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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06

In the transportation system of Alaska.
The dog is the Belgian peasants
close friend, drawing the truck and
milk wagons in many towns.
One of the qualntest wagons of the
schooner type now in use is drawn by
camels through the streets of certain
towns in India. That country affords
variety of conveyances and convey
ors among which even the most blase
Of novelty seekers might find some
thing to interest him-the bumped OK,
the horse, the donkey, the camel, the
elephant and the human being carry
ing a long pole across his shoulder to
which his burden is slung.
The back of man bears the burden
In China. And so the chain of burden
bearers goes around the world with
the elephant of Siam that piles the
native teak, the carabao that threshes
tile rice of the Philippines, the man
who propels the palanQuin, the jim
rikisha, and lately, the 'jinkrikomo-
bile" of Japan, the trotting OK of Cey-
Ion, the splendid horses of Arabia, the
saddle OK of Central Africa, and the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06

camel of the Sahara and Central Asia,
to the llama of the high Andes, the
ubiquitous automobile, and the homely
but utilitarian little burro of Mexico,
Central and South America. Thou
sands of these last named little ami
mails daily tread the trail leading from
the lowlands to the city of La Paz,
delivering in the capital of Bolivia
practically everything the city gets
from the outside world. Patiently, too,
the burro has trailed its way through
history, from a period in the Holy
Land older than that in which Joseph
and Mary fled from Herod's slaughter
of the innocents, thence to Northern
Spain and across to America with the
Spanish explorers and colonizers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06
THE LONG, LONG TRAIL OF
THE GYPSY

Now that the weather is becoming
mild again, some fine day you will
discover a camp of gypsies near your
doorstep and wonder where in the
world they came from. The world has
been wondering for many a century
whence the original gypsies came.
George Borrow relates that the first
gypsies made their appearance in Mol
davia in 1417, and no one seems to be
very certain in regard to their place
of origin. The original 5000 increased
to formidable proportions in a century
or two, and Maria Theresa and Joseph
IL tried to civilize them, with no sue
cess.
In the early days each little band
had a captain whom they honored with
the title of count. To secure the COW
eted position this leader had to be
valiant and courageous in the pillag
ing expeditions for food and sagacious
and crafty enough to settle their dis
putes. For this he was allowed a third
of anything that the band stole.
Despite their marauding tendencies,
and their more or less contemptuous
attitude toward people not "of the
blood" they have code of morals
which contains many excellent require
ments. A true gypsy must not have a
Quarrelsome disposition, and he never
reveals the secrets of the brotherhood
Though they make the rest of mankind
their lawful prey, they are capable of
great sacrifices for each other. They
pledge themselves never to marry out
of their own sect, nor win they teach
their language to anyone not a gypsy
by blood or adoption.
Their daredevil spirit perhaps has
had a passing influence on most Of the
countries in which these wanderers
credited with having contracted her
| love of horse racing from them, and
they are nearly always to be found
among her jockeys and in attendance
upon her Derbys.
Pretending a knowledge of the meta
physical and dabbling in fortune telling
have always been within the province
of the gypsy women. They have
claimed that they could witch away
troublesome ailments of the heart and
have compounded queer love philters
which instead of imbuing the unfortun-
ate taker with a steadiness of aim with
his love arrows have poisoned his di-
gestive tract.
But they realize the monetary value
of the myth concerning their ability
to divine the future, and have since the
beginning of their history capitalized
| it. In Spain where a large proportion
of the race now lives, travellers say
that they find neatly whitewashed
caves lighted by electricity, and that
even gypsy royalty will caper and ca
reer around in fantastic dances fol-
the coins of casual visitor
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06

