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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-09-23

The "Bicyclist's Best Friend" is a
familiar name for DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. always ready for emergencies.
While specific for piles, it also Instantly
relieves and cures cuts, bruises, salt
rheum, eczema and all affections OF the
skin. 1t never fails. Janeck Bros. Drug
Store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-09-23

HARPER Whiskey is rapidly becom-
ing the popular beverage, It's the one
thing all parties agree upon, Republicans,
Dem ocrats, Populists. Even the know
nothing" party knows one thing; the
merits OF HARPER Whiskey. Sold by
every reliable dealer in North Yakima.
Wash.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-09-23
Biz Bargains for Your Money.

A new invoice of wagons and buggies
has been received by Mike Schorn, being
the second carload this season. lie is
selling spring wagons for from SO up
wards and they are dasys. 27.u
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-09-23

Mrs. White-I don't know what to do
with my boys; they wear out go many
clothes; it keeps my husband broke buy.
ing them.
Mrs. Smith-Why, it was the same
with US until We bought clothes from
Otter Bros, and since then we have
money to put in the bank every month.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-09-23

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, ss
Lucas COUNTY. 800
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he
Is the senior partner of the firm of f. j.
CHENEY & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, county and state afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of CATARRH that
cannot he cured by the use of HALLS
CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
mp presence, this 9Th day OF December,
A. ID. 1886. A w. GLEASON,
~@- Notary Public.
SEAL
49,
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
end acts directly on tho blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free. +. J. Cheney ( Co.,
Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by druggists Zoe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-09-23

Above represents the official Mcd2i
awarded Dr.. Prices Cream Baking Powder BY
Worlds Columbian Exposition. Chicago '93
The fame achieved at all the Great Fair.
rests solely on its merits as the strongest
purest and best Of all the saking powdcrs
and truly stamps DR.. Prices as
THE foremost baking powder Ia ali the sarld
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-09-23
REPORr0RIAL FANCIES
Brief Bits Of News Gathered Prom the
Highways and Byvays Of Life.
PERSONAL and IuPERS0EAL JOTTIICS

"News'' is ssmeshing That - Net
GeneraiIy known anS Here ReaA.
ers Of "The HeraBA" VIII find .
Couple Of Columns OF IL.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23
Weather aud Crops.

During the past week rainfall oc'
Cured in the form Of local showers at
scattered points over the State, which
were beneficial to all crops receiving
them. In nearly all localities where
rain fell crops are reported TO be in
good condition; elsewhere they are suf-
fering for want OF rain, Cotton has
taken on moro vigorous growth owing
to the warm weather Early planted
corn is too far advanced generally to de-
rive any considerable benefit from tie
favorable weather, but late corn is maxi
ing good progress in growth and doyel-
opment except where checked by
drouth. In tho river counties which
were overlooked good progress is being
made in cultivating crops, and the out
look there is generally favorable. Car
dens and truck farms have been greatly
improved by the rains. Melons are
being marketed. The first crop of Irish
potatoes has been housed and prepara-
lions are being made for a second crop
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23

As she stood upon the top stoop and
kissed him good.by before he went out 70
battle with the cold, cold world he thought
that she had never looked so winsome, even
in their old counting days.
"And now my bad boy must have as many
slaps as years he has lived, for to-day is his
birthday" she went on, beginning the
Christening salutations,
"Why, so il is he said with that mo-
mcntary sensation of years passing helpless
ly away which mddle-aged men experience
upon these occasions
And what lovely thing shall his darling
wife get him for birthday present this
year," she went on. "You already have
smoking cabinet and card table, and nv
dining lamp, you know, was one Of
my birthday presents to you. And then"
I'D go kind of light, my dear" he an.
swered, somewhat moodiy. Get me some
little cheap thing. / haven't been able to
pay for my last years birthday present
yet. IN. Y journal.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23
MISSISSIPPI MATTEI,S.


