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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-09-24
FRENCH HUMoR.
W'll-RnOwn Man That Helped to Carl.
catuIo Himself.

tits often said that Frenchmen lack
humor and dread ridicule, but NJ.
Francisque Sarcey has given an ex-
ample of that humorous good sense
which defes mockery. At carnival
time in Paris it is customary to ex-
hibit on the boulevards grotesque ef-
ligies of well-known public men. A
modest stranger called on NJ. Sarcey
to tell him that his image was to fig
ure in the procession. every good" "
said M, Sarcey. "What can l do for
you" "Well if you would be SO kind
as to lend us some of your veritable
garments they would make the like
ness all the stronger" "No doubt" "
responded the critic, blandly. 'Tn
that cupboard you will find several
hats" ooh, the veritable nat will
not dol You see your head-I mean
the head of the effigy-is enormous" d"
"Tres bien. Take a coat, then"
Dressed in the veritable coat, the
Sarcey dummy was an immense sue
cess. 1t seemed SO strange to literary
Paris, however, for a man to aid and
abet the caricature of himself that NJ.
Sarcey has volunteered an explana-
ton, which is a delicious bit Of hui
NOR. 'Lamartine," he remarked,
would not have consented to lend his
coat for such a purpose. He was a
poet with sensitive soul. So was
Victor Hugo. But what would you
do? We cannot all be Lamartines and
Hugos. Why should we poor journal
lists, who have no feelings to speak Of,
deny ourselves to the populace when
We can contribute to their harmless
amusement? Besides, they may not
always think it worth their while to
notice us. An agreeable trifer came
to me the other day and asked my per-
mission for the use of my name in q
burlesque. l gave it cheerfully.
'This may be the last time,' said he,
What do you mean?' 1 asked. Well,
you are going out of date, and next
year you may not be worth laugh "
Philadelphia Press.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-09-24
THE QUEENS TRAIN.
Greatest Of Precsution for Her Safety
Taken Wh5n She Travels

The queen hu: modelled her long
life rather on virtue and usefulness
than on pomp and vanity, She cares
comparatively little for luxury. She
is homely in her surroundings; and
the queens train cannot compare in
sumptuousness to those used by some
of the crowned heads of Europe, She
has not We'd even with the late EN-
peror Of the French, who Travelled in
a train of imperial splendor, a train
with nine richly appointed carriages,
which included cellar of choice
wines and conservatory Of rare flow
ers. Still, to quote the old nursery
rhyme, the royal train fashioned by
the North Western SIS good enough
to set before the queen" The saloon
formerly consisted Of two six-wheeled
vehicles connected by flexible CEN
tral gangway; but in 1896 the two
bodies were placed on 6O-feet un-
derframe, with two six-wheeled bogies,
making one vehicle. The day COM
partmcnt, upholstered in royal blue
silk, with white silk roof, is furnished
in satinwood, inlaid with tulipwoodj
and the night compartment, uphol-
stored in red patterned chintz, with
heavy green curtains, is furnished
with brass bedstead. The saloon u
strongly braked, lighted by electric
lamps, and has electrical communica-
ton from the queens apartments to
the Indian and other attendants, and
also to the guard of the train. The
description does not read very grand
ly; but the shrewdest thought, the
highest mechanical skill and the best
workmanship have been concentrated
in the building and equipment of the
queens train, and the arrangements
safeguarding it are, though the words
merge on paradox, careful and costly.
The ordinary traffic is suspended 80
is all shunting. Platelayers watch
the track, and there is vigil at every
crossing. A pilot-engine is run IS
minutes in advance of the train
throughout its entire journey, its
progress is telegraphed from point to
point, and sharp lookout is kept by
the officials to detect the slightest
irregularity in running. The average
speed of the train does not exceed 36
miles an hour; ard her majesty has
such a sense of security on the line
that some years ago, when railway
accidents were more frequent, she
wrote to the directors of the railway
companies expressing the hope that
the same security in travelling might
be assured for all her people as was
so judiciously provided for herself
Good Words.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-09-24
GLADSTONE AS PHRAsEMAKER
Words and Phrases That Have Been Alb
sorbed Into Everyday Talk.

