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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30

1 Business Mans soYal Melnod Of Pro
eedure.


Il am chairman Of a committee 10
select a pastor for our church saId a
Western gentleman at the Fifth Ave
nue. Hotel the other day TO q New
York Times reporter, eand | have
come to New York to find out what
can about three or four ministers.
don't know much about theology, but
do claim to be a judge Of men, and
know what kind of a man will suit
Our congregation. I'm a business
man, sud went at this in a business
way
Glow = was asked.
II wrote to lh~G Dun & Co. and
got the mans standing just as | would
If had been wanting 70 hnd out the
standing of some firm with which |
proposed to do business. The hrm
answered my letter. and now praet-
cally know whether l want the man
or notn
The chairman of the committee then
showed the Times man the letter from
one of r. G. Dun Il Co.'s agents. 1t
gave the clergyman's age, his general
build and the color of his hair and
eyes. 1t said that he had presided
over his present parish for three and
half years aud was liked by the con-
gregati0n. Ii gave the amount Of his
salary and the average length Of his
sermons. His family was described
briefly.
Que sentence in it said: aIIe Is deaf
in one ear, but not enough to make II
disagrceable to talk with him. lie
was said TO be rated as good man,
but not particularly eloquent. II
closed; "He is about $2500 or $4,000
man.n
"Now,' said the committeeman, al
claim that this information is a good
deal more reliable and valuable IN
determining whether he is man who
will suit our people than / could have
not II had heard him preach, ques-
toned his deacons and brother clergy
men, or have q talk with him and find
out how deaf he is, and If he isn't toe
bad | think he's about the man We
Waut.n
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30
BEER IN FRANCE.
[Gentleman's Magazinc.l

Gentlemams Magazine.
Tho annual consumption of beer per
head of the population In France has
now risen to twenty-one liters (about
fourteen quarts) which, on the top of
1l9 liters of wine thowever light,
twenty hters of cider and four liters
of spirits, is respectable allowance
enough. For Germany the figures are
said 10 be ninety-three liters of beer,
six of wine and ten of spirits--and
such spirits France brews every
year more than 100000 hectoliters of
beer, and consumes considerably more.
To do this, of course, 1t must import
from abroad. And very rightly, too,
should say. For though French
beer may no longer deserve the de-
scription given 1t by Emperor Julian,
who condemns II as 'smelling strongly
of the goat" there is still little enough
that is really good. And it is drunk
out of such tiny thimblesl l suspect
that there is dodge in this. The
"bocks" have grown smaller and small
er till In some places they are mere
teacups. But then out comes the res
taurateurs with their old disused
"bocks," now rechristened "bocks
serieux," and charge double price.
That promises to make France real
brewers paradise.
But, large glasses or small, there is
something about the beer which you
must first get used to. Accordingly,
many of those gorgeous brssseries, of
genuinely German type, which seem
SO out of place in the Paris boulevards,
are supplied, not from Tantonville or
Xertigny, but from Munich or Vienna,
or else from Strasburg. For, of course,
the attachment which Frenchmen feel
for their lost provinces had a great
deal to do with their new departure
in the way of a liking for beer. Alsace
is as "becry" as can be. Very little
of its beer, indeed, is likely to prove
to our own taste. Only to q slightly
less degree than the French beers, it
is what Sir John Linger would term
"plaguy small; mere whip.belly ven
geance-he who drinks most has the
worst share" But even If Strasburg
beer had not beer-as, generally
speaking, 1t decidedly is--bettei than
French, tfe mere fact of its coming
from "our annexed brethren" would
be enough to make the French drink
1t by way of demonstration.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30
ReyIyaIIst Inge.

Tuesday night somewhat Of a sen.
sation was created when the call was
made for penitents to see w. w
Womaek take the stand and make his
confession. His statement was thai
he had spent thirty-five years in gam
bling, horse-racing and whisky drink.
ing, and had spent 100000 in serving
the devil. He had with him a pack
of cards, poker chips, pistol, aud racing
pictures, (tools of Tho deyil,) and in
the presence of the vast congregation
he renounccd them all, gave his heart
to God and pledged his future devo-
ton to his family. The congregation
gave Mr.. Womack their hands and
pledged TO stand by and encourage
him. This should be done. Ills ac-
tion was an exhibition of moral hero.
ism rarely seen, aud we trust will
work great good in this community
Copiah Signal.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30
A Noted Congressman Dead.

