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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1895-08-10

hare the Latest Improved Gin Sav Filler
than Aemphis prices, and saue freight CHARGES.
Get my price on all binds of Gin and Endinc
repairs, Pipe and Fittings, Sboftines and P.sI-
teys, and Crate Bars, Boiler Fronts. Smoke
St0cks and 0U kinds of Iron and Brass Cnstinfs.
JOS. WALL.
Foundry and Machine Works,
~ "a Central Avenue. Greenville, Miss.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1895-08-10

II you want to sse something new
70 to Bells.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1895-08-10
PROFESSIONAL.

n Thomas. WIN, orinn'
County Attorney.
| THOMAS & GRIFFIN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ldlce IN Wilczinski Block.
We own the only Abstract OF Title to
helands of Washington county and the
CitY Of Greenville.
Loans negotiated to be secured by
bnt mortgage on plantations and
arms.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1895-08-10
'OS. ATT

Connections made at Memphis with
al lines for the North and East and
west; at New Orleans for the Cali
coast resorts and southern Texas and
California.
Through tickets to all points new
on sale at the Y. Il NV. X. r. de-
pet office baggage checked through.
For Information as to rates, routes &c,
write or upply to
w. L. STEGER, Agt.
JAS. DINKINs, Diy. Pass. Agt.
j. W. COLEMAN, A. .P. Agt, New Orleane,
A. IL. HANSON q. p. AT Chlesse.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-17
Good Reason.

An exchange gives the story OF an
Episcopal clergyman who met an old
farmer who declared he was "'Pis.
copal." and gave his reasons for his
religious views In very sufficient man.
ner. ITO what parish do you belOng!''
the Clergyman asked him.
Don't know about any parish" was
the answer. 49,. .
"well. then" continued the clergy.
man. "what diocese do you belong tor
There amt nothing like that round
here" said the farmer.
who confirmed you, then?" was the
next question.
Nobody" answered the farmer.
.'Then how are you an Episcopalian =
asked the clergyman.
"Well," was the reply, "you see. it,
this way. Last winter went down to
Arkansas visitin'. and while wal
there went to church. and 1t was call
cd Episcopal, and heard them say
that they'd left undOne the things thai
they oughter done, and they had done
some things what they oughten done,
and I says to myself, says !, That's my
'fix, exactly and ever since I cOnsid
cred myself 'Piscopalian."
The clergyman shook the old fellow
hand. and laughingly said, snow. un
derstand. my friend, why the member
ship OF our church Is 80 large"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-17
To Tax wheels in Frisco.

The Board Of Supervisors Of San
Francisco. Cal. has been considering
the feasibility of taxing bicycllsts.
Many OF the members are In favor Of
the measure. but dare not say 80 openly
because the wheelmen are powerful
voting faction. One who II most out.
spoken In its advocacy gives the fol.
sowing novel reason for his position:
''The fact OF the matter is," said he.
"tligt the bicycle Ii superseding the
horse to sucl, an extent that number
of industries which have heretofore
supported thousands Of people are prac.
tically ruined. These are livery sta.
Oles. hay and feed farms ana their
agents. the blacksmith, the hOrseshOer
and the carriage and wagon maker
am told that $1,000 men and women In
San Francisco are riding wheels. Now,
the effect Of this Is to destroy many
thousands OF dollars worth Of taxable
property, and should say that the
wheelmen ought to have no scruplt
against paying fair license for use OF
the streets. OF course, ] am not pre-
pared to say whether the license should
be 81 or SO, or even greater sum, pei
year."-New York World.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-17
A Know.NOthing Jury

The difficulty OF impanelling n jury
In the early courts OF Wisconsin may
be- seen from an incident related In
'sThe Bench and Bar OF Wisconsin"
Judge Irwin was on the bench, and q
murder trial was pending. G. T. Long
familiarly known as Lucy" Long, was
undersher.ff. There was difficulty In
getting q jury which knew nothing
about the facts of the case. The reg
ular panel had been exhausted. and q
special venire had been issued, and wal
finally returned.
"Well, Mr.. Long" asked the Judge
"haye you at last secured a sufficient
number OF jurymen who know nOthins
about this case!"
ayes. sir" replied the polite officer
"six Of them know nothing about thi
case. and the other six know nOthin,
at ALL"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-17
A TRICK OF NAPoLeON'S.

