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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-22
Death Of Mr. John Burnett.

Surrounded by his children Mr..
John Burnett passed peacefully
away Yesterday afternoon, after
long, useful and busy life. MIR.
Burnett, who was in his S2nd yesr
suffered a stroke Of paralysis
about four years ago and since
that time he has been an invalid,
confined to his room. His chill
dren are Mrs. j. j Lum and
Mr.. MIR. Amos Burnett, of this
city; Mrs. Morgan, Of Nashville;
Mrs. VIM. Parker, of Port Glib
son; John and Abe Burnett, of
Greenville and VIM. Burnett Of
Nashville. -Vicksburg Herald.
Mr.. Burnett, whose death is re-
corded in the above notice, was
an old and honored citizen Of
Claiborne county, and his death
will be regretted by many friends
in this and other counties through
out the western part OF the state.
His sons, Messrs. A. X. and John
Burnett, left Greenville for Vioks-
burg on Saturday, when they
we're informed that the end of
heir fathers life was approach
ng. The ZINES begs to be per-
nitted to add its expressions of
to those of their num-
.rous friends in GreenviIle.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-22
The Purlst.


st looks like rain.
81 beg your pardon.
Il say it looks like lain.
'Wbat does y
"The-the weather"
"The weather, my dear sir, is a
condition. Rain is water in the
act Of falling from the clouds. 1t
is impossible that they should
look alike"
"What | mean was that the sky
looked like rain"
Equally impossible. The SKY
is the blue vault above us-the
seeming arch or dome that we
mistakenly call the heavens, 1t
does not resemble falling water IN
the least"
''Well, then, if you are so thw-
deringIy particular, it looks as II
it would rain.
CAS- if whatwould rain =
'EThe weather, of course.
"The weather, as before stated
being a condition, cannot ram
"The clouds, then, blame you
"Ah! Here it comes | have
taken so much time in talking to.
YOU that | shall get wet to the
skin before | can reach yonder
street car. Good day
Calling after him 4 may not
know as much about it as you do
but Eve got sense enough to come
in out of it, and you haven't
Chicago Tribune.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-22
What Keeps The South Poor.

The Picay this morning
prints letter from its staI corr
Yes ponaent, Mr.. Hargrove, at
Boston, on the vast wealth Of
Massachusetts, created by manu-
faCtures, and his showing is enor-
mously instructive to people who
have the eye to see and the lntelli-
gence to understand.
The great wealth of Massachu-
settS is 20 times greater than that of
Louisiana, and is all due to man
featuring. Louisiana is 5 times
I" big as Massachusetts and has
oaly one-half the population. The
ahle MAY be said Of the relative
populations of Massachusetts and
Mississippi
massachusetts, has, by the last
census, over 30 cities ranging
each 'inpopdlation from $1,000 to
$4,000, J Louisiana has one single
'iH With dpophlation OF. $1,000
and over, while Mississippi has not
one In Louisiana, 10 per cent of
The people are engaged IN manu-
@Ctures and so per cent in agri-
culture. In Massachusetts, 10
per cent of the people are employ
tu In agriculture and so per cent
! 10 manufacturing. Massachusetts |
naS neither coal, iron, timber,
cotton, raw hides nor wool of Its /
OWnproduction. 1t buys these
articles from other States, man
fractures them and sells them
OSck to the producers at Il big
profit.
a pound of raw cotton is worth
cents; when made into fabrics,
'lat pound is worth from - cents
70 a dollar. Massachusetts has
''oOO,OOO spindles and spins one
million ! and a quarter bales OF
southern cotton to sell back to
Tue South. The South hews the
wood and draw The water; it does
'ue drudgery OF producing raw ma
'efial for the North to manufac
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-22
The Many headed in Carroll.

"The fact that Senator Money
refused to participate in the pri-
mary in Carroll, declining TO vote
- his home box in Carrollton, i'i
tbe seyerest condemnation that
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-22
Bargain in stove Wood.

