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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01
An Extinct Race.

They are passing away-the old
fashioned negroes of the ante bellum
Southland the places which knew
them once viii soon know them no
more forever. They will in a few
years be entirely supplanted by q
progeny little like their ancestors. The
old plantation-~de white folks house,
the happy negro quarters-the fam
lily ties which bind the two races to-
gether in bonds of affection and ten
der considenstion which one must have
experienced to appreclate-gone, all
gone.
Old massa, old missus and the
young massas and misses. What q
happy family! Aud who ever mourned
with more unfeigned grief than the old
family servants the breaking up of the
family when sole massar died? Alas,
it always fell upon the former with a
bitterness born of the uncertain fate
which awaited them afterward.
But they are fast dying out j; the old
plantation songs have faded from lips
on which alone they were once SO
musical, which no other conditions may
ever realize. Did you ever see the long
procession of family servants-fifty or
hundred or more-follow the coffin
which bore "ole massa" to his last rest
ing place?
Down 10 de corndeld.
Hear dat mournfnl sound,
All de darkies am weeping.
Massa's In de cold, cold ground.
Talk about negro dialect No
writer has eyer approximated ii unless
he was born and reared on the old
southern plantation from childhood to
age.
And Christmas times "befo' dc
war;
The happy hearts in the "negro
quarters were up and singing like the
lark before the dawn of day, for the
"aunts aud uncles," those monarchs OF
that realm which has no succession
had been awake half the night swat
ing for Christmas"
Were those days of slavery and bar
barism, when white and black alike
were happy only because they were
ignorant y
But who would exchange these
brand new days for the old2 These
days when the "colored ladies and
gentlemen" wear bangs, or carry o
razor or cigarette?
Still, IL is sad to think of the dying
out Of a race, one of the most interest
ing In tho annals Of timo-one peculiar
to itself, and which can never be re-
produced. AS the Indian passed be
yond the Rocky mountains 10 die
away on the western plains, so thi'
race, as II was known of yore, is pass
ing over the dividing ridge OF two
generations, to be known no more.-
Florida Times Union.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01

was beyond control be cut loose the
burning cars and ordered his engineer
to run 10 Rolling Fork in order to
reach the tank. Assisted by a brisk
breeze, TWO fiat cars loaded with about
one hundred bales were quickly famed
into a full blaze. The engine sound
ing warning ct every turn Of the
wheel attracted the attention of large
crowd, who wanted to render some as
sistance, but no man dared approach
the flaming cars, which by this time
were like a furnace. After exhausting
the water in the tank the flames were
somewhat quenched aud the two Hat
cars were hauled TO the bridge over
Rolling Fork Greek and with the as
sistance of long poles the burning cot
ton was dumped into the stream. The
third cara box ear containing COM
pressed cotlon-was put out, only one
end having caught. For a while IL
looked as if the bridge over the creek
would burn. II caught fire IN dozen
places at one time but was put out
without any damage. The two car
loads dumped into the creek will be a
total loss and represents about $4,000
The cars were only slightly damaged,
The creek presented quite novel sight
with hundred bales Of burning cot
ton floating down stream.-Rolling
Fork Pilot.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01

