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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-03
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First Turtle-G Grandma is nearly 400
years old and has lost all her teeth.
Second Turtle Well, then, she has a
soft snap.-Life.
Madge-Is that writer really fam
Gus? Marjorie He must be, my dear.
wrote to him for his autograph, and
he never sent it.-Puck.
She-Your last book was a success,
wasn't it? He-Yes. She-The reviews.
were SO unfavorable was almost
tempted to- read it.-Life.
Church Did you ever try any Of
these CLOSE to nature" methods? Co.
tham-Well, I've used porous plas-
Yonker's Statesman
Short-There goes one of my pre-
ferred creditors. Long Why pre-
ferred? Short-He never asks me for
oney-Chicago Daily News.
Hops-The country is in a very un-
settled condition. Scuttle Yes, and b
hear that they're brewing more trou-
BILE out in Milwaukee. Cornell Widow.
Justin, here's bill collector, !. called
Mrs. Wyss. Gall right" replied Mr..
Wyss from the library. "Give him all
he can carry away" -Leslie's Week
ly.
i notice that you writer's use a
great deal of tobacco. Does it stimulate
your brains?" II don't know But it
makes you forget that you're hungry"
Cleveland Leader.
Blanche-The most difficult thing IS
to make up ones mind what to take
and what to leave behind. Henriette-
Oh, don't think so. take all my
frocks and leave my husband. --Rire;
Poor mani" exclaimed the benevo-
lent old lady. And you say you have
no friends?" mo, madam" replied
the weary wayfarer; Il used to be
baseball umpire. p Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Wigwag- What is your wife mad
about now? Henpecke-Her absent
mindedeness. She was going to scold
me about something and she can't re-
member what it was Philadelphia
Record
Tell me-" said Miss Witherupp~
Mr.. Newman remarked to you that
didn't show my age, didn't he?"
Not exactly; he said you were care
full to conceal ii" replied Miss Frank.
Philadelphia Press.
Barber-Thank you, sir. don't
often get my tip before begin. I'm,
sure | appreciate Customer (who.
likes his hair cut in silence-I don't
want you to consider that tip. It's
hush" money.-Punch.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-03
immortality Among Animals.

immortality, in its broadcast, sense,
may be defined as the detection of
any natural power, member, or in
stinct from its purpose to one that
works harm for the species. Among
animals we have recorded nearly
every kind of abominable vice that
was known among men and forbidden
by the Mosaic law. In captivity and
domestication we see such things all
too often, but rarely in state of ma
ture, partly because the cases are
scarce and difficult to observe, and
partly because the creatures of vice
soon destroy themselves; they pay
the extreme penalty Ernest
Thompson Seton's THE Natural His
tory of the Ten Commandments in
the Century
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-03
rAE soNe or rHE MoroRIsr.


Oh, am an Auto-mobil list,
And sail the bounding pike,
l give my high-geared wheels tWlst
And 20 wherever like.
I bound along DER the country roauss
Past fresh green fields and farms
And with what joy my heart explodes
AS breast the thank YOU marnls'
] strew the ways with butter and eggs
When hit grocers cart,
And once in a while the grocer's legs
And the grocer come apart.
To smash bang into q load OF nay,
And scatter 1t left and right,
With a Yeave-ho-ho, and lara-dl-ay,
Is source of sheer delight
No cares have / of the sort that chills
The man who is soon to bust.
Whenever / note my unpaid bills,
go out and raise the dust
/ raise it here and raise It there
Till it reaches the spreading skies,
And / find enough and plenty to spare
To throw in my creditors eyes.
So it's HO for my trusty AUTOMOBILE,
And Hi for the bounding pike!
Let others rave over the horse and wheel
The tame and the arduous bike.
Let others rave over the brigantine
That ploughs through the realm OF the
conch,
It's for the car of gasoline
With its glorious Honk- honk -honk!
John Kendrick Bangs. in I'm Lighter
Vein" in the Century.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-03
Thieves steal a Whole Church.

