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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-12-10

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Contradictory -"Thatroseis daisy"
Don't store your cotton seed while
damp
Siluer Certi6cate-Editor's pawn
ticket for his watch.
Snow and ice in north and east last
week. Navigation stopped on the Hud-
son.
SOFTEN Tobacco Works destroyed BY
fire at Detroit. Loss, 100000 and
two femen killed
L. S. Senator Turpie's mother was
burned to death at Delphi. Ind, Thurs
day. She was 80 years Of age.
DR.. j. IA. Baxter, surgeon general
Of L. 5. army, died from stroke of
paralysis, at Washington, Thursday.
viii Of Gen. Clinton b. Fisk, Cold
water. Mich, bequeaths $4,000 to the
colored Fisk University, Nashville,
Tenn.
Charley Ross has been lost again.
We are NOW convinced that Charley
and Emin Pasha are one and the same:
neither will ever stay found.
The two American birds most fre-
ouently stuffed" are the editor and the
turkey. But. the deuce Of it is, they
put all the oysters into the turkey.
Nancy Gray awarded 81 800 dam
ages Of killing Of her husband at Fort
Worth BY Texas and Pacific railroad.
Husbands are appreciated out there.
President HarrisOn's message to his
Congress in the soup occupied eight
closely printed columns. lie could
have expressed il in four words -"Ahr
there Stay there I"
National Alliance adopted strong res
olutions condemning Force Bill, and
ordered copy sent to each Senator
This may exercise restraining influence
upon Western Senator'S.
lion. Isaac VI Jordon. prominent
Cincinnati politician md lawyer, fcl
through elevator and instantly killed
lie was a Democratic representative il
Congress, session of'55-S7.
Fire at Birmingham. Ala. Wcdnes
day, destroyed ST. Mary's Episc'pa
Church. Loss. $1,000. insured fO
$50 o. Building only two years oil
and last payment on it made only las
week
Now that eattlemen Of Kansas hav'
their cattle on the strip and time b
count them. they find about 2DO0 have
been stolen in the past few wee s
Thieves have taken a large drove int
New Mexico.
King Kalakaua was expected in SaT
Francisco early in the month. Tn
dusky Sandwich monarch has abOu
100000 with him and has a manii
for playing poker. Can't we entice hin
TO Port Gibson?
Gov. Hill has declared himself HI
will not try for the New York Senator
EMP, but will be candidate for Dem
Ocratic nomination for Presidency
Gov Hill could never be elected. Ill
has too much record"
Dr. Mary Walker, who was repOrte,
dying last week, has rallied and put Of
her pants again. DR.. Mary says ther
is no die in her until she gets pen
sion. Those who met her on her las
and only visit to Port Gibson will read
lily belieyei it.
Col. L. l.. Polk, Alliance man, keep
hammenng at Senator Vance, in Mort
Carolina, and has hopes. of defeatin
him although a majority Of the ..legisli
ture is already pledged to his suppor
lie will probably beat him like Co
Gordon was beaten in Georgia.
Soldier accidentally f red shot int
powder house at Guthrie, Oklahom'
the other day, and terrific explOsio
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-12-10

sC@@soris Il ss ven .&<psed oaAndren that
rreoommend IL as mnpSscrso any p~sscr1tion
mown to me" II. A Aa~xxz, a. D.,
III So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, n. Z.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-12-10

Hugh West blew off the top oi
Major ]. A. Vests head at Bolion,
Wednesday. They were brothers,
and the difficulty grew out Of some
between them. The
Major was graduate of West Point
Hugh islands high in the estina-
tion ofthe community'-of course
Did you ever know n southern
shooter that didn't2
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-12-10

just as we'll
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29
ST. DIsTAFF.s DAY.
4 Thread 116 Miles in Length Spun Fror
One Pound Of Cotton

