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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-09-29
THE ATLANTA
RACE RIOT
$4,000 191G

The race riots in Atlanta on last
forth no end of denunciation from the
editors of Northern newspapers. the
New York World especially exc1aim-
ing the riot to be a ''blot of shame"
not only upon the fair city of Atlanta
and the State Of Georgia, but upon
the whole Southland
But what right has the New York
World to throw stones at the South
when i'll its own city negroes have
been .cfubled end~mobbed for com
hitting tie lei asst of minors offe nses
WhatIrigHt has, any Northern news
paperl Il eriticise Atlanta for its
wrathful Vengeance upon negroes.
when they have shown the co1ored
man nearly as cruel-and awful treat
mentS for mere sdemeanors? In
many Northern towns the negro is
not allowed to enter and live within
their limits neighborhood. sJast
because he is black they have no use
for him no. matter how peaceable ana
law abiding a citizen he may be.
No city lin all the Southland has
yet been guilty OF such harsh meas
ures. Take into consideration the
two occurrences at Springfield, Ohio.
not long since Could they have been
worse than the recent riot at Atlanta
This from an eyewitness of the riot
at the Ohio town.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-09-29

zion f. n Thomas has won friends
BIZ the hightone honorable manner in
which he has 50 far conducted his
campaign. Mark our prediction, E.
NJ Thomas will some day be gGo1ers
nor Of his state.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-09-29

Bankers Convention. st. Louis,
Mo-, Oct I4-I5, 1906 One fare plus
fz5c for the round trip. Final return
Oct. 20, 1000. By depositing ticket
and fee of so cents, tickets will be ex-,
TENDED to leave St Epuiss not later,
THANH Oct. 80. roo6. i - -
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Y. & m. ". Special Rates. SUI
preme Lodge Knights of Pythias,
New Orleans, La, Oct. IS and rs,
loco. One fare plus IS cents for the
round trip. Tickets On sale Oct II
and IS Fipal return~Oct 70,
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One way Colonists Rates to the
West and Northwest California and
Mexico. Tickets on sale Aug. ~ to
Oct 81, 1906
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August, 1906.
The National tribune., 1906-06-28
The Blue and the Grey.


BY Col. M. e. Billings, Calistoga, Cal
The wearing of the blue, the wearing OF
the gray,
Both are marks Of honor, mauger what
others say.
Erstwhiie we wore the blue, the living
and the dead;
We all wear gray now, only It's upon
the head.
Well you remember, boys the faxen
curiey pate
or Billy Scott. our comrade; I saw him.
boys, OF late;
The golden ringlets we have seen a
floating mid the fight.
Were gone, and In their place I saw a
shock Of shaggy white.
Boys" still they call US as when we
wore the blue;
IT'S right; these gray-haired boys are
just as brave and true
AS when amid the battle side by side
they fought.
They all wear gray with honor. these
boys cannot be bought
IT'S said we want the whole earth, be-
cause we ask what's due;
All. boys! how plain 1t Is to see. II Is
the earth wants you.
The frost which never melts, boys.
crowns all who wore the blue:
Ye wear the gray with honor now;
grand emblem OF the true.
The National tribune., 1906-06-28
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Work of the Worlds Busy Brains in Discovering lnvenng and
Creating

f. Some years ago doc" Carr. of st.
Charles County. Mo-, began making
missouri Meerschaums" for his friends
by whiting them out of corncobs.
They. met with so much favor that he
entered the business for profit and since
that time there has been an enormous
development Of their manufacture with
q great deal of ingenious and compli-
Gated machinery devoted to the work.
The corncob pipes are becoming as
popular In Europe as in this country
and the trade is increasing in them
every year The most of the pipes are
turned out in Franklin County with
Gasconade County a good second. In
1905 there were 2.07S.711 pounds OF
these pipes or nearly 25,00o.o0 separate
pipes, which sold for $456.S76. With
in a years time the industry has nearly
doubled and the demand for corncobs
has become part Of the resources Of the
farmers of Missouri.
The National tribune., 1906-06-28
Sh0shOne Land Drawfn9.