rMempbis Ayalanche.l


The report of the Treasurer, Gen. 5.
w. Ferguson. of the Board of Missis-
sippi Levee Commissioners, shows that
that efficient body Is bestowing the ut
most attention to the important duties
devolved upon them. The report
shows total disbursement of $780,
591.71 and a balance of cash on hand
amounting to $l9.6l7.52 OF this
$33, 3,662.35 20 to Bolivar County. and
smaller sums aggregating about $685.
600 90 to Issaquena and Washington
Counties. The total amount collected
Is $106,209.23, of which $65,l2l.11
came from the cetton tax of 1889 and
$l9,472.14 from the levee construction
tax of 1889.
The plain statement of facts in Gen.
Fcrguson's report is splendid tribute
to the people of Washington, lssaque-
ma, Bolivar and Sharkey Counties.
For years they have borne the chief
burden of a work Of which a very
large part of the benefit goes to the
commerce which passes up aud down
the Mississippi River to people living
across the river from them. 1t is plain
ly the duty of Congress not only to
improve the highways of commerce,
but II is the equally plain duty of Con-
gress to prevent these highways Of
commerce from becoming the means
of disaster and destruction to the peo-
pie living near them. In none of its
acts has the Mississippi River Commits
sion shown more wisdom than in the
use Of levees for bank protection.
True, there is an incidental protection
to the people living on the adjoining
land, but without these leyees the bed
of the river would soon fillup and rem
der the river unnavigable at various
points from Memphis to New Orleans
The Avalanche thinks the people
who have 80 willingly taxed them
selves are entitled the highest regard
for their thrift, enterprise and public
spirit.
The report made by William Starl
ing, chief engineer, to the Board o
Mississippi Leyee Commissioners
shows that that efficient official has al
eye TO the responsibilities of his posi-
ton, even when taking vacation
This summer he examined tho dykes o
Holland and has put himself in a wa,
to a thorough investigation Of tha
subject, having even learned Dutch fo
that purpose. lie says of the dyk'
system: al do not know that there !
an accurate account of 1t In any Ian
guage but the Dutch.' He also re
ports that every precaution has beel
taken to prevent break in the leyee
in case of extreme high water, whicl
he says may or may not take place.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01
SCREWED UP TIE DOOR.
What Made Judge Holman the Watch.
Dog OF the Treasury,

During the war, when patriotism
and sentiment werc at flood tide, the
rolls of the two houses of Congress
were increased almost weekly to make
room for wounded soldiers who had
been discharged from the service.
Doorkeepers, messengers and watch
men were so thick around the capitol
that they were in each others way.
Judge Holman happened to be in the
basement one day and endeavored TO
go through doorway guarded by a
one-leggod veteran.
"Csn't get through there said the
guardian Of the portal, unconcernedly.
81 am a member of Congress-" said
the Judge quietly.
al don't know that that makes any
difference" said the doorkeeper, sun
less you came from a district where
the people walk through wood. The
door is screwed upr
''Thcn what are you doing here ~
inquired Judge Holman, whose curios-
ity was naturally excited.
aI'm here for $500 a Gay. There's
q fellow from the Sixth Pennsylvania
Cavalry watching the other side of II,
and mebbe he can tell you more than
/ CAM
BY a circuitous route the Judge,
through committee-rooms, reached the
other side of the door. Sure enough,
there sat another veteran lelsurely
reading a newspaper. He was equal
ly frank in announcing that the door
was screwed fast.
"You see,r he said, by way of expla-
nation, ''both me and my partner are
subject TO rheumatic since we've been
in the army, and we screwed up this
door so we wouldn't be in the
draught.'
Judge Holman thought that IL the
government was paying two men 1872
day each for watching door that
could not be opened, II was time that
somebody proposed retrenchment. He
threw himself into the breech, secured
reduction in the House rolls, and
ever since has been the determined
enemy of sinecures and extra salaries
Washington Post
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01
Nellie Blv's Trip Around the World.

New York, Jan. 25.-At precisely
4:15 p. m. the carriages of Miss Nellie
bly, and her party arrived at the
World Office, in front of which more
than 5000 persons had congregated.
The carriages moved briskly, but in
spite of this they were accompanied by
a shouting, seething mob ofpeople. In
ten minutes there were fully 10000
people in Park Row, cheering and
waving handkerchiefs aud stopping
the immense traffic of that thorough
fare. The scenes at the Pennsylvania
Railroad depot aud at the ferry and in
the streets. thence to the World Office
were of like description.
Very few persons have received so
flattering a popular welcome in New
York as Nellie BLY, this day. 1t being
a semi-holiday and the arrival of the
little lady tolerably certain, 1t probably
added to the enthusiasm and size of
the crowds.
The young women, 1t Is found by
the use Of figures, consumed seventy
two days, six hours and eleven minutes
in circling the earth. The name she
bears is not her own. She came to
New York from Pittsburg, Pa, where
she was known as Elizabeth Cochran.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01

