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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

nat, clean-shayen man, with q beak-
like Roman nose and prominent Ad-
ans apple that was in constant play"
Polk was hardly so tall as Tyler, but
he also was slender, with an erect
figure and handsome, scholarly face.
He was never strong man physically.
His successor for brief time, Zach
airy Taylor, was short and stout.
"dumpy," as the popular expression
puts 1t. Fillmore, who became Presi-
dent upon Taylor's death, was one Of
the big men Of the presidential line.
Although under six feet in height, he
was broad, erect. He was what would
now be called "fine-looking." Franklin
Pierce, who came after him, was taller
probably than Fillmore, but he was
rather slender. Pierce was the hand
soonest man who ever became Presi-
dent, 1t has been said, and his graces
of manner were no less attractive.
Buchanan was tall and large of frame.
He habitually carried his head with a
lean to one side, and he had another
physical popularity that was even more
unusual-one of his eyes was hazel.
while the other was light blue
Lincoln was one of the few Presi-
dents whose physical characteristics
are popularity known, but his own de.
scription of them is worth repeating
here Il am" he wrote to an inquirer
in 1859, sin height six feet four inches
nearly; lean in flesh; weigh, on aver
age, 160 pounds; dark complexion,
with coarse, black hair and gray eyes
no other marks or brands recollected.' y
1t may be added that he was the first
President to wear a beard, as Grant
was the first to wear mustache. All
the Presidents who preceded Lincoln
were clean-shaven, as to lip and chin
| OF those who followed him no more
need be said than has been already
| said in the comparisons with Mr.. Taft
| They are so recent that few Of us have
any mistaken notions in regard to theil
personal appearance.
Thirteen Of the twenty-five chief ex
ecutives of the nation have been above
the average in height and most Of these
have been in the neighborhood Of OIL
above six feet. If one cannot be grea
perpendicularly the matter Of girtl
must be sedulously cultivated. Tkougf
not above the middle height, the two
| a
velt. and even the still shorter ones
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19
NEW LAW OF HEREDITY.
Certain Qualities Appear Incapable
of Destruction in Stock.

Some time ago an English scientist,
w. Beach Thomas, contributed to the
English press an article on Mendel's
great discovery concerning heredity in
plant and animal life THE scientific
world" he said, lis on the point of
giving full recognition to new, strange
and deep-rOoted law, and it is a salts
faction to know that in a few months
some of the most striking of its prac-
tical results will be published by a
body Of English scientists"
Briefly, the law, which seems to
touch the ultimate mysteries of hered-
ity, is this: When pure stock or strains
are crossed, it is found that certain
list of qualities remain, so to speak,
indestructible, and appear uncontami-
mated in definite proportion of the
offspring of all generations after the
first
Some concrete examples will best
show the practical effect of the law,
says the Technical World Magazine.
When the tall variety of sweet pea and
the short variety of sweet pea are
crossed, the first generation are all tall.
Tallness is the dominant quality over
shortness, which is called recessive. But
in the second generation it is found
that just one-quarter are dwarf, and
not only are they dwarf, but they will
remain pure dwarf, without any rever-
sion. and when crossed with dwarf will
never again show signs of tallness. The
other three-quarters will be tall, and
of these tall again just one-quarter will
be pure tall, and never again show
signs of dwarfness. The remaining two
quarters will be impure, but again
when crossed with their like will give
both pure tails, pure dwarf and mon
grels in due proportion So that we
find in all grandchildren, so to speak,
Of pure strains, the proportion :2:1
has mystic application-tha Is, one
| quarter of these grandchildren will be
exact or pure reproductions in one quail
| ity of their grandmother, one-quarter
will be pure reproductions of their
grandfather, and two-quarters, though
resembling one grandparent, will have
latent In them the qualities of both
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19
Taft, The BIGGEST BIGGEST PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT
. lHON big WE'RE 1THI} OTHERS?


