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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16
Modern Farm Methods
AS Applied in the South.
Notes of Interest to Planter,
Fruit Grower and SGOc18na1a

them excellent for our own table use,
as they have a slightly gamey taste,
and are juicy and tender. / have
been informed that one should keep
them in pairs, the same as pigeons,
but this is not so. I have kept four
females with one male with best OF
results and I know of no reason for
not mating more hens with one male
if necessary. If were going to keep
many, l would house them apart from
other poultry.
They begin to lay May l to Is, and
lay continually till September, some
times later. They will not lay we'll
in confinement, but are extra good
layers when on range. They seldom
lay with other poultry in the hen
house, liking to steal away in grass
and weeds, preferring burdock leaves
for nests If they can find them l
found four nests in the last year
with twenty-four to thirty-one eggs
in each. AS soon as one disturbs
the nest the hen will steal another,
therefore / do not take away more
than one or two eggs at time UNI
less / wish them to find another nest,
They have no use for a china egg
Florida Agriculturist,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16
Raising Guinea Fowls.

We have at different times quoted
from exchanges articles showing that
there was good profit in raising gum
cas-. There are some objections to
them, they are extremely noisy, they
fly so that it is as easy to fence in a
mocking-bird as guinea, and they
will not thrive in confinement. Still
if you can overcome these objections
there is no doubt good profit in these
fowls. A correspondent of the Amer
lean Agriculturist says:
l find guinea fowls very impor-
tant help on the farm in giving the
alarm when crows, hawks, strange
dogs, cats or foxes appear. They
will set up a great racket, and you
may be on the lookout for the in
truder. My experience with them
covers a period of only three years,
using the Pearl variety only. l start
ed with thirty-three guinea eggs, and
Matched only twelve chicks, raising
but seven of them to maturity. I
find them difficult to raise, being very
tender when Matched. The best
mother for them is hen turkey, and
the next best a common hen rather
than guinea hen. They must not
be allowed to run in wet grass when
young, or, in fact, wander much from
the mother. They are naturally wild,
and that is the reason they wander
away and get lost in grass and weeds
so they must be accustomed to their
mothers voice before allowed free
range,
[ was fortunate in having secured
very good stock. and have exhibited
them at a number of fairs with the
best success. have had no expert
ence in marketing them, but find
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16
Metanhora from Metals.

1T is most amazing" said "a met
allurgist, how the world relies on
metals for its metaphors and SMILES.
Thus an orator is silver-tongued
Or golden mouthed. An explorer is
0ronzed by African suns. A reso-
lutte chap has an iron will. A slug
gard moves with leadcn feet. An os-
trich has copper lined stomach. A
millionaire has tin. A swindler is
as slippery as quicksilver. A bor-
rover has brass. New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16
When to Pick the Fruit.


The fruit consumer and the fruit
grower are usually too far apart.
Too often what is sweet, juicy, lus-
cious fruit in the orchard and vine
yard of the grower is on the table
OF the consumer an overripe, PUPPY
or partially decayed product. 1t is
a lamentable fact that many of our
finest fruits are very bad travellers
and present on arrival in town very
unattractive appearance Many grow
ers do not know the proper time to
pick fruit; that is, the stage of ma
turity that puts it on the market in
good condition Very often one sees
fine, large pears and peaches that
are rotting when the packages are
opened because the fruit has been
allowed to get too ripe on the tree
before picking
Sometimes when the early mar
ket is slack there is a demand for
immature fruit for cooking purposes.
The first early summer apples may
be profitably picked when they get
big enough for cooking. This will be
while the seeds are white and before
the fruit shows much sign of color
ing. The market is always looking
forward to the earliest apples Des-
sert and winter apples should not be
picked until we'll colored Those
that stay on the trees late are better
favored than those picked early.
Winter apples will usually keep bet
ter if allowed to ripen in the cool
weather of the fall, though by this
waiting there is danger of heavy
windfalls. Apples should not be
separated from the twig by straight
pull, but by a twist upward or side
ways The ease with which some
fruits separate from the twig by a
nip sideways gives a good idea Of
maturity, With summer apples two
or three pickings are generally made.
Pears should always be picked from
the tree before becoming mellow and
be allowed to ripen after storing.
The time at which the first full-sized
fruits begin to fall is the indication
Of PROPER picking time. Peaches are
picked for market when they show the
clear or bright colors. They should
not be pinched to test maturity. The
experienced picker has a way of roll
ing the fiat of his hand over the edge
of peach and the feel means the
same to him as grain in the sack does
to the millers thumb. Plums can be
picked greener than any other fruit.
With plums size is about all one
needs look for, as the fruit seems to
Fipen as we'll off the tree as on it.
Grapes, on the other hand, should
never be picked from the vine until
fully ripe and sweet, for they will
not develop sugar and ripen after
they are picked. l have known I'M
principled growers to spoil the mar
ket for white grapes by shipping Nj
agaras before they had become ripe
and sweet. Tasting is the sure test
with grapes. Cherries are picked
with the stems on as soon as they
are big enough, and they always
have the color with the size A day,
or even a few hours, too long OF the
tree may mean the loss of the whole
cherry crop by brown rot. Color is
the shippers test with Strawberries.
Raspberries may be picked as soon
as they will separate from the recep-
Maryland Experiment Station
Bulletin No. 116
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16
-uf AMERICAN HUNT

