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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29

When on my day Of life the night is falling,
And, in the winds from unsunned spaces blown,
hear far voices out Of darkness calling
Ny feet 10 paths unknown,
Thou who hast made my home fife 80 pleasant,
Leave not it's tenant when it's walls decay;
o love divine, o Helper ever present,
BE Thou my strength and stay
BE near me when all else Is from me drifting,
Earth, sky, homes picture, days Of shade and
shine,
AMI kindly faces to my own uplifting
The love which answers mine.
have but Thee, Father! Let Thy Spirit
Do with me then 10 comfort and uphold
No gate Of pearl, no branch OF palm, merit.
Nor street OF shining gold.
Suffice it il, my good and i'll unreckoned,
And both forgiven through Thy Abounding
grace,
find myself by hands familiar beckoned
Unto my fitting place
Some humble door among Thy many mansions,
Some sheltering shade where sin aud striving
cease,
And flows forever through heavens green ex-
pansions
The river Of Thy peace.
There from the music round about me stealing,
fain would learn the new and holy song,
And find at last, beneath Thy trees on healing,
The life for which I long.
IrIstgf..
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29
Bible Teaching in Public Schools.

There is no question as to the fact
that the Bible ought to be taught. But
the question does arise, where shall it
be taught ? and by whom?
Public schools, in many instances,
are supplied with irreligious teachers,
and they are not proper persons to read
TO pupils. or instruct them, out of the
Bible. God put his law in the hands
of Aaron in the beginning, and farther
on, in the hands Of the prophets, and
lastly. Jesus Christ put the work into
the hands of the newly-made church.
and sent them out to preach to, and
disciple all nations, encouraged by the
words, Il am with YOU alway."-.Imer-
icdH Sentinel.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29
KANGAROO Breeding.

IL would seem that the project of
importing kangaroos into this country
is seriously entertained by several en-
thusiastic and wealthy sportsmen in
the west. The first rumors of such n
plan were received almost universally
with smiles, but later details show that
sportsmcn have decided that the pro-
ject is entirely feasible. The extinc-
ton of the buffalo has left the plains
without any big game of importance,
and hunting the kangaroos, as it is
done in Australia, is second in excite
and interest only to killing the buila-
10. Kangaroo leather is exceedingly
valuable, and the animals breed rapid
ly. They have been successfully accli-
mated i'm England and France, and il
is said that there is actually no reason
why they should not thrive here. The
idea Of the promoters of this plan is
to introduce the kangaroos at the be-
ginning of the warm season in Yellow
stone Park, and give the breed gov
crnmcnt protection for few years so
as 10 bar out the pot-huntcrs. A wild
Indian brought face to face with a
Kangaroo for the first time would be
sight worth travelling west TO sec.-
Errb0o0e
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29
How TO Tell . Good Horse.

Unless a horse has brains you can't
teach him, says an exchange. See that
tall bay there, a fine looking animal,
fifteen hands high. You can't teach
that horse anything. Why? Well
III show you a difference in heads, but
have a care of his heels. Look at the
brute's head, that rounding nose, that
tapering forehead, that broad full place
before the eyes. You can't trust him.
That's a very good mare, as true as
the sun. You can see breadth and
fullness between the eyes and ears.
You couldn't hire that mare to act
mean or hurt anybody.
The eye should be full and hazel is
a good color. | like a small, thin ear
and want horse to throw its ears well
forward.
Look out for the brute that wants to
hear all conversation going on behind
him.
The horse that turns back his ears
till they almost meet at the points, take
my word for it, is sure to do something
wrong.
See that straight, elegant face. A
horse with dishing face is cowardly,
and a cowardly brute is usually vicious.
Then | like square muzzle, with large
nostrils, to let plenty of air 10 the lungs.
For the under side of the head, good
horse should be well cut under the
jowl, with jawbones broad and wide
apart under the throttle.
The next thing to consider is the
build of the animal. Never buy a
long-legged, stilted horse. Let him
have a short, straight back and a
straight rump, and you've got a gentle
mans horse. The withers should be
high and the shoulders well set back
and broad, but don't get them too deep
in the chest. The foreleg, should be
short. Give me pretty straight hind
leg, with the hook low down, short
pastern joints and round mulish foot.
There are all kinds of horses, but the
animal that has these points is almost
sure to be slightly, graceful, good-natur-
ed and serviceable. ErcAange.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29