Any soldier who desires to register
through an agent for a quarter section
OF the Shoshone Indian lands, south Of
the Yellowstone Park, can do so by ap-
plying to Harvey T. Heating, Room 10,
Board Of Trade Building, Columbus.
Ohio.
Mr.. Harvey Heating has opened an
office at the above address for the pur-
pose Of securing agents for soldiers
VINO want to be represented at the
drawing. Mr.. Heating saccesSfuIIy
registered through agents a large num-
Der Of soldiers at the Uintah opening
last year in Utah. As the law requires
an agent for each soldier, Mr.. Heating
will personally supervise the registra-
ton Of every soldiers name at the reg
istration point, and send to him the
certificate Of registration issued by the
Government land clerks
The National tribune., 1906-06-28

DssbleA In Members slnee lsoo-Haif n
lIlitePate - TAeA.
Negroes Nom III per cent Of the to-
tai populS Nom of-sthA United States.
Ninety pse cUAt o. them live In the
South. where they form one-third OF
the population Eighty per cent OF
them live In rural districts or In small
towns
Mulattoes form from q ninth to q
sixth OF them,- according to location.
Beginning In 1850 with an illiteracy OF
almost 100 per cent, this proportion
has been decreased to "A per cent for
the country at large and to 4S per cent
notwithstanding the Improvement In
are actually more ilHterates to-day in
Georgia. Florida. Alabama. Mississippi.
Louisiana. Arkansas. and the District
Of Columbia than there were in 1860.
The explanation lies In the Increase in
population. In 1850 the negro popuia-
tion was 100000; In 1900 1t was s.
500. 600.
The majority Of the leaders of the
colOred' people are muiattoes. and over
SO per cent Of the students at the lead
ing schools for negroes are OF mixed
blood. But the Hampton investigators.
from whose records the above facts are
taken. say that this does not prove any
inherent superiority In the mulatto. but
Is due to the advantages he has received
by reason OF his mixed blood.
1 A study OF the records at Hampton
Institute has failed to show any marked
difference In the percentage of high
grade students of the two, classes.
The National tribune., 1906-06-28
ODD FORM OF TREE GRATING.
no" Mexicans Have Secured CurIous
ELECTS In Wood C0lOrlng.
(Pacific Fruit Worldly

Some owners of forests of valuable
woods are trying experiments in the
southern part OF Mexico with the wal
nut trees. 1t is not generally known
outside the trade that there are MANY
kinds OF walnut woods and that only
part OF them have so far been consid-
cred valuable from a commercial point
OF view. Now the scheme is to make
these less valuable or worthless wal
nuts commercially valuable. And the
process Is curious one.
1t consists OF opening the roots OF
the trees and inserting one or more
nuts, which are quite small, from the
best varieties Of walnut trees. 1t Is
said that these nuts, which are care
fully sealed in with wax or a stiff.
waterproof stopper, impart a new or
closer grain and coloring to the tree.
The southern Indians OF Mexico have
for centuries been In the habit of se-
curing curious effects in coloring on
fine woods by inserting in the above
manner nuts OF other trees into the
roots Of the living tree. An enterpris-
Ing planter in Tabasco has been follow
ing out this Indian idea with curious
results. He mentioned this to other
haciendados. and now several OF them
are experimenting with the coarser
kinds OF walnut trees with encouraging
results.
The National tribune., 1906-06-28
BIGGEST IN THE WORLD.
This Claim In Made for q Concrete Chin
ney In M0ntana.


