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The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
DRUNKEN MEMS LUCK.


r-lv TheF Escape frcm Nhat
near 10 Be Certain Injury
few davs ago a man was knoekea
f-,7- a trestIe work on the tleYelanu'
csnton * southern railway, near cross
street. by a locomotive. The tram " :
sronned and the victim vas tandetiy
niezed up and taken TO the depot ne
,,,s intoxicated and paid little attention
"a the efforts being made in his behalf.
Atthe depot he denied that he had nee1
IN the trestle. and demanded to kno"
who had taken his hat Shortly alIer-
81 ba was arrested on Ontario street
~ beinr drunk. He gave no evidence
~ main until several hours later ana
than Dr. Cole was called to attend him.
The man seemed to have escaped with
few bruises. and at the Central pollee
station it was regarded as another IN
stance Of a drunken mans luck
While the subject was up for discussion
a patrolman related the circumstances
Of an affair that occurred on Canal
street A drunken man had stumbled
along a dark passage way between two
buildings and finally fell about twenty
five feet down steep fight OF stairs to
the Valley railway tracks. lie was m
ally discovered and carried back to
Canal street to await transportation IN
the patrol wagon. His pulse could
scarcely be detected. and the only ques-
tion with those gathered about him was
whether the man was already dead or
would die within the next ten minutes.
When landed at the station he demand
ed to be released, and asked whose busi-
ne ; it WAS if he chose to drink a little
beer. lie had apparently sustained no
injury by the fall. DIR. Cole related a
River street case where man fell from
three-story window upon a woman
seated in front of a saloon. The doctor
, had been summoned in hot haste by the
mans friends, but upon his arrival the
victim of the fall said very Indignantly
that he had not sent for a physician,
and had no need for his services.
Q When asked whether there was any
e explanation for the uniform good fortune
Q Of drunken men by escaping injury by
n accident, DR.. Cole said that it was due t.
: a lack of interest in their fate. In fall
o ing the body is limp and lifeless' whil'
h that of sober man would probably b.
$ very nearly rigid. In the case of th'
4 latter a blow upon any part of the bod,
n would be followed by an instantaneou
J. contraction of the muscles, having, per
s. haps, nearly as much force as the blo'
IS itself. 1t was stated by the physical
lie that often the sudden and violent cor
$. traction of the muscles caused by a blow
Of furnished nearly half the force exerte
ss to produce the fracture of a bone.
IS. drunken mans muscles, il was e.
of planned, would not respond in a simil;
=" way to the shock Of blow, and he woul
O. naturally escape that element of dange
w. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

il really what Tue YoUTH's COMPANION Is.
II publishes each year as much matter as
the four-dollar monthlies, and is Illustrated
by the same artists. 1t is an educator IN
every home, and always an entertaining
and wholesome companion 1t has unique
place in American family life. II you 40
not know it, you will be surprised 70 sec
how much can be given Tor TIE smai suni
OF sl.75 year. The price sent now wy, VIII el-
title you to the paper TO January, loyi. aa'
dress. Tue YoUTH's COMPANION, Boston,
Mass
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
ConsumptIon surely Cured.

To THE EDITog:-Please inform. your
readers that have a positive remedy for
the above named disease. By its timely
use thousands of hopeless cases have been
permanently cured. shall be glad TO send
two bottles of my remedy FREE to any OF
your readers who have consumption II they
win send me their express and post-o office
address, Respectfully, I. A. SLocuM, M; o.,
Isl Pearl street, New York
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
CEYLON TURTLES.
The shells Of the Large Ones Used ms Seats
by the Natives.

by the Natives.
The correspondent of Ccylon iour
nal describes the turtles on the coast in
the neighborhood of .latfna. in the north
of the island. as being innumerable
They are of three species. called sea. milk
and pariah turtles respectively. The
ordinary or sea turtle is generally largo
in size. and is met everywhere at sea
around Jairna. Two tiny islands called
Iranativu. are literally swarminr with
them. The islands themselves are
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

