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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
HOME NEWSPAPERS.
Are Factors in the Enlightenment 0
the People.

This is an era when the business
man who would succeed must place
the right value upon publicity. This
is the most enlightened era the world
has ever known. Only small per.
centage of the people, particularly
among the English speaking, cannot
read and write, and in fact it is rare
thing to find an illiterate person in
any American community.
In every farmers house can be
found from one to a dozen newspa.
pers and periodicals.
The old-style farmer is fast passing
and there is a general admission that
intelligence, in fact scientific training
is needed on the farm as well as in
the business house and factory. With
telephones, daily rural delivery serv.
ice and every innovation of civiliZa.
ton, the American farmer is fast be.
coming noted among the educated and
advanced classes. They are readers,
thinkers and logicians. Growing gen
erations in agricultural communities
have all the advantages that the youth
of cities have, and few of the disad
vantages. They surely breathe a
healthier moral atmosphere. The
farmers are the main support of the
country press. They feel interested
in all local affairs, and the home ga
per is the means of keeping them in
formed of things going on immediate
ly about them. If the average mer
chant would give as substantial sup
port to the home paper as does the
farmer, the editor would not only be
enabled to give the farmer better
paper, represent his interests better
but the merchant would receive ben
eft in seeing his town improve and
its business increased, and all his
environments improved.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26

At Tsin-kiang-pu, city of about $780,
600 inhabitants, saw tons of rice so
displayed, and all the restaurants open
to the street, while outside the city
wall were encamped 100000 famish-
ing refugees, driven from their homes
by want. and many of them dying
daily from actual starvation. Yang
chow has an encampment of $1,000 ref
ugees, of whom the Chinese governor
said that 1000 died in a single night
of cold and starvation. Nanking has
three camps of these miserable NOR
tails, with about 100000 people in
them, and Chinkiang has 10000. These,
moreover, are the strong who are able
to pile their meager goods on the fam
lily wheelbarrow and travel south from
the North River famine district; of the
other myriads who are perishing in
their homes, nothing can be said. No
body has ever written a description
of the death-throes Of rat in its
hole.
If this were properly symmetrical
article 1t would have dealt at the out
set with the summer rains and floods
which inundated this great plain Of
central China, destroying the crops
and, in thousands of cases, washing
away the mud homes of the peasants.
1t would likewise have exploited the
culpable inefficiency of the Chinese
government for not having inaugu-
rated system of relief before the
people began to drop from starvation.
Also it would have pointed out the
many public works right at hand upon
which the famine sufferers could be
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26

Tsing-Kiang-Pu China, Jan. 16. 1907.
1t depends upon the bumps on a
mans head what he will think of a
great famine. If his scientific bump be
large he will point out, dispassionate-
ly and learuedly. that famines are one
of the agencies of beneficent nature
to keep down the surplus population,
and to insure the survival of the fit-
test. They are painful like sur
geon's operation, but they are really
a wise provision for the health OF the
whole mass of mankind.
why do you carry that baby?"
asked my missionary friend Of an
aged. withered old woman in one of
the famine refugee camps in central
China, pointing to a starving which
the trembling old arms held. There
is no one else; the father and moth
'er have both died" And plainly, the
infant would soon follow them within
the portals of starvation gate, through
which so many hundreds are daily
passing The death of the parents.
and the survival of that old woman
and tiny babe, we're famine para
,doxes; for most of the victims at this
stage are the very old and the very
young. In still another instance, l
saw wrinkled, half-blind old grand
mother seated on the bare and frozen
ground, her only home in the camp,
dividing with a wee child the thin
rice Cruel which she had managed to
secure at the relief kitchen. How she
ever made her way through that jam
OF voracious wild creatures I cannot
tell; on the same day, at the same
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
TO HOLD THE BELTS.
Devices That Give Originality to the
Girdles Worn.

