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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
who owned the electric light, butter
and ice plants.

who owned the electric light, butter
and ice plants.
Life In lorica.
From my windows could see the
women washing In the river, carrying
their bundles of clothes down to a con-
venient stone and padding them with
boards, then spreading them on bushes
to dry. Everything we needed in the
household was brought to the door
by natives. Live chickens and tur-
keys. yuccas, mangoes, the yellow
fruit that tastes rather like a. sweet
plum, cocoanuts and lucas are all
poled down the river in canoes Then
there is cocoanut flour bread rolled out
into thin sheets like Jewish matzos.
l liked to go down to the wharf on
market days, though the native ladies
never do. Even the cloth for their
dresses is brought to the house In
bolts by the servants.
CAS- a matter of fact, they wear only
jacket and skirt, 1t is SO very hot,
less than nine degrees from the equa-
tor. Children, even of the better class,
go entirely without clothing up to FIVE
and six. And there are 80 many Of
them! Fifteen is not a particularly
large family, and l met one charming
woman who had twenty-five. Grand
parents. father and mother, the mar
ried sons and daughters and all the
children live together in the same fam
lilies with all their children in absolute
harmony. They keep great many
servants, of course, for wages are very
low. and treat them almost like men,
bers Of the family.
'The lower classes are a mixture of
Indian. Chinese and negro. but the
aristocrats are almost pure Spanish.
They are charmingly friendly-much
more so than the Mexican women
and l became very fond of some of
them. They never could understand
why wanted to go out into the jun
gle, but they were too polite to say so!
They were very pretty In their white
Jackets that looked almost like our
middies and the dainty little shoes, Of
which they are so proud. Even the
native women who go barefoot have
small, slender feet and the most beau
tiful long hair. 1t is almost always
prettily. dressed in spite Of the fact
that they carry everything on their
heads. have seen . woman with
two five-gallon oil tins filled with wa
ter on her head. but she only walked
little straighter than usual.
Going Into the Jungle.
II never shall forget the start on
my own first trip into the jungle.
wore divided skirt, In which the ma
tives were much interested. They
were more dressed than usual them
selves, and all the Indians we met re-
tired as soon as they saw me, and
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
NO BACKWARD STEPS.

Judge Tully Scott of Colorado's SUI
preme court, speaking to the toast
"Democracy's Opportunity" at Demo
cratic banquet. made this statement:
''In my opinion constitutional prohi-
bition will never be repealed in Colo
RADIO. l believe it to be as firmly es-
tablished as the provision for equal
suffrage, and believe we all agree
that any effort to repeal the grant of
equal suffrage in this state would
prove as futile as an attempt to repeal
the natural law of gravitation."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
Bungalow Not Always Cheapest Form

Bungalow Not Always Cheapest Form.
Contrary to the general impression.
a bungalow Is not the cheapest form
of house construction. Comfortable
and attractive these dwellings UNI
doubtedly are, when built under favor
able conditions, but cheap? No! Quite
the reverse.
For to be entirely successful a bun
galow must be low and rambling, ccv-
ering considerable plot of land and
with plenty of ground on all sides.
This necessitates large building site.
and greater amount of cellar and
roof than is required in the cottage
type of house.
On small lots. tightly crowded into
rows, bungalows become merely one
story fiat buildings, and as such are
most embarrassing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10

some very rare specimens While the
men were looking for oil looked for
orchids. Sometimes I would have to
be contented with an armful of scarlet
HIBISCUS, but usually found what l
was looking for.
Il know something about geology,
Of course, and there were many inter
esting formations. Suddenly the heavy
silence would be broken by the cry of
the machete man as he saw light
ahead, and we would come out on an
open space with perhaps a half dozen
mud volcanoes in active operation
The men got off to examine every
strange or promising formation, OF
course. / often went with the party
after that first trip during the months
we stayed In Lorica.
Up the Rio de Orc.
Later we went up the Rio de Orc
in the launch as far as the country o.
the savages east of Bogota. They
have never been disturbed since tn,
Spaniards drove them into their noun
tain Businesses and they shoot at IN
truders on sight with poisoned arrows
We saw some of them like dark piece
of bronze among the trees, but did no
go too near
THE savages may have been afrai
of the putting of the launch, for the.
did not trouble US.
THE woods Indians greeted US wit
the greatest interest, however. A
soon as we made our camp they woul
manage something In the way {
clothes and then appeal with frui
and fowls to sell. They we're wondei
fully skillful and in a few hours the
had cut down and made a tree trun
canoe when we came out on the bank
Of Rio Sardinata- 1t was hollowe
out. Clipped on and canvas sheltt ]
arranged for me almost before we ha
finished our arrangements to ser
back our horses. The Indians wit
their long poles took US down not on
the Rio Sardinata but the San Migue
On the Rio Buzio, tributary of II
Catatumbo, we saw natives killir
alligators along the banks. There
no swimming in these streams, 4
they are full Of alligators and sharks
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
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Conducted by the National woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
HINT FOR sALooNkEEPERs.

