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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-22
or nation. Should this fail

state or nation. Should this fail
we have next: -
Legislative enactrnerts, which
may be city, county. state or ma
,,tional. -, -,
City councils may now abolish
all license taxes should, the peO-
pie demand it; or, the people
themselves may abolish them by
initiative. petition when they
please. -,-~-'-, -, 49, .-~-.--,,
Boards OF. Supervisors may do
the same with. certain. forms if
county taxes--licenses for in
stance. the people also-initiatiye
petition, Still next step,is feas-
able: s.. -, -.
The state legislature may abol-
ish every form of tax except
land value tax by direct constitu--
tional referendum to cover the en-
tire state, or by a home rule in
taxation measure allowing each.
municipality OF county to do it
for themselves; or, by
Initiative petition, the people
can do the same thing. si"'@
So you see that this is a, very
easy thing to do provided the peo-
pie are educated UP to the desire
to do it. &C.
But, should the education and
the desire be complete, we should
still be faced by the possibility of
some one taking the question up
to nine menin Washington whom
we call the supreme court. They
might send down an edict couch
ed in the Shakespearian language
of go TOTO the ninety million
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-22

Yet further: Had we entirely
succeeded in accomplishing all
this matter for: state and local af-
fairs, we will stilIlbe ''up against
the, national tariff, which could
only be removed by national
action; unless popular sentiment
should compel this abolition by
some form of executive or judi
cial construction which many
thoughtful students believe pos
sible. =.
In this paper, however, we
must reflect that we have only
been talking about the mechanics
or tools of experimentation that
is all legislatures, courts and exc
cutive branches of government
are-tools to. carry out the will of
the people. When that. will is
rational and conscientious it can
mold its tools to any shape it de-
sires, and, with them, create such
economic conditions as it wills.
no power on earth can hold it
long in unjust subsection.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-22

Hurrah! airships will do it!
Didier Mason, flying Curtiss
biplane at Frisco, ran, into a mo-
torcycle going 20 miles an hour,
and knocked the putt-putt all out
of it.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-22

In England the real Christmas
bird is not the turkey, but the
goose. -.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
STRONG DRINK is CONDEMNED
Day Is Rapidly Passing When Alcohol
is Considered of Value In Pro
ducing Better Work.

II is not generally known that the
vast majority of men of genius are
strong in their condemnation of in
toxicating liquors, writes T. barley
Allen in the Cumberland Presbyte-
rian. Thomas A. Edison is total alb
stainer. Mistral, the poet of Proven
cal, says that, although he is in the
habit of drinking small quantity of
wine with his meals, he is convinced
that the use of intoxicating liquors in
any form is fatal to intellectual eff
fort Jules Claretic says he never
drinks anything of an alcoholic nature
when he has intellectual work to do.
Pierre Lott is a total abstainer. and
Paul Bourget declares alcohol in every
form and in the smallest quantities to
De detrimental to creative labor. Jules
Lema1tre gave up wine drinking be.
cause he found it interfered with his
work.
George Bernard Shaw is a totsl alb
stalner, and the late George Me:edith
was an abstainer and a strong advo-
cate of total abstinence for others. AL
fred Russell Wallace, the scientist;
William Higgins, the astronomer. and
John Gorst, the physician, are emf
nent octogenarians who, through their
lives, have condemned the use of al
coholic drinks.
Vincent dIndy says: az have never
regarded alcohol as of the slightest
value in producing musical ideas. I
would even go further and add that
creation, if due to artificial means,
like alcohol, has every chance of be-
ing vitiated.
The testimonies of many other men
of genius should be added to the fore
going to show that the day is rapidly
passing when alcohol is considered
as OF value in helping one to produce
better work than when in his normal
condition. Alcohol is not helpful to
men OF genius or talent in the produc-
ton OF their work, but, on the con-
trary, is detriment. And this is
rapidly being recognized by thinking
people everywhere.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
LETTER DELAYED $50 YEARS

