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Times-promoter., 1909-02-04
RACE ISSUE AT WHEATON
Negro Girl Admitted TO Dormitory,
But Is Isolated.
committee.

Chicago.-Fashionable Wheaton Col
lege has settled race problem which
threatened to make things very unpleas-
ant in Women's Hall, the dormitory
which is the home of the rich co-eds in
the Congressional Institute of Art and
Classics. ....
The negro girl is Nellie Bryant, of
Louisville, Ky, who, with many other
negro students, was forced to leave Berea
College, in her native state, by the re-
cent constitutional amendment, segregat-
ing the races in all educational institu-
tions
She wrote in advance, setting forth
her scholastic qualifications, but neglect
ing to tell of her color, and the dean
made reservation for her to share suite
with Miss Nellie Felver, daughter of
the richest man in Batavia.
When the Bryant girl, with bag and
baggage, presented herself to Miss Har-
riet Blaine, the dean, that lady saw at
once the futility of further considera-
tion of the reservation. There was one
single room left, and to this she as
signed the newcomer.
The girl will continue to attend the
school, but has secured home in the
city
Times-promoter., 1909-02-04

EETI NCLE JOE" CANNON, plain
~ farmer and unfrilled speaker of
the house, will soon blossom out and
put on more airs that humming bird
with two sets of wings. He is going
to have a carriage with two prancing
horses and a colored coachman
He will dash along Pennsylvania
avenue like real plutocrat and throw
dust in the eyes of the common toiler
plodding along on his weary way. For
all these years Uncle Joe" has occu-
pied the rear seat Of trailer and
smoked his Porto Rican cigar in peace
and content.
Then some foe of rural simplicity
Times-promoter., 1909-02-04
No Federal Judge Pension.

Washington.-By vote of 80 to SO,
the house declined to pass the senate bill
to pension federal judges who have
served ten years in any federal court
upon reaching the age of 70 years at the
same salary payable to him at the time
of his resignation.
Times-promoter., 1909-02-04

A UTOMOBILES will become part
"A of the White House equipment in
the administration Of William H. Taft,
taking the place in measure of the
horses and carriages now used as a
means OF locomotion in and around
Washington by the members Of the
Roosevelt family. One of President
Roosevelt's pet aversions Is the auto
mobile. He has declined to purchase
car and only In two or three in,
stances has he ever consented to be
a passenger in one. On the other
hand, Mr.. Taft Is very fond of the ail-
t0mobile.. In the late political cam
palgn he made many tours In high
power cars, notably on his visit to
New FORK, where he was compelled
to make long jumps in accordance
Times-promoter., 1909-02-04
Monthly Coinage Statement.

Washington.-The monthly coinage
statement shows that the amount of
United States coins executed at the gov
ernment mints during January, 1908,
was $6,905,920, as follows Gold, $5,-
924,9so; silver $487,oOO; minor coins,
S134,O3O.
Times-promoter., 1909-02-04

acres.
The United States government has
filed 35 suits against the Oregon &
California Railroad Co., the Southern
Pacific Co., the present owners of the
Oregon & California Railroad Co., and
morethan 100 other individuals and
private corporations. The suits are
to recover from the railroads and their
grantees, who comprise the other de-
PENDANTS, an aggregate of .353,2SS acres
of land within the old Oregon and
California land grant in Oregon. The
lands are valued at over $15,0G0,000 (
Being fatty reversed by President
Roosevelt's referee board of chemists,
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, chief govern
ment chemist, whose administration
of the pure-food law is under fire from
many quarters, for the first time dur
ing his long service at the head of the
federal chemical bureau, is in immi-
nent danger of losing his job.
Prominent. Germans of Omaha have
inaugurated a movement which is ex-
pected to become national in its scope
for the celebration on September 8,
10 and II, of the nineteen hundredth
anniversary of the battle of Teuto-
burg -Teutoburg forest, where in the
year A. D. nine the Germans, under
Arminius, annihilated the Roman
army under Various.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
No Flies on England.

