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Newport daily independent., 1913-12-03
ORIGIN OF GOOD ROADS
Jolt the Man Who Has the Means" the Historical Be ginning of All Im-
 prOvement.
(By A. Y. Smith, author of the

(By A. Y. Smith, author of the
 State Highway LaW..)
 II is a mistake to suppose that good roads come with civiliza- tlon or follow after civilization. Neither does wealth and intelli- gence spell good roads every time. l have preserved photo graphs of roads taken by me in different countries which dis prove any such beliefs as that. Leaving out of consideration those roads which are built for military or national purposes, it is an intesting question just what is the most potent factor in bringing about road improve ment.
 It seems there is only one thing which will surely bring good roads and that is serious personal discomfort brought home to the people who have the means or the influence to have the roads improved. So long as any people, civilized, or unciv- lllzed, can drive some animal, or some serf or slave, through mud and sand and get there without too much trouble to themselves they will never build any roals The wear and tear and financia losses are not given mucf thought, even in this country where we pride ourselves ol good business methods. So il is in England, which is civilized and wealthy, yet many of theil rural roads are almost impass able. The tenants who have tC use them are unable to hell themselves and the landlord; who ride about on horseback, df not suffer enough inconvenience from the existing conditions tt cause them to take any interest in the matter.
 But in some towns in half civ ilized China, they push the pas sengers about in wheelbarroW; and there the roads are good be cause a rough road would jol' the man who has the money ant power and he sees the need O good roads. And, in Japan, they pull the passengers in little vehi cles called "jinrickshas" an( bad roads is nearly as hard ol passengers as it is on the mal twho pulls it. The result is tn man who has the means get
 jolted on the rough places an he helps to build good roads, In Arabia, they are as we civilized as in China. The pee pie are quite as wealthy, but i Arabia they have the wonderfu ] camel to depend upon and the have no roads at all. But, i Switzerland, where a farme walks beside his horse or O.
 and often helps to pull the loac they build themselves the bes
 of roads.
 In this country, there is n particular class to LOOK to 10 road improvement or any othe public undertaking and al thinking people have more O less influence in the direction O public affairs. Our trouble lie in the fact that the country i new and that in it's settlemen and development we have had t. put up with many things whicI could not be helped and wer
 not therefore considered hard
 ships. Lack of roads was one 0
 them,
 Only in recent years have tn great masses of people been tai ing advantage of many improv' ments which conduce to person comfort in life and the sentlmel
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-03
Personal interest.

AS far as the ordinary. everyday man is concerned one pound of per sonal interest will outweigh a ton of public welfare.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
NOTHING OF DIGNITY
STRENUOUS HORSE-PLAY A MARK
OF THE HOlI FESTIVAL.
Traveller In India Describes Peculiar
Methods of Making Merry in
Which Native Ruler and
His Suite Indulge.

A curious childish horseplay Of the
Holi festival, which is celebrated an
nually by the maharajah Of Patiala,
is described by Mr.. Charles Ber-
tram.
Early in the morning / went to the
club, where found many of the guests,
VINO were taking part in the cere-
mony for the first time. We were
provided with a complete new suit
OF Hindu garments and our dressing
was superintended by the maharaja's s
servants. We had camels, elephants
and victorias provided for US.
was on an elephant in a kind of box,
and we drove in procession to the
palace in the native city.
We were received with great ac-
claim by the natives, and l was led
TO believe that 1t was to be decidedly
dignified occasion; but was woe
fuliy distaken. The fun had not
begun. Certain formalities had to
be gone through before the signal was
given.
we took our seats in the courtyard
OF the palace, at a long table that
was loaded with large gilt dishes fill
ed with different colored balls as large
as oranges and filled with Holi pow
der At signal the brother of the
maharaJa came to the front of the
table and salaamed to the prince, who
took one Of the balls and threw it
RPntIV hn 20 etr lit f1n
officer on the breast.
The ball broke and scattered the
powder over his costume. Then there
was general scramble, and in less
time than it takes to write, hundreds
or balls were flying about, their many
colored contents scattered broadcast
on the crowd. Next baskets of loose
powder were thrown upon us In
handfuls.
IL was no use to expostulate; the
moment you opened your mouth some
body filled it with powder The bat
tie grew fast and furious, when sud-
denly an enormous stream of water
from a fire engine drenched every
body. The colored powder became wet,
and mingling together, dyed us all in
brilliant variegated hues
After this sort of thing had gone
on for half an hour it ceased by mu-
tual consent, and we returned to the
private gardens of the maharajah,
where we were most unceremoniously
pitched into a tank of running water
d was dyed deep scarlet all over my
body, and 1t was fully month before
the color entirely disappeared from
my face and hands.-Youth's Com
panion.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
Recording Flnuer Prlnts.