one part of the Pacific then In another
One of the greatest regions of vol
canic disturbance has been In and near
the island of Java, in the southwestern
corner of the Pacific, where that body
of water meets the Indian ocean.
Volcanic-made in the first place, and
constantly being remade by them, Java
has more volcanoes than any area OF
its size in the world. Estimates of
the active and extinct craters range
from 100 to $50. Everywhere in Java
in the huge crater lakes, in assures
that now are river beds, even in an
cient temples, half finished when in
terrupted by some fiery CONFUSION, are
evidences of cataclysmic forces-such
turbulent forces as now are in con-
tinuous hysteria in the Valley. of the
Ten Thousand Smokes in Alaska, and
break their crusted surface cage in
termittently in Java.
The "treacherous Klot," as the ma
tives call it, all but wiped out the
town of Britar but even its devasta-
ton, as reported to the state depart
ment, was mild compared to the vio-
lent upheaval of Krakatoa in 1888.
Then mother nature turned anarchist
and planted gargantuan internal ma
chine on the doorstep of Java.
Krakatoa is a little island in the
Sunda strait, between Sumatra and
Java. Australians, as far from the
explosion as New York is from El
PasO, heard the terrific defamation;
more than half the island was blotted
out, parts of it were flung aloft four
times as high as the worlds highest
mountain, and to touch bottom below
the waters surface where most Of the
island had been, henceforth required
plumb line twice as long as the
height of the Washington monument.
Skyscraper waves flooded adjacent is
lands and rolled halfway around the
earth. Every human eardrum heard,
though it may not have registered, the
air waves as they vibrated three or
four times around the earth.
Krakatoa levied a smaller toll In
human life than Klot, because of it's
isolation, and many of the $4,000
deaths from Krakatoa's eruption were
at far-distant points by drowning
An eruption anywhere on the island
means disaster, for Java, about equal
in era to New York state, supports a
population greater than the combined
populations of the Empire state and
the four other NEST populous states
in the Union-Pennsylvan Illinois,
Ohio and Texas.
In the native folklore are innumer-
able stories of the earth opening up
to swallow a dancing girl. Such tales
betoken another physical feature of
the island fraught with human trag-
edy. Not only has it steaming vents.
spouting geysers, sulphur lakes, but
great chasms open and close, and they
have been known to swallow villages.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06
COMMON CARRIERS-AND
A FEW NOT so COMMON

tractors are crawling over the snow
covered fields of northern Greenland
carrying the supplies of the Lane Koch
expedition. This novel use of new
born vehicle recalls that some of the
Oldest transportation methods still are
employed in regions whose civilization
Is older and higher than that of the
Greenland Eskimo.
The OK cart still serves the Southern
"darky" In North Carolina, Georgia,
and Alabama, as well as in other por-
tons Of the South, as his coach and
four for the Sunday "go-to-meeting."
During the week the stolid beast plows
tobacco and cotton fields. In India
bullOcks hitched to wagon with an
ornate beehive shaped or elongated
covering, not unlike the picturesque
tobacco schooner, convey the Burmese
man md his family along the road to
Mandalay. Nor does this animal cease
being a means of transportation upon
his death. The natives blow up his
skin and use it as a float or raft on
which they cross the rivers.
In arctic regions and in Alaska par
ticularly rhe dog has rendered man
<ind inestimable assistance. Today
be Is the means by which letters, par
.sls and provisions reach the snow
sound inhabitants of the interior. The
reindeer also plays an important part
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06
Barnett of the Marine Corps

Maj. Gen. George Barnett, who be-
came commandant of the United States
Marine corps in 1914, was removed
from his post of honor by Secretary
Of Navy Daniels and reduced to
the rank of brigadier general. Virtu-
ally, the first official act of Secretary
Of Navy Denbys was to recommend
that Brig. Gen. George Barnett be
made permanent major general.
General Barnett's friends hold that
he was responsible in large measure
for the efficiency of the marine corps
during the great war. Under his dl-
rection, it grew from a force of 10000
men to temporary strength Of $4,000
men. When actual hostilities came,
the marines were ready, fully equipped
and in high fighting spirit. Prior to
the ordering abroad of the marine
forces they were properly trained,
clothed and fed, and the results of
their training were manifest at Bel
leau Wood, Meuse-Argonne and other
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06
TEMPLE STONES THAT
MAY BECOME HEARTH.
STONES

