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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
Babies Play While the Mothers Prav

n OLUMBIA, Mo-That age-worn
~ problem, What to do with baby
while mamma goes to church." is in
process of solution by the women of
the Methodist Episcopal church in
this city. Under the leadership of
Mrs. C. M. Aker, the pastors wife,
the women of the congregation are
making enthusiastic progress in the
establishment of what might be called
the most unique" of all day nur-
series, if that expression were gram
NAUTICAL
The idea Is a Sunday nursery in
the church edifice and the pastors
study has been chosen for this novel
institution. During the Sunday school
and preaching services those mothers
who heretofore have had to explain to
Pastor Aker why they attended
church so seldom now sit with their
classes and in their pews, happy in
the Consciousness that the youngsters
of the household are in good hands,
which will prevent them from setting
fire to ,he house, falling off the front
porch railing or otherwise endanger-
ing their precious little lives.
Miss Loretta Ferguson has been
chosen as head nurse, with several
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

NEW YORK.-A city beneath city
~ is the only term which can fifty
describe underground New York. This
buried city has its stores, restaurants,
art galleries and other places of busi-
ness the same as the city of the open
air and the blue skies; and many thou
sands of people work in it daily,
needless of the tide of busy COM
merce passing far above their heads.
No sooner was the subway opened
than stores along its route began
building show windows facing on its
stations and entrances. The great
stores Of Brooklyn have made even
more of this opportunity than Man
haitian. Long and dazzlingly lighted
windows flank the stations there.
Cafes followed the stores in hustling
to cut entrances from the subway,
realizing that no space need be vast
ed in this town of precious inches
simply because it was underneath the
sidewalk. From Ann street down
practically every foot of Broadway
pavement is laid over followed space
that is utilized for something. Vaults,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
POLICE HELP POOR

constable, who is lieutenant colonel Of
the corps. AS stated in the appeal re-
ferred to, it aims not only lat taking
the boy in hand when he leaves school
and helping him in cooperation with
the labor exchanges to find employ
ment, but continuing his education in
at least some of those habits and In
dustries which the state has already
taught him."
King Edward was greatly interested
in the movement, and on Feb. IL.
1910, while on a visit to Brighton, he
paid a call at the Central police sta
ton, Town hall, inspected a number
of the lads and the clothing and boots
prepared for them, and had the whole
scheme explained to him by Lieuten-
ant Colonel Gentle. Afterwards his
majesty said: 81 have been deeply in
terested and touched by what l have
seen and heard. l think this work a
most excellent one. | heartily con-
graduate you and your committee
and wish you continued success"
The cadet corps has now been
recognized by the war office as part
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

7 AWRENCE, Kan.-An income of
L. $500 a week should be enough for
almost any schoolgirl of fourteen, but
it is about S59975 more than the only
Lawrence schoolgirl of that age who
draws it ever expends.
A nickePs worth of gum drops, a
dime for pencil or two and 10 cents
more for general expenditures usual
ly represent the extravaganza of this
lass, although she might buy almost
anything else she pleased. The young
lady of the large income and of the
small outgo is Miss Ellen Ellen, an
Indian student at Haskell Institute.
At Haskell, the second largest In
dian school in the world, there are
many girls, perhaps more girls than
boys. The parents of many of these
children are rich, enormously so, but
their riches are not used to buy the
things that delight the soul of the
paleface.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
Indian as Correspondent

Hill. Stamford. He is in business IL
New York. where Mrs. Ferguson has
been living for sometime. The latter
is we'll known in Philadelphia. Her
father is distiller.
Many stories of a sensational ma
ture helped to enliven the trial, which
began at Bridgeport on October 26.
Mrs. Ferguson admitted that she was
a great admirer of the big, handsome
guide. but insisted on the witnesa
stand nevertheless that her husband
was the only man she ever really
loved. She testified that the fact that
Graham was a half-breed Infian only
increased her interest in him.
Mrs. Ferguson on the witness stand
admitted having bought pair of gold
suspender buckles and pair of gold
garter buckles for the guide, as we'll
as silk shirts and pajamas.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
Turk and Potato Bug Cause Wedding

