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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15

The Office boy to a large firm of pub
fishers was a smart lad, and when re-
Gently he was sent to one of the op-
eratiye departments with message
he noticed at once that something
was wrong with. the machinery. He
returned, gave the alarm. and thus
prevented much damage. The cir
cumstance was reported to the head
of the firm. before whom John was
summoned.
"You have done me a great service,
my lad" he said. I'm future your
wages will be increased 81 weekly"
Thank you, sir" said the bright lit
tie fellow. Il will do my best to be
worth it. and to be a good servant to
you"
The reply struck the chief almost as
much as the lads previous service had
DONE
That's the right spirit, my lad" he
said. I'm all the years l have been
in business no one has ever thanked
me insthat way. | will make the in
crease 81. Now, what do you say to
thatg"
well, sir" said the boy, after mo-
ments hesitation. would you mind if
| said it again Pr Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
Return of the Tan Shoe.

An odd feature of the return of the
tan shoe to popular favor is that the
demand finds the manufacturers un.
prepared to meet it. With the coming
of the crocus the brown shoe reap.
peared on feminine feet on Fifth ave.
nue. sporadically, as the botanist would
say, after long disuse. Almost imme.
diately orders poured in on the dealers
in such volume that in the words of
one .'the manufacturers were fairly
swamped." The prospect seems good
for tie full restoration OF the tan shoe
to that place in sutorial esteem and
usefulness which it should nevA. have
lost.
Whoever the social arbiter is who
has rehabilitated it, or whether it
blooms anew in response to stimuli.
taneous general re-recognition of its
merits, its return to fashionable vogue
will be welcomed. The elements of
the comfortable and the ornamental
are in no other form of summer foot.
gear so happily combined as in the tan
shoe. Witness the testimony of any
neatly shod foot on any suburban
lawn.-New York World.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15

that rightfully belong to their sphere
of knowledge, and who haven't the
grace to be ashamed to say, II don't
know how" Yes, will help you in
any way | can, but always and ever
will say to you, that hte world has
nothing to give you that is half so fair,
or high, or holy, as honored wifehood
the first place in some honest heart,
and, perhaps, the crown Of mother
hood. These things are hottest and
best for women, and for hte welfare of
the human race and the world at
large. Slowly, but surely, in many
cases reluctantly. admit, is there an
acknowledgement of this fact by the
deepest thinkers among the men and
women of our times. Glory and fame
are high sounding words, and the price
woman pays. more often than not.
for either or both, is her happiness.
The beat of drum may be loud, but
oh, how hollow, after all's said and
done, is the drum. Where the sun
light is the rosiest on snow clad noun
tain heights-it's ever cold, always
lonely.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
Our Mems Fashions Not Borrowed
From Enuland.

The West End Gazette of London,
England, some weeks ago said that
the desire of all we'll dressed Ameri-
cans, both ladies and gentlemen, is to
be clothed in English-made garments. I"
1t is not true Some well-dressed
Americans may affect British made
habiliments, but their number is ex-
tremely small and is growing smaller,
and the amount of clothes they buy is
inconsequential.
Another writer on fashions" reveals
his ignorance of a well defined fact
when he says in recent number of
the st. Louis Globe Democrat that "all
mems fashions originate in England,
and whatever sartorial innovations
bear the hall mark of the British aris-
tocracy are sure to be adopted by the
democratic American"
All mems fashions do not originate
in England There is a distinctly
American fashion in mems apparel
which is as original as the sartorial
taste of the age and the country will
permit. The triumph of American
tailoring at the Paris exposition is
fact which all pseudo-authorities on
mems fashions should learn and keep
in mind.-The Tailor and Cutter.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
Helen Gould In Fear of Her Life.

