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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01
WOMAN IN JUNGL.ES

| have had to contend in this country
Is the hatred of the natives for all
Americans.
Il start out with my gun over my
shoulder from the quaint old city Of
Cartagena, where / make my head
quarters between hunting trips, take
the old road leading out from the
city into the wilderness, and paddle
up the Atrato river to where I have a
little house built up on poles like the
other native huts. For khe Atrato
river overfows its banks here for hun
dreds of miles. and as in Venice, we
have to do most Of our travelling by
canoe.
AS ! push upstream IN my little
canoe past gorgeous lowering vines
which ! know enough to leave alone,
for death turks in their glossy folds
under great gloomy overhanging
trees, with immense vines trailing
down to the water, strange bird flies
into the branches of tree ahead Of
me. / paddle softly with my gaze
fixed on the branches of the tree. The
boat runs ashore.
There is a sudden splash. terrific
blow over the bow of the canoe which
almost shivers 1t to pieces, and my
gaze is suddenly brought down from
the bird to big alligator which has
been asleep on the shore and which /
did not notice. The alligator plunges
into deep water and am left lament
ing because the bird has taken fright
and flown away.
Il don't mount the birds. i make
what are in museum parlance called
skins. The rarest bird l find in Co
lOmbia and the most difficult to Sc
cure is the jabiru (MyGteria Ameri-
canal, five feet tall, with spread OF
wings of 100 inches. snowy, satiny
white, with band of crimson wattles
about the neck. He is the most diff
cult of all birds to stalk, showing al
most human intelligence in his self-de-
tense.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01

Most species of wild ducks have not
been persuaded to breed under re-
straint, but it has been believed that
they would do SO If stock could be Sc
cured that was hand-reared from the
egg and had never learned wild ways.
Mr.. Job established a camp on the
shore of Lake Manitoba. Wild ducks
eggs were collected in the surrounding
wilderness and Matched out In incu.
bators. Twelve species of wild ducks
nest in that region, and eggs or young
OF all these were secured I
In the majority Of cases every egg
Matched. The average for the season
was go per cent, far better than poul-
try men often attain. Most of the
young. except OF two peculiar mari
time species-the white-winged scoot-
er and the rudy duck-were reared
with little loss. Even such supposedly
wild natures as the redhead, canvas
back. bluebill and various others
proved perfectly docile. thriving in
confinement.
On the 2,000-mile journey back Mr..
Job personally cared for and tended
the consignment in the express cars.
A fine large stock. representing eleven
species. arrived In good condition
and are now thriving at one Of the
large preserves affiliated with the ex-
pertinent station. Experiments with
them will be conducted there. On the
trip only one duckling, some three
weeks old, died.
The achievement is expected to
prove the beginning of an important
movement to save and restore the
wild fowl, while demonstrating the eff
feet of environment on even the Wild
est creatures. IL
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01
Mrs. Kerr Has Spent Many Years
: in South America.
10 Fear of Hostile Natlves-Has Coz
lection of Many Specimens Of Rare
Tropical Birds and Animals for
Museums and Exhibits.

