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Evening journal., 1905-08-12
A Prominent Merchant Restored
to Health BY Pe-ru-na.

necessltY. Ieruna u such 3 remeuy.
Evening journal., 1905-08-12

J. T.. Cly1ner and family are visit
ing at Quakertown, Pa
Evening journal., 1905-08-12

Wilmington Glazed Kid brings
over $1,000. 900 annually
quarter or more of this is paid
in wages-to this city. thereby
adding to our wealth.
Evening journal., 1905-08-12

Miss Helen May Davis. who has been
Visiting Miss Ethel Pierson, has re-
turned to herihome in Lancaster, Pa.
Evening journal., 1905-08-12

Miss Name Campbell, Of Philadel-
phia, is the guest of Mrs. Watson
I.enderman, att Hilltop, Brandywine
hundred.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-15
Corn Crib suggestions.

see Mr.. w. r. Hayes tells how to
keep weevils out of grain. He starts
out by keeping rats and mice out by
the use of lime. If Mr.. Hayes will use
sulphur instead he will. not be sneezing
and shedding tears when shocking
next summer. Sulphur will not cost
more than four to four and a half
cents per pound retail, and one pound
is sufficient for 100 bushels. He need
not sprinkle all through his corn; only
sprinkle around the walls of his barn,
and then ON top after he has all his
corn in barn.
I have been housing corn for over
forty years. and my experience has not
been like that of Mr.. Hayes. When I
put it wet 1 am not bothered nearly
so much with the weevils. frequent
~ keep it pretty we'll wet with water
in dry weather; prefer to pull it down,
leave it on the ground until wet by
rain, then haul in as soon as possible.
1t will never take a heat, as he sup
poses, if dry when pulled mean the
corn and cob dry, not grain. Just try
some; it makes no difference how wet.
If you do not like that plan, just
gather a lot of what is known here as
Jerusalem oak weeds, throw about
through the corn when housing. If
this is not the best of remedies it is
the cheapest. as most of us farmers
have plenty of the weed growing
around our lots and garden fence cor.
ners. find from experience and OBJ.
servation that the weevils are much
worse some years than others. didn't
know the cause. 1t may be in the time
it is gathered, or the mild winter, or
something else.
If any one has a better remedy than
sulphur for rats, OF a better remedy
for weevils than q thorough wetting,
or the Jerusalem oak, I'd like to know
it.
The sulphur remedy is fine to use in
your oat stacks. Just sprinkle around
stack pole, or sprinkle occasionally on
the heads as you are building the
stacks. If you 90, put the oats up in
tiers. turn the heads of bundles in,
the butts out. Sprinkle occasionally
with sulphur and you'll find no cut oats
or rat beds. I have not been out Of
oats in fifteen years or more and am
seldom bothered with rats or mice
Sprinkle over your seed oats after
threshed in pile, boxes. barrels or any
where kept-Marion Farmer, Marion
County, S. c., in the Southern Cultiva.
! tor.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-15
Corn.

The Georgia Experiment Station has
issued a bulletin on Corn Culture, ;"
from which we make extracts:
Many farmers, perhaps a large ma
jority Of them, are content to make 4
more o. less careful selection of the
soundest and disappearing ears of
corn from the corn crib" just at plant
ing time. They continue to plant the
same variety-usually a nondescript or
mongrel-year after year, for a life
time, with never a test of its pro-
ductiveness in comparison with other
varieties that have been selected and
improved with more or less care and
good judgment.
A comparison between the yield of
the best and poorest varieties Of corn
at the station for ten years, shows a
yearly average in favor Of the best
varieties Of 1887 bushels, worth, at
ninety cents per bushel, S761.
Bear in mind, too, that all these were
such as were offered for sale as select
ed and improved varieties. Possibly
some of them were no better than seed
corn that might have been selected
from any crib of sound corn; but this
is not probable.
The average difference of ST,G1 per
acre is quite enough to pay all the ex-
penses Of cultiyating an average ARE
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-15
SOUTHERN 8 FARM : NOTES.
'd-=p @d-p
7oecS INTEREST GROWER
TopIcS OF INTEREST," 10 TAEPLANTER sTocxMAN AN0 TRUt

