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The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

exercise. Way back there in my youth
ful CROWN days-whcn l was forever
healthy and forever hungry-if all the
men and women in the discovered world
had come and told me that a boy could
eat enough TO XIII him l never would
Of thought it, But, white people, I'll
be eyerlastingly Whangdoodled II l
don't know il now.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.



The Marshall County Farmers lnau'
tuto held two days session at FoII'
Camp last week,
w, l., lutchison, director OF the OK
porimont station at the Agricultural
and Mechanical College at Starkyllie,
and w. r, Perkins, chemist to the STA
tion, were in attendance anu took a
leading part in the discussion,
Hunter Peel stated that he had raised
eleven bushels Of wheat PER acre tho
first year, and thcn sowcd in peas and
tho second year raised fifteen busholsot
wheat This product has ooen almost
wholly neglected in this section since
tho war, but Mr.. Peel said 10 would bo
profitable
Tho interesting question OF why farm
ers' sons leave tho farm for tho city was
answered in measure by Prof Perkins
In response to the query OF how many
graduates OF the Agricultural and No
chanical College remained on the farm
he said that Of the nitoon members OF
last years class five owned farms or had
opportunities to do SO, and that these
remained on tho farm, but that the
others, from lack of means, had only
tho positions OF laborers open to thom
and chose a more congcnial occupation
lie said that it was lack Of means rathor
than distaste for tho farm that caused
them to leave,
The members OF the club and visitors
from other parts Of the county were the
guests OF tho good people OF Potts Camp
and neigh borhood. About 1000 people
were present and partook OF a bounteous
dinner spread under the trees at Eagle
Springs, a short distance out Of town,
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

DIR. L. A. Stephenson committed
suicide at Holly Springs last week by
drinking wood alcohol. He had been
drinking for about a week and went 70
a druggist and bought the alcohol and,
though warned that it would XIII
him, drank it.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28
sympathy wasted.

Armson-Is it sick headache, old fell
lOw2
De Manising with groan)-Nol It's
the most robust headache ever had in
my life. Chicago Tribune.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28
The TrInIn of GenInn.

Friend-Why what are you in such fuss
about? Anything happened?
Artist-Oh, botheration, yes! Every
thing! was just getting some OF my latest
pictures ready for framing, and that con,
founded housekeeper of mine has so mixed
them up. ri never in the wide world be able 1I
to tell the top from the bottom Ogain.-N.
Y Irnth
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28
Aroune to Artinn

A dormant liver, or you will suffer al
tortures incident to a prolonged lillian,
tack. Constipation, headaches. dy.So1
furred tongue, sour breath, pain IN
right side, will admonish you Of neglect
cipline the recalcitrant organ at once n
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and e,r
prompt relief Malaria, rheumatism
ney complaint, nervousness and debiiv
thoroughly removed by the Bitters.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

Burglars entered the storehouse of w.
I. Heidelberg at heidelberg one night
last week and secured something over
sloO worth of jewclry and other stuff,
valuation not known. There ia no clue
to the rohhnrS
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

weak pint was right
down there imme-
diately under the
brow band Of my
breeches. Now, to
tell the unwnshed
truth, l do love to
e a t tremendous
well. And / do love
to see other people
eat ard eat like
they enjoyed the
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

Ratner Discouraring.-Nlr Slim n..
for a new boarding house Us tbeO O".ll i.Il
the house iny' Servant-"No. sbo.e nal
policeman" what are The toe sohe
board here" Cash" 81 mea, inns
a week 2" Ten an fifteen week ,On 'oo.lIn ~
room, II presume she makes a iU,, rS5un.
for people who stay month or twosS' ,vogS'
don't know. No one ever STAYS tbot j..
N. Y. WeeklY. V"aV lon
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

Talk about jealousy" said Mrs.
Gardener; II planted some egg plants
last week, and, would you believe it,
the hens came and rooted them all out!"
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

