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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
RIGHT PLACE FOR A SALOON
II Wealthy and Powerful canont En-
Gure Presence of Dirty Grogshop
Why Should the Poor?

Where is the right place for a sa-
loon? Where is the saloon wanted?
If not the fashionable, mercantile es-
adjustments, what other kinds OF
business are likely to be helped by
the proximity of gin mills? Let some
one name them. Is it the baker, the
tailor, the shoemaker the butcher, the
milliner. the bookseller? Do any of
these find it of particular advantage
to their trade to have grog-seller
come and open up a shop beside them!
What surroundings are necessary In
order to justify the opening of resorts
for loafers, or drunkard mills. OF dens
for the propagation of vice and crimeg
What neighborhood shall be selected
for the ldebauching of men, for the de-
struction of families, for the making
of paupers and felons? Which is the
worst. to open a saloon near a school
or a church. or to open it next door
to home, in front OF home, over q
home or under a home? What is there
that should make grogshop stencil
in the nostrils of the public on one
street and a sweet-smeiling SAVIOR on
another? Is a saloon on Fifth ave-
nue. calculated to do greater harm
than A beer dive on Mulberry street?
II the wealthy and powerful cannot
endure the presence of the grogshop,
why should it be thrust upon the poor
and weak? Are the tenement dis
tricts-the homes of those already
deep down in poverty. squalor and
misery-the proper places to set the
saloons? Are they needed to help
men live purer lives, to make happier
homes, to strengthen the weak, to
cheer the downcast, to guide the err
ring? Who shall take upon himself
the responsibility of declaring where
the people shall be cursed with the
presence OF grogshops and where the
people shall not be cursed? These
it seems to us. are the practical cues.
tions, and we should like to have their
answered. -Aroostook Republican.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
Electric Candy Warmer.

IN a refrigerated room or not the
easy control of the heat and of the
consistency of the chocolate insures
the best results.
These warmers are used in any
candy factory. large or small. They
are safe, clean, can be installed any
where, and are ready to operate at a
moments notice. There is absolutely
no danger from fire or explosion.
The heating element is entirely In
closed in a metal casing the same
shape as the inner chocolate pan,
which latter can be lifted out for
washing ETC., by handles provided for
the purpose.
By providing each "dipper'' with an
electric chocolate warmer convent
emily located, faster work can be done
and the quality of each ones work can
be accurately checked Each ''dipper'
is thus individually responsible for the
quality and quantity of output.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
REAL MEANING OF "PoTLUcK"
Inhabitants Of Limoges Make One
Plunge With LadIe and Take
Whatever They Can Get.


The real origin of the word pot
iuck" is unknown to most Of the PEG
pie who use It, In Limoges. France.
however one runs into potluck itself,
remarks the New York Sun. In Ger
tain corner of that quaint city OF jost-
ling roofs there Is still segregated,
much as II In ghetto SarAcen pop
uiation. probably remnant of the
wave of Saracens that swept over
Europe hundreds of years ago. Here
they live In their crooked, narrow
streets. following old customs handed
down from generation to generation.
There are many butcher shops in the
quarter and outside of each steams a
great pot of soup over a glowing bra
zier. In each pot stands a ladle as
ancient as the pot.
When customer comes with pen
ny in goes the ladle and comes up full
of savory broth and chunks of meat,
odds and ends that the butcher has
had left over And what comes up the
customer has to take. One can mag
Inc how anxiously the hungry urchin
or the mother of seven must eye the
inexorable ladle and how pretty girl
might get another draw from the
butchers boy.
AT any rate ito take potluck" means
TO take what you get and say nothing
whether the pot is in Limoges or in
the fat of the man who eagerly in
vites friend of his youth to dinner.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
LAMP WITH MAGNETIC LOCK
Curious and Ignorant Miner Cannot
Ignite Gases by Drawing Spark
From Storage Battery.

