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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
ENRON.
Henry Dowen is i'll.

Henry Dowell is ill.,
Orley Voolfolk is spending the
holidays with his parents.
d. s. Childs, of Louisville, spen {
Christmas here with his family.
DR.. Stith took Christmas dinner
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thorn
as Stith.
David Sanders and family are max
ing an extended visit to relatives in
Louisville.
Miss Minnie Voolfolk has returned
from very pleasant visit to trien DIS
in Louisville
Miss Myrtle Norton is spending the
holidays with her aunt Mrs. Bishop,
near Brandenburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. JF. Voolfolk enter
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30

We acknowledge with pleasure the
many good wishes of all our corre-
spondents and especially our good
and faithful Golden Rod, who is
always cheerful and bright, in season
and ont and saying helpful things
for Ms all
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30

Self-development is the one thing
of Importance above all others for
the young man and the young woman
In this coming good year of 1904.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
EIGHT PAGES
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30. 1908.

In making up your new resolutions
here is good one from Ella Wheeler
Wilcox Resolve to do and to be what
you want others to do and be. -
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
YOu Know What You Are Iaklnr.

When you take Groves Tasteless Chill Ton
&c because the formula is plainly printed on
every bottle showing that 1t is simply Iron
and Quinine I'm tasteless form. No cur a
No pay. Price soc.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
Stith-Staten.

Hardinsburg, Ky, Dec 29-(Spe-
cial Miss Ellen Morris Stith and
Mr.. NJ lvin Forest Staten of Bowling
Green, were married Monday evening
at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J b. Stith, in Hardins-
burg In the presence of a number of
rela tives and friends, by Rev. W. II.
Calvert. The only out-of town guest
was Mr.. NJ E. Staten, of Paducah,
bro' her of the groom.
The bride wore a beautiful brown
suit, with an exquisite handmade
Arabian collar.
Many handsome presents were re-
ceived by the bride and groom.
Mr.. Staten holds an important posi-
ton with the well-known Cherry
Business college, at Bowling Gree n,
with which ne has been connected for
three years
Miss Stlth has, for several years,
been engaged in Breckenridge county
as a teacher and has been decidedly
successful.
The News, in common with many
friends, offers congratulations.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30

Everybody's magazine is so full of
good reading this month, it ought
cost more than dime Sold by. d.
BdbbARe.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

and delivers registered letters, and
gives receipts for money orders. In
short, he is himself a veritable travel
ing postoffice, performing all of the
functions of such an institution, even
to canceling the stamps on the matter
he collects.
In 1894 Congress made it's first ap-
preparation, $4,000, for rural free de-
livery, but the experimentation such
it was regarded-was not actually
tried until 1896, when $4,000 was
placed for the purpose at the disposal
Of the Postmaster General. The appro-
priation for the present fiscal year is
I 1929 500. In 1897 there was forty
four routes in operation; to-day II $50
routes are covered by carriers every
day, and the system has been extended
even to the mining districts of the
West, which are held to be technically
rural, because nOn-urban.
How to Get 1t.
New routes are being started as fast
as they ear be laid out, and 100000
petitions for additional ones are now
under consideration by the Postoffice
Department. A route must be from
twenty to twenty-five miles in length,
must feed at least 100 dwellings, and
must be so planned that the carrier
shall go out by one road and come
back by another. To obtain rural de-
livery, the. farmers Of a neighborhood
must forward to Washington, through
their Congressman, a petition, with a
diagram Of the proposed route. Then
a special agent will be sen to look
into the matter, and, If his report Is
favorable, the route will be estab-
lished.
The rural free delivery system for
some years to come will considerably
augment the annual deficit Of the
POstotfice Department; but in the long
run it will be a source of profit to the
government, through the increased use
of the mails which it will bring about.
Already it has done away with large
numbers of fourth-class postoffices,
and with numerous ''star routes" in
out-of-the-way parts Of the country.
Its value to the people, however, is be-
yond estimate in money, and the farm
folks, into whose lives 1t has brought
so much that helps to make them
worth living, have every reason to
bless this new and benevolent enter
prise Of Uncle Sam's.-Detroit Free
Press.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
Forthe Benefit of the Blind.

