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The times., 1899-09-17
Towns Down Mt the Heel.

The towns en route are all after the
general Cuban pattern, except that these
look little more shabby and shiftless than
most. San Antonio de Barios. only two
or three hours run from Habana, was once
notable place. made so by its mineral
waters and the baths of San Antonio
Today IL Is woefully run down at the heel;
but with agricultural recuperation perhaps
its oid-time prosperity may return, for
the mineral waters are really fine. The
ruined town of the Rio Colorado has prob
ably had more American cameras leveIed
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20

gang, laundering down the road az
breakneck speed. The alarm was
given. the teamsters were aroused
horses were secured and chase be-
gan which lasted until late in the fol-
lowing afternoon. But the mules had
stuck to their gray leader and not one
of the entire band Of seyenty-hve or
eighty was missing.
In some parts of Georgia the wealthy
planters affect fine mule teams, instead
of thoroughbred horses, for driving.
There is no such thing as a thorough,
bred mule, each and every indlvlduai
possessing characteristics that are
separate and distinct, and there being
only general similarity among the
species. Consequently the planter
selects pairs that match in looks ana
gait. and two or four mule team at
tached to a carriage, dashing along
through the lanes and over the coun-
try roads, is a pretty good indication
of the independence and prosperity OF
the owner.
A good saddle mule is priceless
boon. One that moves along in a "fox
trot'' will carry its rider over the
toughest roads without q jolt or
iostle, and barring the element OF pos
sible treachery, the rider may enjoy
all the pleasurable sensations of a sail
over smooth and sunlit waters, or a
swing in hammock under the mag
nolias when the summer sun rides
high in the heavens.
The young mules bring from $125
to $3.50 if unbroken, buff broken and
of unusually good qualities they some
times command higher price.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20
Ename1ed Paper Bricks.

The manufacture of enameled paper
bricks, which commenced in 1896, has
now become q definite industry, as
the material has been used for build
ing purposes all over the United
States with very satisfactory results.
The production of those bricks on
the hollow principle is marked fea-
ture in their form, the object being
practically the same as that sought in
the making of hollow forged steel
shafting. Not only is defective
center removed, but it is possible to
put mandrel into the hollow, and, by
applying pressure, the walls are OPP
Grated upon both from inside and out
side. When a solid bodyis heated the
temperature of the interior always
varies from that of the outer portion
at first, often resulting in the expan-
sion of one or the other that causes
the defects. 1t if for these reasons
that the plan of forming the bricks
upon the hollow principle and plug
ging them afterward is of advantage.
Sawdust is found to be good filler
for this purpose. 1t is first freproofed,
as is also the paper pulp used in the
bricks, and then it is mixed with ce-
ment and pressed into the hollow of
the bricks and smoothed and enameled
over
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20
AS YOU LIKE 1T.

Ef TELLER feels like dreamin' In this
weather, let him dream;
Fer the sunshfne's on the meadow an the
ripple's on the stream;
But the chap that beats the dreamer amt
a-dreamin' any now,
He's hitchin' up the bosses an a-follerln'
the plowl
Ei Teller feels like singin' in this weather,
let him sing,
Fer it's whispetin' of blossoms whar the
honeystckles swing;
But the chap that beats the singer amt
a-singin' any now,
He's grubbin' up the fel' stumps, or a-fol-
lerln' the plowl
It's a curious kind o. weather, with Its
shadder an its sum-,
But the sky is lookln' bluer, an the clouds
air on the run;
An the chap that makes the most OF 1t
amt settin idle now,
He's cleanin' up the new groun', an foller-
in theplow
Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20
CURIOUS FACTS.

