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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-02-21

II saw recently in the press dis
patches from Washington" said r. T.
Smythe of that city, "an item to the
effect that the original coy OF the
Declaration OF independence was fad
ing. The story is true in that the doc
ument is fading, but not true that this
partial obliteration is of recent occur
renee. Many years ago, In taking an
impression Of the Declaration for the
purpose of reproducing copies of it, an
acid was used w III had most dis
astrous effect upon the ink with which
the paper was written. The writing
began to fade rapidly-so rapidly, in
deed that in a short time 1t was with
extreme difficulty that either the text
Of the instrument or the signatures to
it could be deciphered. At this timo
the Declaration hung upon the wall in
the library OF the Department of State
1t was in a wooden case, supplied with
doors, but during the hours when the
library was open to the public the de-
mands of the visitors caused the door1
to be open also. The action Of the
light upon the document was very
hurtful, and in order to preserve it
from further decay the secretary Of
state caused specially constructed
safe to be manufactured for it, You
must possess a strong pull to-day to
obtain glimpse of it, for as the years
pass the fading of the writing, while
checked, nevertheless steadily con-
tinues. AS consequence the
department officials guard it carefully
and expose it to the light with extreme
reluctance. The safe In which the Dec
laration now rests is on the right Of
the entrance to the library, while on
the left-hand wall hangs the case in
which 1t was formerly kept A repro
duction now takes its place, but nine
ty-nine people out Of every hundred
who visit the library depart after ex-
aiming this copy, believing that they
have seen the original. They have seen
something, however, for below the
large case is a smaller one containing
a rough draft of the Declaration in ex-
actly the form in which Jefferson wrote
it. This is an original, but as acids
have never touched it it las faded only
a little. New York Tribune.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-02-21
GIANT SNOW MUSHROOMS.

Vaughan Cornish, f. r. G.. s., who
has recently made journey across
Canada and British Columbia to study
there the surface forms of snow. de-
scribes in Pearson's Magazine the
great snow mushrooms that he dis
covered in the upper valleys of the
Selkirk mountains. Mushrooms of
great variety in shape and size, he
says, are produced by the large fakes
of sticky snow falling on the flat tops
of tree stumps. Some of the mush-
rooms have long stems-I noticed one
on a tree trunk % feet in height-oth-
ers are little more than bosses show
ing above the snow on the ground
Mushrooms on short stalks always
have hollows beneath them-into
which one may easily fall-for their
caps shelter the ground beneath from
its proper share of snow The mush-
room that formed on the 25-foot trunk
measured u feet inches in diameter
The diameter of the tree itself at the
top was but four feet, so that the snow
projected beyond the trunk for four
itSt three liiSHeS. lts ueplH was ABOUT
the same as the depth of snow on the
ground-some five feet. On a short
tree trunk. having diameter of tive
feet, the snow cap measured nine feet
across and four feet in thickness. In
years of exceptionally heavy snowfall
such as that of 1889, mushroom caps
Weighing as much as two tons would
be found upon the largest stumps.-
Detroit Free Press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-02-21
ANTS FELL IN A SHOWER.

From time to time we hear of show
ers of blood, of pollen, of caterpillars
and Of debris and vegetables, and now
NJ. A. de Longree, member of the
Astronomical Society Of France, tells
of a shower of ants, which fell recent
ly at Brussels. M. de Longree resides
in that city, and therefore he had am
pie opportunity for observing this
curious phenomenon. 1t was 4 o'clock
in the afternoon. he says, when the
ants began to fall, and the weather was
very warm, the sun being brilliant and
the sky clear. A great cloud Of small
black winged ants, interspersed among
which were some gigantic black ants.
spread quickly over the city and its
gigantic ants were swarming over the
pavement and the small ones were fall
ing on the garments of pedestrians.
and even entering their mouths and
noses. For two hours the insects re-
NAMED in the city. causing every one
to wonder how they came there. 1t is
supposed that they were brought
thither in a storm, which started in a
neighboring district, the assumption
being that the tempestuous wind tore
up entire nests of ants from the
ground and carried them along in its
course. The only objection to this
theory is that there was no sign OF
a storm in Brussels when the insects
appeared. Naturalists, however, in
sist that in no other way can this sin
gular phenomenon be explained.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-02-21
LITERARY ESSENTIALS.

