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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-08-25
The Kid SUeakS,

My fathers headpiece isn't cracked.
Though you might think it, for a fact
He talks the strangest sort of rot
And jabbers like an idiot
I can't tell half the time what he
Is trying to convey to me,
But mother can and not half try
She's lived with him more years than /.
For instance, he says men for fthen,
And then he changes to IAN en-.
With "'ist'' for Just and lat for
that"
He keeps me guessing where hes at.
He twists and fortunes every word
Or so. It seems to me absurd
And mother says he won't outgrow it
Because by trade he is poet.
She says he fills the family purse
BY writing yards and yards Of verse
Like this: Las night list after tea
My pa he taxed me on his knee.
Men ma she LATED list fit to kill.
An EN- she said to Uncle Bill,
Now. Wn-yum, don't you think that he
Is list as cute as he can be?'
An 'en my uncle LATED: .Ha. ha.
Hee, hee. Ho, no! list like his pa!
They sound to me like awful droo1.
These poems Of the AN en- school.
Puck.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-08-25
Da StyleesIia Lady.

I tai you VIZ at, you oughta see
Carlotta-dat's my girl--w'en she
Ees feex for holiday. I guess
You nevva see sooch styleeshness.
She gatta a yallow seelka skirt
Ees look so fine you theenk ees wort
Bout twanty dollar, mebbe more,
Eef you gon' buy eet cen Ga store.
So, too. she gatta purpla wais'
OATS treem' weeth pretta yallow lace
An beega golda breasta peen
Ees Steeckin' ondraneat her cheen.
Eth? Wait, my frand, On toppa dat
She gat da beega redda hat
Weeth coupla featha, brighta green.
An whita rosa cen baytween.
Da redda. whita, green, you see,
Ees Hka flag of Italy.
Ha, " at you theenka dat for style?
All, yes, my frand, eet max you smile!
You can eemagine, den, of me,
How proud / smile w en- first see;
You can believe how proud feel
For walkin out weeth her, but STEEL
I gatta-w'at you call-"deestress"
You see, wen she ees look so sweet
I 'fraid for let her da street.
juSta feela scare dat SOM
Beega reecha man ees coma COM
An see how styleesh she can be
An steala her away from me.
IT. A. DAILY In Catholic Standard and
Times.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-08-25

State Of Mississippi,
Washington County.
By virtue of an order Of the Board
Of Supervisors OF said County made
this day, sealed bids are invited to
be fled with the undersigned on or
before the first Monday Of Septem-
per, 1906, for general repairs on the
bridge across Bogue Phalia, at the
Randolph Plantation, in said County.
The repairs to be such as will put
said bridge in good condition and the
bidder, in submitting his proposition,
will specify what improvements he
will make under his bid
Given under my hand and official
seal this 9th day OF September, 1906
T. H Hood, Clerk.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-08-25
A Joke In a Serious Place.

Certainly no one would think of read
ing a dictionary for amusement or
pleasures the Irishman said, he
would lose the thread Of the story in
the great mass of detail. Nor would
one expect to find jokes in such book,
barring Mark Twain's about the car
buncle. But that learned and other
wise serious dictionary, the Century,
contains at least one laughable entry
Under the word question is the fol
lowing:
York 1tisneS
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-08-25
Bridge Notice.
IF NIissis sippi.

State Of Mississippi.
Washington County.
BY virtue Of an order OF the Board
OF Supervisors Of said County made
this day, sealed bids are invited to
be filed with the undersigned Clerk,
on or before II o'clock noon, on
Monday, the 3rd day OF September,
1000 for the construction of a steel
bridge across Yazoo River, at Belzo-
nj, in said County. The said bridge
to be built III accordance with the
plans and specifications now on file
in the office OF the Chancery Clerk
Of said County and the Board re-
serves the right to reject any and
all bids
Given under my hand and official
seal this 9th day Of August, a. D.,
1900.
T. H Hood, Clerk.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-08-25

time the Board Of Supervisors of said
County, via take up and review salo
rolls and hear any objections that
may property come before them as to
any individual assessment.
Given under my hand and official
seal This 9th day of August, 1906.
Petition Tor reduction in the as
sessmeuts lied after the first Monday
in September viii not be accepted
by the Board Of Supervisors,
T. H. Hood, Clerk.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-08-25
A Hard and Endless Task.