Of land in corn, including 50 or So for
fertilizers and SO or 81 per bushel for
a prolific seed corn.
1t should go without saying that the
proper time and place to make the
first selection of seed corn is in the
field while the corn is maturing and
at the time Of harvesting. 1t will per-
haps be generally admitted that the
most controlling and conclusive point
Of merit in a variety is its productive
ness throughout a series of years. One
years experiment is not sufficient to
determine this point, although the re-
suits are often significant of the finally
ascertained truth. The size of ears,
number of ears to the stalk, size of the
stalks and disposition of the grain, etc,
all affect to some extent, the desirable
ness of a variety, but must give way
to the final and more conclusive test
the average yield per acre. These
minor points are, however, useful in
making selections in the field when one
or more Of them have been found to be
closely related as to yield. To quote
from previous bulletin: ut is rea-
sonable to expect that in variety pro-
ducing an average of two, or nearly
two, ears to the stalk, the ears will be
individually smaller; but the
advantage Enthusiastically remains with
the varieties producing high average
number Of ears to the stalk, notwith-
standing their smaller size. The re-
suits of this experiment, therefore,
warrant the conclusion that the most
prolific, or productive, are found among
these that habitually produce an av-
to the stalk when the seasons are
favorable"
In view Of these experiments it may,
therefore be said that the advantage
is not with the variety that naturally
produces the largest ears, and there
fore the rage" after "big ears" of corn
is not justifed-except for show pur-
poses. 1t may be added that on the
uplands of Middle Georgia the large
cared varieties will approximate and
sometimes excel the smaller-eared vari-
cites when the weather conditions have
been favorable; but "of a dry year" the
smaller-eared kinds are more reliably
productive.
Every farmer should have his seed
corn testing patch on which competing
selections from his own fields and
varieties secured elsewhere may be
subjected to a careful field test under
his own eye.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-15
ROOSEVELT THANKED BY VETERANS.
One Paragraph in His Message to Congress-
Pleased Old Warriors.

General Stephen D. Lee, commander
of United Confederate Veterans, on
behalf Of himself and that organiza.
ton, has written as follows to Pres
ident Roosevelt:
Theodore Roosevelt, President Of
the United States-My Dear Sir: AS
the general commander of the United
Confederate Veterans organizations,
and for them, 1 am sending you my
thanks for the paragraph in your mes
sage recommending that the general
government care for the graves OF the
Confederate dead, and especially those
who died in northern prisons during
the war. I desire to say that this
Laragraph in your message is exceed.
ingly gratifying to me personally.
with kindest regards for yourself
personally, and for the welfare OF
your family, am yours truly,
STEPHEN D. LEE"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-15
PEGGY HlEIcH.

! haven't a penny to bless with myself
Lord, what pauper am
| haven't a penny to bless with myself
] never had cared for the bothersome pelf;
But, oh, how / long for a mountain Of
Since You have met, Peggy Bieigh.
Most humble and lowly till now my es.
Lord, who obscurer than II
Most humble and lowiy till now my estate,
] never had wished a more glorious fate;
But, ola, how / long to be famuus and
great
Since you have met, Peggy B;eigh.
] always have done as CHANGED to see fit
Lord, what sinner am H.
] always have done as | CHANGED to see fit
My conscience has troubled me sorra the
bit;
But, oh, how long all my evil to quit
Since you / have met, Peggy Bleigh.
Contented was / with my drear, empty
life
Lord, what cynic was Il
Contented was / with my drear, empty
life,
And marriage / swore was beginning vi
strife
But. oh, now long now to get me wife
Since you have met, Peggy Bleigh.
never shall ask you the question l
would
Lord what duffer were 1!
] never shall ask you the question would,
Too wealthy are you, too noble and good;
What ails me, no doubt, you have long I'M
derstood,
Since you have met, Peggy Bleigh.
-Egomet, in New York Sun.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-15
WOMAN DIES
ON GALLOWS
Mrs. Rogers Pays the Death PEN
atty IN Vermont Prison
FOR MURDER OF HUSBAND
Was Only twenty-five Years Ct Age
and Went to Her Doom With
Out a Tremor.

