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The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29

Cure OF NIRULENT SMALL.Pox, SCARLET
FEVER OR MEASLES On the first appearance
of fever and irritation on ushering attacks,
whether occurring in families .or in large com
munities, the subjoined mode Of treatment
should at once be entered on: Take one
grain each Of powdered foxglove or digitalis,
valuable in the ratio of its greeuness-the
dark should be rejected) d one Of sulphate
Of zine) this article is commonly known as
white vitriol) These should be rubbed
thoroughly in a mortar or other convenient
vessel, with four or FIVE drops af water; this
done, noggin or about four ounces more, with
some syrup and sugar, should be addel.-Of
this mixture table sdoonful should be given
to an adult and two teaspoonfulto a child, every
second hour, until the symptoms OF disease
vanish.
Il may, however, be necessary further to
note, that should the bowels become obstructed
in the progress Of the disease, an evil in no
wise common. then drachm Of the com.
pound powder of Jalap, formed by two parts
cream Il tartar With one of Ja'apl and one
grain of the herb treated as above, formed IN
to a pasty with syrup and sugar. should be
given an adult, and half the quantity to
child.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29

EDfToRs. AND WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM
WITHOUT CHARGE.-There is many Journal
ist now languishing in poverty, while dozens,
10 whose success in life he gives the hrst I'M
pulse, roll by him in their carriages, and have
forgotten his very existence. There IS no
country. save ours, in the world, where jour
nalists are expected to do so much work for
the special benefit Of others without recon-
pense. Generally out Of this country editors
are inaccessible. ifnot anonymous they may
let YOU know what they think, but not who
thinks it. You cannot walk into an ed
itior's room in London or Paris and ask him
to devote his time and columns to your own
advertisement or profit. Here this IS done
every day, even by utter strangers.
Haitian editors time-sometimes his whole
day, throwing over his proper work into the
nights given up to receiving the calls. list
ening to the stories. and obeying the requests
Of one good-natured friend after another, who
drops in to try his chance Of getting ten times
as valuable an advertisement out OF him Tor
nothing, as he would be likely to get out oil
tue publisher by regular paying. If he falls
he loses nothing; for he has plenty OF brass
left: if he succeeds he has used his time to
a decided advantage. And thus is eivllisy
abused-thus is good nature imposed upon
Many an editor receives several letters IN
day, requesting him to do this or that to doc
umcnts, for the benefit Of utter strangers OF
mere acouaintances, who have no shadow oil
claim 10 tax him.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29
My Fathers Half-bushel.

n, fiiher's half-bushel comes Oft 70 my mind,
aud awakens deep feelings OF various sorts;
Twas an honest hali-bushel a noble hall-bushel,
Il held hall-bushcl of ihirty-two quarts!
when I think OF that bushe, my fathers half
bushel,
That dear old ha'f hushel. 50 honest and true,
Isrn look al the bushels, our city. hali-hushels,
Little dandy hall.bushes, il makes zoe feel blue
Oh, ms fathers hali-bushel that country half
bushel,
sav. when. with blest vision It's like shall | see
Twas blessed half bushel. and he was true man.
F5r ae filled his hali-bushe and something
threw free!
l,i an the hslf-bushels if mean, are not small,
Oh, mark out that ash mans. next time he shall
call; four,
Ia nonsirous lf-bushel-holds quarts sixty
:, send the base rascal away from your door
rs fact am stating-no SANDER utter
Bli who can iorbear, when cheated, 20 mutter
lr New York, barrel-l pray you don laugh
Will not hold 80 much ashes as potatoes by hall!
0h' what are the lawyers aud what are the laws;
Ba, bugbean and phantoms-mere leather and
straws
rrless our half-bushels are all made as one,
Ike fathers hali-bushel, say were undonei
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29

~ A country physician was called upon
to visit a young man afflicted with apoplexy.
Bolus, NJ d., gazed long and hard, felt LIS
pulse, (and pUcketJ looked at his tongue and
bis wife. and finally gave vent to the following
sublime opinion
Il think he 5 gone fellor."
"No, no" exclaimed the sorrowiDg wife.
DO not say that. '"
-Yes," returned Bolus, lifting up his at
and eyes heayenward at the same time. "Yes,
I do say so there amt no hope not the least
est mite he's got an attack Of nihili ct in his
lost frontis-"
"Where % cried the startled wife.
I'm his lost fronts. and he cant be cured
without some trouble and great deal Of pains
You see his whole planetory system is derang-
ed : fustly. his yox populi pressin on his va
orem; secondly, his cutacharpial cutaneons
has swelled considerably. if not more; third
ly and lastly. his solar ribs are in a concussed
state, he arnt got any money, and consequent
ly he is bound to die"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29

