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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29
Mystery of Bad Lands.

Zone of the most interesting pheno-
mena," said C. L. Hughes of Tucson,
at the Cochran, "is to be observed
in the bad lands of Arizona. Out In
the midst of an alkali plain there
is a desolate formation of rock COW
ering only about an acre in extent, and
from these rocks, or rather from be-
meath them. there issue sounds of mu-
sic as though an organ were playing,
and the strains are echoed from every
direction. The place has never been
excavated or fully explored and the
theory of scientists is that there is
a peculiar formation of stalactites in a
cave there with an opening somewhere
through which the wind plays upon
these stalactites, producing the mu-
sic. The Indians claim, however, that
a cathedral was at one time built up
on this place and that there was a
bad priest placed in charge Of the ca
thedral who abducted Indian women
and children. One night the ground
opened during a violent storm and
the earth closed in over the top of
this cathedral. The Indians believe
that the music which comes from the
ground proceeds from the ghosts of
those who were inferred at the time
of the earthquake. Washington
Star
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29
ZERO IS AN ANCIENT TERM.
Wa3 In use by the BabyIonIans
Thirty-Slx Hundred Years AGO.


The term zero, which is used to
designate cipher and in meteor
ology the entire absence of heat in
the atmosphere. was. according to a
mathematical historian Moritz Can
tor, used by the Babylonians about
the year 100 3. c. This, however. is
merely a supposition. 1t has not
been definitely established that zero
was in use any earlier than 400 A d.
About this time it was used in India
and several centuries later the Arabs
began to employ It. Through the
Arabs its use became known TO
Europeans during the twelfth cen
tury. 1t was not generally adopted
in Europe until several centuries
later, Notwithstanding its great ad.
vantages. For q considerable time
there were two parties among the
European educators One party,
known as the algorists, favored the
adoption Of the Eindoo system Of
rotation falsely called Arabic, with
its position values, while the other.
known as the abacists, favored the
Roman notation, without zero or posi-.
ton value
The general adoption of the Hindoo
system was greatly facilitated by the
facts that 1t was explained in most
Of the calendars for more than a cen
fury beginning with 1900 and that
the medieval universities frequently
offered courses devoted to the use OF
this notation.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29
LAWYER WON HIS BET.
Bright Thought Gave Him the Best CT
the Situation.

Bright Thought Gave Him the Best CT
the Situation.
Justice F. E. Duncan of Des Moines,
Iowa. gained some experience and in
cidentally lost 81 to prominent Grim
lnal lawyer recently. The lawyer
dropped into the justice court one day.
Are you ready to take up the Ada
Lakewood case?" asked the court
Didn't know it was set for to-day"
replied the attorney. Thought it was
down for tomorrow
mo, it was set for to-day, and the
witnesses are here"
well, let's put it off until to-mor-
row; we are not ready" pleaded the
lawyer.
Cant do that" ruled the court.
Well take the states testimony to
day, and you can put your witnesses
on tomorrow"
But l don't want to do that"
well, you'll have to do it."
bet you dollar you don't take the
states testimony" said the lawyer
Guess we will if say So"
rs the bet still good?"
yes, I'll take it"
And the money was put up.
THE witnesses for the state in the
case against Ada Lakewood will rise
and be sworn" ordered the court.
mo, you don't" retorted the lawyer.
I'VE waive examination and will go to
the grand jury. Give me the two dol
lars"
And the court turned over the
noney.-The Green Bag.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29
A Close Corporation.

