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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

Canada needs population. She has
almost everything else that nature
could bestow on a land. but she has
lacked people. Some figures made pub
lie by the Canadian Department Of the
Interior show that the country Is slow
ly but surely filling up with a fine class
of citizens, and nearly all Of them go
to the farms. Last year companies
holding land grants sold land worth
over S14,000,0O0, and comprising 4,229,-
OIL acres. This equals the amount
sold in the preceding ten years. There
were 32,682 homestead entries, as COM
pared with 1867 in 1895. The home
stead entries covered 5,021 ,2S0 acres
of land, and the total land acquired for
settlement in the year was 9,3S7,561
acres. The Canadians justly boast of
the fact that the settlers are not the
scum of Europe. Many travel second
class and are we'll supplied with funds.
The steerage occupants are steadily de-
creasing, and Canada feels that she is
getting the pick of the new population
that Is leaving Europe for more hos
pitable shores. The immigrant influx
last year numbered 128,364. OF these
Al, 1902, or almost a third, came from
the United States.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

The visitor called the little 4-year.
old girl to his knee and in his most
winning tones asked her m She
put her finger in her mouth and said
nothing.
Tell the gentleman, darling" said
the fond father.
The little one. without removing the
finger, said something that sounded
like a quotation in Sanskrit.
"WhatT calculated the visitor.
"She says Its Mary Jane Edith Bar.
ker Maud Jael Jackson" interpreted
the father.
Great Peterw exclaimed the visit.
or What on earth possessed you to
put all that on the child"
WELL" said the father. at wasn't
altogether my fault, but it was the
first one, you know, and there was no
end Of fuss naming it. OF course, nv
wife's mother wanted 1t named for her
and l naturally didn't want to slight
my OWL mother. And Aunt Jael Simp.
son took a great notion to the kid and
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17
TSl AN A REMARKABLE WOMAN.
For Forty Years the Ruling Spirit of
Chinese Empire.

For Forty Years the Ruling Spirit of
Chinese Empire.
The reported death of the Empress
Regent Isl An, at the age Of 20, di-
rected attention to the extraordinary
career Of a woman who for more than
forty years has been the ruling spirit
Of the Chinese Empire, although for
more than 1000 years the native preju-
die against the exercise of authority
by the fair sex had been but twice
overcome. Had she been a descendant
Of Confucius, or the Ming dynasty,
which preceded the present ~reigning
family, or a high-born Manchu, her
rise to autocratc power would have
been more Ineligible. A a matter Of
fact, she began life under grave dis
abilities, being Of humble origin.
though her parents are said to have
been Manchus. Adopted by 4 Manchu
family Of considerable means, she wal
trained in the accomplishments which
the Chinese prize In women, but her
intellect owed nothing to the influence
of an invigorative education. She got
her opportunity when she became a
member Of the household of the Empe-
ror Hen Flung, who reigned from 1850
to 1851. She had no son by him, but,
strange to say, she commended herself
so strongly to the Empress Dowager,
the mother of Tung Che, the next Sow
eregin, that during his long minority
the two women ruled conformity, as
Empresses Of the East and of the
West. On Tung Che's death, they
raised to the throne his infant cousin,
who still ostensibly reigns under the
name Of Kwang Su. Since the death
of her feminine co-regent In 1881, Isl
An has been the real mistress of
China, except during a brief interval,
when Kwang Su, having attained his
majority, was permitted temporarily to
rule, and showed an inclination to re-
organize the Chinese system of educa-
ton on Western principles. The inno-
walton was quickly stopped by a palace
revolution, and during the last few
years Kwang Su has been merely a
%figurehead, the Empress Isl An having
been recognized not only by all Chi
nese officials, but also by all the treaty
powers, ~ regent.-Harper's Weekly.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17


tory led the nations of the earth in creating a more ee-
waited system of international law, 80 also it has been
the most active in adjusting international controversies and
preserving peace by means Of treaties Of arbitration. The
first treaty negotiated after the organization Of our govern
ment under the constitution-the Jay treaty Of 1894 with
Great Britain-marked a distinct advance in the practice
of nations and sought to ameliorate the harshness Of war
and to establish more clearly neutral rights.
The only instance in our history where fraud and cor
ruption have been established against an arbitration trt-
bunal was that with Venezuela under the treaty Of 1865.
Soon after the adjournment Of the commission charges Of
trregularity and fraud OH the part Of its members were
made at Washington by the Venezuelan Government, and
m investigation established to the atsfe ction ~ Congress
the fact that a corrupt arrangement had been made be-
tween the American commission. the umpire "a Venezue-
LAM, the United States minister In Venezuela and his rcla-
tive, the leading attorney before the commission, by which
a large part Of each claim represented by the attorney and
allowed by the commission was to be divided between the
persons named. After considerable delay in securing legis-
lation a new commission was organized, which reviewed
the work Of Its predecessor. OF the twenty-four cases al
lowed by the first commission only nine were passed on
~favorably, and three old cases rejected were allowed by
the new commission, representing more than half of the
total awards.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

