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

~ "A little bakery in Leesburg would be a
paying thing, Gracious knows its sale of
fresh baked cakes to the colored popula-
ton, And then the ladies often
(when they have dinners or plcnics TO
serve) send to the bakeries of other towns
ito supply them. With bakery, twice the
bread that is usually shipped here land it
amounts to CONSIDERABLY would be used.
lit is about the cheapest sort of an indus
try, and very little capital is needed for
30.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-03-29

see County hasn't dentist in her bord-
eFsa Why wouldn't dentist that could
do lrst class work, do well in Lee Coun-
D. Her citizens patrouize dentists as
much as any - -. :. 49,.
people in Georgia, but they have to go ont
of their county for their work.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-03-29

Of all the non effective people on earth
it is these that are with John Jones when
z they meet him, and on the other side
with Bill Shanks when they met him, who
never have an opinion that can be count
led on for Two days, and no more.back bone
than fish bait. These are the close
kinsman of the class that on every public
opinion remark, IL don't want to have
anything to do with it, Such may be
all right in otter respects, but they are
athe cause OF more harm than all the yea
..lots on.either side of any question The
people who have opinions can be placed;
the non opinion people are puzzle, much
of the civic strife is caused BY the effort to
place them. Much Of the evil gees un-
challenged because they are not to be re-
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-03-29
8ensl,y', 2QDl15 ing..

We have heard of about six Of the most
noted scientist in the country swearing
that Thaw was insane when he shot
White, We have heard of about six Of
the most noted scientist in the country
swearing that Thaw was not insane when
he shot White.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
WOrllan's Ways
Not So Anxious to Get Manned
as Formerly - Women Who
Dream They Are Capable Of
Dong Great Things. = ::

Women are not so keen about get
ting married now as they used to be"
remarked the up to date matron. Il no
tice great difference IN girls nova
days"
Possibly it is because the number OF
marrying men is getting smaller, Oh
served the bachelor.
II think not" she retorted. 1T is be
cause the right sort of girl is harder to
suit When | look back and think CT
some of the marriages i'll my young
days [ wonder how they were possible.
Girls hardly ever tried to read Aan s
character II he was able to support
a wife, that was the main thing. There
was no thought of the companionShip
which exists nowadays. A man mar
ried to get housekeeper, woman to
be supported. She was not surprised to
find him full Of faults. That was The
nature of man. and it was woman $
part to bear them with patience and
the exercise Of much diplomacy. But
woman herself must have no faults
whatever, of course. That was the
code.
Now all that is different. III the
first place. girls are better educated
than they used to be. Their minds are
broadened, and they take interest i'll
things they never knew anything about
before. They become clever them
selves, with healthy desire to get on
in this world. and they demand men
who are clever and ambitious also. If
they are so unfortunate that they are
not chosen by the type of man they
want as husband. they remain unmar-
ried through choice.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
An Eventfu! Life.

Quietly in Jersey City lives Mrs. Ag-
mes Lake, eighty years Of age who
was a born circus woman" Mrs.
Lake is an Alsatian. Agnes Mersman.
who lived during her childhood in Gin
cinnati with her parents. The chief
clown of the famous old John Robin
son circus was William Lake, who one
day saw little Agnes Mersman swing
ing in the yard of her home and fell
In love with her then and there. They
were married before she was sixteen.
and little Mrs. Lake in three months
time was leading feature of the ell
tertainment She was absolutely fear
less. She was the first woman Who
ever entered a ferocious wild animals,
cage. She was the original MaZeppa
in this country and she and the horse
she was tied to gave u performance so
thrilling that the audience always rose
to its feet while the act was on.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
Fifty Miles to Market.

1t is not an uncommon thing in
France to see a farmer forty or fifty
miles from home in wet weather With
ii load. /; he sees a prospect of
three days rain. lie puts his tarpaulil
over his load Il cover ever his horses
and waterproof coat Oh and starts
off to market. He may go fifty miles
before he finds Il market that suits him,
or he may know in advance Just where
he is going. You do not often see any
body driving fifty miles through 4 rain
storm in the United. States to find u
market for a load of hay. but it is not
uncommon TO see farmers wagons for.
ty or fifty miles from home in France.
They choose the wet weather for that
purpose. Their roads are just as good
then as at any time.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
Women Whole
Harriet Stanton Blatch, Daughter
Of Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Three
Generations Of Strong, intellectual
and Capable Business Women.

An organization which will com
mend Itself to every wage earning Wo-
man in America has bean formed in
New York city. 1t is called the Equal
ity League Of Self Supporting Women
1t will work in all ways, politically, so
cially and in private life. TO destroy the
unjust discrimination now exercised
nearly everywhere against women
workers This discrimination is mani
fest not only i'll unequal pay for equal
work. but also in the matter Of adj
vancements and promotions. In COM
mercial corporations it is of common
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
MYTHICAL CREATURES.
The General Helief d. Fabulous Neu-
STEERS H. O5a.en Days.

