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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

One is forced to wonder not that
there is fighting, but that there Is not
so much fighting that the practice OF
hazlng should become dangerous or i'm
possible Courage, physical and moral,
is supposed to be one Of the marks OF
the naval officer, but have the cadets
not been establishing a system Of COW
ardice in permitting themselves to be
mauled by young brutes without max
Ing a fight for itT When a new boy
enters an English public school he
must inevitably fight he is forced to
fight by some youth who attempts to
put an indignity upon him, and when
the affront is given the battle Is on.
The English system seems to be the
better one. 1t Is possible 70 understand
tho code which impels midshipman
or other youth to fight to preserve his
self-respect, but 1t Is hard to under
stand the code or state Of mind which
coerces the future officers Of the navy
to submit tamely and submissively to
brutal indignities.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30
WoMEN's LOVE FOR ANIMALS
Strange Ways in Which This Il
Shown in Paris.

Strange Ways in Which This II
shown In Paris.
1t is because man has become so cal
lous and engrossed in business that he
can no longer give the necessary ca
ressipg attention to woman that she
thinks is her due that she now goes
to animals for it? Woman wants to
show affection as we'll as to receive 1t,
and we read here that woman whom
DR.. Magnin impolitely called degener-
ate had adopted a turtle which was
cruelty treated by former master,
and which she placed in the warmest
corner of her bed to nurse it and cure
1t of a cold which she was afraid
would turn into consumption, says the
Brooklyn Eagle. She was sorry to
learn that no specialist exists to cure
turtles of tuberculosis, which she re-
CARDS as one of the things lacking in
civilized countries. do not know that
woman with the turtle, but l do know
the woman about whom l shall tell
dog story" She has private house
for the comfort of ten or twelve dogs
that she cares for better than she
would for her own children, II she had
any. When she is away In Paris the
maid sends a telegram to her every
day, letting her know OF the state OF
health of the dogs. A veterinary is
paid to visit them once a week, and he
has carte blanche for expenses for
medicine, or for anything which dog
needs to cure a cold or TO destroy any
thing that grows that might incom-
mode these puppies sin clover Just
now the favorite lapdog Of Miss N. Is
Ill with bronchitis and the veterinary
calls twice a day to see the dog. She
watches II, nurses Ii night and day,
buys chickens for broth, to see II
Tinette will not take some, and posi-
bly, condescend to take bite from the
wing.
The habit of having animals instead
Of children for pets Is not only foolish,
but animals transmit their diseases to
man. 1t has been proven now that
dogs can transmit tuberculosis. Catch
ing 1t from one human being, they can
give 1t to others. The taenial echino-
coccus in the dog transmits its eggs to
man, finds a home In his liver, decom-
poses 1t, transforms 1t into liquid
tumor, which, in medical phrase, Is
called "hydatid cyst" Must not all Of
us come to the conclusion that human
creatures are heirs to enough diseases,
without catching those ordinarily con-
fined to animals? The brute world Is
one of the most beautiful works Of the
Creator, but should it not be left in
its place, as everything else is? There
is no doubt that such intense individ-
ual love Of animals is one Of the seri-
GUS symptoms Of degeneracy in man.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

Some Western college professor has
made suggestion which seems to
strike at the root Of the football evil.
1t consists Of two propositions first,
that membership on an intercollegiate
football team be conditioned primar-
fly on the candidates being a gentle
man in the best sense Of the word, and
that at the least indication OF hoodlum-
ism seen by his associates or coaches
he be punished by immediate removal
from the list of available players and,
secondly, that this motto be continu-
ously forced upon the attention of all
contestants in intercollegiate sports
at is far better to lose fairly than to
win unfairly"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

The famous Natural bridge, located
about forty miles from Lynchburg,
Va, which has been involved in litiga-
ton for some time, is to be sold. The
entire property consists of $50 acres
and syndicate is trying to get pos
session Of 1t for the purpose Of ex-
plotting it as the greatest American
wonder. 1t is wonderful natural
formation, rich in historic associations.
George Washington, when young
surveyor in the employ Of Lord Fair
fax, carved his name high up on one
of the sides. 1t was once the property
of Thomas Jefferson. John Marshall
called 1t Goods greatest miracle in
stone"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30
Desert "Amen" Corner.

