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insanity in the Lower Animals.

Insanity in the Lower Animals.
 Darwin declared that insanity vas
 not pecdliar tos human beings, and as-
 serted thatother animals often become insane. According to pr. Snelison. the
 lower animals, without exception, at
 times labor under .delusions like those
 of insane human beings. They work
 themselves into d frenzy of insanity,
 and this is applicable to birds, seats.
 dogs, monkeys. cattle and horses. Mr.
 Richard Kearton gives instances of
 birds developing forms of insanity.
 Razor bills, he says, are somewhat shy
 birds, and yet on one occasion when
 250 Dutch f1shing-boats landed at tho
 capital of the Shetlands, in order to
 hold their annual feast before start
 ing summer herring-catching and the place was literally crowded, a razor
 bill came in from sea, and began to cut such odd capers within a dozen yards of the crowded esplanade as made everybody who saw it wonder. Some of the onlookers said that they had never seen bird act in such a fashion. and that '.it must be mad . He also instances form of mental aber- ration in a young cider duck.
 Youthful Master of Finance.
 One of the cadets of northwestern military academy, but who lives in Chicago, has convinced his father that he is destined to brilliant business career It is all owing to letter that the young man wrote a short time ago. It appears that the father had prom ised the boy he should have any sort of a watch he wanted at the close of the present school term. Nothing more was heard about the watcf antil the father received a letter that ran about like this: Dear Father:-T have been looking at watches lately and have decided that the kind I want will cost you about $350 As a watch Of this value is hardly of the sort for boy of 15 to carry, and as I will not need watch till after 1 leave school, ] wish to make this suggestion: Prob ably you are hard up and do not wish to spend $350 for watch at this time. Four years from now, when leave school, watches will be cheaper, and it is likely that you can then buy the same watch for $150. Now the interest on $350 for four years Simple inter est-1 am willing to let you have the benefit of the compound at 6 per cent will be $84. If you will send me the $84 now you need not buy the watch till after I leave school. In this way you will have the use of the $266 for four years, and at the end of that time the watch will only eostyoa $50; $50 plus $84 is $234, or SIG less than what the watch will cost you now. So, you see, by this plan you will make a clear profit on this transaction of $116. Your loving son. EDDY"
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Growth of Russian Marine.

Because of the growth of Russian commerce by sea, a company for the classification of ships has been formed on the model of the British IIoyds and the French Bureau Veritas.
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Quite Likely.

Rawson--Didn't see you on ina beach last night with one of those giddy soubrettes? Butts-Very likely. l had my grandmother out for a stroll sn the evening.
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Iron Mountain Rates.

St. Louis Fair, St Louis, Mo-, Oct. to {. For this occasion the Iron. Mtn. Ky. will sell tickets to St. Louis and return at one fare S11 6l. Tickets on sale Oct. to G. inclusive Limit for return Oct.9,
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Versihed Excuses.

"Bill Blue of Number Two, ' the en- gineer who made a rhymed report of an accident-as told in a recent Com panion-reminds a correspondent of a freight conductor who dropped into poetry when his own train was in trouble. Number Eight is the fast est east-bound train on one of the great trunk lines. Nothing is more an moving to the authorities of the road than to have this train delayed. even for five minutes, by inferior trains. But it happened that it was once de- tained for fifteen minutes at Friend ship, N. Y, little town on the Ale gheny division, by west-bound freight The delay was, of course. re- ported by the conductor of Number Eight to the superintendent at Hcr~ nellsYille, and the superintendent. lm- mediately telegraphed the guilty freight conductor, asking why the flyer had been detained. The freight conductor, wag with a turn for rhyme, sent back the following re- ply:
 TAo wind was high, the steam was
 low;
 The train was heavy, and hard to tow: The coal was poor; twas mostly
 slate
 Hence the detention of Number Eight.
 But the conductors "poem" did not save him from doing penanee-ten days off duty, without pay
 That Game of Golf.
 Last Saturday man missed a drive at golf and smashed tLe young lady who stood behind him in the mouth and knocked out all her front teeth. and then when she was being rapidIv driven to the doctors by another man. the horse ran away and upset her and broke the mans leg and severely in- jured her besides. as an Irishman would say. Happening on Saturday as it did, this has nothing to do with the great Sunday golf question now rag ing in Boston. It does prove. how ever, in a showy and dramatic way. what true golftes have always con- tended, the importance of learning to hit the ball.--New York Commercial 45-,A-+ia0S
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Family of Musical Tastes,

