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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Japanese Story TeIIers.

The professional story teller is a
good deal of an artist in his way. He
knows how to select or originate
short, popular tales, and how to re-
late them in dramatic fashion. The
lowest class of story tellers you will
find seated on the street-corners with
a crowd Of coolies around them. The
higher class are formed into guilds,
and these are hired to go to private
parties to amuse the guests. Some
times they will be in demand at two
or three houses in one evening, thus
picking up several dollars. Unless he
can earn his living by his recitals, the
teller cannot become a member of the
guild. Transitions from English
tales are now extremely popular with
the Japanese.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Brewers Aided TEMPERANCE.

At last we have an example Of
boycott of Workingmen against the
raising of the price of beer. When
the brewers of Upper Austria attempt
ed to raise the price of beer, boy
colt under the leadership Of the So
cialists' executive committee was or
ganized. Literature was distributed to
justify the boycott, laying especial
emphasis on the fact that beer is a
drink without value and detrimental
to health. Many thousands Of work
ingmen, who had considered beer a
necessity in their laborious occupa-
tons, have become abstainers under
the boycott. No doubt many will con-
tinue such when the brewers have
found a way to end the boycott.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
OUR BOYS J
and GIRLS !
Experiments on Arrows
Choose Day When Wind 10 Light or
Use a Large Room.

Choose a Day When Wind 10 Light or
Use a Large Room.
Get bow and an arrow that has no
feathering. Choose a day when the
wind is light or use large room for
little arrow practice. Fire the ar
row a few times, and you see that it
does not fly very straight, or not as
straight as a feathered arrow. Cut
out a square piece of stiff cardboard,
measuring two inches each way. Make
a small hole in the middle and slip
the arrow through this hole up to half
it's length and give the card slight
pitch forward as in Fig. 1, which is
not drawn to scale, but merely indi-
Gates the position of the card on the
arrow.
Fire the arrow and you see it flies
upward every time. Then turn the
arrow half way round on its axis or
cant the card the other way. When
fired now it tends to fly downward.
Turn the arrow quarter way round
and when fired it turns off to the right
or left, according to the position of
the card.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Women as MAYORS.

America had women as mayors be-
fore England, Australia or even New
Zealand. In the four States where
women have full suffrage it is not
rare for women to be elected as may
ors in small cities and give good SER
Rtce. A woman was mayor of Gaylor,
Kan, for two terms and declined a
third election. She prided herself on
the fact that more miles of sidewalk
were laid in her administration than
in that of any previous mayor. Her
husband always expressed himself as
pleased that she should hold the office,
and even her worst enemies never
said that she neglected her children
or the duties of her household. The
Office kept her busy about an hour
each day.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26

All Europe realizes the good for
tune Of Miss Muriel White. She be-
comes allied to one of the most dis.
tinguished families in Europe, posses.
sed of estates so large that in COM
parison her fathers money appears
but drop in the bucket. AS for
match for money or title-it is not to
be considered.
Miss White has all the social posi-
ton that an American could possibly
wish; Count Hermann Scherr-Thoss
has all the money he could possibly
need. Neither the American dollar
nor the European title has anything
to do with this engagement. 1t is a
love match, pure and simple.
Count Hermann Scherr-Thoss is
twenty-nine years old; Miss White is
twenty-five. Count Hermann is the
eldest of the four sons of the Count
Scherr-Thoss, and as such will succeed
to the hereditary Prussian peerage
and great estates in Prussia Silesia.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
KipIina His Own Critic.

81 was sitting with Kipling in his
garden at rockingham when a street
organ struck up The Absent Minded
Beggar.' Kipling was silent one mo-
ment, and then he said, If it was not
suicide l would kill the man who
wrote that" This interesting revela-
ton was made by the Rev. J. c. Har-
ris, pastor of Kingston Congregational
Church, in lecture on Kipling. 1t
was hard to believe, he said, that the
man who could write THE Recess
sional" could descend to the level of
PAY! Pay! Pay!" No man was more
keenly alive to his own blunders than
Kpling.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
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~ Opirs
ALCOHOL MERELY
A VILE DRUG.
BY Frederick Peterson, M. D.