Republican politicians have about
given up appearing in the famous
"amen corner" of the Fifth avenue ho-
tel, New York. For more than q gen.
Grafton 1t was the haunt of men pow
erful in the party named, but factional
troubles have scattered the leaders into
various other resorts.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30
PRAcTIcEo HIS PHILOSOPHY.
He Could See MisfOrtunes in Their
Humorous Aspect.

Humorous Aspect.
THANK goodness for a clothes-line !"
exclaimed Eric Gordon, fervently, as he
and his wife were putting the finishing
touches on a week Of packing, prepara-
tory to moving out Of their house.
That's what the Thurstons would say.
Did you know they call that room they
live in their 'one-room fatT When all
the chair and tables are full, they stack
things in a corner and say, Thank
goodness for a fioor!"
mercy !" said the tired-looking young
woman who was resting for a minute
on packing box. How do people live
so?'
"Adaptability to circumstances and
the knack of turning the humorous
light on things. They have a mighty
good time-all owing to their philoso-
ply. Now isn't 1t better to rejoice over
your thoughtfulness in forgetting to
pack this clothes-line than it would be
to lament because we've lost that trunk
strapT He tipped up trunk, and pro-
ceeded to rope 1t stoutly as he went on:
"If we can acquire the habit Of being
amused by things which nag most peo-
pie; If we can learn to enjoy lying
awake when we can't go to sleep; If
we can look on the noise which dis
turbs us as kind of music"
80 easy to preach!" murmured his
wife. Eric, do you know that it's 60
ing on midnight? Mother will repent
having asked us to sleep there If we
don't come soon. o Eric, do you know
you've left out that vase on the trunk
behind your
YES; couldn't find place where
l dared pack it. I'm going to carry 1t
in my hands"
"The idea! You think more Of that
vase than Of everything else we own y
Maybe. It's our choicest possession,
l guess" He glanced admiringly over
his shoulder at the rare piece Of glass
Then he asked, abruptly, "How am
going to cut this rope? I want to put
the rest of it round that box, and John
Blake has walked off with my knife.
"And everything in the house that
might cut is packed, and everybody II
the neighborhood is asleep"
; Don't you suppose there's any sharp
edged thing lying aroundT
I'm afraid not" she answered, du
biously, and together they made fruit
e less tour of the rooms.
"I might gnaw It," hazarded Gordon
humorously, picking up the rope ant
trying to break it. AS he did so his
foot slipped and one arm flew out
striking the cherished vate behind him
. With a lunge he reached for 1t, only
. to give it blow that sent 1t crashing
= into fragments on the hard tiling O.
the hearth.
20 Ericw gasped Mrs. Gordon, ant
waited for him to say the rest.
There was half-minute Of silence
Then, with a grim twinkle, he picke'
- up jagged bit Of the beautiful rain
. bowhued glass.
- THANK goodness for something t
,. cut this rope WITH" he said, quietly, be
= ginning to saw the clothes-line apart
"There's nothing more to pack now
- Dolly, and we can get right over t
your mothers and have good night
sleep."-Youth's Companion.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

1t is great thing, this glory and
honor of nations. For It men go and
shoot at perfect strangers without an
introduction and are shot at by them.
Those who are killed are heroes and
get their names misspelled in a list
The more Of these there are the great
er the glory and honor redounding to
the credit Of the nation supplying
them. The nation measures its glory
and honor by the number Of Its citizens
slain. So this honor and glory must
be fine and noble thing.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

