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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29

A N INTERESTING report on tattoo
n ing in the navy has been made to
Secretary Metcalf by Surgeon Ammon
Farenholt as a result of his observa-
lions while serving on the receiving
ship Independence at the Mare island
navy yard in California.
The enlistment records of 3,572 men
were examined by Dr. Farneholt, this
being the enlistments on the Independ-
ence for eight and half years. These
records show that the percentage
found tattooed on examination for Sec
ond and subsequent enlistments was
1851, and the percentage found tat
tooed on examination for first en-
listment was 2301 The opinion is ex-
pressed that about go per cent. of the
sailors who have served over ten years
in the navy are tattooed.
DIR. Farenholt says it is not fair to
assume from the figures that % per
cent. of the male citizens are tattooed.
as considerable proportion of appli-
cants for enlistment are sea-faring
men. He was surprised to find so
many, probably eight per cent. of the
recruits, who are tattooed and who de-
MED having been at sea or even hav-
ing lived in seaport towns. In DR..
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29
House Remembers Cannon's Birthday

appointed time, he was summoned
from the floor of the house by the en-
tire Illinois delegation, he was gsnu-
inely surprised.
Representative Graf and Rainey.
one Republican and the other a
Democrat, spoke felicitously and pre-
sented the floral piece, which was six
feet high, of dogwood blossoms and
American Beauty roses. AS the
speaker started to reply, a tear trick
led as he said:
''The sweetest flowers OF all
Bloom above the parting wall"
He then spoke of his long career in
congress, thanked his 81 colleagues in
dividually and collectively, and a few
minutes later was called back to the
floor of the house A roll call was
being taken on motion to recess un-
til the following day, but when IL was
half over Champ Clark jumped to his
feet and said:
1T seems to me this is the speakers
birthday"
This was the signal for general ap-
plause, and the speaker blushed,
smiled and bowed like a schoolgirl as
he waited for it to subside. Then he
gave voice to his appreciation.
Il move that in honor of the occa-
sion the roll call be suspended" said
Representative Macon of Arkansas
This motion was passed with a whoop
and the Democratic filibuster was re-
Taxed for few minutes at least.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29
Tattooing Very Popular in the Navy

Farenholt's opinion, the custom Is
more common in camps and in places
where men are collected in large num-
bers than is imagined
The report contains statistics re-
garding the location Of tattoo marks
and the frequency of various designs.
Letters, notices, initials and allied de-
vices lead the list and constitute about
rs per cent. of all ink marks. Coats OF
arms and national emblems follow
with about 25 per cent, then flags,
anchors, etc. Female figures are
shown in Is per cent of all tattooing.
The usual types were found among
them, such as 'Holdfast' Ca letter on
the back of each finger); apprentice
knot; pig on dorsum of foot, which,
among the older men, was supposed to
shield its possessor from death by
drowning; crucifix, which in case Of
death would insure burial in a Chris
tan country, and Jerusalem cross"
which would answer the same purpose
on Moslem shores. OF the latter DR..
Farenholt found IA, all in re-enlisted
men. One man was adorned with q
sock covering each foot and extending
above the ankle; another with fo1
hunting scene. In one case the entire
back was covered by large Masonic
column and globe. Little Egypt" ng.
ured in two cases and a copy of beer
trademark in one. Designs showing
the Goddess of Liberty, ships, eagles.
pigs and apprentice knots were found
to be more popular on re-enlistment
than among those who came directly
from civil life
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29
Big Weekly Pay Roll of Wage Farmers

