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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-10
PROF. ooGAN ON SLACK WIRE.

Professor o. c. COGAN, the Worlds
Champion OF the Slack-Wire, will. by
kind permission, PERFORM WONDERS
ACROSS THE JAMES-RIVER CANAL
at the foot OF Tenth street TOMORROW
Thursday, from 3 r. NJ. till dark.
IInique. marvellous. and unparalleled.
The Professor will solicit q contribution
personally. ia 10-lts
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-10
Policeman Found Dead.

PITTSBURG. PA, February 9.-Police-
Officer John Harrison was found dead at
5:25 O'Clock this morning. standing in the
patrol-box at the corner OF Ninth street
and Liberty avenue. by Police-Lieu-
>snant Crossin. lie had reported to the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-10
UnrE Mark Curry Burned.

LONDON, February 9.-The British
bark Mark Curry. Captain Liswell, in
port at Iloilo. Philippine Islands, for
Delaware Breakwater, has been burned
at her wharf. She had on board a cargo
Of 100 tons OF SUGAR.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-10
RENEWED FIGHTING IN CRETE.
Christians Victorious Over Troops
Turkish Flag Finally Saluted.

ATHENS, February 9.-Advices from
Canea. Crete, show that there has been
renewed fighting outside the city be
tween the belligerent Christians and a
body of Turkish troops. From the ac-
counts received here, it is judged that
the Christians defeated the troops. Fiji
teen Of the latter were killed.
After some delay the Greek honclad
now I'm the harbor Of Canea saluted the
Turkish flag, and the salute was re-
turned.
GREEK WAR PREPARATIONS.
LONDON, February "A dispatch
from Athens TO the Exchange Telegraph
Company, says the Official Gazette pub
fishes a royal decree ordering all avail
able Greek warships to be put into com
mission Immediately, and requiring seve-
raj of them TO be sent 10 Crete with the
least possible delay.
NO PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.
LONDON, February 9--In the House
of Commons to-day. Mr.. George n Cur
ION. Under Foreign Secretary, said that
nothing had been heard by the govern
ment OF the formation Of provisional
government in Crete.
1t is reported here that the Greek nag
has been holsted at Retimo, Crete, and
that order at that place is rapidly being
restored.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-10

Richmond. Va. February o. 1891.
THE FIRM OF BRAUER & JEFFRESS
As this day dissolved by mutual consent,
l.. w. Brauer retiring therefrom.
LEE W. BRAUER.
c. l.. JEFFRESS
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-10
INSURANCE. srATEMEsTs.
BY AUTHORITY or THE .rDon
y LENS FALLS INSURANCE COMPANY OF GLENs FALLS NY

ST TrAfgNT
cir OF TfE
OF YOR A
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA N PURSUANCE
VIRGINIA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-10

also prohibited from using tobacco sihC7
last December, when an order was inuo-
duced by the Institutions Commission
TO that effect.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-10
r.-CAPITALA

Amount of capital stock subscribed ''S ~
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-10
1I-AssETs.

COMPANY ..;,.
which than que
@s2 Interest accrued there
ACCoGNT BONDS UNiTED STATES, AND OF THIS
STATE \ Also OF BONDS OF IN
CORPORATED CITIES IN STATE AND OF ALL OTHER
STOCKS, OWNED Absolutely BY THE COMPANY
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-10
Morris and Essex railroad first mortgage
11I.-LIABILITIEs.

aims for
losses o
IN rg SUSPECTS Iessa aus al & ........
ndudin interest
ando the
., ~ amount Of claims for loss.... ..... ....S9EA
IN
Net amount Of unpaid losses ..:.. ......
niunse ceived an
sErrrnin goneyea OF on
interest," n e6 ner cent )
eived andr all unexpred
risks running NOR
u9f8 cas- nearnei ~
Total rnearned premiums as computed above Carried ..
DUE eed a 2Sd EXPENSES ;.. -.
o,ecome due adm
ns 9d boxers on premiums
Total amount Of all liabilities capital
II I'm
sLeyond capita an all liabilities $3.50 i'tet0
AG3kF8H54AP cAPITAf STOCK sURFLUs -
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-10

President. T. CUNNINGHAM.
Vice observation-disclosures LAPHAM.
Secretary-R. A. LITTLE.
Principal OfIice-GLENS FALLS, N.
Organized or Incorporated-MAY, 1S49.
Commenced Business-MAY, 1850.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-10
Iv.-RECE1PTs DURING THE YEAR

Of last
nount Of amen
Gross premiums renewed during the 1@Sn
Total - ....... ................ ..:..... :,.1uzla&
date Sizss
abatement return premiums b46S
for ntere o
Recv rom nor All other sources .
roma
ODtRfNG THE YEAR N cAsTi....... ..... csLg
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28
western Forest Fires.

