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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
A Good Way To Go.

A certain farmer had an orchard OF
very choice apple trees, which was
often visited by youthful raiders, who
were fonder of apples than of honesty.
On one night the farmer, while watch
ing in a secluded spot for some Of the
suspected thieves, was astonished to
see proceeding cautiously in the di-
rection of his favorite appletrees the
well-known son of a neighbor.
Hey, jack" cried the farmer in sur
prise; where are ye goin' to, my lad?'
Jack stopped abruptly, in utter dis
may. Then he turned and started 1of
the gate. Going back, sir" he shout
ed.-Philade,phia Record.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
A Jealous pigeon.

Willie KaFow has pet pigeon which
is not of the ordinary, common, every
day pigeon, says the Wellington News.
1t has taken up with an old hen and
when she goes to the nest to lay the
pigeon goes with her and sets on the
nest till the hen leaves; then it goes
with her. When the hen is setting the
pigeon stays on the nest with her,
and when she gets off to feed it tries
to cover the eggs until her return,
when it will leave and go out and feed,
only to again return. When the lit
tie chicks hatch the pigeon becomes
jealous of them and tries to kill the
entire brood. Kansas City Journal.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
cusaslna Names Of Authors.

Seated around a camp fire the 9th
er night during a lull in the converse
ton, the resourceful woman of the
party, who had been dubbed "the
chink filler" produced these questions
from her reticule and nearly every one
was correctly answered:
/. Whose name means such fiery
things you can't describe the pain and
stings? Burns.
2. What a rough man said to his
neighbor when the meat was tough?
Chaucer.
9. Pilgrims kneel to kiss him?
Pope.
4. Makes and mends for his custo-
mers? Taylor
5. Represents the dwellings of civil
lized men? Holmes.
6. To be worn on the head? Hood.
Z. Hills that cover a dark treasure?
CoIeridge.
8. A worker in precious metals?
Goldsmith.
8. A vital part Of the body? Hart.
10. A disagreeable malady affecting
the feet? Bunyan
IL Meat, what are you doing in the
oven? Browning.
u. The greatest incentive in life?
Hope.
Is. One who will never grow old?
Charlotte Yonge.
ID, An author with a girls name?
Sue.
IS. What an angry person often
raises? Caine.-Indianapolis News.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
in Grade Five.

1t is too warm in the school-room,
said the pretty new teacher. Earle.
will you please set the door ajar?"
Earle walked quietly to the door be-
hind Miss Spring, while she went on
explaining multiplication of fractions.
He opened the door very little, then
ne shook it,-shook it as hard as he
could shake heavy school-room door,
and not make q noise to disturb Whe
class. Really, all he could do was to
push it back and forth two or three
times. Then he closed it, and walked
back to his seat, rather red in the face,
because he felt sure he had not Jared
1t much, not enough to cool the room
at all.
When the lesson was finished, Miss
Spring looked at the door.
The door has closed ITSELF" she
said. Set it ajar again, please, Earle,
and little more this time"
Very much embarrassed, because he
knew how little he could shake it.
Earle went forward, tried again to
shake the door, gave it up as before,
and went back to sit down, very limp.
in his seat. Nobody laughed, to his
relief, but some Of the pupils did look
puzzled. Why did he not mind?" their
faces seemed to ask. Suddenly Miss
Spring began to smile.
I do not believe Earle knows what
It is to set door ajar" she said kind.
ly.
Then Mollie Prescott laughed out
loud. She saw what kind of lar
Earle knew about.
Miss Spring shook her head at Mol,
lie, and went on to say, gently
"Jaris strange word, isn't 1t? Some
times it means to shake, sometimes if
means what the cookies are kept in.
you know, and sometimes, when it has
a little a fastened on in front, it means
Just this, and she went to the door
and opened it g good wide crack
Gertrude L. Stone, in Sunday School
Times.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
Sparrows.

No other birds are so closely asso-
ciated with the early autumn, with the
coming of the golden-rod and the as
tiers as are the white-throated spar
rows; and many nature lovers eager
ly watch for the arrival Of these fall
songsters from the North. When they
are first seen their only note, a feeble
tseep, tells little of their musical power,
as they seem to have an agreement not
to dash into our presence with a song
but to wait for a week or more after
their arrival before surprising us by
a display of their real ability. Many
kinds of birds are especially sociable
in the autumn, but none is more 50
than the white-throated sparrows.
Their gentle companionship and plain
tive song seem especially adapted to
the dreamy days of our Indian summer
st Nicholas,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
Bathing in the pead Sea.

