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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-07-19

M oss;oner Miller by Commissioner Nugen
rdore That the Board it's April meeting egau
location eve across Catnsh 1om W
S Tnn he directed of the old line to ascertain 'ne
and the obstruction TO drainage o "n" " ''
no;nt bv reason location of the new line ,r s..
To Secretary then communication from Chas ocot
No. pn OF M1ssIsspr1 COMMISSIONERS ureenVn . mn,
few months the people of the Mississippi ae mc.
nao Of Vicksbup organized the Interstate Mississippi nc
Convention for the purpose o mahhs
attomp TO secure pcunary recognition from he Naohal
ourselves and properly or an e W o
from the Mississippi river which despite our mos,
arts have from time occurred en'alnng great pelsona
and untold financial all of our citizens NO pa' VI @
% have deeper interest this movement than yourselves anu s
,on ooco,pnisbed but we desire at the ensuing
MUCH M om before then redoube efforts and never 10 oes,
non npl adequate appropriations have been mauc w he ~
10 build will afford US aud a.
IN Tho prosecution this design money an aosoe do
n 'he @ economically rapidly disappearing nave ae
our iuns eal n The various organizations Of Mississippi
ga nna for necuniary assistance In my Judgment YOU nv avs
anu nront r. make fair appropriation for THIS PURPOSE ~
",hoty 10 do II under and no wiser use couo W ~ y
the funds in your keeping hrouob that elaboration
1ou @ and therefore without futne remaiA ~,
% - IN the name behalf of the Associaton s nunoao c
u M M col aside the sum OF szovo ior h9 p 10
your poa. 10 the Delta trust pa"s wy "
said same % pe pa nblv nannts on NOV lsyu
T. will matter your carela anu ~
eration have the honoi 10 pe, CHAs ScorT Chairman
,,,ate Mississippi Improvement ana Leseo ,n n pnn
Interstate Miller seconded by Commissioner Dun
a That the sum $1,000 be and Is nereo rae Assoeaon
- ~ o Mississippi River as hundred dollars
~ ho drah of Everman secretary and
pay savauIrr @ st prox aud rest in monthly hSA'
ior A nm nuion of Commissioner Nugen' @ .h Fnanc com
~ III ~ a until Y NJ 70 cha'' ~ 80
% ,ni.tsa = sxamne the Cotton lax Collectors isRo.s
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The following communication then
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Privilege ofehanging regular advertisements
once s month without charge.
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Regular Meeting BOagdOf Mississippi IaVGG Commissioners.

run, GREENvIILE, MISS, July A. 1890
~ F NV -
Present Commissioners Nugen of Bolivar county, COmmi
lsquena county and Commissioner Phelps Sharkey county
On motion OF Commissioner Phelps duly seconded Miller
was elected temporary Chairman
The Board then session and proceeded ballot for
President and after twenty-five ballots in an election
took recess until O'Clock
The Board met at 7:l5PM
Peresen before having the oath office went into ex
tive session and proceeded ballot President srd ballot
Commissioner Hunt having received cast declared
duly elected and took the chair presiding officer
The Board then proceeded when
the m ballot Ferguson received five of the six
cared duly elected Secretary and Treasurer.
proceeded Chief Engineer when on first bal
lot VIM Starting received all the six unanimously
elected Chief Engineer
the ballot Mess
were declared duly elected Attorneys of the
On motion duly seconded the election of Cotton
poned =
The official bonds Phelps Hunt and Nugcn recently
elected duly approved by the Clerk of the Cancery Washington
county examined and ordered filed
Col Montgomery of Bolivar requested hearing
it was
Resolved To hear Col Montgomery Immediately meeting
Board tomorrow morning.
President appointed the following committees:
Executive CommitteeCommssioners Hunt Phelps Miller
Finance CommiteeCommssioners Nugen and Casey
Treasurer and Cotton Tax Collector of explained methods
employed by him collect the and the difficulties experienced
AT eight o'clock order allow tho Committee time
examine the Report Books aud Balance Sheet Treasurer
On motion of Commissioner Nugent the Board adjourned until $50
tomorrow.
TUESDAY, July 49,
The Board s5 adjournment Present all the
The Finance Committee returned the Treasurer's report
TREAsURERS REPORT
oF MISSISSIPPI COMMISSIONERS,
GREENvrILE, MISS, July l. 1890.
Sir IL the honor submit the following Of cash and
disbursements from June 23rd to July LIST, 1890:
RECEIPTS
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Larger advertisements. quarterly, half
yearly and yearly,
Contracted for at Liberal Rates,

Orders from gansient customers, YER
bal or written. for job work, advertising
or subscription. must be accompanied By
the cash. Accounts Of regular custo-
mers due and presented the LIST Of each
month
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The Board met at Z P. NJ.

