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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-03-29

him good hot supper and night ?
lodging.
He turned and sauntered along
crossing street after street, Till ne
had wandered into a section Of the
city where he very rarely came,
most prosperous section, judging from
the fine broad avenue.
Jim was cold by this tine, and
thought that he would retrace his
steps, when his attention was attract
ed by the sound of music. 1t game
from a church close by, the door OF
which stood inyitingly open. 1t look
ed nice and warm inside; there was
no one in sight, and Jim softly stepped
in and sat down at the back Of the
church, which was in semi-darkness.
The only lights were away down
at the other end, where were gath
cred a group of boys about Jim's age,
and a man seated at an organ. Soon
the man began to play and the boys
to sing Now one would hardly have
guessed on seeing Jim that he was
a musician himself, but he had a
great reputation among his friends,
who were sure that not one of the
famous singers of the day had voice
that could compare in sweetness with
Jim's.
Jim was interested at once when
he heard music in the church. Oh,
the beautiful music! He had neVer
heard anything like it in his life. 1t
made him almost unhappy at one mo-
ment, and he woIld rise to go, only
it held him so that he could not.
But the boys! His establishment
rose as he heard and watched them
The man was evidently trying to
teach them something; but some were
careless and would not listen, and
others were stupid and could not
learn. Finally the boys became SO
restless that the man rose, and clos
ing the organ, told them all to come
the next afternoon; and Immediately
there was a wild scramble for the
door.
That night Jim would neither Tay
nor whistle for his trlende, to their
great surprise; but the grand, gplift-
ing strains which he had heard that
afternoon still fingered lii his ears.
The next afternoon, MS soon as his
papers were sold, jim started again
for the church, and the next, ana the
next as well. Every afternoon found
him quiet, unnoticed listener at the
back Of the great church.
The master went over and over the
strains, slowly, carefully and patient
ly, while the boys blundered and hest
tated. Jim had learned the whole
thing by the second afternoon and
could have sung every note OF it.
Jim was completely oIt Of patience
with one boy. He had beautiful part
to sing alone, evidently the climax of
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-03-29

the whole piece, and he had voice
like skylark, so pure and clear; but
it was such a task to teach him any
thing!
What he apparently learned one day
was forgotten the next, and Jim fidget
ed and muttered to himself in digust
at the bungling work which he made
Of it,
They were getting ready for an
Easter celebration, as Jim learned
from the conversation, and he made
up his mind that he would be there
on that day himself He had attended
SO many Of the rehearsals by this
time that he felt quite at home in
the church; but it seemed very diff
ferent place to him in the light Of
the bright spring morning, when Jim
walked up to the door on Easter Day
The many carriages, the throngs of
gaily dressed people so abashed him
that he hardly dared go in, but he
finally found an opportunity to go in
unobseryed, and slipped quietly into
his accustomed seat The church
quickly filled, even to the corner
where Jim sat.
After a while there was a sound of
distant singing, and soon the boys
caGe walking in procession, and sing
lug the music that Jim had heard them
learning.
In their choir garments they looked
little like the rough, careless boys OF
the day before. He did not know that
the boy with the beautiful voice, who
was to have sung the solo part had
suddenly been taken i'll, and that the
organist, in despair. had been obliged
to substitute in his place one of the
other boys, who was not capable OF
filing it, but was the best that the
organist could find on such short no
tice
So Jim did not know what to make
Of it when he saw the boy evidently
preparing to sing alone. Jim knew
each boys capabilities in a musical
way by this time as well as the organ
list himself did, and he knew that this
boy could not sing the music proper
ly. The Organist began to play; the
boy looked frightened II was time
for him to begin; he hesitated and
choked The organist turned partly
around. The next instant voice of
wonderful strength and sweetness fill
ed the church.
After single start the organist
played steadily on. He did not know
from whence or whom the heavenly
voice proceeded, but it was God-send
Through to the end, without fear or
faltering, glowing and thrilling with
JOY and love and devotion, Jim poured
out his soul.
When the last pure tones had died
away, and he realized what he had
done, he would have rushed out IL
possible, but kindly hands gently de.
tanned him till the service was over.
and the surprise and wonder and ad.
miration Of the people could find ex-
| preston.
OF course that was the beginning
a great change in Jim's life. The
nightingale in his throat could no
longer be hidden; it had brought to
him friends and fortune. But in the
future years people liked to tell the
story Of his first public appearance,
when he sang because his bursting
heart could not contain its wealth OF
melody. Companion.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-03-29

