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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-26

American culture, and it will have the
most far-reaching consequences.
The spiritual and artistic culture of
a country is not created by either
women or men-it is the outgrowth OF
the intellectual and spiritual co-opera-
ton Of the two sexes, and 1t must be
introduced in the home. And there it
must be fostered by both father and
! mother
To be still more candid-culture has
never been formed by women. 1t is
in the nature of man to grasp ideas
and impressions-in that of women to
be grasped by them.
There have always been-always
will be-women with force enough to
do the contrary, but they are the ex-
ceptions
!. America has entrusted culture to the
woman almost exclusively. Doe5 she
understand the trust? Does she not
confuse superciliousness with power?
She finds the man at her feet, but
she does not stop to think that the
street nymph or the ballet girl as well
as the woman of the world might
bring him there also.
What American Woman Misses.
She sees that he is proud of her
ability to quote Moliere in his own Ian
guage, and to remember Goethe with
out referring to books, but she forgets
that a cultivated woman always i'm
poses on an unlearned man. She does
not understand nor taste the pleasure
and exhilaration of mental combat
with man. She has no idea OF the
excitement and the sublimity of pleas
ure which comes when man and wom-
an meet on the cold, clear-cut platform
from which the world is ruled.
This does not mean that America
lacks large number of learned and
intelligent women. On the contrary,
it means that the egotism OF woman
has locked this door to American cul-
ture.
The American woman is raw mate
rial from which might be made a per
feet object of art and beauty vastly
superior to the woman of any other
land.
one HAS the lHlSulSSuce-DuL II )S
unused and unframed.
She is brilliant apparition-but is
spoiled by lack of self-control.
She has liberty and the solid sup
port Of man-but she abuses both.
She has a comfortable and modern
home-it is neglected She lives
away from her children.
Sees Inevitable Change.
This must be changed If the Ameri-
can woman is ever to reach the des-
tiny for which her talents have in
tended her.
The suffragette will cry out, you
have forgotten me-" the self-support-
ing crowd of women and the poor
wives who work for their families viii
say: You have been unjust to u.s."
The suffragette is the salt OF the
and, the self-supporting woman is the
backbone of the country. and the
1rudging mother is the most sublime
Of all.
But it is the rich woman who holds
he reins which control the man, who
has the power. 1t is she who puts her
stamp on the nation.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-26
TALLEST MAN IN ENGLAND

Frederick Kempster. basketmaker
at DR.. Barbados home in Essex. is
said to be the tallest man in England.
he measured Z feet. 255 inches in his
stocking feet. and is only twenty-one
years old.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-26
MATCHES MADE OF GRASS

With the growing scarcity of wood.
match manufacturers are looking for a
substitute A stem made Of dried
grass is being experimental with in
Europe.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-26

What do you shinx? They found
when they got to the bank this morn
ing that 1t had been cleaned out the
night before"
Did they find out who did ftp"
'Oh. yes. It was the janitor."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-26

"A dentist must be versatile kind
of a man.
Why so?''
Because he can have a cheerful
expression and be looking down la
the mouth at the same time.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-26
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNlYS0lOOL
LESSON
LESSON FOR APRIL 2s.
THE BEATITuDEs.
fBy Il. 0. SELLERS, Director OF Even
Ing Department, The Moody Bible In.
etitute OF Chicago.)

LESSON TExT-Matt- 5:1-12
GOLDEN Blessed are the pure
in heart for they shall mo doubt about
it) see God"
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10
BAR0NET SELLS NEWSPAPERS
Sir Henry Kellett Of England, Re-
dueed to Poverty, Enters Business
at Melbourne, Australia.

London-Behind the counter Of a
little cigar and newspaper store in
the High street district of Kow, a
suburb of Melbourne, Australia, stands
throughout the day a suave, polite,
courtly little man, greeting with bland
smile and a grateful much obliged,
call again." all who choose to buy
newspapers, cigars or tobacco of him.
Scarcely any of those who know
him under the name he has assumed
for more than fifteen years are aware
Of the fact that he is listed in the
pages of Debrett as Sir Henry Kel-
lett, baronet of the United Kingdom.
To the reporter of a Melbourne
newspaper, who dug out the story Of
his descent from a high social posi-
tim TO the status of a humble shop
keeper, Sir Henry thus explained his
position:
81 was left without a shilling and
only the rudiments Of an education;
came out here to earn a living and
have so far succeeded. / work from
dawn to midnight. Don't you think
under these circumstances it was wise
for me to forget my title? Rather in
congruous for Sir Henry end Lady
Kellett to be selling newspapers from
behind shop counter"
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10