Hitherto it has been customary in
following up criminal clews, to make
"a permanent record of finger prints by
Photographic means. This method,
however, has number of obvious dis.
advantages. Thus, for example, cases
arise in which the finger print to be
recorded is not accessible to an ordi-
nary camera. Or again 1t may be To-
Gated upon some rounded surface
which cannot be properly focused.
DR. Heindl describes one or two new
methods which overcome these diff.
culties. The first method consists in
dusting the mpression-which is al
ways more or less greasy-with some
colored powder, and then expressing
against 1t a paper treated with a mix
ture of fifty grams wax, fifty grams
paraffin. and twenty drops of glycerin.
An excellent inverted copy is thus OBJ
tanned, and as the paper is entirely
flexible any kind Of surface can be
thus treated. The second method
makes use Of Photographic gelatine
paper in place Of that prepared as
above.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
PECULIAR BELIEF IN JAPAN
Though Pathetic, 1t Seems Strange
to Western Ideas.

Among the Buddhists in Japan it is
believed that the souls of children go
farther after death to Sui-no- -ka-wara
(the stony river-bed) and there they
remain until they reach maturity un-
der the care of Jizobosatsu, who is
represented as priest with a long
cane in one hand and a ball in the
other.
He is said to stand in the center of
the kawara, where he breaches to the
children as they pile up stones, one
for the salvation of their father, one
for the mother, the third for brothers,
the fourth for sisters and the fifth for
their own salvation.
When night comes on and the wind
blows hard gigantic evil spirit ap-
pears and with huge iron rod knocks
down the heaps of stones which the
children have made, and they are so
frightened that they run to Jizo and
hide themselves in the big sleeves of
his kimono, which have a miraculous
way of increasing in size according to
the number of children who seek ref
uge. Then the evil spirit disappears
and the children begin again the work
of heaping up the stones.
Passing through cemeteries in Jap
an one sees tombs that have the image
of Jizo carved upon them, as the par
ents take that way of gaining the
special favor of Jizo for their child
rem, and one will see little piles of
stones built up by the parents and
brothers and sisters of the children
with the hope of helping in the tedious
work of the little ones in the kawara.
Advocate.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
HER MOMENT OF PERFECT JOY
Little Girl Got What She Wanted
When She Wanted II, and
Therein Lies a Moral.

A girl wearing gay bit Of golden
rod in her coat was hurrying through
the crowded railroad station of an
eastern city one evening, when she
was stopped by a thin little hand
thrust up toward her through the
dusk, and a child's cry, Lady. give
me that flower"
1t was not plea, 1t was not a re.
quest 1t was demand, and the
flower was in the child's hands, the
happiness of her sad little face had
flashed close for an instant and the
quick feet had scurrled away into the
darkness before the girl who had
worn the goldenrod had time to look
or think, to give or to refuse.
The flower had grown on a rock by
the sea. 1t was still wet with the mist
from the waves and the sunset glow
was reflected In its gold. Perhaps the
child had never particularly noticed
the sun, for, except when 1t was above
the tall buildings, she could not have
seen 1t. But the desire Of all the world
for the sun and the open sea was in
her voice. Perhaps she was very
ordinary little girl, who grew up to be
little bigger and then worked in a
factory, and liked to walk up and
down the streets with the other girls
and show off her cheap gay clothes.
She probably married, and had several
little girls like herself, and was always
tired and poor, but, as far as she
knew. happy enough.
All that makes very little differ
ence. At least 1t Is the way things
are. The important thing is that once
she wanted something very much, and
got what she wanted when she wanted
1t. 1t is good to want things whether
we get them or not 1t is better to get
them. 1t is best of all to get them
when we want them. This was no
common desire such as most Of us
have every day. 1t was SO strong and
true and imperative that a tiny girl
fought her way through great crowd
of people and without thought or fear
took flower from a girls coat. No
matter what happened to her after
that, she had one moment Of perfect
joy. Perhaps the girl from whose
coat she tore the flower may have
had all good things for hers, but may
never have known the Joy because she
never knew that want.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
Quakers Live lonu.