Methods of holding the back of the
belt in broad girdle shapes are many,
and to these devices majority of the
belts owe their originality. In large
number of the new models these mar
row slides are of metal, plain or set
with little jewels and long enough to
hold the soft girdle to its full width,
are set close together at the bottom
and spreading fan fashion toward the
top, while at the front the belt mar
rows to the width of small buckle,
harmonizing with the slide, Folded
girdles are of soft leather deep around.
set with steel points along the top
and finished in front by long steel
buckles. Some of the new leather
girdles are scalloped around the edges
and with large raised dots moderately
deep in the back are held there by
long enameled slides, but narrowing
to the width of small buckle in front.
Girdles plain behind. but wide in
'front.', with handsome jeweled
buckle. are GlSo among the new beltR
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
Summer Neqtioees.

Fl@Wered organdhes, lace-trimmed,
are always pressed into service by
the designers Of Regligees and the
India silks are popular negligee ma
terfals for hot weather wear. Too
much cannot be said in praise of the
designs and colorings of the seasons
challis and for practical boudoir
gown which will give a little more
warmth than India silk or muslin it
would be hard to find anything more
durable than one of these pretty
challis.
Exquisite tea gowns are fashioned
from the striped crepes, messalines,
foulards. ETC., in one-tone coloring or
in Pekin effects of pale blue and
white. lavender and white and kindred
effects; and very often liberty satins
ara ideal tea gown stuffs, because they
Fall in auch graceful. elinging fashion.
srumhle so little and wear se we'll
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
DICTATES OF FASHION,.

Many of the sleeves show bewitch-
ing puffs above the, elbows, with a
cuff binding it just below. This in
turn is supplemented by odd little lace
cuffs, which reach quite half way
down the forearm.
The black iris, a, strange and weird
flower brought into fashion by Jean
Torrain and adopted since by most
women who aim at originality, is just
now enjoying considerable success.
Net, closely dotted, is tied into big,
Haunting bows, to be worm under the
chin. Some of. the bows are shown in
white with colored dots and others are
in palest pinks, lavenders and blues.
There are short sashes shown on
many dresses, especially those slight
ly short-waisted in the back. Other
belts are made of inch and half gold
or silver ribbon, weighted with tas-
sells.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26

place, / saw man so crushed by the
jam that he could not get to the
EMISSION hospital without help. The
cruel, crowding selfishness Of the Chi
nese in the scramble for daily bread,
under ordinary circumstances is more
elemental and unconcealed than any
thing known in the West; add actual
starvation as a motive, and you un-
chain all the savage beasts that lurk
in the recesses of human nature.
/ A few days ago missionary at
Suchien thought to alleviate a modi-
cum of the distress that surrounded
him by distributing 100 work tickets
to able-bodied men, using relief funds
for payment. When the hour Of dis
tribution arrived Git was very early in
the morning) mob of 1000 men, each
determined to sieze this chance for
work, no matter who might get left,
surged around the missionary. They
crushed him and finally bore him down
all with no evil intention-and
trampled him under foot, until he was
rescued, unconscious, only with great
est difficulty, and his life barely saved.
That is the sort of thing, and worse,
which the authorities fear when they
refuse to allow individuals to go out
Into the camps and disburse relief 1t
is more than little trying to a white
mans nerves to have starving people
clutching at his coat. or falling on the
ground before him, or holding forth
hungry children for his pity, while he
dare not ease his feelings by scatter
ing the few coppers that are jingling
in his pocket. But the rule is rigid,
and doubtless wise, that not a copper
penny or a brass cash may be given
out directly.
In fact, the officials, as well as most
other observers, rather anticipate Sc.
rious outbreaks as consequence Of
the famine. Let nobody delude hip-
self into the belief that the Chinese
are the abject serfs of an autoQatic
government; the hundreds of mandar-
ins who have been beaten, dipped in
huge Jars of filth, covered with mud,
stoned and otherwise ill-treated by
mobs, know far different. The Chi
nese are nearly always ripe for riot.
At any moment the big world which
Aas been so callous to the awfulness
of this famine that has swept away the
entire subsistence Of 5000, 900 people.
out of a total population Of 10000, 900.
dwelling in, an area Of 10000 square
miles, may be startled into attention
by great outbreak of mad, mob des-
peration, in which all the foreigners
within reach may perish. If so. be 1t
remembered that poise and self-re-
straint are qualities scarcely to be ex-
pected Of men In the throes Of actual
starvation.
These famishing Chinese are, as .
matter Of observation. displaying Q
respect for law which could be expect
ed OF no western people similarly sit
uated. have been amazed to See
heaps of rice and other food.stuffs
freely exposed for sale, on the side
walks Of streets along which daily
pass hundreds Of men, in the inde-
scribable grip Of the primitive passion
Of r s.seTSyet not grain was stolen
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
MAKING CHEAP GOODS.
Low Prices Too Often Mean inferior
Articles.

