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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08
New Faces Seen in House and Senate

years one of the most prominent t1g-
ures in the house. Mr.. Littlefield re-
signed last spring.
The number of deaths during the
present congress is three or four times
the usual number for the same length
of time
The first man to fall since the open
ing of the Sixtieth congress was John
T. Morgan of Alabama, who died June
II, 1907. A month later his colleague,
Edmund w. Pettus, expired. Deem
Der %, 1907, stephen r. Mallory OF
Florida passed away. His successor
was William ]. Bryan, who died last
March Asbury G. Latimer of South
Carolina died February 20, 1908, and
March 4, 1908, Redfield Proctor of
Vermont was added to the death roll.
The next victim was William p. White
of Maryland The last and most illus
trious of all was William B. Allison Of
Iowa, the undisputed leader Of the
upper house.
A noticeable feature in the long roll
of deaths was the fact that most of
the men who passed away were among
the patriarchs of the senate. Senator
Pettus was sc years old; Senator
White, "a; Senator Morgan, SO; Sem
ator Allison, 70; Senator Proctor, n;
Senator Mallory, 60, and Senator Lati-
mer, 81. Senator Bryan, however, was
one of the youngest men in the SEN
| ate. He was 80 years old when he
! died
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08
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Guide Throttles Wolves in White House

for doing this sort of thing and wanted
to live up to it. He was successful.
Mr.. Alternately gave a lifelike exhi-
bition of wolf hunting at the White
House by the medium of a series OF
moving pictures. The slides Illus
trated a wolf hunt as conducted by
Alternately, who, in cOnquering his
quarry, eschews the use of any deadly
weapon.
Alternately, who is now marshal OF
the state of Oklahoma, served as guide
for the president on one of his recent
hunting trips. Realizing the value Of
his spectacular exploits the wolf killer
recently made a prolonged excursion
into the woods, taking with him the
facilities for procuring characteristic
pictures. The result is about 5000
feet of moving films which graphically
portray the whole contest.
The exhibition was given on huge
canvas, arranged for the purpose and
among the interested spectators were
Prof and Nine. Ferrero and George
Shiras III. whose achievements as
camera hunter" have engaged the at
tention of naturalists.
The president fully appreciated the
performance and frequently clapped
his hands, saying: "Fine!" Grand"
Splendid"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08
,HCPPING IN FRANCE IS EASY.
>aIeswomen Are Remarkably Adept at
Their Business.

That the saleswomen in European
shops are wonderfully quickwitted has
often been noted This is especially
true of the French Many of them.
without understanding English, will in
terpret correctly the comments Ameri-
cans make aside when examining
goods, simply by studying their ges
4;--------l- ea44;a1 ov,,,.,,~ione Onoo i'm
brussels we were looking at gloves
To my certain knowledge the sales
woman was wholly unacquainted with
the English language My companion
said privately to me: Il am afraid
these gloves will spot" 20, no,
madame" the saleswoman instantly
interrupted, in French, they will
never spot at ALL"
In Boulogne-surMer, at a shop for
mems furnishings, l asked for dress
shirts. A very bright young woman
gave me a quick, sharp glance, and
then brought some specimens. They
bore no distinguishing marks as to
size. rs there some man here who
can take my measured" l asked. THAT
is not necessary, sir" she replied,
very sweetly. Are you sure these
will fit me?" Perfectly" But
how can you tell?" l argued, uncon-
WINGED. why, sir" she explained in
surprise at my doubt, 81 looked at
you" So l took the shirts to my
room and tried them on, and surely
enough, they were the best fit / ever
had.-Travel Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08

1Mll.E4Ezll2p7g9
WHAT 1T COSTS.
Working People Have to Take Care Of
Paupers and Criminals.