A single human hair will support
four ounces without breaking.
Oysters are such nervous creatures
that sudden shock, such as loud
thunderclap, will kill whole boat
load.
In China and neighboring countries
the fngernails are allowed to grow to
q monstrous length as symbol of no.
bility.
A London music hall is exhibiting a
man who measures seven feet eleven
inches. He is an Egyptian. He is
young and may grow higher.
The Arabs show their friendliness
when meeting by shaking hands six or
eight times. Arabs of distinction go
beyond this; they embrace each other
several times.
There can be little doubt that the
rose is one of the earth's oldest
flowers: In Egypt it is depicted on d
number Of early monuments, believed
to date from 5000 to $500 B. O.
The Grand Jury of O'Brien County,
Iowa, recently adjourned for the Sec
ond tune without finding single in
dictment, and the court calendar does
not contain single criminal case Of
any kind.
A mismated couple In Benton
County, Missouri, after frequent bickl
erings, decided to separate. The hus-
band drew paper and both signed it.
The document contained just four
words: eve agree to disbsnd. F"
By different peoples every day in
the week is set apart for public wor-
ship-Sunday by the Christians, Mon
day by the Greeks, Tuesday by the
Persians, Wednesday by the AS
syrians, Thursday by the Egyptians.
Friday by the Turks and Saturday by
the Jews.
In magazine article explaining the
former wealth of Venice, Professor
Lombroso notes that in the fourteenth
century merchant was able to quad
ripple his fortune by one round trip of
his ship, taking sugar from the Orient
to London, exchanging it for wool,
and selling the wool in Flanders.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20
Taxing Mont Blanc,

Hitherto Mont Blanc has not been
regarded as a ratable property, but
this aspect of the snowclad Alp is
forcing itself strongly on the attention
of those who dwell at it's foot. The
territory on the Savoy side, up to the
extreme limits of tillage, pasturage
and habitation, was divided among
the three communes of Chamonix. st.
Gervais and Touches by a well-de-
fined partition dating from 1870. But
no account was taken in this arrange
ment of the vast region of snow fields.
glaciers and rocks on the higher
levels. Being unproductive, it was
left unsurveyed and unclaimed. With
in the last two decades, however,
inns, hotels, observatories, shelter
huts, Photographic establishments.
railways and other valuable properties
have sprung into existence upon this
no mans land, and the question is
which of the local authorities can
claim the right to tax these new enter
prises and in which the proprietors
are to be registered as voters. Lon
don Chronicle.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20

The prosperity of the farmer has
promoted the prosperity of all other
classes. Money has gone from the
farm to the merchant and the manu-
facturer, thus increasing the output
of the factories and stimulating do
nestle trade. Proof of this is seen in
he payments through the clearing
houses of the country, which were
greater by ten per cent. than in any
previous year, observes the New York
Independent. The transportation of
grain, and of the provisions into which
a large part of the corn crop is trans
formed, has brought profit to the rail-
roads. The purchase of manufactured
goods has led to improvement in
processes of manufacture, and invited
the investment of capital in new pro-
iects. The remarkable excess of ex-
ports over imports has given the coun-
try for the first time q commanding
position in international exchange,
and by drawing the attention Of Eu-
rope to our resources and condition
has exhibited the United States abroad
in the most favorable light as a place
for the investment of foreign capital.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20

Unusual measures for the protec-
lion of the milk supply of Syracuse,
n. Y, have been taken by the Board
of Health of that city. All the cows in
the area furnishing milk to the city
are being examined by physician.
A round aluminium tag is fastened to
the ears of the healthy, and an oblong
tag to those of the diseased animals.
The latter are placed in fields and
barns separate from the unaffected
cattle, and the owners are warned,
under threat of penalty, not to sell
the milk from such COWS. 1t is in
tended hereafter to keep all the dairy
herds under municipal supervision
and to have all dairy animals examined
by a physician at least twice a year
another i'-tA regulation resented 10y tho
milk dealers is that they must use
metallic milk tickets OF furnish new
parer ti' ech sale, the purpose
TO lessen inc nAo.invvu o. - ..
spread Vi contagion.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20

There may be some difference of
opinion about the justice and the
necessity of the war which the United
States has recently waged with Spain,
but there can be no question that this
war has furnished another conspicu-
Gus proof not only of the energy and
resource, but also of the moderation,
self-restraipt and humanity of the
American people, says the Philosopher
Lecky in his latest work.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20

The launching at Belfast, ireland,
of the new steamship, the Oceanic
marks another stage of the growth in
this direction. The Oceanic is mon
ster beside which most of the worlds
battleships would seem mere pigmies.
She is 704 feet in length, whereas the
Great Eastern was only $50 feet long
and tho Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
only GAS feet. The Great Eastern was
greater of beam, her hull was fourteen
feet deeper and her tonnage was 20, 800,
against the Oceanic,s 1000. But the
difference in the lines is essential in
gaining speed, and when it comes to a
question of engines the Oceanic has
45, 900 horsepower, where the horse
power of the Great Eastern was IL, 900.
Should it turn out that the Oceanic,
with her immense capacity, can be run
at fairly good rate of speed without
too large an expenditure for coal it is
not even certain that this immense
vessel will be left long without a rival.
Her success may tempt builders to
plan still greater monsters to carry the
worlds commerce. The limit of size
will not be reached until the greatest
capacity consistent with high speed at
reasoa nable cost has been secured.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20

