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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
ATTACKED BY A cATAMouNr.
Animal Killed Just in Time to Save a
nOy's Life.

Tom Morris and Fred Allen, while
hunting in the Bee creek bottoms, three
miles northwest Of Carey, Kan, killed
the first catamount which has been
seen in Montgomery county for ten
years. The adventure came near cost
ing Allen his life
The boys left the city early in the
morning in search of squirrels, which
abound in great numbers in the heavy
timber skirting Bee creek. Morris was
armed with a 32-caliber rifle, while
Allen carried No. 10 shotgun. They
reached Bee creek about nine o'clock
and Immediately separated, Morris 90
ing on one side and Allen the other.
They had gone but a short distance
when Allen came upon the catamount
stretched ont at full length on the limb
OF a tree, and, calling Morris TO his as
sistance, Allen pulled up his gun (Which
was loaded with small-sized squirrel
shot, and blazed away at the sleeping
animal. The big cat, which was hurt
3nst enough by the shot to be thorough
~ enFaged, sprang upon Allen with a
savage growl and pinned him to the
After tearing nearly all the
slothes from Aliens body the cat
picked him up and shook him as a |
terrier would a rat, It was at this time
that Morris, who had been attracted I
thither by Aliens screams, appeared
On the scene. Dropping TO his knees,
be took aim at a spot over the cata-
heart and fired. The animal
oosened his hold on Allen, leaped into
he air and fell back dead. 1t was the
argest cat ever killed in that section.
Allen, although badly lacerated about
ne SHOULDERS and arws, win probably
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
Evolution OF the Bells.

According TO the New York Times,
Mr.. John Sartaln said, shortly before
biz death: ain the tall of lSis | pur-
chased oue.halt interest IN the Uulon
Magazine, Iuowu Throughout the
uutry as Sartain's Magazine, OF
which toward the latter part OF It's
career acted as managing editor
Poems aud short stories by Poe oc-
oasioually adorned It's columns. ih'
famous poem OF The Bells was d 81
published in Sartaiu's Magazine re-
crlved three versions of The poem.
Tho first copy was Conglomcratiou
of juggling words constructed IN eish
Teen m, lulngless liues Ibid not pub
lish this copy a first, Tor | do not be
lleye, even TO this day That n posses
ses auy extraordinary merit A.
might be expected, the uulhCr became
iuceused. aud, after an unsatisfactory
explanation on my part as TO why the
poem was not published, wrote n Soc
ond version, moro elaborate and OK
teusive than he original, which | lie
wise dccliucd TO publish, EXplala-
aud oulbursls of indignation wee
again IN order, though they were all
forgotten upon my acceptance and
PRONUNCIATION of u third version, none
other than The Bells we know today"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
Fall and Spring Cotton Prices,

II would be we'll for planters and
aarmers, as well IS handlers of cotton
lie. the interior in general TO remem-
Der the experience Of 1894i95. AL
'hoUgb The supply that year was Pie
1omenai, and prices broke all records
on the, down grade, the spring and sum
mer months witnessed phenomenal
advance after the crop had been taken
out OIL the producers hands The
sane thing Is more than likely to
happen again, ana producers would
do well 10 hold hack their cotton
wherever il ls practicable 10 do 20.
II should be remembered that such
low prices as now prevail will permit
she use Of cotton In liberal quantities
aOF 81 hiCh II ls not commonly employ
ed while its consumption in ordinary
nsFs VIII be greatly increased by low
cost. Producers are in better share
for holding back cotton now than they
we're IL 94,Whieh was the year imme-
diately following The great panic o.
1898 II may no be practicable t.
hold back he entire yIcld OF z ven
place, bnt It cal be marketed more ue-
liberstelY snd such policy generally |
adopted would soon show in the re.
duced receipts a. onlpOrts. 1t GER
LsibIy would be a crying shame tor
Jrodscers 10 be compelled to sell the /
iue coop now being marketed al
IT present ruinous prices, as it would
rive this entire sectioL d serious set
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
PoLEcArs INTERRUPT WEDDING
OHPie"Sant Little Animals Appear ut
an InopDortune Time in Alabama

