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The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
QUEER eRAWTATIoN FACTS
In Hardly Any Two Places will Body Fall With Same Speed-5earing
 on Rifle Shooting.

A man falling from a three-story building in New Orleans will not fall as fast as he would if he were in New York city. In fact, in hardly any two places will he fall with the same speed. This is because as we go to- ward the equator the force of gravita- ton gets less, and consequently the ac- ;eleration of falling body becomes less, and the force of impact Is there fore less.
 While 1t does not make very much difference in the injury to a person falling from a height, 1t does make a difference in other things. Take rife and fire it exactly horizontally, and if the gun Is Is feet above the ground, say at New York, the bullet fired from such a rife will strike the ground in exactly one second after it leaves the rife. If the bullet has horizontal ve- locity of thousand feet a second 1t will strike the earth exactly 1000 feet away. Let us take the same rife to place where the force of gravity is not the same as at New York, but a good leal smaller, say two-thirds smaller we Hnu IndI II tne gun IS pidCSu as before and absolutely horizontal, the bullet will not fall the 16 feet in one second, but will take over one and half seconds to fall, thus enabling the bullet to be in the air during that length of time. Therefore it will strike the ground 1,600 feet away. Thus 1t is seen that the range of rife is in- creased as it is taken toward the equa- tor.
 Of course there is no place on earth where the force of gravity is two thirds smaller than at New York, but there are many places where the diff ference is considerable enough to af- feet slightly the range of rifles.-Har- ser's Weekly.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
ANT MATERIALS ON FARM
Winter Is Good Time to Go Over Ma chinery and Woodwerk-High
 Paying Investment.

Any man can easily learn to use the paint brush. No particular skill is re quired. Every farmer should have two or three good paint brushes of different sizes and keep on hand a supply of white lead, linseed oil and paint coloring matter. These mate rials are comparatively cheap and when rightly used are high paying Investment.
 In winter is a good time to use ths farm paint brush, because then there are spare days when painting can be done without interfering with other work. It is a good time to go over all the farm tools and machinery and give all the wood work one or two coats of good paint This work can be done on the barn floor, in a shed or in any building where there is space. If the weather is very cold when the work is to be done, box of hot sand, earth or salt may be used to set the paint pail in so that the paint will be warm and flow easily. The warmer the paint the deeper and nore quickly will it strike into the wood
 In starting to paint a tool or ma chine first clean it off thoroughly. If It is only dusty, use a dry rag, but if 1t is muddy wash it off with warm water, go over the surface with a dry rag and then let it dry in the at mosphere for several hours till all of the moisture is out of the wood Wa ter and oil will not mix and if any water is in the pores of the wood the oil will be kept out and hence will not have a chance to do it's full work
 For the first coat of paint on new wood, or wood in need of repainting, Ase about seven-eighths of linseed oil to one-eighth of pure white lead and only touch of coloring matter If too much white cad and coloring matter are used in the first coat the paint will be so thick that it will not strike deeply into the wood What is desired at first is to deeply fill all pores of the wood with preserving oil and then to coat with lead to seal and protect the pores. so that the oil cannot escape.
 The paint mixture must not only be well stirred to break up the lead into minute particles before the paint is rsed, but stirring at intervals of every few minutes must be given while the paint is being applied to prevent the heavy lead from settling to the bot tom of the paint pail. It must always be kept in mind that linseed oil is a very light substance and that white lead Is a very heavy substance. They will separate on standing for only a few minutes, the lead sinking to the bottom and pushing the oil to the top.
 For the second coat of paint use about one-fourth or one-fifth of white lead in the mixture and enough color. ing matter to give it the desired shade of color.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
School Days.

Country schoolmasters have pecu- liar experiences unlike their city cousins. A rural pedagogue relates that one day he received from a small boy a slip of paper which was sup posed to contain an excuse for the nonattendance of the small boys big brother He examined the paper, and found thereon the word, "Cepatomto- gotaturing." Utterly unable to de- cipher the puzzle, he appealed to the small boy, who explained that 1t meant that his brother had been kept at home to go taturing' is, to dig potatoesl
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
SMITH PATCHES HENS BEAE
Lower Jaw Was Short and chick-, Was Likely to Starve, but Can
 Now Eat Grain.

