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

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, in the Au-
gust Forum, puts the seal of condcm-
nation on low-necked dresses, saving
that decent women have never dressed
so indecently in our century as they
do in fashionable life to-day. We
should like to throw down the gaunt-
let TO the women of America. "De-
fend these immoralities Speak up
for yourselves, II YOU canr | do not
believe that two reputable women in
the land would dare publicly to de-
fcnd the styles of undress which now
disgrace our sex. The time has come
for such protest against this abomi-
nation as will smite women to the dust
for shame. Enter any fashionable
drawing-room aud look for yourselves.
Think of it, you high-born ladies'
think of IL. A lady representing one
of the @bcst" families in the state, her
self q queenly, h0me-loving matrOn,
the mother of grown sons aud daugh-
ters, wears her dress-but my pen
shrinks from writing what this high
bred lady does.
There Is no life of concealed dishon-
or, no intrigue, no shoddy birthright,
no fast and loose views of duty. The
woman Is otherwise immaculate. How
explain this ethical enigma? Are our
ladies morally insane, or mentally 2
Do they know what they are doing 2
And if not, why not? How shall we
characterize the too-low corsagc, with
nothing for sleeve2 The lower bod
Ice with no sleeve at all2 Nudity COW
cred by Transparency Aud what is
known as the Y-back? They are be-
low excuse, as they are beyond ex-
planatiOn.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-08

Bishop Vincent, Of the Methodist
Episcopal church, received letter from
a young woman prominent In society
recently upon the subject of dancing.
In her letter she said she had been re-
cciyed into the Methodist church, yet
she was fond of dancing, and, more
over, was constantly brought into con-
tact with those who did dance. She
could not forcgo the pleasure of dan
cling, she wrote, unless bishop Vincent
instructed her to do SO.
The letter which he wrote in reply
treated the vexed subject In thor
ough and comprehensive manner.
His quotation of authorities is apt and
10 the point. The letter has received
some publicity, aud parts Of Ii arc here
reproduced. The bishop says;
1.-The great lion-faced orator. Daniel
Webster, when asked why he did not
dance, replied; Il have not brains E.
nough.' Thackeray, the great novel
list, has written: when man con-
fesses himself fond of dancing set
him down as fool A. &. Coke, ,Epis-
copal bishop of New York, has said !:
Alas that women protesting to fol-
low Christ and godliness should not
rally for the honor of their sex and
drive these shameful dances from So
ciety.' Gail Hamilton has written: I:
The thing is Of its very nature un-
clean, and cannot be washed. The
very pose of the parties suggests inn
purity"
Bishop Vincent also quotes one of
the most fair-minded of Congregation
al pastors in New England, who says:
Questionable dances as now carried
on are revolving to every feeling OF del
isacy and propricty, and are fraught
with the greatest danger to millions"
IN his own opinion aud OF his owa-
knowledge bishop Vincent says at
is not the rattle one hears in the
neighborhoOd of a snake that he OBJ
jects to. A child might play with it.
The dance is the rattle, but the danger
is in the fangs and the poison. Its as
sociations and tendencies must come
into the count. Now, in the dance
there must be at some point a peril,or
so many wise and good people would
not have written, taught and preached
against il. IL has been said; TO the
pure all things are pure but alas, who
are the pure, and how many such are
thercl Let those dance who will; the
humble, earnest, consistent Christian
who desires to consccrate his or her
every word and act to Christ will
deem it wrong and inconsistent to
y Tribune.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-08
Suggested BY President Johnson.

When the constitutional convention
assembled at jackson, August IL, 1866,
president johnson sent Gov. Sharkey a
telegram expressing his qualification
that the convention had been organized
without difficulty, and giving this adj
vice as 10 its action:
IF you could extend the elective
franchise to all persons of color who
can read the constitution of the United
States in English and write their names,
and 10 all persons Of color who own real
estate valued at not less than $3.50 and
pay taxes thereon, you would complete
ly disarm the adversary and set an ex-
ample the other states would follow"
So it will be seen that president
johnson, in 1865, recommended the
suffrage plans which are freely discuss
ed now-education and property. Then
they were only to apply to negroes, who
had not had conferred upon them the
right of the elective franchise. Now it
is proposed by some to adopt an educa-
tion or property qualification for the
voter, while others favor combination
of both.
The suggestion of President johnson
we're not adopted, and the convention
Of 1867 declared that no property or
educational qualifications shall ever be
required for electors. and that this
latter provision should not be amended
before the year 1895. The limitation
having expired, there viii be nothing
10 hamper the action of the convention
to meet Aug. l2th.-Clari0n-Ledger.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-08
Care OF the Feet.

