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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
CAUSES RUSH FOR BRIDES.
Canadian Government Cuts Salaries
of Unmarried Men in Yukon
Territory $500 a Year.

Society in Dawson will be embellished
next winter by at least a sorce of brides.
This situation results from the action of
the Canadian government in making a
difference of $500 a year in the salaries
of married men and single men in the
civil service of Yukon territory. Mar
ried men are paid that much more be-
cause of the greater cost of living where
there are two to provide for.
The new regulation became effective
on July 1. when the salaries of all the
single men in the Yukon territory were
cut $500 year. The result of this in
novation has been stampede for brides.
Many young men who have been content
to endure the hardships of northern win
tiers in single blessedness, while their
sweethearts in eastern provinces await
ed their return in patience, have con-
cluded that, after all, Dawson is a place
where it is not good for a man to live
alone.
Nearly every mall reaching Dawson
contains cards announcing wedding
ceremonies in which government en-
ployes spending annual vacations in the
east are participants.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
A27 I5' f|,S{p|saE4Ia{:
IIEs!!i2l ls 1its]l|
THE NEAT GIRLS SECRET.
1t Consists in Nothing More or Less
Than the Proper Care of All
of Her Clothes.

We all have among our acquaintances
the girl, who, without being in the least
good-looking, always manages to look
neat and we'll dressed Perhaps she has
only small dress allowance, and when
ever you happen to meet her she looks
smart and attractive, while other girls
with twice the money at their command
too often look shabby and dowdy.
what is the neat girls secret? Moth
ing more or less, says the New York
weekly, than taking care of her clothes;
she has a place for everything, and
everything is kept in it's place, her rib
bons, gloves, handherchiefs, wells, etc.,
are not all huddled together in one
drawer, neither do they lie about on the
tables and chairs until they are wanted.
Every article of apparel is put away
with the most scrupulous care, first be-
ing busted, shaken or mended as the
case may be.
There is great difference, too in the
way in which girls put ON their clothes,
and very often girl dressed in shirt
waist and plain skirt will look twice as
neat as one clad in $50 gown, the rea-
son being simply and solely this: The
one has put her dress on anyhow, the
other has taken care that all shall be
neat and fresh.
1t is the duty of all parents to see
That their children are taught from their |
babyhood, to take proper care of their
wearing apparel; for the child who lets
her clothes drop off her and tie in heap
On the floor invariably grows into the
careless, untidy woman with whom we
are so familiar.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
AFGHAN TOWER OF REFUGE
Curious Means of Neutral Safety
When Bitter Tribal Feuds
Ave in Progress.

In Atghanistan the people are good
haters, The blood feud exists in all
Afghan Tribes. When a murder occurs
the averger does not limit his reprisal
to the murderer, but kills any relative
that Genes handy. This, in turn, calls
fof counter attack, and in time matters
become so complicated that whole fam
lilies are wiped out.
When the tribe is called upon to meet
common enemy the heads of the fam
lilies who have had a quarrel bury two
stones side by side in the presence of
the mollah as symbolic of the feud be-
ing put out of sight during the public
danger When affairs revert to their
normal state the stones are solemnly
disinterred and the two parties are free
to go on shooting al each other again.
Every Afghan villager of moderate
means owns tower of refuge standing
at the corner of his courtyard These
towers, made of stone and mud, are
perfectly solid for the lower 20 feet or
so, the top being surrounded by loop
hole wall and covered over to make it
habitable. The base is protected by
gallery. and the only means of ascent |
is by rope and hole just large enough |
for one man to crawl through. When
ever a man has made things too hot for |
himself he takes refuge in his tower,
and by the unwritten law of the coun-
.ry he can never be starved out so long
is food and water are brought to him
by woman.
A traveller in Afghanistan tells of see
ng one tower or refuge whose occupant
lad not stirred outside for ten years.
lis only amusement was taking shots
It the occupant of another tower, which
we're duly returned In the meantime
heir wives visited each other and Cos
iped and were on terms of perfect
nifty.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
ARTISTIC FLOWER STAND.

