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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19

cold weather they will wear "timiak,"
which Is made Of bird skins and is
purchasab BILE for about four dollars The
seal fur with the hair outside, with or
namental stripes stitched down the
front. Long sealleather boots known
as "kamiks," dyed to suit the various
tastes of the wearers, are worn by the
women. The kamiks come nearly up to
the knee and are topped with some
sort OF lacework which comes we'll
above the knee; the kamik has loose
lining of seal fur with the hair in--
side. The poorer women are only,
able to afford the cotton coat, the
short trousers, and kamiks.
The mems clothing consists of an
ordinary European tweed cap. an ano-
rak, which is sort of cotton jumper
with hood to go over the head--this
is .suppIanted in cold weather by
timiak, a heavier garment-and as
often as not European coat and trou-s
sers. Sometimes in place of European
trousers the men will wear seal-fur
trousers with the hair inside; for leg
wear they have short kamiks, which
come about half way up to the knee,
showing a band of an inch or two
of fur turned over from the inner
stocking at the top.
Crime Almost Unknown.
The inhabitants of Greenland all
profess Christianity, and they live
quiet, uneventful lives, crime being. all
most unknown in the country. There,
is no police force of any kind and
no apparent means of enforcing the
law, which is administered by the
"bestyrer" in each colony under the.
resident inspector of North or South
Greenland and the governor of the,
colony, who is usually resident in Co
penhagen. !.
lent storms, especially those which
come up from the southeast and which
are quite local in their Incidence; the
neighborhood Of the copper mines
seems to be particularly favored by
the visits of these violent storms At
Godthaab last year there was fall
of snow of several inches on August
%, but that was exceptionally early
in the year for such an occurrence.
At Julianshaab in October of last year
the water in the harbor was covered
with a sheet of ice. On the whole the
climate is very wet; during some sum-
mers it rains on nearly every day. The
aurora borealis may be seen on prac-
tically any cloudless night, but it is
only white, not colored.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19

road funds to know what is available
for any particular project, where funds
have been or where existing balances
are to be expended
8. Lack of any systematic practice
In handling funds among most coun-
ties makes it very difficult to carry out
over even a single year any persistent
maintenance policy, because funds Of
ficially obligated for maintenance pur
poses are not protected against spo-
radio and irregular drafts for miscel-
laneous purposes. The greatest like
lihood consequently exists everywhere
that there will be no balance In the
maintenance fund in the last half or
third Of the year, although only part
Of the fund allotted may have been
spent. t}f
4. Local labor available for mainte-
nance work is made dissatisfied by
the constant, unintelligent and unfa-
vorable criticism of those using the
road. --.--4>-,- 49,. 4.,..
5. Maintenance continuing over a
period of years-the ultimate indis-
pensable condition of effective main
tenance-is jeopardized by lack of ac-
counting control that will prevent
spending next years current income
In this year.
8. The lack of skilled supervision
in construction and the effect of this in
increasing the cost or in making eff,
fective maintenance impossibly expen-
sive is everywhere seen.
z. The county authorities are com
monty opposed to following sugges-
lions for maintenance that involve ty-
ing up road funds in any way, such
as purchasing materials in advance to
store along the road for making re-
pairs or maintaining the road surface.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19
ROAD
BUILDING
MANAGEMENT OF GOOD ROADS
Specialists Of Department Of Aeri-
culture Place Responsibility for
Highway Defects.

Where a county builds a good road
and soon let's it become rutty, washed
out or uneven, who or what is prin-
cipally to blame? AS result Of
study of conditions in number of
counties, road specialists of the United
States department of agriculture are
inclined to place the responsibility
upon the following defects in road
management, some or all of which are
found In all counties where good roads
are not properly repaired and main
tanned:
l. County boards. although having
full administrative authority, appear
not to attach to their official action
in road matters the importance or le-
gal effect which 1t should have.
Q. County boards do not generally
have sufficient accounting control Of
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19
HAS GREATEST SALT MINES
GaIician Town of WieIiczka Is Built
over Most Wonderful caverns
In World.

