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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-22
A Maine Mohsmmedan.

II was queer life which ended last
week nj South Addison--that Of Wal
ter l.. Tabbut, the hermit, who
was found dead In his hut, says the
Machias (Mc.) RepuJlicaa. Not having
been seen for several days his father
went In search of him and found him
dead, lying in the rude box that had
served him for bed for five years, he
having been dead for several days.
When he was q boy Walter joined tho
Advcntists, and gave himselfup to BE
bic readings and prayer SO zealously
that he did not hesitate TO pray ut all
times and on all occasions, and during
school hours he would break out in
boisterous prayer. A few years later
he took TO reading the Koran, and
when a little more than 20 years old
came out full-hedgcd Mohamnedan.
Forsaking his fathers house he re-
paired TO neighboring wood, where
he built a small stone house that for
five years served as his dwelling. In
the centre Of his abode, resting up
on four stakes, Is the wooden box in
which he has slept. This, together
with an open fire and few cooking
utensils, made mp his household effects.
He was exact in the performance of
his religious rites, and had certain
rules which no caller was allowed to
violate. No person who would admit
that he had been handling the flesh of
swine could enter his habitation until
he had first washed his hands. lie
generally atc but two meals a day, and
they usually consisted of buttermilk
and unleavcned bread. Ills Sabbath
day began at sundown Friday, and
sudown Saturday marked its closing,
and during that time he tasted.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-22
A RELIGIOUS Census.

According to statistics presented by
the Independent, the membership OF
the Christian churches of this country
now aggregates 2l,757,1 ,161, n gain,sincc
last year, of l,Os9,S5S. Ofthe increase
about threc-ffths was among Protes-
tants and two-fifth among Catholics
More than two-thirds of the Protes.
tant gain was made by the Baptists
and Mcthodists alone, or 475,O61 out oil
66s, s,108.
The great religious communions OF
this country are, therefore, the Catho-
lie, the Methodist and the Baptist.
Together they include more than four
iifths of the Christian believers of the
Union. The Catholics have a popula-
tion Of S,27zOS9, as against 4,9S0,24O
Methodists and 4,2s2,2 Daptists. The
ratio of increase among the three was
also about the same for the year, or
something over five in the hundred.
The Independent explains that this
census includes the whole Catholic
population, while the Protestant emu
meration gives only actual communi-
cants. Hence, If all those belonging
to the families of the Daptists and
Meihodists were likewise counted, the
strength of each of the three great
communions might be about the same.
Doubling the number of the other
Protestant membership on the same
principle, we find that those in the
Presbyterian denomination and under
its influence are less than onc-four-
tccnth ofthe religious population, and
the Episcopalians are reduced to a
very small fraction, or less than three
per cent though in reality their church
attendance is proportionately probably
much greater.
But the most striking fact about this
census Is that II counts less than one
In three of the population in the
churches. Even If we make a very
liberal allowance for those not enumcr-
ated among Protestant communicates,
but who attend Protestant worship,
and also include the Jews, there remain
ut least fifteen millions of the popula-
lion altogether who arc without rclig-
IoA, who are pagans, agnostics, unbe-
levers, scoffers, infdels, and atheists.
If we included all who reject faith or
are indifferent 10 1t, though they keep
up a nominal conformity, the total
would be vastly greater.
This country, therefore, Is a great
field for the propagation of
Christianity. Here in New York halt
The people are outside of the churches
every Sunday.-N H. SaR.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-22

Some beer contained in bottles
was lately found walled up in the
cellars of a brewery at Burton-on-
Trent. says Chambers Journal.
This beer was brewed nearly one
hundred years ago, as the records
of the firm showed, and was prov
ed by the old style of the bottles.
The beer was brilliant and quite
drinkdblc, but il had lost its bitter
ness and had assumed the character
of sherry. DIR. Morris read a paper
on this curious discovery before the
Laboratory Club, London, and said
that in examining the sediment
of this antiquated beverage mi
croscopically he was led to suspect
the presence of a few yeast cells,
which still retained their vitality.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-22
Good Water.