Efforts to cheaper cost Of produc
tion Of numerous classes Of goods sud
to place them on the market in com
petition with we'll advertised lines,
and at mitch lower price, has infiu
enced not too honest manufacturers
to turn out very inferior articles. So
long as they can be made attractive
In exterior appearance so as to please
those whose tastes are for the
Snowy" seems to be the only cOnsid
Grafton. In the manufacture of stoves
and ranges particularly is there great
opportunity for fraud. In different
cities of the middle west are large
concerns that make a speciality Of
manufacturing stoves to supply deaf
ers who depend on cheapness to Sc
cure sales. These manufacturers buy
from junk dealers all classes of old
iron, and this remelted and worked
over enters largely into their manu-
factured articles. The result is that
a stove is produced that while it ap
pears to be all right, few months
use will prove it to be almost worth,
less. The tensile strength is not
there. the metal is rotten and brittle
and the expansion caused by the heat
makes it warp and crack. The Innings
are of the poorest material.
One of the tricks employed is the
use of old sheet iron for lining
Throughout the south and in many OF
the large northern cities the manu-
facture of artificial ice is extensively
carried on. Galvanized iron cans OF
the capacity of a 300-pound ice-cake
are used, and in every large plant
thousands of cans are in use. The
ammonia that is used in the process
of freezing soon causes the cans to
corrode, and then they are rendered
useless for the purpose required. The
stove manufacturing concerns buy up
these discarded cans, and use them
for lining stoves. 1t can be judged
that the life of the stove in this way
is shortened, but as the stoves are
never intended to last long, the lining
is as good as the other material
which enters into their composition
In appearance these stoves are all
that can be desired, but their wearing
and durable qualities are not half that
of properly made stove should be
They are often sold at as high prices
as the best article, but more frequent
ly are disposed of as big bargains,
and are dealt in extensively by con
Germs that advertise themselves as
manufacturers" and do business "di
rect with the consumers" through the
mails. Makers of stoves who put out
brands of goods known to be standard
never resort to such methods, as one
inferior stove might result in the loss
of dozen sales, and no reputable
stove dealer or hardware merchant
would handle the goods.
D. M. CARR.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
COATS HAVE QUAINT EFFECTS.
Empire Models Are Now by NooMeanS
the Only Model.

Nothing could be quainter" than
some of the coats contrived with cloth
for some of the smart tailored frucks.
Although the empire vest is dainty
feature of these coats, the general em-
pire effect is gradually giving way to
other models, particularly the semi
cutaway designs, with fronts smartiy
rounded away and finished with sew
eral rows of stitching or binding OK
elegant silk braid.
Redfern shows a tailored gown in
very dull mauve cloth, the skirt haV-
ing two broad box plaits on either
side of the front, the plaits beginning
Just above the knees. Across the top
of these are stitched two straight
bands of the cloth, finished at either
edge with large buttons covered with
mauve moire, encircled in dull gold
rims. The coat is piped with modern
lcrown moire, a rather queer" sounding
combination, but an effect beautiful to
look at. The pipings outline stitch
ings of the cloth, which follow the
curved lines of the coat, and the en-
pire vest is made entirely of the
brown moire, with handsome metal
buttons stitched down either side. The
shoulders are long in effect, and one
might describe the sleeves as a series
of cuffs, for they are stitched with
bands of cloth, secured only at the
lower edge, each standing out beyond
| the outside seam, cuff-like. with a
large button setting off each band. At
| the wrists there is wider piping CT
brown than appears anywhere else on
the coat, and the sleeves have suf~
| ficient novelty about them to- suggest
| the coming of fall.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
BUILDING I'm Trusts.