In a certain Highland parish, the
church collection, after being counted,
was placed in a box which was con-
signed to the care of the minister, says
the author Of "Bygone Church Life in
Scotland" The minister hid 1t, with
the key, in place known only to him.
self and the beadle.
In spite of this, email sums OF money
were regularly extracted from the
hoard, and one Sunday, when the min
lister discovered that some more had
disappeared. he summoned the beadle.
David" said he. some one has
been taking the church money from
the box, and you know there is no one
has access to it but you and myself"
Thinking he had the beadle thor
oughly cornered, the minister fixed
him with his eye ard paused for an
answer. But David dumbfounded him
by his cool proposal:
"Weel, minister. then if there's a
defeeshency, it's for you an me to
make it up atween US an say naething
about it."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

Miss Gregory counted on her fingers.
"a princess, Constantia Gregorius.
an astral body--let me see! dream,
and now liar!" she said. "Oh, fie,
Mr.. Ashe."
Il have $50 that belong to YOU" said
Ashe, irrelevantly.
81 beg your pordon?" said the girl
blankly.
by rights" asseverated Ashe, with
a nod. Half of what | got for that
poem. you know. | calculated that my
thought and labor are good for half,
but you furnished the idea, you see."
Miss Gregory sat down on the near
est chair and laughed aloud. Ashe
slipped his chocolate meditatively and
watched her.
For a poet" she said at last, you
are most Unexpectedly PRACTICAL"
when I've offered to share my in
come with a comparative stranger-a
chimerical, elusive dream-lady at
that?" he asked, raising his eyebrows
I'm not sure about chimeras, but
think they were monsters of some
kind" said the girl. And your in
come is too small to be alluring, Mr.
Ashe. If you don't wish any more of
that chocolate, won't you have some
thing cold? No. Well, then, come
back to Mrs. Foster I'm afraid you'll
be borrowing money of me next, to
say nothing of the way in which you
are straining your poetic fancy to find
f1attering names for me-" She took his
cup and turned away. Before he could
follow, he was seized upon and carried
off in triumph by some fair admirers,
and quick glance back showed him
that fortunate elderly gentleman had
taken possession OK her, SO he resigned
himself to the inevitable, and did not
see her again until just as he was
leaving. He had looked for her to
say good-by, but in vain, and Mrs.
Foster did not know where she had
hidden herself, so he was starting off,
disappointed, when her voice stopped
him with his hand on the door.
eau revoir, Mr.. Ashe," she said,
leaning toward him from the lowest
step of the stairway. Au revoir."
Thank you," he responded heartily.
"And very soon. most fair lady of the
realm of my dreams"
THAT is really a lovely thing. Mr..
Ashe," she said, land | am very proud
to think that you think that had any
part in it"
But didn't your" he demanded.
do l believe in telepathy?" she
asked mockingly. Am | an astral
body, or bad dream"
He shook his high hat threateningly
at her.
The truth is not in you, Mademoi-
selle Sapphire" he announced.
Hear the lion growl!" she retorted.
-Waverly Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29
THE REAL COWBOY LIFE.
II Still Exists on the Great Free Rang
es of the Southwest

u Otiit ENIStS OF tnS 0Tcdt FTce hdHS-
es of the Southwest.
Supt Mangum of the Xxx ranch,
in New Mexico, passed through the
city yesterday en- route to San Angelo
for few days vacation. In CONVEX
sation regarding the cattle business in
New Mexico, he said:
when one gets out there he sees the
old-fashioned cowboy with his blankets
and tarpaulin for his bed and his
cover with long ride around the lines
for his duty, and with an open, out-of-
door life the year round. 1t is not like
the ranches of Texas, with their ranch
houses and their strong wire fences
and little or nothing to do the year
round and have a good time and ride
good horse. 1t is the real thing when
you cross the line and get on the free
range. We are grazing about 5000
head on a range of territory of 400
miles square.
THE lines must be ridden at all
times in all kinds of weather-the
rougher the weather the more need
for the riding. When the storms strike
the cattle they begin walking, and all
the cowboys cannot stop them while
the storm lasts. In this season of the
year they drift south. We have two
drift fences, put up by the cattle men
on the south of the range, one sc miles
long and the other 70 miles long; these
help to keep the cattle in range.
The range for the winter will be
very good, but we may suffer from the
want of water If we can get water
for the cattle we will get through the
winter with very little loss-at least,
that is my opinion. We never feed in
! this range, winter or summer. The
horses we ride feed on the grass. When
pick out our mounts we have to set
the hair on most of them. The horse
that doesn't need the hair set is not
worth the riding. l would not live in
a town for anything you could give
me- Out there we never see a house
. from one days end to the other. The
headquarters of the ranch is on the
breaks from the Pecos valley to the
plains, and the cattle feed on the plains
that reach from the breaks to the
mountains. It's hard work. but it's
free range, on government lands,
and the cattle do well. con-
sidering. do not know but that it is
the cheapest in the long run. Fort
Worth Record.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