Even when a fellow is beside him
self he can't sec himself as others
zee him.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-03-29

Matrimony as we'll as intemperance
has its horrible examples that don't
seem to deter others
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-03-29

People appreciate the delicate taste and
natural action of Garfield Tea, the mild herb
laxative Best for liver, kidneys and bowels.
Guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drugs
Law
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-03-29

The pessimist doesn't believe in
putting off till tomorrow the trouble
he can borrow today.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-03-29

New South Wales paid $3,5O0,O00 in
four years in bounties for rabbits.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-03-29

\ the street cor
ner, celebrating,
stood jim. The
cold wind tore
round the angle
and threatened
to snatch the cap
from his head.
jim did not mind
the wind. He
had had an I'M
usual streak Oh
good luck this al
ternoon, and sold
off all his papers
early, and now
stood iingling
several coins in
his pockets, coins
which meant for
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-16
human nature; I simply call it ava

human nature; I simply call it ava
rice.
I could cite cases where individuals
have told ranchers they could dodge
our ordinance by shipping stock un-
der a false name. Is this right or
just or honest? All we wish to do
in these matters is to use all honor
able means to avoid past mistakes
and not add to Our already long list
of burdensome insects.
We have no desire to quarrel with
the honest nurseryman. His inter-
ests and ours are alike jeopardized
by the increase of these pests, but
we do feel that the best interests of
every part of California should actu-
ate their moves as we'll as those Of
the Horticultural Commission. We
can work in harmony and still aim
to avoid the expensive mistakes of
past years.
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Fair Florida.

