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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10
SHOOTING WITH MoRTARs.
Hitting tho Target Is Simply
Matter of Mathematics.

Hitting tho Target Is Simply a
Matter Of Mathematics.
How do we hit with the mortars
An observer near the shore who sees
the target communicates the horizontal
and vertical angle at which to lay the
mortar and the instant of time at
which to fire, and the gun does the
rest. If you were standing at the CEN
ter of large clock dial laid fiat on the
ground and wanted to hit with base.
ball man walking around on the out
side, you would notice how long it took
the man to get from to ii and again
from II to III. Then you would de-
eide whether If the ball were thrown
over a point halfway between iii and
V just as he arrived opposite iii the
man and the ball would reach the same
spot at the same time, it being under
stood, of course, that he maintained
uniform speed and direction and that
the ball was thrown with proper force.
Instruments give us the range and OBJ
servations, and mechanical devices
give us the range differences, increas-
ing or decreasing by certain short in
tervals Of time, too short for ship Of
any size to escape by attempting to
change direction or speed. Our obsery-
er's circle has $4,000 divisions-Cap.
tain Howell In Scientific American.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

News items from various parts of
the country must lead the thoughtful
parent to wonder what has become of
the sort of discipline he was used to in
his own youth. Because Of the exclu-
sion of student from theater in a
western town, the other students Of
the State university wrecked the place
of amusement, and defied both ponce
and faculty. A few days later the
students of the New York University
organized a strike because a member
or one of the upper classes was sus-
pended for ducklng freshman. About
the same time ten students of a Massa-
chusetts high school defied the school
committee by holding an entertainment
which they had been expressly forbid
den to hold. The interest of parents
In such acts lies in the fact that no
organized rebellion of this sort can
succeed without either the open or lie
tacit approval of the parents. Those
who have the real welfare of their
sons and daughters at heart will ask
themselves whether 1t Is wise to en-
courage the tendency to revolt against
law and order whenever 1t conflicts
with personal desire
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

So many persons have patronlzed the
free public library in the Jewish dis
trict of Brooklyn, New York, that work
on the new building for 1t has been
stopped, and architects are drawing
plans for a much larger building than
was originally designed On Wash
ington's birthday when the men have a
holiday, the temporary library was
crowded all day, and waiting line
was formed outside. So long as immi-
grants are so eager for learning as this
Indicates, they will not endanger
American institutions.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

