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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-07
Mrs. Edward B. McLean's $4,000 Fete

A FUSILLADE of rapidly exploding
"A dynamite mines and the sudden
transformation of a miniature battle
field set with platoons of manikin SOL
diers into "a field of carnage" with
fully equipped corps of Red Cross
nurses rushing to do service among the
wounded" was the browning feature
in series of surprises which made
the $4,000 fete Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Beale Mclean gave the other night
one of the most astonishing and spec
tacular affairs ever given in Washing
ton. Small fortresses dotted the gar
dens, and cavalry and cannon added
to the realism of the martial picture.
Red Cross ambulances and Red
Cross nurses arranged on wires
charged with electricity whirled rap
idly to the scenes of the several ex-
plosions, and within twenty inmates
after the firing of the first mine the
Italian gardens set with fifty bat
talions of soldiers in battle array look
the full tide of bloody fray.
The occasion marked the climax OF
q weeks entertaining planned in hon.
or of the delegates to the interna-
tional Red Cross conference.
Eight hundred guests, including not
ables from every country in the civil
lied world, attended the reception.
which was marked by the elegance of
G court function.
Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean, wear
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-07
Human Skull Elastic

Fortunately the human skull, al
though composed of bones, is elastic
much more so than one would think.
The average male adult skull, in fact,
is so elastic that it may be COM
pressed lateraly in diameter by a blow
or pressure applied at the center of
area at right angles to the surface at
that point by " centimeters. or about
six-tenths of an inch, recovering it's
original diameter and form without
sreaking.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-07
Real Utopia at Capitals Front Door

Well, it's easy to get there. Just
get on Columbia line car marked
District line" and ask the conductor
to let you off at Sixty-frst street
northeast Then follow your nose, ac-
cording to the directions.
The first thing you know you are
right in the heart of Utopia, town hall
and all. 1t is Capitol Heights, Nd.
By all rights it should be a part of the
District, for it is populated by Wash
ingtonians, and its citizens for the
most part have their business in this
city.
They have real chickens in Cap
itol Heights, hens that lay eggs, and
ROSTERS that crow like all get out at
daybreak every morning.
The social life Of the community
centers about the town hall, where
dances, plays and fairs are frequently
given. The town boasts Ladies' I'M
provement League, whose duty it is
to see that the lights are lighted ev-
cry night so that their husbands can
find the way home, and a citizens as
sociation which accomplishes progress
siye legislation. On moonlight nights
the Ladies' Improvement association
realizes big saving In coal oil, be-
cause hubby finds his way to his own
doorstep in the light of the moon.
1t is shame to think that the pro-
oroScivo Iif4Io fouvp mill he hoforo 1c~op
swallowed up by the spreading city.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-07
MAKE STUDY OF ATMOSPHERE
Kites and Balloons Used to Lift Self.
Recording Instruments to Obtain
Air Conditions.

M. A. Lawrence Rouck, at the Blue
Fill observatory. near Boston, in 1894,
was the first to employ kites. attached
to steel wires. to lift self-recording in
struments and so obtain records of the
various conditions in the atmosphere.
Since that year they have been used
extensively in this country, in Europe,
and from the decks of steamships, fire.
quently ascending three and four miles
into the air, writes Paul Foster in the
American Review of Reviews. About
the same time the small ballons-sondes,
or sounding balloons, were perfected
IL France, and began to be employed to
carry instruments far higher, some
reaching the extraordinary height of
Is miles.
These discoveries and improved
methods of research led to tn. organ
ization of an international commission
for scientific aeronautics, under the
a. -spices of which measurements are
made simultaneously at an increasing
number of stations throughout the
world. Started as private enter
prise, the work is now an international
undertaking, and balloons anc kites
have been employed monthly for some
years at many stations in Europe, and
within very recent years at one or two
stations in the United States.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-07
plaque Of Cancer In Finland.

