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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01
Dutch C0urtshlD.
New York Star.l


Thackery explained the prejudice of
ladies against tobacco as being due to
the superior claims of the latter on the
affections of young men. Yet the
great novelist could not have known
that in many countries tobacco plays
n very importaet part as a preliminary
to courtship and the closer union OF
the sexes.
In certain parts Of Holland when u
young man thinks he has found his
affinity II is customary for him to ask
for match TO light his cigar at the
door of his loved ones house. This
little subterfuge is intended to arouse
the parents of the girl to the fact that
something is in the wind. If second
call with a similar object Is made soon
after, no doubt Is left of the young
mans intentions, aud tho parents pro-
ceed to investigate tho young mans
character aud antecedents with view
of asceriaining his eligibility as q
member of the family,
When he calls the third time, always
for a match TO light his cigar, they are
prepared to give him an answer. If
his suit is regarded with favor he Is
politely requested to step inside for
the first time and is served with a
light. If he Is not accepted he Is re-
fused a light and the door is shut in
his face without further ceremony.
But, having prepared for this con-
tingcncy, the downcast suilor Will in
all probability light his weed with a
match from his own box and walk
away, musing on the transitory nature
of all earthly things.
When the accepted suitor is invited
to enter the house he, as matter of
course, informs the parents which of
their daughters has captivated his
fancy. When this is settled the young
woman steps forward and they join
hands. While the engagement is by
no means considered q settled fact
even at this important stage, yet II 10
stated as truth that when, on tho oc-
casion of the young mans third visit,
bis inamorata has offered him second
cigar, which he has smoked in the
house, the engagement has never been
cancelled
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01
A NOyeI Method or Taxation.

=. II. M. Byers, in Harpers' for Novl
Almost the first difficulty that besets
people trying to govern for them
selves Is the question Of revenue.
Where is the money to come from ?
Taxes, the bugbear of all nations, also
puzzle the Swiss. His method of rails
ing them in some of the cantons is
alike interesting aud novel. No Off
cial assessment is made of property.
Blanks are distributed to every house,
to be filed in by its occupants. The
system is known as the progressive"
tax scale.
A, who owns $4,000 worth Of prop
erty, pays taxes only on half of it; b,
who owns $4,000 worth, pays taxes
on elght-tenths of it; while G, with
his 100000 worth of property, pays
taxes on the whole. The result is that
G pays not the proportional twenty
five times the amount of AS taxes, but
fifty times as much. The income tax
is managed after similar fashion.
The rich pay out of all proportion to
the poorer classes. They probably
would not change places with the poor,
however, even to save what they decry
as unjust taxation. The plan Is not
always a popular one. Leaving every
man to assess himself has the disad-
vantage that the rich, with stocks and
bonds, sometimes do not make return
of them. When a rich Swiss dies,
however, the Government control OF
his estate quickly makes amends for
all his past msdeeds in the way Of as
scssments, aud every penny of taxes
held back is now deducted, together
with compound interest and fines.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01
A Truthful Negro.
[scinlitar.l

[Scimltar.
Notwithstanding the professions of
love for the southern negro by the
Republicans, II must be disoouraging
work for them to have intelligent col
ored men give utteranoe to sentiments
which are in full accord with those
held and uttered by Democrats. The
Democrats hold that the Republicans
did great wrong in giving to the
ignorant negroes of the South the
suffrage. Rev. DR.. Charles W. Gran
Olson, colored, president Of the Ben
nett College, Greensboro, N. c., at a
Sunday service Oct. 10, in Boston, said
that "thc negroes had been liberated
without any provisions being made for
their enlightenment, which was a most
unwise thing for tho nation to do.
The unrestricted enfranchisement of
the whole race, at the time 1t came,
was, TO say the least, dangerous po-
litical experiment and had operated
temporarily to the disadvantage of the
negro, II put upon the country 1000
900 of ignorant voters who could not
read the ballots they cast. The North,
he said, must take up the work of cd
ucating the negro. Neither the South
nor the blacks could do it. lie must
be educated. The trend given to
things now will determine bis civiliza-
ton and place In history for thous-
and years."
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01
A Woman Leading the Fight Against
Ingalls,

