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The suburban citizen. (Washington, D.C.) 1891-1902, 1900-09-22

The trolley roads are asking permits.
sion to carry freight. In some sec.
tons they fairly gridiron the country
districts, and will no doubt become
important factors in bringing farm
products fresh TO the markets, collect.
ing milk for city trade and for large
central creameries. With such posi-.
bilitles in view towns should in any
case compel new lines to widen mar
row highways, bridges, etc. over
which they pass Freight traffic over
narrow roads would become an intol-
cradle nuisance to farmers travelling
the highways, while over wide roads
the hours devoted to freight might lie
so arranged as to cause little incon.
venience, says the American Agricul.
t1rist.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-24
SCHEME ON FOOT TO eLG
BUILD A RACE TRACK.
mr. John Cannon One of the Promoters Of the Enterprise says the
Work Of Raising thu Money is Progressing Nicely.

Several prominent gentlemen of the
city have put on foot move to build a
race track and fair grounds for Green
vile. Mr.. Jno. Cannon, one of the
promoters of the enterprise, was APP
preached on the subject and asked
about it. He said: eyes, we are trying
TO raise money to build fair grounds,
and SO far have been very successful.
This coming week committee select
ed by the promoters at u meeting held
Thursday night will call on most of the
business men of the city to solicit
stock"
What have you estimated the cost of
the grounds?n "Ten thousand dollars
to complete it, and put on Il fair the
next fall" "Are you meeting with
much encouragement?" "Well. yes.
Still there are many who should take
more stock than they do. as the fair
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-24

day when his remedies would reach
the four quarters of the globe.
President Jack Connally, of the DeSoto
oil mills, it is rumored, will marry Il
daughter OF Il New York millionaire
next spring. This is surely a joke, as
for the last 80 years we have lived in
Greenville, and these reports each
spring bud out like the leaves of the
trees. Still, if true, we heartily con-
gratula1e the old man.
At an early hour this morning fire
broke out on one Of the upper floors Of
Chas. Halter & Sous wholesale dry
goods building. The department re-
sponded promptly, but was unable to
get stream higher than the twenty.
fifth story. The reservoir on top of the
building proved inadequate, and all
the stock on the upper floors was con-
sumed. The building, modern fire
proof, sustained very little damage.
Ned aft 10. onit9a1 ~ 9n3. noif mr. rr,r
An ex-editor from the suburban town
of Leland, who has been confined in
the incurable wards of asylums here
and at other places for over thirty
years. escaped yesterday, and, had it
not been for timely interference,
would have drowned himself in the
river. During all these years this poor
man has been laboring under the mis-
apprehension that the free silver issue
is not dead. To the people of the pres
ent age of education and eniighten-
meqt it seems strange that such crazes
as this and the Salem Witchcraft should
get the better of men. Nevertheless
both are undisputed historical Facts.
III is with deep regret that we chron
icle the deAthosf the venerable Fl. T.
Crosby who was for many yesrs man
aging editor of The Times. This good
old man had been enjoying remarkably
good health of'late, and was in the best
of spirits: bat while passing down
Washington avenue yesterday morning,
in company wiki his grandson, he was
approached by one Of his old+time sub
scribers, who rendered him that little
balance" The shock was too great
for one of his years and he was at once
stricken down with apoplexy. A sher-
ifs posse, with bloodhounds. is after the
culprit, and, if caught. will betried for
criminal negligence and no doubt re-
celve the extreme penalty ofthe law.
Secretary of State J. NJ. Cabin has
issued letters of incorporation to the
Oriental and Occidental Air NaEiga-
ton Co., of Greenwille. The company
begins with q paid-up capital of one
billion dollars, and propose conducting
a line OF air ships from Greenville, via.
Manila, Hong Kong, ST. Petersburg
and London, around the entire globe,
which will make connection with other
Lines at all principal points. They pro
pose making speed Of one Thousand
miles per hour, by the aid of therecent
inventions with which they will equip
1heir ships. This is the fastest time
yet attempted for any considerable dis
lance. but the bacEers,of the enterprise
assure The Times man that there is no
doubt but what they will do all Hhey |
claim.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-24