The General fielief IE Fabulous Mou-
STEERS IL. O5s.en Days.
Now that the cold light of science
mas thrown it's ray upon the most re-
mote parts of our globe there is no
longer room for legendary creatures
save the sea serpent-and we are told
that the mermaid is nothing more than
a dugOng. a unicorn either Il rhinoceroS
or Il Tibetan antelope. while the cocka-
trice. the phoenix and the roc appear
to be pure imaginationS.
But in the Elizabethan age-an aye
when the Godo had but recently been
discovered-these and many other
mythical creatures were, if not living
at all events actual realities to the or
binary public. and as such We're refer
red to i'll the works of the great drama:
fist and other contemporary writers.
We meet, for instance, in the Win
ter's Tale the line. Make ME not
sighted like the hasilisk." and in THE
Tempest" Now l will believe that
there are unicorns.' But not only was
more or less OF credulity given to the
existence of these and such like fabu-
lous monsters. but Il web of mystic
lore encircled the most common and
best known of beasts, birds and fishes.
Who. for instance, is forgetful of the
popular superStitions connected with
the salamander. the newt and the
blindworm, and who fails to remember
Whites account of the ''Shrewash" at
Selborne? And if such supersttions
still survive among uneducated peas
ants of the present day we may be as
sured that two centuries ago they We're
fully believed by the higher classes
Academy
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
Nary Proctor.

a dark eyed little woman, with a
head that seems too large for beg
shoulders, is Miss Mary Proctor,
daughter Of the famous astronomer.
She herself is a noted lecturer .ana
teacher Of astronomical subjects. She
was her fathers pupil. and yef5 ;a}t
one. After his death the dagghtcf-
then a young girl, gathered his papers
and mathematical notes aud made
from them series of brilliant lectures.
She had added to the original matter
many results from her own star gag
ing ard study. She herself searches
the heavens with a telescope.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
A Vile Performance.

On the occasion of his brothers beue
fit Edwin Booth was standing behind
the scenes when character actor who
had been giving limitations of noted
actors was about to respond to an en-
core.
Whom do you initiate next i'll
quired Booth.
Well" was the reply, Il was gon"
to represent you in Hamlet's soliloauy
but if YOU look Oh I'm afraid | shalt
make Il mess of it
Suppose | initiate myself" remark
ed the trasedian. and. hastily putting
on the other actors wig and buttolling
up his coat. he went on and delivered
the we'll known lines.
Next morning the newspapers stated
that the limitations ruined the perform
ance. the PRESERVATION of Edwin T. oa-h
being simply vile enough to make
that actor shudder had he seen it,
Toledo Blade
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
Nitric Acid From the Air.

Sir William Crookes has discovered
how to get nitric acid from the air, but
the discovery has long been looked for.
II have before me- writes CORE
spondent of the London Chronicle. "a
mannal Of chemistry in which / find a
euiogy of nitrogen aud its compounds,
such as nitric acid and the SO called
compound ammonias. Whoever says
the inspired chemist, succeeds in pro
ducing those bodies in abundance from
the nitrogen of the atmosphere without
the use Of organic materials Will not
only anlass prineely fortune, but
must rank as one of the greatest bene-
factors of the human race, inasmucll
as such discovery would open up an
almost Infinite supply of matter for
the fertilization of the land"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03

snapper, just because he is of the mas
culine sex. to he promoted over the
head of a woman Of ripe experience
and shining capability who has actual
~ in many cases to instruct her stu
pid superior in the duties of his new
office All this financial loss and hu-
initiation come upon her because she
Is woman. TO break up this kind of
thing now and forever is the object
of the new league. No woman who
knows anything will be surprised to
learn that its founder is Harriet Stan
ton Blatch. the strong. up to date. pub
lie spirited daughter of splendid old
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Mrs. Batch
lives in New York city most Of the
time She is active in work for the:
emancipation of woman and for the
development of finer civilization.
Her daughter, Nora Stanton Blatch,
is now graduated civil engineer in
the employ of the New York city
waterworks department. She holds a
responsible post, in which there is no
discrimination against her because she
is a woman Miss Nora is a strong.
healthy girl. magnificently athletic
and in earnest.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
chioaeo,s Costly Smoke Nuisance.

