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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-01-27

we have pail out total Of 81, ,4le,s4s,- =
2I2 for pensions, and II the estimates
referred 10 arc correct, VIC hare sunk
Iu fraudulent pensions over s70o, ,o0o.-
600, or nearly one-half Of The entire
amount of money In circulation In thIa
country. Evon II only 20 per cent ~
the pension business l. fraudulent, We
have sunk as much money In II ne haa
been losi In The Panama scandal.
These figures may well invite ro-
neciion. IL l. 10 be hoped that we
have not ycl reached that stage when
we can look with horror upon any
rascaiIEy except when Il Is pcrpciraicsl
BY ourselves. We speak regretfullly
OF the terrible burden placed upon
France and Germany by their siand-
ing armies, yet wo pay as much no
beth Of them for an army that was
mustered out OF service "a years ago.
VIC ADOPT holier-than-lhou attitude
toward suffering France, and sympa-
thize With her In her losses, yet We al
low q gigantic swindIe TO flourish In
full yigor, beside which The Panama
scheme is a mere pIginy.
What right has this nation 10 look
virtuous when Il encourages thousands
OF bummcrs and descrlers 10 rob the
irsasury OF the country Tho pen-
sion thieves make the Pauama thieves
look sick, bui we efowl and Nick and
ihen say ecmmiscratiDgly @PoOr
France!' It's way we bave.--Ap-
pcal-Avalapcle.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-01-27

ProlsclIonisl elcnenl of what wns tho
Republican party. aud tho radical
wing. becoming more aud mnrc rad-
lcal. win gather In iiself IRON The peo-
ple's parry and n1n-I roieclive Repub-
llcams until finally when the split be-
tween them lakes open shape, two
great paFtics. tho Legitimate Successors
OF The Fcdernlist anil Republican part
les of the beginning of tho century.
and Of the Whlg and Democratic par
ties OF a later period, will again draw
clear division In our politics, In a
patty Of protection and n party of av-
owed Tree trade; party Of special
privileges. and a party Of equal rights.
These are the two coming parties.
Tor they hrs The. two natural parties.
What nalncs they will assume or will
be imposed on them cannot, OF course,
DO foretcld, bntIt Is unlikely that @Rc-
publican" will be one OF them. That
has served twice In our history, and II
IL not likely during this generation 10
be called on again. IL Is more likely
that at first, ai least, both viii assume
the Democratic name.
But tho party that represents The
idea ofequal rights must 20 further
than lie predecessors ever dreamed Of
going, for beneath ell the issues of our
politics to-day lies tho great question
Of the distribution OF wealth which,
vaguely styled The labor question, con-
fronts the civilized world. And the
growing element in our political
thought to-day Is the single tax Idea.
That alone has q definite aim aud a
consistent policy capable of being car
ricd to its ultimate end, and priDcl-
pie that arouses the deepest cnlhusi-
asm. Without organization or out
ward demonstrations Il has shown its
power In the election OF 1892. The
next great surprise that awaits polite
leans will be vheu @ clear issue Is
inado upon It. When that shall be Is
a question OF time aud seeming acci-
dent, but II is along the lihc drawn bv
It that the greatest battle of our poll
tics must ere long be wagcd. With
the second clcetion Of SIR. Cleveland,
old things In our politics pass away
aud new things come.-lIcnry George
10 New York Press
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-01-27

q sww~was vvm@ As@ Pwa ~ Dmaw@mm
M@mm@@mM

a sww~was w@e Ae@ Rwa 49, n@@w@mmse
md now how DO the@e people livey
wRa invited tbs other day 10 Wait one
Of thsiT apartments la The old town,
ssys o writer In the California Mage
zine. I'm 80 article on Nice. Thla wnm
On the ground 6oor and consisted Of
thres rooma The front one, On the
street, was the ahop, With door, but
no window, and go groped my way
into the middle on sleeping room.
could not SEE -,s~e-~A%$@e#&,-
Here they Rleep In SOON with cold
stone nooR and no carpet, with no fire.
places and hardly any daylight The
third or back room, which had one
window, wsa the kitchen, eating and
living rooms also with o stone noor.
- wood and coal are dear. che strict
est economy Ia practiced about kindllna
nre In the curious little French range.
When they do have meat 10 roast.
which II very rarely. they take II TO
the baker, and have Il cooked there for
. few soua as Cd amount of heat auf-
Geient 70 roast anything would require
O most extravagant quantity Of fuel for
such poor folk. ~s5. -.
Everything l. bought tn very small
quantities. and even of staple articles,
aueh 10 salt. pepper. nour and sugar.
Just enough for the day In purchased.
Ready money Ia mot plenty enough 20
lay Ina stock OF such things.
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> vALuAsLE CHERRY sronE.