One of the interesting features of
the Library of Congress is the depart.
ment for the blind, where books and
special accommodations are furnished,
At frequent Intervals readings. recita.
lions and music are given by promin.
ent society folk for the benefit of the
blind who visit the library. Prominent
men and women take pleasure in set.
ting aside II portion of their time 70
read to the afflicted or to entertain
them and 1t is considered quite an
honor to receive an invitation from tho
librarian.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

Professor thinner, of Berlin, who is
n very wise man, has been inv~estigat-
ing the causes OF insanity among
women, and has reached the conclu-
sion that with the coming of women
In competition with men must follow
n tremendous increase of insanity
among women 1t sounds reasonable.
And II hurts. The man who Is n real
man feels sorry every time he secs n
frail woman patiently doing labor that
would tax the strength and endurance
of II man. Nature didn't plan II that
way. Nature failed to make for her
the big bones and strong muscles that
are needed. And there IN the food
question. You see the girl who works
hard quietly take II sea- In the restau-
rant and order tea and rolls. She fits
her lunch To her purse, not To her
needs. She doesn't provide enough
fuel for her body, because she cannot;
and ut q o'clock, when the store closes
or the factory wheels are still. she
goes home with Il raging headache and
tortured brain, and worries when She
should be sleeping, Yes, 1t is easy TO
see that more women are going into
Warehouses;, and 1t is not easy to find n
remedy. Business is heartless. II
doesn't take much account Of sex. II
demands more, and always more. II
cries for increased efficiency and great
or e%nergy-in the schoolroom. office.
factory II is never satisfied. The
world respects the business m
II recognizes her efficiency. 1t knows
she can do most things as well ms n
a n many things better. But the
thinking part of 1t remembers the tired
faces of the army that is going home
from work; searches almost In vain
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

livery system, the situation is wholly
changed. The agriculturist, far from
the throng of towns, is in touch with
all the world.
Extending the Privilege.
Six million farm people already en-
joy this comprehensive privilege,
which has so marvelously enlarged
the horizon of their lives. The same
privilege is to be extended to 100000
additional rural residents within the
next three years, bringing more than
100000 square miles within the scope
of the system. There are now 1850
rural routes in actual operation, COW
ering 100000 square miles. The sys-
TEN three years hence will cover more
than one. fourth Of the total area of the
United States, exclusive of Alaska,
and will require the services of 10000
employees, with an annual appropria-
ton of $24, O00, 1000.
incidentally, the new contact with
the outside world brings to the farm
err more knowledge. He acquires fresh
ideas, which enables him to raise
larger and better crops. 70 facilitate
the carriers trips, he is inspired to i'm
prove the roads; and, when there is
a snow blockade, he is eager to turn
out, with his neighbors, and open a
track for traffic-a work of enterprise
that does good two ways, inasmuch
as it enables the towns to get their
regular supplies of fresh country pro-
duce, which would otherwise be cut
off.
AS for the farmers wife, she benefits
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
ACCIDENTS WILL BE FEW.
Double-Tracking Railways Is Reduc-
ing the Dangers of Travel.