Books and merchandise committed to
the mails misdirected or underpaid find
their way into the Dead Letter Office,
and are sold by auction in Washington
Just before Christmas each year.
Countless Misunderstanding and
heartburnings have been occasloned by
the mistakes which the auctioneers
huge pile each year represents. Per.
sons for whom the articles were in.
tended wonder why they never heard
from old friends, particularly those fai
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

away from home, and those who sent
these things feel hurt because the sup
posed recipients have never been polite
enough to make acknowledgment No
one can look at the stacks Of misdirect-
ed articles without realizing the desira-
bility of charitable judgment Of those
who, we think, have treated us shah
billy. The Dead Letter Office collec-
tions constitute a touching appeal for
leniency.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30
"BEAUTY AND THE BEAST"
How a Pretty Old story Is Misrend
and Misinterpreted.

HOW a Fretty Ola - 4'AA"A Se~>A
and Misinterpreted.
When a lovely woman weds rlcn,
coarse, cruel man, the cynical modern
observer exclaims, Beauty and the
Bestw The Characterization Is wick
ed misreading of one Of the loveliest OF
myths, a story as fruitful Of wisdom
to-day as when 1t sprang out OF the
early life of the world.
Beauty was good daughter and a
brave woman. Her father lost his for
tune, and she set herself to serve him.
When prosperity promised to return TO
him, she begged gift of roses rather
than of jewels or laces. When he
again fell into trial, was captured by
the Beast and forced to promise one
Of his daughters as ransom, Beauty
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

Cultivated and prosperous people
often complain that the working ser
wants of cities are ignorant, job-seek-
ing and incompetent Yet seldom does
the man Of cultivation ana means 20 to
work for his community in the hum
bier Offices where there Is much labor
and little honor or political influence.
But there are exceptions. A young
novelist is mayor Of Toledo. A mil
lionaire has been appointed superln-
tendent of streets In Cincinnati-his
wealth was 0cQuired before he entered
the office. A late fire commissioner Of
Syracuse was a millionaire and college
graduate; he built model engine
house at his own expense and i'm
proved the department by his own
example Years ago an indignant citi-
zen Of Boston complained to the mayor
that the street sweepers were an un-
gentlemanly crew. Il know It," re-
piled the mayor. "I've tried to get
our first families to WELD the brooms
but they won't do it,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

Saleslady-I am reslgnlng my posi-
ton. I'm going to marry Mr.. Kash-
collar of the necktie counter.
Manager-Why not keep on work
Ing anyhow?
Saleslady-Gee! You don't know
Bobby. If l don't quit my job he'll
quit his.-Cleveland Leader.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30
Fatal Statement.

Newitt-He's anxious to be consider
ed a man of some social distinction.
Bunker-He's taking queer way
about It."
Newitt-Why?
Bunker-He says golf Is merely
tommyrot.-Philadelphia Press.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30
Not II He Is Good.

Little Freddy (after listening to the
usual matutinal quarrel between his
father and mother)-Mamma, If lit
tie boy is very, very good all the time
when he Is little, does he have to get
married when he's grown up?-Fam-
ilie-Jourral
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

Sir Horace Plunkett wants to make
study Of the dietary Of the Ameri-
can farming class. We will be inter
ested in his remarks when he arises
In the British Parliament full Of hog,
hominy and wisdom, and gives a re-
suit of his Investigations.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

why" asks foreign visitor, "are
not your college students revolution
lsts?" Evidently this gentleman has
not seen them going through some OF
their revolutions on the football field.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30
Just Too Sweet.

Miss Elder-Yes, Jack asked me to
be his partner 'for life, and l accept
ed.
Miss Younger-How lovely! And you
will be the senior partner, won't you,
dear?-Cleveland Leader.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30
Name.

