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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-11-28
Foo Hard to Pierce.

A dense or thick fog will obscure
objects at a distance Of 1000 feet
The recent accident to- an ocean
steamer of the Anchor line illustrates
the fact. An iceberg was run into as
soon as seen. After the collision the
passengers could hear the echo from
their voices reflected by the walls OF
ice. though the iceberg was invisible
to them. Otherwise. there are no
echoes at sea-
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-11-28
Peculiar Anneal.

There is peculiar loneliness IN the
cheerfulness of sick people. 1t is un-
expected-like the bit Of green in the
desert. II gains by contrast II Is the
flower OF the spirit produced In wild
erness.-J Edward Harlow
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-11-28
Beyond His Comprehension

There is something mysterious
about the word psychic" said the
student of occult things. YES" re-
piled the plain person; land the most
mysterious thing about 1t to me is
the way they spell STRAY Stories.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-11-28
Treat Fear as an Enemy.

Stamp out fear in the child. Teach
It nothing to make 1t fear. So viii
you make the sane. normal man and
woman
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-11-28
Cement For Sale.

We have few barrels of first class
cement left that we will sell below the
market price.
PARIS LUMBER & MFG. co.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-11-28

have located in Paris for the pur-
pose of conducting a general
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03
FINE PRE-NoRMAN CHURCH
Remarkably Well Preserved Edifice at
Worth Was Built Long Before
the Conquest.

Many churches in Britain owe their
origin to the piety of the Norman in
vader, but these which antedate this
great period ofschurch building are not
SO numerous. One such pre-Norman
edifice is the fine old parish church Of
Worth, near Three Bridges. A little
book, written by Rev. Arthur Bridge,
the rector of Worth, tells the his
tory Of what is aptly described as
one of the most remarkable relics Of
a bygone age. 1t seems probable that
the church passed with the Manor of
Worth under the will of Alfred the
Great to his third son, Ethelward.
Archaeologists will be lavish of thanks
to Mr.. Bridge for the interesting and
useful little record of his unique
church. He tells us that Worth ex-
hibits the earliest example of the pure
ly English cruciform building, and its
semi-circular eastern end is of very an
Gent date. But the whole church, as
might be gathered, possess many fsa,
lures which make it of peculiar fascin.
alton to the student of the antique.
The windows, for instance, have not
suffered restoration" and are well
known to all students of architecture
hero and on the continent.-Dundee
Advocate.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03
FINE BLADES OF DAMASCUS
Swords Made In the Oriental City
Were Most Wonderfully Temp
!. cred and Adorned.

Fancy frills and ornamentation were
not thought Of in the hurried forging
Of weapons called into need by the
breaking out of the Civil War. How
plain the usual cavalry sabre was, for
instance, is well shown by comparison
with the lavishly ornamented weapons
turned out by the oriental sword
makers. The Turkish sword is a beau
t1ful piece of work, the blade dam
ascened" with inlaid wires of gold, be-
ing Of astonishing elasticity. Each
quarter inch of surface of the gilt
scabbard, handle and hilt is crowded
with engraved designs.
From the city of Damascus, cele-
brated for more than thousand years
for the skill of it's swordmakers, the
Crusaders took to Europe the art of
"damascening"- tissue of dark lines
on light ground, or the reverse-and
the inlaying of gold on the steel itself
In the genuine Damascus blade Of the
best period the figure, that is, the in
tricate twists made in the steel while
hot under the hammer of the sword
smith, is not, as some think, matter
of surface. 1t extends through the
blade, and hence is not removed by a
thousand polishings. These beautiful
figures on the genuine blades are al
most identical with the best so-called
Damascus gun barrels of today.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03
Drug Dens Are Found Near the Capitol

boxes it was shown every one con-
tanned opium. Boxes, supposed to
contain Chinese tea, were also found
full of opium. Some boxes labeled
ginseng also contained the drug The
1ccoii i1.c-fa ion4i opium confer
ence will begin Dec. 1 at The Hague.
An invitation from the Netherlands
government to attend has been re-
ceived at the state department.
Despite the prohibitory law OF
1909, which makes it illegal to bring
into the United States smoking opium.
opium smoking still prevails in this
country to an alarming extent and is
finding its new victims largely in the
white population. This is made posi-
Bile partially by drug struggled from
Canada and along the Pacific coast,
and partly by the manufacture of
smoking opium in this country from
crude opium brought in as a medicinal
drug. OF this struggled article more
than 100000 pounds have been seized
in the last two years. In 1910 more
than 100000 pounds of the drug were
brought in as medicinal opium. 1t is
estimated that at least 100000 pounds
were successfully struggled across
the border in 1910. and that 10000 ad-
ditional pounds are manufactured an
nually from crude opium.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03
Uncle Sam Has 8 Churches in Panama