PREsERvATrox OF EGGs.-The following
cheap aud easy modes of preserving eggs for
culinary use. are from Browns American
Poultry Yard -
Recipe No. l Pack the eggs to be pre-
served in an upright, water-tigh. cask, with
their small ends downwards. Take eight
quarts of unslacked lime. oue-half pound OF
common salt, two ounces Of cream tartar -
mix in water so as to bear up an egg with its
top just above the surface pour the mixture
into the cask containing the eggs, and they
will keep sound and good.
Recipe No. .. Pack the eggs to be pre-
served in an upright earthen vessel or tub,
with their small ends dOwnwards. Pro;ure,
melt, and strain a quantity Of cheap tallow or
lard, and pour, while warm, not ho', over the
eggs in the jar. till they are completely COW
cred. When ell is cold and firm set the ves-
sells in dry, cool place, till required for use.
After the eggs are taken out. the grease is not
to be wasted, as it will serve for making soap,
or many other household purposes.
Recipe No. 3. Pack the egas to be pre-
served in common salt, with the small ends
downwards, and they will keep tolerably good
for months.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29
Number 32.
Whole Number, l36.

Parental ADvIcE.-A good story is told
by friend Of ours Of an old man aud his two
sons The man was very fond Of dabling in
petty trials at law. and as lac usually did his
own pittifogging, as we'll as for others. he, 10
use his own expression. would rathar be sued
than not, so that he could have change 10
exhibit his skill as lawyer. His own sons
were not unfrequcntly his clients and as they
partOok some what Of the spirit Of their sire.
he had frequently disputes t, settle in his own
family. And one time it so happ d that
Sam loaned money TO his brother Bill, and OF
course as it was merely verbal transaction.
Bill refused to pay.
Sam was in Tx nothing but book &C.
counts to show. lie went 10 the father for
legal advice.
:" Father Bill borrowed ten dollars from mo
the other day l didn't take his note, and no
won't pay me What shall do ?"
Sue him." said the old man. laconically
Sam needed no further advice, and immedi-
ately, with the help Of bis father, instituted
legal proceedings against his brother Bill
finding he was getting into hot water, also went
to the old pellitoger for counsel.
" Father, Sam has sued me for ten dollars
| borrowed Of him a spell ago without giving
him any note. What's best to do ;"
"Stani suit, said the parent, stand suit
Bill, you beat him"
The old man went hard to work for Bill.
and sure enough. Sam was beaten.-Dela-
lceT, Tribune
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Good bye. good bye, my dearest love,
The time i waning fast
Zach day. each hour with thee l prove
Still happier than the last.
The pressure of thy hand doth thrill
And warm this beating heart:
Good bye good bye-l linger still,
Unwilling yet 20 part
t;.od bye. good bye; but give 20 me
o. X. X. B. w. p.
Good bye, good bye cannot 90
The Witch'ry OF thy smiles
sal binds me 70 thy side; and Oh
This heart Of care beguiles.
The glances Of thy speaking eye
10 me are denrer far
Than 20 the sailor tossed ON high
I. light OF polar star.
Good bye. good hye : but give 20 me
q. X k \. w p.
Good hye. my love, indeed good byel
Too fast the hours have flown;
See. daylight gilds the eastern sky,
The day-god mounts his throne.
t;oJd bye--and vet thy cherry lip
luclines me still to stay;
The honey bee might from itsip--
Good bye, ! ~ ust away
Good bye. good bve, vet give 70 me
o. X. X. B. W z.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29