said, discussing the subject. They
are out of date. The fights are ex-
pensive for the railway company, and
the Washington Railway and Electric
company, for one, intends in the fu.
ture to pay such claims when they are
sincere and just without the formality
and expense of legal prosecution and
defense.
The modern policy is to keep Gus
toners of a public service corpora.
ton in good humor-to keep them as
customers, and not antagonize them.
think most largo public service cor.
porations are coming TO understand
that principle and are putting 1t into
practice"
So, madam, II the conductor starts
his car before your black net theater
gown is unlocked from the steps, and
rips 1t off you, do not sit down and
weep or get your husband to'swear for
you. Just step up to Mr. Whitehead's
Office. "Everybody's dol' It now" Or
you, sir, II your arm is wrenched from
the socket, and you cannot work for
some time, just tell Mr.. Whitehead,
and he will ask DR.. Glazebrook, the
company's physician, to communicate
with your physician. and that will be
all there will be to It.
It's the latest thing out.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10
GIories Of Mems Hose Tempt Their Wives

FOR months the husbands OF Wash.
i ington have wondered why the
sock boxes" which adorn their chit
foniers have always been empty.
Wives when questioned have re-
sponded: Your socks are all dirty,
dear. Why don't you think to put
them in the wash and then you need
not growl about them every day or
So"
In his ignorance the husband has
ceased to "growl" and made the best
of II. usually buying a fresh supply on
his way down town. The mistress OF
the household has kept a straight face
and said nothing.
But stolen socks like murder. will
out. and thousands OF former 'growl-
ers" will know what has become of
the "sobbing hose" which in times past
have vanished from their wardrobes
or dressing tables.
Saleswomen In the hosiery depart
ments the other day explained away
the mystery. Appropriated and not
dirty" is the word which is the key
TO the situation In short. Washington
women have been and are now wear
ing their husbands socks. And one
Of mans last claims to superiority
has been taken from him without his
knowledge.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10
"Lupo the WoIf," Closely Guard
ed in Federal Jail.
Authorities at Penltentiary In Allan
ia, Ga, Believe Prisoner is Plan
ming to Stay seuths Respon-
sible for His Capture.

Atlanta, Ga. - "Lupo the Wolf,
leader of the most daring band OF
criminals in America, is the most thor.
oughly guarded prisoner in the fed.
eral penitentiary in Atlanta since the
discovery Of two attempts of confed-
crates to communicate with him in
his cell, planning, it is said, the as
sassination Of the detectives who ran
him down.
Warden Meyer has been warned
that Lupo and his band of assassins
are plotting to take revenge upon De-
tectives William J. Flynn, District At
torney Smith, United States Judge
George Ray and half a dozen others
instrumental in sending him to prison.
Lupo has yet thenty-three years Of
n twenty-five year term to serve. In
another cell is his chief lieutenant,
Giuseppe Morrello. The prison au-
thorities know that determined and
persistent efforts will be made by the
hundred-odd members Of the gang still
at liberty to get them out.
Dispatches from New York say that
Lupus friends are bent upon reveng-
Ing his conviction while awaiting an
opportunity to secure his release.
Lupo on his way to Atlanta vowed that
before he died he would get" Flynn,
who, with a score of subordinates. ar
rested him at a farmhouse at High.
land. n. Y, where he was engaged In
counterfeitng.
When Morrello was nabbed a little
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10
CHIEF OF CRIMINALS

