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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-05-21
st. Bonnet Rancho.

Vermilion prairie, acquired by j. P.
Gueydan shortly after the war
closed. The larger part of this
land is enclosed in two tracts, called
the "big pasture on the west and
the "east pasture" which is smaller.
Mr.. Gueydan's pleasant home is
built on ridge about the center of
the tract. The land is very fertile
and responds readily to cultivation.
The first purchaser who located
here was A. B. Wilkinson, who NOV.
ed down from Iowa nearly three
years ago and settled on two sections
of land. His farm is well improved,
snbsta 1tial buildings mark his abode
and he is developing a valuable
farm. After eating an excellent
dinner prepared by the Misses vii.
kinson, we walked about in company
with the owner and noted some of
the improvements. His large or
chard of peach trees were raised
from seed since he moved here, aud
Mr.. ". fells a just pride in them.
The trees are we'll filed with fruit
this spring. Other fruit trees have
been planted by him in abundance,
and their thrifty appearance, as we'll
as the large garden, prove the pro-
ductiveness Of this soil. Clarke
Bros. are farming portion of the
Wilkinson place to rice, and the
owner and his son are also raising
moderate crop.
Across the coulee we met R. E.
Jones, who settled here with his
parents few months ago and was
about ready to plant rice crop.
To the southwest of the Jones home
is L. i. Heath's residence, but he
was absent.
A few rods west of J. P. Guey,
dan's residence has been erected a
blaeksmithshop, run by W. R.
Barbee, who is rushed with work.
He also attends to engine setting
and other heavy machine work.
After the allday ride in strong
wind, it was a welcome respite to
enter the hospitable Gueyday home
and enjoy supper with The proprietor
and his son Eugene, followed by a
good nights rest.
Mr.. Gueydan is greatly encourag.
ed at the outlook. Only about three
years ago the first settler took up
his abode at St. Bonnet, but he has
been followed by many others.
Within the past few months the i'm
migration has been most liberal.
St. Bonnet new contains about ITS
people. and 26 residences dot its
prairies. Thirty children Of school
age have set in action the desire for
public school in the fall.
Mr.. Gueydau had just received a
new II b. p. traction engine, with a
gang of six l2-inch plows, with
which TO plow for their rice crop, ol
which they expect to plant five or
six hundred acres.
Mounted on fresh horse Tuesday
morning it was not long before we
reached the settlement five miles
east, where nearly dozen new dwell
| ing houses have been built since oul
last visit to this neighborhood las
November.
B. r. Garland, Il. B. Cord ant
Perley Stafford were at work with
road grader building Ieyees aroupt
their 4oo.acre rice field. They ma,
plant even more than this amount
/. and by next year expect to ezpant
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Corn n7iGtees

nrnET WOMEN who the Head
klHklE achs, Backaches. Neura1gias.
AHH Ill Scanty. Profuse, and Painful
iEHElW transformations, Disorders and
lTEElEA Displacements of the Womb
= = 80 and Sextual Organs, Barren
ness, Leucorrhea, etc, should send for
Woman's Book of Life, (sealed) with par
ticulars for home cure. No Cure No Pay.
Scientific Qualifications, Unlimited Expe-
riencc, Careful Diagnosis and Honest Rep
resentations are the secrets of our success.
Address, G. w. PARKER, NJ. D., $40 Y.
Cherry, Nashville, Teun.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1892-06-15

The fiat Of death is inexorablo I;
there is no appeal from that great
law which dooms us TO dust. We
flourish and fade as the leaves of
the forest; and the flowers that
bloom, wIiher and fade in day,
having no Trailer hold upon lif6
than the mightiest r1nnarch that
ever shook the earth with his foot
steps.
Generations ol men will appear
md disappear as the grass, and the
multitude that throng the world to-
day vii vanish as footprints on the
shore. Men seldom think OF the
great event of death, until the
shadow tails across their own path.
way, hiding from their eyes lhs
Iaces Of loved ones, whose living
smile was the sunlight OF their ex-
istence. Death is the antagonist OF
life; the thought of the tomb is the
skeleton Of all feasts. We do not
want TO go through the dark valley
although its gloomy passages may
lead TO paradise we do not ltant 10
go down into damp graves even with
princes for bed-Iellows. In the
beautiful dream Of "Ion" the hope
OF Immortality, su eIoquently utter
ed by the death-deroged Greek.
finds deep response in every
soul. When about 10
yield his life a sacrifice to fate, his
Clemanthe asks ii they should meet
again, to which he rcspoudssvI have
asked that dreadful question OF tho
hills that look eternal-of the clear
streams that flow f0rever-of The
stars among whose fields Of azure
my raised spirits have walked III
glory. All are dumb. But as !
gaze on thy living face, feel that
there ia something in the love thas
mantles through its beauty, ihas
can not wholly perish. We shalt
meet again, Clcmanlhc. Geo D.
Prentice
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DISTRICT /.

