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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28

Willis L. Moore, Chief Of the
American Wef. aer Bureau, hopes to
see the day when every ship of any
size that sails the seven seas will be
a weather observatory, equipped with
instruments furnished by the Wealth
er Bureau of the Department of Agri-
culture, and making daily reports of
its observations, either directly to
Washington or to some wireless tele-
graph station that will transmit them
to this city, writes the Washington
correspondent of the New York
World.
AS corollary, weather reports, is
sued at least daily, would be fur
pished to every ship having a wire
less telegraph equipment. Then the
dangers of navigation would be
greatly lessened, and if a navigator
can have twenty-four hours warning
of a storm that is moving in his di-
Tection, he can take measures to sail
out of the probable track of the dis
turbance, or If that is impracticable,
take steps to have his ship in such a
state of preparation that the danger
Of wreck is reduced to a minimum.
BY the use of wireless telegraphy,
says Chief Moore, it will be possible
to discover where storms originate,
II that point OF origin is within the
regions in which ships sail in num-
bers great enough to afford opportu-
mites for reports. On land and sea
there are instruments which measure
within a few feet of a break in an
Electric current. 1t will be possible
to figure almost as closely with re-
spect to destructive storms.
Winds Obey a Definite Law.
Although it cannot be asserted with
full knowledge that the assertion is
true, it nevertheless appears that the
winds obey as definite law as every
bther phenomenon of nature. Obser-
Walton is the only method whereby
an approximation of these laws can
be obtained.
Mr.. Moore made an exposition of
his thoughts on the subject at a
meeting of old-time telegraph opera
tors, deeming them most worthy to
be first to hear what he had in mind
because, without biography, the
Weather service of to-day would not
be in existence.
The American weather service gave
Warnings of the approach of the last
hurricane in time for all ships along
the coast above the southern end of
Florida to get into shelter. The fact
that the storm continued eastward
after passing through the Straits of
FLORIDA instead of curving northward
and come boiling up the coast does
not detract from the value of the
Warning. The storm simply failed to
go where it would have caused the
greatest destruction had there been
no warning.
Good as Far as 1t Went.
If the wireless telegraph service
had been in existence all the shipping
in the lane leading from Europe to
the West Indies would have been
warned of its approach, together with
an accurate statement of the direc-
ton it had when it departed from the
ken of the observers on land.
Navigators in that lane, knowing
that the storm would not strike any
thing to again change its course,
would have been justified in believ-
ing that it was coming straight for
them, long before their barometers
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28
Older Folk Eat the Pie.

While it is a common notion thai
shop girls and other young things are
the main consumers OF pie and othei
indigsstible foods in restaurants and
the older folk eat the substantiais
quite the reverse is true, according tt
the manager of an eating place IL
the shopping district of New YorA
City
Nothing but the pie Of Lae good
fashioned sort will suit middle
aged women customers, while roasl
beef sandwiches, salads, fruits and
eggs are the diet of the girls" ht
said. 'In fact, the former consume
more pastry than all the young girls
and men combined.
"One day a friend demonstrated
with one pie eater concerning hel
particular fondness for the supposed,
ly indigestiBle article of diet, and shs
looked with the most unugterable
scorn upon the questioner and said:
We'll, I've eaten pie three times
day for nearly sixty years and / never
had an attack of indigestion in mJ
life, so l don't see why I should
spend much thought on my stomach
at this late day
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28
New Type of Railroad Car.

The tendency in the construction
of modern railroad equipment is to
design cars which are absolutely fire.
proof. Statistics prove that more
lives are lost in the fires which in
evitably follow serious wrecks on the
road than are actually caused by the
collision. Railroads in every part of
the United States are at present ex-
perimenting with passenger coaches
of fireprOOf construction, and are
building no more of the old wooden
type The majority of these new fire.
proof cars have been of steel con-
struction throughout, with the ex-
ceptiOn, of course, of the seats. 1t
has been found that this is the ideal
material The one disadvantage is
in the fact that this type of car re-
tains heat to a great extent, and the
problem has narrowed down to sue
cessful method of ventilation. One
of the most recent devices for over
coming this fault is shown in the car
here illustrated. This car is covered
with a removable hood, which is sup
ported over the car, space inter-
vening between the hood and the top
and sides of the car. This is claimed
to afford efficient means for keeping
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28
ALITTLE CoQUETTE.

