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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02
BLANCO SOUGHT SUNKEN GOLD.



Mysterious movements among the
Spanish vessels in Havana Harbor at
night for weeks before the evacuation
finally attracted public attention, and
it is now explained that q force of
skilled marine divers, in charge of q
brother of the inventor Of the Peral.
were actively at work vainly en-
deavoring to recover certain treas
ure that is said to be buried
deep in the mud of the bay,
the very existence of which had until
quite recently been forgotten. It's
value, so it is said, runs up into the
millions of douoloons, and it has lain
hidden in the wreckage of a Spanish
warship sunk by British shells whilst
the English were besieging the city in
1862.
This treasure ship was the Sober
ano, of seventy guns, aboard Of which,
as the flagship of the local Spanish
Admiral, all the Kings treasure,
church funds, and much private
wealth, precious jewels and money,
were loaded shortly after the siege be-
gan. The Soberano, in attempting to
force its way out of port, was struck
by shell from one of the blockading
squadron outside and blown up in the
inner channel at point nearly oppo-
site the present custom house.
Should this long-lost treasure be
recovered it will be used, Spanish
officers say, to pay off Blanco's troops
and defray their expenses home to
Spain.
The Bishop of Havana is accredited
with having called tho Captain en-
erals attention to an old chart in the
musty archives of the Government in
Havana, examination of which con-
vinced Blanco that the treasure was
so great as to merit serious attempt
to recover it before the Spanish flag
was hauled down.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02
WAITING WOMEN.

He went to the war in the morning
The roll of the drums could be heard,
But he paused at the gate with his mother
For kiss and n comforting word.
He was full OF the dreams and ambitions
That youth is SO ready to weave,
And proud of the clank of his saber
And the chevrons of gold on his sleeve.
He came from the war in the evening
The meadows were sprinkled with snow,
The drums and the bugles were silent,
And the steps Of tho soldiers were slow.
He was wrapped In the flag of his country
When thev laid him away in the mold,
With the gllttering stars of captain
Replacing the chevrons OF gold
With the heroes who sleep on the hillside
He lies with flag on his head,
But, blind with the years of her weeping,
His mother yet mourns for her dead.
The soldiers who fall in the battle
May feel but moment OF pain,
But the women who wait in the home
stehds
Must dwell with the ghosts Of the slain.
-Minna Irving, In Boston Pilot.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02
Pianos Hard Journey,

Ex-Governor Alexander R. Shepherd
is twelve-millionaire, resident of
Batopilas, Mexico, and several years
ago he went to a wonderful lot OF
trouble to procure a piano for the
musical education of his family.
Batopilas is a mining town in the
innermost recesses of the Sierra
Madre mountains, and principal mines
are owned and opera ed by Mr.. Shep-
haad. The piano was shipped from
New York to Chihuahua in boxes,
where the different pieces were placed
on the backs of burros and carried to
Batopilas, over the rough mountains, a
distance of $50 miles. The house
from whom the piano was purchased
sent an expert along to set up the in
strument again when Batopilas was
reached. 1t is said that this piano
cost Governor Shepherd over $4,000
before it was finally installed in his
house.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02
WISE WORDS.

Read much, but not many books.
Grace thou thy house, and let not
that grace thee.
He that falls in love with hi14-oif
will have no rivals.
Keep your eyes wide open before
marriage, half shut afterward.
Buy what rnou hast no need of, and
e'er long thou shalt sell thy neces-
saries.
Proclaim not all thou knowest, all
thou owest, all thou hast, nor all thou
canst.
There are three faithful friends, an
old wife. an old dog, and ready
money.
No longer virtuous, no longer free,
is maxim as true with regard to a
private person as commonwealth.
Great beauty, great strength, and
great riches are really and truly of no
great use; right heart exceeds all.
If you would not be forgotten as
soon as you are dead and rotten,
either write things worth reading, or
do things worth the writing.-Poor
Richards Almanack.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02

