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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13
THE PART WATER PLAYS
ON the DESERT.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

1t is difficult to comprehend the
part that water, or rather the lack OF
water, plays in shaping the life OF
the desert. Mice and other small
rodents, native to arid regions, have
been known to live on hard seeds
without green food for periods OF
several months or even as long as
two or three years, and nothing in
their behavior indicated that they
ever took liquid in any form. / have
hunted deer and peccary in Sonora
in regions in which the only source
of water was to be found in the cac-
I'll; even bands of domestic sheep
reared in the arid regions, acquire a
capacity for going without water for
many weeks.
Man, however, is poorly armed
against the rigors of the desert. A
horseman may so from morning of
one day until some hour of the next,
in midsummer, and neither he nor
his horse may incur serious danger,
and experiences of this kind are nu-
merous. If the traveller is afoot, abb
stinence from water from stinrise to
sunset is a serious Inconvenience to
him. and If he continues his journey,
the following morning his sufferings
may so disturb his mental balance
that he may be unable to follow a
trail, and by evening of that day, If
he has not come to something drink
able, he may not recognize, the
friendly stream in his way, and in
stances are not unknown in which
sufferers from thirst, have forded
streams waist deep to wander out on
the dry plain to grisly death.
Some estimate may be made of the
actual amount necessary from the
fact that the~wIiter during the course
of an ordinary day in May. at Tucson.
consumed sixteen pints of water. "A
walk Of three or four miles was TAX
en-, but no especial muscular effort
beyond this was involved. A march
across the desert in midsummer
would double this quantity Under
such circumstances, a canteen of less
capacity than a gallon is "a toy, apd
one of real usefulness, should con-
tain at leaststwiceA that amount. The
most notabM example of endurance
ofythirst is that of Mexican pros
pector, hunting for lost mine"
near the old Canine del Diablo, or
trail from Altar to Yuma, who made
camp safely after being out for eight
days wie@ a$Spply ssuflGlent for one.
This experience is nSe likely to be
duplicated soon, although it. is re-
ported thatrlRdians often so as long
as four daysv without water-From
"A Voyage Below Sea Level" by DR..
D. I NacDeugal, in The Outing Mag
azine. ~
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13
Anticipating Fame.

A young Canadian numorist who
went over to England, hoping to find
London editors in receptive mood,
forwarded contribution to Punch
with this note: Dear Sir arrived
In London this morning and paid a
visit to Westminster Abbey this after
non. found this call depressing, for
a man naturally shrinks from inspect
ing the spot whers,he IS to be buried I"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13
Statements Of Leader


The first comment by Judg
for publication on the result
election was given to the ASS
Press at 8:45 p. m. Tuesday. "
broad smile Judge Taft rem
Just say that everything 10
vorable."
The candidate indicated til
might have more to say lated.
Judge Taft at $40 sent the
ing. telegram to Frank Hitchcc
IT am delighted to hear the
able returns from all parts
country, especially New York,
wish to express my gratitude
for the work which you shave
and felicitate you on the a
with which you foretold the rel
dicating a clear grasp and wo
political knowledge Of the situI
"WILLIAlM H. ia
James S. Sherman, the rep
vice presidential candidate, +
the election returns at his hor
rounded by a company of r
and friends. MFR. Sherman sait
result of the national electiC
not surprise me. For the last
| have been as sure of republic
cess as. I am tonight. The reI
party, platform and candidate
for stability, order, confidence
tinuance Of prosperity based
continuance of protection and e
standard; stood for the equalit
men and all interests before
Mr.. Bryan and Organism atten
array class against class, to
hate, to confuse. the voter, by
tiplicity Of minor alleged issl
to draw attention: from the tart
Of their platform. Mr.. Taft
paign was dignifed, straight
manly. He met every issue s
justified by clear argumenbyl
acts and his expected admin
policies. The result justif1es
fidence in the ultimate wisdom
peoples decision"
Chairman Hitchcock, Of the
can national committee, met tI
paper reporters in his rooms
tional headquarters in New Y
late Tuesday night, and made
lowing Statement: ''The return
for themselves. There. seem
no longer any doubtful state
electoral vote will show that
mate was correct. 1t looks
think, as if l must have under
ed it. The returns have exce(
expectations. The plurality
ana will be less than | expectl
In Illinois is far more than a!
ed, and so it goes, where OF
has not quite come up to the !
had expected some other st
gone far beyond. The latest
from Maryland indicate that
carried that state by about
10000, and that is more than
ed 1t would give. I predicte
that Governor Hughes would 4
ed. To Mr.. Hughes we owl
AS a campaigner he has help
derfully in the national cont,
of us here at headquarters wei
ly interested in. the fight.
earned his victory. and we
for him and grateful to him.
help he has given u.s." w
Hitchcock was asked what
tributed the victory Of the
ticket to, he replied: "The
have explained it. 1t is not fl
say anything more except
the people.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13

