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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17
CURIOUS FACTS.

Racing pigeons were first trained in
Belgium.
A Russian does not become of age
until he is twenty-six.
One pint of milk produces, roughly
speaking, one ounce of butter.
An African fat, used for domestic
purposes, is the soil of a species Of
beetle. 1t resembles hardened cocoa.
nut oil.
In the hotels built in China for the
use of foreigners, the highest stories
IRE the most expensive because the
breeziest.
The first vessel to carry the Ameri-
can feg around the world was the ship
Columbia, which sailed from the port
Of Boston September 80, 1887.
A Bar Harbor (Me.) we'll digger de-
clares that he was shocked by cleo
tricity while digging. To test thor
oughly the matter he lowered a dog
into the well, and when the dog was
taken out 1t was dead.
Mud baths were common among the
ancients, the mud on the seashore and
the slime of the rivers'being especially
priced for this purpose. The Egypt
ians still use them for certain com.
plants, such as govt and sciatica.
Fifteen years ago William Glenn, of
Powhatan County, Va, was dark
mulatto. His color has been gradually
changing ever since, and now he is
White with the exception of few
spots on his face and neck. He says
that he has never been sick.
Cinnamon have a way of tricking
hens, so that they assist in the hatch
ing of fish. Fish eggs are carefully
placed in an egg-shell, which is then
sealed, and put under an unsuspect-
ing hen. In few days the spawn is
warmed into life, and the contents Of
the shell are then cast into shallow
pool, where the sunshine completes
the work.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17
ANCIENT NAMES OF CUBA.
How the Original Indian Designation
Survived All Others.


The ultimate survival of the original
Indian name is of somewhat rare
occurrence in the history of Spanish
conquest. When Columbus first saw
Cuba. about sixteen days after his
difficulties had been laid at rest by
the sight of Quanahani, he was con-
fident that at last he had come to the
shore of Asia. Further to ingratiate
himself and his designs with Queen
Isabella, he named the place Juana, in
honor of her son, Prince Juan. When,
few years later, the Prince died,
Columbus promptly transferred the
honor of the name to Ferdinand, the
bereaved father, and for time Cuba
was known as Fernandina.
This act of fattery could not have
had the desired effect, for the island
was next put under the patronage of
the greatest of Spanish saints by being
called SAINT Iagos
The next name suggests probable
perils of the deep from which colon
lists escaped by pious recognition of
the ever watchful care with which the
Virgin protects mariners. They named
the haven of refuge Ave Maria. Other
colonists, noting the irregular, jagged
coast lines, called their home La
Lengua de Pajaro (sparrow's tongue).
Finally the use of the old Indian
name became established, and to-day
we speak of the island as it has been
spoken of by generations that passed
away in happy ignorance OF the OPP
pressions that were to crush their race
to the ground and blot it from the
face of the earth. The original
Havana was on the southern shore of
Cuba-San Cristobal de la Habana,
SO called in honor of the discoverer.
Baracoa first enjoyed the honor Of
being the capital, then Santiago de
Cuba became the chief city, but about
the year 1649 the name Havana and
the seat of government were trans
ferred to the city on the northern
coast, where they still remain.
Philip II. gave the city coat of
arms and liberal local government,
and since that time it has easily main
tanned its supremacy among Cuban
towns.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17
vienna,s Strange wedding.

Some days ago, says London paper,
mysterious wedding took place in
one of the Roman Catholic churches
in Vienna. The bride, "fat, fair and
forty" drove up alone in hired car
riage to the church door. There the
lady was received by the bridegroom
"a man on the shady side of sixty,
and wearing shabby genteel and thread.
hare clothes. Saying the words, Il
am the bridegroom" he introduced
himself to the lady, and without 9
word more the two went to the altar
and were married.
The lady, with the faintest bow pos.
sible, then left him and returned to
her hotel. Within half an hour the
bride was OF her way to her home in
the Caucasus, while the old bride.
groom found his way back to his home,
the Vienna workhouse.
Soon twas rumored that this strange
lady was the owner of large estates in
the Caucasus4and had taken this step
IN order to give her son an honorable
and lllustrious name. This was done
by her marriage with the shabby gen.
teel man out of the Vienna poorhouse
the latter is the last scion of noble
family of long lineage in the Transyl.
vania district of Hungary, but he has
fallen upon evil times, and, having
lost all of his property, is glad to end
his days in the workhouse in the Aus.
trian capital.
1t was matter of indifference TO
this practical mother as to what man.
ner of man gave the protection of his
name to herself and son, and it is
highly probable that husband and wife
will never again meet; but she made
arrangements for his future by assign
ing him yearly income to be paid by
a Vienna banker.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17
GOOD ROADS NOTES, !
School Children as Road-Makers.


