The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-10-13
q Hei~t,t Of Trees.

n. the height Of tree
Vh' : 40 cha +he length Of
he sh;' ~ cen I've ineasured set q
stick upright. letting it form right
,ngle With the surface of the ground.
is the length Of the shadow of the
tick is to the height Of the stick so
= the length Of the shadow Of the
rec to the height Of the tree. The
rec must stand so the length Of it's
ihadow can be measured. Multiply
he length OF the shadow Of the tree
" the height Of the stick, and divide
" the length of the shadow Of the
tick
Africans Attitude Toward Work.
The African male has peculiar ideas
OF his own dignity where work il con-
eerned. He will work for a white man
but he will never DO anything for him.
self If there are any women about II
Is beneath his dignity to work. He will
fish and hunt, make nets and crude im-
plements and canoes, or pass away his
time smoking strong tobacco and dos
Ing, but he would not think of lending
MS wife helping hand. He cOmpels
her to cut down the trees for firewood
and for his dugout canoes, and when
they arrive at the spot in the forest or
Jungle where he decides to build his
town the women must clear away the
tangled forest. To civilized minds tree
telling. wood carrying and jungle clear
Ing are certainly laborious work fOf
women but an African woman knows
nothing else, yet hers are much more
healthful tasks than the white won
ans.
Crippls's Vision.
Sometimes dreams have been the
means Of bringing about extraordinary
cures. A cripple, who for sixteen
years was obliged to walk on his
hands, because r." muscles Of his
legs were so co n that he could
not use them, W; "ep when there
came to him vision Of a certain well
in Cornwall, and he realized some
how, in the way one does in dreams.
that if he washed in that we'll he
would he cured. The dream made such
an impression on him that he made
the journey and bathed in the we'll,
and as a result his lameness left him
and he was able to walk as well as
anyone. OF course, this is very easily
explained as faith-healing, but still, 1t
is quite remarkable instance of the
influence Of Reconsideration Tit
Bits
Tammany, "Tf Affab.e"
Tammany was h me Of an Indian
sachem in the da,-S ,.f William Penn.
an exchange $ Fe was great
chief of the D,'iN-:i.p Indians and
sold land to Pen. - the aboriginal
tongue his name NnHn< "the affable,"
and tradition credits him with being
lover of peace further than this
the legends and adventures attached
to his name are the inventions of
members Of different American So
cieties which held May day festivals
In Maryland and Pennsylvania and
adopting the sachem as their patron
aint. commonly desc rihed themselves
- "SonS Of St Tatlmany."
NoPItIOt.
One day l invited my sisters school
sacher to our houe" The teache-
Who was bald-head"d began to tell
is aome 1T his exI'""'rnces. He told
Is that while travel" through Kan
,as there was a ter"'> e cyclone. He
m,d It was 40 bad that 1t pulled out
everything in sight by the roots. After
looking at him a while my sister
isked: ais that why you're bald
Deat1e '"--Fxchsnge.
Claiming Only Her Due.
"The prima donna says she is mis-
understood" How SOP zone Of the
local newspapers credited her with
having had FIVE husbands" well, If
she hasn't been married that many
times, 1t seems to me that it's q mis-
take in figures, not misunderstood
ing Of the lady in herself" mo. She
says the statement that she has had
! ave husbands makes 1t appear as If
she were temperamenta' and regarded
he marriage VOW lightly, when as a
natter Of fact she has had only four
lusbands."- Birmingham Age-Herald.