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i9T.Il ANNUAL SESSION
t renowned and popular institu
earning en 19th ot September, 1888,
faculty, curieuluui, and general
Hit unsurpassed by any Female
In the South! l'he Faculty will
f 14 able teachers, 5 of whom are
l-IUIKD M.ILK PllOKKESORS. The
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ESDAY. SEPT. 25th.
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tiiber of pupils limited, thus secur.
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jctorB ot tne Institution.
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j J. A. H.tt'KKTT, Pres, of B.T,
p. rt iiitkikm). .See. aug I
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FOR BALE cVtEAP.
V Owens Lane and Dvnr emrlnc
loiter 20 horse power 9x16 cylcn-
n in good order ana may be seen
tug at my mill.
e 7x14 Stationary engine. One
ue boiler 86 Inches 14 feet long
Meani and mud ilritin and fire
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VOL. 21.
ST1TE SEWS.
Meridian,Miss., Sept 10. The "Blind
tigers' Lave opened their eyes and
Saturday night the town was painted
red, lut notwithstanding police officers
say order shall be maintained.
A dispatch in the Times-Democrat
of recent date, mentions the arrival at
Gulfport of 2 familes from Michigan.
They haTe come, to Join a colony, loca
ted on the line of the G. & S. I. It. It, 26
niilet from Gulfport.
The festive Jim has not put in an ap
pearance in this county up to this date
and if he docs come it will do him ve
ry little good, for Democrats and Re
publicans want Gen. C'atcbings to be
his own successor. Let Jimmy come
on however, he mjiist losing time and
money and can . get anything in the
end. Mayereville Spectator.
The cotton lactory at Port Gibsou
is running full time and gives employ
ment to about 100 persons of whom
60 are manufacturing. Only brown
cottons are turned out at present.
Mississippi Las room for many such
mills and Vkksburg has especial ad
vantages as a site for one Evening
The agitation in favor of smaller
cotton baiea is becoming so general ail
over the South, that it would not sur
prise us if a revolution in cotton pack
ing should take place within the next
year or two, and iusttad of the staple
being put up in Ave hundred ponnd
bales, it will be put up In ueat packages
of two hundred and two hundred and
fifty pounds. Natchez Democrrt.
And this Dr. Thos. "V. Striuger is
the same 'Grand Mogul' who collected
near $200 from some of the colored
pcoplo near Shell Mound, promising to
scud them a charter of the lodge he
organized among thorn, but failed to
send ou. AVe havo a copy of the-orig
mil Instrument with which ho deluded
our colored citizens, under his sign
manual. Good compauy for future
Congressmen of the 8rd District, ain't
it now?
W understand that Mr. Ed. TCoerber
had an adveuturo yesterday. AVe are
told that while strolling through the
oods south of town, somewhere near
the Somerville road, his doga treed a
panther. It was rather lean and hun
gry looking and some seven or eight
feet long. Huvlng nothing but tine
hot, Mr. Koerbcr was unable to do
more thnn rout the savage from his
high retreat. With a leap of about
sixty feet it alighted iu the Bayou and
made Its cscie. Natchez. Banner,
In the storm Friday night a negro rid
ing a white uitilo was struck by light
ning on the Brazier place just below
Itosedale. The lightning struck tho
man on the head, then glanced down
his side and vented its full force on the
mule. The rider was unconscious some
time, but finally mado his way home
and in a dazed way said that sotnojono
struck him with a stick, lie is now
entirely recovered. The mulo, alas!
was killed in his tracks. Bolivar Dem
ocrat.
Mr. McGrnth, of the Arm of Jas.
McGrath & Son, N. O. passed here
Tuesday and requested us to say that
they have on hand 800,000 yards of
Calcutta and Dundee bagging of the
following dimensions: 29x40, 29x14,
and 29x48. Thcv are also agents for
foreign bagging, and can have an un
limited supply hero in thirty days.
This bagging is as good, If not supe
rior, to the " trust " bagging, and will
be sold at much lower figure thnn the
piratical price cslnblinlicd by the trust.
If you aro compelled to use bagging
Immediately, buy this and smash the
trust to siuitherecu. Copiah Signal.
A hunting party composed of tho
following gentlemen, Messrs. S. P.
Park. T: A. Park, .1. T. Matthows and
C. 9. Shlve, after a chase of seven
hours succeeded In capturing a red fox
which is rarely soen in this country.