A letter written 250 years ago, in
December l660-to a prominent mem
Der Of the Body of Friends in Durham.
was found recently In the public rec
ord office in London, having been
undelivered. A copy of the letter has
been forwarded to the descendants in
the eighth generation of those for
whom it was intended. The letter is
addressed: For my Loving friend
Richard Hickson, a butcher in Dur
ham. to bee delivered to VIM Bywa-
tiers. Durham, paid Sd"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01

concentrate the labor and fertilizer
on fewer acres.
Cd Use the best possible seed,
even though it costs several times
that of ordinary seed. The best seed
is not that particular name which is
most highly advertised, but it is. we'll
selected seed of some standard and
usually well-known variety which has
already been proved to be well adapt
ed to the locality.
(3) AS rapidly as possible intro
duce labor-saving farm machinery and
substitute, wherever practicable. ma
chimes and teams for the work of
human hands.
a. Produce on the farm a wide
variety of home supplies.
90 Regard the permanent up.
building of the soil as of at least as
much importance as the securing of
the maximum yields during any cur
rent year. To this end of permanent
soil improvement | would especially
recommend the following:
(a.) The growing of the largest
possible acreage of the legumes. in
Guiding as summer crops COW peas,
soy beans, peanuts, velvet beans. etc.
and as winter crops crimson clover,
hairy vetch, bur clover, etc.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
MARE ADOPTS A CALF

BY the adopting of a calf as her
own, the grief of mare belonging
to Charles Stoll. near Proebstel,
Wash. has been lessened. A cot was
born to the mare. The colt lived but
few days and as the mare roamed
disconsolately about the pasture she
crossed the path of COW with a calf
A battle between the COW and the
mare followed and the latter won the
affections of the calf. Whenever aft
erward the COW would attempt to APP
proach the calf the mare with ears
laid back, would make a charge and
drive off the mother. The mare and
the calf are now inseparable, the calf
thriving under the watchful care OF
the foster mother.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01

Even in the American class there
are varieties which will never become
popular, and some of which have al
ready practically passed out of cx-
istence. The Sherwoods in appear
ance are like White Plymouth Rocks,
and the White Wonders look exactly
like White Wyandottes, the only diff
ference in these two breeds is that
they have feathered legs, while the
varieties they pattern after in ap-
pearance have clean legs. 1t was this
feathering that crippled them.
OF late years the Rhode Island
Reds have become quite popular, and
they are excellent utility breeds; but
they will never crowd out the Plym-
outh Rocks nor the Wyandottes.
The Columbian Wyandotte is a new
arrival. and looks very much like a
Simon-pure cross between White
Wyandotte and Light Brahma. They
are excellent layers
We call the Brahmas and the Leg
horns American, but strictly speak
ing they belong to England and Italy,
respectively. Yet if one makes a
comparison Of both of these breeds in
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01

CD Keep enough livestock on the
farm to consume practically all of the
forage produced by the above-men,
toned soil-improving plants and to
consume the other materials in the
grain fields which would otherwise be
wasted.
(c) Make sure that no waste .oc-
ours either in the amount or charac-
ter of the manure resulting from the
keeping of livestock, which general
end Is best attained by the immediate
application Of the manure to the soil
and its prompt incorporation there
with.
To the above purely agricultural
suggestions l would add the following
of somewhat more general charac-
ter, but at least equally vital to tho
Improvement of the agricultural con-
ditions:
(6) 1t pays in dollars and cents,
as well as infinitely better in higher
coin, to improve in every practicable
way the material or comfort condi-
lions of the home. The garden, the
orchard, the painting and other i'm.
provement of buildings and fences.
the establishment of the best posi-
BILE water works system, are worthy
of the closest study and most earnest
aspiration Of the man as well as of
the woman of the country home.
Cd Strive to build up the COM
munity in all its institutions, includ-
ing better support of the schools.
churches, roads, and public enter
prises, for by this means and by the
means mentioned above the farmer
has the best hope of retaining on the
farm such of his boys as should re-
main there and of making life worth
most to himself and to every member
of his family
(8) Farmers should develop with
in the next few years to an extent
scarcely dreamed of in the past in
American communities the spirit of
cooperation; and as a basis for this
they should cultivate a spirit of con-
f1dence and trust in their neighbors
Cooperation is needed especially in
the ownership of certain expensive
agricultural implements such as
threshing outfits, binders, corn har-
vesters, and in the ownership of ex-
pensive pure-bred sires, as we'll as in
the joint purchasing of fertilizers,
drain tile, lumber, and other farm
supplies; and especially is coopera
ton needed in the marketing of di.
versif1ed farm products.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
ALCOHOL HURTS THE MEMORY
PHYSICIAN Who Drinks Beer Regular
~ is Unable to Follow New Rance
of Ideas and Retain Facts.