During one of his visits to Wies-
baden. the aged monarch Emperor
William l. was seated one day be-
side his adjutant on a bench in the
shade of the magnificent trees that
beautify Berlin's handsome promen-
ade on the Wilhelmstrasse The
crowd of curious ongazers, that al
ways follows in the wake of royalty
when opportunity offers, pressed as
near as permissible. One Of the
number, on account of her tender
years more daring than her elders,
broke from her nurses grasp and APP
preached the august presence. She
was beautiful child of four years,
and charming to look upon in her
well-made, becoming costume, her
long fair hair yelling her shoulders,
and a loose bunch of red roses in
her hand. She was on the way to the
railway station and the flowers were
for a good-by offering to a friend
who was about to leave the city. On
the way to the station she had heard
the word passed along, 1.-THE EN-
perorl the Emperor" and being a
very young miss whose home was in
a country where they do not have
kings, she stopped and gazed inquis-
itively at the two men.
The old sovereign smiled benignly
at the child and extended his hand
toward her. ''Will you give me your
roses. little girl?" said he.
No, SIR responded the tiny
Maiden but she took the flowers in
her left hand and held them behind
her as she walked forward and
placed her right hand in the Emper-
or's outstretched palm.
Not this hand" said he, smiling.
''The other one.
She changed the bouquet to her
right hand and gave him the left.
No. the other" repeated the En-
peror
She transferred the flowers to the
left hand and reached out her right.
The request was made third and
o fourth time, and still she manuev-
cred with the bouquet. The nurse.
who had observed this pantomime a;
a respectful distance. now came for
ward and said chidingly: Please.
We his Maiecty the roses. Helen"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28

showing determination and the chin
being well nodded. Above medium
height, with a dignifed carriage, Miss
Tarbell is figure to attract attention
in any assemblage.
Few people possess. greater powers
of discrimination and a clearer grasp,
it is said, than does Miss TarbeIl.
She believes in specializing, and has
concentrated her efforts in literary
work along historical lines In this
sort of thing she has proved herself
an expert.
Miss Tarbell is a native of Penn
sylvania. She was born in the oil
regions, and was, so to speak,
Soaked in OIL" so that when the
time came to write on the timely sub
ject of the history of oil production
manipulation, she had a lifelong ex-
perience to draw from and unique
sources of information. A foreign
education has helped in giving the
indefnable touch of culture to a
strong, womanly personality, and
Miss Tarbell stands to-day in the
front rank of the great host of Amer
lean women writers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28
Italian courts; the French allow Is

Italian courts; the French allow Is
percent.
The middle finger IS of much more
Importance than the index, states Dr..
Meiguan, whom we are citing. and
who is no small authority, for a great
loss of force is observed in the hand
when the finger is amputated Yet
almost all the authorities ascribe less
importance to it than the index. The
Italian law allows 5 percent, the Aus
trian 5 to TO-
The ring finger is the least import
ant. Its total loss often does not cause
incapacity The Austrian tariff as
Stimulates this finger to the middle one.
The italian law is liberal, with s per-
cent. The French and German trib-
unals refuse indemnity, considering
the incapacity resulting from the loss
as very slight.
The little finger may be compared 10
the ring, except in the professions in
which it serves as a point of support
for the hand. It may be remarked
here that the artist mas not been taken
into consideration in these cases.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28
BANANA FLOUR USES.
Good For Indigestion, But Not Ri.
val of Grain Product.

Good For Indigestion, But Not Ri
val of Grain Product.
Banana flour is cure for acute
indigestion, according to officials of
the Department of Commerce and
Labor. The product is much in de-
mand in England, says a report Just
received from London 1t is so little
used in this country that statistics
OF its manufacture and sale are not
collected by the government. Banana
flour was spoken of a few years ago
as great discovery that was likely to
play an important part in COMPETE
ton with cereal -four. But the con-
clusion of the experts now is that it
stands no chance of competition with
cereal flour. The cost of manufac-
ture, which is put in the lowest fig
ure at $3.50 a TOP, exclusive of pack
ing and freight, seems to put it out
of competition.
At the same time the department
officials say that the -four has it's
uses and is very beneficial in cases of
diseases, and for infants and in
valids, and in acute Indigestion.
What is needed is a cheaper method
OF manufacture if it is to enter the
market as d serious competitor with
grain -four. Washington Post.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28
A GOOD TRICK.

