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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

John D. Rockefeller, the organizer
Of the greatest trust, has created,
named and defined the one good trust.
He calls 1t In his "reminiscences the
Benevolent Trust" an organization
managed and supported by successful
business men for the sole purpose of
directing philanthropic work in the
most practical and useful lines, Of
financing approved charities and plac.
Ing money donated for benevolent OBJ.
jects where 1t will do the most good.
He sees in his minds eye the best
business men of the country devoting
their energies and means to the task
Of efficiently meeting all the philan
thropic and educational needs of the
country. That a useful trust with an
enormous income and a wide field of
operation might be organized on this
plan is shown by the list OF benefac
tions for last year. Although a year
Of business depression, the aggregate
Of gifts reached total Of 800, ,000
This was $50,000O00 less than the year
previous, In the record Of which we're
several exceptional benefactions, and
less than the two preceding veal 8, but
1t was a fine record for a bad year
The great aggregate of SAL, 2,115,
nearly half billion, devoted 10 public
benefactiors points to an endowment
for charity, scientific research crd edu-
cational desources and opportunities
which staggers the imagination. 1t in.
dicates the growth Of the altruism and
idealism leavening American money.
madness, and foreshadows an era OF
social development hitherto undreamt
of.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

II such book has not been writ
ten. some historian might make an In.
teresting volume on the various Euro
pean influences for and against the in.
dependence Of America. One Of the
friends of America who does not ap.
pear In many Of the popular histories
was Jean Luzac Of Leyden University.
He was correspondent of Washing.
ton. Jefferson and Adams. and through
his newspaper helped the American
cause on the continent Of Europe.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

1856, 1S43, 1880 and 1882. Prof.
Forbes idea is that the comet of 1856,
which was described as of "prodigious
magnitude" and which is said to have
led to the abdication of the Emperor
Charles ", was disrupted by the influ-
ence Of the supposititious planet, and
gave birth to the three other comets
named, all Of which were very bright
and otherwise remarkable. His cal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

Women's hats more than thirty-one
ana half inches in diameter are
classified as wheels by the traffic man
ager OF the Swiss state railways. He
mas issued an order that women who
wear hats exceeding that diameter
must ride In tho baggage car, or leave
their hats In that car and enter the
passenger car bareheaded.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

Washington thanked him for his ser.
vices. Now the Netherland Society Of
Philadelphia and the Netherland So
ciety Of Letters at Leyden have united
to erect tablet to his memory at
Leyden University.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

The desire to be clean will not be
daunted nowadays. The story comes
from an apartment house district in
New York that on Sundays the friends
or the tenants visit them in hordes to
use their bath-tubs The charge is two
cents for fine hot wash" and five
cents If towels are provided.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

King Leopold of Belgium recently
celebrated his seventy-fourth birthday.
He has been acting recently as If he
had at last reached the age of dis
cretion.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16
Trade Terms.

How much" began the lady to Bax
ter, In temporary charge Of the Goa
yard. how much is stove coal now?'
THAT depends" said Baxter, with
whom language is often vehicle OF
confusion. "A la carte, It's seven an
a half Cul-de-sac, it'll cost you fifty
cents extry."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

Please see to 1t that your back yard
looks as neat and clean as your front
yard. 1t is a credit mark that never
fails to win admiration; besides, 1t
strengthens the owners self-respect.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

Professor Barnes, of Philadelphia,
says people do not need salt in their
food. Be patient, brethren; some day
a doctor will come along and convince
US that all food is absolutely unneces
Sary.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

A Chicago youth marries his step
mother and becomes his own stepfath
er. Looks like case of frenzied mat.
rimony.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

Every old man who marries a young
woman has some sort of excuse which
he thinks the neighbors should accept
and ever after hold their peace.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

THE KAIETEUR FALL PoTARo RIVED
The perpendicular height of the the poro ,
Essequbo British Guiana, nes tho+ ~
The width the o 400 too
season. and the depth fror
twenty Even donth
hrtyhve feet about quarter of the fall Tho % M
1aH Is OF sandstone with
that the falls nonod
chief fall alone would supply two million bosa e
News 'A noise power
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

Professor Pickering of Harvard says
1t will cost only $10,00O,OOO to COM
municate with the people on Mars.
Another case of money talking.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

1t is unnecessary to spend $4,000.
600 to send message to Mars. Where
is the gentleman who carried the mes,
sage to Garcia?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

1t Is all right to advise the boys to
remain on the farm, but when all the
girls are away attending college stick.
ing to the farm Is no dream.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

