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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-09-10

schools. lectures, books, libraries and
periodicals, that men and women who
are determined to improve themselves
have abundant opportunities to do SO.
One trouble with people who are
smarting under the consciousness of
deficient education is that they do
not realize the immense value of util-
izing spare minutes. Like many boys
VINO Will not save their pennies and
small change because they cannot see
how a fortune could ever grow by
the saving. they cannot see how little
studying here and there each day will
ever amount to good substitute for
college education.
People who feel their lack of educa-
ton, and who can afford the outlay.
can make wonderful strides in a year
by putting themselves under good tn.
tors. who will direct their reading and
study along different lines.
There is one special advantage In
self-education-you can adapt the
studies to your own particular needs
better than you could In school or COL
lege. Everyone who reaches middle
life without an education should first
read and study along the line Of his
own vocation. and then broaden him.
self as much as possible by reading
on other lines.
Every well-ordered household ought
to protect the time of those who de-
sire to study at home. At a fixed
hour every evening during the long
winter there should be by common
consent quiet period for mental con-
centration. for what is worth while in
mental discipline, q quiet hour unin-
terrupted by the thief callers. There
Is q divine hunger in every normal
being for self-expansion, q yearning
for growth or enlargement Beware
of selling this craving of nature for
self-unfoldment. There is untold
wealth locked up in the long winter
evenings and odd moments ahead Of
you. A great opportunity confronts
you. What will you do with It?
Copyright. 1915. by the Mcclure Newspa
per Syndicate.)
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-09-10
IMPROVING NEIGHBoRHooD

There's much talk Of conservation
OF the trees and rivers grand,
For we know their preservation
Helps to beautify the land.
We admit that talk like this will
Benefit the public good,
But at present your first job Is
To improve your neighborhood.
Small beginnings have big endings,
And II you will make the start,
You will see how quick your neighbo,
Pitches In and does his part.
Then you'll find that It's contagious:
Every house upon your street
Will be vying with each other
To keep looking clean and neat.
Paint and varnish ave conserving,
You can prove beyond q doubt,
They're the best for the preserving
OF the house, inside and out.
Exchange.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-09-10
LOOKING TO CIVIC BEAUTY
Builders Have Come to Recognize
Value Of Good Appearance Of
Buildings and Streets.

Gradually all phases of commercial
industry are coming under the infiu-
ence of the city-beautiful movement,
comments the San Francisco Call. Fac
tories erected today secure sufficient
ground area to have some landscape
gardening roundabout the building or
buildings. Even railroads, those sup
posed 'soulless corporations" are
now quite generally embellishing sta
ton grounds and rights of way. The
schoolhouses, both rural and city, are
being much improved in surrounds,
being much helped by the school gar
dens, and the whole land is becoming,
each year. more deeply engrossed in
making more beautiful America, and
California is well up In the list. Let
us not grow faint-hearted in the work.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-09-10
New School ArchItse.urs.


A one-story schoolhouse, built in the
form Of square around a courtyard,
and 30 constructed that. by raising a
series Of sashes. It can be converted
into what will be practically an open
air school, is the type of structure
that marks new departure in mod
ern school architecture. 1t provides
healthful surroundings for the chill
dren, keeps them near the ground, SO
that the danger Of fire and panic is re-
duced to minimum, and at the same
time affords exercise.
The open-air sashes face on an In.
ner corridor, which will eventually
form a sort Of cloister around the
courtyard. As the needs of the COM
munity require. other wings will be
added on the three remaining sides
Of the central square. It is intended
eventually to have . gymnasium and
swimming pool In . basement under
the courtyard.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-09-10
No Longer Room at the Top.

