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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-11-05
Leyee Board Proceedings,

The Times Of last Saturday pub
fishes the bids submitted for the
Levee Board printing, by that pa
per and the Democrat, and com
plains that it was given to the
Democrat at an advance OF
about 800 per cent over
the figures of the Times. Mr.
Marcy was unanimously endorsed
by the great Democratic party
when he said '"Io the viotors
belong the spoils." Mr. Flanagan
received grunt of consenting adj
miration from assembled Republi-
cans when he asked "What are
we here for!" 1t is through de-
feat that we learn wisdom and
moderation, and it is far cry to
Righteousness in political walks
and ways.
In the old blue-book spelling
book of our schoolhood there was
a fable of The Lawyer and The
OK. The moral might be appro-
pirate to fable of the present day
to be entitled: "The Offices
When In-When Out" Nothing
in the conduct of the former levee
board was more the subject Of un-
favorable comment than its habit
ual ignoring of all competition for
its printing. None were more en-
phatic in protest against this and
other favorltism than the Presl-
dent of the present board. And
yet the expenses when the printer
had no opposition were not one
half of what they are now. Does
the mere personnel OF the board
make wrong right! The money
paid INTO the levee board is not
derived entirely from the partl-
sans of the present board. Quite
one-half of it, we have no doubt,
has been furnished by taxpayers
who are not in sympathy with the
present board. But If every man
IN the district endorsed it, 1t would
not be right. 1t never was ano
never will be right to use public
funds to crafty personal, tactlonaI
or political favoritism or revenge
1t was wrong in the old board tc
so use its power and its opportu'
nitv, and it is equally wrong II
the present board.-Greenvillt
Spirit,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-11-05

1t is evident that Il great many
Englishmen are possessed of the
idea that the people of this coun-
try are only a few degrees remov-
ed from sayagery, An English
newspaper declares that it is
characteristic of all Americans to
rest their elbows on the table while
eating. and this shocking habit IS
the result of fondness for green
corn boiled on the cob. The Eng
Hsh paper makes this atrocious at
tack upon us:
The habit of resting the elbows
upon the table while eating, 50 un-
questionably peculiar to Ameri-
cans. is the result of the quantity
of green corn which is consumed
annually in the United States. As
this article of diet is almost un'
known on the continent, it is ne
cessary to say that it consists of
an ear of cob, from which the
kernels of corn are taken directly
into the mouth without the aid of
any mechanical device, As these
ears are Of great size-often sc
| large that few men and no womer
or child could convey them the
mouth with one hand-it become!
necessary to support the elbows
while holding up the ear. The
table is naturally selected as tins
support and from this arises the
obnoxious habit. The few Ameri
cans who are not addicted to it are
those who eat their corn by placing
the ear upon the table and lower
inc the mouth to it. But thi,
method obtains but little, becaus,
when two or more people are eat
ing difficulties arisen. O, States
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-11-05
Flashes IRON the selmitar.

3ir Lawhead-" Why do you
treat me o coldly! Why didn't
you answer the note ! wrote you
last Thursday Miss Brushly-
"Sir, ! don't wish to have any
thing more to say to you, You
began your note by saying you
thought you would drop me a
line. ! want you to understand
that I'm not fish,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-11-05

phis. As far as possible coptro-
versy and division upon details
should be kept down. There
should be no attempt to formulate
a bill. The wisest course would he
a simple declaration favoring the
Gallery bill as amended by the
Senate committee, 1t has been
gone over by those fully
competent to shape such law as
all favoring a national epidemic
control seek. Congressman will
readily understand a resolution
asking its enactment-such a dec
laration will be less liable to ex.
cite discussion and delay than any
new draft of a bill would,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-11-05
AND DowNRlGHTDpLOMAcy

Yesterday was the last day of grace
allowed the Spaniords to decide
whether they would accept the in
eyitable ornot. American straight
torwardness has paraIy2cd Euro
pean diplomacy, That eonyoluled
and slippery system is struck silly
by a plain proposition, and falls
back on the baby act when con-
fronted bya yes or no. Diplo-
macy isan institution which has
long needed reform, anditappears
that it is the mission of America
&C. teach The old world a good
many things, even if custom and
precedent is a little Jared mp and
disiointed in the process. For a
'ong time Europe has had vague
notion that there was land of some
KIND on the other side of the
ocean say a piece of il about as
big as Spain or Italy, which was
called the United States, and was a
clumsy, heterogeneous, half civil
lied and gawky makeshiftof "a ma
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-11-05

Pat-"Ay coorse, it was the
Oirish! You'd a-niyer stood no
show against those Spanyards if
'twasn't fer the Oirisb. > smith
How do you make that out"'
Pat--'NNasn't it the battleship
Oregon, Wld Mclnture on her,
what done the business down there
at SandYag0.n
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-11-05
The UnkiHdest Cut OF all.

