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Greene County herald., 1911-08-04
Uncle Sam Fights to Save the Salmon

| ticular about holding to the average
as some of them had exceeded it mate.
rally, nor did they bear out the theory
well known to every fisherman that
the bait is first turned by the fish and
swallowed head foremost. The blobs
it seems, eat them both ways.
The destructive average of the blob
is estimated at six salmon a day
which is maintained for about sixty
days year. This would make the de.
structive capacity of one fish total $50
salmon annually, to say nothing of the
little trout gathered in and sometimes
little blobs. The latter kind of feed
ing, however, me cts with the approval
of the fish experts
Blobs in general are bottom fish and
prefer to remain hidden under stones
etc. 1t is just in similar places that
young salmon and trout hide at Ger,
tain hours of the day, usually when
the sun Is hottest. It is then that the
blobs can get them with the least diff,
ficulty. For this reason, it is believed
the stomach contents of each of the
blobs examined represented one days
feeding and that under proper condi,
tions (when the salmon eggs or young
salmon are available) the same
amount would be eaten each day.
Greene County herald., 1911-08-04

WASHINGTON.-An army of unem-
W ployed men propose to soon
swoop down on this city following in
the footsteps Of Coxey's famous army.
James Eads How of st. Louis, friend
of the proletariat and protector of the
wandering tramp, will head this great
movement that is to overflow Mary
land, sweep into the District of Colum-
bia and spend its force against the
walls of the national capitol and the
great buildings Of state along the
Washington thoroughfares. 1t will be
the first march of protest since the ut
ter failure of the Coxey movement
back in the '90s
Somewhere between ESQ, 900 and 500,-
900 of workless workers are expected
to Join in the march of the discon-
tented. The campaign to gather them
up is already under way. The first
plans for the great march were made
last spring at the Hobo convention in
Milwaukee. These have since been
perfected and it is hoped now that
half million from the party of dis
content will join the protesting column
In its march upon the capital city.
James Eads How, the ST. Louis
Greene County herald., 1911-08-04

Mississippi for Mississippians'
that splendid slogan that for more
than century has made this state
the best spot in the Western Hemi-
sphere In which to live-has had AN
addition that bids fair to make the
state not only continue as the best
place to live, ut also make 1t one of
the most prosperous. Officials of The
Illinois Central railroad have joined
hands with the progressive business
men Of the state and are preparing
to make the revised slogan read
Mississippi for Mississippians, and
also for the best element of the other
people of the world"
Mississippi has such a wonderful
wealth of latent resources that the
wisest and best thing to do is to tell
the world of them and bring in the
better element of men and women to
develop them," said a prominent Off
cial Of the Illinois Central railroad
recently while on a trip through the
state. Everyone here knows what
we have, but the people at large have
passed the state over and gone TO
less favored communities because
they were not told what awaited them
If they came here. There is no
painting Of the lily here; the lily Is
too beautiful in its natural state.
To Advertise at Land Show.
THE industrial and immigration
department of the Illinois Central
railroad, however, has made a care
full study of the states soil, it's eli
Greene County herald., 1911-08-04

change in the regulations of the
school, but 1t has not yet consented
to do SO. This change, if granted,
would raise the bar which now pre-
vents a midshipman from marrying un-
til he has completed his two years
cruise, or in other words, has obtained
his commission as ensign.
The prohibition against marrying
until final graduation is based on the
assumption that the midshipman is
not receiving salary enough to enable
him to support a wife. The plea is
made that this regulation discrimi-
mates against the midshipmen There
is no bar to graduate of West Point
marrying as soon as he receives his
commission as second lieutenant.
The board of visitors to the Naval
academy hopes to be able to persuade
President Taft to recommend in his
December message to congress that
midshipmen be made ensigns on the
day of graduation.
Greene County herald., 1911-08-04
Mississippi to Invite Men of
Industry to Grow Dollars