1t is not generally known, says John
Muir in the August Atlantic, that not.
withstanding the immense quantities
of timber cut every year for foreign
and home markets and mines, from
five to ten times as much is DESTROYED
as Is used, chiefly by running forest
fires that only the Federal government
eau stop. Travellers through the West
in summer are not likely to forget
the frework display aloug the various
railway tracks. Thoreau, when con.
templating the destruction of the for
ests on the east side of the continent,
SAID that soon the country would be
so bald that every man would have to
grow whiskers to hide his nakeduess,
but he thanked God that at least the
sky was safe. Had to gone West he
would have found out that the sky
was not safe, for all through the sum-
mer months, over most of the moun-
tain regions, The smoke Of mill and
forest fires is so thick and black thai
no sunbeam can pierce il. The whole
sky, with clouds, sun, moon aud stars,
is simply blotted out. There is no
real sky and no scenery. Not a
mountain 10 left in the landscape. At
least none is In sight from the low
lands, and they all might as web be
OH the moon as far as scenery is con-
cernsd.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28
NOrrs OF THE DAl.

The average cost of criminal prose
cuiion IN England at present ia $lS'
! each.
A musical bicycle has been invented
by man in Presberg, Austria. TIT
motion of the wheel grinds out tune
like a hand organ, and the rider rolf
along TO the strain OF delightful har
mony.
One of the students At The Chautau
qua cooking school is n middle ageo
man. 81 am widowe:," hc explained
wnon he entered. Il must either get
married or take course IN cooking,
and prefer tho latter
The latest kentucky bunco game
reported was the pretended arrest Of
al Otisco, Ind., farmer Rodney Blake.
just as he stepped from train At
Lomsvllle, aud his release by the pre-
tended detective on payment of $50,
Although Australia was the first in
the field as regards the frozen meat
trade, yet, from various causes, the
trade was allowed to decline. 1t is
only within the last four or five years
that 1t has been vigorously prosecuted
In the shop Of st. Petersburg
matchmaker a humAn-fACed clock is
on vIew-the only one of its kind
The hands are plvoted on Its nose aud
any messages that may be spoken into
its ear are repeated by phOnograpl
through its month.
A curious deed has been recorded
in New Brunswick, N. J. The deed
gives to Charles Banks The privilege
of allowing the caves of his new house
20 encroach on the property of Mrs
Sarah Edwards TO the extent of four
inches, and binds The heirs of Mrs
Edwards for the same encroschnent
The consideration named is $40.
1t is a strange fact that, while the
teeth of the negro on the old planta-
tlons were remarkable for their white.
ness, those of the freed negro of the
present day ARC i'll Nil infinitely
worse condition than those of his
white brother. This is owing entirely
to the change of diet aud the coIored
MANS weakness for sweetmeats.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28
I1REENVlLLETIMES
SATURDAY, AUGUST %, 1897
A CARD.

With the present issu" my connec
ton with the GREENvIILE TIMES az
Lessee aud Publisher grasses. TIE pa.
per passes On the first Of September
into the possession Of The Grcrnvilli
Times Printing aud Publishing Com
pauy, and its cCutrol aud direction
will be exclusively IN the hands Of
such committees US may be- appointed
by them All persons indebted TO the
TIMES up TO that date, or having claims
against the paper under my manage
ment, will please pay such indebted
ness and present such claims TO me.
Thanking my friends aud patrons
for their patronage and Wishing TIE
new management success,
Respectfully,
w H. BUCHANAN
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28
Free Pills,

Send your address to H. f. Bucklin
q Co., Chicago, and get free sample
box Of DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A
trial will convince you OF their merits.
These pills are easy in action AM are
particularly effective in the cure o. Con-
stipation and Sick Headache. For
Malaria and Liver troubles they have
been proved invaluable. They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free from
every deletrious substance and to be
purely vegetable. They do not weaken
by their action, but by giving tone to
stomach and bowels, greatly invigorate
the system. Regular size 25c. per box.
Sold by B. d. Finlay, Druggist.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28
GIN YOUR COTTON AT THE
< Mississippi Cotton Oil Compays New Munger System Glnney
THE WATER WAYS CONVENTION.

