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The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-05-23

IL was Daniel Webster. who when
called upon at Philadelphia banquet
for toast to Pennsylvania's illustrious
sOns,responded: Il drink to the health
Of the great men Of Pennsylvania,
Heres to Benjamin Franklin, of Mas
sachusetts and Albert GalIatin, OF
Switzerland" The jest was not rel
ishcd by Pcnnsylvania,whO could have
retorted In like manner upon Massa-
chusetts, for tho great orator and
statesman Of whom she was so proud
was a son Of New Hampshire.
But nothing more illustrates the cos
mopolitan character Of our civilization
and the kindness Of each state to those
who are her sous by adoption as well
as those who are by birth, than the
fact that so many are not born in the
community with which they arc iden-
rifed. The death Of Senator Beck af-
fords striking instance. Since child
hood he had been in thought, feeling
and action a thorough Kentuckian, yet
he first saw the light In cold and foggy
Scotland. Butno one could ever think
OF him as other than Kentuckian, and
he was never anything else. Thus
Henry Clay was born and reared in
Virginia, and George ID. Prentice was
a Connecticut Yankee, but there have
been no better Kcntuckians than these.
And while Kentucky has drawn
some of her great men from other
states she has given many in return.
Illinois Is justly proud Of Lincoln, but
he was born on Kentucky soil. JcfTer-
SON Davis was q Kentuckian by birth,
but in history is Mississippian.
Examples multiply with respect to
Other states. General Grant is cred
tied to Illinois, but he was born in
Ohio. Andrew Jackson, tho great
Tennossean, was long the disputed
product Of North Carolina and South
Carolina, though VIC believe The latter
state has established the better claim.
Tho brilliant Sergeant Prentiss, Of
Mississippi, the perfect type ofa south
orn orasor, nowcry and impuIsive. was
cradled among the SHOWS Of Maine.
And thus the list could be continued
indcfnitely.-LouisUi1e Courier-JoHr-
nai
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-05-23

The strawberry planters along the
line Of the Illinois Central railroad from
Hammond to Crystal Springs, are very
discouraged this season. Several who
reached the city this morning expressed
themselves as so dissatisfied that they
viii not ship any more strawberries to
market.
The late freeze this year threw back
the plants and when the berries formed
they we're developed too rapidly. There
was too much sap when ripened, max
ing the berries too tender to stand ship
ment. Shipments to Chicago have cost
the shipper the freight charges. Other
lots produced barely enough to pay
freight.
In consequence Of this disastrous re-
suit the strawberry fields are being
abandoned and in many cases no at
tempt win be made 10 retrieve the i'll
fortune by sowing other crops. New
Orleans has 50 far been too low in price
TO make it profitable 10 ship here.-N.
q. NeiD Delta.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-05-23

Hresolution Is habit that creeps up
on Its victim with fatal facility. IL Il
not vicious, but it leads to vice, and
many an otherwise promising man has
come to grief BY it. Trihing as it ap.
pears in the wayering steps Of the
young, as they grow older It's form
changes TO that Of q hideous monster
with two tails and a breath like bung-
starter. The idler, the spendthrift, the
man who snores in church, the epicu-
rean, the man who can't find his collar
button and thus misses the train, the
lnebrlate and those striving 10 become
nebriates, are among the victims Of ir-
resolution.
Perhaps the would-be inebriate has il
worse than the other victims. He knows
that the goblet which he is about 10
drain is poison, yet he swallows il; that
is, the poison, not the goblet That it
win de9den all his faculties and cause
his nose 10 resemble a Chinese lantern
and hurry his progress to a dishon0red
sarcopbagus, and yet he drains it un-
der a species Of dreadful spell, and
waves his fngerat the barkeeper to put
1t on ice with the rest.
How beautiful and manly is that pow
er by which theresolute man passes un-
moved through these dangers, and
calmly calls for cigar instead Of the
liquid damnation.-ierds SftiHgs.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-05-23

