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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04
GREAT MOOSE HEAD.
Romantic History of an Enormous
Specimen in Tacoma
AntIcrs Measure siN rect ana s'N
nnd a Hair Inches from TN :"
TIp-Superstition o"n"'''''
win the Big Creature

A moose head whose antIers meas,
ure from tip To Zip Sis feet siN ana a MAJ,
inches. a head ON which from up /"
tin a board could he placed, the 'a,'yS,
If men lie down and not be too tau l"I
the length of it-in fact the In's'S'
moose head in the worlds the prof.
erN of ". f. Shcard, of Tacoma WASH
II has 40 prougs, and its immense IAN.
like autIcrs are enormous in lheI
width ms well as in height. The maNel
is that any neck could have carried sue"
burden.
It's history is unusual and tinctureo
with the romantic superstition oil the
Canadian Indian. For many years the
Indian tribes around Fort SclkirE ana
the mouth of tn, Stewart river, in the
northwest territories of Canada, haa
told among themselves the tale OF a
mighty moose, a "hi-uh moose thal
for years and years had haunted 'he
district OF the Stewart river Many
years before. when the gigantic AMI
nal had first appeared, their fathers
had endcavored to kill it; for days they
had tracked the beast through the
painless forests. Easy to track II was
for the immense antlers, said the IN
dams. made a path through the foliage
of the trees wider than man was hlgh'
and the marks of his huge prongs on
the bark were certain indications OF his
path. Gradually grew up around this
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04

Fifteen YEARS ago the annual catch
of HOLSTERS along the New England
coast exceeded 1JO,O00,JJO, and over To-
600 men were employed iH the indus
try. Of this business Maine furnished
more than oue-half but to-day over go
per cent. of the canned HOLSTERS are
Brought from The British provinces.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04

No feminine visitors are allowed tc
go through the Cramps yard in Phila-
because every time a woman
passes through the shops every one Of
the 1000 worlsmeu raises his eyes from
his work. and in one minute one mans
work for fortnight is lost to his EN-
ployers.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04

The weights Of classes of students
before and after examination have been
made the subject Of recent inyestiga-
tion. In high classes, where naturally
the examination was most felt, several
pounds were lost, showing how the men
tai strain was felt. In lower classes the
loss was not so great.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04

The birds so ruthlessly slaughtered
for their plumes are the white herons
and egrets, of which several pieces have
lately been quite destroyed. They are
natives Of tropical countries, South
America and India furnishing the mos
specimens.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04

It's engineers believe that they bs,'
the problem OF the successful Conn solved
this great enterprise, Ii so, it NH zion u
great benefit TO humanity no more. h pp9'giyes
" speaking, than has llostetter,. ulblu,
Bitters, the remedy which never fsii ',ylnacA
Affections Of the stomach lor of y5 20 CUE
prosperity without health The Bt,ea... uaeH
riabiy strengthens weak stomaehs AMI lhYa
Gvers, and is one OF the blessings ot n, olpd
" '1e age
Among the nrenIsers..
Long-Family troubles, eh? WH,t.,.
did your domestic ship split ong 'o'E
Short was the absence OF rocks d. ..
caused the split,-Chloago Evening New a
Daily inter mountain., 1899-09-18

men throughout Worcester county comes
into possession of many prints, but he
possesses none that he prizes more than
copy of sermon delivered by the Rev.
Thaddeus Maccarty, the revolutionary
pastor of the Old South church. to ne
gro about to be hanged for heinous
crime. In the ante-revolutionary days
1t was the practice to bring doomed
criminal into church and have the
preacher give him a spiritual sendoff.
This sermon was delivered in the year
lI6S, long before the Bostonese took it
into their heads to sever diplomatic re-
lations between the American colonies
and their Uncle George the English King.
This particular colored man was appre
hended. tried and sentenced to be hang
ed by the neck. History does not give
the full name of the colored man who
was preached to with rope around his
neck and grave dug within sight, but
IN the sermon he is referred to as Ar
thur, or more specifically, and with a
view to giving Arthur a tip that there
was no slip of the moose likely in his
case, "the dying Arthur"
The Rev. Thaddeus was great paint
er with words, and to the unfortunate
Arthur he pictured the neither world with
old fashioned colors To read the sermon
even at this day one with a powerful
imagination can almost sniff the brim-
stone and can realize how Arthur must
have felt If he sat there with the whole
of Worcester county occ.A/ ling the pews.
Arthur probably wasn't tickled to any
extent.
He was informed that cot bed made of
birthstone. with mattress lined with
live Goals that never burned out. was
awaiting him in the event of his dying
impenitent. According to references in
the sermon to the people. there must have
been a large number present. In fact,
in those DAYS, when prizefights. horse
races and even the smoking of tobacco
We're held to be sinful seeing a murderer
off on his last journey was about the
only sporting event of the times and the
people fiocked out in large numbers to see
tibet rap sprung and the victim drop.
This sermon was printed by kneeland
& Adams. of Boston. and the exact date
of it's delivery was October 20, 1853. The
pastor of the Old South church was evil
IDENTIFY an expert at this sort of preach
ing, for he was in great demand, and
there are the bodies of murderers buried
in the Green Hill district, one Of them
woman. to whom he preached in the
open air in Worcester toward the close of
the last century.-Worcest Spy.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-09-18