Editor Reveillc:
DEAR SrR:-IIaving just read judge
Chrisman's suffrage plan. am much
pleased with IL. Cannot withhold this
public expression Of my admiration.
Its step in the right dircction-to-
wards the rcigu of the saints ON earth
toward that millennium TO which We
all look with longing eycs-but though
the judge has evidently got the @root
Of the matter In him." his proposition,
on account of haste doubtless, is in-
choate aud incomplete. Iwould there
fore respectfully submit by way of
amendment the following: @Provided
they or their wives, or their fathers or
their mothers, or their grandfathcrs or
their grandmothers, or their brothers
or their sisters, or their stepfathers
or their stcpm0thers, or their step
brothers or their stcpsistcrs, or their
fathers-in-law or their mothers-in-law,
or their brothcrs-in-law or their sis
ters-in-law, or their unclcs or their
aunts, or their cousins either by the
whole or the half blood, shall be pos
sessed in fee simple of unincumbered
real or personal property of the value
of S200-honestly acquired, listed for
taxation and not delinquent for the
taxes due thereon.
at shall be competent for the legis-
lature to make any violation Of the
decaloguc or of the laws of this state,
forfeiture of the right 10 the cleo
tive franchise.
1Beforc any one shall be allowed to
register he shall publicly demonstrate
the 49th problem of Euclid and shall
take and subscribe the following oath
in affirmation: Il do solemnly swear
or affirm that have read and compre-
hend the Athanasian creed and am
not debarred from getting into Hcav-
en- on account of any of its provisions,
so held mo God.'"
If anyone will attentively consider
this in connection with Judge Chris
mans plan, he will find It's merely the
latter amplifcd. 1t accomplishes COM
pieteIy aud effectively the object
sought. 1t gets rid of the niggcr in
politics, and Of the ,ohite man also.
If after attentive and prayciful con-
sideration any bcnighted soul still OBJ
jccts, it goes to show~that be is yet in
the gall of bitterness and bond of In
iquity. Let US sing.
K. ii. STILES.
Port Gibson Aug. 2l. 1890.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29
Fishes in Hiqh Lakes.

1t is a mystery how fish get into the
little lakes upon top of the mountains.
There was never lake so high that it
did not have fish in it. Barefoot Pond,
not many miles from Lake Hopatcong.
N. j., is over 1900 feet in the air and
yet it is chock full Of bass and perch.
They certainly did not get in by going
up stream, and if anybody took the
trouble to carry them up he had a
mighty hard time of it, for the lake is
two miles straight up from everywhere.
Fish will get into lakes without be-
ing carried by men or without swim
ming up stream. 1t is we'll known
that water fowl viii distribute yellow
perch by carrying the sticky eggs on
their feet. Bass do not become dis
tributed except by the hand Of man or
going up stream. Trout 90 anywhere
where there is water enough to float a
chip, and pickerel get moved around
from place to place the same as perch
do.-IittSbHrg Dispatch.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29
Don't Cut the Little Girls Hair.

Childrcn's hair, of course, needs pc
culiar attention. That of the boys
may be kept closely cut, so that II win
present no problems to the mother or
maid, but with girls IL is quite differ
ent. After their hair has been allowed
to grow long 1t should not be cut, ac-
cording to good authority, ms il will
never aflorward attain the length 1t
would have reached; yet manya moth
or thoughtlessly allows the hair of her
little daughter to be shorn In order TO
save trouble in properly caring for it.
In the case of children, even more es-
pccialy than of adults, u frequent and
thorough brushing of the hair is os-
scntial to its best condition. The
brush should not be too harsh and
should be judieiously used. Under
these conditions a child will delight IN
the proper care rather than be ropcII-
cd.-Good Housekeeping
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29
Glued to Their Seats.

