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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08
GIVE THEM BETTER SALARIES.

What would do If they had the power was
shown by councilman at the last meeting of that honor
able body, when petition of citizens was presented to
raise the salary of the police department of the city
she said he tired of such petitions and wanted to
know if remedy to stop them being each
meeting could not be had" But proud to gay the
has Mayor intelligent enough to inform the hon
orable economizer ( that petition from citizens could
not be suppressed and would always be heard by the body
Why this gentleman wants petition withheld, wants it
suppressed when appeals to them only for just right
unable to tell. If remember correctly, of
the claims of the reform movement for better police
force This demand, proud to say, has been fully
met but again let ask this council how long they will
sustain it. if they will continue pauper salary Let the
gentleman ask himself who is tired of petition that APP
peaed him and every member of the council for only
enough to meet the expenses of the pocemans home and
family while he with his life stands guard the life
and property of the city night and day. not Just and
should be heard Again, would he any member of the
council work at the salary ask friend to do
it We believe not and still they turn deaf pc
tlon after petition of the citizens asking for raise of
only $40 the salary of the men who risk their life in
this The salary of $50 month"; what they receive
is really less than any man with family live in
Greenve and less than that paid any other Official in the
citys employ Even the who looks after the sewer
pumps gets 800 and is allowed hoy assistant when
needed at a salary of $35.
These facts the minutes of the council will show
This alone should warrant salary of $50 to every police
officer in the city, of whom arrests have paid
into the city treasury than that each month. Febru
ruary $3.50 turned in from this department into
the cy treasury, and this the shortest month in the
year. We trust that another petition will be prepared
and presented to council at their next meeting asking
salary for the police of the city and that the member
who at the last meeting wanted to such petitions sup
pressed have manhood enough to rise up and ask for
passage he fails to do this hope that the council
has at least three members it who appreciate the faith
full service rendered by the force and liberal
enough vote for the small raise the citizens demand for
he officers of the law Refuse and 1t will be but short
lime that the police force will be filed by who will
equen places their of honor forbid and bring the
aty again to face disgrace and shame 8
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08
A SOUTHERN MEMORY.

There arrived in this city, yesterday, whose name
and personality are dear to the people of New Orleans
and to those OF the entire South.
That one is Varna Jefferson Davis the distinguished
and revercd reict of the president of the Confederate
States.
feeble woman she represents nothing beligerent,
nothing that the Southern people to any rea
cation of the tremendous their country of thirty
and-odd years ago In fact the number of those who
took part in those mighty deeds and exciting scenes have
grown pitifuly SMALL and their places being rapidly
taken by younger generation who know nothing of the
great Southern struggle for independence and self
government
But to the and women of the eders of the people
the widow of Jsferson Davis tender and pathetic re-
mnde of the suerngs they endured the deadly war
fare in which they engaged the sad defeat they
And she who suffered with Them and
whose heart of hearts cruced their cause comes
among them seeking their lsympathy and love- She is
worthy of it. So pathetic is her that she subject
of tender interest and soicude to the people OF the
Northern state among whom, from considerations of
health and personal advantage she resides.
If the South could forget its grand heorc memories
It would deserve to perish from among the nations Men
talk of the New South because they immersed in bus
mess and engaged in the most urgent and important
duty Of developing the rich material resources of their
country, but they do not forget that the grandest service
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08
A SEVERE LESSON.