Eight chapels were built, and every
one has at least one service each
Sabbath. These are two-story build
ings with lodge rooms on the second
floor. The room on the ground floor
known as the chufehfs capable of
seating about ESQ people. pulpit at
one end OF the room. piano and some
folding chairs constitute the furnish
ings.
All authority rests in body elected
by the people attending the church.
The executive council of the church
in Cristobal is composed of men of
every denomination. There are one
Methodist, two Baptist, two Presby-
terians, one Congregationalist and one
Lutheran
The membership is made up of
those who love the Lord" Mem
bership in the home church is not
changed, for no one in the zone" ex.
poets to stay long. The service is
broad; the hymns are those we'll
known in all denominational circles,
and altogether they afford a good H.
lustration of the practicability of
church union. In Cristobal church a
social is held once a month with a
little entertainment or refreshments
These are managed by the ladies in
terested and are a means of welcom-
ing the never-ending newcomers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03
Found Lost Fiance al Picture Show

VIISCOUNT JEAN BAPTISTE DE
v VENTURA, French officer, stroll
ing along Pennsylvania avenue, wait
ing for the time to arrive when he
would keep an engagement with a
friend at the capitol. decided to while
away an hour at moving picture
show. He started to purchase d tick
ct at the first theater on the route.
but, instead of buying ticket, ho got
a wife and fastened to nearby par
sonage.
Miss Althea Price was selling tick
cts at the theater, and she happened
to be the same young lady with whom
the young Frenchman had plighted his
troth months ago, only to lose all
track of her when he was called to
France to settle up an estate.
Viscount Jean Baptiste came to
Washington year ago and. becoming
financially embarrassed, got a job
He happened to get position where
Miss Price was working. He soon
lost his heart and gave up his job to
go home to get some money which he
had inherited. He was to return as
soon as he got the cash and make
Miss Price Viscountess de Ventura.
Months passed, Miss Price moved y,
another boarding house, and WHIST. tie
viscount returned with the cath la
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03

VA ASHINGTON.-Reve officers
w and detectives in Washington
raided four Chinese opium dens with
in 500 yards of the Capitol and confis-
Gated about $4,000 worth of the drug.
They also secured evidence in the
shape of hairpins, women's clothing
and shoes to indicate that the places
We're frequented by large numbers Of
women. The raids were the beginning
or series that are planned by the
authorities who have been watching
the activities of Chinese in Washing
ton for several months.
In recent raids in Los Angeles, CAL,
the police have unearthed a new sys-
TEN of concealing opium They we're
disappointed in the raids of the past
few weeks for while they took many
suspicious-looking packages, all were
sealed with what appeared to be reve
nue. stamps used on boxes of confec-
tionery. On opening some of the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03
Hughes Palace Now in a Black Belt
III HEN Justice Charles E. Hughes of

VIZ HEN Justice Charles e. Hughes Of
w the Supreme court takes posses
sion of his 100000 home, which will
be finished in a few weeks, he will be
the only white man living in the block
which his house faces.
Soon after President Taft appointed
Governor Hughes to the Supreme
court he came to Washington and
spent several days looking for a
house. He was not satisfied with any
thing on the market and rented a
large, old fashioned house in Massa-
chusetts avenue for his first season.
Then he and Mrs Hughes spent
many afternoons house hunting. but
they were disappointed again, and
decided finally to build a home JUS
tice Hughes said at the time that, as
he expected to spend the greater part
Of his life in this city, he wished to
have a home that satisfied him in
every particular.
For a long time he debated whether
he would build in Massachusetts ave-
nue. or Sixteenth street, the two most
fashionable streets in the city lie
chose the latter finally, and bought a
good-sized lot on the corner of Six
teenth and V streets. The lot has a
frontage in Sixteenth street of about
thirty feet and 100 in V street. In
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03
PROGRESS OF FRENCH WOMEN
u moliere Lived Now He Would Not
RidicuIe Their Education and
Activities.