Good water becomes more difficult
to obtain as population grows dcnscr.
Hydraulic engineers arc just now
wrestling with this problem in Eng
land. In France, Austria and Germa-
ny IL is still unsolycd. The medical
faculty of these countries declare that
the surface supply can not longer be
relied upon for hygienic reasons. They
suggest the sinking of very deep arte-
sian wells as the best methods of pro-
curing water perfectly pure. The
first experiment of this sort has just
been tried in England, where the Lon
don Water Company has completed a
well eleven hundred feet deep and OBJ
tanned an abundant flow of water,
which shows an entire absence of OIL
ganic matter.
In America The same cry comes up
from nearly all our great cities. Phil
adelphia is seriously alarmed at the
of the Schuylkill, which has
supplied the city for one hundred and
fifty years. New York is complaining
aud wants the lakes of the Adirondack
region tapped for the benefit of the
Chicago, with Lake Mich
igan at her doors, should have sup
ply of good water, If it is TO be had ON
the continent, but Chicago declares
that her crib and grand aqucduct must
be carried ten miles further out into
the lake to insure supply that is un-
polluted
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-22

The salt mountains ON the banks of
the Rio Virgin, nm afllucnt of the Col
orado river. cover an area of twenty
five square miles. The salt is pure and
white, and clearer than glass and it Is
said that piece seven inches thick Is
sometimes clear enough to see through
to real newspaper. Over The salt is
layer of sandstone from two to eight
feet thick, and when this Is torn away
the salt appears like huge snowdritt.
How deep IL is has not yet been ascer-
tained, but single blast of giant pow
der will blow out tons of II. Under
the cap rock has bcen discovered charr-
ed wood and charcoal and mating
made of cedar bark, which the salt has
preserved, evidently the camp of pre-
historic mcn.-sSda F,uncisco ChroHi-
Gle
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-22
A FAR-OFF STAR.
II Would Take q Cannon Ball 100, ,0oo,'
600 Years to Hit II.

IL Is difficult to conceive that the
beautiful dog star is a globe much
larger than our sun, yet IL Is a fact
that Sirius is sun many times more
mighty than our own. This splendid
star is in reality globe emitting SO
enormous a quantity of light and heat
that were 1t TO take tho place of our
own sun every creature on this earth
would be consumed by its burning
RAYS.
Sirius shines with far greater lustcr
than any other star, and II was natural
that astronomers should have regarded
this as the nearest of all tho "iixed"
stars; but recent investigation on the
distances of stars has shown that the
nearest to us is Alpha Ccntauri, star
belonging TO the southern latitude.
Astronomers agree In fixing tho dis
tance of the nearest fixed star at 22,-
OOO,OOO,OOO,OOO miles, aud the distance
of Sirius is about l00,OOO,OO0,O00,O
miles. What vast distance is this
that separates us from that star!
Words aud figures themselves fail to
convey to our minds any adequate
idea of its true character
TO take common example Of illus
trailing such enormous distances: 1t
is calculated that the ball from
an Armstrong 100-pounder quits the
gun with the speed of about four hum
drcd yards per second. Now, if this
velocity could be kept up il would re-
quirc no fewer than lOOOOO,OOO years
before the ball could reach Sirius.-
Ncw York Star.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-22

Every rakish insect, bird aud rep
tile that has turn for nocturnal mu-
sic makes itself heard to some purpose
during hot August nights. Like so
many Indians at the stake, they sing
their triumphant death songs, some
tunefully, some harshly, but all earnest
Iy. The woods and feds after dark
are almost ms noisy as the town. But
the sounds of the pastoral night arc
pIeasanter to the ear than those that
startlc the sober cityman from his sluns~
bers. The unseen minstrels produce
their music In many ways, and pitch
IL In unaccordant keys. and yet their
blended song soothes the senses like a
lullaby. But some time In November
Jack Frost finally closes the season
-Neso York Ledger.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-22

DO not think, my son, that you viii
gain the esteem of the waiter by ac-
cepting from him beef when YOU or
dercd mutton. On the contrary, he
will regard you with contempt; and
having thus Mt critical moment failed
to assert your independence and to
maintain your rights, Ii Is doubtful ii
you ever become leader of mon and
power In tho nation.--Bostoa Tran
SCRIPT.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-22

There is a saloon keeper in Utica,
Neb., who inserts the following adj
vertisement in the local papers
ITO whom it may concern
Know We, that by the payment OF
81, ,527 40. | am permitted to retail
Intoxicating liquors at my saloon
in this city. To the wife who has
a drunkard for a husband. or q
friend who is unfortunately dissi-
pated, ! say emphaticaIly Give
me a notice OF such cases In which
you are interested, and all such
shall be excluded from my place.
Let mothers, fathers. sisters. broth
ers. uncles and aunts do likewise.
andtheir requests will be regarded. "
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-22