"Well, Smithers' wife has broken him
of smoking at last"
rs that so? Did she prohibit it al
together?"
"Oh, no. she just took to buying his
cigars for him. ."-Cincinnati CONNER
ciaI
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

a clergyman named Fiddle refused
to accept the tltle of d D.. because, hs
said. be didn't want to be called the Req
lehatgd Fiddle; 2, p.--Iil-BltA
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

Rev. Mr.. Longlipp (anxiously)-How
did you like my substitutes sermon
last Sunday, deacon?
Deacon Bluntleigh-It was treat
y. Y. Journal.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

She knows the secret Of her worth
OF that there's no denying
50, though she has TO wings herself.
She keeps the money flying.
N Y TrutI,
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

Greene-"How are the Graysons get.
ting along these days?" Brown-"Fs.
mously. They must have struck
pax dat somewhere. GEayson's got the
gout. aad BIS wife has the hay fever"
-bostes Transcript.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28
Thnndcr-LIkc Tones.

'I really couldn't afford to let you board
with me this summer, said an old farmer to
a city man with a very deep bass voice,
"Why noty" roared the basso profundo
in tones that ratified the dried squashes in
the Tafters.
Because whenever you talked or sang
Your voice would sour all the milk in my
cellar. Judge.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28
eIEFLEeY GOES XAnu. -
The Only Outlay Was 70,
OF Tar "ot

lilc on Nnt ocean wave
And a homo on the rolIin.,
Where the scattered watsssu su'eh
And the winds their reys, rave,
81 don't know that | boy. 1''p
ton exactly right" said Mr. Rimnlee qao
Il will serve as an introduction' n't,eoy y Y
want to say, 70 Whal
81 am very fond of yachting Ln.,
20 as much as | would like Ia 81 or DuI ~" do
the expense. But | am not ,yitbon,c nj, oany,colygnt
joyments OF yachting; for when nJIv " '6el
for the water comes over me. as i iae des
summer, | manage to go yachtinDga aoes y. ,eY'
Every spring | buy about a NOM ai ho1
which | keep in bottle tipbtIS" ol
When II comes along some dTowsS. cork
day, and | feel that | would liEo /, sumGg
on deck baking in the sun. with W II Lne "
nodding along lazily in the mmm.l suG yat
then | take trip at home. '''V' OTes
That night | eat fish for dirro,
chowder, and go to bed early R,I Gt y
ing to bed start the water rnnriaar "elors
bathroom; the sound of it mai tcs " RIus IN
tapping against the bow of the bo.t .tc way
up the awnings only partly; tbs st,.. q
the awnings when the wind go,, ai,'lng !. "a
folds does for the swaying salis - W
out the bottle Of tar and uncorl 4, oV
II on a chair up by the head of 4. 4. an9
douse the linn and tumble into bed sie ,p Bed
In the cradle of the deep. IN Y SSoCi
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

Lawyer-Did you see the beginning of this
troubley
Witncss-Yes, sir; | saw the very COM
mencemcnt. 1t was about two years ago.
"What do you moan"
"Why, when the minister said Will you
take this man to be your lawful husband"
and she said 1 will '"-Up,toD Date.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

Galen Clark, who has just resigned
the post Of guardian of the Yosemite
valley, went there about 40 yeo-s ago.
expecting to de in year or two of con-
sumption. He is now SO years old and
hale and hearty.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

Occasionally we hear of man n
Laughed heartily at the joke on bim,sI
No man ever enjoyed a joke On himself
Atchison Globe.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

rs it a fact that Miss Frost has
million in her own name?'
81 wouldn't be surprised if she had
father was in the ice business, you Know
Cleveland Leader.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28
LITTLE SHORT ONES.
Running Sketches from Life Out
Among the Folks
The Grave which Tobc Hanson Dug
with His Teeth-COl. sandy WIck-
cntOn Gets "on"-Free Sill
Yer Question,

My good old grandmother use to tell
ne when | was a boy that my mainest
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

As pathetic thing as one sees is a boy
trying to 5e dude on two dollar week
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

A loafer always complains Of W,
weather more than hard working man
Atchison Globe.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

We think Piso's Cure for Consumptio
the only medicine for CougbsIjen
Pinckard, Springfield, ILL.,, Oct. |, 1894
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

You may lose your temper but otherv
find it.-Ram's Horn.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

Tt is difficult to dappoint a man that has
no ambitI0u.-B8m Horn.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

4, Germany has io.soo,ooq working pso.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28

Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
The Greenville times., 1897-07-28
All Worn Out
CHANGES WROUGHT BY TIME.

