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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04
Deadly Common Plants.

The things that give the most pleas
ure in life frequently can also cause
the greatest pain. Among flowers, for
instance, the beautiful snowdrop, the
hyacinth, jonquil and narcissus are
all poisonous, and to eat the smallest
part of the root of either of them
would produce fatal results, while the
Juices of the leaves will cause violent
vomiting.
The berries of the yew tree have
killed many people, and the opium
obtained from poppies has also
claimed its victims. Lady's slipper
and lily of the valley are both danger
Gus, and if the blossoms of crocus are
chewed they will cause vomiting.
Flowers from dubious roots, however,
seem to be the most dangerous, and 1t
might not be out of place to dealers
in these to label them with cross
bones and mark them poison.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04

that it was presented to the great
lrishman by some of his admirers
while in Richmond prison.
The Superb Stables.
And as to the stables, which, as
have already limited, are the great
source of interest at Glencairne to Mr..
Croker himself
He tells you as you look around the
stables that he has 20 racers, but his
chief interest at present is in Orby a
beautiful chestnut three-year-old colt
with an eye that indicates character,
and a form that cOnnotes stamina and
speed He comes of the very best
pedigreed stock on this side, bred by
Mr.. Croker himself, by Orme, out Of
his famous mare Rhoda B. He has a
half-sister here also, Rhodora, not by
any means as handsome an animal.
Walking back through the grounds,
with beds of wall-fiowers, datfodils,
narcissi, polyanthus, tulips, pansies
and the like on either side, one notes
in the distance, a few miles to the
south, a gorge in the Wicklow hills
known as the scalp, and further off.
rising majestically behind it, one Of
the Irish-named Golden Spears" by
which has been vulgarized by English
into The Sugarloaf.
after all, Mr.. Croker" I ventured
to say, after a strenuous political
and public life, this is pleasanter
place than New York in which to
spend the evening of ones days"
He replied very quietly and with
out the least trace of smile: ut
is quieter."
All this time, whether inside the
house or outside it, Mr.. Croker puffed
away at his big pipe, as contented a
man as one could desire to see. /,
"It will be the crown Of your racing
career" | said, "if you carry off the
blue ribbon of the turf?"
Some people" he answered quiet
ly, seem to think it's great thing.
And one could not make out whether
this imperturbable man was or was
not of that opinion himself.-N. Y
World.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04

various branches of the Croker fam
lily as given in Burke
On the left of the staircase, as you
go up, there is a fine piece of tapes"
try, showing Glencairne itself, with
gaily-dressed women on the lawn.
Setting aside the oratory and the
fine corridor, there is nothing upstairs
that Mr.. Croker seems to be anxious
to show you, except an old-fashioned
bed in one of the rooms, which once,
it appears, belonged to Daniel O'Con-
nell.
Old and Quaint Engraving.
After this substantial piece of do
mestic comfort, the thing that seemed
to excite MI. Croker's interest most
was an old and quaint engraving OF
meeting Of the pugilsts, Heenan and
Savers, hanging among other things
of the kind, in a passage leading to
the billiard room.
| mentioned the billiard room. Like
the large strong room, with the Gro
ker archives, it is off Mr.. Croker's
study, and is a noble apartment, con-
tanning two tables especially made for
Mr.. Croker in the United States. This
room can be entered not only from
Mr. Croker's own room, but also from
the hall and again from the grounds;
and, finally, there is communication
with the kitchen, to facilitate the at
tendance of servants. The walls are
| oak panelled, and decorated with OF!
paintings in chocolate tints, of many
of the chief streets and buildings OF
Nav York, including Wall street
Tammany Hall, the post office, the
city hail. Central park, Fifty-ninth
street, Fifth avenue and the Demo
cratic club.
The bedrooms are in the Adam
style. The bathrooms, ETC., are sump
tuously fitted, and have beautiful tiled
have their own supply of hot and colo
water.
The drawing room and dining room
were the two last apartments tc
which Mr.. Croker conducted me. The
| most striking adornment of the draw
ing room is gigantic tiger rug witt
the head raised, the jaws open anC
the terrifying teeth fully displayed.
Glad to Show People Around.
Mind the tiger" said Mr. Croker
timely Injunction, as one might eas
lily trip over it's head.
"A wonderful skim" l answered ad
miringly.
YES" replied Mr.. Croker. 81 ge
the finest l admire the tiger" Th'
panelling is in birds-eye maple, ant
here again the elaborate decorating
of the ceiling is in the refined ant
delicate Adam style.
The dining room is the most spa
cious room at Glencairne. The walls
like those of the hail. are mahogany
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04
Hall Is Beautiful

