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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-02-12
Fine Potatoes In Maine.

I doubt If any Of you people down
here in Washington ever saw any
thing like the sort of Irish potatoes
that we raised in Maine this past sea-
son." said Mr.. A. @. Gardiner, Of the
Pine Tree State.
1--WE have one county-Aroostock-
that is the banner potato county of
the Union, and this year it broke all
its previous records in the production
Of the Murphys. Don't set me down
as a retailer of romance when 1 tell
you that 1 saw among a number Of
giants grown there one specimen that
weighed four and a half pounds. Plen-
ty Of three-pounders were in evidence,
and the big ones were just as palata-
BILE and luscious as those of smaller
ize."-Washington Post.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-02-12
cuApTER XX.-(Continued.)

NHA L DIt <AAA
c,ntain Grant, seeing he had the upper
md, kept on. -
,~,trlast | have found you. Will you
!, hack with mel!
lu at once there flashed across the
"a NJ the young girl a thought of the
w. snd the actions Of this man toward
!. He had acted as no gentleman
Da,,d or should act, and she now recoil-
trom him as If from an adder.
Teave me-, SIR" she cried. II would
.mrn TO my mother, the only n left
y, mo to love-the only one"
.ob, say not so, Carol" he exclaimed,
....ionately. 81 will confess that l be-
~ this suit without much love, as a
s.n Of the world, but I found in you a
ramaa worth winning and l have grown
\, 1.-Two YOU madly. Say that l may have
',me hope; oh, give me but the faintest
snns and I will cling to it as a ship
T,pcked mariner would to a plank that
s,S bpen thrown within his reach. 1
laaw NOT that you disliked me, else l
~,rld never have used my influence with
ra"r father to hasten marriage. For
%va me for the past, Carol, and give me
: ,roin OF hope for thc future, With your
he | should be able to do much in this
wo,,d. without it l feel like a rudderless
,assel, drifting at the mercy Of fate"
His words were eloquent, his acting Of
,p very finest order, for he saw what he
pIeyed to be a good chance, and, as
CAROL was separated from her lover, hop
a 10 catch her heart in the rebound; but
che b%alf.fathomed his motives and shrank
from him as though he were a spirit Of
evil.
az can never be more to you than 1 en-
now. Captain Grant. My heart is too
sre TO think Of love. Leave ME in peace
TO return to my mother" she said, slow
y.
His face famed and a fierce light shone
IN his eve. 1t seemed as though he was
tempted just then to carry her off even
against her will, but on second thought he
dismissed the idea.
AS you will, Miss Richmond; your
word Is law to me. Good by until we
meet again." and he vanished in the di-
rection the gypsy girl had gone.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-02-12
New Sugar Plant.

The Agricultural Department Is in
curing into the statement Of Consul
General Guenther that a new plant has
been discovered in South America that
promises to supplant the sugar cane
and the sugar beet. The plant contains
a large amount Of %naccharine matter
and a high percentage Of natural sugar
properties which are easy to extract.
1t is said to be easily cultivated in
climates like those Of the southern por-
ton Of the United States. According
to experiments made by the discoverer,
the director Of the agricultural insti-
tute Of Asuncion, this plant is said to
yield a sugar which is from twenty to
thirty times as sweet as ordinary cane
or beet sugar
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-02-12
EnElish

1t is not generally known that tobac-
co is grown somewhat extensively in
several districts in England. SO also
is Indian earn. The great bar to sue
cess in the culture Of the tobacco plant
during recent years is the want of the
sun, but It is a fact that many cigars
smoked in London are formed of ma
terial grown within a radius Of forty
miles from Bowbells.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-02-12
Wide and Narrow Tires.

At al experiment station it has been
that 1t requires 40 per
cent more power to draw a load on a
wagon with 1h-inch tires than n
with a 3-inch tire. With n Baldwin
dynamometer careful tests were made
with a loaded wagon drawn over blue
grass sward. In a wagon weighing
1000 pounds 1t was found that a load
weighing 1922 pounds could be drawn
on wide tires with the same force re-
quired to move 1000 pounds on mar
row tires. Moreover, the wide tires
did aot injure the turf, while the nar-
row ones cut through it.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-02-12
Pi1a Eat Charcoal.

