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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21
SOME USES OF THE PIGTAIL

Although modern China has sacri-
feed the pigtail on the altar of liberty.
many celestials still look upon the pig
tail as an object of generation. They
find In it five advantages. 1t saves the
ears; for, If two Chinese quarrel, they
seize each others pigtails, instead of
their ears. 1t is first aid to rescue;
for If he falls into river boatmen can
fish him out by the pigtail with their
boat hooks. 1t helps the police, who
can tie two miscreants together by
their pigtails, and thus save the ne
cessity of handouts. 1t is protec-
ton of respectable citizens; for, in
row, the police first arrest those who
have been disgraced by losing their
pigtails. Finally, it ensures peace in
the house; for with it husband may
not be upbraided by his wife. while
without it, she Is at liberty to call him
any name she pleases.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21
VICTIMS OF WHITE PLAGUE
Lonu List Of Great Men of the WorIf
Whose Lives Were Cut Short
by tuberculosis.

Not few of the worlds greatest
geniuses in art, science and litera-
ture have died from tuberculosis, and
on this account certain writer's, such
as DIR. Arthur Jacobson or DR.. John B.
Huber, think that possibly this disease
may provide a certain stimulus to the
geniuses of an already great man.
The following are some OF the great
men and women of letters mentioned
by DR.. jacobson who have died from
tuberculosis: John Milton, John
Locke. Alexander Pope, DR.. Samuel
Johnson, Sir Walter Scott, Elizabeth
Barrett Browning, Goethe, Robert
Louis Stevenson, Sidney Lanier, Ralph
Waldo Emerson, Voltaire, John Rus
kin. Charles Kingsley, Emmanuel Kant.
Rousseau, e. P. Roe, and Paul Law
renee Dunbar. Among other great men
who are reported to have died Of tu-
berculosis may be mentioned Raphael.
Won Weber, Chopin, Nevin, Calvin. o.
cero and Cecil Rhodes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21
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WORLDS GREATEST CANDLE

A giant candle, made in Harlem, N.
T., and destined for st. Peters, at
Rome, was blessed before the altar
of st. Biagio by the Pope and will
burn without drip for six long years.
standing over IL feet high, weighing
over 200 pounds, and costing nearly
$1,000, the candle is made of sweet
smelling beeswax, dipped with 200 dip
pings about marvellous wick. From
within foot of the top to a foot Of
the bottom 1t is embossed in gold.
The centerpiece, of cunningly wrought
gold and delicately carved wax, shows
lilies of the valley and a lovely sacred
picture. The manufacturer will not
tell the name Of the person who or
dered the candle, saying:
When one has prayed long and
ceaselessly to the saints for health he
does not parade his generous attitude.
He lays what he has upon the altar
and goes silently on his way"
st. Biagio is the patron saint Of
those who suffer from disease of the
throat. 1t is the tradition that he
miraculously cured a little girl of
throat disease while on his way to
martyrdom in the early days of the
church.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21
GIANTS OF THE FOREST

Australia lays claim to growing the
TALES trees in the world, whilst Cali
fornia trees are noted for their girth
and diameter. The tallest Californian
forest giant discovered was found
by actual measurement to be $40 feet
high. But Australia's record gum tree
beats this by 140 feet Baron Mueller,
who was formerly government botan-
ist in Victoria, said that the Austral-
ian gum trees attained height OF
500 feet, but the tallest that the baron
ever measured was a PROSTATE one
on the Black Spur, ten miles from
Healesville, which was 48O feet high.
This tree was 81 feet in girth near it's
root. In 1889 a civil engineer, jour
neying from Gippsland to Mount Bore,
measured tree All feet in height,
though the same tree had previously
been estimated at not less than 500
feet.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21
LONG AND SHORT NAMES

Elkhart, Ind. has within its borders
two men who probably bear the dis
tinction of having the longest and
shortest names, respectively, In the
United States. The first is the pro-
prietor of a Greek candy kitchen
When time permits. his surname ap-
pears thus: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
neutrality-suspicious.. In a hurry
he signs his name Speros Michaels.
The man with the short name is Ed
Elk.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21
FISH FROM THE NORTH SEA

The North sea is Great Britain's
most profitable fishing ground Last
year the value of the fish landed on
the n ortheast coast was E3,740,614,
over third of the total value of the
fish landed in the whole of England
and Wales, and 100000 worth more
than was landed in the whole of Ccot-
land and Ireland combined during the
same year. The increase over 1910
was G178,584, and, compared with 1891
the total value of fish landed in 1911
showed an increase of nearly e2,000.-
900.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21
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STRONG AID FOR TEMPERANCE
Emperor William of Germany and
Other Members of Royalty in Eu-
rope Favor Total Abstinence.