Knoxville, Tenn, May 2J.-Judgt
l.. G. Houk, representative IN Con
gress for the Second Tennessee Dis
trict, died this morning.
Yesterday morning he went to q
drug store near his residence to get a
glass of ice water. The druggist
drew it for him and set it down
near another glass containing strong
solution of arsenic, which Judge Houb
took by mistake.
Antidotes were promptly admins
tered, and by noon he was apparently
well, and nothing more was thought
Of the matter. He slept well last nigh
and died early this morning. lie had
heart disease and the poison and thu
excitement following the incident
affected that organ and was the caus'
of his death.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30

The United States Fish COMMISSION
schooner Grampus is cruising off the
Delaware capes, making scientific re-
searches in connection with the ap.
pearance and disappearance Of mack.
eral along the coast of the United
States. II is known that the fish are
first seen off Hatteras, and they then
follow the coast to Nova Scotia,
where they again disappear, and are
not seen again until next year. The
fishing schooners follow them up, sell
ing the catches as they proceed north
The captain of the Grampus states
that on May 10 large schools Of mack
eral were seen thirty miles southeast
of Fenwich's Island. The vessel hove
TO, but the fish would not bite, and
only two woro caught A net was
then set, and twenty were caught,
They were about twelve inches long.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30
The Pineapple as q Pot Plant.

The pineapple is perhaps one of the
most important of all the tropical
fruits. Tu the extreme southern part
of Florida there are immense planta-
tions of them, and from these the peo-
pie in that section derive almost their
entire income from the crop. Great
quantities are grown in Europe under
glass, and much more attention Is paid
to them there than in this country.
The plant Is very easy to grow, and at
the North will succeed well In auy
greenhouse, or even sunny windt v.
The plants themselves are very orna-
mental, and to watch them coming
into bearing Is very interesting sight
to most people. After the plant has
attained its full size 1t begins to turn
blood-red in the centre, and In o few
days you can see the young fruit,
which looks like a red rosette, way
down in the centre this is pushed up
pretty rapidly by the central fruit
stalk, and the young fruit begins to
assume lis shape and issoon one-third
grown; at this stage it begins bloom
ing, aud from each one of the diamond
shaped lobes of the fruit comes a
pretty bright blue fiower-Hoyts
Catalogue.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30

claim anything, by viriHe Of the act
except by compliance with lis terms
The titles Of sections I've AID SIX
was not affected by the abatement act,
aud remained as before. The liqm-
dating Leyee Commissioners, exereis-
ing their power under the law, and
with the sanction of Chancery Court,
which had interviewed, in the interest
Of creditors in Gibbs VS.. Green, As
Miss, 592, sold and conveyed the two
sections, on October 8, 1891, to Cor
den, as stated above, and he conveyed
to EveFs, who failed to pay taxes for
1882, and the lands were sold to the
State for this delinquency, March 5,
1885. and were afterwards, in 1884 and
1888, severally conveyed by the State
through its Auditor of PublieAecounts
for the purpose plainly declared by
the acts authorizing the conveyance, OF
perfecting the title acquired by the
conveyance of the Leyee Commission
ers. The tax sale of March 8, 1888,
was void, according to the ayerment
of the appellant, and the purchase by
Evers and the conveyance to him by
the Auditor, the appellant claims, was
a redemption Of the lsed. Accepting
these views it follows that the tax sale
of 1888 may be put entirely out of
view and that by the combined oper-
alton of The conveyance of the Levee
Commissioners aud the Auditor OF
Public Accounts, the appellee got a
perfect title to these lands, which were
lost to their former owner, the appel
liant, by his delinquency in not paying
the taxes on them.
The defence of the statute Of limita-
tion of ten years, invoked by the ap-
pellant, Is eiiectually disposed of by
the fact that until 1888 he had no such
possession oil the land, or any part Of
il, as to set the statute in motion
fush-Ho- Yo-Tubby VS.. Barr, Al Miss.
So.
The conveyance by the Auditor un.
der the act of 1884, was not invalid
for the failure to collect taxes for 1881
on the land, for none were due; and
section 562 of the Code of 1880, hai
no application to the deeds by the
Auditor under the acts of 1884 and
1888. II applies to conveyances con
templated by section Sol.
We fail to discover how the severa
decisions of this court, set forth in tn,
answer of the appellant to the bill, car
avail anything in his behalf in thi
case. IL is his misfortune not to hav,
anticipated the announcement in Sig
mund VS.. Lundy, plainly foreshadowei
by earlier decisions, in time to hav,
prevented the bar of five years, t
the cure of Irregularities in tax sal,
because of the fatal effects on delin
quent land owners who for years ex
perimented as to the value OF tax sales
Sigmund VS.. Lundy is new in the in
stance merely, not in principle. 1t die
not overrule any former decision o
announce any new principle or contra
vene any judicial utterance. II fo
the first time declared the effect of tn
act of February 10, 1860, and applied
ii, because never before had the cour
boen called ON to do so.
We regret that during the man,
years elapsed, and the many opportu
mites afforded, the owner did not fire
his lands from all claim except hi
own, but the title lost by dolinquenc
and neglect, has been securely veste'
in another.
Affirmed.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30
Curious Fact.

