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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-22

icled that way. Very frankly. she is
and mother. I'VE have eleven rooms"
said the bridegroom, -four on this
soof. four upstairs and three In the
third story. Pretty nice, isn't it?"
Indeed, the young fellow might well
be proud, for 1t wasn't so long ago
that he was making $50 month,
hardly enough to pay the rent of his
present home. Mrs. Geraghty was up
stairs making the beds and singing
merrily
Mrs. Geraghty Does the Honors
But there was a household tragedy
on-Josephine, the colored maid of all
work, was away and there was no
body to cook but Mrs. Geraghty, who
always before had lady's maid to
wait upon her personally, and but
Ter, footmen and chauffeurs to see
that everything she wanted was prop
erly done.
On the parlor table were, relics of
the bygone days which Mrs. Geraghty
has put behind her. AS she said:
Society women are all vapid and
the men are fools. l haven't any use
for the crowd. Money, an artificial
social position; having better looking
clothes than Mrs. Somebody; giving
a more extensive party than some one
else; having the most men trailing
around after you; getting somebody
else's husband away from her-these
are the things Newport people care
about"
But to the cosey little home of the
clippers.
There is a square hall to the left as
one enters and back of 1t is the kitch-
en-. To the right Is the modest par.
Tor, and back of that is the dining
room. 1t IL home that clerk In a
prosperous store might have. or a
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-22
Speech That Cured a Headache

most decidedly, and that without re-
moving his hands from his bursting
temples.
With great misgivings the commit
tee escorted Mr.. Choate to the plat
form, and as he stepped upon it it
seemed to them as though the great
lawyer was on the verge of collapse.
The whole expression of his face was
that of a man suffering almost I'M
bearable pain, and he was most I'M
steady on his feet.
At the moment of his introduction
to the audience he stood leaning
heavily with one hand upon the speak
er's table. In that position he re-
NAMED for the first minute or two of
his speech, and his opening sentences
were delivered in voice SO faint that
even those nearest to him were
scarcely able to catch what he had
said. The committee, who knew Mr..
Choate's condition. were sure that he
would speedily be compelled to de-
sist, when, suddenly, he was observed
to stand erect, and the next moment,
to their intense establishment. he had
gained his voice, and soon was in the
midst of one of the finest political
orations which had ever been deliv-
cred in Boston or its vicinity. And
until he had spoken his last word he
held the great audience enchanted.
Then, while the applause was still
filing the hall. he turned to the COM
mittee, saying that he was ready to
go home. A member asked him If he
did not feel like taking little rest
before undertaking the trip.
NO was the reply. Il am per-
fectly well. was not standing before
this grand audience two minutes be-
fore every throb of agony in my head
vanished. / knew that if l had the
chance to speak my headache would
be cured"
l tell this story on the authority of
the late Gregory d. Robinson, who
was member of congress for de-
cade from the Springfield, Mass. dis
trict, and then, from 1884 to 1887, was
governor of Massachusetts, defeating
Ben Butler in whirlwind campaign,
Copyright, 1911, by e. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-22
But shall be glad when it is

Piled But shall be glad when 1t is
over
''I'll stake my reputation as an en-
gineer and all that gained when In
the Civil war on the result of the dis
charge answered the general.
but so great an explosion has
never been made before. | cautioned
him. You are purposing to discharge
more explosive, by thousands OF
pounds, than any one has ever dared
before to discharge at one time
He smiled quietly as he replied:'
Every great thing has to be done the
first time.
"A few weeks later the mine was
discharged, and the effect was exactly
as General Newton had predicted
And then, for the first time, | realized
how foolish had been the fears OF
many New Workers. over the result or
the explosion, and how cool and con-.
fident John Newton had been in the
crisis of his career, for by far the
greatest achievement of his life was
the manner In which he finally robbed
He'll Gate of most of its terrors to
navigation, by blowing up Middle
reef"
copyright. 1911. by F. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-22
Head of Bureau of Agriculture From
1881 to 1885 Foretold the Won
derful Future of the Great
Northwest.

