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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04

hSaIis OF lettuce, and on day Whea
forty cars arrived the receipts here
would be somewhere about 100000
heads. There are single commission
merchants here IN whose business
the handling of one or two carloads
of Florida lettuce in day would be
nothing out of the usual.
I'VE begin to get Florida lettuce
about the middle of December, and
the supply from that state continues
until April /, sometimes until May,
depending on the season. Then, as
is the case with so many other vege-
tables and fruits, as the sun makes
more and more nothern, we get let
tuce from points further and further
north-from Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina and Virginia-until
we come to receive it from local an6
comparative local sources of supply
from Jersey, Long Island, western
and central New York.
From western New York we get
lettuce as late as October and No
vember, and then for our lettuce sup
ply we begin to work south again,
until we come once more in winter to
Florida And so we have lettuce In
the market the year round.
"The winter supply includes, be-
sides that from Florida, Boston let
tuce, in the neighborhood of which
city lettuce has long been, as 1t still
is, grown at this season under glass.
"Winter lettuce from Florida gets
sold as low as rs cents. the price de-
pending largely on the supply, which
in turn may depend largely on the
weather They might have continued
warm weather in Florida, which
would make great quantities OF the
lettuce plants head up all at once, al
to be rushed together to market.
"They might have around Boston
season of continued mild weather in
which the growth of the plants could
not be retarded by raising the glass,
with the result that the bulk of that
lettuce would come in not distributed
along, but within a comparatively
short time But commonly the whole
sale price of winter Florida lettuce in
this market ranges between $1.25 and
$3.50 a basket, depending on thu
/ quality as well as the stock on hane
winter lettuce, with improved IA
cilities for transportation, is now
like so many other like products.
brought to. this market in far greater
quantities than formerly. but the de
mand keeps pace with the supply -
/ New York Sun.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04
EnaIIsh in the Mountains.

Last summer some persons from
the North were spending month in
the mountains of West Virginia in a
log cabin on the mountainside. One
morning as they sat on the porch adj
miring the view, little mountain girl
in short blue calico dress, and bright
pink sunbonnet bounced round the
side of the cabin.
"Howdy!" she said. Nanny wants
to know if you-all don't want poke
of snapples this mohning.'
"a what?" the Northerners asked,
in amazement.
"a poke of snapples," sissy repeat
ed Then evidently overcome with
shyness, she darted through the un-
derbrush before the newcomers could
decide whether or not they wanted a
poke of snapples."
The expression got into the systems
of the visitors until curiosity made
one of them take her way to the little
farmhouse.
81 will take a poke of snapples,
please" she said, fearing all the while
the mountain woman would laugh in
her face or think her an escaped lun-
attic
But very gravely the woman disap-
peared, and soon returned, handing
the caller bag of string beans. The
beans, which snap in the fingers, are
called "snapples" by the mountain
GERS; and poke" which is a good old
word for bag that has survived from
the Shakespearian English of the
early English settlers.-Youth's Com
panion.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04
ExpectanCY!

Muriel, aged eight, attends a west
ern university practice school, and
has been taught to observe careful
ly" When her father, her mother,
her aunt. her uncle, and one or two
more distant relations followed each
other to neighboring hospital,
whence each returned without an ap-
pendix, Muriel observed carefully
but with increasing alarm the mar
rowing circle of those who remained
whole.
One day her mother discovered
her in bed, wide-eyed, in mid-after-
noon.
'Why, Muriel?' she exclaimed.
what are you in bed for? You are
not ill?'
mo, mama," said Muriel, "but l
have observed that when persons
have their appendices removed they
complain chiefly of the tiresomeness
of lying so long on their backs after
ward So l have begun to practice
for an hour or two every afternoon
lying on my back. to be ready for it
when my turn comes"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04
TEACHING THE DEAF.
Modern Method by Which the Hear
inc is Cultivated.

