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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30
MY OPINION ON DE CAN
DIDATES.

Now if dere is one ting dat l
am proud OF It am dat my pen am
Guided by brains and not money
So, sar, / emphatically says vote
for Waldron Shields fur mayor II
Won do not care to vote fur Mr..
Yerger. Every one hab dere
choice-if you want short man
dere am Mr.. Shields to choose; II
Won want a taller one den vote fur
Mr.. Yerger. AS ter de fiextlllty
of dere tongues at dis time dar am
no distinguishability, and up TEL
date we hab seen no sealed bids
nut in dat eder underbids a.
tother, so de Difference lies In az
weight OBJ de gentlemen, II yo'
prefer a light man Mr.. Snleld'
saws cake Wake to the box VIII
him but if you want heavy NAL
waltz in a paper fer de presen
holder Now dat am de draw
nicture of de two and you ca
Come no an take your choice a
. when Il am ober Bell, de photo
grapher, will furnish de tram
provided you take a dozen o
his regular size at So 90.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

| were out ter see my country
cousins dis spring, who you know
are bound ter he blacker den
us foIkes dat lib in dis here town.
| left prettie earle an | rived at
nv destinashun bout an hour at
ter sunrise, | got out there an as
| come near the house | heared
somebodie shoutin jist lax desc
niggers here in dis town gittln ilg-
ion. l stopped an | made out
what he were u sayin; ne said, De
corn am a shootin, de corn am Il
shootin. Well, jist broked an
run. l thought he said De lIoin
am a shootin. heared eibont one
of dem anarchist an | thought ne
wus a irwin to sassinate me, Tor
Ise de edltur ob de Bubble, SO |
run and didn't stop till | come
clean to my cousins door; he hen
yited me in and asked how | we're,
how was the town and everything
other bout dis town; in coined my
little cousin an his Paw asked hin
if de corn wus shootin, an ~
said YES, fur he hear ed his brud
der a hollerin dat it were shootln
and from dc way Dan Agnls wer'
runnin it must have come prett,
neer u shootin him. | haven
49,, 10 coo NV cousins in q Ion!
time.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

One day l spoke OBJ Thanksgib-
en- and Mr.. Goldman says: 1T
would soon be Christmas" | says
/ guess you're right Mr.. Ben an
Use gwine ter hang up my sox
like [ did once when l wus boy.
Hush Dan, / was Just thinking If
you'd be sober enough to remem-
Der what day it was.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

Der ulster be a little gal who
were all ways a borrin things from
uses. and she aIlus said after every
thing she BORED that, 'Paw am
0wine ter town mex week an he'll
nav Il bak." One day she come
tlinpin in an SEE: 'sMississ Agnis
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

Thanksgiving day am ober,
FULL had all dat | could hold,
A turkey, dressin', pies an cakes
Vida quart OBJ Monopole,
And OBJ course Pse more dan
thankful
10 the man dat made SIGH things
Fur de edltur OBJ de Bubble,
Who am de whole thing.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

De city council, we are told,
held a meeting Tuesday ter order
a Roetgen rays ter find out II de
candidates for council men were
Ali in 1t fur patriotism. The city
wants me or 1 would not run
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

Eff de school teachers would
teach de children more how ter
Get through de world dan how it
moves or de shape, dar would De
less hanging around fur handout'
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

Not SO very long ago, T Sinn,a |
we're hittin bak dcres,l got alsp ~
-. W. e writ de foiIowerin letter 70
~ De- ole man deer Dad am on oe
&c s o, ss,a s,s,,e, sin me $500. Yure sun
~ nv. d;s am de ansheri got,
a. pss.r 81, son. am sorry, haint got de
8 % but u kin sell dat hog u sea
- ,S On an come home.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

Ma week de candidates nan Hn
maup ' nv Innocence and spoken ar
wa wa. s;,r - ! in de Bubble as ter
o ~bo sc De people should hnO fur
mayor.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

IA, fellow day said de other
a.. ID ! # he wished he was IN LooL
when no met the boy wiz. ,ns " Hicks
m wns have thought it was 80. aiio IN
m n,man &C and a cold wave was gu
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30
M Pat Henry, Of viCksburg