Johnny (aged 6, brother to Anne
lia)-My sister will be up directly.
She is now engaged in washing the
supper dishes.
Mr.. Spoonee-I thought young
ladies left that to their mothers.
JOhnny-Some young ladies who
think only Of their own ease may,
but my sister Amelia never does.
She never permits mother 10 do
anything which she can do herself.
l don't think / ever saw q young
lady who kept herself 50 busy about
the house. Really. she Is never %
happy as when nj work.
Mr.. Spoonee-Tell me, Johnny,
does she ever say anything about
me.
Johnny-She frequently speaks
of you as a gentleman whom no
woman could help esteeming high
ly. You know she has many suit
ors, but never, she says, until she
saw you, did she experience any
thing approaching to love.
Mr.. Spoonee-Of course, she
knows that my fortune is ample,
and
Johnny-Excuse me, sir, but
while, of course, she is not insensi-
bic to the advantages Of wealth, she
has repeatedly said that when she
weds it will be because OF the love
she bears the man who asks her
hand.
Mr.. Spoonee-Come, Johnny, do
you think she would have mo2
JOHNNY can't say positively,
sir. / know she thinks well Of you.
But there is n Mr.. Quick who has
pressed his suit very industriously
FOR some time, and If / may be nj
! ,wed to make suggestion, ] should
advise you to propose as quickly as
possible. You will excuse me now,
Mr.. Spoonee, / hear Amelia on the
stairs, and il might be embarrass-
ing for you to meet her in my pres
ence. Good evening sir.-BostoH
Transcript.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-05-23

The Hon. E. II. Farrar, Of New Or
leans, in an interview with the New
York Herald, thus discusses the lot
terry extension:
am opposed to the extension of the
lottery charter even If they should bind
themselves TO pave the state with gold
An extension Of that charter means the
domination Of a corrupt power in poll
tics and the political slavery Of the peo-
pie Of this state. No arrangement the
state can make with the lottery is any
thing more than a reyocable license.
Such an agreement, as decided by the
supreme court Of the United States, is
outside Of the domain Of contract and
entirely within the police power: there
fore, it rests entirely in the good viii Of
the granting power. The grant Of a
lottery charter being, therefore, precari-
GUS, the lottery company will be COM
PEELED TO protect it. The more valuable
the grant, the greater the incentive to
protect it. Now, the only way they can
protect such grant, is BY perpetually
controlling the majority Of every legis-
lature that may hereafter be elected in
the state. They must, therefore, be a
perpetual factor in politics, and a factor
only Of corruption, because it is only by
the exercise Of such widespread corrupt
ion in the future as they VIGOROUSLY ex-
ercised in the past that they can hope
to control majority Of all future legis-
latures. They viii then be brought in
10 such relations with the whole gamut
Of politics that they will necessarily end
by controlling the whole politics Of the
state. The result Of this will be that
ali honorable and independent men will |
be excluded from public Office, and no
nan who viii not bow his head 10 the
yoke can hope to obtain any
political honor.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-05-23

Mr.. James Zohrabi, British minister
to Hayti, who is in the city ON bis way
to England, says:
layti is naturally one Of the richest
countries in the world for its area.
believe that under a firm government,
where property was secure, the island
would support q population Of 20,O00.OOU
souls. One can form no idea Of the
wealth Of the island without q visit
there. For instance, coffee trees are not
cultivated at all, but grow Wild in such
luxuriance that it is impossible for q
man to penetrate them. Paths are cut
through from one village to another and
that is all During the coffee harvest
people gather the berries from the edges
Of the groves and the rest goes to waste.
For every 1000 tons gathered 800
tons 20 10 waste. 1t is much the same
with sugar cane. The people do not
cultivate the cane. 1t grows wild.
Everything grows in such profusion
that the people live in spite Of reyolu-
tlons. In no other country could the
drain Of such constant warfare be sus-
tanned.
The ordinary government is terribly
expensive. Every. year when the coffee
season comes around the government
collects from 100000 to 100000,
but under this system the officials in
power know that their turn to 90 into
exile will soon come. have been here
two years, but the third set Of officials
is in power. Each set, knowing that its
time would soon end, had to prepare to
20, so they pocketed all the money in
sight Hayti has a debt now of over
S30,000,000; with a good government
this debt could be paid Off-N. Y.
Letter.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-05-23