An interesting trio of facts has re-
Gently attracted the notice not only
of temperance workers everywhere,
but of the general public as well.
showing the growing attitude OF roy
atty toward drink and the liquor traffic
in Europe.
The address made short time ago
by the Emperor William to the Ger
man students urging them to abolish
beer-drinking bouts in their societies.
reused widespread interest in the
cause of temperance in Germany and
attracted the attention Of leaders in
the movement in other countrieS Still
later, in opening the new naval acad-
envy at Meurwick, the Emperor VIII
liam read an order-in-council laying
stress upon the qualifications neces-
sary to naval officers, and later speak
ing extemporaneously made plea for
temperance on the part of the cadets.
In his temperance talk he eau
toned the cadets against excessive
drinking, which he said undermined
the nerves, and the strenuous naval
service of today required strong
nerves. He counseled total absti-
nence, and added impressively that
"the nation which in the future used
the smallest amount of alcohol would
march at the head of the column on
the fields of art and war;"
Quite recently also, the king Of Bel
GUM attended an anti-alcoholic mani
festation organized by the United
Belgian Temperance societies. He
listened with attention to eloquent adj
dresses by the Catholic primate Of
Belgium, Monseignor MERCER, and the
great French barrister, Monsieur Hen
ry Robert But by his own presence
he did more for the popularization of
teetotalism than the most eloquent
speeches, as was remarked by Mon
sieur Robert.
Some weeks ago the future king Of
Sweden, Prince Gustavus, was the
chief speaker in meeting organized
by Swedish Good Templars. He was
pleased to take the lead in the tenn
perance cause, he declared, and with
such royal patronage it is easy to pic
ture the rapid spread of the reform
during the coming reign Of this Scan
dinavian ruler.
A trade union secretary has the fol-
lowing pointed paragraph set forth in
notes commenting on labor conditions
In general: A claSs of workmen who
figure somewhat frequently QNMthe I'M
employed list are the tipplersp There
lis no room for dram-drinkers In the
workshop of the present day. The
drunken workman is rigidly kept on
the outside of the workshop gates, be-
cause his presence inside is a danger
both to himself and others, and the
tippler will soon be sent to keep him
company for the same reason.
Much is being said in certain quar-
tiers concerning the effects of intoxi-
eating drink on the question OF unem-
ployment. No one who is acquainted
with the conditions of workshop life
would contend for moment that drink
has any appreciate effect on the vol
ume Of unemployment, but it is an
important factor in determining who
are to be employed. Other things be-
ing equal, the non-drinking, non-sport-
ing workman has by far better
chance of finding employment, and OF
keeping it, than his tipping or sport
ing fellow"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21

The liquor traffic is cancer in So
ciety. eating out its vitals and threat
ening destruction, and all attempt to
regulate it will -ggravate the evil.
There must be no attempt to regulate
the cancer; it must be eradicated, not
root must be left behind, for until
this is done all classes must con-
tinue in danger Of becoming victims
Of strong drink.--Abraham Lincoln.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21
YEARS ARE ADDED TO LIFE.