The ehrcwd Scheme by Which He
Was Elected Firut Consul.
On Dec. %, before the result of tho
plebiscite was known, the new charter
had already been put In operation. II
Is difficult to determine exactly the com.
position Of the assembly which met at
the Luxembourg palace to determine
who should be the permanent cOnsuls.
According to an anecdOte of the time,
Sleyes opened Its proceedings by ex-
planning the dangers Of military DIES.
potism should the First Consul be a
soldier. Bonaparte imprcssively wills.
percd to his supporters that they should
scatter themselves throughout the room
and that when they saw him take
Sicyes' hand they should shout, "BravO
--Bonaparte" Then, stepping forward
ut the close Of Sleyes' address. he as.
sumed an air Of generous frien,lllness,
and said, LET us have no difference OF
opinion, my friend; for my part, vote
for the Able Sieyes. For whom do you
vOteY
Taken oil aback, Sieyes murmured,
II vote for Gen. BOnaparte." Instant.
~ the latter put out his hand. and tho
speaker grasped It. "BravO-BOna'
parte!' rang from all sides. and Sieyes
supporters Joined In the shout. Thus
apparently by general consent, thu
shrewd intriguer was acclaimed First
Consul. At all events. BOnaparte took
the Office of First Consul to himself
without question on the part Of thu
public. His two colleagues were to bt
chosen by the Constitutional Commit
tee. They named DaunOu us one, blu,
Bonaparte would not listen, and threw
the ballots into the fire. Sleyes Oblig
ingly presented two other names -"tlit
right men," as he assured the commit
tee-Cambaccrcs and Iebrun. Til,
former was an eminent jurlst. the Int
ter the ablest financier Of his time. Boil
were appointed, and both rendered ex
cellent service to the consulate.
Sieyes had already been made "keep
or" Of the Direct0ry's secret funds
COO, 900 francs-which he called "un
pOire pour In soif." Soon afterward h
accepted great estate (CrOsne) from
the First Consul for Ills services. II
was then relegated to Obscurity as chile
of the Senate. The other great official
were all appointed In much the sam
way. "The pike Ia eating the two othe
fish," said pretty Nine. PermOn to til
First COnsuls mother soon after. Mad
anne Mere prOfcssed to be hurt; but tn
parable was true.--Century.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-17
Attacked By Dogs.

The Eskimo dog. although most use.
full servant, Is often treated with great
cruelty by his master aud punished
heavily for slight offenses. 1t IL as
serted, In excuse for this harsh treat
ment, that the dog will not work II well
fed and kindly used. Small wonder IL
II that such hard-wOrked, half.starved
creatures sometimes become ferocicus,
ms In the following instance, related In
"Hayes Arctic Boat Journey"
The dogs were bowling piteously.
They had been exposed to all the fury
OF the storm, with no opportunity to
run about, and had had nothing to eat
for thirty-six hours.
Leaving the hunters to look after their
teams, returned to the hut. The blind.
Ing snow made me insensible to every.
thing except the desire to get out of q
and thinking Of no danger, was stoop'
Ing to enter the doorway, when sud
den noise behind caused me to lOOl,
around. There, close at my heels. was
the whole pack Of thirteen hungry dogs
snarling. swapping and showing theil
sharp teetu iihc utoNc VI ioVchous
wolves. 1t was fortunate that had no
got down on my knees, or they wOult
have been upon my back.
In fact, SO impetuOus was their at
| tack, that one OF them had already
sprung when l faced round. I caugh
him on my arm and kicked him dow
the hill. The others We're for the mo
ment inundated, but seeing that hat
no whip and was pOwerless to do then
harm, they again assumed the offensive
They were all around me; an instan
more and should be torn to pieces.
/ had faced death In various shapes
but never had felt as then. My bloc
fairly curdled In my veins. Deaf
down the red thrOats of pack O
w0lfsh dogs had something about
particularly unpleasant. ! had nc
even time to hallOO for help. To I'll
would be the readiest means OF bringin
the wretched upon me.
My eye swept round the group. an
caught something lying half buried
the snow about ten feet distant. Quic
as a fash ! sprang, as l never spran
before or since. over the back Of hug
fellow who stood before me; ana Il
next instant ! was whirllng about n
the lash OF long whip, cutting to rigl
and left.
The dogs retreated before my blow
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-17
Hts Hand Betrayed Him.

