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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-28
CORRESPONDENCE


CORRESPONDENCE.
soiu,ion TO No. lis: XIX !.
correct ttum the Rev. Louis H.
pahler West Hurley. \. y: DR.. A. H. Baldwin. Nor
walk conn: ;. g. Howell. Painted Post. ~ Y: T.. W
Tnrherg BROOKLYN Amateur. New York: r. H. b., Phil
pshurg y. J.. J: |. Poet, New York. H. s. Duryea.
Nov York cora r. Ball. Worcester, Mass: J V.
WyckoN Iiayonne y. j.; G. y. Rungsted New York
santa Hartara forwarded solutions Nos i75 and 7G
and ~ J. Fo,le,t. Brooklyn. J. George Schaefer Wap-
pingers Falls. y. Y, and Dr. II. ". Fannin, Hackett
Ark to No III.
c. = r.. Meridcn. n. 1.-THE Tribune has no use
for four movers.
William Tompkins. New-York II. J. Fish. Chatham
N Y; q. A. Cochran. Concord. y. H.. nr H. W.
fannin IIackott Ark. and courenay Lemon New York
forwarded additional correct solutions ITS az did
Santa Barbara. cal. to No. III.
Chief conlIr yesterday received from Assistant
Corporation Counsel Turner an opinion relative TO
the closing OF barber shops 1t o'clock Sunday after
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-28

PROBLEM NO TOBY w. MEREDITH. CoLLING-
WOOD.
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Following is the result of the match played be-
,uoen the Whist and Chess clubs of Staten Island.
last week:
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets 4
druggists refund money if it fails to cure o. \
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A strong microscope shows the single
hairs of the head to be like coarse, round
rasps, hut with teeth extremely irregu
lar and jagged.
The oyster is one of the strongest
creatures on earth The force required
to open an oyster is more than 900 times
its weight.
Experiments have proved that II fish
get beyond certain depth in the sea
they die from the pressure of the water
which they are unable TO support
The sole of the English coast when
placed over a gravelly bottom, will at
once assume that shade to a remark
able degree Placed in a white bowl
il becomes almost as white as the dish,
Beamur says that each thread OF what
we call spiders web" is composed OF
about 5000 separate tibers, and that ii
would take 2764S full-grown spiders
year to spin a pound of such silk.
The drill Of the woodpecker has an
other tool inside, sort of insect catch
err. On the end is bony thorn with
sharp teeth like barbs ON fish hook.
As he works and finds an insect he
opens the drill and sends out this
barbed tongue and draws ii into hiA
Nouth
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.


During the week ended September IL
the temperature was warm and the pre-
cipltation below the normal, as rule.
The majority of the cotton reports show
a falling off in the condition and yield
of that crop over the greater portion OF
the State, although goodavcrage crop
is indicated in some favored sections.
and better than last year, The cause
OF the deterioration in cotton is attrib'
utcd TO shedding, rust rot worms and
the premature opening Of the bolls'
The southern portion Of the state has
received too much rain generally, and
lrouth has been injurious over the north
portion in many sections. In the delta
and the overlooked lands, late frost
will be necessary to secure the full crop,
which is very promising at present
Cotton continues to open fast, and pick.
ing is progressing under the favorable
weather conditions. Considerable hay
and fodder have been saved. Corn and
gardens are showing the effects of the
drouth and will be cut short thereby.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23

