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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-22
Decrease OF Drunkenness.

Once it was that a man could leave
his otitse aud be seen reeliDg around
or the streets in lushy state of intoxi.
cation, keep this up as long as he
pleased and return TO work finding an
accumulation of business waiting for
him.
Or a clerk or trusted employee of
any kind could disappear from his
desk-"oR OH little frollc," as his
office companion would put it, aud
show up at the end of bis spree some
thing the worse for lis seven nights
in a bar-room, but still able to work,
and he would be takeu back aud glad.
ly welcomed.
Such lhngs were taken as matter
of course, and a man was employed
on the understanding that he took a
"little jag" occasionally.
But it is matter of general COM
ment now that these conditions have
changed entirely, aud that, too in very
recent years.
Drunkenness has grown steadily
less aud is still on The decrease, and
it's all because the business world has
come to learn that it caH run its bust.
ness more to its satisfaction without
the man who drinks.
Railroad, telegraph and express
companies, manufacturing eoucerus,
and III short every Kind Of business
company or corporation, have drawn
the line clearly and distinctly against
the employee who drinks, and it has
come TO pass that tho steady, sober,
indqstriou4 lellow lacking perhaps in
the bold dash aud brilliant display
which distinguishes The drinking
genius has fer oNtstrtpped the lat
ter.
The drinking class have been sud-
denly aud rudely aroused TO this
striking fact. They see men of less
ability, perhaps, crawling up the lad
der toward success while they arc
making desperate efforts to cling 10
the bottom RUG,
There is q great temperance reVolu-
lion on.
The time is coming when the drunk
are will be entirely eliminated as q
class. He is rapidly degneratipg into
an exception, frcak, a curiosity, aud
bis place will soon know him no
more,
Society, too, iso powerful co-adju-
tor of the business world in this great
work of reformation.
Time was when the young man
could be seen drunk and be respected;
now If he drinks at all it is In the
solitude of his own chamber or under
cover of uigbt and behind closed
doors.
With these two powerful forces al
work the temperature problem is in a
fair way to solve itself, for they are
more potent than all the pulpit and
platform orators combined.-Jackson
News.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-22

Tue predicted cold wave OF onhaAy
and Monday came on tine, making
wraps aud blankets comfortable, and
bringing dismay 10 the Ice man auI
the mos quito, Straw hats also looked
as II suddenly gone to seed, ana ueW
life aud energy was infused into all
the people by the bracing air OF NON
day morning. There was iresh
alarm of cotton worms Oh Saturday
but The sudden GOODNESS gave them a
chill also. There was decided hlnl
of not far distant frost in the air Of
Monday aud the impatient people OF
Greenvile looked forward eagerly "
the end OF this weary waiting alp lne
return of tho normal condition OIL
affairs.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-22
Terry sud viciuity-4 deaths.

Terry sud viciuity-4 deaths,
SenatobiR-9 deaths
Cayuga-3 deaths.
oLoneyille--53 deaths, several oil
whom were included in the Green
willie list.
The foregoing makes total of
2,423 death reported Estimating
those not reported, the total my be
placed at $500.
Fifty.one physicians died in dis
charge Of duty during The Epidemic
including several from other states.
With such a record of sad exper-
fence less than twenty years ago, no
wonder the people shrink from au-
other ordeal of the kind.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-22
Regular L0afeHS.

The regular loafor is a terrible pest
He is not always hoodlum who brG.
ces up lamp posts and buildings on
the corners OF streets. He is often a
msu of education, who has seen bet
ter days when they were handed to
him by friends. He is simply too tired
to work, has lost all sense of shame,
and disposos himself On the time and
premises of other people, who wish
he might ba in Halifax. The country
tavern has him as large as life. lie
suRa himself on the piazza and makes
strangers weary. He is at the drug
store, occupying comfortable chair
aud running Off timid lady customers,
who 10 not like to buy pills in the
presence of third party not in the
medical profession. He is at the sa-
loon, early and often. He comes in
the morning to Read the proprietor's
paper, aud If patron drops III for
morning nip ibo regular lOafer some
times manages TO get bimsslf invited
TO drink. He is a great help to auy
place where business lie done, because
ne is so different from business. In a
billiard room no is treasure. He
will warm chair for a half a day,
where players are obliged to pay by
the hour for tho privilege OF walking
around table. The trouble with the
regular Ioafor is that be soon comes
to think be owns the place In which
be is allowed TO loaf.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-22
CalIfOrnla's Fruit Crop.