ney In Montana.
The Butte MONTY Reduction Works
has what Is believed to be the largest
and highest concrete chimney I'm the
world. The inside diameter, both top
and bottom. Is 1S feet. and the height
OF the chimney is 333 feet 4 inches, or
$50 feet Z inches above the surface:
the top Of the chimney has also the
rather uncommon altitude OF 5,791.3
feet above the sea level.
The foundation OF the chimney goes
seven feet below the surface. the lower
portion being formed OF Stag poured
into gray-iron casting 100 feet square,
giving an area OF 10000 square feet.
This process was repeated six times,
giving b foundation IL feet deep, taper
Ing to Sc 2-3: feet square at the top,
and full Of various forms of metal sown
through the Stag. AS seven feet OF
this are In the ground there Is neces-
sarily height OF IL feet above the
ground.
The chimney proper was formed in a
system OF sectional molds three and a
half feet high, which, when coupled to-
gether. formed a complete ring. The
concrete walls contain vertical and hori-
zontal steel bars. the number reducing
as the height increases. and also rings
OF one-inch T-iron wired to the bars.
The National tribune., 1906-06-28

Electricians have a tailor. His shop
Is in the Broadway shopping district,
and he BOASTS an exclusive trade. His
trousers, vastsi goats and overcoats are
iive-wire-proof.
Yes, I'm sort Of life preserver,"
said the ta3lors speaking OF his wares
I'm Russian and my non-lfve-wire
clothes arefthe Invention Of a Russian
Prof. Artemieff. the head Of the Kief
Electrical College. He Is a great man
and is said tor have saved more lives
through his Invention than any other
human being. 3
THE non-live-wire suits are made OF
closely woven metal hair fibers, and
then lined with non-conducting linen.
Caps and sssnaeks are OF the same.
Heavy voltages make no impression on
the suits"
do you ever have call for suits from
other than electricians ?"
Eyes, / make them for museums and
cranks. and ! have three customers who
wear non-live-wire overcoats back and
forth to business"
The National tribune., 1906-06-28
The Armv :: the Cumherlanl.

As one of the rank and Ale, Comrads
P. c. Helder. Sergeant-Major, AID Ind,
wants to thank The National Tribune
for giving the history Of the Army Of
the Cumberland SO frankly and truth
fully and from the standpoint of a man
in the ranks
There was spy shot while trying to
escape from the guard at Murfreesboro,
who used to visit the camps and sing
for the boys. While his songs were not
operate they were very taking, and
Comrade Helder desires to know IL
any of the boys remember him. The
first fight Of the 42d Ind. was at War
trace, Tenn.
The National tribune., 1906-06-28
The Prolific Fly.

New Orleans Times Democrat.)
The biologist brushed a fly out OF his
beard.
1T is early for these pests" he said
Il wish We could exterminate dies
They are as useless and as harmful as
snakes.
And how prolific! From June Il
September the average fly mother &C.
cumulates q family Of 100000 ch.l-
dren. II all these children lived, the
flies would crowd mankind of the
earth.
But flies. as 1t fortunately happens
are particularly afflicted with micro
scopic parasites and with innumerable
50, ts OF germ diseases. These things
kill them off and they are also killed
of by birds, bats and toads.
AN odd fact about flies Is that they
lever sit down. They could IL they
would-their hind legs would fold un-
der them like dogs or q horses
"ut. no; no sitting down for Mr.. Fly.
He comes into the world on his feet.
and on his feet he departs. Think OF
1t. not to sit down once from bir,n to
DEATH"
The National tribune., 1906-06-28
SOME CHINESE JOKES.
Haviag Fun with the Barber, Portrait
Pafnter and Doctor.


