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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02
THE GOOD SHIP ROOSEVELT.

"a feet; beam, over all, 35 feet inches
mean draft, 16 feet; full load displace-
ment about 1900 tons. To take the
worst Of the rub of passing ice, the
bow, the stern and the waterline have
been heavily armored with steel plates
The living spaces will be comfortable
but very simply finished, and the ship
will be lighted both by electricity and
oil lamps.
The vessel has all the qualities Of
shape which will insure her lifting un-
der heavy ice pressures. She will have
the raking steam and ramming quail
ties of the largest Scotch whalers and
power greater than the most powerful
ocean-going tug In New York harbor
Peary believes he has the ablest ship
ever built for polar work.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

Judge Kerston Of Chicago is the sec
ond judge in this country to advise
married women to kill their husbands
If they think 1t necessary in order to
protect themselves against death or
great bodily injury. There Is no great
objection to this advice, but it is sin
gular that 1t should not at least pro-
duce as much indignation as the pro.
posal Of President Roosevelt to try
corporal punishment on wlfe-beaters
If we had whipping post for such
men wives would not have to kill their
husbands In self-defense.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02
no Arctic explorer ever started out so
well equipped.

no Arctic explorer ever started out so
well equipped.
Commander Peary has been very
busy supervising the completion Of his
vessel In Maine. The vessel was
launched at Bucksport on March %;
and as she slipped down the ways
Mrs. Peary broke the conventional bot
tie and christened her the Roosevelt
All that experience and the skill Of
the naval architect can suggest are
combined in the new ship. Armored
with strength as was never Arctic
craft before, 1t is believed that she
may force her way through the inter
fering ice to within striking distance
of the topmost point Of the globe.
The intention is to force her along
the frigid zone Of Grant Land as far
north az possible, and from this point
this utmost land base, to sledge across
the great polar pack. The power Of her
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

freedom lies In refusal the part army at large
continue obedent
Discomfort has been spreading in for long time
ana mas resulted naturally Russia Is anachronism 1t
Is country founded originally agricultural ba sis
with the people whole settled in the country at large
Ihen came the attempt Of Russia fit modern inventions
TO the Old system On the agricultural basis came rail-
roads factories and the other agents machinery Under
Financial Minister De Witte Russia has tried to become
an Industrial state and while something has been accom-
pshed yet to make Russia produce benefits to the whole
country under factory system the should ha We
flexible constitution The constitution Of Russia is NOT
flexible and the right about freely L. denied
Its people. Unrest has followed
Again. there is for the unrest of Russia In the
fact that there system Of education and the head
the department Of enlightenment has real duty Of
Ing that the people not enlightened While there are
some excellent universities the spirit university he
Is lacking for the students denied right of free
thought and free speech Only small fragment Of the
trained intellect Of the country has been able to find field
for itself The clergy the most ignorant and 1t has
been said, the most immoral Of all clergy the church
has not proved attractive for keen and trained
ntelects. The press offers outlet for it Is muzzled
although few of the trained minds have been absorbed
by the government Here they merely have part
Of the governmental machine
Thus the intellectual classes there is no place in
Russia for them and they accordingly eruption
and rebuilding Of the structure Russia has been defined
as an autocracy modified by ton. 1t the
bureaucracy which has prevented all attempts granting
reforms
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

In the home of New England farm
er there are two small heirs, bright
little fellows, six and seven years old.
named Will and Eugene. Like most
other lads, both of them dislike work,
especially "chores," and when these
small services are required, each fire.
quently evinces a desire to have the
other take the laboring oar.
A short time ago it CHANGED that the
family physician was calling at the
house, in attendance on the mother
whose health was not good. As he
was putting on his gloves to go away
he ran professional glance over the
two youngsters.
Mrs. Fuller" he remarked. "the
younger Of your two boys, Eugene, is
more robust than VIII. He has greater
vitality. His blood is better"
This remark was not lost on tho
lads.
About an hour later as the dusk w,s
falling, the mother said, "Will. Won
must fill the wood-box for morning
Fetch in four armfuls."
II don't want tor whined VIII
MAKE Gene go. His blood's better,n
NINE"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