Charles K. Murphy, leader
many Hall, in a statement,
Tuesday night, said: Il conf
great disappointment on the
the, election, with regard to |
Bryan and Mr.. Chanler. EvT
geation before the election q
me that Bryan would prove
more popular candidate than |
to have been when judged byI
at" the polls. Governor Hug
find fbut little comfort and no
:ment. Of his policies in TIL
There scan be no question t
the same elements in oppot
any other year than that Of I
dental campaign, and with I
conditions normal, he would b
buried under an adverse vo
least 100000"
Clark Howell, national de
committeeman from Georgia,
ed the election Of Taft early
night. Mr.. Howell gave the
ed Press the following staten
is a landslide for Taft. Mr.. b
made a wonderful campaign
could not overcome the previl
that business conditions woul
.versely affected by republica1
1t is now up to the republ
make good their pledge to-
prosperity for to that pied
must attribute their !. success
than to anything else. Mr.. Q
big, broad, patriotic American
will be fair and just to the s
to Georgia, it is safely for I
about 20.00e majesty"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13
M Farm Topics. w w
"a SATISFACTORY COMBINATION.

a SATISFACTORY COMBINATION.
know of no farm work so profita-
bic as the breeding and feeding Of
swine in connection with the produc-
tion OF cream and raising Of fruit.
/. says farmer in the Agriculturist.
We turn our brood sows into an
orchard OF about four acres in the
spring and fed them half rations of
skim milk, middlings and bran. This
keeps them rugged and thrifty, and
the pigs grow likewise. The trees
look fine, and we get a good crop
every year.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13

Ins Massachusetts, alone there Is
more neglested water mower going. to
waste than is available at Niagara
Falls.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.

The best prayers are the ones that take
longest to learn.
You can never fight a mans foes I'M
less you are his friend.
It's no use denying sins service when
you're enjoying it's salary.
If you would shine as the stars begin
with a little sunshine now.
Keeping faith with folks is a good way
of cultivating faith in them.
Sin has no power over the life when 1t
has no partners in the heart.
Bearing hatred is a good deal like
carrying vitriol in a mighty thin flask.
Nothing indicates the wise man bet
ter than the smart things he doesn't say.
Flowers of happiness never bloom long
when we plant them in our own gardens.
You cannot tell much about a mans
musical ability by the way he blows his
own horn.
1t will take more than arguing the
devil out of existence to eliminate evil
from the wotld.
1t is possible to be orthodox on the mir
acles and still be ignorant of the Mas
ter's healing touch.
If you are the salt of the earth you
will not II dropping yourself on the sore
places in other folk.-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

dent Cleveland, other tenants OF the
building occupied by the American en-
bassy at Paris objected and he was
forced to haul down the flag. II the
United States had owned the house
there would have been no such en-
barrassment. Mr.. White also explains
that the ambassadors are required to
live on a scale in keeping with the
dignity of their positions and that un-
less a man has a private fortune he
can not afford to accept a diplomatic
post under the American government.
The question is one that should re-
ceive the attention of congress. There
is no occasion for making %appropria-
tions to build palaces or enable am
bassadors to entertain on a lavish scale
at the expense of the government, but
there seems to be reason for some pro-
vision for the betterment Of housing
conditions of our diplomats abroad.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
rxprR1MENrtNe ON NEpRAsKA.