Every man Is a missionary now and
for ever, for good or for evil, whether he
intends or designs it or not. He may be
a blot, radiating his dark influence out
ward to the very circumference OF so
ciety. or he may be blessing spread.
lug benediction over the length and
breadth of the world; but blank he
can not BE-. Weare either the sower that
SONS and eorrupts or the light that
splendidly illuminates, or the salt that
silently operates; hat, being dead o.
alive, every man speaks, Once Q Week
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

DR. "A. L. SHALLENBERGER,
Rochester, Pa Dear Sir: Ihave
used your Antidote for Malaria for over a
quarter Of century and have found 1t 10 be
in every respect all that you claim for it. 1t
not only cures chills and fever Of every
kind, but it is tho best medicine ever
knew to build up the system when broken
down from any cause. Respectfully yours,
+. NJ. BROWN.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
CATARRH.
Catarrhal Deafness Fever-A New
Home Treatment.

Catarrhal Deafness-IIay Feyer-A New
Home Treatment.
Sufferers are not generally aware that
these diseases are contagious or that they
are due to the presence of living parasites
in tho lining membrane of the nose and
eustaehian tubes. Microscopic research,
however, has proved this TO be a fact, and
the result of this discovery is that simple
remedy has been formulated whereby
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness
are permanently cured in from one to three
simple applications made at home by the
patient once in two weeks.
N. B.-This treatment is not a snuff or an
ointment; both have been discarded by
reputable physicians as injurious. A pamph-
let explaining this new treatment is sent on
receipt Of three cents in stamps to pay
postage by A. II. Dixon Il Son, cor. of John
and King Street, Toronto, Canada.-Chris-
tidn Advocate. q
Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read the above.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

WITNESS" said lawyer in the police
court the other day, ''you speak Of Mr..
Smith being well off. Is he worth five
thousand dollars?" "No, sah." 1.-TWO
thousand?" mo, sab; he han't WORT
twenty-five cents" ',rhen how is he
we'll oif?' "Got q wife who sports de
hull family, sah."
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

"A horse owned in South shenanro
was seriously i'll for nearly week, and
no cause could be discovered. A doctor
was summoned, and, upon examination,
iound a cob securely fastened crosswise
IN the back part of the horses mouth.
which prevented him from eating and
swallowing.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
st. Louis to New York and Boston.

ST. Louis to New York and Boston.
WABASH TRAIN no. 42-vEsTIBULED.
Leaves st. Louis .g.55 n. m.
Arrives Niagara Falls b, m.
Arrives New York. n. m.
ARRIVES Boston. a. m.
only through line from st. Louis
10 the Grand Central Station, New York
, via Niagara Falls.
heacnes the Grand Central Station
OVER TWO HOURS EARLIER than
any competitor.
arrives we, Boston via IIoosac Tunnel
FIVE HOURS EARLIER than anv
Ia .,a competitor.
IL 'ne VNLf Through Sleeping Car Line
St. Louis to Boston, leaving ST. Louis %
s,ors at night.
s'ops az Falls View Station Expressly
TO give patrons the best possible View NJ
uss NIAGARA.
Has been for NINE YEARS the only line
70 New York and Boston running
For r,., DINING CARS.
for Iickets, Time Tables and full
Information call upon the nearest
Ticket Agent.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
Progress.

1t is very important in this ago Of vast
material progress that remedy be pleas
ing to the taste and to the eye, easily
taken, acceptable TO the stomach and
healthy in its nature and effects. Possess
ing these qualities, Syrup Of Figs is the one
perfect laxative and most gentle diurotic
known.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

The name porcelain was given 70
china-ware from supposed resemhlance
OF Its surface to that Of the univa1,a
smell called porcellana. The shell was
50 named from the shape Of ita outer
ssriaee, which was thought to sesemble
TIE back Of q pig lporcellal.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

The city of Washington is said to have
been first called "The City of MarniR.
cent Distances by President Madison.
1t is so called on account of the wide
open spaces caused by the peculiar nlans
of its streets, and being originally laid
out on large scale. -"iu
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

AscorcHMASsdefniti Of metaphys-
iics-"When the party that listens dinna
ken what the party who speaks means,
and the party who speaks dinna ken
what he means-that is metaphysics
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

