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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14

recess for sideboard Back Of the din
ingroom are the pantry, knchen 5and
rear entry. The first floor is finished In
birch, with birch floors, and the second
floor is finished in white enamel with
birch floors.
There are four good chambers in the
second story. and servants rooms and
amusement room in the attic story. This
house is estimated to cost $3,59l.4 exclu-
sive OF heating and plumbing. The gen
eral style and character Of tins house is
well ada pied to a city or town lot. BY
reason Of its squareness and plain out
lines the house is economical. afford
ing the largest amount Of space at small
est cost
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14

of the stringing, where the ball has al
ways been struck in that same place.
Great quickness is demanded to make
good tennis player, and too many girls
stand still and watch the ball after they
have made their stroke. They move only
when it is too late to make another good
play. 1t Is quite necessary that a player
must think of several things at once. be-
sides watching the movements Of her op-
ponent. great help Is the habit of
getting back into position after the
stroke, and this becomes quite mocha nj
cal TO good player.
With beginners. especially girls, it is
very hard to teach zthat the arm must
be held straight and that the elbow is
not to be bent The stroke should be
made white the ball is below the waist
Inc, but OF course. struck much higher
in the air when volIeying. The latter
stroke is used very little by girls unless
IN doubles, when playing at the net
1T is Il good thing to learn to Hob. well
4nd this easy stroke is great aid in
irving an opponent back from the net
s~i-ofs thea4at NEST iIl pug tanee4 10 learn
u swift and accurate service. The ball
should be thrown into the air and the
raeket swung buck over the right shout
der then swiftly forward, striking the
bail just as it begins TO drop. - ~-s-.--s -
One of the best things for girl who
is learning tennis is to play with man,
as she learns many fine points of the
game that are not to be noticed IN the
play of girl opponents. The swift game
usually played by men gives the girl a
chance TO notice the movements and the
methods OF making the quick, clean
strokes. with the straight arm. Many
girls have become expert players within
a few weeks, while others never learn
the game account of a lack of inter
est Tennis is one of the best and most
healthful summer games. 49,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14
From a Single Seed.

~ REAT interest has been manifested
sTs by the farmers of Russia over re
%nS cent experiments in their country
regarding the production OF grain. 1t
has been shown that a single seed can
produce over n acre Of grain. The method
IS to plant each grain in a conical pit
II to II inches deep and AZ inches wide
After every three weeks the sproutinG
grain is covered with u layer Of earth
This process IS repeated 10 times. The
result is that czech grain planted in the
inverted apaz Of the eonicai pit gives u
stalk with biaaes Under these blades
Is a thiekeulns OF the stalk which IS
called the pushing knots. The result
Of the hrst covering viii be three stalks.
ami vt the teatn eoyertng there win be
over 7n.0oa 80 a sysfeaa 81 transplant
ing the grain Is then raised il great guam
titles from the one seed.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14

- HIS design represents house 30
II feet front by IS feet deep, exclu-
VI sive of the piazza. The latter ex7
w. ends the. full width of the front
and is feet wide. The external
appearance of this house is symmetrf
cal. with wide projected caves and tim
Der brackets on the under side, the treat
ment of the piazza and main roof being
the same. The cornfce members of the
piazza are carried around the house and
the upper portion of the walls are shin
gled while the first story is covered
with narrow siding, nitred at the angles.
The roof is hipped on all sides with
dorIner windows on !. each side, lighting
the attic story. The cornice Is brought
out with ii covered sweep at the bottom
and the general appearance of the roof
is very pleasing The front piazza roof
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14