Thcrehave been variety of changes
proposed in the constitution, among
them an elective Judiciary, a change OF
the judicial system, prohibition and
the suffrage. The discussion for tho
past few months in respect to the lat
ter has demonstrated its paramount
importance. There is general con-
currence ofpublic opinion that this is
at once the most vital and difficult
question presented by the whole situ-
alton.
Ii is evident that the urgency Of the
suffrage question has been largely in
strumental in bringing about a con-
vention, and il Is fair to assume that
it will take the first place in the delib-
erations of that body.
Two years ago the suffrage was not
considered by the public. Even one
year ago il received no special or ear
nest attention, but recently it has
been growing in the public
estimation in seriousness and i'm
portance. IL is impossible to pre-
dict what will be the outcome of It's
discussion and consideration in the
convention, but beyond all question Il
is first in consequence aud the highest
interests of tho state demand its solu-
tion.
The convention will be an event Of
the gravest character to the state; 1t
will be critical and pivotal.
However men may differ in respect
to measures and remedies, there is
rapidly crystallizing public conviction
that something must be done. The
state is approaching the point Of time
when a change is inevitable. The man
must be blind who cannot perceive
these indications.
Advanced as Il IL from the old stand
point, public sentiment on the suffrage
question is not yet sufficiently adj
vanced to accept the full realization Of
the perils and dangers Of procrastina-
tion aud postponemcnf. - Common
aceaith.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-05-23

Take an English girl and put her
beside an American girl whose an
cestry Is pure English and there is
a remarkable difference between
them in shape, nature and color.
The American, as rule, Is slender
er, iairer and slightcr-limbed, thin
ner-featured aud more vivacious and
excited in manner. The English
girl Is fuller, roster in color, heavier
in build and calmer. The voice Of
the American is thin and high, that
of the English girl rich and low.
But where You will find the great
est physical difference Is in the feet
and hands. The Americans foot
is small, thin, high-arched, and
tendonous in the ankle. The English
girls is plump. fiat and full at the
ankle. There Is the same differ
ence in the hands. Take a cast
from an English and American foot,
and any one can distinguish them
with half on eye. All the attach
ments, as they are called. are long
er and more tendonous in the Amef-
lean than in the English. There is
something charming in the one as
Of rose, and in the other Of n lily.
Where the English have the adj
vantage over the American is in
their voices and intonations. An
English woman's voice is a pleas
ure to hear-so sweet and low and
pleasant in its modulatiOns-
the Americans whine with q high
pitched voice. The latter sing bet
ter than the English, because the
English can never fully utter iheir
voice and throw it ont. Certainly
the American girls are sometimes
very handsome; and they generally
have a refinement Of look and fea-
ture, If not Of manner. In their
ways. too, there is a certain wild
willfulness and independence which
when il does not 20 too far Gas II
frequently does), is very attractive.
~. w. Story.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-05-23

The little town Of Ellisville, Miss, is
now producing the most perfect spcci-
men Of hybrid journalism on the Ameri-
can continent. II has two editors, Capt.
Cook, Republican. and DIR. lee. Demo
crat, and the paper is called the EaGie.
The Ne'cs does not question the right
Of the publishers to issue a paper Of this
kind, but It's uniqueness is 50 thorough
" original, the paper ought TO have q
national circulation
Editor Cook is a Republican candi-
date for congress. He writes thus Of
his associate Democrat editor:
DR.. Ice has perfect righs so vote against hla
associate editor II be desires, and ne ls welcome
70 enjoy All there iu In modern Democracy. That
was ihe compact We would nol support Dr.
Les a. . Demoeratie candldala. and there wlll DO
no falling oui between Gao editors.
Immediately following the above par
agraph Is one By editor Lee, who says:
The Nee soutA l. considerable troubled be-
cauaa we don's Hupport DR. Cook for congress.
Mr.. Cook did nos AK nor expect our support for
congress or amy other Office. nor would any mno
man expect 10 who knows ua hosh
If there is anything more grotesque
than this In the newspaper kingdom
will the discovorer please produce 1t ?
The Eagle circulation should spread IL
self sure enough as the greatest living
caricaturc Of newspaperAom. IL Ms not ~
be surpassed. unless Henry Watterson
and Mmat Halstead should join hands
10 edit the same paper upon party lines.
The helre viii watch with interest
The future of this most original of news.
papers with ils singular mae Of the Qli-
loFial we used alternately IN behalf Of
the hwo xreat parties q which lhe e1
seFH elaiin Ho he aEpenenta
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-05-23
PoIiteness in the Homa circIa.

