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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
SAVING THE FINGERS.

Pretty nearly everybody is making,
or learning to make, Irish crochet
lace, so. that any information on this
interesting subject is usually received
with joy.
The inexperienced find that the
sharp end of the crochet needle
pricks their fingers and that they.
for this reason, cannot keep up the
work very long at time The best
way to overcome this difficulty is to
wear a tiny piece of court plaster
over the tip of the finger where the
needle touches. 1t will not interfere
with the guidance of the needle, as
a thimble might do, but it will pre-
vent the finger from becoming sore
and will protect it from possibility Of
caIlousness. New Haven Register.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
old Aoe Pensions.

The granting Of old age pensions Is
certainly the most gracious act which
England has ever performed toward
her aged people. Cannot we, a great,
vigorous and prosperous nation, strive
TO emulate the example here set by
England, and take care Of our aged
people who have borne their burden
during the heat Of the day for our
welfare?
This country can well afford to en-
ter into friendly rivalry with Eng
land or any other European nation in
acts OF henevolence toward their peo-
lple. The politician or statesman who
rs bold enough to be nrst to agitate
this matter will make an imperish-
able record for himself. besides re-
ceiving the benedictions of millions
Of our people,. g. in the Evening
World.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
MAKING SUNSHINE
1t Is Often Found i'm Pure Food.

The improper selection of food
drives many a healthy person into
the depths Of despairing illness. In
deed, most sickness comes from
wrong food, and just so surely as
that is the case, right food will make
the sun shine once more.
An old veteran of Newburyport,
Mass, says: -In October, l was
taken sick and went to bed, losing AZ
pounds in about so days. had doc
tor after doctor, food hurt me and !
had to live almost entirely on mag
nesia and soda. All solid food dis
tressed me so that water would run
out of my mouth in little streams.
Il had terrible night sweats and
my doctor finally said / had consump-
ton and must die. My good wife
save up all hope. We were at Old
Orchard, Me-, at that time, and my
wife saw Grape-Nuts in a grocery
there She bought some and per-
suaded me to try it.
Il had no faith in it, but took it to
please her. To my surprise it did not
distress me, as all other food had
done, and before / had taken the Sfth
package / was well on the mend. The
pains left my head. my mind became
clearer and gained weight rapidly.
Il went back to my work again
and now after six weeks use of the
food / am better and stronger than
ever before in my life. Grape-Nuts
surely saved my life and made me a
strong. hearty man, Is pounds heay-
Ter than before was taken sick.
Both my good wife and l are will
ing to make affidavit to the truth OF
this"
Read The Road to MELVILLE. in
pkgs. There's Reason.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true. and full OF human
interest.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11

pound. After taking one and one
half bottles Of the Compound, am all
right again, and / recommend 1t TO
every suffering woman. " - MRS. MAY
DEAL, Winchester, Ind.
Hundreds of such letters from girls
and mothers expressing their gratitude
for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has accomplished for
them have been received by The Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn.
Mass.
Girls who are troubled with painful
or irregular periods, backache, head
ache, dragging-down sensations, faint
ing spells or indigestion, should take
immediate action to ward of the seri-
Gus consequences and be restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham'S Vege-
table Compound. Thousands have been
restored to health by its use.
III yOu would like special advice
about your case write q c0niden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
The Same Old Story.

/ cannot too often repeat that no
cotton farmer, who farms in a good
rotation, grows an abundance of peas
and crimson clover, and feeds stock,
will ever need to buy nitrogen or am
monia in any form. but can get more
and more of nitrogen in his soil an
nuaaly, and that after few years OF
good rotation with legumes, the
only fertilizer he will need to buy
will be phosphoric acid and potash
for the pea crop. The peas will do
the rest through their feeding of the
stock; and the crops that are now
merely looked upon as supplies"
will bring cash into his pockets at
all seasons of the year, and enable
him to say something about the
prices of his crops, since they will
then belong to him and not to the
merchant Professor Massey, in Pro-
gressiye Farmer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
NATURALIZATION
Front view.

enough to let hogs head through,
but not much larger. The rack may
be any length and should be about
four feet high, and from three feet
to three and half feet wide at the
top. Make it strong or they will soon
punch it to pieces. Make the door
tight to hole chan and lay a floor in
front to keep the hogs out of the
mud. Brood sows fed all the good
alfalfa hay and clean water they want
viii winter well If given one good
ear Of corn each day.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
TO CLEAN L1NoLEuM.

