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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

What Is titled aristocrat?" shouts
gentleman upon the floor Of Congress,
and every good American answers that
he Is nothing whatever, and cheers
right Justify as the orator belabors the
American girl who goes title hunting
IN Europe, or who is captured by a
hunter Of helresses In America. And
yet a mob of 5000 persons, In the larg-
est city in America, disputes ground
with an army Of policemen with clubs
In an effort to see real live nobleman.
The crowd Is not composed of the
plainest Of the common people. Great
or Interest is not displayed In a prince
Of the blood in any European capital
than the populace of New York mani
tests In the obscure possessor of an
unimportant title In q fourth-rate
European country.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

Preferably possum should be cooked
over wood fire in log cabin and sea.
soned with the odorous blue smoke of
hickory and ash as the lid of the oven
Is lifted now and again to give a
glimpse Of the promised Wand to those
who wait with whetted appetites for
the coming feast With the possnm
and taters there should be served eth.
er the ordinary Kentucky corn pone-
II such an adjective may be not i'm.
properly applied to anything 50 rare
or the Olympian cracklln' bread of the
hog killing season. In justice to the
possum 1t must be said that neither
corn pone nor cracking bread Is neces.
sary, but 1t serves well not only to mop
up the gravy, but also to prevent the
possum and the yams from melting in
the mouth too rapidly for the flavor
to be enjoyed In the fullest. The finest
possums on earth are found in tho
woodlands Of the Pennyrile district of
Kentucky, and they reach perfection
about the time the perfumed pawpaw
becomes 30 ripe that 1t falls from the
parent stem and reposes in all Of Its
golden beauty In the orange tinted
leaves that the earth has first claimed
as tribute from the trees for her en-.
richment-Louisville Courier-Journal
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

TOO Insignificant to cause distortion
Among these forces is the alteration IL
the pressure of the atmosphere durin.
tne passage Of storms, causing percep
tible fitting Of large areas of ground
A curious case of such fitting in an un
expected direction has recently been re
corded by Prof. Omori in Japan A
storm passing over the sea east of To
klo caused the bordering land to til,
downward, Notwithstanding the facl
that the atmospheric pressure is les
sened within a storm area. This is OK.
piained by the fact that the sea rises
with release of atmospheric pressure,
and the accumulation of water more
than sutficed to counterbalance the de.
crease is weight Of the air.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

deed
dressed but all tears they the
pOrtunity
Not
training for there is always riduum the
herel but fortune
teach your son lie ocenty houghtesy mothers do
the
But
ana eades the truth it can't be wrong Then
companions ana praise him before and he quickly
his mother
best of him You have taught him dupcity
much what boy but
block
AS ne gets older him and him
that you may be undisturbd
nave always been amazed at the
10 without his mother finding
MS appetite and
mother knows SO little about boys busy lives
practically alone
you enter into boys life companion YOU
know welches'
DE the
manness-urnih the ballast
duty hand while is
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08
SKYSCRAPER MENACE.
What a confagration Among These
Cliff Dwellers Would Mean.

catastrophe that will eclipse the
destruction of San Francisco is the cheer
ing prospect offered for the contemplation
OF New York by the president of the
board of fire underwriters, says Golfers
Weekly. And it is not New York alone
that is threatened, but every great city
that permits the construction of skyscrap-
ers. The underwriters think that there
is not only possibility but very strong
probability of blaze starting in the top
stories of nest of these aerial hives and
leaping across the canyons that separate
them, raging aloft like fire in the upper
branches of a forest, and sweeping un-
checked out of reach of the helpless fire.
men in the street. When Office buildings
go higher than the Washington monument
all the ordinary methods of protection be-
come obsolete. No hose can carry
stream half way to their roofs. No street
mains can furnish pressure enough to
send water up in standpipes. OF course
there are satisfactory methods of supply
ing the upper floors in ordinary times,
but they would count for nothing in a
conhagration. The experience of San
President Babb, that "so-called 'fireproof'
buildings cannot withstand the attack of
a wave of fame" If fire should sweep
the financial district of New York it
would cause a loss of from one to two
billion dollars; the insurance companies
would be hard pressed to pay 20 to %
cents on the dollar, title guaranty COM
panies, mortgage concerns, savings banks,
and all other financial institutions would
suffer, and the city would feel at once the
loss of revenue from the destruction Of
taxable values.
Another menace that hangs over the
skyscraper districts of great cities is the
danger Of panic 1t is said that If a sud-
den shock should send the swarming cliff
dwellers all surging to the streets at once
the highways would not hold the human
flood. The streets of our cities were de-
signed to match buildings three or four
stories high. When ten such buildings
are piled one on top of another, and the
same thoroughfares are expected to ac-
commodate the people from all of them.
the results are likely to be startling.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08
YUKON MINERS FIND MAsToDoN
Huge Animal in Perfect State of
Preservation Is Dug Up,