- Had shs ne@da - oa$ mmaa~~s enc
xw@msr~e~~s Kes@@s@@@@ C@#w~d Up@@ -.
In museum Of eurfo@skiea at Salem.
Ma@as there l. preserved . common
cberry @eed ox stone followed and
fashioned Like . basket Wz4hln che
n@ake8 ere twelve tinz sIlvex spoons,
the shape and finish > which cannos
D. distinguished by The naked ere
The name of the artist who con-
strueted thia little wonder has been
lost but the actual existence OF the
thing lsself win NOT be questioned BY
any one from the Old Witch headouar~
ters OF the Bay 6tat@. says the Philadsl-
phia Press
Dr.. Peter Oliver. who lived In Eng
land during the early pexs OF she
eighteenth century, tells Of seeing .
carved cherry stone which would be o
wonder even In thla go Of Gne tools
and nne workmanship. The stone wna
ono from q common cherry, and upon Ia
were carved shm heads CT on@ hundred
and twsnty-four popee. kings. Qaeena,
emperorss SANTA ess.
Small - they muat necessarily have
beens II La announced on the muthority
OF Prot. Oliver that with good glass
shs heads Of tha popea and kings eoulA
readily % distinguished from tho@s og
the queens md sainta By their mikxem
and crowna The gentleman who
brought thia little wonder 10 England
purchased Il La Prussia. allowing tha
original owner Eve thousand pounda
sterling for bis txam@urs. Think OF Ii,
twenty-five thousand. dollars for .
cherry a@@1 ><amm@a
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Prof. Nye on the Climate Of North Car
oIins.

Another correspondent asks of
North Carolina lis IL a healthy
state 2 Would il be- u good place for
hip disease, and could you give EN-
plOyncnt al once to one 80 afilicl-
ed Z"
This is a healthy state. l havo
saic so before. The western part
Of the state has climate like that
OF Turin.
1t is not so common at The age of
80 or 90 10 be able 20 read fine print
in the mountains, because some
have neglected to read coarse print
while young, but health and long
life and pleasing mixture of child
rem and grandchildren are features
OF this most wonderful air.
We only ask that people who are
benefited by our climate will give
il proper credit. II grieves US like
everything TO have friends come
here breathing with anything they
can get hold Of and then 60 away
with nice, new lungs and claim that
II was Bears soap that did u That
makes us irrltated and cholerlc.
Come freely with your assesses
and far-away looks, your liltle-Eya-
good-by- Uncle-Tom air, your tally
hoes aud tubercles. Rut when the
glow OF health. rs you ride horse
back, comes to your well-ruuuded
cheeks, do not 60 back hume and
say you owe 1t entirely 10 protect
i've tariff.
While Mrs. Smith was celebrat-
ing her 70sh birthday, Mr.. Smith.
ber husband, was working alone on
my justly celebrated well. and
bringing up the gianile fragments
IN q bushel basket held in his teeth.
running up and down the rope,
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".rhc frst thing we viii do is 10 re-
storc sugar 10 tho revenue ieldins
schedule" !" says Colonel Henry Waiter.
son. Which means, OF course, that
Colonel Watgorson Is ia favor of pro
iective duty for Louisiana. Who the
eve" are who arc going to do this docs
not appear, but Il 10 reasonably cert
ain that q majority Of Democratic con
grcssmen cannot be found 10 30 H.
The Democratic party Is not making
Iis contest to take protection from
Pennsylvania that Louisiana may have
the more 0f II. II Is not making see
tional fight, but fight for principle
Ii has not been returned to power to
Increase thc tariff on anything. bat TO
lower II on everything, and If IL bad
declared In the Chicago platform FOR a
restoration of the sugar tax IL would
have been defeated. The restoration
Of the sugar tax would bo breach oil
faith that would be surely and swiftly
resented. The prolensc that tax on
sugar Is tax for revenue only, mere
ly because ID l. on sugar, 10 too illogi-
cal 10 convince anyone should 1t be Of
tered In extenuaiion of such crimi-
nal absurdiiy a. that OF aboIishlng free
trade In this artislc of universal usc.
The Democratic party viii not attempt
10 rob the people In the interest of @
iow wealthy men and corporations In
Louisiana. IL they cannot make sugar
without having tax imposed on 65,-
100000 people for their benefit, let
thom quit and flnd something they are
competent TO do without direct or In
direct subsidy.
Tho attempt to restore the sugar
lax Ia likely to be made, but 1t ls not
likely TO succeed. IL could not succecd
without costing the Democratic party.
The next congress and the ncxt presi-
Dental election. There may be peo-
pie simple enough to believe that q
seventy per cout duty on sugar viii be
levied for revenue only and moi IS an
indirect subsidy 10 slao Louisiana
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a MEXICAN POPULARITY.
rA@y News wsmlssa an 1mps~unssus n~as-
AAwm.