1t is said that charcoal il a very
valuable hygienic agent for pigs. 1t
is a corrective, and acts rs n prevent
i've against various diseases arising
from disordered digestive organs. If
some charcoal, or even ashes, are put
in the pigsty, the pigs will soon show
they like II,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-02-12
Rabbits in AppIe orchard,.

One Of the Incidents and expenses
Of orcharding on a large scale is the
constant warfare necessary to wage
on rabbits 80 likely to work great
destruction to young apple trees.
Wellhouse & Son, Of Topeka, Kan,
for their orchard in Usage County,
used a carload Of lumber on the con-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-02-12

It is ever true that he who does moth
ing for others does nothing for himself.
Goethe.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-02-12
A Big Grain Farm,

Oklahoma claims to have the larg-
est farm in the Southwest. 1t is the
1O1 ranch in the Ponca reservation,
and is so big that it is necessary to
plant several varieties Of wheat in it
one of which ripens several days later
than the other-in order that all Of
them may be harvested at their prime.
On this farm the wheat fields are Of
thousand acres each, the cattle
pastures are Of one thousand to 1900
acres each, and pasture six thousand
head annually, the corn rows are one
and a half miles long, requiring five
hundred mules and three hundred men
TO handle the crop, and 1t takes thir-
ty ,self-binders three weeks to cut the
wheat crop and a dozen or more steam
threshers forty days to thresh it.
There are fifty thousand acres in the
ranch. a.
Possibilities of Poultry Business.
The next thing in New York may
be an egg corner. The eggs laid in
the United States every year by hens
are worth fully $145. 900, 900. The poul-
try sold brings $139,OOO,O 200. To haul
to market all the eggs that all the
hens lay every year would take a train
of cars S66 miles long. This would
reach from Washington to Chicago,
where everybody eats one egg a day,
or a total Of 2,0O0,0 900.
Thu rv,.nok -,otoo~ xzz-I -
beginning to realize what a boon they
have in the great American hen, and
they are cultivating her and her pro-
geny. They are providing incubators
to raise her little ones that she may
not be interrupted in her work of de-
livering the daily egg for the daily
consumption Of not only the Chicagoan
but all other townsmen.-New York
Commercial.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-11-05
The Rue-Anemone.

Under an oak tree in a woodland, where
The dreaming spring had dropped 1t from
/ found . flower, through which 1
Beyond the lid and see what no man
dare
Diana and Endy,nion and the bare
Slim beauty of the boy whom Echo
wooed,
And Eyacint:lcs. whom APoll9 de~eu
with love and death. and Daphne ever
And that reed-slender girl whom Pan
pursued.
I stood and gazed, and through it seemed
The Dryad's feet lance by the forest
Her hair wild blown; the Faun, with
listening ca.
Deep in the boscage, kneeling on one
watching the wandered Dread draw
Her wild heart beating like a honey bee
Within a rose-all, the myths OF old,
All. ali the bright shapes of the age OF
Peepiing the wonder worlds of poetry,
Through it I seemed in fancy to behold
What other flower that. fashioned like a
prawsai its trail life from earth and braves
the war 49,
OF all the heavens, can suggest tbs
dreams
That this suggests, in whom no trace OF
mar 49,.
Or soil exists; where stainless limo
cencs seems
Enshrined, and where, beyond our visiet
far, A..
That inaccessible beauty which th'
heart
Is symbolized; wherein embodied are
The things that make the souis I'M
mortal part? ,
The Opelousas courier., 1904-11-05
n..l.a Beauty In Paris.

~ has baen known for some time
+bat the roadway in front OF the
of Notre Dame, in Paris
~ much higher than it originally
was. and that the view of the en-
trance suffers in consequence. Ine
architectural expert OF the Louvre
Museum. M. Redon, has discovered
hat the Louvre is also buried be-
meath the ground to a far greater
denth than the original plans war
ranted. M. Redon concludes from
his investigations that, as planned
at first, the Louvre was to have peen
ancompassed by a moat, the excava-
lion Of which was prevented by tne
houses that surrounded it at the
time. Afterward, when the house
were got rid OF, the idea OF the moa1
was forgotten, and the and rose
naturally to its present helgnt, ma,
inp over twenty-four and a hait Ieet
~ the building. The committee nor
the preservation OF old Paris IN
.ands under MI. Redop's superVi.
sson to clear away the earth and
s,sclose the magnificent stone Wor
If which the base is constructed
Iondo Telegraph.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-11-05
u,st.,rv OF clase-Maklng.