"The escort" asked our leader
anxiously.
"They are yonder," was the reply, IL
scared voice.
A moment later party OF Spanish
gueTlllas, about 20 or even more
swept into sight.
Run for the bushI" cried the leader
suiting the action to the word.
This was fine ending of my adyen,
ture, | thought, as under a shower OF
bullets we dashed into the thicket. But
the end was not yet, As | iustlnctively
looked back, from the opposite side of
the beach a single horseman, dressed
in the Cuban uniform, and waving a
heavy sword, dashed into the open.
"Al machete!" he cried. Then the
tramp Of horses sounded DULY on the
sand, and u squad of dozen Cuban
cavalry Numbered after,
PORN square!" yelled the Spanish
officer.
"Ah, traitor, 1t is thou?" shouted the
Cuban, as be rushed past where stood.
A cloud of flying sand now enyeloped
the scene. Only the clatter Of Spanish
earbines, the snap-rlp-rap OF American
repeating rifles and the clash Of steel
told how holly the fight waged. In ten
minutes 1t was all over. The guerrillas
had no chance before that furious on
and they could not even run or
double on the heavy sand.
Only two prisoners were taken, one
4 young Spaniard scarcely out of his
Gems, and the leader OF the guerrillas-
! Cuban and a deserter from Garcia's |
amp, rs | soon learned. The boy was
.reated with the greatest considera-
ion, and promised his liberty as soon
is convenient. But the Cuban wac
'urtly told that his life had been pur-
,osely spared in the fight so that he
night be hanged,
Three or four of the Cuban troopers
ad been killed, and these were hastily
uried under the trees. The Spanish
oy begged that his comrades be also
uried. This was refused, but when
e asked TO be permitted to pray for
hem, no objection was raised. And it
as a touching sight TO see that youth
neeling on the bloody sand and re.
eating with fuency, the solemn Cath.
lie burial prayers in Latin. On in
lery, | found that he was an eccle.
astical student, who, at the call OF
itriotism, had volunteered to go tc
uba. And that was his first battle
Leaving the dead TO hurry their dead
e started TO track" it through the I
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23
THE TRAITORS FATE.

forest to where the Cuban camp wa.
situated-in a strong position in The
hills 10 the east.
All night long we Travelled, pausina
only occasionally for brief rest, or to
drink at some stream. And most OF
the tramp was up hill, too. But dark
as was the night, and thick though the
forests through which the alleged path
lay, the Cuban guide pushed on with,
out faItering, the carriers following
and the horsemen bringing up the
rear.
The forenoon was well advanced
when we came to an open space on a
| hilltop where, amid some bushes
shaded by clump of palms, we found
some Cubans on the watch for our
| coming. This was but an outpost, the
camp occupying a strongly fortified po-
stion across little rayine further on.
above which steep precipices rose. On
closer inspection | found that the only
practicable way to that hill top was
that by which we had gone, and a hun.
dred men could have held it against an
army corps,
To my establishment, found that the
Cuban soldiers were all well dressed
and armed, their only trouble being
for ammunition and horses, there be,
ing very few of these animals left in
the east. This was detachment of
Garcia's army of the orient, which had
been sent thither to communicate with
Jamaica and get in ammunition. Three
successful voyages had already been
made, and another was to follow he.
fore they struck camp. They needed
ammunition and medicine for 1.Ooo |
and proposed to get it before Joining
the main army which was TO move
westward.
Two days after we started back. but
before leaving l witnessed the execu-
ton of the traitor. He was tried. con.
victed and hanged on a tree. AS we
were leaving, five minutes after. the
captain of the escort suddenly yaulted
from his saddle aud sent several bul.
let's into the swaying body.
"Ah! That's for lucky trip to us"
he cried, exultantly, as the last shot
cut clear through the cord and let the
half-dead body fall with a sickenipg
thud.
At this there was a chorus of wells
and "Vivas!" upon "Viyas!" rent the
air. The whole camp seemed to be in
an uproar Of delight. OF course. il
was really all the rottenest superst.
ion; but the Cubans believed it to be
IN omen of good luck, and went on
heir Perilous way rejoicing.
For my part, did not feel so well at
ase bethought me that there were
more spaniards left in Santiago to look
tter us. Sure enough, however, we ,,
rot through without a hitch, and also !
neaked into Jamaica unseen and nm.
Inspected. T. p. PORTER
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23

Torn Tomkins, who had fragment Of a
newspaper in his hand, rolled over until
ne faced Woebegone Williams, nearly set
ting the haystacE on fire in the operation,
and remarked:
"Say!"
"Wot" returned Woebegone Williams.
81 guess mebbe water amt SO bad after
all, If Teller tackles it right"
"Such as how" demanded Woebegone,
somewhat startled by the suggestion.
IVY, here sa item that says Count Maltke
has sailed for Havre in the saloon Of the
Bretagne"
Say! / thought there was somethin'
funny in the way them swell guys keeps
crossin' the ocean. Now understand it,
And after full and free discussion both
decided that they would risk the water
themselves under such nditions.-Chicago
Post
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23
Wildcats Raided,