NJ There is a great deal more philosophy
in The quaint remark of Davy Crockett, than
Young men suppose" BE sure you are
Tirht-then 90 aheM" The great principle
embodied in this plain proyerb. is the rule of
=" right" BE sure you are right." The in-
ward consciousness Of rectitude, gives strength
10 the determined, honest man, which Is
worth more than power or influence or pa
tronage, or all combined. 1t makes the hero
Of every day life-that heroism which sub
mits 10 sights and misconstructlon and NOR
tifcation without murmer. patiently pur-
suing the fright" and smiling in the face
Of every difficulty. That young man who
bends night and morning over those stupid
folios entertaining the dry details of another s
cain has a place somewhere, to which his toll
aud industry brings sunshine and life. The
great man who employs him may do . wrong;
but the right which actuates the drudge
TO make himself living sacrifice for the good
of those who depend on him for support. Is
michtier than the rich mans gold. His day
will surely come at last.
The merchant Just starting on the sea Of
lltc pauSeS DeIOrc NC nciNSto "io NDNa'~t =
.ulates his compass-trims sails-prepares Tor
bad weather as we'll as good, and makes up
his mind 20 20 his duty. Self-possessed' with
4 determined will, and stout fearless, hon.
est heart, that young merchant has but to see
that he is right" and be will oe sure to go
ahead" In all the professions Ct life It Is the
same We see the selfreliant, rising on
tbe public gaze. rapidly in their advance 70
distinction. We see the sons OF rich men
dragging along in an inglOrioas career dls'
sipstinr their opportunities. They start WI with
ont knowing whether they are right. They
lack That inner life which Is the soul OF man
The sturdy mechanic earns, IN the iaool
which Is made right" in divine law. tor.
tune to be expended by the fragrant wrong
which idle away a human existence. bu
that providence which seems almost 70 .
sneeiaI. even in this world, inevitably f9l
lows hard upon the wrong" and slas % :. !,
s;de with the fright" The only path q
honor and success is that Of integrity ana 10 %
Sustrv aBe sure you are right-the,n, g g
head" Il is the human faith which VIII III
orally move mountains.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29


WOMAN IS PAEAGuAy.-The author os
" Sketches in Paraguay" gives US this fra
grant morsel: Every lady smokes in Par
aguay aud every female over thirteen years Of
age chews. am wrong. They do not chew.
but put tobacco in their mouths. keep it there
constantly except when eating, and instead OF
chewing rOllit about their tongues aud suck it.
Only imigine yourself about to salute the red
lips of magnificent Hebe. arrayed in satin.
aud flashing in diamonds-she puts you back
with one i. iicate hand while the fair taper
finger Of the other. puts forth from her mouth
brownish black roll of tobacco, quite two
inches long. looking like monster grub. and
lepositing the savorY lozenage on the rim Of
your sombrero. puts open her face, and is rea-
DIV for your salute. have sometimes seen
an over delicate foreigner turn away with a
shudder of loAthing under such circumstances,
and get the epithet Of SALVAGE. (the savagel
applied TO him by the offended beauty. for bis
sensitive squeamishness. However, one soon
g is used to this in Paraguay where you arc,
perforce Of custom Obliged TO kiss every lazy
you are introduced to- and one half you me t
are really tempting enough to render you rec
kess Of the consequences and you would sip
the dews of the proAered ip in the face Of a
tobacco battery, even the double citil.ed
honey dew' Of old Virginia
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29

% Asparagus seeds are recommended by
a Scotch gardener. as a substitute for coffee.
" Asparagus" he remarks. contains, nccor-
ding to Leibig. in common with tea and coaeO.
a principle which he calls taurine. and
which he considers essential to the health Of
all who do not take strong exercise. Read
ing this led me to think that asparagus might
bo made good substitute for coffee. The
young shoots which first prepared were not
agreeable, having an alkaline favor. | then
tried the ripe seeds /: these, roasted aud
ground, make a full.Aavorel coffee, not easily
dietinguishable from fine Mocha. The seeds
are easily freed from the berries by drying
them in a cool oven. and then rubbing them
on a sieve" Try it, farmers.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29

CHANCE DErINgTIoys s.-Looks-th FIRST
billets-doux Of love-
IIappiness--A fugitive and chimerical be-
ing which everybody runs after, but no one
catches.
Sensibility--A gift Of heaven to multiply
the pleasures and pains Of life
Wisdom-A shield that preserves its pos
SCISSOR from the perils with which his desires
surround him.
Society-A state Of constant slavery. in
which no one lives for himself, nor to himself.
Absence The sister Of death.
Military glory-SmOke on ruins.
Indifference-Absence Of all sentiment, or
the feeling Of the worthless.
Musician universal language which har-
mOniously relates the "reminiscences Of the
heart
Honor-The souls patrimony.
Beauty.-A flower without smell, when no
quality OF the heart accompanies il
Philosophy-A luxury Of reason for the
use of the lucky; but which can do nothing
for the unlucky.
Truth-0f all things the most worthy Of
the care and researches Of man.
Wickcdncss-An ardent dre. which dooms
and blaekens all it touches.
Rcason-The fairest prerogative Of hu-
manity.
Timidity-A want Of confidence in self;
drawback which often prevents the express
sions Of ones thoughts with the energy Of
ones feelings.
Grace- An unaccountable charm Of the
whole creation, which the skill of an artist
can completely depict
Modesty-the instinct of virginal heart.
Imaeination-A propitious or fatal faculty
which gilds or darkens the scenes of life, and
the horizon of reality.
Ennui-An emptiness Of head and mind.
Life-The dream of a shadow.
Vanity, the appendagc Of fools.
Bravery-A striking and heroic virtue.
which springs from the desire Of surprising
all men.
Prudery-A rigiditY more baneful than
propitious to those who profess it.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29