The much-used retort that the &C.
also poisons is no argument in favor
of alcohol, for while taken in excess
tea and coffee do induce certain mild
nervous disorders, these are insignifi-
cant when compared with the unparal-
leled destructiveness of drink.
The discussion as to whether alco-
hol is ever a food is equally idle and
evasive of the main issue. 1t is not a
food like bread and butter, for it has
venom in it. AS Professor Abel, of
Johns Hopkins University, says, at
is an easily oxidiable DRUG with
numerous untoward effects which in
evitably appear when a certain mini
mum dose is exceeded"
l have emphasized the word drug, !"
because it is as a drug that alcohol
is now regarded by most physicians.
1t is placed among the narcotics and
anaesthetics.
/ should like here to present very
brief summary of what scientific in
vestigators have recently determined
to be the action of this drug:
1t is no longer considered to be
stimulant, but rather a depressant.
1t perverts digestion.
1t depresses and weakens the heart
action.
1t decreases the capacity to do mus
cular work.
1t diminishes the intellectual func-
tons, by dulling the creative faculty,
impairing judgment, vitiating the cor
rectness of perceptions and by gen.
Grating timidity.
1t brings about slow, far-reaching
anatomical changes, such as fatty de-
generation of the heart, kidney dis
ease, diseases of the blood vessels,
changes in the muscular tissues and
in the cells and fibres of the nervous
system.
It's habitual use lessons the normal
defenses of the organism against in
fictitious diseases, especially tubercu-
lOSiS,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Fig. 1.

An, arrow when fired tends to go
straight, because that is the easiest
oath. It's point pushes the air apart
in front and it slips through easily be-
cause of the least possible frictisn
against the air. Try to throw it side
ways and it quickly falls to the
ground. An arrow without wings
fails to go perfectly straight because
every little irregularity in its surface
catches the air and pushes it out OF
a straight line. Our card experiment
clearly shows that an arrow can be
steered in any direction by means of
a rudder. The tilted card acts as
plane presented to the air and causes
the arrow to slide or slip one side,
because that is now the easiest direc-
ton. In other words it steers the ar
row. If we placed a strip of card
board on each side of the arrow and
parallel to its length we would have
a true rudder set at straight ahead
ard the arrow would go straight.
Cut out a piece of cardboard meas
uring l - inches each way. Make
hole in the center and then cut Sits
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
The French schooIboy,s Hard Day.

French children are often on their
way to school little after Z o'clock
in the morning. If they have conclud-
ed their Lessons by o'clock in the
evening it is only by dint of great ap-
plication. Young men studying for the
higher professions have appointments
with their tutors at o'clock in the
morning in summer time; otherwise
they cannot accomplish the mountain
of work that lies before them. In all
branches of art the labor of the tyro
is immense. At the Conservatoire the
strenuous life is carried to a point
which provokes the establishment
even of laborious German students.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Fir, 8.

arrow and causes it to bore its way
through the air. The spiral twist CIV
en- to the featherlng of an Indian ar
row acts precisely like our propelle-
wheel. A carved plane is presented to
the air and the arrow whirls in n
spiral through the air, because that is
now the easiest path to take, and the
least resistance the arrow offers to
the air the longer its flight.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Would Revise Organic Law.

Capt. ]. P. Carter, of Hattiesburg,
former lieutenant governor of Missis-
sippi, in an interview, says; 81 believe
We will succeed in getting authority for
constitutional convention at the next
legislative session." said Capt. Carter.
South Mississippi's demand for more
equitable apportionment and better as
sessment laws can no longer be denied
Furthermore, other sections of the State
are awakening to a realization of the
fact that we need revisions in our or
ganic law, and are willing to join with
lis III the movement"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Locations of Promotion.

Elena, aged four, reveled in kinder
garter lore, and each day impaired to
her young mother the many interest
ing things that the sweet-faced teach
er had told them. Among the vicissi-
tudes of school life to be encountered
was that of. vaccination, which was
new to the little one. After much ex-
planning and reassuring this difficulty
was safely passed. A few weeks later
she returned one day from kindergar-
ten in a whirl of excitement, exelaim-
ing: Mother, mother, I'm going to
be promoted-mother, will / be pro-
NOTED on my arm or Lego"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
a White Slave.