1t was a noteworthy occasion when
Chou Flu, the viceroy of Nankln and
ruler Of nearly seventy million people.
showed his interest In Christian edu-
cation by publicly visiting st. Johns
college, Shanghai, an institution of
the American Protestant Episcopal
church. Accompanied by his secreta-
rles and the leading local officials, he
inspected the college buildings, as well
as St Mary's Hall, the girls school.
attended the sessions Of the classes.
and examined the text books. The
next day he sent present of FIVE hun.
dred taels (three hundred mad fifty
dollars), to be distributed among the
students Of both institutions as prizes
for the best essays on certain assigned
subjects. He also bought Of the Amer.
lean Bible Society two hundred copies
OF the New Testament to give to his
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02
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Portable homes and good time during their fathers life
and refuse suitable offers in their teens hen-whep
the old home is broken upthey find themselves left in
their thres fores alone unprovded for and with
no further chance of changing their state
Sometimes they make this mistake because they prefer
the pleasure and Independence Of single fe some
times they do 1t in the hope that II they little some
thing better will turn something short which they
consider more worthy of their choice Hundreds of girls
spoil their lives by expecting too much absurd
thing is that while they demand much they offer so
little What are they forsooth they should expect
IDEAL perfection Of mind body and estate In husband1
would advise those fastdous young to remember
he STORY OF the Scotch beauty who. being why
she had married. replied: q" wadna look At tb.
walkers and the riders a gaed by"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

leading officers. The impression which
the teaching OF our Lord had made
upon him is shown by what he said at
the college: "Christ's doctrine is deep
er than that Of COnfucius, because
Christ had said that we were not to
resent injury, but to turn the other
cheek when we were smitten on one"
The college was, no doubt, practical
evidence to him Of the Christian way
of resentlng the massacres of Chris
tians by the Boxers only FIVE years be-
fore.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02
Position in Sieep.

According to Dr. Fischer of Berlin
the most effective position of sleep for
obtaining intellectual rest is to keen tbe
head low and the feet slightly eleya-
ted. Failing this, the body should a+
any rate be horizontal, so as to irri
gate the brain well. The habit NJ
sleeping with head low and feet biyh
is, according to the doctor, a remedy
for brain troubles and some internal
maladies. 1t can be adopted graduallv
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

engines and her strength in all details
Of construction are relied upon to en-
able her to cleave a way where others
have failed. The new ship is not large,
but she is big enough for the work she
has to do, and everything about her is
handy and serviceable. Her principal
dimensions are: Length on load water
line, 161 feet; length over all, 1875 feet;
beam, maximum at load water line,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02
Ridiculous Man.

"If your Dorcas society really wants
to accomplish good deal of work
why don't you buy a sewing machine? ?.
he asked.
"Why2" she asked, in surprise.
Because one machine could do n.
much as half a dozen women at
least"
Nonsense! A sewing machine can't
gossip. p."-Philadelphia Press.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

While yet mere lad Emperor Will
lam vowed never to strike for world
mastery" How can we grasp the full
significance Of such magnificent self
restraint?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

Kingdom Gould has been hazed, but
his turn may come in later years when
any one of the hazers drops around at
his office and wants a job as section
boss on one of his railroads.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

Gambling Is not dissipation, but
q recreation" says University of
Pennsylvania professor. Which Is but
another bit of proof that these college
fellers are doing great stunts these
days.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

Hereafter men who use files in ex-
perimenting with dynamite cartridges
will be required to give advance notice
to the coroners Of all the adjacent
counties.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

Mrs. Chadwick admits that she nev-
e has called Andrew Carnegie father
1t Is equally improbable that Sue ever
called him papa.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

Marriage does not take away from
the woman the right Of self-defense
How about the ancient right of the
husband to correct the wife with "a
stick of certain size Gone, never to
return, men and brethren.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02
Trying TO Recover.

when l saw her last she seemed to
have fallen in love with him."
"Oh, yes, but that was some time
ago. She's suing him now for breach
Of promise"
Trying to get damages for the fall,
eh?"-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

Good roads and pure food are COM
ing. all right, but that is as far as the
conservative prophet may go. Yes, of
course the twenty-first century is COM
ing, too.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

Fashion note: Cultivating the "hour-
glass figure" does not mean standing
for hours at the glass to contemplate
ones figure.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

An amiable bachelor says that al
most any miss is better than a mile
providing she is neither too old nor too
Young
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

Thomas Lawson's Standard OIL
primer ought to be & valuable hand
book to young man just starting in
the highway robbery business.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

Desertion as a means Of elevating
Annapolis will be unpopular hence
forth. Why not try revival meetings?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

Buffalo Bills divorce suit reminds
US that he never could get a separa-
1on from anything but his money.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02
GREATEST TROUBLE.
~ RABBI Emil 6. Hirsch.

