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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22
TREES TURN TO STONE.
Petrified Forest Of Arizona
Owned by Uncle Sam.
Study of These Relics of the Age of
Reptiles is Full of interest to
the Geoopist.

The "petrified forest of Arizona is
one of the most interesting posses
sions of Uncle Sam. There are really
series of petrified forests which lie
short distance south of Adamana, on
the line of the Santa Fe railroad.
There are four forests" included
in government reservation called
"Petrified Forest National Monument"
created by presidential proclamation
Ia 1906. The name forest" is not
strictly appropriate. for the petrified
tree trunks are all PROSTATE and are
broken into sections. The logs are
the remains of giant trees that grew
In Trlassic time, the age of reptiles.
The trees were related to the Norfolk
Island pine, now used for indoor dec
Grafton. Doubtless they grew in a
nearby region and, after falling, drift
ed down a water-codrse and lodged
in some eddy or sand bank. Later
they were buried by sand and clay,
finally to depth of several thousand
feet. The conversion to stone was eff
fected by gradually replacement of
the woody material by silica in the
form called chalcedony, deposited by
underground water. A small amount
of iron oxides deposited at the same
time has given the brilliant and beau
tiful brown, yellow, and red tints which
appear in much of the material.
Some of the tree trunks are six feet
in diameter and more than 100 feet
in length. In the first forest there
is a fine trunk that forms a natural
bridge over small ravine, the water
having first washed away the overly
ing clay and sand and then, following
crevice, worked out the channel I'M
derneath. The length of this log is
ITO feet, and the diameter four feet at
the butt and 11a at the top.
The petrified woods are beautiful
objects for study. When thin slices
are carefully ground down to thick
ness of O.O03 inch or less and placed
under the microscope they show per-
fectly the original wood structure, all
the cells being distinct, though now
they are replaced by chalcedony. BY
studying the sections H. III. Knowlton
of the United States geological sur
vey, department. of the interior, has
found that most of these araucarian
trees were of the species Araucarioxyl-
on arizonicum, tree now extinct. 1t
is known to have lived ut the same
geologic time also in the east-central
part of the United States. where the
remains of some OF it's associates have
also been found
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22
Temperance
AssWdeSs
AS HEALTH OFFICERS SEE 1T.

AS HEALTH OFFICERS SEE 1T.
DR.. Haven Emerson, health commits
sioner of New York city:
SIT is, as I conceive it, the duty of
departments of health to teach, teach,
teach, persuade, demonstrate, exhibit.
exhort, prove that alcohol as a bever-
age oil in patent medicines is a men,
ace to personal and community health,
is common source of sickness and
death, is blocking the path of proven
tive medicine and is menace to the
physical and social development of the
nation"
Health Commissioner Ford of Cleve-
land o.:
Teaching the effects of alcohol is
a public health function. There is
nothing more important than this ques-
ton"
DR.. J. N. Hurry, secretary Indiana
state board of health:
eve know that alcoholic liquor is
vile and evil thing. 1t is a horrible
thing from an economic and social
erywhere injurious from the physical
standpoint. Every drop is a poison.
Its use is always injurious, and If /
had the power l would close every
public saloon as public dope shop
DIR. John Dill Robertson, health
commissioner of Chicago:
''In the city of Chicago, where the
death rate is approximately 100 day.
1t is safe to say that at least 25 per
cent of these deaths are caused direct
ly or indirectly by alcohol. Alcohol
produces acute Inflammation of the
stomach, hemorrhage of the pancreas,
heart disease, cancer of the stomach.
Bright's disease, fatty liver, hardened
liver, Inflammation of the nerves, cpl
lepsy, hardening of the arteries and
a multitude Of other Affections of the
body. Those are known medical facts.
1t is not only causative factor in the
diseases and Affections mentioned, but
it invades the mental man end pro-
duces insanity"
The New Jersey Health Officers as
sociation passed resolution recon-
mending that campaigns of publicity
be inaugurated by the state and local
departments of health for the purpose
Of informing the public of the dangers
attending the use of alcoholic bever-
ages.
The Vermont state board of health
Is planning an anti-alcohol crusade
similar to that of New York city.
Other city and state health boards
are also incorporating anti-alcohol
work as a regular part of health de
partment programs.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22
UNCLE SAM WILL ENDEAVOR
TO AMERIC ANlZE IMMIGRANTS
Launches Campaign to Induce 100000
Non-English Speaking Residents
to Attend Night School.

