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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-29


swered the man.
Are you just walking?"
why don't you come to see US any
more?"
Mr.. Ellison seemed to be suddenly
recalled to his duty, for he increased
his pace But Bobby chung to his hand
and trotted at his side.
i've been very busy lately, Bob"
You used to come every day, and
now you've stayed away month, l
guess. I'm lonesome without you"
Well, Bob, it's nice of you to miss
me"
Mr.. Ellison had no comment to
make, but Bobby thought Of a new
grievance.
"And the ones Aunt Jean told me
wasn't true, either There was one,
jolly poetry story about Lochinvar,
how he put the lady on horse, and
they run away, with all the relations
and the false craven bridegroom after.
But no one could catch them"
yes, I've heard about that"
"And it was just about common
people, no fairies nor anything. And
| thought it was surely true And
when | asked her. she said, No,
young Lochinvar isn't true He didn't
take the poor lady away. He left her
to the false craven bridegroom, and
her heart broke, and | think she
died And then she put her head
down, and wouldn't talk any more,
and | came over here"
Mr.. Ellison had stopped in the path,
and was holding Bobbys hand very
tight.
See here, Robert" he said in a
voice which sounded big and serious,
ARE you making this up?"
why no; that's just what she
said" returned Bobby stoutly, per-
haps a little hurt "Just what she
did, too" Then he paused and added,
Honest, cross my heart"
But l thought she wanted the
other-bridegroom"
Why, everybody knows she didn't.
! guess you've forgot about it"
I'm afraid l have. Say Bob, I
want to see Aunt Jean, and | want her
to come over here l must ask her
about something I forgot. Do you
think you can bring her?"
Sure, I can"
But, old man, you mustn't tell her
I'm here. It's a-surprise-you see Do
you think you could get her to take
a walk without telling her I'm here?'
Yes, said Bobby. 1 found birds
est in those bushes yesterday and she
promised to come and see it. 1t will
be just as easy as anything. Sides,
Aunt Jean always does what | want
her to-"
Lucky boy!" commented the 9TH
err with depth of feeling which was
missed by Bobby.
Jean came in rather a listless mood
When some one stepped out from be
hind the big oak she held her head
up proudly, and would have gone on.
But a low-spoken word made her
wait Then they stood like two chill
dren that did not know how to begin
getting acquainted. Bobby stared
frankly.
Bob, said Mr.. Ellison, Il forgot
to bring the box of candy for you and
Margie, Would you go UP to the cor
ner store and get some. Yes, spend
it ALL"
Bobby was off in a flash When he
came back Mr. Ellison had been told
the thing he had forgotten. And Aunt
Jean had learned something.
"Bobbert," she said. prisoning him
in her arms for minute, 81 was mis-
taken about Lochinvar. It's true,
every bit of it,"
"And she did go on the horse, and
her heart didn't break?" questioned
Bobby, wiggling out of her embrace.
she went on the horse, and her
heart danced for joy"
And the poor craven bridegrooDs
wasn't even in the running" added
Mr. Elison.-Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-29
All Up in the Air.

Until the attorney general has re-
ceived and read a copy OF the decision
handed down by the supreme court Of
the United States against the state in
the famous back tax case" Judge Hart
will not give out a statement as to
whether the claims for. 100000 for
back taxes are forever lost to Gaor-
gia.
Comptroller General Wright, who
brought the suit against the Central
OF Georgia railway and the Georgia
Railroad and Banking company, takes
an altogether hopeful view of the sit
uation, and says:
when we won our victory in this
case in the United States supreme
court several years ago, one of the
counsel for the railroads stated that
the corporations had just begun to
fight, and it would be long time until
we got the money. Well, we feel the
same way today. 1t will be a long
time before we ever let up on this tax.
and we will get it, for the courts have
never held that we are not entitled it,
but that our procedure Of getting to
it was wrong. The case won't get out
Of court for years yet, for we are going
to keen. fighting for this just claim
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-29

We learn that Sleeves will be worn
longer this year" Glad to hear it,
rejoices the Atlanta Journal No
friend like an old sleeve.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-29
No State Rewards for Cops.

