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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
Air Required by Person.

The air required by person az
hard work has been supposed to be
not more than 0.6 to OF cubic foot per
minute, but Bernhard Draeger, in
ventor of breathing apparatus for
use in mines. has made some recent
experiments showing that this supply
is insufficient Tests were made with
three individuals, the air exhaled be-
ing measured by spirometer, or spe-
cial gasometer. The air breathed per
minute, in cubic feet, was found to
average for person sitting down, O.3; ;
after a walk of 1000 feet, GA; after
marching over 1000 feet, 0.6; after
lifting heavy weights, LBS; after
racing over distance of 900 feet,
1S The curious observation was
made that for few seconds during
work or directly after, the air taken
is always much more than the normal
amount, the momentary increase
reaching the rate of more than 81
cubic feet per second.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26

NyASHINGTON-Col. John s. Mos
w by, known some years ago to the
good people of the north as a guerril-
la, and occasionally as something
worse, man who, it is said, went
about his raiding with a price on his
head, lives in Washington today and
goes about it's streets sturdily, with
his head up, his eye bright and his
falcon nose as warlike in expression
for noses have expression-as it was
in the days of civil strife.
Two years ago Colonel Mosby was
taken to hospital to be operated
upon for appendicitis. The surgeons
told him that he probably could not
pull through. 'Ill pull through" he
said, and he did. Recently he has
been writing stories about his civil
war career, taking up the pen just aft
er stepping off the lecture platform.
Last winter the old ranger went into
Connecticut to speak in village
which, during the Civil war days, had
been the scene Of a meeting called to
execrate Mosby's method of warfare
The union veterans turned out to meet
the former confederate, and gave him
somewhat warmer reception than
their comrades had been able to give
him at any time during his raiding ca
reer
Colonel Mosby did not attend the
last reunion of the men of his com
mand He has not, in fact. attended
their reunion for some years, because
it is said there was feeling against
him because he became federal of
flee holder not long after the war, be
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
Mystery Of the u. S. Army Uniforms

WHO is responsible for the many
Wv unnecessary and idiotic changes
in our army uniforms? Those who
have suffered most, officers of the
regular army and of the National
Guard, long suspected that the general
staff could, if it were so minded, throw
some light upon this outrage.
Recently the Army and Navy Jour
nal editorially assured the victims
that the general staff was innocent.
Suspicion next falls upon the adju-
tant general, but any one familiar with
the context of the executive order de
fining the duties of the chief or staff
and limiting the duties of the adjutant
general to that of sergeant major in
chief of the army knows that the adj
jutant general could have had any
hand in the atrocity.
The quartermaster general and the
commissiary general are not involved.
The surgeon general is entirely above
suspicion.
Brig. Gen. Clarence Edwards, chief
of the insular bureau, can be &C
quilted. He has but infrequent oppor-
tunities to wear uniform, and his Of
fetal and social duties are such that
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26

he would have but little time to work
out the details of such formidable
conspiracy against the purses ana
the comfort of the army at large. 49,
While no denial has come from
Major Butt, no sensible mortal viii
seek to fasten upon the gallant Archie
the stigma of the uniform trickery.
Recognizing, as he must, that his
tenure of Office as aid to the president
is threatened, he would be 10th to
visit upon himself the burden of hav-
ing to purchase expensive toggery.
There remains but one logical soIu-
ton; that is, that some clerk in the
war department has. in the spirit of
practical joker, prepared the orders
changing the uniform, and, being IA
miliar with the overworked condition
of the general staff, has succeeded in
slipping them through unserutinized.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
Arraigned for White Lead Peril

ference in this most important matter.
The apathy Of managers and super
intendents in many of the % plants
visited by her is ascribed by DR. Ham
ilton to ignorance They had regard
ed white lead poisoning as inevitable
and did not understand the need OF
precaution.
Even more striking" says the re-
port, was the ignorance shown by
owners or managers as to actuar sick
ness among their men. Several times
men, apparently quite sincere, main
tanned that there was no lead poison
ing at all in their factories. In one
instance the manager said that they
had only two cases in seven years;
II cases were found in the hospital
records of some Is months. Another
manager challenged the writer to find
one case for which his factory was
responsible, and 81 were founo scat
tered through two years time. This
manager promptly installed a physi-
clan as medical examiner, measure
he had up to that time consideref
quite superfuous."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26

