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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-27
An EMINENT AUTHORITY SPEAKS.

Hugh McCulloch, late Secretary of
the Treasury under Presidents Lincoln,
Johnson and Arthur, in his Men and
Measures of Half Century" just pub
hshed, writes of the effect of reduo-
ton of the tariff as follows:
~That the reduction of duties TO the
revenue standard would affect injur-
iously mechanical and manufacturing
labor in the United States is not be-
lieved by many who have carefully
and disinterestedly considered the sub
ject. High duties are prejudicial to
the laboring classes, by increasing
the cost of goods with which they
must be supplied. Wages are now
higher in the United States than in
other countries, but SO is the expense
of living. Steady employment is be-
coming as uncertain in the United
States as in Europe, and strikes are
more frequent and persistent here than
in any other country.
"There has never been so much dis
content among manufacturing labor
ers in the United States as there is now,
when protection, in the opinion Of its
friends, is doing its perfect work;
when the duties on many articles are
equal to the cost Of the labor in pro-
ducing similar articles by our own
manufacturers. Wages depend upon
demand and supply, and they will
steadily decline in the United States in
consequence of the foreign immigra-
ton.
"Humanc considerations are not apt
to influence the action of business men.
There is free trade in labor, and our
manufacturers viii employ, If they do
not import, cheap laborers from the
other side of the Atlantic until wages
approach pretty near to the European
standard. The outlook for laborers in
the manufacturing districts of the
United States, if no check is put upon
immigration, and no new markets are
opened for our manufactured goods,
is the reverse of encouraging.
With due respects for the opinions
Of the protectonists, ! cannot see how
the eouhtrycan continue to be highly
prosperous, and peace and order can
be maintained in the manufacturing
districts without the admission, free
from duty, of the raw materials which
are needed by our manufacturers, nor
without reduction of duties upon
many articles which are in general use.
The real danger which threatens the
country, and especially the manufac-
turing interests, is not reduction of
duties to the revenue standard, but the
necessity which may exist for SO high
duties for revenue purposes as will
prevent free international exchanges"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-27
HE CUTS BLAINE's PLUME.
Dickinson Llkens Him to Don Qulxote
Charging Upon the Wlndmllls.

A representative of the Boston Her.
aid called upon Postmaster General
Dickinson in Washington, and said to
him: "Have you seen Mr. Blaine's
reply to your Western speech on New
Englandr
al want to ask in all seriousness
said Mr.. Dickinson. "whether Mr..
Blaine is well. His statements out
West have been extraordinary on
every subject. There is more than a
touch of Don Quixote dc Ia Mancha in
some of his rhetorical capers. With
dozens of excellent speeches on the
issues of the campaign urgently calling
for replies from representative states
men this suncrowned king of debaters
incoherently belabors a speech which
he says I have delivered through the
West. The speech exists only in his
Imagination. The Knight of the
Sorrowful Figure fitting at the wind
mills was not more grotesque and
pitiful.
Here is something else he said in
Michigan. Referring to wood pulp,
he said: 1T is a Cabinet affair. Dick
inson and Secretary Bayard's sons own
the patents, and right there lies
the free trade toke Of the season.
Wood pulp was on the free list, but
had now been placed on the protected
schedule. 1t is an industry which
should be protected, it seems, even If
1t does put Cleveland's Cabinet in
rather an anomalous position
"Now | do not even know Mr.. Bay
ards son, and, of course, have no in
terests with him. If Mr.. Blaine were
well, the only reply | would make to
this charge would be that of Horace
Greely to the country editor, laconic-
ally impugning the latter's vcracity in
good Anglo Saxon. The Plumed
Knight should put on the Tin helmet
and have Sancho Panza to go
about with him. When | do make q
speech, as / shall, | will have some
thug further to say about Mr.. Blaine
If he gets well enough
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-27
The Republican Platform.
IN. Y. Post.l

