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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
GREATEST OF ROSE GARDENS
District 80 Miles Long and 80 Miles
Wide Devoted to the Ancient In
dustry in Bulgaria.

Uncle Sans consul general at Sofia,
Bulgaria, gives some interesting infOr-
nation regarding the Rose valley" of
Bulgaria, where the rose thrives as in
no other spot in the world. Here is
carried on the most ancient and attrac-
tive industry of the Bulgarians-th
cultivation of the rose from which is
distilled the essence ALTAR Of Rose"
Bulgaria's rose fields are on the south
ern slopes of the Balkan mountains,
length, 80 miles in width, with an aver
age height above sea level of 1900
feet
Several conditions are essential for
the cultivation of the rose and the
production of the altar: The soil must
be easily permeable to water; the
bushes must be protected from the
cold north winds of the winter; there
must be no excess of unreasonable
rain and no early and excessive
drOughts. These conditions all exist in
the Rose valley" After Bulgaria at
tanned its independence from Turkey
in 1873, the Ottoman government at
tempted to establish the rose industry
in Asia Minor, many acres of gardens
being planted around BrOusSa, where
roses grew in abundance, but upon dis
tillation these roses produced practical
ly none of the altar.
In Bulgaria but two varieties of
roses are cultivated, the red, Rosa
Damascena," and the white, Rosa
Alba" which are combined in the
process of distillatiOn; but the red
rose, which resembles the French
Rosa du Roi," is richer in perfume
and essence than the white. In the
Rose valley, where there are some 90
600 acres of gardens, the atmosphere
of the entire district is charged with
perfume when the roses are in bloom.
The roses, gathered by women and
girls, are carried to the nearby distil-
lery, spread out in cool, cemented
chambers, and distilled the same day.
The gathering continues from daybreak
until 10 or II O'clock, or, If the day is
cloudy, for an hour or two longer
roses gathered in a hot sun have a
comparatively feeble odOr and yield but
little essence.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
Old Glory Upside Down,

Ten sailors passing through a New
York street saw the American flag
upside down over a movie theater and
all made rush for the interior of the
place. "Say, mate, can We help you,
and what is the trouble?" they asked
of the manager. He informed the Jack
les there was no trouble at ALL" Then
they asked: "What the devil have you
your jack upside down for" The
movie man wanted to know what a
Jack" was, and it was explained to
him that when a flag is hung with
the stars upside down it is called the
Jack" among sailors and it means
distress and mutiny. The motion pic
ture man admitted he never knew that
before, so he began Immediately to ad-
just the flag and the sailors stood by
and applauded.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
Hatchery Of Fakes.

New York city, in addition to all its
other varied activities, good and bad,
is charged with being the greatest
hatchery of fakes. The latest dodge to
separate suckers and their simoleons is
an outcome of the great war abroad.
In one of the downtown streets a sign
in the window reads: 1.-THE war killed
this glass MILL" Inside the store are a
lumber of statesmen who are trying to
palm off lot of cheap pressed glass
for genuine cut glass. The cut-rate
goods are of the same variety as the
oldtime bogus fire" sales; the kind
known in some quarters as ''pawnbrOk-
er" goods, because they are intended
for display in pawnbroker shops, as
though once upon time they had been
left as pledges for loans and had never
been redeemed. The fake cut-glass
bowls and other glaring limitations
were attractively arranged on the ta-
bles along the walls with alluring la
bells reading, "$1-marked down to 45
cents" or "T5 cents-cut to 35 cents"
Of course, it is merely new kink to
the old trick of dumping out shoddy
goods under some form of misrepre-
sentatiOn.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

In business it is not the individual
producer who gets the biggest or the
surest rewards; it is the organization
builder. And any man, no matter how
small his business, ought to recognize
that fact. Unless an employer is in
terested in finding, training, holding
and dividing with good men, his busi-
ness can never grow. 1t will remain
the work of one man and the work of
one man is certain to be limited in
size and profits. You may think that
you are in the shoe business or the
shirt business or the furniture busi-
ness, but you are mistaken. After all
is said and done, we are all in the
same business-the man businesS-nO
matter what we make or sell.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
TURKEY AN ''IDJUT'
At Least That Is the Opinion
Farmer Has of the Great
American Bird.
HOUSEWIVES contemplating the
II annual Thanksgiving dinner lit
tie realize the months of prep