You find in many parts of Spain
blue-eyed and fair-haired women, and
we have in Mexico specimens of these
hereditary daughters of the invading
Goths, who have brought down to our
times, in their eyes, the memory of
blue summer seas beneath shorelands
icebound in the long winters And
the fair hair is common, too, and
somehow one never gets over the feel
ing, in listening to the soft Spanish
coming from the lips of a blue-eyed
and light haired woman, that she has,
perhaps, learned it as foreigner in
her early youth. But no; she is as
much a Spaniard as the women whose
eyes reveal the descent from the Moor
or the Carthaginian, or as she who
has the strong profile of the Roman
conquerer.
A fair woman is called in Spanish
''una guerra" pronounced "oonah
gwayrah, or else ''una rubia. " Both
terms are common. Among a race
where the dark skin prevails, to be
fair is a mark of beauty, and one often
hears people speaking of some lady
in terms of praise as ''la guerra. To
call baby fair" is to capture the
heart of the mother. A fair complex
ioned man is ''un guero," ''oon gway-
roh. ."-Correspondence IN New YORK
Sun
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02
Power That We Waste.

"It is strange how much dynamic
force we throw into all our movements,
remarked physician of this city. "We
think we are moving gently and de-
liberately, but we are really wasting
enough power to run an ,engine. Sit
down on a chair that is an inch lower
than you expected and you come near
going through the seat. It's the same
when one encounters any unautici-
pated obstacle. The other day one of
my patients attempted to light cigar
and in carrying the match to the weed
he struck his knuckles against door
jam and broke his index finger. Not
long ago I was called to attend lady
who had miscalculated the height of
the bottom step in descending flight
stairs. She thought it was similar to
the others, but it was only half as high,
and the result was that she landed on
the pavement with q jar that sprained
her knee. She was laid up for a
couple of weeks. On one occasion [
was myself knocked almost senseless
by humping my head against rafter
in the basement of this building. I
could have sworn that / was moving
along very cautiously, because it was
quite dark, but nearly fractured my
skull, and still have the sore as SOU
venir. The moral is to go slow. -
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02
King Huinbert's Shooting

Not long ago King Humbert sur
passed Victor EmmanuePs achieve
ments as hunter of the stambecco.
Now at Ameris, near Cuneo, the royal
party has killed seventy chamois in
one day, of which ffty-one fell to King
Humbert's rifle. The old mountain
eers declare that such an occurrence
has only happened once before, when
King Victor Emmanuel, in the same
Valley of Ameris, killed forty-four
chamois. King Humbert has, there
fore, broken the chamois record also.
After spending some days in trout fish
ing in the mountain torrents the King
will return to Turin. While staying
in the mountains King Humbert holds
an open lair reception for the mountain
GERS in front of the church after mass
on Sundays and many banknote finds
its way from the royal pocket to the
hands of the villagers during the re-
ception. Rome correspondence of the
London Post.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02
NO. "A,
MRS. TOMMY ATKINS.
Only Limited Number of British PrI-
Yates Permitted to Marry.