An Oklahoma boy advertised for a
husband for his mother Now he has a
stepfather. Practical jokes are sure to
come home to roost.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

According to Mr.. Hobson, we must
not even think Of war with Japan. If
that bars him from talking about IT
we second the motion.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

culatlons Indicate that the planet in
question Is situated at distance of
about s,OOo,OOO,OOO miles from the srn
and that Its period of revolution a
about 1000 years. i"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

A suffragette declares that women
are no better than men. II any man
has desire to butt in where angels
fear to tread here's his opportunity for
an argument.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

Ella Wheeler Wilcox Is delivering
Lectures to Husbands" Mr.. Wilcox
has a season ticket.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

Scientists say sassafras tea is in
furious. Nothing, 1t seems, is too sa-
cred for the scientists to attack.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

Castro is the late big noise, but he
doesn't know the silencer has been
put on.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

The Cuban republic is at last start
ed right. 1t has a deficit of $12,.
900. 900.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

The pen is mightier than the sword,
but the hatpin yields to neither of
them.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

The Queen of Hollands baby car
riage cost $4,000. And 1t is a car
riage of only one mamma-power, too.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

Broodlng over failures doesn't hatch
out any successes.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16
COLLEGE IN AMERICAN LIFE.
BY William Allen White.


!: !: !: {:
~ generation ago. when the college curricu-
WI lum began to broaden and the laboratory be-
Nh gan to take an important place in college life,
M | educated bewailed the material spirit
III of education. There a movement to
4 force education back to the humantes, back
| m to culture, back to "the sweet serenity of
klN ] books But the laboratory is returning
- to the democracy that founded it the service
that is due. Our scientific societies most purely
altruisc. The health and wellbeng of the is
engaging scientists all the nation A of sci
entc societies. State and national have their
of being improvement in public life.
The Society for the Prevention of tuberculosis is do
ing effective work in many States From the other end
Of the college campus the students of economics
coming into public life, and group of them has
formed and is maintaining the National Tax Association
and the American Academy Of Political and Social
Sciences which hold national conferences are gath
ering most valuable data and forming most important
conclusions in economics and sociology.
The future work Of these and similar associations will
be nestimable But 1t is altogether unsesh There Is
not dollar in it for anyone Like all of the great
American democratic movements the study OF econom
les Is for the good Of the many at the sacrifice Of the
few. And 1t is but Of of the activities of
men from the broader college and the greater university
which democracy is establishing all the land by
local tax or private gfts.-American Magazine.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

will be appalled, by the facts about to cite and
the unanswerabe proof about to submit
1t is not alleged that what is known as the Wall
street district is entirely devoted the purposes of
speculation. 1t includes hundreds, and possibly thou
sands, of firms which have direct concern with the
various exchanges but it is possible to arrive at rea
sonaby close approximation to the total paid by those
who defray the cost of the Wall street game
The tax books of New York City show that the Wall
street district is assessed at figure between s2OOOOO
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

There is no picture equal to the tin.
type, If you are satisfied with a like
ness.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

Men are as anxious to speak well of
each other as women are not.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16
CASH CAPITAL OF STOCK GAMBLING.
BY Frederick u. Ad.

take 1t that no effective denial can be en-
tered against the assertion that many of the
superb buildings which are massed in the
Wall street district of New York are largely
devoted to housing concerns which draw their
revenue from the speculative public This
same public partially paid for their erection
1t continues to contribute the funds which
make such Investments profitable The read.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

You often hear men say: "I'ye tak.
en- all intend to from Himn
1t Is the faithless person who HASN'T
any faith In his faith.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16

which work could be done and things could be laid.
Nowadays have diminutiye flats with reception
that just receive ottering little table and moth
ing else We dine at table which accommodates q
baby cruet almost under protest The narrow beds in
little bedrooms have Sides but middle. There
fine pictures, only quantity of photographs
perilously edged against narrow slat Of wood.
And worst Of ALL there is not decent table at which
a person sit with books and work at 1t. drawing
may look pretter since the abolition from all
sensible tables. But it is much less habtabe. 1t is
small wonder that people nowadays try continually to
curtai the time after dinner. 1t is because there is
nothing one can do in drawing At best some-
body plays the VIOLIN sings at worst the pianoa Is
set going The poet who wished for hour of crowd
ed life should try living now. On the Of crowd
edness. if not of life, he would be well content
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-07-16
"wHERE ARE THE HOUSES OF Yesterday
BY Margaret Baiesol

Threequarters of a century ago it was the
ambition of every prosperous citizen to build
himself a house. These houses really held
things. There were immense pictures. And
then, what splendid tables there were in these
houses There was not only that great table
with the many leaves dedicated to eating;
but in all the sitting rooms there would be
ever so many ine spacious solid tables on
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-13
A. KIND-HEARTED EMPRESS.