The flies can be put down. The
proof is that it has been done. Speak
ing rashly, there are no flies In Eng
land; at least, there are so few that
the inhabitants do not think it worth
while to screen their dwellings. The
reason is the simplest-the tight lit
tie island is kept clean. Fifty years
ago flies were nuisance in England,
though not the plague they are here.
for no other really civilized country
was ever quite SO dirty as the United
States of America This nuisance is
pretty completely abated. In fifty
years England has been swept and
garnished, and the flies have starved.
--McClure's Magazine.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
HORSE FEEDING.

II is no doubt true that Americans
feed their horses too much hay. 1t
is common among horse owners to let
horses stand to full managers when
not at work. But in London, the cab
horses, for example, are given hay for
but two hours a day, in the evening.
At the end Of two hours the hangers
are cleared. Careful testing in de-
creasing the timothy hay ration one-
half has not shown that the horses re-
CURED any more grain than before
to keep them in equally good condt-
ton.
Horses do not need a heavy ration
of alfalfa hay. Fed with grain, prob
ably ten or fifteen pounds of it is
equal to manger full Of other hay.
AS they become accustomed to the
alfalfa It may be increased little,
and the grain decreased. 1t is a rich
food and should not be used ais freely
as hays with less protein. From CO.
burns "The Book Of Alfalfa. /"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

kindness is crowded out, and she for
gets each and every one of the above
reasons in desire to get home.
Since the purchasing power of
American man has allowed Ameri-
can woman to be drawn into this vor-
tex of trade, she has outstripped the
American Indian at his own game of
swap" and has fallen into the hab-
its of all shoppers. She allows her
self to be daily swept over twenty
three acres of floor space and hoisted
on thirty-seven elevators. But if she
has still sufficient grip upon herself
to think her shopping thoughts, it
should be possible for her to recall
this business back from the "ungen-
tie art into which it is so fast de-
clining. The most harassed sales
woman is likely to respond to fair
treatment. Courtesy breeds court
esy. The shopper who is not consid-
crate lays herself open to the accusa-
ton of the ill-breeding. she deplores
in her sisterwoman. New Haven
Register.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
MOURNING KERCHIEFs.

The bordered handkerchief for the
wearer Of mourning is so difficult to
find in delicate tracery of black.
that it has been abandoned by women
OF good taste, whowill not carry those
edged with conspicuous bands.
The very best taste is shown in
the rolled edge held down by crossed
overcasting done with fast black cot
ton. The four sharp corners of the
fine piece of linen are curved and the
edge rolled The first row of over
casting is then sewn round the whole,
the kerchief is turned and a second
row sewn round it so that the stitch
is crossed.
Whenever these handkerchiefs have
been given as gift they have met
with unusual appreciation. They are
delightful work, and economical, too,
since there need be no waste, the
thirty-six-inch square of linen cutting
into exactly nine twelve-inch hand
kerchiefs. Baltimore Sun.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
Making Room For Hosea.

DR.. Edward Everett Hale was foe
to long sermons. He used to tell a
story of long-winded preacher and
the minor prophets.
This preacher" SO DR.. Hale would
begin, "once preached over an hour
on the four greater prophets, and
then, when his exhausted congrega-
ton thought he was through, he took
long breath, turned fresh page,
and, leaning over the pulpit, said:
We now come to the more COM
pick question Of the minor prophets.
First let us assign to them their prop
er order. Where, brethren, shall we
place Hosea?'
"An irascible old gentleman in a
back pew rose, took his hat and stick,
and said as he departed
"'Place him here if you want to.
I'm going. Washington Star.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
Gs6 P8F777 en-
NA s1ol7554nMse5 wv

Dainty pink parasols are embroid-
cred with flowers of lavender.
Medieval frocks apparently are
leading back to the draped skirt.
The pannier dress is coming back,
to the dismay of the short women.
The newest coat collars are large
round affairs Of Irish or Cluny lace.
Light, old rose tints are genuinely
girlish colors for millinery purposes.
Ostrich feathers hold their own,
but most of those now seen are
curled.
Manufacturers are binding and
slashing nearly all fine coats for next
winter with fur.
Stripes are promised a run, and
already it seems that striped cheyiots
are to have first place.
Some of the linens for tailored
suits are so coarse and loosely woven
that they remind one of burlap.
Very few high collars are seen at
all, the low lace collar and cravat
having taken their place.
Newest lingerie frocks from Paris
show less lace and handwork and
more little ruff1es and puffs.
A handkerchief with tiny coIored
edge is again given conspicuous po-
sition in the patch pocket which has
returned to the left side of girls
coats.
In spite of the rage for a yellowish
tinge, peacock blue, all the dull rose
shades. taupe and the golden brown
are all in excellent style for linen
gowns.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