The children attending the public
schools in the country should receive
instructions, while they are still chill
dren, in the art of road maintenance.
So that this may be done with any
benefit to the children and a resulting
benefit to the roads, the teachers
themselves, quite as much as the
present custodians of the roads, are
in need of instruction. This the
teachers could easily get at the county
meetings. Then each school district
should be supplied with few simple
tools-hoes, rakes and shovels-and
the boys be given an opportunity to
make simple repairs when they are
needed. TO keep loose stones from
the roadway is easy and simple; filling
up wagon tracks and opening closed
bitches are both most important. All
of these things are within the strength
of the boys, and in some measure
could be attended to by them under
the instruction of the teacher. Coun-
try school children usually wqlk to
school, in one way or another all of
them pass over some section of road
way. They should be instructed to
inspect and report on the condition of
the roads which they pass over. This
would be good practice in observation,
and would be an influence toward the
making of good aud useful citizens.
Reading, writing and arithmetic are
all admirable in their way, but the in
struction l have suggested would vary
the monotony of ordinary study
without taking enough time from it to
hurt.
The great problem of the country
side to-day is to keep the best of the
youth of the country at home, and it
seems to me the surest way to do this
is to broaden their interest in country
life, and to make the country itself at
tractive while giving opportunities for
energies which prompt young men to
abandon the country as soon as pos
sible and seek in more crowded COM
munities congenial work now not to
be found on the farms. in the villages
and,the small towns of the country.
Let us all help to put the roads in
order, and to keep them in order
Ladies' Home Journal.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17
sARDlNE FISHING DANGEROUS.
Tho Manner of Preparing the DaintieH
For Food Is Complicated.

Sardine fishing is more or less dam
gerous. Often boats that put to sea
in rough weather never come back.
When the sardines are sold on the
docks they are taken in baskets to the
cannery. Each basket contains 200
fish. In addition to the price, which
is Immediately paid to him on the
dock, the captain ususally gets about
half gallon of wine for himself and
his crew.
During the sardine season about 800
women and fifty men anxiously await
the arrival of the first boats. If there
are no fish, then there is no work for
them. When the news arrives that the
boats have their welcome cargoes, the
women, in their picturesque costumes,
rush to the cannery like flock of
frightened sheep, and each takes her
place in the great room where the fish
undergo their first preparation. Here
the sardines are spread upon the table
and sprinkled with salt. Then they
are cleaned, and when that operation
is finished they are sorted by little
boys according to their size and carried
into another part of the establishment,
where they are put in pickle.
The length of time required by this
operation varies according to the size
of the fish. After this the fish are
washed and placed, one by one, with
great care upon wire nets, called girls,
and put out to dry in the open air.
If the weather is wet or even foggy
this operation becomes impossible, and
the fish spoil and become worthless,
except for fertilizer.
This serious inconvenience has been
avoided lately by the construction of
a mechanical drier, sort Of immense
ventilator run by powerful machinery.
For few moments the sardines are
exposed to a strong current of air, and
Immediately afterward, while still up
on the girls, they are plunged into
tanks of boiling olive oil. This bath
lasts from three to five minutes, ac-
cording to the size of the fish. In or
der that the olive oil may retain its
natural taste, the tanks do not come
in direct contact with the fire, but are
heated by steam tubes. After this
cooking, the sardines, still upon the
girls, are left to cool, and, when cold,
the work of placing them in boxes is
begun. That work is done by special
female employees. The boxes are car
ried to the oiling room, where the last
manipulation consists of filling them
with oil. 1t is in this part Of the es-
tablishment that the tomato sauce and
the spices are placed in the boxes
which give to the French preparation
of sardines their universal renown.
Then the boxes are closed. Little
wagons running on tramways bring
the boxes to the solderingroom, where
about thirty workmen with soldering
irons seal up the boxes.
In order to de-
boxes o.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17
Revived on the pissectinp Table.