Mr.. Pat Henry, of Vlcksourg,,
will be in congress next week. II
he fails ter get us some proprla,,
t; - here fur de Levee Board
we'll sure send him ter the Leg
;slatnre de next time so he car
haIn red,strict de state and get his
county ont of de association OF de
overfo counties.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

Servants arc getting SOS, So sco oTe
Aa 0el dat many ladies do their owl
n ns,J in order to please ner cooN
s wUIl keep her with their
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

Just think OBJ de Disappointment
of de folks when dey get reddy to
kill dere turkey to find hit bad dis
apeered.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

Nav sez lond her little fire; raw
am a gwine ter town mex week AL
he'll pay it bak.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

he corn bread problem IS r r,;11 e.
All made in the fu''''
shortened.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

You oughter see dat horse OF
Fessor Barthmellow's do de
TWIST.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

IA man who tries to selec. /"
~. 10 hetween turkey and possum
am monkesisg VIA rf0''
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30
Wagons. Wagons.

We are closing out car at cost.
Come and see us or write Tor
uric. GEESE HOOD, Hardware Co.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

Dey air gwine to stop de China,
mems from comm to de Unlteo
States; too bad?
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

Give your friend yeers scrip
sion to de Bubble fer a erasmus
present.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

Dis week 1 am allAoS' WV 49,
fur utterance.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

Scribe to do Buhle. Dere am
room but youse got to hurry ter
our books are film fast.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

De funny man in de Barlow
minstrel street parade was alrlte
wild dat bisickle of hisen.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30

De British air a usin Zebras in
de army. 1 specks dey'll have
LYONS next to fight de Bears wild.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30
SUBSCRIPTION, 5cts Copy.
ADVERTISING RATES:

mNe advertisement 70 ~
more than one week
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-30
BUSINESS

Is bound to grow in every inc OF
trade: To keep up with your business
and ur with the times you need a
plentiful supply of Office stationery,
and yoy can find everything you need
at Archer's, at the lowest prices for
good stationery, and Of course you
want the good kind, because it helps
your business.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
THE ,>rones In n Beehive.

To the drones nature has certainly
been very bountiful. They are very
large and strong, have a helmet made
OF cEormous black pearls, two lofty
quivering p!umes. a doublet of rides
cent. yellowish velvet, Il heroic tuft and
a fouyfcid mantle, translucent and
rigid.
While the workers have 12,0G0 facets
to their eyes, the Irones are gifted with
26.OOO: while the workers have 5000
olfactory cavities in their antennR, the
drones have over 10000. While the
workers are laboring for the benefit OF
the community the drones sail off every
bright morning into space, irresistible,
glorious, and TRANQUILITY make for the
nearest flowers, where they sleep till
the afternoon freshness awakes them.
Then, with the same majestic pomr
and still overlooking with magnificent
schemes, they return to the hive, &C
| straight to the cells, plunge their heads
to the neck in the watts of honey and fill
themselves tight as a drum to repair
their exhausted strength, whereupon
with heavy steps, they go forth to NEE
the good, dreamless and careless slum
Der that shall fold them in it's embrace
till the time for the next repast.-Mae
terlinck's Life of a Bee"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
au1lnehters Afrnid on Cows.

1t will probably not surprise our
readers to hear that most Spanish bull
fighters object to fighting cows. The
real reason may, however, astonish
them. A sportsmanlike objection to
prosecuting a female animal has moth
ing whatever to do with it. Uhe fact is
that the average toreador is sincerely
afraid of a COW.
And he has good reason. The cows of
the half wild breed used for the arena
are much quicker in their movements
than are the bulls. Their horns are
more pointed and more formidable.
They do not lower their heads to the
| ground. shut their eyes and charge like
q locomotive upon the rails. but are
| alert and ready to follow every move
ment of their prosecutors. Their war.
like tactics have been adapted not to
blind, bovine frontal attacks. but to the
strategy of active and cunning beasts
of prey, of which the human bullfightei
is only a feeble mimic. If these cheap
idols of the Spanish populace would
face young and active wild COWS which
had just been robbed of their calves
they might perhaps forestall the butch
err, but they would. at any rate, dc
something to earn their laurels.-Pear
sons.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
Eielda of Salt.