Whether William IL. Taft will be the
greatest of the Presidents remains TO
be seen; but one thing is certains he
will be the biggest. The chair of the
chief executive of the nation has sus-
tained many men of many weights, but
none Of such tremendous bulk as Taft
says writer in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. This fact suggests phys
ical comparison with the presidents
who have gone before. The biggest
men of the presidential line-big in
height as well as in breadth-were
Washington, Monroe, Buchanan, Gar
field and Arthur All of these men
were six feet and upward and large
Of frame. The heavyweights of middle
height were John Adams, John Quincy
Adams Fillmore, Johnson, Grant and
Roosevelt. In the "dumpy" class, short
and stout, might be placed Zach Tay-
lor, Cleveland and Mckinley. The list
Of tall and slender Presidents includes
Jefferson. Jackson, Polk, Pierce, Tyler,
William Henry Harrison and Lincoln.
The featherweights of the line were
Madison, Van Buren and Benjamin
Harrison, all three being below the av-
erage height and slender. Harrison,
however, broadened out after he be-
came President, and Van Buren, after
he retired. Hayes was of middle
height and thin.
Washington was tremendously boned
and muscled, but there was not an
ounce of super1uous flesh on his body
His weight was 200 pounds. He wore
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

No. 13 boots, and his hands were so
large he was obliged to have his gloves
made to order, while his finger joints
were so prominent that they were con-
sidered genuine curiosities." He had
large, thick nose that always turned
scarlet upon exposure to the wind. His
hair, in middle life, was chestnut
brown and his eyes light blue some
times approaching gray.
John Adams figure was large and
round" Jefferson was half an inch
taller than Washington, but of long
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

taurants and hotels from a pulverized
mixture of dried fish and stale eggs
and nobody can tell the difference.
The vegetarians haze done their best
to depict the dangers of a meat diet,
and now the vegetarians are confront
ed by Buffalo physician who has it
all worked out that vegetables cause
cancer. This physician, in a paper
read before the Buffalo Academy of
Medicine, attributes cancer to cab
bage, celery, onions, lettuce and the
like. His contention is that the COM
mon garden worm is the source of the
parasite. Beset on every hand by some
terror, 1t is becoming a serious ques-
tion whether to starve to death or take
one Of the parasite or bacilll routes.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

The negro population of Mississippi
increased from 742,559 in 1890 to 9O7,-
G3O in 1900. During the same decade
the white population increased from
544,S51 to 200 The absolute in
crease was 165,071 for the negroes and
96,349 for the whites, and the negroes
increased at more rapid rate than
the whites. The figures indicate very
impressively that the moral, Industrial
and intellectual progress of the negro
must be of the utmost interest to the
whites. They should rejoice over such
a condition among the colored people
as was described by President Roose-
velt in his speech at the laying of the
corner stone of the Colored Young
Mems Christian Association Building
at Washington. Referring to the de-
velopment of the town of Mound Bayou
he said: "The town has been founded.
populated and managed purely by mon
of the negro race. 1t is a thriving,
growing town of 1000 people. There
is not a saloon nor a vicious resort of
any kind in the town." Then he went
on to say that Mound Bayou had taken
the lead in establishing the Mississippi
business Mems League, and he quoted
from an admirable circular which was
addressed to the negro farmers by the
president of the league, an eXhorta-
tion to thrift, economy and good habits.
Mound Bayou is in Bolivar County,
whose population in 1900 consisted of
31,197 negroes and 4,197 whites. Evl-
IDENTIFY it is of the utmost Importance
to that very small minority of whites
that their negro nelghbors should be
people Of character, that they should
be people of fair education and that
they should be property owners and
realize their responsibility as such. And
1t is fact that not only at Mound
City but in other parts of the State
the negroes are making progress. We
have heard testimony from Madison
County that is decidedly encouraging
and it was testimony given by white
| residents. That county had in 1900
25,91S negroes in its population and
only 6,574 whites. In Canton City
the county seat, the negroes largely
outnumber the whites, and it was bust
ness and professional men of that town
who spoke of the thrift the negro was
now showing, of his purchases Of land
| - LII. - lit,
The language was not all the Language
Of compliment, and naturally it coult
not be, for the negro has much tC
learn. But there can be no doub
whatever that he is progressing, thai
the future is full of promise for hin
and that it is well for the whites tha
| this is 80.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

waiting just around the corner for
them. John Adams was for many
years mOrbidly anxious about his
health, but during the last half of his
ninety years of life he was exception
ally hale and hearty. Not so with
Madison. From extreme youth to his
death at S5 he was feeble and sickly.
James Monroe was rather more
than six feet high, broad and square
shouldered and raw-boned" He was a
man of great physical strength, but
awkward in his moN ements.
John Quincy Adams bore a strong
personal resemblance to his father.
John Adams, although perhaps a
little taller and a little more bald.
His successor, Andrew Jackson, had
the physical characteristics, but not
the mental, of Thomas Jefferson. He
stood six feet one in his stocking feet,
and was very slender. Jackson's sue
cessor, Martin Van Buren,, was the
second of the little men to occupy the
presidential chair. Little Van" was
the nickname his political enemies ap.
piled to him. He was below the mid
die height and slender, but erect. He
was fond of the elegancies of life, and
was always Immediately attired, a
trait which magnified to the point of
dandyism in his son, prince John"
William Henry Harrison was large
man and his frame was well knit and
Injured to physical hardships by many
campaigns against the Indians.
Tyler is described as tall, thin,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19
Exploding a Musty Myth.