at Windsor, Vermont, without treA-
NOR and without a word, Mrs. Mary
Mabel Rogers, Friday, marched to her
death, and paid the penalty Of muir
dering her husband, Marcus Rogers.
at Bennington, on August 10, 1902.
To all appearances Mrs. Rogers was
the calmest person in the chamber Of
death. She faced her end with the
same social Indifference that has
marked her demeanor ever since her
arrest more than three years ago.
Greatly to the relief of those Off
Gals who were assisting in executing
the sentence, Mary Rogers last hour
was remarkably tree from narrowing
incidents. 1t had been feared that the
woman's wonderful courage would de-
sert her at the last moment, and she
would be carried to the scaffold in
state of collapse. Instead, however,
Mrs. Rogers met death bravely.
There were no sensational incidents.
IN connection with the hanging. AL
though the woman was not officially
pronounced dead until IA minutes and
80 second after the trap was sprung,
she evidently suffered no pain. Her
neck was broken at the second cervi-
cal vertebra and she lost conscious
ness Immediately after the drop fell
A few feeble convulsive movements
Of her pinioned hands was the only
evidence that vitality had survived the
FIRST shock. The drop fell at 1:13 p.
M, and Mrs. Rogers was pronounced
dead by the attendant physician at
1927 IL.
The woman's feet barely touched
the floor for an instant, but the depu-
ties On the platform of the scaffold
Immediately frightened the rope, and
raised the unconscious form a couple
of inches.
Principal Feature Of Case.
Mary Mabel Rogers became a wife
at the age of sixteen, a murderess
at nineteen and was hanged when
only twenty-five years of age.
She killed her young husband while
kissing and caressing him, after hav-
ing secured his consent for her to-
tie his hands "just in fun"
Her case has been in court three
years, during which time she had
twice been face to face with the gal
lows, each time being reprieved.
1t is estimated that in all her petit
lions more than a half million wo-
men of the United States have at
tached their signatures. A new petit
ton containing $4,000 names was pre-
scented just before her execution.
In declining to stop the execution
Friday, Governor Bell said: Il know
of no law that is not as much for a
woman as it is for man. For me
to NEEDLE in this case would place
me as executive and the state of Ver-
mont in a ridiculous position"
Mrs. Rogers cunningly planned the
death of her husband and fendishly
and treacherously executed it. She
sent for him to come to see her. They
had been separated. She promised to-
remain with him, and while she kiss
ed him, she tied his hands, cnloro-
formed him and rolled his body into
the river, forging his name to a note,
in which it was stated that he had
killed himself. 1t was the handwrit-
ing that led to the wife's arrest and
conviction.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-15
piamonds in chinese River.

German mineralogists are reported
to have discovered diamondiferous de-
posits in the vicinity OF the old bed
Of the Hoang Ho River in China.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-15
A Social StrnrrIer.

The following advertisement APP
peared the other day in a London
newspaper:
IRISH LADY, much reduced income,
would be most grateful to lady
young, medium size), who would
GIVE her LEFT-OFF CLOTHES to
help maintain social position; refer
ences. Address -
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-15

Dr. Pollock, President of the Georgia
University, has given his fine library
to that institution. 1t is the result Of
TWENTY-FIVE wears nf strenuous collect.
ing.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-15
The
Double Scare
BY j. II. Hammond.

ABRIEL sHOBE was seat
cd astraddle of a log, at
the end Of which was a
hollow, out Of which he
had just taken a gallon
iuo Evtro ntiuU a oopp
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-05-11
The "sleopy" woodohuck.

II there is any one OF our native ami.
mails that looks slow, clumsy. lazy"
and generally unit TO survive In the
struggle for existence It Is the wood.
chuck. After he has built. or rather,
excavated. his home-whlch, TO tell
the truth, he does In rapid and busl.
nessllke way--he does nothing but eat
and sleep. Yet anyone who sizes him
up as an incompetent Ia likely to get
fooled, for he is source OF continual
surprises.
When your garden Is not far from
the woods you may be awakened In
the middle OF the night by series Of
most alarming yells and howls, occa.
stoned by some hungry woodchuck
that has come out for nocturnal visit
to the cabbage patch and met with a
warm reception from our two dogs.
The woodchuck usually gets away ap.
parently unharmed. while the dogs arc
left to nurse their scratched noses aud
torepaws. The woodchuck, In fact, has
plenty Of courage, and will always
fight In preference to running away.
Throughout the summer this little
wood pig" spends most of his time In
the vicinity Of his burrow, coming out
early in the morning to take his break
fast, returning TO his nest for a morn
Ing nap, appearing again at noon and
late in the afternoon for his dinner and
supper, only to return for another
snooze. Occasionally he makes a visit
to some neighboring orchard or gar.
den. BY October /, when he is fat, he
retires into his subterranean home for
long sleep, until, we are led to be-
lleve, the proverblal "ground.hog" day.
Country Life in America.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-05-11
DOCS ON rHG POLICE FORCE.
Phllaaelphia Has Found 81. Bernards
usefai as Aids 60 the Blue Goats.