"She does nothing but read from
morning till night" said one girl.
rs she engaged in any special
studyY
NO. She wants to be able to say
she has read every novel that is adj
vertised as the l3test success. Wash
ington Star.
A Bold Move.
I hate Jack" said the sweet young
bather. Hes gay deceiver''
What has he done 7" asked her
friend.
He blew out the lamp the other
evening AND
And Whit r
Left tie roo- nuna'a Nagaxin
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-08-25
Notice.
state OF Mississippi,
Va I'm at1e1 Comfy

Washington County.
By virtue Of an order OF the Board
OF Supervisors Of said County made
this day sealed bids are invited to
be 6ied with the undersigned Clerk
On or before IL o'clock, noon, on
1000. for forty tons OF coal, to be de
1ivered in the coal house, on the
Court House Lot OF said County.
One car OF said coal 10 be delivered
at the convenience Of the successful
bidder between now and Sept. Ist,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-08-25

A clergyman. who is absent mind
ed, tells how he once unconsciously
helped a bashful swain He was pom
dering something theological, when a
neighbor's daughter, walking bp her
diffident lover, Galleed out to him:
"Oh. doctor. we are just going for a
raInbIe. Won't you go with us?'
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-08-25
To Make 1t Tender

Waiter" called the customer in the
restaurant where. an orchestra was
playing.
yes, sah.''
Kindly tell the leader of the orches-
ira TO play something sad and low
while | dine. | want to see il it won't
have a softening Influence on this
steak.''-Milwaukee Sentinel
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-08-25

With pleasure. Do you want the
ceremony OF the church," The bash
full lover was suddenly fired with an
enthusiasm that four years of gnawiug
at his heartstrings had failed to arous
and he fairly shouted Yes, yes, and
if Maud consents, the sooner the bet
ter" Maud consented
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-08-25
Quite So.

''Your husband is so full of fun, Mrs.
Newriche, he makes people fairly
shrek. He is always chatting, isn't
hep
Yes, indeed. I tell him he is quite
q chauffeur. Baltimore American.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-08-25
Notice To Taxpayers.
state of Mississippi,

~t.te OF AIIssIesfppf,
Washington County.
Notice IS hereby given that the
Real and Personal Assessment Rolls
of said County for the fiscal year
1000. are now on file and will 50 re
main in the office of the Chancery
Clerk of said County until the Ist
Monday of September, 1906, at which
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-08-25

and the balance to be delivered upon
the request Of the Sheriff of this
County. as the same may be needed
Witness my hand this 9TH day Of
August, 1906
T. H. Hood, Clerk.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-08-25

s'Hello. butcher! What's all this
you're Juggling homer
oh. only about twenty-five pounds
Of education for my daughtervs-Flie-
gende Batter
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-08-25

sSome men are like wine-they Inn
prove with age.
res. but the likeness must be per
feet. though &
That 90 you mean 81
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13

Harvard; From Panama to Pata- gonia;" "The Fertile Pampas of Ar gentine;" "The Falls of Igazu;" The Gypsy Moth;' "The Shattered Opel isk of Mt, Pelee," by Prof Heilprin; and What the Latln-American Re- publics Think of the Pan-American Conferences
 '"The Strokes and Science of Lawn Tennis" by Mir. P. A. Vaile is the tltie of the latest number of spalding s Athletic Library, No. 279. The book was published in England and reprint ed in this country by consent Of the British Sports Publsing Company, 2 and 8 Hind Court, London, B. C.. This is the third book that MT. Vaile has written on lawn tennis within two years. The author asserts that the Brothers Doherty are the only first class players in the world who use the holds of the racket they do, and insists strongly that these grips are running English lawn tennis. There are 73 Illustrations of all strokes, including the American service, the forehand and backhand drives and all modern strokes. The book is dedicated to Lord Alverstone, Lord Chief Justice of Eng land. The price of this book is 10 cents. For sale by the American Sports Publishing Company, 21 Warren Street, New York City.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13

