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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-04-21
Do NOT Seek Office.

Albert &. Brown, of Mississippi, cir
cult judge, three terms in congress,
three times senator, twice governor,
brigadier general of militia, and cap
tain in the Confederate army, just be-
fore his death wrote the following to
a young friend:
"frue, as you say, had many OFF,
ces. Indeed, | may say, never knew
defeat in my aspirations. Aud il is
just because had success winch pcO-
pie call wonderful that l feel confident
TO administer word of caution to the
men of this generation. My young
friend, do not be deceived by the gilt
ter Of Office. | am now past my three
score years, and am fast trav sling into
the ten. | have held almost every of
flee in the gift of the people, and eau
truly say with the preacher, 1T is all
vanity aud vexation Of spirit Look
ing back over a long, and hope not
unsuccessful life, can say with clear
conscience my greatest regret is that
/ have ever made political speech, or
held an Office which beguiles mau, but
be assured, my young friend, il is the
fascination ofa serpent; or, to change
the figure, it is the ignis fatuus which
coaxes you to inevitable ruin. / speak
OF that which know. If my young
friends will be governed by my adj
vice, / have this to say, after all my
successes as public man, now when
my head is blOssomlng for the grave.
| feel that il would have been better
for me If Il had followed tho occupa-
tion of my father aud been a farmer"
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-04-21

Has she forgotlen2 On this very May
We we're 10 meet here, with the birds and bees
As on that Sabbath underneath the trees
We siraYed Amongthe tombs, and stripped away
The vines from those old GRANTEES, cold and
gray
And yet, indeed, not grim enough we're they
To stay our kisses, smiles, and ecstHsies,
Or closer, voice-lost VOWS and rhapsOdies.
Has she forgOtten-that the May has won
Its promise 2-that the bird-songs from the tree
Are sprayed above the grasses as the sun
Might jar the dazzling dew down showeringly2 2
Has she forgotten life love--every QUE
Has she forgotten me-forgotten me2
Low, low down In the violets press
My lips and whisper to her. Does she hear
Aud yet hold silence. though call her dear.
Just Ms Of old. save for the tearfulness
OF the clenched eyes, and the souls vast dis
tress2
That made our breath quickened atmosphere
That failed nigh unto swooning with the sheer
Delight? Mine arms clutch now this earthen
heap
sodden with tears that fow on cesslessly
As autumn rains the long, long, long nights,
weep
In memory OF days that used 10 be-
Has she forgotten these2 And In Ler sleep,
Has she forgotten .me-forgotten me2
Tonight, against my pillow. with shut eyes,
mean 70 weld our faces through the dense,
Incalculable darkness make pretense
That she has risen from her reveries
To mate her dreams with mine In marriages
or mellow palms, smooth faces, and tense ease
Of every longing nerve Of indoleuce-
Lift from the grave her quiet lips, and stun
My sense with her sweet kisses-drawl the glee
OF hen glad mouth. full bhthe and tenderly,
Across mine own; forgetfu II Is done
The old loves awful dawn-time when said we.
To-day is ours" An heaven can II be
She has forgotten me-forgotten me7
--James Whitconlb Rilsy.
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Cleveland.

A strong-minded, rcsolute, impe-
rious man, with head among the stars,
as might we'll result from a career so
memorable; a glutton in work, seri-
GUS, plodding, inexorable, sitting up
until 2 in the morning to read the
papers in a murder case, as he Is re-
ported doing on Wednesday last, and
remanding the murderer 10 a just
doom something of the mysticism
of Cromwell in those oracular utter
ances about "duty"-but with a di-
rect, blundering, woodchopper ener-
gy in his work, there is everything to
interest us in the restored president
and a great deal to admire. Hei q
man to make a strange dream come
true. To his own party he is a
problem; to Republicans q phenom-
enon.-J. r. Young in N. Y. World.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-04-21
A California Ostrich Farm.