Double-Tracking Railways Is Reduc-
ing the Dangers of Travel.
In order that he might see the i'm
provements made Of late years in the
railway service Of the country the first
train dispatcher who sent orders by
telegraph when employed on a Yer
mont line recently made a trip on one
of the leading Southern railroads and
was asked to tell what he thought
was the greatest advance in American
railroading-the modern locomotives,
the heavier rails, the signal systems,
the improved cars, the new roadbeds,
the automatic brakes or the new meth
DDS Of switching. Allowing all the i'm
p%ortance Of all these, he declared the
chief improvement in the safety, celer-
ity and profit in American railroading
to be the present system Of double
tracking which is being steadily ex-
tended to all main lines Of the country.
At the beginning of 1901 there were
10000 miles of main or single track
on the railroads Of the United States
and 10000 miles of second track. Ten
years before that there were 1856, 900
miles Of main or single and 5000 miles
of double track.
In the ten years intervening the
amount Of double track increased so
per cent, while the amount of single
track increased less than %. At the
present ratio Of growth in n few years
the chief railroad system will nave
their main lines all double tracked. all
the branch, subsidiary and feeding
lines, which constitute a very large
part of every railroad system, do not
require double-track service.
On a single-track line having a large
business the running Of trains on
schedule time is practically impossi-
BILE and the danger of accidents by col
lision or derailment is much greater.
A single breakdown paralyzes the
whole line and the maintenance of
sidings is a continual item of cost re-
curing great care in operation.
For all three reasons double track
Ing has come to be considered an es-
sential to up-to-date railroad service.
There were even, at the last computa-
ton, 1,200 miles Of third track on
American railroads and 900 miles Of
fourth track. The remainder of the
mileage is made up of sidings and
yard track.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

from robbers as when deposited In re-
ceptacles on urban street corners
Another new departure Is likely to
be the employment Of women more ex-
tensively as carriers on rural routes.
Already a few mail carriers of the
gentler sex are in the service at the
customary $50 a month, and they have
been found very satisfactory. The
work they are obliged to do is not Sc
we're or arduous, except occasionally
in stormy weather, and the official
uniform Of light gray cloth, cut to fit
the figure neatly, is n~oticeably becom-
ing. Thus attired the postwoman, with
her pack of letters and newspapers, is
a most cheerful and attractive object.
1t was not intended at the outset that
women should be employed as rural
mail carriers, but a number were en-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

not less than her husband by the rural
free delivery. The old-time isolation
weighed upon her even more than
upon him, but now she is a woman of
the world; she takes in" the newest
periodical literature, and enioys nc.
quaintance with the latest fashions.
1t is her own fault if she Is more than
sixty days behind Paris in the pattern
Of her frocks, and her opinions on the
topics of the day (as expressed over a
cup OF tea at the "neighborhood So
ciar) are based no longer upon CLEAN
ings from the. gossip Of the corner gro
Gerry, but upon the latest news dis
patches and editorials published In the
daily press.
ordinarily the mail box stands fast
ened to its post, by the roadside near
the farmers door, but. where there
Is a crossroad, there is apt to be an
assemblage of boxes, each reprosent.
ing n dwelling in the n~eighborhood and
bearing the name of the owner. In
TINS way the work of the carrier Is
made easier, and 1t is no trouble for
the children to come once a dav to
deposit letters, and to collect whatever
the postman may have brought. No
wonder that the folks of the
side, taking pride in their new postal
Facilities, are eager to contribute mon
ey out of their own pockets for tbe
purchase of a uniform and appropriate
wagon for the governments messen-
ger. Hitherto they have paid about
$500 apiece for the mail boxes. of nat
terms prescribed by the Postofice De-
partment, but the receptacles will cost
them nothing when the plan of owner
snip by Uncle Sam goes into effect.
The carrier leaves the town post
office after the arrival Of the morning
mail, and returns in time for the even.
Ing mail. Not only does he drop let
tiers, etc.. into the farm boxes, and col.
lect from them, but he carries stamps
for sale, and afixes the necessary post
age when money for the purpose has
been put into the box. He registers
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