The average age of Quakers in Phil.
adelphia is greater than that Of any
other class Of people in this city. Phil.
adelphia Quakers are probably older
than any other equally large society
Of persons In America.
AS for the typical Quaker dress, a
stranger might easily spend a week
here and never see a single example
Of 1t. / for one, regret the disappear
ance from our streets Of the quaint
garb that lent unique distinction to
Philadelphia.
DR.. ]. William White, the eminent
surgeon. told me that Quakers show a
better recovery from surgical opera.
tions than any other people. Pla.
cldity Of temperament was the reason
he gave for his Observation-Disclosures.
phia Ledger.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
Two Captured Four Hundred.

Toward the close of the Peninsular
war 400 prisoners were captured by
John Colborne, afterwards Field Mar
shal Lord Seaton. Colborne, who was
wounded at Talavera, had been dis
abled for some time, but In 1913 he
was in active service again and when
Wellington's army crossed the from
tier in France he performed what was
indeed the most amazing feat of his
career.
When riding, with no comrade but
the famous Sir Henry Smith, separat-
ed from his column, he saw 400
French soldiers passing along ravine
below him.
THE only way was to put a good
face on the matter" he wrote; so l
went up to them, desiring them to
surrender. The officer thinking, of
course, the column was behind me,
surrendered his sword, saying theat.
rically: 'Je vous rends cette, qui a
bien fait son devoir.' Il surrender this
sword, which has done its duty we'll }
The 400 followed his example"
Sir Henry Smith used to declare
that he had never seen such cool pres.
ence of mind as Colborne displayed
on this occasion
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
Field Dodder.

tirely dependent upon the manner and
persistency with which the soil is cul-
tivated. To insure reasonable sue
cess, the disk and the harrow should
be used frequently while the weeds
are still small, and the crops while
growing should be given frequent cul-
tivation.
Fortunately, the same tillage opera
tions that are used in putting the soil
In condition to receive and conserve
rainfall, to prepare the seed.bed and
to liberate plant food, are likewise
useful in combating weeds.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
Pennies.

That Americans are careless of
their small change is evidenced by
the fact that Of the 150,000,00O pen
MES annually sent out from the Phil
adelphia mint only a small percentage
are ever accounted for afterward.
1t is thought that but very small
percentage Of pennies lost In the
streets are ever found since they lack
luster and fail to catch the eye as
does a silver coin. The chances are
that they are swept up with rubbish
and 80, for the most part, lost as
coins.
County fairs and shows of various
kinds mutilate thousands of pennies
every year. At the fairs one may see
a machine that will flatten a cent and
at the same time emboss souvenir
view of the event.
Hundreds Of thousands of pennies
are carried out Of the United States
by tourists. who leave them abroad.
A year or two ago 100000 of them
were shipped to Cuban bankers and
placed in circulation among the labor
ing classes In Cuba. The American
copper runs a close second to the pin,
Of which millions are lost every year.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
H0UDAN FOWL is ECONOMIC
Not Only Is II Excellent Table Breed
but ls Also Good Layer of Eggs
and Nonsltter.

