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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-05-22
Easy Sunday Dinner.

Fresh beef tongue makes an eco
nomical and toothsome dinner for Sun
day. 1t costs about half as much as
the smoked variety and goes farther.
Buy on Friday and soak over night in
strong salt water. Cook the next
morning in plenty OF water, well salt
ed. Add one-half cupful OF cooked
rice to the water and you will have an
excellent broth for luncheon or dinner
on Saturday. On Sunday slice the
tongue cold and serve with It a Jelly
or sauce. One can also cut out enough
meat from around the root OF tongue
for a few sandwiches or to use In cro-
Quettes or hash for Mondays
luncheon.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-05-22
Tea Reveals oil EIeid.

Tho dlscoyerer OF oil in Papua
British New Guinea. was the result Of
native boy being whipped for plsc-
Ing kerosene In miners tea The
youth declared his innocence and led
the miner TO the we'll from which tho
water had been taken.
II was found that tho surface Of the
water was completely covered with
kerosene. the source OF which 10 be.
Ing developed into q huge CONNER.
cial enterprise.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-05-22
Indian Mattlnu,

Having discovered an excellent way
To clean mating, pass II on TO
others. Beat the mating first TO re-
move all dust. then take II out OF
doors and scrub II well with bran wa.
ter or with water TO which n small
quantity Of salt has been added Soap
has q tendency to turn mating yel-
low. and should not be used. After
tho mating has been put through
this process. II should be rinsed with
cold water, rubbed as dry as possible
with clean cloth and hung on line
10 complete the drying.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-05-22
Hls Parental Excuse.

Teacher-You wero absent from
school yesterday
Tommie-Yes, mn'am. was sick.
Have you any excuse for being sick
yesterday"
Yes. ma'am. II was the pie. ma'am. 70
Il mean have you any excuse from
your parents for being sick yester-
dayT /
Yes. ma'am. II was pic vhas
mother made what made me sick"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-05-22
DARK ROOM EMERGENCY LAMP
Easy Matter to Arrange Ruby Light
for Developing Films and Plates
Tungsten Globe Used.

In developing films and plates II Is
essential that a ruby lamp be used.
Not having one took my Brownie No.
2 camera. In the back OF which is a
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-05-22

An ostrich feather that has become
uncurled from the dampness may bo
curled again by sprinkllng II thickly
with common salt and shaking II be-
fore bright fire until II is dry.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-05-22

small ruby lens, and removed the flm
holder. says n writer in tho Popular
Electricity. In this space was placed a
small tungsten battery lamp. A few
feet OF flexible wire was attached To
the lamp socket terminals and a dry
battery furnished the current
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-05-22

A small but practical electric rail.
way has been installed In a Paris
sewer.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-20
BUILDS AEROPLANE
FOR EUROPEAN WAR
Whitestone Man viii Not Tell Which
Country Ordered 1t.

whitestone, L. l., Dec. 1s.-George
Cove. for the past three years resident
of Breechhursh has a contract from one
of the European governments to build
an aeroplane for use in the present war.
1t is being secretly constructed in the
old tin can factory on North Eleventh
street
Mr.. Cove admitted that the machine Is
to be used in the war, but refused to
state what nation had ordered It. The
machine will be built along the lines of
the Curtis flyers and will be equipped
with a patented balancer invented by
Mr.. Cove.
Cove has for years been experimenting
with flying machines and has q number
of other patented inventions which will
be used for the FIRST time In this new
flyer. 1t is to have room for a machine
gun and for bombs.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-20
BRITISH Capture
GARDEN OF eden
Basra. Reputed in Fable to Be
Adams Birthplace, Is
Taken.
DATE PALMS ARE SACRED
Ancient Town Also Said to Have Been
Haunt of Sinbad. the Sailor. Who
Was Real Character.

Cairo. Dec BIN capturing Basra, Just
below the mouths of the Tigris and the
Euphrates, the British now have the sat
isfaction of controlling the spot where
God is popularity supposed to have
created Adam. Basra is also the place
from which the ship Of Sinbad the Sailor
carried him on his amazing adventures.
From a political point Of view Basra
is important because the Germans IN
there. II is the center of the world S
date trade.
Basra is on the Shatt-Ul-ATab an es-
tuary formed of the combined waters Of
the Tigris, Euphrates and Karun rivers.
The Shah empties into the Persian Gulf.
The British already controlled Fac, a
cable station on the gulf. From here
the expedition proceeded up the western
or Turkish bank of the Shaft Beautiful
date palms line the waterway.
Was Garden of Eden.
The bank on the eastern side forms one
edge of Adagan Island, traditiOnally the
site of the Garden OF Eden, but now
boasting principally the refneries of the
Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The oil
runs down $50 miles from the Bakhtiari
Mountains of Persia, where crude pc
troleum gushes from the ground N
abundance.
Another site on the way to Basra is
the home of the powerful Sheikh OF Mo-
hammera. The British steamers always
fire a salute when passing, because the
Sheikh once came to the rescue Of a
British boat attacked by pirates near his
home.
Basra itself is on the southern side of
the river. 1t is entirely modern, the old
The Washington herald., 1914-12-20

