The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-10-26

The laat Japanese diet passed
law which forhlds the use OF tobace
~ perAont under 20 years Of age.
when his present term expires 4
1oo5. Mr.. Allison. Of Iowa, win hay
heen . United States senator for ,
consecutive years.
President Roosevelt win add fe,
w0ris 70 those already supplied b,
ahe accommodating correspondent
and his first message to congress vii
BE- complete.
A monument to the memory o
John Ericsson, the inventor Of tn,
first armored warship. the Monitol
and Of the screw propeller, has beer
unveiled In Stockholm, Sweden.
Grover Cleveland thinks 1t would b,
better for the world If there were les.
Of this mad fortune-chasing and more
fishing. But anybody who has beer
rs successful in chasing fortune al
Mr.. Cleveland has can afford to 60
fishing.
Joseph L. Thompson. Of Franklin,
N. H., who Is now in the eighty-ffth
year Of his age, has taught school in
that town and vicinity for 65 years.
He says, as one thing learned In his
long practice of his calling, that one
third Of teachers time is taken up
In maintaining order.
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1t is not generally known that the
empress of Germany is a year older
than her husband. There has been
considerable comment on the fact
that the kaiserin, with her gray and
almost snow-white hair, looks much
older woman than the emperor, who
does not look his age, which is 43.
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The family Of Hayes, the Connecti-
ent murderer, are now trying to prove
that they have, known him to be an
insane epileptic for many years. But
they never thought of locking him
mp, or even warning anybody about
him, until after he had killed Miss
Cooke and put his own life in peril.
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The republican party forced the
vice presidency on Theodore Roose-
velt against his will, and now the
presidency has come to him in q way
which he profoundly regrets. For
the new president the past year has
J been filled with mutations and an
fitheses. Col. Roosevelt is . unique
figure in American politics.
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Why build great ship nowadays to
eail only 16 knots an hour? Perhaps
for economy oflfuel. We're the Celtic
! fast liner, she would burn double
the coal she now uses and the gain in
the time would be only two days in
q voyage across the Atlantic. After
MI, isn't il almost uDaccountable
that people travelling abroad, gener-
silly for recreation, should be so ner-
vous 70 save . day or an hour?
Edgar Jay Briggs, who hanged him
self at his home near Sherman, Conn,
recently, was the last member Of
once influential Connecticut family
that has been eliminated by suicide.
Lying in suicides graves in the viii
iage cemetery where Edgar j. Briggs
was buried are his great-grandfather
grandfather, father, brother and two
sisters. Since the suicide Of Edgar |
Briggs, 50 years ago, % of his de-
Hcendants have taken their own lives. |
Many Of the great universities OF
the world have passed far beyond the
2OOth year mark which Yale reached |
last week. Oxford university is more |
than 1000 years old. England's Cam
bridge has been in existence 61s CEN
turtles. The university of Paris 10 |
half q century older than this. There /
are other great institutions of learn
ing in Europe which have also far ex-
eeeded the years of Yale. In this re-
spect it is also led by Harvard uni
sersity, which was founded in 1886,
two-thirds Of . century before Yale.
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r. load Of coal is left ont Of doors,
exposed to the weather, say, for .
month, it loses one-third Of its heat
Ing qualities. If a ton Of coal is placed
on the ground AMI left there and an
other ton Is placed under a shed, the
latter loses about 25 per cent of its
heating force, the former about AZ
per cent. Hence it is great saving
Of coal to have it in dry place, COW
cred over on all sides. The softer the
coal the more heating power it loses,
because the volatile and valuable con-
stituents undergo 4 slow combustion.
Charles NJ. Hayes, who recently sur
rendered five years contract as
president of the Southern Pacific rail
road at the request of Il. III. Harri-
man. is said to have received check
Tor $155,O00 as payment in fun for his
services. His yearly salary was to
be $55,00Q. He served ten months, and
Upon his acquiescence in the wishes
u the Hartman syndicate that he re-
lire, a full years salary and bonus
II 100000 were paid him. This is
he largest sum ever paid railroad
nan for like term of service.
santos-Dumont's trip around the
Eiffel tower and back seems to be re-
.arded by the admirers Of the young
brazilian as convincing proof of the
Iractical value of the airship. 1t may
,e said. however, that the proof is
.ot yet complete. The fact is that
he trial was made under exception
lily favorable conditions. What sue
esq the airshir, would have IN al