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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27

A crank is a man who knows more
about one subject than we do about
20-Life.
1t used to be bread and cheese, and
kisses. Now it is champagne, duck
and divorces.-Life.
But, Capt. Brace, why do they al
ways call ship 'she'?" Lord, miss,
you wouldn't ask that eff you'd ever
tried ter steer one. Judge.
Chollie Saphedde-But last winter
you told me you loved me quite as
much as you loved oysters. Miss Pert
Yes, but oysters are out of season
now.-Philadelphia Record.
She-I have thrown your fountain
pen away. He-What did you do that
Tor? She-So you wouldn't have an
excuse for not writing to me while I'm
away!-Yonkers Statesman.
Watered-Why, this paper is damp
yet, my boy!" said the man to the
New York newsboy. Eyes, sir" replied
the knowing boy; its the Wall
Street edition, sir."-Yonkers' States
man.
You say he made his wealth by
honest toil?" Every cent of it." II
never knew him to do days work in
his life" well, l didn't say whose
toll it was, did ?,2-Milwarkee Sen
tinel.
Bobbie-Pop, what are trading
stamps? Trading stamps, son, are
inducements to buy something you
don't want in order to acquire some
thing you can get along without
Puck.
ESthetic Stranger-Where will find
the headquarters of the Society for
Beautifying Jayville? Bewhiskered Ma
tive-Do yew mean the barber shop,
or Cohens ladies-and-gen toggery?
Puck.
Paw-Wal, I'm glad to see that 81
is doin' suthin, with his music at
college. Nell-Is he? Paw-Yes; he
writes home that he's playin' third
base on the college nine!-Chicago
Daily News.
Hubby-Did the rag-picker take. the
stuff? Wifey-No; he started to look
it over, but his language was so coarse
and profane that l sent him away.
Hubby-Oh, then he only made curs-
DRY inspection.-Puck.
Helm going to bring Jolt home
with me to dinner, tonight. She-Oh,
mercy, dear, don't! It's the cooks day
out, and I'll have to cook dinner!
Never mind; / owe Jolt one, any
way!"-Yonkers Statesman.
Looking a Gift Horse in the Waist
Stout Squire (who has given his
slender gardener a cast-off suit)-
you've got the clothes on, Biffens?
Biffens-Yes, sir. But, law! they'll
cost me deal filling out!-Punch.
The Girl-A bachelor is self-con-
fessed fool. The Man-How do you
make that out? The Girl-His state
proclaims that he is either afraid to
ask girl to marry him, or not smart
enough to take care of her If he gets
one.-Cleveland Leader
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27
A8 FRlZLS NR
MAaAAFAsSloME9l

Darned nets are shown with f1oral
and conventional designs.
For evening and dancing frocks
fancy bordered chiffons are charm
ing.
Beneath the long or short coats
the skirts are adjusted to the hips
like a glove.
One of the effects of white collar
and cuffs on the coat of color is ia
give it cool look.
Many nets have deep boder oil
lace, and matching the lace bands
for the sleeves and bodice.
If the sleeves are not all of the
Nippon shape, most of them at least
simulate this simple cut.
There are belts of stitched kit
alternating with lines of colored tin
sci galloon shaped to fit the figure
Longer and longer grow the
sleeves of gowns and separate waists
the longest of them just disclosing
the finger tips.
The yoke or collar that extends II
a stole-like line down the front tt
the waist-line is among the new neck
wear recently imported.
There are extremely wide belts Of
harness leather in the natural color
made of several narrow strips
stitched together so as to perfectly
fit the figure.
A new waist is called the Boule
and is very becoming. 1t is usually
of embroidered linen and val, and
shows no visible seam, as the waist
and sleeves are put together in onf
piece.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27
Digcsts News For Another.

