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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15

Tulare lake, i'll Tularo county, once
the largest body of fresh water in
California, is now dried mp. About
1872 the lake was about so miles long
and 35 miles wide at the greatest
width, but its depth was never great.
Irrigation was introduced into this
region in 1929, and as the water
was drawn off from its tributaries the
lake began to shrink in size. In 1895
the lake was xnly four to five miles
wide; and though it remained station
ary in its din ensions for some time,
lack Of rainfall and increased demands
for irrigation upon its former tribu-
taries have finally prevailed, and Lake
Tulare has dried up. farmers are
now reclaiming the land and putting
it into shape for cultivation, and
channels are being made and gates put
in to control the waters that rainy
season may send into the old lake
basin. Engineering News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15
ONE o. THE UNKNOWN DEAD.
Pathetic Incident Which Attended the
Death of 1. Soldier at Montauk.

tathetIc Incident Which Attended the
Death of Soldier at Montauk.
he is one of the unknown dead. A
plain wooden cross marks the grave
where he lies by his comrades on the
hillside overlooking the lake at Camp
WlkoH, Montauk. There was none
beside him at the last to whom he was
anything more than dying soldier,
yet he died with the smile of a hope
realized when hope was all but gone.
from the time he was brought in
there was no hope for him. The
deadly poison that oozes from the
Ouoan soil had permeated his system.
lhey call 1t pernicious malarial fever.
1t doesn't matter much what they call
a hopeless disease. The soldier alter
mated between unconsciousness and de-
llrlum, and all efforts to find out who he
was were unavailing. His one giim-
merlng of reason was when he called
In plalntiye iteration for his mother.
Mother mother | Isn't she COM
ing at all ?''
Across from him was another SOL
dler suffering from malarial fever in
lighter form. His mother had come
on from the West, and had found him
already on the road to recovery. She
sat on the edge of his cot holding his
hand and talking in low, happy tones.
When the surgeon came along on his
rounds she rose and half turned. The
unknown soldier turned on his side
and saw her standing there. For
moment there could be seen in his
eyes the struggle Of returning con-
soiousness; then a great peace shone
on the wasted face.
Mother" he said weakly. "You'vo
come at last.
The woman turned and saw
stranger feebly holding out his arms
to her. She stood amazed, but it was
only moment before the mother heart
comprehended.
eyes, dear boy" she said softly.
'I've come
Lift me up" he said. 'T want to
go home. You've come to take me
home, haven't you, mother 90
She stopped over and kissed him,
thea sat an the edge 4' the cot and
to the 'iated .ra In her arms.
he smiled. But soon i. IS closed; ana
eyes again N l''9
81 don'5 hehavs can 60" he
whispered. Don't son mind, mother,
but = / don't believe i - can
60"
His breathing grew slower and
softer. His head dropped back, aud
he half turned in the woman's arms.
'T've longed for you SO mother, " he
said, and died
The woman laid the body down and
went back to her own son. New York
Sun.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15
Meat Kept Forty-Four Years.

In recent display of canned meats
in this city a case of mutton was ex-
hibited which, it is claimed, holds the
record for longevity. Forty-four years
have elapsed since it was placed in
the tins, and the can which was opened
showed the meat to still be in good
condition.
When the good ship Fury was
wrecked in 1854 the canned mutton,
with other stores, was cast ashore at
Princes Inlet, in the far north. Sir
John Ross, the Arctic explorer, found
them some eight years later, and helped
himself to a number of cans. The re-
mainder rested there for twenty-four
years, when the ship Investigator APP
peared and brought them home. For
nearly quarter of century the meat
had withstood a climate where the
variations of temperature range from
ninety degrees below zero to eighty
above, being alternately frozen and
broiled. 1t is still preserved as an
object lesson of perfection in canning.
Philadelphia Record.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15

