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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
Clergyman's Pun.

A clergyman who had worked for
many years In certain Wild section
of the country, was being Queried
by brother as to the church which
made most appeal to the people in
that region. He answered that the
Baptists had been most successful In
making converts. The Questioner made
some objection to the practice of total
submersion, which was tho only bap-
tismal ceremony recognized In the
country. 1t seemed to him supereroga-
tory.
"Ah, yes,"- remarked the clergyman.
Il grant you that such a ceremony
may appear to you to be unnecessary
according to the Scriptures, but an
intimate life among these people has
convinced me that for most of them
total submersion is not to be classed
as work of super-irrigation. New
York Evening Post.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
Ties Herself to a Man.

The motion-picture theater was well
filled the other afternoon when stout
woman entered and wedged herself in
next to a slender man. For a time
both appeared extremely Interested in
the pictures. Then the woman noticed
that one Of her shoe-laces was undone
After something Of struggle she bent
over and finally succeeded in bringing
both the laces together. A few min
utes later the man arose as though to
start for the door. Down he went in
the aisle and the woman gave vent to
an exclamation. The audience turned
from the flickering to the real catas-
trophe. She had knotted her shoe
lace with his. 1t was several minutes
before the pair untangled and united.
-Florala (Ala.) News.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
LIKE CUT FROM KNIFE.
0UNsHor WOUNDS CAUSE LIT.
TIE PAIN WHEN INFLICTED.
Many Cases Where Soldiers Have
Been Wounded and Didn't Know
k-ExplanatIon of Suffering
Caused by Amputation.

Il was shot in Cuba in '98," says q
well-known army officer, "and l did
not know It for a while. 1t was not,
Of course, pleasant situation. It
was Just like the sting of a pin or
knife when the skin is broken. Il
was nothing to knock man down. I
knew Of many cases during the war
know he was shot until somebody
showed him the blood running down
his shirt or trousers"
Similar testimony Is afforded by an
army surgeon, who has served for
many years. He treated many gun.
shot wounds during his time and was
himself shot, a circumstance that
qualities him to give doubly expert
opinion.
"A mimic ball passed through my
left leg at Shiloh" says this surgeon,
"and 1 did not experience any particu-
lar sensation except, perhaps, one
similar to being jabbed with a sharp
pointed knife. l felt the ball 60
through the skin, but 1t gave no sen.
sation in passing through the muscles.
That, Of course, is on account Of the
greater number Of nerves In the skin
as compared with the muscles. The
ball passed almost entirely through
my leg and was removed consider
able time later, but l suffered almost
no inconvenience.
"The wound, of course, swelled, as
any wound of the kind will; but I
should imagine that the bullet now in
use would cause much less trouble
and pain than the old round bullet, as
the sharp point Of the conical bullet
enters the flesh very readily"
There is a great deal Of misappre-
hension as to the intensity of the
pain caused by the entrance into the
human body Of various objects. Many
persons fancy that If man Is shot at
all he must therefore suffer intensely. 4
The reverse is true. A slight wound,
a mere abrasion OF the skin Is some
times far more painful than a wound
caused by the entrance Of bullet
directly into the muscles or even into
bone. The skin is filed with nerves,
and when any Of them are torn by the
ball the pain is extreme.
II the bullet plunges directly
through the skin into the body, the
only nerves disturbed are those in the
comparatively small space the bullet
strikes. Since there are few nerves
in the muscles, the nerves Of the
skin convey the sensation of pain to
the brain. In the same way the
greater portion Of the pain expert
enced in the amputation of an arm
or leg is occasioned when the skin
Is cut, and the subsequent cutting
the muscles and the saving Of the
bone, in which all the pain is pop.
ularly supposed to be centered,
amount to little In comparison.-Har-
pers Weekly.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
HUMBLE "BIDDY" BEST
IN THE END, MORE PROFITABLE
THAN THE OSTRICH.
Figures Would Seem to Show That
Bird Of Priced Plumage ls Prime
Investment, but There Are
Drawbacks.