Hood's pills cure all Liver ms, 25 cents,
Evening star., 1897-02-02
PRESIDENT ROBERTS SUCCESSOR.


No Oppositioh to Frank Thomson
Known to Exist.
PHILADEEfEIA. February 2.-The va
cancy N theNmanagement Of the Penn
syivania6 railrpad, caused by the death
Of Presf1ept George B. Roberts. viii be
hlled toDerro8 at q special meeting Of
the board OF directors Of the company. 1t
Is undeSstoodf3hat but one name will b<
presented at The meeting, that Of Vice
Presidenp Fraek Thomson. and he will
be given the Unanimous vote Of the board
whether thsS,premotions that will follow
the election ofsMr. Thomson will be made
at the meeting has not been definitely
settled. but IF they are Second Vice Presi-
oent Jonn p. b9reen is expected to become
nrst vice president, Third Vice President
Cnaries p. PIgh second vice president and
General Manager s. NJ. Provost third vice
president. 1T Is believed that General Mas
ter OF Transportation Hutchinson will be
promoted to the office Of general manager
II Is understood that one other change
VIII pc made In the management. Presi-
dent Roberts was also chairman of what
IS known as the executive committee of the
poard OF directors, which was one of the
most important and responsible subdi-
VISIONS OF the management. To enable the
new president to apply himself more close
~ 10 the operation and development of the
system. 1t Is regarded by some Of the d.
rectors as advisable that he should be re.
Leved OF the duties of chairman Of this
committee, and II this opinion prevails, A.
j. Cassatt will be rendered the office.
Evening star., 1897-02-02
Soldiers HOME MANAGEMENT.

representative Warner of Illinois
examines fWitnesses at LeavenwOrth.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan, February q
Representative Warner Of Illinois. member
OF the congressional committee investigat-
Ing Governor A ]. Smiths management of
the soldiers home here. has arrived in
Leavenworth and is hearing testimony,
both corroborative and in rebuttal, to that
given before the committee in Washington
recently by Miers Powell, who charged
Governor Smith with drunkenness, with
treating the inmates harshly and with
compelling them to take the Kelley cure.
Mr.. Warner has examined several wit
nesses. Veteran Louis Heilich. in meas
ure, corroborated the testimony given by
Powell. Governor Smith caused several
attendants from the hospital to be ex-
amined as to- the ill-treatment alleged
by Powell when he was an inmate of that
part of the home. They all testified that
Powell had been well treated. Several
other witnesses were examined. There
was some testimony corroborative of that
given by Powell, but in the main the evil
dence was favorable to Governor Smith.
Evening star., 1897-02-02
THE "sIx COMPANIES" DISSOLVED.

A Famous Chinese Organixa tfOn Goes
Out of Existence.
SAN FRANCISCO, February 2.-With the
Chinese New Year the Six Companies, the
most powerful richest and most far-reack-
Ing Chinese organization in America. goes
out Of existence. For year and a half,
ever since the four provincial organiza-
tions-Ning Yung, Kong Chow. Hop Wo
and Shu Hing-composing the Ze Yup Fed
eration-withdrew their active support and
formed the Four Companies organization,
the Six Companies has been practically in
liquidation. Epr years It was the banker,
counselor, and diplomatic agent of every
Chinaman in America whil. he lived, the
administrator OF mis- estate after his death.
Its sources of revenue were varied, and
the sumsaof money it handled were aston
ishing. 1T was the arbiter of differences
and quarrels. business and personal, be-
tween the Chinese throughout the country,
and the agency through which the police
and eVentahe State Department dealt with
the peopfe. %
Not a frecra<1xer was heard, not a bomb
explodedtin Chinatown all day or night.
There WAS not even Chinese arrested.
1t was the quietest New Year the Oldest
member sGf the police force ever saw.
Strange TO Say. there was rot the usual
crowds of citizen sightseers, which may
have bean accounted for partly, by the
threatening lxss8a ther,. and partly by the
general understanding .ha. there would
be lacking hesnoisy feature of the Chinese
new S6dEsa a.
Evening star., 1897-02-02
Washington Stock Exchange.

