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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10
Given Flapjacks Instead of Chicken

nj o more chicken in the army, turkey
~ twice Notwithstanding and
Christmas-and flap jacks" instead
OF hard tack" sum I'D the important
changes in the army ration for the
American soldier made during the past
year, according to the report of Com
missary General Henry G. Sharpe. The
elimination of chicken has resulted in
yearly saving to the government OF
$4,000. The poor soldiers now have
to worry along on beef, pork. mutton,
bacon. eggs and fish.
1t cost the United States 1914 cents
a day more to feed the American SOL
der In Alaska than 1t did those sta
toned in the United States. This is
declared due principally to the cost of
beef and its transportation to the iso-
lated posts in the territory.
The daily average cost of the ra-
lions issued during the year in the
United States alone was 22.75 cents:
Alaska, $3.50 cents; Hawaii, 24.lO
cents; Porto Rico, 1872 cents; aboard
transports, 1882 cents; American SOL
diers in the Philippines, 24.56 cents,
and the native soldiers in the Philip
pines. 1857. Even the Philippine is
lands shows a greater average cost
per diem per man. The report shows
the average cost per year per man In
the United States to be $105.96. and in
the Philippines. s11421.
1t is interesting to note, the report
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10
New News of Yesterday
are to be considered a part of M

are to be considered 4 part of nv
speech"
1t was soon realized that Senator
Quay had the senate at his mercy m
der the rule of the senate which pro-
vided that, whenever a senator an.
nounced that upon a certain day and
in the hours set apart for addressing
the senate he should speak, he had the
right to occupy the full time set apart
each day for discussion until his
speech was finished. Quay was pre-
pared to talk the tariff bill to death.
His speech had become a perfect mo-
sale of his own remarks and interpo-
lated paragraphs and extracts from
numerous tariff documents and vol
umes of literature and was without
precedent in the history of the senate.
At last senator said to him:
Aren't you firing yourself out, Quay ?"
"The senate is more likely to be
tired of me than / am of myself" was
the reply.
And in that statement Senator Quay
was correct. The senate tired of him.
acknowledged that he had the body
by the throat, SO to speak, and was
only too glad to concede all that QUAY
had been fighting for for more than
two weeks.
Copyright, 1911 by Z. J. Edwards All
Rights Reserved)
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10
Two Chambers a Great Pair

the committee, was a man of great
physical and mental force. From the
time he became prominent in national
politics as senator from Michigan, in
1907, until his sudden death in Chi
cago, In 1879, he did things in politics
In sledgehammer fashion l remem-
Der well the radical manner in which
ne opposed the extension Of slavery;
or his strenuous advocacy of a vigor-
GUS prosecution of the Civil war by
the. Union; and all of you must surely
recall the virulent attack he made on
JEFFERSON Davis just short time be-
fore his death. He was man who
never tired. His physical strength was
equal to his mental vigor. His dis
position was to overwhelm by some
thing like brute force.
That was the head Of the commit
tee. On the other hand, William e.
Chandler, also native of New Hamp-
shire, and, have been given to under
stand, distant relative Of Zachariah,
has been a master of finesse ever
since l knew anything about him. He
is one OF the most adrolt manipulators,
one OF the most skilful artisans upon
political wires, whom I have ever
known. He is slight of physique. His
mental power is acute, shrewd, subtle.
He Is, in short, the direct antithesis Of
what Zachariah Chandler was, and be-
cause he was, and because each man
understood the other and respected
the others peculiar powers and both
were in full accord, there was perfect
equipment, mental and physical, for
the direction of the Republican ma
tional committee in 1876.
That was made plain on the night
of the election. 1t was after midnight,
when the election Of Tilden was being
generally conceded, that the managing
editor Of the New York Times told
William E. Chandler that If the three
doubtful states Of Florida, Louisiana
and South Carolina had gone Repub-
lican then Hayes was elected by one
vote. Chandler instantly grasped the
proposition and its possibilities with
intuitive vigor and shrewdness, he as
instantly worked out the details of the
plans to insure those three doubtful
states to the Republicans; while Zach
ariah Chandler, the chairman, with his
massive, overwhelming personal force,
put those plans into instant execution.
And the Republican returning boards
of those three southern states, recog-
nizing the strength of the support that
they would have in the national COM
mittee, at once claimed everything for
their party.
II do not know of any other two
men who could or would have acted
so promptly and worked together SO
perfectly in so momentous a matter;
/ do not know of any other two per-
sons who would have so supplemented
each others peculiar ability for such
work. And so l think 1t can safely be
said that but for the two Chambers,
chairman and secretary of the Repub-
lican national committee, Tilden, in all
would have been declared
elected and that declaration would
have been accepted without the slight
est cavil."
Copyright, 1911. by e. J. Edwards All
Rights Reserved.)
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10

