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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-12
SOMETHING
-I,ZG
BASKET TRICK is STARTLING
Formerly Done by Indian FakIrs, But
Recently Western MasIeIans Have
Adopted II.

One Of the most startling Of all
the exhibitions given by the stage
magician 10 the basket trick" For
merly 1t was done only by the expert
Indian fakirs, but in recent years
western magicians also have done 1t.
A child is placed in basket In front
OF the spectators. Then the magi-
clan thrusts his sword through the
basket again and again, drawing 1t
out covered with blood. The child
screams frantically for come time and
then stops-as II 1t had been killed.
When the basket is opened it Is found
to be empty and the child appearn
suddenly among the spectators. All
this Is done with such an aspect Of
reality that 1t often frightens the tim
Id ones among the crowd. and yet 1t
Is simple enough.
One side Of the basket Is double.
After closing the basket the magi-
clan pretends to TURN 1t over on its
side. He really turns over only one
part Of 1t. The bottom and one thick
ness of the double side are left as
they were, the other thickness be-
comes the bottom of the basket in
Its new position, what was the oppo-
site side Of this becomes the top.
and the old bottom is left lying free
upon the ground, with the child upon
1t, outside the basket. But this old
bottom and the child upon it are now
under the robe of the magician. While
the magician is turning the basket
back to Its original position and run
ming his sword through 1t the child
escapes into the crowd. The blood
on the sword is from a sponge in the
basket.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-12

God shall give all his blessings
upon you and yours.
Il will be at the Columbian Hotel
awaiting your decision
Your gateful servant,
"AETzEL Won ROTHENBERG."
Napoleon placed the long missive on
the desk and looked thoughtfully at
Astra, then without word, turned to
the electro-stylograph
A few minutes later he was talking
to his master mechanic, old Jerome
Whistler, on the Island of Ciryne.
Hello, Whistler"
Hello. Mr.. Edison! What can
do for you."
"How is everything at Ciryne7"
"All WELL"
"The aerodromonee all INF"
Eyes. sir, except the Eagle, that is
your private machine"
Have you seen the Countess Ro-
siny today?"
"She left with Mr.. Duprel, day be-
fore yesterday on the Hawk"
But Santos brought the machine
back?"
mot he, but young Sullivan. who
went with them"
Then he does not know where San
tos and the countess left the ma
chine?"
He says he doesn't"
Leave the Hawk as she is; don't
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-12
COLOR BLIND NEVER HAUNTED
Professor Explains Phenomenon
Normal Eye Creates Effect Of Ap-
partitions In the Dark.

Are you afraid Of the dark7 There
isn't a chance Of your seeing a ghost
II you are color blind. which may
furnish you ray of comfort for the
beauties Of landscape and floral deco.
rations you may have missed during
your lifetime DR.. August hummer.
head Of the University of Breslau, in
Germany, is authority for this.
Dr. hummer explains the phenom-
enon In this way:
THE normal eye has an arrange
ment Of tiny rods and cones in the
retina. The rods perceive light and
the cones dark color. When a per
son with a normal eye tries to see
In . half dark place the cones, which
are useless, interfere with the effec-
tive action Of the rods and the con.
fusion creates the effect of apparitions
that come and 60 and change their
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-12
Couldn't Return cIvIIIty.

A Scottish farmer was asked to the
funeral Of neighbor's wife, and AZ
he had attended the funeral of both
her predecessors. his own wife was
rather surprised when he informed
her that he had declined the invita-,
ton.
For some time Sandy would give
no reason for the refusal, but hs
couldn't stand the old lady of. 70
finally he told her with some hesita-
tion:
"Weel. ye see. Janet. I dinna aye
like to be acceptin' ither folks civil
tiles when niver hae onything o. the
kin to offer In return" Pittsburgh
G lronicle Telegraph
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-12
Wheel Walking.

