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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

Cases of yellow fever appear in Gu
ba.
Last vestige Of disorder in Cuba is
said to have disappeared.
Conductor captures train robber af-
ter fierce battle in Missouri.
Former minister of French finance
was shot by woman at Paris.
Health of employees in Panama Ca
nal zone is pronounced excellent.
An American leading a strike at
Hamilton, Ont, defies orders to leave
Canada.
President Roosevelt returned from
his Panama trip, reaching the White
House Tuesday.
Governor of New York denies stor-
les of Communication of Lawyer Pat
rick S sentence.
United States Senator TilIman de-
clared himself "not afraid of any ne
gro that ever lived. -
At Paris, France, the parliament
airy committee to which the matter
was referred has, by s to 2 votes, re-
ported in favor Of the abolition Of
the death penalty and the substitu-
ton Of life Imprisonment.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.


Whites enemies active against him
in Russia and meanwhile he prepares
to again become a potential factor in
country's affairs.
Congressman John Sharp Williams
attributes South IS rapid development
to practical political disfranchise-
ment of the negro.
The J. j. Astor Camp Of Spanish
War Veterans Endorsed the action of
President Roosevelt in dismissing the
battalion of colored troops.
A negress in Memphis, Tenn, says
she is l15 years old and cooked din
ner for General Washington.
The French torpedo schoolship Al
geciras was burned at Toulou and
most of the 500 men aboard are be-
heved to have been saved.
At Cambridge, Mass, Rev. William
Howe, centenarian and the oldest
Baptist clergyman in the world, died.
His longevity and almost unvarying
good health the clergyman attributed
to bis careful and exact habits of liv-
ing, including regular hours, album
dance Of sleep and simple diet.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
A Simple Disguise.

Take two half shells of an almond,
large enough to be held between the
upper eyelid and the cheek. Bore a
small hole in the middle of each one
a little larger than the pupil Of the
eye. You must do this with the sharp
end of a penknife, as such tool as a
gimblet will crack the nut.
The inside of the shells should be
thoroughly cleaned. Paint the out
sides white with water colors. You
can use oil colors if you like, only
water colors dry quickly, which will
enable you to make the monster pop
eyes the faster.
Paint an iris of dark green around
the pupil hole, leaving a white spot
for the "high light" or, in other words
the reflected light which is in every
eyeball. Make the iris Cor dark por-
ton of the eye) somewhat larger than
in the natural eye. You may get the
natural color by mixing blue with a
little yellow and red.
Now fit these "googoo eyes" in po-
sition after the fashion of monocle
or single eyeglass, and you will find
that you are practically masked
Good Literature.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
First Woman to Hold Office.

New Orleans, La, Specialists
Jeanne Gordon, leader in work for
the masses, was appointed Tuesday
by Mayor Behrman as factory inspec-
tor. to create which position the State
constitution had to be amended at the
recent general election. The Office
pays $3.50 per year. Miss Gordon
will be the first woman to hold public
Office In Louisiana.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
A STORY OF FOUR FLIES.
1t Has an Especial Bearing on This
Age of AduIteration.

Age of AduIteration.
.Ic. springftsales-1yalU fatc1whemm NIB
Upton Sinclair, author of THE Jun
gle," told at dinner in New York,
apropos of the pure-food laws, a story
of four flies.
-Four flies, four brother fies," he
said, ''set out into the world, one sum-
mer day, to seek their fortunes.
up and down they flew, and finally,
window being open, they found them
selves in a large, delightful room.
There was a great white table in the
middle of the room, and on it many
tempting viands, were spread.
"The first fly, with buzz of delight,
settled upon dish of lovely, amber
colored jam. He ate his FILL Then,
with low cry of agony, he expired.
The jam, alas, was adulterated with
copperas.
THE second fly saw in his comrades
fate moral. Luxuries, he reasoned,
were deadly. He would stick, there
fore to the plainest, simplest things.
And so he fell to upon a crust Of
bread, and in another moment breathed
his last The bread was adulterated
with alum.
THE third fly was so grieved over
the fate of his two comrades that he
resolved to drown his sorrows in drink.
There was glass of beer handy. He
settled into it greedily But the beer
was adulterated with cocculus indicus.
and in less than a minute the fly, quite
dead, fioated with limp wings on the
surface of the amber liquid.
In despair the fourth fly hid him
self in a corner. Sorrow overpowered
him. Large tears rolled from his COM
pound eyes. And unfortunately. In
this mood, his glance fell upon large
dish Of fly poison.
" What is life,' he muttered. with
out my three dear brothers? I'll kill
myself
And he slipped little of the pois-
on. 1t was palatable. even appetizing.
Resolved to make good job of it, he
drank greedily, and, still drinking.
awaited the end
eBut the end did not come The fly
poison. like everything else In the
room, was adulterated. The little in
sect found it harmless. Indeed, ID
cheered, exhilarated, strengthened him.
so that he no longer desired death"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
Mortality Among Stock.

