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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-02-03
OFFER FOR CUBAN BONDS.

New York Firm Willing to Take Large
Issue of Securities.
Frank D. Pavey of New York has
submitted to President Palma in Ha
vana an offer from Clarence Jones &
Co. of New York, to purchase Cuban
bonds to the amount Of $30,OO0,OO0, if
Cuba decides to authorize such an
issue, in order to pay the balance Of
the revolutionary soldiers claims.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-02-03
LARGEST DIAMOND ON EARTH.
Precious stone Just Found in South
Africa is Worth $4,ooo,ooo

The largest diamond ever discovered
has been found near Pretoria, South
Africa. The stone weighs 1902 carat8
and is said to be pure white dla-
mond of good quality. 1t is locally
valued at $1,5OO,OOO to $4,0OO,ooo.
The famous Kooinoor valued az
$500, 900 weighs 1913 carats, though it
is said to have weighed 900 before it
was cut.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-02-03
MRS. CHADWICK BANKRUPT.
Trustee viii Be Elected to Take
Charge Of Property.

Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick has been
formally adjudged a bankrupt in the
United States district court at Cleve-
land by default. She failed to file an
answer with the legal time limit to the
bankruptcy proceedings brought
against her some time since.
AS a result Of the courts action,
the creditors will meet and elect a
+----+~~ 70 take charge Of her property
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-02-03
BANKER UNDER CHARGES.
A. L. Hunt Accused of Embezzling

A, L. Hunt Accused OF Empezziing
sum Of $4,000.
A. L. Hunt, who was connected with
the Pan-American Bank of Chicago,
which closed its doors several days
ago, has been arrested in New York,
charged with embezzlement.
Hunt was arrested on the request
of Chicago police who notified the
New York authorities that they had
warrant for Hunts arrest on the
charge Of embezzlng $4,000.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-10

from st. Louis, what with tyin' up at
one placen another, and It'll cost US
800 to be towed back; but it's worth
lit sho' is."
Sometimes the tugs take as many
as 80 or 40 shanty boats up the river
at once. They won't take one at a
time. Has to have a bunch. And the
mo- they is the less you has to pay.
Once you starts back, though, you can't
do no tyin' up-if you do. you're left.
I'VE like company; we has visitors
real often; we've people that's people.
Now, them vagabond shanty boats. the
kind that ties up about a mile farther
on-they jes' nachally steal their way
down here. Why, the park commits
sioners don't low any shanty boats to
tie at the levee there jes' because o.
them stealin' tramps. We've keepin',
away from 'em, here by ourselves. Us
respectable people gets the blame for
all the tramps and thieves what lives
on the shanty boats, and Lawd knows
they's lots of 'em.
Them thievin' shanty boats tries to
mingie up with US people, but we's
people that is people, and we ain't hav-
in nuthin' to do with EN-"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-10

self trace a very peculiar one In my
own constitution, to direct heritage. 1t
is what Is generally known as pride OF
birth; and takes its peculiar charac-
ter from a morbid sensitiveness to
honor, that would make me punish as
crime, anything derogatory to the
blood Of a Howard or D'Este. (Mr.
Willoughby started violently. I could
calmly Judge and condemn my own
father were he to prove false to Its
incest distinction; and suffer no other
pain than the shame Of his blood
mingling with mine"
"In such case, would not love like
charity, serve as a cloak?" said Mr..
Willoughby, tremulously.
mo, it would but magnify the
crime. A spirit Of revenge would take
possession of my heart against one,
even were that one my parent, who
could be recreant to the high souled
virtue. Were it possible, I would
drain every drop Of such dishonored
blood from my veins, and thus annul
all affection between u.s."
Would not repentance-a life Of
sorrow-teach at least forgiveness? ?"
said Mr. Willoughby.
mo. I might forgive him in his
grave, because then I would forget
him; but his life would be curse to
me, as his memory would be a re-
proach," replied Graham. THE hon
or Of a name is a trust lent from gen.
Grafton to generation to guard and
reverence, and the man that fails to
transmit such trust pure and unsul-
lied, commits a crime not only to
himself, but to generations dead and
those unborn. You see, Miss Ellen"
he continued, what an invincible
aristocrat am, and how I cling to
pride Of birth which I have been
taught to consider weak. I confess
in my attachment to the throne, to
the institutions, to the habits Of dear
old England, I am truly English; nor
do believe I could ever reconcile my
tastes to an American democracy"
IT do not think you fully under
stand that democracy" replied Ellen.
sweetly. 1--WE claim to be English,
too; but something better than Eng
lishmen. We have already testified
our sturdy sense Of independence, our
strong will, our fearless assertion Of
our convictions. our religious sensibil-
ity. all Of which proudly boast Of as
purely English. But we are noble in
our contempt Of hereditary preju-
dices. Nobility, with its prerogatives,
has no charm for us. We have larger
and warmer sympathies Our energy
is our chivalry; the manly heart and
honest purpose, our knighthood. The
renown that these win, no one dares
dispute, for 1t is won in conflict and
sealed in blood"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-10
TO BE CONTINUED.
THE TOWER OF SILENCE.
Grewsome Burial Place of tho Parsees
of Bombay.

