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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-02-20
Heavy Rain at Sherman.

tBy Associated Press.]
Sherman, Texas, Feb. 20.-A heavy
rain and hail fell here today.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-02-20
Rain and Sow Flurries.
By Associated Press.

Wichita Falls, Texas, Feb. 20
There was rain, with snow furries, in
this section-today.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
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LITTLE TAD GAINED HIS WAY
Squad of Dirty Street Urchins Were
Fed in White House by Llncoln's
Son, Despite Cook.

Both the steward and the cook had
demonstrated with Master Tad" up
on bringing into the kitchen of the
White House "such squads of poor.
dirty, hungry street urchins to be fed"
and at last Peter said that Mrs. Lin
coin must be told, says Wide Awake.
Tad flew into rage, ran upstairs to
see his mother himself, and on finding
her out, searched the place for his
busy father.
Meanwhile, the small objects of his
charity waited at the lower door
for Peter had absolutely refused to let
them "step inside"
The indignant boy spied his father
just crossing the yard with bowed
head. eyes to the ground, talking earn
estly to Mr.. Seward as they walked to
the department of state together. He
cried out to him at once:
Father. father! Can't bring these
poor. cold, hungry boys home with me
whenever / want to? Isn't it our
kitchen?"
By this time Tad had his father by
the hand, who stopped to listen to the
frantic appeal.
Cant / give them good warm
dinner today? They're just as hun
CRY as beasts, and two of 'em are boys
of soldier, too!-and, father, I'm go
ing to discharge Peter this minute If
he doesn't get out the meat and chick
ems and pies and all the things we
had left yesterday. Say, mayn't I?
Isn't it our kitchen, father2"
.jecretary Seward was shaking with
laughter. Mr.. Lincoln turned to him
with a twinkle.
Seward, advise with me. This case
requires diplomacy"
Mr.. Seward patted Tad on the back
and said he must be careful not to run
the government into debt, and the pres
ident took Tad's little brown hands in.
his own big one, and with droll smile
bid him to run along home and feed
the boys" and added:
Tell Peter that you are really re-
CURED to obey the Bible by getting in
the manned and the blind, and that
he must be better Christian than he
is"
In less than an hour, Mr.. Seward
said, they passed through the yard on
their way to the cabinet meeting, and
no 1ess-than ten small boys were sit
ting with Tad on the lower steps,
cracking nuts and having a state din
ner."
Mr.. Lincoln remarked that the
kitchen was ours
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17

each subscribers instruments and
equipment is about $13 more.
Chestnut or cedar make the best
poles because they last longer in the
ground. For light line, poles 26 feet
In length and five or six inches in
diameter at the top are suitable
For a grounded system, only two
strands of wire are needed, and these
are supported by 12-inch oak brack-
cts, which should be nailed to the
pole before it is set into the ground.
II the calls are too frequent, and
the wires too heavily loaded, another
pair of lines may be run on the same
poles, but where two sets Of lines are
used a switching station must be
located in some central house to allow
for connection of one line to another.
Farmers in any community can
form little companies of their own and
build their own lines at very little
cost. They can obtain full instruction
as to the erection of the line. and it's
operations from the manufacturers
who supply them with wire and equip
ment.
The patent on the Bell telephone
ran out years ago, and telephones are
now manufactured by many persons.
How did we ever get along without 1t?
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17

nephew of Mrs. Grant, has given a
gown once worn by Mrs. Grant in the
White House.
Mrs. Samuel l.. GouVerneur of New
York, whose husband was the grand
son of James Monroe, has given suit
OF the clothes worn by Mr.. Monroe at
the French court when he was Amer
lean minister there. She has also
contributed fancy dress worn by
Mrs. Winfield Scott, wife of General
Scott, at a costume ball in Paris in
1880. Mrs. Scott represented Pocahon-
tas. The wonderful color of the feath.
er and tinsel-trimmed costume are al
most as vivid today as they were 50
years ago.
Mrs. John Hay has placed in the
collection a court dress worn by Mrs.
John Hay at the coronation of King
Edward of England
The purpose of the National Mu-
scum in collecting the gowns is to
preserve to future generations these
mementos of famous women. A per-
manent organization to perpetuate the
work will be formed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17

