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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23
Lost Atlantis a Reality.

According to the view of DR.. Scharn'
the Atlantis" Of Plato was a reality
and not a myth, Madeira and the
Azores having been connected by lahu
with the European and African con-
tinents so late as the early portion Oh
the human period, says knowledge
This connection was. however but tue
last phase Of great Atlantic con-
tinent, which the author believes al
an earlier epoch to have EXTENDED
from Morocco (Which was then con-
nected with Portugal to South Amer
lea, reaching at least as far south "
st. Helena.
The evidence in favor of this former
extensive land connection has Deeh
drawn from careful survey OF tle
whole fauna of South America on tle
other. That marked affinities WIN
that of the >Mediterranean countries
on the one hand and that Of the SCUM
America OH the other. That anu
connection between Africa and Souln
America existed at a relatively reHo'e
geological epoch is now generally au
mitted, but stronger evidence WILL We
think. be required before the Theory
that the Azores were In connecuOn
with Portugal during the human
period is accepted. One Of the authors
arguments Is based on the circum
stance that so far back as 1885 two VI
these islands were named from tnen
being inhabited respectively BY Hv
bits and goats at time when 'nei'
We're no human denizens Of the group'
Hence, It Is urged, these animals Wa'
Indigenous. and not, as generally suP
posed, introduced.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

ever you 20. One would think. though,
with three women, household affairs
in so small an establishment might
be cleared up by night and give you
a chance to read in peace"
~ should think So Mrs. Heron Is
a splendid housekeeper; that Is she lays
out work finely and keeps the girls
right at it. Can't do much herself. She
Is sort Of mild but keeps pecking at
'em. We have two in the Winter, but
out in this bit of Summer home there
is nothing to do"
Melton looked at him as he sat smok-
ing complacently. Enough" he
thought. $50 the old lady is the peck
ing kind, Ell? l shouldn't have sus-
pected It,"
Fancy feeds her birds and has her
music, besides much reading and some
correspondence. She never has time for
these household matters; hates such
things, anyway, and we don't care to
have her do that sort of work." went
on Davis, pleasantly. "Lucretia tried
to break her in, but no. | overheard
them and had to smile. Said the girl:
Miss Fancy, feeding birds won't bring
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

The acting superintendent Of a chill
dren's home asked some boys on the
street what they were good for. One
little fellow, from the depths of his
wisdom, answered.: I'VE are the stuff
they make men Of. Give us a show"
There Is the text for a fine sermon.
In this world we reap as we SOW. The
crop that goes into the ground is the
crop that will come out of the ground.
Whether you deal with wheat or boys
you will get pretty nearly what you
plant Most of us have hazy idea
about the future Of the boy. He 10 a
young animal, with an abnormal ap.
petite and thousand faults. His faith
er tells him to avoid bad company,
hands out moral lesson or two, when
he happens to think about it at all.
and turns over the rest of the training
to mother, who, God bless her, weeps
and prays and loves, and knows prac-
tically nothing Of the pitfalls that are
an open book to her boys father How
can she warn him and explain things,
doesn't know tenth part of the
cussedness that exists in the world
II you want the boy to be successful
minister, doctor, lawyer or toiler at
any Of hundred trades, you must be-
gin to plan now-to think about next
year. and the time when he has
stretched out OF his clothes and pays
an occasional visit to the barber. You
can teach him industry, even If his
task is no more than cutting the grass
In the front yard. You can teach him
to scorn a lie and love the truth; to be
kind and thorough and careful. You
can make him learn to save without
being miserly, and spend without be-
ing prodigal. You can help him to
build strong body, and that will be
better than money in the bank when
he reaches the fortles. You can en-
courage his natural goodness and
check his inherited mischievousness.
You can make good man of him,
and the burden Of that duty is far
more with the parent than with the
| child. 1t takes time and trouble and
effort. But it pays. There is nothing
| finer in this world than Il square. up.
right. thinking. human being-the
highest type of Gods work. So. don't
always think of boy simply as Il boy
but as man that he is to be-and
| give him a show.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

BY order Of General Chaffee, who
comma nds the Department Of the East.
comprehensive system OF army ath-
letics Is about to be introduced. The
department will be divided into ten
districts, in each of which meets will
be held. The winners in each event"
will then constitute district team
and between the teams there will be
IN annual contest at West Point. The
exercises will consist of bayonet races,
equipment races, jumping, tent-peg-
ging, skirmishing, hurdling and gen
eral gymnastics. General Chaffee hopes
by this plan not only to improve the
physique of his troops. and to give
them some of the special training
which West Pointers receive, but also
to raise the moral standard by pro-
vidlng wholesome diversion.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23
The Lion Is Cowardly.