A floor covering of good linoJeum
for the kitchen should holds its own
for at least five years. The way to
prolong its period of usefulness is
to keep it clean; dirt ground into the
finished surface by the tread of feet
is the floor coverings greatest enc
my
Lino1eum needs no soap, ammonia
or strong cleaning agents. A simple
wiping with cloth just mist with
warm water is all that is needed. In
one country home l have seen them
use SKINNED milk instead of or mixed
with the water; but the owner had a
herd IF thirty cows. Once or twice
a year give the hnoleum wiping of
good furniture polish to renew its
smooth surface.AC Country Life in
America.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
KEEP KNIVES CLEAN.

A table may be beautifully set and
decorated, but unless the knives are
in good condition the general appear
ance will be spoiled. The blades of
the knives should be cleaned with
soft flannel. If they are little rusty
use wood ashes rubbed on a newly
cut piece of Irish potato This win
remove spots where nothing else will.
Never dip the ivory handles in hot.
water, as the heat turns them yell
low. Keep the best set, which Is only
used for company. in box, wrapped
first in tissue paper, then covering
of linen. This will keep out the dust
and dampness.-New Haven Register.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
A Sad Con1mentry.

Is 1t not sad commentry on the
farming conditions in the Cotton Belt
that farmers need to borrow money
every spring, depending on the one
crop of cotton to pay the debt, and
then to start in another season in the
same old hopeless way, never getting
ahead, never with cash, but always
at the mercy of the fertilizer man,
the merchant and the money lender?
No section can be permanently pros
porous when her farmers are working
year after year simply to pay debts
contracted for the purpose of growing
cotton. Progressive Farmer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11

A stately old professor was ap-
preached by young student one day
In one Of the Western colleges. Try
ing hard to keep back . smile. the
young man asked:
Professor you say you are an ex-
pert at solving riddles, don't your"
Il claim that am. my boy"
We'll. then, can yon tell me why 9
man who has seen london on foggy
day and man who has not seen LON
don on foggy day are like ham
sandwich"
The professor studied for long
time, ventrring several answers.
which proved to be wrong. Finally.
at his wits end. he said:
4 give 1t up"
Its easy" said the other.
Give It up" repeated the profess
sor.
"Why." was the reply. zone has
seen the mist and the other has miss
ed the scene Ha. Ia! Catch or?
OF course do. you lunaticl But
what has the sandwich to do with
it,"
Altar the youngster had recovered
from a spell OF laughter he chuckled:
"Oh. that's what you bite on
From the Circle.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
PRACTICAL ADVICE ABOUT
18Ik DIVERSIFIED FARMING

entire fall, winter ana early spring.
Why not put the stallion to work?
II is no more trouble to handle a
stallion than a mare II II Is done In
proper way by an intelligent man. IN
point Of fact, IL the stallion is to
maintain lis yigor and be At for ser
vice, he should be kept steadily at
work during the entire fall and win
ter and early spring. We have here
tofore given the reasons for this at
some length We think every stall
lioner will bear us out In this. The
stallion may not be as good looking
in the spring, but his flesh will be
hard, and all experience shows that
his colts will have superior vitality.
The worst place for the stallion to
be kept during the winter is in the
stable without exercise, and about
the worss feed he can be fed Is corn.
The run OF paddock with an oppor-
tunity for shelter is a great improve
ment over this, but this In itself will
not maintain sufficient vigor. The
draft stallion should be taught to pull
and thus develop the pulling iRstinct.
Therefore, the right and proper way
to handle stallion between seasons
Is simply to give him. the same care
that an intelligent man will give any
other horse-no more and no less
Southern Planter.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
Nothing Extraordinary.

