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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
ONLY 1877 YEARS OLD
w. B. MASON, A NEW YORK
NEGROW NOT DISTURBED
ABOUT HIS AGE.

New York, Jan. 2s.-An old dar-
key walking with cane, entered
the marriage license bureau at the
city hal with dusky maiden cling
ing to his arm He made applica-
ton fpr a license.
Name please, said the clerk
William Brooks Mason, answered
the negro.
Age?
One hundred and thirty-seven
years old last March, was the reply
The clerk dropped his pen in
astonishment. The negro FASTENED
10 explain.
am telling You the truth, sir;
nothing but the truth ! have Lived
nearly Is7 years, and I expect ~
live great many years more, eke
I should not be taking this young NO
man IS my wife.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
D BREAK TOBACCO
TRUST IN KENTUCKY

Frankfort, KY, Jan. 23.-As a re-
suit of the efforts to break up the
tobacco trust in Kentucky, bill
was introduced in the Kentucky leg
islature today to levy tax of $50
per acre on land planted in tobacco.
This tax, of course, is prohibitive.
and the measure will fail becoming
an enactment, OF, II passed, will be de
c1ared unconstitutional 1t is ex-
pected, however, that before the
session adjourns some measures will
be adopted that will give the trust
very black eye in this state.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
HUNTERS SUE SHERIFF
WHO ARRESTED THEM

Montgomery. Ala, jan aI.-Be-
cause the sheriff OF Bibb county did
not furnish them overooats while he
had them IN custody on wet day,
Andrew Ranch, Tom Hyde and Jno.
Hyde have brought suit against his
bondsnen Dor $4,000 each
They claim that they were injured
by hte weather. They were charged
with. hunting without a license
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26

when tire question OF her sons sanity
was before a lunacy commission. In
that affidavit she declared that in the
direct line OF descent there had been
no insanity in Harry Thaw's family
for generations.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
GREAT SENSATION SPRUNG
IN NEW ORLEANS

New Orleans, La, Jan. IA
great sensation was sprung here
when the federal grand jury cited the
officers of the yellow pine manufac-
turers association in session at that
place on charges of being in the trust
for the purposes lof restraint of trade
The out come will be the various
efforts against lumber organizations
and indictments may follow.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
Mind Your Business

If YOU don't nobody wiIl- 1t. is
Your business to keep al the trouble
you can and you can and viii keep
out Of liver and bowel trosble if you
take DR.. Kings New Life Fills They
keep biliousness. malaria and iaun-
encr out of your System. a5c Il al
drug stores. jan
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
RED MEN HAVE
HEAP BIG EAT

Pusllrnataha Tribe l. o. r. NJ
held most enthusiastic camp fire
Thursday night - their hall ~
Washington avenue, at whiel, tin
seaips OF four pale faces uerc
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
Fixed For Winter.

How can you be so cheerful with
the wolf at your door?
He amt at my door any longer.
answered the poet Yesterday we
sailed him down.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
All Settled.

She's a decided brunette.
I'm glad shes made up her mind.
| .ast week her haid showed an inch
Il yellow around the roots.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
The Insiider
Tells of the difference between Mark Twain
physically and Mark Twain mentally, and
his own account of origin of Jumping Frog

a TWAIN ellis long is good a
living of the everlasting that
lv1 only another name for work
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
TROUBLED OVER TARIFFS

ME pepexties of the tariff doctors by the
OF contending factions the duty hides
Massachusetts shoe manufacturers removed
and they quite honest about because they
willing that shoes likewise should be put the free fact
that the manufacture OF shoes has been perfected
degree that they undsel quality quality foreign
products their markets. Thus A. & Co. of Lynn
Mass, tells the ways and means committee
We
manufacture wholly
welcoming the the world
the
OF the of manufacture
Leading from have Joined making
the demand for free hides, and H. NJ Hill of Cleveland o.
representing thirty making enameled leather declared that
the tariff OF Is hides "a rank injustice everybody
the packers and added Il think to our
trade except the skies materials the free
This would be all plain sailing raisers
farming declare that they
the burden OF duties what they
entitled their share OF the protection Among these
benefits they the duty hides and although attempt .
made show that the beef the only beneficiary this
phase OF protection the stock claim is not
well founded.
At last accounts the contendng parties fighting it out
before the committee with little prospect for satisfactory ba
OF compromise Uneasy lies the head that responsibility
for ways and means.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
PROTECTION FOR THE WINE INDUSTRY