The following extract from a letter
received 10 day by Mr. Ev rmAn from
Secretary Jno. W. Bryant, scts at rest
the question Of the date of The cOmvcn.
ton TO DO held Al Davenport, Iowa
for consideration OF tho means OF iM-
proving Western waterways:
Mr.. W. A. EvERMAN:
Dear Sir Our convention will
meet In Davenport ou the 9Th aud 9th
Of October The l2th and 18Th WA
the time fix ID nj fiat, but was chAngS,,
at the request Of tho davenport loeal
committee. The call for the CONVEX.
zion has not been issued yet, but will
be mailed on this coming Saturday.
the 18th. | agree with you In the i'm.
portance Of having large Delta rep.
resenlalion, and hope for much out
OF the efforts OF yourself, NJ. Henry.
Mr.. Scott, and Gen Catchings. After
reading The call, if you think of any
further effort of mine that win help, ]
am yours to command. will send
you 20 copies extra for your own
special use"
1t is scarcely realized in tho Delts
aud lower valley country how much
depends upon this convention. aud
how necessary for tho interest of the
lower valley it is that this section OF
country should be strongly represent
ed At its next meeting the Levec
Board will appoint delegates to the
convention, who will, OF course, carry
weight as representatives of that in
stitution. The Board OF Supervisors
Of this county. at their next regular
meeting, will OF course name q list of
delegates, aud the Mayor aud Council
OF Greenville will also be represented
by such men as they may elect TO go
on in the interest of the city and its
tributary country. These three dele.
gations will very effectualIy represent
the county and leVoe district, aud,
with similar appointments by other
cities and boards of supervi-
sors, should insure q complete and
efficient representation from all over
the country interested. But it is not
only the formally appointed delegates
who should attend the convention,
but every man whose interest is at
stake and whose circumstance will
permit him TO make the effort for his
own and the general welfare should
make 1t +: point to be present. The
Illinois Central Railway CO., which IL
1eeply interested, ADD whose presi-
lent, Mr.. StnyVesant Fish, has always
been foremost 10 the support and fur.
herance OF all movements for leves
has offered such rates
IS will minimize the expense of reach.
Dg Davenport and returning; and
he lower valley, from Memphis TO
Vew Orleans, should be represented
lot only by the appointed delegates,
'ut by q voluntary attendance so
arge that no doubt could remain of
be Importance of the movement to us.
nd the anxiety of our Whole section
be relieved from the heavy burdens
which alone retard our prosperity and
be development Of our magnificent
ouutry.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28
Would work On The Outside.

A newly appointed Georgia justice
OF the peace was informed that some
one had stolen his horse during the
night. He was not long in locating
the criminal, who was speedily brought
to trial, when the justice said:
IL amt qualified ter set on this case,
seein' az the horse was mine; but Pm
goin' ter lot the bailiff preside, an'
while he's A-tryin' of the criminal, I'll
be out yander a-stretchIn' of the rope
an locatin' of the tree"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28
A novel applicatiOp for divorca ~,

A novel application for divorce wa,
filed In Denison, Tex, on Tuesday. e
E. Baker states that his wife 10 addict.
ed to inordinate drinking Of butter.
milk that it makes him sick and has
preysd upon his mind TO such an ex-
tent that be is on the verge OF inSau
ity, and 1t is further alleged that she
snores so loud it is impossible to live
in the same houSe with her. 1t 10
alleged that Mrs. Baker consumes q
gallon of buttermilk at the three
meals and on retiring at night.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28
A country editor. moi far from :

A country editor, not fer from Sum
merheld, just after receiving . cord OF
wood and q big supply Of vegetables
on subscription, dipped his pen IN the
ink and dashed of; @When you talk
about there being a better state than
kansas every potato winks We eye.
every beet gets red In the face, every
onion gets stronger, every oat field is
shocked, the rye strokes its beard, the
corn prick Up lie ears and every foot
Of ground kieks"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28
RELIABLE KNOWLEDGE.
Human Experience the Foundation Of
All Science.

