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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12

north practically desert Over every
thing lies the silence of absolute life
lessness. 1t seems as If the desert he'd
reached out an arm and taken unto it.
self for all time this great extent Of
once fertile country, where for four
and half hours daily in no spot is
the temperature less than 100 degrees
Fahrenheit.
The terrible heat and the absence
of all moisture cause singular effects;
the hair is so electrified that when
stroked lightly cracking shower of
sparks is evoked, and the finger nails
become SO brittle they break constant
ly; both hair and nails seem to have
lost all power of growth All cellu-
loid substances break up, and rubber
becomes a useless spongy mass. The
horses swishing tails crackle inces-
sanity and stand out in disheveled
bushes, each Individual hair as if
wired, and in the night their tanks
seem to be surrounded by miniature
auroras of electric discharges.
The big game have nearly all disap-
peared, most of them having trekka1
to more fertile country. Some of the
remaining animals have had to change
their natural habits; the nocturnal
ant-bear is forced to search its food in
broad daylight on account of the fact
that the ants in the hard ground can
not be dug out during night. Most
nocturnal beasts of prey also hunt
during the day as we'll as by night;
some leopards raided nearby camp in
the early afternoon, and the balloons
usually so afraid of the dark, seem
never to sleep, but walk about both
day and night in search of food in any
form. A crocodile was unearthed by
the authors party when digging for
water in the bed Of stream, four and
half feet beneath the surface. This
specimen was limp and fresh, although
apparently lifeless, and, together with
some fish which were found near By,
was revived in short time by the ap-
plication of water. Animals not well
equipped to dig to the water follow
those more fortunate and use their
water holes; some of the warthogs
are followed all day long by retinue
of other animals awaiting an oppor-
tunity to slake their thirsts. Tho wild
dogs of the district, known as the ter
rible hunting dogs, drive day and
night. attacking all animals, and are
credited with having caught and killed
an ostrich, previously an urheard Of
thing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12
Poor Policy to Advocate.

The trade balance in favor of this
country for the month of September
is $146.343,919. or at the rate of about
1,760.000,000 per year. Such com
merce is too one-sided to be healthy.
England and France already have be-
gun paying with bonds for supplies
which in ordinary times they would
pay for with goods. We need larger
imports to keep exchange steady. to
make permanent trade.
Yet this is the time which Republi-
can craftsmanship" chooses as appro-
pirate to raise the tariff and cut down
still further our already too scanty
imports!
The party which advances scheme
like that must be hard pressed for an
issue.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12

RW%l he quaint, delightful coast coun-
try of Cornwall, a favored haunt
IA OF peace and quietness, yet
III where some Of the most i'm
portant English naval stations
are now busy, is described for the Ma
tional Geographic society by Florence
Craig Albrecht. At points along this
coast, England holds concentrated
great battle fleets. Here, west of
Lands End, are the Scilly islands, and,
beyond Cornwall, further up the chan
mel, lies Plymouth, military harbor and
great naval base. The charm of this
old-fashioned, picturesque land of
fisher folk and peasants is told by
Mrs Albrecht. who explored its coast
before war clouds recalled a martial
Stir to Cornwall, for the society in the
following bulletin:
Here are rock and headland and
cliff, now green, now golden with
gorse, now bare and rugged; inlet bay
and harbor, with here and there an
isolated house, tiny village, pre-
tentious town, great port. An I'M
friendly coast? Yes, with heavy seas
and winds, with thick sea-fogs-a dan
gerous one; rocks ever ready to tear
holes in the stoutest vessel, currents
ever ready to drive them on. But
picturesque coast; wonderfully beau
tiful coast, both upon summer days
and in winter storms; coast with
many harbors, none too easy of en-
trance by reason of rocks and tides,
and many impossible for any but the
smallest craft"
All Have Splendid Memories.
There are splendid memories re-
naming to all of these ports, the wri-
ter says, for too many fleets have
sailed up and down the channel since
history began not to have visited all
these places with the task of making
history. Fishing fleets have kept the
foreground of the picture through lat
ter years, but signs of war prepare
ton have never been absent from
Cornwall's waters and huge squadrons
OF grim, gray men-of-war have regu-
larly come and gone and gathered
there. The writer tells of Penzance,
the sunny pleasure-loving little sea
city where the most picturesque of
pirate types originated of Newlyn,
the home of the true old sort of fish
ermen, and the Mecca of artists; of
Narration, the old, which. according to
Cornish history, was an important city
visited by Phoenician merchants in
the days of Ezekiel the prophet; OF
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12