(see illustration). Then take an ordi.
nary dessert knife and place the
rounded end of it between the table
and the decanter, pushing it about the
quarter of an inch under the decanter,
or just far enough to make the knife
stick out horizontally. When all is
ready, strike a sharp blow with the
finger beneath the handle of the knife.
If the right force is given to the blow,
the knife will leap up and make a
half-circle in the air in the direction
of the mouth of the decanter, into
which it will fall, handle downward.
if rightly done. 1t requires a good
deal of practice to accomplish the
feat, and when practicing it is we'll to
use a large-mouthed decanter till you
are sure of your blow. After you have
become expert at the trick you can
toss the knife into a medium-mouthed
bottle with ease. While practicing
cover the table and your lap with
heavy cloth so as to protect both from
the sharp edge of the knife should it
fall wide of the mark.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17

S6C HE smokes cigarettes, your Hon
- orr so spoke Miss Elizabeth Nc
Masters, probation officer to Judge
De Lacy in the juvenile court, as she
pointed to a little faxen-haired girl
who was busy stretching a piece of
gum to it's limit.
'sWhy, that can't be possible" ex-
claimed Judge De Lacy in astonish-
ment. "She doesn't appear to be more
than ten years OF age"
"She Is twelve now and has been
smoking for three years." continued
the probation officer. lust as soon as
school is dismissed she roams the
streets OF Georgetown in search of
butts and then retires to a woodshed
in the rear Of her home and consumes
what she has gathered. She never
smokes less than two cigarettes day,
and when the picking is good no one
knows how many more"
Eyes. sir" piped the child, smiling
at the Judge. II smoke. but haven't
had any today. Yesterday got two
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17

THE government printing Office at
u Washington, the biggest printing
plant in the world, is busily engaged
upon the publication of Uncle Sans
largest sets of books. These sets win
comprise more than one hundred vol
umes, says Popular Mechanics, all of
large size and costly binding.
First comes the report of the immi-
grafton commission, body which de-
voted several years to Investigating
this subject in all parts of the world.
This will comprise fifty-six volumes of
from 600 to 1000 pages each "a grand
total of upward of 10000 printed
pages.
The report Of the national monetary
commission, which is now virtually
complete. comprises "a volumes, aver
aging 300 pages to the volume. Despite
the cost of getting out such a refer
ence work, the government is getting
out a first edition" of about 5000
sets.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
Boiling THINGS Soft.

There are many things, such as
eggs, that can be boiled hard, and 9th
er things that can be boiled soft, and
one of them is the potato.
The potato belongs to class OF
foods called starchy, because it is al
most entirely composed of grains of
starch. These grains are contained in
stiff woody sort of covering, which
will not expand, as it is not elastic. If
the potato were left in the ground, it
would need this starch for its future
existence, but when it is dug up and
boiled something happens to the
starch
The hot water soaks through the
hard woody covering and gets to the
grains of starch, which Immediately
begin to expand, and as the hard COW
ering cannot expand with it. there is
nothing for it but to burst, and by
the time all the hard part of the potato
has been broken up in this way and a
quantity of water has been absorbed
the potato is quite soft.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
Capital City Has Museum of Styles

M RS. CLEVELAND has announced
lV1 that she will present to the ne
ton her wedding gown. This will in
deed be historical. Mrs. Cleveland,
formerly Miss Frances Folsom, was a
ward of President Cleveland, and mar
ried him during the second year of his
administration. The wedding took
place in the famous blue room of the
White House, and was the first we'd
ding to have been solemnized in that
room so far as history has made any
note. Also Mrs. Cleveland was the
first woman to marry a president in
the White House.
Mrs. Taft will present the magnifi-
cent gown which she wore at the in
augural ball.
Martha Washington is represented
in the collection by a satin gown, once
white, but now yellowed by time. She
wore it on occasions of state in Phila-
delphia and New York. The satin is
brocade in garland design, and the
slippers which accompany the dress
are of the same pattern. These have
been in the museum for many years.
Mrs. Taft's gown is of white satin,
embroidered in silver, in graceful
design of golden rod. The gown that
belonged to Mrs. Andrew Jackson has
been contributed by her great-great-
grand niece. Mary Wilcox, of Washing
ton
Mrs. Alexander Sharp, widow of
Captain Sharp, U. S. N, who was a
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
MAKE SOLID GOLD CASTINGS
Dentists Have Clever Method of Sc
curing Piece of Metal Which Is
Free from All BIowholes.