Mr.. Gladstone once said that Peel
was not a phrasemaker, like Disraeli
or Bright. The question is already
being discussed whether Mr.. Glad
stone himself can be ranked as
phrasemaker. Mr. Jowett, it seems,
was inclined to deny genius to Mr..
Gladstone, on the ground that his
words and phrases did not linger in
the memory. Mr.. Tollemache, with
out agreeing to this test as a criterion
Of genius, claims the forgetfulness of
Mr.. Gladstone's words ana phrases as
a proof of their force and popularity.
They have been so popular as to have
been absorbed into everyday talk,
and to have been dissocated from
their original context in the great ora
tors speeches. There is good deal
Of truth in this; but it may also be
urged that there are plenty of Mr..
Gladstone's phrases TO be recalled.
In the history Of the reform move
ment the Gladstonian words Are they
not our own flesh and blood?" will
never be forgotten, and in the same
political connection the Capable citi-
ten" has a special Gladstonian prop
erty. If "bag and baggage is not
original, it is, at all events, strictly
Gladstonized since the Bulgarian
speeches. Similarly the oratorical
distinction between the classes and
the masses is Gladstonian phrase.
We recall the "union of hearts" con-
trasted with "the paper union;" the
"double dose of original SIM" the dis
tinction which it "passed the wit of
man to devise" the happy phrase "the
flowing tide is with us and the
threatening one "the resources of civ
ilization are not exhausted; ;" " the dim
and distant futurc.' "thc sands are
running in the hour glass "ourp plan
holds the field" "the Old Parlismen-
tary Hand" and the "streak of silver
sea-" No doubt many more will occur
to our readers, and the harvest Of
Gladstonian phrases will prove to be
tertile.-London News.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-09-24
i s&Acl To-- L.,ANS.
Serious sicsmss 1ar. Iay Ie Caused
by This Gris.s OK DIET.

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The latest article otdict 10 Eove It's
character impo0chcd is the common
bean, which PE,hagoras so warmly
recommended, and which is said to
be the fayorite food Of some COM
munities in our republic. DR.. Cipri-
ami has just published onthe subject
d book which, notwithstanding his
Italian name, is written In German,
and Of which an analysispis given in
La Nature. His work, weare told, is
the result Of no slight study and OBJ
servation, and is therefore entitled to
respectful attention. He accuses the
bean, which has long been thought
so harmless and nourishing, of caus-
ing d malady by no means infrequent
to which he gives the name fabismus.
According to him, it is not the beans
themselves which are poisonous, but
microbes which exist in the interior of
the bean. In that case we have to deal
with an infectious disease.
Fabismus can be contracted in two
ways; through the respiratory ap-
paraius and through the digestive ap-
paratus. In the first case the malady
appears on inhaling the emanations
from bean flowers. In the other cases
it is produced by swallowing the
beans themselves, The emanations
from the flowers received in passing a
bean field are not always poisonous,
that depending upon the season and
the condition Of the persons who in
hale them.
Fabi:mus appears especially when
one has eaten raw beans; but even
dried and cooked beans may bring on
the malady. If some of the beans
which have made a person i'll are
given to guinea pig, the animal also
becomes i'll. Of course, if the cooked
beans have been exposed to a heat
sufficient to kill the microbes, the
danger is eliminated.
Feeble persons-the neurasthenic
especially nervous women, are more
disposed than Others to be poisoned
by bean flowers. Most of all does the
poison influence those who have dis
ordered stomachs. A first attack pre-
dispQses a second one,
The progress Of the malady is rapid.
In the case of piratory fabismus it
eliminates at the end of from two to
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-09-24
UP-TO-DATE.
Eggs Judged in Popular Parlanee BY
the Expert

He sat on a cracker box in a win
dow in the rear Of warehouse. AT
intervals he placed a cylindrical
shaped article to his eye and glanced
through it with a practiced keen eye.
Though his face was stern and i'm
movable, common type at sea-coast
villages, there was yet something OF
anxiety in it as he sat there in the
breeze in his shirt sleeves. He talked
incessantly to himself as he looked
through the cylinder.
"There's a wee bit of danger, but
not enough to do any harm" he muir
INJURED. "She can cruise around many
day under the right conditions, but
little bit of bad weather might open
her matches and let the cargo out"
CLOUDY weather there" he re-
marked at the next glance. Some
storms blow over, and" chucking to
himself, "maybe this will, too"
"There's an armored cruiser that
can travel from here to China in fair
weather. But this one is doubtful.
Hum" he unused on. "Never saw
anything like that before. Dark and
so on. Guess that must be a subma-
rine boat"
"There's a dynamite cruiser that l
can't pass nohow. And what's this,
another one? Yes, sir, that's a ship
wreck. I declare, there's an awful
lot Of bad eggs in this lot"
Then the man who was inspecting
a crate of eggs laid down his paper
funnel to light his Pipe.-Uhca OBJ
server.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-09-24
BELIEVES IN FORGIVENESS.
An Anecdote of President Mckinley
which Shows His Generosity

