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The age-herald., 1897-10-12
The Big Sewer Completed

The sewer which has been in course of construction for the past two months, to connect the new Majors, Morrow & Sinnige building with the storm sewer, corner Second avenue and Nineteenth strett, has at last been completed and the stredts opened. The blockades caused by the obstruction necessary to it's construction along both Second ave- nue and Twentieth street have been re- moved
The age-herald., 1897-10-12
THERE IS NO ORDINANCE.
Nothing to Stop Ringing of Bells and Blowing
 of Whistles.

Regarding the nuisarce of unnecessary ringing of bells and allowing steam to escape by the dummy engines. Chief Thos. w. Mcdonald said yesterday:
 q read the article on the matter in the Age-Herald and wish to say that there is no city ordinance under which I could take any steps to abate what the article calls a nuisance"
The age-herald., 1897-10-12
Uhe Press Unbridled

Havana. Oct. 11.-As evidence of more liberal treatment of affairs upon the part of Spanish authorities, La Lucha has been permitted 10 reproduce interviews printed in the New York Herald with a
The age-herald., 1897-10-12
Deed of azDrunken Brute

Raleigh, N. O., Oct. 11.-Albert L. Wat son, a prominent young anechanic of this city, tonight shot and probably fatally injured his bride of SIX months and then killed hmseilf. Watson had been drink ing for over a week, and committed the crime in drunken frenzy. His wife who was Miss Ada Pearce, is but IS years of
The age-herald., 1897-10-12
The Subject Not Lacking.

Smith-An Ohio man is working on an apparatus with which he expects tc photograph the wind.
 Jones-Well, now that the campaign has opened in that state he'll have plen- ty of the subject to experiment on.
The age-herald., 1897-10-12
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if l. fails to cure. 25c 9-23-s1t
The age-herald., 1897-10-12

Wanted--At once: two ener- getic young men for Shoe and Cloak Departments respect. lively; must be experienced.
 Loveman, Joseph & Loeb.
The age-herald., 1897-10-12

number of Cubans of New York Ctyi, in which the latter say they are fighting for the independence of Cuba, and not mere ly for home rule for the island.
The age-herald., 1897-10-12
FOR RNNT-REsIDENCEs

FOR .RENT-RESIDENCE 2123 7th avenue, rooms. 2211 Sth avenue, 1 rooms. 25l3 7th avenue, rooms. 1904 11th avenue, south 2512 7th avenue, rooms. 2l05 6tn avenue, G rooms. 519 26th street, rooms. 2301 Avenue F, rooms. 2J2S Avenue F, rooms. 2i30 Avenue F., rooms. 24l0 4th avenue, g rooms. 1900 20th street. south, 6 rooms. 1885 18th avenue, south,sG rooms. 200 9th avenue, ~north, s rooms.
 w. N. MALONE; 6 CO,
 Real Estate and Insurance, Phone No. 61a 20l7 1st Ave. 9-9-cod-tf
The age-herald., 1897-10-12
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

WANTED--A young man for good years engagement at six hundred dollars. Sal ary from start lnclose stamp for reply. Address J. B. Hutch, care Age-Herald. 10-1f-2t
The age-herald., 1897-10-12

FOH KENT. 2512 7th avenue, rooms. 531 18th St, north, rooms, bath and gas 715 23rd St., N, 6 rooms, bath and gas s175 1913 9th ave, N, rooms, bath and gas. 21O6 Humbolt ave, 8 rooms, bath and gas. and gas. Elegant house. 16Ol 7th ave- rooms; cheap. New house, [ rooms, 14th St. and Ave. J. Cheap.
 150O 11th ave, S., g rooms: modern. room cottage and acres land, fruits, sta bles etc., Elyton car line; d cozy place.
 CHICHESTER & YANCEY. 1O-10-3t. 2009 First Avenue
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03
MOTHER GOOSE LEGENDS.