Before the federal government es-
tablished the department of agricul-
ture, with its head member of the
cabinet, the country had bureau of
agriculture. From 1881 to 1885 this
bureau was headed by DR.. George Is.
Loring of Massachusetts, his title be-
ing commissioner of agriculture, and
he it was who made his bureau OF
such Importance that 1t last congress
decided to create the present agricul-
tural department. Dr. Loring was a
scholarly man and an astute politician,
as we'll as scientific agriculturist
He was of powerful physique, in build
and stature being almost like Presi-
dent Garfield He wore decided side
whiskers, being one of the last of
prominent public men to retain that
manner of trimming the beard which.
few years earlier. had been very
popular.
In July of 1888 | met DIR. Loring in
st. Paul. He was on his way back to
Washington after a prolonged and
very thorough study of agricultural
conditions, present and in prospect, in
the northwest. At that time there was
no completed Pacific railroad penetrat-
ing the great northwestern territory
of the country. The last spike in the
Northern Pacific was not driven home
until about a year after DR.. Loring's
visit.
while | was a member of congress
in the late seventies" said DR.. Loring
to me, 81 was told by hunter and
trapper who spent the greater part of
each year in the vast wilderness west
of Minnesota that there was land in
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-22

dine in the middle of the day. Out
at the villas the buffers say Dinner
is served at s p. M. But there is no
butler for the young clippers.
Darn my socks?" he repeated.
Sure she does. She knows how to
run house with the best of them
She does everything just right She
knows how to cook, to make beds, to
sew and to wash things. We're hav-
ing great times together"
All village Newport knows the Ger
aghtys now. They are out on the
streets very often and they go to every
new show in town. Moving pictures
are their delight.
Young Mrs. Geraghty's chum now is
her sister-in-law, little Miss Edith
Geraghty, daughter of the village
hackman. They walk down Thames
street of an afternoon to go to mar
ket or to see the ships that lie out in
the harbor.
But Bellevue avenue, the Casino
and the Cliffs know her no more. She
belongs now to the village, not to
the villas.
But she is happy.-New York
World.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-22

bridegroom was doing his share, for
he was In sweater and old trousers,
Strengthening up things downstairs
while his bride worked upstairs.
The kitchen. as he led the way to
1t. would delight the eye of any house
wife. The tea kettle was singing mer-
rlly on the stove and on the table
lay the bundles from the butchers for
the days meals.
Ham and eggs this morning"
laughed young Geraghty. But she
sure can make coffee!"
There were lamb chops lying ready
for the deft fingers of the bride, and
a basket of potatoes. And within the
nice little ice box was the cold meat
and salad for the evening meal-like
other Newport villagers the Geraghtys
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-22

A good many papers have spoken of
Archbishop O'Connell as "the first
New England Cardinal" and DR.. Sam
uel A. Green feels the pricking of a
doubt. To be sure, John Louis Le-
febre de Cheverus was Frenchman
by birth and was Archbishop of Bor-
deaux when he got his red hat; but
for thirteen years he was Bishop of
Boston, her first and universally be-
loved Bishop Professionals were as
fond of him as his own people; he
often preached in their churches.
When he needed money in his work
men like John Quincy Adams gave it
promptly and gladly. who among
our religious teachers" once asked
DR.. Charming, would solicit COM
parison between himself and the de-
voted Cheverus ?"-Hartford Courant
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-22

of the brides eighteen years, young
men who frequenrNhe Casino and the
reading rooms, those that the former
Miss Julia French knew in the days
when she drove her electric runabout
and was asked out to dine and dance
every evening of the summer.
Most interesting perhaps is a little
frame hanging on the wall near the
door to the hall. In it are preserved
three sprays of lily of the valley, part
of a brides bouquet. Written in a
childish hand over the Drowned and
faded leaves and flowers is this:
Pauline lie Roy French
Samuel Jones Wagstaff
May S, 1908.
This was a wedding in the French
family. Miss Pauline French, an old
er sister. married young Mr.. Wagstaff,
a society beau and club man. The
present Mrs. Geraghty, then a girl of
fifteen, was an attendant at her sis
ters wedding and kept the little SOU
venir of the happy day. She herself
had no attendants at her wedding ex-
cept the country people who happened
to be at Landlord Riley's little hotel
at Central Village ON that bright sum.
mer morning when the Rev. L. A.
Perry married the society belle to her
chauffeur sweetheart
Well" laughed young Geraghty,
how do you like 1t?
Mrs. Geraghty Happy.
1t was a real home, to be sure. Up
stairs Mrs Geraghty was about her
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-22
The Mind of Joseph Pulitzer.

