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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
Feat in Bricklaying.

In the erection of the House OF
Representative Office building, ad-
jacent to the United States Capitol
at Washington, an interesting fact
has developed in connection with the
brick masonry work. The first brick
was laid at the site on the afternoon
OF July s., 1905, and on July 3, 1906,
there had been laid in the walls H.
100000 brick. This is believed to be
the greatest number of brick laid on
any building in one year in the
United States, and PROBABLY in the
world. One of the causes conducting
to this record-breaking feat was the
remarkably open winter of 1906
'06. In those winter months the
work continued almost without in
terruption from either snow or cold,
and not more than twelve or fifteen
days were lost during the entire WIN
ter by reason of weather conditions.
Scientific American.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
Suffering is Contagious.

According to DR.. GulZmann, whose
report has been adopted and pub
lished by the German Government,
Involuntary mimicry plays a great
part in suffering. Like yawning, it
is catching. The quicker a child is
and the more initiative, the more apt
it is to imbibe any defects of speech
on the part of those by whom it is
surrounded. Conclusive evidence of
the contagious nature of suffering is
to be found in the fact that the num-
Der of Sufferers in a school increases
steadily as the children pass upward
from class to class. In the public
schools of Berlin, for example, the
number of Sufferers among the chill
dren in the lower class was over five
per cent. of the total strength of the
class. This proportion rose from
year to year as the children passed
upward in the educational scale until
in the higher class the percentage
was discovered to be ISL, or more
than three times the number found
when the same children were in the
lowest grade.-Ledger.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
Handle For Bags.

Scores of practical ideas are pat
ented every day, but few of them are
ever put upon the market. In this
class may be mentioned the combined
carrier and fastener for paper bags
shown in the illustration. Every lady
will at a glance recognize the USE
fulness of such a bag. The suburban
tie especially, who generally reaches
home Saturday night loaded down
with bags and other miscellaneous
parcels, would welcome the use of
such bags by storekeepers. 1t can
be safely predicted that this bag will
never be universally adopted-no
matter how useful it may be-simply
on account of the probable prohib-
tive cost. The profit of the store
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
Brides Who Stay at Home.

According to old and established
custom in Japan, the eldest child,
whether male or female, must, under
all circumstances, abide at and in
merit the home. BY this means a con-
tinuous succession is assured, and the
estates cannot pass into the hands of
strangers.
From this arrangement it follows
of necessity that no eldest child can
marry and live with an eldest child
of the opposite sex. When an heiress
weds her husband must assume the
family name
A similar custom prevails in GER
tain families among the people of the
Basque Provinces, in the north Of
Spain. An eldest son among them
is not allowed to marry an eldest
daughter, If both are first born.
In this case, too, the husband Of
any eldest daughter takes UP his resi-
fence under his wife's roof and
adopts her name, which Is thus trans-
mitted to their children.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
Facts About Lead Pencils
BY KATHERINE B. CALHOUN.

