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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
From Acorn to Tree.

The oak does not produce good
seed until it is more than six years
old. The acorn is the fruit of the oak.
E The seed germ is a small object at the
pointed end.of the acorn, with the fu-
ture root uppermost. The acorn
drops, aud its contents doubtless I'M
dergo important molecular and chem
icaI changes while it lies under its
winter covering of leaves or snow,
SAYS the Chicago News.
In the mild warmth of spring the
acorn swells, the little root elongates,
energies from the end of the shell,
and no matter what the position of
the acorn, turns downward. The
root penetrates the soil two or three
inches before the stalk begins to show
itself and grow upward The meat"
: OF the acorn nourishes both root and
stalk, and two years may pass be-
( fore it's store of food is entirely ex-
hausted.
= At the end of year the young oak
has root twelve to eighteen inches
long. with numerous shorter rootlets,
the stalk being from six to eight
inches high. In this stage it differs
from the tree. To watch these trans
formations under the lens is fascin-
atfng occupation.
If an oak could be suspended in the
air, with all it's roots and rootlets
perfect and unobscured, the sight
would be considered wonderful. The
activity of the roots represents
great deal of power They bore into
the soil and fatten themselves to
penetrate a crack in a rock Invaria-
bly, the tips turn away from the light
The growing point of tiny outer root
Is back of the tip small distance
The tip is driven on by the force be-
hind it and searches the soil for the
easiest points of entrance.
When the tips are destroyed by OBJ
structions, cold. heat or other causes,
new growth starts in varying direc
tiOns The first roots thicken and be-
come Orders to support the tree, no
Acuger feeding it directly, but serving
81 conduits for the moisture and nour-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
Fame and Riches.

But If fame means fortune, is it
not strange that among the forty
names now recorded in the aforesaid
Hall OF Fame not one can be found
representative of wealth? The jury
that selected those names were COM
posed of. well-informed men, drawn
from all parts of the country, and yet
in the list upon which they agreed
only two rich men will be found
Cooper and Peabody. whose names
are associated not with wealth, but
with great philanthropic enterprises
The rest Of the honor list is made up
Of men of little or no property. Truly
a remarkable showing for nation
supposedly given over to the worsbIsr
of wealth. EVERY body's Magazine
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
To Editors.

.f.+ q
We are in the market for three
stanza sugar-cured hams. rhyming
sausages, humorous barrels of -four
and clothing in any length. Contrib
utors will send dray along, fully
prepaid, for the return of anything
we may not be able to use. Do not
roll anything. 1t will not be exam
ined. Be. careful not to destroy the
local color. particularly in the case
of butter. Avoid melancholy offer
ings and do not put garlic in the
sausages Just now there is good
demand for jingles in doughnuts-
Coal in ton lots could be placed to
advantage with us just now. We pay
on consumption, or two or three
months later. If you do not, hear
from us in a reasonable time, do net
write, it is waste of postage
Poor Contributor, Hungry Alley,
Room 10, Top Floor.--Charles A,
Hartley, in The Editor. M
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
Doublv Sold.

The newly appointed master at a
school in Wigan had learned all about
"cribbingg and such little lodges as
schoolboys practise, and had not for
gotten them. Skf
One day, during lesson in history,
he observed one of his pupils take out
his watch every minute or two.
He grew suspicious. =.
Finally, he strobe slowly between
the desks and stopped in front of the
boy.
LET me see your watch!" he COM
manded.
Eyes, sir was the meek reply.
The master opened the front of the
case. He looked somewhat sheepish
when he read the single word, Sold"
But he was shrewd man. He was
not to be thrown off the7scent:so cash.
ly.
He opened the back of the case.
Then he was satisfied, for he read.
esSold again z Smiths Weekly.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
Cat Time in Maine.