An author used to think q thought
Before he went a-printing.
His task with arduous care was
wrought,
The night oil kept him squirting.
To-day, alas, it matters not
What you may have to tell 'em.
For books the public pays lot
If they are done in yellum.
So do not strive, with furrowed brow,
Some great thought to be finding;
The things to be considered now
Are paper, ink, and binding.
Washington Star.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-02-21

simple grammatical point OF view
Tit-Bits,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-02-21
CONTEST NOTICE.


DEPARTMENT or ms IHTERIoB,
LAND OFFICE It JACKSON. Miss
January 20, 1902. y
A sufficient cont st affidavit havi s
been filed in this office by Eu,e e.
Kittrell, OF Leake Vile, Miss. con.
testant Jackson series homestead eo-
try No. 31315, made Fobru,ry 6, 1897.
for half quarter, qqar er W
quarter AMI W quarter Quarto'
section %. township 3 u. range 7 W,
by Julius A. Porter. coptes'ae ia
which il is alleged tia he is we'll pc-
quainted with the laa embraced ie
the sail entry and kaogs The present
con lition Of the ame; also that the
entrymAn has never lived upon the
land at any tine and the only i'm
provements made there IN at any tim
was a pole cabin 1Ox1l fees, which
wa used for a log camp, aud that saii
alleged absence from the said land
was not caused by his employment in
the Army, Navy, or MIrine corps Of
the United States, as a private soldier,
officer, seaman, or marine during the
war with Spain, or during any other
war in which the United States ma,
be engaged, and said parties are here
by notified to appear, respond and
offer evidence touching sal allegat on
at 10 o'clock q IN. on March II, 1902,
before $. r. Mckay, Clerk Chaucery
Court in and for the County of Greene,
at his office in Leakesville, Miss,
(and that tiaal heMing will be held at
10 o'clock am. oc March 27 1902,
before)+ the Register and Receiver at
the United States Land Office in Jack
son, Mississippi.
The said contestant having, in a
proper affidavit filed December 81,
1902, set forth facts which show that
after due diligence personal service of
this notice can not be made, it is
hereby ordered aud directed that such
notice be given by due aud proper
publication.
JAMES HILL, Register,
G. L. MATTHEW'S, Receiver.
BY TEST HAS PROVEN BEST.
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonia If
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-02-21

The Phoelicians were great road
builders. Traces of their roads in Sy-
ria and Asia Minor, from the seacoast
to the plateau of Armenia, are to be
found even at the present day.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-02-21

AIDEEa1AN, J. L.
i.rTosNY-Ar-LAN,
Geakesville, Miss.
Will practice in all the Courts OF
Greene and adjoining Counties.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-02-21

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MEN
aud women to travel and advertise
for old established house of solid
financial standing. Salary $3.50 year
aud expenses, all payable in cash
Nc canvassing required. Give refer.
snce and enclose self-addrossed
stamped envelope. Address Manager,
855 Caxton BLDG. CHICAGO.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-02-21

v. NJ. Denny. W. r. woods.
1IENNy & WOODS,
ATroaNKYs-Ar-LAw,
Scranton, Miss,
Will practice In Jackson, Harrison and
Greene Counties, and Federal and
Supreme Courts.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-01

