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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10

and they go there to do it. People VINO
are thrown in contact with such cattle
prefer to sell out at a sacrifice rather
than expose person and property to sue.
men on the jury.
/ know a town where the people are as
much divided as they are on the north
and south side of Atlanta, and where
the destruction and difference is as plain
ly seen.
other side gets only enough attention to
keep down open revolt. All the property
may be assessed on the same scale, but
the unlucky side pays for what they
are not allowed to enjoy in the nearly
dead town, because of unfair discrimina-
tion and Partially The favored side gets
nIne-tenths of the benefit with no more
taxation.
Public spirit cannot exist in such
town. The tricksters who have their
blades sharpened to get what belongs to
the other fellows will soon cut the town
throat. and whenever you hear people
say: Il found the tax rate too high, AMI
too little doing to buy property in that
town." you can set il down that the
town killers can be spotted. They are at
work and the rest of the inhabitants
would sell out If there was anybody who
wanted to purchase at a reasonable
price Whenever they get enough exDeri-
ence to convince themselves that they
cannot hope to prosper under such hin
ORANGES as are here maintained, they win
quit and get away. even at a sacrifice
Tt seems a pity that a town has to be
killed by the greed and injustice OF
part of its citizens, but you can find
a plenty of dead villages, if you will
travel over the country and spot the
town killers at work.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10

a village OF red ants that had gone to
sleep in October. deep in the ground. for
their long winter nap.
Chief Warrior. feeling the warmth Of
the sun. awoke first and reused the 9TH
or ants For the first few days they
were will to sun themselves on the
hnI just outside their door. AS soon as
ley had re-entered their door they had
the guards close il with a bit Of earth
or wood so that no one could find the
entrance
But about two weeks later there was
great commotion in the camp The en-
tire village was moving 10 its summer
home.
Red ants are slave owners. That is,
they have slaves TO do all their tunnel
ing, while even the poor title fellows,
who are smaller and lighter in color than
their wealthy owners. have TO feed these
lazy masters.
Chief Warrior had several slaves, so
when me moving began he had many
trips to make. FOR. you see, every mas
ter has 20 roll each slave into ball
and carry il 10 the summer home. The
more slaves, the more trips.
On one Of these trips a dog scared
Chief Warrior into dropping ais slave
and running away. The slate, we would
suppose, would be glad of his freedom.
But no, He was so frightened he didn't
know where 10 go and was very glad
when his master came back and after
rolling him up carried hirl to the new
house
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10
How to Make a Dead Town

We hear whole lot about building up
towns, but we do not see much in print
about making towns go dead; but it is
much easier to kill town than to bring
it to life, or to promote its healthy
growth.
You can kill town by excessive and
unfair taxation. The most of people are
willing TO pay their pro rata share of
municipal taxation, but they are natural
ly averse to being forced to pay an ex-
cessive or unequal share. This difference
can always be relied upon to kill the
progress of a town. | am acquainted
with town where Peter is continually
robbed to pay Paul." and nobody is saT-
isfied unless IT should be those few on
the inside who pull the ropes.
You can kill a town by the constant
injustice that attends petty court trials.
The man who has something is nearly
always made to pay the costs, for there
is something obtainable from the fellow
who has got something in sight. I have
heard many citizens complain that they
fare worse by carrying their cases to a
Justice court than by enduring their
losses in the first instance. set Of
sharp fellows can make handsome liv-
ing by always getting the costs out OF
those who have something In sight. A
town can be killed very soon by Few
OF such sharp trickSterS clothed with au-
thority.
| heard of a justice who gave a YER
dict against a white landlord because the
negro tenant claimed he couldn't pay, all
though there was quite enough stuff
levied on to satisfy the debt, but not
enough, perhaps, to pay the costs addl-
tional They have got it down fine, to an
established system, and somebody has to
pay the costs. even if the creditor loses
and has all the justice on his side How
else could these officials get rich If they
did not wiring it out of the fellow who
had enough to pay the costs? But they
thusly kill the town.
Such officials are regular town killers.
They are unworthy of the position, of
course. but they are useful to the folks
who aim to beat the fellow who has
got something. and they pay at voting
time for his Partially.
You can kill a town with a gang of
professional jurors. People soon get
tired of having their law cases decided
by ignorant or designing people who lie
around the court house to be caught on
the jury. l know of some people that
swarm in this way about the court
room, and they are especially useful IN
taking care of their own sort and kind,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10
Planting Sweet Potatoes in
Missouri