McEwen, Special.-Horses and
mules are dying in this county from
some unknown disease. Apparently
they are in good health up to with
in few hours of their death, working
and eating as usual, when they sud
denly collapse and suffer intensely. A
similar malady affected cattle here
last year. Some farmers think the
trouble is caused by rotten corn. In
effect, it is something ike blind stag
gers, and no remedy has been dis
covered for it.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07

Fort Smith, Ark, Special-Mr. j.
c. Hill, well known cotton expert,
states that at least sixty per cent of
the United States cotton crop was
ginned on November LIST and as the
ginning record on that day stood
6,892, 900, then the crop, he estimates,
viii be slightly under the IL, loo, 900
mark.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
Chisolm Out on Bail.

Birmingham, Ala, Special.-A. R.
Chisolm, formerly paying teller of
the First National Bank, whose hear
ing on the charge Of extracting $780,
600 from the banks funds resulted In
a mistrial, has been released from
prison. His bond was reduced from
SEE, 900 to 5000, which be furnish
ed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
An Elephant $ Bath.

A man sits on the elephants neck
and guides him into the water. When
the elephant gets well into the water
the man very soon slips off his neck
and makes for the land, for the ele-
plant wants to have a bit of sport all
to himself before the men take him in
hand for his MONDAY bath. He is
nearly as bad as the water buffalo
for rolling about in the water.
He begins by sucking In gallons OF
water up his trunk. blowing It all
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
Three Killed in Collision.

New Haven, Conn.,, Special.-Three
men were killed and FIVE others in
jured seriously Wednesday in col.
lision Of a work car crowded with
Italian laborers on the railroad AM
string Of three gravel cars in the
yhrlS IF the New York, New Haven
a0a Hartford Railroad.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
Whole Family Gone.

Knoxville, Special.-Joseph Moore
a resident of Limestone, was run
down and killed by a Southern pas.
senger train. He was caught on
bridge near his home. Only recently
Moore's wife and daughter died OF
typhoid fever, his death wiping out
the family.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
Readinq a Watch.

In looking over the pages OF an old
magazine, one published just a gener-
a, 'on ago, l came upon a quotation
from, book entitled lettings from
tha West. The quotation was de-
scription of a ". Itch, the writer calling
It a set of "p1afn tae " Of gold" of
bound up in cover likeness
course, his plea was that watch
existed between book and o zee
1t may be that not all of you will
wherein the two are alike. Both, you
know, and have front and back cover;
both can be read, in a sense, siRee
each tells us something; the book
telling the authors thoughts, and the
watch telling the time. But in each
case there is something lying deeper
than the mere facts told ON the face
of the watch or in the pages OF the
book.-From Books and Reading" IN
st. Nicholas.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
The EIves, Busy Work.