mo sooner has one plunged into
the water than one is whipped off
ones feet and goes bobbing helpless
ly about like a wretched cork says
Rev Haskell Smith of bathing in
the Dead Sea
"In the effort to regain ones foot.
Ing and to get back to shore ones
feet and shins are barked by the
Jagged stones and pebbles, and when
at length one does emerge from its
treacberous bosom with the lower
limbs bleeding and torn, one becomes
aware Of a horrible tingling and burn.
ing sensation in eyes, ears, nostrils,
mouth and almost every pore of the
skin from the brine and bitumen
which have penetrated everywhere.
"Unless great care is taken the
bather in the Dead Sea is liable to
an eruption which breaks out all over
his body and which is commonly
known as the Dead Sea rash The
best antidote to this is to hurry across
as quickly as possible to the River
Jordan and take a second plunge
therein. The soft and muddy waters
of that sacred but dirty stream will
effectually remove the salt that has
incrusted the body."-Detroit Free
Press
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
The Appetite Of a Bird.

The average man, if he had a bird
appetite, would devour from thirty to
thirty-one pounds Of food a day, which
would be tax on the larder.
Recent experiments have proved
that the average bird manages to eat
about one-ifth of his own weight daily
with ease, if he can get so much food,
and III a wild state, though the bird
has to hunt for his daily proyender, ne
is eating a large part of the time dur
ing the day and manages to get MS
full rations.
The SINAI or the bird, the more Vo-
racious SO ms to be its appetite anu
it's power of absorption.
A German scientist recently kept
canary under observation for month.
The little creature weighed only IL
grams, but in the course Of the month
it managed to eat 512 grams weight of
food; that is, about thirty-tWo times
its own weight The bird must there
fore have eaten its own weight in
food every day.
An ordinary man with canary's ap-
petite would consume $50 pounds OF
food a day
But the canary is an extreme case.
The ordinary bird, in good health, will
be satisfied with one-fifth of its weight
a day by way of food.-Answers.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
CALLS HIS CURE A MIRACLE.
Tortured by Terrible, Dry Eruptions
Too Disiigured to Leave House
--Cuticura Cured Him,

Ever since the time / grew into man
hood have been suffering from dry erup-
ton which at times appeared very extern
siyely, and at other times, but to a limited
degree, on my body | consulted number
OF medical men without result, and last
January ! was affected with a terrible
eruption on my hands, scalp, and face,
which was so bad that ! could not even
leave the house, so | finally resorted to the
Cuticura Remedies. So far they represent
an outlay of only few dollars and l am
completely restored to health, while for
merly / had spent dollars upon dollars on
doctors, remedies aud ointments without
getting cured The Cuticura Remedies rep
resent a perfect miracle, Henry L. Ramp
ing, 633 Eagle Ave, New York, n Y.
Feb l6 and Mar Is, 1906
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
The ENGLISH Startling.

The blackbird with long wings and
stumpy tail, plumage shining bottle
green and bill yellow is the English
starting and evidently he has come to
stay. The first birds We're released
in Central Park in 1890 and from that
centre the colony has spread rather
compactly as far north as Ossining,
as far south as Plainfeld and east
ward on Long Island. An interesting
story of the settlement of the bird in
this country is found in the Country
Life in America The starting is UNI
der suspicion for he is a grain feed
er, and for that reason further impor-
tations are forbidden. His natural
spread in seventeen years has been
slow, so that if he proves to be a pest
the process of acclimation will not be
such sweep as that of the English
sparrow. There is compensation in
the music, his whistle is jolly all day
and the song before dawn is pure
melody-New York Sun.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
f. j. CHENEY Co, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned. have known F. j.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN Il MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ingdirectlly upon the blood and mucuoussu
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c per bottle Sold by all Druggists
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

Nathan Straus, an Eastern philan-
thropist, has established in New York
City a series OF milk booths where
pure sterilized milk is sold to the
poor for one cent bottle. Absolute
antiseptic cleanliness is required by
him in all branches of the enterprise.
In cleansing the milk bottles he uses
two things-hot water and BOrax.
The glistening bottles testify to the
effectiveness of this method.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
Doc pally Visits sIck Maater.

Plenty of persons possess poodIes or
pet pups that they think are lust
about the only living creatures on
earth, but few can boast Of more in
telligent, more devoted dog than Bill
ly," the pride of Policeman John Dev-
lin, of the Nineteenth District.
On August "a, Devlin was taken III
and went to the Pennsylvania Hospi-
tai for treatment. Billy" had been
his constant companion, and missed
him so much that one day he followed
another member of the family to the
institution. Devlin is in a room fac.
ing Eighth street, and since his first
visit, every morning, at 10 o'clock. tbp
dog appears in front of the window an !
sets up terrible dirge until his mas.
ter leans out and talks to him.
BY the rules of the hospital no dos.
are ever allowed ON the premises.
Billy" has been kept outside. Wednes
day the authorities stretched a poia
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
THE SOCIALISTS FAREWELL TO HIS
WIFE.