SrYLE-How differently men handle con-
troyersal matters. There's johnson. with hls
two.handed sword striking with the edge while
be pierces with the point, and stuns with the
bilt hitting right and left with antithesis. and
welding the pondereus weapon as easily as
Won conld a fail. Then there's Burke, with
his plittering rapier. all rhetorical rule and
poIisb, according to schocl--passado. mon.
tonSo staccato--one, two, three--the third
in your bosom. Then comes siacaaleyr who
runs 10 under your guard, and stabs you to
the heart with the heavy dagger OF a short
epigrammaet sentence; Jeffrey, who first kills
and then scalps; and Carlisle, who advances
armed with an antique stone axe, Elsh which
he mashes his foes as you would drugs in q
nestle and mortar.-CotbaT7l's NcU lf0atd-
IN MagaziRe.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29

A COOP WAY or HEARING FROM HOME -
A young man in California whose friends had
not remembered him as he thought they
ought, adopted the follwing expendisnt he
sat down and wrote some half dozen latters 20
different persons at home, inqulring tie pricc
of land and stock what he could buy hand
some farm Of 200 or 300 acres for. &c. intima-
ting that he hal large sums to invest aud was
very rich generally. By return mai he re-
ceived no less than seven letters all anxionsly
enquiring after his health, when he was oming.
&C.. and has three OF four every mail since.
including some very warm ones from an old
and very cold sweetheart
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29

HUMoRs OF THE DAY-" An old soaker
who lives in Weston. Missouri, took it into
his head one day that it was necessary for his
future welfare to be born again." aud forth
with repaired to the Rev Mr. B-.the re-
spective pastor Of the Baptist denomination
of the town aforesaid. to obtain light. lie
was received with urbanity, forthwith the fol-
lowing dialoge ensued:
Old Sits your doctrine, boss, that fel-
Ter to be saved must suffer imAiersltun. isn't
il?
Mr.. B-Ycs. Mr.. s.. IL is a fundamental
doctine of our ChurclS that ne 10 be re.
generated, must repeht Of their sins and be
Immersed.
Old Swell. boss, after repentin ofhis
sins, and bein' slid under, if he flashes in
the pan. then what !
DIR. B.-Although back.sliiing is much to
be deplorcd. still. if he sincerely repents of
his sins, and is again immersed. the Church
will receive him again.
Old Swell, s'pose he ag'in kicks out Of
the traces after the second time. flor you know
what critters there arc in the world, boss) then
what is to pay!
Mr. B--Notwithstanding all this, If he
will seriously repent, and solemnly promise
to amend his future life. the Church will again
receive him into its bosom, after being INNER
sed.
Old s.. after a few moments Of deep
thought proposed the following interrogatory
-wouldn'i il be blasted good idea t0i keep
Sich JelicrS IN soak all the time?
My informant did not say whether old S
joined the Church or not, but encline to the
opinion that be didR't.-KaickerJOcker.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29

D,scoNrEsr-How universal it is We
meyer knew the man who would say am
contented." Go where you WILL among the
rich or poor, the man Of competence, or
the man who earns his bread by the daily
sweat Of his brow, you hear the sound Of mur-
mnring and the voice of complaint. The
other day we stood by cooper. who was
nlavino \ merry tune with an adze round a
cask +" All" sighed he, mine is hard
Iot-forever trotting round like dog, driving
away at a hoop - -" HeighO. sighed a
blacksmith. as he wiped away the drops OF
perspiration from from bis brow 10 one oi the
hot days, while his red-hot iron glowed on
bis anvil "this is life with vengeance -
melting, frying ones self away over the hre 4,
.Oh flat / were carpenter" eJaculated
a shoemaker. as he bent over his lap-stone {;
. here I am. day after day, working my soul
awav in making soles for others, coopeu up
i , little seven-by-ninc room,"-" am SICK
n outdoor work." exclaims the carpenter /;
" broiling and sweltering under the sun. y, IL
was onlv tailor ~" This IS too bad
nornetually cries the tailor, A" to be compeiie,1i
y - ncrcLed up here, plying the needle all
,bs while. Would that mine we're more
sctire life ~" Last day of grace-the banks
,von't observation-disclosures won't pay-wnaI
sLall do!" grumbles the merchant y,
lad rather be truck horse, dog anything
=" Happy fellows! groans the AWE, lawys,, ~
~ soy,tebes his head over some perpilexing
case - or pores over some dry record happy
ri rather hammer stone, than
cudgel my brain on this voxatiOus question s;,,,
And through all the rami6catious oI society .S5
ali are complaining of their conditiOn.nod-
mo fault with their particular avocatlon.I
q If | were only this, that or the otner'
sbonld be content" is the universal cry
. "nythino but what / am" so wags tne
worl5 50 i has waeged. and 50 it viii Wag'
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29

