The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-12


always wanted to learn. As America
had produced no books on agriculture
at that early date, he was forced to
try many experiments. The year when
| he was busy with the making of the
federal Constitution he experienced
with oats. his diary shows.
Guidance That Must Be Needed
Men are inexcusable If they do nor
pursue that which their Judgment tells
them is the most laudable.-Jossp,
addison.
Foxy Birds.
May birds have the trick of tum.
'ling along on the ground in front Of
portsmen in order to draw them awev
rom their nests.
Cow-PIlot a Small Fish.
The cow-pilOt Is a small fish. 80
allied In Bermuda because 1t Is he.
ieved always to accompany the COW.
lsh. It Is one Of the demoiselles and
! 8 also called "mojarra." Demoisellea
ire distinguished by having only two
pines In the anal fn.
To Put Out Gasoline Fire.
While pure sawdust gives excellent
results Ia putting out a small gasoline
fire, mixture Of ten pounds Of bicar.
Donate Of soda with IL pounds Of clean
Sawdust Is the best medium to have
on hand, says Everyday Engineering.
Have the sawdust dry and free from
chips. The sawdust forms an alright
blanket as 1t floats on the burning
liquid, and at the same time the heat
OF the flame generates carbonic acid
gas. This gas, together with the saw
dust, keeps the oxygen in the air away
from the flame and quickly smoth-
ers It,
Take Care Of Good Books.
At spring cleaning time every book
should be busted separately and a fine,
soft brush whisked in all the crevices
wnere dust may lodge. Keep in the
library. also. some transparent adhe-
aive tape and pair Of sharp scissors /;
You can mend torn magazine cover
In a Jiny, or book page that some
one has torn. You can mend with the
adnesive tape, pages Of music, and
can straighten out bent corners Of
playing cards, putting a tiny section
u the tape under the corner.
Lady-siipper.
Three Of the well-known varieties Of
the beautiful orchid found in the tenn
perate zone are called the pink lady
slipper, the yellow mOccasin flower,
and the snowy lady-slipper which is
white with purplish pink or crimson
stripes. These names have been given
the flowers as they bear curious re-
semblance To a slipper.
Worthy Life Lives In Memory.
When the sun goes below the hor-
izon, he Is not set; the heavens glow
for a full hour after his departure.
And when great and good man sets,
the sky of this world is luminous
llong after he is out of sight.-Beecher.
/ Law of Nature.
'You may accept this as a true
story" remarked the man on the car,
the fellow who spends much Of his
lime knocking the town doesn't erect
my of its tall buildings."-Toledo
Blade.
Loan Bank for Trouble.
$50 maxt people want to borrow
fouble," said the Old Settler, "that it's
Il wonder some eEterprising cuss
Doesn't start bank to accommodate
m."
Stepladders.
To keep the stepladder from slim.
,ing on either a polished floor or ON
dlcloth, put pieces Of adhesive plaster
the feet Of the ladder. This holds
steady and protects the floor from
cratches.
The Congressional library,
Under its great gilded dome the Con.
Eressional library preserves for public
use and reference and for posterity
nearly FIVE million items including
n71O,O00 printed books ana pamphlets
i65.O00 maps, 100000 etchings, engrav.
ngs photographs. ETC.; S5O,OOO pieces
VI mus md hundreds of thousands Of
uan