Uncle Sam has inaugurated a great
"America First" campaign. The object
of this movement Is to induce 100000
non-EngIish speaking Immigrants in
the United States to attend night
school and learn the language of
America. The campaign is directed
by the United States bureau of edu-
cation, which is part of the depart
ment of the interior.
The commissioner of education has
designated men dealing with the immi-
grants problems from every angle to
serve on national committee of 100
to further the purposes Of the cam
paign. This action Is the result of
resolutions adopted by two Americana
cation conferences held during the re-
cent meetings of the National Educa-
tiOnal association IN Detroit and in
New York. at which times it was de-
cided that the removal of the inability
Of the foreign-born residents to speak
English could be fastened by concert
ed effort and cooperation of all inter
ested agencies and individuals work
Ing intensively on a nationwide basis
prior to or Immediately subsequent to
the opening of evening schools in Oc-
tober.
Letters of appointment were sent to
representative industrial leaders, edu-
Gators, labor and immigration officials
state officials. editors, officers of pa
triOtic, civic and racial organizations
and public spirited citizens in every
section of the United States. The
function of the committee will be to
cooperate with the bureau in enlist
ing the active interest of school super
intendents, chambers of commerce,
commercial organizations, Industrial
establishments, labor unions and pri-
vate organizations.
For the purpose Of enlisting native
and foreign-born American citizens In
the america First" campaign an en-
rollment blank headed "Sign this card
and join the Americanization move
ment" will be used. Thousands of
these cards. asking each signer for his
personal help. will be disseminated in
states and cities where immigrants re-
side. Through the active assistance
secured in this manner the bureau ex-
poets to be able to reach thousands of
immigrants which it would reach in no
other way. Cooperating subcommit-
tees will be appointed in the principal
Immigrant communities.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22
GENERAL LECHITSkY

General Lechitsky, who has been
in command Of the left wing of the
Russian armies, is man of sixty, and
for the greater portion of his service
has done duty with the Siberian corps
of the Russian army. Siberia ordinarily
serves as the great training school for
Russian higher officers. There some
of the ablest of the modern generals
of Russia have studied the handling of
troops on a large scale. Siberia in
that regard offers much the same ad-
vantages that India is considered to
offer for British commanders. During
the war with Japan General Lechitsky
led the Siberian Rifles division. He
was promoted thence to the command
of the First Guards division at Petro-
grad. In 1908 he took command of
the Eighteenth army corps. At the
outset of the present war he was in
charge of the Amur army re-
gion. 1t fell to General Lechitsky to
lead the advance thrust of General Bru-
which, in June and July, broke up the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22

Peach Pie pennsylvania Dutch).--
Line pie plate with rich crust and fill
with sliced peaches, either fresh or
canned may be used; sprinkle with
sugar and fill the crust with sour
cream. Cover with tart strips and
bake. Bake very slowly; this is sim
ply delicious.
A. pretty way to serve peaches is to
peel them, halve them and fill the,
centers with chopped nuts and cover
with whipped cream. On each serv-
ing place half walnut.
Tart apples cooked with onions and
little salt pork fat; season with sug-
ar, salt and pepper If liked. A most
tasty dish to serve with meat as a veg
etable.
Maple AppIes.-Pare, halve and core
half a dozen cooking apples and put
into kettle with two cupfuls of wa
ter and one cupful of maple strip.
Let simmer until they are tender, gen.
thy turning them with fork when the
edges begin to look clear. Serve cold
with whipped cream.
Yellow Tomato and Chestnut Salad.
Pare IL yellow tomatoes after dip
ping in scaldlng water, cut in halves
and let stand in French dressing for
half an hour. Blanch the chestnuts
and chill some celery. Take fourth
of cupful of sliced chestnuts and
diced celery, mix with mayonuaise.
Form nests of cress and lay the toma-
toes In the cress in the shape of a mall
tese cross; then place spoonful of
the celery and chestnut mixture in the
center on each serving. Pour over the
dressing that has been drained from
the tomatoes and serve with cream
cheese sandwiches.
Apple jelly made from the red As
trachans, using the peeling to give 1t
color, makes a most beautiful jelly.
Strawberry juice added to apple
juice makes n delicious jelly both to
see and taste.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22
Lack of Fingers Didn't
Bother This Marksman