During the past ten years billions
of dollars have been sent to the large
cities by the residents of rural com.
munities, and these billions have been
used in building up trusts that work
against the best interests of the
masses who reside in agricultural Sec
tions. Is it not time to awaken to
ihe dangers Of sending money away
rom the home towns?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
at PAYS to Advertise.Y

The merchant who believes that
advertising is just throwing away
money" can hardly hold out well
when there is any competition to
meet. He might succeed in running .
crossroad store in some pioneer coun
try. but he has little place in the
business world wheEe, it is essential
that upto-date methods be employed
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26

One finds crush belts Of soft leather,
the chief attraction being in the novel
design Of the buckle; white leather
belts, bearing designs in soft shadings,
hand finished with buckles repeating
the color of the decoration and many
another attractive models in leather.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
New. window Dfap.ries.

stretched on valance board or cor
nice lath along the top of the window
casing, and braided in the same way
as the hangings.
Buckram or butchers linen should
be used to interline the vaianee, In
order to get the stiff effect Tn
bleached muslin sash curtains are ap-
propriate when cotton or linen over
draperies are used. If the furnishing
of the room is elaborate, the curtains
may be of silk or pongee. ANtwoineh
hem couched down with heavy silk
floss serves to give them finish.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26

dining room. Either lfRen. wGNl or
cotton material may be used for I lese
hangings, of a color suitable foI the
room in which they are used Draper
of this style IL especially appropriate
with white woodwork and colonial fur
niture.
The curtains are edged with white
or cream mohafr braid. one inch vide
and finished At the corners with .
simple design. The formal valancs II
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26

on the outer side Of arm, the space be-
the ruffles.
Materials required for the bodice:
115 yard 46 inches wide, 11a yard lin
ing, &yard silk, about yards, lace.
and 21a of ribbon.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26

FOR THE WARM WEATHER.
Pretty Bodice Effective in Any of the.
Thin Materials.

This is pretty bodice of voile,
eolienne, or any thin wooden material;
1t is made on fitting lining, and has
a vest of finely tucked silk; or crepe
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26
And In the Shadow Of the Sacred codl

Amy inr5 tention or neglect on part
of employees, II reported to the cashier
or head waiter, will be deemed fav.
or by the management From a RoS.
ton Hotel Bit Of Fare. f,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-26

de-chine with colIar.ba1d of the same.
The material is draped horizontally in
front, and fastens rather to the side
under ribbons with rosettes at either
end. The large rounded revers and
collar are lace with silk half way over
The material of sleeves is cut away
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
The Voice In the Choir.

The voice in the choir seemed to
ascend up and up through the vaulted
ceiling by way of the marble pillars,
like a silver thread. 1t was divine.
She sat e%nraptured through the ser
mon to hear it again. Then on her
way out she said to the sexton:
DO they keep him on ice to IRE
serve his voice? Do they wrap him in
cotton till he is ready to sing, and
feed him with a spoon?"
"They do nothing of the sort" the
sexton replied. They don't take
care of him at all. He is the worst
little rascal in the choir and UP to the
most mischief. His voice will last
only a year or SO, then he will be Just
an ordinary child. 1t is so with them
ALL"
Somehow she wished he hadn't told
her that as she went out in the dark
street and walked along home.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
sPoILs OF AUSTRIAN COURT.
How They Are Divided Among the At
tendant sUpon Royalty.