Which Shows His Generosity.
In the Ladies Home Journal an
anecdotal biography of President
Mckinley is published, and among
he Characteristic anecdotes is one by
personal friend which goes to prove
,e Presidents Methodism and to al
st his quickncss at repartee and his
we of humor. president Mckinley
as always shown the highest degree
Of generosity toward his political op-
ponents," says the writer. While gov
ernor of Ohio he was about to appoint
to exalted and lucrative office man
who for many years had been his ar
dent supporter, but who had deserted
him and gone over to the enemy at a
critieal-period. Later, when that
critical period had passed, the desert
er slipped back into his party and re-
mained unnoticed until he became a
candidate for office. Many Of Gov.
McKinley's loyal friends earnestly
protested against his appointments.
They argued that the man had been a
traitor when he was most needed, and
that he was not entitled to consider
alton. The governors face lighted
up with a smile, and, taking his cigar
from between his lips, he remarked:
Gentlemen, you seem to forget that
| am a Methodist and believe in the
doctrine Of falling from grace. "
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-09-24
TITAN,
Success Attended Him to the Very Last
Days of His Life

No artist ever had so prosperous a
career as Titan. Success attended
him from the first, and during his
80 years no cloud dimmed the bright
ness of his horizon. To the end of
that marvellous age he retained all
his faculties, producing masterpieces
to the last, and dying finally of the
plague, a hale, hearty old man. The
princes and potetates of the earth
chose him to leave their image to
posterity, and it was the monarch OF
Austria and Germany, of Spain and
the Indies upon whose vast domin-
ions the sun never set, who picked up
the brush that he had dropped, saying
that a Titan was worthy to be served
by an emperor.
As a c0lorist ard as an exponent OF
the wholesome, strong beauty of this
world he remains forever without a
rival. Some critics abuse him because
he has not the religious fervor of Fra
Angelica, the divine purity and ele-
vation Of Raphael But it is well that
it is so. He could not have improved
upon them in their sphere, while in
his own he is the undisputed master
revealing to us the beauty OF terrG,s-
trial things, particularly the lowell
ness of women, as no one else has done
1t is an art that appeals chiefly to the
mind and the senses and but little
Of the soul; but there is nothing NOR
bid about it. 1t is as healthy as 1t is
beautiful, and only the narrowest
minds can blame him because ne
painted so well the loveliness OF the
world in which we live.-Sewanee
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-09-24
Expense of the Siberian Railway.

Up to the end of 1897 Russia had
aypended within a fraction Of $780,
100000 on her great Siberian rail
way. Between this and 1900 an out
law of another hundred million is ex-
Dected. when the road will be in run
ming order, with through trains from
St. Petersburg to the Pacific, open
ing one Of the most important com
mercial channels in the world and
rev and spacious page in Russian po-
litical and commercial history.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-09-24
AN ORIGINAL VIEW.

from present indications 1t
would seem that the Eastern mc
Western States are destined tc
continue in the ascendency. not.
withstanding the natural suprc-
macy of the Southas an habitation
for humanity.
When we recall the condition of
the South Just after the war and
her many trials to rebuild over
the ashes of destruction we must
commend the noble efforts chat
won for her the title "lhe Eew
South"
Would it not seem strange that
the frown of the Almighty should
forever curse the best section Of
his creation. Indeed it would,
but such is not the case.
We alludc to what now ssems TO
be this annual recurrence of yell
low fever SCARE
Quite enough has been written
upon the statistics of yellow fever
epidemics to satisfy any rational
beng as to the fatality Of this
fever in 1S97,Rwhen the entire
South was panic stricken at
SHADOW instead of SUBSTANCE;
and again we now witness re-
petion Of last years folly
If the year 1878 had not loaned
to the disease such a terrible 10
nifcance we would not now be
furnishing our material growth
and welfare with such unnecessary
injury,
We defy the medical fraternity
to produce any mortuary reports
and prove thereby that any more
deaths have occurred from yellow
fever than any other known dis
ease within the fever season Of
1897.
The army reports will show that
three times Us many of our sol
diers died from other diseases than
yellow fever in Cuba; but yellow
fever is horrible, yes, such as
that of 1853, 1861, 1878; but can
the medical fraternity show Il
single case of the viruIent type Of
1873 in the eases Of 1927 or 9S!
Let us pause and consider.
Can it be possible that all this
hubbub is from any mercenary
motives Of the few at the eX-
pense of the many! we are in
clined to think that there is pos
sibIy something the general pub
lie is not aware of, and that Is the
advancement Of the Southern
States must be retarded.
If we show too much prosperity
it will do away with Horace
Greeley's advice go West,
and turn immigration South
ward.
After all that can be said who IS
to blame for this state of affairs
certainly not the medical trater-
nity; but the people at large who
are willing to take fright at their
own shadow.
While the experts are reaplng a
lust reward we should stop to con
slider that we could better buy the
island of Cuba and builda Chinese
wall around it than to suffer in
the wears to come the timidity OF
settlers from foreign shores
and investments of the capital suf-
fcient to develop her natural re-
sources which in the end must
prevail. AAA
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-09-24
curfsw in coses,