An incident showing the kindness
of heart of, the Empress Eugene is
recalled by a Paris contemporary
apropos Of the appointment to the
command of the Fourth Corps at
Mans Of General de Cary. During
the rigorous winter of 1859 Sergeant
Major de Cary, of st. Cyr, took part
In a fete at Compiegne. Passing
through a hall the Empress noticed
M. de Cary shivering in his thin tu-
mic. why do you not put on your
great coat?" the Empress asked.
Madame, we have none," was the re-
ply. How is it you have none? 1t
is incredible" The Empress found
the Emperor and made a representa-
ton Of the matter to him. A few
days later all St. Cyrians had their
great cOats.-Woman's Life.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-13

purchase the customer received nine
and on%e-eighth cents WORTH, instead
Of the twelve cents worth for which
he paid. Superintendent Reichmann
continues as follows:
"All kinds Of tricks are used by
dishonest merchants. Those mer-
chants who are not dishonest inten-
tionally may have faulty scales or i'm
perfect measures Of which they know
nothing because they are not tested.
The longer a set of scales Is used the
worse it becomes-for the customer
unless it is tested and repaired. But
the average merchant never will ask
for a test if he has to pay fees for
that test, unless his customers com
plain of him. Now, in some towns
there is the fee system; in others the
municipal sealer of weights and meas-
ures has a salary and collects fees
| which go into the city treasury; in
others, again, there is a straight sal
airy basis, and no charge is made for
tests. In some cities there is a rigid
inspection; in others absolutely one
Bad Conditions in Syracuse.
1--WE went to Syracuse a time ago
and found horrible conditions pre-
vailing. There was a municipal de-
| partment Of weights and measures,
with a salaried mead, who said he
never had done anything much, be-
cause his predecessors never had done
anything but draw their salaries.
Things were stirred up; this superin-
| tendent was made to see the error of
| his ways, a couple of deputies were
added to his staff. Now that same
man is n Of the most active and
best men in the State. He tells me
that his working day is limited to
eight hours, but that he wants to
work overtime in getting after VIOLA
tors of the law and does it. I went
to Yonkers some time ago, and there
was hardly a straight weight or pro-
per measure in the town. Now they
have a good inspection there, and the
/; merchants are running pretty much
on the level.
But It's so easy to beat the game.
How nan customers know the differ
ence between dry and liquid meas
ure? Yet If a grocer sells a quart Of
lima beans, say, in a liquid quart
measure, he's stealing about fifteen
per cent. It's very easy for him to
undersell competitors a cent or two a
quart on that basis, and thus he
drives them out of business or into
his W habits. A butcher, say,
keeps several sheets Of paper on his
scales. The paper weighs, perhaps,
an ounce or IN unce and a half. It
doesn't make much difference on a
ten-pound roast, but on a half pound
or pound of meat for the poor woman
it tells heavily. And spring scales
there are as many ways to manipu-
late them as there are makes OF
scales"
"All our neighboring States have
good laws. Canada. on our northern
border, has probably the most rigid
law in the world. If an inspector
stops a wagonload Of bread and in
the load finds n loaf short weight
he confscates the whole load, gives it
to ONE charitable institution and
prosecutes the baker. Massachusetts
has probably the best weights and
measures system in the United States;
Rhode Island has an excellent sys-
tenn; Connecticut now has a bill I'M
der consideration which seems likely
to pass; New Jersey has a good sys-
item: PENNSYLVANIA and Ohio. too"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-13