The incandescent electric lamps, be
Ing entirely enclosed, meets the re-
quirements of an ideal mine lamp ad-
mirably, as it has neither an open
flame nor a hot surface on which
gases might be ignited, says the Popu-
lar Electricity. The only risk encoun.
tered is this: Where storage batteries
are used to insure long burning hours
for lamp, some ignorant miner
might open the casing out. of curl.
osity, draw spark from the battery
while tinkering with it and touch off
the gases with this spark. While such
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
PLAY FOR WINTER EVENINGS
Much Amusement May BE Obtained by
Use Of Ordinary Dinner Plate
Covered With Lamp-RIack.

Prepare plate by covering the
bottom with thick lamp-black. Then
when your friends arrive. tell them
you are able to perform a great trick.
Your are an expert magnetizer. You
may say:
Il do not often perform in public,
but among friends / do not object to
giving 9 proof of my skill. The only
point upon which must insist is per-
feet gravity and quiet among the au-
dience. | will now see IL can select
a subject who is susceptible to the
magnetic influences"
You now pass from one to another,
making passes, and looking steadily
into eyes OF several of the company,
feeling the pulse OF one and another,
till finally you select one individual
whom you declare to be. the man for
the experiment.
You now clear one end of the room
and place two chairs, face to face,
some three feet apart. In one OF these
you seat your attended victim and ask
Tor two glasses of water, standing In
two plates. This produces the black
ened plate, and clean one, upon each
Of them a glass OF clear water.
Handing the blackened plate to the
subject who is to be magnetized. you
take the clean plate and say. seating
yourself in the vacant chair:
Fix your eyes steadily upon mine
and make exactly the motions that
do
You now proceed to make several
motions with your open hand, keeping
your eyes fixed upon your victim, till
you have his undivided attention.
You then dip your finger in the water
and drawing 1t across the bottom OF
the plate make cross upon your fore
head; the subject does the same: a
second pass over the bottom of the
plate and the face draws a long black
streak down the victims nose; third
smears one cheek; fourth the other
WheR the victim resembles black
amoor the operator gravely rises and
says the subject has proved that his
will is too strong to yield to that OF
another man, and he must try new
one.
Then lead him to mirror.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
ASHAMED OF THEIR BUSINESS
saIoonkeeper Has Mo Use of Camera
to Illustrate Quality of Liquor
That He Sells.

The camera is used for many pur-
poses. Pictures are taken of school
children to illustrate the products of
the schools. Oranges get their mem
bers out in group and have them
snapped so that they can proudly dis
play their membership before their
friends. Farmers have pictures taken
OF their cattle and horses. big pump
kins and fine fruits drandfathers
rejoice to be photographed with their
grandchildren. business places and
factories display their employees and
products with pride
But did you ever see saloonkeeper
who wanted to photograph and pub
fish the product of his saloon? You
never saw a photo OF the broken men
and women displayed in saloon win
dow, did you? Or a picture OF bright
boy and a wrecked man labeled BE
fore and After Taxing Our Brand o.
Booze? Lisbon (Ohio) Patriot.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
FLASHING SIGN ON A TRUCK
letters Are Brought Out in One Color
and Then Another az Vehicle
Moves in Dark.

Using the sides OF the body OF a
motor delivery truck as flashing
electric sign, the letters of which are
brought out In succession. first in cne
color and then another. as the truck
runs through the streets after dark. is
q new idea in electric sign practice.
Several motor delivery trucks have
been so equipped recently, and change
able effects of almost any variety are
possible, such, for instance, as spell
ing out the sign letter by letter. inter
mittentIy appearing trademarks.
chasing borders, flaming torches and
the like, says the Popular Mechanics.
The electricity is supplied by a gem
orator driven by the engine, operating
the motor of the flasher. and provid-
ing current for all the lamps used
about the vehicle. as well as for the
signs. The surplus energy is used to
charge a storage battery. which sup
plies electricity when the engine is
not running.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
NOVEL DYNAMos ARE FOUND
English Electrician Discovers Elec-
trIcity In Fruits, Nuts and VeGe-
tshles-Of Low Power.