CHARLES 4. Stevens, Il merchant of
State street. Chicago declares that the
smoke nuisance costs Chicagoans more
than Sio,0oaQoo annually and that the
damage to the stock of the State street
merchants caused by black smoke ex-
ceeds S2,oGan0o annually His address
was part of symposium on the
Smoke Nuisance" as first step III the
direction of the launching by ciubwo
men OF new crusade to bring about
the strict enforcement of the antisnoke
nuisance ordinances. II have made i
careful investigation as to the amounT
of reductions made necessary in our
house during last year because of goods
being spoiled" said Mr. Stevens. .and
you may be surprised TO know that the
reductions that actually occurred il
our house last year amounted to near
" $20A.0o0 and believe I would be
perfectly safe in saying that the total
reductions in prices made in State
street annually because Of black smoke
would amount to close to S2.000090."
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
NATURAL KITCHENS.
Places Where Cooking Is Done In
Boiling Springs.

There are one or two countrieS-lce-
land, for example-where washday is
not dreaded. because nature provides
the hot water at ones very door i'll the
shape of steaming springs of spouting
geysers. But there is only one country
where the native women do practically
all their cooking by unaideI nature
and that is the North island Of New
Zealand Here is Il wonderland Of n
thousand square miles so volcanic that
a fire may be lighted by inserting Il
few sticks in the earth. and wherever
one makes hole he speedily has Il pool
of boiling water, into which Il pudding
may be lowered incased i'll cloth and
cooked expeditiously.
Frequently in perfectly cold streams
boiling hot current may be seen aud
felt running along the edge of the
river, and here the Maori women GO
their own and the white man wash
ing. Naturally the volcanic region of
New Zealand is Il dangerous country to
wander in without a guide and many
tourists have lost their lives as the re-
suit of such carelessnesS Maori Serv-
ants boil coffee and eggs in this way
New York Tribune
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
Margaret Forderer, Mayors Score
tary.

The Office of secretary to Mayor
Weaver of Philadelphia is now ably
filed by young woman, Margaret
FordeFer, twenty-five years old. Her
salary is $1,000. The young. secretary
stands between the mayor and the
swarms of persons of all sorts and
conditions who would worry his life
out If he saw them all. Miss Forderef
knows by long experience whom to adj
nit to his inner office and whom to re-
fuse. She has infinite tact. too. in her
management Of this delicate duty and
knows how not to offend even when
she declines visitors request. She IS
thoroughly acquainted with the details
of the mayors Office and has charming
manners. Miss Forderer was Mr..
Weayer's stenographer before being
promoted to be his secretary No
mayor of Philadelphia has had a wo-
man secretary previously.
MARCIA WILLIS CAMPBELL.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
WORKS OF A WATCH.
All the Parts Are hut the Expression
of One Idea. W


of One Idea. W
To one who has never studied the
mechanism of watch its handspring
or the balance wheel is mefe piece of
metal. He may have looked at the face
of the watch, and while he admires the
motions of it's hands and the time it
keeps he may have wondered in idle
amaZement rs to the character of the
machinery which is concealed within.
Take it to pieces and show him each
part separately. and he will recognize
neither design nor adaptation nor rela-
ton between them. but put them to-
gether, set them to work, point out the
Offices of each spring. wheel and cog.
explain their movements and then
show him the result Now he perceives
that it is all one design; that, notwith-
standing the number of parts. their di-
verse forms and various offices and the
agents concerned. the whole piece is of
one idea. He now rightly concludes
that when the handspring was fashion
ed and tempered its relation 10 all the
other parts must have been considered:
that the cogS on this wheel are cut and
reguia the ratchets on
that, etc. and his final conclusion will
be that such Il piece of mechanism
could not have been produced by
chance. for the adaptation of the parts
aiS such as to show it to be according to
design and obetl;e to the will of one
Intelligence.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03

No royal castle has cost Great
Britain more in hard cash than that
Of Windsor says the London Chrol-
icie. When George ~. announced his
intention of making it Il family resi-
dence parliament granted him 1900 600
toward its reconstruction For four
years the work went merrily on under
fresh grants. aud the king then took
possession of the private apartments
That did not end the expenditure how
ever By the time William ". had
satisfied himself that there was moth
ing more to be done the castle had!
swallowed up close to million
pounds.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
Known by Their Works.

a recent writer describes The char.
acteristies of we'll known business
women even to their facial marks. He
goes SO far as to say that no woman
who is 1ot developed over the eye
inmate chin VIII ever succeed in the
business world.
That may be, but there are other
signs equally potent.
| once heard il woman bewaiI the
fact that She was not allowed 20 man
age her own money. aud that same
lady took not the slightest interest
IN keeping her household accounts
straight. She allowed the butcher and
the baker to cheat her right ana left
much to the delight Of these-tra
men who knew her as an ..eastnark. .
When | hear a married woman bewail-
ing what she might have been l al
ways study her household conditions.
Is 1t a great actress that she imagines
herself? | watch with amusement her
inability to control her emotions at
times when it is most necessary. A
great business woman. Well. there is
such a thing as carrying business
methods into ordinary life. of knowing
the prices Of vegetables when market.
ing and not allowing. servants or
tradespeople to impose On one.
Oh, no, the average woman fits in
Just where she is and don't you forget
that II there is anything wonderful
about her, i will manifest itself in a
hundred ways, many of them small
ones too.
The woman who has it Ia her. Is
back.
Rnt she never dreams of what she
might be. She hasn't tie time.
MAUD ROBINSON.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03

Conservative historians among the
Chinese claim for their race an an
those whose estimates are little
wild assert that the Chinese were
the original inhabitants of the earth
and that Chinese history goes back at
least J0000G.000 years. Tie govern
ment records of China place the foun-
dation of the empire at $500 B. C. and
claim that it WAS established by Tohi.
who. they assert, is the N0ah men
toned in the book of Genesis, B. C.
2240
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
Fope's Skull.

