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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19
APPRECIATES HIS WEE.
why n Kentucky Editor Calls Her II IL
"Bctter SeVen-Eighths."

"Bctter Seven-Eishths."
Many of my friends have asked me
and few strangers had the curiosity
to write and inquire; "Why is it that
you always speak of your wife as your
better seven-eighths In this brief ar,
ticle l will endeavor to explain, and
use the personal pronoun, that the read
ers will the better understand me. In
Christian fortitude she is as fortress
capable of withstanding any fusillade;
put rifle pit with many unguardcd
gaps in comparison Her faith is that
of a healthy tree in full foliage and
fruit; mine like tree blasted, with an
occasional sprout that lends hope OF
fruition, but so frGil that the first cold
wave of dependency deadens and with
ers it. As a neighbor she embodies those
qualities expressed in the words of the
Master: do unto others as you would
that they should do to you;" l am con.
tent to do by him AZ well as he had done
by me, and too frequently fall short OF
that standard. As nurse she is sister
of charity reared in the Garden of Geth
semane or in nunnery of Nazareth
shedding sweet sunshine through the
sickroom; | both impatient and irasci.
Bile. Endowed with almost superhu
man energy, she is a living type of the
busy bee; |, not so enriched, am too fire,
quently drone of disappointment. The
day is never so dark but the bright
light beyond beckons her on as bea
con of hope; dependency darkens my
vision and obscures from view anything
favorable the future might show. Thus
in al the nobler attributes of life she
towers above me as the forest pine
about the stunted fig bush. During o
continuous companionship of over 2g
years | have been sensible to these su.
perior qualities, and | have been al.
ways honest enough to say so. She
combines characteristics quintuple in
quality, and in her affections assumes
the place of mother, wife, sister, friend
Al in all, she is the apple of my eye, my
best beloved, in whom am well pleased.
Such is my wife as l see her, and have
known her in all these years. She con,
dones my faults, finds excuses for my
errors, sympathizes with nc in sor-
row, and strengthens me in adversely
Hence, | say, "our better seven
such she will ever be to mel
Hazel Green (Ky.) Herald.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19
HERE AND THERE.

Some farmers think that money
alone should be counted to determine
whether thing pays or not This is
a great mistake. Fruit pays even il
we do not sell a dollars worth. II
keeps down doctor bills in the family.
/ Many successful swine growers
rake up the corn cobs, burn them. and
when in the form of bright live Goals
throw water on a portion of the pile,
thus making charcoal and ashes for the
hogs to eat A little salt may be
added.
Every town should get its supply of
berries, celery and similar delicacies
from its adjacent farmers Railroads
and commission men are getting too
much, and farmers too little, out Of this
business. The same is true of eggs
and poultry.
As the country becomes thicklv
settled, grain farming gives way to
trucking. 1t is well, therefore, to keep
thoroughly posted, 50 as to take adj
vantage of the circumstances surround
ing one. There is money in growing
vegetables for the mechanics OF man o.
featuring towns, especially if braiy.
work keeps w with hs1dwork.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19

them the ground rented or the credit
which gives them a living while at
work. If at the end of the year their
part comes TO more than they would
have made in wages, that is all right
as they have fairly earned it. The re-
suit of firm control and exact fair play
is that the most perfect order prevails
the year round. My experience with
the negro race is that il is not a
drunken one. While they go to town
and get ON occasional spree, they
never come home in that condition.
In 80 years | have never had trouble
on this score with any of them. A
man can work large plantation just
a. easily rs he could before the war, rs
self-interest is as strong cord as serv-
itude, and. | think, sometimes good
deal stronger.
IL do not however, advise farming
on this large scale. II is profitable in
the hands OF man who has head for
extensive organization and the man
ngement of men. We want the aid of
those men to help in developing our
unoccupied lands. The true field of
farming is the small holding, say 100
acres raising vegetables, cereals and
meat and fodder for stock, SO that the
cotton crop will be surplus. During
the last ten or fifteen years there has
been a great breaking up of the large
into small farms, resulting
in marked improvement, as it calls the
individual efforts of more people into
play. In either case of farming on a
large scale or on small one the profit
in the long run is greater than that in
lines of business.
might go further and say that measured
by twenty years the farm is still where
it was with no loss whatever and the
farmer or his family is still in the old
house, whilst the business man start
ing with equal date is bankrupt and
his family scattered to the four winds
of heaven. st Louis Globe-Demo-
crat
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19
WOMAN TO WOMEN.
From The Republican, pelvidere, IN.