bronze stands tubs OF highly polished
woods, birded by hoops of brass.
The shapes vary, ovals, squares, rec
tangles and circles being employed &C.
cording to their fitness to the plants
they hold. Some of the designs in the
bronze work are quaint. Although
many are original, others are repro
auctions of medieval work. The lack
OF monotony is favorable compared to
the old styles.
One conservatory varies these artis-
tic novelties with wicker baskets OF
divers designs, that inclose the clay
pots closely, painted green or white,
their lighter colorings making pleas
ing contrast under the brilliancy of
the flowers and the shining green COL
orings of the leaves, to the black Chi
nee lockwood and reddish bronze Of
these new plant-holders.
A rhodendron in a teakwood tub,
with green bronze hoops and supports,
is the most admired of all the plants
in north side conservatory.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
FOR HOMESTEAD SEEKERS.
Plenty of Chances to Obtain Fertile
Lands in the West at Very
Low Figures.

One hundred and seven thousand per
sons sought homesteads on, the Rose
bud Indian reservation in South Dakota
this summer, when it was opened fol
entry at 81 an acre. AS there were less
than 200 claims, more than 100000
applicants were disappointed, says
Youths Companion.
They sought land in South Dakota
largely because the opening of the res
ervation to settlement had been widely
advertised. 1t may safely be assumed
that tens of thousands of them would
be willing to take up desirable land in
any part of the country.
Millions of acres of public and private
land are awaiting them, and it can be
had for less than 81 an acre, 1t is fertile
land, too, and can be brought under
cultivation as cheaply as the Indian
lands recently opened. Full informa-
ton about all government lands may
be obtained from the department of the
interior in Washington, which gladly
assists all homestead seekers.
Wdhg sldICG dloO OnH lduu WHICH, luGy
are anxious to sell to settlers at small
price, and some of the choicest unim-
proved land is owned by the western
railway companies These companies
are continually seeking purchasers for
heir holdings, for they know that the
of their roads depends on
building up a freight and passenger
business in the sparsely settled country
The home seeker who first learns
through the state or national land Office
something about the character of the
,acant lands, their nearness to market |
md the cost of bringing them under
and then buys where the
are most favorable, will sell
ON be disappointed
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
ARTISTIC FLOWER STANDS.
Late Designs in Garden and Conserva-
tory Decorations Add to the
Beauty of the Plants.

The application of the artistic to the
useful, the movement begun by Itus-
kin and Morris, has finally entered the
field of garden and conservatory dec
orations, where it might be imagined
from their constant associations with
beauty that such ideas would have
emanated
The Chicago journal says that In
place Of the ugly, unadorned clay pots
or their still uglier ornamentations OF
frilled crepe and tissue paper, or the
old style of painted washtubs in use
in Conservatives. are now set upon
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
Two CLOCK NovELTIEs.

bold figures upon revolving flaps. The
clock is wound and set as an ordinary
clock; its special advantage lies in the
fact that the time is seen instantly and
from quite long distance. The Sec
ond ingenious novelty is an electrical
ly propelled clock warranted to go for
II months without interference. The
battery, it is claimed. is easily re-
placed by any one. The clock stands
on base of solid wood and is covered
with plate glass.-Brool1lyn Eagle.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

state of Tennessee, at Gallatin,
d suit against the Standard Oil
the charge of violating the an
law passed by the last legisla-
Fhe specific charge is that the
d has bribed parties 10 counter
|rders to a rival concern, one
testifying that the Standard
n 100 gallons of oil to counter
b order so given.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
Something Quite Unusual.

Little Bessie was so accustomed to
seeing the baby crawl around the room
on his hands and knees that she
thought it was his natural mode of
travelling. One day he succeeded in
standing up with the aid of a chair.
and Bessie, very much astonished, ran
to her mother and exclaimed: "Oh,
mamma, come quick! Baby is standing
up on kis hind legs"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
FOR LOVERS OF NOVELTIES.
Cleverly Contrived Clocks Which Are
Calculated to Attract Interest
of the Public.