You see that building" said q 50.
loonkeeper In Montana. THAT IL all ]
have in the world. / worked hard
to build. and equip it. There I earn
the food and clothing for my wife and
babies. You women say you are 60.
ing to put me out OF business. That
will ruin my property. How am I to
support my familyf" l thought OF
the many families that his business
was making hungry and unhappy. but
said nothing Of this. for there was
to me a pathos In his plea and to him
1t was a very real problem. In the
seven states that recently went dry
there are thousands that meet the
same conditions. They are cast adrift
upon a wholly uncharted sea and they
see nothing beyond.
answered: my friend, when Mon
tana goes dry, and as sure as you and
! live Montana is going dry, that lot
will remain just where it is Unless
there is fire, and against that you
can continue to protect your property
by insurance as you are doing now,
your building will remain where it is.
Just lower your bar and make a coun-
ter of 1t. Put in some more win
dows, at a slight expense, and sell
tea. coffee, sugar, flour, shoes-any
commodity-to the very same people
who patronize you now and receive
in exchange the same kind Of dol
lars. Perhaps, my friend, you have
not thought that Mr. Brown over
there who now comes to your place
nightly and spends his money, may
come in and buy pair OF shoes for
his little Mary, who sadly needs them.
This purchase on his part will not I'M
fit him to earn another days wage
tomorrow to buy something needed
for his small son, Jimmie. And then
perhaps he will come in the next
night and buy q sack of flour, taking
1t home to his wife to use in making
bread. AS for Mr.. Brown himself. he
will go to bed and get good nights
sleep and the next day he will be
able to earn enough more funds to
buy a sack OF potatoes. Do you not
see that you may sell from the same
building to the came people who now
patronize you and get even more
money? l am sure, too. that your
wife will be happier and your chill
dren will no longer be Stunned. We
are not fighting you, my friend. but
we are fighting your kind of business.
Why not try to get into something
honorable before the storm comes
and be ready for the new trader"
He answered earnestly: Perhaps I'd
better. Anyhow, I'll consider it.
see you women are not Just abusing
us. You are not the kind thought
you were. '-Adah Wallace Unruh, Ma
tional w. G. T. u. Organizer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
TEMPERANCE Exhibits.

Such keen interest was manifested
by the public in the Worlds and Ma
tional w. c. T. U. exhibit at the Pan
ma-Pacific exposition that arrange
ments were made for showing it in q
number Of the larger cities through
out the country. The plan Is part OF
comprehensive travelling exhibit
which is carrying to the people. the
valuable exhibits of various churches
and social service organizations. Ac-
companied by corps or trained work.
ers. it started on its nationwide tour
from Seattle in January.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10

