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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Best Advice He Could Give.

The proprietor of the big shop on
the corner was a chemist, fiourishing
withal and keenly businesslike. He
was at the post of duty midway be-
tween the red and green walls when
the fierce looking lady entered his
Premises, but he rubbed his hands and
greeted her cordially.
"Good evening, madam" he whin-
MED, in his high pitched voice "And
what may l have the great pleasure OF
doing for your"
The fearsome lady placed her arms
akimbo and faced him angrily.
THE other night" she said, in
sepulchral tones, you sold my hus-
band bottle of tonic and he came
home and went for me like anything.
What yer goin' to do about it,"
For brief moment the man of medi.
cine was nonplused, but only for mo-
ment. Then he turned on his might be
customer his sweetest smile and suave-
ly remarked:
We'll, madam, buy two bottles for
yourself and then go home and get
even with !'-London Answers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Plans to Further Embellish the Capitol Grounds

permanent feature 1t cannot be In
dorsed by progressive landscape ar
chitects. but even this will not be
trified with. Plant mortality in the
capital grounds was high last winter.
A large amount of shrubbery was kill
ed by the long and excessive cold. A
number of trees have been slain by
summer storms, and several were de-
stroyed or irreparably injured last
summer
Whenever the replacement Of tree
is determined on a memorial tree will
be set out, with the final result that
memorial groves will surround the
capitol. Last spring beginning In
this line of work was made, and In
the east park on the senate side Sen
ator Bacon planted willow oak, Yice
President Sherman purple beech,
Senator Lodge a red oak, Senator
Cullom an oak, and Senator Wetmore
an English beech. At the east front
on the house side Speaker Clark plant
ed sugar maple, Representative Can.
non an oak and Representative Brown.
ing of New Jersey an oak. There are
several tree vacancies in the west
grounds, and these will be filed by
the planting OF remembrance trees
next spring.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Player in Action.

with shield made of tin and attached
at suitable distance from the thicker
end pattern C). The line is fastened
at the top of one pole and run through
pulley, D, at the top of the other.
thence to a weight or line fastener.
Each player should start from the
same base line and pass between the
poles at such a speed that he will
glide at least 100 feet on the other
side of the poles without pushing him
self forward by the aid of the skates.
Twenty runs are usually allowed each
player, or ten players may divide into
two parties, playing one against the
other, etc. An umpire will be needed
to see that fair play is maintained and
settle any disputes that may arise.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
HELPING THE CAUSE.

"A drummer" said Medill McCor-
mick, was waiting at Nola Chucky
for the Southern Cannonball Limited.
The train crawled in at last, nine
hours latea ramshackle, gathering
thing, as ridiculous as an old-fashion-
ed high-wheeled bicycle.
The drummer got aboard. There
seemed to be only one other passen-
ger. The locomotive hooted. the bell
changed, the wheels spun around. and
steam Kissed, but the train failed to
move. Then there were more boots,
more puffs and Kisses. and still the
train didn't bulge Finally, after a
third vain effort, the engineer got
down and shouted to the passengers,
whose heads stuck anxiously out OF
their respective windows:
Say, III have to ask you two
gents to climb off till l get her start
ed. New York Tribune.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
BOYS WHO LACKED TRAINING
Interesting Investigation Made by
Juvenile Protective Association
Few Had Trade.

Failure properly to train boys for
useful work is prolific source OF
vagabondage and crime. An investi-
cation made by the Juvenile Protec-
tive association Of Chicago and re-
ported by its president, Louise De-
Koven Bowen, in the Survey, devel-
oped striking facts. A study was
made of cases selected from among
1928 confined in the Cook county jail
in 1911. Mrs. Bowen writes:
THE investigation emphasizes the
fact that only three out of the hun
dred boys had trade. Only six had
been allowed to work at the occupa-
ton which they really desired. Most
of them had been put to work at
anything attainable. Sixty-six had
begun to earn their living at fourteen
years of ago or younger. According
to the government reports, the wages
Of unskilled laborers who leave school
before they are fourteen increase
slowly from So to SO per week until
they are twenty years of age. Here
they remain stationary until they are
forty years of age, when their earn
ing capacity again begins to decline.
"Out of the 1928 boys in the Jail.
721 had been engaged in unskilled oc-
equations. Nineteen boys had wished
to become machinists; out of this
number four drove wagons, one was
a farmer, three were messenger boys.
one an Office boy, four were laborers.
three were errand boys in stores, one
was a chauffeur and two were gro
Gerry clerks
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
NEAT WINTER EVENING TRICK
Allow Person to Think of Card and
Then Make 1t Appear Where Com
pany May Decide Upon.