When the contribution plate was
passed at the dedication services Of the
new Congregational church at Moor
land. Ia, last Sunday. not a single per-
son arose to leave his seat. One rea-
son was because the varnish on the
seats was not sufficiently dried, and the
entire congregation was tightly glued
down. AT the close of the service it
took three-quarters of an hour to free
all the prisoners. All the ladies' toilets
were ruined, and a large portion of
them still decorate the newIy-varnished
pews.-E ErchdRce.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29
DIsIIIusIon.

Ahl what would youth be doing,
To hoist his crimson sails,
To leave the wood-doyes' cooling,
The song Of nightingalcs
To leave this woodland quiet
For murmuring winds at strife,
For waves that foam and riot
About the seas of life7
From still bays silver-sanded
Wild currents hasten down
To rocks where ships are stranded,
And eddies where men drown.
Far ont, by hills surrounded,
l. the golden haven-gate,
And all beyond unbounded
Are shoreless seas OF fate.
They steer for those far highlands
Across the summer tide,
And dream OF fairy islands
Upon the further side.
They only see the sunlight,
The flashing OF gold bars.
But the other side Is moonlight
And glimmer Of pale stars.
They viii not heed the warning
Blown back on every wind,
For hope is born with morning,
The secret IL behind.
Whirled through in wild confusion,
They pass the narrow strait
To the sea OF disillusion
That lies beyond the gate.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29
NEW SERIES--vOL. XIV, NO. %
Why People Leave the Country.

The desire to escape the solitude of
the farm is often the chief motive ia
drawing people to the city. The hope
Of fortune aciuatcs many, but many
confess that they have no such hope.
A man who abandoned farm up the
Hudson, which had been IN the family
for generations, and came TO New
York. and who was found by an old
ncighbOr some time aitcrward serving
as conductor on hOrsccar, was type
ola large class. Apparently IL had never
occurred TO him that the position he
occupied was far inferior to that of
the independent farmer.
What satisfied HIM was the fact that
he had become part of the rushing
life OF the great city. In like manner,
it is often the dread of solitude which
keeps in the city those who might bet
ter their condition immensely by go
ing into the country. 81 couldn't
stand the quiet" III should be lone
some" Such arc the protests which
ono hears, over and over again, when
Offering opportunities of higher wages
aud greater comfort; hears, moreover
from those who have no ties of family
or friendship TO bind them TO the city,
but who are held only by the attrac-
tions of the crowds, the street scenes,
the petty incidents which diversity the
course Of events where there is a great
aggregation of people.
Ii is the simple truth that thousands
ofmcn and women would prefer scanty
food and poor lodgings in a large city
to abundant fare and good quarters
in small village, or in comfortable
farmhouses. A New Yorker became
interested in a tencment-housc family
dependent upon charity, secured them
a farm in New Jersey, rent free, and
established them upon it. They made
n living. but not a year later, he dis
covered that they had abandoned the
farm and returned 10 their wretched
existence in the city. Finding the
mother, hc asked why they had not
remained where they were SO well of.
"Well, there wasn't much company
there" This was the sole reason she
had to give. Nor is this phenomenon
confined to the United States. The
same disproportionatc growth of the
cities and towns, at the expense of the
rural districts, is observable IN Eng
land aud on the continent, and may
be traced TO the same causes there as
here. People flock from the country
into London and Paris as they do into
New York. not merely because they
arc badly of in the country, and hope
to better themselves in the city, but
also because they "can't stand the
quiet" of a monotonous existence, and
are willing to risk tho loss of present
comfort in order to secure change of
scene. Has the whole world, then,
wearied of solitude, grown intoIcrant
Of quiet, become cnamorcd of crowds
and noise 9-AWgHst Century.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29

The excitement over the natural gas
explosion near ShcIbyvillc, Ind, still
prevails. The soil for many miles a.
round is impregnatcd with gas,and by
piercing ii with stick the gas may be
ignited and bazo produced large
enough 20 produce considerable illuni-
nation. The gas has broken into the
water wells, and tho use of tho water
from them has been abandoned. Some
of the farmers cascd their wells and
are using the gas from them for fuel.
Seneca Falls RereiVe.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29