Inc Elves BuSy WORK.
IT'S said elves thought a lack Of time
Could be the only reason
The autumn leaves were not all curled
Before the Jack Frost season.
And so all felt that duty called
To them to help the bending,
And get each leaf in autumn shape
Before to earth descending.
They climbed the trees and tried to give
Each leaf little turning,
But many, many hoated down
While they their task were learning.
Their back they'd climb and work at
what
They thought to be their duty.
Until no leaf remained uncurled, -
And autumn lost it's beauty.
They worked so fast and recklessly
That every other minute
Down came leaf, toboggan- shaped
A merry elf within 1t.
/ know not II this all be true;
To see the elves I'm trying.
The leaves float down, and some are
curled.
While autumn winds are signing.
"A. S. Weber in st. Nicholas.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
IS STRONG ON MORALITY

MIR. Roosevelt writes a Particularly
Strong Message In Which He Deals
With Live Issues, Such as Injunc-
lions, Lynchings and Their Causes,
and Other Matters Of Vital Inter
est to the Whole Country.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
rs seamen Perish With Schooner

Cleveland, O., SpeciaI-A bulletin
from Collingswood, Ontario, says that
the Canadian steamer Jones has been
wrecked in Georgian bay, and that 2t
have been lost. A number of bodies
have been washed ashore at Colling.
wood.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
CANAL SITUATION.
The President to Issue Special Mes
sage to Congress on the Matter.

Washington, special.-o Official an
nouncement is made that the presi-
dent will send a special message to
congress shortly after the opening,
dealing with the isthmus situation
He prepared much data on his return
and expects to finish it within a week.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07

Simpkins-W When is your SON coming
home from college?
Tompkins-In about six months. I
guess: he has been gone six months
and he writes that he is half-back now.
Judge.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
Jennie's SeIfishness.

Johnnie and Jennie were having a
tea party.
"You can pour out the tea, Jennie"
said Johnnie, graciously.
"And 1 will help to the CAKE" went
on Johnnie.
We'll" repeated Jennie, more
doubtfully.
So Jennie poured out the tea, and
Johnnie cut up the cake. Mamma had
given them quite large piece. John
ME cut the large piece into five small
er pieces. They were all about the
same size.
He helped Jennie to one piece, and
began to eat another himself. Jennie
poured another cup of tea, and the
feast went on. Mamma, in the next
room, heard them talking peacefully
awhile; but presently arose a discus
sion, and then prolonged wall from
Johnnie
what is the matter?" asked man.
ma.
"Jennie's greedy and selfish, too"
cried Johnnie, between his sobs.
Then he cried again.
What is the matter?" repeated
mamma, going in to find out.
Why explained Johnnie, as soon
as he could speak, 1--WE each had two
pieces of cake, and there was only one
left, and Jennie, she took it ALL"
"That does seem rather selfish of
Jennie!"
Eyes, it was!" Johnnie wept, cause
cut the cake that way SOS I could
have that extra piece myself"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07

Rev. Algernon S. Crapsey, in let
ter to his bishop, renowned his min
istry and declared that the church
will come to his way Of thinking.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07

The lone bandit who is supposed te
have held up d Chicago and Alton
train on November 8, tried to rob an.
other yesterday and was captured By
the courageous conductor.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07

An unknown man was swept over
Niagra Falls in a boat after daring
attempt to save him failed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07

livery employee Of the British post
Office gets wedding present from the
government when he marries.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07

Pasco, In Peru, is the highest town
in the world, standing as 1t does 14.276
feet above sea leves-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
His Mother.

It's mOlHcTs
erpr"s ing in chips all
II don't like TO b. lie John IN
the time" grumbted Ill.,
htmseH. Nther,
"An right. john" said his M ~
who had overheard him. ''Y0u needA
bring In any more chips until you are
willing to-"
Really, mammal" cried little John.
"Yes,' answered his mother; for I
don't like to have boys about that
grumble and hate to work"
The barn was finished long before
supper time, for no one bothered little
John that day. His mother picked up
the chips herself, and did not even
call him to run on errands-
But when the barn was finished,
little John was tired of it, and ran in
to the house and asked his mother to-
tell him a story.
81 can't tell you a story" answered
his mother, "for am busy. Run
away now and play"
But John was tired of playing, SO
he wandered out into the kitchen, and
there he smelled the Saturdays bak-
ing.
He ran and looked on a low shelf
in the pantry where his mother al
ways put little pie for him, but the
shelf was bare
Mamma cried John, bursting into
the sitting room where his mother
was sewing, where's my little pie?'f
What pie?" questioned his mother.
who seemed surprised.
why, you always make me a little
pie or turnover when you bake; that's
the one mean"
81 used to-" said his mother; "but
I was too busy this morning to bother
with little pies"
John went soberly outdoors and sat
down in the shade Of his new barn
to think; if he had helped his mother,
wouldn't she have had time to tell
the story, and if he had brought in the
chips when she was baking wouldn't
she have found time to make him a
little pie?
81 ought to help my mother whether
she bakes me pies or not" said little
John solemnly to himself. at doesn't
take but minute or two to pick up
a pan of chips, and it's fun to run on
errands"
Mamma" he said half an hour lat
er, 1--WE brought in a boxful of wood
and two pans of chips. like to bring
in chips, cause it helps you. And l.
IKE to run on errands. I'm willing to-
help after this whether you bake little
pies for me or not"
"All right" laughed his mother,
who saw that John had learned his
lesson; "the next time l bake maybe
therefl be little pie for you."-Ep-
worth Herald.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
Parental Depravity Among Birds.

