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The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
Tho Misundorstood SHARK.

There seems 20 be some misunder-
standing concerning the way in which
sharks attack victims. Some claim
that they turn over as they attack so as
10 bite more readily with their reced-
ing underjaw Others claim, accord
ing TO the Popular Science Monthly,
that they attack head on, swimming
TO their victim in IA straight line. Ac-
cording TO j. Il. Williamson, whose
work in photographing the shark un-
der water for motion picture plays
has been notably successful, the head
on" description Of attack is the correct
one.
IL can prove by my pictures that n
shark does not turn over 10 bite"
states Mr.. Williamson. IF shark
wants to pick up anything from the
bottom OF the sea he goes right down
10 it as a eat pounces on bone and
picks it up. shark does not turn
over TO bite any more than any other
fish does"
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25

Father Tiber must be trembling In
his bed over the quest for the gold sup
posed to lie In the foundations OF tho
old temple OF Joye. for the river has
more than once been threatened.
Lecky holds that It's periodical flooding
and bequest OF marshes and malaria
have been the salvation OF Italy In pre-
venting the Italian parliament, for rea-
sons OF health. from sitting long In ses-
sion. Garihaldi had other views. He
meant 10 fling the old river from Rome
10 Tivoli. SO sent for that prince OF en-
gineers, Sir John Fowler. Fowler
made the necessary surveys for diver
sion OF the Tiber into the Anio, 10 en-
nalize the malarial area and drain IL
into the sea- II would have been "A
great and romantic feat of engineering,
but honest John loved Garibaldi as
faithfully as did the red shirted Thou
sand. lit will cost you nine millions
for the work and as much again for
compensation. Don't think OF It. ne
bluntly said "oh. you stubborn Eng
lishl laughed the hero. Americans
here would do the work for nothing
merely to get the antiquities In tho
Tiber bed" But he took Fowler's ad-
yIce.-London Chronicle.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
Military oieits.

Men with long, tapering piano fin.
gers are apt TO desert after short serv-
ice while those having stubby diglts,
denoting stability of character and vt.
ter lack OF the artistic temperament,
usually stand 10y their boats and make
the best marines.
Although desertlons from the marine
corps are light at times, 1t has been
said that actors, sign writer's and.
strange to say, walters furnish the
largest number Of deserters.
Records, including finger prints, OF
all men enlisted IN the corps are kept
at headquarters for purposes Of identi-
fication, and there are cases on record
where bodies, with finger tips intact,
have been positively Identified through
the finger print medium. philadelphia
Press
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
The Sea Otter.

The sea otter Is nearly twice the size
Of the common river otter, and the fur
without finishing or preparation Of any
kind. Is more beautiful as it Is stripped
from the animal than the richest seal.
skin. which has to be scraped plucked
OF the long upper hairs aud then dyed
before It could be recognized as the
beautiful object which the finished FUR
undoubtedly is, I'm the sea otter's tur
the soft undercoat, the true fur, Is as
thick as that or the seal and nearly
twice as long, while the long outer
hairs are as soft as a sable's tail and
often pale gray, which gives to the
whole coat an appearance as OF dark
fur slightly frosted over.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
Fall ot the aa..ills.

The famous French prison known as
the Bastille was originally the Castle of
Paris and was built by order OF Charles
V. between 1870 ana i3S3 as defense
against the English. When IL came 90
be used as a state prison IL was pro-
vided with vast bulwarks and bitches
The Bastllle had four towers. of five
stories each. on each of It's larger sides
and 1t was partly in these towers and
partly in underground cellars that the
prisons were situated. II was capable
OF containing from seventy TO eighty
persons, a number frequently reached
during the reigns OF Louis XIV. and
Louis XIV, the majority Of them being
persons OF the highest rank. The Bas-
tile was destroyed by the mob on July
Is. 1889, and the governor and mum
ber OF his officers were killed. ON its
site now stands the column OF July,
erected In memory OF the patriots of
1889 and 1890
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
DEALING In Diamonds.