Anderson, Ind--EH Delawater has hen in his flock that was hatchel with a defective lower jaw. It could not pick up grain and as a result was near starving to death after 1t had passed the soft food stage. Delawater wanted to raise the hen to the laying stage at least and told John Snelson a blacksmith, his trouble.
 Snelson told Delawater to bring tbe hen to his shop. He measured the lower beak and shaped a piece of tin to it over the stub, much after the manner of a tooth crown. When the operation was complete Snelson scat tered some corn on the floor of the shop and he admits surprise at the ability of the hen to pick up the grain Now the hen Is as good feeder as any in the flock.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
COWS IN THE LAP OF LUXURY
Extraordinary Pains Taken by New York Authorities to Provide Babies
 With Pure MlIk.

The milk which is furnished in the seven depots of the New York milk committee to the babies of the tene- ments is what all country milk could and should be, says Hampton's Maga- zine. The cows on the farm supplying the committee are taken care of as if a COW were the rarest of animals and likely soon to join the dodo and disap- pear entirely.
 They live in a St. Regis sort of barn, the concrete floors and iron and glass walls of which are kept as clean as a parlor. Twice daily the COW stalls are sterilized with live steam. As a precaution against dust they keep no hay UT other food in the barn but send it in as it is needed, by means of trolley system.
 Every day the COWS are inspected by a physician and any COW not in perfect condition is immediately re- moved from the herd. Twice a month chemists analyze the milk to make sure that it is fully up to the standard of richness and purity
 Before being milked each COW is groomed and sprayed with pure spring water by a man who has been med ically examined and has just had a bath and put on a perfectly clean white suit A second man dries the cow with sterilized single service tow els, after which the white clad milk CTS. sitting on spotless metal stools, perform their duties.
 The milk is strained through steril- ized cotton pads into sterilized cans and cooled in dustproof room which no one except the white clad workers is ever permitted to enter. Here the milk is bottled. sealed and packed for its journey to the city. Within thirty hours after the milk is packed it is de- livered at the doors of the milk com mittee's model laboratory in New York.
 Five men work in the laboratory steriIizing and filling the bottles. In reality they are filling prescriptions, for every baby has it's food especially designated by skilled physician. the prescriptions varying from week to week according to the age and condi- ton of the child
 These men in their spotless white suits and caps work in a speckless room that is sterilized with steam every morning. preparing food after the most scientific methods and ac- cording to physicians prescriptions not for infant mflIionaires, but for ba, bies of the tenements.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
A Chinese Leaend.

One evening. when the beautiful Kau Si, daughter of a powerful Chi nese mandarin. was assisting at the great feast of lanterns. she was so overcome by the heat that she was obliged to take of her mask. But to expose her face to the eyes of the profane and vulgar was a serious of fense against the law; so. holding the mask as closely as possible to her features, she fiuttered in rapidly to give herself air, and the rapidity of the movement still concealed her. The other ladies present, witnessing this hardy but charming innovation, imi- tated it, and at once some thousand hands were fiuttering some thousand masks. Thus the fan was originated and took the place of the mask.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
PROFIT IN SYSTEMATIC FARM
Light Scratching of Soil and Careless Breeding of Live Stock Proves
 Quite Costly.

| (By WILLIS J. FLANDERS, Illinois.) I am willing to confess that I diL not wake up to the real necessity of system on my place for three or four years after I started in for myself. My land is so rich that if I scratched the surface a bit and cultivated lit tie I generally got pretty fair crops.
 hking one season with another But finally began to notice that even if my land was rich some of my neigh bors whose land was poor were rais- ing better crops. Finally I discov- cred that the main trouble was To- cated right in my own person and came to and began to attend the in stitutes and read farm papers and actually tried to learn something about real farming. I have great deal to learn yet, but I have found put some things.
 One is that careless breeding of live stock is a costly proceeding It came hard, for instance, to pay $125 lpiece for three thoroughbred COWS and then pay $15 for the services of bull But when the time came to sell year-old calves I found out how those investments paid. I sold bull calf for $15O and two heifers for $90 each the first year and three years later I had a herd of nine animals that were worth $1,OOO. In fact, they paid me more than that in the long run. That lesson in good breeding helped me to see things right.
 Then I learned that bunch of sheep neglected, half fed, poorly housed in winter, with no system as to breeding, was a poor investment. Ny father gave me a flock of ten when started to farm and after three years this had increased only to six teen. owing to my neglect. Then when I began to sit up and take notice, I sent the whole bunch to market and bought ten fine grade Shropshire ewes and thoroughbred two-year-old ram and took care of them. This flock paid me over 100 per cent. in three years and so was taught another lesson.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
LORE OF WEREWOLF
STORIES OF MEN TRANSFORMED
 sA8V DESTINY OF VILE.
Servant Who, Being a Loup-Garou, Found Food for Master-Exposure of the Wife of a NobIeman
 of Auvergne.