Thieves of Chicago and vicinity, no.
torious for many remarkable deeds
eclipsed all previous efforts some
time yesterday when they stole bodily
the Presbyterian church, seating 200
people, from River Grove, on the Des-
PLANES River. The church had no
regular pastor, but itinerant ministers
would address the farmers in the edi.
fee occasionally.
This morning 2. A. Rosi, a farmer
living across the river, missed the
church. He rubbed his eyes and call
ed his family. Then they crossed tbs
river to make certain the church was
gone. It had been stolen, down to the
last splinter, and there is no trace of
it, although active search has been
kept up all day.-C Chicago Inter-Ocear
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-03

suddenly, bis eyes twiakling more
than ever.
Once more Flow desperately fought
off a great temptation. Il don't know
what to think.
He chuckled, rubbing his hands tor
gether in satisfaction.
You understand stenography and
typewriting, am told?''
Yes, sir" gasped Floy, staring. She
had taken great pains to learn, hop
ing to find better position, but SO
far none had offered.
Well, / am without private clerk
this morning. Sit down there and put
these letters into shape, if you please.
These to be answered according to
the notes have scrubbed on them.
You know the proper form, of course.
Floy obeyed, feeling perfectly dazed
The partners went out and were gone
some time. She was just finishing the
task assigned when Mr.. Hunt re-
turned. He looked over the letters,
tested her skill in shorthand, then
thoroughly COMPOUNDED her by saying:
How would you like the place of
my private clerk and typewriter, Miss
Irving? have been obliged to part
with young Croydon. He talked too
freely Of my business affairs. You
don't write quite SO fast, but see you
know how to keep a secret to perfec-
ton"
Il? Keep secret?" F1oy gasped.
He laughed and patted her shoulder
in his fatherly fashion. "Let me put
your mind at ease about Bob Murdoch
know all about that Jameson affair
The boy told me himself when he first
asked for work. His father and / were
old friends. / don't think I'll regret
giving him a fair chance. And now
the mystery of the thefts is solved. 1t
was the janitor of the place next door,
He found board loose in the partition
between the cellars, and thought he
had discovered bonanza thought he
never would be suspected. But when
he tried to dispose of the things he
was caught
@Tut, tut, child, don't cry! You've
done splendidIy. expected every day
that you would speak out, and have
every one thinking Bob was the gull
ty one. But you didn't, so / think
can trust you to hold your tongue
about other matters, too.'
But almost said it 20 times"
Floy said, honestly.
Indeed! Why didn't you quite say
it?"
Because / was afraid it might be
doing injustice and "A word once
spoken, a coach and six horses can't
bring back as grandpa used to tell
us"
Then if you once make up your
mind, after careful consideration, that
it is right to tell other people my bust
ness secrets, you will do it, will you?"
he asked, dryly.
"Why-yes-I suppose So" Flay fall
tered.
"But not till then?"
ooh, mol" she said, earnestly.
We'll, if you wait till then, 1 think
we won't quarrel. Consider yourself
engaged. And you may tell Bob Muir
dock, if you like, that have taken
you on his recommendation Youths
Companion.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-03
How to FOLLOW Forest Trails.

Harmlin Garland's latest book. The
Long trail, is a reminder that for all
his life trails through wild country
have exerted a fascination over his
mind. From boyhood he has studied
trails and dreamed Of them, and in a
recent address he presented. some
what of the lore and wisdom of trails
and trailers, saying, among a host of
other things:
"The trail has a code of signs, as
well as a book of laws A twig de-
signedly broken is like finger point
ing toward a gate. A blaze CORE
spends to the beckoning hand. A
new blaze renders an old one of no
value. A sapling cut and bent across
path locks it and warningly says:
Go no farther this way A stick set
upright in the mud means no bottom
here
by use of these, and many other
records of the same sort, the trailer
profits by the experience of those who
have gone before him, and aids those
who are to follow. There is always
news on the trail for those who have
eyes to perceive it, and it is the duty
of him who rides ahead to enlighten
those who are to follow. The Klikitat
by means of signs almost invisible
can cheer, direct and definitely warn
his tribesman. These signs on the
trail are respected; no one thinks of
removing them, except for cause"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-03
in Crimson cuIch.

What became of that man you
rested as horse theft"
"Lynched," answered Piute Pete.
81 suppose that ends the matter
mo. Some o. the boys had the
doubts, SO we're goin' to call sor,
witnesses an git evidence that
really were the guilty party. was
ington Star.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-03
Better Than AustIers.

