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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20
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think 1t worth their while to chronicle
the fact. But then, life is much cheap
err out in the far East than it is at
home. Why, we have epidemics of.
say, smallpox here in Hongkong dur.
ing which a couple of hundred cases,
and goodness knows how many
deaths, will be reported in a week.
And no one except the authorities
takes much notice.
Mention of the hen above may make
the reader wonder what manner of
boats these are and what manner of
people and animals and birds are con-
gregated therein. Bless you, in little
more space than is available in an or
binary rowing boat these sampan peo-
pie will crowd three generations of
people-anything up to ten-and hens
and dog. These at least. Don't ask
me where and how they all sleep.
Even if they are packed as clothes are
packed in a holiday bag, with the,
smaller articles-the children in thisl
case-wedged into any available corr
ner and crushed in the process, there
does not seem room enough for even
one to get legs healthily stretched.
But they do manage it and keep
healthy and thrive tremendously on
it. The housing problem for them is
readily solved.
To passengers aboard steamers they
will sell eggs or vegetables or pots
and pans, or silk, or anything else
they may wish. They may not have
the particular article you require, but
they will either get it or find another
sampan where it can be secured. If
you go to Canton they will ferry you
across the river very cheaply-if you
know the ropes. Chinese passengers
will be carried across for ten cash,
which is one tenth of cent Mex, or
two flfths of one cent u. S. currency.
Work that out for yourself and don't
talk for strikes for a generation after.
But the European passenger, who is
not initiated, is fair prey.
WilIsSqueeze you II he can.
The cost to him is as much as can
be squeezed out of him. No f1ftieth
part of a penny for him. If he looks
a stranger 80 cents Mex. or more will
be asked, and IL he protests, the price
may come down to half. Even then
the sampan people have done a ia
nous stroke of business for that day.
And the best of Europeans count
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20


matrimonial prizes-no wonder people
are in bewilderment as to which is
woman's best marrying age.
There are those who will declare
with Shakes peare, that maidens
should wed young Juliet was but six
teen when she was wooed by the ro-
mantle Romeo.
Others argue that girlish fancies
change all too soon. The man whom
girl would firmly believe to be a
hero-a veritable Adon1s-when she
is two-and-twenty would appear to be
coxcomb in her eyes two or three
years later. Older and wiser people
fix woman's best marrying time at
twenty-five, declaring that her wisdom
is ripper, her judgment clearer, and
she is better adapted to battle adroit-
ly, with womanly tact, with the aver
age cross-grained husband. Men are
seldom or never willing to adapt
themselves to their wives moods or
views. In such a problem as which
is the right age for girl to wed,
when the wisest of philosophers dis
agree, how shall one go about to I'M
ravel the perplexing tangle?
Taken all in all. there are some
maids wiser and more competent to
become wives, and good ones, at six
teen than others are at a decade of
years later. Some are younger in
their hearts, their ways, and in ex-
perience at twenty-six than is the
shrewd maid of sixteen, who has an
old, clever head on her young Shout
ders. In such matters courtship of
not less than years duration should
be insisted upon by the girls
guardians. AT the expiration of that
time it should be left to the heart to
decide
Love broadens a womans ideals,
causes her to ponder long and we'll
over life's possibilities Realize the
fascination of being nearer and dear
er yet than all others to the one
whom she loves, and who loves in re-
turn, offering her marriage. Any age
past sixteen is the proper time for a
girl to wed if she has made the right
choice of mate. At no time is. a
woman so old that she should forego
the blessing of companionship such as
a good husband can crown her with
peace and happiness for both. Good
marriage, and alas, poor ones, can be
contracted without regard to age, in
experience, or profound wisdom.
Much discretion should be used in
the selection of husbands and wives
An elderly man cannot expect Simon
pure love for him to fill the breast of
the girl of sixteen. A middle-aged
man can rarely find congeniality with
the wife many years his senior. Care
full choosing adjusts the matter sat
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20
DO 1T ALONE.