The question of permission to marry
is burning one in the barrack-room.
Only limited number of men are al
lowed to marry, the strength of the
roll varying with the establishment OF
the corps; sergeants are given permis-
sion to marry as matter of course, if
there is vacancy in the establish
ment, but no soldier is allowed to en-
ter the blessed state unless he has
seven years service, $25 in the saw
ings bank, and two good conduct
badges. I have heard it said that
there is such thing as borrowing the
$25 till the necessary permission has
been obtained, but there is no getting
over the other two conditions. The
married quarters seem comfortable
enough; what strikes US most is the
enormous number of babies and quite
young children who swarm round the
door OF every quarter, occasional yells
leading to the hasty arrival of a flushed
and heated-looking matron to restore
order in summary fashion. The al
lowance of space does not strike one
as particularly liberal, soldiers with
small families being given only one
room with the minutest possible
scullery, the fathers of larger families
rejoicing in an extra room. Sergeants,
as rule, have two rooms, but other
wise have no pull over their comrades
of lower rank. The wives of the
private soldiers add largely to the
scanty pay of their husbands by doing
washing for the men of their hus-
bands company, and twice blessed is
the woman whose good man belongs
to a company having few married sol
diers. In this case she will be able
to get more to do than her less fortu-
nate sisters. Some of the women who
have reputation as washerwomen
earn plenty of money by washing for
the officers OF the regiment. The SOL
dier's wife seems to drift naturally
into being a washer-woman. A little
conversation with the ladies is lib
eral education in esprit de corps; each
woman thoroughly identifies herself
with the regiment to which her hus-
band belongs; and even in these days
of short service it is not difficult to
find women whose fathers and grand
le hers have soldiered in bygone days
under the tattered colors now hang
ing IN the sacred precints Of the Off
ners mess. The lo''-s Of tile wei.
men as a rule
the wei n .-Ir humber 9i-teNsi
! frequently vlsitine them in tbeis aua.-
ters, and giving more than tLem sym
pathy at one of those crises which oc
cur so frequently in the married
block, and generally lean ultimately
to the object of their solicitude apply
ing for extra accommodation, owing
to an unauthorized addition to the
strength of the battalion. From $50
cial Life in the British Army" by
British Officer in Harper's Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02
He Had No Choice.

The wife of dynamo tender went
to haberdasher to buy necktie for
her husband. She selected brilliant
red one, ready made, whereupon the
young and inexperienced salesman,
with compassion for tho future owner
was moved to remark:
''Excuse me, missus, is this tie for
your husband?"
"It is" replied the woman.
"Don't you think he'd rather have
other color? I'm afraid he won't wear
this red tie"
ooh, yes, he will" said the woman,
firmly, ''hell have to-he's dead. -
Electrical Review.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02
An Odd Vacation.

Captain Wellby, "a young English
cavalry officer, recently spent fur
Tough in trudging 2000 miles through
Tibet, from Leb to Pekin. For four-
teen weeks he aud his party did not
meet a single human being, and rarely
saw any vegetation higher than wild
onion. They crossed one pass which
was 5000 feet in height, and for a
long time their food consisted only OF
yak fat.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02
A Curious Boiler.

The boiler of cleverly CONSTRUCTED
small working engine, is quarter
pound coffee tin; the wheels, quarter
and half-pound tin lids; the chimney,
an umbrella top; the steam pipe, an
India rubber tube; and other parts
consist of a knitting needle, bicycle
spoke, piece of brass lamp, some
gas piping, a cartridge end and the
screw stopper of an oil tin.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02

''Butcher, do many people com
plain of your tough meat?"
"No'm after my customers has bin
a-eatin' my meat while they don't
know tender steak when they gifts
it. it."-Detroit Free Press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02

RUE, he WASH It
really what i s
known in mill
tary parlance as
a substitute, but
I always regarded
him as such. A
notice was tackled
up at the foot of
the steps leading
to the little hall
in Kingston. The
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02

There is an alarming increase of
blindness in Rus in. The statistics
gives the total number of blind in the
white ears empire as 1872 700, j. e.,
one out of every 800 inhabitants is
blind.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02

may be movable, as, for instance, when
carried by vessels floating in the air
Oh by ships at sea-"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02
MY SUBSTITUTE
BY EDGAR WHITE.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-06

Continue. oa Page SIX.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-02-17

Geo. Wilcox. formerly resident of Cor
unna, died at his home in San Diego, CAL,
on Monday, aged II years. He was a
brother of ex. Senator Marcus Wilcox.
Harvey Martin, one of the leading
farmers of Venice township for many years,
died at his home in Vernon on Monday.
Jacob Nicholson died at his home In
Venice on Sunday. aged SO years. He had
resided In the township over Az years.
Corunna Journal: Some of our people
are not aware of the fact that CO-unna was
represented in the recent victorious battles
at Manila, but such is the case. Ralph
Eyeleth, son of Alderman Erwin Eveleth Is
a member Of Co. @, 1st Washington (state)
Volunteers. His company and regiment
took an active part In the fight and lost q
number of men and quite few wounded.
We are pleased to say that thus far Ralph
has escaped injury, and we all hope he will
live to return home and relate his expert
ence among the Filipinos.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-02-17