thaasas Correspon ieaee thicago TlibRne
The Farmers Alliance l. well organ
lzed, well managed. aud generally well
balanced Il has enrolled 10000
members: John J, Ingalls, is negative
ly responsible for its. creation. As il
was born and lives 10 effect his over
throw the radical spirit which per-
vades the Kansas contractor, and the
Kansas farmer in particular, is respon-
slble for its growth aud spread. Mrs.
Mary \. Lease, a woman lawyer of
Wichita, has, strikingly strong and
at the same time unique character, is
the Joan Of Arc who has rallied its
forces and is marsha!ing its hosts for
battle. Its platform advances the
equality of the sexes. ~tariif for reve-
nue only aud more stringent laws
dealing with the powers of capital and
the regulation Of loans and mortgages.
IL is silent on the question of vital in
terest TO kansas--prohibin0n-but
undoubtedly favors prohibitory meas |
ures. As stated, the greatest power
within its ranks, its ablest organizer
and most powerful speaker, is a wo-
man, Mrs. Lease. Mrs. Lease is pos.
sessed Of oratorical powers and COM
prehenslou OF the situation, which are,
for n woman, wonderful. She has
made up to date. leo speeches, each, II |
is said, differing materially from the
other, averaging an hour and half in
length, and dealing with every phase
of the situation. At Troy, Kas, she |
delivered speech of three hours aud !
seventeen minutes in length 20
crowded hall, and only two people left |
during the entire time. She Is a wo-
man of SO years OF age, married aud |
has two children. She was compara-
lively unknown until the opening of
the present campaign. In Kansas, and
~ Kansas alone, does possibility exist
Tor woman arising from obscurity
and springing forth in three months
as mouder Of public opinion, . Load
or in public action. q power in the
public government.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01
ANIIQUITT OF BANKS.
Notes Nom In Existence Show That the
Chinese. In 269I B. C.. Had Bankers.
ST. Louis Repnbllc.l

The origin of banks Is not accurate
ly known, but they are Of great anti
guilty. They existed in China, Baby Ion.
Greece, Rome and in the cities Of many
other ancient nations hong before the
opening of the Christian era.
The oldest bank nOIe of which we
have any record was issued in China
as far back as 2697 years BIC. The
first of this early Chinese paper money
was issued by the treasury. Just as
notes Of to-day are issued, but it was
not long until the entire business was
turned over to the banking institu-
tions, which were even then under
government inspection and coutrol.
The popular name for this first of
known bank notes was "tlying. or
convenient money! The form of
this note was similar to those of the
present time. It bore the name Of the
bank, number ofthe note, value, place
OF issue, date and signatures of the
proper bank officials A specimen of
this note, issued in the year 1899 b. G.
IS now in the Asiatic museum at St.
Petersburg, Russia. 1t is printed in
blue ink, Oh paper made from fiber of
the leaves of the mulberry tree.
In the Metropolitan Museum Of Art,
New York, thera aresthe Babylonish
tablets of banking transactions dating
back to the reign of Nehuohadnezzar
The earliest of these tablets belongs to
the year d. q. COL. On it arc the
memoranda of loans made in silver by
a certain banker, kudurru, as follows;
al nina to Beluepus, 5 sheekles to Ma
bu-bassa-Napsati, 5 shecklcs to Nurgul-
damn total, mlnas. sheckles of
silver.' Assuming that the value of
the Babylonish talent was equal to
S2,0Sl.25, the "mlna" was worth about
S3125.
Tho earliest known banking house
of Babylon was that of hgbi Y Co,
house that seems to have acted as
sort of imperial banking institution
from The time of Sennacherib (about
700 b C) down to tho reign of Darius,
who became king in 52l b. o., the life
of the concern having been traced
through five generations of the Egbis.
Many of the records of this house,
on clay tablets, found In an earthen jar
at Hillah, near Babylon, may be seen
in the British museum.
The earliest records of European
banks now in existence are those Of
the Bank of Venice, founded A. ID.
I'LL. The Bank of Barcelona was
founded in l40l, Bank of Geneva In
1407, Bank of Amsterdam In 1894.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01
Big Fire aI Noble.