High above Bombay. on the freest
and most airy spot of the city and
800 feet above the level Of the sea,
is situated the most peculiar ceme-
terry in the world-the burial place
Of the Parsees. 1t is called the
Tower of Silence.
These towers of silence are found
everywhere In Persia, where the
corpse, placed under the open sky,
is dried by the sun and dissolved by
the rain. But in Bombay. where the
burial place is limited and where
death and misery invite vultures in
greatest numbers, the dissolution Is
considerably hastened by these car
rion eaters.
The tower itself consists of a stone
wall thirty feet high, forming a circle
about 800 feet in diameter roof
less tower. The floor, made Of ce-
ment is an inclined plane, terminal
ing in a deep and wide well. 1t is
divided into three concentric circles.
within which are standing side by
side the low. open sarcophagi. These
circles are connected by wide drain
CUTTERS leading to the wall in the
center of the building. The men are
laid in the outer, the women in the
middle and the children in the inner
circle.
The whole inner construction re-
minds one Of the inside of a classical
amphitheater, only that in this tower
the players-the corpses and the vul-
tures-occupy the place Of the spec
tators, while the center-the arena
is occupied by the wall, fifty feet in
diameter.
Having entered the iron door lead
ing into the tower. the khandias i'm
mediately strip the corpse of all
clothing, for Zoroaster has said.
"Naked thou contest into the world,
and naked shalt thou depart there
from" The body is then placed in
one of the vacant sarcophagi.
In a few minutes the place is COW
cred with vultures, which in the
course of an hour devour every ves-
tige of flesh on the fresh corpse,
while the blood finds its way through
the drain canals down into the wall.
The skeleton only remains, as
smoothly picked as though 1t had
been cleaned in the chambers Of an
anatomical institution.
In a few weeks the burning rays
Of the sun and the heavy rains have
dissolved the skeleton and piecemeal
worked it down the wall, where the
remaining pieces of bone are further
dissolved in a mixture of lime and
sulphur, while the blood and fluids
are strained through a heavy layer
of coal and sand and enter the unde-
filed ground Of the Parsees as pure
water.
It Is claimed that this mode of
burial Is the most cleanly OF all
methods and, from the standpoint OF
hygiene, the most safe. Certainly as
| 1t Is practiced in the land Of its
origin, where the forces Of nature
sun and rain-perform the entire
operation, 1t does not appear at all
horrible.-Los Angeles Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-10

GIBRALTAR IS CRUMBLING. - The
public is not aware that the great
rock Of Gibraltar Is tumbling down
that Is crumbling, rotting masses
must be continually bound together
with huge patches of masonry and
cement.
Yet they who sail past Gibraltar
cannot fail to notice on the eastern
slope Of the fortress enormous silver
colored patches cleaning In the sun.
These patches, in some cases 80 or
40 feet square. are the proof OF
Gibraltar's disintegration. OF thick,
strong cement they keep huge spurs
of the cliffs side from tumbling into
the blue sea.
Sea captains, cruising in the Medit-
erranean, say that Gibraltar has been
rotting and crumbling for many
years, but that of late the disinte-
grafton has gone on at a faster rate
than heretofore.
They say that the stone forming
this imposing cliff Is rotten stone,
and that in a little while the phrase,
"the strength of Gibraltar" will be
meaningless-Chica Chronicle.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

