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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22
eIsIMAS
r A D f
'Ysar Ahead-Prope-
Y, Y, ons u Furniture
Dealers.

u. prosperity, the financial
y \ Ic;rssnville, is more in evi-
Y AZ Christmas season ,,sp- ap-
Y AL EVER before, and mer.
~. .,s,y branch of trade are
I, big increase in sales over
sisas years
',.sdIne power of people IN
Generally their standing !; as
\. possession Of worldly !,
I'd taking this fact as a Das,s
\ n ,,o,n the men and women
..s;II. are better fixed than
More .
:;,l;minary Christmas business
.~sus One need only 70
;slo Inc city's big stores to
\ tI,is conclusion and proprie-
IA managers, during the siren
ss,Einr hours, have but little
,onsratuIate themselves up
y ,',ttess that is coming their
4, n buying everything that
4 bought; they throng the
/. 4 lie stores clamoring to be
n On; weary clerks strive 70
lb,u articles new and novel;
.,,,, stock on hand for the sea-
4 being taken from to replenish
LIZA, rush, the mighty sweep
A ysrs, win not be on in real
n until tomorrow and the days
s.iing il
n line of business is coming m
4 share Of the public patronage,
Isnmodity that one can think OF
Il had; the stationery stores,
\ books for the older folks, toys
a,mss for the children, are sold;
llzslry stores, where the latest
aIII,nts and the delicate work
II goldsmith are the wares
ID; The big drug stores where
/ and fancy goods are featured
clothing storesj the furniture
4 and the haberdashers are
lng 4 rich harvest, and the game
Iuying and selling goes merrily
III hIger the store the larger thu
NJ The greater the display o.
lie greater the sales, and il
lig Establishments the regulai
t oi clerks with the assistance
by Extra, hardly have a breath
,ptlI from the opening hour t
be up time.
\ line Of goods offered this yea
''ses the display Of any previou
". The novelty department
many surprises; there are ne,
q ready in other branches, Will
Ae toy sections there are quair
furious creations, calculated I
" youngsters wild with deligh
As business this year is simpl
said the manager (
q the large Washington avenr
= yesterday afternooon; I'll
q are large and during the da
many come in just to look
pods offered for sale, the majo
ONE to bu.
'aney seems plentiful, and the
satisfied air Of prosperity abo
buyers, that argues well for Il
q the times; they are purcha
Z every line, from toys to DIRE
Y and ! can only say that I
q IS a big, one, bigger in IA
any IN my experience.
y consider this the preliInina
! though" continued the gent
indicating the men and won
'Alng up the aisles Of the sto
motion Of his hand. Lots
: aie regular winter buyers, m;
1l'shases for their own use.
Y course, we have sold lots Of /
l''nas goods, toys and otl
s. That some with the seasc
.i'Ilen, but nothing like we '
/ Friday and Saturday.
Rs 4 have great big orders conf
''|f lct Christmas goods, and I
o. ere kept busy going 10 /
sne express Offices. The conn|
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22
Baptist CHURCH.

Povlar Street. Rev. w. A. Rorum
Pastor.
There will be Christmas tree AZ
the church for the Sunday school
children Friday eve, Dec. ~, ii 7:so
O'Clock
There will begegular services held
Christmas day BY the pastor a X
o'clock:
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22

The church being without 4 pastor.
re wers unable to learn what services
if any. would be held during the COM
ing week.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22

Miss Emma Oliver, pretty ana a.-
traetive lady Of Woodbury., Tenn. IS
IN the city visiting the homes o. het
sisters, Mesdames Walter McCian'
B. r Wasson and c. E. Jordan. She
will remain until after the holidays
when her brother, who is expected %
arrive here this week will accompany
her home.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22

Messrs. Hanway. Frank Can
NON and Emniitt Harty are at home
for the Christmas holidays,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22

Paul Boyton. the famous swimmer.
will pass Greenville in a house boat
on his way to New Orleans some
time in the next ten days.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22

The Washington County Medical
Association will hold meeting IN
this city the first Monday in Janu-
ary.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22

Miss Annie L. Buchanan, who has
been visiting Miss Jennie Buchanan
left few days since for her home IN
Starlrville.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22

The crowds Of people coming up
the street are bound for Afchers
Book Store.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22

The First National, Merchants and
Planters and Citizens Bank Of the
city will observe Monday. the day
after Christmas, as holiday.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22
TflE rARERNAcLE- !