In the word graft is contained a
large measure of the explanati ton Of
the present situation in Russia. That
little, weak, pitiable figure on the Rus
sian throne, the Gar, is a puppet in the
hands of the grand ducal clique. That
clique, which lives or graft with
nation at its mercy and as its prey, will
fight to the last ditch to remain in COM
piete power, and it will stay in power
as long as the army remains loyal.
While the Cossacks are blindly devoted
to the imperial family and probably
will do as commanded by their supe-
rlor oficers hha hona of 4ha kAa.aa
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

A man seldom acts like a fool un-
less he's the real thing.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

New York Is trying to save Niagara
Falls. Per contra, out in Arizona they
are damming Salt River.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

A woman's tongue has been de-
clared concealed weapon by New
York police justice.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02
PEARY'S NEW SHIP.
By Which He Expects to Reach the
North Pole.

North Pole.
Early in July Commander Peary will
sail from New York and make the at
tempt to cross the vast waste Of sea
Ice necessary to reach the North Pole.
1t covers an area as large as the Unit
ed States. He expects to succeed, for
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

A polished gentleman isn't neces-
sarily q smooth article.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02
Look Before You Shoot.

The true sportsman may be defined
as one who looks before he shoots
Amateur Sportsman.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02
4 woM,N HAS A RIGHT 10 BE AN OLD MAID.
By Ellen Thorneycrsft Fowler.

There is a growing tendency among the girls
Of the present day not to marry. In our grand
mothers time every woman considered spinster-
hood as an unmtigated calamity; but nowadays
many women deliberately prefer to remain single.
And there is much to be said in favor of the single
life, with its independence and its freedom from
anxiety and responsibility. 1t has fewer joys than
the married state but also fewer cares. And a
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02
The SCANDAL OF CHARITY.
~ Sir William TreIyor.

How is it, 1 was asked the other day, that in
a country where charity occupies a quarter of
our news columns and is being constantly prac-
ticed, thousands are on the verge of Starvation
Men give to-day as they never gave before. but
the benehcence is lost The intention is laudable
the act alas, Is suicidal. The ranks Of the de-
serving poor are being swelled nowadays by rank
lmpOstOrs and they succeed where otheru fail
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

would be mere adjunct to the Internal regions with the
choice for happiness the side hades lest in se.
son. smile when tears might be encouraged to come q
laugh for the really funny things that continually han
pening, all these make life better worth ving-for your.
self and for all about you.
1t has been observed that while occasional iestr
has been known to regret his habit of funmakine M
serious has known to regret his sero
But this is for the reason thar no idiot .s
ever known to regret his docyyou can't miss what Won
have never had The really significant fact is since we
do not live for ourselves alone that regret the CO
rous mans seriousness, while everybody welcomes tho
humorous mans humor
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

We want hospitals convalescent homes institutions for
the blind ana crippled Our on the ncresse
but rich persist in making provision only the strong
and most intelligent If half the money sunk in libraries
recent years was devoted to the proper housing edu
cation Of fortunes footballs should probably see how
nature compensates the seemingly unfortunate
Learning is the brightest jewel In casket of man.
kind but is all of diseas sed bodies and hri
nant minds stud the pages Of history to be-
eve that they together We neglect the BODY and de-
stroy the brain by commencing operations on the mental
instead Of the physical faculties
know way to revive dying interest among the char
table 1t is to wander foot through the sums fast
ing and be given a library seat instead of dinner
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02
liUM0R As A HELP TO LIVING.
By Wallace Rice,

Life 1t has been observed occasionally, Is a
pretty serious matter. II mankind were COM
PEELED to go on living and do nothing else, II there
were nothing in the world but earning the money
needful for necessares, 1t would be more serious
than 1t Is. If there were not a smile or a laugh
behind most things that men and women do IL
childhood had not the laughing habit formed be-
fore lie becomes so deadly serious the world
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

single woman has far better time than she had
before owing to her increased liberty freedom Never
theless this present reaction against marriage al
together good thing
1t is all right for woman with and position of
her own she afford to please herself but
numberless daughters of middle men who have CON-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-06-02

Don't be q misfortune tallAy.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-11-22
POCKET (;OPIIEIRS

TA"r" : something strange in the
special hiking which pocket gopherS
lave for working all along the rights of
way " The railroads. They not only
h"n"yconlb every inch Of soil on the
Sl'.c' Of ihr tracks OH Lowell ground. but
ah>' WORK Oil the StccpcSt Slopes and
NuIlr frequently work right under the
r'hE!h"i itself, the roadmustcr of one
&! IN" main trunk lines which cross q
western state telling us not long since
tAat the most serious thing which hc
had to contend with in maintaining Il
%o"i !rv"l track WAS the burrowing of
':!''S' lllc pests under the ties, caus-
N" the track to settle. 1t will quite
often j" noticed that while the right OF
way Of Il road is thus worked the field
Ju$t over the fence is entirely free from
them. We can only explain this fact
on the ground that the type OF vegcta.
ton which grows along these rights Of
way, being largely weeds OF large root
*yStrmS, affords the little pest better
ration than he can find in the cultivat-
cd fields. Railway mon would be glad
to find ont some method OF exterminut-
ing them.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-11-22
TIIE ODD Elm TREE.