Sheriff Richard e. Palm, of Old
ham County, was in Louisville, KY,
the other day, on queer combina-
ton Of missions. He came to get
married and to get scaffold on which
to hang man. In both he was sue
cessful. He crossed to Jeffersonyille
with Miss Katie Riggs, of Owingsville,
and was married by the Rev. Il. M.
Myers. Then he went to Sheriff Bell
and borrowed q scaffold on which to
hang Henry Miller, colored, at La-
grange.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20
Good Roads and Schools.

There are two things which eastern
immigrants give especial considera-
tor to when change of residence is
contemplated-the school houses and
the roads. These afs conditions which
in nine cases out of ten determine q
location. The county which cannot
afford schools and good roads is al
lowed to pass into the possession OF
men who want neither. 1t may easily
be demonstrated that if the wear and
tear of vehicles, and if the term of a
horses useful life, are considered, a
city makes an immense saving by the
smooth pavement. The expense for
repairs may be greater, but the life OF
a vehicle or of horse is more than
doubled. The same rule applies to
country roads. They come high, but
in these days they are necessity.
Good roads make life in the country
more enjoyable, to say nothing of the
market they open to farmers. This is
form of improvement which can often
be paid for i'll work A considerable
portion of the cost may be met by
utilizing idle time -,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20
Paragraphs About the Crusade.


When a man begins to ride wheel
he learns for the first time what horses
and mules knew about the surface of
the earth thousand years ago.
The Maine Division of the League
will present measures to the next Leg
islature looking to the establishment
of State Highway Commission and
the adoption of State aid.
The Good Roads Association of
Saratoga County, N. Y, will petition
the Legislature to appoint a Sidepath
Commission for the county similar to
that which has proved SO satisfactory
in Albany County.
There is talk in Pennsylvania of
doing away with road juries. In 1897
the judgments which they entered
against the city of Philadelphia
amounted to 81, 7O9, 736.1s, while as
sessed benefits came to but $91,-
855.01.
Under the Higbie Good Roads law,
of New York, eight miles of stone
road can now be built at cost of only
$1,000 to the property owners. The
whole cost is $4,000, of which the
county has to pay $4,000, the State
$4,000 and the property owners the
balance.
Hard roads double the efficiency Of
the Postoffice Department in extend.
ing free postal delivery in rural dis
tricts. Over ordinary country roads
it has been found impracticable to de-
liver at distance greater than twelve
miles from the distributing center;
but, in Jersey, on stone roads, it was
found that two trips could be made
day instead of one, or distance Of
from twenty-five to twenty-four miles
""nld be covered for single trip.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20

The fifth centennial of the birth of
Gutenberg, the inventor of the print
ing press, will be celebrated at Mainz
IN 1900, and tie elaborate plans for
The event are already concluded with
Teutonic completeness.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20
The Use of Crude OIL.

Crude oil is found to be cheap
and an efficient agent in making good
country roads. At recent session of
the Missouri Good Roads Association
Major M. Meigs, civil engineer Of
Keokuk, Iowa, described experiments
made in this direction, and said that
they Lad all proved satisfactory. A
barrel of crude oil costing at the wells
ninety cents, he said, was sufficient
for the treatment Of q strip of road
100 feet long and twelve feet wide.
The oil mingles with the earth and
forms a waterproof crust, with sur
face almost SIS smooth as asphalt. The
discovery was made through an acct
dental leak in an oil pipe Near Penn
sylvanis town, which turned motor
iously bad and muddy piece of road
into a good one; experiments in the
same line were instituted. and they
were attended with complete success.
If further experience gives the same
confirmation of the utilit~ of the pro-
cess it will become a most important
factor in turning bad roads into good
ones, work which now engages the
attention Of the country in greater
degree than ever before.-New York
Tribune.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20

To the one hundred and forty nd

To the one hundred and forty odd
religions which are professed by
Americans must be added another.
The Sultan of the Sulu archipelago,
who is a Mohammedan, and has more
than 100, 200 followers, is one of us
now.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20
GOOD ROADS NOTES,
Connecticut's Highways.