l placed her (the deaf pupil's) chair
two feet from mine, drilled on A, B,
G, etc. In one years time (including
three months vacation with no drilD
her father stated that her hearing
had improved 100 percent during the
year. She could then hear exceeding
ly well.
We also used the piano as a means.
On March 80, 1905, l found that she
could hear &c" above the staff. That
is the twenty-second note from the
right limit of a piano at eight and one
quarter octaves. On this day I began
using the instrument to which she re-
fers for about fifteen minutes, then
tried the same &C" without the in
strument and all the notes until the
next higher "C' was reached. She
could hear perfectly even that. From
day to day we worked on tones until
we were five or six notes from the
highest.
Here we remained for over week.
My pupil declared she could hear the
humping of the note, but not any
tone. l had my doubts of her own
self-conf1dence, so one day | started
with two notes higher than she had
ever heard and descended to the
troublesome note All were heard
perfectly 1t was a matter of what she
had expected to hear. I had usually
started drill four or five notes lower
than her limit and worked up to the
new tones, but on this occasion | re-
versed the operation, and she, be.
Iieving all would go on as usual. wal
expecting to hear whatever note | first
struck. She now hears every motto
on the keyboard, even the highest.
and the others indefinitely beyond
She can enjoy musical play fully as
well as most normal people (of COURSE
she does not hear the words; do you?)
She hears whistling three feet away,
which was previously out Of the ques-
ton, no matter how near she was to
the sound, and she is constantly inn
proving in hearing, even when not be.
ing drilled.-Mrs. ]. Scott Anderson
before the Convention of Instructors
of the Deaf.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04
Up a Shot Tower.

ct was a strange experience" said
the huntsman. "As l assembled the
spiral stairs of the tower l saw shot
falling, like rain, around me. The
shot tower was 200 feet high. At it's
base there was a tank of water for
the shot to drop into. If it fell on the
earth, you know, it would be fiat in
stead of round. On top Of the tower
was huge boiler filed with molten
lead. The manager ladled the lead
into a percolator. a kind Of strainer,
and thence it fell into the cistern of
cold water 200 feet. below. It took it
three seconds to fall. They made diff
ferent sizes of shot on the tower by
using different percolators-big holes
for big shot, small holes for fine shot,
and so on. The water in the cistern
had to be changed every little while.
1t would have become so hot, other
wise, that it would have kept the shot
soft. New Orleans Times-Democrat
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04
ONE OF NATURES TOOLS.
HsS TeazeIs are Used in Finishing
Different Cloths.

Growing by the wayside you will
often see that stately, spinylool1ing
plant, the teazel, but 1 wonder how
many know that it has helped to
finish many a piece Of cloth they
wear.
We are apt to think IF a tool as
something Of mans make, yet there
is one of natures own, and nothing
has ever been manufactured to sue
gessfully take its place. For ages the
seazel has been used for fulling cloth,
chat is, raising the nap" and the
manufacturers refer to map goods
5hus treated as "gigged."
When ripe the dried spike heads
are Gathered, packed carefully in
bundles, and shipped in all directions
to factories. The variety mostly used
have the extreme end Of spikes hook
ed or curved backward. This is
called fullers' teazel, These heads
form a sort Of brush and are attached
to a wheel or cylinder which revolves
against the surface of the cloth. and
these curved spikes catch part of the
threads, and pull them up, making a
fuzzy nap. This is trimmed down and
leaves that soft, velvety finish to the
cloth. The spikes have strength
enough and elasticity, but when they
come in contact with rough place
in the cloth they break, and SO avoid
tearing the material. Try as they
may. no one has ever been able to
invent tool possessing all Of these
qualities, so the teazel stands unri-
vailed for that use The plant as we
see it growing wild looks, perhaps,
at first glance somewhat like a thistle
but it really has a dignity and charac-
ter all its own. The heads in flower
are covered with a fluffy down, layen-
der or white, and as the blossoms
drop and the spikes appear, until a
little later it fairly bristles. The
leaves. pointed and spiked, shooting
out each side Of the stem, meet at
base and form a little basin in which
IS usually water. So we have the name
of the plant from the Greek Dipsacus,
meaning thirsty, and many other fan
cifuI ones, such as Venus's Cup, Ven
us's Bath, Wood or Church Brooms,
Gypsy Combs, Clothier's Brush, ETC.
From Mature and Science" in St.
Nicholas.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04


