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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
OUR BOYS (;
and GIRLS
! How TO Make a Kite

There are few boys Tor girls, either,
for that matter) who are not more or
less Interested in kites and kite-mak-
ing. The trouble is, 1t takes SO long
to make them, as a rule, that what
would otherwise be a pleasure, be-
comes burden.
Here Is kite which can be made
in less than ten minutes, and without
the usual paste-pot, Irvine, and other
'bothers" usual in making ordinary
kites.
Take piece of tissue-paper, wrap
ping-paper, or newspaper, about nine
by ten inches, and, creasing it down
the middle, fold one-half over the
other half, as shown in Fig. l..
With a sharp knife, or a pair of
shears, cut along the dotted lines,
shown in Fig 2. Crease the paper
crosswise, about one third the dis.
lance down, as guide-line for the
straws, as seen in Fig. 2.
Select two long, straight straws,
from an ordinary American straw
broom, and thread them through the
creases of the paper, one up and
down, and the other across, as shown
in back view in Fig. 8, cutting the
straws off flush with the outside edges
of the paper.
Next take needleful of thread, and
fasten one end of the thread to the
horizontal straw at a, passing the
thread through the! paper to keep it
from slipping. In like manner fasten
the other end of the thread at b, and
break it off.
Take another piece, and fasten one
end to the bottom of the vertical
straw at C, and the other end to the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Household
WOMEN IN BUSINESS.
What is to Become of the Spinster II
old

What is to Become of the Spinster in
Old Age?
What is going to become of all
the unmarried business women when
they are too old to work." was the
rather startling question propounded
at meeting of a woman's club.
"a business man, member of lead
ing publishing house, said to me:
Have you ever noticed what a lot of
nice old maids there are in our en-
ploy? What will finally become of
themT{ Ftf3t~
These women are nice. They are
usually in receipt of a good salary, but
they haven't saved anything. I'M
provident? No, not necessarily,
"They live in accordance with the
American standard of living, and they
can afford to live in that way with the
money they earn, besides it is re-
CURED of woman in good position
to dress well. If they were saving,
provident' you would call it, how
could they save, at the best, enough
rest of their natural lives? Their
business usefulness ends at fifty years
of age, say. Some firms generously
pension women worn out in their en-
ploy, but these are few. Something
will have to be done to meet this
emergency. Proud, independent, SUI
perior as they are and so many Of
them"
There should be day for thinking
about marriage" suggested member
Of the club. Just as there are Labor
Day and Memorial Day and others.
Men in the cities are too busy, their
lives are too strenuous to think about
marriage. If there was a. day set
apart for thinking about it and a pa
rade of all the nice men and women,
who would in that way see each other
in the light Of candidates for matri-
mony, something might come of it,
and this growing celibacy be put
stop to which threatens to depopulate
the world, and these fine women
would not then be left to lonely de-
pendent old age"
This question is not one to be
treated with levity," remarked the
first speaker with a frown. at has
not obtruded itself upon the students
of social economy as it viii do. Spin
sterhood was never so general before
as it is becoming. Just run your mind
over the women Of this class whom
you know. ..f
Mark my words, this question is
bound to become the foremost social
and economic question of the next
ten years" ft
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Chautauqua Salute, Menace to Health

not overtax his or her energy.
The custom of waving handker-
chief vigorously in the air." says DR..
Woodward, as dangerous. Nearly ev-
cry contagious disease can be com
municated in this manner, If the hand
kerchief is slightly soiled. If the lin
en- square has just. been purchased, or
has come straight from the laundry,
there is not the slightest danger, but
the waving Of a handkerchief that has
been used even once is harmful.
when handkerchief is waved the
wind blows the germs from it. Ty-
phoid fever, scarlet fever tubercuIos-
is, smallpox and chickenpox, measles.
leprosy and diphtheria may be thus
spread" q i1,
The Chautauqua saluters criticised
the health officers remarks. fW
DIR. Woodward does not know what
he is talking about" said young wo-
man. I'VE never carry soiled hand
kerchiefs" a1Eia @en ST. -xns4
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Real Cold.