an ihopportune Time in Alabama.
A wedding ceremony was rudelv in.
terrupted near Andalusia. Covinpton
county, Ala, the other night nj tbs
home of DR.. and Mrs. Samuel Brown
prominent residents of that neigbbor.
hood.
Inc ceremony was TO have been per-
formed in a large parlor. back of which
was a. dinlng-room, where huge tables
were loaded with good things to eat
On account of the mild weather ali
doors and windows were oDen. Most
OF the guests had assembled and tba
preacher had just arrived when tbe mar.
" became conscious Of very pungent
door issuing from the dining-roon A
moment later two polecats, which had
oeen secreted under the festal board
becoming frightened by the entrance Of
servants dashed into the parlor among
the guests, scattering the odor as thew
came
war was declared on them and tbav
were promptly dispatched. but he
house had meanwhile become untan-
lntable and the guests went to tbe VII
age church, where DR.. Rrown,.
laughter became the wife of Thomas
Meadows, a young farmer.
Inc feast was postponed to some f,,-
ure day.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
EXCLUDES MANY CHINESE.
New Customs Collector at Port Towns-
end Returns to Former RnIe.


end Returns to Former RnIe.
F. D. Huestis, the new customs col,
lector of the Puget sound district, whe
took office a few days ago, has made
a new ruling in the matter of admitting
Chinese laborers. He has refused adj
nittance to seven Chinese who arrived
at Port Townsend, Wash, from Vic
toria, B. c., on the ground that they
had departed from other ports when
leaving this country. Until Is months
ago the requirement. was enforced that
chinese must reenter at the port of
departure, but during the past year
compliance with this rule has not been
required from Chinese immigrants, ow-
ing to a precedent established bv
the treasury department in the
case Of the Strathnevis immigrants.
when Chinese were admitted re-
CARELESS of the port of depar-
ture As a result many Chinese sue.
ceeded in entering here when they
could not have made a satisfactory
showing at the port from which thew
had departed.
Collector Huestis' return to the for
mer rule has called forth a storm of pro.
tests from interested Chinese residents
Of the Pacific coast.
The action of the new collector will
probably decrease the wholesale enter
ng OF Chinese through Port Townsend
md district, nearly 1900 having been
uttered there during the past six
months.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
The origin OF Progress ana lOYerty.

Mr.. George, while editing the Post
OF San Francisco, penny paper that
be founded in connection with two
other printers, got his Inspiration for
Progress aud Poverty" lie had been
East on VISIT aud had given some
thouuht TO the social question.
"The reason for The existing power
ty, in presence Of plenty" he said,
"csme upon me like revelation. |
had taken horse and gone for ride,
aud, absorbed in my own thoughts,
bad driven him into the bills until he
painted for breath. Stopping for rest,
| asked a passing stranger, for want OF
something else to say, wuat land was
worth there. He pointed 10 some
COWS grazing off so far that they look
ed like mice, aud said: Il don't *
Actly know, but there j. d NAN over
there Who viii sell -uma .aru tuI
thousand uOliarh uu aurr'
Like a ta1h II came upon me lLa
there was the reason Win tn
growth OF population, land grows il
value, and the men who work ii mus
pay more tor the privilege. l turned
back amid quiet thought TIE per.
ception that came to me then has been
with me ever sInce.'
Mr. George wrote progress and |
Poverty" while serving as a gas inspec-
Ior in San Francisco. The book was
completed III August, 1879. He seut
the manuscript East through a friend
for submission to publishers, but il
was refused, and Georges old partner
Hinton, who had established print
.ng office, undertook sto get out an
authors edition. The venture proved
successful, aud subsequently Appleton
Z Co. thought well enough Of the |
book TO publish 10000 copies.
That WAS he beginning Of Progress
'nd Poverty which since has been
translated into many languages.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
RELIABLE KNOWLEDGE,
Human Experience the Foundation of
All Science.