There Is no other form In which hui
man wealth Is SO compact and so dura-
bic as IN diamonds. 4 paper three
inches long and an inch and a half
wide will hold a kings ransom In
form that million years will not
harm and that not even fire itself, ex-
cept the heat OF the electric furnace
and Of the Bunscn burner, will de-
strOy. You would think that anything
so precious would be hedged about
with a host Of precautions. Just the
opposite IS true. Men so into the of
fees OF wholesale diamond dealers, slip
packages Of uncut stones worth thou
sands OF dollars into their pockets aud
go away with no record OF the transac-
ton except memorandum" Hair
the business OF many dealers in pre-
cious stones IS done by letting goods
60 out con memorandum The one
thing that the men In the trade guard
moro carefully than their diamonds IL
their credit. Youths Companion.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
The Word aExpire."

Expire" in It's literal sense Is breath
ing out. inspiration and expiration to-
gether constitute respiration. lzaak
Walton observed that III the inspir-
ing or expiring organ Of any animal be
stopped II suddenly dies The Ro-
mans spoke Of breathing OUT the
breath OF life instead OF dying by
way of euphemism, just as they said
"vixit' (he has livedj instead Of Tie Is
dead" In all languages the reluctance
frankly to say dead or die appears
hence such words and phrases as pass
away" "deccase" demise, "the de-
narted." the late" mo more, "if any
thing should happen TO me-
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
Mhat,s In a Name7

what a narrow street that is!' said
the visitor being shown about the sub
urban town by "A citizen.
Yes, It is narrow" replied the cit
izen.
And In wretched condition See the
holes in the pavement
Yes, It looks bad.
"And dirt everywhere. What Is the
name of that street,
That's Grand avenue. st Louis
Post-Dispatch.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
snolstv lslnnda.

The consular district of Tahiti en-
braces all of the islands in the south
Pacific ocean that are included in the
Society. the Tuamotu and the Tubuai
archipelagoes, the Marquesas, Gam
bier and Maretiri groups and the Is
land Of Rapa. a total Of more than 200
islands and inlets belonging 10 France
and known as the French establish
ments ia Oceanla, or more commonly
known as the Society islands. The to-
tai population Is estimated at $4,000
made up of about 10000 natives, some
5000 Chinese and about 1900 OF all
other nationallties including Euro
peans and Americans. The inhabitants
are uuevenly distributed throughout
the various groups, leaving many Of
the islands uninhabited. Milwaukee
Wisconsin
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
Paranuax,s aspider Laee.r

Missionaries in Paraguay more than
zoo years ago taught the native In
dians to make lace by hand. Since
that day the art has greatly developed,
and in certain of the towns lacemaking
Is the chief occupation. Almost all the
women, many children and not a few
men are engaged in this industry A
curious fact with reference 10 the Par
aguayan laces is that the designs were
borrowed from the strange webs WOW
en- by the scmitropical spiders that
abound In that country. Accordingly
this lace IS by the natives called nan
duu, which means spider web. .'-Ex-
change.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
Rniousness.

4. What Is called 'biliousness' Is
. brought about by too great an
. intake OF food and drink ana not
{. enough Of outgo Of energy and
(. exercise.
% As TO the taking of calomel
4. for "biliousness' a doctor says
o "Calomel will give relief So
g will aloes or any other purga-
- tive. But 70 charge the liver
&. with responsibility IS like over
o loading a willing horse and then
. abusing him because he cannot
o pun it all. Temporary relief can
(. be had from twelve hours Of
g hunger and purgatlou,
% AS 20 the cure Of this condition
4. the doctor says further: The
.. cure lies I'm rendlusting the hab-
q les. The amount OF muscle work
+. done must be In proportion 10 the
4. food taken. The amount Of meat
. and eggs eaten must not be great
o or than Is required 60 repair the
o waste I'm tissue from work, nor
o the amount OF starches, sugars
% and fats greater than the require
. ments of heat and energy If
. one must supply an overgrown
o appetite let him on up on wa
9 terry fruits and vegetables. n he
. wants to eat heavily OF richer
. foods let him earn the right by
. working IN the field or riding
. horseback. If he would escape
> constipation let him eat bran,
> fruit and vegetables This con-
. stitutes the only royal road IN
. blliousness" "
.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
sod ships.

steel ships differ from those OF wood
In that their hulls are made OF steel
plates riveted together instead OF the
old method Of using wooden planking.
They are enabled 10 float because, being
hollow, they have what Is called buoy
anry. A steel ship displaces a volume
Of water equal in weight 10 its own.
The principle OF buoyancy may be test
cd by fioating an iron pail in bathtub
full OF water.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
He Miqht Object.