HOW THE ELEPHANT TALKS

Elephants are said to make use OF
a great variety OF sounds in communi-
eating with each other, and in ex-
pressing their wants and feelings.
Some are uttered by the trunk, some
by the throat The conjunctures In
which either means of expression is
employed cannot be strictly classified,
as fear, pleasure, want and other
emotions are sometimes indicated by
the trunk, sometimes by the throat.
An elephant rushing upon an assaii-
ant trumpets shrilly with fury.
Fear is similarly expressed in
shrill, brassy trumpet, or by a roaor
from the lungs. Pleasure by a con-
tinued low sQueaking through the
trunk or an almost inaudible purring
sound from the throat Want-as
calf calling it's mother-is chiefly ex-
pressed by the throat. A peculiar
sound is made use of by elephants to
express dislike or apprehension, and
at the same time to intimidate, as
when the cause of some alarm has not
been clearly ascertained and the AMI
mails wish to deter an intruder. 1t is
produced by rapping the end OF the
trunk smartly on the ground, a cur
rent of air hitherto retained being
sharply emitted through the trunk. as
from a valve, at the moment or I'M
pact. The sound made resembles that
of large sheet of tin rapidly doubled.
1t has been enormously ascrshed by
some writer's to the animals beGtins
their sides with their trunks.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
I'm NOTES Or Ml
SCIENCE *
AND


A coin is in circulation on an av-
erage for n years.
The application of horseradish to
the temples is said to relieve neu-
ralgia-
In producing the tones or infections
of the human voice Al muscles are
brought into play.
was invented by Jacob Perkins OF
Philadelphia in 1912.
A coIlapsible boat, invented by a
Frenchman, can be folded to carry in
an ordinary suit case.
trimmings from new fax and hemp
are the stock from which is made the
finest grades of rice" cigarette pa
per.
Engineers have figured that one
waterfall in Iceland can be made to
yield 6O.OOO-horse power and another
$4,000.
High speed has been developed Dy
a monoplane, the German inventor OF
which shaped its wings like those or
pigeon.
The inventor of a new kind OF lin
ing bricks claims they are impervious
to moisture and so light they viii float
in water
Controlling apparatus of new
aeroplane is so arranged that II can
be operated by either of two persons,
seated side BY eide.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
PREVENT SPLASH FROM AUTO
Guards Suspended From Hubs of Ma
chine Shields Pedestrians From
Water In Streets.

A serious cause for complaint
against the automobile has been that
in passing through puddles in the
street the wheels will often splash
muddy water up on the pavement to
the injury of pedestrians clothing.
Many handsome gown has been
ruined in this way, and the worst OF
: 1t is that the stains are often of such
a nature as to defy the most skilIful
j cleaner To prevent this annoyance
the splash guards for automobile
wheels have been designed. They
are made OF fan-shaped metal plates
with circular opening BY which they
are fitted over the hubs Of the automo-
bile wheels. From these frames a cur
tain of steel mesh depends to just
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
Young America Is Going to School

THE highest average of school at
i tendance in the history or the
American school system was reached
in the year 1909, according to statis-
tics gathered by the United States bu.
reau of education. Figures for 1910
are not yet available, but the opinion
was expressed by DR.. f. B. Dresslar
of the bureau that 1910 would show
still better results.
Returns show, he declared, that the
length Of the school term increased
from LA days in 1900 to lob days in
1909, while in the same period the
average number of days attended BY
each pupil rose from 80 to 11S. This
means that more than half month
has been added to the average length
Of the school term. and in this par
ticular alone educational effectiveness
has been Increased during the last
decade about per cent.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
HEAD DRESS OF TEHUANAs