A recent report from Finland shows
that eight times as many men have
cancer on the lip S women Cancer
of the stomach is about as common In
women as in men. The cancer COM
mission was appointed by the Finnish
Medical society and made study of
the cancers in the hands of 313 ply
sicians. It is pointed out that cancers
are less common among the upper
class than in the lower class Of Fin.
land.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-07

Capitol policemen and detectives
FASTENED to the gallery. A confederate
of the press agent, suspecting some.
thing was about to happen, gave his
associates a signal from a doorway
and the singers quickly withdrew from
the gallery. Employees of the sergeant
alarms escorted the singers odt of the
capitol grounds.
Carrie Nation attempted to address
the senate from one of the galleries
several years ago. but siucs then
there has been no encroachment on
the rules of the senate, which pro-
hibit demonstrations Of any kind in
the galleries.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-07

French railways and in the postal and
telegraph service
The new arrangement is intended to
replace the awkward "a. M" and "pc
M" designations. A partial test in
the telegraph service has given salts
factory results.
New time tables for all the lines
will be printed and instead of D. m.
for instance, the simple number Is
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-07
Test for smokeIess Powder.

Ultraviolet rays from a quartz mer-
Jury vapor lamp have been found to
accelerate the spontaneous decomposi-
ton of smokeless powders, and are
purposed as a test of the stability of
such powders.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-07
Face Immersed In Water.

To enable a person to keep his face
Immersed in water for several min
utes, as for facial massage. a Wash
ington man has invented a clip to
close the nostrils and rubber tube to
admit air through the mouth.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-07
SCIENCE
Al96A av2eA E Nv
nV)IEENT ION
MEASURE FEET CORRECTLY
Device, Invented by Massachusetts,
Man, Equipped with Tape, Fits
Closely Around Foot.

Custom-made shoes arep likely to be
more comfortable through the inven-
ton of Massachusetts man. Where
formerly the cordwainer was obliged
to rely largely on his own judgment
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-07

French, German and English are
taught in the schools of Holland, and
pupils are required to pass an exam
nation in these languages before grad
uation.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-07
Diseases Cured by Cold Air.

Diseases cured or improved by cold
air are specified in American Medicine
as malaria, tuberculosis. digestive dis
turbances, yellow fever. tetanus and
organic troubles affecting the blood
pressure.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-07
ldiahest scientiflc Station.

The highest scientific station in the
world is on the summit of Mount
Misti. an extinct volcano in southern
Peru It Is $4,000 feet above sea
level
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-07
ADVANTAGES OF NEW CLOCK
Twenty-Four Hours on Dial Prevents
Serious Mistakes in Arranging :
Appointments by Wire.

Beginning June 1 the hours of the
day will be numbered from / to "a,
from midnight to midnight on all
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-07

The man who has real faith in God
will have plenty of other good things.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-07

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metal, eyes aglow with readi-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-29
IhnN3S Oueer <mCMiOuS
IRREGULARITIES or ANIMALS

Tortoises and turtles have no teeth.
Both mandibies or the parrots beak
are movables. but most birds are able
70 move only one.
The horse has no eyebrows. The
appearance OF much white In tho eye
Of horse indicates vicious nature.
The stork IL partial TO kittens as
an article OF food. and the cats re-
ciprocate by love for young storks,
The frog. owing to its peculiar
structure, cannot breathe with the
mouth open. and n II were forclbly
kept open the animal would die OF
suffocation.
Whalebone 10 found In the mouth OF
the whalebone whale, where Il forms
the substitute for the teeth, OF which
otherwise the animal IL destitute.
Pigs are poor swimmers. their fore
legs being set closely under them,
and when they fall into the water
they sometimes cut their throats
with the sharp points OF their cloven
feet
The eyes Of hares are never closed.
ns they are unproyided with eyelids
Instead thereof they have thin mem
brane which covers the eye when
asleep. and probably also when at
rest.
The deer 10 furnished with supple
mentary breathing places in addition
70 the nostrila, and this would appear
TO be an extraordinary provision or
nature giving the beast OF the chase
freer respiration.
Fishes swallow their food hastily
and without masticatIon, because they
are obliged INCREASINGLY to open and
close the jaws for the purpose OF
respiration and cannot long retain
food In the mouth when quite shut.
Tho hump on the back OF the
dromedary Is an accumulation OF a
peculiar species OF fat, which Ia a
store OF nourishment beneficently pro.
yided against the day OF fasting.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-29
AFTER He HAD COUNTED THEM
His Companions Safe, Philadelphia
Man Was Satisfied That He Had
Really Shot Buck.