Cable reports recently stated that
Marlborough Rocks one of the best
known of the so-called Druid Circles"
of England, would be broken up and
used by a company for building homes.
The reports bring to mind what
might be termed the fight for sur
vival" of the monuments and works of
art of past ages against the activities
of later generations.
During the dark ages priceless mar
BILE statues by Praxiteles and other
Greek masters of sculpture were
burned to make lime. In northern
Africa and Asia Minor in numerous
places where classical ruins are found,
beautifully chiseled stones-physical
symbols of 'the glory that was Greece
and the grandeur that was Rome
have been built into the uncouth huts
of the natives. The smaller stones
from Druid Circles" and avenues"
lying on the surface of the ground
ready quarried, have long fallen prey
to nearby peasants in all the coun-
tries i'm which they occur. Even the
land, famous as the greatest of the
supposed Druid temples and one OF
the most striking of the uninscribed
monuments of the world, has not en-
tirely escaped the hand of the vandal.
The larger monoliths are too massive
for easy removal, but some of the
smaller stones have disappeared and
are reported to have been built into
bridges and mill dams of the adjacent
countryside.
Relatively small stone circles and
parallel rows of monoliths known as
avenues" are numerous in England,
Wales, Scotland and Ireland. They
also are found in numbers in western
Europe, especially in France, and to
a lesser degree in northern Africa, and
| in southern Asia as far east as India.
Among them, however the compare
lively few great groups stand out
prominently. Stonehenge differs from
most of the other circles in the great
size of the upright stones, and in the
| fact that massive lintes are placed
from upright to upright, forming tril-
| ithons. The placing of the concentric
circles and outlying marker stones of
Stonehenge in such a way that its
axis points practically to the rising
sun on the longest day of the year
the summer sestice-has led to gem
eral acceptance of the theory that
this was temple for sun worship.
f, Because of an astronomical change
which slowly shifts the apparent point
of sunrise at successive summer SOL
stices, 1t has been possible to compute
the date of the building of Stonehenge
as approximately 1850 b. G. 1t is be-
lieved that the smaller circles and the
avenues and other monuments of great
| stones belong to approximately the
same period. which Is the late Neolith-
| lie age. While the larger circles like
the Stonehenge and Marlborough Rocks
doubtless are temples for sun worship
and human sacrifice, it Is believed that
the smaller groups of stones mark bu-
rial places.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06
Herrick to Return to France

Myron T. Herrick of Cleveland,
governor of Ohio 1903-6 and ambassa-
dor 20 France 1913-14, has been asked
by President Harding to represent
again the United States at Paris. He
accepted. Mr.. Herrick established his
reputation as diplomat during the
latter years of the Taft and the early
months of the Wilson administrations
in the post to which he will return.
Just before the first battle of the
Marne. when the Germans were march
ing on Paris, Mr.. Herrick was given
credit for preventing panic in the CAPT.
tai after the government had been re-
moved to Bordeaux.
In Cleveland before he entered pol
itics, Mr.. Herrick was banker, and
at the time that Mckinley was en-
tering his second term, he was presi-
dent of the American Bankers asso-
citation. Mr.. Herrick was offered the
post of secretary of the treasury in
the first Mckinley administration, and
In tho sacord hp was offered tho amin
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06
Mofett on Aeronautic Board

Capt. William A. Moffett has been
appointed by President Harding to the
national advisory committee for aero
nautics. Captain Moffett was in COM
mand of the Great Lakes naval train
ing station, 1914-1S, and commandant
of the ninth, tenth and eleventh naval
districts. For four years his name
was almost a household word in the
West. From Great Lakes he went to
the command of the new battleship
Mississippi. Now he is in the Office of
naval operations, which is charged
with the operations of the fleet and
the preparation and readiness of plans
for its use in war.
Captain Moffett was graduated
from the United States naval acad-
envy in 1890. He served under Dewey
at Manila. He commanded the Ches-
ter at Vera Cruz. Incidentally he was
the officer who personally made the
demand on General SAragossa for the
salute of the flag and was awarded
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06
Condensation by
M. E. Alley, Brighton
James Mathew