Two weeks ago lightning struck the
house Of Fred kappcr, in Houghton
county, Mich. The bolt passed within
a few feet of Mrs. Kappor, administer
Ing 10 her pretty strong dose OF
electric fluid. The old lady had been
suffering necessarily from inhamatory
rheumatism, but since that shock she
has not felt single pain. She be-
lieves she 10 permanently cured, but
can not couscientiously recommend
her treatment to Exchange.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-22

Ordered, That III. III. Norman be
appointed overseer of road 62 in place
of w q Harrington, and that hands in
NJ. b. IIerman's store and Barlow &
Robertson's store be assigned to this
road.
Ordered, That Harrison Flowers,
overseer Of road 50, order out at once
all the hands on his road, and plow the
Grindstone Ford land and pull the dirt
well up in the middle. and also TO work
Rapalie hill by throwing dirt from top
Of banks into middle Of road and cross
laying the hill if necessary with poles
or puncheOns with dirt thrown ON same,
and report his road at the October term
lS9n. under penalty Of being fined g5a
AT four p. IN. the board adjourned to
inspect the Jail and poorhousc.
Friday Morning. August IS.
The board met. pursuant to adjourn
ment. with a full attendance.
After adjournment yesterday. the
board made thorough examination of
the poor house and its inmates and
their condition. Everything was clean
and comfortable; so much 20 that the
board was loath to leave place where
the inhabitants seemed to be so con-
tented and happy.
Ordered, That the following changes
be made on land roll of 1889:
To be struck from roll: State, part
of WI of s 20, II. 5e. 2l acres, val
ued at s42.
To be reduced: State, lots 10 and
IL, 30, { II, r 5e, l64 acres, at g228.
to w9 mel, 7S acres, at Sl56: State,
lot cd sw4, lots WI set, lot 3, eI mel,
$ 20, IL, r De, 205 acres, at $40, to
WI set and e4 mel, l56 acres, at g3l2.
The personal roll for 1890 having
been carefully examined, revised and
it is ordered that said roll so
revised be, and the same is hereby re-
ceived, approved and made final as TO
the assessments contained therein.
Ordered, That the county tax for
1890 be three mills on the dollar for
school purposes, and seven mills for
general county fund so that the en-
tire tax, including state tax of four
mills, be gl.40 on the hundred.
Warrants were issued as follows 10 |
of the board for mileage and
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-22

Too Young for Love.
Too young for love7
All. say not 80
Tell reddenlng rosebuds not 10 blow
Wait not for Spring 10 pass away
Loves Summer months begin with Mayl
Too young for lover
All, say not So
Too young? Too young2
All, no no no
Too young for love2
An. say not 81,
While daisies bloom and Tulips glow
June soon viii come with lengthened day
TO practice all love learned in May.
Too young for love2
Ali, say not sol
Too young? Too young7
All, no no no
-Ogirr Wendell Holmes.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-12-25

ton Oh Winter" must have been q
comfort to his mother who had to wipe
her eyes on her apron when Hannah
''coughed extra Loud tits to be
hoped that the giver of ':nice, thick,
hard boots had an early opportunity
to read the boys unconsciously pa
thetic description of the coolest sea-
son of the year.
Winter is the 4th season of the
year, and therefore It is the coolest.
1t is so cold that We have fine red
fires in the school-rooms, big enough
to boil a sheep on them. You never
see such fires anywhere else, not even
in church. Whenever / see the
school-keeper come in with that big
SHUTTLE of his, and tipple the Goals
on, ! always think how pleased my
mother would be only t. have one q
them Jumps.
Why, there's more Goals III tia, ono
scuttle than there even is in all our
coal-bin at home. | do visit that my
mother was the School Board, SO as
she could make fires fer ner and me.
and my two little sisters. | never CRY
with the cold, not me, but our little
Hannah does. Bns then get so reg
liar warm at school that it seems to
stick to me for ever so long.
In the winter you have to pick up
the bits of Goals from the middle OF
the road after the carts have gone by
This is not stealing because the coal
man would never pick them up hisself.
When there is snow upon the ground
the carts bump good deal and jog
more Goals out, and besides you see
the pieces palmer lying:on the ground
When our Hannah coughs extra.
loud, | see the tears come in my moth
ers eyes. | see her lock at Hannah
and then she always wipes her eyes
and nose with her apron. l wist my
mother was the School Board
You seem to get thinner in winter,
and your boots get thinner, and You
always feel lot hung.ier. But
shouldn't mind winter very much il
it weren't for ths ciilhlanes. | fee
regular mad with them sometimes.
When shall ] have nice, thick, hard
boots again same as what that gentle
man gave me at school long time
since. He has been TO school once
or twice since, looking at our feet
under the desks, but every time he
came my boots happened not to have
no holes in, so he past me by. Per
haps he will come again afore long.
YOUTHS COMPANION.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-12-25
SPEAKING HIS PEACE.