New York Mail and Express.l

New York Mail aud Express.l
Very often tight ring win stick so
fast to the finger that the wearer will
have to go to the jeweler to have it
taken off. All kinds OF rings can be
easily removed with piece of thread.
The best thing is q piece of silk thread,
but good, strong piece of linen
thread will do. Pass the end between
the finger and ring, keeping the spool,
or unlimited cord at the side next the
finger tip. Wind the thread around
the finger toward the tip. Wind on
about quarter of an inch, aud then
unwind the end under the ring, taking
care to push the ring forward over the
would part. As one end is unwound
wind on at the other enc, and grad
ually the ring will be worked off to
the tip of of the finger. Il is a good
plan to oil or soap the thread before
working it, as the ring will slip over 1t
much easier than over dry thread.
This method will remove any ring, no
matter how tight II is.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01
A serious srrike at Birmingham.

A special to the American from
birmingham, Ala, says: The en-
ployees of the Birmingham Rolling
Mill, 900 In number, went on strike
yesterday, and the fight between the
men and the company promises to be
a long and bitter one. An effort to
force the mill into the amalgamated
association caused the strike. For five
years this mill has been non-union.
The union scale has been paid, but
both union and non-union men have
been employed. Saturday night the
men held q meeting and decided to or
ganize and force the mill into the as
sociation, when new scale is signed
in July. AT noon yesterday Manager
Ward told the men they could not or
ganize for the purpose of forcing the
mill into the association, and the day
men quit last evening. The night
men viii follow at the end Of the
night turn, and over 1000 men will be
involved. Tho weekly pay roll Of the
mill is about $2S,000.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01
with one Nickel.

A stout man handed q dime to the
conductor, who, before returning the
change, collected a nickel from
female passenger, evidently washer
woman, and handed the nickel to the
stout man. Turning to a passenger, a
friend evidently, and who had got ON
before the stout man, the latter handed
him the nickel, remarking with a
laugh at the same time: "There. Bob,
| owe you five cents, and that squares
u.s..
"Bobr took the coin with smile,
and, leaning across the aisle, said to an
Acquaintance with whom he had been
talking, and who was accompanied by
lady, evidently his wifc:
"There's that five cents 1 bet you on
Boyer's majority"
The acquaintance tipped the coin
from his right to his left hand, aud
handed It to bis female companion with
the remark:
"There's that five cents borrowed
for that cigar this morning"
Smiling sweetly, the lady accepted
the coin, and, reaching over, dropped
it into the washcrwoman's hand, say
ing:
"There's the five cents | owe you
and that just makes US square,
II was all done so quickly and in
such an off-hand way that it was moi
until the coin was in the hand Of It's
first possessor that the passengers
whose ownership it had passed realized
what number of debts the small piece
had paid, passing in turn through the
hands Of the washerwoman, the con
ductor, the stout man, the stout mans
friend, the stout mans friends &C.
quaintance, the stout mans friends
acquaintance's wife, and the stout
mans friends acquaintancc's wife''
washerwoman, in all paying sever
debts and coming back to the origina
possessor.
1t sent all hands into O brown study
and the story Is true, too.-Philadel
phia Inquirer.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01
An Illinois idea.

~, r,,, - ..-.--,.-
Inc LIMOS De,iocra,s premise .
new uepal'use s ~ 'ue S lae.noa ~ .'ou,, ..;,,
ing omteu states SENATORS s., .na' WI
make . revolu'lon I'm, ~ .ne poll'lcs ''' .. 'ne
country IL the pan oe generaiy
adopted.
Inc pau is W no',i'n"'o ,, on,'eu
states senators ii party conventions
oeiofe the Legislators are eiec'eu' mus
virtually p'aclng ,ne elec.lon ueloie
tne people Inc idea originated WIN
Hon. 1onn M. ralmer anu 'ne Dolho.
cratic convention wn,cn meets y.
opringneia TINS year Is hkeiY 10 put IL
into praeuce;
Inc pan mas s's aevan'sses ou' -
not ai.ogetner aree ironi opJecsions'
IL wouio pe preierapie 10 tne present !
caucus system aha py giving sne people
more voice IN inc selec'lon Oh senators
40 away Win ene opportunities ior
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01
A SENSATION.
[St. Louis Post Disnatch.l |