Maggie-Chimmie. is youse sure de
ice viii hold? Chimmie-Aw, gwan!
Nv course it will Wuzn't on it last
year?-Judge
The Suitor-What are all those
mems photos for? The Belle-Oh
that's my collection of souvenir
spoons.-Baltimore American.
IT'S awful, isn't it, the way the
price of necessities has gone up"
Terrible! Why, husbands are twice
as much as they were. Life.
Swatter-I see you are mentioned in
one of the books just published. Prim-
ly-Indeed! What book? Swatter-
The directory.-Chicago News
At the art exhibition: First judge
Daubleigh is prolific painter, isn't he?
How would you estimate his work?
Second judge-By the quart-Life.
Say. do you want to get
next to scheme for making money
fast? Nibbles-Sure | Go. Stringent
Glue it to the floor.-Chicago News.
First physieian-So the operation
was just in the nick of time? Second
physician-Yes in another twenty-four
hours the patient would have. recovered
without it.-Iiarper's Bazaar.
Anne Teeke-Mr. Gasser is such an
interesting talkerl Always saying
something one never hears from any
one else. Hattie Hottewunne-Ha he
been proposing to you, too?-Puck.
More troublesome: Its pretty hard
to be worried by lot of debts you
can't pay Nonsense. That's moth
Ing to be worried by a lot you simply
have to pay. "-Philadelphia Ledger
Statistics show that the average
| height of the American woman is two
inches taller than it was twenty-five
years ago. Yes, they come higher but
we must have them-New York Sun.
Il suppose said the drummer, s'you
labor on the Sabbath and rest the
remainder of the week" NO." said
the village parson; 81 try to collect my
ialary on week days. Chicago News.
Visitor Cat Putin Bay What do you
10 in here all summer? Native-Loaf
and fish. Visitor-And what do you
do in the winter? Native-We don't
Lish.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
"A man should instinctively seek
The society of his superiors." But he
should never say So why not?'
1T would initiate his superiors and ir-
fitate his interiors Cincinnati Tri.
bune.
Crafty Milliner-Really Miss Passay,
he white feather on your hat makes
Tou look at least five years younger.
Miss Passay- Well, you y-er-put
i couple more on it-Chicago Daily
News.
| A correspondent writes to our editor.
taying:: An editor is supposed to
NOW everything; therefore, | write to
lslx If you can translate into Latin
he phrase. Wouldn't that jar you ?"
4 s~Sitka Alaskan.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04


The rich tourist discovered to his
horror that he was alone in the
midst of the desert.
AS far as his eyes could see there
was nothing but sand. sand. sand
Overhead the sun was ball of fire
floating in a sea of molten brass.
Water. water gasped the reel
ing tourist. Water, or / perish!"
Falling PROSTATE upon the burning
sand the rich tourist gave himself
up for dead. His swollen tongue
filed his parched mouth, and his lips
were dry ard cracked.
Suddenly the man stirred. Their
ne sat up.
Thrusting his hand into his breas
pocket he Dclled' forth folded pa
per.
Saved" he cried.
1t was a certificate of big bloci
of stock in the steel trust
Hastily wringing it between hi
feverish hands he squeezed GU
enough water to slake his awfu
thirst, and then fastened on hi
way. He knew he had enough mois
ture therein to supply him across thu
entire desert of Sahara.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04
NEW yoRNs LETTUCE SUPPLY
A Winter Luxury New Brought to
MARKET hv Carloaos Daily.

A Winter Luxury Now Brought to
Market by Carloads Daily.
Gear lots, solid trains, in fact, OF a.
single kind Of fruit or vegetable. are
so common nowadays, said a COM
mission merchant, that we don't
think anything about them. And still
as you say, such thing as lettuce by
the carload may seem interesting,
anyway.
IT know, you run around the corner
to the market and buy head OF let
tuce; that's all you want, and you see
there maybe, fifty or hundred head
or less-a little pile Iaaking just one
item among innumera Die other things
and it doesn't seem to you as II 1t
would take such an everlasting lot OF
lettuce to supply ell New York.
s'But this is a big town. lots OF peo-
ple in it. and we eat here now lots
of lettuce in winter. and at this sea-
son receints Of Florida lettuce in car
loads are common. There may be
DAYS when we don't get here more
than a couple Of carloads, but re-
ceipts Of 1--WE, ten, fifteen, or. more car
loads Of lettuce in a day are common,
and they run sometimes to forty cars.
Florida lettuce comes in tall
round baskets made OF thin wide
Stats, rising diagonally from the bot
tom, so that they cross lattice wise,
leaving openings for ventilation, and
these tall baskets are buili. with a
slight fare from the bottom to the
top, so that there may be Ventilation
all around them throughout the load
when they are stacked in sar.
"They pack from twenty-f'-nr to for
ty head OF lettuce in a basket, accord
ing to the size Of the head. and you
can put about 225 baskets into car
SO il a car running say thirty heads
20 the basket you would have approx.
imRtels In the nsr.sad about 7cou
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04
OUR MOTHER TONGUE.

lie may be a druggist who drugs,
But he's not huggist who hugs,
And no tinker ever has funk:
Though you can't get a craftsman to craw
A respectable Graughtsman may draw,
And drinker may often be drunk.
We say Of the swimmer, "He swami"
But not of the trimmer "She tram
And we never say rowers have rown;
Though a man who has brought may not
bratch.
The one who has caught still may catch,
And many thrower has thrown.
7 is common for sailors to sail,
BUT It is MT tailors to tail,
And more than one plan are not plen;
II the broker is not one who brokes
sui the smoker may be one who smokes,
And more than one man are called men.
Though never a spender has spoan,
The kind-heafted lender may loan,
And many a dealer has dealt;
We may say that the man who weaves woye,
But not that the one who grieves grove,
And no squealer ever has squealt
IS. Il. Kiser, in Puck.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04