Rejected for enlistment In the
United. States marine corps be-
cause the trigger" and middle
fingers were missing from his
right hand, q raw-boned APP
plicant from Oklahoma. went
from the recruiting station in st.
Louis to shooting gallery near
by, and made 25 straight hits on
a moving target with a small
caliber rifle, while the sergeant
who had rejected him looked on.
Il can shoot retter with my
little finger than some men can
with their trigger. fingers" the
0klahoman said after his per-
Torrance at the gallery, "and
cannot understand why you
won't take me-"
The marine sergeant explained
that a hand minus several fin
gers would look bad when en-
cased In white gloves and that
the loss of the fingers would seri-
ously interfere with the proper
handling of the rifle at drills.
But the. Oklahoma recruit was
unconvinced and went back home
in the belief that the government
doesn't know good man when
1t sees one.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22
DOES rT7

DOES IT?
"Beer promotes efficiency" says the
advertisement of certain brewing
company. Someone replies as fol-
lows:
eff you were about to have a dam
gerous surgical operation performed,
would you prefer to have the surgeon
take few glasses of beer just before
the operation, to promote efficiencyT
IF you were about to take trip on
a railroad, would you prefer to have
the engineer and the telegraph opera
tors and the switchmen along the line
take few beers while you were on
your way, to promote efficiency?'
eff yeu are business man, do you
prefer to have your employees rush
the. cam occasionally, to promote eff
ciency.'
/. Remember, you can get just as
drunk on beer as you can on whisky"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22

and fry until a delicate brown. Drain
on soft paper and serve at once.
Macaroni Savory-Take a quart of
cooked macaroni, two green peppers,
two onions, chop the vegetables and
fry 10 minutes in olive oil, tossing
them constantly; add one cupful of to-
matoes and half cupful of grated
cheese. ~--
Masked Observation-Disclosures the
pipes and skin from pound of
blanched sweetbreads, then put
through the meat grinder with two
slices of salt pork. Form into cut
let's and roll them In cheesecloth to
keep their shape. Place on ice to
become firm. After an hour or two
saute them on one side, only using
butter; then place them in buttered
baking sheet, baked side up. Cover
them with the following mixture +:
Scald small onion In water five min
utes, drain and slice it and cook in
tablespoonful of butter until it is
slightly brown; add one cupful Of
stock and cook until tender; press
through sieve with the stock. Melt
three tablespoonfuls of butter; add
third of a cupful of -four, half a
teaspoonful of salt, and little papri-
ka. Add enough cream to the onion
and stock mixture to make one and
third cupfuls; add this to the mix
ture In the pan when boiling, add one
large egg, cook for moment, then
add dash of cayenne and nutmeg.
Cover the sweetbreads about a fourth
of an inch with this. Cool, then cover
with bread crumbs, mixed in melted
butter. Place q whole mushroom,
cooked in butter on each outlet, and
garnish with strips of truffie ora red
and green peppers. Bake ten minutes.
Serve with a brown mushroom sauce
around the edge of the plate with a
mound of fried eggplant straws in the
center.
Chestnut Soup.-Boil four dozen
large chestnuts for Is minutes; let
cool and peel them. Cook the chest
nuts in three tablespoonfuls of melted
butter for few minutes, not letting
them brown. Add to this three pints
OF chicken stock that has been well
seasoned and let cook slowly until the
chestnuts are soft. Put nuts through
sieve and return to the stock. Serve
with croutons.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22