Prof. Scott Nearing says the motto,
there Is plenty of room at the top"
is no longer true IN this country ON
account of The fact that in every great
industry only three of every one thou
sand employees have chance to rise
to the top. The professors statement
is no doubt literally core ct, but he
will probably not deny that the motto
st:ll applies to those spheres of activ-
ity which cannot be considered under
the head OF industry. Washington
Herald.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-09-10

Gophers still infest gardens except
In the central portions of large cities,
and are hard to exterminats where
many vacant lots are found. Garden
owners do not care to keep poison and
traps on hand, and how easily to &C
complish the death Of the gopher be.
comes . problem. Last week one
threw up q little mound In the writer's
garden. having burrowed under the
fence from an adjoining vacant lot.
A messenger was hastily sent to a
nearby drug store for . bottle of car.
bon bisulphid. The hole was opened,
. half cupful poured in. the hole closed
and frmed with damp soil The next
day the soil was dug out and the hole
followed but three feet into the vacant
lot, and there his gophership rerosed.
dead.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-09-10

~ iWHHssnssMH
that is, the soil must slip from the mold board
evenly leaving the surface bright and clean.
Poor securing is due to many causes. The mold
board may be too soft to take a good polish. or
it may be imperfectly ground, slight imper-
fections may have been left in the surface
To test good mold board is easy matter.
BY running the fingers over the surface from
the bottom to the top one can easily tell whether
the plow has the right shape, and whether its
surface is perfect. pillow should have hardened
edge and point-the harder the better-because
upon the wearing qualities of the pillow depend
success or failure to very large degree
For breaking new sod, pillow with a long,
sloping share and mold board should be used, but
for stubbe welltilled ground the plow with
short steep mold board is better. The breaking
pillow turns the sod over evenly, and covers all
growth SO that 1t rots and forms humus in the
soil
Upon the shape of the pillow also depends the
draft. A pillow unsuted to the soil on which it is
used will cause much greater draft than is
necessary wearing out the strength of the team
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-09-10

the march. rather, as we expected to
leave trails behind US and strike across
country to the base of Mount Clark.
Hot Rocks to Warm Cold Beds.
We held 1t to be but tribute to our
skill as mountaineers. however, when
we found an old sheep trail following
the very route we had planned to take
For many miles we followed It through
the rolling forest east of Mount Starr
King, through Starr King meadow, and
out near the crest of granite ridge
near Clark Fork. Here we left 1t be-
hind and struck across the open couu-
try, over ridge after ridge, across
stream after stream, until we came to
the northerly fork of Gray creek,
where we made camp. We had
reached the altitude OF about $500
feet. and snowdrifts lay deep all about
US. But firewood was abundant and
our little nook among the tall frs
promised every comfort that a knap-
sacker need expect.
In default of extra bedding we took
hot rocks to bed with US.
The night passed comfortably and
we were up at dawn ready for the as
sault on Mount Clark, confident also
of success. AS we climbed the snow
lay even deeper about US. The forest
of FIR and mountain pine gave way to
the harder white-bark pine, the tree
Of timberline. Up to the top Of the
ridge it crept, at the top mere shrub.
bent and twisted beneath the winters
weight of snow.
AS we climbed, our horizon to the
south and west widened. We were
looking across the valley of the Illilou-
cite toward the snowy divide separat-
ing us from the south fork of the Mer-
ced where lies Wawona and the splen-
did Mariposa grove of sequoias. Yo-
semitic valley was but blue rift in the
forest with only its great domes, Half
Dome, Sentinel Dome and Starr King.
rising into any prominence
Far different was our view to east.
ward from the crest. Our ridge ended
on the east in an abrupt precipice.
Through broken chimney or win
dowlike aperture In the rocks, we
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-09-10

Up toward the base Of Half Dome. Up
Clouds Rest trail we climbed, and then
pushed through the forest to the brink
of Tenaya canyon, gorge almost as
deep as Yosemite valley itself, mac
cessible to all but the hardest noun
taineers. The great chasm, more than
1000 feet deep. lay at our feet. Half
Dome lowered majestically against the
sky. and still farther we could see the
Swallowed cliffs OF Ell Captain and the
Cathedral Rocks.
A Buck In Velvet.
My companion on this ramble elect
ed to climb Clouds Rest before re-
turning to camp, so made my way
back to Little Yosemite alone. Near
tho foot of the trail in a glorious little
mountain meadow, surprised beau.
tiful buck. the largest have ever seen
In the Sierra. His horns we're In vel.
vet. and he stood so near me that
could see the quick, nervous move
ment Of his nostrils as he watched me-
For two or three minutes we stood
there regarding one another. Then
with nonchalant wag of his funny
little tail, he turned and made OF
through the woods. as unhurriedly and
indifferently as IL I. too, had been q
woodland creature. Perhaps looked
1t. After his departure examined the
meadow more closely. 1t was little
gem of its kind. sloping from ledge
of granite that was covered with
gnarled and crooked jumpers. At the
first glimpse l thought 1t an unbroken
sheet of the tiniest blossoms Of vel.
low mimulus. but, on kneeling down.
IL species of flowers revealed them.
selves. all the daintiest and most dell
cate Of their kind-yellow violets
white forget-me-nots. gilias. white saxi
frage and the smallest pink pea have
ever seen.
A knapsacker's camp Is q simple at
cair--a bed Of pine needles, few
stones rolled together to make q fire
place. q pile of firewood gathered to
gether; and there IL home. BY five
o'clock next morning we we're astir.
Where ones possessions are so few
washing dishes and packing is mat
ter Of scant ceremony. In less than an
hour we were ready for the trail, or fol
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-09-10
|CHATS WITH THE
AMBITIOUS FOLK
NEVER TOO LATE FOR SElF-IM
PROvEMENT.
BY oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN.