"The real white slave is the wife of
the poor drunkard," declared Judge
Mckenzie Cleland before the Evans
ton Mems Club in a recent address.
"The blacklist page in American his
tory will be the page telling Of our
treatment of the drunkard-thatu I'M
fortunate who is not criminal, but
whom we make one by locking him
up. The criminal courts are at least
1000 years behind the times. With
the same progress in other lines, Mr..
Armour would still be peddling meat
from a wheelbarrow."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Special Stomach for Specifics.

Royal households receive all man
ner of beautiful and curious gifts,
many Of which are not accepted. When
the Prince and Princess of Wales
were about to start on a tour round
the world, all sorts of antidotes for
seasickness were received. One drug
gist sent hundreds of anti-seasick
powders, one of which was to be TAX
en- every day while at sea. The prince
said, eff this fellow expects me to take
all these special powders, he should
have sent along a special stomach as
well"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
SMift-EIuinn Pineons.

B. A. Fogg, of Hunts Mills, Me-,
tells of pair of pigeons with a record
Of flying from Minneapolis to Boston
in fifty hours without taking a morsel
of food on the trip. For the last
thousand miles they flew in the teeth
Of a fierce snowstorm. He has an
other pair of the same breed as those
that few from the balloon Of Andre,
the Swedish north pole explorer, and
several pairs that can make nearly a
mile a minute.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Penalty for Life-saving.

There are no half measures about
the law. If it means to be absurd, abb
surd it will be. The Lee coroner was
about to hand five shillings to
bargeman for pulling a woman out of
the water, when it was pointed out
that the woman was alive when res
cued. AS result the man got no re-
ward. Had the woman been dead he
would have been given five shillings.
London Mail.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Three Railroads Promoted.

Three new railroads are promised
Mississippi. Gov. Noel has authorized
the organization of the Gainesville and
Southwestern, the Meridian and Pasca-
goula Railroad and Steamship Company
and the Birmingham, Canton and Vicks-
burg Railroad. The next step will be
for the promoters and ineorporators to
meet and select their directors, name
the cmount Of their capital stock and
file their charters with the secretary OF
state. The proclamation of the COVER
nor simply gives the authority TO or
ganize
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26

at each corner as marked by the dot
ted lines in Fig. 2. Then bend up
ward the right-hand corner of each
of the four wings. TIE card will then
look like a little propeller wheel. Put
this on the arrow at a right angle
with it's length as in Fig. 8. Fire the
arrow and you see that it revolves in
it's flight The propeller wheel causes
it to roll on it's axis. 1t rifles" the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26

that turbulant sea before and since.
The prophet Jonah experienced one
on that same ocean, and the Roman
emperor Caesar, upon that stormy sea,
century before Paul's day, had
warned the frightened pilot, steer
boldly, thou earliest Caesar!" This
historic corn ship carried Paul.
The boat had scarcely left the har-
Dor at Fair Ravens, when northeast
tempest burst upon them. 1t was an
equinoctial with the force of hurri-
cane. For fourteen days it ragged.
The mariners compass had not then
been invented. and sailors depended
upon their observation OF the sun and
stars. But during that fortnight of
awful weather, no rift in the clouds
by day or night gave knowledge of
their location. Only whistling tempest,
the moaning cordage, the creaking
timbers, the pounding waves, the roar
ing breakers, the hopeless working at
the pumps, the incessant strain Of
mind and body.
A Calm Passenger.
Paul sets a splendid example to all
storm-tossed Christians. For there
are multitudes of such. We have
learned not to expect fair weather and
smooth sailing over the sea of life.
The best of Gods people have some
times to endure experiences of bois-
ferrous seas and lowering skies. There
come times when as, in this case we
are tossed up and down in Adria,"
when neither sun nor stars appear"
for many days, and when the best we
can do is to ''let her drive" Well is
it for us under such circumstances if
we can remember that rhe sun shines
above the clouds, the stars sparkle
clear and beautiful away above the
tempest, and the moon looks down as
peacefully as on a summers night,
and, best of all, God our Father, stands
with sleepless vigilance, keeping
watch over his own. Such a soul can
trustfully sing:
Il know not where His Islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
| only know | cannot drift
Beyond His love and care"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Fair Will Be Bigger and Better.

