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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-09
To Steady steamships.

70 lessen the rolling Of steamships
Ml a sea an interesting device has
been designed by Herr Otto Schlick,
. German naval architect, and con-
sists Of installing a rapidly rotating
fiy wheel in the hold of the vessel.
This involves making use of the prin-
chile of the gyroscope familiar in the
Ioy sometimes known as the Archime-
dean top, where a fly wheel whose
wsight is concentrated near it's cir
conference is mounted in gimbals
so that it is free to rotate in any
plane. Herr Schlick proposes to
mount a fly wheel carried on YER
teal axis in a frame which is sus-
pended en- a horizontal axis trans
verse to the length of the vessel, the
whole mechanism being placed at the
bottom of the boat. To rotate the
fly wheel with the necessary high
speed. electric motors or steam tur-
bines would be employed. There
would be hydraulic brakes and band
brakes to restrain and regulate the
motion of the fly wheel when neces-
AIRY. The effect Of the rapidly rotat-
ing fly wheel is TO develop forces that
wOuld oppose the oscillation Of the
vessel, making it slower and reducing
its extent materially. An elaborate
calculation was made of the size and
weights of such fly wheel, and Herr
schlick has ascertained that for
steamer of 5000 methic tons (5,9O5.5
English tons) fly wheel four metres
Q5.12 feet) in diameter, weighing
ten metric tons (9,842 English tons)
and moving with peripheral velocity
to 200 metres 1855 feet) per second
would have most marked effect
Harper's Weekly.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-09
Window prA.slna as a Fine ART.

In one important department, I'M
molested by public criticism, the ad.
vertisers have even not established
usefulness as the underlying essen
tial principle of their competition.
This is In window dressing-a vital
part Of advertising. The beautiful,
not the bizarre; the attractive rather
than the startling; the alluring and
interesting are now sought In the
window effects of every shop-from
the great department store to the lit
tie candy kitchen; from the basement
lights Of modern florist to the long
plabe-glass front of q shoe emporium.
Salaries of several thousand dollars a
year are paid in cities to the artists"
most skilled in window dressing, and
their requisition for plants or ribbons
totally irrelevant as these may be
to the stock on sale, and designed
merely to add to the beauty of the
window picture-are honcred I'M
grudgingly. In effect, the merchant
says, "Give mo a beautiful window
that people will stop and look at, and
that yet shall indicate generally the
sort Of goods handle, and do not
care what 1t costs. "-Charles M. Rob
inson, In The Atlantic.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-09
Lac strateqx Of a Weasel.


"a weasel is wizard as we'll as
fighter, and often wins his battles by
strategy" said Emmett Wolfe, of Mis-
sissippi. 81 was recently in fishing
camp. that was near a large stack Of
lumber. It seemed that large num-
Der of rats inhabited the cool crewces
under the lumber pile, and on day a
weasel put in it's appearance. We
had the pleasure Of seeing a battle
royal every day for several days, and
by and by the weasel lad killed every
rat in the colony except one, which
was nearly as large as a cat.
"They fought several times a day,
and the weasel always got the worst
OF it. One day we noticed it indus
triously digging, a hole under the
woodpipe, and though little of it. A
little later we saw it challenge the
rat to battle, and as\soon as the fight
began to warm up the weasel sudden
ly turned tail and sneaked to the hole
like all possessed. The rat followed
in hot pursuit. and both disappeared
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-09
WORLDS FAIR ST. LOUIS,

Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
If you are going to the Worlds Fair you
want the best route. The L. & N. is the
shortest, quickest and best line. Three
trains daily. Through Pullman Sleeping
Cars and Dining Cars. Low Rate Tickets
sold daily. Get rates from your local agent
and ask for tickets via the L. an.
All kinds of information furnished on ap-
pheation to ]. G. HOLLENBECK,
Dist. Pass. Agent. Atlanta, &c.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-09