In the future members Of the police
force Of any city in Georgia will not
be raid rewards offered by the state
for the aDprehen sion of criminals.
Such is the opinion Of Attorney Gen
eral Hart in a case referred to him by
the governor. Patroiman T. e. Moore
of Columbus applied to the executive
department for a reward of 500 of.
fered by the state for the arrest of
William Thomas, colored, charged with
the murder of Prince Hollis, colored.
Patrolman Moore captured Thomas
in Columbus, and applied for the $500
reward. Then the question arose
whether, as paid servant of the law,
he was entitled to payment for doing
something he was already receiving
pay fer doing Attorney General Hart
decided against him.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
Color Hliutlpess

The term color blindness implies an
entire absence of the color sense aud
there are few persons who are In this
cOndi ton. but il also includes all the
forms OF partial color blindness in
which the perception OF one Of the
fundamental colors red. green and
violet is wanting, aud which are
known rs red blindness, green blind
ness and vlo,ct blindness. The line he.
tween these various kinds of color
blindness and Il perfect perception of
colorS is not sharply drawn. 50 that n
large uumh'r OF persons have what Is
'allcd feeble color snuse which falls
short Of actual color blindness. There
is NO doubt that color blindness in its
various forms is much moro common
than Is generally supposed. and IL is
more common among the impcrfCctly
than the we'll educated classes
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
CENTERDALE

Mrs Charles Cooke of Smith Street Is
confined to her II pme by illness.
Mrs. George w. Harris Of Limerick is
visiting here.
Arnold Whaley, foreman at George 2.
Willis shop is confined to his home by an
attack Of rheumatism.
Frank p. Covel spoke at the Farmer.
Chapel on Fruit Hill on Sunday evening.
1t r rumorcd that the Town Council will
consider a mad dog ordinance on Monday.
Representative John McKcnn, is attend
Ing the sessions of the General Assembly
The funeral Of John w. Barns was held
on Monday at his residence in Graniteville.
DR.. John Corbett is negotiating for a
tract of land near Greystonc and it is said,
he intends To erect number of houses.
The body of Eugene X. Hunt, who com
mittcd suicide in SmithGcld last week was
brought to Fcnncr's undertaking rooms on
Thursday.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
The Enrly Trusts.

Trusts were sometimes dealt with
summarily In old England. For in
stance, the records of the Brewers
company show that "on Monday. July
80, 1i22, Robert ChiChele, the mayor of
London, sent for the masters and
twelve of the most worthy of our com
pany TO appear ut the guildhall for
selling dear ale. After much dispute
about the price and quantity Of malt,
wherein Whityngtone, the late mayor,
declared that the brewers had ridden
into the country and forestalled the
malt. to raise its price, they were con.
victed In the penalty OF f2O (Sl0O),
which obiccting 10, the masters were
ordered 10 be kept in prison in the
chamberlain's custody until they should
pay il or find security for the payment
thereof"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
a CATS EYES.
fhs Chinese Discovered Their Use rs
n Time Indicator.

The first European 10 learn Of the
use Of a cat as time Indicator was
NJ. Hue. who in work on the Chinese
empire tells how he was initiated into
the mystery.
NJ. Hue and a party ~ friends set
ont 10 visit a Chinese christian mis-
sion settlement among the pcasantry.
They met young Ch'u1man on the
road. ana to test his intelligence they
asked him If ne could tell them the
time. The native looked up at the sky,
but the clouds hid the sun from view
and he Couldn't read any answer there.
Suddenly ne dartcd away 10 Il fal1n
and returned in a few moments with Il
cat i'm his arms. Pushing mp It's Cyclids
with his hand. hc told Hue to loOll at
them, at the same time volunteering
the information that it was not noon
yet While they were puZzlng over
the case the boy went about his bust
ness
When the party reached the village
they asked the Christian converts If
they could tell the time 10y eats eyes
and how II was done Immediately
there was n wild hunt and all the cats
obtalnable i'm the ncighborhOod We're
brought before them.
The Chinese pointed out that the pu-
pills OF cats eyes were gradually mar
rover mp 10 T. noon, when they be
came scarcely pcrccptible lines drawn
perpendlculnrly across the eye. and
after that dilaton recommended. Hue
examined the eyes Of several cats and
verified what the Chinese had told
him-ChiCago Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
WALT WHITMAN.
Ways of tho Poet Who Was Loved by
All Who Knew Him.