The skull of Alexander Pope. the poet
and satirist. is in the private collection
of phrenologist. During some alter
ations in the churchyard where Pope
was buried it was necessary to move
his coffin, which WIS opened at the
time to ascertain the state of his re-
mains BY bribi.g the sexton of the
church possession of the poets skull
was obtained for the night, and in the
morning a different skull was returned
instead. The cost Of the skull, incIud-
ing the bribe. was ESQ.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
Last Years Charities.

Every year the statistician of Chi
eago newspaper adds up all gifts and
requests to charity in this country for
the preceding twelve months. Only
sums OF $1,000 or more are counted and
oaly those gifts that have been an
nouneed in the newspapers. The total
for 1906 is S1O6 oo0.0o0. This is the
highest since 1901. when the total was
$123 100000. In these big figures no
reckoning is made of the humber gifts
which those who are not rich have
been privileged to make.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
What 's-:fx Great British Institation
Represents.

At first sight there is not much like
ness between the comfortable country
gentlemen. retired lawyers. blaSe men
of fashion and liberal subscribers to
party funds. who now drop into rath-
err than frequent their magnificent hall.
and the mail covered barons. who
proudly to battle led their vassals from
Europe to Palestine'S plain i'll the
days of the Heurys and Edwards, but
in one point the house has always
maintained its character through cen
turies-it is an aristocracy of birth but
it is still more emphatically one of
wealth. The law Of entail and primo
seniture has kept the landed estates to-
gether as far rs the law can. Many
have passed by heiresses TO new nam"s
or been sold by spendthrift lords. many
holders of ancient titles have lost the
wealth that gilded their ancestors cor
cDets. but new peers are almost al
ways rich. and a title is still an at
traction to an heiress. We sometimes
hear that the house of lords represe' Is
nothing This is false. 1t repre>t t.
property. Tennyson's new Lincolnshire
farmer. whose horses hoofs trotttl
''proputty. proputty. proputty." IS TIE
type of Il vast number of EngliShmbll.
Such men are not only content bat
proud. to be represented by the house
of lords They know that as long as
the lords have their say ''proputty'
champions - William Everett III At
Iantic
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
Not Fitted For 1t.

Another thing, a great many wom-
ell recognize that they have no gift for
married life, as a great many men do,
and these prefer to live single and
adopt professions or occupations in
which they feel they can do well.
I'm fact. contrary to some sociolo-
gists who are forever decrying things.
/ think there is great deal of i'm
provement in woman. She is develop
ing both conscience and brain. She
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03

You seemed greatly impressed" said
the minister. with my description of
how they brought the head of John the
Baptist before the king on Il saIyer."
''Ieo. sighed Mrs. De Style: Il was
thinking how much better they train
ed servants IN those days. Now. mine,
when they bring me things. are forever
forgetting the salver."-TouisYiIIe Cou-
rier-Journal
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03

Haven't You and your friend got
through that argument YETI asked d
parent Of his youngest son.
1T isn't any argument" answered
the boy, Il am merely telling Jimmie
the facts in the case. and he is SO
beastly stubborn that he won't under
stand ''-Chums.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
4 Sure WAY.

First Author-Oh. the unutterable
monotony of existence! l am thor
oushly disguised with it all Would
that l. might completely disappear for
awhile Second Autlor-Then why
don't you marry Il famous woman?-
Judge
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
KNOWING THE PRICES OF VEGETABLES.

KNOWING THE PRICES OF VEGETABLES.
won't marry unless she feels she can
make a success Of matrimony, sha
won't marry unless the right man
comes along, and the day is past when
she will marry just for the sake Of
being married.
Don't you think that is a good
thing?.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03

Reside close to dentists if you are
not fond of street music Itinerant
organ men carefully avoid playing
anywhere near the house of Il prac-
titioner who can effectually stop or
remove all troublesome grinders.-Lon-
don Punch
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03

Professor "a little distracted I'm
glad to see you. How's your wife?
81 regret it, professor, but I'nl Egs
married.
"Ah, yes. Then of course your @ife's
atll single" -Fliegende Blat.er
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03

: niggardly rich man does not own
his estate; his estate owns him.-Bion.