The growing complexity of civil
lied life demands with each age
broader and moreexact knowledge as
to the material surroundings and
greater precisionl in our recognition
OF the invisible forces or,tendencies
about us. We are in the hands of the
fates, and the greater our activities
the more evident become these limit
ing conditions1 The secret of power
with man is toeknow its limitations.
To this end weNneed constantly new
accessions of truth asto the universe
and better definition .of the trutht
which are old Suclf knowledge,
tested and placed in order, We call
science. Science is the gathered wis
dom Of the race. Only apart of it can
be grasped by any one man. Each
must enter into the work of others.
Science is the flower of t1le altruism
OF the ages, by which nothing that
lives "liveth for itself aloney The
oil facts and laWSN1s the
province Of science. We only know
what lies about us trom;ourl own ex-
perience and that of others, tthis ex-
perience Of others being translated
into terms of our own experience and
more or less perfectly blended whit.
We can find the meaning oflphenom-
cna only from ourreasoninglbased on
these experiences. All knowledge we
can attain or hope TO attain mast, in
70 far as it is knowledge at all, be
stated in terms ofIhuman experience.
The laws of nature are not the prod |
lcts of science. They are the human |
ylimpses Of that,which is the claw be-
tore all time"
Thus human experience is the
foundation of all knowledge. Even
innate ideas, if such ideas exist, are
derived in some way from knowledge
by our ancestors, as innate
impulses to action are related to an
,estral needs for action-David
Starr Jordan, in Appletons' Popular
Science Monthly.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28
A VALUABLE WORK.

The eultOr mas received copy OF
handsome pamphlet Issued by the En-
cheering News Publishing Company
Of New York, containing a series nj
articles on the floods Of the Mississippi
being all account OF their principal
causes and effects, and description OF
the levse system and other meane pro-
posed aud tried for the control of the
river, with a particular account of the
great flood of 1897. The articles were
written by Major VIM. Starting, Chief
Engineer of the Lower Yszoo Levee
District, and are especially valuable as
being the work of one whose close and
intelligent study OF the conditions
treated of is supplemented by active
and constant practical experience,
They we're originally published in the
Engineering News, and are now re.
produced by the editor of that publ
cation, in the hope "that they may be
of service in diffusing among those ill.,
terested in an intelligent discussion of
the Mississippi problem clearer idea
of what that problem is and what it
involves'
The editor of the Engineering News,
in preface to the work of Major
Starting, says:
"The great food OF the present year
in the Lower Mississippi Valley has
aroused a vast amount of popular Iu.
terest in what is known as the Missis
sippi problem; but those who live in
parts of the country remote from the
Mississippi have, as rule, very crude
and erroneous ideas concerning the |
real facts respecting the great river |
II is 10 this popular ignorance that we
must asCribe the great number of alb.
surd aud mischievous opinions upon
various phases of the Mississippi prob
lem which are all the time being
brought forward in the public prints,
often by men of intelligence and rep
utAtiOn. While the author of this vol.
ume is an experienced engineer of high
standing and has written primarily
for engineers, bis literary style il 30
attractive, aud he has been 80 skllful
in avoiding teChnicalltIes that his pa
pers cannot fail to interest the nom
technical reader"
or especial interest just at the pres
ent time Is the last paper-lhat de-
scribing the great flood or 1897. In
writing it the author allows more lsti.
tude to his own opinions and bis re.
markable talent for description; and
with memorable reasoning exposes the
fallscy of many of the socalled sys-
TENS for controlling the river and
avoiding the yearly devastation of
property by it's overflow. The volume
g not only the produSIon of an engi-
lcer whose knowledge and experience
makes him an accepted authority on
foods and levees, but of a scholar
whose classic elegance of style embel-
Ishes the dullest details of bis subject.
1t is illustrated throughout with
Photographic views Of levee building,
'ank protection, and many high water
Genes which are familiar TO all dwell
re- In the overGowed region.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28

If you live very far from 9 drug
store you should keep ct hand q bot
tie of Chsmberlaln's Collie. Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy the best med.
icine in the world for bowel complaints.
You are certain to have use for Il
sooner or later and il is worth . hun
dred times its cost when needed. 1t is
pleasant to take and always gives
prompt relief For sale by Clarke's
Drug Store.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28

The Cherokee Indian girls are such
bellies that their lives are made weary
Under the law Of the nation any white
man who married an Indian maiden
was received Into the tribe, and re-
ceived with her an allotment OF land,
These were known as squsw men, and
by their marriages have become po.-
sessed of much of the finest land in
the Territory. The law is about to
be abrogated, and the consequent rush
for Cherokee brides is so tremendous
that every girls father keeps his Win
chester banging over the front door
and has laid in q supply of bull dogs.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28