(By ALBERT r. BISHOP, in the Scien-
iffc-American.)
Dentists have a very clever method
of making solid gold castings. A train
of gears is employed, which revolves
a spindle that carries two jointed
arms. The outer end of one arm has
an Enclosure where the little mold is
placed, while the other arm carries a
counterbalance. Just in front of the
mold is fireclay block, followed to
receive the gold which is melted with
the blowpipe. The gearing is rapidly
worked by hand, revolving the melted
gold. which is forced very quickly into
the mold. Owing to centrifugal force,
a very solid and clean-cut casting Is
made, which Is free from blowholes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
Uncle Sam Is the Biggest Publisher

The findings of the governmental
commission that recently investigated
child labor, etc., in the United States
are being printed in a set of 10 vol
umes, ranging from 600 to 1900 pages
EACH
Twelve volumes are required to tell
the story of the doings of the North
Atlantic coast fisheries arbitration
commission, and the disclosures of the
recent governmental investigation OF
the iron and steel industry will require
a four volume set.
Some of these contracts, for in.
stance the one for the set chronicling
the Investigations of the immigration
commission, cannot be completed be-
fore the close of the year 1912. The
work could not be turned out so expe.
ditiously were it not fer the recent in
vention of machines which enable
1000 employees in the book bindery to
do work that would otherwise require
the services of 1000 employees.
Incidentally it may be noted that in
getting out these big sets of books,
Uncle Sans book bindery is using
10000 sheets of gold leaf per day for
titling the volumes in gold letters, etc.
In addition to the big sets work is pro-
crossing on Uncle Sans 'best seller
the Year Book of the Department of
Agriculture, a volume of 500 pages, Of
which an edition of $4,000 is printed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
NEW GUARD RAIL FOR BERTH
Invention, Sadly Needed in Railroad
Trains, Recently Patented by New
York Inventor.

An invention that was sadly needed
is the guardrail for upper berths in
railway trains. patented by New
York man. Among the numerous OBJ
jeotions to the top berth is the oppor-
tunities for rolling out and dropping
into the aisle and the difficulties of
getting into it. Stout men and timid
women find the latter performances
trying. The invention here shown
consists of a guard rail running the
length of the berth and just high
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
MOVING PICTURES IN LIGHT
Trick Is Simple and Consists Merely
Of Preventing Sun From Shining
Directly on Screen.

Stereopticon pictures either fixed or
moving for use In ordinary daylight
or in brightly lighted room are now
made in France. The trick Is simple
and consists merely of some device to
keep the light from shining directly
on the :creen on which the picture Is
shown. In the Cinema palace, Paris,
tbs is effected by arranging heavy cur
.tains around the screen at proper po-
sitions and distances. The lantern,
for protection. is at the opposite end
of the hail, as is now usual. In an
other device the pictures are thrown
on sheet of ground glass forming one
end of large black box, whose OPP
posfte end is open to view. In this
case the lantern is not in the same
room with the spectators, and the pic
ture resembles that seen on looking
at the ground glass of an ordinary pho
tographic camera AS the screen in
both these cases is sheltered from the
diffused light of the theater or hall, 1t
Is not necessary to extinguish or low
er the lamps, although, Of course, these
should not be brilliant enough to daz-
zle the eyes. In describing these full
daylight" devices it has been wrongly
stated by some writer's that they de-
pend on special brilliancy in the Ian
tern or on some arrangement Of re-
Electors. This is incorrect. The only
things necessary are to keep the light
away from the screen and out Of the
spectators eyes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17

