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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
terry box is tenanted by genii, in whom
the Persians have great credulity.
FACTS ABOUT POOR SICILY.

The largest island in the Mediterra-
mean Sea. A part of the kingdom of
Italy.
OF triangular shape, and has an area
of about 300 square miles.
Population was 1922, ,9O1 in 1891, and
3,529, ,266 in 1901.
Traversed throughout it's entire
length by chain Of mountains.
Mt, Etna, near the eastern shore,
rises 1880 feet.
On the north and east the coasts are
steep and well indented, affording sew
eral good harbors
On the west and south the coasts are
fiat and unfavorable to navigation.
The rivers are mostly short and
swift, and generally dry up during the
summer.
There are many sulphur and other
mineral springs, which were famous
resorts in ancient times.
Temperature Is moderate and seldom
falls below the freezing point.
Summers are almost rainless and the
sirocco, a wind from Africa, brings in
tolerable dry heat.
The interior is almost entirely de-
forested.
Principal source of the worlds sup
ply Of sulphur, which is the chief min
eral wealth.
Exports Of sulphur amount to eight
to ten million dollars year.
Rock salt and asphalt largely pro-
duced for export.
Once the ''granary Of Italy," and ag-
riculture Is still the main industry
Methods primitive.
Extensive cultivation of the vine
almonds, olives, oranges lemons, beans
and sumach.
Deep sea fisheries give employment
to more than 10000 persons.
Condition of large numbers of the
laboring classes, particularly in the sui
phur industry, is deplorable.
Railway lines have total length Of
about 1000 miles.
Elementary schools inadequate, bu
higher education is provided for in col
leges at Palermo, Messlna and Satania
Syracuse, now heap Of ruins wa!
in the time of Cicero pronounced b.
him the most beautiful Of all cities.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
AMERICANS IN BRAZIL.
They Are Making Great Improve
ments in Rio Grande Do Sui.

ments In Rio Grande Do Sui.
William C. Dudley, of Brazil. is at
the New Willard Hotel, and he brings
information of remarkable industrial
development here under the leadership
of American engineers and business
men. ''In Rio Grande do Sul," said he,
(which is one of the richest states in
Brazil, and which is in the temperate
zone, the climate being similar to that
Of Virginia, great things are going on.
Charles II. Coehalls, an American en-
glneer who was assistant to Capt. Eads
when the latter opened the mouth of
the Mississippi and made New Orleans
a great shipping port by deepening the
channel in the river. is at work there
on similar project that is to cost
$40,00OOOO.
"He is to deepen the channel into a
lagoon so that the largest ships can
enter. 1t is this province that Germany
has been casting covetous eyes on for
years. In the interior Americans are
building number of railroads. One is
at the head of the Amazon, running
around the falls up there and cutting
across forests, in which white men have
never been seen before, to the richest
gold fields in the world. Americans are
also building new street car lines in
Rio Janeiro.
"Word has reached Buenos Ayres
that numbers of fine race horses are tc
be shipped from here there because of
the new repressive laws in the United
States. One of the men who has beer
making inquiries is Col. Milton Young
of Kentucky. Argentina certainly wants
these men and the horses and it would
not surprise me if the government Of
fered some financial inducement fol
them to come there.
'The country Is agricultural. growing
about everything that is cultivated II
the United States. Large numbers o.
horses are also raised and racing |!
one of the national sports. The city !!
the largest Spanish-speaking metropolis
in the world, the population being near
ly 100000. 1t is a cosmopolitan ant
commercial city, with all the hustle ant
hustle that distinguishes the busy citie
Of the United States"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE
~~NN~
~NNNoNNN~~