Thirty years ago there were three
colleges for women in France and one
preparatory school; now there are sew.
enty-five colleges and forty-nine pre-
paratory schools. What does the
Change mean? Moliere, over two CEN
turtles ago, in LES Precieuses Ridi-
cules" and Lies Femmes Savantes !"
attacked the pose. self-consciousness
and loss of proportion which the wo-
men Of his time sometimes showed in
attempting to be learned. Moliere
laughed, however. not at education
but at lack of common sense. IF he
lived now he would not try to set back
the clock, and ask women to devote
to the needle the same attention that
she gave before machinery was in
vented. He would not ask her to live
as she lived before there were public
schools for her children; creameries
to make her butter and cheese: big
manufacturers to take her place in
preserving food; immense combina-
lions to spin cotton, make cloth, do
the dyeing, make up the clothing. He
would welcome the vacuum cleaner,
the gas stove and the dumb waiter,
and his laughter would be not for
those who use modern labor saving
devices, but for the futile sentiment
talists who cry for the vanishing of
the past. The outside education and
activities of women are as unquestion-
able and irresistible as are the print
Ing press, the steam engine and the
cotton gin.-Collier's Weekly.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03
voIapuk.

A few years ago Volapuk was the
order Of the day, and we are only re-
minded of it's erstwhile fame by read
ing an account in a Paris contempt
rary Of the death Of its founder. He
was an ecclesiastic named Schleyer
and his method was to constitute a
universal language by borrowing
freely from the Roman and German
tongues. The proposal received a
great deal of attention from serious
writer's, and it goes without saying
that it came in for a lot of ridicule.
The effort might have succeeded had
it not been for Esperanto. The old
priest watched the rise and decline OF
his proposal, and he lived to see its
fall. The thought that must suggest
itself to all who give the matter con-
sideration is: Why should there be a
new language? Why not teach boys
to write Latin as a universal Ian
guage? An effort in this direction Is
being made in Germany.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03
Red Tape OfficiaIdom.

"In all ages there have been exam
pies of heroes and great men who
wishing to be faithful in small things
have blundered in matters of the
greatest Importance" This sentence
is taken from one of the five articles
of naval faith read every Sunday ia
Japanese men-o'-war crews. 1t sums
up in very few words the besetting
sin of red tape officialdom, that blind
devotion to traditional rules and regu
lations which when confronted with
a great emergency, such as the out
break of disease before Sevastopol
breaks down hopelessly, and, in the
words of the Japanese document,
brings calamity, death and lasting
dishonor" upon itself.-London Even,
ing Standard.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03
Mineral Spring Water Industry.

Almost every city and town in the
United States has it's favorite local
or imported spring water, delivered
In large bottles with more or less
elaborate advertising accompaniment.
Just how great the INDUSTRY has be-
come in the United States was not
suspected until the United States
geological survey completed recent
ly an investigation. The amount of
money invested and handled in this
industry was found to be enormous.
According to The World Mirror a
minimum of supply from well-known
springs for the year was found to be
b2,CCO,520 gallons, for which an aver
age price of 15c, at the springs were
received, or total of 1881, SOB.
vast ranges in the prices of the
product are shown, for while Mime
sofa with but eight wells producing,
placed on sale more than 100000
gallons more than any other state.
the value of the vast supply was full
iy half million dollars less than
the output of the 20 wells of Wiscon.
sin.
In the output of the waters, both
medicinal and table, Minnesota was
far ahead. Her spring production
was 9,C54,030 gallons, which at the
low average price of five cents was
worth $524,S00. New York with Al
wells was second with 7,17G,S15 gal
Ions, worth at an average price of
nine cents, $G8G,574, while Wiscon.
sin from 29 wells got 6,839,219 gal
Ions, worth the splendid sum of ST.
5SG,7OS, for the price averaged %
cents.
Indiana is happy in the possession
of the springs producing waters of
topmost price; the average for the
514,366 gallons obtained from her IT
springs being 80 cents-a total of
$5O7, TAG. Massachusetts is content
to take cents gallon for 4,G61, 115
gallons-the value of that miniature
ocean being but $20S,579.
During the year 1908 there was an
Increase of 3,951,9 $40 gallons, or more
than eight per cent, over the out
put of 1907, but the value of all the
waters was $G96,SS4; a portion of
that loss being fictitious because
much of the water was used in the
making Of "soft drinks" and there
fore was unreported.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03
Sunflower PHILOSOPHY.