The Rotary club of Manchester.
England, recently gave a dinner at
midday to Harry Lauder, the come
dian. A Scottish menu was served
in his honor, the haggis figuring promi-
nently The Cock O. the North was
duly played by piper and on the table
were beer, wine and spirits.
Said Harry to his hosts:
1--WE, as Rotarians, meet as bust
ness proposition in the middle of the
day, when drink is not necessary.
You may take one, two or three and
go back to business 'muzzy.' You
can't do your business If you are in a
state of 'muzziness.' When you have
finished you can drink as much as you
like but do it alone. If you are going
to hell, go by yourself; don't drag
anyone with you. have gone into
clubs-not often, thank God-and
seen a fellow come in when every
other place was closed. He was re-
garded as jolly good fellow, and
everybody clapped him on the back
and laughed. Did his people at home
laugh?"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20

aunts or sisters set up tremendous
row which did not subside until some
time after the frightened hen had been
rescued. The loss of a baby was
neither here nor there; the loss of
hen would have been serious from an
economic point of view.
Whether among land or water peo-
pie in China, girls are not greatly
wanted and the addition to family
which has already a sufficiency of
girls of another of the female sex is
counted almost a calamity. But it is
a calamity which is easily got over.
One hates to set down the horrid
fact, but the unwanted baby Is quite
often got rid of by the simple expedi-
ent of dumping it overheard Especial
ly does this take place with much
frequency in Canton.
In the British city of Hongkong the
practice is not so commonly followed,
because the authorities have swift
way of dealing with unnatural parents
of this stamp. But 1t is not yet
stamped out and probably never will
be. The best that can be said is that
fear of the law keeps 1t within rea-
sonable bounds (if any bounds can
be reasonable in such connection),
and that those parents who do risk
the penalty of the law have at least
been educated to the point Of dump
ing the bodies with for them, quite
commendable decency. They do not
now drop them overheard and allow
them to be picked up or no as chance
determines. They dump them on
buoys, where they are sure to be seen
and 80 secure burial for them.
Life Cheap In the Far East.
Dumping on buoys is even today so
common that the newspapers do not
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20

themselves lucky If they are taken
across for less than ten cents. Well.
twopence is not famous pay for half
an hours hard pulling.
The old grandmother takes COM
mand in all things. Girls may not
be wanted in China, but if they live
to be old they are venerated. Indeed,
generation for old people and ances-
tors is one of the most admirable
traits in the Chinese character. And
what magnificent water women they
are. have been In a sampan in dan
gerous weather, with typhoon threat.
ening land l should never have been
there had it not been absolutely neces-
sary; don't take me for hero). A
fierce gusty wind was blowing and
all the time the boat looked like be-
ing swamped. But the way in which
that old woman gave her orders and
anticipated every gust of more than
usual strength was entirely admirable.
The sail would be raised a little
way, to the vast mental discomfort of
the passenger, who was vastly afraid,
and down it would come with rattle
on her order just before the wind
caught the boat and sent it careening
along at an alarming pace. Mind you,
there was man aboard. son-in-law;
l have yet to see grandfather-but
he counted for less than nothing. He
smoked all through the trying time.
He also smokes when the weather Is
fine. Sometimes, when no breeze is
about, he will take the tiller, but that
is because the old women are wanted
at the oars. do not know where the
old men go. nor have met anyone
who does know, but they do not at
least die of premature strain of the
heart induced by overwork.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20
l
IRRIGATED BANANA PLANTATION