VIZ ASHINGTON.-It is hard for old
w time politicians, who have lived
their day in Washington, to realize
that the speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives is no longer an autocrat.
Any one desiring to get anything done
in the house is now advised to see the
speaker and Leader Underwood. They
are the two head men of the Demo
cratic branch of the Sixty-second con-
gress. Neither of them can do things
as completely and summarily as could
the autocratic speakers of old, but
when both of them undertake to get
something done good start has been
made
This status does not work as much
to q speakers disadvantage as one
might suppose. AS far as there is sat-
isfaction in the exercise of authority,
a speaker of the house is not as con-
tented man as his predecessors have
been. But he also has an excuse for
not complying with great variety OF
insistent demands. And when the
house carries through a policy or a
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
Game Apparatus.

diamond or field, and various bases
disposed about the same, the parts
being disposed so that the balls may
be rolled from base to base, and vari-
Gus other provisions being made for
Strikes" balls" home runs" base
hits" and putting out" The appa-
ratus further comprises means where
by a ball representing a player
reaches base, it may have the eff
feet of liberating other balls lodged
upon other bases and located more or
less distant from the ball which lib
crates them.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17

In making the mold, it is necessary
for the dentist first to make pat
tern. This is done by filing the cav
ity in the tooth with wax. A wire at
tached to the pattern holds it in place
while the clay mold is being made, as
shown in one of the figures. When
the mold is complete, the wax is melt
ed out Another figure shows Sec
ton of the mold as when placed on a
rotary arm, also the block in which
the gold is melted.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
Cause Of Glacial Periods.

Another suggested cause Of glacial
periods is that they have been due to
the shifting Of the Milky Way, such
as is known to have occurred. AS
suming that much of the earth's heat
scmes from the stars, DR.. Rudolf
SpitaIer finds chat the change OF po-
sition in relation to the Milky Way
might have given very different dis
tribution OF temperature from that ex-
listing at the present time. The stars
are not only crowded in the region Of
the Milky Way. but many of them are
of the hottest type.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
NATIONAL CZlQiidEEd60
AIrIE,llIgS - 49,
Speaker Is no Longer an Autocrat

program, the speaker has the right to
claim credit therefor, just as the pres
ident has the recognized right to ap-
propriate credit for the achievements
of his administration, even though the
work and the responsibility were i'm
mediately shouldered by the subordi.
mates.
AS the prerogatives of the speaker
have diminished in the present house.
those of the chairman of ways and
means have increased. This is not al
together due to the fact that this has
been a tariff revision congress and
that the ways and means committee
has been busy with these revision
bills. AS chairman Of the committee
that selected the committees Of the
house Ca task previously falling to the
speaker), Mr. Underwood has also
been recognized as the floor leader Of
the majority to an extent not noted
before in many years. He has been
the floor leader also in the party eau
Gus.
While Leader Underwood has had
numerous loyal associates and has not
hesitated to take advice and counsel,
he has had to face several serious
problems alone and virtually unaided
and to work out the solution himself.
Thus there has fallen to him many of
the worries and vexations. which in
the times agone have fallen to the
speaker.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17

cigarettes. The picking was poor. :"
How did you come to acquire such
terrible habit?" asked the court.
II saw lots of boys smoking and
they were sending up into the air all
kinds Of pretty circles and wreaths.
SO just picked up a cigarette from
the street when nobody was looking.
lit it, and after several puffs, I could
make Just as nice circles"
The mother Of the little girl told
Judge De Lacy that she had never
seen her daughter smoke, but had
often noticed the fragrance OF cigar
cites on her breath. The child was
placed on probation for six month
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
Turned the Subject.

Eddie, who has been punished for
eating green apples, is again in the
garden, indulging his appetite for the
forbidden fruit, when papa approaches
silently, and stands frowning down
upon him. Eddie hangs his head, with
the half-eaten apple in his little fist
thrust behind him. Then, suddenly,
the trembling lip stiffens, he looks
up into the stern face, with a guile
less smile, and pipes: Papa, is
dreen apple pie made out of tur-
rants?"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
- NOTES OF \ I.
81 SCIENCE Lee MI
Y INVENTION

