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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-01

In a certain hollow tree in a cor
ner of the Old Orchard lived Spooky
the Screech Owl. Spooky had lived
there so long that he felt quite as if
the Old Orchard belonged to him.
During the day he slept most of the
time, unless the day happened to be
very dark and gloomy. Then some
times he came out early in the aft
ernoon to hunt. Often he would sit
in his doorway watching with his
round, fixed eyes for a careless or
forgetful Mouse to show himself
He was doing this late one after
noon when he saw Black Pussy the
Cat from Farmer Browns house
come sneaking through the Old
Orchard. a glare of anger came into
the eyes of Spooky as he watched.
The Old Orchard was his hunting
ground, and Black Pussy had no
business. there.
II wish 1 was as big as my cous
in, Hooty the Great-horned Owl"
muttered Spooky angrily. Then I'd
teach that Cat a lesson. [ would so.
Goodness knows, it is hard enough
at best to get food enough to eat
without having it stolen by that
black robber. She has all she wants
to eat. She's so fat now that it's q
disgrace. I'd just like to drive my
claws into her. I would so. But l
don't dare. I'm too small. I wonder
what she thinks she is going to get
over here anyway"
Black Pussy continued to sneak
along until she was near q certain
tree near the one in which Spooky
was sitting. Then she crOuched down
on the snow and sat there for the
| longest time motionless save for the
| tip of her tail Every once in a while
| this would twitch. SpOOky guessed
right away what she was doing. She
was watching a certain little hole in
the snow close to the trunk of that
tree. 1t was the hole of a Mouse.
| Spooky knew all about it. He had
watched that hole more than once.
He knew that Black Pussy was
waiting for a Mouse to come out
! of that hole
/ So for the longest time Black
Pussy sat watching that hole and
Spooky the Screech Owl sat in his
doorway watching Black Pussy.
Black Pussy was hoping a Mouse
would come out of that hole, and
| Spooky the Screech Owl was hop
| ing with all his might that nothing
of the kind would happen. You see
! Spooky wanted that Mouse himself
| He felt that if any one was to catch
that Mouse he was the one who
should do it. He needed it, and
Black Pussy didn't Once in a while
Spooky would snap his bill with
anger. Otherwise he didn't move.
Finally Black Pussy gave up and
went away. Spooky came out of his
home and flew up in a tree where
he could watch her. He made sure
that she had gone back to Farmer
Browns house before he himself
started out hunting. The next day
the same thing happened. 1t hap
pened again the day following. Black
Pussy was forming the habit OF
coming over to watch that Mouse
hole late every afternoon. Every
afternoon Spooky stationed himself
in his doorway to watch Black Pus-
sy. And every day he grew little
angrier. If angry looks could kill
| Black Pussy certainly would have
fallen dead right where she crouch
ed. But angry looks can't kill, and
Black Pussy didn't even know that
she was being watched. And still
no Mouse came out of that hole
while Black Pussy was there.
Copyright, 1923, by r w. Burgess)
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to send one in return for every one
received, so cousins, if you want
reply write to the address below.
With best wishes to Aunt Julia
and all.
A New Cousin.
EARLE H. HIGGINS.
Surrency, Ga, Route 1,
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins:
Will you please admit jolly little
Georgia girl into your happy band
of boys and girls?
I will be 13 years old the 18th
day of February, 1923. Who has
my birthday?
I'm going to school and am In
the fifth grade.
Well, 1 will close, asking every
body to write.
Your loving cousin,
Make MILLER,
Whigham, Ca, r. F. D. 4, Box Fl.
Dear Aunt Julia and all: Here
comes another Georgia girl wanting
to join you boys and girls.
am IL years of age. My birth
day comes the 18th day of May.
My next birthday I will be 10 years
of age. ..i.'
If anyone wishes to write me-
do so. I will be delighted to hear
from anyone. Good-by.
ZELDA SANDERS,
Whigham, Ga, r. F. D. 4, Mox 20.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will
you please admit another girl into
your happy band of boys and girls?
If so lust a few words and then I
will go.
will not tell my age this time,
but want you and the cousins to
guess it for me.
I hope to receive many letters
from you boys and girls, and will
be delighted to answer them.
Will close with much love to all.
LILLIAN SANDERS,
Whigham, Ga, r. F. D. 4, Box 20.
Dear Aunt Julia: Will you admit
a North Carolina girl into your
happy band of boys and girls.
[ have Just finished reading the
Ecousins' letters and thought I would
write.
I live in the country and like
country life fine. I live four miles
from Oakboro and live ON Big Bear
creek. My father owns the Bridge
port Roller Mills and I have great
fun helping him pack meal.
How many of you cousins like to
20 fishing? I certainly do enjoy It..
Will close and give my space for
more excellent writer. Address,
CLEONA> HUNEYCUTT,
Oakboro, N. c., Box AZ, Route 2.
p. S.-Just a moment! Who has
my birthday, June 9? I will be Is.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins:
! Will you please admit an Alabama
boy into your happy band Of boys
and girls? What are you cousins
doing these rainy days? I'm going
| to school, and I guess most Of you
are also in school. I am in the sew
enth grade, and sure do enjoy study
! ing. I think we all SHOULD take more
| interest in our books.
I, like most of the cousins, live on
| the farm and like farm life fine. I
have lived in town the greater part
Of my life, but I enjoy living in the
country much better than in town.
Miss Eula q. England, your letter
was certainly fine; come again.
| What do you cousins do for sport?
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Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins:
Wonder if you will let Georgia
boy in your happy band of boys and
girls. I live on the farm and like
farm life fine.
have never written to the letter
box before, but have written to sew
eral of the cousins. I surely do en-
joy reading the letter box.
I will not tell my age, but will
say it is between IS and As. VIII
let the cousins guess and see who
comes the nearest to my age.
would like for some Of the cousins
to write to me and would Ike to re
ceive pictures of the cousins who
care % exchange pictures. Will Try
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From a new friend,
MAMIE COOK.
Edinburg, Miss. Route

