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Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03

morning.
1T is perfectly marvellous how
wise these boys, that hang about
race track, get to be, and there is
little in the way of trick or a Job
that they are not on to.
$50, when he was awakened during
the night by some one fumbling at
the paddock Of the stable door, he
knew instantly that something
wrong was going on, and ran softly
to the door and listened. He heard
a low voice curse Mike for an Irish
fool, for bringing the wrong key, then,
while Mike was evidently gone after
the right key, he heard enough con-
versation between the two who re-
NAMED to make him understand that
they were going to give Mediator q
shot.
"You don't know what that means?
Well I'll tell you. A strong solution
OF hydrastated colinthimus (by the
way, don't you ever monkey with it)
10 Injected with a hypodermic syringe
just under the fetlock of the hind leg.
The result Of this is to produce con-
striction Of the muscles of the ankle,
which, while not enough to produce
any visible lameness at once. still, is
enough to ultimately knock any
korse's chance Of being Of further use,
except in an ice wagon.
!. What do you suppose this blessed
boy did? What you nor I, nor $4,000
other men would have done. He
rapidly and as quietly as possible un-
hitched Mediator's halter strap; backed
him out, and then did the same
for the horse in the next stall, which
he led into and tied N Mediator's
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08
just LAUGH.

AS the pen is sometimes mightier
than the sword. SO the laugh is. on
occasion as powerful as in elo-
quence the spoken word.
There are many different kinds of
conversational accomplishments" re-
marked a man well up in the ways of
the world, "and / have paid due at
tention to the cultivation of such as
lie within my range. Great is Ian
guage-great, indeed-and beautiful
withal. Next to my limited ability
with words, however, l rank my facul-
ty of using the smile. or the laugh,
as the Ease may be.
II don't mean pleasantly and mirth,
as domestic social graces. but as de-
fensive business artillery. OF course,
a mans first impulse, when another
misguided man makes a palpabIe move
to do him up CT asks some unreason'
able and preposterous business favor,
is to enter en- wordy opposition-stren
uous, naturally. and, perhaps, violent,
This, l have learned. is waste of ner,
Gus force and allows argument on the
part OF the unfriendly a who is
trying to make the touch. The
stronger weapon Is to laugh-jusi
laugh. Utter net q word. no matter
how much the other may say; but
just keep on laughing. I've routed
many deep-laid, dishonest schemes
withsa good, hearty. laugh. Try, it,
Detroit Free Press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08
a Humane Man.

She handed him his evening clothes
They had been packed away all sum
mer with a Notwithstanding sub
stance. AS the odor of tar and cam
phor assailed him his face grew sad
What is troubling you?"
al was thinking Of these Clothes"
"It seems to me that you ought te
look pleased. There certainly are nc
moths in them"
81 cant help my sympathetic ma
ture," he responded. Sometimes il
,eads me to an absurd extreme. OF
course, I'm glad that the moths are
gone, but" and he sighed deeply, "it
must have been q horrible death"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08
PEARLS OF

A family jar is never used in pre-
serving peace.
Don't believe all you hear; but be
sure to believe all you say.
The secret of popularity is always
to remember what to forget.
The dollar you have to pay back is
twice as big as the one you borrow.
The wrong road never yet led to
the right place.-Karadac. Count of
Gersay.
It's sometimes easier for a girl to
think she is pretty than it is for her
to make other girls think so.
To write a check is one thing, to
have it honored depends on a variety
OF circumstances.-Anthony Hope.
1t is not until there are grandchil-
dren in the family that a man begins
TO realize that his wife is getting old.
There is no mar so much at the
mercy of his own vanity as he who en-
joys a limited notoriety.-Seton Mer-
riman.
We earn our life by labor, and then,
If we spend as much as the gods de-
sign, we spend our life in love.-Hen-
ry Harland.
There are three things a woman
ought to look-straight as a dart, sup
pie as a snake and proud as a tiger
lily.-Elinor Glyn.
To know what you prefer, instead OF
humbly saying amen" to what the
world tells you you ought to prefer,
is to have kept your soul alive.-Stev-
enson.
Equal and exact justice to all men
OF whatever state or persuasion, re-
ligious or political: peace commerce
and honest friendship with all ma
tons. entangIing alliances with none
Jefferson.
There never was a republic or de-
mocracy SO elemental, so pure, as this
one Of letters. It is always the best
man that wins, and he wins or loses by
his own acts.-American Authors, in
Their Homes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08