make any discrimination whatever. He
draws the line nowhere between the COM
binations of capital that are to be de-
stroyed as monopolies, and those which
are to be tolerated and encouraged. This
is the most difficult point involved in the
trust problem, and Mr. Bryan's speech
shows plainly that he has encountered it.
After having censured the Inter Noun
tain for finding weakness in Mr.. Bryan,
in the really remarkable efforts put forth
by that distinguished gentleman to find
some paramount issue for 1900 other than
free coinage, it is regrettable to note that
the Standard itself has at last discovered
weakness in it's popular favorite. 1t
appears that the colonel was too weak,
probably as the result of overexertlon in
a political way, to draw line between
those combinations that ought to be de-
stroyed and those that ought to be enu
couraged-in other words, those that a
fellow belongs to and those that he
doesn't. The Standard should give the
colonel a chance to get his second wind,
so to speak, and with little encourage
ment he may be induced to set his stakes
and run the line to it's complete satisfac-
ton. Besides, the constitutional amend
ment in any event is long way off.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-09-18
NATURE'S DANGER SIGNAL.

Mildew is one of the danger signals tina
nature hangs out. Whenever and waer
Daily inter mountain., 1899-09-18
ENCL/SHMEN AND THE TRANS WAL.

The weakness which led the Butte
Miner to take sides with President Kru-
| ger in the Transvaal troubles to the ex
! tent of msrepresenting the attitude of
the British government and the causes
which impel it to action, again leads it
to make the remarkable statement that
the Inter Mountain is supporting what it
is pleased to designate as the English
| Tories" while it, on the other hand,
wants to be understood as favoring the
Liberal Party The Miner then pro-
ceeds to argue the case, from the prem
ises assumed, giving it local coloring in
| the following words:
The Miner publishes Mr.. Stead's views
upon the African crisis in order that the
English Liberals in Butte may under
stand about where their party stands on
the question and to check, If possible, the
attempt of the Inter Mountain to stam-
pede the whole works, upper and lower,
| into the Tory party.
| This is the first intimation that has
reached the Inter Mountain to the eff
feet that resident Englishmen in Butte
are divided on the Transvaal question
between "Tores" and Liberals" 1t is
fair to assume that resident Englishmen.
who are not Liberals and Tories as the
Miner sees fit to classify them, but AM
erican citizens, differ in their views as
to the merits and demerts Of the trouble
brewing in the Transvaal, just as other
people do, their opinions being determin-
ed in the matter by what they consider
the weight of evidence. 1t is certainly
unfair to American citizens, who hap
pened to be born under foreign flag.
to classify them as members of political
i factions that exist in their mother
/ country, and thus accredit them with
basng their opinions on such affiliations
rather than on the merits of any inter-
national problem that may be in issue.
The Inter Mountain does not represent
England, or any political element in thai
country, in expressing it's views as to the
trouble in the Transvaal. 1t merely
reaches conclusion as to the right anG
the wrong of the situation, based on the
facts involved in the controversy, anc
this conclusion accredits Great Britain
with acting along the recognized lines
of justice and humanity in it's dealings
with the Boer republic. It is to be hoped
that the Miner may take up the PROPOSE
tions in controversy, and discuss them II
DETAIL that it may be finally convinced
that England has SO comported itself il
this affair as to challenge the final ap
| of
Daily inter mountain., 1899-09-18
of that party.
Hence. the process

u tHdl party. Hence, the process Oh
agreeing upon compromise measures has
been going on with considcrab BILE rapidity.
despite the high-sounding declarations
of 1896 that the silver question would re-
main the paramount issue "until settled
and settled right" With scarcely an ex-
ception the democratic leaders have pub
licly assented to a course of procedure in
the next national convention that will
recognize bimetallism in a general way
only. leaving the free coinage ratio
stranded upon the shores of the past.
Such is the position in which the DEM
ocracy finds itself to-day 1t is an atti-
tude in which the party's treachery to
the white metal can neither be disguised
nor condoned. In the light Of all this,
it ill-becomes the local democratic press
to cast reflections upon the sincerity of
other political organizations which as
sisted the democracy in 1896, in the mis-
taken belief that it had undertaken an
honest and uncompromising warfare for
the rights of silver and the hopes of it's
advocates and friends.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-09-18
cOcKRAN'S POLITICAL STATUS.