Deputy United States Marshal George
b. johnson and John w. Street, sheriff
Of Tippah county, captured two stills
last week. One of 75-gallons capacity
was taken twelve miles north of Ripley.
With it were found some 200 gallons of
mash, fifty gallons of 'slnglings" and a
barrel Of sorghum, all of which was de-
stroyed. The other was taken ten miles
northeast of Ripley, This was twenty
five-gallon still, and was just being put
down, no supplies being on hand They
were well-made copper stills and had
seen considerable service, Much trou-
bic has been caused by their operation
in that section in the past few years.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23

the Cuban shore high ahead of US.
now found that our destination was at
point along the Santiago coast, and
that we were carrying 100000 cart
ridges, a small lot OF clothing, medi.
cines and deliGcies for Calixto Garcia,
and important mail and later cable dis
patches from New York. What n
scoop for the Dons if they had caught
usl And they very nearly did, too, as
the sequel will show.
It was late in the afternoon when we
made the shore, through a veritabl
labyrinth Of coral reefs. and beeched
the unwieldy punt on long stretch of
sandy beach. Instantly all hands COM
menced 10 tumble the cocoanuts and
packages ashore, whilst the leader of
the party sent up rocket that trailed
high above the trees that grew densely
TO within a few hundred yards of the
sea. BY the time the cargo was landed
some 50 Cubans were on hand, and.
ado. a start was made for the
camp IN thF interior.
But only start There was q stop.
page,
A hng!o suunded aewn The beach
lrcHa1 Tie hgnd
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23
rearing Up the Railroad Trnck.

JACKSON, Sept. IA body of citi-
zens, at an early hour this morning
made an attempt to destroy the Pearl
river bridge on the Alabama e. Vieks-
burg road. The officers had been
warned and the bridge was strongly
guarded. While the authorities were
guarding the bridge the party of men
went to the coal chutes and DESTROYED
the track for some distance. Trains
had been ordered to pass Jackson at
twenty miles an hour. The train pass.
ing here at PIN. yesterday ran al the
rate OF four miles an hour, This caused
tho trouble,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23

L. S. FOSTER, Superintendent.
jackson, September 18th.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23

and have a hand. But my services are
not wanted. Younger men, and mer
without families to put forward impor-
tuuate claims in the event OF unpleas-
ant contingencies, are to the front
Thus am shelved.
But all things come to him who waits.
And the other day my opportunity
found me out, all on the jump. Few
people, even in Kingston, have any con-
ceptIn of the frequency Of the open
boat mail-aud other service-that is
maintained between the Cuban insur-
| gents and the Jamaica junta. Now and
then an inward boat is caught and its
occupants quarantined; and occasional
! ly one hears rumor Of the police hay-
! ing nearly captured an outward expedi-
ton. But that is not all. In point of
fact scores Of boat loads of ammuni-
Jjou, medicines, clothing, and even
arms have been safely shipped hence
to Cuba; and only on two occasions
have the police effected a capture.
OF course, for obvious reasons, | do
not propose here entering into details
OF how the oracle is worked Suffice it
10 say that one day recently was noti-
iied-ufter frequent applications and
many fayors done-thut if pleased to
take passage from certain outport on
q boat that was shipping cocoanuts to a |
Boston fruiter at Port Maria, the |
chances were even that | would either
see Cuba and an insurgent camper
lail into the hands Of the police.
So, in broad daylight, within sight of
the police station stepped into a huge
punt-like craft, and, before brisk
breeze, started for Port Maria. The YES
sci, am ordinary coast drogher was
heavily laden with cocoanuts. A few
miles down the coast we landed. A
quantity of nuts were cast ashore and
replaced by several packages, and the
native crew exchanged places with
dozen Cubaus. Then HE for the open
sea, But not before squad Of be-
lated policemen came tearing through
the bushes. The expedition had been
discovered, but too late to stop it-as
usual But the COcoanut racket was ex-
pIoded and some other dodge would
have to be invented. For every oae OF ,
these cocoauuts, except the decoys al :
ready thrown away, had been carefully
scooped out and filled with rife car :
tridgts.
Whilst | kept out Of sight, the Cubans :
derisive replies to the calls of ;
he police to return to shore. The in d
ipector snapped a revolver at US, and !
The bullet whistled over our head as the 7
sail was tapping to catch the breeze. y
instantly a dozen rifles covered the as
onished policemen, and Cuban yelled
hat If another shot was fred they -
would blaze away. 1t was a sight to I
zee how those policemen vanished into a.
he bush. Il
The escape proved good augury, u
nd, without sighting the smoke trail u
{ any of SPANS vigilant cruisers, early y
o tue morning of the third day we had D
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23
SOUTHERN oLEANlNaS.