An American tourist hailing from
the West was out sightseeing in Lon
don. They took him aboard the old
battleship Victory, which was Lord
Nelson's flagship in several Of his
most famous naval triumphs. An Eng
jlish sailor escorted the American over
the vessel, and, coming to raised
brass tablet on the deck, he said, as
he reYerently removed his hat:
ERE, sir, is the spot where Lord
Nelson fell. /"
'iOh. is it?" replied tho American
iblankly. well, that amt nothin'. !
nearly tripped on the blame thing my
self. Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11

Egg Salad-Young lettuce, French
dressing, hard-bciled eggs, cut up.
Place on salad.
Sour Milk Gladstone pint sour
milk, one teaspoonful of soda, lit
tie salt, two eggs and -four to make
a thin batter. Bake on hot griddles.
Lemon Sherbert-One tablespoon
full of gelatine, one-quarter of boil
ing water, one pint of sugar, juice
of six lemons. Soak the gelatine in
hot water, add the sugar and when
all is dissolved add the fruit juice,
strain, and freeze without stirring.
Chocolate Cake-Two cups of
sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of
chocolate, grated up, one-half cup OF
milk, two of -four; four eggs, two
teaspoonfuls of cream tartar, one of
soda, or three heaping teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. Bake in moderate
oven. A broom straw will tell you
when done.
Baked Bananas - Remove skin
from six bananas, cut in halves,
lengthwise. Put in shallow pan or
an old platter. Mix two tablespoons
melted butter, one-third cup sugar
and two tablespoons of lemon juice.
Basic bananas with one-half of mix
ture. Bake twenty minutes in slow
oven. bastiEg till done with the re-
naming half of mixture.
Boiled lcing-One cup of granu-
lated sugar, one-third of cup of
boiling water, white of one egg. and
one saltspoonfHl of cream OF tartar.
Boil the sugar and water without
stirring until the syrup taken up on
a skewer will thread or rope When
nearly at that point beat the egg stiff.
add the cream of tartar and pour The
boiling syrup over the egg in me
stream, beating well. When it
thickens and is perfectly smooth, pour
it over the cake before it st.hens
enough 70 drop.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
Alfalfa Hog Feeder.

Hogs are very fond of alfalfa. and
they will eat a good deal of it if
given chance. They win also waste
a whole lot unless you stand and feed
it to them handful at time. A
rack with a swinging front works
very WELL says writer in the Farm
Press. The punching the hogs give
it will work the hay down within
reach until the rack is empty. The
openings in front should be large
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
Modern Robin Hoods.

The number of deer in Epping For
est Is steadily decreasing, and it is
said that now there are only about
half the number desired. A few
years ago they were increasing so
rapidly that number we're shot
every season. This has not been
done for two years.
The keepers complain that the Mag
istrates are too lenient with poachers.
and they think that small gang Of
poachers is Systematically working
the forest. The worrying of deer by
dogs Is also becoming more frequent
London Express.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
PRACTICAL Dolly SETS.

Among the most practical dolly
sets for polished dining tables are
the damask ones with scalloped edges.
The scalioping goes fast once one is
accustomed to it. Plate, tumbler and
finger bowl doilies of the kind come
IN the linen departments ready
stamped for the work. Some seen
recently were in thistle. shamrock
and rose patterns, the designs form
ing borders around the various round
pieces. There we're centre pieces to
match.-New York Sun.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
A Derlce For KiIIing Lice Easily.

Lice do much damage to hogs
which might be prevented at small
cost. The hogs like to wallow, and
a vat twelve or fourteen inches deep
filed with water and on top of which
is placed of gallon of crude petrole-
UNI will serve as wallowing place
for them and at the same time keep
them free of lice. Such vat should
be thoroughly cleaned out occasion
ally.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11

me regular, and
that / would event
uany have dropsy.
/ would bloat, and
sufferfrOmbearing
down pains, cramps
and chills, and /
could not sleep
nights. My mother
wrote to Mrs. Pink
ham for advice, and
1 began to take
LydiaE. Pinkham's
Washable Com
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
A Contrast.

The greater part of the hay used
in our cities and towns is shipped in
from the North, yet the three States
Of North Carolina. South Carolina and
Georgia average more hay per acre
than the three States of Iowa, Illinois
and Indiana. which produce over
twenty-five times as much.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
The stallion Between seasons.

