davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-26
The True Rinq OF Democracy.

Hon. Tom Johnson, the Democratic
congressman from Ohio, is a Democrat
OF tue right stripe. A few lays ago
ho received n petition from tho cloak
makers of his district asking him To
vote for an increase instead OF a reduc-
tion of the tariff duties on cloaks, but
he has replied in n very spicy letter
stating that he will not do anything OF
The sort, because rs he says there arc a
great many more cloak wearcrs than
there are cloak makers aud the Demo-
Gratis of Ohio did not send him 10 con-
gross for the purpose of voting to tax
ihe many tor the few. The following
is a worry interesting excerpt from Mr..
Johnson's letter:
sAnd you ask me 10 demand "a adj
dilion 10 a monstrous ad valorem duty
OF As per cent a still moro monslrous
weight duty of 49l cents a pound a
weight duty that will make the poor
est sewing girl pay as much tax on
her cheap shoddy cloak as Mrs. Ast0r
or Mrs. Vanderbilt would be called to
pay on a cloak of the finest velvet and
embroidcrics Do you really want
mo 10 vote TO thus put the burden ON
the poor, while letting the rich escape
Whether you want me TO or not, viii
not do IL.
.sThat, rs your employers say, = ser
yiceabIe cloak can be bought IN Berlin
for S1.20, affords no reason, in my
mind, for keeping up the tariff On
the contrary, 1t Is the strongest reason
for aboIIshing 1t altogether. Theirs
are lots Of women In this country who
would be rejoiccd to get cloaks SO
cheaply-lots of women who must now
pinch aud strain TO get cloak, lots OF
women who cannot now afford to buy
cloaks, aud must wear old or cast-oR
garments or shiver with cold. Is II
not common justice that we should A.
bolish every tax that makes II harder
for ihom to clothe themselves ?"
Mr.. johnson is right and as Dem
ocrat has taken position that WIZ
command tho admiration of bis party
from one end of the country 10 tho
other. There arc thousands OF poor
people who would be comfortable and
contented to-day II they could buy
good cloak for $1.20, and II 10 to be
hoped that other Democrats I'm con-
gress will Join with Dir. johnson In the
battle TO free the people from the yoke
Of taxation thatMcKinleyism has placed
upon their Hecks IN. o. States.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-26

The vigor and brightness Of many
I American newspapers are surpris-
ing. Nothing escapes them every
thing is set in the sharpest, cIearest
light. Their want of reticence and
delicacy is regretfully admitted by
all educated Americans-the editors,
| think, included. There are cities
where tho more refined readers who
dislike fippant personalities are
counted by tens Of thousands, but in
such cities competition is now too
severe to hold out much prospect q
success TO q paper which does not ex-
pect the support Of hundreds OF
thousands. james Bryce.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-26

"Aa%~-Ff
Statistics prove that "two million
laborers support the sixly-five mil
lion population of the United
States" In the impoverished con-
dilion of this county the number ol
persons profiiabIy employed, dur
ing the months Of December, Janu-
AIRY and February, strikes one as
fraction in6nitesimally small and
incongru0us. Every mouth must
be filed, and every back must be
be covered, and by whom
Stalwart men loiler along the big
roads, or lean over rOtLing fences,
languidly discussing who they
"gwine ter ter git ter tote en-" dur.
ing the coming season.
All a farmer, white or black,
VINO makes himself dependent upon
a merchant, is like a man who
makes himself dependent on a knife
and fork to get his food to his
mouth. The latter instruments,
like merchants, are useful, artificial
additions TO civilization, but fingers
and farmers were created by nature
anterior to knives, and forks, and
merchants and resourceful and
hungry men would do well to re-
member 1t. The surroundings Of
the homes of the poorer class OF
people, living in the country, pre-
sent scenes Of peculiar and unneces-
sary desola.ion, even In the desc
late winter months. Only OCCASION
ally a garden, even Of turnips or
college, greens, can be observed.
An oat-patch is rarity whose "liv-
ing green" must appear captivating
to the tortured, unfed animals that
are spurred past il by riders bent
to church or society meetings, or to
those gloomy but popular breaks in
the monotony OF the season, funer-
ais.
There are fecund new-grounds
waiting TO be cleared, the lost art OF
raiI-splitting to be revived, hog pas
lures to be fenced, ponds to be dug,
gardens TO be started, leaks to be
stopped now. Not for the benefit
of the landlord or merchant, but
for the comfort and well-being Of
the farm laborer and his furnishing
family. 1t is enough TO stir the
very dead to exclaIm, Grouse ye
Romans, and rouse these slaves Of
Incidence" QUIEN SABE.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-26
How to Run Far and Fast.