No, she is not one Of the $4,000
biddies we sometimes read about, espe-
cially when 1t comes to laying eggs.
She Is any one of the several thou
sand ostrich hens that may now be
found In some of our western states.
You can figure 1t out for yourself. An
o-trich hen, good" one, will lay
about 100 eggs year, and each egg
contains as much food-material as 30
ordinary hens eggs. That gives the
ostrich credit for furnishing egg-food
amounting to 5000 hens eggs per
year.
But let's not all go into the ostrich
business. There are several draw
backs. One of them is that 1t costs
twenty dollars a year to keep an
ostrich, or thereabouts, and they do
not begin to lay until they are four
years old. Then there is the first cost
no little item, as six-months-old
chicks are worth $100 each, while
birds old enough to begin laying cost
$500 pair. Rather, they are held to
be worth that, as the ostrich breeders
will seldom sell bird at any price.
There is also the inconvenience of
handling. The kick Of an ostrich will
discount any exercise Of a mules hind
legs about 100 per cent, and they are
said to be far from sweet-tempered,
especially during the plucking season
Being eight feet tall, an ostrich that
got really out of patience at a person
would be rather more difficult to
handle than a "mad" sitting hen, and
most Of US find the latter lady all we
want to tackle. On the whole, per
haps we would be wiser to stick to the
barnyard biddy for ordinary purposes,
though the beauty Of the aristocratic
Mr.. Ostrich should prove great temp
tItion to desert our first love.
Then, too, the Lady of the Plumes
Is, II the truth were told, rather lazy.
She does not even lay her eggs In
the nest her mate has carefully pre-.
pared for her half the time. She
leaves them scattered about Just as It
happens, and her patient consort has
to roll them into the nest himself.
Then, too, he gets most Of the sitting
to do, as his proud wife refuses to do
nest duty except for little while In
the daytime.
Often lncubators are used fol
Matching the ostrich chicks, and then
there need be no family quarrels on
the subject. The incubators used must
be peculiar in construction, as one oi
the eggs is five inches long. Machines
holding about fifty eggs are generally
employed.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19

scales, his scoop, and those two
weights, and without loss of time he
had to fill his ten two pound bags
Could you tell him how to accomplish
the feat In the fewest possible num-
Der Of operations?
The groceryman performed the feat
as follows in ten Operations, which is
the shortest method possible: He
placed the nine-pound weight on one
side of the scales and the five-pound
on the other. Then he was enabled to
weigh the difference between them.
four pounds in sugar, which left 16
pounds in the large bag. Then he
placed the nine pounds and five pounds
together on one side of the scales and
the 16 pounds of sugar on the other
side. Out Of the bag he was then able
to weigh two pounds, leaving two
pounds in the four pound bag. In eight
more operations he put the 16 pounds
of sugar into two pound bags by using
two pounds Of sugar as two pound
weight.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
PALMISTRY IN THE FAR EAST
Thumb 10 Called 1.-THE Great Finger"
In Japan and ChIna-Servants
Use Finger Points.

The Chinese and Japanese call the
thumb "the great finger" and connect
1t with ones ancestors. Our index fin
ger is with them the head or man
pointing finger" and has to do with
the father.
The middle or longest finger belongs
to the mother. while the next or
nameless finger, is the property Of
sweethearts and wives (the westerns
have chosen this finger, too, for the
wearing of the wedding ring). The
little finger concerns our descendants
and posterity.
The ball of the thumb. the celebrat-
ed mount Of Venus" according to
palmlsts the world over, retains its
qualities appertaining to sensuous.
sensual, and mundane matters with
the Japanese hand readers, too.
Both Japanese and Chinese servants,
In signing and sealing agreements
with their masters. frequently moisten
their finger points with ink and press
1t on the paper. AS a means Of iden-
tity or personal sign manual, these
finger prints appear to have been long
known in the east. It is, therefore, no
surprise to find that Japanese palm
lists, in addition to examining the
Zines" of the open palm, extend their
Inquiries to the pore patterns on the
tips Of the fingers and thumbs.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
NOVEL FEAT OF GRocERYMAN
Develops Into Expert Calculator In Or
der to Dispose Of Goods In Short
Space Of Time.

