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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
Professor Seeking True Guinea
Type to Settle All
Doubt.

New York.-Word was received
here by New York biologists that
Prof. William e. Castle was doing
very well in hts quest FOR pair OF
ancestral guinea pigs amid the peaks
of Peru.
Professor Castle is from Harvard
university, and several weeks ago he
departed from this port on his search
In the interest of science. Expert
ments are being conducted in Scher-
merhorn Hall, In Columbia university,
and also in the Station OF Evolution,
at Cold Spring Harbor. to determine
variations which occur in accordance
with the laws of heredity. The rec
ords concern the guinea pig birth rate
quite intimately. 1t has been asserted
that the American breed are no longer
guinea pigs at all. That is why the
professor has gone to the mountains
of Peru to bring back consignment
OF guinea pigs which are supposed to
be Of the true type. Meanwhile sci
ence must wait.
AS everybody knows, guinea pigs,
even Of the ancestral type, are Guiana
pigs. and Guiana pigs are not pigs.
but are rabbits. Hence, the pigs are
not pigs and never were.
III rs a long trip from the mountains
Of Fseru to Sandy Hook and Professor
Castle, starting with only one pair OF
guinea pigs Of the ancestral type, is
likely to arrive here with SO many
specimens that he Will not be able TO
distinguish the ancestors from pos
terity. II the steamship should be de-
laysd his troubles would be increased.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09

the movement Of the hands finally dis
lodges it. This explains the antics OF
the clock recently.
Severe cold and the depredations Of
the hawk have brought death to many
pigeons who have sought shelter in
the high tower. Bodies Of four pig
cons were found in the snow when
it was recently removed from the
slanting glass roof over the court Of
the big building.
Winging their flight for the refuge
promised by the tower in a half frozen
condition. 1t is probable that the
pigeons struck their heads against the
stone upright Of the tower, were
stunned by the impact and fell help
less to the roof below. freezing 20
death before they could recover The
power to move
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
Tennessee Seer Predicts Volcanic
Eruption In Pennsylvania That
VIII Rival That of Martinique.

Chattanooga, Tenn - The Rev.
Thomas Clark, picturesque charac-
ter who for years hes wandered in the
mountains of eastern Tennessee and
Southwest Virginia, styling himself
the Prophet of the Smokes" de-
clares that he has just had vision
in which 1t was revealed to him by
divine messenger that during the
present year, 1912. volcanic eruption
equal to that of Martinique or Vesu-
vius will take place in the state of
Pennsylvania, and that nearly 100000
souls will be plunged into eternity
without moments warning. He as
serts he foretold the assassination of
President Mckinley, the fire at Bal
timore and the San Francisco earth
quake.
Sleepy Tom" as he is called by
many, travels about the country with
no fixed place of residence, and often
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09

AWHILE on an expedition for the
w Smithsonian institution in the
Aleutian islands for the purpose OF
gathering material for the continue
ton of the Life History of North
American Birds" A. G. Bent discover
ed a subspecies OF ptarmigan, to
be known as the Tanaga ptarmigan.
The ptarmigan belong to the same
general group with the domestic fowl.
They are circumpolar In distribution,
but are found principally in North
American. and are represented By
some Is known species and sub
species.
A striking seasonal change OF
plumage which is perhaps more pro-
nounced than that exhibited by any
other birds, takes place among the
ptarmigan. In most species there are
three, or even four. complete changes
# plumage; that of winter being
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
FORETELLs DEATH OF MANY

sleeps In his buggy, drawn by an III
fed horse. The vehicle is plastered
with quotations from the bible. He
sells nothing, nor does he beg.
He has circuit, which he gets
over about every three months, and
each time he stops with a different
family. He does not wait upon the
formality of an invitation, but just
drives up, unhitches his horse, unties
his dog from the rear of his vehicle
and walks in.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
SPLICE MANS SPINAL CORD

for years, although he will always DO
paralyzed from the waist down.
Renzula was shot by Joseph Fucci
in Fuccfs grocery store at Inwood.
L. I. Fncci, arrested, said two men
entered and he thought he recognized
one OF them as a relative of .
ablackhander" he had sent TO prison.
So he opened fire. dangerously wound
ing both.
Or. Mulcahy and his assistants tried
to draw together the end Of Renzuia's
spinal cord and stitch them, but they
could not do SO exactly. SO they
drew the ends rs closely az possible
and axed them in place By suturins
them IN the spinal canal.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
100 TO MOTHER ONE BABY
What New York High School Girl,
Taking Course In Housekeeping
VIII DO.

