The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. [791], Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 25, 1906 Page: 3 of 4
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CHANGE IN COAST LINES.
OPTIMISM OFGREATVALUE
Centuries Have Made Many Vicissi-
tudes in Shores of the Bay
of Naples.
Not for the first time has the
shore of the Bay of Naples
changed its ancient level. Tin?
earth movements on the Neapol-
itan coast were exhaustively
studied by a British exploring
party only three .years ago, and
the discovery was made that the
more important movements of
the land were not due to sudden
seismic causes, but to those slow
and majestic processes that af-
fect the coast lines of conti-
nents.
But sudden disturbance does
not account for the burrows of
marine shell fish now found in
the columns of the Temple of
Serapis. 19 feet above sea level.
The British searchers were able
to collect evidence showing that
since the Roman dominion the
Neapolitan coast sank 35 feet,
and then rose about 20 feet, and
that this tremendous change
was of a gradual character.
A good many delusions were
dissipated as the result of these
fresh inquiries. The submerged
Roman ruins along the coast
used to be regarded as founda-
tion walls thrown out for sea
baths, but it was made clear
that they are the remains of
noble mansions and' that they
point to the time when the land
on which they stood was far
above the level of the sea. The
shore is in fact strewn with the
wreck of buried cities. Coast
roads have vanished, ancient
quarries been flooded and the
breakwaters of the harbors of
classical story covered fathoms
deep with water.
Of Lord Rosebery’s villa,
down in the bottom of the sea,
covering dozens of acres, lie the
ruins of many buildings. A
great submarine sea wall, with
concrete piers 17 feet high, still
protects the fragments. But
neither the fragments nor the
great sea wall have been visible
in the light of day for 2,000
years.
Practice of Looking Always on Bright
Side of Things Is Worth
Cultivating.
Probably there's no one qual-
ity which ought so to be culti-
vated to its highest point, yet
which is made so little of, as is
optimism.
“My children are so unlike,”
sighs one mother. “Eleanor is
happy all the time, no matter
what happens, and Edith is as
sure to be depressed by trifles!”
That other mother came more
nearly to the heart of things
when she replied:
“I believe that children are
nothing but little reflectors
when they are wee, and that if
you yourself are deliberately
cheery they will give it back to
you unconsciously. I believe,
too, that if you keep it up long
enough they will, as uncon-
sciously, form the habit of being
optimistic.”
The second woman’s children
are the sunniest little mortals in
the world—they’re forming the
habit of optimism, and they’ll
find it a mighty valuable asset
later on in life.
After all, although disposition
counts for a great deal, persist-
ently forcing yourself to look
upon the bright side of things
is laying the foundation for
character building on a very fine
plane, and the man or woman
who overcomes a naturally wor-
rying disposition adds strength
as well to the sweetness of char-
acter he gains.
THE AGENT LAUGHED LAST
STRANGE COINCIDENCE.
Readem—Hello, old man!
iYou’re looking smilipg and hap-
py this morning. What’s, the
cause?
Writem—Why, my new play
was presented last night.
Weren’t you there? Too bad.
Really, you missed the greatest
first night of the season. The
audience applauded till their
hands were sore.
Readem—Good! Shake!
Writem—Much obliged, but
I’m breaking in a new pair of
gloves and my hands are rather
tender.—Pacific Monthly.
WOMANLY.
Maid—Are you at home to Mrs.
Toney, mum? She’s at the door.
Mistress—I am if she has a
new hat on, not otherwise.
CHESTNUT.
Incident Shows How Hard It Is to
Trap the Merry Insurance
Chaser.
A certain woman who wished
to have some fun at the ex-
pense of an agent who had oft-
entimes solicited her to insure
herself and family asked him on
one occasion if he would insure
the cat. The agent, to the as-
tonishment and no small amuse-
ment of some friends, promptly
offered to do so, provided she
paid the first premium down.
The woman, still thinking to
hoax him, expressed her willing-
ness to do so, and placed a dol-
lar on the table. The agent
quickly produced a proposal,
filled it in and obtained h,er sig-
nature while those present were
on the tiptoe of expectancy as to
what was to follow.
“Now, madam, with your per-
mission, may I see the cat?”
“Certainly,” she replied, at
the same time pointing to a
glass case which contained the
stuffed remains of the poor de-
funct cat.