The head dress of the Tehuana In
dian women whose home is upon the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico is
of remarkable design and not lacking
in attractiveness. It is called Z hull
pill and is an elaborate lace affair re-
sembling in some respects an Eliza
bethan ruff. 1t is worn on special oc-
casions and in different shapes. Some
times it is not fiared out from the
head, but is worn hanging down the
back. The Tehuana women perform
the business functions of the tribe,
many of them being small merchants
in town upon the Isthmus. The men
live N idleness. In this respect they
are ike Burmese women and there
is a striking resemblance between the
Burmese and the Tehu4nas. The daily
costumes Of the Tehuana women very
much resemble that of the Burmese
women They are truly oriental in
their fondness for brilliant colors.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
FIRST STOCKING FRAME

The first stocking frames are said
to have been made by William Lee,
curate of Culverton, in 1886, and were
at first worked by him with the as
sistance OF his sweetheart or wife.
Like most other inventors, he
failed to receive suitable reward
for his labor and is said to have died
at Paris in 1910, starving and broken
hearted.
The stocking weavers' company, es-
~fablished in 1863, for the next 90
years had almost monopoly OF the
business, but Great Britain today
makes nearly one-half of the stock
ings made in the world. Germany is
a close second, being famous for the
cheapness and excellence of her hose
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
BREAD MADE WITHOUT FLOUR
Partisan Machine Transforms Wheat
Into Dough-Homogeneo Mix
ture Forms Smooth Paste.

Partisan bread is made without
flour in machine that transforms the
wheat into dough. The machine con-
sists of large screw turning loosely
in case on whose inner surface is a
screw thread running in an opposite
direction. Between the main. threads
on the cylinder are smaller threads,
and the depth of the groove grows
progressively smaller from one end
to the other, so that it will hold the
entire wheat grain as it enters the
machine and will accommodate only
the pulverized wheat at the exit.
The wheat is prepared by thor
ough washing, after which about a
pint of tepid water to pound of grain
Is added, and the whole is allowed to
stand about six hours. At the end OF
this time the grains of wheat have
swollen to double their ordinary size.
1t is then mixed with the yeast and
salt and poured into the machine. 1t
falls between the threads of the NOV
ing screw and of the fixed contrary
screw, which simultaneously crush the
envelope and body of the grain, ma
king OF them homogeneous mixture
which forms smooth paste.
Bread obtained by this process con-
tains succession OF holes whose size
increases as they approach the crust,
which is thin. The odor given off is
most agreeable and far more pro
nounced than that of ordinary bakers
bread.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26

In 1910 our figures show" he said.
that the average daily attendance in
the public schools was 1852. ia.
which was 69.6 per cent. Of the en-
rolIment; in 1909 the average daily at
tendance reached 12,684,S37. being
72.5 per cent. of the number enrolled-
These figures seem to warrant the
conclusion that the children have at
tended the public schools more regu-
larly during the past decade than IN
any previous one Of our educational
history
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26

nR. ALICE HAMILTON, chief inves
- tigator of occupational disease for
the federal government, has completed
a thorough investigation of the white
lead industry of the United States in
its relation to lead poisoning. Her
report, which is issued as part of a
bulletin of the bureau OF labor, con-
tains many disquieting facts and fig
ures. In 16 months from January /,
1910, to April 80, 1911, 1853 specific
cases of lead poisoning were discover
ed, 16 of which resulted in death.
The report is intended to guide
legislators in framing needed laws for
the protection of workers in the lead
industry. American manufacturers
are accused of carelessness and indif-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

is reported to have been devised by
Japanese violin maker In the city
of Nagoya. The invention is named
the reikin, and seems likely to super
sede the samisen. 1t has the shape
of guitar, save in the neck, which
is the only part resembling samisen.
There are four strings to it, and by
manipulation of the keys the instru-
ment can be made to do the work OF
several samisen. The inventor has
played his reikin in an orchestra of
Japanese instruments, and showed
that it is a success in every way.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26

fiat, stiletto-shaped piece OF metal, the
handle end of which is supplied with
a letter clip. Mail matter to be
weighed Is placed in this and a lead
pencil is thrust through one of the
four holes. The weight OF the letter
is indicated by the particular hole
through which balance is struck in
this operation. The edge of the i'm.
plement is marked off in inches SO
that six-inch rule enters into the
combination.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
Discovers Many Comets.

