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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-04-13

The latest appropriations with re-
gard to aviation in France are A,-
100000 for aerorlanes and $1,6OO,OOO for
airships. Fifteen of the latter type
viii be constructed, and at the end
OF 1912 II is proposed TO have 334 aer-
oplanes in operation. AT present the
French army has over two hundred.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-04-13
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Hancock county. Maine, is to have
plague Of moose The pesky critters
destroy young trees, and it's against
the law 10 kin 'em.--cleveland Press.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-04-13

A few choice lots left on David
street, Southwego It
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-04-13
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-04-13

We hope there is the statement of a
ibrary which includes african Game Trails among
iction'
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
PRussAs OLDEST WOMAN PLANTS GETTING PERILous

1t IS a fact recognized by botanists
as beyond dispute that the carnivo-
rous habit among plants is more wide
spread than it was formerly supposed
to be. The specialized sundews (Dro-
seras) are but the advance guard of
large army of species which depend
for their existence more or less upon
absorption of animal salts through
their foliage. There is no gainsaying
the statement, recently put forward by
more than one scientist, that the ten
dency to rely upon carnivorous diet
is on the increase. Of course, this is
only in a line with the simplest evo-
lutionary principle. 1t is possible to
trace the steps by which the highest
types of species, which seize and hold
their prey, such as the Venus fly trap
those which merely capture their vic
TINS by the use of an adhesive fluid,
such as the fly catcher of Portugal
II Drosophyllum). Still lower in the
scale are the plants, such as the
Iteasles (Dipsacus) which drown the in
sects in strange bucket-like contriv-
ances located at the base of the
leaves. Flies which may chance to
fall into the water are of course
drowned and the plant absorbs the nj
trogenous elements from their decay
ing bodies.
1t is startling conception advanced
by some scientists that in ages to
come these plants may become so ad-
vanced in carniYorous tastes as to be
a real menace to animal creation.
Dreadful indeed must be the sundews
and the Dionaeas to their insect vic
tins at the present time. The unfor-
tunate fly which is captured by the
leaf of the sundew finds itself held
down by strong arms which are able
to resist its violent struggles. The
largest Drosera on earth at the pres
ent time produces leaves which are
perhaps nine inches in length. Mag
Nifty this plant until the leaves are
ten feet in length, and we have an
exceedingly formidable plant. Many
of the palms and other tropical spe-
cies have foliage which is much in
excess of this measurement, so that
the idea of leaves as big as this is
not altogether fantastic. To be pro-
portionate, the tentacles could scarce
ly be less than ten inches in length,
and these would be able to grapple
with birds of considerable size. We
may conceive that the giant sundew
would be able to hold out some spe-
cial inducement for its intended vic
tins to visit the leaves. Probably
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
Constantine Love.

Everything becomes possible to
those who love. The commands OF
the Lord are no longer grievous. for
the soul that loves is gifted by that
love, with fresh energies: it discovers
In itself unsupported possibilities. and
is supplied with ever flowing currents
Of new vigor. We shall be enabled to
do so much II only we love. We live
by loving, and the more we love. the
more We live; and therefore. when
lite feel dull, and the spirits are low.
turn and love God love your neighbor
and You will be healed of your wound
Love Christ. the dear master: look at
his face. listen to his words. and love
will waken, and you will do all things
through Christ who strengthens Won.
For, the love of Christ constraiDeth
u.s."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
KAFlR CORN HEADING BLOCK
Two Men Can Handle Work Rapidly
If One ManipuIates the Chopper
and Other the Bundles.

One man may cut the heads of of
kafir corn very handy, with block
and corn chopper, where the stuff is
bound in bundles. With this arrange
ment, when the bundle is laid across
the block, with stroke of the chop
per the heads drop in the wagon box,
while the operator can put the bundle
in the shock or on the rack; he only
has to handle the bundle once, says
the Iowa Homestead Two men can
handle the work very rapidly If one
manipulates the chopper and the other
the bundles. The block is made from
two pieces of 2x4, each IA feet in
length. A strip, the thickness of the
side of the wagon bed to which the
block is to be ATTACHED, and 1A inches
in width, should be placed between the
2x4s; this should leave the top of the
block flush when the bolts are in,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
DRINKING MEN ON THE SHELF
Railroads Do Not Want "Fuddle
Drained" Engineers to Run Trains
and Endanger Lives.

