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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08


Now old man Asey Stribblin was
about as bad cf in politics as Drury
1 Griffin was with regards to his religion.
Old man Asey didn't have no trouble
touchin the church, but when it come
to politics he was on the other side
every time the convention come TO or
der. He started out in life as scream
in democratand stoodon that puncheon
for many years. But as time went on
he took a fool notion to run for office.
lie went in for high constable first.
but most of the votes went to the other
man and the distance flag futtered
down in Asey's face. He next made the
race for county coroner, and oncst
more luck run from him like a shot aad
let in the other man come under the
wire first
Then presently Asey Stribblin got
sick and sore. He made out like some
body had cheated him outcn what was
his by rights. At the same time the
onlyest trouble with Asey was that be
didn't 60 votes enough to put him in
the office. Whit IS .o now was so then
and always win be so. The mainest
thing is the votes. Asey thought every
blessed man that smiled at him and
talked Kind and pleasant to him was
StrbDlm man, and then when the votes
didn't pan out like he had set the fig
gers down he let the sap run up and
talked like a silyer-tongued idiot. He
heard that old man Tommy Pickens
voted for the other man after talkfn
like he mOught be for Stribblin, and
from that he threatened to shoot
Pickens on sight. But right then if
Asey had started out to shoot every
man that talked like he moupht be for
Stribblin and then voted for the other
man on election day be would he busy
with that large and bloody Job even in
10 this good day and hour.
Well, in the run of years, old man
Asey got so ALFRED mad with the
democrats till he lit out and went over
to the whigs-whch it come to pass
that the wings didn't to say need him
any worse than the democrats. Now
Asey Stribblin was man like this. If
he didn't see what ne wanted he would |
ask for it, and then if the gang he was
gallopin with didn't give it to him he |
wouldn't gailop no more. If the party /
played his way lie would play, and if |
they didn't he was ready right then
Immediately 10 throw his hand to the /
pack and quit the game. He soon quit
he wings because they wouldn't give
linn anything in sight and then pres
,ntly he turned out to be a wild and
Toolly know nothin. He stuck TO the
snow nothins till they went to pieces.
henever could getthe seat
# his brooches CREASED exactly right so
.c could slideintaa fat office. lie kicked
nd he cussed, and he fumcd and he
used all the days Of his life. and
naly gone 70 tbe pass where be
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08
Troops for Alaska.

The establishment OF a military post
on the Yukon, in the gold mining region
of Alaska, would doubtless have a good
moral effect, and the presence of the
troops that garrisoned it would doubt
less exert an influence favorable to the
maintenance of good order and the OBJ
seryance of the laws, but beyond this
nothing would be gained.
Under the provisions of the posse
comitatus act the troops could not be
used to aid in the enforcement of law,
the preservation of order or the sup
preston of crime. This act requires
strict neutrality upon the part of the
federal troops in all civil affairs, and
prohibits their employment in quelline
riots or disorders, or in any other civil
matters unless especially directed to
act by the president.
The law is good one so far as it an.
plies to the states, but it should be made
imperative in the territories, especially
those unorgauized.-M Military Gazette.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08

In the way of news as to the senate
rial succession there is absolutely moth
ing new. Gov. McLaurin has virtually
announced that he is in no hurry about
making the appointment, that he is GO
ing to take his time, and do what he
considers to the best interest of the
State, regardless of personal conse'
quenees, The friends of the candidates
are not permitting the grass to grow in
their tracks, however. They continue
to make pilgrimages to the old capitol
building, and jackson comes about as
near being a mecca as ever in its his.
tory, The George succession is ono in
which every patriotic citizen of the State
is deeply concerned and interested. 7.
NJ. Henry, in Commercial Appeal,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08
Case Of Dual Consciousncs,

A girl, 10 years old, is said to be un-
dergoing treatment for hysteria at the
state hospital, Binghamton, N. Y.
The case is remarkable one of dual
consciousness. She can carry on sim
ultaneously two mental processes re-
sulting in a duality of actions. One of
these processes is conscious, the other
subconscious. While she is reading
aloud the physician slips pencil in her
hand and she writes answers to ques-
tons asked in low voice. She remem,
bers what she has read, but when con-
ironted with the writing has no recol-
lection of it or Of the questions She is
said to be perfectly sane and DR.. White.
who is conducting the experiments, be-
lieves they may have an important bear
ing upon the whole question of ire
sistible impulses.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08

