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The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25
Facts About Water.

The extent to which water min
giles with bodies apparently the most
solid, is very wonderful. The gilt
tering opal, which beauty wears as
an ornament, is only flint and wa
ter. OF every twelve hundred tons
of earth which a land holder has in
his estate, four hundred are water.
The snow-capped submits of Snow
don and Ben Nevis have many mil
lion tons of water in sOlidiiied
form. In every plaster-of-paris
statue which an Italian carries
through our streets for sale, there
is one pound of water 10 every four
pounds of chalk.
The air we breathe contains five
grains of water To each cubic fn.,t
Of its bulk. The potato and the
turnip have, the one seventy-6ve
per cent, the other ninety per cent.
Of water.
A sun-ilOwer evap0rates one and
a quarter pints Of water a day, and
a cabbage about the same quantity.
A wheat-plant cxhalcs, i'm hundred
and seven y-two days, about one
hundred thousand grains Of water.
An acre of gEpwing wheat, on this
calculation, draws and passes out
about ten tons OF water per day.
The sap of plants is the medium
throuoh which this mass of nuid Is
conveyed. 1t forms a delicate pump,
up which the watery particles run
with the rapidity Of a swift stream.
By the action Of the sap, various
properties may be communicated
to the growing plant. Timber in
France, is, for instance, dyed by
various colors being mixed with
water, and poured over by the root
of the tree. Dahlias are also color
ed by similar process.-Ne'0 York
Ledger.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

One great question which the men
Of the present day ask, which has
been propounded frequently, is how
can the hair be prevented from be-
coming white. The case il gener-
ally urged that the inquirer is too
y, ung 10 yet have gray hair and
wishes only to have hair ia accord
ance with his age and appearance.
Why a person turning gray pre-
maturely should desire to change
the hair seems an enigma. Silver
hair with n young and fresh face "a
only an added beauty, especially III
tho eyes are dark. Novelists have
chosen their favorite heroines and
heroes with the prcmaturely gray
hair as the most distinguished in
appearance. "Vashti''in her first
youth with silver hair was snppos-
ed 10 win all hearts ; and to become
very local and practical some of tl6e
very best looking men in ST. louis
as well as women, have their faces
crowned by silver hair
There are four thIR9s which cause
gray hair they >afe brains. neural
gia, old age and fear or distress
One of tho sweetest faces in this
city is that Of a gifted woman whose
hair turned white in one night.
She was 70 have been married The
guests arrived hours passed by and
tho bridegroom came not. The
guests departed and the bride shut
herself IN her room alone, and hr<
morning her dark hair had become
perfectly white.
There is no way Of preventing
gray hair except by the absence "
brains, neuralgia, fear or old age.
When il does come, only an artif-
cial means can change IL 10 the
former hue, and. dyes are mostly
dangerous.
Gray hair 40 least is MT Che sign
Of decreasing energy, and the gray
haired beaux Of society are usually
the most active and often the great
est iavoiiles.
Another feature Of gray hair "a
chat it is generally fine hair, and "a
silver bead Of hair Is generally an
abundant ONE. --Ni Louis F0H- bis
patch.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