It measured from tip of nose to tip of
tail forty inches, aud fifteen inches
high. This species of the fox tribe
was brought to this county about
twentv years ago by Mr. Bolivar
Bowles, who released a pair out near
Lnl'uvettc Springs and this is the
first time that one of this kmd has
been caught or even seen.
That rare and spicy bird of Ilepuli-
licaus, Jim Hill, honored our county
Inst week with his delectable presence.
Ho was accoitipnnied by Dr. Tims. W.
Striugler, the Grand Mogul among the
colored masons of tlii State, and they
pent their lime in secret council with
a few selected friends of ebony line,
and no doubt tried to lay the founda
tion for future mischief; Wo think
Jim is on a cold trail. All the bettor
class oi colored voters aro more than
pleased at the way General Cntchings
lias deported himself and the practical
recnlls he has achieved, for the. Delta
and will cordinlly vole for him. lloll-
ing Fork Pilot.
Tho extension of this grciit and inv
portant line of railroad (the Georgia
Pacific) is being pushed forward as
rapidly as possible, and tho track has
been laid nearly to AVavcrly. The
piers and abutments of the big iron
bridge across the Tombijjbce river
at AVaverly are nearing completion,
aud the grading between this city and
Wavcriy Bud west of West Point is all
under good headway, and several
miles completed."1 Dr. Crump fiuished
' his three mile contract last Week, and
Messrs. Gibson & Corpeniog and Gib
G REEN VHXE. WASHINGTON COUNTY. MISS.. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1888.
son, Julian Co., the big contraitors,
are rushing natters to a final conclu
sion at a livt'y rate. West Point Fo
rum.
We had ;r attention railed by a
friend to th article copied below from
the Greenville Times with reference to
a Market House, aud desire to direct
the attention of the city council to the
same. It seems to us that the market
house in Yazoo City should be fixed
up and used for the purposes for which
it was intended. The reason that Dr.
Dunn, one of the leading physicians iu
the State, assigus in the article from
the Timks would apply with the same
force here as at Greeuville. The
market house could well be made to
produce a reveuue of 30.00 per month,
not to say anything of the mauifest ad
vantages of having the markets at one
place. We trust the city council w ill
give the matter due consideration.
Yazoo Herald.
AV'e are pleased to (ay that Issaqueua
couuty, although a mere Shoe String
County, is in just as good condition
as auy county in the State. Our finan
cial condition allows us to build bridg
es, buy roads pay general rimuing ex
penses aud still have a nice surplus in
our couuty treasury. Our Assessment
rolls show a valuation of $1,281,575.72
upon which the Board of Supervisors
levied a tax of eight mills county tax,
the State tax being four milts ; and the
levee tax live mills a total of seventeen
mills. We have money enough in our
county treasury In the school fund to
run the schools full terms next year
and the Board of Supervisors did not
see tit to levy auy school tax at all
We are out of debt. Our people
satisfied. What more can we want?
Maycrsvillo Spectator.
Armstrong's Cavalry Brigado met
at Duraut, Miss., Scptembor fith, 1H88.
An address of welcome to the asso
ciation, iu behalf of the citizens of
Durant, was dcliuered In a very elo
quent and appropriate style by Cnpt.
G. T. Hamilton, Cnpt. of the Durant
Grays, which was responded to by
L. P. Yergor.
Theu proeecdod to election of otllcers
for the ensuing year, as follows :
Col. F. A. Montgomery, itosedale,
Miss., President; Capt W. E. Hunt,
Greenville, Miss., 1st Vice President,
Capt. W. T. Stone, Valden, Miss., 2nd
Vice. President ; Cnpt, J. It. Taylor,
Memphis, Tenn., 3rd Vice President;
Maj. W. B. Percy, Maylleld, Miss, 4th
Vice Prcsideut; J. U Cain, Vaideu,
Miss., Secretary.
Executive Committee :
W. G. Yorgcr, Greenville, Miss,
J. G. Montgomery, Durant,
H. Wohlebcn, Oxford,
F. M. Lasiter, Vlcksburg
W. J. (iordon, West's
ltesolvcd 1st, Thnt we continue our
efforts In aiding tho ladles of the Slato
in their worthy aud laudable under.
taking of erecting a niouiimont nt Jack'
ou, Miss., iu memory of Mississippi's
dead, who lost their lives iu a causo of
Justice and Itight.
Besolved 2nd, Thnt the sympathies
of this Brigade, and especially tho
members of the first Mississippi CaV'
airy, be cxtendct to our beloved Col.
