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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10
sALurING A CAT.

There is at least one place in the world
where the cat was until recently held in
high honor, and received the attention
due to one of so high a station in life.
That place is India, where in n fortress
the sentres invariably used to present
arms to every cat that appeared on the
scene.
The custom is accounted for by this
singular aneedote, which comes from
what appears to be good authority
Some fifty years ago it happened that
a very high English Official died in an
Indian fortress, at place that is one Of
the centres of BraImnic religion, and at
the moment when the news of his death
met the Sepoy guard ut the main gate a
black cat rushed out of it.
The superstitious guard presente arms
10 the cat as salute to the dying spirit
of the powerful Englishman, and the
coincidence took a firm hold upon the
locality, that up TO few years ago
neither eShortation nor orders could pre-.
vent Hindoo sentry at that gate from
presenting arms TO any cat that passed
out at night.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10
Swine.

In an address before the Swine Breed
ers' Association of Kentucky. Mr.. c. NJ.
Powell said: Careful and mdiciou
breeding and handling Of young hogs Is
to te mere depended upon than all
treatment We all understand that
prevention is better than cure. Every
successful raiser does not trust 10 luck
but provides pens, sheds, and feeding
places that will enable him to keap his
sows and pigs comfortable. Sunlight
fresh air and exercise are the safest
ton!cs and appetizers for all dams and
pigs. VIII such accommodations and
ludicious regular feeding of sound. I'M
fermcnicd food. pens clean and dry.
there Is little danger OF scourg: but
should this appear, change feed at once
Feed dry bran and wheat. adding lit
tie charcoal and copperas occasionally
Every breeder should have hog
house easy Of access, properly con-
structed feed trough. and. above all.
clean quarters and perfect sanitation.
fresh water shade in abundance and
lots large enough for plenty OF exercise.
BY providing the above. kept clean
viEh dieinteetaDia, the aEht ia hall won.
Regarding care Raa VaaitaiieR TIE beet
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10
OUR WEST INDIAN lSLET.
A Barren Pile of Rocks Twelve Miles Long
and Four Miles Wide,

My attention is called to a statement
that appears on page 532 of the second
volume of Bryce's Commonwealth
that zone islet only, Navassa, between
Jamaica and San Domingo, belongs 10
the United States" writes w. E. Cur
It's in the Chicago Record E. T.
Sweet, who makes this inquiry, sug.
gests that it would be interesting to
many Americans to know what this
islet is, and how the United States &C.
CURED it.
1t is an acknowledged maxim OF in.
ternational law that title to territoF
in America, whether insular or cont.
mental, is based on discovery or con-
| quest, and not on transfer from tie
aborigines. Away back fifty years ago
! Congress passed an act which now ap.
pears as sections $50 to 557S of the re-
vised statutes. providing that whenever
any citizen of the United States dis
covers a deposit of guano on any isaad
rock or key, not within the lawful iu-
risdiction of any other government,
and not occupied by the citizens of any
other government, and takes peaceful
possession thereof and occupies the
same, such island, rock or key may, at
the discretion of the President, be CON
sidered as appertaining to the United
States, and the President is authorized
at his discretion to employ the land and
naval forces of the United States to
protect the rights Of the discoverer;
but it is provided that nothing in thu
act of Congress shall be construed as
obliging the United States to retain
possession of the island after the guano
has been removed.
Under this law certain citizens of tie
United States obtained possession Of
Nayassa, which lies south of Jamaica,
the AYES islands, which lie north Of the
coast of Venezuela, the Lobos islands
on the coast of Peru, Swan island, upon
which lighthouse was authorized 10
be erected the other day, and several
bthCl lSldIuS III the AtldlllC OCtdu aHu
the Gulf of Mexico, for the purpose Of
securing the guano which had accumU-
lated upon them by the deposits OIL
birds during previous centuries. The
titles to all of them were disputed, and
have been the source of much dipl0'
matte correspondence, and they le'
NAMED unsettled until the claimants ID
this country took away all the guan0
and then of course lost their interest
in the subject The title to Navas@
has been disputed by Haiti, and from
1857 to 1872 was the subject of contro'
yersy, but as was the case with the
rest, the citizens of the United States
got all there was in it before the cor
was concluded.
Navassa is a barren pile of rocks
about twelve miles long and four miles
wide, in the Gulf of Mexico, without
vegetation or water, and Professor
Bryce has probably been convinced Dy
he arguments made by Secretary Sew
ard and Secretary Fish concerning Us
ownership
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10