The Christian Union says; @Wcak
hearts arc not 80 common a. - often
supposed. Many n man who thinks
he has got one is merely dyspoptic;
many woman owes her symptoms 70
tight lacing or insufficient feeding. II
the dyspepsia be cured or the tight
lacing be dispensed with, tho syinp-
toms Of heart weakness disappear.
Even when the heart Is weak, tho weak
moss Is not always due to disease Of
that organ. II NAV be only part Of q
general weakness Of the whole system,
which il easy curable. The late Sir
Robert Christison, the eminent British
physician, used to smile az certain per-
sons who were always complaining Of
weak hearts. Gentlemen, be would
say to his students, gentlemen, the
best tonic for weak heart is a good
brisk walk No doubt Of It. The
majority Of weak, flabby hearts arc
weak and fabby because every other
muscle in the body Is weak and flabby;
aud this general weakness aud fabbl-
ness is due 10 want Of vigorous use.
Exercise Of the legs and back and arms
gives additional and much decided cx-
ercise 10 the heart and the heart
grows strong b. vigorous excrcisojust
as every other muscular organ does,
for the heart is a muscle. Ifa man
has no organic disease Of the heart, no
enlargement and no functional disor-
deA plenty Of brisk walkinga with oc-
casional running, win soon dispel his
breathlessness and heart weakness, 9TH
or things being equal. Tho muscular
inactivity Of the modern town man Il
the parent Of more IL health than any
other single cause whatever r-~~.
There Is truth in every word Of o.. y
Follow the suggestions thus made and
there Is no doubt Of the beneficial re-
suit. Many peoples heart ailments are
due directly 10 their own Incidence.
Ten men rust out where one man wears
cut. Use, with occasi' nal rest for rc-
pairs aud renovation, keeps the ma
chinery bright aud in the best work
ing order. Long idleness covers IL
with dust and dirt, gums up iis bear
ings and iinpairs its productive ca
pacily.
Keep the human machine in good
order by steady work and judicious
exercise and II win readily fulfil is
noble mission and insure health and
happiness. TO diversity thought and
action 50 as TO get the best results
from mind and body-this "a the true
method. Don't deprive the body Of
good food, fresh air aud requisite ex-
crcisc, and It win prove the most SER
viceable companion 10 tho mind. Ov-
ertax both body and mind, aud decay
aud disaster must surely follow.-Troy
Times.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

Bishop Whipple, Of Minnesota,
whose entertaining sketch Of life
among the Indians appears in a re-
cent number Of the North American
ReUielc, elsewhere relates the fol-
lowing instructive incident
II can tell you the story or Indian
missions by relating ono incident.
Some years ago, the Rev. Lord Charles
Hervey went with me to the Indian
country. We had delightful services.
After tho holy communion we were
sitting on the green sward near house.
The head chief said, Your friend came
from across the great water; does be
know the Indians historyr / said
Mo- He said Il viii tell him. Before
the white man came, the forests and
prairies were full Of game, the rivers
and lakes were full of fish, tho wild
rice was Manitou's gift to the red man.
Would you like to see one Of these In
dians 2
"There stepped cut on the porch an
Indian man and woman dressed In furs,
ornamented with porcupine quilts.
There said the chiefsmy people were
like those before the white man came
Shall tell you what the white man
did tor us2 lie came and told us we
had no fro horses, no fire canoes, no
houses. lie said II we would sell him
our land, he would make us like white
men. Shall tell you what he did ?
No, you had better see it, The door
opened, and out stepped a poor, do
gradod-loOking Indian, his face be-
smcarod with mud, his blanket In rags,
no lcggings, and by his side q poor,
wretched-looking woman In a torn
calico dress. The chiefraised his hands
and said, fMaindo, Maindo. is this an
Indian 2 The man bowed his head
How came thisF The Indian held up
black bottle, and said, This was the
white mans gift, Some Of us bowed
our heads In shame
"Said the chief: If this were all,
would not have told you. Long years
ago a pale-faced man camo 10 our
country. He spoke kindly, and soom-
cd to want to help us, but our hcarts
we're hard. We hated the white man
and would not listen. Every sumps4r
when the sun was 80 high, he ,.ame'
we always looked 10 see his gm form
coming through the forest One year
said 10 nv fellows. @vnat does this
man come forP Ia does not trade
with us. he never 49, anything Of u.s.
Perhaps the Great eRFit sent MIN"
Wo stopped to listen. rome oi us have
that story ID our he& snail 1 telJ,
you what - has M rel " Rho
''00' oR11aAA in any oshp, o""h
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

The reason why so many books fail,
says Mitrrays Magazine, is because the
people who wrote them have nothing
original to say, or what they say is
said badly.
Another reason is that few Of those
who write know anything. They have
no invention. They do not see with
their own eyes,but with other peoples
eyes. They write books about other
peoples books, and have little Of their
own to tell us. Chamfort gives anoth-
er idea OF authorship: @What makes
the success Of numerous works." he
says, @is the affinity between the medi-
ocrity Of the ideas Of the author and
the mediocrity Of the ideas Of the pub
lic.p
When an author has composed a
work he necessarily takes an interest
In IT, He forms an excessive estimate
Of its value, and is under the impress
sion that most readers Of books win
desire to possess it. Lackington, the
bookseller, tells the story Of gentle
man who, not being able TO find a pur-
chaser for his manuscript, resolved to
publish II at his own expense. The
publisher desired to know how many
copies should be printed.
The gentleman was Of opinion that
at the lowest 10000 copies might be
printed Of the first edition. The pub
Usher prevailed upon him, much TO his
disgust, TO print only 1.2so te4d Of
10000. The result was that only 100
copies were sold, not even enough to
pay for The advertisements, and the au-
thor departed railing at the stupidity
or the public.
Only a small number of the books
published pay their expenses, and very
few roach second edition. Every
year, says De Quincy, abnrles ita
own literature
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