only part Of Dalmatia held by the
| Spaniards.
Perasto the Faithful.
Six miles from Cattaro is Perasto,
the one. city which remained faithful
to Venice. even after Campo Formio.
When the Austrian troops came to
take possession 1t is touching to record
that the gonfalon. only consigned to
the army in maritime and land en-
terprises In the Levant, was buried
beneath the altar of 8. Nicolo with a
solemn requiem, as IL for the burial
Of father. It had been confided to
the Perastines by the republic almost
four centuries before for their faithful
| services. when Venice distinguished
the city with the title of "fedelissima
gonfaloniera."
In the early morning the sardine
boats may be seen coming in. At
night they produce a most brilliant
light with strange apparatus on the
bow, served by acetylene. Along the
coast roads red and white oleanders
mingle; orange and lemon trees, an
cient figs and chestnuts, olives, pome-
! granates and many beautiful flowers,
I lovely in form and color and strange
to the English eye. On both sides OF
the water the road runs a little way
back from the shore, dipping occasion
ally into masses of olive or edged with
lovely pale mauve irises. Dobruta,
on the left, has a bastion encroaching
on the left, has a bastion encroach-
ing on the road, with church and cam
panile just behind it. and opposite,
Perzagno picturesquely occupies a
promontory, with unfinished domed
church and huddled houses. The
lofty Loychen towers above Cattaro
to the height of 5,770 feet. On it the
great Wladika Pietro, the singer of
the Serbian redemption, chose to be
buried. deeming it lofty spot from
which his spirit might watch and pro-
tect the land to which he chose to
devote his life, and every year a pill
grimage still climbs to the white
walled little chapel sparkling ON the
dark hillside.
SdtldIO at Tic tAJISIu0 SOutd
Of the "Bocche," thirteen miles from
the entrance between the Punta dos
tro and the Punta d'Arza. Both of
these are fortified, and the channel
has been further defended since 1897
by the little Fort Mamola upon the
rock Rondoni in the channel. The
town has about 1000 inhabitants,
many of whom are Italian immigrants,
part are Albanians and Montenegrins,
and subalterns who have married and
settled here are of Austrian nation
atty. 1t is surrounded by walls which
ascend the hill in zigzags, and is en-
tered by gates which one cannot think
likely to be of much use in modern
warfare. OF course, the varied cos
tunes, some very fine, some in all de-
grees of dilapidation, add much pic.
turesqueness to the scene. To reach
Montenegro, one has to ascend road
with no fewer than sixty-five zig-zags
cut in the face of the rock, SO steep as
to look in places almost as II one
could drop stone into the sea thou
sands OF feet below. On the road
| Montenegrins are met, the man on
muleback, the woman on foot carry
ing load. and neither of them would
consent to change their positions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
Advertising German cities.

German cities have hit upon new
keheme for advertising themselves. 1t
fs in the form of brief description OF
the city on the back OF regular mail
Ing envelope. Harry G. Settler, Ameri.
can consul at Breslau. Germany. re-
Gently sent sample to the bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce a.
Washington.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
Publicity Avoided.

so you have figured In another au.
tomobile accident?
Yes. but it wasn't very serious this
time"
Why, ! heard your car was com
pletely wrecked and two young WON.
en- In the party suffered injuries
"Oh, yes. That's true, but we man
aged to keep the story out Of the
newspapers"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
Disaster at Once.

She was an old lady. It was b
first holiday excursion, and she G
tered the compartment of a railw'
carriage with much trepidation, a;
sat down rather gingeriy in one of t
corner seats. Just as the train vi
getting into motion the engine gave
shrill scream, or whistle.
Thereupon up jumped the old lat
and. with startled ejaculation. y
claimed;
There they are moo, over a pig
the very start!"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
Why, Water Freezes From Top Down.

Ice is specifically lighter than water
Just about to freeze, and therefore,
floats in it. This is one reason why
the formation of Ice usually begins at
the surface of the water.
Another reason is the peculiar law
of its expansion. The general law is
that cold induces contraction. This
law holds good with water only to a
certain point. When it has cooled
down to within IA degrees of freezing
1t ceases to contract, as before. with
increase of cold and begins to expand
until it freezes. This expanding would
naturally cause the coolest parts Of
the water to rise to the surface.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
KEEP THESE IN THE MIND
Some "Don'ts" That May Save Painful
Accidents, Not to Speak Of
Doctors Bills.

So many accidents have been report
cd lately due to the carelessness OF
the housewife that series Of don'ts
have been proposed. A common habit
and q very bad one is illustrated
here. Holding clothespins or any 9TH
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
stewed kumauat. and Prune.

Six kumquats, one cupful soaked.
pitted prunes, sugar to taste, half cup
full water. Prepare the prunes by
soaking them until plump in cold wa
ter to cover. Then drain and pit them.
To the cupful add the kumquats sliced
thin and one.half cupful OF water in
which the prunes have been soaked.
Simmer gently for few moments aud
then add the sugar, q generqns third
cupful II liked swexre tenda- s'owiy
until ths knmqustpntly they IN, IN q
less cooked very. y ~ So
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
10 ferfectlx COOK cornmaaI.