N6E>2NEwEST
N.N FASHIONS.
Y 81

Jet ornaments are used as pen.
dants on evening gowns.
Braided and embroidered cotton
soutache buttons prevail.
Jet and bead fringes are much
used On the smartest gowns.
Guimpes of lace have generally re.
placed the guimpe of tulle.
In Paris the high wasted skirt still
| prevails in tailored cloth in velvet
and in satin.
Gray suede boots with pearl gray
buttons are attTactively worn with
gray walking suits.
! There is a rage now for cream
white suits, worn with hat and aces
| series of nut brown.
Black velvet bonnets are populaH
big and little, simple and elaborate
| but black velvet.
The most charming shade is Oh
tanned in a gown by draping dark
| green net over a foundation OF pale
| blue silk.
Amethyst, mauve or %prunelle SHOES
and stockings are very fashionaOle,
and should be worn with a gown u
similar color.
There is no more satisfactory ar
rangement for a yoke than the sepai.
ate guimpe tied down with ribbons a'
the waist line.
Automobile people are using 'n'
little Japanese hand stoves-Cnaut
frettes, the French call them-Wn'A
can be slipped into the muff.
The gathered sleeve, to be damn,
must be made Of very soft ma'e1
and on a foundation as clinging an0
light as net or silk mousseline. =.
For wearing with the Princess ans
Empire bodices of the moment, sors
exceedingly pretty gu1mpes are Do ":s
made. consisting of chemisetteS' "~
long sleeves attached.
OF the chemisettes only the apps.
part will be seen, although, as a nas
ter Of fact, they reach practicai!'
the waist, where they are tleo IN ~,
securely but invisibly with sou e"
bon strings.
The long close-ftting sleeves "u ~
come down even lower than the t;ob
are frequently cut with points w W. go
fall over the back of the hand IND
guimpes are most useful for wea ara
with afternoon gowns, and tnes .son
being made in net and lace, 0H
and mousseline de sole.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-13

The recipe is as follows: Six lemons
are cut into thin slices and soaked in
water for half an hour. When the
bath has been filed, the lemon water
is added and the lemon bath is ready.
In addition to the beneficial effect on
the skin, the bath is unusually invig-
Grating. One hope is that various
old maids will not. take up the fad.
They're acidulous enough already
New York Press. .
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-13

uate course, and is satisfied she has
so complete a grasp on the subject
that she is preparing a legal book on
real estate. She has been praised un-
qualifedly by her professors, and
when she completes her course plans
to enter at once into active practice.
New York Press.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-13
GIRL A REAL ESTATE EXPERT

BAKED Lentils-Onep pint of lentns, three ounces of salt
pork, half a Glove Of garlic or half of a small onion half
teaspoon OF salt, half a teaspoon Of pepper, one pint of water
Look over the lentils, wash them and soak them over night
IN cold water. Pour off the water and put them in a stew
pan with two quarts of cold water. AS the water begins IN
boil the lentiis will rise. Skim them off. Put them into q
uisn win q PORK ana onion in the centre. Put the pepper
and salt into a quart of boiling water. Pour II w. no
beans and bake in a moderate oven for four or five hours
Add boiling water when needed. Fat corned beef or shank
of ham may be used instead of pork.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-13
Iowa College Puts Girl

Iowa College Put Girl
on Baseball Team.
Des Moines, Iowa.-Miss Josephine
Armstrong has. just been placed on
the Still College baseball team to play
centre field. She is pretty, seven
teen, an expert tennis and golf play
er and can throw the ball farther
than any man on the team. She will
play in all scheduled games against
the crack teams. She also has a bat
ting average of .289.
Miss Armstrong years a natty
bloomer suit and looks not unlike any
OF the other college players.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-13
MONUMENT

Mrs. G. Meyer is responsible for
the monument that has been erected
at Port Elizabeth; South Africa, to
the memory Of the horses that died
during the Boer a 1t cost upward
Of $4,000, and is in the shape of a
stone watering trough, on the top Of
which is the figureAof a. bronze cayal-
ryman giving a drink to his horse
New York Sun.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-13
Racing Doomed in Japan

and Horsemen Lose Heavily.
Tokio.-A tremendous effort has
been made by the race track element
in Japan to induce the Government to
retract and permit betting upon the
tracks, but Marquis Katsura, the Pre-
mier, has stood firm, and for another
year at least the race tracks of the
empire will be without their favorite
parl mutuel or any other form of bet
ting. This means practically an end
to horse racing in Japan, and. neces-
sarily,e "a heavy loss to the various
race tracks.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-13
PRAISES ROOSEVELT. LION SLAYER, BECAUSE HE ISRID-
DING AFRICA OF "VERMIN."

New York City.-Ernest Thompson-Seton, the nature writ
81, arrived here on the Kronprinz Wilhelm, and said that the
news of MI. Roosevelts bag Of lions had been brought to the ship
by wireless and had been enthusia stcaly received. Mr.. Roose-
velts expedition" said the writer, should be OF great value. He
is splendidly equipped for the work, and has with him TWO OF the
best naturalsts in America. l hope he will kill many lions, for
thew are vermin in that part of Africa. Mr.. Roosevelt is a splen-
did shot, and should do we'll"