Huge Animal in Perfect State of
Preservation Is Dug Up.
John Froling has just returned to his
home In this city after an absence of
nearly seven years in Alaska and the
Yukon territory, says a Tacoma dis
patch to the New York Herald. Dur
Ing his absence Mr.. Frollng Travelled
over the mountains and followed the
river and creek valleys Of the far north
for years, in fevered search for the
yellow metal.
Mr.. Froling brings the facts of the
finding Of the remains Of a mastodon
in an almost complete state of preser
walton. The body of the mammoth was
found forty feet below the surface, Mr..
Froling says, seven miles up Wood
choppers creek, a small stream that
flows Into the Yukon about forty or
fifty miles above Circle City.
Several miners there had staked out
claims and were going through the
frosty earth in an effort to strike pay
dirt. They were operating steam
plant, running down points, and were
one day surprised by noticing a De
culiar smell of flesh emanating from
the excavation.
Upon investigating they found that
they were Immediately upon the car
cass of some immense animal, which
the almost red-hot steam was rapidly
decaying after 1t had lain in the frozen
clasp Of its earthly bed for untold
years.
BY great effort they got the carcass
out Of the earth, the task proving a
most dlsagreeable one, owing to the
fetid odors arising from it. Much of
the meat was still in a good state of
preservation and was eaten by the dogs
and wild animals that came about the
camp at night. The bones of the man,
moth were all intact and the last Mr..
Froling heard arrangements were being
made to preserve the skeleton.
In his long travels over the Yukon
country Mr.. Froling found many spots
where the bones of the mastodon were
numerous, everything pointing to a
time when some sudden cataclysm had
brought unexpected death upon all the
animal life. He says these spots where
the mastodon bones are found so plen.
tiful are Invariably sheltered valleys,
where the animals undoubtedly congre.
gated in their extremities to shelter
themselves from the hardships Of the
weather.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

The folly Of the king system of gov
ernment Is illustrated In the case of
Portugal. Because an 1S-year-old boy
happens to be the son Of his father he
becomes the head Of the nation. With.
out experience, with immature facul-
ties. without proof Of aptitude, without
evidence of the proper sort of character
he is lurched Into seat on the throne.
1t is all very well to say that he is but
q fgurehead; that the real responsible
ties Of the government will be borne by
older men that he is the ruler Of Por.
tugal In name only, but that does not
vindicate the soundness Of the monar-
chical idea. II be is to bs the actual
head Of the government the plan Of civ.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08
kM*aS Science
y Nsg9seEnlyeTntion. N9l
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The Importance of the charcoal III
dustry in the United States is described
In Popular Mechanics. Originally val
ued only as heat producer, charcoal
Is now used as an ingredient in the
manufacture of gunpowder, a decolor-
izer Of solutions, medicine for dyspep-
tics and a purifier Of water. As an
antiseptic and cleanser its power Is
universally recognized. In hospital
piece Of charcoal will soon absorb and
decompose obnoxious gases and sweeten
the atmosphere. All these are but
part Of its uses.
What man has learned by dint Of
thought and experiment some of the
lower animals appear to know through
Instinct. An instance Is furnished by
the spiral swimming" of certain Or
ganisms. such as the spherical shaped
volvox and several elongated infusor-
ians. AS they revolve about the axis
Of progression, as does projectile
fired from rifled gun, the consequence
Is that they are able to travel in a
straight line, as they could not do 9TH
erwise, the revolution compensating
with absolute precision for any tenden-
cy to deviate from straight course
Without such device many Of these
minute creatures would simply describe
circles, making no forward progress.
The Size Of the Sea.-This refers not
to the area Of the oceans only, but to
their total cubic content, which Is reck-
oned by Edward A. Martin of the Geo
logical Society at thirty times the cubic
content of all the land lying above sea-
level. In other words, If all the land of
the globe were scraped off down to the
level Of the sea and thrown into the
ocean, 1t would fill only one-thirtieth
part Of the enormous abyss which is oc-
cupied by the waters. According TO
Lyell, the mean height Of the land
above sea-level is 1000 feet, whereas
the mean depth of the ocean is 1900
feet. There are mountain peaks which
rise as high above sea-level as the de-
pressions of the ocean sink below 1t, but
the average height Of the land is slight
compared with the average depth Of the
sea.
Many projects arc now under way, or
under consideration, for the utilization
of the numerous sources Of electric
power that are furnished by the
streams descending from the. Andes In
Chile Everywhere in that country
there Is an abundance Of water, suffi-
ciently constant in volume, and pre-
senttng almost any desired amount Of
fall. The city Of Santiago is develop
Ing scheme for supplying 10000 horse
power from plant located between six
teen and seventeen miles from the
town. Engineers have recently report
ed In favor Of the electrifcation Of the
new railroad which the Chilean and
Bolivian governments have undertaken
to construct between Arlea and La Paz,
and which passes through the Andes
There is something stimulating to tn,
Imagination in the thought Of those
mighty mountains lending hand to
help man surmount their slopes.
1t was the invention of the seismo-
graph for the study of earthquakes that
led to the discovery Of the surprising
senstiyeness Of the crust Of the globe
to forces that might have been thought
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08
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The London (Canada) Labor party
has pronounced in favor of old-age pen
sions.
A majority of the musicians of Santa.
Cruz, Cal, met recently and organized a
union.
Organized labor in Seattle, Wash, has
carried out its proposed plan of obtaining
q coal mine.
Springfield (Canada) miners ask for
another board of conciliation to investi-
gate the system of weighing boxes.
The building trades of San Francisco
are discussing a proposition to settle on
scale of wages for three years.
The Central Labor Union of Scranton.
Pa, has decided to build $4,000 tenn
pie for the use of the trades unions of the
city.
At meeting of Engineers local No. 1
of Denver, Colo, the finance committee
reported that increased wages to the mem
bers Of the union during the last year
amounted in the aggregate to $500. 1t
was reported that conditions in this trade
are very prosperous.
The total number of men killed while
mining coal in the United States during
1905, according to statistics gathered by
the geological survey. was 2,O61. The
number OF workmen receiving injuries in
this industry more or less serious, but not
fatal, was 4,I9S during the same period.
Miss Marot, secretary of the Woman's
Trade Union League of New York, q
short time since delivered an address in
which she urged women to organize in ey.
cry branch Of industry and cooperate In
union agitation, holding that in that way
only can women compete on equal terms
with men insthe trades.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08
WANT HALF PAY.
Volunteer Army and Navy Officers
to Urge Their Claims in Congress.