Harper's Bazar: A gentleman of de- cided and highly cultivated musical tastes, wishing to change his residence. advertised for rooms in "a private fam fly fond of music" The next mall brought him the following reply: Dear Sir:-I think we could accom- modate you with rooms, and as for music one of my daughters plays the parlor organ and gittar; another one plays the accordeon and banjo; I play cornet and fiddle; my wife biays the harmonica, and my son the flute. We all sing and if you are a good tenner singing you would fit right in when we get to singing gospel hymns evenings, for none of us sing tenner. Or if you play the base vial we have one right here in the house. If you want music as well as board we could accommodate you and there would be no extra charge for it."
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COSTLY CAKES.

Four thousand five hundred dollars was the cost of the cake provided at the wedding of John Jacob Astor to Miss Willing of Philadelphia.
 The wedding cake provided on the marriage of the Princess Louise with the Duke Of Fife was also made by the queens own confectioner; it weighed 136 pounds and was nearly six feet high.
 The Princess Beatrice's wedding cake was worth $1,500. It weighed 500 pounds, was nine feet high and five .eet around. Six months it took for modelling the ornaments, among which were 1,800 sprays of sugared leaves of ivy, roses, clematis, honeysuekle and other plants. It was made in the royal kitchen and was sent to Osborne in a special van. twelve men lifting 1t.
 A leading firm made an enormous cake for presentation to Queen Vic toria on the occasion of her jubilee. It measured nine feet six inches around, ten feet high, and weighed over a quar- ter of ton, without any ornaments. A cake sent to Dr. Behrend by the congregation in Brooklyn upon his b0th birthday was a valuable one, for the top was ornamented with $500 in gold coins.
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DGN/C CURED with vegetable EHHE EB1> W Remedies Have cured DNOE oH many thousand cases
 qa1lpd hanafaaz Tx %aw

days at least two thirds of all symptoms remov. ed Testimonials and TEN DAYS treatnen free
 px. E. H. GREENS SONS. Box K. Atlanta. Ga.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29
ALARGE CARGO OF TREASURE.
valuable Cargo of Bullion and Pre-
ciOus Ores Brought by the
Steamer Colon.

San Francisco, july 22.-The Pacific
Mali Co.'S steamer Colon, just arrived
from Panama and way ports, brought
the largest consignment of treasure
that has come from Central America
in some time. 1t came in the form of
concentrates, silver ore, slugs, bars,
Peruvian soles and Mexican eagles. In
the consignment there were lO,4s&
soles. worth about $1,000; so cases of
Mexican eagles, valued at 100000; 43
bars of silver, vauled at S32,S43; one
bar of gold. valued at $3.50; one bar of
gold and silver, valued at $500; ~
sacks of silver slugs, valued at $4,000,
and 400 bags of concentrates and l49
bags of silver ore.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29
INDICTMENT OF MoLINEUx.
counsel Tor the Accused Wants IA
'" Inspect the Grand jury Min-
utcs BEFORE Pleading.

New York, July o2 Roland b. Noli,
ncuN, who was Indicted. Tbursdp, for
The second Time for the murder of
Mrs. Kate j, Adams, was taken 10 the
court OF general sessions to be- arrnipn,
'd Tor pleading before judge Bluu.
'hard' Before the pleading could be-
ulaut, Mr., Weeks, of counsel for the
defendant, asked for permission 20 in,
Sp''l the minutes of the grand Jury.
district Attorney Gardiner objected }
me granting of the application. He
Soid that the defendant was not en-
'lllrd to an inspection of the minutes,
as he could have had hearing before
a magistrate and had refused
Mr. Weeks replied that his client did
not accept an examination before the
magistrate because Justice Fursman
stated that the ease would have 10 90
10 the grand jury, n" matter what dis
position was made of il by the magis.
trate
lie continued:
I'VE ask for an inspection Of the
minutes because information has come
To MS that II" evidence presented to
the grand Jun embodies that which
Justice Williams declared, in his de-
ciSion dismissinr the first Indictment,
10 have been Illegal"
District Attorney Gardiner said he
thought that formal notice of the APP.
pIication should be made. Judge Blan-
chard aSscnted, ana Mr. Weeks was
given until next Tuesday to prepare
his motion.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29
HON W. H. SEWARD.