Juliets contemptuous exclamation,
whats in name" does not apply to
the Christian name Of the new baby.
The family councils over the choice of
1t may well be serious ones. Eccen-
tricity must be avoided. Whoever will
make up" a name should remember
the tribulations Of Rose Terry Cookies
little hero, who was named "Amandar"
by his grlef-strlcken father, In an at
tempt to enhrine the memory Of the
boys dead mother, Amanda. The Bible
Is no longer the one safe source from
which names may be drawn. David
and John and Mary and Benjamin and
Anna have still firm hold on the
memory and the Imagination Of good
folk the world over But the mother
who should to-day name her daughter
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10
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The statement that radium loses ac-
Dr.. H. w. Schmidt, who finds that at
1900 degrees G. its effects are exactly
as at ordinary temperature.
The making of false gems and the
doctorlng of others which are real, but
slightly blemished, has become a pro-
fession, so widespread that in some
countries the workers OF entire towns
do nothing else, says Popular Mechan-
les, which goes on to explain how ru-
bies and pink topaz are manufactured.
Surrounded by an immense wall Of
Ice s to 10 feet thick, fire in a five
story building in Troy, N. Y, filed with
bales of cotton waste, defied the efforts
Of the Fire Department to extinguish
1t for seventy-eight days, and on the
last day took a combined force of fif-
teen streams of water to quench the
flames.
Plans have often been made, says
Casters Magazine, to develop the pow
er of the tides, but in most cases these
have failed Of commercial success. Now
however, project is well advanced to
harness the power of the tides on the
coast of Maine. A company has bond
ed land on either side of Back Bay, in
Portland, where it is anticipated IT,
dal power plant will be located capable
of developing at least 25,OO0 horse-pow-
er, or enough to run all the electric
cars, lights and engines in the CITY,
The third report Of the gas-engine re-
search committee of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers In London re-
cords some experiments which are re-
garded as showing that the highest
economy is obtained with comparative
ly low maximum temperature. The
implication is that gas engines should
be subjected not only to lower pres
sures, but to lower temperatures. Thus,
it Is said, many difficulties that arise
in large engines where charges of rich
gas are used might be avoided, and
the maximum pressure kept down to
quite reasonable limits. If construct
ed to work only with moderate pres
sures and temperatures, the whole of
the working parts might be very much
lightened.
Osmosis is the passage of a LIQUID.
or a gas, through a membrane. Some
times medicines are administered i'm
this way. But how far we are from
understanding the details of this sub
ject as related to the human body is
indicated by some recent experiments
of Prof. Louis Kahlenberg. All at
tempts to introduce lithum salts into
the system by absorption through the
skin have failed, and yet the same
salts make their way readily through
the mucous membrane. When the feet
are soaked in a solution of hydrochlo-
ric, or sulphuric, acid, an alkaline re-
action quickly takes place internally.
But cltric acid refuses to act the same
way, although both of these acids have
similar effect when taken through the
digestive tract. Sulphuric acid, then.
mas quite different physiological eff
feet when 1t enters through the skin
Instead of through the mouth Living
membranes act differently with regard
to osmosis from dead ones, and the
same membranes which behave alike
with regard to some substances behave
very differently from one another with
regard to other substances.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

1t Is alleged that the Illinois Central
Railroad Company has cheated the
State of Illinois out of $15OOO,OOO. If
the charge Is true the outrage can new
er be forgiven. Illinois might with
that money have bought dukes for five
or six of her daughters.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

"Uncle Sans armada is a success"
says the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
land all the more because its mission
is friendly to all other nations" Sure.
Also because its target practice at Mag
dalena Ray shows how we behave when
we get angry.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

A number Of young men in Kentucky
have formed club to abjure smoking,
swearing, chewing and drinking. If,
In addition, they cut out night riding,
they may become models for their fel-
low citizens.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10
Giving Sister Away.

Little Kitty entertaining him)-
Mintle thinks lot Of you, Mr.. Weldon.
Elderly Suitor-Does she, dearie? ?
How do you know?
Little Kitty-She says you'll be the
darllngest old meal ticket that ever
happened Chicago Tribune.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

The mandate having issued that
women must wear flower hats this
year, the lady milliners will now show
Dame Nature few of the opportuni-
ties she overlooked in creating the
floral kingdom.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

The Cornell coed who won the COL
lege oratorical prize spoke on Men,
Women and Human Beings" This
hits the most Of us.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10
A New Profession.

1t is said that a boy has been placed
IN chimpanzee's cage in the Copen-
hagen ZOO, in order to entertain that
,ociety loving animal.
This mission of being a Little Broth.
er to the Monkey Tribe is not one tbot
would appeal to many boys.-Cleye.
land Plain Dealer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

Mr.. Bryan predicts that Ireland will
regain her freedom. The London
Times will at once decide that Emper-
or William has been egging Mr.. Bryan
on to try to make trouble for England.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

The discovery that that tired feel
fng" is hereditary leaves very little that
has not been charged up to our dead
and gone ancestors who have no chance
to say word in self-defense.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

According to the Atlanta Georgian,
100 churches have been found with in
adequate fire escapes. Still, that may
not be the reason why so many men
stay away from the services.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

You can't always tell. Sometimes
man who boasts that he never worries
is being supported by his wife or her
relatives
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

From a literary point or view II is
4 great pity that Victor Hugo never
saw an American tornado.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

Perhaps Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Van
comes In every night smelling horsy.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

Think three times before you speak
then you may decide to keep your
face closed.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

Even Solomon, with all his wisdom
never succeeded in handing friendly
advice to a woman.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