Mobile, Ala, Oct. 27--A fire broke
out in Stewart e Buttes' shingle mill
at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the
north part of the town. The flames
spread rapidly to the south, terrific
gale blowing tho fire 10 the cotton
warehouses. 1t spread rapidly, aud
the fire department was unable to
cope with IL. The fire burned five
hours before 1t was subdued. 1t
burned along the river front for three
quarters of mile about three blocks
wide aud destroyed over a million
dollars worth of property, which was
only partly insured.
Over one dozen warehouses, the
Gulf City Oil Mill wharfs along the
river front for twenty blocks, $500
bales of cotton, three steamboats, (the
Ruth, Jewel and Mary Elizabetb), were
totally destroyed.
II is the most destructive fire in the
history of Mobile.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01
WIT AND SATIRE IN WILLS.

One might suppose that wil-making
was anything but merry occupation,
and yet the drollcry of the wills that
eccentric old fellows have left behind
could hardly be surpassed. Dean
swift could not have concocted a more
bitter joke than that of the testator
who. after reciting the obligations he
was under to particular friend, be-
oucthc,l TO him, nj the bottom of the
first page of his will, ten thousand
dollars, of course, thought the delight
ed legatee but, ON turning the leaf,
the bequest was discovered to be ten
thousand thanks. What wet blank
ct for agreat cxpectationsW
just as odd was the codicil of the
death stricken humorist who left 10
certain of bis dear relatives "as many
mere. of land as shall be found equal
10 the area enclosed by the track OF
the center of the oscillation of the
earth in a revolution round the sun,
sunposluy the mean distance OF the
suu 10 be twenty-one thousand SIX
hundred seni-diamcters of the earth
from it, This was century ago
mud "A the prohltm could not be salts
fsctorily worked ont. the Iegatocs were
te,t a, !, mean distance from The prop
eriy all their lives.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01
JOHNSTOHN DISASTER.
Alleged MisapDFOpFiailOn OF the FHnd
Contributed.
Especial to Tbs Times.Demoerat-I


Especial to The Times-DemocratI
Washington, Oct. 27.-The New
York Herald to-day makes startling
expose Of the manner IN which the
charity fund for the sufferers from the
Johnstown Hood has been misappro-
priated. 1t shows that out of the
SS,664,O00 contributed, Sl,4Ss.OOO was
yariously alienated.
Nearly $l50000 was appropriated
by the State governments: S250.OOO to
relieve distress in other parts of The
State; $4,000 20 build elegant perma-
nent bridges year and half after the
disaster, to replace temporary ones
previously provided from this charity
fund; $4,000 to purchase new steam
IRE engines for the municipality; $780,
600 was expended during the present
year in exhuming the buried victims
OF the Hood, gathering them from the
several burial places in the valley and
reburying them in grand cemetary.
and other thousands are to be paid for
thouuileht already ordered; $4,000
to establish a permanent hospital after
all the injured by the flood had been
discharged from medical or surgical
care; an undetermined or unannounced
sum to detray the cost of writing aud
publishing history Of the great Gala
nifty, upon which Il professor in the
University of Pennsylvania is now en-
gagged other thousands were squan-
dered amohg contractors, superinlend-
cuts, oyerscers, clerks and other de-
pendents, and favortes of the dominant
political party in Pennsylvania.
The Southwestern States had con
tributod to the fund as follows: Ala.
bama, $527l 9S; Arkansas, S3797 30;
Florida,$li37 81; Louisiana, s9b52 20;
Mississippi, S2494 80; Texas, $9lO2 70.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01
HInt for n L0sing VIE.

The average man wants TO cock his
feet up. If you said TO the piazza
group, @AIake yourselves unrescrvedly
comfortable they'd all tilt their chairs
back and hoist their feet to the rail-
Ing
My friend next door had the foot
hosting habit so badly that he wore
al The paper of the wall so his wife
thought out a biting, causiie piece of
sarcasm, aud one morning nailed ON
The wall right where the tell-tale marks
were pair Of slippers. But he mis-
understood the motive completely,
kissed her for her thoughtfulncss, aud
forthwith tilted bis chair back and up
went his feet to the most comfortable
attitude he had struck for a long time,
his heel held in the slippcrs.-Ex-
change.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01
How TO Handle Eeed Cotton.

