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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-03-31
HREENvILLE TIMES
.,rnNEsDAY, MARCH 81, 1897
THE WEATHER.

man the exception of the storm OF
WIN I.r nj, nIoht, the weather during the
pndaS days has been favorable,
lsi ,,,IS"a,aoding the report sont out
ptwllus, ~ and which created so much
SUBJ so,sion. Like everything else,
ppron aother lust now is interesting
T. Tv w., sossol of its Influence on the
pIy ,, W Of Tho levees, and with free
3llu' t.om any severe storms, and The
p n ,htch has already taken place it
"" nrobable that any further great
nv : win menace the GreenviIle
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-03-31

yon have q picture to be framed
take 1t to Bell.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28

The speech of Mr.. johnson, Re
publican member of Congress from
California, who made terrible on
slaught on the character and reputs
tion of Mr. W. r. Hearst, of the San
Francisco Examiner and also of the
New York journal, seems to have
stirred up hornets nest. Mr.. Ma
guire, a Democratic member from
California, went for Mr. johnson and
handled him without gloves. Ma
gu're made the charge, in speech
IN the house, that johnson. when a
citizen of Syracuse, New York. had
been convicted Of forgery. and went
to California with a reputation bad.
~ smirched. Johnson made a reply
IN which he admitted the charge. but
said be had lived down his youthful
lndiscretion and had built up a fam
lly aud a reputation at Sacramento
that any man would be proud OF.
The pot should never call the kettle
black, and Mr.. Johnson should not
have assailed MIR. Hearst, whose rep
utation is, beyond reproach. Clinton
Democrat.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28
Has Gone to Bleed for Cuba.

Nevada, Mo-, Jan. 25-W. ".
Blake, for several years the village
blacksmith at New Metz, this county,
went to Kansas City last week and
failed to return. To day his wife
received a letter from him dated at
Memphis, Tenn, stating that he
would not return.
The letter contained the deed to
the Blake homestead. a very pretty
little place at New Metz It Is
thought by many who knew him
best that Blake has gone to Cuba to
join the insurgent forces He once
before left his family just as unex.
pectedly and was gone for two
years.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28
BITTER TASTE.
II Aids in the Detection Of Unwholesome
Food.

II Aids in the Detection of Unwholesome
Food.
Daniel Webster in the famous
White trial in Salem, Mass, years
ago declared that 'murder will out y
This maxim has been found applica
BILE to many other things besides
murder Housewives know it to be
true when there is alum in baking
powder. A bitterness in the bread
at once betrays the alum's presence.
1t cant conceal it's true nature. The
alum bitterness will out" and be
cause it will. physicians, who under
stand the harmful effect of alum on
the system, are at loss to know
why people continue to buy baking
powders containing it. All baking
powders sold for twenty FIVE cents a
pound and less contain alum There
IS surely no economy IN using these
cheap powders. For pure cream
OF tartar powder. as DR.. Prices was
Shown to be a. the Worlds Fair.
goes SO mach farther aud gives SO
much better satisfaction. there Is no
do0bt Of It's being more economical
in the long run.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28
Shutting Out the Women.

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 22.-The
Arkansas state senate has passed a
bill introduced by Senator Witt. pro
viding that hereafter none but quail
flied voters shall hold anv position
within the gift of the Arkansas leg
islature The army of women who
besiege the members at every session
to secure votes for clerkships is
responsible for the action of the
senate.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28

Eight Thousand Families Starving.
Chicago, Ill Jan. % Chicago
has 5000 families starving to death.
1t has 10000 people begging for
bread, huddled into single rooms
and freezing in the blizzard,
Philip ". Ayers, Secretary of the
Bureau of Associated Charities, is
responsible for these terrible figures.
He reports that dest tuition is not
confined to those who usually receive
aid. 1t has come to him that there
are actual deaths from lack of the
scantiest of necessities, and that the
doctors in ali the poor sections of
the city were daily signing certii.
Gates of death on grounds of lack of
food.
An emergency meeting, held yes.
terday, resolved to raise 100000 at
once to relieve the situation Mayor
Swift was engaged to issue a starya
ton proclamation, asking money and
men to come to relief.
Col. W p. Rend said that Chicago
r.ust get rid of her false pride and
tell the world that horrible tale of
starvation.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28

The freeze has brought a crop of
ice FIVE inches thick. A L. Fox,
one of our city ice men begun har-
v-sting his crop on the lake vest-r.
day. He had men at work foo ding
the ice Monday and Tuesday and
hoped to get about six inch ice.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28