fng at Attu island day is breaking
the Maine forests.
'u' Alaska has proven the tru,-. of
le'ary Stewards predictions. and
Today paid for itself many times
n And yet the wonderful resources
ms land of snow and ice are but be
nng to be developed. One of the
lgs that Secretary Seward saw in
sAa was its furs. Up to the pres
lme the fur companies have taken
u the territory a little over S33, 000,-
worth OF seal skins. and have paid
me treasury of the United States
SoO.u,OOO in royalties. The seal
rapidly dying off. but il will still
many years before the industry in
SAa Is entirely dead. and the gov
uellt will receive many more mil
p rom this source. From this
'ce OF revenue there is still $780,
III dispute, large part of which
government will receive in time.
Pa''leS on furs have more than paid
purchase price of Alaska.
"e annual value of the whale fish
Sol Alaska has to be estimated. but
Pe'ent Judges place it at not less
S-'00O'OOO nj the present time, and
-i''e the total since the cession of
'e'rItory at more than S20,0OO,O00.
VI inns has gone directly into the
'nl'eht treasury. but il has all
II ~ enrich the American people.
''SAaE fisheries, exclusive of whales
'ea'S are estimated to have turned
product valued al more than sos
" since the territory was ceded
y VI this amount that of salmon
'''S have exceeded $4,000. 900.
a'e Today yielding close to $4,000
year all of which is going into
,''can pockets.
N'' the mineral resources of Alaska
onnot even be estimated with any
vi accuracy. Every vessel re-
Is rom the Yukon district is
smg INTO the western ports thou-
-, VI dollars worth of the yellow
n, IN 1897 more than S15.00O,oD0
VI gold was taken out Of the
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29
VALUABLE DISCOVERY.
Mrs. SickIcs Finds Method of Recti-
flying Corn OLA Substitute for
olive Oil.

A new and interesting discovery has
been made for the use of Nebraska dirt.
\ woman in Dawes county, Nebr
has discovered a method for rectitylng
Indian maize corn, making ii valuable
substitute for olive oil. 1t is not gener-
ally known that under the new milling
process the kernel is degermed before
manufacture into -four or meal or other
food products. This little germ, con
tanning the life properties of the corn
kernel, also contains rancid OIL that
tants and gives an unwholesome flavor
TO corn food products when not re-
moved. The crude oil is thus thrown
onto the corn mllers in large quantt-
ties, and until this discovery they have
had no method for successfully treat
ing, hence it was yalueless because OF
its rancid nature.
Mrs. Emma c. Sickles, now attending
the Domestic Science laboratory in
Washington city, discovered a way to
treat il with the soil off her farm.
After several months time she applied
for a patent. which was granted few
DAYS ago. since which she has closed
contracts with several doWn-east corn
milling concerns for the use of the SOIL
in car lots 10 be used in the treatment
of the crude oil. The patentee says the
soil can be used quite as successfully
in the beet sugar factories for the treat
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29

territory and agnin last wear half of
inns amount was dug out Of those
mountains aud frozen streams which
a New York congressman wouId have
hod the president pay Si,200,000 to some
European power 10 take oil our hands.
Unlike Secretary Seward. that gentle.
man could see nothing of value In the
great territory which Russia sold IN
us for mere song.
Since the opening of the Trcadwen
NINE one of the largest aud most yau-
able gold mines of the world. il has
paid in dividends 10 its stockholders
close to S5,000,00O, and its owners are
digging out of Alaska S2,50U,00O year.
which in itself would pay a good rate
lot interest ON the purchase price of
the entire territory.
What the next ten years viii see in
Alaska is hard to estimate. but that
the territory gives promise of bocom.
ing of much greater importance than
it is to-day none will deny. Aside
from the resources which are now
showing such wonderful developments,
there are others which have as vet
hardly been touched, Its agriculture
and its timber offer opportunities for
riches that will in time be the won
der of the world.
While we think of it as a land of cold
and ice. yet the winters in parts of the
territory are mider than those of the
northern states. While it is not an
ideal agricultural district, YET parts OF
it offer as many advantages for agri.
culture as are found in northern Scot.
land or Norway, and recent expert.
ments Of the nnricmItural dennrtmant
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29
ATTU ISLAND, ALASKA.