[St. Louis Post -Dispatch.l
One of our bellies is making sensa-
ton. She has taken a novel manner
of choosing between three rival lovers!
One Is reminded of the caskets In the
Merchant of Venice" though in point
of fact, there Is much difference. Her
name suggests chase, and taken in
connection with her beauty and other
qualities, 1t is not strange that she has
been persistently pursued. Things
were very exciting during the months
of November and December. TIE
gentlemen had exhausted every device
to disparage each other and recommend
themselves. They had exchanged
such epithets as "Bottom" and "NIun-
chauson,r and had talked about pistols
and coffee. The lady played them
against one another, granting favors
| first to one then to another, till things
reached climax, or more properly
speaking, the "now or never stage" "
Seeing that she must decide she gave
notice that they would hear from her
December 25th, when she would be-
stow her hand as a Christmas gift
Making them give pledge that they
should not be opened for fortnight
she delivered to each sealed packet
"This, gentlemen she said, "will settle
the matter. "A month after these doc
uments are opened the favored one
will lead me to the alter. The situa
ton can be imagined !" Each believed
himself the successful competitor, and
three. full-dress suits were ordered
without delay. Meanwhile the trous
seau was in preparation. Nothing
was neglected from the hemstitched
peignoir to the filmy lace veil. The
public were on the qui vive. The
gentlemen were attractive in different
ways aud degrees.
zone had wit and one had gold
And enc was cast In beauty's mould y
We all remember the conclusion
of the old ballad from which the coup
let is taken. IL runs thus:
''Then the man Of wit and sense
wooed her with bis sloquence,
Beauty vanish, gold depart,
Wit has won the ladys heart
The day is set and the cards will
soon be out. The two defeated candi
dates are as well as might be expected
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01
LAWS AenSsr GAMING.
4 Matter In Which the Great Blackstone
Was Deeply Interested.

Sir William Blackstone, writing at
the end of last century, remarked that
sit is not so much our laws that are de-
fective as ourselves and our magistrates
in putting these laws into execution
In his day that was no doubt the case,
as we have already seen; high play
and high life seemed to go together;
1t is on record that IN 1888 the profits
of a gaming club in the West end dur
ing the season amounted to no less
than f150.000. About the same time
lady is recorded to have won $4,000
at loo in one night. No wonder
Blackstone says that ii is "the gaming
in high life that demands the attention
of the magistrate" 1t may, of course,
with perfect safety be said that such
things do not go on nowadays, aud
could not go on without creating a
scandal that would be sure to arouse
the authorities into activity. Statistics
are, of course, very difficult to obtain
in such matters, or al any rate, such as
can be accepted as reliable, and, though
1t can not be disputed that gaming in
West end club life is not entirely
eradicated, it would probably be found
that the standard of play at the PARK
Club was good deal in excess of what
goes on elsewhere. Speaking general
ly II may safely be said that play
gaming in the strict sense of the word
has largely decreased during the last
nifty years, and that this applies par
ticularly to the upper circles of society.
As to the causes of this decrease many
might be suggested 1t Is doubtful il
the haw has had much influence here,
though, unquestionably 1t has done
much to repress gambling among the
lower classes. Ii 1t were the habit of
society to play the great privacy of
social life in this country would neces-
sarily make the defiance Of the author
tiles easy. Probably il is more due to
the greater variety Of occupation and
amusement, combined with greater
facilities for locomotion, which all
monopolize the time and leisure which
gaming demands, while the greater ex-
penses Of life generally, the better dis
tribution Of wealth, and, above all, its
gradual shifting from aristocratic into
commercial circles, all tend to divorce
the two insepsrable requisites for the
prevalence of high play-superfluous
wealth and leness.-Nlneteenth Cen
tury.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01

In view Of the near approach of
Spring II would not be improper per-
haps TO state for the information of
those of our Young readers who like
10 be exact about such matters that
the first kiss on record Is the osculatory
salute between Isaac and his son Jacob,
mentioned in the 9th chapter of Cen
esis. The record of the last Kiss, how
ever, has not been mnde,--Avalanche
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01
OH. WHAT A COUGH.

