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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-07-12

operating @lhs murderous saw.
gin" viii be one Of the strongest
arguments. With all humane farm
ers, in favor Of the adoption of
Mason's cylinder gin.
THE WORK OF THE MASON GIN.
Samples of short staple cotton
ginned BY the Mason gin, exhibit
ed to experienced cotton factors,
cotton planters and cotton spin
ners in Charleston, have been pro-
nounced TO be in extra fine condi-
tion and the staple surprisingly
long. In fact some good judges
declared the samples to be worth
fully a cent q pound more than the
same class of cotton would be If
ginned By the saw gin. The Ma
son gin also cleans the seed more
perfectly than the saw gins. In
deed, II the teeth are placed close
enough together and the number
of stripper bars is increased, Mr..
Mason is satisfied that the seed
will be cleaned by his cylinder just
as perfectly as by the ''lintersn in
the cotton seed oil mills. He pre-
diets that considerations of econ
omy will soon compel the cyl
inder principle to be substituted
for these linting machines.
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW
GIN.
Mr.. Mason, having fully covered
his invention by patents, will prob
ably dispose of the right to use it
to manufacturers of cotton gins
upon payment of a royalty upon
each gin in which his cylinder il
used. Several gin makers have
already visited his shops in Sump-
ter and expressed great interest
in the invention, the merit and i'm
portance of which they all admit.
ted. A representative Of the Gull
lot and Magnolia Gin works in
New Orleans, who closely exam
ined the mechanism and work Of
the Mason gin the other day, de-
clared its superiority to be so in
disputable that in his opinion, the
saw gin would, within two years,
be q thing Of the past. Negotis-
tions are now on foot with . view
to protecting Mr.. Msson's patent
rights IN oil foreign countries
where cotton 10 grown aud ginned.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-07-12
The Ancient Mexican CALENDAR.

or all calendars to an inquiring
and curious mind, the oldest and
most interesting Is probably that
Of the ancient people Of Mexico.
When disturbed by the Spaniards,
the Mexicans though cruel Canni.
bals) we're developing civilization.
Their picture writing was passing
into the condition Of phonetic
signs, but II had not yet reached
the Egyptian stage. The Mexican
calendar depended on the comb
nation Of numbers with pictorial
signs. A rabbit, = reed, flint
and y house were the chief and
most frequently recurring pict-
ures. They had cycle Of ffty.
two years, and Mr.. Taylor OBJ
serves that their calendar may be
illustrated with a modern pack Of
cards, laid out In rotation Of the
four suits. In the ordinary calen-
dar periods of twenty days had
names like our months, and each
day was rabbit day, reed day, flint
day, or house day. The ritual cal
endar was different and much
more complicated, and the curious
thing is that It resembles the
queer calendars Of Central and
Eastern AsIatic peoples. Among
Mongols, Thibetans, Chinese, Sc
.ries Of signs are combined In much
the same way to reckon years,
months and days. The Mongols
have q cycle Of sixty years, re.
corded by q sort of zodiac Of
twelve signs-mouse, bull, tiger,
and so forth. Fire, earth, iron,
wood and water are combined In
rotation with these, and instead Of
calling this year Of grace 1884, the
Mongol perhaps calls II "msle fire,
bull year, for the notions Of male
and female come ss copiously into
this system as into the vedic ritu.
al. Humboldt aud other suthori.
ties have inferred that the Mexi
can calendar was carried over
from Asia with the Mexican civil
zation. But the minds Of early
men work SO much alike when
dealing with the same set Of facts
that even condolences as curious
as these between the Mongol and
Mexican CALENDARS may be origi
nal and not borrowed. People
may say that no two sets Of mindl
would hit on the same extraordi
nary complexities. But men dt
everything first in complex way
simplicity only comes slowly, II
machinery, calculation, society ant
everything else, In company will
high civilizatian. = London Dali,
News.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-07-12