Within the last half century, an av-
erage of II years has been added to
human life. The death rate has been
reduced from IS In each 1000 inhab-
itants. to about Is. This reduction
has been obtained through the con-
troll of infectious diseases. The saving
thus made relates only to the period
Of life under so years. There ID no
knowledge regarding the organic dis
eases of advancing years.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21
PAWN THEIR FAMILY GRAVES

In times of financial difficulties the
Loochooans, residents of the south
western islands of Japan, sometimes
pawn the graves of their relatives.
They are always redeemed, however,
as failure to do so means family dis
grace. The turtleback shaped tombs,
usually located on a hillside facing the
water, are elaborate affairs of stone
and cement, and their cost and upkeep
often bankrupt the family.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21
HoBBLE IS HARD ON SHOES

1t is estimated that the hobble skirt
has doubled the number of women's
shoes sold in the world. They have to
take two steps now where they took
one before, and that means the shoes
wear out twice as fast
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21
CHINESE WOMEN DOCTORS

Forty young Chinese women are
qualifying for the medical profession
in American universities through the
influence of DR.. Yamel Kin. the first
woman doctor in China. DIR. Kin, as
the head of the hospital for women in
Tientsin, has also for the last ten years
been training Chinese women for the
nursing profession.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21

NHERE Is in current use a proverb
disrespectful to womankind in
general, unkind, unchivalric, and
| hope and believe, without foun-
ton in fact.
To be sure, it only mentions one
ass Of women. 1t hits the sex as a
hole.
This proverb alleges that maiden la
es are all duly catalogued, and at
path will be ticketed to the lower re-
ons, where their occupation will be
10 lead apes"
Now for myself, | think in a way it
a pity for any woman ito blush
lseen and waste Ter sweetness on
he desert air" of Single blessed
sss." But is woman who never
nds her fate any more to be pitied
pan a man in the same situation?
ess so. She cannot help herself, and
therefore not to blame, while the
Id bachelor is and remains so of
lalice prepense.
4 1t might seem as If this proverb
Had perhaps unconsciously settled
self very far back in the occiput of
Home women, either never fancied by
ny man or not by the right one. who
lad determined to begin a course of
preparatory study on earth so as to
be qualified for duties down below.
1t must be some thought like this
hat lies at the root of the sentiment
IL the young lady who devotes all her
line and attention and a good deal of
aer money to the excessive care of
lumb animals. She has a kennel or
ancy pups, which is all right, and If
he would confine, her attention to
Perfectly proper puppy cultivation
here would be no fault to find.
"society's" Peculiar FoIIIes.
Now society" is peculiar, whether
IL home In the Fifth avenue mansions
Ir In the summer season at Newport
md other seaside resorts. The rest
IL the world has heard with mingled
amusement and derision of monkey
timers given by the women, of what
j called the haute ton. It is a matter
e record that some of them, If they
pok back generation or two, spell
ne first word hoe.
Where the young woman enjoying
eisure from all occupation, too lux
r1ous life and the use OF entirely
10 much money goes wrong I'm her
eviction to puppies and kittens. is In
sting her imagination run away
18th her to such a degree that she
Dpears to confuse the dumb animals
ifh the young offspring OF her own
ice and treats them accordingly.
hese arist0cratic puppies of this
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21

"They say that fellow IL a dend FOL
work. He's regular human dynamo"
eyes. I know. However, sec
lot of those human dynamos at the
BAN park these days"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21
Has Repented Her FooIIshness.

Has Repented Her Foolishness.
Glory be, Miss Croker confirms the
views set forth above on the influence
of heredity and the ethics concerning
puppies and babies.
After the foregoing was written
comes an announcement that this SEN
sible young lady has ordered her ken
mel of thoroughbred dogs sold, and
that she Is about to eschew single
blessedness" and share all the sweet
ness of her personality with young
bridegroom who sincerely hope may
prove in every way worthy of
Croker bride.
AS the daughter of the late Colonel
Croker, Miss Jennie should be quite
like all good little girls who as the
fairy tale tells us are made Of sugar
and spice and everything NICE" But
she Is only half Croker, and there
in again "noblesse oblige." Her
mother was the daughter of the late
D. o. Mills, and If there were ever
anything better in the line of human
ity among the pioneers than the Mills
family 1t was good indeed.-G. w
Burton in the Los Angeles Times.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21