ME injustice California makers and grape growers
under the reciprocity treaty with France explained
the house committee ways and by Mr.. Percy T.
Morgan OF San Francisco who very cogent argument
epoundng the inequality and inconsistencies OF that treaty
deals with the schedule This injustice from
fusion OF Technology which classes natural and fortified
the category. The called
being juice which fermentation has
arrested by the infusion OF alcohol The treaty permits
importation under the classification of liquors containing
high "A alcohol Natural carries
10 per alcohol The fortified reinforced
by this with cheap spirits sometimes distilled
and after they passed through the
they capable duon stretching owing
their high OF alcohol The treaty permits
importation OF alcohol at duty OF 73 gallon while the
home product pays lilo per gallon
Moreover this OF miscellaneous forfcaton
with spirits distilled from grain from anything but grapes
forbidden under the pure food of this should
tany not be permitted under treaty 1t admitted by the high
and low tariff alike in Washington that Mr. Morgan was the
best informed witness appearing before the the
capable representative OF industry there under
ton There every hope that his representations will
carry their due weight 1t is the farmers do not get
their Just share OF the benefits of protection.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
KEEP THE MONEY AT HOME

ME city attorney decides the board has power
under the charter reject bids if this is not xer-
csed IN an unreasonable abitrary capricious
The Call persuaded that this opinion puts within power
the board place the pumps turbines
for installation in the auxiliary system with firm
that agents for manufacturing firm have put
N bid lower than the tender OF local competitor by
5000 but this magnitude considerations than
those OF eheanes must be given weight wholly proper that
the board should consider the element proximity of
involving inspection OF and allowing facility possible
changes OF design that be considered advisable The
bid consideration OF such character regarded as
unreasonable
Further the city attorney finds irregularities low
bid that should be sufficient without other rejection
and viii be disputed that the board should overlook
OF this kind the disadvantage of local industry The
raised for the purposes Of this installation belongs to the
payers OF San Francisco and and legal should
be neglected keep al home We build CITY bv
permitting drain 1t important
that the money that should be possible
paid here and here Keep the money pull
together.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Answers to Queries

SANTA CLAUs--J. B.. Soiedad Cal. What
was the origin of Santa Claus?
Santa Claus is form of Saint
Nicholas, the we'll known Dutch Christ
mas saint and the American Kris
Kringle of Holland. dear to the chill
dren. St Nicholas is regarded in the
Roman Catholic countries as the spe-
cial patron of the young. and on the
vigil of his feast in some of the Ger
man countries q person in the costume
of bishop assemblies the children of
q family or a school and distributes
among them, to the good children, gilt
nuts, sweetmeats and other little pres
ents as the reward of good conduct; to
the naughty ones the redoubtable pun
ishment of the "Klaubauf." 1t is be-
lieved that the transition from Nicholas
to Claus was by the younger German
children, who found it easier to pro-
nounce the latter than the former name.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. City. When was
Victor II. Metcalf elected member Of congress
He was elected to the fifty-sixth
congress, which commenced it's session
March 4, 1899, was reelected to the
fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth, the latter
closing in 1905. July l, 1904, he was
appointed secretary of commerce and
labor, cabinet position, and December
II, 1905, was appointed secretary of
the navy, from which position he was
announced to retire December l of the
current year on account of i'll health.
send dunnlng letter through the mail demand
ing payment OF note that is outlawed?
II the letter was couched in respect
full language the agency would in all
probability not be amenable to tho
law. II the letter was In the nature of
q threat the postofice inspector might
take action in the matter, If his atten-
tion was drawn to it.
IMMIGRATIoN--E. L. NJ. City. Are Chinese
whose families are living here. allowed TO i'm
migrate 10 this country. know of two little
the last six months. and have been wondering
II the exclusion act applies TO them?
AS you do not state the facts of the
case 1t is impossible to answer the
question. 1t may be that they are the
children of one of the privileged class.
ROULETTE s. c.. city. What is the
order OF the numbers on a roulette wheel;
Between the eagle and the numbers
run: 90, II, IS, 13. 16. 27, 2. 25. Between
and 90. Z. %. 6, 81. 8, 1e. 10, II. Be
tween 90 and the eagle, u, IS. IA, 1, rs,
3, 70, ;. "A. Z, 22. 9.
IRISH COUNTIES Jimmy, City What IS
the IN acres OF the following counties in
ireland? Munster, Ulster. Leinster and Con
naught.
Munster. s.os7.72s; Ulster, 5,4ss.2o1;
Leinster 4,S7s,s1s; connaught 4,ss2,oss.
TRIAL-E. L. D.. Mountain View. Cal Is
there trial under the United States laws when
a man pleads guilty to charge Of crime7
II the party was accused of the crime
Of murder or any crime that carries
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07