Thu Oldest specimens OF glass says
ia authority on curious Information,
Are tracked back from 1900 to 2.soo
Years before Christ. These are OF
~ngyptian origin. Transparent glass
IL believed to have been first used
about $50 years before the Christian
era. The Phenicians were supposed
hy thse ancients to have been respon-
eible for the invention, and the story
VIII be recalled by the Phenlcian
merchants who, resting their COOK
ing pots on block OF natron, or SUD
carbonate of soda, found that the
union. under heat. OF the alkali and
the sand on the shore produce glass.
There il little doubt, however, ac-
eording to Harper's Weekly, that the
art Of glass making originated with
the Egyptians. 1t was introduced lnto
Rome ii the time Of Cicero. n reach
"a q remark abs degree Of perfsction
ancnR the Romans, who produced
sOnse Of the most admirable specimens
Il glass ever manufactured; an IN
stance ii the famous Portland vase ID
kAs British Museum. Glass was not
used Tor windows until about A.. Y.
800.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-11-05
The Everlasting Round.

When Christmas holidays are Ger
slap my empty pocket T.
And VOWS to save l stralSntWay scoFe
Upon my mental docket.
I settle down; my balance grows,
BY sacrifice expanded
For Easter clothes and flowers II goes,
And I once more am
A second time I think that now
I'm done with wild expenses,
And register anew my VOW
To patch my gaping fences.
I live within a sober law.
All little pleasures fiouting-
And every last red cent I draw
To meet my summers outing.
Hotel and other sundries paid,
I'm home, completely busted.
To muse, with feelings sore dismayed,
On talents to me trusted.
But now I will ~save-eveFy great!
I'll knock of all this bumming-
And suddenly I get a note
Which says that Nell is coming!
When Nell has gone-the time we've had
with opera, drive and party
A bank account / have, egaoi
Still far from hale and hearty.
And, while l swear, with steadfast mind.
That nothing else shall queer me,
And try a~gain-alas! ] find
That Christmas looms e-near mel
The Opelousas courier., 1904-11-05
TOO KEEN A ~aARGAiNER.
Woman Shopper o~verreaehed Herself
In Her E%aoerness.

. in Her E%agerness.
The late Levi z. Letter now and
hen used to narrate incidents OF his
sarly life as a clerk in Q dry goods
shop OF Leitersburg, Md. With n
II these Incidents, as with a parable
Mr.. Letter would often illustrate some
point he wished to make.
BE frugal and careful in your deal
ngs," he said to a young business mai
one day, "but never be grasplng.
Never try to ~overreach. Such courses
100 often make a man ridiculous, and
give him besides a bad reputation that
lasts all his life.
"A reputation Of this kind was &C.
1uired in a moment in our Leitersburg
store by a woman, and she could
never shake it off.
This woman came into the store
and said to me, in the presence OF a
good-sized crowd Of people:
":How much is this guimpe, young
man.
lone dollar a yard, ma'am,' said L
buE hEe "aS S46AHJ o
misunderstood me.
1.-Two dollars a yard? she ex
claimed. We'll, it amt worth it. III
give ye a dollar and a half, and that's
all I'll give
zone dollar, ma'am, is the price,
I repeated in a louder key.
ooh she said. That's much toe
high, I'll give ye Is cents"
The Opelousas courier., 1904-11-05
slblica, Injunction Reversed.

Most farmers, and especially boys:
take trouble to hunt down a snake
when they are really the farmers,
friends Many person will leave a
carriage or team in the road to Kill
a snake they see upon the roadside.
And as for the blacksnake that lives
under the house Or old porch, it is a
greater enemy to mice AID rats than
the best cat could possibly be, while
it would not harm an infant; in fact,
could be tanned to be very interesting.
Kindness. always wins snakes, and
they will show it as ~perceptibly as
| most creatures. A blacksnake pet is
more clearly than a dog or cat, is far
less trouble, will respond to the famll-
/ lar call Just as quickly, show every
evidence of affection as sincerely, and
il it's fangs should scratch the skin
or even penetrate the flesh the result
is not so annoying as the scratches
| from tie briars that come from PICK
ing roses or Observation-Disclosures
(Md.) Gazette.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-11-05
sha Called IL Living.