tITdnu MdSaZfne.D
II there is any truth in what expert
testers tell us. the worlds stock of
good. original jokes is ludicrousIy small
"a dozen or two at the very outside.
An early investigator into this moment
Gus question. certain Hierocles, who
lived some 1900 years ago, put the
number in his day at exactly 81 The
researches Of Hierocles probably did
not extend SO far eastward as China.
SO there is no improperly in asking
now whether some of the jokes which
abound in the literature OF the Celestial
Empire are entitled to the honor of
originality or not Here are three
specimens:
A careless barber. trimming a Gus
toners ears-Chinese BARRIERS pay par
ticular attention to this part OF the
human anatomy-put his patient to
great pain and uneasiness. Are you
sdoing my left ear now" asked the VIC
tim. mo, sir; I've not quite finished
the right ear yet" "Ah, / fancied you
were trying to pass through to the left
without going around"
portrait painter without clients
was advised by friend to paint a like
ness Of himself and his wife and hang
1t In some conspicuous place, so that
would-be customers might Judge Of his
skill. He did so, and his fathef-in-law
the next time he called Immediately
saw the picture. Pray" asked the
visitor, what woman have you rep
resented there?" why. sir, do you
not recognize your own daughter ?" my
daughter" was the indignant answer.
IF you intend that to represent my
daughter. how dare you paint her sit
ting thus Intimately with q man whom
l have never seen before. and who
must be an entire stranger to herr"
The painters feelings need not be de-
scribed.
The gibes at doctors are innumer-
able. The following is a typical ex-
ample:
One of the judges in the neither re-
gions dispatched an imp to this world
OF ours to seek out and bring back a
good doctor. When" the imp was
instructed, you come to the house Of a
doctor before which you descry no
complaining ghosts you win know you
have found q man OF the kind wanted"
The messenger set out, but in front OF
every doctors door he came to there
was an immense throng OF angry spirits
proclaiming the wrongs they had suf-
fered when in the flesh at the hands OF
the medicine man. Finally. however,
he reached a house where there was
but one solitary ghost fitting backward
and forward. "This Is my man." he
said 20 himself; he must surely be a
clever fellow" When the imp came
to make inquiries, however. he learned
that the practitioner had barely been
In practice for day.
The National tribune., 1906-06-28
The Martyr.
New York Sum-

He read the packing-house reports.
His actions thereto fitted,
And thereon from his bill OF fare
All kinds OF meat omitted.
He next put up the bars on fish;
Decided. after wrangling,
They ought to make the fisherman
Wear white kid gloves when angling
angling.
When he beheld the gentle COW,
No milk he dared to tackle,
Nor would he eat an egg without
A photographic cackle.
Thus in q while 1T came about
He persisted from starvation,
And on his tomb they carved the words:
"Died OF Investigation"
The National tribune., 1906-06-28
Fortunes In Pearl Hunting.

"On the Banks Of the Wabash Far
Away" the excitement over the sale OF
pearls eclipses all interest in the meat
problem and the rate bill. The pearl.
ers. that Is the men who are dredging
up the mussels and examining them for
gems. are continually finding the bust
ness more profitable and exciting stories
are In circulation as to the value Of the
finds of many OF them. 1t is said that
In the Vincennes district alone $780,
900 worth of pearls and slugs were sold
In 1905, and that since the work has
been, entered into In earnest more tina n
81. 900, 900 has been brought to Vim
cennes from this source alone. Many
of the stories OF fancy prices paid for
pearls are obvious fabrications, but 1t
Is known that often times from 5000 to
$500 are paid for pearls OF extra quail
ity.
There would seem to be even more
excitement in Wisconsin and what is
claimed to be the finest fresh water
pearl I'm the world was found by Will
liam Bates. clamfisher. in the Wiscon-
sin channel opposite Red Wing, Mimi,
June 10. 1t Is az large as a good sized
marble. perfectly round. and without a
flaw and with luster rarely equaled.
The pearl Is translucent. almost trans
parent, and when exposed to the light
shows marvellous coloring. It's
weight is SIS grains A smaller and less
perfect pearl has sold for $4,000, and
gossip is very active as to how much
this one Is worth, with the estimated
value at present ranging from $4,000
to 100000. depending upon the rivalry
Of gem collectors. Bates and his wife
are Woodworking fishers and have
heretofore had no more success than
would give them a modest livelihood.
Mrs. Bates was almost beside herself
when she discovered the pearl
The National tribune., 1906-06-28
The 154th N. Y.