In his po~st-election statement Mr..
Bryan concludes his explanation of his
third defeat for the presidency with
this allusion to the resumption of dem
ocratic control in Nebraska:
With a democratic governor and a demo-
cratic legislature, we shall be able to put
into practice so much of the Denver plat
form as relates to state legislation and 1
trust our state will set an example that
will be an influence for good in the nation.
This means that IL MIR. Bryan has his
way and the incoming state officers and
lawmakers let him direct them, Ne
braska is to become the legislative ex-
pertinent station for all the newly
coined vagaries whose advocacy
brought about his population by the
country.
There is scarcely a demand in the
Denver platform proposing a radical
innovation that cannot be made of
state application, although no other
state. even though under democratic
control, would undertake to write
these discredited proposals on it's
statute books.
Out of patriotic loyalty to Nebraska
The Bee boldly expresses the hope that
Mr.. Bryan's plan to make Nebraska an
experimental legislative station may
not be carried out. We do not want
to see the so per cent trust remedy
tried on Nebraska's business undertake
ings. We prefer to let Oklahoma demon
strate the bank deposit guaranty a lit
tie longer and to wait for the promised
postal savings bank that should pro-
vide all the guaranty necessary for
savings depositors. We prefer to let
congress take the lead on revising the
procedure of the federal courts and
then have the procedure in our state
courts made to conform.
A few things may be found in the
Denver platform adaptable to state
legislation that would constitute COM
mendable steps in the direction of re-
form, but most of these have already
been given us in Nebraska by the pres
ent republican administration, and all
the democrats can do is to hold fast to
them and perfect them where they
have developed weak spots.
II they go farther and press Ne
braska into service as an object lesson
to vindicate all the fantastic remedies
prescribed by DR.. Bryan for the body
polite, the poor patient that has to
swallow the dose and also foot the
bills will be entitled to sympathy.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
TIE NEXT CENSrS.

Preparations for the taking of the
thirteenth census are now being made,
although reports of the twelfth censu
are still coming in. The taking of each
census is naturally a greater task than
its predecessor m there is apparently
no limit to the features that may be
incorporated in this national inquiry.
The census bureau is now a perma-
nent institution, giving employment to
5000 clerks who are engaged all the
time in making new Investigations and
new compilations along the various
lines of activity, instead of making one
general investigation and report every
ten years. 1t is estimated that the
census will cost about $14,0 200, 900, of
which about $1,5OO,0OO is required
for the permanent work of the bureau.
The greatest progress has been made
in providing electrical equipment, add
ing machines and other inventions de-
signed to hasten the work of making
the compilations and it is promised
that the returns of the census of 1910
will be announced much more
promptly than ever before.
One danger of the existing system is
the prospect hat the demand for data
on all conceivable subjects will lead
the bureau to make it's reports so
voluminous that the value Of them may
be lost. The need. in addition to the
detailed data, is for a series of alb
stracts on population, vital statistics,
manufacturing and such topics that
will be valuable for reference and
easily accessible.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
IN RUSSIA.