The capacity Of the Hebrew for
mercantile affairs is we'll shown In
this country. Take New York. for
instance. There are about 10000
Jews in that city, or one In twen-
ty-fve Of the population; but near.
ly all of them are IN business, and
the trade they enjoy is out Of all
proportion with their numbers.
They control many lines of trade
altogether and have millions OF
dollars of capital invested In bust.
ness both Wholesale and jobbing,
Commencing with the banking
business, they more than hold
their own. In jewelry, both whole.
sale and retail, they transact fully
80 per cent Of the business done.
Clothing, however, Is their strong
point, and the clothing district Of
New York, including Broome, Mer'
Ger, White. Leonard, Greene,
Grand and. other streets, is a new
Jerusalem. With a capital OF $685.
100000 they transact 70 per cent
Of the wholesale clothing trade oi
New York. They have, further
more e1O, 100000 of capital invest
ed in trimmings, controlling 7t
per cent of this trade; $4,000, ,0O(
in. ladies' cloaks and suits, and 81
per cent of trade; s15,OOO,OO0 in
fur, and 80 per cent of the trade
in hats, 40 per cent; in silks and
ribbons, s25,OOc,OOO and 60 pei
cent.
These, however, are not the on
ly lines in which the Jew is inter
ested. He is active In tobacco
sugar and the wholesale liquol
traffic.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-07-12
TIE Has0x COTTON CIx.
4 New Triumph for the inventor oI
tie fettsn Picker.

WAitnsy ouldsns 1t Last A Cylinder Gin
which Premises % supplant IL Csssly
and Dangerous Saw Gin-Atvantagss Il
the Ess Process in ohsspnsss. Speed.
sAfstJ sad Quality Of Wsrk-Hsw nr.
hassn Proposes y Utilize his Ls.sss
Inysntian-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-07-12
eHAxo1RY COURT.

....us county-Begins on the Isl
4 4 April and October and may
C & judicial days.
'llurton county-Begins on the e
4 4 April and October and may
9, ls judicial days.
~ eounty-Begins on the LIST Mon
~ and November, and may con-
i njudleisl days.
.lsms eounty-Begins on the ID
a 4 say and November, and may
s. u judicial days.
1sv,r eeunty--Begins on the Isl
q 4 ,sne and December, and may
a { judicial days.
1lsy county-Begins on the 2nd
4 4 June and December, and may
- . judicial days.
rl.r meetings are held by the
Il supervisors as follows: Bien'
4 lss Monday Of January to elect
Commissioners. Annually first
N of xarch, to receive Tax-Collec-
.sport, Of delinquent and insolveni
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-07-12

There's a street IN Sew York Knovn s.
Wall,
Far famous for wind and for gall.
Where men who 90 IN
Intending 10 win
Come out with just nothing st ali.
Louisville Courier-JournaI.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-07-12

Preaching st u q. m. and , N ever, Sunday
Communion l-i sunday In February, NAY, Au-
"wednesday nlEht. Archer faAfor. Sunday
school sf W. Sam. Brvwn sup.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-07-12

~hlea PREMISES . nupplanl IL Castly
snd Dangerous Saw Gia-Aivantagss Il
the Ess Process in ohsspasss. Speed.
SAFETY sad Quality Of wark-Hsw NJ.
hassn Proposes y Utilize his Lstsss
Invsatisn-
charleston News and Courier.l
The town Of Sumpter in this
State is likely to become famous
for having given to the world an
inventor whose genius, persever
ance and versatility make him the
peer of Edison. and whose inyen-
tions bid fair to be even more ben
efcial and tar-reaching in their re-
suits than those of the electric
of the North. Mr.. Chas. I. Ma
son, Jr., as most of our readers
know, has for several years past
been hard at work devising and
perfecting the wonderful Cotton
Harvesting Machine, which is now
complete and awaiting the fruiting
of the staple in order to demon.
strate practically the solution of
the problem which has puzzled the
ingenuity Of man for half a centu.
ry-how to pick the cotton crop
more rapidly, more thoroughly and
more cheaply than can be done by
human fingers.
just as he is on the point of put
ting this marvellous piece of me-
chanism to work in the cotton
fields, Mr.. Mason has stumbled,
as it were, upon another inven-
tion, second only In value aud i'm
portance to the Cotton Harvester.
This is a machine for ginning cot.
ton by an entirely new and impro.
ed process. Unlike the Cotton
Harvesting Machine, however, Ma
sons new Cotton Gin was created.
so to speak, full grown, and has
not been the fruit of protracted
toll and experiment. 1t is singu-
lar fact that although the Cotton
Gin was patented by Whitney
nearly . century ago, and since
that time nearly one hundred aud
nfty patents on gins have been
granted, there il not among the
records Of the Patcnt-office sin.
gle gin improvement which does
not involve the use Of the saws
and ribs originally used by Whit
ney Que hundred years ago. There
have been slight notifications in
the shape of the teeth of the saws
and In the construction of the ribs !;
the condenser and self.feeder have
been added, but all the gins which
are recognized to-day as the stan-
dard machines for separating the
lint cotton from the seed are made
OH Whitney's old principle of a se-
ries of circular saws revolving be-
tween chilled iron ribs. Mason's
Cotton Gin, however, is an alto
gether new invention, not being
in any sense a modification Of the
old principle ever before used for
the purpose Of ginning cotton.
| A reporter for the News and
Courier recently visited Mr.. Ma
sons workshop in Sumpter, s. c.,
and saw one of his new gins in OPP
Grafton. Its construction is so
simple that the first thought that
occurs to the observer upon see-
ing the gin at work is feeling OF
wonder that no one had ever be-
fore thought of utilizing the prin-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-07-12