From the Republican, beivloere' ~
MANY woman will recognize the ills de,
cribed below by Mrs. W., l.. DE Mum, OF
Eapron, Ill., Unfortunately they are Us
peculiar to the sex, and we have no DOUBT
whatever, will be read with the greatest IN
terest. I.
The facts are given precisely as stated to, a
reporter of this paper. Mrs. De Mum said'
III was almost wreck. was all run
down and too weak to do anything. ielt
as il there was no hope for relief. managed
Ia keen around the house good part OF the
time. but the bed was the proper place for
me. No one knew how badly / felt. My
appetite was gone, l was troubled with
weakness peculiar to women, and at tunes
became so dizzy that ! could not stand up
On several occasions | reeled of the side.
walk and fell when | attempted to walk. /
have given you but liant IDEA oil my con-
dition." ,s,
"Howdid it happen that you were curedY"
az read an article in one OF the papers
which seemed plain and honest and was IN
duced to buy a box of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills. | was delighted to obtain relief be-
fore using the entire box. / continued tax
ing the medicine and to-day am completely
cured You can't say too much for those
pills, repeated Mrs. De Num-
DO you know of any other cases?
L
the pills to my neighbors and everyone who
has taken them think there is nothing like
them. My sister took them for nervous
headache and received prompt relief. There
seems to be something in DIR. Williams
Pink Pills to make sick people well. think
they were rightly named when they called
them DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a
condensed form, all the elements necessary
to give new life and richness to the blood
and restore shattered nerves. They are an
unfailing specific for such diseases as loco,
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Vitus'
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nerv-
GUS headache, the after effect of la grippe,
palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow
all forms Of weakness either in
male or female. Pink Pills sne sold by all
dealers or will be sent post paid on receipt
of price, so cents a box or six boxes for
$3.50, by addressing DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19
SIMPLY DELICIOUS.
How Expert Pastry Cooks Make I
Fresh Strawberry Pie.

|
Fresh Strawberry Pie.
One of the most delicious of all pastry
is pie of fresh Strawberries. Line a
deep tin pieplate with the incest pastry
you can prepare. Fill the pastry with
uncooked rice and bake it in the oven.
When the paste is done remove the rice /:
1t can be soaked and used for boiling,
or it may be kept ON hand to bake in
pastry. 1t simply serves to prevent the
form of pastry from rising and getting
out of shape as it would if it were not
fllled' Apple jelly is sometimes used
to I'LL the pie, and when the crust is
baked its contents are scraped out, leav-
ing perhaps quarter of an inch of Jelly
IN the bottom. The apple jelly is some
times given the exact flavor of straw
berries by mixing strawberry Juice in
equal proportions with apple Juice
when the jelly is made. When the crust
is filed with jelly it makes a rather
more elaborate pie, but takes mo.e
time.
In either case, as soon as the crust is
baked dredge a little sugar over it and
llitwith perfectly ripe, luscious straw
berries well sweetened, Heap sweet
ened and whipped cream thickly over
It. 1t may also be covered with mer-
ingue made of the whites of three eggs
beaten to stiff froth, four tablespoon
fuls of sugar and the juice of half
small lemon. Cover the berries careful
" with the meringue, which is a non
conductor of heat, and isolate the pie
plate holding the pie from the oven bot
tom by setting it on thick pine board,
and bake the meringue in this way in
moderately hot oven for 20 minutes. If
the work of isolation has been properly
done the berries will not be heated. but
the meringue will have risen and will
be well done and only delicate brown.
Remove the pie TO a cold plate and let it
become ice cold before serving it-N.
\. Tribune,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19
Sheen as Manure spreaders.