Men who have shot nearly all OF
the dark continents animals have, as
Il rule, nothing but contempt for the
so-called king OF beasts" the lion
To the hunter he is a cowardly, skulk
ing brute, far more dangerous to the
horses and oxen at night than to the
human part Of the expedition. Away.
ready to slink of and escape a fight II
given chance. There Is nothing
kingly about him and single man
can usually put half dozen lions to
flight.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

fined lines. Poor little c,,,w
breathed, brokenly. Poor littlo ne
Then he went to work. eHi'
Her brown eyes were big with w.
der as he left her in the caro- .. "Vn'
two women, who seemed not to +. .ue
what to do. N''0"
"It may be that l won't be- boo.,
he said shorply. 81 am going IN th
mountain tossee her father" De
Two hours later a farm ma
drove hastily into the Heron reSs
Out jumped a big man, grizzled a ans
Of respectable attire. u
"I've come for my darter," be .,
nounced, and his facial expression fo.a
bade contradiction.
Funny that young Melton shou,d !.
so taken up with Lucretia Woods :
hear people say they are going to h.
married." observed Davis Heron ~
his spouse three months after this ON "
isode. But then the Woods are er
cellent stock, II they are poor. had :.
notion at one time that Albert w.,
after our Fancy"
"Oh! no." replied Cornelia, stern,v
"He was not at all suitable. A ver,
ordinary person and no manners what
ever Why, he has never called bora
since Lucretia went heme." - Tbo
Housewife.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

In old days, when cities were sur
rounded by walls, and had gates which
were closed at sunset, the freedom Of
the city" meant a key delivered in a
beautiful casket, and perhaps an il
Illuminated parchment. The old custom
has never died. Even the tlme-honored
name still clings to the practice by
which a city, acting as host, bestows
formal and dignified hospitality upon
a distinguished guest. Note that it is
still the city which does this. The
smallest political unit, not the largest,
is the one which figures most often and
most extensively as an entertainer.
The nation entertains only the most
distinguished of individuals or those
Of the highest rank. The same Is true
Of the State the next political unit.
But the cities-how they open their
arms to the thousands, and in the best
sense Of the word give them 'the free
dom of the city" Once a year the
members Of the Grand Army gather
for their reunion and parade, it may
be in Portland, Me-, or it may be in
San Francisco. Once year, too, other
organizations gather like the great ed
ucational association, or the Christian
EndeavOrers, and with each successive
year new host comes forward, and
in the most hospitable way tries to
make its guests comfortable and hap
py. 1t would be difficult to measure
the good that these meetings do. The
free-handed Westerner goes away
from his visit to the Hub" with q
feeling that Eastern people are not so
cold and reserved or so "effete" as he
had thought; and the Boston girl finds
her sister from Nebraska or Kansas
to be very like herself in heart and
purpose, only little more alert, per-
haps, and less conservative. SO East
and West and North and South come
nearer together and think better Of
each other for these intervisitings. The
benefit Is never one-sided. 1t is not
alone the stranger within the gates
who gets something out of 1.-THE host
Is gamer also.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

While the weather is dry and warm
every man, woman and child should
make it his or her business to keep
in the open air as much as possible,
30 as to derive every benefit from the
ozone and sunshine. Fresh air is a
prophylactic. 1t wards off disease and
kills bacteria. No person who leads
an outdoor life will ever die from CON
sumption. On the other hand, hun
dreds Of consumptlves have lived for
years by keeping continually in the
open, even sleeping on cots placed in
tents or on piazZas.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