than any people have ever seen. All
of them take advantage of the public
schools, of which there are plenty of
high standards.
THE schools are mainly patriotic
It seems that love of American insti-
buttons and the flag is encouraged
particularly. The Japanese people
there will remain Japanese. While l
believe they will be good American
citizens, there will arise the same
kind of racial problem that we have
here with the negro. for the white
people in the island will not be DOM
mated by the Japanese.
There are many Chinese. They
do intermarry and and asstmilate very
rapidly with the Hawaiian6 and the
Portuguese. The Chinese are much
esteemed. They furnish much of the
lower labor and have many of the
smaller stores. The prevailing senti-
ment OF Hawaii is that the bar against
Chinese immigration ought to be re-
moved SO far as it affects the islands
at least. Several delegations waited
upon me during my stay to urge that
this be done.
Natives Decrease In Numbers.
"The number of Portuguese is
large. They make excellent Ameri-
can citizens. There is also a consid-
cradle colony Of Filipinos. But the
Filipinos have not proved valuable
es workers, and their immigration
has practically ceased.
THE native Hawaiians are rapidly
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20
were as good as any in this country
and the hospitality of the people was
unbounded.'
Learning the Potato.

In Germany the people are being
taught the difference between a pc.
tato with jacket on and with jacket
off. How much bread sustains a
man, how much meat, how the hum
bier and neglected foods outweigh in
nutritive power the more fashionable
all these are being taught, and the
lesson of them will continue into
peace times to the greater benefit Of
the individual. If Americans can
learn the lesson of use instead Of
waste. IL they can learn how to buy
and to know what they are buying,
1t will cause remarkable changes IN
individual welfare in this country.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20

1F YOU visit Hongkong or Canton
or Shanghai you will find thou
sands of people who spend their
lives from first to last on water.
Both in Hongkong and Canton a
population equal to that of consider
able town lives on little boats called
sampans, and never by any chance do
these water jewellers set foot on land
If they can avoid it, the Hongkong
correspondent of the Dundee Courier
writes.
Nor can they get back quickly
enough to their native element If bust
ness should call them from it for
little time. They are unhappy on land;
one can read 1t alike in their carriage
and their faces. Even the tiniest of
children dislike dry land. But see
them aboard a rocking cockleshell of
a boat, and, If you are tender hearted,
you have heart tremors the first time
or two. They are able to do little
more than walk, yet they balance
perilously on the narrow side of the
boat and perform feats that would
turn white mothers hair gray in a
day.
But these Chinese mothers do not
turn gray; they do not even look at
their offspring. For one reason, they
are too busy; for another, there is not
the faintest need for them to worry.
What is bred in the bone comes out
even in the flesh of a sampan-born
youngster, and ability to get about a
rocking boat at the age of fifteen
months or so is bred in the bone of
these babies.
Girl Babies of Little Account.
Besides, babies (girl babies at Ieast)
are of very little account. If one of
them should fall overheard she may
be pulled out again before she is
drowned, and If she is not caught up
quickly enough the loss is not greatly
serious from their point of view. You
may regard this as exaggerated, but
1t is overstated no whit. The writer
remembers successive days-when he
was new to the far East and took
notice of such things-seeing first a
girl baby and then a hen fall into the
water.
The mishap to the baby caused no
excitement whatever, but In the case
of the hen there arose a mighty
screeching. The mother and grand
mother and what may have been either
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20

diminishing. They are not strongly
addicted to work. But they are splen-
did entertainers. Most of them are
highly educated. Indeed, 1t is quite
remarkable to note how this race
has been transformed from savagery
to culture in 100 years. There are
numbers of Koreans, Jamaicans, Span
iards, Italians and various other peo-
pies.
Americans are comparatively few.
They do the big business of the coun-
try. The descendants of the Ameri-
can missionaries are the richest class
of the islands and stand the highest
socially.
Industry of the Islands.
There are two main industries
the raising of sugar cane and manu-
facture of sugar, and the raising of
pineapples. Practically all of the till
able land is now devoted to these in
dustries. Much of the country is
mountainous and volcanic, and, there
fore, untillable. There is no real OPP
portunity to extend agriculture.
Naturally, the people are opposed
to free sugar. The burden of the
speeches everywhere we were re-
ceived was against removal of the
tariff on sugar. They showed how it
would ruin the industries of the is
lands until the Democrats in the par
ty were fairly tormented by their ar
guments.
Our entertainment in the islands
was delightful. ! never enjoyed my
self more on any trip. The hotels
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20

