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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-12-02

'@"''''ohH Answered.
partment; '''' VIC
l. The date Of Andrew Jackson's visit
to the capital of Mississippi. also ne
date Of Henry Clay's visit?
= We're the Chickasaw school lapds
leased for ninety-nine years or sold ont.
right? '''
D. The names Of representatives in
congress from 1890, with dates2
l. Gen, Andrew Jackson. by invita-
ton OF the Legislature, visited the copi.
TAI as the guest Of the State, and the
ceremony attendant upon his reception
TOOK place in front Of the capitol on
Saturday morning, January Is, 1870
The visit Of Henry Clay was in the
spring of 1874; not now able to state
the precise date.
= Inc Chlckasaw school lands were
not leased for ninety-nine years. When
sold, the sale is outright
.. Our representatives in congress
from 1890 to date, are;
lhomas g. Catchings- to March g. 1901.
James Il. Morgan-lssi to March 3. 1891
Johh NJ. Allen-lSSt to March 3. 1901.
Nhapihdh L. Anderson-lssi to March g. Isqi
Iuoihas H. htockdale-l5s5 TO March3 lsl3
clarke Lewls-lsss to March 3, 1888.
John G kyle-ts9O to March g. lslg
j. H. Beeman-ls90 to March Isg,
John 5 WIllams-Is9O to March 3. 1901
water NJ Denny-ls9i to March 3, 1896
James O. Spencer-ls94 TO March g. 1896
william v suilIyan-lS95 to May %. 1888.
Andre" +. FoN-ls96 to March 3, 1901.
william T. Loye-lso6 to October 10. 1898.
fatlck Henry-ls96 to March 3. 1901.
Thomas SpIght-July g. ls9s. to March g 1901
f. a. McLain-Dec. 8, 1888 to March 3. 1901.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-12-02

issue bonds for the cree
|sa. ~, building for the white
la,s, G = citizens joined with
d, ,n u ipetitioning the city coun-
sreti.lee The old institute"
su Tor the good It has done.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-12-02

The enemy showed thegrcatest stub
bonness and must have suffered
greatly Twenty were buried. It is
known that 81 were killed and IS
wounded. More than so horses were
found dead in one place. One battery
fired 500 rounds.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-12-02
ANOTHER DESPERATE BATTLE.
LORD hcthuen Again EnEages the
h"ers opposinE Ills March Ia the
Keller Of Kimberly

London Nov 20, This afternoon tho
war Office posted the following dis
poich, dated Cape Town. l2.20 p. IN.
today from Gen, Forestipr-WalEer:
Opposed bs a Hods OF noers.
lord Mcthuen reports that he
moved yesterday Saturday at $3.50 a.
M, with the Ninth brigade. The mount
ed CORPS, the naval brigade and two
batteries, The guards following with
the baggage Near Gus Pan about
ten miles north of Belmont ON the rail.
way line to Kimberly $500 Beers with
sN guns and two machine guns, op-
posed him. The action began at ..
a. m,
The Fighting Was Desperate.
Our batteries fired shrapnel very ac-
curately till the heights seemed clear.
Then the naval brigade and infantry
advanced to the assault The fighting
was desperate until 10 a m, when the
heights were carried. The Beers re-
treated on the line. where the Ninth
Iancers were placed to intercept them.
The result was not known at the time
OF tclcgraphng. The artillery took
immediate advantage of the enemy's
retirement.
@"II"ntry of the Naval Brigade.
EARLY in the action 400 Beers at
tackled our rear guard. The brigade Of
guards met this and also protected the
ailnks. The naval brigade acted with
the greatest gallantry and suffered
heavily, but no particulars are vet
known.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-12-02
Honorable Mention.

Our force must halt one day at
Gros Pan 10 rest and repleuish ann
munition The force worked splendid
ly and is prepared to overcome many
difficulties. The naval brigade, Tia,
Royal marines, the light infantry and
the first battalion of the North Lam
coshire regiment especially distin-
guished themselves.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-12-02

carries the largest stock of Furniture any house in he Delta
Their stock this year surpasses all previous years Christmas
comforts that cost but little money.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-12-02

" ralsers should be the most lib
'a0Scrloers to the cotton mills.
4, u the product for export, the
twill be the price.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-21
au rtecrrie<' uoar