Bobby-Have you took up cube root
yety ailiy-Nsw, but took up some
sassafrss root last Saturday. out in de
park
Nell-How old does Miss Antique
say she isl Belle-she doesn't say;
but I've heard her speak OF several dis
tinct crops Of 17-year locust
sillicus Did you ever see man
VINO admitted that he had everything
be wanted. Cyricus--Yes but he was
an inmate OF an asylum for the feeble
minded
While riding on an elevator in a
Lebanon livery stable, S-year-old Hen.
ry Rothgaber vas instantly killed, his
head being crushed between the floor
OF the elevator and q ioist.
There's no table that gives The ex.
act measurements of whisky, observ.
ed man with the ir3ressionist nose
MY own observation teaches me that
one drink is enough, two drinks is tos
n'Hch and three drinks isn't half
enough. ."-Philadeiphia Record.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24
JUDGE RuRFoKp AND
CLERK NORRIS.

-~ttfN ~ M -
The many kind words which have
been spoken Of Chief Justice John r.
Burford by many papers OF the terri
tory regardless OF party affiliations
are made stronger and more enduring
by the report Of the special inspectors.
who have just concluded the work OF
investigating the district clerks office.
These inspectors pass a fine encomium
on the worth and integrity Of the chief
justice. That Judge Burford enjoys the
respect ana esteem Of the bar is un.
questioned and that he is regarded
highly at Washington is also a patent
fact The public service has been bet
tered since Judge Burford has been on
the bench and his impartiallty and
keen sense of justice have been ne.
marked without respect 70 politics. In
appointing Mr. Joe Norris district
clerk Judge Burford made master
stfoke. Mr Norris S. not only eniclent
and painstakine IN his work, bat cour-
teous and oblig.ng, essentials 50 neces-
sary in the conduct OF such an once
During the past two months he has
made radical changes for the better 10
the Office and inaugurated improve
meats, under lhe direction Of Judge
Burfo1d that simplify routine work
and DO away with annoying delays
The Leader would Ike very much to
see Democrat in the chair o. the chief
justice and a Democratic district clerk.
but under present condit ons. this can
n9f be. However. The Leader beneves
in giving credit FOR efficiency where
ever found. desD.te party lines. ana ia
eomme7ding Chief Justice Burford and
CLERK Norris, We but reflect the ssnti-
meuts Of majority Of the people Of
the First judicial district
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24
Electricity ana Bread.

The power OF the electric current
to decompose certain substances ir a
singula rway has led to an important
development Of electro-chemistry In
this connection experiments have re-
Gently been made in Paris, seeking an
Improvement in bread making.
Laboring under the mistaken inn
preston that the whiteness OF wheat
bread determines It's quality that the
whittier the bread the better-the Pari-
sian public has for years been growing
more and more eXacting on this score,
consequently the dneness OF grain
-four has been gradually approaching
limit. The public has, as a cnn-
sequence. received less nutritive iocd.
II being . known fact that the core
of the wheat grain, which is the chief
constituent OF bread. while producing
the whitest hour, az the same tine
contains the smallest amount OF
albumen and Is thus least nutritious
There has recently been raised The
nope Of obtaining a white bread by ala
of electricity. for which purpose the
four was brought m contact with
electrified air. whose ozone possesses
ehlcacious bleas hing properties A
report 60 tie Academy Of Sciences NJ
Paris on the result of an experimen,
with -four treated in both the ordinary
way and by electricity. under similar
conditions. explains that the -four SUBJ
iected TO electric influence was much
whittier IN color bat that its taste and
oder were far inferior to those OF
oour treated by the ordinary method
The amount OF phosphorus was the
same in both. but the quantities of
fatty and acid substances varied
largely Thus in -four treated ~
electricity the fatty substances proved
rancid glutinous and x less yellow
ish color, and instead .9f retaining their
usual aromatic, yellow state became
oSidized and partly converted laio
While sebaeic acid, which could bs
dissolved In alcohol The gluunons
substances were discolored and chang
ed.
The bread made from this -four was
whittier than usual but of inferior taste.
ana the experiment serves TO de-
monstrats that electric treatment;
while successfully turning -four white.
Injuries it.--seienti6c American.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24
MIX Ann KINDNESS