Mrs. Kate Taylor, graduated /:
,.urse Of prominence, gives her
! experience ,Otth PerMnG tn an
: open letter. Her position In So :
! ciety aud professional standing :
combine to give special prom :
: thence to her lttteranceS. :
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CHICAGO, ILL, 427 Monroe St.
" LAS far as | have observed Peruna
is the finest tonic any man or woman
can use who is weak from the after effects
of any serious illness.
az have seen it used in a number of
convalescent cases, and have seen several
other tonics used, but | found that
those who used Peruna had the quickest
relief.
"Perura seems to restore UttQtity,
Increase bodily vigor and reflel0
health aud strength in q wonderfully
short time. "--MRS. KATE TAYLOR.
In view of the great multitude of women
suffering from some form of female dis
ease and yet unable to find any cure,
DIR. Hartman, the renowned specialist on
female catarrhal diseases, has announced
his willingness to direct the treatment of
as many cases as make application to him
during the summer months, without
charge. Address The Peruna Medicine Co.,
Columbus, Ohio.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29
Utilizing Snsce.

Representative Jacob Rupert o:
New York goes to Congress from one
of the most congested districts in the
metropolis. Like every other member
IF the house, he has a quota OF gar
den seeds, but as there isn't a garden
in his district as big as tableclotl
he usually trades them fer public doc
umenls.
Recently he thought the people who
live in some of the tenements might
want to plant the seems in boxes OF
the window stills and fire escapes, ant
he sent an assortment to the inhabi
tants of a model tenement just built
by friend of his.
A few weeks later he received g
letter reading like this:
MY Dear Rupert: Please send nc
more seeds to the people who live il
my model tenements. | went there to
day and l find they are an raising
cabbages, cucumbers and tomatoes In
the bathtu5s. "-Philadelphia Post.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29
nisrenutahle Rat.

It is related that Sanilac county,
Mich, farmer, who had been missing
apples from his cellar made start
ling discovery of the thief the other
day. While crawling under the. barn
after a hens nest containing fortune
in eggs the farmer came on a small
pool of liquid, beside which lay the
dead body of a large rat. On investi-
cation the farmer discovered that the
pool contained the missing apples. The
rat, it was found, had died of acute
alcoholism. After stealing the apples
the rat had dropped them in the spring
under the barn. AS they decomposed
they formed strong cider. The rat
drank the cider and died, SO it is al
legged, of delirium Detroit
News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29
WILL CLEAN UP PANAMA.
Sanitary Corps to Precede the Dig.
gers Down on the Isthmus.

