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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-09-25

The average weight of an adult
man is lao pounds, G ounces. Mum
Der Of bones, 24O. The skeleton
measures one inch less than the
height of the living man. The aver
age weight of the brain is 81 pounds;
of woman, 3 pounds and III ounces
The brain of man exceeds twice that
of any other animal. The average
height ofan Englishman is #. 8 ms,
of a Frenchma, 5 feet 4 inches, and
of Belgian, 5 feet, 81 inches. The
average weight of an Englishman is
$50 pounds; Of Frenchman, 1856
pounds, and of Belgian, lao lbs.
The average number OF teeth is 80.
Man breathes about 90 times in a
minute, or 1900 times in an hour.
He breathes about Is pints of air in
a minute, or upwards of I hogsheads
in day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-10
Mrs. Cleveland at the Opera.

Washington Dispatch In Baltimore American.
Mrs Cleveland is still a great curiosity to the
people of Washington. The other night at Al
baugh's the people in the audience looked at her
sitting in private box as if she were wild
animal. After the play the entire audience
stood in the lobby in double rows the two lines
reaching from the auditorium doors down. the
stairs, out the front door and even to the car
riage door When she came out they capped at
her ard commented as if she were professional
beauty. When Mrs. Cleveland goes to public
places she must expect to be gazed at. but it 10
hardly fair when she comes out of the White
House for her evening drive that she should be
daily met by gaping crowd of people. During
the last few hot afternoons the White House
grounds have been a cool retreat and, happen
ing to call at the White House about 5 o'clock on
one of these afternoons, a crowd of ladies, and
men, too, were seen sitting on the stone balus.
trade running along the walk to the steps Of the
White House. Inquiry showed that this crowd
came to get a glimpse of Mrs Cleveland when
she went to her carriage for her afternoon drive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-10
He Heard the M Master.

Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle.
never heard List but once. was young
man then, younger than | am now, but l CAP
never forget, and no one whose soul has not
bowed in humble worship at the Feet Of the M
Master can ever know the Complete Conservation
made of myself while l listened to Him. He
wore that Weary aud Naughty expression which
was habitual to Him, and as He crossed the room
to the piano. He received our Humble Homage
with Majestic vet Awful eondesc lsion. The
very Atmosphere of the room was Imbued with
the NJ Masters Presence. AS He took off His
coat and rolled up His Sleeves held my breath
with both hands. He played. The NJ Master
played Under the Magic Touch of His Hands
the heavens Bent to Listen-the hoarse chords
muttered like the Retreating Storm or the cleo
trifed keys sang all the twittering songs of all
the Birds of Spring at once-the Sun burst
through the RiYen Clouds-the Moonlight Slept
upon the Bank of Violets, and Singing Brooks
ran Murmurng to the Ses-grim visaged War
changed on his Brazen Shield with mimic Thunder
Of the Skies and all the Clamor of the raging
Battle shook the ground beneath our feet--tha
room swan with the brilliant perfection of every
Marvellous Conceit that sprang into living being
under This marvellous Execution, and when He
raised Both Feet higher than His Head and
brought them down upon the keyboard in the
Final Grand Hoopla, knew no more for had
Swooned at the NJ NJ Masters Feet. / never
heard Fl I'll Him again.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-10
A Boston Relaxation.

San FranciscO Chr0nicle.
There would appear to be great deal Of prim-
tive human simplicity in Boston. We have
heard great deal about its culture and its Dig
nifty, but the affectonate tenderness of the Bos.
ton girls is of an equally superior and touching
quality They have dogs in Boston. done
know what they call them there, but they have
them To those who believe that nothing but
heavy literature is permitted there, toproye thst
they have relaxati0ns, aT3 ADJUSTMENTS. and
sympathetic occupation, let me quote from q let
ter from lady in that city to friend here:
"You will have to excuse short letter, be-
cause am very busy ! am bringing up nine
Newfoundland pups on the bottle, and it's an en-.
crossing duty"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-10
A Boy who Will Be Heard From.

Boston Evening Record.
By way of pointing outthe difference between
illiteracy and lack of intelligence the Historian
submits the appended letter, which was sent to
a lawyer in reply to the latters advertisement
follows is exceedingly ilterate but IL is running
over with intelligence. The Historian may pre-
cede it with the statement that the evident zeal
and earnestness of the boy who wrote it were re-
garded as fully compromising for the defects in
his spelling, and he was taken into the lawyers
employment, on trial, at once
mister
want the job mi foxes amt rich an got to rassle
they are ded it bees hel how hard times is can do
in JIMMY CARDIGAN.
The name of Jimmy Carrigan may yet be re-.
nowned in the annals of the Common wealth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-10

Cambridge Chronicle.
There is no balm for the bruised and broken
heart of rejected lover like the sigh of his suo-
cessful rival, five years later leading procession
of seven; including two nurse-maids, pair OF
twins and singleton, through a crowded train
of cars in search of place to sit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-10

Chicago journal.
In his address before the American Associa-
ton Of Writer'S at Indianapolis, President
Maurice Thompson said that poetry made for the
sake of money Is not poetry. Now will Mr..
Thompson kindly tell waiting world Whist
magazine poetry 10 made fcri
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
TOO BAD.