First procure a small quantity o
sulphur, a bit of red sealing va
and a thin piece OF vdlcanized Init
rubber about two inches square. ~
most all rubber is vulcanized nova
days, you should have no trouble get
ting it. Powder the wax and mix 1
with the sulphur until the combina
ton assumes a yellowish pink tinge
Then pour the substance into a small
muslin bag or any sucn receptacle
that YOU may have at hand.
Lay on board a sheet OF tinfoi
the same size as the piece Of rubbe
and then nail the rubber over il
You need a bit OF tin and iron, co
long in length, each bit having {
sharp point that would enable per
son to mark with it. Fox instance
a tintack and an iron nail.
Have some one blindfold you an,
then hand two Of the speeta .ors eacl
different metal and instruct eacl
to mark his initials on the ru53e
with the sharp point o. his meta
piece. You turn your back or leav
the room while they are 50 doing il
order to further prove that you ar
unable to observe them. The rubbe
surface springs back almost IS sool
as the points cease pressing ugon il
almost entirely obliteraCing al
marks whatsoever.
As soon as they finish marking
remove the cloth from your eyes an
announce that you viii endow tht
strange tablet Of rubber with Q magi
property that will enable YOU 10
only to tell who were the two peopI
holding the metal pieces, but ais
re metal used
Pour out some CT the powderes
wax and sulphur upon The surfac
of the rubber. A strange tning vii
happen. The audience gatneref
about the table viii see the yelloI
sulphur particles separate from tn
wax and form clear and distinct In
two letters CT the initials-"G. n.
for example-while at the same tim
enough particles of red wax are dis
migrating themselves from tn
birthstone to indicate the initial
A" for instance, in exactly the spo
where it was traced.
You then announce that Georg
Nelson made the yellow initials, ant
did i: with a piece OF tin, while Dor
Alden marked the red initials, and il
doing so used the bit of iron, all 0
which is absolutely true, much to tn
surprise OF the audience.
Tin will attract sulphur NOR
strongly than it will wax. Iron JUS
the opposite, ana your experiment
will always be successful if the in
itials be strongly marked and tn
sulphur and wax well powdered ant
perfectly dry.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28

MOI replied her young charge
with decision.
'Will you not give me your roses 2?
inquired the adjutant, in persa "a
sive voice.
Yes" answered the little girl
frankly, as she placed the. bouquet Il
his hand.
Both the Emperor and his adju
tant laughed heartily. "She evid emf
ly prefers you to me" said the forul
er, with a smile. Then the kiad
hearted old Emperor drew the erik
to him and gave her kiss, and th'
nurse led her away.-Albert MoFfh
Bagoy, in st. Nicholas.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
From the Box Seats.

behind the mountain and out of sight
of the audience.
The needle-eagle starts to fly to-
ward the invisible magnet. You in
stantly check its flight by pulling
backward on the thread, the end OF
which you have grasped in your left
hand.
Now you gradually move the in
visible magnet upward in the direc-
ton indicated by the dotted lines.
The astonished audience sees the
eagle slowly fly up the mountain side.
This seeming miracle is easily accom-
plished by holding the thread end so
that the attracted needle-eagle will
be just far enough away to get the
full strength of the hidden magnets
attraction without quite being able to
touch it, and as the magnet is raised
upward behind the mountain the
eagle naturally arises with it.
The audience sees only the eagle,
and, of course, is greatly mysti6ed.
If your hand is steady you may di-
rect the eagles fight at will, being
careful to always keep the magnet
out of sight behind the scenes--New
York Mail.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28