~ annual Thanksgiving dinner lit
tie realize the months of prep
aration which preceded the
feast. Their cranberrieS are on the
market Turkeys, dressed and ready
for the oven; huge yellow pumpkins,
with the earth still clinging to their
gaudy sides; oranges, apples, grapes
and nuts all await the call Of the cpl
cure.
A trip to a market gives the layman
an insight into the real business of
Thanksgiving, and incidentally a guam
tity of rural folk lore which is illu-
minating. Wandering around the wag-
Ons which line the sidewalks of the
market space, a reporter the other day
came upon an old resident Of Virginia
"a man with whiskers and magnifl-
cent Quid of tobacco and a small sup
ply of turkeys, the last named alive
and protesting vigorously against the
confinement of their crates.
After a little preliminary CONVEX
sation the old farmer dilated upon the
ways of the great American fete bird
and in his conversation knocked the
pedestal upon which the fowl is placed
squarely from under its feet.
Biggest fool bird in the world" he
confded to the reporter. "They amt
nothin' in the world that I've ever
found that's as big an idjut as tur-
key"
"In what wayf" was asked.
"In every way" replied the farmer.
II believe that the words not sense
enough to come in out of the rain was
written to describe a turkey. Did
you ever know, for instance, that a
turkey can drown itself during a rain
stormY
"What!" calculated the reporter.
Fact" said the farmer. "Them
there birds hold up their heads during
rainstorm exactly as if they was
trying to swallow the whole creation.
Naturally, they can't drink the entire
output. And 1 tell you as q fact,
that I've found cases where they man.
aged to drown themselves"
Continuing on the peculiarities of
the bird, the old man said:
They're helpless critters, too. Amt
got as much gumptiOn about them as
a chicken. And frail-let me tell you,
young man, that turkey is the great
est natural-bOrn invalid in the world.
They have to be watched every minute
or the first thing you know they'll up
and die on you without a seconds
warning.
II been raisin' turkeys for years
and years-had good luck with 'em,
too. But 1 reckon don't understand
more than half about them. Nobody
does-particularly why the Creator
when he made 'em, didn't give 'em
minds"
Does that apply to wild turkeys as
well as the tame Onesw asked the re-
porter.
The old man spat thoughtfully aud
profusely at a chip of wood in the
street. He hit the mark.
''As to that" he said, II can't exact.
ly say. "Mebbe there's something in
the idea that turkey, when he's tame
gets so used to havin' folks make q
fuss over him that ne Jest naturally
loses all his ambition. There's one
thing certain-if every wild turkey
was as big a fool as some that I've
raised there wouldn't be a live wild
turkey in the United States within 9
year."-WashingtOn Star.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
DAY OF REJOICING
Thanksgiving Celebration Is a
Great Event on Cotton
Plantation.
THANKsGIvING day on a cot