F. A- Montgomery, President of this
Association, iu his feebleness and ill
health aud that we sincerely regret hie
absence on thil occasion.
ltesolved 8rd. That tho thanks of
this Brigade be tendered the citizens
of Durant for their hospitality on this
occasion, and the dill'erent llue of
railroadf for reduced faro to and from
Durant.
ltesolvcd 4th, That the Durant pa
pers, and all other newspapers of the
State be requested to copy the pro-
ceedings of this meeting, to be furnish
ed by the Secretary.
Letters were read from Gcnl Arm
strong and Col. F. A.Montgomery.
Greenville was selected as the place of
the next meeting, the 2nd Thursday of
August, 1889.
Confident "Squeewrs."
Now York, Sept 10. Iutcrvicws re
sult in showing apparent great confi
dence that the jute baggcri will win.
Summarizing, their views arc about as
follows : " Tho crop must take at least
forty-seven million yards to cover it.
Wc calculate that possibly six million
yards of substitute coveriug may be
found or invented. The planters must
come to lis for the other forty million
yards, and wc will sell it to thciii at
just what we want to."
Redurlne the Tare on Cotton.
Messrs. M. I-evy & Sons, among the
largest cotton factors in New Orleans,
have a letter in Monday's Times-Dcm,
ocrat in which they make public the
Interesting fact that the buyers for
several Eastern mills have advised
their principals to allow eight pounds
extra to tho planter or seller for nvry
bale of cotton vfrapped in the Lime
cotton bagging, .
Master Melbourne Grubb, who lives
near Wytbevillc. Virginia, js thought
by his parents to be the largest boy in
America, lie measures 47 Inches
around the waist, 41 around the olrest,
24 around Jhe thigh, and 13 nhiiind
the muscles of the arm. Ho i ,5, feet
2 inches high, weighs 210- pounds,
aud was 10 years old on July 3. : ',
The world's supply of wheatjiltvws
a-deficiency "of 104,000,000 bushels.
Tho United States will have 70,000,000
bufbcls to spnre. Wheat will hardly
be any cheaper than it in, w ith indica
tions that it will be higher.
MK. CLKYELAND'S LETTER OF ACCEf-
TAME.
Omitting the opening paragraphs,
v e cerev. iin putuli Mr. l leveiaml s
letter accepting the Democratic nomi
nation for the lresidency :
In these circumstances, and in view
of this accessary effect of the operation
of our plan for raising revenue, the ab
solute duty of limiting the rate of tariff
charges to the necessities of a frugal
and economical administration of the
Government, seems to be perfectly
plaiu. 1 he continuance, upon a pretext
of meeting public expenditures of such
a scale of tariff taxation as draws from
the substance of the people a sum large
ly in execs of public needs, is surely
something w hich, under a government
based upon justice, and which finds its
strength and usefulness in the faith aud
trust of the people, ought not to be
tolerated.
l"NNK( KS8ARY TAXATION.
While the heaviest burdens incident
to the necessities of the Government
are uncomplainingly borne, light bur
dens become grievous aud intolerable
when not justified by such necessities.
unnecessary taxation is unjust taxa
tion.
And vet this is our condition. We
are anuimlly collecting at our custom
houses and by means of our Interual
revenue taxation, many millions in ex
cess of all legitimate aud public needs.
As a consequence there now remains
in the national treasury a surplus of
more than l 30,000,000.
No better evidence could be fur
nished that the people are exorbitant
ly taxed. The extent of the super
fl'ous burden Indicated by this surplus
will be better appreciated when it is
suggested that such surplus alone rep
resents taxation aggregating more than
$108,000 in a country containing 50,000,
000 inhabitants. Taxation has always
been the feature of organized govern
ment the hardest to reconcile with
the people's ideas of freedom and hap
piness. When preseuted in a direct
form nothing will arouse popular dis
content more quickly and profoundly
than un ust and unnecessary taxation,
Our farmers, mechanics, laborers and
all our citizens closely scan the slight
est increase iu the taxes assessed upon
their lands and other property, and
demand good reasous for such increase.
And yet they seem to be expected In
some quarters to regard the unneces
sary volume of insidious and Indirect
taxation visited upon them by our
present rate of tariff duties with in
difference, if not with favor.
TIIK BI'III'M'S IN TIIK TKKAMfllV.
Tht surplus revenue now remaining
In the treasury not only furnishes con
clusive proof of unjust, taxation, but its
existence constitutes a separate and in
dependent menace to the prosperity of
the people.
This vast accumulation of idle funds
represents that much money drawn
from the circulating medium of the
country which is nocdod in tho chan
nels ot trade and business.
