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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-04-19

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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
Domestic pets.

A healthy dog, living natural and
healthy life-not the life of the pam.
pered inmate of harem-iS dis
tinct asset in a household.
He not only helps to smooth the
rough places and give us interests and
protection, but very often he 'compeIs
his owners to take their due share OF
exercise and lead more open air lives
than they would do if left to them
selves.
We owe him heavy debt of graft
tude and we should Jose no opportun-
ity of doing him good turn, but the
lady who lets her pet eat from her
own plate, sleep in her own bed, even
teaches him to take morsels from her
own lips, frequently kisses her pets
muzzle, and allows him to lick her
face with equanimity in return, is Sc
verely warned.
These, says we'll known doctor
are most dangerous practices when
one realizes how all dogs perform
their own toilettes and where they
poke their muzzles, and also how the
germs of certain disease may be trans
mitted.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
The Oldest Egg.

Not so long ago party of explorers
members of the Archaeological society
of Mayence, found, during their exca-
vations in the ancient Moguntiacum, a
hens egg which was estimated to have
been buried for something like nine
teen centuries
Moguntiacum was built by Drusus,
the son of the Roman Emperor Angus
tus, in the year IA B. G. Upon the site
of the ancient Roman castrum or en-
campment near the city the excava-
lions in question brought to light
many interesting relics, including
some water cisterns of Roman make.
1t was in one of these, which was To-
Gated twenty feet below the ground,
that a damaged Roman clay pot was
found containing the shell of broken
egg and also a whole egg that had
been kept from being smashed by a
shred of the damaged pot, which Gov
cred it. The ancient egg was turned
over to the municipal museum Harp
er's Weekly.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
STRENGTH OF THE INSECTS

When one is asked to name the
strongest animal he generally begins
with elephants as the largest, and con-
tinue with oxen, horses, and on down
through creatures of lesser size. But
for real strength proportionate to size,
one must go to the insect world. A
mans strength is absurdly small COM
pared with that of an insect. The bee
tie will carry 500 times its own weight
on its back. To be proportionately
strong a man would have to lift $4,000
or 100000 pounds, a weight which
only the biggest steel freight cars
carry. If a man were placed under a
box containing five times his weight,
he would be held there indefinitely.
But to hold a beetle down the box
would have to be 1900 times as heavy
as the beetle.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
PLAN HUGE OFFICE BUILDING
New York Skycraper in Park Row
Rises $50 Feet in Air VIII Cost
$13,500,0O0.

New York. The tallest habita-
BILE building in the world is go
ing up on Broadway, between Bar
clay street and Park row. 1t will
weigh 250,0OO,OO TONS 1t rests on
sixty-nine pillars of cement, reaching
down to solid rock from the street
level.
This building, the tower light of
which, $50 feet in the air, viii be
seen ninety-six miles out at sea, has
in it 10000 tons of structural steel.
Forty-five thousand dollars worth Of
glass has already been ordered for
windows and doors and skylights. In
the walls and floors are to be more
than 10000 square feet of hollow til
ing and terra Gotta. The cement or
der will run into the tens of thousands
of bags.
On the weekly pay roll is a regi-
ment of men from mere lifting and
carrying laborers to the circus per-
forming iron workers who play around
at 700 feet in the air on slender steel
beams like orioles on an elm bough
Their wages run from $3.50 day for
the laborers to $3.50 and upward, and
the pay roll is $4,000 day. This has
been going on for two years.
The 10000 square feet of land on
which the building stands cost about
$4,500,000. 1t cost $1,000,000 to dig
out the foundations and the basement
and sub-basements. The cost of con-
struction will be nearly $4,000 900.
making the whole pile an investment
of approximately $13,500.000. The
mere knowledge that such a building
was to be erected on the spot caused
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
TAME DECOY FOR vULTURES