will prove money maker for the BUSH
ness men of the city"
From Mr.. Cannon we learn that the
track would be built ON Mr.. Sam Fin
lays land, near the court house. This
will make it more valuable to the city,
and it will make it convenient for all
who wish to attend.
We hope the gentlemen will be sue
cessful in their efforts, for a fair and
races here each year will encourage
the raising Of better stock and the pro
duction of other products besides
cotton Again it encoura yes works of
art, which interests almost every one,
and brings to be city thousands of peo-
pie who 9thery Else would not come or
spend dollar, lmong our merchants.
Let the work pushed and the fair
for 1901 be Qnn} unced, SO that all who
intend to miNH an exhibit can start
now to making preparation.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-24
"Around the To1Da" Forty Years Hence.

The l2-year-old son of MIR. Camp
Wheeler, took the first prize at the
elocutionary contest at the Broadway
public school last Friday night.
Captain w. II. Harvey, one of QUO
oldest living citizens, was discussing
the Chinese question, sewerage and
politics on the streets yesterday.
The city council at their meeting
last night ordered Central avenue
paved from Walnut to DeLessus, with
the same kind of work as Washington
avenue, Main and Broadway.
a reunion OF the 2nd Mississippi SOL
diers of the Cuban war will be held in
Greenville, May 18th. Out of the
l2,G00 mustered in there is not over
300 living. Reduced rates on all air
lines.
The census of Greerville, which has
just been received, gives the city q
population of 45G90A,and the, h0noGDf
being the largest city in the state.
This The Times predicted forty years
ago, and it has lived to see 1t come
true.
The railroads will soon be thing of
the past. The air ships are the fastest,
cheapest ana safest means Of travel.
While the whalebaok barges on the
river have monopoly on the freight
| business owing to their capacity and
| low rates.
| MIR. Tom Hood, Jr. who succeeded his
father to the office of chancerY clerk,
is giving the people entire satisfaction.
For AS years his father has held the
Office and only at his,Own request due
to old age is he out today. His son, if
he keeps pleasing the people as he has,
will no Doubt fill out the rest of the
century.
The real estate firm of Church &
Shelton has gone out of business.
Both members have amassed enough
in the last forty yearslto spend there-
1nainder of their days at ease. Mr..
Sheltonis residence on Lafayette
avenue. which was at one time the
WilczinSlxi park, is one of the handsom-
est resident portions OF the city.
Manager Harry March, of the 0lym-
pia theatre, has booked for the season
the DeI.eon comedians. Mr.. March,
who has almost spent his three score
and ten, is still in touch with the show
going public and takes the pains to
secure the best attractions on the road
as he did when we knew him as man
ager of the Grand at Green1ille, Miss,
over forty years ago.-Wiil Donnelly
in New York Clipper.
Last Tuesday the Greenwood Drug
Co. received an order from Luzon for
100 cases of Tilford's Antiseptic and
so of the Cough and Gold Cure. The
order is from the Aguinaldo Drug Co.,
the president Of which is brother OF
the man who lel the insurrectign there
forty years ago Mr.. Charles Moore,
a former Greenville boy, is the prescrip-
ZIONIST for the firm. The senior Til
ford was proud of the order as be has
always said he would live to zee the
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-24
Creditors of J. Lusbv

"a ~ IL :; Lusby, deceased. are
y "a s ssste and register their
a 4, satete Of said y C Inshv
1l1 ' sae ehancery CONT of W aSssby
ne, Novss,s ppi, Within one year
and 49, ss.,a,oer z, 1880, and . failure
b fhis ds'A.er such claims within
.ge1olS,.,ta viii bar said claims.
b fiSitlp were granted TO the
d 0t ~ -a.sl on said estate On
''''is Oh. c. Il Ias s S Deceased
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-24

Special low rates via Union Pacific
railroad every Tuesday to Colorado,
Utah, Montana. Idaho, Oregon, Wash
ington. For particulars address j. r..
A gler, general agent, St. Louis.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-24
Great Lnck OF AM editor

"For two years all efforts to cure
Eczema in the palms of my hands
failed, . writes Editor II. N. Lester, OF
Syracuse, Kansas. then l was cured
by Bucklen's Arnica Salve." It's the
worlds best for eruptlons, sores
and ali skin diseases. Only % cents at
Finlay Drug store.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-24

Good STYLES in mems Pants at
THE LEADER.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-24

Boys suits TO sNlt the most sensible
at The Leader, in their new store.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-24
j. L. R0E8

You want your boy to wait and get
one of those up-to-date boys suits, at
The Leader. If
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-24
A Jeff Davis Captor Dead.