Present, all the members
The Executive Committee submitted with report fol-
lowing
Whereas the cotton crop of the District shipped
tax thus afforded well by the practical that made
with the steamboat the the
expenditure heretofore involved the salary paid Cotton Collector
exist Therefore Collector shall be redu
ed to H bale and travelling incurred
his services collecting the according the direction of the Board
follows lie shall be required days
point whence shipped which the
being collected violations the promptly this Board
its Attorneys Aud in order ascertain the weights of cotton shipped
authorize
weights them given enormously the shall
be weighed by the Where the shipper give his weights
that the fact shall be endorsed
which receipt when presented the Treasurer the Board shall ene the
shipper his order be the of bale rebate
each shipped Also the transportation shall be entitled the
refusal neglect shipper which receipts placed
and kept ready for inspection by the Board.
which motion of Commissioner Phelps seconded Commissioner
adopted
The Executive following report
To the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners:
Your Executive Committee carefully the the
Chief Engineer indicating the work be done the District during
the ensuing connection Herewith made careful
the probable tho Board during the coming
These estimate as follows, viz:
from sources, $47496211
Maturing obligations and regular expenses lS5l27Os
Balance available for construction fund.- $2S9S35O3
this sufficient fund for high
water expenses and other extraordinary expenses
We that the cotton be levied henh
pound the last year.
A. j. + PHELPS, %Gsrs Executive Committee
f. r. MuLER)
which and, motion, received and ordered fled
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CHIEF ENGINEERS REPORT.

ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT,
BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI LEvEE COMMISSIONERS,
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OFFICE RULES.
ADVERTISING RATES.

The following will govern future contracts
FOR advertising. domestic and foreigns
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Ordered claims mileage
present meeting beahowed paid a. follows:

The minutes then adopted and o'clock
Board adjourned.
s w FERGUSON, Secretary.
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endorsed as follows

f' S. w. FERGUSON Treasurer
enoo'seo a' o"' GREENvILLE Miss, July A. $780,
The undersigned the Finance Committee hereby certify na
have carefully foregoing Of W. ferguon ieau
@ and found the and supported by proper vouchefs
i0' w ~ RI NUaENT 49,.
j. T. CASEY, Finance Conmttee
S B. DUNCAN)
Tev also returned sheet OF the Board submitted oy h
Treasur endorsed as follows;
Examined and found correct - 60
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-17
Farm and stock Notes.

Too much land means taxes on that from
which only partial crops can be obtained.
1t is thel small plats, well MANFRED, that
yield the profitable crops. 1t is more ex-
pensive to attempt to secure large yields
from a tract requiringa portion of the time
to be lost in travelling over it than to con-
centrate all the labor on a small area.
Abandoned lands are given over to sheep,
but it is doubtful if it is profitable to keep
sheep in that manner, owing to the loss from
dogs and exposure. If the land is cut up
into small fields, the sheep frequently
changed, the fields plowed, the land viii be
improved and some kinds of crop, such as
rye, may be grown FOR the sheep.
One cannot learn too mnch about dairy
ing. There are many details, and it is very
easy to make a mistake. The best dairy
men succeed only by giving the business
close attention and study. Each individual
animal requires particular management,
and success depends upon faithful observ-
ance of every requirement.
When crossing for improvement Of the
stocks the male should always be pure bred.
When a graded male is used the tendency
is to retard improvement. 1t requires but
two or three seasons TO effect marked i'm
provement on the farm stock if careful
consideration be given the selection of
males.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-17
A Story about Ingersoll.
From the Albany Times.

A good story was told in the library of
he general term of the supreme court, to-
day. by John S. Wise, son Of ex-Gov. Henry
A. Wise of Virginia, who is now in this
CITY from his home in New York. Said Mr.
Wise: A few years ago Ingersoll was pass
ing through Cincinnati and at his hotel he
was accosted by workingman, VINO ad-
dressed him as follows:
sMr, Ingersoll, am poor, hard work
ingman having family to support, and L
want favor"
"Wen," said Bob. "what can do for
your
81 want TO call a brand of my cigars after
YOU. and permission to use your photo
graph. y answered the man.
Certainly, my man, and win give you
a motto, if you desire"
II would thank you if you would" re-
sponded the man.
Col. Ingersoll gave it to him as follows:
Eve shall smoke in this world, but not in
the next
some months afterward, while passing
through Cincinnati, Col. Ingersoll was in
formed that the man made $4,000 of the
brand of cigars in less than year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-17
A. Market for Young Pines.