A physician says, Girls In feeble
health should take a tramp through the
woods or fields every day
But suppose "A tramp should object
10 being taken through the woods or
fields every day 10y girls I'm feeble
health? There are two sides to this
argument. Boston Transcript
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
The Man In the Navy.

II Is probably true that most OF us
think OF the navy as an adventure and
not as a career, says James B. Con-
molly In Golfers Weekly. Yet the navy
will take young man, feed and clothe
him, give him a good all around train
ing and while he is yet In middle age
retire him with at least 500 month
for the rest OF his life No matter how
low his rating has been, that $50 a
month Is certain after his thirty years
of service, while II he has shown mod
crate intelligence and ambition he can
count on close 10 500 month, and
this without his having ever been a
commissioned officer The years after
his retirement he may spend as he
pleases-go into business, get another
Job and make another wage on top OF
his pension lie can 20 10 Jail II he
prefers Whatever he does, always
there Is that sheet anchor OF pension
TO windward.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
Ham lJn ,bo Broom.

Brooms should always hang when
not In use Have a hole bored through
the handle four incles from the end
aud large enough TO slip over an ordi.
nary nail When left on the floor a
broom soon loses It's shape and will not
do good work.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
mnnld Rather Not Go.

$50 you were late 70 school, Bessief'
"Yes, mamma
"Why didn't you run, dearT
Because you told me never 10 de-
ceivc. mamma
But hgw would that deceive, my
childT
ut mlgh< give some one who saw
me running an idea that / was anxious
20 get there, and /, wasn't"-Ionkers
Statesman.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25

When asked how he got out Of prison
witty rogue replied, u got out Of my
cell with ingenuity, ran upstairs Win
agility. crawlcd ont the back window
in secrecy. slid down the lightning rod
with rapidity. walked ont OF the town
with dignity and am now hasking Ia
the sunshine Of liberty ."-Exchange
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
ssnsa Of security.

'Do you find that your constituents
agree with your
mo- replied Senator Sorghum. "But
that doesn't cause me any apprehen-
sion. II they refuse 10 be guided, there
Is plenty Of time for me 10 come around
and agree with them. "--Washington
Gtnr
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
Varieose Veins.

3 Operation IS necessary in very /,
3 severe eases. I'm simple early e
3 cases treatment consists Of ap- 4
. plying suitable bandages and 6
9 saying attention o. regularity Of {
. the bowels and general health. 9
9 The bandage, which should be 9
9 OF flannel. about two inches wide 9
9 and a yard or so long Is wrapped 9
8 spirally round the limb affect &
. cd, commencing well below the 4
. prominent veins and taken well
9 above them. IL should be adjust
Q cd firmly, but not too tightly,
= and each layer should slightly
= overlap the last. IL should be
g put on while lying In bed III the
. morning and not taken OF again
9 TN lying down IN bed ar night. I
= Never massage or rub the parts.
A a a a a a a a a /. a /. a Z. :. :. :. .
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25

one OF the most famous entrances in
the world is doubtless the ancient
Traitors gate in the Tower Of London.
1t was through this portal for several
centuries that traitors were conductor
from the banks OF the river Thames
into the tower. To Americans proba-
bly, the most familiar Of these unfortu-
mates was Sir Walter Raleigh.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
Time For the Lecture.

you're not going so earlyf'
"Yes, Indeed. | have had fine time
at your party. but If | am to get any
sleep at all tonight I've got 10 go now
20 give my wife chance TO tell me all
the breaks have made while here. -
Detroit Free Press.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
cnrnl Builders.

Coral reefs and islands are formed
by ia, coral binding polyps. These
animals I've OIL, ln clear water, the
depth OF which Is not greater than
about twenty-five fdthoms and the
temperaiure of Wtich does not sink be
low GS dcgrees +
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
His Answer.