you husband. You ought to learn to
feed men. Maybe you won't get one
If you don't Let him marry the cook,
then said Fancy. Pretty good answer.
wasn't it" Heron chuckled and half
winked at his companion. Guess
there's no danger of her being an old
maid" he whispered knowingly.
But the other went home early that
evening and during his call was un-
usually silent. Neither did he appear
for several days.
1t was warm Saturday afternoon
when he walked up the path between
the rose bushes and espied the fair
Miss Heron costly settled in the ham
mock. Her greeting was dreamily ef-
fuslve. Albert suspected recent nap"
Get a chair and sit down by me-"
she invited. This Is the coolest place
l could find. Where have you beenY
"Oh! busy, and it's hot to tramp over
| told your father l would come to-
day"
Yes. he said he saw you. l hope
next week you will not be so busy
and that it will be cooler" She smiled
up at him. How is your business ?"
she asked brightly.
Good. I'm gaining but it's slow
work. have to figure pretty close
Nowadays, 1t costs a lot to live and
have many comforts, not to speak Of
luxuries."
The girl In the hammock looked
thoughtfu!ly away across the warm
meadows. Her delicate eyebrows lift.
ed trifie.
II heard father say that he believed
you would be a very successful bust.
ness man some day" she murmured.
Some day hope to be-" he replied.
and there was ng pause, in which II
Gathering in the kitchen became un-
pleasantly audible.
Then from an upper window QUAY
cred complaining voice, "Lucretia,' -
"Yes'm"
Did you sweep the dining room?,
"Yes'm'
Have you busted the books and
cleaned the sllver?'
Nom, haven't had time yet I'm
maxim mutfins.'
We'll, do it before night. won't
youT
I'll try. The berries had to be all
picked over" The loud, cheerful
voice had tired ring.
Presently, after hush somethinp
appeared to have been let loose in tb,
rear of the house. A great Changing
OF pans and showing of chairs, then n
not unmelodious outburst:
Never give up when trials come.
Never grow sad and blue"
"Oh! my, but I'm most dead with
the heat!" interpolated.
And never sit down with tear and
frown,
But pad"
Thump! Silence.
Sat down, guess" exclaimed
Fancy, laughing. "Why? What
Wait! But Melton had torn around
the corner.
Inc girl was In a dead faint upor
the floor when he reached her. A curs.
broke from his lips as he snatched .
upper OF water and pushed the plumr
hsure face upward. The deadly nal
! LOT could not hide its beauty and re-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

Women truant officers are an inno-
vation in Baltimore II not in America.
The consideration which led to their
appointment Is the belief that femi-
nine sympathy and tact can be turned
to good account in leading refractory
boys and girls back to duty. The men
who have been filling the positions, it
Is said, too often alienated the par
ents by harsh methods.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

The meanest man has been found.
His wife, abused and neglected by
him, was dying. He asked his en-
ployer to let him off on this account
But instead of going to his wife's bed
side he boarded car for the ball
game where he occupied seat in the
grandstand and yelled as loudly as
any of the rooters. When told that
his wife was dead he expressed no
concern. Although free in expendi-
ture, he said he had no money for
funeral expenses and that the county
could bury the remains. The poor
wife's body found resting place in
paupers grave. The brute did not
even go to the cemetery. And you
say there is no hell? You say the
scourge of remorse will make this
man suffer? 1t wouldn't make dent
In his conscience In hundred years.
Society can punish by scorn and ostra-
cism? What does such an animal care
what decent persons do or think? The
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

only thing that would raise a welt
of regret in his soul would be a raw
hide applied to his back by band
of whitecappers. Whew! 1t makes
ose's hand itch to join the band and
WELD q switch.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23
Eloquent silence.

Father-Mabel and her young man
are still In the parlor.
Mother-How do you know they're
stdll there?
Father-Because everything is still
thers.-Phaladelphia Public Ledger.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23
Papa Was Snoring.

Tommy" said his mamma one oA''
slip upstairs quietly and see II paT
is asleep"
Tommy soon returned and SAID ~
mamma; he's all asleep but bis NOS"
Tit Bita
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

Before they are married he deems
every hour lost that he cannot spend
In her company. Afterward when
she goes to visit her parents for a
month or two he figures that it is just
50 much clear gain.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

Some of those boys who should have
been killed off by toy pistols event
ually get their deserts when they join
d foot ball team.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

The world is divided into two class
es-those who work and those who
work them.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

A New York banker has assured
Germany once more that America is
her very good friend. This should
hold the excitable editors for a while.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

If oil companies could begin at the
bottom and drill up the prospectus
gusher would lose his lob.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

A 9S-cent clock has one advantage
over a $1,OO0,OOO corporation; its
hands never strike.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

Isn't stealage a better word than
shortage when used in connection with
a bank robbery?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

Some people affect to think that Ma
rie Corelli is not remarkable wom-
an, yet biography Of her has appear
ed, and it took two men to write it,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

A chronic liar is less dangerous thai
the liar who has spasmodic attacks O.
veracity.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

Perhaps the unluckiest person in the
world was the deaf and dumb man
who contracted rheumatism in his fin
gers.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