q Salssyregular cali-l2 O'Clock m.-American
&ssSssHs E1.;Sp. G1 % s IS i 3 OK S :,
aaeetype; % at Ga After call-Lanston Monotype
District of Columbia Bonds.-co. year fund Is Ias
Did Soyear fund 6. gold. III bid Water STOCK
n,, S lyO., cnr9ercy no bid Water stock Is. iss
nIi naIireney' iio DID, sos. funding, currency. 100
Miscellaneous Bonds Metropolitan Railroad 5s.
BID. Metropolitan Railroad cerincates Of Indebted.
81 Ssss; lso bid iao asked Belt a Railroad S. 81 bid.
Columbis Railroad 6, ia bid. 1l41 asked. Wash
sSS nssSa G.: ca: cS%sny g. :sTss :srs s @ pa
pesas ss and & Potoroas Telephone S. loi bid, Ios
100 bid Wa.SinstoH Light & sa Infantry Is, .Hs q.
Sa,ionsl sI Bank Msssrope,nn ss2 bid 300
Mechanics. I70 bid second 1888 bid. iao asked.
sp asked s$ &ssf Ss%s Ens ,S s ia ne csss ss.
os,o n bid 70 & asked Lincoln. ier bid, iOs
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies National Safe
p Deposit md and Trst I,o bid Washington Loan and
and Trust: 1ss bid. i4a asked washington safe
Railroad stock.-capital Traction Company. 50
Gas and Electric Light stocks.-washiurton Gas,
s. Electric Light, 90 hid sl asked ''' o'
tan. e5 bid. Corcaran. S. hid Potomsc. 60 la
e asked. Arlington, i2s bid, German American
Via liz nd Il asked Risss ~ dse la s esis% asss1
bid. 5k asked.
y, Title I.ssrssce s.ocss..Reai n.t.te Title s.
MD. l0e asked. Coiubia Title. Az hid @ asked
Washington Title, Q asked- District Title, 10
Tt1epscne Stocks.-Penmyivania, - bid 90 asked
Chesapeake and Potomac. 81 hid 90 asked. Amerf-
qr.phophone; preferred, 30 hid. Y asked. Pncu-
Mises!i.sss.s sseea os aeinents.ser ~ s L.nosyp.
- s2sA sid; 1ze a.sed. Lanstos Msootype: eA lid:
u aeked washington Market. 10 bid. Great
Falls lee. 1is bid. 12s asked. Norfolk and wash
inxtoa Steamboat. 100 asked Lincoln Hail. 90
Evening star., 1897-02-02
THE VAN RISWICK WILL
Aemosy Of Tsstator Said by Witnesses to
Have Been Defective.
Additional Testimony Presented
Questions-PrOxress Being Made.