''Three Blind Mice" b In a music
book OF 1909.
"a Froggie Would A-Wooing Go"
was written in 1850.
Little Jack Homer" Is older than the
seventeenth century.
PUSSY Cat, Pussy Cat, Who're Have
You Been?" dates from the reign OF
Queen Elizabeth.
"Old Mother Hubbard" "Goosey
Goosey Gander" and "0ld Mother
Goose" we're first published in the six
teenth century.
The author OF cinderella, ""Jack the
Giant Killer" "Blue Beard" and Tom
Thumb" was Charles Perrault, n
Frenchmnn, and these tales were writ
ten in 1907.
"Humpty Dumpty" was a bold, bad
baron who lived In the days of King
John and was tumbled from power.
This history was put into riddle, the
answer to which is an egg.
THE Babes In the Wood" WINS foun.
ded on I'm actual crime committed in
The fifteenth century. An old house
In Norfolk Is still pointed out upon
mantelshelf of which the entire history
Is carvcd.-Philadelphia American.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03
LIKE A VAST VOLCANIC BUBBLE.
Extraordinary Freak of Nature Near the
Me1lcan CITY of Pnehla.

Rev. +. S. Eortain, of Puebla, writes
as follows: at may be of interest to
some of the readers of the Herald who
visit Puebla % know of one of the less
visited attractions in the vicinity of the
City of the Angels. refer to the Cox
comate' 1t is about 20 minutes distant
from Puebla over the street car line to
Cholula. Any street car conductor can
point it out TO the curiosity-seeker. 1t
is to the right of the car line, about 500
yards distant.
ut looks from the car window to be
a pile of white stones or well-bleached
haystack. But upon closer inspection
ii proves to be a tumulus of white cal
careous stone evidently of water for
nation, about so feet in height and 100
feet in diameter at the base. The form
is that of truncated cone. At the
apex is an iptical-shaped opening
about 2j feet along the minor and 80
feet along the major axis. 1t is bell
shaped cavity and lined with ferns of
various descriptions. | should judge
the depth to be at least 100 feet, and at
IDe DOtIOll, so lar HIS IS visible tlt OPEN
ing must be GO feet in diameter. In
the bottom, on one side, are to be seen
some gorgeous ferns and on the other
side pool of water.
Tradition says that the ancient Az
tees were accustomed to worship here
the genius of the spot, and occasional
~ threw in a live victim to appease his
Eubterranean majesty. 1t is also said
that few victims of the inquisition
were thrown down here to reflect upon
the controverted points of doctrine. At
all events it Is a most singular freak of
nature, as it is in the middle of a level
plain, or rather a barley field 1t looks
TO have been some volcanic bubble, of
which the great Mexican upland is 80
full, and is well worth a visit on the
part of the curious.
Although have inquired among my
Mexican friends, / have found no one
who could tell me the meaning of the
name 'Coxcomate.' "-Mexican Herald.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03

all up to be great men, but know a
whole lot better than that, They are
all boys and all my boys-regular open
faced, stem-wndin American boys.
"You see this here youngster, with
the pale and puny look and a head on
him as big as a hamper basket, RufusP'
says the old man, layin his hand on a
boy that stood about middle way of the
row. We'll, this is my comm con-
gresham. The old lady she has picked
out two or three for preachers, and |
tell her that out OF the whole bunch we
Ind ought to raise one that will do 10
send TO congress So l have picked
the winner, and this is him. will let
him take his growth natural and slow
for a few years longer, and then will
put him in trainin to run with patience
he race set before him. l don't see
how it would make any particlar dit
ference whether he has got any name
or not, Rufus, but anyhow, the name Of
our comm congressman is Jeemes-Jest
plain Jeems."
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03
showing strong Points.