The frame buildings in the business blocks in the city
must 90 prevent like confagration of last Monday
The city council will have to demand that all buildings
out houses in the OF business houses be made of brick
or less than thirty feet from another the
o. insurance will be than doubled and until this
is done the fear for the worst of ALL holocaust, will
trouble the sleep of every nhabtant in the city 1t
from the firing of these that the whole block seemed
doomed destruction me and had not the forces
of every business house OF the block fronting Main street
turned out with buckets would gone in spite of
the herculean efforts of the fire department.
Again, the protection of our city property, and the
low rate of insurance. which would result by such safety
measures demand that the council furnish the fire depart
ment with all the latest fre6ghtng equipments, hook
and ladder truck large chemical engine etc. and have
faster horses installed at of the stations As to
water supply the fire fully demonstrated that it ample
and the force good and strong throughout the whole tm
though few more lines of hose playing the fire
would have been to great advantage. If the hose
reeed on this occasion the limit of the ctys supply
the purchasing of FIVE hundred feet would be
portion of the city money at least well expended. In
the instance of last Monday, had bose lines been plentiful
streams Of water could have been playing the fire on
every side And by the way, half dozen more MOBILES
should be purchae1 One may argue that large fires in
Greenve are of frequent and that these
suggested acquisitions to the fire department would
not be used enough to pay for their hopsing but we
believe differently and think that they absolute ne
ees-iig to the safety Of our Iefe and property. i
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08
TO INCREASE OUR CIRCULATION.

The Times, to its circulation, will begin next
week series Of plans adopted by the leading journals
of the country.
We want to give to our advertisers circulation un.
equaed by any paper in the delta and if 500
new subscribers we can do it.
The plan have selected by which to raise this num-
Der is to give to the boy girl under sixteen years
age living Greenville who the largest list
new subscribers between March 9th and May 10Th, a
beautiful GOLD WATCH. There will be no limit to mum
bers and all will have fair and equal chance. Each sub
scrber will be required to pay fifty cents subscribing
and to pay the balance OF the years sub
scrpton price, $1,000 by December, 1902 will be accept
ed Where the full price of subscription PAID the
securing it will be entitled with four subscriptions This
fair for for the other and hope secure
cash subscribers All who wish enter the contest
will send in their at The watch on exhibit
ton at Mr.. Frank Binders Jewelry Store
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08

which people be called upon perform is to defend
their home their resldes and their sacred rights the
citizens of the Great American Republic proud OF any
thing. it is of Washington and the Revolution the
people of the Southland have the admiration OF
the human and have made for themselves record
among the modest and ost exalted INSCRIPTIONS upon the
pages of history when, under the banner OF the
Southern Cross and in the of new nation, they
stood in hattie victorious for years against the greatest
power of that period
The achievements of the men of the South in that
struggle of unequaled spIendor. The DEVOTION
courage and fortItudo of their women were above all
praise price Those the deeds that make their
record and while nearly all of their great leaders are
gone there is among them of the grandest and
and noblest of their All hearts go out to her.
Picayune.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08

The date OF execution of Cooke and Lauderdale was
set by the for March 81 but the appeal of the
to the supreme court which will be taken up by their law
yers next week, will cause a day to be set. The
board of supervisors of the county in session last Monday
ordered that the execution be made public feeling that
may have beneficial effect the lawess citizens of the
delta The interest the is still aroused among the
people and all anxousy awaiting the decision of the
supreme court of the state
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08

The Worlds FAIR bill now has the signature of the
Governor. The appropriation to this fair has been
strongly urged by Governor LONGING by any citizen
the state No has done to bring the state into
prominence and welcome investors of the East and farm
ers of the West to Mississippi than Governor Longtime
and we believe that the exhibit the state will make at the
Worlds Fair under his direction and the committee he
lects will be surpassed by the same donation.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08

The Press Association will meet on May 20, 81 and %
at Greenwood, city that made itself famous for its
entertainment of the State Press Association Bro Var
daman and Gillespie guarantee repetition Of the
memorable event. =.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08

We proud to say that up to the present date we
have been notified by only four subscribers to stop their
paper while double this number of new have taken
their places. There is hardly letter that comes contain
ing remittance but what has good word for the Spec
a and expect to file the best to print at future
day.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08

Had the Noel primary law set the state and county
primaries for different days would opinion been
the best for the people As is for both to be held
the day. the politician almost the officials
of state by trading with the county candidates.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08