visited an ostrich farm the other
day. can hardly keep away from this
strange bird. Ostrich eggs arc worth
Si56.75 per dozen. They ale good to
eat and six of them will make man
a meal.
The ostrich cannot be caught by
means OF the horse. lie never runs.
lilo just walks but oh, how they do
emerge from where they were and ar
rive clsewherel The bird seems to
raise Its head and shrug its shoulders,
and with scarcely feeling Of interest
in the chase ii just simply swaps tlmo
for distance liku a telephone.
The only way to catch an ostrich is
TO appeal to its appetite, which is its
only intellect. You take sack Of corn
AID start out after bird that seems to
lag a little; and If you know how, and
also have little salt TO put on the tail
Of the bird, you are as liable to secure
him inside of six weeks as you would
be on horseback.
The first importer Of osiriches 10
America told me that be got them of
the boat at San Diego and put them
In the corral, but In bis gladness Of bo-
log again en- land an old gent ostrich
kicked down a quarter Of mile Of
stone wall and escaped. So did tho
others. They saw no reason why they
should remain, aud so they went also,
disliking as they did the business Of
laying eggs at $3.50 each with no free
dom.
Tho ostrich can eat objects larger
than the mock, which seems impossible.
Big beets or mangcls are used for food
as well as grain. These msngels grow
to the size Of persons thigh Il do
elmo to give the PERSONS name) The
owner chops of the big end Of tho
beet aud tosses Il TO the bird, which
swallows Il entirely whole. You sec
II as It gocs down the neck, sometimes
before, and again on the side or back
Of the neck, till IL strikes the gizzard
of this beautiful songstcr.
The birds are good to cat, aud the
second joint will relieve The pangs OF
hunger for hours The ostrich has
wish bone that is often used to
plow corn with or cultivate the soil OF
the orange orchard.-BiIl Nyc in APP
pcal-Avalanche.
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CIRCUIT couRT TERMS.

Claiborne--Second Monday OF
January and First Monday of June
%. d. Gillaud, Judge Of 9th district
Jefferson Second Monday Of
February and Second Monday Of
August.
|, +. Cassedy, Judge of 9th district
cHANcERY COURT TERMS.
nude Pirtard. Chancellor 4th Dist
|Clsiborne-Third Monday of April
aud Taird Monday Of November
Jefferson-First Monday in May
and Filst Monday in December
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MAsnNIc.

y ashlngton Lodge No. 3-3S mem
chartered in 1917 from Grand
'lge-uf Tennessee; meets 2d Friday
fach month. Officers: j. w. An
i%S' WIN; L. VI. Barber, W; ]. NJ
''0Or, } W; q. w, Acker. secretary;
D. Fulkerson, treasurer /; NJ. @.
ua, d; c. A. Gordon, j d l. Zad.
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ooLoREn CHURCHES.

Colored Methodist Churchill. M.
pley, Pastor. Service. Sundays, IL
H., 3 ?. m, $50 p. m. Sunday
moot , a. m, Il. Richardson, super-
Iendent. Prayer meeting Wednes-
y Sp. m. Class meeting Friday,
B. m. =
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-04-21

The sounding-board of pianos,
the most important part OF the in
strument, is made of American
spruce and is as carefully chosen as
the wood for violin.
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CITY DIRECTORY.

Ryor. or........... II. NJ. C1lson
,lermen &C. 4. Gordon, J. i. AL
len, r. G. Kelley, l.. r. Levy, T.
Richardson. J. A. Davis.
kgular meeting lst Monday IN each
month.
teasurer. r............J. ]. w. Person
iei Of Police. Assessor and Tax
collector. ..............T. NJ. Rea
k,istant Policeman. w. S. Besrd
halth Officer. W. ID. Redus
pgu Clerk ..........F. Fl. Foote
flemhers of the BARI VI. Barber, F..
. Drake. J T. Drake. G. A. French, J..
! .C. Martin. II. &. MOunger. I. Y. Ber-
n l.. y Baldwin.
Physicians and Surgcons--G. w. Ack-
n I. Anderson, w. ID. Rcdus. X. G..
barton. j. w. Barber, w. B. Lloyd.
THE CHURCHES.
n ltholic Church. Rev. Father Morris.
h &iyiee fourth Sunday Of each month.
christian Church-NO resident pastor.
Nrvice first Sunday ofeach month morn
NJ and evening. by Rev. B. +. Manire.
Rryiee also on the Saturday evening
Iceding.
Episcopal Church-NO rector. Read
Of the service every Sunday at IL a.
and 80 p m. Sunday school at 8 80
m, N. 5. Walker Superintendent.
lebrew Temple-NO Rabbi.
Rrvlcc every Friday evening Mt 1880.
Snday school at 10 =. m. every Sunday.
Methodist Churcli-B. Z. Jones pas
Service ut II lO'clOck Sunday morn
and At $50 p. m. Ist and Cd Sun
Is. sunday school at 9:30 n. M. Il.
Drake Superintendent. Prayer meet
every Thursday afternoon.
y presbyterian Churchill. III. Brown
pastor. Service at IL a. m. every
1nday, and at 1880 p. ~. Cd and 4th
#naays. Sunday school $3.50 n, M, l..
follilt Superintendent. Prayer meet
every Wednesday afternoon.
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rankin Lodge No. 5-Chartered
I. |, o',, 1889; 80 members meets at
clock every Tuesday night Offic-
| ~, " J, w Acker, n z; \ l. Hackett,
/ /" 1 Norris, secretary; N S Walk
y y = 'as'IreT l. A Smith, W; Maurics
i %an Svl,,'i 6 9 I Fulkerson, IS to n z;
:. Williams jr. to n Z; L r Levy,
Nv q : } Kelley, I 5 to v g; J O
non y rsS L Kiefer, ! s s; r Watt.
HeV U + Jones, chaplain. Visit.
members Invited to attend.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-04-21