"Whiskey and tobacco" says Mr..
William Green, Republican capdi-
date for the State Senate in Texas, in
his address to the voters, "arc just as
necessary as -four and bacon, for where
parties use tobacco they crave it, and
must have II. Whiskey is needed in
all families for medical purposes, and
a little good whiskey don't hurt any
laboring man, and IL 1t was not for this
tax, you could buy a gallon of good
whiskey for so cents" Mr.. Green
further explains that this Is the policy
of the Republican party as opposed to
that of the Democrats, who @want
dress goods covered by the Mills billl
to come in free of duty SO they can
clothe their families in good style at
small expense Mr. Green may not
to d|screet politician. but be unques-
I|d5n6Iy understands fhe Republican
S
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-27


Washington, Oct. 20.-The closing
hours of the session Of Congress were
comparable to those of none Of its
predecessors within the memory OF
the present generation. The hustle
and excitement, the crowded corridors,
the anxiety of claimants and lobbyists,
the efforts of legislators in behalf OF
belated measures, were eonspieuously
missing. In the Senate gallery au-
dience of score of individuals at IL
o'clock had increased to 200 or 500 at
the end; and these looked down in
placid silence upon the round dozen
of Senators and complement of clerks.
Pages and att : dants busily came upon
the floor of the chamber.
The dignity and decorum of the
body were preserved to the end de-
spite the meagerness of numbers and
that the body was practically power
less for any legislative purpose, was
successfully concealed from the official
eye of the official reporter. Construe-
lively the tariff bill was under discus
sion, but practically not word was
said ON the subject. The greater part
OF the fist hour was spent in recess,
formally proposed by Senator Allison
and formally ordered by the Senate.
But the last hour, with few moment
airy interruptions, was spent IN state
of suspended animation-of waiting
for time. Sixty seconds before one
o'clock the president pro tenn, ingalls,,
arose, and with the utterance of his
first syllable the hush of profound ST.
lence fell upon the body.
With the fall of the gavel the act
which formally terminated the first
session of tho tiftieth congress, the au-
aience, the attendants-even the sena-
tors, relieved now from the operation
Of rigid rules-applauded the brief
though dignified and courtly remarks
of the chairman and celebrated tho
beginning Of the recess.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-27
The Right to Naturalization.

Two decisions have lately been rem
dered upon applications for natural
ization which are likely to attract at
tention. One of these decisions was
rcndered.by Judge Daniels, Of the NY.
Supreme Court. Upon close exami-
nation of an application for naturali-
zation brought before him, and the
usual witnesses, the fact was brought
out that the applicant was in the habit
Of becoming intoxicated at no great
recurring intervals of time, and while
in that condition of abusing his wife
and family, and that he had on several
occasions been arrested and punished
therefor. Judge Daniels refused the
application for naturalization on the
ground that the applicant was not
proved to have behaved as man of
good moral character, well disposed to
the good order and happiness of the
United States, as required by the
United States Revised Statutes. lie
said
"This privilege of citizenship has
been provided as reward for good
behavior and demonstrated attachment
to the principles of free government.
The design of the law is, in great part,
certainly to induce and secure the CO.
operation of all the persons residing
in the United States in supporting the
laws and Constitution Of the country.
But this fidelity to its interests and
progress is not to be expected from
and will not be supplied by disorderly
and dissipated persons. Reliance can
not be placed upon them for the sup
port of the principles of free govern
ment or the enforcement of it. They
cannet, therefore, be held to be per-
sons who have behaved themselves as
persons of good moral character, and
without that they are not permitted
by the statutes to become citizens of
the United States"
In another case which came up in
the Philadelphia Court of Common
Pleas, the applicant, Hungarian,
when asked to take the oath of alle-
glance declared that he did not believe
in Deity of any kind, and that he
neither swore nor affirmed. His ap-
plication was refused. Both these de-
cisions seem to manifest tendency on
the part of the courts to scrutinize
more closely the qualifications of for
cigners for naturalization. - Brad
streets Scientific American.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-27
More SqueaIIng.
[Cor. Com-Gazette.l

"a legitimate election would give
Indiana to Harrison and Morton by q
good round majority; but we are not
to have Legitimate election. So far
the Indiana Republicans have fought
their fight unsided. 1t may be they
will be forced 10 SO fight it 10 the end.
They may win without help, but If
they lose, and through its defeat tho
whole battle is lost, the responsibility
must rest upon the National Commit
tee. AS pointed out some time ago,
the Democrats must be reasonably
sure Of New York, or they would not
have permitted Governor IIill to leave
his canvass in that State and spend Z
week here. Without New York Indi-
ana must be Rekublican and Grover
Cleveland win be bir own successor
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-27
A High Compliment.