Pat and Mike were playing a game
Of cards in a saloon. and Pat kept
looking at>the clock. Mike said. And
faith what are you looking at the
clock for?s Every time that clock
ticks" Pat replied. y. d. Rockefel-
Ter makes s1o.g Mike dropped his
cards and jumped en- the table.
eWhat "a faith are you going to do?"
asked Pat. Il am going to stop the
clock" answered Mike,.-Daily Tele.
graph.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04
An APPALLING Prospect.

A prolix preacher took for his text
one Sunday the whole chapter in Rev
elation about the Seven Churches in
Asia After he had dwelt laboriously
for half an hour on three of them, a
small boy in the congregation drew a
long sigh and whispered to his moth
er in a stage prompter's voice, Gee!
Four more "-LipIincott's.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04

Nell-That's Miss Hadley. You
don't want to meet her, do you?
Belle-Oh, yes. I should be delight
ed
Nell-But nobody really likes her
Belle know. but I want to be in
troduced to her so can snub her the
next time | see her. Philadelphia
ledger
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04
She Couldn't Draw II.

A school teacher one day during the
hour for drawing suggested to her p1-
pills that each draw what he or she
would like to be when grown up.
At the end of the lesson one little
girl showed an empty slate.
why said the teacher, isn't
there anything you would like to be
when you grow up?"
YES" said the little girl, Il would
IKE to be married. but | don't know
how to draw it'-Life.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04

DR.. Laurence !. Flick, an expert on
tuberculosis, is planning an inter-
national convention, to be held In
Washington, IN 1908.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04

It was once the common practice or
tourists to shoot birds and alligators
from the decks of steamboats, on Flor
ida rivers and lakes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-04

Bacon to the value of over $50, 000, 600
mas imported BY Great Britain IN 1904
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-07
BIBLIOTECA CALLEJA

Obra publicada en- Enero de 1906
/. = Jacolliot. Ell crimen del molino de
Usor.
Obras publicadas en- Febrero de 900
=. - BoaUier. Colette la Oayenita.
3. - NOir. La reina de los gitanos.
4. SdlgGri. Los pescadores de bsllena
bis SalgGri. Invierno en- ell Polo Norte.
Obras publicadas en- Mario de 1906
5. - Feval. El juramento de Lagardere.
u. - Fcval. Aurora de Nevers.
Z. - Femillet. La nOvela de un joven
psbre.
s. To.doase. Las pesadillss.
Obras publicadss en- Abril de 1906
9. - Salgari. La soberana del campo de
OrO.
10. = Salgari. III rey de los cangreios.
IL. - Betot. El parricida.
10. - ReIot. Lubin Dacolard.
Is. - Meroacel. El bazar de San German.
Obras de Mayo de 1906
ii. - Camipot. Hiio del mar.
Is. - Salgari. Los nAufragos del Lguria.
10. - Sdtgdfl. DevsStaciones de los pi-
ratas.
II. - Silrestye- Rosa de Mayo.
Obras de Junio de 1906
Is. - Pont-Jest. DE princesa mOdelo.
10. - SdlQGTi. Sandokan.
20. - S0lgari. LA mujer del pirata.
y. - ERRe ct Delisle Aventureros del
cEimen
- De Yenta en- ell BOLETIN, 4 30 ctvs.
2J etvS., con kanqueo
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-07
NUEvA EDlCION
CO dig o Civil

En- los talleres del BoLETIN MER-
CANTIL Sc ha terminado la impression
de una nueva edicion del C6dixo Ci-
vii, aumentada y completada con "a
apendiceg, que contienen las leyes
posteriores la fecha de dicho .cuerpo
legal, como 10 son laslque tratan del
matrimonio natural, inscripciones de
nacimientos, nuevas legftimas, heren-
cia del Estado, testi COS habiles, interes
legal, bienes propios de los c6ngu-
ges disposiciones del Codigo de En-
juiciamiento Civil y de Ia Ley do
evidencia sobre capacidad jurfdica,
medios de prneba, prescription de
acciones, hipotecss judicisles, daf5os y
perjuicios, homestead, ETC., etc.
La obra, que estz elegantensnte
presentada, SO halla de venta en- Ia
iibrer1a del BoLETIN, al precio de Ga
el ejemplar.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-07
Ell C6DIa~
EniuiciamientO Civil
Con 81 APPENDICES +