It is best TO wait until the third week or
April to bed sweet potatoes. I use about a
wagonload of fresh stable manure fr a he'd
10 feet square. Place a plank wal u tn Is
inches deep around the bed. Zig rp the bottom
soil and add manure. Lever II off and aud
about four inches 81 good locse soil 4
covering of heavy muslin # two widths
a yard wide. This gi suffieien. cover
TO resch half way across on either side. Give
IL enough pitch to shed rain.
keep my own ae@l put potatoes n
winter quarters as soon they aug snd
never allow them TO lie out in the open air.
cover my plants at night. sur during the day,
when the sun shines brightly. 1 push back the
canvas. i never let raIC IN the bed until the
sprouts begin to come through the ground, ana
/ only mOisten a little n any time
! took out 800 plants ncfora June I.
transplant on ridges Il mcHcS 4Jar:- | make
q hole with a round stick. p1ur IN haif flint
Of water. put In the plant and fill UP with
dirt without watering asaIh.-M. Mng!ey.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10
Hints on Rearing Chickens

Besides comfortable quarters the chick, 10
thrive. must have exercise, water. grit. va
riety of grain food. green succulent food
and casein OF meat foods.
Exercise Is as essential as food. and lack or
IT indicates wrong met1GIs .f rearing. The
natural way for a chick L. taKe its food il to
scratch for IL, taking little at tInle
IL chicks cannot be nut uf dIEs their feeding
floor should be covered wiIh sand. and over
this should be thrown sonic .ItTer. such chaff
from the straw stack NJ leaves from an slrlIia
loft.
Water should be proci'lsd in shallow 6ishes.
Special care must be taken TO keep the water
dish filled the little chicks will be able
to drink without getting into the dish.
Some form Of grit mus; lie supplied to young
chicks. Chicks running 1T large grayeiiy
ground need no further provision for this.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10

government, and congress is not dis
posed to sell a gift.
1t may be several weeks before the
sundry civil bill is called up for con-
sideration and passage in the house,
although it's consideration is in order
at any time.
Chairman Tawney will probably de-
lay the bill until the railroad measure
is out Of the way.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10
BUTTS COUNTY WILL
IMPROVE HIGHWAYS

JACKSON, Ga. May 6.-The roads be-
tween Jackson and Indian Springs are
being put in frst-class condition. The
road gang has been at work on this
piece of road for some time.
At the meeting of the commissioners
here Monday it was decided to have the
road graded. and all the hills will be
cut down. This will give Butts county
one of the best stretches of road in the
state, and one that is used a great deal.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10
HE LIKES TO

This old Hindu snake charmer handles
the most poisonous reptiles as fearlessly
as we would a kitten. Around his neck
is a vicious monster, others equally
harmful entwine their Shiny bodies about
him, while in the jar is dangerous
cobra, a snake that kills thousands OF
the people of India each year.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10
Patents Issued GeorgianS

WAsHINGTON, May 6.-Ihe following
patents have been issued: William A.
Mckinney, Gainesville. driving mocha
nism: James r. Merritt. Atlanta, railway
switch; Robert ID. Wilscott, corn crib;
Nancy Toomer. envelope: Alfred w. Wick,
Savannah. train order holder; John II.
Walters. Augusta. track sander; William
H Wheat. Newman, switch apparatus.
Walter II. Zachary. Atlanta. mop head.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10
on A SPRING MORNING.

King Of Gold in his great chariot, the
sun. had come driving north again. ana
on this cloudless April day was sending
down his beams to warm the earth.
Even ne robin mad come north and was
p.ping as loud as He could, to wake the
flowers and butterflies.
II so happened that right under the
tree where Mr.. Robin was singing dwelt
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10

certainly hubb affords reer to
the than does ordinary masculine attire.
Taken ALL the idea is capital The convicts will
something aspect Their fierce instincts will
be oend for what influence genter than mother hubbard ST
They will forth wiser and womenly
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10

In all the proceedings OF the Bal
inger-Pinchot inquiry. not once have
the words undesirable. malefactor,
shorter and uglier been uttered.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10

President Taft feels. like the begin
ner on the typewriter. that il is time
for every man 10 come to the aid OF
his party.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10
Tuesday, May 10, 1910.

soon we can resume the evening pas
time OF figuring out baseball averages.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10

The crueIest stab yet. An editor
hints AT the lecture platform for Ed
ward Payson Weston.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10

III the census enumerators had wait
ed. they would have found most or
the population at the opera.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10

Maybe Jefrfes and Johnson want TO
give Roosevelt first choice for that
referees job.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10

Why should President Taft use the
big stick. when he could so effectively
sit on congress?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10

Has il ever occurred to you what a
large. eapacious interior the hme-hgnt
has,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10

Better not think OF selling your old
family automobile until air ships be-
come cheaper.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10

Alabama seems to he determined TO
uphold the tradition OF the mint Julep.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-05-28
Pathos In Lives of Poets,

