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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
A Religious Movement.

Buddhism" says a Berlin paper,
SIS rapidly spreading in Europe. The
number of converts is daily increas-
ing, especially in Germany, England
and Hungary"
The influence Of the higher religious
thought Of the Orient was bound, in
these days Of rapid travel and aroused
intellectual curiosity, to make itself
felt, and one of the signs Of the times
is the growing sale of small popular
epitomes of various phases of eastern
religious and philosophic thought, and
also translations Of the great religious
poems Of the Orient.
On this continent, Vedantism, The
osophy and esoteric Buddhism have
become fairly well known, and the
work of the new teachers is not sell
dom on broad humanitarian lines;
especially may be cited the education
al work carried on at Point Iona, in
southern California and in Cuba, by
the Universal Brotherhood and Theo-
sophical society; in which are en-
listed men Of wealth and high business
capacity under the leadership Of
Katherine Tingley, a woman Of great
executive ability. The work done in
training the young for practical life
is notable.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
CHINESE MOTHER WAS STERN
Anecdotes About che-ung and Her
Son, Whom She Had Beaten
When Ne Was an Old Man.

III King-yeung's mother was called
Che-ung," writes correspondent Of
the North China Daily News. "She
was by nature no less stern than intel
ligent. She was early left a widow,
with son whose education she per-
sonally directed. Behind the family
residence was an old wall. One day
this wall fell down, when under Its
foundation was discovered money
enough to sink a ship. The mother
then blessed heaven ard said: I have
heard that wealth got without labor
can bring only misery to the person
who receives it. Heaven, because Of
my departed husbands virtuous life,
has pitied me in my poverty and dealt
literally with me. desire, however,
only that my orhan son may learn and
attain unto perfect understanding.
will not touch the money She, there
fore, issued orders that the coins
should be covered and house built
on the spot
Her son Ii King-yeung subsequent
ly became an official and even when
white-headed he did not allow the
simplest mistakes Of his interiors to
pass unpublished. He was at one time
taotai of Chitsai, and when one Of the
soldiers opposed him he ordered that
the man should be beaten to death.
The army was enraged and on the
brink of revolt. His mother, in the
inner apartments, heard Of the trouble
and straightway came forth into the
Judgment hall. There she made her
son stand up before her and fiercely
upbraided him.
1.-THE emperor, she said, has in
trusted you with this great trust, but
you have usurped his prerogative and,
in administering punishment, you do
what you list. You have caused a man
to be beaten to death who has not
been guilty of any crime. The har-
mony of the entire district is jeopar-
died. You will compel your old mother
to go down into the grave laden with
shame and disgrace. How, moreover,
will you dare to face your ancestors?
S"She then ordered the lictors stand
ing by, who were full Of awe at the
scene, to strip the old official of his
robes and to punish him. They beat
him on the back until some of the
underlings came forward and begged
that the punishment be stayed. After
time he was released and the disaf-
fected soldiers returned to their al
legiance."
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
A sunshlny House.

A new Brooklyn house which was
erected on lot between two other
buildings was designed in its interior
arrangement by woman who loved
sunlight. She accordingly sought to
stimulate it for the dark days which
must inevitably come in the years
calendar. Every room and hall was
tinted a soft, delicate yellow, yet there
was no monotony in the tone, as the
situation and plan Of each room
brought out Neutrality-suspicious. of the
color.
A series Of arches in the entrance
hall made fine tone effect. In the
top story the rooms had skylights Of
amber glass; a most beautiful tone re-
suited from these skylights. There
was always such IA cheerful tone in
the rooms. no matter how gray the
day, that gspd Megailed there.
often attrib " 81
walls and
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
In the GloamIno.

The shades of evening were falling.
The dim electric lights feebly
strove to pierce the gloom that over
Swallowed the platform of the elevated
loop station
There was no crowd-a most I'M
usual happening and the young man
and young woman who were in the
darkest spot, close together and busiIy
conversing, had the platform almost
to themselves.
Impulsively she leaned nearer.
With a swift motion she put her
arms around his neck and
At this precise moment the man on
the west platform, directly opposite,
who had been idly watching the pair,
turned his head and looked the other
way. 1t was none of his business.
The purpose of this story is to as
sure those two young persons that
the man saw nothing except what is
here truthfully set forth.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
shoea II summer and Winter.