Fare thee we'll! 1t is forever,
So forever far thee well!
1t is best that we should sever:
Circumstances so compels
We have lived ten years together, :.
Side by side, like podded peas,
But we now must break the tether-
We are not affinities
Ten long years were we connected:
Each the other thought a prize;
And / never once suspected
That we didn't harmonize.
But I've recently been bitten
BY the Socialistic bug,
And as recently been smitten
Blythe charms of Laura Hugg.
Laura is my heaven born fellow;
Laura is a thoroughbred;
Laura's hair, like mine, is yellow:
Laura's soul, like mine, is red.
Laura is my bright aurora,
And the idol of my eye
But you've had enough of Laura;
Very likely so shall |.
Bon voyage! And stop your crying!
All aboard Here comes the tug!
In a moment I'll be flying
a To the arms of Laura Hugg.
B. l.. T., in Puck
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

Papa, what is Mr.. Rockefeller's
business?" Not knowing about 1t,
my son. Life.
Mr.. Nervey," said the girls father,
ut seems to me you sit up entirely
too late with my daughter" II never
require much sleep. Philadelphia
Press.
DO you think you will ever publish
my poem?" wrote the author to the
editor. And the editor replied: What
have you done to deserve it?"-Atlan.
ia Constitution.
Freddy-Love, darling, is a disease.
Dolly-Yes, and with some it appears
to be lingering disease. And then
he called for his hat and cane.-Chica.
go Daily News.
Are you entirely settled in your
new fat?" mo. Not entirely. The
landlord is still enagging us for the
balance due on the first months rent"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Miss Longsince-I have never yet
met the man wanted to marry, Mrs.
Chillicon-Kearney-No? Tell me his
Wame, dear, and I'll manage to have
you meet him some day" Chicago
Tribune.
Has that city boarder of yours got
any consumption, Hiram?" "Ias he
got any consumption? You just Orter
see the bare places in our vegetable
garden and meat Observation-Disclosures
American.
Wigg-Scribbler new novel is very
realistic, don't you think so? Wagg--
Yes, indeed. When l came to six
page description of yawning chasm,
it actually put me to sleep.-Philadel'
phia Record.
Il have come all the way out here,
said the tenderfoot, ito see your beau
tiful sunset" Somebody's been
stringin' you, stranger" replied Ari-
IONA AL 1T amt mine."-Chicago
Record Herald.
Sunday School Teacher-The Bible
says the veil of the temple was rent
III twain. What are we supposed to
understand by that? Willie Green-l
s'pose it means that it was rented 10
two famiiies.-Philadelp Record.
What a happy disposition your
husband seems to have" Yes, al
ways make him believe wouldn't
have the things l want, and when ne
insists on getting them / pretend TO
let him have his own way.
Record-HeraId.
Have you devoted much time 10
the study of political economy?' mo,
answered Senator Sorghum. My at
tention has largely been engaged IN
keeping down campaign expenses.
have been studying economical poll
tics. Washington Star.
Did yez notice about tn joke me
brother Tim played on wan av thiiu
chauffeurs?" 81 heard turriDl9
thing happened to him. Poor Tim!
Poor Tim,' tn divvle He had
shtick av Dynamite in his pocket Whih
he wor run over!'-Judge.
Pop" Yes, my son." DID you
know that Mr.. West of Chicago is am.
bidextrous?" "No, did not, my boy.
We'll, he is. was over there 10
dinner today and I saw him eating
pie. First he used one hand and then
the Yonkers Statesman.
Nice-There's one unmistakaole
sign of a gentleman, and that is that
he keeps his hands clean. Kidder-
But sometimes it isn't possible for
gentleman to keep his hands clean
Now, know one. Nice-Neyertne'
less, he's not a gentleman if. hlu,
der-But this man employs 25O ol
them in his factory.-Philadelphi@
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
Jchnny's Consistency.

johnny grabbing his hat NOT
hungry a bit, and don't want, anv
luncheon, mamma.
Mamma--Where are you going in
such a hurry?
Johany--OGt in the back lot with
The boys 10 roast sweet potatoes =
ncl.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

urine, MY wife and have both used
Doan's Kidney Pills for what doctors
diagnosed as advanced kidney trou-
bles, and both of us have been COM
pletely cured"
Sold by AL dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
TIRESOME.