It is q curious fact that water pipes
under the ground will often freeze
during the warm spell that follows o
cold snap. The explanation made for
this interesting phenomenon is, that
after cold wave large quantity OF
heat is taken from the ground in the
work of changing the frozen moisture
into water, and TINS, on the principle
of the ice-cream freezer, the plpo is
chilled, enough heat being taken from
II to freeze 1t. tfay-,s-sy.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30
The New discovery.

You have heard your friends and
neighhors talking about Il. You may
yourself be one Of the many who know
from personal experience Just how good
a thing II Is. If you have ever tried It,
you are one Of its sfaunch friends, be.
cause the wonderful thing about 1t Is,
that when once given trial, Dr. Kings
New Discovery ever after holds place
in the house. IL You have never used il
aud should be afflicted with cough
cold or any Throat. Lung OF ChesttroI
Bile, secure bottle nf once and give it Q
fair trial. It IA guaranteed every time
or money refunded. Trial bottles frol
1t Moore 4 CIsrke's Drug Stofe.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30
THE Llsn or rsEhEa.BE.

Beyoad che purple. hszY troea
q sanmsris uin1st houndarieai
Beyond The sands. bsyond ihe seas.
Beyond the range q }es Ike these,
And only In shs rssei nf the
Enrsptured gaze Of nuna<y.
There lies land long lost 10 nae
The land q Used 'he,
a land enchanted. such a awang
In golden seas when sirens clung
Along their dripping banks and sung
To jason in that mystic tongue
That dazed men with its melody,
OH such land, with such . sea
kissing lts shores esernally,
Is the fair Ussd-to-be.
A land where music ever glrds
The air with bells Of singing birds.
And sows all sounds with such sweet words
That even IN the lowest herds
a meaning lives 50 sweet 70 me,
Lost laughter ripples limpidly
From lips brimmed o'er with all the glee
0frare old Used-to-be.
Lost laughter and the whistled tunes
Vf babyhood's mouth Of crescent rnnes,
That rounded through long afternoons,
To serehzding plen anes.
when Starlight fs.i % mistily
That peeriag ny ircnl ended knee,
dreamed twas tridal drapry
Hung over Us2f-Io-pe
Oh. land Of love ard CREAMY thoughts,
And shining fields and shady spots,
0fcoolest, greenest grassy plgts,
Embossed with Wild folgei-me-Hots
And all the blooms that eArniAa.y
Lin their faces up to me
Out ofthe past; kiss thee
The lips Of Used-to-bei
| love ye all, and with wet eyes
Turned gIimmeringly on the skies,
Ny blessings like your perfumes arise,
Till Ger my soul silence lies
sweeter than any song to me,
sweeter than auy melody
Or Its sweet echo; yea. all threei
My dreams OF Used-to-bel
James Whitcomb Riley.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30
pUcKLEN,s ARNICA sALvE

The BEST SALvE III the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe-
yer Sores, letter. Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pfy re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give p% feet
satisfaction, or money refunded. Irioe
70 cents per box. For sale BY Mod 'e&
Clarke. Janl-y
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30

Col. Robt. G Ingersolps first round
on the ladder was effected when he
addressed Fourth of July meeting
held on Sunday. This was In 1859.
The Germans of Peoria, where Mr..
Ingersoll was then a young lawyer,
were unable to obtain permission
from the Mayor to hold their eelebra-
ton Oh that day, but in defiance Of bis
prohibition they went outside of the
city limits and carried out their pro-
gramme, Col. "BoL" having been
selected as their orator. He acquitted
himself impressively, and took occa-
sion TO denounce the illiberality and
uarrow-mindedness of his ministerial
friends. Being in turn criticised from
the pulpit, he renewed his denuncia-
tions, aud ere long he was known be-
yond the limits of the State.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30

