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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-06-21
Foreman.

Foreman. Chestnut sorrel, IL hands
high, sired by Arth urton 365, he by
Hamiltonion, dam honest Minnie by
Star Chief, will make the season at my
place one mile east of Canton known
as the old Muse place. Foreman is a
great combination horse, saddle and
harness and as bis progeny proves is a
true breeder. Fee $40. For further
apply to owner,
e. A. COLEMAN
March, 9th, 1895 3-15-4mo
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-06-21
(continued)

This is the most trying time Of the
year on hogs; hot dry weather and
nothing but grass win get them very
poor, and many will die Of actual star
walton. Give them some corn and all
the fruits, vegetables and slops you
can and IL you have hole Of water az
cessable put cotton seed in II and watch
tae results.
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but left our borders never to return un-
til it came back in the shape OF more
supplies to create more obligations,
but each succeeding year brought us
still more deeply in debt until to-day,
Atlas like we are stagaring under our
burdens.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-06-21
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05
MANNERS OF GREAT MEN.

Monroe was, even in his own time,
called ga gentleman of the old school" "
Henry Clay was said to make the
most engaging bow of any gentleman
of his time.
Andrew Jackson was rough in his
manners, but he could be polite when
he pleased. He was always courteous
to ladies.
Byron was affable to his equals and
to those whom he wished to please,
but naughty and distant to most
others.
Talleyrand owed his success in life,
to no small extent, to the uniform
courtesy with which he treated every
one.
Haydn was the personification OF
courtesy. He once said, "1t does not
pay to be impolite even to a dog"
General Greene had the reputation
of being the most polite man in the
Revolutionary army during the war for
independence.
Goethe's manners were simple and
unaffected. He greeted all men as his
equals, and delighted every one whom
he met.
John Adams was so reserved that he
generally gave the impression that he
was suspicious of those with whom he
was talking.
Daniel Webster was lofty and digni-
fed. His abstraction sometimes Gre
ated the impression of incivility where
no discourtesy was intended.
Gladstone is polite to everybody.
At his country home he knows every
one in the vicinity, and has kindly
word for even the poorest farm laborer.
William Penn's formal, but kindly
politeness impressed even the Indians
with whom he dealt. One of the
names given him by them was "The
Good Big Chief"
Madison made it point to touch his
hat to every one who bowed to him, land
the front part of his hat-brim was al
ways worn threadbare in consequence
of this punctiliousness.
Cromwell, in spite of the position
which he attained, never departed
from the simplicity of life of an English
country gentleman. In conversation
he was quiet and unassuming.
George Washington had stately
courtesy, inclined to pomposity, that
kept everyone at distance. He al
ways wanted it clearly understood
that he was the Father of his Country.
Thomas Jefferson had the dignified
bearing of an old-time gentleman. In
his manner he was generally cold, but
with friends would unbend his dignity
and be as sociable as any one could
desire.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05
LETTER FROM H0ODT0WN.
The Crops-Speeches by Finley and Strait
A Sermon on Hard Times.

The Crops-Speeches by Finley and Strait
A Sermon on Hard Times.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
HooDTowN, June 3.-The warm
weather Of the past few days has put a
move on the crops and everything is
looking we'll. Our farmers are about
done "chopping" cotton, and are gen.
orally very well up with their work.
The wheat crop bids fair to make a
very good yield. If we have another
good rain this week, spring-sowed oats
will be fine. They look very well as
it is.
Prof. H. R. Chapman's school picnic
was well attended, considering that it
was such a busy time. 1t was pro-
nounced a success at dinner time, there
being as usual an abundance of tempt
ing and substantial eatables on the
table. Hon. Il. J. Strait and Senator
D. +. Finely were here and made in
structive addresses on education, which
were listened to quite attentively by
the older people. Very good music
was furnished by the Blairsville cornet
band.
Mr.. james Childers, Jr., is quite sick
from the effects of a click" from cot
ton harrow.
Rev. James H. Thacker will preach,
on Sunday, the 10th, at Shady Grove
church, from the subject Hard Times
the cause and the remedy"
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the United States is that of the origi-
nal book of Mormon, which is now
kept in the vault of one of the Rich
mond (Mo.) banks. 1t isin the posses
sion of family named Whitmer.
They have been offered 100000 in
gold for it by the Salt Lake faction of
the Mormon church.
The largest sum ever asked or offer
ed for single diamond was %, ,450, 900,
which the Prince of Hyderabad, India,
paid for the "Imperial."
The two most costly prayer rugs in
the Orient are those made specially for
the shah of Persia and the sultan of
Turkey. Each is bordered with dia-
monds and pearls and valued at $2,-
100000.
The most valuable modern painting
is Messioner's "1S14," which was sold
to Frenchman q few years ago for
a sum equal to $4,000.
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to the Windy City to wind up his busi-
ness affairs, after which he will re-
marry his wife.
LETTER FROM LOWRYSVILLE.

