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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
BURGLAR TOOK HEART.
Things He Saw Through Window
Gave Him Good Opinion of
Himself

you owe $780,"
1t was a gay scene at the house of
Mrs. Pincher-Puncher. The guests
were just about to disband as the
young man, who had been playing
bridge all the evening, with blanched
face gazed at his hostess.
Five hundred dollars" he repeated,
"Why. I thought it was a friendly
game of bridge. l didn't know it was
for money"
"That is your own fault. I'll trouble
you for a check, please"
The guest hesitated. Apparently he
was being held up. And yet he real
lied Mrs. Pincher-Puncher's power in
the social world. She could ruin him.
He saw there was nothing else to do.
He drew check book from his
pocket, and accompanying her into the
library, wrote out a check for the cor
rect amount and passed 1t over.
The next day the young man sat in
the humble dwelling of one of the
most skillful burglars in the country,
with a letter of introduction from a
politician.
what can do for you, sir?" said
the burglar.
"a simple thing. Last night I was
held up and robbed of $500 by Mrs.
Pincher-Puncher, one of our we'll
known society women. I want you to
call there this evening, if possible, and
get my money back. Here's plan Of
the house, and you can have all you
make, less the five hundred"
Twenty-four hours later the burg
lars card was sent up.
well, what luck?"
Here is your five hundred. And
five hundred more"
The young man smiled. "You must
have made a good thing out of it."
he said, when you are willing to pay
me twice as much as I wanted"
Eyes, sir. But it wasn't so much
the money I made as the satisfaction"
What do you mean?"
The burglar smiled.
"You see, it's this way" he said.
IT got there beforehand and looked in
through the window My conscience
used to trouble me some. I used to
think it was wicked. But now that
I've seen the operations of some of
those smart people, it's worth almost
any amount of money to me to know
that I am so guileless and good!"-
Life
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

New York City.-Each fresh varia-
ion of the blouse waist finds its place
and It's welcome. Here is one that is
distinctly novel and that shows most
becoming and altogether satisfactory
ines, while it is adapted to so many
materials that it becomes available
again and again. In the illustration
pongee, in one of the pretty dull blue
shades, is combined with chemisette
IF cream colored lace and is trimmed
With frills of the material and with
handsome applique. But the simpler
materials of wool and even of cotton
as well as those of silk are appropri-
ate and the chemisette can be of lace
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
CRIMINALS LIPS AND TEETH
80 -::-
HAVE FURNISHED DETECTIVES BEsT OF CLUES
Mustaches and Boards Make Only Fair DisguisesM0uth
Frequently the Worst Feature Of 0fenders-Re-
markabIe Instances From Scotland
Yard Records.

set simply laughed in the faces of
the searchers. The teeth were ex-
amined time after time before the
trick was at last discovered. He could
carry diamonds worth some thousands
of pounds in them.
"a particular lack of height and
stiffness in the upper lip is a charac-
teristic of the vast majority of the
inmates of our prisons" remarked
chaplain at Wormwood Scrubs. "The
ordinary offender is altogether weak
in this direction. The professional and
daring offender has just the reverse
long upper lip, lips tightly COM
pressed. Very often they reduce the
mouth to mere straight line.
Another popularity that has been
noted in criminals is the early appear
ance of the wrinkles that pass from
the base of the nostrils to the extremi-
ties of the lips. They appear in ordi-
nary honest people in about one person
out of five before they reach twenty
five years of age. In our convict
population it has been found that more
than fifty per cent. of the convicts
under the age of twenty-five have al
ready acquired them.
The mouth is the worst feature of
women offenders. 1t is misshapen,
coarse, sensual, or, in the case of fe-
male prisoners, is grim and harsh. 1t
was noted in the otherwise beautiful
Marchioness de Brinvilliers that while
the rest of her face fascinated by its
pleasant expression, the mouth never
appeared to relaX-the lips seemed set.
as if hiding some terrible secret be-
hind them.
Ann Cotton, one of the cruelest
monsters of modern times, a woman
who poisoned twenty-seven persons
for trifing insurance sums, had. on
the contrary, mouth of which the
lips were parted, but they revealed
teeth set like those of a snarling dog.
No woman prisoner of recent years
has had a pretty mouth-sweet, and
with mobile lips. Even in the case
of women swindlers, very frequently
in other respects literally endowed
with natural beauty, the mouth is
defective-the feature is nothing Liza
so good as it is in the men.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
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FARM NOTES.