ID REWSTER, Wash.-A charming ro-
ID nance has ended here in the mar
riage of Philip Strange and Miss Hell
en- McGraw, Tho wedding being locally
styled a union of the Washington
State Potato King and the Turkey
Queen of the Northwest"
Mr.. Strange last year sent a special
train of forty cars of potatoes to east
ern markets-the first exclusive po-
tato train to cross the continent This
year he increased his potato area to
$500 acres and his crop is in the hun
dreds of thousands of bushels.
Miss McGraw for years had taught
country schools in the vicinity of this
town, but two years ago she began to
raise turkeys for the market. The
land she selected for her turkey ranch
adjoined the potato farm of Strange.
Here the romance started.
During last summer a scourge of
bugs raided the potato fields, and
Strange foresaw that unless he fought
the bugs his crop would be lost. About
this time a drought spoiled the feed
ing grounds of Miss McGraw's turkey
farm. The grass and alfalfa fields
dried up, and the insects accustomed
to Turk therein vanished
Unable to find food at home, the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
THIS NEGRO TURNS WHITE
Strange Case at chilIicothe, Mo-, is
to Be Reported to National
Medical Society.

Chillicothe Mo.-The case of a ne
gro who turned white is to be reporte.,
to the National Medical society witr
the hope that something may be-
learned of the peculiar skin disease
which has baffled physicians OF north
west Missouri for several years.
The negro, who is dead here, was
Dudley Payne. coal black and typical.
ly African in feature. He came to
Chillicothe three years ago. After
he had been here a few months he
began to turn white in spots. The
splotches at first appeared on his
hands and later spread to the upper
part Of his body. The change came
gradually. At the time of his death
Payne's face and the upper part of his
body were as white as those of any
Caucasian.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

rapid increase in the demand for lum-
Der for railroad purposes, has been
discovered by western railroad engi-
neers.
The preserving of ties and piling by
picking in Great Salt Lake may be-
come an important industry, If the ex-
periments now being worked out
prove as successful as they have thus
far given indications.
Ten thousand railroad ties that
have been picking" in the salt lake
for the last three years have just
been removed from that body of high
ly mineralized water and are now be-
ing transported to Hazen. New, there
to be given a trial on the new Hazen
cutoff of the Southern Pacific. "Pick-
ling" ties in the lake is by no means
a new experiment on the part of the
railroad company, but the preserving
quality of the lakes brine has but re-
Gently been discovered to be suffi-
eiently great as to justify its possible
use on a large scale.
There are ties on the old Promon
tory line of the Central Pacific rail
road, which were placed there forty
years ago and have not decayed.
proving the preservative qualities of
the salt formation in which they lay
for years before being placed in the
roadbed. Piling is also being preserv-
ed in the lake, as excellent results
have been obtained by the piling in
the great trestle across the lake,
which since the day it was first placed
in the first part of the Lucien cutoff
has shown no deterioration. Through
the genius of E. H. Hartman in build
ing the cutoff at a cost of $40, 900, 900,
nearly 100 miles in the route to the
coast has been saved to the road by
the lake. If it can be used on large
scale as substitute for the costly
creosote and chloride of zinc preserv-
ing processes, which nearly all roads
have employed to a great extent, 1t
may turn out that the lake will be Of
even greater service.
The ties that have just been remov
ed will be subjected to hard test in
the alkali soils of Nevada. The pick
ling" process has caused them to be
heavily impregnated with salt and
they act as a ground" for the cleo
trio current in the block signal cir
cults. This fact makes them unfit for
use on the main line of the road over
which the block signals play an i'm
portant part, but there are many
miles of track in which they may be
safely used.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

OF all these Indians, the Chickashas
of Oklahoma are the richest, and Ell
len Ellen is a Chickasha. She holds
the distinction of being the wealth.
est girl in college or, for that matter,
in Kansas at present Ellen Ellen is
a fiat contradiction to the stories that
are written of the Indians. She is not
a beautiful Laughing Water. for her,
facial characteristics are those of the
real Indian.
Every Saturday the Haskell students
are permitted to come to Lawrence to
enjoy what pleasure they may find
The girls are brought in big carry
all, with teacher to chaperon them.
Ellen Ellen is an exception to her
sister students. She spends Is cents
a week in town, so her money is sim
ply resting until the time when she
will spend it all. There is no telling
where it may end Maybe Ellen Ell
len will bring a dowry to her hus-
band that will rival that Alice Thaw
gave the Earl of Yarmouth. This hus-
band may be one of her own race, and
then he may not be. Daily there are
Caucasian visitors at Haskell Institute
who know of the wealth OF these girls
and for this wealth are willing to be-
come "squawmen."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