A Thread 115 Miles in Length Spun From
One Pound Of Cotton.
The 7th OF January is day in which
the elderly maidens, who are sometimes
!called spinsters, should take peculiar
Interest. In old times it was known
land observed as St. Distaff's day, be.
cause it was generally then that the
women resumed, after all Christmas
holidays, the distaff and spindle. When
the spinning-wheel was invented, along
in 1888, those ladies who used it began
ito be called spinsters. This, afterward,
in legal Technology, came to be applied
ito all unmarried women, but the name
was an honored one until the employ.
jment of spinning was considered too
Imenial for women of rank Then it was
used contemptuously, and gradually IL
came to signify, more particularly, sin.
gle ladies of mature years. Before the
''spinning-wheel was relegated to the
;garret some extraordinary feats were
accomplished, or, AS people nowadays
would say, records were made, by those
expert in its use. In the year 1745 4
woman at East Dereham, in Norfolk,
spun single pound of wool into q
thread of $4,000 yards in length, wanting
only eighty yards of forty-eight miles.
This, at the time, was considered per.
Torrance of sufficient Importance ia
merit place in the proceedings of the
Royal society''-a very high honor, in.
deed. Afterward, this feat was eclipsed
by another English lady, living at Nor.
witch, who spun pound of combed wool
into thread of 10000 yards; and she
actually produced from the same weight
|of cotton thread of 2o5, 900 yards, equal
to about 115 miles. This last thread, il
woven, would produce about twenty
yards of yard-wide muslin. Chicago
News
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29
DANGERS OF ELECTRICITY.

| A Timely Inquiry That Is Certainly Not
Frivolous One.
The continuous current is like a
snake, which strikes once and loses it's
fangs. The alternating current is a
snake which can strike again and again.
The latter current is coming into use in
electric lighting, and it may yet be en-
ployed in the transmission of power
Theory indicates certain advantages in
its use over that of the continuous cur
rent. The dangers from its employ
ment are very great, and will need care
full safeguards.
It is not, however, the possible risk to
life in the contact with the ground and
dangling dead wire which has come
in contact with the overhead system Of
electric propulsion, that constitutes the
most serious danger from electricity.
What is most to be feared is the ease
with which extensive fires can be started
in cities by means of bare or poorly in
sulated electric circuits, of which the
earth forms portion. The electric
current seeks to return to the generator
which produces it by the path OF least
resistance. If, therefore, telegraph or
telephone wire, or any metallic con1uc-
tor, should come in contact with bare
wire conveying powerful current, this
current would seek the ground by every
possible way; and if the telegraph or
telephone wire should be connected with
the ground, the powerful current would
be directed through telegraph or tele-
phone instruments in Offices and houses
to ground connections. It is said, in re-
ply to this view, that lightning frequent-
~ has entered houses by telephone and
telegraph wires, and has merely burnt
out coil or fused wire, and has not
caused any serious contiagration. A
sudden discharge through acircuit, how
ever, is not so dangerous as slow, in
sidious heating, which might 20 on fol
several hours before it is discovered.
This heating could easily be produced
by portion of a powerful current leak
Ing into houses and Offices from a wire
which has ,sllen upon bare metallic
circuit through which current is flow.
ing. What is to prevent, it may be
asked, q great city be ing set on fire BY
electricity, in a hundred places at once,
on the night Of blizzard? The inquiry
IS certainly not frivolous one. The
elements Of danger are with us, and the
question OF safeguards demand the most,
careful consid eration by our municipal
authorities. -Atlantic, ss
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29
mo. To tell the truth, though