Above all things keep the feet thor
oughly clean and well rubbed and ma
nipulated. This will prevent lame
joints, and nearly always prevent corns.
Twice a week they should be soaked
In warm water, The toes being gently
rubbed all the time. After this
warm bath, rub the toes with a weak
solution of arnica, and where there is
n tendency 10 bunions paint with To-
dine. A bandagc wet with alum wa
ter and put on when retiring is excel
lent for strengthening tender feet, while
sand, soap or emery paper should be
used to remove any rough scarf skin
or cuticle. Profusc pcrspiration can
be checked by using a powder of chalk
and starch, or by bathing in hartsho n
and water. Keep the toes AS straight
as possible. Where there is a tenden-
cy TO crook or overlap each other II is
well to place a thin spliut under them
at night, tied closely, against which
they can be held in placc.-Lucy Lille
in Herald
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-08
MoItke on Beer.

At home and abroad Count Won
Moltke has long been quoted as the au-
thor Of the sentiment. "Beer is Germa-
ny's Worst Enemy" A temperance
publication in Dresden recently asked
the field marshal to give its readers a
little lecture from this text. His an
swer was:
Il never said beer was Germany's
worst enemy. On the contrary. | have
always wished that a good light beer
could be given to our people for less
money than they now pay. The
price at 81 or even q cents (for about
a half pint is too high. In South
Germany they drink the less expensive
cider. With us in North Germany,
unfortunately. only schnaps is cheap.
| drink neither beer nor brandy. but
regard the abolishing Of the use of spir-
ituous liquors as neither possible nor de-
sirable. Especially are they necessary
where quick, exhausting work is done;
for instance, on the battlefield, where
the strength of the men must be occa-
sionally stimulated, if only for a short
time. Dangerous to the country is alone
the abuse of alcohol that unfortunately
prevails among us. A healthy man
under ordinary circumstances needs no
such tonic, and the use of it for chill
dren is absolutely sinful The same is
true of savages, who are the same as
children. Ny desire is that coffee, tea
and light beer become cheaper and
brandy become dearer.-Er.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-08
The IDEAL end the Real indian.

The American Indian of to-day il
thus discussed by Elaine Goodale, who
is teacher at one Of the Indian reser-
yations
The ideal Indian is tall, finely formed,
athletic and graceful. lie walks with
the free step beftting a son Of the
forest, lives royalty ON choice game and
wild fruits, quaffs the sparkling spring,
and fills his lungs with deep draughts
of pure air. His strength seems sOme-
times almost superhuman, and his en-
durance is amazing.
We turn from this picture to look
with incredulous pity upon the actual
Indian Of to-day, with his narrow chest
and STOPPING shoulders, puny arms and
delicate hands, sitting over a red-hOt
stove in AN unventilated cabin, and
swallowing unlimited strong coffee. He
can not cut half cordof wood ON a cold
day without exhaustion, and If he plOws
a dozen fIrrows in the spring the
chances are that the red stream gushes
from his lips and warns Of almost GER
tain death. When the ambassador of
the eastern school comes to the agency
for children. how few are able to pass
the physicians examination How
many of the most promising youth die
at school or upon their return home !
People learn with surprise Of the
great sickness and mortality among In
dams ON reservations to-day. "Why is
it?" they ask; "why is not the average
Indian healthy? We supposed him to
be, above all things, vigorous animal." !"
The Indians themselves answer the
question with a stern and sad arraign-
ment Of our civilization, at least 20 far
as it has affected their lives. Before
the white man came" exclaims the old
man, wrapped in his blanket like a
shriveled mummy, gesticulating with
his skinny hands; before the white
man came, We were strOng-we were
alive! We lived in tents, We moved
constantly from place to place. We ate
good meat Of buffalo and juicy venisOn,
We drank pure water. Our young men
never coughed, the blood never sprang
from their lips our girls had not these
great swellings ON their necks and these
pale faces. The white man brought us
these things. He brought us the flesh
Of diseased cattle, bad bacon. the coffee
that takes away our strength. We sit
in the white mans houses and eat these
things. and We die like the dogs! There
are mo- old Inen and women nowadays /:
the very children are dyingw
The dreadful thing abOu; this charge
is Its truth. The physicians who have
lived among the Indians and studied
their physique and the conditions under
which they live. will tell you subStan-
tally the same stOry-there were no
traces Of scrOfula and consumption, the
fearful scOurgcs Of to-day, among the
Indians Of the olden time. The transit
tion period of ciyilization-the change
from airy teepes to close cabins. from
warm clothing Of skins to shoddy blan-
kets and sleazy calico, from wholesome
food to diseased meat and ill-made
bread, the excessive use of coffee and
other evils incidenttotlli' period; among
some tribes strong drink-these have
ruined the pristine yigor of the abOrig-
nal mani
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-08