Weather and the Crops-Story of the Re-
cent Shooting-Unique Proposition for
n Compromise on the Silver Question.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
TOWNSVILLE, June 4.-May was
surely IL record breaker. We had
frosts in this section to kill entire fields
of cotton, where the ground was dis
turbed by walton the day previous.
At the last of the month, the hottest
weather ever felt at this season of the
year. The little corn had not grown
scarcely any until ten days ago; but is
growing well now. 1t is fully three
weeks behind last year.
The Negro Hope, shot by R. c. Guy
recently, is now thought to be in fair
way to recovery. The report of the
difficulty published in THE ENRU1RER
was substantially correct. The swap
had been fairly consummated, for Hope
had given mortgage on the cow he got
from Guy, subsequent 20 the swap.
Hope, with several members of his
family, followed Mr.. GUY mile or
more for the purpose of forcibly taking
the yearling from him, and by force
and threats, and by assaults, proceeded
to do so, and after Mr.. Guy had ex-
hausted his ammunition, he succeeded
in driving them back, until exhausted
by his wounds, he drove them into an
other Negroes pasture.
Miss Florence Guy has been quite
sick, but is now thought to be better.
At the risk of being called "fool,"
"free silverite," "repudiationist," etc.,
I believe will make a suggestion on
the financial question. The chief OBJ
lection to the free coinage of silver
urged by the "gooldbugs" is that it
would make money too cheap by estab-
fishing silver monometalism, and the
objection to the gold standard is that
it makes money too dear. Then why
not let the government make an alloy
of gold and silver, at the. ratio of 16 to
/, and coin it into money. This would
make the true bimetalc dollar, weigh
ing 217 go. Require all money or
bullion for export, to be composed of
the two metals at 16 10 l, or coined
into the bimetalic dollar. Then Eng
land could not take our gold without
taking our silver also. 1t appears
that this would be fair to all and es-
tablish true bimetajsm. W.o.G.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05
A ROMANTIC STORY.
An Estranged Pair Reunited Through
Newspaper Item.