movements of the wheel walker are
similar to those of the skater, except
that the former, In bringing the foot
forward, does not lift the wheel from
the ground. says the Popular Elec-
tricity. Brakes are provided to pre-
vent undue speed on inclines and
there is also an arrangement to per-
nit standing still.
No spokes connect the hub with the
tire, but a solid steel sheet instead.
The wheels are made of great
strength, but Of light weight and
without perceptible friction. Walking
can be easily learned, like the art Of
skating, and proficiency In the latter
is helpful.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-12

shapes. The color blind person lacks
the cones and his hoods with extraor.
dinary efficiency in the dark. The
color blind person sees a clear. per
manent outline Of things as long a.
there is the least amount of light
present. That means that he never
sees ghosts
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-12

into every aerodromone II to control
the flight and to start the wings. On
account OF the extreme simplicity Of
the mechanism and the tremendous
strength Of cirynith. the aerodromone
is, practically speaking. indestruo-
tible."
But how can one machine capture
the other, or even fight the other. un-
der these conditions 2" asked the count
anxiously.
There are two ways in which a ma
chine may gain victory over the other.
One is to disable the brain Of the ma,
chine. that Is, the man behind the
wheel"
How can that be done?" asked the
count eagerly.
"Cirynith, as you know, is harder
than anything except the diamond, SO
l believe II hard steel bullets were
made with diamond points they would
penetrate the comparatively thin shell
Of cirynith that defends the airman.
However. this is only a theory. Ex-
periments must show the advisability
of their manufacture"
What Is the other way?"
THAT is q certain method, and IN
based on the laws of electricity that
seem to govern aerial navigation"
What is it?" asked the count, impa-
tiently. as Santos hesitated and looked
at Rositta.
1T is the same as when a boy takes
a piece Of amber or any other sub
stance that can be magnetized and
lifts up q paper scrap. The quicker
airman has to maneuver so as to alight
on top Of the hostile machine. The
lower machine then sticks to the up-
per, like the paper to the amber, only
with such great force that 1t cannot
be released until the current is stopped
and the necessary insulation between
the opposing forces is obtained"
But the wings Of the lower machine
might strike the upper" remarked the
count.
1T looks that way" answered San
tos wearily. It brought back the hap
py days In the service of Napoleon.
and his heart was heavy. "But, az I
have mentioned, different laws prevail
In the air, totally different from the
laws that govern the land or water.
The atmospherical electricity has
qualities that cannot be judged by our
present knowledge. It has to be ex-
perimented with. Our trials on the
Island Of Ciryne showed us that the
aerodromones do not injure each
other; they might stick together, or
be hurled apart, but they are never
damaged"
Then you think. Mr.. Duprel, that
you will be able to capture Edisons
force?"
The little man cast an appealing
glance toward Rositta; she looked him
straight in the eyes and encouraged
him. He said bravely:
"Mr. Edison Is a very formidable an.
emy, but our improved machines will
give us the advantage, and besides,
we will have larger feet"
The count was satisfied and the
work under Santos direction went on.
1t took months before the factory was
in perfect shape, and the various parts
were manufactured for the aerodro-
mones.
They often wondered that Napoleon
had not appeared to interfere with
their work.
CTo BE CoNTINUEDJ
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-12
Keeping Her Sweet

Your daughter Is great reader,
isn't she?"
yes"
do you exercise censorship over
what she reads?"
only to the extent OF. barring the
popular novels"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-12
Thrifty.

Ma" exclaimed young Teddy,
bursting into the house. Mrs. John
son said she would give me a penny
II I told her what you said about
her."
u never heard Of such a thing!"
said lis mother Indignantly. You're
q very good boy not to have told.
wouldn't have her think I even men,
toned her. Here's an apple, sonny.
for being such wise little lad"
II should think l am, ma! When
she showed me the penny told her
that what you said was something
awful and worth sixpence at least
Answers.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-12
TRAVEL ON WALKING WHEELS
Movements Are Similar to Those Of
skater-Brakes Provided to Pre-
vent Undue Speed.

A Swiss inventor amused the peo.
pie Of the city in which he resided by
going about on walking wheels" The
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-12
Behind on His Schedule,

Behind on His Schedule.
Whats the matter. old top?
"Lumbago."
u have remedy / wish you'd try"
I'll put the remedy on my waiting
list. At my present rate Of progress
I'll get to 1t In about two years"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-12

touch her until l come. That is all
wanted; sorry that had to disturb
you. Good night"
He disconnected the graph and
turning 10 Astra said:
Santos is another victim Of the be-
witching countess. / am sorry for
him"
"She seems created to leave sorrow
wherever she goes. Poor Santosl"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-12

Nothing Low About Them.
Why are pianos estimable pieces OF
furnituref
Because they are grand. upright and
square.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-12
SYNOPSIS.