The spirit of civil liberty and rep
re~sentative government has apparently
made more progress in Russia in the
last few years than is generally sup
posed. The world, more or less ia
miliar with the despotic methods of
Russian government and the brittle
ness of imperial promises of reform,
has, it begins to appear, placed too lit
tie credence in reports of the growing
influence of the Douma and the forces
that have been demanding the c~urtail-
ing of the powers Of Russian bureau
cracy. The car has dissolved a cou
pie of the Doumas, but with each new
election the spirit of representative
government has shown increased power
and the way now seems to be open for
even greater reforms.
When the Russian premier, a few
days since, was asked in London what
were the further plans of his govern
ment in relation to the Balkan situa-
ton, he replied hat no formal an
nouncement could be made until after
the reassembling of the Douma. On
the heels of that statement the Rus
sian minister of finance appears with
the announcement that he can make
no detailed estimate of the financial
needs of the government nor of the
governments policy in the matter of
tax assessment and expenditures and
loans until the Douma has been con
suited. The Russian minister of ma
rine has formally stated that the pro-
gram for rebuilding the Russian navy
cannot be determined until the Douma
has been consulted. Add to this the
fact that within six months several
members of the imperial family, high
in military rank, have been dismissed
because of the criticism passed upon
them by the Douma and it becomes
evident that representative government
in Russia has come to stay.
Gar Nicholas appreciates the situa-
ton and his recall of Count Witte to
a position of trust is evidence of his
conviction that the apparently impreg-
nable defenses of autocracy has been
broken and that the imperial authori-
ties must now heed the public opinion
Ithat is expressed through the Douma.
The car is learning that the stability
of any government of modern times
can be secured only through the as
sent and approval of the people. The
obviously growing strength of the rep
resentative principle in the vast Rus
sian empire is one of the triumphs OF
civil liberty and progress notable in
recent world history.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Preparations for Thanksgiving may now
proceed with undiminished cheerfulness.
The Boston Herald is the first of the
big dailies to abandon the comic supple
ment.
Dauntless Kitchener-coming to America
in full knowledge of what happened to
Abruzzi!
The people Of Illinois affirmed a. the
ballot box the declaration of the state
supreme court that foam is not beer
Banker Morse transfers his talents fIsm
doing the bank to doing time. AS a bank
guarantee fifteen years in prison will help
some.
Cincinnati is firmly fixed on the map
for four years. oyster Bay has nearly
four months in which to pack up and re-
cede from the spotlight.
Another famous British institution sur
wives the ~onslaughts of reforms. The pro-
vision prohibiting the employment of bar
maids has been stricken from the licensing
bill.
Democrats who staked their coin on the
political forecasts of Norman Mack will
have their grievances adjusted by for
warding their subscription to the Buffalo
Times. Special rates for the unfortunate.
The famous band of Danville, ILL.,, busted
the sheepskin and four silver horns when
Uncle Joe crossed the finish line laps
ahead OF his competitor. 1t was a whirl-
wind finish for the band.
After a struggle OF five years, Cahfor-
mans voted down the proposition to remove
the state capitol from Sacramento to Berk-
eley. No city in the golden state equals
| Sacramento in the wealth and magnificence
Of it's oil rooms.
As a soothing pOultice the touch of time
has few equals. 1t tones down the ex-
uberance of success and heals the scars
of defeat. Victor and vanquished alike
respond to its minlstrations, calming the
one, comforting the other. It's great stuff,
and doesn't need a pure food label.
A bunch of offended prudes vino caused
the arrest of an ndian woman for wear
ing a sheath gown were routed out OF
court when the victim exhibited the Of
Tending garment to the judge. ut does
not look bad" remarked the court, without
] hating an eye. 1T is modest in com
parison with some Of the sights you see
on any rainy day" A court that looks
| ahead In wet weather is the court TO tie to
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
AMERICAN LEGATION HOUSES.

Mr.. Henry White, the American am
weight of his opinion to the movement
now being urged upon congress in ia
vor of regular legation houses for all
our ambassadors and ministers, to be
owned and maintained by the United
States government. Mr.. White says
that until some provision of this kind
is made it will be that our American
diplomats must be rich men, in order
to maintain their standing among the
diplomats of other powers.
The problem has been before con-
gress many times, but there has been
a lack of public sentiment or public
interest back of it. PROFESSIONALLY
the public underestimates the import
ance OF both the diplomatic and the
consular services, which are made prac-
tically the most important features of
the governments in other countries.
Americans have been too much dis
posed to look upon the diplomatic
service as political or ornamental, with
out giving proper consideration of the
service it performs in affairs that af-
feet the material interests of the coun-
try.
American diplomats are placed at a
disadvantage, too, by reason of being
required to furnish their own resi-
dences in the capitals to which they
have been accredited. Nearly every
other country, wen some of the toy
republics, maintain legation houses for
the ambassadors and diplomats and
the officials in foreign countries have
difficulty in understanding why the
United States should expect and re
quire its representatives to do so un
dignihed a thing as to live in rented
houses. Ambassador White tells tina
when the American flag was run up a
half mast. on the death OF ex-Presi
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
THE COAL SUPPLY.