have demonstrated that it is not the
great cold, barren wilderness that it
is supposed to be- Even as far northas
Circle City, Dawson and the towns
along the Yukon river men have found
it profitable to engage in agricultural
pursuits.
Alaska has entered upon an era of
prosperity. Like the growth of our
western towns, it started with a boom
from which there was a certain amount
of recoil, but the prosperity is there
to stay, and in time this land that was
so heartily despised only 30 years ago,
will be one OF the valuable portions of
American territory.
BERNHARD BRISTOL.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29

Lexington, Ky, July 22.-Petitions
are in circulation in this county and
city calling for a mass-meetlng OF
democrats who oppose L. NJ. Goebel's
election as governor. \ meeting has
been called for Saturday, july %, at ?
d. m. The petitions set forth that the
sipuers do not consider the action OF
the Louisville convention binding on
rhem as democrats. This meeting is
claimed to be in consonance with a
General movement in neighboring
counties on the part of the free silver
democrats.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29
persisted IN THE FLAMES.
Two, and Probably Four, Lives Lost
in Fire That Destroyed Part
of Vulcan, Col.

Denver, Col, July ga special to
the Times from Gunnison, Col, says:
Fire destroyed a portion of the town
of Vulcan. The Vulcan hotel, run by
Peter Dolan, was totally destroyed.
Doan, his wife and two children es-
capped, but two boys persisted in the
flames. Two strangers were supposed
to be asleep in the hotel, and at the
time the courier left for Gunnison with
the news, it was believed that they
also persisted.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29

David Rankin, of Tarko, Mo, is one
of the richest farmers in the world,
made his beginning with no other
capital than horse. This he sold for
$50. invested the money in calves and
bought an SO-acre farm. He is now,
at the age of "a, tall, athletic and raw
boned, with gray hair and beard and
keen blue eyes. He owns $4,000 acres of
land, worth from $50 to 500 an acre.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29
PERIODS OF
SUFFERING
GIVE PLACE
TOPERIODS
OFJOY

died. The doctor even gave me up and
wonders how / ever lived
81 wrote for Mrs. Pinkham' 8 advice
at Lynn, Mass. and took her medicine
and began TO get we'll. l took several
bottles Of the Compound and used the
Sanative Wash and can truly say that
l am cured You would hardly know
me, am feeling and looking so well
Lydia Z Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound made me what | am .-MEs.
j. +. STRETCH, 46l MECHANIC ST.
CAMDEN. NJ.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29

Detroit. Mich, July 22.-Straight five
cent fares were inaugurated on the old
street railway lines, excepting during
the morning and evening hours, in
which "workingmcns tickets are sold
ut eight for a quarter. The universal
transfer privilege between all lines of
all companies continues.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29

IurN Secretary Seward pro-
n posed to purchase Alaska he
~ was met by a storm of ridi-
oply in this country, but from
.,ons of the world. Diplomats,
4 Jams and the common people felt
y, ,,ouId be as wise to bury n trihc
- ooO 600 at the north pole as to
,,r the purchase of Alaska. The
n oypunse of territory belonging
I'm in North America was looked
as n land of icebergS and snow,
to,en rivers and Improbable noun
no,ks out of which it would be
siblr 10 secure any adequate re-
for the money invested in its pur-
n 10 say nothing of its mainte-
b.
4, secretary Seward thought differ
4 lie realized that this frozen
Inland presented great possibilities.
joubtful if he considered the pos
NV of the territory becoming a fac
IN the production of the worlds
but he did see the advantages it
III TO our fishing, whale and seal
l.tries. and in these alone Alaska
|mlly verified the expectations of
secretary.
great was Stewards desire to ac-
l. thc territory of Russian America
when the Russian minister at
Ibiprton announced to him the
Iprness of the Russian emperor to
he lost no time in completing his
Of the negotiations. On the even
Of March 20, 1867, Secretary Sew
was playing whist at his home in
.b,prtou when the Russian minis
called and announced that he had
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29

DR.. Clarence Anderson, of Prince
ton, Ky, died at the residence of his
father. in Hopl>insyiIle. DR.. Andersen
was one of the, most prominent physi-
clans in his vicinity. \ month ago his
wife died. and since then he had fail
ed in health. manifesting i desire to
follow her to the grave.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29

During violent thunder storm that
passed over Christian county, Ky,
lightning struck a herd of thorough
bred shorthorn cattle belonging to eN-
Congressman John d. Clardy, killing
the registered bull Bobby Byinxton.
the finest animal of its kind in south
ern Kentucky, and several valuable
heifers Great damages are reported
from every section.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29
How Mrs. Brown Wa, Helped.

