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New-York tribune., 1907-01-19
FIRE IN SUNDAY SCHOOL BUILDING.
Small Blaze Damages Annex 10 Church OF
the Pilgrims, in Brooklyn.

Pre- broke out shortly before O'Clock yesterday
afternoon tn the Rttie Of the Sunday school builo-
Ing ths rear Of the Church of the Pilgrims, at
henry and Remsen streets. Brooklyn Heights The
Eev. Dr. II. B. Dewey was ;n his study, on the
Aoor below, when ne srneiled smoke.
ne called the sexton. anc they went upstairs ano
found tho aFe Fire Chief Lelly turned out with
The englnes ana she flames We're exfinguisised be-
zoe serious esmare wac done. Lally said that he
5eieved that fhe ,fre was caused by q sheet iron
ipe. When The aremen were able 10 lnNes stix4ts
lney found a beam near the fEe badly cherfeo, as
Y 4 had been sfnouldering for an hour or two.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-19
HAS $50 STANDARD INDICTMENTS.

Findlay. Ohio. Jan. 1s-The County Clerk has
turned to Sheriff Groves by order of Prosecut-
ing Attorney David. the indictments found against
the Standard Oil Company, John d. Rockefeller
and others. There are $50 indictments An at
tempt will be made TO have the defendants accept
service without compelling Sheriff Groves 10 serve
them personally.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-19
ORPHAN ASYLUM ouARANTINEo.

The Brooklyn Orphan Asylum, at Kingston
and Atlantic avenues. Brooklyn. has been placed
under strict quarantine. following the discovery
OF nine cases of scarlet fever in the last two
weeks. Six children suffering from the disease
are now in the Kingston Avenue Hospital. II
is alleged that children from the asylum were
permitted 10 attend Public school Al. In New
York avenue.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-19
SUSPENDED At HIS OWN REQUEST.
Chief Folio Clerk Acts On Story That He
Charged Fellow Clerks Usury.

Jurgen Johannsen. chief folio clerk Of the Regis
ter's Office was suspended yesterday on his own
request by Register Gass. This followed story
that Johannsen had been lending money at usuri-
ous rates 20 department clerks
Register Gass said he would make rgld IN
ersl sf,idayis from about thirty clerks Ia Johann
sens Department, IN which they said they had bor-
roued money from the chief clerk, in sums OF 50
and $40 but had never peid, or seen paid any IN
ferest II was alleged that the chief eiefk lent
money az 10 per cent a month, thus making l2O
rer cent a year the Investments
New-York tribune., 1907-01-19
A GIFT OF 5000 TO CHARITY.

The New York Association for Improving taa
Condition OF the Poor desires 20 acknowledge tAa
receipt OF an anonymous gift Of Scel and 70 thank
the eenArous donor. The money, requested. WI \
be kept fund for the relief or distress IN Wfh{
ter ana the income only viii be used The 500
oatfon Is to-day caring FOR two thousand tAfAoaeo@
ana reports much sickness Axno0G The pooA
New-York tribune., 1907-01-19
READY TO BEGIN AoUEpvcT WORK.

Eight maps covering land needed fof tne
itsl two sections OF the cntssil aaueouct wsies
tystenn were s,sred NV members OF the Board OF
-sfinlate yesterday The signing OF the Inaps ps
en mernber % the board Vas necessAIR ~ - u.ar rn
~ a ree1y 10 begin the prelfIanAxi 49,, ~,
NJ: n PssssrYsS;| sa. r. q . yAbf Hsteaa s'ee sss'ss
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23
this company will use the tunnel IN
carrying out its great work.
rrho i,r,r.n nn nln L, nnM Il Nuori-

