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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06
FOLLOWING CHRIST.
By Rev. H. M. Wharton, D. D.

By Rev. H. M. Wharton, D. D..
TeXt-'Lord will follow Thee
whithersoever Thou gOest. Luke :51.
No one will follow Christ who does
not believe in Him, and no one Will
fail to follow Him who does believe in
Him. The best evidence Of your faith
is your willingness to follow. Some
of you have believed in Him for many
years and are willing to follow Him,
but you are waiting for something to
happen that will never come. You
want some strange miracle or some
wonderful mental earthquake. But
what is the use of it if God has already
converted your soul. Delay is danger
Gus.
We all get in the wilderness some
times, brethren. Wilderness Of temp
tations, wilderness of trials; and 1t
gets very dark, and our hearts become
very heavy, but Jesus Is with us in
the wilderness, and we shall follow
Him out. The devil can't keep you
there long. God grant that when we
do get out we may come as He did, In
the power of the Spirit. Peter was In
the wNerness when he heard the
chicken crow, and he went out into the
darkness to weep the bitter tears of
remorse. But he was out of the wild
erness when he stood yonder at Pente-
cost, and his words, like red-hot thun-
derbolts, smote the hearts Of the as
tonished multitude. And then, by and
by, we shall follow Him to the grave.
He went to the grave, and we must go
there, too.
Yes, and we shall follow Him out
of the grave and l have sometimes
thought that when we stand upon the
other side of the grave and He shall
point to the little crooked path we
walked while here, we shall see then,
as we cannot now see, His wisdom in
all our Affections, temptations, trials
and sorrows. We shall follow Him to
heaven. On swift wings we will rise
with Him to the mansions Of the blest,
and then, above all things, we shall re-
joice that we followed Him while here
on earth.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06

Scientists are capable of making peo-
pie feel very dissatisfied with the fu-
ture. 1t Is part Of their duty to stir
mortals up, If only to smooth them
down again with discoveries" there
fore 1t behooves the imaginative to re-
fleet before giving way to their emo
tions. One Of the latest prods Is this
announcement of the wise men, that the
planet earth is drying up and that man
wln eventually die Of thirst. Didn't so
many men die of it now we should be
more nervous Mt the picture the scient-
ist draws of the coming time when hui
man life by overcrowdlng, starvation,
cold and heat will be destroyed. Not
In our time" Is the only comfort to be
extracted from these researches and
comparisons.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06
pAHLIA FOR THE SUMMER.
HOrticulturist Makes n Find in Mex
icO-New Plant.

HOrtfculturfst Makes n Find in Mex.
icO-New Plant.
Anybody who wants can now have
dahlias blooming practically all sum-
mer, according to the Washington Star.
ly turned the dahlia from late fall
flower to a summer bloOmer. 1t was
more or less of an accident, but one of
the explorers Of the department was
down in Mexico recently and found a
little, insignificant flower growing half
wild, as most flowers and cattle do in
that country. 1t was true dahlia, but
its flower was Insignificant and of a
pale yellow color. The only peculiar
ity about it was that it started bloom
ing in the early spring and kept it up
all summer.
The little dahlla was gathered in
along with a lot of other things and
sent to Washington There was a ques-
ton whether anything could be made
out Of it. but Mr. Oliver, the plant
juggler Of the greenhouses, was set to
work with it, and by judicious
amount Of crossing and twisting of its
natural proclivities he finally produced
plant that not only would bloom all
summer, but bore big, crimson flower
as fine as any autumn-blooming dahlia
in the greenhouse.
To be sure, with the average horti-
culturist raising dahlias in the spring
may seem rather like eating strawber-
ries at Christmas, but it has added an
other possibility to the varieties that
will deck the American garden in the
summer, and it shows, too, what good
things are laying around in the veg
etable world only waiting for some one
to come along and make use Of them.
Speaking Of pick-ups in the agricul-
tural line, orange-raising may not be
agriculture in the strictest sense Of the
term, but the seedless orange, which Is
one of the most important factors in
the orange market to-day, was a pick
up Of the same sort. The tree was a
find down in Brazil where there were
a few seedless orange trees growing
along one of the rivers. Some of them
were sent to the United States, and by
grating, budding and enarching on or
dinary sweet orange stock a seedless
tree was produced that has multiplied
and spread, so as to make the fortunes
of large number Of growers in Flor
ida and California. 1t only shows that
agricultural explorers are sometimes
worth all the money that is spent on
them on several trips where they turn
up nothing at all. They are more or
less like prospectors in the West When
they do strike they strike 1t rich.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06