The Gold Bug combine in this
state, New Orleans and Memphis,
trying to break down the Demo
cratic state administration, never
tire Of trying to ridicuIe Governor
McLaurin.
And they can never get beyond
the Governors methods of eating.
They insist that he'eats greens and
pie in a way, that does not suit
them, and because they are not
suited, they try to create the inn
preston that an outrage has been
committed on eating ethics, or at
the most the state has been hui
inflated.
We have often taken meals with
the Governor, but we do not re-
member any of the peculiarities to
which these half breed Democrats
so seriously obiect.-Nieksburg
Dispatch.
We do not approve of wiIful
persecution ofGovernor McLaurin,
and the above sayors Oft. Eating
Greens with knife is bad enough,
in all conscience but it isn't a
marker to eating with the editor
of the Dispatch.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-11-05
Views OF Sontbern Editors.

Ten days ago the Memphis
Scimitar addressed a note to the
editors Of certain daily and weekly
papers in Mississippi, Louisiana,
Arkansas and Tennessee, request
ing a brief expression OF their
views in regard to the proposed
convention to take action to secure
a system Of national quarantine.
In its Monday issue the the Sciml-
tar publishes replies from twenty
nine editors in the states named,
all Of which, with the exception OF
two, are emphatic in their advo-
cacv Of national quarantine. The
papers IN Mississippi which are
,epresented are THE GREENyuLE
TIMES. the Biloxi Herald, The
Vicksburg Dispatch, the Bolivar
Democrat, the Nicksburg Herald,
and the Vicksburg Democrat. The
communication from the editor OF
the Vicksburg Herald contains a
suggestion so timely that it IS re-
produced in full as follows:
"The national quarantine policy
is now, apparently, on popular
wave; especially in Mississippi
But the Memphis convention pro-
moters shoulduaa make the mis-
take OF proceeding upon the pre-
sumption that such law rs then
call favors win be easily, Il even
probably, secured. The conyen-
ton may not be the occasion Tor
the appearance OF strong opposi-
tion. But is is sure to rear It's
head in Congress, and from the
South. And as it is for this sec
tion that the benefits of a national
onarantine law would be chiefly
designed, it will be readily seer
that strong minority opposition,
even. from here viii seriously i'm
peril such measure.
The situation, as viii be easily
perceived, calls for iudicious an'
well considered action at Mem
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Increasing Lawlessness.


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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-11-05
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-25

monseigneur, ''peacocks mate with
doves, didst know that?"
Eth? How?" asked he, smiling. But
l saw by the captains angry eyes that
l was too careless.
1.-The reason of that riddle we will lay
before the king next week." I answer
ed lamely enough. But he was Silent,
while the Sieur d'Audilly talked of a
rev project he had for tightening his
mems GEAR.
1t was with a beating heart that, as
soon as the great hall was dark and
quiet that night, up FIR. Benoit's stair
l sped, to find him pacing to and fro
like bear in pit-He looked up sharp
~ as L entered, but spoke 40 word, and
1 flung myself into his great chair,
stretched out my legs and sighed.
''Heighoi with such a chaiNas this to
wait in. no wonder thy soul~is stored
with patience"
Fool said he sharply, lis it quiet
below?"
LAS Cuiet as thy conscience"
He ceased walking and came to me,
and stood before me, opening and clos
ing his lips as if he wished to speak
his fat face was pale, his lips dry.
Before he could find a word there was
light rap at the door. 1 sprang to
fling it open, but no one was to be seen.
y small object lay upon The threshold,
ard I brought it to the taper'S flame
and held it for FIR. Benoit to see. It was
the Cheeseman's red king. He put it
away from him so hastily that it fell
and bounded on the floor, and rolled
away into a corner.
I'VE had best go down now" said he.
I took the taper and went before, wind
ing my bauble's head in my mantle that
the bells might not sound.
At the chapel door a Woman'S figure
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81 do not see how that concerns me, :"
returned FIR. Benoit, his eyes on his
book.
Indeed, father said /, taking up my
bauble, Il wish with all my heart that
Motley may have a wider wisdom than
gown and scapular. And though a
cockscomb in esse sits more lightly
than a miter in posse. methinl1s one
catches less cold on leaving 1t OIL
FIR. Benoit fidgeted in his chair, and
turned over two leaves at once. Fool,
said he, thou hast thy belly full be-
cause thy head is empty, but l am
not thy paymaster. Here in this turret
thou art at liberty to rest thy tongue
gratis"
Father" I replied, lit is a pleasure
to me to enlighten so apt scholar.
God sends thee a life as long as thy
sermons, and somewhat more cheerful
And L went singing down the stairs
to rally monseigneur, and gets hum al
good trim for his next weeks visit
from the king.
Beside his chair stood the Sieur d 'Au-
dilly, teasing a great hound. AS 1
came up the hair was beginning to rise
along the creatures back. and the low
thunder TO rumble in his throat. and
the gallant captain pushed him away
with q look of relief that he had me 10
turn on. We'll, Cockcomb, where hast
been Growing now?"
over strange nest, Peacock.
He drew his brows together. True,
it is midsummer" he sneered.
In midsummer, gossip, said to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-25
STORY OF THE RED KING.
BY GEORGIANA EVANS.

