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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
Danger Ahead.

We call the attention Of tho LeYee
Board officials to the Stokes creyasse
There is danger ahead, unless the
work is vigorously pushed from now
on. We do not for moment credit
the rumor that an extension has been
granted the contractors, but the mat
Ter is a mementous oneto This people.
and the Board should investigate II
thoroughly. with view Of co-operat.
ing with the government in aH 6Hofl
10 expedite the work.
The contract embraces, we believe
something ike 215000 cubic yards
OF this about 1900 yards ouIy have
been disposed of, but with The present
force at work the prospect is extreme
Nv dauering for the closure OF the
break sometime prior 10 the millennium
Under such conditions it is only
natural that our people feel a little
nervous. Even the yellow fever
crauks are beginning to forget Tie
epidemic, and join us in suffering 40
acute attack of hydrophobia. We
frankly confess, so far as we are cen
cerued, that we are more afraid OF
the water than we have been OF the
fever. aud would lie fairly demoraIjzad
by be gloomy prospect, did we ne
feel that Capt. Newcomer VIII prOmp,
8y concentrate a large force on be
break aud close IL by The first OtJanu-
airy. a days delay beyond that ID
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
THE sKAGUAY TRAIL.
Excellent Description Given by a
Mining Engineer.
While There Is Not the Least
Danger In Making the Trip ItIs
Not AN Easy or Pleas
ant one,

Aftor am eynmination of so davs of
tho Skarpay trail. r.. II Stretoh. min
inc engineer Of Seattle Wash. saws:
oskaruay valley was once occupied
bv "a large glacier. near the lower end;
the rocks are ancient. sedimmtary or
gtratiaed deposits. with innumerable
bikes and stringers of granite aspect,
but all the upper portions of the vail
lev and the summit of the range are
potbinp but n very coarse granite. with
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
BRUTAL COLLEGE "RUsHEs."
Serious Injuries Sustained by Fresh

Serious Injuries Sustained by Fresh
men of University of California.
There will be no more ''rushes" at the
University of California if President
Kellogg's latest mandate is obeyed.
Half dazed, his jaw broken, his face
a bleeding mass, Benjamin Kurtz, a
newly entered freshman, was found
wandering about the campus ON a re-
cent night after the rush between the
two bower classes. In the struggle
some one put his heel en- Kurtz's face,
and as a result he is dis1gured for life,
and may have sustained an injury of
the brain An examination showed
that a piece Of flesh had been torn from
one n0stril. The upper lip hung only
by q shred and the ragged nature OF the
tear made the injury the more serious.
All the front teeth were gone. Four
teeth had been knocked OUT of the
lower jaw and the bone in which they
had been imbeddedwas broken out with
them. Both the upper and lower jaws
were smashed and the flesh of all the
face crushed and bleeding,
There were two other serious casual
ties. Frank Marshall, freshman, had
his right leg broken just above the
ankle. Conlon, another freshman,
came out of the combat with broken
leo,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
a BIG FALLING DEE.
NOT Many VIII Take the FAN CiVtI
Service Examination,

Not Many VIII Take the Fan CtvdI
Service Examination.
The regular fall civil service examina.
lions throughout the country for all
classes of government offices will mus
ter only about quarter or third OF
the usual number of candidates. This
Is the prediction made by the civil ser
wee commission, and Chief Examiner
eerTen attributes this falling off to
the unusual number Of applicants en-
ahmed during the spring, when high
water mark was reached, the number Of
applicants examined then being an In.
crease OF 100 per cent. over the proceed
ing hall or spring. This rush was due
70 the change of administration and the
clVil service extension made by Presi-
uent Cleveland. AS a result. and In
view OF an inadequate examining force
the commission is far in arrears IN
uiarklng the papers, and 1900 of them.
al submitted during the spring exam
nations, have yet to be reached for
marking. This aggregate includes . ass
relating to the railway mail seryics and
and l'45l to the clerk.copyist places
ms unprecedented arrearage has baeni1
great factor in lettering applicantst
EEom applying for examination AZ Ei,is
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
GREENVILLETIMES.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IS, 1897
A Mad EndeayOr.