Race horses and watches should pu
for all they are worth.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

Some people seem to make a special
ty Of thinking secondhand thoughts.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-07-10

Yes, my dear, though you'd never
belle"
And why did you abdicate?"
THAT is a strange question to ask
Inc to my face"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-23
This Is My 9th Birthday

Benoit Constant Coquelin. who is al
most regarded as the greatest actor
in France, was born in Boulogne, jan
uary 49,, 1e4l, and received his educa-
ton under Regnier at the Paris Con.
servatoire. Short of stature and plain
Of face. with a disagreeable voice.
Coauelin .astounded his friends when,
as a lad, he announced his intention Of
going on the stage. They endeavored
to dissuade him, believing that a life
OF disappointment and failure was in
store for one who had. apparently. 80
few of the requisites for succeeding In
a stage career. Convinced Of his own
innate powers. however. Coquelin turn
ed deaf ear to them, and by astute
practice and devotion to the rudimen-
tary requirements of the stage. he
transformed his harsh. unmusicaI voice
into one Of the most musical organs
to be heard II any part of the world,
and became so accomplished speaker
that he has long been held up as q
model of the way an actor should
speak. he made his professional de-
but as the Theatre Francois In 1850
and 1t was not long before his extra
ordinary talent was recognized. OF
late years he has been the most popu-
lar actor in France and has also met
with favor In England and America +.
In addition to his acting he has writ
ten much on matters relating to the
stage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-23
ATTACKING AN OLD BELIEF.

The Scientific American. an acknowl
edged authority on scientific and me-
chanical questions. is not at all
believer in the eficacy of a forked
stick or any other kind of stick. for
that matter. as a means of pointing out
the existence of water under ground. 1t
says:
In experiments with a divining rod
as used for discovering underground
supplies of water, one of the biologists
of the United States Geological Sur
vey found that at points II turned
downward Independently of his will,
but more complete tests showed that
the down turning resulted from slight
and-until watched Recommendations
changes in the inclination of his body,
the effects of which were communi-
Gated through the arms and wrists to
the rod. No movement of the rod from
causes outside the body could be de-
tected, and 1t soon became obvious that
the view held by other men of science
is correct-that the operation of the
"divining-rod" Is generally due to the
unconscious movements OF the body or
of the muscles of the hand. The ex-
periments made to show that these
movements happen most frequently
at places where the operators exper-
fence has led him to believe that water
may be found
Nevertheless and Notwithstanding.
there are still to be found in some OF
the rural districts men who believe as
firmly as their fathers did in the po-
tency of the divining rod when held in
the hands Of the proper person. That
such belief was common among the
country people of the past is known to
all who lived in the country years ago,
however it may be now. How wise
people may jeer at the idea of finding
water, and however much they may
seek to explain the motions of the rod
it is a fact that people were firm be-
levers in the practice.
AS we remember the operations Of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-23