a French artillery captain, Nj. de
Raoul, fifteen years ago began to try
aud find out the least trying way OF
walking. NJ. dc Raoul has como 10
the conclusion that, as far as fast walk
ing is concerned, The best method Is
that which he calls marche enhexion.
The principle is 10 run without loaping,
to raise the body above ground as lit
tic as possible, to keep the knees bent,
the upper part of the body inclined fpr-
ward, 50 that practically you are always
running after your centre of gravity.
The feet must be raised only very
slightly. NJ. dc Raoul, says that he can
now take any man between twenty aud
sixty and teach him to run as long as
his logs can carry him without getting
out Of breath. Some men can, on the
very first trial of the method, run sew
en- or eight miles without stopping,
while, with tho ordinary tactics, They
could not have run over one mile. The
first five-cighths OF mile is usually
covered i'm seven minutes aud n quart
or, the second In six minutes and forty
five seconds. An interesting feature
of nj. dc Raoul's researches Is that even
after long run, according to his meth
cd, a stiff walk is no trouble at all the
muscles which wo-k in both cases tlo
not belong to the same sot, and while
one exercise Is performed the muscles
which minister to the other resL-Pop-
ular Science Nows.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-26
BROUGHT to LIaht at Last.

1 kEdBouy LuhL hOOk pldC6 HcdfiJ
century ago in Raleigh, N. c., has
been brought to light by the discov-
cry of the murderer's confession,
written on bis deathbed, says a cor
respondent Of the Philadelphia
Times. Some months since a prom
inent lawyer OF Raleigh was be-
queathed by client her family res
idence, which had been the home of
her people ever since North Caro-
lima had been a state. This gentle
man recently had the old place rem
ovated when there was taken from
the garret an old chest, thought to
contain only decayed garments and
books. But a few days ago young
man in Mr.. Is family, while ex-
amining an old book from the chest
found that some paper had been
slipped between the binding. Re
moving this, he saw that il was a
short Ms. written in ink, very much
faded and scarcely legible IN places.
But enough could be seen that il
read 81 Frederick L., being
about to die, here make confession
that last year l killed my friend,
Henry M. He angered me
over a game Of cards and | struck
him with the handle of my whip,
not thinking. so help me God, to
kill him. But when | saw that he
was dead | was frightened and
thrust his body down the old we'll
in the orchard back of this house.
A thousand times | have made up
my mind TO give myself up TO JUS
tice, but pride hath hindered me.
God have mercy on my sinful
SOUL"
The authenticity of this paper
was doubted. and il was looked up
on as a hoax played by the young
man, but he persisted so that at last
permission was accorded him TO
search for the we'll referred to i'm the
paper. The ground about the old
place has been built up for half a
century, and the paper was dated
December, 1907. All trace OF an
orchard has long since disappeared,
and on inquiry among old citizens
one was found who remembered
that there had been such spot i'm
the rear Of the house. This
has been cleared recently for
the erection OF a building and il is
as yet bare, so, with the way thus
smoothed for him, the discoverer
of the paper went to work to locate
the we'll. After some difficulty
this he succeeded in doing, and
hired workmen to remove the earth
and debris that has filled il for
years. Among the rubbish, found
at the bottom were soon recognized
the bones of some animal, and later
on the sku of n human was brought
up. One side of this skull was
found to have bcen crushed in by
just such a blow as The confession
describes.
The names gwen in the paper are
well-known here, and the Henry
spoken of was the great-granduncle
of an eminent politician from this
part OF the country. II has always
been supposed that the young man
ran away from home. as he was
rapidly running himself as a game
stpr, and in this way his disappear
ance excited no suspicion. The
bones were given decent burial and
religious rites performed over them.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-26

