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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-07
CHAPTER xxx.


"This Is my story. Let it plead with
you"
1t had grown dark in the prison, and
as he ceased speaking, Rufus Dawes felt
a trembling hand seize his own. 1t was
that of the chaplain.
LET me hold your hand! Sir Rich
ard Devine did not murder your father.
He was murdered by a horseman who,
riding with him, struck him and fed"
How do you know this?'
Because | saw the murder commit
ted, because-don't let go my hand-I
robbed the body"
"You?"
"In my youth l was a gambler Lord
Bellasis won money from me, and to
pay him I forged two bills of exchange.
Unscrupulous and cruel, he threatened
to expose me if l did not give him dou-
BILE the sum. Forgery was death in
those days, and l strained every nerve
to buy back the proofs of my folly. l
succeeded. l was to meet Lord Bellasis
near his own house at Hampstead on tho
night of which you speak, to pay the
money and receive the bills. When
saw him fall l galloped up, but instead
of pursuing his murderer l rifled his
pocketbook of my forgeries. was afraid
| to give evidence at the trial, or might
have saved you. All! you have let go
my hand!'
"God forgive you!" said Rufus Dawes,
and then was silent.
Speak, cried North. "Speak, or
| va, la mo mad ~, n,
Spurn mel Spit upon me! You cannot
think worse of me than do myself"
But the other, his head buried in his
hands, did not answer and, with a
wild gesture, North staggered out of the
cell.
Nearly an hour had passed. since the
chaplain had placed the rum flask II
his hand, and Gimblett observed, with
semi-drunken astonishment, that it was
not yet empty. If he didn't finish the
flask. he would be oppressed with al
everlasting regret. If he did finish it
he would be drunk; and to be drunk OF
duty was the one objectionable sin. H.
looked across the darkness of the sea
to where the rising and falling ligh
marked the schooner. The commandan
was a long way off! faint breez'
which had arisen with the night, brough
I'D to him the voices of the boats crew
from the jetty below him. His frient
Jack Mannix was coxswain of her. III
|, would give Jack a drink. Leaving tn
gate, he advanced to the edge of tn
embankment, and, putting his head over
called out to his friend. The breeze
however, which was momentarily fresh
ening, carried his voice away; and Jacl
Mannix, hearing nothing, continued hi
conversation. Gimblett was just drum
enough to be virtuously indignant at thi
. incivility, and seating himself on til
l.. edge Of the bank, swallowed the remain
der Of the rum at draught. The e1
? feet upon his enforcedly temperate stom
, ach was very touching. He made on
feeble attempt to get upon his legs, cas-
: q reproachful glance at the rum bottl'
D essayed TO drink out Of It's spirituou
b smptinsss and then. with smile q
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-07
NATIONS MORAL OBLIGATIONS.
By Bishop Fallows

ny oiohoP IdlloWS.
Young Timothy Dwight, when chap
lain in a continental regiment In 1774,
wrote an immortal poem on the destiny
Of our country, closing with the Won
derful lines indicative of her mission:
The ensign of union in triumph unfurled,
Hush the tumult of war and give peace
to the world.
"Without our conscious effort we
sprang to the front as one Of the great
world powers. The concern of human
ity Is now our concern. Public opinion,
potent everywhere, Is almost omnipo-
tent in the United States. We can not
now mind our own business without
minding the business Of other peoples,
If gross wrong Is committed against
them, and our public opinion should be
localized upon the perpetrators Of the
evil deeds. Traditional diplomacy must
give way to the coming of the new
world into international politics. Men
and women and children shall not bs
ruthlessly slaughtered by any nation
on account Of race or religion without
our indignant popular protest or gov
ernmental remonstrance. This Is not
intermeddling but intermendlng."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-07
Short Meter Sermons.

Winners are not winners.
Need makes the neighbor.
Difficulties are but doors of delight.
1t Is better to right wrongs than to
revenge them.
The lazy man always is proud Of his
patience.
No great work ever was done before
mirror.
Only a mercerized religion needs to
wear label.
Long public prayers point to short
private practice.
If your religion Is not in everything,
1t Is in nothing.
1t takes a wide-awake devil to make
sleepy church.
Too many men measure their horse
power by their exhaust
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Not Friends.

