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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27
FAMINE THREATENS IRELAND.
Failure Of Potato and Other Crops
Causes Serious Outlook,

Failure Of Potato and other Crops
Causes Serious Outlook.
Lamentable reports continue to pou1
in to London from allparts of Ireland
Of the havoc already wrought among
the crops, and as the weather still is
most unpropitious all hope of saving
the remnant of the harvest is fast fad
ing away.
The English press is beginning now
to realize the situation, though it is
maintaining its gravity.
The st. James Gazette saws:
"The potato has failed EVERYWHERE
and there is something to excuse the
alarming language of those who are be-
ginning to talk about a great famine.
but distress on that scale is no more
likely than another invasion by bar
barians, Yet there will be a measure
OF suffering in Ireland, real if less ter
ri6.e than that which the professional
agltatoT is beginning to predict"
The professional agitator' has made
no prediction in the present instance.
The cry has come from the people all
over the country. English tourists are
writing to the press describing the
ruined harvest they have everywhere
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27
CHlNAMAN A SCORCHER.
Laundryman of Niles, Mich, Beats
the Crack Bicycle Riders.

Foo Lee, am up-to-date-just-like-
Melican-man Niles (AIlch.) Chinese
laundryman is the first of his country
men to win a bicycle race in the United
States
Some months ago Foo was persuaded
10 buy bicycle and in few weeks was
able to ride as well as anyone. He ac-
companied American boys on long
spins and surprised them by making
good his boasts to make 'em all 70, and
ride UNI feet off,"
He grew more proficient on the wheel
and Saturday last at carnival of
sports held there entered in one of the
events, and this sole attraction had the
effect Of bringing out an. immense
crowd, In the race were entered some
fast riders, but they were not in. it with
the Cninamau, as he beat them handilv.
The sports are trying to induce Foo
Lee to give up the laundry business and
devote himself to racing.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27
QUEER THINGS IN INDIANA.
Freaks of Various Kinds Reported
from the Town of Anderson.

Freaks of Various Kinds Reported
from The Town of Anderson.
William Morgan, a Madison county
farmer, has a hen which lays an egg
within an egg. She has been producing
this kind of hen fruit for several DAVIS
and one of the eggs is on exhibition at
the DoXey house at Anderson, Ind. The
egg looks like an ordinary hen egg.
When broken open the usual white and
yellow are found in proper proportions
but in the center of the yolk is a sec
ond egg about the size of a robins egp
It's shell is perfectly formed and is
hard. The inner egg does not contain
any white. The hen is an ordinary
looking critter.
Henry Etchison, of Madison countv
has five bushels of freak corn which has
rlpened early and is already gathered
IN The ear looks like any common ear
OF corn and is properly silked, When
the husks are drawn back, however. II
is found that every grain is enyeloned
IN separate husk of it's own. and has
It's silk. When the first husk around
the grain is removed a second one q
found also with proper silks and nm
DER 1t is the fine round grain Of white
corn. Etchisons says the seed came from
Russia. He does not know how 10 use
II. 1t would probably have TO be sbelIad
ana then famed. The corn is OF bigb
grade otherwise. 1t natures vapv
early. 'y
Dee and Waller Jones. of Anderson
lndp 2OO-pound 2O-year-old twins who
lress alike and cannot be told one from
the other, returned the other dav fror,
a remarkable bicycle trip. They left
Early in August for the east. following
me national road TO Baltimore and then
up through the eastern states. Tbev
went northwest via Buffalo. returning
home, and from there went over into
Janada and toured, coming out apsin
u Detroit and thence home, covering a
title over 1000 miles in the month
lany nights they covered 200 miles
,hey attracted a great deal of alter.
sea and sstAbllAhed tourist Taeordh
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27
BOSTON DIP IN EAvoR.
Dancing Masters ID ecide' to Make POP-
ular This TerpsichOrenn Step.