The Rev. F. S. Bortain, of Pueblo.
writes as follows: 1T may be of inter-
est to some readers Of the Herald who
visit Pueblo to know Of one of the less
visited attractions in the vicinity of the
/ City Of Angels. ! refer to the 'CoxcO-
mate 1t is about twenty minutes dis
tant from Pueblo over the street car
line to Cholula ANY street car con.
/ ductor can point it out to the curiosity
I seeker. It is to the right OF the car
I line, about 500 yards distant
/ 1T looks from the car window to be
pile of white stones or a well bleached
/ haystack. But upon closer inspection
it proves to be a tumulus Of white cal
careous stone evidently Of water for
nation, about fifty feet in height and
100 feet in diameter at the base. The
form is that Of a truncated cone. st
the apex is an elllptical-shaped OPEN
ing about twenty-five feet long the
minor and fifty feet along the major
axis. II is a bell-shaped cavity and
lined with ferns Of various descriptions.
| should judge the depth to be at least
100 feet, and at the bottom, so far as
is visible, the opening must be sixty
feet in diameter In the bottom, on one
side, are to be seen some gorgeous
ferns and on the other side a pool of
water.
Tradition says that the ancient
Aztecs were accustomed to worship
here the genius Of the spot and occa-
sionally threw in live victim to ap,
pease his subterranean majesty. It is
also said that a few victims of the in
QUESTION were thrown down here 10 |
reflect upon the controverted points of |
doctrine. At all events it is a most |
freak Of nature, as it is in The
middle Of level plain, or rather a
barley field 1t looks to have been /
some volcanic bubble, Of which lie
great Mexican upland is 50 full, and is
well worth a visit on the part of the
curious.
Although l have inquired among nv
Mexican friends, have found no one
who could tell me the meaning of the
lame 'Coxeomate' Mexican Herald.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10
SAVED BY TIE CATTLE.


Cattle have not the reputation of great
intelligence or heroism, but from an in
stance cited by Mr.. G. d. G. Roberts in
a volume of exciting tales entitled
"Around the Camp Fire." it would APP
pear that they do sometimes rise TO an
emergency. We abbrevate the narrative
OF an old farmer in the interior of New
| Brunswick.
One afternoon my father had sent me
and my little brother Teddy to bring in
! the cattle. We were about halfway
| home with them when there came long,
queer, bowling sound from the other side
OF The clearing that nearly made nv
heart stop beating The cattle heard if.
too and two or three young heiiers
started to bolt, but the old ones promptly
hooked them back. Then, not quarter
OF mile away, we saw a pack of gray
Drutes dart out of the woods and make
straight for us
what do you suppose the cattle did?
The old cows and the steers made req
ular circle, putting the calves, with me
and Teddy, in the center. They stood
with their heads out and horns down, like
a company of militia forming square to
receive charge of cavalry. The old
black and white bull was running the
affair
81 expect father'll hear tue noise and
he and Bilr-the hired man-"will come
with guns and save u.s." said Teddy
The wolves charged straight at the
circle of horns. We heard the old bull
mumb.e something away down in his
throat and then one of his horns was
through the belly of the leader. AT this
unexpected repuse the others drew back.
After a brief hesitation, they returned
and stole round and round the circle.
looking for weak spot. Ga the other
side from our champion there stood
nervous young COW. Suddenly wolf
made rush upon hlr She sprang aside,
thus opening a passage BY VIII ich the wolf
rushed into tha very cen er OF the circle,
with his fierce red eyes fastened upon
Teddy.
But the old bull had spotted him.
Aimblc as a squirrel, he bowled me and
Teddy over like ninepins. aud was after
the wolf, mumbIing and grumblinr away
down in his stomach lie fixed the wolf I
Just at that moment father and Bill
dashed up and snatched us two voupg. /
siers into their saddles.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10

