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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31
RUSSIAN POLICE METHODS.
Torture Abolished by Alexander /
Practiced Under Nicholas II.


Practiced Under Nicholas II.
The centenary of the abolition in
Russia of the torture as an organized
system of legal inquiry has provided
the Russian press with a text for nu-
merous articles on the humanity and
progress of their country. No doubt
it was a great step to take, but it has
still to be ratified in practice before
Russia has any particular occasion to
rejoice. In the old days the torture
was applied to all suspects as a first
means OF inquiry; and when the I'M
happy wretch had been compelled to
confess something-usually, as the
Empress Catharine expressed it, any
thing which was put into his mouth
ne was subjected to a second inquiry"
by the same or more severe means,
in order to secure confirmation of his
first confession. Occasionally the
whole process was repeated twice
more, with a view to extorting the
names Of accomplices. The tortures
applied were much the same as in
other countries. but could be added to
by the ingenuity Of individual officials
Thus. during the reign of Anne,
when the ex-stable boy and favorite of
the empress. Biron, was in power, 1t
was a favorite form of torture to stand
a culpIit naked in the snow during
the severe northern frosts Of mid
winter, and to drench him with buck.
cts of water, either ice-cold or cold and
hot alternately, a form of inquiry
which had the disadvantage of too
often killing the poor wretch before
he had time to confess anything.
Thumbscrews, the clog and every form
of whipping and beating, with almost
as many names for the various pro-
1esses as are to be found in the dia-
logues Of the slaves of Roman com
edy, where everyday attributes of the
old Russian halls of justice.
Just a hundred years ago the En-
peror Alexander /. abolished the tor.
ture as being a shame and reproach
ia all mankind" But he forgot to or
der the legal instruments of torture
to be destroyed. and these fingered on,
and were undoubtedly used for an
other quarter of a century. Officially
the torture has, of course, actually dis
appeared-at any rate. those forms of
it which require elaborate instru.
ments for their application are no
more to be found. 1t actual fact,
however. and in secret, there is a
great deal of torture going on in the
most enlightened centers of the Rus
clan empire at the present day, and
it is exercised by the police intrust.
ed with the discovery of crime, the
detective police. Moscow Cores
pondence London Standard.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31
ERA OF HIGH SPEED.
Examples of the Strenuous Life on
TRANSFORMATION Lines.

Transportation Lines.
This is an era of high speed. The
feat of attaining a speed of 105 miles
an hour on the electric railroad be-
tween Berlin and Zossen is the latest
manifestation of the tendency of the
age. This particular railroad has
been built under the direction of the
kaiser as primarily a military line,
he having made UP his mind to test
the value of electric traction in war
Presumably its success will induce
the country to be gridironed with
electric lines as FIRST aids" in mobi-
lization. The results of the speed
trials are, however, commercially val
liable, as indicating how important q
factor electricity may become as a
transportation agency, though we
must know more than we know now
of the conditions under which the Ger
man experiment was made before con-
illusions are absolutely safe as to the
utilization of forces. A vast amount
of knowledge remains to be attained
before we can figure the commercial
value Of electricity as a motive power
on scale more extended than its
present use.
But II is not alone in Germany that
speeding up is the order of the day.
Here In the United States the trans
continental lines are virtually being
rebuilt. the reconstruction being point
ed toward speed. The trip between
Boston and the Pacific coast, which
only few years ago spoiled" week
can now be made In four days and
four hours. This time will be sharply
cut when the improvements between
Ogden and San Francisco, now in
progress have been completed. Ben
ton, we believe II was, who in the dis
cussion of the Pacific railroad project
was wont to point to the setting sun
and say. There Is the east" The
speed race on this continent is West
ward, to gain the markets of tho east.
AT the Pacific coast the fast-speeding
trains will shortly be met by steam
ers much faster and much larger than
any heretofore known in our China
Japan service.
All railroads tributary to the trans
continental system--and most lines
are now-feel the influence of this ex-
pansion and are placing big orders for
rolling stock. The entire output of
American Locomotive Company for
next year has been contracted for in
advance when it's capacity will be
1000 locomotives per annum. For
through business, for long hauls. the
iron horse still more than holds it's
own. Nor can it be expected that it
will be stabbed for good until the
doubts as to the cost of electricity
for the same business have been re-
solved to the point of demonstrating
that it is cheaper agency than
steam.-Boston Transcript.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31
New Leguminous Plant.