mo. To tell the truth, though
don't brag about it, Inever met any one
yet who was able to fool me. |"
"Indeed!' said the man. "It will be
no use, then, to ask you why you don't
brush that straw off your hat?"
''None in the least" replied Lewis.
II prefer straws at this season of the
year"
At this answer the passenger, who
seemed to like fun, laughed all over,
even to his boots.
fool you," he said, after a moment.
''But I shall not try just at present, you
know, because you are expecting it.
Why don't you pull up moment and
take that shoe of the horse before he
loses it?" he added, suddenly leaning
forward over the dashboard as he
spoke. .. Iii
"You are ever so kind, but it's nc
use," said Lewis. ''My horses shoes
never come off on the First of April
have often noticed it." +.
''Ha! ha! hap laughed the other. 81
see your timber is pretty we'll seasoned,
if you are young yet. May ask if you
are taking that dog back there in the
wagon out to sell to Hexamer?"
''That is my Grand"
what sort of dog is he?"
Hes an Irish setter; and he's ter
months old, and worth twenty dollars.
"Well, now, don't like to disappoint
| you, but it seems to me I've heard that
Hexamer has got his Irish settle,
already"
perhaps so, responded Lewis, indif
ferently.
''You are not going on after that, are
you?" asked his companion, with pre-
tended su. prise. Il don't mean to say
that I am not enjoying my ride i'm
mensely."
"Well, am enjoying it, too" said
Lewis.
"Ha! ha! ha! see-I see!" cried the
other. "You think 1 am trying to foo
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29
WIT AND WISDOM.

The prosperity Of jest lies very
often in the digestion Of him who hears
it.-Puck.
The easiest money to spend, and tho
hardest money to save, is that which We
have not yet earned.
Few OF usever discover bigots among
those who agree with our religious con-
victions. Troy Press.
No pusson is lazy case he doan want
money, but beca'se he doan want ter
work.-Arkansaw Traveller.
Only what we have wrought into
our character during life can we take
with us to the other world.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29
Beware of Olntments for Catarrh Tha
Contain Iercurv.

Beware of Olntments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
TEN when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do is ten
fold to the good you can derive from them.
HALLS Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, o, contains no mer-
curry, and is taken internally and acts di-
Of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure and get the genuine. It is taken
Internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by f.
j. Cheney u Co.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29
Consumption Surely Cured

To THE ED1roR:-Plea inform your read
ers that I have positive remedy for the
above named disease. BY its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been per-
manently cured Ishall be glad to send two
bottles of my remedy FREE to any of your
readers who have consumption if they will
dress. Respectfully, T. A. SLocUM, NJ c.,
1871 Pearl street, New York.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

TO play them some good trick,
We lay awake night after night
To think OF something sleek;
When In the morning all were met
And each revealed her plot,
AS with one voice they all agreed
That mine went to the spot
The day we chose was April 1st.
The time the MONDAY hour; ..
Meanwhile we looked as innocent
And harmless as flower. .- ..l..
The time was come; each man sat down
With heavy, long-drawn sigh;
Albeit underneath We saw
A twinkle in each eye;
They looked for cotton in the pie,
For corn-bread frosted thick,
For napkins sewed together fast,
The sponge-cake loaf, a brick;
For drinking water peppered strong,
And beefsteak seasoned sweet;
In fact suspicion lurked about
What'er they touch or eat;
But when the meal in safety passed
They rose with grateful sigh,
And little dreamed the blow they feared
Would ''catch on by and by;
For while they ate with cautious fear,
Lest then the sword might fall,
One OF us stealthily did slip -"
Round to the entrance hall,
In each hat hanging there
piece OF shoemaker's wax
To lay against their hair
Twas one Of those warm DAYS in spring.
That forecast summer heat;
But, unsuspecting, out they 90
Upon the sunny street.
AS one went sauntering jauntily,
Who should he chance to meet
But 1a1r Miss Blank, lovely girl,
And one he thought real sweet.
he threw his toothpick on the walk,
All smiles he did appear,
he tried to raise his hat. but lo
1t stuck fast to his ear.
The next a well-known banking clerk.
Returning to his biz,
Essayed his derby to remove
why, what in thunder's this!"
He paused-glanced round him in dismay-
by jove but this is pat;
Those horrid girls have somehow glued
My hair fast to my haty'
He sat him down, resigned to fate,
His hat upon his head;
Soon in walked Mr.. President
And to him coldly said:
Have you been on o lark young man.
Or have you got q cold?''
Dear Sir beg you will excuse,
To tell the truth, I'm sold
Perhaps you'll kindly bear in mind
What day tits said to be,
And some one, sir, has made you see,
An April fool of mel''
The next, man Of real estate,
Was asked to call at two
upon widow, young and rich,
Who would her lease renew;
He rang the bell, then Strengthened up
To bend him like bow,
With hat in hand and blandest smile
AS agents do you know
She came; he jerked and pulled and tuggei
And twisted in despair,
Made desperate effort-futile all,
1t stuck as if grown there;
She stood in frigid dignity
And smiling scorn the while,
Although she scarcely could repress
A naughty, whitening smile;
But presently he found his voice,
Then frantically he spoke:
crave your pardon, madame, I'm
The victim OF jolze.'
And as he backed himself a-down
Those steps with eager haste
&c took his spotless handkerchief,
And mopped his sweltering face;
His Swear-wOrds were original
A list beyond define;
thanked my stars he knew not then
The trick was one Of minel
But what befell each one in turn
For all met hapless fate
I fear 'twould weary you to read,
The writer to relate.
Suffice to say, they came to tea,
Their hats they slowly doff;
For every mothers son of them
Had all their hair cut off.
Hannah M. Kohaus, in Inter Ocean.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