"A man finds that he enjoys best
health when he abstains altogether
from wine and spirits, and drinks
plain water. DR.. Murchison-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21


of sympathy was segregated into a
dividend of at least three parts, for
my pity went out to the unborn chill
dren who might have been cuddled TO
the tender breast of one of these
women, and known the sweetness and
the benefit of her kindly and wise
guidance.
Found Many Outlets for Love.
And let me tell you, some of them
had too much humanity carefully cul-
tivated under Christian influences not
to find an outlet for their sympathies
and love, and it was not layished fool
ishly. inhumanly on puppies or kit
tens.
Now, Miss Jennie Crocker is no
doubt not the least in the world Ike
Lady Clara We're de We're" in pride
of ancestry or of money. While she
has nothing in her ancestry to blush
for, it would make 'the grand old
gardener and his wife" smile broadly
to hear one of the Crockers INDUCING
in pride of long descent" On the
other hand, she has plenty OF the
wealth which constitutes too much or
the patent Of nobility in democratic
America. Yet, as l say, she is not
known to manifest any pride on this
account
But like Tennyson's Lady Clara,
would it not be better for the Lady
Jennie to teach the neighbor boy TO
read and the neighbor girl to sew than
to waste such frivolous attentions on
the aristocratic puppy and pussyf
Now, it may be that there are no emil
dren to teach to read or to sew. But
let me warn Lady Jennie, there are
thousands of them who would reap
great benefits in being provided with
a tooth brush and taught the proper
use of it. If, moreover, doggle is
provided with a manicure set and a
tooth brush you may be well assured
his fare is too luxurious for his health
and too costly for Christian charity
in city where there are so many
miserable little souls unprovided with
proper dress and often hungry for
lack of food.
Makes for Class Hatred.
Miss Croker and her whole class
are menaced every day in the world
in their material interests by grow
ing socialism, increasing daily in It's
intense bitterness and class hatred
These rich people are often menaced
in their person by the hostility or
some of those against whom the cur
rents of life run too strong to be sue
cessfully resisted.
There is not a tinge nor touch or
socialism or sympathy with socialism
In my makeup. If there is anything
/ indulge a sentiment of hatred to-
ward this is It. But do see that just
such conduct as this young woman Is
guilty of (and l used the word guilty
with due deliberation) encourages the
growth of socialism, and fosters the
class hatred which Is making life Oft
en- dangerous in other cities like New
York, and it always makes the man
agement of large Industrial enter
prises difficult in the extreme.
For the sake Of the love OF the All
Father who made us all. and loves us
all, for the sake of our common hui
mainly and of our own families, let
this frivolity in the foolish care OF
puppies and cats go to-and let us
expend our sympathies as well as our
money on the care of the destitute
waits whose present life is miserable,
and whose future life to the country
may be dangerous.
Has Repented Her Foolishness.
Glory be, Miss Croker confirms the
views set forth above on the influence
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21


This gigantic
Peche with
Fl
thick and Is faced with granite blocks with towers at frequent intervals
1914 fall
maintained
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21
BABIES, PUPS
Itch and Idle Society" People
Seem to Have in Order the Re-
versaI of the List, and the Re-
suit Must Be the Fostering of
the Seemingly Increasing Class
Hatred, So Much to Be De-
pI0red.

We who in puppies and silks abide,
Have the poor no claims on you?
lave the mothers prayers by her dar-
ing's side
. power to pierce through your walls of
pride?
? you owe no debt to the Man that died?
Has He left you naught to do?
ware how you add to the smoldering
hates
That tester in novels dim!
tell You the rage OF the ages waits.
ld crouches now at your mansion gates!
ghteousness only its wrath abates-
10 forth, in the name of Him!
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-21

AS result of the riotous demonstra-
tons of the London militant suffra-
gettes, most of the buildings in the
vicinity of the houses of parliament
have been fitted with strong wire net
ting over the windows to serve as
protection against the bricks and cob
BILE stones which are the favorite weap-
ons of the rampaging women.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-23
CONTEST ON
 PARK NAME
Attractive Prizes Offered for the Best Handle to All Americans "Polo Grounds; Sunday Date Goes to Tempe Bears