My Dear Aunt Julia and All: Will
you please admit a boy into your
happy band of boys and girls from
the dear old state Of Louisiana. The
very best state in the union, as eV-
crybody thinks the state they live
in is the best one of all. How many
Of YOU can play and love music? [
do. l can play almost anything 1
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NERVOUS WOMAN !
COMPLETE Wreck
Tells How She Was Made Well
by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound
indianapolis, Ind Now want to
tell you justwhat induced me to take

your medicine. 1t
seemed thatI had
some kind Of
weakness so that
I could not carry a
child its full time.
The last time /
was troubled this
way I had a ner-
vous breakdown
and was a COM
plete wreck. The
doctor thought ]
mould MT live and
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Improve Your Flock

llIlDEON6 lOul Il AONh
There are five letters on my desk
asking about incubators, chicks, ana
breeders. There are many who are
yet prejudiced against artificial
brooding lust as there are many who
still oppose the county demonStrator
and the agricultural college. book
farming and experimental work are
not according to nature" is the eX-
cuse they give; but the real truth
is that they are in such a rut they
can't see out of it, or they are too
trifling to make an effort that must
be more than a squirt. The incubator
is a wonderful invention, or i'm
provement, on the idea that warmth
is the factor necessary to hatch
chickens. I have often told you that
do not advise any one to buy
cheap Incubator, especially if the eggs
are worth more than 80 cents
dozen. 1t said that a cheap one is
good for a hatch or two. Some wom-
en- on the farms might buy cheap
one, not more than 70-egg capacity,
and set it ins December. She might
even now set one and get half of the
eggs to hatch. Say the eggs are
valued at $3.50. Then if she nurses
her chicks like a sick baby, no damp
ness, no food for 42 hours, not any
then but stale eggbread and butter
milk, and not too much Of either.
NV matches come off in the coolest
weather it seems to me. [ have no
brooder. / plan every year to get
one, but I don't raise enough to
really need one. I can sell eggs for
setting at reasonable prices and baby
chicks the same way, and it leaves
me only about hundred altogether,
I keep some of every hatch, so as
to really know how thrifty they are
going to prove.
If the weather is like we have it
now, with the mercury at &c about
noon, there must be an even tenn
perature in some room and the
chicks Matched in January given a
box large enough for them to exer-
else and not pick at each other. The
baby size, for the first ten days,
must be fed and watered, or given
buttermilk, and as soon as three of
them quit eating and begin to hud-
die put in a clean, warmed cloth in
box or basket. Elves times a day
the first week, and see that they
don't get wet. have two individual
salt cellars, each holds about ia
blespoonful of water and they are
used in the boxes at fist. I've also
the Mason jars and the pans, but
they are too large for the first boxes.
put half teaspoonful of liniment
in every half pint of water they
drink until they are five weeks old,
the water is milk warm, and they
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-01

