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reached the villagers; I was c%onceited
enough to imagine that my presence
was probably of interest to them; but
the station master, the girl at the post.
Office and the clerks in the shops
treated me with An unmistakable cold
reserve. There was a certain even.
ness of the chill with which they Wis
tied me, as though a particular degree
of frigidity had been agreed on in ad
vance.
| shrugged my shoulders and turned
toward Glenarm. My grandfather had
left me a cheerful legacy of distrust
among my n%eighbors. the result. prob
ably, Of importing foreign labor to
work on his house. The surly Morgan
had intlmated as much: but 1t did o
greatly matter. I had not come to
Glenarm to cultivate the rustics. but
to fulfill certain obligations laid down
in my grandfather's will. was, so to
speak, on duty, and | much preferred
that the villagers should let me alone.
Comforting myself with these reflec-
lions | reached the wharf, where I saw
Morgan sitting with his feet dangling
over the water, smoking a pipe.
| nodded In his direction. but he
feigned not to see me. A moment later
he jumped into his boat and rowed out
upon the lake.
When | returned to the house Bates
was at work In the kitchen. This was
a large square oom with heavy tim
bers showing In the walls and low
ceiling. There was a great fireplace
in an enormous chimney, fitted with
a crane and hobs, but for practical pur.
poses a small range was provided:
Bates received me placidly.
Yes; it's an unusual room. sir. Mr..
Glenarm copied it from an Ole Kitchen
in England. He tool quite a pride n
1t. It's a pleasant place to sit in the
evening, sir"
He showed mo the way below. where
| found that the cellar extended under
every part of the house. and was di.
vided into large chambers. The door
of one of them was of heavy oak.
bound in iron, with a barred opening
at the top. A great IRON hasp with a
heavy paddock and grilled area win.
dows gave further the impression OF
a cell. and | fear that at this, as at
many other things in the curious
house. | swore-if I did not laugh
thinking of the money my grandfather
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against me. Why. the labor there
must have been a good thing for the
people h~ereabouts."
ut ought to have been" said the
man grufiy: but that's where the
trouble comes in. He brought a lot of
queer fellows here under contract to
work for him,-Italians, or Greeks. or
some sort of foreigners. They built
the wall. and he had EN- at work In
side for half a year. He didn't eve
let EN- out for air; and when they
finished his job he loaded en- on to n
train one day and hauled 'em away"
THAT was quite like him. I'm sure"
l said, remem' ering with amusement
my grandfather's secretive ways.
II guess he was a crank all right"
said the man conclusively.
II was evident that he did not care
to establish friendly relations with the
resident OF Glenarm. He was about 40.
Night. with a yellow beard and pale
blue eyes. He was dressed roughly
and wore a shabby soft nat.
We'll. l suppose I'll rave to assume
responsibility for him and his acts" l
remarked, piqued by the fellows surli,
ness.
We had reached the center of the vii
lags, and he left me abruptly, cross
ing the street to one OF The shops. |
continued on to the railway station,
where l wrote and paid for my mes,
sage. The station master inspected
me carefully as i searched my pockets
for change.
You want your kilograms delivered
at the house," he asked.
Yes, please" l answered. and he
turned away to his desk of clicking in,
struments without looking at me again.
1t seemed wise to establish relations
with the %postoffice. so | made myself
known t O the girl who stood at the de
livery window.
You already nave a box" she ad.
vised me. There's a boy carries the
mail to your house; Mr.. Bates hires
him"
Bates had himself given me this in.
formation, but the girl seemed to find
pleasure in imparting it with a Ger
tain severity. then bought a cake OF
soar at the principal drug store and
purchased a package of smoking to.
bacco, which l did not need, at q
grocery
News of my arrival had eyident1.
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Bought Gasoline Engine.

Leroy Hyney has purchased a
six horse power gasoline engine of
the Fairbanks, Morse company
and will shortly begin saving uE'
wood for the ranchmen, and also
for market in the towns.
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Desert Land Final Proof-Notiee fol
Publication. Not Coal Land.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 8, 1903.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 8, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Michael
Quealy, of Elk Mountain,C Carbon county,
Wyoming, has filed notice of intention
to make proof on his desert-land claim
No. 1897, for the VIZ SWA, SWM
NWA, Sec. 8. TIP. 20 N, R. 81 W., before
j. F. Crawford, U, S. Comm, at Sarato-
ga. Wyoming, on Monday the l4th day
of March, 1908. He names the follow
ing witnesses to prove the complete ir-
rigation and reclamation of said land:
Harry Larsen, John Wick, John Quealy
and William Dickinson, all of Elk Noun
tain Wyo.
w. E. Chaplin, Register.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14
EerrY's Free Seed Book.