The average love match soon flick
ers out unless there is some money to
burn
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

Boosting should be taught in the
public schools Of our land.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

Many smart man loses out when
he bumps up against an ordinary NOR
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-23

It's more blessed to give Knockout
blow than it is to receive one.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-26

OyERoLL-On Wednesday. December 81 1903
at o'clck g. M. at Jefferson Hospital, Phila-
delphia Pa in the ffty-seventh year of his
age John H Overall. of pneumonia Funeral
, from family residence. No. s5l6 Maryland ave-
nue. Saturday, December 26. at 4 D. m. Inter-
rncnt Sunday December q. at Columbia. Mo.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-26
ORIGIN OF AN ODD CUSTOM
Germans Compelled Bridegroom
to Give Shoes to Bride.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington, Dec 25-'The fall we'd
dings announced in the daily papers recall
to mind that in nearly all countries when
a young couple is welded some one filings
an old shoe or slipper after the carriage
in which they roll away from the scene at
which the ceremony takes place. Yet few
know how the custom originated, said
Ralph s. Thompson of Philadelphia
"It was first known in what is now
part Of the German Empire. According
to a law enacted in Hamburg In 1291, the
bridegroom was bound to present to the
bride a pair Of shoes. They almost played
the part OF our engagement ring, the evil
dence Of betrothal.
Among the Saxons Of Transatlantic it
is still the custom for the bridegroom,
early in the morning Of the wedding day,
to send his intended pair of shoes, and
an ancient tradition enjoins upon the girl
that she must treasure these shoes If she
wants to be kindly treated by her hus-
band. for he will not begin to beat her un-
til they are worn out.
TN Greece. when the maiden has con-
cluded the ieaye-taking with her friends
In her fathers house, the best man puts
on her feet her boots, the gift of the
bridegroom Then the procession starts
for the church, but before entering the
bridegrooms mother asks three times:
Bride, hast thou the shoesY
In many places the shoes are given to
the relatives and not to the bride. Among
some Of the American Indian tribes the
braves, on visiting their intended before
marriage, place shoes on her feet (mocca-
sins).
I'm Bulgaria the bridegroom makes a
money present to the relatives of the
bride. 1t is called shoe money and the
father buys the shoes for the other mem
bers of his family. This money is said to
be the relic Of the price paid for a wife to
the clan from which she was taken"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-26
Many Funerals Resulting From
Disaster Near Connellsville
Will Take Place To-Day.
INVESTIGATION IN PROGRESS.
Relief Committee Will Give Bur
ial to Unidentified Bodies
Undertakes Have More
Than They Can Do.

Connellsville, Pa, Dec. 25.-Another
name has been added to the long death
list resulting from the Duquesne Limited
wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road at Dawson on Wednesday.
Harry Devlin. one of the three remain
ing patients at the Cottage State Hos
pital. died this morning. The total dead
now number sixty-five. and this proba-
bly, completes the list, as the two still at
the hospital are doing well and will prob
ably recover Devlin's home was at
Homecoming. Nd.
There was one Christmas funeral-that
of Edison Goldsmith. Goldsmith was a
popular young man and an immense con-
course attended the services.
The bodies of the other Connellsville
victims will be held until Saturday or
Sunday before burial. In fact, this is a
necessity, as the undertakers are too
ovarworked to attempt to conduct sew
eral funerals i'll a day.
Special services for the dead were held
in all the Protestant churches of the coke
regions to-day. and after the burial Of Fa-
Their Ffenello, which will take place to-
morrow, the Catholic churches will hold
masses for the dead.
The body of Father Fienello was con-
veyed to the main body Of the Church of
the Immaculate Conception this morning,
where it will remain in state until the fu-
neral services on Saturday.
The bodies Of about thirty of the VIC
tins were gathered up and taken away
on early trains to-day. The remaining
identified will be shipped within the next
twenty-four hours and the unknowns will
be cared for by the Borough Council.
President George G. Porter has called 4
special meeting to take steps toward the
formation of relief committee to look
after bodies unidentified or unclaimed. In
case no friends appear the citizens will
see that the victims do not find a last
| resting place in the potter's field. The
railroad company will contribute literally
| to this fund.
The official investigation into the cause
! of the disaster is being prosecuted vigor-
| ously by the officers of the railroad COM
pany, but it is doubtful If any individual
will be blamed for the accident.
1t was apparent that switch ties which
| had fallen Off westbound freight train
and were strewn upon the passenger track
caused the flying express to be derailed.