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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02
The Late Gen. Adams.

Major Livingston Minis, an old time
citizen of Mississippi, says: al was
with Gen. Adams two weeks ago. He
was then restless under the attacks of
this editor. He said to me: Il do
not want to be forced into difficulty
with him. have no quarrel with him,
and actually avoid the public streets
that | may not meet him casually and
be betrayed into assaulting him. The
family of General Adams was entirely
dependent on his petty salary, and
this knowledge forced him to submit
day after day to the most wanton in
suit. | was hardly surprised that he
was at last goaded into action, though
unspeakably grieved. A knightlier
man never lived-a loftier or finer
soul. lie was very rich in the SOS,
and lived like a prince, whether at his
100000 home in New Orleans or at
one of his superb plantations. He was
offered the postmaster generalship Of
the Confederacy by MIR. Davis, and
equipped full regiment from his pri-
vate purse. Truly he was king
among men. Atlanta Constitution.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02
How a Woman Raised Cotton.

S, NJ. S. writes from Buck Head,
South Carolina, to the Louisville Home
and Farm:
4 few years ago, in July, the drouth
was very severe. and, in riding around
the county, came up to a young wild
ow's house with whom was well ac-
quainted, in Aiken county, and after
a change of civilities, said:
~Maude, how is it that while every
farmers cotton is running, dying with
heat and drouth, your cotton is flour
ishing and luxuriant, as if in seasonable
weather."
Ride up to the fence said she,
with pleasant smile, and see if you
cannot tell the cause
| did SO, and replied l could not,
unless it was distance in the thinning
process.
"That is only part of the reason
said she. ~Do you see any water fur
row in the rows ~
No." | replied, al do not; how do
you manage to avoid it2"
She replied: "In my last plowing
have the wings of my sweeps ham,
mered entirely flat, and | never allow
large grass in my crop, and as the
plowman does his work the earth falls
over the plow leaving all level behind
it, keeping the scorehing rays Of the
sun from the lateral roots, which by
this process are left nbroken, and the
grass all killed; and while other cotton
is withered, my cotton remains glossy
green. never lost crop in my life
OF course never leave II thick in thu
drill Also, my lands are well prepar
ed before | plant, and find cotton Al
easy made crop. am careful, toe
not to overcrop myself, so that th
work can always be done in due tint
as cotton worked very grassy Is ne
benefited very much"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02
COULDOCK MADE A MISTAKE.

One day in "the palmy days of the
DRAMA when the actor got Sl5a week
and played twenty-one parts between
Monday and Saturday nights, Coul-
dock was starring in "Louis MI and
L" The Willow Copse." He arrived at
an Ohio town and called a rehearsal of
"Louis XI." lie was going to play it
with the resident stock company, of
course. The rehearsal proceeded. The
company was sight. The leading
lady was dire. Couldock was furious
AS usual, he spoke his mind very free
ly, and paid his particular respects to
the leading lady. In fact, he lost his
temper and ill-treated her.
"You forget, Mr.. Couldock,' she
said, "that you are addressing the
leading lady!'
Leading lady be damnedz" yelled
the old man. "llell is full of such
leading ladies as you are"
Very naturally the insulted actress
put on her things and went home.
She wouldn't play, she said, tili Mr..
Couldock had apologized to her as
publicly as he had insulied her. The
manager was in despair. lie went to
Couldock and said:
"Now, Mr.. Couldock, we've the
biggest house of the season. We can't
afford to dismiss them, and that's what
we'll have to do unless you apologize
to her. The time is so short that |
can't fill her place.
WELL" growled Couldock, $50 be
It. Trot her out !"
The lady was brought back and the
company assembled to hear Couldock's
apology.
Madam he said, "I am told that |
insulted you. What did | sayr
"Well," said the lady, mincingly,
.you said that-that-he was full of
such leading ladies as L.
II did, did /? Well, | was wrong
and | apologize. / was wrong. 1t
won't be full till you get there"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02

