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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
WOMAN GUARDS HUSBAND
Not Altogether for Love That Wife Of
Mechanic Meets Him at Foun-
cry Gates Every Week.

1t was noticed that every pay night
the wife Of a young mechanic went
to meet him at the foundry gates.
and taking his arm affectionately
walked home with him.
What a beautiful sight 1t is to see
you and your husband walking along
so lovingly together" remarked the
tender-hearted landlady. Il suppose
you are really very fond of each 9th
err"
"Oh, we rub along pretty smoc81ly.
Jim and me-" the woman answered
with slight blush But it amt for
love altogether that l takes that long
walk every weekend, ma'am. When
man has tairty-three saloons to
pass on his way home, with weeks
wages burning hole in his pocket all
the time. its just as well to keep a
tight hold of his arm. Us workin'
women have to realize that we've
married men. ma'am, not angels"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
Charge Against Liquor Traffic.

DR.. ). Wallace Beveridge OF Cornell!
Medical college. recently announced
startling conclusions regarding the eff
feet Of parents drinking on infant NOR
tality. He calls attention to the fact
that ais the birth rate of France and
Russia has steadily decreased, the use
OF alcohol has steadily increased. The
French government Is seriously debat-
ing the whole problem OF drinking and
alcoholism because of their relation to
infant mortality as well as because or
The increase OF crime.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
STINGs RESTORE HIS SIGHT

While changing q swarm of been
from one hive to another, George
Bailey, who lives near Placerville,
Colo. and makes living selling hon
ey.. but who had been almost blind for
some time because of some ailment of
his eyes. was stung on the face and
eyelids by several of the bees. Bail
ey had intended to go to Sacramento.
to consult specialist with a view
to having his sight restored. but the
bees did the work that he intended
the specialist should try to do. The
effect of the stings has been to restore
his sight.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29

The life of nobleWcEnan To NOT a
mixture of castles and coronets, defer
ence and homage although popularity
supposed to be 50.
getting out OF your way wherever you
go, you must never believe 1t any
more. Underneath, the poor wsmar
Is trying to plan for tomorrow's din
ner, and to cope with the high cost
OF living. very much as you do here in
America, or she is wondering, per
haps, how the cost of Rudolph's new
dniform Is to be met, and what she
Gan go without in order that he may
have it, or whether Victoria has any
chance of capturing the rich Count
Hoffstein. OF course, he is old and
fat, and his past lift hasn't been very
respectable, but he is rich, and il
the poor child marries him she is al
least sure Of having clothes to her
back and food to keep her alive.
Simply the Eitter Truth.
You think this sort of thing is only
in the novels? All. no, it is the plain
ugly truth. And most of the proud
noblewomen who drive past you in the
streets of foreign cities-if they are
lucky enough to afford a carriage
would tell You that it is an old story
to them.
To be poor and shabby, that is hard
to bear, goodness knows. But to be
poor and shabby underneath. and have
TO spend all your days in desperate
struggle to keep up appearances. and
keep the outside prosperous.looking-
to try frantically to keep the world In
ignorance of the true state of affairs
and never successfully, for the
world always finds out. you can trust
the world for that,-that sort of life
my friend, is just hell. Do you think
that is too strong word for LADY
to use? There isn't any word too
strong to describe the kind of life
that is spent in trying to maintain a
pretense that deceives nobody.
The nobleman. no matter how poor
ne may be, does not worry himself
about it. When he is boy. his Dar-
ents exhaust oyeyy effort to save him
from realization Of their poverty.
and when he comes OF age he looks
forward to marrying some rich Amer
lean or bourgeoise heiress, who viii
of course, be only too proud and happy
to support him and indulge him in all
the Injuries his system requires. Or.
If he is not so fortunate. and his In
dividual fortune does not permit him
to live at court, he will retire into the
country. where he can always shoot
and ride, and once a year he can. with
careful management. have q month
or so in town.
OF course, when this happens, his
wife stays in the country. 1t would
not do to have her along during these
little excursions.
Counts Pleasure Comes First.
II is simple little problem in arith-
metc, you see. With 5ust 90 much
mcney to spare from the yearly in
come. The count can enjoy, perhaps,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
What He Gained.
Brocky.'