This Is the Walt Whitman who was
known aud loved by those who met
him daily:
after some conversation Whitman
proposed a walk across TO Philadelphia.
Putting on his gray slouch hat, he sal
lied forth with evident leisure and, TAX
ing my arm as support walked slow
ly the best part Of mile 10 the ferry.
Crossing the ferry was always great
pleasure TO him. The life OF the street
and OF the people was so near, so dear.
The men on the ferry steamer were
evidently old friends, and when we
landed on the Philadelphia side we
were before long quite besieged-the
man or woman selling fish at the cor
ner Of the street, the tramway con
ductOr, the loafers on the pavement-a
word OF recognition from Walt or as
often from the other first presently
a CHEEKY shout from the top Of a dray,
and before we had gone many yards
farther the driver was down and stand
ing in front Of us, his horses given to
the care Of some bystandcr. He was
an old Broadway 'stager, had not seen
Walt for three or four years, and tears
were in his eyes az he held his hand.
We were now brought TO a standstill,
and others gathered round. George
was i'll, and Walt must go and see him
There was a message for the children,
and in his pocket the poet discovered
one or two packets for absent little
ones. But for the most part his words
were few. It was the others who
spoke and apparently without reserve"
Whitman as Carpenter Saw Him"
in Craftsman.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
What He Wanted.

How will you have your hair cut,
slr?" said the talkatve barber to the
victim I'm the chair.
"Minus conversational prolixity,' re-
piled the patient.
"How's that, sir?"
with abbreviated or totally ellmi-
mated narrations."
"WhatT
without effervescent verbosty. Let
even dminutive colloquy be conspicu-
Gus by its absence"
The barber scratched his head
thoughtfully second and then went
over to the proprietor Of the shop and
whispered, 81 don't know whether that
man in my chair is mad or foreigner,
but l can't find out what he wants"
The victim had to explain that he
wanted the job done in silence.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
SrVH
HANDLING A TIGER.
How n Turkoman subdued q snarl-
ing, Angry Man Eater.

"In a cage near the room in which
lived while in Khiva," says Langdon
Warner in the Century Magazine,
was a tiger from the Oxus swamps.
He had taken a dislike 10 me, and
every time l passed his cage he got
up and paced angrny toward me.
snarling.
command Of the prince, a Turkoman
stepped armed with short stick as
big round as his wrist. With this
stick he struck the tigers nose as he
made for him, and then, with palms
out and eyes fixed, he walked slowly
up to the shrinking beast and stroked
his face and flank.
THE tiger snarled and took the
mans hand in his open mouth. held
my breath and looked for the bleed
ing stump to fall away; but, keeping
that hand perfectly still, with the
other he tickled the tigers jowl and
scratched his ear till with a yawn and
a pleased snarl the big cat rolled
over on his back to have his belly
scratched.
"The man then sank TO his knees,
always keeping his hands in motion
over the glossy fur, and with his foot
drew toward him a collar attached TO
a chain. This he snapped round the
beasts neck and, rising to his feet.
laid hold Of the chain and dragged the
tiger out.
"This was only the second time that
the cage had been entered. AS soon
as the tiger was outside he espied the
watching party and started for them,
but came up short on the collar. If he
had chosen to use his weight and
strength no four Of them could have
held his tether but as 1t was the
Turkoman found little difficulty with
him and held him, snarling, while
camera was snapped"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
The Typp>yrtter.

Although he was not the first to de-
wise a machine for typewrlting, John
Pratt won the distinction of inventing
the first working typewriter that Sc
cured n sale. He was born in Union
vile, s. c., on April II. 1881, and in
1864, with his wife, he went to Eng
land, Pratt dcvoting his time to the in
vcntion of a mechanism which he des-
ignatcd the "pterotype," the first prac-
tical typewriter. Provisional protection
to the invention was granted by the
British government In February, 1864,
and on Dec. 1, 1866, letters patent No.
1853 were granted 10 Pratt. On re-
turning to the United States in 1S6S,
he secured letters patent in this coun-
try. MIR Pratt was the first inventor
of a machine in whicl a type wheel
was moved 10y key levers, and he was
the first man 10 make and sell type
writer's, having sold several in London
In 1861
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
Ancient nnd Modern bathing,