In a western city an ingenious cleo trician has sent out machine which he calls an electric goat. to carry away the sticks, paper and debris which gather in the city's streets. This is done by arms which reach out and take up whatever comes within
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-21
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Oregon Indians have curious names. Recently an Indian named Shot His Mother-in-Law signed a warrant of the treasury department, and other we'll known names are. Finds Them and Kills Them, Kills Over Beyond the Other, Hoop on Forehead, Rear Goes to Other Grounds, Crazy Sister-in-L Law, Points Gun in His Face, Got Many En- emies, Looks at the Ground, Steals on the Camp, Hears Every Way, Strikes on the Top of the Head, On Top of the House Sings in the Mountain, Bull Don't Fall Down, Does Many Good Things Kettle That Boils, Strikes at Night, Kills Coming to the Birds, Bird Tail That Rattles, Charges Madly on the Enemy, Gets Hold of the Dead, Knot Between the Eyes, Goes to Look at the Prisoner, and Sits in the Middle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-21
OYSTER FISHING IN FUTURE.
Submarine Boats will Make the BivaIve
 More Accessible.


 More Accessible.
 The submarine boat will revolution ize the oyster industry When in Ches- apeake bay cruising the old Argonaut frequently settled down on oyster beds and. with the permission of the owners, procured all the oysters desired by reaching down through the sea door. The new Argonaut can employ this method of gathering oysters, rising to the surface when her diving-room Is full, or send out divers, who can place the oysters collected in buckets or re- ceptacles, which those on the surface can haul up. When bays and rivers are frozen over and oystermen cannot ply their trade the Argonaut can go under the ice. Fishing can also be carried on easily on the bottom with nets, for the fish have no fear of the object they evidently consider whale, and swim from every direction toward the glare of the electric lights shining through the ports. Sponge fishing will engage the attention of the first suc- cessful submarine voyagers. Good sponges are becoming dearer, for the supply in shallow water is running short. The divers cannot go deeper than twenty-five feet, and the best sponges are found in deep water. To this deep water the Argonaut will go and, gathering the finest sponges, put them on the market at price no great CT than that paid for the common va- rieties. She will also try pearl fishing, now conducted at an enormous expense of life, for by a strange freak of na- ture pearl oysters are generally found in localities where bad weather pre- vails and hurricanes and typhoons are frequent. These the Argonaut, under the water, need not fear. and her div CTS, insead of gathering up the oysters by the single handful, can gather them by the bushel.-Lippineott'
 The Coming United States Census.
 It is not anticipated that the coming census will show more than 20 per cent increase in the population of the United States for the decade. Immi- grafton has been small compared with the previous ten years, and the birth rate is declining. The increase from 1870 to 1880 was over 30 per cent. Im- migration during the first half of the next decade was enormous, and yet the Porter census for 1890 showed an in- crease in the ten years of only 24.S per cent. H. T. NeWcomb, a statistieian of the agricultural department, estimates for next year population of "A, ,480 ,000, which would be an increase over 1890 of less than 19 per cent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-21
EARTH IS GETTING SMALLER.
At Least It's Peoples Are Coming Closer
 Together Every Day.

h
 Together Every Day.
 From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat One of the wonders of this marvellous age is the rapidity with which the re- mote quarters of the earth are being brought close together. According to the Russian minister of railroad, when Russia's new trans-Siberian railroad is finished the trip around the world can be made in thirty-three days. When Jules VefEe, just twenty-five years ago. sent the fictitious Phineas Fogg around the world in eighty days this exploit was deemed to be as near the absolutely impossible as at one time Puck's feat was of putting girdle round about the earth in forty min utes." Two American women travel ing in opposite directions, beat Foggs mythical exploit a few years ago. When the Russian railroad is built, however, the record of their journeys will, in the comparison, seem like the old stage coach and sailing vessel trav- els do today. With what incredulity would the navigators of century ago have looked at the forthcoming Rus sian time table. The remnant of the fleet with which Magellan left San Lu- car, in Spain, in 1519, returned to that port in 1522. Three years, lacking two weeks, were required for the circum- navigation of the earth. The first of the British world cirelers, Drake, who sailed halY century later, was as long making the distance. Cook, who made the journey century later than Drake, was two years ten months on the voy- age. n the century and a half be- tween Magellan and Cook the time of the world circuit has been shortened in only an imperceptible degree. There had been but little improvement in the speed of the ocean vessels since the days when Odysseus in his shallop, af- ter the Trojan war, started on his re- turn to lthica. No improvement of consequence. indeed, was made until the days when steam began to be ap- piled to ocean navigation and that was at such a comparatively recent date that on May 24, 1SI9, the day on which Victoria was born, the first steamboat which ever crossed the Atlantic start ed, leaving Savannah for Liverpool. and taking twenty-six days to make the voyage, which would now be made In less than six.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-21
ORIGIN OF THE DIAMOND.
In Explained by the Recent Discovery
 in Kimberly.