Sir Ashley Cooper, the eminent En-
glish surgeon who fiourished fifty years
ago, possessed the detective instinct.
He was once called upon to perform an
most hopeless operation upon a Mr..
Blight, who had just been shot by an
unknown assassin. The prominence OF
the man and the mystery surrounding
the shooting rendered the case cele-
brated.
Mr.. Blight was unconscious at the
time Of the operation, and no infOrma'
ton could be obtained from him. The
moment Sir Ashley exaMlned the
wound he turned to his assistant and
said:
"A pistol has been fred at him will
the left hand"
Then he explained his reasons foi
his conclusion. While he was still en-
gagged In this explanation, Mr.. Blight'
partner, a Mr.. Patch, a man esteemed
as reputable, entered the house ant
was shown into the room. SOmethin,
about his manner and cOuntenance at
tracted the attention of Sir Ashley
and he whispered to his colleague:
III that gentleman We're left-handed
l should suspect him Of the crime"
The next instant he turned to Patel
and said:
"Will you kindly hand me hat lint;
Patch did SO, using his left hand.
Mr.. Blight died. Patch was accuses
Of the murder, and, upon being trie
and condemned on circumstantial ev
dence, confessed his guilt. He wa
duly executed.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-17

business among the retail piano
houses continues good and all the deal.
ers are convinced that this fall will be
the most successful one they have ever
bad.
NJ. L. A. Potter of Lyon. Potter &
Go. reports u good. fair business being
done 10y his concern. The firm has Sc
cured additional wareroom space by
taking a portion of the sixth floor. 1t
must be- said that the new Steinway
Hall grows In favor. and 1t Is becom-
ing the headquarters for musicians and
musical people. and 1t Is bound to be.
come a still more important factor In
Chicago musical life.
Manager Gill. Of the Mason & Ham,
lin Company. has left for short trip
East. He goes to Boston.
DIR. Florence Ziegfeld. head of the
Chicago Musical College. has just ~
turned from Europe. He arrives in
time to supervise the annual examlna.
tons AT his college.
Il requires more force to sound note
gently on the plano than to lift the lid
Of kettle. A German composer has
figured that the minimum pressure Of
the finger playing pianissimo Is equal
tn 10 grams-a quarter Of pound.
Few kettle lids weigh more than two
ounces
The Germans calculations are easy
tn verify II one takes a small handful
OF coins and piles them on a key of the
piano. When sufficient quantity IL
piled on TO make a note sound they may
then bc weighed and these figures will
III found to be true.
II the pianist Is playing fortissimo a
much greater force Is needed. At times
q force of pounds Is thrown upon q
single key to Uroduce solitary effect.
With chords the force Is generally
spread over the various notes sounded
simultaneously, though greater out.
put Of force Is undoubtedly expended
This Is what gives pianists the wOnder'
fui strength In their fingers that Is often
commented on. A story used to be
told of Paderewski that he could crack
pane Of French plate glass half an
finch thick merely by placing one hand
upon 1t. as II upon piano keyboard
and striking It sharply with his middle
finger.
Chopin's last study in G minor has q
passage which takes two minutes and
Ave seconds to play. The total pres
sure brought to bear on this, 1t Is est
mated. Is equal to 3 full tons. The av
crage tonnage Of an hours pane
playing Of Chopin's music varies from
I? to 81 tons.-The Musical Courier.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-17
ST. LOUIS MASONIC TEMPLE.
*yS0.060, aud Il Is the Intention to in:
xl,aoo ounss, s,aos,,l,n,s a, Al,n niAs, AZ, l,o

$3SO,O06, and Il Is the Intention to ID:
duce every member in the city to be.
come stakeholder, making use Of the
money held In reserve by the subordi.
nate lodges to purchase stock. The site
Of the structure has been selected In
Market street west Of Twelfth, directly
opposite the new city hall. The build.
ing will be seven stories In height, and
halls for each local lodge will be pro.
vided. On the second door will be q
grand hall, with banquet.room nd.
Joining, kitchen, etc. The material of
the walls will be bum brick, granite and
terra Gotta trimmings. The main en-.
trance will open into large auditor.
ium with onyx and marble walls.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-17