Professor Buchanan, Of the GIas-
Cow university, has just made a
statement which should "give
pause" to parents who think Of
making doctors oftheir sons. Speak
ing at the opening of the medical
session Of the Glasgow university,
he declared that of every hundred
young men who entered the medical
classes with a view to qualifying in
surgery and medicine, only one Of
that original hundred issued from
the ordeal OF study and examination
a full blown medical man. One
per cent.-L0adOn It'd. Bits.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

Each member Of ,he order Of
Kings Daughters in the state Of Mis-
sissippi who chances TO read this ar
ticle, will greatly oblige us by-send-
ing her name and address TO Miss
Kate Power, secretary, Jackson.
We are in correspondence with the
central council in New York, with
a view to perfecting a state organi
zation, and it is absolutely necessa-
ry to obtain the names Of all men,
bers in the state. A prompt COM
pliance with this request will great
ly facilitate our efforts.
Respectfully,
Mrs. w. l.. NUoENT.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25
The Girl who Hints.

Naturally you didn't ask him, and
you would be very indignant indeed
If anybody suggested that you had
forced the poor fellow into bringing
you the flowers and candy,or in taking
you to tho concert. No, you did not
ask him, but you couldn't have been
any clearer about It than you were
whom you looked into his eyes IN the
most beseeching way,and told him how
anxious You were to hear the great
violinist; how sweet you thought vio-
lets,a how you did wish for a pound
Of chocolate. Hc didn't want to get
any Of these be hadn't the money 10
spend for them; he doesn't get a very
large salary; he Is trying to keep him
self out Of debt, and yet because he is
generous and can't resist a pretty girl,
you have forced him into a dishonest
position. That's it In plain English.
Whom the end Of the week comes, and
he Is ten dollars short in bis money, a
little bit on his board bin must wait,
his laundress cannot DO attended to,
and the money that should go home
must be apologized for. This Is the
first step toward not doing his duty,
and you have made him take II. The
American man Is generous, and when
be has the money he win invite you
himself without your suggesting 90 hlin
what you like, or what you thi1k he
ought to do. Besides the hern you do
to him, you are making yourself vul-
gar-he has q pcrfecs right 70 10 away
and say that he aocsn't want TO visit
at your houss any moro because you
hint and nint until he has to take YOU
to sesno place Of amusement, or make
s0u presents, and that for bis part be
cannot afford It.
Continue as you are doing, and af-
ter while You win get the, Population
among men OF being a very undesir-
able girl to know, ~,6nd certainly no man
who has heard Of your reputation to
"gct things out Of mem win want to
pnk you to be his wife. Better stay IL
home forever than 40 selfinvilod; bet-
ter never taste candy than eat thal OBJ
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

