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Miller County Liberal
PUGLISHED WEEKLY.
COLQUITT. GA.
THE SERVICE OF BIRDS.
Among the creatures that render
service to mankind the birds occupy -
a foremost place. It is their function
to suppress the insects that play
havoc with the farmer's hard-earned
crops. (Fifty-three per cent of the
Food of birds in one locality was found
to consist of the larvae of the dis
ease disseminating mosquitoes. Horse
flies are the burden not only of horses,
but of other valuable stock, and the
larvae of this fly are the natural food
of several species of birds. The fever
t’ck, so injurious to cattle, is the ;
natural food of the killdeer and the I
plover. Com, cotton and other crops
are destroyed to a large extent by
grasshoppers, and there are at least
23 species of birds that feed upon
grasshoppers. Grass lands and grain
crops in general suffer greatly from
various insect pests, which are de
stroyed in vast multitudes by birds.
The greatly dreaded boll weevil is
food for the plover, the killdeer and
others of the feathered tribe. It is a
common experience to see birds fol
lowing the plow and consuming grubs
that are destructive to garden and
other valuable plants. These friends
of the planter should in every state
be protected by right legislation.
The announcement by a Boston phy
sician that electrifying the atmosphere
of crowded apartments will make dull
pupils bright and indolent workmen
active may be worth looking Into. It
Is possible that it would even make
drowsy churchgoers attentive to long
sermons. There is a stimulating influ
ence in ozone, and this the electric
current, as employed by the doctor.
Is said to diffuse in the atmosphere
Os course, it cannot be a substitute
for fresh air. Ozone is not oxygen,
and oxygen is indispensable to life.
If it proves as beneficial as the doctor
affirms the world will give it a cordial
welcome, but the extent of Its employ
ment necessarily will be governed
very largely by what it costs.
The Chicago health board secretary
who condemns all flats as bad morally
and physically—unfit places for the
rearing of ch: dren—a melan
choly truth. It is J’ hey will
persist in c ti'-s s' evil,
but parents w *
dren the be <
Uf-"' as,
other e.i ~
wailing the burdegt of their money,
but to whom the thought of shedding
the burden has never apparently sug
gested itself
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Historians tell us that Julius Caesar
drank beer, and a French scientist
comes to bat with the announcement
that there was no such person as
Julius Caesar. But even the most
barkened skeptic would hesitate be
fore c.aiming that there is no such
thing as beer.
Mengs with the food you eat pic
tured in lively colors are a new thing
In a fashionable New York tote.
Doubtless the art.st employed is be
who pair.t-.-d a large red lobster to
decorate the walls of the New York
aquarium.
The rescae of a "rat" at a New
Jersey resort reveals the fact that
fickle femininity has forsaken a long
trusted financial dep.'s :?ry for anoth
er. as when the “rat" was placed in
the hands of its excited owner she
drew from its hairy depths a rd! of
money. Now a w oman a ill be sure of
her personal wealth if she only keeps
her head —that is. keeps :: intact.
After walking some thousands of
roles across the country a —an _j>d
hisriwife are in Boston greatly im
pro#d and increased in eight. Walk
ing is decidedly more healthy than
ru. ..g ... sit*et ...g art . .it t takes
mere time and costs more money. i_n
less the pedestrians rely on hand-outs
from the agri; „.i*.i— l :*•. I'da: .'n
Railroads announce that after the
end of the year -they will not carry
trunks mdFe than inches ?ng The
theatrical profession and mercanii.e
travelers will have to make up for this
restriction by giving their trunks the
aspect of sky-scrapers.
An "artist" writes to the New Yers
repairing in the loss of the Mona
Usa. ird speaking w :th measureless
eosßemp: for the "crowd" who admire
it. No doubt be has scores of better
pictures of his own painting.
May we remind you, worthy house
holder. busy w.th the manifold cares
that a modern civilization imposes
span you. that thia is a good time tc
have your furnace overhauled and pat
u order for the ccm._g winter?
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Cities; 1
Professional Spongers of New Ycr ; '
..pA H| SAAY"
j until hi
Receive my
REMIT FAN CF •
K-J / ■ ~• . FROM
KI Y HIhCLAMO
I YE kwov> ±
NEW YORK.—There are In New
York city, of course, many men
w ho, down and out and having no idea
what the next 24 hours may bring to
them in the way of misfortune, sim
ply refuse to work. But of this class
the most conspicuous and interesting,
for the simple reason that almost
without exception the bluest blood
flows in their veins and the most
charming graces of manner charac
terize their every waking moment, are
the remittance men from England.