The propaganda Is now ut work.
There is a great deal of talk already.
In quarters friendly to Armour, about
the "city beautiful" and about the aw-
full state of affairs brought around by
the smoke nuisance and the hauling Of
coal about tn. streets.
This will all lead up 10 the new con.
eern which will furnish heat, steam
and power without hauling, or widely
distributing dirt or smoke.
The tunnels will tap every big con.
csrn usine coal or power, and will dO
the job for them with neatness and
dispatch.
A franchise will be quickly grantei,
based upon the cost Of installing a
plant, digging trenches, etc.
But the concern will be owned by the
tunnel company, and the pipes Will the
laid in the new subway.
Mr. Kenyon, who has been running
the Stock Yards NJ South Omaha, y
coming TO Chicago TO manage Mr.. Ar
mours tunnel.
lie ought to do II well, There Gre
good many points in common be
tween handling cattle in South Omalm
ana handling people in Chicago--esIe
cinlly as the voting cattle have been
dehOrred here.
The tunnel, which was originally
conceived In SIN and horn In iniluity.
was wrung from the willing hands Of
IN alderTnnic ring, in the first place,
as a grant for telephone conduit.
Then, after several miles Of II had
been built and its size was subject Of
surprise to people who thought of 1t az
Q telephone tube, the City Council
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23
amended the grant so as to give the

amended the grant so rs to give the
tunnel company the right to haul par.
cells and packages.
II has been stated rather authOrlta-
lively that the bore Is not as big as 1t
might be, but that it Is big enough for
the latest power, heat and steam
scheme, ana the result will be another
Franchise.
There has been so much underground
work in the past that when the Armour
interests get ready to invest in the open
mir, 1t will be pretty costly to breathe
in Chicago.
Meanwhile the public will watch the
City Council with jealous eyes to see
how much more it Is going to give Mr.
Armour for nothing.
II the packers get back the rejected
meat will they can 1t for the British
trade or serve 1t to the local trade ut
high prices?
~eEA
The Beef Trust Is making big money
out Of the people nowadays.
And, In tlte meantime, the Board OF
Review should asl; Mr.. Armour to tell
It what he knows about that outside
stock.
%6
They say that Armour & Co. are
going to build big Office building In
the stock yards to save few dollars
In rent. In other word2, this corpora.
ton Is going to make all its employees
move their families nearer the yards"
and work In the stencil all day. Old
Phil. had too much sympathy to do
thing like this.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23
Illl1A

The Health Department reports for
years back have been interesting read.
Ing for people who give thought to ths
matter of pure food:
Tie following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin OF Octo-
her %, 1905, speaks for Itself:
The city inspectors at the Union
Stock Yards condemned "FIVE CAT.
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS,
WITH A PART OF THE EVIDENCE
OF TUBERCULOSIS TRIMMED OUT,
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS"
'"They also condemned and destroyed
8.083 pounds Of cut meats shiplcd from
st. Louis and Kansas CITY. having
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-23

Tbs Beef Ffusl viii dnd Il hard
10 get resting place when the peo-
pie Of this country rise against It
a. they surely will. The people Of the
whole world are crying for its exter.
minatiOn.
The Beef Trust will be campaign
issue next year. The Government has
four'fushed on this food trust, which
10 the worst trust Of all. PesOle do
not eat coal oil. but they do eat meat
Coal oil 10 cheap and meat II dear. II
the Beef Trust too powerful TO prose-
cute, or ID II 70 be forever immunsf
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07

Robert Treat Paine, Jr., chairman
of the Executive Committee of the
Massachusetts Public Opinion League,
has prepared with his colleagues a
circular urging upon the Legislature
the enactment of a public opinion
law designed to bring legislators and
their constituents in closer commu-
MON, by means of open conferences
together on public measures. The
circular takes the position that this
relationship would supplement and
perfect the representative system of
the State in accordance with the ideas
of the constitution of the common
wealth.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07
Going Him One Better.

An American tourist on a visit to
Glasgow, on emerging from the rail-
way station, was accosted by lad with
a familiar shout of Garry your bag,
sir?" The gentleman handed the boy
the bag and requested to be shown
through Glasgow Crossing George
square they came opposite to Sir Wal
ter SCOTS monument, and the boy said
proudly:
"That is one of the largest monu-
ments in Scotland
oh said the Yankee, with an air
of indifference, 1--WE have threepenny
cigars as big as that in America
They got on tramcar going east,
and just as they alighted at the termi-
nus long circular piece of iron on a
lorry drawn by twelve horses came up
the street The American, in surprise,
asked what that was for The boy,
remembering what the Yankee had said
about the cigars, and with resolve to
be even with him, replied:
"Oh, new hotel has just been built
in the Trongate, and that is the kitchen
poker. "-Tit-bits.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07
Point That Brings Business.