An Estranged Pair Reunited Through a
Newspaper Item.
Here is a story that is the aftermath
ola romance and the prologue ola we'd
ding. 1t occurred recently in a Gin
cinnati store:
A handsome blonde gentleman walk
ed from the elevator at the third floor,
evidently in a state Of expectant per-
turbalion, and after hurried glance
about the room walked hastily toward
Il pretty black haired saleswoman. The
young lady, hearing his approach,
turned half around to wait on a pros
pectiye customer. The gentleman
grabbed the lady before she had turn
ed completely around, and drawing
her close to him planted kiss upon
her rosy lips. Clerks and customers
looked on askance until an explana-
tion was made.
Mrs. Ella Gruenmeier was the sales
woman, and the man who embraced
her was Mr.. Charles Gruenmeier, her
ex-husband. Four years ago Mr. and
Mrs. Gruenmeier occupied Il handsome
home on East Fairfield avenue, Day
ton, Ky. They had been married two
years, and pretty little girl was the
fruit of their union. He began to in
dulge in mild dissipation and lost his
position. Strained relations between
husband and wife followed, and they
finally separated.
For three years Mrs. Gruenmeier
heard nothing Of her husband. She
sought ana obtained decree of di-
vorce upon the grounds of desertion
and failure to provide.
Their little daughter became danger
ously i'll of typhoid fever, and she
published the fact in newspaper.
This was noticed by the father at his
new home in Chicago, and he wrote to
his former wife as to the condition of
the little one. This led to CORES
pondence between the separated ones,
and learning that Mrs Gruenmeier had
secured divorce Gruenmeier had
come to her. The scene described
above resulted. Mrs. Gruenmeier took
her daughter to see her father, and
for the first time in four years the
little family was reunited. He returns
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Hello. BunkerI You here too! Well.
this is reunion. Why, certainly, wire
them if you want to, though it is not
probable there is much of a rise yet"
What! In Is months?"
All. Fifteen months There you 60
again" exclaimed Harold. with the trou-
bled look coming back in his face, land
yet could swear you are all real"
Well. to make a long story short. the
message of inquiry was sent to Douglas
q Jones. who promptly replied they had
sold his stock out at 40, as ordered, net
ting him $lS.50O by the deal, which, with
his deposit OF $4,000. had been for Is
months lying in bank awaiting his order.
As may readily be supposed, Mr..
Bunker made no use Of his extradition
papers. the policeman was sent about his
business. and Mr.. Trimble's good humor,
when he was taken into the general con-
fdence. was fully restored. The next
day we all set off together for home, but
went out of our way to investigate at
Newark the hypothesis suggested by
DR.. Harris, which we found perfectly
correct. While hurrying along Market
street, going to the leather manufac-
turers, Harold had been prostrated by
sunstroke and was carried by the police
to hospital There he soon recovered
physically. but with the entire loss of
his identity until his memory was re-
stored in the sudden and mysterious way
already described by no less severe
shock. that of the lightning stroke at the
camp meeting. That he had suffered
such loss was not suspected by the doc
tors or nurses at the hospital, who upon
referring to their records remembered
his case perfectly. He had no papers or
anything else upon him to give him an
identity when he was picked up by the
police, so went down on the register
simply as Unknown man."
One of the nurses, however, noticed
the initials H. L." on his cuff buttons
and invented the name Henry Lessing"
for him, which he when he was able W
20 out placidly accepted as his and
thenceforth wore. How he strayed away
off to Ohio nobody ever knew, but there
was nothing to prevent his going any
where and getting along very well. His
physical condition was good and his
mind all right, with the exception that
he had lost his past, in finding which
once more, am glad to be able to record.
he also found a happy future.
THE END.
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HOW To FORETELL THE WEATHER.

The different colors of the sky are
caused by certain rays Of light being
more or less strongly reflected or
absorbed, according TO the amount of
moisture contained in the atmosphere.
Such colors do, therefore, portend to
some extent, the kind Of weather that
may naturally he expected to follow.
For instance, red sunset indicates a
fine day to follow, because the air when
dry refracts more red or heatmaking
rays, and as dry air is not perfectly
transparent, they are again reflected
in the horizon. A coppery or yeliowy
sunset generally foretells rain; but
az an indication Of wet weather ap-
preaching nothing is more certain
than halos round the moon, which are
produced by the refraction Of light in
the suspended globules of water, and
the larger the halo, the nearer the
clouds and consequently the more
likely to fall The following has been
advocated as a fairly successful way
Of prognosticating Fix your eye on
the smallest cloud you can see, if it
decreases and disappears the weather
will be good; if it increases in size
rain may be looked for. The reason
given is: when electricity in the air is
on the increase the larger clouds
attract all the less ones, but when it is
decreasing even large clouds will be
seen breaking up into small pieces.
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de,i5rrllanrous 8eadina.
TEN REMARKABLE WORKS.

