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The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-30
Rankin County Pork.

The News inquiry as 10 the n
mount of meat raised in Rankin
county last year continues to bring
in replies.
S. L Altman, OF Pink, writes:e
81 raised 1000 bushels OF corn
and killed $500 pounds of meat,
most of which | have now in store
and will supply my hands with
same without going TO town for meat
and bread"
Among the others reporting are
A. Ct. Baker, Of Dobson, who killed
eight hogs that netted him 1647
pounds, and he has n good start for
next year. ]. @. Crane, of the same
neighborhood, killed about 14OO
pounds, and /. p. Russell, about
|, 100 pounds.
In 0akdale neighborhood, J. NJ.
Williams and Joe Wynn each killed
upwards Of 1000 pounds and are in
shape TO do The same thing nexs
year. Brandon News.
To the foregoing, Stems Greek
Record adds:
Talking about pork figures, how
are these w. G. Ellis sold this
season sixty hogs weighing from
$50 10 800 pounds each, and killed
at home $3.50 pounds OF pork.
These hogs were raised and fed on
bis farm on the outskirts OF Stems
Creek
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-30

There seems at last 10 be some pros
pect of securing a better read between
hero aud Pearson. At a meeting OF
citizens held Tuesday night II was do
cided to employ a superintendent to
have charge OF The road work. Some-
thing like $2l0 in money has already
been subscribed by those who prefer
to pay 80 rather than to work The
statutory ten days, This fund, togeth-
er with monies hereafter contributed
tor the improvement of The road, 10 10
be placed In the hands OF supervisor
Lowther, who viii pay il out to the
hired hands upon the road snperi-
tendents vouchers. The wages of
hired hands must not exceed ~ cents
per hour, nor can tho superintendent
work moro than fifteen hands al any
one timc excepting In eases Of obvious
necessity. Those who prefer TO work
the statutory ten days rather than pay
the money are TO be under the super
inlendents direction just as the hired
labor, but these cannot be compelled
TO work at any place more than three
miles from thor homes. II is believed
by this means tho roads can be more
thoroughly aud economically kept shan
by The old sysiom.-Steen's Greek Ke-
cord.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-30

Alligators arc tho next animals 10
be In danger of complete cxlcrmina-
tion nj the hands OF reckless and mer-
ciIess hunters There has been q great
demand for alligator skin, which Tor
many purposes Is unsurpassed, aud
even with decent killing Of tho crea-
lures the supply of this useful leather
might be kept up indefinitely. That
their extinction Is close at hand 10 not
surprising when We learn that over
I. 1000, 900 have been killed In Florida
since 1880, aud that 500 was At one
lime fair weeks work. AZ II IL With
The alligators, buffalo, aud seals, 30 IL
is with many species Of southern birds
which have been so cruelty slaught-
orod for their plumage that Within
few years they win become absolutely
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-30
Money In TurnIpa.

Last September Howard Collins,
of this city, sowed a little less than
an acre Of land in turnips. He has
since sold &l5e worth of turnips,
besides feeding 100 bushels to his
stock. After the first crop was TAX
en- of, he sowed it again, and is now
selling the second crop of the same
land, six months from the time he
sowed the first crop. IF he has as
good success as he did at first, he
will have sold in one year from less
than an acre of land, $500 worth of
turnips, besides having 200 bushels
to feed his stock.-Wesson Mirror.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-30

w. G. Steen killed a snake of A
rare species Thursday night while
walking through his field. The
reptile is what is commonly called
the horned snake or sting snake,
the name coming from the fact that
at the extremity Of the tail is a hard,
horny spike. IN which a sting is
concealed. The venom of this sting
is said to be most deadly. The one
killed by Mr.. Steen measured 4S
inches in length and about one inch
in diameter. The under side of the
body is striped alternately with
deep red and glossy black, and the
plates of the back are a peculiar
greenish black with a bright metal
lie lustre.-Steen's Greek Record,
10th inst.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-30

aPerhaps you wonld not think 30,
but very large proportion OF dis
eases in New York comes from care
lessness about catching cold" says
DR. Cyrus Edison. 1t Ia such SIM
pie thing and 80 common that very
few people, unless il Is o case or
pneumonia, pay any attention to Q
cold. New York is one OF the
healthiest places on the Atlantic
coast and yet there are great many
cases Of catarrh and consumption
which have their origin in this neg
lect OF the simplest precauEion Of ev-
cry day life. The most sensible adj
vice il, when you have one get nd OF
ii as soon as possible. BY al means
do not neglect it, DIR. Edison does
not tell you how to cure cold buk
we sill. Take Chamber!ain's Cough
Remedy. 1t viii relieve the lungs
aid expectoration, open the secretions
and soon effect a permanent cure. -
and so cent bottles for sale By DR.. "
d. Redus.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-30