Fy N the Hawaiian islands all races
n meet on a basis of near social
M equality, education is developed
III to a high degree and hospitality
finds its best expression, accord
ing to Senator Cummins, says the Des
Moines Register and Leader. The
senator gave some impressions he re-
ceived from his visit in the islands
with the congressional investigating
party.
THE first thing that impresses one
is the unique condition socially and
politically of the people, Senator
Cummins said THE total population
is about 100000. OF these $4,000 are
Japanese, who came there when 1t
was legal for them to do so or have
been born on the islands. They are
preserving the purity of their blood.
They do not intermarry The young
men when they get ready to marry
send for their picture brides from
Japan. An agency makes the matches
by use of pictures. When the con-
tract is made the girls come over to
Hawaii, are met at the docks by their
intended husbands and are married
there according to the American law.
Sees Japanese in Control.
THE japanese are prolific people
and their numbers are increasing very
rapidly without immigration. In fif-
teen or twenty years, IL everything
goes as now, the Japanese will abso-
lutely control the islands. They are
Clean and competent lot of people.
They take on education more readily
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20

u,
The red rose cries: "She is near she is
near!
The girl who waits year in and year
out for lover who comes up to the
mark of expectancy often dies an
old maid. If she centers her thoughts
on one who is not in a position to
wed the sweetheart of his youth until
he has advanced himself in business,
she braves the criticism, In her lonely
hours, of those who claim that she
will wait and wish for this particular
man without her hopes being realized.
Sentimental fancy, if waiting and
wishing ardently, putting off the day
so long looked forward to, wrecks hap
piness in the long run.
In her youthtime she sympathized
and planned with delight from the ap-
proach of the bridal day to the ami
versary of their happy married life,
with pictures of events, and lively,
good times. 1t was simply delusion,
fleeting. dragging along for years
and no wedding bells for her. Living
in the country, where everyone knew
of postponements, and disappoint-
ments, with gossipings, and counting
of her age. as well as observing her
fading charms, was not to be endured
by the woman whose heart hungered
from waiting.
The city, which lures thousands OF
newcomers who have left pleasant
homes in the country, adds this
stranger to it's cramped quarters and
unsatisfying environments. Where
should the woman alone and among
strangers board?" was her first query.
A homelike boarding house had
hall bedroom, which she was obliged
to take until a more desirable room
was vacant. Where should woman
boarding away from her home receive
the few friends and acquaintance
that might come to the door to visit
her occasionally? She wondered. To
attempt to talk to anyone in the little
stuffy parlor was worse than seeing
no one at all, especially If the gen.
tleman was an old acquaintance whom
she wished to see.
The woman who had moved to the
city was sensible and good. The one
man for whom she had waited long
years and wished for till hope had
nearly died out OF her famished heart,
had come to her, in her little cottage,
on the eve of her going to the city;
and asked her to write to him, and
when taking her hand, said in low
voice: I'VE have been sweethearts
for years and have not come to any
conclusion as yet. VIII you allow
me to call upon you in the city and at
last to talk over the all-important
question, If it Is not too later"
It's a long road that has no turn
to it," she had always been told. The
landlady curiously fathoms out the
mystery of why she had inquired If
she could accommodate two for sup
per in the dining-room, soon after the
others had gone. "A wedding sup
per, true as live" laughed the land
lady to herself. She was right in her
surmise. A bride and groom were her
guests after long waiting and wish
ing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20

Two Manhattan physicians were en-
joying the breeze from the front seat
on the hurricane deck of Riverside
drive bus one bright afternoon, when
part of their conversation was over
heard.
1t ran like this:
Il performed an operation for APP
pendicitis on the wife of millionaire
yesterday" said the stouter of the
pair.
YES" said the other. What was
she suffering fromT'-Philadelphia
Ledger.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20

DAY world whose
time has to be
accounted for by
the minutes and
precious hours
from morning till
night. The wom
en- of wealth and
idleness are the
ones who should
profit by these
earnest sugges-
lions. Many of
these so-called for
t u n a t Q women
grow weary for
the want of hav-
| n 6 something
worthy to do in
stead of idly fold
ing their hands in
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20
HAVE YOU NOTICED?