One of the largest and most noticeable
business signs seen anywhere is that of the
National Casket Co. on their mammoth new
factory at Nashville, Tenn, made on a wire
frame with aluminium letters six feet high
and one hundred feet long, which can be
read from long distance by day, and
when reproduced in electric lights, can be
read even further at night. This is the con-
Germ that is called on to furnish Baskets for
the most prominent people everywhere, in
Guiding among it's recent orders, Caskets
for Presidents William Mckinley, Benjamin
Harrison and the late lamented Gen. John
B. Gordon, and yet whose goods can be had
through the smallest undertaken in every
town. From the fact that they are called
on to furnish Baskets for the best citizens
everywhere, there must be some merit in
their claim that their goods are the best,
and the South should be proud to have a
branch of such high class establishment
within her borders.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-09

cines to cure
my kidneys. I
do not think
that any man
ever suffered as
i did and lived.
The pain in my
back was so
bad that / could
not sleep at
night. l could
not ride a horse,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-09
ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE.
Comic Test Exercise in 0ictation for
the Stenoerapher.

Comic Test Exercise in Oictation for
the stenoerapher.
The following IS prescribed as a test
exercise in dictation for new stenog-
rapher:
The wind blew, so Miss Ballou care
fully pinned on her hat with the blue
bow, and at a leisurely gait went out
to meet her beau, whom she greeted
with cool bow as he stood under the
bough of the old apple tree at the
gate. At their last meeting they had
quarreled over a garden and had quite
a row. Sac wanted some rows of trees,
preferably rose trees. He differed with
her, and She finally told him row OF
shad roes would perhaps be more to
his taste.
LOU" she said, Sin lieu of the apCd-
ogy which is my just due, for you do
owe me one, you certainly know"
"Oh, no." he said
"You may take me for an hour or so
in our boat" she serenely continued,
until the dew falls. 1t has been sew,
sew, all day. and am so tired | would
be willing to sue to Sioux Indian
for row. Why, l am willing to ask
you"
II think your manners trife
askew," he said, "but never mind. We
will go for a SAIL" Then he spoke Of
the sale of a tract where they had
mined for coal and for lead. THAT
led me to think I was on the track
of really good piece of land, and |
simply gave my friend nc peace, for
/ sought in every sort of way possible
to secure it, but in vain"
He spoke in this vein for some little
time, and as she saw he felt sore, for
quite a while she tried every little
vile she knew to divert his mind to a
new subject, without avail She said
this world was vale of tears, while
she was wearing a veil full of tears,
where it had caught on her hat pin,
but she courted his usual reproof for
a pun in vain However, she finally
won him to happier thoughts by one
silly little rhyme about the boar frost
and the rirne in the winter He was
interested when she proposed going to
the Aquarium to see a sea-lion, a seal
and a sea-eel which she had read of
lately Then a red bird flew by They
saw a gull reach deep down after a
fish, and then watched him soar far
up into the blue. She said the first
was probably feathered diva, while
the latter was a plain, ordinary, work
aday diver, who diyed for his living.
Divers suggestions Of his that guIls
are not divers she said were merely
details.
just then a houseboat that looked
like an ark approached in an arc that
threatened pretty close quarters. They
dared wait no longer, but started at
once, for their weight made the boat
sink low in the water, and 10! another
glance showed the big one fearfully
near. They made for the shore, and
the maid jumped ashore, and amid
cheers from several boats crews, they
ended their cruise.
She said: Il have escaped being
the prey Of the hungry waters, but
pray take me no more. When we want
to go higher up the river, we will hire
a tug. o. L., in Life.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-09

Everybody pronounces Niagara
wrong" said philologist, in the Bal
timore Herald. "The accent of this
beautiful Indian word should not be
put on the syllable 'ag' but on the
syllable 'ar'-the penult-the one be,
fore the last. Niagara means bark to
the thunder It's accent should fall
on the penult, because the Indians
themselves accent it there, because
in practically all our Indian names Of
places the penult is the accented syl
liable.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-09

and sometimes was unable even to ride
in a car My condition was critical
when / sent for Doan's Kidney Pills.
used three boxes and they cured me.
Now / can go anywhere and do as
much as anybody. sleep well and
feel no discomfort at ALL"
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milburn Co.. Buffalo, n Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price, 90 cts,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-09
ToRTURlNc PAIN.