house being erected by Mr.. l. B. Hen
ry was eomplely demolished. AT Egg
ermont the sehool-house was blown
over, and cabins all over the county
were erased from their foundations.
AT Panther Burn the storm was
some harder. A negro woman and a
mule she was riding were instantly
killed; q tree was blown across a
house crushing ii in, but did not injure
the inmates-a woman and her child.
The store of Mr.. St. John Willis was
also blown from its foundation, but
was not badly damaged.
The storm seems to have been gem
eral, for it extended over a section of
section of country more than three
hundred miles wide-from below
Baton Rouge, La, to Clarksdale, in
Coahoma county.
AT this point the wind blew directly
east and ATTAINED a velocity of about
sixty miles an hour, but only for a
minute or two. Had it continued to
blow at its greatest velocity for about
ten minutes the damage would have
no doubt been very great.-Deer Creek
Pilot.
Greenyille, in this State is making
rapid strides in many directions to-
wards becoming one of the most pros
porous and progressive cities in the
Southwest. Its latest venture is tho
establishment of an electric light sys-
TEN that would be creditable to city
of thirty thousand inhabitants, and the
lights will be turned ON in all their
beauty and brightness before these
lines fall under the readers eye. The
lights are furnished by stock COM
pany organized two months since with
$4,000 capital, all held at home. The
capacity of the plant is eighty lights,
of which the city council has contract.
ed for twenty-one double-arc " lamps,
while private citizens in the business
part of the town has taken flfty-hvt
others.
The electric lights in Aberdeen, es
tablishod several years since, have be
come absolutel, Indispensable, although
not by any means sufficiently numer
GUS, and our neighbor over on thu
Mississippi will wonder how she eve
moped in darkness SO long withou
them. They will never be abandoned
at anything like reasonable expense.
The ground has also been purchased
and plans in, preparing for a ney
hotel in Greenville, to cost in tn
ncighborhood of forty thousand do
lars.-Aberdeen Examiner.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02
The Great Demand for Carllsle's Speech.

Washington, May 26.-[ Special. +
The demand for Carlisle's speech is
something unexpected. Orders are
coming in from every direction and Il
looks as though the number ordered
would run up to million copies. One
order, from o. b. Potter, of New York
Is for 10000, aud 1t Is understood an
edition Of half million will be publish
cd in New York City besides thoss
aent out from here.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02

New York, May 25.-Ex-Mayor W.
r. Grace, of this city, announces his
intention TO go before the Democratic
State convention to make contest
against Gov. Hill for the nomination
for Governor.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02
The Growth Of q Great Fortune.

Forty years ago the Astor fortune in
New York was $40,000,000. 1t is now
S300,00O,000 and increases at the rate
of $50, 100000 year. 1t is all IN real
estate in New York and yicinity.-San
Francisco Alta.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02
IMMIGRATION.
Second Meeting OF the Convention at
Jackson, MIss.,-The Body Resolves
Itself Into . Regular Association,
Elects Ofieers and VIII Labor TO Get
q Good Glass Of Immigrants.
Special to Times-Democrat.