Wieliczka, in Galicia, is an interest
ing town, not for what is in it, but for
what is under it. The salt mines
there are the greatest in the world,
and the most wonderful. They form
what amounts to an underground
town, which might have suggested to
Jules Verne his underground commu-
nifty in the Children of the Cavern.
The Wieliczka salt mine is two and
one-half miles long from east to west
and 1,050 yards wide from north to
south. 1t has seven levels, the lowest
being nearly thousand feet deep. and
is entered by eleven shafts. The diff
ferent levels are connected by flights
of steps hewn out of the rock salt. In
the mine there are chapels. tramways,
a railway and railway station, ball
room with regular orchestral and
several other halls, all hewn out of the
rock salt with elaborate architectural
decoration. For hundred years the
mine has belonged to the Austrian
government. It employed thousand
workpeople and turned out 10000
tons of salt year.
There are IS miles of pony tram
ways and 20 miles of railway in the
Wieliczka salt mines. All these lines
and the principal passages or streets
meet in sort of central railway sta
ton, with spacious waiting rooms, Of
fees and IN excellent resreshment
room all complete. all hewn out OF the
rock salt. and looking. according to
one description. more like summer
pavilion shsn railway station. with
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19
Bird on Trial For It's Life.

1t is reported that the English star
ling, harmless, grub-eating bird
when imported to this country In 1890.
has become predatory in it's habits and
is rapidly driving out the native song
sters, in addition to eating all fruits.
So general have become the com
plants that the department of agri-
culture at Washington has sent an ex-
pert investigator to this place to be-
gin study of the bird with view to
exoneration or determination.
The starting has prospered. until to-
day he nearly doubles N number any
native bird in Connecticut or Rhode
Island and is routing the native birds
from their resting and feeding places.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19

devoutly hoping she has a prospective
customer. Every gown in the window
and also those in the showroom are
tried on until the salesgirPs nerves
are actually on edge, fatigued with
fetching, putting on, straining to re-
duce a 38-inch waist into 34-inch belt,
pinning up, taking off, her eyes anx-
iously on the clock, wondering il the
young woman will be suited at last
or II her precious time is likely to be
wasted in the end. She knows only
too well that If she is unable to make
sales. she will be discharged.
When such customer calmly an
nounces at last, IT was just looking
today; will make up my mind and
call again." brave is the salesgirl who
can force a smile to her lips, retain
her courteous manner and answer
without tremor in her voice, Il shall
be glad to serve you when you come in
again to buy" The average woman
does not mean to be unkind or to
reduce the salesgirps weekly wage.
She IL simply careless. While 1t Is a
fact that the careful woman must
search patiently. often, to be sure she
is getting the value for her money
which has been put together slowly
for months-and try on many to secure
the right one, yet she should be frank
with the salesgirl, telling her she will
buy IL she finds something to suit at
such and such a price or that she is
intent on seeing at present, not on
buying. No embargo will be placed
upon her for looking about to her
hearts content
II Is q subtle temptation to many
a woman to behold herself arrayed in
finery she never will own, before long
French mirror. She thinks OF the pic
ture she made, dreams Of it, covets 1t.
plans. schemes, and, startling as 1t
may seem, 1t is the cause OF her undo
ing. She throws over the poor but
honest young man who loves her for a
wealthy elderly sutton whose gold,
when she weds him, can buy her the
sumptuous clothes which changed her
from a merely good-looking girl into a
royal beauty.
Saieswomen who have spent long
years studying human nature in their
occupation usually have unerring judg-
ment in regard to possible customers
or those who would uselessly waste
their valuable time. They know when
they are apt to be ruthlessly imposed
upon and when women are in earnest
in an attempt to make a wise selec-
ton and purchase.
The pretty young thing who is will
ling to try on everything in the most
expensive catalogue, regardless Of cut,
color, texture, price, time, is the sales
girls terror.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19
eeneflts Of GOOD Roads.