HAIR This Mans suGerlngs Would Have
Killed Many Person, But Doan's
Cured Him.
A. @. Sprague. stock dealer, OF Nor
NAL, H., writes: "For two whole years
/ was doing nothing but buying medl-
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-09
AN EXCEPTION.

'My son, don't forget that there is
always room at the top"
res; but think of what happens
when there's a FIRE. Chicago Jour
nal.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-09
A YONKERs BEAU.

Patience-Isn't your friend George
an entertainer?
Patrice-I don't think he ever en-
tertained an idea. even.-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-09

FITS permanently cured. No fits ornervouSa
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer, $2trial bottle and treatisef
DR.. R. Fl. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-09

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we everused
for all affections of throat and lungs.-WM.
0. ENDsLEY, Yanburen, Ind, FEB. 10, 19UV.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-09

The dowager Duchess of Abercorn, aged
ninety-two, has $50 descendants.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
The Greater Evil.

The editor of MEN AND WOMEN
(November) argues that an unhappy
home is almost a greater evil thar
divorce itself. He says in part:
"Let us ignore the thousands OF
selfish seekers for legal redress from
their marital woes, aH turn our at
tention to the tens Of thousands OF
unhappy couples dwelling, untildeath
do part them, on the borderland Of
divorce. These poor, deluded, mis-
guided creaturers seem tous worthier
of attention, not only because there
exists lurking hope Of reconciliation,
but also because there is a very, very
simple remedy for their Ills. Ah,
yes there is divorce not recog.
nixed by law--a divorce cruelcr,
bitterer than that granted by the
laws of the land When hearts have
grown cold and minds have become
estranged, when the soul 10 slumber-
ing and sentiment is trampled under
foot, when arms that should be en-
twined In loving embrace about the
neck hang rigid and motionless, when
feet that should tread the self.sams
paths stray recklesely into darkenea
by.ways, we have encountered llfe's
pest 6i'msl, ucst hopeleog tsase6y.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
PLANNED HIS OWN FUNERAL
Albert Livengood, of Indiana, Bought
His Coffin and Shroud
Months Ago.

Albert Livengood, of Charlottesville
Ind, was buried the other day in a
coffin and funeral robe selected and
paid for by himself six months ago.
Livengood was victim of consump-
ton. Last March he began preparing
for his own funeral, and after several
trips to the factory Mr.. Livengood
ordered coffin of special design. He
tried on and bought a shroud, ordered
carriages, and indicated who was to
ride in the carriages, and arranged
with the minister for the service, even
naming the text and the hymns to be
sung.
Finally he ordered tombstone and
had it erected at his grave site. The
monument is fully lettered according
to order, with the exception of the
date Of death, which is to be chiseled
later.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
NOVEL HUNTING GROUNDS.
Three Pigeons Are Shot in Reading
Room Of Congressional Library
at Washington.

An expert rifleman shooting pigeons
in the reading-room of the congression-
library at Washington d. c.. was one
of the sights that astonished tourists Wis
iting the expensively appointed build
ing recently. An hour was required to
kill three birds. In order to avoid the
possibility of running decorations that
cost many thousand dollars 1t was nee
essary to wait until each pigeon alighted
at some spot where bullet could do no
damage This was successfully accom-
plished.
Three pigeons entered the reading
room through the yentilators. They
liked the place and proceeded to estab-
lish comfortable nests. Their continual
flying about the room greatly annoyed
those who came to study. No way could
be devised to remove the birds except by
shooting them with rife.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
MINERAL WEALTH FIGURES,
Statistics of Approximate Value in
British Columbia for First Half
Year Made Public,