! Dancing Masters ID ecide' to Make POP-
ular This TerpsichOrenn Step.
At the session of the American So
ciety of Professors of Dancing at Bos-
ton the other day the various dances
that are before the society for its APP
proyal and proposed reforms in the
methods of dancing were discussed.
| The Boston Dip" received a deal of
attention because of the abuses that it
has suffered and it was decided to
popularize it, The dip" was illustrated
to the delegates by President Gilbert
in the manner in which it is danced by
the better dancers.
That part Of the dance in which the
dip is executed is made with a long step,
one step to a measure. The male dancer
starts the step with the left foot back
ward. The second measure is q step
backward with the right foot, turning
slightly upon the heel with the third
count of the second measure, getting
forward with the left foot, the right
finishing with the last two movements
OF the waltz step made upon the third
count of the measure. These four
measures are repeated, after which one
waltz turn is made during two meas
ures' Two measures of the dip move
ment are made and two of the waltz
with turn to the left, followed again
by two dip movements, which complete
the step The whole requires 10 meas
ures' The dipping is, however, very
slight, with long, slow, gliding move
ment
Many movements particularly adapt
ed to children's classes which would
serve as educational dances, producing
graceful and easy bearing, were dis
missed
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27
A New MitraiIleuse.

An austrian newspaper announces
that Mauser, the well-known manufac-
turer OF firearms, and the inventor of
the mitrailleuse which bears his name.
has just invented new mitraflleuse,
which loads and discharges itself auto
maticaly. There are three models of
this, and experiments with them are
said to have been highly successful.
The six caliber permits a fire of 60 or
10 shots to the minute; the ten-caiber,
fire of so shots to the minute, and the
20 caliber, fire of 80 shots. The ten
caliber mitrailleuse can easily be car
red and operated by single artillery
man.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27

Tho Northern press still continues
fl sing the praise OF the South and h..
special adoption 10 the manufacture
...a|.u and .nIiur goods
Tl. N.l York Mail an Express.
wU.en was famous once Iur hes Sian
don. uI INa South. bias vrrrua com
u'uar around. aud gauuot say Co.,
mTu- good Of us now. Irsays:
"AIuu Jmu since the States of the
South. casting uGJhy Iclhargy that FOL
lowed Die awful results OF civil war,
began .. compete with the North aud
East m manufacture, have the s,atis,
l.s of ILe mills of Dixie been so elo
Hu.nt as o.. present of progress ana OF
promise. As cotton is the great sDapI,
hoo Production, -o mu-t cotton manu-
##ug become aHI ruHun The great
feature uiWdu- rial activity, It's de.
preston or prosperity indicating large.
.g ,.e general condition of the peO.
pie"
Mos. uf .le praise OF the South as
manufacturing csutre has been based
.p.u IFS cotton Industry. The Bos-
TON Globe shows tina, the south is MOI
".aHHol .o cotton goods, but that it il
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27
PRIZE FIGHTS FOR MISSOURI
Rumored That the Next Mig Events
Wm lie Pulled on In That state.

WIN lie Pulled on In That state.
FROM information gained from a
sporting man OF st. Louis, who declines
10 have his name made public, it seems
possible and altogether probable that
the next big event in the fight arena
will be pulled of In Missouri 1t is
learned that arrangements are being
made TO bring the Mccoy fight,
as well as any other contests between
champions that may be arranged in the
future, 10 Missouri. This is made pos
sble, the aforesaid informant asserts,
10y the action of Judge Withrow, of the.
ST. Louis circuit court, in deciding that
the breeders law, recently enacted by
the Missouri legislature, is constitu-
tionaL The law in question essential
ly provides protection to the legitimate
race tracks of the state and also legal
ICES contests of strength and endur-
Rnce between men and beasts" On this
clause, It is said, the sporting frater-
nifty hope 10 be able TO hold pugilistic
contests in Missouri unmolested.
II is stated that the persons having
the matter in charge, and one of them
no other than Dan Stuart, of Texas,
who managed the Fitzsimmons-Corbett |
fight at Carson City, New, are contem-
plating the erection Of an arena at Mex |
leo, Mo-. This little city, which is 100 .
miles west of st. Louis, has population
of several thousand people. It's on the
Chicago d Alton and Wabash railroads,
which connects with all the principal
cities Of the country, thereby affordiug
quick and easy transportation from all
DOintE
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27

Consul O'Hara at San Juan del Norte
has sent to the state department long
report Of the sale of bicycles, type
writer's and other articles in Nicaragua.
He says that no wooden rims are used
on bicycles there on account Of the
weather. also that the roads are not
very good for wheeling. Spanish-Ameri-
can women have not as yet taken to the
wheel He thinks with active agents
sales of machines could be pushed,
Typewriters are not in very general
use.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27
AFTER TWENTY-oNE YEARS.


