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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25

calls instead of fruits is criminal. To
begin with. what is soda water? First
of all, soda water does not and is not
supposed to contain any soda. The
name is a misnomer. A great deal
of the stuff that is sold under the
name Of soda water contains saccharin
instead of sugar That should be pro-
hibited by law. Saccharin is injurious
to every one and affects children seri-
ously. Much of the carbonated water
that Is mixed with the flavors con-
tains lead. Such mixture should
be prohibited by law. A great per-
centage of the flavor is made of vari-
GUS kinds of chemicals. all of which
are more or less injurious
Caffeine, which is being used so
generally by many INSCRIPTIONS soft
drink dispensers, should be driven
from the market by law Its effects,
especially on young people, compares
with the effect Of cocaine and NOR
phine'
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25

r. HE war department for the first
time in many years has a case of
an alleged spy in the army. Capt
! James Watson, the army recruiting
/ officer at Indianapolis, Ind. has in
formed the department that he holds
affidavits charging Private George
Peters with being an Austrian secret
agent.
: One of the papers in the possession
+ of Captain Watson is an affidavit OF
, Miss Clara A. Dyer. She said Peters
was stationed at Fort Totten, N. Y,
in the 135th company. Coast artillery
corps, and that he was an Austrian
spy sent to the United States to obtain
the secret of manufacturing the pow
erful explosive used by the United
States government. Miss Dyer as
serted she had become engaged to Pc
ters The girl turned over a number
of letters, in which he told of his
plans Peters real name, she said,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25
Farm and Factory Share Export Gair

trade, against s145, 100000 in 1910 and
s4S1 ,0O0OOO in 1907, the former high
record year.
Meat and dairy products show
total of about $150,000,00, against
s131 100000 last year, but materially
less than in certain earlier years, III
which the total ranged as high as
1902 10000 in 1907 and s211, 100000 In
1906.
Food animals show a total of $751;
100000, against little less than $lz,-
100000 last year, but much below the
figures of earlier years. when the total
figures of food animals exceeded $45'-
600 600 in the high record of 1906
Flour amounted to about 50,00O.0oo
in value. against s475OO,OO0 last year.
but much less than in certain earlier
years, the high record in flour exports
in 1893 showing total of S7S,50O,0oo.
In manufactures the increase in the
group manufactures ready for con-
sumption" is about s100,000,000. and
IN the group manufactures for further
use in manufacturing" the increase is
$40 100000. The increase in manufac-
lures is apparent in a large number
of articles. Agricultural implements,
as a whole, show an increase OF
about S5,00O,000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25
BARRELS OF DUST IN AIR.

Maybe you will not believe that il
some big building 10 barrels of dus
are the regular weeks ake-up from
air sue on vacuum-c' aaner work
One hotel that filters its intake all
through cheese-cloth screens Otter
filters out of its intake breathing ali
three or four barrels CT dust. O.
course, this system of interior vent
lstion and publication which is estah
lished in so many big buildings MARI
a distinct advance, else cur breathir-
airbags, bellows, lungs woul soon be
dut bags full of germs, bugs and
germ mice.-New York Press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25
sRORTH0RN IN FAVOR
Livestock Is Essential to Sue
cess in Agriculture.
Most Of Improved Breeds of Cattle
Had Their Origin In Great Bril-
tain-Farmers Must Raise
Own Feeding Steers.


No system of agriculture can be per-
manenly successful that is not found
ed on livestock. They are essential
70 tie conservation of soil fertility
fhis proposition has been abuIGancy
proven by scientific agriculturfsts and
progressive stociImen. Some one or
more breeds Of livestock is essential
to success on most farms. This fact
has put the ingenuity of farmers to
test to provide live stock that will
prove profitable.
Most Of the improved breeds of cat
tie had their origin In Great Britain.
Shorthorns were first bred in England
in the counties Of Durham, Lincoln,
York and Northumberland, along the
river Tees. and are the earliest i'm
proved breed OF beef cattle. In their
carly history they were called Dur
hams" and somtimes "Teeswater cat
tie" They became very popular In
England in the early part of the
eighteenth century, and in the latter
part of the nineteenth century they
were brought to this country in such
numbers that they soon spread to all
parts of the Union, and became the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25
SPARROWS KILL TURKEYS.