The problem of how to obtain help
in harvesting this years crop has be-
come serious one TO the fruit grow
ers of California. One employment
agency in San Francisco has places
open for 5000 men in Fresno aud Tu-
lare counties alone; while Napa, So
mona, Yolo, Santa Clara aud Yha
counties are not tar behind. Last
year for this class of work men were
paid $40 month aud board; now 81
a day aud board is regular thing,
and with this induoement the demand
for men is greatly in excess of the
supply. The demand is not confined
to the fruit growers alone but indus
tries of nearly every kind are in need
of workingmen and experiences the
same trouble in securing them.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-22

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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-07-12
OUR TRADE ABROAD.

Following up the important work
ieh it began a year ago by the
ling of a commercial embassy
btsiness men to South America,
National Association of Manu-
Nj frers is now establishing a series
Fa ample warehouses for the display
american goods in the chief mer-
|hle centres Of the Southern
nisphere.
ne first step is to be taken in
'acas, the beautiful capital and
Ropolis of Venezuela. A large
V ehouse has already been secured,
applications for space are being
Ri ived from exhibitors. The Vene-
|lhn Government has manifested
pod will by offering to admit all
l1bits free of duty, and the "Red
Line of steamships from New
+ k to La Guayra has engaged to
sport them at one-half the usual
y.
bis enterprise is in the hands of
hess men who are at once prac-
and responsible, and much per-
1ent increase of our trade is to be
|eipated as result of their opera
III. This first American warehouse
Ne Latin republics is well located.
lG the South American countries.
he ezueIa has long had the most in
ate relations with the United
'es. While the Argentine Repub-
Chili, and even Brazil, so far as
Imports are concerned, have very
II more traffic with Europe than
h the great republic OF the North,
ezuela not only sells more to us,
Buys more from US than she sells
r buys from any other nation.
Re cause for this is not far to seek.
Venezuela there runs the only
of American mail steamships
n of the Isthmus of Panama.
ihg direct and regular communi-
pa, under the American flag, Ven
sla has naturally turned to the
ID States rather than to Europe.
4 nty-five years ago Venezuela's
e with this country was valued
\, 782 600. In 1889 it had grown
" than five-fold-to S14, ,131, $50, or
b than half of the total foreign
merce of the Orinoco republic.
|rge and profitable as this trade
becOme, it is capable of still fur
|e Expansion, and the National As
htion of Manufacturers, recog-
|g this fact, opens the Caracas
&ouse to make the Venezuelan
&Aants more familiar with the
#H of American merchandise.
on, the association viii estab-
Warehouses in other countries |
N Ar southwark. Meanwhile. a |
MI policy toward our shipping on
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-07-12
BARTON, VERMONT, MONDAY, July II, 1897.

the part of Congress will nightly
assist these efforts of our men of af-
fairs, for lacking swift steamers to
carry our goods and mails, these
warehouses will be of no avail.
That ''trade follows the flago is a
maxim which is strikingly borne
out by our commercial experience in
Venezuela. la.-JournoJ.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-07-12
LEANS COUNTY MONITOR.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
EO. H. BLAKE & CO..
BARTON, VT.
10. II. BLAKE, Editor.
VI l. JACOBS, Associate Editor.

rms-WHEN PAID STRICTLY IN ADVANCE,
b Year. Subscribers living ontside of
IN Ans or Caledonia Counties, s1.75 per year.
'ep your subscriptions in advance. Re
by Post Offce Order, Registered Letter
aft
zFch the label on your pGper to see If
D. credits are made, and keep yoa,r sub
hons in adUGnce.
asking for a change of address, always
where your paper is ao10 sent.
les of Advertising made known on ap-
Hiou. All cuts must have metal body.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-07-12
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There's No Questions
About It.
The Leading Dry Goods Store
of the County is
GILMAN & C0MPANY'S,
Newport.
Newport.