L. +. Brush, MCbedII, 11'
writes: How do velvet. beans
compare with corn as hog
feed? How many pounds Of
bean are required to make
pound of grain? In what pro-
portion should velvet beans be
fed to dairy cattle?
Velvet beans will probably prove
more satisfactory as an amendment
for hogs if ground and fed in the
form of meal. 1t is better, as a rule,
to eliminate the hulls, though fine
grinding may overcome their ten
Clency to cut or irritate the dlges-
tive tract. Velvet beans do not ap-
pear to constitute a satisfactory
food for young hogs. In utilizing
velvet beans meal with corn meal,
mix them on the basis of half and
half. Some people prefer two-thlrds
corn meal and one-third velvet bean
meal. A mixed meal prepared In the
manner indicated can be kept in self
feeders. 1t is a desirable practlce
to take ninety-five pounds OF the
mixture indicated and add i've
pounds of digester tankage TO IT,
Mix the digester tankage thorough
" through the grain ration ana
then handle through self-feeders. L
do not believe there are any very
definite statistics relative to the
pounds of velvet bean meal required
to make a pound of pork. The gains
from velvet beans alone will prob
ably approximate those from corn
alone. These concentrates are bet
ter fed together than alone. Hogs
fed exclusively on velvet beans 90
not yield a satisfactorily grade OF
pork.
We have fed velvet bean meal to
our cows at different times. we
have also fed them in the pod. we
prefer to grind them and feed them
along with some corn bran or cot
tonseed meal. Dairy cows have been
fed on a ration of equal parts OF
velvet bean meal and corn meal OF
course, these cows received plenty
of silage of good quality.
Notes About Laredo Soy Beans
J. C. B, Carrollton, Ga,
writes: Il wish information in
regard to the Laredo soy bean.
How should it be planted, and
is it good for hay? What is the
average yield per acre?''
Inc Laredo soy DedH ID d VOL ICY
which promises to become Of con-
siderable Importance in the economic
life of our Georgia farmers. The
seed are different, from those OF
most other varieties of soy beans.
They are so small in fact that they
resemble okra seed in some respects,
AS a result of the smallness of the
seed, it takes about 100000 of them
to make one bushel by weight. On
that account, a bushel of Laredo soy
bean seed will plant six to ten acres,
depending on the distance apart of
the rows. The rows should ordinarily
be made about three feet apart, and
the seed should be dropped so as
to be spaced in the drill six to eight
inches.
This bean has three qualities which
are somewhat distinctive. 1t is the
earliest of all the soy beans we have
tested up to the present time. 1t
can therefore be seeded, and will
mature after a grain crop. This. as
you will no doubt see, is quite an
advantage. 1t is an outstanding
variety. Therefore it does not Irvine
or fall down. It ordinarily reaches
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(MISS) BLANCI

'Lawrenceville, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins:
Will you please admit four Georgia
girls into your circle for just few
minutes?
What do you cousins do for pas
time? We go to school and like
it fine.
We will not describe ourselves this
time. Will only say our age is be-
tween IL and Is.
Guess we had better be going for
this time.
We will answer all cards and let
ters received.
Your new cousins,
MAGGIE HULETT,
Milan, Ga.
ESSIE HULETT,
WILLIE WILLIAMS,
MAUDE CARRUTHERS.
l.
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LudoWici, Ca.

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins:
VIII you please admit a Mississippi
girl into your happy band of boys
and girls? 1 will promise not to
stay very long. have often
thought Of writing to the dear old
Journal, but was just a wee" bit
timid. AS I have ventured in at
last will take a seat by the fire, as
it is very cold. We are having some
very cold weather in this part of
the state. What do you cousins do
for pastime? [ go to school and
believe me T have to study very
hard. If some of you cousins would
come down I am sure you would
have a delightful time. Will go
down on the river kodaking. 1 sure
ly do enjoy kodalling. Well, as l
promised not to stay very long will
bring this to a close. Will tell you
how I look the next time. I would
like very much to hear from all
Of you cousins who care to write,
l will try to answer all letters re-
cpiJ-pd
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MARY FRANCES BUR-
DELLA BURGANNY,
Warthen, Ga. Route 2.


Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins:
I have been a silent reader and
ardent admirer of the letter box for
quite a while, and believe me, dearest
Auntie, think it's wonderful.
have never written to the letter box
but after reading Frank E. SosebeIs
letter I couldn't resist writing. Come
again, Frank, I enjoyed your letter
immensely and I'm sure the other
girls did too.
Really, boys, 1t doesn't get you
anything to discuss the girls powder
puffs, lipsticks and rouge boxes. L
suspect if you were girls you'd
paint and powder, too, even If some
Of you do talk about it so.
If any Of you would like to know
how I look just close your eyes for
a moment and imagine a little slip
Of girl most sweet sixteen" with
dusky hair, a pair of dreamy, gray
blue eyes and a dimple in one cheek
only.
I'll close by saying that I'm very
fond Of reading poetry, painting and
music. And that my greatest de-
sire is to one day be an artist.
Lovingly,
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THE LETTER BOX
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
Help for the Helpless-kindness to
All Dumb Things"
RuIpS

No unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides OF
paper printed. oo
All letters not to exceed $50 to 2Oo
words.
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Treating a Case of Mango
Satisfactorily


w. n. r., Roswell, Ga.
writes: I have a dog that has
mango. Can you give me a cure
for her. She is about eight
months old and has had mango
all her life.
In fighting mango, proceed as fol
lows: 1t is best to clip off the hair
from the affected regions. If your
dog has short hair, however, this
may not be necessary. In any
event, select a rather bright day,
and then apply green soap worked
very thoroughly and completely into
lard. This should be allowed to re-
main on the animal for about five
hours. Next, wash off the soap
with warm water. This will remove
most of the scabs and scruf. wipe
the animal dry, and apply the toI'
lowing ointment, the formula tor
which is as follows: Creolin, one
ounce; oil if tUrpentine, one ounce;
flowers of sulphur, one ounce; lard
or Vaseline, eight ounces.
Nix these materials together very
thoroughly and rub into the affect
ed skin once daily for three or four
days Discontinue this practice for
a week, and then apply again. Re.
member, that in treating a case of
mango, the affected dog must be
kept from healthy animals or from
other diseased animals, and the
barns must be thoroughly disinfect-
ed and kept clean and dry. White
wash should be used to cleanse the
kennel.
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LOUISE JUSTISS.
Grandridge. Fla. Ri. A. Box 61

Dear Aunt Julia: Will you let
two lonely little girls into your hap
Ply land of boys and girls? We are
real cousins and live together. We
sure do see some fine old times.
Julia is is years old and Eva is ia.
We go to Oak Grove to school and
enjoy it very much.
Come again Meta Hale, of Phil
campbell, Ala. I, Eva, have seen
you. Do you remember me-? 1 was
visiting Dine then.
Guess we had better go. All you
cousins write to US. We want to-
see which one gets the most letters.
From two cousins,
JUDE COLE,
EVA ENGLE,
Hodges, Ala.-Route etaoi etaoi
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins:
What do you cousins do for pastime?
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read them But write first, as I
only want one copy of each.
Well, as my letter is getting pref
ty long, will stop.
I would like to correspond with
some of thee cousins.
Your new niece and cousin,
BEULAH HENDERSON,,
Rochelle Ga Route g
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Feeding Value of Corn and
Velvet Beans

Velvet Beans
c. E. Brush, Mclean, Ga,
writes: How do velvet. beans
compare with corn as a hog
feed? How many pounds OF
bean are required to make a
pound of grain? In what pro-
portion should velvet beans be
fed to dairy cattle?
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Galivants Ferry, S. C.

Dear Auntie and Cousins; Who
could resist joining this happy cir
Gle? Not me, I'm quite sure.
I live in southeast Georgia, and
think Georgia is as fine a state as
there is in the union. Don't you
Georgians agree with me?
I'm a young girl, and like out
door sport to the highest degree.
[ wish to thank Aunt Julia for the
interest she takes in young folks.
Isn't this circle a glorious thing for
US jolly folks?
Oh, yes, Aunt Julia, we nieces and
nepheWs would like to know your
age. Why not head this circle col
umh with your photo? I'm sure it
would please all of US children.
All the young folks who would care
to write to me will receive answers.
Just cousin and niece,
MATTY ROBINSON,
-
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LOVin gIY,
MYRTLE THOMAS.
NEU NEE HUNEA,
Route 8. Seneca. S. G.