THE passing of fuddle-brained
kings and fuddle-brained generals, and
fuddle-brained engineers and book
keepers and mechanics, is one of the
sure achievements of the century, 7"
says Rev. John f. Cowan, in a
m-the-shoulder" article in
the Christian Endeavor World.
"The handwriting on the wall today
is against fuddle-brain.' The rail-
roads do not want to put him in their
engine cabs. The electric companies
dare not trust him where the reckless
handling of switch may send thou
sands of volts of energy on death
dealing errands. Uncle Sam cannot
trust Captain Fuddlebrain to navigate
the delicate machinery of his dread
naughts. Bankers and merchants can
not have their accounts kept by a
young fellow who comes back from his
lunch stupid. with beer. The insurance
companies and fraternal orders do not
want to insure a cigarette heart or
beer kidneys Even the docks and
mills do not want him to handle pig
iron or shovel ore.
Not only in athletics. but in busi-
ness and in pubkc life, young men
are being weighed in the balance Cd
the score of their self-control."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12

We are warned against the sin of
pride Now whisky is the best thing
to destroy pride that I ever heard Of
When man is sober he likes to have
clean food, respectable-looking cloth
ing and comfortable bed. When he
is drunk he isn't a bit stuck up; it
matters little for him if his clothes are
ragged or dirty, whether his home
boasts of one pane of glass or of five;
when it comes to sleeping he would
just as soon lie down in the gutter as
any other place, and thinks a curb
stone quite as good as a pillow
Ianette G.. Beach.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12

5EKRM'5N0PBS
Burn nesting material often.

Burn nesting material often.
Clipping a horses legs is not a
good practice.
Poultry wire makes good bottoms
for nest boxes
Bowel trouble thrives In broods that
receive sloppy mashes.
Ground under brood coops soon
gets foul Move 'em about.
Kerosene and grease mixed make q
good cure for sorehead in chicks.
The disk is the tool to prepare the
corn stubble for the small grain.
Poorly fed sheep will not produce
very good wool, nor good mutton
Leave a few porcelain. eggs lying
about for the egg eaters to pick at.
Many young boars are ruined by
being allowed to run. in lots near the
sows
A man who will keep his sheep in
a muddy lot has small conception of
his duty.
Growing pigs should not be crowd
ed into close, filthy quarters, exposed
to vermin and disease.
Sheep at six years Of age lose their
teeth, hence they should be fattened
and sold before this period.
The hill that produces one or two
large and several small ones, is a COM
mon feature of potato fields.
Curry the filth from the cows coat
before milking For this purpose
keep a curry comb and brush handy.
It will only take about half as
much grain and other feed to raise
litter of pigs If they are given pas
ture.
Better keep the young turkeys up
till the grass dries off. The soonUr
they are away with their mother
after that the better
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
VIEW OF WARDEN HELLSTROv
Would Strengthen Temperance Laws
in Every Way and Teach Chill
dren Folly of Liquors.

f. Q. Hellstrom, warden of the state
penitentiary of North Dakota, in an
address before the w. C. 7. U. OF
jamestown, said:
Il would strengthen the temperance
laws in every possible way. | would
start in by teaching the children in
the schools the folly and evil of the
use of Intoxicating liquor, drugs and
narcotics; instil in the minds of the
youth that nothing but shame, power.
ty, degradation and crime can pos,
sibly result from their use and the
traffic in them. / would make laws
with the aim and object to completely
abolish the traffic. There is not one
word that can truthfully be said in
favor of the business. If | had the
power to draw the veil so as to expose
to view it's evils | could show you the
Shiny coils of hades. intensified a mil
ilion-fold worse than the mind of man
can imagine You can see and mag
inc the crime and wanton abandon
ment, but true picture of the evils
would cause your imagination to pale
into insignificance. To sum up, will
say that it is beyond the power of
man to invent a lie that will in the
least libel the traffic in intoxicants,
opium or other stimulants unless, per-
chance, something good should be
said.'
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
A Device of Man.