Why suffer with Coughs. Colds
and LaGrippe when Laxative Bromo
QuiniDe will cure you in one day.
Does not produce the ringing in the
head like Sulphate of Quinine Put
up in tablets convenient for taking.
Guaranteed to cure. or money re-
funded. Price. IS Cents. For sale
by w. 81. McClement. 33.6m
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28
p fer Beaten.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 2O.-The pop.
ulist caucus to night on the eleventh
ballot nominated former Congress
man William A. Harris fer United
States Senator to succeed VIM. A.
PETER.
William A. Harris was a member
OF the Fcrty third Congress He
was born IN Virginia in 1S41, and
was graduated at the Columbian
College 10 Washington in 1859 He
served three years in the Confederate
army. He moved to Kansas in 1861
aud in 1876 began farming in tha,
State. He has been consisten. "A.
vocate of free silver
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28

HARDWOOD LUMBER Orders left at
Bennett Wheeler Nero. Co.'S for all
kinds of hardwood lumber will have
prompt attention.
If. CHARLES SIMMONS.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28
In Olden Times
People oyerlooksd tie innn..

People overlooked the importance Of
permanently beneficial ttTaczs and
were satisfied with transient action,
hut now shat it IS generally kno ~,
that Syrup Of Figs viii permanent
overcome habisuaI constipatiou. veil
informed people will not buy other
iaxatives. which act for I lime, bat
finally inlure the system.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28

FLAN SEED FOR sALE.-I have IT'S
bushels good seed for sale at 1Octs
per bushel. Five miles southeast
of Butler. J. L. HERRELL 103t"
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28
Butt WEEKLY TIMES
LOCAL ITEMS
Good so acre farm for sale or ex
change. j A. S1LvERs. 35.tf.

Window glass. roofing and build
ing papers, picture frames, carpets.
shades. wallpaper. paints. ETC., at
y. w Drummonds. 4.tf.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28

Prevent sickness and save doctors
bills at this season by keeping your
blood rich and pure with Hoods
Sarsaparilla
How about the condition Of the
poor in this city. Is the commi.
tee to see to their wants, dong its
duty.
Conductor Rodman Of the Chicago
4 Alton railroad, shot Thos billiard
in the face at Slater, Saturday. The
shooting was over a trivial matter.
Williams Bros have jl>t received
Car load of hard wheat flour and
also car load of the celebrated
Pleasantou, kas -four Go to them
If you want good -four at a cheap
price.
Wesley Smith and Christopher
Y-ager, both colored, exchanged
nine shots with pistols at each other
on the public square, at Bowling
Green, Mo, Sunday without effect
The following ladies entertained
at their homes in this city last week,
Mrs. S E Childs. Mrs. j B Adair.
Mrs n A Wade and Mrs. J r.
Jenkins
Attention is called to the dental
card of DR.. NJ E Bryan, who has
opened an office in the front rooms
over T L Petty's store on the
southwest corner of the squsre
TIE doctor comes to this city FROM
Pleasant Hill where he has been
practlcing for the past year Or SO.
He stands high in the profession,
bears the b4st of recommendation
aud the TINES has no hestltancy in
Introducing hlm to the citizens OF
Butler and Bates county as young
man worthy of their confidence and
patronage
W. ". Graves went to Jefferson
City Monday for the purpose of
appearing before the supreme court
to argue the case of Mrs. Pi-rcv
Wheeler, who claims to have been
elected County Clerk of St Clair
county, at the last election The
present clerk, Mr.. F. p. Hostetter,
holds the Office by appointing MT from
the Governor, and claims his com
mission is good until the next gener
election. The democrats and popu
lists of St. Clair county made no
nomination for the Office or account
OF the commission held by Hostetttr,
hence the election of Mrs. Wheeler
on the republican ticket,
DIED AT Upton, Mo JAN. 2ls',
1897, Mrs. Walter Comstock, aged
26 years. Death was due to child
birth aud blood poisoning. The de
ceased was the daughter OF Mr.. E
N Jones Of this city, and had many
friends here who will be sorry to
learn of her untimely death. About
nine years ago the deceased was
rendered totally blind from the
effects of a severe epell of sickne IS
She attended the school for the
blind at st Louis aud graduate d
with honors from that institution
1t was at this school she formed the
acquaintance of Mr.. Gems ock, also
a student of the school, and Sept 6,
1895, they were united in marriage
A week previous to her death she
appeared to be regaiuing her eve
sight, as she could distinguish OBJ
lects several feet away She was q
faithful member of the Cumberlaud d
| Presby terrain church. having been
converted in st. Louis under the
| preaching of the noted r.yivalist
Sam Jones. The family in this city
were notified by telegraph of the
serious sickness of Mrs. Coms,oek
| and Mrsismes Leonard Barber, Ely
Henderson and Bert CIsuuch, her
sisters, took the frs. train for TIP
ton, but arrived about half hour toe
late to see their sister alive. The
1 II "a nd 70,
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28
To Cure a Cold in One Dav