AS bandits hold up trains and carry
off large sums of money almost daily
the Russian government has decided
to construct armored carriages for the
use of the State bank. They will run
regularly between st. Petersburg and
Russias principal towns.
They are to be of iron and will con
tain accommodation for a strong con
voy of soldiers. Each wagon will be
so planned that the guard can fire
from it as from a fort. Each train
will be under the command of an Off
Ger, who is to have full powers to open
fire on all suspicious persons ap-
preaching the train.
The authorities have come to the
conclusion that this Is the only means
of putting a stop to the prevailing
lawlessness on Russian railway tracks.
AS the ordinary postal trains can
only carry small convoy the raiders
have things all their own way,
and have grown so daring that they
now hold up trains in broad daylight
and quietly bury their booty in a neigh
boring forest while the panic-stricken
passengers wait for them to set the
engine driver free.
In future only mails and small sums
of money will be sent by ordinary
trains. Private banks will be able to
hire accommodation in the armored
trains. They will begin to run In a
couple of months time
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

of the territorial force. Il numbers
$50 boys under the direction of 10
officers
Lieutenant Colonel Gentle says that
the police of Brighton are extremely
happy in their work for the children,
and that the latter grow up to know,
respect and even love the police. The
scheme has also promoted better
understanding between the police and
the public.
The police believe that the cadet
corps helping the boy when the time
comes for him to become a wage
Garner" will not only prevent juvenile
crime and exterminate the tramp, but
will help to prevent people getting into
a state of acute restitution.
The immediate object Of the appeal
is for funds to erect suitable head
quarters for the corps at Brighton. A
free site in a central situation has
been offered by C. R. Scrase-Dicklns,
and the building, with its furniture
and fittings, will cost $4,000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
Organization Started by London
Officers Aided by Cadets.
Will Extend Imperial Service Corps,
Now Two Years Old, Which
Takes Children in Hand
and Helps Needy.

London.-From Brighton town hall
IN inhuentially signed appeal has
just been issued for funds to extend
the imperial service cadet corps, an
organization whose origin is bound up
with the remarkable and romantic ca
Teer of the Brighton police scheme for
clothing destitute children.
The cadet corps is only two years
old, the police charity nearly eight.
The story of the latter is one of the
most bracing human narratives which
could be placed before the public. The
police of Brighton have worked the
charity themselves, taking note of the
destitute children in the streets, visit
ing their homes to make inquiries and
fitting them out with new clothes on
certain days when the children at
tended at the building which had been
acquired for a wardrobe.
The public supported the scheme
well, the police grew increasingly
keen as they saw its good results and
the progress Of the movement has
been such that according to the last
annual report 339 boys and 295 girls
were clothed in the year 190910.
In course of their inquiries the po-
lice found that many young girls who
were DESTROYS Of entering domestic
service could not do so because they
had no suitable clothes. The same
report states that forty-three girls
were supplied with complete outfits
for entering service, and that the po-
licemen's wives, having formed them
selves into a working class at the po-
lice institute, made 205 garments.
The question of discipline and en-
ployment for the growing lads arose
and led to the formation of the 1mpe-
rial Service Cadet corps by the chief
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

horde of several thousand half-grown
and half-famished turkeys invaded the
potato field of the northwest potato
king. The potato bugs decreased in
number every day as the voracious
turkeys advanced through the long
straight rows. At night the poultry
rested beneath the vines and at day
break again continued the onslaught
against the plague of bugs. When Au-
gust came, and with it nice warm
rains, the potato fields freshened up,
and the biggest crop of tubers ever
harvested matured
The turkeys were loath to leave the
potato fields, and Miss McGraw and
Strange held several councils to plan
methods to get the turkeys back to
their home land. 1t was finally de-
cided to let turkeys and potatoes re-
main on the same farm and the re-
suit was the wedding.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
Daily Earnings of Locomotive.