After all, the men who read and VIZ
mediate will be found in the end cl
the day wiser, saner, more pleasant
and even more invigorating than the
faded, clever superficial hustIers. -
Reader.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09
bO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR
FALSE HAIR COMES FROM?

,nERE never was a time new, when ,,,l
I solse hair was so universally
morn by American women as
1 ,oy WIGS of every conceiv-
sos,ription are woven into the
n' hair to give the impression
' ~, owner has abundant, luNurl-
Ra' .ss,s or. perhaps, II TX merely
p u,,rmltv To the prevailing style or
9u.. which seems TO make artlnciul
usealk necessary.
sy be interesting to owners Of
y .l'iRuow where this false hair
~ amos from, Paris is the head
w ,,rre Of the human hair business
poeiOn IL headquarters for
r ,ronl In this country.
-eP ZOOS about the business of
run rg Hceces Of hair Just as sys-
n.,.sllv MS Boston sends yJl ers all
,he west To get the best clips
IVue The great hair crop is reap
VvV'p rittany. France. At the an
!" anntrv fairs. held in the SUM
(a ~ women and girls who flock
|tt a., dawes, are shorn like sheep.
rso nair buyers are there in adj
a.o setting up their tents or erect
onen-air booths, preparatory for
+ EMBARRASSING fiesta.
81 ~, slmrcment which they hold out
.,roct the feminine peasantry is
nv n gaudy assortment of dry
Ius y. cov shawls. print cloths, hand
uU .hiefs and all sorts of knick-
,orkg
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09

tucks his precious fleeccs away. know
ing that he will get hundreds OF francs
Tor each one, In this way Is poor
Marie robbed TO glorify Lady Marion.
some OF the more conscientious
uealers' II that adjective can be APP
plled to any OF their class make some
pretense of leaving the heads Of their
victims IN a fnirly presentable con-
ultlon But most Of the cutters hack
the hair down MS rlose To the head
as the scissors will cut, anxious to got
every particle of hair they can for
the bargains they have struck with
the luckless owners.
For the most part the women look
worse after the operation than as If
they had been scalped by an American
Indian.
The hair from French girls and wo
mon Is mostly black. Blond hair OF
varying shades Is got by the same
methods from the women OF Belgium
Holland Germany and Russia
The hair thus obtained Is by FAR the
best product" of the kind received In
the Paris market, and brings the high
est price. y cheaper grade of hair Is
that cut from the heads of dead per-
sons. But it lacks the luster of that
cut from living subjects.
vast amount of cheap hair comes
from India, China and Japan. A
Chinese womans hair is so oily and
malodorous that 1t has To be boiled
and disinfected With sulphur before It
can be handled.
Much gray hair comes from India,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09
DEsERET EVENING NEWS SATURDAY MAY . 1908

as the women Of that dry hot climate
nave n tendency to become gray pre-
maturely while their tresses are still
abundant
While the higher-priccd wigs may
retain their original colors. by far the
greater amount OF false hair Is artl-
ficially colored.
y light or blond shade is obtained
by oNygenated water or a saturated
solution OF carbonate Of potash To
dye 1t black It Is boiled for "a few
hours IN a bath prepared with de-
coction of nutgalls or campeachy
wood, la which sulphatc OF iron Is dis
solved and into which little lime Is
put tn order to give Il a Ulster. This
latter Is especially necessary n the
hair Is from the dead. as that has a
tendency to assume a blush hue UNI
less specially treated
Finally the hair Is blcached by i'm
mersion Ia several baths of oxygeuat-
cd water to which a Few drops of am
mond have been added
Thus prepared, the hair of the dead
and that from China and other parts
OF the orient reaches customers in
Europe and the United states as lux-
uriant tresses in all tints from rich
auburn To dark brown and glorious
blond
Very wise. indeed. must be the buy
er who can tell from what source her
beautiful wig really came
There Is one thing that threatens the
supply of high grade hair from France
The Breton cap with its many folds
and coils of white, that picturesque
survival Of the middle ages, which has
long distinguished the peasant women
of Brittany, Is rapidly disappearing
As long as the peasant girl wore the
head dress OF her ancestors she didn't
care whether she had much hair on
her head or not,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09
pnNMNs GIvrN nN MNcnINEnY.