When summing up the gist of any
matter declarative of his own thought
in regard to it, his speech was a les
son in diction and construction. No
essayist or pamphleteer or historical
writer but would have profited by lis
tening to him. Everything that he
himself has written or dictated shows
this clarity of expression. He would
have made a great lecturer, a great
pleader before the bar, had not journal
ism and politics in his early youth
swung him away from his legal studies
to the most exacting of all professions.
BY long practice each of his secre-
tariesrhad learned to know his needs
and his methods of listening. Every
article read to him from the mag
azines, reviews and quarterlies had to
be prepared, rehearsed, marked and
deleted Even the novels, of which he
was a voracious reader. had to be thus
condensed-James Barnes, in Golfers
Weekly.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-22
At His Uncle's.

Nixon-Holding your first weddinn
reception, Ell? suppose your Get
out all your wedding presents?"
Newedd-Well-er-no; not all. View
lost the tickets on some of them
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-22
household duties and singing as she

went
"Oh, never mind about me-" she
laughed FROM upstairs. I'm too busy"
THE real truth u.s." said Geraghty,
half alphabetically. that Josephine Of
ours Is getting married and we have
to do our own work"
1t was perfectly plain that the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-22

Darn my socks?" he repeated.
"Sure, she does. She knows how to
run a house with the best of them.
She does everything just right. She
knows how to cook, make beds, to
sew and to wash things. We're hav-
ing great times together"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
Taking an Artist Along.

With party composed of one of the worlds most
thoroughly accomplished taxidermsts, Prof H. R. Dill
and a scenic artist OF worldwide fame, c. A. Corwin of
Chicago, ILL.,, together with two student assistants in
the persons of Horace Young OF Fargo N. d., and
Clarence Abrech Of Waverly the University Of Iowa
intends, through this coming expedition to make a
cycorama of the which is presented to view at
this point, establish 1t within the museum Of Iowa
together with information OF the place, the like OF
which has been furnished before American
educational institution.
In brief the plan is to construct in the Iowa mu-
scum a cycorama of Laysan Island. When the scheme
found feasible. possible by the Iowa univer-
sty authorities, SPACE in the natural science hall
museum set aside and marked "Laysan Island
Room" The eyclorama will be 35x5O feet in size
with background OF so feet consisting Of mounted
specimens taken posed in life, together with faith
fully produced scenic designs. made especially by Mr.
Corwin There will be several hundred specimens Of
mounted birds on the foreground of the cyclorama,
not to speak Of those to be presented painted
background.
There have been innumerable difficulties in the
way of the carrying out of the scheme as planned two
years ago, but now everything has been overcome
which threatened the success Of the undertaking
munication with the outside world will not be possible
however unless wireless station be constructed
for the OF the party
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
To Breed Horses for the Army

the very best kind for cavalry because their
endurance and willingness to work
The waste of horseflesh in war is enormous and
in conflict of any magnitude government would
need hundreds OF thousands Of horses per annum.
During the fiscal year ended June 80, s64, there
purchased for the federal armies 1SS7lS horses,
In other words 500 day were required for remounts
this being the OF the destruction OF horses
during that period
During eight months of the year 1864 the cavalry
Of the Army OF the Potomac required 10000 fresh
horses. Sheridan, during his campaign in the valley
OF the Shenandoah had to be supplied with fresh
horses the rate OF so day. In the Russian cam
pagn OF century ago the French crossed the Nemen
with 127,121 horses. That in the month OF June.
Six months later, December 10, they recrossed with
1000 horses. All the rest had disappeared.
All the European countries supervising
the breeding OF horses for their armies The War
department is convinced Of the necessity of adopting
the policy in the United States. Leaving it's
military usefulness the question the plan pro-
posed is expected to prove highly advantageous
through its favorable influence upon the breeding OF
American horses in general
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
Western Orchards Draw Much Eastern Coin