A chorus of derisive laughter
burst from all present, but to
their dismay the agent turned,
bowed politely, at the same time
picking up the dollar and ex-
claimed:
“When the cat dies, madam,
kindly , call at our office and
claim the insurance money.
Good morning.”
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Watch-case.
In addition to our large stock of Clocks, Watches, Chains and
Charms, we carry a full line of Silverware, Sheet Music, and al-
most every character of good musical instrument made.
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Officials indicted at Coleman.
The grand jury in session at
Coleman last week indicted the
county judge, sheriff and county
commissioners of that county on
charges of misapplying funds and
charging excessive fees. In a re-
cent campaign it was charged by
one of the candidates for county
judge that gross irregularities ex-
isted in the county government.
When court was convened the
district judge directed the grand
jury to look into the matter and
find bills against all who have
violated the law. As a result of
the investigations indictments
have been returned against the
county commissioners for misap-
plication of public funds and
against Sheriff Goodfellow for
receiving misapplied funds. Also
indictments were returned against
the judge for charging illegal
fees.
It is charged that the commis-
sioners allowed the sheriff $45.00
per month for a jail guard, when
it is alleged, no guard was used,
also that the sheriff was allowed
excessive fees for feeding prison-
ers. As companion cases the
sheriff was indicted for receiving
the misapplied funds.
The charge against the com-
missioners and the sheriff is
punishable by confinement in the
state prison. The indictment
against the county judge is a
misdemeanor.—Brown wood Bul-
letin.
Aliases of the Great.
Some investigator of curious
subjects has discovered that the
inventor of traveling incognito
was Peter the Great of Russia.
The next after the famous Rus-
sian sovereign to adopt the prac-
tice was Joseph II. of Austria,
who in 1777 made h little stay
in Paris under the title of Count
von Falkenstein. During the
revolutionary period Louis
XVIII. buried his temporary use-
less royal dignity under the pri-
vacy of Comte de Maries. The
ex-Empress Eugenie in her splen-
dor frequently took little trips
as the Comtesse de Pierrefonds.
King Leopold does so still as
Comte de Ravenstein. — Ex*
change.
The Tobacco That lade
Chewing Popular
Man’s fondness for chewing tobacco is created arid
popularized by the tobacco produced in the famous Pied-
mont tobacco belt. Only choice selections of this well
matured, thoroughly cured leaf are used in making
SCHNAPPS. That’s why SCHNAPPS requires and
takes a smaller amount of sweetening than any other kind
—and that’s why SCHNAPPS has a wholesome, stimu-
lating and satisfying effect on chewers.
There are many imitations of SCHNAPPS claiming to
be “just as good,” but without the flavor or quality that
has made SCHNAPPS sales more than all similar tobaccos.
It is made in the Reynolds factories, famous for producing the best
chewing tobaccos, by clean, sanitary processes, under the same
direction, since 1875, of men who have made the business a life study.
They are the largest and best equipped fiat plug factories in the
world and are situated in the very center of the world’s greatest
Chewing tobacco district.
If you’ve never chewed SCHNAPPS, now is the time to get
acquainted with the cleanest, most healthful, stimulating, satisfying
and wholesome form in which tobacco can be used. Do not accept
imitations.
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Winston-Salem, N. C.
Has
Less Sweetening than
Imitations
BARBAROUS ANCIENT CUSTOM.
An English court has sen-
tenced a woman to imprison-
ment because she refused to
speak during a trial. The old
penalty for remaining mute un-
der similar conditions was being
pressed to death. The form of
sentence set forth “the prisoner
shall be laid in some low, dark
house, where he shall lie naked
on the earth and one arm shall
be drawn to one quarter of the
house, with a cord, and the other
arm to another quarter; and in
the same manner let it be done
with his legs; and let there be
laid upon bis body iron and
stone, as much as he can bear—
or more.” There the man had
to lie. On the following day he
was given three morsels of
bread without water; on the fol-
lowing, water, but no bread.
And this was his diet until he
died.
“So you no longer call your pretty
little home ‘The Nutshell?’ Why did
you change it?’’
“I got so tired of having funny men
ring my bell to ask if the kernel was
in.”—Illustrated Bits.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. [791], Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 25, 1906, newspaper, September 25, 1906; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth897504/m1/3/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.