The people of the south should sell every
thing they have to spare that would bring
them profitable return, but unfortunately
they don't do it, says the Mobile Register.
We have hosts of things peculiar to our
section that the people of other sections
would be glad to buy; but it is character
istic of the southern man that he never con-
Germs himself about such matters. The
things that are staple and in open demand
he puts upon the market, but he rarely
takes the pains to inquire if there is any
thing else, as yet unknown TO general COM
MERGE, that might be put upon the same
market with profit to the marketer. The
southern man much differs from the north
ern man in this particular. When the
northern man finds himself in possession of
something he does not want in his business,
his first thought is of an effort to sell it to
somebody who does want it, and if it is pos
sessed of any value at all he usually sue
ceeds in making the sale. To that very dis
position on the part of her people is the
snnerior prosperity of the north largely
due There is no waste at the north. An
criticize of no home value that might be
sold. vet is not sold, is simply wasted.
These thoughts have been suggested by an
editorial on Christmas trees and Christmas
decorations appearing in the Chicago
Prnirie Farmer Of Jan. 81. The writer
saws mistletoe, SO popular in England, is not
much in vogue in the United States, owing,
nrobablv. to the difficulty attending its pro-
cnre,uent but evergreens Of the conifera
cbaracter are largely in use He made
49, Of the dealers in Chicago a few days
before to see how much Of this kina q
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-17
New Importations Of
Scotch Zephyr GinghanS

Wen revive your GLOVE
enthusiasm by continuing the
Great Sale for one week
longer, and at the same
prices as quoted last week.
No odds whether you be a
Glove expert or whether
your knowledge is only skin
deep, in buying here you
take no chances. Every
Glove fitted in our store and
sold at 75c. and upward is
fully guaranteed. That means
all that the word literally
conveys.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-17
.aR1cULrURAL DEPARTMENT
Ths Field. Farm and Garden.

We SOLICIT articles for this department.
rss name Of the writer should accompany
-, Latter or article, not necessarily for pub =
,;.ation, but as an evidence of good faith.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-17

in Chantilly Thread and Fish Nets. elegant
goods; their popularity viii not be burdened by
high prices They're here at 81, 81 25, 81 80
81 rs, Sc, 81 30, 81 20, So per yard and up'
newspaper can't show qualities, only hint OF
worth. TO make the effect startling, both must
be seen together.
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A. r. ALTMAYER & co.
SPECIAL N0TICE.-Com-

mencing MONDAY, FEB.
24TH, and during the ensuing
week, we will inaugurate the
Greatest Low-Price Shoe
Sale that has ever before
taken place in this city. No
old, shop-worn or antiquated
goods to offer, but new, fresh
Shoes, all this seasons goods.
Wait for it, twill pay you
well.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-17

II KNEW there was trouble brewin', " remarked
the old trapper as he closed with the bear
Kedrneg hnleTprise.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-04-28
Grand Clearance Sale!

{ Gents New Silk Umbrella cost 81 IS 81 so.
| Ladies' Umbrella cost S. $3.50.
Ladies Colored Parasols 81 Is each.
| Children's Colored Parasols ST.
Ladies' Balbriggan fine Stockings embry.
each side 3Oc. a pair.
Ladies' Balbriggan fine Stockings embry.
each side Csc. a pair.
Ladies' Balbriggan fine Lisle Stockings
embry. each side 25c. pair.
All COlOred of WOrsted low price.
Window Curtain by yard and pair below
cost.
Gents & Boys Colored Shirts Ito SOC.
each.
Ladies Fine Wooden Shawls 75c. each.
All kinds of Wooden Shawls $3.50, S..
Large Size Col. Double Blankets 81 to IS.
Large assert. Embry. Silk Hdfs. 81 to
Large asst. Plain Hem st Silk Hdfs. and
cOl0red border SOC. to 75c.
Chin.Silk Crepe (black & whitel low price
Ladies' Kid Gloves fwhite) 75c.
Ladies' COlored Mitts all kinds, cheap.
Ladies' Col. & White Lin. Handkerchiefs
All kinds Ostrich Feathers 75c. to 81.
ALI kinds Ostrich Tips Soc. to 75c.
All kinds Embry. Laces sale below cost.
Chinese Pajamas Suits s. so suit.
Chinese Cotton Pajamas Suits 81 so.
Gents Suits. Coats & Pants below cost.
Gents White Suits, Coats g. Pants 81 SO
Gents Light Coat & Vest 81 90.
Also large assert. Diagonal, Blue Serge,
Black Cloth suitable for suits, etc.
Co!ored Mosquito Netting at Soc. pc.
10 yds. piece.
Ladies' & Children Straw Hats all kinds
color
Ruching in Black and white below cost.
8 yards for 25c.
Ladies' Bags (all size) and assert. Fishers
black and cream.
Large assert. Satin Ribbons (all colorsl
Gents Plain & Embry. Wooden Shirts.
Ladies' Chemise Night Gown d Draw.
Large assert. Crockery, ETC., Etc. Etc.
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~ SOMETHING NEW. IN