j. DISTRICT ].
j. S. Davis and wife, of Tensas parish.
Ia, tc John Patterson; 40 acres In
the fork formed By Widows creek
and Bayou Pierre, $500. (This deed,
though just recorded, was made in
1870).
Mayer Levy to s. B. Patterson; the
foregoing tract, sold TO said Levy
for taxes In 1890, 800.
Nathan Goldstein, of GrccnvilIc to n.
L. iiiteman; residence in square ?,
~old town." Port Gibson, $1,000.
E. S. Drake to E. w. Huber; lots |
and 2, Dake's ontlot, adjoining
Port Gibson on the west, $3.50.
j. II. Gordon to Laz Lcvy's Sons; part
of square /, suburb ST. Mary, Port
Gibson, $500.
A. X. Jones, commissioner, to Mary
l.. Richmond residence in square
10, suburb ST. Mary, Port Gibson, be-
l0ngiDg to estate of Mary f. McGn-
vary, deceased, $4,000. This convey
anco by order of court for parti-
ton among the heirs.
Stewart Bros. & Co., OF New Orleans,
to Simon Lehman, OF jefferson coun-
~; store building at Kussum, $1,000.
N. S. Walker, tax-coIlector, to Lac I1c-
vy's Sons fax-salo of lots s aud z,
square l, suburb St. Mary. Port Glib
son, $6.67.
Lizzie r. Curric aud J. A. Currie to
Ruth q. Finlay (col.); go acres lying
Two miles southwest of Port Gibson
on the Sims road, S4s0.
Ruth O. FInlay (col) to Jos. Il. Drake !:
quit claim to foregoing tract, $3.50
and cancellation of her notes.
T. Y. Richmond and wife to Katlna-
riue Kclledy residence IN square
Is, suburb 81. Mary, Port Gibson,
$1,000.
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The platform Of the Mississippi
democracy demands that tariff duties
be placed on the luxuries of life, and
that necessaries be freed from taxa
ton, as far as possible. Unfortu-
nately that can not be done. As
long as we tolerate any tariff, we
must submit to discrimination in
favor Of the rich and against the
poor. Hear what a master of the
subject has to say on this point
ga still more important objection
to indirect taxation rs that when i'm
posed on articles Of general use (and
It is only from such articles that
large revenues can be had), it bears
with far greater weight on the poor
than on tie rich. Since such taxa
ton falls on people not according to
what they have, but according to
what they consume, it is heaviest on
those whose consumption is largest
in proportion TO their means
If tho millionaire chooses to live
closely he need pay no more Of these
indirect taxes than the mechanic. |
have known n least two millionalres
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NEW sERIEs-voL. XVII, NO. II.

who paid little more Of such taxes
than ordinary day laborers.
''Even il cheaper articles were
taxed at no higher rates than the
more costly, such taxation would bo
grossly unjust; but ia indirect taxa.
lion there Is always tendency 10
impose heavier taxes on the cheaper
articles used by all, than on tho
more costly articles used only by the
rich. This arises from the Recessii
ties 9f the case. Not only do the
larger amounts of articles of com
mon consumption afford a wldef ba-
SIS for large revenues than The small.
er amounts Of more costly articles.
but taxes imposed on them can not
be so easily evaded. For instance;
while articles in use by the poor "a
we'll as the rich are, under our tariff
taxed fifty, and hundred, and even
hundred and fifty per cent, the
tax on diamonds is only ten per cent
and this comparatively light tax is
most difficult to enforce, owing TO
the high value Of diamonds as coma
pared with their bulk"
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Marriage Licenses Issued in May.