mother can never be certain what
word spoken to her child may make a
lasting impression on career and char
acter. When Frederick Temple, the
late Archbishop Of Canterbury, was
poor boy, wearing patched clothes and
patched shoes, his mother stimulated
his courage and guided his zeal. The
boy one day waxed critical over the in
constituencies Of English spelling Fred
dy, don't argue" said his mother; do
your work" He never forgot the ad-
vice. When, as Primate of All Eng
land, the boy had risen to the position
scarcely second In dignity and influence
to any in the British empire, he acted
on his mothers injunction: Don't ar
que; do your work" The archbishop
lived perhaps too much the life of ac-
tion and too little that OF thought; but
for better or for worse, the mothers
words had been potent and determining.
my mother was good woman, and
she used to say the world owed us a
living" said wretched girl arrested
for shiplifting. SO the deluding phrase
OF the good but foolish mother had been
cherished as justification for q life OF
petty crime While preachers and
teachers try to find occasion for i'm
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06

That was wise man who said that
he could do a years work In eleven
months, but he could not do it in
twelve; and although few persons could
put IL 30 pithily, 1t is pretty generally
recognized that the poorest economy is
that which would curtail or forego the
annual holiday. Even those daily toll
ers who leave the city each night for a
suburban or country home need their
annual outing If they do not wish to
travel for it, let them stay at home and
take their rest where they belong. In
this way the great value Of the vaca-
tion B obtained-they get out Of the
rut. 1t Is the rut, the monotonous reg
ularity of toll that cries for relief. The
holiday may mean many things change
OF ali and scene, abstention from every
form of work, or ardent occupation
with sports. Any and all may be good,
but the great thing is to change the
point of wear and tear, to have the
wheels 60 round some other way. The
pace that kills" is the same thing, at
the same hour, in the same way, until
one could echo the poor Irishwoman
who thought it would be such a rest
to iron Monday and wash Tuesday.
This is why each individual should be
(but Is not always) the best Judge of
the kind Of rest needed. Each knows
best where the grind comes, where the
shoe pinches, and the choice Of change
should be guided by that knowledge.
The worn-out teacher, who has all the
year been overdrawing her reserve
force, should spend her time Of rest
with those who have something to give
her, some store Of vitality and ner-
vous energy on which she can draw in
her turn. The woman who has spent
n long winter 80 troubled with domes-
tic problems that that life has become
one long-drawn-out irritation should
shut up her house, and let some other
woman lodge and feed her. Some meas
ure Of outdoor sport should be within
reach of all, although the good Of a
vacation Is often destroyed by too much
ambition In this respect on the part
of those unaccustomed to long or hard
exercise. Those who wish to climb
mountains or take long tramps or in
dulge in vigorous exercise Of any kind
should begin very gradually, and keep
well within their strength. 1t is safe
to say that people exercise too much
rather han not enough in their holidays.
1t is 80 customary to join fresh air
with exercise in the same phrase that
1t is easy to forget that one can have
all the fresh air one needs with only
just as much exercise as one chooses.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06
SENTENCE SERMONS.

Groans contribute nothing to growth
There is no ministry like that OF
manhood.
The fruitful life does not soon be-
come seedy.
Oily phcases heal none Of the worlds
wounds.
When humanity meets trouble it re.
veals its divinity.
No man saves himself by running
away from the lost.
People who are always Growing are
often chicken-hearted.
Tie fact that Noah Is your uncle
will not keep you dry shod.
You do not need to chew the bake
tins to get the bread oe life.
1t takes more than lumber and glue
to make the tree Of life.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06

Whether or not pictures should be
exempt from duty on the ground that
they are different from other hand,
made goods, 1t Is certainly true that
making pictures for the American mar
ket Is considerable industry in some
European cities. Munich, which is
known to the more scornful of other
European cities as the center Of com.
mercial art, sends the largest supply
Of oil-paintings and water-colors to
this country, but Berlin Is not much be
hind Munich. 1t Is not the "made-in.
Germany kind that we are chiefly anx.
ious to get, out the kind made a few
centuries ago in Spain and Italy.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06

The colored races Of Asia are begin
ming to realize that they are not SO in
ferior to the whites when they adopt
the customs and methods of the latter.
1t will take a long time, however, to
get all the Chinese and all the Hindoos
to break away from their oriental pre-
Judices and take up civilized and occi-
dental methods. There are no people
anywhere so welded to the past as
these orientals and there Is none so in
tolerant Of change. The dawn may be
breaking in Asia, but 1t will be long
time before the monday Is reached.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06
THE BATTLE OF LIFE.