John Mountcastle, of Mount Sylvan,
Texas, says: Cotton should be picked
out within very short time after
opening, and packed tightly In close
room or house. The open rail pen adj
mits too much light and evaporation
comes on the day the cotton boil opens.
Cotton should remain packed securely
tor considerable time; the longer the
better the oil in the seed distributes
itself through the lint, thereby incrcas-
ing the sample weights aud turnout of
the lint. The gain aud profits upon
this method are sufficient if properly
managed to pay for the picking. There
is more profit OH the first cotton or
first few bales of each crop gathered,
because The picking occurs before there
is SO much evaporation. Cotton picked
after October seldom pays any profit;
IL seems that after frost there Is an i'll
creased amount of evaporation, aud
the oil which the lint contains, Is well
A. the seed, soon disappears.
When cotton is ginned immediately
after picking the ginner is placed in an
embarrassing condition, bad turnout is
The general result. Cotton picked
early has plenty Of oil in both seed and
lint to pack down well in a room, the
closer and darker she better. If you
will put il in pens, keep 1t closely Gov
cred with heavy sheets. a scaifold OF
plauk should be provided at the cot
ton-housc for spreading wet cotton, for
II should not be packed down wet;
If 1t should be, high coloring would be
the result. Cotton remaining unpick-
ed in the fields until late should be
sprinkled very lightly with water be-
fore ginning, and this method places
the seed cotton in case for oil in the
seed to distribute itself through the
lint. making better sample, better
turnout and less breaking OF the roll
in ginning. Donot depend upon your
small children to tramp your seed
cotton down, but put your heaviest
hands at It, aud do not be In too big
a hurry 10 have it ginncd. While lying
in the case tramped down it will more
than pay for the picking and interest
upon your steward account. IL GIN
ned in cloudy weather there VIII DO
additional gain. Forty years expe'
rience 10 farming sustalns TINS
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01
The Watch rs a Compass.
tI.ondon TRUTH

London TRUTH
A few days ago | was standing by
an American gentleman, when | ex-
pressed The wish TO know which point
was the north. lie at once pulled out
his watch looked at Il aud pointed to
the north. | asked him whether be
had compass attached to his watch.
Gall Watches" he replied, "are COM
passcs.v Then he explained to me
how this was. Point the hour hand to
the sun, and the south is exactly half
way between the hour and the figure
XII Oh the watch. For instance, sup
pose that it is 4 o'clock. Point the
hand indicating TO the sun, and II on
the watch is exactly south. Suppose
that il is O'Clock, point the hand in-
dicaiing 8 10 the sun, and the figure X
on the watch is due south. My Amer
ican friend was quite surprised that |
did not know this. Thinking that
very possibly | was ignorant of a
thing that everyone else knew, and
happening to meet Mr.. Stanley, !
asked that eminent traveller whether
he was aware Of this simple mode OF
discovering the points of the compass Z
lie said that be had never heard Of 1t.
| presume, therefore, that the world Is
in the same state OF ignorance. Amalii
is proud of having been the home Of
the inventor of the compass. do not
know what town boasts of my Amcri-
can friend as citizen.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01
A SENSIBLE SUGGESTED .
Memphis Appeal

Toward the close of his rezn lrks in
response TO the toast, Cotton is King
or rather as a peroration to his speech
on the subject, before the State bank.
ers, assembled around the baulue ting
board, Mr.. John r. Goodwin delivered
himself of these sensible words:
Think Of the presep er1p of om
own loved State, perha 5 5JO, 600 bales,
worth $25,0O000O. VIZ not manu-
faeture and increase the value of this
cotton to SlO0,OOO,O00? Why not
send it, instead of abroad, to Knox
vile, to Bristol. to JonesbOro, to Chat
tanooga, to Murfreesboro, Franklin,
Nashville, Clarksville, jackson, Brown
vile, Bolivar, SomervIlle, Memphis? {?
and give employment TO thousands of
people, feed hungry mouths and elothe
hungry backs, build up towns, beautify
country aud city till the day of rejoie-
ing comes, and we will construct great
arches in every town aud hamlet in
the State, aud on these arches we will
write IN letters Of gold, and Memphis
will write OH the arch of the great
bridge, Cotton is King"
Indeed, it well may be asked, why
not manufacture our own cotton? BY
liberal and wise treatment in the mat
ter of taxation, with encouragement
from local capitalists and with no de-
sire on the part of landowners to
place prohibitory or proscriptive prices
upon locations for these enterprises,
capital could be induced to come here
and begin operations at the very base
or center of supplies. FACTORIES are
the great desideratum all over the
South. We have an abundance of
raw material and excellent facilities
for increasing its production. Every
where we hear the cry for factories to
work 1t up. The Fort Worth (Texas)
Gazette merely voices an universal
sentiment and enunciatcs an universal
fact whom 1t says.
eBnug tho factories to the raw ma
terial. A factory of any kind draws
the money of other people to its local.
ity. Every steam whistle adds perma-
nency and value to real estate. A
people without manufactures are
people without energy, p. ogress or
hope. The tin bucket brigade is the
sign and size Of peoples commercial
freedom and prosperity. A people
without manufactures are hcwers Of
wood aud drawers of water for manu-
featuring contcrs.n
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01
The Door That KiIgore Kicked.
[Chlcago Trlbune.l