The desire of knowledge is wholly
praiseworthy ambition. but 1t should
be gratified by reflection as well as by
experiment. The first electric telegraph
in Persia was put in operation by the
English government, and L. s. Ander-
son was sent out as superintendent of
the line in the earlier years Of Its ser
vice. At that time the Persians knew
nothing of electricity. In his book,
"My Wanderings in Persia" Mr.. Ander-
son tells how one inquisitive citizen of
that land gained his first impression of
this wonderful force in nature. The
occasion offered was the bringing Of an
invitation to a marriage feast at the
house of the local governor.
The old governor himself brought the
invitation. He was accompanied by a
few of the principal villagers whose
black eyes beamed with curiosity as
they wandered from one object to an
other in my cozy little bungalow. An
English clock, my rifle, and few pic
lures hanging on the mud walls were
themes of hushed conversation. A
large medicine chest and the tele-
graphic apparatus were, to their af-
frighted minds, objects Of mystic
majesty.
One, more courageous than the rest
yet with apparent timidity. crossed the
room to where the apparatus stood, and
cautiously examined the screws and
brass work of the battery connections
Emboldened by success, he ventured
with both hands to prosecute his search
after knowledge more minutely. Fol
some time he did not happen to toucl
more than one terminal. At last, how
ever. thinking probably that he had be
come considerably advanced in the sci
ence of electricity, he grasped with boil
hands the two screws from which flow
the electric current A sudden vel
from the pursuer of knowledge and
burst of laughter from me were tn
next items of the program.
The man, rather crestfallen, resumes
his seat, and in an awestricken ton
told his companions of the numerou
stars which he had seen and Of the tel
rible bite which he had received at tn
moment when he touched those curiou
bits Of brass.
In vain did | endeavor to convinc
them that the bite" was nothing MOI
than the combined action of two meta
immersed in fluid. The one who wa
victim to his own inquisltlve min
firmly believes to this day that the ba
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
His Privilege.

Haven't you given yourself little
more space above the ear than you are
entitled to?" asked the visitor of the
artist who had painted his own picture
by the time-honored method of looking
in the glass.
Yes" he admitted, moodily, 'but it
seems to me you have right to make
yourself a high brow in your own pic
ture, haven't you? If you don't, who
will 2"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
THE. PERuNA ALMANAC.

The druggists have already been sup
piled with the Peruna almanac for
1909. In addition to the regular as
Economical matter usually furnished in
almanacs, the articles on astrology are
very attractive to most people. The
mental char cteristics of each sign are
given with faithful accuracy A list
of lucky and unlucky days will be fur
nished to those Who have our almanacs,
free of charge. Address The Peruna
Co., Columbus, o.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
Merely nm Accident

Hearing a noise in his henhouse at 8
a M, Mr.. Kajones hastily dressed him
self and went out to investigate.
He found a visitor there.
''What are you doing here?" he de-
npnded.
''Wakin' de chickens, to give 'em break
fus'," answered an apologetic voice. II
allus do it bout dis time, suh. But,
golly, l done made a mistake an got in
somebody else's henhouse ~
Then the owner of the voice made q
hasty exit through the hole in the roof,
and all was still.-Chcago Tribune.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
Its Familiar sound.

The Rev. DR.. Fourthly (at church so
cial)-I can't recall your face, Miss -
Sprightly Young Woman-Hollings-
worth.
The Rev. Dr. Fourthly-Miss Hollings-
worth, but your voice has a familiar
sound.
Sprightly Young Woman-Well. that's
not SO strange, doctor; have been sing
ing in your choir for a year and half.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05

Anything I can show you, sir?"
"Yes; | want to get some kind of toy
for my 3-year-old boy. Have you any
thing that's indestructible? Something
he can't break the first time he plays
with it?"
81 think SO. We have some toy fat
irons"
Have they got handles on emp
"Of course"
"Well. they won't last him five min.
utes. Show me something else.''
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05

Sicily
Palermo the Sicily
the
and nvons delightful afolng magnificent
Mount
the south
Campo beautiful
full The summit of
visited
legend, opposite Sclla Calahrian
its
pirates from Cumae in the eighth
sckle) aluon the
futves Miels
Of Rheghium,
Ioponesus whom the
death of naXas Messna
until its destruction
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05

The little girl had a portfolio under her
arm
'Going to take your drawing lesson, are
you, Phylis?" asked her matronly friend.
"Yes, ma'am."
II suppose you are taking freehand
drawing?"
mo, indeed |" Indignantly answered
the little girl. 81 have to pay S5 for
twelve lessons. s."-Chicago Tribune.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05

"Is it true inquired the traveller who
was standing in front of the Art Insti-
tute. "that a confidence man once sold
these big bronze lions to trusting stran-
ger for SIS or some such pitiful sum-"
Yep" said the policeman 'the con
men in this town are losin' their grip.
can remember when they wouldn't sell
nothin' smaller than the Masonic Temple
to yahoo." o."-Chicago Tribune.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
H. Preferred One Girl.