Thomas Martindale, the Philadel
phia moose hunter, said, apropos OF
the opening of the deer season:
Buck fever is a strange disease
The victim of 1t does some remarkable
things.
"a Philadelphia was deer hunting
in Maine. He shot four or FIVE shots
into. thick copse, and. then he
shouted:
All of you come out of there!'
Half a dozen sportsmen issued
from the copse hurriedIy.
Are you all out?' said the Phila-
delphian. One, two, three, four.
Where's Jake? oh, there you are,
Jake. Are you all out, sure?'
Yes they answered. We're all
out: the whole party's out
Hurrah, then!' shouted the PhiIa-
delphian, 'Hurrah! I've shot a
buck!'"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-29
DIVORCE IN VARIOUS LANDS

In Hindostan either party for a
slight cause may leave the other and
marry.
In the olden times the Jews had a
discretionary power of divorcing their
wives.
Divorces are scarcely allowed In
Thibet. unless with the consent of
both parties. Remarriage is forbid
den.
In Cochin China the parties desir-
ing divorce break a pair OF chopsticks
In the presence of witnesses and the
thing ia done.
II the wife OF Turkoman asks his
permission to go out and he says go"
without adding, come back again, "
they are divorced.
In Siberia. II man is dissatisfied
with the most trifling acts of his wife,
he tuars cap or veil from her face
and that constitutes a divorce.
In Siam the first wife may be d.
vorced but not sold. as the others may
be. She may claim the first child.
The others belong to the husband
Among the Moors. II the wife does
not become the mother OF n boy, she
may be divorced with the consent OF
the tribe and can marry again.
In the Arctic region, man who
wants divorce leaves home In anger
and does not return for several days.
The wife takes the hint and de
parts.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-29

The water clock. otherwise called
a clepsydra, here illustrated. was
made In 1899 and stands 80 inches
high The brass dial Is nine inches In
diameter. and is divided into twenty
four hours. the period the water
flows. The signs OF the Zodiac
arc also quantity engraved on It. A
liz brass cylinder flied with water.
which is allowed to escape. drop by
drop. through small tap fixed near
the bottom OF A. and which can be
regulated. II IL copper fioat, which
rests on the surface OF the water
and sinks with II. II Is kept steady by
q. eounterpoise. to which II is at.
taehed by chain. which passes over
the pulley Cd. upon which the haad
(E) Is nxed as the water sinks I'll
A.. u falls, and thus raises c, which
causes II 20 move round the dial and
indicate the time. which It does with
accuracy. A has to be flled every
twenty.four hours On the brass yes
sci marked r.. into which tho water
drains. is engraved; Tyne Is Short,
q. knight OF We Towne Ipswich,
1852" and below his coat OF arms
and crest
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-29
roc Great Expectatlons.

First Angler-Look, this fish was
almost caught before; see the broken
hook in it's mouth.
Second Angler-Tt should have had
sense enough to steer clear Of hooks
after that
First Angler-Oh. come. you can't
expect fish to exhibit more sense
than human being.-Boston Trans.
cript.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-29
SAVES CHILD BY BOLD LEAP

Leaping from q moving locomotive
into a stream at the side of the rail
road track, Fireman Frank Ball, EN-.
ployed on an E-ie switch engine at
Pnssaic. N. j., rescued four-yearold
Molly Roman. who had fallen into the
Dundee canal. While playing on the
bank the girl lost her balance and fell
In. Fireman Ball saw the youngster
fall into the water as his engine drew
near, He leaped into the stream and
with a few powerful strokes reached
the side OF the child.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-29
WALKS TEN MILES IN SLEEP

Mary Ruth Smith OF Clinton. Mo.
eleyen.year-old daughter OF physi.
clan. left her bed at II o'clock aud.
clad only In her night robe and her
mothers coat. walked In her sleep
barefoot over ten miles OF rough and
muddy country roads to the home Of
her uncle. Walter Waugh. at Norris,
AT daylight MT Waugh found her
saivering on his front porch She was
unable to recall how she got there.
but said she dreamed OF wanting TO
go 10 her uncle's home
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-29
Heightened BY LIGHTNING

George ID. Pittman. rancher, who
was struck by lightning near Wilcox
Ariz.. measured five feet eight inches
in height before death and six feet
afterward His vertebrae were un.
coupled by the shock. Pittmans hair
was singed at the back of the neck.
where the bolt entered. His neck
was broken and shoulders crushed.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-29
LADY, hope you go to Sunday
school regularly, my little man.
Little Man-Dat's what ma hopes,
too.
The Tender Spot.