socaton-controlled by board of nine directors
markets the crop. The farmer raises the fruit If for
any reason he is unable to take care Of his orchard
the association has the work done and charges the
expenses against the crop
The district is constantly patrolled by men who
experts apple raising and the trees watched
for disease and insect pests. Amy trouble is checked
before it spread from orchard to another
AS it gets near the time for the apples to rpen
the trees watched by special men who report 20
the headquarters of the association in the town Of
Hood River. Any night during the the grower
may receive a telephone ca-they all have telephones
to be ready for so many pickers in the morning
for his Newtons spitzenburgs whatever is ripe
There is record of how many trees he has and the
necessary number OF men are sent to him,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

sell in the New York market for from 81 to $3.50 a
dozen and the fancy grade"
Apples selling at higher prices than ever be-
fore in the history of the country, but the demand
for perfect fruit is higher too In the contract just
signed by the Hood River association the crop
this is the specification for fancy" fruit
This grade consists of perfect apples only. The
apples must be free from holes, stings, scale
fungus scab, any other disease and from
all insect pests injury. They must be free from
bruise, limb rubs and the skin around the stem
not be broken. All apples must be fully matured
deformed and have a healthy color. Spitzenburgs
must have 70 per cent of good red color all apples
OF the red varieties must have good red color"
Through this cooperation the western farmer
gets better market and price for his fruit The as
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

finally settled those interested knew that the trip
would be a certainty. The matter of transportation
stood in the way for years, since 1904,
big stumbling block to final arrangements for the
expedition 1t Theodore Roosevelt who really
made the trip possible and the manner in which he
did it is unique. One of the last acts that he per-
formed while in the office of president of the United
States to set Laysan Island aside a bird pre-
serve thus bringing 1t under government supervision.
Through conferences with DR.. T. S. Palmer in the
biological survey of the United States and Dr. Hen
shaw head of the proper together with support
from the secretary agriculture Wilson, Prof
Nutting finally secured the appointment OF his group
of men game wardens Of this island. For trans
portaton of the game wardens the cutter
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
students GoIng ALONG as AssIstants.

The two assistants who will accompany the exped-
ton are both students in the University of Iowa
Horace Young of Fargo, N d. is a member of the lib
college, president Of the senior class thereof
and is in his fourth year in the university Clar
ence Albrecht Of Waverly Ia the remaining member
of the expedition is sophomore in the university.
Both OF them will prove valuable in the work to
through their knowledge OF taxidermy.
The United States cutter Thetis is to con-
vey party Lsysan the reaching there about
April 10 to 90 When the problem of transportation
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

every museum of note throughout the east wherein
he secured valuable and uptodate suggestions for the
work which he is undertaking. The choice OF the
right man was considered the vital factor to the
cess of the scheme. the work must be done by
master of the technique Of outdoor panoramic work
Some difficulty has been experienced in securing
the right artist for the work. but in E. A Corwn of
Chicago ILL., the university believes 1t has an
artist adequate for the task in hand. Mr. Corwin is
now at work in the Field Museum Of Natural History
Of Chicago where he has already painted number Of
very beautiful scenes for backgrounds for birds and
mammals.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
Prof. Dill in Charge.

The man who will be in direct charge OF the expedi-
full supervision the party OF three
other men who will accompany him is Prof Homer r
Dill taxdermist OF the University Of Iowa and of
the most proficient men of his profession. The uni
versity authorities consider themselves extremely
tunate in having him hand to engineer the exped-
ton to what cannot help but be successful cumina-
ton OF the aims Of the unverstys scientific depart
ment.
in hand But recently he has returned from tour OF
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