Esta va & la venta en- la libre.
ria del BoLET1K Ia eaicion que
habiamos anunciado del G6digo
de Enjuiciamient0 Civil con 81
APPENDICES, conteniends estos las
distintas leyes de procedinients
civil y dc organizaciSA de loa
Tribuzales votadas por las
Asambleas Legislativas de 1900
& 1895 inclusive.
Excusamos encarecer la inn
portancia que reviste Ia nueva
obra para ell pnblicc en- general
Y especialnente para los aAoga-
dos.
Precio del ejemplar s.
El franqueo psr cuenta dc Loo
lAberesados.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-07
Ell AMO DEL MAR


rssas del raAqulo jardn eAtensbrecds Ell crepdseu
TO- I'm recuerdo atraveso sspfru un ealefro de
mslesar: Ia pesadia de Josse sl gran muro de plata
que sc ergua por odas pares que sursa dc I'm iaran
muy parecido este la snserraba interceptaba e cieo
la perspective del Milo hsysHds ALA abajo uy leos
hasta las regiones issriosas donds tai vez ores ss
miraban e dsscenso do esas mismas aquas
FL "Neptupno" habia amarrsds asuella aanana ala
obra muerta de Port TewIk
Sc habfan dado ordenes dc factar las for rmaldades
la entrada del canal para que ls permese cont-
nuar haca Port Said douds urgents reclama-
sa Ia plesencia do Mr.. Robinson.
Dcsae qae esuvisron Ia vista de Susz el Amerj-
cano conenz6 rscorrsr el puente de barco cor I'm
paso nervoso que no 10 habitual.
BruScamente, dstuvo bajo la pasarsla Sc consul
ID un instante y die 50 capitzn;
--Puede V. ganar tempo.
Continde sin mi espereme On Port-Said
No desembarco.
Y dirigieadoss Joe que conversaba cerca de e.
con Msacheron y e doctor.
He cambiado do idea, Joe.
V~ya V. ia sstaci6n olga que preparen una ma
4uina para coadacrme al Cairo va ebe haber aido Ell
tren,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-07

ES NECESARIO EXIGIR que ca
da hostia tenga grabado ell nombre
DIGESTIVE MOJARRIETA, pere
un solo estuche produce meior efec-
to que una docena de botel]as de
aqua mineral 6 de cualqnier otro re-
medic. Ademas de ser Ell tinjco ct1--
rativo radical, del est6mago der
intestine el DIGESTIVE MOIA-
RRlETA purifca los alimentos v los
hace asimilables. Ell lcgftimo Di-
gestivo Mojarrieta cura en- un dfa las
lnd1gestlones, en- IN mes las dispcp-
slaS o gastralgias, y en- tres meses
les mas graves enfermedades cr6ni-
cas- del est6mago y del intestine. Es-
ia unlversalmente confrmado, en-
torma sin igual, que la efcacia del
DIGESTIVE MoJARRIErA es verdade-
ramente radical y superior a la de
todos los otros remedies. De venta
en- las principales farmacias de Euro
pa y America.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-07
Noticias diYeTsas

Sc ha proclamado la siguiente can
didatura Municipal por los unionistas
de Rincon:
Alcalde. don Carlos F. Gonzalez;
Concejales, don B. Rosado, don Juan
Lopez Castillo, don Genaro Estrada,
don Encarnacion Carrero y don An
tsnio Cajigas; Junta de instruction
don Gumersindo Aviles y don Nico.
las Vargas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-07
prfncipaEes artGosaloe
que Sc detallan en- almacenes, lbs
siguisntes precios m/m

Arroses: de partido Japon de s3K
4 $4A.
Arroz valenciano, $6H a So por
extremo de classes.
Ajos de IS cents. 4 so.
Bombones $7H.
Bscalao. $5a4 q 6.
Sal del pals, q 30 cents
Sardinas ahumadas a IL cents.
Cebollas espaholas, $3.
Idem americanas 4 g. u.
Garbanzos, 81 a 9.
Habichuelas americans coloradas
largas $sA 4 6. Blancas america
uas $3H a 81.
Harina de trigo, $4A asH
Id. de mafz, $3 4 3A.
Jamones, $IoH Ar.
Jabon Rocamors, $5A: americana
$2Hy4H
Manteca, 81 en- 4, y en- cajas
de $7H 10.
Mantequilla, SI3 10.
Pasta, del pats, q $33l.
Papas americanas, $134 a I7s.
Tocino, $I7H 4 I8.
Tasajo, q 80.
Quesos americana, $40 20.
PataRras, $40.
Lsche condensada Cruz Roja $s.