"Your ready repartee has made you
many friends" said the sincere ad.
mirer.
"Your mistake Is a common one" an.
swered Miss Cayenne. ''They are not
friends. They are merely an audience"
-Washington Star.
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had tempted the spirit of the Lord. The
words OF the text are the words of St
Peter, which he addresses to the wom-
an when he accuses her of the con-
spiracy between herself and her hus-
band TO defraud God.
This story of Ananias and Sapphira
is, as l take it, an allegory intended to
express a profound Christian truth.
There can be no more complete unity
and community of interest than that
which exists among children Of one
household. But by virtue of its funda-
mental principles, Christianity is such
brotherhood. All are children of one
Eather-and brothers each of the other.
This relation is the first thought in the
Lords prayer, Our Father, Who art in
heaven" which Is the pattern prayer of
Christendom. 1t underlies the two COM
mandments which our Lord substituted
Tor the ancient ten-namely, 1) Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart and with all thy soul and
with all thy mind" and (2) Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself." EX-
pressed in terms Of property, 1t APP
pears in our Lords teaching that
man should regard himself merely as
the steward, not the owner, Of his pos
sessions; that Is, that his property is
not his to enjoy for himself, but only
to administer for the greatest good Of
his brethren.
No man Is a true Christian who has
not made the fundamental surrender
of himself and all that he has to God
in and through his fellow men. He
who, processing the name Of Christian
ity, still regards worldly goods-his
powers, his talents, his knowledge, the
wealth which he has inherited or ac-
quired-as his for his own amusement,
tor his own ACKNOWLEDGMENT, for the en-
, richment of his children and not for
! the service Of his brother men, has
tempted the spirit Of the Lord, and
his punishment is spiritual death. He
cannot know God, for God is love, but
5 to know God is to possess eternal life,
{ and not to know God is to be dead eter.
t nally.
. This Is the fundamental truth OF
/. Christianity, above all expressions OF
e creeds. A man may believe with his
e mind and express with his lips belief
s in all the doctrines of the Christian
+ church; unless he makes the surrender
v of himself and what he possesses h,
It does not in fact believe in Christ.
True belief in Jesus Christ Is tn
% acceptance as the rule of life of th
~ spirit Of Christ, the spirit Of servic
8. aud sacrifice. To choose as the stand
,s ard and the aim of ones life self-ad
10 vancement or self-pleaslng instead o
.. the service of ones fellows-above all
,s to make ones very profession Of rellg
ion means Of self-proft-that Is tn
O. sill against the Holy Spirit which ma.
n not be forgiven, neither here nor here
"a after. That Is the meaning and tn
"A lesson of the parable of Ananias ant
n Sapphira, who agreed together to temp
q the spirit of the Lord.
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WEEK DAYS.
A MISSPELLED TALE.

A little buoy said: Mother deer,
May Eye go out too play?
The son is bright, the heir is clear
owe, mother, don't say neigh"
Go Fourth, my sum-" the mother said;
His ant said: "Take ever STAY,
Your gneiss knew sled, awl painted
read;
But dew knot lose ever weigh"
"Ah, know" he cried, and sought the
street
With hart so full of glee;
The weather changed, and snow and
And reign fell fierce and free.
Threw snowdrifts crate, threw wat'ry
pool,
He fue with mite and name.
Said he: Though Eye wood walk by
rule,
Eye am not write, it's plane.
Pde like to meat sum kindly sole.
For hear gnu dangers weight;
And yonder stairs a treacherous whole:
To sloe has bin my gate.
A peace of bred, a gneiss hot stake
Eyed chews if Eye were home;
This crewel fate my hart will brake
Eye love not thus to Rome.
I'm week and pail; I've mist my rode!"
But hear carte came passed.
He and his sled were safely toad
Back two his home at last.
John Kendrfck Bangs
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all directions. The rafting sound OF
the Maxim is reproduced with wonder
full fidelity. The Ardennes race also
furnishes the toy-makers with ideas, the
small racers running around the minia-
ture track with picturesque reality,
horns blowing, and drivers in goggles
and dust-cloaks.
From the perils of the road to those
OF the sea is but short step for the in
gen1ous inventor. A submarine boat is
on view which is prepared to plunge
into the depths at all times at the will
of its owner. 1t weighs sixty pounds
and is five feet long by two and a half
inches beam. After a short stay under
the water, it returns to the surface with
much more precision than the real
thing.
Wireless telegraphy has not escaped
attention, for the 'Telegraphinette'' is
an instrument permitting messages to
be sent at a distance of one hundred
yards. A funicular railway continually
ascends an apparently unclimable slope
without apparent effort.
Those unable to decide to rise early
IN the morning are encouraged in their
lazy habits by an ingenious alarm clock
which at any hour indicated goes off.
at the same time automatically lighting
a lamp and igniting a hot water stove,
so that the morning tea is virtually
ready when one is at length compelled
TO turn out of the blankets
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NEW PARTISAN TOYS.