John F. Mckay, secretary and mana
ger of the Mississippi State Fair Asso-
citation, makes the gratifying announce
ment that already arrangements have
been made for financing the 1910 enter
prise in order to make it bigger, better
and more thoroughly demonstrative thar
ever before. The men who are behind
this great practical enterprise are not
without hope that the Legislature will
see the way clear to extending some
measure of State aid.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Mexico,

Mexico is south of the United States
and north of Central America, in or
near the toprid zone There are only
two seasons, the rainy and the dry,
which causes the growth of the
numerous and very beautiful plants
and flowers of Mexico, among which
are found the dahlia and other medi-
cinal plants.
The inhabitants of Mexico are
called Mexicans, and have very dark
complexion, being mostly employed in
stock raising and gold and silver min
ing They like dancing to the music
of the guitar, and they are also fond
of bull fights and cock fights. Every
body smokes, even the women, who
are very handsome. The men wear
gay dress consisting of velvet pack
ct, embroidered with gold and sill
yer, and pantaloons open from the
knee down and set with large but
tons. With their broad-rimmed SON.
breros, scarlet sashes and jingling
spurs, and mounted on their spirited
horses, they look like very dashing
fellows.
The Mexican government is a re-
public The capital of Mexico is Mex
leo. The government is not as good
as that of the United States, because
the people of Mexico are not quite
civilized and cannot consider the
rights to which the people are en-
titled.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
THE coNJURER coNFEssEs.
k4s Is Deliberate in Action Thus Pro-
ducing Deceptive Effects.

ducinQ Deceptive EFFECTS.
That ''the hand is quicker than the
eye Is one of those accepted sayings
Invented by some one who knew moth
ing of con1uring- as is more likely,
by some cunning conjurer who aimed
atiil further to hoodwink a gullible
public. The fact is that the best con-
3urUr seldom makes a rapid motion,
for that attracts attention, even
though 1t be not understood. The
true artist in this line is deliberate
in every movement, and it is mainly
by his actions that he leads his audi
ence to look not where they ought,
but in an entirely different direction.
Mfr. David Devant, who for number
OF consecutive years has entertained
London with his ingenious tricks, has
said: 1.-THE conjuror must be an &C.
tor. BY the expression of his face,
by his gestures, by the tone Of his
voice. in short, by his acting, he must
produce his effects"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Spanish War Claim Allowed.

Gov. Noel received a report from
Benjamin Carter, an attorney of Wash
ington, who was employed to attend to
q case in the court of claims, for the
reimbursement of the state of Miss
issippi by the United States for expenses
of recruiting, organizing, ETC., the Third
regiment of Mississippi volunteer in
fantry in the Spanish-American war. The
claim was allowed in full, by decree of
the court of claims. The amount is
$s,9s631, of which $5,454.So is for the
pay of the recruits from enlistment mus
ter in the United States army.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
The Best Method.

Our best method of eradicating the
alcoholic evil is that of a campaign of
education. Every man, woman and
child should be made familiar in one
way or another with what is known
by the medical profession of the raw
ages of alcohol. The main facts in
some brief form should be brought
home to them.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Fiscal Shoe Is Pinching.

The fiscal shoe in Mississippi is pinch
ing nightly at the present time, so
far as the State exchequer is concerned,
and those whose duty it is to handle
the purse strings and keep the accounts
will be more than glad when the cash
resulting from tax payments begins to
find it's way into the repositories and to
the treasury.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
SHAFT GIVEN TO GOVERNMENT.
Gov. Noel Dcdicates It-Cloyc;t Lee
Accepts the Mississippi Memorial.