At Salton, in southern California, ex-
lists n basin of land between 200 and
200 feet below sea level. About 1000
acres Of the depressed area are COW
cred with a deposit Of salt, which @. +.
Holden describes in The Scientific
American as M Of the sights Of Cali
fornia. The salt is first thrown into
ridges by a peculiarly shaped plow.
drawn by a dummy engine with ca
bles. and then is piled into conical
heaps before being carried to the dry
ing house and crushing mill. The eX-
panse looks like a field Of snow. About
1000 tons of salt are removed each
year. but the supply is perennially re-
newed by the deposits Of salt springs
which flow into the basin. In June the
temperature of the air reaches $50 de-
grees. and only Indian workmen can
withstand the heat and glare.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
The old Fashioned Boy.

At a little dinner of a few old timers
in this city the other night n Of the
speakers said:
What has become of the old fash
toned boy, the one who looked like his
father when his father carried the sort
of pomposity which was like the divin-
ity that hedged a king in the time when
kinghood was in it's break of day, the
boy who wore a hat which threatened
to come down over his ears, the boy
whose trousers We're made yer from
his fathers by his mother or aunt or
grandmother, the boy whose hair had a
cowlick in it before and was sheared
off the same length behind, the boy
who walked with both hands in the
pockets of his rousers and who eXpec-
torated between his teeth when his
teeth were clamped together, the boy
who wore boots II down at the heels,
the boy who never wore knickerbock-
ers or a roundabout coat, the boy whose
chirography was shaped by the gym
nastics of his tongue, the boy who be-
lieved his father was the greatest man
in the world and that he could have
been president if he had wanted to be,
the boy who was his mothers mau
when the man was away from homer
New York Sun. s
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
An Edltor and a Golden Hair.

zone beautiful spring morning an
editor found a golden hair lying be-
tween the pages of a manuscript"
writes Edward Box in The Ladies'
Home Journal. "The moment he reach
ed the page it gracefully tiuttered out.
Flushed with excitement, the editor
caught it. 1t was not his hair, he ar
gued, therefore 1t was not his property.
Then, again. he thought, the owner
probably lost it and might need 1t. So
he put it back. He was a methodical
man. and he replaced it exactly as he
had found it. He was not many days
older when he received a letter proving
by the very hair he had so dexterously
caught and conscientiously replaced
that he never had read or even opened
the manuscript Of the writer. Gould
anything have been a clearer case
against the editor? Most certainly not.
1t was conclusive and final, don't you
see?"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
Little Drama.

In the morning q workman kissed his
wife and children and went to help a
hundred others tear down a building.
During the day he slipped and fell.
Then came an ambulance and a hos
pital and Their a bit of black Grape on
an obscure door.
His children went on without their
father.
His wife, whose life had been bound
up in that of her husband, grew pale
and died.
Helplessness killed the little ones.
Yet in speaking Of the accident mer
said:
ut was not so bad. Only mar
was killed.'-Chicago Journal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
Virtue of the Malta.

Among the Malta "onesta" is the
great virtue. This virtue is said to be
possessed by those who W. under
any circumstances help the authorities
by giving information, not even of
crimes Of which they may be the vic
tins. To give information is to forfeit
all honor, to become a ''cascittuni," or
spy.
This feeling which underlies the Ma
fla, which is not old, but was born in
Sicily at the beginning of the nine
teenth century, is due to the Unborn
hatred which the Sicilian has for gov
eminent. Any interference of the au-
thorities in his private affairs be re-
CARDS With jealousy and distrust. In
his sight a man who calls on the au-
thorities for anything, is vile. He be-
lieyes in settling private differences
privately, either by fair fight OF MUIR
der.
No matter what a member of the
Malta may suffer. he will never inform,
If he recover from an injury. he will
avenge himself If he can, and If he
cannot he olames no one and would
scorn to even take the authorities into
his confidence. A Sicilian proverl
runs, eff l live, l will kill you; if l die
| forgive you"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
Tigers Make Believe Eyes.