Special to Times-Democrat.
Jackson, Miss, May 25.-The pro-
eeedIngs of the immigration Conven-
ton last night were as follows; Gen.
Stephen ID. Lee, at the request of Gov,
Lowry, the chairman, presided.
The following report of the COM
mitteo on resolutions was adopted:
.. That this convention hereby re-
solves itself into an organization, to be
organized, offieered and conducted as
follows: The officers shall consist of
president, seven viee-presldents,
chosen one from each congressional
district.
2. The object of this association
shall be to collect and disseminate
accurate and reliable information as to
the climate and resources of our State,
to the end that immigration may be
fostered and encouraged, and good
people of our own and all other coun-
tries induced to identify themselves
with us and contribute their capital,
labor and enterprise to swell the tide
of the returning prosperity of our
great State, and we hereby extend a
cordial invitation to all such persons to
cast their lot with us with the assur-
ance that they viii be treated justly
and fairly, and on perfect equality in
all respects with our own people.
5. That the executive committee
above provided for is hereby charged
with the duty of preparing a general
and detailed plan for the association
said committe shall aid and assist in
local and county organization, and is
authorized to raise all funds necessary
for the purpose of the association.
4. II shall be the duty Of the execu'
tive committee, as soon as sufficient
funds shall be in sight for that pur
pose, to call a meeting of the contribu
tors, in order to perfect permanent
organization, in accordance with sucl
regulations as may be then adopted.
The committee on organization ant
resolutions recommended the election
of the following officers:
For president, Gen. S. d. Lee; TO
vice-prcsident, first district, Il. "
Banks; second, Logan Walker; thirt
d. M. Russell; fourth, J.C Longstreet
fifth, w. II. Mills; sixth, G. r. Bryne
Jr.; seventh, p. w. Peoples, j. W. MI
Neil, j. A. Reid.
"We further recommend that tn
, officers and the executive committe
above named meet in the Senat
: chamber at 8 O'Clock a. m, tomorrow
There was then a call of the roll
t counties TO give opportunity for a
{ address from every part of the Stat
t and there were thirty.one response
f wherein each speaker presented SUI
, cinctly for his county the character
its soil, the crops for which 1t is pec'
!. liarly adapted, and the cost of raisin
the same and the usual profits accruin
, thercfrom, the extent of Its adaptabi
) ity to stock-raising, its climate, healt
and educational advantages, qualit
D and quantity of timber and its valu
. Each speaker extended most heart
and earnest welcome to immigrants.
| The convention adjourned at LAT
/ hour, all feeling that an important ste
had been taken to secure large nun
5 bers of good, solid and thrifty imm
/. grants.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02

detroit Free press.l

Tho following extracts are taken
from the last issue of the "Arizona
Kicker;n
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD.
On Tuesday night of last week, as we
were preparing to 90 to bed after u
hard evenings work, some murderous
wretch hurled brick through the only
window in our office. II was intended
Ger our destruction, but that provi-
dence which watches over an editor
as well as u sparrow willed otherwise.
II struck and knocked our bedstead 10
pieces, pied three dead ads on the
stone, and then glanced off and ripped
up several feet of flooring, but left our
person untouched. We were outside
of the Office inside Of ten minutes,
but the bloodthirsty iicnd had made
good his escape.
"We have been warned that we
must go, and this Is the seventh em-
phatic hint to stir our stumps, but
here we squat. We don't vacate. We
don't scare. We don't change our cd
torial course one iota. We hereby
offer $4,000 reward for information
that will lead to the capture Of the
bastard who attempted to assassinate
us, and Hereafter we warn the public
that we shall sleep with Il double bar
rel shotgun across the foot of the bed.
Any one coming to the Office at a late
hour to ask us TO play game of poker
should stop at SCOTS corner and whis-
tie four times al a signal
CoRRECrfoN.-Last week we had a
brief item to the effect that Major
lIornback, our efficient Register of
Deeds, had got staying drunk, destroy
cd bushel or two of valuable papers,
had two fights, and then gone home
to smash his cook stove and lick bis
wife. Next day Major Hornback call
ed at this office and not only subscri-
bed for the Kicker for himself but sent
two copies to friends in the East, pay
ing us six dollars in cash.
ave therefore desire to correct the
item of last week. The Major was not
drunk. 1t was simply an attack of
vertigo, to which he is subject. lie
was never drunk in his life, and Il
more efficient public official or kind
er husband cannot be found on the
face of the globe. We shall make
other corrections from time to time as
the victims come in and subscribe
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02

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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02
STATE NEWS.