500 were women and 90,1s7, or 81 par
cent, were children. The pay rolls Of
the 123,307 establishments for one
week aggregated $33,1S5,791, and oil
this amount the men received $29, 240,.
PSF, or SS.1 per cent. of the whole;
the women received $3,633,4S1 or IL
per cent, and the children $3f2,023, or
1 per cent.
More than half of all the wage earn
ers included in the bulletin earned %
and over during the week. The earn
ings are classified for totals of states
and of industries, while Is industries
are shown in detail by states and ter
ritories and rs states by leading in
dustries. Average earnings are also
computed for all the states and indus
tries shown.
The figures show that in 1904 the
average wage Garner employed In man.
ufacturing received $10o6 per week
The average man received $11.16, the
average woman $6.17 and the average
child under 16 years of age &5.46.
In the figures showing the average
wages by states Illinois is nfteenth
with s11.65. The highest Is Montana
with $3.50 and the lowest is South
Carolina with Sass.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29

she has been employed to continue his
Investigations by the bureau he helped
found Mrs. Stevenson was the first to
suggest that the present Indian inhab-
itants of Mexico, Arizona, etc., are
descendants Of the mysterious ancient
cliff dwellers of that region.
D b.
Because her mother was foolish
enough to have her fortune told by a
woman gypsy a little Chicago girl was
kidnapped by band of nomads and
kept for some time in hope of a ran
som. She was discovered by q shrewd
and observant farmer, who took meas
ures that eventually restored her to her
parents. The child when taken home
was half clad and in her bare feet,
suffering severely from cold. She had
been poorly fed and collapsed as the
result of i'll treatment and exposure. 1t
Is safe to say that her mother will new
er again have her fortune told by
gypsy nor permit one to come upon her
premises. If other mothers were as
wise, many of the mysterious disap-
pearances of ildren and property
would be successfully guarded against.
The average itinerant fortune teller Is
not to be trusted either with regard to
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29
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WHEN the bureau of the census
w took the census of manufactures
in 1905 it also undertook the task of
classifying the weekly earnings of the
employees in all kinds of manufacture
ing establishments. Questions as to
the actual earnings of all employees
were asked of each manufacturer in
the country and the surprising num-
her of 123,907 establishments replied.
This number of establishments is 62.9
per cent of all enumerated in the
census and they employ more than
onehalf of all the wage earners en-
gagged in the factory industries in the
country.
In bulletin just issued by the CEN
sus bureau, containing compilations of
these statistics it is shown that of the
1927 $40 wage earners covered by the
investigation, 2,619,O 53 were men; $685.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29
FEATHERS AND EeesHELLs.

- ~
When the big Swift storage plant at
Harrisburg burned down on Nov. Is
Al, 900 dozens of eggs were scrambled.
The people helped themselves to ONE
let Harrisburg has more wild scram-
bles and bad eggs than any other city
in the Union.
If cold storage eggs compete with
you in the winter, 1t is because you
sold out to the trust In the summer
Less hammock swinging and more
trade drumming pays the trust less
and you more.
BOOSTERS make poor egg records and
good pOtpie. Sell them 10 the butcher
and buy tonic if you have that tired
feeling.
How shall | get fresh eggs? Buy
them from persons you can trust and
pay little more for delivery or go for
them yourself.
When the zero weather comes. do
not worry about the eggs freezing in
the nests If you are the man who ven
tilates his chicken house with broken
windows, cracks and knot holes. There
will be no eggs to freeze
The advertised prescriptions to make
hens lay are about like one advertised
to kill bedbugs. 1t cost 80 cents. II
read thus: First, catch your bug; sec
ond, put him on stove; third. hit him
a blamed good whack."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. C nm n
w was 70 years old the other day,
but being a presidential candidate, he
was not aware of the fact until the
anniversary was half over and then
reminders came thick and fast, and
brought tears of emotion from him
The first hint was contained in a tele-
gram from constituent in Danville,
ILL.,, who is the family Bible expert for
that part of the country.
What day Of the month is this, Bus
bey?" he asked of his secretary
Here is a fellow who has the nerve
to say | have turned another mile
stone"
A calendar was consulted. and
Uncle Joe" acknowledged that the
boys back home lad one on him. In
a few minutes Mr. Busbey was called
out to the corridor and notified that
about the biggest floral piece ever
seen in the capitol would arrive at
four o'clock, and that there would be
big doings in the speakers room.
Uncle Joe" was kept in ignorance
of the arrangements, and when, at the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29