More progress was made in the trial OF
the contest over the will OF the late Mrs.
Mary Van Riswick yesterday than on any
previous day of the trial. perhaps, four
witnesses being examined on behalf OF
Mrs. Martina Carr, the daughter of Mrs.
Van Riswick. who charges that the will
was procured through the undue influence
of Mr. Wilton J. Lambert. Mrs. Van Rls-
wick's grandson. Two of these witnesses
were examined after The Stars report of
the case closed yesterday. They we're John
Crager. Mrs. Van Riswtck's overseer at
her country place. v1n View. and Edmond
Mallet. jr. They testified as to Mrs. Van
Riswicks defective memory, and by Mr..
Crager Messrs. r. Ross Perry ard A. s..
Worthington. counsel for Mrs. Carr, offer
ed to show that her nephew had approach
ed him with a view OF deterring him from
testifyfng.
Mr.. Lambert's counsel. Messrs. Jere NJ.
Wilson, Wm- F. Mattingly and Henry Il.
Davis while not, of course, admitting that
the witness could so testify, Eoted an OBJ
lection to the offer, and after some argu-
ments in the absence Of the jury, Judge
McComas sustained the objection. Mrs.
Cars attorneys excepting to the courts
ruling. Mr.. Mallett testified that he had
business relations with Mrs. Van Riswick,
but claimed that because of her defective
memory he preferred to transact business
with Mrs. Carr.
More About Her Memory.
When the trial was resumed this morn
ing Mrs. Carr's attorneys called Plumber
William Cook as a witness. He stated that
he had done much work for Mrs Van Ris-
wick, and had found 1t difficult to trans
act business with her during the last three
or four years Of her life because of her
defective memory. She would wander away
from the subject under discussion and
would have to be reminded of what they
were discussing 1t also seemed difficult
for her to clearly understand matters, and
frequently during the last year or two of
her life he had to leave her without being
able to transact business with her. In the
spring of 1894 she informed him that there
alter he was to respect all orders of Will
ton Lambert as her own, and thereafter
the bills of witness were questioned and
curtailed. From the fall Of 1895 she ap-
peared to be incapable Of attending to
business of Importance
Counsel for Mrs. Carr then offered to
prove by Mr.. Cook what they had offered
to prove by Mr.. Crager, and again the
offer was overruled by Judge McComas.
Further Testimony.
Miss Goodwin, professional nurse, tes-
titled to being in attendance upon Mrs
Van Riswick during the last days of her
life. She was irritable and vacillating.
Mrs. Carr's colored coachman, said Mrs.
Van Riswick was very superstitious. and
would never allow him to meet a funeral
procession when driving her about.
Katie c. Steiner, Mrs. Carr's housemaid
during part of 1885 and 1896, also testified
to Wilton Lamberts Sunday visits to his
grandmother.
Evening star., 1897-02-02
A FEMALE COxEY.
She Says She In Going to the Capitol
to Demand Le4islatiOn.

She Says She In Going to the Capitol
to Demand Legislation.
Mrs. Virginia n. Lount, who figured in
a Sensational Police Court case here two
years ago. and who was quite prominent
In the last campaign, was a caller at po-
lice headquarters this morning. where size
had long conversation with the detec-
tives She said she was going to invade
the Capitol Friday morning as queen of
the porulists" and a friend of the pris-
oEers of poverty" She said she raised $3.50
during the Coxey army visit and now
she is going Coxey one better when she
req ches the Capitol. She will go to the
Serate, she says, and there demand that
an appropriation be made for the poor.
Ard" she said. there will be no keep
of the grass with me. but 1t will be real
nice If I'm arrested. Ny agent will dress
as Uncle Sam and I'll appear as Liberty
In my white suit and white kid boots,
don't you think I'll look cute?"
Her idea in calling upon the officers, she
said, was to get police protection. and she
went away under the belief that she would
get 1t.
Evening star., 1897-02-02
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following:
White-Gales p. Moore and Katharine
Donovan: Marshall D. Burton and Aline d.
Bosby, both Of Henrico county, Va: Lucien
T. Williams and Fannie e. Stryker: Geo.
NJ. Lash, IT,. OF this city and Susie war1er
Of Alexandria, Va.
Colored-Jas. johnson and Jennie Smith:
Henry Walton and Maria Roane: VIM. Fl.
Beverly and Hattie Brooks: Lewis e. Jones
and Clara Robinson; Wm- n. Sullivan and
Catherine Powell.
Evening star., 1897-02-02
A Jealous Loxer,. cr,,,.

APOLLO. Pa, February 2-Last even
ing James Shelha1nmer. son Of a well-to-do
farmer, shot and killed Grace Clark, an
attractive and popular young lady, and
then turned the pistol on himself, inficting
a fatal wound.
The tragedy took place in the sitting
room of the Clark residence, and as the
couple, were alone the cause will probably
never be known. Jealousy, however, is be-
Heved to have been at the bottom of It,
Shelhammer was suitor for Miss Clarks
hand. but lately she treated him with
marked coldness. The young lady was sew
enteen years Of age and Shelhammer two
years older.
Evening star., 1897-02-02
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.