Before the Michigan state board of
agriculture a member said: BY the way
some sheep are kept it would look as
though the notion that something
could come of nothing by the gracious
aid of sheep is still believed in, and |
can not make my ideas any palmer than
by quoting the remarks of a practical
sheep breeder, who said: We frequent
ly see absurd statements that the
Sleeps foot turns all TO gold, and there
is no steadier or surer way to fertilize
a barren field than to put flock of
sheep to pasture upon the briars and
weeds in it; that in effect, sheep will
live upon the poorest kind of food and
make the richest manure, and are thus
the best stock a farmer can keep on his
farm. But those who have been there
know better.
There is no other domestic animal
that needs better care or food for
profitable thrift than sheep; out of
their finely grinding manure mill
comes nothing that is not first put
into the hopper; yet with proper
care and skill, well selected flock of
the right kind of sheep in the right
place, can be made to pay 100 per cent.
on their cost every year. 1t is true, a
flock of sheep will clear a field of
Weeds briars and rubbish, and will en-
rich it, but it will not live upon these.
To relish this rough heritage, the sheep
must be fed literally with some sup
Elementary food, such as bran, cut
clover grass or green corn fodder or
some grain food. Then with this al
lop the Sleeps food may take on the
golden tinge, and will edge with gold
the farmers pocket by making his poor
lands ricn giving him, at the same
time, lamb or two and fleece every
year, The fact is, sheep are manure
spreaders rather than manure makers.
We feed them with the material, they
take their pay out of it and give us
back the remainder, transformed into
a substance of equal value because it
is more availablc) with that which they
receive, and they get fat meanwhile in
doing it.-Rural World.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19
FARMING IN THE SOUTH.
A Successful Georgian Explains His Plan
What the South Needs.

Nein Ray, of Sumter county, Ca,
owns an l,S00-aere plantation. His
cotton crop last year brought him
about $50, 600, Putting it another wav.
''25 bales of cotton to the mule" is his
record. Mr. Ray employees a large
force of negro laborers, and does his
farming on perfect system, just as
northern contractors handle their men
on big jobs. A staff correspondent of
the Atlanta Constitution visited this
farm, and says that in the morning the
hands were divided off one into a party
of about thirty, others into tens and
fves, while number went off singly.
1t looked as if it might have been a
savage scene in Africa, where black
muleteers were trying to steal an early
morning attack upon some slumbering
enemy.
There. they all know where to GO"
said Mr. Ray, who had tolled them off.
At 1l:45 another bell will ring, calling
them to dinner; every mule to be in it's
place here at Il o'clock, when the bell
rings again. The same call or assem-
bly, and dispersal is sounded at 1
o'clock, and the setting of the sun gives
them liberty to come in for the night.
l work my hands both by wages, on
time and on shares. Those who went
off singly were the renters. The first
requisite on large farm is discipline.
The proprietor must be present him
self, taking charge, as the interference
of anyone else breeds jealousy There
are people who wantto hire, and Others
who want TO rent, and decentralization
would result if any difference was
made between them, no matter how
slight To remove the opportunity for
this | retain personal control over the
tenants just as | do VI the hired men.
The only difference is in thu manner
Of payment. They must report at the
lot as regularly as the hired men.
bring their mules in just the same. and
# they are off day, or part of day,
have the same right to forfeit
their contract as | have to discharge
} nired hand, or l can dock them for
he time. As furnish the ground and
The credit upon which they work the I
7ear, l hold that | have the right to
heir honest and best efforts to make a
.rop. Their absence from work, or |
neglect Of it, affects my share Gs well !
IS their own. and they have no more
light to fall short in work than [
YOU'D have IN falling to deliver 70
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19