Mr.. Beddard Of the London Zoologi-
cal society calls attention to a pecul-
iarity of the ears Of tigers which he
thinks may be classed under the head
of .'protective markings" On the back
of each ear is a very bright white spot.
and when the ears are directed for
ward these spots are conspicuous from
the front. Mr.. Beddard suggests that
when the tiger is sleeping in the dim
light of a cave or thicket the spots on
it's ears may appear to an enemy. look
ing in, as the CLEAN of its watchful
ewes, and thus save the sleeper from an
unexpected attack.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
CARD PLAYERS CRAMP.
What Once Happened to an OLD Fare

what once Happened to an Old Farg
Dealers Hand.
Were you ever paralyzed?" said the
old timer.
mo, and may the began the other.
well, you see that right hand? 1t
looks pretty good and strong and it is,
but for about three days once it was
deader than a frostbitten tomato plant.
"You know of course that l used to
make my living playing cards, chiefly
dealing bank. There wasn't a day 1
didn't deal bank or in other games six
to eight hours a day. Many a time 1
have dealt or played longer.
zone night 1 was dealing bank. 1t
was a good, big game. All at once
when | went to slip a card this old
right refused to work. l looked at it
and the fingers were kind of twisted
inward and the hand from the wrist
vas bent downward.
1This stopped the deal for me, and l
told the lookout to get busy for the
players were getting a little 'queered.'
He took my place, and l watched the
bets.
81 rubbed my right, but it wouldn't
s%traighten out and it kept this way
until the next day, and then l went to
a doctor. He didn't know me as well
as you do, but the first question he
asked was:
"'Deal cards a great deal, don't you?
ayes
"Do you deal with an elbow move.
ment or with finger and wrist move.
ment?"
"'Why, l don't work my elbow
"'That explains it. You have card
players paralysis
This hit me center, and showed it
but the doctor was good and said:
"'Now, don't get lurried. IL
astraighten you up. Just quit dealing
awhile, and I'll give your hand a few
doses of electricity, and you'll be al
right
"He did it, and in about three days
my hand was straight as a string. Blu
I haven't dealt so much since. There:
many an old timer whose dealing hant
has quit him. And you say you were
never paralyzed?"
mo"
"Well. you amt played cards much.
Louisville Times.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
Frogs us s-cnvengers.

Frogs are fine ~scavengers, destroying
great quantities of decaying animal
substance in springs and brooks and
keeping the water pure, thus proving
themselves most worthy Of kind treat
ment and preservation. They devour,
too. great numbers of insects, includ-
ing flies and mosquitoes. In spite OF
their queer shape, they are remarkably
expert jumpers and swimmers, and
many a boy has learned from them
both how to play leapfrog and how to
| swim.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
Geographical distribution of Hair.

Geographical Distribution OF Hair.
The geographical distribution Of the
hair over the habitable world is. as re-
CARDS the color, very precisely deina-
BILE. The xanthocomic or light haired
races are to be found north Of latitude
4S degrees. which cuts off England,
Belgium, the whole of northern Ger
many and a great portion of Russia.
Between this parallel and latitude 45
degrees, including northern France,
Switzerland and part of Piedmont and
passing through Bohemia and Austria,
there is a sort of debatable land of
more or less dark brown hair, and be.
low this line we come gradually upon
the Melanic races. The people Of Eu.
rope therefore present in the color OF
hair an almost perfect graduation, the
light fiaxen of the colder ATTITUDES
deepening imperceptibly into the blue
black of the Mediterranean shores
Gentleman's Magazine.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
A Great Relief.

Mrs. Catterson-I thought I would
come and tell you that your Harold has
been fighting with my Bobbie and set
tie the matter if l could.
Mrs. Hatterson-Well. for my part.
/ have no time to enter into any dis
cussion about children's quarrels. l
hope l am above such things.
Pm delighted to hear that. I'll send
Harold over on a stretcher in an hour
or so."-Harper's Bazaar.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
oueer Lnnd Tenures.