with it the death penalty, the court
would have a triaL in other cases the
court would accept the plea and might
hear some testimony in order to de-
termine the manner of the crime in
order to meet out punishment.
DESERTIoN- Fl. s.. City What is the
limitation for prosecution and trial for desertlon
from the army and navy of the United States
in time of peace?
The articles of war of the army and
the regulations for the navy each pro-
vide that no one shall be tried or
punished for desertion in time of peace
and not in the face of the enemy. if
such crime was committed more than
two years before the arraignment for
such offense, unless the accused shall
In the meantime have absented him
self from the United States, in which
case the time of his absence shall be
excluded in computing the period of
limitation.
LANDING C. r.. City. If man or
woman native Of foreign country wants TO
come to the United States where she or he has
neither friends nor relatives and only money
enough TO pay the expenses OF the trip, would
such person be allowed TO lands
The question of money or no money
does not cut any figure as person
with $1,000 in his pocket may be de-
MED landing. There is q provision of
the immigration law which says that
the immigration officers may require
a bond that the party who seeks to
land shall not become a public charge.
DIsTANCEs-A 0. S. City. What is the
distance from the ferry building to the ocean
beaehf Also the distance from the Baker street
entrance OF the park to the beach.
AS you do not designate any partic-
lar route Of reaching the ocean it is
presumed that you want air line dis
tanees. Ferry to ocean $4,000 feet,
from park entrance to beach 10000
feet.
BoILERs-H E.. Healdsburg. Cal. Is there
any one In the employ of the United States
government or of the state whose duty it is
to inspect boilers?
There is a United States inspector of
hulls and boilers. with office in san
Francisco. The list of state officials
does not disclose any inspector of
boilers.
MORPHINE Reader, City Is it crime for
nurse In hospital. who s actuated by spite.
to put morphine in patients medicine:
A nurse who would do that would
come pretty near having to answer a
charge Of attempt to commit murder
with malice aforethought.
PERCENTAGE-v. S. s.. City. 1t is
the rule of this department not to solve
problems nor work out sums in arith
metic. and for that reason your ques-
tion is not answered.
THE ALCAzAR.-R s. D., City Was the
old Alcazar on o'Farrell street ever known By
It was not. u
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Reward for Oil Find

Vice Consul c.. NJ. Leonard transmits
the following report on oil wells in the
Mexican state of Chihuahua:
For several years persistent reports
of the existence of oil in the eastern
part of the state of chihuahua have
been current. For the last three years
an American company has been carry
Ing on operations with a great deal of
secrecy, but it is learned on good au-
thority that they are sinking three
wells, varying in depth at the present
well oil sand to depth or thickness
of 40 feet has been encountered; in the
second 1t is reported three pay streaks
have been cut, and in the third the oil
sand strata is said to be 120 feet thick
Oil has been found twice in the latter.
The oil discovered is fine paraffin
base, said to be equal to the best
Pennsylvania oil. The sand is of a
grade known as Bradford. Pa. choco-
late sand. The lands upon which this
oil is located are on the line of the
Kansas City. Mexico and Orient rail-
road, now under construction, and the
line. will reach the oil fields within
twelve months
The government of the state of
Chihuahua has offered $4,000 gold for
the first oil well brought in producing
The benefit to the state OF Chihua-
hua. and in fact to all northern Mexi-
co. should oil be found.to exist in com
Kerosene sells in this market for 81
cents gold per gallon; gasoline for AZ
cents per gallon, the foregoing being
obtained here costs sss5 heS per short ton ton
and as high as SO per short ton for
the best quality of bituminous coal. 1t
will thus be seen that the matter of
so high a to offer little encourage
ment to such Industries.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Where He Dug Up the Jumping Frog

exists is a California.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Impertinent Question No. 80
When Are You Happy?