Ingenuity has of late been turned in
the direction of clock making, with
the result that number of cleverly
contrived timepieces are now in the
market. One of these is the Plato
clock without hands or dials. The
hours and minutes are shown in large
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
Duel with ShOtguns.

Harris, aged 3S, and Rev, E.
lghance, aged As. highly-re-
residents of Columbia, Miss,
duel on the street with shot
Harris was fatally wounded,
sustained serious
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

Central Africans make a kind of
sweet beer which is efrervescent and
tastes a good deal like champagne. 1t
is made by mixing water and banana
Juice and allowing this to turn sour.
1t is said to be wholesome, but it q
drunk only by women and children.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

n Brown, a Methodist min
u his arm in the saws of a
at Wendenball, Miss, and
4 was so badly mutliated
Plton was necessary.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
ley shoots Railroad Agent.

IRE Hayes, Iron Mountain agent
Buren,, Ark, was fatally shot
\ Fontaine, an attorney, who
|th loads of a double-barrel
The homes of the two men
lnd petty quarrels are thought
prompted the shooting.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

lners, including three muir
jail at Benton, La. Three
||ured. Five prisoners re-
II with the others, and re-
|heir cells.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

Mrs. H. Irving, of Lake Charles, La,
fell from her gallery and sustained
probably fatal injuries. She was seized
with a sudden dizziness.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
urder of His Wife,

Jury of the Charlottesville
auon court has returned a
pent against ex-Mayor Nc
murder of his wife, Fannie
n September 4 last.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
mber Mil Burned.

troyed the Sawyer & Austin
OF the largest lumber mills
Rs, at Pine Bluff. The loss
q at being between 100000
~, fully covered by insur-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

Frank and Fred Atkinson, small
boys, were fatally burned by a gaso-
line explosion at Enid, Okla. They at
tempted to start fire with the explo-
siYe.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

Invited to Visit the SOuth.

AT banquet of southern bankers in
New York the cotton spinners Of Great
Britain and the continent were in.
vited to visit the south this fall. They
will accept.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

y in the case of DR.. Julian NJ.
|arged with the murder of DR..
+, at Tarboro, n. c., returned
of acquittal. The homicide
March 16, 1903. Both men
hinent physicians.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
shift of wind Saved City.

A shift Of wind alone saved the city
of Halifax, N. S., from destruction by
fire. The loss was 100000, and .
young woman was killed.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

Fire at Mulden. Miss, destroyed the
gin of the Clay County Cotton Oil Co.
The lcss, estimated at $4,000, is par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

Two distinct earthquake shocks were
felt at different points in Georgia, the
second shock following the first by five
minutes. No damage was done.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
Old FeHd Causes shooting.

j. G. Stampley, farmer near Ham
burg, Miss, was fatally shot by his two
cousins, Thad and Hugh Slapley. The
shooting was the result of an old fam
lily feud.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
]. H. ROBB.
... Insurance Agent -.
Times Building Greepvills, Miss.

REPRESENTS: The Philadelnh,.
Underwriters, The National Fire n.
snrance CoroPany of Hartford, Conn.
The Sun Insurance Office, Of London
The Fire Association, OF Philadeinhia.
The Mississippi Fire Association. nj
Mississippi, The Standard AccIdans
Company, Of Detroit. Mich,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
Cotton Gin Burned.

The cotton gin of I. D. V. Logan
was destroyed by fire near Monroe, La,
entailing a loss of $1,000 partially COW
cred by insurance Of $4,000.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

Nathaniel B. Turner, a confederate
veteran, and for 40 years prominent
citizen of Phillips county, Ark, was
gored to death by bull.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
Charged with Embezx,ement.

e. H. Hollingbee, wanted at Vicks-
burg to answer charge Of embezzle-
ment, was arrested at Gulfport, Miss.
The plaintiff is Charles Long, pho
tograpber.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

James Wilson, a negro who shot into
a caboose on the Southern Pacific, mar
rowly missing a brakeman, was arrest
ed and jailed at Chacahoula, La.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

uecomposed body of a
as found in the pasture of
near Greenwood, La. 1t
\ a case of suicide, as a
hear by.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

The large store of the f. B. Will
Jams Cypress Co, was destroyed by fire
at Patterson, La The loss, estimated
at $4,000, is fully covered by insur-
ance
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
NM Gnod. Store turned.

