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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01
Camel a Delicate Beast.

Contrary to the widespread but ell.
roneous opinion, the camel is very
delicate animal. A camel that has
worked fifteen days in succession
needs months pasturage to recuper
ate. 1t is liable to a host of ailmeDie
and accidents. When caravan
crosses Nsebkha, or dry salt lake, il
is rare that some of the animals dc
not break leg. If the fracture is in
the upper part of the limb there is
nothing for 1t but to slaughter the
animal and retail its flesh as butchers
meat.
If the lower part Of the limb has
been injured the bone Is set and held
in position by means of splints made
of palm branches, which are bound
with small cords. If no complications
ensue at the end of a month the frac
ture is reduced. When it is case OF
simple dislocation the injured part is
cauterized with redhot iron, then
coated with clay and bandaged with a
strip of cloth. Fifteen days afterward
the animal is generally cured.-Vulga
risation Scientifique.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01
RULING A SAVAGE TRIBE.
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The author of Heroes of Modern
Crusades," the Rev. Edward Gilliat,
M. A., at one time master Of Harrow
School, says in his most interesting
book that he had few years ago the
privilege of meeting the king of the
Quiah country, Tetty Agamasong. at
Harrow. The Quiah king had been
educated at st. Augustine's College,
Canterbury, and was able to lecture
to the Harrovians in good English. in
his lecture he told quaint story
which brings one nearer to the weird
lives of the Quiahs, small agricul-
tural and trading tride of inoffensive
character on the west coast of Africa.
'In my country" said the king, I'VE
have no prisons; therefore If a cul-
prit is brought to me | must chop off
something-an ear or two, hand or
a foot-and he goes home sadder and
wiser man. Just before / left for
England a chief came to my hut,
bringing prisoner.
"'What has he done, friend?' I ask
ed.
He is dangerous witch, o king;
he can turn himself into an alliga-
tor
Pooh! nonsense l don't believe
that old-fashioned stuff
"'Oh, but we saw him do it, down by
the big river
Indeed! Well, chief, tell me all
about it. You saw him yourself?'
al did. We were hunting by the
banks Of the river with our rifles when
all at once we saw big alligator lying
on rock in the river The witch man
was lying asleep in hammock some
fifty yards away. o the dangerous
creature he is!
"'Well, king, do not laugh with your
eyes like that, for l am speaking the
truth. l put up my rifle to shoot the
alligator, but to our great fear, as soon
as fired, this fellow rolled out of his
hammock and fell on the ground, and
rubbed his back, and swore he was
hurt.
"Now, o king, If this witch had not
been inside the alligator, how could
he have been hurt when l fired?"
Gentlemen" concluded the king, "I
see you are laughing with your eyes;
but 1T is very difficult to rule over a
people untaught and given over to su.
perstition.
What did l do? Why, If had left
him free they would have killed him as
soon as I had gone on my ship, so |
saved his life by chopping off his left
ear"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01
UooR

well, but tight plank floor is better,
but best of all is good concrete floor.
In the center of the floor there should
be q flrebox built of brick; this Is
about 12x1S inches inside meaSure-
ment and IL inches deep. When cur
ing build your fire in this and cover
with a piece Of perforated sheet iron.
The house should be eight feet high
at the corners and left open to the
comb. the inside of the rafters pref
erably ceiled. Place 2xS joists two
feet apart on the plates, and 2h feet
above these put in another set Of joists
on the rafters; these can be 2x6, and
In both sets Of joists which will be
used to hang your hams place iron
meat hooks two feet apart and two
inches from the lower part of the
joists. These hooks can be made Of
one-quarter inch rod iron and should
be long enough to let the meat hang
clear Of the joists.
A window should be made in one
end Of the house to give light when
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01
SHOW NOAH'S GRAVE.
Natives About Ararat Connect Many
Spots with History of Flood.