u Ladies' asstd. Embroidered Suits, in
boxes, fine and very cheap.
Ladies Balbriggan Under Vests, SOC. ca.
LambreQuins, formerly s., now 75c.
White Flannel, all wool, Soc. yer yard.
White Flannel. all wool, Csc. per yard.
Ladies' Silk Gloves, asstd colors, long
and short. so and Toe.
Dress Goods, Cotton Flannel. yds. 81.
Pink Marsalles. 10 II. IN. I21z.
Black all wool Merinos, SO to 6Oc. yard.
Black Spanish Lace, 81 yard.
so in. Mosq. Netting 10 yds. at 81 so a
piece.
Best White Cotton Is yds. 81.
50 in. of White Sheeting at 33c. yard
Brown Cotton is yds. 81.
Fast Colored of New Prints Is up to Is
yds. 81.
Brown Linen 6 yds. 81.
White Heavy Moleskin at &c. yard.
26in. Grey and White Flannel 25c a yard.
Chinese Pongee Silk (yellow and blue)
60 in. wide White Figure Linen Table
Cloth Soc. yard.
2x1X White Figure Linen Table Cloth
iz1ix White Figure Linen Table Cloth
1z{x11< Garnet Figure Linen Table Cloth
II 50 apiece.
Fine Colored Satin at Soc. yard.
Fine CulOred Satin at 75c. yard.
Fine Garnet Velveteen at soc. yard.
Gents Unlaundried Shirts at SOC. piece.
Boys Unlaundried Shirts at 35c. 8 piece.
Gents Socks embry. each side 0Oc. q Dair.
Grey and Merino Socks Csc. pair.
Gents India Gauxe Undershirt SOC. piece.
Gents India Gauxe Undershirt use. piece.
Gents Balbriggan Undershirt 75c. piece.
tents Cotton Flannel Shirt and Drawers
81 suit.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-04-28
On. JuNkER's TRAVELS.
A Famous Explorer Who Studies Geog.
raphy In Earnest.

A Famous Explorer Who Studies Geog.
raphy In Earnest.
Every one knows that the life of
traveller in savage countries is often
one of great hardship and peril. The
frequent difficulty of getting food, the
hostility of the people to strangers,
the rivers, mountains and deserts to
be crossed-with these all readers
may be presumed to be in some sort
familiar. But in addition to such
necessary incidents of every travellers
of the route taken through an un-
known country requires an amount of
hard and incessant labor, of which
few have any conception. An account
just published in Germany of DR.. Will
helm Junker's explorations in Central
Africa shows this very clearly.
This man, Russian by birth, spent
the years 1880-85 in endeavoring to
trace the course of the River Welle,
which lies between the head waters of
the Nile and the Congo, with view
to determining the position of tho
watershed between the two rivers.
When actually on the march he
wore coat. designed by himself, hav-
ing numerous large and small pockets
especially arranged for the handy use
OF his watch. compass, aneroid. Their
mometer and notebooks. From one
of his buttons hung three pencils; one
red for marking his route, another
blue for noting the rivers and streams,
the third black for recording the times
of starting and hating. together with
all the more notable incidents of the
days march
In little notebook, ruled for the
purpose. the exact time of starting
was put down, and thereafter, at the
end Of every five minutes, the direc-
ton in which he was going was deter
mined by glance at the compass and
carefully noted. while occasionally
the readings of the aneroid and Their.
mOmeter were taken
A brook crosses the path. With the
blue pencil it is instantly designated,
as we'll as the direction of It's current
and its estimated breadth and depth.
Every change in the character of the
country is entered-as from wooded
to grass land. or from desert to fertile
soil. The prominent objects seen on
the way. with their apparent height
and distance. are also indicated. So
also are the names of places, streams,
tribes. hills and any local information
which may have been obtained
The time and duration of every halt
Is carefully kept. as it is necessary to
know the actual marching time in or
der to calulate the distance gone. DR..
Junker's uniform rate was q little
over three miles an hour.
When the night camp is reached the
first duty of the traveller, after supper,
Is to copy all the notes made during
the day into a large book, one page
generally, though sometimes two. be-
Ing used to record days march. II
the night is clear the travellers work
will end with an observation to deter
mine the position of his camp. This
done he feels that he has earned his
right to rest.
In this manner DR.. Junker travelled
on foot four thousand miles through a
large part of which had
never before been visited by white
man.-Youth's Companion.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-04-28