THE learned District Attorney"
began counsel for the defense
"Aw," growled man in a back
seat. why don't these legal vaude
Williams gift some new gags ?"-Louis
VILE Courier-Journal.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

and rewarded the faithful animal by
taking him to Devlin's room. He had
to be carried out later, whining as
if his dogs heart would break-Phila-
delphia North American.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

a pioneer Of Colo
RADIO, now living at
218 East Nebraska
street, Blair, Neb.,
says Il had such
pains in my back for
a long time that l
could not turn in
bed, and at times
there was an almost
total atonna0a of the
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

The tune "Hiawatha" has been pre-
scribed for congestion of the liver
Never mind. Pass along the conges-
ton, pleads the New York American.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
EXPLAINED

Father-Why Tommy! what's hap
pened to that bottle of settler? It's
only half full
Tommy met q cat. dad.-St
Louis Times,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

The jaws of wasp are so power
iul that the insect can cut its way
through shells.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

Rudolph Ulmer a clerk in the oitlce
of the .Adjutant General at Washing.
ton, has just completed so years o.
continuous service in the employ u
the government.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

The more bad habits man accumu,
lates the less money he saves.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
Even the high flyer occasionally
lands in a lowly place.
VETERAN OF THREE WARS.

A Pioneer Of Colorado and Nebraska.
Matthias Campbell, veteran of the
Civil War and two Indian wars, and
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22
Scales.

The sun Is shining. oh, so ha I'd,
It's such d Jolly day,
And all the little ruhled flowers
Are calling me to play.
But l must quite forget the sun,
Nor think about the breeze.
And only sit and do my scales,
All up and down the keys.
just pretend my fingers walk
Down pretty polished stairs.
To black hole SO cold and deep
Quite full OF angry bears.
And then way up to where it's llShI
My frightened fingers run,
And very soon it's twelve O'Clock,
The horrid scales are done.
From THE Bedtime Book" by Helen
Hay Whitney.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

TayIor's Cherokee Remedy Of Sweet
GUM AND MULLEN is Natures great rene
dy-cures Coughs, Colds, Group and Con
sumption, and all throat and lung troubles
At druggists, 25c.. Soc and S1.O0 per bottle
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

Kisses of hypocrites taste like fried
ice cream.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Children
teething, softens thegums reducesinfamma-
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie, 2Sca bottle
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolfords
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails, At druggists.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

A grumbler is the proyerbial fly in
slife's ointment.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-22

Half a loaf is better than a dozen
loayes Of the kind some bakers make.
Woodruff County news., 1907-06-27
Levee In Bad Shape.

A Miller Todd of the United States engineers office of Vicksburg, Miss, has just completed careful inspec- tion of the various levees in Jeffer- son, Lincoln and Desha counties, and reports them all in fine condition with the exception of the levee that runs along the state convict farm for seven and a half miles in Lincoln county. He reports this part of the levee to be ill a very bad condition and should big rise come the water would over flow the lowlands in southeast Arkan- sas. The penitentisry board recent ly recommended that the state repair this part of the Linnwood and Auburn leyee, and asked for an appropriation from the legislature for that purpose It will take at least $40,000 to make the necessary repairs, according to the engineers.
Woodruff County news., 1907-06-27
LITTLE CHILD SLAIN
Italian kidnappsrs StrangIe 7-Year-oId
 Victim to Stop His Crying.

New Orleans, June.-Two miles in to the interior of a pig swamp near this city, the headless body of Walter Lamana, an Italian child between z and years old, who was kidnapped and held for $6.000 ransom two weeks ago, was found by police and viga- lantes just before daybreak Sunday He had been strangled to death ac- cording to the confession of one of the several Italians held by the police. The boys neck is supposed to have been broken when he was stranged, caus- ing the head to become separated from the body when decomposition set in The head was found a short distance from the body. Five Italians, two of them women, are under arrest, charg- ed with being accomplices to the mur- der, and extra details of police and deputies are maintaining order in the excited Italian quarter of the city All day long Sunday, small crowds were dispersed promptly by the police, des. bite whose precautions a report has gotten out summoning mass meeting at Elk place.
 Seventy armed deputies have been placed on guard at the Orleans parish prison, the strongest in the state, where three of the prisoners are held, and some apprehension has been felt over the safety of two other prisoners who were taken to an adjoining parish.
 Seldom since the Mafia lynchings, 10 years ago, has New Orleans been 50 stirred with threats of violence, and some of these threats are made by those who participated in the disor- ders at that tine. The law and or der element is much stronger than it has been heretofore, a large number of leading citizens of all nationalities and the city's leading commercial leaders have pledged themselves to prevent violence.
 The murdered boy was found near St. Rose, about 20 miles from New Orleans. The sweating process brought about confession of one of the sus- poets, who was taken from his home in St. Rose about midnight Sunday night and carried into the woods by combined force of the officials and vigilantes, who have had the search in charge and who located the body. This man, Ignazio Campigciano, was kept in the woods an hour, when he confessed, charging four Italians with the murder. The funeral of the child was held Sunday afternoon without any disturbance