Distributing Agents for Briny Plowsbes and cheapest
The successful mans pow General agents for Bounts True Blue
Plows and Implements Avery Pow Sweeps Scape Haows.
Banner DowLaw and Farquahar Cotton Planters Pow Brides
Hame Traces single and double Weed Hoes Hoe Files Large stock
IF Barb Wire, Nails and general hardware in this section
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That's the idea.

the best Of everything.
The you choice Of large stock of note heads letter
heads bill head statements envelopes, cards. blank physicians
prescriptions in fact aud everything usually found fass job
printing establishment In quality stock cannot be exceed In work
the world prices all competition Don't
for work that be well and chepy home
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-04-21

"castoriaissow wsli adapsed 70 chHdrsu th@t
recommend itas superior 70 any pcsscnrsson
Snown 70 me" II. A. AHcHxm, ~. D.,
Ill So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, M.
aThs use Of sCastoria A 20 universal and
fts merits so well known that it seams . work
OF supererogation 10 endorse H. Few are tnc
intelligent families who do not keep Caseoria
within easy reach.
New York City.
Late Pastor Bioomipgdaie Reformed Church
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nn,nn OF SUPERVISORS.

|Regular meeting first Monday IN
|ery month.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-04-21

CAatoria cures Collie, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, DiarThBa Eructatiou,
KiIla Worms, gives sleep, and promotes III
gestion.
without injurious medication.
. For several years have recommended
your Castoria, and shall always continue 70
results"
Edwin +. PAEDxz. H. D.,
"Tne wtuthrop, 1e5th Street and Tth Ave-,
New York City
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-04-21

A teacher may be a good plodding
teacher, and do his best, and yet
never have struck a spark out Of
some of the natures before him I;
and If he has not he will have failed
even though they got good lessons.
Teaching is more than hearing les
sons the teacher must come in
contact with his pupils.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-04-21

Episcopal Church-NO rector. Read
Of the service every Sunday at II a.
and 1880 p m. Sunday school at 8 80
m, N. 5. Walker Superintendent.
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christian Church-NO resident pastor.
rvice first Sunday Ofeach month, morn
u and evening. by Rev. b. +. Manire.
ryiee also on the Saturday evening
|ceding.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-02-23
Will The Lesson Be Lost?