| remained and tarried around over
there in the hill country about n week
on that trip, with my general head
quarters at the Garner place. And along
in durin of that time l made il my bust
ness to watch that boy Jeems, which he
was then IA years old past. Is come next
grass. The first night he come up
about dusk drivin six-mule team, the
wagon loaded with fresh cut timbers.
Him and a niger boy then unloaded
and took out and fed. After supper a
crowd of the settlement boys come to-
gether and blowed up TIE dogs and went
OFT possum huntin. / could see with
one eye that Jeems was the mainest
leader of the pack. Soon the next
mornin / got up and was browsin
around the place 20 put razor edge on
my appetite, and there was the boy
Jeems calm up the hogs and drivin out
the COWS and tendin to the stock in gem
eraL One day me and old man Gas went
outridIn around through the fields look
10 at the crops, and way down in the
swamp we run up with the boy Jeems
and a squad Of bands cuttin timbers
and buildin a new weather house. That
night Jeems come up with a new saddle
horse which he had snapped for late in
the evenin- which he made the trade
with a Methodist circuit rider passin
through the settlement.
When got good chance ] asked old
man Gas what sort of trade Jeems had
made.
"Ee Jest naturally snapped the Twin
socks off the preacher says the old
man, loollin proud and tickled TO death.
II can't tell as yet whether you win
ever enter that boy Jeems in race for
congress-" says / to old man Cas- the
mornin that left, but l don't make no
homes of tellin you this much. If you
ever can git him to go on the track and
score for the start he will win the race,
aud you can put the gate money away in
your tanks as easy as fndln It in the big
road Hs is already comm down to bis
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03
RUFUS SANDERS.
VENGEANCE OF AN Ex-SLAvE.
Returns After Thirty Five Years to Re-
new His IncendIa rism.

new MS
About the beginning of the war be-
tween the states, when Delaware was
slave state, Tilghman FoXwell, a
farmer of Kent county, Delaware, lost
his residence and farm buildings by
two successive incendary fires, closely
following each other Circumstances
pointed TO young negro who was the
slave of Mr.. FoXwell as the incendiary.
He was arrested, and made confession
in which he admitted being responsible
for both fires, and he would have been
hanged for the crimes had not his mas
ter sold him out of the state, as the
laws of Delaware gave him the right to
do. He was sold to slave trader by
his Delaware master, and by him sold
to a planter in one of the cotton states.
In the lapse of years the negro, the
fires and other incidents connected
with them were forgotten, but they
have recently been brought to mind
by two more disastrous fires on the
same farm. now tenanted by J. Fletch-
er Truax, the first of which was five
years ago and the other a few days ago.
Before each fire a strange negro was
seen lurking about the neighborhood,
and when he first came he mate inquir-
les about the owner of the farm. He
disappeared after that fire, but a day
or two before the last one the same
negro was again observed and identi
fled in Clayton, which is near the Fox
well farm. He has again disappeared,
and though searched for, cannot be
found. He is believed to be the same
man who burned the buildings on this
farm IS years ago and was sold south
for his crimes. The vengeance of the
eX-slave is much talked of in the vicin
ity, and close watch will be kept for
him hereafter. Some of the older col
ored people around here claim to have
recognized him as the hoy" whom Mr..
Tilghman Foxwell sold TO ''Georgy,"
and they imagine it is not the man in
the flesh, but his spook periodically re-
visiting through compulsion the scenes
of the mans earlier crimes and forced
by fate to keep on committing them.
To prove it, they say he comes sudden
denly, no one knows from where, and
disappears as suddenly, no one knows
to where, and when visible will Meth
err talk nor listen. One declares he
saw the flames of the last fire wrap
ping around him, and while he was
standing looking at him, and wonder
ing why he did not burn, he suddenly
vanished Chicago Chronicle.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03

Now there was an old man, Cas- Gar
ner-which he was one Of the mighty
few men | ever met up with that
could say he brurg up boy in the way
he wanted him to 60, and the boy went
that way, But old man Cas- was dead
sot in his own notions about boys and
things and he played the game a whole
lot different from old man Simpllins. !
recollect oDcst upon time when | rid
over to the Garner place one Sunday
eyenin and passed a few pleasant hours
with the old man and BIS folks.
Al that writin old man Cas-and
Misses Garner between them - had u
boys and four girls and hadn't burnt
the cradle yet. The old man called up
the whole drove whilst was there that
evenin and stood them out in a row 50
could take good look at them
"Self praise is half scandalation, so
they tell me, Rufus" says old man Gas,
smiiin all over himself and runnin his
eye up and down the row of cotton
heads, "but takin them as they come
up and down and all around-that is
~ At-AN p wa iil'NA llA YAH q gnu a u az y
crop of children. I reckon maybe had
some cranEyfed notions when we first
started out in the business, but / soon
got well and quit They are too fro
quent like and numerous now. only
make my tiggeration for our children
to come up to the general average, and
YOU will never hear tell Of old man Gas
Garner grumblin if they do that well.
THROWN them - boys in with the
common run of SIGH dry cattle, calcu-
late that some of them will turn out
first class. some only middlin and some
hardly that. It may be different with
the girls, but as for the boys, if can
but raise three OF four rale good ones
out Of the pack win be plum willin to
give thanks and say nothin. Some peo-
pie mought think hey could raise them
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03