rake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab.
iets. All druggists refund the money
II 1t fails to cure. 25c. 51-6m
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28
Butter Academy on the List.

Prof. J. NJ White, representing
the State University. was in the city
yesterday inspecting the Academy,
With view 10 ascertsiuing the char
acter of the various courses of iu-
structions there He mada rigid
Inspection Of the work and a close
examination Of the course OF study
aud expressed himself as we'll pleased
aud rec mmends that the Academy
be placed IN articulation with the
University In three courses Thos-
who are graduated from the Acad
envy In the Classical course will be
admitted to the Un,v-rsity. looking
to the degree of A B Those com
ple,iug the Latin Scientific aiil be
admitted to the University N the
B $ and B. L courses
This is certainly good recon-
mediation for the Academy and
young men and women who desire
taking a collegiate course will find it
much cheaper to prepare for the
same at the Academy than some
preparatory department OF a college.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28
Thurman u Candidate.

Ia reply to an inquiry from the
Review, Prof. John Thurman admit
ted this morning that he would be- a
candidate for re election to the of
fic- of school commissioner OF Bates
county. There are no doubt other
good men in d 'ff-rent parts of the
county, who will be- asplrants for the
position. and without one word spo
ken disparagingIy Of these, we be
lieva we NAV safely assert that there
ia no better man for the place in
Bates county than Prof Thurman.
The county never had a better com
missioner, more uniformly courteous
and aff+ble, more conscientious and
thorough more just and honorable
Mr.. Thurman is democrat to the
core. hut does not mix his politics
with his school work He will have
the hearty support of the south end
of the county, as we'll as of the peo
pie in otLpr sections, who consider
the good of the county schools par
amount to the personal advancement
of particular friends Hill Re.
view
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28
FISK BROS. & Cd
FISK BROS. & On
FISK BROS, & CO
Every Body Read III
Adv, it VIII Sa,,
You Money,

One good red cedar bucket !,
Dry salt meat per pound 4
Early Ohio northern seed DO.
tato-s per bush-l :
One good galvanized iron
wash tub
One large sack meal :
Que small sack meal
Two Tbs Battle Ak tobacco
One tb good smoking tobacco !
10 bars wash soap for )
10 bars world beater, the best
soap ever sold in Butler .
One set of good knives and
forks
Que pound of pure tatfy candy
Onc gal. of pure sugar drip
syrup 4
One gal of sorghum ,
Que gal. pure cider vinegar
One choice broom !
Six cans good corn /
One pound baking powder
One quart bottle blueing
/; Que lamp complete
Any size rope per pound
One good fire shovel
Six bars Grandpa's wonder
soap
Six pounds Lilly Gloss starch
81 Tbs granulated sugar II
l01 TBS granulated sugar
Que gal. Hem,z kraut
One good lantern
One good coffee mill
One bbl fine steemed salt new.
er gets hard 4,
One set Meakin cups & saucers
One set Meakin plates
One 5gal galvanized iron oil
can, no better made
One 1.gal oil can
Five gallons best oil
One pound good powder
81 pounds shot
Gun caps per box
SIX boxes eardine
Six boxes axle greese
One gal good pickles
100 pounds bran
Two pounds good cheese
One sack Graham -four
Que wash bowl and pitcher
We are selling decorated ques
ware and fancy lamps cheaper q
they ever were sold before.
FLOUR.
FLOUR.
| FLOUR.
Look at the price. Centurian
leader, better -four than PillsD'
and Washburn we have cut per =
$l15.
Melrose high patent We have
per sack. 81 20.
| Bakers Cherokee Mills (str1i1
patent, every sack guaranteed,
have cut per sack. &l.10
Low grade per sack
We also handle Queen OF BE-
and Royal and sell at mill prlcs.
We sell just what we adrert,s'
the bts st goods we can buy. ana
give you the highest price iof
kinds of produce and guarantees,
correct weight
/ FRESH BREAD EvEKl U
FISK BROS. 4 co.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-28