veneered furniture, rough, $2.3S; the same finished, $3,57; fine grade furni- ture, upholstered from $5,71 to $l1.9O
 There is even wider field, as yet uncanvassed, for the ale of certain lines of household furniture Dining room furniture would probably take the chief place in this line. The different grades of beautiful sideboards made of oak in the United States, and at very reasonable prices, ought to find steady market in Saxony. Dining room tables and chairs could also be supplied. Closets are almost unknown there, their place being taken by ward robes. which are in all grades, and sometimes have a mirror set in the door panel. They range in price from the equivalent of $4 to $100 and more. One of the most widely sold articles in. the German furniture trade is the ubiquitous sofa, or divan, which is gen.. erally upholstered in plush, and is sur-l rounded by monumental framework of wood. t'is often the most expensive piece of furniture in the room, and is combined with a .mantel-piece adapted to the display of bric-a-brac.
 The German tendency is to have one style of furniture in the room. Dark tones are preferred in oak, mahogany, ebony, walnut or their limitations. There is "a leaning to conservatism which is recognized and catered to by furniturer manufacturers. Not jnfre- quently the design of the rug is in harmony with the uniform upholstery of the furniture,
 In the dining room suites the side- boards are often of vast size and very firely constructed The table, chairs. buffet and china closets are always in the same design. The prevailing styles are old German. Renaissance, or New Art, occasionally Flemish, Biedermere, and one or two of the later French classic styles, notably a modified Empire. The smoking rooms have moquette, leather or imitation leather divan, with its accompanying framework, a table and chairs and a tall bookcase with half-glass doors, and writing desk, all of the same pattern.
 The American womans writing desk is another article which should find a ready sale in saxony. This could stand by itself, without necessarily following the style of the other articles of furni- ture in the room. An American writ ing desk would be a very acceptable addition to any household. Those made in Saxony, except where included in salon sets, are usually of dark walnut vaneer, rectangular and heavy, and really lack artistic appearance. Such a piece retails for from $15 upward, and the American manufacturer could compete successfully with it's German rival in this class of goods.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13

What makes the plan such a par ticularly unfair one for the horses en- gagged in races where it is applied is the fact that instead of limiting the fields to a reasonable number of start CTS. So each horse would have at least a ghost of a chance, the tracks looking for entrance money, are striving every possible way to increase the size of the
 fields. At Cleveland one afternoon there were r starters in one race and 16 in the next. This meant, without the slightest exaggeration, that at least half the horses had practically no chancle at all to win the race
 In a field of that size nag that draws a bad position in the rear rank in pretty lucky if he can trot or pace into decent place in the first and sec ond heats, so as to have a chance of getting away well in the third mile, and perhaps winning that heat. But if he does it gets him nothing in the way of g5lry, and but mighty little cash certainly not enough to half pay for the record he is obliged to take.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13

of, the year, when they have not come in contact with it or even approached it.
 The poison ivy Is for these reasons a great nuisance and every effort should made to externinate it. To cut it down simply assures a ranker growth the next year, and, if the sap is running freely the chances are that every susceptible person who passes by 1t will suffer for a week or two in consequence. The only means that can be taken to exterminate the ivy is to go to work at the roots with acids and chemicals.
 With the roots killed the plants life is gone, but with the stalks dead the plant thrives just as well next season. In one spot where it is understood that acids were used the poison ivy which previously grew there with great rank ness, has entirely disappeared As be- fore indicated the cutting off of the stalks or leaves is dangerous for any one susceptible to the poison, and does no permanent good.-Ansonia Sentinel.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
POISON IVY THREATENING.

The three-leaf poison ivy which grows so rankly along some of the fences and walls bordering public high ways, s very likely to cause trouble to
 people who have to pass it. This three-leaf ivy, or mercury, as some people call 1t, affects people in different ways. Some people are not poisoned unless they touch it. while others are poisoned whenever they approach 1t closely. People who have once been poisoned frequently have it come out on them periodically, at certain time
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13

District of New Haven. ss. Probate
 Court, September 11th, 1906. ESTATE OF ANNA l.. R. MILLER. late
 of New Haven, in said District, de-
 ceased.
 PURSUANT to an order from the Court of Probate for said District, there will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, on the 18th day of Sep- tember, A. D, 1906, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, (unless previously disposed of at private sale), the following real es- tate of> said deceased, situated in the town of New Haven, viz: an undivided interest in two certain pieces of land, one piece being about 4S feet front on Franklin street by about 15S feet deep and the other piece being about 2S% acres situated on Ramsdell street in Westvi1le.
 Sale to take place at 152 Orange St. in said New Haven Terms made known at time of sale
 ARTHUR R. MILLER, Administrator Clark, Hall $, Peck. 152 Orange street.
 New Haven, Conn. Attorneys for the
 Estate. s12 St
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
geoal aantfres.