Handsome Walter CIarkson, for
many years the star pitcher Of the
old Harvard college team, is now the
manager Of one Of Cleveland's big
shoe stores
The other day the once great col
lege twirler was appealed to by a
man who asked:
Can you tell me why these patent
feathers have cracked so badly7"
probably" was the reply, you
bought them in the winter. Then it
is not hard to explain. In the sum-
mer shoe will at itself to every
foot. In the winter six or eight
dollar pair Of shoes is ruined by a
few days of cold weather"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
CARING FOR BABIES
OLD FASHIONED METHODS BEST,
SAYS WRITER.
All the Rules Of Modern Antlseptlo
Hygiene Can Never Take the
Place Of Mothers caressIng
and CoddIinu.

The health department. of New York
has issued special bulletin on babies,
containing some sixteen rules for by
gienic limitations to the infant indus
try. Don't play with the baby, Don't
try to amuse the baby" Don't kiss
1.-The baby" Don't bounce the baby up
and down" etc, etc.
It Is a great satisfaction to think
that most mothers do not read the
rules Of the health department. It is
pleasant to reflect that mothers and
babies were here before health depart
ments. Such rules, if enforced, would
be the deadliest asset of race suicide.
What's the use of having baby if
you cannot take the liberties with
him? He won't always be baby.
He'll get too big to bounce and may
want to bounce you. You have to do
the bouncing while the bouncing is
! good. And you can't afford to miss
kissing the baby for maybe she'll grow
up and won't regard kissing as proper.
At Roaring Camp you remember,
they had baby, and only men folks
to take care of it. And not having any
health department, all they could
think Of doing was to keep the infant
happy. And big warty man went
about all day saying to himself, "He
rasled my finger damn little cuss."
The health department would have
swooped down on Roaring Camp and
sawed off all the fingers, that the baby
might not be contaminated
1t is probably an old-fashioned no
ton, but somehow can't help feeling
that I'd rather have mother bring up
a baby than to turn him over to the
antiseptic mercies of health depart
ment that wears side Whiskers.
OF course, parents are fond and
foolish thank God Of course, they
do lot Of cooling and gurgling and
cuddling and act like a crazy horse.
But you never saw a baby who didn't
thrive on the ridiculous attentions
which its lunatic parents bestowed
upon it.
You can raise chickens in an incu-
bator, but all through their young
lives they go about lonesome for some
thing they miss, and they don't know
what it is. But it's the clucking Of the
old foolish hen. If an incubator could
cluck and sputter it would raise
better grade Of chickens. A health de-
partment can do lot of wise things,
but it can't do any of the necessary
foolish things which make parenthood
delightful, satisfactory and successful
There is nothing in the world quite
so hygienic as ve-nothing so anti
septic and preserving as affection,
and when you try to substitute medi-
cal rules for the tender caress of the
brooding mother you simply take
away the baby's fodder and put him
on sawdust diet
Parenthood is the one epidemic
which cannot be vaccinated out Of ex-
lstence.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
Wen started.

When a man writes plays his
friends are always asking about them.
A short time ago Edgar Selwyn en-
countered an acquaintance on the
Big street.
"Hear you've started another play"
said the friend
Selwyn nodded.
what kind Of a thing is it to be?"
'In three acts and two intermis-
sions," said the playwright.
"Got much written?"
"WelI," answered selwyn, i've al
ready disposed of the intermisslons."
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24

How . Clever PIe1an
wltted q Band IL vi
FIla ingenuity.