For the original wtiest this queston-he
bnefer the better-Ihe Call will pay FIVE DOLLARS
For the next 6ve answers The Call will pay ONE DOL
LAR EACH. Prize winning answers will be printed next
Wednesday and checks mailed the winners at once Make
your answer short and SEND 1T ON A POSTAL
CARD to
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS.
THE CALL
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07


1854 he Jkass hill remained
following He lived cabin with Jim Billy ellis
Dick Stkr
"Roughing
dud swing pick handle shovel but he did dig Jumping
Frog and the following from letter Jim G
tells
Elmira n " january % 20
Dear Jim: / remember that old night well!
relics away
makes ache call of days
shouldn't right poverty pocket
hunting vagabondage lay the coming
You remember the gam of oliy
the rain wind Camp day
around the heard that chap
the frog and how they filled him with shot And
quoted from the laughed
hillside while and dear old Soker panned and washed
the down notebook that day and would
% orAhteen dollars t.
I published story It
America India China, Englandand
has paid thousands dollars
months bought that
in could heard
the Jumping Frog story day. Truly Your Friend
SAML l. CLEMENS
S-Do they continue all the young
when you them for the compliment
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07

I'M living of the everlasting fact that genius
lVl onlya for work
Did the reading world conceive of Twain
hard wokers Probably Shakespeare
who inspired BY funny ups u the kna of the right word IN
the right place the gift Of tongues and natural flow OF language
But this according Steve ellis who knew Mark Twain IN
the sixties knew i'm
ellis and from the latter part OF
and ellis
those days
who editorial
do credabe job with the he
could the end o the paper
When in 1854 they
intimacy together years.
Hawaii Steve ellis
Tue brothers. Jim and
Billy who had been gubg the rich pockets in the country just
beyond Table Mountain and the Staniaus.
They all Jim" ellis
Billy" ellis Jackass HILL but Steve still
perched his friends and few
of them he likes talk of the old times andMark Twain
How Himsef In
in physically"
ellis Mentally
for nuggets me- ~ knew - sam cle. 10 he without book 70 study All
the time together Francisco generally French
primer He
night and
often and often he would we with until o'clock the morning
for him. but he and he afraid
they had French walters and practice them Later he took Ger
although had
harder struggle with than he did with his French
~And
dictionary writers OF
put shape university
harder Sam
you'll understand"
How in
And by illustration nothing could better than the following
bit Of dogg that Twain about that ~ album
MYSTERIOUS
a
n dcurous tna AM steve has
a
he, If 10
M grew then
Name" said ,truyy forgive tmpo
the Is I n 81
Ant
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o il is In
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The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
ARGENTINA.s coMMERcE

Argentina's foreign commerce last
year exceeded that of Japan by nearly
$3.50, 900 900, and that of China by $40,-
4 100000. ~ ~
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
UNFAMILIAR G

The Portland, Ore, police court Is Ia
have a stove made from revolve:s taken
from criminals.
The amount Of Jade mined In India
during 1867 was 2,214h hundred.
weight, which vas valued at $50, 300.
Mr.. Carnegie gave to libraries last
year $l,631,630, making the total of his
gifts for this purpose Sac, 6o5, 800.
The cultivation Of pepper is officially
reported to be continually extending In
the province of Coorg, Where it Is said
to be gradually replacing coffee II
abandoned treas
An ingenious Yankee made a locomo.
tive u his toy factory not long since
when repairs were necessary in tn
power plant and there were a large
number of rush orders on hand.
The brownish spots which appear T.,
old books are really due to the r!v.
ages Of bacteria. The tiny destroyer is
especially fond Of starchy material and
its propagation is promoted by damp,
Present operating costs for the move,
ment of every car and engine in thu
country total $1,4oo,ooo,o0o in one year.
By electriscation this would be reduced
by about $780, 100000, representing that
much actual and net saving.
Paper making In Japan has been very
active for the last year or 50. New
companies have been formed, and old
mes enlarged. Most Japanese mills
use steam for motive !eower, and nearly
all the machinery used is u American
make.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
INDUSTRY IN THE FAR EAST.