True politeness is founded on consid-
Grafton for others, yet it is 50 much a
matter Of habit, that courtesy is some
times shown where there is no con-
sideration; and it is sometimes neglected
where there is affection and kind con-
sideration. Thus, in the intercourse Of
near relatives made familiar with each
other by daily meetings there is natu-
rally less forInality than between peo-
pie who are only thrown together occa-
sionally.
But along with the laying aside Of
fornality. some necessary features Of
politeness are sometimes sacrificed BY
relatives and very close friends. The
youth who is careful to salute his lady
acquaintances according to the usages
Of good society sometimes forgets TO pay
the same respect to his sister, not be-
cause he Is wanting in affectiOnate re-
gard, but because he has grown so fa-
miliar with her that it seems awkward
to him to treat her in any formal way.
Yet when he meets her in company he
should, out of his consideration for her,
be markedly polite and attentive.
When the young man begins TO be-
have at home with less politeness than
he exhibits abroad, there is much dan
ger that gradually he viii lose thatcon-
sideration for his immediate relatives
which he should have and exhibit. lie
may begin by entering the family room
without formal greeting absorbed in
his own thoughts or pursuits, he will
soon begin to leave his sisters and his
mother to look for themselves in the
smaller affairs of life, and gradually but
surely he viii cultivate a selfish dispO-
sition in home affairs that viii make
him an Indifferent son or brother.
1t is a small matter in itself whether
a young man finds a chair for his sister
or mother, anticipates their desire for a
glass Of water, helps them to their
wraps, and offers them the thousand
little services which they could perform
very well BY their own exertions !;
but it is not small matter when neg
lect Of such attentions lessons his con-
sideration for them, develops his sell
6shness and gradually undermines the
affection that should unite the family.
Politeness in society between friends
or acquaintances is demanded BY Gus
tom. There is no need to remind read
ers that it should be exhibited. Po-
hteness at home and between near rel
atives, even between husband and wife,
though of much more importance in ev-
cry way, is too often neglected. Gen.
tlemen Of the old school are carefully
polite to their wives and other relatives
in the home circle; but the later gener-
alton seems disposed to treat relatives
with less respect than is shown t)
strangers and acquaintance. The ten
dency, should be resisted, however, and
every encouragement given in the home
circle to an observance Of the rules Of
polite society, modified only by a spon-
taneous exhibition Of that greater afec-
ton which exists between the members
Of a family group.-Baltimore Sun.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-05-23

In conversation one day in his Office
in Chicago, senator Farwell said 10 q
gentleman who had asked him to use
his influence TO obtain a situation for q
young man:
"One Of the troubles with young men
who procure situations is that they viii
not live within theirincome. They have
an idea that the man for whom they
work likes TO hear Of their living well
and dressing In fashion. AS 10 their
living well, that is all right if they can
afford it. But they can't do it on the
salaries ON which most young men be-
Gin. "A young man such as / speak of
can't take his lunches and dinners at
che hotel cafes or Kinsley's. He can't
smoke expensive cigars and wear a how-
er in his buttonhole. He can't buy
theatre tickets very often, and he can't
take his sweetheart out TO dinner. And
any young man who does these things
thinking that his employer doesn't know
Id, is very much mistaken. The BUSH
ness career of that young man will be
cut down early in its youth"
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-05-23
RACE HATRED TN EUROPE.
Neighbors whose Dislike for Each 9TH
er Is Constantly Manifested.