shank. When the anchor is not in
use the arms can be folded up along
the shank and the whole take up very
little space, besides having the points
out of the way, where no one is in
danger of running against them.
When the anchor is to be lowered the
arms are pushed open and locked in
that position so firmly that the appa-
ratus is just as strong as If made in
one piece. An anchor of this kind can
be laid along the bottom of the boat
body will know it is aboard until it is
needed
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10
Wants Pension Office Beauty Restored

u ENSION COMMISSIONER JAMES
/ L. DAVENPORT has an eye to the
artistic, and as much as it is possible
for that genial gentleman to be dis
gruntled. is nightly grieved over the
fact that the pension office does not
look as pretty as it ought to, and
nothing like as pretty as it might
Commissioner Davenport says that the
pension Office ought to be one of the
show places in Washington, and there
was a time when this was true. Now
1t is half-filled up with the desks, file
cases and literature OF the Indian Of
fee, which really hasn't any business
there. In fact, the great court OF the
pension office, which until the new
government printing office was con-
structed was the largest building In
the world, all under one rnof. looks
more like clutter closet so far as
the main floor is concerned, than like
decent. respectable public building.
The great Interior court is surround
ed by the various offices which rise
tier on tier to the great glass ceiling,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10
Novel Vacuum Cleaner.

A great variety of vacuum cleaners
have appeared on the market and
many of them vary from others only
in the most minute details, but one
which is on entirely novel lines has
been recently brought out and will fill
special place and may in the course
of time he perfected so as to be ap-
plicable to all domestic establishments
where stream of water Is available.
1t consists Of two suction pumps, op-
Grated by direct connected water
wheel and a chamber in which the
dust and dirt mix with the water dis
charged from the wheel. The machine,
which weighs little less than TWEEN
ty-five pounds, is intended to sit over
a sink or bathtub and the dirt and
water pass out through the waste pipe.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10
INDUSTRIAL
fECHANICAL
(4 NOTES @|aB

Germany sends $4,000 feathers a
year to England for millinery pur-
poses.
Kid gloves have nothing to do with
kids. They are made Of the skins Of
sheep.
Artificial wood for matches, made
from straw, has been invented by a
Frenchman.
The lumber interest of the far north
cent. in ten years.
Sealing wax does not contain a
particle of wax. 1t consists of shellac,
turpentine and cinnabar.
Whalebone is not bone at ALL 1t
has not a single one Of the many dis
tinctive properties Of bone.
Projectiles fired even from the
heaviest guns. when they penetrate
concrete, do so without splintering it.
At Hamburg, Germany, fashion
able restaurant occupies a building
which was made Of compressed paper.
The Malay states supply two-thirds
of the tin used in the world. Their ex-
ports of tin last year were above $40,-
100000
The wood of the willow tree is
tough, elastic and light. For this rea-
son artificial limbs are usually made
of willow wood.
Recent experiments in France have
shown that natural turf is an excel
lent material from which to form beds
for filtering sewage.
While the United States was lit
tie slow in getting started in the au-
tomobile business, there are many who
claim that we now lead.
Germany imported more than 5000
tons of fruit waste III 1910, principally
apple and pear pealing and cores, to
be used by jelly manufacturers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10
Real Father of Creenback