A Toyland in Paris is the latest
amusement of the gay European capital.
The exposition now being held at the
Summer Alcazar, on the Champs Ely
sees, is a remarkably attractive display.
Under the auspices of M. Lepine, the
project of police, the inventions of the
purveyors of amusement for children
are brought to the notice of the pub
lie.
The offer of substantial prizes for the
best and most ingenious ideas has in
duced two hundred and fifty exhibitors
to join in the exposition. There are
some marvels of ingenuity and patience.
The process of manufacture may also
be watched from beginning to end, as
several stands have been erected where
the inventors carry on the work of turn
ing out toys from morning to night
Many of the articles shown are closely
connected with up-to-date events. Con-
sequently automobiles play a great part
in the exposition. Toy motor cars ex-
actly copied from the full-sized ma
chimes, are displayed and the frequent
motor car wrecks have provided one in
ventor with the idea of showing an auto
mobile which, after being wound I'D.
smoothly pursues its dashing course for
some distance and then, something
going suddenly wrong with the machin-
cry, leaps into the air and falls to
pieces, throwing the toy passengers to
all points of the compass, to await the
succoring hand of the manipulator, who
can in few moments replace the scat
tered pieces of the machine and re-seat
the passengers ready for another wreck
Another motor represents an armored
military automobile, provided with a
miniature machine gun, ready to fire in
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THE SMALL AND THE GREAT.

One night man took a little taper
out OF drawer and lighted it, and be-
gan to ascend long winding stair
Where are you going?" said the
taper
Away high up" said the man,
higher than the top of the house where
we Sleep"
And what are you going to do
there?" said the little taper
I am going to show the ships out
at sea where the harbor is" said the
man. For we stand here at the on
trance to a harbor and some ship far
out on the stormy sea may be looking
out for our light even now"
:, Alas! no ship could ever see my
nght," said the little taper. at is so
very small"
g, If your light is small" said the man.
keep it burning bright and leave the
rest to me-"
well when the man got up to the top
VI the lighthouse-for this was a light
muse they were in-he took the little
ISaper, and with it he lighted the great
lamps that stood ready with their pol
tt95ned refectors behind them. BY this
81 the lighthouse man had blown out
g. little taper, and laid it aside But
nad done its work. Though its own
snt had been so small, it had been the
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CHRISTMAS BELLS.

Why do bells for Christmas ring?
Why do little children sing?
Once lovely shining star
Seen by shepherds from afar
Gently moved until its light
Made a hangers cradle bright.
There a darling baby lay
P1llowed soft upon the hay.
And its mother sang and smiled,
This is Christ, the holy Child"
Therefore bells for Christmas ring
Therefore little children sing.
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CURIOUS CUSTOM.

In Friesland, it seems, there is a GUS
tom that the news of a birth or death
is announced verbally by a man who
calls at every house for that purpose.
II he brings the news of a birth. he
wears white gloves, if of a death, they
are black. Some days back a child was
born dead in a Friesian village. If was
necessary that the usual announcement
should be made, but in what colored
gloves? The harbinger was a man of
resource He went his rounds wearing
one white glove and one black one.
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But who is that? 1t