New York.-One hundred girl stu
dents in the Wadleigh high school
here who are taking coGrse In house
keeping will adopt q baby and care
for the child as part OF the work of
the course. The pupils will take turns
In washing and dressing the infant,
feeding 1t, singing it to sleep and
wheeling 1t in its gocart.
A special committee selected by
the class has picked out baby from
a number of foundlings offered by
the State Charities Aid association
The students are now making prepara-
tions for naming party to be CIV
en- in its honor The name will DO
selected by vote
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
"Grizzly" Danced BY Capital Society

N SPITE Of the intensely cold
winter weather the social sea-
son in Washington was at its
height New Years week, which
was an exceptionally gay one, begin
ming and ending with dance, the
Charity ball Monday and the second
hop of the season at the navy yard.
Among the many other important
functions of the week were the diplo-
matte reception at the White House
on Tuesday night, which went down
In the social annals of the national
capital as one of the most respondent
ever held there.
A remarkable assemblage of social
lights from other cities graced the re-
ception at the White House Tuesday,
and conspicuous among them was the
famous Mrs. Jack Gardner of Boston.
Mrs. Hugh Roland French created
something of sensation that evening
in the first "harem slrirt" TO appear at
a social function in Washington Hith-
erto this somewhat startling innova-
ton in feminine attire has been re-
stricted to the stage
Mrs. French, who is the wife Of
Captain French Of the British army,
was formerly Miss Ida Wynne. daugh-
ter of the former American consul
general at London.
Her gown on this occasion was OF
black velvet and white lace, and pre-
scented no unusual feature for custom
airy evening attire until the wearer
moved about Then it showed at each
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
Found In a Poorhouse.

Ashtabula, O.-While Albert Olson
was being taken to the poorhouse at
Kingsville to spend the winter, a sis
ter in Beloit, Wis, was seeking him
to inform him that their father In
Sweden had died, leaving him a third
interest Of his large estate. He was
located In the poorhouse through a
letter sent the local postmaster by
the sister. He will go to Beloit and
later to Sweden to claim the estate.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
Surgeons Accomplish Delicate Opera
ton at Far Rockaway on
Bullet Victim.

New York James Renbula, nine
teen, is in st. Joseph's hospital. Far
Rockaway, having survived a very
rare and dangerous surgical operation.
A bullet which broke two OF his
yertebrae also severed his spinal cord.
DIR. William L. Mulchahy, assisted by
DIR. d. f. Thomas, house physician and
surgeon, and Dr. Salzer. former in
terne, have .spliced the ends Of the
cord. They said that. thanks to his
strong physique. Renzula may live
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
"PIGS is PIGS" HIS QUEST

At any rate, scientists in this city
and In Boston are awaiting with In
terest the result of his mission. They
are inclined to believe that the guinea
pig race has undergone such modifi-
cations here that 1t has become wide
ly different from the primitive crea-
lures. But they want to see for them
selves
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
Kills 27s RattIers in Day.

Pendleton, Oregon.-James FIX, a
Coombs canyon rancher, claims the
snake-killing championship of the
United States. In one days crusade
he slaughtered 275 rattlesnakes. The
skins were brought to this place,
where he sold them. In addition Fix
received 1920 a pound for twenty
pounds of snake oil which he ex-
tracted from the bodies.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09

Careful Parent Before can give
consent to your proposed marriage to
my daughter, | must know something
about your character.
Suitor Certainly. SIR, certainly.
Here is my handbook
Careful Parent latter a glance)- -
Take her. my son, and be happy.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-02-09
cookINa rRx csnLv TURKEY.
BY Martha Mcculloch Williams.