offlcial "But we want the good men,
those that have been going to WASH
ington, Oregon, California and other
states of the West and paying high
prices for lands not SO good as we
have here.
Better Lard ct Lower Prices.
''In Oregon recently | read that
$4,000 an acre was paid for a certain
tract of land. And yet right down
here in Mississippi as GOOD or better
land than that is waiting for an
owner at>a price far below that. In
fact it may be purchased by any man
that really wants to buy It. And this
land here will show greater profits
than the $4,000 an acre land of Ore
gon. That was orchard and, and the
average profit an acre for orchard
runs around 5000 to $500. The straw
berry is better paymaster than that
right here in Mississippi There are
instances where 5000 and $500 an
acre has been realized from the lus-
cious berry that you people grow.
Good Roads Movement Starts.
mississippi is making excellent
progress in good roads, and l am
proud of the fact that the Illinois
Central started that movement here.
But the good roads movement
as we started it could never
have been a success If the pro-
gressive people of the state had
not got behind it and helped boost.
1t takes cooperation to make success
in these days, and the way that Mis-
sissippi has co-operated with the ILL
Greene County herald., 1911-08-04
Army Has a Mobile Fireless Kitchen

TINCLE SAM, like so many other
~ alert and up-to-date housekeepers,
is an advocate of fireless cooking. To
further satisfy himself of the efficacy
of this feature of preparing meals, he
has set aside, through the war depart
ment, $4,000. for the construction and
testing of the equipment of the mobile
kitchen, which is the invention of
Capt. Frederick Stopford, of the coast
artillery corps, post commissary at
the Preside of San Francisco.
This rolling field kitchen is designed
to feed men in the field on the march.
And 1t is owing to the good service it
has given, and which elected praise
from the officers in command, that the
device is so highly thought of by
Uncle Sam. The vehicle is equipped
with sufficient number Of air-tight
compartments to prepare the rations
for two companies of infantry or
troops Of cavalry the outfit being ar
ranged to mount on any sort of wagon
or truck
Thoco firo1acc o1x,,po NJ opte
Greene County herald., 1911-08-04


A Berlin scientist advocates the
use of electricity for clearing away
snow. He claims that the method
Is cheaper than the one now in
vogue. The apparatus consists of a
platform, onto which the snow swept
of the roadway is shoveled, and be-
meath which are series of pockets
formed of thin metal kept hot by
electrical radiators. The snow falls
from the platform into the pockets,
and is discharged as water from the
hoppers. The platform may be
mounted on wheels for transport to
various parts Of the town, and may
be stationed near the street drains,
SO that the water can run off, or the
electrical heaters may be erected at
special depots, to which the snow is
conveyed. The requisite current
may be taken from the town mains.
--Tit-Bits.
Greene County herald., 1911-08-04

I N the interest of Alaskan salmon
the determination of the fresh-wa-
ter sculpin, called also "miller's
thumb" 'bullhead," or "blob," is
urgently demanded. 1t is a worthless
fish, with tendency to feed on sal
mon fry and salmon eggs, and has a
voracious appetite and wonderful di-
gestive apparatus.
/ Barton A. Bean and Alfred G. Weed
of the division of fishes, United States
National museum, recently have inves-
tigated the blob" and find that it is
extremely destructive to salmon eggs.
These fish have no trouble gathering
in the fry, two or three incLes long,
and occasionally manage to corner
some larger ones.
Fourteen blobs were found to have
made way with 80 salmon and 46 eggs,
an average of almost three salmon
and little over three eggs for each
fish. These blobs were not at all par
Greene County herald., 1911-08-04
HEALTH HINT FOR TODAY.
No Set Rule For Sleep.

The amount Of sleep required
varies SO much with each indi-
vidual that no rule can be given.
Some persons find six hours
sleep enough to keep them in ex-
cellent condition physically and
mentally, and others need ten
hours to get the necessary rest.
One person can do the best work
of the day during the early
morning hours, and the next per-
son can accomplish twice as
much by working from 6 to 12
o'clock at night. 1t is well to
accustom oneself to being in
control of the brain action as far
as possible and to avoid con-
forming to set rules. but person
al idiosyncrasies are not always
easy to overcome, and each one
must be a law unto himself in
such matters. If you feel bright
er and more fit in the evening
and can accomplish better work
you had better arrange your af-
fairs SO you can give your indi-
yidual attention to your duties
during tie evening hours.
Greene County herald., 1911-08-04
DISPLAY MADE BY RAILROAD AT LAST LAND
w, ILLINOI
M,S5lSsPPPS