UNLESS am very much mistaken,
there is man holding place in one
of the offices here" remarked a
trader yesterday, "who would be ELI
gible for membership in the Club of
Queer Trades. I know that there is
such thing as literary men writing
briefs for lawyers and making a great
deal of money out of it, and / know
also that there are hundreds of
schemes for making money in the
financial district, but this man, to my
mind, has an easier time of it than
any of them. His place is not adj
vertised by the firm with whom he is
associated, nor is it very likely that
you could get information about it
by asking them questions. His duty
is to take all the news of Importance
that comes into the Office from the
extensive, digest it and submit his de-
duction. which is in turn transmitted
to the customers by one of the MEM
bers of the firm. This man does not
have to gather the news. 1t comes in
to him from variety of sources, and
the firm relies on him to determine
its possible effect on the market on
its ultimate publication. / say ulti-
mate publication for the reason that
most of the news that comes to him
is well in advance of anything that
gets into public print. New York
Times.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27

A traveller in the vine-growing dis
tricts of France is sometimes startled
by the sudden thunder of cannon, as
though a great artillery battle were in
progress. Upon the various hilltops
he will see farmers working like
trained gunners about their smoking
pieces, apparently engaged in dead
ly duel with another battery upon
hill across the valley. Investigation
will disclose, however, that all the
commotion has been caused by low
ering cloud, which the weatherwise
would at once designate as a hail
storm, the greatest of all the vine
yards foes. The artillery fire is to
dissipate the cloud, and it has been
found to most successfully accomplish
this purpose. There are not less than
500 cannon OF all sizes mounted in
the vine growing districts of France,
and the expense of this method Of de-
Tense is not very great ~
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27
How to Wash Blankets.

Take one-half cake of soap, cut
INTO small pieces and dissolve thor
Oughly in hot water. Pour this into
enough cold water to cover the blank
cts. Add two ounces of pulveriZed
borax and put your blankets to soak
all night In the morning take them
out and squeeze most of the water.
out of them, and rinse thoroughly in
cold water in which little borax
has been dissolved Put them through
a second water and then through blu
ing water. Do. not wiring or squeeze
them this time, but hang them up to
dry. The easiest way is to take them
while in the last water out under the
line. as it is not convenient to carry
them while full of water. Hang them
by one end or side. Of course, you
want sunny day for drying them
nicely, and if you put them to soak
and the next day is stormy, 1t will
not hurt them to soak longer. If the
wool is greasy use more soap and
bOrax.
Fine flannels and babies sacks and
crocheted skirts are nice when
washed in this way, and if you use
cold water it prevents shrinking.
Vary the proportion of soap and boz
rax to suit the quantity Of water
Washington Star.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27

a pinch of salt and one egg and beat
again; add one cupful of flour, one
cupfui of walnut meats which have
been put through the food chopper
or pounded until fine, one-quarter of
a teaspoon of baking powder, and a
| little milk, i necessary to make a
drop batter. Drop by spoonfuls on
creased pans and bake in moderate
oven. /
Chicken Gallosch.-Cut into dice
two medium-sized new potatoes. Put
into a frying pan two tablespoonfuls
of olive oil and when hot add the
potato dice Stir and cook for five
minutes. Then add dash of pap
rika, a cupful of barley water,
crushed Glove of garlic, cupful of
cold cooked chicken or can of boned
Chicken Gumbo-Dress, clean and
cut up a chicken, sprinkle with salt
and pepper, dredge with -four and
saute in pork fat. Fry one-half fine
| ly chopped onion in fat remaining in
frying pan. Add four cups sliced
okra, sprig of parsley and one-fourth
red pepper finely chopped, and cook
slowly fifteen minutes. Add to
chicken, with one and one-half cup
fuls tomato, three cupfuls boiling
water and one and one-half teaspoon
fuls salt Cook slowly until chicken
is tender, then add one cupful boiled
rice.
Orange Pic-Grate the rind of two
oranges, being careful not to CRATE
below the bright yellow part, as the
flavor would be made bitter by al
lowing any of the tough lining to get
into the grated skin. Put this into
one-half pint of water and bring to a
boil Beat together one teaspoon
full of butter, the yolks of two eggs
and one cupful of granulated sugar
until light; add one heaping table
spoonful of -four, the juice and pulp
of the oranges, and blend into the
boiling mixture, Pour into pie tin
lined with pie crust and bake.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27
FAsTNET ROCK LIGHTHOUSE.
lneandescent mantle" Seen TWsEty
Miles Away.