At the sunset hour, in Seoul, Cores,
a town bell proolOims the fact when
the sun has vanished beneath the ho-
rizon. No man is allowed in the
street after that hour, under penalty
Of flogging; but, strange to say, the
women are permitted to 60 around as
usual, visiting their friends, or stroll
In for Measure.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-09-24
Sound

Mr.. Bunker Ito applicant for his
daughters hand Is your position
!oundp
AUTOMATICALLY SO, sir. Pm
trombone playTr.--Fun.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28

rated with black lines. Then It one end there
are semicirclee, arranged IN rowB and ters,
colored with the same four coloTs, which are
supposed 10 represent rain clouds. Adjacent
TO the border are the four yellow clouds. Above
them and over the three spaces. 80 as 70 make
half discs on either end, Then come the, red
and the white. These two were all outlined
with heavy black lines, as on o mourning en-
velope. The remainder OF tho incloseu rect-
angle 81 was covered we're 9 with E dr foa sa1 iqIeT T2iGn
shaped figures which spouted between the
rain clouds and went out like rude neoks sur
mounted by triangular heads. These, TOO
were colored with the four prevailing, colors,
the one nearest the left being white the next
the neck just below the head, which vas
evidently meant to represent q necklace, while
n rude horn on the left. side marked, them es
different from the Walpi. where two horns on
others marked them as males and females.
In reality these figures represented, the light.
and were very good freehand sketches OF
4 chain flash. Over the rest OF the background
were row. Of short, black parallel lines meant
che ladder which led Into the klva, with the I'M
light and the uncertain feeling which
the place gave one, II was q picturesque slRnt.
At the corners were four clay mounds; with
the conventional colors, and along the sides
Of twelve clay pedestals s%1pPo It,b sti GdT,;
husk. @ string. and a feather. AT the end OF
the picture, near the wall. was n rude vase, and
leaning against the wall two snake ,whlpe.
The so-called tipani was diagonally back from
Der. OF basket trays containing the prayer
sticks of the antelope priests and grouped about
the medicine bowl. There were none Of the
stone implements. fetishes. and sticks such as
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28
ARIZONA SAVAGE RITES.
NJ ELABoRATE AND MYsTToAL
sNIRE AND ANTELOPE DANCES.

Tshsy Have Existed for Hundreds of Year,,
and Their Original Meanings Have Been
Forgotten--some of tho ceremonials
Take Place in Rooms UnderEround-Ths
Public Plaza Dances BY the Antelope
and tho Snake Priests and Dancers.
For a dozen years stories Of the snake dances
among the Pueblo Indians, when the chief
men aud priests Of the tribes. Enthusiastically
dressed and carrying poisonous reptiles In
their hands and mouths. have been written. but
scarcely credited. IL is only within a few
y~ears-since 1891 that the Smithsonian In
s%titution Of Washington, through DR.. J. Walter
Fewkes. has carefully investigated this cere-
mony. with the result that now within tho
circles OF science II is known that this often
described ceremony is the climax OF the August
rites. which FOR days arc conducted In secret
passages ben .ath the ground.
In the Pue 10 villages OF Tusayan IN Arizona
TO this day the rites. with different ceremonies
for each month Of tho year. are performed as
they we're before the Spanish conquests OF the
country. As yet the encroachments Of the
White mems eem In no wise to have changed the
customs. though there are evidences OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28
Satin ribbon Thief Caught.