mate and resources, and as result
we stand ready to join forces with
the people of Mississippi and help
them in bringing here men and
women that will take up the lands
now idle, and by careful tillng, add
millions to the wealth already here.
"In order to interest these people
the Illinois Central and the Yazoo &c
Mississippi Valley railroads have
taken space at the land show
to be given this fall in Chicago
with view to displaying in a con
vincing manner as many of the prod
ucts grown here as it is possible to
get in the booths. Careful study has
proved to us that of the hundreds of
thousands of persons that visit these
expositions tens of thousands 40
there for the purpose of deciding on
place in which to build a new home.
"Of these hundreds of thousands |
think it is safe to say that not one
man in a thousand knows that Mis-.
sissippi took the gold medal for al
falfa at the st. Louis Worlds Fair.
In fact they don't even know that
Mississippi can grow alfalfa.
Building Up Live Stock Industry.
Neither do they know that the
live stock industry is destined to he
one of the leading factors in this
wonderful states future welfare. In
the past the cattle men have said.
oh, you can't grow good cattle in
Mississippi because the tick prevents
it, But that old saying is of the past.
Through the thorough work of the
A. & M. college of Mississippi and
that of the United States department
Of agriculture, assisted by the Illinois
Central Railroad company in distrib-
uting among the farmers literature
on the eradication of the cattle tick,
the stock raisers are being educated
to the scientific methods used In elm
mating this pest. Already some very
fine herds of Aberdeen Angus and
Herefords may be found in that state.
incidentally there are mighty few
people that know that at the last fat
stock show in Chicago the best car of
high grade sows shown was bought
and shipped to Mississippi, to be used
in raising the standard of hogs here.
Want High Grade Foreigner.
II have talked with many of the
men that want to see Mississippi
take her proper place in the list of
agricultural states, and as result We
intend to do all in our power to try
to induce the careful farmer and the
high grade foreigner to come to Mis-
sissippi and take up these fertile acres
now lying idle and till them. The for
eigners that have lived on the farms
OF Europe make the best farmers in
the world because they know how to
make every inch of ground work. We
don't want the scum of Europe. Let
the cities have them,' continued the
Greene County herald., 1911-08-04

nois Central is thing that is ever
in the minds of the officials of our
road.
Good roads will bring thousands
here, because with good roads it is
always possible to haul crops to mar
ket. Our good roads train sent out
several years ago was the first ever
handled by railroad, and its value
is seen in the increased value of the
farms that lie along the roads thus
built. Before tie hard roads were
lad these farms, many of them, could
have been bought for from $40 to $25
an acre. To-day they are held at $50
to $75.
There is just one suggestion that
| have to offer, though Mississippi
and Mississippians have known their
own prosperity and their own advan-
tages so long that they do not think
it necessary to dress up for the Wis
itor. That is a mistake. We must
fix up our parlors, so to speak. Clean
up the front yards, and the back
yards, straighten the crooked fences
and then burn the tangled brush
Y BOD. Then, with all our advantages,
we can go in and not only attract
the colonist, but bring him here.
Wonderful Results from Crops.
Where else but in Mississippi will
peach trees four years from the set
ting bring $3.50 an acre?
Where else will strawberries net
the grower from $500 to $500 an acre?
And here are few more figures
from Mississippi truck farmer:
! Tomatoes ...................s50 $500 an acre
| Elberta peaches. ............. 600 an acre
| Irish potatoes. ..........s. 200 an acre
sweet potatoes. .-........... 200 an acre
"Show these figures to the farmers
of Europe, or the farmer of the Mid
die West who is scratching out a
living on land that he values at 5000
an acre, and then tell him he can do
that in Mississippi on SIS or $40 land,
and we get him.
incidentally couple 1t with the rail-
road service of the Illinois Central
and we will clinch him to us.
II thS VI tu0 WSSL
from six to twelve days to lay his
products in Chicago, the central
Market Mississippians have New
Orleans on the south and Chicago on
the north and their freight service
is practically express service be-
cause of the speed with which their
crops reach market. Forty-eight to
seventy-two hours is the time re-
quired. And when our double track
from Ponchatoula to New Orleans is
done we will have double track
line clear through from our southern
most point to Chicago, and conse-
quently the service will be even bet
ter.
That's what we shall tell the peo-
pie at the Chicago land show And
we want the help and cooperation Of
the people of Mississippi in the telling
Greene County herald., 1911-08-04
WHAT is TRUE LOVE
A CHICAGO man wants to know
what Is True Lover"