The origin of diamonds, which for so long has been debated question, appears to be explained by 8 recent discovery near Kimberly In both the Indian and the Brazilian diamond fields the gem occurs like pebble in certain gravelly strata, but has not been traced back to any rock that gives any indication of it's genesis. After the discovery of diamonds in the river sand on some South African riv- CTS, a peculiar material of 9 broWnish- buff color, which turned to a dark bluish tint, was found. It became harder as the miners dug down. The diamonds lay in this material, together with several other minerals, such as garnets. iron ores, augite, olivine, etc. EIcavations-begun unsystematically were eventually carried on on such scale that near Kimberly they have reached depth of more than 1,400 feet. Here the rock is about as hard as ordinary limestone. The blue ground is found only in limited areas The rocks around are of dark shales, banded with hard sandstone, in which sheets or dykes or basalt or some ma terial which was once in molten con- dition are occasionally found. The blue ground fills a sort of shaft of colossal size in these other rocks, and is itself cut up by similar dikes. The opinion of geologists differs as to whether the gems were produced where they now lie or have been formed of some older rock, which has been shat tered by volcanic explosions. 1t Is thought that the mystery has been at last cleared up. About two years ago the manager of a diamond mine near Kimberly picked up specimen in which smaller diamonds were appar ently embedded in a garnet This led to an investigation of various bowl ders, one of which was broken open and was found to contain diamonds. The rock is of the description known to mineralogists as 1eclogite. ; It is apparently composed almost exclusive ly of red garnet rock and a rather peculiar light green augite. The rock IS coarsely crystalline, and in all prob- ability was once like garnet in molt- en condition, the diamond being one of it's original constituents. Experts now tend to the belief that the "blue ground" in which diamonds were found is not their true birthplace. The powders are often water-marked, and may have rested for ages in an an- cient gravel at the very bottom of sedi- mentary rocks of the district In course of time volcanic explosions shattered the rocky floor in which the diamonds were embedded, of which the powders were only samples, and dis persed it, together with the overlying materials. It is believed that this is the true explanation of the formation of the diamondbearing "blue ground" Boston Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-21
Iron Mountain Holiday Rates,

c ristmas and New Year rates; One fare for the round trip within distance limit of POO miles. Dates of sale. Zee. 23 24. 25. 90 3l, and Jan 1, 1900. Final limit, Jan ?. 1900.
 Holiday excursion rates southeastern states-Dee 20. q and 9. Good 30 days Rates, one ffrst-class fare for the round trip,
 H. N. ATWOOD, A gent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-21
Cotton Belt B. lIetin. PINE BLUFF TO CHICAGO
Via Cotton Belt Route

Leave Pine Bluff 1.10 D. m. arrive Chicago, Il ;45 next day. Only one change; through sleepers.
 SOathern Educational Association, Mem phis, Tent essee, December 2Tth to 29th, 1899. Rate:-One fare plus s2.00 for round trip. Dates of sale Dee. &th and 26th, 1899. Re- turn init Jan. End 1900.
 Rational Live Stock Association, Fort Worth, Texas, January 10th to lsth 1900. Rtte one fair for the round trip. Dates of sale: Jan. f4th and 18th Return limit Tick cts will be good fer return leaving Fort Worth any day from Jan. F to 27th inclusive 1900.
 Chr stp7as and New Years Local Holiday Rates. 1sg9-1900. Rate. one fare for the round trip to points within distance of 200 miles of selling station. Minimum rate. 50c. Dates of sale, Dec. g. 24, g, 90, 3f, 1sga and January 1. Return limit, January ?, 1900.
 Xmas and New Years Holiday Rates be- tween Fordyee and stations north and Mem phis, Tenn. Rate, one fare for the round tip. Dates of sale Dec. g, 24. 25. 30 3fs 1899. and Januaryl l. Return limit. January }, 1900
 Christmas and New Years Holioay Rates 1s99- l900-Round trip rates to points on the st. l.. $. By. Co, Of Texas. within s- tance of 200 miles from Pine Bluff. Rate, Open rate Of one and one third fares for the round trip. Dates Of sa e: Dee. 9, 24, 25 26. 30, 31, andJan. 1. Return limit Jan. 5. 1900.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-21

Leave Pine Bluff D. m. arrive ChIcags f1:45 next day. Only one change; through sleepers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-21
Iunacy Increasing in Englana.

