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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

her hands, and eyed both sides of the
paper. which had come half around
the world, most wistfully. Then, wip-
Ing her eyes, she returned it to the
postman with sigh, saying that she
was too poor to pay the charge.
Rowland Hill pitied her distress and
himself advanced the shilling The
girl had said: 1T is from nv Door
brother in Australia, whom | haven't
seen for years."
When he told her she was free to
open the letter. she manifested some
reluctance, and no delight. Her en-
barrassed manner aroused the suspi-
cions of Mr.. Hill.
Before leaving the inn next morn
ing he questioned the barmaid at
length and finally drew from her the
confidence that she didn't need to.
open the letter, since there was only
the envelope, upon which in faint char
acters were notations tnat told all her
brother had to say. Before the
latter left England, the girl said, she.
and he had devised system to cor
respond without expense. They agreed
that when either received letter, he
or she was to handle 1t fondly, while.
protesting inability to pay the charge,
and after reading the secret notations
to return the letter to the postman.
Rowland Hill went back to London
and devised the scheme to- compel the
payment of the postage before send
ing the letter in the mail. Thus from
a poor girls cheating the government
of England out Of shilling was born
the modern postage stamp.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14
She Probably Knew.

In small Massachusetts college town
is charming young lady, also a learn
ed professor. Nothing affords the
young lady more pleasure than to upset
the professors pet theories by witty
exceptions to his rules, as she did in
this instance. They were both at n
small social affair and the professor
had the center Of the stage. He was
remarking:
This is the age of speclaltles. No
man can compete with a specialist in a
given line. And even If both be spe-
cialists the most experienced man sue
ceeds best
"There is at least one thing, profes-
sor, in which the least experienced man
succeeds BEST" the young lady asserted.
"And what is that. If l may ask ~
the professor said stifTlly.
"Why, falling In love-" she said, with
teasing smile.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14
ROCKEFELLER, JR.

RoCKEFELIER, JR large portion, either
through disappointment or calls else
where, soon leave, and thus the
class Is the loser. There are young
men in the class from almost ev-
cry, State In the Union; some have
come to study medicine and law, others
to work. One of them, young man
from Nevada, who Is studying engl-
neering at Columbia university, says
that the welcome given him, total
stranger. when he entered the class
one Sunday morning soon after his ar
rival in the city, cured him of his home
sickness and gave him courage to re-
main and finish his three years Of
study.
Mr.. Rockefeller never tires of preach
ing to the young men on the desirable
ity of sociability and sincere friend
ship. Any one coming to the class is
met at the door by either Mr. Troxell,
the president, DIR. Foote, the vice pres
ident or one Of the other officers, and
receives a handshake and a welcome
whose sincerity cannot be mistaken.
He Is ushered to seat, introduced
to the young man sitting next to him,
and after the session Is led out into the
adjoining room and introduced to Mr..
Rockefeller, who spends some time aft
er his class in talking socially with
the members. To a stranger all this is
revelation in city where he at first
sees SO little sociablllty about him.
Mr.. Rockefeller receives many re.
quests for assistance and Is perfectly
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

SIR HIRAM MAXIM ty, If applied In The ordinary way
not only to aggravae the trouble by increasing
the number of the unemployed but at the same time 1t
diminish the birth rate of those who have to
pay the taxes.
The does not live who can suggest plan for
relieving the poor which does not aggravate the trouble
and make it worse. We may go on for years and con-
tnue to contribute increasing for the sup
port and increase of the unfit but the time must eventu
ally arrive when we get to the end of our tether
We shall have bred such vast horde of the worth
less the lazy and the unfit that they will completely
overwhem The laws Of nature such that If the
individual sins the individual has to suffer, but If the
nations sin they SHINING at the present time, by
the artificial production OF number OF unit citizens
then the nations must suffer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

excessive toward perhaps vugarit or ne
loses due respect for from being held to too close
quarters with them.
The higher education for woman at its best general
and for it must often cumnate in specially
the latter the boy often his first genuine intelec
tua awakening such the girl had earlier found In
literature art language, history is uneducated
to-day who is not master in field, small though 1t
be- Girls acquire appropriate accept authority but by
the general testimony of teachers they Inferior and
go to pieces when texts laid aside and they are
thrown upon their powers. 1t is just this that
evokes the best that is in a boy.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

city. He hopes to
increase the member
ship to 1000. For
years it has raised
from $50 to 400,
much Of it comprised
Of young men who
come out of town to
seek their fortunes
in the big city. While
some remain In the
city permanently, a
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