'If went about conspicuously l am
sure my life would be attempted" de-
clared Miss Helen Gould to some of
her friends on the board of lady man.
ayers at the st. Louis exposition.
"As it is few persons are certain
of my identity except when l am in
the company of those l can thoroughly
trust. There are times, however,
when get SO nervous that | do not
stir out of the house for a week at
time.
"You cannot imagine how dreadful
1t is to receive in almost every mail
letters from persons who declare that
unless some impossible demand is
complied with they will do you ply
steal injury.
IF the writers were merely Grim
inal, | would have no fear, but Grim
inals seldom or never commit crimes
such as are threatened. Worse than
being criminal, the writer's are as
rule mentally unbalanced, and as a
result of their diseased imaginings.
Il would do almost anything to be
freed from this necessity for constant
espionage by paid protectors. AS you
can imagine, 1t grows very wearisome.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
HOT WATER.
One of sne Most Potent Remedial Agents
That Can Be Employed.


That Can Be Employed.
Under many conditions hot water is
one of the most potent remedial agents
that can be employed, and often, when
intelligentIy used, it accomplishes more
than drugs.
But like many other things powerful
for good, its abuse may prove injurious.
and produce results quite opposite to
what was intended.
The effect of warm or moderately
hot water applied to the surface of the
body is to cause the blood vessels and
tissues of the skin to become relaxed,
and to lose for the time being their
natural tone. The blood supply of the
region is much increased, and the pores
are opened. Ii the entire body has
been immersed this action produces
marked changes in the distribution of
the blood, and considerable portion
of this fluid is taken from the interior
of the body and brought close to the
surface. If cold air now strikes the
body sudden chill is . cry likely to
be the result.
This explains the great ease with
which one is liable to take cold after
a warm bath, particularly if this has
been prolonged, and it also suggests the
natural remedy. This is quickly to
sponge the entire surface with cold
water before using the towel, which
should be applied briskly. In this
way the relaxation is followed by
prompt contraction, the circulation is
made active instead of sluggish, and a
delicious sense of vigor and stimulation
is produced.
Hot water is necessary properly to
cleanse the face and neck, and to stim-
ulate the pores to cast off the fatty
material which might otherwise stag
nate and cause pimples or blackheads.
Unless followed by dash of cold
water, however, the relaxed tissue are
not stimulated to recontract, and pre-
mature wrinkles and flabbiness of the
skin inevitably follow. Steaming the
face and throat, although apparently
beneficial at the time, is sure to be fol-
lowed by results disastrous to the CON-
plexion unless counteracted in this
way.
TO sponge the face and throat with
hot water Immediately before going out
into the cold air is almost to invite
taking a cold, but by Systematically
following the hot water with cold
water and brisk friction mot too vigor-
GUS on the face, the tissues become
firm and the skin grows healthy, and
able to throw off all impurities. The
tiny muscles of the blood vessels be-
are trained to act promptly, so that the
tendency to colds and sore throat is
greatly decreased.-Youth's Companion.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD.

There is growing disposition
among the people to prey upon rail
roads that should be discouraged and
as far as practicable stopped. All
seem inclined to look upon them as
lawful prize in their zeal and haste
to fly into courts to recover damages
against them for real or imaginary
injuries. They lose sight of the i'm
mense benefits railroads have been and
are now to the country. The Illinois
Central Railroad has especially been
of the greatest benefit to Mississippi.
Through it's agency, gratuitously be-
slowed, thousands upon thousands Of
citizens have been induced to come
from other States aud cast their for
tunes with us. The standard of this
citizenship has been of high order /.
They have brought thousands and
thousands of dollars, which have been
invested in lands and permanent
homes, have helped to open up and
bring into cultivation the waste places,
invested large sums in cotton fac
tories, oil mills, congresses, large
lumber establishments, railroad, stave,
wagon, furniture and handle factories
and various other industries too
by means of which the resources of
the State have been developed and
millions of money added TO the wealth
of the country. Aside from this view,
cast your eyes to our wonderful delta.
By what agency has this country been
opened up and its amazing fertility
and exhaustless resources brought to
public view and opened to settlement.
All know that it is the l. @. Railroad
that has done the work. But for the
enterprise in building its network of
lines through it, nine-tenths of that
territory would now be in cane and
forest, where now you see splendid
plantations, f1ourishing towns, vii
lagos and cities, and factories and in.
dustries Astounding over its entire
surface. But, it is said: "This was
all done for its own private profit and
benefit Grant it. Yet, still, all
qee benefits enumerated are the fruits
their enterprise, which makes them,
Nevertheless, a public benefaotor.
This institution has also contri but
ed thousands OF dollars in charities to
our people, which we have not space
to enumerate We will call one very
recent instance to your mind. But a
Few days ago the beautiful town OF
Yazoo City was swept away by fire.
1t was necessary to rebuild. This
road has most generously offered to
transport over it's lines all necessary
building material at half rates, thus
saving to that stricken city thousands
of dollars. Let our people remember
these benefits and cease their too
often unjust demands against the
railroad. II you are really injured by
the carelessness of the roads and are
in fact, injured, bring suits for sums
adequate to the damages sustained ;
but don't sue for five, ten, twenty
and twenty five thousand dollars when
you are injured to the extent only of
"a few dollars. Don't play a grab
game only because you hope to gain
it. 1t is as morally wrong to take
what you are not entitled to from a
railroad as from All individual
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15