began teaching when seventeen, or
forty-seven years ago. She has taught
in every grade from the primary to
the high school, and SO has acquired
the knowledge of experience. AL
though she lacked the preparation of
a course in college, she made up that
loss by work in spare hours, and won
the degree of doctor of philosophy in
Chicago University when over forty
five. She became professor of educa-
ton in that university at fifty-four,
and when sixty, was chosen, from
among many competitors, to be prin-
icpal of the Chicago Normal School.
Such are her executive ability and
energy that she is described as a
dynamo in petticoats. But those
who know her best testify that with
these sterner qualities she has pre-
served the gentleness and refined dig
nifty of true womanhood. 1t were
hard for her friends to express a
higher testimonial. Washington
Herald.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

what do you think, said the man
curious, Il cleaned my face to-day
with a vacuum cleaner. 1t just takes
the skin and pulls it SO you can hard
ly get away. She man who operates
one told me that he went over his
face and clothing every night when
he got through his work and felt as
fresh as daisy. OF course, he takes
off the thing he uses for doors aad
walls. believe I'll start a fad tax
ing waterless baths. New York
Times.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
A WOMAN SUPERINTENDENT.

There is a significance of encour-
agement to all women who earn their
livelihood by teaching in the selection
of Mrs. Ella F. Young to be superin-
tendent of the public schools of Chi
cago. The choice has been made by
progressive Board of Education, and
it places woman in charge of nearly
5000 teachers and 100000 pupils,
making school organization second
in numbers only to that of New York
City.
The choice illustrates the courage
OF the school board to follow its own
judgment and to place woman in
a position for which she has proved
herself fit. She has made herself
worthy by individual advancement in
addition to her routine work. She
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
FATTEN1NG THE PIG.

In these days the American pig
makes speedy journey from farrow-
ing bed to scalding tub, and the am
Of the iudicious feeder is to add con-
stantly to the flesh acquired while
sucking, bringing the hog up to ESQ
to $50 pounds as early and on as in
expensive feed as possible. The young
animal will naturally put on weight
more cheaply than an older one. and
gains after ten months cost consider
ably more than those made earlier.
A pig which is being fattened should
gain from one to two pounds a day.
and weigh, alive, ESQ to $50 pounds
when nine to twelve months Old
from Coburn's Swine in America.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
PRuNING

have an orchard that has been out
ten years this iall, and, it has never
borne any yet, desire TO prunei It as
Il needs 1t again, Would 1t do to
prune II the present month? Please
answer through your valuable paper
and oblige.-+E. u. II.
1t 10 better to prun now than later;
a month or two ago would have been
better than now, We suggest that
you experiment with root pruning
some OF your trees. That will hurry
them into bearing, Cut of the roots
with a sharp spade in circle about
Ave feet from the body OF the trees
Indiana Farmer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
no Deed WITHOUT CHOKING.

There is much danger Of choking
cattle If small potatoes and apples are
fed whole, and 1t is a big job to cut
or mash them If a large quantity is to
be fed.
1t is perfectly safe to feed either to
hogs or sheep in any kind Of feed
trough, but not so with cattle. With
the following method, however, they
can be fed safely:
If two pieces of timber are put up
just far enough apart so the animals
neck can be held between them, aIfs
hole bored through at such heigAJ
that the cow will be prevented from
raising It's head up to level with the
body, there will be no danger Of chok-
ing.-J. s. Woodward, in the Indiana
Farmer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