When the senate of the United States
ratifies the Panama treaty the army of
the United States will take immediate
possession of the canal strip, 10 miles
wide through Panama, and exercise
lts authority over that strip, including
the power of establishing and COM
pelling the use of a complete sanitary
system. Ii emergencies do not COM
pei this country to take possession of
the territory sooner, almost the first
troops to be despatched to the isthmus
Will be one of the largest medical corps
FULLY equipped which ever left any
country in time of peace to administer
to the wants of living men. In other
words, profting by the experience of
France on the Isthmus and by its own
experience in tropical chimes, the
united States proposes to establish
sanitary regulations in Panama, such
as it has already put into operation in
Cuba and the Philippines, for the safe
ty CT its soldiers, of the laborers to be
employed in building the canal, and
of the people of Panama.
The equipment of this expedition will
include all supplies known to be Of
value to the medical profession in
tropical regions The supply ships will
cary hospital tents, immense quanti-
ties of medical stores and last, but not
least, large supplies of mineral waters,
which the soldiery will be compelled
20 tor IN fah lichi I'M
densing and distilling plants on the
Istmus for furnishing a home supply
of pure water.
Not only does the government
medical department feel assured that
1t can counteract much of the prevail
ent disease upon the Isthmus by the
introduction of sanitary methods
among the people, but it is intended
also to make merry war upon the dead
ly mosquito, which scientists have
come to believe transports more
disease, or as much, at least, as any
other source. Nets will be provided
for protection, and in addition kerosene
oil in large quantities will be poured
On the stagnant lakes and ponds, es-
pecially near the inhabited places, to
effectually put an end to their ex-
istence
= In commenting upon the ~improved
methods in the army for practical
medicinal purposes the other day an
army officer said: Ten years ago you
could no more make soldier believe
that boiled or distilled water was
necessary for his good health than
you could make him believe that an
army mule could fly. Nowadays when
an order is given to drink nothing but
pure water a soldier will hustle around
and inconvenience himself a bit to get
it. Only in case of extreme thirst will
he take a drink from a running
stream.
.''It will be easy, comparatively speak
ing, to enforce the proposed discipline
in sanitary regulations on the Isthmus.
The United States does not propose
to build the Isthmian canal upon the
bones of her soldiers, nor upon those
Of the laborers employed in its con-
struction, nor upon those of the peo-
pie of Panama, if it can help it. If
science can do anything to prevent 1t
fewer lives will be sacrificed in this
great work than upon any similar
piece CT work undertaken by any ma
ton in the history of the world. =
Chicago Daily News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

The readers of this paper will be pleaseito
Learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
case that science has been able to cure in all
itsssages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
tho medical fraternity. Catarrh being con-
stiSutional disease requires q constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system, thereby destroy
log the foundation of the disease, and giving
tho patient strength by building up the con-
stit1tion and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith Ia
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials Address
T. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, Use.
Take falls Family Pills for constipation
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

Is the best time to attend a Commercial
School. The large Fall business is coming,
and many stenographers, bookkeeuers, Of
fee clerks, etc.. will be needed.
Enter Tyler College now, for course OF
bookkeeping and shorthand, or both, and
be prepared to accept a fine position at a
good salary. Enter the largest. the bes',
the most poIu'a ar commercial and short
hand school in the entire South or West.
An average of 16 new students are enrolling
each week.
Write today for catalogue, address Tyler
College, Tyler, Texas.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29
Partisan Bread.

Zone of the delights of being in Pa
ris," said a traveller. lis the opportuni-
ty of eating the delicious bread that is
served in the French capital. 1t is GER
tainly true that nowhere in the world
has the art of bread making been car
ried to such a degree of perfection as
IN that country. Perhaps that is the
reason that the French are such large
consumers of the star Of life Would
that our American cooks and house,
keepers could attcin the same measure
of culinary M hingtop Post.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

Mamma, where the stars tonight,
Twinkling. twinkiing all brfghtgv
IT'S cloudy dear" the mother said,
Fondy pressing her darling's head. aa4
The cuestioner sighed. and silent lay
With eyes upturned and thoughts away,
Then asked. in tones heart would win:
"On cloudy nights do they take them in?"
They take them in"-these words re-
vealed
The thoughts the infant breast cen
cealed--
A vision of angels from afar
Borne bright wings from star to star
Making the world grow cold and DIM
AS they cuench their light ana take them
in.
Are we not children questioning. too?
world Of shadows we're passing
through
We miss some star from out our skies;
Scanning the heavens with tear-dnmed
eyes
We ask in sorrow demand IN sin.
Our looked for stars that taken in.
Beyond the CLUBS, with vision clear
Shall not trace pathway here.
And looking back Ger sleeps and vale
Rejoice in what bewa!1?
And find the wrong there would have
been
Had not stars been taken in?
Christian Leader
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

DO you think. then, that men de-
scended from chimpanzees? asked
Willie Washington.
Some did," answered Miss Cay
enne, land some merely remained sta
tienary Washington Star.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29
To Improve italian Railways.