f. +. Nice, merchant Of Arcala, Cal.
has Just married an Ohio girl to whom
he has been engaged for Fl years.
Nearly quarter of a century ago Mr..
Nice went east Returning through the
village of Lancaster, he alighted from
the train to converse with acquaint-
ances on the station platform. His
friends introduced him to Miss
Rancke, then 9. school girl. A mutual
attachment was formed and CORE
spondePee resulted from the few min.
utes Of conversation at the station.
The tTo became engaged, but adverse
circumftances kept them thousands of
miles apart until few days ago.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27
A BIG FALLING OFF:
Not Many VIII Take the Fall Civil
Service Examination.

A'Sh IL AhG MI SlNlI
Service Examination.
The regular fall civil service examina-
tons throughout the country for all
classes of government offices will mus
ter only about a quarter or a third of
the usual number of candidates. This
is the prediction made by the civil SER
vice commission, and Chief Examiner
Server attributes this falling off to
the unusual number of applicants ex-
amined during the spring, when high
water mark was reached, the number of
applicants examined then being an in
crease of 100 per cent. over the preced-
ing kall or spring. This rush was due
to the change Of administration and the
civil service extension made by Presi-
dent Cleveland. As a result. and in
view of an inadequate examining force
the commission is far in arrears in
marking the papers, and $4,000 of them,
all submitted during the spring exam
nations, have yet to be reached for
This aggregate includes 1885
relating to the railway mail service and
and 1,451 to the clerk-copyist places.
This unprecedented arrearage has been
great factor in lettering applicants
from applying for examination at this
ime
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27

Another fragment Of the famous
Parian chronicle, part of which is in
the Ashmolean museum at Oxford, has
been found on the Island of Paros. 1t
IS very important, as IL contains the
chronology Of the years from 1886 to POO
B. C., the period of Alexander Of
Macedon and Of Disdocbl, the generals
who divided his empire among them
eGffAA
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27

Andorra, the little republic on the
border Of France and Spain, is going to
give up its picturesque isolation. II
now has a telegraph line connecting it
with the French system, and carriage
road is being constructed TO take the
place OF the mule track over the Pvre-
nees, which for ages has been the only
nenns Of acness II IL t.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27
King WIN Not Wear GIoves.

Although the best glovesin the world
are made in Belgium, King Leopold
never, not even in fun uniform nor in
the coolest weather. viii consent to don
a pair. Strict on the subject of ETH
quette, he, however. insists that his PEN
tlemen in waiting and his aids-de-camn
should be irreproachably glovedt
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27

1t IS commonly believed that the first
factory for making matches on a larce
scale was established at Vienna in 1893:
but according to the Springfield
Mass) Republican. there was such /,
factory at least as early as that in the
center OF the Connecticut valley, in the
historic community known as ChicoDee
street.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27

A report has been received at the
state department showing to what ex-
tent the weaving industry has been fol-
lowed in Japan. In 1896 there were 949,-
1913 looms with 1,O42, 500 persons en-
gagged ofwhom 9s5,O16 were women and
girls. The value of the textile product
for the year was $96, 235 made up In
part as follows: Silk textiles, sac, 491,-
401; silk and cotton mixed, S10,2s1 ,27e;
cotton, $37,OS3,757, and hemp, 81, 021, 467.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27
ugTraIFE COmIyS-sEMNERH

be Isrga.ie-COuin, seminary open
e.. Oct b. with The following Iallc.
-Dd gentlemen composing the mcu.ty
Prof. p ~. NeGarghey, Greek and
-a.n. Aa.hemaIcs and Modern
Sciences.
Madam Metcalfe-Collins, English
Literature Rhetoric aud Composition
History, and assistant in Sciences.
Miss Blanche Winter, EIoculou.
English Grammar, Grogr puy, Read
.-a md Spelling Ptumauship.
Ea.h E.glasdsgn-Plimary D part
uut
Adaa Louise NIX, Pecquet-French
DEPARTMENT.
Madame MeTcier-P eery-Principal
ALua.v. DauAr,wrut Piano. Organ and
r--... t..F..
w. .'-."'v.
I.-- iIau Thornton, all the string
.-".' "'lN u.s. A'"Gi e7 Iue new
-aA. .'- ''7."'1 on u"'lar.
....' .'. -'t.ei''" I'F any ana all
wit. "a arranged for grown persons
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27
HyaIenIc Form Of swimr,ro