or all the French breeds the Houdan
Is undoubtedly the most economic.
NOT only is 1t a good table breed
Wnen judged by the quality of it's
flesh, but 1t is an excellent layer of
good sized white eggs, and is a nom
SITTER. Newer breeds of fowls which
nave been introduced during recent
years have rather overshadowed it.,
Dut Few II any of these can lay claim
70 superiority over 1t in utility points.
NO doubt the crest had much to do
with the decline suffered by the Hou-
dan, many poultry keepers not caring
Tor crested fowls, owing to the fact
that In wet weather the head adorn,
ments got saturated and caused colds
among the birds, but a little consider.
alton for them in the way Of shelter
during periods Of rain would have min
imized any prejudice against them
concerning wet crests and colds. When
the Houdan stood high in popular IA
vor there were fewer or no scratching
Ing sheds In existence, and they either
had to face the weather, when such
was inclement, or idle about the in
terror of the roosting house, and no
wonder many birds, and especially the
crested ones, often got saturated with
rain and caught cold and contracted
roup. Today every we'll arranged
poultry yard has its scratching g-sheds
or day shelters to which the fowls can
resort In bad weather, and on that
account the Houdan might be given a
better position than it now occupies
among utility poultry. The crest of
the Houdan is an advantage rather
than disadvantage, inasmuch as 1t
guards the head Of the bird against
the severest frost during the winter
time, and thus it improves the fowl
as a winter layer. Rightly Bred. fed
and sheltered the Houdan is a good
winter egg producer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
MAY HEAR OLD VOICES
PROMISE OF REcoMPENsE FOR
AFFLICTED SPANISH PRINCE.
Forced to Dwell Within Himself, the
Glorious History Of His Country
May Be Whispered Within
His Ears.

Much more frequently than is noted
great misfortune has its silver lin
Ing. May there not be some recon
pense to the deaf and dumb prince
and some benefit to the Spanish peo
pie from the little lad who may some
day rule that ancient nation, though
bereft Of the rugged health and per.
fection seen on a thousand farms and
streets Of democratic land?
The gentle English mother, the we'll
behaved Spanish father, have had to
take the sorrowing lot as it fell, writes
Emory ]. Haynes in the New York
Mail. So falls 1t every day some.
where, and man and woman are dis
mayed. A million fathers are glad,
beyond all words, when they hear the
tldings that 1t is perfect child. And
mothers thank God as they fold the
babe to their hearts. 1t may be that
mis- toll Is hard and his wage small.
But the father often sits at evening to
watch his sturdy lads and is glad that
they have all their members, and all
their powers.
AS the little prince wanders
through the palace Of the Escurial
and sees old Philip H., the old dead
spain may get voice that he can
pear. The Spain Of Ferdinand and
Isabella and the Moors keeps talking
to the rest Of us through the books.
But this lad may be one of those
gifted with the power to feel things.
He may startle Spain with his soul
perceptions.
Maybe the Spain of the centuries
will have whispered great things to
him-things which Motley suspected
but could not prove. What will he
have to tell of cathedrals that never
have revolted from Rome, not once,
but In whose aisles the censers have
shed the faithful incense perfume Of
many Catholic centuries?
How far away from Spain seems the
remedial skill and modern invention
OF cures! 1t Is not in the scope of the
Spanish mind to do such a thing. A
hospital for research, like the Rookie
feller, is no more Spanish than 1t
would be African. The new is not well
come, even in hospitals.
Heaven is much in the Spanish
mind; that is, in the daily task, the
daily duty at church, the constant
chant and procession Of priests. This
chapel was founded by the most Cath
olic Don Fernando" is common scrip
In the roseate stones above a door
way But the name Of a curative or
sanitary experiment building has not
yet been much chiseled on any build
ing.
1t Is a land Of dreams; more than
Italy, a region of romance. The peas
ant lives but to adore his God. All
the splendid virtues the Spanish wor-
ship, such as loyalty. courage. con-
stancy and faith.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
Force of Habit.

There is at Princeton an instructor
in mathematics who was country bred,
fact that Is frequently betrayed by
some homely sayings of him.
One day an undergraduate had per-
formed some peculiarly useless and
complicated process in arriving at the
solution Of problem, when the in
structor said.
This reminds me of a colt once
owned by an old friend Of mine, down
east. This colt was put out to pas
ture, after having been fed from its
birth In box stall and watered at
trough in the yard. The pasture
lay across small river, and in the
middle of the day the colt would swim
the stream to 60 up to the barn for
drink Of water-Harper's Maga-
zine.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
To Avoid the Runty Pig.