Lunacy shows an alarming growth in England. Statistics just published give 105, 086 as the total of certified lunatics, an increase of 3, ,114 over the preceding year. This is the greatest annual in- crease recorded by over 1000. The rate of recovery also shows backward movement, from 38.81 per cent to 36.87. Agricultural laborers provide the larg- est proportion of lunatics, attributable to low standard of life and the use of strong, cheap Indian teas. Clerks furnish the next greatest proportion of lunatics. Here also hard, wearing, un- derpaid work and insufficient food is the leading cause. It is contended that the increase in lunacy is more appar- ent than real, and is due chiefly to the law regulating the notification of lu- natics, but experts agree that the stress Of modern life is the prime factor in promoting lunacy.
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 They Can't Keep Secret.
 Mamma" Johnny. fear you were not at school yesterday"
 Johnny-"H'mi I know the teacher told you. A woman can never keep a secret Stray Stories.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-21

I OST-A small ladies' gold watch. Name l.. Edith engraued in watch. Lost on sixth between Tennessee and Main streets. Finder return watch to KaufmBn Bazaar Go. and receive reward. 53-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-21

We third Fall Trp this alone should
  houses good standing and bou ht
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-21
CHEAP M N

yIyANTED-A go q barber and an experi-s ! w enced lunch counter man. Apply ar1 Third Avenue Hotel, near Cotton BeltT sholS 40
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-21
A FIRST CLASS DRUG STORE

is boon to any community, where anything in the line of high grade toilet articles. rubber goods and sundries of all kinds can be found, and where physicians prescriptions and family recipes are compounded With sernpnlons care, and from pure fresh drugs Everyone in Pine Bluff khows that it can always be found at the
 Mann-I -IankeIslev Drug COnDanv
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-21
The Proverp Applied.

Indignant Citizen-oh, yes, you ar rest a few newsboys for shooting craps for pennies, but you let the big gam blers go unharmed-I almost said, un- touched. City Offieial-Have you never heard of the proverb about taking care Of the pennies and letting the dollars take care of themselves?-I Indianapolis Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
COMPROMISE ON BOULEVARD
Force in City Engineers Office Is Now
at work on Plans of Com
struction.

The only point that has stood in the way
Of constructing a boulevard from Hanscom
park to Twenty-seventh and Burt streets
has been compromised. This was in connec-
ton with the route of the parkway between
Dodge and Harvey streets. City Engineer
Rosewater insisted that for drainage and
sewer purpose the boulevard should follow
Thirty-tirst street at the lowest point Of
the ravine. If this plan is followed arch
ways will have TO be constructed beneath
Dodge, Farnam and Harvey streets. There
were DIRECTORS to this scheme on account
Of the cost, and these insisted that the
boulevard should run along the side of the
ravine east OF Thirty-frst so as TO cross
Dodge, FaTnam and Harvey on the grade of
these streets.
Enough land will be condemned that
either scheme may be employed. Inas-
much as the city will not have money avail
able to build a~rchways under the streets
mentioned, it will first build a boulevard on
the r%avine's side to the eastward. II 1t is
considered advisable in the future to
abandon this route and tunnel the streets, II
can be done whenever the necessary money
is available.
With this difficulty out OF the way the
force in the city engineers office is now at
work upon the plans of the boulevard. The
ordinance declaring the necessity of CON
demning the required land will be approved
by the Board Of Park Commissioners in time
to permit It to be introduced at next Tues
days council meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
RATS ROB A MONEY DRAWER
In the Course of Two Years They
steal About One
Dollars in Bills.