Mrs. y. r. Hoyt returned to Owo,so on
Saturday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. c. Achard were In Sag
NAV, Tuesday.
Born, son on Saturday to Rev. and
Mrs. c. K. Hill.
f. b. Richardson, clerk at w. 8. Hunts.
Is on the sick list.
Mrs. Ray Sargent, of Lansing, is visiting
relatives In the city.
r. w. Crawford was In Grand Rapids
Tuesday on business.
Editor Q. G. Vaughan, of st. Johns, was
in the city on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Lewis. Of Saginaw,
were In the city yesterday.
Clayton w. Loring was home from Lans-
ing for Sunday and Monday.
w. L. Grove returned Tuesday evening
from business trip to Detroit.
Mrs. @. ID. Stewart has returned from a
visit with her parents In Adrian.
Mrs. ID. M. Tillman. of Byron, was in
the city Saturday calling on friends.
Postmaster Frank Westcott, of Vernon,
shook hands with Owosso friends Monday.
A. T. Hollis attended the state meeting
of master plumbers held IN Detroit Wed
nesday.
j. M. Bryson, of Battle Creek, was in
the city over Sunday, guest at d. M.
Estey's.
e. G. Bacon. the hustliRg secretary of
the Castree & Shaw Co., spent Wednesday
In Detroit.
Warren Stuart returned to Toledo Mon
day after few days visit with his parents
in this city.
Miss Bessie Galusha attended the funeral
of her friend, Miss Edith Marsh, at Fenton
on Tuesday.
Miss Rose Forger left Monday morning
for Grand Rapids to enter the convent of the
Sisters of St Dominic.
Mrs. e. r. Hutchins, of Chicago, is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. l.. A. Gould, and
other relatives in the city.
4. o. Dewey attended the annual meet
ing of the Michigan Press Association held
In Lansing Tuesday and Wednesday.
A. l.. Keif has been in Detroit since
Tuesday attending the sessions of the
National Merchant Tailors Association.
Mr.. and Mrs, G. T. Campbell spent Tues
day afternoon in Lansng-the former
visiting the legislature and the latter
friends. &
Rev. Carlos ii. Hanks, Of GAINESVILLE,
Ohio, recently called to the pastorate of the
Congregational church, spent last night in
the city.
Attorneys F. "a. Watson and Odell Chap
man were in Flint Tuesday, attending
justice court suit growing out of the Calkins
railroad case.
Mrs. Wanna Mcconnell, of POtterville,
Eaton county, is visiting her uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Marshall, OF
WOodlawn avenue.
Supt X. L. Austin expects 10 leave on
Monday for Columbus, Ohio, TO attend the
annual meeting of the National Superin-
tendents' Association.
Mrs. Minnie Marvin, of Saginaw, who
is here in the interest of the l.. o. t. M.
lodge. is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. K. M.
Miller, Goodhue street.
Hon. II. s. Hadsall, T. j. HOrsman and
). S. Miner spent Tuesday afternoon in
Lansing, doing business and taking in the
session of the house of representatives to
hear the discussion on the Cheever Atkin-
son bill.
Judge Turner and daughter, Miss Nellie,
went to Greenvile, Wednesday, to attend
the funeral of Mrs. q. G. Ellsworth, sister
in.law of the former. Mrs. Ellsworth was
very prominent worker in the State mis-
sionary societies connected with the Congre'
gatioDal church.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-02-17

BUREAU OF CIVIL SERVICE INSTRUCTION.
1913 Fifth ST., N. e., Washington d. 6.
We aid those who want to secure posi-.
ton in the Civil Service Department $4,000
positions filled through the Civil Service
by examination War creates demand tor
large Increase of employees.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-02-17
THE OWOSSO TIMES.