mel of the staff CT officials and clerks
who had charge of the system during
the existence of the Hawaiian Mon
archy and subsequent Republic. Their
intimate knowledge of localities, routes,
names and difficulties of landing the
mails at cert ain Island ports, gave the
federal officials a solid foundation for
their own work.
On this New Years day. just a little
over eighteen months since the transfer
of sovereignty took place, the various
Islands of ''.e group are traversed by
scores of mat clerks mail messengers
and mail ,!agons, making regular
trips; a fleet of Island steamers calls
at dozens of ports where the landing
of Uncle Sans mail is attended with
difficulties owing to the dangerous
coasts; the city of Honolulu has a well
developed system of delivery of letters
by uniformed carriers; mail drop boxes
are to be found in every district; the
interior Of the main postoffice building,
albeit too small for the mass of mail
handled thee daily, is a hive of in
dustry. A dead letter bureau, the only
one in actual operation outside the
general office a. Washington, and one
for Porto Rico now authorized, looks
after all misdirected mail originating
in the Islands; the workman who has
no opportunity during the day to regis
ter mail, can buy stamps, call for let
tiers, purchase a money order and o.
tain postal information at the Honolulu
office up to mic light every day IN the
week except Sundays.
The officials at Washington concede
that the most peculiar conditions exist
in the HaV allan Islands; every postal
official who has been assigned to the
eroup has been made fully aware OF
this, and in every case has recommend
ed that special privileges be accorded
Hawaii, which, in the main have been
granted. In the near future the eStab-
lishment of a corps of clerks on the
subsidized steamships of the Oceanic
Steamship Company, the Sierra, Ven
tura and Sonoma, to assert mail be-
tw cen San Francisco and Honolulu and
vice versa, will greatly facilitate the
delivery of mails not only for Honolulu,
but for all the trains and Island
steamers. The Second Assistant
Postmaster General, in his annual re-
port strongly recommends this feature
OF the mail service. By July of the
present year this recommendation VIII
doubtless have been made effective.
When the transfer of authority was
made, Jos. Mort Dat was Postmaster
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-01

placed in the dead letter office for cor
rection. The esta Adjustment of this bu-
reau is ihe outcome of the difficulties
of the native language. The dead let
ter office at Washington can handle
almost any language under the sun
except Hawaiian. Letters are either
delivered TO the addressee, returned to
the writer or destroyed. The postal au-
thorities point to the value of giving
return address on all envelopes. To
encourage letter writer's to do this the
Postoffice Department at Washington
will print any ones name upon an or
der of envelopes free Of charge, the
only cost being that attached to the
envelopes themselves.
The First Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral in his annual report says:
For reasons similar to those set forth
il the last annual report with respect
to Porto Rico and the Philippines, au-
thority was given in March last for
the establishment of an independent
dead letter service for the Territory OF
Hawaii to be conducted as an attach
ment of the Honolulu office, and under
the control of the postmaster at that
place. From this action of the depart
ment the most gratifying results have
followed.
Prior thereto there was great delay
and no little embarrassment in the
disposition of mail matter of Hawaiian
origin or addressed for delivery in the
Territory. The new method has inSur-
ed greater promptness and an improV-
ed service in all respects.
The night window service was inau-
gurated August l, 1901, for the con-
yenience of those who cannot attend TO
their mail during the daytime. WORK
inc men who have only the hour from
II to 1 o'clock during the day are often
denied the privilege of making use OF
the registry, money order or delivery
windows during the regular hours, ana
are now accommodated from to -
o. m This is the only office in the
United States which registers mail, is
sues money orders and sells stamps
up to the midnight hour. In fact, the
general delivery window at night is
complete postoffice in itself, as nearly
all business transacted in all depart
n.entS of the poStoffice by day, Is car
ried on at this one window at night.
For few weeks the window was kept
oren all night, but this was found
unnecessary, and the closing hour was
set a midnight. In November 3, 4O1
persons We're accommodated.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-01