All infractions of love and equity
in our society are speedily punished.
They are punished by Fear. Whilst
| stand in simple relations to my fell
low man, / have no displeasure in
meeting him. We meet as water
meets water, or as two currents Of
air mix, with perfect diffusion and
Misrepresentation of nature. But as
soon as there is any departure from
simplicity and attempt at halfness or
good for me that is not good for him,
my neighbor feels the wrong he
shrinks from me as far as / have
shrunk from him his eyes no long
er seek mine there is war between
us there is hate in him and fear in
me.
All the old abuses in society -.
All unjust accumuIations of property
and power, are avenged in the same
manner. Fear ia an instructor of
great sagacity and the herald of all
revolutions. One thing he always
teaches, that there is rottenness where
he appears. He is carrion crow
and though you see not well what he
hovers for, there Is death somewhere.
Our property is timid, our laws are
1mid, our cultivated classes are tim
id. Fear for ages has boded and
moved and gibbered over government
A 4 H. - =
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-26

The largest sun spot ever noted
by astronomers appeared in the fall
oil 1875. 1t was 280, 1000 miles long
and 100, 900 miles wide. Four hun
dred planets the size of the earth
could have been laid side by side in
that "spot" without touching each
other.
The advocate., 1894-06-06
Delegates to the State Convention.

Barber County-Wm. Brown, Charlie Curry
J. w. Wyer, G. J. Skeen, Andrew Roessler.
Chase County-Jess Dougherty, J. L. Thomp-
son, F. Pracht, W. A. Wood.
Comanche County-Edmonde RenfroW, VIM.
Cash, G. w. Hollenbaek.
Cowley County-A. Fl. Jennings, Amos Wal
ton, Ben s. Henderson, P. F. Yount, w. A.
Clark, G.. w. Ramage, ID. B. McCollum, A. ].
Graham, Joseph Cochran, Thomas White, A. B.
Kennedy, DR.. Cunningham.
Dickinson County-W; A. Pontius, 5; Roths-
child, J. E. Haskell, A. II. Ryon, F. V. Close, w.
A. ReGding, r. II. Kane, j. j. Kugler, ]. H. Tsy-
Edwards County-o NJ. Brewer, Gottleib
Lippoldt, f. p Shepherd.
Ellis County--H. Fox, B. +. Replogle, S. L.
Bowlby, J. G. Laughlin
Ellsworth County-R. J. Woodmanse, NJ. D.
Eaton, A. II. Mccoy, ]. s. Essick, Alex. Boilean.
Finney County-W. w. Hays, e. E. Jenkins,
+. G. Thomas.
Grant County-C. A. Maxwell, E. s. VIII
liAms.
B. Hoffman, C. NJ. BOdley, James Mann, D. G.
Hooker, w. L. Hutchinson.
Lincoln County,. ]. Lambert, +. J. Nc
Curry, Robt 2. White, j. P. Knapp, ]. g. Gust,
A. H. Wait.
Mitchell County,. L. Hicks, ]. Weir, S.
White, J. H. Clifford, W. B. Baker, NJ. Genler, N.
Stockhouse.
Ness County--John A. Snodgrass, o. L. Len.
non. o. f. Dickson.
Riley-H F. Christy, John Smallwood, S.
Long, s. B. Lard, T. w. Gof, J. T. Fry.
stevens County,. 7. Dalton, L. S. Cott, Dr.
r. +. Fufnas
Washington County,. T. Summers, Alfred
Boud, E. K. Wolyerton, James Whitney, James
Pontius, Calvin White, w. D. Skinner, G. E.
Ross, Peter Spencer.
Wichita COunty-E. Edmundson I. s,
Dickey, S. Martinez
The advocate., 1894-06-06
A Pair Of Cherubs.

A circular has been sent out over the
state to men who were once members Of
the National Citizens Industrial Ali
ance, and 1t appears to have been signed
by "Noah Allen, president N, O. /. A."
and "W. F. Rightmire, ex-secretary N.
G. I. A." The circular calls attention
to an obligation of that order pledging
the member against voting for any dem
ocrat or republican for any Office.
The circular then goes on with q severe
denunclation Of some stateoficiRls, also
naming BreidsnthRl, Zsrchsr and Gone
as members Of the state executive COM
mittee, charging all Of them with ''ar-
ranging with leaders of the democratic
party fusion ticket for our state con-
vention to nominate" Then it appeals
for aid to kill of fusion and prevent q
renomlnRtion.
Now this Is q most remarkable exhi-
bition Of gall. The Kansas part Of the
N. G /, A. is q defunct organization and
no man had more TO do with killing it
of than W. F. Rightmire, who signs
this circular. And he did his work
in way that viii never reflect credit on
him, because the estate OF the deceased
is still in debt and Rightmire is NOR
ally responsible for its condition. Noah
Allen was called in to help rssuscitate
the victim, but failing in that he simply
help to bury it. Now the pair OF them
have exhumed the corpse and are trying
to make il assist them in their under
handed work. The public can Judge Of
the merit Of such an undertaking.
Rightmire is q celebrated fraud.
The advocate., 1894-06-06
CONCERNING KANSAS.