Dear Letter Box Folks: 1 am
new cousin. I live on a farm near
Aynor S. c., and am in the seventh
grade at Chapel Hill school. l play
baseball, basketball and other games,
excepting foot ball.
If you want to write to me, come
on. I want a crowd of correspond
ents.
Your new cousin,
TORTNE DAMSEY.
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BURGESS
BEDTIME
STORIES

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS
Black Pussy and Spooky the Owl
Just what a thing Is, it is true,
Depends much on the point of view.
Old Mother Nature.
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Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins:
Please let two Georgia girls into
your happy circle Of boys and girls.
It is real cool here tonight. Think
we will have some snow. We have
had one snow here this winter.
We live in the country, four miles
from the little town of Northen.
Come again, F. E. S., at Resaca,
Ga, your letter was fine.
Well, guess you all are thinking
how we look. But will not describe
ourselves, only say we afe between
16 and 20. The one that will guess
our age will send them our photo.
Love to all,
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ChipleY, Fla.

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins:
Will you please admit a Florida boy
into your happy band of boys and
girls?
I have been a reader of your Let
ter Box for long time, and like it
just fine. I live in the country and
have all kinds Of sports.
[ hope my letter will be printed,
as this is my first visit.
Say, all of you cousins write to
me. I will answer all letters I re-
CeiYe.
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AUNT julius COUNCIL
Friendly Meeting Place for All T-Weekly Journal Readers

want to on a guitar. Oh, I know
you did enjoy yourself, Aunt Julia,
when you went to New Orleans. l
think New Orleans is the most beau
tiful city in the south. How many
of you have been to New Orleans?
[ think it's a wonderful place. I
notice there are very few that write
to the Letter Box from Louisiana.
so come on you Louisiana boys and
girls, and show the other states that
we can get ahead. 1 know we can.
If any of you good-looking girls
care to correspond with a Louisiana
boy, just let your letters come.
A new cousin,
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Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins; I
have been reading the letter box
and like it fine. Decided I would
write and get acquainted with some
of you cousins.
What do you cousins do for past
time? [ go to school. My favorite
studies are Latin and algebra. I en-
JOY studying them fine. I am in
the eighth grade. I live five miles
west of Barney, Ca in the country
near the Pilco river. 1 live in q
bungalow painted brown, and large
oak tree stands just in front of it.
But, oh, it is so lonesome. 1t Is
the lonesomest place you have ever
heard tell of.
Would be delighted to hear from
any of you boys and girls for sure
do like to get letters, they are so
much company.
Well, as it is my first time to
write, will describe myself and go.
My age is between twelve and TWEEN.
ty. Hoping to receive lots of let
ters from you cousins. Will answer
all mail received.
L remain, your true friend,
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Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: We
have just finished reading you let
ter box and we sure do enjoy read
ing letters from the cousins. We
have never written before but hope
Aunt Julia will permit us into the
council.
Our ages are between q and %
We are great chums and get the
best out of life. We will not describe
ourselves. If you cousins will write
us we will tell you about this part
of the country. We will assure you
everyone an answer.
With best wishes to Aunt Julia
and cousins.
Your new cousins,
The Washington times., 1923-04-27

~ EFERTITI, the slim and
M beautiful motherin-law of
- the famous Tut-Ankh-
Amen, was historys first mon
ogamic wife. She charmed her
husband and kept him loyal by
her infinite variety; her rules
for holding husbands could well
be utilized by wives today.
Nefertiti's love story is a real
royal romance of 5000 years ago.
She was the daughter of a Syri-
an king and was brought to the
court of the Pharaohs while a
child to enter the household of
Queen Thy. Thy, also a Syrian,
was delighted with her.
Prince Akhn-aten, the queens
son, fell in love with the little
Syrian beauty and they were
married. But, before that, wise
Thy schooled Nefertiti in the arts
of fascination and in the ways
VI S1bCAAIlS " <AhlIl-d IeIl nap
piness.
1t was difficult task. Akin
aten was different from the re.
splendent Pharaohs who proceed.
ed him as Egypt's rulers. He
had their love of festivity and
color, but in addition he was in
tellectual, brooding and peace
loving. He has been called the
first radical and pacifist. He
made enemies Of the priests by
trying to foist a new religion on
the people, and as he did not be-
lieve in war he refused to main
tain a standing army,
All this made complications for
Nefertiti, but she met them val
iantly. She helped Akhn-aten to
smooth out the many difficulties