Swimming on the back in sea water.
says a doctor, is the most beneficial
form Of bathing, Swimming on the
side IS very injurious to the muscles Of
the stomach.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27

Consul Atwell reports to the state
department from Roubaix, France, that
there is good market throughout
northern France for California dried
fruits, particularly prunes, dried
peaches, raisins and candied fruit.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27

In all countries the rate Of suicide is
Increasing. In 1880, in Europe and
America, there were 1,756; in 1855 there
were 1902.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27

Statistics show that, though the birth
rate Of England is highest of the tbrea
countries OF the kingdom, longevity is
lowest. Scotland shows higher per
centage, ireland the highest of all
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27

Stockholm has the highest death rate
from drink Of any city in the world
90 in 10000.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27

There are as many different dialects
spoken IL China - in Europe.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27

Don fail 10 visit our Carpet DE
parlment
MISSISSIPPI HARDWARE Co.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-27

Special terms for more than one
pupi. from The same family.
The Forrest City times., 1897-06-25
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. Fay Lamoreaux said to be the daughter of St. Louisan, committed suicide at Montgomery, Ala
 Rev. Martin Hardin, son-in-law of Vice-President Stevenson, has ac- cepted call from Philadelphia.
 The three -year-old son of Alonzo French, of Kollomo, Ind, ate quan- tity of insect powder Tuesday, and his recovery is doubtful.
 Ben Coleman, a colored roustabout on the steamer John K. Speed, fell into the Ohio river at Tell City, Ind, Tues day, and was drowned.
 Lee Jones, engineer of an electric plant at Michell, Ind, was killed Tues day by belt that slipped from wheel. He was horribly mangled.
 Former frontier stage drivers resid- ing in San Antonio and other Texas cities are about to organize the Front fer Stage Drivers association.
 Laura Dunning a two-year-old child, died at St. Louis from eating the con- tents of a box of pills belonging to her sister containing strychnine and bella donna.
 Fish Warden Sites, of Homer, H., arr rested 21 persons, residents of Fisher, in the northern part of Champaign county, on the charge of seining ir the Sangamon river
The Forrest City times., 1897-06-25
THE STATE IN BRIEF.

The jail at Piggott has been without a prisoneI for four weeks.
 Two acres in potates in Crawford county yielded CAT bushels.
 Business men at Hamburg have or ganized chamber of commerce.
 The colored grand lodge, Knights of Pvthias, meets in Camden July 6.
 Texarkana has new ice factory with a capacity of 15O, ,OOo pounds daily.
 Cut worms did considerable damage to cotton in the overhowed sections
 The Lumbermen's association held n executive session in Little Rock June 24.
 The body of an unknown man was found in the Arkansas river near Port. land.
 The addition to the Federal building at Little Rock will be completed oc- tober l.
 The free bridge across the Arkansas at Little Rock has been thrown open to the public.
 Jim Tate, colored, is in jail at New port, the result of attempting to pass q stolen check.
 A large number of Confederate vet erans from this state attended the Nash vile reunion.
 A Pulaski county farmer has five acres in onions that will yield 300 bush. els to the acre.
 Mrs. P. w. Hall, of Prescott, died from the effects of a dose of strychnine. taken by mistake.
 Hon. H. l.. Remmel has been ap- pointed internal revenue collector for the district of Arkansas
 Work will be commenced on the new road between Texarkana and Hamburg within the next sixty days.
 Over 900 carloads of potatoes have been shipped from Van Buren and Fort Smith to St. Louis this season.
 Hon. George w. Caruth, minis to Portugal, will return to Little Rock, is former home, early in August.
 A great deal of forfeited land is be- ing redeemed from the state, as resu t of the passage of the Smith bill.
 The Bank of Fayetteville filed with the secretary of state an amendment 0 its charter reducing its capital stock 0 s50,000.
 (. H. Timlinson, while at work on water tank at Redfeld, on the Valley route, was crushed to death by heavy timbers falling upon him.
The Forrest City times., 1897-06-25
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFTY.FlFTH CONGRESS.
Special session.)