Main Street Rabbi A. Brill.
There will be no special services
Christmas day.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22

Merehaam and Briar Pipes Al
Frank Bhder's.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22
Mrs. Shivcrs, of Knoxville, Tenn,
is guest of Mrs. w. A. Shivers.

Mrs. Wilbur DENLY is a guest OF
Mrs. George Rel.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22

Miss May Stockwell will return
from college in Holley Springs for
the Christmas season.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22

All ofour Xmas goods are new and
up-to-date- Steger Holmes 4 CO.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22

Our fancy china dishes suitable TOT
Christmas presents at cost 0ess-
Mann Buggy Co.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22
CHRISTMAS AT
The CHURCHES
Religious Services For Christmas
Day.


We give below the different servi-
ces to be held at the different
churches Of the city during the hoIi-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22

Cor. Of Alexander and Kinds Pastor
Rev. w. A. Weaver.
Saturday Dec. ~.
Children's exercises at z;3o p. n.
Christmas nay.
Morning services II 4. nj BY Pas
tor. Text: Christ The Supreme
One
Evening serviees7 100 p. MI
Text: Wisdom"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22

SWEETEST line of Xmas goods in
creenville Al steger Holmes 4 Co.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Cor. Of Main and Shelby Father A.
Korstenbrock

There viii be held regular services
Christmas day.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22

p,mmick~Is your mothsr-ia-law -
your house novf
Kiekshaw-Yes a,ad don't kno"
What TO Est her Tor Christmas prss-
'1q ash. llvss At Philadelphia. doesar
shef''
-T1sn WIZ not buy her : ush'.
ho"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22

His Worst 1eaf' -.
1t was near Christmas, ane nsss -.
Jssh had been BEHAVING baols' nle
,nosheg took him aside -.
go S5ssk. why did you DO that when
- m a the ruomf Don't you Know
~. ~, G esn.t So you, God doeal"
IL issr looked sfANa and thou9nsIul.
swelis he SaId. q length, = nops y
:. ~ did see me He won't tell eAa0
eleus. ."->BrOOklyn iAfs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-29
PARROT RooTER IN CHURCH

Feathered Baseball Fan Advised Paa-
 tor to ssSIade" Daring Sermon.
 Dearly beloved, my text today is'
 "Run, run for all that's in youi Good! Hold 1t! Hold itl You're safe, all rightr'
 The Rev. E.gC. Warren was about to begin his sermon in the Washington Street Methodist Episcopal church at Poughkeepsie the other morning when some most sportive and irreligioHs ex- pressions ffoased into the church from the other side of the street, says the New York World.
 Brethren" began the minister again.
 Guess that's going some! Runl It's good for two bases, easy. Si-idel"
 All the people nearest the north side of the church, and therefore nearest the profane voice, looked very serious. Deacon Kain said to Deacon Hoyt:
 "It's that miserable parrot again, and he's getting worse than everF'
 So he was. The parrot, hanging out side the window of Mrs. Raymonds boarding house, never before ''rooted'' so vociferously. And with good cause for the previous day finished the sea son of the Hudson River Baseball league, with Poughkeepsie winning the championship.
 Most of the players board with Mrs Raymond. For several Sundays polly has been annoying MT. Warren's con gregation with her baseball lingo. The other morning she mingled some swear words with the lingo of the diamond, and that was the last straw. Deacon Kain just got right up from his pew, walked over to police headquarters and demanded that the parrot be suppress ed.
 Chief McCabe telephoned to Mrs. Raymond, who promised to muffie Fan, the parrot, hereafter whenever there are services in the church.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-29
TALES. FROM ESOPUS.
WONDERFUL SNAKES LIVE IN | THAT QUIET LITTLE TOWN.
1Earia, Big Blaclrsnake, Was Foster Mother to All the Chicks Raised -s by Ike Burger, g Truthful
 Beer Man.