We will sell Il limited amount
of sound hickory stove wood cut
twelve or sixteen inches long in
carload lots at S2.25 per cord of
$500 pounds, f. o. b. Southern
Railway. Greenville, Miss.
Address, q. '. hEAGAN,
Winona, Miss.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-22

the vIctors and am the yanquls.I-
ed. What IS the result ae-
cept the situation IN good talth'
and pledge my hearty support u
%El Ihe'r oalloI"aIeS VINO SI''''' ,1
"ooIareu lhe holLIuee'. "o' oi'IS
speak Tor mySeII, o"I loI my many
NOBLE ana Nshly IIIenoS' VINO
cllhg to me IN oeleaI WIN " 10Y
atty that anects me more oeePIy
tnan all the re7oonaIn2 cS'o-7 anu III,
orllIlant victories Oh I-e past. 10
them l owe " oeov OIL SIa''luue
l cannot nope 10 repay an" IneLr
discontinue gives me lar more
concern 'han my own Inc con
ISOLATION OF a glorious past ana I
oo'y wen PeIIotHleo' Is 'L'c''
victory even III ueledI' 1oI H"N
if can be said for the first time.
~
InaI lle DOilNaI uelhocIaCS II
SuDreme and that the day of the
potter Is gone IoTeNeI'
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-22
BARBECUE.

Carriola, Ark, July Is, 1899,
The GREENvILLE TINEs:-
For the benefit of many of your
subscribers who usually attend
our annual barbecue, given under
the auspices Of the Masonic and
X. of p. lodges, the same will be
given on July 26th, 1899. All
are cordially invited. A short
notice in your paper will be ap-
preciated.
Yours Respectfully,
2. II. FORD, Chairman.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-22
The 6rasshopner PLAQUE

Some most alarming report.
come from the Delta, inregard tC
the ravagos of the grasshopperS.
They are deyOuring corn, cotton,
oats, nGllet, peas, etc, by the
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-22
SUBSCRIPTION $500 PER ANNUM
Greenyille, Miss, July 10, 1899
Messrs. lreys & Stone,
Greenyille.
GreenyilIe.

| am very much Obliged to you
for the prompt and fair settle
ment of the damage to my stock
Of goods, caused by the fire Of
July 2nd. 1899, and insured under
policy No. 2277 Home Insurance
Co., Of New York. Every one
shoulu appreciate Il policy from
your agency. Yours truly,
PETER DUSKAS.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-22

Table Oil Cloth, Is cents a yard.
RACKET STORE.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-22

We must sell out because the Star Shoe Store will building Au
building We
s
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-06-14
A Model Town.

'Three miles from nowhere, in lit
tie backwoods village over in North
Carolina the other day, found the one
town in the world where everybody
works, and no loafing Is permitted"
said well-known travelling salesman.
I'm this hamlet there's no idleness that
Is not voluntary or vicious, and this
privilege is not allowed even to the
wandering Willie out of job. On a
sign at the postofiice in Beechland Is
this injunction. from which there Is no
appeal No loafing allowed in this
town. We work and SO must everybody
else who expects to reside here for any
length of time. Idleness breeds crime.
and as we never had a robbery or
murder here. we have determined 10
strike ut the root of all evil. Tramps
will be given one hour in which to de-
part, and honest men out of employ
ment Will be given woTi If they desire
It, If not, they must git. and git as
quick as their lazy legs vii carry them
away from our village. This means
YOU
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-06-14

the President and General Merritt
made up force largely of volunteers,
with leaven of regulars TO steady the
lump. 1t was supposed that there
would be only II summer picnic for the
former, with the latter needed only for
brief garrison duty until the ball was
over. SO 1t came about that the army
of occupation of the Philippines was
made up of 10 per cent. of volunteers.
or sixteen regiments of these only one
was from the East and South respec-
lively. The others We're all Western,
representing California, Kansas, North
Dakota, Wyoming, Montana. Idaho,
South Dakota, Colorado, Minnesota,
Nebraska, Oregon, Washington, Iowa,
and Utah-all from west Of the big
river. These men had only that train
ing at arms that comes from having a
pistol as II regular article of toilet.
Ninety per cent. of them had never
been organized as regiments. Without
being drilled. within two months after
concentration many OF them We're
aboard transports and on their way to
Manila. Five expeditions, with nearly
1000 troops, reached the capital OF
Luzon by the middle of June. No
drilling could be indulged in on the
troop ships, but little time was given
after debarkation for such things. But
they were there to GUST the Spanish,
and ten days after arrival this raw ma
teral was engaged in deadly strug-
gle. Under the most terrifying condi-
tions of night and whirlwind OF tenn
pest and rain they repulsed the enemy
and covered their States with glory.
No denial of the innate fighting quail
tiles of these men of the nation had
ever been made, but all regular officers
| held that much training was necessary
to render them steady under fire, and
enduring in a sickly climate. Yet these
raw levies, fresh from counting house
and farm, accustomed to all kinds OF
good things to eat and drink, buckled
down to army rations in land 10000
miles from home, took the good with
the bad, and lacked not one whit of the
steadlness of regulars.
The first sortie of consequence by the
Fllipinos was on Feb. 3. 1t consisted
of a preconcerted attack at dozen diff
ferent places on Otis lines, and was as
skillfully planned as any fight evel
made. but 1t was soon turned into 9
disgraceful rout. Our volunteers die
not know that under the rules of wal
they were licked at the start Hence
II came about that instead of retreat
ing these hardy Westerners hoppet
over the fronts of their trenches ant
made for those occupied by Aguin
aldo's men, three times their number
They simply took them. They wanted
the waterworks, and from the vicinity
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-06-14