For half century thousands and
thousands Of farmers and gardeners
have regarded "FeIry's Seed Annual"
as the best guide not only for the buy
ing Of seeds, but for their planting and
care. Daily reference to it's text and
illustrations proves it to be the actual
beginning Of a successful season. The
new edition fol 1903 is now ready for
free mailing to all who write to the
publishers for copy.
1t is high tribute to the house of
D. M. Ferry & Co. that two genera
tions have planted Ferry's Seeds, each
succeeding year adding to the conf
dence that 'seed trouble" will never
arise when Ferry's seeds are planted as
"Ferry's Seed Annual" Gays they
should be.
Another remarkable feature devel-
oped by the house of Ferry is the meth
cd Of distributing seeds to dealers
throughout the country 30 that the
planters everywhere can secure at their
home store exactly what they want
when they want it, with the absolute
assurance that it is fresh and fertile.
Everyone should send at once to D. NJ.
Ferry & Co., Detroit. Mich, for the
1908 edition Of "Ferry's Seed Annual"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.

A monument to Bunsen Is to be erect
ed at Heidelberg.
French mints coined SS94, 900 Of Swiss
coins during 1905.
The Persians have a different name for
every day in the month.
1t will require S3l, l,641,323 to run the
public schools of New York City for the
year just beginning.
A blight of the tea plants caused by
the bite of mosquitoes is causing much
alarm among the planters in India.
President b. F. Winchell of the Rock
Island at Guthrie, Okla, said his road
would accept the 2-cent fare provision Of
the Oklahoma constitution.
Gov. vardaman of Mississippi was pre-
vailed upon to take a ride in Baldwin's s
atrship at Jackson, Miss. Ten feet above
the ground was the limit and the trip
vas very short
William L. Shiebler, the telegraph op-
orator who received the first message over
the Atlantic cable sent to President Bu-
chanan by Queen Victoria died in Brook
lyn, n. Y. he also received the message
from the front announcing The fall Of
Richmoad 1t ths close Of the Civil War.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14
Government Final Estimate Shows
Great Decline in Cereal
Production.
PRICES MAKE FARMERS HAPPY.
They Will Get Half a Billion of
Dollars More This Year
than Last.

The government report shows a
shortage Of 7S5,9S7 900 bushels in total
crops as compared with the crops of
1906, which were the largest ever raised
In this country, and shortage of 377.-
$4,000 bushels as compared with the
yields of 1905, which were also very
large.
The chief shortage Is in the corn
crop, with 335,OOO,OOO bushels, oats
with 211,OOO,OOO bushels and wheat
with 101 100000 bushels.
There is something of an offset to the
big losses in the feeding grains in the
Increase Of 6,431 900 tons of hay as
compared to that Of 1905. and Of
3'O45,3SS tons as compared to the crop
Of 1905.
Prominent features Of the final reyis-
lon of Its crop estimates for the year
by the Department Of Agriculture were
the Increases made In the reports of
area seeded to spring wheat, corn and
oats In each Of these particulars as
well as In the estimated weight Of
spring wheat and oats the official re-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14
have long distances to travel on either
coast. In event of injury, before finding
adequate docking facilities.
~NNN~ON~~~