THANKSGIVING day on a cot
ton plantation means an open
heart and hand on the part OF
the master and full stomach, 8
day of happiness, and, consequently,
gratitude on the part of the worker. II
means, also, another, and, for that
little world, universal token, an Of
fering up Of thanks for the numerous
little white pods which bring profits
to the master and the winters prOvi-
siOns and clothes to the worker. But
it also means day of play to all.
Hard as is the labor of the cotton
plantation hands, they do some extra
work willingly for Thanksgiving day
for several weeks beforehand. 1t is
sure sign of the approach Of Thanks
giving day when one sights here and
there through the woods the bObbing,
smoking pine torches that light the
way for a dozen black, shining, grin
ming faces. 1t is the usual hunt for Mr..
POssum that keeps them from their
beds, and makes them scramble
through thickets, jump bitches and
wallOw through marshes.
For several nights the woods for
miles around the plantation are the
scene of night activities. 1t is easy
enough to find the trail of 'possum,
and when once located the dogs lead
a running, bowling band in the hunt.
Mr.. POssum is, however, a slow mover,
and when he hears the yelps Of those
hounds and the hOwls of the negroes
and sees the glare of the torches, he
gets up the nearest tree and settles on
q limb.
Somehow the light fascInates him
and he usually settles on the lowest
limb. 1t is just what the hunters
want. Mr.. Possum Is noted for his
fOndness for dead meat, consequently
'possum that IS shot is not the most
savory of meats. Their object is to
catch him alive and when the tree is
reached he is surrounded by ring of
blazing torches and bowling blacks un-
til in sheer fright he drops off, plays
dead and is bundled into a sack, to be
hustled off in the morning to the plan
tation pen. Sometimes two or three
are caught in a night and some of
them show fight. Once in the pen they
are fed for a couple of weeks with
food that takes away all trace of their
natural food and rounds out their
sides with good, sweet meat.
Several days before Thanksgiving
day some of the hands are taken from
the cotton fields and put to work
around the plantation buildings. This
is, with the exception Of Christmas,
perhaps the most enjoyable task of
the year, for it means the preparation
for the feast which the plantation is
to give its hands on the day when
thanks offerings are made.
Usually this is spread in one of
the big buildings on the plantation,
perhaps a barn or a cotton shed. The
hands are set to work at first to clear
out the place and make it clean. Then
they put together dozen or more long
improvised tables and benches, and
lastly they decorate the building with
all kinds of flags and bunting. On the
side near the center they also put up
the fddler's stand, for later in the
day there comes the usual dance. Sew
eral days before, also, some of the
hands make barrels of ginger beer and
sweet cider and stow them away to
r!pen for the feast.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

force is further increased by the ap-
pOintment of 10000 enumeratOrs and
special employees who make the house
toulouse visits, and whose reports,
when classified, must be tabulated and
compiled. With this work particularly,
Miss Riddleberger has shown the great
est familiarity, having made herself,
through her own efforts and studies,
the Indispensable "right-hand man" OF
the chief statistician. 1t was she who
planned the tabulatiOns for the Philip
pine census of 1902, and she was
charged with similar duties in cOnnec-
ton with the Cuban census of 1908.
Many of the details Of the tabulating
and compiling work for the census Of
1910 were worked out by her.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
His Last Case.

a lawyer who for many years had
shocked large number of his friends
by his rather liberal views on religion
recently died.
A friend of the deceased, who cut
short trip to hurry back to town for
the purpose OF attending the last rites
of his colleague, entered the late law
yer's home some minutes after the be-
ginning of the service.
"What part of the service ia this?''
he inquired in a whisper of another
legal friend standing in the crowded
hallway.
I've just come myself" said the
other, "but 1 believe they have opened
tOr the defense. e."-Everybody's Maya
zine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
Cranberry Industry.

Study of the cranberry industry by
government specialists has shown it to
be confined practically to three stateJ
Massachusetts, New Jersey and Wis
cOnsin. OF the total crop, Massa-
chusetts produces in an average year
about 100000, New Jersey 10000, and
Wisconsin $4,000 barrels. The indus
try is gradually extending to MinnesO-
ia. Michigan and Oregon, where
marshes and climatic conditions are
favorable.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
He Knew.

Little Edward was listening careful
ly to the conversation Of his elders,
puzzled over the many long words he
did not understand, when he heard
his grandfather call a certain person
an optimist. Edward frightened.
"Oh," cried he, Il know what that
is"
"Well, Edward" said his GRANDPA
ther, "what, then, is an Optimist?"
"Why," said Edward, "the man who
fits you with spectaclesw
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

The keen eyes of the little street
arab noticed the look of inquiry in the
face of passer-by not far from the
Battersea Home for Lost and Starving
Dogs.
Lost Dogs 'Ome, sir?" he said po-
litely. "It's good long way. Do you
want to get there quick"
EYES," voiced the gentleman.
"Then, if was you, sir" replied
the child, edging toward the alley
way, Il should bite a pOlicemanw
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
Enemy Of the Cranberry.