Mr.. Ruskin is an instance Of preco-
city as remarkable as Thirlwall,
though he did not begin to publish so
early. He began to write "books''
at six years Of age. His first dated
poem was written a month before he
reached the age of seven. A poem he
wrote when eleven years old reminds
Mr.. Collingwood (see "Life,7 1898,
Vol. l., page 26) Of "Blake's best
touches" His first appearance in
print was in The Magazine Of Arch
itecture in 1884, when be was fifteen.
MacaulaY, too, was an infant prodigy.
he wrote a compendium Of "Univer-
sal History and three cantos Of a
poem in imitation Of Scott when he
was Only seven years old. Mrs. Brown
ing elizabeth Barret)read Homer In
the original at ten years Of age, and
her poem. "The Battle Of Marathon, -
was printed while she was still child.
IL is said TO have been written when
she was eleven or twelve, a sufficient
ly early age at which 10 produce an
epic in four books. Notes and Quer-
les.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-30

A severe rheumatic pain in the left
shoulder had troubled Mr.. J. II IIop-
er, q we'll known druggist of Des
Moines, Iowa, for over six months.
At times the pain was 50 severe that
he could do not lit anything. With
all he could do he could not get rid
of it until he applied Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. II only made three ap-
plications OF it, he says, "And hal o
since been free from AL pain" He
now recommends tito persons simi
larry afflicted. IL is for sale by DR..
w. ID. Redus.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-30

A hobby Is tho medium between a
passion and monomania. .-Balzac.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-30

Debts are the silent partners Of OK
perience ,-Balzac. =
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-30

Figured Challies at. &c
Children's Sandals. ........... 73c
Misses Bronze Sandals at. 81 .35
Ladies' Oxford Ties at. ....... SOC
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-11-22

solemnly read amid tears and sobs
and in a few hours the crisis of his
sickness was over. He rallied and
speedily recovered, although given up
for dead by everybody but himself.
Capt. Birds bodyTests in the beauti-
full yard of the Episcopal church in
Windsor. The tall pines are signing
over his grave. The trump Of eternal
peace will call him forth with the
heroes of other lands and other CEN
turtles. The Union that he loved is
now preserved. Some day it will COM
memorate in marble and in bronze the
unparalleled fortitude and genuine
heroism of men who carried the
"Rebel flag" with stainless courage
and yet with love of the Union deep
in their hearts, of men irresistlbly
urged on by uncomfortable forces,
which, after gathering power for nearly
a century, burst into the terrible storm
Of civil war and destroyed all that the
South possessed excepting its manhood.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-11-22
A Pleasant Manner.
IDanville Times. |

With a soft voice and pleasant
manner, many a man has made for
tune. 1t is no easy matter to be able
to give a soft answer which not only
turns away the wrath of an enemy but
makes a multitude of friends. A man
may talk sweet and nice, on special
occasions, and, for short time but
few can sit in an office and answer
questions about business, every minute
in the day, without giving a short
answer. Sometimes, the clerk or
salesman, almost worried to death, is
down right rude. We ought all to
make allowance for them; but it is
nevertheless great pity that all bust
ness men, whether they be clerks or
employers, cannot at all times be civil
and agreeable. Young man, practice
the art it will be worth a great deal
to you. For his rough answers many
a one has lost his place without know
ing what hurt him.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-11-22
wHAT DO YOU take medicine
- for? Because you want to getwell,
or keep we'll, of course. Remember
Hoods Sarsaparilla Cures
Subocracy.
SuDOCrdCV.
Philadelphia Penny Weekly Story PAPER

philadelphia Penny Weekly Story Paper. |
Some snob flashed the fact over the
wire, t'other day, that the President
had been out hunting and had killed
II squirrels, after which bloody bit of
butchery he sat down on stump and
partook of a palatable lunch.
Well, what if he did? Undoubtedly
many another man went out hunting
on the same day, and, after massacre
ing a number of innocent animals,
squatted himself on stump and pro-
ceeded to c-h-a-w; but nothing is said
of 1t by the public press, notwithstand-
ing he may be far brainier man than
the President, and a far better one,
too, in every way.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-11-22
THE D-TlMe CIRCUS CLOWN.
FRANK l.. STANTON.

