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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-25
OVATION TO WHITE.
The People of Los Angeles Preparing a
Reception.

Los ANGELES, Jan. PA tremendo Gus
ovation has been arranged for Senator-eleet
Stephen NJ. White on his arrival In this
city tomorrow noon. Mayor Rowan has
invited the public by printed request to
assemble at the Arcade depot and give him
rouSing welcome
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-25
CUT RATES IN LUMBER.
The Members of the Los Angeles COM
bine Fall Out

Los ANGELES, Jan. 24-Owing TO an
overstock, disagreements and competition.
the members Of the Lumber.dealers' Asso-
citation have fallen out. The prceist has
been suspended and every lumber-dealer is
for himself. Prices took a tumble this
morning. and all the dealers are cutting and
undertaking each other at lively rate.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-25

SOONER OR LATER neglected Cold VIII develop
q constant cough. shortness OF breath falling
strength and wasting OF flesh, all symptomatic OF
some serious lung Affection which may he avoided
or paliated by using in time DIR. d. Jayne's Expec-
torant
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-25
MONEY IN MUSTARD.
Surprising Results From an Expert
ment at San Diego.

SAN DIEGO. Jan. 2i.-An evening paper
says Rancher Potter af the San Miguel
Me q, east of the city, has been harvesting
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-25
Public School Buildings for SaIs.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF EDUCA TIOS
~ san Francisco, January lS, 1S93-Seafed pro-
posaIs viii be received by the Board OF Education
new CITY Hall in open session, WEDN ESDAY
the 25th inst from To 80 O'Clock p. NJ. for the
purchase of the scnool buildings, sheds and fences
upon the lot Bartlett street. near Twenty thIrd
The buildings will be sold to the highest bidder for
cash. aud must be renewed within ten dal from
date of safe Each bid must be accompanied by a
Certified cheek In the sum of $3.50 made payahle to
the order of the Secretary OF the Board of Educs-
tion, conditioned that ii the proposal be accepted
and the bidder fail neglect to comply with tho
terms OF the same then and In that eass the sad
check shall be forfeited to the Board of Education.
TIE board reserves the right to reject any or ali
bids as the public good may require
jalS til GEORGE BEANSTON, Secretary
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-25

psc Gac so a choice ea anS able
Yard. giant combinations of coIors.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-25

Gz 90 (I5o pieces "a Inch French SuraEls,
VAsOO of superior quality and finish in
Yard. all the newest and choicest colors.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-29

The sinking Of the wafship Vic.
toria and the loss of over four hun
dred lives has not yet been explain
ed. Why not7 Why is it that
whenever a great disaster occurs at
sea by reason Of the drinking Of
liquor, there Is at once n strong ef-
fort made to conceal the mystery
and to prevent the facts being made
known to the public2 IL was so I'M
the case Of the loss OF the Oregon.
1t is so in the case Of the loss OF the
Victoria. Admiral Tryon might
have been a splendid sailor when
sober, but IL is accepted as a fact a.
mong the naval officers of our own
Mediterranean squadron that the
unaccountable orders issued by him,
which destroyed himself, his ship
and tour hundred of his crew, were
issued when drink had made him
reckless Of consequences. The mys,
terry is no longer a mystery. Add
one more to the worlds great dis
asters caused by alcoholic drink
Rev. L. Mcqueen Auld.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-29
That Campaign Is Over.

THERE'S evidently a misapprehen.
sion of the political and economic
situation at present in the minds
of Republican politicians. From
the retired Harrison TO the aspiring
Mckinley, from the amiable Depew
to the arrogant Reed, they are talk.
ing as though the reform of the tariff
were still an open question.
You mistake, gentlemen. The
tariff campaign is over for three
years at least. Try and get that
fact into your heads.
We met you upon the issue OF Nc
Kinleyism in 1890, and you received
the worst beating that any party in
power ever experienced. We met
you again, upon an appeal from that
judgment, last year. You were A.
gain overwhelmed. A president
and congress pledged TO a reform OF
your worse-tLan-war tariff were elec-
ted.
The Democratic party will ex-
ecute its commission from the peo-
pie as soon as the more immediate
ly imperative duty. which likewise
grew out Of your legislation, is per-
formed. Do not imagine you can
now work the "tariff scare" to de-
feat the will OF the people. That
fight is over.-N. Y. World.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-29
Money Is Not Value.