The old-time idea was that the farm
er toiled from dawn till dark-siXteen
and eighteen hours day-and had
very much more difficult life of it than
the artisan with union-labor hours or
professional man twiddling his pen
over writing paper six hours day.
says Agnes G. Laut in Outing. The
new farmer knows that though the
days work may be sixteen hours in the
rush season, it is often less than four
hours in the rainy and dull seasons,
and that the farmers days work to-
tails up fewer hours for the whole year
than the artisans; to be exact, think
the figures are between six and seven
hours for an average. The new farmer
knows to a cent what his labor costs
him in wages and board, and what re-
turns in cash that labor gives him, and
whether the margin of profit is big
enough to guarantee keeping certain
hired men.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

Election bets are always objection
able. Now and then, however, one is
recorded which has an amusing side.
In New York young woman who
manifested great interest in the out
come of the recent presidential cleo
tion was asked why she was so eX-
cited. Because" she said, "if Mr.
Taft wins, l have promised to marry n
certain young man." "But suppose Mr..
Bryan winsT "Oh. in that case the
young man will marry me-"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

The orator who described the war
horse of democracy waving his hand
from the deck of the sinking ship"
would delight in an equally mixed and
expressive metaphor which appeared
in one of the newspapers not long ago ::
Denmark is n little tongue of land
hanging on by its eyebrows" One not
acquainted with affairs in that pros
porous country might suppose that its
situation was extremely hazardous.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

set rather forward on his shoulders,
and, his neck being long, 1t habitually
protruded when he was walking or
talking
Madison, the father Of the constitu-
tion, was physically unlike any of his
predecessors. Below the average height,
he was small of frame. Throughout
his long and eminently useful life he
was semi-invalid, and 1t is a singular
fact that the two Presidents who lived
TO the greatest age were in early life
convinced that death was constantly
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

Apropos Of the centenary habit" 1t
has recently been suggested that in
stead of celebrating the year of Il
mans birth or death, we commemorate
the date of his great achievement-as
IN the case Of Tennyson, that of the
publication Of "In Memoriam." or
course the difficulty in the way Is
that people seldom agree on the
achievement; and generally 1t is safer
to commemorate events that took In
many men. Nobody has ever question
ed, for example, that 1t is worth while
to celebrate the Fourth Of July.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19
What, Indeed?

"This dress doesn't suit my complex
ion"
"Why don't you change lt?'
every well, if you think we can af-
ford 1t l will see my dressmaker about
1t to-day"
"What in the world has your dress
maker to do with changing your COM
plexion ?"-Houston Post.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

Revelations and theories concerning
our daily food are often more inter-
esting than appetlzing. One of the
witnesses before the ways and means
committee declared that the most de-
liclous dishes of scrambled eggs, GUS
tards and omelets are prepared In res
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

Rev. DIR. Huntington, of New York,
has refused to accept for his personal
use a purse of $4,000 subscribed by
his parishioners. What do the gentle
men who are operating in Wall street
think Of man who will not take
money when he can get it?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

1t has been declared by Il. H. Harr1-
man that no man is responsible for
what he says in an after-dinner speech.
MIR Hartman is one of our most phil
pSophic philosophers.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

"When he was on the witness stand
and was asked his name," says the
Detroit News, "he replied John d.
Rockefeller and pronounced 1t Rocky
feler'" This settles any controversy
that may happen to be raging as to
the pronunciation of that historic
name.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

Taylor, Cleveland and Mckinley, could
be properly classed as big men by rea-
son of their weight. The little man.
the man who is both short and thin.
has a mighty slim chance of getting
into the White House.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

Owing to the fact that they can't
bet on him any more, a great many of
the people of this country have ceased
to regard the thoroughbred horse as
the nobiest animal on Gods green
earth
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19
Boston,s First woman,s Club.