1873 bYW@cAApHlN IN M UNITED STATS AND GRET BRITAIN
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31

CARELESS of market or time limits, CIV
ing groceries the privilege of selling
vegetables, reducing the market limits,
which now prevent the opening of pri-
vate markets within nine blocks of a
public market. Repeating all laws
which restrict the sale Of meats and
green's by closing markets at midday
and allowing the sale of these COM
modities at any time of the day. With
these ideas put into law or allowed
without law by breaking the legal
fences that now exclude them, he
hopes to create the necessary compe-
tition that will enable the people to
buy green's at a profit to themselves
and to the gardeners, who up to now
are d~efenseless, being forced to sell
cheap to sell quick, which haste is nee
essary because they must be back on
their farms that same day. The deal
ers or middlemen will profit, too, but
their gain will be a just gain; not as
heretofore, a swag whose sitting ex-
tortion has created the popular cry
for market reform in the city.
James barley, deputy sheriff Of
Many, La, killed a negro who was at
tempting robbery and when discovered
by the deputy, opened fire upon Oar
ley.
Cofer-dam sheet piling in the Old
Basin Canal in New Orleans, through
which the Broad Street canal siphon
was being built, gave way Sunday and
tons of water rushed in upon the un-
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31

suspecting workmen, four of whom
were drowned and seven others in
jured by the water and the piling
which was the wall of the Golfer dam.
A Corpus Christi procession was
held in New Orleans last Sunday,
through the streets of Little Italy, par
ticipated in by the Italian Society Of
the Holy Name and the children Of
these aged Italians. This custom of
parading is an annual happening in ru-
raj Italy. In New Orleans, to native
Orleanians, it was a delicious novelty.
The parade was indeed Interesting, and
the sight Of the bowed heads and
kneeling when the benediction was de-
livered from an altar erected in the
shadow of the old United States Mint,
whilst the band that accompanied the
parade INDUCED in stirring Italian airs,
was very pleasurable. The sacredness
of the smiles that came over their
faces when their ears heard the recol-
lected airs and blessings Of their ma
tive homes and their eyes saw again
the splendor of the procession on Cor.
pus Christi was most heartfelt and it
made men who saw the awakened
feeling smile, feel good because the
men who smiled were happy.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31
LATEST NEWS.
STATE, NATIONAL and FOREIGN
STATE NEWS.

DR.. C. D. Wilkins, the first superin-
tendent of the Charity Hospital, In
New Orleans, appointed after a revi-
sion of the management by the new
Board of Hall appointees. takes charge
of the hospital on October /. His du-
ties are not medical nor surgical, but
business duties and he is an expert at
managing hospitals, with a record OF
achievement. The i%nnovators Of this
radical change expect the results to
be worth the revision. The salary OF
this new office is $4,000 per year.
AS a solution of the market problem
in New Orleans, under which the pres
ent market system forces the consu.
mer to pay six or eve times as much
as the price paid by the stall-keeper
to the gardener, the allowing of the
gardener to peddle his truck through
out the city without license has been
suggested. Mayor Behrman has, in his
message on the problem to the Com
mission Council, declared for the fol-
lowing method of relief: The allowing
of both gardeners and peddlers the un-
restricted right to sell their wares re-
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31
FOREIGN NEWS.

Mexico has changed from hating Ma
dero alive to adoring him dead. Thou
sands make pilgrimages to the place
where he was killed and acclaim him
as their murdered Messiah" The an.
t-American hatred, we are told, is uni
versal. Only 5000 Federals are in the
northern garrison. About 5000 Japs
are in the Federal army-1500 in the
rebel ranks. There are 10000 Japs
in Mexico, offering to join in bodies
and aid either cause, but both sides
refuse the recruiting Of them in bod
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31
les, allowing them to enlist as indiyid.