It is a great mistake to suppose that
the consequences which follow the con
tinual withdrawal and hoarding by the
Government of the currency of the
people aro not of Immediate import
nuce to tho mass of our citizens, and
only concerns thoso engaged iu large
financial transactions.
In the restless enterprise and activity
which free aud ready money among
our people produces, Is found that op
portunity for labor and employment
and that Impetus to business and pro
duction, which bring in their train
prosperity to our citizens in evory sta
tion and vocation.
Now ventures, new investments Iu
business and manufacture, the con
struction of now andlmportnutworki,
and the enlargement of enterprises al
ready established, depend lurgely up
on obtaining monev upon easy terms
with fair security; and all these things
are stimulated by an abundant volume
of circulating medium. Even the har
vested grain of the farmer remains
without a market unless money is
forthcoming for Its movement aud
transportation to the seaboard.
The first results of a scarcity of
money among tho people is the exac
tion of.severo terms for Its use. In
creasing' distrust and timidity is fol
lowed by a refusal to loan or advance
on any terms. Investors refuse all
risks and decline all securities, and in
a general fright the money still in the
hands of the pcoplo Is persistently
hoarded.
It is quite apparent that when this
perfectly natural, if not inevitable.
stngo is reached, depression in all busi
ness and enterprise will, as a necessary
consequence, lessen tho opportunity
for work and employment, and reduce
salaries and tho wages of labor.
Instead, then, of being exempt from
the influence and effect of an immense
urplue lying idle in the national treas
ury, our wage-earners and others who
rely upon tlieUr labor for support, arc
most of all directly concerned In the
situation. Others seeing the approach
of danger may provido against it, but
will find those depending upon their
dnilv toil for bread unprepared, help
less and defenseless. Such a state of
n Hairs does not present a case of idle
ness resulting from dispute between
the laboring man and hlsVpiployer,
hut It produces an absolute and en
forced stoppage of employment and
wages.
HAD RFFtXTft OF TICK KUIIl'l.t'8.
In reviewing the bad effect of this
accumulated surplus and the scale of
tariff rates by which it is produced, we
must not overlook the teudency to
ward gross and scandalous public ex
travagance which a congested treasury
induces, in a tuno of profound peace,
substantially the rate of tariff duties
imposed in time of war, when the neces
sities of the (lovernmcut justified the
imposition of the weightiest burdens
upon the people.
Divers plans have been suggested
for tho return of this accumulated sur
plus to the pcoplo and the channels of
trade. Some of these devices are at
variance with all rules of good chance;
some are delusive, some are absurd and
some betray by their reckless extrava
gance tho demoralizing influence of a
great surplus of public money upon
llio judgments of individuals.
While such efforts should be made as
are consistent with public duty and
sanctioned bv souad judgment, to
avoid danger by the useful disposition
of the surplus now remaining in the
treasury, it is evident that If iu distri
bution were accomplished another ac
cumulation would soon take Its place
if tho constant flow of redundant In
come was not checked at its source by
a reform iu our present tariff law s.
We do not propose to deal with
those conditions by merely attempting
to satisfy the people of the truth of
abstract theories, nor by aloue urging
their asscut to political doctrine. ,Vt e
resent to them the propositions that
they are unjustly treated iu the extent
of present Federal tavatiou ; that as a
result a condition of extreme danger
exists, and that it is for them to de
mand a remedy aud that defense aud
safety promised in the guarautee of
theii free Government.
We believe that the same meaus
which are adopted to relieve the treas
ury of ils present surplus aud prevent
Hi recurrence should cheapen to our
people the cost of supplying their daily
wauts. Both of these objects we seek
in part to gain by reducing the present
tariff' rates upon the necessaries of life.
Vt e fully appreciate the imiiortauce
to the country of our domest ic Indus
trial enterprise. In the rectification of
existing wrongs their maintenance and
prosperity should be carefully and iu a
friendly spirit considered. Even such
reliance upon present revenue arrange
ments as have been invited or encourag
ed should be fairly andjustly regarded.
Abrupt and radical changes which
might emlauger such enterprises and
injuriously affect tho interests of labor
dependeut upon their success aud con
tinuance are not contemplated or in
tended. But we know the cost of ur domes
tic manufactured products is increased,
aud their price to the consumer enhanc
ed by the dutv imposed upon the raw
material used in their manufacture.
We know that this increased cost pre
vents the tale of our productions at
foreign markets iu competition with
thoso couutrics which have the advan
tage of free raw material. Wo know
that confined to a home market our
manufacturing operations are curtailed,
their demand for labor irregular urn
the rate ot wages paid uncertain.