days of my life, and my notion is that
most any of them will cuss little
when you stir 'em up and git EN- good
hot. | don't feel like | am anything
but jest another cussin Methodist"
you have got that down all wrong"
the elder went on, "and you will have
TO read up on the rules in orderment to
walk upright and keep yourself in the
fold, Amt you ready now to say you
got wrong, and you are sorry for it, and
won't do so no more2"
mot as anybody knows of, breth-
rem" says Drury. Seems to me like II
man Jest can't worry along without
eussin little around the edges that is
ease in pint between him and the good
Lord. have found out that my main
est weak pint is for cussin, but yet
feel like | am as good a Methodist as
any man in the crowd, and a hundred
common men couldn't throw me over
board from the Old Ship. Methodist,
Methodist is my name, and Methodist
will die"
But, nevertheless, notwithstandin
heuceforth thereof, as Drury went on
from bad to worse with his weak pint
for cussin the church come together
aud throwed him overheard and the
Old Ship sailed proud and steady on her
way.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08

For the week ended August 80 the
temperature was about normal, the
rainfall was sufficient ovor a large por-
ton Of the State, and the weather con
ditions were generally favorable for all
crops. Cotton is doing very well,
reports continue of local damage by
rust, shedding, rot and army worms.
Picking is progressing and cotton is
opening fast in all sections. A good
yield is assured with continued favora-
Bile weather, and some reports indicate
a fine crop. Late corn, peas, potatoes,
turuips, sugar cane and fall gardens
generally are very promising. Pastures
have been greatly improved by recent
showers, Considerable fodder has been
saved, and a good crop of hay has been
secured in many sections.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08
RUFUS SANDERS.
AN EXPENSIVE ASSIGNMENT,
The Naval officers az the Queens Jul
bIiec Paid Well for Their Fun,

I inc Naval umctFh Ut thf wv
bIIec Paid Well for Their Fun,
Naval officers ON duty here await
with interest the return Of the officers
who went TO the queens jubilee on tho
cruiser Brooklyn, says the Washington
Star. Although, from many points OF
view that assignment was most de-
sirable one, it had one great disadvan'
tage in the important matter of per
sonal expense, which caused it TO be
generally Stunned. When the Brook
/ Ign was selected for the mission, many
of her officers were detached at their
own request, and their places supplied
| by others, more fond of social diver
sions, and at the same time able fnan-
cially TO engage in them. The conse-
queuce was that the ship was Differed
mainly by volunteers willing and able
to pay for the social obligations Incl
dent to the jubilee.
twas conceded that the officers would
be put to heavy personal expenses far
beyond their salaries in returning So
cial courtesies shown them by the as
sembled representatives of other navies
as well as in making some show of
reciprocating the lavish Inequalities OF
their English brethren. The trip meant
wining and dining galore, to recipro
cate which in the slightest degree
meant expenditures considerably in az.
cess of their regular salaries paid by
the government. To meet this condi-
ton, only officers having other finan-
cial resources were detailed to fill the
vacant places on the Brooklyn. Most
of them are well off in a worldly sense
and several of them are rich. In the
latter class is included Commander Will
liam Emory, who acted as executive
officer. He is well known here as a man
of Independent fortune, fond of so.
ciety and, as one of his friends put it, |
liable to hold up his end in any COM
pany, convivial or otherwise"
Several others of the ships company
are similarly circumstanced and con-
and We're chosen on that ac-
count. In order to tighten their fnan-
cial burdens as much as possible, how
ever, the secretary of the navy allotted
Admiral Miller, who was in command
of the expedition, the sum of $4,000 to.
wards meeting the expenses of the en-
the officers would neces-
sNrily have to give in return for cour.
tesies received. This money was used,
Of course, only for the purely formal
on the ship, and is popular
Iy supposed to have been merely drop
in the bucket compared with the total
expenses incurred by the officers on
heir individual accounts. In recipro-
'ating courtesies extended they had
% entertain scions of nobility and
other guests of equally expensive gas
tastes and several of the
timers given are said to have cost the
losts a pretty penny
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08
Has Accepted the Invitation.

Hon. A. A. Kincannon, State super
intendent of education, has been in
vited to deliver an address at the Nash
vile Exposition on Mississippi Day
September 2Sth, on Education in
Mississippi" He has accepted the in
vitation. He has given the subject
close and painstaliing consideration
He has splendid theme Mississippi
spends annually about $500, 900 for
education. The amount distributed
from the State treasury, inclusive OF
the poll taxes, to the common schools,
is S923,5OO, nearly 100000. Besides
this sum the counties and separate
school districts raise large amounts for
common school fund purposes and the
State has always made liberal appro.
priationS to the colleges and various
institutions Of learning.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08
ACTOR AND MUSICIAN.