The growing complexity of civil
lied life demands with each age
broader and more exact knowledge as
to the material surroundings and
greater precision in our recognition
Of the invisible forces or tendencies
about us. We are in the hands Of the
fates, and the greater our activities
the more evident become these limit
ing conditions. The secret Of power
with man IS to know It's limitations.
To this end we need constantly new
accessions Of truth as to the universe
and better definition of the truths
which are old. Such knowledge,
tested and placed in order, we call
science Science is the gathered wis
dom Of the race. Onlyapart of can
be grasped by any one man. Each
must enter into the work of others
Science is the flower of the altruism
OF the ages, By which nothing that
lives 1lyeth for itself alone" The
recognition of facts and laws is the
province Of science. We only know
what lies ab6ut US from our own OK !
perience and that Of others, this OK |
perienco Of others being translated !
INTO terms Of our own experience and /
more or less perfectly blended witlrit. !
We can find the meaning Of phenom-
ma only from our reasoning based on
.hese experiences. All knowledge we
AN attain or hope to attain must, in
o far as it is knowledge at all, be
tated in terms Of human experience.
-he laws Of nature are not The prod
cts Of science. They are the human
hmpses Of that which is the law be-
ore all time"
Thus human experience is the
Of all knowledge. Even
lnate ideas, if such ideas exist, arc /
erved in some way from knowledge
assessed by our ancestors, as innate .
impulses to action are related TO an
estral needs for action.-David
tarr Jordan, in Appletons' Popular ,
ciencc Monthly.
The feeJl.r the patient the less I
angerous it is to take chlorotoru.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
"Steady Boys, steady"

a lady died, aud while The pull.
bearess were carrying Ter to her rest
iDg place. h. some mlslap they STUN
bled and ucOTlra he corpse. 1oa
conclusion brH"rl be d .ya-e1 bl X
10 life, Hud enc u.ta six or seven
years snd died again. On iLe way 90
the grave the pa over The same
ground, AID when the paItearers
reached The idcntjeaI pot where he
stumble had been mAae Ut he pre-
viOus sad service, be giicf stricken
husband stepped IN front Of those
bearing the remains Of his lamented
wife and said, STEADY boys, steady
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06

kipd Which Justfles a Man in Plac.
ing His Trust in It.
Do you all know what an ad-smith
js3

DO you all know what an ad-smith
is?
No?
Then let it be saidthata an ad-smith
is 2 word Of recent construction and
adoption, and it means a man who
writes advertisements (ads) as they
! should be written, and not in the old
style OF saying much and meaning
nothing.
This story has to deal with a ris-
ing young ad-smith of Washington,
who, like other men Of tropical souls
and fervid tongues, had permitted his
tongue to get his soul tangled all up
in the golden meshes of a pretty
girls smiles, and that was the end of
him.
In pursuance of the usual custom
made and provided for in such emer-
gencies, he went to see the girls ia
ther about it, a very sensible old gem
tlemaR who knows the value of adver-
Using and also the value Of the right
kind of a son-in-law.
eyes, yes" the father said in re-
spouse to the Young mans opening
address, Il know all about that fol
de rol part. What I want TO know
about is business and can you support
my daughter? What do You dof"
81 write poetry, sir, " responded the
emotional applicant with confidence.
The father fairly gasped
"Writepoetry?" he nearly shrieked. |
"Write poetry? What in thunder
can you do at that to support a family, |
I'd like to know"
The young man Strengthened up so |
suddenly that the old man jumped
ont Of the way,
Sir" said the applicant, with the
dignity Of four kings, 81 don't write
the kind Of poetry you are thinking
about. l write poetry advertisements
for soap and patent medicine and beer
and bicycles and the kind that pays.
See?'
ooh, Oh" spluttered the father,
really | beg your pardon, my dear
elbow | didn't understand at all,
assure you. Take her, my boy, take
ler and joy go with you"
The wedding will occur in the au-
umn.-Washington Star.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
ELECTRIC TRICKS.
New Ways to Start Your Horse and
Boil Your Dinner.