With one woman suing for divorce in
Chicago court on the ground that her
husband was too ''affectionate" and an
other on the ground that her husband
Is too Courteous 1t is easy to see that
no one can tell what husband may next
be made defendant in a divorce suit.
The courts ought to put stop to some
of this nonsense.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

A story which has been handed down
wealthy man who determined to make
a practical test of the efficiency of his
servants. He announced his intention
of being absent from his estate for
some Of his helpers and gave them
sums Of money in varying amount, tell
ing them to use the money until his
return. Then he took Journey into
he asked an accounting. The results of
that investigation convinced him that
some of his assistants We're shrewd and
saving, while others had no just appre-
citation Of the value Of money or the
best ways to use it. The large fortunes
Of the present day have made it al
most imperative that men of wealth
give their children some training in
business as necessary preparation
for the handling of the millions that
are to be theirs in the days to come.
1t Is stated that celebrated million
aire, desiring to reduce the cares of
business anl also wishing to see what
his children would do with the money,
gave each Of them $1,000,000 before his
death. No matter what the result
might be in given case of this kind
the Idea is good one. Conspicuous
lack of success or marked inefficiency
Of administration thus shown might
have the effect of saving many a for
tune by transferring it to those who
do Indicate ability to handle it. For
years 1t has been no uncommon thing
for graduates of famous Eastern col
leges to lay aside frock coats and pat
ent feathers the day after the receipt
of the diploma in order to don the
garb of the laborer in mill or factory
where the fathers fortune was made
Others have turned from the class
room to take the places at the bottom
OF the ladder in counting room or office
in order to learn every detail of the
| business to which they will succeed in
the course Of nature. The falthfulness
of such workers Is often forgotten
when the escapades Of others are her
aided far and wide. In more than one
case the wildness Of the rich mans
son and his lack of usefulness as n
citizen are due to the fact that he never
had chance to show his ability as ad-
ministrator or investor, but was
brought up under the notion that. as
heir to wealth, he should do nothing.
With many men money burns a hole in
the pocket They have no sense of
saving, no appreciation of what a dol
lar means. This is true of the moor
and the rich alike. The thrift
and saving of the poor are COM
mended as providing for the fu-
ture years. The ability to use
money wisely, the power to select in
vestments and to administer affairs
ought to be source Of pride to the
child of wealth In order that he NAV
stand on his own merits In a critical
democratic land and not be pointed ont
as some other mans son, with no yir.
tues except the reflected ones of his an.
| oaotry
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14
Golden Silence,

Mother-You're very fond Of your
dolly, aren't you, dear2
Little Mary-Yes, she's nicer than
anybody else l know.
Mother-Oh, no she's not nicer than
your mamma, surely.
Little Mary-Yes, she Is; cause she,
don't never 'sturb me when I'm talk
in'.-The Catholic Standard and Times
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14
EFFECTIVE CHARITY PLAN NOT POSSIBLE.
By Sir Hiram Maxim.

If the number Of the unemployed, or
perhaps we should say the unfit, was
a constant, as they say In mathe-
matics, then we should know exactly
what we had to deal with. But, I'M
fortunately for the taxpayer, their
number is not constant; ON the con-
trary, it is an ever increasing guam
tity. By the aid Of charity they are
able to increase and multiply much
more rapidly than the we'll to do
classes. Every dollar given in char
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

One of our wise men who has just
returned from an expedition to the up
per Nile claims to have added 1000
years to history by showing that the
earliest authentic date was 4241 b. G.
If we keep on going back 1000 years
at clip we may yet reach the period
Of the origin Of our modern jokes.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

The German emperor has invited the
pessimists to get out Of his country and
look for more pleasant surroundings.
1t Isn't likely, however, that they will
90. About the only pleasure pessi-
mist has is in staying around and COM
planning where he isn't wanted.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

Chancellor Day of the University Of
Syracuse says man who smokes is a
fool. We must remember, however,
that DR.. Day is Of the opinion that peo-
pie who do not approve Of the Stand
ard Oil Company are criminals.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14


masculine ideals she may have sometimes as If she
consciously felt that male teachers becoming
tinct she must cultivate bisexual character.
is said that association with boys makes the high
school girl less emotional impusive romantic her con-
duct thoughtful her life regular. If this
hold to be bad The consensus of teachers to
the contrary Notwithstanding that there is
thing wrong with the girl in the middle teens who is
not gushy, sentimental romantic, at least at times.
1t said that the presence of girls is humanzng for
boys; but insist that there is something wrong with
boy of this age who be truly called "a perfect gen.
teman" If he is not milksop, lady boy, sneak
he is morally precocous This pnfeather age ought
bel don't quite like to say little rowdysh and bar
baric-but certainly uncouth rude recacitrant prim
conventionales else vigor is sacrificed to form.
blind but strong and right, instinct ripened through
millenia impels the boy to get away in certain
respects from both girls and women, be they sisters
schoolmates mothers, teachers and If he does
not actually school where their influence predom-
mates of things is likely to happen; either he
suffers subtle evraton, and his masculinty swerves
its proper orbit else his reaction to eminlny
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