Copyright, 1888, the S. S. Mcclure Coz
Err. Benoit and were in the middle
of our game of chess-he is good
enough to say that 1, the Fool, play the
best game of all the chateau's COM
pany-when came the page of the
Demoiseile Alys to say that his mis-
tress followed upon him, and bade as
attend 20 speak with her.
Go tell thy mistress, my butterfly,
that when sage and holy men are in
counciP'-I began, bravely enough,
when the arras parted again behind
the STRIPPING, and a rose, flung smart
~, struck me on the mouth. Next came
the Demoiselle Alys herself, carrying
a great noSegay of her weapons, it be-
ing June and her birth month. She
bore the seal Of it on her cheeks, and
in her eyes, which were blue as pan
sizes, and. clad in her green silk frock,
she seemed but another rose.
For the DemOiselle AlyS was the mer-
riest Of ladies. When she was no
longer than my bauble I held her upon
my knee. and | remember that she
laughed long before she learned to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-25

in love. the foolish wench.' This time
il was l who nodded. And she wishes
to be married" concluded the Demo-
selle Alys. gravely.
sWell. it is right to speak to me of
it, said FIR. Benoit. Il win read the
banns on Sunday. Whom doth she wish
to marTy2'
Our demoiseIle looked at us with
steady eyes. THE Sieur d'Audilly."
Now this Sieur d'Audilly was newly
become the captain of Monseigneur
arquebusiers, and was as wild. evil
named, handsome good-for- nothing
as ever one could find in a years jour
Dey. Tales of his doings had come be-
fore him to the castle, for he was in
deed but a stranger among US, and
though ! took note that they more con-
cerned his conquests among the petit
coats than victories over men with
good weapons in their hands, yet Mon
seigneur who thinks all that is in any
degree a part of his family (and so he
counted this young blood have virtues
in their very vices, had said that here
was the man to make a valiant fighter.
An untried captain in truth he was.
MonSeigneur would not wish his Cap
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-25
A TRIP THROUGH NEW CUBA.
Interior of the Island As It Is
Today.

Santiago, Sept. 19.-We know all
about Havana in the west and Santi-
ago in the east, the New York and
San Francisco of Cuba; but what about
the country between? Since the block
ade of Cuban ports began early in the
war the interior section of the island,
so far as the outside world is con-
cerned, has been place of vast 81
lence. Correspondents with pen and
camera and military couriers with dis
patches went inland only as far as
Garcia's camp, in Santiago province.
or to the headquarters of President
Masso, and the Cuban government in
the province of Puerto Principe. Oc-
casionally, there were brought TO light
small morsels of news about Matan-
Zas or Cardenas on the north coast,
or about Cienfuegos or Trinidad on
the south. But the interior, all the
inland towns, remained in impenetra-
BILE gloom. In shut-up Havana knowl-
edge was less than in the United States
until the signing of the protocol and
the coming of peace. Then the oppor-,
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stood Deering for our light. She was
wrapped in a long cloak, but the hood
was pushed back, and the tapers flame
lit ~, clear and full, the comely- fea-
lures of Rosalind.
My heart leaped up, and FIR. Benoit
drew long breath.
Let me light thee, good fool" said
Rcsalind, taking the taper from my
band. l began a smart speech, out of
my new learning, about a fair Psyche
lighting sorry pair of antique Cupids
but all confused because my heart
was so light.
Just as our hands met some one
jostled me from behind, and 1 stumbled
against Rosalind, so awkwardly that
my bauble jingled sulkily under my
cloak, and the girl, to save herself from
falling, dropped the taper and started
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Logs. and sprang upon him, forcing
him to the ground under my knee,
while 1 felt for my dagger Excited
as L was. 1 could not find it, so I had
to strangle him with my hands, he
gurgling horribly. and jerking out his
arms vainly TO reach his sword. But
l am a why man, and it did not take
long He caught at my arms once or
twice-then I shook him off and went
to FIR Benoit. who knelt alone, bend
ing over the girls body. Without a
word. but shivering like a man in an
ague. he drew back her hood, and the
moonlight streamed full upon her face.
1t was the Demoiselle Alys
She was not quite dead Her heart
moved feebly, and her eyelids fluttered,
but there was a dark wet stain upon
the broideries of her dress. where the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-25