The butcher. the baker, and the
candlestick maker have to become ex-
pert calculators in order to dispense
their goods to the waiting customers
In the minimum amount of time and to
be sure they do not receive the worst
OF 1t In multiplying pounds by pennies.
Then, too, all sorts of perplexing lit
tie problems In weighing and packing
nave to be disposed of. For example.
the case of the grocer who had big
bag containing 20 pounds of granulated
sugar. which he wished to put up into
packages Of two pounds each. The
perplexing feature of the incident was
that he had only two weights, five and
nine pounds. respectively. There he
was with his 20 pounds of sugar, his
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
How to Eradicate Tumbling
Mustard.

Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis-Thorough summer cultivation
either as summer fallow or in summer
crops, is indispensable in the exter-
mination of tumbling mustard, accord
ing to the conclusions reached by Pro-
fessor H. D. Scudder, agronomist of
the college, after extensive field ex-
periments. This system must be con-
tinued for several years and supple
mented by radical preventative meas
ures, such as the building of drift
fences where migrating weeds may be
caught and burned, by the use of
chemical sprays and by cooperative
effort among the neighboring farmers.
Waste places along fence rows should
be clipped and burned before seeding.
Railroad companies should be asked to
destroy the weeds on their right of
way. Fences should be increased in
height wherever the weeds pass in
large numbers, by mailing cleats on
the posts, upon which couple of light
wires are strung, so that the weeds
may be collected and burned. Moth
ing but clean seed should be sowed.
In fields where the weed is extensively
spread a header is better than COM
bine.
The ground should be disked imme-
diately after harvest to chop down the
stubble and form seed bed in which
much of the seed will sprout at once.
The ground should be disked again as
soon as the young mustard has come
up. This disking should be repeated
again in the spring where the ground
is very foul. This will cause most of
the seeds to germinate and the plants
will be destroyed in the April or May
fallow. Or the ground may be seeded
to field peas in double rows three feet
apart. The peas could be given cul-
tivation and pastured off with sheep or
pigs.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
How Queen Rules King Emmanuel.

How Queen Rules King Emmanuel.
The queen Of Italy, discussing smok-
Ing with Queen Mary Of Great Britain,
remarked vivaciously: II can overlook
many faults In man, and make many
allowances for his shortcomings.
"One fault In a man. however, l can
never forgive, and that is-his not
smoking. Whenever King Emmanuel
seems annoyed I give him his pipe:
when he is good-tempered get him a
cigarette; when I want him to do.
something very particular offer him
cigar.
With a pipe l can console him:
with q cigarette can delight him:
but with cigar l can lead him any,.
how and anywhere"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
Swedish Bridal superstItIons.

In Sweden the bridegroom has a
great fear of trolls and sprites. and as
an antidote against their power he
sews into his clothes various strong
smelling herbs, such as garlic and rose
mary. 1t Is customary to fill the
brides pocket with bread, which she
gives to the poor she meets on the
way to the church, and SO averts mis-
fortune with the aims she bestows.
On their return from church the bride
and bridegroom visit their COW houses
and farms that the cattle may thrive
and multiply.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
The DOdder Pest and
Methods of Eradication.

Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis-When entire fields of alfalfa
become SO badly infested with dodder
that burning all the infested spots is
not practicable, the alfalfa should be
clipped before the dodder seeds ripen
and the field plowed up and planted
with cultivated crops. After three
years of cultivation the field may
safely be put back into alfalfa. This
is the method of ridding alfalfa fields
of dodder advocated by H. D. Scudder,
agronomist of the Oregon Agricultural
college. Its appearance, propagation
and determination are described by
Professor Scudder as follows:
"Dodder is leafess, slender little
vine, whitish yellow in color, bearing
clusters of white blossoms which ripen
into abundant seed, sometimes three
or four crops in season. Although
of parasitic habits the seed terminates
in the soil, sending up little tendrils
which attach themselves to the alfalfa
or clover stalks, winding about the
stems and living upon its sap until the
alfalfa turns yellow and dies. The
dodder next sewers its connection with
the ground and shrivels up. The vine
then begins to spread from one alfalfa
plant to the next, ripening and scat
tering the seed as it goes, continuing
to flower until frost time. The seeds
retain their vitality from four to six
years, terminating only when brought
near the surface of the ground.
"It is thus seen that .dodder is a
very dangerous pest and should either
be Stunned entirely or eradicated upon
its first appearance. Clover or alfalfa
seed should never be purchased and
sown without being examined for this
pest. About so per cent of all alfalfa
samples = many hundreds examined
by the college contained dodder seed.
1t is not easily separated from the
alfalfa and few seeds to the pound
are enough to infest the field.
"In small patches it may be eradi-
Gated by moving with scythe before
the dodder ripens its seed, allowing
the mowings to dry out. The moved
spots are then covered with straw and
burned off. The spots may then be
hoed and reseeded to alfalfa. If the
dodder has started to seed the dodder
spots may be singed off with torch
made by placing some rags saturated
with kerosene in a can, to which a
handle is attached.
"When the entire field has become
so badly infested that it is not prac-
ticable to burn the infected spots the
best thing to do is to clip the alfalfa
before the dodder seeds begin to ripen.
The land should then be plowed anc
put into cultivated crop such as
corn, potatoes, roots, etc. This car
be followed with grain. After three
years the ground may be put back int
alfalfa.
When dodder-infested hay is fed tt
livestock, care should be taken not tt
spread the manure on the fields where
alfalfa or clover is to be grown"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
Flowers for Children.

While planning the flower garden,
don't forget the children. Let them
have variety bed. Give them what
seeds you can spare, show them how
to plant them, and then let them take
care Of them themselves. Let them
have hardy, snowy flowers that are
pleasing to the eye. Teach them to
arrange flowers nicely into bouquets
and carry to lsick friends. You will
be surprised at the interest they will
take in the flower garden, says a
writer in Farm and Home. A child
of seven can be taught to fix his soil,
plant, transplant, pot and repot, about
as successfully as his mother.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
FARM zND a.lzI ORCHARD
Notes Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
of Oregon Washington Specially Pacific Coast Conditions

A method of very great value on dry
farming lands is to seed part of the
farm to alfalfa in single drill rows
three feet apart. If we'll cultivated
the field will be clean of all weeds at
the end of the first year and the alfal-
fla may be harvested for hay or seed.
The alfalfa grown will prove more
profitable than the wheat crop. At
the end of four years the alfalfa sec
tion can be plowed up and moved to
another part of the field, so continuing
until the entire farm has been cleared
of weeds. This method of cultivation
will also prove of great use in conserv-
ing moisture and adding humus to the
soil.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
pevIeed From Old Legend.

The Mexican stamp bears the coat
Of arms Of the country, an eagle on
cactus. holding a serpent in its talons.
This device is the outgrowth Of
legend that the first Aztec settlers
chose the site of their city from seeing
an eagle so engaged. and situated at
that spot.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
In Moment Of Inspiration.

The present Lord Tennyson tells
In his charming biography of his
father, the late poet laureate, that he
wrote Crossing the Bar" in a few
minutes. He had been down to Sol.
combe. near Bolt Head, where there
Is bar which makes a curious
moaning. He sat on the cliffs listen.
Ing to It, but 1t was not until long
afterwards that the great lyric came,
like fash Of inspiration"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
Poor ProvIder.

An old negro in Texas was asked II
he was going to register. He wished
to know how he would have to pro-
ceed. On being told that he had to
swear to support the constitution. his
eyes widened, and, drawing long
breath, he said he couldn't do 1t, be-
cause he couldn't support himself.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
HINT FOR THE cAMPERs.0UT
Good Circulation Of Air 10 Assured
In Tent by Placing Sort Stick
Between Flaps.

When wishing to get up circula-
ton Of air, try this simple plan: After
closing the flaps put stick 15 or 1S
inches long horizontally, as seen in
the picture, between the flaps. This
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19

win spread them apart and give an
opening, and good ventilation Is as
sured. They may be made large or
small, and as many as desired.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19
So VIII the Reader.