John of Nuremberg relates how a 1nan. lost at night in a strange coun- ary, directed his steps towards a fire that he saw before him. On reaching St he found a wolf sitting enjoying its warmth and was informed by him that he was really as human as him. self, but that he was compelled for a certain number of years. like all his eountrymen, to assume the shape of a wolf.
 A strange country, indeed. where wolves when the evenings grow chilly Eight fire and in the comfort of its Huddy glow are found ready to enter tain the passing traveller with their conversation!
 Claus Magnus, in the early part of Ghe sixteenth century, tells us story Of nobleman and his retinue who nOst their way in journeying through a wild forest and presently found Themselves hopelessly foodless and shelterless. In the urgency of their need one of the servants disclosed to Him in confidence that he had the power of turning himself at will into a wolf, and doubted not but that, If mks master would kindly excuse him awhile, he would be able to find the party some provision. Permission be- n1g given. the man disappeared into 1hs forest under semblance of a wolf aud very quickly returned with a Azmb in his mouth, and then. having o1ldIIed his mission. resumed his hu- ham form.
 In Auvergne in 158S a nobleman, in WSgurning from the chase, was stopped Gy stranger who told him that he
 B1 been furiously attacked by say kBe wolf. but had been fortunate DnDugh to save himself by slashing sG one of It's forepaws. This he pro Anrsd as a trophy. when. to the as- h1uishment of both, 1t was found to EnEe become the delicate hand of a h1y- The nobleman felt so sure that 1R recognized a ring upon it that he Murrfed to the castle and there found EGB wife sitting with her arm tied up. nnd on removing the wrappers the land was missing. She had to stand EBr trial as a loup-garou. and, being a1nvfcted. perished at the stake Hulme's Natural History Lore and legend.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30

Boer war and has been decorated by many countries. He was born at Cor. flu, in 1853, a descendant of military stock. His education was finished at Wellington College and he entered the army 1873.
 Central Hamilton first saw service in the Afghan war, in 1878, and ac- quilted himself so well that he was given he medal with two clasps, a token q excellent service. He was in the Trnsvaal war of 1881 and three years lter took prominent part in the Nih expedition, gaining several medals and promotion to the rank of major. Next he was in the war with Burmahand in 1895 he fought in the Chitral elief force, India. His record in Soul Africa gained for him addi- tional huors. He commanded the in- fantry inthe brilliant action at Eland- slaagte nd for his personal valor in the field was recommended for the Victoria Cross. During the rest of the campign in Africa he served with no less ditinction and in the end fair ly won hi title.
 General Hamilton has also gained some fam as an author. His publica- tions inclde Fighting of the Future" [" 'Icarus," A Jaunt in Junk and "A Ballad of dadji."
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
shoe rIn.

Before putting on patent leather shoes always rub the surface of the vamp briskly with the warm palm of the hand, thus softening the shoe and rendering it less liable to crack. Many patent leather boots "crackle" all over Ehe first time they are worn, when Ghfs precaution might prevent the ac- eEdeut. Another method is the grad nal warming of the shoe, and 1t must always be remembered that shiny shoes are never kept in cold places.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30

to know. since he is the builder as well as the president of the road in question, the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient railway. Also in this connec tion it is worthy of note that once be fore MT. Stillwell built a railroad which was lost to him by the reor- ganization methods of high finance In the present and second venture MT. Stillwen gave Wall street what might be called absent treatment and the new railroad is one of the very few in the country that have not received financial nursing from that well-known quarter.
 Railroad builders have been com mon enough, as have captains of in- dustry more or less identified with re- ligion out of business hours, but MT. Stillwell has attained unique prom thence in that he frankly places his business success as the result of car rying his Christian Science belief into all his deeds
 During the 49 years since he was born at Rochester, N Y, there have been many other interests than those of religion to mark MT: Stillwell as a man of original thought and action. It was in Chicago that he laid the beginnings to his fortune and became interested in the faith of which Mrs. Eddy Is the head. As life insurance agent there he made record. Dur ing this period he claims he was cured of a spinal disease by Chris tian Science healers, and in that way became interested in their religion. Shortly afterwards MT. Stillwell sug- gested to the president of the life insurance company for which he worked that certain methods should be changed. That was many years before the era of insurance investi- gations and naturally Agent Stillwell. the hustler" with the moral sense, was discharged. Still he had saved s2O.OOO and with that and his faith he went to Kansas City to build his railroad
 This was his first venture and since then he has admitted that he was in error. To be sure. he formed the com pany, sold by his personal efforts $20. .000.0 of bonds in Holland, and finally saw completed the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf, a monument to Mir Stillwell's ability, even though it is no longer his and the name he gave it has been changed to the Kansas City Southern.
 But Mir Stillwell was not discour- aged. He decided to build another railroad and not to ask any help from Wall street, so he planned the line from Kansas City to Topolobampo on the Pacific coast of Old Mexico. a dis tance of 1929 miles. President Diaz of Mexico was so impressed with the value of the road that he granted 1t a S4, 100000 subsidy, while counties in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas came in for another million.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
nlrd. L.ad to a aabx,. aodx.

