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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10

his home IN Maryland after visiting
relatives n Natchez and in this
county
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10

Mr. Robert Casey, Of Hollandale,
was guest in Greenville on Friday
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-08


Iz-e t9fcle1l,eee 1ege s1o4g -
ega 1Fzl1h r,ter
f7anlal 4lote Va Born FL
Stapi ton,
her hcF eifik the Of
school IA ~ eff oqs IN 1I54
her eldest lister. Mary. who was men
tJgeufy-oie. with her sisters Elizabeth
and Sarah, opened 4 ladies' school 81
Trinity street. Bristol talIing Hnnnah
and her younger sister, Patty. who
were then respectively twelve and ten
years or nse. as pupils. The school
rvFas d eFea4 success md Hannah be
came d hfehly cn1tfgEted girl Some
where about the year 1867 che n1ade
the acquaintance OF q elr. Turner OF
Belmont He was a wealthy bachelor.
considerably older than herself and the
owner OF Z fne estate near Flax Bonn
ton IN Somersetsbire. She Is describ-
ed as being at this dine an exceedingly
pretty girl, with deiicate features and
beautiful eyes These characteristics
she retained to the end OF her life, as
the portrait Of her by Plekersgill in
the national portrait gallery clearly
shows. She became a constant visitor
at Belmont ana IN due course OF time
received from Mr. Turner proposal
se marriage, which she accepted. She
withdrew from her connection with the
school and made All peparatIon for
her wedding.
This. however. never took place.
Three times was the day fixed and as
often fo= some upjptelligtbIe reason
postponed by Mr.. Turner. Els aRec-
don for her seems to have been stn-
cere, but he was man of q curious
and rather gloomy disposition. and his
strange conduct may possibly be refer
red to some mental perYersity. At last
her friends interfered and insisted On
the engagement being broken on. Mr..
Turner was very anxious TO make set
Element upon her, and, though for some
time she declined to entertain the pro
posal, she was finally persuaded by
Sir james Stonehouse to accept an am
nuity of ECO year. This unfortunate
AFFAIR did not interfere with the friend
ship and respect which Mr.. Turner
continued to feel for her, and at his
death he left her a legacy of $1,000.
But 1t probably left its mark on her,
and. though She subsequently received
two. offers of marriage, she declined
them both.-New York Tribune.
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RisKED HIS LIFE.
now I'm EaterDrisinE reporter Got
the Sesss For His Paper.

now an EarerpriSInE Reporter Got
the News For His Paper.
Undoubtedly the boldest undertaking
on the part OF reporter to score q
beat ever known in the history OF
american journalism was when Thom-
as b. Fielders of the New York Times
leaped flom steamer in New York
harbor at odds OF about 100 to / OF
being drowned and brought In the first
graphic story of the loss of the ocean
liner Oregon. 1t is the custom of New
York dailies to send reporters down
the bay to meet incoming steamers
when 1t is known there is "big news"
aboard. On the ground that 1t is bet
ter to be safe tlIun sorry the editors
dispatch the reporters by special per
nit ON Il government revenue cutter
or else on n specially chartered tug,
with view to catching their EuE-e
before the ship docks. 1t was known
early oae afternoon that IL North Ger
man lloyd steamer was not far out,
,.4d very city editor in &cw York laid
pia..s Tor sending reporters TO meet the
.;ncrmiul, liner.
F.c!dc:S was one of these. He man
aged 20 ret aboard the big steamer far
down the lay and went among the sur
vlvors Of the Oregon disaster and OBJ
tatEcd some thrilling tales Of escape.
He took mo-es enough to write book
about The s.ukinS OF the ship, with
minute details Of heroic reIcues and
plenty OF Wnut newspaper men call
"hunlan interest" stories. Then time
began u Wear heavy on his hands. II
was getting late ut night and tie ship
had not yet passed quarantine. To
make mattcrs worse, the captain said
t!.Ht he would allow NO one to leave
the ship until she had made her way
clear OF quarantine Flelders vainly
pleaded that he was not a passenger
and therefore was not amenable to the
Inspection Of the ship by the health
officers. His remonstrances were I'M
availing. The captain was obdurate.
Ten o'clock came The city editor OF
the Times paced nervously around the
night desk, repeatedly asking, Where
on earth Is Fielders?'
out there in the bay Ftelders,
wrought 10 a pitch OF anger almost
-sufHcient to impel an assault upon the
exacting captain, looked vainly at the
dimpIing stream of light from his tug
as she lay out in the darkened waters
waiting for him. The captain of the
steamer would not permit the tug to
come amy nearer to his ship. Fielders
stood beside the rail-, loudly remon-
strating with the man commanding the
big ship. He steRIthiIy placed one leg
over the rail. then the other. Then
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-08
THE LIBERTY CAP.
ItA Significance Dates Away Back -
EARLY Greek Lines.