Rejane will next year play. Lady
Teazel in French version of 1.-THE
School for Scandal"
"The Two Migrants" has reached
Cape Town, Africa, and has been
played there to large audiences.
Another opera has been inspired By
"Rip Van Wrinkle" The latest opened
her mniesty's theater in London Sep.
TENDER T.
The theatrical business Is BALD to be
booming in South Africn. They are
building o new theateF at Huuwayo to
svst tleolesQ,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08
From pillow to Post.


For long time after that DrurN
Griffin stuck to ii and maintained tina
he was a better Methodist than larry
durn one of the men which turned hin
out of the church. He got madden anc
madden with the men which were hold
in the helm Of the Old Ship, till by nnc
by he give it out that he was goin tC
build up the true Methodist church
One day he went out in the old field
and knocked up pine pole pen, which
he called the True Church. He put in
| the benches and built a pulpit and
/ bought a big Bible. Then he fell in
with Parson Zeb Newton-which in
the main time Zeb had been turned
out Of the church for ridIn a squealin
chestnut sorrel horse on the circuit
and Zeb was anonymously elected to be
the preacher of the True Church. But
it seems as if the True Church didn't
draw as fast and furious as Drury and
Zeb lowed it would Zeb was the
preacher and Drury was the church,
and when it come to pass that they
couldn't turn the created world wrong
side out and upside down, they helt
a few cussin matches together, and
then adjourned the meetin and quit.
But in the run of time Drury Griffin
iined in with first one church and then
another till finally at last he didn't
have nowheres to go. He put his mem
bership in with the Presbyterians and
went along smooth for awhile, but pres
entity be got mad because they sot
down to sing and riz up to pray" lie
lowed that want in line with his no
tons Of religion, so he took out and
quit
The next thing everybody knowed
Drury was jined in with the Episcopal
church, but he didn't stuck there SIX
months. 1 had told the folks all along
that if Drury Griffin ever got any
religion that would keep he would
have to take it in the very light
est form, and / lowed maybe he had
now found the proper place at last.
But he soon took up the notion that
duncin was as bad as cussln. And be
sides that he said they didn't do any /
thing in the church but read prayers /
and sing songs, and kHeel down and /.
get up, and then get up and kneel
down. So Drury he "riz and fell with /.
en- as long as he could stand it, and /
then dropped out into the cold world .
lncst more.
To tell the Bible truth, all the
churches and any church was too rood
for Drury Griffin lie had been horned
IN the other side of every question,
and the mainest trouble with Drary
Griffin was the all-around cussedness
If Drury Griffin. And when his time
come he died out Of the church, and out
If sorts, and out of humor with the
whole created human race.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08
An nrrenslvs novIns IIablt.

Among the number Of Baltimore fresh air
fund children who passed through Washing.
ton a few days ago, bound forthe cool hill
country of Virginia, there was one little
fellow who found the very best quarters IN
a hospitabe farmhouse at Front Royal,
When the cows came up In the evening TO
be MIXED, so friend down there writes me,
the little Baltimore boy went down TO the
barnyard with his host to see the operation
The cows were standing about placidly, and,
as il their custom at that time of the day,
were contentedly chewing the cud. The boy
watched the milkmaids at work, and his
ewes dwelt with growing wonder on the
ceaseless grind Of the cows jaws. AT length
he turned TO his host and said
"And do you have to buy gum for all
them cowsY-Washingt Post.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08
STARTED THROUGH SPITE.
The Story that Japan was Negotiating for
Control OF the Nicaragua Canal Route.

me story mat Japan was NegoiHtlhg TOR
controIOf the Nicaragua Canal Route
New YORK, Sept. GA dispatch to
Herald from Panama says: Jose Do
lores Roderiguez, minister Of the Great
er Republic of Central America to the
United States, who is now in Central
America, has cabled the following
statement to the Herald regarding the
assertion that Japan has been treating
with the diet for control OF the Ncara-
qua canal project
you may positively say that Japan
has made us no oyertures in reference
to canal concession
A correspondent in Managua tele-
graphs that it is officially asserted
there that the report of Japans
negotiations with the diet originated
with II former minister from Nicaragua
to Washington, who started the report
through spite against President Zeleya.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08