In May, IL cases were brought be
fore mayor Colson, in one of which
the defendant was acquitted, and
in ono the charge was Withdrawn
by the plaintiff. In the remaining
10 cases the defendants either
pleaded guilty or were convicted ON
trial. In 10 Of these cases the nc.
cused were blacks and in s cases
whites, one woman being among the
colored law-breakers.
Their offences were as follows:
Assault and battery a; drunkenness
and disorderly conduct 4; fighting
2; petty larceny /; trespassing i;
Jumping OF and off moving trains L
using profane and obscene Ian
guage1; threatening and abusing
officer /.
The fines amounted to $50 and
the city's share of the costs to s28;
total revenue from the mayors court
in May, $S8, as compared with
s94.50 in May, 1891.
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The Democrats arc making a de.
termined effort to capture the close
state Of Wisconsin by circulating free
trade literature Of the rankest kind.
Two weeks ago congressman Warner
OF New York, on behalf of the Re.
form Club Of that city, arrangcd
with congressman johnson Of Ohio
to distribute among the Republicans
Of Wisconsin one hundred thoHsand
copies Of Henry Georges" Protection
or Free Trade" The work Of mail.
ing them was Immediately beguni
Besides thesu; the Democratic man
ayers in that state have ordered bne
hundred and fifty thousand, so that
altogether no fewer than two hun.
dred and fifty thousaiid copies Of an
absolutely unanswerable argument
against protection will soon be in the
hands of voters there. If only one
copy in ten be read. that will be
enough to change Wisconsin into a
safe Democratic state; for the read
ing of this book and abandonment of
protection 60 together.
This Wisconsin campaign is very
significant as showing how rapidly
The democratic party Is tending 10.
wards free trade. Democratic lead
srs, including senators and represen-
satives, are no longer frightened by
'he protectionist taunt Of "free-trad-
Dr." On the contrary they endorse
md circulate a book in which the
doctrine is set forth in its most radis
'al and (according to protectionist
lotions) most hateful forms
Five years ago no american free
raider, however sanguine, wodld have
'entured to hope for the marvellous
hange that has already taken place
n public sentiment regarding the
question Of tariff taxation. II tho
movement maintains for the next
we years its present rate Of progress,
is doomed in these states.
Already the lower house contains a
and Of outspoken politicians (many
I them from Northern and Western
latest, who boldly avow their aim tu
e the utter destruction Of the tariff
Dr. which they would substitute di-
oct taxation, leaving our interna-
onal trade as unfettercd as the
'ade that goes on among the various
ates Of the Union.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1892-06-15

Southern negroes don't cast any
votes worth speaking Of, but they
are not without influence upon ma
tional politics. 1t is to their sup
port in the Minneapolis convention
that Mr. Harrison owes his nomina-
tiOn. Had it been withheld, the
president would have fallen tar
short Of majority, and the ensuing
deadlock would probably have ended
in the nomination of some other
man. Thus, though they do not
help to elect their candidate, the
colored brethren have the satisfac-
tion Of debating who the candidate
shall be.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1892-06-15

Ben II. Morcbcad and wife and r. m
Sessions to tho Mississippi Valley a
Ship Island railroad right Of way
through Tnglesitle plantation. This
deed was made In 1882.
| A. X. Jones, commissioner, 10 Mary
J.. Richmond; 1871 acres, lands be-
longing 10 estate OF Mary +. Met;iI-
vary, deceased. This conveyance by
order OF the court tor n partition
among the heirs.
Jacob Bernhcimcr 10. Alfred Faulk
400 acres, being land forineFls own
cd by Washington Gray (col.) $l510.
DISTRICT 3.
Archie Brown, Emanuel January and
Howard Flowers, all colorcd, lrus-
tees Of Mount Pilgrim public school.
TO Claiborne county; quit claim
deed TO one acre, Originally part of
the IIighlendcr place) for school
purposes
n. s. Walkcr,sherifE, to Clara E.Thomp-
son; A acres, sold for taxes, $3.I6.
Partition of lands of Hiram aud Mary
e. Fisher, deceased. among the heirs
to-wii: N. Il. Fisher, Alden Doris
Fisher, Eugene S. Fisher, Alice Fish
CT Armilage, and j. +. Lnsier.
These lands lie in the northern part
of the county, on and near Big
Black, ana consist Of acres.
S. S. Jackson and c. NJ. Williamson. Of
Jackson, trustees, to ]. H. Ross; part
of the Ross hdhiestead, 5000.
N. s. Walker, tax-collector, to David
Jobe; tax sale Of 1866 acres in Scuich-
aloe Hills, 1886.
DISTRICT 4.
Cynthia A. Dunning. ID. Z. Mcintyre,
w. S. Mcintyre aud Mary ID. McIn-
tyre 10 Dan II. Smith; their interest
10 1O2 acres, part OF the ID. q. Ellis
place, 1925.
Isaac File 10 Chas. Shredder; house
and lot in Hcrmanville, $3.50.
Julius Jacobsbcrg TO w. A. q A. J.
Fife; 4Si acres near IIermanvIlIc,
$50.
Ben Adler 10 L., N. o. & T. r.. r.; loi
IN lteFmahFile Tor railroad purpo-
ses, decd of gift.
Chas. A. French, Oscar o. French and
Eugene B. French TO ID. ID. Daven-
port one-half acre of the old French
homestead near IIermanville, $S5.
DISTRICT 5.
Americus w. Noble and wife TO Julia
A. Higgins; their interest In S72
acrs, the Marler homestead, 800.
". Calm 10 q. w. Price; lot 2, square
Is, town of Martin, $50.
!. j. Leggeit 20 G. II. Nesmith; his I
half-interest in steam gin, square 2,
town of Martin.
lilies Smoihers (eol.) TO Jesse Patier- 9
son (col); quit claim TO 139 acres,
his half interest Ia Spring Hin I
place near Jeferiesyille.
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"Thy WIN Be Done. -