later, after a desperate battle in a
New York den, he, too, vowed venge-
ance on Flynn and the secret service
men who tore the gun and knives from
his hands and dragged him uncon-
scious to the Tombs.
More than all, Lupo wants revenge
upon the spies who got into the coun-
ellis of the Malta band.
The prison authorities have taken
precautions that no ono shall see Lupo
in prison who might even inadvertent-
ly carry some communication to him
from the outside world. He is never
allowed to speak to any one, especial
ly Morrello, unless a guard is with
him. His letters to and from the
prison are carefully scanned. Every
moment Of his days and nights in
prison he will be closely guarded and
watched.
Meanwhile, biGing his time, some
where In this country is a Slcilian who
has sworn to have the lie of Lupo the
Wolf the moment the Malta chief
quits the Atlanta prison. Lupo killed
this mans brother in Sicily twelve
years ago for refusing to join Lupus
foreign vendetta. and then fed to this
country. It is said that this Sicilian
has told friends that he win come to
Atlanta in the hope OF finding an op-
portunity to Stay Lupo in prison
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10
PET SNAKE CREATES PANIC
Scare Green Monster Gave to Children
az Bristol, Pa, Is Transferred
to Adults.

Bristol, Pa.-Bristol children do not
wander far from home these days
since a green pine snake six feet long
tried to Join in their reyels.
Joseph Gardener Of Otter street.
while on a trip through Jersey caught
the snake in the pines few days ago.
He put 1t in n box and brought it to
his home, where he made house for
It in his cellar.
A day or two ago Gardener was alb.
sent from home and the snake took
advantage Of his freedom, escaped
from the box and wound its way into
the street, where not a few children
were playing.
It did not take long for the young
sters to discover the reptile creeping
toward them. OF course, they all took
fright and screamed, and as they all
have sound lungs It did not take long
TO bring their parents to their rescue.
Excitement prevailed for little
while as the older folks came running
with brooms, clothes props and so on
to make battle with the monster
Finally one Of the family and about
hundred Of the residents cornered the
snake with their weapons and drove
II into the cellar Of the Gardener
home,
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10
Banks May Adopt the Finger Print System

The chance of making a mistake on
a finger print is said to be very re-
mote In the first place, the marks on
persons fingers or hand never
change during life. and In the second
place, there is only one chance in six.
ty-two billions, 1t has been estimated.
where two persons would develop the
Same finger prints. Heretofore. the
finger print method has been used
almost exclusively by the police. AS
a part of the Bertillon system It has
been used to trace criminals. The pc.
lice are accustomed to taking impress
sions Of the thumbs and the fin. srs Of
both hands, but the savings banks do
not so that far.
They take prints OF the first three
fingers on the right hand, emitting the
thumb. These prints are made with in
delible ink on a card which is filed
away along with the depositors name
and pedigree. When he presents his
bank book to draw out his account he
is questioned as to his pedigree.
Should his questions prove unsatlsfac.
tory he is then asked to make du.
plicate finger print for the purpose OF
This is done by simply
sprinkliug black powder on the moist.
ure left by the fingers on a bank
card. When the powder is blown OF
the print remains and the comparison
can then be made.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10
Returned Evil for Good

nold's watch and dollars worth OF
stamps. When on the night OF his
last visit found the screen tempered
with l knew that Camerson was back
again. and made up my mind to catch
him"
Mr.. Arnold notified the police OF
his suspicious and asked that his
house be watched. That night the
couple, who are well past middle life,
looked over their house before going
to bed, but somehow missed the spare
bedroom Cameron was there hiding.
He heard them check up some &C
counts Of the Arnold home and speak
of $75 that the minister had with
him.
After the couple had gone to bed
Camerson entered their room, and
Mrs. Arnold awoRe to find a revolver
pointed at her. She screamed. and
Mr.. Arnold bounded out of bed and
fought the intruder. The minister
forced up the revolver and held it up
while Camerson fired two shots. Mrs.
Arnold finally got hold of a gold.
headed cane belonging to her hus-
band, and with this beat all the fight
out Of the man. Neighbors had heard
the shots, and they and the police
came after Camerson had been Sc
cured. The fellow was taken to jail,
and is awaiting trial on several ac-
counts that would keep him in >. cell
for life If he should get the fun pen.
alties.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10
Woman Fights Bulldog to Save Kittens Life

