Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-09-14

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.
A legislator in Missouri would pre-
vent the people from eating green
watermelons by appointing water
melon inspector, and the bill was only
defeated when a venerable member
moved that the inspectors title should
be '"The Official Plugger, Muncher and
faster of the State of Missouri"
In all the new school buildings of
New York City space has been left
for installing system of shower
boths. Baths are now ready in two
or three of the schools on the East
Side, where bathing facilities are most
needed. Children are required to fur
nish their own towels and soap.
A Boston newspaper praises GER
tain clergyman because of ''the tact
full and reviving way in which he con-
ducts a funeral service. And it de-
tracts neither from the sincerity Of
this opinion nor from the dignity of
his calling to add that his success at
a dinner party is equally marked"
The Germans are applying the same
rules In regard to trade secrets in Ger
many as were applied In England dur
ing the early part Of the nineteenth
century. The German Federal Court
has recently punished a foreman who
was found guilty of imparting an in
yention of his employer used in rust
ling" velvet.
Says the Philadelphia Inquirer, in
Of the Italian anarchist:
"It may be that capital punishment is
not right. AS for us, we believe 1t Is.
But no death which could be inflicted
upon the assassin of the late King of
Italy would be too severe, and we do
not believe that any civilized nation
would think it So"
An Ohio judge has set aside ver-
diet of one cent damages for the
alienation of wife's affections, on
the ground that too low a valuation
was placed on woman's love. That
is probably good law, and, moreover, IL
women had the right of suffrage 1t
1would insure that judges reelection
by big majority.
The Field Museum in Chicago prom
ises soon to have fine collection Of
relics of the Western Indians. DR..
George A. Dorsey, curator Of anthro-
pology, was very successful on his
recent expedition, as he has added no
less than 1900 separate objects to the
museum. 1t is such expert work as
this that will preserve the life and
customs of the Western Indians after
most Of their representatives are
gone.
If oil official inspectors Of buildings
III OnlIdSO bhOuiu ttll tiC u utii us
fearlessly as one of them has done
that place would lose its i'll repute as
a city of fire traps. At least ninety
five per cent of the buildings there are
said to be unfit for the uses to which
they are put. OF GOO factories and
plants large majority
are cheaply constructed and have mar
row wooden stairways with seldom
more than one exit.
This is the Philadelphia InQuirer's
of the success Of Amer
lean athletes abroad: "Our athletes
are carefully trained. Exercise, food,
sleep and work are portioned out to
them as though thousands and hun
dreds of thousands of dollars depend
ed on their success. And this not on
ly in the main events, but in every
minor contest. The man is handled
SO that he comes to his contest in the
pink of condition"
The Chamber Of Commerce of San
Diego, California, is making an effort
to establish the production of raw silk
in the agricultural districts about that
city. Steps have been taken to secure
a large number of silk worms, and
5000 mulberry trees will shortly be
planted. The climate of Southern !.
California is deemed even preferable
for this industry to that of France,
the home of silk culture. The con-
Of raw silk in this country
Is enormous, and the entire supply
from foreign countries, princi-
pally from Japan, China and Italy. In
1909 the total imports of this raw ma
terial were valued at $43,546,S72.
Professor G. W. MacRae, of Toledo,
has discovered a new disease. electro
mosis," a breaking down of the ner-