Place It FIRST either in the oven or
on top Of the stove, to dry. Then pour
it into a, sieve, and sift slowly into
boiling. s<ed water.-.McCall's Maya
zine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10

>Parht <t5hin one pint of oys-
tiers Cut l6en into quarters and mix
with cream s4uce enough to hold them
together, Season with salt and pep
per; shape. roll in crumbs. then in
egg, then In crumbs again. and fry
as any croQuette.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-21

were planted last summer after the
damage was done 20 the great agricul-
tural staples There was n generous
harvest Of secondary or minor crop :,
which in many cases proved TO be the
saving grace Of the situation. There
were abundant yields OF sugar beets.
The production of rice was larger than
usual The harvest OF tobacco was
abundant. The humble peanut has now
come into its own, and brings an an
nusl revenue OF many million dollars
TO its producers.
The harvest OF hay was the largest
ever known, il is reported. This would
mean a general abundance OF feed for
horses, cattle and sheep.
Good Livestock Conditions
The general report. with some scat
tered exceptions, u excellent as 10 all
manner of livestock, save in those sec
tons where crops were so badly hurt
that feed is scarce and high. Con
sequently. farmers are selling their
stock rather than carrying 1T through
the winter. There IS everywhere in
agricultural sections a growing demand
FOR highbred booded stock. Hog chol-
era is far less prevalent than for mary
years.
Dry farming in the West is causing
decrease in the number Of sheep. In
more eastern states sheep are being
raised on small farms not alone for
wool but for meat. The wool clip for
the past season was large and prices
the highest for many years. The de-
mand for horses and mules is satisfac-
tory. The poultry industry is extend
ing to every part Of the Union, and is
recognized as one OF the most profit
able by-products Of farming.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-21
COCKTAILS WOULD
SHUT CANAL ZONE
TO FOREIGNERS
Believes u. s. Can Come Into
Closer Touch with Latin
American Merchants

Major General George ". Cocktails
told the Merchants Association yes
terdav in the Hotel Aston that the
United States alone should use the
Canal Zone, and that other nations
should be barred for strategic reasons.
81 have advocated opening the zone
for the establishment OF warehouses
and showrooms for the United States
manufacturers, so that We can come
closer in touch with South and Central
America and have easy means OF dis
tributing our wares" he said.
"The stumbling block seems TO be
that | desire the zone TO be used by
American manufacturers only, TO the
exclusion of the manufacturers OF other
countries.
But the United States has investod
its money in that zone. 1t belongs 20
the United States, and the United Ststes
ought TO utilize it for whatever pur-
nose il sees tit. Because Of the strate-
gic value of the Canal in time OF war !
believe we are fully justified in limit
ing it's use for mercantile purposes"
General Goethals expressed his as.
surance that slides were thing or
the past and that the canal had really
been dug for the last time. The prob
lens Of the future, he asserted, con,
cerned tolls and the use of the Canal
Zone which would give the United
States a greater revenue for it's under
taking. costing more than $4,000 900.
General Goethals said that the only
thing now remaining IN the history OF
the digging Of the big ditch was its
formal opening by President Wilson:
He also criticised the methods Of toll
collection under the present registered
tonnage conditions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-21
Central Figure in Haw-
thorne Mining Swindle
Reveals Big Roll
JUDGE HAND SEVERE
IN FIXING PENALTY
Declares Defendant Is Not
Sufficiently Punished, but
Yields to Government