Fair Florida.
Marvellous Revelations About the
State and its Possibilities.
The Mercantile and Industrial Re-
view, of Jacksonville, which is now
being prepared by the industrial de-
partment of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway for the purpose of interest
ing northern investors in the posi-
bilities of Jacksonville, Duval county
and Florida, will reveal facts per-
tanning to the State that will aston
ish even its, residents. Thomas K.
Bates, special representative of the
Seaboard, is gathering material for
publication, and some idea of the pro-
gress he is making may be gained
from the following:
The combined area of Connecticut,
Delaware, District of Columbia, Mass
achusetts, New Jersey, New Hamp-
shire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Mary
land, Porto Rico and our own Titula
islets in the Pacific is 5o,24o square
miles. while the area of Florida is
5o,268 square miles, making it the
largest State east of he Mississippi
river The State has 1900 miles Of
sea coast and more splendid harbors
than any other state In the matter
of navigable rivers and lakes Florida
has no peer, there being within it's
bounds 80 lakes, AZ rivers, and 90
creeks Florida is $4,000 square miles
larger than the state of New York
The distance from New York to Chi
cago is o17 miles, from Chattanooga
to New York is go miles, and from
Jacksonville to New York is o84
miles. The distance from the west
ern boundary to it's southern extrem-
ity is 900 miles-a good two days
journey.
There are 3,2I7,o2o acres covered
by water, composed of rivers, ponds
and lakes and 347I3,ooo acres Of land
surface. On a basis of 100000 popu-
lation, this would give each citizen
of the state 5000 acres of land, while
the residents of New York have only
4 Is acres. There are only 5,ooo,-
900 acres in Florida held as farm
lands and only a portion of that
is in cultivation, leaving opportunities
open for settlers that no other state
can offer.
Key West is the largest city in
the United States that has no rail
road However, this will soon be
remedied by the entrance of the East
Coast line to that city
There are 40 counties and 2,425 CT
ties and towns in the state, and Flor
ida lays claim to 1I6 islands.
There are magnificent areas of val
liable yellow pine, cypress and hard
woods, repres enting 2o2 distinct var
ieties available for the manufacture
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stamp out by the best means those
which we have
Among the destructive insects
which so far are not introduced into
our state, | will mention, Gypsy
10th, (Porthetria Dispar,) "White
Fly (Alerodes Citri) and Mexican
Orange Maggot, (Trypeta Ludens.)
In our own country we have no
Purple scale, Clover scale, Wax scale,
Rust Mite, Silver Mite, nor Phyllox-
era of the grape. 1t is patent to any
one who has had experience in com
batting scale insects that we do not
wish to acquire any more.
To illustrate how Our people feel on
this subject, | will relate little Incl
dent A certain nurseryman was
very anxious to ship orange trees
into one of Our districts which prac-
tically has no pests. These orange
trees were infested with the Florida
Red Spider (Tetranychus Mytilaspi-
dis The man insisted that he had
right to ship his trees anywhere
that he could find a market for them
A number of the wide-a-wake growers
in said district said that if necessary
they would send a representative to
where the trees were and purchase
them and burn them there It was
not necessary and the trees were not
shipped into their district.
Many of the worst insect pests are
SO minute that they are very apt tc
| be overlooked by the ordinary in
spector, hence, we have an ordinance
quarantining very strictly against
nursery stock from districts known to
be infested with insect pests not
prevalent in our county.
To illustrate, again, we have over
sixteen thousand acres of grape vine
yard in our county, and as yet we
have no Phyl1oxera If we admit
grape vines from a locality known
to be infested with that pest it is
patent to any one who is acquainted
with the pest history of this state
that it would only be a question OF
time, and very short time, perhaps
when that worst of all grapevine
pest would find it's way into Our ex-
tensive vineyards and the consequent
damage would be greater than any
nursery or combination of them
could enumerate. Past experience
has shown us GLOW great matter
a little fire kindleth."
We quarantine very strictly against
any possibility of introducing the
"Peach Yel1ows," why should we be
less careful about acquiring other
known injurious pests
And in the matter of local quaran-
tine inside Our state, would not
Purple scale or Phylloxera or Long
scale be just as damaging and just
as costly if introduced from an ad-
joining country Or an adjoining dis
trict as it would be if imported from
another state or country?
We are spending many thousands
Of dollars annually, now in our
country, fighting fruit pests and we
will not sit down peacefully and
allow our country to be flooded with
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and DruSneQ the CIuIlkS, tlIC fdiu
nurserymen declared that they were
unfairly treated because this scale
would not live in Southern Califor-
MIA. And, further, they said that If
the trees were allowed to be planted
with the scale on them that they
would pay five dollars for every scale
found alive at the end Of two years.
Fortunately, for us, in Our immediate
vicinaity these fairy tales" had no
effect; and we have no tpurple scale
in our country today. But these
same nurserymen turned their ship
ments in another direction, where
they were allowed to plant their
trees without let Or hindrance
What was the result? A friend of
mine who lives in that locality told
me short time since that he would
like to show me block of 800 acres
of new kind of fruit deciduous
lemon. [ asked him what made the
trees shed their leaves and he an
swered, purple scale.
It has cost California millions Of
dollars to learn some of these lessons
and it would appear that the end
was not yet.
The red spider Of the citrus
tree; Tetraynchus Mytilaspidis, was
shipped into California on trees from
Florida, as were also the Rust Mite
and the Silver Mite Of the lemon and
the Florida Wax scale We haven't
them all yet and are we to continue
until we have all of these known
money MASTERS? '.'5. g.. ~.
The red spider of the deciduous tree
Bryobia, Praetensis, was first heard
Of. BY. us on deciduous orchads in
the northern part Of our state, where
the earlier method was to fight them
oy filling the air through the orchard
on damp or foggy days with sulphur
thrown through broadcast seeder,
and yet, after reading all this, decid-
uous nursery trees were shipped
south into Our county where the
uneducated eyes Of Our inspectors did
not discover the millions of eggs at
the base of every twig and limb on
many of the trees So, Southern
California was set to fighting this
pest.
The "San Jose" scale, Aspidiotus
Perniciousus, came from Northern
China and was first introduced into
Santa Clara county by James Lick
in 1870. Since that time it has
spread all over the state of Califor-
nh and of the United States as we'll
Tie history Of the spread of this
scale is SO we'll known that it needs
no further mention from me.
In June, 1901, cargo of orange
trees arrived at San Pedro from the
South Sea Islands. Upon inspection,
these trees revealed the presence of
eight different kinds of scale inse cts.
Among them was the Mining scale,
which it was found impossible to
kill without killing trees Finally,
by order Of the court, this whole
cargo was burned on March 20, Of
the following year.
At that time, in the report of Alex
ander Craw, he recommends that the
quarantine laws be further amend
ed, giving the officers more definite
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of anything from toothpick to