AS Bourke Cochran is one of the emil
a constituency in speaking on the trust
question, and may be heard from in the
campaign of next year. it is we'll that his
political status be defined at the present
time. In opposing Bryan in 1896, Mr..
Cochran did not leave the democracy, to
which he still processes allegiance, and
become a republican, but he was and is
a gold democrat-a representative of that
wing Of his party with which the Bryan
men are now attempting to effect q CON-
promise on the basis of laying aside the
free coinage ratio of 16 to /. 31
Cochran is an ardent free trader and
sees in the democratic attitude on the
tariff question the only real solution of
the trust problem. 1t is folly for any of
our local contemporaries to place Cock
ran in the republican column, as some of
them have done. when he SO persistently
upon its adoption as the one way out of
the difficulties which the trusts i'm
pose. His position on this question may
be regarded as foreshadowng an effort
on the part of eastern democrats to make
the tariff prominent issue in 1900. The
democratic party has often declared that
protective tariff laws made monopoly a
possibility, and Cochran is more consist
ent in his utterances on this point than
is Colonel Bryan. who is not willing to
concede that free trade will correct the
evil
Daily inter mountain., 1899-09-18
A BOER DELICACY.

Ihis is Boer delicacy. A great square
silce is cut off a loaf made of coarse un-
slfted meal, and covered with a thick lay
er OF jam-preferably strawberry. A row
OF sardines Is then placed on top, and the
OIL from the sardine box is literally
poured over the whole.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-09-18
THE WALNUT CROP.

The English walnut is said to be the
most profitable of all nut-bearing trees.
When in full bearing they will yield about
300 pounds of nuts to the tree. The nut
sells on an average at about eight cents
per pound. If only q trees are planted
on an acre the income would be about
$675.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-09-18

ever It is visible, be on your guard. It
means calamity to all organic life. The
only remedy is unlimited fresh air and
SunShineS,
Daily inter mountain., 1899-09-18
WHY THEY STAY SANE.

1t is said that married men are less
liable to become insane than bachelors.
Thats because they are no longer almost
crazy to get a wife.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-09-18
A SWEET BREATH.

The breath may be sweetened by a
SIMPLE mouth wash of chrystal perman-
ganate OF potash in tumblerful of wa
ter.
Daily inter mountain., 1899-09-18
A REDHoT SERMON.

Henry NJ. Clemence, the auctiOneer. In
the course Of his business dealings with
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-10
INQUIRER" ANSWERED.

In answer to Inquirer" we will say
that James Monroe was President OF
the United States for two terms, from
March !. 1917, to March 4. 1925: was
g United States Senator from Virginia
from 1870 to 1894: Minister TO France
May, 1884 having been appointed by
Washington; was Governor of Virginia
In 1883: was appointed envoy cXtraor-
binary to France by Thomas Jefferson
In 1902. and in 1903 was sent to Lon
don 10 succeed Rufus King In 1905
was sent on Diplomatic errand to
Spain, returning to the United States in
1905; was elected Governor of Virginia
again In ISL. and in the same year re-
signed to become Secretary OF state
under President Madison. He was born
April 2Sth 175S in Westmoreland coun-
ty. Va.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-10
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Norfo.i County Selects Mr.. e. Finley
Cromwell as Ferry Appraiser.