worms, stick to US. Shares, 81 each.
We have located valuable tracts of
timber. mineral and farm lands in the
New Cuba. We will be the first on the
spot to develop these resources. Better
than government bonds" So runs the
prospectus. 1t will be just as well,
however, for possible stocktakers in
this company to take first a little jour
ney through New Cuba.
SPANISH GLAD TO GET OUT.
Then came Santa Clara City, where
the poorer people were standing around
idly, seemingly waiting for something
to turn up. Their cOuntenances
seemed to say: well, the chapter of
horrors is ended; we have buried our
dead, and still there is a reign of mis-
cry. What next?" Santa Clara, be-
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tunity to move about at will proved
too tempting to be resisted by the trio
of American correspondents who had
remained cooped up in the Cuban me-
tropolis for over three months. We
decided to traverse this silent inland
district and to take a look at new
Cuba during the first moments of its
freedom.
Between Havana and Santiago the
distance is 500 miles. The railroad ex-
tends only halfway ending at Santa
Clara The remaining $50 miles must
be made in the saddle. Santiago has
never been connected with the rest of
Cuba by rail. Boats seemed to be good
enough for Cubans and Spaniards. But
an American company has already
sent down there to report on the best
route for railroad, to connect Santi-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-25
Discovered Bv a woman

Another great discovery has been
made, and that, too. by a lady in this
country. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her, and for seven years she with
stood it's severest tests, but her vital
organs were undermined, and death
seemed imminent. For three months
she coughed necessarily. and could not
sleep. She finally discovered a way to
recovery, by purchasing of us a bottle
of DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, and was so much relieved on
taking first dose, that she slept all
night; and with two bottles, has been
absolutely Cured. Her name is Mrs.
Luther Lutz' Thus writes W. c. Ham
nick & Co., of Shelby, N. c. Trial bot
ties free at u. c. M. 1. drug store. Reg
ular size soc and 81. Every bottle guar
anteed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-25
DO YOU KNOW

that in making the trip to Omaha ex-
position you are on the road ONLY
CNE NIGHT If you use the overland
united, of the Union Pacific? Just
the thing for nervous people who prefer
to travel by daylight; and for Men
Of affairs to whom the saving of .
business day is an important consider
alton. we have the Fast Mall ONLY
ONE DAY on the road to Omaha. Ap-
of this incompatible time.
together with dining car service ana
superior equipment IS best shown by
the popular demand for tickets via the
Union Pacific at the "Old Stand" POI
Main street
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-25

Smoke Silver Moon, the leading SO
cigar. For sale everywhere
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-07-07
A CABLEGRAM FROM DEWEY,
No Change in the SItuation-Wonderfu
Progress of the Insurgent
Leader AGuinaldo.

WAsHISGToS, June 3O.-The navy
department yesterday made public the
following cablegram from Admira.
Dewey, brought by the McCulloch &c
Hong Kong, and, though undated, sup.
posed to have been sent from Cavitc
June %:
mo change in the situation since
my telegram of June II. Five Ger.
man, three British, one French anG
one Japanese men-of-war in port. The
insurgents constantly closing in on
city. AguinaIdo, the insurgent lead
err, with Is of his staff, arrived May
IS, by my permission, on the Nanshan.
He established himself at Cavite out
side of the arsenal, under the protec-
ton of our guns, and organized his
army.
The progress of Aguinaldo has beeD
wonderful He has invariably con-
Quoted the war humanely. My re.
lations with him are cordial, but my
conferences have generally been only
of a personal nature"