An American and a Scotsman were
discussing the cold experienced in
winter in the north of Scotland.
"Why, it's nothing at all compared
to the cold weather we have in the
States" said the American. 81 can
reconect one winter when a sheep,
jumping from hillock into a field,
became suddenly frozen on the way
and stuck in the air like a mass of
ice."
But, man." exclaimed the Scots
man, "the law of gravity wouldn't al
low that" ~ -
81 know that, replied the tale
pitcher. But the law of gravity was
frozen, tool = - er. -
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31

II FIFTEEN years ago Francis j. Xii
L kenny arrived in this country from
Ireland. He was SO green that he
mistook a Fourth of July celebration
as a reception to himself Young Kill
kenny had relatives and friends in
Milwaukee and Chicago and he made
for the middle west soon after his
landing. He had a fund of native wit
and an abundance of energy and
pluck He got q job cutting grass and
soon came under the notice of Charles
G. Dawes. When Mr.. Dawes came to
Washington as controller of the cur
rency he-bFeught- Kilkenny along as
his private secretary. When Dawes
retired from the controllership his
successor found he couldn't get along
without Kilkenny Mr.. Ridgely was
succeeded as controller by Lawrence
o. Murray and that official has re
tanned Kilkenny who has now be-
come one of the institutions of the
treasury department.
Young Kilkenny is making remark
able Roadway with movement for
the ''home-going'' Of Irishmen in 1910.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Famous Woman Explorer.


Mrs. Marie Robinson Wright Of
Georgia is believed to hold the record
for having accomplished more in the
way of penetrating countries hitherto
unknown than any other living wom-
an. with the possible exception of Mrs
Fanny Bullock Workman. She is
called by some "the Columbus of
South America, ;" from the fact that
she, undaunted by hardships and per-
lis in the countries she has visited,
has opened to the pioneers of trade
and commerce new paradise that
blooms south of the equator, where
untold wealth awaits development at
the hands of civilized man. She es-
Inmates that she has travelled 100000
miles in pursuit of her work.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31

n EN-. Luke E. Wright, told at a din
VI ner in Washington a war story
from Manila
There was once upon time" he
began, "a gallant old general This
general, leading splendid charge in
his youth, got a bullet in his chest and
two sabre cuts across the head. In
after life, relating over the nuts and
wine his many battles, it was this
particular charge that he always de-
cribed most flamboyantly.
1.-THE older the general grew the
more splendid the charge became; the
more awful was the slaughter that
he visited upon the enemy; the more
horrible were the wounds that he re-
ceived. For confederation he would
always turn to grizzled veteran on
his left, his aide-de-camp. The aide
de-camp would nod his gray head in
acquiescence silently.
Taller and taller grew the gen.
erals stories of the charge. Higher
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Rhodes Scholar Named.

. The Rhodes scholarship commission
for Mississippi met in the chancellor,s
office at the university and after an eN-
haustive examination of the character
and testimonials. of all five applicants
L. E. Farley, a member of the senior
law class of the university, was award
ed the scholarship, and H. II. Breand,
of Meridian, now member OF the Junior
class at Harvard, was named us alter
nate. The scholarship is worth $1,000
per annum for three years and entities
the scholar to certain privileges at Ok
ford, England.
Mississippia ranks second among the
American states at the University of
Oxford in point of honors, New York be-
ing first.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget Of State News Items Gathered By Special
Correspondent at Jackson 4 CO
Must Carry the Liquors.