To allow a person to think OF a
card and to make that card appear at
any number in the pack which the rest
OF the company may decide upon:
After the cards have been thor
oughly well shufied offer the pack to
one of the spectators and ask
him to select any card he
chooses and to remember the
number at which it stands from
the bottom of the pack. This done.
you offer to make the card selected
take any position in the pack that the
rest of the company may choose to
name We will suppose the audience
to decide that they wish the card to
appear at number eighteen. Careless
ly remark that 1t Is not even neces-
sary for you to see the cards, and hold
the pack either behind your back or
beneath the table, while you rapidly
count eighteen from the bottom OF the
pack and place them on the top. Then,
producing the cards, you ask the audi
ence to tell you the original number
of the card, as you will begin counting
from that number
Suppose they tell you that the num-
Der of the original card was fourteen.
You commence counting, calling the
first card fourteen, the next fifteen,
the next sixteen, then seventeen. and
last Here, in order to make the trick
as impressive as possible, it would be
as well to pause and say: Before
turn it over will you kindly tell me
the name of the card selected"
The card being named, you turn it
up. and, to their utter establishment,
the company perceives that 1t Is the
right one.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
RIDDLES.

Why are there three objections to
taking glass of brandy?
Because there are three scruples to
q dram.
Why ia pretty girl like locomo-
tive?
Because she sends OF the sparks,
transports the mails. and has a train
following her..
What are the most unsociable things
In the world?
Mile stones, for you never see two
Of them together
Why is the letter + like death?
Because it makes all fall.
When may a man be considered to
be really over head and ears in debt?
When he owes for his wig.
What is it that gentleman has not,
never can have. and yet can give to .
lady?
A husband.
What fruit does newly married
couple resemble?
A green pair (pear).
What Ii the difference between q
mouse and young lady?
One harms the cheese. the other
charms tho hes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
sEneolcrs

VII ASHINGTON.-T collapse of
w the Bachelors Washington's ia
nous cotillon club, which for the last
twenty years has established the
standing of the successive crop of
smart society. has been followed by
the establishment of the "Benedicts"
and at last Washington winter time
smart set has undergone the long
threatened pruning. The Bachelors,
according to some reports, 'fell of its
own weight" In other words, too
many who could not muster all the re-
quirements were admitted to member
ship and one by one the ''swagger"
element withdrew. The detection be-
gan several seasons ago when Major
Charles McCawley, U. S. NJ. c., who
throughout the Roosevelt regime was
the Beau Brummel OF Washington
gave up his membership. George How
ard son of Lady Howard of England
and kin TO the ultra-aristocratic Riggs
connection, resigned about the same
time. Gist Blair, one of the most elig-
ible bachelors in the country, came a
close third. but these lapses were
made up by the younger army and
navy set
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
GAME FOR WINTER EVENING.
Disks FIipped Upon Cardboard Blocks
Of Various values-varIation OF
TiddIe-de-Winks.

A new kind OF game that is a sort Of
variation of the old game of tiddle-de-
winks, and will afford much amuse-
ment for cold winters evening. has
been devised by Pennsylvania man.
A fat rectangular box has spread out
over the bottom a lot OF cardboard
squares, each bearing the picture of an
animal and certain valuation. Inter
spersed among them are other pieces
representing fines. The player is pro-
vided with two disks OF different sizes,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Scientific Hoax.