The British philosopher, James
Bryce, in his "American Common
wealth." makes some remarks OH tho
Greenback party, which was still in
existence al the time he visited the
United States. What he says, howey-
er, Is equally applicable at the present
iImo when there Ia so determined an
effort TO depreciate the currency by
an overcoinage OF silver:
"The Greenbackcrs demand large
issue Of greenbacks alleging that this
will be n benefit to tho poorer classes,
who will obviously be richer when
there is moro money In the country.
Tt may seem incredible that there
should still be masses of civilized men
who believe that money is value, aud
that liberal issue of stamped paper
can give the poor more bread or bet
ter clothes. Ii there were large
class of debtors, and the idea was to
depreciate the currency and LET them
then pay their debts in IL, one could
understand tie proposal. +. Those
who call for greenbacks do not pro-
fess to wish to depreciate the currcn-
cy: nor are those who have supported
them to any very great extent debt
or class to which deprecated curren-
cy would DO welcome, as a debased
coinage served the momentary pur-
poses of mcdi@val kings. But the
rccollections of the war time with its
high wages cling to many people, and
are coupled with a confused notion
that the more money there is in circu-
lation so much the moro of It will ev-
erybody have and so much tho better
off will he be-"
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-29

What do some of our contemporaries
mean by @bi-metallism Is II defined
by tho money system Of France 2 or
does II take free and unlimited coinage
of gold and silver to constitute bi-mot-
allism2 We had an alleged bi-metallic
system up to 1873, though silver was
Disseminated against in the coinage
In way that gave ms really the single
gold standard, after 1884. But wo
want to know what the disciples of
senator Hill mean by bi-metallism. We
will wager something that not one in
ten of them can tell what he means, I'm
using tho term and we will bet no
two will agree in their definitions; and
we are sure not one IN one hundred
knows the number of grains in a gold
dollar not onc in two hundred ever
read tho coinage history of bis or any
other country; not one in ono thousand
can tell the most ordinary facts of sill
vor coinage, from 1898 to 1898. All
thoy think they know on the subject,
hisiorial, practical or scientific, the
have taken for granted, out OF tho
speeches of Weaver, Bland aud other
fat money ophisls.-Chaitanooga
Times.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-29
Equally True of Claiborne County.

Old timers say a half century
ago Kinds county was the cotton re-
gion OF the world. Flowing and
planting were then finished in Feb
ruarY and March. May was uni
formly beautiful fo- cotton, and
July and August were dry and
warm and September and October
just right for gathering the crop,
and it turned out a full bale to the
acre. Now, old winter languishes
in the lap of spring, and it is in
April and May when planting is
completed ; then rain falls during
July and August, and the shedding
off commences with September, and
the worm cleans out the whole ar
rangement ere the close of October,
and the yield comes down to one
bale to every five acres, and costs the
producer about fifteen cents per
pound. Kinds county is now no.
part of the cotton region, and the
sooner our farmers arrive az that
conclusion and abandon the cult
vation of that product, the better il
will be for them. The idea of cul-
tivating five acres Of land for thir-
teen months for the trias of $50 to
S40.-Raymond Gazette.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-29

Theophilus Harrington, a Vermont
Judge in the early part of this century,
was a man who loved right and carcd
little for mere legal qnibbling. @Ii
justice controls your verdict," he would
often say to the jury, "you viii not
miss the general principles Of the law"
At one trial when the possession OF
farm was in question the defendant
offered a deed of the premises TO which
the plaintiffs lawyer, Daniel Chapman,
objected, because II had no seal.
"BUt your client sold the land, was
paid for II, and signed the decd, did
he not" asked the judge.
"That makes no difference" said
Chapman. "The decd has no seal, aud
cannot be admitted In evidence"
ais anything else the matter with
the deed n asked the judge.
II don't know that there is.D
@Mr. Clerk" said the judge, agive
me a wafer aud lhrec-corncred piece
of paper"
The clerk obeyed, and the Judge de-
IlberateIy male aud affixed the seal.
"There, Brother Uhipman, said no,
"tho deed Is all right now. It may he
put In evidence. A man Is not going
TO be cheated out OF his farm, In this
court, when there is whole box Of
waters on the clerks desk
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-29