Jno. 4. Logan yesterday exhaus'
ted his stock of classical knowl.
edge, speaking on the Fitz John
Porter case. To have been unjust
u convicted, to have endured the
shame of 1t for years and to have
been denied justice, was bad
enough in all conscience. To have
been spoken on thrice by John A.
Logan was as bad as the case of
the old woman who was fouud
weeping bitterly because her hus-
band had aft into the Seminole war
under Johnsing, fit the Briiishers
with Jacksing, and done the greas.
ers with Jeremy Taylor, and then
come home TO be butt to death by
a dam billy goat. t."--Ayalanche.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
NO. SO
apache characteristics.

The Apaches and kindred tribes /
are among the most cautious fight. .
ers on earth, and also among the /
most desperate. Near the close [
Of last year a band of Chiricbuas
numbering eleven, killed twenty.
one friendly Apaehes living on the /
reservation, and twenty-five white
men, women and children.
Their superiors as prowlers in
war probably never existed. The
army officers in Arizona declare
that the Apaches are the ideal
scouts of the whole world, with |
their hawk eyes, stealthy motion
and sensitive ears. Though under.
sized, they have broad, deep
chests, muscular limbs and small. |
why hands and feet.
They march about four miles an
hour, haltiug after q few hours
tramp long enough to smoke cigar.
cites. Ii no matches are at hand
they bring fire in from eight to
forty-dve seconds by rapidly
twirling between the palms hard,
round stick fitted into n circular
hole in another stick of softer
fiber. They will march forty
miles a day on foot across dry
plains and PERCEPTIONS mountains
regardless of the flercest heat.
The Apache finds food where
the Caucasian would starve. lie
can catch turkeys, quail, rabbits,
doves, field mice aud prairie dogs I;
feast off dead horse; gather
acorns from the stunted mountain
oak roast the Spanish bayonet
or century plant, and strip the
fruit and seed from the cactus /;
dig the wild potato or bulb of the
tule; rad the nest Of the ground
bee; or, if driven to 1t, keep down
the pangs of hunger with the inner
bark of the pine or the roots of
wild plants.
With the rifle and bow he has a
life training. "Every tract in the
trail, mark in the grass and scratch
on the bark of tree explains il
self to an Apache. He can tell to
an hour almost when the man or
animal making them passed by,
and, like a hound will keep on the
scent until he catches up with the
object of his pursuit-Exchauge.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
How "Curfew" Was Written.


OF the huudredR of residents of
the City ofSan Antonio, Tex, only
a few who frequently meet tall,
slender lady, with raven brown
eyes and hair, and with q singular
attraciveness in her fare that know
that she is Mrs. Rose Hartwick
Thorpe, whose famous poem, "Cur.
few Must not Ring Tonight ,rhas
given her reputation in both hem.
isphcres. How, at the age of six.
teen years, the young country girl
was led to write the poem, now so
widely known, is thus narrated, as
furnished by her personally for
this publication: "The poem was
suggested to me by the reading of
story, Love and Loyalty in
April, 1867. / was then a plain
country schoolgirl, not yet seven
teen, residing with my parents at
Litcbfeld, Mich., and under the
pretext of working out mathemat.
ical problems, with my arithmetic
before me, | wrote the poem
roughly on my slate. / was forced
to carry on my literary work un.
der these difficulties because oi
the opinion of my parents, that my
time could be better employed
than in idle dreams and useless
rhymes | wrote the first copy
on my slate between four and six
O'clock in the afternoon, but much
time has since been spent in cor
recting and revising it. l had nc
thought that | would ever be able
to write anything worthy ofpubliC
notice. The poem was first pub
lished in the Detroit Commercial
Advertiser In the fall of 1870
The editor, upon receipt of my
manuscript, at once wrote me g
lengthy letter of congratulatior
and praise, in which he predicted
the popularity for the verses which
they have since received. | hat
no literary friends, not even a lit
crary acquaintance at that time
and did not know the simplest re.
qnirements for preparing my man
uscript for publication
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
taught AgaIn.
:. MISS. June 15. L

-, Mss, June Is, 1886.
Editor Clarion: In the last
Clarion you published a splendid
production headed, "Ingersoll on
Alcohol" Ifyou will examine an
old medical work published by
John @. Gum, of Louisville, KY,
in 1859. you will find on pages Ill
and liz the identical article, word
for word, that is accredited to the
notorious infdcl. "Rcnder unto
Cesar the things that are Casar's."
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03