Hunt, as lad, showed great
capacity for science, and he began the
study of medicine with an old friend
of mine. While studying medicine,
however, he saw what the opportuni-
ties for scientific investigation were,
so that he went to New Haven. and
studied under the famous Silliman,
professor of chemistry at Yale.
1T was while he was studying chem
istry that he became almost by chance
possessed of information which he af-
forwards so utilized as to give us the
greenback. He put the discovery
aside for a while, but something
which he never could explain led him
to take 1t up again, and at the begin
ming Of our Civil war he announced
that he had invented a green ink
which would stand any climatic raw
ages and retain its color for all time.
so much for that. Now, after Sec
rotary Chase had received authority
to issue legal tenders, he was anxious
to give the notes a distinctive appear
ance. He wanted to have them as un-
ihC OnAhuOlcb DIS pOSSlDiS.
One day, he was speaking incidentally
about this to Judge Lafayette 8. Eos
ter, who at that time was a senator
from Connecticut and was often con-
suited by Lincoln. saying that he earn
estly desired to get the legal tender
note SO printed that 1t would be in
stantly identified by the eye. Judge
Foster suggested that he have the
bach printed in green ink, saying
that former townsman of his, DR.. T.
Sterry Hunt, had invented green ink
which would never fade, but that it
had never been put upon the market.
That will be just the thing, said
the secretary of the treasury. He got
of green ink printing pre-
pared. obtained proof that the ink
would not fade, and then gave the
order that the new legal tender notes
should. upon their reverse side, be
printed with this green ink. And in
that sense" said Colonel Wait, DIR.
T. Sterry Hunt is the father OF the
Copyright. 1911 by e. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reservedl
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10

n NE Of the duties of Uncle Sans
~ forest rangers is to kin "varmints
that destroy cattle, sheep and other
domestic animals. In the western
states, where bears, mountain lions,
wolves, coyotes, wildcats and iynxes
are plentiful, the annual damage from
wild beasts runs into millions Last
year forest rangers killed 1871 de-
structive animals. The reports, just
out, show that 213 bears, So mountain
lions. 172 wolves, SO wolf pups, CAST
coyotes, $40 wildcats and ~ lynxes
fell before the rangers guns
In addition to their efforts after ami
mails that are harmful to live stock
and to game animals and birds, for
est officers have made Roadway
against the prairie dog. which eats
one thirty-second as much as sheep.
The biological survey estimates that
one grown wolf will destroy about
$1,000 worth of stock a year, and
that the average family of wolves
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10

with the rows of handsomely orna-
mented balconies opening upon. the
court. In the center OF the cour. is a
beautiful fountain, and it used 20 be-
that exquisite little models al the
Monitor and the Merrimac Chased
each other around and around il this
fountain. There are number OF
wonderful columns OF brick cementut
over and painted to resemble marble,
and formerly there were all kinds oc
palms and aquatic plants around the
fountain, with nice lounging seats.
and, as Commissioner Davenport says,
1t was one OF the show places or
Washington, and It ought to be again.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10
Familiarity With Contents Of the SEN
ate Document Room Enabled Him
to Talk the Wilson Sugar
Tariff to Death.