The Esopus correspondent of the New York World says that when Fred Par ker, the candidates brother. killed a four-foot copperhead snake on the West Farm road the other day he stirred up as fine batch of snake stories as Pike county, Pa, ever produced.
 Ike Burger, who sells beer made from real hops,s ,shad a black snake. which he had trained to keep mice gandgratsgaway from his broods of chicks and setting hens. The blsLcksnake came to regard herself as sort of foster mother to the chicks. She watched over them from their earliest appearance until they were weaned and big enough to look after themselves.
 ! The motherly blacksnake had become 80 versed in chicken lore that she kept track of the days the hens were set, and on the twentieth day thereafter would come around and watch the little chicks appear and count them over to nnd out whether 1t was a successful hatch. | All went we'll with Maria and her foster chicks for several years, until Ike Burger put a setting of duck eggs under one of his hens Maria came around on the twentieth Gay for the chicks to hatch as usual, and showed great disappointment when none ap- peared. She called several times during the day at the nest and finding that no chicks appeared waited around for Ike Burger to come and take the eggs away as bad. Maria did not know that duck teggs take four weeks instead of three to hatch and could not understand the situation. She lost interest in that hen and went on attending to the other broods.
 On the twenty-eighth day eight little ducklings appeared. Maria looked them
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-29

The next morning Maria went to a brood of Plymouth Rock chicks about three weeks old, and taking them one by one tenderly by the scruff of the neck. glided out tos the bridge and dropped them into the bond. The chicks one by one disappeafsd but Maria was not dis- couraged. She was determined that the chicks should TpEgin to swim, and she spent the AdaS dropping them into the pond one by one.
 Over 40 chicks had disappeared among the turtles before Ike Burger found out what was going on. Then he took Maria to the chopping block.
 Conductor Emmett runs the Esopus local on the West Shore road and lives in Kingston, near the West Shore sta- ton. Some time ago he found pretty garter snake which he brought home and built little place for in his back ,yard. The snAIEe was harml5ssN and. everybody liked 1t. After 1t became Ac- customed to its quarters it was allowed to come into the house and feed from a saucer of milk in the kitchen.
 The snake grew fond of Emmett and came to await his return home.
 It was not many months before the snake learned the sound of the whistle on Conductor Emmett's train. It used to take him about seven minutes to get Go the house after closing up his train and the snake learned to keep the time as we'll as to recognize the sound of the whistle. Goone day Conductor Emmett was surprised to find that as he was about to upiatch the front door the door uniakched itself. Turning the knob and going in he found that the garter snake had climbed up the door and turned the latch and was waiting to be thanked for the pleasant surprise.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-29
SOUR MILK AS AN ELIXIR.

Secret of Long Life Discovered by
 Professor Nretchniko6.
 The New York Herald publishes the following from it's London correspond ent:
 According to an sinterview with Pro lessor Ellie Metchnikoff of the Pasteur institute, which appears in the Octo Der number of the Pail Mall Magazine, the nearest approach to the elixir of life is sour milk.
 Any one desiring to attain ripe old age is recommended by the professor to follow the example of the Bulga- riahs, noted for their longevity, and consume large quantities of this cheap and easily obtained beverage.
 'sSour milk,' states M Metchnikoff, contains large bacillus remarkable for the great quantity of tactic acid it Is capable of producing. This microbe does not exist normally in the human body and can be introduced with very great benefit to the health, as 1t preys on the hundreds of thousands of mi crobes which infest the large intestine. 1t has been noted that there Is great similarity between old age and dis- ease. A study of certain diseases has proved that there is no difference be- tween the mechanism of senile atrophy and that of atrophy caused by a mi crobe or poison. In fact, on the ap- proach of old age veritable battle is waged in the innermost parts of the body
 Research is therefore being prose cuted to discover means of strength ening the vital clements of the body on one hand and to awaken the aggressive tendency of the harmful microbes on the other"
 When this end has been obtained the professor hopes to be able to pro- long life considerably beyond the pres ent average.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-29
Native American Music.

There is hidden among the mountains of Kentucky, Tennessee and the Caro- linas people of whose inner nature and its musical expression almost noth- ing has been said. The music of the southern mountaineer is not only pecul- far, but, like himself, peculiarly Amer ican. Nearly all mountaineers are singers. Their untrained voices are of good timbre, the women's being sweet and high and tremulous, and their sense of pitch and tone and harmony remark ably true. The fiddler or the banjo player is we'll treated and beloved among them, like the minstrel of feudal days. -Harper's Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-29
TYPICAL TOUGH GIRLS FEW
Stage limitations Seldom Or Moves Get Just the Right Spirit
 in the Act.