Chief Justice Thomas II. Woods is
still too i'll to leave his room, and there
is no prospect that he will be able at
any time soon to take part in the DELHI
erations OF the court. On this account
Gov. McLaurin has appointed Judge S.
S. Calhoun to take his place on the
bench till he RECEIVERS. There are sew
eral cases pending before the court
which it is important should be dis
posed OF as speedily as possible. Judge
Calhoon is one OF the ablest lawyers OF
the State and his appointment will give
universal satisfaction.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03
ProntIng by ErnerIence.

We feel satisfied that the farmers Of
this county have protited by experience
they have had in the past four years,
and will follow the safe plan OF plant.
ing plenty of corn, potatoes and other
food crops. which will make them prac.
tically independent of the variable con-
ditions OF tho cotton market. Farmers
should now realize that in case there
should be large cotton crop made this
year that prices must necessarily be
lower than Mt present and it is With
tho range Of possibilities that cotton
will fail to have market Value
Meadville Advocate.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03

Did that boy Jeems ever measure up
to the work which the old man had
marked out for him to do? You can bet
your last solitary dollar that he did, |
was on the ground when he entered his
first race for congress. / watched him
from the start TO the finish, aud saw him
come down under the wire Nlte thor.
oughbred-winner by a full length.
When the bell first tapped three cam
didates scored for the start. The other
two showed up in some better style
than Jeems, pulled ON the bits and
pranced back and forth acrost the
track. But at the same time Jeems was
l<eepn cool and sayn himself for the
work ahead When they first went off
YOU mought cover the whole bunch
with one blanket, and things didn't
change any to speak of till they swung
into the home stretch. But after they
passed the last quarter pole Jeems linn
bered up surprisin, squatted down clost
TO the ground and come in ahead as
easy as a boy in baseball game would
steal to the home base on his belly.
But whilst there may be one man in
a hundred that can train a boy up ia
the right way for him to so, there are
90 that will make a botch of the game
every chatter. A boy can't be girl,
but he is more than probable to be
human.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
10 learn that thore lis at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able TO cure in
all it's stages, and that is CgtJrrh Halls
Catawh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature In doing its work. The
proprietOrs have so much faith IN its Cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for listo testimonials.
Address 7. j. CHENEY a Co., Toledo, o.
Sold Ug Druggists, Zoe
Halls Family Pills are the best,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03
odd Fellows Hall at Water valley.

When the Odd Fellows have finished
their lodge hall there will be no hall In
the ate that will compare with it,.
Water Valley has one Of the largest
and most progressive lodges in the
state. The fact is all the lodges and
orders OF our city are in nourishing
condition. and the churches are not a
whit behind in anything. These splen.
did conditions are brought about by a
careful. watchful and persistent spirit
on the part OF our people to do tho right
thing a. the right time, md TO appre.
eiate osr circumstances Water Yslie5
ltemlFeE.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03

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he lit in and run through the Cross
Roads school as quick and easy as a
heavy dost of salts. and the nest news
we rot from him he was off and gone
to college. lie went right on holdn his
own with the best and smartest boys
that the country could bring forth and
there want ANYTHING in the college that
could set him back or turn him down.
He made smashfn good record. and at
the finish he come down under the wire
first vinnfn the race like deer in
walk.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03