,..rno ANGLICAN souvenir h4er
a ie bit a cellar full dwat99
Admiral Bob ENs'.iS 49,
The souvenir hung i nn,Iet ii boa
And a coffee pot, witt. S Sly rd sflt'
He adds to his mighy Ioedra,
some bananas plat oInla cfons
For the kids he slows ~ fFS-;-I
And. Just for good measure, s 81
spoons
Hunting the shark, hunting theshark.
Hunting the lion or deer
is nary a fraction or decimaInark
To hunting the souvenir.
Where'er he goes, he deity lifts.
A much priced object or two;
Some neutrality-suspicious. They'll wed
ding gifts
But he hopes it won't trouble vi;
He never steals-oh fie! nay, nay
The tiend merely takes along
Some keepsaEes to cheer his LON way
As he carols his daily song:
Hunting the shark hunting the bark,
limiting the lion or deer
Is nary a fraction or decimal mark
To hunting the souvenir.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16
How to Stop Tea Drinking.

A London doctor in a recent lecture
said it was useless to tell dyspeptic
woman not to drink tea The only
thing to do was to give her some
harmless stuff in a bottle, to be taken
every three hours, with strict instruc.
tions that she was not to have anv
tea for four hours before or four
hours after each dose.-Boston Tran,
script
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16

Gerad-Weren't we engaged last
year? Geraldine-I presumeso, if you
were here when was.-Juge.
rs Jones a man of more han aver
age intelIigence?" Eyes. His wife
died ten years ago, and he's ill a wild
over. Judge.
Mr. JaWback-The biggestidiots al
ways seem to marry the protest wo-
men. Mrs JaWback-Now, cure try
ing to fatter Observation-Disclosures.
Knicker-Do you conside poker q
game of chance? Bocke-Purely.
Sometimes my wife finds i out, and
then again she doesn't.-Haper's Baz-
ar
"The way of the transgessor is
hard, quoted the Wise Guy. 1T ought
to be-" added the Simple lhg; 1T is
surely travelled enough. Philadelphia
Record.
How beautifully the poet ays, "They
also serve who only stand and wait"
Not much they do, if it's quick lunch
restaurant he means. Baltimore
American.
Hawley-So her father objected to
your suit, Ell? Sapleigh-0h, no, me
clothes were perfectly satisfactory. 1t
was me he objected to, doncher know.
Chicago Daily News.
Baggs-What do you say to your
wife when you come home. late at
night? Jaggs-Foolish man! What
makes you think l get a chance to
talk-Cleyeland Leader.
Anxious Mother-I hope you are not
thinking Of marrying young Clarkson.
He spends every cent he earns. Pretty
Daughter-Oh, we'll, he doesn't earn
very much.-Chicago Daily News.
Patience-How is it you enjoy the
German opera so much, when you
don't understand a word of German?
Patrice-I don't have to talk in Ger
man, you know!-Yonkers Statesman.
You look downcast, old man" Eyes,
l feel that way. asked Miss Hoamley
to marry me and she fixed the day in
the last week of June" ''Well, the
time will pass quickly" eyes, that's
what's worrying me."-Philadelphia
Press
You don't seem to like Miss Gabbie,
Mrs. MalaprOp," remarked Mrs.
Browne. Why is it," q detest her."
replied Mrs Malaprop, because she's
nothing but a scandal mongrel and
everybody that knows her will COLA
borate that statement. philadelphia
Press.
lnQuisitiye Acquaintance-Haye you
ever thought what you would do if
your gas bag should collapse while
you are half a mile or more up IN the
air? Daring Accommodation.
should start at once for terra hrma py
the shortest possible route.-Chlcago
Tribune.
yes" said the prospective pur-
chaser, Il always select an automobile
by its motors" But don't you pay
any attention to it's fnish?' asked the
salesman, who had been showing the
upholsteging and brass trimmings.
"0h no. All of my automobiles gen
orally finish up in tree or IN hay
stack."-Chicago Daily News
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16
when the WeddIna RIna sreaIka.