culiar course. of the temperature, by
marked abdominal symptoms, by an
eruption upon the skin. But there is
nothing in what goes by the name of
insanity to further diagnosis as that
term is understood by medical men
generally.
Perhaps, adds DR.. Savage, there is
no need to wonder at this, since many
have to be treated as lunatics whose
brains and nervous systems show no
change whatever from the normal
course of what is recognized as sanity.
Unfortunately, the impulse to define
and classify sometimes leads to misin.
depreciation Of deplorable kind
Such, for example, is the false view
as DR.. Savage deems it, that every per,
sen of unsound mind is a lunatic
That, he says, is "pseudo-legar alb
surdity obviously there are many
persons of unsound mind who are
neither dangerous to themselves mol
to others-why, therefore, regard then
as aliens?" The true difficulty, insists
this distinguished expert, is that the
disease insanity does not exist.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04
is THERE INSANITY?
Absolute Sanity Declared by Expert
Not to Exist.

Anglo-Saxons are so prone to take
common-sense views of things that
they seldom realize the full force of
the familiar saying that all men have
come form of madness in them, says
Current Literature. The sound infer
ance is, as is pointed out by DR.. G. II.
Savage, the eminent English alienist,
in a recent Lancet paper, that perfect
sanity would be not only undesirable
in itself, but from a strictly scientific
point of view, impossible. For a per-
fectIy sane person-were such thing
ithmkable-would be dull and uninter-
asting-a mediocrity, nonenity. The
point to seize, however, as DR.. Savage
impresses upon US, is that there can
be no comprehensive idea or dcfini-
ton of insanity, because the thing
does not really exist. No scientist can
set up any standard of nationality de-
arturo from which would comprise or
denote insanity. One can diagnose a
case of typhoid because 1t IL a con
4inued fever characterized by pc
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04
UNITY OF INTERESTS.
Relationship Of Residents Of Rural
Communities to the Home Town.

Live and let live" is a policy that |
has come down through the ages and
is an expression of the Golden Rule
only in different words, There is in |
born in man desire for self-preserva- !
tion. 1t is a law Of life, and to this
desire can be attributed that which is
considered selfishness within US. Saw
age man has little regard for the
rights and properties of others. He
lacks the sense of equity and justice
and is guided solely by the brutal in
stincts. Intelligent man realizes that
all his fellow creatures are entitled
to the same rights he would enjoy
himself. Therefore where the Chris
tian spirit is found, there can be look
ed for such equity as gives all an
equal chance to gain livelihood and
to enjoy the products of their labor.
There should be the greatest har
mony among the citizens of every
community. The interest of all the
classes comprising city or district
should be considered identical. 1t has
| been noted that the most prosperous
towns have been built up by har-
monious and united effort of all the
people composing it. In these days
When there are evils to combat, when
oppressive trusts exist that are fac
tors in unequal distribution of wealth,
it is all important that the masses in
| each and every community unite and
work in harmony for the protection
and betterment of local conditions. 1t
it to be regretted that in many agri.
cultural communities there is lack
of harmony between what is called
the business interests and the produc.
ers of crops. Different reasons may
be advanced for this condition, but the
most common cause is misunder
standing on the part of the citizens
as to the relationhip that should ex'
ist between them. 1t is wrong for
the teachings that go forth that the
farmers interests are different from
those of the merchant, or that the
merchants interests differ from
farmers of the community. 1t
is also an erroneous idea that the
town is alone for the townspeople
and the country districts for the farm,
er Is it not true that the merchant
is dependent upon the farmer for his
support? And it is equally true that
the town is an important thing to the
farmer. 1t is a convenience to him
and he is as deeply interested in all
that pertains to it, to its advancement
I and the betterment of its public insti
tutions, it's streets, its parks and all
as are the people who reside within
the town. The merchants should real
= ize how important the farmer is tc
them, and the farmer should be
brought to a realization that the toWr
is for him as well as for those who re
7 side within it's limits, and, that tl:t
less antagonism between the resi-
l dents on the farms and the residents
t of the town the better it will be fol
the whole community. There is q
2 uEity of interests that cannot be
1 ignored, and there is a common t1elt
wherein all can work for mutual bene
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04