swell OF all the ignorant Owl, =,
gan the astonished Elephant an "
you call me an ignorant fowl pogl
croaked the Owl, llutllng up his to.SsE
in fine tantrum. II sald oea'peI
Owl, explained the Elephant GiRpONa'
think would hurt the feelings or DoOy@
of your position by calling linn to ula
No, not for twenty trunllsm Thu aV %ui
accepted the apology in the hap5soHoDs
manner. ''''u''I
'Well," simpered Miss Opossnm d,
daresay am very stupid, but nina, ~, !
fcss ! do not know what being rh .ol
graphed means" And, it Snn p"O9
neither did any of the Others, So tirep''a
pealed to the Elephant. TO tell bo,n aP
he had very little idea himself ' t,,
course he could not acknowledcoo IVY " VI
after his rude remark to the Owl ,' 'N
tried to explain ''Its what rovs NJ "
and people of Importance have d yrns
them he began. "Whos roing V ,o y
it," asked Miss Opossum. 5The9 W NV
key" "What withs' "Oh, he's go ,, M
proper thing, / assure you,n soid Ia % @
Elephant land he knows all abon, | n
You see, it's like this-an artist. man c.n :.
here little while ago with a box on tS. .p'
long legs and he used to tic his head | ~
in a cloth and look through hole in w. "
box. | don't quite know what it was fl,
said the Elephant, thoughttully; "but |.
always did it, and one day he cot his Lsa v
in the cloth and couldn't see wbe,o T.
was going, so he tumbled into the rvo,
and the Rhinoceros had him for lunch
said he was very nasty, too, tasted 4
chemicals, and made him ill.,
what became of the box?n askedn.
Owl "The Monkey took it home ,,a
the Elephant. "IIe knows all about 4
because he saw the man do 1t lots A,
times. It's very simple. You lust 4,
down in front of the box, and the man
ties his head up, and looks ut you through
The hole.p rs that all ?" said the Owl
very disappointed. "Oh, no; he take,
you on glass them "Where does Ia
take your asked the Owl. 'lIe wouIjIr
take you very far on glass" said Master
Parrot and his father gave him pepDer.
mint-drop for being so sharp. ale pue
the glass in little dark cupboard" went
on the Elephant, taking no notice Of
Master Parrots remark. "With Won On
it;' asked the Owl. "Of course noto|
said the Elephant who began to get quite
irritable; you don't understand IL
doesn't take me on glass-only my face
you know" 'oWhat does he do with
Yor body, them" said Master Parrot
Its my opinion that its a pack of noD
sense, decided the Owl "First he say,
they take him on glass-which is absurd
you know, for person of his size-anl
hen he says they only take his face, II
30, what becomes of the rest Of him.
He can't take his head of, any more than
lie rest of us can. | don't believe word
If it," Neither do l." cried all The
,thers; anil then they went home. The
Elephant thought for log time
We'll, Of all the ignorant fowls-n be
aid at last.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS,



Oh, I am kettle kettle am /!
never shall strive to deny IT,
There's nothing about me that's sneaklng
or sly
Deception, never shall try 1t.
Bubble say and hubble, say!
Some folks may not like it, but that is my
way.
mind my own business, and give no
trouble;
Bubble, hub.bubble, ub'bubble, hub
bubble
They say am black ] admit it is true
A respectable tint, and love il.
| never, no, never set out to be blue;
As for yellow or red, Pm above it.
Bubble, ! say and hubble, say
I'm ready to talk any time of the day .
Heap on the Goals, and my song ! Will
double;
Bub. hub, bub bubble, bub- bubble, bub.
bubble!
Laura L. Richards.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10
Norwegian Wedding Gifts

The Norwegians are a practical RAGS
of people, and this is very well eXem'
plifled in the form their wedding pres,
ents usually take. In many parts Oh
the country key of butter is the usual
gift; and if the marriage takes place 10
winter, then sailed or frozen meat y
offered. Such gifts as these show wv
practical side of nations nature.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10
Feeding Value Of Apples.