Mrs. Terhune was grieved and dis.
appointed at the conduct OF her son
Robert. She called him into her pres
ence and questioned him gravely as
to his latest epormity.
Mrs. Hayes tells me that you tied
a tin can to her dogs TAIL" she said
Yes, mother"
What shameful thing to dol"
Eyes. ma'am."
DO you know that the. poor dog ran
away so far that he has never come
back-that he probably ran himself to
death?''
Eyes, ma'am."
"Oh. Robert. What do you gain by
such cruelty?"
II gained dollar from Mr.. Hayes
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
DEAF, BUT A GOOD WITNESS

Although totally deaf, Mrs. Helen
Sheldon Smillie made a ready witness
New York. Her ability to read" the
lips Of her son rendered it possible
for her to return prompt answers to
questions Of the attorneys in the case
and of Justice Finelite.
While she was being examined. Mrs.
Smillie, although nearsighted, read
the questions from the lips. She rare
ly needed the services of her son.
who sat at her feet to repeat the
queries.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
FORTUNE IN SKIRT LINING

Neighbors examining the clothing Of
Mrs. Mary Krauss OF Sandusky, o.,
for whose burial at the expense Of the
county arrangements were being
made. found certificates of deposit
calling for almost $1,000 sewed In the
lining CT an old skirt.
Mrs. Krauss, eighty-one, dropped
dead on the street. For years abe had
been living by doing washings and
scrubbing floors.
The examination was instigated by
friend to whom Mrs Krauss had
ccnfided that she had money enough
for a decent funeral. although how
much and where 1t was hidden the re-
fused to say.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
THEIR DIAGNOSIS WAS WRONG
Looked Like II, but Really Passenger
Had No Intention Of Beating the
Car Company.

A man got on one Of the South side
stree cars the other day, slipped car
tickle. between his fingers, pulled q
copy of The Indianapolis News out
of his pocket and turning to the sport
ing page was soon busily engrossed,
with the ticket In plain view. Then
in his movements the top Of the paper
finally got dpwn entirely over the
ticket. The han read on, not noticing
that the conductor had passed, and not
only had failed to see the ticket, but
had failed to ask him for his fare.
Two young fellows seated near the
end of the car were interested OBJ
servers.
Pipe the gink with the paper" said
one. He's so busy with his paper
that he can't see the conductor. II
the connie notices him he'll act like
he's been a-waitin' fer him; IL the
connie doesn't ask him for it he's q
ticket in. Wise guy. eh?' he con-
Guided.
The conductor finished collecting
fares and leaned against the rear door
counting tickets. The Fellow with the
paper finished the sporting page and.
folding the paper. walked toward the
rear of the car.
AS he passed the conductor he held
out the ticket. Zone bet you over
looked" he said with q smile, a. be
swung of the car.
Whale think o. that?" asked one OF
the two who had felt sure that the chap
was going to beat the car company
out of fare.-Indianapolis News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE FLASK
Not Necessary for Hunters to Carry
Whisky on Hunting or Other
Outdoor Expeditions.

Many people have believed that they
must carry whisky on hunting or
other outdoor expeditions for use in
case of accident or exposure, and they
ask what will take its place. DR..
Sims Woodhead of Cambridge uniyers-
ity recommends substituting for the
whisky flask thermos bottle contain
ing hot water or hot milk. The latter
will serve not only as true stimu
liant, but also as food.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
FACTS ABOUT BREATHING

In each respiration an adult inhales
one pint Of air
A man respires 1e to 90 times a
minute, 10000 times day; child Is
or 80 times a minute.
While standing the adult respira-
ton is q; while lying Is.
The superficial surface of the lungs
Il e. OF their alveolar spaces Is
zoo square yards.
The amount Of air inspired in "a
hours is 10000 liters (about 10000
quarts).
The amount of oxygen absorbed In
"a hours is 500 litres (744 grammes)
and the amount of carbonic acid ex
pired In the same time 400 litres
ellis grammes).
Two-thirds Of the oxygen absorbed
In "a hours is absorbed during the
night hours from 6 p. N. to \. m.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29