For long time the first terrestrial
signal post for which the eastbound
transatlantic mariner kept watch was
almost invariably the tower on pro-
montory on the southwestern coast of
Ireland. The promontory was rocky
and rose to height of fully one hun
dred feet. If a steamship was bound
Tor Liverpool it passed to the south
ward and eastward of Ireland. Though
In clear weather observations of the
stars and sun give the navigator an
accurate idea of his position at sea, he
cannot always count on their aid. He
therefore welcomes a glimpse of some
landmark like a well known light
house, which will tell him whether his
calculations have been accurate or not.
Within the last few months some of
the steamships which formerly went to
Liverpool have adopted Southampton
as their terminal port. Southamp-
ton Is on the southern shore of Eng
land. To reach it vessels follow a
course rather more southerly than they
did before, and now get their bearings
from the Lizard, projection from
the coast of Cornwall, ;. England, but
there is still a great deal of use for
Fastnet Rock Tower. The first one on
that site was built fifty years ago.
Having been damaged by storms 1T
usefulness was threatened few years
ago, and a new one was erected be-
side it and went into service in June,
1904.
The light from the new tower can
be seen on clear night for fully 70
miles, and at 10 miles will actually IL
Illuminate ship as if a naval search
light had been trained ON it. BY
means of suitable mechanism, flashes
lasting one-sixth of a second are emit
ted at intervals of five seconds, and a
sea captain who has his watch in his
hand, or regular ships chronometer
under his eye, can identify the source
of the light with certainty, knowing
that no other flash of similar dura-
ton and with the same frequency is
provided in the same neighborhood.
At Fastnet Rock, as in many other
modern lighthouses, the Illuminating
agent is gas, manufactured on the spot
through petroleum, and burned under
an incandescent mantle" The latter
is a delicate fabric of rare minerals,
the chief one being thorium. An Aus
trian chemist, who was born less than
so years ago, was the first to discov-
er the brilliancy to be developed by
heating this material with an almost
non-luminous flame The principle
was first tried in lighting houses and
streets, but its use has been extended
to lighthouse service. The mantle at
Fastnet Rock is three and half inches
high and two inches in diameter. Or
only little larger than those employed
Tor less important work, and yet its
orilliancy is estimated by experts at
1900 candle power.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27
Cleaning Rusty Sinks.

Most housekeepers who have
moved into new houses know the
troubles of cleaning an iron sink of
the rust and dirt which has accumu-
lated during the construction of the
building. Take a small block of
wood, fold around it a piece of coarse
sandpaper. Scour the bottom and
sides of the sink hard. Then apply
kerosene oil plentifully and rub in
we'll. Then wash the sink thorough
ly with hot water and soap. After
few treatments you will be sur
prised with the smooth marble-like
appearance of a cast-iron sink
Washington Star.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27
That Suits Me Fine.

II like good nature" said the man
from Wall Street; but there are
times when it pals on me. Up to
last week l had stenographer who
was so full of good nature that she
had to continually chew gum in order
to digest it. Every time i asked her
to do anything she would reply: That
suits me fine Even when l asked
her to stay an hour late her answer
always was: That suits me fine.'
THAT sounds good, doesn't It?
Well, to me 1t got monotonous. If
she had varied the sentence a little
l wouldn't have cared, but her whole
vocabulary seemed to be limited to
That suits me fine.'
Last Saturday I decided to try to
get something new from her. I
called her to my desk and told her
she needn't come back any more.
That suits me fine,' she declared. and
/ almost tore out my hair. She re-
fused to even look little bit upset.
What's wrong with your ! de-
manded.
I'm going to be married next
week, and that suits me fine,' she
replied. New York Globe.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27
A METAMoRPHoSIS.