A symmetrically developed hog Is
the profitable porker.
The bacon hog doesn't stay ba-
con hog very long on corn diet.
Seven or eight pigs to the litter is
the proper caper. if you will just save
and raise them.
Pigs in clover is a pretty good pro-
position to tie to, but alfalfa will
discount it right along-try it.
A runty pig may be properly defined
as one that eats it's head off about
three or four times in one year.
The hog pen is the logical banking
institution on the farm, and the farm
er can draw on his account any day
In the year
Everlastingly at it is the successful
hogman's motto. You can't make the
most of the pigs and slight them ror
one single day.
In handling poultry system counts
for much. Never trust to luck. Plan
your work and then live up to the
plans 365 days in the year.
For variety in feeding fowls give
little fresh meat. Onions are good for
fowls of any kind. During the winter
when green food is scarce, feed po-
tatoes, cabbage or beets.
Convenience should be one of the
first thoughts when constructing
poultry house. Everything should be
arranged SO as to allow its work to
be done in the shortest space of time.
AS a rule reasonably early ghearing
is best for the sheep, but if sheared
early they must be protected should
a sudden change to cod weather
come, as is sometimes the case.
When horses are not thrifty it may
be due to sameness of diet.
If an animal gets out ofcondition,
appears run down and does not relish
its food, little fiaxseed boiled in oats
and fed two quarts at a time for
a few days, will soon give him good
appetite.
Look oout for vertigo, a disease of
the brain. The flows act as though
intoxicated. sometimes turning in a
circle. The best treatment is an ap-
plication of ice to the head; after
ward, says a poultry authority, the
bowels should be opened with either
OF the following purgatives: Calomel,
one and one-half grains, or epson
salts, thirty grains. Keep the bird
in cool, quiet place.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
WISE WORDS.

To find fault is easy; to do better
may be difficult.-Plutarch.
Without constancy there is neither
love, friendship nor virtue in the world.
Addison.
God never wrought miracles to con-
vince atheism because His ordinary
works convince it.-Bacon.
They never pardon who commit the
wrong.-Dryden.
The only medicine which does wom-
en- more good than harm is Dress
Richter.
Most men show their conceit of them.
selves by their criticism of others.
A lie always has a certain amount
of weight with those who wish to be-
lieve it.-E. w. Rice.
Fear is the tax that conscience pays
to guilt.-Sewell.
Men shut their doors against the set
ting Sun.-ShakeSpeare
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
Linen Collar Varieties.

The variety in linen collars in
creases daily. The high rundown
embroidered collar is first favorite.
but there is straight standing col
lar, also embroidered, of which Paris
ians are fond. This is usually worn
with one of the narrow lingerie ties
hand embroidered at the ends. Plain
linen collars with the narrow fluted
borders in pink or blue or green are
among the French novelties.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

this record, and point to the fact,
which should endear him TO twelve
millions of our citizens not included
in any of the above categories, that
he has written splendid work on
Africa. When one thinks over the
long list of this great mans achieve
ments. of which we have mentioned
only the fringe, one is reluctant to
believe that single mortal achieved
it all unaided, and within the Biblical
limit of three-score years and ten.
James Bryce was born in Belfast,
on May 10, 1898, and he may share
with Lord Kelvin the honor of being
the most distinguished son of the
northern capital of Ireland. But I'M
like Lord Kelvin, Mr.. Bryce has for a
quarter of century been a convinced
Irish Home-Ruler.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

A few nights ago a timber wolf
visited the barn of John O'Brien on
the Click farm in Atchison County
and killed his dog and several pups.
1t then attacked the members of the
family and forced them all into the
house. Ben, who had been at some OF
the neighbors, came home abous 6
o'clock in the evening and the wolf
made dash for him, but he had the
wagon neckyoke in his hand ana
knocked it down. This was repeated
several times. when the folks at the
house came to his assistance and the
wolf was killed. 1t was one Of the
biggest ever seen In the county. Troy
Mo- Chief.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
THE ROSTERS FAMILY.