A Brunswick lady received tele-
phone call one morning last week
from a Bath lady FRIEND asking her
the time of day. The Brunswick
lady, surprised, telephoned back it
was 10 a. m, whereat the Bath lady
explained that her clocks were all at
$50, which she said she knew was
wrong, as her pet cat had just
washed its face, which it did every
morning at precisely 10 o'clock.
Hereafter the Bath lady proposes to-
regulate her clocks by the cats abb
lutions. This is an Anvil story and
so must be true.-Kennebec tMe.1
Journal. # ,sTAst5
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10

NiSld 1uuIlu Aldn lying lace uOWD
on the bank Of the lily pond He was
staring hard into the water.
What are you looking for, Alan?"
she asked, coming up behind him and
staring down, too
Trying to see a tadpole turn into a
frog" said Alan You know they
i drop their tails off and turn into reg
ular frogs, but l don't see any spare
tails lying round, and I've watched
and watched and none of them seem
to be shedding their tails today
That's something like watching a
bud blossom" said Greta. You
know, when bud looks as if it were
going to open surely in minute, and
you watch and watch and watch till
you almost go to sleep, and it doesn't
move mite, then, if, after you go off
and play for just tiny minute, when
you come back it's all blossomed out.
But | guess, if you watched forever,
you'd never see a tadpole's tail drop
off, for they don't drop Off"
"They do, too," said Alan. How
else do they get rid of them? When
they're tadpoles they have tails, and
when they're frogs they have none,
so they must drop EN-"
81 used to think So" said Greta.
''But Aunt Peggy, she goes to coll
lege, you know, and she learned there
that they don't lose their tails off-the
tadpoles, I mean. They just grow
shorter and shorter till they disappear
inside of the frog. l suppose it is
something the way a turtle draws his
head in his shell, only the turtle does
1t often and quickly and the tadpole
does it once awfully slowly, and new
er pokes it out again. Aunt Peggy
said the tail changed inside of the
frog, but l didn't understand very well
all about it."
when l grow up I'm going to col
lege to find out for myself. said Alan
determinedly.
$50 am l." said Greta. Aunt Peg
gy told me about funny Blacklist
called the squid that manufactures
ink inside of himself, and when his
enemies are pursuing him in the
water, he just spills lot of the ink
into the water SO the water gets all
cloudy and the enemy can't see the
squid at all and he escapes.
He's real smart fish, isn't he?Y
said Alan. Did your Aunt Peggy
ever see one?" 4
yes, and she saw the ink, too, and
she dipped a pen in it and wrote her
name and the date and that it was
written in squid ink. And it looks
most like any ink If you'll come in
the house she'll show it to YOU"
AS the children were going to the
house Alan said:
There's one other thing I'd like to
see, and that's a snake crawling out
of his skin. You know that snakes
skin we found in the bushes last
summer? Well, I'd just like to have
seen the snake crawl out of it,
We'll have to keep our eyes open,T
said Greta.-New York News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10

sothfal in business moral when
desire IS prompted by evil employed to
qulre it are questionable M f39iF ttAf 4sa
The fact that
Wealth being
the
and oftmes nmical
greatest
est cities where elections
business
sssgwf
his deposit
oaning
their funds
of those of
going to the bad Far from it, enigh
ened our ideals getting higher and broader and time
justice
the light noticeable public
there
the dangers that nation We
by the amount of money he has acquired This of
responsibility Illicit wealth
most dangerous We and believe shall have higher
better which daily
that the will be all unjust methods
.4e.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
THREE FRIENDS.

BY the blazing fire, in a big arm chair,
We're as happy as happy can be;
The three best friends in the whole wild
s. world; 1 A
My Dolly and Pussy and me. :
My Dolly looks 'ceedingly good and wise.
But not word speaks she;
And Pussy can only new or purr-- .-t-T''
So the talking's done by me.
/ read to them from my story books, =
And the pictures they like to see; 4
/ can't help thinking they understand
The way they look at me- -
My Dolly is only two years old,
I'm seven and Pussy is three;
But still we're the very best of friends,
My Dolly and Pussy and me.
Home Herald,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10

some Franciscan monk found his way
to Manzano and there planted the
seeds that have developed into these
venerable trees. They are no doubt
fully three hundred years old.
Close by the orchard is a little lake
fed by large spring. A short dis
lance away is a grove of pines and ce
dars, making an ideal place for picnic
and camping parties.-New York Hen
aid.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
VENEZUELAN wooDpEcKER.