There La one psculiarity about the
Mexicann In their social and family re-
lations which / doubt TO exist among
any other people on the globe" said @
resident of chihuahua. Mexico, recent
ly. while Il l. true that . majority of
those occupying the highest social and
political positions In the country are de-
scendants Of ths proud old ariatocratie
Spaniards, jet 1t In equally true that .
great many others OF wealth and ae-
knowledged leadership hsve come mp
from the lower ranks by some sudden
turn of the wheel ox fortune ox eruption
of revolution Unlike the American,
the Mexican who acquires fame and
fortune never forgess or neglscts his
poor kin. and, unlike the American
again, ne treata his more impecunious
relatives I'm o queer way. He takes
them into his household ~ servants
giving TO them the most nenial sexvioe.
bat never denying ths relationship or a.
tempting 30 conceal it. know OF many
instances where q rich Mexlcan'mmother
In his cook. his sister hi~ house girl and
his father or brother his butler. The
American would either diaown them 81
together or put them on CD equal foot
Ing with himself In thia regard. you
must admit, the democracy Of Mexico
l. puxex than that 90 loudly bossted OF
In this country" .'~., ,.,ac' --s- i :zxz-.
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This excellent arrangement will meet long.
fslt want ~ "a secures no change of cars OF any
class. In either direction. between Memphis and
6t. Louis, and provides an Unsurpassed time
aud service. Thia araln also reaches Chioago 81
SO early hour The nexa svaning and I'm addition
she day espfess, IeavinR Memphis a. 300 o. m !,
daily, oonneesa directly ~ kmlbam with Illinois
Central Railroad Tor Cairo, Chicago and all
points on or via that line. IL being the only
morning train from Memphis Tor Cairo aud
Chlea@0.
Passengers for Cairo, st. Louis. Chicago and
points beyond will hnd II to thelr convenience
and interest 20 secure tickets via this line
All trains depart from and arrive the new,
elegant and oapacsous Union Depot. centrally
located af Fronk and Poplar streets. Memph-
Ia, Tenn.
John Eohola, Sd vics.Prsz., y. wv. How,
Trafac Manager j. /. Frazier, Hupcrintend-
NJ, W. III. Prouty. q. r. A.: Louisville. Ky
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Distributing Agents for Bnnly Powbest cheapest
The successful mans pow General agents BOuns True Blue
PlOws and Implements Avery Pow Sweeps Scrsper
Banner DOwaw and Farquaha Cotton Planters Pow Brides
Hames Traces single and double Weed Hoes Files Large stock
of Barb Wire Nails and general hardware this section
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-13
STATE PRESS TIPS.