The lesson to be learned by our rest
less elements from the result of the
great Homestead strike of last Sum-
mer may not safely be ignored. There
was no oppression, as the facts show,
OF the wOrkingmen, such as would JUS
tify an appeal to desperate remedies
and the risking of the maintenance and
welfare of women and children. The
wOrkingmen of Homestead were ex-
ceptiOnally well situated, even in this
land of good wages and abundance
They either owned their own homes or
had every facility extended them for
acquiring them, and were paid good
wages, such as enabled them to main
tain their families decently and COM
fortably, and even to supply them with
all the really desirable luXuries of life
But they chose to strike, upon an en-
tirely insufficient pretext. Having taken
that step they became as madmen. They
denied the owners of the mills access to
their own property. They forcibly pre-
vented others from earning the wages
they had themselves rejected. They
resisted by force of arms, blOOdshed and
loss of life the attempts of the Carnegie
Company to even protect and guard it's
own property. AS crOwning outrage
some of them resOrted to poisoning to
put out of the way those whose only
Offense was an honest effort to earn an
honest living by honest labor. What
have they gained? For weeks pathetic
appeals have inspired the charitably
disposed people of the whole country to
send money and supplies to relieve the
distress of the innocent wives and
children of these foolish men. In one
Year they dragged those dependent up
on them from comfort and plenty to
the verge of starvation and want and
made them objects of charity. Within
the past few days eX- Burgess McLuckie,
himself the prime mover in the strike
has been forced to publicly beg for fl
nancial aid. He says: 81 am out of
jail, after having served thirty-three
days, and have been sick since Out of
work, out of money, family to sup
port and OH trial for my life" Surely
his punishment ought to teach him
something. Will the lesson be lost up
on his fellows, who, finding that the
public will always sustain them when
they are right, presume upon its pa
tience and assume that it will uphold
them when they are wrong ?-New York
ADVERTISER.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-02-23

vealed to him, and the young magma
ton is inflamed with the most appalling
tales of blood and carnage. The way is
pointed out to the young devOtee and
made easy by the examples of his heroes.
He endeavors to emulate them; in the
beginning he is timid and only aims at
small trifies, but with success he grows
bolder and finally participates in crime
of some consequence. He is apprehend-
ed and sent to a refOrmatOry; the rigid
discipline of the institution may have
salutary effect on him; but the weeds
have taken root, and the refOrmatOry
graduate degenerateS into an inmate of
penitentiary. Some attribute the evil
deeds of children to the loose guidance
of their parents, others to the teachings
of the older companions of the child.
The old adage of "spare the rod, spoil
the child" but [ believe that the search
ty of parental love and the lack of home
attractions spoil more children than the
lack of flOggings. Make the home at
tractive, and the child will not 90 abroad
to seek sOlicitude in evil companions
Fill the fireSide with love, and the chill
dren will not 60 to the saloons to culti-
vate vice. Place within reach of the
student wholesome literature of an ap-
petizing nature and "dime novels" will
loose their attractions. There is moth
ing that elevates the morals of a youth
so much as elevating intellectual food.
There are many good juvenile periodic
ais that are within the means of the
needy, and it is to be regretted that more
of this class of literature is not read by
the young. Place it within their reach,
and "bloOd and thunder" will be for
gotten.
There should be a crusade against the
"dime novel;" it should be swept by the
broom of reform into the pit of oblivion.
The publication of such trash should be
suppressed. If all the "dime novels .
in the country were burned and the
publication of others prohibited, the re-
fOrmatOries would want for subjects to
reform, and prisons would not be over
crowded. Strike out the c0nse, and there
will be no effect. c. C.
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Immoral Literature.

1t has been said that the morality of
4 nation depends upon the class of liter
ature most read by the individuals. If
literature constitutes the ruling element
in framing the morals of a nation, it
must also hold the same sway over
the morality of an individual. Good
thoughts, we know, are the forerunners
of good deeds; and as literature furnish
es the principle nutriment for thought,
wholesome literature must lay the foun-
datiOn of good morals and immoral lit
Sture SOW seeds of vice.
Immoral literature may be devided
into two classes, the juvenile "blOod
and thunder" novels, and the thraShy
love tales. 1t is the "blOod and thun-
der" compounds that cause the greatest
evil for the young mind that has begun
to crave for something appetiZing. to
offset the drudgery of the school lessons.
will eagerly grasp anything that is in
teresting and devOur it for the sake of
variety. A new field of thought is thus
opened to the youthful imagination
and the precOciOus eagerness of youth
prompts the undeveloped mind to ex-
plOre it's Turing fantasies. From habit
the youthful reader forms a passion
that generates into the worship of the
heroes he reads Of 1t is but step from
adulatiOn to emulation Like all other
vices, the passion that feeds on "blOOd
and thunder" has it's caterers. Tempt
ingly displayed in the windows of the
stationery shops, or cOnSpicuOuSly ar
rayed on the counters on the inside. are
to be found every variety of this de-
basing species of literature The school
boys, passing on their way to school.
are attracted by the graphical illustra-
tiOnS in the shOW-windOws, or, if he en-
ters to purchase pen, pencil, or some
other little necessity, the caterer has
the bait fixed for him in place he must
pass in order to make his purchase.
The glowing pictures on the covers of
the novels attract the young customers
attention; and if he has the necessary
five or ten cents, he seldom leaves with
out taking the most blood curdling
specimen he can find with him. Thus
it is one of the most debasing vices of
the times catered to.
The evil influence that these degener-
ating novels exercise over the develop
ing mind of the youthful reader, roots
out the good precepts that the influence
OF home is beginning to form, and trans
plants seeds that will yield in manhood
a bountiful harvest of weeds. 1t is from
these novels that the youth receives his
first knowledge of crime From them
he learns the plans and details of the
methods by which the criminal persues
his calling. Crimes of all degree are re-
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-02-23
Glad To Hear It.