NEVER TOO LATE FOR sELF-IM.
PROvEMENT.
A New York millionaire-a prince
among merchants-took me over his
y palatial residence on Fifth avenue,
every room of which was triumph
of the architects, of the decorators,
sand of the upholsterer's art. ! was
told that the decorations Of a single
sleeping room had cost $4,000. On
the walls were paintings which cost
fabulous prices. and about the rooms
were pieces OF massive and costly fur
niture and draperies representing a
small fortune, and covering the floors
we're carpets ON which 1t seemed al
most sacrilege to tread. He had ex-
pended a fortune for physical pleas
ure, comfort, luxury and display. but
there was scarcely a book in the
house.
1t was pitiful to think Of the physi-
cal surfeit and mental starvation Of
the children of such a home as that.
He told me that he came to the city
q poor boy. with all his worldly pos
sessions done up in little red ban
dana II am a millionaire" he said.
but / want to tell you that l would
give half ! have today for decent
education"
One of the sad things about the
neglected opportunities for self-im.
provement is that they put people Of
great natural ability at disadvan-
tage among those who are their men
tai interiors.
know pitiable case OF born nat
uralist whose education was 80 ne.
elected in youth that later. when he
came to know more about natural his
tory than almost any man of his day.
he could not write grammatical SEN
tence, and could never make his ideas
live in words. perpetuate them In
books. because of his ignorance OF
even the rudimerts Of an education.
Think Of the suffering of this splen-
did man, who was conscious of pos
sessing colossal scientific knowledge.
and yet was absolutely unable to ex-
press himself dramatically It is
difiicult to conceive of q greater mis-
fortune than always to be embar-
raised and handicapped just because
OF the neglect of early years.
Many a girl of good natural ability
spends her most productive years as q
cheap clerk or In mediocre position
because she never thought 1t worth
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-09-10

looked down 500 feet into q great snow
field filing all the eastern basin. and
beyond this lay the cleft of the MERGED
canyon, and. still beyond. the magnifL
cent snowy peaks Of the summit crest,
Lyell. Mcclure. Ritter, Dana. a host Of
others. all above 1900 feet. all shin
ing and cleaning in the brilliant sun
shine with a radiance that hardly
seemed to belong to this world.
Couldn't Get Up Clark.
Well for us that this glorious vision
was compensation for all the many
miles we had climbed. for we got no
farther that day-and Clark still re-
manned unconquered. For we had an
ticipated the season for mountain
climbing by a fortnight or more, and
the slope that should have offered an
now q precipitous wall Of treacherous
snow. We had no rope, no ice ak, not
even knife with which we might
have cut steps, and the Icy edge whers
rock and snow met proved an irwin
chile barrier to the summit
Up and down the ridge we prowIed.
over every ledge, into every chimney.
only to admit ourselves defeated in the
end.
For an hour or more we remained
upon the ridge feasting our eyes ON
the marvellous panorama hundred
miles Of snowy range. a magnificent
alpine region, the greater part Of
which is now almost inaccessible, soon
to be opened to travel by tia construc
ton of the John Muir trail.
After luncheon in camp q 15-mile
walk back still lay ahead OF US. Our
defeat lay lightly upon US, for many
mountain submits have been ours in
the past. and we had had. after all.
the inspiration and the uplift Of the
glorious upper regions Of snow even II
the exhilaration of the summit had
been lacking. Down among the great
below OF yellow pines. under the
spreading arms Of sugar pines and out
upon open crests covered with man
zenita and chinquapin we fastened
past Nevada and vernal and down
through the Happy Isles whers
thrushes sang their evening songs. and
into our Yosemite valley camp.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-09-10
~ MARION RANDALL PARSONS,