medical writer In a recent issue
OF the Journal of Inebriety' makes
the following striking statement re.
garding the effect of alcoholic indul.
gence on the memory:
A physician who drinks beer reg
ularly is unable to follow any new
range of ideas and retain the facts
The impressions made at the time
seem to be very transient and quick
ly disappear. The men, one an alb
stainer and the other moderate
drinker, were sent on a commission
to examine and report on the water
shed of large lake.
Inc abstainer saw many things
and gave minute, accurate report.
The moderate drinkers report was
very imperfect and omitted important
facts and failed to put down several
data that were necessary. Both
wrote the reports the day after the
examination. The difference was the
fault Of memory.
1T has been noted that moderate
drinkers more frequently carry note.
books to put down items of facts and
information which they fear may es-
cape their attention. Men who are
engaged in absorbing business re-
curing axact attention to details al
ways depend on notes made at the
time and place, and this is frequently
tho indirect result of spirits and a
damaged memory"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
OSTRICH TREE OF MONTEREY

In the famous cypress grove of Mon
terey, Cal, stands a unique tree
known as the Ostrich tree" from the
resemblance to that ungainly bird.
This cypress stands at point of the
headland jutting out towards the
ocean. Its branches seem to be fiat
on top like shelves and the tree Itself
can be seen for miles. The grove it.
self is a natural curiosity that at
tracts thousands of tourists yearly.
Within these precincts of gloom and
puzzling trails the sunshine cannot
penetrate Landmarks there are none.
but only gloomy, bending. swaying, ST.
lent trees, that neither whisper nor
murmur
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01

News dispatches told recently of the
doieful predicament of Fred Terror,
stockman, who does not know in
which of four states he lives. His
position Is most puzzling, not to say
embarrassing, above all when he Wis.
Its foreign parts and wants to put
his place Of habitation on the hotel
register with his name. He is liter
ally a man without a state. He gets
up each morning in Utah, eats a
breakfast in Colorado, which his wife
prepared in Arizona and smokes his
pipe after supper in New Mexico. He
carries on all these multifold activ-
tiles under his own roof tree, since
his ranch extends into the four states
mentioned and his house occupies the
exact point where the boundary lines
Join.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
4 -
I OUTOF1hEORpINARY
Ef

was assigned to the expedition His
discovery was humming bird on the
high slopes of the Cerro Azul range,
10 miles northwest of Chepo, Pana-
ma. This bird has been named Gold
mania yioliceps, in honor of Mr. Gold
man. In the adult male the crown,
forehead and lores are dull iridescent
violet, while the rest of the upper
parts are rich metallic green, and
the tail feathers a reddish chestnut
tipped with bronze green In the adult
female the entire upper parts of the
body and head are uniform, dull me-
tallic green while the under parts
are dull white mixed with green.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01