Matthew Stanley Quay, chairman of
the Republican national committee
which carried on the successful persi-
Dental campaign Of 1888, and United
States senator from Pennsylvania
from 1887 to 1905. gained the reputa
ton of being the most expert political
manager of his time. The public, how
ever, did not know that Senator Quay
found his chief recreation in his H.
brary and was almost as good an au-
thority upon literature, classic and
modern, as he was upon politics.
While he was in the senate Mr..
Quay devoted much of his leisure to
the reading Of the documents con-
tanned in the senate document room,
and he was almost as familiar with
those which bore upon tariff discus
sions as was the famous AMI Smith.
who carried in his head complete
record OF all the documents, thousands
in number, in the senate docume ut
room, OF which he was superintendent
This acquaintance with general litera-
ture, and especially with the docu-
ments In the senate document room
bearing upon tariff questions, was the
weapon upon which Senator Quay re-
lied for defeating one clause in the
Wilson tariff bill of 1894.
Soon after the bill was reported to
the senate and while it was still in the
senate committee, 1t was observed
that Senator Quay made frequent
visits to the document room and was
in earnest conversation with AMI
Smith. When colleague met him one
day as he came away from the docu-
ment room with q bundle Of docu-
ments under his arm, Quay was asked
what he purposed doing with all those
documents.
"Oh, may have to make a speech
on the tariff bill" was the reply.
After the bill was reported to the
senate Quay announced that he did not
approve of the sugar clause of the bill,
and that he purposed to speak in op-
position to 1t. He gave notice of the
day when he would speak, and at the
appointed time he arose in his place
1870 oSSNA Aiio oPSCSA. Ills ludAAcI
was very quiet. He used none Of the
arts of rhetoric; but at the same time
he impressed upon the senators the
TACT that he purposed fighting the
sugar clause to the end. He occupied
all OF the time set apart for daily dis
cussion and then, as he took his seat
Quay remarked: "Mr. President, in
tend to go on with my speech tomor-
row."
When the morrow came Senator
Quay again took up all the time set
apart for daily discussion, concluding
with the announcement that he would
continue his remarks the following
day, when. the hour for daily discus
sion at hand, he arose and wandered
off into the field of literature, modern
and classic, being careful, however, to
apply such literary comments as he
had to make to the subject matter Of
his speech. And just before he sat
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10
Colonel Waits Story Of DR.. r. sterry
Hunt and His Invention of Green
Ink With Which the Notes
Were Printed.

II suppose that you have often
heard it said that Gov. Salmon p.
Chase, when secretary of the treasury
In Lincoln's administration, was first
called the father of the greenback,' :"
said the late John T. Wait, who for
many years represented a Connecticut
district in the lower house of con-
gress.
replied 90 Colonel Wait that sup
posed it had passed into history that
Secretary Chase was the father OF the
greenback.
well. he was not, In the sense in
which ] use the word" Judge Wait re-
plieo. "Mr Chase, when secretary of
the treasury, did secure from congress
authority to issue legal tender note,
which was nothing more than prom
government to pay at some time to the
bearer of the note its face value. Sec
rotary Chase, however, did not invent
the greenback; | mean by that, that
he was not the father of the particu-
lar form of legal tender note which be-
came known throughout the country
as tho greenback, and which contained
the fundamental idea upon which the
old Greenback party was founded.
which was the issuing by the govern
ment Of legal tender notes which were
to be practically irredeemable, or at
least redeemed In anything the govern
ment saw fit to redeem them in.
THE real father of the greenback,"
continued Colonel Wait, was born In
the town Of Norwich, Conn.,, which is
my home. His birthplace was only
about stones throw from the birth
place of Benedict Arnold. His name
was Thomas Sterry Hunt. He is bet
ter known today as T. Sterry Hunt,
the famous professor of geology and
chemistry Of McGill college. Mon
treal. one of the foremost men of sci
enca
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10
Watery Farewell.

A French woman, proud Of her linn
tied knowledge Of English, and an
American proud of her limited knowl-
edge of French, we're introduced at an
evening party. The French woman
insisted on expressing herself IA bad
English and the American woman
would talk nothing but bad French.
When the guests began to depart
they were still at it. At last they rose
to go. Here is their watery farewell:
Reservoir" said the fair Ameri-
can
tanks" responded her new friend.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10
80
|, AND @E w
l1[6(ffAAN1(g XII
INvENTS A FOLDING ANCHOR
Arms Of Implement Close Up Along
Shaft When Not in Use-Handy in
Small Motor Boats.

A Wisconsin man, who probably had
the painful experience some other peo-
pie have had with large anchors in
small motor boats, has designed fold
ing anchor. The arms of this imple
nent are pivoted at the bottom of the
hank, which is hollow, and are oper-
cd by rod that runs up inside the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10
Terra Gotta Saves,

BY using terra Gotta for the CAPT
tails of columns and other merely deco
rative work instead of carved mar
BILE, half million dollars was saved
in the cost OF the education building
at Albany, N. Y.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10
HEAT LOSS THROUGH GLASS
Condition. of Snow on Greenhouse Roof
Shows Relative Transmission
Wood Is Best.