Countess Thea Erdedy, a member
OF the aristocratic Hungarian family
OF Erdody. whose family seat is in
Croatia, has recently renounced her
Austrian allegiance and Is to live and
work In New York. She writes as
follows in the World of that city:
suppose there a great many girls
In this great country OF America who
are this moment busy day-dreaming,
wondering how it would feel to be a
princess, duchess. or at the very
least baroness, when they ought to
be hard at work making themselves
useful in the world.
1t is only human nature, perhaps, to
build castles in the air, but!
1t seems shame to me that girls
brought up in the most wonderful
country in the world. the only country
Just now where women are given any,
think like just treatment, should be
envying the poor women of the Old
World, who themselves, most of them,
would be only too glad to drop their
foolish titles, which never yet have
saved them from huart-break, and boz
come in return as free and happy as
American women.
All that ceremonial and glitter ia on
the outside. II you have hitherto be-
lieved, az they tell me many American
girls have, that the life of a noble
woman is just sort Of mixture of
castles and coronets. and gorgeous
uniforms and court balls, with naughty
noblemen bowling down to you, and
hveried servants waiting on you, and
all the poor common people hu1nbly
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
MUSTAcHE COST HIM BRIDE

Miss L. v. Brett, daughter OF the
late Maj. ]. e. Brett. recently arrived
in Portland, Ore, to wed Lieut. e. ].
Dawley. field artillery. She confided
to friends on the steamer that one
facial adornment she dfsliked was a
mustache. At the dock she was met
by the lieutenant. who wore a -four
ishing mustache of recent growth
Miss Brett has returned to her moth
been no wedding. Lieutenant Dawiey
left for Wisconsin on leave of abb
sence to visit his mCtheE-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
DRAFT AS A BURGLAR ALARM

A draft from an open window awak-
ered Mrs. Mary Lober of Brooklyn.
She remembered that she had locked
the window, 50 she got up and found
that the bedroom had been ransacked
by burglars. She aroused her hus-
band. who went to investigate. While
he was out 4 man ran In and attempt
ed to pass Mrs. Lober. to jump out Of
the open window Mrs. Lober scream
ed and grabbed him He beat her
on, but her husband caught him.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29


weeks in town without the countess.
mainly they are palmer and simpler.
He WAITS gcod-looking wife, who
sho VS. well in public, he also wants
even more good housekeeper to set
his house in order and manage it eco
nozrieally
Neser Thinks of Wife as Equal.
You must not blame him for them.
He could never treat his wife as his
equal or his companion; the idea ney.
er entered his head
When he Is boy such sayings as
"Oh, you must not cry. only the stu.
pid girls cry. thrown at him at every
turn, gradually have the effect of
planting the idea in his head that girls
are really greatly inferior race OF
beings. When he grows up he viii
find by concrete example that women
far from being inferior, are really far
superior to him In many ways. But
he will not acknowledge it. even to
himself. He is compelled in spite oil
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
HIGHEST Tax Paid.

ct believe that the liquor traffic is
In reality the highest tax that is be-
Ing paid by the common people Of to-
day and that it is the heaviest drain
upon their resources. II this is a fact
it is your duty to legislate in the in
terests of those people. and not In
the interests OF the men who are in
the business for a profit or money
consideration. Message of Govern
or vessey tc the Legislature of South
Dakota.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
Peculiar Education.

Peter Roberts. miner, pastor and an
thor in his book, "1rhe New Immigra-
tisn. tells OF his method of teaching
English to foreigners. The miners
would not fuss with alphabet and
grammar. SO he taught them by acting
out and repeating over and over the
words describing the daily experiences
Of an ordinary man. The method me-
with great SUCCESS
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29

countess together can have three
weeks.
From the first, the girl in a noble
family is taught that her brother is of
the greatest Importance, and that be-
side him she is almost nothing. She
| must be prepared to go without al
most everything that would make life
| pleasant for her, in order that he may
go without nothing that will minister
to his pleasure or his equipment for
life. For the poor young nobleman.
at the worst, there Is always a career
in the army or the navy, an easy life.
plenty OF the peculiar form of excite
ment he prefers, and no loss of caste.
For the poor young noblewoman who
cannot succeed in making some sort
OF marriage, there is only one refuge
the convent.
Sometimes, indeed, there ia not even
this; the family cannot afford even
to pay her expenses there. Then she
becomes a sort of dependent upon her
brother. And what an awful apology
sor existence 10 tho life she In called
upon to lead! / have known some
poor things who had to endure it
ladies of proud and ancient name and
title-tolerated in the houses of their
relatives on condition OF their max
ing themselves useful in the humblest
ways. tyrannized over by their broth
ers and their brothers wives, nouted
and sneered at by the paid servants.
given barely enough, grudgingly, to
keep them from outright cold and hun
ger, sometimes have known such
things-driven out of the house of
their fathers and forced to exist, far
from their homes, on the scantiest Of
pittances.
Only Escape Is by Marriage.
With prospects like this before her.
no wonder it ia impressed on the
young girls mind that her whole aim
in life is to be the pursuit and cap
ture of some man, to make marriage
Of some sort, 3. wealthy marriage IL
possible, but akany rate marriage.
Suppose the girl rebels 1t is USE
less! there is no refuge but the con-
vent. II she has any foolish. romantic
dreams OF love-cven among the Eu-
ropean nobility love has not been com
pletely forgotten-she Ia laughed at.
"Oh! my DEAR" says the mother:
that is only In novels In real life,
If you do not positively detest your
husband. 1t is all you can reasonably
expect. Now when the count calls
this evening try to be little nicer to
him. and perhaps in a year you will
be riding in your own carriage
Don't forget that the poor mother as
well as the girl deserves your pity.
She may fear and distrust the man to
whom she gives her daughter, but she
can see no help for it. And before
even she reaches that point, she must
go through long battle of sche1hing
and planning, employing tricks that
she herself is ashamed of. and can
only justify on the ground that it Is
to save her daughter from worse
fate.
The rich man who has married
daughter Of the nobility looks upon
her simply as something he has
bought with his money. 1t is an in
vestment for him, plainly. The re-
turns. he expects may be in part
better social position for himself, but
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29