As rule, CHEAP medicine is inert, wo-ibl
dangerous. In Zeilin 81 Co. 'sanswcr 10 IN, n
said the packages enioned were designed AL
negro medicine for the egroes Of tn Mu
Valley Now, as Zellin 6 Co 'sadyer.senes
and their manager swore, that all the llyet n,
which theymak is made BY the same formula
not conclusive evidence from their sworn M
and advertisements, that all the liver meicnsl
ating from them is "Cheap Negro MedicireY0
ton. Do tho sick OF Amer ca desire Chem
Modieine?" Let the aill cted answer b
future purchases. DR.. NJ. A. Smnnp,i
Medicine, established in 1910 is not CHEAP
cins." II is mo cure all " ard IS onT I,
mended for those indisposia ons caused By iaa'
Of the liver.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08
THE FRAUD ENIoINr
Report of Decree The paolNLl
600 Trademark Case DsraSgsu,,
simmons Medi cine Conuvvd
Louis Defeats j. IL. ZeiIIn

From st. Louis Republic Ip,v ia.
me supreme Court OF Tennesssss ~ y Nv
oided the most important trade,r,"e'pt Va 1ana
ever DO n tried in that s.as ana ' os. e.le d
ever tried In the Union, Aflrmi9s ~. NY Of Ao
opinion OF the court below. Ths ro .l ealiid
1. That Dr. M. A. Simmons. ~ ~! A1 q;
complainant, by extensive advsrtisiI Ee W..
brated remedy known as "Simmons ~ ~
.ine," made Il a standard remedy Il, ~, a!'i
long PIT TO the acquisition By ]. Il. ze I'm,
2. That the assignor OF J. Il, Z,lr,hc.
whom they claimed the right 10 rnsIo ~ "
packages enjoineu never derived ~ M, Ky iaE
Simmons 70 make the mediclne no, y "aeuea
or picture, and that such use by zo1iss Wy ~
fraud upon tho public, and is tbereio,o ,'a ~. Y
y. That Leilin & Co. purposely sssIil;a'
beled their medicine in Imitation ~ e.-.ls
medicine % unfairly appropriate tbe IN y. A
Summons Medicine Company, and ibs 1 ,.9
this fraudulent purpose and act ia eBioi,, iI"1
2: Enlolned Zeilin q Co. from utlrg IA.
petitor 8 trade-name, trade marks. n, ~, WV
limitations thereof, to deceive the prtio ~, XIV
appropriate to themselves the t.ads ~ ~ y
Simmons Medicine Co. VI W
b. Enioined Zeilln & Co., from ss,,,u.,
practicing a fraud upon tho public nv iNt.,l
packages In imitation OF the wrnnns, ,,v w
marks OF tho complainant. fp'' Na
8, Enloined Zeilin & Co from tba r,.-,
and sale OF the medicine under lbe r,, WY "
mons Liver Medicine,' or " Dr.. s Sa,-S 9
Medicine" or" Liver Med cine by A a WIZ siT
and from using the picture Of 4. q, SIM.
connection herewith. N'4I'
z: Enjoined zeilin & Co., their as,,,..,
and employees from deceiving aRd praeiSiSs.
upon the public by the sale OF partarc, NV, :,
labeled, eithet upon orders or calls tor n. ;,
"Smmons Liver Medicine y OF 'cons ,I y
In any package thus falsely labeled. F'''D'
8. The court stated that It was tia n,,r,,.
court to entirely destroy the frandilertIs' \
packages above described, and cause ,bl;;y Y
from the market, and ordered Ycilin 4 r. ~ "
10 the CLERK 70 DO destroyed, all cut, III, \
types, engrayings aud other paraphernai, y,
impressing either Of the shove names Of ii. 4
OF A. Q. Simmons. ~'
.. Oecreed that Zeilln 4 Go. nav alI ira Al,
which have accrued to complainant bv M .
these fraudulently labeled Packages, TbeG
claimed by complainant were 500 o,
10. Decreed that Zeilin 4 Co. nav ali IA.
which amountto several thousand dollars. i5s,
being ono OF the largest ever filed ia tbs sui
HauVf ~ - 'NN VI
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08
ThreshIng In Die Northmost.

DULUTH, Mimi, Sept. 6.-Threshing
is on throughout the entire northwest,
and the estimates of the crop, which
are now coming in, are slightly better
than those of a couple of weeks ago.
The latest estimates go to show that
the yield will be in the neighborhood
of lao, 900, 900 bushels.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08

They dedicated a church in a certain New
York village a few days ago, and shortly
after the incident the daughter of a citizen
living over the way was heard to say to her
mother:
Il wonder what's the matter with that
church. Ma, do you know"
NO" replied the mother "Why do You
think there is anything the matter with it q
cause" answered the child, 81 heard
'em say it was medicated. Boston Courier.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08

Miss Manyseason4No, Mr.. Bloom, I
cannot be your wife, but will be a sis
ter to you.
Mr.. Bloom youthful adorer) You
arc very kind, and | know my mother
will like that arrangement. She has
often said l would have been a better
man if | had had an elder sister to look
after me.-Yellow Kid Magazine.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08
Mere nundIen of Nerves.