"Well the congregation has become
so fashionable that it won't stand for
the old name any longer. 1t wants
something modern"
"What will they call it?"
81 don't know, but 1 should think
the Church of the Holy Limit would be
about right" t."-Puck.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

There is plenty of heroism in the
country, but the hero does not pro
claim his merit from the housetops.
The hero-rewardlng commission may
have to employ detectives.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

George Westinghouse, Jr, has en-
tered his fathers shops as an appren-
tice on the same terms as the other
apprentices. Still, the other appren-
tees wouldn't be taking long chances
In swapping futures with him.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

Most English-speaking persons think
that the best place for a Chinese is
In China. He no soner migrates to
country inhabited by users Of English
than they begin to tell him how un-
welcome he Is. The history Of Chi
nese immigration in the United States
Is familiar. Laborers were needed on
the Pacific coast, and the Chinese
came, or were brought, In large num-
bers to supply the demand. Then the
white men began to protest against
the competition of the Asiatics, and
after time Chinese laborers were for
hidden to enter the country. The situ-
alton in the gold-mining region Of
South Africa to-day Is similar to that
in California when the Chinese began
to flock there. The mine owners have
not been able to get white or black Ia
Dor enough to work their mines to
their full capacity. A year ago the
importation of Chinese coolies began
and now there are forty-five thousand
Of them in the district. They were ad
mitted against the protest Of the Brit
ish colonies in the southern Pacific
and in spite Of the objections Of pub
lie men in Great Britain. Already the
question Of discontinulng the policy
has become a party Issue In England
The Liberals declare that the condi
tion of the Chinese Is practically ont
of slavery. Moreover, they assert tina
the Chinese have made life unsafe IL
the mining district; that men ar
afraid to leave their families alone
and that It has become necessary t
barricade the doors and windows o
the houses at night, and to sleep witt
firearms within reach. All this Is de
MED by the adherents Of the govern
ment, who maintain that the sltus
ton Is exaggerated or wholly misrepre
scented, and that the introduction O
Chinese labor has made South Afric
prosperous. A most serious phase O
the situation Is that the three or fou
hundred million Chinese at home ar
beginning to take note of the trea
ment Of the Chinese away from hom,
and are resorting to retaliatory mea!
ures against foreigners in China.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

"Will the coming man marry?' asks
Dr. Madison c. Peters. 1t depends
somewhat on the fancy of the woman
to whose house he is coming. How
often does he come?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30
Light Trihing.

Doctor, are the majority Of people
In the Insane asylum blondes?'
"What a silly question"
Not at all, when you stop to con-
slider that blondes are naturally light
headed. d."-Baltimor American.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

"a wife is a luxury" said Chicago
Judge, but he didn't pretend to give an
exhaustive definition. That would re-
Quire several pages Of the dictionary.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

An army girl in New York who mar
ried an octogenarian il now seeking
4 divorce. She probably thought that
octogenarian meant eighty millions.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

After reading SECRETARY Wilson's re-
port, the farmer must be convinced
that he is rich, even If he wears one
gallus and his principal asset Is a vel
low dog.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

Yale's athletic reserve fund has
grown 10 nearly 100000. Maybe this
is proof of sport for sports sake, but
It looks like business.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

If your feelings are easily hurt, and
you are popular, you are sensitive,
but If you are not popular, you are
touchy.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

DR.. Dowie didn't allow his modesty
to restrain him from naming three
men to do the work heretofore per
formed by himself.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

One-half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives because fully
one-half mind their own business
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

An old bachelor says that matrimony
Is an excellent training school for
women who are ambitious to enter the
lecture field.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

President Roosevelt can find sure
cure for race suicide In the Senator
Clark Enthusiastically plan.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

When young man informs girl
that she is the light of his life, he
probably means a flashlight.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

Uncle Sam is about to shut down the
lid on Bering Sea, but he can't seal
1t. No seals left.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30
Pay for Church-Goers.