There was a small kitten in the al
ley, and Miss Throckmorton and the
bulldog saw the kitten at about the
same time It is stated. Miss Throck,
morton called to Wells to hold back
the dog. and ran toward the helpless
little kitten. But Wells, 1t is said, did
not hold the dog, so Miss Throckmor.
ton, who loves but does not fear
beasts, she stated. seized the bulldog
by the neck.
Miss Throckmorton's strength was
not an equal match for the dog, and
Wells, It was said, did not help her,
but only cried out warningly that tho
dog would hurt her.
Finally the bulldog got away from
Miss Throckmorton, and with one
crunch of his powerful jaws. and one
shake of his massive head, ended all
and every, singly, separately and in
dividually, nine lives of the kitten.
Then Miss Throckmorton swore the
warrant against Wells and Miss Hin.
l1le. She said she did not think that
persons ought to be allowed to per
NIT such dangerous animals as the
bulldog to be at large without being
muzzled.
Judge Pugh, who tried the case,
fined Wells $50 for cruelty to animals,
and fined Miss Hinkle S. for allowing
the dog to be at large unmuzz;eG and
without a leash.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10

Finger PRINTS as a means Of iden-
L tifying depositors who cannot write
their names may be adopted by Wash
ington Banks Among the patrons OF
the banks, especially of those which
do a savings business, the proportion
of illiterates is considerable, 1t was
said by bankers the other day, and
the fact that some of the Brooklyn
banks have adopted the system OF
finger print signatures for their Nlt.
crate customers has suggested to To-
cal bankers that the plan might be
feasible for meeting conditions here.
c. L. Bowman, cashier OF the Union
Savings bank, said he believed the fin.
ger print system of signatures was
practicable, but he did not know II 1t
was needed in Washington.
The finger print system has proved
not only popular with the officers of
Brooklyn savings institutions. but also
has proved an unfaillng method OF es-
tAblishing the identity of the Hitter.
ates.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10
Tramp Cared for by Clergyman for
Three Years Robs His 5enefac-
tor-ls Now in Jail.

Detroit.-Rev. c. l.. Arnold, head OF
the Arnold home, a charitable institu-
ton, is seeking the Imprisonment for
a long term of Claude Camerson. The
clergyman and his wife had befriend-
ed Camerson and given him a chance
to lead an honest life only to be sub.
jected to robbery several times and
to shoot them.
f, 81 first met the fellow three years
ago. said Mr.. Arnold, when he came
to the Arnold home looking like a
tramp after having beaten his way
from Toledo. He asked for something
to eat and l gave him his dinner and
a bath, afterward getting him a Job.
"He stayed at the home and shortly
after | got him the job he took the
key to my house, which | kept at
the home, went there and stole $50.
He then calmly went back to the
home, put back the key and left.
He returned later and | decided TO
forget the theft and give him another
trial.
II got him another Job as night
Waterman for the Pere Marquette
railroad. and for awhile he behaved
himself. After three months, how
ever, he broke into my house again
and stole S45.
About three months afterward he
sat in the alley beside my house one
night while people were passing along
the nearby avenue, and removed a
pane of glass withoat breaking it. All
he got for his trouble was Mrs. Ar
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10

WAsH1NGToN.-A thrilling nara
w tive OF how Miss Josephine
Throckmorton, author, artist and lover
of "our dumb friends" braved a saw
age bulldog in a vain endeavor to save
a Kittens life was disclosed the other
day by police court records.
Miss Throckmorton, who lives at 121
Q street, southeast, was in court as a
witness in the case against Miss Lille
Hinkle Of 119 G street, southeast,
charged with permitting her bulldog
to run at large without muzsle, and
In another case against Edward Wells,
Miss Hinkle's brother-in-law, also liv-
ing at 119 c street. northwest, for
cruelty to animals, in that he per
mitted the dog to kill the kitten.
According to evidence, Miss Throck.
morton, accompanied by Miss Annie
Laurie Tully, who lives with her. walk.
ed from the rear OF her premises into
Rumsey's alley Just as Wells opened
the gate Of the Hinkles' yard and
started out with the bulldog.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10
Red Cross Seals seInu Printed.

seventy-fve million Red Cross
seals are now being printed for the
holiday sale Of these anu-tuberculosis
stickers for 1912. The National Assoc
citation for the Study and Prevention
of tuberculosis, which in cooperation
with the American Red Cross will con
duct the sale, makes this announce
ment and states further that the out
look this year is bright for a higher
sale than ever before.
The seal this year is said to be the
best Of its kind that the Red Cross
has ever issued. The design is In
three colors, red, green and gray. A
Santa Claus head In the three colors
Is shown in the center surrounded By
holly wreaths. In each corner Is a
small red cross. The seal bears the
greeting, Merry Christmas, Happy
New Year. American Red Cross, 1917
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10
Elsie Wolstater, Seven, In Hospital In
a Serious condition-Her Story
Doubted by Police.