A letter published in the New York
Engineering News from e. Gybbon
Salisbury gives the origin of the
myth regarding the "steel-eating
worm" About 1866, he says, work
people of various iron, steel and chem
zeal works of the district surrounding
Haspe, in Germany, used to meet at
a hotel in order to discuss subjects
of a general interest, with the result
that a society known as the "Ulk,"
which in English signifies fun" was
formed The steel-eating worm wac
created at one of the meetings, and
an editor from one OF the neighboring
towns was made the subject OF the
joke. The insect was manufac
tured from a piece of guttapercha
tube, and was exhibited in bottle
half full of scale. The worm was
filed with dilute hydrochloric acid
and when properly disturbed with a
glass rod it would emit a drop of the
acid, which, on attacking the scale
served to prove that the corrosion
was due to secretion of the worm
and that the oxides formed it's food
The editor accepted the exhibit in
good faith, and published an &C.
count Of the alleged discovery, with
the consequence that it reappeared in
many other journals, and has since
been reproduced elsewhere at varying
intervals.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Ready to obIiue.

A Texas sheriff, visiting New York
to take prisoner back to the south.
was turned over to an inspector who
was to be his amusement guide.
They wound up at an East side ball
where there were few dips present.
After half hour the inspector
called one Of the crooks to one side
and said:
'4see that tall man with the som
brero?"
"Yes: what about him?"
Hes a Texas bull I'm showing
around and l think 1t would be a
fancy idea If you could nick him for
his ticker"
mix. you're trying to put me in
bad"
Nothing like it-purely q joke,
that's ALL To show you I'm on the
level / give you my word that you
won't get in trouble and I'll give you
a five-dollar note for his watch
@All right; here it Is"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
MUFFLED KNOCKS.

you don't know how / enjoy hear.
ing you talk on art, Mrs. Foxby: it's
better than going to a minstrel show"
Tell me where you buy your cigars.
old chap I'd like to pass by there
some day"
Yes, indeed, Mrs. Highsome; I
think you're quite good enough to
vote. All you need is some knowledge
of politics"
Il want to apologize, ChucksIey, for
having called you red headed igno-
ramus; see your hair is nearly
black"
Il was just going out, Mrs. Xavier,
but III be glad to have you come in
and stay minute or so"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Collapse Of Washngton's Famous Cotlon Club

Last year things got worse and even
the lances of criticism assailed the
bachelors, whose dances careful moth
ers considered a bit too blase for the
debutantes whose coming-oyt hereto
fore had not been considered properly
accomplished unless they appeared"
at least at the Bachelors three yearly
Germans" The turkey trOt was one
of the first wedges, the Introduction OF
bridge whist tables where some pretty
high play was possible was another
disintegratory feature, while the habit
some of the young matrons had of 60
ing out to the smoking rooms and puff
fling cigarette or two between dances
was yet another phase of the bache-
lors' later dances which more careful
mothers refused to view with favor.
Anyway this season the Bachelors
fell through, the last president, Law.
renee Townsend, former American
minister to Belgium. resigning and the
general COMMITTEES going out with him
and leaving the old organization with
it's new membership houndering
The Bachelors, under Major McCaw.
ley's regime, first attained the dis
tinction of having the mistress of the
White House stand as hostess at one
of the first dances each year. Mrs.
Roosevelt and Mrs. Taft both ire
ceived" for the Bachelors at least
once each season. For resident hos
tess" one of the smartest of the resi-
dent set stood as sponsor while al.
ways the second or third dance had
for it's hostess the wife of one of the
ambassadors.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Literature.