Editor National Tribune: / want
you to give short history Of my regi-
ment, the 154th N. Y. was I'm the
Army Of the Potomac and in three inn
portant engagements, Fredericksbure,
Charlottesville and Gettysburg, and
was then transferred to Sherman's
army and participated in all the impor-
tant engagements Of the campaigns fol-
lowing. l was I'm the Eleventh Corps,
which was consolidated with the
Twelfth Corps when we left Virginia
TO join Sherman. and was then I'm what
was known as the Twentieth Corps
James c. Helmes, Randolph, N. Y.
The National tribune., 1906-06-28

According to German newspapers a
Spanish Professor has made the dis
covery that the sunfiower yields a splen-
did febrifuge that can be used as q
substitute for quinine The sunf1ower
should not only by its growing exert q
great fever-dispelling effect, but also
yield product which is used adyan-
tageously In nalarial fever. The Rus
san peasantry seem to be convinced
that the plant possesses properties
against fever, and fever patients sleep
upon bed made Of sunfiower leaves
and also cover themselves with them.
This use has recently induced a Rus
sian physician to experiment with the
coiorfng matter prepared from sun
flower leaves, and 1t is stated that he
had good results with 1t in malarial
Fever cases. Good results with the COL
Oring matter and with alcoholic ex-
tracts of the flowers and leaves were
also obtained. With 100 children from
one month to IL years old he has. in
the majority OF cases, effected as
speedy cure as otherwise with uui-
nine.
The National tribune., 1906-06-28
Lest We F0rgSe.

Full 40 years have come and gone since
the boys Of 81
Came marching back. In their faded
blue. from the fields that they
had won.
FUN 20 years have passed away. their
ranks are sadly thin.
But whitened locks. nor feeble limbs
can quench the fires within.
And now they tell how once they fought
their country's battles DER:
OF charges made and victories won on
battlefields OF yore:
or Gettysburg and Doneison you often
hear them tell:
or comrades dear who persisted there
In the rain Of shot and shell.
At Mission Ridge. at Seven Oaks. on
Chfckamauga's plain,
Death walked abroad, with awful mien.
Grim Reaper. through the grain.
Right on the brave old heroes went.
nor finched when facing death.
Their lines of blue closed up when
thinned by the baleful cannon's
breath.
With Farragut at New Orleans and
bloody Mobile Bay
They worked their guns. and courted
death. fighting their bloody way
Past forts manned with the very best
-. OF Dixie's Cavaliers. ..
<Auu Tic yOAC tHC oidNCS hdu " Va ~
for many weary years.
Shall we. their sons. forget the deeds OF
warriors gone before,
When the same old Flag they fought
to save is colored with their
gore?
Shall we forget. and calmly sit. while
the grizzled veterans march
Beneath the trees of this broad land
their own trfUm Dhal arch2
Shall we forget the satnted dead who
at their country's call
Gave up their lives In prison pens. and
sleep beneath the pail
OF Southern cypress. OF beneath the
snowy cotton fields.
In graves unmarked. still sIumber on,
at rest upon their shields?
No! no! say! well not forget the deeds
of these our sires, >
But on our affairs will renew our Ma
tons hallowed fires.
Our dear old Flag. the Stars and
Stripes. we'll proudly raise on
high,
Our hearts will throb with a patriots
zeal, our cheers will reach the
sky.
Our fathers deeds will be the pride OF
thousands yet unborn
A thousand years will scarce efface the
gl0rieS that adOrn
The noble brows Of those we love, CO.
lumbia's bravest sons,
Who offered life, q sacrifice, mid the
thunder Of her guns.
Let us, then, stand. their loyal sons
and lend a helping hand
To those who in the hour of need gave
succer to our land.
Their mer'ries keep, their graves keep
green, the Flag that once they
bore
In Southern lands shall be our pride
and care forever more.
And when at last our race is run, and
We cross the shining strand.
We pray our sons may do the same, and
keep our native land
Free from the hand that would destroy
what they fought hard to goin
And try as hard as they have tried our
Nation to maintain.
A. F. Tomiinson,
Junior Vice Commander. Camp SO, 8. "
Written on the occasion of the 40th
Annual Encampment OF the Illinois G.
A. r., w. r. c., s. of ", at Galesburg
Ill, May %, %, "a. 1906.
The National tribune., 1906-06-28