When Adree left the world OF u,
living ON his balloon tour in search o.
the North pole, people were so mueh
absorbed IN other matters that ne u'u
NOT create The sensation be might olne'
wise have done As he has never
since been heard from, curiosity ano
interest are aroused and Felie6eS=
pedition has been fitted out The
Following, from a swedish press cor
respopdeut. will be OF interest;
The swedish aerouaut Andree.
started In his balloon, the Eagle, from
Danes Island, Spuzbergon, ON sun
day afternoon. a. 2:3O O'Clock, Ju'l
II accompanied by DR.. I. 9lrin'l.
herg and Herr Fraeucknell, wei
Known engineer. Audree hoped to
he carried due north from SPilzhergeh
to the pole, and if he succeeded an
making this distance OF zoe miles ne
would attempt to reach Alaska.
Professor Audree mad entertained
for many wears the idea Of reaching
the pole by balloon. The suggestion
came from his observations OF inc
regularity of trade winds and study
of polar air currents
The distinctive feature of AudreCs
balloon was strong guide rope, when
served two all essential purposes
First. to keep the balloon ats uniform
height and so insure that the supply
of pas would not be diminished by
4 A. tn
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
noRRIeLE NEWS FoR rRAMPA
salvation Army Wants 10 Make Them
Work or Go to Jail.

The ST. Louis branch OF the Saliva
ton Army is planning a campaign
against the tramps, The scheme is TO
make Dusty Roads and Wandering Will
lie work for their food and lodging or
go to Jail and work for the state. The
first part of the plan is the army's, the
rest is the states.
Col. Evans, the army's commander
intends to hire building large enough
to accommodate 500 men. Baths and
fumigating boxes win be put in, and
there will be a large eating-room at
tached, No one will be admitted free
The cost of lodging and n meal will be
very low, possibly not more than five
cents for both, but it win have to be
paid. In order to give everyone the
opportunity to work a wood yard viii
be opened in connection, in which APP
plicants may saw wood enough to earn
the price of n meal and lodging
To those who are used to sedentary
employments brush-making or chair
Gaming will be furnished.
The restaurant is expected to be the
great feature, as enough hot and nour-
ishing food for a hearty meal will be
given for one cent. When the establish
ment is in operation the citizens and
police will be asked to cooperate by re-
ferring all applicants for assistance to
the food and shelter depot. If he goes
he earns his living; if he doesn't go and
persists in begging the police will ar
rest him and see that he is put at hard
labor in the county Jail. In either case,
the Salvation Army people say, the
tramp problem is settled.
Col. Evans expects to be able to fit
up the building required for $500, and
believes that the institution when once
established will be self-supporting. He
has already started popular subscrip, |
ton to raise the sum needed. He will |
probably get it without difficulty
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
CHARLES Ix.'S MISSAL.
Poison Which It's VeIIum Pages Con-
tanned Has EvapOrated.

The New York journal and Adyer-
tiser prints the following; Charles
TX s missal, the vellum leaves Of which
had been dipped in q poison as terrible
as the one which the Borgias kept in
seal rings, was sold by bookseller Of
New York a week ago to book lover,
who Is also an expert in poisons. He
hts analysed the vellum pages one by
one and he says that there is no poi
son in the leaves of the missal
1t must have evaporated in the cen
turtles, for Charles TX, who was king
of France from 1850 to 1874, received,
according to the chronlclers, missal
which was poisoned a short time after
he had given the signal for the massa-
ere of the Huguenots. And it was this
missal which he had been reading at a
mass in the chapel of the Louvre the
day before his death.
He died of remorse, the historians
say; but remorse was often euphem4
ism for poison in those days.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10