The American Express Company was
served with an injunction compelling it
to accept shipments of Intoxicating
liquors consigned to persons residing in
the State OF Mississippi when rendered
to it by ferry boats plying between
Vieksburg and Delta, La
The bill of complaint charges that the
American Express Company receives.
carries and delivers liquors to consignees
in Mississippi when such liquors are
shipped by dealers in Madison parish,
by way of the Southern Express Gem
pany, which maintains offices in Mad
ison parish and does business over the
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific and
the Alabama icksburg Railway Com
panies' lines; but that the American Ex-
press Company refuses to receive such
shipments when rendered to it by fer
ries, steamboats, or any other carrier,
except the Southern Express Company
The American Express Company has no
office in Madison parish, its nearest Of
flee being at Vicksbure. The bill further
SAYS that the sales of such liquors are
made in Louisiana and that all charges
for carriage are prepaid.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Social Amenities.

A man who dimes out great deal
says he meets more frequently of
late the hostess who passes things"
without an apology. 1t seems that
company is not regarded in the sacred
light of former days, and that wom-
en- are coming to the opinion their
husbands have always had that what
is good enough for the family is good
enough for company. Indeed, the
women are carrying this feeling to the
extent that some of them put on no
extra frills for even preacher.
Saints above! Did you ever expect
to see the day?-Atchison Globe.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
ROW TRACKS ARE LEvELED.
UNIQUE Methods Used to Make Trav-

UNIQUE Methods Used to Make Trav-
4 xsass, elers Comfortable.
Curiosity is often displayed by trav-
.elers over the method employed in
= making mile after mile of trackage
Z 30 level that scarcely an undulation
can be felt as the whizzing train reels
OF the laps This loneliness is main
tanned by the 'whitewash" car.
The "whitewash" car, is an ordi
nary vehicle fitted out with sort of
whitewash magazine. AS the cars
run over the rails at moderate gait,
the developed sense of the division of
fcials notes any inequalities, and at
each one valve is pressed, where at
q dash of whitewash falls on the
tracks at the points where later the
working gangs get busy to make
things even.
This honnelyl rwhitewash" car is CIV
ing way rapidly, however, to a more
modern and scientific arrangement in
the way of handsome coach elegant
ly fitted out with many comforts, and
In which is to be found delicate in
strument. This latter is, so construct
ed that it registers all unevenness-in
the tracks on paper, which has indi-
Gated on it the mileage and names of
stations along the way, so that when
run is completed it will be shown
Just where repairing needs to be
done. The indicating sheet is sent to
the proper department heads of the
company, and by them the work Of
making the roadbed level is prose
cuted.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31

RR. WILLIAM C. WOODWARD,
~ health officer of. the District, of
Columbia, is in favor of abolishing the
only form of athletics INDUCED in by
members and graduates of the Chau-
tauqua literature and reading 1circle.
He says that the Chautauqua salute is
q menace to health. III
The salute. as all Chautauquans
know, is waving of the handkerchief
when friends make hit on thes1ec-
tire platform or sail away for distant
lands. Everybody waves and every
body is happy provided that one does
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Diagrams for Making the Kite.

middle of the first piece at d, shown
in Fig. 4. ...s ..f-.5t...-
The flying-cotton, or threads, is fast
ened to the intersection of these
threads at d.
A tail, made of about four feet of
paper ribbon, abo~t an inch wide, is
connected to the bottom of the kite as
shown in Fig. 5.
Use fine sewing-cotton for flying the
kite, which can be done without much
running.
In all probability it will fly at first
trial, but if not, perhaps the tail is
too long, and should be gradually
shortened, by tearing piece off the
end. bit at a time, until the proper
balance for the kite is found The
band may also need adjusting, accord
ing to the force of the wind.-St.
Nicholas.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
I. and c. Doing Good Work.

According to the report which Presi-
dent H. L. Whitfield of the Industrial
Institute and College has prepared for
presentation to the legislature, that
splendid institution is undoubtedly at
the top of the column among the public
institutions of Mississippi. Evidently
the Industrial Institute and College is a
state institution in which every citizen
may take pardonable degree of pride.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Manv Aspirants for Judgeships.

Gov. Noel will make no judicial APP
pointments until after the first of Jan
uary. probably after the converting of
the legislative session, January 4. He
has so notified all the applicants for cir
cult judgeships, that they may take
plenty of time in which TO get in their
applications and Endorsements.
During the coming session there are
four circuit Judges and two@chancellors
to be appointed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
A Bird school Of LANGUAGES.