Volunteer Army and Navy Officers
to Urge Their Claims in Congress.
Backed by precedents established
after the Revolutionary War, surviv-
ing volunteer officers of the army and
navy of the Civil War are to demand
of Congress the enactment of a law
providing for their benefit volunteer
retired list with half pay for life. In
the last Congress bill was introduced
providing for such a list, but restrict
ing it to volunteer army oAicers. It
did not pass largely because Of the
cry of discrimination that was raised
by naval volunteers and their friends
1t is now proposed by a committee
of volunteer naval officers to have pre-
pared measure that shall be salts
factory to the navy and marine corps.
Circulars have been sent out to all
surviving volunteer naval officers in
the United States calling upon them
to take an active part in the interest
OF the measure These circulars re-
view the history o. legislation for the
benefit of volunteer veteran officers
from the close Of the Revolutionary
War to the adjournment of the Fifty.
ninth Congress, and 1t Is charged that
there has always been a systematic ut.
tempt to eliminate the naval volun-
teers from the benefits of such laws
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

Ing him such position merely because
he Is who he is becomes for that rea-
son peculiarly absurd. If he Is not TO
be the actual chief Of the government,
but an ornament only, the absurdity OF
the thing is just as clear. for what is
the use of having a king If somebody
else is to do the work? A king under
such circumstances becomes a ridiculous
superfluity and sort of relic of the
old days of popular servilIty to a ficti.
tious divine right"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

Although In foreign countries and In
some parts Of our own land birth is
announced in the newspapers as a mat
ter Of course, New York man who
advertised the arrival of his first boy
now doubts the wisdom Of pursuing
this practice in large cities. Within a
fortnight he had had calls from thir-
teen statesmen, and received thirty-six
letters and circulars, and fifty-eight
samples, all aiming to promote the in
fant's health or happiness by the sale
Of some article of merchandise.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