The people OF Paris are afflicted with
angiomania. which shows itself chiefly
Ia an imitation Of the recreations OF the
perfidious Albion. The French are fond
OF borrowing English words and phrases
from the vocabulary OF London society.
and novels with misspelled English H.
ties appear In the newspapers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-17

and the fury Of my onset. and skulked
behind rocks. The whip had saved my
life. There was nothing else within
reach, and It had been dropped there
quite accidentally by Kalutunah as he
went down to the sledges.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-17
TEMPLE FOR MISSOURI, MAsoNs

FRATERNITY IN Erect O BUILDING Cost
Ing e30O,OOO In 81. Louis.
st. Louis Is to have q new Masonic
Temple, and It will be credit to the
order in Missouri and the city. An or.
ganization has been formed by the lead.
ing local Masons called the Masons'
Building Association, and they have
had plans drawn for building to cost
$3.50, 900. Four thousand Masons In the
city are interested in the enterprise.
The capital stock Of the association 10
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-17

Wealth Is the nimbus of the mean aud
! the radiance of the good.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-17
MUSICAL NOTES.

Business among the retail piano
houses continues good and all the deal.
ers are convinced that this fall will he
the most successful one they have ever
bad
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-19
Hard and Bitter Wills.

It was remarked by writer long ago that there is no revenge so hard and bitter as that of an old man, and it is one of the astonishing peryersities of many natures that the longer they live the harder they hug their possessions The most disinterested affection is pass ed over, the most faithful and most val uable services are slightly and grudg- ingly rewarded This mental and moral disease notably afflicts the richest. Tho Marquis d d'Aligre was singular exam ple His will was concoeted with spe- oial desire to disappoint and insult his relatives, friends and servants To the first it said: "As for you, my relatives who have been so long spelling upon this fortune on which I had concentrat- ed all my affections, you are not going to touch penny of it, and not one of you will be able to boast that you have squandered the millions which the old Marquis d'Aligre had taken so many years to hoard up '
 Sir Robert Bevil, one of James Is officials did not even spare his wife. ''I give unto my wife tenne shillings ill respect she took her sonnes part against mo and did anymato and comfort him afterwards Those will not be forgot ten :" And the Earl of Stafford, who married the daughter of the Due de Grammont, wrote: "To the worst of women, Claude Charlotte de Grammont, unfortunately my wife, guilty as she is of all crimes, leave five and forty brass halfpence, which will buy pull let for her supper A better gift than her father can make her '-W Westmin- ster Review
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-19
The Millionaire's Eagle Eye.

Another story illustrative of the daily life of a Chicago millionaire may help to explain why some people have moro money than others.
 This millionaire invited a visitor from another city to meet him at cer- tain hour and accompany him to the stookyards where he has large interests
 The millionaire rode up in sidebar buggy somewhat the worse for mud and wear drawn by q shaggy but active horse. He explained that before starting for the yards he would have to go to one of the large banks down town, as he was on the board which regulated loans, and he had to pass on an application for loan of $500, GOO.
 They stopped in front of the bank, and the rich man hurried in and re- mained several minutes. He came out
 run, and they started rattledy bang for the stockyards and Packingtown
 When they arrived and were entering the packing house, they saw an old man sorting out into barrels heap of bones and fatty remnants. The bones were trimmed and put into one barrel and the flesh and fat into another barrel The millionaire owner of the place walked over to the workman and began asking questions. Then he drew off his coat, rolled back his shirt sleeves to the shoulder and began rummaging among the bones. He found several which had not been properly stripped, and the workman received a scolding which he will remember all his life.
 The stripping of thoso bones was just as important as tho leaning of $500, 900 Chicago Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-19
POO BAAs OF TRAVEL.
The General Passenger Agents and Their
 Services to the Pnblfe.