| 1t is difficult to determine the exact
period in which "black Lead was first
utilized as an instrument for writing
with other mineral bodies to which
1t bears no relation. The ancients
used lead, but the metal was formed
into fat plates, and the edges of these
plates used to make the mark. If an
ornamental design was desired, the
transcriber drew parallel lines, and
traced their illuminated designs, usu-
ally with hard point, but also with
soft lead. That lead was known to
J the ancients is also proven by the fact
that it is mentioned in the Book of
Job.
During the year 1915 there was a
description of the black lead pencil
written by Conrad Gesner. He says
that pieces of lumbago were fastened
in wooden handle and a mixture of
fossil substance, sometimes covered
with wood, was used for writing and
drawing. About half century later
+, a very good account of this mineral
4 W a. 5AfOhg anu IL W do tnCA uSCQ III
Italy for drawing and mixed with
clay for manufacturing crucibles. We
are informed in Beckman's History
of Inventions" that the pencils first
used in Italy for drawing were COM
posed of mixture of lead and tin,
nothing more than pewter This pen
Gil was called stile Michael Angelo
n00nfinnc this ctiIn in foo "a.
seems that such pencils were long
used in common over the whole con-
tinent of Europe. At this period the
name plumbago or graphite was not
| in use, but instead the name molyb-
| dena or molybdoids, which is now APP
piled to an entirely different mineral
Graphite or black lead is formed in
the primary rocks. In the United
States it occurs in felspar and quartz,
in Great Britain in greensboro rock
and gneiss, and in Norway in quartz.
The mine at Borrowdale, England,
has supplied some of the finest black
lead in the world, but the quantity
varies, owing to the irregularity with
which the mineral occurs
The Jews were for while the only
manufacturers of pencils. 1t required
great skill to perfect the manufac-
ture, according to the degree of hard
ness or softness required. OF recent
years the manufacture of pencils has
increased to such an extent that the
price of these articles has decreased
proportionately. Graphite and pure
clay are combined and used in the
manufacture of artificial black lead
pencils. and on the other hand the
greatest perfection is attained in the
making of the higher class pencils.
Graphite is exposed to heat to acquire
firrnness and brilliancy of color. Sui
paur Is also used to secure a mora
perfect color. Scientific American.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
A Miniature Kingdom.
BY ROBERT sHACKLEToN.

Directly between Paris and Ber-
lin; only a hairs breadth, indeed,
from being on straight line drawn
between these two cities; there lies a
little and independent country BY
Americans it has been inexplicably
overlooked. 1t contains multitudes
of ruined castles, perched craggily
1t is of the diverting area of 999
square miles.
This almost unnoticed Grossher-
zogthum of Luxembourg would not
even now be Independent had not
Queen Wilhelmina been a girl. 1t
would have remained a province OF
the Netherlands, although hedged in
(such, again, the bewilderment of it,
by Germany and Belgium and France.
But its constitution makes the sue
cession hereditary in the male line of
Nassau, and so at Wilhelmina's &C
cession it eluded her grasp and pla-
cidly entered the family circle of in
dependent European countries; not
large for its age, this new member,
for it's size is less than a twelfth part
SAoI VI lilly 11OAldAQ
Luxembourg, the capital of Luxem-
berg, is set proudly upon a plateau
girdled by 200-foot precipices.
Until less than forty years ago the
city was of strength only second to
that of Gibraltar, but by the Treaty
of London, of 1867, the Powers de-
creed that the duchy should thence
forth be neutral, although it was a
province of Holland, and that the for
tifications of the capital should be
destroyed. For centuries the city
held proud distinction under the al
ternating rule of France and Ger
many, Austria, the Netherlands and
Spain, and the change has not come
in order that the nation shall not lift
up sword against nation, but only
that in case of war great armies may
manoeuvre without the check inher-
ent in the very presence at this CEN
trail spot of powerful stronghold.
And so, the splendid haugntiness
has gone, and only fragments of the
Notifications remain. But what frag-
ments Rocks honeycombed with
passages and pierced with embras-
ures; grim piles of stone, and here
and there, projecting over the edges
of the cliff. the noble Spanish Tow
ers.
The Powers decreed, too, that the
army be reduced to paltry 900, and
the inhibition still holds. But the
happy people, making a jest of ne
cessity, smile when the handful
march along with pomp of colors and
blare of music; some sixth of the to-
tai army being band. But, with saw
irg sense of humor, there is no ex-
travagance of military title. and the
commander-in-chief is but majors
Uarper's. :
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
These Men Are Needed,

Workers.
Progressive men.
Men of gumption.
Men who have no time to croak
Farmers who can organize AMI
lead.
Men who believe in new enter
prises.
Farmers who believe that farming
pays.
Solid business men with a farm
training.
Men who will develop the social
life of the town.
Men who will develop the home
market.
Hustlers who will combine West
ern push with Eastern shrewdn2ss.
Men who love the soil and are :
ashamed of their calling.
Men who take pride in their town
and try to advance its welfare.
Men who will practice ald teach
the business end of farming.
Men who are not afraid to do their
duty when holding local Office.
Hen Who will save and work, as
they would in the West, to succeed.
Men who believe that, everything
considered, their own State is cool
enough for them, and as good as any
other section of the wide eassa.-
American Cuitiyator.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
THE cLoyD-MAKER MAN.