We propose, therefore, to stimulate
our domestic Industrial enterprises by
freeing from duty the imported raw
materials which, by the employment of
labor, are used iu our home manufac
tures, thus extending the markets for
for their sale aud permitting an increas
ed aud steady production with the al
lowance of abundant profits.
TIIK ISTKHKOTS OF LA1IOK.
True to the umlcvlating eourso of
the Democratic party, wo will not neg
lect the interests of labor aud our
worklngmou. In all efforts to remedy
existing evils, we will furnish no excuse
for the loss or employment or the re
duction of tho wages of honest toil.
On the contrary, wo propose iu any
adjustment of our revenue laws to cou
coda such encouragement and advan
tage to the employees, of domestic la
bor as will easily compensate for any
difference that may exist between the
standard of wages which should be
paid to our laboring men and the rate
allowed in other countries. We pro
pose, too, by extending the markets
for our manufacturers to promote tho
steady employment of labor, while by
cheapening the cost of necessities of
life we Increase the pure-basing power
of the workliigman'n wages and add to
the comforts of his home.
And before passing from this phase
of the question 1 am constrained to ex
press the opinion that while the inter
ests of labor should be always sodu
lotisly regarded in any modification of
our tariff laws, an additional anil more
direct and efficient protection to those
interests would be nflitrdcd by the
restriction and prohibition of tho im
migration or importation of laborers
from other countries, who swarm upon
our shores, having uo purpose or in
tent of becoming our fellow-citizens,
or acquiring any permanent lutercst
in our country, but who crowd every
field of employment with unintelligent
labor at wages which ought not to sat
isfy those who make claim to Ameri
can citizenshiu.
Tllt'STS CONDKMNKI).
The platform adopted by tho laic
national convention of our party con
tains tho following declaration
"Judged by Democratic principle,
the interests of tho pcoplo are betrayed!
when by unnecessary taxation trusts
and combinations are permitted and
fostered which, while unduly enriching
the few that combine, rob the body of
our citizens by depriving them ns pnr
chuscrs of the benefits of natural com
petition." Such combinations have always been
condemned by tho Democratic party.
The declaration is sincerely inado, and
no member of our party will be found
excusiug the existence or belittling the
pernicious results of those devices to
wrong the people. Undor various
names they have been punished by the
common law for hundreds of years ;
and they have lost none of tholr hate
ful features because they have assumed
the name of trusts Instead of conspira
cies. Wo believe that these trusts are tho
natural offspring of a market artificial
ly rcstriced ; thus an lndordinately
liigh tariff', beside furnishing the temp
tation for their existence, enlarges the
limit in which they may operate against
the people, and thus increases the ex
tent of their power for wrong doing.
With an unalterable hatred'of all
such schemes we count the chcoRingof
their baleful operations among the
good results promised by reveuue re
form.
While wc cinnot avoid partisan mis
representation, our position upon the
question of revenue reform should be
so plainly stated as fo adiitoluo mis-
understanding.
We have entered upon no crusado
of free trade. The reform Ave seek to
inaugurate is predicated upon the ut
most care for established industries
am
the
nd enterprises, a Jealous regard for
e Interest of American labor and
sincere desire to relieve the country
from the Injustice nnd damages of a
condition which threatens evil to nil
the people of the land.
We are dealing with no imaginary
danger. Its existence has been repeat
edly confessed by all political parties,
and pledges of a remedy have been
mado on all sides.
Yet when In the legislative body
where under the constitution all reme
dial measures applicable to this subject
must originate, the Democratic major
ity were attempting with extreme
moderation to rodcem tho pledge com
mon to both parties, they were met by
determined opposition and obstruc
tion; and the minority, refusing to
co-operate in the house of representa
tives or propose another measure, have
remitted the redemption of their party
pledge to the doubtful power of the
senate.
The people will hardly be deceived
by their abandonment of the field of
legislative action to meet in political
convention aud flippantly declare Iu
their party platform that oiircunserva-
iive and careful effort to relieve the
situation is destructive to the Ameri
can system of protection. Nor will
the people lie misled by the appeal to
prejudice coutaiued iu the absurd alle
gation that we serve the iuterests of
Europe while they will support the in
terests of America.
TOH.UVO AXI Kl'lKlTS.
They propose in their platform to
thus support the interests of our coun
try by removing tho internal revenue
tax from tobacco and spirits used iu
the arts aud for mechanical purposes.