Fruits, nuts and vegetables as cleo
trio dynamos is the burden OF an Eng
lish electricians discoveries. The de-
gree of electric potentiality Is slight
and it varies with the nature of the
fruit or vegetables, or nut. but, never
theless, the galyanometer can always
detect the presence of the electricity.
Negative electricity is supplied by the
earth to the soil. and the extent OF
such conductivity varies with the de-
gree of moisture in the soil. Dry
earth is noneonductor, fact strong
" evident from the fact that unless
the roots Of the plant secure certain
percentages OF moisture the plant
dies.
The moisture in the soil provides
the sap, which spreading upward, flows
to the uttermost extremities of the
plant through the various arteries
existing for such circulation. The
elecrolyte is represented by the sap
and is in constant circulation SO
long as the soil conducts, and the cells
the plant become converted into
small low powered accumulators.
there being at least one cell SO
charged by the earth and air in all
representatives of the plant kingdom.
So perfect is the insulation provided by
nature that the charge is retained un-
til it Is broken down by man or by de-
cay.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
F0r The n
Ill,
ONES E
CARD SERVES AS DIAPHRAGM
interesting and Instructive Expert
ment May Be Tried With Any
Talking Machine.

Here is an amusing and instructive
experiment that may be tried with
any talking machine. Heretofore it
has been supposed that the needle
and sound box were necessary to
transmit the words or music etched
In the disks or rolls used as records
on these machines. You may be sur
prised to know that an ordinary visit
ing card or any similar card, will be
quite effective as diaphragm As
the disk revolves push aside the
needle and apply the corner Of the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
WORLD RAPIDLY GOING MAD
English Authority on Lunacy and
Nervous Diseases Makes start
Hing Statement on Drink.

"1'he world is rapidly going mad
says Dr. Forbes Winelow, an English
authority on lunacy and nervous dis
eases. To-day there Is one certified
lunatic in every 26s of our population,
and il the increase In lunacy contin-
ues at the same rate as it has done
for the past fifty years, there will be
one lunatic in every four of the popu-
lation by A. d. 2159. One quarter OF
the world will be mad. have no pa
tience with those who ascribe this
terrible condition of affairs to in
creased competition. and the wear and
tear of modern life. 1t is mere shelly
ing of responsibility, and the true
causes of insanity are the vices, not
the worries of civilization. He then
gives the causes of insanity in the or
der in which he believes they should
be placed: First, drink; second, Gig
aret smoking: third, heredity." and
adds. Until the drink question has
been properly dealt with the ma
ton win continue to go from bad tc
worse"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
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ELECTRICAL
@WRLDR
WARMER FOR DIPPING CANDY
Manufacture Of Chocolates Expedited
by Use Of Electric Apparatus
Clean and Safe.

In the making OF chocolate candies
1t is very necessary to keep the choco-
late for dipping In the proper fluid
state. SO as to permit of uninterrupted
work and insure getting pieces OF uni
form size with uniform coatings OF
chocolate
The electric chocolate warmer per-
mits of keeping the chocolate coating
at the proper temperature and con-
sistency-a small snap switch placed
within reach of the clipper" providing
low heat, medium heat and high
heat for regulating the temperature
as desired. Whether the work is done
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
SENATOR vARDAMAN OF MISSISSIPPI

James X. Vardaman, ex-governor
of Mississippi, and now senator-eiect
from that state to. succeed lie Roy
Percy, is opposed to taking anything
out OF politics.
In the course OF an interview a
few days ago, the tariff question
came up. Senator vardaman said he
believed that the question would be
taken up at the beginning Of the SEES
sion OF the incoming congress and
slight changes made In the present
schedule. To what extent the revision
Of the tariff would 60 the senator
was not prepared to state. He stated,
however, that he believed that the
tariff SHOULD be revised schedule By
schedule, and that Whatever changes
are necessary should be made as
soon inter the converting or congress
rs possible
Senator. do you favor a tariff
commission in order. II possible. to
take the tariff question out OF poll
tics?" asked the reporter
No sir, | do not believe In tho ia
I do not believe il takinr ANYTHING d
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
SENATOR NELSON ROUNDS OUT 70 YEARS

Senator Knute Nelson of Mime
sofa, one of the most picturesque fig
ures in the United States senate, and
likewise one of the most influential
Of the Republican members Of that
body, celebrated his SEVENTEEN birth
day February g. Senator Nelson
whose present term will expire
March 4, has just been reelected by
the Minnesota legislature for another
term of six years. In the next con-
gress he will rank among the vet
Grams of the senate in point OF serv-
ice as well as age.
OF the entire membership of tho
senate as it will be constituted aftev
March only two members-Lodge OF
Massachusetts, and Perkins OF Cali
fornia-will have seen longer service
in the upper house than the senior
senator from Minnesota Both Sen
ators Lodge and Perkins came to the
senate in 1893, two years before SEN
ator Nelson made his appearance.
The career OF Senator Nelson ig
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
A Distorted View.