oy RGV. huulooh ~ CIOi ~. ~
Text-"That thou mightest war a
good warfare"-I Timothy l: 1S.
1t has become a common thing to
speak of the battle Of life, and this is
a tribute to the correctness Of that
Scripture view Of our life which we
are now called to consider. 1t shows
that the representation Of Paul is
founded in human experience. Not that
''the battle of life" is strictly Biblical
phrase, for Scripture speaks of our life
rather as a warfare than as a battle
But the thought is the same-only In
the modern phrase the idea is appar-
emily intensified, and the warfare Is
represented as so continuous and sus-
tanned that the whole of our life is
spoken of as If it were an unbroken
and uninterrupted battle.
The Christian life is not mere ro-
nance, but a warfare against all forms
of sin. Better the tumult of perpetual
conflict than the silent quiescence of
universal death. We would rather see
man struggling with the tide of his
corruptions, than allowing himself
quietly to drift down the stream
Any dead fish can swim with the tide
We have more hope for man who has
some difficulty in shining than for one
who sins without compunction Of con.
science
We have a battle to fight. To re-
strain appetites, to purify our affec.
tions, to sanctify our natures, to di.
rect the eye of our ambition to a life
beyond, to invigorate the intellect, to
transform and elevate pure hearts, this
is our mission, to overcome the world
Is our duty. There may be failures in
certain parts Of warfare. 1t may not
be victory at every point and every
hour Of the battle, but it's close will
assuredly be so. Rest Is certain, but
not here; the victory comes only on
the sable wings of death, but come II
shall, and then, from the scene of all
conflict we shall pass to the realm of
the crowned and sceptered warriors of
the Lord
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06
THE ONE AT THE HELM.
By Rev. Henry F. Cop

Carest thou not that we perlsh?-
Mark w., 3S.
Danger tears away our disguises. In
hours Of peril the true man appears,
and at such times, If ever, the man
speaks the truth. Fearing the boat
was sinking, these men have little
thought Of the dignity or the divinity
Of the one who lies asleep in the helms
mans place; rudely they awaken him
with their indignant cries, wondering
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06

During a discussion in Congress a
railway clerk was named as having
suggested in 1862 that mail be assorted
and distributed in the mail cars. This
Idea, however, did not originate In this
country. Fifty years ago a picture
was published in Harper's Magazine,
showing a French railway postofiice"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06

A minister recently spoke" to n
woman because she did not attend
church oftener. She told the trntb
and said frankly that she didn't care
to go; and he thought that was better
than to make lot Of sincere and un-
truthful apologies.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06

President Castro Of Venezuela has
withdrawn from the active perform
ance Of his duties, and left the vice
president in charge. He has announced
that he wishes to go into the country
for his health. The condition of af-
fairs in Venezuela suggests hidden
significance In those last three words.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06

Russia is reported to be playing a
deep game in the far East. But this is
not likely to cause any establishment
People have ceased to expect Russia
to be sensible.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06

The successful man Is not the idler,
the good fellow or the miser. He has
accomplished something He has an
aim in life and he is helping others to
reach their goal. The truly successful
man is better when he leaves the world
than when he came into 1t, and the
world is little better for his having
been here.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06
A Doubling Thomas.

She~-Did you let father know you
owned lot Of house property?
He-I limited at It.
She-What did he say?
He-He said, Deeds speak louder
than words"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06

printing some counsel on the memory OF
children, mothers preach and teach, con-
sciously or unconsciously, from morning
till night, week in and week out. 1t is
part of their lot that they cannot
choose which of the many seeds they
SOW shall strike root, spring up, and
bear fruit.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06

The muck rakers all the same have
done a useful work in uncovering the
deferred dividend" rottenness in the
big New York life insurance companies.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06

Andrew Carnegie is getting the
speechmaking habit. Well, he has a
fund of eloquence amounting to mill
ions,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-07-06

The country can stand many kinds
OF isms, but it draws the line at Gorky-
Ism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
MANY PETITIONS
 ARE IN FOR TYSON
Bars of Fifty-two Counties Have Either Wholly or In Part Endorsed Him
 for Chief Justice.