An explanation Of a mystery involving
sums OF money missing from a TIL at reg
ular intervals during a period OF two years
was discovered yesterday, generating a
number Of men suspected OF theft.
Two years ago James Douglass, proprietor
OF a saloon at 2O3 North Sixteenth street,
began to miss money from his TIL in the
wall fixtures behind his bar. Suspecting
the bartender OF taking the cash he or
dered his discharge. Nevertheless money
continued to be taken from the till from
time to time, and employe after employe
was discharged on suspicion without check
ing the leak. The thieves seemed to have
a preference for g%reenbacks and bank bills
and a system Of marks was devised, but It
furnished no clew to the identity Of those
who spirited the cash away.
Yesterday when workmen were engaged
in lowering the floor OF the building they
stumbled across a rats nest between the
wall and the joists. Two big rats scam
pered away when the boards were taken
up, but in the nest they left four tiny rat
lets costly nestled in fragments Of bank
notes in heaps so large it made the work
mems eyes bulge out.
1t is probable that no other baby rats
were ever reared in such costly surround
ings as these little fluffy puff balls OF
rodents, which tried to hide their heads
under chewed corners of s. and $40 bills
to escape the gaze Of inquisitive workmen.
Douglass threw the rats in a tub OF water
and began to put together the fragments.
The pieces were small and it is doubtful II
any of them can ever be used. 1t Is esti-
mated that over 500 was used in lining
the nest. One silver dollar was found IN
II in addition m the bills.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

A local branch OF the American Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Physical Edu-
cation will be instituted in one OF the Board
of Education committee rooms in the city
hall next Saturday afternoon. The society
will be organized, officers will be elected and
a plan OF campaign will be mapped OUT.
Athletic Director Barnes OF the Young Mems
Christian association, Physical Director
Hastings OF the State university and Prof.
Bernstein Of the High school are especially
interested in the scheme.
The association is a national organization
OF some years growth. II has state branches
under which societies in cities and towns
are organized. The Nebraska association
was formed last year, The objects are set
forth in its name, the work being done
among school children especially.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
BOUND FOR PHILIPPINES
Twenty-First Infantry Passes
Through Omaha OF the Way
to san Francisco,

There we're lively times at the union depot
yesterday during the period the milf
tary trains were passing through the city.
The first section of the train bearing the
Twenty-hrst infantry on its way to the Pa
cifc coast arrived over the Northwestern az
about 1870 and left half an hour later over
the Union Pacific. 1t was followed by the
second and third sections, each Of the three
being unusually long trains Of tourist Sleep
ers. The total number OF men carried was
l,4OO, and when the trains stopped at the
depot the soldiers overran the platforms.
Tue regiment is in command of Colonel
Jacob Kline. The only other field officer
with the regiment on its trip across the con-
tinent is Major william II. Boyle. The
headquarters and band were on the last Sec.
ton of the train. The adjutant OF the regi-
ment is Captain c. NJ. Truitt, and the quar-
termaster is Captain Lawrence j. Hearn.
The Twenty first took part in the battles
in Cuba. 1t was in the advance and lost q
large number Of men. Upon its return home
the recruits who Joined at the beginning OF
the war were discharged and their places
filled by others. The larger portion of the
regime has been recruited during the last
two months. Al a whole they are a fine
appearing body Of men and a credit to the
service.
Several years ago this regiment was sta
toned at Fort Sidney, but previous to the
outbreak Of the Spanish war and suose-
ouently thereto until 1t started on Its pres
ent trip it was located at Plattsourgh Bar
racks, y. Y.
The trains were delayed in Council Bluffs
for an hour while the men were supplied
with coffee, and when they reached this side
of the river they were furnished with three
DAYS rations Of bread.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
BRICK BUILDING WALLS
Amended Ordinance is in Preparn-
ton by Building Inspec-
tor Butler.

Building Inspector Butler is preparing an
amended ordinance governing the construc-
ton OF brick buildings in the city. The
principal change will consist in permitting
eight-inch upper walls in light brick build
ings of two stories or two and one-half
stories in height. Under the present ordi-
nance the walls must be at least twelve
inches in thickness. Inspector Butler con-
sidernd eight-inch walls sufficiently strong
and the council is apparently of the same
opinion, as it has granted special permits
for such construction. Other large cities are
satisfied with the narrower width.
Tue new ordinance will also be ready for
anybody who wants to build sky-scrapers In
the city. The present ordinance does not
AK the width of walls of buildings over seven
stories in height, while the new one fur
nishes specifications for walls OF twelve
story structures.