The estimate of the cost of taking
care of the helpless poor and the de-
cidedly vicious classes presents some
startling figures. The figures run
much higher when we count the cost
of buildings, the salaries of officials
and the loss of the productive energy
which ought to be adding to the re-
sources of the community.
The pauper and the criminal, if en-
gagged in honest industry, would be
adding to the common wealth. AS it
IS, there is that much which they fail
to contribute, and then the other
workers have to support them at a
cost which sometimes is felt to be
heavy. Indeed, if men who now rail
at those who seem to have greater
wealth than they were to study the
matter more closely they would see
that the indolent pauper and the Grim
inal are burdens to the poor man.
Directly or indirectly the industri-
Gus working people are required to
help support those who will not work
and others whom it is not safe to have
at large.
The pauper and the criminal are the
real foes Of the man who has to work
hard for his living, for out of his earn
ings there must go something to sup
rort in idleness some who are as able
to work as he is. :.
1t would be astonishing If it were
not so common to note the willingness
of so many to settle down into Idle
ness and dependence upon others.
They seem to have no scruple what
ever in eating the bread they have
not earned, and 80 the expenses of the
industrious are made needlessly large
to support the idlers, the incompetent
md the reckless
In these days, when the wealth of
| the rich excites so much envy, and
when the extravaganza of many calls
out rebukes from the working people,
we must not forget that the burdens
of the workers do not come from that
source, or not alone from that source,
but from people who have nothing and
who earn nothing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08
Estimated Cost of Taking New Census

per cent, and on this basis the cost
of the thirteenth census proper, ex-
elusive of the four annual and the two
biennial reports, would be S1S,750 900,
nearly 100000 more than the direc-
tor estimates the actual cost will be.
An important means of bringing
about this saving is the fact that the
bureau will build and own the neces-
sary tabulating apparatus instead Of
renting it as heretofore. On July 1,
1905, the apparatus which had been
used in tabulating the census of 1900
and which was owned and operated by
a private company was withdrawn
from the bureau of the census be-
cause the company and the director
could not agree on the rental The
withdrawal of the machines compelled
the director to ask congress for an
appropriation for experimental woFK
ia developing new mechanisms to be-
owned controlled, and operated By
the government. The results of this
experimental work have exceeded all
expectations. The new mechanisms
invented are novel in plan and design.
are OF greater speed and efficiency
than those they supersede, and can
be built and operated at a saving In
money as compared with prRtoua. 9%
neRdafures for this pugNQsAs
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08
THE REAL AMERICAN HEIREse
A Worthy Standard of Conduct til
Only ImperishabIe Heritage.

To know that ones forebears werF
people of refinement, of culture, Of
gentle breeding, instead of Inspiring
arrogance should challenge the best
that is in one, lest he fall short as 2
representative of those in whose per
cons these graces once Powered.
writes Ruth McEnry Stuart in Harp
er's Razar
An inherited standard of life-let US
put that down in our list of blessings.
And for all Inherent good which has
come down to us as a benedictiOn,
without the asking, and which may
be held only in trust as a sacred r.
sponsibility, let us delight to give
thanks.
We American women, then, will tell
to our children any true story of prov
eEs, of chiyalry, of long patience and
reverent waiting-of any great quail
ity which has found expression in
lives of any of their ancestors
that they may know themselves thus
endowed with the only imperishable
heritage. TIE daughter, the grand
daughter, who comes by direct line
into such an Inheritance is the rea'
American heiress.
She may not have dinner gown tC
her name, or be up in the etiquette
of fashionable life. Perhaps she is not
even a person of leisure, much less
a member Of the leisure class" If so
so much the better. 60 much more
hopefully has she her life in her owl
hands
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08
"Yes," and nNo ~

IL Is a useful accomplishment to be
able to say mo-" but it certainly is the
essence OF amiability to prefer to say
yes where it is possible. There is
something wrong in the man who does
not hate himself whenever he is con-
strained to say mo" And there was
great deal wanting in this born dis.
senter. He was almost shockingly de-
void of weaknesses; he had not
enough of them to be truly polar with
humanity; whether you called him a
demigod or demi-man, he was at
least not altogether one of us, for he
was not touched with a feeling of our
inflrmities The worlds heroes have
room for all positive qualities, even
those which are disreputable, in the
capacious theater of their dispositions.
Such can live many lives; while
Thoreau can live but one, and that
only with perpetual foresight.-Robert
Louis Stevenson.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08
SURELY HAD MONEYS WORTH.
Uncle Hold Had Come Far to Get IT.
and He Got IL.