Parental Depravity Among Birds.
Laxity of morals among birds is not
so rare as some suppose. OF these de-
generates our, common cuckoo. beloved
of the poets, lis an easy first Some
time since fine series of eggs of this
bird, together with those of it's dupes,
was placed in the central hall of the
Natural History Museum at South
Kensington. This has now been sup
plemented by selection of examples
of other birds, mostly cuckoos, which
show a similar depravity in the mat
ter of parental responsibilities. Such,
for example, are the great spotted
cuckoo rare visitor to Great Bril-
tain-the ami and guira, and the cow
bird of South America. The first
named is common in southern Spain,
and lays its eggs in the nests of crows
and magpies. But the young bird is
less of a hooligan than is the case
with our cuckoo, inasmuch as it does
not GUST its foster brothers and sis
tiers from the nest
The ami and guira are South Amer
lean cuckoos which have earned noto-
riety from the fact that several fe-
males combine to lay the eggs in one
nest, taking it in turns, according to
some authorities, to perform the work
of incubation, but others contend that
this is left to the kindly Offices of the
sun. AS soon, however. as the young
emerge from the shell the females
work with will to feed the hungry
little mouths, though no mother can
tell her own offspring. In this at any
rate they set our bird good example.
The cowbird is one of the American
starlings," and lays its eggs in the
nest of tyrant-bird. To ensure prop
er attention for its offspring the cow
bird takes the precaution to pick
holes in all the eggs of the tyrant bird
before depositing its own. But if
there is method in its madness, there
also appears to be madness in its
method, inasmuch as it commonly
picks holes in many of its own eggs
also.-W Westminster Gazette.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
IpFOR BOYS ADD GlRSN

over his body and back, and up into
the air, and then he goes in for
swim, blowing the water all about
him like a great whale. When the
men think he has had enough fun on
his own account they order him back,
and this huge monster, who could defy
fifty men, turns and swims back at
once, like an obedient child.
Then one man mounts his neck and
scrubs his head-not with soap and a
yard of flannel, but with a burnt
brick. The other man sits on his
back and with another brick scrubs
his back and great TANKS. Then they
bring him into still shallower water,
about three or four feet deep, and
make him lie on one side, and scrub
every available part of his body with
the bricks; then they tell him to turn
over, and the great beast rolls over
obediently on the other side, and
when that is done they make him
stand up, and scrub his great legs and
his pendulum tail. And, oh! how the
animal enjoys his scrubbing. He
would let them do it all day If they
would.
Then the two mount, one on the
neck and the other fair in the middle
of the little hump on his back, and let
him go out for a swim. Away and
away, and away they go; gradually
the elephant sinks deeper and deeper
into the water, till you see nothing
but the top of his great, big round
head, and he blows out water, and
upets from his trunk. Elephant
tra, IN are all now having a good
ana H. 'her.-Scottish American.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-07
Investigation of Disputes Between
Capital and Labor.