Kansas City JOuruai' =. -.
Congress has an opportunity to 40 an
act Of justice-tardy, 1t is true, but
better late than never--by enacting
Senator Stones bill providing for the
Issuance by railroads of transportation
to newspapers in return for advertis-
ing. There is neither reason nor jus
tice In the Inhibition contained in the
Hepburn act. 1t conserves no PUBIC
interest. but. on the contrary, Is IN
imical to. the public welfare In The e
opinion of lawyers OF high standing the
clause is unconstitutional and violative
Of the freedom OF action of both news
papers and railroads In dealing with
The pubic welfare demands the ut
degenerating into license. and It is
best seGV sS Wne5e sns 5a ~ NEWS Is
governed by as few restrictions as
possible. Newspapers, as a rule, were
accustomed to trade their advertising
space to railroads for transportation In
order to gather news and extend their
circulation. The only exception was
where newspaper men used Transports
ito thus obtained for vacation trips for
themselves and their families;. and it
may he accepted as Q fact that, news-
paper Anien's holidays and pleasure
trips are few and far between.
There was never any question OF OBJ
Their side. inasmuch as both parties
viewed the matter purely as a business
contract concerning the exchange of
property which each had for sale.
Whatever effect the issuance of pas
SEES may have had in politics, it is
certain that no newspaper man ever
felt that his freedom of actions in
criticising the railroads was restricted
on that account. And. for that mat
ter, 1t is hardly conceivable that the
railroads customarily gave passes to
public ofilcials with the idea OF brib-
ing them or buying their good will.
A public official who could be bought
for the price of a railroad pass would
be a cheap Official indeed As a general
thing. passes were Issued to public
officials as an act of courtesy on the
part of railway managers who felt that
their railroads were In a sense public
property and therefore should do all
in their power to facilitate the trans
action of public business. There may
have been something In the fact, too,
that all sensible men know that pub.
&c officers, such as judges, members
of the legislature and the like. are
poorly paid. and that II was but right
that they should have free Transports
ton when travelling on the public's
business. At all events. the Hepburn
does serious injustice to the news
papers and to that extent curtails their
means Of serving the public, and there
fore the clause prohibiting the ex-
change of advertising space for trans
portation ought to be amended as Sen
ator Stones bill provides.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-23

1t seems almost a shame and a re-
Election on American Jurisprudence that
all the details of the Thaw case must
be once more spread before the people.
Perhaps there is no help for 1t. If the
jury fails to agree this time we may
have 1t all over again. and each time 1t
gets into court its many revolving feat
ures seem more prominent. And again
forcing Evelyn Thaw to go on the
stand and relate the, story OF her
shame is the most revolving OF all. Her
testimony heretofore given is on record
and all of 1t could have been read to
the jury IL necessary. without the
needless cruelty of putting her on the
stand. She may have sinned, but she 10
a woman. ana no matter what she may
have done she has not passed the stage
where woman can feel humiliation at
having to repeat her story for the ears
of prurient audience. Forcing her
to be . witness looks like studied and
needless cruelty. Il looks as IL the
prosecution takes brutal pleasure in
torturing her.
And the mother, what of her? II no
one else is entitled to the warmest
sympathy. the mother OF Harry Thaw
is She is one figure, as The Washing
ton Times says that wins all sympa-
thy, and is entitled to all sympathy
the mother OF Harry Thaw. Whatever
may have been her faults as a mother,
they were those of many another
mother throughout this broad land of
ours, who lis now living in peace and
contentment among her loving and du-
tiful sons and daughters. If she has
been weak. she has had the weakness
of a woman with a tender heart and
with a foolish fondness for her chill
dren. There are not many mothers
who can plead not guilty to such a
charge.
Added to the anguish and suspense
she has suffered on account of her
Maynard son, has now come the sorrow
and humiliation OF her daughter. She
is old and broken in health and spirit,
yet heroically she answers the call of
her son for help. She is a living en-
bodiment Of that greatest spirit of de-
votion and self sacrifice that this
world ever knows-the spirit of
motherhood"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-23