The number of females that can be
mated with one male bird depends a
great deal upon the male bird himself.
If he is vigorous and strong and
healthy he can safely be entrusted
with a harem of a dozen females, or
even Is; but If he is lacking in vigor,
the number of females should be cut
down proportionally. Better get one
setting of strongly fertilized eggs than
two settings of doubtful fertility.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

Or in lingerie style with the trimming
almost anything that one may prefer,
while again the box pleats can be left
quite plain, when the waist becomes
almost transformed and is really ex-
tremely simple.
There is fitted lining and the
waist itself consists of the front and
the backs, with front chemisette por-
ton. The backs of the lining are
laced to form the back portions of the
chemisette, but the front portion is
Joined to the waist, which is arranged
over the foundation. There are box
pleats at front. and back and again in
the sleeves and the frills make an ex-
eeedingly dressy finish. When liked
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
PAYS TO RAISE COLTS.

1t will pay any farmer to raise one
or two colts of the draft type each sea-
son, declares the Farmers Voice.
Breed the mares to heavy sires, and
those of the colts that mature above
1900 pounds should be disposed OF
and the lighter ones retained for farm
use. Horses of the heavy type are
and will be in good demand at remun-
eratiYe prices for years to come.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
Knife and Fork in One Piece.

When eating pie or cake. it may
taste better when held in the fingers,
but modern etiquette says that such
practices belong to savages only, and
that the proper method is to employ
a fork. The ordinary fork generally
fulfills its mission when used in con-
nection with homemade cakes and
pies, but when the hungry man has
to contend with the modern restau-
rant variety, at his MONDAY lunch,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

deep cuffs can be added, making the
sleeves full length, and in any case
they are finished after an entirely
novel fashion at the elbows.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four yards
twenty-one, three yards twenty-seven
or two yards forty-four inches wide,
with five-eighth yard of all-over lace
or one and one-eighth yards if long
sleeves are used.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
Vast Cost of Forest Fires.

A million dollar fire in a lumber
yard excites public attention and
comment from Maine to California.
Few pay any attention to the So, 000.-
900 worth of lumber annually de-
stroyed in the United States by forest
fires. The price of beef, gas and
railway rates is a permanent topic OF
active discussion and controversy.
Few give any heed to the recent enor-
nous increase in the cost of lumber
or to the danger of an early exhaus-
ton of our forest resources.-New
York Sun.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

Lace is more fashionable than
ever, and the soft lace ties, bows and
jabots are immensely becoming and
extremely popular. A band of VAL
enciennes insertion, with a narrow
edge to match, makes charming tie,
the ends finished with a wide ruffle
of the same lace. Valenciennes and
the fine laces are the most used for
this fashion.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
ONYX and Amber,

Onyx has come into favor W. tn
fashionable women, being faster ed
into round, massive bracelets like
those antique armlets which the
women of Rome and Greece used to
wear. Lapis lazuli, amber, jade an0
nephrite are among the old-new
stones that tempt women to empty
their pocketbooks to add new co.
quetries to the toilet.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
DON'T PLANT TOO MUCH.

At this season of the year If one
will take the trouble to travel among
farms and look into the details OF
them, it will readily be seen that
many farmers "bite off more than they
can chew" in the planting line. 1t is
poor policy to plant more than can be
properly cultivated or utilized no mat
ter what the crop may be.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
Nitre From the Air.