mo, Mr.. Slowun," said the fair
possessor of the square chin, II must
respectfully decline to become your
other half"
"B-but why?" asked the astonished
young man, who believed that he was
the favored one. rs
Because" replied the female ex-
tender of the frosty digit, the man
| marry must be brave and fearless.
Tonight you let out the information
that you have loved me for five long,
weary years, but have not dared men
ton 1t until the present meeting. A
man who has no more nerve than that
would hide under the bed while his
wife went downstairs to interview a
burglar who was making q raid on
the family larder. Therefore, Mr..
Mr.. Slowun, will work the piano for
a little T1ow music while the curtain
drops on the farewell scene. You
will find your hat on the usual reg
If the hallrack. Good evening""
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08

and shrines lavishly adorned with sill
Q and gold and dedicated to the
saints and the God of the Christian
faith.
In another part of the museum Il
the famous sacriicial stone on which
the victims to be offered up to the God
OF VA were placed. The stone is dark
and three feet high. Its surface is COW
cred with nicely designed carvings. In
the centre is a bowl-like depression.
From this a groove two inches deep
leads to the outside.
This stone once occupied a conspicu-
Gus place in the temple in the days of
Montezuma. Human sacrifice was prac-
ticed on this stone almost every day.
The supply of human hearts, which
were kept burning night and day be-
fore the god of war was unfailing
Blood flowed most freely on feast days
when war was being waged against
neighboring tribes, when several hun.
dred victims sometimes would be offer.
ed in a single day.
The manner of sacrifice was cruel
The ceremony was performed by five
priests, four of whom were .robed in
long gowns of white, and one, the exc.
cutioner, was robed in scarlet.
When a victim had been brought for
ward he was seized by four priests
placed upon the stone, and each, grasp
ing one of his limbs, held him helpless
while the executioner, armed with ar
obsidian knife, stood over him and de-
l~iberately extracted the heart, which
he then held aloft in view of the shout
ing thousands assembled around the
temple. When the bleeding, pulsating
seal of life had ceased to drip, that
gruesome object was cast into the vase
of hearts. the lifeless body removed
and another captive brought forward
The vase of hearts can now be seen in
the museum. ftt @
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08

"Save him!" they shouted from thf
pier.
Catch hold of my arm" cried the
man. land keep your head above wa
ter
"Close your mouth" shrieked Mr.,
Dibchick, ''and lie still on your back!
I'll get you to the pier steps. Keep
COOL" (Rather superiuous advice,
seeing that the water was somewhat
chilly
Cool be damned" cried the man
"Tve saved 80 men during my life,
and I'll save you!" He trod water and
came at Mr.. Dibchick's collar; clutchcd
it energetically, and with a few pow
erful strokes pulled that bewildered
gentleman safely to the landing steps
of the pier.
It's lucky for you / was there he
pulled; there's a strong current
round the posts"
"But-but-' walled Mr.. Dibchick
wetly, wringing the water from his
pockets. "T-d-don't understand. ]
jumped in to save you."
What" yelled the man. An then
the humor of the situation struck him
sledge-hammerlike. To save me?
Why, mar alive, I'm Prof Dolphin, the
swimming expert! / was giving some
exhibitions of diving with full clothes
on"
There was a buZzing and a singing in
Mr.. Dibchick's head, and he became al
most oblivious to what followed. He
has, even now, only a hazy ~recollec-
ton of a, crowd of excited people press
ing around him and congratulating
him on his narrow escape; and Prof
Dolphin standing near by smiling and
having his hand shaken until it looked
as If he would break off at the should
er. And he remembers a white muslin
dressed girl rushing up to him and
flinging her arms around his neck and
crying
"Oh! Percy-how dreadful if you had
been drowned-and all through me!
I will never be cruel again; and you
dear old darling, Major Wayte's mar
ried! 1 was only having a bit of fun
Mr.. Dibchick never thought it worth
while to correct Mabel's and everyone
else's mistake. A girl generally be-
comes convinced of a mans love if he
is willing to commit suicide to prove it.
l heard they were married last year.
And, of course, Prof. Dolphin is far too
willy a fish to explain matters, because
the mistake added another rescue Ia
his long list and quite a number Of pu-
pills to his swimming ~class.-Vanity
Fair.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08
NEW USE FOR pHoNoeRAPH.
with II a Physician Cures a Case
Without Seeinu Patient.