We firmly believe that the peoz
pie are fast coming 10 the convic-
iion that it is not possible for the
United States--alone Of the great
nations OF the world-to maintain
silver as full co-equal Of gold. IN
proof OF this we cite the evidences
Of a significant change in the tone
OF the state press. In this issue OF
the Times appear enthusiastically
selected from more than fifty of
the country papers [of Mississippi.
Less than one dozen of them stand
with their senators and representa-
tives who oppose unconditional re-
peal Of the Sherman act. Over
one half of them are with Mr.. Catch
ing in calling for immediate and
unconditional repeal. No one can
read these extracts and deny that
sentiment is with the Democratic
house majority, the Democratic
president and his secretary Of the
treasury.-GreenviIle Times.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-29

That was a dreadful and dcplorabIc
affair mt Roanoke, Va. But the Off
cials and military simply performed
their duty. Officials, IN the perform
ancc Of their sworn duty, can take mo-
cogDizance of the nature OF crime that
Is charged against a prisoner placed
in their custody. Aud when officials
protect, or attempt 10 protect, prison.
ers In their custody. II Is vlllainous
and mendacious 10 charge that they
arc in sympathy with the culprits or
desire 10 candone brutal crimes. 1t
has como to this pass, in portions Of
the south, That The machinery of tho
government must be surrendered to-
wild and uureasoning mobs, or that
the officials must fight to maintain the
supremacy of the law. There Is no
middle course for faithful officer TO
pursue, and no matter how deplorablo
the results may be, II is the duty OF Of
fcials TO fight, and lay down their lives
II need be, In maintaining the law
Vicksburg Post.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-29
silver and Cotton.

We admit that cotton will sell fol
price in gold, but at present anC
for good long while it hasn't com
manded paying price in gold. The
question is so easily understood thai
we are quite sure no sensible cotton
farmer can be deceived about it. II
is this: Will cotton bring more in
gold. or in silver and gold both
The man with sense enough to get
out ofthe rain is forced to admit that
it will bring more with both gold
and silver used as money. We think
cotton would bring fully $40 a bale
more with gold and silver freely
coined than IL would with only gold
freely coined. Vicksburg CONNER
cial- Herald.
Why7
We claim to have almost as much
sense as you and we can see no rea-
son why the coinage or the demore-
tization OF silver should affect the
price of cotton. If the question is
$50 easily understood" IT should
be easy to explain. Therefore show
us the reason, that we, too, may
claim a seat among the wise ones Of
earth.
If you or any other body will
prove to US that free coinage Of sill
yer will insure to the southern farm
er higher price for his cotton, to
be paid in money worth dollar for
dollar with gold, we will Jump in
and do our little best for the white
metal from that time forth. But,
understand, we want reasons found
ed on admitted facts, not bald as
sertions and stock phrases of theor-
lists.
If our memory serves us, silver
was demonetized from 1878 to 1879,
and those were six fairly prosperous
years for the cotton producer. Sill
yer was re-established by the Bland
act in the latter year and has contin-
ued to be legal tender from that
time to the present.
The price of c0tton has steadily
ly declined through these fourteen
years.
This fact would seom to prove
that silver and cotton have no more
intimate relations with each other
than have United States bonds and
cotton. The conclusion can only be
shaken by positive evidence TO the
contrary, and as to the beneficial ef-
feet claimed for the free coinage of
silver the burden Of proof still rests
wholly upon those who make the
claim. 1t is not a question Of rheto-
ric, but of cold logic.
At least two-thirds of the Amer
lean cotton crop is sold for foreign |
exchange. The basis Of such ex-
change is gold. Therefore the price
is a gold piece, and as the tail can't
wag the dog, the European quota
lions govern the market value of the (,
staple &C home.
How, then can the free coinage of
silver in this country alone enchance
Ihe value of bale Of cotton ten dol
Iars or any part of ten dollars =?
Come, dear contemporary, tell Us.
Don't be bashful. You shan't be
1urt.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-29
Declined the OFFER.