MORE diseases are produced by using
brown soaps than by any thing else. Why
run such terrible risks when you know
Dobbins' prevents hands from chapping.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gentlyyetp promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial, in it's
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in 500
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
.o,o SAY FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. kY. VIEW YORK. N.Y.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29
The ONLY Gnaranteed cur.

for all blood taints and humors, pimples,
blotches, eruptions and skin diseases of
every name and nature, is DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. A certificate of
house warrants it to benefit or cure, or
money refunded
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

A NAN doesn't really realize how the Sec
onds fly until he sees detective in hot pur-
suit Of the hackers Of a prize-fght -Yonk-
ers Statesman
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

Is 1T not odd that our fondest recollections
should be about wasted opportunities!-
Ashland Press.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

On philosophical principles, the light
headed man is just the fellow to fall on his
feet-Binghamto Leader.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

No Opium, in Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Cures where other remedies fail. Csc.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

ALL disorders caused by bilious state of
the system can be cured by using Carter's
Little Liver Pills. No pain, gripping or dis
comfort attending their use. Try them.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

The green grocer is one who trusts dead
beat customers.-N. o. Picayune.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

ARE unlike all other pills. No purging OF
pain. Act specially on the liver and bile,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

the Throat from childhood, caused by diph-
theria and have used various remedies, but
have never found any thing equal to
Browns BRONCHIAL TRocHEs. -Reu G. M
F. Hampton, P.ketO1s, Ky. Sold only in boxes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

WHEN theatrical manager has good
house he can, with proprlety, thank hls
stars-Light.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

THE Public Awards the Palm to Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar for coughs
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

THERE are many men who contract debts
In the East and then go West to settle
BinghamtOn Leader
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

AN evening call is generally productive
OF pleasurc-if not when you come, when
you go-Texas Siftings.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

A RING on the finger is worth two in the
Herald
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

IT is only q question Of time when the
Wisest OF US will mako foolish break.--In-
dianapOlis News
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

Chronic Nasal Catarrh positively cured by
DR.. Sage's Remedy. 50 cents, by druggists.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

PRINTERS are honest people. We have
never heard OF one Of them counterfeiting
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

Tue man who has no charity in his heart
gives no quarter to the hotel waiter-Roa-
ton Post - .-E- -. -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29
NERvE-PAIN5.
9i@f}|5|l ; ;;:: $:;ii

Salt Point, N. Y, April 16, 1889.
I suffered six weeks with neuralgia; half
po!te OF ~. JACOBS O1l cured me; no return of
pain in three years. Have sold it to manV-
and have yet to hear of single case it did nos
relieve or permanently cure
G. JAY TOMPKINS, Druggist.
Green Island, N. Y, Feb II, 1889.
suffered with neuralgia in the head, but
found instant relief from the ano,,:Cal:,n Of
St. Jacobs Oil, which cured me.
E. P. BELLINGER, Chief of Police.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29
Chesebrough Mtg. Co., "a State St., \. Y
GOEE'9
IL BRAID. A

Whenever you visit
the shops in town,
Looking for Braid
to bind your gown,
Secure the Clasp,
wherever found,
That holds the Roll
on which is wound
The Braid that is known
the world around.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

CHESTNUT burrs, like milliners, have fall
openings Post
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29

AMERICAS finest, ''Tansill's Punch" Ciga
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-03-29
AN APRIL FOOL.