Among the amusing personal ex
periences of Mr.. Irving Montagu, a
related in his Scamp and Studio" il
one connected with some early at
tempts at playacting as an amateur
''for local charities" as he is careful
to explain. He was living in one o.
the new suburbs of London, where
there were still long roads and ter
races only half finished. 1t was tn,
night before performance, and h,
was on his way home from the 6na
rehearsal.
81 had not been so successful as
could have wished, especially in the
opening scene, where | was supposed
to look upto and old friend, Higgins
by name, at his hotel.
"Under these circumstances, as i,
was nearly midnight, and there wa.
rot a soul within sight or hearing
why should not imagine the frs!
gas lamp came to to be Higgins
rush up SO it, and 60 throug that par.
ticular part once again-slapping the
base of the lamp-post as if it had been
Higgins's spinal vertebre-and ad-
dress it as follows:
"Hallow, Higgins, how are you
Just arrived from Bath. Not at home.
Told to come here, and here am.
You're looking we'll. Hows your
uncle? Sisters quite wells Brother
Tom alive and merry? Got any more
pointers? Bay mare on her legs again
Ho~'s Sally Jenkins? What are you
up to here? Snug room this. Why,
you've grown mustaches! What time
do you dine!"
Nov, since the great point of this
opening speech was that it be said in
a rapid. jerky manner, and. if pos
s;bie, in one breath, leave YOU to
suppose the energy necessary to such
a sustained harrangue. ! will also
leave you to fancy my blank aston
ishment when lon its conclusion
received blow on my own spinal
vertebra, while, with a bull's-eye Ian
tern flashed in my face, | found myself
vis-a-vis with apoiieeman, and while,
from a house near by, came peals OF
laughter.
Saint you we'll, sir?'' said that
mild-eyedmembe of the force. Moth
thing wrong with the upper sccry,
lopez COS. you know, this ere amt
'Iggins as you's a-ravin' about"
Explanations were as long as they
were unsatisfactory. The miid-eyed
man saw me to the end of his beat,
ard it is hardly necessary 10 ad b
that when l next went home that
way / made a slight detour, so as to
avoid that particular road and lamp
post"
THE YOUTHS COMPANION.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-12-25
Catarrh cured BY Electricity.

CATARRH ca ne easily, quickly pleasant
aud las,ingly cured by the ELECTRIC JAR. y
clears the head. swectens the breath, aud cures
Catarrh in all its stages. The Jar will cure the
worst nervous Headache in from one TO three
minutes. No waiting for results; this novel and
true curative shows its wonderful power ins;an-
tly, and gives universal satissac, ion, rs cures
by Natures Remedy are permenant.
CrARRH common and dangerous malady.
when chronic, is liable to consume the frontal
bones of the SKULL destroy the cariilages of the
nose, and undermine and blight every function
and faculty Of its victim. TIE breath is oGen-
sive the menaory, The reasoning powers, sight
hearing, and the senses Of taste and smell are
impaired: III. digestive and assimilative funct
ions become disordered. and Consumption en-
sues. The 81 ELEcrRIc JAR ill eradicateACa-
tarrh and prevent these evils. A fortune for
agents. For catalogue of all kinds of Electric
goods, address. FLETCHER FLETCHER.
Cleveland Ohio
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-12-25
Welding by Electricity.

There is a new method of welding
different kinds of metal. 1t consists
of the use of electricity. The meta
to be welded is brought in contact
with powerful cleo trio wires, and by
the union of the two pieces of metal
that are to be .oined, heat is genera
ted, and by the use of machinery to
press the parts together, the weld is
made. Even cast iron is welded by
this method. A large firm in Chica-
go are making preparations to use
this method.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-12-25
VEGETABLE TURKEYS.