The Victoria (B. c. Colonist pub
fishes statistics of the approximate min
eral wealth of British Columbia for the
first six months of the present year,
compiled by the minister of mines. The
production of the last six months of this
year will be considerably in excess of the
first six months on account of the ANAL
gamation of large concerns in the Sound
district and the installation of several
concentrating plants in Rossland.
The total production from January
to June 30, 1904 was: Gold, 1923, ,339
ounces; silver, 2,037 ounces; copper, IT,
513,SS6 pounds; lead, 16.500. 900 pounds.
The total production during the whole
year Of 1908 was: Gold, 232, 1881 ounces;
silver. 2,s96,201 ounces. copper, "a 1885,
921 pounds; lead. 1S,OS9, ,2S3 pounds.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
LITTLE MARKETING HINTS.
Shippers Should Study the Conditions
of Trade Rather Than Depend
on "Luck."

OF all the practical points in farming
there is not one that has greater claim on
the attention of the raiser of farm prod
ucts than the art of marketing. Many a
farmer puts tons of energy into produc-
ing frst-class fruits, cereals, or live
stock and when it comes to putting them
on tho market acts with childish judg-
ment that loses him many fine margin
that he might gain.
There is no better way to practically
illustrate the market feature of farming
than for farmers to visit their markets
few times each year and see just how
their commission men handle their con-
signments. There are innumerable lit
tie hints farmer of good judgment can
pick up any time he visits large pro-
duce or live stock market. He should
study very carefully the best seasons
to market his produce, and when the
market looks favorable should hustle
his consignments in as promptly as pos
sible.
The shipper must bear in mind that
there are few honest commission men
at Ieast ana that being on the ground
from day to day must know the market
better than man looking at 1t at long
range. AS rule the seller of live stock
does his best to get the top price, but
he must follow the market. What the
shipper or producer of live stock vege-
tables or fruit must look out for is TO
get what the market wants and when IL
is wanted. To illustrate the point will
tell OF conversation first-class butch
er had with seller of cattle
"Your cattle look all right" said the
butcher, but am going slow because
this year all cattle that have had any
grass. kill spongy. We must make an
allowance on that It has been that way
this year"
This is only one phase OF the business
and serves to show that the simmer
must ever keep In mind the exact state
Of the trade and to closely follow It's
yagaries. Lack frequently aids the ship
per. but good judgment ON market con-
ditlous is better than trusting 10 luck
Sherwood, in Ohio Farmer.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
Happy Homes of MiIlionaires.

Pasadena, in California, has more
millionaires per capita than any
other town in the country. Compar-
ing census and assessment rolls, it
shows about one millionaire to every
four hundred people, mlllionaires
who own residences there and who
live in them enough of the year TO
claim them as homes. OF transient
mlllionaries, who come there year af-
ter year for a month perhaps, or
three months, there are fully as many
more, all glad to exchange despon-
dent mercury for Whit of orange
blossoms and lungful of balmy air.
AS home of millionaires place
where millions are enjoyed not earn.
ed-Pasadena Is like the living room
OF a house, where the work and cares
OF the day give way to ease and com.
fort. Here men come because II is so
far from the hurry and worry of Wall
street, the noise and strain OF money.
seeking; mere they can forget the
cares of great enterprises, the task
OF amassing fortunes, In the luxury of
possessing and realizing their benc-
fits. The strenuous spirit of CONNER,
cialism wanes under the influence OF
ever sunny skies and soft, semi-tropic
air. Bertha H. Smith In Sunset Mag
axins for November.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
The Late Senator Hoar as Party
Man.