Natives About Ararat Connect Many
Spots with History of Flood.
The region of Mount Ararat and
the local traditions which still keep
alive the story of the ark having
rested there were described the other
evening in lecture given in London
before the Royal Geographical Society
by Capt. Bertram Dickson, who made
series of journeys to the neighbor-
hood while British military consul at
Van, London correspondent says.
The country east of the Tigris, he
said, was known to the ancient AS
syrians as the mountains of Nairi and
at other times the Niphates and the
mountains at Urartu, from which
comes the name Ararat. The Bible
historian took the account of the ark
resting on Ararat from the Chaldean
legend, which made it rest on the
mountains of Urartu; while local ira
ditions, Christian, moslem and yezidi
Cor devil worshipers) alike make its
resting place Jebel Judi, a striking
sheer rocky wall Of 1000 feet, which
frown over Mesopotamia.
Common sense also suggested that
with subsiding flood in the plains
a boat would more probably run
aground on the high ridge at the edge
of the plain rather than on a solitary
peak miles from the plains, with
many high ridges intervening. The
lecturer thought himself that the local
tradition had the greater element of
truth.
There is a large ziarat (zijgurat or
sanctuary at the top Of Jebel Judi,
where every eve in August is held a
great fete, attended by thousands of
energetic moslems, Christians and
yezidis. who climb the steeDest Of
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01

Cultivation Of the orchard is mainly
for conserving soil moisture If culti-
walton is begun early in the season
and continued until midsummer,
growth of wood will be stimulated and
fruit developed. Less moisture in late
summer and early fall is desired 80
that wood will properly develop and
harden to be able to stand the cold
of the following winter. Arrange to
cultivate the orchard early in the
summer and have the soil In good fix
for sowing to rye or other cover crop
toward the last Of summer The cover
crop will afford some good winter pas
ture and will keep hilly land from
-,ashing away.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01
Judgina WORM of rarm.

The best time of the year to look
over farm for the purpose Of buying
Is In the summer. just before the
binders get to work. The good and
poor places will show up then as at
no other time. and, II the season prior
% that time has been an average one,
the crop will be fair index of the
value Of the land. The common prac-
tice Of going farm hunting Just after
the springs work is over has little to
commend 1t. save the inconsiderable
matter Of time saved. The poorest time
In the whole year to pick out farm
is when 1t is covered with drifts Of
snow.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01
|kMsn Science
s. [sssesInventiOn'
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For the improvement of Blyth har-
Dor, England, a specially constructed
dredger has been employed which
scoops up rocks of as much as twenty
to thirty hundredweight each, and dis
charges them through chutes into a
barge. The machine is furnished with
a chain of buckets like an ordinary
dredger, but. the buckets are of spe-
cial shape, and the rims are re-en-
forced with hard-steel cutting edges.
The boulders are embedded in mud and
sand, and more than 200 tons of such
rock have been removed in an hour.
The apparatus works with surprising
ease and certainty.
1t has recently been discovered that
the rare atmospheric gas neon readily
becomes luminous under the influence
of electric waves, and it is suggested
that the property may afford means
of usually reading wireless telegraph
messages. Prof. w. L. Dudley expert
mented with tube of neon during an
<ASAohSiS WV yo6O III July anu 'lOuhu
that the gas glowed beautifully in re-
sponse to the waves sent out from the
wireless apparatus of the ship, but the
received waves were apparently too
weak to affect it sensibly. Further ex-
pertinent may result in the discovery
Of means of utilizing this property Of
neon as 2 detector of received sioraIs
At present it is employed to measure
the length of electric waves sent out.
The length of those tested by Professor
Dudley was about 500 feet.
The Texas town of Rockwall, about
twenty-five miles east of Dallas, de-
rives its name from what appear to be
the remains of immense walls of
ruined masonry surrounding the town,
but extending in many directions. Mr..
Sidney Paige has recently studied
these walls, and his conclusion is that
they are natural formations, consist
Ing of sandstone dikes, which under
the influence of the weather and earth
movements have been cracked and
jointed in such a way as to afford, in
many cases, a striking resemblance to
artificial walls. The weathered sands,
stained with iron oxide, between the
joints have been mistaken for remains
of mortar. The dikes rise out of
rich; black, waxy soil composed of orig
inal lime muds. They vary in thick
ness from an inch to two feet, and
have been traced to a depth of fifty
feet or more
Recent experiments by government
experts have revealed an unexpected
source of trouble in the process of ster-
ilizing wood by the injection of pre-
servative liquids. 1t is customary to
remove the bark from stick of tim
Der before 1t is subjected to creosoting,
but 1t has been supposed that thin lay
ers of the inner bark left unremoved
would do no harm. Now it is found
that such layers, no matter how thin,
almost absolutely prevent the penetra-
tion of the liquid. In any case, the
preservative usually fails to penetrate
the center Of the stick, but forms an
exterior antiseptic zone, which answers
the purpose If there are no gaps in it.
But If such gaps exist, owing to the
presence of thin layers of bark, the
teredo finds an entrance through them,
and carries on its work. of destruction
in the interior of the timber supposed
to have been protected.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01
Corn Cut for siIage.