IeA sIEnIacance Dates Away Back -
EARLY Greek Lines.
From very carly times one of the dis
tInguishing marks OF n slave, both IN
Greece and oriental countries general
Is, was the lack of any covering for
the head. Accordingly the cap csrlne to
be considered the insignia of liberty,
and when slaves We're given their free
dom they were presented with cap as
nm emblem of it. In Sparta the helots
wore cap of dogskin, and this was
reckoued n badge OF servitude, but
upon ginning their freedom this was
replaced by IL cap of Il different ma
teriaI, of another shape and ornament.
ed with flowers 4 similar custom
was observed in Rome, where the pres
entation of the pileus, or cap, was al
ways part of the ceremony of manu-
uniting Il slave: hence arose the prov.
erb, ..Servos nd pileum vocare." Also
GA medals the cap is the symbol OF lib
erty and is usuaiiy represented as be.
ing held in the right hand by tie point
When a cap was exposed to the PEG
PIES view on the top of Il spear, rs in
the case Of the conspiracy against Cae
sar, 1t was intended as a public fnvi'
ta1iou to them 10 embrace the liberty
that was offered them. The Goddess
of Liberty on Mount -Avcntime was
represented as holding a cap in her
hand as a symbol OF freedom. The
Jacoblns wore red cap during the
French revolution. and In England a
riue cap with white border is used
as symbol of liberty. The custom
which prevails among university STU
dents of wearing a cap is said TO have
bad It's origin In wish to signify that
The wearers had acquired full liberty
and were no longer subject to the rod
OF their superiors.
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SOME FIRsT OCCASIONS.

Alexander del Spina made the first
pair Of spectacles-in 1855.
The first books We're bound by Alta
Ius. king of Pcrsamus, IN 1873 B. G.
The first glass window in England
was put up in an abbey about $50.
The first typewriter ever made APP
peared in 1T14. the work of Henry
Mills.
The first bread vas made by the
Greeks; the first windmiIls by the Sar-
acens.
The first playful was issued from
Drury Lane theater. London, on April
8. 1868.
It is asserted that the drum was the
Hrst musical instrument used by hu-
mau beings.
TROUSERS. in their present shape,
were introduced into the British army
In 1913 and tolerated as legitimate
portion Of evening dress in 1916.
According to historians. the first
striking clock was imported into Eu.
rope by the Persians about 500 A. d.
It was brought as a present to Charlie.
imagine from Abdella. king OF Persia,
by two monks of Jerusalem.
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,The funeraI q Peter BodIin.
IN suMMER ID ITALY.