After you pass so it will jar you
to hear a hoy refer to his father az
che Old Man"
After man weighs 100 pounds he
finds out at breakfast what he Is to
have for dinner.
When woman gets on her new
est dress she is at least ten big
slices thinner than when around hel
work.
1t is always said of the best of
them, HE is good man, but"-And
he has TO die in order to get that
word "bl.t" cut Off
1t is a wonder floral emblem
bearing the words, "He Is Better
Off," was never sent to a funeral
That is the general sentiment.
Every girl makes up her mind
early that If she ever marries she
will not be as patient as her mothei
has always BEEN
When young man selects g wife
his relatives ask with Indignation
what he can see in her, though Sc
cretly wondering what the girl can
see in him.
A preacher was called upon re-
Gently to tell a dying man that the
end was near. He said nothing about
repcr lance or hell; he told the man
he was about to go on a little jour
noy and that at lis end he would
meet all the good friends who had
Er 10
he told him. all would be well. And
the man died with a pleasant smile
on his face. The incident is an IL
lrstration of the great change in
sentiment. Two generations ago the
preacher would have talked brin
store 10 the man ABOUT to depart
Once il politics, always in politics
Don't expect presents all the time;
occasionally give one.
Don't expect any friend to give you
more than your moneys woI h.
Every man has some fliend te
whom he complains of his job and
his kin.
Some people pay no attention to
meanress unless they find it in others
A man hates to PIT on a pair of
new shoes nearly as badly as he hates
TO go to party.
Mems underwear on the clothes
line on wash day never looks as i'm
mooest as the other kind.
Women complain that their hus
bands are not gallant, and then per
nit their daughters to wait on their
brothers.
When man gets a letter from his
Ell it his more rs in it than the
letter he gets from his mother: that
runs to "You's. "-Atchison (Kan.)
Glose.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03

A THOUGH it is the common
IA thought that most of the men
working on the great Panama Canal
left their religion behind them in the
states, those who live in the Canal
zone know there are many who OBJ
serve the laws of Moses and lead the
same pure lives they did at home.
When the canal was begun family
quarters were built, many men
brought or sent for their wives and
children, and it has paid. Family life
and the presence of good women in
their homes have been powerful in
fluences for good. These families
coming from every state in the Union
meant that schools and churches must
be provided. Again Uncle Sam met
the need, and at every town along the
line of the canal built schoolhouses
and churches. Teachers were obtain
ed from the states. Chaplains were
employed to attend to the religious
needs of the Americans in the zone.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03

order to have an effective entrance he
decided to have the residence face V
street There was no other house of
any sort in V street. The property
had been held for years at high
price and remained vacant.
Shortly after work was started on
both sides of V street between Six
teenth and Seventeenth streets was
announced for sale at a greatly re-
duced price. The land had to be sold
and was bought in by speculative
builder, who started the construction
of twenty two-story box" houses
The houses were completed six
weeks before the roof was on the
Hughes house. The houses did not
appeal to white purchasers or tenants.
and were promptly offered to negroes.
who FASTENED to locate in such a
Swell neighborhood Although they
have been on the market but short
time, seventeen of them are occupied.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03

could not locate her. After months of
futile search he left Washington and
established himself in New York. He
came here on business, still on the
lookout for Miss Price.
When the viscount saw Miss Price
his hat, arms and voice all went I'D in
the air. AS soon as the girl could ex.
tricate herself from the booth and
the ream of tickets in which she be.
came entangled she forgot all about
business until the manager of the
theater fastened to reprove her for
running his trade by keeping the
crowds watching show on the out.
side instead of on tie inside.
The viscount scoffed at the man
ager, and, arm in arm, he and the
erstwhile ticket seller hurried around
to the residence of the Rev. w. L.
Devries. The parson tied the knot
and the pair left on a train for New
York. where they will live.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03
GUARDING AGAINST EARTH.
QUAKE.