Electricity is the latest fad invoked
by drivers Of slow or balky horses.
By a simple device, the invention of
r. w. McCune, of Akron, o., the
most persistently obstinate horse can
be urged onward.
This new appliance, or "humane
persuader," as The inventor calls it,
consists of a small storage battery,
which is carried either under the body
of the carriage or wagon or beneath
the scat, from which there runs nm
exceedingly fine copper wire,
thoroughly insulated, connecting
with a button placed in the side Of the
drivers seat.
From this button, which is almost
exactly like the ordinary electric call
button so common in hotels, the wire
is continued ont over the horses back.
Fixed to the saddle or collar of the
harness is an insulating knob, around
which the wire is wound, To the end
of this wire is affixed a sponge, which,
when once dampened with salt water,
is kept moist by the natural heat of
the animal.
When the horse baiks or is mani
testify lazy, instead Of using a whip OF
other cruel means Of urging him on,
the driver simply presses the button,
and a light current is sent from tie
battery through the wire, giving the
horse a slight shock,
The ordinary horse is moro or Jess
used to q whip, A sharp blow, indeed,
rouscs him, and while the sting lasts
acceierates his gait, but repeated APP
pLcations areneeessary to keep up the
pace. IN electric shock, however is
somethingwhieh thehorse cannot uR- |
derstand. and the entirely unex-
pected sensation never fails to startie |
the most lazy beast into a smart trot. |
Atfirst there was some opposition to |
this use Of electricity as a persuasive
l}awcr, but when it was demonstrated
BY BTatical tests that it accom-.
olished the purpose and at the same
lime obyiated the brutality Vt the
Whip, its use was general comE2Nnd-
ID. Now it is no unusual thing & re
persons who live in the vicinity of the
INVENTORS house using electricity in
his novel fashion. The driver presses
he button and the horse does the
est,
A very different application of cleo
ricity is that just devised by Z. W.
chhindler Jenny, a Hungarian, who
as perfected a process by which
reals are cooked in almost less time I
nan it takes to tell it by the simple
recess Of dropping a wire carrying
4 electric current into a kettle in
hich the food is placed. E
By the invention of this ingenious :
yreigner all the bother of cleaning !
le range Of ashes and of keeping the I
re supplied with fuel is done away X
it'll. The mere turning of small
'ank starts the apparatus, and by its .
Sc food can be cooked on a table just q q
well as on the stove, or, if the table q
lacking, the floor will serve very a
ell. n
All that is required is a battery con-
.cted by wire with a ring-shaped e e
zee Of refractory material, called l
ating body. Into this the electric 3,
at passes and heats to any desired
nperature. a thoroughly insulated g.
ndle is attached to the ring, by i
hchi is raised or lowered in the pot
which the food is to be cooked 81
Press, OF
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
pAXToN,s FIND


Now Wishes AnotOaf nav Y "-'
That Five o ll.rs.
Paxton found five dollar bill On
the sidewalk Tie other day nn1 n ne
sbonld find anothcrmcitwill prcba-
XIV fetch him mp In the Noorhou-a.
Paxton isn't quite g5 layDl-ha0dcd MS
the heod off n aml'F6u..t 10 bc,auy-
how. and tbe finding OF that five dol
lar Observation-Disclosures. saysthe
New Yor, World.
"lIooayr he sltd, as he jmnmcd
the bill down into his pocket, Now
ri oct mcthat derby hatIyewanted
solongand couldu'JaGord. lsaw one
Yesterday that this bin would ustpay
for"
The bill did pay for the hat, but It
didn't pay for tho two-dollar pair OF
gloves he bought on the strength OF
his find.
When he went bone to dlnner ne
laid an oleganttwoPound box OF Ile
best candy ON his WIles zap ana s'u,u'
with kiss such as he had not gwen
her since the days OF Their money
moon:
Guess what ] found to-day
81 couldn't dear
"No, | don't suppose you could.
Well, found five dollar bill, and /
thought ! could afford to be little
cHtrayagant on the strength Of it, |
paid two dollars Tor that candy, box
included. Then got two Of the best
seats for the thcater tonight, and
couldn'twe afford alittlesupperaIter-
ward? Bought me an elegant new
white silk pecktie and the cutest and
incest little pearl pin, andifyou want |
a pair Of evening gloves you can have |
them, " isn't every day find Tive |
dollar bill"
"No. thank heaven, it isn't" said !
his wife to herself, and she saiditsull |
more fertently whom he added:
81 bought The loveliest bit Of bric-
l-bracatanaucGonsalo / happencdt to /
run into. Ii was big bargain at five |
dollars. I'd had topay at least eight |
dollars for it alta regular sale. lucky
found that five dollars just IN time
10 pick up such a bargain with it, |
have felt that | could have
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
The Secret OF Success.

THE present low price Of cotton
should by all means prove an otjecl
lesson 10 the farmers aud, instead Of
planting, as hey generally do, all, o.
about what land they can cultivate u
cotton, they should plant more food
crops for home consumption aud what
cotton they raise come in IS surplus
crop, tuul they do this, the pros
penly that they have been looking
for aud making cotton to bring about
will never be seen or realized by
them r-Ellisyille News.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
BOSTON DIP in FAVOR.
Dancing Masters ecid e to Make Pop
uIar This Terpsicborean Step.