| Fowey, once one of the greatest sea-
ports of the land, which sent scores
of boats to the crusades, to the siege
of Calais, to the plundering of Nor
mandy, one-time warlike city whose
glory has long since faded Fowey
sent more than twoscore men-of-war
to Calais-770 men, How pitifully
small are the figures today, when one
modern battleship requires a larger
crew than did that feet $50 years ago.
Not fifty ships of modern type could
find place in Fowey harbor today, but
for smaller craft-submarin destroy
ers-it affords admirable shelter.
PoIperro Is Picturesque.
To the eastward of Fowey is Pol
perro. the most picturesque, the most
unspoiled of Cornish fishing ports, re-
tanning all its ancient dignity of life
and labor unfiuttered by summer
villas now beginning to crowd the
cliffs above it's head. Polperros chief
catch is mackerel, crabs and conger.
There are few, if any, conger-eel in
American waters; they are to some
people most unpleasant-looking fish.
Cornwall esteems them highly and
makes them into pie with much cream
and parsley.
Cornwall. Mrs. Albrecht explains,
makes any number of things into pie
and calls the product invariably
SQUAD pie" though all things bur
squads are among the materials.
SQUAD pie gave rise to the following
Cornish story repeated by the writer:
"The devil came one day to the
banFs of the lamar. the ripping river
that divides Devon and Cornwall, and
looked over at the rocky land beyond.
His majesty considered the swift cur
rent and shook his head. Not he
said finally No, that's no place for
me! Everyone who goes there is
turned into saint and everything
else into squad pie. I'm fit for neither
one nor the other And he stayed in
Devon"
Just beyond the Cornwall bound
cry is Plymouth of Mayfower mem
Dry, city which has never allowed
her growing commerce to interfere
with her position as fortress of the
first class and a naval arsenal. Ports
mouth, considerably further east upon
this coast, is also a strong fortress
and an important garrison town. and
its great dockyards and repairing
docks are likely over-busied now in
the work of keeping the sea that is
the wall of England"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12
. oNCERNING specific instance
Of the continuous decrease of
surface water from the earth,

~ especially in Asia and Africa,
the dry continents" Advocate
Eugene N. Marais, r. j. p, writes
from Rietfontein, Waterberg, South
Africa, an astonishing article recently
published in a report of the Smithson-
ian institution.
After mentioning some of the gen.
eral facts relative to the drying up of
the whole earth, which, according to
the French astronomer Fiammarion,
will ultimately cause the end of the
world, the author cites a number of
appalling instances of the increasing
dryness of Africa. N'gami, a real lake
less than fifty years ago, is now no
more than a marsh threatened with
speedy extinction, and Lake Rudolph
is rapidly shrinking, which fact is
alarming when it is realized that this
body of water feeds the Nile and wa
tiers Egypt. Mr.. Marais believes false
the old doctrine regarding the perfect
cycle of neutrality-suspicious. and
precipitation being equal-and thinks
that the earth is sucking up moisture
like a gigantic sponge.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12
imports Now Too Low.

The object of a high tariff is to re-
duce imports or, as the st. Louis Re-
public we'll puts 1t. ito keep foreign
products out OF the United States. :"
The one serious danger to the coun-
try's prosperity today is that imports
are already too low.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12

pan very hot and stir constantly while
cooking. Tip the pan while it is cook
ing, so that it may not stew in it's
own grease. Bacon should always be
served dry and crisp enough to eat
from the fingers.
BroiIed Ham.-Cut thin slices from
ham and cover with sour milk and let
stand over night. in the morning
rinse well and broil over Goals or in
a hot pan. In either case the cook
ing should be done quickly and the
ham Drowned.
Fried Chicken With Olive Sauce
Cut up well-dressed chicken. dip in
seasoned -four and brown in butter.
then cook slowly until thoroughly
done. Serve with olive sauce.
Olive Sauce.-Brown two table
spoonfuls each of onion and carrot in
a tablespoonful of butter. add a table
spoonful of -four and brown. Stir in
a cupful of stock, that from beef ex-
tract will do If no other is at hand,
and cook until smooth. Add one
dozen stuffed olives and let stand I'M
til the olives are well heated through.
PIanked Whitefish.-Heat and oil a
plank made for this purpose; oak or
maple make suitable boards. Spread
upon this board skin-side down
whitefish, cleaned and split down the
under side; brush over with butter
or oil, and set in the dripping pan
under the gas; after cooking few
minutes remove to the floor of the
oven to finish cooking Cook about
twenty-five minutes, basting often. Set
the fish on the plank upon a platter,
spread with butter that has been
mixed with lemon juice in the pro-
portion of three tablespoonfuls of
butter to one of lemon juice. season
with salt and pepper and serve piping
hot. Garnish the edge of the plank
with mashed potato. put through a
pastry bag and tube. Parsley and
lemon is used to finish the decors
ton.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12