New York.-A woman must have
two qualities to be successful natu-
ralist, writes q woman who knows
what she is talking about, for she tells
in the Housekeeper an extraordinary
tale of feminine adventure. She must
love nature and she must be without
fear.
II can narrow my eyes along the
steel-blue barrel of gun. can look
without fear into the sullen face OF
hostile native. Yet, also. these same
eyes of mine bring me a message OF
pleasure when a gorgeous winged but
ter1y fits across the still dark tangle
of vines and creepers.
my own countrymen who have
come down to this South American
coast have said to me: Mrs. Kerr,
you must be the bravest woman in the
world.
Il do not know. There are the
Mathilde Moisants-they firt with
death in the clouds. There are the
Annie Pecks-they court 1t over the
edge Of an abyss. But my work in
the jungles of South America. collect
ing rare tropical birds for museums
and private collectors, certainly does
bring me face to face with many vari-
cites of danger every day.
81 never know which one of my enc
mics will claim meA-savage beasts, al
figators, hostile natives, possibly
starvation, or the pestilent fever which
reaches out greedy fingers from the
dark swamps. Often ! see no human
being for three weeks at time. Yet
am not afraid And love the jun
gle.
My wants are simple-a gun, some
poison, and any cid thing to eat /
wear boomers, long shooting jacket
with pockets everywhere, and rub
Der hat to protect me from the trop-
ical rains, which sometimes amount
almost to cloudbursts. My outfit com
sists of small light bake oven, coffee
pot. a pot for boiling, tent, fold
Ing cot, and mosquito netting.
Sometimes / can get natives to
help me, but often am compelled to
carry my outfit, for the Atrato negro
is very superstitious. He believes in
evil spirits. is afraid of tigers and al
ligators. and no money could hire him
to sleep in places where often spend
weeks alone.
Sometimes when there are savage
beasts about I climb into the treetops
and spend the night with the monkeys
Tor companions. One thing with which
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01
FIRST j. s. PRINCESS
Former Leota Nicolls Ranks
Above All American Women.
Wife of Prince Victor Of Thurn and
Taxis Has Been Given Her Right
full Rank by The Emperor
Of Au1tria.

Paris.-The appearance of four
lines in minute type in the Almanach
de Gotha-that volume so precious to
those who possess high titles and
those who worship them-has raised
an American woman to acknowledged
semi-royal rank
She who was Leota Eleanor Nicolls
Prince Victor of Thurn and Taxis, has
been accorded her rightful rank. de-
spite the fact that her husband mar
r1ed her without the permission of
his sovereign. Emperor Franz Josef
OF Austria.
The Almanach de Gotha. naming
the members of the house of Thurn
and Taxis, which dates back to iii,
states:
Prince Victor Theodore Macmillan
Egon Lameral. born at Ecska, January
IL, 1876, Seigneur of Lokoshar, OF
Elck and Of one part of Domegyhara,
married in New York, November 2,
1911. Miss Leota Eleanor Fitzgerald.
born at -, IS"
The blanks appear because the
place and date of the Princess birth
had not been verified at the time of
the Almanach's going to press.
By this official acknowledgment
Princess Victor, who has a fortune in
her own right. now takes precedence
IN any European court of all her coun-
trywomen who have married titles
Prince Victor's first cousin. Prince
Albert, is the reigning Prince of Thurn
and Taxis; his wife is her imperial
and royal highness, Archduchess Mar
guerite of Austria.
Princess Leota's first husband was
General Gerald Fitzgerald of q fam
Gus Irish family, one member OF which
so delightfully."- translated the verses
of the Persian, Omar Khayyam. The
Princess divorced General Fitzgerald
and the American court decreed that
he pay her and their two children
$4,000 year. In association with
the uncle of the Princess, J. w.
Thompson, millionaire banker and
coal operator. General Fitzgerald
made large fortune in America.
When the Princess married Prince
Victor he was burdened with debts.
To her intimates and to her uncle,
who did not favor the match, she
said:
"The Prince needs help and / pro-
pose to give 1t to him. / do not care
how much he owes; he will pay every
cent Of 1t. ! did not make him a
Prince, but am sure I can make a
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01
BLIND WORKSHOP is OPENED
Making of Broors and Mops and
Gaming of Chairs Affords Chance
to Earn a Good Salary.

New York.-The Bourne workshop
for the blind, erected at a cost OF
$4,000 by Miss Emily II. Bourne, and
the most completely equipped institu-
ton of its kind in the world, was
opened to the blind workers OF the
city by the New York Association for
the Blind
The building is equipped for the
making of brooms and mops and the
Gaming of chairs. Fifty workers al
ready have applied for benches and
there is room for as many more. They
are able to earn from SO 60 $12 a
week at their trades
The structure has four stories and
a roof garden. and faces ST. Gabriers
park on East 35th street. A restau-
rant, shower bath and other con-
veniences are included in the build
ing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01

man of him. / am willing to devote
the rest of my life to the task
The plucky American woman Is sue
ceeding. She has propped up the fall
ing house of Thurn and Taxis; has
rehabiliitated the branch of the family
into which she married. BY clever
business methods she has paid of
mortgages contracted by Prince Maxi
milan, Prince Victor's older brother
Had the mortgages been foreclosed
great estates would have been sacri-
feed The Princess has won the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01
LEARN TO TAME WILD DUCKS
interesting and Important Experiment
Conducted at Connecticut State
College.