Without Seeing Patient.
"a novel use for the phonograph
impressed me the other day" says q
clergyman In the Philadelphia Record.
Il was calling on my doctor and he
told me of it then. He said q patient
of his, while on a visit to California,
had developed a bad cough and feared
that this cough was of a tubercular
nature. His heart also was weak and
he was anxious about that, too.
well, for the doctor to 60 all the
way to California would have been
expensive and for the patient to have
come to Philadelphia would have been
impossible. In the dilemma a phone.
graph was called in. The sick man
first talked into the phonograph all
his symptoms. Then he coughed be
fore 1t. and then, with the help Of an
instrument that highly nagnifes
sound. two OF three minutes beating
of his disordered heart was registered
on the sensitive cylinder.
"The outcome was wonderful. The
Philadelphia doctor, receiving the
photograph record. ascertained that
his patients cough was not a con.
sumptfve one. and that his heart was
not seriously affected. The doctor let
me listen to the record in his Office.
1t was impressive. First / heard the
patient, In Q weak voice, detailing his
symptoms-a pain here. an ache there,
and SO on. Then T heard him cough.
ing. Then I heard his heart pulsatine
in an odd. irregular way.
Thanks to the p~honograph,' the
doctor said, I diagnosed that case as
well as though my patient has sat be-
side me-"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08
BASKET OF SNAKES.
Old Lady Thought She could Sell the
Reptiles.

An old woman was in Joplin the
other day with a basket, the sight of
which made m scream and men
sign the pledge. 1t was filled with
snakes of every size and variety.
1t was a~scertained that the owner
of the snakes had come to this city to
dispose of them, she having been led
to believe that she could find ready
purchasers for the reptiles in Joplin.
Il live near CRANKY" she said to a
reporter, "and always keep a couple of
small snakes for the kids to play with.
This kind is perfectly harmless. About
a month ago a travelling man who ate
dinner at my house told me that there
was a satisfactory in Joplin. He said
that they used the skins to make belts
and gloves out of, while the bodies
were sold to the sausage mills. He
said that they brought $3.50 a foot.
| thought it was a good way to make
money, as very few snakes are less
than two feet in length. That would
be SO a snake, you see.
well, L WOIhSQ udIu IOF d uIOulu
catching the snakes. I hired all the
small boys in the neighborhood and
paid them at the rate of 10 cents a
snake. l have a hundred or more
snakes with me now. These are only
samples which | have here in this
basket; the others are in my wagon
out on Seventh street"
The woman refused absolutely to
give her name for publication, as she
said she did not want her husband to
know what she had been doing.
Il expected to realize about $4,000
out of the snakes" she said. with
this money l intended t o lift the mort
gage on our place and surprise my
husband"
Finding no market for the reptiles,
the old woman carried them to the
end of East Seventh street and turn
ed them out; and now every time a
Joplin woman's foot touches anything
on the ground Unexpectedly she gives
a high jump and a yell that would ex-
cite envy in the breast of a Comanche.
Joplin (Mo.) News Herald.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08
THE BARB WIRE FENCE.
Great Damage It Has Done to the
Value of Horses.