The dry goods store of Leggett & Co
was totally destroyed by fire at Nc
Henry. Miss, entailing loss of $685.
600. partially insured.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

A negro was killed in a shooting af-
fray at Century, Fla. The slayer es-
capped to the swamps, and at last re-
port had not been captured.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
| Fatal Runawn

enada, Miss, Mrs. w. E. Till
her daughter, Lucetta, were
ON a buggy, the horse run
/ Mrs. Tillman received IA
!, and her daughter was bad
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
Wrecked Train.

uain on the Yazoo C
aliey railroad struck a
estone, Miss, and was
Gneer Scott Jones was
bred.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
Boy Cut to Pieces

aged 15, a colored boy,
y eees in Burden & Bros
y Martinville, La. He
pulley and pulled onto
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

John Newman, the postmaster at
Oldtown, Ark, was shot and killed by
a riverman, who made his escape,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01

Octave Alvarez fell from a car, at
Mobile. Ala. and sustained serious in
juries. However, fatal results are not
feared
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-01
Not Jails Enouob

Many man is found outside of Jail.
because he isn't found Out-Chicago
Daily News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-29
D W Boyce dcvotes his time to rents

Mrs. Mo Hanf has been quite sick
for some days.
Call for carriages and baggage day
or night. Old phone Nc. Is. Helms
and Chestnut.
For rent-FOur room house with
modern ccnvenicnces; 900 West Sec
ond. Apply at $40 West Eighth ave
nue.
Nicely furnished rooms with
board. Bath and all conveniences. Ap.
ply at No. 1916 West Sixth avenue, c.p-
posite Baptist church.
Dent be uncomfortable when you
can get stoves and furniture as good
as new at half price at Sidney Helms
second hand store, 210 West Second
avenue
-Wanted-A stenographer at once.
One quick and accurate with flgures
Address P. O. Box 1872.
Mrs. Rachel ID. Bush of Dexter has
made aDDllCallOn IOT lcrtclS vi eluihiiA
istration on the estate Of her husband
the late Hon. Jesse D. Bush. Mrs.
Bush has recently been appointed post
mistress at Dexter.
The candidates for county offices
will close their campaign Wednesday
night by holding public speaking at
the courthouse. All the candidates
will then be given a chance to discuss
the issues.
Hicks Riley, the son Of Mr.. and
! Mrs. Wiltshire Riley, was painfully
powder burned Thursday Afternoon
while playing with some cartridges
The little boy was burned about the
| face, but is not seri Glsly injured.
The Young Ladies Guild will glv'
a tea and musical al the residence O
Mr.. Will Riley on Wednesday. Feb
ruary 3, from to Il p. m. EVerybod.
| invited. Admission IS cents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-29

The growth Of our rental depart
ment has been unparalleled in this city
and we believe it is based on the good
service given our landlords. There is
no use talking, it takes activity ana
close economy to keep up rents and
keep down expenses. And the differ
ence in results from a piece of proper
ty, year in and year out, in the hands
cf the owner or Indifferent agent, as
centrasted with the services OF
pushing and careful agent, amounts to
a surprising amount in dollars and
cents.
I.eitner and We'll will undertake to
handle rental property. big or little,
against the record of any individual
or agent under similar circumstances
and if the net results are not improv-
ed, the property will be cheerfully
turned back.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-29

We want more business and we pro-
pose to give the best service to get
it and keep 1t.
LEITNER AND WE'LL,
113 Main ST., Pine Bluff, Ark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-29
REMOVAL SALE.