God no more made liquor" than he
made a faro table, or a resort of de-
bauchery. He no more made it than
he made the tools of the burglar or
the vile inventions which the customs
seize. He made it only in the same
sense as he made the dynamiting
bombs of the anarchist thugs. Wheat
and corn and rye are wholly useful
and wholesome food as nature yields
them, but by the devices Of man
strong drink is produced from them,
and it ruins men if they take too
much of it, as many of them do if they
drink it at all. Instead, therefore, of
putting the responsibility for liquor on
God. we advise the clergy to lay the
whole blame for it on men, as dan
gerous luxury which God compels
them neither to produce nor to con-
sumo any more than he compels them
to do anything else.-New York Sun.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12

the bait would be in the form of some
sweet-tasting secretion. On alighting,
the birds would probably not find the
adhesive fluid which the leaves would
produce more than slightly annoying.
The movements which they would
make in an endeavor to free them
selves, would be all-sufficient to give
the stimulus to the sensitive tentacles.
These would rapidly close in on their
prey, and in a few moments escape
would be out of the question. Finally.
the unfortunate birds would perish
miserably, the bodies in their decay
yielding to the plant the heterogeneous
matter desired.
The butterworts are at the present
time innocent-looking plants rather at;
tractive in appearance. These species,
as is we'll known, find their home in
Doggy tracts, where they spread their
foliage on the surface of the ground
in the form Of a rosette. If the leaves
Of the butterwort are closely exam
ined, it will be seen that they are
thickly covered with two sets of
glands, one set Of which is plainly Wis
ible to the naked eye. This visible set
resembles miniature mushroom,
while the other set is microscopic and
is formed Of eight cells grouped after
the manner Of a wart or knob. 1t is
the practice of these glands whenever
they come into contact with any OBJ
ject to pour out copiously a mucilagin-
GUS fluid which acts much in the same
way as bird lime. Acid secretion is
also produced, which aids the leaf in
the digestion of the object-supposin
that the capture should be an insect.
In order to make assurance doubly
sure, the edge of the leaf in certain
species is seen to curl slowly inward.
Now we can imagine that in the very
far-away future with which we are
dealing, the Pinguicula will develop
leaves which will hardly be less than
five or six feet in length. These lying
along the surface of the ground will
make special appeal to grazing ami
mails.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
BONES OF PRIMITIVE MEN

Eleven skeletons of primitive men,
with foreheads sloping directly back
from the eyes, and with two rows of
teeth in the front of the upper Jaw,
have been uncovered In Craigshill. at
Ellensburg, Wash. They were found
about 20 feet below the surface, 20
feet back from the face of the slope,
in a cement rock formation over
which was layer of shale. The rock
was perfectly dry.
The jaw bones, which easily break,
are so large that they will go around
the face of the man of today. The
other bones are also much larger than
those of the ordinary man. The fe-
muir is 20 inches long, indicating,
scientists say, man Of 80 inches tall.
J. P. Munson. professor of biology
in the state normal school. visited the
spot and pronounced them the bones
of a primitive man The teeth in front
are worn almost down to the jaw
bones, due, DR.. Munson says, to eat
ing uncooked foods and crushing hard
substances with the teeth. The slop-
ing skull, he says, shows an extreme
~ low order OF intelligence, far
earlier than that of the Indians
known 70 the whites.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
SUCCESS WITH SHEEP
Number One Can Handle Profit
ably Depends on Farm.
Some Feeders Turn Lambs Into the
Cleaned CornfieIds With Some
Rape in Them-Large Flock
Can ProfitabIy Be Herded.