Irms Of Supreme Court-Com-
es on the LIST Mondays Of April
! October.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-07-12

Preaching 81 n .. m. and 7 n m every s.r-
day fraycr-me<unx every Wednesday nirkt.
sunday y-seh"oi. p;a9 4 n Stnndlfer. Pss,or. .
W. u. Trixx. saps.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-07-12
COUNTY orvuC,.L rs.

rssHs OF THE noAap ov rrrEnyrsons.
y District, j. W. Erwin
oad District, ETWorthington
y District, Pres.) N Goldstein
~ District, W. W. Stone,
\ District, J. N. Collier
nty Attorney, w. R. Trigg
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-07-12

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Customers win please give expIieI{ { e
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Larger advertisements. quarterly, half
yearly, and Yearly,
Contracted Tor at liberal Rates
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-07-12

Rexuiar morning s<rvir< 1t u .. m. Ev~slnr
seftice, 7 ". M every Sunday Communion
Rector, sabbath -schaoi afs: Is N
hoou superintendent.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-07-12

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pFSs:s ss$,R;:,:' SS:s:ss; !. tdH,Xs
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Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-18
Rrevity is the soul D. wit.
.,EfBaltiinorean.s' /

-, V 5..F
. The following amusing story, which
was told by kiln, ought to be read
and acted upon BY all scorre dents
comm unicating their thoughts TO the
newspaper press. 81 a. '5 s5I.5 Il. s.sg: !.
A young man, on CONNIE encing busi-
ness, proposed to- paint over his shop
window, s ] Ohm TIomps son, hat ter, IN axes
and sells hats for ready mon ~ 4 ii: to
which was added the sign of a hat .555l S..
t5. One friend suggested that, as he make
and sold hats, the word I. atttss was
unnecessary as til herefore. struck out
and the ign RENAME .fs } ohm Thompson
makes and sells hats for ready mon q Z
other friend advised him to omit
the phrase fol. read nlorey, z as there
would occur occasi ons for selling on
cred it and so the sign read: s il Ohm
Thompson makes and sell hats. = ''s S.5# !
tIIl was then limited the buyer of the
hat did not care Who made #it, an that
the sign would be better il 1t read John
Themp sells hat r
But anpt ther alnp1ii ion was III store
still, for q critic pointed ont the useless
ness Of The phrase for said
he, no one would ever suppose tllat the
shats were TO skhe given away for no hing y
Thus, at last, this aspiring desnan
commenced business Like many worthy
successors, md the modest sign off
John Thomp ps0n.
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-18
District @ Congressional ConYen-

a delegate convent Of Democrats,
and of all other citizens of the Fifth
Cong gressi onal district, who believe in ID
reduction ct tie present war tariff to !
Standard Of ational econonly alike Just
to3produce and cons ns,1mer, IS llerby call ed
at Fergus 81 Is Otter Tail county, Thurs
day the seventh Day OF July 1881, i,
o'clock 9 M for the purpose Of put
ting il nolninat ion q candidate fol
congress To- be voted for al the Noyembe1
election
8 be basis Of rep sentation III said
con yenlion is al foil lows One dele gate
for each countr.y and one del lagafe i for one
hundred and fifty votes and d amajority,
fraction There cast for u %. Adolph
Democratic cand didste fforS Governor 81
Ille eeveraI count lies o ne district up.
I'd This basis vii be e1ii led ID refpresen.
statien As fol ollpas: s.3
4.
sIeck J. I,
Bento1 &. ". s. 4. B
Belsra1Il
Big Stone .s. &. 81
lion q.
81
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Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-18
Farmers Convention at Moor
0@ 4 head. "E.%,+..