"SoME boarders," said Mrs. Lever
good. in an offended tone, s'are hard to
please. l heard young Ridley complain
ing of lack of variety OF food at the
table this morning. and l have hash Ave
times a week. That ought to be variety
enough for anv man.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

A MAINE girl put note and -.
dress el In a box of toothpicks, REQUESTING n
tne u1 nnder to write to her. A Kansa.
City man got the box, opened a snSrs corra'
sSpondenca, and few days az, stsptod svl,e
. Fast 70 see II the young lady was vs' sSa tbo
sort OF woman he wanted for q wiso 'ne
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

FoR BRONCHIAL, Asthmatic and Pulmo-
nary Complaints, "Bropns Bronchial
Iroches" have remarkable curative proper
ties. Sod Onlu IN bOres.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

Austria Is country where ones food
needs to be tested in order to avoid
adulteration At the laboratory in Wen
na. where food is analyzed for nothing.
a loaf of bread was found to consist
largely Of the pulverized barls Of trees
'awdust and chaH. ground pepper was
i-7nd TO be mixod with wood ashes,
nnamon was colored with ochre, and a
Sc called nutritious coffee" consisted
entirely oi goass acogus and chicoYy.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

CAMoENs, the celebrated writer Of tho
"Lusiad, the great Portuguese g en;c '%e
ended his life, 1t is said In an ailao' JiP,o'
house, and at any rate was sunnortad ad''ts. Us,
a faithful black servant, who bee~ad ~ y
the streets Of Lisbon for him ~ ~
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

Yor mar sins OF The beauty e sprlngllne
Tksf rioWs "a the cheek q the IeunGs
Rut 1 sing OF e beauty that releE
man sHT OF which Tuu naf sune-
Vha basafy that's seen in the laees
Of ynmeu whose sumner u g eis
the autumn-like beauty that enaIula g
Fsr more than the beauty OF Yore-
Rut this beauty is seen too rarely. me
fares Of most women lose the beauty OF
Youth too soon. Female disorders are like
ffrosfs. which come to nip the flowers which
betoken good health, without which there
can be no real beauty. If our American
women would fOrtify themselves against
the approach Of the terrible disorders 50
prevalent among them, BY using Dr;
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, their good
looks would be retained to sweet old
age. y This remedy is guaranteed cure Tor
ali the distressing weaknesses anu oefanse-
uents peculiar 70 women
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
THE ONLY NIAGARA RouTr.

., DE. SENATOR ATOM HoAR, Of Massachusetts, is the
hnest linguist in Congress. ''''
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

lF afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaac
lhompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

The Public Awards the Palm to Hale's
Honey of Horchound and Tar for coughs.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
Oregon, the Paradise Of Farmers.

Mild, e9uable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass, stock country
N the world. Full information free. Address
oregon Immigration Board Portland, Oregon
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

THOSE who wish to practice economy
should buy Carter's Little Liver Pills
Forty pills in vial, only one pill dose.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. 95c.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

a BUSINESS entagement-securinp the
matrimonial promise of an heiress oMer.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

SOME of the compound Kalamazoo Greek
names suggested for the killing Of murder
ers by electricity are more terrifying than
the thing itself. Hartford Courant
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

Miss MAxsE, a girl of sixteen, the
daughter Of Admiral Maxse of the English
navy, was the first lady to ascend to the top
Of the Eitfel tower in Paris.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

+, a ,AIi1 WHEELING sta" clan figures tb.,
!. J. @ would take tram Of l75,OoO oars sus, ~
,s,,.y ,a,rry IN, ene freight of tho Wheeling d,s ~
wy. LOT one year. Such A train ,,a..1s ~,
-. ~ Ivy ~ miles long, and would ~ou.u rsana
'as@ NsH seEk' ls AIissilslppI Iiyss' IInSa
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

ONE would think that jailer would be In
pain all the time with 50 many felons on his
hands.-Kearney Enterprise
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

wKrps are not worn by grass.widows,
,,,'..,,,se yrass-widows are not so Tor lawn
as they ought to ben Y. CommereiAi
Advertiser.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
GRAyvIIIr. INp., Feb. 9d, 1887.