&4
n America has
some dige stive
trouble. W h c a
n en- m t, the
greeting usually is
Well, how's your
liver ?" That de-
velopes h c alth
talk. The man
who has no stom-
4 ch or bow el
trouble is almost a
curiosity. Trouble
Is men take TO
care OF the III =
selves They cat
asif thevhad cop
rer stonachs and
The advocate., 1897-09-22

inches deep, turning this finely pulVer-
lied soil to the bottom; then to follow
with what is known as a "subsurface
packer" tool that resembles somewhat
the rear portion Of a Havana press drill
except that the wheels are wedged faced
instead of fiat. This tool packs firmly
the lower stratum of the furrOw slice,
leaving the top three inches loose.
This work is done Immediately after
the plOw and is followed with a fine
smoothing drag. 1t should be done in
the fall soon after the crop is removed
in order to get the best results.
In case of fall preparation the first
work in the spring is to harrow the sur
face and loosen the top two inches early
to check evaporation. This holds the
moisture, but it is too early to seed. The
soil must be gotten into fine shape and
the grain planted or sown when the sea-
son is advanced far enough for quick
termination and growth. The corn is
planted with the ordinary check rover
and all small grain, wheat, oats, ETC.,
is drilled in rows twenty inches apart,
using only about One-quarter of the seed
that is commonly soWn. Then all crops
are handled alike, cultivated as often
as once week not over two inches deep.
This shallow cultivation forms a soil
mulch Of finer dirt which must be kept
loose and dry.
The cultivating and firming of the root
bed increases the moisture near the seed
and causes a prolific growth of roots.
The soil mulch prevents the loss of water
by evaporation, thus holding steadily
ample moisture at the roots.
The advocate., 1897-09-22
Shelter BELTS.

It has been found that belts from
seven to eight rods in width are, all
things taken together, the best. These
belts should be planted on the outside
with some evergreen whose roots
would strike deep into the ground and
do not spread near the surface, and
whose leaves and branches will afford
protection from the winter winds. In
the center can be placed the deciduOus
trees. If, however, the farmer wishes
to experiment, and should think belts
of this width entail too much cost and
labor, belts Of two or three rows will
be found to make Temunerative returns,
and even one row planted, say not more
than six feet apart, will give rich re-
turns in increase Of crops, and add very
much to the attraction of the estate. The
trees for planting should be those best
adapted to the soil and situation, and
will not vary much with different lOcali-
ties. Belts composed of Scotch pines,
Norway spruce, white ash, and European
larch, planted from the outside of the
belt in the order named have been found
to meet in almost every particular the
need for which they are planted, and to
afford to the farmer every protection in
the way of timber he can want. The
value of such a timber belt is felt very
early and cuttings for stakes, hoop
poles, bean-poles, and fuel begin much
earlier than may be thought; while the
after products of hoop-pOles, telegraph
poles, railrOad-ties, and lumber for gen
eral use follow year by year, and are
constant source Of prOfit.-H. M. Thomp-
son, in Nebraska Farmer.
The advocate., 1897-09-22

dairies and creameries "inOculate" their
cream with a carefully selected species
of rapidly developing bacteria, which
get ahead" of the original ones in the
cream, and thus they control the flavor
of butter so as to give June butter the
year round" The minute account of the
different experiments by which these
conclusions have been reached fill sew
eral large pamphlets, which can be OBJ
tained by addressing Professor Conn, at
the Storrs Agricultural Station, Connec-
ticut, and comprise the study Of six large
creameries and Of many animals kept
in private stables for several consecutive
mOnths.-Mrs. H. M. Plunket, in Farm
and Fireside.
The advocate., 1897-09-22
Modern Scientific Magic as Applied to
Butter-Making.