They declare also that there should be
such a revision of our tariff laws as
shall teud to check the importation of
such articles as are produced here.
thus, in proposing to increase tho
duties upon such articles to nearly or
quite a prohibitory point, they confess
themselves williug to travel backward
in the road to civilization and to de
prive our people of the markets for
their goods which can oulv lie gained
aud kept by the semblance, at least, of
au interchange of business, while they
abandon our consumers to the unre
st rained oppression of tho domestic
trusts and combinations which are lu
the same platform perfunctorily con
demned. They propose further to release en
tirely from import duties all articles of
foreign production (except luxuries)
the like of which cannot be produced
in this couutry. The plain people of
the laud aud the poor who scarcely use
article of any description produced
exclusively abroad aud uot already
free, will fiud It difficult to discover
where their iuterests are regarded in
this proposition. They need in their
homes cheaper domestic necessaries,
aud tins seems to be entirely unprovi
ded tor in this proposed scheme to
serve the couutry.
Small compensation for this neglec
ted need Is found lu the further pur
pose here announced aud covered by
the declaration, that if after the chan
ge already mentioned, there atill re
mains a larger reveuue than is requi
site for the wants of tho government,
the eutire internal taxation should be
lepealed "rather than surrender any
part or our protective system.
Our people ask relief from the tin
due and unnecessary burdeu of tariff
taxation now resting npou them. They
are offered free tobacco and free
whisky. They ask for bread and they
aro given stone.
The implication contained lu this
party declaration that desperate meas
ures are Justified or necessary to save
from destruction or surrender what Is
termed "our protective system,'' shouli
confuse uo one. Tho existence of such
a system Is entirely consistent with
the regulation of the extent to which
it should be applied and the correction
of it abuses.
A PKKFKlT TAU1KF PLAN
Of courso III a country as great as
ours, with such a wonderful virloty of
Interests, otlon leading In entirely dif
ferent directions, it is dllllcult if n
Impossible to settle upon a pel feet tariff
plan. But lu accomplishing the reform
we have entered upon, the necessity of
which Is so obvious, I believe that we
shonid not bu content wllh a reduction
of rovenun involving the prohibition
of Importations and thn removal of
the Interim! tax upon whisky. It can
bo better and more safely dono within
(he lines of granting nrtunl relief to
tho people in their means of living
and at the same tune giving an Impe
tus to our domestic enterprises and
furthering our national welfare,
misrepresentation of our purposes and
motives am to gain credence anil de
feat our present effort in this direction
there iceins to be no reason why every
endeavor iu tho futuro to accomplish
revenue reform should not be likewise
attacked and with llko results.
And yet no thoughtful man can fall
to see In the continuance of tho pres
ent burthen of the people, and the ab
straction by tho government of the
currency of the country, inevitable
distress and disaster. All danger will
be averted by timely action. The tlir
flculty of applying the remedy will
never be less, and the bliimo should
not be laid at tho door of the Demo
cratic party If it Is applied too late.
Vi ith firm faith iu the intelligence
and patriotism of our countrymen,
and relying upon the conviction that
misrepresentation will not influence
them, prejudice will not cloud their
understanding, and that menace will
not Intimidate them, let us urge the
people's Interest nnd public duty for
tho vindication of our attempt to In
augurate a righteous and beuotlrent
reform. Giiovkk Ci.kvki.and.
queer Binding for Book.
Extravagance in binding has fre
quently furnished an opening for the
display of fantastic tricks and fads,
in a booksellers catalogue was once
an advertisement of a Lntiu copy of
Apulclui' "Golden Ass," bound in the
skin of an ass. A book relating to
Jeffrey Hudson, tho celebrated dwarf,
was bound in a piece of waistcoat of
Charles I. Fox's historical works were
bound in fox skin, and Bacon's works
were dressed out In hog skin. One
offspring of the French revolution was
the grim 'humor of binding books in
human skin. France was not alone In
this practice, lu various parts of En
gland the skin of murderers has been
tanned and used to bind books. The
public library of Bury St. Edninuds
has a hook containing the account of
of the trial of a man for murder bound
in Ills own skin. Eccentricities of
binding in such as skins of cats, croco
dile, mole, seal, wolf, tiger, bear, etc,
abound. The use of cloth In binding
is one of comparatively rccout date.
In 1835 Archibald Lcighton Introduced
cloth for covers, the first books so
bound being Byron's complete works,
Providence Journal.
Lester Wallack Dead.
Stamford, Conn., Sept 6. Lester
Wallack died at 7:30 o'clock this morn
ing. He was yesterday morning with
out the slightest warning stricken with
appoplexy and remained unconscious
from that time until bo died. Mr.