housewife who has served one OF her
old-time famous meals for her guests,
or her children back home to help the
old folks celebrate their anniversary
Menu
Grape Fruit aux Rhum, or with Raw
Oysters
Sailed Nuts Toasted Cheese Crackers
Roast Turkey
Sweet Potatoes in Syrup
Spanish Onions
Baked Pears Cranberry Sauce
Celery
Olives Radishes Sweet Pickles
Dreamed Satisfy
Smothered Chicken
alternative to Chicken Pie)
Apple Pie Mince Pie Pumpkin Pie
Hickory Nuts Apples Pears
Grapes Black Walnuts
Black Coffee Water Waters
Pfmento Cheese
Beverages
Cider Cup Mineral Water Tea
Lemonade
Grape fruit, with rum, is, to my
mind, the ideal appetizer, but II oys-
tiers are insisted upon, put three small
raw ones in the middle OF the pre-
pared fruit and season with salt, pep
per, Worcester sauce and tobasco.
Keep the oysters very cold, and add
them to the fruit very shortly be-
fore serving, thus the two f1avors re-
main distinct to accent rather than
to muddle each okNr.
Sailed Nuts made two bags
almonds and pecans-and hereafter
shall never buy them ready prepared.
The almonds were blanched and
dried, the pecans, bought ready
hulled, picked over, scalded by pour
ing boiling water through them In a
colander. and instantly dried. Then
both were put in thickly-buttered
bags, set in a very hot oven for half
a minute, then the heat was reduced
three-quarters, and the nuts left to
brown for ten minutes. They came
out crisp and beautiful. needing only
a sprinkling of salt.
The Toasted Crackers I prepared
were tiny oyster crackers, as fresh as
possible They were put in buttered
bag, lightly sprinkled after they were
in, with melted butter skinned clean
of froth, then given tablespoonful
of grated Parmesan, which was shak-
hof I'M o.
the bag. Sealed, it went into a very
hot oven, which after two minutes
had the heat turned as low as pos
sible, Eight minutes of 1t made them
not quite brown enough-a peep-hole
in the bag top assured me of that
so left them in three minutes longer.
A few of them stuck together, but in
the main, they looked as good as they
tasted.
The Turkey.-Choose him as young.
as tender, as fresh as you can. But
If by Ill chance you must take an old
bird. therefore a tough one, then,
indeed, you will find In paper bag
cookery, surcease from Che sorrow
of toughness. A tough bird viii re-
quire lot of grease In the bag with
It, also long and slow cooking. But
the end will crown the neans-he
also we'll Drowned, but not too brown,
and simply bursting with juice. Elk
ira care must be- taken in trusting
him-tie dom iegh and wings beyond
any nossDility or Isnringing. Tough
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-05-18
Total .S1.52S.81 S3.O57.62

The object in publishing the above
figures is to afford each property owner
reliable proof as to the very small
amount each one will have to pay to-
ward the cost OF paving intersections.
Ii means that the person owning a
home worth One Thousand Dollars will
be obliged to pay only eightyfour cents
each year, for period of ten years, and
after that time, the assessments will
slightly increase in order that the prin-
cipal Indebtedness may be retired, but
within ten or twenty years, Moscow
pi operty should SO greatly enhance in
value that the principal indebtedness of
$4,000 will be retired without increasing
the present rate of taxation.
In view of the excellent pay roll which
will be created locally by this municipal
work and the vast amount OF employ
mcnt which will be afforded Moscow
residents Git being generally stated by
paving companies that fully 20 per cent
of the total contract price is paid out
locally for material. supplies and services
of laborers and teams) you are earnestly
entreated to support this measure Ilgor-
ously and use your best efforts to make
the bond election not only success,
but unanimous Let there not be dis
senting vote.
Every public spirited citizen should be
interested in the improvement and de-
velopment of Moscow through the paw
ing of streets and it should be fully
realized that our city has already enlerg-
ed from the village class and is assam
ing the proportions and aspect of real
city. Let each one assist in this develop
ment and progress by voting YES on
a1,ct;o,, dav Tuacdav Tune Eleventh
1872
Yours for greater Moscow,
GEORGE CREIGHTON,
]. w. LIEUALLEN,
R. HODGINS,
M. E. LEWIS,
Committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-05-18

crnay. a relative of the Napoleons, is
failure. They were married six years
ago, but now the end has come
This matrimonial misfit coming Sc
quickly after the announcement that
the other Princess Ghika, formerly
Hazel Singer, daughter of Charles
Singer, was seeking a divorce because
of the too princely attentions bestowed
by her husband upon Mrs. Baxter
Tevis Mckee, is causing CONSERVATION.
People are asking which Ghika will be
the next
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-05-18
Princess Unhappy.