VENEZUELAN WOODPECKER.
The Santa Cruz woodpecker, of
which a specimen is now exhibited in
the Geological Gardens, is pretty
Venezuelan species now represented
in the collection for the first time. In
it's specially constructed cage in the
insect house the woodpecker may be
observed busily engaged in tapping
the cork walls in it's search for mag
mary insects.
In wild states these birds feed at
all hours of the day, unlike most of
their kind, which feed in the morn
ing and evening But when it is
considered how much labor each in.
sect costs the woodpecker it will be
seen how necessary to it's existence is
this uniting energy. No time is
wasted tapping sound tree; it is be-
hind soft bark that the woodpeckers
expects to find its prey. 1t seems then
that by instinct it cannot detect
the presence of insects, but only by
the state of the wood can it select a
likely place.-London Evening Stans
dard - A e-t+
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
Great Tenor Singer.

Henry Squires, who has just died in
Burlington, Iowa, was at one time rec
ognized as the greatest tenor singer
in America. He began his musical
career in Burlington, VT, in 1925, and
sang in numerous grand opera
troupes and travelled all over the
world. He sang in concert with Jen-
nv Lind and in opera with Carlotta
Patti, a sister of the diva. He had
been living in retirement for some
years. s
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
He had the countersiun.

Lieutenant Colonel Thurston, wher
guard inspector at the New York camp
at Peekskill. approached one night a
German sentry, who simply looked al
him and marched on.
,..Well?" inquired the Colonel, in
tending to remind the man of his duty
Yell, veil! Vot ISIS it?"
Don't you want the countersign ?"
mo, dots all right. Der Teller in
del. guards tent give it to me. 1 got it. !
and Navy Life.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10

ishment gathered by the outer root
let's, which are constantly boring theiI
way into fresh territory. These alb
sorb water charged with soluble
earth, salts, -sulphates, nitrates, phos
pilates of lime, magnesia and potash
ETC., which pass through the larger
roots, stem and branches to the leaves
the laboratory of new growth.
An oak tree may have 100000
leaves. From June to October it evap
crates 226 times its own weight O
water.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
HIS Geography.

Said little Ned: 1.-The man who wrote
This big geography 8c5az
Has surely made great mistake
. To leave out little me.
why, only think, as now l stand,
All toward my left is west,
In front of me is north. and back
is south, as you have guessed.
"All on my right is east and so
tbs very plain to see
That north and south and east and west
Begin fight here with me. seA#as3
$50 must write and ask to have
My picture pasted in
That other boys and girls may learn
Where all these. things begin"
$40 Chicago News
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
.Galalith,, Combs.

known as "galalith,, a plastic sun
stance is being made near Paris from
the casein in skim milk-128.7S pints
of skim milk furnishing 2.20 pounds
of galalith-which may supplant cell
luloid, and has the advantage of be-
ing non-infammable. London Daily
Mail. ..e.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
No After-Theatre suppers in London.

After-theatre sr>pers do not -four
ish in London for lack of time. All
restaurants nzve to close ait midnight,
and general gloom begins 10 prevail
in them by 11.20 After midnight in
London is as dark aud dreary as in
a transatlantic liner at the same
period. THE Travel Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
Crossed the Border.

Extract from Lady's Letter. I'VE
must have been travelling very fast; for
{ in the morning all the people were.
swearing at us in German, and early
Ia the afternoon they began to swear
at us in italian. Simpli cissimus.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
cs~A~~Ae>~s9r sAa 1%fs~s~s-AA<dc
The Greed for Gold" /
GREATEST OF.ALL MORAL ISSUES (
- ssss 8 By cooeraor John Mickey, !
( @#A I'LL of Nebraska8 sH9 ,80aAHa 81 /
SessAssAsss<s'Sr @sz@ SSfss%,s>.pAe-as

1EftE are many moral issues confronting the American
people today but in my opinion the greatest of these Is
greed Tor gold This is really the fountain head of most IL
all OF the great moral issues and the cause for their
existence usually be traced the great desire for per-
personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT accumulation of wealth.
me desire to make money is not in itself an issue,
adrnnr ion to he
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10

s Mayor Johnson, of Cleveland, be-
ayes that the virtual victory of the
3-eent fare in his city will eventually
lead to free street cars.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10


capital should high Illinois other West
question
should much personal effort and
SIS land? The profit would take
maintained that
business successful than farming right here
paid better than
considering conduct it. Think of in
$4,000 hundred that will
savings banks S2 to percent the
than this out OF your $4,000 in
in this
handicap farming Investigate and
uphill sides Ask the
merchant
the Champlain valley,
found Probably like condition holds through
sections Of all the New England States There
be in farmla sections in Maine
overlooked The great West has
is recognized
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
BY w. W. Higbee.