District of New Haven. ss. Probate Court, September 11th, 1906.
 ESTATE OF JOSEPHINE E. SMALL. late ol Woodbridge, in said District, The Court of Probate for the District pointed six months from the date here of for the creditors of said deceased to bring in their claims against said es- tate. Those who neglect to exhibit their claims within said time will be de- barred. are requested to make immediate nav ment to ,1s,...l'N 7, = ERRoLL M. AUGUR, Administrator.
 sig St
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13

Dodd, Mead and Companys fiction cons new romance, "Jane Cable;" "Prisoners,' by Mary Cholmondeley author of "Red Pottage;" "The Far Horizon" by Lucas Maet (Mrs St. Leger Harrison,) author of "Sir Rich ard Calmady," and 'The subjection of Isabel Carnaby,"- by Ellen Thorney croft Fowler. They will also publish stories by Horace IA. Vachell. Jacques Futrelle, Benjamin Brace, and s. R. Crockett. Among the books of varied interest to come from this house are Gilbert K. Chestertons Life of Charles Dickens" Dr. Harry Thurston Peck's Twenty Years of the Republic, '' Sir Harry Johnson's Liberia" and a biography of Lady Hamilton, from new and original sources and docu- ments," by Walter Sichel
 D, Appleton and Company are very busy with fiction. They have brought out this week stories by w. B, Max well, Lloyd Osbourne, and H. B. Mar riott Watson and between now and November will publish novels by H, c. Bailey. H, B. Provost Battersby, Elizabeth Duer, Jane Findlater, James l. Ford. W. A. Fraser, Aquila Kemp ster, Marmaduke Pickthall, Fillmore Elliott Peake, Molly Elliot seawell, and Edith Sessions Tupper. Among the miscellaneous Appleton. books forth coming are'"An Early History of High CT Education," by President Charles F. Thwing of Western Reserve Univer- sity; vol of Prof John Bach McMas- ter's History of the People of the United States" ''The Secret of the Old Masters" by Albert Abendschein; 'Credit and its Uses," by w. A.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13

The August number of the National Geographical Magazine, published at
 Washington, D, C., by the National Geographic Society is a South Amer can number. The titles of it's leading articles will give good idea of the scope and nature of its contents. They are: South America 50 Years Hence" by Charles M. Pepper of the Permanent Pan-American Railway Company; New Peruvian Route to the Plain of the Amazon" by Prof $. | Bailey of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
OLDEST NEW ENGLAND COUPI.E E They Celebrate Sixty-Seventh Wed
 ding Anniversary.

IllNS NSlCBl llC EolAl l9 -OGN6Iltl w eQ-
 ding Anniversary,
 Mir. and Mrs, Luman F. Parker, each 99 years old. the oldest married couple in New England, and perhaps in the country, observed their sixty-seventh wedding anniversary Saturday. Mr. Parker rode horseback for several miles in the morning, an exercise which he has taken almost daily for the last 20 years,
 He was born in West Virginia, Mrs. Parker was formerly Miss Elizabeth Wyle, and is a mehmber of an old and prominent family of Coventry, N. Y. The couple were marierd at Coventry. They have four children-Mrs. E. O. Hall of Coventry; Judge L. F. Parker and Judge H. H. Parker both of St Louis, and W. D. Parker chief clerk of the Connecticut Labor Bureau
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13

In "The Story of Montana the serial in McClures, the quarrel of Clarks first attempts to reach the United States Senate, of his spectacu. lar defeat, and of the Montana capital fight, is told. It makes one of the most interesting pages in American history. "A Royal Romance" by c, N and A. M. Williamson is timely narrative of the young King of Spain's courtship of an English girl, The 30 years war. between the New York Mutual and Equitable Companies Is re- lated with some surprising disclosures in Chapter V of Burton J, Hendricks ''The Story of Life Insurance"
 Eugene Wood contributes an original article on Niagara Kipling in the fifth of this Robin Goodfellows stories, tells the charming legend of how the fairies were ferried out of England; Perceval Gibbon tells a remarkable South African tale; "B. Jones, Butcher" is satire by Samuel Hop kins Adams. John Mcintyre tells an amusing tale of boy life in a Catholic school and James Hopper contributes a comedy of Filipino life The frontls- piece of the number, from a painting by N. G. Wyeth, represents "The Pros- pector" a significant figure in Western history. w. Hatherell has drawn the picture for James Hopper's story: An dre Casaigne and Frederic Dorr Steele illustrating Kiplings fairy tale, and L. Raven Hill has made artistic drawings for "The Three Wise Men"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13