Here is a good argument for a
country publisher to use while max
ing the weekly rounds of the stores
in his community:
The wide awake country merchant
is rapidly coming to the conclusion
that the best way to meet the COM
petition of the city merchant, the de-
partment stores, and mail order
houses is to fight them with their
own weapons. The day when a man
can put in stock of goods and sit
down and wait for business is past.
He has to hustle for it, and advertise
his goods, in order that people may
know that he has what they want.
A merchant who knows how to adj
vertise never complains of dull times.
When things quiet down, he adver-
tises a little more, and in this way
keeps things moving all the time.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07
AsTERs FOR EARLY PIONEERING.

Sow in shallow box in the house
and by the time they are of a suit
able size to transplant the weather
will be warm enough to permit of
their being planted out in the flower
border In transplanting select
cloudy day for the work and thus
save the trouble of shading them.
For later crop the beginning of
May is suitable time, as then the
seed can be sown in the flower bor-
der.
The deadly enemy of the aster is
the black beetle and you must watch
for them when the season of flower
ing comes. Go over the plants every
day and shake off the bugs into a
pan of hot water. Some seasons they
do not bother the asters much, but
at other seasons they are very de-
structive. Asters like strong ground
and plenty of water when in bloom.
BY using care when in blossom a
really worth while aster flower is
almost as desirable as chrysanthe-
mums.-The Epitomist.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07
pEDIGREED SEEDS.

The achievements of the plant
breeders in the development of pedi-
gree seeds are quite wonderful con-
sidering the difficulties of fixing per-
manently characteristics resulting
from hybridization. For instance,
when species of rye with different
types of heads are crossed, it is found
that the female parent is neither
alone nor most prominent when ex-
erting its influence on the product
and its progeny. In about one-half
of the plants of the first generation
of rye crosses the type of head and
form of seed of the male parent were
prevalent, while in the other half the
same characteristics of the female
predominated. In the second genera
ton the individuals split up into
groups of either onetype or the other.
One-fourth of the number of individ-
uals showed the spike characteristics
of the female parent, one-fourth
those of the male parent and one-half
intermediate forms.-The Epitomist.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07
s.Praise From Sir Hubert


Ex-senator BILLY" Mason is quoted
as telling of trip made through the
Northwest some years ago by Con-
gressional committee comprising sew
eral Senators and members. Among
the number was Mr.. Mason himself.
While in Montana, says Mr.. Mason.
he was much struck by the strength
of character and manliness so charac-
acteristic of the men of that State.
The committee was put up" for sew
eral days by rich miner, whose
manner of thought and action, ac-
quired in the rough days of prospect
ing and poverty, had in no wise been
altered by his acquisition of great
wealth.
When the time came to say good
bye the miner grasped Mason's hand,
which he shook with great fervor.
Senator, said he, I'VE like you
here. You're an Fastener and a
public man, but you're no blamed
aristocrat! We've taken great fam
cy to you, Mason, because you're free
and easy, and no gentleman! In fact.
you're just like us!" Harper's
Weekly
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07
RABBITS IN ORCHARD.

have been growing fruit trees to
some extent for over forty years and
have never had rabbits to destroy
any trees by girdling, when l took
the precaution to prevent it. In
growing fruit trees we always have
considerable amount of trimming to
do. Now if this is done in early win
ter or when the first snow falls
the rabbits will eat the buds, they
prefer them to gnawing the trees
Sometimes I have had old trees that
had outgrown their usefulness; those
trees l have cut down and carried the
brush into the young orchard, and l
have known the rabbits to eat all the
buds off of quite a large bunch of
trimmings and not bark a single
young tree in the orchard. | have a
Keifer orchard now that the limbs
grow near the ground and many of
them the rabbits reach when the
snow is on the ground and eat the
buds off the branch tips.-Thos. j.
Shallcross, Locust Grove, Nd.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07
A Good Suggestion.