says a writer in the Denver Weekly
Post.
France boasts of her Houdan, and
well she may, for it is noble breed
of medium weight, plump quick
growth-but it has a white skin, dark
shaded or white legs, and lays a
white egg. There never was produced
better table fowl than that Black
Langshan, and it lays a beautifully
colored egg but the skin of the fowl
is white. So we can name other
breeds, like, for instance, the Dor
kings, Indian Games, ETC., but in all
of them there Is something lacking
that we Americans want
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01

most likely to attack cabbages. In a
series of experiments In which he has
covered cabbage leaves with pure cul-
lures of the fever germs in bouillon,
he has traced the crawlers to new
feeding quarters which previously
mad been protected from them. Fol
lowing the trail or these molluscs
over the protected cabbages, even
where the creatures have had to cross
considerable stretch Of earth the
doctor has found typhoid fever germs
which showed the marked reactions
of the bacillus in blood serum from
typhoid fever patients.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01

this country, they are altogether diff
ferent in type. The Brahma of Eng.
land for instance, is more of the
Cochin style, and is not so prolific as
the Brahma of America.
1t must be said to the credit Of the
American fancier that all the varie-
ties he handles he improves in their
utility qualities. There was a time
when he considered the show room of
more Importance than the production
of meat and eggs, but today it is diff
ferent. The day is not far distant
when hens will be sold on their egg
record instead of their outward adorn
ment.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
BREEDS FOR MARKET
Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes
Are Most Popular.
Medium Weight, Plump Body, Quick
Growth, yellow Skin and Excel
lent Layers of Good-Sized
Brown Eggs Are Points.

No breed ever received the popu-
larity of the American Barred Plym-
outh Rocks or the White Wyandottes,
and they fully represent our ideas of
what a market poultry fowl should
be-medium weight, plump body,
quick growth, yellow skin, yellow
legs, and good layers of goodsized
brown eggs.
No foreign breed has ever been able
to cope with these two American
standbys, unless the new Orpington
will prove itself worthy of that class,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
IOWA CLAIMS BIGGEST PEAR

What Is thought to be the largest
pear ever grown is being exhibited by
Mrs G. W. Hutchins of Des Moines,
la. 1t weighs two pounds and one
ounce and measures 16 inches in cir
eumference. The pear was produced
by three-year-old Duchess dan
gouleme" tree. The tree was loaded
this year with large fruit, but this
one eclipsed all the others. Its
weight increased and strained the
stem until the breaking point was
reached NJ ]. Wragg, who was one
of the government judges on horticul.
ture at the worlds fair in Chicago
and st. Louis. states that he has never
seen pear grown anywhere which
was as large as this.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
Good Reason for Cordeminu.

THE Provident Savings Life Assur.
ance Society of New York has this
year issued to its policy holders a
health bulletin for the correction of
popular fallacies in favor of drink by
a plain statement of the scientific
facts. The Sunday School Times in
its last temperance number published
an article by the medical director of
the same company setting forth some
OF these scientific facts which he de-
clared show that in addition to such
moral objections as may exist to the
custom of alcoholic indulgence, we
now have well-grounded scientific and
economic reasons for condemning it"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01

Religion does not consist of jumping
out of hell to get into heaven. Some
folks say that being good to the fami-
ly, square in business. courteous in So
clal intercourse, is the proper life. |
agree with them. | agree with all
socialistic movements that have for
their object the betterment of man.
but they generally make the great
mistake of not taking the right step
hrst- Ye must be born again Sign
your name. Put yourself on record,
Salvation. That is first and then the
code of good and proper living comes.
Rev. j. W. Chapman. Evangelist,
Buffalo, n Y.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
DOG HAS AN EAR TRUMPET

Dominick, handsome mastiff own.
ed by United States District Attorney
Thomas Ward Jr. Of Denver. and
known throughout the city as the
tree-climbing and otherwise accom-
plished animal. has become the bene.
ficiary of science. He has been fitted
with an ear trumpet. Domonick be-
came melancholy and failed to per.
form his tricks with accustomed alac-
rity. A veterinary was visited and 1t
was found Dominick was going deaf.
Now Dominick has an ear trumpet to
correct his affliction.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
LEATHER WASTE ROADS

Birmingham. England, has a road
made of leather waste, which is judged
to be complete success. There had
been no use for the waste leather I'M
til somebody conceived the idea of
road making with it. 1t was first
shredded into fine bits and then treat
ed with bitumen and tar. The road
has been in existence for a year and
shows but few signs of wear. More
over, it makes a comfortable footing
for horses.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
Flavor in Cottage Cheese.