"Thy VIII Be Done"
Not In dumb resignation
We lift our hands on high;
Not like the nerveless faialist,
Content 10 trust and die.
Our faith springs like the eagle
That scars 20 meet the sun,
And cries exnlting unto Thee,
o Lordl Thy will be done!
When tyrant feet are trampling
Upon the common veal,
Thou dost not bid ne bend and wrilhe
Beneath the iron heel.
In Thy name we assert our right,
BY sword. or tongue, or pen;
And even the headsnan's axe may fash
Thy message unto mcn.
Thy will II bids the weak be strong;
II bids the strong be Just;
No Up TO fawn, no hand to beg,
No brow 30 seek tho dust.
Wherever man oppresses man
Beneath Thy liberal sun,
D Lord. be there Thine arm made bare.
Thy righteous will be donei
John Hay.
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Editor Hobbs of the Jackson Lead
er sees visions and dreams dreams
about that internal Wall-Street- gold.
bug conspiracy against the South.
When a man once adopts the gold
bug theory his peace Of mind departs
forever. Like the critics who see in
Homer more than Homer knew, he
discerns traces Of the ploteverywhefe.
His waking hours are poisoned by
brooding over the Vaccinations of
the schemers, and even in sleep gold-
bugs fit like baleful meteors before
his fevered eye. Did brother Hobbs,
we wonder, ever meet a gold-bug
coming through the rye1
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Ny little son, who looked from thoughtful eyes
And moved aEd spoke in quiet; grown-up wise
Having my law the seventh time disobeyed.
/ struck him, and dismissed
With hard words and unkissed.
His mother, who was patient, being dead.
Then, fearing lest his grief should hinder sleep
/ visited his bed,
Bnt found him slumbering deep
with dSrkened eyelida, and their lashes vet
From his late sobbing wet
Aud |, with moan,
Kissing away his tears, left others Of my own
For, on table drawn beside biz head,
he bad put within his reach
box OF counters and red-veined stone.
pidce Of glass abraded by the beach,
And six GA seven shells
bottle with blue bells,
And two French copper coins, ranged there
with careful ART,
To comfort his sad heart.
50, when that night prayed
To God. / wept aud said,
-Ah, when at last we lie with tranced breath,
Not vexing Thee, IN death,
Aud thou rememberest Of what toys
We made our joys,
How weakly understood
Thy great Commanded good.
Then fatherly, not less
l han whom Thou hast moulded from lhe clay.
lhoult leave Thy wrath and say.
4 Wili be sorry for their ehildishness.'"
-Corentry Ihfm0re.
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A morrow must come on
When l shall wake TO weep
Bnt just for some short hours,
God, give me sleep.
ask not hopes return.
Az have sow a, l reap.
Grief must awake with dawn.
Yet, oh, 10 sleep!
No dreams, dear God, no dreams,
Mere slumbcr, dull and deep,
Such as thou givest brutes-
Sleep, only sleep
-Ahae Rc<rc 1ldrich.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1892-06-15

The ReFeille is indebted to DIR.
Charles w. Aby for late California
papers and magazines, One Of the
latter contains a good picture of the
doctor, and a very complimentary
sketch Of his career.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1892-06-15

This excellent arrangement will meet long
felt want. a. il SECURES no change ofcars OF any
class. In either direction. between Memphis and
81 IBns. and provides On unsurpassed time
aud service. This train also reaches Chicago az
an early hour the next evening. and In abolition
he day express. leaving Memphis At 300 a. m,
d,ilv' connects directly at Fulton With Illinois
central Railroad for Cairo, Chicago and oil
points on or via that line, Il being the Only
morning train from Memphis for Cairo and
Chicago.
Passengers for Cairo, st. Louis. Chicago and
points beyond will find IL 10 their convenience
and interest 10 secure tickets via this line
M trains depart from and arrive atthe new,
elegant and capacious Union Depot, centrally
located, at Front aud Poplar streets, Memph-
s. Tenn.
John Echols, 81 Yice-Pres., +. w. How,
Traffic Manager, J. L. Frazier, Superintend-
ent. " II Prouty. G. p. A.: Louisville. Ky
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THINGS wise AND orHERwlsE.