Mr.. Frank A. Perret, formerly
honorary assistant at Royal Vesuv'
ian observatory, was one of those
who remained at that POST of duty
during the great eruption of 1o06. He
has since studied at close range the
volcano at Stromboli in action; in
1907 he predicted that a great dis
turbance of Aetna was impending,
and he was on his way to Sicily
when the Messina tragedy took place.
Writing of 1.-The Messina Earth
quake" in the Century" Mr.. Perret
declares it's lesson a two-fold one
ard the freshness of the San Fran
aiseo -..,. ,trings the warning
home:
Those who live In earthquake dis
trict3 should build their houses to
withstand these vibrations of the
ground This is feasible, and it is
TO lie hooed that all ruined towns
will be rebuilt accordingly. But it Is
manifestly too much to ex )ect that
will be torn down ard rebuilt, and
therefore those who favor the spend
Ing of large sums of money for astro-
homical and other research work
should also favor its expenditure for
tie proper study of the world on
which we live, in order that we may
learn its secrets and foretell its
movements, and thus prevent great
earthquake from beirg also a great
disaster This, too, is feasible, and
it is matter of vital Importance to
humanity.
May it not be hoped that this
last great catastrophe, with it's hid
cous loss of human Life and its enor
nous total cost, will cause the lesson
to be taken TO hearth"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03
STENOGRAPHER?

Don't smiIc-it's fine STEP
ping stone to greater things, as
many big men of today have
proved. Private secretaryships
that pay their thousands a year.
Court stenography paying
business. Positions In congress
and state legislatures that give
comfortable salaries. How free
lancing can be made to yield a
comfortable living.
BY c. w. JENNINGS.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03
MANY Changes.

Eyes, sir" said the Oldest inhabi-
tant, 1--WE lived right here in Squash
vile ninety-three years. Born here,
yes, sir. Been a lot of changes in my
time, ! tell We. Why, / can remember
when 1t was country where Hobson's
grocery stands now, and back of the
harness shop where it's all built up
now I've picked cherries many and
many time. See the Methodist meet
in house up yonder? l can remember
when there was big maple tree right
In the middle of the spot where the
buildin' stands. Yes, there's been a
lot of changes-yes-sir-ree Squash
Vile want but little bit of town
when / was boy"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03

shifting of the basis of his self-cs
TEEN; for now he will begin to r.
lie that the true worth of a man 4 H.
ponds on the proper use of the DO
ers with which he has been endow !
Ii other words. his pride will po,5
gradually become a moral pride, i. e.,
pride based on moral factors. His
question no longer will ,re: what
exceptional qualities do possess 2"
qualities which he realizes are acct.
dents of birth, but instead, "What
proper, l. e., what moral use uu
make of the capabilities bestowed
upon me?" As a result it will be his
endeavor to bring about cores.
bonding development in his own
character. AS he grows in the direc-
ton VI lrtniuiness, nQeiluy to duty,
faithfulness to friends, scrupuloaity
Of science, adherence to principle. he
is approximately toward the ideal of
development of self-esteem. But it
Ia just at this stage that there ia
hanger OF developing the false moral
pride of the "unco guild" the self
righteous attitude of the Pharisee
who prides himself in his self-com-
placency on not being "as other
men, 1t still is false pride for the
imple reason that 1t is exclusive
|. II. Schroeder, in the international
Journal nj Ethica.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03
Able Is Amhitioua.

| In one of the Philadelphia settle
ments the chief worker was telling the
lurchins of the right of every American
|youngster to aspire to the presidency
of the United States. Little Able Eick-
ltein didn't take kindly to the sugges-
ton.
why, Able, you are not bit am.
bilious" said the worker.
"Oh, yes, teacher, but not to be pres
Iident," the lad replied. I'D just like
Ito be secretary of the navy SO that
could ride in the boats whenever
wanted to-"