What Is True Lover"
His is not solitary quest.
A good many people in Chicago,
and in New York, and in Shanghai,
would like to know just what is true
love.
1t is an eternal question, and it
will last just as long as the good old
world shall last; and then it will take
up its endless refrain on some other
planet
Those who have found true love
will tell you that it is the best, the
only, thing in life; but you will not
believe them until you find it out for
yourself.
Then you will know that, until
that time, you have been poor, half
fledged thing g-existing, not really
living.
True love is not passion, though
passion is part of true love.
True love lasts long after passions
vivid flame has burned down to 9
tender glow.
1t means companionship, sym.
pathy and an intuitive knowledge oil
each others needs.
There is no real love that is abso.
lutely free from jealousy; but in 8
love that is truly great the jealousy
may be controlled.
Would you wish the man or wo.
man who loved you to look with com.
placency upon another's monopoly oil
your interest and affections?
If you can do that, then you do moi
know the first rudiments of true
love-
The seeker after knowledge ask.
"Can true love ever die?"
True love cannot die, but it can be
killed by cruel, ruthless hands; ant
hundreds of men and women have
deliberately, wantonly slain it.
Even then, its memory cannot die
Again, the seeker asks, do no.
most marriages come through propin
quity?"
Marriage must come through pro.
pinquity because propinquity means
being near person, and naturally
one does not marry an utter stranger
But propinquity srells danger, and il
plays many sorry trick upon un.
suspecttng young people
Prop1nquity tricks young people
into mistaking passing infatuatior
for real true love.
Through propinquity man will
fall in love with a woman whom he
never in the world would have cared
for otherwise.
The match maker knows that moth.
ing helps out her scheming so well
as throwing two young people con.
stantly together.
Drcnioo,;+,
factor in every match; in some it is
almost the entire factor. The mar
riage of propinquity alone is not ant
to last
In the average womans' eyes the
most desperate calamity that can fall
to her lot is to remain urwed.
Societys general attitude toward
old maids is that of plying tolera-
ton.
The very children become imbued
with this idea and hence tho average
girls fear of being an old maid.
In her eagerness to escape this
awful fate she marries a man she
does not love-
To her true love remains an un-
known quantity. Just as many wo-
men marry for a home, so do many
men marry for passing infatuation.
In both cases the experiment is
failure
Marriage is an experiment; only
one thing can make it a success, and
that is true love.
True love must be founded on re-
spect and congeniality. Without
these it will crumble into the bitter
ashes of dislike, boredom and disap-
pointment
Greene County herald., 1911-08-04

Of large improved field range with
hot water attachments, a large tank
for carrying hot water, and compart,
ments for meat and utensils. About
three hundred men. or a squadron of
cavalry or battalion of infantry, can
be provided for by this kitchen, the
manner of preparation being to ar,
range meals for two companies by
first bringing to boiling on the range,
and then putting the food into the
asbestos-lined compartments on the
rear Of the platform
The rations for two more organiza.
tions are next cooked on the range
until done, and instead of 20 men, as
is usual in company cooking, nine do
the work with the fireless.
Greene County herald., 1911-08-04
DANGEROUS HATPINS
Turbans, Made to Wear
K Without Pins, Now
+ Worn With Them