The decision of the United States Su-
preme court in an Oregon case affecting
the labor of women will establish q
principle OF far reaching influence. The
state passed a law forbidding employ
ers from forcing women to work more
than ten hours a day. A. Portland
laundryman questioned the constitu-
tlonality of this law. He declared that
1t put Limitation upon the power OF
contract. From the Supreme Court OF
Sregon the case reached the highest
national tribunal. That body has de-
cided in favor of the state legislation
The opinion Of the court, as stated by
Justice Brewer, calls attention to the
fact that the rights Of women can no
more be infringed than those Of men,
But on many accounts women are en-.
titled to greater protection than men,
Whatever theories may be advanced in
connection with women's rights, the
facts remain that the sexes differ In
structure Of body, In physical strength
In the capacity for long continued
labor, particularly that done standing
The difference Is marked when there
!s consideration Of the influence Of Wig
orous health upon the future well being
Of the race. the self-rellance which en-.
ables one to assert full rights and the
capacity to maintain the struggle for
subsistence. Because of these reasons
the court declares that legislation in
behalf Of women may be sustained even
If similar legislation Is not required fori
men and could not be sustained. The
difference In laws for men and women
Is justified by the inherent differences
OF sex. If some Of the burdens which
rest upon women are peculiarly heavy
they ought to have compensation In
other directions. There has long been
recognition Of the principle. that child
labor should have its own laws and
should not be put upon the same plane
as that Of adults This decision places
the labor of women In a distinct cate |
CORY also. 1t does not deprive a state
OF the right to refuse to enact laws
regulating women labor, but 1t makes
1t certain that state laws regulating
the labor of adult women which differ |
from those affecting adult males, will
not be set aside by the federal Supreme
Court. A state legislature may enact
such law. however, and the state Su-
preme Courf hold II upco,,+,+,,.,
That was the case in Illinois. It's Su.
preme Court made short work of q law
regulating the hours women should
work on the ground that 1t was an
unlawful interference with the right
OF an adult to dispose of her labor.
Some state Supreme Courts have taken
the Illinois view of the case. while
others have been Of contrary opinion.
Probably In time there will be a gener-
al acceptance Of the principles enuncia.
ted by the, Supreme Court of the Unit.
ed States. The reasons asserted by
the court will be recognized every |
where as having great force. They will ,
make their appeal to the better judg-
ment of all. Whatever the theories
advanced In favor of substantial equali-
ty OF women and men In political. per.
sohal, and contractual rights, the fun.
damental differences Of sex will con.
tinue to exist and will be considered
as important in shaping laws.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

An examination Of the brain Of a
German scientist who spoke fifty Ian
guages disclOses the fact that 1t was of
ordinary size, shape and texture. 1t
should be explained, however, that the
scientist never mastered slang.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

A typesetter committed suicide the
other day because his work was full of
errors. You never hear of 4 baseball
player taking his own life for q similar
reason.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

United States authorities have de-
ported q boy to Russia seven times
The next time he comes they ought to
let him stay. A youngster Of his per-
severance and determination has the
making Of a good citizen in him.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

The English we use in this country
is practically the same that Is used In
England. 1t is the slang prevailing
in the two countries that Is, unfortu-
pately, 30 different.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

With the muzzle Of a loaded gun
against his chest, man attempted to
show his friends that 1t could not be
made to 60 of at half cock He was
buried In the family plot.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

what sort of a time did you have at
the theater?"
Perfectly lovely" answered young
Mrs. Torkins. "Some of the scenes
were so pathetic that 1 wept, and the
others were so funny that laughed
till Observation-Disclosures Star. \
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

A woman arrested for forging checks
says she committed the crimes because
she was lonely. Still, some people pre-
fer being lonely to getting into bad
company.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08
%sMoTHHSS2, %s
By Jessie M.PartIon.

or all the sorrows common to suf-
fering humanity, know none surpass-
ing that of mother whose son has
gone wrong. Can there be anywhere ON
earth more heart-breaking spectacle
than the endless procession of mothers
who besiege the doors Of warehouses;
prisons and correctional institutions of
every kind, seeking the son who has
sinned? The entrance to every prison
is Via Dolorosa, Way of Sorrow, in
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

The difference between q doctor and
an enemy is that the doctor charges
for telling you to go to a warmer ell
mate.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

When all liars are prohibited from
voting, as suggested by Boston man,
we won't have to sit up very late await
ing for election returns.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08
The Turning Of tho Worm.

Mollie-I wish you were more like
Mr.. Simpson. Coddle-My dear, IL ]
were more like Mr.. Simpson, I should
have married a woman more like Mrs
Simpson.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

Some men never learn how to suffer
IN silence. A Denver man has made
public complaint that his wife spanks
him.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

An observing newspaper has noticed
that since his marriage Senator Bever-
idge has given very little advice to
young men.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

II the grip germ would only make
warning noise something like rattle
snake, everybody would be less afraid
Of IL
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

No politician who declares that It is
impossible to make $1,OO0,0O0 honestly
ts going TO make friends among those
who have a million.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

1t becomes increasingly evident that
the only adequate way to deal with the
Black Hand is to amputate 1t.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

A preacher says that playing cards
for prizes is a gamble Not II you play
badly enough.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

You hear Of people being afraid to
die. We are afraid to live too long, ~
old are treated 70 shabhliy
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

In politics, for every foregone COLI
elusion there are a dozen forlorn hopes.