Moving and talking pictures" on y
far more elaborate scale than they have
over yet been scon IN public are to in
wade the thcatricial field next season.
not in opposition TO the thcater mama
gers, as has been supposed. hut with
their assistance and sanction. In fact
Z Is hoped that these entertainments
VIII afford a simple means for supply
ing attraction for some of the houars
which have not been profitable OF late
\ new mccanoal device called the
"Theatorium' has finally been per-
fected, and he various demonstrations
mat have already been given mt some
of the New York thcaters prove that
TINS mechanism is able to reproduce en-
tire action plays ana operas, giving the
sounds of words and music Rs well ass
the entire action without actors.
The 'Theatorium" is device which
combines the effects TO be obtained by
gramophones and by moving picture
apparatus. The immense gramophune
Is placed behind the curtain on which
the moving pictures appear and Is so
contriVed that the machine shifts auto
maticallN 20 three discs. Discs not In
use may always be- replaced by fresh
ones. and thus the flow of sound may
continue without Interruption for an
Indefinite period. The gramuphone is
necessarily synchrnnizcd with the NOV
ing picture apparatus in front OF the
curtain. At the end Of each act the
regular curtain Of the theater is dropp-
ed Tor an tutermission exactly as during
a regular performance.
Among the productions, or reproduce
Tons, already prepared. AFRO "A MID
summer Nights Dream" "Othcllo.''
DR. JclSy1l and M. HYDE and similar
standard plays. Mr.. Perry also says
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09

that he has made IN arrangement
with The Shubcrts by which lie Is to
make reproductions of "The Girl Be-
hind Tie Counter now playing with
Low Fields at the Herald Square the
alter. He says. moreover that he has
three grand opcro reproductions ready
to Offer It Us understood that the tho.
utowum entertainments win be seen
In regular thcuters ana that. in tho
cases OF the most ambitions offerings
the best seats viii be- sold az prices
ranging as high as sl-NcW yorl
Tiplca
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09

But on an evil day Paris millinery
began to he adopted IN the country
district When the peasant girl puts
on n hal che finds that she needs hair
10 set 1t on AZ soon as this dawns
upon her she puts her foot down iirm-
~ and refuses ever after TO supply her
fashionable sisters with beautlfying
locks.
In former days the peasant girl new
CT attached much Importance To- her
hair as an ornament A wrought sil-
Yer pin or q few yards Of fine linen for
coite was much better In her eyes.
She cared FOR 1t and preserved g. but
generally with the intention OF part
Ing with ii just before marriage To i'm
crease her dowry and thus add To her
desirableness as "a bride. New York
World
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09

Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone COM
pany will bc open TO public inspection
between the hours " . o'clock and IL
o'clock p. M, Saturday. May .. Mems
bers of the company's staff will be
present TO explain all the apparatus 10
visitors and every resident of tho city
and neighborhood IL invited 10 call any
time between the hours named.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09
mo- shom rnll,Inr .Annnrn1,,s

The Mysteries of big telephone eN-
change win be explained to visitors at
the building Of the Rocky Mountain
Bell Telephone company on state street
between o'clock ana II o'clock y. M.
Saturday, May 9. All parts Of the fine
new plant recently Installed by the
company Will be open to public nspcc-
ton. The equipment is of the most
modern type throughout and a visit win
be interesting. An residents Of the city
are invited Ia come at any time be-
tween the hours named
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09
SMILE

whom you're blue. bilious and ont OF sorts
There rs a sure cure for all kinds OF
stomach and liver complants-con-
bine is mild. yet absolutely effective IN all
cases
Price so cents per bottle. Sold by u. c.
NJ /. lQrug Dept, 1l2-llt Main street b
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09

$275 Seven styles with cambria top trimmed with
LOUNGES IS to Ia inches deep small tucks, and finished
with open embroidery, Special at S2,75.
number of dainty styles lace trimned-one has
cambria top tucked II inch lawn lounce. Nalenccnnes
lace ruffle of six rows; five yard sweep dust ruffc
finished with lace Extra special at $275
New-York tribune., 1908-10-25
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