DR.. William Robert Brooks, discov.
erer of the Brooks comet, which has
been under observance of late by as
tronomers, has made more discoveries
in his field than any other living man.
He has 25 comets to his credit, many
of them having been found by means
of a homemade telescope directed
from his little red house observatory
at Phelps, N. Y. DR.. Brooks asserts
that the world is looking for the last
time on his comet-that it will never
appear again. Since 1888 he has been
professor of astronomy at Hobart col
lege, New York. He is fellow Of the
Royal Astronomical society and has
had many other honors bestowed on
him.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
Auto Water Guard.

above the street level, and this cur
tain effectually prevents any water
from spIashing up on the pavement.
On dry, clear days, of course, the car
need not be equipped with these
guards, although they are no trouble
at any time.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
BRIGHT MONEY IN sTREAKS

A man who gives to his wife all
the bright dimes and quarters and
halves he gets says that bright money
seems to run in streaks. Sometimes
he gets lot of bright coins for days
and weeks in succession and then he
may go month and get not one.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26

In north Japan Is an enormous
heather temple, the timbers of which
were hauled from the mountains and
put in place with ropes made from the
hair OF the. women OF the province.
From these .tresses, which were
brought forth by an edlct, two ropes
were made one II inches in circum-
ference and 1,400 feet in length.
while the other was II inches around
and 1900 feet long.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
.water Kiss" Fountain.

head rises from carved stone or
marble chalice, and from the lips
each thirsty passer-by may obtain
what the young sculptor describes as
a water kiss"
The model can be reproduced in
plaster, cut in stone or cast in metal
to suit local requirements.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
CURIOUS AUSTRIAN CUSTOM

'F1ogging the dummy is curious
custom kept up by the villagers of
Austria. A dummy is dressed up in
grotesque fashion, and is called the
'.Luzelwife." 1t is taken from house
TO haslse by the troupe of grotesquely
dressed musicians and before each
house 1t is logged. Then the band
plays til the householders emerge with
cakes and wine for the crowd.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
"WATER KISS" is SANITARY
Young Chicago Sculptor conceives
Idea of Drinking Fountain in
Form Of Upturned Face.

A sanitary drinking fountain in the
form of an upturned sculptured face.
from the lips of which the water bub-
bles as from a bubbling cup, is the
idea of young Chicago sculptor. The
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
| SCIENCE ||E|
| AND
|NVENIION |A||||'BI
SCALES AND LETTER OPENER
Handy Little Implement wiz Be
Found of Great Convenience
For Any Office Desk.

A handy desk combnatinn 81 lex
ter opener and mail scales WHICH Isl
brand new and the hannine d OF wAseh
will be recognized by al yone in a
short time. The letter 6 sener Is q
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26

What is believed to be the largest
tree in the world grew in Southern
California and stood over 800 feet
high, measuring 80 feet at the base.
The section here illustrated weighs
so tons and is SIS feet in circumfer-
ence. The concentric rings indicate
that the tree began growing in the
year $50.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-01-26
Pneumatic "sha&s-0own.'

A pneumatic rug or 'shake-down'
ias been invented for fhe convenience
OF motorists who must lie on their
backs beneath TIER cars while ma
Ting repairs.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-11-01
OPPOSES POLITICAL CONTROL on
UNIVERSITIES.

Waco, Texas. Octoher-Dr S. r.
Brooks. President Of Baylor Uniyor-
sity, who is a close student Of econ
omic affairs in Texas. recently made
o report to the Texas Welfare Com
mission I'm which he showed In 20
startling and convincing manner that
while Texas has the largest permen-
ont fund for education OF any state Ia
the Union, we actually spend less per
capita and less per student than al
other states DR. Brooks was chair
man Of the Committee on Education
appointed by the Commission to In
vostigata orr educational system and
hts report Is a result Of a close and
searching investigation into affairs
educational
I'm O. table submitted by Or. Brooks.
IL IS shown that the per cent school
population enrolled In school I'm Tex
os IS G54G per c-Dt as compared with
an average In other states Of ~ per
cent. Comparing Texas with Callfor-
MIA. which IS ono Of The most advanc-
I'd siatcs Go Che onion il the matter
OF education. he shows that our exc
pcudtur per capita OF average at-
tendance IS $3.50, while that Of Col-
iforna is 2500l The expenditure per
capita Of entire population IN Texas
Is s2.7!, compared with S705 IN Gil
ifornla.
Dr. Brooks sounds o note OF warn-
ing TO the people against political
control Of our institutions Of lcarlu
and pleads for a more liberal sup
port Of an our schools and colleges.
Houston, Tex. oct. 29.-Fifty per-
sons we're inquired at noon today
while watching the Barnam and Bal
ley circus parade when an old wood
en- awning ln front Of the opera
house bar fell with 200 spect tors.
who were standing on It.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-11-01
Are You Coniestlngl