The question is whether you
Will go there to supply your
wants, where the stocks are
large, the assortment varied and
IN most cases prices lowest, OF
will you be satisfied to go on in
the old way while your neighbors
are being served a good deal
better than you because they
visit Gilman & Company's Store.
For THESE Hot DAYS
You ought to see the beautifully
printed organdies, 25c ones now
go at 15c; 39c, SIC and 33c ones
now all go at 25c.
That's a saving for you.
SWIVEL SILKS
Black and colors, now 25c. They
are y inches wide. We shall
close a lot of cheaper goods at
sc yard-were 1Oc and 15c.
LADIES' LINEN SUITS
New ones in last week are sell
ling well, so are shirt waists
seperate skirts and wrappers.
You can find what you want
here.
MILLINERY
Ladies trimmed hats are selling
a % 81 ~
2.95. You can pay double at
some millinery stores and not
get as stylish hats as these.
CHILDREN'E TRIMMED HATS
Special price, LOO.
Expect pretty hats at this price
they are here.
CORsETS-
How the summer ones go,-the
SOC ones at 39c.
BELTS
Big lot to choose from at 25c.
CHILDREN's GLOVES
Wear well, wash we'll,
only 75c pair. |
TOILET GOODS
We keep standard qualities and |
sell at very low prices:
Cuticura Soap, 15c a cake.
Pears Glycerine Scented, 15c.
47I1 Glycerine Scented, 15c.
Cashmere ROouet 15c
Colgate's Best Toilet Water, half
pint bottles, only 75c.
Bay Rum, large bottles, only 25c.
Florida Water, soc size, 39c.
Mrs. Humphreys Lotion, SOC size,
SOC.
Hind's Honey and Almond Cream,
SOC size, only 39c.
Hoods Tooth Powder, 25c size, ,15c.
We sell Hammocks for soc each.
GILMAN & co.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-07-12

he hard shower last week caused a
shout of the Boston & Maine rail
d about one mile from Bath, NH,
Ia freight train was wrecked,
De men, the engineer, fireman and
Z akeman being killed. The over
NJ of brook during the night caus-
it to wash out $50 feet Of the track
it is thought that the engineer
hot see that there was any danger
be apparently did not slacken
ID at all. The train was made up
fteen cars, mCst Of them being
Fily loaded; the three cars next to
Engine were smashed up so that
Il were a perfect wreck; the re-
lhder Of the train was not badly
iblished.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-07-12

ne intense heat which has been
Rll over the country during the
\ week has caused many deaths.
heat wave extends over the
st and the people there are re-
ing a scorching the same as the
pie of the East. Many deaths are
0rted from Chicago and vicinity;
York city caught it with the
mercury going up to nearly 100.
4 rge number of deaths are report
fom Boston, and in fact there is
a nook in the country but that
been visited by the terrific heat.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-07-12

Good nature is the very air Of a
good mind; the sign of a large and
generous soul and the peculiar soil in
which virtue prospers.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-07-12
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

pARTON NATIONAL BANK. BUSINESS
D Hours from a. m, to,I2, IN. From To
4, p; m. Amory Dawson, Pres't; III. X. Dewey
Cashier.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-07-12

JOSIAH A. PEARSON
hENTIST, BARTON, VT, OFFICE IN
~ Ovens Block.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
Omaha Exposition.