For him there's no cheer in bit of blue
sky,
Ills gospels been gloom since the world
first began
Though the dIgnified call him pessimist, /,
In charity style him the Cloud-maker
Man!
He sees good in naught, warped vision
has he:
He's bore, from whose talk all the
world prays release;
He's as nearly satanic as mortal can be,
A racker of rest and disturber of peace.
Blades of grass he will shun, but to make
two clouds grow
In our skies where but one grew before
is his plan,
And we might feel the hatred we feel for
foe,
If we didn't so pity the Cloud-maker
Man!
Roy Farrell Greene. in Lesies Weekly.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22

the testing rooms of large watch fac
tories, and in repair establishments,
the winding of the watches each day
by hand is tedious task. The opera
ton requires great deal of time,
and is very hard on the fingers of
those who are compelled to perform
the task.
The machine invented for this pur-
pose is shown herewith. 1t consists
of a shaft suitably mounted in a
frame, which may be secured in a
wise, one end of the shaft is supplied
with handle, and the other is fitted
with a clamping apparatus designed
to grip the crown of a watch. In this
manner the watch is wound by a
crank.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22

keeper would be eaten up in the cos
of the bag, and he is therefore IN
likely to adopt it. A glance at the
illustration will suffice to indicate the
formation of the bag. In all proba-
bility a dozen of these bags filled with
various articles could be carried with
ease in one hand. The carrier at the
top affords firm grip for the hand
and at the same time is not cumber-
some.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22

The Cloud-maker Man is stranger 10 JOY
A robher of dreams. and so petty a thiel
That he'll steal hope from out the glad
heart of boy.
Leaving quite undisturbed fear, repent
ance and grief.
In the heart of woman he'll jealously
plant
BY taking her faith, which is loves chief
support.
Though his whole stock in trades hypo-
critical cant,
He's a culprit who rarely indecd's
brought to court!
A long face he wears, and his voice has a
tone
Lugubrious, sad, as he pirates of hard
luck;
lie looks for bad omens as would an old
crone.
And holds in contempt perseverance
and pluck.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
A Tremendous Lean.

If, as is reported, Norwegian
athlete has succeeded in leaping the
enormous distance of 1870 feet on his
snowshoes, his prospect of winning
the championship at the forthcom-
ing -Hoprend at Holmenkollen, near
Christiania, ought to be indeed rosy,
1t is not many years since leap of
seventy feet from a platform two
thirds of the way down. the steep
snow slope which forms the track
at Holmenkollen was considered mar
vellous To-day a comparative tyro
can afford to smile at such feeble
effort. -Westminster Gazette.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
Golf Fatal to Chivalry.

In a ball room or a drawing room
man will treat women with decent
If tolerant civility. But the sight of
d skirt on the links rouses him as a
red rag does a bull These con-
founded females" he mutters, as he
misses a shot for no reason whatever
but his own Stupidity, 'how can a man
be expected to play if these confound-
ed women will cackle like flock of
geese! Golf Illustrated
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22

the ordinary women's pocketbooks
are not very large. Probably this
accounts for the fact that pocket
books are being discarded and hand
bags introduced. A New Jersey in
ventor has devised unique article
which he terms pocketbook, but
which nevertheless. has the carrying
capacity of a handbag. 1t really re-
sembles what might be called min
iature dress-suit case or travelling
bag. In the accompanying illustra-
ton it is shown in an open position.
Across the top is a wire frame SINH
lar to those used in travelling bag,
but, of course, smaller On each
side of the frame are clasps by which
the pocketbook can be opened or
closed. When open there Is ample
space in this pocketbook to place
everything needed. At the same
time, when closed it is no larger than
the ordinary pocketbook in size and
appearance.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
"Aricrography."