00 OW well volunteers have borne
I6t the brunt Of battle since the war
oS with Spain began is now Il mat
ter of history. A recapitulatlon of the
main exploits of our armies in Cuba
and the Philippines shows at once how
splendidly this contingent has upheld
the name of America. When the Maine
was destroyed in Havana harbor the
people eagerly clamored TO be led to
the front and when war was actually
declared the response to the call TO
arms was ten-fold greater than the
needs Twenty-Five thousand regulars
no matter how brave, skillful and
well ell-diseiplined--cou not be a match
for ten times that number Of trained
regulars fighting under the banner of
Castillo and, from the beginning OF
military operations TO the volunteer
has come glowing share of the glory
of daring, patient, effective work well
done.
The first fierce fight of Las Quasimas
was engaged in by Western volunteers
IN conjunction with negro regulars.
| These men were practically without
experlence-cavalry but dismounted
and forced to plunge through Cuban
| Jungle In the face of Il hot fire. Wood 5
rough riders led the fierce charge. The
men were away from home In an un-
| friendly climate, which in itself was
sufficient to enervate them. But they
| fought and won. Regular army Of
| fcers, who scorned the national guard
and hastily organized volunteers, open
ed their eyes in wonder to see the min
ute men, conscripts of the West give
the truculent dons their trimmings
in approved measure. The men who
went to Porto Rico with Miles were of
the same class-with no previous ex-
Derience under fire. Yet all the fight
Ing that amounted to anything was
done by Illinois and Ohio men, not of
the regular army. Bennitt's Third Hi
nois had never said much, but II
fought and wept that peace was de-
clared just as they had things nicely
fixed ito smash the dons.'
The Philippine situation is worth go
Ing over in detail to analyze the fight
ing mettle that has been shown by oul
new men. Dewey won the first fight
there so easily that nobody thought
there would be another battle. AS the
disordered enemy took heart, however
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-06-14

deliberately and unkindly kicked the
Filipinos out. In this instance hot
headed determination set aside all
rules of warfare. Viewed in a regular
way, the assailed were beaten, but
irrepressible pitchingin defied all mar
tial structures, and the day was won.
In like manner, when Anderson WAS
attacked by Augusti on Aug. }, thick
weather prevented the regiments from
knowing that in a tactical point of view
they were us good as wiped out. But
they pressed on diligently. fought
their way past obstacles, half realized
at the time, by sheer force of pluck
system and scientific skill out of the
question. When Miller landed at lloilo
with his handful of Iowans he seemed
to have committed suicide. He faced
q bunch of Filipinos ten times his num-
ber, and we'll armed and we'll disciplin-
ed. Yet he kept the town, and when
the Tennessee regiment was added 10
his force, with al part of the Third artil-
lery. he went into the country looking
for fight. He found one, and. 10 the
chagrln of all military strntegists, from
Charles Martel down to Kitchener OF
Khartoum, he won 1t. He had no right
to do anything of the kind, but he did,
and there Is an end TO the discussion
that red tape and ironclad rules have
anything to do with real enthusiasm
and victory.
What Is aimed at here Is to express
what "Teddy" Roosevelt, Joe Wheel
er and others affirm the volunteer Of
America Is a fighting machine who inn
blbes practical skill with salt pork.
bean soup, black coffee and bad bread.
He does not need course of sprouts at
any school of technical war instruction
IL he can get the real thing in front of
him. Lacking regular training, he
does the best he can coolly realizing all
his advantages and marching up to the
point where he can do the most effec-
tive shooting. He makes use of what
skill he has, and then drops the whole
science of war to find out who is shoot
ing at him and how quickly he can
shoot back.
A great deal of jungle skirmishing
has marked the Filipino conflict. Here
the work of the Western volunteer has
been such as to excite wonder and ad-
mration on the part of trained officers
of foreign lands, who never dreamed
n force of raw recruits could behave
so like steady regulars. Smokless pow
der in bamboo wildernesses could moi
daunt these men. They wrestled with
the underground as they would with a
patch of sunfowers at home. they
wriggled through right down upon the
guerrlllas. and the sturdy regular grin
ned with appreciation when he heard
these fighting wildcats yell.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-06-14