N~ASs @
A few Mexican admirers of Gen. Por
firio Diaz, the exiled ex.President, are
urging him to return and take upon
his aged shoulders the burden of gov.
erning %anarchistic Mexico.
The Senegal, a French steamer,
struck a mine while leaving the har.
Dor of Smyrna which has been mined
since the Turko-Balkan conflict began
and was wrecked. There were on
board sixty passengers and sixty mem.
bers of the crew.
Because Bulgaria fears a conflict
with Greece and Servia, men of the
last Bulgarian army recently released
were recalled. Greece, likewise, has
called for the Greek students who be.
long to the 1914 army list, who are
now in Switzerland.
The ten-day strike in Belgium cost
the State railways $1,000 900. Foreign
exports and imports suffered a de.
crease Of 100000 tons as compared
with the commerce figures of last
April.
The King of England was the guest
of the Kaiser of Germany when the
Kaiser's daughter, Princess Victoria
Luise, married Prince Ernest August
OF Cumberland.
The Car of Russia, travelling in an
armored train, reached Berlin, appear
ing at the wedding of the Kaiser's
daughter and Prince Ernest August of
Cumberland.
The Emperor of Japan has suffered
an attack of inflammation of the lungs
following a slight cold. The Emper-
or has suffered before from lung weak
ness. No serious consequences are look
ed for. His only son is twelve years
old. President Wilson cabled his sym.
pathy. Negotiations with the United
States will be delayed no doubt by the
illness of Japan's ruler.
One thousand Italians were killed in
Tripoli in a battle between a suppos-
edly small force Of Arabs and the
Italians who, acting upon batting in.
formation given by an Italian prison
er who had been allowed to escape by
the Arabs after they had cleverly al.
lowed him to get the misleading in.
that the Arab force was a
small one and incapable of defeating
the Italian force OF 5000 w%ell.trained
men. The Italians rushed into the trap
set for them and died like rats in the
sinking matches of a wrecked ship.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31
NATIONAL NEWS

Henry Fagler, millionaire railroad
man. builder of the over-the-seas rail-
road from Miami to Key West, bust
ness associate of the Rockefellers,
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31
COOPERATIVE BANK RATES.

The rates of interest charged by these banks
depend largely upon the rates of interest paid
on savings deposits in each particular locality,
for they must, of course, meet competition in
order to get the business. While as a general
thing they are not able to obtain funds at a
cheaper rate than other institutions, neverthe-
less they are able to loan these funds at a some
what better rate than other institutions, owing
to the fact that their expenses are very light,
their officers usually serving without salary,
and due to the further important fact that they
are cooperative organizations and are not
operated for profits.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31

ers for fairly short terms on the same general
conditions as in our country. These banks are
privately-owned joint-stock institutions and
would doubtless be able to do much toward
financing the farmer for his needs were it not
for the fact that the European banking methods
have led to the present existence of but a COM
paratively small number Of ordinary credit
banks. These banks are usually large institu-
lions extending over a considerable territory
and are not small independent community
banks as in the United States.
The rate of interest charged by them fol-
lows to a considerable extent the ups and downs
of the money market.
RAIFFEIsEN AND sCHULzE-DELITZsCH BANKS.
The Raiffeisen and Schulze-D elitsch banks
are small community institutions organized on
the cooperative plan and not operated for pro.
fits. The Raiffeisen banks operate more par
ticularly in the country and are purely cooper
alive, while the Schulze-D elitzsen banks operate
more particularly in urban communities and
are a somewhat modified form of the purely CO.
operative type. These banks oftentimes have
behind them the unlimited liability of all of
their members, and they accept deposits allow
ing interest thereon and loan the money to their
members for fairly short periods of time. Each
one of the comparatively owned local banks usu-
ally belongs to a comparatively owned central
association which exercises a control over the
entire organization, acting as a sort of clear
ing house and central bank.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31
CREDIT AGRIC0LE.

The Credit Agricole Of France consists Of a
large number of comparatively owned local
banks which are affiliated with regional banks
to which the government advances certain sums
of money without interest. The regional banks,
which are cooperative in character, lend this
free money to the local banks at a low rate
and they, in turn, loan to the farmer. These
banks are not operated for the purpose of earn
Ing dividends, are in many cases safeguarded
by the unlimited liability of their members, and
furnish the best European Illustration of state
aided agricultural credit.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31
CREDIT AGRIcoLE 3b PER CENT RATE.