The Natives Know How 70 Keep CooA
IN SsoFehtne yveather-
its a summer IN. Italy; tie hot, white
roads radia;e heat rs do tie BLINK
faces OF The houses. There IS not q
soHI stirr.Gs at this hour except q
party OF ST. asSeelng Americans; they
are eyiden.,y mad, for they do not keep
IN the sha5,,, which, from the Italian
point of vic7g, Is far more laekins in
Intelligence than not tlznoWing enough
to go in wll.n It rains"
1t is into cstIng to note that while
the summer beats down pitilessly until
italy Is sectiIeI ia white heat the
death rate from heat prostratlon IS far
less In proportion than with rs in our
more temperate climate, and for the
reason that the Italians walk religious
IL on the shady side of the street, II
anything tulSes them abroad before the
cool OF the day; and that every man,
woman and child for whom 1t Is pos
sIbIe spends the middle of the day in a
cool costume indoors.
Fortunately 1t is possible for the ma
jority, for during the hot weather many
factories give two or three hours for
the incoming, ana that is why our town
presents the appearance of a deserted
village.
In the latter part of the afternoon
the evening breeze springs up and the
town awailes and resumes the work
which was be1sun in the early morning.
II you happen to dine I'm the garden OF
the little Hotel Italia and stroll around
the garden after dinner, You may, by
following up. one of the gravel walks,
come upon a Sort OF out OF doors room
screened Off from the garden by close
growing eversreens and shaded by tail
trees.
An acety!ena gas jet sheds strong
light on q table and there, out of doors
IN the cool of the evening breeze.
womnn Is ironing. The irons are
heated by two tiny charcoal fires made
in earthen braziers. which resemble
large square fOwerpots. AnnnnclatR
does not need range standing six feet
in its stoc'.'sIGs to heat her four irons.
It is doubtful il she has ever seen
such Il range in her life, for, though
she is the cook of the hotel. to which
Is ATTACHED restaurant, and many
people take their meals there daily, she
uses less fuel in her cooking arrange
ments than the average American fam
flv would use to cook it's simple meals.
In the cool of the morning she folded
and sprinlSled her clothes. did the
morning work early aud then rested.
Now she sings as she works in the
fresh evening air. Although people
are dining ut the stone tables In the
garden, she Is as remote from them as
u she were working In n hot Kitchen.
There is a lesson to be drawn from
saesc two pictures and that is that we
Americans are often sacrificed at the
altar of our own prosperity, and go
through life YEARLY carrying on our
backs load of modern Improvements.
Mary Heaton worse in Good House
keeping.
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RESTAURANTS.
rho First OF Them Was EatuBliShed
Ia Paris In 1905.

Fho First OF Them Was EatnblfShed
Ia Paris In 1905.
For a long time inns and eating
houses in France were only intended
for the benefit of travelling people. for
the people took their meals Mt home
and restaurants were unknown. The
Grst enterprise of the kind was found
ed IN Paris In ICES. A citizen by the
name of Boulanger opened in the Rue
des PoulIes an eating house where
coup, meat, fowl and eggs were serV-
ed. A chronIcler relates that meals
were served there on small, round
marble tables ana everything was scru-
pulously clean.
over the entry to this first eating
house the proprietor had hung sign,
upon which We're tIle Latin words, We
mite I'D me Omnes Quae stomncho lnbo-
rats, ct ego restaurabO Wos" Como
unto me all ye whose stomachs need
attention. and I win restore theml.
This is l, parody on the Well knowD
Biblical quotation, "Come unto me an
ye who labor and are heavy laden, ana
I VIM give you rest" only in place o.
labor and heavy laden he said, whose
gton4achs need attention" The word
trestaurabo,V from the Latin ''restau'
rnre" (restore or refresh), was the
main characteristic OF the new estab'
dishment and gave It its name. Bou'
tanger amassed a large fortune, foR
nIs enterprise proved eminently sue,
eessfui. but he was soon initiated, sons
Of his imitators becoming more famous
Phnn hR
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raE MODEM CHILE.

~ tltf Tlrurla ~.
ee5n
tt fcr ENID ifilll1It
Sc tfiu 81 Is ~ must Re
Taught % work e faeprist Who
shu{ It the vision OF the alphallet
ana the tiieCrist 7Eiio intends; svary
pastine 70 convey lesson toss the
child between them NE a slluttlecock.
Ewe forget says one earnest wtiter
upon edueation, that the very definl-
ton OF school means leisure, That tho
child must have It II abundance and
that lie must be pnoteetel and shelter
"a from tie activities OF the great
world. Accordingly de IS occupied
from the time lie IS Three years old
doing something which Is to mold his
character for lie, ana an audience of
adults breathlessly awaits the outcome
OF every fresh experiment. He IS pro
tected from books Qlis natural rriebds}.
but tnugilt with greuter economy Of
his mental tissues IN a series OF In
fautfIe lectures. lie Is protected hom
usfae. his own mind, but Invited to
prey upon the minds of his teachers.
He Is protected from tile frank old
games of childhood, glitch are frowned
upon as .-boorish'' ana Immoral and
encouraged to think that his most
yapid amusements are matters for
grave concern. He is protected some
tines from the very sound OF words
which form part OF our common vocob
ulary and from contact with idens
which form part OF our common ex-
perieuce. have known family OF
little children so hedged and guarded
lest they should Hear Of sin, of death,
OF pain, OF trouble, of fairies, of ghosts,
Of santa Claus, of Satan, OF fear Of
prohibition, of transgression, that con-
versation I'm their presence resembled
those intelligent little one syIlabled
books which were published In great
numbers some years ago for the en-
feeblement OF the infant mind.-Agnes
RepplIer In Appleton's.
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l-rerur,I.hed .nedstend.