j. p. Hymer, of Deadwood, commits
soner Of exhibits for the Black Hills, is
in receipt of an interesting communica
ton bearing date of May 18th, from
Dion Geraldine, general superintendent
Of the Omaha exposition, which should
be given general publicity by the press
OF the Hills. Following is the communi.
cation, taken from the Poneer-Times
of the 18th inst
OMAHA, NrB., May 12, 1897.
j. Z. Hymer, Commissioner Black Hills
Exhibits, Deadwood, $. d.:
Dear Sir Il note with pleasure yours
OF the 10th, and am deeply gratfied to
know that the Black Hills people are
waking up, and l sincerely hope that
they will realize what this exposition
means for the Black Hills country, be.
fore it is too late for them to take ad
vantage Of the opportunity.
The Trans Mississippi exposition will
be second only to tho Chicago exposi.
ton, greatly exceeding in magnifcence
and importance the Nashville, Atlanta
and San Francisco expositions. The
attendance is expected to reach four
million. Among this great multitude
there will be tens of thousands Of men
from the east with money TO invest and
courage to invest it if they can learn
where and how. / know every section
of the Black Hills region. prospected
in the early seventies from Hot Springs
to Spearfsh, Sundance TO Rapid City,
went broke and hoofed it out but re-
turned and did business at intervals up
to '8S, and / never lost faith in the
country. | know that you have natural
resources to abundantly support and
enrich fifty times your population. |
know there is no region in the Uuted
States tnat has been so badly misrep.
resented, SO much faxed and lied about
and queered in the east and | tell you
the eastern people are coming to this
exposition in train loads and multitudes,
and they want to know the fact about
the west. III they can see the actual
product Of your mines. and SOIL it will
bring you lnve tment, increased busi-
ness and development. The vegetables
you raise in the Black Hills would alone
make an interesting and creditable ex-
hibit.
Your legislature failed to act on the
exposition question, and that is bad for
South Dakota. The monied people of
the east will continue to think it des-
ert region where they raise nothing but
HI and divorces and never pay mort.
cages.
This is the great opportunity for the
Black Hills region, which in climate,
soil and natural resources stands unique
and alone. The people who have not
actually lived in the Black Hills must
naturally judge your country by the
wind swept plains lying east of you, the
Bad Lands south and west, and the
country north where the railroads climb
the Rockies.
Now is the time for the people of the
Black Hills TO show the world at large
how their country differs from the ro-
gions that surround it. If the business
men of the Black Hills will get up and
hustle they can make an exhibit at the
Trans Mississippi exposition that will
advance and develop your country more
in one year than can be done by Or
dinaIy methods in 20 years
DION GERALDINE, Gent Supt.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
Cuban Message.

Following is the text of Mckinley
Cuban message, sent to congress on
Monday last:
10 the senate and House Of Repre-.
sentatives ofthe United States: Official
information from our consuls in Cuba
establishes the fact that large number
OF American citizens in the island are in
state of destitution and are suffering
Tor food and medicines. This applies
particularly to the rural districts of the
central and eastern parts. The agricul.
tural classes have been forced from their
farms into the nearest towns, where
they are without work or money. Tho
local authorities of the towns, however
kindly disposed, are unable to relieve
the needs of their own people and are
altogether powsrless to help our citizens.
The latest report Of Consul General
Lee estimates there are 600 to 500
Americans without means of support
l assured him that provision will be
.;sade at once to relieve them. To that
end l recommend that congress make
an appropriation of not less than S5O,-
900, to be Immediately available for use
under the direction of the secretary Of
state 1t is desirable that part of the
sum which may be appropriated by con.
gress should be in the discretion of the
secretary Of state used for the transpor-
tation Of American citizens who, desir
ing to return to the United States, are
without means to do SO.
WuIIAM McKISrEy
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
Byrnes Admits All.

John J. Byrnes Guy Flick and Will
liam Roman were given preliminary
hearing Yesterday before United States
Commissioner Mclaughlin on the
charge Of sweating" gold coin. Byrnes
admitted that he had furnished currency
to Dick Flick to exchange for gold and
had done SO with the full knowledge Of
what Flick intended TO do with the coin.
He further acknowledged having shared
in the profits. Roman and Guy Flick
he declared to be innocent. The latter
testified that he had caused to be
changed SO gold piece given him by
his brother, bat at the time did not
know that it had been decreased in
weight. Later he had learned of it and
had told his brother, who had admitted
that the coin had been tampered with
and that he had done it. Dick, witness
continued, had asked him to say he had
received the coin from woman, but
witness declined to do so and Dick then
told him he would have to leave or
he would be arrested.
Byrnes was recalled and said he had
given Dick IS to help him get out of
town and also corroborated much Of
Guy Flick's testimony. He said that
when he went to bed the night before
his arrest he knew he was to be ar
rested, but the matter had been weigh
ing on him for several weeks and he
had made up his mind to stay and see
it out. Asked if he knew Walter Joy
Byrnes said he did and then said he
and Dick Flick had gone to Mr.. joys
assay Office together on one occasion
that Dick had asked Mr.. Joy if he could
use his furnace few minutes. The
desired permission having been OBJ
tanned Flick had gone into the room
where the furnace was, while witness
and Mr.. Joy had remained in front in
the office! Byrnes said he did not know
how to help Flick at the furnace and
for that reason had not gone with him
when he had melted the precipitate ob.
tanned after the use of the acids.
Roman swore that the coin he had
changed had been given to him by his
brother, who lives at Terry.
Several other witnesses were exam
ined but their testimony was immaterial.
At the conclusion Byrnes was held in
the sum of $4,000 as principal, and Guy
Flick as witness. His bond was fixed
at $500. Roman was discharged.
T. c. Harvey appeared for the de.
fense, while the government was not
represented by counsel. A novel fea-
ture of the examination was that the
defendant was the first person put on
the stand.-Pioneer-T Times.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
An 1dlotlc Section.