The commission appointed by the
President October 16, 1902, at the re i.
quest of both the anthricite coal APP
orators and miners, to inquire into,
consider, and pass upon the questions
i. controversy in connection with the
strike in the anthricite regions Of
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-04-19

or any part thereof.
). That the transportation
or corporation issuing
such book or books shall re-
deem within eighteen months
after the expiration of the time
limit in said book any unused
portion of such book or books,
deducting the regular rate for
the portion used, and such re
demption shall be made within
fifteen davs after presentation
OF such mileage book or BOOKS
/ to any authorized agent OF the
issuing road or corporation.
6. Any transportation com
Danv. corporation or perso'
violating the provisions OF TIM
act shall be deemed guilty OF
misdemeanor. and upon con
p viction thereof shall bee hne'
> not less than fifty nor NOR
, than two hundred dollars TO
r each offense.
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Mr. Arch Hale. of lnman- ac-
companied by his wife, was
taken to- a hospital at Louis
willie Friday night.
MIR W. s. Head has recently
purchased the Bacon property.
Mrs. Walter Jarrett. of bris-
tol. was visiting m Appalachia
and near by towns last week.
Mr. Grim. .the druggist. ano
wife. are boarding at the w ana
sor We hope they are rea1s
to make this their home.
Several of the Big Stone 1a'
|aud East Stone Gap citizens a'
tended the closing exercises "a
1.-The school house Friday am
Saturday evening
MIR. and Mrs sgd Case 70
turned from Gate City ounda
night
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southwest Virginia.
$, - the Manufacturers Record Says ABOUT
This Section.

others who have had a quet
t;n from New York, have
bought sixty acres OF lana on
the other side of the OHIO rlver'
near the mouth of Symmes
creek. the tip being TO the effect
that the Ohio will be briGgeo
AT that point. The line char
tered TO Ironton on the other
side means that it Is possible
that this system may bridge
the river again at Hanging
/ Rock. and go into the hentucke
coal fields.
] There are fine times ahea'
! for Huntington. the best cit-
/ ON the Ohio river.-Hnntingtoi
/ Herald.
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county. North Dakota; and the
third of Fentress county. Ten
nessee.
jamestown, New York. Is the
largest OF the coterie with
population OF about 23 900; Nir-
pinia is the smallest. having
only ten inhabitants.
There are seven postothces
called James. three James
burgs. one James City, one
James Creek. one James Island,
two Jamesports, one James
+ River. one James store. hNe
Jamesvilles.
Both Of the Jamesports are
fairly sizeable places and three
OF the Jamesvilles have money
order stations and are places o
t considerable consequence.
Twenty five states have with
lin ,heir borders one or NOR
towns named after James th
First. Who. if ne could. retur
to earth. would probably per
petrate some wonderful ep
, gram ON the subject. since VIM
= living he was known as th
I. wisest fool I'M Christendom.
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FINE ENTERTAINMENT.

The entertainment 40 the t
school house Friday evening .
WAS pronounced a success. The T
curtain rose ou "a group oi httie
children. who SANG tine Nation
al HYMN. Recitations and dio-
IloDues followed which reflected
credit on tne teachers and those
who helped u drilling the
scholars.
We feel that especial mention
T should bee made OF the illlie
folks recitation. which were
. FUN of mirth and truth
II The concert saturday eve
4 nin0 was witnessed oy an APP
, nreciative audience. though MOI
I, SD large a one as on thepreNlou'
evening. The recitauons %,
Misses Jordon. Hale. sloan an,
R Riggs. were beautifully recited
Miss Jordon. as "a child, enter
.. tainip0 sisters beau, surel.
n -made him feel at home
r. Miss Hale reclted The Cor
"a fessional" until YOU could "a
~ most see the stiletto that pierce
~ her rivals heart. Miss Sloa
- brou0ht tears 20 the eyes OF n
audience as she told SO sweet
ntl of the boy hero. Miss kigi
=. grew SO impatient over = az
nm being late that We wanted
an find him some where and pa
him along. but the way OF
St. women, she sweetly torga
Ter him.
as The ..Courtin Scene" max
he one wonder if it Is natura
ia such difficult work for
1 S mayor.
nile The play-the scheme G
fter failed and the tableau IN c
nection, brought down
nit. house with laughter and clio
in the exercises. Music and so
ma were interspersed through
ado both evening eutertainm'
ma and speaks well for the tea'
on Miss JOrdOn.
Nv Thus has ended the first
orth also successful term OF \
mia lachia public graded schoo