The Tibetans of the upper Mekong
valley have an interesting method OF
catching vultures, the feathers OF
which are used for making fans. They
fasten tame vultures to stone pedes-
tails near the cliffs where the wild
birds live, and when the latter are
sighted one or two of the decoys are
loosed and the men hide in huts. Near
the pedestals a heap of carrion has
been placed in a rough wooden cage,
SO constructed that it is difficult for
the birds to make away with a piece
bodily, though 1t is easy enough to get
at; they therefore hop clumsily round
the cage, pecking and tearing furious
ly at the sinking morsels, in full view
of the savage birds above. The car
rion Is the bait the tame yultures
are the decoy No sooner do the wild
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
Geisha Driven to 1t by Monotony
of Life.
Girl Says She Doesn't Want to Die
Now, but May Later If She 10
Seized With Another Mean-
choIy Fit.

Tokio-A sensation was created in
Toxic by the recent attempt at sui
eide of one of the most famous of the
Shimbashi geisha, who are in their
turn the most famous of all the thou
sands of geishas in Toxic.
The first reports stated that the I'm
fortunate lady had been driven to her
attempted death by mountains of debt
contracted as the result of passion
ate attachment to a certain popular
actor The Toxic Asahi, indeed, con
sidered the matter of such Importance
that after the recovery of the would
be suicide the editor induced her to
write the history Of the incident and
her own feelings during the attempt
for the benefit of its readers. Here it
is:
The mere idea of a debt of 1000
or 1000 yen could never drive me to
suicide. / am subject to fits of melan-
choly, and when in the grip of one OF
these want 10 get out Of the world.
Why? Simply and solely because
am tired of life. its monotony and
quietness. A geisha's life contains
no excitement It is always the same,
day in and day out.
"Publicans sell drink, cats catch
mice, dogs watch burglars and men
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
Mrs. Gregory Is Best Man in
Maine Camp.
Mere Female Chops, Splits and Piles
More Wood Than Most of Them,
and as Much as Any of Them,
According to Employer.

Manchester, N. H.-Woodbury Bach
blder of this city, engaged in the lum-
Der business at Damariscotta, Me-, has
In his employ a most remarkable WON
an as regards strength and endur-
ance. She is Mary Gregory. wife of
Frank Gregory.
Mrs. Gregory first entered the en-
ploy of Mr.. Bachelor to provide meals
for the Ia men in the camp. This she
was able to do and have half a day left,
and she asked permission of Mr.. Bach
elder to take her place with the chop
pers.
Mr.. Bachelor gave his consent, and
was astonished to see her perform.
She welded an ak as expertly as any
man in the crew, and made record
one day of chopping, splitting and
piling three cords of wood, a task
that most men hardened to the serv-
ice of the woods are incapable OF
eQualing.
She Is the strongest woman | ever
saw" Bachelor says. mo sooner
does she fell tree than she Is on
top Of it limbing 1t out, and in every
line of work she is the equal Of the
men in camp. She handles crosscut
saw with all the skill of man, and
not laborer in the camp. can sur
pass her in the amount of work &C
complished."
Mrs. Gregory is 35 years old, weighs
about IT'S, stands feet s inches, and
Is as quick as a fash. She is fond
OF sport and expert as a wrestler. Mr..
Bachelor says he has yet to see a
man in camp who can match her at
wrestling. She is not afraid to try
conclusions with any of them. She
has put every man who has been will
ing to wrestle her on his back and yet
is modest In speech and manner, the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
BETT0R HAD MONEY COMING
But Then, Charley Is Hardly Likely
to Live Four Thousand Weeks,
You Know.