city of Basra from which sinbad the
Sailor made his seven voyages being
now a good four miles inland. Old Basra
now called Zotbeir, was in those days
for Sinbad Is not an entirely fictitious
character-on the sea or, at least, on the
salt tide that ebbed and flowed along
the Khor Abdulla, then the chief mouth
OF the Euphrates.
Built TO Stand Siege.
The most conspicuous buildings in Bas-
ra are the British consulate. q sturdy,
verandaed house. that, properly sand
bagged, could give good account Of IT.
self against mere rifle-fire, and the Lynch
Offices, almost next door. A little farther
upstream is the Ashar, creek that ex-
tends for some distance southward from
the river. II is crowded with boats Of
all sizes, from canoes to bungalows, and
on the southeastern side is a kind Of
promenade between the creek and a row
Of tumble-down houses which represent
the Piccadilly OF Basra.
Away in old Basra there is not much to
see except the minaret Of Bash-Ayyan,
which is, perhaps, $50 years old, and has
a picturesque courtyard. Nothing. IN
fortunately, recalls the Basra of Sinbad
any more than modern Bagdad repre-
sents the Bagdad of the good Caliph Ha-
the streets and one lump of hard brick
work, which is, alas fast dropping into
the Tigris. But the date gardens be-
tween Old and New Basra have a special
interest of their own. for 1t was the clay
between the roots Of the date palm at
Basra that Jehovah gathered the clay
with which he fashioned Adam In the
Garden Of Eden. For this reason the de-
vout Mohamedan will never abuse his
date trees, however much they fail him,
for the command in the Koran runs:
Respect the date palms. for they are
your aunts."
Date Palms Sacred.
GIbbon mentioned THE Christmas Of
St John, OF Basra." These are the Seba-
cans, a strange race that lives in the
Euphrates' bed, and, besides dairy farm
ing, earn a livelihood by making the one
remaining mystery Of metal work in the
world. They execute beautiful Niello de-
signs in silver, gold and black, and would
die rather than surrender the secret of
the workmanship. They are q quiet folk,
If only because they believe that St.
John the Baptist was the real Messiah,
and worship only him-and the Pole Star
They keep their doctrine as much a Sc
cret as their metallurgy, but certain
tenets are admitted by them which link
them not only with Christianity and
Gnosticism, but with Islam and Zorcas-
trianism.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-20
J. T. MooRE's WILL FILED.
Wealthy Rockville Farmer Leaves
Income to Widow.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
Rockville, Md. Dec. 1e.-The will Of
Joseph T. Moore, financier, farmer and
former State senator from this county
who died suddenly OF heart failure re,
Gently. has been admitted to probate in
the Orphans Court here. 1t disposes OF
a large estate, the value of which is vari.
ously estimated at from $500, 900 to s., 900,
900. The will, dated April IS, 1906, names
Joseph w. Tilton and Thomas L. Moore
son-in-law and son. respectively, OF the
testator, as executors.
Thomas L. Moore, Frederick p. Moore
and George H. Moore, sons of the ties.
tator. each are given a paid-up life in.
surance policy of s, 1000. The will provides
that $4,000 In life insurance be equally
divided among the six children OF the
deceased, and that the income from the
residue OF the estate be paid to the widow
Mrs. Eliza H. Moore.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-20
"Gibson Girls" Husband Slain.

London, Dec. l9-Tonights casualty
list includes among the names of officers
killed in the fighting in France and Bel
gium that of Capt Hon. Henry L. Bruce.
Of the Royal Scots. Capt. Bruce was the
heir OF Lord Aberdare and was married
to Camille Clifford. the New York act
ress, who was known as the original
Gibson Girl"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-20

The letter carriers in Portugal save
themselves much walking on Sundays by
delivering letters at church.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-12-17
SHOOTING OVER
LINE CONTINUES
THE FIRE MAY BE RETURNED
AGAINST THE MExICANS.