we thought she might do something
for her II We gave it her name. Edith
thompson was my wife's dearest
friend on earth and she insisted on be-
Ing Its god-mother-the baby's, l mean.
Uncle Barker was dead set on its be-
Ing a boy and called Hezekiah. We
were thankful it wasn't, but we called
1t Barker by way of a compromise"
Il hope they were all pleased"
We'll, no, they were not" said the
o parent. Aunt Jael was miffed
because her name was strung on last
and all the rest of them didn't like it
because their names were mixed ND
with the others. Uncle Barker thought
'Hezzie' would have been a neat and
appropriate %diminutive. There was a
good deal of unpleasantness about II.
to tell the truth"
whats the other little fodder
called?' asked the guest, after a few
moments thoughtful silence.
Sarah" replied the father, prompt.
ly.-Chieago Daily News.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

A young man from Washington Ter
ritory was shipwrecked on the coast
of Japan a little more than fifty years
ago. When the Japanese discovered
him they put him in prison for enter
ing the country without first asking
permission. Then they asked him as
to the relative rank of officers in the
United States. He told them that the
officers in the navy had to obey the
Secretary of the Navy, and that the
Secretary had to obey the President.
"Who is greater than the P~residentY'
they asked. The youth replied, "The
people are greater than the President"
and in telling Of the incident afterward
he said that the Japanese could not
understand this at all. The chaplain
OF the Senate thinks that this reply
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

1t was an interesting contest which
the Woman's Club of Evanston, ILL.,,
recently arranged. The event was
known as a science exhibition. Tween
ty gold prizes were awarded for ex-
cellence in cooking, sewing and laun-
dering. AS the contest was open to all
corners, mistress and maid competed
side by side, and there were uccess-
full competitors in both classes. An
other pleasing event was the award
Ing of certificates to all servants who
had worked for the same mistress from
three to five years, and medals to all
those who had held the same situation
for ten years.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17
A. Persian Poets Wit.

The following amusing story is told
regarding the Shah's relations with hi,
poet laureate. On n occasion the
Shah read to him n Of his own
poems and asked for his opinion:
Even If l deserve your majesty's
anger" said the candid poet, II must
say that 1t Is anything but poetry"
The Shah, feeling insulted, cried out
to those who waited on him:
Take this ass to the stable"
After a little while, becoming calm.
er. he tried the poet once more, this
time with a fresh set Of verses. When
he had finished reading the poet start.
eG to 60 away.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

but would leave the geladne untouched. Then we should
meet the interesting spectacle of seeing the formerly hard.
dense bone becoming as elastic as possible. SO flexible In
deed that we might tie it In a knot 1t is when poor little
children, badly fed for the most part, do not receive a
sufficient supply Of ~phosphates that they develop bone
deformites that are piteous to behold. An argument, this,
Of powerful kind, that all mothers should be instructed In
the principles of physiology, in 30 far, at least. as the
proper feeding Of their children is concerned.
If we could lift all the living matter out Of a layer Of
bone it would present us with the appearance Of an ami
mated spiders web. A bone lives in all its parts, and
is neither the dead nor the dry thing which popular notions
credit 1t to be. But bones grow old as does every bodily
possession Of ours They lose their elasticity. as 1t were.
in old age. The gelatine diminishes, and with this change
the bones become more brittle In nature, rendering fracture
a more likely accident in the old person than in his young
er neighbor. Strong and dense as bone may be. 1t Is still
subject to the universal law which DEGREES that Life and
living things have each their little day"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