JupGING from the many attractions IN tne
dime museums il Is easy to believe that this
is freak country.-Boston Courier.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

"A loc CIGAR in quality, but only SC, ci-
gar IN price is 'Tansillis Punchn
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

A SYNDICATE of cattlemen has perfect
right to water Its stock. ck.-Rochester Post
Express
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

DoN'T heap Goals Of fire upon your en-
emy's head Remember that coal is six
dollars per ton Economy is wealth.-Troy
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

THE man who wear ms heart on nls
sleeve does not do II IN order 70 Deae ms way
In llfe.-Kearney Enterprise.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

THE same obituaries seem to do for al
most every man who dies in these daYs.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

IT takes US half our lives to learn that
mankind are fools; and the other hall 70 pe
convinced that we are one OF them.-fuck.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

IT Is sailors experience that seas gen.
orally wash in dirty weather. Baltimore
American.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

DIR. Pierce's Pellets, one a dose. Cure
headache, constipation and indigestion
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
Eyes Ean

Are all more Or lsss us.-.
become iudamasi. rssl -
pain between them: 1-'z
noises IN the ears, and -
Affected there Is eansluss -
from the nose. had hnsarb. -. =
or the sense Of smell IHs---s
toms disappear shea tbs -.
sarsaparilia. whieh szpeIs -
purity from Hhieh eatarrsl. -. -. J
the diseased orxans "a - -
whole system.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07

Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
read the above.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-13
THE KNIGHTS OF Labor CONTENTION

The General Convention of the Knights Of
Labor which assembled at Atlanta yesterday
marks woful era in the history of this once
powerful organization Three years ago, flushed
with pride in their new-found political strength,
delegates representing membership of three
quarters of million met at Richmond to ordain
the destinies of American worlingmen. In
1887 the total membership had been reduced
to 100000. Last year 400, 900 was an out
side estimate. Since then the process Of dis
Indignation has been such that the $50 dele
gates who meet at Atlanta now represent less
than ZOO 900 members and the chances are
that next year there will be no convention at all
Mr.. Powderly'S friends will probably succeed
in re-electing him as General Master Work
man in spite of his reiterated intention to with
draw. His continuance in Office is really all
that binds the remnants of the order together
lis efforts ut generaship, il not always sue
ce,sfu are in the main we'll meant, and his
enemies have not yet built up the formidable
rival organization which it was predicted would
be formed as a rebuke to his conservative old
fogyism Nevertheless, internal strife and
dissension have done more to break the power
of the oder than any outside opposition. Mr.
pOwderly has not yet given up the idea of i'm
posing a fixed hour Of labor on all classes of
workers. and this will form one Of the
principal subjects of discussion in the conven-
ton. There was time when Mr.. Powderly
refused to countenance any such foolish move
ment 1t is pity that he should signalize hia
declining power by stultifyng his own record
in this respect. If he is really anxious to serve
his followers he should draw n hOmily from the
history of the order. and eXhort them to stop
trying to achieve absurd results in an impos-
sible way. This of course, might mean their
immediate disbandment but it would save them
much trouble and modification in the future.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-13
PROJECT SUFFRAGE.