Sun Yat Sen, one of the leaders in
the rebellion in China, is quite well
known, not only in this country, but
also in many Of the countries of Eu-
rope. He has always been known in
China as dangerous rebel leader, and
q price has been se, ON his head for
some time. II fact, his visit to this
country was due to the fact that he
was being hunted by the authorities
in his native lard.
He was in San Francisco for some
time before any one found it out, and
before he left he managed to organize
several societies which, while seem
ingly peaceful in object, were in reality
hotbeds of rebellion. Sun Yat Sen
was described as cultured, pleasant
man of unusual ability and education,
and his pleasing manners and polite
conversation won for him many friends
not only among the Chinese residents
of that city but also among the Ameri-
cans. He manifested great interest
in the mission work among the Chi
nese, and it was in that way that he
succeeded in winning so many of them
over to his side in his schemes for the
overthrow Of the present dynasty.
His adventures in England and his
arrest there are matters of history.
II is the general opinion among those
familiar with conditions in China that
Sun Yat Sen will prove a strong
leader, and that rebellion under him
is likely to amount to more than if it
were under an ordinary man. -Phila-
delphia Press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15
The American Way of Making War.

The war is practically at an end. 1t
has been one of the shortest wars on
record. The president sent his ulti-
matum to Spain on April 20. The
American ambassador to Spain re-
ceived his passports on the following
day. This makes little over three
months. In that time the Americans
have destroyed two fleets and, in fact,
totally annihilated the sea power of
their enemy. They have captured
two great ports. They have defeated
the Spanish troops in the field and
have taken province and thousands
of prisoners. Above all, they have
improvised the army with which they
did this part of the work. Not bad
for the interval between rent day and
rent dayl The manner of the improvi-
sation is a striking indication, in some
ways, of the American system. Most
of the troops who swarmed up the
slopes at Santiago and captured in
trenched positions held by seasoned
troops and swept by artillery were
mere unframed butchers, bakers and
candlestick makers at the beginning
of the war. When they went into
camp at Tampa they were the rawest
of raw hands. Many of their officers
were probably very little better. Their
commissariat was practical joke.
Transports, medical service, all had
to be created. The chief part of their
equipment was their spirit as free
men, their general intelligence, their
lifelong habit of turning their hands
and brains to anything, and to master
it at uncommonly short notice. In
one word, they had nothing at their
back but the system; and their whole
military organization is based on the
belief that, with this, they have the
wherewithal for the ruggedest hour
that time and spite can bring against
their country in time of danger.
London Daily Chronicle.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15
NO. II.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The only two animals whose brains
are heavier than that of man are the
whale and the elephant.
The female brain commences to de-
cline in weight after the age of thirty;
the male not ten years later.
Hydrogen is the lightest substance
known, but coronium is supposed to
be lighter, and consequently would
prove even more difficult to liquefy.
The horse, when grazing, is guided
entirely by the nostrils in the choice
of proper food, and blind horses are
never known to make mistakes in their
diet.
Mercury is foe to life. Those who
make mirrors, barometers or thermom-
eters, who etch or color wood or felt,
will soon feel the effect of the nitrate
OF mercury in teeth, gums and the
tissues of the body.
The fecundity of microbes is pro-
digious, so much so that il fifteen
drops Of water polluted with bacteria
are allowed to fall into a cup of broth
the germ population would have in
creased in twenty-four hours to So
100000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15