| "a oAy IAiAAAS AAOAA' g
ships mast.
The possibilities of the state from
stock growing point OF view can
not be equaled. The water is here,
the grazing land is here, and the
winters are very similar to the sum-
mers in the north. The experienced
stock growers should be able to ap-
preciate these points, but he does
not seem to take advantage Of them,
probably on account of his narrow
minded prejudice. When he does
come to himself the state of Florida
will remind one cf the Chicago stock
yards.
Florida has $4,000 acres of edi-
bic oysters and enjoys the distinc
ton Of being the only sponge bearing
state in the Union.
Florida is veritable pa,ldise for
the man who loves to hunt and fish.
He can go. cunning here for hear
wildcat, deer, wild turkey, geese, duck
quail, squirrel, rabbit, coon and numer
Gus other birds and animals. If one
would rather fish, the state offers
sport in this line that cannot be ex
cel1ed anywhere. You get them from
two ounces to 200 pounds, and it IS
not necessary to wait a week for a
bite.
The state contains unknown quar-
titles of phosphate rock, which is
proving a very valuable acquisition
to the sum total of the states wealth
It is used as the base for the manu-
facture of fertilizer ~ :..3..,
The finest quality Of tobacco grown
in the United States is grown in Flor
ida 1t sells for as high as 10 cents
a pound
Florida produces sea island cotton
the kind that demands 80 cents per
pound, when the ordinary grades are
drug on the market at 10 cents
pound.
AS fruit, vegetable, nut and aeri-
cultural growing state Florida has
no equal. Here may be grown all
the fruits and vegetables that are in
digenous to a tropical climate and TIC
more hardy sorts of the North. Three
and four crops per year can be grown
on the same acre, and the farmer does
not have to idle away half of his time
trying to keep warm during the win
ter months, but can cultivate his crops
every month in the year, and if he
manages his farm intelligently he will
have something to sell every three
months while his Northern brother
sows once year, markets once year
and is broke ten months in the year.
The average soil of Florida is san
dy, mixed with clay and other or
ganic matter, but by the proper use
of fertilizer it becomes very produc-
tive
Recently large bodies of peat have
been discovered in the state and there
is, little doubt but that this discovery
will add largely to the states re-
venue
All the grasses used in the manu-
facture of mating, rope and straw
goods are grown profusely in Flor
ida, and offer openings for manufac-
turir0 concerns a1ono , line IN which
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-04-17
Plumage of Live Birds DYED

Rather novel is the notion of
coloring birds artificially hy feed
ing them with aniine dyes. The
thing is actually being done new
adays with pigeons, ca:Gries, par
rots aud even chickens. For this
purpose the dyes are either mixed
in the dough CT ordirary bread be.
fore baI ing, or else disguised in
"cOttage cheese" -either BEING q
readily asslmllated form of food.
Bakinr takes away the bitter taste
Of such coaltar PROJECTS, and the
crumbs are freely eaten.
In this way, by the use CT
methyl &c sin, fawn .colored pigeons
may be turned to bright red lard
the color is guaranteed "fsst."
Similarly, blue is obtained by feed
ing the birds with methyl violet.
In the latter case the dye offered
to the young squads in bread.
That cOlcrs acquired by fe; din g,
however, are not necessarily fast
is shown by what happens in a
state of nature to the ri:al
birds known as "turaccs" or ba-
rana-eaters. On their dark-violet
wing feathers are patches Of bright
crimson, which soak out in wu.er,
80 that in the rainy season these
patches become gale pink or dirty |
gray. 1t is copper, derived from
bananas, tEst produces the tint.
The red portions of the feathers
when burned give Il green fame,
indicating the presence of copper.
The red coloring matter easily dis
solves in dilute ammonia, and
chemical analysis sho We it to cen
ain seven per cent of pure metallic
,ODDer.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-04-17
Jefferson Stopped IL.