Editor of PRISON MIRROR:-If you
have little space in your next edition,
that you feel disposed to fill up with a
brief sketch of the working of the
Home of Industry of Detroit, kindly
insert the following:
1t is called the Home of Industry for
Discharged Prisoners. at its head is the
founder, Mrs. Agnes L. d'Arcambal,
who. for the past twentyseven years,
has devoted her entire time and means
for the benefit of discharged prisoners
A man is accepted in the Home after
having served term of one year or over
In it is chair Gaming shop, by which
work we are enabled to make a little
money and are also given sufficient
time to secure outside employment,
which great many have done, and are
to-day holding first class situations.
At the present time there are fifteen
men in the home, nine of which work
in the cane shop, the balance having
different occupations, and the entire
household work being done by the men.
Mothers Room is occupied by the
founder; and is made bright and cheer
full by it's occupant, who is ever ready to
converse and say kind word to the un-
fortunate. The reception room is large
and very comfortable room, with piano
and library in it where we assemble at
night to read or indulge in some parlor
game. We also have religious services.
Now, Mr.. Editor, | only asked for lit
tie space. | could keep on and probably
half-fill your nice little PRISON MIRROR,
but in conclusion, let me say that Mrs.
L. d'Arcambal has founded a Home
for discharged prisoners in the state of
Michigan, and one that any city or state
in the whole Union should be proud Of.
AN INNATE.
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A JaySOnvilla.

| specs has had bouts many ups an
downs, in my brief turmoil of existence,
as de mex man. l doan min tellin' you
de cause of my downward career. 1t wus
soon arter de close of de wah, dat |
form'd de quaintance of Bill Googins
down in Varginny. Poor Bill am dead
now. If you disrecomember rightly
l write he epitaph las week. He was
struck by an icicle an knocked sensible,
but he soon come to hisself agin an died.
Well, Bill an me mo- den raided de hen
rOOsts i'll WeStmOr'lan County. Dere
wus not hen or chicken in de whole
baliwick, but knew us, sOOn'S we struck
de mex neighbor's dor yard Anti wus
finally de hens demselveS dat convicted
uS-de purtiest piece of circumstantial
evidence | ebber seed. 1t happen'd dis
way: Bill an me had been out putty
late one night, an got arrested afore we
could git back agin; an when de cOnsta-
BILE sarched us, he foun' in our posses
sion, among odder things, eight chickens
of different breeds, an from as many
different neighbOrS. OF course desc
chick'ns wus produced in court, as doc
umentary testimony. Den de owners
of de chick'ns puts in dey claims, an
proves dem by Identification. De Judge,
an de jury, an de lawyers, an de claim
ants, an Bill an me, an de eight chick
ms visited de premises of each of de
claimants to match de similarity an
identity of de fowls. Well, dog-gone
our skins, dOan you knOW-dem yere
hens wus so dead onto Bill an me, dat
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What Arbitration Has Done.

"MOre widely useful than ever be-
FORE" sums up the honorable record for
1892 of the Massachusetts state board
of arbitration. 1t has saved by judi
cious interpOsition and wise cOunsels
millions of dollars to employers and en-
ployed alike. The story of its success,
indeed, long since passed the limits of
the commonwealth, has spread far and
wide, and its influence for good, not
only in other states of the Union but in
countries beyond the seas, can scarcely
be Overestimated- Globe.