hleiien COle, the London cOrreSpOi'
dent of the PicayHHe, writing about
the peace conference that lately met in
that city, says:
The great practical problem before
English speaking men is to devise some
method whereby all differences between
the various English-speaking communi-
ties may be submitted to the arbitra-
ment of law and common sense, instead
of being left to be dealt with by politi-
clans. If we keep the English-speak-
ing world at peace it does not matter
very much that we fail to secure the
disarmament of continental armies. If,
on the other hand. we cannot establish
permanent supreme tribunal to whose
decision all the English-speaking states
agree TO bow, we may as well spare
ourselves the trouble of perorating elo-
quently upon the coming advent Of the
United States of Europe.
30 far as the continental nations are
concerned, feel more disposed to rely
upon the Gerard gun, which is to be
ltried at the headquarters of the London
Scottish on Friday, than upon all the
resolutions of the Westminster confer
ence. When war means certain death
to all who fight, war will end. and every
improvement in weapons brings US
nearer to general disarmament. If all
be true that is claimed for the Gerard
gun, it Will advance us a long way to-
ward the millennium for it will in six
months make all the rifles and cannon
into old iron, abolish gunpowder and
reyolutionize war.
NJ. Gerard, French inventor, has
produced a gun which shoots by con-
densed carbonic acid gas. You pull a
trigger, one drop Of the condensed gas
enters the chamber Of the gun. II is
instantly recOnverted into gas. and the
pressure drives out the bullet with
velocity continually accelerated until it
leaves the muzzle. NJ. Gerard claims
that you can fire, without stopping to
reload, 800 bullets, one after the other,
With the carbOnic acid condensed in
small cylinder twelve inches long.
There is no fash, no report. no smoke,
NJ recoil, and no heat. Invisible death
can be rained out upon the enemy at
200 yards range, without any sign be-
ing afforded him Of the position IRON
whence the bullets come. The gas
necessary to propel the 800 bullets costs
one penny. 1t is perfectly safe against
accidental explosion. and is proofagainst
fire and water. If the experiments
justify the claims Of the inventor. gun
powder will join the bow string and the
c.fap,,lf
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-08

Investigation has shown that 80
per cent. of the boys in the Mime.
apolis schools smoke tobacco, and the
majority Of the smokers are among
the boys of the poorer classes. The
boys that smoke are the worst stu
dents. A growing person csnnoi
use tobacco without paying the pen.
atty in arrested physical and mental
development. To many adults, to-
bacco in any form is poison. To
the person that has not attained bis
growth, the effect oftobacco Is always
injurious, and all the more more dan
gerous because OF it's insidious effects
-Erchangs
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-08
A Well Meant Warning.