Down in a pasture by the side of a
little run. with its giant root system in
contact with perpetual moisture, stands
Il sturdy water elm. one or the most
beautiful and symmetrical trees which
we ever SAW. 1t has always grown
ai"nr and has ever had its fill OF air.
i%'lt. sunshine. moisture and fertility.
Grim and resistant to tho fury of tho
winter winds. plant and ohcdlent to
III" sweep OF tic summer storm, 1t has
hI"d Il hundred years and become a
'al!'iliark for tn" community The first
rn''in Of the spring voices his Easter
H'l"uy from its topmoSt branch; the
oriol" swings lis hammock nest on It's
"ul'rmoSt hrooping twig; Il flock OF
noisy blarkbilVls will swarm in its ton
Oh their migratory flight: under its
Gnarlcd roots. left exposed by the wash
or the water in the run, il woodchuck
makes It's home: It's unlbIa geous shade
las Tong tempered the liprceness of the
August sun for the cattle and two gen
"rtIionS OF men have sought it's shelter
FOR summer picnicS and holidays. The
lightning. the cyclone and the iconoclas-
Tic hand OF man have all SDured this
grand old tree. and it bids fair to bless
The world An'tlcr hundred years. Pal
SiGi br ilir hand OF any man who
would SnIitr an TX in such Il tre. AZ
this.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-11-22
HE COULD NOT Do 1T,

An aged man had come to the point
where he was compelled to sell the
farm upon which he had lived the best
part OF his life. On This farm WAS Il
lne gr"v" Of trees which had been nur-
luirh and cared for by him and which
were his special pride. The purchaser
desired to cut off this grove and use
the land for other purposes and hired
lhr OLD man. who remained Oh the
fam for time after selling il, to cut
1hIS timber during the winter Along
toward spring the new owner came TO
~" farm {" SO" how the timber cutting
WAS progressing and found to his great
SUl'priS" that not Il tree had been cut,
ASKING TN" old man y hat the reason
was he said that he had ground IN
HIS aN good and sharp, had gone to the
grove and trimmed out some Of the III.
h"'brnSh. lat when 1t came to the CIT.
ing down Of these trees which had 50
i"nE been his friends and hearts de-
h%ht he simply could not do Il. And so
another man had to be found to do the
work. All those who love trees can
easily STmpathiZc With this old man,
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-11-22
Wonderful Miniature Book.

The smallest bound book in The great
collection OF miniature books owned by
the New York Library society is Il cam.
palgh document issued in 1852. II
bcars not only the distinction of being
the smallest volume iA SHe great col
lection referred TO- but has been pro.
nounced by experts in booklorc TO he
one or the tinlest books in existence.
IL contains but fourteen leaves. each
Oh which is closely printed on both
S''icS IN microscopic type Each leaf
IL one ana onr-half inches in length
anu seven -eiGhths Of an inch in width.
Inc Title page bears the following in.
scrlption: "l.ifc and Public Services of
General Pierce. Respectfully Dedicut-
ed 10 General Lewis Cass. Concord
Press. l9oZ."
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-11-22
GlnHStOnC'S Early .JoSx.

when Mr.. Gladstone was quite an
old man ii Glanced that he and Mr..
Chaplin were staying at the same couu.
try house together on II visit. One
night after dinner the Grand Old Man
asked Mr.. Chaplin whether his grand
mother had not lived in Il certain
street III Mayfair. Mr.. Chaplin replied
that she had done so "Wcll." said Mr..
Glndstonc Il remember ii distinctly. |
lived next door to her for awhile when
l was child. She used 10 give even.
Ing parties. When the carriages were
assembled to take up, my brother and
l used to creep out Of beu-~It was in
the summer tine--softly open the win
DOW, get ont our sluirts and disrrertly
fire away ut the roachmru on the
boxes. l remember the intense delight
with which we used to see them look
up TO the sky and call out to ask each
other whether it wasn't beginning to
rain"