Greonville was treated to somewhat
sensational elopemont last week. Ar
thur Rose, a Young man, has been pay
ing great deal OF attention to Miss
Matte Bohanuou for some time past
1t seems tho parents objected to the
young man and kept a close watch on
their daughters in fact the mother was
with her ali tho time. Last week Rose
determined he would, II possible, secure
his bride, so he proceeded to her house
in buggy Her mother protested
against her going with Rose, but he
pushed her out OF the way and tho
daughter joined him in tho buggy
They drove rapidly to tho home OF Rev
Stevenson Archer, who performed the
ceremony. The girls father was noti-
fled and set out TO find the couple. Rose
had taken his bride to the homo of
friend aud secrotod her, and then went
down town, where no met her father,
with whom some warm words were eX-
The father demanded OF
Rose to return his daughter, saying no
would kill Rose II he did notreturn her.
Bohannon was put under arrest and
locked up to prevent him doing his SON
in.law violence.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23

Therese had two distinguishing CUTS, ohe
was sarcasm aud the other was water COZ,
ors. She and Quatorze had been eheageu
once and they quaneled for some reason,
| Ne,ther OF them seemed 20 know eNaety
wbv. and | suppose that neither OF them
care inst now, for Quatorze was married we
other day aud the girl sent present 10 the
wedding. l., l.,
The present was a water color done by
her own delft fingers, The girl could pant
we'll. The picture was a beautiful thing; IL
represented a great rock which looked ior
ali the world like platform with steps lead
ing up TO the top of it, Overhead was
cloudiess sky, full of sunshine, and with a
blue in il that made you wish that the world
were all sky and that YOU were Heating
among the fleecy clouds on pinions OF arr
There were trees bending over that enehant'
ed rock, and beyond were the shlmmerlng
waters of a lake.
How beautiful" exclaimed the bride,
GLOW kind of Theresa She's such dear,
good girl. We will hang it in the parlor,
won't we, dear|
"I'm afraid the light won't be quite right"
said Quatorze aloud,
10 himself he said
The water color was picture OF rock at
Lake George, where he and Therese had, sat
two summers ago when he proposed to her
N. Y. Telegram.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23
lie Has wcaned EN- Now.

But let me tell you, RUFF I'll be ever
: lastingIy gummed up if | haven't pu
! the final tiNments on EN- this year. The
= tramps haven't lost anything around
I our house here lately and there ain'1
| a blame thing on my place now which Il
5 tramp needs in his business They dc
, come pillagin and pirootin around oncst
in awhile, but dadblame EN-, they don't
, tarry and remain over with us this
/; summer any to speak of.
How did | manage, and what have |
done? Along in the fall of last year
| didn't do a blame thing but take all
the field hands out and split IA cords of
oak and hickory wood. Then had the
Woodall stacledupin one long, high pile
cut there by the well in the back yard.
didn't put the wood there to cut it up
and make fires with it indurin of the
winter time, you understand / put it
there for the tramps. We had the blazin
good fires all right, bat give out gen
! cral orders that Nobody mustn't cut
marry blessed stick of wood outen that
big pile. 1t didn't belong TO me any
more. 1t was stacked up there for
the tramps.
"And, now, RUFF, you would laugh
and laugh till you could just naturally
fall down and wallow in it if you could
see the tremendous moyin influence
which that big pile of hard, seasoned
oak and hickory wood can bring to
bear upon a pair of able-b bodied
tramps, When they come up to
the front gate and want bite
of something to eat, all I have got
to do is to tell EN- all right and send |
EN- around to the kitchen. The minnit
they pass around the corner of the house
and catch sight of that 14-cord pile
of wood, with two good axes layin
around convenient, burned if they don't
tall over one another cleanin up and
gettin away from there. 1t is worse
than dost of high life or sperits of
Some two or three weeks ago a pair
of the boys passed along the railroad.
and one left the main line and come by
our house to draw their rations. As
usual, | sent him on around to the
Blamed if it didn't look like he would
faint at the very sight of our wood pile.
Then it would seem like he took curya-
,ure Of the spine, and the latest fying d
Machine is nothin, Rufe. to the move, :
nent which he took unto himself as :
oon as he recovered sufficiently to re-
ume business. In his big hurry to alb
catulate he didn't take time to open the
ront gate, and he snaggled a duplex '
oneurre in the seat of his breeches is q
g went over the picket fence and made q
dark streak down the big road.
Tell the news, Rufe-tell il 10 everv
ody-and let long-sufferin humanity
Understand henceforwards that for SC
'canin tramps there is nothin like D,
w cords of wood stacked up close to Y,
le kitchen. IT is dead shot-kill or 81
IRE" =,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23