1t would be interesting to know just
how much loss is annually borne by
the farmers of America on account of
animals being injured by coming in
contact with barb wire fence. There
is no question in our mind but that the
loss would be upward of six figures as
expressed in dollars. 1t is almost i'm
possible to find a grown horse that has
been raised on a farm fenced with
barb wire that does not somewhere
show either a small or large scratch as
a relic Of an intimate connection with
a wire. Many colts and young horses
are killed outright, and, indeed, it is
not uncommon to find an old horse
ruined by being thrust in contact with
wire by his mates. Others are so ma
terially blemished as to render them
unstable, although leaving them in a
condition to do farm work, while still
others are just scratched sufficiently
to cut a few dollars of their value
when they are placed on the market.
What is the solution for all this
damage that is annually wrought by
the barb wire? 1t simply lies in re-
moving this wire from the fences and
putting on the smooth woven form.
This, 1t is true. is expensive. but it
often happens that the saving of one
good cclt will more than fence a fair
sized horse pasture. 1t is only a mat
ter of cold calculation to ascertain
whether it will pay or not to put up a
woven-wire fence. Where eight, ten
Or IL horses are kept on the farm con-
tinually, and where three or four more
colts are raised annually. it is a sim.
pie matter to reckon up the amount of
damage that has been done by barb
wire in a given number of years. If
this is done we venture Il say that it
will be found that a new fence will in
a short time pay for itself. and will
also pay a big interest on the invest
ment involved in its construction. One
instance comes to our mind where
during a period of five years six high
right. every instance being due to the
animals coming in contact with the
barb wire. In this case the loss would
have fenced the entire farm in 40-acre
fields with smooth wire.
Where any attempt is made to do
away with the barb wire fence it may
be necessary to change the rotation
somewhat and leave horses in the
anne field year after year. This may
violate some of the theoretical rules OF
rotation, but certainly in the end ii
will often pay. For reasons such as
these it is often practicable to leave
che field down to grass continually,
bringing fertility to it by an applica-
ton of a light dressing of manure at
intervals of five or six years. For the
number of horses kept on the average
farm we believe that a ten-acre pas,
ture would, as a rule, be sufficient to
furnish plenty of food, not only fer. the
horses, but also for some calves OF
young stock. If this is true, why is il
not a practicable thing to fence such
an area in such a way as to cut of
these sickening accidents and extrava
CANT losses?-Wisconsin Farmer. s.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08
tbs HE THAT sTRlvETH NOT IS
DEAD.

Greater by far than thou are dead. Strive
not. Die also thou !-Matthew Arnold after
Homer.
Greater by far han we they were,
But why2 Because they etrovel
Refused blind Fate for arbiter;
Subjected doubt 10 love.
Feared not to fight the losing fight,
Used all the strength they had;
And dying left their lives alight
To make the ages glad.
Yet hin Though death cut of their days,
Thou nam'st them, callst them. great,
They force thy unbelief to praise
They shame thy sluggard state.
They i've! Then be it better said
While each renews his vow:
Ills he who striveth not Is dead.
Die not Strive also thou
Curtis Hidden Tage. in The Bookman.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08

by 1ccalapplieations 4 sthey cannot reach tts
diseased norton OF t!s elr. Therai is only on3
way to cure deafness, and that is by constf-
iutionalrs uedies. Deafness Is FUSED by an
infamed condition OF the mHeous linin 0.
the Eustachian Tube. Wien this lube Is in.
famed you have n rumbling sound orimper.
ieet hearing, and when it Is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the innam-
nation can be taken cut and This tube re-
stored to It's normal condition, hearing viii
lie destroyed forever Nine cases ont Of ter
IRE causedb by c~atarrh, which If nothing but an
iIfan ed conditionsofthe mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollar rs for an,
case OF Desfness{ causedb by c~atarrh) tlat can
BIS clre lby Hall's Catarrf Cure. serd fol
circulars frsa. f. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Dragglsts, 75c.
:. IIal.a Ia nilv Pills are the hat.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08

At a dinner in London the other
day, Bernard Shaw remarked to an
American guest: What a lot of you
Americans come over here every sum
mer!" YES" replied the fair Ameri.
can England has come to be a favor.
tie summer resort for Americans"
Wei, we won't complain OF that"
said Shaw: but for heavens sake,
don't make 1t a winter resort also"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08

Two students of Cornell university
have discovered that by using higher
temperature and electrical currents in
the refining of copper the cost, which
is now IS a ton. can be reduced to one
half. About $50. 900, 900 worth of cop
per-is refined in this country annual
ly, and $12, 100000 worth of silver and
$4,000. 900 worth of gold are recovered
therefrom.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08
Dom daily with your purpose

Don't daily with your purpose. :
Character Is the poor mans capital
Men call their own carelessness and
inactivity fate. aras
The lucky ma Is the one who
grasps his opportunity.
The largest O in the world is the
room for self-improvement.
We get out of life just what we put
into it; the world has for us just what
we have for it.
Don't brood over the past or dream
or the future. but use the instant and
get your lesson from the hour.
Stock-taking every day Is a great
aid to advancement. Stop and add
yourself M at the close or each day
and see il you have anything to carry
over. Ii You have nothing but ciphers
to carry yer something is wrong
somewhere.-Success.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08