Montgomery, February 7-(Special.)- Up to this afternoon the bars of fifty-two counties, either wholly or in part, have endorsed Associate Judge John R. Tyson, for the position of chief justice, made vacant by the death of Justice Thomas N. Mcclellan a week ago. In addition there have been filed thirty-four letters from individual lawyers, nine circuit court judges and three chancellors. In some cases the bars have divided. but the ma jority heard from have asked that Judge Tyson be named
 Governor Jelks said before leaving for Birmingham tonight, that he would like- ly take up the matter of appointing chief justice Monday. In fact he said to the correspondent of The Age-Herald that he would appoint hIm on that day. The Governor went to Birmingham to- night to meet Mrs. Jelks and his daugh- ter and they will likely return to the city tomorrow night.
 It is said that one of the petitions is from Birmingham with the signatures of thrty-fiye lawyers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18
COTTON DESTROYED
 BY LAFAYETTE FIRE
Forty-five Bales Entirely Consumed and Thirty-five Badly
 Damaged.

Lafayette. February 17.-(Special.)- About half past o'clock this morning fire was discovered in the cotton on the platforms of the Allen warehouse. Alarms were quickly given and heroic fighting soon began. After about one hour the flames were under control About forty five bales were completely destrd>ed and about thirty-five damaged. The flames never reached the warehouse nor the Gen. tral of Georgia depot, which was just across the tracks from the platforms which were destroyed. Most of the losses were covered by insurance.
 Miss Julia Black died at the home of her brother, G. H. Black, in this city this morning, after a short illness. Her re- mains will be inferred in the city cemetery tomorrow.
 The Chambers county division of the Southern Cotton association met at the court house in this county yesterday. This meeting was the most satisfactory and interesting one the association has had In this county. The purpose was strictly for business, but considerable en- thusiasm was injected into the occasion by speakers N B. Williams of Mont gomery; J. A. Hines, c. E. Fuller and E. M. Oliver of Lafayette. The county is now thoroughly organized in this work. and good results are sure to follow.
 In a primary election for the nomination of municipal officers the following were elected without opposition on the 18th inst: For Mayor, G. F. Collins; Coun- cilmen, J. S. Dowdell H. M. Schuessler, c. w Griffin, R. L. Gaines. Marshal, w.. H. Baird.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-18

good" he said, turning to Sexton, and
 laughing. He treats it as a joke. and
 that is possibly all there is to it. The
 report had it that If there was a Conner
 lineup for all the officers he would be
 the man for secretary of state Capt.
 E. w. Booker, who was thought to have
 written his platform some days ago, is
 still hanging back. "I do not know yet
 what I will do." he said yesterday. 'It
 costs a lot of money to run for office
 and I am not rich man by any means.
 I have been given assurances that I could
 get a good vote if I ran, and I feel that if I should get in the fight I will make it at least interesting for the others However, so far, Frank Julian of Tus-
 cumbia is the only announced candi-
 date for the place, though Sexton is prac-
 tically so.
 From what can be learned the pay
 ments of poll taxes in the state thls year will prove to be much larger than the year before. In fact, it is understood now , that with other counties to hear from
 the amount is more than $100.000, as com
 pared to S90,000 the year before. Talladega
 county comes in with a larger showing
 than year ago, and Walker, which, by
 the way, is making history right now along educational lines, has outdone it's former good work in paying the polls This is not what was thought while the time was passing in which it could
 be paid. Many thought that there was
 apathy and that it meant a lack of in-
 terest not only in the schools but the
 elections as well. The result will no
 doubt be a much larger vote next fall
 than many expected, and there is great
 deal of wonder as to whom will be the
 winner by 1t. There was in 1903, the last
 time a governor was voted for, about 750OO votes It now looks as if there
 would be more than this next fall. The
 race for governor Is very hotly con-
 tested, and it looks as if all the strength on both sides will be brought out If 1t be
 possible. It is heard here that Dr. Gun ningham who has been taking it quite to "get busy in a few days and make the fur fly If he does there will be a lot more fun than MT. Conner Is at pres ent furnishing all alone.
 Two young fellows at the capitol are going to ask for positions with the next | legislature, it is understood. Cyrus | Brown, son of former Attorney General Brown, will seek election as clerk of the house, one hears and William Conniff recording secretary to the governor, would | be secretary of the senate. Neither has l had much to say about 1t, but their ] friends understand that they are being | Approached" on the subject here and there. Both young men have me fol- 1 lowings, both at the capitol and on the outside. and 1t Is quite possible that | they will be able to land the plums. The report of some days ago that a member of the official family at the l capitol would get into the race for senator was based upon the say so of the gentleman himself. However, he said since the notice was written that he would not, he now thought, get out, as l he had as many troubles now as he rod tn bandIa