an excellent dessert for
a light meal.
Fig Custard. - Wash
a pound of figs and
cover them with water
to cook an hour. add the
juice of a lemon. a few
bits of peel. which may
be removed after the
figs are tender, Make
cup custards. using four
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12

do not walt to realize
these longings, but serve
tea to your friends with
the equipment at hand.
A sewing table. lunch
cloth, tea tray. teapot
and a few pretty cups
will be suffi cient. The
tea wagon is, of course.
a wonderful assistance.
On this NAV be nlaced
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12

Economy is usually confined to the
management OF money. but II may be
shown on many other occasions. Econ
ofny may be exercised in taking care
or whatever belongs TO us.-Maria
Edgeworth
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12
Some Truth In This.

7 got my suspicious" said Uncle
Eben. dat Satan ain 'bliged to lay
in wait fob a whole lot of people.
Dey takes DER checkbooks in hand
an natchelly posters him to name his
own price fob temptations"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12

with north and east
exposure. Nova
days we want a
kitchen. II it is not
to be used as a din
ing room, to be
small. so that time
and strength may
he saved in the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12

The best quality of tea leaves must
have creases like the leathern boot of
the Tartar horseman, curls like the
dewlap of mighty bullock, unfold like
a mist rising out OF a ravine. CLEAN
like lake touched by a zephyr, and
be wet and soft like fine earth newly
swept by rain. Luwuh. japanese
Poet
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12

Handicap Of Ignorance.

Ignorance has no light. but error fol.
lows false one. The consequence is
that error. when she retraces her
steps. has farther to go before she can
arrive at truth than ignorance.--C
ton.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12
Remedy for q Cold.

When you feel cold coming on.
take q half teaspoonful of ginger. one
teaspoonfui of white sugar, mix thor
oughly with about three tablespoon
fuls OF cold water and drink.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12
VIII Oppose ElIibusterina.

Congress will find many serious
questions before It. and public senti-
ment behind 1t that is constantly
growing less patient with filibuster.ng
methods.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12

cooks. To prepare
it first have it cut
V cry thin; the
butcher will do
this on the dried
beef cutter. Then
place it on ice to
C h i'll. Have a
heavy iron frying
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12
Happy Solution.

What happy solution of the equal
suffrage problem 1t would be II all
women who are Dit for the ballot could
vote In place OF the men who are
not!
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12
TEA MAKING AN ART.

Every woman longs for the dainty
appointments of pretty tea table, but
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12
THE KITCHEN.

The ideal situation for the kitchen
is considered by popular opinion to be
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12
SUPERIOR FIGS AND DATES.

Dates and figs are rich in nutriment
and contain food enough to supply
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12
sEAsoNARLE risHEs.

The simple curled bacon seems to
be somewhat of a puzzle to many
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-11-12

People who are aware that they are
In the right need never lose their
temper.
DO without stimulants. Let fresh air
and cold water be your stifnulants.-
Harriet Martineau.
The Ketchikan miner., 1915-08-12
Don't Hs a Tortoise.

The tortoise is q tesiuiinate. terreS
 trial reptile. He is a half brother to the turtle. which so often gets into the soup The tortoise's motto Is Take IT Easy" Next to the sponge and the oyster. which require the hook to be moved at all. he Is the slowest animal in the world A Greek of the name of Aesop. who lived centuries ago. told of race between the tortoise and the hare In which the tortoise got the tro phy. The hare. according to Aesop. got So far in the lead that he took a nap. and. forgetting to wake up. the tortoise passed him. The truth os the matter Is that by the time the tor toise had caught him the hare had died of old age. A tortoise lets the dear old world wag and waddles complacently on You couldn't speed him up if you built & fire under him. for his shell Is so thick that he wouldn't know he was being roasted. Because of his imper- durability and his utter deadness to impressions the tortoise lives to a great age. But, no matter how old or how big he grows, he never Improves intellectually. and eventually he lands In a museum. to be viewed as curl psity. Don't he tortoise.-Maurice switZer h Judge.
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CHAS. Il. COSGR0NE
 Attorney at Law ENERAL PRACTICE
ENERAL PRACTICE