New Yorl.--Elsie Wolstater, seven
years old, was taken to the Reception
hospital and later transferred TO the
Metropolitan hospital on Blackwell's
island, suffering from severe burns
on the arms. legs and body. She de-
clared that an unidentified boy had
held a match to her dress in tho
ground floor hallway of her home at
244 East Seventy-seventh street.
Before she was taken away the girl
declared she had never seen the boy
before and that he ran from the yard
OF the tenement to where she was
carrying a chair from the Wolstater
apartment. on the third floor. TO her
parents. who were sitting on the
stoop.
She eaAd he struck match and de
IiberatalJ held Il under her dress until
II caught iire Detectives questioned
shildTen n tho neighborpood They
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10

"Of course women are wearlIs mems
socks" said a saleswoman in a Penn.
sylvania avenue department store the
other day. Society women are wear,
ing their husbands socks these hot
days and holding them up with their
husbands garters as well.
IF the men had only been content
to wear plain hosiery all would have
been well. They olamored for color
and figure, however. The garden. the
rainbow, the peacock were robbed for
color schemes for masculine hose. The
women became envious. The shades
to which they had access were dull
and tame Boldly they reached out and
began wearing mems half hose in all
their gaudy colors.
Every day We sell the women doz.
ems Of pairs OF half hose. Most OF
them say, 1 want something suitable
for my husband but that Ia all a
blur, you know"
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10
Street Car Company Promises Millennium

G TREET realway companies are go
~ ing to put into effect a policy OF
not fighting claims they believe to be
just. II they hurt you or tear your
clothes or smash your hat they are
going to pay you without any fuss.
All you do is to walk up to the claim
agents office, tell him your troubles,
point out that the conductor knows
how 1t happened, and you get q check
Yes. sir. Just like that.
Well, at least one Of the street rail-
way companies of Washington says
that is what they are going to do, and
that one IS the Washington Railway
and Electric company. according TO
F. ]. Whitehead, its claim department
manager.
According to Mr.. Whitehead, an era
is going to come in the history OF
public service corporations that will
make the legal battles for claims fol
lowing the Terra Gotta wreck and
other similar fights for damages as a
consequence of recent street car
smash-ups entirely unnecessary. How
the lawyers who make a living prose
cutting claims against public service
corporations are going to take the
news Is q mystery. But the time is
coming.
The old day, when you had to have
q dozen witnesses, Just as good II not
better than the company's, as we'll as
stack of Bibles, and a frst-class law
yer to prove that an accident actually
did occur to you for which you are
entitled to damages. has gone out of
fashion, says Mr.. Whitehead
we do not have time for these
oldfashioned fights" Mr.. Whitehead
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10
COUNT SCRUBBED THE FLOORS
Member Of Mobility Declares In ri.
Voroe Trial He Selected
Clothes for Wife.

Los Angeles.-It was Count Won
Neindorff's day in Judge Reictor's
court in the divorce suit of his wife
Mrs. Won Nelndorft testified she had
never told her husband an untruth
and appeared in the light OF a model
wife. The count had refused to buy
her a sewing machine because OF her
m health. She insisted she wanted
one because she desired TO make her
own clothing.
The count testified be was always
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10
Discriminatory Was RInht.

Mrs. Mason's colored washerwoman,
Martha. was complaining If her hus.
bands health. &
why, is he sick, Martha?" asked
Mrs. Mason. n
Hes ve'y poly, ma'am, poly" ans
swered the woman. He's got the ex-
clamatory rheumatism"
You mean inhammatory, Martha, !"
said the patron. Explanatory means
to cry out"
Yes, ma'am," replied Martha, with
conviction "dats what 1t is. He hol-
lers all the time."-Judge.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-08-10

polite to his young wife. He said
Mrs. Won Neindorfr never expressed
wish that he did not crafty. AL.
though he is a German count. he swal-
lowed pride of birth, got down on
his knees and scrubbed the floors.
polished the grand paino and swept
the various rooms.
Although his wife charged him with
never having permitted her to buy
clothing he did not deny that he had
often selected the goods. He believes
he has admirable taste. Tho case
was continued