lthi'oAV
This Is the door that Kilgore kicked
This Is the lock that fastened the
door that Kilgore kicked.
This is the boot that broke the lock
that fastened the door that Kilgore
kicked
This is the foot that filed the boot
that broke the lock that fastened the
door that Kilgoro kicked.
This Is the man that owned the foot
that wore the boot that broke the lock
that fastened the door that Kilgore
kicked
This is the Congressman all forlorn
that was bruised by the man that
owned the foot that dwelt in the boot
that broke tho lock that fastened the
door that Kilgore kicked.
This is the nose oil broken and torn,
that pcrtained to the Congressman ali
forlorn, that was bruised by the man
that carried the foot that worked the
boot that broke the lock that fastened
the door that Kilgore kicked.
This IS the surgeon all shaven and
shorn, that plastered the nose so
broken and torn, that belonged to the
Congressman forlorn,t that was smashed
by the man that carried the foot that
welded the boot that broke the lock
that fastened the door that Kilgore
Kicked.
This Is the Car with the glance Of
scorn, that thanked the surgeon all
shaven and shorn, that mended the
nose all broken and torn, on the face
of the Congressman all forlorn, that
was hurt by the man with the terrible
foot that wore the boot that broke the
lock that fastened the door that Kill
gore kicked.
This is the fakir in Texas born, that
feared not the Gar with the glance Of
scorn, nor the bill of the surgeon all
shaven and shorn, nor cared for the
nose 80 broken and torn. that was
worn BY The Congressman all forlorn,
and he went to the man with the dam
gerous foot and purchased the boot
that broke the lock that fastened the
door that Kilgore kicked-and he put
the boot in dime museum.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas
R'y.--lIlSSISSIppi Valley Route.

Through sleeping car connection made
at Memphis for Louisville, Cincinnati
and st. Louis, leaving Greenyille at 0:i5
n. m.
Connections made at Memphis with
all lines for the North and East and
West; at New Orleans for the Gulf
coast resorts and Southern Texas and
California.
Through tickets to all summer resorts
now on sale at the H., N 0. & L. depot
office ; baggage checked through. For
Information Regarding rates, ETC., ap-
ply to 4. A. GEARY, Agent.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01
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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01

The Memphis Avalanche pays the
Mississippi industrial schools the fol-
lowing high compliment: "a Boston
contemporary copies approvingly from
London paper the description Of a
Norwegian school for The education Of
girls. There Is no necessity for going
across the ocean for examples OF this
kind. Mississippi has two such schools,
one for young women, the other for
Young men, aud every graduate 10
earning good living
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01

In The last Rivers and Harbors Bill
a number of sections prohibit further
interference with river navigation.
Section makes it unlawful to throw
stone, ashes or refuse of any kind into
any navigablc river which shall tend
to impede navigation. 1t l. also pro-
hibited TO throw any refuse on the
banks where 1t is liable to be washed
into The streams. For willful viola
tion of these statutes a fine of 81 900
or imprisonment not exceeding ono
rear shall be imposed.-Natehez DEM
ocrat.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-11-01

Mr.. Adam Monts, familiarly known
as sUncle ADAM" of Bigby FORK, ltta-
Wanda county, will be ninety-foulr
years old bis next birthday. lie Is
more vigorous now than most men AZ
seventy-five. Twelve of his children
lived 10 raise families of their own
His children, grand children, great,
grand children and great-great-grano
children now number over 4Vo.-
Times-Democrat