Oh, he preached it from the housetop and
he whispered it by stealth,
He wrote whole miles of stuff against
the awful curse of wealth;
He shouted for the poor man, and ne
howled the rich man down,
He roasted every king and queen who
dared to wear a crown.
He beloved for rebellion, and he said
he'd head band
10 exterminate the millionaires, to sweep
them from the land;
lie yelled against monopolies, took shots
at every trust,
And he swore he'd be an anarchist, to
grind them in the dust.
He stormed, he fumed and ranted, till
he made the rich men vince;
But an uncle left him money, and he
hasn't shouted since.
Il. F. Vernon.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27
A Graceful Carriage.

That a woman may look like doll
The world admits, but the fact that
she walks like one is bringing down
on her marcelled head oceans of
scathing sarcasm. A writer in an
English periodical is responsible for
the latest teapot tempest, and the
faults which he has found for which
to arraign the gentler sex prove him
an innocent bystandcr of more than
ordinary acuteness.
ITO walk beautifully" he says in
beginning his attack, is gift of the
gods, one which in these degenerate
days they appear to withhold jeai-
ously, more especially from the An
gIo-Saxon and Teutonic races
Probably he has met with a differ
ent class of foreigners in England to
what we see in America, otherwise
the average Chicago woman might
take exception to the statement that
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27
Simple Little Device.

Use a wire hairpin for holding the
pool when crocheting, with the ends
bent in at right angles a quarter of
an inch above each end. Snap the
ends into the holes in spool, or in
to the sides of ball, hook the head
of the pin over button on the waist
or some other convenient place, and
there is no further risk of soiled wool
or silk through dropping. New York
Journal.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27
Rural Automobiles.

IN the counties of northeastern.
Ohio and the level portions of Penn
sylvania north of Pittsburg a move
ment has been started for the estab-
lishment of a rural automobile mail
service. Fairly good roads and the
absence of many steep hills make an
automobile by far the quickest meth
cd of transportation. Several of the
largest distributing centres have all
ready inaugurated the practice and d
few machines have been bought. It
is asserted that in addition to the
greater rapidity of the service the
first cost of the machines will be
more than Offset by the greatly re-
duced number of carriers needed
New York Sun.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27
Sense of Proportion.

The sense of proportion is sadly
lacking in most people. 1t is hard to
make them realize that the more in
terests they have in life the better for
their special vocation. The woman
who thinks it impossible to do any,
thing but the darning in the inter-
walls of worrying the servants to
death is the woman who gives her
unfortunate family potatoes boiled
every day. To be good housewife.
a woman must have her general in
telligence we'll developed.-Sarah
Grand, in Daily Graphic. III
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27
Oiled Roads in Kansas.

So successful did Kansas City's ex-
periments with crude oil prove last
year that several Missouri counties
will sprinkle the macadam roads this
season. Roads which were treated
with oil four times during 1906 did
not need sprinkling with water the
entire season. showing that the oil
treatment is an economical one.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27

We are sorry for the man who can.
not adjust himself to circumstances
so that he can do good and avoit
harm at all times. We mean the mar
who gets crosswise with questions
that he has to deal with and with PEG.
pie that he has to deal with.
There are questions that we meet
with sometimes that are themselves
crosswise and then no good man car
align himself with them. But these
cases are rare and are an exception
to the rule. But we mean to say thai
good man should always strive to
conciliate and avoid West.
ern Methodist,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27
Household
Matters. !
To Clean Mating.
sssese ~ +sssS<

To clean mating, sweep 1t thor
bughly first with a stiff broom, fol-
lowing carefully the grain of the
straw, heat up a soft broom II warm
water and brush across tie grain.
Finally wash the mating of with
warm water, In which a handful of
salt has been dissolved. If light in
color borax will aid in Frightening
and preserving the shade.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27

lions, and so as to be adapted to the
new and far more formidable typs
of vehicle. That will no doubt be
an expensive thing, but it will be
far less expensive in the end than to
have them ruined and need to be
rebuilt every year.-Editorial in the
New York Tribune.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27