In the fighting that has taken place
In the Philippines the difference be-
tween the methods of regulars ana vol
unteers has been strlkingly manifested.
The former move forward perslstently
and aoggedly in silence; the latter go
to the front with yells and enthusiasm,
but both go to the front. When Wheat
on was opposed by river, the other
side OF which brlstled with rides, he
halted for the pioneers. The regulars
did the same but the Oregon boys, be-
Ing good swimmers and not liking 10
walt for bridges under fire. swan the
river. When Otis met the Marilao
River Colonel Funston and score or
his men swan over and took some
trenches which were manned by the
Filipinos. Some OF the Washington
boys saw blockhouse flag. One or
them volunteered to go and set 1t on
fire. He did so under heavy fire, and
his comrades rushed up, in possession
while the FllipInos gave In. affrighted
at such foolhardiness and bravery.
Like Grants army in the Wilderness.
the volunteer contingents have made
showing no nation on earth can match
not a man has advanced backward
in all that gallant army. Bullets fired
from old rifles in the hands of supposed
ly raw troops have done as much dam
age as bullets sent from modern guns
by men wearing sharpshOoters' badges.
They have been kept constantly at the
front. the reason assigned being that
they are hardened to the climate, and
better than any freshly arrived regu-
lars. 1t took General Otis less than
half year to reach a conclusion that
all the precedents of the army and the
science of war were useless in the face
Of the indomitable bravery, the match
less aptitude and speed, the unbound
ed enthusiasm of the American yolun-
teer. Lacking skill as pioneers, they
swan rivers; knowing nothing of skill
ed clearing work, they cut the jungle;
not supposed to be full-hedged soldiers.
they camped on the trail Of the sullenly
retiring enemy with bulldog tenacity.
Our regulars in the Philippines have
proven themselves marvels Of steadi-
ness and machine-like precision. but
the yolunteer-all dash, spirit and
pluck-has shown that the true Ameri-
can fighting vim cannot be repressed
and, given expression, carries all be-
fore 1t to victory.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-06-14

dent approval on her young face. Sud
denly her eye kindled and the rosy
flush of young womanhood gave way
to CHASTITY pallor. Her lip curled In
scorn. Her classic head was lifted In
anger. "Merciful heaven." shrieked the
young man. Tell me, dearest girl, what
Is the matter?'
But she stepped back, and, striking
the attitude that she had learned at the
Soho Amateur Dramatic Club. sh.
pointed her finger at him and said In
tones that would wither load of hay:
"All is lost, Clarence Wheeler You
are sitting In the Pittsburg
Times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-06-14
HE LOST ALL.
Including that Winsome Creature, the
Lovely Birdy Jones.

Lovely Birdy Jones.
1t was the first perfect day of the
glad sprngtime. The warm sun bright
ened the country landscape. and the
odor of opening apple blossoms came
upon the laden atmosphere. The lazy
clouds fioated dreamily in the sky over
head, chiefly because they could not
go afoot nor on the trolley cars. The
rural roads were smooth under the
hammer of innumerable wheels. and
Clarence Wheeler had stolen Birdy
Jones from her naughty Soho home
for ramble on his '91 tandem among
the highways Of the townships. Stop
ping from their run, they rested be
meath great oak tree which oyerhung
a ,wayslde spring. Cowbells tiDkled In
the woodlot below the meadow, and lit
tie lambs with wabbly legs three sizes
too big for them gamboled on the short
green grass. On Il broad, fat stone that
looked down upon the crystal water
Birdy spread the lunch they had car
rled in the tandem box, and Clarence
brought water in romantic tin can
that he had found hard by.
The soft winds toyed with the girls
bleached tresses, which streamed over
her face like photogravure picture of
the west wind to illustrate Longfel-
lows poems. Her cheeks flushed with
the ylgor Of exercise and robust health,
and when the young man approached
her from the spring his whole thought
was centered upon the winsome beau
ty of the divine creature. He sat down
by her side. His soul drank In the
charm of the picture. She looked VI
from the can of embalmed beef thai
she was opening, with smile OF conn
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-06-14
ouTClASSED DEWEY IN LOVE.
The Spanish Duke Who Did 1t NOW
Minister to Washington.