Thirty-eight thousand pounds Of
beans and ten thousand pounds Of new
potatoes were shipped from Osyka
last Saturday to Northern and Western
cities.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02

The G. & 5. |. Il. II. is now about
completed to Pontotoc from this end
of the line. The road will be complet-
ed to Hattesburg from the Gulf about
June 1st. There is talk of the |. G.
road buying the G. & S. |. out, but
we know not ifthere is any foundation
for the rumor.-Southern Sentinel.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02

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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02

AT about 10 o'clock Thursday morn
ing small section of a cyclone passed
over this county, doing considerable
damage, Trees were uprooted, limbs
twisted off, fences demolished and
houses overturned.
At Onward station tue new store
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02

Pumkin BlOssoms-Mr. Cuffy Titus,
and Miss Peggy Slicker, were joined
in the holy bonds of Paddock, by JUS
tice Dolittle, on Wednesday evening
last. The costume of the bride con-
sisted of a red speckled Mother Hub
bard, and yellow neck tie. The groom
was dressed in Seeasucker suit and a
pair of Texas Spurs.-Woodville Re-
Publican.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02

]. ID. Lott, general agent for the
Gulf and Ship Island railroad, was in
Hsttiesburg this week on business for
his road. He gives glowing account
of the progress being made in grading.
lie informed us that the convict camp
would be moved up toward Enon this
week, that his headquarters would be
here after this wcek.-Gulf Coast
Progress,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-06-02

The Calhoun County Alliance de-
clared against the immigration of for
eigners into Mississippi, and give as
the reason that our fair and beautiful
Southland should be left by us as an
inheritance for our posterity, and that
we do not indorse any party or parties
political or otherwise, that favor for
eign or alien immigration, as we look
upon it as being dangerous to Ameri-
can liberty.-Water Valley Progress.
The Press., 1888-04-12

Catarrh, when chronic, becomes very ofen- sive. It is impossible to be otherwise healthy. and, at the same time, afflicted with catarrh. This disagreeable disease, in its most obstinate and dangerous forms, can be cured by the use of Ayers Sarsaparilla.
The Press., 1888-04-12
Detectives in press Goats.

Detective Heidelberg@, of Inspector 9yrnes' force, was saying tine other day chat if Mrs Hicks-Lord had notified the central office that she intended giving the reception which has had so wide an adver- isement recently because of the reported loss 3 ooats, wraps, etc, a couple of detectives would hsVo been detailed to go there in even ing dress and there would have been no trouble whatever. He says that she Wander bilts and other wealthy people who entertain do not think of getting on without a detec- tive any more than they think of getting on without the services of Delmonico or Pinard. A detective is on the ground before the affair has really commenced, and remains there after all the guests have departed. He is able to spot people who have no legitimate right to be present, by reason of their uneasy manner and their numerous and suspicious questions.
 Detective Heidelberg was at the reception given by Cornelius Vanderbilt not long ago, and took entire charge of the outer clothing which the guests put of as they came into the house. At the end of the evening Mir. Vanderbilt came to him and asked him whether or not everybody had gone, and Heidelberg said that there was yet one gen. tleman remaining He had hat, coat and cane still uncalled for Mir. Vanderbilt laughed and said that that was so, and told him that the gentlsman ts vhOGn these things belonged would remain aA aiyht, and the de- tective, proud of the even and correct way in which the mass of wraps and overcoats had come out, donned his own coat and went home.-New York Mail and Express.
The Press., 1888-04-12
TIE CIGAR IN ITALY.

Eight Inches Long. with 8 Straw Down
 the Center-The Popular 'Virginia-"
 My first experience of an Italian opera performed in Italy was, to say the least of it, peculiar This was at the Arena National, of Florence, and the opera given was ''D Due Foscari," by Verdi The house is shaped like a circus, only the ring, or arena, was filled with rows of roughly made straw chairs Round the sides there are tiers of rising seats, as at a circus, and above one circle of fspacious boxes. A low roof comes down immediately over the boxes. There is no gallery, no place where the "gods" could perch or peanuts be thrown. On the floor or pit of the house, in the circle, in the boxes-everywhere, in fact, a seething multitude of people were assidu- ously occupied smoking long Virginia" cigars These are the eight-inch long Italian cigars, with a straw down the center. They are an institution in themselves, the peculi arity being that the greatest ingenuity is dis played to render it impossible to light such cigars. Smokers, on the other hand, are equally patient and clever in overcoming these difficulties.
 The only certain way of lighting this weed is, first of all, to extract, with a firm, straight, strong pull, the little thin piece of grass placed within the straw Then the cigar must be held in a slanting manner to-
 