White Loaf Cake-One coffee cup
fugar, half a tea cup of butter. two
egg whites. one tea cup milk. two
coffee cups of -four. two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder. one teaspoonful ex-
tract of rose. Beat sugar and butter
TO cream, add the milk and part OF
the -four, then the whites OF eggs
beaten stiff and the remaining guam
tity of -four mixed with baking pow
der. and last the fayoring extract.
Walnut Wafers.-Cream we'll to-
gether one-quarter OF cupfnl OF
butter and one cupful OF sugar, add
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27

1t is estimated by the head of one
of the large tobacco establishments OF
New York that at least $4,000 worth
of tobacco is daily thrown away In
the city in unconsumed cigars and Gig
arettes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-27

A uniform system of municipal ac-
counts is in force in the State Of
Iowa.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
BRYAN LOVE FEAST
IN INDIANAPOLIS
Indiana Democrats to Hear
And Meet Nebraskan.
FEBRUARY is FAVORED.

A big Bryan love feast, to be Darti-
cipated in by democrats all over the
state. is contemplated by the directors
OF the Indiana Democratic club, in In-
dianapolis The matter has already
been discussed with favor by the di-
rectOrs and a meeting TO appoint COM
mittees and name speakers will be
held shortly.
Tentative plans are for a banquet at
Tomlinson Hall. with covers laid for
several hundred. The galleries. boxe S
and stage could be filled with those
not sitting at the tables. Seats of
honor would be given democratic
mayors. district and county chairmen.
state committeeman and other Off
GERS. The managers insist that the
meeting will be for all democrats
not for any particular faction or any
particular candidate. Persons not
willing to come without carrying
"billies" beneath their coats will be
expected to stay away. Harmony will
be the watchword and Bryan will ut,
ter it. February 15 is the date favor
ed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
BUNCO GAME DID
NOT WORK IN STORE
Man Bought Good Bill of
'~ Goods and Told Clerk His
"Son" Would Pay.
THE SON WAS ANOTHER MAN
IN CONSEQUENCE HE REFUSED
TO SETTLE PERPETRATOR
SAID ALL WAS A JOKE AND
OTHERS CONSIDERED 1T so.

Even III the midst Of the busy shop
ping season, such as has been on for
the past two weeks, some men who
are practical jokers, can not refrain
from having some fun at the expense
of the Oyer-worked clerks at the
stores. Such is said TO have been the
cause of a rather singular incident
which occurred at the Big store Mon
day afternoon.
A middle aged man entered the
store about the same time that a
young man entered the place. The
elderly man made several purchases
and when it was time to pay for the
articles he carelessly pointed to the
young man standing near and stated
that the bill would be paid by his son,
and then leisurely sauntered out. The
clerk was taken in" at first, but
soon his suspicious were aroused and
on presenting the bill to the SON.
the latter refused TO accept the older
man as a parent. The clerk then
knew that he was done. Without
delay a posse of CLERKS started in pur-
suit and soon located the practical
joker doing a ''hikeum vermoosum''
down the side street. He was soon
overtaken and collection forthwith
made. The man explained that it was
one of his own practical jokes. The
clerks did not seem to appreciate the
joke.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-25
AFRAID OF JAP ATTACK
Government Taking Every
Precaution, Lays Mines.
THE WORK is DIFFICULT.

Washington. ID. c.. Dec. 25.-In con-
nection with the rising tide of anti
Japanese sentiment in the Pacific coast
it is learned from indisputable sources
that the government is taking every
precaution to protect the coast cities
against possible assaults OF a Japa-
nese armada. For several weeks
these secret preparations have been
going on. Mines have been sown in
the harbors of the largest Pacific cit
les and the weak places in the fortif-
cations have been secretly strengthen
ed The planting of mines in some Of
the harbor entrances has been ex-
tremesy difficult. hut the WOW Hss
been carried out with great fidelity 20
details. The president is personally
giving much attention to Strengthening
the Pacific coast defenses.