mornings" are allowable In the
wilderness without the Formally Of
IN introduction.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-14
4 SIMPLE RUSE

- EORGH SCHUYLER belonged
Il = to an old New York family.
~ Helen Ganzevoort also belonged
10 an old New York family. Georges
branch Of the Schuyler family was
poor. Helen's branch Of the Came
WORT family was rich.
The parents Of both these young peo-
ole had been the staunchest kind OF
friends since they had been old enough
20 know what friendship meant, and
friends had the ancestors been for gen.
erations back TO the time Of the stump
legged Peter. George Schuyler was
five years older than Helen Came
WORT. There was enough Of the same
Dutch idea left in George to make ham
o dutiful son as there was enough
of the same Dutch In Helen to make
her dutiful daughter. George Schuy-
Ter had been brought up to believe
that one day he must marry Helen
Ganzevoort, and Helen Ganzevoort
had been brought up to believe that
one day she must marry George
bcnuyleT.
The Schuylers were not rich, as has
been said, and when George was IL,
instead of being sent to college he
was shipped west, to see If he could
pick UP a fortune. Helen was at that
time II years old, and she did not
feel keenly at all the parting with her
prospective husband, and 1t must be
confessed that George didn't shed
many tears when he said good-by to
this plain little girl with her hair in
pigtails.
George Schuyler went to San Fran
cisco, and there in the course Of nine
years he did manage to pick up what
the farmer calls Tidy bit Of money"
George went east twice during his San
francisco stay, but both times Helen
'Ganzevoort was abroad. They wrote
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-14
THE YOUNGEST ROUGH RIDER.

Archie Roosevelt has spent more
time at the White House since his
father became President than has any
other of the Roosevelt children, and
for this reason he has become better
known to the readers Of the newspa-
pers than any Of his brothers. How
ever, there are other reasons for the
prominence into which Archie has
come. For one thing he is a thorough
going American boy, always doing
something and with enough ingenuity
to very frequently plan enterprises Of
combined work and play that are de-
cidedly original.
Archie Is now between s and 9 years
Of age, and he attends one Of the pub
lie schools in Washington. 1t Is point
in his favor that he never by word or
action affects any superiority over any
Of his schoolfellows, and not long ago
he was made thoroughly angry by a
woman who asked him If he did not
dislike to associate with the common
boys he found in the public schools.
The Presidents son works hard at
school and he also plays hard. Dur
ing the summer Archie lives out-of-
doors pretty much all the time. His
fathers summer estate at Oyster Bay,
on Long Island, is miniature farm,
with woods and meadows and the add
ed advantage Of a good water front.
Young as he is Archie can swim, row
and paddle with a skill that enables
him to surpass many older boys, and
he is very fond Of fishing and crab
bling. On one or more occasions each
summer Archie, in company with his
brothers, goes for camping expedi-
ton in the woods adjoining the Roose-
velt estate. Last summer the boys had
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-14
woman,s Laughter Pleasant.

No man looks his best when he is
laughing heartily. A woman, on the
other hand, may not enjoy a joke or
situation a whit less, nor really laugh
less, but she manages to do so, as a
rule, without disarranging her features
or her toilette, and smiling disagree
ably on the tympanum of other people.
The tinkle Of feminine laughter is gen.
orally pleasant to listen to; it sounds
well across water, it floats pleasantly
on the breeze.-London "Lady's Pic
torial.'
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


acquired literary fame, finding through
the school Of experience that there is
mo royal road to success in Journalism
except through work."
Stepping backward to the first wom-
an who attempted journalism, Jennie
June Croly, at the age Of % years, was
the first woman to be employed on the
staff of a daily newspaper in New York
City. When this bright, plucky little
woman first applied to the Danas for
position they were amazed at the idea
Of a woman in such a capacity, and
she worked On the New York Sun
long time without compensation.
Then she visited the mammoth store
Of A. T. Stewart and wrote fashion let
ters that fast grew in demand and
popularity and were syndicated, bring
ing her So per letter, and for forty
years Jennie June hourished and mold
ed public opinion on the staff Of daily
neWspaper.-Ric Richmond News-Leader.
Girl of the Twentieth Century.
Looking back across the long per-
spective Of the last century, few
changes stand out more prominently
than those which have helped to revo-
lutionize the life Of the modern girl.
The most old-fashioned girl Of our time
would certainly have ranked as a "re-
VOTED daughter, or 'new woman"
according to the standard Of a hum
bred, or even fifty, years ago. The
transition period has been no easy time
either for parents or daughters. The
mother has had to watch her child quit
the nest without much confidence in
her ability to fly. The daughter has
felt the power Of her wings, longed
to soar into the free air, but has been
held back by an over-anxious solicit
tude. So we have heard Of revolts
and reactions, and both generations
have felt more than a little bitterness.
This was, perhaps, inevitable, but it
carries it's own cure. Many of these
same striving daughters are now moth
erS themselves, and 1t seems as though
the new generation Of girls will be
taught consciously to value and use
the greater liberty and scope"fulIy ac-
corded them to-day. The girl Of the
twentieth century starts with every
thing in her favor. 1t only remains for
her to show herself worthy Of her posi-
ton, and in her turn to make clear
the way for the generations that shall
come after.--Guardian.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-14

fuss about. After sailing boats and
golfing all summer l am in excellent
training. Why shouldn't be able 20
handle man who, probably, has lack
ed good food and, equally probably, has
not wanted for intoxicants. 1 had my
wits about me. If the man had been
much larger than 1 am / would have
called the police directly. But the mo-
ment l saw him l knew I could get
the better of him, and did"