A member Of the Canadian
police tells a good story 81 d
ness Of an Indian. One SNOWY
band OF Crees awoke to
about q dozen Of their ponies
stolen during the night. PuI
Immediately organized. AMI
course Of an hour the trail WI
The band followed 1t FER 80
more, till II entered d river d
ed for a little wooded island
Smoke YVES rising from II
and an opening, apparently la
Of . cave, was Id plain view.
ly a Piegan Indian showed iii
front Of the opening, He was
paint, and at his heels was d
Pretty soon the dog scent
Crees, who were lying low, and
growing and barking The
looked up, glanced about hirnN
ment, and then instantly enteI
cave. In about ten seconds d
Plegan came round the rocks al
went in; then another, and Al
and another. The Crees lay \
In the bushes, counting, till upw
so Piegans had come round the
and gone into the cave, and sti
kept coming. Each carried d i.
When at last 10 men had
peared In the cave, the supera
and cautious Crees concluded III
evil spirit had something to ii
It. So thoroughly were they lille
this idea that even when rel
ments arrived, which was In
hours, they were reluctant to
the island.
That night, however, one Gre
credulous than the others, crosse
the ice to Investigate. on appro
the supposed cave, he found
was no cave at all, but simply al
ing leading some ten feet In
rock, where 1t made a turn and
out on the other side.
There was the remnant Of a
campfire, the ponies were gon
not an Indian was In sight. The
Piegan thief, by making the cir
the passage and the END III the
20 times, had SO deceived hi
suers as to gain the time necess,
his escape Youths Companion
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
place for the woIf.

New Workers. are not really the ex-
travagant and ostentatious lot they're
made out" said Charles M. Schwab in
a recent interview. why" Z
Here Mr. Schwab smiled.
"Why, even in Fifth avenue there
is many family that will have the
wolf at the door this winter, only, for
the sake Of appearances, they'll coax
him round to the back"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
seeking Variety.

II think" said the mild-mannered
nan, ''that Win go into politics"
"Ambitiousyy
mo. I'm tired Of being told my
faults by CANDID friends whom real.
" esteem. I'd like to read about them
IN the newspaper for change
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
SATISFIED win Enough.

He was buyinq drinks ana cMgai
for the bunch h ! downtown cafe.
and was explaining nat y wasl trip
lets. Every one had peen satisfied
and the momentous event Wae being
discussed in all its b aflnes.
CONGRATULATIONS mixed with condo
lences were rendered tue happy iathef
when he bethought 'SsaSeii q an az
tendapf circu,nctancS end told II and
fhe1 M bought aeailh. It was this:
The small boy o 'he house naa
been praying for Il lsls s'ster, Wnen
told that not one Ruts.sAfse nag #
rived. he lSneIt and ESQ ~ Lord,
am very thankful DAt q no piS-
Give someone else ciance-
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
What the World Lost.

at was the worst calamity that
ever happened to me-" sighed the
pale, intellectual high-browed young
woman II had written a modern
society novel. complete to the last
chapter, and careless servant girl
gathered the sheets Of the manu-
script from the floor, where the wind
had blown them. and used them to
start FIRE in the CRATE"
"What burning shame that was!"
comtnented Miss Tartun.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
Dol 90 go the Tres2

"How many city foiHss$hoW e signs
the various kinds ices "a tne s'lr-
r. saw saws the star enent observa-
lion which calls 70 mind that Clay
Center man who h' ~ssa mere years
and years was asFsn ue naa sxer
seen coffee boat fse ano rsplAed
that he had not XII. NJ M pPqStao'sae
ha s,,, ] Iarra erop og coffss beam
DsssAA &c., I. '' ,,es Ela hui looked AZ
the tree dozens ( es' nnt nee
never seen It. CHI cs n Times
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24

Captain Cook had discovered the
Sandwich islands.
Il want you to understand distinct
ly, though" he said to the natives,
that I'm not the doctor"
On the occasion Of subsequent
visit there, however, the natives, llav.
ing heard from CopeAaaaeu In the
meantime, gaXe aptage
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
a Debt Of Art

"The professor says that music owes
a great deal to Rossini," said the
young woman. What's Rossini?"
That" replied Mr.. Cumrox. '9s
probably Italian FIR 'rnain'"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-24
Flesh-ReducIno rad.