Every now and then newspaper
people are asked why they do not
assail such and such an individual
or institution whose conduct does
not meet the approval of "Civis"
or Subscriber One Of these pub
lie censors approached the News
few days ago full of righteous indig-
nation over what be esteemed a cry
ing evil. He was heard patiently
to the end, and to satisfy his zeal
we offered him unlimited space for
bis philippe over his own signature.
II was comforting TO watch how
speedily his wrath was cooled
Meridian News.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-29
Laid BY.

Laid by in my silent chamber,
hear them stirring below
Voices love are sounding clear,
And steps know are in mine ear,
Still passing TO aud fro.
And ask my heart, Shall never more
or mine own viii pass through that door2
ask, Oh Is Il forever
That have ceased TO be
One Of the group around the hearth,
Sharing their sorrow or their mirth2
Am henceforth free
From all concern with the things Of life,
Done with its sorrow and toll and sirife2
Shall they carry me forth in silence,
With blind aud sealed-up eyes2
Shall they throw the windows wide 10 the al
And gather mementoes here aud there,
AS they think with tears and sighs,
This she was fond Of,-this she wore.
But she never shall need them any more"
"A. H. Munster.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-29

I am opposed to the storing up of
silver by the government, as / would
be opposed to the storing up of VIII eat,
or wool, or whiskey; and Just as | am
opposed to the sub-treasury proposal
of the Populists. so l arm opposed to
this sub-treasury act of the silver pro-
ducers. It is a taxing Of the many tor
the benefit of few-a prostitution of
governmental powers to purpose
with which government should have
no concern. 1t Is a step on tho road
which must inevitably destroy govern
ment of the people, by the people, for
the people, aud make II a government
OF plutocrats by plutocraIs, and for
plutocrats--a form of government
more corruptive and more degrading
than that Of hereditary aristocrafs or
rulers by right divine.--Congrcssman
Tom L. johnson (Dem.)
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-29
sOyths Song.

Mowers, weary and brown and blithe,
What is the word methInks ye know,
Endless over-wofd that the scythe
Sings to the blades OF the grass below7
Scythes that swing In the grass and clover;
Something, still, they say a. they pass
What is the word that over and over.
Sings The scythe 10 the flowers and grass ?
Hush, ah hush the scythes are saying,
Hush, and heed not, and fall asleep;
Hush, they say 10 the grasses swaying,
Hush, they sing TO the clover deep
Hush-'tis the lullaby Time Is singing
Hush, and heed not, for al things pass.
Hush. alb hush and the scythes are swinging
Over the clover, over the grass
ANDREW Lang.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-29
BessIe's Opinion.

Bessie went 10 church that morning;
She had never been before.
"But she's old enough said mamma
Three years old, and almost four"
She had promised to be quiet;
mo, indeed, she wouldn't cry I"
Holding tight to papa's finger.
on she went with sparkling eye.
Wonderingly she saw the people,
Saw the flowers and the rest:
Gazed up at the lofty arches,
But the music pleased her best.
When il ceased and came the sermon,
Bessie frowned and hdgeted.
'Sh be quiet. Bess," said mamma.
But she shook her little head
Stood upon the red pew cushion.
Waved her hand in queenlY way
Toward the preacher, toward the organ
MAN, be quiet Band. you play
Helen Fraser LoueH.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-29

No form of vice, not worldIiness, not
greed of gold, not drunkenness itsolfs
does more to unchristianlze society
than evil temper. For embitlering
life, for breaking communities, for de-
stroying tho most sacred relationships,
for devastating homes, for withonng
up men aud women, for sheer grstui~
tous misory-produciug power, this IN
fluence stands alone.--Prof. Henry
Drummond.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-09-29