At a recent agricultural fair in west
ern Massachusetts, some choice Jersey
COWS were MIXED at 10 o'clock a. m. The
milk was at once placed in centrifugal
separatOr-this particular one was small
and adapted to private dairies-and in
few minutes the cream and milk were
thoroughly separated; and the cream,
being transferred to an excellent patent
churn, was turned into butter in short
time, and then worked in a patent
trough, the boast of which is that ''hu-
man hands do rot touch it," BY 12
o'clock it was salted and done up in neat
packages that had been carefully
weighed, in parafin paper. The gentle
man who was experimenting the process
kindly presented One-half Of the product
to the matrOn Of nearby hospital
where there is a training-schOOl for
nurses, and it was placed on their table;
by o'clock it had all vanished, and they
could boast that they had eaten butter
that three hours previously had been in
the udder Of the COW.
Now, you ask, was that butter good?
Yes and no. The human system de-
mands certain amount Of OleOgenous
material-this 1t gets in such butter as
the above; but the palate demands GER
tain flavors, which the scientist calls
sapid, but which the unlearned express
by 'it tastes good" This rapid-transit
butter is tame and tasteless compared
with the product of any well-conducted
creamery or with intelligently managed
private daries. Where is the difference?
In order to have a desirable flavor the
cream before Churning must undergo
the "ripening" or "souring" process. In
what does this "souring" or "ripening"
process consist? Professor Conn, of
Connecticut, who has studied the butter
and cream production Of that intelligent
and thrifty State for now these six years,
says: "The flavor, the aroma and the
acid which are produced in the cream
during it's ripening, and which give the
peculiar character to the butter made
therefrom, are due to the growth of bac-
terra in the cream"
Milk when drawn from the COW has
multitude of microscopical forms Of life
in it, which have come, not from the
milk-glands, but from the milk-ducts
into which they have made their way
from the outside Many of them are en-
tirely harmless, and have nothing to do
with the flavor Of butter; but when the
cream is left to ''ripen," bacteria develop
in it in almost incredible numbers, and
it is found that the finest flavors are de-
veloped by the acid-forming species of
bacterial but not all acid forms are bene-
fetal, and by a long series Of careful ex-
periments is is demonstrated that good
flavors may be produced by bacteria
which produce no acid. The story Of
these experiments, while conclusive, is
too long and technical for this place; but
the practical outcome of all Is that now
the most enlightened conductors Of
The advocate., 1897-09-22
FAVORABLE,

]. 1t feeds on worms, snails and SOW
bugs, common greenhouse pests.
2. 1t devours large number of my
riapods which damage greenhouse and
garden plants.
3. 1t feeds to some extent on grass
hoppers and crickets.
1. 1t destroys large quantities of ants,
insects often injurious and usually OBJ
nOxious.
8. 1t consumes a considerable quantity
Of May beetles, rose chafers, "click
beetles" potato beetles, cucumber beetles
and weevils, all more or less injurious to
crops of various kinds.
6. 1t feeds on tent caterpillars, gypsy
months and other fruit-tree pests.
Z. 1t is prime destroyer of cut worms
and army worms, common pests which
often cause great damage.
UNFAvoRABLE.
/. 1t destroys carabid beetles, insects
of highly beneficial character
2. 1t devours an occasional ichneumon
fly and "lady bird" beneficial insects.
8. 1t feeds to a small extent on spiders,
generally considered to be valuable as
insect destroyers.
4. 1t devours carrion beetles, insects
indirectly helpful to man.
To recapitulate, II per cent. of the
toads food is composed of insects and
spiders beneficial or indirectly helpful
to man; 80 per cent. of insects and other
animals directly injurious to cultivated
crops or in other ways obnoxious to man.
The advocate., 1897-09-22

again soak and tramp, but generally
there is enough organic matter in the
surface soil to puddle sufficiently with
out the addition Of any other material.
Some preparations have been advertised
as Innings for reservoirs, but the cheap
est and undoubtedly the best lining is as
deep pudding as can be done with heavy
animals"
The advocate., 1897-09-22
The Campbell System.

The Campbell system Of farming,
which is intended to succeed without the
aid of irrigation, was described in the
Advocate some time ago, and it may be
we'll enough to restate it, for the SUBJ
ject is Of the utmost Importance.
The process is, first, thoroughly to pull
verize the top three or four inches with
q disk harrow; then to plow about eight
The advocate., 1897-09-22

One item Of considerable interest and
Importance connected with the beet in
dustry is the fact that the waste of the
beet, after the sugar is extracted, is
very rich in nitrogenous matter and
equally as good for milch COWS as bran.
The dairy business will thus be stimu-
lated by the production of beet sugar.
The advocate., 1897-09-22
The Value Of the Toad,

The Massachusetts, Experiment Sta
tion summarizes the evidence in regard
to'the economic value of the toad as fol-
lows;
The advocate., 1897-09-22

TO SAVE YOUR DIGESTION
Use Garland" Stoves and Ranges.