One might term bedstcad recently
evolved by an ingenious housewife a
hybrid; vet IL might be said in its favor
that 1t combines the advantages OF APP
pearance Of the mahogany four poster
with the hygienic merits Of the metal
he'd. This Is accomplished by using the
four posts of the mahogany bed with
the springs and frame Of the metal bed
A Siimity tester. and valance with
colonial spread entirely concealed the
metal portion In the daytime, and Its
possessor says she prefers 1t to the en-
dire mahogany bed. In explanation az
might be said that the mahogany bed
stead used was bought for song at q
sale, as the only good thing about it
WAS the four dnO posts.
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what 4 nabx can DO.

It can keep its father busy advertis-
ing IN the paper for a nurse.
It can simultaneously occupy both
sides of the largest bed made.
1t can cause its father to be Insulted
by every second class boarding house
keeper in the city who "never takes
children" which. In nine cases out OF
ten, Is fortunate for the children
It can make itself look like fend
Just when its mother wants to show It
of.
It can make an old bachelor in the
next room use language that II uttered
on the street would get him In the
penitentIary for two years.
It can go from the farthest end OF
the room to the foot OF the stairs in the
hall quicker than Its mother can step
into the closet and out again.
1t can so to sleep like an angel, and
Just as papa and mamma are starting
for the theater 1t can wake up and stay
awake.
These are some of the things baby
can do. But there are other things as
well. A baby can make the common
est house the brightest spot on earth.
It can tighten the burdens of a loving
mothers life by adding to them. II
can datten its dirty little face against
the window pane in such a way that
the tired father can see 1t as picture
before he rounds the corner. Yes, ba-
bIes are Erent institutions, particularly
ones own baby,
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unrecorded preana.

The subject of dreams is one Of the
entire field of mental philosophy. and
It has not yet met eth that amount
OF attention which It's Importance
would seem to demand. Sir William
Hamilton, tho great mctNphysician.
held that whether we retollect our
dreams or not. we always dream" 10
have no recollection OF our dreamg
does not prove that we have not
dreamed, for It can often be shown
utat we have dreamed. though the
dream hns left no trace upon our
memory.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-08

august" the name of the month, Is
accented on the first syllable '-Au-
gust" the adjective, Is accented on the
second syllable. This is due. no doubt
to the fact that though both started
from the Latin ''augustus." they have
arrived by different routes. The ad-
jcctivc * the French .auguste, while
August" concentrating the Roman
eu,peror's title. IS the French -aout"
aud the middle English ''auGst' or
eaus.t.' "JuIy' used to rhyme with
'.duly." even in .Tohnson's. time. as It
had done centuries earlier and as 1t
does in southern Scotland to this day
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Tlle 50 gu1ero nnl @rc sos AZ
eleeF. tl3n
III fde ioi
ted here q IL hi; t.e tie u
sdf re- fGiIe with occoiitI lflt music
and decoration, ana & likely to tlllpil
that de Mexican does nQthiuE but
celebrate
With his religious and nationn Feast
eIya the 31exfcans does lslFc Nanny
Holidays or more or less general illl-
port1nce. and wilea ne g not rlet'-flE-
Ing thstc lie IhnE be celcnr7lti.ss the
day q his patron saint or u t-lsit 9F
sore meInser OF lis family, 50 tifs1 4
seems to require little indncement Aot
him to ceIeBrate. I'll member OF the
days or weeks his return = eelebrHt-
ed in some mild way and his welcome
home made pleasant.
But not MI OF the celebrations which
take place IN the capital are Mexican
as the foreisn colonies contribute their
shire Of feast days The Americans
celebrate their dny of Independence On
the glorious Fourth Of July, and ten
days later the French celebrate the
fan OF the Bastille. aud 50 It goes. the
British celebrating the birthday OF
their king, the Italians the entry INTO
Rome Of the troops OF united Italy, the
Germans the birthday OF the kaiser.
the Swiss the day of the formation of
the confederation The Spanish ceie-
brate the birthday of their king, and
In September their feast of COrvodon-
ga Is important enough to last three
days No doubt there are other ceIe-
brations not SO public or prominent,
such as the Chinese New Year and
others, but the above goes to show
that not all the feasting in the capital
Is done by natives. An interesting
point, however. Is that foreigners who
come to Mexico are soon the keenest
Tor the coming Of the various holidays,
and Mexican. religious or their own, |
are jealousy demanded as leisure days
from all houses of business or COM
Mexico.
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"a Clergyman was Unexpectedly called
ioon. to preach before the students of
4 wen lEnown college. He chose SER
mon from his barrel" and without
reading It went to the college chapel.
&c got on splendidIy until near the
lose, when he amazed the boys with
lis peroration, beginning, And now
word IN conclusion to you who are
a. ~ HRS >
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DO. crnlrI.,. IIabita q VVorIE.