PARIS, May 18.-The marriage of
Prince Jean Ghika and the former
Miss Bowling, cousin of Lord Lans-
downe and through the house of Dem
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-05-18

Safe deposit boxes for rent Thomp-
son Brothers. Y
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-05-18

The Daily Star-MirrOr has
more than double the number of
subscribers in this city that any
weekly newspaper published in
Moscow has, and at least five
times as many readers each of
the six days on which it Is pub
lished. This is n fact for the
business man who adyertises for
results to ponder over.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-05
Great Holiday Offer.

That great farm publication,
the Missouri and Kansas Farmer,
of Kansas City, Mo-, is making
a great holiday offer to new sub
scribers. Anyone sending IS
cents will receive the Missouri
and Kansas Farmer a whole year,
and will also receive free a great
package containing so beautiful
postcards consisting of floral,
birthday, greetings, christmas,
new year. valentine and easter;
all of very latest designs and
high work of art. Only &c gets
you the Farmer for a year and
the package of so cards. Send
today. Address Missouri and
Kansas Farmer, 9Th & MCGEE
Sts., Kansas CITY, Mo. Dept. A.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-05
Public Sale.

On Wednesday, Dec. II, at his
place a mile north and a quarter
of a mile west of Baxter, G. W.
Hefey will sell Is horses, %
cattle, 8 hogs, a lot of farm i'm
plements good as new, a fine lot
of new furniture, a 7O0-pound
U. S. cream separator, ETC., on
ten months time. w. T. Hart
ley will be the salesman and W.
A. Braman and Clarence Owen
will be the clerks. "
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-05

Buy your fertilizer of the Bax.
ter Mill and Elevator.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-05
Arctic Radiator Fluid.

For your automobile. This
fluid will be handled by the
Hood Implement Company, and
stands a test of 49 degrees below
zero. See Hoods right away
about this. One accident from
freezing will cost you more than
Arctic Radiator Fluid will cost
you in five years. Don't put
this off. Do it now.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-05
Public Sale.

On Thursday, Dec. 5, at the
Peck place, half a mile north and
half a mile east of Quapaw, AL
bert Peck and 1. E. Bridges will
offer for sale ten head of hoises
and mules, - head of cattle, a
lot of farm implements, 3 tons of
baled hay and a lot of other prop
erty on ten months time. w. T.
Hartley will conduct the sale and
M. Doty will be clerk.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-05

spreader, or $160.40 on forty
acres. In clover, the gain was
$500 per acre. The gain made
in all the crops where the spread
er was used over land where no
manure was applied was so
marked that farmer cannot be
without one. In fact, spreading
manure with hand fork is as
crude and Improbable as the old
cradle would be at this age as a
harvesting machine. The writer
has carried on for a number of
years experiments which have
demonstrated that where manure
is used as a top dressing, evenly
spread with a machine, gives an
increase of from 10 to 15per cent
over land which has been plowed
after the manure was applied
with a spreader, and double the
increase if spread with a hand
fork before blowing.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-05

If it is White Oak sole leather
you are looking for we have it.
E. W. Smith.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-05

Tax books will open at State
Bank Monday, Dec 2.
B. w. Patton.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-05
What Manure Will
do For You.
BY Dr. w. Z. Taylor, Soil Culture De-
partment. Deere & Co.