The Italian State railways, accord
ing to a report from Rome. will: soon
place orders for 200 locomotives and
several thousand freight cars.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29
Just Like Him

Wife Cooking at magazina) Here's
picture of an Indian woman with a
ring in her nose.
Husband Huh! That's nothing; you
have one in your voice -C hicago
News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

In the Hungarian town of Ujpest,
three girls, aged from IL to Is, have
been convicted of opening the graves
of children and -seaking the collins
in search of jewels.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

II is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting.
Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet ,Corns and
Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot-Ease, apowder
to DO shaken into the shoes. Cures while you
walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample sent
FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, NY.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

strange animal, half tiger and half
panther, has been brought back from
the Congo by a Belgian and placed in
the geological gardens at Antwerp
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup forchildren
teetbing, soften the gums, reduces infamma-
ton allays pair. cureswind collie. Csc. abottle
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

Tell you what, when mas away
We have jolly times, say,
When we make glorious noise
There's no one to sing out, "Bo,
Do be quietl" And at night,
If we stay up late, all right,
We've a picnic every day,
At our house when mas away.
We don't have to any more
Scrape our boots clean at the door.
No one scolds us when we fight;
Faces washed or not, all right,
No one hollers US TO stop,
AhD pick up things we drop.
In the alley we can play
With the Smiths when mas away.
Il, NJ
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

Some girls had rather flirt than eat and
some do both simultaneously.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

Football is almost as popular in
Burmah as it is in the United States.
The natives play the game unshod and
kick and shoot goals with bare feet.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

A PRESS clipping bureau in Geneva,
Switzerland, forwarded 10 King Peter
of Servia the other day five folio vol
umes containing 10000 newspaper art
icles relating to himself
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

With the exception of the gir..'s father
and the dog, all the world tolerates lover.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

FITS permanently cured. No fits ornervous-
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline 8 Great
Nerve Restorer. 50 trial bottleand treatisefree
Dr.R.H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES color more
goods, Fighter colors, with less work
than others.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

IamsurePiso's Cure forConsumption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. THOMAS ROB-
TINS, Maple ST., Norwich, NY, Feb. II, 1900.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

Florida produces SIS varieties of or
anges and has crop of from 4.e00.-
900 to 100000 boxes year.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

II the good die young what's the matter
with the parson who lives to ripe cd
oro9
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29
WHEN MAS AWAY.

But somehow hardly know
Course it's fun, as such things go,
Still, il kind of seems to me
Rather lonesome like, you see,
No one round 90 smile or sing,
Help fellow do a thing,
'Splain the lessons every day,
Keep us Straightforward mas away.
No one here when things are blue,
Just to tell us what to do,
Cheer us up and make it right,
And talk serious like at night,
Hear our prayers and tip-tOe round
Something's wrong, in work or play,
At our house, when mas away.
ltgomery, in vick's Family Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29
II TITS Love to Wish You Near.

ff tits love to wish you near,
To trembie when the wind / hear.
Because at sea you floating rove;
If of you to dream at night,
To languish when you're out of sight,
If this be loving, then 1 love.
#, when you're gone. to count each hour
To ask of every tender power
That you may kind and faithful prove
If void Of falsehood and deceit,
[ feel a pleasure when we meet
If this be loving then l love.
To wish your fortune to partake,
Determined never to forsake,s
Though low in poverty we strove;
If, so that me your wife you'd call,
offer you my little ALL
If this be loving, then love.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

Oae way for young man to make a hit
with the girls father is to strike him for
i0aa
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29

A slum inspector told the Glasgow
municipal commission on the housing
of the poor that on some occasions
he had found families sleeping in tiers
tine parents on the floor. then a mat
tress and a layer of children on top.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29
NOW

Other peoples troubles bore man more
than his own