Traffic in children has two sides. A
young woman doctor having charge of
n mission hospital in Soochow was re-
Gently visited by two young Cinnamon
carrying n wee baby girl. They We're
much embarrassed and very awkward
with their charge. They had found
1t in a straw hut, its mother dying;
and taking pity upon the baby, had
bought 1t for ten dollars. Having no
women relatives, they had taken entire
charge of it themselves, and ut last,
that it might have n fair start In life,
had brought 1t to the American hospi-
tai for treatment. Doing 1t unto the
least Of these" did not the s~o-called
heather Chinee do it unto Him?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

ployed without their sex being known
to the government, and as they per-
formed their duties just as well as the
men they have been retained.
A Desirable Position. e.
The rural delivery boxes are so ar
ranged-being neatly painted and fas-
tened to posts at a height of five feet
above the ground-that it is not neces-
sary for the carrier to dismount from
his horse, or from the liSle wagon
which he more commonly employs in
his business. He is obliged to furnish
both horse and wagon at his w ex-
pense, but he is permitted to transport
passengers, as well as to carry unmail-
able packages and other odds and
ends, so that he earns a good deal of
extra money. Incidentally, he is news
agent and newspaper distributor, and
thus, with multiplied activities, he de-
rives an income from quite a variety
of sources.
The rural carrier is likely to be lust
about the most popular person In the
neighborhoOd. All the world loves the
postman, of course, but in the country
districts 1t Is out of the question for
anybody to get the job of transporting
the mails unless he is liked by the
n%eighbors. That is the first REQUIRE
ment made by the Postofiice Depart
ment. In addition, the applicant for
such a place must be sober, able
bodied. and able to read and write.
His age may be anywhere between II
and 55.
Just think, II you please, that up to
within the last four or five years every
farmer in the United States was
obliged, whenever he wanted to mail
n letter or expected 10 receive one. TO
go from two to twelve miles TO the
nearest p~ostofice. Usually he had TO
perform this task once or twice n
week, and. II he was a subscriber to
n newspaper or n magazine, he had
no other means Of obtaining the litera-
ture In question. But now, thanks TO
the introduction Of the rural free de.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

Is the sword to go out Of modern
warfare? Colonel Arthur L. Wagner,
who was chief umpire at the recent
Fort Riley maneuvers, thinks the sword
has no practical value. Among other
things he is reported as saying: in
many cases the first indication of the
opposing force was given by the flash
ing Of n bright scabbard in the sun
light. In the hands of military mel,
under the existing conditions Of war
fare, a sword is simply an antiquated
nuisance retained only because of the
conservatism that might as well re-
tain the cuirass, the merton or the
spontoOn." While we are more accus-
TONED to the pen than the sword and
may be accused of being partial, we
are, says the Chicago Journal, inclined
to believe that Colonel Wagner is
right. We do not recall any heroic
sword play in the war with Spain, al
though we have vivid recollections of
the deadly work of the mauser bullets.
Before the day Of repeating rifles. self
cooking revolvers, and rapid-fring
guns Of all sorts, the sword was doubt
less a good weapon. Certainly it has
n large place in poetry and
and a reputation for drinking blood.
We have heard so much of 1.-THE trusty
sword" 1.-THE flashing blade" and 'the
avenging sword" that 1t is hard to
believe that the time has come to put
this famous weapon on the antigua
rian's shelf. The trouble with a sword
Is that 1t requires a brave man to a r
ry 1t into thrusting distance. Before
any foolhardy man could do that. the
bullet would get In its work. Even in
the case of a sudden attack and a fight
ut close quarters n revolver Is much to
be preferred to the older weapon. For
reasons of sentiment and poetry the
war departments may find Il. advisable
to continue the sword n few years
longer before turning 1t over exclusive.
ly to the stage, the secret societies, and
the German universities. Take the
sword out Of wal and you lose much
of the sentiment and poetry of the
game-intiuences needed to get men TO
20 to war. AS to the practical value
OF he sword military men, we believe.
Will privately admit that II has none.
The time Is not far distant for the re.
alization of the old prophecy: ''They
shall beat their swords into plough.
shares"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