In Paris is a school in which parrots
are not only taught to speak pure
Partisan" but in which they are in
structed in "the leading languages of
Europe" What an interesting babel
they must make together when school
lis dismissed 1t is not stated that a
way has been found to make this
nany-tongued parrot talk" less me-
tallic and more melodious than the
usual speech of parrots.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
The Cheerful Bucket.

''How dismal you look" said a
bucket to his companion as they were
going to the well. All" replied the
other, Il was rejecting upon the use
lessness of our being filled, for, let
us to go away ever SO full, we always
come back empty" Dear me, how
strange to look at it that way" said
the other bucket Nov l enjoy the
thought that however empty we come,
We go away full. Only look at it in
that light and you'll be as cheerful as
I am"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Honor System at Millsaps..

Millsaps College of Jackson is the sec
ond educational institution in Missis-
sippi to adopt the honor system for the
government of it's student body.
Briefly stated, the new system means
that each student will be regarded and
treated as a gentleman in every respect
until he proves himself otherwise; that
no surveillance or espionage will be
maintained by the faculty during exam
nations or over the personal conduct
of students SO long as they conduct
themselves in accordance with the rules
of the honor committee a
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Try Washinoton Dounhnuts.

Do you ever wash your doughnuts?
When frying doughnuts have kettle
of boiling water near the doughnut
kettle, and as you take out each one
on your pork plunge it into the boil
ing water (Which must be boiling all
the time). AS quickly as possible let
this water stand until cold and you
will be surprised at the amount Of
grease that will rise on top. Dough
nuts done in this way will never be
indigestible.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Statewide Game Law.

E. A conference will be held between a
number of representative Mississippi
sportsmen and officials of the Audubon
Society for the purpose of agreeing upon
a uniform statewide game law, to be
submitted to the legislature for passage
during the approaching session. Hunt
ers from a number of counties will be
present, while the Audubon society will
be represented by President William
Hemingway, of this city, and Secretary
Andrew Allison, of Ellisville.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Shell Window-Panes.

When the English first occupied In
dia, the rough circular plates of a
species of oyster, which plates are
about six inches in diameter and are
thin and white, were used for window
panes, and had the effect of frosted
glass. The panes of Bombay Cathe-
dral were of these shells, and they
are still used in some parts of India.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Soil Survey Commenced.

Dir. Z. \. Lowe, state geologist, re-
ports that the soil survey of Noxubee
county, under the joint supervision of
the Mississippi geological commission
and the United States geological survey,
has been commenced. The state and
federal governments have each furnished
two men for the work, and they will
continue their labors in Noxubee county
until after the Christmas holidays, when
two members of the party will be sent
to Natchez to commence the soil survey
of Adams county.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Gulf Coast Prospers.

Hon. Fred W. Collins, collector of
customs for the Pearl river district,
states that business conditions in South
Mississippi, especially along the gulf
coast, are showing steady improvement,
especially among the lumber manufacture
ing plants The harbor at Gulfport,. he
states, is filed with vessels taking
aboard eargoes for foreign points,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Pushing Long Distance.

The Mississippi Home Telephone Com
pany is pushing work with all possible
rapidity on its long distance lines into
Jackson, and it is announced by The
officials that connections with the cap
ital will be made by the middle of Jan
uary.
One OF these lines is between Jackson
and Meridian, and the construction
forces are at work in the vicinity of
Lake. \ three-circuit system will be
Installed, and an automatic switchboard
will do away with the central system.
Toll stations will be established at all
of the towns between the two points.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Test Vaccination Laws.

The legal authority of school board
to refuse admission to pupils who have
not been vaccinated will be brought be-
fore the supreme court for decision, and
the outcome OF the Litigation will be
awaited with interest throughout the
state, owing to the fact that several
radical orders of this character have re-
Gently been issued by school trustees.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Educational Rally.