This is a remarkable offer the John A.
Salzer Seed Co, La Crosse. Wis. makes:
They will send you their big pant and
seed c~atalog, together with enough seed
to grow
1000 fine, selid Cabages,
1000 delicious Carrots,
1900 Blanching, nutty Celery,
1000 rich, huttery Lettuce,
1000 splendid Onions,
1000 rare. luscious Radishes.
1000 gleFiously brilliant Flowers.
This great offer is made in order to in.
duee you to try their warranted seeds
for when you once plant them you will
grow no others, and efHf
ALL FOR BUT 16C. POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice, and
il YOU viii send them zoe. in postage. they
will add to the above a package of the fa-
NOUS Derliner Cnulidower. lA.C.L.1
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08

In the interest of making Australia
"a white mans country" a govern
ment bounty is paid for sugar grown
by white labor. OF the last years
sugar crop OF 1000 tons, seven
tenths was produced by Kanaka black
labor.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08

Commodore Somerville Nicholson, of
the United States Navy, in a letter
from 1887 R St., n. W., Washington,
d. O., says:
"Your Peruna has been and is now
used by so many of my friends and ac-
Q~uaintancss as a sure cure for catarrb
that I am convinced of its curative
qualities, and l unhesitatingly recon
mend 1t to all persons suffering FROM
that complaints. Nicholson.
The highest men in our nation have
given Peruna a strong endorsement,
Men of all classes and stations are
equally represented.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
Isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at ono to DR.. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your case,
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
Ask Your Draggist for a free Perund
Almanac for 1904.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08
May Buila National Theatre.

A Breslau journal announce that
Gerhart Hauptmann has a plan Of
building a national theatre, a In Bal
reuth. at Schreiberhau. in the Giant
Mountains, where every summer about
fifteen or twenty performances of Ger
mar plays could be given.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08

Z The numerous islands Of Patagonia
archipelago are covered with ever
green forests capable Of supplying i'm
mense quantities Of valuable timber.
willis the mountain ranges, being OF
the same geological formation as those
OF Chile and Peru are probably rich in
mineral resources. -
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08

The Queen Of Italy has presented to
sne Of the Italian natural history
nuseams a dne collection Of animals
and birds, many of which she stuffed
with her own hands. which she gath
cred during a yachting cruise in north
arm wafarE
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08

Your poor wearied wife losing sleep
night after night nursing the little one suf-
fering from that night fiend for children
and horror to parents, GROUP, should have
a bottle of Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of
Sweet Gum and Mullen, an undoubted
Group preventive and cure for coughs, colds
and consumption.
At druggists, Csc, SOC. and $1.00 a bottle.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08

teen Years suffered
with terrible pain il
my back. 1 did not
Know What il was tc
enjoy q nights resi-
and arose in the
mornlng feeling tired
and unrefreshed. Ny
suffering sometimes
was simply indie
scriblble. When
finished the first boz
of Doan's Kidney
Pills I felt Like .
different nj ]
continued until I had
taken five boxes
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08
L.Ioht From Radium.

A small fraction Of an ounce of ra.
dunn, properly employed, would pro-
vide q good light sufficient for severa
rooms, and would not require renewal
Curing the present century. - =
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08

The two greatest fodder plants On earth,
one good for IA tons of hay and the other
60 tons green fodder per acre. Grows
everywhere, so does Victoria Rape, yield.
ing $1,000 lbs. sheep and swine food per
acre. tA.C.L.l
4 jest SEND loo. IN STAMPS TO THE
John "A. Salzer Seed Co, La Crosse, Wis,
and receive in return their big catalog and
lots of farm seed samples.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08

Doan's Kidney Pills act very effective
". very promptly. relieve the aching
aains and all other annoying Difficult
les
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo. N. Y
For sale by all druggists. Price Of
cents per box.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-01-08
Rusx PLnehInn Run.

A new kind Of pinching bug has
appeared at Bayonne, N. j., and il
busy %pinehing the pretty girls at thai
place. The bugs are black and three
70 four inches long.