Accepts the Mississippi Memorial.
The new granite shaft in Vicksburg
National Park, erected by the State to
the memory of the soldiers OF Mississippi
who served during the siege of Vicksburg
was dedicated by Gov. Noel and received
for the United States government by
Blewett Lee of Chicago, son OF the late
Gen. Stephen d. Lee, before a large
crowd at Vicksburg
This event was the browning event of
the State reunion of Confederates.
The dedication address was made by
Gov. Noel. The governor reviewed the
work that has been done in the National
Park by the Federal government, the
States and the South in particulsr-nOt,
he said, in honor of victory or defeat,
but to commemorate the herOism OF
American soldiers on both sides. THE
Mississippi memorials are not to single
out any particular officer or soldier, or
even to be connected with the military
operations around or during the siege OF
Nicksburg, but to glorify and perpetuate
the courage, the self-sacrifice, fortitude
and patriotism that animated our States
contribution to that heroic army that
sought to save Vicksburg for the South"
Blewett Lee, in the name of the secre-
tary of war, accepted the memorial for
the Federal government. The sight Of
the son of Gen. Stephen d. Lee was
signal for more cheering by the old vet
Grams, many of whom had served under
his father upon the field where they now
stood.
The speaker expressed regret that the
secretary of war had been unable to be
present and accept the gift of Missis
sippi in person. He dweit upon the fact
that the men who wore the blue and who
wore the gray were both Americans.
There is glory enough for BOTH" he
said, and reverence for ALL and no true
American will ever have any different
feelings for men who offered up their
lives for their convictions of duty"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Laws in Interest of Health.

DR.. Mclean, in his biennial report,
will earnestly urge an adequate apprO-
priation to continue the campaign of
education on sanitation and hygiene
which was abandoned several months
ago on account of lack of funds. He
also gives cordial endorsement to the
resolution adopted at the meeting of
the Southern Medical Association, urg-
ing the Southern States to perfect their
systems of gathering and recording vital
statistics. At present Mississippi has
10 system for the collection of vital or
mortuary statistics.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Marbles Loses His Case.

Albert Marbles, a negro. accused of
asaulting Duly Frank in Warren county,
Notwithstanding his contention, made to
the Supreme Court of the United States
that he can not have an impartial trial
in Mississippi on account of the preju-
dice which he asserts exists in that
State against negroes, the court dis
missed the appeal of Marbles, which he
took from the Federal Circuit Court at
st. Louis when that tribunal refused tc
release him on a writ of habeas corpus.
Marbles left Mississippi, so the indict-
ment charges, after he had murderously
assaulted Frank. He was caught in st.
Louis and ordered returned to Mississip-
pi on extradition proceedings.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
Noel Considering Reforms.

Gov. Noel has under consideration the
reforms in Mississippi's jurisprudence as
recommended at the meeting of the Mis-
sissippi Bar Association. Important
among these recommendations is that
which seeks to make pistol toting a fell
ony, and to prohibit the shipment or
sale of such weapons within the State.
This subject is certain to attract serious
attention among the lawmakers, in view
of the array of facts that will be sub
mitted showing that pistol toting in
Mississippi is most prolific source of
crime
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
A Substitute for Work.

Physical culture, father, is per-
fectly lovely!" exclaimed an enthusi-
astic young miss just home from COL
lege. Look! To develop the arms 1
grasp the rod by one end and move it
slowly from right to left"
well, WE'LL" exclaimed her father;
what won't science discover! If that
rod had straw at the other end you'd
be sweeping"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
o2S Killed on Railroads.

Secretary Maxwell, of the railroad
commission, has completed tabulation
of the number of persons killed and in
iured in railroad accidents during the
past two years, up to October 1. The
report shows a total of 22S killed, of
which II were employees, 10 were passen-
gers and 141 neither passengers nor en-
ployes. The total number of injured was
2,2O9, of which Liza were employees, SIS
passengers and PIP neither employees nor
passengers. Of the employees killed AZ
were trainmen
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-26
The Wise Husband,

Bronson-I've just given $1o0 for
this diamond ring for my wife.
Woodson-It's a beauty! But isn't
it extravagant?
Bronson-Not bit Think what it
will save in gloves