Some of the tenures in England are
very curious. A farm near Broadhouse,
in Yorkshire. pays annually to the
landlord a SNOWFALL in midsummer and
a red rose at Christmas. The manor Of
Foston is held by a rental of two ar
rows and a loaf of bread. An estate in
the north of England is held by the ex-
hibition before a court every seven
years of q certain vase owned by the
family, another in Suffolk by an annual
rental of two white doves.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
THE KUKLUX KHAN.
Where and How the Famous Body
WINS OrSaniZed.

Wns Organized.
When the civil war ended, the little
town Of Pulaski. Tenn, welcomed a
band of young men who, though they
were veterans Of hard fought fields,
were for the most part no older than
the mass of college Students. In the
general poverty, the exhaustion, the
lack Of heart, naturally prevalent
throughout the beaten south, young
men had more leisure than was good
for them.
A southern country town, even in the
ialcyon days before the war, was not
a particularly lively place, and Pulaski
in 1866 was doubtless rather tame to
fellows who had seen Pickett charge
at Gettysburg or galloped over the
country with Morgan n Wheeler. A
Ggroup Of them assembled in a law office
one evening in May, 1866, We're discuss
ing ways and means of having a live
lier time. Some one suggested a club
or society. An organization with no
very definite aims was effected, and at
q second meeting. Il week later, names
were proposed and discussed. Some
one pronounced the Greek word kuklos
meaning circle.
From kuklos to kukluX was an easy
Observation-Disclosures consults a glossary
of college boys slang will not find il
s%trange-and khan followed kuklux as
naturally as "dumpty" follows hump
ty." That the name meant nothing
whatever was a recommendation, anC
one can fancy what sort of badinage
would have followed a suggestion thai
in six years a committee of congress
would devote 10 volumes to the history
of the movement that began in a Pu
laski law office and migrated later to {
deserted and half ruined house on tho
outskirts of the village. - Atlantic
Monthly.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
Displaying His Caution.

81 notice he was unusually formal
and circumspect in his behavior" she
told her dearest friend. land l thought
at first | had offended him in some
way"
Had you?"
"Oh. no. AS soon as Brother Willie
came in and got the photograph he had
inadvertently left on the table every
thing was all right again."-Chicago
| Post.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
An Ornamental Deer.

One Of the first things to attract the
attention of Baby Clarence was grand
mas hatrack, made Of a pair of deer
horns. One afternoon when he was 8
years old his papa took him to Captain
G.'s park. When relating the incidents
of the trip to his amm on their re-
turn. he exclaimed, "And, oh, mamma,
1 saw a deer. and he had a hatrack on
his head"-Current Literature.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
The Wisdom of Experience.

When ! was 90, thought l was 40;
when | was 80 l thought | was so;
when l was 40 | thought | was %,
and when l was so l wondered if they
were going to bring in the high chair
at the table and give me the bottle
w. w. Goodwin, Retiring Harvard
Professor. at q Dinner in His Honor.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
VenEeance.

Returned Traveller Il have often
thought of that young Mr.. Tease and
how he used to torment Miss Auburn
about her hair. Did she ever get even
with him?
Old Friend-Long ago. She married
him.-Illustrated Bits.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
Many just Like 1t.

Those new neighbors humiliated me
dreadfully today"
"How?"
"Why. they sent over to borrow our
Bible; said they had forgotten theirs
when they moved. And I'm almost
sorry l let 'em take it."
"But why|
Because it doesn't look as if it ever
had been used."-Cleveland Plain Deal
or.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11

Ladies and waiting maids among the
ancient Greeks and Romans wore plain
hoops Of gold or silver in their ears.
and as time progressed these became
more elaborate, precious gems being
set in them.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
About Right.

No man should ever make to
a woman who loves him. Let him say
he is sorry and loves her, and she will
make the JUS and accept them too.
New L%ippineOtt.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
The Child at Play.

Play is the means whereby individual
powers are acquired. 1t is the appren-
ticeship for the work of life. A little
child at play is lat his lessons."-H. B.
Drummond's 1.-The Child"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-11
His Repairs.

Landlord - But the agreement was
that you should make your own re-
pairs.
Tenant-That's all right, but l expect
you to make the repairs Of the house.
Boston Transcript.