Rest assured, brethren of the AL
lance, that II Senator j. Y. George
succeeds himself in the United States
Senate he will find some honest means
of relief for bis people.-Vaiden Dem
ocrat.
A vain hope and a delusion. Sena'
tor George has nothing better than
the Sub-Treasury or he would present
ii while making his hand to hand fight
for reelection. lie % making the
fight of his life, and If he had 'somt
honest means of reliefn he would "tel
it in Gath and publish il in the streets
of fAskelon''-Clarion-Ledger.
If Senator George undertook to
offer the people of Mississippi any
thing in the way of financial cure-all
as an original measure, promising
them that he would have 1t enacted
into law by Congress, we would write
him down as peer to the rest of the
political charlatans, who at the present
moment are engaging so much of pub
lie Observation-Disclosures
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30

Orders from transient customers. vcI>
pal or written. for job work, advertising
OF subscription. must be accompanied 81
the cash. Accounts Of regular cusf0-
aers due and presented the 1st Of each
mesh
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30

Through sleeping car counccffon nnollo
at Memphis for LouIaville, Olnoln11f
and St. Louis, leaving Greenville a 81
p. m.
Connections made at Momphio MN
NIL lines for the North and East cn1
West; at New Orleans for the 0u1[
coast resorts and southern Texas o61
California.
Through tickets to all summer reooz
now on sale at the T.. N q. 4 r. dopt
office baggage checked through. Xol
Information regarding rates, etc., np-
ply to q. q. CkMrBELl, AGont.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30
TIE RIGHT PLAN.


Mr. William A. Steen of Boston ar.
rlYed IN the city yesterday from River
side, Ala, where he has been engaged
Tor the last few days securing an
agreement from the people of that
place with reference to the erection Of
a cotton mill there. He succeeded
The agreement reads that for and
in consideration of gift of 100 acres
Of land by james r. Coleman and wife
OF Riverside, that the said William A.
Steen agrees to organize stock COM
pany of 100000 and TO erect a large
brick cotton mill at Riverside. The
building will be four stories. 400 feet
long aud l20 feet wide. The machin-
cry to be of the latest improved.
There will be $4,000 spindles and 1000
looms. The yearly consumption will
be 5000 bales of cotton, $4,000 pounds
of starch, $500 gallons of oil, with a
weekly pay roll of $500 to not less
than 45O operatives. The mill will
turn out not less than 100000 yards
of print cloth.
The building is to be completed and
ready for the production of cloth by
the SOth of November, 1891. Mr..
Steen means business and has already
let the contract for the foundation
aud excavation to the Birmingham
Construction company.
The lands will be cut up into lots
and put on the market after awhile at
mere nominal figure. The mill will
be known as the Coleman Cotton
Mills.n
1t is proposed to put in water works
aud electric lights at once. Mr.. Steen
also proposes to manufacture rope in
connection with his cotton goods.
1t is growing palmer every year
that the place to manufacture cotton
is where it grows aud the more pro-
gressive operators aud manufacturers
are learning this.
The best wishes attend Mr.. Steen in
nls new enterprise, that he VIII make
big success of it no one doubts
Age-Herald.
If the 100 acres of land Is any con-
siderauon in the location of q mill
where the cotton is grown, Greenville
ought to be in the market. There Il
reason for hope in this incident, to all
places of especial advantages and an
enterprising people. These Greenville
possesses, and only needs factories in
addition to her oil mills and com
presses, lumber and ice factories to
complete the essential elements of q
thriving and substantial city.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30

Tallahassee, May 26.--Mr, Call was
to-day reelected U. S. Senator. The
anti-Call men abscnled themselves.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30
DEBTS OF THE WORLD.
Manufacturers Record.l