James Mathew
Barrie ia one of
that great army
of ScOtchmen who
Z u X e & en- raj
charge of Eng
land. He WINS born
at kirrienluir, May
., 1850. He was
educated at Dunn
fries academy and
Edinburgh u MI
versity. He was
created first barO-
net I'm 1913. but
uOng befOre that
date, by universal
suffrage he had
acquired the title
of Prin ce o 4
w h I IN 3 les and
First Lord of All
III e ar I =. Unlike
o I h er Births h
titles, these lat
ter are perfectly
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06

To Marry the Duke of York?

Wouldn't 1t be interesting If the
granddaughter Of Chicago dry goods
merchant and the niece of the mar
who once almost cornered wheat
should marry into British royaltyl
Anyway, reports from London say that
Mayfair is watching with Increased in
terest tbs growing friendship between
the duke of York and Lady Mary
Irene Curzon, daughter of Earl Cur
ION and his first wife, the late Mary
Victoria Letter. Washington is scent
ing a possible development into matri-
mony, thus realizing much desired
alliance between British royalty and
an American girl.
Denials by friends of both the
duke and Lady Mary only tend to in
crease the speculation. Their frequent
meetings, horseback riding in Rotten
Row, in theaters and at society func-
tions, are starting rumors which re-
fuse to be quashed. The duke of York,
the second son Of King George, is by
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06
HOW AN ISLAND WAS DE-
STROYED BY A NATURAL
INTERNAL MACHINE

Recent volcanic activity In Hawaii
serves to emphasize the fact that the
Pacific, one of the great ''safety-valve
regions" of the earth, is seldom free
from an outpouring of molten mate
rails. Many Of the islands Of this
largest ocean are of volcanic origin.
Great streams of lava went up first In
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06


training methods discovered would
held blame Credit high
condition which
closing
ed an
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06

the Medal of Honor gallant the taking of Vera Cruz
Smithsonian nstu
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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06

valid in the United States as well as
i'm Great Britain and the DOminions
beyond the seas.
After the usual skirmishes of a PEN
ninn TO find himself by way of the
newspapers, Barrie published "Better
Dead" In 1887. Then at intervals of n
year or less came "Auld LIGHT IdyIIs,"
'When Mans SINGLE" "a window in
Thrums," "My Lady Nicotine" "The
Little Minister" followed by "Senti-
mental Tommy" "Margaret Ogilvy"
(the Infinitely tender story of his own
mOther), and the immortal "Peter
Pan" He soon found his way to the
stage Ga way all his OWN with "The
Professors Love Story" '"The Little
MiDister," equality Street, ''rbe Ad-
mirabIe Crichton," "I'eter PAN" "Whnt
Every Woman Knows" "a Kiss for
Cinderella" and 'Denr Brutus," and
has been most sSrcessful with plays.
or rather playlets. of e3e war. such as
"The Old Lady Shows Her Medals"
His appeal to public imagination
was almost instantaneous, and he has
continuously held warm place in the
hearts of the whole English-spealSing
-ace wherever n tender fancy appeals
TO loving imagination. Probably more
people know more of the works of
Barrie than of any other living writer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06

the to
Enthusiastically
He a ubel1e74 English poet
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06

hppant taking deal seriously than
his brother the Wales
that is noticeable she the girls English society who would
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06