Arrangements have boon mado to
build an leo factory at McComb City
with capacity OF twenty-five tons
daily. 1t is expected to be in working
order by March Is. This factory is
being put in to supply tho trade along
the Illinois Central Railroad fifty miles
above and below McComb City at the
very lowest prices.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03

For the first time in her history Co
lumbus was lighted by electricity last
week, and stimuli taneously there flashed
from the forty arc lamps which had been
placed throughout the city light which
cannot be surpassed in brilliancy and
quality by any city in tho South.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03

Gov. McLaurin has received the fol-
lowing letter from Albert L, Rice, Now
York City: mo doubt You are in
terested in the development Of your
State. can furnish you one-half Of
the capital necessary to build long lines
OF railroads, where itcan be shown that
they would be good paying roads. When
companies can raise one-half OF the
money | can furnish tho other half"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03

learnt and know about the human fam
lily in general it is now my private and
public opinions that whole passle of
money is wasted in this country every
year training boys mp into ways which
it was never intended for them TO GO
ways wherein they amt fifteen to GO
ways i'm which they couldn't GO if they
wanted TO, and wouldn't if they could.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03

ticklish k / II d Of
business, and for a
common thing l
don't reckon more
than one man in
every h un dre d
ould know for
certain how to take
holt and turn OIL
the job. Leastwise,
from what l have
seen and heard and
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03

work in good shape and shown some
strong pints, and he hasn't shed of his
baby teeth yet, Don't hold the rib
hons too tight, and don't buckle NJ the
checltrein too high, and that boy Jeems
win earn his feed by and by
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03
A College Moved.

Stone College, of Meridian, with its
boarding patronage and faculty, was
removed to Shuqualak and consolidated
with the Shuqualak Female College.
Prospects are bright for the future OF
the college.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03

Tho Vicksburg match factory, an in
dustry started in Vicksburg within the
past few months, is now unable to ill
tho orders received. 1t has been sue
cess from the beginning, and the plant
is running to its full capacity.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.



The truck growers in various portion'
OF tho State are organizing and prepar'
ing for larger business this year than
ever before. Those in the vicinity Of
Brookhaven recently held an interest
ing meeting, one OF the principal OBJ
ieots being the establishment OF a can
ming factory. Several OF the truck
growers gave their experience. Dr.
| Butler said:
81 was stakeholder in canning fac
tory. We paid 20 cents per bushel the
first year and the next year Is cents
have seen from 300 to 600 bushels
taken off one acre IT depends on how
much man knows about raising toma-
toes"
Question by Capt. s. d. Powell; Doc
tor, how many bushels do you think
can be raised here on this pino land?
Answer; "a think you could count
safely on 500 bushels"
H. H. Becker said the canning COM
pany would furnish fertilizers and seed
at cost and take pay out OF the yege-
tables with all who won't into con-
tract with the company,
S. p. Oliver offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That we, the Brookhaven
Truck Growers Association, will use
our best efforts to encourage diver
ity in farming. and to promote the
growing OF such vegetables as will fur
Their the agricultural interest of this
section and at the same time enable the
canning factory to handle our produce.
The Lumber Interests of Mississippi
Mississipp's lumber interest comes
next to her agricultural interest; why
not protect it? If the prcss OF the State
would come out and favor the adoption
Of some plan by which tho lumber manu-
featured would bring better market
value our senators might DO induced
to advocate whatever measures that
might come up before that branch OF
congress to gain such an end. The sup
ply Of oak, gum, ash and cottonwood
material for lumber is almost mex
haustible in the Delta country, and in
other sections OF the State the pine and
poplar abounds almost to an equal ex-
tent Cotton of late years has hardly
brought tho price of production. Let
us protect our lumber and make il
bring good price worth tho while be-
4 4 =
crop of cotton the next season, but
when the lumber material is exhausted
it is gone forever. -Tunica Democrat.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03

Gov McLaurin last week appointed
Frank J. Barlow coroner and ranger of
Tunica county.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-03

Mrs. j. Dewitt, of the Goodwater
neigh borhood, died last week at the
advarc1d age Of 90 years. The remains
were inferred in tho Goodwater Gene