BY furnishing better means of COM
munication, good roads will add to the
selling price Of farm products and in
every way will contribute to the com
fort and happiness of the people.
Then, furthermore, we can have a
good system Of consolidated schools
only where we have good roads.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19

where CONNECTIONS
Of pretty gowns
are sold who does
not wonder how
she would look in
such bewildering
finery. To many
s u c h girls t h g
temptation to try
them on comes
with such persist
ency-though they
know they cannot
afford to buy, be
the price fifty dol
lars or f1vethat
they yield to the
longing.
The salesgirl is
only too eager to
chnm Tho dracoac
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19

vi MANY people ever nave
M seen Greenland, or perhaps
have any desire to see 1t, and
yet it is far from uninterest-
ing in its natural features and the
life of its inhabitants. Though it
is somewhat bigger than the con-
tinent of Australia, of its vast area
Only about 1900 miles, on the west
coast, are habitable. The population
of the country consists of about IL 900
Greenlanders, 200 government serv-
ants, and the workmen at the cryolite
and copper mines, to the number of
200 in summer and 100 in winter In
addition to these numbers there is the
400 population of the only east coast
acknowledgements.
The Greenlander is cross between
the Eskimo and whalers and sealers
of Danish, Norwegian and Scottish ma
tionalities; he objects to being called
an Eskimo and much prefers the term
of Greenlander. Some of these Green
landers are quite European In appear
ance, others are more like the Japa-
nese. Monaghan or Red Indian; the
great majority, however, resemble the
lower types of the hairy Ainu of North
Japan.
The trade of Greenland is practically
Danish government monopoly and
consists mainly of whale, seal and
shark oil, the ivory of the walrus, blue
fox skins, ermine furs and the elder
duck. Communication is entirely by
water as no travel of any kind is pos
sible on land There are no domestic
animals except for a few half-wild
dogs of mongrel breed or an occasional
COW or goat kept by a government
servant for his own personal USE The
country, consisting as it does of bar
rem rock-mostly granite, gneiss or
schist-there is no sedimentary rock
renders all agriculture impossible;
it is only just here and there that one
is able to see a thin sprinkling of soil
In consequence of the lack of agricul-
ture the natives eat no vegetables, sub
sisting mainly on the carcass of the
seal, which provides them with an
equivalent for mutton; the seal also
gives them skin for clothing and for
covering boats, and oil for light and
fuel.
How the People Dress.
The women have no definite head
dress; sometimes they will wear just
a cloth for hat. They wear collars
made of dog fur, broad beadwork orna-
ments over sort of blouse or coat,
often made of Scotch tartan in some
cotton material, with dog-fur cuffs and
headWNrk nrnamants IIndar this In
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19
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TRIALS OF sALEseIRLs.
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l pray you leave me now alone.
You worked your will
And turned my weary heart to stone
Why haunt me still?
Methinks l hear your voice the silence
I'LL
Why vex me still?
There is scarcely a pretty girl who
pauses before an alluring shop window
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-19
Moss Valuable Roads.

Good wagon roads running into the
country are more valuable to a town
than an extra railroad running through
It.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-10
Daddy 'sBedtirne
q. Some Geese
CT0TV - That Were
Not Silly.

- goosev Jack had cried as Evelyn 'osteo MN " M
Nv to frstt daddy.
4 lN "TIow do you slly!" daddy asked
- blind woman VINO
lived people great many
that followed her ABOUT every" e
sosins and was very iona
little old ladys eyes began to faiL
old lady went to When sne coa no s
following there and waiting OUTSIDE
would cackng up her when ne
In his bill starting on Win ne
the he would let and some
the people going old to her
find her waning
kor ,..u,.
lead her safely home again.
TOOK DOCK ana Went
in he walked nome AFTER peasas
that he had LETT MS oook
him the king held up gold co1f you
will mind the geese while you are gone
careful the little boy warned him i1n gray goose
and do not watch OUT ne VII sa al n'
away,a will get into trouble
he enough TO take care OF al
could old gray
tnan the OLD
marching and
be could head them on
the the
hunt his
and told him what dnecever
isHure ne mad
|rnade0 Of mind 3 5 7
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-10