THE Justweds' two-week stay
at By-The-Sad-Sea-wa drew to a
ia close they contemplated their de-
- q parture with mingled feelings of
regret and pleasure. They had had
such a good time
Mrs. j. had been SO benefited by the
fresh sea-air and the tired look had
disappeared entirely from her eyes 1t
had been such relief to be free from
household cares-even though those cares
concerned nothing more gigantic than
four -and-bafh apartment. And the
prospect Ct taking them up again was
not altogether pleasing
AS for Homer-dear he was as brown
n berry and he had gained 10 pounds in
weight More than that ne had for once
forgot his eternaI balancing OF bankbooks
and checking up of daily accounts-for
which Mrs. Justwed WAS duly thankful.
He had enjoyed his vscation--the first in
two yeaFs-to the uttermost and, like
man who has been on a spree and then
straf2btens NJ with a Jerk he felt not
unkindly about getting back to the grind
aguin.
Il tell you, Blossom he remarked,
quite sentimentaly, as they boarded the
train for home, III won't be so bad after
alt to get back cur little meet. Will 1t?
We've had our fing-and home looks good
to me.
Mrs j. Observation-Disclosures
1T VIII be sort of nice, Homer" she
replied in a halfhearted tone that indf
Gated a correIative, troublesome thought
the matter away back In some little
nook and Granny Of her mind
Indeed, 1t viii " reiterated Homer
dear. Its the first time we've ever re-
turned ome-together-isn't 1t? Never
cared mech about getting back to the
grind before 1 WAS married. But Row it
seems sort of different-sort of that BE
it ever humble, there's no place like
home feeling"
Mrs. }. appreciated the sentiment, but
was not oblivious to the practical side
OF the matter.
I'm afraid 1t Won't be an ideal Home,
sweet home when we first get there,
Homer. she remarked. laughingly.
"Humph!' objected Mr. ]. And why
noU?'
Mrs. j. paused a moment to collect her
facts.
oven, you See" she replied, there
so much 10 be done before you can really
call it home. | know every thing is sim
ply covered with dust and dirt. The entire
fiat will haze to be scrubbed aud
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14

>HIs morning after business is
awful thing, amt 1t Bo7" asked
Mr.. A. Good Fellow, as he sig
nailed the garcon TO bring him the
same And | often wonder why
we don't sidestep it with little fore
thought. No; indeed, don't mean
the old, fossilized cold gray dawn of
the morning after booze business, but
the er-the-er well-the aftermath of
a vacation.
Now, you see, it's like this: Down
at the Office lots of the boys are coming
back from their vacation and they can't
find time to tell you all they want to
tell you about their trips Bu: they all
End time for one thing-they're every
last mothers of them cold stony
broke. Aud each aud every one of them
touches you for much as he thinks
you'h stand for.
Lob. yes, they had their fling all right.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14

all right. But now they're paying the
piper. Drew their salary In advance,
you know. Blew part Of It IN lugs and
buds and board and lodging and fung
the rest of 1t away On skirts with
blonde hair or brunette, according to in
dividual preference. Now they re In the
down and out class for one whole fort
night-until payday comes around again.
Honest. they cant even buy ham sand
witch for lunch. and they Jump at
chance to beg, borrow or steal real
cigarette
'sThey Knew they'd be In the empty
pocket brigade when they Gut back to
earth again--and why IN the deuce didn't
they leave a little OF the raiily-day stuff
at hexne to tide Them over? That's their
business though. What gets nay goat
is the fact that just because they have
blown their waa and come back s&os work
with the empty dinner-pai sign tackled
on to them they seem to think they
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14

to keep n sharp watch On the health
when the eye becomes puffy aud has
the peculiar sick look
1t Is very foolish TO put drops IN the
eyes to give them an added iuster, as
this will. In the course of time If it Is
Kept up. almost entirely ruin the eye
sight. If the eyes feel heavy and tired
battle them with weak salt winter. either
hot or cold. This can do no harm and
will relieve the strained sensation
1t Is claimed by some women that the
use of orange Juice In the eyes viii not
fnJure them and still give luster. The
juice Is placed in a dropper and then
put IN the eye. The first effect IS q
smarttng sensation, but after the Juice is
used several times this effect will not be
felt. 1t is best. not re use this without
first consulting a physician
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14