English sparrows kill turkeys IN
Rhode Island, according to DR.. Philip
B. Hadley. They convey the "black-
head" disease, whose fatal prevalence
among turkeys is threatening the
ruin Of turkey farming in the
state. DR.. Hadley says that poultry.
generally game birds and some wild
song birds, have the amoeba or COG
cidium, which causes the disease, and
so why he lays all the blame to the
English sparrow does not quite APP
pear, unless because the little pest
has earned SO bad name on other
accounts. The British grouse are
troubled in way similar to the tur-
key. And the seriousness of the case
Is illustrated by DR.. Hadley in tn
statement that whereas thirty year
ago Block Island alone used to sem
out more than 10000 pounds year
the turkeys now raised there car
only be counted by dozens.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25
Sleepinn Potion.

A woman who suffered much from
sleeplessness was relieved by the
strong odor of mint breathed each
night.
The remedy was one of those old
wife cures that are often effective.
and was brought to the sleepless ones
notice by clever friend, who sent a
bottle of strong essence Of mint, a
small sponge and daintily embroi.
dered lawn bag to hold the saturated
sponge.
The bag had spray OF mint leaves
done in colors on one side, and on the
other Sweet Sleep" Through a cas-.
ing at the top were drawn narrow
green ribbons that could be hung over
the head of the bed at night.
The odor of the mint proved sooth.
ing. and gradually the sleeping habit
returned
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25

Der of cattle, owing largely to fencing
of government land, the encroachment
of settlers, and the consequent cur
tailment of range. AS result Of
this, feeding steers have been abb
normally high, and farmers have often
found 1t difficult to get profit for the
grain consumed by these steers. Dur
ing this spring, the Chicago market
has several times shown the remark.
able condition of feeders selling as
high as good fat steers. 1t seems time
therefore for the farmers to begin
growing their own feeding steers
This is an suspicious time to begin.
and Shorthorn cows, both pure bred
and grade, make excellent mothers
for good class of feeding steers.
In conclusion, Shorthorns have been
given an exhaustive trial of 1870 years.
and have proven equal 10 the varying
emergencies nf tho stocitmen OF every
cline.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25

source from which the scrub cattle
were improved. For many years Short
horns were the only breed of i'm
proved beef cattle in this country, and
in consequence IL this, and of their
great popularity, they were widely
distributed and wrought a marvellous
change on the native cattle 1t was
largely Shcrthorn grade COWS on
which were crossed bulls OF other beef
breeds that were imported later. The
merit and popularity of Shorthorns
made it possible to make many noted
sales, both in Great Britain and the
United States. that are recorded in
the history of this breed. However
interesting an enumeration of these
sales might be, only one viii be given,
and that one because of its relation
to an influence on the cattle breeders
of Illinois,
In 1857, Capt. Jas. N. Brown of
oangamOn county, whose name was
enrolled in the Illinois Hall of Fame"
at Urbana last February, organized an
importing company, and acting as it's
agent, he went to England, where he
purchased ten bulls and twenty
cows. The sailing vessel that brought
these cattle over had a stormy pass
age of siXty-one days One heifer and
three bulls died at sea; but twenty
seven head were landed in Philadel-
phia in July, 1857. August 81 they
were sold at auction in Springfield,
H. In order to give the farmers of
Illinois the full benefit of this i'm
portation, bids were limited to resi-
dents of the state, and while stock
men from other states were present
and wanted the cattle, they were not
allowed to buy them. This decision of
the importing company is unique in
the history Of public sales, but showed
great state pride and remarkable I'M
selfshness. These twenty seven cat
tie were sold at an average of Sligo
The popularity of Shorthorns is the
result of two inherent qualities, their
excellence as beef animals and their
merit for the production of milk. For
early maturity, feeding qualities and
size of carcass Shorthorns are not sur
passed by any cattle; while in the
production Of milk and butter they
are without question better than any
beef breed. AS beef animals, their
record is known of all men," but as
milk producers their merit is not so
well known. Not many Shorthorn
breeders are dairymen, SO have not
kept milk records of their herds
Enough have been kept, however, to
establish the claim that has been
made for this breed. Jonas Whit
taker, who was prominent in Short
horn history in the latter part of the
seventeenth century, had a herd of
Shorthorn COWS that were known over
England as famous mixers. About
1900, Thomas Bates established a herd
that became the most noted in Eng
land and while he enjoyed an i'm
mense trade in the sale of beef ami
mails, his COWS were well developed in
dairy qualities, some of them giving
from "a to 81 quarts Of milk per day
Today the large dairies that supply
the milk to London are composed
largely, and in some cases exclusively,
of Shorthorns. There are many herds
in the United States at present that
have COWS of excellent milk produc-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25
"The Story of Holstein MIX