Many good stations are injured,
mot by lack Of proper care during
the season, or even by excessive use,
but by being kept idle during tae
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
MOTHERS
WHO HAVE
DAUGHTERS
Find Help in Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Winchester, Ind. -" -Four doctors
told me that they could never make
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
BY INFFRENrE

Bridge-Teacher Now, if your part
ner is dealer and has a dreadful hand,
what will she make it?
Mrs Baker No trumps.
Bridge Teacher: Why. you don't
know ANYTHING about bridge!
Mrs Baker: Possibly not; but
know all about my partner -Harper's
Bazaar.
The worlds wool record is held by
Spain exports at least $4,000. 900
worth OF olive oil year, and in years
Of large crops twice that amount.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
How to Get Better Cottonseed.

HOW TO GeC better OOltOnSeeu.
An examination Of cotton field
will reveal all types of plants grow
Ing within the space of a few feet.
Some Of them are admirably formed
and developed and heavily fruited;
Others undesirable in shape and char
acter, and bearing but few bolls.
Observation will reveal the fact that
there are many blank. spaces in the
field; hence the stand is not uniform.
and as result the yield Of seed cot
TON per acre is considerably lower
than 1t would have been were per-
feet stand obtained.
2he selection of seed OF the highest
vitality and the greatest weight
would have insured much better
stand, and have added from fifty to
200 pounds of seed cotton per acre
70 the yield.
Since the per cent. Of lint yielded
by plants varies from twenty-five up
20 more than forty. and the length of
the staple which may be grown even
on uplands from seven-eighths to one
and one-half inches, is it not iIn-
portant and necessary that greater
attention be given to the question of
the selection of cottonseed? But this
is not all. 1t is we'll known that some
individuals have the power Of repro
ducing themselves with greater vigor
than others; that some are more pre-
potent than others, less subject to
disease and to unfavorable Influences
OF soil and climate. These qualities
in themselves represent fortune to
the individual grower of given COM
munity.
The farmer can afford TO select his
seed No person can do it for him
halt so well, as cotton is influenced
markedly by even slight changes in
soil and climatic conditions, There
fore some individual in each com
munity must undertake the work, and
in order to maintain the desirable
qualities which superior skill and
selection may have engrafted upon a
certain type, must select his seed
from the most desirable plants as
they grow in the field. have the lint
picked out separately and ginned
with a small gin on his own prem
ises, since taking 1t to a public gin
means to have Il mixed in most cases
with unsolicited seed and his effort
at improvement practically nulliied
"A Al goule
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
OOtton-seed Meal For Horses.


Many inquiries come to as request
ing information as to. the value and
advisability Of feeding cotton-seed
meal to horses and mules. We all
ways recommend 1t in limited
amounts, of counse; and believe there
is no better source for protein in a
horses ration than cotton-seed meal.
All farmers are interested in secur-
ing more efficient labor from their
teams, and. II possible. without addi-
tional expense. The writer proposed
a horse feeding experiment to test the
advantages OF cotton-seed meal year
ago. and has again proposed 1t with
some prospect of doing this valuable
work for the benefit of the farmers.
ali OF whom are interested In teams
and their best feeding for returns in
labor or breeding. We shall en-
deavor to begin the work In short
time.
Some have thought that feeding
cotton-seed meal would not be adj
vlsable for brood mares. Good horse
sense would indicate to us that If
not deleterious to cows. the most cas-
ily excited to abortion OF any of our
domestic animals, It would not be to
mares. We know cows are often fed
as much as three or four pounds per
day. The writer fed cotton-seed meal
TO horses and mules In Indiana, and
TO three mares In the winter and
spring. all Of which had spring colts,
and there were never any bad effects
observable at any time Horses thrive
on cotton-seed meal, and while they
do not take TO 1t very kindly at first.
yet the fact that they do so well when
IL forms a part Of their ration, Is suf-
flcient to justify the use Of this great
Southern feed, both for them and
mules. Judge Hammond, of Angus
Tn, Ca, says there is not the remotest
danger of abortion from feeding cot
fon-seed meal to brood mares In rea-
sonabls quantities, say, not to exceed
two pounds per day 1t must be re-
membered that they do not take to 1t
kindly II on fun feed of good grain.
and q very small amount must be
fed In the beginning. coaxing them to
the new taste. as it were, which is
better than forcing them to 1t by a
semi-starvakion process. But 1t Is
not inadvisable to keep horses a lit
tle hungry until they take to eating
a little of the meal. when they will
then soon eat full ration with such
an amount of the new feed as you de-
sire to incorporate therein. 1t GER
tainly keeps work stock in good con-
dition, both body and coat. AS much
as three pounds may be fed te hard
worked horses. Walter ]. Quick,
Experiment Station, Blacksburg. Va.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-10-08
Feeding Farm Hands.