For the next ten days We will sell
8ur entire stock of wall paper and
mixed paints at greatly reduced tig
IreS.
p. Il. PAINT AND PAPER co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-29
Sixth and Chestnut
School,.
302 w. Sixth Avenue.

AND GRADES 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6 AND 7.
TEACHERS AND SPECIALISTS:
Mrs. M. c. Jones, Miss CalIie Jones,
Miss M. T. Allen, Mise Nellie SalIee,
Miss Marion Lache, Miss Angel, Miss
Gussie Murphy, Mr.. N. D. McNelll.
School will reopen January 4, 1904
A new class will be organized.
MISS CALLIE JONES.
3O2 West Sixth Ave; old phone 59S.
New phone 269.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-11-03
DIED OCTOBER. 18th. 1904.

After long illness, in Presby.
! terrain Hospital, Atlanta, in the
61st year of her life, Mrs John W
Bennett, of Kennesaw, Ga.
The funeral services took place
October 18th, at Kennesaw, con-
Quoted by Rev H / Edmondson,
of Thompson, Ga, assisted by her
pastor, Rev 0 L Kelly, of Acworth.
The floral offerings were many
and very handsome.
Mrs Bennett had been a con-
sistent member of the Methodist
Church for % years. She was che
daughter of Philip and Jane
Chalker, of Cobb county, and is
survived by her mother, one broth
er, Taylor Chalker; and five sis
tiers, Mrs J A Shelton, Mrs J f
Brinkley, Mrs J P Gresham, all of
Kennesaw; Mrs G Fl Roberts, of
Atlanta; Mrs Thomas Woodward
of Lavender, Ga; her husband
J W Bennett; one son, J w Ben
nett, Jr, of Admission, Ala; one
daughter, Mrs J H Williams, of
Cedartown, and one grandson.
She was an invalid for many
years, and bore her sufferings with
Christian fortitude.
Like the wise virgin, she kept
her lamp trimmed and burning,
and when, i'll the still hours of the
October night, the bridegroom
perched at the portals of her soul
and called, my daughter, come"
she answered, 81 am ready" and
gently passed over the river into
the ever lasting rest that remain
eth for the children of God.
Mrs Bennett was of modest,
gentle disposition, not given to
speaking evil of any one.
Asleep in Jesus, oh, how sweet.
To be.for such slumber meet.
With holy confidence to sing
That Death had lost its ven
ON sting. A FRIEND.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-11-03
THE FRENCH FRONTIER. :.

Not less than ninety-three forti-
fed places of modern type, some of
them being nearly impregnable,
guard at present the French frontier
from Dunkerque to Nice. Most Of
them have been built since the
Franco-Prussian war at a cost Of
$400,000,000. France has to appro-
pirate annually about $1,000,000
for the maintenance of these for
tresses. Of late there are not a few
military men, and among them Gen
eral Pierron, the former command
er of the Fifth army corps, who ex-
press grave doubts as to the value
of this chain of Notifications in
time of war. They point to the
fact that it would take about 6OO,-
900 men to garrison all the for
tresses, including Paris and Lyons,
an army which would undoubtedly
be of more value in the field. Gen
eraL Pierron predicts a ''total col
lapse" in case of a new war with
Germany if the numerous fortifca-
tons are to be retained.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-11-03
The Ubiquitous Missourian.

Very few states have done moro
than Missouri has to people the rest
of the country. Uncle Sans cen
sus enumerators in 1900 found Mis-
sourians distributed all over the
United States. A little over 10O,-
900 of them were residing in Kan
sas in that year, $4,000 in Illinois,
$1,000 in Texas, $4,000 in Oklaho-
ma, $4,000 in Arkansas, 5000 in
California, $4,000 in Iowa, $4,000
in Indian Territory, $1,000 in Colo
RADIO, $4,000 in Nebraska, $1,000 in
Oregon, 10000 in Washington, TO-
900 in Indiana and smaller numbers
in other localities. In all 615,0OO
natives of Missouri in that year
were residing in other parts of the
United States. The number of
course is much larger in 1904
Kansas City Journal.