David Van Nostrand, a well
known New York publisher and
importer Of scientific books, died
June II, in the 10Th year of his
age. He was first employed IN a
city bookstore when 10 years old,
and subsequently became acquain-
ted with many military and scien.
tilic men, who gave him orders
for books, relying upon bis good
Judgment for their selection. He
thus, as well rs from the natural
bent of his tastes, developed a
business especially in the line OF
military and scientific books, his
military publications during the
war Of lS60-65 having been nu
merous.-Scientific American.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
Delta Land Agency.
GREENvILLE, MISSISSIPPI.

| viii hereafter devote my entire at
tention and labor to the purchase and
location Of lands for those desiring to
settle or invest in the Yazoo-Delta. l
am familiar with the lands throughout
this section of the State and win an
swer all correspondence, furnish any
information, or make any examination
and location Of lands desired. Planta-
tions also bought, sold and leased.
q. M. HELM.
Real Estate Agent and Civil Engineer
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
POSTAL nIREcTrnSs-

All postage must be paid by
stamp.
Letters in the United States per
half ounce, 2 cents.
Drop letters, half ounce, l cent.
Registered letters, 10 cents and
proper postage.
Pamphlets, newspapers, maya
zines, books, posters, ETC., each 4
ounce or fraction, / cent.
Printed cards, blanks, seeds,
merchandise, | cent per ounce.
All matter not at letter rates
must be prepaid in full, wrapped
so that it can be examined without
destroying the wrapper.
Liquids, poison, explosives and
other dangerous matter excluded.
Unpaid letters are sent to the
Dead Letter office.
Letters part paid forwarded, bal
ance collected of the receiver.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
sRES. 4TH DISTRICT
burr CALENDAR, lSS6.

|bunty-Begins on the lst
iavl Of March and October
Il may continue 6 judicial
tounty-Begins on the 2nd
&areh 18th day and October
hd may continue IS judicial
6cnty-Begins on the 3rd
i the 2nd Monday of March
hd October (Noy. lst. and
h Is judicial days.
|county-Begins on the 9Th
II the 2nd Monday Of March
and October NOV. 29ndl.
tinue Il judicial days.
h county-Begins on the Sth
4 the and Monday of March
Ia October dec. Gthl, and
! 30 judicial days.
cunty-Begins on the 18th
4 the 2nd Monday of March
bd October january 10th.
IN continue II judicial days.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03

Regular morning service a. n m Evening
service, Z D. IN. every sunday Communion
irst sunday IN each month VIM Cross,
Rector, sabbath-sehool al 90 n. m WIN.
Cross, superintendent
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03

The latest count in Georgia is as
follows: Gordon, % counties with
So votes. Bacon, Is counties with
"A votes leaving Gordon, ahead 4
counties and &c votes Jones 0
votes, and uninstructed l. OF 1877
counties, With $50 votes, 43 coda-
ties have acted.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03

Corner Davis and Poplar Streets
Preaching every sunday at II a. m. and 30 y.
n. Prayer Meeting TUESDAY,, at ,30p m, Com
ference lst Sunday Of each month, al IL m The
Lords supper ~ sunday af each Quarter, at 10
m The Ladies' meeting, Thursday, at . D. m.
sunday school, 0;al n. M ". r.. King, Pastor
Il. u. Campbell, superintendent
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
Metho,list Church
prosbvterian Chureh

Preaching ~ n a. m and D m. every Sun.
day. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night.
sunday school. o'a0. r. NJ Standifer, Partor
w 4 rIlgg. supl
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03

Preaching at n a. M. and p m. every Sunday
Communion lst Sunday In February, May, Au-
gust and November l'myer-meeting every
Wednesday night, S Archer Pastor. Sunday
school atgk sam, Brown sup
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03

heetings are held by the
hervisors as follows: Bicn-
bnday of January TO elect
Annually first
Arch, to receive Tax-Collec-
bf delinquent and insolvent
hay of August to receive and
|e Assessment Roll; lst Non
|tember to levy taxes; 2d
December to pass upon the
)ersonal and poll list ; and ON
hext succeeding each term o
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
cnURcn DIRECTORY.
st. Joseph Catholic Church

High Mass nj 10 o'cioek q. m. and Nespers NJ
=. m. first and third Sundays. Catechism
,yery sunday az o. m y e. Bohmert Pastor.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
LNCERY COURT.

|countY-Begins on the lst
bril- and October, and may
.dicial days.
In county-Begins on the ID
bril- and October, and may
|udieial days.
bunty Begins on the LIST
be and December, and may
5udieial days.
|county-Begins on the Sd
by and November, and may
judicial days.
/ county--Begins on the LIST
hy and November, and may
hdicial days.
|ounty-Begins on the 2nd
hne and December, and may
Rdicial days.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03

An item Says the Worcester
Spy) is going the rounds of the
papers that the Emperor of Ger
many remembers nine generations.
Mrs. NJ. Chamberlain, of North
Brookfeld, visiting in Worcester,
says she remembers seven gener-
ations in her own family, She is
eighty.six years old. and remem.
bers her great grandmother, her
grandmother, her father, her broth
ers, her own children. grandchlld.
rem and great grandchildren.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
G. McDufie Hampton,
SURVEYOR AND CIVIL ENGINEER
GREENvILLE, MISS.