Dublin.-Richard Croker displayed a
distinct appreciation of the beautiful
when he pitched his Tudor castle on
the slope of the hills that encircle
Dublin bay.
Shown in by a neat-looking maid,
your correspondent found himself in
the presence of Mr. Croker himself,
standing with a formidable looking
pipe in his mouth, in the grand hall of
the building, directing the operations
Of two local worbmen, who were en-
gagged in what seemed to be the rather
difficult task of making the flue OF
the hall chimney work. 1t was a study
in concentration. You might have i'm
agined that nothing else existed at the
roment, but the problem of that re-
fraCtory flue.
Mr.. Croker gave friendly nod, and
then resumed his attitude of absorbed
contemplation of the work, until the
crisis in the operations had passed,
when he turned round to his caller
with an inquiring gaze. On hearing
that the Sunday World desired to
have an intimate description of his
home, and permission to photograph
the interior, he replied: There need
&c no trouble about the photographs, y
and going into his study brought back
a roll of them"
These said he, ARE all I've got.
lou are welcome to them"
Mr.. Croker had just come in from
walk in the grounds, and wore a
loose frieze overcoat, knickerbockers,
brown stockings and heavy shooting
boots. He looked in perfect health.
Your correspondent re~arked that
they believed in New York that he
was about to return and take a hand
in politics again.
They're wrong" said the former
boss of Tammany Hall. Il shall never
return to American politics again
never! | think I've said that before
more than once, and I'm not in the
habit Of going back on what | say
I'm out of American politics for good
but hope to pay my personal friends
there an occasional visit. When | gC
the papers will say that am back OF
some political business, but they'll bt
wrong again"
Croker Has a Tiger.
There was no mistaking the quie
but perfectly polite determination ex
pressed in his tone, and at the sam'
time, by way of more effectuall.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04
His Dire Threat,

There was determination stamped
on his brow.
Refused, eh!" he Kissed, swapping
his words like the explosions of a
motorcycle. Then shall turn on the
gas"
The beautiful girl swooned. When
she recovered she found him sitting in
an easy chair reading the sporting
news.
"Ah, you didn't turn on the gas after
all, did your" she asked in trembling
tones.
"Yes did" he replied coldly.
"You-you turned ON the gas, Har-
old?"
"Of course l did. How could light
It If / didn't turn it on?"
And then she asked his forgiveness
and accepted him on the spot.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04

panelled, the panelling being filled In
with tapestry. The ceiling is also in
mahogany, elaborately carved and
nodded. There is a beautiful side
board in the same material. designed
by the architect to harmoniZe with
its surroundings. The thing in this
room, however, which Mr. Croker
shows you with most interest is a
quaint and orientallooking bowl,
which he tells you with much salts
faction once belonged, like the old
bed upstairs, to Daniel o'Connell. 1t
is a punch jug, which would hold
about a gallon of that inspiring con-
coction, which, according to a Cork
poet, was accidentally discovered by
st. Patrick; and Mr.. Croker informs
you, as he looks at it affectionatelyr
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04

tables and writing material, chairs,
etc, as in a sitting room. and on the
walls are portraits in oils OF Mr..
Croker's favorite horses and photo
graphs of some of their famous rela-
tives. All the chief rooms of the
house radiate off this central hall, in
cluding the two have already named,
and the dining-room and drawing
room. In fact, standing in the grand
hall you feel that you are in touch
with the whole house. For the main
staircase rises out of this hall also
and so brings you at once to the upper
part of tisC mansion.
The staircase is a noble one, six
feet wide, also In carved dark mahog'
any. At the top there is a stained
glass window, with the arms OF the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04