Afqhan Justice.

In a native irregular force raised
by an Afghan chieftan, the following
amusing incident took place, says the
Regiment. A man was brought before
the chief for stealing a shirt, ant
this is how the case proceeded:
Chief Ito prisoner)-You are charg
ed with stealing shirt.
First Witness-Your honor, 1t was
my shirt.
Second Witness-Your honor, / saw
him steal the shirt.
Result-Prisoner ten days for steal
ing the shirt; first witness ten days
for not looking after the shirt bet
ter, and second witness ten days fol
not minding his own business.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
Hints on Shades.

White makes a woman look inno-
cent, winsome and classic. Clear
white is for the blonde, cream white
for the brunette. 1t is not the woman
in white who has all the attention,
and the wide-eyed young thing in
white with a blue ribbon who cap
lures all the beaux?
BLACK suits the fair" a poet tells
us. 1t Is the thinnest color a stout
woman can wear; indeed, the woman
who wears black to best advantage is
she who is stout and has black eyes
and black hair. 1t is well known that
In gowns of certain colors flesh seems
to shrink; in others to expand.
A subdued shade of blue, heliotrope
and olive green, with black, of course,
are the colors under which flesh seems
less ostentatious, while wedgwood
blue, pale gray and almost any shade
of red are to be avoided. Mauve and
the higher shade of green are two of
the colors that in decoration about the
throat and shoulders are especially
helpful in diminishing the effect of
flesh.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Have no thoughts you dare not put
in deeds.
An inspiration is mightier than an
argument.
There is no science without the SUI
pernatural.
1t is love for men that lifts man
above men.
We do not judge our friends by
their failures.
Delays are never dangerous when
we are angry.
Outward plenty is a mockery with
out inward piety.
A purse is the most common poultice
for the conscience.
The more man knows himself the
less he says about it.
The power that comes down is the
one that will lift up.
Children bring the cheer as we'll as
the tears of home.
He who would be friendly to all
must be foe to himself
The rich are not always godly; but
the godly are always rich.
Every man has his price; but God
only knows what it,is.-Ram's Horn.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
fhe Face Beautiful.

How unreasonable some women are.
They have a bad complexion. They go
to a specialist and expect wonders to
be worked on their faces in single
treatment Of an hours length. They
are advised to come often and regular
ly of they want to see improvement,
but they think 1t is because the mass
euse wants to make" more out of
them. They mean to come again
next week." but when the time
comes they want the dollar for some
thing else and they don't go. Then
they decry the masseuse and her ca
liabilities. If one has face that
needs treatment-and whose could not
be benefited-she should begin with
treatments every day until she sees
improvement. Then 1t is well enough
to make weekly visits. Persistency
and faithfulness on the part of the pa
tent are as necessary as skill on the
part Of the masseuse.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
The Too Cornwall Oyster.