Think Of it II you work at the
dairy farm Of Mrs, Addie F. Howie you
must say Good morning to her COWS,
says the Kansas City World
Eleven years ago Mrs HOwie was a
Milwaukee society woman. Now she
IS the acknowledged authority on Jer,
sey cattle breeding in this country.
She is on the stan Of the Wisconsin
agricultural college as lecturer and
students Of dairy work am ock
breeding come from all over the ypnu-
try to attend her lectures. Eleven
years ago she was AFRAID to look at
COW" as she puts lt.
What new thing has this successful
woman contributed TO the science Of
cattle hreeding7 She employs kind
ness.
Nov YOU would scarcely suppose
thar the yield Of a cows milk could
be doubled by blindness. Mrs. Howie
has proved that TO be true
t-N say q tf'ly nNluht % ptlllnS,
every word OF love aad every bit Of ap-
preciat on and attention bestowed on a
CON VIII come back 10 you in dollars
and cents Put in affection with your
scientific feeding and promise it VII
repay YOU
Mrs 3owie caaxed and caressed
twenty-five pounds and fye ounces
Of butter out OF saide let Pet one
of her fagortes. Ia seven days. She
sells calves for 5000 apiece and they
are bespoken before they are born.
AND her COWS take frsi prizes where
ever they are shown
OF course yoe must really love your
COW I yoa want 70 double her yield
OF milk by Kindness. Mrs. Howie is
in love win her pretty creatures.
You may lecture a brutal owner Of
a COW about being kind TO an Of Gods
creatures and it win never get under
his ssn. But show him that he is
cheating himself oet Of dollals-thats
another story.
II It pays 70 be Kind TO a COW VII
q not pay u be kind TO horse or
iog--or even a human being?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24

year an records for railway accidents
we're broken This year a more grew.
some record stlll is being established
SO frequent are the horrors that the
public has 90 great degree become
hardened to them. Official investlga-
tions are becoming merely perfunctory
and the blame and penalty are very
seldom fixed.
The report OF the interstate com
merce commission just issued for the
year ended June 30 ahows that the to-
tai number Of casualties to persons on
the railways was 94.201. of which 10.
Os6 represented the number killed and
S4.155 the number intared
These figures do not appear as ap-
palling as they ought We are used to
them But the fact is that great mill.
tary campaigns have been fought and
the destinies Y nations and OF races
decided with lose Of less men thas are
yearly sacrificed to the railway jugger-
naut of the United States
Our continually occurring dlsarters,
as compared with the almost absolute
safety Of railway travel in England,
would BE- astounding, we're we not
hardened TO them
And yet comparison with England is
unfair. because Of our much greater
mileage our far larger number Of en-
ployes. our less perfect roadbeds and
our vast stretches Of single trackage.
ilt can not be hoped that our railway
system viii for many years TO come be
las compact and perfect as that Of Eng.
land
Bu; many gisrins defects. through
wh.ch lives are daily being sacrificed
may be- remedied.
The black signal system, where
rigidly operated has saved innumer-
sbie lives 1t can be extended.
The smashing II common coaches
into kindline wood while the PuDmans
and private cars Of officials come out
Of wrecks safe and sound. demon
strates that safety may be intellectually
increased by the proper construction
OF all cars
Some Of the worst of recent wrecks
have been due to the "bucSling' Of
freight trains The national safety ap-
plianoe law contain~ provisions which.
IL observed. would render "buckling"
impossible
Blunders Of railway employees are
not always due TO careiessness or in
competency Long hours and over
work have much to do with them.
Remedies for the commoner causes
OF disaster are not far to find. But
they cost money. And SO long as the
public toierates the railways saving
Of money at the sacrifice Of lives, the
railways are likely TO remain content
The public has power 10 compel the
adoption Ct all these clearly demon
strated remedies. when h!s power is
exered travel will be far safer than ii
is now. It is up TO the public and its
officials. Nothing is to be gained by
rail ng at the railways when coroners
and courts fail TO fix the blame.
II must not be forgotten, either, that
a large part Of the list of dead and in
jured is made up Of Uespassers upon
railway property And the general
carelessness OF the American people
makes another heavy contribution to
the annual list Of casualties.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24

The Juvenile paper, at the instance
OF the ringsters, now seeks to discredit
Councilman Blackman, a stannch Re
publican. Mr. Blackman is an ener
getic business man and a safe repre-
sentative He IS discharging his du-
ties faithfully and thoroughly Merely
because ne refuses to truckle to a gang
Of indictments he is criticized But
Blackman doesn't mind that
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24
TIE GoULos SAIL FOR HOME.
(Ry Associated Pressl