The number of sheep one could
profitably handle on three or four
hundred acre farm depends wholly
upon the farm, the season and the
man. Two car loads, say $50, would
not be too many to start with if one
had seen the thing done few times,
but for the wholly inexperienced. a
good car load would perhaps be safer
for the first trial, says the Dakota
Farmer. We have known expert
enced feeders to take a thousand
lambs onto such farm, we'll sown to
rape, turnips. ETC., and to bring them
out of the fields so well fieshed that
only few weeks on full feed were
required to send them to the block
In fine condition.
Some very successful feeders, after
the fields are we'll cleaned up, turn
their lambs into corn fields with some
rape in them, and by means of port
able fences confine them to five, ten
or more acres, as required, and finisS
them in that way. 1t is perhaps safer
for the beginner not to try any new
ways until fairly we'll acquainted with
the business. In buying a car load or
so, one could hardly affoN a trip
to the ranges. Better club with others
desiring sheep, and send the most
experienced to bring in enough for
all. A still better way, perhaps, for
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12

IL Prussia today there lives a wom-
an who has completed her one hun
dred and tw 1ty-ffth birthday Census
officials have been interested in her
case for the last so years, first on ac-
count of her marvellous memory, and
more lately because of her longevity.
She is now almost blind, and bent fair
ly in two with rheumatism. She has
been transferred, within the last year,
to a Catholic institution where she
will be cared for, her children having
all died, one son recently at the age of
eighty-nine. Another was a Jesuit
priest, who died in 1910 at the age of
one hundred. Her daughter died the
very day the mother attained her one
hundred and twenty-ffth year, aged
ninety-four. She had, in all, ten chill
dren, three dying in infancy. Her de-
scendants number nearly three hun
dred, counting many great-grandchil-
dren. Her married life extended over
eighty-fiy years, and she has been
Is years a widow. She was married
in 1891, at the age of fifteen.
UnIn W1tnlu uVe years sue Tem0IH-
bered perfectly the Napoleonic wars
and prominent officials Of Prussia con-
suited her as to happenings which
were matters Of historical dispute in
the vicinity of Germany where she
first saw the light. In order to con-
firm his dates, an Italian historian, ten
years ago, Travelled to Prussia to inter
view her at the suggestion OF the
keeper of archives in Potsdam.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
BROADENING WORK IN SOUTH
Plan Effected Providing for co-opera-
ton Between Government Officers
and Farmers.

BY direction of Secretary Wilson, OF
the u. S. Department of Agriculture,
the work of the Bureau Of Animal In
dustry in the south is to be carried to
the farmer through the efforts of the
state district, and county demonstra-
ton agents Of the Bureau of Plant In
dusry The valuable work of the Blu
reau Of Animal Industry in tick eradi-
cation is proving of considerable i'm
portance In connection with the farm
demonstration work The agents in
the farm demonstration work, on the
other hand, are in position to do a
great deal toward assisting the tick
eradicating work
A plan has therefore been effected
which provides for cooperation be-
tween the forces of the Bureau of AMI
NAL Industry and the Bureau of Plant
Industry in placing before the farmers
of the south the important facts con-
nected with tick eradication. The ar
rangement further provides that the
same general plan shall be followed
in connection with the dairy work Of
the Bureau of Animal Industry and
the animal husbandry work, especially
that which has to do with hog raising.
In connection with the boys corn
clubs it is proposed to encourage the
organization of hog-raising contests
and pig clubs. The demonstration
agents have found the boys of the
south greatly interested in the ques-
ton Of what to do with their corn
when they have raised it, If they can
get more money for it by feeding it to
pigs they are going to do so. A num-
Der of the boys have already won
prizes at county fairs in connection
with hog-raising contests. The Bureau
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12

one not too far from good markets is
to keep in touch with what is coming
In and select the number wanted Of
thrifty uniform lambs. The nearer
they are alike the better clear through.
and in most seasons one can generally
get about what they want at the west
ern stock yards, while on the range
they might go long |&sy to find
them. The cost is not materially diff
ferent as rule. There must be good
sheep fences on the farm, or twenty
to forty acres of portable net fencing
before small flock is brought there.
A large flock can be proftably
herded.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
OBSERVE ANCIENT CEREMONY