conscious agent were alone with the
silent station. while down the track
the "click-click, click click" of the
railroad wheel grew faster and fainter
IN the distance. The only hope was
to reach the water tank before the ex-
press left. Meg's white lips parted
with. a sob, while her wide eyes
strained before her through the black
ness for that yellow eye of light that
must surely be due.
Click k-click," went the machine.
''Waitingl" it seemed to cry, as the
girls hands tightened convulsively
on the handles. The wheels spun
over the track with q low roar that
again and again, as Meg swung around
the curves, seemed the oncoming roar
of the express. The frightened girls
mouth seemed filed with ashes, her
lips were dry and stiff and the sharp
perticles of sand that swept up into
her face and eyes stung like storm
OF needles. Her back ached and
panied and sharp knives seemed shoot
ing down her arms and through her
numbed and stiff hands that now
hardly felt the handlebars.
Suddenly the headlight of the ex-
press (standing at the tank loomed in
the near distance. Franticially Meg
tried to stop her machine, but the
best she could do was to retard its
progress as it approached the now
binding glaring of the light. With
a shrek of agony and despair Meg
reeled back in faint. The helpless
little hands fell from the bar and one
crash swept her into merciful obliy-
ion.
But Meg was not killed. When she
opened her eyes her face and hair
were wet where the trainmen had
dashed water over her, and many anx-
ious eyes were looking down at her
face. She had been in time, after all,
though the engine was just about to
start from the watering tank as she
dashed into it. The bicycle was a
wreck, and Meg's left arm was broken
and her head cut and her body
bruised. But she had saved the train
and was heroine. Sympathetic women
from the Pullman coaches and from
the tourist cars and weary travellers
from the emigrapt cars together
thanked the white-faced girl lying on
the ground in the yellow light of the
lanterns. While Meg was convalesc-
ing slowly and being mended up gen
orally her little brown-haired mother
hovered around her in an ecstacy of
thankfulness, and brawny ranchers
rode in miles to see "that gal of STAN
nard's who saved the flyer" Letters
arrived from the president and other
high officials Of the Northern Pacific
road, containing beautifully printed
pieces of paper bearing very illegibly
written signatures and mysterious
little holes punched through, and Meg
discovered ihet she was very i'm
portant young lady with a bank ac-
count.
But, best of all % her, when she
was well she went down daily to the
''store" and to see Frank Graham,
who was conyalescing, too, after a
very long illness, and she glided
swiftly and happily on a ''lady's
wheel of latest make. Chicago
Record.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15
Reasoning by Analogy.

"Ah," said little Mrs. Newlywed,
dreamily, ''my husband is as steady
as a clock" She gave a little half
sigh as she said it and looked fixedly
at that article the clock, not her hus-
band. Then she stood it on its head,
blew into the keyhole, and tried to
persuade it to do its duty in other
feminine ways. 1t was one of those
9S-cent alabaster clocks, and she had
Just bought it, A dainty creation,
with gilded hands and forget-me nots
upon the face. The dealer had guar
anteed it to run for life time, and it
had run down and utterly collapsed
in just five minutes and 81 seconds.
"My husband is as steady as a clock, !"
she said, dreamily. Judge.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15

1t is foible of human nature to
pass from extreme to extreme. Peo-
pie are slow to accept new theory,
but, having once adopted it, they are
ready to work it to death. How many
years it is since medical officers had
to implore the folk in their districts
to use disinfectants, and encountered
the most senseless opposition in their
crusade? Now they are fu0eg new
difficulty. Peop-e have recognized
the value of disinfsctauts anil deod.r-
izers, and they employ them bv the
bucketful without rhyme OF reason.
trusting blindly to their efficacy, on
the principle that one cannot have
too much of a good thing. SO we find
the Clerkenwell medical officer warn
Ing the public gainst this iniudicious
use, and declaring that 'it has been
found that disinfectants are used in
haphazard and indiscriminate manner
by the public. Not only are
they absolutely valueless in many
cases, bat by creating a false i'm
preston Of security, they do an i'm
men5e amount Of harm In ether
may q people imagine that cleanliness
they empgpored provided only rant
and powders limited caribbean places,
That is dire SUP sutton, born main
ly of laziness and aversion to 7osp pand
water. The latter are just as 1c
sary as they ever were, london
Telegraph.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15

The Swiss Alpine club stated that,
according to the personal experience
of the members and many accounts of
high-mountain climbing in other
countries, ''mountain sickness" is due
to extraordinary physical exertion
under very unusual conditions, rather
than to rarefed air. The unanimous
opinion of the climbers is that their
excursions are beneficial to their
health. From "The Jungfrau Rail
way" by Edgar Il. Dawson, M. E.. in
Scribner's.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15

Tho Ontario Archaeological r,uea,,r,
at Ottowo Conodo 10 =, va raoai,H+ ~ of ., .
cnrions snrvivol from ,rebistor;c .
times in tba sbona Of Good si1ad
hmm Of s.bog bI1tfer " Tn IroIond in
the rerv old +;mos tbo ort of ,mo1rin1
butter was known bnt tbe preserve,
five ofacts Of solt woro oe yet ,ndis.
covered. Nevertheless. the peoDle of
that age possessed some means of
preserving it, burial in bog being n
part Of lie process. Firkins of il
were freoneutlv LEFT there for safe
keepine and from time To fine these
relics Of prehistoric LousekeeriDg are
uneortbed Mr.. Iefrov Of Toronto.
Who is now in Ireland. is The donor
of the eood-sized piece Of the beosv.
looking e+rA to +be r,,ea,,n, Tia
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15
ONE OF THE LOSERS.