A writer in the Railway and Ensi-
aeering Review recently gave the in
teresting results of a computation of
the average daily earning capacity of
the American locomotive. The esti-
mate took account of time spent in
the repair shop, increased cost of re-
pairs and renewals, and the cost Of
fuel water and the engine crew. The
average earnings per locomotive per
day in the east are s124,S4, and on the
western roads, $130.S4 The highest
earnings in the west are those Of
the Santa Fe locomotives, which work
out of $149.53 per day. The highest
earnings in the east are on the Central
Railroad OF New Jersey, where the
average is s147,06 per day.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
TO BUILD AFRICAN RAILROAD
II Is Intended to Do for That Cont.
nent What the Union Pacific
Did for America.

The prospects of the vigorous ex.
ploitation of north and west Africa,
as the result of the Franco-German
settlement of the French Con-
go questions, have evoked a proposal
for the construction of vast trans
African railway. to do for the African
continent what the Union Pacific has
accomplished for the western states Of
America.
M. Andre Berthelot, formerly a dep
uty Of the French chamber, outlines
the scheme in lie Matin as a railway
starting from Algiers or Oran, and ex-
tending to Katanga to JOIN the Cape
to-Cairo line, which he argues ought
to be modified to join Algeria, instead
of Egypt. with the Cape.
The trans-African line would have
two branches, one running from the
Sahara to Nigeria, joining west Az
RIGA with Algeria, and the other con-
Meeting the western Mediterranean
section of the continent with the In
dian ocean by means of the Uganda
railway.
M. Bethelot estimates that the rail-
way will reduce the distance to Lon
don from johannesburg to nine days,
and to Paris from Lake Chad to four.
He points out that the British have
already built 1860 miles of the Cape
to-Cairo line the Belgians 80 miles
of track, and the French in Algeria
372 miles. Thus, of the 6,572 miles
from Algiers to the Cape, only 4,OO0
miles remain to be built. He regards
it as a perfectly feasible scheme, con
sidering the trans-Siberian railway
from Moscow to Vladivostok, which Is
1882 miles long
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
New Workers Burrow Down Like Moles

restaurants, rathskellers, wine cellars,
bakeries, pressrooms and acres of ma
chinery all are packed beneath the
feet of tramping thousands.
Statistics as to the men and women
who work below the level of the citys
streets would doubtless make inter
esting and surprising reading. How
many thousands of them there are
who practically never see the light of
day from the time they enter their
places of employment early in the
morning until they leave at night can
not be known accurately. But GER
tain it is that this mole-like burrow-
ing for more room to work in is in
creasing with every big building that
Is raised.
In underground Manhattan there
are souls enough to populate whole
towns in Jersey and up the state. In
the Hudson terminal village alone
there are nearly thousand workers
-shopmen, salespeople, demonstra-
tors, BARRIERS, servants of the railroad.
messenger boys, telephone girls, wait
ers, cooks and porters.
All over the city, both day and night,
there are more than $4,000 people who
do their work under ground, and
since Manhattan can only grow up
ward and downward towers in the air
and city underground seem the only
solution of the perpexities of modern
development.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
THEY SHOULD \
FEED the |
LITTLE BEARS |
BEFORE corihC !
TO chuRcN- !

other young women as assistants. Up
on arrival at the church mamma
places her baby or small child in the
care of these young women, who take
the tot into the study where Pastor
Aker prepares his sermons.
During the services the children
must be amused, lest perchance one
of them set up howl calculated to
disconcert Rev. Mr.. Aker In the midst
of his most flowing passage and to
distress the particular mamma who
may identify the infantile wall
Miss Ferguson says the plan Is
working splendidly. Mrs. Aker de-
clares that hereafter If any mamma
member of the Methodist church stays
away from Sunday services, she will
be called upon to do still more ex-
planning than heretofore Pastor Aker
has not been interviewed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
FUR SALES TOTAL MILLIONS
Trappers and Hunters Make 100000
on Skins of Wild Animals
in Wisconsin.