The General Passenger Agents and Their
 Services to the Public.
 General passenger agents know what it costs to go anyw here, remain there any length of tune and come back by an- other route They are, in short, the Pooh Bans of the realm of travel. Without them the average human being with a burning desire to go somewhere would be as blind man in a crowded, unfa- miliar thoroughfare, as q ship without rudder or bird of passage deprived of one of it's wings. Think of world without tho ever present folder" and its impartial, never oyerdrawn claims xpf superiority for the line to which it owes it's existence. Life ill it would in- deed be without sufficient compensation Tho art of advertising was an unknown quantity until the general passenger agent came upon the scene and with his magic wand transformed dull nothings into bright, realistic something's. To him the stoepest grade and the sharpest curve ara of little consequence. Grades and curves and distances that have de- fled the skill of superior and engineer disappear before the morning sunlight. Undor his manipulation ponds become lakes, hills grow to be mountains, groves expand into forests, rills swell into riv- CTS, and all that has been thought un- interesting, or worse, suddenly bursts upon the world as tthing of beauty and a joy forever ''
 Seriously the travelling public owes much, very much to tho general pas fsenger agent Not only has he brought to notice and to popularity innumerable deserving localities that otherwise would have "blushed unseen, , but he has made it possible to visit these, as well as others longer and better known, with an expenditure of time and exertion and expense Insignificant ill it's proportions when compared with that of years gone by. He is ever watehful of the needs and whims and eooentricities of travel CTS and quick to provide for their every requirement.. He is an intermediary be- tween the trayeler and the railway or steamship company, ever ready to serve the interests of both without prejudice to either and never shrinking from any proper obligation. Ill the early days of coming and going by rail and steamer <he was not known. Now he is ono of the most important factors in the whole warp and wool of travel, and for him the future is full of added powers and increasing houors. Magazine of Travel
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-19
Divorce In Rnrna,

Suppose Burmese husband and wife quarrel and determine to separate Ths wife, who always does all the market ing, goes out and buys two little can dles of equal length, which are made especially for this use. She brings them homo. She and her husband sit down on the floor and light them simultane- ously One candle stands for him, the other for her. The one whose candle burns out first rises and goes out of the house forever, with nothing but what he or she may have on. The one whose candle has survived the longest, even by a second, takes everything. So the divorce and division of the property, if you can call that division, are settled. Philadelphia Times
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-19
Skirt Dancing at Home.

It is sheer nonsense to pretend that the modern girl learns skirt dancing < out of devotion to the art. All she awants is notoriety and to possess that attraction in the eyes of men which she imagines tho ballet girl possesses. In almost every case she dances so badly that there is no excuse for her from the artistic point of view, and if skirt dano- ing is not artistic it is vulgar or ridicu- lous or both. In either case it is fash ion which adds nothing to the dignity of gentlewoman or to her charm and is, as rule, an exposure both of bad taste and bad figure. Beautiful wom- en do not need such expedients for at tracting attention. London Graphic
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-19
LARRApoR,s COAST.
Barren Shores, Rolling Surge and Many
 Icebergs Make It Dangerous.

The most northerly lighthouse on the coast of this continent stands on Belle isle, at the head of the straits of that name, little northeast of Newfound- land. By what freak of taste it was called Belle isle cannot say, for even the old navigators had such horror of it that on their charts they marked it with the figure of demon
 The morning the little mail steamer on which I bruised "down on the Lab rador, as the Newfoundlanders say, plunged and rolled past it through the surge tho rugged mass of rock crouch ed there as if ready to seize it's prey of ships and human lives. The surf, un heard at our distance, flashed around its base like a long row of glistening teeth, A huge iceberg had drifted in and lay stranded at one end of the is- land far up on the rocks was the light house; on a shelf below stood a littla hut. with provisions, for shipwreeked sailors; the gray morning mists made these look heavy and sodden, and alto- gether this glimpse of Belle isle was the most desolate scene 1 had ever be- held. Over our bow the barren coast of Labrador was faintly outlined, and as the last lighthouse on the continent drop ped astern I felt that we were indeed drawing away from civilization, and this feeling was strengthened when, as we turned our brow northward, we sighted the vanguard of the seemingly endless procession of huge ieebergs drift ing slowly down in single file from the mysterious regions of the north.
 We had met with single bergs along the Newfoundland coast, but off Labra- dor they became a constant and unspeak- ably grand feature in the seaward view. 1 doubt if they can be seen any where else except in arctic and antarctic waters in such numbers, variety and grandeur. The branch of the gulf stream which pushes it's way into the Arctic ocean has sufficient force left when if is reflected by the frozen northern bound ary of that sea to send an icy current down along the Labrador coast. Prae- tioally all the bergs that break loose from the ice sheathed shores of Green- land are borne southward by this cur rent. One morning, when l went upon deck, 1 counted no less than 135 huge ones. Some of these were great solid blocks of ice; others were arohed with numerous Gothic passageways; some reached with spirelike grace high up into the air. All reflected with pris- matic glory the rays of the sun. Gustav Kobbe in St. Nicholas