was almost instantaneous, and he has
continuously held warm place in the
hearts of the whole EngIish-spealSing
-ace wherever tender fancy appeals
TO loving imagination. Probably more
people know more of the works of
Barrie than of any other living writer.
%NAVIN DISHART was barely
"a " twenty-one when he and his
mother came to Thrums. All
Thrums was out in its wyndes and
closes-a few of the weavers still in
knee breaches, to look at the new
Aud LIGHT minister. / was there, the
dominic of Glen Quharity, four miles
from Thrums, and heavy was my
heart as l stood afar off so that
Gavin's mother might not have the
pain of seeing me. / alone of the
crowd looked more at her than at her
son.
Eighteen years had passed since we
parted, and already her hair had lost
It's brightness, and Margaret was an
old woman at forty-three, and /, who
had loved her since l was a hobblede-
who made her old.
Many scenes in the little minister's
life come back to me. The first time
/ ever thought of writing his love story
an old mans gift to little maid since
grown tall, was one night in the old
schoolhouse, when my gate creaked
the first time ever saw Gavin and
the Egyptian together.
Gavin was brought up to be min
lister from his earliest days, and took
to the idea enthusiastically. 1t had
been the dream of the two of a manse,
of which Margaret was mistress, and
Gavin the minister, and now it was
fulfilled.
Gavin at once became popular in
Thrums, and though short of stature
he cast great shadow. He convert
ed a dfunkard. Rob Dow, who adored
him, and would do anything in the
world for him.
On the fateful evening of October
H. Gavin was returning from Rob
DOw's and going home through Caddam
woods, when he heard singing.
The singer came dancing up Windy
ghoul. Only when she passed him did
Gavin see her as gypsy elf, bare feet
flashing beneath short green skirt,
twig of rowan berries in her black
hair. She was pale with an angel
loneliness. A diamond on her finger
shot thread of fire over pool as she
danced by.
Undoubtedly she was the devil.
Gavin leaped after her, but as she saw
him she beckoned mOckingly, then
kissed her hand, and was gone.
A moment later came the sound of
a horn. The minister was on the
alert at once, and hurried to the
Square. That horn was a signal that
soldiers were marching on the village
folk to arrest some malefactors
among the weavers, who would re-
sent it.
In the Square was an uproar. II
was the gypsy who had given the warn
ing. Gavin tried to persuade the peo-
Pile to dispense to save bloodshed, but
the Egyptian cried:
do not heed this little mani Save
yourselves" and they obeyed her. The
soldiers came, but caught only few,
the real culprits escaping. The Egyp-
tian was caught, but escaped the
officers, first through clever ruse, and
again through impudently pretending
she was Gavin's wife
He was furious and yet felt his an
ger die as he looked at the beautiful
girl with the appealing eyes, and coax
ing, laughing mouth He even told
her to hide in the manse garden in
the summer seat, till the soldiers had
gona
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of the section, said the campaign
would be carried on in every educa-
tional institution in the country.
1t is planned TO make teaching of
cautiousness a part of the curricu-
.lum of every school, it was ex-
planned, and a QUESTIONABLE ia to be
sent every teacher in the country to
get their views on the proposal. The
QUESTIONABLE follows:
]. Do YOU teach accident preven-
ton in your schools?
>. is the instruction carried on
as regular part of the subjects
taught?
3. TO what extent do You rely
upon the lecture method?
4. Do you have a minimum OF
time each week devoted to accident
prevention
5. Do the children have the op-
portunity of organizing themselves
under the direction of teachers for
safety work in the school and the
community?
8. II you are not teaching safety.
do YOU expect to?
Z. Would you like to know more
of how safety instruction may be
given as a part OF the curriculum?
8. Are YOU aware of the value
Of the safety motive in stimulating
inter in school work?
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eral children. A social time with
games was then enjoyed. Refresh
ments of popcorn and apples were
served.
The Missionary Society of the Con-
gregational church will hold its meet
ing at the church parlors on Monday
afternoon. The subject is Porto Rico.
The sophomores OF the Winslow
High school received their class rings
on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Clark have
passed a few days in Orono, where
they attended the Maine meet at the
U. of NJ, and the football game on
Saturday between the U. of NJ. and
Bowdoin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Berthe Dyer and little
daughter, Arlene Virginia. were re-
cent guests of Palermo relatives.
Miss Lula Stuart was a recent guest
Of North vassalboro friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Davis after
about two months stay in town. left
for Portland on Saturday. MFR. Davis
was the civil engineer OF the Stase
road.
Mrs. Horace s. Howard. the leader
Of the Winslow Boys and Girls club
and the following members, Edwin