1see her stand In the twilight there.
Her hand and her temple gray
Her furrowed face 1t Is mark cd with care
Rough Is her garb and thin with the wear
VI the work of the long. long day
She turns her face to the distant skies
1t Is anxious and drawn with pain
And slowly she shakes her head and siphs
Sadly the tears course from her eyes
AS she enters her cot again.
Oh, the white road stretches across the
plain,
And It's here that she comes each day,
For she has not heard that her boy was slain.
And she does not know that she looks In
vain
Through the twilight dim and gray.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15
Commcmorating Worth in China.

Chinese notions of death are by no
means morbid, and prosperous trades
man is proud of the handsome "shell"
which confronts all who enter his door,
especially as it is adorned with deep
carved golden characters, which tell
his virtues ''Mr. Builder of a. Mon
asteryC Chang" "Mr. FEEDER the
Widows-Tseng," and so on. This is
less expensive and more useful than
the erection of wayside arches, such
as one often sees set up to commsmo-
rate ''works of merit" These "draw-
ing room" coflins are of polished cedar
or kindred wood. They are massive
constructions of a peculiar shape, with
curving sides some two and half
inches thick, overhanging base and
top aud sunk ends, higher and wider
at the head, but with straight sides.
Within they are carefully papered for
use, and furnished with four to six
gallons of lime, on which the body
rests. Clad complete with special
cap and rolled in bed quilt, the de-
funct Celestials are laid to rest.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15

A naturalist, describing the curious
arrangement for breathing furnished
insects, says: eff we take any moder-
ately large insect, say wasp or hornet,
we can see, even with the naked eye,
that a series of small, spot-like marks
run along either side of the body
These apparent spots, which are
generally eighteen or twenty in num-
Der, are, in fact, the apertures through
which air is admitted into the system,
and are generally formed in such a
manner that no extraneous matter can
by any possibility find entrance.
Sometimes they are furnished with a
pair of horny lips, which can be
opened and closed at the will of the
insect; in other cases they are densely
fringed with stiff interlacing bristles,
forming a filter, which allows air, and
air alone, to pass. But the apparatus,
of whatever character IL M.y be- is
always Pc wonderfully per'-rt u rrs
action, that iJ aa- beeu 70 ID u1po--
slble to inject the body Of 3asa ..-
sect with even so subtle Q we1vH s-
spirits of wine, a.thouct .-. al-
was first immersed in the dui ud
and then placed beneath the receive
of an air pump.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15
DUG A FELLOW PRISONERS GRAVE.
Experience of an American Under Lopez
in Cuban Prison.

in Cuban Prison.
Colonel B. f. Sawyer, prominent
Southern journalist and at present the
chief editorial writer of the Rome
(Ga.) Tribune, is one of the oldest
and most picturesque characters in
the land of Dixie.
When boy of fifteen or sixteen his
fiery spirit led him into our war with
Mexico, and the youngster thorough
ly enjoyed it all the way through.
After returning to his home in Ala
bama the lad didn't feel like settling
down. He was fond of adventure.
and the life of soldier in strange
land suited him exactly.
1t was not long before he became
interested in the cause of free Cuba,
and as one of the periodical insurrec-
tions in that country was then in prog
ress he joined the ill-fated expedi-
tion of Lopez. The capture and exc
cution of his chief left the boy and
his comrades in bad fix. The few
prisoners who were not put to death
were chained in couples and placed
on the public works.
Sawyer was harshly treated, and it
looked as though exposure and hard
work would kill him. He managed to
send note to the American consul,
but nothing was done for him. One
of the Spaniards guarding him was
rather clever, and the captive sent his
letters through his hands. The half
starved young American awoke one
morning to find that the prisoner
chained to him was lying dead by his
side. The survivor was ordered to
bury him, and when the chain bind
ing him to the corpse was rudely
broken he dug O grave for his late
fellows sufferer. There was no coffin.
The grave was scooped in the sand by
Sawyer's tired and trembling hands.
The situation was desperate. Saw
yer then wrote a long letter to the
British consul, telling his whole story
his youth, his pitiful condition, the
neglect of the American consul and
many other matters
The very next day big English
man visited the camp. He was very
mad and very overbearing in his man
ner He talked with the hoy pris-
oner and told him to be of good cheer,
How he did it nobody but himself and
the Spanish authorities ever knew,
but in less than twenty-four hours he
secured Sawyer's release and put him
on vessel bound for America.
Sawyer devoted himself for o few
years to politics aud planting in Ala.
bama, but the first call to arms in the
civil war found him ready. At that
time he was a prosperous man. He
cared nothing for money, and when
he organized his company he insisted
upon equipping it at his own expense.
He paid for uniforms, guns, canteens,
knapsacke and everything out of his
own pocket.
He was gallant fighter, and his
men were imbued with his fearless
spirit. OF course he was promoted.
He rose to - eolonelcyi and would
have gone higher if-,h haG cared for
such triAes as rank ard ti5e
The war left very few of his men
alive or unscathed. They fought like
tigers and nearly all of them were
slain in battle.
At the close of the war the colonel
faced his new duties and responsible
ties and showed that he could work
as hard as he could fight.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15