When J. NJ. Barrie, the author Of
"Peter Pan" addressed an audience of
a thousand girls at Smith College dur
ing his first American visit of last
year, a friend asked him how he had
found the experience.
"Well," replied Mr.. Barrie, ''to tell
you the truth. Id much rather talk a
thousand times to one girl than TO talk
one time to a thousand girls"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
No Argument There,

Haven't you any regular occupationw
"Yes, ma'am, my reg'ler trade is sweep
in the leaves off'n the roofs of peoples
houses"
81 can't see how you can make living
at that"
"I don't, ma'am. Have ye got any cold
vittles ?"-Chicago Tribune
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
Hone Deferred.

When first l sought the writer's ranks
My verse was taken in with thanks
Tis years since that initial splash
They've never sent the promised cash.
70 wait and get no pay, find,
Is worse than having things declined.
cleveland Plain Dealer
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
Sntished.

She-And when he struck you on the
one cheek did you turn to him the
other?
He-No; what was the use? 1t hurt
all over my face.-Yonkers Statesman.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
The Fair CRATER.

She had quite passion for whist,
And few were the tricks that she missed
If YOU chanced to get heated
And claimed that she cheated,
She smiled so you couldn't insist.
Judge.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
A Vegetarian.

First Deacon-Our new pastor must
be vegetarian.
Second Deacon--Why do you think
so?
First Deacon-There doesn't seem to
be any meat in his sermons.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05

There are more able-bodied men to the
total population in the Western States
Of the United States and Canada than
anywhere else in the world.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05


Doysus but fell the Cartagns
finally expelled by Tmolen in 343 B. c.
sided with the Carthana
session Rome the
Importance In A. d. S1 the 106l
by the The
in the middle received important privileges
s which added greatly to its prosperity During between
the arstocrtc mei
Senate In 1914 appealed for aid to the French occupied the
abandoned after having defeated the combined
Holland Left in the hands of the
political liberties and os its commercial Importance
LAB the earthquake
aton In 1860 the place occupied by Garad 1861
of united
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
Fine Fruit.

Biggs-I overheard Graftleigh boast
ing Of his family tree the other day.
Diggs-Huh 1t must be a plum tree.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05

We wish we could hear Of woman
who, knowing the men, was satisfied
with them.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
Stunped,

Elderly Customer-Can you tell my for
tune, madam?
Fortune Teller docking at his handy y
Gracious heaven, no! Nobody could do
1t. But l can tell your past, sir. You
are an old time baseball catcher.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
Il Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot'Ease is a certain cure for hot,
sweating, callus, and swollen, aching feet Sold
Dy all druggists Price 25c. Don't accept any
substitute. Trial package FREE. Address
lien s. Olmsted, lie Roy, y. Y.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05

The cooks kettle and temper are
ant to boil over simultaneously.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-03-05
NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES
AND LIVES THEY CLAIMED

Notable earthquakes have taken a
million lives since 1137, as follows:
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-18