,-t,fcaoo O~+ 24-Wet weather in the winter
wheat belt had depressing effect to-day on the
III wheat market but buying by shorts caused
steady tone at the close. final prices showing only
slight changes from the previous close. CoTn' oats
and provisions were firm.
The wheat market was an extremely narrow al,
fair Throughout the entire day the price Of all
deliveries held within Azc range. Although me
market closed steady sentiment during Jhe greater
mart Enf The session hearish, owing TO the
weather conditions which prevailed IN tie west
ans Southwest News from Argentina also was
more optirnistc several dispatches claiming that
the damage the new crop by frosts would be only
slight. Prospects Of a further loerSI increase "a
.br visible surpiy Of wheat in the Uniteo states
.,S ,-a,ada for the week furnished an a0olllohd'
motive to sellers The principal bullish lnhuence
Of the day was a continued excellent demand lor
-four al Minneapolis. where 1ooVOv paFrels' - w. M"
claimed. were sold yesterday Cash wheat heIe
was steady 1T unchanged premiums. and no export
business was reported. The seaboaro also repoIteu
m es'es for eynorf. Clearances Of wheat and flour
were equal TO u 600 bushels Primary recelpts
were 10. Geo bushels. compared with $4,000 BUSH
eE the corresponding day year ago MlnneapoIs'
Y0,7th and Chicago reported receipts Of $50 cars
ac inst "a week and 6ll cars d year ago
Fears that the movement Of new corn 10 market
would be hin6ered 10y wet weather, present ana
r7rospective caused many local traders 10 become
active buyers cf corn during the first half OF the
session which resulted in moderate advances Later
~ ~ dsz however several leading commission
houses sold May delivery freely, and this tended to
,,-a.l,er ~ market in general The market was in
ftenccd by the cash grain situation, new corn be-
ing steady to p lower at the sample tables The
ma rllet closed firm. with prices shade TO &c TO
1.c higher. with December at 6Slec and May at
e2s.c Local receipts were - cars, with = OF con-
tract grade.
Trade in oats was quiet and the market was
sreadv The frrlIness OF corn the chief factor.
Cash oats We're steady and Eastern demand was
said to be roor. The market closed steady, with
prices unchanged To &c higher. compared with the
Tyr,--io1;S close. Local receipts We're lh3
Provisions rather weak early in the session
f4,s ,sf liberal receipts of live hogs at eStern
rscflZ centres to-days arrivals being nearly doU-
he thoee % The corresponding day last year After
n. frst selling was over offerings dwindled. and
t5rrner tone developed At the close prices were &c
to 177.c higher
corn s3 cars: oats. lq2 cars. hogs $4,000 head.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-25
FREIGHT CARS NEEDED.
american RaiIray Associations Re
mort Shoes Fe1cer Idle.

The number Of idle freight cars on the rali"aS
Zines NJ this country and Canada on OCTOBER -
~ shown by the fortnightly bulletin OF the amer
ran Railway Association was ne,V5o colll'at = -
NTH the years high record Of 1855. on AprH -
md : rs less than on September So the enc oi
the last preceding fortnight. Between sePteI1lpei
a. and October Il the total shortages OF cars "h'
shortages were reported chiefly from roads oPei0'
,,r in California, Oregon. Washington, idaho anu
Arizona and from Canadian lines. increased from
s7,. 70 1g les the net surplus of cars on OctoDsi
1. F,enr 1o7 81 decrease in the fortnight OF -o1
The principal part OF the decrease reported NaS
beer, in coal and gondola cars, in which the sur
rl,,s has diminished by 12239; and there mas a4S
neen , considerable decrease in the number OF pao
order, cars indicating that the railroads are re
rsi-f,e cars and returning them to service as lle
demand becomes greater
The largest decrease in idle cars, in number put
not in percentage is reported from group 2 when
cornprises roads in New York, New Jersey Dela-
ware MARYLAND and Eastern Pennsylvania Al
most as great an improvement IS reported from
Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan IN
New England one-third Of the cars previously re-
r,orted as idle or 1lO3 had been drawn into actIe
service Elsewhere the Improvement is pretty even
" distributed except in Illinois, 1swa, Wisconsin
Minnesota and the Dakotas which group reports
an increase Of 100 in idle presumably due TO
the return Of cars from the repair shops