How long are your hat pins?
Have you two lengths, one for small
hats and one for large? or do you
wear the same long, slim bits of steel
thrust through your toque that are
required to hold in place heavy pic
ture hat?
sPertinent questions, aren't they!
Yet hat pins have become as much q
menace to the general public as
germs, and they are by no means a
necessary evil.
Small hats are much better when
held in place by strong wire hair pins,
which do not show, and serve the pur-
pose better than hat pins, but the ma
jority of women do not know this, and
the great pins with their gaudy heads
and long, sharp points, continue to do
damage to any one coming too close
to their owner in any of the crowded
cars or elevators.
Truth to tell, women were the frs
to hail with delight the small hat thas
could be pulled down on the head and
held in place without pins.
But then one day-some girl looked
in mirror. She saw the strangely
shaped piece of felt hiding her hair
and the lines of her forehead She
noted that it was neither picturesque
nor becoming, and she hurried away
for bandeaux to hold the jaunty lit
tie hat well up on her head
But 1t was not stiff enough MOI
strong enough to stay in position, sc
she put in one long hat pin. Then an.
other, then third, and finally, with a
sigh OF satisfaction, she walked cut
into the street with three inches OF
pointed steel protruding from her hal
on both SIDES
She scratched few faces, tore down
some of the drapery in the depart
ment stores and did considerable dam.
age, but she didn't mind-she was al
last conscious that the quaint little
hat was becoming.
She-whoever it may have been
was the forerunner. The vogue fol-
the small hats continues, but they are
worn high with many great pins hold.
ing them in place.
The average hat pin Is twelve inches
long, but some of the more expensive
ones, planned to go through the wide
stiff crowns of new hats, are fifteen
some are eighteen inches long.
Contrast that with the width of a
girls head and then figure how much
steel is left to do damage to the
passerby.
1t isn't necessary, after all. The
ends Of a long hat pin may be filed
away at any jewelers., and the pin
left just long enough to go through
small hat.
Or, better still, hat pins may be
eliminated and the hat held in place
with hair pins caught into the frame
of the crown and securely fastened
into the hair.
Or-but why go on? A woman who
wants to do away with that long hat
pin will find way without the telling.
and in the mean time the Legislature,
is at work upon the question of regu.
lating them, and there is a rumor
that in the suffrage platform, together
with the plank, kiss not" there will
be a plank: "No hat pins if we ge,
equal rights"
Greene County herald., 1911-08-04

A deaf man coming into the
auction room while a sale is in
progress might believe that the auc-
tioneer is an automaton, for he
stares straight before him with seem
ingly unseeing eyes, his lips moving
ceasolessly and rapidly and with a
lnachine-like motion, which con-
tinues for many minutes at a time
apparently without pause for
breath, while his cheeks are flutter-
ing like the tanks of a spent horee.
The auctionoers profit is in COM
mission, and as his commission is the
greater according as his sales are
there, it is to his interest to keep
things moving at top speed for the
property he is selling is of too little
value to make delay worth while on
the chance Of running up the price
OF any single article.
Number 800 - gold-filled case,
Swiss movement (the use of the
nominative watch is superhuous) q,
cries the attendant at the show case,
passing the article toward the auc-
siOhSSA' wv AOiidi 10 iAc lOI III
OF that functionary's chant, begin
ming at top price and running it
down until it is accepted by a bid
der, when it may be run up again.
However, the auctioneer of unre-
deemed pledges is not SO prodigal of
time and vocal effort as to use the
entire word dollar" or to make it
two syllables of his numerals. Phi
losophy and articulation are sacri-
feed to celebrity. Six and eight are
the only two numbers he pronounoes
in full. He says nj for nine, sew for
seven, ii for five, TO for four, for
three, tee for two, and dee for dol
lar; and employs the old New York
State shillings = twelve and a half
cents-in the verbal subdivision of
the dollar, not only to reduce sylla-
bic confusion, but to prevent the
raising OF bids less than twenty-five
cents at time Thus dollar and
quarter becomes doltee; dollar and
a half dol-fo, and dollar and sew
onty-five cents, dol-six Likewise
bids must advance at least twenty
i've cents at time, since an advance
Of twelve and half cents is out of
the question, and such advances as
five, ten, or twenty cents are impos-
sible. Articles of very trifiing value
are occasionally hidden up in cents,
to be sure, but the necessity does
not often occur = Frank Marshall
White. in Harper's Weekly.
Greene County herald., 1911-08-04
Practice Makes Perfert.

Randal's mother had talked to him
many times as to the Importance of
getting home early when she allowed
him to play with the children in the
neighborhood. Recently, after many
promises of an early return, he came
home late as usual.
Mothers little boy cannot go off
to play any more for two or three
days, until he learns to keep his
word" his mother said in despair.
well, mother, l don't see how
you ever expect me to learn, if you
don't let me practice" was the unex-
pected reply.-Lippincott
Greene County herald., 1911-08-04

The people who live in houses, and
sleep on beds, and walk on pavements,
and buy their food from butchers and
bakers and grocers, are not the most
blessed inhabitants of this wide and
various earth. The circumstances Of
their existence are too mathematical
and secure for perfect contentment
They live at second or third hand
They are boarders in the world
Everything is done for them by some
body else-Henry Van Dyke.