~so~s'R<-.<>ssc

EVER has there been last fifty more
favorable for investment in New England farm property
far, least, relates to Vermont.
In the Champlain valley farms can be bought from
$25 $50 per that productive as the choice
lands of the West In fact the buildings alone, on many
thenco is for the farm With railroads,
good highways to markets by of Lake Cham
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
,-->.-.~...-.---se- On the ~a,-~'-r*'--~>s,:
Taxation OF Jpinsters
By George Hdroey.

HY not tax maids? AS class, they srjoy all the adj
yantages civilization barring those Of minor nature
excluded by their nsistent regard fo the conventions
and make adequate True their property if real
yield slight contribution to the common fund
but their personal possessions practically immune from
mposts and said of their contributions customs
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
BY u. F. Rice.

ARIrY Is an Ingenious scheme of philanthropy by which
the gver the real beneficiary Only the rich can really
avail uness of its benevolent provisions
They the benefciares. The be grateful
is the privilege the poor always to be grateful
treated himself to that feeling
righteous sefcomplacency which of charity affords
has fafedt to make the most Of his opportunities. A
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10

dstany
very careful about will be
sacrifice which
One should
that those who cannota anything beter--ldfe
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10
Some Garden Secrets.

Greta found Alan lying face down
on the bank Of the lily pond. He was
staring hard into the water
What are you looking for, Alan?"
she asked. coming LID behind him and
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10

though special
stances no doubt relatives
inacy that performance of their tasks life
Bazaar. az
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-10

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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-09
Good Thing That's Cheap.

~. II. Lehman. Of st. Louis. is quot.
ed AS follows in the Waterways Jour.
nal: The best psFi of river travel IL
its cheapness. You can take d twelve
day trip from ST Louis 10 Lawrence.
Miss. and return for $12. This in.
cludes berth. meals and transporta.
tion. You couldn't live at home cheap.
er than that, On this trip you 60 from
st. Louis down to Cairo then up the
Ohio fifty miles to Paducah. Ky, to
the mouth Of the Tennessee. On the
way down the Tennessee the boat
stops at Shiloh battlefield II was
matter OF pride TO me that Iowa has
more and larger monuments on the
famous battle ground than any other
state. Then there is the trip up the
Illinois from st. Louis to Peoria or
down the Mississippi to New Orleans.
or up to Minneapolis and st. Paul.
The bigger river boats are vertable
noating palaces. They are equipped
with every convenience to be found
IN modern hotel. Dancing and music
ON the deck every evening helps to |
break the monotony and prevents the |
trip, no matter how long. from becom. |
ing tiresome. Personally. prefer to |
travel by stages on the small packets
In this way I am enabled to meet
more OF my river friends.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-09

\ ronrth assistant postmaster gener.
al concludes his report with the fol.
Towing recommendations:
/ First That the provisions OF SEQ.
ton 1867 Of the Revised Statutes an.
thorizing the postmaster general n
prescribe uniform dress to be worn
oy letter carriers In the city delivery
Iservice, be extended to letter car.
rlers IN the rural delivery service
second. That legislation be enact.
ed supplementing the delivery nv
rural carriers OF mail matter TO com.
munities remote from postonices as
now authorized by law. by a parca,
post delivery at special rate of noat
age OF cents for the first pound or
traction thereof and 9 cents for each
additionai pound or fraction tharao,
ior packages not exceeding In weigh,
~ pounds mailed at the distribntiny
postohice OF any rural route for deliv.
cry 70 patrons of such route or of loon
routes connected Herewith. or at IN.
tefinediate postoffices supplied hv
snch rural service. or mailed ON any
'ural route or at any postoffice sun.
plied thereby for delivery on said
route or on any other route served
oS the distributing pusioffice OF spcb
route or at any postoffice served |
thereby or for delivery at the Jis,r,b. |
uting postofice.
Third. That congress appropriste |
sl2, 200 for the publication NJ naw
editlon OF the street directory OF the |
principal cities of the rn,,eJ sts,es
Fourth That congress enact IegIs. |
Iation as will secure an imnrovad |
method OF disposing of unbelievable
articles BY sale. so as to eliminate ag
Tar as practicable the objectionable
lottery features involved in carry.
ing ont the existing law on the sub.
iecte 'u'
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-09
Perfect Fitting Shirt Waists.