Moorhead, July, 1.-THE farmers con
yention meet this morning at 10 80 with
sevento-tive or a hundred delegates pres
eat representing twenty-seven counties
| in the Red river valley. Darlington
Phelps Of Stevens county was elected
permanent chairman !: o. g. Farsdale
secretar1: F. J.. Schreiber, N. Davis, A
| Garnett and, H. & Palmer, vice presi
dents. The following committees were
appointed by the chair: ..:sjs =;
Resolutions -Dr. Collins, Grand Forks, {chair
man: Fl. G. Palmer, Marshall county: A. sI
| Burdick, Clay county; Fl. G storder wilkins
| county; Z TwitchenI Cass county: @. Fl. Perry
R2chland county; R Reynolds. Polk county
$ " Peterson, Becker county; A Garnet Penbi.
ma soundty; r NJ Davis, K2tsson. county; {
Phelps, Lteyens county; Charles .Canning,
| Nornnn county. / " w. =
Legislature Affairs-A E Hall, Clay county
= Mattson, Nilkin county; r 3 Meyers, Rich
land county; Tx Torgenson, Becker county: j
" Allen, Ransom county \ Garnet, Pembina
county; NJ E Clapp, Otter Tail county; r Rey.
| nolds, Polk county; D NJ Davis, Kittson county
EfB Mcknight, Cass county, Dak: w j Collins
Grand Forks county: Charles Canning, Norman,
county G Palmer, Marshall county; Caring.
ton Phelps, Stevens county s5.s. q, 4:
Ihe li 4 committee on speakers reported
that letters had been rec eived from Igna;
| thus Donnelly saying tina, he sould not
be- present. Congressman Nelson had
telegraphed that he would be here TO.
morrow, In the afternoon the meeting
was addressed by NJ. T., Clapp of.Ouer
Tail county, Judge Reynolds of Crooks
ton, and others 1t is eqenident that
there people will make an effort to run
things in the Fifth district at the election
this fall. Few Of the delegates are actu-
al farmers, but most are Of the class de.
nominated farmer. politcians,,'' who are
ON the lookout for chances in the legis.
lature for themselves or feiends, 1t is a
fairly intelligent body, and if polite
were left out Woull do much good. The
formers lave issued a circu!rr calling q
; .3a X !. : Z, -
meeting, q which the following is a part: !:
A mass meeting Of the farmers and
business men OF Northern Minnesota and
Dakotais is hereby called to meet at Erick-
son hall !, city Of Crookston3% Minn., on
July % and 26s 18st,sat 10 O'Clock q. m.
for the purpose taking action to secure
9. reduction Of sfrei ght rates in time for
the present crop and The onsideralion
'ot proposed Legislative measures for the
regulation and government of elevators
and railroads similar to the provisions Of
the Massachusetts and I Illinois laws, and
for ft the cons iderat tim Of such other bust
ness as may be deemed best calculated
70 serve oaar purpose and promote the
future prosperity cf our. general indus
tries 5s59 S .,} 55a8s
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-18

Statistics show that on June 2sth the
visible amount ofgrain in the country
was Is ,4SS, 900 bushels. OF this Chicago
had 4,5oo, ,ooo, Minneapolis, 1,16S, 900;
New York, ! 100000; Duluth, 1 1853, 900;
Duluth thus standing fourth on the
list, and third in the amount of export
grain, that at Minneapolis being for
home consumption. A year ago there
weres2o, ,47o, 900. bushels in sight. : Z.
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-18