Wojciech Raymniak and Wiadyslava
Kackoska were married in Chicago the
other day. Probably neither of them Is
bothering much over the question of
spelling reform.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

A New York chorus girl reports TO
the police that she has lost bag of
diamonds. What Pittsburg millionaire
mas been away from home recently?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

General Fred d. Grant says 80 per
cent of the troubles in the army are
due to bad liquor. Apparently the army
Is just like the rest of the world.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

1t is not what you eat so much as
how you eat. Mlnce pie, well masticat-
ed, Is better than bread bolted. The
secret Of table science is "festlna lente."
There k nothing altogether new to be
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

Should Noah Webster come back to
earth now and see what is being done
to his dictionary he would very likely
ask to be directed to the old mems
home for has-beens.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

There is probably nothing In Mr..
Grover Clevelands book on fishing
that can be used in political cam
paign, unless perhaps 1t might be a
chapter devoted to lying.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

Near Manchester, England, four girls
spinster's curls. This is proper. Let
1t be understood that spinsters curls
are their own reward.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

1t seems too much to believe it was
ever preordained that any bright,
healthy young man should be killed
while playing football.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

A Boston waiter died the other day,
leaving an estate valued at quarter
of a million dollars. Which again
proves that things come to those who
walt.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

Cleveland is to have a manufactur-
Ing concern which will employ only
cripples. Here's hoping 1t may never
20 lame.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

Another American girl would sever
the tie that binds her to foreign for
tune hunter. Far too often the mar
riage service is nothing but a bill Of
sale.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14
Discord.

Oh, life is like a sweet, sweet song
At least that's how 'twould be
If men would not so oft 90, wrong
And warble off the key.
-Washington Star.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

President Roosevelt leaves no doubt
of his feeling that the soldier and the
sailor should receive uniform respect.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

Mrs. Hetty Green complains that she
is poor. Still, there are lots who would
feel rich If they were in her class.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

AS for the game of football, it has
not been reformed enough to hurt
any less than it did formerly.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

initiative instinct there highly developed, will
qush all competitors in every market
Where these people to find profitable occupationf
How they to obtain the necessares OF life? The
question Is already pressing upon great cities like your
where immigration concentrates The period of
sackng the national storehouse to what be
the and sold must be changed to era in
which shall consider the preservation and the i'm
provement of what is fundamentally our chief main
For upon the cultivation Of the soil all varied
commercial activity of what intrinsic form interest
is mainly built and upon it depends the future Of man.
kind and the nature and stability Of its Institutions
To realization of position to a return to agricul-
ture to jealous of land resources both as to
quantity and quality and to mode of cultivation that
shall at multiply per and restore instead Of
destroying productive qualities must without
delay If to escape disaster. 1 know of issue,
in business in politics. that compares in Importance
with this that looms already upon and threatens
future.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14
HIGH SCHOOLS THWART NATURES LAWS.
By Prof. c. Stanley Hail.

How the high school nterferes with the
laws of nature Is well seen in a several recent
studies which show that a large percentage
of girls actually wish they had been born
boys, and the ideals and tastes of many more
are increasingly masculine. Now, without
womanly Ideals the female character Is
threatened with disintegration. Again, in
the rapid organization of our schools
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14
CT. SoULE. Publisher

The Roosevelt's spelling looks like
the English language in short skirts.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

and continues to decrease until the age of thirty s
reached, and then 1t falls off entirely.
This Is the case of the average human being OF
course Dr. Osler says there exceptions That Is
to say, there Of who have not lost the
Of learning even in old age Yet there are very
few where does not literally have to hammer
ideas into mans head after he has reached the
age of thirty.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14
WHEN POWER OF LEARNING DECREASES.
BY Prof. Charles S.