n The Louisville Democrat says: y
little man behind big rock, with platter
full Of pearls, at only Que cent a piece, and
keeping his own council. would probably sell
nothing. 1t is Of great Importance TO make
yourself and your goods known. A frog IN
the night attracts moro attention than an OK,
for be cries aloud and spares not. The pro.
fits arising from advertising are not conceived
BY those who have not tried it. To those
who have. we need not say word, for they
will never discontinue the custom,
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29

SAGAcrTY OF BEARs.-A female bear. with
two cubs, approached the ship 1 commanded,
and was shot. The cubs not attempting to
esbape, were taken alive. These animals
thoug gh at first evidently very unhappy, be-
came at length in some measure reconclled to
their situation and, being tolerabc tame
were allowed occasionally to 90 at large about
the deck. While the ship was moored to
foe, few days after they were taken, one OF
them. having a rope fastened round his neck,
was thrown overheard. 1t Immediately swan
to the ice, rot upon it, and attempted TO es-
cape. Finding itself. however. detained Sy
the rope, it endeavored to disengage itself III
the following ingenious way. Near the edge
Of the foe was a crack in the ice OF consid-
cradle length, but only eighteen inches or two
feet vide and three or four feet deep. 10
this spot the bear returned; aud when, on
crossing the chasm, blight Of the rope fell upon
il. he placed himself across the opening then
suspending himself by his hind feet, with a
leo on each side. he dropped his head and
most part Of his body into the chasm and,
with foot applied to each side, attempted
for some minutes, TO push the rope over MS
head. Finding this scheme Intellectual ne
removed to the main ice, and running with
great inpetuosity from the ship, gave re-
markable pull on the rope; then going back
ward few steps. he repeated the jerk. Al
length after repeated attempts to escape 10
this way, every fail ure Of which he announced
by a significant growl, be yielded himself to
his hard necessity, and laid down on the ice
in angry and sulen sience.-Arcttc Voyage.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29

NJ The old story, that no creature can
live near the Dead Sea. is exploded. The
last traveller in that region, French Sarant'
writes as follows: -,
From the summit Of the mountain which
we have Just described, this strange sea, which
an writer's describe as presenting the most
dismal aspect, appeared to US like splendid
lake. plittering in the sunshine, with its blue
waves gently breaking on the sands OF the
softest beach. Through the transparent wa
ter appeared white tint, which enllyened
the shore. We guessed at once that. this
appearance was owing to the salt crystalized
under the water, and, when near, we hnd that
our conjecture is right. Are we now TO De
convinced that no living thing can exist on
the shores Of the Dead Sea, as has been so
often repeated We ascertain the contrary
fact the very moment we touch the shore.
Aock of wild ducks rises before us and
settles on the water out Of gunshot, where
they begin sporting and diving with perfect
unconcern. As we advance. beautiful insects
show themselves on the gravelly beach rocks
are flying and screaming among the rent cIliis
of the steep hills which border the lake.
Where. then, are all those poisonous yapors
which carry death to all who ventue 70 ap-
nroach them? Where In the writings OF
the poets. who have emphatically described
what they had never seen. We are not yet
five minutes treading the shores of the Dead
Sea, and already all that has been said OF 1t
appears as mere creations Of the fancy. Let
Us then proceed fearlessly forward. for. If any
thing Is to be dreaded here, certainly 1t Is
not the bestilential influence Of the finest and
most imposing lake in the world"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-03-29

n The greatest man Is he who ciooses
the right with invincible resolution; who re-
sists the surest temptations from within and
without; who bears the heaviest burdens
cheerfuly; who is the calmest in storms, and
most fearless under menacos and frowns :;
whose reliance on truth, on virtue. on God.
IS most unEaltering.