Every farmers wife knows what tre-
mendous appetites farm hands usually
have; but while they eat we'll they
work well, too.
Here's good suggestion about feed
ing farm hands. Give them plenty
of Quaker Oats. A big dish of
Quaker Oats porridge with sugar and
cream or milk is the greatest break
fast in the world for a man who needs
vigor and strength for long days
work. The man that eats Quaker Oats
plentifully and often is the man who
does good work without excessive ia
tigue. There is a sustaining quality
in Quaker Oats not found in other
foods, and for economy it is at the
head of the list. Besides the regular
size packages Quaker Oats is packed
in large size family packages, with
and without china. S
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-10-08
YOUTHFUL LAND HUNTERS
The Majority In South Dakota Regis
tration Are Young Men
and Women.

Aberdeen, s. D.-The opening
of the registration booths on the
Cheyenne river and the Standing Rock
Indian reservations in South Dakota
was attended with all the character
istic eagerness of multitude OF peo-
pie for new lands. and an hour had
no sooner passed than about 1,sOO reg
lstrations had been made at the six
different registration centers.
The center of the rush seems to be
at Mobridge, the nearest city to the
reservation; Aberdeen, the headquar'
ters Of the government, and Pierre,
the capital of South Dakota. Smaller
crowds were reported at Bismarck,
N. D.. and Lennon and Lebeau, 8. d.
The crowds were notably COM
posed of young men and few young
women, one of each saying that they
would be wed If either the one or the
other would get lucky number.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-10-08
HAVING FUN WITH A BANKER |
Practical Joke That Doubtless Was
More Appreciated by the Player
Than the Victim.

Councilman F. A. Drew is fond Of
playing practical jokes on William IL.
Lee, president of the Merchants-La-
clede, National bank. Mr.. Drew was
for years director in Mr.. Lees bank.
While the bankers were waging
their recent war upon prohibition, Mr..
Drew late one night rang up Mr.. Lee
at his home and represented that he
was a reporter assigned to get Mr..
Lees views on the situation.
Mr.. Lee complained somewhat bit
terly on being called out of bed at that
hour of night to give an interview, but
finally got warmed up to the subject
and for 30 minutes pictured the DESC
lation that would result In st. Louis
If Missouri went dry.
Let me see," said Mr.. Drew at the
conclusion of the interview, you are
Mr.. William II. Lee, whisky man,
aren't you?"
"No," snapped Mr.. Lee. II am Mr..
William H. Lee, the banker"
"Oh," said Mr.. Drew, apologetically,
"I am very sorry, but ! wanted to
talk to Mr.. Lee the whisky expert, and
not Mr.. Lee the financier."
Mr.. Drew hung up the receiver be.
fore the explosion occurred on the
other end of the wire.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-10-08
VETERAN OF THREE WARS
J.. W. Chriss of El Paso, Tex, TO
Celebrate With Presidents
Taft and Diax.

Ell Paso, Texas.-W. Chriss, the
Oldest American resident OF Ell
Paso, will celebrate his seventy-third
birthday anniversary at the Taft
Diaz meeting. Chriss is war-scarred
hero of three conflicts. He came to
the city with Robert E. Lee, when the
latter was major Of the United States
army. Chriss has lived here ever
since, except during the time he
fought with Gen. Jaurez in Mexico,
with the American army in the civil
war and with Roosevelt's Rough Rid
ers in Cuba during the Spanish-Amer-
icaA war.