Good looking, of the class which
will go hungry rather than wear
soiled linen or unpressed clothing,
these men have all been sent over
here by titled relatives who. in some
way or other, they have disgraced. So
long as the ocean rolls between them
these same relatives are glad to pay
a little something toward their board
and keep and some of the remittance
men live on as low as $5 a week, for
as has been said, they politely but
firmly refuse to lift their hands in
labor of any sort, kind or condition.
There are from 200 to 300 remit
tance men in New York city today
and while they are not what may be
termed scamps, when it comes to
Horse Thief Made Cave a Rendezvous
PHILADELPHIA.— Frank Brown, the I
self-confessed horse thief, accord
ing to Captain of Detectives Souder,
has stolen at least ICO horses. It was
declared by the detectives that the
young woman who was arrested with
Brown and whom he calls his wife
knows of many of the thefts. Captain
Souder said that Brown would steal
the horses and then sell them, some
times getting in exchange another
horse, which he would also dispose of.
Ln this way scores of horses have got
so mixed up that it will take Captain <
Conder some time to recover all the
and have them returned to
oir rightful owners.
_,>('aptain Souder admitted that Brown
y| made • Mug confession end that a
N, • -■ ■> - ■ -riv-
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. him or ealrltTirr ■tferecri-.tr .-j..,,. _ '
ouw, xticy ± ofessoe to
recover their property.
It was learned for the first time that
Brown and the woman who poses as
his wife lived for a considerable time
in a cave in the northeast section of
Youth Ends 30,000-Mile World
ceH that'
IkS 2 *VAS SOME
WAtK ~ '
MARION, IND—The "around-the
world" jaunt of Robert Matter,
sen of Philip Matter. Marion’s wealth
iest resident, taken because he was
dissatisfied with his monthly allow
ance, is at an end. The boy has re
turned to his parents’ home after cir
cling the globe and traveling M.vi’O
miles. During the greater portion of
the time he traveled in tire true style
of tc.e American “hobo,” working bis
way from place to place and stopping
only ?r.c enough to secure funds to
carry him to the next point.
Young Matter started his globe
trot’—ng under the name of Robert
Mcrtoti. Not until he met his brother
tn the east a week before he arrived
home .*. ;. he reveal bis true identity.
He always posed as a poor American
boy compelled to work for a liveli
hood, and never once did be mention
Baggage Porter’s Tips Make Fort me
Kansas <ity. mo.— one of the
men who hare done well in this
city during the last ten years is Gus
Miller, head porter of the Baltimore .
hotel, who has gathered a fortune of
$6(.tX>C during ths" time, most of it i
in tips of a quarter from the traveling '
j men who want their baggage handled
quickly.
Out in the Roanoke district he has
a sll < . home Ee also owns a lodg
ing house from which he received $l5O
a month and other realty that pro
cures a comfortable revenue.
Meanwhile his daily costume during
the business hours is the usual blue
fiarmei blouse jumpers and his busi
ness is transacted from the same little
desk in the baggage room of the ho
tel surrounded by big trunks, little
trunks, suit cases «nd grips
There are a dorex men working un
der Miller and while all the tips are
supposed to belong to the boss there
money matters many of them a - e ut
terly unscrupulous. None of then has
ever worked a day in his life, bit ev
ery one is under the delusion tsat he
could be a great business max on a
large scale, .
They dream up the most extraordi
nary propositions you ever heart One
or two have actually made mOiey in
this way. They have fallen ii with
some get-rich-quick geniuses, have
made their personality usffu anc
have been shrewd enough to --V.ry o*
. a fair share of the profits.
The remittance man of Nev York
generally hires a room ancL t ies to
eat off his acquaintances and Heads
Some of the big hotels have r.Jllar
day rooms on their top floors and
these are useful to the rem ttar.ee
man. They give him an address that
; helps him along.
i One of these men has p J ied up
some money by giving Amc As go
• ing abroad letters of mtrod |ion
titled people. The letters are ill gen
uine and he really knew
he w rites to. so there is no It
each case be adroitly secure a Ic. -.
from the man he has obliged.