Norfo.t County Selects Mr.. e. Finley
Cromwell as Ferry Appraiser.
The Board of Supervisors held a
special meeting yesterday afternoon,
with the following members present:
G. r. Nimmo. chairman; John A. Codd,
VIM. S. Johnson, L. NJ. Tilley, j. c.
Lynch and George Wood
The clerk stated that the meeting
was called FOR the purpose of consider
ing the acceptance OF the ferry lease
n report was read from the Ferry
Committee. recommending the accept
nnce of the bid of II. l.. Maynard and
others for the ferry.
MIR. Codd moved shat the bid be ac-
cepted and the motion was adopted.
MIR. Codd moved that all checks ten
dered for the purpose of bidding on
the ferry be returned except that of
Ill. l.. Maynard and others. Adopted.
All ricr ely approved bills were al
lowed.
Mr.. T. J. Wool appeared before the
board and asked that different persons
be appointed to appraise the property
mat Will be turned over to the lessees,
from those appointed to apDraisn the
property for Gill & Thomas. No action.
"A petition from the residents of
QueeH street extended TO have that por-
tion OF the county put in Il better SAM,
tary condition was read.
~ petition was received from tho rosi
dents of Oakdale. asking that some ac-
tlon be taken to put that growing part
Oh the county in a better condition.
and that they be given two electric
lights for that section.
Both petitions were referred to the
ROAD Board with request that they
take some action in the matter.
The Almshouse Committee asked nor
mission to hold a conferences with tho
board privately. '''e
a recess was taken for n short while
ana then the board took up the mat
ter of appointing appraiser. After
some discussion MIR. l.. Finley Crom-
well was appointed for both the Gill
Inomas and the Maynard appraise-
ment, and was instructed to a,,,,,i,>,
such expert assistance as he NAV deo,1,
necessary.
The board adjourned until the reru-
lar meeting in April.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-10
ANOTHER GREAT sTTccEss

The show Of the Gibson Girl. and d.
Vcrs others, proved TO be n great at
traction. 1t was repeated to another
large audience last night in the hon
room Of the ravy yard. and was enjoy
cd in the highest sense. The generous
applause given Is but one OF many CYL
dcnces of the high estimation In which
me efforts Of the ladies' at the head OF
THIS charitable entertainment IS held nv
the ladies' and gentlemen who have had
opportunity 10 appreciate the energy
ana good taste expended In bringing
TO such successful issue this bright
series of tableaux.
1t will be repeated again by the Ia =
dies. Due notice Of tho time Will be
given through these columns.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-10
w. A. FIELDS F1JNERAr.

Yesterday afternoon. ut o'clock. ut
the residence OF his daughter, Mrs.
Kate Roach. on Randolph street.
brighton. the funeral of Mr.. w. A.
Fields took place. the Rev. 7. w. Mitch
ell, or South Street Baptist Church,
conducting the services.
Representatives of the three Odd
Fellows Lodges OF the city were pres
ent. tin decreased being II ruer1ter of
the order In Petersburg.
After the services the remains were
conveyed to the Norfolk and Western
depot for shipment to Petersburg.
Messrs. Charles w. King and S. T..
Neville. of Tidewater Lodge. were COM
missioner to escort the body to It's last
resting place.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-10
OUR JUNIOR MINSTREL TROUPE
Portsmouths Young America to Rep
resent Old Africa To- Might

Portsmouth'6 Young America to Rep
resent Old Africa Tonight.
This evening at o'clock, at the res
idence of Mr. Calvin Carney, 407 Cliff
ford street, the Portsmouth Junior
Minstrel Troupe, an organization of
young men from 13 to II years of age,
Will their first perfermance-Tffc
entertainment is in two parts. and con-
sists of all the latest and most popular
comic and sentimental songs of the
day. together with new jokes. dances
and tableaux.
THE PROGRAM.
Overture ..........M Miss Pearl Dewdrop
Grand Opening Chorus Get
Your Moneys Worth. Troupe
Solo-"Just AS the Sun Went
Down .......... Jasper Johnson
Conundrums Observation-Disclosures. Troupe
Quartette THE Old Oaken
Bucket"-Uncle Ned, Jasper
Johnson, NIickie Yellow Jo-
siah Wilson.
Hi. Xxi. lie (comical sketches) 80.
.......... ......... James Henry
Chorus-"S Sporting SAL" Troupe
Duet-"All Spaniards Look Alike
To Me"-James Henry and
Jack limit
Grand Finale OF Part -
America" Dixie" THE Star
Spangled Banner"
L
the World"
Grand Rag Time Serenade. 49,.
.................The Rag Time Band
AT Georgia Camp Meeting"...
..':........... ............. Chorus
Skirt Dance and Song.
Miss Hannah Brown
Conundrums ...................Com Company
Solo-"Old Uncle Ned. .....
BY Old Uncle Ned
You'll Get All OATS n Coming
TO I on .................... Chorus
Solo-"Natural Born Reacher"
Solo-'Therc's Only One and Dat
Aint You"-Dora Deans and
Jasper Johnson.
Solo-"Hesitate. Mr.. Niger Hes
itate" ...........R ag-Time Jimmie
re, ZizZie. &c Zum Zum" Chorus
Grand Cake Walk = Uncle Ned
and Miss Hananh Brown;
Jack limit and Lizzie Jones'
presentation of the Cake)
Honey, You're the Warmest Girl
III 1oNh ............ Cnorus
Finale. Spectacular TableauS
Musical Direc tor-Prof. p. Muskrat.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-10
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Lieutenant Commander N. e. Niles,
detached from the torpedo station and
ordered to the Massachusetts as execu-
tive officer.
Lieutenant Commander ]. r. Sell
iriuse. ordered to duty in connection
with the Second Lighthouse District
30th. = -
Lieutenant Commander S. Schroeder
detached from the Massachusetts and
ordered home on April 1.
Commander L. S. Houston, ordered
10th. II
Commander H. C. o. Colby. detached
as Inspector in charge of the Second
Lighthouse District and ordered to the
Concord.
Lieutenant Commander w. H. Ever
ett' detached from command Of the
Michigan and ordered to command the
Iris.
Commander Asa Walker, detached
from command of the Concord AND
ordered home and placed on waiting
orders.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-10
THE MONITOR AMpH1rR1TE.
HurHburs of the Crew Tell Why She
Remains Here So Long