The French army will purchase no
fewer than $50 aeroplanes during 1912.
Tests of human bones show them
to be so per cent stronger than hick-
DRY.
An Italian university professor
Claims to have found radium in or
binary dew
A noiseless aeroplane being tried
out by the British army is so quiet that
its motor cannot be heard so yards
away.
German postal authorities are ex.
perimenting with small three-wheel-
ed automobile for the use of letter
carriers.
An ingenious German baker utili-
yes a windmill to mix and knead his
bread as well as to grind his grain
into -four.
In Siam there are three kinds of
grape fruits. all seedless. One kind
has red meat. Two kinds are sweet
and one is sour.
1t requires five big volumes to ac-
commodate a new condensed diction-
airy for the blind, printed at Vienna
from raised type.
DR.. J. H. Smith is said to have In
vented a Photographic printing paper
capable of reproducing in natural col
ors from suitable negatives.
Japanese scientists are experiment
ing with the ginseng plant in the hope
of maturing it in four or five years
instead of six, as now required.
The worlds largest dry-dock has
been completed at Belfast, Ireland.
1t is $50 feet long and 100 feet wide.
All told. it was eight years in build
ing.
There are 80 dental surgeries for
school children in Sweden. Great bene-
fit has been derived from them. the
children showing marked improve
ment.
Carodoc rlDberts. on whom Oxford
recently cclhferred the degree of doc
tor of music. for IN oratcrio, worked
at a carp}nter's bench OILY few
years ago.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
AMUSING GAME or BASEBALL
Apparatus Invented by Brooklyn Mar
Whose Mechanism 10 Comfortable
by Skill and Chance.

In describing an apparatus invented
by d. ]. Bebon o. Brooklyn, N. Y, the
Scientific American says:
The engraving Is a perspective view
showing the game apparatus complete.
The invention relates to an apparatus
whose mechanism is controllable part
ly by skill and partly by chance for
playing an indoor game having more
or less analogy to baseball. 1t COM
prises parts representing q baseball
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
Ancient Slot Machines.

tian era, says the Springfield Repub-
lican. According to a historian of that
time, there was in existence a sacri-
fetal vessel from which water would
flow only when money was dropped In
the slot. Now we want to know
whether the ancients had chewing
gum
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
Hard on the Pioneer.

Now, Johnnie" said the teacher,
tell me what an engineer is?"
HE is a man that works an en-
gine," replied Johnnie.
Correct" said the teacher. Nov,
Tommy, can you tell me what a pi-
oneer is?"
Eyes, sir" answered Tommy; hes
! man that works a piano."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
! SCIENCE,
AND
'INyENII()N
TO BUILD TELEPHONE LINES
Farmers in Any Community Can Con-
struct Own Communication at
Very Little Expense.

The cost of a mile of telephone line,
exclusive of the poles and labor which
can be supplied by the farmers them
selves, is about 81. This is line u.s.
in 80 poles to the mile and for the
construction of which about IL miles
of wire are required.
For a full metallic system the cost
is about $14 per mile, and the cost OF
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17

enough to prevent falling out. yet not
high enough to be an annoyance.
Pivotally mounted at one end of this
rail is a ladder, which normally lies
back across the berth, but which can
be lowered to vertical position when
the owner of the bunk desires to Climb
into it, which he or she can do with
ease.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
NEAT LITTLE PARLOR TRICK
Knife Is Made to Leap Up and Mako
HaIf-CircIe, Falling Into De-
canter-Requires Practice.

Here is very good trick which may
be performed by boys after good
deal of practice. Take water de-
canter and place it on the side of the
table so that it rests on the very edge
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17

The Parson-How did you get that
black eye, Tommy?
DEMONSTRATING.
The Parson-I'm sorry to hear that.
Don't you know that it is wrong to
fight?
Tommy-Yes, sir. That's what ]
told your kid when he licked me yes
terday.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17

Il was much mortified today to have
Gerald say to me before company:
shut up, ma How discouraging!
sT have done my bestlto teach the boy
to say: Mamma. pray be quietl' wher
he desires me to cease speaking. but
it seems have labored In vain. Whaj
am to dor"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-17
One on Willie Smith.

What? Smoking again !?
Why don't you try to be like Willie
Smith? He never smokes" Jimmie
IF it made me as sick as 1t does him
wouldn't neither"