It Is strange to mark the contrast
of existence between two people living
practically side by side with each
other. Into the fortunes OF m SO
much is crowded-changes, vents and
various happenings-so that a decade
of the life of this n is more than
the allotted th%reescore and ten OF the
other. Nothing has ever happened TO
me-" said a girl Of twenty-three, rath-
er dis~contentedly, and just see what
Mildred $ has had! We left
school together at eighteen. Since
then she has been engaged, broke It
off. become engaged again, married.
a~uarrelled with her husband, got a
divorce, and is now back hons again
with all that behind her, while have
been going on exactly the same"
But you certainly do not think her
lot an enviable one?" queried her
mother, laughing.
"No," said the girl, doubtfully; but
it was living. l don't know but that
is better than merely existing"
The Opelousas courier., 1904-11-05
France and oId-Aqe Pensions.

The British consul at Calais tells,
In his annual report, Of an effort to
deal with old-age pensions. Twenty
three years ago M. Chatelus formed a
society. the rules of membership be-
ing q monthly payment of a franc, all
the funds to be invested, and at the
end of twenty years the interest ON
capital to be equally divided among
members, and in each succeeding year
those who had been members for
twenty years to receive their equal
share Of this interest. The present
rate of pension is ETA Ss. pei year.
The membership now stands at 347,-
s51, with a capital of over q million
and a half pounds.-London Answers
The Opelousas courier., 1904-11-05
A GoLD-LlNED DEATH VALLEY.
Philippine Waste, Guarded by Death.
Dealing Gases.

Philippine Waste, Guarded by Death.
Dealing Gases.
There is a Death valley in the Phil
ippines as we'll as in the United
States. It Is situated in the island OF
MiIdanao and although for many
years it has been known to contain
large quantities Of gold the treasure
has been lying unclaimed because of
the refusal of the natives to go after
it. At last this famed and feared
valley has been compelled to give up
the rich treasure which for ages it has
successfully guarded by it's pail Of
de~ath-dealing gases. This valley, which
true TO its name, has dealt death to
many q venturesome searcher for the
precious metal, is located in the
mountain Businesses of the island and
according to the theories of-the scien-
lists it Is the crater OF what was
once a great and violent volcano. Vol
cantc gases of a most poisonous ma
ture still rise from the depths OF the
valley and hang over it like q pail,
never passing away, and many natives
who have attempted to go down into
the valley from the mountains say
hat never before has any man who
ventured into its unknown depths re-
turned to tell Of its secrets. The dis
lance across the valley is only a few
miles, but the bottom OF it is constant
ly concealed from view by the dense
cloud of poisonous vapor overhang ing
The Opelousas courier., 1904-11-05

Edward was a man Of authority, but
here even the weakest woman rose
immeasurably his Superior. Over
hearing a lady to the right bluntly
assert, "You won't do; I never could
stand q cross-eyed waitress" he en-
We'd her inhuman courage.
His examiner deigned to enlarge:
"T never go where the other help
has been any while, because some,
times they sides with the family
Mary Moss, in Lippincott's.
Gregorio Agilpay claims to have g..
000, 900 followers in his independent
church movement in the Philippines
The Opelousas courier., 1904-11-05
,, me Li,ent Sale,

A leading Londoa lawyer says that
when he Was a tTiefe@s bar'i4tec he
went enc Afternoon to read II the III
ner Temple library. He had net been
there long when his small errand boy
appeared, greatly excited and breath
less from running. IF you pleas,
sir" the boy gasped, "a gentleman IS
waiting for you at the chambers with d
brief. He can't get out, sir. I've
locked him In" Together the barris-
ter and the hey hurried back to the
chambers and the gentleman with a
brief. who was amused at his capture,
afterward became a most valuable
client,
The Opelousas courier., 1904-11-05
MIGHT ILL HIM JACK.
Rear Admiral Walkers Quiet RebuEe
Silenced Pert Youth.