Storrs, Conn.-The agricultural ex-
pertinent station at the Connecticut
State college here Is tanning wild
ducks as part of the new work of m
vestigation in economic ORTHODOXY.
The station was enabled this season,
through funds provided by sportsmen.
to send an expedition to the Canadian
northwest to study methods Of in
creasing wild ducks and getting
breeding stock for experimental pur-
poses. The expedition was in charge
of State Ornithologist Herbert X. Job.
assisted by his son. George G. Job, Of
the junior class at Yae. and other
helm.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01

receptacle for the tea basin, whence IL is nanoly
drawn forth at the constantly recurring hospital
ity of tea drinking.
Women and men wear heavy top boots. They
may be distinguished by the head dress. Both
sexes braid the hair into innumerable plaits
sometimes 100. In some sections the pla1ts
are fastened together with bright colored cloth
or with a heavy felt band covered with silver
ornaments, shells and beads. turban with a
white fur brim and red tassel hanging from
the pointed crown is often worn.
Women in the district of Lhasa wear for hair
ornaments silver halo set with TURQUOISE
most becoming head Dress other things being
equal. The Tibetan damse uses her braids In
coquettish fashion, much as does our debutante
her fan II she is wishes to appear confused
she shakes the curtain of buttered locks over
her face forming screen. through which she
peers with artful artlessness. In some regions
near remote lamaseries the women are said to
daub their faces with a greasy black cosmetic
lest the lamas might be tempted by their beauty.
a precaution which can hardly fail to impress the
traveller as rather unnecessary.
Except the great caravan route. which is SO
thickly beset with spies that to travel it without
meeting a military company sent out to turn
the travellers back Is impossible, the roads" to
Lhasa are narrow mountain passes, in some
places only to be traversed by climbing single
file or mounted on sure-footed yaks. 1t is through
such narrow, precipitous passes that DR.. Shelton,
his wife and little ones have SO far made their
way. If as they near Lhasa they should take the
path travelled by DR.. Rijnhart and her husband
and child they will pass big boulder beneath
which lie the remains of year-old baby. the
first white child ever in Tibet
Doris and Dorothy Shelton, who have so far
endured the journey very we'll are the most re-
markable pilgrims in the world. They are the
youngest, and, if their parents accomplish the
purpose to which they have consecrated their
lives, Doris and Dorothy will one day romp and
rollick in the somber shadows of Lhasa, the
hottest city of all Asia, where the Dalai lama
lives in his wonderful palace. a building whose
immensely and ornamentation battle description,
where many Of the houses are literally rooted
with gold and where the dead dsmembered,
then left exposed on stone slabs to be devoured
by vultures or by the hogs that rummage in the
sacred streets
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01

hearts of every member Of the high
and mighty Thurn and Taxis family
by her amiability.
Princess Leota has received unwel-
come nctoriety recently. Some news
papers confused her with another
Princess Of Thurn and Taxis whose
pearls were stolen at Ostsnd. Nor
man Selby, the American boxer, bet
ter known as kid Mccoy" was ar
rested in London falsely charged by
the Belgian government with having
been a party to the theft
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01