!" 1STORY of the LIST Regt. of Tennes-
III see Volunteer Cavalry in the Great
War of the Rebellion, with the Armies OF
the Ohio and Cumberland under Gems.
Morgan, Rosecrans, Thomas, Stanley and
Wilson. lS62-iS66. This book Of S65
pages, size 6x9h inches. and 80 illustra-
tions, is substantially bound In cloth. il
printed on good paper and from new
type. 1t contains a complete roster OF
the regiment, with date and place OF
those who fell in battle, died OF wounds
and disease, together with last known
ADDRESS. Sent post !, aid to any address In
IT, Crtted states on receipt of $1.50.-W.
L. Carter, S65 Broadway, Knoxville,
The National tribune., 1906-06-28
Floor Polish.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
me good recipe for a polish for
noors-Amos Healing, st. Clair, Mich.
l. Put a small quantity of sperm
acct In a saucepan on the fire and mix
with 1t enough turpentine to make it
Huid. Apply to the floor q thin coat.
using a piece Of flannel for the mr..
pose. Rub with dry flannel and brush
the same way oak stains are brushed
The rubbing and brushing process, says
the Practical Carpenter, take a long
time. II properly done.
z. Dlssoive one-haif pound potash in
three pints water in a saucepan on the
fire. and when the water boils throw
In one pound beeswax cut up into small
pieces. Stir until the wax is melted
II the polish is too thick when cold
add more water. Apply with brush.
palhtlng the boards evenly, and when
dry rub with flannel tied to the end ~
broom. -
The National tribune., 1906-06-28
Pensions to Arms Testers.

William Haney. u. s.. NJ, Newark, N,
J., has his ire aroused by an appeal in
the New York papers for pensions to
those who endangered their lives by
serving as arms testers in the armories
during the war, for which they. re-
ceived $3.50 a day. He thinks that
they hadn't the slightest kick coming,
since they had an easy berth, good pay
and the comforts OF home, all sadly
contrasting with the men, WHO went
Into the field and to sea In danger OF
shot and shell and endured the hard
ships of life afioat and ashore In ac-
tual war time.
The National tribune., 1906-06-28

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short sketch Of the SD n Y.-Peter
Mead, Penyann. Mich.
The SD N. Y. was organized at Ell
mira, May %. 1851. for two years, and
was mustered out June 2, 1863. It's
Colonel was Robert F. Taylor. It be-
longed to w. F. Smiths Division, Sixth
Corps, and lost ~ killed and los from
disease, etc.-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-06-28
Every vetera. s1s a Month,

J. DeHaven. 1z7th Pa, Sunbury, Pa.
served through the war and was badly
crippled up by 1t. He is now getting
- q month, which Is the utmost that
he has been able to secure, and he feels
that the Government certainly ought to
give az much as $12 to every man who
served honorabiy for 80 days or more.
The National tribune., 1906-06-28

One Of the inconsidered problems OF
the big fire concerns the sacking of the
wheat crop. Nearly ali the empty
grain bags In the State were I'm San
Francisco waiting shipment to interior
points when the fire came. Practically
all these sacks were destroyed. 1t il
nearly time to harvest the wheat crop,
and unless the farmers can get bags
they will have to cut the grain for hay
with loss of millions.