The dissecting-room of the Military
Hospital of Algiers has just witnessed
the resuscitation of O soldier who had
been supposed to be dead for three
days. 1t was at the very moment
when the professor of surgery was
about to dissect the supposed corpse
that the soldier suddenly awoke from
a prolonged lethargy. The three per-
sons who witnessed the scene were
struck with such amazement that they
were at first unable to do anything.
1t was not till after they had seen the
supposed corpse quietly slip off the
marble slab on which he was to have
been dissected, and go into an adioin-
ing room to write few words on
sheet of paper to assure himself that
he was really alive and awake, that
the doctor and his assistant came to
his aid. 1t is stated that the recovery
OF the soldier is absolutely complete.
Paris correspondence Of the London
Standard.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17

The marines at League Island take
great pride in two bantam chickens. q
hen and rooster, owned by man
who runs a refreshment stand near
the entrance to the Navy Yard. The
chickens are snow-white, with bright
red combs, and, taking his cue from
these advantages, the owner decided
to make them the most patriotic birds
at the Navy Yard. In a bucket of
blue dye he dipped their white tails,
and after letting them dry he turned
them loose as red, white and blue as
nature and bucket of dye could
make them. The rooster has since
fought and vanquished every cock in
the neighborhood, and the marines
declare that he is the least chicken,
hearted of any patriotic warrior wear
ing the national colors. -Philadelph a
Record
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17
The Esquimau Ms Artists.

With all his artistic ability the
Esquimau is not skilled in his por-
trayal of the human form, and he is
we'll aware OF this deficiency. While
he attempts elaborate representations
OF all other created forms which have
come within his ken he attempts
nothing but the crudest suggestion of
the human figure, usually indicating
the lord OF creation merely by means
OF a circular spot, from which line
Is suspended, terminating in two other
INES to represent legs, while couple
OF lateral lines emanating from either
side of the circle suggest arms. AL.
most any schoolboy can discount his
art IN this respect Yet he is by no
means lacking in Imagination, and is
capable OF portraying the most mag
nificent and impossible sea serpents
that ever the inventive mind OF mar
lner conceived. - San Francisco
Chronicle.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17
CREMATION IN WAR.
Extent to Which This Method of Disc
posing of the Dead Is Used.

posing of the Dead Is USED.
Mr.. Louis Windmuller, who pre-
sents in the North American Review
an array of arguments in favor OF Gre
nation, sends the following details of
examples, showing the extent to
which this method of disposing of the
dead in times of war has been
adopted, to the Surgeon-General:
'In 1912 the Russians burned 252,-
900 bodies of French and German
soldiers; nearly one-half of Napoleon's
army of invasion, besides $4,000
horses. Soldiers SO disposed of num-
bered: At Moscow, 80, 900; at Minsk,
SO, 900; at Smolensk, $1,000; at wilma,
1900. In 1914 the allies burned
before Paris some 1000 bodies. In
1915, after the battle Of Waterloo,
1000 bodies were cremated on piles OF
resinous wood.
"My article refers to the conse-
quences of the burial of bodies during
the Crimean war, 1S54-1S55. Trusen
writes from the trenches of Sebasta-
poll 'Corpses of our friends have be.
come greater enemies than the Rus
slams; barely covered by earth they
emit pestilential miasma which
kills better than power and shot
''In 1866, during the war between
Prussia and Austria, more soldiers
were kllled>by disease than by bullet.
Il. Creteur says about his cremation
of some 40, 900 bodies in 1871 on the
battlefield of Sedan: Bodies were
covered only by thin layer of earth;
wild animals had scratched away some
of the SOIL Creteur found great diff
ffculty in procuring help to assist him
In his mission of humanity. Large
numbers of fallen officers, as well as
common soldiers of the Japanese
army, were burned with military hon
ors, in 1894, during the ChineseJap-
anese war. A thorough investigation
into the causes of disease among our
soldiers would doubtless reveal that
insufficient burial of decomposing
corpses has largely contributed to if
it has not caused the outbreak of
fever altogether.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17