 one end of the cigar is sufficiently burned for the smoke to travel of itself up the straw and come out at the upper end, just as if it were a chimney. To do this effectively, it is necessary to burn several wax matches in succession. It was not till was initiated in this mystery that could understand why such an enormous number of wax matches were offered for sale in the streets; for to this complication in lighting the cigar must be added the fact that Italians, in the ex- citement Of conversation, allow the cigar to go out half dozen times before they have quite finished smoking it. At the restau- rants it is customary to serve a candle with cigars at dessert. On the side of the candle is affixed little silver wire rest, on which the cigar may be placed so that the end is in the flame. By the time the dessert is fin ished, the cigar is lit and can be smoked without difficulty. Such is the Italian "Vir- ginia," the most popular of all smokes in Italy.
 In Austria, also, found many persons give it the preference, despite its recalcitrant characteristics. The "Cavour," another Italian speciality, is not so long nor so thin, nor so black, nor so strong. It has no straw in the center, and it is very easy to light, but it is not particularly popular. As for the cigarettes, they seemed to me dear and not particularly good. TEe Italian government Is not, however, so strict as the French; foreign cigars and cigarettes, after being duly taxed, can be sold anywhere. In France these are only to be obtained in one or two shops and at exorbitant prices. In French towns, unless frequented by the wealthiest classes, the foreign cigar and cigarette are not to be obtained at all, and the smoker must be satisfied with what the government tobacco factories place on the market.-Cor. Philadelphia Telepraph
The Press., 1888-04-12
Prepared for The Press.l THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

WOMEN OF LETTERS Lady KllligTrw wrote Latin hexamet-rs fiueutly Anne mother of Lord Bacon, was fine linguisi and theologian the flur daughters of Sir Anthony Cooke, tutor of E lward VI were proficient in all literature. And withal these women were exemplary wives and mothers adept in cookery, needle. work and every art needful for the management of family.
 "OLD PARR" died iu 1885, having lived 152 years Had h- not gone to London he might have lived to l75 years.
 DANTE, at the University of Paris, sus. tained an argument againet fourteen dis. putants, victoriously.
 '.YoU seem to walk more erect than usual, my friend !'' "Y-s; have been strengthened by circumstances"
 TENNYsoN was paid gl0 a line for his poem entitled "S Dream -an Jdyl."
 THE inquiry is abroad, whet the cup of misery has saucer.
 LORD LYTTLErJN wHs very absent -miud ed. It is toll of hlm that when he fell in to the river ny the upsettiug of boat al Ha9ley, ha sank twicA before he recollect ed that he could swim.
 Do VT fritter yourself on fDllies When Michael Angelo was shown 2 picture which an artist had painted with his fngers, he said, The foolish fellow would better have used his brushes. CUPID, WHY BLINDF"LDED. It is not a | fac', form, nor a soft voice that kindlee love. These are powerful accessories. but love itself is ideal looks not with the eye but with the mind. Hence the ancients bandaged the eyes of Cupid.
 STILL, Dr. Johuson was right when he said, "A man is, in general, better pleased when he has a good dinner on his table than when his wife talks Greek. | AFTER A SNOW STORM The morning sunshine glows upon waste, Sparkling with diamonds; bare the noun tain's brow,
 i But the low vale is level with the hill 1 The hemiock stands iUory pyranid, And the link'd branches gleam like silvery webs
 Traced on the glittering azure of the ky.
 "IF uttered grudgingly, consent IS worse than fiat denial, but even in no may be world of liberality"