Mrs. CrnIEIe's EEabEta of work.
It had been Airs. Craigie's habit for
many ycars to begin her work at 8
O'Clock in the morning, no matter how
late she had been up the night before.
on and on she wrote till 11:30, never
being able to do more than half an
hours work at time, a disability
which makes the amount she produced
the more amazing. After luncheon
even after luncheon at the Carlton
she wrote again until It was time to
pay calls and to talk at tea tables as
idly as II she had been idle all day, a
feat of unbendinE which few women
and fewer men can perform. But after
dinner she was always tired AT
night, size confessed. II never by amy
chance do anything I cannot even
write a post card then"
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The queen Is addressed as ''md'am"
by all the members of the upper class
e. the term your majesty" being
rarely used except on formal occa-
gions. The king. the Prince of Wales
and all the other English princes are
addressed as sir" Vet foreign princes
and prIncesses bearing the title Of Sc
rene highneSs must not be addressed
as "sIr'' or '.ma'am." but rs prince"
or ''orincess.
A letter to the sovereign must begin
thus: His majesty the king" and be-
low the single word sir" The conclU
sion of the letter would he wordeS
somewhat as follows: II have the
honor 10 submit myseif your mnjesty's
most humble and devoted servant"
etc. A letter to the Prince of Wales
should begin thus: ITO his royal high
ness the Prince of Wales" on lower
line ..sIr," and then the letter would be
proceeded with.
When the king and queen play bridge
or any other round game money fresh
from the mint must be provided, and
when any member of the reignlng
family Joins In.,a game Of cards new
money Is uhually snpplied.-Londou
Ladies' Field.
1he First sight.
Ethel4T understand It was a case OF
love at first siRht between Jack and
sIiss oldgfrl Maud-Yes. dear. But
The nrst sight was ut her bank book
wonder is theldrsr cause. Of ;phlloOo-
ohy.-Arist0tie.
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hua wonder.

The French Academy of Sciences =
i72o examined the case Of French
tad only seven years old who. In MI
respects save that of intelligence, was
the equal of man OF twenty. His re-
markable physician development began
when he was two years old at four
Ae could do the farm work OF a boy a.
afteen or sixteen, and at seven he was
4 fully grown man. Although hia
physique was thus remarkably devol-
oped, his Intelligence was no greateR
than that Of children of the same age.
he died before he was twenty. A. =
usual in such cnses Of premature de-
velopmont. his strength faded away
End he became prematurely old before
other men would attain maturity.
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iecalI-Nhat sort of hybrid cren-
ture 3lE fiatt new outler Of yours? %u-
EACH Why. nov 90 you mean? Sfc-
CoiI-i called to see YOU the other day.
AMI when G.:;ed lt;hi what time
.sIi.ht catch yoil nj home he said AT
fi1t-sf Ia. =, - i'hii n:rlpii'a
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n crnne .Deaned.

.sVVhat do you mean by saying soH4S
thing Is the latest craze9" asked the
man from abroad who carries note
book.
,sfs something that amuses other peo-
NE. hut In which you yourself do not
happen to lie Interested - Washington
Star.