An enemy which would rob tht
Thanksgiving table Of cheap cranber
ries is the cranberry root worm, end
the government has been attempted
to circumvent this destroyer, too. Ex
perts of the department of agriculture
have found that by stimulating the
growth Of the plants with fertilizers
a practice that has not been followed
in the past-the ravages Of this or
dinarily destructive creature can bG
made almost negligible.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
Rurnlnn eaa Throunh Ioe.

An interesting scene was witnessed
on skating lake near a western city.
White spots resembling air bubbles
were noticed in the ice. and one OF
the skaters bored a hole into such
n bubble and applied a match to it,
whereuoOn a flame burst out at the
surface
Further experiments showed that
when a small hole was bored down
TO the bubble a long. thin Jet of fame
could be obtained. which would last
for q considerable time. The bubbles
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
Russlan Newspapers.

There are said to be about 300 daily
newspapers in European Russia. The
Russian press is fairly free on all but
political subjects. On these 1t has
to exercise considerable circumspec-
tion in regard to what it prints. but
not to the degree generally supposed.
however.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
OF Course He Wouldn't Ask.

Oliver had been taught that it was
naughty to ask anyone for pennies.
His mother noticed he had come home
several times with a penny, so one
day she asked: "Oliver, where did you
get your penny?"
Oliver Immediately replied: From
the sweeper man" (meaning the street
sweeper).
did you ask the sweeper man for a
penny"
'NO, mamma, 1 just go up to the
sweeper man and say, I am looking
for a penny today and he gives me
one"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
The Secret Out.

"Tell me-" said the girl who had
also ram in a prize beauty contest,
show to acquire beauty and retain my
yOuth"
Here's the formula" replied the
sage from Shelbyville. Inherit a mil
lion and stay single"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
A Merit

do you think imitation butter is as
good as the realT
"In one respect" replied Miss Cay.
enne, its better. People cao afford
to buy it."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
Satisfied With Results

I have been selling Dr.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root for six and one-half years
and my customers are always satisfied
with the results obtained from the use
of the medicine and speak favorably re-
garding it. I have used it for pain in
the back" and bottle or two put me in
good shape and made me feel fine again.
/ believe DR. Kilmer's Swamp-RoOt will
cure any cases for which it is recommend
ed if they are not of too long standing.
Very truly yours,
FRANK JENKINS, Druggist.
Pilgrim, Texas.
A.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

Mary's mother found her busily en-
gagged in cutting up potatoes. "Why,
Mary" said the astOnished mother,
what are you doing that for?"
Pausing a moment in her task, Mary
looked up and replied: II heard the
man over at the store say that there
was money in potatoes this year, man.
ma, and was just looking for some"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

Roman Eye Balsam is an antiseptic oint.
ment, applied externally and not 'wash."
Its healing properties penetrate the in.
famed surfaces, providing prompt relief.
Adv,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
Worthy SunnIication.

For all blessings which may help
to make the land we love more worthy
of its fortune, its founders. its destiny.
Amen.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

were due to accumulatiOns of marsh
gas. formed by the decomposition Of
vegetable matter at the bottom Ofithe
lake.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

It's better to have an ounce Of faith
in yourself than a pound of faith in
your neighbOr.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
DRUGGISTS HIGHLY RECOMMEND
DIR. KILMERS SWAMP-ROOT
Customers Speak FavOrably

We have been handling DR.. KilmeFS
Swamp-Root for fourteen years and dur
ing all that time we never had . dis
satisfied user of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root; all of our customers speak very
favorably regarding it. We know Of
cases of Gall Stones, Gravel, Catarrh or
Inflammation of Bladder and RheumA-
tism where it produced the most bene6-
cial results. We believe it is a good
medicine for the diseases for which it u
intended.
Very truly yours,
McCUNE DRUG CO.,
By N. E. McCune,
Bridgeport, Texas.
November llth, 1915.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

Even a little pin in girls belt may
disturb a young mans mental poise.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

To keep clean and healthy take DR.,
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
The Superior Sex.

He-A miss is as good as a mile.
She-But it takes a lot of men to
makes a league.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You

Bnghamon, N sample bottle
booklet valuable information,
and onedo fol
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

Life is a growth from little things
to great.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30

Of Course, He Believed II.
"Do you believe that awful story
they're telling, Pierce?"
"Yes, what is it?"-Everybody's.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30


speciality Of chysanthemums exhibition
the Of the what the
the exhibition of the agriculture
capital Uncle doing the
their
will be throughout the country.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-30
Preparing for Next Count.