Crop ref'ofts from the Northwest
. cont g, tlnue favorable, although there is
q scarcity Of rain in Northern Dakota.
Ihe wheat cropin the Red River val
ley. and along the line Of the Northern
Pacific will he about the. same as last
year. Il: :.<=*@. ~ =, = ~. e. + -.
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-18

s The Indal,e tsA u: a1lia
Fsffasve aasy fsst1ed an address to tllefInde-
pend IS ents M New York and Mas achu-
sefts.ask ssf's es1k ING them to support Blaine
and Logan. a5. .5 5=ss 81 :..e, X sss. f B
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-18

he First regl in erlt of Minnesota
I'i1 ia to annual encanl pine ii
sat H LAKE Calhoun yesterday I. s5#3' u
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-18

Ille 3. Northern y Pacific land sales fol
9 the fiscal year I. ending Galno united
IS ~ .'a " md the consid erAtion
recsi Sc Sc ,l;,5 ,a:s, sss,, L.
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-18
en- aiaz has d re e-e leet res
sof M NJ iea.
government viii INN ediately
lsiessa no ting of 81 gree nls1cks.

Bend A sufIer re fuses to- say whether
vii | sup portthe De IA l1l: oI,-
al tick ket.
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-18

|S# he. longest line Of railroad lin the
xorld 1 istlle Mort 4 iitic etWeen
~ Dnlath hnltl q Portland lance 1889.
miles. 81: & ss.3s ss5s r u
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-24

foot of the great inland lakes Wet> tern and Wenern, the homes of the civilized world are lighted up. AL ready very rich and powerful, these factories are growing more so since the United States has become their greatest customer. At Jonkoping is the oldest and greatest match factory ill the world. It was estab> lished one hunderd years ago. There are shown Specimens of the match in use when the -nineteenih century began. They are big fagots of wood. with handle and tip to dip in sulphur tub. They are the giant ancestors ot the delicate little slivers used for matches to day. Millions If the latter are turned out in day. There was time when they did not make a million of the big matches in year. The wood Is trken from neighboring forest. They parcel the forests out in fifty sections. Every year they cut one oi these sections and then rcplant it with young trees.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-24
BRIG. GEN. CROOK,
 J. P. MARTIN, Assistant Adjut mt General
Board of supervisors.
OFFICE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MARICOPA COUNTY.
 Pu1rNrv Jan 10th

OFFICE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ]
 MARICoPA COUNTY.
 PHGNTx, Jan. 18th.
 Board of Supervisors met this day pursuant to adjournment.
 Present: M. Wormser. Chairman i; A. J. Halbert Supervisor; Frank Cox, Clerk.
 Minutes of previous meeting were read approved and signed.
 The Chairman stated the object of the meeting to be to locate the tower clock and bell of the new cturi house.
 On motion Israel Miller and others were called as experts to give opin- ions in regard to the matter. After a general discussion no agreement was arrived st.
 Board adjourned to new court house for the purpose of examina ton of the matter iu question. After returning no conclusion was reached.
 E. NJ. Mills desired to have list of furniture required for the new court house so as to bid on furnish ing the same. By vote of full Board said matter was passed.
 On motion and by vote of full D ard the ofiicIal bonds of Dr 0. L. Mahoney as county physician and of N. A. Morford as county printer were approved by the Chairman. On motion Board adjourned.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-24
Miner l
A Snake Killing Bird.

The roadrunner is bird SO coms
 mon that one may see hundred of
 them Tn the course of an afternoons
 drive. And yet it has one peculiar
 characteristic of which few persons
 are aware. No one, to look at the 1 slim and apparently muscleless bird | would imagine that it is the deadly foe of the rattlesnake, that it never
 misses an opportunity to attack the
 reptile, and tha: it always succeeds in killing it. Yet such is the fact.
 Its mode of attack, as described ty
 those who have witnessed battle, consists in running around the snake
 with inconceivable rapidity, thus
 bewildering the reptile, who be, tween rage and confusion is soon reduced to state of helplessness. With its long, sharp and powerful bill, the roadrunner han str ikes at the snake until It is killed-a finale which does not occur someti mes un~ til the battle had ragged for over an hour. It it quite possible that in the prevalence of roadrunners is found an explanation of the scarcity of rattlesnakes in parts of the coun, try where it would he natural for them to a5ound.-,SGn Diego Sun.