mighty in serving God have come from
unknown hiding places. Be careful In
your choice; be honest and diligent In
your sphere;> be faithful to your chill
dren, and do your duty. And then
from your home, however humble Il
may be- there will go out a powerful
influence for good to unnumbered gem
erations.
The first going from home OF any
child always marks q period of special
interest in the family. But what a
going was this! Contrast 1t with your
own leaing home How you were
sheltered, how your family gathered
around you to speak kind farewell,
What a bax-fllling and portmanteau
stropped-what huttering of care
full, anxious love was there! Don't be
afraid of rough beginnings. We have
less to fear from hardships than from
luxury. Some who have had the hard
est and coolest infancy nave under the
blessing of, God. turned out to be
among the bravest strongest, and
noblest OF mankind.
But a man Is not necessarily great
because he has had a rough cradle.
Many may have been laid on the Nile
whose names are still unknown to
history. Accept your rough fortune
in the proper spirit: be not overcome
by the force of circumstances; wait
iAVpOs "OAhs pay you SnAlI yet
see the path which leads to light
honor and peace.
The mother of Moses laid her ark
"in the flags by the rivers bank"
Ay! but before so doing she had laid
1t on the heart OF God! We are often
surprised at the outward calmness of
men who are called upon TO do I'M
pleasant, trying. or heroic deeds. But
could we have seen them in secret we
should have known the source OF their
preparation and power. Be right in
the sanctuary II you would be right In
the market place. Be steadfast in
prayer II you would be calm and
courageous in affifction. If you would
run we'll, start your race from the
throne of God itself. and thus, and
this only shall you win the prize"
Society needs watchers and we'll as
workers. Had we passed the spot at
which this sister stood we might have
condemned her as an idler. All. how
little we know in such casesi It
should keep us humble and make us
careful in our judgments in apparent
ly doing nothing, the girl was in
reality doing everything There IL
silent ministry, and who can tell how
far 1t reaches? This watcher stood
afar on" Mark the cunning of love,
Had she stood nearer she would have
defeated her object. She was TO do
her work without the slightest ap-
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-18
Death of the Yankee Officer;
Throat Was Cut For An Insult
Dadeville, Ala.

gale the passengers with the bittePest
TRADE against the South. The burly
Yankee became more and more excited
as he warmed to his theme and after
applying the most abusive epithets to
the masculine population, he finally
turned to the women.
The Southerner's Anger.
Stanton, the only Southerner among
80 many Yakees, had made no sign.
realizing the tremendous odds against
him. but when Southern wemanhood
was assailed In insulting language he
could restrain himself no longer. Like
an electric spark his anger flashed UP
and for the time he acted upon an I'm
pulse entirely beyond hie control.
Springing to his feet he seized the
Yankee by the hair and drew his head
back with one hand while with the
other he cut his throat from ear to ear,
almost severing the head from the
body. Then before the startled SOL
diers recovered sufficiently TO sieze
him, he had jumped through the win
dow of the moving train and started
on a desperate race for his life.
Meanwhile the train had stopped and
pandemonium reigned among the in
furiated Yankees.
Fortunately for Stanton, the ground
was broken and a thick growth of
mesquite bushes offered some protec-
ton from the fusilade of bullets fred
from the train windows at his retreat
ing figure. Before the train could be
slowe down sufficiently for the soldiers
to alight Stanton had gained some
distance and being endowed with re-
markable activity and endurance. he
was soon entirely lost to his pursuers.
The train was held. however, and the
search continued until 1t was certain
that the fugitive had escaped beyond
the power OF his enemies to capture
him.
What further efforts were made by
the Federals, who wore at that time
In control of the country. Stanton
never knew but he was an entire
stranger to all the soldiers and his
Identification would have been a diff
cult matter after he had made his es-
cape from the immediate neighborhood
of the tragedy.
Stanton was a scion of one of the
most blue blooded families OF Texas
and several years after the war he
married young lady of unusual
charm and beauty. He was for many
years postmaster In the Texas city In
which the family still resides and was
to the day OF his death considered the
gentlest and most amiable of men.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-18