The following are considered to
have been the ten most remarkable
works of human labor. /. The Pyra-
mids of Egypt and Mexico, the largest
of which, near Cairo, known as the
Great Pyramid, built by Chepos, king
of Egypt, took 100000 men 20 years
to build. 2. The artificial reservoir
Lake Meoris-built by Amanemha of
the twelfth dynasty, which served to
store up the waters of the Nile, during
the season of floods, and distribute
them by canals over the land during
the dry season. Its circumference was
$500 furlongs and, on its being allow
ed to fall into ruin, the fertility OF the
region became, to serious extent, a
thing of the past. 8. The TAI Mahal,
tomb erected at Agra, in Hindoostan,
by Shah Jehan over his Queen Moor
Jehan, described by Bayard Taylor in
poem. 1t is built Of the purest
white marble, and yet seems so airy,
that. when seen from distance, it is
so like a fabric of mist and sunbeams,
with its great dome soaring up, Sill
very bubble, about to burst in the sun,
that even after you have touched 1t
and climbed to its summit, you almost
doubt its reality. 1t cost $l6,OOO,OOO.
t. The Temple of Baalbec, in the
erection of which, stones 81 feet long,
20 feet broad and Is feet thick have
been used more prodigious masses
than have ever elsewhere been moved
by human power, and much exceeding
in size any stones used in the Pyra-
mids. S. The Temple of karnack,
described by Ferguson as the noblest
effort of architectural magnificence
ever produced by the hand of man. 1t
covers twice the area of st. Peters at
Rome, and undoubtedly is one of the
finest buildings in the world. 6. The
great Wall of China, 1880 miles in
length. 1t is 20 feet in height, and in
thickness 25 feet at the base and 10 at
the top. The Eiflel Tower, erected in
the grounds of the 1889 Paris exhibi-
ton, and 9S4 feet high. s. The Suez
canal. with IS miles of waterway con-
Meeting the Mediterranean and Red
sea. and forming the principal route
to India. 1t cost more than l7,OOO,-
900 sterling, and 1862 out OF the
397 ST. shares were purchased by, and
belong TO, the British government. 8.
The railway bridge (the largest cantl'
lever bridge in the world) over the
Forth, with two spans each of LOO
feet, erected at cost ofnearly Fl 900
900. 10. The leaning tower of Pisa,
which deviates 13 feet from the per-
pendicular. The following works were
by the ancients esteemed the seven
wonders of the world: The Pyramids,
the Tomb of Mansolus, the Temple of
Diana, the Hanging Gardens of Baby
Ion. the Colossus of Rhodes, the ivory
and gold statue of Jupiter Olympus,
and the Pharos or Watch-tower OF
Euypt.
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over as if he had been wool gathering in
his mind instead of getting the sense OF
it. Hamilton. Butler county. o., Sep
tember. 1888 he reads off. slow and
doubtfullike. i don't understand this
at all Why, this is June, 1882. AT |
suppose I'm in the Astor House, thorgh
cannot remember how got to bed st
night. and this doesn't look like my room.
came forward again and gave him one
more chance Says |, Henry, don't you
know me? He seemed to hesitate abb ut
throwing rue over after being the friend
to him | have been and looked at my
face minute before he answered but
finally said, 1 really am not aware Of
having met you before. sir, and /
don't know why you persist i'll call
ing me Henry. That made me mad
and said. i call you Henry because
you said that was your name when yoT
came here, and it is the name you have
drawn good salary under in my e'u.
ploy for year past. and if you We're
able to stand up I'd kick you for your
impudence 1 don't stand up for the
sake of being kicked, says he quite de-
liberately. but it seems to me I've got
to stand up even at that risk in order to
find out something of what and where
and who am. And with that he tried
to get out of bed, but though his head
was clear enough the electricity hadn't
all got out of his legs yet, guess, for he
couldn't stand and would have tumbled
in heap if the policeman and | had not
grabbed him and put him back in bed
Then we sent for the doctor, who came
and rubbed some stuff OH him and gave
him something to take every half hour.
That was only about an hour ago. The
doctor has just gone away, saying he
will be all right tomorrow at the furthest
Then shall kick him."
| did not think he would when he
knew all, but wasted no time in argn.
ment. Harold was conscious aud in the
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CHAPTER vi.