Much electrical development is going
on In New Zealand. British firms have
special agents on the ground.
Mukden, Manchuria, has forty tan
neries and a large fur trade, both local
and export. Prices are Is to 20 per
cent lower than a year ago.
French India imports about 1880
600 and exports about 100000. The
colony has a population Of 2I5,o00, Of
whom only LOO are Europeans.
A railway bank has been opened in
Pekin under the direction of Ii Chintsz,
a son Of Ii Hung Chang. Its special
object is railway finance.
Customs receipts at Zamboauga, Phil
ippine Islands, the first three months Of
the fiscal year were 20 per cent more
than in the first i've months Of 1907
fiscal year.
In its 1907 annual report the Ham
burg Chamber Of Commerce says that
German trade in China in that year
only improved in a few articles, such az
railway material, engines, electrical
machinery, cement, artificial indigo and
needles. There was a heavy decrease
In cotton goods and other articles gen.
orally.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

WI .E
When a man does his best. he VIII a.
very we'll.
A fortunate man Is one who reaches
40 without having had a lawsuit.
The interest you take in another
mans business is never profitable.
A man lever got of a joke so stale
that he couldn't laugh at It himself.
No man Is so good he doesn't have
a number Of love affairs In his mind.
1t may improve a mans digestion to
laugh while eating. but how he looks!
In those we like, the blush is a sign
OF innocence In those we dislike, It IL
a sign Of guilt.
II a man can't help being a liar,
and would be forgiven, let his lies be
complimentary oAes.
A person with a naturally mean dis
position has a great many opportuni.
ties Of showing 1t of.
For every quarrel a man and wife
have before others, they have a, hun
dred when they are alone.
They say there are all kinds of men
In the world. Did you ever know of
a kind that did not talk enough7
Fool with whisky and It is as sure TO
make trouble for you as an itching
sensation Is to make you scratch.
As long as palmists continue to make
a living, American people should not
boast how smart they are.
A fool woman can manage a man Of
sense, but no man of sense ever sue.
ceeded in managing a fool woman.
A banker says that a mortgage will
DO more to induce a man to pay a note
promptly than friendship or honor.
1t always looks funny to see a very
unimportant mar engaged in what
looks to be a most important converse.
ton.
II a maj quits smoking for a month
and then begins again, does II prove
that he could quit, or that he couldn'ti
When a man becomes so good that
he Is patient with a woman, all the
credit he gets Is, people say he Is afraid
Of her.
There are two kinds Of Jokes that
are always funny" said a woman to
day; those told by the man you work
for, and THOSE told by the man you
love-"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

V pondelf rano We zdejsim kat.
koste,e, vstoupili do stsvu manzel
skeho Alois Blachnfk Sc 81. Emilii
Wagnerovou, byvse oddani velp.
Bouskou. Ml&dencem a druziG-
kou byli Emil Blachnfk, bratr
zenichdv, a 81. Anna Souhradova.
Svatba byla tich& a jen Glenove
obou robin byli pfftomni. Zenich
jest synem manzel1 Karel F.
BlachnikovSch. Jest vzorntm
a oblfbenSm mladSm muzem a
vlastnf zde We meste dobfe jdouci
feznickt z&vod. Nev9sta jest
dcerou manzeld Josef Wagner
ovych, jenz bydlf ma farms W.
chodne cd TGbora. Rovnsz i ona
Sc test velke oblibs. Jsou zde
obA znami cd dststvf. Usadf Sc v
Tabofs. kdez pan Blachnik Sc ma
dale Dude venovati svemu zamsst-
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

Obchodnici Taborstf odbyvali
schulz minulS patek veter, ohle-
dne zfsk&nf sem zabavn5ch attrak
CT ma den 2sho zaff Una Vaclava).
Podnst k teto schulz dala okol-
most, ze ma ten den sem pfiiede
mnoho lidu k vnli s16astnenf Sc
ples1, a vzhledem k tomu, jedna-
no, zdali by Sc navstevnikum ne
melo X v1li pobaveni neco pfidat.
Byl zvolen vSbor, kter5 ma veci
tyto obstarati.