The Georgia experiment station has
published bulletin, which gives some
valuable information in regard to diff
ferent varieties of the COW pea. Forty
six varieties were tested at the station,
with the following results
!. The earliest COW pea, and hence
the variety best adapted to high lati-
tudes, is the New Era. This natures
in little more than 60 days from the
time of planting. Other very early
varieties are Congo, White, Grant,
Chocolate and Vacuum.
2. The heavist yield of vines is Red
Ripper, followed closely by Forage or
Shinney, Black aud Unknown.
3. The heaviest producers of peas are
Unknown, Calico, Clay and White
Brown Hull.
4. The yield of peas, as arule, though
not invariably, parallels the yield Of
vines.
5. For hay, the erect varieties are
preferable to those of a recumbent
habit, since the mower cuts them all
The best of the erect varieties are the
Unknown, Clay and Whippoorwill.
G. Where a dense mass of vines is
wanted to remain on the ground all
winter, Calico, Gourd, Black and Con.
stitution are preferable.
Z The best table nre the Sugar Crow
der, Mush Large Lady, Small Lady
and Rice.
S, The best stock pea for field graz
ing Of either cattle or hogs is the
Black. 1t will remain in ground ali
winter without injury. Everlasting,
Red, and Red Ripper are also good.
9. For an "all-purpose" pea the I'm
known leads the list. Clay, however,
closely contests first place. Unknown
and Wonderful are identical.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19
CORNER FOR REST AND READING

CORNER FOR REST AND READING.
venient in library, and could hardly
be had without some combination OF
this sort The top of the bookcase
should be 10 inches wide. This gives
plenty of top space, and also chance
to have drawers that are quite COM
modious. The wood used for this com
bination should be of quartered oak
for top drawer fronts and end panels
no wood is richer-while for the rest Of
the work unquartered oak can be used,
though of course the furnishing of the
room, if already furnished may re-
quire another kind of wood Oak, how
ever, appears particularly well adapted
for library use.-Country Gentleman.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19
ELIZA r. PARKER


The papers are full Of tales just now Of
how the late composer, Brahms, treated
piauists and singers who were eager TO get
his criticism. Ii one of these aspimnts for
his favor was fortunate enough TO find him
at home and be received, Brahms first con-
piano. q position from which he rightly
deemed few would have the temerity to
Gust him If this failed he had recourse to
the statement that the instrument was out
of tune, ooh, that does not matter, y re-
marked one courageous individual. Per.
haps not to You, but it does to me, replied
the master. On one occasion he was just
leaving his house when a longhaired youth,
with bundle of music under his arm hailed
him with. Can YOU tell me whore DIR.
Brahms lives Certainly answered the
master, in the most amiahle manner; in
this house up three flights" and SO saying
he hurried away.--San Francisco Argonaut.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19

JUST THE THING TO KEEP Wells IN.
me-nots or other flowers, before it is
also stretched upon the remaining
shape.
Little now remains to be done save
to neatly sew round the blue. silk cord,
which will conceal the stitches, to make
two holes for the connecting ribbon
bows, and buttonhole them nicely;
while the single large bow which ties
the case when in use, must have been
sewn in under the cord. Countless pref
ty developments of this case suggest
themselves, besides the one mentioned;
for instance, pale green satin with pink
May blossoms; pure white satin, with
silver cord and embroidery of silver
myrtle flowers, for wedding gift; or,
personal use, with a trifing expense,
cream linen worked in hourishing
thread, and lined with blue satin.-N.
Y. Journal.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19

pardon me, sir, but where do you live"
inquired the sharp-nosed passenger, leaning
over the back of the seat in front of him.
Southern part O. Indiana laconicaily
replied the goat-whiskered passenger, who
was triggcd out in spicketyspan new eel
luloid collar adorned with hectichued hut-
terbow tie.
an the southern part of Indiana, Ell?
What is the lay of the land in your VIcin-
ity?"
"Same as it is all over the country, lreck-
on"
Il do not see how that can be-"
Don't, Ell? WAL you don't suppose that
Indiana is clear out o the United States, do
you"
mo, but"
oval, | reckon Hail Coumby' is the lay
o the rest O. the land, an it's the same with
Indiana"
Thcreupon the inqusitive passenger wiped
his interrogatory gimlet and put it away,
and the Hooser humorist withdrew, turtle
fashion, into his celuloid collar. And the
train rolled onward.-N. Y. journal.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19
The Grnin-O Law suit.