Captain j. A. 0. YeomaE. Of Ohio
one of the captors OF Jefferson Davis, is
dead
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-11-24
BE THANKFUL

That there is in existence such solvent
and reliable concerns as the companies
we represent, and take advantage of
their low rate on insurance against fire
and accident Holders of policies in
these companies receive fair treatment
and all claims are paid promptly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-07
Chinese Dinner.

A dinner in China is no small at
fair, and they eat many strange things
over there. A real swell feast lasts for
three hours, and all the while the at
tendants wave peacock fans over the
heads of the guests and keep some sort
of incense burning that fills the air
with the subtlest fragrance. The din
ner begins with cake and apricot ker-
nels, with watermelon seeds washed in
salt for relish. Then comes a group
of courses-ham garnished with bam-
boo sprouts, smoked duck and cucum-
bers, picked chicken, shrimps with
leeks, spiced sausage with celery, fish
with fir tree cones and sweet pickles.
After this comes peaches in honey,
pomegranates, water chestnuts, fresh
thorn-apples and honey gold cake. 1t
is not at all uncommon to have seven
ty courses, and one is proffered birds
nest soup, roast duck, sharks fms,
mushrooms with pigeon eggs, baked
white pigeons, lotus seeds, ham in
honey, perch, sweetmeats, the stom-
achs of fat fish, pears in honey, whale
sinews, soles of pigeons feet, lotus
seed soup, sliced flag bulbs, sailed
shrimps, prune juice and almonds with
bean curd.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-07
Cats Eyes Use as Timepiecos.

It may be that some time you will
find yourself in a place where there is
no watch or clock. Should you be de-
sirous Of knowing the hour, or even
the fraction Of an hour, at that par
ticular time you must look around and
see if you can find cat. Should pussy
be lettering in your neighborhood you
can, If you are an expert in reading
the language of her eyes, find out the
time of day without the aid of those
ticking inventions which have entered
so largely into the regulation of our
lives. If read Alright there are no eyes
more expressive than pussy's. At mid
night the pupil is very round and large
and full. After that hour it begins to
decrease in size and grows gradually
narrower until noon time, when it
reaches the smallest limit, being then
nothing more than a fine dark streak
across the eye. The meridian having
been passed, the pupil reverses pro-
ceedings and begins to enlarge Pos
sessed of some knowledge of this mute
language, you may be able, provided
pussy does not object to being inter-
viewed, to get pretty accurate idea
OF the time. OF course this rule ap-
plies out of doors only. ~.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-07
Peter and His Tastes.

There is horse in New York which
has made a great many friends, though
his position is most humble one. He
draws one of the carts of the street
cleaning department.. No one seems
to know when or how this gray horse
first learned to eat pie. One thing is
certain-he has learned how to eat it,
and, more than that, how to catch
piece in his mouth when it is thrown
to him. Not only does he eat pie, but
he eats fruits of all kinds. The business
men hurrying to luncheon or back to
business call him Peter-that is his
name-and throw him some dainty of
which he is fond. The newsboys are
devoted to Peter, and it is quite evil
dent that he is given liberal share
of whatever fruit the newsboy buys
in his own treat. But there is one
blemish on this picture of Peter and
his tastes. Peter has been known to
help himself from the little push-carts
that line the downtown streets at the;
noon hour. Safety lies in putting the
fruit beyond Peters reach. },=. =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-07

greater effect to the falling quicksilver
the top one being three feet laf9S1
The mercury will run into the upper
bowl from a height, and then by little
channels around the edge into the
lower basin. The supply will be SO
arranged that there is an almost con-
tinual flow. As it drops into the lower
bowl the mercury will be conducted
by a glass-lined iron pipe to q reser-
voir tank and then lifted by motor
so that it may return by the delivery
pipe to the upper bowl again. The
weight of the mercury used will be-
about two tons, and the piping for the
delivery will be 106 feet long, and that
for the return to the tank eighty feet.
Each tank will hold two cubic feet OF
quicksilver, and the elevator apparatus
will be required to raise about one tom
an hour. Probably the thing that will
attract much attention will be a few
ordinary household fatirons, Which are
to be f1oated in the bottom basin, for
the density of mercury supports iron
as water does wood.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-07
The Return of the Rations.