Madison, Wis.-That trapping OF
fur-bearing animals Is still an indus
try of much magnitude in Wisconsin
Is gathered from figures of the state
fish and game department. Two mil
lion dollars annually represent the
sales Of pelts.
Seven hundred and fifty thousand
muskrats, 1t is estimated, are trapped
in a year, and at as cents per rat"
are worth $337.500. Three hundred
thousand skunk skins year are sold
for an average Of $1,50, or total of
s450,000. One hundred thousand mink
are caught annually. These are
worth on an average $3.50 each. or a
total of S450,000.
1t is estimated that other fur-bear-
ing animals bring the hunters and
trappers at least 100000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
Mother Fights with Cat
Williamsburg, N. Y, Woman Found
Animal lnhaIing Her Baby's
Breath.

New York.-Mrs. Mary Murass, OF
Williamsburg, was attacked by big
Maltese cat, which suddenly went wild
and was severely bitten and scratched
before a policeman went to her aid.
and, after knocking out the vicious an
imal with his club, ended it's nine lives
with chloroform.
Mrs. Murass has four small children,
the youngest ten months old. Some
four months ago the cat jumped
through a window and proceeded to
make itself at home, soon becoming
a favorite with the children. 1t was
peaceful until a few days ago. when
Mrs. Murass noticed 1t was continual
1y wandering about the house with its
eyes glittering strangely.
The youngest Murass child lay
sleeping in it's crib until the mother
heard a faint cry and discovered the
cat lying across the child inhaling it's
breath. MIS-. Murass got broom and
tried to beat off the cat. 1t thereupon
sprang fiercely at her, fixing its teeth
In her right shoulder and chewing
savagely.
The woman tried with her left hand
to free herself, but the cat bit that
hand and continued clawing. Mrs.
Murass' screams were heard by the
policeman, who dubbed the cat till 1t
released its hold. The woman was as
sisted to drug store and her wounds
cauterized.
The carcass of the cat will be sub
Jected to examination for possible
symptoms of rabies.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
Wealthy New Yorker Objected t.
Wife's Trip Into Mountain With
Red Skin.

Bridgeport, Conn-Walter Fergu-
son, Jr., of Stamford. was granted a
decree of divorce in the Superior
court here by Judge Howard J. Curtis
George Graham. half-breed Indian
guide, was named as the co-respon-
dent. Mrs. Ferguson's cross suit on
cation for alimony were denied. Mr..
Ferguson is a wealthy manufacturer.
Mrs. Ferguson comes from a promi-
nent Philadelphia family. Trips into
the Maine woods with the guide as
Mrs. Ferguson's companion. furnished
the basis for her husbands suit.
Walter Ferguson, Jr.. is wealthy and
has a handsome home at Strawberry
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
Japan to Spend Money for Lines.

The estimated cost for the con.
struction of the narrow gauge rail-
roads for which licenses have been
granted is s21,000,000, according to
the press of Tokyo. In addition, con-
siderable number Of locomotives and
cars are required for the government
railroads already constructed and or
ders for the same, are being placed
through the representatives in Japan
for foreign manufacturers and sales
agents.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
Favor Overhead System.

After seven years of study, a COM
mission appointed by the Swiss repub-
lie to investigate various methods of
electriflcation has decided to recon-
mend the overhead rather than the
third rail system for the Swiss Ma
tional railways. There will be 1880
miles of railroad In the Swiss system,
and it recommends that single phase
current be used at pres
sure of $1,000 volts. The cost of the
entire system will be about $f3,O0O,-
pOO.--Scientific American.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
FORTUNE GONE; is WAITER
Man Found In New York Dance Hall
Was Traced Around the
World,

New York.--How man spent an
Inheritance of $4,000, then disap-
peared and was traced almost around
the world was told in the undefended
divorce action of Mrs. Hazel W. r.
Ash against Frank Ash, Jr. The case
was before Justice Stapleton in the
supreme court In Brooklyn. The
plaintiff, it was testified. disappeared
two years ago and was found In q
Chicago dance hall. where. under an
alias, 1T was asserted, he 10 now an
ployed as a walter