The Holstein-Friesian association
of America, which has its headquar-
tiers at Battleboro, VT, has issued an
attractive booklet under the title of
"The Story of Holstein Milk, with
the view of letting people know a bit
more than they do about the food pro-
perties, especially for babies, of the
milk from this breed of cattle. Many
hints for young mothers in regard to
feeding infants are included and there
are number of testimonials from
New England physicians who believe
in this milk. A history of the intro
duction of the Holstein from Holland
into this country is included and many
points are told in favor of the gentle
ness and worth of these cows whose
history goes far back into the ages.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25
ton. This is particularly true OF New
York, Pennsylvania and Minnesota.
Florence Airdrie 9th. owned by the

ton. Ih1S is particularly True Oh New
York, Pennsylvania and Minnesota.
Florence Airdrie 9Th, owned by the
Nebraska experiment station, during a
four-year test from 1903 to 1906, in
elusive, gave 35,575 pounds. and
1897 pounds of butter, an average
of butter production of 440.9 pounds
During one of these years she pro-
duced a bull calf that was sold for
5000. Mamie Clay has q record of
1922 pounds of milk in one year,
and an average of 11,127 pounds dur
ing a four-year test. Lula, owned by
the Missouri agricultural college, pro-
duced 1891 pounds of milk and COS
pounds of butter. Prof c. Ii. Eckles,
under whose management this test
was made, estimated the value of her
butter and skimmilk for the year at
500 The ctawri-~ &C, tho.a G..
as mix and butter producer is Rose
of Glenside, owned by May and Otis,
Granville Center, Pa. During an Off
cial test of twelve months ending
March 2, 1910, she produced 1905
pounds of milk and 1876 pounds of but
ter, a daily average of 495 pounds of
milk and two pounds of butter. She
was eight years old at the beginning
of the test, and at its close weighed
1,450 pounds. From the herd where
this COW is owned, forty-one records
have been made that averaged 10000
pounds, and fifty-one that averaged
5000 pounds of milk in one year.
Several years ago, when the ranch
men had unrestricted use of govern
ment land and unlimited grass, they
produced cattle so cheaply that farm
ers who had to grow steers on valu-
able land and expensive feed nearly
all sold their cows and quit raising
steers. During recent years there has
been a decided decrease in the num-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25
WAYSlDE WISDOM