Attention has been called in America to the
Credit Agrlcole 3N per cent interest rate, and
it is an actual fact that these banks really loan
money TO- farmers at 3R per cent, but this is
due to a government subsidy and would be
looked upon as abnormal from the standpoint
OF Americans. The government has compelled
The Bank of France to furnish it a large sum
OF money without interest, to be used for the
advancement of agriculture, and as outlined in
the above brief explanation of the Credit Agri-
cole, the government loans this money to the
branches or regional banks free of interest.
These regional banks loan to local banks at 8
per cent and in some parts of France the local
banks loan to the farmer at 3R per cent. This
system is deplored by many leading bankers
in France as tending to develop false idea of
the value of credit and it's liable to discontinue
alton some time in the future. Furthermore,
some OF the individual banks of the Credit Agri-
cole system occasionally. exhaust all of the
money that has been allotted to them by the
government and in order to continue the ex-
tension of credit they are compelled to redis-
count farmers notes with The Bank Of France,
and as they are loaning to the farmer at 3b
per cent and sometimes rediscounting with The
Bank of France at a higher rate, it follows
that the more business they do under such con-
ditions the larger amount of money they lose,
and this is an unreasonable and unsatisfactory
foundation for any system of banking.
This, in condensed form, is the story of farm
finance in Europe, and our people here in Ame-
RIGA cannot do a greater national service than to
study carefully and push forward this great
question Of farm finance, which concers so di-
rectly the financing of the back to the soil'
movement, which in it's turn is fundamentl and
concerns vitality the future prosperity Of our
Union.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-05-29
GIVES BACK WHAT is GIVEN
Life, In the Main, Is Just and Almost
Inevitably Returns Good
for Good.

The echo is the principle of life.
You get back from the world the mes
sage you give 1t.
Neither this nor any other truth is
true In all particulars; very often
you receive evil for your good and
good for your evil, harsh words when
you sent forth only kindness, and in
justice In return for your deeds hon.
est and we'll meant, but like all truths
1t Is true in general.
In fact, the essence of every truth
Is generalization which the mind
Is able to pick from a mass of con-
fusing particulars.
Is it cold, hard-hearted, unfeeling
world to you? Then very much fear
that you have given to 1t a selfish.
narrow, egotistic heart.
Is 1t tolerably good sort of place.
and do you find men and women as a
rule just and kindly disposed? You
must have been yourself an honest
apd generous nature.
Haven't you had days when every.
thing seemed to go wrong7 You said
you must have gotten out Of bed with
the wrong foot first. You have
fumbled all you undertook, your fin
gers have been all thumbs, and ev-
eryone about you has seemed smit-
ten with the crouch.
In all this you have been but seeing
yourself as In a glass. 1t is your
ugly mood that dims the shining sur
face Of really pleasant world.
Nothing Is so unerring as the total
universe. Time and nature seem now
and then slipshod, and do things un-
Just and uncalled for, but they al
ways make 1t up in the long run and
pay every soul back a hundred cent.
on the dollar.-Woman's World.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-05-29

The movement which has been
operating at the behest of farmers to
eliminate dishonest middlemen" has
taken funny twist: the pursued mid
dlemen are now demanding some form
OF protection against the dishonest
farmer" According to one of the
largest receivers of farm produce in
New York, there is sad need for some
legal protection for the straight COM
mission man against the INSCRIPTIONS
and dishonest shipping farmer. MI
merous shippers, he said, persist in
deception, so far as they are able to
practice it in connection with any va
rlety OF fruit or produce that can be
fraudulently packed, and the proceed
ure Is one that gives the merchant
VINO sells such packs never-ending
trouble. This has been 80 pronounced
Tor so long time that the desire OF
merchants to put an end to 1t has re-
suited In an incipient proposition to
eliminate the dishonest farmer" as
corollary to the demand for the
elimination Of the dishonest middle
man, and the achievement of both
propositions 10 very much to be de-
sired