II Is impossible 10 imagine a lower
type of humanity than the natives OF
Australia. The man are spare, wiry
fellows; Of a duh, iron-like blackness,
which is strangely set off by thick hair
and boards having a decidedly reddish
cast; stolid, impassive and slouchy +;
begging when they have no money,
and when they are possessed Of IL
drunk; filthy in appearance, their feet
with soles like horn from lifetime Of
walking over the hard, hot soil Of their
semi-tropical country.
Their women arc fat, olcaginous,
their foreheads low, their eyes small
and glittoring under masses Of 4bang-
edD hair, hollow-chestcd and with PEN
dulous breasts, their skin like parch-
ment, and In age wrinklod into appal-
ling hideousness, bearing on their backs,
wrapped in dirty shawls. their child
rem swathed like Indian pappooscs.
These family groupes are invariably at
tended by gaunt, half-starvcd kanga-
roo-dogs, mongrel progeny Of many
species, ofwhich tho traits Of mastifl
and Of greyhound are most apparent,
their hides Scared from encounters
with the terrible claws Of the kanga-
roo-a sneaking race ofcanines, afford
ing appropriate companionship for
this most debased race Of men.
The Australian blacks have no neigh
bors in degradation among tho tribes
of the south Pacific. The New Zeal
and Maories are far above them; even
the man-eatcrs Of New Guinea aud the
Solomon Islands, present touches Of
ingenuity and artistic instinct OF which
the native Australian race gives no
hint. Some. suggestions they afford,
however, Of an ancient intelligence
the race that invented the boomerang,
and the noiched stick for throwing
the spear, are worthy Of some respect
fll consideration. This latter contriv-
ancc consists Of stick Of hard wood
about two feet in length, with a pro-
lection at one end, notched so as 10 re-
ceive the butt Of long, slender spear.
When tho spear Is launched at any
object the stick is retained in tho hand,
aud, by dextcrous movement gives
an impulse to the weapons, like that.
which a sling imparts to stone. So
great is tho force given by this con-
trivance that a spear Of hard, pointed
wood thrown By II has been known to
pass completely through the body Of
an enemy at a distance Of fifty yards.
As for the boomerang-that was prob
ably discovered by accident Beyond
these two appliances the native Aus
tralian race possesses nothing whatev-
er as evidence Of an intelligence much
superior to that Of the bruto.-Corres-
pondence Boston Journal.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

Many lives or biographies Of the
late Jefferson Davis. purporting to be
written by Mrs. Davis, are advertis-
Ell throughout tho country. The on
ly genuine work OF the kind written
by Mrs. Davis win be published by
Belford Company. 1922 East 18th
St, N. X, entitled jefferson Davis,
Ex-P President Of the Confederate
States: A Memoir, by His Wife, All
other works claiming the authorship
of Mrs. Davis must necessarily be IN
furious To her personally and pecuni-
arily. The book il sold by aubscrip-
ton, and promises TO be one OF the
most popular ever published.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

The late Mr.. Robert Carter, the
publisher, of New York, was deeply
interested in missionary work both
at home and abroad. He gave
largely to missions, and published
many books which bore directly
upon their extension. in his early
days as publisher he ssued the
Missionary Chronicle at e slightest
possible expense to the Presbyte-
rian board. 1t was printed under
his direction, his wife making the
paste with which the covers were
put on, and the city distribution
was performed by a younger broth
er, who carried the magazines from
house to house. One of the last acts
Of Mr.. Cutters life was making ar
rangements for the annual gift for
foreign missions.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

~~"-N~
swamp Of conflicting opinions, wade
through file Of agricultural papers
Now, there's nothing vague, intangible
and abstract In agriculture. The
ground is real and the crops arc some
times real.
read In my favorite agricultural
paper the other day that a man who
chad a clay field, basted IL heavily with
coal ashes, and myl Talk about rich
ness And cropsi Such melonsi And
peas And such cornl went straight
away to the Kitchen and gave orders
that every handful of coal ashes was
to be placed in fruit jars and kept in
the refrigerator until such time as
could have 1t applied to the garden.
No matter what price the neighbors
might offer for it, not an ounce Of it
was to be sold.
Then l went back to the desk and
turned over to she next page Of tho
paper, and a farmer in Hennesy coun-
ty said that a mixture Of pounded
glass, rock salt, alkali and birthstone,
poured on red hot, was far preferable,
as a fertilizer, to coal ashes. lie said
he had killed every tree in a healthy
orchard by light application Of coal
ashes.
Then / read that any man who kept
hens and wanted eggs must spend
most of his income on corn, but il would
be the best investment he ever made.
Nothing like corn, fed in whole grains,
for making hens lay; it made them
lay scvcn times a week, and in fact it
was the only thing that would make
hens lay all the year round.
Straightway ordered a carload Of
corn, but before the messenger had set
forth, ] read FROM another expert that
"Rough on Rats" was much better for
hens than corn, inasmuch rs 1t killed
them at once, thereby saving great ex-
pense Of keeping and was quit as pro-
ductiye when viewed as an egg plant.
lie closed narrative Of his experience
with corn by piously hoping that the
man who first suggested the destruct-
ion of ali the poultry in America by
the use Of corn as a food, might never,
in this world or the next, be permitted
to eat a pullet, or taste custard, ONE
lette, eggnog, or anything else in
which the hen or her product entered
ms a component part. lie said you
must feed little else than pounded
bone.
While ! was wondering whose bones
! would like to pound, my eye fen up
on the testimonial of leading poulter-
or in New York, who said that be had
lost ninety-eight fine hens by the ig-
norance Of hired man, who mixed
spoonful Of pounded bone in their feed
while he, the owner, was at church.
! am now feeding my hens on any
thing they like, as have been doing
all summer. They wander around the
place and make their own selection, and
il there is anything that I particularly
don't want them to have, they use II
for dessert. However, there are just
two things in az and poult riculture
would like to know: What is good to
put on land, and what Is the best kind
of feed to scatter about your estate to
make your hens lay and poison your
ncighbor's PR. BUrdrtte, ia Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