We find the following most ungfa'
ions paragraph IN he columns OF our

We find the FOL lowing most uhgfa
clous paragraph m he columns ct ou
usually courltou contemporary, lI'
Home Clipp e. ,,.
.E .dea,o,mg 20 write weight
editorials for u Large paper IKE lnl'
win a table full of exchange au'
none Younger than week old, is ltkf
kissing an old nwid--it'- deVlIlsh haid
for srusiulo uHn 90 do
why should oar good FREUD cihs'
kissing an old maid umnng t.r uis'
agreeable dulles ot lifet In our ,itilt
we have known aud N muu' maiden
indies OF an uncertain age, aud among
hem many women of great persohal
attractiyeuess. lOvelines' of character
sWeornc.s of manners aud unfalIerng
devotion 10 all he dulles of iile' Most
old maid are old maids from chelce
There are very few Of them who have
not Ind opportunities OF marriage, oet
heir hears bavc not been captured,
and they have preferred to ave
through life IN Loneliness 10 glvl
hands without their hearts. Many an
old maid carries Within her bosom
the memory of a life tragedy TOO deeP
for ears too sweet and tender Tor
strangers ears. YetIf told, would
mt 10 the blush those who scoll at
"od maids. states,
The weight Of the editorials Is net
matter we care to determines but
can bear witness that the complaint
of the editor of the clipper is most
Just. however inappropriate may be
his comparison.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
EXCLUDES MANY CHINESE.
New Customs Collector atPort Towns.
end Returns to Former RuIe.

new Customs Collector atPoFt Towns
end Returns to Former Rule.
/. d. Huestis, the new customs col
lector of the Puget sound district, who
took office few days ago, has made
a new ruling in the matter of admitting
Chinese laborers, He has refused adj
mittance to seven Chinese who arrived
at Port Townsend, Wash, from Vic
toria, B. c., on the ground that they
had departed from other ports when
leaving this country. Until is months
ago the requirement was enforced that
Chinese must reenter at the port of
departure, but during the past year
compliance with this rule has not been
required from Chinese immigrants, ow-
ing to a precedent established by
the treasury department. in the
case of the Strathnevis immigrants,
when Chinese were admitted re-
CARELESS of the port of depar-
ture' AS result many Chinese sue
ceeded in entering here when they
could not have made a satisfactory
showing at the port from which they
had departed.
Collector Huestis' return to the for
mer rule has called forth storm Of pro-
tests from interested Chinese residents
of the Pacific coast.
The action of the new collector will
probably decrease the wholesale enter
ing OF Chinese through Port Townsend
and district, nearly 1900 having been
entered there during the past six |
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
How England ClYIIzes.

According to dispatches received
in London FROM the city of Benin, the
place has undergone 4 marvellous
transformation Tue execution pits
and crucifxion trees, which consl
tuted so remarkable 8 feature Of this
African GoIgotha have entirely dis.
appeared, while the fields Of which
The corpses Of thousands Of victims Of
the executioners knife lay three and
even five deep, poisoning The atmos-
phere for miles around, have been laid
out as polo grounds and golf links by
the English officers, who now are sta
toned at this center of West Africa
rrade. Whatever may be said Of the
evils Of European civilization in
A fricA it cannot be denied that the
present condition is infinitely better
than its former state.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
BLooMERs TO BE BARRED.
Indignation over Teachers Wearing
Bicycle Costumes to school.

Indignation over Teachers Wearing
bicycle Costumes to school.
Boomers have cast a shadow on the
otherwise joyful reopening of the pub-
lie schools Of st. Louis. The Grant and
Gravers school association, one of the
objects of which is to "amicab bly, adjust
any controversies that may arise in the
school without undue publicity" held
an indignation meeting at the school
hall Monday night against certain
teacher in boomers.
DR.. I. G. Laisen, the associations Sec
rotary, withheld the offending teach
er's name, but admitted complaint had
been made against one, but there were
others who appeared in school in equal
ly as giddy costumes. He said the asso-
citation was very much in earnest.
Miss Mamie Niebaus, pretty blonde
teacher in the school kindergarten,
frankly admits she rides wheel, but
says there are Others"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
THE WORLD MINING MAD.
Opinion Expressed That We Are on
VERGE of Great Mining Era.