TINS train carries Pullman Sleeping Car
BBllmlneham TO Atlanta and from Atlanta 10
DAILY Daily except Sunday
" H GREEN, Gen Supt Washington n r
J GULF, Traf Mgr Washington, d G
" A TURK, q P. A. Washington, d q
G. A. BENSCOTER,A O. "a. ChattapooS.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28

In the event that Congress at its
next session authorizes The establish.
ment of 3 government srmor plate
factory Birmingham will be an impor-
liant and probably 8 successful bidder,
because under The new processes re-
Gently discovered steel can be made
cheaper in the Alabama iron districts
than any other part of the world, and
that srmor Of the highest grade for
bsttleships and cruisers can be turned
out considerably less than $500 a ton.
The enteIprising business men Of
Birmingham are already preparing to
make bid for the plant and will soon
submit some interesting facts and fig
uTss for the consideration ofthe Navy
pepartmsnt.-H. o. States
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28

Paris is providing excitement for
summer visitors. A,tiger was recently
found roaming at liberty in the woods
OF Meudon, a bear in the Bots de Do
iogne, large snake crawled out Of The
ruins OF the Cour des Complies, near the
chamber OF deputies, and a boa con.
strietor has been captured on the roof
of house near the bourse.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28
PrIzes by Ma. ann,h-

The prizes offered by Miss Helen NJ.
Gould to the students ct the Tnrrytown
public school are three-one for declo.
NATION for which girls as well as boys
are to competei one for the best ESSAY
on "WashingtOn'H Patriotism" and one
Tor the best examination in ciyics.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28

Way up in Pennsylvania, where it
WAS supposed the colored man was
much thought of, seems to be mis-.
take. The Pittsburg Post comment
Ing on the report that negroes would
be brought from the South and put
in the mines in place Of the striking
white miners, says that "the beat
thing to do 10 to keep the negroes At
home. We don't want them here.
They are not needed, and the en-
plOyer who Introduces them in the
pending trouble will have 9 big &C.
count to settle. II the strike cannot
be broken without the aid ofSouthern
negroes II had better stay unbroken."
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28
RAILROAD TINE TABLE.
',zoo nj Mississippi Valley R. R

Connections maze at Memphis with
all lines for the North and East ano
West at New Orleans for the Gun
coast resorts and Southern Texas and
California.
Through tickets to all points now
on sale AT the Y. Il NV Il. K. de-
pot office baggage checked through.
For Information as to rates, routes &C.
write or Bpply to
4 NJ. MIDDLEIO on. Agt
JoqN SCOTT, Dly. Pass. Agt..
Memphis, Tenn.
wa KRLLoND, A. q 2 Agt, New Orleans.
A. II HANSON q P. ACT Chicago
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28

A post office clerk in Sydney, Aus.
tralia' emits an electric Aashlight last
ing nVe seconds every hour during the
night thus enabling those living miles
away to ascertain the exact time.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28
Vicksburg and Greenville Packet O.
CARRYING U. s. MAIL.
Steamers Ruth and Annie Laur;e

S"'A-ls @utA ana annie Laurie
LII Leave Greenville for Vicks-
A@ burg every Tuesday, Friday
~ and Sunday at p. m.
4, returning, leave Vicksburg every
MONDAY, Thursday and Saturday at !
p. m. az
BOAT leaving VIcksburg on Saturday
anu Greenville on Sunday offers the
special 1nducemeDt of one fare of AZ IN
Tor the round trip. " ~''0O
commodatiOns, az
Cuisine unsurpassed.
me right is reserved to pass any land.
ng deemed unsafe by the Captain com.
w LYME Startling. Agent,
WHARFBoAT, G-eenN.sle, Mss.
j. D. POW ERS. Supt., VicksbrrD, Miss
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28

Fo1 Washington 4 Southwestern Limited
SOLD Fullman Vestibuled train Atlanta to
New York, carrying Pullman Sleeping carS
Birmingham TO New York Dining car Atlanta
10 Greensboro and Washington to Now YORK
No SO" U. S Fast Mail" Pullman DRAWING
room BUFFET Sleeping cars Atlanta TO New
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28

During the last especially hot spell,
work was suspended in the granite
qusrries at Concord, N, H., because the
stone had become 20 hot.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28

If you have 9 picture to be framed
Ike It 70 Bel
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28

The feebler the patient the less
dangerous it is to take chloroform.