The superiority of these Locomotives
over all other makes is not only known
here but is acknowledged throughout the
United States.
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THE WELL KNOWN BUILDER,
tractor and better
and still retain
dat
bearing in mind that
Thanking the public for past favors
remain respectfully
GEO. W. LINCOLN
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90btrtistnknts.
FILTER PRESSES.

FILTER PRESSES.
PAAUHAu PLANTATION.
HAWAII. March Q, 1858.
Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works. San Fran
cisco.
6entlemen-We have used two OF your so
chambered Filter Presses thisseason. They
are convenient, easily handled and are working
entirely to our sAtisfActlon. can recommend
no Improvement on them.
Very respectfully yours.
(signedl A. moore,
Manager Paauhau Plantation
HEx1A. Sept. %. 1889.
Nh. JOHN DYER. Agent Risdon Iron Works.
Honolulu.
DEAR SIR: Please ship us one Of your So
Compartment Filter Presses, 30 square feet
surface, same Is the one supplied Us last season,
which / am pleased to say has given us entire
GEO. r. EwART.
Manager aeeia Agricultural Co.
These Presses are made extra heavy for
high pressures, occupies floor space OF liz
IT,. and presents filter1ng surface OF S4O
square feet. limited number in stock In
Honolulu and are sold ct very low prices.
Risdon Iron 4 Loco. Works,
San Francisco.
For particulars enquire Of
JOHN DYER; Honolulu
2s4 W. g. IRWIN Co., Agents
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-04-28
Tender Esculents.

Now that the French have popular
lied horse meat and frogs they have
gone heavily into snail culture. Small
farmers are said to make from 81. 900
to 600 year fattening those tender
esculents They are bought up read
lily by the wealthy, and are a generally
snail culture utilize the dark places,
cellars and tunnels. So it is that the
possibilities of food supply increase.
Much Of the best that the earth sup
plies has SO far been neglected Our
locusts that the western farmers will
not eat is the chief article Of diet in
oriental countries ST Louis Globe
Democrat.
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Under the willow She Waited.

There was once q dinner at the
Ohio club, in Fifth avenue. and Gems.
Sherman, Sheridan and Carr were
there. Stories of curiously wounded
men were told, and one of the narra-
tives was by Gen. Carr, and it related
to a soldier in the Second New York
volunteers, of which Carr was col
onel at the outset In the battle
. piece OF an exploded shell
: struck the man on the head
and gave to him what would or
dina 'r1y have proved fatal wound.
He lay insensible among the dead for
several hours, nobody supposing that
be was sailve. Those who went to him
found gripped in one hand small
port on OF letter from his wife. In
thi. she spoke of a furlough which
lad been granted him and which he
VS. going to use for visit to his
home, his health being poor. She
wrote afectionately of their wedlock,
reminded him of willow tree under
which they had done some Of their
courtship, and told him that on the
day of his arrival she would meet him
there. In the hurry and confusion
he was left lying with this paper still
IN his grasp. Night fell upon the bat
tie field with the dead unburied and
the living busy with defenses of
themselves and care for the wounded.
In the morning the bodies of the slain
were hastily buried In trench. Il
was supposed that our soldier was
among them. But he was not Dur
ing the night he had revived and
wandered away. Word was sent to
his home that he was dead, and this
was regardedfs beyond doubt, but al
g matter Of 1act he wandered of to
distant hospital, remained there un-
identified until his wounds healed and
was discharged, utterly without mem
DRY OF the past. It happened that he
retained the merest scrap of his wifes
letter, but without name or place on
it This he retained, and with vague
knowledge that it was from his wife.
who was waiting for him somewhere.
ne wandered here and there over the
country for four years. Then mere
chance or shadowy recollection of
ms home led his tramp to the very spot
where his wife had promised to meet
MN. 1t was the willow tree close to
ms Old home, and there he actually |
found her. The shock of low and |
recognition nearly if not quite cured
him OF his malady.-New York Cor
81 Louis Republic