days Of 1864'57, when all Kansas FREQ
state men were denounced as anarchists,
enemies Of law and order and disorGan'
izsrs Of society. A mob Of pro-slaVery
men in 1866 crossed from Platte county,
Mo-, to Stranger Creek, ton miles west
Of Lsavenworth and resolved: "Thst
we are the law and order party and will
put down abolition lswIessness;" and
then killed E. p. Brown, an unsrmed
settler, and burned bis house and houses
Of several other free state settlers.
The advocate., 1894-06-06
Appeal For Aid For the Army Of the Com
mOnWe0leFS,

mOnwealerS.
LNoTR-ThiS appeal is published By au-
thority Of provisional commission elected
at mass meeting Of citizens OF Topeka,
haesS held Rt the court house on May 28
1884: II. Il. Brown was chairman of the
mSe0ng and Mr.. BuHge acted as secretary.
moslOn was made By A. A. Avery thas
suCn commission be formed fOP Che pur-
pose OF organizing aid for the oOmmOnWeAl
armies now on the way to Washington, and
70 SEQ that they are accorded fair play By
ehe people In the territories through which
they may pass. Those appointed were:
Messrs. G.. G. Clemens, s. B. Cope, John
HadfoHd, A. A. Avery and E. s. Hunter.
AfterWaFd the committee held q meeting
and organized, eleOting G.. G. Clemens as
chairman and A. A. Avery as secretary.
The above being brief statement Of
the authority for this appeal, as we'll as
for all subsequent acts which this COM
mittee may desire to perform in further
ance Of the objects Of the commonwsal
movement in the state Of Kansas, We de-
sire to open correspondence at once with
every earnest, patriotic man and woman
in the state. We want the addresses of
every such person, so that We may send
to them our plan Of organization. There
are thousands Of people oil over the state
who are deeply in sympathy with the
cause we represent, and who would be
glad Of an opportunity to contribute to
it's support, if they only knew where
to send their contributions to some one
duly authorized to receive and receipt
for them and forward them on to our
comrades on the march and now in
Washington. To all such we say, send
on your aid now to the secretary, no
matter how small the gift, il only 5 cents
it shall bs forwarded insts ntly to those
in need Of it. If you have no money and
can give clothing or produce Of any kind,
state what it is, and arrangements will
be made to forward the same in carloads
to our friends.
We desire TO appoint agents in every
school district, who shall be furnished
with proper credentials for this COM
mittee authorizing them to collect sup
plies and to forward the same to head
quarters here. So furnish US the ad-
dresses without delay.
The authority of this provisional
commission is broad enough to include
the organization OF home reserves OF the
army Of the Commonweal, and we desire
the officers Of all such companies that
may now be organized to communicate
with this commission at once.
We hope these few lines will be re-
garded as enough said" to our friends
at this time, and that they will take hold
with a will and give our comrades in the
field the substantial backing they do.
serve. Send money by postoffiCe order
or bank draft, and lmperishable food by
freight or express, charges prepaid.
A. A. AVERY, Secretary.
The advocate., 1894-06-06