"oh, Rodney. I'm %. e sorry" sniv-
eled Mary. ~ (, 4 \.
"You were bully the way you stuck
up for me-" said her lover. when
you said we'd starve together I Just
choked all up
"Please don't, Rodney protested
Mary. quite genuinely touched. and
Rodney went on:
".Just because he's got lot of mon
ey he seems to think there isn't any
left for other people. but I'll show him.
] may not have much at the start. but
watch my finish
what are yon going to doy' she
asked him excitediy.
'I'm going to work"
You are-really 2"
Eyes. indeed. Father couldn't make
me do 1t, but you can. I'll work for
you"
On, you are splendidv' Mary cried.
"Shall you get position?"
II should say not! Work for some
one else? No! I'm going in business
for myself for you. I'm going to
show the stuff that's in me. OF course
we can't get married till I've made
good Will you waltz
Eyes, dear" said Mary shyly.
You're dandy" cried Rodney,
moving nearer to her.
"What business are you going intog
she asked.
II don't know yet" said Rodney.
"1'm going upstairs to pack u suit case
and think. Wait here for me. I'll be
back in fifteen minutes" he sang out,
grabbing her and kissing her hastily,
but heartily.
"Oh, oh-please'- protested Mary.
Don't mind, Mary. I'll get you used
to 'em," he called from the doorway.
She threw herself back on the Louis
XIV. sofa next the yellow typist's desk
and waited, In sudden reverie. The
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-10
CHAPTER ".

"NH. SIR" Mary began timidly, al
?ss.s 's.'s ss s;s ss q e:
that things had come to with
her connivance. She was not sure,
moreover, II the soap king had not
really been In earnest in his fulmina-
lions as they hoated out to her in the
hall. Either his acting or his govt
must be genuine today, she began to
fear.
Because wish to tell you," he be-
gan again, that II he marries You he'll
not get one penny Of my money. And
that means he'll starve. suppose you
realize that p
Mary turned to Rodney, who was
standing up very straight near the
window looking on Fifth avenue, one
hand catching the braided lapel OF his
coat - his eyes devoured her with
such real love and confidence showing
on his face that she could not resist
his loves appeal to her. She turned
to his father and answered him cour-
ageousfy:
SOoSSAeS~sL
She was rewarded by the exultation
In Rodney's voice as he exclaimed,
"Maryy'
"You see, father he added for the
old gentleman's benefit
Making q grand stand play, eh."
went on the soap magnate remorseless-
~ to Mary, before my idiot of son.
You think I'm 50 fond of him that I'll
relent. Well, you're wrong. Neither
Of you viii ever get nickel out of
me-"
I'VE shan't starve." declared Rod
ney.
"Well, what can you do to keep from
starvingY' demanded his father. You're
not producer. You never will be.
You're just an idler. You couldn't
earn IS . week. But you'll have q
chance to try. You'll get out of my
house tonight. or IN have you thrown
cut"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-10

carved wooden rim Of the sofa back
Just fitted chink in her couture COM;
fortably, and she<lspsed into that curl
GUS state Of introspection that comes
sometimes with bodily and mental re-
Taxation. What did she think of herself
for what she'd done this evening? Was
she any better than an adventugess?
Was she not cajoling young man
into proposing to her for the love Sof
money? Would Rodney's father really
reward her as he had promised to- do?
Strangely enough It would not have
seemed so bad, she felt, If she didn't
like Rodney. Well, II the old man
didn't pay, let him keep his money.
She shouldn't care. 1t, was something
to have won love like Rodney's love
for her. There was something very
lovable about Rodney Martin
In moment Rodney himself bounded
in again. on her day dreams. There was
the thud Of heavy kit bag dropped
on the marble floor Of the hall by the
front door. and then he ran in to her
impetuousiy, with his arms open.
MARY, sweetheart he cried.
He held her ay>from him a mo-
ment to regard her face.
THE pater's upstairs dressing for
dinner" he ratified on. II shan't even
say goodby to him. Serve him right
I'm going to take a stage down to the
Collegiate club this very night. Can't
afford cabs now"
Rodney" whispered Mary conserva-
lively, ''you must work hard and be
brave"
"And can't do that for the sweetest
sweetheart in the whole world?" he de-
smanded rapturously, folding her again
d his arms. Hs Rugged her greedily
10 him, and she yielded to him little
despite heFselfs There was something
fresh and clean about the boy, and
certainly his kisses were not distaStes
full. The arms she felt around her
were q mans arms and very strong.
In the end Rodney decided He would
have cab anyway, and 10 he and
Mary left the house Of the soap king
in each Others company without fare
wells. It was their last ride together.
50 to speak. and a very blfSsful one for
the youngj lover. Rodney was going
to take a room ut the Collegiate club,
but first they spun across the somber
park to Mary's apartment, somewhere
in the West Seventies and Rodney
babe her rapturous good night Yhile
the motor throbbeds and the taximeter
snun 81 "a
(ro Be Continuedl
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-10
Turquoise Always Valued.