The Tender Spot.
What have you done toward pun
ishing lawbreakers?
Well" replied the shady police Of
fcer, Il have done great deal to-
ward hurting their feelings by taking
their money away from them"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-29
Limit.

Limit.
Here's your portrait, sir
THAT my portrait? Well, may
have sat for it, but won't stand for
It."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-29
Not the Same.

~ Not the Same.
"You used to call your wife Kit
ten"
Il know, but she has grown since
then."-Judge.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-29
KILL THEIR MULE FOR DEER

Two young business men. John
Nichols and Gabriel Murphy, stalked
the brown mule they drove on
hunting trip in the Greenhorn country.
Colorado. for three hours. then shot II
for a deer and were compelled to
tramp thirty-nve miles into walsen.
burg.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-29
BOY ANGLER HOOKS WATCH

While fishing In the Truckee river.
near> Reno. New. Neil West. aged
twelve. saw something shining in the
river bed and by deft use of his hook
brought up a 17-jeweled heavy silver
watch.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-12
INDIANS 70 HOLD CONGRESS.
Fort Totten, N. D., Tribesmen Will
Affiliate With Chippewas Of
Minnesota.

GRAND FORKS, July 12.-Catholic
Indians from the Fort Totten reser-
walton to the number of nearly one
hundred were in Grunc Forks today
on their way to the Red Lake agency
in Minnesota to attend the annual
Catholic congress which will be held
there July Is, IA and Is. Last year
the congress was held at Devils Lake,
N. D., and next year it will probably
be held at Elbowoods, N. D., on the
Fort Berthold reservation.
Up to this year the Catholic In
dams of North Dakota have held their
congress independent of the Minneso-
ia Indians, but this gear they r CO.
operating with the Cn,ppcwas Of the
Red Lake agency with the end in
view Of establishing a regular annual
congress there. Usually from 1000 to
5000 Indians attend such gatherings
and there probably will be about O..
500 at Red Lake. The Indians are
generally followers Of the Catholic
faith and this is strongly indicated at
the Fort Totten reservation, where
out OF a total population Of about
966, about 700. are members Of Cath
Ole churches. The first Catholic
mission was established at Fort Tot
ten in 1869 and there + three par
ishes on the reservation.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-12
.
= TODAY IN HISTORY. q
=

1779-Americans made an u%nsuccess.
full attack on the British works at
Stony Point.
1904 - Alexander Hamilton, noted
statesman and first secretary of the
treasury, died in New York OF
wounds received in the duel with
Aaron Burr. Born in the West Ind,
les, Jan. II, 1857.
1S14-Benjamin p. Schillaber, famous
for his humorous writings under the
name Of MRS. Partington,' born In
Portsmouth, N. H. Died in Chelsea,
Mass, Nov. %, 1890.
1817-Henry d. Thoreau, noted author
and naturalist, born In Concord
Mass. Died there, May 6, 1862.
1S53-Samuel Appleton. pioneer cot
ton manufacturer and noted phil
anthropist, died in Boston. Born in
New Ipswich, N. H., June %, 1866,
Observation-Disclosures captured Muir.
~freesboro, Tenn, after a severe
fight.
1868-Rev. Joseph MeEher c%onsecrat'
ed first bishop of the Roman Cath
Ollie diocese of Green Bay, Wis.
1S95-World's Christian Endeavor I'm
ion formed in Boston.
1911-Marriage Of Emma Eames and
Emilio de Gorgorza at Paris.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-12
mcLean's Cash
Grocery
soolHoteI Bldg. Phone 50
Saturday Specials