There being no dentist In the little
town where he resided Uncle Hod
Rowdybush had gone to the county
seat to have an aching tooth ex-
tracted. II see It's one of your large
molars," said the dentist at whose Of
fee he called, land it will come pretty
hard. Don't you think you'd better
take gas?"
Il don't know" answered Uncle
Hod. Does it cost anything extra?'
Eyes, 1t will be two dollars if you
take gas and one dollar If you don't."
How long does it take to pull it
that way?"
1T won't seem any time at all to
you. You go to sleep and you seem
to wake up Immediately and the tooth
is out"
'And don't feel it come out?"
Not a particle"
Uncle Hold reflected.
Well" he said, i've come 81 miles
to have this tooth pulled and think
I'm entitled to the satisfaction OF
knowing when you yank it QUITO say
nothin' of savin' dollar. | don't want
no gas"
From the manner in which Uncle
Hold groaned during the subsequent
operation it was inferred that he had
| fully a dollars worth of satisfaction
Youths Companion.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08
Sherman May Attend Roosevelt Church

the extent of regularly attending di-
vine service.
When Mr. Roosevelt first came to
Washington, DR.. Schick, pastor of the
German Reformed congregation, which
occupied modest little building hard
ly more than a chapel, wrote to him
and said that as there was no Dutch
Reformed church in Washington, he
would be pleased if Mr.. Roosevelt
would worship with his flock.
Mr.. Roosevelt was not then presi-
dent of the United States. He wrote
and said that he would come to his
church, and nearly every Sunday
morning he can be found in his pew
taking part in the service and listen
ing to Dr. Schicks sermons. Members
of the congregation say that President
Roosevelt has a liking for certain
hymns and that he joins Justify in the
singing of them. There is no choir in
DR.. Schick's church, the music being
rendered entirely by the congregation,
led by the precentor.
1t is thought that if DR.. Schicks at
tention is called to the fact that Mr..
Sherman is in the same position re-
lig1ously as was Mr.. Roosevelt he will
send him an invitation to become a
member of his flock during his Wash
ington residence.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08
BAPTIZED UNDER ICE.
Away Sins.

st. Joseph, Mich.-In the. presence OF
1000 persons grouped on the snow and
iee-elad shore of Lake Michigan, class
Of Church of God converts were Sunday
afternoon baptized by Rey. August F.
behmittz, head of the local church. De-
vOending into the chilled water by means
Of ladder, through hole in the ice,
Ten persons, ranging in age from a small
fhild to frail woman 70 years old, were
thus immersed. A cold, raw wind
swept in from the lake. Clad in the
Febes Of his church, the Rev. Semitic
s0lsmnly led the religious procession
ssross the ice to the open water hun
arsd feet from the shore, where the cere-
sAonT was to take place. After offering
up prayer he entered the water, which
saHss up to his chest. Floating ice in
bsrfsrsd somewhat with the rapidity
with which the pastor apparently desired
10 work, but each candidate successfully
entered the lake and quickly afterward
scrambled out again. They were clad in
erdinary clothing. Three of the women
we're barefooted.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08

IN the makeup of the Sixtieth con-
L gress for this last short session
there will be nine new faces-two in
the senate and seven in the house.
In the senate Carroll S. Page has
been elected by the Vermont legisla-
ture to the vacancy caused by the
death of Senator Redfield Proctor,
which had been temporarily filled, un-
der gubernatorial appointment, by
John W. Stewart.
The other new senator-a man
whose name has figured in transmits
sissippi politics for good many years
is Albert B. Cummins of Iowa, who
takes the place of the late William B.
Allison.
In the house the seven new men
are: o. c. Wylie, Second Alabama dis
trict; Henry A Barnhart, Thirteenth
Indiana Albert A Estopinal, First
Louisiana. John P. Swazey, Second
Maine; Frank E. Guernsey, Fourth
Maine; Otto G. Folker, Third New
York, and Charles H. Burke, South
Dakota, at large. Mr.. Swazey takes
the place of Charles E Littlefield, for
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08
CAME TO HIM AS INSPIRATION
When Mr.. Sankey First Sang the
Famed "Ninety and Nine"