The ancient ceremony of the plant
ing of the penny hedge" or horn
garth, was observed recently near
Whitby, England. The custom is sup
posed to be of feudal origin It's OBJ
servance is connected with a farm
about six miles from Whitby near
Robin Hoods Bay, and if the cere-
mony be not duly observed ION the
morn of the eve of Ascension Day"
the farm lands must revert to the
holder or holders of the immortal
rights. The tenant of the farm along
with the bailiff lays the hedge with
ten stakes, ten strout-stowers, and
ten yedders." The ancient horn is
blown, the tenant shouts, "Out on We.
out on We" and the ceremony is over
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
Public Sentiment In Iowa.

Iowa has SO counties. Sixty-nine of
these have outIawed saloons for all
time. Thirty are battle-ground, de-
claring now for the saloon, now
against It. The last few months have
seen a steady current toward prohibit
ton in these 80 counties. When Fort
Dodge, that hitherto stronghold of the
liquor traffic, outlawed her saloons.
the hand writing on the wall was
visible to everybody. Iowa will vote
On constitutional prohibition within the
next four years.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
Spraying Cucumbers.

A horticultural authority says that
spraying muskmelons and cucumbers
with Bordeaux mixture is not an alb
solute preventive Of the dreaded
blight, but it helps to hold the dis
ease in check. 1t must be remem-
hered that spraying is a preventive
measure, and not cure. SO that the
first application should be made
about the time the plants begin to
throw out runners.
Several applications should be made
before 1t is impossible to drive
through the fields. Four pounds of
copper sulphate. Jx pounds Of slaked
lime and fifty gallons of water is q
desirable formula sor this purpose.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12

of Animal Industry experts will also
cooperate with the demonstration
forces in the matter of organizing
poultry clubs, especially in connection
with the girls clubs
The bringing together of the forces
OF the department as indicated above
is expected to result in much good in
giving the farmers of the south prac-
teal information along the lines of anil
NAL industry and plant industry.
The department is arranging also to
carry work of this kind into the north
ern states.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
PIoW the Chicken Yard.

The poultry yard should be plowed
or spaded up every two weeks, or So
BY exposing the under soil to the sun
1T keeps pure and the chicks enjoy u
Ever notice that Immediately the
chicken yard is spaded up the birds
begin to make dust holes. How can
they do this on hard grohrSe
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
Cultivating the Orchard.

A good method of cultivating an
apple orchard is to plow very shallow
as early in the spring as Is conven-
lent and then keep on narrowing at
least once a week, according to the
weather conditions, until the first or
oven the middle OF July Then seed
the land with crimson clover or some
other good cover crop.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
CITY LOTTERY FOR A BRIDE

The city of Smolensk in Russian oc.
casionally holds municipal lottery,
in which the first prize is girl. Some
5000 tickets are sold at a ruble each,
and the proceeds go to the girls
dowry. If she does not like the man
who wins her, and refuses to marry
him, she has to give him half the
dowry. But cases of refusal are rare.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
w q r.

Today commerce, finance, science.
education and In Christendom at least
religion, are all against war. The mass
Of intelligent people is against war.
The great industrial army in all civi-I
lized countries Is against war.-Rey.
r. 8 Moxom. Congregationalisk.
Springfield.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12

1t is the duty of government SO to
legislate as to make it easy to do
right and difficult to do wrong
William E. Gladstone.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12

The United States bureau Of labor
reports that 81 per cent of American
employers discriminate in favor of to-
tai abstainers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12
kafir Heading Block.

The block is attached with two quar-
ter-inch bolts. When the block is
slipped over the edge of the wagon
box, and the tape frightened the ar
rangement is ready for work.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-12


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