Sir William Crooks, who is credited
with discovering a practical method
of drawing nitrogen from the atmos-
phere and converting it into nitric
acid and fertilizers-not a chemical
mama dropped from the sky as a
substitute for bread, but an economic
means of doubling the fertility of the
soils a modest man, content with
searching after truth and too closely
engrossed with his work to talk about
it boastfully or to pretend that he
has done anything remarkable.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
Brown Wells

With an all brown costume or with
any brown hat the veil should as
nearly as possible be of the same
color. When, however, brown is
worn with another shade, as red or
green, the veil should be selected
with some references to the furs, for
with black furs on red or green
suit brown veil might bring in too
many contrasts.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
A WHISTLE ON THE FARM.

Around a farm or large place the
use of a whistle is quite necessary TO
call the children home. The young
folks will soon understand that three
short whistles, repeated twice, means
to come home quickly-they are want
ed Immediately. The sound Is very
penetrating and saves voice and good
strength.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

What seems to be a veritable flesh
and blood Dreadnought was adver-
tised in one of this mornings papers,
as follows:
Young gentleman, first-class pub
lie school education, wei trained,
skillful chemist and physicist, careful,
intrepid, quick, self-reliant, is pre-
pared to fill any dangerous position.
Absolutely no fear of death. The
more danger the better. London
Cable to New York Times.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

Chain purses are gradually grow
ing smaller and smaller. Quite the
newest is the glove purse. 1t is
scarcely as large as a silver dollar,
round, with clasp top. OF silver
mesh, it is dainty adjunct to the
toilet, and. holding carfare, is just
large enough to slip into the glove.
But with the reduction in size the
price has increased
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

quite novel trimming straps are ar
ranged. There also are trimming
portions arranged over the fronts and
the yoke and the closing is made in
visibly at the back. The sleeves are
of moderate fulness and are finished
with turned over cuffs whether they
are cut off at the shoulders or ex-
tended to the wrists.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and five
eighth yards twenty-one, three and
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

where they put their shoes when they
TOOK them off last. 1t seems impossi-
Die to impress upon the youthful
mind the desirability of placing their
clothes in a predetermined place
such as closet. 1t is so much easier
to throw them in the nearest corner.
AS a help in solving this problem
New York man has invented family
shoerack, which is shown in the ac-
companying illustration. 1t is formed
of wooden frame, across which ia
placed one or more supports, consist
ing of a series OF arches. Beneath
each row of arches is a ledge for the
reception of the toes of the shoes
Each shoe is slipped through an arch.
the heel resting on the edge. The
frame can be fastened to the wall
near the floor, or placed inside
closet If necessary. At all events.
this method of arranging the shoes
not in use should prove exceedingly
useful.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
wELL-sHAPED TREES.

The tree that is properly shaped
will have an artistic appearance in
winter as well as in summer. 1t is
not only desirable to have a mass OF
foliage in the summer, but its branches
should be so arranged that it will
give pleasing effect in winter.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

sharper implement is needed to pene-
trate the so-called crusts. Proprie-
tors of restaurants should provide
each customer purchasing piece Of
pie with the combination knife and
fork shown in the accompanying IL
lustration. This fork is provided
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

1t is on the bodice that most of the
trimming is lavished, and these are,
for the most part, either in jumper"
styles or variations that suggest this
ever popular model.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

The net veil with the killed frill
has been done to death, and will
shortly give place to plain Brussels
net with a beautiful lace border,
spotted with chenille
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

The Tibetans offer daily prayers
for the minute insects which they
have swallowed inadvertently in their
meat and drink. and the formula in
sur the rebirth Of these microbes in
heaven
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
Ornamental Reading Durable.

Ornamental beading heads ruff1es
of embroidery on underwear with
good effect, and is exceedingly dur
able.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

Practically every railroad in the
United States at the present time II
disregarding the rules governing the
operation and management Of the
block signal system.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

Fear of the aims of the German
Emperor has again been reused in
France, owing to the result of the
elections in the Empire
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
HOW I VENTILATED MY DAIRY.