Washington, d. C.-Although both
Provisional President Gutierrez and
Caranza assured the American gov
eminent that their forces had been
instructed to conhne their fire to Mex
lean territory, nothing official had
been received late yesterday to in
dicate the receipt of such Instructions
by the respective commanders at Ma
CO. Officials here are unable to UNI
derstand the delay in the delivery OF
the messages, copies of which have
passed through American telegraph
lines to Naco. In the meantime inter
mittent firing continues.
The general belief last night was
that President Wilson would wait al
least anot er day, perhaps discuss
ing the subject with his cabinet to-
morrow, and then, if the demands of
the United States were not complied
with, the threat of Washington to
return with artillery any fire into
American territory may be carried
out. AS yet, however, no further
orders have been sent to Brigadier
General Tasker H. Bliss, in charge
of the situation at Naco, Arix.
Carranza is Ignored.
Administration officials attached
no Importance to the statement OF
Carranza that il the United States
fired into Mexican territory it will he
IAN act of hostility" Some officials
pointed out that the american gov
eminent was inclined to regard shots
from Mexico into the United State
in the same aspect. In view of the
urgent tone of the MESSAGE from pro-
visional President Gutierrez to Gen
eral M%aytorena, officials believed the
latter would remove his troops and
avoid complications. Should n OF
the two factions, it is said, heed the
warning of the United States, the
need for defensive fire would Of
course be removed.
Secretary Bryan had received no
further word last night of the cir
cumstances surrounding the killing o.
the two Americans at Cananea, bui
as soon as the responsibility for thu
o%ccurance is determined, it is under.
stood he will demand punishment O.
the guilty parties. The reports thus
far received say they were killed by
irresponsible bandits.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-12-17
IOWA SLAYER
GETS 8 YEAR
CIRCUS HAND WHO KILLED EN-
PLOYER is SENTENCED.

Ottuwa, Ia.--A sentence of eight
years at hard labor was the judg-
msnt passed by Judge Anderson here
on Clarence Mccormick for murder
of L. A. Mellott, near Hedrick, Ia.,j
on the night of October 9th, The
defendant changed his plea after a
weeks trial for first degree murder
to manslaughter.
Mccormick and Mrs. Ruth McCul-
Tough were arrested for the crime in
Chicago on October IA and indicted
here BY the grand jury for first de-
gree murder. The woman's trial
comes up in the January term of
court.
The Judge in passing sentence
stated he believed the state wrong
in the theory that robbery was the
motive and he thought the jury
would reach a verdict of murder or
acquittal.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-12-17
THE M We 7.

New York Gle5.s: Those N4ao would
like better military preparedness
have had the bad luck til have the
Hon. "Gussie" Gardner fSist himself
on them as their generalissimo. Now
Mr.. Gardner is by temperament and
practice an exaggerator. He thinks
that the way to advance a cause Is
to yell loudly. He has a fire alarm
type OF mind. Moreover, he is az
licted with the notion that he has
great gifts In the way 81 witty verbal
characterization. Instead Of discus
sing a serious matter in a serious
way he manufactures qufps. He
says the president is pursuing a
LULLABY policy" asks whether chau-
tauqua lectures are to be our chief
defensive resource, and sneer at
he president as a transcendentallst.
Mr.. Gardner's expressions and gem
eral attitude have cheapened his
cause and brought to thousands sof
minds the thought that he Is chiefly
Interested In embarrassing the ad-
ministration and in. making party
capital.
On the other hand. Secretary
Bryan, with his inane and shallow
pacificism, is almost an equal handi-
cap to those who ~depreciate hysteri-
cal jingoism. The average man, dis
posed to trust the president and the
expert staff of the war and navy de-
partments, finds it difficult to resist
4 desire to become a screaming mill
farist when Mr.. Bryan begins to ex-
pound his brand of pacificism. A
large element of the population is In
the habit of finding out the opinion
lof Mr.. Bryan and then adopting a
contrary one. The practice OF as
suming that the secretary Of state Is
necessarily wrong may not be strict
X logical, but IT has precedent be-
hind it.
AS to the so MISUNDERSTANDING of.
military conditions there Is practlcAl-
lily no difference Of opinion. The Facts
are we'll known tosNhe chief OFFICERS
of the army and navy, and, good or
bad, they should be laid before the
country now that the country has In
dictated a desire to be informed. No
special need exists for an unusual
linquistorial commission, with muck
traking attachments and the Hon.
"Gussie" Gardner the principal In
Iquisitor. No good will come from eff
forts to scandhlize or to sensational
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-12-17
AMERICANS REPORTED KILLED.