Well conceal his identity under the
trade name of Charley, says the New
York correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times-Star. He is telegraph opera
tor, with professional knowledge of
the ponies. When times were better
in this town, in a sporting way, he
used to take the racing results in a
poolroon. When the Western Union
refused to serve the rooms in town
any more, he had to take just an ordi-
nary wire-snapping job. AS a side is
sue he used to run little handbook.
I'll take the bets at track odds" he
announced to his friends. you all
know that I haven't any bank roll, but
I'm honest. If you hit me too hard,
I'll have to pay you off out of my sal
airy, at the rate of two dollars a
week"
That was satisfactory to the little
bunch of operators who handed him
dollar bills daily. Charley went on,
luck being a little better than even.
Operators are pretty wise players, as
a rule, and they hit him almost as
often as they lost. But on the whole
Charley was ahead Then, one day, a
friend put five-dollar bill on a four
horse parlay.
Il don't like to take this money"
Charley protested. 81 don't know what
this parlay may pay if it goes through.
No way of getting the track odds here.
If you win, and l haven't enough
money on hand to settle, you'll have to
take it out of my pay, two dollars a
week."
The other fellow agreed-and the
| four-horse parlay went through. The
lucky bettor won $4,000 from Charley,
and spent $3.50 of his own money in
celebrating the event. Next day he
went around to collect.
This" said Charley, 'fs to be paid
off at the rate of two dollars week.
I will get through paying you in just
| four thousand weeks"
According to the other bettor, the
second Christian era will be dawning
before he gets his money out OF
Charley. He wanted to take Charley's
typewriter for it, and call it square,
but Charley refused. 'I'm no welcher,"
he protested, Indignantly. It'll pay
you every cent-if live that long,"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
BOY SAVES cHILD'S LIFE.
John crumIish, Aged IA, Rescues Un-
conscious Four-Year-OId From
Drowning.

Wilmington, Del. = John Crumlish,
aged IA, of No. $40 West Fourteenth
street, proved himself a hero by saw
ing Clark Vernon, aged four. No. 1929
Tatnall street, from what seemed GER
tain death by drowning In the south
race in Brandywine Park. Vernon.
with several small boys and girls.
wandered from home and into the
park, and while playing near the wa
ter Vernon fell from the retaining
wall. The swift current was carry
ing him away when Crumlish was at
tracted by the cries of the drowning
boys companions.
Crumlish ran to the wall, saw the
drowning boy and plunged into the wa
tetr. He caught Vernon and had a
hard struggle to get back to land. YER
non was unconscious, so Crunlish car
ried him home, where physician re-
vived him.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
WIRELESS FOR ARMY FLIERs
instruments for AeropIane Use In.
vented by Officer Weighs Only
IS Pounds.

Washington.-Prob the smallest
wireless telegraph set ever made has
Just been perfected by the officers in
the army signal corps laboratory here,
and has been sent to New York for
the aeronautical show which is to be
held there. The receiving and trans
hitting apparatus weighs only 251a
pounds, and is confined within a box
Is inches square and 16 inches deep.
The generator from which the appar-
atus derives its power adds an addi-
tional rs pounds.
The machine Is the result of the eff
forts of the army signal officers un-
der the direction of Maj. Charles
Nick. Saltzman, to perfect the lightest
machine possible for use in the fifth
military ARM" or the aeronautical di-
vision.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
Women KNIGHTS.

It is not at ali well known that
knighthood has constantly been con.
ferred upon women. Many English
ladies received the accolade and
many more were members of such
knightly orders as the Garter and st.
John. When Mary Cholmondeley
"the bold lady of Cheshire, was
knighted by Elizabeth for "her valiant
address," on the queen taking the
command at the threatened invasion
of Spain, did she know that a whole
city of Spanish women. the gallant
women of Tortosa, had been knighted
for saving that city from the Moors
Mary and Elizabeth had both been
knighted at their coronation, but by
the time Anne, the second Mary, and
Victoria ascended the throne it had
been quite forgotten that according to
English law and use woman who
filled a mans Office acquired all its
privileges and was immune from none
of it's duties.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31

cended by steep stairways on one or
more sides. The interior mass is Of
earth and stones, or of stones and
mortar. In some cases the slopes were
filled in to a smooth slant
The Hottest is the pyramid of Ell
Castillo, or the Castle, at Chichen liza,
which is of the stepped type. The
largest and most imposing is the So
called governors palace, at Uxmal,
which stands on a natural elevation
artiicially heightened by stone blocks
and rising in three terraces. 1t is
considered by ethnologists the most
important prehistoric structure in
America. The building, 800 feet long,
40 feet deep and rs feet high, is COW
cred with marvellous elaboration of
sculpture, one belt of which, ten feet
wide, running entirely around the pal
ace. contains 10000 stones, nearly ev-
cry one of them separate work of
art.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
WERE MAYAs BABYLoNIANs7