'Kave you ever heard of the eccen-
tric and waggish peouliarities of the
oyster?" said A. 8. Dreifus of Pensa-
cola, Fla. Il guess not; you're too far
north. l have known oysters when
they got into the mood to clasp about
rats tail at night, and they hold as
tight as any rat trap ever invented.
Il am told that upon a certain oc-
casion, when flash of whisky was
broken, a large Blue Pointer was
found lying in a little pool of liquor,
just drunk enough to be careless of
consequences, opening and shutting
its shell with a devil-may-care air as
if he didn't value anybody a little bit,
but was going to be as noisy as he
possibly could.
"A drunken man is a sad enough
object to behold, but an oyster drunk
constitutes the sublime of inebria-
ton. louisville Herald.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
Know One Thinu Well.


Judging from the letters that many
of my girls are sending me there. are
large number of; them career-ward
bent and bound, says The Housekeep-
er. | mean to help them, of course,
to the best of my ability, and accord
ing to the promise made them when
we met, in the Cozy Corner, for the
first time. Nevertheless. want to do
a little bargaining with them. | want
each careerward bound girl who
comes to me to be honestly able to
say that she is reasonably we'll
grounded in the science of home-mak-
ing and housekeeping. The knowledge
will be of value to her no matter
what her station in life is or may
be. There are few sadder creatures
to contemplate than the women who
so through life ignorant of the things
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
TULANE UNIVERSITY of LA.
NEW ORLEANS.

Full courses in Languages, Sciences, En-
cheering, Law, Medicine. Splendid de-
partment for women in Newcomb College.
Tulane makes leaders in all vacations. Its
facilities for instructor in Engineering are
unsurpassed. Unexcelled opportunities for
the study of Sugar Chemistry. Many schol-
arships in the academic department. Elk
penses low. Board and accommodations in
dormitories at low rates. Opportunities
afforded academic students for self-help.
Next session begins October 1st Send for
catalogue and illustrated circular. Address
THE REGISTRAR, Gibson Hall.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15

In 1858 Queen Victoria presented a
small steam yacht to the Emperor of
Japan, detailing some British blue
jackets to the duty of instructing the
Japanese in the management of that
class of vessel The Japanese under
took to handle the craft before they
had thoroughly learned their lesson,
and on the first voyage, when they
wanted to stop they discovered that
they had forgotten how this operation
was performed. They, therefore,
steamed round and round until the
fires died down, and then the yacht
was towed home.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fer
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known FED.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe bin
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
lions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o,
WALpING, KINNAN Il MARVIN, Wholesale
. Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarra Cure is taken internally act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, Toe. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
iron in Sand.

A curious sight on the coast of Java
is a long stretch of shore, about 20
miles in length, where the sand is
filled with particles of magnetic iron.
In some places it is said that the sur
face sand contains so percent of iron.
It can be smelted, and a company has
been formed to exploit the deposits.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15

Mrs. Hayes First Letter Appeal
ing to Mrs. Pinkham for Help:
DEAR Mrs. PIEKHAM 81 have been
under. Boston doctors treatment for
long time without any relief. They
tell me / have fibreid tumor. / can
DOT sit down without great pain, and
the soreness extends up my spine.
have bearing-dowp pains both back
and front. MyHbdomen is swollen.
and have had H6wing spells for three
years. My appetite is not good. l cam
not walk or be .on my feet for any
length of time
"The symptoms of Fibroid Tumor
given in your little book accurately
describe my case, so write to you for
advice - Signed Mrs. e. T. HAYES,
252 Dudley st. lRoxbury), Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Hayes Second Letter:
"DEAR Mrs -PNKHAA - Sometime
ago wrote to you describing my symp-
toms and asked your advice. You re-
piled, and i followed all your direc-
tions carefully, and to-day am well
woman.
1.-The use Of Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound entirely ex-
PEELED the tumcr and strengthened my
whole system. can walk miles now.
Lydia II. Pinkhan'S Vege-
table Compound is worth five dol
lars drop. I advise all women who
are afflicted with tumors or female
trouble of any kind to give II faithful
trial. - (Signed) MRS. X. #. HAYES,
252 Dudley St fRoxbury). Boston, Mass.
$4,000 f0rfsh If criminal Ct above letters pr0ufng
esnaineness cannot be produced
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
EIorentlna.