$500 Land show people in this section will be
Ss&A8J interested in the eastern notion
corning apples as presented by the New York World
After mentioning one purchase of 100000 worth
(7OO,oOO boxes) by firm in orchard at
Hood River, Ore, the World admits that fasteners
can hardly realize what the apple industry out west
is today 1t is longer just little side issue with
the farmer. Now the man who grows apples does
nothing else The great Apple show has recently been
held at Spokane, where than 1000, 900 apples
from all the world were exhibited and $40 900 in
prizes was given In the beautiful orchard lands of
Oregon and Washington hears of nothing but
apple, apple, apple all the year around.
The growers have formed associations for their
respective districts and they get the of their
apples too. They are wonders, these apples from
the northwest. You never them the pushcarts,
they cost too much.
Il could have bought the crop without going out
ALL said Joseph steinhardt who has just returned
from the Pacific coast las it was, arrived in Hood
River at in the morning. the board OF directors
the association met at ~ and / caught the o'clock
train 1t good deal Of system be able to sell
than a million dollars worth OF apples in that
time.
This lie the third year have bought the crop
and we know that the apples will be guaranteed.
The on the bottom Of the box are as good as
You think professional men make the best farm
ers. he was asked.
Most certainly" he replied They go into bust
Systematically. They always looking for new
ideas and they pay attention details The farmer
of other days crook. though perhaps he never
realized II himself. There always a layer OF good
apples the top OF the barrel and it the same
way with the strawberries and the small fruits This
system OF grading apples size and color has
done away with all that The association makes itself
responsible for every box and guarantees II.
Last year paid $S65 for box OF sixty-four
apples. and with the freight-6O eentsit made each
cost nearly cents. These are the apples which
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

uon' and established at number Of stations in diff
ferent parts OF the country ex-cavsrymen of expert
ence and reliability being placed in charge of them
as stud grooms
The stations are to be bred TO suitable mares
wherever the latter may be found with the under
standing that the owners Of the mares shall give TO
the government in each instance option on the
resulting foal at years of age, price be fixed
before the animal is bred. All breeding is TO be
Quoted under the direction OF experts Of the bureau
OF animal industry.
This plan ought 10 provide not less than 1000
first-elass cavalry horses per annum-the minimum
number required for remounts according the Satur
day Evening Post. At the present time the War de-
partment finds itself unable TO procure enough suit
able animals. People nowadays ride much less than
formerly they did and fewer horses the riding type
are bred. In addition, the adjustment OF the old
style street cars has discouraged the breeding OF a
type available for army puFposes-car horses being
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
Has Sent Out Many Expeditions.

To date the University of Iowa has been sponsor
for than sixty expeditions throughout the United
States in fact the entire world, in the interest Of
science. The first made by Prof Calvin OF the
geological department way back in 1853. The Laysan
Island expedition is perhaps the most extensive that
will be made A list of the various expeditions is
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

-RHAT is unquestionably of the greatest
NAY scientific expeditions ever undertaken by
wv an American university is the Laysan
80 Island enterprise of the department of
HGG(ES5H zoology of the State University of Iowa,
SSA@<Hs@S9 which leaves San Francisco on April
for small uninhabted island 100 miles northwest of
Honolulu, where the party will remain until August
Details for the expedition have just been completed
at the University of the careful supervision
OF Prof c. c. Nutting, who, although he will not &C
company the party, has the preliminary work of the
expedition in hand. He has recently returned from
Washington, D. c., where a conference with govern
ment officials placed the matter on practical basis
and made the expedition financially possible.
few words may be said of the purpose OF the
expedition. Almost exactly in the middle OF the Pa
cific midway between the coast and Japan there is
small island, coral atoll with surface about three
and onehaf square miles which supports perhaps the
most dense bird population in the known world a
population which has been estimated at about
100000.
According to the story Of Prof Nutting who has
visited the island anyone visiting IT, after trudgng
through the white coral sand for about half mile
from the landing, surrounded every step by many
birds Of unfamiliar Enthusiastically compelled to shove
them aside with his footwill to a slight emin-
and here actually with establishment the
famous albatross rookery of Laysan lies spread out
before him. Here, a level plain from which every
vestge Of vegetation has been away, is a mass
of these great birds nearly square mile in extent
There literally millions.