General of the Hawaiian Islands. The
overnight change from the status of
a Republic to Il Territory made him
postmaster in the service of the Unit
ed States, ana his nomina don by PreSi-
dent Mckinley was promptly confirmed
By the Senate. Postmaster Dat has
had long experience in local postal af
fairs, which has eminently fitted him
for the position he now holds. He
gives his personal attention to the
handling of mails, and it is not an in
frequent sight to see him in the mail
ing room on the receipt of a heavy mail
from the Coast, assisting the clerks II
asserting the letters and packages. His
right hand man, and the one who has
been one of the most valuable officials
in condu citing the affairs Of the entire
Island system, is the present cashier,
Louis T. Kenake, general superintend :
ent in the handling of the mails. The
present personnel of the postoffice is as
follows:
Postmaster, Jos. Mort Oat.
Assistant Postmaster, w. I. Medeira.
Cashier Louis T. Kenake.
Divisions:
Money Order, Z 7. Banks, chief clerk.
Registry, w. n. Hanna, chief clerk.
Mailing, w. G. Kenake, chief clerk.
City Distributing, w. S. Marchant,
chief clerk.
Stamp Window, F. E. Colty, clerk.
Dead Letter Bureau, Mrs. Alice A.
Hutchinson.
General Delivery, F. 7. Sullivan,
clerk.
The entire force in the Honolulu Of
flee, including heads of departments,
comprises 80 clerks and 10 carriers, a
total of 40, all told.
The federal postoffice officials sent
here from Washington, and now sta
toned in Honolulu, are:
George D. Linn, Postof1ice Inspector
il charge, and
George w. Carr. Assistant Superin-
tendent Railway Mail Service.
The dead letter bureau of the local
office is a novelty in postoftice service
outside of Washington. 1t was for
mally established on May 1, 1901, upon
authority from the department. Porto
Rico is also to have a similar bureau.
In the Honolulu dead letter bureau ev-
ell ything is handled originating in the
Territory. Any letters mailed here for
the other Islands, and also mail orlgl-
nally sent from the Territory to for
e1gn countries, which cannot be deliV-
cred. is sent back to Honolulu and is
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-05-08

Hsesaan had great contempt for mer,
words, however eloquent One eyenin.
he met at sort Of literary dinner 81
Caro-, the philosopher beloved of fint
ladies', who set himself to prove a Ger
tain theory. His eloquent assertion.
did not seem to interest the sage. Ii
the middle of one of his most sonorous
periods NJ. Renan attempted to max,
himself heard.
But all the ladies were intensely in
terested. They would not have theil
pleasure spoiled.
"In a moment, NJ. Renan. we will lis
ten to you in your turn"
He bowed submissively.
Toward the end of dinner NJ. Caro-
out of breath, stopped with rhetorical
emphasis. AT once every one turned to
ward the illustrious scholar, hoping
that he would enter the lists. and The
hostess. with an encouraging smile
said:
"Now, NJ. Remain
81 am afraid, dear lady. that l an
now little behindhand."
mo, nor'
81 wanted to ask for little more pc
tato."-Fortnightly Review.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-05-08
A Kind Hearted Waiter.

A surprising experience was that of a
lady who received a bit of advice on
table etiquette. She is sufficiently free
from vanity to tell the story herself.
She says:
l know that am not person of i'm
pressye appearance. | am inclined to
be short and stout and to dress plainly;
still had hoped that had an air of
acquaintance with polite society. But
now | shall be more modest than ever
in my idea of the impression | make
upon strangers.
At my first meal at the hotel where
| passed last summer | was pleased
with the face of my waiter. 1t was
radiant with kindness and good ma
ture. began my dinner with soup and
fish. AS the waiter set them in front
of me he glanced at the persons of
fashionable appearance who were my
neighbors Mt table. His kind heart
was suddenly struck with the fear that
| might make an unfortunate impress
sion on them.
He bent down and whispered in my
ear:
Eat your soup first"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-05-08
One Thing at a Time.

There are women who hear lessons
and braid hair at the same time, or do
half dozen other things demanding n
focus of attention. This is process of
breaking down and certain disintegra-
ton. A certain great man has said: III
you start to tie your shoe, tie your shoe.
Think of nothing else but that little
task"
1t is utterly impossible to concentrate
thought upon two or more things. This
statement will be denied by housekeep-
ers, but please look at the average
housekeeper. What is she but a bundle
of bones or a bunch Of nerves, tired
to death" and too busy to take any
comfort" from weeks end to week 5
end?
Let your moderation be known to all
men"
Moderation pays. and when it is die
tated by intelligence it rises into the
realms of the highest wisdom and the
purest unselfishness.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-05-08