The suggestion of State Highway
Commissioner Hunter, of Pennsylva-
MIA, that the road supervisors of the
various counties of the State form as
sociations to enable them to work to-
gether to better advantage has been
needed by the county officials in the
State. Commissioner Hunter or some
of his assistants have addressed the
organization meetings to excellent
purpose, and at the present rate the
entire State will have been SO organ
lied within the next six months. The
benefits of these county organiza-
tions have already become apparent,
for the bulk of the applications for
State aid are now made with view
of doing the greatest good for the
greatest number of residents, and
there is a notable decrease of the
here and there improvements which
benefited single locality to limited
extent-New York Sun.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07

I There is much to be said in favor
of the proposed revival of steamboat
traffic, admits the New York Ameri-
can. Originally the rivers were the
natural highways OF the nation. They
remained such until their business
was crippled and in many cases abb
solutely ruined by the railroads. The
weapon used in this warfare was the
same as that employed to build up
trusts and kill their competitors
the railroad rebate.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07
SOUL WEIGHING.

Scientists assert that experiments have
proved that the human soul weighs from
ore-half to one ounce.-Press Despatch.
What does the soul Of the woman weigh
Who fondles a dog ard drives childy'.n
away,
Who calleth her husband that phono-
And worships some actor mans photos
graph?
Now scientists say
Drop hint TO Is. pray
TX her soul on the scales were thrown,
What would it weigh?
What would the soul of the muckraker
weigh.
Who seeketh for new regulations to slay,
Who jngles his gold-pieces in his jeans
Ills wage for his work in the cheap maya.
zines
Now scientists, say,
Drop a hint to us pray
If his soul were worth trihing with.
What would it weigh?
What would the soul of the magnate
Who would with his countrymen's welfare
play,
Who would bring on disaster to me and
you
Unless he is left his own course to pure
Now scientists. say,
Drop a hint to us, pray
Were his soul on the scales to-day
What would it weigh?
Denver Republican.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07
Japanese Life Undersoino Chance.

American and Europe can see that
Japan is being caught in the strong
current of modern industrial and COM
mercial organization and is being
swept far away from the old moor
ings. A Japan of factories and mills,
machinery and big corporations,
wealth such as the country never be-
fore knew and grim industrial grind
strange to the Japanese is coming in
to existence. The whole color of jap
anese life is changing. Wealth is
making itself the usual object of wor-
ship in industrial and commercial ma
lions. Will its votaries and the vic
Tins of its bitter riyalries-the human
sacrifices of wealth abused and mis-
directed-emulate the feats of arms
which amazed the world in the sefge
of Port Arthur and the great battles
from Liao-Yang to Mukden? -Cleve-
land Leader.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07
DOG SAVES A RABBIT.

A sportsman on the Huntsham
estate, North Devon, had rabbit
brought to him by his spaniel, which
had caught it under hedge.
The rabbit could walk only very
feebly, though all its limbs were
found to be sound. In its mouth,
however, was a thick twig about two
inches long, which had become
wedged in behind the teeth in the
rabbits rush from some threatened
danger. The animal was unable to
extract the twig with its paws and
was gradually starved to death
when it was found by the dog.-Lon-
don Evening Standard.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07

According to some curious invest1-
cations conducted by English scien-
lists eldest sons tend to be criminals
and youngest sons paupers. A great
many thousand school children and
many family histories have been ex-
amined to yield these results. First
born children werc found 10 be, as
rule, taller and heavier, with greater
abil%y and endurance than the 9TH
ers. This is in accordance with the
popular feelin-- in many countries
that the oldest child is superior to
the others and deserving of special
privileges. 1t is a well established
fact that among men of genius an IN
due proportion are eldest sons.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07
MAKE a BLUFF.

II there isn't any pleasure
waits for you besides the way
" there's not thing to grin at
In your journey day by day,
III you've got excuse for kicking
And for stirring UP a row,
Don't you do 1t! Don't you do it,
Just be happy, anyhow.
Just be happy. just be happy;
Take the fiddle and the bow
Smuggle ii against your shoulder,
Timber up and let her go,
Till the world is full of music
And there's joy in every string,
Till you get all outdoors laughing
And you make the echoes sing.
It's duty you are owing
To the world to shake your feet
And to lift your voice in singin'
Till the music fills the street;
II the world is dark and gloomy
And you haven't got a friend,
It's your duty to dissemble,
It's your duty to pretend.
If you meet the world a-grinnin',
Then the world will grin at you,
You can laugh the clouds to flinders
TIL the blue sky glimmers through;
III you just pretend you're happy,
With your whole heart in the bluff,
Then, almost before you know it,
You'll be happy sure enough!
The Houston Post.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07