"Now, Captain Wilson" said a GER
tain brlgadier general, according TO a
story which Is told in London, sup
pose you found your company cut or
from the rest Of the battalion. hope
lessly outnumbered and surrounded on
every side. what would you doT'
"By Joye, sir, you are pessimist'
replied Captain Wilson.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
Mo Last Word.

Have you seen Iill's new wifef'
"Yos. aud they DO say she's the last
word IN wives"
.Nonsenscl There isn't any such
thing "-St. Louis post-Dispatch.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.



j. Choren. OF 81. Vltus dance Is :
j. nervous disease characterized :
j. by irregular and perfectly inyol- :
!. untary muscular contractions. :
!. The disease occurs most COM :
!. monty In childhood and Is prob :
+ ably caused IN most cases 10y :
j. the action Of some bacterial poi
!. son on the nervous system. II
j. often follows one OF the infec- :
J. tious diseases OF childhood and :
!. Is especially frequent after at
!. tacks OF acute rheumatism. :
!. The treatment OF chorea calls
j. for as much quiet and seclusion
!. as possible. FOR an ample diet
+ with plenty of fat and for tonics.
J. The patient must avoid muscu-
j. lar exercise and nervous excite
!. ment He will get much benefit
j. from rest IN bed for several
i. hours each day.
4. In very severe cases death may
i. occur from exhaustion, but as
!. rule recovery takes place In from
+ six weeks 10 six months. Since
]. the movements cannot be con-
+ trolled by the win, admonitions
!. 10 stop them are cruel ana tend
i. only 10 Increase the trouble
!. The medical treatment must Of
!. course, be prescribed by q ply
+ sician.
=.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
Tho Rstnrt Courteous.

He-This bargain hunting shows your
character. You are always looking out
for something cheap.
she-Too true. That is how | came
20 marry Baltimore American.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25

Country Justice-The constable says
you were speeding.
Motorist 49, What On such rotten
roads as YOU have heref
Justice - FIVE 6dollars for speeding
and ten for codiempt OF our roads
Exchange
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
Sarcastic Pop.

She-I told papa you wanted 10 see
him the next time YOU called. He
what did he sayI She-He said for
you 20 come on; he wasn't afraid OF
you.-Boston Transcript
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25

our idea OF an eXpreasionist Is a
woman who can keep her face straight
when telling her son she hopes he VIII
be as good man as his fathar.-Gal-
weston News.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
viearious Treatment.

Caller Doctor. have YOU ever treated
a patient FOR loss OF memory? Doctor
oh. yes, indeed / employ bill col
lector quite often. Exchange.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
Truly GRATEFUL.

Footpad-A And now I'll trouble you to
take of that suit Of clothes Jones
Thanks awfully only for you my wife
would have made me wear Il for two
ye0rs more.-l}oston Globe.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25

isn't Gabblctdn 80 of those people
who tell everything They kngNg
"He doesn't wait that long Tie
PUSHES III and tells things hefore he
has time 10 find them out EXCHANGE.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25

Heaven never helps the man who
will not act. Sophocles
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25

The man with a new idea IS a crank
until the idea succeeds Mark Twain.
The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.

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The diamond drill., 1917-08-25
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.

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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-07-20

world for the pampered and self-cens
tered new soldier from a home where
he has been spoiled to get himself I'm
bad" Once ''in bad" 1t is a long, ar
duous and contrite process to get out.
And, discovering himself "in bad" IL
he does not Immediately begin to re-
form, he will find that he is a marked
man, not only in his own squad, but
to the squads on either side of him.
and at length become the butt Of the
whole company. In that case, his days
and nights will be made wretched for
him.
But IL the new soldier, from the
start, is cheerful, agreeable, alert, WILL
ing at all times to help In policing the
bookkeeping his own effects in order
and the common space and property
clean-always ready to respond to de-
tails. and never forgetful of the fact
that he Is but one of seven privates
with equal duties and rights, he will
have nothing to worry about from his
companions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-07-20