Pattern No. 57S1.-The increased
vogue of the thin lingerie waist and
the general popularity of over-blouse
effects, has created demand for a
plain blouse or under-slip, and the up
to-date wardrobe should contain sew
eral of these valuable garments. The
one here shown may be closed in
either front or back, and the pattern
provides for full length or elbow
sleeves. 1t is adapted to several
materials such as China silk, lawn,
batiste, all over-lace and the fancy
tucked materials. For So inches bust
measure two and one-eighth yards of
36-inch material will be required for
the making. Sizes for SO, "a, S6, SO,
40 and AZ inches bust measure.
This pattern will be sent to you ON
receipt of 10 cents Address all orders
to the Pattern Department of this paper.
BE sure to give size and number Of pat
tern wanted. For convenience, write
your order on the following coupon:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04
Home champauns PonuIar.

The conclusion of the bureau Of
statistics from the study of the cham
payne production in the, United States
is that the quantity of genuine fer
mented-in the bottle champagne"
wine produced in this country at pres
ent is nearly one-half as great as the
Importation of wine of the same gen.
eral class; or, in other words, that
about one.third of the genuine cham
payne wine now consumed in this
country is Of domestic production and
the proportion which the home prod
uct. forms of the total is rapidly in
creasing.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04

Pattern No. 5775.-A dainty white
apron adds to the trim appearance OF
the little school girl. New designs
are constantly being shown, but none
more becoming to the wee maiden
than those having a full gathered
skirt, hanging straight from narrow
yoke. A broad bertha finishes the
neck edge and gives style to the little
garment, but it may be omitted If de-
sired, and narrow lace edging could
be used to finish the neck. The
materials most in use for aprons are
cross-barred muslin, lawn, linen and
gingham. For child of seven years
two and three-quarter yards of &C.
inch material will be required. Sizes
for 3, S, and years.
This pattern will be sent to you on
receipt of 10 cents. Address all ORDERS
to the Pattern Department of thispaper.
BE sure to give size and number OF pat
tern wanted. For convenience, write
your order on the following coupon:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04
Kino Carlos Honors American.

King Carlos has conferred the title
of baron on A. Patterson, manager in
Portugal of the business Of the Stand
ard Oil company, in recognition of his
personal efforts to, develop commercial
relations between Portugal and the
United States, This unprecedented
honor to Mr.. Patterson is commented
on with great interest by the members
of the diplomatic corps in Lisbon.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04

changing the conversation, or rather
the entire center of interest, he led
the way into the Japanese room.
Mr.. Croker is a man who wants to
get things done promptly, and always
goes right ahead | wanted to linger
over some of the beautiful things he
had brought to his beautiful house,
but as we passed through the rooms
he was always most unconscionably
marching on. Indeed, proud as he is
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04
Compulsory Education in China.

The board of education has under
consideration scheme of compulsory
education of children, by which 100
primary schools will be established
in each provincial capital, 40 in each
prefect, department, and district, and
one in each village.
The same board is of opinion that
all children reaching certain age
should be forced to enter the schools,
otherwise their parents are to be pun
ished. 1t is also proposed that the
provincial director of education shall
attend the school once in every two
years and hold an examination
Shanghai Mercury.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04
Rsbald Gokertbe Fighter g
Is Living Like a Prince in His Beautiful
Irish Home.
Former Tammany Chief Has Certainly Chosen Charm
ing Spot in Which to Rest After His Strenuous
Career in America