Foot's best Tomatoes, 15c; 20 far Csc
Good Sugar Corn, lib. can 10c,:
s 1Or -. -. .................Zoc
or 9Oc per dozen.
Donistic sardines, in oil, Sc;
3 fOr ~. 80. ................2oc
Corn Starch, 1 lb. package, .......5c
Bulk Cocoanut; per pound. .... .1sc
lockwood Baking Chocolate, per
pound /. ~. n. ,...............3Vc
Fancy Apricots; 8 pound can. zoe
Fancy Peaches, 8 pound can......2oc
Fresh Potato Chips, per pound. ..1oc
Home grown new Potatoes, per
peck ~. 80. 80. ...............oVc
Onions, Radishes, Cucumbers, To-
matoes, Lettuce, String Beans.
-FRUlT-
Peaches, Plums, Bananas. Oranges,
Cherries, Watermelons and Canta-
loupes; Strawberries and Raspberries.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-12
THE TRAIL At The
BISMARCK InEA1ER TONIGHT

Greatest of all western dramas at
the Bismarck theater tonight and to.
morrow.
The Bismarck theater wishes to an
nounce to its patrons that they have
secured the sensational two-reel "101'
Bison feature, Blazing the Trail for
tonight and tomorrow. This massive
production which Is participated In
by hundreds of Indians, soldiers, set.
tiers, horses, cattle, etc., portrays the
trail of civilization acros the west
ern country, the emigrant train and
the Cooper family; the massacre OF
the Cooper family and capture OF
Helen Cooper, her sweetheart's dar
ing attempt to rescue her from the
Indian camp, resulting in mis- capture
and being made to run the gauntlet
and forced to undergo torture by the
squaws; then the thrilling rescue OF
the prisoners from the Indian camp
by the emigrants and a wonderful
sensational battle as the emigrants
swoop down on the redskins.
This great drama is featured by the
wonderful acting of star artists In the
leading parts of the massive and colos
sal caste.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-12
Arthur e. eostick, Public Librarian,
ST. Louis, on 1.-THE Library a.
Social Center"

A center is important for its rela-
tons with other parts Of the figure
not for what 1t contains. Public edu-
cational institutions like the school
or the library may supply immediate
social needs, without special equip
ment, simply by throwing open to
organizations Of all sorts rooms that
are suitable for social purposes. In
the st. Louis Public Library fifty-fve
such organizations used six library
buildings in a single typical week
athletic, social, educational, political,
labor, musical, religious, charitable,
civic and expository. The library acts
simply the role of host; 1t does not
aid in organizing these activities. This
Is not necessary, nor would 1t be
wise. 1t leads simply by raising its
standard, and followers flock from far
and near. The library is specially
fitted to entertain these organizations
for it is in closer touch with the adult
than is the school, and it is more
catholic. The school will doubtless
open its doors also, and if so, wisdom
would seem to dictate that it, too,
should act merely as a sympathetic
host, not as an organizer OF admins
traitor of social activities-as a center
of the circle, not as part of it's areal
content.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-12

advertising. The first and most i'm
pOrtant, and It Is as credltable as II Is
important, is the business probity OF
the merchants. Generally they are
men OF business principals, but keen
In al honest sense.
Then, to well nigh every business
man who may be tempted to picture
his wares In false colors, there comes
as an effective deterrent the knowl'
edge that advertising falsely VIII re-
act upon himself with deadly force.
The dishonest merchant may by spe.
cious advertising fool the people once
o. twice to his financial gain, but I'll.
timately the customer knows he Ia
being cheated and when he knows
that the merchant might as we'll close
his doors. The mail order firm Is not
thus affected, at least not to the same
extent, because It's constituency Is
practically unlimited, while that OF
the local merchant is limited almost
entirely to his own immediate neigh.
borhood.
II a local merchant fails to sue
coed in his business, the fault US
ually is not due to false description
OF goods but rather to a failure to
recognize the value OF generous and
attractive advertising. A small, OBJ
scure and never varied advertisement
does not attract customers.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-12
Fresh Rcd and
Black Cherries
Rcd currants
Strawberries
Fresh Vegetables Of
all kinds
Fresh Potato Chips

exceptional gifts in studies other tnan
those emphasized in the curriculum,
thousands of young people who pos
sess u%ndeveloped manual skill, thou
sands of young people who need direct
education that will equip them to earn
a better living as workers.
We are asking for a lowering of the
Standard" for a widening of the
scope of the high school education, SO
as to make the public high schools
not merely the aristrocratic prepar.
alton for the professions, but also the
democratic preparation OF all the chill.
dren of all the people for the mani.
fold duties of life.