therefore ask to be discharged from the
further consideration OF resolutions" i"
Notwithstanding this the committee
Wag called upon TO consider q resolution
instruCting our EmpOriS delegation to
present the name Of John G. Otis az our
candidate for congress. They recon-
mended that it be not passed and the
convention voted it down.
A motion 20 instruct our delegates to
the coming state convention TO use
their utmost efforts to have an equal
suffrage plank put in the state platform
was then presented by Mr.. OIis. During
the discussion Of it Mrs. Otis and Mrs.
L. M. Furbeck were given permission
to talk on the question, but the Conven-
tion was not in the instructing business,
and after nearly half the delegates had
left the motioE wae lost by tie vote.
During the waiting on committees
some delegates very Courteously called
for Noah Allen and w. Fl. Bennington,
who were not delegates, to speak. Mr..
Allen was called first and proceeded to
vent his illfselings toward the state
administration. Bennington came next
and began en- abusive harangs against
Governor LsWelling when he was shut
of by the delegates calling for G. G.
Clemens. Clemens made q strong
speech in which he literally skinned the
two speakers who had preceded him.
It was nearly 7 o'clock when the con-
vention adjourned and being too late to
organize the new county committee the
newly elected members were notified to
meet at the Populist league rooms June
8. Their names so far as reported, are:
Joseph Van Week, Rossville; G. e..
Custenborder, Msnoksn; 9. M. White,
A. E, Kopp and W. W. Wiley, Soldier;
A. B. Smith, Paul Lavigne, and T.
A. Andrews, Topeka township, @. M.
Randall, Tecumseh; jas. Mitchell and
G. M. Hill, Monmouth; J. B. Mofib
Wsksruss; W. o. McBlroy, Auburn;
G. J. Stanley, Dover; A. McRoberts and
F. W. LseCh, Mission; and the following
from Topeka: J. M. Sherburne, ]. P.
Berry, W. B. Rsmbo, Charles Miller, j..
e. Bssrdslsy, Fl. F. Andres, ]. G. Yohey,
H. G. Root, G. W Buker, 1. G. Achsn-
bach, Jerry White, M. D. Henderson,
F. L. Whitaker, F. s. Stevens, I'M.
West, W. s. Tucker, and Peter Rucksr.
The advocate., 1894-06-06
SHAWNEE POPULIsTs.
They Hold Very Lively Convention Ii Not
the Most Harmonious.


A Peoples party convention OF Shaw
nee county was held in the court hous'
Saturday, June 2, in conformity with
call Of the county central committee, TO
the purpose OF electlng delegates to th'
state and congressional conventions.
The convention was called to order q
IL q. m. by Chairman Leach of thl
county committee. A M. Harvey wa
elected temporary chairman and GeOrgl
Wagner temporary secretary. By mo
tions, the chair was authorized to Rp
point committee on credentials, onC
on permanent organization, and one OF
resolutions, to consist Of five delegates
each. During o recess OF ten minutes
the following committees were formed
CredentiRls-H. O. Root, G. N. Dun
can, 4. FL. Hewins, George Wagner snd
Paul Lavinge.
Permanent organization-W. G. Ely
]. T. Hopkins, Charles Kutz, T. r. Reec
and John A. Campbell.
Rssolutions--J. G. Stanley, J. J. Kopp
G. G. Clemens, E. T, James and D.
Furbeck.
The committee on permanent orgsni
zStion was, by motion, authorized to re
port on order of business.
The convention adjourned to l o'clock
but It was after 2 when the Committe,
on credentials was ready to report
They had found contests from the Flrst
precinct OF the First ward, the lThirC
and Fourth precincts Of the Second
ward, and from the Fourth precinct oI
the Fourth ward. The committee re-
ported names OF the ssvsnty-one dele
gates entitled TO seats, and by motion
their report was adopted.
The committee on permanent organi
cation recommended that the present or
gsnlzation be made permanent and thai
committee composed Of one delegat'
from each ward and township be chosen
TO nominate delegates and slternRtes tC
the state and congressional conventions
These delegates were to be chosen or
the ratio OF four from Topeka to sir
from the townships. On the adoption oI
this report, the committee was formed a
follows: John A. Bond, Rossville; A. N
Coleman, Menoksn; ]. j. Kopp, Soldier
John G. Otis, Topeka; G. Griswold, Ts
cumssh; e. Hsrrop, Monmouth; /. B
Motif, Williamsport; s. MOrann, Au-
burn; w. H. WhiteCotton, Dover; 9. M
Duncan, Mission; James Mitchell, First
ward, Topeka; Fl. @. Root, Second ward
W. @. Webb, Third ward; F. 8. Stevens
Fourth ward; W. 8. Tucker, Fifth ward
The names reported by thiS committee
were voted on by the convention and,
with the exception of two changes, were
elected.
The following report OF the resolutions
committee was adopted: "That while
reaffirming our faith in the Omaha plat
form and the doctrine Of equal rights
for all and special privileges to none, we
are Of the opinion that this convention
was called for the sole purpose Of elect.
ing honest men as delegates 10 our state
and congressional coayantiopA end We