Wallack bad been during tho summer,
at bis charming country residence at
Southvicw, near Stamford, Conn.
NO. 9
THEI S00X R0W OLD.
They soon grow old who grope for gold
In marts w here all is bought and sold
Who live for self, and on some shelf
In darkened vaults hoard up their pelf.
Cankered and crusted or with mold ;
tot them their youth Itself is old.
C. P. Cranch.
BILL NIK'S IT 8 VICE.
His Toucblnj Eiperknrf a Ilk a Coal
Consumer.
New York World.
l.ast year I had an experience with
a furnace which ought to lie embalmed
in song. I only regret that I am uot a
suitable embalmer that I might attend
to it myself, lu the prime of summer
time I engaged a coal dealer to deal
me some coals at a low rate. By this
meaus I saved enough ou my coals to
purchase a butl'alo overcoat to wear
while carving at table during the w in
ter, so It was a wise move.
Me had a reddish furnace anil I
tried to w in Its i-oulldeucc and mold
its career during the w inter. First It
had to be cleaned thoroughly iu the
fall. Previous people hud used It ap
parently as a retort for clinkers. I de
sired to avoid the expense of hiring a
man to clean it out, as it was not what
would be railed skilled labor, and so I
lid it myself. By this means I saved
2.50 to which I added $17:50 for the
purpose of purchasing a new suit of
clothes to take the place of the one
ruined by getting it full of ashes
This furnace had two cut-offs, a er-
ker of a cold air flue, eleven dampers
and a tape worm. 1 would go down
at ulght and till it full of coals, shut
the cold air flue, examine the steam
gauge, also the crown sheet, dump the
clinkers and open the rear damper. 1
would then retire. In the middle of
the ulght the humidity in my room
would warn me that all was not well
with the furnace. I would go below
In "i simple wrap aud 11 ud the furuace
suffering from au overdraft. I then
sought to reduce tho toiiipcrnture and
we fanned ourselves to sleep, lu the
morning tho furiinco was found to be
extinct. - This went on for a week or
two. Then I asked tho coachman to
look after the furnace. I told him I
would look after the horses and polish
the crest if be would try to w in the
confidence of tho furnace.
Ho resigned tho second evening and
loft mo wllh the barn and tho refriger
ator both on my hands. I then secured
the services of a middle aged girl who
said she used to rim the Jay Gould
furnace. Jay nniM haye always bought
our furnaces at the same place. '
She said she used to have two nights
out while alio was with the Goulds. I
told her that "lie would be treated
equally well by us.
Her name was I.oreua, and sho did
very well whilo on duty, but the great
difficulty seemed to bo that Lorena aud
tho furuace both wanted to go out on
tho sumo nights,
1 was her alternato with the furnace
and it made me mad to have Lorena
absent when It was really my night out.
1 told her. that she might run Jay
Gould that way, but sho couldn't run
me. I declined to take care of the
furuace while she was sleeping it off.
I told Lorena that she had better go,
back to the Goulds.
She did to.
I then began again to steer tho fur
nace through a tempestuous career. I
eXctiscd myself while dukes and titled
people were at our house, lu order to
go down aud jerk llio furnace. I oven
toro myself away from a mush ami
milk sociable up-stalrs in order to go
below and shovel coals upon the never
ending appetite of this great bottom
less pit.
And yet tho basement was the only
part of my house that was really w arm.
Up stairs 1 gradually fro.o, whilo I
tried to seem genial and urbane. 1
wore a fur overcoat up stnirs while the
potatoes wcro sprouting in tin; cellar,
and on the second floor the nurse aud
tho governess were eating pcinmlcan
and walilug for a relief party. Goose
flesh manifested itself on the exterior
of those who sought to dress for a
dinner party on the second floor, while
in tho attic my employe were eating
blubber aud hoping for congressional
relief. This furnace, also bad a sound
magnifier to it. Its sound magnifier, as
matter of fact, worked better than
Its other fire did. When I excused
myself to our pastor, seeking at the
same time to convey the idea that 1
was leaving the room for the purpose
of some examination, it annoyed my
wife much to hear a smothered roar,
a rattle and some loud and florid re
marks in my well known tones come
floating up through tho register.
, It was a good furnaco for everything
but heating purposes, and 1 have often
thought that if they had the same
stylo In ancient times the Hebrew chil
dren got a good deal bctler press no
tices than they deserved.
Doaker Renominated for Congress,
Jackson, Miss., Sep. 10. The Con
gressional Convention met hero to-day
and unanimously renominated Hon. C.