Entered at the Postofice IN Owosso for
transmission as second -class matter.
Published everv Friday noon.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-23
DE MULES'S HEIR.
Father of the Turquoise King Re-
siding In New York Will Inherit
the Estate,


siding In New York Will Inherit
the Estate.
A. ]. DeMules, the Turquoise king
of the Jarillss," murdered November
% by Mexican, was buried in this
city.
Saturday the body was exhumed and
shipped to WATERFOWL, New York,
where the father of the deceased re-
sides.
Concerning the relatives of the late
Turquoise king" the Rio Grande Re-
publican says:
"James Curran, accompanied by
Henry Eneleigh. arrived last week
from their home in Dexter. New York,
and registered at the Rio Grande,
leaving Thursday morning for Ell Paso
accompanied by Attorney Bonham.
These gentlemen will visit DeMules's
properties Din the Jicarillas and
other points where DeMules was
interested. Mr.. Curran brings
with him power of attorney from
W. T. DeMules, father of the deceas-
ed, Amos J. DeMules, and heir of his
estate, Amos DeMules's mother hav-
ing died when he was but four years of
age, leaving thres children, two sons
and one daughter. The remaining son
lives in Minnesote and the daughter
now resides in Hastings, Nebraska.
sit is reported that De Mules left
several thousand dollars in bark in Ell
Paso. which will undoubtedly be turn
ed over as soon as claims against the
estate are settled. It is also stated
that Amos De Mules spent most of all
the money he made from his valuable
mining properties in developiog other
properties, which will leave to his
father quite fortune, even after all
claims are paid. His turquois mines
are the most valuable of all his mining
properties"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-23
Sparks From The Engine.

A new engine from the Bald win
works is due to arrive shortly for E P.
& N. E.
M. E. Stewart, assistant cashier a
the Santa Fe depot, is sick with pneut
monia.
Nine car loads of stock came in over
the Sierra Madre line Saturday and
were transferred to the Santa Fe.
The 9O8 was turned out of the back
chop Of the G. II. Saturday looking
fine. She received a thorough over
hauling.
A car OF stock came in over the San
ia Fe Saturday at noon and was trans
ferred to the Mexican Central late the
same evening.
Yesterday was a very dull day in
railroad circles. Few freights were
moved and passenger traffic was un-
usually light.
Mrs. VIM. Biepbant, wife of En-
gineer Bisphant, of the Santa Fe ar
rived from San Marcial this morning
ever the Santa Fe.
F. P. Morgan has been appointed
general live stock agent of the Pecos
Valley & Northeastern railway com
pany, with headquarters at Eddy, N.
NJ.
g. S. Sutton, auditor of freight re-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-23
The Trouble At Solomonvllle.

Geo. Scarborough arrived in Solo
knoxville last Thursday with warrant
from the Stat of Texas, for the arrest
of the man Williams whom Scarbo-
rough shot and wounded about the first
of last December in the Eagle Creek
country. Scarborough presented the
warrant for Williams in the hands of
Sheriff Clark with the request that it
be served. - So
Sheriff Clark telegraphed his de-
putty, JohnsSelman, at Geronimo to ar
rest Williams and bring him to Solo,
knoxville. Selman replied by wire
that he had arrested Williams, but that
his prisoner was sick and not able to
travel. but that he would bring him to
the county seat the next day.
Sheriff Clark and Scarborough went
to Geronimo on Friday, but Williams
was not there having made his escape
sheriff that during the evening be was
called away from the prisoner only for
a few moments and when he returned
Williams had disappeared.
Deputy Selman Is con of John
Selman, who =, was killed by Scar
borough in Ell Paso several years ago.
During the day at Geronimo Selman
and Scarborough had some angry and
ugly words which might have resulted
in some trouble between them, had not
Sheriff Clark promptly interfered.
However, there was nothing so ex-
citing as the report published in an Ell
Paso paper would indicate.
The warrant from Texas for Will
liams is said to be based on q charge
OF stealipga horse eleven years ago.
Sheriff Clark still has the warrant
which will proba bly, be served later on
-Solomonville Ariz., Bulletin.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-23
The Ravages of Grip.

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Store.