Friend-Make any money on your
IL novel?
Author-You bet. l sold that de-
scription of the Palisades in chapter
three to the Quick Line railroad for
$4,000; my tribute to the Plaster de
Paris hotel in New York, chapter ten.
brought me $4,000 from the hotel peo-
pie, and the United Resorts, Ltd, paid
me another thousand for my rhapsody
on the sunset in the Wampegong
mountains, chapter thirty, where the
hero takes her in his arms. What's
left of it think l can boil down into
a short story and make a ten-spot on
Ss-Puck.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

II LANS are made. and their execu-
4 ton will be proceeded with as soon
as finances warrant, for further en-
bellishing the capitol grounds by the
planting of additional shrubbery. 1t
should be emphasized that no attack
is contemplated on the design of the
grounds which represents the admir-
able work of the landscape architect,
Frederick Law Olmsted. The layout
of the capitol grounds is satisfactory
to everybody, and the design is veneer
,ated by all the men having in charge
the care and preservation of the
grounds.
When the capitol grounds, as We
know them, were young, a great deal
of the plantation was for quick results.
The results were achieved. Some
,hrubbery has developed so that as o
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Beating the Game.

yes, sir" smiled Mr. Tyte- Phist
who was in reminiscent mood
when was youngster they played
that old trick on me. The other boys
got me out in the woods one dark
night to hunt snipe"
And they told you to hold the seek
while they went off and drove the
snipe into it." said one of the listen.
ers
That's right. / stayed there blam
ed near all night, too But they didn't
get ahead of me, just the same.
beat EN- at their own game"
How was that?"
Il kept the sack, by gum!"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

with its tier after tier of frosted ter
races the pinnacle crowned with a
trio of birthday candles.
Boxes of cake, with the monogram
of the celebrant, together with quanti-
ties of wonderful toys and marvellous
mechanical trophies, we're given &c
each OF the guests as they set of
home at the close of the afternoon.
For entertainment there was circus
with a real clown. Punch and Judy
show and q vaudeville entertainment
completed the show
Baby Mclean il three years old and
is heir to between ninety and hum
dred millions
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

Willie, did you carry your books
on the left side this morning?" de
manded mother.
'Yes'm'
Very well. Now, don't forget tc
carry them on the right side Monday
morning."
What difference does 1t maker
growled dad.
That shows what kind of a father
you are" snapped mother. 'Tf the
child didn't alternate, he might ge
curvature of the spine"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Sophisticated.

~You. haven't asked me II you are
the only girl have ever kissed"
st is not necessary"
"You know you are, eh?"
mo. know I'm not. You don't kiss
like an amateur. But you have not
asked me il you are the first man
have ever permitted to kiss me-"
mo. that isn't necessary, either"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Classifying Him.

Brother Hardesty, can't you make
your contribution for the education of
the heather little larger than usual
this Year,"
DIR. Goodman, I'm more than dou-
bling it: have just started that
youngest boy Of mine to college"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

Tommy went home one day with q
nice new golf ball.
Look at the lost ball found on the
links, fathers" he said.
'BuBt you are sure, Tommy said
Mr.. Traddles, "that 1t was lost ball
really?"
sOh. yes," said the boy. ! saw the
man and his caddy looking for IT,
London Opinion.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Jug Words.

The Agent well consider
that settled.
The r-But-er-what about
the contract?
The Agent-oh. that's all right! A
verbal contract1l do
The Actor-Laddie. listen. The
last time l had verbal contract. !
drew verbal salary! Opin-
ion.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
No Solace There.

MY favorite football team" COM
planned the gridiron enthusiast. is
losing right along this season.
WELL" said the baseball enthusiast.
ut is always better to do your losing
early in the season.
Il know that axiom goes good in
baseball, but we've got such a darn
short season.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
New Kind OF Game.

the larger one to be used in Tipping
the smaller one into the box. Each
player counts the value of the piece he
lands on, or IL It. happens to be fine"
he subtracts that amount. There can
also be penalty provided for failure
to enter the box at all and number
of rules may be made to add to the
interest of the game or make 1t moro
difficult
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

The late conner handed over a con-
sumptive looking valise.
I'D like to get bed here tonight, :
he said.
Cash in advance" remarked the
hotel clerk.
Think I'm crook? ?"
Don't know what you are. but
happened to see you whipping your
horse q day or two ago. A man that
win beat his horse will beat hotel"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

didn't Daisy tell you she was going
to treat Jack real mean when he
called?"
yes"
We'll. she sang for him all even
ing"
MY, oh, my! He didn't deserve
that brutality"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

~Dibble says he met girl yester-
day with such glorious eyes that he
has been quite daily ever since"
Il was under the impression
that Il dated back much farther than
that
What are you talking about?''
sDibble's -daffyhood
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Hls End.