Philadelphia Has Found 81. Bernards
usefui as Aids 60 the Blue coats.
Dogs on the battlefield, as reaeuers
OF wounded who have crawled into out
OF the way places to die, are no longer
novelty, Dogs as policemen are de-
cidedly new and novel II has been
proven by the police OF Philadelphia
that a trNined dog is the best adjunct
the force can have.
Recently Il occurred TO one Of the
patrolInen that Il would be a relief
during the lonely hours of the morn
ing watch II he took his dog to share
the dreary vigil, With the marvellous
instinct OF the intelligent animal the
dog soon got into the habit OF follow
ing his master 20 the station house.
standing In line when the roll was call.
cd, and accompanying him everywhere
on his beat. BY degrees the actual
duties OF a policeman seemed 10 be-
come familiar TO the dog, II required
only one experience with a tramp,
freezing to death In an alleyway on the
policeman's beat TO show the clever
dog what was required of him,
Therea fter Rex. who Is splendid
specimen Of the St. Bernard, and who
has inherited the instinct Of resculng
untortunAtes who are succumhing to
cold, spent most OF his time when on
duty" In nosing up alleyways, peering
under wagons, searching In doorways,
hunting In cutters, aud smiling around
dark corners, always on the watch for
some wayfarer dead TO the world and
likely to be dead in actual fact unless
speedily restored TO consciousness,
Rex adopted his own method of pro
cedure when he found such cases.
Running to his master he caught at his
coat and dragged him 10 the spot
where the freezing tramp or inebriate
lay. Not until the man had been trans.
ferred to the ambulance or patrol wa.
gon was Rex ever satisfied to resume
his search for other unfortunates.
From the search Tor men who had fal.
len unconscious by the wayside 70 the
recovery OF lost children was natural
and easy transition. Rex grasped the
idea quickly that child crying in
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-05-11

How TO live long and enjoy life Is a
problem of perennial interest Many
Of the alleged solutions are delusive
because they ignore one or the other
half Of the problem. They either aim
at longevity at the expense Of Joy or
secure JOY at the cost OF longevity.
Plenty Of exercise is generally advised,
but there are hardened sinners who
will take any risk rather than submit
to the accessible forms OF exercise. A
severe and ascetic regimen is another
favorite suggestion which to multi
tudes seems "a remedy worse than the
disease" But Drs. Duke and Hol-
lander, nerve specialists Of London,
have just advanced--0r emphasized
a theory which should command an
easy and phenomenal success. Do you
wish to preserve youth and at the
same time assure yourself the maxi
mum Of happiness and the minimum
of privation and routine? II so, take
an immense amount Of mental eXer-
else. The authorities named say that
the average agricultural laborer In
England is threatened with softening
of the brain or mental paralysis at the
comparatively early age OF 65 or 20,
simply because he does not use his
mind. Doing little thinking, he gives
the blood no chance to circulate
through the brain, and mental decay
results. On the other hand, judges
and statesmen who constantly employ
their intellectual faculties live to
great age and do not lose their keen
interest In the activities Of existence TO
the very end. We naturally think of
men like Humboldt Gladstone, Spen-
Ger and Of many aged scientists and
public men still living and In harness,
and find abundant confirmation Of the
theory in question. And the best fea-
ture of the theory is that the means
prescribed are not only within the
reach of all, not excepting the worst
paid of agricultural laborers, but, in
addition, are so agreeable and delight
ful that they may be resorted to for
their own sake. Mental exercise in
this day and generation need not In
volve the least drudgery to the adult
With excellent newspapers. full Of dis
cussions of intricate problems Of po-
litical, economic. religious and social
life, with periodicals galore, with
cheap editions of immortal masters
like Milton, Shakespeare, and scores Of
other poets, novellsts, essayists,
dramatists and philosophers, and with
free and travelling libraries, need any
man forego the stimulation, exhilara-
ton and pleasure Of mental activity?
Experts who tell us not to worry are
indulging In counsel Of perfection, but
when they tell us to read great books,
think of lofty and noble things and
exercise our mental faculties they
point to the most effectual method Of
making our troubles seem small and
ephemeral and reducing worry to the
minimum.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-05-11