The relative transmission of heat
through glass and through wood is
well illustrated in this drawing of the
condition of snow on the top of a
greenhouse roof some twelve hours
after the snow began to fall.
The total snowfall is shown by the
dotted line across the top. After the
12-hour fall the snow above the two
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10
Heat Loss Through Glass.

inch thick wooden ribs of the roof
was six inches deep, and only about
one inch deep over the greater part
of the glass surface, says the Popular
Mechanics. The loss Of heat through
the glass was five times as great as
the loss of heat through the two-inch
wooden ribs
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10
The Real Difficulty.
ide was weeping.

The bride was weeping.
ooh, Harold" she walled. How
can you-how can you go out every
night"
That's all right" said Harold
brutally. 1.-THE question that bothers
me is, how can get In every night?"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-10
ASH HEAP UNDER THE FLOOR
Revolving System Of Boxes Arranged
In Front of Heater to Receive
Debris-Empted Any Time.

The modern cellar is as orderly an
apartment as any of the other rooms
of the house, but at the present time
the unsightly ash heap has not been
entirely disposed of. The day is not
yet here when the coal bin and the
ash pile are entirely eliminated, and
the latter, growing constantly from
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-04
WHISKEY GETS ANOTHER
ONE AT PLANT CITY

Plant City, Nov. 3.-tSpecialD -
John Aiken, man little known
here, died at | / o'clock tonight as
the result OF severe blow admins
tered earlier in the evening. lie
had been hit in the back of the head.
Apparently a blunt instrument was
employed in the attack.
Aiken was found at the rear of the
e. NJ. Sparkman saloon at 8 p. m.
Three hours later he died. He was
unconscious when found and never
regained consciousness; therefore
was unable to throw any light on
who assaulted him. He was attend
ed by Drs. Young. Alsobrook and
Knight.
There is no clue to the identity of
his assailant and apparently no mo-
tive for the crime. Aiken smelled
strongly Of liquor when found. He
was about forty years old and had
been in Plant City two days.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-04
The Proposition.

To the Honorable Board OF County
Commissioners of Polk County,
Florida:
The undersigned registered voters
and freeholders, residing in the fol-
lowing described territory of Polk
County. Florida, to-wit: Township
Twenty-eight t2s) of Range Twenty
three f23b; Township Twenty-eight
(2SD of Range Twenty-four (24);
Township Twenty-eight (2S) Of
Range Twenty-Five t25), except Sec
tions Twenty-Five (25) to Thirty-six
1861 inclusive; and Section Twenty
five (25) to Thirty-six (36) inclu-
sive to Township Twenty-seven { 27)
of Range Twenty-Five (25) desiring
to have the said described territory
constituted into Special Road and
Bridge District under Chapter S2OS
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-04
DIDN'T GET AS COLD
AS WAS EXPECTED

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 3.-FrOsts pre-
dictcd for the South Atlantic and
Gulf States for last night were pre-
vented In most sections by high
winds, according to reports received
here from many points this morn
ing.
While the Weather was the coolest
of the season, il is uut believed that
the crops suffered any material dam
age. Charlotte, n. C., reported
mild frost with but little consequent
damage 10 vegetation The lowest
temperatures recorded ranged from
80 degrees above zero at Charlotte
to ~ above at jacksonville, Fla. A
range of from i6 to 40 degrees amOve
was recorded in Mississippi and
LOui ia
A siXty-mile wind is blow ing along
the Florida coast. according to re-
ports received from ST. Augustine
and West Palm Beach, but with lit
tie damage yet on land or water.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-04
First lyCemn
Number Next
Wednesday Eve.

The Nell Bunncll Concert Com
pany will appear in this city next
"Wednesday evening AT the Heron
theatre, this being the frs, of a
series of entertainments to be pre-
sentcd here by the I.yreum system.
The company is composed Of three
charming young artists. who present
an entertainment OF great variety.
yet classic enough To delight the en-
tire musical, as well as popular audi
ences.
The entertainments given by this
company will consist of vocal and
instrumental tri0s. duets. piano
and vocal solos, readings and child
representations. as well as the es-
pccially arranged songs with ac-
tion. which are always popular.
Miss Frances higgins and Miss
Vcsta Ohlinger are selling tickets
for this entertainment and these
ladies should be seen at once In or
der to secure desirable seats.