Treasurer Of the Sierra Club.
On JUNE, Yosemite valley ic at the
very height of its beauty. The
deciduous trees are in new leaf.
naples and dogwood in tenderest,
brightest green. oaks tipped with
pastel shades of pink and red In
prophecy Of their autumn glory, aza-
leas in full bloom, and the meadows a
ripping mass of exquisite grass bright.
ened with flowers.
After week or more in the valley,
following the better-known trails. get
ting MUSCLES in condition again after
city-bouhd days, we were anxious to
see what spring was like in the snowy
upper country. Accordingly, as pack
animals were not to be obtained for
love or money, we prepared to make
pack animals Of ourselves, and KNAPP
sack over to Mount Clark (11,50 feet)
on the southwestern boundary Of the
park, the most prominent peak Of the
MERGED group.
There were four of US in the party,
two men and two women, and we
planned to be out two nights with a
comfortable margin Of provisions for a
third night, II necessary. Bacon. hard
tack and that blessing to mountaineers,
soup. made up the bulk of our COM
missary, REINFORCED, however, by
raisins, chocolate, dried fruit, beans,
spaghetti and cheese. Our personal
outfits, Of course, were reduced to bare
essentials.
Share Alike With the Men.
We women who "knapsack" pride
ourselves on being able to do our
share, so, while we do not pretend to
carry such heavy packs as the men,
we carry our own outfits and part,
at least, Of the general commissary
supplies. Short-skirted, fiannel-shirt.
ed, with hobnailed boots to the knee
and shocking bad hats" we are as
easy in our own clothing and as re-
CARELESS of wind or weather as the
men themselves.
In Little Yosemite we made camp
beside the smoothly flowing MERGED,
and after lunch set out on ramble
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-09-10
Gy s. N. CLINTON

the plow is the first i'm
plement used by man in field
farming. real progress in its devel-
opment has come only within the
last fifty years. First mention OF
the plow in the Old Testament
is by Job where he says: The
oxen blowing and the asses feed
ing beside them" In Jobs time
the plow was probably crooked
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-09-10

letick drawn by oxen, with stralgnt SUCK
bound to their horns to which a grass rope was
attached.
II This kind of implement was in use for thou
Ieands of years afterward, and in Old
Mexico within hundred miles of the border
land of America, the crooked stick is still used
II About q hundred and fifty years ago a pillow
with wooden mold board was devised and this
[held sway for fifty years, when some genius of
n blacksmith put an iron edge on It, and 1t was
then thought that the perfection OF pillow making
had been reached Then came the pillow with
The Iron mold board and wooden frame. This
twae followed by the all-steel pillow. which now
Eef1hs supreme.
he aristocratic offspring Of the all-steel plow
~ The disk, and this implement, in connection
Gith the pow itself, is doing such good work that
Nj docs not seem possible that we shall see any
Eo4cided Improvement in this instrument for some
time
Good blowing depends much upon the kind
Vof plow used as upon the man who directs it. A
\kreat many farmers have yet to learn that
|fiow will not do satisfactory work in all kinds
Not soil and under all conditions
Perhaps the best plow to use is the with
he chilled share and point think 1t is a mis-.
AXE to use a pillow point that has to be con-
Ftantly renewed; for every time a blacksmith
mixers with 1t he turns out a different kind OF
blow, and this is reason why there is so
much poor blowing done in this country When
o man gets a pillow which does the work tn his
entire satisfaction he should stick to It, and
never permit its shape to be changed, IL DOS
sble. With soft point that has to be con-
stanty renewed this is not possible. and that is
why prefer the chilled point.
Daniel Webster essayed to be a plow-
maker After years of deep thinking and expert
' menting, he turned out most wonderful nipple
ment 1t was over twelve feet long. built of
wood, with an iron point, and required four yokes
of oxen to pull it. 1t turned furrow eighteen
inches wide twelve inches deep, which resem-
bled the irrigation bitches of today. This did
not last long. however. and was never used out.
side of Massachusetts.
To do good work the plow must scour well;
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
MORE STRENGTH
FOR OLD PEOPLE
Mrs. Hutchison-Eighty-O One
Years OId--Uses No 9th
er Tonic but vinoI and Rec
Ommends 1t to Friends.