In a little restaurant in Soho the
other evening / heard w. b. Yeats
narrate the pathetic, gradual dissolu-
ton of coterie of poets existing in
London ten years ago under the style
of the Rhymesters' club. For the IL
poets who had formed the club, Mr..
Yeats claimed the sincerity which
marks the true artist. Several of them
had gained distinction, yet of the lit
tie party two had since died of drink,
a third had committed suicide, and
two others had lost their reason.
"A poets life must almost necessari-
ly be troubled" said Mr.. Yeats. "All
songs are those of victories won in
the poets mind. If you could find a
perfectly steady nature, you would
find a silent one."-Exchange
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-05-28
tBY c. G.. WOODBURY., PURDUE UNI
VERSITY AGRICULTURAL EX-
PERTINENT STATION)

Every owner of fruit trees should
the way of spraying. Spraying is es-
sential to the continued production
of good fruit. After years of the most
forcible object lessons in the way
of regular yields and good profits from
sprayed orchards and irregular yields
and no profits from unsprayed or
chards, the fact still remains that
many owners of fruit trees do not yet
realize the Importance of the subject.
1t cannot be doubted on the other
hand, that many possessors of or
chards realize something of the i'm
portance of spraying, of pruning and
other measures of orchard hygiene,
and yet fail to begin this work be-
cause they regard it as complex, hard
to understand, difficult to accomplish,
disagreeable and expensive. Spray
ing is none of these. The principles
are few and easy to learn. The work
Is not complex and considering the re-
suits that follow it. is very inexpen-
sive. Spraying is insurance.
In order to obtain results, however,
1t is necessary for the fruit grower
to spray intelligently. He must know
what he is spraying for; he must
know something of the life history of
the insect or disease in question so
that he can prepare his material and
time its application most effectively.
He must have the right kind of an
outfit-one capable of doing good
work and not a makeshift appliance
made solely to sell.
Certain precautions must be OBJ
served in making Bordeaux, in order
to obtain the most efficient mixture.
The secret of success is to put togeth-
er as dilute solutions as possible. The
copper sulphate may be conveniently
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-05-28
Western Canada Us
A Grain Producer
NEVER SAW SUCH FINE WHEAT
ANYWHERE.

Gust. Anderson of Maidstone, Sask,
been in Central Canada three years.
On January 16, 1910, he writes:
Arriving fifteen miles from Maid.
stone, / bought a couple of steers from
rancher, as my capital was not
large, and with the two oxen brought
with me, broke 25 acres which / put
in crop in 1908 and had to clear some
brush. / earned $4,000 by breaking
fifteen acres for neighbor and dur
ing the summer l put up hay and
hauled timber and put up houses for
other settlers. Notwithstanding a
heavy frost on August 18th, / had 22h
bushels of wheat per acre and 60
bushels of oats. OF 35 acres of wheat
in 1909, l got 27 bushels of wheat
per acre and 1900 bushels of oats off
20 acres. | never saw such fine wheat
anywhere. We have plenty of rain
between May and August and after
August seldom any but dry warm
days. Water can be had at from 20
10 40 feet and plenty of grass for cat
tle."
The evidence Of Mr.. Anderson is
given because it is encouraging to the
man of small means who is DESTROYS
of lettering his condition. 1t shows
what can be done, and there Is really
but small limit to the man with push
and energy to become wealthy on
Canadian lands. And the grain that
he raises is good. A press dispatch
says:
The quality of the wheat continues
to be the feature of the deliveries. In
the total of 1878 cars in the February
inspections there were 2,S47 of high
grade stuff, percentage of 1928. For
January the percentage was 1921, and
for the six months it was $3.50. This
is an unusually high average, and it
doubt that the farmers in this part
of the Dominion still know how to
grow first-class wheat. The crop Of
1908 was considered good enough, and
it's average of contract wheat was
only 70 Per cent. Good weather
throughout the season was an impor-
tant factor, of course, in insuring the
high quality of the grain, and it is not
likely that atmospheric influences Of
so favorable a character will be en-
countered for a long time to come.
The best that can be expected is that
fair average for term of years
will be maintained.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-05-28
Square Miles of Dead Birds.

1t may be asserted with consider
able degree of probability that there
is no one natural factor more destruc-
tive to bird life than the migratory
habit. Here is well-known recent in
stance: One night in March there
was an immense migration of Lapland
longspurs over Minnesota.
A wet snowstorm came on, chilling
and bewildering the birds. Over an
area estimated at hundreds of square
miles dead birds were found. In the
towns and cities they swept them up
and carted them off. On wide lakes
the ice was dotted with them in all
directions about foot or two apart.
The number that persisted at that one
time was doubtless in the Millions
Outing.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-05-28
Not Quite.