The Governor vetoed the bucket shop law passed by
the Legislature. The Governors idea this is right for
unless the suppresses large it net right to
close up the small shops; for futures is gambling wheth-
er through stock exchange or bucket shop.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08

The appointment of Hon. Sam Cook and E. L. Brew
err Judge and district attorney for the 18th district
are both of ability and their selection reflects credit
on Governor Longino. The appointment see gives
general satisfaction throughout the district.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08

The Port Gibson special edition of the American
worthy of The support received ard will than
all who took space for the paid and the
enerprsng little city that is making rapid strides of
advancement.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08

Charles Broadway Rouss the millionaire confederate
who won renown by giving to confederate monument
funds and the battle Abbey and his offer of $1,000 to
be paid any who restored his sight, is dead.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08
SATURDAY. MARCH 8. 1902.

The congressional bee has quit swarming and is
making votes.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08

The legislature has selected the Bird day of June the
birthday of Jefferson Davis for the laying of the
stone of the Capitol.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-08

W. L. Esterlug, of Jackson. has been selected by At
torney General McClurg his assistant In Office
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

| words. FoolI That evening !
plot was formed against him. The
next day during the session Rep
resentative Iallien rushed at the
dictator, dagger in hand, and
threatened to stab him. Where
upon all jumped up, yelled and
damned one another, accused each
other and stamped up and down
the floor of the Convention Hall
shrieking with rage.
That night Robespierre tried to
win over the troops to his side.
Failing in this he made an inef-
fectual attempt at suicide but only
succeeded in blowing portion of
his under jaw off. He was arrest
ed and dragged to the scaffold
and executed while the Partisan
mob howled with savage triumph.
So ended the career of a man who
might have been an emperor.
1854.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11
Haswers BY Experts.

Under the caption Answers by
Experts" the Chicago Record
Herald publishes daily an article
by an authority of national repu-
tation on some topic of everyday
interest to nearly all newspaper
readers. Some problem of family
or school life is considered in
every Monday issue; methods of
developing health and vigor of
body are treated on Tuesdays;
various movements and mental
phenomena attracting popular at
tention on Wednesdays; natural
methods of promoting good health
and good looks for women on
Thursday; momentous decisions in
the lives of eminent men, related
by themselves, on Fridays, and
Modern Thought About the
Bible" presenting the differing
views Of eminent theologians on
important Bible topics, on Sun
days. The ANSWERS by Experts,
in brief, tell you things you want
to know and are written by men
and women who do know. The
list of contributors of high stand
ing is the most extensive ever an
nounced by any American news
paper.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

ledger his worldly assets are IS.
corded. His logic il about some.
thing like this: What does il
profit a fellow to be in prison and
all the good things on the out.
side?' We might answer his
wisdom by this query: what
does it profit a fool to break into a
prison and lose all the good things
on the outsider"
Naturally he refuses to see it
that way and you must show him.
We are not in the show business
just now, but we are planning a
monster exhibition for the near
future, the result of the good
things we left on the outside dur
ing our Incarceration and a knowl-
edge of the profit of the experience
that the loss of the good things
has taught US since our incarcera-
ton. Read it upside down, cross
wise and the other side up and
you will see the point we are try
ing to show. AS we stated above.
there are exceptions. Those men
and women who, voluntarily, draw
the curtain upon the worldly in
dulgences of life and embrace a
purely spiritual existence, expert
ence considerable loss and great
spiritual gain, while the great
mass of mankind experience more
profit in worldly things than loss
in spiritual things and so on down
to those lowering upon the brink
of the unspeakable. and even these
poor creatures can claim some
profit from their miserable exist
ence.
How about the suicides, are
they classed as profit? Yes. in
deed! The suicide is not only a
valuable profit to mankind as a
whole, but he is also loss-to
himself but never to rational
people or the community from
which he is from; in which case
the suicide becomes a most valu-
able profit and no loss. a sort of a
good radiance as it were. [ re-
greet that I shall be obliged to
close. the ledger here; time and
space is so valuable in The MIRROR
that I am too sensitive as we'll as
modest to ask for more. 'Twere
a profit to me, but distinct loss
to THE MIRROR to ask for more.
JULIUS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