The Lutheran church in America
has increased from one minister,
one congregation and fifty members
in 1888, to fifty synods, 1912 min
listers, 1911 congregations, and r
086, ,048 members in 1889. It's most
rapid growth has been within The
last twenty-five years. AS Luth-
eranisrn is strong III the United
States, SO isit throughout the world
having 28,20l ministers and 50,-
OH, $50 baptized members.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

tanned at the high cost Of self respect (;
better never smell a violet, or a rose,
than forget, In your search for them,
that Il Is the modosty Of the violet and
the dignity Of the rose that makes
them prc-cminont among the flowers.
Home Journal
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

The recently published volume ON
Literature and Poetry" +" by Rev.
Philip Schaf, ID. ID. LII. d., con-
tains an admirable portrait Of that
eminent scholar and divine, which
the Book Nelrs for April copies.
The doctor is appropriately robed
in cassock with broad silk girdle.
scholars's gown, college hood, and
holds his biretta in his hand. He
seems younger than in portraits
published some years ago. Posi-
bly, the most interesting chapters Of
the Doctors new work, are those
upon the famous medieval hymns
and their numerous translations in
to English. The author proves in
this work that his vigorous mind is
not impaired by his increasing
years.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

mana clergyman-in a black frock
coat, aud by his side a woman neatly
dressed In a black alpaca dress. Said
the chief, There Is only one religion
in tho world which can lift a man out
Of the miro and tell him TO call God
Father, and that Is the religion Of Jc-
sus Chriat.1n
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

Measurements Of quarter Of "A mil.
lion Of soldiers have shown that males
do not reach adult age until about -,
and Professor Hhaler's observations nt
Harvard provo that full mental power
IA mot reached before 35.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

~~A~~~~N+ - ~@@~ A+"N|%~-t-l
THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER.
New Testament reading, st. John,
XVI, 16 to 33; l. st. Peter, H.,
IL TO IS.
And We now therefore have sorrow:
but l will see you again, and your
heart shall rejoice, and your joy
no man taketh from you.-St.
John XVI, p.
When the weary At heart and the laden with
sin
Hare opened 10 Jesus the things that have
been,
When all is forgiven, Tor all Is confess'd,
In the Blood OF His Cross there Is rest, bless
ed rest.
When struggling for right and In wrestling
with wrong
The rough doubtful path seems most lonesome
and long,
An, then Ike a babe By its mother carress'd
In the bosom Of Jesus ia rest, blessed rest.
When the b, me OF our childhood ls shadow'd
and dim,
and the loved ones we cling 10 are gathered
10 Him,
While we nestle and weep on His sbeltering
breast,
sim, stiI Jesus only Is rest, blessed rest.
But the shadows shall pass and the tears shall
be dried,
And the light and the love shallforever abide:
Without cloud, without end, inexpressIbly
blest,
For the people OF God there remalneth rest.
IL. IT. Bickcrficth.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25
DIR. II. G. WHARTON

Offers his professional services to the
people of Port Gibson and vicinity. Oi>
flee next door 20 his residence.
PoRT GIBSON. Feb. l6, 1888. u
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-04-25

The Times-Democrat, or New Or
leans, leads all tho newspapers pub
lished in the South-Daily and
Weekly. Lt Aas ale largest circulation.