Runty pigs stand poor show at
the feeding trough with bunch of
their husky brothers and sisters. AS
they are crowded out of place natural
ly they do not get enough to eat to
keep them growing. and they stay
runty.
A trough arranged with v-shaped
partitions set strongly in the trough
would give the little fellows an equal
show with the big ones, and the
weaker ones would get their share of
food. A handy man can make such
trough arrangement In an hour or
30, and even the growth of his pigs
would more than pay for his trouble.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
Toqa Of an Ex.Presldent

In this part of the country 1t is our
understanding that only women wear
kimonos In France, however, it is
different. 1t may not be that French
men as rule wear such garments,
but certainly former President Lou
bet wears one, or at least owns one.
And thereby hangs the tale Of a mo-
mentous event in human history: He
bought the speckled, striped garment
from Japan and paid $3.50 for It.
An American wife-that is, the wife
Of ordinary means-would not think
OF paying that much for a kimono.
But the husband of Mrs. Loubet
wants comfort in his old age, in the
days when he Is not officially en-
ployed.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
Wanted One of Her Own.

Dorothy loves her baby sister dearly
and takes it quite hard that she is
not allowed to play nurse oftener. The
other day, being asked what mamma
should bring her back from visit to
the city, she made gentle requset:
Please, mamma, a great big doll
dressed like real baby. Iwant one
OF my own to play with, since you
won't let me have any fun with yours"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
Picked Up In Colorado.

Some years ago in western min
ing town man was found dead in his
hotel room, hanged to bedpost by his
suspenders. The jury Of miners
brought in the following verdict at
the Coroner's inquest: Deceased
came to his death by coming home
full and mlstaking himself for his
pants"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
Systematic Slaughter of Rats.

A price is set on the head of the rat
in Tokyo, and, according to the Far
East, THE sight is frequently seen in
the side streets of the city of some
blooming damsel gingerly conveying a
small rat, suspended by a string tied
to its tail, to the police box. Here an
official receipt is given for the rat,
which entities the holder to s sen, and
so the plague is combated and the peo-
pie protected against foul epidemics. f"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
Definition of a Gentleman.

A kindly heart, quiet voice, polite
words and manners, hand open to
help, attention to little things for the
comfort of others, freedom from an
ger, boasting, and patronizing; to-
ward the strong, courage; toward the
weak, chivalry; toward all men, fair
ness. Few men ever see one in mir
ror.-Life.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
Forgot All Pauses,

When Tommy began to read his
mother tried to teach him to observe
the punctuation. He learned to call
the periods dots. One day talkative
woman called at the house and when
she left Tommy said: "O mamma,
didn't that lady talk7 She didn't even
stop for the dots, did she?"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
Sow to Discard.

If the SOW Is in the habit of losing
her litter. 1t is the height of folly to
continue breeding her, as she has
some inherited ailment.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
To BreaI: in New Shoes.

Always shake in Aliens Foot Ease, a powder.
y cures not, sweating, aching, swollen feet
lures ~ corns, insrowing nails and bunions. Al
Al druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Don't accept
my substitute. Sample mailed FREE, Address
Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy. Ny.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
Valuable Weed Eradicator,

Probably no animal is so valuable as
a weed eradicator as the sheep. They
not only eat large variety of weeds
and grasses, but they masticate 30
thoroughly that almost all the seeds
are destroyed or digested. and do not
sprout from the manure.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
When Your Eyes Need Care

Try Murine Eye Remedy. No oSmarting-Feela
Eine-Acts Quickly. Try 1t for Red, weak.
,Sy Watefy Eyes and Granulated Eyelids. Illus.
compounded by our Ocusts-not n "Patent Med.
IGN 20, used In SUCCESSFUL Physiclans Pae
~ and sold By Druggists at 2c and 6oc Der Bottle
Murne Rye salve In Aseptio Tubes, go and Soc.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-08-29
His One HOBO.

Indeed declared Mrs. Henpeck, IL
guess have just as good a chance Of
going to heaven as you." mot II
get there first" replied her husband.