IN the senate. on the l6th consideration of the agricultural schedule of the tara bill was resumed. and. notwithstanding strenuous efforts of the opposition to have them re iuced. the rates fixed by the republican members of the finance committee were agreed to-. The house was not in session.
 IN the senate, on the l7th, greater progress was made in consideration of the tarin bill than on any one day since the debate opened. Two entire schedules-H, spirits, wines and beverages, and l, manufactured cotton goods were completed .....I In the house, the brief session was taken up mostly with roll calls. Mir Sulzer (dem., N Y.) succeeded in injecting ipto the proceedings short speech In favor of Cuba, in which he denounced Gen. Weyler as thief and murderer. The house adjourned un- til the 2ist
 IN the senate, on the 18th the fax schedule of the tarin bill be ng under consideration a large number of political speeches so trenched upon the time of the session that but little prog- ress was made with the bill less than one page of the flax schedule being disposed of. There were several lively exchanges between opposing speakers. during which the washing of political dirty linen was frequently referred to...... The house was not in in session
 IN the senate. on the 18th. the opposition to the tariff bill won it's first important victory by yea and nay vote of p to 22, to strike out the paragraph in regard to floor mating. the effect Of which is to put floor mating on the free list ....The house was not in session.
 IN the senate, on the 2ist. the last two sched- ules of the dutiabe list. including paper and manufactured sundries. were completed, with the exception of the paragraphs on hides, gloves, coal and some lesser articles, which went over. In the house the only business of public interest was the passage of bill appropriating sl00,000 for the repair of Dry Dock No at New York. The house adjourned until the 2Ith.
The Forrest City times., 1897-06-25
Mississippi River Commission.

The following delegation, accompan- jed by Senator Berry, attended the an nual meeting in New York of the Mis- sissippi river commission, to urge the appropriation of sufficient funds to repa and build complete levee on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi: J. NJ. Levestque, Cross county; Capt. Will- jams, St. Francis; John E. Driver, Capt Farr, Lee; Edward and Joseph Pillow, Messrs. Horner and Moore. Gen. Key holds and Judge X. J. Pindail.
The Forrest City times., 1897-06-25
A Slick Swindler.

A man giving his name as Sam A. Hunt, claiming to be commission mer chant, doing business at Little Rock has decamped. It is thought that he succeeded in swindling a number of merchants throughout the state. as several drafts drawn upon him for re- turns on consignments made remain unpaid. Hunts method of securing vic tims was to offer to sell produce from 10 to 30 per cent above prices quoted by reliable commission houses.
The Forrest City times., 1897-06-25
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Broke Up a CoIored Normal.

A report comes from Lonoke to the effect that the colored normal, being held at that place, was broken up by unknown parties, who objected to the proceedings, taking one of the teachers out and severely whipping him. Supt. Jordan received the follow ing communication from the teacher in charge, which was referred to the at torney general:
 LITTLE ROCK. June q, 1897. Prof Junius Jordan State Superintendent of Public Inst ruction:
 Dear Sir-I opened the colored normal in Lonoke June ', and taught enc week and two days. Owing to violence committed on one of our teachers and threats made against others, I was forced to discontinue the work June i3. Yours truly. H. Fl. SUTTON.
The Forrest City times., 1897-06-25
Killed Her liepe Lord.

Anderson Mitchell, colored, was shot and instantly killed by his wife on Col lege Hill, a Texarkana suburb. The couple had quarreled, when Mitchell got wagon and began loading their household effects into it, to which his wife objected. Mitchell struck at the woman with a skillet, who grabbed a shot gun from the corner of the room and emptied its contents into his body. She was placed under arrest.
The Forrest City times., 1897-06-25
Caxhed Forged Paper.

". F. Bruce, formerly clerk at the United States hotel, Hot Springs, just as kc was in the act of boarding an out going passenger train, was placed un- der arrest on the charge of cashing forged paper at the Security bank in the sum of s350. W. R. Gentry, claim ing to be nephew of Senator Kenna, of Virginia, was arrested as an accom- plice upon information furnished by Bruce
The Forrest City times., 1897-06-25
Col. littIe's Job.

A Washington dispatch says: 'In the matter of the superintendency of the Hot Springs reservation, Chairman Cooper and Candidate Eisle are up against stump, as it seems to be a fact recognized by the secretary of the interior that the position comes under the civil service law, in which case Elsie will have no chance to succeed Col. Lit tie, the present incumbent"