The Universalist general convention a,
Philadelphia listened with approval to
the plea for closer fellowship between
their denomination and the Unitarian
made by Rev. Lewis G. Wilson, secretary
OF the American Unitarian Association.
Rev. H. Allen Upper of the Fifteenth
Street Baptist church in Brooklyn an.
nounced to his congregation last Sunday
that henceforth, with the help of God, he
would never preach the gospel for CON-
pensation in money. The church has
prospered under his charge and he has
comfortable private income. Ills salary
will be added to the new church fund.
Bishop William Paret of the diocese On
Maryland has announced that a Protest.
ant Episcopal cathedral is to be erected
at Baltimore. He says that while there
Is still uncertainty as to the details, the
cathedral itself is q certainty. He thinks
1t will take from 100 to 200 years to
build, so that those who start the move.
ment need not expect to see its consum.
nation.
Under the direction Of Rev. Hugh Birk
head and his associates Of st. Georges
Episcopal church, New York, a club has
been started on lines similar to that main
tanned by Emmanuel church, Boston, and
Christ Presbyterian church of New York,
namely, its membership made up entirely
Of persons having incipient tuberculosis.
Each member promises to care for his
health, TO give up all work, stop worry
ing, live an outdoor life and obey all the
rules of the club. All are supplied with
tent attachment to be fastened to the
window sills so that they may sleep with
their heads In the open air. Weekly
meetings are held, when all tell of their
progress.
The text of the recent syllabus pro
mulgated recently by Pope Plus, which
has now reached America and been pub
lished in the Catholic papers, defines as
heresies sixty-fve doctrines. mainly those
held by liberal men within the church
in Europe The Literary Digest says that
among the American Catholic journals
acQuescence is general. Its reception
in France and Germany is far less cor
dial, though there Is no open revolt
among the clergy. One important French
weekly, the Lyons Domain, has suspend
ed rather than take the responsibility Of
attacking the decree. Its editors say
that the task of reconciling religion and
science within the church has been made
impossible by these prohibitions against
all the rationalistic methods Of the higher
criticism
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14
European Labor Leaders Alarmed
Over Increase in Homecoming
Contingent.
STEAMSHIPS ARE LOADED DOWN
Hundreds of Destitute Aliens Wan.
dering Streets of Paris on
Verge Of Destitution.

The increasing contingents Of home
coming Italians, Lithuanians and other
Mediterranean steerage passengers are
disconcerting not only to the steamship
companies, who have inadequate facili-
ties for dealing with such a sudden and
unexpected traffic, but to the labor
leaders Of Europe. who deny that these
newcomers have sufficient money to
pass the winter without working, and
declare that they will thus add to the
misery Of what is sure to be a hard win
ter among the European working
classes.
The figures given by the French Ia
Dor bureau as to the returning emf
grants are eorroborated BY Nicholas
Martin, agent Of the American line,
who says that all the steerage capacity
Of every vessel has been taken until
Feb. l, while thousands more will be
unable to return to Europe before
spring. If this keeps up, Paris CORE
opOSuSht ouJo, oOLuC opONiui uuCuoui CO
must be taken to repatriate the hordes
Of disappointed adventurers, for the
ordinary means are insufficient
''To my knowledge several hundred
Of more or less destitute aliens are wan
derlng in the streets of Paris on the
verge Of starvation, and the prefecture
police books will probably multiply this
figure by three said one of the officials
at the ministry Of works to the corre-
spondent. '"The best we can do Is to
expedite their return to their native
countries. Something like half of them
have no more money than is barely
sufficient to pay their fare"
Never since the first ship sailed out
of New York harbor has there been any
thing like the present exodus Of emf
grants from that port. Day by day the
crowds clamoring for transportation
abroad grow greater, with no prospect
of their reduction in numbers.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14

The hero of the play had just died to
slow, tremulous. wabbling music, but the
audience insisted on his coming before the
curtain and kept up the applause for the
space Of five minutes.
At last a supe came out and stepped
forward.
ladies and gentlemen" he announced
In a high-keyed voice. ''he says he'll have
the curtain raised ard you can look again
on his cold corpse If you want to-, but he'll
be ID il he's going to vi'late the pro
prieties and degrade his art by coming te
life again before tomorrow evening
Thanking you again. ladies and gentlemen,
viii new retire"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14
CROPS OF UNITED STATES FOR THREE YEARS