The three articles here pictured are
not so deadly as they appear, for they
are merely old-time flintlock pistol tin
der-boxes. BY pu1ing the trigger and
causing the flint to strike the steel a
spark was produced to kindle the tin
der more quickly and easily than by
the primitive way of striking one up
en- the other. These tinder-boxes
were in use on English stage coaches
a hundred and more years ago.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
QUEER OLD MILL IN SARK

In Sark, an island In the English
channel, is the curious old mill here
shown. The wheel revolves in stone
trough which is roughly hewn and is
built In sections 1t has not been in
use within the memory of man and the
purpose for which it was used is un-
certain.
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-11-29
A PeAlAeaacA
THANKSGIVING FABLE.

There was once a proud fat turkey
that looked down upon all the rest
~ the turkeys aud VAS greatly dis,
liked because of It's arrogance and
conceit.
And when Thanksgiving time came
around. the owner OF the turkeys came
among them. AK In hand.
Whereupop all OF the other turkeys
were jealous of the proud fat turkey
and said that AT last II would get
what was coming to II.
liut the proud, fat turkey only strut.
ted and gobbled with NOR" arrogance
than ever And It's owner said.
II guess III not kill that one. I'll
send II TO the turkey show and take
q ribbon"
Which he did
This teaches us that conceit some.
times helps. II there Is any excuse for
H.
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-11-29

In mind. for sale. he'd have wanted
80 much money fc- II that even J.
Pierpont Morgan would a had to go
hongry on ThanksEivin' day"
what kind Of a turkey WAS this,
Am'xi?" inquired the grocer.
Just . turkey Turkey" Amayiah re.
pll. d. Just u common or garden tur.
key. but II was raised sccOrdin' to
scientific principles by yours truly,
aud u do say II myself. Il Was probly
the most remarkable turkey that ever
WAS known.
1T happened like this. About ten
years agO-which was Just af0re de-
cided to settle In this beautiful little
city--about ten years ago ! was con
nscted with one O. the largest lab
or'tories and scientific research shops
In the world The professors there de-.
pended a great deal on me--me bein'
q man who applied the rules O. com.
mon sense an demonstrated knOwl'
edge to the execution o theories an
such. Well. there WAS a long whis.
kered professor there by the name
o. Alphabet Snoggins His name
wasn't rully Alphabet, but bein' as his
initials was W. r. NJ. II Snopgins,
ILL. d., PHI. d.. A. NJ. r r. q = X.
D. G.. we Jest played both ends against
the middle and called him Alphabet,
Not to his face, mind ye, but amongst
ourselves. so to speak Us scientists
Is very human people when not before
the public.
so thishyere Alphabet Snoggins he
had system of enconragln rapid
growth In the human system. Done
a lot o. researchin at the stockyards.
he had, maxim drugs out o hy'prod-
ucts an the like. He'd discovered a
way to use powdered glands and mus.
Giles SOS to supply the lackin incen.
tive to development You get me? You
know there's people that don't grow
as fast or AS big as they ought TO, Just
because the CROWN power isn't in
'em. So Alphabet he had worked out
a kind OF medicine that would make
'em sprout. Well, come along one
fall. and on tn experiment farm where
our college was we Matched out fine
bunch o turkeys. Hatched EN- out
In the early summer. In fact. There
was one gobbler ] rather liked the
looks Of. 40. Just for the fun Of the
thing. mdre'n anything else, I took
personal care Of II myself One day
Just for the novelty Of It. ] mixed a
lot OF Alphabet's dope with tn feed
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-11-29
Some Cause for Rejoicing.