ing. There was quite a collection of
mail In their box and Mrs. j. waited
patiently while Homer-dear looked it
over.
Then they climbed the stairs and
opened the door Of their nest
1t was dark and eheerless and the at
nnosphere was heavy with that peculiar
odor OF room long closed
''Whewr' exclaimed a1r. j.. I'VE must
get some air in here.'
He dropped rae suitcase. raised the
shades ana fang up the windows.
All, that's better
The dust was heavy on everything, and
the apartment, stripped of all bat the
unpackable things. vas not IN the least
inviting.
Mrs. J. removed her hat and gown,
donned comfortable kiuona and started
in TO str3iEi1ten up her dressing table
Mr.. JgstyYed. who had Invested himself
Of coat and colae aud sat down in. an
easy chair by the window 70 read his let
ters. looked Up.
NOW. for goodness sake. Blossom he
said, ''can you sit down and wait until
Mary ceTnes?i
..AIary is not co11ing!" she replied en-
phadcally.
Mr.. J. looked at his watch.
1t is just ten Minutes after TIVE he
insisted. Many IS 4 tribe late She said
she would come and know she win Keep
her word
mrs. ]. made no reply-but went on
with her work
Elolaer-dear continued reading bis mail
fuu half hour passed. Suddenly Mrs.
J.. Who na1 been re5tfa7niug herself with
diaiculty could stand It no longer.
Vow looh here, Homer" she burst
forth. Il should think you would be
/ ashamed Of Yourself You know Mary 8
not coming ANA you SIT there and let me
work my fingers of under the pretext
that she VIII come. Here's the entire
fat to be busted and cleaned, the rugs
to he uuroHed and laid, the silver and
dishes, and cat-eIass 10 be unpacked, and
and a Thousand things to do-and you
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14
A Novel Invention.

HHsA ISSOURI has come to the front
III with one of the most peculiar in
. u L ventions of the age It Is called
a gum board and IS especially adapted
for families where there are a number Of
daughters. The board can be fastened
III any room iif the house. and IS merely
a depository for chewing gum. Each
member of the household has her name
inscribed In certain place and when
tired of her gum. 1t is stuck above her
name to be used again. The invention
is calculated TO do away with sticking
the gum in various places where ones
trousers are liable to touch and to save
the bottoms of chairs.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14
Women Smoke Cigars.

70 H7fE american women smoke cigar
"a ette~ Tut. the Philippine vomer do
- not 1utent themselves with such
dainty aokes.' They pun on large
cigars aaa are certainly addicted to the
aiGUseiC The cigar IS II large fat
affair, ,eut 10 inches IA length and .
inches circumference. IL should be
explaiue.. that very few Of the native
women o.. 81 one Of these smokes at a
single uS. as one will last a woman
for dc* six days She extingpish hes
the when she Is sttged putting
then Q It again when she desires to
wsfn toEg tobacco.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14
NEW AUTO BoNNETs.

. ARTS Is the home of the latest auto
mobile bonnets, a simple style of the
u old fashioned poke bonnet remade
with drawn silk. The headGear is quite
Quakerish in appearance. The boEnets
are very comfortable for automobile wear
and threaten to become quite a fad in
this country
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14

long enough to make the stroke. She
should wait until the ball comes to her.
and it should not be struck until it
reaches the top OF the bounce. Often
it is much better 10 wait for the ball
10 begin to drop before striking it. TO
step forward as the bah IS struck gives
much force to the stroke The BAH should
strike the center Of he racket, as
clean stroke can be made when the ball
strikes the edge OF the stTiBgiHg. This
can be noticed ia iooking 1T racket
used 10y a good player, lis there viii
always be dark spot just in the center
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14
BIG FLAG FACTORY.

-. He largest official flag factory i'm
the world is located at the Brook
- lyn Navy Yard Brooklyn, N Y
and between 80 ard 100 men and women
work the year around in making flags
for the use of Uncle Sam battleshtps.
Over 10000 yards of bunting are used
year. and AIS different styles aud fash
per year.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14

Ut has been said that the eyes are the
q windows of the SOUL but one thing is
certain and that is that nothing tells
a womans age quicker than the eyes.
If one is overload of eating or stays out
too late at nights the eyes Will become
dull, heavy and almost lifeless. 1t is best
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14
Part Man, Part Lamb.