ing of nurses This institution is named
In her honor. She is q lady of grace
which is merely an auxiliary position.
In the Order of st. John of Jerusalem.
Decorations are lavishly bestowed on
the feminine sprigs Of royalty and on
peeresses and honorables in the various
orders in the gift of royalty. but merit
is seldom so honored. The Order of
the Royal Red Cross, with which Miss
Nightingale has also been decorated, is.
however. bestowed on many women
who have done self devoted work in
nursing. but it is also given to royal and
titled women whose claim to the honor
is little difficult to understsSsl. Miss
Nightingale is one of those &io think
women ought to have the ballot.
Miss Matilda Stevenson knows more
about the Indians of the southwestern
United States than any other person
living Her husband, the late Colonel
James Stevenson, was the pioneer in
vestigator of these peoples and one
of those who in 1870 originated the
bureau of ethnology at Washington.
During her husbands lifetime she act
ed as his assistant, but since his death
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29
rHE pIrFERENcE BETwEEN

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
FRESH AND STORAGE STOCK
We have both kinds before us ON the
table and will break them and give
you the. results.
The shell of the storage egg is shiny.
This may come from handling, greas-
ing or dipping In acid. and the air cell
at the big end occupies one-fifth of the
egg. The fresh egg shell is more of a
chalky white. and the air cell is only
the size of a silver five cent piece
Thus you see how much of the egg is
lost by evaporation.
The yolk of the storage egg is dark,
when exposed soon has a thick mem
brane on it. The fresh egg has a round,
bright yellow, full yolk, which gets no
scum on 1t and stands or floats ON the
white, while the other sinks through.
The white of the storage egg is dull
and thin, and the chalazae, or two
white membranes that hold the yolk
suspended in the egg, have disappeared.
The white Of the fresh egg glistens,
the chalazae are perfect. and for an
inch around the yolk the white stands
in q raised ring. Beat up the whites
your dealer is cheating you on eggs,
here is the test to catch him.
PRESERVE YOUR OWN EGGS
Lime Method.-Slack four pounds of
lime and stir in four pounds of salt.
Pour this into eight gallons of water
and stir well. Stir again the next day.
When settled. draw off clear liquid and
pour into it n solution composed of
two quarts of boiling water, two ounces
of baking soda. cream of tartar, salt
peter and small amount of alum.
Put the eggs in stone jar, small end
down, one layer on top of the other,
and pour on the solution. Keep in cool
place.
Salt MethOd.-Put layer of salt in
the bottom of a crock, then follow
with layer of eggs with small end
down. Fill up the vessel with alternate
layers of salt and eggs. never allow .ng
the eggs to touch each other Keep in
| cool place.
Soluble Glass Method.-Purchase q
gallon of liquid glass at drug store for
rs cents gallon. Use one part glass
to ten parts water. Fill up your jar
with layers of eggs. small end down,
and then pour or the solution. If the
eggs do not sink, add more water.
These methods are all preferable to
cold storage
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29
,ntemp.rance and Insanity,

According to a report submitted to
NJ. Clemenc .au, the French premier,
who had or Tered q special investiga-
ton of the subject. NJ. Mirman, the
director of the assistance publique,
who visited all the insane asylums of
France, is lthority for the statement
that Is pc cent of the insane in
France are victims of the alcoholic
habit.
There are 1t present 71,547 insane
people in Fra nee in state institutions
and of these 932 have been found tc
have lost their minds because of drink
They are not al habitual drunkards
hoWever
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29

THE president is not only good
churchgoer himself, but deserves
the thanks of at least two Washington
preachers for his aid in boosting the
size of their congregations.
With his prediction for having
everything reformed it is no more than
natural that his church also should
bear the magic label. 1t is Grace Re-
formed, a rather small, gray stone
building on Fifteenth street, not quite
a mile from the White House.
Grace Reformed is not fashionable
church. The congregation is unas-
Stunning in appearance and would be
decidedly modest in size if it were
rot for the president He fills GER
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29
President Roosevelt Good Churchgoer

tainly two-thirds of the pews. So far
as audiences go the preacher may
have to look for lean years after
March 4, 1909.
While the president fills dozens Of
the pews by the mere fact of his ex-
pected presence he occupies his own
seat in solitary grandeur. Once in
while he goes with his wife and
family to ST. Johns, but they don't
seem inclined to reciprocate the at
tention. st. Johns rejoices in the
local title of 1.-The church of state"
and always reserves a pew for the
president of the United States, though
il had not been in demand for a good
many years when Mrs. Roosevelt be-
came lady of the White House.
Whether he goes to his own church
or not, no one but Theodore Roosevelt,
unless it is some fiend or guest &C.
companying him, which rarely hap
pens, is ever seated in the presidents
pew at Grace Reformed. Two SECRET
service men always accompany Aim.
but do not sit With him.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29