Washington, D. C.-Thos. Francis
and another American whose name is
undetermined has been killed at
Sonora, Mexico, according to the re-
port of the American consular agent
at Cananea. Secretary Bryan has
directed no. investigation. No details
were given in the dispatch except
that the killing occurred between
Aqua Prieta, Naco.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-12-17

L a- II
An attractive girl with every Indication
4 education, but with hair cut close Is
her head and q strange masculine car
fage and manner Of speaking. has pro-
'ided an interesting study for the police
If Chicago. who have Der. in custody. She
ives her name as Irene Lane, admits that
ler real name, If known. would .astoniah
Tho East" and boasts OF tho fact that she
s and has been for more than q year a
tramp" not a common tramp. but III
associate of the leaders of tho tram.
world.
She explained that she was a con
graduate and. tired of tsarrsa: stH
iecided to take "a cling nfs
ny in the open. and,
lad met sash tfEll rsfs
rays iSss 81 Il e h ss
e the other Sae a~eisatn0led to remain
free" until she lost interest .4asrs,s
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-12-17
a SOVEREIGN STATE.

There is a great deal of discussion
now in the papers as to- whether the
can repeal the primary law
or not. 1t seems that even our best
lawyers. are at a loss Of definite
knowledge in the promises. But there
seems to be a general demand from
all parties and from every man who
discusses for either its repeal, o
radical changes in its provisions. It
seems hardly possible that 3 law.
ment by the legislature, andsit seems
equally impossible that because the
law was passed by a vote OF the psafo-
pie direct it is any more beyond the
legislature than it would be II pass
ed by the representatives Of the pe0-
pie in Legislature assembled. In
The latter case it Is the act OF the
people Just as much as In the present
case. But be that IS 1t may At
seems strange that q law SO passed
can by any reasoning be, considered
as part Of the constitution. We SUBJ
NIT to the people amendments to the
constitution and, they. are voted for
as such, but the laws initiated are
not called or considered aslla part OF
that instrument, Gre not voted Q
on the. same ballot. and it seems I'M
possible that aslaw' initiated can be
any different from. one passed by b
legislature. But 4 suppose we must
leave the Interpretation of such
things to the courts. "a IN
The thing that strikes me as be-
ling SO alarming under Uur present
Interpretation Of law is that one man
camrsa to he taEen Nv theTlerisla-
trra ~ ,s a,arming That. INC man
tas +h;s state CO hnnnd nv this nri-
n NOS .n thos the STATE 10 helnIess. He
nnw nasts that no ono shali IL al
iourad - maddIa w,tb tbis ahomfna-
tion thot tha IastsIatnra sha1I mt
anana ~ +hat - eannnt Ia roneaied-
IN 49, ~ ~ aSiv u,silf ~ a.
anu sna. ~ lua = ~ nt,s ngos 4, nv
" rorn.;an ony snmhis q srros
49, ~ 80 has ,nanav - nate
s s,S'v .hsaata ran y na = y "a: Snrev
M nc 49, .a,a.s = ,,,c,, 4
nr.snas..s atn.. ~. ~ rccrsv
unsuspecsin s.aeS, ~ 800 4 1900
.las enapleu LIN au,s 10y ~ sras
ep ahu passeu asain. Aiiu Nc ,, t'i hIs
LA ~ WI Len = IA, MI - 3. =.
money asaln, Ahu " NJ. tassaas
eeauy - saiu = nase nis pa.aehs
lol alaellllenss inaus asauy auu ~
VII oe " ~ ~ ~ .aa
cnanses ere suD.nis.su = = 49,
pie M. az aame iss.sia'uls - n ~.
= 80 !, ~ t.ts
us nioaey, ~ sIeaseI sial N.ie 49,
= sou.n pakvsa. lnsteau u. . Du.us
= sosele,sn sea ~ " ~ nis.eay 2
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-12-17

j. u. HsSyler, WHO recentlx sola1
hts property southwests of ihe cit5g
left yesterday with M sxAmtty ~
California, whore they vii ~
their hoMla near Sacramentos
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-07-23
ACTIVELY HOSTILE TO MAN
Scientist Points Out Why Instinct to
Kill Insects Has Root In Self.
P~re3ervation.