ular This TerpsicbOrenn Step.
At the session Of the American So
ciety of Professors of Dancing at Bos-
ton the other day the various dances
that are before the society for its APP
profal and proposed reforms in the
methods Of dancing were discussed.
The Boston Dip" received deal Of
attention because of the abuses that it
has suffered and it was decided to
popularize it. The dip" was illustrated
70 the delegates by President Gilbert
IN the manner in which it is danced by
the better dancers.
That part of the dance in which the
dip is executed is made with a long stem.
one step to measure. The male dancer
starts the step with the left foot back
ward. The second measure is a stem
backward with the right foot, turning
slightly upon the heel with the third
count of the second measure, gettinp
forward with the left foot, the right
finishing with the last two movements
OF the waltz step made upon the third
count of the measure. These four
measures are repeated, after which one
waltz turn is made during two meas
ures' Two measures of the dip move
ment are made and two of the waltz
with turn to the left, followed again
by two dip movements, which connleta
the step The whole requires 16 meas.
ures' The dipping is, however. very
slight with a long, slow, gliding move.
nent.
Many movements particularly adapt-
I'd to children's classes which wo1ld
serve as educational dances, producing
graceful and easy bearing, were dis.
missed % '~4N N4S-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06

O1d people who require medicine TO
regulate the bowels az kidneys will
fnd the true reEaedy in Electric BitteIs.
This medicine does d OF stimulate and
contains no whisky nor other intoxlcant
but acts as tonic and alteratiYe. 1t
acts mildly on the stomach and bowels,
adding strength and giving tone TO the
organs, thereby aiding Nature in the
performance Of the functions. Electric
Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids
digestiOn. Ola People find il just exact
" what they need. Price fftY cents
Per bottle at Finlay's Drug Store,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
TOMS the Championship.

A young man in Huntordon coun-
ty, N. Y, has succeeded in winning
the hickory-nut-eating championship
by devouring a peck Of nuts at one
sitting Fortunately the doctors
saved his life after several hours of
hard labor, SO that he stands ready
now to defend his title against all
cOmars.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-07-31
PEII.AIRE

Two boys were arrested yesterday
afternoon for attempting to break into
Lichtig's store, on Union street, to
steal a bicycle. His Honor has not
yet decided their fate.
Mr.. r. Jacobs and daughter, Of
West Liberty, are visiting here.
Maud Corbett and Cora Neal are
visiting friends at New Matamoras.
Mrs. Lizzie Zentmeyer, of Newark,
o., is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. r. Davis.
William Phillips is the proud papa
Of a little girl.
Albert Clark has removed to the
country. He has given up his ice
cream parlor and accepted a position
with the Metropolitan Insurance Com
pany.
Miss Jessie Henthorne, of Cameron,
is visiting friends here.
Presiding Elder Osborn, of Barnes
vile district, was here yesterday.
John Sherry will succeed Bob
Haase as B. & o. ticket agent here.
Miss Kate Deitenberg left yesterday
for Elyria.
Two DRINKS are sojourning at the
city hostelry.
The letter carrier service will begin
on Monday.
Marshal Bahra returned Thursday
from Cleveland.
Mike Kane and man named Durant
got mixed up in q scrap yesterday.
Kane was wosted No arrests.
A fire at the Flaherty residence was
discovered by a funeral party on
Thursday. 1t was extinguished by a
bucket brigade
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-07-31
DIED

MARSH-Thursday July 29, 1897 Har-
rv p. Marsh. son of Thomas and Cathar-
Inc W. Marsh, in the 3lst year of his age
Funeral from the residence of William
Graham, No. 11S Fifteenth street, satur-
day at 10 a. m. Friends Of the family In
vited. Interment private.
GRIFFITH-At Baltimore. Md, Thurs
dav. July Is. 1891, Laura Lukens, wlte OF
Melvin S. Griffith.
TAYLoR-Thursday July %, 1887; at
o'clock a. m. Jessie D., wife OF ROBBERY
Y. Taylor, aged 26 years, month ana
days.
Funeral from her late residence, IS
Twenty-fourth street. Saturday, July 81
at 2 o'clock p. m. Interment at Green
wood cemetery. Friends Of the family are
invited to attend.
VIII SON-Thursday July %. 1897, at
1890 O'clock d. m Joseph Wilson, in the
forty-seventh year Of his age.
Funeral from his late residence, No. In
Eoff street, Saturday afternoon at ]
O'Clock. The body will be conveyed on
train leaving P. c. & St. L. R. R. depot
at 1870 o'clock p. N. to Short Creek sta
ton. Interment at Short Creek cemetery