Pop, is an abyss anything sleepy?"
"Of course not, child, What put that
Into your head?"
well. It's always yawning."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-19

Added to tho Language.
Mamma" said little Edna one day.
I'm getting tired Of this pug nose. It's
getting pugger and pugger every day."
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-01-17
+ X 4 X 4 X r Il r T. X 4 4 X 4
\ CITY NEWS. "
X X X X X X X X X * X X X X X

We do rolling and chopping. Cher
ry City mills.
Attorney Carey f. Martin has moved
his law offices to rooms 412-4l3-414
Masonic Temple, 12-2S-tf
No. S44 State street is where all the
legislators get shaved. Davis.
For fresh fish call phone 2125 Sa-
lem Fish and Poultry Market. II. c.
Bybee, 1T South Commercial.
To avoid our usual Saturday rush
phone your orders early. Main 6G.
Fancy and staple groceries at living
prices. See Sperling's, 81 North Com
mercial street.
Choice chicken Is what you want for
your Sunday dinner We make spe-
cialty Of dressing them. Our bread
sales are increasing, Why? Because
1t is good Phone Main 1871. The
pulhtI BTuCtIN,
Try a veal roast for your Sunday
dinner; they are fine better than
chicken Our shop is strictly sanitary.
Phone your Sunday order early. Main
1928 steusloff Bros, Court and Lib
erty streets.
Salem Furniture Co. store, 333-339
Chemeketa streets. New store; new
stock; no old goods, but our prices are
attracting economic furniture buyers.
We can save you money for your new
home See us before buying.
Pacific Lodge No. so, A, +. & A. NJ.
State communication this CFriday) ey-
ening in Masonic Temple at $3.50 p. m.
Visiting brethren welcome, Edward
Rostein, W M E, II, Choate, secre.
tary.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-01-17
ROTH GROCERY COMPANY


The veto was oyerridden in senate
bill No. 4S. This bill provides for the
creation of a state livestock sanitary
board, fixing its powers and duties, ap-
proprlating the sum of $4,000 for sal
aries and expenses of the board and
repeating certain pertinent sections of
Lords Oregon Laws. The bill was in
troduced by Senators Burgess and
Hawley. Six members of the judiciary
committee recommended the passage
of the bill, Dimick alone dissenting.
The vote was 26 ayes, 2 noes and 2
absent.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-01-17

! Regular dance tomorrow night Ar
mory hall. Klassy Kubs Klub.
Try one sack Of Cherry City Flour
Mills flour.
1t will pay you to remember the Sa-
lem Fish and Poultry Market. Nothing
but the best fish poultry and eggs.
Phone Main 2125.
Cherry City Flour Mills products,
flour, bran, shorts, breakfast foods,
mill chop, chopped wheat, rolled oats,
wheat, oats and barley,
Mr., e. Hofer will address the Min
isterial Union Monday morning on
"The Panama Canal and Immigration
to Oregon
Treat to school girls. The first 15O
school girls under 10 attending the
Bligh matinee Saturday at 2 p. m. will
receive a nice package of sachet.
A. letter, who was indicted on the
charge of selling liquor to minor,
and who pleaded guilty yesterday, was
fined $50 this morning by Judge Kel-
ly. Jette paid the fine
The last will and testament Of the
late Emma Schoefeld will be contest.
ed in the circuit court now, according
to articles filed with County Clerk
Gehlhar today, 1t is alleged in the
contesting petition that the deceased
by reason of an unbalanced mind, as
the result Of being a slave to NOR
phine, was induced to draw up will
by one Eleanor Drake and June Drake
Local exhibitors at the pouI-
Try show are requested to be at
the armory at $3.50 10 arrange
for the removal of their birds
at 4 O'Clock, sharp, All birds
must be out of the show room
by 6 O'Clock, as there will be a !
dance at 8p, m, The floor
must be cleaned
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-01-17
RECORD OF Is HENS WAS
KEPT BY W. L. PARK

The tabulated record of the receipts
and expenditures, total number of eggs
Of as hens for one year, which ap-
peared in The Capital journal a few
days ago, was kept and furnished The
journal by w. b. Park, of this city.
Credit should have been given him on
the article, but it was overlooked by
some of those mysterious comblna-
tions which make the city editors life
one joyous round of pleasure.