o surely, surely life is fair,
And surely, surely hearts are true:
BE witness, balm of April air.
And boundless depth of midnight blue
The trouble of an hour ago,
That seemed to gather round our way
Is vanished as the last-year snow
That hid the hills of Fesole.
And softly still the moonlight falls,
O love, and makes for thee and me
An Eden mid the bay-leaf walls,
The fragrant bowers of Boboli.
How gently DER our spirits move
The golden hours we feared would die
The very fame that threatened Love,
Has lent US light to see him by
Ernest Myers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
a SONG FOR THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

We gaze upon the @ons past
blind and tum bling surge,
And slowly, from the weltering vast
Behold a low emerge.
The water seems to heave and sway
In chaos undenied,
Yet not foam fake goes astray,
For He was wind and tide.
oh, Purpose of the stumbling years,
oh, Wistful Need and Hope.
Whereby in all the woven spheres
The atoms yearn and grope;
Flow through the wandering will of mar
A tide of slow decree,
And merge our strivings in the plan
That draws the world to Thee.
Chicago Standard
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
Short Dress Sleeves.

The fashion for short dress sleeves
will be more generally followed this
summer than for good many years.
Even the girl whose wrists and hands
are not remarkable for their beauty
will venture to follow her more fav-
ored sisters. Some will wear them to
the elbow and others will cut them off
half way between the elbow and the
hand. If the arm is very thin, lace
should be used plentifully.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15

Colombia, exclusive of Panama. is as
large rs the two States of California
and Texas combined. Three high
mountain ranges cross the republic
from north to south, making high table,
lands. between where the days the
year round are scarcely hotter than
those Of a temperate zone
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15

We tread better earth to-day
Than that the fathers knew;
A broader sky line rounds away
To realms Of deeper blue.
More ample is the human right,
More true the human ken;
The law of God has been a light
To lead the lives of men.
He led our generation on
In mist of smoldering fire:
To more than all the centuries gone
The marching years aspire.
Across the onward sweep of time
We strain our vision dim,
And all the ages roll and climb
To lose themselves in Him.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
Women in Japanese ARMY.

WUTTcIf III JdPd1TCSC FTHIJs
Richard Chester of Tanegashima
island, Japan, contractor to the Jap
anese government, states that at least
10 percent of the Japanese soldiers
in the field are women disguised as
men. He says that the average Jap
anese woman Of the coolie class is as
strong, If not stronger, than the man.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
A Possible Explanation.

"Ah!" sighed the spring poet, there
is nothing so sweet and tender as the
bleat of young lamb"
Think so,' replied the practical
man. Il suppose, then. when you git
lamb in a restaurant that amt tender
it's because the beats cooked out
of PHILADELPHIA Press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15

Every child born into the
world with an inherited or
early developed tendency to
torturing, disfguring humors
of the Skin and Scalp, becomes
an object of the most tender
solicitude, not only because OF
its suffering, but because of the
dreadful fear that the disfigu-
ration is to be lifelong and mar
its future happiness and pros
perity. Hence it becomes the
duty of mothers of such affiict-
ed children to acquaint them
selves with the best, tn C
purest, and most effective
treatment available, viz: the
CUTICURA Treatment, con-
sisting of warm baths with
CUTICURA Soap, and gentle
anointings with CUTICURA
Ointment, the great Skin Cure.
Cures made in childhood are
speedy, permanent and Coo
nomical.
Sold throughout the world Cuticura Soap CSC. nfs-
Pills, 9Sc per vial d CO., bepots: london z Chartr
house So Paris, Rue de Ia Psis Boston, ISL Column
ss-send for " How to Cure Toruring, DimgurirT
Humors from Infancy to Age
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-15
Go West. YOUNG Woman.


Go west, young woman, and save
from race suicide the country. Near
ly 300 miners of Silver City, Nevada,
ARE advertising in eastern papers for
wives, and scores of other western
camps are offering similar induce
mentS.