Il trust that as brewers you all
feel within you the same grateful con.
yiction feel. that we are the main.
stay Of rational and practical temper.
ance Thus said the president OF
the United States Brewers associa-
ton to representatives OF that body
In convention assembled And SO
speaking he furnishes proof Of the
scientific statement that one Of the
effects Of alcohol upon the human
brain is to derange the whole intel.
llgence system, thus causing man to
see things as they are not.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
MR.. WILSON'S PRIVATE SECRETARY

J.. p. Tumulty, President-elect VIII
sons private, secretary, was born I'D
Jersey City on May S, 1879. He comes
from family which lived in jersey
City over half century. the greater
part of which time they have been
prominent politically. His father,
Philip Tunlulty. was a member of the
assembly IN 1887 and 1888.
Mr.. Tumulty, the younger. re-
ceived his political training in the old
Bob Davis school in Jersey City,
where he learned the machine side
of the political game, the knowledge
Of which has made him so valuable
an assistant to Mr.. Wilson. who has
made warfare on this kind Of politics
since his election to the governor
ship of New Jersey.
Mr.. Tumulty was elected to the
lower house of the New Jersey legis.
lature in 1907, and served four terms,
He was a member OF that trio of IN
dependent Democrats in the legisla-
tnre who would not allow themselves
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28

Time signals sent from the Eiffel
tower are received not only in France
but also in Switzerland, where mum.
Der of receiving posts are being SET
up for the purpose. This Is especially
true in the watch making district
where the time signals are useful
The steeple Of the Payerne church
serves for post. and there the sig
nails are received FROM Paris at q
distance OF 700 miles with very sim
nle wireless apparatus.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
ELECTRICAL
@NOIES15l

More than 81 per cent. of the world
telephones are in the United States.
Seven electric motor trucks will be
purchased by the Manila postoffice
New York now has more than 5000
motor trucks and Chicago more than
$1,000
An electric crane at Belfast handles
loads of 200 tons to height of 100
feet.
Electrolytic etching is used by a
new process to produce hardened steel
dies.
The Russian government has opened
three wireless telegraph stations In
Siberia.
AS long ago as 1880 it was known
that the senses could be stimulated
by electricity
More than two million electrical
horse power Is used throughout Colo
RADIO every day.
Liberia is to have a wireless station
with $500 miles radius provided by a
French company.
Along human nerves the electric
current travels at from thirty-three to
sixty yards second.
A new German projectile for use
against balloons ignites their gas with
an electric spark on striking.
Baltinore's system OF ornamental
street lighting covers SO blocks. or
nearly three miles Of streets.
An electrical machine for cutting
umbrella covers IN New York fac
tory cuts $50 thicknesses Of fabric at
once.
Near Dundee, Scotland, woman is
using electrical current instead OF fer.
tilizers OF her farm. Wires in the
ground.
Wireless apparatus which has work
ed successfully from heights of two
thousand feet has been perfected by .
French aviator.
Despite the advance that has been
made in electric signs in the last few
years manufacturers sag the industry
Is but in It's infancy.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28

tampering with the lamp is uncalied
for in ordinary practice, the cautious
mine owner guards against even the
possibility OF such mishap by fitting
each lamp either with seal placed
on it by the foreman, or with a lock
to which only the foremen have keys.
As a further variation of the locking
scheme, one firm has put on the mar
ket lamp that is locked or unlocked
when the current is turned on or Off
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
GOV. DUMMIES TIP AGAINST TIPS"