A postcard of the usual size is ex-
hibited at the Bucharest Exhibition.
On it is written the Bulgarian Con-
stitution In full, the opening speeches
OF various European Parliaments, and
two poems by Rudyard Kipling-12, :
600 words i'll all. The caligraphist,
Peter PailEoo, of Sofia, spent nine
hours q day during three months to
accomplish the feat. London Elk.
press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
Limitation Of firearms in Esl;a.

A notification has been Usual by
the Government Of British India t.
the effect that no license viii J
granted for the importatioa OF arr
rifles of 1903 bore. or ridss Of f. /
bore by sea or river or land inso Br.
ism India. 1t is made an ohenss +:
persons to be found in possession
such firearms orof ammunition viii .
ran be fired from such rifles Ca.
Eular Re. orts,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
Twenty.three Hours Head Down

M. Thiercelin, of Milly, Seine-et-
Disc, recently met with an extraor-
binary mishap. He was bending down
over a deep hole in which his ferret
had taken refuge when he stumbled
and fell into it, head downward in
such a way that it was impossible
for him to extricate himself. So
he had to remain with his feet in the
air for three and twenty hours, I'M
til rescue party of cappers and fire.
men found him.-London Sketch.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
Slump of the Honeymoon.

They had been married just seven
months and :neteen days by the al
manac.
Tomorrow, she announced, will
be my birthday. What are you going
to get for me, George?"
81 haven't the least idea, my DEAR
replied her husband. Il read in last
nights paper about a Kansas man
who got a secondhand overcoat and
81 for his wife, but I'll probably not
De so lucky. Chicago Daily News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22

John Leidy, farmer living nea;
Robinson, Kan, has installed CON-
plete electric light plant on his place.
which lights his house, barns, cow
sheds, corn cribs and granaries.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22

st. Petersburg newspapers bitterly
attack the financial department of the
Government.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22

New York now claims to have more
than 1000 millaBGaires.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22

bulge out and the clasps Esxk? 1t
Is necessary to cnncede tbs sAes that
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
Novel Pocketbook.

Why do women fill their pocket
books SO full of articles that sides
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-27
UTAH TO BE REPRESENTED.
Will Send Delegates to Coming irri
cation Congress at Sacramento.

Thomas Judd. president, and J. Edward
Taylor. secretary. of the State Board of
Horticulture. returned yesterday from
California where they shave been looking
after the interests of the exhibit Utah is
going to make at Sacramento. i'm connec-
ton with the irrigation congress
They found w. A Beard, chairman of
the executive committee. and George W.
Peltier. chairman of the board of control,
very busy with the details of the work
From the effort that is being made by
these men and those associated with them
the prospects are that the coming session
of the irrigation congress will be one of
the most important that has ever been
held
An exhibit of the products grown under
irrigation has been feature of number
of sessions of the congress, and California
intends to emphasize this feature more
strongly than has even been done before
To stimulate the interstate competitions
California is offering a number OF vat
liable trophies for the best exhibits of
products grown under irrigation. In this
interstate exhibit California will act only
as host for the other states. and viii take
no part in the competition for the trophies
which are offered.
The plans for 4 new building in which
the interstate exhibit viii be held are be
ing pushed. The building Will adjOiu the
a agricultural pavilion on the capital
grounds where tho state fair will be held.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-27
SENSATION YET TO COME
Statement of Miss Elizabeth Loving
May Be Disproved by Wit
ness for State.

Houston. Va. June 26.-Interest in
the trial of Judge Loving. murderer Of
Theodore Estes. Jagged today. The de-
Tense closed after the examination of
three witnesses called 10 prove that
Judge Loving was insane at the time
of the killing. The defense asserts
that the mind of Judge Loving had,
after years of dissipation, which fire.
quently caused him to have delirium
tremens. become so impaired that
when his daughter. Miss Elizabeth
Loving. told him that she had been
drugGed and assaulted by Estes he be
came deranged and was not response
BILE.
Counsel for the defense hope through
the plea of emotional insanity to pre-
vent any attempt to impeach the state
meut of Miss Loving. The prosecution
announced as their first witness Miss
Annie Kidd. who, they said, would dis
prove the story of Miss Loving. This
was objected 10.
The ruling tomorrow of Judge
Barksdale on this point is deemed
most important by counsel. as the
prosecution claims to have witnesses
to disprove every statement made by
the girl when telling the story of her
ruin on the stand yesterday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-27
BOMB OUTRAGE IN RUSSIA
Two Employees of Imperial Bank at
Tifis Killed and Nearly
100000 Stolen