When The wedding Ring Breaks.
When wedding ring has worn so
thin as to break the superstitious be,
lieve that either the husband or the
wife will soon die,
This may be regarded as an obyi-
GUS superstition and perhaps ac-
counts for the fact that wedding
rings are now made so much thicker
and heavier than formerly.-Grand
Magazine
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16
In Courfasv Onlv.

DO you ever talk back to your
Wife," asked the solicitous friend.
Sometimes" answered Mr. Meek
SON. a very little; just to show her
that / have not gone to sleep. Wash
iagton Star
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16
Buying Meat and Corn on CRedit.

ht2ytAS NAedJ ana OOTn on CReG{t.
We feel an interest in every phase
of farm life and conditions and Nigh
prices are to our advantage-ik we
manage well, but our sympathy }cer-
tainly goes out to the farmer who(has
to buy corn and meat on a credit at
the prevailing nigh prices 1t is IAN
old saying a pound Of cotton for Ia
pound OF meat but at twelve and(a
half cents to fifteen cents as manN
will have to pay, the meat keapk
ahead OF cotton, in value. T5anD
think Of a poor man toiling to make
money to buy corn at 81 per busbel
when, if he would but learn he cor1d
grow it for twenty cents. It is GER
tainly sad comment upon Cur bo-
nighted conuit:on-our slavery 10 an
unwise system. Many are breaking
away from this old one-crop system
but we must keep preaching against
and working until at least a great
majority are raising their own SIM
plies. Friends, il any of you are Inv
ing CORN and meat on credit. take an
oath as high as heaven and as deem
as neFl' never to place yourself in
such = dependent and un-farm-7;l-e
position 2gain.-Southern Cultfvator1
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16

The New York fire department has
two hand fire engines still in use. They
are stationed with engine company 40
on Blackwell's island.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16
Value of Salt Fer Co,~s.

The Mississippi Station das foaal
that threa cows kent without sslt TIT
produce fity-aTe pounds less .
II week than they win wasa .Fey
have {all the salg tbey wan.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16

The frock coat has ceased to be worn
by men of fashion in London, and is
relegated to bank clerks and dry goods
noor-walkers.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16
5es~~Nr~ = One - "H"~Ae
Simple Rule LDhich
lnSureS Good Carriage
BY Dr.. Luther II. Quick

OF one himself to look his best
lie does indication OF his real self
Ky he possesses courage personality, than ne
Il shows But looks main thing The a man
= stands and walks bearing his health and upon
H ms efficiency + with his chest nat ana
his head forward his breathing shallow and he never
G-l makes his its ITSELF the Ell
iects OF this help rob him Of vgor In the
case OF e man walks cu
he
one reason Tor the bad that they do not
ho" what good commonest
on Is Hold up head difficulty at all
man can take amount chin and still keep
- an onab position Changing the the head does not I'M
NV Things throw shoulders familiar OF
we ana one which The position
o t shoulders has hardly body The
os ag upon the outside of the blinds house Shlt
- - ~
mere only one way Of doing haby getting the back and neck where
ey Deong the
abou than be
make enor
instead OF the rules about throwing holding up
your mead there is simple which answers all
purposes It is this: Keep the the collar That
will do the worN-Words
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16

the home life to public his fellow
questions IN home life which discussion the
this
feeling
maintaining the spirit discuss all
faced
domestic science and domestic which creation Of the point of
between
and schools and the practical homemaer The esentday houseke
set of The
needs of the family
together to learn the discoveries adjust them life
that We
work
must beware cuea theories revolutions the
the
something which will lift this professional basisThe
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16
0S"~~~-~A~-0O Gse~~~~"~>sNsfS
) The Boy of Today :
6 Is He LUorSe Thar Boys of Other Days? s
= BY President Candage of the Boston g.
VSFler-sQNssS9 industrial Home" GsS~JO~~ps.SI9>