Mythologically the turquoise has .
long and curious history, both with
the ancients and the ignorant Of today.
It's color, varying from blue to green,
was significant for ages as represen-
tative Of the sky, sea and verdure.
and together with its tendency to alter
its shade bespoke for this stone a
power within itself. This latter power
made 1t fascinating at least. and
seems to have given it a certain baro-
metric value as an index for weather
forecasting. In what is known as the
near East 1t was paramount to health
and success; 1t averted evil, dispelled
fear, augmented wealth, preserved
health, insured victory, happiness and
sdreamless sleep. -, 5's
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-10
werd.s pse. % France.

While 1t Is impossible to overesti-
mate the debt that the world owes to
France for the suffering and sorrow
she has borne in behalf OF the cause
OF human liberty, her other contri-
buttons to civilization have not been
less notable. The world, indeed, owes
much to its literary tenets and tend
encies Of the twentieth century to
France. The roll Of French writer's
is a long one, and their contributions
to literature are very rich. Moreover,
1t was her Pasteur who established
the germ theory of disease, and
through whom the wonderful miracles
of saving human life that have char
acterized the past third of century
have been wrought.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-10
Duration Of Dreams.

It is more than likely that the great
majority of dreams belong to the few
moments when we are falling OF to
sleep and the equally brief time we
take to wake up. But what about the
long and complicated dreams we
dream, in which all kinds of things
happen, and all manner OF people visit
us? All these things pass through
the brain like film tragedy which
ought to take an hour to tell, being
rushed OF in two minutes at lightning
speed. In fact, nothing is more fully
established than the fact that an ap-
parently long dream can unfold itself
in an inflnitesimal space Of time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-10
Surely Punched Him.

An esteemed citizen went into a
shoe store in q metropolitan town and
asked to see some leather goods. An
other minute and an obliging sales.
man was hauling out some boxes.
THAT is a nice looking SHOE" re.
marked the customer as the salesman
pushed his foot into shiny right and
started to lace 1t. What Is the price?''
This pair Is g." responded the sales
man as he finished the lacing and ran
his hand across the vamp. Does it
pinch you any" well, should say
that 1t does!" was the prompt rejoin-
der Of the customer. "Give me some
thing about S. cheaper"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-10
Ventilation Experlme nts

Experiments conducted by the New
York commission on ventilation DEM
onstrate that as long as the tempera-
ture is kept down the vitiated air of
an unventilated room where the hui
mildly is. kept constant has no. direct
effects on the pulse, blood pressure,
body temperature, respiration or me-
tabolism, though the desire for food 10
appreciably diminished.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-10
Herbs for Beauty.

II you can get hold of some old
fashioned herbs take beauty bath"
occasionally. A delightful aromatic
bath which induces the free perspira'
ton necessary sometimes for the
skins perfect health is made in this
way: Thyme, 200 grams; dried rose
mary, 200 grams; dried mallows, 200
grams; dried linden, 200 grams; bicar.
Donate Of soda, $50 grams. Steep the
herbs in eight quarts of boiling water
for a half hour, decant. and dissolve
the soda in the infusion. This must
be put in bath as hot as comfort will
allow.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-10
waoners Letters Lost.

The first tenor who won Wagner's
admiration, Tichatschek, left to his
daughter when he died a number Of
letters written to him by the great
composer, whose Rienzi he created.
On her death, not long ago, the daugh-
ter beQueathed these letters to the
Wagner museum at Eisenach, but on
the way from Brussels the case con-
tanning them was opened and the con-
tents were stolen. . ..a..
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-10

Attic it was believed that the TAX
ing control Of the customs Of the re-
public Of Haiti by the United States
would control the turbulent spirits OF
the black government, a revolutionary
outbreak occurred at Port au Prince.
The force of American marines main
tanned in the city was attacked. One
of the rebels was killed by the Amer