A number of remittance met ece
their stipend from home quart ’•
this custom is being done aw v .
for these exiles are. as a c ;S. im
provident. and if several dol
lars is placed in their hands at once
it is almost certain to go lile water.
Nearly invariably the remittance man
is a persistent devotee of the tables of
I chance.
the city and that their whereabouts
was only discovered by the illness of
the woman. Detectives worked on the
i case for some time before key mace
this disco.ery. They said at sever
times they were almost c h s hee ■
but that he would disap ar as fast
as a rabbit tc jts burrow Tie detee
i no i’ea at this -J ! *iijt tie
bad a cave ' ’ T - '
. 'n-<y ti ;
I bery that ■ t
cave it closed in around hi . s '
j that rendered him for the tiU being
safe from arrest.
Brown had plenty of mt>ne: an( j -o.
fuses W eat or ”ow the v<v.-_ .
an arrested with hit to parts t o f t y e
meals supplied st th- expem . ..
city. He orders the r mea whlch
: are of the best, sr.d a;.;
: par.ieu wr.h many de’.iracies
the wealth cr prominence of ; ’
Uy. r.:s college da vs or of «■ i.
fore he started on the event*•_
The young man first sign. 3
feeder on a London bound cs \ b ,, a .
from New York. He was si'l
-he entire tnp. but he did up
I the idea of circling the glo e He
spent some time in Londo th en -
moved to Belgium and later
traiia He visited points in
‘‘\’ nd Places in t, e O!d
World, be worked m the P & aDd
Hawaiian islands and final:
at Vancouver. B. C. There . ? fooßa
a serious strike in progress -
*±en Matter became \ a
tramp in the truest sense , , he
worm Wearing shabby elm s
badly in neea o' a shave, the youag
man started to "hobo" bis wa ",
the country.
He finally reached Swift " IITCrI
Canada, where his brother, J.; t j^ a ?
•er, is located, and a happy ._
f-riiowed. John Matter was frs ,
person Reber: Matter had
leaving New York that he knew ya
ter secured a position on a fa >;3
worked un-;’. : e saved enongti
. to ride to Marion "on the cashing -
. .. ritri X- >; ' t-i'EsS? THIS w »s
are a few of them that get av, aJ .
transit from the free hand of
fling public to the desk of the
porter. The tips average SSOT a fflOßth
and Miner has a: .-mulated s£-, a
I single busy day.
Every year Miller takes a
and spends three or four weeks '--j Ve p
ng tc the big cities and resort
On these trips he distribute* qt^ ane . Pg
ike a farmer sowing oats. «
‘Sometimes the service is vA-y. tisd
1 that I get while I am traveiinS-l Eays
Miller, “but 1 dig up a qnart* anJ -.
way. figuring that I ata only
back where I get it."
"CTNFoSIATION OFJOOO DRAFT HORSES
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Draft mares should possess great
constitutional vigor, good style and
excellent action, says a writer in the
Horse Breeder. They should be deep
and broad and long, with smooth bod
ies and clean and smooth limbs well
set. Mares should be as symmetrical
as possible. avoiding extremes in any
direction. If the legs are too long or
tec rooked. It denotes weakness; if
too short or too straight, a poor, slov
en’v traveler is certain. Size is of
TO GRADE UP CATTLE "
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Claiborne Parish Practically
Free of Injurious Tick.
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Dipping Vat Has Made It Possible to ®
Reach That Stage of Improve- J
ment —Carload of Aberdeen- j
Angus Bulls Be Imported. j
Dr. AV. H. Dalrymple of the Teterin- s
sry department of the Louisiana State
University, has issued a letter show- .
ing what Claiborne parish has done ,
in the way of improving its cattle ,
breed since the eradication of the cat- ,
tie tics and he urges th.- a
for the eradication : '!><- :i.
er sections of the »uk 4. -a; s
"In some of jui r-eviv. - communi
cations we mace mention of the fact
hat that of the gtxxl results of tick
erad. atiou in I’= 1 ’= pari hwo rld be the
e— - -
improve" from ether secnons <
of the country to grade :? iur came
both beef ans dairy -<.oc-<t. witbou
the dancer of th r dying from Texas
fever transnrtte-. ' te cattie tic.it.