Verge of Great Mining Era,
eve are on the verge of a great min
ing era," remarked Clarence King, for
mer chief Of the United States geolog-
zeal survey, the other day. The time
is not far distant when a man can start
out of Denver and travel to Klondike,
stopping every night at a mining camp.
Already two American stamp mills are
pounding away on the borders Of the
Straits Of Magellan, and the day is
approaching when chain of mining
camps win extend from Cape Horn to
St, Michaels, I believe we are about
to enter upon a century whichwill open
up vast resources and will be the grand
est the earth has ever known. Before
the end of the twentieth century the
traveller will enter a sleeping car at
Chicago, bound via Behring straits for
St. Petersburg, and the dream of Gov.
Gilpin win be realized"
Mr.. King is on his way east from
Seattle, where he Quilted party for
the Klondike.
He believes that if the next steamer
from the gold fields brings 100000
or thereabouts 100000 men will go into
the Yukon country next sDripg.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
A LUCKY STRIKE
Parties Boring for Water in New,
Mexico Find Gold Mine.

AoE w ANeF IN New
Mexico Find IA Gold Mine.
Capt. j. II. Hutchinson has arrived az
Santa Fe, N. NJ, from Golden South
santa Fe county, and reports a remark
able gold discovery on government land
one and half miles east of that place
Michael Harold, of Pittsburgh. Pa
while sinking a tubular well to spoplv
water for the placer operations of tbe
Monte Cristo Mining company, of Kan
sas City, struck at depth of $50 feet a
ledge of white quartz so feet in thick
ness that shows free gold in large guam
titles. Some of the nuggets are a large
as grains of wheat. The discovery has
created Juror in mining and business
circles there. Working shafts will ba
sunk at once, and other holes will be
sunk to ascertain If It is a blanket lead
IL such should prove the case. the dis.
.eovery promises TO be one of TIM most
notads gold finds fHths hiStory-uf the
Z
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
QUEER BICYCLE CASE.
Iowan Claims "a Wheel Drawn by a
Girl for Whose Ticket He Paid


A young man took an Atlantic Ia.(
girl to theatrical performance the
other evening. This fact alone is hard
ly worthy of mention, but for the fact
that the young woman drew bicycle
offered as prize by the theatrical COM
pany to the person holding the lucky
ticket.
She took possession of the wheel,
but after studying over the matter I'm.
til Sunday afternoon the young man
went and borrowed the wheel and now
refuses to return it, basing his claim
to it on the fact that he paid for the
girls admission to the theater and that
the wheel should be his property.
The case is laid before the justice
court and bids fair to equal the Jores
county calf case in legal techniealities.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10

Mississippi is q State Of wonderful
resources Take this good year Of
897 for example. With q large arro
o. the richest land ovcr1owcd for
weeks IN the spring, traffic and bust
ncss practically suspended for two
m ouths or more il The falLGnd no rain
in the summer, the people are in the
most prosperous condition for years.
Brandon News.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10

DR.. ?. Penta has studied the fingers
and toes Of $500 criminals and finds a
deficiency in the size and number of
toes frequent among them. although
very rare among ordinary men. He has
also observed that prehensile toes,
marked by a wide space between the
great toe and the second toe, is a con-
dition quite common among criminals;
also, a webbed eordition Of the toes, IN
approximation to the toeless feet Of
some savageA at
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10

After an absence OF six weeks, the
Clarion. Ledger is once more visitor
TO this cdice The TINS aud tie
Clarion Ledger have had many l.t
tie gro iation' in Tine post bo. all j.
forgotten and forgiven in rbe pjra-ur,
Of seeing it again.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
CIPHER BOOK FOR ROYALTY.
Their Inner Life Set Forth in an I'm
vanished Manner.

Court circles are enjoying a 16-page
booklet, written entirely in cipher by
minor royal parsonage, in which
amusing stories and facts connected
with the inner life of members of the
royal circle are set out in the most IN
vanished manner. Most of the matter
i'm this publication concerns Emperor
William Of Germany, and the writer as
serts that 1900 people are languishing
in the German state prisons on charges
of lese majestic. The booklet is in
great demand. 1t is said to be like
pages from "Ihe Pickwick Paners."
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10

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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
HID IN NEST or SNAKES.
Kentucky BOY and His Brother Meet
Horrible Death While Playing.