Perhaps psychologists have some
plausible theories which explain the
matter to their satisfaction, but to me.
IMMERSED In the mysteries of the
science, 1t Is hard to understand a
phenomena I have often noted. that
the men who are most gentle and
amiable in their normal state are most
ungoverned and ungovernable In their
wrath. Take for instance, the man
who submits to the small tyrannies of
his wife, who Is "bossed" ridiculously
by his infant daughters and who look s
on helplessly at the jealousy (of which
he Is the objec) between his wife and
his mother. and nine times out OF ten
you will find man who his masculine
associates will tell you is dangerous
to fool with"
The hero Of this story had no wife
and daughters at the time the trag-
edy in which he was the principal ac-
tor occurred, but to his boyhood
friends. to his comrades in arms and
TO those who knew him in his long and
happy career following the civil war,
the young scout was the soul Of amia-
bility. as gentle as a woman and too
merciful to needlessly harm an insect.
Only q few of his comrades in arms
connected him with the fearful event
which caused a sensation. even in the
troublous times Immediately following
the war and though he has now gone
to his reward the name will be with
held lest It bring embarrassment to his
family who are prominent socially in
one of the larger Texas towns.
Though but a youth at the close OF
the war young Stanton Chat Is not
his right name). had done valuable
service as a scout in the Texas Rang
ers. Peace had but recently been de-
ciared and Stanton was a passenger on
train with some companies of Fed
eral soldiers, who after two years of
contest with the Confederates over the
coast and frontier of Texas, were be-
ing returned to their Northern homes.
Those two years had been anything
but years of comfort to the invaders.
Texas was hot in summer and the Con-
federates had managed to make 1t
pretty hot in winter also for the enemy
and their tempers had not been i'm
proved by the experience. They were
in anugly mood especially the cap
tain, as they journeyed over the tedious
miles, the wind from the prairies to
the north of them scorching them like
a blast from a fiery furnace.
Stanton happened to be sitting just
opposite from the captain OF the COM
pany when the latter commenced to re-
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-18
MILITIA OFFICERS CARRIED THEM
1 TO DIyDLEYvILLE.
Heroic Young Onicer Had been Buried
Near where He Fell on the hat
tleAeld of Horseshoe


The following weii-written account Of
an old-fashioned military muster, at
which the bones of Major Lemuel p.
Montgomery, one of the heroes of the
battle OF Horse Shoe Bend. Is taken
from The Tallapoosa Journal. 1t first
appeared in The Wetumpka Argus and
Commercial Advertiser OF June 81.
1889:
Montgomery. according to the best
authorities, was named in honor of
this distinguished young Tennessee
offcer. The article follows:
Messrs. Editors-I presume that
short account of the encampment Of
the officers and volunteers of the bril-
gade to which you are attached will
not be uninteresting. The brigade Is
composed Of the counties Of Coosa,
Chambers and Randolph. The first
Monday In June (3d) was the day APP
pointed. and Q beautiful parade ground
was selected for the purpose. on the
line OF Chambers and Tallapoosa coun-
ties about half mile from the town
Of Dudleyville. Two or three weeks
previous 1t was generally rumored that
the Governor would attend, and 1t was
quite amusing to observe the prepara-
lions for his excellency's reception.
The old danes Wed with each other to
see who could have the biggest and
best Governors cake" and our wood
land lasses. with their rosy cheeks
and dewy lips" pressed forward with
eager expectation In the truly feminine
occupation of the toilet. And here l
have a notion to digress. Is is not
singular what very great influence
a sounding title seems still to possess
over feminine sympathies. 1 say
still" because II has been this in all
ages and countries, but from the form
OF our Government and the peculiar
ity of our social system the contrary
might be expected with us. These re-
fiections lead me to the conclusion
that, however democratic may be our
men, our women are aristocratic in
heart and soul. But to resume.
The great day at length rolled
around. The attendance Of the off,
GERS and volunteers from Chambers
and Randolph was as full as COULD be
expected. Coosa was scarcely repre-
scented. which IL to be attributed to
the great distance your officers and
soldiers would have had to travel to
the scene of action; having to pass
through the county of Tallapoosa,
which by some strange mismanage-
ment at the last session OF the Legis-
lature, was detached from the bril-
gade.
Early on Monday morning. the tents
were pitched, the rolls were called and
the assemblage duly organized for in
spection and drill. The general Of
ficers In attendance were General Tall
bot. In command of the brigade, and
Adjutant- General Bradford. The Gov
ernor was detained in Tuscaloosa on
other business. and the disappointment
of the ladies was extreme. Everything
went on well during the time allotted
for military service. The soldiers APP
peared satisfied and even pleased. the
generals expressed much qualification,
and the citizens who attended as spec
tators imbibed some of the spirit of
the times" On Wednesday evening the
parade was dismissed after a neat and
appropriate address from Adjutant-
General Carroll.