The instruction in the Philippine
Islands, now followed by the attack
on Manila by the United States fleet,
has brought to close a very inter
esting set Of expeditions to explore the
animal life of this very little known
archipelago, says q writer in Country
Life Illustrate. These were conducted
by Mr.. John Whitehead, and among
the results of his labors was the dis
covery in 1895 of the largest eagle in
the world. 1t was shot on the Island
of Samar, one of the Philippines,
where it lives above the level of the
enormous forest, consisting of trees
eighty yards high, and feeds on
monkeys. 1t is larger than the golden
eagle, more powerful than the harpy
eagle, and has beak higher, deeper
and more formidable than that of any
other raptorial bird. 1t weighs from
sixteen pounds to twenty pounds,
while the average weight of golden
eagle is only twelve pounds. The
only full-grown specimen of the great
forest eagle obtained there is in the
Museum of Natural History at South
Kensington, England. 1t was dis
abled by single buckshot in the
neck, and ultimately taken down from
the tree to which it chung by a native
hunter. Its claws are as formidable
as its beak, and resemble those of the
harpy eagle.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17

No greater contrast could possibly
be imagined than that which existed
between the Bismarck of private life
and the Bismarck Of politics. Gin the
home circle, writes o correspondent,
who knew him well, she was perfectly
charming, easy-going, and good-na-
tured. He was passionately fond of
children, and have seen him over and
over again have game with the little
ones of his gardener, who were very
familiar with him, aud would not hes
itate to climb upon his knee. Once,
when his gardeners little girl died,
the great statesman went to condule
with him. He was dreadfully upset,
and while holding the poor fathers
hand, burst into tears, for he was very
fond of the child. He kissed the lit
tie corpse, and himself placed bunch
of roses in its hand. He was always
eager to assist his poorer neighbors,
and enjoyed chatting with them on all
subjects but politics. These he never
mentioned. London Chronicle.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17
Europe,s Standing Arrnins.

Russia, of all countries on the face
OF the earth, possesses the largest
standing army, and each year it is
growing larger and larger. Every
year some $4,000 conscripts join the
army, which in time of peace numbers
1000, 900 men. On war footing this
rises to 100000 men, and the calling
out OF the reserve would increase it to
6,947, 900 trained soldiers. Should
necessity arise, the second and third
bands OF the Opoltschenie Tor militia)
consisting of unframed men, could be-
called out by Imperial Ukase, thus
swelling the Russian Army to the enor-
nous total of 5000, 600 men. France
comes next, with standing army of
oo9, 00O men, rising to $4,000 in
tune OF war, which the calling out Of
the reserves would increase to 1870. :
600. Despite this tremendous force
the French army is increasing year bv
year, and 1898 will see an addition of
some 10000 men. The German army
which is rightly considered model Of
military perfection, numbers 585. 900
men IN peace. Within ten days of the
declaration of war Germany could mt
2,230, 900 trained men into the field
and the calling ont of the reserves
would won increase this number to 1900.
ooo. --Pearson's Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17
Electric Dredging in New Zealand.