In his last message Governor
Lounsbury, of Connecticut, said that
the burden of improving the highways
rested too heavily on the rural towns.
and suggested that the State assume
a larger part of the burden. The
original good-roads act, passed four
years ago, laid one-third of the cost
on the county, one-third on the town,
and one third on the State, but limited
the expenditure by the latter to $75,-
900 year or practically 1925, 900 of
possible expenditure altogether. The
county expense proviso was strenu-
ously objected to by towns not i'm
proving their roads, and they have
not been placated by the later law of
1897, placing one-half the expense on
the town and one-half on the State,
with total expediture of the latter
limited to 800, 900 year. I
AS O result, and in line with the
growing custom of shifting costs on
the State, bill will be introduced in
the present Legislature placing one
quarter of the expense of good roads
OIL IuG bOWlO tAt phl % Huai tOi . VI
the State Treasury. This is liable to
lead to an increased State debt which,
in fact, has some advocates, who
think the State should go extensively
into good road making. The propo-
sition that Connecticut should build
at its own expense at least one long
road reaching across the State is also
expected to come up in the Legisla-
ture either as an amendment or as an
original bill In effect the question
to be answered is whether, with pres
ent State expenses and receipts near
ly balancing, the State shall borrow
money to build good roads or not.
One of the sharpest contests of the
session is likely to ensue over the
matter, in which the wheelmen are
taking an active interest.
Under the present law no town can
expend more than $4,000 and receive
the State aid to the same amount.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20
Observation-Disclosures
MY LUCKY FIND.
Socoaooooooooeocooooooooe

WAS almost in
despair. What
a lot Of trouble
L have brought
on myself for
my good natures!
Police investi-
cations and re-
ports, annoy
ance, chagrin,
perhaps, at the
outcome. Yes,
it was enough
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20

Subscription, $1.O0 Per Year, in ad -
vance.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20

Advertising rates furnished on APP
plication.
Local reading notices sc. per line.
Address all communications to PUB.
fishers at Leakesvillc, Greene County,
Miss.
Entered in the postofIice at Leakes-
vile as second class matter.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-04-20
GREENE COUNTY HERALD.

OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF GREENE COUNTY
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GENERAL NOTICES.

MRS. M. BEEBE, EXPERIENCED PRO-
fessional nurse. 405 Fifteenth street.
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The Mailed Shad.

Few persons know that there are
more than five hundred species of shad.
chiefly in the waters of North and
South America, Asia and Africa, but
the most interesting of all of these is
the mailed shad (callichthys callicthys)
OF South American waters 1t is COW
ered on both sides with double row of
thick plates, and the head is also hard
ana bony. On account of this coat-of-
mail the fish has the strangest appear
ahce OF all of the shad species. Only
lchthyologists would recognize it as q
shad at all, and the most of us would
thlnk 1t was some strange creature
that had arrived from prehistoric times
IL plays havoc with the other fish. being
so well protected from their attacks
that only shark, with its uowerfuI
Jaws can crush it, The mailed shad
sometimes grows to an enormous siza
and makes brave struggle for life
when it is hooked. Only lately a Ger
man naturalist, Herr p. Matte has
succeeded in catching one alive in a
Wire net, and taking it to Europe alive
where 1T swims around in its own tank
In the Berlin Aquarium. An attemnt
is now being made to get some shawn
of this fish so as to raise them for vari-
Gus aquariums. 1t is not a good fish
Tor food, being tough and dry. unlike
the juicy specimens of the species that
are found in the North River or the
Susquehannah
The record-union., 1899-10-09

paper writer works his day is from
noon until sunrise. Though it has
grown to be an iron service, many of
us know how differently it began.
It was once haphazard, unmethod-
ical business, managed by printers and
led by geniuses, ne'er-do- wells, Bohe-
mians-often men of disorderly lives or
irresponsible natures, who lived very
much as the performers on the stage
continued to do long after journalism
became systematized science To-
day there are geniuses on the press
but they are calm and self-controlIed
What are termed "Bohemians" still
follow the calling, but they wear clean
linen, live comfortably and are only
called "Bohemians" because they do
not take life as seriously as most per-
sons. In these days all newspaper men
must be ready for work at every mo-
ment of every day, they must oa sober,
they must appear we'll, and they must
be able at least to present the external
signs of Observation-Disclosures Evening
Post.
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The Journalists Life