New York, October 20.-John G..
Calhoun was to-day unanimously cleo
ted by the National Democratic Com
mittec a member of the advisory
committee" appointed to confer and
cooperate with the national committee
during the remainder of the campaign.
Mr.. Calhoun has taken no part in poll
tics during his residence in New York
and for that very reason the action of
the National Democratic Committee
is very pronounced compliment, of
which Mr.. Calhoun aud his friends
may Justly be proud.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-27
[E DROP ON THEM.

been a great drop In the
ggies, Carriages, Wagons,
"a Carts, Harness and all
Nation Regalia.
b stock Phmtons from 500
ban should have one. The
plumbus and Center Spring
est In the market, always
}ery lady that desires COM
Il In riding should have one
tons or Buggies, for with it
D be happy, eyer wearing
Yes. We have a large lot of
[[cles
j Must Be Sold.
each Of the Milburn and
ham Wagons, Every farm
ese wagons to be the very
they cost but little more
mary wagon, and will GER
longer. Planters will un-
and buy a good wagon at
we shop bill. Our Black
1partment is offered for sale.
y a large supply of material
mich must be either sold. or
lt reduced prices, and now is
= secure BARGAINS. Re-
u must go.
n is low down to suitthe wet
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-27

My large stock of Jewelry was se-
lectcd for a moro aflluent season than
this promises to be, but that will not
hinder me from offering fine bargains
in jcwclry, watches, and clocks.
s. Pepperman, Walnut street.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-27

RS are further notified that
18th of December
nquent and additional costs
es accrue upon same.
F. w. L. HUNT.
Refiif aud Tax Collector.
p 8, 1883.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-27
<tisements. quarterly, half
Iarly and yearly,
sd for at Liberal Rates.

j transient customers, YER
/ for lob work, advertising.
n. must be accompanied by
fcounts Of regular custo-
Epresented the LIST of each
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-27
|LOEsfNG.
! 10 TAX PAYERS.

zyers of Washington county
arc hereby notified that the
Ety and Lcvce taxes for the
SeS are now due and pay
oilicc in the Court House.
ng is a statement of said
2 dollars valuation of prop
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-27

authorized to announce
tE candidate for Sheriff at
unity election subject to
| of the Democratic Con-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-27
.ANCERY COURT.


authorized to announce
ELLINGTON candidate for
e next county election
decision of the Demo-
ntion.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-27

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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-27
Shoot.
HEAD & CO:

Dot. III come down." ex-
/ prices the other day, when
Arizona silver belt., 1888-07-14
An Old Te1eerapher,s Escaps.

q am aconfrned believer in the old adage that one is never too old to learn, said prominent railroad man. "And I also be- lieve," he added, ''that there are a good many things learned early in life which prove of material value to man when he is creeping along in years. When was clerking a few years ago I learned telegraphy, and used it great deal. Circumstances so decreed my future that I have not used it during late years. Recently l went to the uptown office of a well known broker for the purpose of making some inquiries relative to certain stocks, my idea being to buy some. A young woman was in charge and she sat at teleg rapher's desk. When had stated pax husi- ness she fairly jumped od the button, and then, to my surprise, I found that I could read the questions and answers as easily as though it was but yesterday when was doing the same work myself. My curiosity was considerably aroused, and two or three times was on the point of answering the questions that came over the ticker before she had time to repeat it. Finally this mes sage came over the wires:
 |" Has he got moneyr
 "FYes, and think he is a good pigeon.'
 "@Is he dressed wellP
 "'Quite, and he looks respectable'
 "This last was too much for me, and before the astonished woman could translate the reply I fled from tho office. ."-New York Evening Sun.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-07-14
House Interiors in A1gIers.