Secretary Shaw Of the Treasury De-
partment said recently that there
seems to be no place for the boys. The
babe and the man are welcome, and
the girl, by her winsome ways, makes
a place for herself in the homes; but
almost the only door that swings with
a sure welcome for the boy opens into
places where the boy ought not to 60.
Mr.. Shaw said he knew of few homes
to which boys are invited. Boys have
muddy feet and play noisy games.
They like dogs and horses, goats and
guinea pigs, and do not always re-
member that the parlor was not fur
nished for use as a dog house. Every
mother knows this; but how many
fathers and mothers would have their
boys less fond Of animals than they
are, or less literally endowed with
healthy, rollicking spirits7 The pur-
pose Of Secretary Shaw's remarks will
doubtless be accomplished when tile at.
tention Of parents is directed to the
work in progress for developing boys
Into all-round men. In the cities, espe-
cially, Is this work done. Not only are
the trades taught to boys in day and
night schools, but schools are main
tanned In the vacation season % occu-
py the attention Of those who might
otherwise be in mischief. Moreover.
the boys who come in contact with the
police are not sent to Jail with hard
ened evil-doers so frequently as a few
years ago. The authorities assume.
with good reason, that the boys are
not bad, but only misled, and that they
will make good citizens If they have
half a chance. The unruly boy In the
country is not receiving so much at
tention as in the city. He has fewer
evil places Of resort than his city broth
er, but enough for his purposes If he is
seeking them. Yet on the whole. the
boys of America, in town or country.
are wholesome creatures. They could
be improved If their elders would give
more time to providing amusement for
them in surroundings that are not vi.
cious.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

Hawaii is rapidly losing its native
population, according to the reports in
the Hawaiian Annual for 1904" Cap
tain Cook, who discovered the group
of islands in the eighteenth century,
estimated the population at two hun
dred thousand. In 1872 the number
had fallen to fifty thousand; and there
were only thirty thousand in 1900. The
Japanese population to-day is greater
than was the total population thirty
years ago. and the present total popu-
lation is about fifty thousand less than
Captain Cook found, Lut 1t Is increas-
ing almost as rapidly as that of a
boom city in the West.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

1t Is the commonest thing in the
world to see most of the people you
know-young and old-taking sides in
a connict like that which is now rag
Ing In the far East. The division Of
sentiment in the average American
town may just at present be unequal,
for If the newspapers from all over
the country are to be believed, the
sympathy Of our people inclines rather
toward Japan than toward Russia.
There is intelligent partisanship in
such matters, and there is unintelli-
gent. From the very nature of the
case, the unintelligent variety is far in
excess Of the other. 1t is not the pur-
pose Of these words to present the Ease
Of the Russ or the Jap, or to argue
that n or the other is in the right
and deserves to win. 1t Is rather to
bespeak a neutrality in private like
that which the President has pro-
claimed as the public policy Of the
United States. There are few private
persons so well informed through
newspapers and public documents that
they can grasp all the points at issue.
Indeed, the better informed among
such reading persons are the very ones
who appreciate the magnitude Of the
problem, and refrain from rushing into
the places where angels fear to tread.
There are thoughtful men in America
and England who have to confess to
themselves that, born in Russia or ia
pan, they could honestly follow the
flag of either country, and fight for
Gear or Mikado according to their own
nativity. The fact is that great con-
tending forces in the complete scheme
Of human progress have met, and the
meeting Is an ~upspeakable tragedy. 1t
becomes a modest man to stand with
barred head before 1t, and pray the
God of battles to bring the conflict to
a speedy and righteous end.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

Justice Brewers declaration that It
Is the ordinary citizens first duty to
obey the laws is admirable, but in
many cases 1t Is too much to expect
that the ordinary citizen can know
what the law really Is when the Su-
preme Court itself divides 5 to 4.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

The Washington girl who visited
heaven in a trance says she saw a
great many people there. Let us have
something more explicit-did she zee
any ex-Congressmen theret
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

The caterpillar in a month will eat
about 600 times its own weight. This
is a pretty good record, but did you
ever see Little George eat his dinner
after a Saturday afternoon in the base
ball diamond?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

The Census Bureau says that there
are now 100000 persons in the Uni
ted States, but gives us no hint of how
they are going to vote.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

The japanese are accused OF firing
shells that emit poisonous gases. This
is wrong. The Japs should fumigate
their shells before firing.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

The Novoe Vremya say the United
States Is IAN insolent parvenu, stretch
ing its legs over the table of Asiatic
politics, seeking to make the Pacific an
American Mediterranean" The Novoe
Vremya ought to take something for its
liver.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

Bad news for the doctors and I'M
dertakers. Two Michigan men have
constructed a corn shredder and husk-
er which is declared to be ION the
right principle"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

The "split ininitive" has not
reached Japan yet. At least the prep
osition is never separated from its OBJ
ject in Togo.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

Where are you going?" asked the
Shah.
ITO the stable, your majesty" wa,
the reply of the poet.
mi time the Shah enjoyed the joke
and the poet was forgiven.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17
HUMANTY'S DEBT TO THE UNITED STATES
BY John W. Foster. E1.secretary Of Sta

BY John ". Foster. E~I-Secretary OF State.
By Its steady championship Of a
freer and of most elevated
principles of conduct in war, the United
States has brought about an almost
complete change in the practice Of ma
lions. There still remain to be incor-
porated into international law one of
the principles announced by the found.
ers of our government and steadily ad-
vocated up to this day-the exemption
from seizure of private property on the
sea in time of war.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

The Oldest locomotive engineer in
the world is getting his name in the
papers. By the way, who is the oldest
Mason In the world now, and why is
the oldest Yale graduate keeping SO
Quiet1
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17
Easily Found in the Dark.