The story of Ninety and Nine" thu
wellknown hymn the music for which
Mr.. Ira d. Sankey improvised in a burs
of deep feeling, was told by Rev. Dir
c. E. Locke, at the funeral of Mr.
Sankey. The evangelist had found {
little poem, 1.-THE Lost Sheep" in {
Scotch newspaper, so runs DR.. Locke's
account in the Brooklyn Eagle, and
had clipped 1t. One night in Edin
burgh Mr.. Moody asked him to sing
Mr.. Moody had just finished his ser
mon, The Good Shepherd Mr.
Sankey had no thought of COMPOSING
a new song, but as he used to tell the
story:
"As sat at the organ my fingers
fell on A fat and my eyes fell on that
little poem. began to sing, and
sang the words of that poem"
When he had finished, Mr.. Moody
rushed down from the platform and
asked him where he had found tia.
song. He said it was the most won
derful song he had ever. heard. MI
Moody was weeping, Mr. Sankey was
weeping and the audience was in
tears, so great was the impression
produced by the song.
1 sang it as God gave it to me. >"
Mr.. Sankey replied. He never changed
a note of the song from the time Il
fell from his lips.-Youth's Companion
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08

The path of progress is clear. There
is no more reason why the woman
in modern civilization should scrub
and cook and darn and dust than there
is why these things should be done
by men. The development of i'm
proved machinery and the growth of
labor saving devices of all kinds will
finally obviate the necessity of doing
these things each day in each home
through the land. Cooperation, which
we are slowly learning to greet as a
friend, will overcome the drudgery
and make the life of woman as en-
toyable and eventful as that OF the
man caring and Watson in Eco
Monies
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08
ARE LIVING AS JESUS WOULD
1000 Young Clevelanders Have
Undertaken the Task.

Cleveland, O.-For the next two weeks
1900 young people of the city will en-
aeavor to live as they believe Jesus
would live were he on earth. Sunday
night at Epworth Memorial Church
1900 delegates from the Christian En-
deavor Society and the Baptist Young
Peoples Union gathered, and stirred by
impassioned appeal by the Rev. W. b.
Wallace, leader in the movement,
pledged their services and their organiza-
tions to follow in the footsteps of Jesus.
In his address Rev. Mr.. Wallace point
ed the way for the young people to fol-
lew. In making the experiment they
must lead joyous life. They will quit
kicking and will go to work IN cheer
full frame of mind. They will also en-
deavsr to be honest in business. They
may find this task rather hard, as one
business man already has declared that
his clerks, most of whom are members of
one of the two societies, will be imme-
aiately fired if they try to keep their
pledges around his establishment.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08

G N. d. NORTH, director of the cen
Ne sus, has written a letter to Sec
rotary Straus, his immediate superior
asking for an appropriation of not
less than $14,000,000 with which to
take the thirteenth census in 1910.
The cost of the last census, in 1900,
exclusive of the four annual investiga-
lions and two biennial reports due the
same year, was 12,520,000. The di-
rector estimates that the cost of the
next census, due to the fact that he
now has a regularly organized office,
will be only $4,000 more than the
census of 1900.
If the work can be accomplished
for this sum, it will be the first time
in the history of the nation that a
census has been taken and compiled
at practically the same cost as the
prior enumeration. Formerly the in
crease in the cost Of the census from
.aacade to decade has been about 30
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08
EARTHQUAKE FOR THE SOUTH
Prediction That Little Rock and Hot
Springs Will Be Hit

Oklahoma City, Okla.-Geological re-
searches indicate that portions of Okla
hsna, Arkansas and Texas will one day
be visited by an earthquake more far
reaching in its area and more destructive
in it's effects than that from which Italy
recently has suffered, according to Prof.
Charles N. Gould, member of the fac
Wlty of the Oklahoma State University
and director of the State geological sur
Fsy. He says that Tishomingo and
Atkoia, Okla, Denison, Waco and Tex
arkana, Tex, and Little Rock and Hot
Springs, Ark, will be in the center line
of disturbances. Prof. Gould claims that
the cause of the recent disturbance was
ths sliding Of subterranean layers of rock
accelerated by the tidal wave. He pre-
aists that eventually series of disturb
sRees will bring the quake center beneath
the central part of the United States and
coward the South. He makes no predic-
ton as to the date.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08
Monument for Confederates.

Washington.-A monument is to be
srected to the Confederate prisoners of
war buried at Green Lawn Cemetery,
indianapolis. The work is to be con-
auctsd under the war department. It
b proposed to have this monument of
marble or granite and bear the name,
rank of other than private. company
and regiment of 1920 soldiers, together
With an appropriate description setting
forth the resting place of the officers and
gen of the Confederate forces who died
% prisoners of war at Camp Morton, In
Uaua, between 1862 and 1868.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08
PENSIONS BREAK ALL RECORD
$16o, 1874, o4e. SO Paid out-33s, 341
Names Added to Rolls.