as the holy of holes and the impenetrable
sanctuary Of the mysterious east.
But it is not to remain so. When. in 1901, Dr.
Rijnhart returned to her chosen field, northwest
ern China, she took with her two missionaries
of the Foreign Missionary society. DIR. and Mrs
A. L. Shelton. With them she established an
other mission in Tachienlu, OF which DR.. Shelton
and his wife took charge on the death OF the
famous woman missionary a year ago.
Later 1t was given over to other hands, for
DR.. Shelton and his wife resolved to emulate the
example of the Rijnharts, and If 1t be in human
power they intend to penetrate interior Tibet and
to establish a Christian mission in Lhasa, the
very shrine Of Buddha where no foreigner has
ever been permitted peacefully to enter and
where none has ever dwelt.
With their baby girls, Doris, three years DID,
and Dorothy, seven, the two missionaries set out
from Tachienlu last fall their arduous and
dangerous journey They have now arrived at
Batang about months journey from Lhasa,
whence they have sent to this country the most
remarkable collection of Tibetan photographs
ever secured The mission station is near the
lamasary at Batang, which houses 5000 lamas or
Buddhist priests, and is one OF the five great
monasteries of Tibet.
The western theosophists cherished ideal Of
this nfe pure spirit and lofty contemplation. is
hardly borne out by the description of the Bud
dhist lamas as in everyday life by the
Sheltons To begin WITH like all Tibetans, they
are inordinately dirty. The native of Tibet never
bathes, nor is the lama an exception to this rule
They are covered with dirt and grease and
exude an odor of rancid butter from the fumes
h,x%%1 1onn hot
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01

DO with him.
Gaby is drawing a salary four times as large
as that she received before Manuels infatuaton
for her was public property. Two years ago she
told me she was saving her money and when
the right came along she would marry him
If he didn't have cent. The right man has
turned up. He is Harry Pilcer, Gaby's Amer
lean dancing partner. She has denied it several
times but despite all her laughing protestations,
Just about year from the present date the two
will be married and will retire to small estate
In France where Gaby declares she will be con-
tent the rest of her life to raise chickens.
But this story is not concerned, primarily, with
Gaby Deslys 1t is written to tell you about the
latest troubles of a monarch in exile. Besides
his broken heart Manuel has broken ambition.
AT last he has lost all faith in the ultimate
cess of the valiant band of royalists who
plotting, planning and fighting the frontier
Of Portugal. He has been forced to the conclu-
sion that his stay in England will be perma-
nent one barring social revolution in the coun-
try over which he once ruled. He is making
preparations to forsake the temporary abode in
Richmond in which he took up his residence
pending his return in triumph to Lisbon, and to
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01


" discovered
100000 for alleged
libel
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01

Grammar is temperamenta[sor of study
How do you make that out?"
Because it is SO conaclled by its mood"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01
& asy

What do you think is the best way to abats
the smoke nuisance?''
There is only way to do that"
What is it?"
Buy good cigars"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01


fees, while other sources of revenue have been
sucked dry The royalist soldiers. without nav
without food, without clothing and practical out
laws with prices their necks, look forward
with concern to the coming of winter
1t is In these circumstances that King George
has come forward with an offer of a suite of
rooms In Kensington Palace for Manuel and his
mother. The relations betweeA the English king
and Manual are very close, and George knows
almost to the dollar the dwindling resources of
the exile. In Kensington Palace although Man
uel and his mother probably will not enjoy the
luxurious surroundings that they have had at
Richmond they will have as neighbors in adjoin-
ing flats two members of the English royal fam
lily. The apartments In Kensington Palace are
at the disposal of the crown, and in two Of them
King Edward installed his sisters, Princess Henry
Of Battenberg and the Duchess of Argyll.
Kensington Palace, in former years, allow
ed to fall into neglect and the sanitary conditions
were not of the best. Then many of the rooms
were thrown open to the public, notably those
associated with the early years of Queen Vic
toria, and in consideration of this concession the
state bore the expenses of the upkeep of the
buildings. With the coming of the two daughters
OF Queen Victoria, radical improvements were
made in the furnishings but even today it would
be hard work to rent the several flats to any
American accustomed to the comparative luxury
of $10O-amonth fat in New York
With the flight Of his hopes young Manuel will
of England There is still hope among his older
relatives Of marrying him to one Of the English
princesses. The first choice is Princess Alexan-
dra of Fife, daughter and heir of the late Duke
of Fife. Such match would be more attractive
to Manuel than 1t was four years ago when
1t was first mooted, because the young Fife prin-
cess has since inherited the fat fortune Of her
father and would bring welcome relief to the
private pocketbook of the Portuguese monarch.
You will remember, probably, that Manuel came
to England some three years ago looking for a
WIFE He spent some little time in the company
of Patricia Of Connaught and the Fife sisters
Subsequently he confded to Gaby Deslys his i'm
pressions Of the three English princesses Boiled
down they amounted to this: He was willing to
consider Princess Patricia, but he understood
that she did not view the match with favor
whereas the Fife girls were fiat and uninterestng
and he would not consider them for single
moment.
OF Queen Amelia it can be said that she ia
endeavoring to find consolation for all her trou-
bies and disappointments in good works. In this
she Is following the example Of the Duchess OF
Marlborough and it was the American-born Ouch
who gave her the tip. Not long after the
Portuguese queen had exchanged the Necessi-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01