Corn of any variety is at its best fol
feeding or silage as it comes from the
field when about half of the ears are
just past the age for table use-com-
monty called roasting ear stage-and
the lower leaves on the stalk are be-
ginning to dry out, says Hoard's Dairy
man. For soiling purposes, 1t is i'm
practicable to have the crop at its very
best for any considerable time. Com
mence to cut a few days before it
reaches its maximum value and con-
tinue after this stage is passed. Ex-
periments appear to have demonstrate
ed that for fodder the largest amount
of nutriment per acre is obtained by
planting In continuous rows and so
thick that the tendency to form ears
will be much lessened. The yield per
acre depends so much upon the varie-
ty and the soil and care In planting
and cultivating that no satisfactory
estimate Of the average can be given.
There is almost no limit to the amount
that may be fed, provided one COM
mences with limited amount and In
creases gradually up to the limit OF
each cows appetite, but probably thir-
ty to forty pounds day is about as
much as 1t would usually be profitable
to. feed.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01
TOHGOa q

the horses necks and at the same time
holds the tongue rigid when going
down hill. First get nice straight
locust sapling for tongue, one having
a natural fork at the end for the neck
yoke, as shown. Have your black
smith make two loops from an old
wagon tire as seen at A, with half inch
holes and bolts to attach them to the
two forward cross-pieces of sled, holes
being bored in the cross-pieces to
match holes in irons. The tongue is
then notched little to receive the
cross-pieces.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01

1t Is good rule in plowing never
to leave the corn field either at noon
or at night without first narrowing
the ground that has been plowed.
Bpring plowing is often abused by
turning the clods up to the sun and
dry wind to bake and dry. and depend
ing upon a shower to mellow the
ground before PLANTING No ground is
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01
1t Dependss

How do you pronounce s-t-i-n-g-yT
the teacher asked the young gentle
man nearest the foot of the class. And
the smart boy stood up and said it de.
pended great deal whether the word
applied to a man or a bee.-London
News.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01

This ts very great improvement,
over the old way Of having the tongue
mortised into a roller which would
turn and when the team would try to
hold back going down hill the tongue
would fly up, sometimes clear over
their heads, and prove to be Of very
little account. Many people, says a
writer. do not know Of any better way
yet, so I will try to show you better
way, way that takes the weight of
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01
How Often to MILK.

Most farmers and dairymen milk
their cows only twice a day, and that
Is right. Sometimes fresh COW needs
to have an excess of milk drawn be-
tween times in order to prevent con-
gestion and fever, but not for a long
period. Some cows again have leak.
ing teats. which waste the milk If not
relieved three or four times day, but
such cows are nuisance and should
be disposed Of. To milk twice a day
Is enough as general rule. To milk
three times day does not seem to
bring more milk, though some people
have thought 80 and acted on that
supposition.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01
~O~~@%~~\~