For that odd job of carpenter Ing or cabinet woork cal Ii I6o, SuIlS wll look you Up. l.
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Job printing at the Miner.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Commissioners Court. Terri, tory of Alaska, Division No, l, Ret cAikan Precinct. in Probate.
 In the matter of the estate of Jack kearney, deceased.
 The undersigned, Mike Wadding hereby gives notice that he is the duly appointed and qualified admin istrator or the estate of Jack Kearn- ey, deceased. and all parties having claims against the said estate are notified to present the same with proper vouchers within six (6) months from date of this notice to me at Lo.ing. Alaska.
 MIKE WADDING.
 Dated, Lorine, Alaska. this 29th lay of July, A. D. 1915. First Publication, July 2a,1915. Last Publication. August 26, 1915.
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Send III your furs and gel the 5s,t market price for them rom D. l Gilmore. adv.
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MINING RATIFICATION NO. o1s25

Department of the Interior, United States Land Office, Juneau, Alaska. ] June l5, 1915. Notice is hereby given that k. L. sNl.patsIck. of Sulzer, Alaska, has made application for patent to the fol lowing described lodes, Survey No. l106, in the ketehikan Mining Dis 1 ,riet, Alaska, on the north slope of Copper Mountain, Prince of Wales sIand, to-wit:
 Brooklyn Extention 1 Beginning at Cor No !, whence U. s L. NJ. No. 19 bears \. 50 deg, J min l2 sec. E. 62S.3s feet; thence '. 69 deg, 1s min- W. l50o feet to Cor. No. ?; thence S. 50 deg, l2 min. W 490 feet to Cor. No. 3; thence s. 6g deg, IS min, E. 15Qo feet to Cor No. I; thence \. 50 deg, F min. |. t9o feet to Cor No. l, place of be ginning containing 146l3 acres. | Monterey Extention
 Beginning at Cor No. l, whence U. $. L. N. No. 1s bears \. 50 degy y min, 24 sec, E. 1l1s.56 feet; thence \. 69. deg. IS min, ". l.
 feel to Cor. No. 2; thence s. 50 oyO mia, ". 600 feet to Cor. No. les.' 1- $. 6s deg, IS min, E. l. 5oo feet to ss's No; soo 4; e.al thence ~. N 50 deg. 72 min; eoO lee' 'o eor' No. |. place of iaatas' PVA'''"- ing 17.se3 acres.
 New Jersey Exteutioh
 Beginning at Cor No. l, whence '. $ L. NJ. No. 19 bears \. 90 deg 2s min. 32 sec, E. 171e2s feet; thence x. 69 deg. is min, ", 150o feet to Cor. No. ?; thence s. 50 deg. F min, ". 500 feet to Cor No. 3: rses.ce > 69 deg, IS min. E. 1500 feet te Cor No. 1; thence \. 50 deg, F m'uy F. 500 feet to Cor. Mo- l, place Of be ginning. containing 17.S93 acres
 Location Notice of Brooklyn Exten- ton is recorded at Ketehikan, Alas ka, in Volume 5, page 57 of the Record of Mines; the Monterey Ex- sention, in Volume $, page 5o of said record; tHsa New Jersey E1ten. ton in Volume s, page 6l, or said record.
 The adjoining claims are bounded on the northwest by u1surveyed ianu' on the northeast by Fra etion No. z Traction No. and FEascton No T, Survey No. ss6s on the sostheast Dy the IsEa, Brooklyn, MonsfTey aaq George ". lofes, Survey N,fJ9-e and on the southwest by unelSEsTed land.
 Conflict of Brooklyn Extension "its ., .- ~etion No , and Fraction NO ,aa i- '-s, and of the Montets!
 l'ie eiai- the Fraction No. 1 "A sehsion with No. Sb5, 8st sIaim- lode claim. Survey
 ed and excluded. F
 Magnetic Variation 27 nin,- E. to 5 deg, 30 min,
 C. E. WALKER. Register. first Publication, June r, 1915. | 4ast Publication August Ig IgI5
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The Were "Eafsh n. I"

f.it"raliy the wnrd faiah ataan@ kIna and naharaiab fhf "reaf ..iHe oi ruler ovei setrrai kines i.'if sruerlIly speaking fte titles fJtIii. ntaiiffaiab and na wah iiave 10 ereatar siyniftrailst than the words fendai larf'i iis' u~ q in tbtdiaevaI times iD Europe. MaHs "f them have bfeD made by the will nf the reieBiite chief man iee.nwad for meriturious acts and dcefis.- Exrhaf.r
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Small rnrfllshed Cottage for Rent. Inquire al Sully's or Phone iG5. If. ads
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TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES SALE