took advantage of the offer of the Arab
 n his character of guide and followed him ip narrow streets and through whitewashed
 tunnels to ramshackle doors, hung in the
 tlost primitive manner, with big round headed and ornamental nails in various de- signs, and furnished with elaborate brass knockers. The last named invention of pre- ended usefulness must have been intended
 Or foreign callers. The Arabs way of knocking at the door is in accordance with 5he primitive hinges; he pounds away with ais fist until some one of the inmates an- swers. A man or boy may come to the door; but woman either emits decidedly audi ble scream from the inner court, or she 9okes her head through a window just big enough, or peeps over a terrace wall (con- cealing her face, of course) to question the caller as to his name and object
 The outer door is very frequently left wide open, but the houses, with few exceptions, lre constructed with sufficient ingenuity to prevent passers by from seeing anything but 2 blank wall and a little vestibule turning at 9 right angle. Occasionally, however, one's curiosity is rewarded by glimpse of the inner court, neatly paved with little six sided red tiles, with here and there a valuable square of ancient marble faience let into the door sill or the ''dado"; slender oleander boughs or the tortuous branches of fig tree throw shadows in delicate patterns across the pavement, and thread of sunlight finds its way into an inner chamber. In no case is an outsider expected to enter without knocking Should an Arab walk into respectable neighbours house he would run the greatest risk of being stabbed, but he would no more think of doing so than we would recognize the propriety of a gentleman walking de- liberately into a lady's bedroom.-F. A. Bridgman in Harpers Magazine.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-07-14
 BELLIES OF BURMAH.

The Dress and Ornaments Worn by tI,
 Ladies of the Upper Class.
 The dress of the Burmese lady i simple and elegant. They wear tho silk loongyee, as the men do, over theh lower limbs, and which is simply tucked in at the waist. They wear :. finer and thicker silk than the men, O. a smaller check pattern. A sleeveless injee, a jacket, ciose-fitting and worI high at the neck, serves to cover th' upper portion of the person. Thi, injee is generally made of fine clotl or velvet, and is ornamented with gol, buttons and lace as the taste of tn, wearer dictates. With young women of position it. is indispensable that thc bosom be completely covered. Their beautiful long hair is combed back of their foreheads, which are broad anC low, bangs not being in fashion there and deftly twisted in a coil at th, back of their shapely little heads, thel fastened in its place with elaborately carved, high tortoise-shell combs, aided by pins of the same material or of gold.
 They wear a golden nadaing, neck let, of beautiful workmanship, around their necks, hanging down in two oI three rows. Golden padoung, brace lets of massive form and exquisitely chased with figures of beasts, birds, reptiles, etc., real and mythological, adorn their arms and wrists. Anklets of gold and silver are sometimes, but not universally, worn. Their most curious ornaments are, however, their ear jewels. They are made of massive gold and consist of two pieces of tubu- lar shape, fitting closely one into the other, the outer ends being closed with a sort of cap carved in various pat terms. The girls ears have long sits cut in the lobes when they areehildren about four years of age. The men also have their ears cut in this fashion when of an earlier age. Dainty slip pers of soft leather, with pointed toes, and ''down at heeL" cover their small, bare feet. They are innocent of stock ings, and their feet are as carefully attended to as are their hands, the nails of both being carefully pared and trimmed. Burn1ah Letter i11 San Fran- cisco Chronicle.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-07-14
FLIGHT OF LocusTs.
They Eat Up Every Green Thing and LeSv'
 the Earth Desert.