=. In the civil war our soldiers faced
privation and hunger. A little story in
H. Clay Trumbull's book, War Mem
cries of Chaplain, tells Of the spirit
in which they sometimes did it.. While
before Petersburg doing siege work In
the summer Of 1854, our men had
wormy hard tack served out to them.
It was a severe trial to the men,.
Breaking open the biscuits and finding
live worms in them, they would throw
the pieces in the trenches, although the
orders were toekeep the trenches clean.
A brigade officer Of the day, seeing
some Of these scraps along our front,
called out sharply to our men !: Throw
that hard tack out Of the trenches"
Then, as the men promptly gathered
it up, he added, Don't you know that
you've no business to throw hard tack
in the trenches e. Out from the In
iured soldiers heart there came the
reasonable explanat ion, eve thrown
It out two Or three times. Sir. but Il
crawls back
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-07
Nobody

Isl. s#.slss ~ : ..a- Nobody. $E I.r, tA
Nobody b'oke it! It cracked itself, II
It was clear away on the topmost shelf.
'raps the kitty-cat knows!' I.
h Says poor little Ned, b = y.
# With his ears as red y ##
AS the heart OF a damask rose. II
. Nobody lost it! I carefully
Put my cap just where it ought to be,
(No, 'tisn't ahind the door,
And 1t went and hid. i
Why, of course, it did,
For I've hunted an hour or more. :
Nobody tore it! You know things
will
Tear if you're sitting just stock-stone
still!
I was just jumping over the fence
There's some spikes on top,
And you have to drop
Before you can half commence"
Nobody! wicked Sir Nobody!
Playing such tricks on my children
three!
II but set eyes on you,
You should find what you've lost!
But that, to my cost,
never am like to do!
Anna F. Burnham.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-07
Chloroforming a Lioness.

Professor Gustavo Pisenti, of tn
University of Perugia, has lately had a.
thrilling experience in extracting a.
cataract from a powerful lioness about
three years old. The animal was
placed in a suitable cage in the middle
of the menagerie, and the first difficulty
was the administration of an anaes-,
thetic. The intervals between the bars
of the cage were filed up with cotton
wool, and large packet of gauze i'm
pregnated with chloroform was placed
in the cage, the door of which was then
closed with a shutter. In about a,
quarter of an hour reconnaissance
was cautiously made, and the illus
trious patient was seen lying stretched
out, and apparently in condition OF
deep coma. She was then dragged out
of the cage, and bound and gagged.
She was then placed on table, but be-
fore the operation could be begun she
suddenly awoke, and struggled violent
ly, rolling on to the floor, where the
medical men with admirable GOODNESS,
but not without intense emotion, which
might easily be seen in their counte-
nances." held her down while the ami
mails head was wrapped in a towel
stepped in sulphuric ether. The lion
ess, however, managed to free herself
from the gag, and partly from her
bonds, and gave a roar, which made the
majority of the spectators beat hasty
retreat. But the ether overcame her,
and Prof. Pisenti with great pluck
dragged her into the cage again, where
the anaesthetic coup de grace was
given by means of another packet Of
gauze stepped in chloroform. The
beasts head was pulled out through
the door of the cage and securely held
in position. Prof. Pisenti then operat-
ed with brilliant success. We have no
doubt that the professor had a more
serious time" than Artemus Ward
had in getting into the uniform of the
days of his youth, and we congratulate
him heartily on having escaped coun-
Incorporation by his formidable pa
tient. A curious feature OF the scene
was the excitement produced among
the other administrators, bisons,
leopards, wolves, hyenas, monkeys-in
the menagerie, who all inhaled some
portion of the anaesthetics with which
the air was saturated.-The British
Medical Journal.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-07