During the census period the Office
force of the census bureau will be in
creased to approximately 1000 persons,
nearly One-half of whom are connect
ed with the population division. This
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-20
SNOWFALL COSTS $3.50
UNDER JURY'S VERDICT
Charles Y. Sproule Obtains That
Sum in Suit for Injury
to His Eye

This is the story Of a SNOWFALL whick
cost $3.50. The tale has a moral to II Ia
wit:
"Grown-ups" should not throw snowflake.
especially on a Sunday after they have
just come from church.
Such was the opinion expressed in ccur,
No. today. when the jury awarded Charie<
Y. Sproule a verdict of $3.50 in damsgss
against Joseph l.. Smith, Of 1851 Mount
Vernon street, a student at the Jefferson
Medical College. for injuries 20 his sy,
received when hit by a SNOWFALL on Sunday.
March Z, 1915.
II happened in this way; Sproule and
Smith both had attended services at The
North United Presbyterian Church near
Fifteenth and Master streets Snow COW
cred the ground. While Sproule was
wrestling in a friendly way with a cham.
Smith threw the SNOWFALL which landed
squarely on Sproule's right eye.
Sproule's attorney argued that Smith was
negligent and careless without due regard
for the safety of others Smith contended
that Sproule had no red blood in his veqs
and that ii was mean to bring suit" sprous
however. claimed that his eye was ssri.
ously injured.
The jury evidently agreed with him
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-20
72-YEAR-0LD PHYSICIAN
TO WED TRAINED NURSE
DR.. Thomas Will Marry Miss
Kugler, of West Chester.
DR.. Schnabel Gets License

Two physicians, one OF whom is seventy
two years old, obtained licenses TO wed to-
day.
Or. John q. Thomas. seventy-two years
old, of Newtown Square, is to marry Laura
b. Kugler.'a trained nurse. forty-four years
old, who lives in West Chester. The physi-
clans first wife died two and a half years
ago. The other couple was DR.. Truman
Gross schnabel, OF 1905 Pine street, and
Hildegard J. Rohner, of 224 East SedgwiclS
street The future bridegroom is thirty and
his fiarfeee two years younger.
Other marriage licenses issued today are
Neiinet iSsf Hancock 81. sSt"p st. ana Anna
Lee ccSI,y cW,EsinasS sSoOPssybllls Pa and Ruth
Max stssSis, sti 900 SOo HSnqocE Ham s st.. and sadie
samuel Taylor. 1919 Nsudsin st.. and Mary
HsarS 9TssT b. fsS assSs4 AadrSD SSS T.
and RSssiis Bes@sS ls.s Lpa LsSssstSF ass ss'''
IA Murphy, stas S sunnysSs Ss'1s sys' st. and Mary
raSIsneSs s'es SaisE0'ss Hr.t ST.. and
oga asnis 4 kno Lrnss $40 7ss s. Sso
Lee soJ JBeNEa9 se2 N, 4th st.. and KarOlIna Fr,s.
AfsSs siSSs,, s:gs s....s Ss;, Ea%pnd st. and Wand.
aTrs saSe'S g. heoss ss sss ssGsST s9S ~ q, sna Emma
Max wigpssr, ga5sr, 7iS Master st. and Sadie Sam
Herbert Z otte; aibls y. Dover ST.. and Eva
AlSsaS$s;;ss $s;s'E ss ssSS 0sf' K IL st, and M.,,i,
TGSTS: SV1I,s.h sSiSs Ss5 osdss s.. ana Mary NJ
Ts'ss ssss 'Gs sss, ,s'9SS ssslss sys 'D'
Frsdsriek s Flick Braddock. Pa. and Maril
"A. Roetein, 29lo Cambridge s,.
Lente. aOl1 hardwood st
Ben j. Gross. Pennsgrove. ~ j.. and Anna AZ
Niekerson. l7l2 Wallace u.