One Of the most idiotic sections ever
put into South Dakota law is that sec
tion in the estray law that provides that
every estray notice in the state shall be
published in one paper designated by
the secretary Of state. The Volga Tri-
pune is the paper selected this year, and
it is located in a little town three or
four hundred miles from Meade county
How utterly ridiculous that farmer
who loses a horse in the Black Hills
should have to send to the east line of
the state and look through paper con-
tanning thousand notices to see if he
can get track of his lost animal If an
official estray paper had been provided
for in each county it would have some
semblance Of justice about it to stock
owners, but as it is the newspaper
which is designated as the official estray
paper of the state will make good sized
fortune for its owner every year at the
expense Of the farmers and stock own
ers which the law should protect
Sturgis Advertiser.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
A NoYal Feature.

A very unique and interesting feature
Of the Trans Mississippi exposition at
Omaha next year, will be the mechani-
cal device which will equal, II not sur
pas te great Ferris wheel in its
novelty and engineering ingenuity. For
want of a better name the inventor
describes his creation as q carousal. Its
mechanism resembles the framework OF
gigantic umbrella. The part CORE
spending to the stick of the umbrella is
an immense cylindrical shaft, thirty
feet in diameter, constructed of steel
plates, firmly riveted, making stand
pipe" which rears its lofty head 256
feet aboye the level of the ground. At
the top of this shaft are fastened twelve
long arms resembling the ribs OF an
umbrella. These are steel trusses, the
points of which may be lowered almost
to the ground. At the extremity of each
OF these arms is suspended car having
capacity for twenty persons. These
monster ribs are raised in unison by
hydraulic power, acting by means Of
steel cables operating inside the stand
pipe," aided by mechanism greatly
resembling that part Of an umbrella
which comes into action when the UNI
brella is opened. The gigantic arms are
raised until they are horizontal, the
cars being carried outward and upward
until they reach point 250 feet above
the ground. When the highest point
has been reached other mechanism is
brought into play and the suspended
cars are swung slowly around in circle,
The sides of the cars are formed of
windows through which a view OF the
surrounding country for miles may be
obtained. 1t is estimated that the cost
of installing this monster machine upon
the exposition grounds will be about
$50 900. The device is the invention of
a Chicago man, and his application is
accompanied by documentary evidence
that the project is backed by a corpora
tion composed of several capitalists and
solid fnanciers who are prepared to put
enough money into the enterprise to
insure its success.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
Comfort to California.

Every Thursday morning, tourist
sleeping car for Salt Lake City. San
Francisco and Los Angeles leaves Oma-
ha and Lincoln via the Burlington Route.
1t is carpeted upholstered in rattan ;
has spring seats and backs and is pro-
vided with curtains, bedding, towels.
soap, etc. An experienced excursion
conductor and uniformed Pullman
porter accompany it through to tie
Pacific Coast.
While neither as expensively finished
nor as fine to look at as palace sleeper
it is just as good to ride in. Second
class tickets are honofcd and the price
Of q birth, wide enough and big enough
for two, is only $500
For folder giving full particulars
call at the nearest b. & NJ, r. X. ticket
Office. Or. write to j. Francis, General
Pass'r Agt., Burlington Route, Omaha
Nebraska.