and Elsie thought that. 1t was time they
were going back. But. oh dear! W here.
vas the station! It must be right
around that corner; but It was not, nor.
the a next corner, either, and they
trudged along, hand In hand, up one
road and down another, for what
seemed long time, till finally a turn
in the road did bring the station into
view, and they hurried along and
reached it-tired, hot and dusty-just
in time to see the gates shut down and
the train go whizzing by. Poor little
children! Carl stared at the fast-van-s
ishing train with wide-open frightened
eyes, while Elsie, almost blown off her
feet by the clouds Of dust, turned her
back and broke out into a storm OF
tears. oh, where was papa? "And It's
there ye are at last!" said the gate
tender, "and ye're poor feyther most
distracted wild lookin' for ye-and it's
wild me yell stay now till he comes
back" and so saying, he led them
across the road and deposited them on
some dirty boxes in the corner Of his
little house. 1t was very hot and close
in the little house, and the dust blew
In in great clouds, and the gate tender
sat on guard at the door still absorbed
In his paper, and not vouchsaing a
word or glance to the children; and
there they had to sit for such a long
long time, with nothing to do except
to think of how they had missed their
days outing by not obeying papa, for
there was no other train until too late
for them to go. And when papa ap-.
peared at last, after his long search
tor them, his glance fell upon two
such forlorn, woebegone little morta!s
that he hadn't the heart to scoid, for
he thought that they had been sufl-
GENTLY punished by losing their days
pleasure NJ. H. w. CARTER.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-07
Curious Effects OF lightning.

During recent thunderstorm In
Berlin most curious effects were pro
.duced by the lightning on the persons
who were struck. Some Of the strange
freaks performed are described as fol-
lows: None Of the wounded have ex-
tensive burns; the wounds look as il
caused by a charge Of grain shot. The
holes reach to the bone, and are sur
rounded by q web Of blue and brown
lines. Many OF the injured have quite
Is number OF such wounds In their feet
and ankles, while others got on with 4
skin covered with blue and brown
marks, as H beaten with d thick stick
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-07
Negro oldiers1 Bravery.

~ fss, !
In the lobby OF a hotel In Washing
ton recently several we'll known men
were exchanging their views about the
moral qualities OF the negro. They
all thought him far inferior to the
white man. IA colonel in the army
medical service told this story: Dur
ing the recent war had leading part
to play with the medical forces Of the
United States in Cuba. At Siboney I
found that certain buildings which I
had ordered burned, because yellow
fever had infested them, had not been
destroyed on account of the sick sol
diers who were in them, afflicted with
that dread plague. A company Of coll
ored troops had fought all day at San
Juan, and that night had been ordered
to proceed to guard duty to Siboney.
They had marched over roads you can't
conceive Of, had not rested one hour
after fighting for nearly day and they
did not have time to prepare their food.
They arrived at Siboney at 2 o'clock in
the morning, and many went to sleep.
None had anything to eat. We were
unable to do much for our sick soldiers
No nurses had arrived, and we did not
even have a cook, for all our volunteer
nurses and cooks were down with
fever. At o'clock in the morning
went over to the commanding officer
OF that colored company to obtain a
cook and nurses. Knowing that ne
groes are afraid of the fever, I asked
the commanding officer not to detail
any of that company to act as cook or
nurses, but to call for volunteers. The
company was awakened and the men
formed in line, all who were left after
the fight at San Juan, about eighty in
number. pointed to the building and
told them that soldiers were in there
sick with yellow fever, that we had no
cook, no nurses, and that I had come
to ask who would volunteer to help us.
MY words were repeated and the dan
gers of yellow fever explained to them
by their commander, and when he
called for volunteers the whole eighty
stepped forward. Within two weeks
two-thirds Of the company fell victims
to the disease. L had been told that the
negro is not to be depended upon, that
he Is shiftless, lazy, indolent, etc., but
after this incident am proud to claim
the negro soldier as my camp-comrade.
I do not want to cast any aspersions
on any man or set of men, but should
like to know whether company Of
white men, eighty in number, after a
terrible fight, after a hard, forced
march, without food, in the face of
mortal fear OF the disease, would have
responded to a man."