hCaG NATftila HFaiH1a N~'~s
SiIenced Pert Youth.
Rear Admiral John G. Walker de-
votes more time to canal matters than
to fashion plates and could hardly be
called spick and span in the civilian
clothes he wears at his work. A
stranger would be far more likely to
take Admiral Walker for a country
nan than a retired army officer. His
!ong whiskers are of the type 80 popu-
ar with rural dramas, and his rolling
walk might well be taken for the
movement acquired by following q
plow.
A brusque young man in search Of
the canal commission encountered Ad-
miral Walker in q corridor Of the Cor
coran building in Washington and
asked pertly:
Can you tell me where I will find
Walker?"
YES" Admiral Walker replied.
Just come with me-"
The dapper young fellow followed
Admiral Walker into his ONCE. The
Admiral took a seat behind his desk
and invited the young man to sit
down.
well, what can I do for your" Ad
miral Walker asked of the young man
who began to squirm ~uneasily in hit
chair.
81 am Walker" the Admiral contin
ued. John G. Walker is my full
name, but you might call me Jack 70!
short"
Unable to summon up enough voic'
to apologize, the young fellow rushet
out of the Office without saying
word.-New York News.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-11-05
Forced Contribution.

Not long ago in New York some
nhilanthropic effort was started in a
church TO raise funds, and it was de-
cided to have a special sermon and
collection. Mr.. H was appointed
one of the members to pass the plate.
Meeting a friend or Broadway, and
being very anxious for a large collec-
ton, he urged his attendance. The
friend was compelled to leave the
city that very day, but stated that he
had given his wife a fye-dollar bill
for the collection.
AS the plate was passed, the lady
nut in So. MIR. H, instead Of pass
ing on, stopped and, in an undertone,
said:
mo you don't. want the other 81.
You know your husband gave you S."
The lady, very much astonished,
said:
do move on, Mr.. H"
NO" replied H, I'll remain
here till l get the other $2."-Phi!a,
| delphia Public Ledger.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-11-05
THE DECLINE Or COURTESY.
Custom Rules, and 1t Does Little Good
to Sigh for a Change.

That familiar toast-"Here's to
Woman-once u superior, now our
equals much more than a clever
bit of banquet fooling. 1t was a jest
when first spoken; it is taken as fact
now. We have seen in recent years
a steady diminution of the Difference
to woman which in the past century
was q part Of every boys education.
Even the bow, once a genudection
of real compliment, has de]teriorated
into a fashionable shrug, and as for
surrender1ng comforts from a sense
Of duty, here is the very latest au-
thority from the very latest book OF
etiquette: "The old custom of a man
giving his seat in a street car to a
woman is being gradually done away
with. This is due largely to the fact
that women are now so extensively
engaged in commercial business that
they are constant riders at busy
hours, and thus come in direct COM
petition with the men," And we find
this delicious passage in the further
elaboration of the rules: "a woman
should not look with a panied and
injured air at the men passengers be-
cause no one of them has offered her
a seat" Really, it comes as a balm
to the soul to be told that "a man
should never cross his legs or keep his
feet extended in the passageWay."
Custom rules and it does little good
to sigh for the good old days. Still,
we shall cling to the belief that good
manners cannot go wholly out OF fash
ion, that Difference to women is ex-
cellent, not only for the woman but
for the man, and that the gentleman
who is guided by the better prompt
ing Of nature and the higher teach
ings Of his youth will get o abld-
ing satisfaction out of life than by
ignoring woman simply because she
dares to try the only way of becoming
Independently making her own Nv
ing.-Saturday Evening Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-11-05

had no appetite. When doctors failed
to help me l began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills and improved until my back
was strong and my appetite returned.
During the four years since 1 stopped
using them / have enjoyed excellent
health. The cure was permanent"
(signed) GEORGE w. RENOFF.
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. Y. For sale
by oil dealers. Price, 80 cents.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-11-05

Zoltan Doehme, Nine. Nordica's hus-
band, has an amusing way of putting
things. On one occasion he was speak
ing of the yocalization of the we'll
known singer Van Dyck, and profess
sional leniency vanished in the crlt1-
cal sarcasm: with mos tenors, they
sing along a false note, an you say,
OH [Mr. Doehme frowned and
winced. But with Mr.. Van Deeck he
sing along, an sing along, an once in
a while he strike a true note, an you
say, OH" And Mr.. Doehme's smile
of pleased surprise called forth a
round of laughter.