workers out OF a job with nothin tC
do and so seandalous hungry till h,
didn't know where he would sleep that
night.
From the way he talked and the
way he looked thought the pore, on'
happy devil must be in cold, dead ear,
nest. In the fullness of my weak and
tender heart | told him l would give
him somethin TO eat and somethin TO
do, pfoyidin he would take the whole
contract The next thing knowed /
was traded with ON the spot. He went
on around TO the kitchen and worried
down the grulc. Then he spat upon his
hands and made ort like he was Jest
naturally itchin and achin to put in
a few ticks of good honest work.
"Now | rally didn't have anything in
particular for him to do, RUFF. was
jam up with my crop and had then
been fumblin and fooln around for
several days smoothin down the edges
and knocllin off the high places. But
| put ON my thinkiu cap and rummaged
around for some honest work to give
that tramp, ] had three acres planted
in corn over on red hillside, and il
had come up mighty bad missn. 1t
was my plans and intentions to replant
that cut with COOLERS, and at odd times
of nights and at noon-me and the
children had done already shelled out |
the COOLERS to do the work with |
went and got half a peek of them nice |
shelied COOLERS and give them to the |
tramp. Then | went over in the field |
with him, showed him what to do and |
how to do it, and left him there with the
job in his hands. At dinner time he
come in tired and hungry like man
which had been hard at work. He
climbed up around three plates of
spring greens, with meat and bread nc
nordjn, for dinner. Late along in the
shank of the evenin he turned up oncst
more at the house and lowed that he
was done the job. Nothin would do
out | must go over there in the field
With him and see that he had done as
commanded. | could see where he had ,
'ecked through the corn with hoe
md left the proper signs in every missin
'lace So in pursuance of the contract
which we had made paid him IS cents
n good sound free silver and he went :,
N his way reioicin.
We'll, in the due fullness Of time |
vent over in the field one day to see how
ny goober crop was comm on, and =
odblame it, they never had come at all. u
nd they never did come, RUFF, any to
peak of. All and in all | think found
aven goober vines in the whole three u
ere field. The durn tramp never did :,
liant EN-, Rufe-that is to say, he never v
ID plant EN- in the native soil of that p
'rn field. Doddurn him, he planted ",
n in his bread basket or toted EN- off II
his pockets, one or the other and p,
aybe partly both. Anyhow, he only ol
ent through the motion in regards u
the work, whilst he cooked me done
cracklin for two square meals, half Ju
peck of nice shelled COOLERS and IS ri
nts to boot, in passin. A
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23
SOUTHERN eLEANlNos.



j. W. Barnett, well-lnown planter
on the Teche, in Louisiana, has always
considered himsel something of aehess
PLAYER. on his way home from New
York recently he undertook to play
chess with a very remarkable player
lie undertook to give his fellow-passen-
ger lessons, but before they had played
very long the stranger turned his back
to the chess board, asked the Loulsin-
ma gentleman to call his plays
while he made them, read
paper the while, and defeat
ed the Louisiana with wonderful ease
and rapidity, Then to aggrayate mat
tiers, there was deaf and dumb man
on board and the chess man under
stood the sign language. And after
awhile the player told the Louisiana
man that he would dispense with call
ing out his plays as the deaf and dumb
man would do his seeing for him, ana
by the aid of dumb man the chess
player defeated the greatest chess
player ON the famous Teche.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23

The city of Vicksturg will be tho
scene OF a second and still more i'm.
portant fair this fall than that of last
year. At meeting of the West Mis-.
sissippl Association last week a board
OF directors, consisting OF twenty-eipbl
representative business men. was
elected and it was decided to hold TIE
fair at date between the st. Louis and
Dallas fairs and the New OIeans WIN.
ter race meeting. The association win
begin canvass for additional ubscrip-
lions to its capital stock immediatelv
with view to Offering greater induce,
ments to exhibitors.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23