Rev. r. NJ. Williams, who had been
conducting a protracted meeting al
Mount Airy, in Cass county, Tex
started to go 10 near Buchanan, IN
Bowie county, TO hold a meeting there.
lie failed to reach his destination ana
n party was organized to search for
him. They traced him to a point near
Wilson's ferry, on the sulphur
where he disappeared, The ferrymans
wife gave an accurate description OF
Rev. Williams and his horse, ana sald
he had come to their house and that
her husband, Jerry Wilson, a negro,
went off with him to put him over the
ferry. Wilson denied his wife's story
About fifty armed men took him in Gus
tody, and afterrepeatedly hanging ana
otherwise torturing and threatening
him, eNtorted a confession from HIM.
He said that he did not XII
the preacher himself, but that
two other negroes did and
II they would spare his life he
would take them where the body had
been thrown in the sulphur. This was
Mt night. The next day he declared
that he had made false statement to
save his life. The sheriff OF Bowie
county by this time had arrived and
took charge of the prisoner, and with
great difficulty managed to save him
from the mob and succeeded in getting
him in Jail. Search for Williams body
was continued, and it was found two
miles below the ferry, with the head
split open and entirely nude,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23

The Gulf & Ship Island railroad has
been running through from Gulfport to
Hattiesburg not yet one year, but we
doubt if any railroad in the country
can make an equal showing in proper
ton for mileage to its seventy miles.
The reports for the first six months of
1897 show that the Ship Island road has
handled over 630O) tons of freight and
its receipts from passenger traffic alone
was sl3,752.37, to this is to be added the
express and mail business. There is
reason to believe that the traffic on the
road will be doubled next season if not
increased three-feld.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23

The following additional applications
for pensions have been granted by the
board of pension examiners of Clarke
county: Rebecca Sergerner, Mamie c.
Pounds, Mrs. L. Leigh, l. A. Clegg, j.
II. Cantwell, j. A. jackson and Bob
Graham. The old pension list of the
county remains as heretofore except
those pensioners who have died since
the last distribution were stricken off.
Indications are that there will be con-
siderable increase in the number of
pensioners as compared with last year.
Last year they got S1s.75 each. As the
appropriation of s75, 900 must be dis
tributed pro rata the sum paid each will
be reduced in proportion to the increase
Of pensioners. The amount will not
exceed SIG, and may be less.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23
THE CUBAN INSURGENTS.
How They Live, and Wait, and
Fight for Existence
Account of II Thrilling Dash Across
the Channel from Jamaica with
Filibustcrs-Dricf Hut Ex-
citing Experience.
Especial Kingston (Jamalca) letter.

1t may only be a pleasant fiction that
the most decrepit old war horse liyens
up into fiery fury at the bugle blast,
but, measuring the corn of human ma
ture by my own unlicensed bushel,
should say that it is the most difficult
thing for the retired war correspondent
TO keep his hair on within measurable
distance of war camps and battle fields.
Ever since the outbreak OF the Cuban
instruction, placid family man though
l am, | have been all agog to go over
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23
saIe OF Alabnma coal Lands.

The Illinois Central Railroad Co. Is
said to be back of the purchase Of 49,
900 acres of coal lands in Marion and
Walker counties, Ala, and will shortly
put agents in the field that will exten.
sively develop the purchase for the pur.
pose of supplying their road with the
greater part Of their fuel, besides cater
ing to the Mississippi and Louisiana
domestic market. The distance from
the land purchased to the Ill inois Gem
trial railroad is about 100 miles. The
sum paid for the tract is said to have
been in the ghoorhood of 500, 600
The deal is one of the largest that has
taken place in Alabama in some years,
and immediate development is in
tended.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23