London, .Ang 24.-Mr ard Mrs.
Gould leli here ths morling for home.
They have been having quite a time IN
Europe, touring throueh France aud
England ia the.r automobile anl had
seYersl narrow escapadss from death.
on one occasion. while touring through
France they had been no ST. Nalory
looking az a house. wh ca Mr Gould in-
tends 90 lease end were returning 30
pe.ilo. when their autCmobile skidd I'd,
and threw both down a hlsh enbank.
ment Neither was seriously hurt. but
che escapade vas extraordinary
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24

The present city Indebtedness Of
$4,000 IS NOT the work Of the present
city administration Is is heritage Of
the Barnes administration. Hepburn
was city attorney under Barnes and he
does not wish to see just claims set
tied 1t is indeed unfortunate thsta
Hafrls houston IS ont of .he CITY.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24

Things have reached A pretty pass,
indeed, when the chairman Of the
finance committee Of the city council
Is unable TO depend upon the legal
opinions Of the city attorney II the
city attorney Is incompetent he should
rsslgn az once.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24

TIE Presidents suggestion that &
may be wen for the federal govern
msst g. regulate the insuraacs bust
ness IS aeli as The ralroad. has not
evoked Widespread enthusiasm. says
heOutiook Possibly Uncle Samuel Is
setting ioo 2l3ny irons 10 ths FIRE The
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24

Let city creditors remember City At
toney Hepburn. HIS present attitude
gives light on the Brunner wagon deal
One week age Hepburn said. yes.
advise paying of the city creditors
from a general fund Yesterday he
cried NO, don't pay EN-: it's
illegal Was Hepburn's opinion wired
Ito him by Harris Hoaston2
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24

Governor La Toilette denies that ne.
wants TO have President Stuyvesant
Fish, Of ne mino.s Central, lynched.
The governor iutimates that he is per
fectly willing for Mr. Fish to be hung
in the orthodox legal way
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24


When sou hear a knocker denouncing the
ways OF the daily press
And sayif & sensational features are VAR
icus borne to excess
When be iifts up his voire al exposures
of sins and Of long hidden crime.
And saws that the rcd-tinted stories are
only sensational slime.
when he claims Il is nohing ',ot black
mail that gets such exposures in
type.
That the writer's who gather tho stories
are addicted to hitting the pipe.
You can safely assume That he fellow
has stfnyed from the pathway Of
Right
There's a skeleton hid IA his closet ne
fears may be brought to the light
When 2 nsn IN public position q
STATE ~ OF county or town
EndeaVofs to COW "a reporter by wearing
"a digniaed frown.
In tones that are jagged with grunaess
asserts be has nothing TO say,
And hints at the papers as meidltrs in
a very contemptuous way,
There's something that's stinging his
conscience until tis exceedingly
sore.
feeling OF vague apprehension is trou-
bling his soul TO the core.
Thfres q something he slways Is dread
ing may some day be brought 90
light
within his official closet there's skcio-
ton hiddm from sight.
The press IS the vsilant safeguard shat
ever intrcpidly stands
And aghts for fl3c good of The people tho
weapon Of Truth f., iis hands
Ana those who denouncc lt most bitter IN
loud and impassioned TRADE
aie those who are hiding uanasressions
and fearing the eat OF It's blade
The men who are thelessly rolling the
bail el Progression along
Regard the gront press na their leader in
valiautly battling the Wnns
The men Who denounce ANA upbraid &c
with an their vituporate might
Have skeletons hid in their closets they
fear may be dragged to the light.
A blessing alike TO young ana Old; D.
Fowlers Extract Of Wild Strawberry
Natures specific for dyscntery, diairhoca
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24

~ Hixon says the city attorney
Stems like lobster that he is hold
ing up city claims and causing credi-
tors TO suffer Can Il be possible that
Hep has assigned his salary claim. and
doesn't care now badly other people
need money?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24
RAILWAY KILLING.

The alarming series OF railway dis
asters threatens 10 De continuous. The
public scarcely RECEIVERS from the
shock Of one horrible wreck bsiora
there comes aaoiher and another It
Is 2 Gun day That does NOT bring IT'S
story, os stories. of finlng and mane-
ng IN collision or deralment Last
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24

A shark is reported to be hanging
around the bathing beach az oyster
Bay, says the Washington Post Per.
haps a spy in the service Of the sharks
that are hanging around the depart.
ments in Washington
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-24

drastic purging and regulation life in-
sarance companies ase undergoing to-
LAY are net So be credited TO any laws
o- to any state supervision. They are
due TO publicity.