We do not think enough of the value
of the orchard for feeding its fruits tc
the farm animals Apples are nutrit-
ious, and an aid to the good digestion
of other food. The mild acid of them
is excellent for the health of the stock
and we all know how gratefully they
will receive feed of them at any time.
For the cows they are especially desir-
able a peck of them chopped and
sprinkled with meal of any kind, will
help much to add to the flow of milk
of the cows. Horses love this fruit
and they tend to help in the shedding
of the coat, by their gentle laxative
effect, When the selection is made for
the spring planting, a few of some Of
the sweet varieties ripeninS Com tie
summer to the winter, should not he
forgotten for this use. We may begin
with the early Sweet Bough for the
first, then the autumn Sweet BpAgh
and the old Pumpkin Sweet, and for
later use there are the Talman Sweet
and the Winesap, all productive sorts
and uneXcelled for this use as well as
for the market.-American Agricultur-
list.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
ITEMS CF TIMELY INTEREST TO THE
FARMER,
nteam Eng for Farmers = Feeding
Value Of Apples - Restoring Grass
Lands.


There is much work on the farm that
can now be more cheaply done by steam
power, even though it leaves horses
idle in the stable, The horse has saved
man much labor, now let man use the
cheaper devices of modern invention to
save the horse wherever this is posi-
Bile. There is no danger that steam
power will supersede horse labor for
the latter can be used in ways that will
be pleasanter for the farmer, besides be-
ing less expensive, There are plenty
of uses for the horse that the steam
engine cannot fill.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10
No Chlmnavs in Mexico.

The Boston Transcript says: From
the top of the cathedral spire in MexleO
you can see the entire city, and the
most striking feature OF the view .
the absence Of chimneys. There is MOI
a chimney IN all Mexico, not a gaze
nor stove, nor a furnace All Ihs
cooking Is done with charcoal 10 pu'sa
oveRs and while the gas Il sometime.
eatBsiyel ene soon becomes upss y
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10

Here is a pretty anecdote Of a child's
prayer: "a little girl told friend who
was visiting her father that her brothers
set traps TO catch birds He asked her
what she did She replied; 1 prayed
that the traps might not catch the birds
Anything else" Yes, she said. 4 then
prayed that Col would prevent the birds
getting into the traps and, as if to il
lustrale the doctrine of faith and works,
4 went and kicked the traps all to
pieces.'n
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10

Onion growing may be divided into
culture in the kitchen garden, the mar
ket garden, and on the farm, writes q
| successful New York specialist. In the
market garden the first thing under
consideration is the SOIL That best
suited for the onion is dry sandy
loan. not wet, or soggy, for if it is you
will have nothing but solutions at the
end of the season. Take piece of
land that has had early potatoes, and
as soon as these are dug haul on plenty
well-rooted barnyard manure, spread
evenly; plow not tCo deep, but just
deep enough to cover the manure. Then
sow rye on il at the rate Of six bu per
acre. Don't be afraid of sowing your
rye too early in the fall Don't pillow
too early in the spring, but give the rye
a chance to start, BY blowing it again
in the spring you get all your manure
on top, just where you want it for
onions. The roots of onions are all
near the surface. After going over it
with good smoothing harrow, the
ground is ready for the seed.
Make the rows eighteen inches apart,
they might be nearer, but l think
this near enough, because it gives a
better chance to work them with a
double wheel hoe. When the onions
are about four inches high SOW on wood
ashes at the rate of one hundred bushel
per acre broadcast. ] never thin my
onions but leave them as the drill sows
them. Harvest as soon as the tops
die, and SOW rye as in the fall previous,
ready for another years crop. If these
directions are followed promise you a
fine crop of onions.-New England |
Homestead.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10
TAME WILD ANIMALS.

A sacred regard for animal life extends
all over India. The monkey the gray
crow, and the green parrot rayage the
gardens and fields undisturbel save by
Intellectual scarecrows. Occasionally a
house-servant would catch a crow and
wire a soda cork on his bill, but | fancy
that the crows regarded it as a mark of
distinctions the Wild peacocks committed
such depredations in the vicinity of jew
poor that the people were obliged to EN-.
ploy double sets of watchers to drive the
birds out of their gardens. And in Agra
the monkeys became such a nuisance that
the native merchants joined together
chartered train of fiat cars, which they
plentifully covered with foo and when
the train was well loaded with monkeys
busily engaged in eating, they ran it up
country into the jungle about POO miles
L am assured, however, on the authority
OF n judge of the supreme court of India,
that the monkeys, like the cat, came
back, and that each brought with him
seven new chums who had been lured
from their native jungle by tales of city
life as told by the involuntary wanderers.
/ will not Vouch for the accuracy of the
figures of my friend the Judge, but | did
not miss any monkeys in Agra or any
other part of India. But while the mon.
keys and birds are a nuisance, it is far
peasanter to see them taken care of than
Killed IN wanton cruelty, for sport"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10
A LIYINa ALARM cLonK.