Christmas, as known to Englise-
speaking people, is a Northern festi-
val. We have it still associated with
the ancient Yule-tide, with frost and
snow out Of doors, and the FIRE OF ASH
logs within. In southern ATTITUDES,
where December is the midsummer
season, English people feel lost at
the Christmas gatherings. An Amer
lean would be reminded of the Fourth
of July.
Even on this side of the equator.
Christmas loses somewhat of its
charm in warmer climates. English
residents of India often remark upon
the lack of all outdoor surroundings
to inspire seasonabIe feelings. The
H;ndoos keep turkeys, however, and
have found out what an important
part they play in celebrating days Of
generous giving and generous living.
The wife Of civil officer iii India
tells how the natives follow English
customs.
"The principal feature of Christ
mas Day is the swarms of natives who
come to make their salaam to my
husband, beginning early in the morn
ing, and going on ill rGon. They
all bring offerings, too, which it is a
disgrace to them to have refused and
the hall is piled with trays of sweet
meets, fruits, toys and anything they
venture to offer.
1T is forbidden /, offer anythiE g
but fruit and vegetables, but the de-
vices they resort to in order to eva,le
this are very amusing. Along witt
other things, two turkeys were marc l.
ed in as one mans Offering. Robert
looked displeased, and sad he could
not accept such things, whereapon
the man pleaded earnestly that they
were vegetable turkeys! 1t vas i'm
possible to resist this, but Robert
told him that in the future even vege-
table turkeys could not be allowed.
''At present these singular bird:
are stalking about the grounds, COB
bling wonderfully like common tur.
keys"
YOUTHS COMPANION.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-12-25
A Glance At The Rising Sun.

Now, in these holidays let all the
comfortable classes exchange the La
mentations of jeremiah for the exul.
tant Psalms of David. "Praise ye
the Lord, let every thing that hath
breath praise the Lord" and we will
have different state of things in
this country. l wish there might be
a conspiracy formed-I would like
to belong to ia conspiracy made
up that all the merchants and editors
and ministers of religion in this
country agree that they would have
faith IN God and talk cheerful, and
there would be revival of business
immediate tremendous and glorious
Stop singing Naomi and old Win
dom, and give us Mount pisgah and
Coronation. Merry Christmas.
The land is full of prophets, and l
have as much right to prophesy as
anyone. prophesy that we are
coming toward the grandest temper
al prosperity we have ever witnessed
in this country. Mechanics are
going to have larger wages; capital
lists are going to have larger divi-
dends: the factories that are now
closed are going to ran !: day and
night to meet demands; stores are
going to be crowded with customers
jostling each other and inpatient to
get waited on. Amid the rapid
strides of business, attorneys will be
called to interpret LOCALITIES, and
merchants overworked will want
medical attendance, and the church.
es are going to be abundant with
men and women anxious to conse-
crate their gains to the Lord.
You prophesy midnight! l prophe
sy midnoon. You pitch your tent
toward universal bankruptcy! l
pitch my tent toward national opu-
lencd.-Dewitt Talmadge, in The
Ladies home Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-12-25
The Rock Islands E,ae rgency Rate

The Rock Island has issued an
emergency rate sheet, effective Mon
3a,, for the relief of the sufferers
{ III the cora crop failure. The
a e on corn and oats, str light Car
loads, from any point on the line in
Kansas or Nebraska t, points west
II the two states will be ten cents
"a hundred pounds until March, 1891.
he rate applies only on west bound
.hipments. The Rock Ishsd has
L. o issued notice that all freight
for the relief of the sufferers in Kan
SIS o. Nebraska if shipped to Frank
ID. Hensley at Atwood or Beatrice,
or w. H. Smit Colby Kansas, will
De car sd free of charge.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-12-25

II Is evident that the claim of the
democrats. that Cleveland has chang
ed his views on the silver question,
are not well subsantiated. As the
HEeuag Post Of New York Cit Y, a
Cleveland organ says: "As politi-
cal issue we would rather be respon-
aible for ten Mckinley bills than for
one free-coinase Of silver bills, after
IL" people have once had a taste Of
it."
The democratic party is evidently
widsl. seperlted on the silver ques-
ton. The leaders in the east do
not want free coinage, while those of
the west demand it. 1t is evident
that all the relief on the financial
question must come from this repub-
hcan congress.