~Ui -tie parish of Claiborne where
the work has been going on for seme
time, and wti h is now practically,
free of ticks there is c.r.g to be or
ganized a beef ct-.’il- gro wers' asso-’
elation for the pur; cse and with the
expectation of ing a carload of
Aberdeen Angus .- parish
for the purpose of ir...: ■ ’.he breed I
of their cattle H-. :• then, is a good '
illustration of • ■ it.-.: v..k eradication |
can do for a parish r „;h a venture
would have been r . .Iras, if net im
possible. a yea r r tro ag
count of the ris-i : s.r.r everyone 1
of these animals from ti.k f- er. But
now that that : .ririi: ■; ...y .
e. : ticks : - sk has been <
ated. as there are no t. -.s ;r-. sent in
that part of the parish where they .
expect to introduce these boils to .
transmit the fever
"And that which ayiii-s •: the in
troduction of beef brils may also ap
ply to bulls of the dairy breeds As
soon as we rid r f : --
we can introduce either, or both, with
impunity, to improve both cur beef
end dairy industries. But Claiborne
has in the neighborhood of 1 i.; ir.g
vats, and without these she u auld to-,
have been in the r-. sition to consider
the proposition of ;r. . rt.r.g a ar’.:;.:
of these fine Angus bulls It is her
freedom from ti.l.s alone, that has
made this important step possible
This means that tn a year or two <be
parish of Claiborne * ill be in ;■<•<.-
tion to ship to any market she th.:. >
best a grade of beef steers ■-
do credit to any market in the coun
try, and without any quarantine re
str:: • ;;t.s whatever
•The dipping vat has made it possi
ble for Claiborne parish to r-utth tris
stage of progress and it win d 0 -ye
sane for other parishes. if we wit;
only hurry things along. Let us
get those public dlpriag vats
teg! The sooner we get to work. the
sooner will we reach the stage of . rtc
ress attained by ; _r neighbor
1.0-rthers part of the state And wi.
shouldn't the capital parish be a Lad
er in this important wc.rkf
Care of Farm Manure.
The manure from the dayw and beef
cattle, horse, sheep, hogs, poultry and
other stock and fowls should be well
cared for and applied to the land
Take good care of the manure and
where the quantity produced on a
farm justifies the purchase of a ma
nure spreader, be sure and get one
and apply the manure economical!v
and evenly on the land. About 7;. per
cent., of the manurial value of feed is
obtained the manure when earefuliv
saved
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great importance, but do not turn a <
mare down simply because she is I
small, providing she possesses the '
liter good qualities in a large de
gree. The size can be increased by i '
' careful breeding and feeding much |
. easier than the other defects can be
• eliminated. I have sold mares and ,
■! horses that weighed 1,800 pounds, j
The great-dams of these horses would j
■ scarcely have weighed more than 1,000 I
‘ j pounds.
NEW VARIETY OF SWEET CORN
New Jersey Experiment Station Has
Developed Some Remarkable
Strains by Crossing.
The New Jersey Experiment station. I
has, during the past few years, de-1
veloped some remarkable strains of
sweet corn through crossing. One of
the best, according to Professor Byron
D. Halstead, is the Golden Bantam j
Premier Cross, planted last year with I
yellow grains from two tw in e.ars with I
12 and 14 rows of kernels re
spectively.
These matured August 20. Thq
majority of the ears were eight-rowed', I
thus showing the strong tendency of
the cross to keep to the number that
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A Stalk cf Golden Bantam Premier
Corn.
prevails in Golden Bantam, and fre
quently met with in Premier.
There were many plants with more
than three ears, but these involved
ears produced by suckers. Stalks like i
the one shewn in the picture' give j
much promise of bearing liberally ,
early in the season.
0: tr.e .. '.e number of ears saved,’i'
«'■ - lid ;• ellow. By elim- ‘
: g me white grains, the chances
for the appearance of white kernels
'-t. '.he next crop will be reduced to one
in nine. 4
•-e 1 roper time to wean pigs Is
t. ..: eight weeks old.
..: pudding makes an excellent
a tor young turkeys. ~ .
- - be..eve those who tell you
■. chickens do not pay.
-'- noted veterinarian sayg that
-■-t ates in horses is incurable. ’ "
i.ardist of any account now
sr.akes apples from the tree.