Too much sunshine makes the des-
ert.
Prudence is generosity's worst en-
envy.
little too much learning is dan
gerous thing.
pies discomfort.
Many true word spoken in jest is
repented in earnest.
Many a man has lived not wisely
by living too swell.
The prose of marriage is the only
poetry left on earth.
Wisdom is the cleyerness of the
feHrt, not of the head.
~ 10. sssnc o lucky if found too
close to the rae lack.
A woman is knoN. by the COM
pany she tries TO keep.
Most people cannCs distinguish a
catchword from an opinion.
1t takes more cour; sc to defy con-
vention than to defy morality
A souvenir by any other name
would probably be called trash.
1t takes a famous ] ali to apploe
ate the advantages of -bscurity.
mere Acquaintance is fric-
for whom you have doEs a favor.
The married mans iiea of laui
ness is to find all the buttons sewsl
on.
Love is a thing which IS afraid to
coV Il RI CO u
no.
A girls substitute for wild oats is
to spell her name Maymyo or Lu-
cylle
Some women's idea of charity is 10
tie pink ribbons arc md a pet dog 5
neck.
The man who jumps at conclusions
is likely to land in some very queer
places
The heartiness in the wag of dogs
tail does not depend on the size OF
tie dog.
1t is wise Prod; al Son who "a
tends to the slaughtcring of his own
fatted calf.
Fortune is called tickle only by
those who have T.. rown her best
gifts away.
The artist is workman who
would rather have his job praised
than paid for.
Nothing astonishe5 a young hus.
band so much as to discover that his
wife is a woman.
The only person interested in
your troubles is the man who hopes
to profit by them
The highest form of hospitality oil
which some people are capable is tc
entertain an idea.
Who would not rather be wounded
by the thorns of the rose than stune
by hairs of nettle?
Some people work for fame and
some work for money and some get g
job on newspaper.
There are some word painters whC
forget that a good brush isn't al
there is to work Of art.
The man who has Righteousness
but lacks courage is like clock with
good works but no hands.
Riches may not buy happiness but
you never saw anybody who wanted
to remain poor on that account.
A man seldom is quite as good az
his wife thinks him or quite as bat
as his wife's kin think he must be
The sensitive man who wants t
wear every cap that fits him soon get.
to think that the world is one vas
hat store
Nobody else really knows how i
feels to be the car, unless it is &
dog with bunch of firecrackeri
tied to his tail.
Most of us would be kinder thai
We are if we could always be kline
without feeling that we had beer
made an easy mark.
The things which a man can't dt
without are frequently the reason,
why he has eventually to dispense
with them altogether.
Observe the able man-how h
toilsomely ascends tho steep path t.
success. Behold the Gatterer-hov
he is carried thither on the shoul
ders of other men!
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25
Another Napoleon Relic.

An interesting addition has been
made to the contents of the Army
Museum in Paris in the shape of q
red and white ensign, ornamented
with gold beetles, which Napoleon
gave to the troops in the Island of
Elba during his sojourn there. A
French contemporary informs us that
the flag came into the possession of
Colonel Campbell, whom the allies
set to keep watch over the emperor,
when he made his sudden departure
from the island, and has remained in
the family ever since. The gift is one
which the French nation will no
doubt be glad to have in its posses
sion. estninster Gazette.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25
Brought home to Him.

A Cincinnati judge entered the VOL
colt yesterday morning and regis
tered He said he had Just come from
Boston. Then he put his hand in his
hip pocket, looked puzzled, fished
about while the clerk expected to hear
him say he had lost his pocketbook,
and then pulled out a key. from which
a tag was dangling.
We'll, by hokei" exclaimed the
turist, "if that isn't the key to my
room at the Hotel Touraine! Say,
how much is this thing worth, any
how?"
About fifty cents" he was told
We'll, we'll! And to think that |
have sent men to jail for stealing less
thar thati"-Ntw York Sun.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25

Silage is looked upon with great
favor among sheep men, says Prof.
Wood in his book on silage. Sheep
do well on it, and silage-fed ewes
drop their lambs in the spring without
trouble, THE lambs being strong and
vigorous. Silage containing a good
deal of corn is not we'll adapted for
breeding stock, as it is too fatten-
ing; for fattening stock, on the other
hand, much corn in the silage is an
advantage. Sheep may be fed on a
couple of pounds of silage a day and
not to exceed five or six pounds per
head
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25
1.-THE Honorable and Respected"

A curious old Bavarian custom iG
just about to be altered in Bavaria
by the Minister of Justice. Crimi-
mails executed in the prison OF
Straubing have hitherto been buried
with memorial crosses placed over
them stating, Here lies the honor
able and respected so and So if the
criminal were a married man, while
the graves of the condemned and ex-
ecuted bachelors bore the words
Here lies the virtuous so and So"
It has now been decided in future
TO inter them without any such COM
plimentary reconsideration Stand
ard
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25
Dry Hen Won't Freeze.

1t has been said that a healthy.
dry hen cannot be frozen to death
Her coat of warm feathers protects
her. For this reason it is of more
Importance to have dry poultry
house than warm one. Keep out
rain and dampness, provide plenty
of corn and other grain ration and the
hen will fare well.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25
New Sanitary Device.