An assemblage of women for any pur-
pose other than a spinning or a quilt
ing was sufficiently rare in the Boston
of 1886; and an assemblage such as
Mistress Anne Hutchinson gathered in
her ''parlor-kitchen." where she eX-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

Count Boni came high. 1t took
nearly million year of Anna Gould's
money to support him in the style to
which he was more or less accustomed.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

Germany will charge only 2 cents
postage on letters to the United States.
How about the rates on "blazing In
discretionsW
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

Between the men who explain why
they wear green hats and those who
explain why they won't wear green
hats the country is getting surplus of
talk.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

Andrew Carnegie, according to Rose
Pastor Stokes, is zone very happy little
man." Is Mrs. Stokes trying to allure
the militant ironmaster into her uplift
camp?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

A stranger, looking at the public
roads in Illinois would not suspect that
the State was 30 years old the other
day.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

italian papers refer to us as ma
ton of snobs. We hope certain ro-
nance is not going TO degenerate into =
name-calling contest.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

Gables at 2 cents word? Great
scheme. Think how cheap 1t will lie
on a European tour to cable home for
more money.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19
Embarras ssinE,

Maud-What made you blush so
when you were talking to Jack just
nowi
Belle-Why, how could I help 1t;
was telling him the naked truth
Toledo Blade.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

So many people do not pay enough
attention to the reaction. When there
is excitement of any kind, look out for
the reaction.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

"He is full of himself" is the way
woman recently described a conceited
young man. And, by the way, isn't 1t
well put2
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

Mr.. Rockefeller can't see any reason
why he should not be put down in the
grand old man class
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

When Anna Gould becomes as weary
of her matrimonial squabbles as the
readlng public is she will quit.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

How miserable Anna Gould might he
with either, were t'other tormentor
awayl
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

Is it possible a Haytian revolution
has been pulled off without the pres
ence of Richard Harding Davis?
Putnam patriot., 1909-10-15

ing and coming quite close to her side "Yen are beautiful If they should take you alive il would be very sim pie matter for any one of these men to purchase you from the others. lou night easily be kept on this island Tor the rest of your days and the world would be none the wiser. or you could be sold into Persia or Arabia or Turkey. I am not surprised that you shudder. von Blltz and Rasula mean to destroy all of us We are to disaT,- Lear from the face of the earth. When our friends come to look Tor us ve will have died from the plague and our bodies will have been burned. as they always are in Japat- There VIII he m one left to deny the story Aitef tomorrow no ship is due to put ID heie for three weeks. They will see 10 II that none of us get out 10 that shsip. nor will the ships officers know ei cur peril The word win go forth tna' the plague has come 10 tbe lslAna lAzt Is The first step. your nisnns'ss Bat there Is one obstacle they nave overioekesf.- he concluded She icoAec up snquirI1gsy.
 My warships.- he said. the whlilisi fal smile broadening.
Putnam patriot., 1909-10-15

the bank notes and gold we had on hand and made preparations te go ea haard the Stea uzer N hen she eaIied this morning Ny plan waS to tell them Of the trouble here and try to save yoa We were ali expected te die of the plague-thatss what We wers-aad I realized that Tommy Atkins was of the boards forever.
 We hadn't any more than got the cash and valuaeles ready te suuggle aboard when dewn came RaSula upon us-l0 o'clock last night. your lord. ship. He had . dozen men with him. and he told every mothers son of us that our presence In the town was net desired until after the ship had sailed away. We were taken up into the hills by squad of men. There wasn't a man among us that didn't know that We were to be killed as soon as the ship had gone With our own eyes we saw the mail bags ritied and nearly all of the mail destroyed The pouches from the chateau were burned. Ra- suIa politely informed us that the plague had broken out among the cha teau servants and that no mail could be sent out from that place. He said he intended to warn the ships officer of the danger in landing. and-well. that explains the short stay of the ship and the absence of nearly all mall from the island There won't be an other boat for three weeks. and they won't land because of the plague. They will get word. however. that every one in the chateau has died of the disease and that scores of natives are dying every day.
 Well, we decided to break away from the guard and try to get to the chateau. It was their intention to take some of us back 10 the bank this morning to open the vault and the safes. That was to be our last act I fancy. About this morning a dozen of the women came up to where we were being held. They were flying from the town and ran into the arms of our guard before they knew of their presence. It seems that those devils down their had set out to Kill their women because 1t was known that one of them had warned Mir. Chase of his danger During the excitement brought about by their arrival in our camp we made a sudden attack upon our guards They were not expecting 1t. and We had seized their rifles before they could recover from their surprise. I regret to say that we were obliged te kill a few of them in the row that fol- lowed You let us in just in time. My word. It was q close shave"
 Its an I, wind that blows all evil. . said Deppingham. MT Bowles. you are welcome. We are bit short Of