Reports of snow-blockaded trains in
the northwest recalls the coal famine
of last winter, with it's consequent suf-
fering for thousands Of persons, and
directs attention to reports indicating
that the coal supply in the bins of the
dealers of the country is far from
sufficient to meet the demands, should
a rigorous winter set in. For once
the railroads cannot be blamed for this
situation.
Early last summer, when the side
tracks of the country were congested
with idle cars, the railroads scattered
circulars throughout the west and
northwest warning the peope that then
was the time to buy coal and predict
ing a car shortage in the fall and early
winter months. Agents of the roads
supplemented this appeal by personal
visits and dealers were urged to make
proper provision for the winters fuel
supply. Times were hard, however,
and the winters coal supply, which
usually moves to the west and north
west in July and August, is only now
fairly on the way. Consumers re-
fused to heed the warnings of the rail-
road companies and dealers, without
orders from consumers, bought spar
ingly. with the result that reports
show that there is less coal in the west
and northwest than there was at this
time a year ago.
Under the circumstance about the
only thing left is to hope for continued
pleasant weather in order to give the
railroads time to perform now a serv-
ice they were anxious to perform in
the dull summer months. If a fuel
famine o. comes, as we hope it will
not, the consumers will have to blame
themselves and the retail dealers, in
stead OF the railroads.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
Laws Limitation.


We have too much of a tendency today
to rush a law for remedies for existing
evils, the evils that are based upon ques-
tions of individual narrow-mindedness, of
individual evil, or of the individual lack
of this or that virtue. We are too apt to
pass laws, and the moment a law is
passed to say this or that evil has been
exterminated and wiped out, while we
know as a matter of fact, that it Is not
the passing of the law alone that can
remedy an evil. and the more laws you
pass that are not enforced the more you
are apt to lessen the respect which the
people pay to them, and the less you are
apt to improve their natural moral tone.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
PLANNING TO EVADE LAWS.
Schemes of the Trusts to Avoid PEN
elites of Crime.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.

Springfield (Mass) Republican.
1t is the plan of certain of the trusts,
particularly the so-called dressed meat
trust, according to the New York Journal
of Commerce, to seek Incorporation in
some foreign country. The scheme is to
form a parent company with offices in
London or some other British city. and to
have the various companies transacting
business in the different states entirely
Independent of one another. These compa-
MES would then report direct to the home
office abroad and all correspondence and
accounts would be kept there" AS most
OF the evidence obtained in recent trust
prosecutions has come from the books or
othor records OF these conc|-Ss, It is
thought that this plan would render them
proof against conviction. 1t would seem as
though ways enough might be found to
them in any such extreme at
tempt to evade the laws and establish
monopoly in spite of law. We may be
sure some way would be found.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
OUR YOUTHFUL PRESIDENT.
BuOyant Spirit Undimmed by Years
and Public Cares.


Leslie's Weekly.
Until the tragedy of the death of the
last of his children, who was killed by
the cars just before the inauguration,
Pierce was the most light-hearted of all
the men who had been elected to the pres
idency along to his day. Garfield was
inclined to be frolicsome. but. like Pierce
trouble beset him on the threshold OF
the White House, though of a different
kind, and darkened the remaining months
of his life. Don't worry about me-,
exclaimed Mr.. Roosevelt, just as he
was starting for oyster Bay a few
months ago, after one of the most
tempestuous sessions of congress which
has come since Johnson's days. rye
had a perfectly corking time After
such an experience as he had gone
through in the preceding half a year,
no other one of our twenty-five presi-
dents would nave felt that way. In
the boisterous sports at Sycamore Hill
during his recent vacation he was easily
the most tumultuous figure.
Amid the distractions of office no
other great statesman of the last quarter
Of a century. with the possible exception
Of Gladstone, has kept his enthusiasm
so fresh and active as has Mr.. Roose-
Welt. In spirit, even more than in years.
he has been from the beginning the
OUNCE of our presidents. Now cele-
brating his birthday at the age of 80, and
on the eve of retirement from office,
life has a far keener interest for him
than it has for the average man at 20.