Water used in sprinkling the streets
OF Poughkeepsie, N. Y, has with it a
certain amount OF chloride mixture
by which it is hoped to cheek the
spread of infectious diseases. The ex.
pertinent will be continued long
enough TO determine the value of the
scheme. and il any material benefit Is
observable this disinfection OF the
atreetG viii lie continued.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25

On account of the ravages of the
white ant. which destroys the wood
work in buildings at Hong Kong. the
use Of steel beams is now almost uni
versal in buildings erected there by
foreigners, while the Chinese also use
them to a considerable extent.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25

Many alfalfa mills are springing up
in Kansas and other western states.
One Kansas plant has a capacity OF
eight carloads per day and pays $780,
600 annually for its raw material. AL
falfa meal is now used extensively in
the cattle field.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25

It is not generally known that most
flowers such as Canterbury bells, an
tirrhinum, and host of others will
keep Towering till late in the autumn
4 they have their seed pods removed.
It has been tlied with success.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25
DAILY DIET AND
lei e ALTH HINTS
BY DIR. T. J. ALLEN
Food Specialist
RICE AS MONODIET IN
SICKNESS.

Unpublished rice serves better
as a nonodiet In sickness, es-
pecialIy If it must be long con-
tinued, than the miIIed. It Is
Less Liable to cause constipa-
ton, but mixing a tablespoon
full of ground bran, steriIized In
the oven, with the cooked rice,
will avoid the difficulty. This
will support life indefinitely
and is especially valuable in
dyspepsia and bowel troubles.
The part removed In the mill
Ing process, to which tho pol
ished rice has been subjected,
contains most of the aIbumen
and much of the mineral part
and the only benefit of milling
Is in making Il whittier, as In
the case Of flour.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25
Care for Spray Tank.

thoroughly washed out so that there
will be no lime left to dry on the ip-
side and make trouble when you wish
to spray again.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25

A bachelor girls club is an associ-
alton of women who think they are
more likely to get husbands by prs
tending not to want them.-Chicago
News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25
CONCRETE BASE FOR ANCHOR
Excellent Method for Making Corner
Post Sccure-"Dead Man" Cuts
Quite Figure.

To make corner post secure in the
ground, dig a large hole and fill with
concrete. Another method is to add a
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25

dead man" made of concrete and
draw the wire with a double-acting
screw such as is sometimes used in
guying telephone poles.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-25

A quick way to get rid Of your
money is to run up bills and then pay
than.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-07
A Curious Year. ,

Nineteen hundred and eleven will
be remembered as one of the
strangest agricultural years ever
known in this section of the South.
Farmers of long experience have
noted that it is an unusual good for
tune to make on Barnwe1l lands, as
a. whole, full crops of corn and cot
ton the same year. If the rainfall is
all that corn requires it is too much
for cotton, which is a sun plant that
needs and rejoices in dry weather.
While the average corn crop of the
county has been disappointing some
farmers have made the largest yield
OF their lives. The Williamson plan
of crowding the stand and fertiliz-
ing with a lavish hand has been, we
are told, general failure, while the
old-fashioned way Of giving good
distance and using little commercial
fertilizer has been as generally sat-
isfying. These results have been
manifested on the same farms, the
pet, well fed acres having produced
only nubbins, and not too many of
them, while the unfertilized fields
with their five feet rows have borne
crops like they did in old times, or
even better.-Barnwell People.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-07
Hang Negro Murderer.

Washington, Ca, Dec. 5.-Three
hours after he had been shot in the
face by John C. Hollenshead, the
brother of the man he murdered, T.
B. Walker, the negro whose sensa-
tional escapes have made him a fa-
nous criminal in this section, was
legally hanged here this afternoon.
Walker killed Charles Hollenshead,
a wealthy white merchant, October
%. Later he was taken by a mob
from an officer, but escaped. He was
captured, sentenced to death, and
when being brought here from Au-
gusta to be hanged escaped again.
He was caught, and after being sen,
fenced this morning was shot while
in the court room.
The court house was crowded when
the shot was fired and CONSERVATION
reigned for a time; many believing
the negro had made another break
for liberty. The bullet passed
through Walkers right cheek, in
flicting only a slight wound. He was
hanged at 2 O'Clock.
Hollinshead, the negro's assailant,
who had been a member of the pos
Sc which had been searching for
Walker for four days before he was
captured, had advised his compan-
ions to allow the law to take it's
course, with respect to the negro. He
collapsed Immediately after the
shooting.