began showing them the existence OF
disturbance somewhere near them.
1t is a plain, simple proposition
that the wireless impulses can be
made to travel further and faster
than the warnings of its coming that
a storm sends to barometers. Unless
wireless can send its impulses fur.
thef and faster, the hoped for service
will be of no benefit, except that il
may be able to indicate a little more
accurately the direction from which
the disturbance is proceeding.
There is good foundation upon
which to rear the proposed super.
structure. Great Britain, France,
Germany and Spain, in Europe, and
Japan, in the Orient, maintain wealth.
er services patterned after ours, the
pioneer in that line of research, with
which an exchange of news is main
tanned. The daily weather maps OF
those countries are sent to this Gov
eminent and all the storms reported
to them are carefully recorded by the
forces employed by this Government.
The other day in the Bureau of
Ocean Meteorology, a photographer
was transferring the lines made by
the Japanese photographers to a
blank map of his own. The Japan
csc record will be Of use in the fu.
ture to show what was happening in
the Eastern seas on a given day, and
a comparison of such maps will ena.
bic forecasters to obtain a good idea
! of what will happen elsewhere.
international Agreement NeedfuI.
An international agreement, either
in the form of a treaty or a mere
agreement between the heads of the
various services, will be needed to
make the proposed service of value.
1t will be necessary to have it I'M
derstood what part of the seas each
| nation will undertake to cover"
with its own reporters of phenomena,
else there would be endless confu-
sion.
One great obstacle now to such a
system is the fight among the inven.
tors of the various systems of wire
less telegraph instruments. They
will not communicate with each
other
That state of affairs will not exist
a month after any one of the strong
Governments decides that there must
be an interchange between the rival
systems such as is made by the rail.
roads OF this country This Govern
ment can forbid the transmission of
messages for any system that refuses
to exchange with another, just as
easily as it can forbid the Transport
tation from one State to another of
| meat that has not been inspected by
the Federal Government. The Ma
tional Government has no right to
force its inspection upon citizens OF
any State, but its right to forbid or
to regulate interstate commerce is
unquestioned The rival wireless
systems could be treated in that way.
The installation of such a service
would be comparatively simple be-
cause nearly every branch of the
Government service is now equipped
with wireless apparatus. When the
nations decide upon what conditions
the wireless companies may transmit
their messages into and across their
territories the problem of collecting
data for an ocean weather service
will be reduced to the very simple
one of organization.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28
VALUE OF THE FINGERS.
Loss of Various Dists Has Different
Effect on Hand.

The different fingers are from
having the same value in the eyes Of
the law with reference to their func-
tional utilization Much the most i'm
portant is the thumb, for without it
prehension would be imperfect. The
hand is no longer pincers, but merely
claw, when deprived of the thumb.
1t may be estimated that the thumb
represents fully third Of the total
value of the hand. The French courts
allow Is to 50 percent value for the
right hand and 10 to Is for the left;
the Austrian schedule gives from l5
percent for the left to % for the right;
in Germany 20, %, and even as high
as 1873 percent has been awarded. The
percentage is based on 100 as the to-
tai industrial value Of the hand prev
iously to the accident, loss of so per-
cent, representing half of the value,
etc.
The total loss of the index finger
causes an incapacity estimated at %
to Is percent in Austria; 16 to 20 per-
cent In Germany; Is percent for the
left and 20 percent for the right by
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28

once be interested in the novelty ex-
hibited, and naturally will then turn
their attention to the goods on dis
play. American shopkeepers are far
in advance of the merchants of other
countries in introducing these EYE
catchers. . Still, one of the most in
teresting seen recently comes from
Germany. 1t is shown in the Illus
tration. This apparatus is a glass
vessel, and is nearly filed with water
or other suitable transparent liquid.
A fame, produced by liquid COM
bustibles (snch as oil and compressed
air) burns below the surface of the
water. The air is led in through
the larger and the combustible by
the smaller pipe. At the left is an
opening for admitting the liquid, and
on the opposite side an overflow pipe.
When the apparatus is placed in a
shop front or the like the flame burn
ing within the liquid will cause at
tention at once. The apparatus can
also be used for producing hot water
for heating purposes. Philadelphia
Record.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28
Problems in Arithmetic.