Not long ago, | saw n young man
come out of church with n nice
young girl, and rs soon as the side
walk was reached, he rolled a Gig
arctic, struck a match, and com
placcntly puffed his noxious smoke
to the disgust of those walking be-
hind. If ! were that young lady
never would walk with that young
man until he had learned that it
shows lack of good breeding to
smoke in the company Of n young
lady.
The other day ! saw young gen.
tleman call for a young lady to take
her driving. lie assisted her into
the buggy and then deliberately
crawled over her lap 10 his seat.
l saw young man and a young
lady walking on the street the other
night He held her arm in that de
moralizing grip called the "clutch," ("
and so near were they to each
other that the Siamese twins would
have blushed to have been seen in
such close propinquity. / mental
ly thanked God that that girl was
not NV sister. Girls, beware of the
"clutch." p" 1t is too familiar, breeds
contempt, and the young man loses
respect for you.
Much of the i'll manners that
young men of this day display re-
suits from the want of a dignified
and womanly stand on the part of
young women. If | see a young
man squeezing or pinching young
lady's arm while talking to her, or
touching or putting his hands on
her, feel sorry for that girl. She
has her standard and the young
man is up to it. but thank God it
is not my standard. If were
young woman | would enforce re-
spect from every man. He should
not bring me to his level and thus
be able TO boast with his associates
Of the liberties he has taken. How
many foul, blighting things do
young men say of young ladies with
whom they are intimate. A true
gentleman will never say anything
dcrogratory to a young lady's char
acter, nor will he compromise her
in any way.
| fear there may be some grounds,
however small, for these damaging
disparagemcnts, and that the young
lady has lowered her standard. l
again urge that a young woman eau
not be too modest, or too discreet.
Young woman. raise your standard
of virtue and morality high
Abridged from COpiah Signal Cor
rcspOadeHce.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-08

The practice Of chewing gum has
become very widespread. IL is not a
very elegant habit; to many it is posi-
lively repulsive, and there are sources
of danger, too, that should not be over
looked. A case in point was related to
us few days ago. Diphtheria broke
out in family in East Des Moines.
After the child had recovered, the
clothing and all the exposed articles
fully disinfected, the parents, with the
convalescent child, visited some rela-
tives in the country. The indispensa-
bic chewing gum, like Satan went also
in the mouth of the little child.
Prompted by generosity it allowed its
county cousins-two children-to chew
the gum previously chewed by the Wis
iting child. In three or four days with
out any other known source of infection
than the chewing gum the two children
were simultaneously stricken down
with diphtheria in a most serious form.
-ErchGHge.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-08

II isa significant fact that twelve of
the largest and oldest London life as
surance companies, which, had, of
course, issued policies only TO the most
carefully selected, could produce from
their lists but a single case of ccntcna-
rianism. The instances alleged of per-
sons reaching their l2oth, or even
their llsth year, etc. may bo set down
as without exception not authentic
The three TO five years over hundred
which science indicatcs as the natural
term of human life, Is found to be tho
period beyond which pos'-centena-
rians, even under the beat conditions
Of attendance, nursing, etc. fail 10 60
- Boston Herald.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-08
The Vitality OF the Snail.

The snail is blessed with very great
powers of vitality. A case Is recorded
of al Egyptian desert snail which came
to life upon being immersed in warm
water after it had passed four years
glued to card In the British Museum.
Some specimens In tho collection of a
naturalist revived after they had ap-
parently been dead for fifteen
years, and snails frozen for weeks to-
gethcr in solid blocks of ice have re-
covered on being thawed out. The
eggs of this creature are as hard 10
destroy as himself. They seem per-
fectIy indifferent TO freezing, aud have
been known to prove productive after
having been shriveled mp In an oven
to the semblanco of grains OF sand
Loagmans Magazine.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-08

The tales which the owners Of the
Maryland and Delaware and New Jer-
sey peach orchards tell are quite pathet-
ic. Instead of 5000 10 100000 bas-
kets of peaches day, there is hardly a
single basket California is the only
source of supply excepting small guam
tity from Georgia. New Jersey may
scrape out 500 or 900 baskets. and this
win be ALL The cold spell in March
did the business.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-08