Soap is really quite new factor in
the worlds life. Most Of our ancestors
were filthy and dissembled the fact by
the use Of stitling perfumes. Washing
ones hands which was only done by
the very best people. meant dipping
the fingers I'm rose water and drying
them on a napkin. Even the Romans
OF the decadcuce, who were probably
cleaner as a community than any be
fore or since. bathed in water and rub.
bed themselves with OIL 1t sounds
nasty TO us. but then SO does, for eX-
ample. Chinese music, which millions
OF human beings think delightful.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
LOCAL NEWS

George Cahill, student at Mt. ST
Mary's Emettsburg, Nd, Is the guess
of his parents on Union avenue.
Don't you want to be cured of catarrhi
You can if you will get Hyomei outfit
from b. A. Smith. Price SI.oo; money
back il it fails.
William Walker of Plainfield street
Is working for contractor Thomas =
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newell b. Sheldon OF
Bristc' entertained Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. William f. Waterman and Mrs
Ethan r. Sheldon Of the annex.
Nothing is more uncomfortable than in
digestion; nothing is easier to cure II you
use Mi o-na stomach tablets. A.
Smith sells them under a guarantee to re-
fund the money if they fail.
Miss Alzada Page of Lowell avenue
is undergoing treatment in Boston
hospital for cankerous trouble.
Mrs. Caliste Page is visiting her
son. Prof Ernest V. Page OF RoX'
bury, Mass.
Lowell B. Shuman Of Hughesdale is
supplying milk dealers Of the annex
with seven inch ice harvested in De
cember.
Stomach and pin worms can be dispcled
with Lees Honey Cascara with
Wormsecd," Never fails. &. II. Lees,
prescription pharmacy Springer Square
John r. Kenyon, Of Rye street, is
spending the winter visiting his son
Charles Kenyon of Savannah, Ga.
II. b. Fisk has practically complet-
ed the sale of his hardware stock and
will discontinue the business which
he has carried on in Olneyville for
several years.
Ernest Williams who conducts a
barber shop on Plainfield street is
confined TO his home by serious Ill
ness.
Hof's Extract Of Malt, 25c. Lydia Pink
hams Compound, 75c.; kilmcr's Swamp
Root, 4oc. and 75c Peruna, S3c; Eagle
Brand Condensed Milk, I5c.; Minard's Lni-
ment 22c Arabian Balslm, I9c.; Ayers
Hair Vigor 7jc.; Cuicura Soap, I9c.;
Pears Soap, Ioc. BYRON A. SMITH.
Prescription Druggist, % Omeyvllc square.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
ENFIELD

Miss Dorothy Parker OF Greenyille
spent Christmas week with her aunt
Mrs. Horace Thornton.
Miss Ruth Salisbury is confined 10
her home by illness.
The schools here began on We'd
nesday after recess OF two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Steere have
returned TO their home in Greenyille
after several months stay in this vii
lage, where Mr.. Steere has been en-
ployed on construction work Of the
new mill.
Miss Alice Heath is visiting at Mrs.
Salisburys this week.
James Webster and family have
moved to the Fenner place.
John HOdgson, formerly engineer
at the Saltwater Worsted Mills, has
moved here. He expects to take a
position at the new mill.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
THE LAKE SKIPPER.
How IL. Taught = Salt water Vet
eran 40 Hustle.


There was salt water captain who,
for reasons Of his own, accepted a
berth as first mate In a big passenger
steamer on the great lakes. He was a
capable seafaring man, but he did not
know what hustle" meant until he
went aboard at Buffalo. The lake skip
per TO whom he reported for duty re-
marked in the most casual manner:
Just give her coat OF paint this
morning, and il the sun stays hot and
she dries in good shape, give her sec
ond coat this afternoon"
The salt water mate staggered in his
tracks and made amazed protest. This
was n 5000 ton vessel, and giving her
two coats of paint was several days
work by his reckoning. The lake skip
per was person OF discernment,
wherefore he had pity on his new mate
and forbore TO deal hnrshly with him,
explaining with a tolerant grin:
"All right | suppose you'll have to
learn to move lively after snOozlng
around salt water all your life. You
just pass that order along TO the boS'n
and tell him it's got TO be done, and
then ysu sit up and take notice"
The bos'n took the order calmly, rs If
il were in the days work, and 10y night
fall the big steamer was spick and
span with two coats of paint from her
water line TO her guard rail. The sailor
from deep water had learned his first
lesson in the ways OF the great lakes
during the navigation season, when the
hard driven shipping must be forced to
do twelve months work in half year.
Ralph II. Paine in Outing Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
ROYAL MESSENGERS.
They Carry other Things Besides
Government Dispatches.