German papers speak of an annual
belonging to the leguminous class
growing in tropical Africa which Is
largely cultivated by the negroes as
an article of food. 1t has also been
introduced to some extent in Brazil
The Africans call 1T woandsu. but its
botanical name is Glycine subterranea
The fruit, like the peanut. natures un.
der the ground. The eatable kernel
has the shape of an egg, and is dark
red. with black stripes and white
hilum like most beans. It furnishes
a very white -four, the flavor of which
after cooking. very much resembles
that of chestnuts. Two pounds of the
product would supply the daily re-
quirements OF the human system
This is one Of the very few fruits
which, in natural state. contain all
the chemical properties of perfect nut.
riment.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31
LETTERS OF CREDIT.
Reasons Why They Are Better Than
Cash or Bills of Exchange.

One of the most interesting features
of the business substitute for actual
money, and a substitute that is used
by nearly every transatlantic traveller
is the letter of credit.
To illustrate typical case, let us
introduce Mr.. Jones. He decides that
he would like to spend year in travel
and, after mapping 6ut an Itinerary.
nc makes An estimate of the amount
OF money it will be necessary for him
to spend He fixes the amount, say,
at $4,000. The average traveller does
not care to load himself down with
any such sum, because, in addition to
the inconvenience of handling 1t, he
makes himself a possible target for
thieves. in case they learn of his pos
sessions. He can, of course, divide
this sum into smaller amounts by
drawing bills of exchange, payable on
certain banks in certain cities through
out the world, but the letter of credit
affords a much more simple and salts
factory method of keeping himself sup
piled with funds.
After arranging his itinerary and
satisfying himself that he can afford
to expend the amount he has estimat-
ed the trip will cost him Mr.. Jones
betakes himself to a banking house
in this city which issues letters of
credit and obtains such a document.
1t is usually large folder. On the
first page Is an engraved letter of
introduction. The banker addressing
his correspondents in whatever part
Of the world they may be. begins by
formally taking the liberty, etc."
Of introducing Mr.. Jones. and certify
ing that his credit is equal to the sum
Of $4,000. At the foot of the page
Mr.. Jones signs his name.
Another page of the document is
ruled off into spaces in which are to
be filled the various amounts drawn.
Still another page is devoted TO list
Of banks in different cities and towns
in the world at which such letter
viii be honored. This letter is not
merely an assurance that Mr.. Jones is
good" for the amount named, but
that he is a proper person, from So
cial point of view, to receive such a
letter. This is one of the old-fash-
toned features of banking, which is
not based entirely on a dollar-and-
cents basis.
Mr.. Jones must furnish assurances
to the banking house, in case he is
personally unacquainted with any of
the persons conducting it. that he is
not only financially sound, but socially
so; otherwise the letter is refused him.
He can buy bill OF exchange on the
basis of dollars and cents. but not
letter OF credit With this letter of
credit Mr.. Jones may travel to any
part of the civilized world without
taking with him a cent of money, and
always feel sure that his financial
wants. within the limits of the sum
nauod therein. will be supplied. Be
fore leaving he must place under the
the control of the banking house the
amount named in the letter, either in
cash of its financial equivalent.-Bos
ton Herald.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31
Service Amona the Manx.

A farm laborer named William Col
lett was brought up at Peel. Isle of
Man, before Deemster Moore, and
charged under the provision Of a
Manx statute of 1865 that he refused
to complete his year of service for
which he engaged fifth his master. The
penalty provided by statute is that the
servant be kept in prison and allowed
one cake and cup of water per day
until he returns to service. In this
case Collect disputed that he had
engaged to work for year, and the
Deemster, saying he was not satisfied
that Collett had so engaged, discharg-
ed him.-London Globe.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31
TIME LOST IN LIFE.
rhree-EI9hths of Ones Existence Is
Practically Lost.

PrdCuCaiiy LOST.
II read the estimate prepared re-
Gently by the British Government with
reference to longevity among men in
the army" said gentleman recently
who is fond of mathematics, "and
do not care how much mon may figure
on the lengthening of life's average
the fact is. a fellow doesn't live SO
long after all Life is very short when
we come to think OF it. 1t is. indeed,
a f1tful fever, to borrow the simile of
the poet, and the distance between the
cradle and the tomb is the span of
ones hand. How much OF Il mans
life is devoted to the actual work of
accomplishing whatever his highest
aim may be? Did you ever think about
figuring on this problem? | have, be-
cause. l guess. | happen to have a
penchant for mathematics. But it is
interesting for other reasons. OF
course, a fellow does nothing until af-
ter his twenty-first birthday. He must
attain his majority before he enters
upon the serious duties of life. Be-
fore this time he is passing the pre-
paratory stages of life, and, theoreti-
cally, is equipping himself for its seri-
Gus battles Fifty years is the life
of the average man. although LIES
general average figures down to a
point much below this.
Give the average man thirty years
beyond the period wnen he becomes of
age. l guess it would be safe to as
sumo, even in this rushing age, that
the average man will spend one hour
ard thirty minutes in eating, allowing
for the time it takes him to so to and
from his meals and in preparing for
the table We might safely figure that
he spends an average of one hour and
thirty minutes out Of every twenty
four in other minor ways-in oXchang
ing pleasantries with his friends and
chatting on topics unrelated to his
business, In winding his watch and in
other indulgences of an innocent and
harmless kind. This would make a
total Of nine hours out of every TWEEN
tyfour that man spends in doing
things that are unrelated, in a strict
sense, to his business. This amounts
to three-eighths of the life that is be-
fore him. He has thirty years in which
to do his work. He would devote elev-
en- years and three months TO sleep
and to other things, rs indicated, and
would have nineteen years and nine
months in which to do his little do.
Twenty years looks like good bit
of time. but, when we come to this
fearful thing Of living for a purpose,
expecting to endear ourselves to our
countrymen and to accumulate a little
money besides. the time does not seem
long. The time is really much shorter
than this when We allow for Sundays
and social gatherings and prayer
meetings and things of that sort, but
as these functions do not figure in
every mans life have left them out"
Enquirer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