■ u..s and <an , having rusty iron
>?o's will cause tainted milk,. ' 'i
o:rds tend toward con-
■ r.g diseases of respiration. •
Abundance of chicken lice can. be.
ri-.se-. by neglecting the chicks. ’
D.:mrs:ns are excellent feed - tor'
mgs about to be put on green corn'
A remunerative way of- growine
rhubarb :s to force it out of-season.
crowded chicks in close brood
coops suffer for want-of neded gure
A .ties should not be packFd-* until
'' “ r cr days after they have beec
picked
planting e s is-
recommenced, but not so for cherries
ana plum*.
Jt- Peach tTees of 'Taummi
on,esur fn2it - “ th «y O“Ty '■>>*
. ti Qt disease.
are your kidneys weak?
There are* wavs tn •>
Save weak kidneys' The fi f ?° U
through pains in the back ThT ’’
ond by examining the k Wtley
tions. if y ou sua .
Peet your kidneys
begin using D oan .j
Kidney Pin s at
once.
c. ,T. Shumaker,
Church St., Tupelo,
Miss., says: "My ’
back was so sore
an d painful I
could not work.
I Rloni
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w
i Slept poorly, was
nervous ana easily startled. After
doctoring without benefit, I began us
ing Doan’s Kidney Pills and was soon
* w ® n ® an ’ 1 cannot recommend.
■ Doan s Kidney Pills too highly ”
i. "When Your Back Is ’Lame Re,
member the Name—DOAN’S." 50 c a
box at all stores. Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y. ’ ’
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To Farm on Copper Lands.
A party of Houghton capitalists
i have , under consideration the estab
lishment at a point on the Copper
Range railroad south of Houghton of
I a 600-acre experimental farm. The
lands have already been secured but
| are at present heavily timbered.
Steps will be taken during the com
ing -winter to cut the timber, and
early next spring the stumps will be
removed and the land made ready for
cultivation. It is hardly probable that’
crops will be planted before 1913, but
the enterprise when established will,
prove one of the biggest fr m an agri
cultural standpoint in the copper
■country.—Michigan Manufacturer.
A Fly Paradise.
First Housefly—Howdy, old pal?
What sort of a season hare you had?
Second Fly—Much the same •as
usual. Didn’t take any outing this
year. I’m at my old quarters in the'
livery stable.
. First Fly—Pretty dull, I should say.
I've been In clover. That's right. If
there ever was a fly Eden I found it.
Listen. Np screens, baldheaded own
er, baldheaded baby, flypaper easy to I
eat and three fate women who couldn't
swat an elephant. I'm going baik
there next summer.
" The 'Angler’s Balt.
A well-known angler at Peterbor
ough havlhg obtained a wasp's nest
containing a large number of grubs!
placed the nest in the kitchen over
to. kill the grubs so that he could use
them for bait.
The next iSorning he went to get . -
the grubs, but on opening the oven
i door a swarm of wasps flew’ out. The
oven was not hot enough to kill the 1
grubs, but was sufficiently warm m
hatch them. —London Daily Mail.
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'THREE hours
1 after the first dose.
That’s all the time it
takes for . Oxidine to
“get busy ’ with a tor
pid liver, sluggish bow
els and kidneys and a
weak stomach.
Tones and strength
ens vital organs.
Try just one bottle of
OXIDINE
—a bottle proves.
Tbe Specific for Malaria. CET-i s and
• fever and a reliable retr.eev tof
rll diseases due to disorders
of Liver, stomach, bowels
and kidneys.
At Yoar Druggist
THB BIEKJXS dsvg co.,
* ’ Waco, Texas.
iff V pK- rS 1 U g
I'ACTS LIKE MAGIC. |
XJ. D., Mihail. Alc ur>. «
“la my practice I have focad tea- - g
Sam .Masting L-laimeat acts lAe -----ri 9
In cnecase it cared an c.a - -5 , ri
shoulders.”
Sbc. $1 a little at Drw* AC en I ’ tore‘ iS
TAkC '
Tull’s Pills
The first dose often aslcnlsheathe ln^ } ,
rising elasticity of «* nd xJl , !2fK , i y °
GOOD DIGESTION.
regular bowels xnd »oi>d flesh. Pnve.
FOR ALL
eye pains