Speaker Lee has announced his COM
mittees, and the three members from
duluth have no reason to complain at
their assignments. AS we predicted i'll
this paper several days ago, Lon Mer-
rift has the craftsmanship of the COM
mittee on mining. Mr.. Boggs gets the
craftsmanship of the committee on cor
porations other than municipal. MIR.
Cotton does not get craftsmanship, but
he has prominent place upon the live
principal committees of the house, where
he has a chance to make his influence
felt in shaping the new laws of the
state to be enacted this Winter.-Duluth
Tribune.
The good roads convention to be held
at st. Paul on the 23d inst. will be of
the greatest Importance, and Scott
county, through her commissioners,
ought to be represented. This question
OF good roads is of the most vital mo-
ment and concerns every citizen of the
state. Our farmers are especially inter-
eSted, as the question is one of great
practicability for them. as they have at
all hours and seasons to traverse them.
The greatest encouragement should be
given this movement and some practical
solution of the bad road evil solved
Belle Plaine Herald.
Whether the state ought to go into the
grain elevator business is open to QueS-
ton. The functions of the state ought
not to be restricted to mere police duties
and the like as the old conception ran.
Neither should the state interfere in
any competitive business. There is a
general notion that railroads and tele-
graphs and similar public services will
eventually come under government con-
troll. The elevator business is like
these and has been classed with them
in the celebrated Mum cases. There is
therefore no improperly, according to
ideas of state functions now accepted,
i'll this proposition. 1t is a question of
eXpediency.- Duluth Commonwealth.
From an educational point of view.
free text books is an important step to-
wards generaliZing and Facilitating pub
lie educ alton. A law to that effect, if
properly drawn, will insure good books,
and will provide the elasticity i'll chang
ing books which constitutes an essential
feature Of all good and practical educa-
ton. SO all around, it seems to us, the
weight of argument is clearly on the
side Of the state assuming the burden.-
!. The North.
Despite his expressed determination
to decline the honor, IgnatiuS Don
nelly was reelected president of the
State Farmers Alliance at the session
last week. His excessive vanity, which
is one of the weaknesses of the Sage,
couldScarcely withstand the paudits of
the assembled kindred spirits, implying
as it did their confidence in him as their
leader when all the outside world dis
credit his leadership in any cause.-Le
Sueur News.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-13
BUSINESS MEN IN OFFICE.

The reams of rot and rubbish that
have been written about Mr.. RICHARD
CRoKER's alleged assertion that ''poii-
ticianS, not business men, make the
best public officers" would be sufficient
to redeem that utterance and make it
shine LUMINOSITY by contrast,e even were
it intended in the sense into which 1t
has been distorted. But it was not so
intended. AS Mr.. Croker gave it out,
it was mere matter-of-fact expression
of a logical conclusion TO which the
Tammany sachem's strong common
sense had brought him. Concerning
the misrepresentation of which he has
been made victim, MI. CROKER him
self says:
II am represented as holding views
which | have never esp0uSed. l am
quoted in some papers as saying that
business men are unfit to be oficehold-
ers. Nothing could be further from my
mind. What did say was that a man
appointed to place at the head Of one
of our great city departments ought to
give up his business and devote his
whole attention to it. He cannot man
age his own business and conduct the
city's business properly at the same
time. When he gives up his business to
enter the clty'S service he becomes a
politician. | do not in the least recede
from my statement that in my judg-
ment the city is best served by poll
ticianS-far better than by business
men who devote an hour or two to the
city's affairs and give the rest Of the
day to their personal concerns. | am
free to say that we have had too many
of that kind of business men IN our city
Offices"
Every city has suffered from "that
kind Of business men, to which Mr..
CROKER has reference. Nor does the
complaint apply merely to municipal
officers. In state and in federal service
there are business men who devote an
hour or two a day" to their official
duties and ''give the rest Of the day to
their personal concerns" The public
pays for all their time, and gets only
what small portion of it they delgn to
spare from their private business. MI.
CRoKER's objection to business men Of
this stripe in public Office is valid and
sensible. There is nothing in it to in
dictate that Tammany'S chieftaiD has
fallen away from his customary level
headedneSS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-13
sYMSONIA.