Damages for the Lady of the Lake.
The House yesterday passed the Senate
bill to pay Geo. H. Plant of this city S.
216.S5 for damages caused to the steamer
Lady of the Lake by a collision with the
United States steamer Gettysburg in the
Potomac river several years ago.
Rhode Island Avenue ExtensIon.
Senator Blackburn has given notice of
an amendment he proposes to offer to the
District appropriation bill, appropriating
$4,000 Ito pay for land condemned in the
highway act" approved March 3. 1893. for
the extension Of Rhode Island avenue from
"a to Sd streets northwest.
The Graceland Cemetery BILL.
Mr.. Mcmillan has made a favorable re-
port to the Senate of bill to amend an
act to prohibit interments of bodies in
Graceland cemetery, in the District of CO.
iumbia- As previously stated in The Star
this bill gives the board of directors of
Graceland cemetery power to incumber
the property with a mortgage to provide
funds for removing the bodies from the
cemetery.
Three Bills Fuvored.
G. N. Luccock. president, and Howard
Wilbur Ennis. secretary, representing the
Presbyterian Ministers Association, have
sent to Congress petition In favor of the
passage of bills for prohibiting the sale of
intoxicating liquors in the Capitol building
and grounds, to raise the age of protection
for girls in the District of Columbia to
eighteen years, and in favor of an anti
gambling law.
The Inauguration Resolution.
In the House late this afternoon the reso-
luton, coming over from the Senate, pro-
viding for the extension of electric light
wires for the Inauguration ceremonies was
taken from the table by the Speaker for
action.
Mr.. Richardson suggested that the reso-
luton should be referred to the commit
tee on District Of Columbia, and that was
done.
Evening star., 1897-02-02
A Reported Drowning.

Today report was made to the police
OF the fourth precinct that a man had
fallen through the ice at the bathing
beach and was drowned. As soon as the
report was received Harbormaster Sutton
was notified, and his men went with their
graphing irons and dragged the river
for the body. When the men had dragged
the basin some time without success they
ceased operations because of the rough
weather. Harbormaster Sutton was un-
able to learn. who had made the report, and
he suspects it was made by some one who
wanted to perpetuate joke on his men.
man who claims to have seen the acci-
dent Unless something more definite is
learned the river win not be dragged to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1897-02-02
Drowned while Fordt,x.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, February IA
special from Ventura. Cal. states that
Hugh McMillen. agent for the Western
Transit Comp, my at Chicago. had been on
visit to his ranch in the DIAL valley,
where Mrs. McMillen is spending the win
ter. He was driving to Santa Paula, where
he intended to take the train for Chicago
Santa Paula creek has quicksand bed, and
recent rains had made fording the stream
dangerous. The carriage was overturned in
the middle OF the stream, and though the
driver escaped, he was unable to render
any assistance to Mr.. McMillen. The body
was recovered.
Evening star., 1897-02-02
MIR. BAYARD's DINNER.
Some Distinguished Englishmen Who
Will Not he There.

LONDON. February 2--Mr. Joseph Cham
beriain. the secretary of state for the col
onies. has been obliged to decline an invi-
tation to be present at the dinner which
the United States Ambassador. Mr.. Thomas
f. RayGrd. will give tomorrow at his pri-
vate residence in honor of the Prince of
Wales. The inability of Mr.. Chamberlain
and others to be present is due to the fact
that they have to attend the speakers din
ntr the same day. Mr.. Bayard says that
the affair will be purely private and per-
sonal and that he cannot give a list of the
guests until after the event.
In addition to the Marquis of Salisbury
Secretary Carter and Mrs. Carter, Lieuten-
ant Commander w. S. Cowles, the United
States naval attache. and Mrs Cowles
Mrs Thomas b. Ferguson. the United
States ambassador to Sweden and Norway
viii attend. All the other guests will be
English.