of his fine mansion, and of all the vai-
liable things that are in its many
rooms, Mr. Croker is far prouder of
his stud That was what he wanted
me to see all the time.
But before we came to the stables
l was able to get a good general inn
preston of Glencairne itself. The en-
trance gate, in solid cut granite, seems
rather strange to an Irish eye, and
looks like the gable of a house in an
old Belgian town like Broges. The
lawns and flower beds are laid out
with great taste, and to-day are per-
feet riot of green and colors.
There are few buildings in Ireland
like Glencairne. Most of the great
residential houses in this country
were erected in the eighteenth cen
tury, when domestic architecture was
conceived in somewhat commonplace
vein. Glencairne is not unique, but
is certainly exceptional in Ireland. 1t
| is a noble pile, crowned with an Irish
tower in the center and beautifully
chaste Italian portico running from
the hall door on the west, round the
building to the south, and Sc to the
! gardens. The house is built of cut
granite, and part of the wall of the
original building, once the residence
of well known Irish judge, is incor'
| porated in it.
In the Japanese Room.
But to return to the Japanese room
1t is indeed a gem. There are no cor
ners in it as in an ordinary room. The
corners" are all circular, and they are
covered with charming and quaint
Japanese tapestry. The ceiling is
Japanese, with perfect aviary o
Japanese birds painted with excellent
taste, full of life and movement. A
the other side of the hall is Mr.
Croker's own study. Here on the wal
club of New York, of which the eX
leader is absolutely proud. Here, too
are some books many of them relat
ing to American affairs, one by hi
friend, w. J. Bryan.
And here, above all, are large pho
, tographs of Mr.. Croker's two deat
sons. He shows the pictures to yOl
without any apparent emotion, be
cause he is man who has mastered
emotion. Presently, as you go through
; the house, you will see, off the larg
: and handsome corridor upstairs,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04
cnurans In Daily Life.

Bravery helps to make nation
safe. A nation of towards, however
prosperous, cannot be great nation.
Men and women who dare fling them
selves against great odds for the sake
of their convictions; who do not
shrink from crying out against any
evil that may menace the purity of
the government; who will, If need be,
sever all political, social and financial
ties for love of country-these are the
heroes to which nation resorts In
her hour Of need.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04
clnarettes and conseienee.

The man who limits himself to Gig.
arettes shows smallness of mind.
He seems smitten with some hidden
conscience that feels it is not right
to smoke; but he smothers It. and
with great bravado determines to be
devil of dog, and take cigarette.
Grata.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04
a Canine SecTes.

"You can always tell the people who
are unhappy from the look of their
faces" said the tired woman, ''but II
you look out of the window OF morn
ing you never can tell which dog it is
that has cried all night and kept you
awake
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04

Statesmen in Washington, over
their black coffee and cigars, are tell.
ing a little story about Chief Justice
Fuller, of the United States supreme
court. The chief justice, so the story
runs, met an old-time friend, and after
a hearty hand-clasp Mr.. Fuller re-
marked:
You are looking exceedingly well
Aren't you filling out little?"
mo, indeed" replied the friend
"You probably think so because I'm
looking Fuller in the face. Judge.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04

cut into three or four slices and
roasted or baked in an oven.
Frequently the people of a village
join in making huge oven, in which
several hundred breadfruits may be
baked at one time. Thus they are all
supplied with bread without it's cost
ing any of them much labor Pre-
pared in this way the bread will keep
for weeks. The breadfruit is in sea-
son eight months of the year. When
the season finally draws to a close
the last fruits are gathered and made
into sour paste called mabel"
This paste will keep good for months
and is made into balls, wrapped in
leaves and baked, just as needed.
Bread is not the only product of the
breadfruit tree. From it cement, cloth,
tinder and lumber are also obtained.
A glutinous, milky juice oozes from the
trunk of the tree, which makes an ex-
cellent cement when boiled with CO.
coanut OIL From the fibrous inner
bark a kind of coarse cloth is made,
and the big leaves make good towels,
The lumber is used for building
houses and many other purposes. Be
sides all this, the dried blossoms are
used as Under when fires are kindled
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04

At this season Of the year the best
game preserve is 9 refrigerator.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04

very beautiful little oratory, the
stained glass windows of which he has
erected to the memory of these two
boys.
Hall Is Beautiful.
The grand hall, however, to which
we retired from the study, is the prin-
cipal feature of the house. 1t is a
large apartment in dark mahogany,
with an elaborately carved and mas
sive old Irish mantel-piece. Around are
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-07-04

A movement, it seems, is being
made to erect shrine dedicated to
Our Lady of the Cataract" in one OF
the churches of Niagara Falls.