 The author of several suecessfulifar comedies was walking in Philadelphia. accompanied by a dramatic critic, says the Record.
 Its the hardest thing in the world, T the playwright was saying, ..to repro duce the typical tough girl on the stage. The attempt is frequently made, but ik has never. been done satisfactorily. II you engage an actress for the part who is really and naturally tough she lacks the necessary intelligence. On the oth- CT hand, the girl who is 8 mimic and can simulate toughness never quite seems to get the genuine spirit She Is too palpably acting and her work doesn't have the true ring" Just at that minute "a boy who was sweeping the pavement raised great cloud of dust that enveloped the playwright and the critic. Coming from the other diz rection was a typical tough girl--the tough girl of real life. decked out in cheap flnery.
 Say, young feller." she paused to re- mark to the boy, why don't youse spit before you do yer sweepin' ?'' The piaya wright's eyes glistened. That's the real thing" he said. Tt isn't nice and it's vulgar, but 1t would make hit on the stage. It's real. But do you suppose any actress could make it seem gem uine? Not much"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-29
VICE PRESIDENTS SURVIVE.
The Only Exception to This Rule Has Been John 0. Breclx-
 enridge.

The office of vice president may not be the most important under the Amer ican system of government, but in one particular at least 1t has great advan- tage for incumbents. They live long afterward
 There is only one surviving president of the United States Grover Cleveland, who was born in 1887 There are two surviving vice presidents, Adlai D. Stevenson, born in 1885, and Levi P. Morton, born in 1924.
 Abraham Lincoln was 56 when he died, but Hannibal Hannlin, elected on the same ticket with him as vice pres ident, died in 1891 at the age of 82 MT. Lincoln and MT. Hamlin were born in the same year, 1909.
 Willard Fillmore when he died was "A; George M Dallas was 72, John Tyler was n, Martin Van Buren was 30, El- bridge Gerry 70; George Clinton, who came from Ulster county, where Judge Parker resides, was 72. Aaron Burr was 80, Thomas Jefferson was S3, John Adams was 90.
 These vice presidents of the United States are examples of the longevity of those who have held that office, though, of course, there have been few vice presidents who did not attain old age. One of these vice presidents was John c. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, who aft erwards ran for the presidency and was defeated.
 The duties of vice president are neither onerous nor vexatious He has practically no responsibility, except in the case where vacancy arises in the ofice of president. Unlike the lieuten- ant governor of a state, he Is never called upon CT authorized to act in the absence of his chief, even in routine oflciAl matters.
 The youngest vice president at in. auguration was 86; the oldest was 6e.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-29
HOLD FUNERAL IN A TENT.
Big Canvas Put to Many Strange Uses Serves as Church to
 Mourners.

In Kendall county, H., there Is big canvas tent that has been made to serve for an odd mixture of purposes. For many years it covered regulation saw dust ring in which there were ell kinds of performances by man and beast. On other occasions 1t was made use of for revivals, and has been hauled around the country from place to place for many purposes. This year Aurora bloomed out as ChautauQua town, and the tent sheltered big audiences intent on hearing lectures, recitations, and speeches from well-known takers Music of all kinds has at odd times filled the big inclosure. However, the oldest purpose to which 1t was ever put came when Nels O. Cassem, 8 well-known Kendall county man, fell from his wagon as he was driving along the pulp. lie highway and broke his neck. Cas- sem was a well-known character, Q farmer who in all of that section was known as the king of the Norwegians. He was known to be worth several hum dred thousand dollars in valuable lands, and the funeral promised to be larger than any church in Yorkyille or Aurora would hold One of the sons resorted to unique expedient. He hired the big tent and stretched 1t out on one of the beautiful meadows over which his fla ther had roamed for so many years, and the funeral sermon was thus preached under. canvas.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-29
HER LEAP FOR LIE
A GIRLS HEROIC PLUNGE INTO
 THE COLORADO RIVER.
Caught by Herd of Stampeded Cat tie on Long Suspension Bridge Horse and Rider Go
 Down Together.