To Make Farm SmokehOuse.
What / have found to be a good
'smokehouse for curing rs to 100 hams
should be about 12x14 feet. Build a
good, strong frame and fill the space
between the siding and ceiling with
soft brick, writes A. C. Wharton in
American Agriculturist. This will
make your house cooler in summer
and will keep the temperature more
even In winter. Cover with shingles.
A good solid clay floor will do very
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01

be so; there ought
to be a cement floor,
bins for potatoes
and a rack for milk
pans and such arti.
cles. Here is a good
rack. Take a post
6 inches square; on
this nail cleats, /
inch thick and ~
inches wide, in pairs,
that is, one on the
north side, one on
the south side exact
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01
Pointers In Farm Management.

Acidity may be overcome by apply
ing from 500 to 1000 pounds Of lime
per acre, or by the use of floats or
grounds shells.
There is much Of value written these
days about work on the farm which
will never benefit some farmers, be-
cause they have the notion that they
are too busy to read.
No other people set so high a value
on good soil as the Hollanders, and
we are learfing that not many acres,
but rich ones. make the profitable
farm.
The roots Of the cowpea penetrate
rather deeply into the subsoil and en-.
able the plant to feed upon the min.
eral food that is not readily extracted
BY other crop
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01
Chronic.

Mrs Hewligus-Absalom. we are out
Of coal Is your credit at the dealers
bad again?
Mr.. Hewligus-Not again." Amanda
Still!-Chicago Tribune.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01

"Mr. D'Awber, what are you going t.
paint on this coal black canvas?"
Madam, that Is a completed paint
ing. 1t Is listed in the catalogue as
Early Morning in Chicago. Chicago
Tribune
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01

reaIy properly prepared as a seed bed
for corn without the use of the disc.
A poorly prepared seed bed means a
poor stand and an uneven growth.
Such corn suffers from drought and in.
sects.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01

above these one on east and one on
west, leaving inches between each
two pairs, and have them long enough
to hold milk pans at each end. To use
for plates, cans, ETC., fasten some
boards on for shelves.-Cor. Farm and
Home.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01
Radical.

talk about reformin' foot ball!"
said Uncle Jerry PEBBLES. The only
way you kin reform It is to take an az
to it!"-Chicago Tribune.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01
Hoods
SarsapariIIa

Cures all blood humors, all
eruptions, clears the complex
ion, creates an appetite, aids
digestion, relieves that tired
feeling, gives vigor and vim.
Get it today in usual liquid form or chocolate
tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 Doses 81.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01

An egotist is merely a man who is
unable to disguise the interest he feels
In himself
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01

PILES CURED IN TO - DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any case
Of Itching. Blind Bleeding or Protruding Piles in
to IA days money refunded Soc
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01
keeping Cellars I'm Order.

Very frequently the cellar is lack
ing in conveniences. This should not
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-01

needed, and this fitted with a tight
shutter, as we do not want much air
and sunshine to strike meat before or
after curing.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-25
i. S. GETS PART
OF EARNINGS
HEAVY FINE IN STORE FOR DE-
LINQUENTS
Local Office Crowded with Represent
atlves of Concerns Seeking
to Comply with
the Law

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-One of the
busiest men in washington these days
is Royal E. Cabell, commissioner of
internal revenue, upon whom falls the
duty, according to the new tariff law,
of collecting from the corporations of
the country the tax imposed by that
law.
The information required by the
terms of the law from the corporations
must be filed with the commissioner
on or before March l.
Every corporation that fails to have
its report, properly made out, in the
hands of the collector of internal rev.
enue by that time for transmission to
the commissioner makes itself liable
to a fine of not less than $1,000 and pos
sibly $4,000.
Very many of the returns are being
received as the time limit draws near.
There is a great deal of work about
the collection and examination and re-
cording of the returns.
The law provides that every corpo-
triton shall pay a tax of 1 per cent
upon it's entire net income over and
above $4,000.
In enacting the law congress appro-
priated 100000 for its enforcement.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-25
EASTERN