Morns--Has Dumley any rare coins
in his numismatic collection? Norris
Yes he has the first quarter ever
saved by Russell Sage, and the only
honest dollar ever made by Jay Gould.
Life.
The following mark Of esteem is as
tterse as It is ambiguous 1t is found
in Grafton, Vt:
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Don't Read Thisl

AMI y sag., you do you will learn that make organ
Al ha, hs,ning machine repairing a specially, al
and s az. pave re-opened my shop for the spring
der s..a aa,a'iiler season. Mattresses made 10 or
nea,lr nla 4 repaired. All kinds OF upholstery
ordesgs eone. ne. Cane chairs re-seated. Country
All w. w. PROMPTLY attended TO. Satisfaction on
feb2l Siino. n. hiNu'
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That's the idea is matter Of supreme importance
the best Of everything
The REvEILLE offers choice large letter
head b heads Statements envelopes cards blank
prescriptions IN Tact nyhd everything usually found
printing establishment In quality stock work
manshp we beat the world In prices all competition
send to the for work that be homo
Act like Quality. - N
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0'u uod ana Silver Bought at Market Prices.
an pairing Of Watc hes, Clocks and ,Jewelry
fne ~ @ ~ reasonable prices. All work guaranteed
fehis yeaff +. M0SER,
-y Main steet, Tort Gibson.
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ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.

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The Durham daily globe., 1892-09-10
GET OFF THE TRACK.

1t all depends upon the political com
plexion.
COLONEL COCKERILL says that sOlid
democracy and crimes of violence &C
hand in hand.
This sounds we'll to those who are re-
publicans, but it is not the truth
There are republican criminals and
democratic criminals. There are demo
Gratis as respectable as republicans, and
just as many of them.
Crime has been from the beginning
and will always be. The platforms and
the principles of all parties are for pro.
gression, for purity and for good morals
HORACE GREELEY used to say that while
every democrat was not horse thief
every horse-thief was democrat
But this was simply a bright distinc-
tiOn-but a most internal lie all the same.
COCKERILL is big enough and bright
enough to leave such clap trap business
as he has sprung alone.
1T his party principles arc sound, argu-
ment will perhaps be convincing.
There are several important questions
before the country, and if all thieves are
democrats HARRISON may as well get off
the track now.
The Durham daily globe., 1892-09-10

and administration of the pension laws.
The sentiment of the south is not opposed
to pensioning bona ide Union soldiers
or their families. Had the Confederacy
been victorious the Confederate soldier
would have been pensioned. The south
ern states are now taking care Of their
soldiers who were in the Confederate
army. There is no prejudice in the
south against the Union soldier-none
whatever, as the votes of southern rep
resentatives in congress have repeatedly
attested.
The Durham daily globe., 1892-09-10
Durh am at Raleigh.

The Democratic Club proposes not
only to give rousing reception to Ste
yenson here, but it is going to be rep
resented at Raleigh in great shape, our
brass band, the best in the state, is going,
and it will march at the head of 80 of
the unterrified democrats, of Durham.
The 80 in Cleveland beavers, linen dus-
ter, walking canes and democratic
badges The hats and busters will be at
the store Of W. A. Slater & Co. by next
Tuesday. Tie price will be $1.00 for the
hat, and - cents for the duster. There
will be 80 of each and they will be furn-
ished to members of the Democratic
Club who propose to wear them in the
procession at Raleigh and to go with the
democratic crowd. First comes first
served-C. 0. D. Those who have thus
provided themselves will be furnished
with democratic badges free of charge by
applying at the democratic headquarters
over Vaughan's drug store.
Mr. T. B. Fuller will be chief marshal
of the $50 "Invincible."
Railroad fare has been reduced to
81 .05 round trip ticket. Train leaves
Durham at 9:35 a. m Friday September
16 returning leaves Raleigh at 6 the same
evening. Tickets good on that train. If
further information is desired apply to
the chief marshal G. 3. GREEN,
Chairman fOr Conomittoa on Arranre.
ments.