shopper is comparatively Nre, and
wishes he were more so; and as for
the salesman, an innate gallantly to-
ward woman renders him less open to
the accusation of indifference and in
civility. Since the discourtesy Of
some saleswomen is a fact too we'll
established for argument, it behooves
the world of women shoppers to con-
slider the reasons, which are nearly
as obvious as is the discourtesy, For
example, there is always to be found
the one whose i'll humor dates back
to pay day and hinges on the small
amount Of her weekly wage, and the
one who is sadly overworked The
new woman who does not know her
stock is omnipresent, as is the care
less girl VINO is not dependent on her
position. There are, too, the victims
of close confinement and bad ventila-
ton, the woman who has a heartache
because of an ill-cared-for child at
home and the one whose headache is
the result of too frequent evenings
out.
We have always with us the sales
woman of the bad disposition and the
ill-bred girl who does not recognize a.
gentlewoman, Closely allied and pa
thetic are the saleswomen who en-
deavor to conceal an imagined infer
iority by surrounding themselves
with an atmosphere of superiority,
and those who regard trifing pur-
chase as thing beneath contempt.
The flippant girl whose "best
young man" has just given her an
opal ring is as provoking to the tired
shopper as ''the hostess" who is en-
PERTAINING a friend across the coun-
ter.
And here we reach the tiredness OF
the shopper, which is part of the
same story. AS WEAKNESS takes pos
session of her the milk of human
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
Hermit Tripp Of Bushy Island
iBy HOLMAN DAY.

Hermit Tripp, as he was called,
believed that Captain Kidd had burr
led his treasure on Bushy on the
coast of Maine. Old and decripit as
he was. he began to dig the island.
He wore out shovel after shovel at
his task. When he died he had
shoveled nearly half the island of
into the sea, cleaning the earth down
to bed rock.
He died in August, 1908. On the
night of his death summer gale
swept the coast, wrecking cottages
and flattening acres of trees on the
main near Bushy. When the old wo-
man realized that Trip was dying
she took big hand bell and, though
so weak and old that she could walk
only with difficulty, she went out on
the high land OF the island and rang
the bell with all her strength. hop
ing that in some lull of the gale the
sound would be heard on the main.
At midnight she went to the hut
to minister to the old man, and
found him dead. Then she resumed
her vigil on the shore, ringing the
bell, blinded, by the lightning,
drenched by the rains, and blown
about by the gale.
People heard and came off to the
island the next day. But Bushy ISL
and is one Of those "set-off" places,
no mans land SO far as the law
goes. Three towns at first dis
claimed responsibility for the burial
expenses Of pauper. The old wo-
man stayed alone with her dead a
second night. Then came men and
dug his grave, pebble toss from his
hut, and laid him there. Some one
read bit from the tattered old Bible
that was found in the house. Those
who had buried the old man went
away and left the old woman alone.
Chance and idle curiosity brought
me to Bushy one day. l had sup
posed that charity had provided a
home elsewhere for the lonely tenant.
But she was still there. She was i'll,
she was hungry, she had not sufi-
cient strength to walk or to build a
fire. There is no fresh water on
Bushy. She had scanty supply in
Jug.
1t is not necessary to go into the
details of the measures promptly taxi
en- for her relief. At first she con-
cealed her name We discovered
what it was from some old letters
that were flying about the little yard.
She chad been some one" once on a
time. She had brother living, a
worthy and prominent man in an in
land town. He came promptly when
I communicated with him, and went
with me to visit his sister in the hut
on Bushy Island. He had not seen
her, for many years. He had sought
for her, but she had disappeared. He
and she are the only ones left of a
well known family.
1t is proper in this connection to
state that later the brother appoint
ed me his agent and almoner and
before the fall grew late the woman
was removed from the island to a
comfortable home, where she is now
cared for.-Harpers Magazine.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
ErIs ARGuMENT woN

"But 1 don't want man over
thirty"
"How old are you, sir, may ask?"
"Fifty-two."
Saint you as good business man
as you ever were?"
II am"
so am T." declared the applicant,
and got the job.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
THE CULTURED CUISINE.

$50 your daughter has been to
cooking SCHOOL,"
"Yes," answered Mrs. McGudley.
II suppose she has helped along the
household economies?"
Not exactly. She has made us APP
preciate our regular cook so much
that we have to raise her wages every
time she threatens to leave. - Wash
ington Star.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
NO CHANGE.

The Judge Your age, please?"
The Fair Witness Why, judge,
l gave you my age once when was
witness before"
But that was a number of years
ago."
Well!'-Yonkers Statesman.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
poor INVESTMENT.