Notice is hereby given tlat rur Snsut to instructions issued to me sly ths General Land office at Wash ingtOn D. t,, on she 18th day os July, 1915. and n accordance with the l provisions of section IS Of the Alas ka Townsite regulations. do hereby give notice that on Monday, the 4th :. lay of October, 1915, I, as Towusite Trustee Of the Towns.te Of Ketehikaa, Alaska, upon the front steps of the United States Court House at Ketchi- san, Alaska. at she hour of o'clock r.rn, Will sell at public outery for cash 'te highest bidder all the lots aul ~raaluing uaoeeupie,l and un- ,te date ef the entry ot said TownSite, a - '+s .' anu tracts claimed and -. .s ,''s.. =. the assessments have not ,. the date of said s1le. the 't 1 and tracts being particularly de. sd as follows:
 UnoccuEied and Unclaimed Lots
 Lot 2l of Block 9.
 Lot . of Block r,
 Lot 24 of Block T.,
 Lot T. of Block 2s
 Lot 6 of Block 24.
 Lot of Block q.
 tact "A".
 TrsN "B."
 Trae.s 70"
 All of Lot II Of Block 2. save and excepting tina. portion which has been eraaxed 10 John Ellingsen as follows: 'omr.eneing at point on the east line, af said Lot II. identi- cal with west side line yenetia Lode, whence $. E. corner Lot l, Block 2-s, bears $. s9 leg e.s min, w, thence s. So 1 sg, 0s min. " to $. E. corner said Lot l; tLsssee eontinu- ing $. s0 deg, Os min. W. 50 feet to s. Y. corner Lot l. Block A. thence 5. deg, 52 min. E. T fee@ along alley way;' hence \. sV Ieg- Da min, F., to said. west side line Ven. stia Lode; thens @ \. deg, 2l mina ". to point Of beginning Claimed and Aw sarded Lots
 Assessments Unpaid Lot Of Block g, claim el hy John shoentar, upon which the re iz now due and unpaid the sunr of s5s9..50 assessments.
 Dated at Ketehikan, Ala ska, tbi. 2sth day of July, 1915.
 CHAS. F. INGERsOLE
 Trustee of Ketchikan Tonnsite. First publication, July g, 1s15- -ase publication August 26, 1915. Tie Daily Miner q per montb-
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Their Five Heavens.

According to the Ptolemaic system Of astronomy. there were five heavens, or hrmaments, the last of which was the seat Of the pure elemental fire and the seat of deity This fifth or highest heaven was called the enpyrean. from the Greek -en-fgi." which means ''in fire"
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Notice is hereby given that l, A <. Brown, ef Craig, Alaska. will not pay or be responsible for any bills lebts or business transactions con, traetei or entered into by Mrs, A. L. Brown. This 10 take effect from this date.
 (Signedl A. l.. BROWN.
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Kindling wood for sale at the Sawmill If adv
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lob printing at the Miner.
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imperisJ Rome

Ths1e are various estimates of the
 rIafis,n of ancient Rome The fig nor, 'veh .ag Gibbon is 100000 r. his sss,tes to ManieS.iuieu' q p.,,. pd ltteade;p4 of t'c i'o ..Cr.....,a od Fea4J,s for tl.ilikll.s maitS. gives 70 ,r,.. ''. 7e hh;tfit ,t,r 't I stssis'ss built. as T rnir vi;s s.va New York tmrrie.i
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Job printing at tie Miner.
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The Weekly Miner $3 per year.
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Tie Daily Miner q per month
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Eoreiqn Decorations.

The various deeer1tiens tiiai have been given fo American officers afd of ficiaIs by foreign governments are dc posited ip the stafe department here the recipients may see flIcm and show them to their friends tut may not take them away or use them as having poa Session
 Tn the ii'an Df firm purpose all men and things are servile -Gocfhe