Our instinct to kill insects at sight
is perfectly sound, writes DR.. Woods
Hutchinson. Out of the quarter of a
million species now known to science,
a mere handful are even remotely
helpful to man, and most Of these only
by their power Of living upon other
and more dangerous insects. On the
other hand. thousands of species r
actively hostile to man, his food
plants and to his domestic animals,
Whole tribes have been swept out Of
existence by the attack of insects car
rying bacilli-as within the last two
decades In Central Africa by the dread
sleeping Sickness" carried by the
tsetse fly. Whole nations have been.
weakened and crippled and whole civ:
ilizations retarded by another insect
borne disease-malaria. Indeed. re.
cent investigators have advanced the
theory that the historic decline in both
Greece and Rome was largely due to
the ravages OF this disease, brought
into Europe by armies returning from
wars in Asia and Africa. It may yet
come when we sex things in their true
perspective that the warriors of civ
ilized nations will turn from slaugh-
tering one another to battling against
our insect enemies. Turn every bat.
terry Of artillery in the world against
that angel Of The pestilence, the COM
mon house fly and in ten years he
would be exterminated root and
branch. With him would go half of
our $4,000 deaths in the United States
every year from the summer diseases
Of children, tv,o-thirds Of our dyson.
teries and cholera morbus and one
fourth Of our typhoid, with not a lit
tie Of our tuberculosis. our tetanus
and our bolts and blood poisonings.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-07-23

ly place themselves within the power
Of the spirits. So when any one Dies;
the only anxiety of the surviving rela-;
tives Is to get rid Of the body as;
quickly IS possible. If there are any!
white men living in the neighborhood,'
an effort is made to induce them to,
perform the offices of undertaken. If.
not, the disposition of the body de-;
ponds somewhat upon circumstances:
II the hogan-the modern wig wants
built Of wood. it is set on fire and
burned with the body in it. If of.
stone the body is usually taken Quit
side. the entrance to the hogan closed,
up with stones and sticks, and a hole
made in the wall opposite to permit
the evil spirits to enter and depart,
and to warn passers-by that the struc-
ture belongs to the dead. If the death
occurred in a rocky country. the body
will likely be taken to some crevice
and thrown in 1t. It may be left un-
covered. to become the prey of wolves
and coyotes, or sticks and stones may
be cast over 1t. If the family lives
in a sandy part of the reservation,
with no convenient crevices or chasms
lear by. the body will be laid upon the
sand, a little earth and some stones
thrown upon It, and a pile of brush
laid over all.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-07-23
MOST FAMOUS OF THRONES
That Of Indian Moguls In the Ancient
City Of Delhi a Marvel Of
Richness.

RtchneS0.
Among bare and ugly British bar.
racks In the ancient capital Of the
Mogul empire in India known as Delhi
are remnants of two famous gems of
Oriental architecture. They are tho
Diwani-Am, or hall of public audience,
and the Diwan-i-Khas, or hall Of pri.
vate audience. The Diwani-Am Is
still a splendid building 100 feet by
so, formerly plastered with chunam
and overlaid with gold. It was in a
recess in the back wall Of this build.
Ing that the famous Peacock throne
used to stand. It was six feet long by
four feet wide, and vas supported by
feet of solid gold incrusted with gems.
The throne was also OF gold. inlaid
with diamonds, emeralds and rubies
and surmounted by a canopy support
ed by IL gold columns decorated with
rows of splendid pearls. The throne
was given its name from the figures
standing behind it of two peacocks
with outspread wings blazing with
precious stones, their tails expanded
and the whole 80 inlaid with sap
phires. rubies, emeralds, pearls and
other gems of appropriate colors as
to represent life. The throne was
valued at $30,000,000 and was carried
off by the Persian invader, Nadir
Shah, in 1889. Presumably it was cor.
structed in the days of Shah Jahan,
a decade less than three hundred
years ago.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-07-23
Cooling of the Earth.

The application of Stefan's law to
the calculation Of the mean tempera-
ture Of the earth, at a given latitude,
shows that at the latitude Of 80 de-
grees. the temperature was in the
neighborhood Of 80 degrees Cent,
when the suns radius was about one
and q. half times it's present dimen.
sions, i.e., about two million years ago..
Thus it would appear that life COM
menced on the earth in the vicinity
of the poles. The same reasoning
leads us to the conclusion that in
less than two million years, when the
suns radius will be reduced by one
tenth Of its present value, the tenn.
p%erature on the earth will have fallen
below 0 degree, even at the equator.
Scientific American.