nihuutuCtuItIs hcCOiu.I
The Census Bureau has In course of
preparation bulletin upon the SUBJ
ject Of foreign, national, State aud
county Indebtedness.
The Indebtedness of the world for
1890 and 1880, as far as II has been
possible to collect the data for the
present bulletin, with the amount of
increase or decrease, Is as follows;
Debt less sinking fund
Foreign nations s24 es o75, $40 s2s, ,isi ,S7a, 1855
The United States. 0l5,@2,ll2 LIZA ,5l7 .s64
From the summary published, It
will be seen that relatively the burden
of debt falls far heavier upon the in
habltants of the principal foreign coun-
tries, except those of Germany, than
upon those of this country. France,
in 1889, had a debt per capita of
$l16.35; Great Britain had q burden
at that time of $S7.79 per capita
Russia, $3O.79; Austria Hungary,
$70.s4; Italy, $76.06; the Netherlands,
$95.56, while that of the United States
was but $li63, aud Of Its indebted.
ness nearly one-half was made up OF
non-interest-bearlng notes.
The public debt of the United States
shows a gratifying decrease within the
last ten years, the burden per capita
having been reduced from $3S.3b In
1880 to S14.63 in 1890.
Aggregating the national, State and
county indebtedness, the per capita
shows decrease from $46.59 In 1880
to $20.46 in 1890, or more than one
half, and this decrease has been brought
about mainly by voluntary taxation
The aggregate surplus receipts of an
other decade like the one just passed
would relieve the country from nearly
all national, State and county indebt-
edness, could they be distributed fol-
the purpose.
There are many items other than
the per capita of the National debt
principal that go to make up the meas
ure of a peoples burthen of govern
ment. The tax receipts, the amounts
required to pay interest, sinking fund
and all the expenses Of government
are the real data by which to work
out the sum. Considering these II is
to be doubted if America has the
advantage claimed of the other Nations
nanad
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30
Civil Engineers In Session.

Lookout, Inn, Lookout Mountain
Tenn, May 23.-The Society of Civil
Engineers, which is in session at Look
out Inn, spent the greater part of to-
day in transacting the usual business
of the society. Tonight they gave
their annual banquet, a number OF
prominent Chattanoogans occupying
seats at the table. The affair was one
of the most elaborate ever given Oh
Lookout Mountain. The engineers
leave Monday for their homes through.
out the country.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30

.'l.oe q IIFs i.ses oE more.
this type, AZ 5 per line fer llzls ?
cents each subsequent insertion Lee
than i've lines, Is cents per hna for i'zzt
and 10 cents per line each sd uhztquznl n
sertI0n. Other reading notices sane
rate.
Personal articles or notices charged
for or declined according t. their nature.
Communication On matters Of local IN
terest solicited. While Correspondents
may affx any signature 10 Communities
lions, real names must accompany zame+
Customers viii pfenEe give exuIieIt {II-
recnQns oflength oftime for publication
Of advertisements.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-05-30

Messrs. Hider and Somerville, Of
Greenviile, attended the above and re-
port most successful and pleasant
meeting.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1891-07-10
&irmlfhes.

8ersansenen Sonutoe, ben 5. Suli,
tpuroe Serr 8aitur 6. S9leifer I'M
Nuftrase BEG ebriu. Brides beg NiHou<
ri Siftrift in bic epansl. ct. Sacobi
Semeinbe gu MorriiOu, Mo., firdli6
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tags 8 n6r ftatt. EROS Der srOBen
Sibe mar Die Stride iebr gut teiu6t.
Iltar upb &an5el i96n ulIO iinnia Ges
frdn5t. Die @emeinbe freutt iid, unb
mir lobten @ott fir feline Treue. TIM
ter5ei9netcr burfte iol6es rei6lid inne
iperben in ben ueri9iebeniten Samilien,
in 9aus urs Stride. @ottes Gnabe
erqside, @pttes ullmd9tise Sraft itdrfe,
nnb @ottes beili3er @eiit trDite ben lie:
ben Baitor. @r iesne i'm, bnB burd
ibn in ben Sduiern, in S9ule uno &irs
DIE siele Sru6t sei9afft, m,b bleie
Sru6t bleibe in @misfeit.
@d6iten Gountas Miiiions9Otte:z
bienit in unierer STRIDE. GOlefte 5um
beiten Der Miiion.
s.. &oenig g. p.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1891-07-10

9err @'n. S6neiOer, Elm anseiebener
GARNER bon Gbirb Greet 9opnibip, fam
am Sonnersta9 lcstcr @O6e aui fOlsen~
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Dem Nuflaoen BON @eijen bel6aftist
dig Die uor Den 8n9en selpannten
YIerbe plOslid an5O9en, iuobei er bas
9leidsepidt perlor unb pom @asen
berabitiir5te nno ais 9ei9e ~auiseboben
ipurbe. Sci Der unteriu6uns ber2eide
iteDte es lid beraus baB bas @enid se.
broden uno Der COB baber ausenbIidli6
erfOl9t iuar. Ser llnsliidli6e iuar Ell
ma 70 Sabre oft unO binterldBt feline
betaste @ittiue unb mebrere ertua6I enc
&inber.