The most recent fad Of the extre
lists has been for fasting week
more at time, or adiet OF milk
buttermiIk for a longer time. No
ing Of that sort should be tried exec
under the doctors orders, and vi
his watchful eye upon the effects
the treatment. Moreover, one mu
expect to give up work and 60 to be
SO that no strength will be required.
Three splendid movements to
used in combination with this dIt
are, first, rolling on the door nr
hundred times, either once
day The clothing should
loose for this and one shog
to the hundred BY degrf
rising slowly on the tipt
with the knees stir, ID
til the finger tips
This movement y
and perseveran
plished succea
important to
tending the
o1OQl0EAG a.
Of the body
to the othe
"The fussI
has a run-ir
fares any bt
who are satil
they come, b
lor. II took
these fussers til
little cafe upton
both Of us.
"All he wanted
and couple Of bd
might have though
pended upon thosE
given the waiter
as to their prepare
watch In his hand
Finally the Ell
was lot more po
cracked the she'll
the waiter and
those eggs are pEslslVAB
And the waiter, WI
eyes and a very led noise
all seriousness: a rFaliS
sir I have a frightfp g
head"
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-11-03

Tn" shop girls m Chicago have at last got a littl" union of their very own. one thousand of the little ladies who deal out the ribbon. shirt waists. stockings etc have joined the union. as they are wont to call it. and they
 intend tn demand their rights. Here's l brief list Of some of the liberties which the rihbon-slingers call rights ." That they may chew gum during work ing hours if they sa choose, that they may dress their front hair second story pompadour style if they like. that they may be allowed to he seated while waiting on a customer and last but not least that they may have male escorts waiting for them in the lobby of an evening Those things arc woman's rights
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-11-03
COMPLICATED POSTAL BANK
 SYSTEM.

Tn" business methods of the postal eaNings banks promise to be somewhat complicated and perhaps cumbersome The usefulness Of the system win ha limited by the rule that deposits can he withdrawn only at the postoffice oi er.glna! lodgment. In England a de positor can withdraw his money at am office in the kingdom. but this country IS SO big and the postofices so nun. erous that the department was unwm- ins 10 undertake this burden.
 This was a matter of comparatively 'JaN settlement but far more diff 'ult question arose when il came to de ciding whether passbOoks or merely certificate of deposit should be issued Al fIrst The decision was in favor of the rassbook. but this plan is now abandoned. al least in the experimental operation of the system. Now. the
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-11-03
OFFICIAL PAPER.
NOME, ALASKA. NOV. 3. 1910.
ALASKAN PROGRESS.

x peculiar interest centers in Ihe development of the great territory of A!HshJ ut the part of the people oi Washington. The land of the Mid usht sun i~ 90 rich field for exploita- tIau hy our jobbers and manufac- tut-Is. and constitutes splendid mar Let for the products of our farms. IL las added to the wealth of this state t' marked degree through the invest ments of men who have made fortunes in the development of its mining prop crti's. and its progress and prosperity is a matter of vital import
 Alaska is no longer land of boom. or thc loadstone that attracts fortune hunters from various sections of the world yet there never was time when the worth of it's potential resources were more cleverly apparent Last year. according to the annual report ot Collector of Customs R Willis. the foreign commerce of Alaska passed the 26oOo0,0O0 mark, exceeding by some Ss0O0oO0 the record of the two preceding years. The total exports from the territory aggregated s36 Q It10." as compared with 334,20O.727 m 1908 whil" its imports reached $23,-
 ,it against Sls,l55. 39s in 1908.
 Th" mineral productions of the far North continue of predominant i'm uuItauCr in its out shipments. gold and silver contributing Sls.2GS.ss2 of is exports or domestic merchandise to tN. Fnited States. with copper ore and matte. S'o5.55l. and tin. marble and gypsum *I75.ooo. while an item of s2. sia.s". n foreign gold is included in .t- exports There was canned salmon dipped q" the value of 3lO.4a4.sll; fIm"n in other forms. ssOO. .OO0. with s">a0"" from whale fisheries. and ssa> itu from furs.
 E'..2l investigations have demon - sttatct that the coal measures of Al ,#aa Hl' among the most important ia i.. luited Staes. and this product #a. undoubtedly soon be contrihutinp aua J. rt The surplus output of Inc territory while agriculture is making steady IraErsss. though 1t is not Thought that Alaska win ever aspr. largely as an exporter of farm pro aa,r.
 I"r Alaska Yukon Magazine in re- viewing the figures presented hv Col hetor Willis. points out that the esti- mated population of the territory k less than 5oooO. and that Its exports indicate that every man. woman and ehlld thor" has net earning cara city of EGGo. certainly a highly favora b'e showing for that vast region ac- pHlr"d for song and for many years considered an exceedingly unproftahle investment.
 Imports for the year show a balance of trade in favor of Alaska of slO000 - "'" "hi.. thr comparison is even more iaN9rah'r when il is considered that of thif aggregate considerable percen tag" consisted of machinery and sup lil's to be employed in railway con stfuetlon. IL Is also satisfactory to h"te that. while Alaska imports for the year were S23.552. 7si the exports from th" Puget Sound customs diStric, ta Alaska amounted 10 sI4.O9s.3Ss. or approximately two-thirds of the total takhgs of merchandise for the terri tory Seattle Trade Register.
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-11-03