They had a Elder Newberry up before
a church meetin over at Bark Log on
Saturday before the last fourth Sunday.
Some of the members charged that the
elder had been drunk, against the peace
and dignity of the church and state.
1t was brung out in the trial that the
elder had raley looked upon the early
runnin of the corn when it was white
But the elder showed by his proofs that
he was not guilty of a noisy public
drunk, sieh as mought make the
church hide her face in the sack cloth
OF shame. From all the facts brupg oiif
on the elders side it would seem like he
had len seriously and superbly and
comfortably drunk. but. as Aunt Nancy
Newton is wont TO say, it was all At
home and in a family way And on them
general grounds the elder win the fight
md holds his place IN the amen eornsr
over a Bark Log
HuFue sANpERs
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23

Louis Andrew Wingo young man
who lives with his father just outside
of Manchester, Va, attempted suicide
by shooting through the brain. He
inflicted a dangerous wound, and may
die, though his physician hopes to save
his life. The cause of the young
mans act was disappointment in love,
He has been paying attention to
O. Angel, but his suit for the girls
hand appears not to have met with ia
vor in the eyes of Miss Angels father,
who is said to have forbidden Wingo to
visit his daughter. Wingo saw the
young lady at church with another
young man, and this seems to have
preyed on his mind
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23

l have heard people tell about the boy
which was sent to town after some
soap, and for fears he couldn't recollect
what he went after, he said Soap, soap.
soap with every step he took. But
now presumably as he was going up a
steep hill-which the same was mon
strous wet and muddy-he slipped up
and fell down and forgot what his moth
er had started him to town for. lie
Numbered down by the road and tried
his level hlamdest TO remember what
he was going after, and then he put
in and wept a few stanzas But he
couldn't make the mill grind with the
water which had passed. About that
time "A traveller rid by, and as he come up
the hill his horse was slipping and slidin
fore and aft.
Good mornin. Bud" says the tray
eler,
"Mornin,' says the boy.
This blamed old hill is as slick as
soap, amt ito" says the traveller.
Soap! soap! soap!" says the boy as
he headed fresh for town and went of
In a trot to fetch the necessaries.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23

One DR.. John W Bragg, alias Elder
Bragg, colored, who was going around
the country preaching on Sunday and
practcing medicine without license,
was arrested at Aberdeen last week
He destroyed the eyesight of one of his
patients. He carried the bone of a
black cat and lizard skin caught on
the dark of the moon, also the skull of
a screech owl, and his grip full of con-
jure bags, powders, ETC., including the
right hind foot of a graveyard rabbit.
After being captured he broke loose
from the officers, breaking two of Con-
stable McKinney's fingers, A lively
chase OF about two miles ensued
and he was recaptured. He was tried
before Justice Sims and fined $50 and
costs. For his failure to meet this de-
mand he was sent to the county convict
farm.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23

For some years past John Andrew
Milligan has been livin over there clost
to Gravel Cut, only little ways from
the railroad station. So after supper
one night last week John Andrew come
over to our house and was telIin me
about the ups and downs and trials and
tribulation which he has had with
tramps.
IF you love your country, Rufe, don t
never git caught foolin' along with
tramps, says John Andrew. whilst
there was somethln in his experiments
which brung to my mind what the
Scripture says in regard to the scorched
youth and the fireworks.
There are jest two things in this
green and wicked old world which a
tramp will stay with and stick 10. One
is the main line of a railroad, and the
other is his secret Bible oath never to
bruise the fair bosom of the earth with
marry durn lick of honest work. Along
about this time last year | thought
that maybe | had found one lone ex- /
1eption to that general rule. It did .
look to me like every day the good
Lord sent, with its sunshine and its
1lessins, the devil would send along
few tramps to try my patience and
'ester the life outen me. All thev
wanted was sonethin to eat. and we
lad fed EN- and fed EN- till by gracious
be children would git hongry between
meals and weep for cold victuals.
SO bright and early one morniu last
prlng- when tramp turned up in the
ack yard, with dewdrops in his whisk
rs and tangles in his hair, and wanted :
little handful Of somethin or other to
nooth the wrinkles out of his bread !,
asket, or words to that extent. felt ;
Ike | could say most anything except +
my Sunday school lesson. II | had 7,
ny work TO do be would be glad TO turn =
Z some odd jobs for me. 10 hear him =
Hin it, be was one Of them willIa
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23
Would Arm the World.