Greenville, S.C.-"Iti is with pleasure
! tell others of the great benefit | have
derived from Vinol, for the past several
years. | am 81 years old and | find Vi
mol gives me strength, a healthy appe-
tite and overcomes nervous disorders.
Vinol is the only tonic reconstructor l
have used for several years. l have
recommended it to a great many of my
friends and it has always proved salts
factory" = Mrs. M. A. HUTCHINSON,
Greenville, S. C.
Such cases as the above are constantly
coming to our attention. If people in
this vicinity only realized how Vinol in
vigorates old people we would not be
able to supply the demand.
1t is the tissue building, curative ele-
ments of the Gods livers, aided by the
blood making Strengthening properties
of tonic iron contained in Vinol, that
makes it so successful in building up
strength for old people, delicate chill
dren and for all rundown conditions.
Vinol is also a most successful remedy
for chronic coughs, colds and bronchitis.
If it fails to benefit any one who tries
it we return your money.
THOS. F. CRAWFORD, Druggist.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
DOCTOR SOUNDS
ALARM FOR ALL
He Tells How Dust Causes Throat
and Lung Trouble.

"In the many small streets in the
poorer parts of towns and cities,'
writes a prominent doctor, "where nui-
sances occur, a considerable time often
elapses before they are reported to
the proper authorities. The nuisan-
ces continue undated during this time
and may result in infection of some
kind. That is not willful negligence.
1t is simply because it seems to be no.
body's business to report those nui-
sances, which continue until the ten
ant complains to the real estate agent
or it reaches a local department in
some other roundabout way.
"Why could not a department of
public safety use inspectors and police
officers and have them report every
occasion if they found that garbage
was scattered over the street or was
not properly covered, that a main was
broken, a drainpipe stopped or that
any such nuisance had occurred?
"When excavations are made
throughout a city a great deal of the
dirt blows about and fills the air with
dust. The children of the neighbor-
it about. Why should not the exca-
fdLGu IldCtIldl ne COFSISu WIFI d ldI-
paulin so that the dust would be min
imized? Another ~preventable cause
of the dust and dirt comes from the
hay wagons which trail their loads
through the streets, dropping dust and
chaff along the way. Finally, there
are the drop bottom carts of the con
tractors, which carry dirt and refuse
from one place to another. Often one
sees a trail of earth sitting from the
improperly closed trap bottom of these
wagons to be scattered and blown
about the streets.
Gail these and many more things
go to make up the dust which espe-
cially in the summer makes a haze
which the eye can discern. Smoke
often causes part of this haze, partic-
ularly in damp weather, when it des-
cends in clouds, but dust is largely res
ponsible for it.
"The effect of these dust particles
laden with all sorts of disease bear
ing depends simply on the resistance
of the individual who breathes them
in with the polluted air. They are re-
sponsible for many cases of conjunc-
tivitis and, | think, are an important
cause of catarrhal and other head,
throat and pulmonary troubles"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
Metropolis Pudding.

One pint of milk, two tablespoon
fuls of flour, three eggs, n and a
half ounces of butter, the grated rind
of a lemon, finger biscuits. preserve.
Butter a pie dish. put in a layer of
sponge biscuits, then a layer of pre-
serve. then another layer of biscuits;
mix the -four and butter to a paste,
add the milk boiling, and the lemon
rind, stir over the fire for ten minutes,
then add the beaten yolks of the eggs,
beat well, pour into the dish and bake
As minutes, then pile the white of
beaten to a strong froth, on top,
sift sugar over, and return to the over
till of a golden color.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
Rising Bread.

Do not cover rising bread in bowls
and tins with a dry cloth. Instead,
cover with a damp cloth which has
been wrung out in warm water. In
cold weather the damp cloth should
be placed over a dry cloth.
AS a result the dough will not dry
on the top and the leaves when baked
will be much more uniform.
To prevent holes appearing in
brown bread prick twice with needle,
once when loaves are placed in tins
and once Immediately before loaves
are placed in the oven.