The towers and pyramids built by
habitants of Mexico, who flourished
before the Aztecs, are the greatest
wonders of antiquity in America.
An interesting theory, now strong
ly held by scientists and scholars of
the Smithsonian Institution is that
the Mayas are descended from the an
Gent people of Babylon who were dis
persed over the face of the earth aft
er the capture of that famous city by
Cyrus.
If this be so, then the ancient Mayas
built the tower of Babel of the Bible,
and those inhabitants of the earth
were in a sense Americans. This view
is confirmed in great degree by the
extraordinary resemblance between
the ruined towers and pyramids of
Babylonia and those built by the
Mayas in Yucatan. In addition to this
there is other evidence that the Mayas
came from somewhere in Asia.
The tower Of Babel was the largest
one of many a similar structure of
pyram1dal shape In Babylon Whlcn
were crowned with temples But
where the ancient Assyrians con-
!. structed scores of such terraced tow
ers the Mayas built thousands. many
Of them of huge size and of substan-
TALLY the same pattern-likewise up
holding temples on their platform
SUBMITS.
According to the Maya legend.
Xelhuc, one of the seven giants who
survived the deluge. erected a pyra-
midal tower of enormous height for
the purpose Of storming heaven. But
the offended gods destroyed the Ian
guages of the builders.
The pyramids of Yucatan are square
or rectangular in shape. Some are
nearly one hundred feet high, and the
largest is more than five hundred feet
square. They have sloping sides,
some are nearly vertical, and many
rise In steps. Faced with stone and
dressed smooth or plastered and en-
bellished with sculptures. they are as
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
Girl Tries to Commit Suicide

have their constant varying, selfish
pastimes and occupations. But the
geisha has nothing to do but continue
always in the same tiresome groove,
dancing and singing, singing and dan
cling. thought if | died that l might
one day be reborn in the shape of one
of those creatures, men. mice or dogs.
Therefore. resolved to die.
81 finished the bottle in one wild
gulp. Then the pain began in my
chest, and at once the utter stupidity
and madness of my wish to die came
upon. me- All wish of dying vanished.
l coughed and coughed. and here l am
quite well again. If / get another fit
of melancholy may want to die
again, and 1 may commit suicide at
any time, but don't want to at pres
ent; but, In case, always carry my
will about with me in my dress"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
Saws or Arm. but Lives.

York, Pa.-Falling upon the sliding
carriage of the circular saw he was
operating near Gatchelville, this coun-
ty, Elmer Pentz Of Harrisburg had
his right arm cleally severed at the
elbow, and barely escaped horrible
death.
Pentz was hit by the log upon the
carriage and his body in some manner
became wedged In front of it. He noted
his peril and In the short time given
him he managed to shift his body out
of the course of the revolving blade;
but to do SO he had to sacrifice the
arm.
Other workmen saved him from
bleeding to death by making tourni-
Quet from handkerchief.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
BABY WEIGHS 1870 POUNDS
But It's an Elephant, Born In Cali
fornia-Mother Tries to
XIII It.

Salinas, Cal.-The heaviest baby
ever born in America saw the light
here in a circus tent He is baby
elephant, two feet tall, three feet long
and weighs $50 pounds. His god-par
ents say that nothing like him was
ever born in captivity on this conti-
nent. Alice, the mother, tried to kill
her baby. Her trainer, in saving the
calf was hurled twenty feet and a
panic was caused among the other anil
mails. Unless Alice relents, her baby
will have to be brought up on the
demijohn. He is unhurt, pink and
healthy.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
FOUND DIAMOND IN TROUT

In the stomach of speckled trout,
cut open to determine what sort of
bait was advisable, Henry P. Parrot,
Homer Musser and Hugo Sillisch, of
Bellingham, Wash, found one-carat
diamond of the finest water. The
three men had rowed far UP the lake
when Parrot got a vigorous bite. and
a three-pound trout soon doundered on
the bottom of the boat. One Of the
party suggested cutting open the
fish's stomach to discover what sort
of food the fish were taking and the
gem rolled out
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
BEARD CUT BETRAYS CONVICT
Promoter, In Seattle Federal Prison,
Proved TO Be an Old
Offender.