The Republicans Of Richmond, Ind,
have decided that any candidate OF
their party found guilty OF treating"
aS nss % the psss oa the ~ tcE teEe'
George AIDE. the indiana humorist.
TaS oufet tie Re Y RspSbc ss 70
convention. has changed his mind and
VIII stick to story writing and play
making.
George B. Lockwood, private secre-
tary 70 Vice President Charles w.
Il w0F ot sSr sse fr SsPgS
Eleventh District Of Indiana.
mer Governor Of Tennessee. would like
District of his State, which he repre-
scented for a score Of years or longer.
The Republican campaign for Cover
nor of West Virginia this year prom
ises TO be more than ordinarily inter.
to nominate the State ticket viii be
held at Parksrsburs early in Italy.
oficials of the Hamilton Club Of
James 4. Garfeid. Secretary 81 the IN.
t ssfS sp &c Is tn seT n e nODf %
dinner next month.
David S. Rose. four times Mayor Of
aEa Tag us fa he Z OPPOSED ISS ne e. ss
day blue laws and proposes to make
this question the principal issue Of his
campaign.
The Democratic state Central Com
mittee of the State OF washington has
asslarsd g B1yan for p shyS o.
State convention will be held at Spo-
kane in May.
Senator Beyeridge of Indiana, Sem
ator Piles OF washington, and Com
gresham Butler Ames OF MASSACHUSETTS,
WI hesd the lisy e sIssnsrst st fhs
OF Chicago next month.
James H. Ferriss,. national chairman
Kentucky q The -first State in the IN;
PopuliSt convention: The Blue oraSs
ton, which is to - meet IN St. Louis early
in April.
Connecticut will probably send an
unpledged and uninstructed delegation
to the national Republican convention,
Seps are 1 expectsa BE TAFT men. As
" sMell thought Of in the Nutmeg
William ]. Bryan will go East in
February to I'LL engagements to speak
under the auspices OF the Progressive
Democratic League of New Jersey. a
Bryan organization: The schedule so
far arranged provides that the Ne
braska leader shall be heard In New.
ark. Jersey City and PassaIc.
William ]. Bryan Of Nebraska, SEN
ator Gore of Oklahoma, Governor Hik-
gins of Rhode Island, Mayor Guthrie
OF Pittsburg, and other prominent
vitations to attend a dinner IN PhIla-
delphia February /. at which William
Berry, now State Treasurer of Penn
President on thu Bryan ticket
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-23
Referring to a recent statement ii

Referring to a recent statement in
The Advertiser The Albany Herald
says:
Our esteemed Alabama contemporary
is mistaken about some OF the counties
of Georgia now being hardly larger
than an ordinary precinct" In the wire
grass region is 1T a good days travel
BY private conveyance across the aver
age county, and it is the growth of this
section of the State and the construc-
ton of railroads, which, in some in
stances have had the effect of build
ing towns of considerable size and
thereby changing the center of popula
tion, that have conspired TO create the
demand for new counties.
We are not informed as to the size
of counties in Georgia. but know that
the number of them is 1877. more than
double the number we have in Ala
hama. If there was a constitutional
limit as to size. as in Alabama, it
would be impossible to form that many
and while 1t may be little exaggera-
tion to say that some of them are
''hardIy larger than an ordinary pre-
clnet," yet we ask IL II is not a fact that
some Of them do not exceed 100 square
miles. or one-sixth the area which an
Alabama county must have.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-23

The New Bedford Standard compares
the recent horrible disaster at Boyer
town with others of the same nature.
and reflects that they differ but little.
There was" II says. "the same lack OF
seif-control In the audience. and the
same brutal indifference on the part OF
men to the safety of women and little
children. Nobody who has not been
in such a position has the right of Sc
we're condemnation Of the fright into
which people are thrown in fire panic.
but on the other hand, such
catastrophes afford occasion to reflect
upon the weakness of mans boosted
reasoning power. and on his liability
to brute selfishness when he is brought
to face their conditions"
There is something in the Scriptures
to the effect that the man who is put
ting on his armqr should not boast
like the one who is taking his armor
off. In other words. the man who has
been in the battle and made good is
the one who may boast, not the untried
man who is getting ready to go into
the light SO It may be that those who
have never been in such a catastrophe
as that which occurred at Boyertown
cannot tell what they would do under
like conditions, and therefore should
not be too severe on those who have
passed through the ordeal
Perhaps this view is measurably
just and fair. but for all that we hold
that any man with human Instincts and
any true manhood in his composition,
deserves to be blamed, ana condemned
for acting as the men did in this case.
1t is true that something OF the kind
is witnessed in all cases where peril
to life is imminent. At any fire. ship
wreck or other serious disaster. we find
that strong men lose their heads and
forget everything but the brute in
stinct of seif-preservation and person
al safety. 1t is not at ali a compile
ment to our manhood, but 1t may be
human nature. Stills it is not credit
able to the man who ought IN such
cases to first look to the safety of
those who are helpless, not to his own.