TN June of this year an operation WAS
performed on Chicago man, replacing
part of his shin bone, the tibia.
which WIS taken out, with a bone taken
from a lamb. He fell into an elevator
shaft and broke tile tfbia OF his right
beg Repeated attempts to mend the
broken ends failed and 1t was decides
TO place the lambs bone az sort OF
Joint, taking cat spart of tho patsents
shin. The tibia of living lamb, which
was three and one-haff Inches IN length,
vas used The new bone made a perfect
union and since that time the patient
has been able to use his leg almost M
though the ACCIDENT had1never occcsred.
USE OF A .PHONoGRAPH.
~HE uses Of s photograph. seemingly.
II have no end. and the latest one h
~ the teaching OF parrctA Many bird
fanciers in this country ~ well as Paris.
where the idea originated, have taken
up the work Of teaching rarrots 10 talk
with tina photograph. holding the feath-
cred flock close to the mouth Of the big
horn during 4he le6soo4 In many cases
the birds are taught articulation TO IN
extraordinary degree
CHANGE - G1EaAAT -ToNIc.
ANE.as - sreatsst ksnsate II : man
i worm, cut By wofk. 4hd worry = .
" change Of io<affos ana clfnass- oft1n
through neglect 80 woe1sv-a man
gets the.eplniQa that ~ u galleffne frssn
some dreaded Illness when enfys ii ~1ahnke
for i fsxs dAJ9 or swe<kx< might pr1sant
Aaxiouk ulpeeSy - sAs,s Is
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14

have an. unquestionabie right to walk
right up to you. jam their free-lunch
hooks down in your jeans and help
themselves TO as much of your len.,
green as they want. If you refuse to
lend them anything, you're tight wad
IF you come across, you're a sucker.
Now. what would you do about it,
poS,s
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14
THE PROBLEM OF ICE.

EAA UGH ice is wasted by the average
3 n Ehousekeeper by not taking care of
. 3 kit. 1t is quite common for many
to leave the door of the Ice
chest open, allowing the different cham
bers to change their temperature aud melt
the ice very quickly. 1t is not economy
to use too little ice for a large refrigera-
tor, and it is much better TO place large
block in the chest once each week than
to put in n small one each day.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14
y1e Practical Side ST Tennis.

ginner is to keep back from the ball. and
it is much harder to teach girls to keep
back from the BAH than boys. The
trouble is that the beginner does not wait
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14
Government Makes Ice.

IA EGISNaSG next year the United
H States government viii manufacture
~ Its own ice used in the various gov
eminent buildings in Washington. 1t
has been found that in the many offices
IN average amount of over one ton OF
ice is used each day in the water cool
ers. This costs about 81 per ton. An
order has been issued for the small Ice
plants. and Ii is claimed that the ice
can be manufactured by the government
for less than four cents per hundred
pounds. AT this rate the government
could manufacture and sell ice at I'VE
cents per hundred pounds and realize
great sum In short while.
A NEW SEA FOOD.
~ ATE addition to the sea food
list Is the abolone. which is fa-
- nous on the California coast for
It's brilliant shell. 1t is claimed that
the abolone has almost taken the place
Of tne oyster, its flesh being superior in
souudness and whoIesomeness. The weight
Of a fresh abolene is about two pounds
of which all but about one half a pound
Is solid flesh. the shell being very light.
At 6rsf the flesh is too tough to- eat, but
it Is put through n process of hammersng
and pounding. No matter how long the
desh Is boiled It remains quite Hard.
OR NERVE TROUBLES.
A lannon's Berlin physician says that
AlHteieaRs are tfoubfest more wit hsnerse
end braia diseases sfhhn any other ma
fionslity. lie says the cause of this is
the eels1AutIy Strenuous business aud
social life. 8
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-14
Care of the Ewes.

CARNEL CALVE
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04

and misery. I advise all suffering women to take Lydia E. Pinkham's s Vegetable Compound" ."-MRs. EMMA WHEATON, Vienna, w, Va. s
 Lydia F. Pinkham's Vegetab Com pound, made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotics or harm full drugs, and to-day holds the record for the largest number of actual cures of female diseases of any similar medi- cine in the country, and thousands of voluntary testimonials are on file in the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass, from women who have been cured from almost every form of female complaints, inflammation, ul- ceration, ,displacements, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, indigestion and nervous prostration. Every such suffering woman owes it to herself to give Lydia E. Pinkham's s Vegetable Compound trial.
 If you would like special advice about your case write a cOnfiden- tia1 letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free, and always helpful.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
Connecticut Patents.