The stock-ln-trade of the Obeah-
men Is as bizarre as their inventive
minds. In their magic bags they car
ry about with them ground bones
of the dead, needles and black thread
rubbed with tallow, a looking-glass,
cards, powder, quicksilver, and an
evil-smelling gum reputed to be of
the devil. BY ringing the changes
on these mixtures they work their
wonders and impose upon their vic
Tins. Curing diseases of the mind
and Of the body is merely a side is
sue with them. Protecting fruit
gardens ana chicken runs are their
speciality. One thing they have in
common that Is, the mercenary
habit. They sell their "power" to the
highest bidder. Consequently, as the
nigger's wealth, so his health and
prosperity. All that the Obeahmen
stipulate is that payment must be
made according to the magnitude Of
the miracle to be wrought. They are
accredited with having knowledge Of
secret African bush poisons. But
this Is an exaggeration. When they
have recourse to this desperate ex-
treme they are content to use arsenic
rat-poison. or finely powdered glass.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-07-20
Cyclones and Tornadoes.

A cyclone. in technical parlance, IL
any general storm. In popular but not
definitely unscientific parlance 1t is the
type Of storm represented by the hurri-
cane or typhoon-a whirlwind with a
diameter of from 80 to 100 miles. It
was cyclone from the West Indies
that struck Galveston.
The dust whirls you see along coun-
try roads are in principles tornadoes.
Waterspouts are miniature tornadoes
at sen. We have been at pains more
than once to consult meteorologists re-
garding the stories of straws driven
into oak posts and of freight trains
lifted bodily from the track. The me-
teorologists not only vouched for the
stories but added to them. Let one in
stance suffice-that of a locomotive
into a garden. and in the same garden
a single rose wa found blooming I'M
harmed. -Chlcago Tribune.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-07-20
PERSONAL LIBERTY.

What is to become of the funda.
mental doctrine Of personal liberty;
that a man may eat and drink what he
pleases? What is to become of the
theory that the development of stand
ard and sterling qualities in man can
only be accomplished by stress and
strain and temptation? These are Sc
rious questions that go to the root of
human progress. 1
The right of the individual to eat
and drink what he pleases and wear
the clothes that he likes is restricted
by the fundamental principle that
mans actions shall not threaten evil
to society at large. If one insists on
eating poisoned fool and giving 1t to
his family, he threatens the existence
of the state. If one should choose to
walk the streets naked, he would Of
.fend the rights of other people. and
thus threaten society. Doctor Mary
Walker found that woman's clothes
hampered her activities as war
nurse. She had, however, to get an
act of congress to permit her to wear
a mans garb undisturbed. This may
seem silly thing. In so far as can
see, a woman does not threaten So
ciety in any way by wearing a mans
garb. She only threatens convention,
and yet the law regulates wearing APP
parel in the interests of decency, pro-
priety, and good morals. The drink
ing of intoxicating beverages Is a
threat not only to the man who drinks,
but to society at large, and thus, with
out interfering with the fundamental
rights of the individual or restricting
proper personal liberty, the state
may say, 'Thou shalt not drink"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-07-20
Temperance
iaNOte5H
Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union)
HOW ABOUT THE REvENuE7

upon one occasion when was en-
gagged In q prohibition campaign In
Canada" says Prof. John A. Nichols
of Boston, ''there came into the county
seat a good-natured Irishman, the pos
SCISSOR of a farm in an adjoining town.
One of the would-be liquor sellers met
him and at once proceeded to pour
forth his tale of woe. Pat said he,
I hear that you are going to vote TO
continue this prohibition law. Now,
that means the ruin of the county,
grass will grow In the streets, and
business will be ruined. You have a
farm over In Melbourne, and you will
not be able to sell your butter. your
eggs, or your turkeys With woe-be-
gone countenance he described the
scene, and told of the awful calamities
that would befall the county unless
licenses were granted to men to sell
liquor.
"Pat listened to the story with pc
culiar expression upon his face, then,
with comical twist of his eye, with
one question, he punctured the bubble.
'Bedad,' said he, and would they take
away the mouth Of you, them? The de-
mand for food would still continue
and Pat felt that his farm was safe.
"Grass will grow In the streets, say
the liquor advocates, and the schools
will be closed, unless whisky can be
sold upon the street corners. Well,
IL 1t Is grass or whisky, am In favor
of grass. A COW will eat grass. give
milk, and keep someone alive. but
saloon cannot run and do business
without debasing someone and adding
to the sum of human misery and sor-
row."