ports ran more or less counter to the
general impressions of SPECTATORS. In
few Instances, such as the weight of
oats, the figures given were at variance
with all the experiences Of the trade
for the year to date.
Figures of the Report.
The report gave final estimates Of
acreage, production and value Of farm
crops, showing winter wheat acreage
to be 2S, S,132,0 900, production 400, ,442 900
bushels and value per bushel 8S.2 cents.
Spring wheat acreage was 17,079,OOO,
production 224,645,O 900 bushels and val
ue SO cents.
Corn acreage was 99,931, 900, produc-
ton 2,592, 100000 bushels and value
51.7 cents.
Oats acreage was 81 ,S37 900, produc-
ton 754, ,443,0OO bushels and value 44.S
cents.
1t was announced that the total val
ue of the farm crops for 1907 was $3,-
404, 900, 900, an increase Of S42S,00O, 900
for 1906.
The farm value on Dec. 1 Of the four
crops already mentioned follows: Corn,
81, $40, ,446,OOO; winter wheat, 1851 ,217,-
900; spring wheat, S193, 900, 900; oats,
1884, 4,56S,0O0:
The comparative prices for the grain
crops for the past three years follow:
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14
UNCLE SAM A CAPITALIST.
As a shipbuilder outranks Al

As Sn1pDu1lder Outranks Al
Others in the United States.
The United States government main-
tains nine navy yards, representing a
capitalization of more than SG0,000000
and employing nearly $4,000 men, in
Guiding officers. The total wages paid
in the navy yards of the government Is
approximately $10,000,000 annually,
the cost Of materials used oeing about
100000 annually and the value Of
the products, depending upon the num-
Der Of vessels built, runs we'll up into
the millions every year. In 1905 the
output of the government yards was
over $17,O0OOOO.
As a shipbuilder the government out
ranks all other ship owners in the
United States In 1904 the government
launched 10000 tons of battle ships
Of more than 1000 tons burden each.
While only 3.7 per cent of all vessels
launched that year were the property
Of the nation, these vessels constituted
27.7 per cent Of the total tonnage
launched that year. These same ves-
sells represented also more than half
the value of all vessels over FIVE tons
launched, the contract value of the
government ships being S39,513,60O.
Despite its own facilities for building
and repairing warships, only one gov
ernment yard has been used in recent
years for turning out a modern up-to
date battle ship.
All told, the government owns fit
teen dry docks where vessels of the
navy undergo most Of their repairs
All but two of these are located on the
Atlantic coast. Another dock Is being
completed on Puget sound, giving three
on the Pacific coast. In addition to
the naval dry docks there are thirty
eight in the United States owned by
private corporations or individuals. In
time Of war the navy should find no
trouble in taking care of Its smaller
vessels, but the big battle ships would
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14

That the recent experiments of Sir
William Ramsay, the English chemist, are
lot likely to result in the artificial man
ifacture Of copper is the conclusion Of
President Ira Remsen, who recently made
IN address on the subject before the Sci
.ntifc Association of the Johns Hopkins
university at Baltimore. nr Remsen
aid that the experiments in question
Indicated that the substance we call cop
DER, and which we have hitherto regarded
s stable elementary form of matter Is
apsble Of undergoing very slight de-
composition, but while it is possible that
4, minute quantity of the element lithium
an be obtained from copper by the ac-
ion Of radium emanation, the change Is
'ery slight, and it does not seem proba-
Die that any method can be devised BY
Thch 1t can be markedly increased
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14
SeDf-Protectfon.

You say your wife is poor cook7"
'The worst ever"
And yet you say that you eat all Of
everything that she prepares for the
table. How can you do that II she
can't cook?"
Great earth, man. II don't she
will use up the scraps in some of those
howto outilize-left-overs dishes, and that
will be my fnlsh."-Judge.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14
Playing "Bridge."

''Do you remember before the weo.
ding you used to call your wife
'poemT" said the bachelor caller.
YES" sighed the domestic man, as
he twirled an alarm clock to amuse the
baby, "and l still call her poem"
"You do? What kind OF poem Is
she nova poem Of beauty or a
poem Of loveT"
"Neither! She is a poem Of travel
Always on the 60 and never at home"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14
The
General Demand

OF the Well-Informed Of the World has
always been for simple. pleasant
and efficient liquid laxative remedy Of
known value; a laxative which physi.
clans could sanction for family use
because its component parts are
known to them to be wholesome and
truly beneficial in effect, acceptable
to the system and gentle, yet prompt.
IN action.
In supplying that demand with its
excellent combination Of Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA, the Cali.
iornia Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along
ethical lines and relies on the merits
OF the laxative for its remarkable
uccess.
That is one of many reasons why
syrup OF Figs and Elixir of Senna is
given the preference by the Well
Informed. To get its beneficial effects
always buy the genuine-manufac-
tured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading
druggists. Price nfty cents per bottle.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14
Wayside Com m u unings.