That name contest, for the chooS- ing of a suitable handle to the All Americans new baseball park will start at once Answers will have to be in by October 15 in time for the final selection before the opening of fair week. The judges will be chosen from among the newspaper writers of the Phoenix papers.
 The reward for best will be the sum of twenty American dollars. It must be some classy cOgnomen that earns that juicy slice of currency. And for the second best will be given s and a season pass to the grand stand and grounds. Members of the team, and others who should properly be handicapped so, are barred from all participation in the contest Every chance is to given Phoenix and Salt river valley people to get in on the two rewards; plenty of time is allow ed the hard and earnest thinkers, so by the time envelopes are opened and grave judges settle themselves to the task of digging out the very most snappy, catchy name there should be at least a barrel of letters.
 The initial game on the Polk street grounds, as the exclusive property of the prOprietors of the All American baseball club. will be played with the wide eyed babes from Tempe town Since the southsiders administered their last defeat to the locals, the latter organization has made men of themselves, practicing every single night and adding new men by the score. When the team marches proudly to the field next, it will be as strong as wise selection can make 1t, fit aggregation of ball tossers tC uphold Phoenix name as a baseball town. Which is a title earned but vet to be entailed to the city by the Salt
Arizona republican., 1912-08-23
---tJ---- PHILADELPHIA'S DILEMMA

distress flag is being frantically waved from the broad top of the hat of the statue of William Penn which adOrns the tower of the city hall in Philadelphia. The Quaker City is in a dire dilemma She needs One-legged descendant of Peter Stuy- vesant. and if she cannot find one the grandeur and accuracy of the historical pageant being arranged for October may be marred, if not spoil eu outright
 Dr. Oberholtzer director of the forthcoming spectacle, is, figuratively. tearing his hair and gnashing his teeth because, fOrsOoth, as far as he has been able to learn, Stuyvesant left no One-legged descendants. He has advertised far and wide in vain. He has found many Franklins. Some of them have lost legs and others have lost arms or eyes, but it ap- pears that Peter was the only Stuyvesant to have one -leggedness as an idiosyncrasy
 The director says he has discov- cred more than a score kinsmen oi the thrifty Dutchman, but all have IiuHS leHdclouSlE to thelI peudl eA- tremities and apparently have faith fully kept out of the way of joy riding automobilists.
 History teaches that old Peter lost lis leg while fighting the Portuguese before he came to this country. and now it has fallen to Dr. Oberholtzcl to find serious flaw in the record of the incident. It does not tell which limb the Portuguese shot off, so thC pcrplexities of the pageant director are doubled.
 Dr. Oberholtzer admits he may b' able to get d mendicant to take tn rlace of Stuyvesant in his parade but he would like to know whethe he should tie up his right or his lief leg-New York Herald.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-23
MELLOW PERIL" AT PANAMA

This does not refer to Chinamen; Chinamen are scarce in the canal zone It is the epithet applied to Col oneI Goethals motor car which is mounted on Hanged wheels and looks more like taXicab gone rairoading than anything else in the world. It is painted the regulation bilious yell lew of Panama railroad passenger coaches, and you can scare shirker out of a wet seasons growth by yelling, Here comes the yellow peril" But as likely not the yellow peril' (also known as the brain wagon" is running empty, be- cause the colonel has dropped off to take a short cut to steam shovel or d bunch of compressed air drills or a new drainage ditch. or something else that has interested him. Presently he will come along uerched on top of a loaded dirt train ("dirt" means anything from mud to lotion Jumps of trap); or walking at a good swinging pace over rough con- struction tracks and slippery frag ments of splintered rock. A morning stroll with Colonel Goethals in the CuIebra cut is fully equal to a walk with Colonel Roosevelt in Rock Creek park.-WorId's Work.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
 O4316

Department of the Interior, U. S' Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona, August 9. 1912.
 NOTICE is hereby given that Ben- nett E. Kavanagh, of Phoenix, Arl' zona, who. on May IA. l90S. made Homestead Entry, No. 159S-O43l6, f"t SEA-, Section 6, Township l 5, Range 3 E.. G. & $. R. Meridian. mas Iileo notice of intention to make Flnai Three Year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before Register and Receiver. U. $. Land Office, at Phoenix, Arizona, on the 18th day of September. 1912.
 Claimant names as witnesses Sylvanus Palmer. William Gaston Mrs. Sarah E. Ray, John J. Gould all of Phoenix, Arizona.
 FRANK H. PARKER,
 Register.