The Mirror The following visitors
Register. registered at The MIR
RoR Office during the week: Mrs.
C. w. Conkling, R. D. Conkling,
Ell. w. Conkling, Ronald Conkling,
Tekamah, Neb.; w. Fl. Parker,
Mrs. r. S. Parker, Saltwater: j.
B. Munallry, Miss E. Mccarthy,
Eugene Mccarthy, Lanesborrow,
MINI; E. P. Vallancey, Oscar
Vallancey, Graceville, Mimi; Mrs.
Helen d. Avery, Washington. D.
c.; Miss Rose D. Rittle, St. Paul;
S. Stiefel, Ottawa, ILL.,; Miss Helen
B.. Goldsmith, Saltwater; Mr.. and
Mrs. j. B. Rockford, Miss Mabel
Rockford, Duluth; I'M. w. Swenson,
Stoughton, Wis, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
E. Huntington, Marion, Iowa;
Paul E. Simmons, Fargo, N. D.;
Mrs. II. }. Kenyon, Mpls.; Mrs.
M. O'Neill, Ottawa, Canada; Mrs.
j. A., O'Shaughnessy, Miss Alice
B. Sullivan, Saltwater; Mrs. S.
Conley, Larimore; Mrs. Thomas
w. Alexander, Saltwater; Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Young, Dubuque,
Iowa,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11
Profit and Loss.

| Profit and Loss.
''What doth it profit man if he
gain the whole world and lose his
own soal?"
If you will brush away the cob
webs from your mental ledger
devote a few feeting moments tc
retrospective glance at the deeds
as we'll as misdeeds, the pages oil
your mentality records. you may
perhaps, be able to appreciate the
sum total of profit and loss as il
affects yourself. Human nature
is SO constituted that it is impos-
sible to live life that is all profit
and no loss or vice versa; altho
you will find many supersensitive
minds ready to disprove the asser-
ton. It depends upon what theme
of life you are most conscientious.
! ly interested. IF your mind has
become enervated by a not too
consistent search for the material
profits of life, you, in consequence,
are doomed to lose your soul:
while if you can conscientiously,
cross your heart, on your knees,
and by all the wise ones of Boston
and Evanston swear that you nev-
er, no never, cared to be anything
or anybody but a saint, then by all
the laws of divine inspiration and
precept, you area wonder, and
entitled to claim all that is coming
to you and more.
Experience is our greatest teach
er, but il devolves upon environ
ment and circumstance to mould
our destiny; and the man or wom-
an with an unbiased conscience,
endowed with healthy opinion
of human life, its sins of omission
and commission, need never be
troubled about the final phase of
life and can always feel reasonably
sure of a large margin of profit on
both the material and spiritual
pages of his or her mental ledger.
Like most everything related to
human nature, there are excep-
tons, and in this case the excep-
tons prove the rule. It all
depends upon the individual; upon
his or her idea of what constitutes
proper subjects to be classed as
profit and loss. To be able to dis
criminate between the multifari-
Gus and multitudinous lusts and
pleasures so-called of the flesh,
and to what extent they may be
INDUCED without compromising
ones conscience, has and always
must remain a subject for contro-
versy as well as reckoned in the
sum total of profit and loss.
That a man may, if not too
utterly lost to the cup of indul-
gence, 'suse his dead self as the
stepping-stone to higher things
[ firmly believe. It all depends
upon the individual. Personally,
have no sympathy with the man
whogoos whimpering around decry-
ing and cursing fate that refuses
to come his way, particularly
that bore who is pessimistic about
the conditions he will be forced to
meet after his release from this
place. Usually such an one is OF
too obtuse and stunted intellect to
figure up profit and loss or to
know upon what side of his mental
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11
Professor Ddtius Steward ~.