Not many months ago. Miss Beulah Thorn, who is one of the loveliest girls in Texas, was out riding on horseback. Nearby the road passed over the great suspension bridge that spans the Col orado river.
 She had trotted about quarter of the way over when the sound of heavy hoofs caused her to glance around. Not a hundred yards behind 8 great cloud of dust ioated in the hot air. And in this cloud 8 great herd of oxen was laundering straight towards her. With eyes afame, and believing loud and ominously, they rushed on to the bridge.
 In spite of the awful fear that as- sailed her, the girl never for a moment lost her presense of mind. She glanced before her. Far await looked an tnterminable distance she could see the end of the bridge. There only was safety. But was 1t possible to reach refuge before the oxen overlook them?
 Her eyes fell upon the horse. Blazer --that is the animals name-was swift and sure of foot.
 Now, Blazer, go!" the girl com manded, tightening her grip upon the rein, and bringing her whip down on his Hanks.
 A bound: the horse had answered to the call. They were off-to safety3 But, no, something was happening tkat the girl had not foreseen. Under the huge weight of the living avalanche the great suspension bridge was sway ing heavily. The movement caused the horse to stumble
 There came mighty roar and the thunder of many hoofs. The herd was on them. Pale. but collected, the girl reined her steed round, and faced the mad onslaught.
 Now, a young bull, it's head bent low between it's fore legs, thundered by; another followed, old and weighty With nose almost touching the ground
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-29

sa1.le Capt;ciS5. Ine rOrce or the steam is also more completely used.
 I may add that the speed of the Par sons turbine here in operation Is 3,600 revolutions per minute. 1t goes around sixty times while you say "scat." It is greased lightning in a cage. At tached to the revolving shaft, in order to make practical use of the power, is the twenty-efght inch revolving field of 400 kilowatt turbo generator. whose speed at the rim is over 1000 miles per twenty four hours, about 300 miles per hour or five miles a minute.
 Perhaps I should have mentioned first the huge generators that stand thirty or forty feet high, for they catch the eye like cyclone cloud on the horizon. Here are four engines, each exerting power of 5000 horse. Here also is the largest engine in tho world, rated at 5000 horse, but exerting each evening when carrying it's full load c, 400 horsepower. It is a combination of the vertical and horizontal types, two pistons working on one crank. The GOS% ,OA HuCA An CnSAuG kb %AUOsOVOsA8
 One quite overiooks the scores, of; other engines in his awe of the mon ster masses of brilliant and lifelike metal that swing their mighty arms with tireless energy and make the night brilliant with scenes more fas- cinating than the fairylands of story books. But the little fellows are here in all sizes. Some of them click like jig dancer in his clogs, as if to work were their only delight. Others have a complex series of clicks on account of their fancy cutoffs that have supplant- ed the old fashioned steam wasting ec- centrics. All these sounds are as music to the lover of machinery, and to the American's love Of machines that per. form the countless tricks Of manu- fracture is due his ability to make more. goods for a dollar than any citizen Sof any other nation.
 Fair Grounds, St. Louis.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-29

and head tilted sideways, 1t made straight for them, then swerved aside, grazing the chestnut's Hanks with it's sharp horns.
 Still, the terri2ed girl never for a moment lost her possession, but cast around for some other means of escape. Only one 1oophole presented itself to her. Far below she could see the swirling. muddy waters of the Colo rado.
 For an instant she hesitated and patted the necK of her trembling steed. Would he make that awful leap? She faced him towards the railings.
 "Go, Blazer, leap!" the girl cried out.
 And Blazer leaped. bearing his fair mistress on his back down, down, into the swift-running Colorado.
 On the river bank a dozen cowboys had seen the gallant leap voiceless with excitement they watched both the girl and steed disappear with a great splash beneath the water.
 At last the horse arose. -riderless. For few minutes the animal swan around in circle, as if in search of something.
 Five yards away a figure appeared above the waSer and swan toward the horse A minute more and the girl had clambered into the saddle. Then, with delighted neigh, the horse swan quickly to the shore.
 Springing from their saddles, the cowboys sent up cheer after cheer, and ran to the brink to assist the brave girl. Six rough, willing hands were out-stretched to her, whilst one cow boy, filled with admiration for the faithful horse, put out his hands and embraced its glossy neck affectionately.