The BARRIERS of Nordhausen, Saxony,
are compelled by law to cleanse and dis
infect their brushes, combs and razors
Immediately after use, and before they
are applied to the hair or beard of an,
other customer.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29

An oil well has been opened at Find
lay, o., which flowed over 1000 barrels
the first hour, and in seven hours filed
6340 barrels. This breaks the record
of oil wells in Ohio if not in the world.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29

A popular clergyman in Philadel-
phia delivered a lecture on "Fools. +"
The ticket to it read: Lecture on
Fools-admit one." There was a
large attendance.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29
. B8owTs nor BfTTE8s

Cures Indigestion, BiIiousness. Dyspepsia. Mala-
ria, Nervousness, and General Debility. Physi
clans recommend IL. All dealers sell IL. GeEuiss
has trade mark aud crossed red lines on wrapper.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29
GENERAL PROVISIONS.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.
No law shall ever be passed by any
Legislature of this state to organize,
charter, or permit any lottery company
by whatsoever name it may be styled,
to pursue its business, or locate its
domicile in this state.
The right to pardon, respite, and
commute punishment is recognized, but
this power shall rest solely in a board
of partlons, consisting Of three CD mem
bers, whose unanimous action will be
required TO affect any judgment or SEN
tence formulated by the courts Of this
state.
The governor may exercise the right
of veto, and he may veto parts Of any
appropriation bill, and approve parts Of
same, and the portions approved shall
be law.
The state, and county treasurers, and
all other fiduciary agents Of the state
and counties shall not hold Office for
two consecutive terms: and the term
Of Office for all officers in this state shall
not be less than four (4) years.
All public officers Of this state shall
be elected by the people.
THE SUFFRAGE.
The political year OF the state Of
Mississippi shall commence on the first
Monday Of January in each year, and
the general election shall be holden on
the first Tuesday succeeding the first
Monday in November, quadriennially.
All elections by the people shall be
by ballot.
All male inhabitants of this state,
except idiots and insane persons, and
Indians not taxed, citizens of the Unit
ed States or naturalized, twenty-One
years old and upwards, who have re-
sided in the county in which they offer
TO vote one year, and in the state three
years, next proceeding the day of elect
ion at which said inhabitant offers to
vote, and who shall have paid for the
three years next preceding the year
of said election, ON or before the 10Th
day Of December of each Of said years,
Ia poll-tax of 50 for each ofsaid years,
and who are duly registered according
to the requirements of section four Of
this article, and who are not disquali-
fed by reason of any crime, and who
have not been convicted of burglary,
larceny or Of any felOny,-are declared
to be qualified electors.
The legislature shall provide by law
for the registration of all voters who
como within the provisions Of section
three Of this article, as qualified elect
Ors. 1t shall also make laws providing
for the payment Of such poll-taxes, and
shall also provide for the punishment
Of any sheriff or other person who shall
issue any false receipt for the payment
Of any pOll-tax, or otherwise eyading
or attempting TO evade any of the pro-
visions Of section three Of this article;
and the legislature shall also provide
by law for furnishing any person who
shall pay the poll taxes Of another per-
son, as for a felony.
All poll taxes shall be paid and re-
served into the school fund of the coun-
ty where they are collected.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-29

The following are the constitutional
amendments offered by Mr.. Regan, of
Claiborne
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Port Gibson Aug. 81. 1890.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-09-04
Interesting Surgical Operation.