In the Metropolitan Magazine Thomas Nelson Pages war play. 'The Hostage,' heads the table of contents. Joel Chandler Harris contributes an- other Uncle Remps story, "The Most Beautiful Bird in the World The Wall Street Raid of Shifty Shift" is a clever detective story, IA. E. W, Mas on's "The Great Monopoly" is the tale of a business tragedy ''The Crimson Wigwam,' by Theodore Roberts, Is a splendid American short story. Among other stories are "The Seller of Hate" by Arthur Morrison "The Straight Path" by Charles Wadsworth Camp; "A Game of Desperation" by Anne Warner; "The Wanderings of Lou the Lucky by George c. Hull and "A Letter to the Duchess" by Leonard Merrick "A Chinese Gentleman" takes another fling at American polite society; one of the objects of his deris- ion is the lady who pins a gold watch on her bosom Homer Saint-Gaudens writes keen appreciation of Charles James Fox Reni Bache writes up and pictures a strange and startling collec- ton of magnitied insects,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13

The American Boy for September is now ready. It has a football picture on it's cover that will at once fire the ardor of the devotees of this popular sport. New chapters of the serial stories are given. as well as number of short stories and there are all the usual fea- lures that combine to make this one of the best of the boys magazines that are published.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13

The current number of the Technical World Magazine published at S,325 Ar mour Avenue, Chicago, is as its name denotes, full of information on sub 1ects of modern engineering, scientific and popular interest. George B. sel- den's Explosion Buggy the pre- cursor of the modern automobile, is described and pictured; under the title Doom of the Farm Horse" David Beecroft tells of new motor farming tools. Rene Bache writes concerning the Tehuantepec Railroad, which he styles new rival of the Panama Canal;" and other important articles in this number are "Six-Mile Tunnel Through Sierra Nevada" Creating a New Harbor;" ultimate End of Small Potatoes;'' and Weaving Panama Hats"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13

McCalps Magazine gives, in its sep- tember issue, a great deal of inforna- tion concerning fall fashions, as well as concerning the various household matters which come to the front just al this time There is also great deal of good fiction and miscellaneous reading in this number, and there is an abundance of illustrations.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13

Two important contributions to the study of the great problem of domestic service are to be found in Good House. keeping for September. Another serious problem in which householders are interested is the crusade of Minnie Maddern Fiske, the actress, to stop the fragrant abuse of cattle in transporta- tion, of which Elizabeth Howard Vest ward writes very fully in this issue A new department inaugurated in this number is Our Musical Club, wherein Rupert Hughes gives a fascinating causerie upon musical conditions in America. The prize paper on furnish ing a typical apartment appears this month and a series of talks on cooking, by a teacher of cooking, begins in the department of the table.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
Prendergast: "The Complete Home, by Clara E. Laughin.

T 4Gllu6L 6doI'
 by Clara E. Laughin.
 In the outing Magazine for Septem- her Dillon Wallace continues his re- ,narkable story, "The Long Labrador Trail" which carries the reader well into the wilderness; Ralph D. Paines "The Builders" is about "The Heart of the Big Timber Country" Charles Belmont Davis tells the story of one of the most unique of American carnivals, the Asbury Park fairy carnival and baby parade: Arthur Goodrich writes of "A Day With Devonshire Farm mer,p an article full of local color and quaint characters. There are many other papers in this number which are well worth while. The fiction of the number is striking and varied also w. A, Fraser has never written bet ter story than "The Orientalizlng of Budge" The Silver Fox" is another of Lawrence Mott's stirring stories of the Northwest. Zona Gales "The Magic of Orchards" is charming story in a peaceful setting. Maximilian Foster contributes another of his rat ting outdoor stories.