State Superintendent Of Education J.
n. Powers and Miss Susie V. Powell,
state president and organizer for the
School Improvement Association, went
to Houston to be present at general
educational rally, corn club meet, county
teachers monthly session, ETC., where
both delivered addresses, and where Miss
Powell aided in the organization of
school improvement association.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Poster House Clerk About Ancestors

adding machines all at once Nnen
straight backed, straight-nosed, white
mustached, white-haired and extreme
ly dignified old gentleman marched In
to the committee room. He was look
ing for his member and as the mem
Der WASN'T on hand, had turned around
to go out again, when he caught sight
of. AiS. CouFts.4-.----..ssal----z----s--
There was a moment of tenseness
and of pauseAa hiatus in other words.
And then the old gentleman advanced
and cast himself-a. perfertly dignifled
cast-on Mr.. Courts bosom, clutched
Mr.. Courts hand. patted Mr., Courts
shoulder and gazed into Mr.. Courts
eyes. And as dozen or so members
of the appropriations committee gath
cred around the old gentleman ex-
ploded his. bomb. .....,i,.,. .to,.,,
Captain. he said to Mr., Courts.
Il am noah than happy to meet You
again. / consider. this. the, happiest
day of my life, my dear comrade in
arms. Well | remember the. days
when, side by side, knee to knee, we
followed the fortunes of that flower Of
chivalry, that most dashing of cav
airy leaders, our idolized chieftain,
Gen ]. E. B. Stuart"
OF course it was case Of mistaken
identity. Sir John says so himself.
But nevertheless it was embarrassing
And he's going to, ask for a couple OF
more assistants, for, with this Clean
Drinking NJ nor story and the Setting
Moon button and the Confederate cav.
airy yarn, he's just fairly pestered to
death and hasn't time to do his reg
ular work -sl.-.tlt
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
The Jury,s Verdict.

A south Missouri man recently was
tried on a charge of assault. The
State brought into court as the weap-
ons used rail, an axe, a pair of tongs,
a saw and a rife. The defendants
counsel exhibited as the other mans
weapons a scythe blade, pitchfork,
a pistol and hoe. The jury's verdict
is said to have been:
Resolved, That we the jury would
have given 81 TO have sN~~n the fight"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Mai. John ]. Hood Passes Away.

Maj John j. Hood, one of the most
gallant heroes of the lost cause, and
widely known throughout the South as
a literary man of exceptional attain
ments, died Saturday at the home of
his son, James C. Hood. The passing
away of the noted veteran and writer
was not unexpected, for he had been
in failing health for more than two
years, and rarely left his apartments.
He had attained the ripe old age of 72
years, and nearly decade ago was
forced to retire from active business life
on account of his health.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Will Lecture to Convicts.

Gov. Noel Monday held conference
with Rev. L. D. Greenes an itinerant
evangelist, who. will spend about one
month in the State, visiting the State
penal institutions and delivering lee
lures to those on the outside in an effort
to teach them how to avoid getting on
the inside. RI
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Many Industries Spring Up.

There is no section of Mississippi at
the present time that is developing with
more rapidity and more steadily than Is
the stretch along the valley OF Pearl
river, and the greatest factor in that
development is the New Orleans Great
Northern Railroad. 1t is scarcely five
months since the full length of the mile
age which has been laid in Mississippi
was opened up, and the first passenger
trains began to operate through to Jack
son, yet even in that brief period the
signs of development and progress have
become more and more noticeable. Cot
ton gins, congresses, seed warehouses
and saw mills have been built, while IN
their vicinity either the old settlements
have taken on new life, or the new ones,
or those that are the eutgrowth OF these
enterprises, are growing steadily,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-31
Association Caused Crime.

Gov. Noel granted a pardon to Lee
Pharris, young man sent up from Goa
homa County in April, 1909, on two
year sentence for grand larceny. The
pardon is granted @ona the. recommends
tion of the judge and district attorney
who tried the case, who hold the opinion
that the crime was the result of bad
company, rather than of bad intentions.