If all the guns made by the Winchester
Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Ct, could
be collected, there would be more than
enough t2 equip the standing arr armies OF the
ter guns in use to-day and the number is
rapidly increasing. The popularity of Win
chester rifles and repeating shot guns is de.
served for they always give entire satisfac-
ton and for strong and accurate shooting
they are unsurpassed. These guns are made
in all desirable caibers and styles Every
gun has to pass the most severe tests before
it leaves the works, which insures its be-
ing perfect. When buying a gun the Win
chester is the make to take, for it can al
ways be relied upon. Send for large illus
trated catalogue free.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23

On the deck OF the steamer or on board the
tram that is to bear You away from thuse
dear TO YOU, You will, if YOU are wise. have
safely slowed away in your luggage a suffi.
cent supply of that safeguard against i'll.
less liostetter's Stomach Btters. Com.
mcrcial travellers, tourists and pioneer emi.
grants concur in testitying to the fortifyng
ana saving properties of the great tonic.
Use Tor constipation, bliousness, malarial
and Kidney COMPLAINTS and NERVOUSNESS.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23

Yes said Mr., Snicksnackle, "I do not
like my name at all. They say that either
the legislature or the district court will
change 1t for me. Which would you apply
to i you were in my predcamentE"
Wei, said she, thoughtlully, "a minis,
ter would do for me.
Aud three hours later it struck him that
perhaps there was a mild hint in what she
had sald.-CIncinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23
Pro.pectIye nrIdegroom JnIled.

Instead Of being on his honeymoon
trip with his 14-year-old bride, w. Ed
ward Talley was jailed at Richmond,
Va. The charge against him is com
hitting perjury in swearing that he
was % years old in order to obtain "a
marriage license to wed pretty Lizzie
Blailock. The warrant was sworn out
by the prospective groom's father. The
latter, hearing that the license had
been obtained, proceeded to the church
where the marriage was to be cele-
brated and stopped it.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23

Robert Maynard and Walter Brasfield
left Aberdeen last week on their BICYCLES
for Nashville, Tenn, where they ex-
pect to remain short time, take in TIE
big show and return on their wheels.
They took a northeasterly direction,
going via Detroit Ala, thence to Tns-
cumbia, Ala, and on to the end of their
iourneY.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23
surprise for a mind rlger op.rator.

The police OF Meridian made a raid
on the blind tigers and ran in several
OF them last week. They were ar.
raigned before the mayor and three N
them, John Pool, Tom Jackson and Ike
Preston, pleaded guilty. A fine Of $50
and costs was imposed on each. After
the trial in the mayors court Pool
oourted an affidavit against him before
Justice II. J. Woods. The same plea N
guilty was entered here that he entered
in The mayors court. but the defendaot
vas very much surprised when DO WAS
give ninety days Imprisonment ami )
$500 hae. w.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23
Sunshine ana ssa..

The redbird sings, and the ~
its gold through my windo,y'' uulAhns d
sweet perfume steals into M, p'le ID
the roses in the lane. ~ room (
clear; in the sohool-yard no,, ae'ssl
ronp IN glee; the earth is bripb,u le Gea
sunlight, but what is it all Ia sI Iod y vi
For, across the way, there \ ,u
that fortunes my weary brain y " Dl
fair, with auburn hair, is at tGe r ,le nal
-Up-to-Date, Wv Plaa9ls
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-23

Governor McLaurin has appointed the
following delegates to the cotton grow
ers' convention to be held al Galveston
on August 20: First district, V. l..
Young, Lowndes county; Second, Geo.
}. Finley, Marshall county; Third, d.
c. Casey, Sharkey county; Fourth, NJ.
A. Lynch, Winston county; Fifth, w.
d. Gibbs, Hazoo county; Sixth, L. &,
Aldricb, Adams county; Seventh, j. r.
Cameron, Madison county. State at
large: W. b. Kicks, Canton; Andrew
Minis, jackson.