cF AZ COhStdHtfy 4hdHyc8fcd.
Few circumstances in Europe are
more disheartening than the distasts
felt by its different races for one an
other. The Germans and Czechs oi
Bohemia cannot tolerate each other
though they know that they must re-
main intermixed 10 the end Of time.
The Spaniards and Portuguese are
lodged side by side, under circulnstan-
ces which would make fusion enor-
mously advantageous 70 both. Yet
the koenest observers report that fusion
Is impossible, because spaniards de-
spisc Portuguese and Portuguese dread
and detest Spaniards. The Germans
and Slavs in the east Of Europe can
hardly be compelled to keep the peace,
while the German loathing for Dane
Ia as intense aud as unintelligible as
the loathing Of a Dutchman for the
Germans. The Italians and the French
though their frontiers touch, despise
each other heartily.
The Slavs and the Greeks living ia
the same Turkish provinces, though
they have the bond Of a common scr
vitudc, confess to a rcpulsion they can
not conquer; and the Poles and the
Germans Of Prussia, subjects Of the
same crown and invested with the
same rights, regard ono another with
angry suspicion.
We sec no evidence Of II dying away,
but on the contrary, It appears to deep
eu, until, in a free and enlightened city
like Berlin, there is a positive danger
lest, If authority were paralyzed for
few days, the educated" German pop
ulation would spring at the throats of
all Hebrews and bid all Poles depart.
And all this while the difference be-
tween the races is often less than the
difference between the families or in
dividuals Of the same race.-Lomdon
Spectator
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-05-23

In a city, no young lady goes out
in the evening with a young gentle
man without some lady older than
either, be it to the theatre, ball or
elsewhere while in the country, il
is not considered improper for a
young gentleman TO call for a young
lady and take her to a party or any
entertainment In a carriage or 10
walk with her to the place alone.
Or, if a gentleman meets a young
lady Of his acquaintance, and finds
she has no escort, TO ask permission
to attend her 10 her home and il
is proper to accept his escort, and,
on reaching home, TO thank him for
his kindness, bid him good night at
the door, particularly II the hour is
late. II it is not late, and the fami-
~ Of the young lady are still in the
parlor, 1t is proper to invite the
young gentleman in, that he may
pay his respects 10 her family.
In very formal society, a lady
does not ask TO take a gentleman's
hat, but in the country servants are
not always in the hall, and there is
no impropriety in a young lady
asking a gentleman TO allow her 10
take his hat and relieve him from
the Inconvenience Of holding it,
Home Magazine.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-05-23

Editor REvEIIE:
This section Of the swamp has for
more than forty days been deeper under
water than since 1859, according to an
old citizen who has been continuous
resident for upwards Of thirty-five years.
The water, during the spring Of that
year, was about eighteen inches higher
than il has been this spring. Then the
water did not 20 off the land until late
IN July. This year we are more fortu-
nate, as the water is now falling rapid
ly. Up 10 this time it has fallen about
four feet, and cotton planting is pro-
crossing finely. This place-contain-
ing 200 acres in cultivation-at one
time had only two hundred acres not
under water Now there are more than
1900 planted, with a fine prospect for a
full crop. The negroes have been well
cared for during the overflow. / have
heard Of none in this section who suf-
fered from want Of something to eat.
Four or five have been drowned on adj
joining places caused BY carelessness in
some cases and too much drink in the
others. Very few head Of stock have
been drowned, though quite anumber Of
cattle have starved TO death, because the
owners (negroes) had nothing to feed
them on We don't hear much about
the constitutional convention up here.
In my opinion, this win be the most
important convention that has been held
since the war. Questions Of the great
est welfare 10 our social Institutions as
well as political, must be decided. So
it behooves our people to exercise their
best judgment in the selection Of dele
gates | appreciate your remarks with
reference to the letter Of Mr. Stiles.
Wishing the REvETLLE much success,
Respectfully,
9. o. WATSON.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-05-23

IL is clear that the mass of New
York women are not walkers
Twelve women entered n Sixth av
enue Car during its progress from
Twenty-third street to Fourteenth
OF these one rode two blocks-ant
she was young and strong. Sever
al rode four blocks, half dozer
rode The entire distance. .-Ncrr Y0rl
EUening 6am.
The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1890-05-23

Valentine Setting and wifc, Of ST.
Louis, went out driving recently. Mr.
Setting Is jcwelcr, and had succeeded
In accumulating "a, ,605 which was kept
I'm the house. Being afraid to leave
the money In the house during their
absence, Mrs. Setting put 1t in her
stockings. It felt uncomfortable there.
She took the package out and placed
it at The bottom Of a paper bag contain
ing oranges, and which she carried in
her hands During the drive the
couple ate the oranges, and when the
last one was gone threw the bag away,
losing sight Of the fact that IL contain
cd all the money they had in tho
world. Thcy aid not discover thoir
loss until late I'm the evening. and nlI
attempts to find the package proved
unaeAiliue. Cor Chicago Tribune