Washington.-Expenditures by the
United States last year for pensions
broke all records since 1893, according
to the report of James R. Garfield, sec.
rotary Of the interior, made public Mon
day. To 1,ooe,o53 pensioners there was
paid $1S5,s04, o49.os.
In consequences of the act of Febru'
AIRY 6, 1907, which extended the pension
limit, the pension office has been be-
siesed by an army of 1913 applicants,
of whom 3Ss,s41 succeeded in getting
their names on the pay roll. Death
wiped off 54,366 names and at the close
of the year there were ,6s7 dependent
upon the governments bounty.
Only two names remain on the pen
sion list as a sequel of the Revolution
airy war. They are the two daughters
of the sole Revolutionary widow, who
died November II, 1906. The last pen
stoned soldier of the war of 1912 died
May 10, 1905, but the roll still con-
tains the names Of All 1872" widows.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08
VIZ ITH the retirement of Preside1

W ITH the retirement of President
w Roosevelt from office many peo-
pie suppose that the German Re
formed church on Fifteenth street will
no longer be the center of interest
which it now is on Sunday mornings.
Interest may be lessened, but it is
expected that DR.. Schick will still
have distinguished official to preach
to in the person of Vice-President-
elect James Schoolcraft Sherman.
Like President Roosevelt, Mr. Sher-
man is a member of the Dutch Re
formed church, an organization that
has no place of worship in this city.
He is leading member of the Dutch
Reformed church in his home town
of Utica, n. Y, but he has never affil-
lated himself with any church of the
capital city. 1t is thought that when
he assumes the dignity of vice-presi-
dent of the United States he will give
his attention to religious matters to
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08

VEY ASHINGTON.-Real wicked and
w ravenous wolves, such as are sup
posed to chase the traveller through
the woods on a cold, snowy winter
night, were slain before the eyes of
President Roosevelt in the east room
of the White House the other evening,
nothing but the naked hands being
utilized to perform this feat.
The wolves were not stationary, but
in actual motion. The entire affair
was so realistic that some of the dis
tinguished guests invited to witness
the performance SHE'D toward the win
dows, thinking they would rather
chance a leap in the dark than the
animals in sight.
John Alternately, the far famed wolf
killer and western guide, oficiated as
stage manager and did all the killing.
His alone were the naked hands that
stified the painting breath of the I'M
fortunate wolf He has a reputation
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08

Consumption of Alcohol in Europe.
A recent issue of La Revue, one of
the great Paris journals, gives some
statistics as to the consumption of al
cohol in Europe. In France the con-
sumption of alcohol has increased dur
ing the last so years from two to nine
litres per head per annum, and in Bel
GUM the increase is from six to nine
litres. In other countries the con-
sumption of alcohol has decreased. In
Germany, however, it is still eight
litres per head per annum, but in Eng
land it has fallen to litres, in Nor
way it has fallen to three, and in
Switzerland it has fallen to four litres.
In Sweden in 1850 it was % litres per
head per annum, but in 1900 it was Z
litres. France used to be the country
where the least amount of brandy
was consumed, but to-day it heads the
list
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-01-08
EMERsoN's MEMORY AT FAULT
Had at Times Almost Entire Lack
of Remembrance.

Emerson was a notable sufferer
from the vagaries of memory. His BIZ
ographer relates that he met him one
day in Boston, apparently at loss for
something, and asked him where he
was going. ITO dine" said Emerson,
with very old and dear friend. |
know where she lives, but l hope she
won't ask me her name" and then he
proceeded to describe her as ''the
mother of the wife of the young man
the tall man-who speaks so well, :
and so on, until his interlocutor
guessed TO whom he was referring.
Even the names of common objects
often failed him completely On one
occasion, when he wanted an umbrel-
la, he said: Il can't tell it's name, but
/ can tell it's history. Strangers take
1t away
This failing of Emerson led to a
pathetic scene when he attended
Longfellow's funeral, and remarked as
he gazed at the coffin: HE was
sweet and beautiful soul; but | have
entirely forgotten his name +"