public education
advantage, length of the school In
the boy of
equipped to a
citizen battle a livelihood Is a
*N%%aN%%9% think he is a
%&%%%%%%%| thinking lacks kindness
compared with the boy Of earlier periods. Whe
trueor otherv criticism
the fault lie largely the home training
public schools? The boy who
his elderly
likely
by his
heated with furnace,
he build Water
bring
he has relieved the
OF and he time mischief
find
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-08-16
~Ora~sr~sNp~a~Nes>
To Make Domestic
Science Practical
BY Mrs. Lynder E0ans of Chicago
1Gcti0e in General Federation of EUon1en'S Clubs.
s'f(eao}s1 VAes'NpA'ss3s

HERE is prevalent impression that domestic science
means only the teaching of the rudments of homemadng
the fundamentals cookery the first stages the art OF
needleworl and the general management Of the house
which practical housekeeper have learned through expert
The fact that domestic science and domestic arts
practically speaking the formulation of the expert
OF the homemaker the results of scientific in
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-09-27
Sturdy Business Suits $3.50.

Correctly Tailored Suits, single and double
breasted, manufactured from the high grade
Bannockburn and Globe worsteds, Imperial cas-
simeres and velour cassimeres, they have the
padded shoulders hand shaped collars and shape
E fstaiGin rof ffSn s1s.oo $3.50
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-09-27
Stylish Young Mems Suits.

A Wonderfully Complete Stock of Finely
tailored young mems suits in complete range
Of sizes. All the new stylish fabrics are here
represented, besides the staple worsteds and
cassimeres. Our prices are very much lower
than you'd expect to pay for such Go nm
garments. $3.50 to..................0 l0uUU
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-09-27
$3.50 Mems Sweaters at 81. 40.

Warm winter caps, Golf and Brighton
styles, we'll made, with inside fur band.
Colors are black, navy brown and the
new fall mixtures. AfAc
75c value at. -. .RVS
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-09-27

Only such coats as are worthy find a
place in our sales rooms. Every coat is
warranted to give wear satisfactory to
the purchaser We ST and be- ea1E
hind every coat sold, $l4 SO to plZC
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-09-27
II You Ever

Buy anything in this store that does
not please you-return it and Wen re-
turn your money; If you are ever dissa-
pointed in the wearing qualities of any
thing you buy here-we will be glad to
make good ANYTHING unsatisfactory. We
hope 10 win and hold your trade by Civ
ing you better merchandise. better val
ues and better service than any store in
Northern Montana.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-09-27

We think every man hereabouts will rece
genuine pleasure. The stock carried this season
1t selected from the best manufacturers i'm
now asked for these GOODS amazingly SINAI
perfect buying and distributing organization can
at these prices so early in the season.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-26

lcruiser Newark, which was turned
over to the naval militia last year,
| is of the same age. Our wooden
walls" lasted longer. The Constitu-
tion was twenty-four years old when
she met the Guerrierre. She was
forty when condemned as unsea-
worthy in 1928.
1t does not follow that battle-ship
superannuated as regards fighting eff
ficiency and mobility in fleet forma-
ton has outlived her usefulness.
Such vessels will constitute a valu-
able reserve squadron for coast de-
fense. But the decreased expecta-
tion OF life of warships of the first
class, taken in connection with the
extraordinary performance of the
British torpedo boat destroyer
Tartar, must raise a serious ques-
tion aos to the cost of sea glory.
The Tartar, making 1886 knots
an hour against the tide with tur-
bine engines, using oil as fuel, ex-
ceeded by six knots the speed of the
American torpedo boat destroyers
Iof the 1S99-19OO class. Have they
by that fact been made obsolete
after brief eight years of life? The
statement by Admiral Won Tirpitz
in the Reichstag yesterday that Ger
many has saved millions by postpon-
ing the construction Of submarines
throws light on the speedy deterioa-
tion of modern sea armament.
To keep up with the fast pace set
by European navies and maintain our
'momentary rank as Second sea pow
|er' will necessitate an expenditure
which makes Secretary Metcalfs ask
ed-for appropriation of $4,000. 900
seem almost moderate .t,-New York
World. 49,, is.a e4N p
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-26
What Others Say.