The greatest of living Englishwomen,
been decorated with the Order of Merit
by King Edward who by this act
shows himself entitled to be called Ed
ward the Tactful. She was the heroine
of the Crimean war, doing what no wo-
man before had done-went to the
front, organized hospitals and nursed
the sick and wounded soldiers. She
was thus the pioneer of the Red Cross
movement. The English people raised
a fund of about $250.000 as a testi-
monial of their appreciation, but Miss
Nightingale, who is woman of indie
pendent means, requested that it be
devoted to found home for the train
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29

Els predictions or iis or her good inten-
tionS
Nine. Sarah Grand said recently, 1T
has been stated that there has never
been a female Shakespeare, but there
has been only one male Shakespeare"
Mrs. Humphry Ward has been elect
ed president of the English Society OF
Women Journalists. Unlike many wo-
men of lesser mental caliber. Mrs.
Ward never disparaged journalism or
the journalist. In fact. she herself has
frequently contributed to the London
Times and to other newspapers.
In New Zealand, that paradise for
women, Miss ]. a. McKegg, after due
examination. has been given n certi6-
cate as a marine engineer. She Is quail
ified to manage vessel propelled by
gas, oil or electricity. Miss McKegg
is the first holder of such a certificate
in New Zealand
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29
BEING A GOOD FELLOW.
Friendships Made Through Strong
Drink Are Worthless.

Drink Are Worthless.
Rev. John j. Wheeler of st. John
the Evangelist's church, addressing the
graduates of Lasalle college. made ref
erence to the fact that he is located in
the heart of the business district,
where the careers of success and fail
ure are most in evidence. says the
Catholic Abstainer. He said the col
lege graduate should husband his re-
sources He will need them all. Any
social pleasure or indulgence which
affects young mans health will affect
his success. Good health is the foun-
dation of all possible success in life.
Affect one and you affect the other
We are not discussing the question
from religious or moral standpoint.
The question is whether it is wise to
be a good fellow by drinking intoxi-
eating liquors, whether it is expedient
to run the risk, the exhilaration Of
which can do man in health no good,
but may do him harm. The chances
are that it will, and no young man can
afford to take single risk or chance
In the morning Of his ife. He needs
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29

itself the correction of all grievances,
real and imaginary, and does not hesi-
tate to commit any crime to carry out
its purpose, producing a reign OF terror
that is causing hundreds of law-abiding
citizens to desert their homes and fee
to places of safety. In many instances
the savings of lifetime of toll and de-
privation has been swept away in a
night, the farmer not only losing his
barn and outhouses, but his home, and
not infrequently his life.
God forbid that the good old State OF
Mississippi shall ever experience such.
The few instances OF such character
which have happened within her bounds
should prove object lessons to guide
our people clear of such breakers in
the future. Ten years ago party OF
good men in Union county attempted
to correct an error in young man OF
the neighborhood and the horrible out
come of that expedition should prove
warning against repetition of the act.
Two good citizens dead and dozen
families heartbroken. The sad scenes
in and around the federal court build
ing at Jackson only short while ago
when hundreds of good citizens of
Franklin county were before that au-
sGst tribunal for something that was
begun for purpose that seemed to
them just and right, but before it was
ended human life had been sacrificed
and dozens of homes were darkened
with a cloud of sorrow. The reign of
terror in portion of Lawrence for a
time early this year and the murder of
q good man and warning of others, as
we'll as number of other isolated in
stances that might be named, should
prove the guide-boards to steer our peo-
pie clear of such dangerous ground in
the future.
Mississippians as rule are God-fear-
ing and law-abiding. They do not will
fully infract the laws of the land and
will not do it unless misled by schrewd
and INSCRIPTIONS parties. They love
their homes and are obedient to the
command of constituted authority. |
must ever remain thus. The few dis
orders of recent years are but isolated
instances and should not be COMPOUNDED
with such affairs as noted in Kentucky,
Illinois and other States. The rural
home is the hope of our State and any
movement that will jeopardize its safety
must be nipped in the bud. It's duty
that every citizen owes to his home, his
f,.,nily, his government and his God.
Make Mississippi the banner St9te for
law and order in the Union; where the
humble home of the man with forty
acres is as safe as the millionaire in
the city; where the rural school fits the
young for the battles of life and church
facilities are accorded all.
The writer is not unnecessarily alarm
ed at the prospects for lawlessness and
would not convey any such impression.
Our good State has been exceptionally
free from such in the past, and this is
written for the purpose of emphasizing
the Importance of having it continue
so. A word now may be worth a whole
book at some future time. The per-
petuity of our record for law and order
must be provided for, and the God-fear-
ing and home-loving people of Missis-
Sippi will see that it is DONE
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29