the Earth a Desert.
 An army of locusts is wonderful and an interesting sight to the traveller who does not own a yard of soil, and is a mere onlooker at their frightful devastation. It is Attila and his innu- merable horses rushing over the vege- table world. To-day the wide plains are shining green with dense fohagei tomorrow nothing but brown twigs and bare branches, when the legions move off on their combined mission. As they arrive, the dense, dark clouds moving up from the horizon, and often obscuring the suns rays, proclaim the approach of the widely-dreaded scourge. The alarmed villagers con gregate on the expected line of march, beating drums and brass pots, shout ing and lighting bonfres and making all kinds of hideous noises. On one occasion, in South Africa, l drove of the enemy from 6 friends garden by making four heaps of damp rubbish one at each corner-in preparation, and then, lighting them at the proper moment, we dispersed the advance guard, our columns of thick smoke being carried by the wind upon the main body, which altered its route. Horses and oxen, their heads and nos trils tormented by the clinging limbs of the swarms, were bolting away to the woods, kicking and plunging in their hasty flight. A hissing, crack ling sound arose on all sides, the whole air seemed te be occupied by the fall ing and flying imps of mischief The "locust birds' Ca kind of crane) hovered in small parties on their Hanks, and subsisted on very small percentage of the insect hosts. In desert localities the hungry pests actually pitched on bones, mat ting, sticks, etc., and failing in a meal attacked and devoured each ether. On another occasion I drove for miles along a sandy tract, the wheels of the vehicle crushing myriads of the newly matched insects, all crawling and creep ing, with migratory instinct, toward the cultivated tracts. In India, locust visits are fewer between, but far more formidable, owing to the overwhelming masses. Sometimes a series of clouds, composed of their flights, cover several miles simultaneously. Fortunately, there are several birds and beasts in quest of their bodies, and l have even seen them salted, dried and sold in the markets. have often inspected a dish of curried locust, but could not bring a sufficient amount of curiosity to bear on the tasting experiment, though a prawny odor went up with the steam. The fishes are great devourers of these winged visitors, for they fall into lakes and rivers during changes of wind and weather. Besides fires made of green rubbish at top, found gunpowder ex- plosions very useful 1n soaring them away from the vicinity of my garden. When several successive hordes alight- ed on my grass land loaded my gun with dust shot, and, stopping low on the ground, discharged the contents of both barrels into their midst. Having done so several times I enjoyed the welcome sight of seeing them rising into the air and going elsewhere. l have no doubt a small cannon on such occasions heavily loaded with sharp sand would hasten their flight. qliSh Mechanic.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-07-14
How zulus Decorate Their Cattle.
From Drake,s MarazineN

ttrom Drakes Magazine
 The love that Zulu has for his cat tie causes him to ornament them in many ways, some of winch entail con- siderable suffering upon the anlmals, which, however, he regards from a philosephIc point of view, and does not allow 1t to interfere with his love for them. He trims their ears into all shapes, the fayorite pattern being that :sf leaf, with deeply serrated edge. He gathers up punches of the skin upon the head, ties a string tightly around them, and so forms a number of projecting knobs of various sizes and shapes. He cuts strips of hide from the head and face, letting them hang dewn as lappels, and also cuts the dewIaps and makes a fringe. With others he leaves the skln intact and laVishes all his arts upon the horns. He will cause one horn to project forward and another back ward; he will train one upright and the ether to the ground. Sometimes he observes a rough kind of symme- try and has both horns bent with their points nearly touching the shoulders, or trains them with the tips meeting over the head like an arch, CT under the neck like a collar, or turned around the eyes like spectaoles. The most singular effect is produced where the horns of a young OK are trained to lie flat upon the skull until the points meet in the middle of the head, when they are made to coalesce and grow upward like the horn of the unicorn. In other cases the horns will be split at the points, growing with diverging segments, like the outstretched fingers of hand.
 The animals are taken in hand as soon as the horns show through the skIn, and small vertical incisions are made in them with spear, so as 10 divide them. These are allowed to grow again, and then are still fur ther divided until the requisite end is attained. The bent ones they cut Commencing an inch or SO below the polnt, which must net be injured) a small part of its thickness and bend in a contrary direction, and after much delicate manipulation and care it will describe a curve ID the required direc- tion. In fact, the detail and patience required would weary any one but a Kafir, who takes the same pride m his work that an artist bestows upon sls ideal iu stone or en canvas.