In the Otago district of New Zen
land there are o number of electric
power installations in connection with
reeting work, and there has also been
installed large dredger worked by
electricity. Most of the steam
dredgers used in this extensive dis
trict carry an electric lighting plant.
At the present time more than hun.
bred dredgers are at work In Otago
Province alone, and nearly all are con.
veniently situated for coal supply. In
some parts of the province coal is
very cheap at the pits mouth, but
outside of the neighborhood of the
coal pits coal is extremely dear. At
Queenstown $35 per ton is paid for
household coal, $50 of which is paid
for freight for the last thirty miles Of
the distance covered; $4.3S per 200
pounds is paid for smithy coal.
Freight rates are excessive. During
the last twelve months there has been
large increase in the number Of
dredgers at work, and in most in
stances the results have proved very
satisfactory, the dredger known as
Electric No. l, on the Molyneaux,
having obtained as much as 65S
ounces Of gold in five days, and, ac-
cording to later reports, the average
return of the dredgers per week has
been little short of 100 ounces. -
Western Electrician.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17

44O-l ..s..--- nom the
dried in sawdust and finally inspect
ed. II one little flaw in the soldering
appears the box is thrown aside.
When the boxes are all pronounced
good they are put into cases of 100
each, and it is in this way that they
reach the consumers.
In any one of those important estab-
lishments the sardines are prepared
and exported ten hours after coming
out of the water.
Gourmets should never eat newly
prepared sardines. They have neither
the perfume nor the flavor of those
which have lain in the boxes for q
year.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17
A Funny Mistake,

According to an Indian newspaper a
man went in bathing in the Gauges.
A woman who was with friends on the
bank recognized him as long lost
husband. He was dragged home.
against his will. Soon after the real
husband burned up.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17

of roadways, while Italy, smaNer
country, has $4,000.
There are approximately, though
the number is steadily on the decline,
$4,000, 900 horses in the United Stales
there were 100000 by the census
of 1S90), and there are about 2, OOO,
600 mules, principally in the South.
the annual cost Of fodder for these an
imals being $500, 900, 900. On fine
stone roadsone horse can haul as much
as three horses can haul over the aver
age dirt road OF the country. 1t is es-
timated that it would be necessary to
build about /, 900, 900 miles of macada-
mixed roads in the United Statesyin
order to have as good system of pub
lie highways as is foundin several Eu-
ropean States. At $4,000 a mile this
would involve an outlay of$4, 900, 600,
000-a pretty large sum. But if one
half of the draft animals could be dis.
pensed with by the building of such
roads there would be an annual saving
of $500, 900, 900 in the food bill. Con.
sequently, if road bonds were issued
bearing three per cent. interest 5000,
900 miles of macadamized roads could
be built without increasing the annual
expenses one dollar.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-11-17
France In the Lead.

There are, it is estimated, 10000
miles Of highway roads in the United
States, about twenty per cent. of the
roads of all the world. Great Britain
has 100000 miles of highways and
these are some of the best in the
world. Germany has 275, 600 miles of
roads, and some of them are as poor
as the roadways of great country can
be. France, which has taken an en-
lightened view of the good roads ques-
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-08-27
STATE SILVER PARTY PRI-
MARIES.

Primary elections for the choice OF
delegates to the State Convention OF
the Silver Party to be held at Reno on
September sth were held last Saturday
in every county in the State and in most
cases went off very quietly. In the
western counties, however, in some OF
which there is a candidate to every ten
voters, there were rival factions and
pretty lively contests. In Washoe
county, the Westerfield faction, which
is opposed to the Sadler-La Berg.
stein coalition, Is said to have carried
the dag, although the friends of Mr..
Sadler claim a part of the delegation.
In Storey county there were a couple
of contests but the regular slate put w
by the candidates won. The total vote
in Virginia was 397 as compared with
404 two years ago.
In Carson there we're three tickets Ii
the field and hot time at the poles
According to the News there was more
excitement than at regular election
The Citizens ticket, which was com
posed principally of unpledged men
was victorious.
AS mentioned last week, the confess
in Eureka was over the District Judge
ship, between Judge Fitzgerald and w
D. Jones OF Austin. There were tive
tickats in the field and the Fitzpera1f
ticket was an easy winner. 1t is under
stood that the delegation Is solid fol
Mr.. Sadler.
In other counties there were no i'm
portant contests and so far as we car
learn from the papers, the delegates
chosen are good men and not hamperet
by pledges. At the present time, Mr.
Sadler seems to have the upper hant
for nomination as Governor, but there
may be surprises at the convention.