Tinis. Russia. June ga bomb was
exploded in Erivan square, in the cen
ter of the city. while the place was
thrOnged with people. The object of
the bomb throwing was an attack on
the treasury. A wagon containing
$4,000. escorted by Cossacks, had
reached Eriven square when the bomb
exploded Two employees of the Impe-
rial bank were killed. The bags con-
tanning the money disappeared, and no
trace of them has been found.
Up to a late hour the police had not
arrested any suspects. Early in the
evening a bomb exploded in a house
adjoining the square, killing two
brothers and wounding a third. More
than fifty persons were injured in the
bomb outrage and $4,000 was stolen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-27
CHICAGO NEXT ON THE LIST
Rumor That President Small Has
Threatened to Call Out Windy
City Operators.

Oakland. Cal. June @.-At Sunset hall.
headquarters of the telegraphers Presi-
dent Sam ]. Small said this morning:
81 am hopeful the present strike will
not be prolonged. We are anxious to
avoid any kind of trouble. but when
forced to it, We will of course fight That
is only natural. Should the two telegraph
companies refuse to meet their operators
i'm order to adjust the differences now ex-
isting, there is no doubt in the world that
the struggle will continue until we can
force a government investigation. We are
willing and anxious to do anything in rea-
son to adjust the present trouble. The
union need not appear in the adjustment
at all. and. has often been stated be-
fore, if the employers of the telegra piers
will deal honestly and honorably with
their operators they VIII never hear of
the union. We claim the sliding scale
blacklist and the employment of women
at less than will pay their living expenses
is dishonest and in way criminal. That
is what both the Western Union and the
Postal Telegraph companies are doing all
over the country"
1t is said that President Small has
threatened to call out the Chicago teleg
raphers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-27
William F. DAVIS TAKES
THE STAND FOR HAYWOOD
Witness Accused by Orchard of Having Partici-
pated in Many Crimes in Colo
RADIO and Idaho.
Denial of Each and Every Chage-0ther important Witness
eS for the Defense.

and that he changed his name when he
departed from Butte shortly after, te-
cause he feared the mine owners black
list, made up from petition that the
employers OF the Bunker Hill had sent 10
Governor Mcconnell. protesting against
the unsafety of the mine Borah showed
that the petition had been presented six
years before and that Butte was Il fed
Grafton camp where the blacklist vas III
effective Passing to the threat Orchard
made against SteunenDcrg the witness
had said on that occasion except the
words of Orchard. Davis returns 10 the
stand tomorrow morning.
Woman Heard Threats Made.
Mrs. Lottie Day of Denver testified That
in 1904 Orchard told her about the loss Of
the Hercules interest. nd with it the
chance to support the only woman he
ever really loved and that le said he
would kill Steunenberg for he wrong
done him; and John ID. Elliott. an cid sol
der. swOre that Orchard told him on
train in Idaho i'm the fall Of r05 that he
was IN the employ of the mine owners,
and that there was a plot against the
federation and it's leaders. Cross-exami-
nation showed the fact that tI.:Itt had
twice been an inmate of an insane asV-
lum with a mind unbalanced by family
troubles.
John NJ. O'NeilI. editor of the Miners
Magazine. was the only other witness
during the day. He testified that Orchard
came to his office early il l-l5 and asked
for the addresses of Governor Peabody
and General Sherman Bell whom he said
should be bumped off O'NciU said
that he referred Orchard to a city di-
rectory. The state used the cross-exami-
nation of O'Nei1l to make il clear that
the magazine was the official organ of
the federation and expressed its views
and TO read to the jury some sneering
articles about the death of Ste1Inepbercy
O'Neill also said that he had seen Orch
ard at federation headquarters several
times and that Steve Adams and Mrs
Adams had also been there