she is so lonely. But who is that? 1t
looks like John Donald and his father
and mother! 1t is, and there's the
whole family! Where are my crutches?
1t seems as if I never should get to the
door, It's just like Richard and Mary
and the children, too. to think of mel"
And very soon came man with tree
that, he sala, was to be set up in the
parlor Lucy kindled fire in the par
lor with the brass andirons. Grandma
had the andirons when she was mar
ried
Then came the box, that was so full
Lucy thought it would last most of the
winter.
After supper mamma and Grace ar
ranged the tree, and then invited the
rest of the household to come in.
AS the tree was for grandma, the
most of the presents were carried her,
and the children covered her almost
out of sight with sofa pillows, a down
puff, and many other gifts. After the
tree was cleared of it's burden, grandma
said, '"The presents are beautiful, but
not half so beautiful as you children
seem to me-
mo" said John, CT think Grace and
mamma are prettier than the down-puff
even."
$50 do l." said papa, and John
thought mamma never looked quite so
pretty as she did then
Nov, mamma" said Mr.. Donald, at
is early in the evening yet, l wish you
would take mothers Bible with the pic
lures In it that I used to look at when
/ was boy, and read about the coming
of Christ"
The children gathered around their
mother while she read them of the Babe
IN the manager and of the angels song
of peace. And then followed such a
tender, loving prayer that the children
never thought Of that Christmas with
out thinking of their fathers prayer
little later came Lucy to take them
to their rooms. All the sleeping-rooms
had bedsteads with high posts and such
great deep feather beds! How far the
children sank down in them, and what
lovely dreams they had down in the
feathers!
The Donald family all agreed that the
best Christmas they ever had was at
grandma's when she walked with
crutcheS-Ex
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THANKSGIVING ALL THE YEAR.

How it would revolutfonize life If wa
could agree to have one day a year for
murmuring and complaining, for let
ting out the floods of pent-up annov-
ances and grudges and Sights, and be
thankful for the rest of the time! How
much better than to try to be thankful
one day by law and grumble by impulse
Tor three hundred and sixty-four. Let
to-day sound a thankful note 10 ring
GhTough the year.-Maltbie Davenport
Babcock
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means of kindling the great lights in
the top of the lighthouse, and these
were now shining brightly over the sea.
so that the ships far out knew by it
where they were, and were guided safe
ly into the harbor.-Rev. DR.. Macrae.
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Mamma" said Mildred, do Won
think you can finish my gloves tonight
so l can wear them to school to-mor.
row."
am afraid not" said the mother
III have to get some more yarn. I
think"
on, hurry up and knit fast. and
maybe you can finish before the yarn
gives out."-Youth's Companion.
The Dolores star., 1906-09-14
SECOND HAND MAIL BOXES.
why Little Village May Have Big
Numbers in Its Post Office.

The man who was spending his
SUMNER vacation In the country was
looking quizzically at the mail boxes
In tke rural post Office.
Il did not know this was such
large place." he said. II thought II
had population of only about 1000.
but the mail box numbers run much
higher than that. and l don't suppose
every one in town rents a box either"
The postmaster peered out of his
little barred window.
Il can explain that" he said. "You
see the country post Offices never
get new boxes. but we have those
left over when the city establishments
make over their Offices and get new
boxes. So you see lots of country
places are bound to have high num-
Der boxes.
Although our numbers run over
1000, you won't find any less than
1000. some other country post office
drew the lower ones. I myself would
rather get the big numbers. for 1t
makes us seem like a bustling little
CITY"
The Dolores star., 1906-09-14
The AGE Of Lead,

We are wont to speak of this era
as the age of iron," and there is no
gainsaying that, industrially speaking,
Iron is precious metal"
Nevertheless. few people realize
how useful, IL not absolutely neces-
sary, to modern civilization, is that
other metal. lead. Soft. yielding,
pliable. it is not much like its sister
metal, but those distinguishing quail
ties are what give 1t such a prominent
place in the arts and industries.
Modern plumbing. requiring many
turnings and twistings, but withal
tight joints. would be almost impos-
sible without lead pipe. The great
est civilizing agent in the world-the
printing arts absolutely dependent
on lead. Hand-set type, linotype
"slugs." monotype type all are
made of compositions of which lead
Is the chief component-to say moth
ing OF the bearings in the presses as
well as all other kinds of machinery
in which "babbitt" metal is used.
Solder is another lead product
what a field of usefulness that one
form opens up.
Then there is the most important
use of all to which lead is put-paint,
that necessary material which keeps
our houses looking pretty = inside
and out-and preserves them from
decay.
How many Of us thank metallic lead
for the comforts Of paint? Yet the
best house paint is nothing but me-
tallic lead cOrroded by acid to white
powder known as white lead" or
course, there are many limitations OF
white lead" some of which are sold
as white lead and some which are
offered by the name of ready-pre-
pared paint under the familiar pre-
tense that they are lust as good" as
white lead. But all good paint is
made Of the metal, lead, corroded and
ground to a fine white powder and
mixed with linseed oil.
White lead is also used In the coat
ing of fine oil cloths and for many
purposes besides paint.
Red lead" is another product of
metallic lead and is what is known as
an oxide of lead, being produced by
burning the metal. Red lead is the
best paint known to preserve iron,
steel or tin, and is used largely in
painting metal structures. such as
skyscraper skeletons, mills and
bridges.
There are many other products Of
the metal lead, such as litharge,
orange mineral, etc, which are es-
sential to many of the arts in which
we never imagine that lead would be
Of the least use.
Verify. we live in an age Of lead
as well as of iron.
The Dolores star., 1906-09-14
TERRIBLE scALV ECZEMA.
eruptions Appeared on Chest, and
Face and Neck Were All Broken
out-Cured by cutieura.