The life of every journalist is as hard
as nails; that of the special correspond
ent is even harder-yet neither one
knows it, nor asks for sympathy. When
We appreciate this fact we begin 10
understand the familiar adage, ..rhe
Lord tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb"
These men see their strained. excit-
ihg' never-halting toll through glasses
eolored by sentiment or through the
neat waves of excitement. They are
forever stimulated by competition and
freshened by constant novelty. They
wonder that their friends pity them:
yet 1T is fact that they can make no
engagements ahead; their time. their
leisure, their very lives are not their
own. The year around, others stop
work at sunset, but when the news
The record-union., 1899-10-09

HOUSE OF s ROOMS FOR GROWN-UP
family; rent SIS. 722 Eighth street.
The record-union., 1899-10-09

A GOOD BROOM LODGING-HOySE
for sale, cheap. 20512 K street.
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FOR SALE-ELEGANT OFFICE Stove
self feeder, will be sold at a bargain
Innuire at this office
The record-union., 1899-10-09

DIR, FAY, 6271a J; TEL. SUN. RED sS4;
10 to 12 a. m, to T. to 8 D. M Res
192S G. Tel Cap. 3O9. Sunset. blue 81
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MODERN, SIX LARGE ROOMS AND
bath, electric lights; large yards l431
Fifteenth, corner Q.
LAWTON & CO.,
1910 Fourth street.
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ALWAYS GET Wright & Kimbrough's
to let list. at COZ ]. before YOU move.
The record-union., 1899-10-09

FOR SALE VERY CHEAP-FINE TWO
seat spring wagon, horse and harness
Apply 20512 K street room s.
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A NICELY FURNISHED ROOM WITH
running water, electric lights, bath, hot
and cold water 429 l. street. oc6-6t*
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FOR RENT-FURNISHED OR UNFUR-
nished modern cottage, with or without
barn. No. 1117 f street. o5-lt@
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TO LET-614 EIGHTEENTH STREET;
lower fiat. three rooms and bath. $3.50.
Oc4-St
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FURNISHED AND UNFURNISHED
rooms, suitable for housekeeping. Rent
cheap. 1872 Second. o8-3t*
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2O17 J STREET. OR FURNISHED
rooms for housekeeping; new house;
modern improvements. oc7-6t*
The record-union., 1899-10-09

DAVIS BUILDING, All K STREET-The
handsomest furnished rooms in the city,
and run strictly first-class; Office rooms,
suites and single Terms very reason.
able. Open all night Cap. phone so.
The record-union., 1899-10-09

1117 FOURTH ST.-NICELY FURNISH
ed housekeeping suites and single rooms.
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THREE FURNISHED ROOMS; HOUSE,
keeping; bath, gas, electricity, 719 L.
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A OR 5 UNFURNISHED ROOMS, Good
for housekeeping, 71S1a K st. oS-7t
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FOR SALE.

FOK SALE.
go acres, all under fence, nearly all till
able, 10 acres in vineyard and orchard,
sufficient natural water for irrigation;
good house, barn, cellar and out-build-
lngs; distillery; cooperage for 1000 gal
Ions of wine; wagons and all imple-
ments going with the place; in El Do
rado County, six miles from railroad.
440 acres-All under fence, 40 acres in
vineyard, 40 acres meadow, $50 grain
land, 100 acres tillable. If cleared, ball
ance grazing; natural water; good
house, barn; two-story distillery; two
cooperage for $1,000 gallons steam en-
gine; place we'll equipped in El Do
rado County, four miles from railroad.
So acres-tfne land good for fruit, six
miles from Sacramento.
40 acres-All in grapes. berries and fruit;
good house and barn. six miles from
Sacramento.
Good chance for a home cheap.
KRONER, WISEMAN & WULFF.
1923 J Street.
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TO LET OR RENT.

A 5-ROOM COTTAGE ON CORNER OF
Thirteenth and & streets. o8-3t*