A young Lancashire, QEngland) lad
makes something like living acting as II
living alarm clock. He lives in a village
and every weekday morning about four
O clock goes from door to door arousing
the people who are his customers and who
pay few cents TO be awakened in the
morning in time to get to their duties in
the neighboring mills and workshops.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10

There are many fields in grass that
cannot be plowed. Such are usually
left to get such fertilizing as they can
from animals grazing upon them and
| the natural decay of some vegetation
on their surface. But sooner or later,
such lands lose their mineral fertility,
especially if mown and the grass made
into hay. Lack of the mineral plant
foods is shown by the dying out of the
valuable grasses and substitution for
them Of MOSES which do not require
mineral manures. Sometimes the sur
face is merely hide bound, and running
over it with harrow will admit
enough air to give the soil a new supply
of plant food by making its fertility
available. If this is done some grass
seed sown at the same time will prob
ably in part grow and help supply a
new Sod. 1t will be a great help if
grass seed is sown to follow it with
a dressing Of manure. This will pro
tect the young grass plants which can
not easily or quickly get rooted in
sod whose surface is only narrowed.
But some potash and phosphate ought
to go with barnyard manure, as it is
most likely in these minerals that the
grass land is most deficient. If this
does not run out the MOSES it shows
that The land needs undertaking. The
cultivated grasses root deeply and stag
nant water quickly kills them. Moses /
adhere TO the surface, and thereby get
what air they need to make growth.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10
GRAINS OF COMFORT.

n fortune doesn't smile on you.
And trouble seems to pile on you
For all It's worth
Don't think that you're the only wigh
For whom events don't come just RICH
Upon this earth
There are others!
II luck has naught to bring to you,
And fate does not thing to you,
And you are blue.
just ponder DER some other wreck
Who stopped a cyclone with his neck
Worse on than you
There are others
II some one doesn't come to you
To pay certain sum 10 you.
Don't file a kick
For you are not the only guy
Who gets the down-to zero eye
That makes the lee thick
There are others'
II maiden fair goes back on you,
And woe makes an attack on you
Till you're broke up;
Remember. many a trusting lout
Has pulled the pipe till it went out,
And then woke up
There are others,
n she becomes a Sis to you,
And blows a farewell kiss 10 Won
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10

The Elephant came in looking very i'm.
portrait Pm going to be photo Irapled. .
he remarked. Nobody spoke for sllne
time buI presently sbe Owl bIlnkei an
MN VIA nu appearance Of some lntorsst,
NM v haIl maehr y inquired
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10

Hope you won't feel sorry for the
loss Of your fine salt, Aunt Serena. !"
remarked Theo, roguishly, the follow
ing day
Not at all" was the reply; but
shall send for some more at once, and
Paul can't pour it out as he did the
other. This kind of weather will set
tie that, looking from the window at
&c driving rain which had come at
last. Perhaps it was lucky that we
ha4 dry spell, after also that the
salt was not damp. The Independent.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10

Tho fret glass made In this country
wac manufactured a. Jamestown BY
Jas English eoIoaisss IN 1909,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-16

mission to the will Of our Heavenly
Father, and that we tender our heartfelt
sympathy and words of coincidence to the
bereft family and friends.
Resolved, That we, the Young Pople' 8
Christian Union ofOtterbein UnitedBreth-
rem church do hereby testify that, through
his exemplary christian life, through his
patience in suffering, through his earnest
faith in our Savior, and through his
knowledge Of the home over there, we
are strengthened in our faith. He will
be missed from our gatherings, but we
live in the hope that at the last gathering
we may be worthy of his welcome.
Resolved, That we devote some time in
our society in memorial exercises con.
cerning his christian life and labors and
that, while we deeply deplore the loss Of
our fellow worker in the capacity Of vice
president Of our society, that we drape
his chair for thirty days.
Resolved, That these resolutions be re-
corded in our minutes and a copy of
them be presented to the bereft family,
and that they be published in the county
papers and in the Young Peoples Watch
word. LEWIS E. MILLER,
MAGGIE YUTzEY,
ADA YUTZEY,
Committee.