An interesting operation Of flesh
grating. which was one OF the discov-
cries of NJ Paul Bert, has just been
performed at the great gun-works in
Paris by a surgeon named Dubousquet-
Labordiere a workman had his foot
badly burned by molten-iron. destroying
the skin over surface of about eight
inches BY four The surgeon took four
strips of flesh from the thigh OF young
man and as many from four different;
frogs. transferring them TO the wounded
mans foot BY great care the wound
healed in eleven days The cicatrice
obtained BY the frogs skin was soft,
elastic and inodorous; that from the HUI
man flesh was much harder, prod ucing
irritation at many points The result
OF the operation is of great Importance,
showing the superiority OF frog-skin and
fash for serious wounds where both
skin and flesh have been torn or burned
away.-St Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-09-04

lions, and OILY to be maze ON horseback
Before leaving his nephew however, he
raye him much sound advice on the fol-
" of wasting his time in study when
the times demanded men of action in
arms or politics. He had no doubt. he
said, that he could easily obtain for his
Young relative civil appointment IN
der the provincial government. or
commission in the British armv-the
former being in his mind preferable as
it afforded opportunities Of lucrative
prefermcnt- Selwyn promised to give
the matter thoughtful consideration and
to devote mora attention TO public
affairs. with which the baronet has to
content himself, and departed with the
belief that his nephew would soon real
iZe the value of his prudent counsels.
No sooner had the sound of his horses
hoofs died away in the distance than
Selwvn summoned the Indian boy and
. eran To interroEate him about his
r-1astc~. the condition Of the fort, and
the military aspect on the frontier The
conversation would have been attended
with much difficulty if the answers were
conveyed IN the mute language of signs,
of which Selwyn was ignorant, but
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-09-04

makes me wild sometimes tGoes 20
lounge and drops heavily upon It Alice
takes fan from the wall and fans him,
stoops and kisses him.
Alice-Poor papa-its dreadful TO see
you come home so tired. brushes the
hair back from his forehead
Edwards fbitterly)-It's Just one
eternal grind, not day of. Tn glad
don't believe in another world would
mt be sure o. rest after got there
Mrs. Z. fshocked)-Why, Jason, what
are Won sayin'e You must've he'd hard
day in the shop. It's dretful hot f'r the
first week in June.
Edwards (raising TO his elbow)-First
week in June, Why, mother. it's just
thirty-two years next week since we
was married. u you remember how old
Derry looked that day. Flowers and
berries, and daisies, an birds trising)-
why. mother. that was Heaven an we
didn't know it! Down here in this cussed
alley we don't know any thing about
June, only il makes our tenements hot
ter and sicklier. i s'pose the COWS up
there are knee deep in the grass, and
the wind smellin' like the front door o
Heaven. We didn't look fr this kind o.
thing when we left Derry, did we? We
didn't look forward to a tenement?
Mrs. E.-No. Jason-but set up an eat
sumpthin'-
Linnie-roppa, j wish we could 60 mp
in the real country this summer-you
know you promised
Alice-Sh, Linnie; papa viii do his
best
Edwards {going to the table)-T'l1 try,
little one, but I'm afraid there amt no
vacation for us The fight gets harder
every year. Oh, I'm too tired to eat.
Jennie. Well, Allie, how'd Y come out
with your recital t'day?
Alice quitting her hand in his)-Very
well, father; only / wished you were
there.
Edwards wisht ] could, but ! can't.
got o keep goin'. Rent an taxes go
on when ] picnic. but wages don't.
tShoves back from the table and sits de-
jectedly.)
Linnie (starting upe-O poppa, a man
put bill under our door that said rent
on it. I'll get it brings it from the
corner, reads it slowly.)
Linnie (reading):
Dear Sir: AT the expiration OF your lense.
July ], your rent VIII be increased nre dollars
per month. Please notify us il yon intend TO
remain. JOHN NoRCRoss, Agent.
Edwards-Good God! and my wages
cut down last week. Amt they got no
mercy, these human wolves? H&in't
got all ] can stand now? Look at it!
docking at the walls.) Look at this
tenement. Hotter, 7ottener, shabbier,
but rent must go up, Jennie! Childrenl
don't know what ] am going to do. !
don't see any way out; i can see we're
bein' crushed
Linnie going to him)-Don't cry,
poppa, don't mind him.
CAS- Edwards sits thus with bowed
head, Julian Berg, pale, student-like
German enters at the door. He is ac-
com panied by a full-bearded, sinister
looking man, who stands in the door
way, stolidly smoking long pipe. Berg
holds rent bill
TO BE CONTINUED