mold. The finest salmon contains moth
ing that need be removed. Pour over
it half pint of mayonnaise dressing
containing a tablespoonful of horse
radish. Garnish with circles of hard
boiled egg and serve with Saratoga
potatoes.
Boiled cucumbers.--Pare and cut
the cucumbers in halves, 1engthwise.
and boil In sailed water until tender
but still firm, then drain. MIKE n
sauce Of one tablespoonful each of but
ter and -four and one cupful of the
water In which the cucumbers were
cooked: add salt, pepper and the Juice
OF half a lemon; when thick and
smooth, add one half a pimento, shred
ded, and one tablespoonful of cooked
peas. Lay the cucumber on strips of
toast and pour the sauce over them.
Green Peppers in Tomato Sauce
Cut up two quarts of fresh tomatoes
add one teaspoonful of salt, and boil
oyer quick fire for half an hour. STIR
ring occasionally; then strain. There
should bea pint or more. Put half a
cupful of oil In a casserole, and when
hot add two cloves of garlic finely
minced. fry these until brown. Now
add the strained tomatoes, a table,
spoonful of minced parsley and three
basil or bay leaves. Boil ten minutes.
Cut ten green peppers in strips. remov-
Ing the seeds and stems, add them to
the tomato sauce and cook half an
hour. Serve hot.
Stuffed Peppers.---Cut off the stem
end OF four sweet peppers and fill with
rice, chicken, celery, onion juice solt
and pepper to taste. AIoisten with olive
oil and a little tomato. Sprinkle light.
" with cheese and bake 40 minutes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22
LANSING AS AN ARTIST

When Robert Lansing, secretary of
state. has particularly busy day his
Office at quitting time is cross be-
tween a lawyers den and the art room
of metropolitan daily.
This is due to the cabinet pre-
mier's lifelong habit of sketching heads
of beautiful women when working on
abstract problems.
Secretary Lansing has the unusual
knack of tackling some intricate prob
lem of international law with his right
hand while drawing the most exquisite
heads with his left.
There Is feeling around the state
department that he could as well write
German note with his right and draw
a beautiful blonde with his left, but
this has never been established, be-
cause the secretary locks himself in
when he tackles diplomatic note.
It's just little diversion, the Sec
Rotary says of his art labors. He finds
1t an aid to concentration to do little
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22


cocoa and chocolate stains use cold,
then boiling, water.
\ Pour boiling water on fruit stains,
arranging the stained surface over q
bowl.
Blood stains, soak in cold water.
then wash in hot soapsuds, and bleach
In the sun.
Wine stains, cover the stains. with
salt; let stand few minutes then
rinse in cold water.
To remove ink spots from gingham
Wet the spots with milk and cover
them with salt. Let stand some hours
then rinse in several waters.
To remove ink spots from white
fabric-Put one or two drops of OK
alic acid on the spots, rinse in several
waters and finally in ammonia.
To remove grass stains-Aliow the
spots to remain saturated with alco-
hol for a little time, then wash In
clear water. Another method-rub with
molasses, then wash In hot soapsuds,
or little lard, to loosen the grass
fiber, is rubbed well into the cloth. and
is then washed out In hot suds; Is
usually effective.
To remove mildew-Use- lemon
juice and sunshine, or If .deep-seated,
soak in solution Of one tablespoon
full of chloride Of lime In four quarts
of cold water. until the mildew disap-
pears. Rinse several times in clear
water.
To remove rust stains-Lemon Juice
and salt or salts Of lemon are the most
valuable removers. Moisten the salts
with water and moisten the spot !; let
1t lie in the sun until the spot disap-
pears. A second application may be
needed. When all other means fail,
smoke stains over a funnel placed over
bit of burning sulphur, combining the
fumes as much as possible to the spot
needing treatment then wash thor
oughly as the sulphur rots the thread.
Usually two or, three treatments OF
peroxide in the sunshine will take out
stains on table linen.
Nu1a No. rseo
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22
SMOOTHER OF TROUBLES

Although he did not succeed in
settling the dispute between the rail-
road brotherhoods and railroad presi-
dents recently, Judge William Lee
chambers. head of the federal board
of mediation and Cancellation, has
smoothed out many such troubles In
the past, and long before he became
a member of the board he was engaged
An bringing controversies to a peaceful
conclusion.
Like so many other men now in
high public places. Judge Chambers
As Southerner, having been born In
Georgia, the son of wealthy planter.
In his younger days he was teacher
and banker. and in 1893 he was prac-
ticing law In Washington. President
Cleveland sent him to Samoa as land
commissioner, and then President Nc
kinley made him chief justice of the
international court at Apia. During
his four years In that Office he presided
at the hearing of rival claims to the
throne, which resulted in the abolishn
of the islands. Soon after that JUDD
member of the Spanish war claims CO
When the Newlands mediation bill
was appointed commissioner and his
strike Of the conductors and trainmen
In this he was eminently successful, al
instances.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22
PERSONAL RIGHTS CHAMPION.