He was not in a State where party
was made the instrument of plunder
and its management a sink of iniquity
He would have bolted Butler aud op
posed him, though even here slow In his
opposition. To the close of his career,
he held to a sound belief in the claims
of party, opposed the treaty of Paris
and the Panama treaty in debate,
and voted for both. Throughout, he
was of constant and patriotic service
in connecting the brains and principle
of his party with its working manage.
ment and titular leadership. He kept
President Grants confidence when
other reformers lost 1t. His close
connection and acquaintance with
the managers of party machinery
enabled him to stay many a vicious
project and secure many sound COM
promise which man walking alone
could never have gained.
His long national service had few
greater gifts to his land than the
party.service he gave when, as chair.
man of the Republican national con-
vention, in 1880, he prevented Grants
nomination for third term and as.
sured Garfeld's. Every force of evil
in the Republican party, all the
y-times.seven devils expelled
by the revelations and Investigations
of decade, rallied to put an honest
hero to dishonest use. Senator Hoar
was never seen to better advantage
than in those long days when with up
lifted gavel and high-pitched voice
he ruled that storm and turned back
its mad desire. Nor is such service
possible except to the man who feels
the responsibility of party action and
has the instinct of control and moral
leadership.
Never before or after was he called
to this high service. Nowhere else
in his life did he display that unique
power of personal direction and i'm
partial decision which distinguishes
the pI esiding officer of our race. No
other race has it. For lack of it, in
the hands of no other men is the
representative chamber workable.
The best of his time and training
shone in those Chicago days which
saved the republic front departure
from sound tradition essential to
free government.-From George
Frisbie Hoar: A Character Sketch, "
by Talcott Williams, in the American
Monthly Review of Reviews for
November.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
MAd6OlSWD.' IN
G!!M!!s.rdsllll1yIS !.
A TALK ON TILE DRAINING.
Simple Essentials Which Will Assure
Work That Will Last and
Prove Effective.

In my experience have learned
that, as a rule, tiles Of too small capac-
ity have been laid with the expecta-
ton Of carrying away the vast volume
of water that often suddenly collects
in deep depressions after heavy rain.
Four-inch tile is often required, and a
tile of less than three inches in diam
eter, inside measurement, should never
be used. The work of grading the bot
tom of the ditch for the reception OF
the tile often results in failure, owing
to depressions or irregularities re-
naming where silt or other foreign
matter accumulates In the tile, thus
obstructing the flow of water.
The final grade of ditch should
never be finished especially where a
doubt exists in regard to required fall,
without the aid of level, and the
work should never be trusted to the
eye of anyone, no matter how expert.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
CLAIM THEY CAN MAKE GOLD
Two Rhode Island Men Announce Re-
suits of Their Remarkable
Experimental

Two Newport (R. ID men, Thomas
Cockings and Thomas Rees, who for
five years have been toiling to wrest from
nature the secret of making gold in pay
ing quantities. claim to have at last re-
allied the hope of their lives The last
assay that was received by them recently
shows that their product ran so ounces
to the ton of material used. AS gold
Is worth $2060 per ounce. this would
make a ton of product treated worth
$1,000, and they claim that there is big
money In their discovery at this rate.
Some time ago their experiments were
investigated by men interested in them.
At that time the assays did not show
that the gold could be produced in pay
ing quantities Their experiments
started as the result of a friendly de-
bate, and have continued nearly every
day during the past five years. One of
the most serious drawbacks to their
work has been to find crucibles that will
stand the intense heat necessary to re-
duce the materials used in the produc-
ton of the precious metal.
They showed graphite crucible.
costing $3.50, which is warranted to
stand 1000 degrees of heat. the Bottom
of which has been completely fused out.
Cockings is an employe Of the Newport
rolling mill, and Rees is an expert lith-
ographer
The basic metal used in the transmu-
tation Is silver nitrate and the conten-
tion of the men, borne out by the results
Of their experiments, is that silver can
be transformed into metal higher in
specific gravity, such as gold OF course.
the method pursued by them is closely
guarded secret.