issue of certificates of deposit Is not such a simple matter as might be sup posed at first glance A Washington dispatch tells why:
 T. was decided finally to recommend ccrIincate of deposit, in which tho q mount of the deposit should h, punch a,! in duplicate L' tne postmaster. Bu' here q difficulty arose in the knowl- edge that the most common form of stealing among bank clerks is that in which the clerk receiving the money makes one entry in the passhook of tho customer and another in tho hooks of the bank The duplicate coupon sys- tenn apparently made dcfalcation dif- rcult ii not impossible. with tho use of a punch; hut second thought showed the commissioners that a clever clerk cDuid easily punch one figure for the dcpositor. and. ny little mauipuIa- tion. punch another in the duplicate slip tu hc reserved by the poStofiice The commissioners thcrCupon took this hull by tho horns hy deciding tn issue punched certificates in sums of only Sc ana less They believe that with so ! littl" mcentiv" to risk their liberty. the ! clerks would not take chances with these small amounts For sums great
 TT than Sc. printed certificates will be supplied in denominations of $lO. s2C
 and so By combination of The printed and pcnrhcd certificates the ! depositor thus will ho able to t"av, with the government any sum he de-
 sires The law does not permit Tn, | deposits of less than s1 or the payment
 af interest on any fraction of n dollar | Apparently these certificates can not
 ho used as a form If money because | only the original depositor can with
 draw the money He must do this in person. and if required. must identify himself. but Inc will be permitted tC make a deposit without identification
 The government will pay him pei cent Der anuum on his money hut hs
 should be very careful about losing
 hi- certificates if ho does not wish tc
 fud himself and his deposit wound nI in web of red tape
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-11-03

A Vet thr exact damage caused by the terrific surf Of yesterday has not been ascertaiuod but many believe that the total cost of the storm will run mp into thousands of dollars. More ap- paling than the financial losses was the destruction of several homes where old pioneers had lived and thrived Driven from their hrrside by the dcfyinG waves. these people were compelled to
 tand by aud see their houses. with their savings of many years. swept away before chem Some attribute th. hish su"i [" th" coming of a new moon Ithlir others contend that a tidal wave caused the awful disaster What ever the origin of the heavy sea may hay" been We may say without fear of contradiction that il Was tho worst storm which has visited this section If Alaska m many years
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-11-03

A man formerly of this camp. hut now a resident of Seattle. is suing his father in law for $25.0OO because the old gent attempted to take his life by letting him fal down mine shaft at a record speed IT we had such a man as the son-in-law. here. for an assessor this camp would surely prosper
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-11-03
NOTICE.

After the 18th inst. we will open our market at 8 o'clock and close at 6 except Saturdays when we will keep open till nine. Closed all day Sundays.
 PACIFIC COLD STORAGE CO.
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-11-03

w" are taught that it was typical ot the middle ago for people to believe that the appearance of comet in the sky was an omen or warning that something dreadful was to happen to the earth Everywhere rose men who for"told the end of the World-its com plct" annihilati"n in 9 sheet or flame and that such objects in the sky were passengers of som" mighty tidings. ana they never predicted any good from comets.
 During the past year when the won d"rful IIalleys comet was due to nut in its appearance. wo have had one dis aster after another and il has been a had year all over the face of the globe. s" that the appearance of such a hcav enly body may have an affect upon this planet uf ours for the bad. ana there is more or less truth back of the old middle age belief of the sight of a planet meaning famine. Wrecks. war. and everything but good to the people.