At Fullbourn, England, the poor
receive sixpence each for regular
church attendance.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

The new battleship's dizzy speed is
calculated to make the Virginia reel.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

The world is indeed a stage, but the
spectators are not charged admission
fees.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

1t might be well for parents to re-
member that spoiled children come
home to roost.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

TOLEDO. OREGON
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-30

cnAs. r. & ADA z. soULE. Pubs.I
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
BOYS LEGS CUT OFF "a
BY MILWAUKEE, ENGINE
Eight Year-old Chester Cook Probably
Fatally Injured While Returning
from Sisters Funeral.

While returning from his sisters
funeral. yesterday, Chester Cook, 8
years old, was run over and probably
fatally injured by switch engine in
the Milwaukee yards, near South Min
neapolis Junction. 80
The boy had left his parents to 60
home alone, and was walking leisurely
along the street, giving little heed to
anything that was going on about him.
Several men saw him just before the
accident, but paid little attention to
him. &c.,. %.
As he was crossing the tracks a
switch engine came dashing toward
him, and not hearing the rumbling Of
the wheels, he was knocked down. Both
his legs remained across the rail and
were severed at the knee. The engine
was stopped and the; trainmen attended
him the best they could until the South
Side patrol wagon arrived to take him
to st. Barnabus hospital.
Early today his condition was serious
and the physicians held out little hope
for his recovery. He was not naturally
strong child, and he5w was weakened BY
| the loss of blood. -afy,i T4r
His parents live at 1911 Twenty hv'
and One half street IS. They are over
come by the awful accident which fol
lowed 50 closely upon the death of thu
other child. IT,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
CHIEF DOYLE GIN ES
! PRAISE TO OFFICERS
CROOKS HAVE LITTLE CHANCE
- TO WORK CROWDS.
Detectives from Other Cities Do Good
Service In spotting Men Who Have
Police Records Visiting sleuths
Hold Reunion Today.

Twenty-Five detectives, many Of them
from other cities, and the rest from the
railroads of the northwest, who assisted
the Minneapolis police during encamp-
ment week, will meet at police head
quarters tomorrow for a reunion be-
fore returning to their regular work.
Arrangements have been made with
All Of the detectives say: that they en-
joyed the encampment in spite Of the
joyer the encampment in spite of the
fact that they worked night and day,
but they have left it to Superintendent
Doyle to speak Of the, results of their
work.
Credit Where It Is Due. ..
The Minneapolis superintendent gives
the visitors much of the credit for the
excellent record made by the police in
keeping crime down and compelling the
pickpockets and grafters to go into hid
lug The number of robberies was
much smaller than he expected. Thieves
Will always 90 where the crowds arr,
he says, but this time the crooks found
a system they were not prepared for.
Thieves from distant parts of the
country ran up against men who knew
their records and who did not hesitate
to escort them to the railway station
and send them out of the city. Scarcely
an hour passed that some crook was not
! picked out of the crowd and quietly
! told to get out of the city limits.
| There were enough men with police
| records in the city to throw an ordi
nary force into fever, but the visiting
detectives prevented them from work
| ing. It was not vacation for the
criminals or the visiting police for both
were kept on the run and as a result
! the old soldiers and their friends were
better protected than ever before.
! 49,. New Sleuths Found.
More than fifty men worked out Of
headquarters in plain clothes and Su
perintendent Doyle is not slow in civ
ing credit where it is due to his owl
men,. Several uniformed patrolme1
worked in plain clothes and gave gooC
accounts of themselves. Seeing thai
they were able to rise to the emergency
! Superintendent Doyle will give many
of them further trial for he is con
WINGED that he has found new materia
for an enlarged detective force whe1
the time comes. ~ "
| The patrolmen in uniform also made
an enviable record, and it is due tt
their GOODNESS in stopping runaways,
keeping the street traffic in order an(
in preventing jams during the parad
1 that many lives were saved or injurie
avoided. J. so 800 .t,t.,..e-...s- -. =.
Yesterday the commanding officers o
! the police department had time to d
little else than receive compliment
from visitors and residents for tn
showing made. at the first great -oppor
i Unity. ''.T -, :, =.