| Inty bGk10en
Government Dispatches.
Very odd are some Of the errands
done by the royal messenger service In
Great Britain. At an English seaport,
for instance, sealed packet which
was being conveyed across the channel
to Windsor in care Of the British for.
eign efHce became accidentally unfas-
tened In the custom house, and guam
tity OF cigars tumbled out. As the
packet In question was inyoiced as
containing important confidential gov
ernment dispatches" no little amuse-
ment was caused. Nothing serious,
however, came OF the incident, for II Is
recognized rule that the king can
do no wrong" and neither, therefore,
0an the kings messengers.
Besides, IL is well understood that
the service is maintained for other
purposes than the nominal one. Dur
ing the late Queen NictOria's reign
these messengers used frequently TO
carry TO the continent IN sealed bags
supposed TO contain dispatches shirts
and collars OF special make and pat
tern for one Of the British ambassa-
dors, hats and bOnnets for her majes.
tvs female relatives all sorts Of Eng
llsh knickknacks for the late Empress
Frederick at Berlin and even barrels
OF native oysters for the embassies at
Paris and Vienna.
For many years, moreover, 1t was the
practice OF the messengers TO call each
week on their way back TO England
Mt Brussels, where they received from
the court kitchens a box Of special
biscuits OF which Queen Victoria was
very fond and which she believed no
body could make as well IA the head
pastry cook of King Leopold's kitchen.
This box OF biscuits was solemnly seal
ed up at the British legation with the
Official seal and then conveyed with
infinite care to Windsor by way of
Dover and London.-Chicag News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
A Line on Her Age.

"Oh." gasped the beautiful woman
as she fell back, clutching at her heart
and permitting the telegram to futter
to the floor.
Her fashionable guests rushed for
ward, crying:
What is It? Has your husband met
with an accidentr'
mo. no." she moaned. 1T Is from
my son-in-law. I am grandmother
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
a CRUEL ENDING
The Lonely Death and Desecrated
Grave of Laurence Sterne.


Laurence Sterne, the great writer,
was left alone In his rooms on Bond
street, London, in those last bitter
days, with servant OF the lodging
house for his only attendant. As he
lay dying knock was heard at the
door and n footman entered, come
from house near by to inquire as to
his health.
The foOtman waited till the end, saw
the thin arm raised as if to ward off
late murmur from white lips, Now it
Is come
Then he went back to the house,
where large party was gathered. and
told the news TO the feasters, most OF
whom were Sternes friends. For the
space OF half an hour they lamented
him, and then the talk turned on other
things-so soon are we forgotten In
this workaday world.
Alas, poor Yorick" His publisher
and a single friend followed him to
the tomb, while ghOuls watched out
side and marked the spot where he
was laid. Two nights afterward the
body was stolen. shipped TO Cambridge
and placed, strangely enough, upon the
dissecting table AT his own university.
A friend recognized his features and
tainted away when it was too late to
stop the desecration-Myr Reed in
Book News Monthly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
Strange Fog signal.

When fogs prevail in Boston harbor,
the attention of passengers on the Nan
tasket Beach line of steamers is at
tracted by a faint metallic sound which
might be mistaken for the sound of a
bell. But il is not the Changing Of a
bell which the passengers hear. Sud
denly through the mist there appears
ahead. like specter. a large tripod.
from the apex OF which Is suspended a
big steel triangle. 1t is this which
causes the strange sound and signals
vessels as to how TO guide their course
through the difficult channel of the
fog
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-04
4 Little Sarcastic.

An old woman went into grocer's
and ordered "A pennyworth Of carrots.
After being served she inquired, "D'ye
not thraw something in wi thcm"
"Oh, yis," replied the greengrocer; III
We wait a minute I'll thraw in a seek
o. tettes an barrel o. apples an n
hundredweight o. turnipS an box q
oranges. An" he shouted as the old
woman fiounced out OF the shop. when
I'm busy I'll thraw in the horse an
CART! IL yor not satisfied then. come
back for the shop"'-London Mail.