| Professor Ddfius Steward, ~.
pefintendsnts of the Saltwater
high school, will again be the
principal teacher, while theeev-
erai classes will be taught by in
mates. The teachers will be the
same as last season with the OK
ception of f. f., 5179, j. P. q,
1884, and HI. D., 772, who replace
three inmates who have been dis
charged since school closed.
The Funeral OF Former The funeral
Steward smithson. of form err
Steward William H.. Smithson,
who died at his home in Saltwater
last week, was held last Thursday
It was attended by large number
of the residents Of this city, and
was notable for the unusual num-
Der of floral decorations.
The funeral was under the
auspices of st. Johns lodge, No.
l, A. F. & A. M, says the Still
water Gazette. A considerable
number of the grocers of the city
attended the services and followed
the remains to the cemetery in
carriages. The religious services
were conducted by Rev. S. J. Ken
nedy, of the First Presbyterian
church.
The interment, took place at
Fairview and the pail bearers were
the following Masons: Otis Staples,
W. G. Masterman, George E. Viii
son, A. G.. Triebel, Frank McGray
and r. s. Davis.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11
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of a millennium" Near
ay everyone is familiar with the
chief events of this great and ter
rible drama. For centuries back
the masses of the people had been
ground underfoot by an aristo-
cratic clique and gang of parasites
shat swarmed daily through the
halls of the Tuileries. At last it
reached a point where human
beings could endure no more and
the most desperate nation Of fight
ing people the world has ever seen
arose and tore in pieces those who
had oppressed them.
1t would be impossible to de-
pict all the characters who took a
part in the vast political scene
shifting, but I will endeavor to
touch here and there and give a
general idea of the course Of
events. The Momteuy, the leading
paper in Paris at that time, will
go down in history as the prize
winner sneak and turncoat. When
the king and clergy were in power
the IM0nlteuy snuffied piOuslV,
rolled its eyes heavenward and
nowled, "Vive lie Roi." AS soon
as the clergy were down and out
and the Jacobins in power, the
Momteuy ridiculed every religion
under the sun; and when a gang
of facetious Jacobins took don
key and placed bishops inter on
its head and tied Bible to it's
tail and went "ea-i,aing" behind it
around through the streets of
Paris, the M0mtem, roared itself
black in the face with laughter.
When Napoleon was in power the
-Mo1utev whined about, his "gen-
nus and grandeur" When he
was exiled 70 Elba the M0niteuy
spoke of him as ''that dirty Cor
sican adventurer." When he was
nearing Paris again at the head of
AN army the Momteuv said, "His
Imperial Majesty entered st. Ger
main amid the joyful acclamations
of his beloved subjects. As l
said before, the Moniteuy will go
down in history as the prize-w win
mer sneak and turncoat.
On the tenth of September
$4,000 priests and aristocrats were
butchered in the streets of the
French capital. This was but
beginning. At this time Robes
pierre and his two fellow dictators
we're in control of the Convention.
These horrible massacres were
perpetrated with the full approval
of Robespierre. And this, reader,
was the man who resigned a judi
,cial sinecure at Arras because his
conscience would not let him con-
demn criminal to death!
4 will give an illustration to
show the state of affairs at that
time. A nobleman and his friend
were passing along street when
q crowd of peasants suddenly
rounded the corner in front of
them The peasants were armed
with pixies, scythes and other i'm
plements. When they saw the
two mobiles they began. taunting
them. ITO hell with this rabble, I"
said the aristocrat drawing his
sword and throwing himself upon
his enemies. In moment he and
his companion were hacked to a
thousand pieces. This man was a
typical French aristocrat. This
strange and unique class of people
is without parallel in history.
They had certain amount of re-
finement and culture, yes. They
had certain pagan creeds, certain
codes of shonor" and certain
general artifciality. They also
had an innate selfshness and q
haartlass cruelty in their treat