vi Iu0 UuJtCA lamps IAoS AAA eA~S
temples.
They are also infested with vermin.
which they may not even destroy, be-
cause to kill even the humblest OF
animals Is contrary to the teachings
of the Buddhist religion. The wonder
full learning of the Buddhist lama Is
also said to be ls~zsly product OF
western imagination. The worship
consists largely in noisy incantations
in the process of which guns are
sometimes fired. bells ring and horns
give forth deafening blasts.
The Tibetan woman may not be
without beauty. 1t is impossible to
tell. since she does not wash. Men
and women dress much alike, in
gowns@of originally bright colored
cloth, fastened about the waist by
green and red sashes. The bloused
waist portion is always used as the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01

HERE is at least one broken royal
heart in London at this moment. II
is in the breast of former King Man
uel of Portugal. His darling Gaby
Gaby Deslys, the light-haired, fair
skinned, demure little French beauty
whom he lifted to dizzy heights OF
fame and fortune by his patronage
when he sat upon the throne OF
Portugal, will have nothing more to
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-01

take up permanent quarters In the
most aristocratic flats in the whole
world-Kensington Palace.
ManuePs pessimism is due to the
report of his uncle, the Duke of
Opcrtc, who, since the royal fam.
lily hot-footed it out of Lisbon, has
been running between England
and the Spanish-Portuguese from
tier carrying news and instructions
betwee12 the boy king and those
who are battling for his cause
against the overwhelming odds of
the Portuguese republican govern
ment. The duke, who is a we'll
meaning but ineffective sort of
man, recently brought back from
Spain proofs that Manuers cham
pions are indeed in bad way-in
fact, just about in their last gasp
Manuel has given the last penny
that he can spare, Queen Amelia
has made herself almost destitute
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-22
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

In quarrel over money, Tom
Ba]linger, a negro, was shot to death
by another negro, John Ponder, Mon
day evening at Wexford, Spartanburg
county. Ponder used single-barrel
shotgun, the load taking effect in
Ballinger's intestines and he lived
about ten minutes.
Papers have been filed in the sher-
ih's Office in Orangeburg county
against the Southern Bell Telephone
company by jeremiah c. milestone
for $4,000 damages, for failure to get
q long distance call for milestone
to DR.. Brabham, Of Cope, when the
plaintiffs son was i'll. The case comes
up in the October term Of court.
Lightning struck the barn of C. s.
Roof, a farmer, residing between
Lexington and Columbia, Sunday
night, setting the building on fire.
In the excitement that followed the
son of Mr.. Roof ran against his moth
er, knocking her down and breaking
her cheek bone. The fire was .ex-
tinguished, however, and the build
ing was saved.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-22
KILLED WOMAN; THEN SELF.
His Only Excuse Was that He was
Hopelessly Ruined.

Eastbourne, England, Aug. 19.-
Captain Hicks Murray, an officer OF
the Gordon Highland, last night kill
ed his two young daughters, severe
ly wounded his wife and then COM
mitted suicide. He is supposed to
have become suddenly insane.
After the shooting the house in
which Captain Murray resided was
mysteriously burned to the ground.
His wounded wife was found later
wandering about the street scream
ing for her children. Five bodies
were found in the ruins of the Muir
ray home. OF these two have not
been identified.
Captain Murray left a letter in
which he said:
II am hopelessly ruined and have
for this reason killed all those de-
pendent upon me. I should like all
of us to be buried in one grave. God
forgive me-"