Defects commonly noticed are dry,
measly and lumpy texture, due to too
little moisture, or an uneven tempera-
ture during the manufacturing process
This usually occurs in cold weather in
buildings where the temperature can
not be controlled, overdevelopment of
acid. too rapid drying or uneven dry.
Ing, use of too much rennet. or I'D,
even coagulation.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
SNAIL CARRIES TYPHOID

While the vegetation of the north
ern United States is little troubled
with snails, 1t is interesting to know
that the snail has been classed with
the universal fly as carrier of the ty-
phoid fever germ In particular. Doc
tor Barabaschi, a well-known Italian
physician, has been making study of
these creatures of the type which are
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
WORK FOR SOUTHERN FARMER
Director Duggar of Alabama Expert
ment Station Submits Important
General Suggestions.

(By j. F. DUGGAR Director, Alabama
Experiment Station. Auburn. Ala)
l submit the following general sug-
gestions as being in my opinion,
among the most important lines of
policy for the southern farmer to pur-
sue.
a. Work for large yields per
acre and to this end when necessary
reduce the acreage per mule and
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
PANAMA HUMMING BIRD

The Smithsonian institution in its
report of the Panama canal zone
describes, among the interesting dis
coveries made by a party of natural
lists from the institution, one made by
E. A. Goldman of the biological sur
vey, department of agriculture. who
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
Cure Melancholy by Madness

Wise men mingle mirth with their
cares as help either to forget or
overcome them; but to. resort to in.
toxlcation for the eases of ones mind
Is to cure melancholy by Madness
Charron.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
EMPEROR'S WARDROBE

The German emperor has been
known to change his costume twelve
times in eighteen hours. His ward
robe contains more than 1000 suits.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
QUEER BRIDGE OF ST. MALO

At st. Malo. France. is to be seen
one of the oldest bridges in the world.
1t is actually a big platform on
steel framework which runs on rails
placed seven meters below the sur
face of the water. The contrivance
Is operated by electricity.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01

When the right time came, and Ne
hemiah's heart was burning with sor-
row and desire, he found "opportuni-
ties concealed in apparent hindrances."
1t was dangerous to show sorrow in
the presence Of the king. Even a mod
ern autocrat like Louis XIV. expected
everybody's face to shine If he did but
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-30

who cannot afford the more luxurious
brocades for which one must pay three
or four times as much.
Reversible faille satin is one OF the new
est and richest members Of It's family.
As its name implies. it is faille on one
side and satin on the other, but the cord
of the fallle showing family through. the
satin finish makes II look quite different
from the more familiar satin fabrics This
is shown in black taupe, French blue,
American Beauty, black, brown, gray and
tan. 1t is forty-fve inches wide and sells
for Sc a yard. Satin fluide, which comes
in the same width at IS a yard, is some
thing like a MORE silk, with satin sur
face.
Among the brocades, one OF the more
moderately priced pieces has floral de-
sign I'm velvet brocade on a satin finished
crepe de chine ground. In a gown OF such
a material would be represented about all
the nagnihcence that could be carried by
certain types Of women with good effect
II sells at s12 yard. AS one goes upward
I'm the scale Of prices metallic effects pre-
dominate, and the climax is reached in a
facsimile in white and gold brocade Of
the splendid fabric used FOR Queen Mary's
coronation gown. the price OF which is SO
a ward. and the width not more than
twenty-five inches