Some one, quite innocently ana
-6ell-intentioned, endeavored to apply
q whisk broom to Governor Dunno
of Illinois the other day when he
wasn't expecting it. 1t was sight
10 see him leap away and glover de-
fiance at the intruder. And that
reminded him" and he told it him
self
Il have come to disapprove of I'M
invited attentions from brush WELD
ers," he said, especially since little
episode in a Chicago restaurant a
few weeks ago.
I'VE had dined well and paid well.
though our coffee did not cost US 35
cents a cup, and were leaving the
place. / was talking to friend. |
think it was Ed Roche, when suddenly
someone confronted me, stopped me.
and laid violent hands on me. In one
OF the hands was whisk broom. The
broom was swung against my back
and over my shoulders, and some of
u, 4. a. 49,.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28

card to the surface. 1t will receive
and transmit the sounds perfectly
clearly. OF course, such a primitive
transmitter has neither the volume
nor the expression of the regular ap-
paratus, but it is most interesting as
q scientific experiment and will az
ford a great deal Of amusement as
well az furnish food for tho0ght.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28

truding. Then push the remaining
needle through the cork for an axle,
making support from the wire as
shown.
To operate, bring one end of a bar
magnet between needles A and b.
then A will be repealed and B at
tracted by the bar magnet and the
wheel turn. quickly lower the magnet
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
Bobbie Knew.

BODDie Knew.
Bobbie and Little Willie had been
given orders by mother not to &c
swimming alone. Once In a while
however, they INDUCED in their Sc
cret pleasure without telling their
fond motheB
One day they were returning from
q swim and both had entirely forgot
ten about the necessary excuse. Lit.
tie Willie braveiy entered the house,
but Bobbie prudently turned the cor.
ner and waited outside on the cellar
door.
The first question mother put to
little Willie took the little one un-
aware. where have you been. VIII
lie?" asked mother sternly. Willis
hesitated. looked at the door longingly
and finally replied. wait till go and
ask Bob. - National Monthly.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
FAN ACTS AS DIsINFEcToR
Air of Auditorium May BE Purified or
Perfun1ed as Desired-EIectricity
Does the Work.

A small electric fan, obtaining pow
er from a dry battery contained In
it's base, and designed to disinfect the
air of room or perfume it, is here
illustrated, says the Popular Me-
chanics Back Of the fan is perfor-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
Water In Powerful

Water is the strongest drink. II
drives mills 1t is the drink of horses
and OF lions Samson himself never
drank anything else Charles H
Bpurgeon.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
TEST WITH MAGNETIC MOTOR
Experiment Illustrates the Principls
on Which All Electric Mo-
tors Are Based.

This experiment illustrates the
principle on which all electric motors
are based. All that is needed is five
needles. a cork, bar magnet and a
small piece of wire.
Magnetic fsur of the needles and
stick them into the cork so that every
other one will have north pole pro-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28
DisInfectIng or Pertaining Fan.

ated metal receptacle containing a
large wick, which May be saturated
With any liquid disinfectant or per-
June, the odor OF which is emitted i'm
mediately upon turning on the cleo
trio current.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28

Il the husky gentleman halt
Will
assault battery
ma
hands
8 o and
wanted they
battery like"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28

He had handed the child a banana
and the latter. in his delight. forgot
his customary Thank you.
but what do you say, Harry :"
For a moment the child was puz
zled. then with smile he handed Il
back
Peel -Harper's Bazaar.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-28

and raise it again when the needles
C and ID come around. The direction
of the motor can be changed by using
the other end of the magnet.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-05-26
The Child.

The most sacred thing in the com
monwealth aud To the commonwealth
Is the child. whether IL l,e your child
or the child OF the dull faced mother of
the howell. The child Of the dull faced
mother may. for all you know. he the
most capable child In the state, At its
worst 1t is capable of good citizenship
and a useful life II its intelligence he
Quickened and trained. Several OF the
strongest personalities that were born
in North Carolina were men whose
very fathers were unknown. We have
all known two such who held high
places In church and state. President
Eliot said a little while ago that the
ablest man that he had known i'm many
years connection with Harvard uni.
versity was the son Of brick mason
The child. whether 1t have poor par.
ents or rich parents. is the most valua.
BILE undeveloped resource i'm the state.
Walter Hines Page.