VIII you heed the warning. The
signal perhaps of the sure approach of
that more terrible disease, Consump.
ton. Ask yourselves If you can af-
ford for the sake of eaving 30 cents, to
run the risk and do nothing for it. We
know from experience that Shiloh's
Cure will cure your Cough. Il never
fails. This explains why more than a
Million Bottles were sold the past year.
It relieves Group and Whooping
Cough at once. Mothers no not be
without ii. For Lame Back, Side or
Chest, use Chiloh's Porous Plaster.
Sold by A. B. Finlay & Go. n16
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01
A FURRY OF DESPERATION.

Charleston, S. C.. Jan. 2s.-Prof.
Austin Phelps, of Andoyer, Mass,
writes as follows to j. c. Hemphill,
editor of the News and Courier: Il
wish to thank you for the courtesy and
candor of your criticisms OH my re-
marks upon Grady's speech at the Ven-
dome at Boston. Ii | were able |
should like to pursue the subject in
your columns. | should admit some
things, and it seems TO me that | could
prove some other things to the salts
faction Of such man as you must be.
But live with more thQ one foot in
the grave. 1t is seldom that can use
my pen with any force except when |
breathe the ozone of my summer home
at Bar Harbor. l have never believed
in negro suffrage. Senator Sumner
never committed a graver bluuder than
in driving the act which legalized ii
through Congress. 1t was not an act
of statesman. II was a furry of
desperation. The only pslliation is the
fact that in the struggle for its exist
ence the nation was brought into a
supreme exigency in which everybody
felt that something must be done yet
could not tell anybody what to do.
The thing which was done struck ma
ture a blow in the face, and for that
she always gave return blow in
grand rage. We are sure in such an
encounter to get the worst of it. That
is what we are suffering from to-day,
and what the end will be God only
knows. / shall not be here to see 1t,
but it would not surprise me If 1t cost
the nation more blood than the civil
war did. The retributions OF national
WI long-doing are on great scale.
Your thinking men of the South have
the sympathy of every man at the
north. Fifty years ago Prof Moses
Stuart Of the Andover theological
seminary, a personal friend of Cal
houn, foresaw just the present dead
lock of affairs, and told me that he
saw no final solution but the surrender
of two or three States to the exclusive
possession of the colored race. But
have never been able to see that
christianity cannot make two colors In
prolific races live peacefully together
as nature adjusts the colors in rain
bow
Practical treatment and Judgment is
apt to draw conclusions from what
Christianity has done, rather than
what 1t can do. But man in Massa-
chusetts can easily settle the questions
of race antagonisms through faith
Just as the self-righteous Ingalls, can
dispose of the issues by the position
that the whites have only to be just to
the negro, for all trouble and disorder
I
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01

Those delightful people who insist
upon carrying away their hands full
of fruit from the table of their hotel
must obey the standing rule in such
cases. A Philadelphia judge has de-
cided that guests have right TO satisfy
their appetite. but after filing their
stomachs they should not also fill their
pockets and carry away the food they
could not eat.-Macon News
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01
Recorder or Deeds.

Washington, Jan. 29.--The Presi-
dent to-day sent to the Senate the fol-
lowing nomination Blauch X. Bruce,
of the District of Columbia, to be Re-
corder of Deeds in the District Of
Columbia.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01
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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01

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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01

aWhat do you value that handsome
spaniel at, If may ask r
"Well, If you want to buy him he's
worth $500, and If you's the Assessor
| reckon he's worth about 10 cenie-
Chicago Tribune.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-01

There is an old conundrum to the
following effect "Why is dogs
tail like an old man n aBecause 1t is
In firm." Mrs. Barnum. however one
day offered a different explanation :
"Oh, anybody can see that In a moment.
A dogs tail is like m old man because
II Is on its last legs" II was the same
lady who once innoeently remarked
that her hens were so old that they
could not lay fresh egRs.--Londsn
Globe.