The police were notified recently by Daniel
H. Cunningham. a manufacturer of satin rib
bons at 20 Greene street. that a shortage OF
nearly $500 worth of goods had been discovered
in his warerooms. Detectives McConville.
Doran. and Tinker Of the Central ONCE squad.
who were sent TO watch the wareroons, caught
Harry Faik, 10 years old, OF 219 East Eleventh
$3.50, He had entered the store while most OF
the clerks were at lunch.
He admitted that he had been stealing Mr..
Cunningham's goods for some time. and said
that he had disposed Of the, stolen property
through j. Kruuse. a trunk maker, whose place
of business IL In Fourth avenue, near, Ninth
were arralRned in the jefferson Market Police
Court yesterday, Magistrate Kudlich held
Krause In $1,000 bail for receiving stolen
goods, and FGlk in $1,000 ball for grand lar
oAnV.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28
HEAD WAITER GAY rs BACK.
Went to Europe as the Guest of Mofat, the
Colorado Silver King.

Went to Europe as the Guest OF Monnt, the
Colorado Silver King.
Thomas Gay. the head waiter Of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. who went to Europe in the early
part of the summer as the guest OF David II.
Mofiat. the Colorado silver king. got back yes
terday on the Cunard steamer LucaniR. Both
men said they had enjoyed the trip. and Mr..
Moffat declared that he was glad he had taken
Waiter Gay as a companion. They went
directly to the Fifth Avenue Hotel. and Gay
will begin his duties as head waiter again to-
morrow.
"Ihave nothing to say about the trip" said
Waiter Gay. I'VE visited Europe. and 1 was
the guest OF Mr.. Moffat. That's all. excepting
that / will go to work in the hotel on Monday
Moffat was born In Orange county this State.
90 years ago. When a boy he acted az messen-
ger In the New York Exchange Bank. Then
he got a Job In an Iowa bank. and was employed
there until the silver fever struck Colorado.
Mofiat went to Colorado and became interested
In mines and railroads. making u fortune of
several millions OF dollars.
When he came to New York. in June lapt;, he
took an interest IN Head Waiter Gay and in
yited him to go to Europe as his guest. He paid
all the expenses Of the trip and paid Gay an
amount OF money equal to what his salary
would haye been had he remained at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28
KUNTz,s CREDITORS WIN.
Sale of the Stock of His Brewing Company
Set Aside by Justice Russell.

SCI <AbluS ny oubtiSC
The claims Of the creditors of Joseph Kuntz
amounted in March, 1890. to about 100000.
At that time he transferred all his property
to the Joseph Kuntz Brewing Company. He
received the capital stock OF the company, ag-
gregating $35O.0O0. Soon afterward his cred
itors began to insist upon the payment Of their
claims. and he called a general meeting. at
which Moritz Hammerschlag. Frederick j.
Shalek. Michael Kuntz. Francis J. Schnugg.
and Henry Altenbrand were appointed n
committee under an agreement OF trust
for the benefit OF the creditors. Kuntz
placed in the hands of this committee
$3.50 shares OF the stock Of the brewing com
pany.. OF, the par value OF, S225.QO0 which
itors were paid or settled. Two members Of
the committee. 1t was charged. were elected di-
large sums Of money for their services,
SchnuRg resigned from the, trust committee.
In March. 1882, he purchased the stock Of the
business under the name Of the American
lied on the stock. and il is now said to be
worth S225,OOO. Asuit was brought on behalf
of the creditors in the name OF Robert Z. Jen-
kins to set aside the sale of the stock. TO COM
pei the trustees to render an accounting Of
their trust. and for the appointment OF u re-
ceiver OF the stock in'question.
Justice Russell OF the Supreme Court. in de-
Gliding in favor Of the creditors, says: - BY the
agreement OF March IL. lSSO. tne ueIenuantS
became trustees for the creditors of Joseph
Kuntz of the stock Of the Joseph Kuntz Brew
ing Company until all the creditors signing the
the acceptance of such trust neither OF the
trustees had a right to abandon his duty with
out the consent Of the creditors, The sale Of
the stock to Schnugg was in violation Of his
duty as trustee, and was for an Inadequate
price and upon insufficient notice, and was IN
Schnugg was to acquire the trust stock in the
easiest way practicable with resulting benefits
to Hammerschlag and Shalek.. Sums of money
have also been paid to some OF the trustees. In
violation Of the trust agreement. from the trust
n-NrAwk