What scream of joy the dear girl
gave when she caught sight Of him. and
with what glad shout he answered it!
And his next "hurrah" was for me as /
entered the door behind her.
is it indeed you. dear sister" he ex'
claimed And you. too. Ranse2 How
on earth did you find me? And where III
heavens name ain [? 1t seems to me I'm
in either hive of mild lunaties or den
of practical jokers. and I'm not sure
which"
"Oh, Harold" she replied earnestly
How thank God that see you alive
againl Alive! Alive! And almost we'll
And, oh, I've mourned you so long as
dead. And you SO near it too
Inever saw so puzzled face as his
was then.
"Mourned me long time? nearly
dead? Why, you dear little goose, it was
only yesterday left you to come to the
city"
"Ah, brother. it was Is long. weary
months ago."
He turned very pale, passed his hand
over his brow slowly and moaned: "Good
God! Am mad and dreaming all this?
Taking Lis sister by the shoulders AM
raising her from his shoulder. where she
had hidden her weeping face, he fixed
his gaze intently upon her countenance.
muttering to himself: "Yes, it is Celia:
it is Celia. Yet she said 10 monthsr"
Suddenly look of anxiety swept over
his expressive countenance, and he cried:
"And Annie-my Annie! Tell me
about her!"
"She is here, Harold" answered Celia.
"Herer he exclaimed. attempting to
rise.
She put her hand upon his breast and
pressed him down. while opened the door
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bS"e~
arms dHdtnP
for Miss Bunker, who had been waiting
outside. Then there were two more rap
turous cries, and again the lucky young
fellow was folded in the arms of beau
tiful girl, who murmured in his ear, in
different to our presence:
oh, Harold. my darling, how good
God is to bring you to my arms again,
my love! How could you be so cruel as
to stay away from me all this while:"
MY Joy in our reunion is no less than
yours, my angel" he replied, "but some
body else will have to answer your ques'
ion. Only yesterday, as it seems tome
bade you goodby' at the garden gate,
and yet you, like Celia. speak as if had
been away from you long time. l do
not understand you; upon my soul do
not
Intent as we were upon him and
standing with our backs to the door
neither of US noticed Mr.. Bunker's ell
trance. but he had come upon the scene
and standing in the background was lis
tening intently.
Let US see." interposed, IF we can
not make some progress toward straight
ening ont this tangle by taking hold OF
the string at one end and following it
up Begin at the point marked by both
your knowledge and Miss Bunker's-
her garden gate yesterday, as you say
and tell US exactly what you did, step
by STEP as far as you can remember"
That's easy enough. old fellow, he
answered with ii laugh. 81 went back
to the store and got out $4,000, which !
had drawn from the bank before 3 o'clock
and temporarily locked up there i'll the
safe took the money home with me
and packed 1t in my valise, with some
things | would want in the city during
an absence OF day or two Then Celia
and | took an early dinner hurried to
the depot. caught the train, got sleep
ing car berth went to bed and woke up
in New York There took room nj
the Astor House, fixed up a little, break
tasted and then went down to the offices
of Douglas & Jones, brokers, with whom
| deposited the $4,000 as a margin on
the purchase of 1000 shares of Memphis
and Charleston Air Line stock, which
they took in before | left there at BOT.
| put a stop order on it for sale at 10
and started over to Newark to get MAN,
ufacturers terms on that enameled
leather we were talking about laying III
a stock of landed at the Broad street
depot, went up Market street, and-and
that's all | remember. don't know
how got to bed last night"
What in the name of all that is in
comprehensive put it into your head to
make that break on Wall street." de-
manded
1t wasn't break, my dear fellow
he replied confidently 1T was a make,
I'm sure of it, had private informa-
ton from an old friend. who was on the
inside that the stock was to be put on
the market that morning, with strong
pool behind it pledged not to let it get
below 80. and maLir rulation all provided
for to force It up to 40 anyway, and per-
haps highei The safe 40 was good
enough for me. And | meant to give you
joyous surprise by doubling our bank
account without your knowing how 1t
was done. Aud have
Wouldn't it be as well to wire to those
brokers and find out if you have" sug-
gested Mr.. Bunker, pushing himself for
ward.