WAS in q private board.
1ng-house;
We were a jolly crowd,
Who had with talents
for rich jokes
Been literally en-.
lowed;
But every now and then
the men
Would get the upper
hand,
And that the girls with
one accord
: Declared they could
: not stand;
So with q resolution
Telegram-herald., 1890-09-24

There's a corset that isn't
q corset, a waist with straps
for the shoulders and rows
Of buttons TO button on
skirts and stocking supporters
and so forth-the Ball Waist
and that's about the whole
of it. No. you can put it
in the washtub-nO metal in
it or on il.
1t is worth your seeing, il
for nothing but how TO sew
on buttons'to button easy and
never come off. and how TO
make buttonholes wear for
ever.
Women differ in their ways
Of thinking and dressing as
well as in other ways. This
waist is for women whose
minds are made up that they
won't wear corsetS.
There's much to be said
on both sides. but did you
ever hear of a woman who
hadn't made up her mind in
some way? and is there any
possible use in trying to get
her to change it9 She will
and she will (; or she won't
and she won't.
You can get the Ball
Waist and wear it a week or
two or three; and, if you
don't want it, take it back to
the store and getyonr money.
CEcaso Cozszr Co. Caicago and New YORK
Telegram-herald., 1890-09-24

Being curious about the matter, !
awaited developments and discovered
that these young ladies were trying TO
run down young fellow on bicycle.
OF course they succeeded, and through
purely feminine tactics they drove him
oct Of the road and made him upset.
And then what did the little humbugs
do but begin to apologize and declare
that they thought he was their brother
Tom all the time. Perhaps you fail to
see the connection between this sort Of
performance and house cleaning, and
/ must confess that L DO too.
The rage for the coming winter
promises TO be Ibsenism, with Mrs.
Irving Winslow as the charming i'm
personator Her chief properties will be
Beau Brummel coats and Josephine
gowns and the odor of violets That's
all that's needed. She has only TO attire
herself, keep her voice down TO the
gentle English pitch, assume the Nc
Allister drawl, use her lorgnette judic-
iously, smile now and then in slow,
lazy way, with becoming droop of
her white eyelids, and, Lord bless you,
she might talk about phalscterderms
and psrslellograms. and everybody
would listen enraptured, and declare. it
too perfectly lovely for anything.
The lorgnette grows to be more and
more an instrument of feminine war
fare. It's powerful one, too, il
rightly used. / saw a little by-pla Y
at Larchmont the other day which
amused me immensely A pretty girl
in a sweet gown of blue and white
pique, with a big lace parasol, had
sauntered out and seated herself on the
grass under big tree. Not far off was
one of those young mon who think
themselves absolutely Irresistible.
Evidently he made mp his mind to in
forest the young lady. So he began
cireling around her, each time getting
nearer. The girl paid 80 attention to
him but went on calmly reading her
book. At last he stopped directly in
front of her and was just preparing an
elaborate bow and an equally elaborate
speech, when the young lady calmly
lifted her eyes, placed her lorgnetss in
Telegram-herald., 1890-09-24

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Ssl2sa<is s4gs tA@s ss39ping Flas are
ccnlnx iRto fAsh.oa sgAia ! aaubt
a. lhsy 2Es koo aneoEa "a tAtls ar.8
ear glrls are altossthes too k4s2t "a
The manipul4sieR q snrliag senxs.
There i tre1as- 1oas rass iasi asw
fer estrlsh feather b4nas. 4srassat
TRAININGS snd tu3 qSiihags II lsas.
9Asy ere pretty, to9, sna give safs
a. beautiful e8sss - Aay sossa4s.