Germany's decision togreduce the
age limit Of battle-ships from twenty
Ave TO- twenty years is the reason ad-
vanced for her present activity IN
naval construction the obsolete sea
armament must be replaced with the
least possible loss of time. The Ger
man naval estimates call for an ex-
penditure of sS5.OO0,000 in 1908, and
the programme for the immediate
future provides for seventeen new
battle-ships by 1917. Within seven
years the German Navy will contain
thirty-seven battle-ships thirteen OF
which will have tonnage In excess
of any now in commission In our
navy,
The radical reduction Of the age OF
efficiency OF battle-ships Is OF inter-
est at time when the retirement of
the Texas is planned after life OF
only eighteen years. The protected
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-26

| a greater loss Of human life Is occa-
stoned by accidents to those who
delve in the ground for coal and the
lprecious metals than by war among
|all the so-called civilized nations Of
earth 1T is not pleasant thought,
when seated by an ample freside,
while the light from cleaning Goals
makes fiickering shadows on the
EwallsI6v itAljpy flpnieslsbal reflect that
sssss 1s|s asYiaatA tessSsfAglS tsrouss, aaa
out the world9apsaalH bemsris the
sacrifice Of great numbers Of strong
men. and the suffering and befeave-
ment of their wives and children, in
order to afford the more fortunate a
means of comfort and profitable em-
lployment
! In the recent West Virginia dis
aster II is probable that approxi-
mately five hundred lives were sniffed
out in the twinkling of an eye. That
is greater sacrifice than the war
with Spain cost the United States.
barring the loss of the Maine. 1t in
wolves a greater number fatalities
than those recorded against many of
the battles of the civil war. Ye. 1t
is only one Of the many similar dis
asters continually spread before the
newspaper readers Of this country
and Europe and then forgotten by a
,peple who pay greater honor to in
,tentional bloodshed than to the sacri-
fees of the innocent. Honor and
fame await the general In the field,
whether he survive or die; but the
hapless foreman of mining crew,
though he save his comrades or
perish with them in some awful crisis
receives the scant compensation of
one days publicity for his heroism
and then suffers the relegation OF
his name to endless obscurity.
df there is so little compensation in
the rewards of those who toll with
machine and pick far beneath the
surface of the earth, even in case OF
death, 1t would seem that every pos.
shble safeguard should be thrown
around their labors, and, in the event
of their falling victims to the dam
gerous elements OF the mines, that 50.
ciety should not leave their families
to want. Those of use who are not
experts in the mining business do not
know whether all the possible pre-.
cautions for safety are, now taken, bul
we do know that the loss of life IN
the mines is tremendous. II all has
mot been done that can be done in
the direction of protection, 1t is lit.
tie less than criminal to continue
mining under conditions which 81
frequently result in such catastrophies
as the one at Monongah. Toledo
itizen.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-26
EuNCrIoNs on coNGREss

In his address to the House of Rep
Iresentatives the other day, speaker
Cannon said:
This house is the only institution
under our Constitution where the will
'of the people may be expressed with
a fairness approximating scientific
accuracy. Other departments of the
government have lofty and important
| functions, but to this house alone be-
longs the peculiar, the delicate and
the all-surpassing junction of inter-
ipreting and putting in definite form
the will of the people"
| Speaker Cannon does well to say
that the lower branch of congress is
the house where 1.-The will OF the
people may be expressed He would
have erred had he said it was the
place where the will of the people
Is expressed. The will of the people
of this country have no more to do
with the laws enacted by congress
than have the people OF the Fiji ISL
lands.
| Speaker Cannon himself has done
more tn prevent the execution of the
will OF the people than any other one
man in the. United States. He has
stood at all times between the will
of the people and legislation. He
has prevented the enactment of laws
the people wanted and he has forced
Through congress laws thep did not
want ~f
Take as an example the salary grail
of last session. There were not
two per cent of the people of this
country demanding any such law
practically everybody was opposed to
1T. The congressman themselves
were afraid to go on record in favor
of such measure, and when 1t was
lat first voted upon and the votes re-
corded, II was defeated. 1t was after.
lward "sneaked" through the houSf
and senate and signed by the Presf
dent, and there is today not one
scrap OF paper on file showing who