"Did you ever notice." says an ex.
change. that when the booze inter
ests want to put one over on the PEG.
pie they always work under an alias
Manufacturers and Dealers associa,
ton is fair sample. Also they al
ways clothe their proposition In high
sounding and pleasing name-a catchy
name-such as Home Rule And did
you ever notice how many ignora.
muses. fall for such name? Isn't 1t
strange that such a powerful interest
never presents a square front, but al,
ways proceeds by circumventionI"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20
RIGHT AGE TO MARRY.

Every wedding, says the proverb,
Makes another soon or late:
Never yet was any marriage
Entered on the book of fate,
But the names were also written
OF the patient pair who wait.
When chits of maids not yet sweet
sixteen are beginning to mix the
study of beaux with their school
studies, young girls Just turned TWEEN
ty give "debutante parties" thus
tacitly admitting they may be wooed
and therefore won-and young women
halfway between charming twenty and
worrisome thirty are vying with
the younger women to carry on the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20
WAITING AND WISHING.

There has fallen a splendid tear
From the passion flower at the gate
She is coming. my dove, my DEAR
She is coming, my life, my fate.
The red rose cries: "She is near, she
nearw
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20
Lallra6eanEbbgys
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[l[ApNpI(S
ENGAGED IN KILLING TIME.

II you were queen of pleasure
And l were king of pain,
We'd hunt down love together
Pluck out his flying feathers
And teach his feet a measure
And find his mouth a rein:
II you were queen of pleasure
And 1 were king of pain.
These words are not intended for
the women who belong to the worka-
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Circuit Court

The November term Of the
Knox Circuit Court opened Mon
day. Judge F. ID. Sampson pre-
siding: the iur,eS were impaneled
and sworn by the court. but the
court was adjourned at that time
as there were many who wanted
to 81 eak. The speaking begun
1T II O'Clock, 4. M, and lasted
until / clock in the afternoon.
Among those who spoke were:
Hon. Charles II. Bays, Republi-
can uominee for Representative,
lion. b. c. Lewis, Republican
nom nee for Senator, Hon. F. ID.
Sampson, Republican nominee
for Ciacuit Judge, Hon. VIM.
Lewis, Judge Of the 26th Judicial
District of Kentucky. Hon. Jas.
ID. Black. Democratic nominee
for Lieut.. Governor. Hon. Saw
yer A. Smith, Sheriff Sam l..
Lew $ and some others, which
consumed the whole day, and
TUESDAY being the election day
nothing was done except to here
motions. but ON Wednesday bust
hess began in earnest and is still
going ON. There has been no
convictions to the penitentary
a. vet
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RIVER PILOT
TELLS HOW
RELIEF CAME
Louisville StedmbOatman De-
sCribes Recovery Via
IdnIdC

Louisville, KY, Nov. a, Capt.
T. J. Oatman, one of the Oldest
and best known river pilots IN
Louisville, who resides at 3OS
South Sixth street, this city, adds
his testimony to the hundreds of
others in Louisville. who have
gained relief by the use of Tanlac
Captain Oatman said:
II have been afflicted with
stomach disorders and catarrh
many years. My condition be-
came so serious that ! lost my
appetite, foods of a solid nature
always causing great discomfort
and pains in the abdomen.
NV catarrh also became worse
and every damp, cool morning |
would get up with choking SEN
satlOn IN my throat ana luii-
ness of my head. | coughed up
mucus and went about shifting
most of the time.
II tried Tanlac and found it
was the best thing had done in
many years, as it helped me
from the first dose. My catarrh
has virtully disappeared and my
stomach is strong and feel right.
! cannot praise Tanlac too highly.
Tanlac, the premire prepare
ton, is now obtainable in Bar
bourville, at The Herndon Drug
Company's Store.