The coal deposits of this continent
are being exhausted rapidly. We
consume nearly 100000 tons every
day. Last year more than 100000
600 tons of coal were taken from this
country's mines. The recognized au-
thorities have shown hat in 100
years the American people will prac-
tically be without coal. The most
sanguine estimate sets forth that the
Pennsylvania anthracite fields will be
exhausted in a little more than fifty
years from to-day.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07
Too Loouacious,

The inhabitants of the Canaray Isles,
finding themselves oppressed by fam
inc, sent to the Governor of Galicia
one of their head men as an ambas-
sador. They advised him not to lose
himself in long-winded talk. He
promised and kept his word. He took
with him a large number of sacks,
and arriving at the town where the
Governor was on circuit he opened
one of them before him, saying only
these words: 1T is empty fill it..
The Governor ordered this sack
and the rest to be filled with meal.
but he said to the speaker:
you had no need to tell US that
The sack was empty, nor that it was
necessary to fill it; we should have
readily guessed that Another time
be briefer in your talk Bon vi
Yant.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07
RETURNS AFTER 27 YEARS.
Disappeared During Fenlan Movement
and Thouuht Dead hv Wife.

disappeared During renidH MOVEMENT
and Thought Dead by Wife.
A romance of the Fenian movement
has been brought to light by the reap
pearance in Roscommon of man who
mysteriously disappeared twenty-seven
years ago, says the London Chronicle.
A strange feature of the incident is
that he is repudiated by his wife, who
believes that her husband is dead
belief which was also entertained I'M
til this week by the husband with
regard to his wife.
The man is James Farrell, locally
known as Lights Out Whaler," and
and during the Fenian he was en-
ployed as a police spy. In those
troublous days heavy penalty was
inflicted upon inhabitants who failed
to extingufsh their lights at dark,
and to Farrell was assigned the duty
of watcher-hence his nickname.
One day Farrell disappeared, leaving
his wife and six children. He after
ward communicated with his family
from America, and sent money, but
his family became destitute. The wife
then went out to New York in search
of him.
She returned with the news that her
husband had remarked but was now
dead, and she had said prayer over
his grave in Broadway Cemetery" The
second wife lived in fine mansion on
Long Island
AS the years passed all the children
emigrated to America, the supposed
widow remaining in Roscommon,
where she earned precarious liveli-
hood. Last week stranger speaking
with a marked American accent, ar
rived in Roscommon and announced
that he was the missing Farrell His
wife refused to admit him to the house
and even threatened him with vio-
lence She declared he was not her
husband, who was much shorter
man.
Farrell afterward related that he
was forced to leave the country, as he
was threatened with death because OF
the way he had voted at an election.
He received his passage money from
an unknown source. His letters home
we're unanswered, and, meeting Ros-
common man in New York, he was in
formed that his wife was dead. 1t was
not true that he had remarked. He
became a member of the fire brigade
in Southampton, l.. l., and would short
ly be entitled to a pension. He had
six weeks holiday, and had come to
Roscommon to inquire about his chill
dren.
Farrell added that he had made a
fruitless effort to get copy of his mare
Wage certificate
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07
Music Has No Charms For Rats.

The ingenuity of C. Buck Gorham
in placing a metal collar with pend
ant bells on it upon the neck of rat
has succeeded in Kidding the large
plant of the Automatic Machinery
Company at East Norwalk of an army
of rats that infested it. The company
has paid the youth reward of SIS.
which it offered to any one- who
would drive away the rodents.
The bells tinkled as the rat went
through ceilings and walls, and he
acted as though he was proud of
his musical adornments. His numer-
Gus relatives, however. forsook both
him and the plant, whether through
envy or from fear has not been de-
termined. South Norwalk Conn.,
Dispatch to New York World.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07

! Seven European countries have
adopted the postal savings bank sys-
tenn, namely: Great Britain, Aus
tria, Hungary, Belgium, France, Italy
and the Netherlands. In 1904 there
were in the United Kingdom 9,673,-
III depositors. In the United States
there were the same year 1857 saw
ings banks and 1906, 443 depositors.