The Spant6n Dukc w ho ~" - W
Minister to Washington.
Spain's new ambassador TO the Uni
ted States. the Duke d Arcos, Is man
In whom Admiral George Dewey once
round n successful rival. Twenty years
or more ago D'Arcos, then u poor
Count. but handsome, dashing feiiow'
was In Washington as legation at
tache. Dewey was also there Ill
subordinate naval position, and was
equally poor. Both men were popular
fayorites. They were In society Il
great deal together, and were wen
liked. Among their intimates Dewey
was always "Georgec" and DArcos'
whose family name is Brunetu, was
called Jack
Dewey and D'Arcos both fell In love
with the same girl, the beautiful VIZ
yinia Woodbury. Lowery, of Washing
ton. Archibald Lowery, who Is rlch
and proud and patriotic, did not ike
either suitor. He thought his daughter
could do better than marry Dewey. AS
for Rrunetti, he was not an American
In the fathers eyes he was Impossible.
Perhaps that was one reason why
the beautiful girl preferred the hand
some Spaniard. She gave him vow
that she would wed no one else, bet she
told her father that she would not mar
nv without his consent. She kept botl
promises. but there was long ahd
weary waiting. For years the father
was obdurate; the lovers were sunder
cd. In the meantime Dewey had mar
,ted another girl She was in her grave
twenty years and more before the guns
At Manila echoed around the world
After many years the old Duke dieo
ard Jack Brunetti became the DUKE
d'Arcos, He was named Spanish min
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-06-14

lster to Mexico. Mr.. Lowery finally
concluded that further opposition was
useless and gave sanction to the mar
rage, which was carried out very
quietly.
The new minister from Spain is an
important man In Washington, and his
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-06-14
Exempt from Regulations.

An Italian physician, rushing on his
wheel to the bedside of patient. was
arrested by policeman for scorching,
and Notwithstanding the urgency OF
the case was compelled to go to court.
When the doctor was finally released,
on arriving at the home of the patient
he found that she had died for lack of
medical attendance while he was in the
hands of the law. The circumstance
led to the exclusion of physicians from
the regulations regarding scorchlng.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-06-14

wife a great lady. But there are people
in Spain as we'll as the United States
who think Miss Lowery missed great
opportunity when she said mo to-
Dewey,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-06-14

A married womans tears excite curl
oslty oftener than they excite sym
pathy.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-06-14

Satan probably originated the saying
Man wants but little here below.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-15
The Height Of Ambition.

There was a family of ten children,
orphans, whose estate consisted of a
quarter-section of rich zinc land. and
the syndicate that was developing the
region wanted the property. The guar
dian was a shoemaker in Joplin. He
had been a friend of the chlldrens
father, and was working hard to keep
their estate intact until they grew up
and to educate them meanwhile.
Well, after ne had refused offers that
had increased $4,000 at a leap, day
after day, for week, he became tired
and set price of 100000 so that they
would cease bothering him. 1t hap
pened that that particular property
was an imperative necessity in their
plans and they would have given twice
as much, so they took him up in a
twlnkling The court approved the
sale and the amount was handed ov-
er in the form of certified checks.
T~eshoemaker looked at the papers,
found out from the banker that they
were good and then he said to the
agent of the syndicate: Gould you
give me part cash?"
Why, my man, you have it all in
cash"
yes, but want some Ct it in--in-
"Currency?"
Eyes. l guess that's it,
We'll, how mucn do you want?'"
want about fifty cents have
been promising them children they
should have an ice-cream soda as soon
as l could afford it, and l know they
have been expecting it long time"
And the syndicate bought the soda
water.-Joplin Index.