BY using the following suggestion
anyone who makes her own shirt
waists may have perfect fit with
out the trouble of standing before
glass to try on.
Have strong lining made, fitting
you as perfectly as a princess gown
with long, tight sleeves. sewcd in
without gathers and fitting the arms
smoothly from shoulder TO wrist.
Have the waist fitted snugly over
the hips fully six inches below the
waist line, and even all around. A
straight, high collar just the size
OF the neck is sewed to the waist.
After stitching up the opening,
whether back or 'front.' from neck
to bottom, tack the bottom to a
round piece OF board that Just fits it,
or sew to thick cardboard
Now commence and stuff 1t firmly,
Just as you would rag doll. filling
End rounding out all parts, sleeves
and All, up to the collar. placing
stiff piece of cardboard inside to
make the neck firm, and sewing
;onnd circle or cardboard at the
heck where the head should be.
Now you have a perfect figure of
your own measurements to stand
before YOU on your sewing table to
lit your waists on. 1t Is far more
than a form bought that
-, H.
with anybody's figure, and has the
.svantage of costing nothing. - Bos-
lon Post
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-09
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES :
!: NEWS OF THE RIVERS :
ssssssssssysssssssssssssss

" s
The river marked l4a feet on the
Cairo gauge last evening. showing q
fall Of ~ foot In "A hours.
The r B. Finley from New Orleans
with emptles passed TO Louisville yes
terday morning
The Herman Paepcke went south
with two empties
The Wash Houshell took two emp
ties to the lower river to bring up
logs
The Stacker Lee win be IN port to-
day from Memphis bound for st.
Louis.
The Sadie Lee win be up In the
morning and turn back from here to
Memphis.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-09
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the an.
nual meeting. Of the stockholders ard
directors OF the Denison- -Gholson r
Goods Company OF Cairo. Illinois will
be held TUESDAY. December 18th at
z o'clock 10 the Office Of the aforesaid
company: said meeting for the pur.
pose OF eiecting directors and Officers
and increasing the capital stock Of
Aforesaid corporation and trsnsactins
such other business as NAV apper.sin
10 the regular annual meeting.
l. z. DENISoN. President
W. T. WALL. Secretary.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-09
HOME COOKING.
Boiled Mutton.

Wipe the leg OF mutton with a wet
cloth. put into kettle. cover with
cold water and bring slowly to the
boil. Simmer all the way through,
as hard boiling toughens the meat.
Allow fifteen minutes to each pound
Of mutton. Fifteen minutes before
removing from the water, add salt
to taste. Take from the liquor. drain
very dry and serve with caper sauce.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-09
FAMOUS PICTURE STOLEN.

Courtrai. Belgium. Dec. s.-One of
Van Dykes great masterpieces THE
Erection OF the Cross has been
stolen from the Church of Notre
Dame. The thieves carefully CIT of
the canvas from the frame and ear.
ried It away.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-09
Baked Tomatoes.

Wipe firm tomatoes, cut little
piece from the top of each, fit into
this a round of American cheese and
lay a bit of butter on top. Dust
with salt and pepper. set side by
side in roasting pan, pour a little
salted water or weak stock about
the base of the tomatoes and bake
Until tender. then transfer carefully
TO a hot dish
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-09
Costly Th.rmometer.

A Thermometer can be bought for
a quarter. but there Is one used At
the Johns Hopkins university in Bal
timore known az Prof. Bowland's Their
mometer. which is valued at $4,000.
The gradustions on the glass are 50
fine that it requires a microscope TO
read them
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-09

The assertion made ty tho head Of
the surface car system In New York
CITY that all fares are not paid ap-
pears 90 be well founded. one nan
Who kept fab while riding ia - cars
In sis DAYS last week said "a passen
gers did rot pay. and that 81 fares
that were paid did mot receive recos.
alton from the reeisieI.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-09
Canned Lima Beans.

Shell the beans. lay in cold water
for an hour, drain, cover with salted
boiling water and cook until tender.
Drain the beans, pack in glass jars
DOLL up the liquor in which they
we're cooked and fill the jars to over
flowing with this. then seal at once.