JULES VERNE in his most magma
tive mood never evolved theory more
picturesque and startling than is the
one in whose behalf an Arctic eXpedi
ton is now being fitted out. This theory
had its inception in the fertile brain of
Capt. JOHN CLEYES SYMNIES some sew
enty years ago.
Capt. SYMMES who earned his title
by gallant service in the war of 1Sl2-
was man of studiouS bent, who, after
his retirement from the army, devoted
the remaining seventeen yeats of his
life to the elaboration of MS theory. 1t
was. in brief, to tie effect that at elthe I
pole were immense cavities in the
earth which gave light and heat from
the sun to an extensive population i'll
the aarth's interior.
Despite its fantaStical nature, SYMMES'
theory gained many converts by reason
OF the force and plausibiilty of the ar
guments he advanced in its favor. He
even went so far, in 1929, as TO seek
all appropriation from congress for an
expedition to put his theories to the
test; but his pleadlngs had less effect
on our obdurate legislators than did The
PRAYERS of COLUMBUS before tie hrOne
of FERDINAND and ISABELLA.
Since Capt. SYAIAIES' death, i'll 1929,
his descendants have made intermIt-
tenL and always unsuccessful atLcn pts
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-13
TAXING 1NHERITANCEs.

Senator FRANK A. DAY introduced
an important bill in The legislature yes
terday taxing legacies and inheritances
The idea is not a new one. such a tax
having been in force in England for a
hundred years or more, and in the state
of PENNSYLVANIA since 1926; but, so far
as we know, no such measure has ever
been presented before to the Legislature
of Minnesota.
1t is in line with other measures
which have been adopted here and else
where looking to realization OF some
profit by the state from the privileges
which the state has to bestoW. The
ancient maxim that the basis of taxation
is the amount Of protection which the
state affords to the taxpayer is fast be
ing abandoned, and in its place we have
substituted the maxim that taxes should
be levied in proportion to the ability Of
the citizen to pay. If all of the property
of every citizen could be reached and be
assessed at a uniform rate, it would per-
hapS be as fair test OF each PERSONS
ability to pay as any test that could be
devised.
But the difficulty of discovering per-
sonal property and the inclination of the
owners of it to snirk taxation have made
the collection of such a tax almost a
farce, and have driven many thoughtful
people to the conclusion that any at
tempt to collect such tax had better be
abandoned. AS compensation in part
FOR this immunity which personal prop
erty is Supposed to have enjoyed during
the lifetime of its owner. and as fee or
license for the services OF the state II
preserving and turning over the prop
erty to the person whom the decedent
has selected as the object OF his bounty,
it is proposed to assess Il tax OF per
cent in some cases and per cent in
Others ON the cash value of each diStri b.
ulive share.
Ii the exemptions are liberal enough
ana the rate is low enough, the FAX is
probably as unobjecti0nabe is any that
can be devised 1t is not desirable to
assess the slender means OF widows and
orphans, and for that reason we thiak
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-13
IN EUROPE.

France is discovering that Russia is
not friend in need. The car draws
his sablcs clear Of the Panama mud and
looks on in cold scorn at the trials Of
the &allic republic. The Franc0-Rus-
sian alliance, or the prospect of such an
alliance, is disSoving into thin air. At
best, it was never Il natural or sincere
determination which these two nations
affected Their forms Of government
are antithetic and nharmonious.
France is the foremost champion Of
popular government in Europe; Russia
is the last relic of deSpOtiSm on that
continent. The two governments have
nothing in common save general dis
trust of the triple alliance. lii the case
of France this dlstrust is we'll based.
The Teuton and the Gaul are enemies
by instinct and inheritance. But why
should Russia not be on good terms
with Germany? The Balkans are a
source of some contention with Austria,
but Russia's serious movement is east
ward, and her natural enemies are tile
British. She has much less to gain than
France through a combination with the
latter country against the triple ALI
ance 1t would be the part of wisdom
for Russia to remain at peace with her
Western neighbOrS in order to the BET
ter prepare herself for the inevitable
clash with the British on the east.
India is of vastly more Importance than
the insignificant Balkan states. The
car and his councillors apparently real
ize this; they are turning the cold
shoulder to France and establishing
more cordial relations with Germany
and Austria. If France fights the triple
alliance she will have to do it single
handed, which is pretty good guaranty
that she will curb her anger over Alsace-
Lorraine. and that the next European
war will be between Russia and Great
Britain over the rich provinces of Asia.