APrussian inventor has patented an
automatic alarm apparatus to indicate
the presence of iredamp in mines,
large metal funnel being placed over
the coal, with counterpoised alumni
UNI plate at the top, which is lifted by
the light gas and completes an electric
circuit.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15

The latest computation shows that
it is 24l3 miles from San Francisco to
Honolulu and $3.50 miles from San
Francisco to Manila, Philippine ISL
ands. by way of Honolulu
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-15

Forty years ago the first missionary
was eaten on the Fiji Islands.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-11-18
Fire Guards.

Our attention was called to the
fact, by Mr.. Smith Day, that this is
the time of year for prairie fires anc
that there is an unusual amount OF
grass and vegetation on the ground
this year by reason of the late rains.
Every farmer should be on the alert,
lest he suffer serious loss one of these
windy days by a fire sweeping across
his premises.
No difference how careful you
may be about putting out fire, you
can't guard against the carelessness
of others, except by guarding against
fire.
Plow fire guards, do it now, be
on the safe side; you may not have
any need of them but you will feel
better and be safer when it is
done.
Protect your buildings at any
rate. The time devoted to this work
will be inconsiderable and it will
save you considerable uneasyness of
mind and may save you from heavy
loss.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-11-18
A MERITED COMPLIMENT.

We publish below, clipping from
the Howard Courant which express
ess our views on the campaign made
by Mr.. Allen. Never in this district
was made a more systematic per-
sistent campaign in behalf of any
one. Mr.. Allen seemed to have
the happy faculty of doing the right
thing at the right time, and a whole
lot of it. Mr.. Allen devoted his
time to the work for the last two
months and had it not been for his
systematic organization Kirk would
have been beaten by about the old
time majority. Following is the
clipping:
''No man ever made harder
or ADLER effort to bring political sue
cess to his party, his candidate and
his district than did Hon. R. N. AL
len of Chanute, Chairman of the
Republican Congressional Central
committee of the Third district.
He is an experienced politician, a
manager from the go, and the way
he handled Mr.. Kirkpatrick's cam
paign was credit to the party and
an honor to himself. Ridgely's
majority of nearly 5000 in 1896 was
cut down to about 500 this year.
Mr.. Allied accomplished all that hard
work and the means at his hands
could do, and tits a matter of seri-
GUS regret to all true Republicans
that a victory appears to have been
beyond reach
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-11-18
DUTIES.

The duties collected under the
Dingley law during the month of
October were $40, 900, 900, the
largest amount of money ever col
lected in the month of October I'M
der any tariff law except in 1892
under the Mckinley law.
Under the Wilson law, in Octo
Der 1896, the duty collected was
less than Sro, 900, 600, and in Octo
Der 1895, under the same law, there
was collected sig, 900, 900 and some
odd hundred thousands.
This completely refutes the argu-
ments of the opposition that there
would be no tariff collected and not
even any commerce under such a
high tariff law. The Dlngley law
has not only increased our tariff
collections, but has greatly increas-
ed our commerce through the use
o. reciprocity measures.