Gambling at bridge by women goes
on extensively In both private houses
aud public hotels Dinners are hur-
ried through In order that the party
may the sooner engage In gambling,
and some Of the women are noted as
the sharpest and most grasping OF
gamblers, Gambling made fashion
able among women is a rather serious
matter. 1t Is bad enough among men,
but when the mania extends TO women.
who are held tighter In Its grasp, the
moralist has special reason to fear the
consequences Probably there has
never been a time when the vogue OF
gambling among women OF fashion
able society was wider than It is now,
and 1t is not unreasonable to suppose
that 1t will increase. Luxury pals and
new varieties OF stimulation are sought,
The devil nnds mischief still for idle
hands to do.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-05-11

Secretary Taft maintains that a mill
lion dollars can be spent more profit
ably in building rife galleries In the
principal cities Of the country, for the
purpose Of making the young men Of
the country expert marksmen, than in
getting the regular army and the mill
tia together in field manoeuvers. The
military authorities would like to have
clubs Of marksmen organized through
out the country to use the proposed
ride galleries. This policy is In line
with the Presidents belief that in war
the shot that hits is the only one that
counts.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-05-11

the midst OF a group or sympathizers
was pretty sure to be lost.
In the daytime. when his master
was sleeping, Rex, who seems to be
able to get along almost without rest,
will wander the streets looking for lost
children. Occasionally he makes mis-.
takes and half frightens to death some
youngster who is not lost, but merely
in tears over one Of the numerous vic.
issitudes OF infant life. The number
Of times, however, that he has brought
10 the station house. after the fashion
Of his species in the Alps, some little
girl or boy who has been led along
with his or her arm around the big
dogs neck, proves the usefulness Of
the animal as a member of the police
force.
In addition to his cleverness in res
cuing freezing wayfarers and bringing
to the station house strays from the
family fold, Rex has to his credit the
finding of no less than five fires In the
smoldering condition that taken In
time, can be quenched with bucket
Of water. With his marvelously keen
scent Rex smells fire long before the
presence of the smoke issuing from
some crevice discloses the danger to
the watchman. In this way he has
saved thousands of dollars worth Of
property. 1t has become the habit
with the police of Philadelphia who
are on duty at night to take with them
a pet dog. While not officially recog-
nIzed by the police department of the
Quaker city, the dog department is un-
officially becoming an important
branch of the public safety branch Of
the city government 1t Is not pre-
dieting too much, therefore, to say
that the model city of the future will
include among its protectors a trained
band of st. Bernard dogs.-Philadel-
phia Press.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-05-11
No Place for Modern Legal lights

No Place for Modern Legal Lights.
Many unkind things are said and
printed about members of the legal
profession, only few Of which are de-
served.
BILLY" Saunders is natural born
wit He is in his elghtieth year, liv-
ing in New York, and is still working
at his trade, painting. On a recent
occasion BILLY" and one or two OF
his mates were beautifying lawyers
office. The younger partner, thinking
to take rise" out of BILLY" said:
~ say, Billy did you ever know
of a painter going TO heavenT
"Yes," said BILLY" II knew Of one
once"
"Iand do you think he stayed there p
"Well, l did hear that they tried to
put him out"
"And did they suceeedT
"No. According to the latest &C.
counts, they had not succeeded"
"Why, how was that"
"Well, sonny, 1t was this way. They
couldn't find lawyer in the place to
draw up the papers"
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-05-11
Ampluon.--Havs a purpose. Ain

Ampiuon.--Have purpose. Aim
less people never got anywhere. Havs
ing lost ambition through disappolnts
ment OF the smothering. dwarnng pow.
er OF sin. they wander heedlessly from
land 20 land. Others move home ~
boarding place regularly, Such folhs
can do many odd Jobs. but master no
great task.---Rev. @, r. Relsner, Meth
odlst Denver. Col.
Endurance. cc.---Patience Is the calm
endurance Of those changes and suffer.
ings that may come to US. Sailors say
Il is but lying TO and riding out the
gale, Paul says our God IL God Of
patience. His great patience Is shown
in the patience and perfection Of croA.
ton, awaiting and abiding its proper
time and order.-Rev. c. o. J0neA
Episeopalian. Atlanta. Ga.