In addition to the general occasion
for thanksgiving, every life has its
own joys and every soul its own de.
lights. There are many who appear TO
b. barren of rejoicing, some into
whose homes calamity has come and
from which have gone those whose
faces were the love lights of the do
nestle circle But even here may be
found some cause for rejoicing, and,
In any event. a reverent faith may
take up the trinmph OF the uncrushed
spirit of Iob--"Though he slay me.
YET will ] praise him" God does not
Willingly affiict the children OF men,
ana when the 'misfortunes come he
standr resdy,aS vOmt0Asts Atia tSTFstoeN
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-11-29


] give MI, hoop'er w. "as u,.me
my hide " IL wash '"'cet "s o's a.
II had been!
That give me my 'uee' uroVe that
gobblcr away over 10 tne iar enc
the farm an pefheu IL up. anu from
then on J ted " thr"e 'imes day
Every day ] give IL peck A,pha-
bets RAPID grower hipnaoe' hept
wohdcrin what was Decohl'h MS
powder. an hhai'y got W WORK on
Theory mat 'his pe''ch''r u,sreJ""'
til system Vas so pecoonariy con.
structed that II nachiy Iaded out
existence. when was, accordin 10 MS
theory. the reason people that dont
grow fast or big don't grow nj al.
Purity good theery. but, IKE most tnee-
ries. II was faulty III jest one petick-
Ter
We'll. you'd ought TO a seen Mr..
Gobbler Gentlemen, take my woro
for II or not. In one months time 1t
was big as horse. an by the nrst o
November II was bigger an eie-
plant
Along come a huckster. buyin'
Thanksgivin' turkeys. Lowed he'd
| pay 81 cents a pound for 'eni. ! sec
TO him ! had one gobbler I'd sell MIN.
per,idin' he'd take II alive. Told him
| was a busy man. what with my re-
Searchin' an other scientific work. an
didn't have no time for KILN an
oloauin' turkeys iiuckstcr said he'd
| H. I. 4, g.. \
| pikod OF t. tn back corner q tn
farm let down Il. bars, an 'druv tn
| vuhbl,r mp to M college
Honest ! Was scared OF " myself
| II stood twenty t"ot high all built nc.
| curGin' That turkey was big enough
Ia furnish church dinners for all tn
| churches IN this state. hut II was IA
! g"ntl" ~ ldmb. only thing about II
| WAS i'g voice. Id forgot to tell about
| that when II gubblpd II made more
noise than hous" aIire. Wen.
drove 1, mp to- tn college. an tn fac.
| ulty an tn huckster an III students
an all was iherr--an they blame nigh
died with ns,"nishmcnt.
Just think how you'd feel II all
| " ~
| come a turkey ~ biz as a freight car.
an " Just when II rot about forty feet
| from you IL spread tail as big as "a
circus tent and began gobbling In q
voice that could b. heard IN the next
county why. III faculty nachly duck.
ed RICH, inside III college instanter.
AN ia huchsirr va. ~ scarct he lump.
ed into his wagon an tried to hide Ia
one " his coops that was run Of roo.t.
cts an hcns AN turkeys an guineas
Then my turkey. b, IN shy aud tin.
vi cr,riur. got scarnt. too. an II
flew NJ ou top q III Hall o Libral
| Arts an let out q robbie that sounded
llho y million ur slit trains BLOWN
for III nag man al ~ once. Seem.
al like tina, Was tn hr-t time It ever
knew II could Ny. I, i,opprd It's wings
one" or twice. Frnckiup all III chimh.
lr,s on tn hnilrn' in IN exercise. an
then started rilht up IA tn air, an
was never s""n since. 30. sirs. no.
bod, ever seen hid. nor feather OF II
from that day Ia this.
| 50 that Was Why lost my Job at
M college. Alphabet he got sore b..
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-11-29

and whispered-to myself, you. un.
stand
Onr little Now | lay me-" clear to
It's My soul To keep"
lust as ! used TO say It when hurried
of To sleep.
Aud something seemed to touch me
like hand held out to bless
Aud all at once my heart throbbed to
a hymn of thankfulness!