~Jinks had a perfect craze for an
tiques"
perhaps he had, but he need rot
have carried his mania so far an to
have married one"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Agreed.

when one reads of unsanitary ba-
keries, this question of homemade
bread becomes a weighty one"
1T is weighty, sadeed, if your wife
undertakes to make 1t"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

There ought to be some place
where people can be treated who
think they are actors"
well. there are plenty Of places
where they cure hams"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

Parker-Tel me about Switzerland
romantic Switzerland.
Barker-Well. there are q few bad
places as you come down the noun
tains. but in the main the roads arr
pretty good.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

Father. what is . minor opera
tion?"
"A minor operation, my boy. Is one
for which the patient cheerfully pays
the BILL"
~And . major operation?"
"Oh. that's one for which the bill
IL settled by the heirs Judge.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

I watched 9. girl upon the street
And marveled as she wobbled-
How she could beat 1t, as she did,
And yet be straightly hobbled.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

Don't you think Shakespeare
Smith. the poet. has an Interestingly
mournful expression?"
"Surel / wonder if it is caused by
dyspepsia due to overeating, or ane-
mia. due to lack Of food?
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Not Missed.

And when q pessimist pegs out,
Drains LIES last drop and drops tina
cup.
The hole he leaves il like the hole
They put him in. tbs soon flied an.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Wool!

The men who make the "gfrly" show
Do not do things by halves;
They star a milkmaid chorus so
That 1t can show it's calves
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-08-26
IS YEARS FOR SETTING
Big Tenement AfIRE
Norwegian Consul Promises TO Take
Care of Convicted Mans
Wife and Child.

County Judge Fawcett. In Brooklyn.
to-day sentenced Arthur Fosse. twenty
i've years old. to not less than fifteen
nor more than thirty years In Sing
Sing prison. following the prisoners
confession OF arson.
Arthur Fosse is sailor. Norwegian
by birth. with a wife and one baby
about one year old. The little family
lived In a three-story frame tenement
At No. S3s Forty-fourth street, Bay
Ridge. Early this month. according to
tho confession the sailor made to
Judge Fawcett. the family found itself
in poverty. Desperate. the youth de-
termined to fire tho home and make an
effort to collect $500. for which the
furniture was insured.
Remoying the best articles OF furni-
ture, the family went to Staten Island.
and early on the morning Of Aug. IL
returned to the Bay Ridge house.
While the mother waited on a corner
nearby the father drenched the Fosse
apartment with kerosene and hred the
walls. unmindful OF the sixty men.
women and children asleep In the big
building
A representative OF the Norwegian
Consul assured tho Court that until
arrangements could be made for her
return to Norway the consulate would
provide for the wife OF the prisoner.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-08-26
CALL APPRAISAL TOO LOW.


With lawyers for the property owners
protesting that the tract was worth al
most three times the price set upon II
nv the Commissioners. supreme Court
Justice Crane In Brooklyn reserved de-
cision IN the matter of the Richmond
County Courthouse. lie was asked to
confirm the report Of commissioners APP
pointed to appraise the property upon
which It IL purposed to erect the new
building Motion for confirmation OF the
report was made by Assistant Corpor A.
ton Counsel Henry W. Mayo. Tho mo-
tion was opposed by Frank Il. o'Connor,
William I.angdon and Gerald O'Lough-
lin. attorneys for tho owners OF the
property IN question.
Tho principal expert for the com
mission, which Is composed OF George
y. Scoheld, Frank II. Innis and Russell
Blocker. was Cornelius Koln. who APP
praised the tract at tl76.00o. The com
mission reported that t::l.00o would