Through Labrador was probably
the first point of the American main
land visited by Europeans, yet II
now contains the largest unexplor-
ed region on The continent.
The Globe-republican., 1893-06-02

without ushering in some new attrac-
ton to the myriad curiosities assem-
bled there. It is at present the most
wonderful thoroughfare on the globe,
beyond doubt, and it is safe to say that
anyone who has once visited the place
will declare it to be worth the price of
into the great fair. Some very ludicrous
things occur in the Plaisance, and near
ly everybody who passes through it is
kept on the broad grin from one end to
the other. The Turk with his vol
luminous unmentionables goes stalking
majestically along unmindful of the
facetious remarks of American funny
fellows, who inquire of Mr.. Barghash
Begorra or whatever his name is, the
name of his tailor Our friend from the
Bosporous is too dignified to notice
any testing remarks about his ward
robe; he likes big pants and he doesn't
care who knows it.
The story is told of one venturesome
Turk that he conceived strong desire
to possess a suit of American clothes,
and late one night stole away from the
Plaisance and sought the ''old clio" men
of Clark street 1t is hardly necessary
to say that he was afforded ample OPP
portunity to crafty his suddenly &C
quired taste for change of appare
Like all luckless wights who wander
into the unhallowed precincts of the
'.levee"- he was speedily skinned" or
in other words relieved of his oriental
vestment and all the cash he had and
decked out in back-number suit OF
'.hand-me-downs," the bare sight of
which would give a respectable clothier
bad attack of the horrors In this
plight the poor misguided Turk found
his way back among his brethren in
the Plaisance, who, when they recog-
nized him, set up such yell OF derlsion
that he crawled into an out -of-the-way
corner. where he remained, like coon
in hollow tree, until some kind friend
brought him another outfit of fez and
baggy trousers. In these he speedily
clad himself and stored away his Clark
street regimentals as curiOsities.
In a half hours walk through the
Plaisance one may hear nearly all the
languages spoken in the world, and
among them some that are rarely ever
spoken in this country. Then there is
The mingling of the many strange
costumes The dark-skinned citizen of
Cairo with his white turban and sky
blue gown jostles the still darker
skinned gentleman from Java with his
calico pants and nondescript headgear.
and so on. And they all seem to be as
neighborly as though they had dwelt
next door to each other for years in
stead of few days. 1t is indeed a
strange thing that has come to pass
here in our city, the name of which but
The Globe-republican., 1893-06-02
HAD TO PAY ANYWAY.
A Rural Visitor Tries an Unsuccessful Plan
with \ Worlds Fair Restaurant.

A Rural Visitor Tries an Unsuccessful Plan
with \ Worlds Fair Restaurant.
He came up from southern Illinois to
attend the dedication of the state build
ing. and after it was over he began to
seek something to eat. He had been
told all about the high prices. and ne
entered the restaurant in the Horticul-
tural building with determination to
resist all attempts to hold him up. He
studied bill of fare until the waiter at
his elbow grew tired and went to the
other side OF the table to take the or
der of Chicago man who had just en-
tered
Whats this here New England
boiled dinner?" asked the Illinois man
of the Chicago man, as the impatient
waiter went off to fill the latter's order.
''Corned beef and cabbage, principal
ly," replied the Chicago man.
1t was the cheapest dish on the bill
of fare. but it evidently did no. suit the
Illinois visitor, and he resumed his
study of the bill of fare. Pretty soon
his face lighted up. His eye had caught
two items. One was mashed potatoes,
no charge" and the other bread and
butter. no charge" He saw a chance
to beat the caterer, and when the watt
er returned to take his order he said:
Bring me some bread and butter,
some mashed potatoes and a glass of
water"
The waiter looked tired, but he went
away and the Illinois man winked at
the Chicago man. The order came, and
with it check for twenty cents.
Whats that for?' queried the I'LL
nois man. This bill says they's no
charge for bread and butter or mashed
potatoes. What's the twenty cents
fOr?''
For the water" said the waiter.
And the Illinois man paid the fine with
out . murnur.