In a sense julius Caesar was a war
correspondent. only he did not send his
commentaries" piecemea from the
"theater of war;" but indted them at
his leisure in the subsequent peace
time. The old Swedish Intelligencer of
the Gustavus Adolphus period was gen
uine war correspondence, published in
deed tardily compared with our news
of today, but nevertheless fresh from
the scene of action, full of distinctive
ness, quaint and racy beyond compare.
The first modern war correspondent
professionally commissioned and paid
by newspaper was the late Mr.. q. L..
Gruneisen, a well known literary man,
who was sent to Spain by the London
Post with the Spanish legion which
Sir de Lacy Evans commanded in 1887
in the service of the queen of Spain.
But this new departure was not fol-
lowed up. and no English paper was
represented in the great battles of the
first and second Punjab wars.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-05-08
Introdu ctions.

A host and hostess. if they but take
the trouble, could do much toward
promoting easy conversation between
those they send in to dinner together
by saying a word TO each respecting
the other. Instead of merely saying to
the one, You will take In Miss B."
and 10 the other. Mr.. A. will take you
In TO dinner" they might say, Mr. A,
who Is to take you in to dinner has
just returned from South Africa" etc,
and Miss B., whom you are to take in
to dinner, is a niece of General G..
give the keynote of the dialogue to fol
low, host and hostess would earn the
gratitude of their dinner guests there
by and add considerably to the socia-
bility of their dinner parties.
Conversation between those introduc-
ed at afternoon at homes, garden par.
ties, etc, is not SO compulsory as at
dinner parties, for should they find
nothing to say to each other they can
take themselves off elsewhere to an
other part of the room or anoth-
er part of the grounds and talk to
those to whom they have something to
say. At a dinner party there is no such
escape; they must sit out the dinner, be
1t long or short, and endeavor to find
topics that will interest and amuse
their dinner companions or perforce
maintain an uneasy silence.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-05-08
Do You Want To Be Strong?
We Have POOf at Hand that vInoI Is
all that is Claimed For II.

A good many of us have to go ITO the
city" to get certain things.
We win save our friends and custom
ers the trouble Of trip at least SO far
as buying Vinol is concerned.
1t Is one of the greatest tonic rebuilders
that has ever been brought to our atten-
ton. Large quantities Of II are sold In
all of the large cities of our state and
elsewhere. Now we have been appointed
sole agents for this place.
Vinol Is better than cod liver oil for
everything for which this greasy mix
ture was prescribed.
The following from Chillicothe, Ohio,
written by Mr.. George Burgoon, who says
my wife was very much run down in
flesh and strength. Commenced taking
VINOL and she felt the beneficial re-
suits of it before the first bottle was
gone. She took four bottles In all and
received wonderful benefit Her strength
returned and she gained materially In
weight | am happy TO state that she
Ia now In perfect health and we give VI
MOL the entire credit for this happy re-
suit"
Won't you please call on as and let us
tell you how VIEOL does good or let Us
send you book that tells all about 1t.
We sell Ninol under guarantee that
II it don't help you We viii return your
money
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-05-08
Common Sense Advice.

A family physician has made him
self unpopular by the advice which he
has given his woman patients. instead
of sending them to some sanitariun
where all sorts of exercise appliances
are in vogue he advises sweeping al
home as a means of strengthening the
muscles and broadening the chest. Al
hours work in bedmakiug after de
tailed directions how to do il should
be followed by bath and rest upon
the bed for half an hour. Meat mar
kets and groceries should be at least q
mile from the house and the patient
90 to market daily. She should avoit
worry, anger or complaining and every
evening write strict account of hel
industry during the day This the doc
tor signs.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-05-08
The Moth Pest.

In methods for the radiance of moths
doctors disagree" but all are agreed
that for their prevention thorough air
ings and beatings of their fayorite fab
RIGS are first essential A moth will
thrive in almost any preventive if its
eggs are allowed TO hatch. After every
possible vestige of insect life is re
moved the articles should be put in
alright wrappings or receptacles with
camphor or other insecticides. Many
housekeepers claim that paper is the
best of wrappers for the purpose, but il
must be free from the smallest pin
hole and be closed absolutely tight.
Benzine, according to all authorities, is
the dcadliest enemy of the buffalo
moth and should be used freely at its
first approach.