1 had an eruption appear on my
chest and body and extend upwards
and downwards. SO that my neck and
lace were all broken out; also my
arms and the lower limbs as far as
the knees. l at first thought It was
prickly heat. But soon scales or
crusts formed where the breaking out
was. Instead of going to a physician
purchased complete treatment of the
Cuticura Remedies. in which had
great faith, and all was satisfactory.
A year or two later the eruption ap-
peared again, only a little lower; but
before 1t had time to spread / pro-
cured another supply OF the Cuticura
Remedies, and continued their use un-
III the cure was complete. 1t is now
1re years since the last attack. and
have not seen any signs of a return.
have more faith in Cuticura Rene
dies for skin diseases than anything
know of. Emma E. Wilson, Lis
comb, Iowa. Oct. /, 1906"
The Dolores star., 1906-09-14
Lincoln az a LAWYER.

A leader OF the Lincoln party told
the other day In Philadelphia a story
OF the astuteness of Lincoln as q
lawyer.
When Lincoln was practising law"
he said. he had a case involving a
disputed will. The opposition claimed
the will was genuine and for several
hours adduced proof OF this. For
Lincoln, who had to prove the will a
forgery. things looked black.
Lincoln. however. only called one
witness, retired paper manufactur,
er. renowned the country over for
his wealth and probity.
Mr.. Dash. Lincoln said to this
witness. handing him the disputed
will. please hold that paper up to
the light and tell US what is the water
mark on It,
THE water mark of my own firm,
Blank & Co. the witness answered.
When did your firm begin to
manufacture paper?'
In 1S41.'
And what's the date OF the docu.
ment in your 1ands?'
August IL. 1896
That is enough. Gentlemen OF
The jury our case is closed"
The Dolores star., 1906-09-14
His Scheme Worked.

It is related that a certain man was
recently very sad because his wife
had gone out of town on a visit.
which she would not shorten in spite
of his appeals to her to come home.
He finally hit upon a plan to induce
her to return. He sent her a copy of
each of the local papers with one item
clipped out. and when she wrote to
find out what it was he had clipped
out he refused to tell her.
The scheme worked admirably! In
less than a week she was home to
find out what it was that had been
going on that her husband didn't want
her to know about.-Pittsburg Press.
The Dolores star., 1906-09-14
Mrs. Pinkhnm's Standing Invit

Following we publish two let-
ters from u woman who accep-
ted this invitation. Noto the
result:
First letter.
Dear Mrs. Pinkhnm-
"For eight years have suffered something
terrible every month. The pains are excru-
ciatiDg and can hardly stand them. My
doctor saws hi,ve severe female trouble,
and must go through an operation II l want
to get well. / do not want to submit TO 1t II
] can possibly hello it. Please tell mo what
to do. / hope you can relieve me. Mrs.
Mary Dimmick, 53th and E. Capitol Streets,
Washington, d. G.
Second letter.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
'.Atter following carefully your advice,
and taking Lydia f.. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound, ! am very anxious to send you
my testimonial, that 0thers may know their
value and what you have done for me.
The Dolores star., 1906-09-14
Sunshine and Sugar Growing.

The effect of sunshine on sugar
growing is said by the New Orleans
Picayune to make the Grip more pro-
ductive. Thus Spain has become
equally as successful with beet sugar
growing as her established cane sugar
industry, notwithstanding an arid eli
mate. On the other hand, the storms
and fogs that envelop the British is.
lands are said to have prevented the
development Of the beet sugar indus.
try there. England's average houra
of sunshine are about 1,40O, while
Spain has 5000.