the unhampered vlgor of all his pow
ers-all his health, all his intellect. all
his manners.
"a hundred thousand drink every
day. Why? Because they are afraid
people will not think them good fell
lows. Have the courage to be good
fellow of the kind that is not STEPPED
in alcohol. When men wonder at You
for not drinking say: There goes a
man who once thought drink would
not hurt him. | am honest enough to
believe that what hurt him may hurt
me. shall need all my feeble ability
to compete with such geniuses as you;
therefore | propose to keep intact my
brain and the mucous membrane that
lines it, Employers prefer the abstain
ing kind. Alcohol is becoming more
and more each year a positive detrl-
ment to a mans usefulness.
1.-THE friendships OF strong drink are
mock friendships. The men and wo-
men whose friendships are worth hav-
ing are the men and women who have
principles themselves and respect them
in others, especially when they find
them in young man."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29

While the strenuous call is being
made for reduction in the cotton
acreage to prevent big crop and low
price next fall, and the farmers are
being urged to plant more largely of
the necessities that can be raised at
home, it is pleasant to learn just what
some people are actually doing with
other crops besides cotton and corn.
Our Mississippi lands are capable of
producing most literally of almost any
crop grown in this country, and the
following from the Laurel Chronicle is
worthy of reproduction as an actual
experience in the piney woods:
81. M. Lindsey, live truck grower
near Laurel, has done what many an
other truck grower can do if he will.
Last week Mr.. Lindsey shipped car
load of lettuce, and this week he sent
forward APT bushels of select, picked
Irish potatoes, the product of three and
one-half acres. These shipments were
to Cleveland, Ohio. During this season
Mr.. Lindsey will ship five more cars of
potatoes and five cars of other truck.
Here is field of activity and money
making. Five hundred more progress
sive truck growers like J. M. Lindsey,
located on and intelligently tilling the
lands contiguous to Laurel, would make
this section blossom as the rose and our
fast-growing city hum with business
activity. Jones county soil cannot be
excelled for fertility"
What Editor Noble says with regard
to the possibilities of the soil in Jones
county is applicable to the larger part
of the state. 1t can be done and should
be done, but who will do it? South
Mississippi needs more than one hun
dred good white farmers to take her
lands and make them produce of the
worlds needs. We don't want unde'
sirable immigration, and the next best
thing is to stop emigration. If South
Mississippi had the one hundred thou
sand white families that have gone
from Mississippi to Texas in the past
twenty years there would be a different
tale to tell. How are we to stop itf
BY encouraging agriculture, horticul-
ture and stock raising in our own state.
Enterprising people 60 where they are
offered the best opportunity of doing
well. Mississippi has paid too little
attention to her agricultural people in
the past. The last legislature made a
beginning that must be followed UP
energetically. The corn clubs, agri'
cultural high schools, county depart
ments of agriculture, fairs and associa.
lions will tend to keep our people al
home. The writer believes that q vel
conducted fair in each of the counties
of the state, with big state fair to
bring the season to close, would be
worth millions of dollars to the state