The fourth annual convention OF the
Texas Industrial Congress will be
held In Dallas in the auditorium Of
the Chamber OF Commerce, Thursday.
December ~, 1872 The principal
feature will bo the awarding Of the
$4,000 in gold prizes offered by the
Congress for best yields of corn, cot
ton, kafflr corn and milo maize pro-
duced in tho state this year
The prizes offered are divided into
four classes $4,000 in cash are to
be given to the twenty-nine contest
ants in class A who produce the
largest combined yields OF cowpeas.
kaffir corn or milo maize, cotton and
corn on ten acres. The first prize
in this class is $1,000. second, $3.50,
third $500. fourth $3.50. and twenty
five OF 500 each.
In class b $500 are offered to
the boys and girls of the state who
make the best yield from one acre OF
corn The prize money is divided as
follows: $3.50 20 the first; 1925 to
the second; So to the third $50 to
the fourth and s25 each 70 the next
forty winning contestants. $3.50 will
also be awarded to the boys and girls
In class c who produce the largest
yield OF cotton on one acre. and the
prizes are the same as those offered
for corn.
Twelve prizes. aggregating $1,000.
are offered in class ID for the best
yields OF kaffir corn or milo maize
grown on two acres without irriga-
ton. and similar awards will be made
in class Z for the same crops grown
by irrigation.
There are altogether i43 prizes and
these have been competed for by more
than four thousand contestants from
2O5 counties In the state. The prize
winning contestants will have an exc
hiblt OF samples OF their crops. AT
the railroads OF the state will grant
reduced round trip rates to Dallas on
account Of the convention. and q very
large attendance is expected.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-11-01
sHERIFFs SALE

Notice is Hereby Given, that by
virtue Of a certain order Of Sale, is
sued by the Clerk Of the District
Court OF scurry County on the 10th
day of October, 1912. in a certain
cause wherein Snyder Nero. CO. is
plaintiff and Leroy John
son and S. p. Keith are
defendant. en- which cause iudr-
mont was rendered on the 18th day
10 September 1912, I'm favor of said
plainun Snyder Mere. Co. against
said defendants Leroy Johnson and
S. T.. Keith for the sum OF S3,741.27
with interest thereon at the rate OF
ten per centum per annum from date
Of judgment. together With all costs
of suit, have levied upon, and VIII
on the first Tuesday in November
1912, IL being the 9Th day of said
month at the Court House door in
snyder. Texas. within LEGAL hours,
proceed to sell for cash to the high
est bidder an the right, title and in
.erest OF Leroy Johnson and S. T..
Keith In and to the following de-
scribed real estate, levied upon as
the property of Leroy Johnson and
p Keith, towit:
Being a part OF Block No. In the
town Of Snyder. scurry County Tex
as, described by metes and bounds
as follows. Beginning 80 feet north,
from the south east corner OF said
block No. g. thence West 115 feet,
parallel with the South line Of said
Block No. 8: thence North 20 feet
parallel with the east line OF said
Block No. s: thence East, parallel
with the South fine Of Block No TO
the place OF beginning
The above sale 10 be made by me
To satisfy the above described iudg-
ment for Three Thousand. seven hun
dred forty one and 27-l00 Dollars.
In favor OF snyder Mercantile Co. to-
gether with the cost OF said suit, and
the proceeds applied to the satisfac-
ton thereof.
]. y. BOLES
Sheriff, scurry Co, Texas
Snyder. Texas. oct 10, 1912