The best present a woman can give
herself is a good friend. The first step
toward that is that she should show
herself friendly. No real companion
ship ever comes to the woman who Is
cool or reserved. The world has jeer-
ed for so long at the friendship posi-
bic to women that they are themselves
hardly yet inclined to take such friend
ship seriously. Still, the intimacies Of
life in women's colleges and the COM
have undoubtedly done much to open
to the solitary sex the enchanted
ground of friendship. The briefest eX-
perience proves that friendship takes
tablished between two women while
Il sits on the edge of a chair, furred,
bonneted and gloved, and the other
counts the minutes by the clock before
she may be released to go back to her
afternoon task. The hour Of unhur-
ried leisure before the open fire or the
long walk over country roads may not
produce as glib talk as the formal call,
but they foster acquaintance as that
ceremony never can. Out Of real
friendship there will never come irri-
tation with work, discomfort with
household conditions, or cheapened ties
in any relation of life. The good friend
becomes by the fact of being a good
friend a better sister, daughter, wife,
mother. If she does not bring forth
this fruit of friendship it may be sus
pected that she is cherishing only a
m~ake-believe, and not the genuine ar
ticle. When the real seed springs up,
1t produces the flower Of life. Emerson
somewhere says that it makes no diff
ference in looking back five years how
we have been fed or dressed or lodged.
These things are quickly forgotten,
and leave little or no trace. But it
counts much whether during that time
we have been companioned, and how,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

for smiles, and hopes and prays that
lie dayNNill come when the need for
and the needs of the woman in bust
ness will be less keen, and the lot OF
the mothers of a coming generation be
less hard.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

Prime Minister White says Russia
has to spend too much on her army to
spare enough for education. OF course
this Is in darkest Russia. But how
about England, who has to trade with
the church for school buildings while
she spends millions sterling for unim-
proved real estate at the other end Of
the earth?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
True Story for Bows.

a stage coach full Of passengers was
held up by robbers in the Indian ter.
ritory. Every one was required to leave
the vehicle and stand with their hands
above their heads. A boy among thg
number laughingly said to the man who
was relieving the others of their valu'
ables:
This is a mighty high-handed piecs
OF business. I'm getting tired"
The robber laughed and did not in
vestigate the little mans garments
where there was $1,000 hidden away
The Little Chronicle.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

The new charge d~'affaires from Ger
many remarks that the press Of that
country and the United States is free.
This joke will be richly appreciated by
those German editors who have been
sent to jail or had their papers confis-
Gated for lese majestic.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
Convalescent Homes.

1t Is proposed to erect state conyal
escent homes in Austria for anaemIc
children and those whose weakened
condition renders them liable to con.
sumption.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

The Navy Department wants 5000
Western boys for our new ships. After
this it will be hard for the able-bodied
Western boy to furnish a good excuse
for not being a hero.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

Uncle Sam now has u gun that will
hurl a 16-inch prOjectile twenty-one
miles. 1t isn't guaranteed, however,
to hit anything smaller than the Allan
tic Ocean at that distance.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

DR.. Lyman Abbott rather likes the
newspapers. Evidently, the good doc
tor hasn't been doing anything that he
is afraid to have found out.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

Max Nordau's latest cheerful predic-
ton is universal war. AS a prophet,
Max is not exactly a bowling comedian.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

1t costs Uncle Sam $1,250,000 annu-
ally to predict that tomorrow will be
fair. And then it is likely to rain.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

The real backing Of the Monroe doc
trine is the American people, but a
good navy, of course, helps some.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

When the president of a bank dies
from insufficient circulation" the OUT
look is indeed gloomy.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

Patti will make another tour Of the
United States for 100000. This, of
course, she does purely in the interests
of art.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

The name of a farmer appears on a
recent land transfer as b. Wojciechow-
ski. That is not a name to crawl
through a barbed wire fence with.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

There is every reason to believe that
large diamond fields exist north Of Pre-.
toria. And yet some people insist that
wal doesn't pay!
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

What has become Of the o~ld.fashion.
ed nan who was always wanting to
bet a can Of oysters?