Seattle. Wash.-Clarence Dayton
Hillman, millionaire townsite pro-
moter, serving so months in the fed
eral prison for using the mails to de-
fraud, has been revealed by the shears
of the prison barber as No 1l715, San
Francisco rogues' gallery. produce
dealer, sentenced In 1895 for swindIing
farmers. Special agents Of the de-
partment Of justice, the two years
since his indictment, have searched
for his identification with a previous
crime. His identity was hidden by hie
whiskers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
BIGGEST DIOCESE IN WORLD

The most extensive diocese in the
world is that presided over by Bishop
McDougal, of the English church in
South America. 1t extends from Pan
anna down the Pacific coast. 1t en-
braces 100000 square miles and has
about 5000 miles of coast line The
bishop is trying to raise funds for
churches and schools for his people,
who number several thousand natives
Of the British Isles.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
WONDERFUL MATCH MACHINE

A log of wood and roll of paper are
placed in new match making ma
chine, and when human hands next
touch the material it is all bound up
in packages containing one gross of
boxes of matches ready for the consul
mer. During the process the machine
cuts the wood into proper lengths, sui
phurs the ends, counts them, makes
the paper boxes, prints the labels on
them, fills each box and packs them.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
Confusion Of Effects.

Things didn't seem to work togeth-
or in your series OF dramatic represen-
fations."
"They didn't" admitted Mr.. Storm
ington Barnes. when we played
tragedy the Dox-of1lce receipts were a
farce, and when we played farce they
were q tragedy"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
is LUMBERJACK

mother of seven children, native of
Nova Scotia, and prior to making her
home in the Maine woods lived In
Massachusetts.
Her husband works in the woods
with her, but is far from being her
equal In strength.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31

the tax assessments on the property
to be raised from $2.250.OOO to $3.2OO,-
900.
There will be a floor space of %
acres and 1000 offices, and it is fig
ured that the daily population Of the
building will be 10000 and the tran
silent population about as many more.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31
KENTUCKY's YOUNG MOTHER

The youngest mother in Kentucky
is Mrs. Kate Fields, Of Georgetown.
She is thirteen years old, and the
grandmother of her new born daugh-
ter is just thirty.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31

birds see what is going on than down
they swoop to join in the tussle for
tit-bits. The trained birds, incensed
with their unbidden guests, imme-
diately try conclusions with them. and
in the dust and turmoil of the CORY en-.
counter out rush the men from am.
bush and the wild birds are either
killed or captured.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-31

Councillor r. T. Thornton of East
bourne, England, is not only mayor Of
his city but also is an active member
of the local lifeboat crew. That crew
has been very busy saving lives of
late, one of their recent exploits be-
ing the rescue of twenty-one Of the
passengers and crew of the P. and o.
liner Oceana at Beaehy Head.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-30
Useful Accomplishment.

Every woman wants cozy corner
all her own--be tina. corner humble
or handsome.
Every woman who does not have the
home longing is abnormal. Home Is
made up OF little things.
One of the largest of these lit!la
things is the ability to cook whole
some food
Sewing and music are next A wont
an might be as homely as can be, but
II she can cook good dinner, make a
dress, and let her moods slip out of
her finger tips on a piano, that wcm-
an will have chance for truly hap
py home a thousand per cent. better
than her beautiful neighber who can
not make even an apron, and who
cooks badly for her family.
So say to mothers, whether you
have money or not, teach your daugh-
tiers all the useful and necessary
things in life, SO that they will make
good, homelike wives and mothers.