Young man." inquired her father,
sternly, will you give her home like
the one she has been used to?"
NO." replied the truthful sutton,
for there will be no grumpy father to
come home and make everyone mis-
cradle by his kicking over trifles and
swearing at matters in general. There
will be no mother to scold her from
morning to night for wasting time
merely because she wants to be neat.
There will. be no big brother to abuse
her for not doing half of his work, and
no little brother to make enough noise
to drive her crazy when her head
aches. There won't be any younger
sister to insist on reading some trashy
novel while she does all the work.
She will not have with me home like
she has been used to, not if l can help
it"-Puck.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-05-28
Power of Growing Trees.

Those who wish to see the enor-
nous power of a growing tree can do
so by going to the north side of Albert
street Two trees that were inclosed
by the cement sidewalk when it was
built many years ago have split the
slabs into fragments by huge cracks
extending in several directions.
The breaking tensile strength Of
neat cement as used for the city is
500 pounds per square inch. With the
mixture as used in. the sidewalks an
expert estimated 1t would be about
I160 pounds per square inch. There
are several Of these cracks, so the
pressure must have been still more
than for one fracture. The trees are
a chestnut and soft maple. A point
worthy of note in this connection is
that when healthy trees are inclosed
by concrete walks space should be
left for expansion at least equal to
the average size of the full growth of
the tree.-Ottawa Citizen.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-05-28
POSTUM FOR MOTHERS
The Drink That Nourishes and Sup
plies Food for Mother and Child.

my husband had been unable to
drink coffee for several years, so we
were very glad to give Postum trial
and when we understood that long
boiling would bring out the delicious
favour, we have been highly pleased
with it.
1T is one of the finest things for
nursing mothers that have ever seen.
1t keeps up the mothers strength and
increases the supply of nourishment
for the child if partaken of freely.
drank it between meals instead of wa.
ter and found it most beneficial.
Our five-year-old boy has been very
delicate since birth and has developed
slowly. He was white and bloodless.
began to give him Postum freely and
you would be surprised at the change.
When any person remarks about the
great improvement, we never fail to
tell them that we attribute his gain
in strength and general health, to the
free use of Postum and this has led
many friends to use It for themselves
and children.
Il have always cautioned friends to
whom have spoken about Postum, to
follow directions in making it, for
unless it is boiled fifteen or twenty
minutes, IL is quite tasteless. On the
other hand, when properly made. 1t is
very delicious. / want to thank you
for the benefits we have derived from
the use of your Postum"
Read Tho Road to Wellville," found
in pkgs There's Reason"
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
one appears from time TO time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
interest,".
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-05-28

made up into a stock solution by dis
solving it at the rate of one pound to
one gallon of water. The amount
needed at any time can then be read
lily obtained by stirring up the solu-
ton and measuring out as many gal
Ions as there are pounds required.
The lime can likewise be Stacked in
quantity and kept till needed as a
stock solution of known strength. The
blue-stone may be dissolved quickly
in hot water, or, more slowly, In cold
water by suspending near the top OF
the water in a burlap or coarse
basket over night. Good stone lime
should be used. Air-slaked lime is
not satisfactory. Hydrated or process
lime of good quality may be used if
the proportion of lime to copper sui
phate is increased from one-fourth to
one-half If barrel ESQ gallons) of
the Bordeaux is to be made, it Is
easy to secure the required dilutdon
of material by the use of three Gs-
sells. Put 25 gallons of water in the
barrel. Dilute the blue stone solution
containing five pounds to the 1919
gallons. Dilute five pounds slaked
lime likewise, then dip alternately
from each solution into the 50-gallon
barrel. Whatever the particular
method employed, however, the end is
the same. Put the copper sulphate and
lime solutions together after diluting
as much as possible. Don't mix con-
centrated solutions. If this is done,
with the idea of diluting to spraying
strength later, the mixture curdles
and a thick, heavy precipitate is
formed which settles so rapidly that
it is impossible to do a good job OF
spraying. A properly made Bordeaux
should remain for half an hour with
almost no perceptible settling. When
putting the spray mixture into the
tank, always strain carefully. For
peaches use at not over half strength.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-05-28

The illustration shown herewith
gives an excellent method of designing
a Mansard roof. The proper pitch for
these roofs is determined by desert
bling a circle with a radius equal to
half the span of the roof; then divide
the circumference into five equal parts,
the lower one on each side being the
length of the lower rafter and the
three upper ones are the span of the
top roof Both the top of the lower
and upper roofs must touch the cir
conference of the circle. Materials
for house roof are: Twenty-six lower
rafters, 2x6 inches by feet, set on
24-inch centers; 26 upper rafters, 2x6
inches by feet, set on 24-inch Gen.
ters; - collar ties, 2x6 inches by Is
feet; - collar ties, Ike inches by 6
feet; 81 curves, ks inches by feet;