One Of the poorest investments d
man can make Is to buy poor tools.
Get the best. and then give them the
best of care. A man would hardly
leave sum of money along the fence
row, yet when he leaves his tools un-
protected In the field 1t amounts to
the same thing Farmers Home
Journal,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
GROWING DAIRY INDUSTRY

The growth Of this great industry
IS shown in the Increase Of dairy cows
during the year from 1908 to 1909.
as shown by the Agricultural Depart
ment. The increase of dairy cows in1
the year named is $4,000 in round
numbers. We have already called at
tention to the work OF the Illinois
station in the dairy department.
where seventeen COWS were kept on
twenty acres Of land at net profit Of
$50 per acre. Ensilage feeding and
the soiling system were employed in
this. 1t is said that efforts at that
station will be made to maintain one
COW per acre by this system Of feed
ing. The dairy industry will con-
stantly increase soil fertility, while
grain farming exhausts 1t.
The State agricultural colleges are
doing a great work through their
dairy departments in the way OF
showing how soil fertility may be
constantly increased by dairying.
Indiana Farmer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
NO PLACE FOR BossY.

Mr.. Nurich Cooking at new pic
ture) -"Well, there it is, Maria. A
genuine Try-on, the dealer calls it.
Wen hang it up in the drorin' room"
Mrs. Nurich-" Mercy, John! We
can't have a COW in the drorin'
room Boston Transcript
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
HIS RAD RREAK.

Indeed, Miss Rox, you are
the only girl I ever loved. All, you
smile. Well, l suppose you've had
that sort of thing said to you for the
past twenty years.
She Indignantly -" Sir! Boston
Transcript.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
AN INNOVATION.

Sat recent commencement a
naughty girl swept off the stage"
well, that was a practical thesis.
Did any graduate demonstrate the
cooking of a steak Washington
Herald.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
POPULAR SONGS.

Softly! Do not wake him from his slumber
calm and deep,
Let the touch of dreamland round about
his visage creep,
Tread with gentle pressure as you tiptoe to
his bed,
Mother, get the hammer; there's fly on
fathers head!
Los Angeles Express.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
HAD HAD ONE MOVED.

Lawyer-"What is your occupa-
tion?"
Witness-"I am a piano finisher. {"
Lawyer-"Be little more definite.
Do you polish them or move them?"
Boston Transcript.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
A BETTER PLAN.

"She won't love me; l can never
win her love-
Get her to pity you. Pity is akin
to love"
I'D rather get her jealous. -
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

Fruit salad.-Pare four juicy oranges, removing
every particle of the white inner skim then separate
obes and cut each in four Take cupfu
kernels and banch by scaldng with boiling water Re-
move the skim which bitter spells taste of the
salad and let the kernels dry. Cut in fine pieces
stalks of celery considered necessary proper con-
sistency and mix orange celery together
then set on the ice to cool When ready
crisp lettuce leaves the put the fruit mix
ture and serve with mayonnaise dressing.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
Farm Topics
EXAMINE THF CoIlT.kR s

New collars should be examined
every day until they are found To tit
tho horses neck perfectly. A fat
horse often shrinks In the first lew
days work sufficiently to make the
collar fit him badly and produce SER
ious injury, Farmers Home Jour
nal.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
we PRoBABLY SHOULD.

''You and 1 condemn John D. sto-
nyfelIer."
1--WE do"
"Yet if we knew him well enough
to have him grunt when he passed us,
wouldn't we think him pretty good
chap ?"-Louisvill Courier-Journal.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
THE POETIC SOUL.

Wife" Look, dear, there's the
Wetterhorn and there the"
Husband Yes, yes; but where
are my cuff-links Undergraduates
Blaetter.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
NEVER RECOVERED.

Sapleigh-"Yaas, / loved a girl
once and she made fool of me-"
Miss Keen What lasting impress
sions some girls make. Boston
Transcript.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
JUST AS GOOD.

She-"oh, George, you've broken
your promised"
The Cheerful One" Never mind,
dearie; I'll make you another! -
Comic Cuts.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

She may be unconscious of her re-
Elective qualities, but she possesses
them, none the less. say the sales
woman, because aggressive shopping
SENS now to be mainly as between
woman and woman. The masculine
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
WHEN THE BOSS is LOOKING.

"That clerk Of yours seems to be a
hard worker. /"
Eyes, that's his specially"
what, working?"
seeming to. Boston Tran
script.