Adam Zawfox-Ever ride on a street
thout payin'?
Job Sturky-Wunst. The jigger on the
front end O. the car picked me up an
kerried me mighty near a block fore the
conductor found it out.
Looking In the Wrong Place.
Carrie-What sweet, happy dspo-
sition Mabel has. She can see beauty
In everything
Ethel (jealous) )-She can't see 1t In
her mirror.-Boston Transcript.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14

Peat briquettes are now being made at
Norfolk, Mass, with a machine. The
peat is cut up by revolving knives like
a meat chopper and then pressed through
a die in continuous bar, which is sliced
into briquettes by knife operated auto
matically,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14
WORK OF IRRIGATION.
New Plans Adopted Contemplate
Many Improvements.


In the irrigation division of the Ag.
cicultural Department the three main
lines Of work will be, as heretofore, dis
semination Of practical information,
scientific and technical Investigations,
and reporting on irrigation conditions
In certain districts. In view of the fact
that probably about 100000 acres Of
land provided with water for irriga-
ton will be available for settlement at
the close of 1908, it is believed that in
no other way can more good be done
than in supplying practical information
through publications and expert ad-
vice to the new settlers on this land,
and 1t is therefore deemed advisable
to broaden the scope of this work so
as to make it valuable to every class
Of farmers dependent upon irrigation
and to every project, whether public or
private.
The scientific and technical investiga-
tions will be a continuation and extern
sion Of what has already been done.
Prominent features of the work will be
to determine what becomes of the large
quantity of water which is annually
spread over cropped soils, involving a
study Of evaporation, seepage and dis
tribution of losses, with view to se-
curing higher economy in the use of
water; the relation of irrigation water
to quantity and quality of crop and the
adaptation of methods to different soils
and crops, and study of the more
technical features of the measurement.
conveyance, storage and distribution of
water on farms, and the various de-
vices used for pumping.
In the study Of irrigation conditions
different localities emphasis is to be
aid especially on possible improve
nents Of present methods which viii
cad to more economical use of water.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14
Speed.

at takes you long time to pass a
given point" said the minute hand, en-
passant.
Il may be Slow answered the hour
hand; but it takes you all Of sixty-siy
minutes to catch up with me-"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14

A young wife called her husband on
the telephone to tell him tale of woe.
In tear-choked accents she said: THAT
you, dearie? Well, you know that love
ly chicken pie made you-that horrid
old cat came in and ate it up before |
could stop it?'
He answered: "Never mind, dar.
ling; I'll get you another cat"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14

II you so to San Francisco and meet
a friend he will ask you to stay week
with him. In Omaha he will take you
home overnight, in Chicago he will
take you out to dinner, in New Yorb
he will hurry you of to lunch, in New
Haven he will hand you good cigar
and in Boston he will give you an ap
ple.-Congregationallst.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-02-14
RHEUMATISM RECIPE
PREPARE THIS SIMPLE HOMEMADE
MIXTURE YOURSELF.
Buy the Ingredients from Any Druggist
in Your Town and Shake Them
in a Bottle to Mix This.

A we'll known authority on Rheuma-
tism gives the readers Of large New
York daily paper the following valua-
BILE, yet simple and harmless prescrip,
tion, which any one can easily prepare
at home:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; compound Kargon, one oun /;
Compound Syrup sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Mix by shaking we'll in bottle, and
take teaspoonful after each meal and
at bedtime.
lie states that the ingredients can be
obtained from any good prescription
pharmacy at small cost, and, reing n
vegetable extraction, are harmless t.
take.
This pleasant mixture, il taken regu.
larly for few days, is said to overcom,
almost any case of Rheumatism. The
pain and swelling, if any, diminishe-
with each dose, until permanent result,
arc obtained, and without Ejurlng the
stomach. While there are many so
called Rheumatism remedies, patent
medicines, etc, some OF which do give
relief, few really give permanent re.
suits, aud the above will, no doubt, be
greatly appreciated by many sufferers
here at this time.
Inquiry at the drug stores of even the
small towns ELECTS the information that
these drugs are harmless and can be
bought separately, or the druggists will
mix the prescription If asked to.