Who is your favorite ceSnDoser?"
inquired the yisitor. Il spose Won
mean classical" responded Mr. Cum
rocks. Certainly. Wagner" was
ehe answer, Gimme Wagner. Some
OF these other music writer's start in
with a tune. but as soon ss YOU get
your root going steady in time to IL
EheY break off In way that pretty
az ar sprains your ankle. But Wag.
ner never fools you. He plays fair
You know from the beginning that
Fou amt going to and anything. and
you might as well go 10 sleep or read
che advertiser ents in the program -
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31
Tab On Storms From the Far North
west.

The Toronto Meteorological office
received its first regular report from
Dawson, Y. T. The weather az the
mining capital was fine, with a maxi
mum of four degrees above zero aud
a minimum of zero.
Dawson is the most northwesterly
observation point reporting to Toronto.
and it is expected that the news from
the Klondike will assist the weather
man in Queens Park in predicting
storms from that quarter. Another
Western Office will shortly be opened
at Port Simpson, on the Pacific.--To-
ronto Mail and Empire.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

days in bed with intense pain and SUI
fering. was under the physicians
care for over year without any relief,
when my attention was called TO Lydia
z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound BY
several Of our Mormon women who
had been cured through itS use.
began its systematic Use ind in
proved gradually in health, and after
the use Of six bottles ~ health was
completely restored, and for over two
years have had neither ache or pain.
You have 3 truly wonderful remedy for
women Very sincerely yours, MRS.
HULDA JAKENAN, Salt Lake City, Z tab"
$1,000 forfeit II above tsstHoTiai IS net genuine.
just as surely as Mrs. Jake
man was cured just SO surely win
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound cure every woman
suffering from any form of 2e-
male ills.
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wO-
men free. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is at least ono dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being con-
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation OF the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature In doing It's
work. The proprietors have so much faith In
it's curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list OF testimonials. Address
F.J. CHkNfY b Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are tho best.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

A writer in Blackwood's Magazine
mentions as an incident of Aife in Lab.
rador the burial of a live pet in a
barrel under the November snow. The
owner Of the animal, black bear, by
the way. dug up the barrel twice dur.
irg the winter, but did not awaken the
occupant who was permitted to sleep
on till May. alternating pets give no
trouble TO their owners or to others,
and are happy in their repose. A bar.
rel may thus be the abode of greater
felicity than is to be found in a palace.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

No matter what ais you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAscARErs help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain. produce
easy natural movements, cost you Just 10
cents to start getting your health back. Cas-
oAIETs Candy Cathartic. the genuine, put up
in metal boxes, every tablet has G. G. @.
stamped on 1t. Beware Of limitations.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31
She Wants to Help the Homeless.

A Washington paper publishes this
advertisement:
young lady with college education
would like position as private teacher
in some family without board or lodg
ing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

In more than three thousand schools
in Great Britain the boys are studying
text books on Canada which set forth
her history, explain her system of gov.
eminent and lay stress upon her
natural resources. These books are
supplied free by the Dominion, and
Lord Strathcona, Canada's high com
missioner to the mother country, will
give valuable medals next spring to
the scholars who pass the best exam
nations on them. The laudable aim
of Strathcona and his countrymen is
to impress British youth with the ad.
vantages of the Dominion as a field
for emigration.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

Gold CeuntsrfsitinE.