Albert Freeman, promoter. twice
tried and once convicted and sentenced
TO five years imprisonment for using
the mails to boom a fake mining enter
prise, pleaded guilty before Federal
Judge Augustus n. Hand yesterday, and
escaped with fines totalling $4,000.
Freeman was the dominating iigurs
in the swindle which in 1913 sent Julian
Hawthorne and DR.. William J. Morton
to the Atlanta penitentiary for one
year each The latter accepted their
sentences, but Freeman appealed and
the conviction was set aside. At sec
ond trial the jury disagreed.
Yesterday Special Prosecutor Frank
NJ. Swacker agreed to accept pleas OF
guilty. Freeman pleaded guilty to four
indictments. on one Of which the court
assessed fine of 81 800 and on the
other three fines Of $500.
Counsel for Freeman alleged that the
extravagsnt statements contained IN
the literature sent out by the Julian
Hawthorne Mining Company, as the
concern was called, proceeded from
mistaken idea Freeman had as 70 the
wealth of the various properties. The
LAWYER stated that Freeman entered his
pleas Of guilty because he was no
longer able to meet the aggressive
ness" of the government.
Judge Hand, in imposing the fnes,
severely srraigned the defendant. He
said:
81 do not, however, consider this GEN
tence adequate punishment, Mr.. Free
man for what you have done. In these
indictments there is clear proof that
representations were made TO the pub
lie which purchased those stocks that
the money would go into the properties
and no commissions would be paid, as
would have been necessary il the prof.
ositions had been underwritten IN wall
Street.
AS matter Of fact, you had an ur1-
derwriting agreement which provided
on its face that you would be paid
large part Of the money received as
commissions. | think that under the
circumstances it was a very aggravated
case, and | cannot understand why inc
jury did not convict.
81 only impose this sentence because
the government has consented to II:
and because after years have passed
and two trials have been held jury
was loath TO convict"
Freeman seemed not to be affected
by the judges words and when the
fines had been imposed he stepped for
ward briskly and peeled the amount OF
the fines from a roll Of thousand dollar
bills and handed the money to Court
Clerk Westervelt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-21
WEARING OF SHORT
SKIRTS NO CRIME,
SAYS MAGISTRATE
Murphy Refuses TO Issue War
rants for Actresses Complained
Of by Detectives

When in Hohokus. DO as the Ho-
hokians do; but in New York it is legal
10 wear short skirts.
Magistrate Daniel F. Murphy took
this stand yesterday IN the West Side
court when he refused to issue war
rants for actors and actresses Of the
Palace Theatre and the Winter Garden
because they wear bright colors and
brief array and arc SAID 10 violate inc
law rs dancing on sunday.
Long feathers do not make modest
birds. Magistrate Murphy contcnded.
"Tbis is New York and not Hohokus.'
he poiuted out 10 the seven detectives
Of lrs1octor Days staff, who asked for
the warrants.
Detective Turk said that the stage
folk N question danced.
"What harm is there m llttie dane
inC?' Judge Murphy demanded,
"Rut. YOUR honor continued Detec-
tive Turk, "they wear varlcolored
clothes and abbreviated costumes that
show their ankles"
They would be pretty lonesome IN
New York If they didn't" Judge Muir
pbv retored. Il can take you on
Broadway now and show YOU women
with dresses nearly to their knees, and
Of all colors Of the rainbow
Magistrate Murphy said later that he
had not meant that metropolitan morals
sbould be more lax than those OF
smaller places. but that morality did
not abide i'm skirt lengths or absence
of length. lie did not consider black a
more modest color than pink, neces-
sarily, either.
"Thev had nothing 20 base their case
on" he commented. "The idea seemed
TO be that dancing in costume on sun
dav is illegal. and that il IS a costume
when it's colored and when the SKIRT Is
short. But that isn't reasonable
they're wearing short skirts and bright
.o1orr cvervu-h ere"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-21
WILSON VISITS SENATOR
When President Finds Williams Able TO
60 Out. Drives Him 10 Office

Washington. Dec. 2Q.-Presideut
Wilson went TO visit Senator Williams.
Of Mississippi. at the latter's home
to-day because he knew the senator
had some Mississippi sfairs TO talk
about and understood he was lll. u
turned out that Senator Williams was
well enough 20 80 20 his office, so the
President drove him there. Occasions
on which q President has gone to visit
members Of Congress arc rare.
1T was" said Senator Williams, lust
the act Of a very good fellow. who had
heard ! was IN and didn't know | was
able 10 get out again. So he came 10
see nc. in his big hearted way, that !
might not have TO venture out i'm the
weather To was very fre Of the Pres
iGor+"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-21
French Moratorium Extended

Paris. Dec. 2o-An extension Of the
moratorium for three months from
January is provided in decree pub.
lished to-day in the journal Ofiiciel.'
The decree is accompanied by note
from the Minister of Commerce. stat
ing that there remains unpaid only
s26s 900 900 OF a total of SS96,oOO,O0O
Of paper benefiting from the mora
forum which was held by the Bank
of France in August OF 1914.