Rochester y. Y, May 10, lS97.-The
great $4,000 damage suit instituted by a
Michigan Cereal Co. against the Genesee
Pure Food Co. is at an end. They settled it
and took it out of court for the ridiculously
suit Graiu.O is in greater demand than
ever. The new plant only Just completed is
TO be duplicated so that not only the old
friends Of the delicious food drink which
completely takes the place of coffee, but the
new friends IL is making every day, can be
supplied The beverage which the children
as well as the adult, may drink with benefit
viii be furnished in unlimited quantities.
Suits may come and suits may GO, but
Gmjn.O goes on forever.-N, Y. Mail and
EvDrass
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19

If anyone doubts the nourishing
properties of milk, let test be made OF
the following preparation of it: Wher
very weary or weak from exhaustion,
heat some milk to the scaiding point,
until thin skin begins to wrinkle upon
the surface, and then drink it as hot as
possible 1t refreshes almost instantly
and restores The exhausted vitality to a
surprising extent as soon as ii is taken,
1t is more nutritious than any of the
beef teas made from meat extracts, or
that made from fresh beef
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19

A leading stationer shows window
full Of opalescent shades in new sta
tionery, some of which have peculiarly
paradoXical names. They are all a
Grecian bond paper. One, darker blue
than the others, is called Turkish blue.
and a certain pretty sized is called the
Victor. They are all absolutely new.
and pretty indeed. The new salmon
pink, called crevette, sort of pink
cream, is one of the prettiest, while the
colonial buff for colonial danes is also
very dainty. The violet shades are as
popular as the violets themselves.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19
WASHING BLANKETS.

Summer is the best time for washing
blankets. To do the work satisfactorily
I'LL a tub half full Of soft hot water in
which half bar of Ivory soap has been
dissolved, and wash gently with the
hands. Rosin soap and hard rubbing
ruins blankets. When clean rinse well,
hang on the line in the sun. AS soon as
dry, foli evenly and put away securely
Ia 4 box or closet. Blankets washed
thus will remain fresh and soft for
years, -
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19

Birdie McGinnis was playing one OF
Wagner's pieces on the piano for the
special benefit of young Mr.. Eligible.
She paused, observing look of misery
on his face, and said:
Mr. Eligible, l think you are sitting
too close to the piano to appreciate nv
playing"
You are right" exclaimed the youth,
and seizing his hat, he didn't stop run.
ming until he had put three miles be.
tween himself and the piano.-N. Y.
World.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-19
A DELIGHTFUL CORNER.
Convenient book Case Combineu
with "a Comfortable Couch


A couch is an indispensable article In
room that is frequented as the living
room" of the family. In cultivated
homes this room is apt to be the Ii
brarv. Here modern taste calls Tor
low book cases, with broad top for the
accommodation of clock lamps, jar
dinieres and bric-a-brac. A corner case
of this sort can very easily be combined
with couch after the manner suggest
ed in the accompanying illustration.
Here one may take his ease, with all ms
fayorite volumes convenient to his
hand, while at night the lamp above
his head will make reading and rest
ing especially delightful
The bookcase proper is broken up by
drawers and curtained spaces, to take
away the "set" lcoh that long rows of
book shelves can hardly help having
Reneath the couch are three capaeious
drawers for the convenient holding of
old magazines, pamphlets or files of Pc
riodicals one may wish to preserve.
Such drawers are exceedingly con-