Old age Is due to changes in the cells in
which the nerve fibers originate. AS soon as
a child is born the mental faculties becomes sud
denly animated and grasping. 1t grasps the
fundamental notions of life notions of realiza-
tion of its existence, the sense Of touch, feel
ing, hearing, seeing, ETC.. and notions Of its
relationship to human beings. After the first
year the power Of learning begins to decrease
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14

Don't forget to laugh when your
boss tells a Joke with whiskers on It
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14
RockEFELLER's BIBLE CLASS.
Largely Made Up from Those Who
Are Strangers in New York.

81 John d. Rockefeller, Jr., conducts
a Bible class every Sunday at the Fifth
Avenue Baptist church in New York
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-12-14
ORIENT TO MASTER WORLDS MARKETS.
By James J. Hin.

The time is coming when we shall
need our wheat crop for home con-
sumption and seed; when our mines
will not yield, except at increased
cost, the iron and coal required for
manufactured commodities consumed
at home, and when the cheap labor
of the Orient, whose wages we can
not hope to meet, equipped with our
machinery and with the patience and
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-05-03
ALUMNI PROGRAM
To Be Held at the School Auditorium
Monday Night MN I.

Welcome address: Y. g. Kee.
Response: Ecton McGraw.
Toasts: '. q. Kee, POSTMASTER.
Our Hospitality: Chastain Hay
mes. Boundaries OF our hospitality
East by the rising sun, north by the
north pole, west by all creation,
south by the day of judgment.
Song: Where. o Where.
Toast: Our Alma Mater, Sadie
Rankin:
To her We drink for her We pray
Our voices silent never:
For her we'll fight, come what
come may;
Our Alma Mater ever
Song Vivela, NJ. g. :.
Toast: The Nestling,, by a Nest
ling:
lis what we feel, but cannot de-
fine;
lis what We know but cannot ex.
press.
Toast The Girls We've Left BE.
hind t.. Hope Yates.
Song: All, Me, Conditions.
Toast: To- Our Next Merry Meet
ing, Eula Thurman.
Refreshments.
Organization of Permanent Alum
nae Association.
Song.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-05-03

l1l4, George. Elcctor Of Hanover.
great grandson Of James |. became
king. lie vas German and ~.
ignorant Of the English language
and cuftoms, be was unpopular bat
va. tolerated because be represented
Protcstantism aud political liberty
he was the first OF the house - Han
over or Brunswick. which house b
still ruling in England. lie wa
succeeded by his son George III. who
was also a Gcrmso aud knew ne more
about England than hi. father had
his government was very good. con
sidering that Il was carried on by
ministers he died in l65O after raj
ing thirty three years. The next
king was his grandson. Georgc III
who wa the hrst really Rngliug
king Of the house Of Hanover Hc
was an sutocrAtic ruler a. hi. treat.
ment Of the colonies shows he ruled
for sixty year. but on account Of b..
insanity his son George acted A. o..
gent part % the time. When be-
died in 1929 George " BEGAN
King. He was fairly good ruler a..
was his brother aud successor W.
liam ". who rcigned from l~3o 90
ls37
Ia 1857 Victoria. daughter of che
Duke Of Kent aud grauddaugh,cr of
George III. became The ruler of
England She was great aud good
IN every respect, and did much o.
build up the government o' England
She died IN 1901 and va. succeeded
by her son, Edward VII. the present
ruler His foreign relation, are mo-
merous The Emperor Of Germany
Is his nephew the Car Of Ru..ial'
j. vito. nephew and the CEarinl e
his niece hi, daughter J. Qucsn o'
NORWAY aud the king Of Greece i'
his brothcr-in-la another niece
Prsnces, Eua. will soon be Qucca 20
spain.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-05-03
SClailca Cured After Twenny Years o.
Torture.

For more than twenty year. VIZ 81.
Il. Massey, of 1922 Clinton -. Min
neapolis, Mimi, wa, tortured by
sciatica. The pain and suffering
which he endured during thi- time Is
beyond comprehension. Nothing
gave him any permanent relief nnu'
he used Chamberlains Pain Balm
One application of that linimeut re-
lieycd the pain and made sleep ana
rest possible, and less than one bottle
has effected a permanent cure. Il
troubled with sciatica or rheumatism
why not try 25-cent bottle OF ram
Balm and see for yourself how quick
ly it relieves the pain. For sale oy
Woods x Orme, the leading drug
store in Western Kentucky.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-05-03
Famous Strike Breakers.

The most famous strike breakers In
the land are DR.. King, New Life
Pills. When liver and bowels 90 on
strike, they quickly settle the trouble
and the purifying work goes right on.
Best cure for constipation, headache
and dizziness. 25c AZ Woo, X Orme
druggists.