DR.. ]. r. Hull, charged with being impli-
'a''O PAGE 3
Chicago woman hugs robber tightly lat
ter throws off coat and escapes. fASH
Bailey scores postal savings bank bill in
stirring speech in U. S. Senate. PAGE
Helm Of Kentucky opposes ship subsidies;
PAGE 2
Delegate Wckersham pleads for revision OF
Alaskan mining laws PAGE
Undertaken discovers Swopes coffin has
been tampered with and defendant Hyde
counsel will make of knowledge. PAGE
Fifteen indictments will be handed in by
New Jersey, which has been investigating
high cost of living. fAGb 1
Churchmen in Philadelphia request car COM.
tration PAGE /
United States gets part OF earnings of
citizens and heavy fine in store for delin-
quents, FA1H
Gordon, leaving senate bids colleagues
roodby in UNIQUE speech. PAGE 3
Chairman Conners of n. Y. state de-
mocracy forced to yield to power Of
Tammany Chief Murphy. PAGE
Packer valentine too Ill to attend the
grand jury investigation into the
methods of the so-called beef trust.
PAGE 16
Maeoon. in speech at Boston, says
u S. should depose all despots' PAGE
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-25
STRIKE SITUATION
IN ISLAND SERIOUS
RIOTING AND INCENDIARlSM
ARE RAMPANT
Bloody Conflicts Take Place, and con-
stabulary Force Has Diff
Guilty suppressing
VioIators

PARIS, Feb. PA special dispatch
from Point-a-Pitrie says: THE strike
situation continues serious. Rioting
and incendiarism are rampant; plan
tations have been burned, telephones
cut and factories destroyed. Bloody
conflicts have taken place between the
strikers and the gendarmes in various
Darts of the island. The rioters can
not be repressed, as the entire con-
stabulary force numbers only 140. A
factory inspector, who was stripped
and bound to a stake, was driven MAD
bv the tortures he endured.
"At ST. Francois the manager or a
factory and two gendartnes were pur-
sued by rioters and took refuge IN the
building. In a desperate battle that
followed the gendarmes were wounded,
three rioters were killed and many
were wounded. Several of the latter
dragged themselves into the sugar
cane and were burned to death, the
fire having been started by the strlk-
erS. ,,,.-. -
"The consulates at Point-a-Pitri are
Guarded by soldiers. The governor ad-
mits he is unable to suppress the
movement, which is now revolutionary.
The consuls have asked that an Eng
lish warship be sent, and people are
anxious that the United States send
aid to Point-a-Pltrle.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-25
SWOPE'S COFFIN
TAMPERED WITH
SEVERAL SCREWS IN LID OF
BURIAL CASE LOOSE
Undertaken Makes Discovery When
Body Exhumed but Declares
Cover Was Fastened
Securely
Associated Press1

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 24,-The test-
mony of r. B. Mitchell, an undertake
er's assistant, who said today that sew
eral screws in the lid of Col. Thomas
H. Swope's coffin were loose when the
body was removed for an autopsy, is
regarded as highly important by attor-
neys for DR.. B. G. Hyde.
While DIR. Hyde's attorneys will not
state positively that they will claim the
body was tampered with after it was
placed in the vault, they admit they
will make use of MitchelPs statement.
Mitchelrs testimony was taken today
by DIR. Hyde's attorneys in connection
with the slander suit brought by the
physician against John G. Paxton, an
executor of the Swope estate.
After Mitchell had testified, c.. A.
Lyon, another assistant undertaken,
told about fastening the lid of the
coffin following the funeral.
when we closed the coffin we took
particular care to see that it was sealed
tightly" he said. IT know from per-
sonal knowledge that the screw was
put in as tightly as possible"
In accordance with an agreement of
the interested attorneys the prelimin-
ary hearing of DR.. B. C. Hyde, charged
with the murder of Col. T. H. Swope,
was continued until March 4, when
called before a justice of the peace at
independence, Mo-, today
DR.. Hyde's bond of $4,000 was re-
newed.
HYDE will consent to appear before the
grand Jury.