Tho gold used in color printing and on mir
ror and picture frames Is only an imitation.
1t Is made from bronze and spelter and not
from the pure gold leaf. There is another ar
ticle also very much initiated, and that is Hos
lily remedy for indigestion, dyspepsia, consti-
patton, biliousness, and liver and kidney
troubles. Beware of counterfcits when buy
ing. Ths genuine must have our Private
Stamp over the neok Of the bottle.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

Ring Worm, Darher's Itch, Scaldhead, letter
and those itching skin troubles so unpleas-
ant and disgusting. 60c. boz By mail from
]. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Gs.s II your
druggist don't keep 1t.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

FITspermanently cured No fits or nervous
moss after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. s2trial bottle andtreatise free
DR.. R. II. KLINE, Ltd, 9slArch st. Phila., Pa.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

Sweat and fruit acids will not discolor
goods dyed with PUTNAM FkpHtsss DYES.
Sold by all druggists.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

The most extensive system of can
ais in the world is in the great plains
OF China, which is fairly scanned with
canals.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
soften the gums, reduces infiamma-
lion, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c abottle.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

Not long since an interesting topi,
of debate was started at the Diet O.
German Women, then sitting in Ell
senach. The mover of the subject dis
cussed the common practice of womer
Of running down as much as possible
the prices of the articles they pur
chased. WAS this" she asked, "ethi
cally defensible?" Women rush from
shop to shop in order to purchase theil
goods few farthings cheaper, anC
often under cost price, and in doinf
SO they are quite ignorant of the fact
that wages have to be thereby dimin
ished and the number of hours of la
Dor heightened" She suggested also
that people have no idea of the miser,
they cause to many small traders b,
unpunctuality in the payment of small
accounts. Also that women who insist
Ipon making their purchases late IL
the evening do not seem to consider
that by doing so they rob thousands oil
shop employees of the hours of repose
and recreation they greatly need. The
Diet resolved to send petition to the
federal government Of Germany, beg
ging that women inspectors of factor
les should have an academic training
putting them upon an intellectual
equality with male inspectors. and
that they should be assisted by women
Of the factory class who have had
practical experience in the work In
question.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31
Mrs. HULDA JAgEMAN
Wne Of President 5akeran Of
Elders Of the Mormon Cbgrch,
Salt Lake City, Utah, Recon-,
mends Lydia z. PinkhamS
Vegetable Compound For We
mans Periodic Pains.

DEAR Mrs. PTNKuAM --Resers r
knew OF Lydia Il. Pinl1ha 1a's Veg.
eSaolo compound dreaded the
@pproSSeh Of the time sor ny menstrual
peflod' as IL would mean q couple Of
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

The French Academy has honored
itself by awarding a prize of 1000
francs to Cecile Morand. Mile. Mo
rand is a seamstress, dwarf and
cripple. But she has supported a par
alytic father and ten brothers and sis
ters-one of the brothers being an in.
valid. Virtue, of course, is its own re
ward, and one who has SO much Of II
as Mile. Morand is incomparably rich
rich in fine qualities of industry, I'm.
selfshness, affection. But 1t is pleas
ant to hear Of public recognition &C
companied by substantial offering
in cold cash. The money may tighten
this poor girls labcrs for a season.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

There are 296 hfe-saving stations along
the coasts OF this country.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31
01o0 Reward. 800.

Lots Of fellows have extravagant ideas
about everything except work.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

A sea anemone taken from the Firth
of Forth in 1928 lived and fiourished
In captivity until 1857.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
rs q cough cure.-J. W. O'BRIHN, 922 Third
Avenue, N, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. 6, 1900
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

Convicts may not be aristocrats, but
they are certainly exclusive.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

Some people are too weak to turn over
A new leaf
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

The fruit era in California did not begin
till 1910.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

Insomnia may be only another name for
an accusing conscience.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

San Franchises exports to China now
average over 100000 DER month.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

Although prices have fallen greatly
at Dawson, there is still no use for
five or ten cent pieces The price OF
a few articles only is so low as a
quarter of dollar. The adage. Take
care of The pennies and the dollars
will take care of themselves" will thus
have little meaning to the two hun
dred children who are growing up in
that far northern city.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

A Hungarian killed himself on his
wife's advice. And yet there are PEG
pie who claim that women are losing
their influence in the home.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

The metric system of weights and
measures was adopted by France in
1890, by Holland in 1916, by Belgium
in 1920. and by Sweden in 1889.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Cures Indiges
ton and Dyspepsia. At Druggists GOO.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

It's the running expenses that count uI
when . man owns on automobile.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

Have you noticed an extra nickel in
your pocket? Director of the Mint
Rogers has reported net gain in the
per capita circulation of five cents.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

Denmark leads the world In per
capita interest in agriculture. Each in
habitant has on an average a capital
of S5S5 invested in farming.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-31

Tea consumed in England 10 subject q
( duty of twelve cents per pound.