The chief lesson which elections teach is
often enc not at all dependent upon their re-
suits. This year it must have been impressed
upon the minds Of all thoughtful citizens, be-
fore any Of the votes had been counted, that the
most imperative need of the country was an
effective mode of restricting frauds. From
Massachusetts to Montana, from the Canada
border to the swampy parishes of Mississippi
along the Gulf fraud on one side or both sides
has been detected by active party workers, and
has threatened such change in the result as
to render insignificant and unpromising any
possible appeal to the good sense or patriotism
of voters In Mississippi one great party with
drew entirely from the contest because Of the
certainty that a majority of the people could
not get their votes cast and counted. In Mon
tana frauds which have justified the State
Board of Canvassers in rejecting the vote Of
a precinct were relied upon by Democrats to
procure the choice Of two United States Sen
ators. In Virginia the argument between Ma
hone and his opponents ceased to have interest
when il was found that more than l. 900 regis
tered votes were stricken from the registra-
ton lists in single town by the arbitrary action
of partisan officers. In NewJersey, what could
the most effective exposure of Abbett's I'M
worthiness accomplish, when his supporters
could add thousands of fraudulent votes in
Jersey CITY alone? In New York it has not
been so much a question how the people would
vote as how many votes repeaters could give in
this and some other cities.
1t makes no difference whether these crimes
are contrived by one party or by both, whether
they are wholly successful or partly defeated
in any case they threaten the very foundation
of sef-goyernment. If there is no longer TO DC
reasonable hope of success through an honest
appeal to the good sense and patnouc 1eehng
of voters free government will become a farce
of the most disgusting sort. Money VIII al
ways win, because money can command inc
most effective fraud. So only rascals can al
ford to seek office because rascals only can get
out Of il what office must cost. III is an Incl
dent that the professional spoils politician VIII
in that case have monopoly, because NOBODY
else can know anything of the forces upon which
the result must actually depend Behind these
incidents, grave and alarming enough in them
selves, there is the certainty that the people
will not long care for or uphold mode Of gov
eminent which represents, not their will, but
| the money of rascals and the crime of lawbreak.
| ers.
Seeing the rapid spread OF this evil, not mere
| ly in cities, but even in country districts, the
thoughtful citizen must realize that ballot re.
form is tho one thing more imperatively and
Immediately necessary than any other. But
| the true meaning Of the facts observed will not
be disregarded. for they teach that tho Aus
tralian and other measures Of ballot reform, In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-13
PERSONAL.

The Rev. James Grant, OF Rochester University has
accepted a call to the State street Baptist Church,
where he will succeed the Rev. W. II. p Faunce, now
pastor Of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church OF this city
DR.. Amelia b. Edwards and the Hon. Andrew d.
White will be among this winters lecturers at the
University of Pennsylvania
Mr. Sidney Dickinson has been lecturing on Pictur-
esque NcwZealand at Melbourne under tho auspices
Of the Governor, the Mayor the Premier the Speaker
Of the Legislative Assembly, the Chancellor OF the
University of Melbourne the United states Consul
General and other distinguished residents.
Professor Thorod Rogers was recently brought into
the police court at oxford and fined shilling for not
keeping his dog muzzled.
Mrs Bland tho poet and novelist. best known as
f. Nesbit,' is described very pretty woman with
soft brown eyes, and delicscy OF look. dress and
carriage which belongs 10 the old aesthetic days,
which in her costumes at least, Mrs Bland revives.
The southernmost house IN England is occupied by
the elstingusshed Cornish watercolor artist. Mr,
Thomas Hart Ills studio. to which connois'eurs ana
nicture fanciers are wont TO make pilgrimages, Is
situated under the shadow OF the Lizard lighthouse
and the southernmost fixture Of the work OF human
hands on the coast line OF Old England Is Mr.; Hart
boatbouse az the foot OF his delightful garden ana
grounds.
The Earl and Countess OF Meath will sail for home
me- month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-13

the commonly accepted sense, do not go 10 inc
root of the evil. BY far the greater NUMBER OF
important frauds in these days, those whlch
change the political result in entire states are
effected through false registration, and the
virtual exclusion Of lawful voters from the vot-
inc places by that means, by intimidation or
fovce In Southern States the latter mode pre-
walls coupled with fraudulent counting. In
Virginia both modes and fraudulent counting
arc employed. In Northern States the impor-
tant frauds are perpetrated by improper regis
tration as q basis, with dishonest returns as
supplement
II is indeed high time for Congress to devise
methods for protecting the rights of the peo-
nile modes which shall be the same in all States,
and by which better defence shall be secured
than is practically attained in any State. True,
these methods would apply in terms only to
Congressional and Presidential elections. But
If they prove a genuine defence for honest
voters of both parties, as they ought to be,
public opinion will quickly compel the &C
ceptance of United States methods in State and
local elections also. For the evil has become
so widespread and so manifestly intolerable that
the working people. who constitute the vast
majority in every State, have begun to regard
election reform as necessary to the defence Of
their interests and rights.