Kentucky BOY and His Brother Meet
Horrible Death While Playing.
Willie, aged seven, and Eddie, aged
nine, sons of Matthew Cox, farmer liv-
ing near Mannsville, Taylor county,
KY, met terrible deaths from rattle
snake bites the other evening.
They were playing hide and seek
with some other children and Willie
ran into the bushes and failed to reap
pear at the proper time. Presently Ed
die heard cries from his little brother
and, Fastening to his aid, found, as he
at first thought, that he had become
fastened in the hollow of an old stump.
In trying to pull the child from the
stump Eddie discovered that four big
rattlers were biting Willie time and
again. Badly frightened, but deter
mined to rescue his brother, Eddie
reached in for better hold, and was
himself bitten repeatedly.
The cries of the two children at
tracted some men and they were finally
rescued from their perilous position,
but not until they were past all aid.
One died in five minutes and the other
in ten.
The four snakes were killed, and it
was found that the youngest child had
jumped into their rest IN the hollow
Of the old stump.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
BROUGHT BY A DOVE.
Carrier Pigeon Arrives in Portland
from ChiIkat Pass.


A carrier pigeon has made its flight
from the summit of Chilkat pass to its
loft in Portland, Ore, 1900 miles, bear
ing a brief message from a party Of
hardy fortune seekers who are now
making their way along the Yukon to
Dawson City. 1t is the latest message
out of the land to which thousands are
on the way
Thomas Cain took with him several
homing pigeons from Robert Uhlman,
who lives a few blocks from Mr.. Gains
residence. Uhlman has been watching
for the appearance of a pigeon for some
time, Cain having stated that he would
start one when he reached the summit
of Chilkat pass. The pigeon was first
seen the other morning at an early
hour with something attached to its
left leg, 1t had not entered the loft
and seemed tagged out. At that time
it was not known whether the bird
really came from the Cain party. Eff
forts made to capture the pigeon were
not successful at first. 1t would not
accept offers of food and appeared, ex-
hausted. Finally it entered its loft
On a crumpled piece of paper torn
from a notebook was a message that
had been scrawled by Cain after his
party had reached the summit of Chill
kat The message was read with diff |
Guilty, as the penciling was somewhat
obliterated, 1t read as follows:
Aug 25-Robbie UhIman 7 thought |
would let my first pigeon go on the pass
Tell Jack we lost some horses. but that is
all right, I send my love to you all, and
kiss and tell grandma not to worry 1t is
hard trip. Tell everybody you know not |
70 come this year. TOM CAIN"
The paper was attached to the
pigeons leg with an ordinary piece Of
cord. The pigeon evidently felt the eff
feet of its long flight of nearly 1900
niles.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-10
POWERFUL SERMON IN A PRISON
Condemned FeIon Causes Convtcts
to Become Hysterical.


to Become Hysterical.
Fulton county (Ga.) Jail was the other
morning the scene of as odd an occur
renee as has ever happened within it's
walls. Horace S. Perry, the condemned
murderer of Lanier, who has just been
hanged for his crime, led religious serv-
Ices in the prison chapel in such an i'm
pressiye and solemn manner that the
large congregation of felons ash out
laws grew violently hysterical under
his power.
Rev. r, S. Stevenson, who has con-
Quoted the Sunday services at the jail,
yielded to Perry at the prisoners ur-
gent request. Perry's text was taken
from Acts 16: Believer the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved" Ht
said that as the hours of his life were
fast shortening he felt it duty to use
them in an effort to save other souls.
He pleaded earnestly with the con-
Victs surrounding him that they would
mend their ways and lead religious
life whether they spent them in con-
inement or were released.
During his powerful exhortation the
prisoners moaned and wept and
noaned, but when he referred to the
desperate state In which he, his widow
md children would be thrown upon his
Heath, the audience became almost in
'ane with emotion, So potent was his
'pell over them that Perry, to break the
pell proposed hymn.
Taylor Delk, the notorious outlaw,
himself under death sentence, and
whose son Tom was hanged two months
go, led the singing, and at the close
he audience filed slowly out, stopping
o shake hands with Perry.