Some peevish, querulous people seem
mere bundles of nerves. The least sound
agitates their sensoriums and rufiles their
tempers. No doubt they are born so. But
may not their nervousness be ameliorated,
if not entirely relieved? Unquestionably,
and with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. BY
cultvating their digestion, and insuring
more complete assimilation of the food with
this admirable corrective, they will expert
ence a speedy and very perceptible gain in
nerve quetude. Dyspepsia, biliousness
constipation and rheumatism yield to the
pittprS
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08
RUSSIA AND TURKEY.


LONDON, Sept 6.-The Constantine.
pie correspondence of the Standard
says he is credibly informed that the
sultan has been in direct communica-
ton with the czar, and that the CORE
spondence has resulted in the making
of Mutual arrangements by which the
sultan agrees never to use his influence
against Russia in central Asia, and the
car pledges himself to uphold Turkish
rights in Europe.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08

by this time Drurv Gr;Fr ,,as -.
with fine human r,co f., -. ','i la Ia.
old Coal cp.fr,s cI,,r,L ;'7 -. , ~
The more he t.7la,I pa '',i,'l
Bic rot til, the newt ,a,,.s ,,.o
foamip at t5e mouth ana 80 ~ ~ NV, W a.
Stare coach driyar '-'i I'm d
ALONE I'm tha ,io. rro+n,a..,,. .-....-
times the rpvt srn,+,s,. H.. = u
aV of siiddsrt H. n ~ s-''Nlo' -
fin groomcd or+ in 4,,II - ~ ny I'm .l.,
and got his name ~, tba -, wv - I'I
over an Rarls Loo Van , ~ - ~ DooAs ;
he was mad NH oId cahalI r 5eo.ieo'
and wanted IN ret ne for 49, + rs ,i'e'
them as he ,gssi5,l,.. I'll -, - On
which II d.Jn., t,La ~ -. . r 'e
slam ort IN Tho .c+f.,,. - ~ ''ii
II ,,a. ~, ,,,,,.arf.,r % 'i'e oPe'
made II MIN ora r.a 70 Gang ''' ~ 'l'
yoo- +l,er q, ..-...,. -. .........-.
fan. .n.. had NJ. .'''" '''s o,-
I.l,, charmed ....,l. ~, o'1' "' l'.i rs
.'..'.. ...5--.- .',' E'AeI :! ana ire
: 80. ..... '',99 IAN oase'
.....r -. ''iy set ''ellehl
rl'taI'.. .l..t - q a. 4ieliloer OIL the
.-.....r n.,,.., ~ v Puv IL pat ana
rJ a.,.l.,5 " .- -,l',' ~ , oISG anu worse
gl.,,;.... ,-', 1l'''.gu 'ili ne Scorchea
H. a.f4 ''+-,- o''' i''i ~ i-oS vi urch
III ,as Iaa , l,''-','' a. '' y oileu up her
-. n. ''''''9a WnCH they
tor t5oI 49,, Up up io- Ia u '.'i i-lu5r new
s,roa gt,.il.,,t ,.C- a. -''''u ai'u put IN
"Erotbrr Crffio ,, lar, h., .,.
come to the ears of tba cbIroL ~ ma. Las
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08

straight goods and the same thing all
the way through. Any man that amt
plum willin TO step out and take sides
and pick his flag and then stand to the
guns till the cows come home, and the
chickens fly up to roost, and the eyenin
stars sing together, is probable to spend
his days in vanity and yeNation and
wind up with a great fret
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08
How to Get Along.

1T must be awful to be broke await
out west"
Il didn't find itso. had pretty good
suit Of clothes, so 1 pretended to be
wanting to invest in real estate. Moth.
ing was too good for me. indianapolis
Journal
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08

Cholly (who has left his fiancee for a
moment, fallen overheard, and been
dramatically rescued)-Did-you-aw
faint when you heard them yell.
MAN overheard ?"
Helen (sobbing)-N--No, Cholly-I
never once suspected they could mean
Vou-Puck
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-08

BosToN, Sept. 6-As a result of a
fire, Sunday, a house in Baker street,
Roxbury, Mrs. Stewart and her son.
colored, are supposed to have lost their
lives. The sons body has been recov-
cred, and as Mrs Stewart is missing it
is believed she persisted in the flameA