HOW I VENTILATED MY DAIRY.
Some years ago when l got pos
session of the farm I found a dairy
house built four feet deep and eight
feet square with brick floor, which
thought would be a good place for
milk.
1t was cleaned out nicely and the
milk was placed in 1t, but with all my
care the milk would soon be clabber,
and was often sour by dinner time,
while my farmers share of the milk
would be sweet all day in a safe which
was kept under shady tree, although
the thermometer showed the dairy
was several degrees cooler.
concluded the trouble was owing
to want of ventilation in the pit to
rid 1t Of any acid vapor which must be
the cause of the change mentioned,
the acid neutralizing the soda or al
kali that holds the casein in solution.
To get rid of the acid vapor was the
question to solve, as there was no
ventilation around the milk. Because
Of the mobile nature of air knew the
slightest variation of temperature
would create circulation. To get
this l built alongside of the old dairy
new one, with two four-inch walls
about six inches apart, giving a space
around the building, leaving an open
outlet into the brick trough connect
inc fho fwun hull +I1
outlet being half a brick space every
few inches along the bottom of the
trough. A thermometer indicated that
the air was two degrees cooler than
kept up the circulation night and day,
displacing the air in the trough. Dur
ing my residence on the farm till
about the first of October, we had no
trouble with milk turning to clabber.
and often missed the cottage cheese
for supper, as there was no clabber
to make it, even for breakfast, but
plenty of sweet milk
At the present time we have no
trouble winter or summer, as the wat
er from an artesian well, temperature
fifty-eight degrees, flows through the
dairy and in the drain pipe to the
bay. My tenant informs me it keeps
his milk. melons, cold meat, and,
am sorry to say. his boarders' beer.
in good order without Ice. The we'll
flows thousands Of gallons in the
twenty-four hours. discharging the
water two feet above the surface.
The layer Of sand from which the
water comes is $50 feet from the sur.
face.-A. P. Sharp. Baltimore, Mr..
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

Ireland has about twenty bacon
factories, which slaughter annually
$500 pigs.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

with two miniature knives, placed on
the outer prongs. The user thus has
at his command knife for severing
any tough crusts he should encoun-
ter, and also the usual prongs for
raising the severed piece. Such ideas
as this are born of genius.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05
LIGHT AND SHADE EFFECTS.

The power of leaves to evaporate
water is regulated by their exposure
to the sun. Some leaves on the sun
nv side of a tree transpire three times
as much water as those on the shady
side of the tree, while in some varie-
ties of trees, the leaves on the sunny
side transpire ten times as much as
do the leaves on the shady side. 1t is
easy, therefore, to understand how
greatly the trees need the sun. The
passage of the water through the
leaves, is natures way Of conveying
plant food to the leaves, where it is
elaborated and prepared by being
combined with the carbon of the air
for the work of cell building. Other
things being equal, we find the tree
growing more on the sunny side than
on the shady side, as the work of cell
building is facilitated by the action
OF heat and light. If a man desires
a well formed shade tree, he must see
that that tree stands alone, and that
as much as possible it gets sunshine
from all sides. He need not suppose
that he will get symmetrical tree if
he plants it so near to another tree
that part of it is always in the shade.
A tree will develop its branches on
the side where it gets the light, and
will develop but little on the side
where 1t is shady. On the shady side
the branches will be thin, and the
general outline unsightly. In the north
temperate zone, says the Farmers Re
view, a tree in the summer time, If
comparatively isolated, will receive
the sun on all sides. In the early morn
ing 1t receives the sun on the north
and east sides, in the middle of the
day, on the east, south and west sides.
and late in the day on the west and
north sides. This Is an admirable ar
rangement for the symmetrical devel-
opment of the tree. Man interferes
with it when he tries to put too many
trees In certain place.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-04-05

In the average home, especially
where the family contains three or