Pottstown, Pa.-A flock of buzzards led to the discovery of the body of a year-old child by Col. M- M. Missi- mer and George C. Smith. who were trying out their hounds in the Chest nut hills in Chester county.
 The hunters went to a lonely spot on Cedar Flat. over which the birds were lowering. and there found the body.
 There was nothing to disclose the Identity of the child, or to tell whether 1t was abandoned alive or was carried there dead.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
IlnhtnInn Enda Lawsuit.

Frankfort, Ky.-Lghtning struck and destroyed a large tree in front of the residence of Mrs. Margaret Innis of Steadmontown and settled a law suit of long standing that the courts were not able to decide. Contractors building road wanted to cut the tree
 down and Miss Innis secured an in junction preventing it. Hundreds had
 been spent in litigation, but the bolt split the tree, necessitating it's de structiOn. I
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
Me,od In Ills HeroIsm.

"It was oble of you to jump in and save your worst enemy from drown ing"
 well, I ant claim much credit. had just ben reading the swimming articles thu tell you 1t is best to avoid struggles with drowning man by giving i'm hard punch on the jaw. I simy couldn't resist the temp tation. Washington Star
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
Lime Wash for Trees.

A lime wash which has been found good protection for trees against rabbits is simply to wet enough un- slaked lime to the point of consistency. add a little carbolic acid to the sub stance and paint the trunks of the orchard trees.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
ATTRIBUTES HIS SUCCESS
 TO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Christian Sci ence has been credited W i t h m a n y achieve ments, but it is unusual for relig- ion to have in- spired the build ing of a railroad. That this is the case, however, is attested to by Ar t h u r Edward Stillwell, W b c thinks he ought
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
Collie In Horses

Collie In horses has sometimes been produced by a sudden change of feed In the fall or early winter from old to new oats. The safer way is to change gradually, beginning at first by mix ing one part of new with three parts of old oats for a feed and increasing the proportion of new oats gradually as long as the old oats last
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
HERO OF BoER WAR IS
 SUCCESSOR OF KITCHENER

Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, a fa- nous English of fcer, has sue ceeded or d Kitchener as in spector general of the Mediter- ranean forces, a position held by the latter for only a s h or t time. Gen. Ham, ilton distinguish ed himself in the
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
In Doubt.

T see you are still standing pat, |" naid one statesman
 -Yes," replied the other; "but I ezn't feel sure whether I am stilI in s1s game or playing solitaire"
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
Documentary Evidence.

What shall say if Algernon pro poses to me?" said the confding young woman
 "Tell him you want time to think it over," replied the worldly wise friend. land then change your summer resi- dence SO that he will have to discuss the matter in writius-"
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
A Mean Joke.

New Arrival Cat Eagle Hotel. Smith ville)-What are the prospects for a young lawyer in this burg?
 Landlord-Pretty darn good. should say.
 New Arrival (expectantly)-You don't say?
 Landlord-I sure do-that is. his prospects uv starvin' to deathl
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-30
Clear Water for Sheep.

Sheep won't do well without water, and they are dainty about drinking. Clean running water is just as essen ual as good gras~
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-30
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The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-30
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The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-30
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Deeds Filed For Record In the Office
Of the County Clerk.

Deeds Filed For Record in the oHIe.
Of the County Clerk,
FURNISHED by Kinney Abstract Col
Deeds filed Sept. 2S, 1910;
j. T. Loden Jr, aud Wife to Sallt
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R r. Mead and wife to E. L. Rich
ardson, 3 acres OF Daniel Holbroot
survey; $4,000
5. e. Moody and wife to c. f
Blakemore, 1904 acres of VIM. Bry
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Il. w. Hagan and wife to J. Il. Ak
ms. lots II and 10 in block No. "a
College Hin addition to Greenvllle;
$4,000
james Russell to |. V. Dinsmore, .
tracts of Daniel Slack and James Cole
surveys: S4S6.G6.
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-30
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