E. Hooker. The Colonel missed a con
nection and will not reach here till
4:30. Ho will deliver an address to
night It is thought that Harry Ker
uaghan of Brandon, will be the Itcpub-
lican nominee.
An Unknown Man tilvfa $18,000.
New York, Sopt 10. A gentleman
who refueod to give his name left his
cheek with Mavor Hewitt for $12,000
for the relief of the yellow fever suf
ferers at Jacksonville, Florida.
April an.1 .
Aunl.s.l sf .
Wv an-i
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IHAKt.'KKY ttM ET.
r.liar.
I W..n,jrrh Vnd ,
Quitman,
tothB14.
Tunica,
Sunflower,
!uaBrnft,.
Skirt eT,
K-toWf,
Murk,
Murn,
K t coiner.
April and Oct.,
May.
N'-mb,
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Drrvmtor,
Mar.
I Member,
.lni.
IsronitM-r,
June,
January,
June,
January.
Washington, I
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JpftVraoa,
Aitsnu,
Franklin,
Wllkluua,
PROFESSIONAL.
W. tf. YIH.1KR
Liaor r. rsmrt
YERGER & PERCY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Greenville. Miss.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
GEEKNVILLE, MISS.
Office over First National Bank.
w. a I-hku-s. josiila skinnfr
PHELPS & SKINNER.
ArrOUXEYlJtAT-LAW,
GroeuvillU', ----- Misa'
Office over First TCalional Bank.
ISAAC SCHLESINGER,
Attorney nd Counsellor at Law.
Will irartlrs In nil the 1'nurts ot thla Stat.
and thi- I'xlural Court at .larkxia, Mlaa.
SMMlal nttrntlon irivt-a lu rttlli-tiuna.
OIUM--1 i atalra In lwli builillu. Mala at.
R. K. Timnius.
V. m. tinffln.
THOMAS & GRIFFIN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Over The Starling A Cmlth Co. Store.
We own the only Abstract of Title to
the hinds of Washington county and the
t'ltv of Ureenvllle. octt
Frank E. Larkln. J no. L. Hebron, Jr.
LARKIN & HEBRON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
GRKKXVIIXK, Miss,
Front olllee In New Flnlay Building.
F.rV MO NTGO M ERY
attok:y at law,
Uonkdai.k, Bolivar Co., Misa.
11. W. TILFOIID,
Mayor and ei-OfflcioJastice of Peace.
CoriiT Da y Second and Fourth
Mondays, each month.
Okkk k Irf-wls Building. UoomNo. 2
Omen 1Ioi h 9 a, m. to 4 p. m.
TEl.EPIIOSK CO.MMlMt ATIOX.
A LB E I IT 1 1 KICI I ELI I El M,
ProlYjiNor of 51 nlet
Piano. Violin and Vocal
For terms, apply at
may'.'fl AiK'HKit'g Book Stokk.
It. II. MoXaih. E. F. Hiiixkh.
Drs. McNAIR k SHULER,
lteMilnt Dentists.
OFKP'K OVKR
TIIK riltSIT NATIOSTAI. RANK.
Will visit f professionally) all parti of
this and adjoining counties when our
services are needed.
Calls to the country promptly attend
ed to ntv 28
Dr. J. Ij. You.112:
DENTIST,
(10 Tears Uosidencs in Greenville.)
All kinds of l)ental work done, and
upon the most approved plan.
f-Oillce over Finlny's I )rug Store.-!
Greenville, Miss.
D. J. DA. VIS,
DKNTIST,
GKEENV'ILLE, - MIS3.
Will visit professionally Bolivar, Sun
flower and Sharkey counties.
ODIre nn-ttsln
In Lewis BniMlng, next to
Jan 11
TiMtsonlro.
HARRY K.JOHNSON.
COl'KTY M RVKYOB,
CIVIL EN GIN E E It.
and
Real Instate Agent,
GIIKICNVlT.r.K - MtSS. '
" JD FERGUSON,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
Orders left at the olllee of Ferguson,
Flnlav & V,o. will receive prompt at
tention, ang25
Henry T. Ireys,
COTTON FACTOR.
0111c on Main St , four Joon i-aatof PortoHM.
(MtEEN VTLLE, MISS.
N.
COTTON FACTORS
Commission Merchants,
GREENVILLE - M1K3
Liberal
incnts.
idvadces made
on coiim
sept 18
O. 0 Farkar.
a. r, f f-
In rormm
C. S. FAEEM
COTTON FACIO."
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