Prisoner was being tried for murder
evidence against him purely circum-
stantial; part of 1t a hat found near
the scene of the crime; sworn to as
the prisoners. Counsel for tho de-
fensr, of course, made much of the
commonness of the hat. "You gentle
men, no doubt each of you, possess
such hat, of tho most ordinary make
and shape. Beware how you condemn
a fellow creature TO a shameful death,
and so on. So the man was acquitted
Just as he was leaving the dock, with
the most touching humility and sim
pIicity, he pulled his hair and said
"Tf you please, my lord, may I ave my
'at f"-CornhiH Magazine.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-08

Have We any truly great men at the present
day7 Some doubt II. and ask to be shown the
modern Washington, Franklin, or Webster.
However this may be. OF one thing we are sure,
there never was greater blood purifier than
Ayers 6arsxparilla.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-08

As soon as you discover any falling OF the hair
or grsyness always use Halls Hair Renewer to
tone up the socretions and prevent badness or
grsyness.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14
ports from ,ne excursion grounds are to the
offact that all are having good time. The
80 boat is K Jected to take down another
LOCAL RRKYITIEs
crowd.

Msyor Downbam to day approved the
Ordin. nee giving the use of certain streets OF
the civ to the Alexandria and Fairfax
Street Railway Company.
The game of ball played in Roanoke on
Friday between the Roenokes aud the club
from to city, was won by the former by q
score Of II to 4 and in the game between
the same clubs on Saturday thu Roanokes
won by q sore OF % to S. The Alexa' :
d!ians have returned
The Ho1se committee on war claims has re-
ported bill authorizing the Secretary oil War 10
lnvt stil ate the claim of Elizabeth ID. and ADDle
s. Froboi, OF Fairfax county, Virginia, for stores
snd supplies taken from their farm near Alexan'
dris during tho War.
An unknown man yesterday jumped from
street csr in Washington, saying VOL, III END
il all rushed TO I'll 9th street wharf and disap-
poarcd, and it is supposed jumped overheard, as
nothing has boon head OF him since.
The Commissioner of the R,venue has baen or
dered by the grand jury of the Corporation Court
to present to them on Wednesday list Of persons
doing business in this city without license.
Gas coneum ers shou read the notice Of the
Superintendent and Clerk of Gas, published in
another column. No discounts will be allowed
after 10 morrow
Mrs. James Hammersley fell in her yard in the
northwestern part Of the city on Saturday even
ing last aud broke her arm. She wss attended
by DR.. O'Brien
The funeral of Robert Barry, formerly of this
city, who died at McKeespo,t Pa, on saturday,
took place from st. Mary's Church this morning.
Capt ]. II. Beach has sold to W. H. Glasgow a
house and lot on the east side of Fsi,f.x site t,
between ditbon and Franklin, for 81 goo.
Mr. F. J. Trsvers has for rae at his store on
Fsirfsx street, near King, ice-cold watermo ons,
which he will deliver to any part of the city and
at his stand in the market he has daily fresh
supply Of salt wster fish.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14

An ORDINANCE to permit the Alexandria and
Fairfax Passenger Railway Company to Iun its
tracks and cars through certain streets in the
city of Alexandria.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the City Council OF
Alexandria, That it shall be lawful for the Alex
andria and Fairfax Passenger Railway Compspy
to construct q single rsircad trek, with all no.
cesssry turnouts, sidings, switches and connec-
tons, upon the following named streets; to wit
On King street from the Potomac river to the cor.
pc alton line at the west end thereof; on Wash
ington street from The corporation line st the
south end thereof to the corp ration line at the
north end thereof; then on Fairfax street from
thes nth side of King street to the corporation
line at the north end thereof; on ST. Asaph street
from the south sids of Duke street to the north
side Of Princess on Alfred street from the north
side OF Cameron street to the south side of Wilkes
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-14
noNETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

REV YoaE. July 14-Thc effect of the pass
asc of tho silver til upon the stock market this
morning was little more than to stimulate trad
ing in silver certificates, and although the mar
ket presented strong front, outside OF sugar Ie-
refucrics there was but slight change in quota
tiors after the opening advance. First prices
wore generally from Il to H per cent better than
Saturdays closing figures. At II o'clock the mar
kct was quiet and rather heavy, with some stocks
slightly lower than opening prices.
BALTIMORE, July 14.-Yirginia IS consolidated
50; 10-40s 3Sa43 do IS 6Sa6s%