1t was at a class in arithmetic that
the following household problem was
exactly solved; Suppose that in a
family of five there are only four
potatoes for dinner, and the mother
wants to give each of the children an
equal share-how is she going to do
it?" For few minutes there was
silence in the room while everybody
calculated hard. Finally one of the
little boys rose to his feet. and after
attracting the attention of the school,
master, gave this unexpected answer:
Mash the potatoes, sir. Kansas
City Journal.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28
RIDDLES.

why does an onion resemble {
ringing bell? Because peel follow
peel in an onion, and peal follow
peal in a bell, when it is ringing.
What word Of three syIlables tell
us at what time we should dance
At-ten-dance.
Why is Ireland likely to becoms
the richest country in the world? Be
cause its capital is always doubling
dublin
When you go to bed, why are YOU
slippers like a deferred resolution
Because they are put off till thu
next day.
When is a nose not a nose2 Whel
it is little reddish (radish) Lon
don News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28
Prompt Action necessary.

Is this Lawyer Sharpley?" asked
the caller, who appeared with big
lump on his jaw. The man in the
swivel chair admitted that he was
Mr.. Sharpley, and also that he saw
the bump.
Eyes, it is quite noticeable" said
the caller, with cheerful smile. 81
got it couple Of days ago, while
was stepping on street car. The
motorman started too soon, and he
made me hit my jaw against the side
of the car. 1 thought at first that it
had broken the bone, but it hadn't
quite Ii hurt me awfully, though,
and l want you to bring suit against
the company for damages"
II am very busy just now" said
the lawyer, but I can take it up for
you in the course of three or four
days"
''That won't do at ALL"
"Why not?"
Because answered the caller,
hesitatingly, that might be too late.
The lump is getting smaller every
| day."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28
The >~.>-~~>~,>r~r.>>~~
Chimerd Of Commercial
Jynthesis Of Foods.

BY Prof tn. Bokorny.


s*T"~~*"% OR little time
included in the list
"a ciaEy, in the laboratory l
clal manufacture
starch production
still another of l
certain which little outside
%%%%%*.%&T OF small body specialists Buteows
and
and Emil Fischers
from much simpler by
n construct carbohydrates
ydrates by agang
heating it with
But the commercial
economically impossible plants
"ch work far more cheapl than worth
cents pound at
such price? Potato
production carbohydrates possible
Is utilized by chorophyand
Only bold and manufacturing
list WILL within conceivable the
food
sober review of the conclusion
Consider
tosha is the
Although albumen
costs ten times which
hundred
pared in popular the synthetic production
bunnods
considerations this
thesis likely little immediate possessed
by earlier snthesis OF carbohydrates
In regard foods the chemistry will continue be the study
inestimable value medicine and biology
a problem worthy
the attention serusmnded chemisTnsad for the Scientific
Anlerca from
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28
A TRAGEDY OF THE MOUNTAINS

This is quite startling exhibition
on account of the lifelike qualities of
the eagle, which really scars into
midair up the mountain crag after
the defenseless sheep.
The eagle may reach its prey or
hover about it in the air in an unsuc-
cessful attempt as long as the youth
full operator wishes.
A small toy theatre stage presents
the best setting for the trick, al
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28
PERSONALITY OF IDA TARBELL.
The Secret of This Woman Histor-
ian's Success.

Accompanying this article is the
latest and a very good picture of Miss
Ida Tarbell, the American historian.
Miss Tarbell, though a lifelong stu
dent, has little of the appearance of
the bookworm. There is a merry
twinkle in the brown eyes, which re-
fleets a keen sense of humor. Her
dark hair is worn pompadour style
above a broad, thoughtful brow. Hers
are clear-cut features, the mouth
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28
AN ENp.

A little girl went counting on,
To one-two hundred, say.
"ls there no end to it," she asked.
In quite puzzled way
] told her no-she had begun,
She might 90 on all day
"There is an end to it--this end"
She cried with laughter gay;
And back she counted, back TO one
And ended so her play.
Little Folks.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-28
JoL For Retired Councillor.

That the bandits throughout the
country are not all low fellows is
seen in the fact that the leader of
one band is no other than q former
member o. the privy council in Seoul.
Korea Daily News.