The custom of presidents of the
United States reading their mes
sages to congress prevailed up to the
first term of Thomas Jefferson, who
discontinued it. Various explana-
tons for Jefferson's departure from
the custom of Washington and John
Adams have been advanced, the
most popular being that Jefferson
felt that it savored of royalty, see
ing that the king of England went
in person to parliament and read his
address from the throne. Another
explanation was that Jefferson's
voice was notably weak. Jefferson
himself said in making the change,
II have had principal regard to the
convenience of the legislature, to
the economy of time, to their relief
from the embarrassment of imme-
date answers on subjects not yet
fully before them and to the bene-
fits thence resulting to the public
affairs"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-04-17
jap Siun of Fidelity.

"The Japs are a fine race" said
globe trotter, "but there's one
thing about them l don't like. The
married women all blacken their
teeth with a paste made out of
sweet oil and SCOT. When a young
married woman gives you smile,
instead of being ravished with a
glimpse as of snow on roses-pearly
teeth cleaning between red lips
you look into a black hole. You
frown. You turn away in disgust.
The idea is that the married wom-
ems black teeth, making them un-
attractive, keeps them faithful to
their husbands. Seems TO me it
must have the opposite effect on
theshusbands. New York Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-04-17
DRINKING WATER.
To Be Of Any Use II Must Be Pure or
Comparatively So.

|
Water is the universal solvent,
and it preserves this property in
side the human body as we'll as"with-
out. 1t is therefore a useful, in
Iced indispensable, substance. But
II must be taken with discretion.
! If one drinks a hard water-one
already saturated with salts-it
does little good, for all its energy
must be expended in removing from
the system the mineral matter
which it already holds in solution,
and the animal waste is left where
it was before.
A drinking water to be OF any
use must be pure or comparatively
so. Distilled water is the best drink,
but unless it is aerated-shaken up
so as to absorb ART is fat and
most unpalatable.
O. Rain water in the country is dis
titled water and if properly collect
ed and stored is excellent for drink
ing purposes. The first fall should
be allowed to run away, for it con-
tainS the dust and other impurities
in the air and also the bird drop
pings and dirt from the roof or 9TH
er collecting surface.
The cistern in which it is stored
should be protected from the sur
face DRAWINGS and should be tight
ly covered to keep out dust. Water
so kept is greatly preferable to well
water, which is almost never beyond
the possibility of contamination,
no matter how far it may be from
the barn or the outhouses and no
matter though it may be at higher
level. There are often seams and |
cracks in the earth which give free
way to water, and in this way the
surface washings may be carried to
the bottom of a deep well a long
way off and on a higher level.
Many persons will not trust any
natural supply and drink only bot
tied water, either natural or artif-
cial. But this is not always as safe
as it seems to be. The maker of
the artificial water may not filter it
before charging it with carbonic
acid gas, and then of course it is no
better than the water of the town
where it is made.
The natural waters may be pure
md they may not, just as any spring
nay be pure or contaminated.
Those who live in cities where the
water is filtered may safely drink it
f they can be sure the water sup
,lied is always that which came
through the filter beds. Those in
barge of public water supplies have !
zen known to mix unfltered water
nth the filtered or to substitute it 1
ntirely without warning to the !
sers.-Youth's Companion.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-04-17
Booue's Fort at jamestown

TIE Kentucky commissioners oil
the jamestown Exposition have g..
lecteo grove of tall pines us the
site Ct the Fcrt Boone, which will
re the replica of the original Dan.
iel Boon fort at Boonsboro, Ky.
The fort was completed about the
middle of February, ard is OF rough
hewn logs and slabs, with the bar k
remsining, and will be surrounde d
by stockade of poles and slabs,
ten feet in height, the timber being
all cut on or near the site Of the
old fort in Kentucky, ard brought
to the exposition for the purpose
indicated.
Among the novel historical ex-
hibits will be the hunting coat and
rife of Daniel Boone, statue of
the famous frontierman, papers
showing the orr sinal grant of the
Kentucky colony by Henderson of
Virginia, after General George
Rogers Clarke captured the great
" ilderness.