The following were issued June 1909. List furnished from office of A M. Wooster. solicitor of patents, Bridgeport, Conn:
 G. w. Goodridge, Bridgeport, fuse plug.
 H. Hubbe1, Bridgeport. separable attachment plug.
 R. H. Brown. New Haven, wire stitching machine.
 c. H. Keeshin. New Haven, hoop. R. B. Davis. Hartford, renewable W. H. Woodford, Hartford, typewrit- ing machine
 w. F. Acton. Norwalk, vibrator C.. B. Dolge. R. J. Holzhausen, West port, blood-draining tube. l.. Roehr, Stamford. machine for welding chain-1inks. W. H, Taylor, Stamford. telephone A. Arens. New Britain, roII-back hub for locks.
 c. E. Kaschub. Meriden, gas chande- Her. 4s H. L. Thompson. Waterbury. Rod rolling mill.
 J, E. Keller. Jr., LitchheId, imitation valve.
 C. J. Luce, Mantle, cotton compress F. H. Bassett, Oakville, curtain-fix- ture.
 J. L.. Burton. Plainville, electrical connection rosette.
 H. A. Boyington, Newington. lamp extinguisher.
 Trade-Marks.
 Henry G. Thompson & Son Co, New International Silver Co, Meriden. ware. W A. Ives Mfg O.. walIingford. cr-tain tools.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE

French scientists who have been in vestigating the subject say electric fans are injurious to health as they stir up bacteria in nearby dust and circulate them through the air. E To train apprentices to kill cattle with a single blow in German abat- toirs, there is used an instrument that registers the force and direction of strokes of slaughterings mallet. E Tests seem to have supported the claims of a Boston inventor to have perfected a system of wireless tele- phony which cannot be interrupted by other wireless waves in the same zone.
 For preserving bodies that must be viewed by coroners Juries London of ficials have adopted an atr-tight cab- met in which human remains, treated with formalin, may be kept indefn- itely.
 Of all the Rocky Mountain and Pa cific coast states, California and Ore gon alone increased their output of coal last year over the figures for 1907. Decreases were shown by all the oth- CTS.
 To leave marching soldiers hands free, Chicagoan has patented a rifle carrier, consisting of a.pocket to sus- pend the butt from the belt and strap to hold the barrel against the shoulder.
 Marseilles is the leading vegetable oil center of the world, it's AS mills crushing about 465, 900 tons of seed an- nually. Hundreds of thousands of barrels of Imported oils are also han dled there each year. <
 The German Bundesrath has recom- mended the ratification by the Reich stag of the treaty with the United States providing for full reciprocal protection of patents of citizens of the respective countries
 A new optical instrument consists of high-powered incandescent lamp which can be taken into a persons mouth to illuminate his eyes through the retinas, ena abling them to be ex- amined through the pupils
 The requisite $250,O0O has been sub- scribed to enable a party of Scotch scientists to carry on extensive ocean, ographical work in the South Allan tic, and to at least partially explore the Antarctic continent
 What is said to be the largest candle ever made will be enshrined at the birthplace of Joseph Petrosino. the New York detective who was murder ed in Italy. It weighs ITS, pounds. and is expected to burn nearly five years.
 weeds from the channels of shallow waterways in Egypt, where they are a great pest, by equipping a motor boat with an enormous pair of shears, operated by a belt from the propeller shaft.
 Government figures place the coun- try's production of pig iron last year at 15.936,01S long tons, a decrease in quantity of over 3S per cent. and in value of about 52 per cent from 1907. The output was the smallest since 19O1-
 Over s1,0oo 600 has been spent in un- successful efforts to stop a mine fire that has been burning for over 50 years in eastern Pennsylvania, and now a concrete wall will be built to try to save adjoining workings that are threatened.
 The standard candle, by which light is measured. differs in various coun- tries and an international standard is proposed which is practically that us- ed in Great Britain, about 1.6 per cent. less powerful than the American stan dard