Court etiquette in Austria is more
stringent than in other European
courts.
The attendants come in for large
perquisites, as comestible articles are
never allowed to appear twice On the
royal tables. 1t must be a good thing
10 be n Of these attendants, as to one
man falls all the uncorked bottles. to
another the wine left in the glasses.
and the game. fish. and sweets are
equally divided in the same way
Each morning a market is held in
the basement of the palace, where the
Viennese come to purchase the re.
mains Of the banquet.
This custom is a revival OF one that
obtained great favor in the Middle
Ages. Then the great lords of the land
were not above accepting the remains
OF a feast and the lord chancellor was
entitled to the ends of one large candle
and forty small ones each day.
He in his turn made capital Of this
oerquisite and undoubtedly his ex-
chequer was greatly increased by 1T at
the end of the year.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16

joke when he is the victim? and par
TRAITOR?
Mrs. Ackers had risen to her feet
and stood beside her chair, trembling
ly. She did not think he would be
quite so seriously offended.
There are some more; I baked
some with pork, too, so if you
shouldn't like these"
Just at the moment she thought the
storm about to burst over her head,
MIR. Ackers walked around the table
and took his wife in his arms.
Lizzie. l have petted my taste I'm.
til l have made a fool of it; now l am
going to try petting my wife a little.
l reckon my taste is acute enough,
and / rather flatter myself it is of
the right sort, but it needs common
sense and thought for somewhat be.
sides ones self to develop taste in the
right direction.
1--WE will have pork or beef or any
thing you like. If l have grown to
be such an idiot as l have proved my.
SSelf tonight, 1t is time there was a
change. This isn't the only thing l
have been an idiot about. We will see
if we can't find a girl to help you the
busiest days. Go over and talk with
Mrs. Wells and see how she manages.
| want a companion as well as a house.
keeper, and | have been %fretting be-
cause o were not a better compan
ion, while all the time my %fastidious
taste kept you planning and working
in the kitchen. | wonder if i can
shoulder the blame on the pig / have
eaten"
Mrs. Ackers has many a time con
graduated herself on the success of
her little experiment, but still more
she blesses kind Mrs. Wells for Jog.
ging her husbands elbow and pointing
his acute taste in the right direction.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16

Mrs. Wells nodded her head In a
satisfied way as she watched her
guest depart. II have made an III
preston. He will take the hint. Poe
little Mrs. Ackers is Shaving herself to
death for that finnicky husband, and
he is blind as a bat. l think l have
opened his eyes a bit"
Mrs. Ackers met her husband at
the door with her usual bright smile.
This has been a glorious day, Liz
zie; been out?"
Mercy me! no; how do you think
l can find time to do all Saturdays
work and walk out? And besides
when l do get through l am too tired
to step"
Mr.. Ackers frowned a little. ct
does not seem as if there need be so
much to do, just for us two"
Mrs. Ackers hesitated, and colored
a little. How hard to work all day
and then have Frank think there was
nothing to do. But that was just a
mans way. She swallowed a bunch
in her throat and told herself she
must Ue more urea IMAM usual, to
mind so much. In a moment supper
was on the table. Baked beans, smok-
ing hot; how good they smelled,
What made Lizzie glance up at him
in that fluttering way?
We'll, Frank, is the pork as much
better as you expected? Are the beans
just right this week."
Couldn't be beat, my dear. Pork
goes ahead of beef every time. Pork
for my taste"
Mrs. Ackers clapped her hands and
laughed, though looking like a naughty
child that is bold enough to be dar-
ing, yet fears the consequences. "Oh,
Frank! it is beef in the beans. ! mis-
trusted your imagination was stronger
than your taste. Now / have proved
it" Then in the next breath: such
a good taste,'" laughing again mer-
rily.
Mr.. Ackers looked queer, then in
credulous, then his face began to dark
en- ominously. What a enjoys a
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
Canada Purchases Buffaloes.

Three hundred bison have arrived
at Calgary, Canada, by apecial trains
from Montana, where tire entire herd
of 500 has been purchased by the do
minion government for the new ma
tional park. Canadians thus come
into possession of more than half the
living bison in North America.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
Feminine viewnoint.

Said He-That is a very old joke
mer resorts.
Said She-Well, it may be old, but
It's no joke.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16
CHEAP IRRIGATED A N

Grand opening Sept. 9th under Carey
Act. Little Snake River Valley, Routt
County, Colo. $3.50 per acre for land
and water. s5.25 per acre down. Ex-
cursion rates. Routt County Develop
ment Co., S14 18th ST., Denver, Colo.