He-f think l ought to take a hot
foot bath. Where is the mustardP
she-Out in the pantry.
He-Pshaw! It's dark out there and
I haven't got a match.
she-You don't need a match to To-
cate 1t. It's right alongside Of the
Llmpurger cheese. - Philadelphia.
Press.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

One Of President Joseph Smiths
sons is an expert bookkeeper. He was
specially educated for the purpose Of
keeping the family tree.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

WINS so fine that the name of the per-
son who made it ought to be preserved,
and has instituted an inquiry to learn
what it was.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17
At Breakhat.

Rubber is going up"
Good enough; 1 hope 1t will get SO
high that butchers can't afford to put
1t in the Observation-Disclosures Com.
mercial Tribune.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

1t is said that distance lends en-
chantment to the view, but the theory
falls down when applied to a mans
view Of pay day.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

A true hero is a man who fights for
his country and refuses to scrap with
his wife.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ..DRY BONES"
~ Or. ANDREW wilson.

bT Dr.. Andrew wilson.
] With bone Is usually associated the idea of
dryness-not merely in a physical sense, but in
an intellectual sense as well. The medical stu
dent who has to acquire a knowledge of the bony
J framework has been said to travel in the valley
of dry bones" and as the osseous belongings we
may see in our museums are certainly of the des-
located order of things, the familiar epithet
j seems justinable enough. Yet bone, which may
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

Good wives and loving ones are
anonymous.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

and in building new ones, but in making some reciprocal
arrangements with the United States which would give a
preference to the products Of the Philippines over those Of
Java, Borneo. Sumatra and other Oriental countries. The
Philippine Islands have only been scratched, so to speak,
and out Of the %6SOOO,0O0 acres of agricultural lands the
Philippine commission states that only about 100000
acres have been indiferently farmed. while from my own
observations in the islands l should say that not more than
one-third Of the land occupied by farms are now being
cultivated.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

appear uninteresting to the casual observer, presents US
with a singularly interesting history, not merely In respect
Of its structure but likewise In Connection with Its growth
and development.
Bone ia not all phosphate. This Is its mineral side,
giving is a strength and solidlty which is more than equal
to that of good solid oak. The other side of Its compost
ton we find to be represented by gelatins. This last is
the animal basis of bone. When the cook bols bones 1t Is
for the sake Of obtaining the gelatine. and we know that
the boiled bone has a whitened aspect different from that
of the natural structure, because Its mineral constituents
alone are left. II we wished to reverse the process and to
remove the mineral matter Of our bone, leaving the gela-
tine, we should place 1t in 4 solution of some weak acid.
This last would eat away and dissolve the living material,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

Marriage is often the outcome of pos
sessing a good income.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17
JAPAN'S RELATION TO THE PHILIPPINES.
BY Baron kaneko, Of Japan.

Japan Is a small country with a large popula-
ton. and If we can manufacture for sale there
and in China the things necessary for Oriental
life we will become an exceedingly prosperous
nation, for our land has reached the limit Of
agricultural production. The question with us is,
Can the Philippine Islands produce a sufficient
quantity of those raw materials to warrant US
not only in increasing the capacity of our mills
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

try boy makes him a splendid man physically. OF the coun-
try boys l knew full one-half are under the sod they
plowed or are old men in the village streets at the age OF
40. 1 believe that the best man is developed through asso-
citation and struggle, and not in the country solitude.
The farmers boy is caught in the endless circle where
he raises corn in an endless chain Of anxiety, but the. city
boy Of New York has the history Of the world, as a les
son, and the voices of the greatest men within the reach
Of his ears rather than the cricket and the country night
sounds. There are dirty streets and dark rooms in the
city, but they are Illuminated by ambition, and even these
dirty streets are as dear in after years as the country is to
the successful farmers ~boys.-American Boy.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17

Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown in the realm of options and fu-
lures.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-17
THE COUNTRY VERSUS The CITY BOY.
By John N. Finley. of New YorI

The chances Of the city born boy are greater
than those of the country born. II you knew
about the life of the country boy, how he has to
sleep in an unheated room in winter with the
temperature degrees below zero and in the sum-
mer time work in the fields in the sun from ten
to fourteen hours a day, you would probably see
that the city boy has an immense advantage.
They tell you that the hard work Of the coun-