81 must tell you that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
more for me than any doctor.
Il was troubled with irregular
menstruation. Last summer I began
the use of your Vegetable Compound,
and after taking two bottles, l have
been regular every month since, l
recommend your medicine TO all
Mrs. MAGGIE A. Brown, WEST PIT.
PLEASANT, n. J.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29

Fnolishman-I don't see that you
t,,o much reason TO criticise our
hereditary aristocracy while you SUP
NIT 10 your political bosses -,
American Wen. in this country the
..arIo NJ least select their masters.
...rrue and they make some remark
ably poor selections. -BrooAlyn Liz
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29

Near Bankstone in Fayette county,
Ala. live a widow, Mrs. Mary Rogers,
and her handsome young daughter,
who claim to have been aroused dur
ing the night by party of young men
and severely whipped.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29
Two Miners Smothered.

Joplin. Mo-, July 21.-Cal. Jarvis and
CIaib Quinn were smothered to DEATH
and Frank Colemeyer was probably
fatally injured at the Ethel mine here
today. the roof falling in on them. All
were miners
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29

The war department makes swoer-
ing denial OF statements in varions
papers that confederate graves in Ar
ligtun and other cemeteries are in 4
neglected condition. The care-takCrs
OF these cemeteries are men u little
sentiment. Their instructions are to
keep everything in order, and they do
so without distinction. If some &C the
names of buried confederates arS not
given on the stones, the same is true
of a like proportion of The Union cad.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29

"Whv don't you Begin inquired the
excited prize-fght patron.
"The poIice!" said the manager
hoarsely.
u don't see any here. You're NOT
afraid Of them, are you.
Not afraid Why, they'd never lot
,-i,.o mel started this show up before
they rot here. They want to see the
,,.hoIa business Washington star.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29

in uterus oyarles
were affected and
had leucorrhma
] had my children
very fast and il
leftme very weak
A year ago ! was
taken with food
ing and almost
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29

Los Angeles, Cal, July 22.-Seere-
tory of the Interior James Wilson had
not arrived in Los Angeles when the
American forestry convention was cali
ed TO order, Thursday. Abbott Kinney
presided at the meeting.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29

There is strong talk in Bonham,
Tex. of building a cotton factory. \
public meeting will be held in the near
future to determine wnat action Will
be taken in the matter.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29
INVENTED FOR THE cYcLIsT,

To prevent bicycle wheels from
throwing mud and water on the riders
back new device Is formed of twoar
pivotod on the rear axle 10 support a
small roller 10 a position 10 take up the
mud before il can be thrown of.
For use Ia dischurpIug puucturc-clos-
ing compounds into bicycle tires new
receptacle is fitted with sliding bot
tom, which is pushed in after the noz-
zle Is attached TO the valve, thus fore
ing the heavy liquid into the tire,
In new bicycle chain adjustment
the hub is carried by plate sliding in a
slot Ia the rear fork, with screw bolt
headed Ia one side Of the plate and
running through a fixed hug on the side
Of the fork to draw the plate IN either
direction.
The lower brace on the chain side of
a new bicycle frame is used as a gear
case, the single tube being replaced by
fiat casing, with channels formed at
the top and bottom 10 cover the chain
and heads at either end, which sur
round the sprocket wheels,
In a newly designed bicycle lamp the
oil holder is of tubular shape, with
clamps to attach it to the lower tube Of
the frame, just buck Of the head, the
wick tube extending out at right an
giles to carry the burner and reflector.
which can be tilted at any desired an
gle.
An improved automatic bicycle
pump is clampcd directly to the center
of the hub. with a lever at one end
which engages an adjustable screw at
every revolution of the wheel to oper
ate a piston and force the air into the
tire. the head Of the screw being within
reach of the rider without dismouut
ing.