McnTburs of the Crew Feff Why She
Remains Here So Long.
The Virgnian- Pilot several DAYS ago
published the fact that the monitor
-Amphitrite was here. and while her
destination was known nothing as to
her continuous stay in these waters
could be ascertained. But 1t is out at
last, the following story being given
to the press by members of the crew.
who say with reverence that they are
here By special act of providence
and how near they are right the fol-
lowing will attest:
The Amphitrite, say they left Boston
on Friday. February the 2ith and had
not proceeded very far before il was
discovered that parts OF the machinery,
overhauled at the Boston navy ward
had been adjusted in an improper and
unworkmanlke manner. The neces-
sary REIMBURSEMENT OF the same was
made and the monitor kept on her
way down the coast until off Sandy
Hook. where she put in out of rough
weather. 1t was while anchored there
that what might have proven a disas-
trous explosion was narrowly aver;ed
by machinist accidentally discovering
mat the pipes leading from the evapor-
ators. where salt water is condensed
through the bilge TO the boilers were
leaking. Had the discovery been made
thirty minutes later, it is said. there
would have been great destruction and
loss of human life. The bige was
found in flooded condition. and from
all appearances the water intended for
the boilers had been wasting for pos
sibly forty-eight hours through the
ilange joints in the pipes. which Bos-
ton workmen. it is said. failed TO pro-
perly rivet. Since the Amphitrite has
been here six or seven boiler makers
from the Portsmouth (Va) navy yard
as we'll as the three on the monitor
have been constantly at work OH her
Two machinists from the navy yard
have also been making repairs upon
her in their line Of work. Boston work.
manship. as can be here CLEANED, is not
of the kind 10 he proud of. is what
some or the crew OF the Amphitrite
think and say.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-10
"A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Mr. Luther w. Hall Loses a Portion
of His Right Arm.


of His Right Arm.
Yesterday afternoon two young men,
MeSsrs. Luther w. Hall and Harry
Moreland, went hunting. They drove
10 farm near Getty's Station, in the
county, and were nearing their object
I'VE point when Mr.. Hall saw bird
at which he desired to get a shot.
He grasped his gun and jumped out
Oh the vehicle, but in doing this he
tripped, and In falling threw his right
arm over the end of the gun barrel, the
strain on the other arm causing a
pressure Of the fingers covering the
trigger and an explosion.
HIS companion, Mr.. Moreland, at
once set about getting Mr.. Hall home,
ana approached one man, whom he
asked to assist him, but met with a
fiat refusal.
The young men did the best they
could to reach the city, but on account
of the serious condition OF Hairs arm
their progress was slow, until they met
MI. S. b. Carney, Jr., who rendered
valuable assistance, bringing the in
Jured man, who is now suffering ex-
crutiating agony, to the city. He was
taken to the office of DR.. Hatton, and
from there to the residence of his
mother, Mrs. VIM. Hall, at No. 70S
High street.
Drs. V. G. Culpepper. Hatton and
Holiday saw Mr.. Hall and decided
tnat .amputation was necessary, and
this was Immediately performed, the
young man standing the ordeal with
wonderful fortitude.
The wound was on the right arm,
about midway between the wrist and
elbow. and the flesh was horribly tori,
and the bone badly shattered, the hand
hanging by mere threads of nesh.
The young gentleman has many SYM
pathizers. He is u most dutirul and
obcdient son, and his mother is pros
trated by the very serious accident
which MANNED her son for life He is
a brother OF Messrs. Fl rry and Willie
Hail. and Is sixteen years of age.