Do you know what the value
of manure from live stock in the
United States amounts to each
year? Do you know that it
amounts to more than two and
one-quarter billion Of dollars and
that more is wasted in value than
the taxes of all the farms in the
United States?
Manure is just as essential to
the life and growth of plants as
bread, meat and potatoes are to
you, or corn. oats and hay are
to live stock.
Manure contains the essence OF
{ rtility of the soil Take it
away from your land and you
rob it of its food. You disorgan-
ize its physical body and the
crop pays the penalty.
Manure contains nitrogen, phos-
phorus and potash. These are
the essential elements that enter
into plant food compounds and
they have a greater value than
the same elements in commercial
form, for the reason that they
carry with them organic matter
undergoing the process Of forma-
ton into humus, a substance
necessary to make available the
plant food elements.
The commercial value of ma
nure varies according to the ma
ture of the stock and the kind OF
food consumed by them. For in
stance, cattle manure is worth
S2.02 per ton, horse manure $2.21,
hog manure 1929, sheep manure
30, and chicken manure $7.O7.
These values do not include the
humus.
The United States Department
of Agriculture, in Farmers Bull
etin No. 21, estimates that if the
manure from live stock is pre-
served, that its value each year
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-05
Sfafamenf on Ownership.

Statement Of Ownership.
Office of Baxter Springs News, published
at Baxter Springs, Kansas.
Chas. L. Smith, being duly sworn on
his oath. says that he is sole owner and
proprietor of the Baxter Springs News,
and that there are no bondholders, mort
gsgees. or others holding any interest in
said paper. Chas. L. Smith.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this Ist day of October, 1914.
Alonzo L. Jones,
(sRAL) Notary Public.
My commission expires April IS, 1914.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-05
$40 REWARD

For evidence which will couvictthe
party or parties who have been
damaging the property of the Bax.
ter Telephone Company, by break
ing glass insulators or otherwise.
r. W. Dow. Manager.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-05

when il is loaded, the contents
should be distributed evenly upon
the fields, summer or winter.
If manure is not spread when
it accumulates, then il should be
stored in a tight-bottomed pit
and from time to time a little
land plaster spread over it to
prevent the escape of ammonia,
carrying away, as it does, nitro
gen.
Why use a manure spreader?
Let me ask you a question: Why
does a cook distribute seasoning
into the food and then thorough
ly work it evenly throughout the
mass until every particle of the
food is seasoned? If a cook
should carelesslv throw a hand
full of salt into a kettle of por-
ridge, would the seasoning be
properly distributed, and would
the porridge be palatable? For
the same reason the farmer
should evenly distribute the ma
nure over his land, a top Dress
ing being preferable, and then.
by using a disc, work it into the
seed bed until the distribution is
thorough. By this means the
plant food and the organic mat
ter comes into contact with all
the particles OF the soil, and it
must be remembered that the
food gathering roots secure their
nourishment from a coating that
forms around each particle of
soil containing moisture and
plant food.
If the manure is carelessly
spread by hand, 1T is left in
Jumps. One place has too much,
another not enough: and often it
does more harm than good.
If manure is carelessly spread
in punches, the punches form air
spaces at the bottom of the fur
row, preventing a compact con-
tact, thereby preventing capil-
larry attraction. In such cases,
much of the essence of the ma
nure teaches into the deeper sub
soils and is lost, and because OF
the insulation preventing capil-
larry attraction, the seed-bed dries
out and the crop perishes.
If the manure is evenly spread
and thoroughly disced into the
seed bed, the plant not only pro-
cures food contained in the ma
nure, but because of the even
distribution of the organic mat
ter, tho soil is warm, mellow and
readily receives and retains mois-
ture.
1t has been repeatedly demon
strated that if manure is used as
a top dressing on plowed field,
that the crop is increased IS to
80 per cent.
Repeated trials extending over
a series of years has demonstrate
ed the fact that a manure spread
err used on 40 acres of land will
more than pay the cost of the
machine by increasing the crop,
to say nothing of the great saw
ing in labor.
The experiments of Mr.. Ches-
uey Hatch, of Newton county,
Indiana, are strictly in keeping
with hundreds of other like trials.
Mr.. Hatch experimental by
spreading manure on 20 acres
and at the same time compared
the results with crops raised on
similar land without manure. /
give herewith the results of his
experiments, which should cause
the farmer to seriously consider
the great value of the manure
spreader.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-05
MANURE SPREAD BIZ HAND.
CROP RAISED WITHOUT MANURE.

or $500 on forty acres. In
oats the spreader has = credit Of
0f est scls over ite hsud