Obedient to the conservation ideal.
society steadily declines to tolerate
humanity's waste Of itself in sensual
ity. This aligns against the drinker
and the liquor maker and vender to-
day persons and institutions that a
generation ago were also stout cham
pions Of personal Observation-Disclosures
Science Monitor.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22
BOTTLES SCARCE.

A chemist in Chicago, who is ex-
perimenting with formula for max
ing catchup and other preparations in
tablet form, explained to friend that
this change was all because of pro-
hibition." Secondhand bottles are
used to q great extent by manufac-
turers of many of these products"
said the chemist, "and the spread Of
prohibition is making 1t almost i'm
possible to secure bottles for this pur
pose."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22
NO REAL OBSTACLE.

Sumptuary legislation? Yes. Cur
tailment Of the citizens personal pre-
rogative? Yes. We used to halt at
this rock, too. And It is still there.
But how easy 1t is to 60 around it
and find out what is on the other side.
How much more is on the other side
than on the eide which, only. we have
seen up to now.-Augusta (Ga.) Chron-
icle oldest newspaper in the South.
which has taken its stand for national
prohibition).
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22

together again anu press
under a heavy weight an
hour or more. Cut them
into equal lengths a
fourth of an inch wide,
rejecting the skin, dry
them and roll them In
flour and cornmeal
mixed; season with salt,
pepper, and a dash of
nutmeg. Drop a few at
q time into hot olive oil
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22
DRINKERS NOT WANTED.

IF we could, we would keep no
man int our employ who drank at all.
Sober men are safer and the better
always. The total abstainer is decid-
edly better than the one who drinks
even moderately."-The Buckeye Roll
ing Mill Company, Steubenville, o.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22

'eoo 6icdl an amount ana
too great q variety.
Salmon Mayonnaise.-
Set a can Of the best sal
mon into a saucepan of
boiling water and cook
for 10 minutes. Open and
turn 1t out on the platter
without hreakiDo tha
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22

Who bides his time and day by day
Faces defeat full patiently,
And lifts a mirthful roundelay:
However poor his fortunes be,
He will, not fail In any qualm.
or poverty the petty dime
IL VIII grow golden In his palm,
Who bides his time.
James w. Riley
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22
$7,217,e56 in Canal Tolls.

\ Uncle Sam had collected $7,217,9 5e
in Panama canal tolls at the end of
July, 1916, according to the Canal Rec
ord. The collections from vessels In
the coastwise trade of the United
States formed 1921 of this total
The tolls collected in July. 1916
amounted to $460, 1923.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22
Glass Sand Output Grows.

The production Of glass sand in this
country in 1915 was 1,SS4044 short
tons, valued at $1,GO6,640. This is the
largest quantity ever reported by the
United States geological survey, which
tas just issued report on sand and
gravel.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22

II you want knowledge you must toll
for II, IL pleasure you must toll for 1t.
Toll Is law Pleasure comes through
toll and not by self-indulgence and in
dolence. When one gets to love work
his life is happy one.-Ruskin.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22

u IdTBe DUWI ULu pour
through 1t boiling water
from q teakettle held at
a height to insure force.
If the stains are obliter-
ated soak with peroxide
after they are hung on
the line.
Old tea and coffee
stains; soak In cold water
first, then use boiling wa
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22

One or the pretty ways
to serve them is to cut
them In quarters and
garnish with three can
died or mint cherries In
each quarter. This meth
cd may be used as a des-
sert or as a beginning to
the meal
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-22
SLAYDEN'S TALE OF TEXAS COURTESY

Representative James L. Slayden
of San Antonio, Tex, was about to
make campaign address in small
town in his district one night when
word was brought that a prominent
citizen had just shot a man. Without
waiting to hear another word, Slayden
announced that he would postpone his
speech to some other day. He had
Travelled far to make his address, but
he knew that everybody in town would
want to 60 and gaze at the body of
the man who was shot, rather than
hear about politics.
On the following morning as he
was waiting for his train to pull out,
Slayden received a message. 1t was
handed to him by the sheriff of the
county and was from the man who had
done the numbering the night before.
II want to beg your pardon for our
little affair last night" wrote the muir
derer. SIN afraid it spoiled your
meeting and I'm sorry. assure YOU