All orders left at the office Of Fergu-
son, Finlay q Co. will receive prompt
attention. April .
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03

Whenever a tariff Democrat is
nominated for Congress anywhere.
the Courier.J ournal advises the
free.traders to bolt and run a can.
dldate, so that Republican may
be elected. II actually wants a
Republican majority ip the House
of Representives. Here is intol-
erance run mad and rending it's
own garmcnts.-Nashyille Union,
Dem. =
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03

For State and District Offices. SIS
For County Offices, ..............l0 Ia
For Beat Offices. s..........
Orders from transient customers, ver-
bal or written, for job work. advertising.
or subscription, must be accompanied by
the cash. Accounts Of regular ensto-
mers due and presented the LIST Of each
month.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
UNITY OFFICIALS.

pf THE HOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
trlct, Thos Worthington
District, Jno w Scott
(trict, (Pres.) N Goldstein
fstrict, S II Swain
Erict, Jno 7 Casey
kttorney, j M Jayne
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
nprene Court

npreillV NOlift
4 Supreme Court-Com-
Die 1st Mondays of April
|er.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
Justices Court.

JusticCs COURT.
! O'Bannou, Court days.
Sd Mondays of every
Alexander, Cd and 4th
of every month.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
Jewish Synagogue
baptist Church.

Services Friday evenings at *. and Saturday
at lev J.. Bogen. RABBIT
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
TOWN OFFICIALS.

lyor, J. Alexander.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03

<ainERs OF LEGISLATURE.
BE-, j I Atterbury,
#Peter Mitchell.
ron FROM 2orr DISTRICT.
G. Yerger.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03

b commence in Jackson
p Mondays of June and
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03

uPeIVISUT, - ----------
wn Council meets on the
pay of each month.
sslssippi Levss Commissioners.
meetings second Mondays
january and July.
Cn.fxfreat,~rue
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ADVERTISING RATE.
ANNoTNCING CANnInArrs.

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yearly, and yearly.
contracted for at Liberal Rates.
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|of the Supreme Court.
tmpbell, Chief Justice
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03

Bet Court for Southcrn Dis
riet of NississipDi
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s Cirenit Court

begin in Jackson on the
Rys in May and Novem-
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1886-03-15

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gu pertpetien; oenn lelbit Elm 8ferO tpirbe
er nt6t 10 rob uno 9er3loS beb0roelH. Sd
mill fDrtfaDren, ilber $500 ~ an ct.
Q0uiier S1uIlteuern 3u b~e5abIeH uro bin
nit Sreuoeu oafir, OaB otcle game Sun1n1e
ober Elm She'll bon ibr fir etnel Spr2 gum
1aterbalt tDiiroiger Qe6rer, iDeld)e ca bette
3ett ibreS 9ebenS Dem 9ebrberufc 8etplOtHet
baben, Dertpenoet meroe. 96er mebr alS
metne S6uliteuer fam i1 nidt be5a0lel,
unb Sic mii1ien mid Daber entiduLotgen."
0ieies @ei0retbe gerei0t 6em 6errn
General ipentg sur @Dre. st 5anoelt lodlt
ut5art .9egen ietne Srau, inoeln er tDrelE
bigotten SAB 9e9en ole DffeHtli1e Sdule
all Die groBc @lOde bdn9t. 9aS @e0eul
ilber Die bon ibn 3u 3ablenoen Stenern
nttnmt lt0 ni0tS iDelt6er ais rat5eno aus
BON etleln Shame, Der Elm tGbrllhe5 Jtuhe@
9ebalt BON $4,000 be3iebt uGO nab Dem
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@tnen I'm 10 tpi0erlt6eren Gtnorud n1adht
oaber aub SDerman's Welamrler Nber Die
ltlter%ftiBuugen Die er 5uDeilen an alte
Soloateu perabrei6t.
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0tsnte 2ebrcr uno &e6rertnnen gelor8t nerz
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otent ia oieleS 8erlatgen bauptlG0lt6 nlr
ais 8orrDanO sur GerlDet8erunG zines Yrtz
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unglutliditen, Die CT ie gelnadt bat. Ser
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