=. some m folks are so humble that wb..
&C., 70 he3 aye they will go way a Tasa '
When a man gets excited in an nn,
ne ne always says It does make HIM %SSSan'a,
hear people talk 80 foolish. "''' mad 70
Nothing, makes a girl so mad AZ TO-.
70 pretend not to notice when sbo ~ Ia man
her hair up the way he likes Il '''' nus liked
When q man goes out to shoot n No..
ends up by picking huckleberries h. .yaF and
apt to tell y the other way round NC very
a man will go to the devil ioron
and woman will go to the devil iov woman,
If she cant get one from someboSI,r man
When man has to work hard else
along his wife always says it's bot,nso Get
so good, natured he lets people iiTouse hes
HMM. Y, Press. Wv impose on
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23
glove Me. Love NV nor.n

Grace Ito her bosom friend, who is
earessing a blear-eyed poodle)-I hear
your engagement to Mr.. Stebbins has
been cancelled?
Bertha with a sigh)-Yes; / found
his love for me was not the deep, true
love which nothing can change, so I
was compelled to let him go.
Gracefully, how did you find it out?
Bertha-Easy enough He got SO he
swore every time poor Flossie bit him.
Brooklyn Life.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23

The case against Guy Jack, merchant
of Scooba, charged with the murder by
poison of Charles r. Stewart, on whose
life he carried s31, 200 insurance, was
called in the Circuit court at DeKalb
last week, and by consent of both the
defense and the prosecution, was con-
tinued until the March term of the court.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23
That Terrible soourvo

Malarial disease is invariably s,,,l.-
ed by disturbance of the liver t1bpapieme9t
the stomach and the nerves. Io t tb"o o9weIs,
OF both the cause and the effects l,Vlaoy9l
Stomach Bitters is fully ADEQUATE ''is !, Isr
the bill" as no other remedy docs rd s hll'
ing its work thoroughly, It's mgrndgi va,oIm'
pure and wholesome, and It admin ~, are
to build up system broken by III NIX tIG. u'eii
shorn of strength. Constipation I IIlsn al aug
kidney complaint and nervousness a ry' al. ana
auered BY Il. ''N1' aIe Coh.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23

AT Middle Fork, Bell county, KY,
wills Bailey and his brother George
had an alteration over so cents which
George is said to have owed Wills bnt
refused to pay Wills stabbed George
near the heart, inhicting a wound
which will prove fatal. The men were
farmers, and had always been on the
best of terms before.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23
Dismal swamp On Ere.

The great Dismal swamp of Virginia
ana North Carolina, covering an area
OF perhaps 400 square miles, is nfrs
from one end to the other, the result OF
an unprecedented drought and exces.
sively hot weather.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23

As precautionary measure the peni-
tertiary officials have moved all of the
convicts from Jackson. Sixty-three ne
gro convicts were taken to the Rankin
county farm and ten whites to the Oak
ley farm. OF the number nineteen
were women.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23

That yellow fever is a proven table
disease. 1t can be kept from spread
ing by isolation or non-intercourse, or
complete separation of the sick from
the well. When the infection is car
ried in clothing or other such material
it can be destroyed or rendered harm
less by the application of well-known
and practical methods of disinfection,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23

Walter Rossere, a well-known young
man of Meridian, Miss, was killed near
Newton, on the Alabama & Vicksburg
railway He had been at work at Jack.
son, and left on account of the proxim-
ity of yellow fever. Before the train
stopped at Newton he jumped off, in.
tending to visit his young wife, and
was struck and killed
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23

Judge w. +. Stevens announces that
the term of Circuit Court announced to
convene in Calhoun county this week,
has been pretermitted on account of the
yellow fever and the strict quarantine
regulations, and that he will give them
a special term of court later.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23

r. A. Corner, who came from the
North, and who did an extensive bust
ness at New Albany in wagons bug
gies and farming implements, and also
in general merchandise, has skipped
the country and his stock of goods has
been sold out to various persons
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23
VIM. L. wilson InstalIea.

WIN. L. Wilson, ex-postmaster o.n.
s 81 I mas been installed as president
Of washington and Lee universitv -
Virginia. e''''y' IN
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-23
ProbabIy HANGED the WRONG M.D-

1t begins to look as if the lyncbers
VINO hung young Wall, the supposed
assauIter and murderer of Miss Cook
IN Patrick county, Va, had hanged the
wrong person. He was wead-minded
and the evidence against him was verv
scanty.