I wonder where's the circus clown, with
all his fun an nose-
The fellow who jest ruled the ring whch
YOU an me was boys?
There's a lot o funny fellerS now that
travel with the show
But where's the Old-time circus clown we
all knoHed long ago?
remember, like twas yesterday, his every
smile and frOwn-
The capers that he cut up when the circus
come to tOwE
How tile old ringmaster naggcd him {; all
his frOlic an his fuss
jest the best thing in the circuS-was the
old time clown to us
When he smiled we fell to laughin'; when
he laughed we give shout!
We was always watchin' for him and
a-follerin' him about
He use to come so reg lar that we knOWed
him. up and down
He was sociable an friendly-was the old
time circus clown.
We would jump behind his wagon when
he wasn't tellin jokes,
An he'd give grin o welcome maybe
ask US how's the folks;
He knOwed the little boys and girls from
Billville clean to Brown,
An they loved him-every one o them
the old-time circus clown.
| wonder where he's gone TO now? The
circus comes along,
An the steam planners playln OF
screechy sort o song
There's half dozen painted chaps in every
street parade;
But their fun is mi hty solemn to the fun
the old clown made ,
| wonder what's become o him? | guess
they've laid him by;
Warn't use to three-ringed circnSeS an
women kickin' high;
lie kinder saw his time was up the circus
lights grOwed dim,
An he couldn't see the faces OF the old
BOYS cheerin' him.
Hes gone, an gore forever, but on every
circus day,
When | sit with all the children where the
new clowns prance an play,
NV old eyes grow right misty, an tear
comes tumblin' down
For old-time circus fcller for tile old
time circus clown.
-1tLdata Constitution.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-11-22
The Tickle Mob.

philadelphia Penny Weekly Story Paper. |
They do say that the name of Cleve-
land is no longer one to conjure by in
Democratic meetings, for it is received
with
Loud and
Lusty
Reverberations of silence when
spoken now, where formerly it COM
manded the most
laundering and
Thrillant
Yells. Sic transit gloria mundi, as
a Roman ghost would remark. But
the President should not be cast down,
for the malContent mob is as tickle as
the flying winds, and one little day
hence it may be
Shouting and
Spouting
In his honor as of old.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-11-22
TO KEEP SWEET POTATOES.
Another Method Suggested---Said to
be Successful.
lie. a. Gilbert, in Home and Farm.

+. a. Gilbert, in Home and Farm
l give you my plan for keeping
sweet potatoes, that has proven sue
Cessful with me and as it cost so
little compared with the benefit derived
that most any farmer similarly situated
could make place to keep them.
| selected the South side of hill
and excavated pit SxI2 feet, and, as
mine was very steep hillside, when
completed my back wall was 81 feet;
my side walls were in a triangular
shape, 81 feet at back and at font
end. | then put up two oak posts and
fastened well in the ground, 81 feet
high at the front or South end for
corner post, with plates from each
corner post to North corners resting on
the ground. Then made flooring
on plates of strong oak timber, and
threw on the dirt that was eNcavated,
making 1t in the shape of house top.
l completed the triangular sides with
rough timber, TO prevent dirt from
idlllHS III, ahu " iSl lIiS So'SiIuS Ue
more complete.
In the center of the South end | put
my door, and boarded up on either
side, leaving a space at bottom and
top of about three inches for the air
to circulate freely. made the whole
outfit in less than two days, with the
helm Of two farm hands
The potatoes got sweeter this way
than any way ever tried to keep
them, and they keep sound to the last,
which is about the Isl of June. | think
they would keep longer. l feed my
milk COWS and brood sows on them
during the winter months, using large
quantities, as there is no sale for them
in this country.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-11-22
Definition of the Coming Woman"

The Gentlezo0Man called on its
readers for brief definitions of the
d" New Woman" of our coming age.
Here are some of the replies telling
what the " coming woman" is:
CA fresh darn on the original blue
stocking.'
can old maid trying to be a young
man."
"Six of one and halt a dozen of the
other
GA creature of opinions decided
and skirts divided.'
"One who has ceased 10 be a lady
and has not yet attained to be gentle
man."
=, "The unseXed section of the SEX"
" Mans newest and best reason for
remaining SINGLE
"Madam become ADAM"
Mannishness minus manliness."
The first definition got the prize as
the best.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-11-22
Cure For Headache

AS a remedy for all forms of headache,
Electric Bitters has proved to be the verv
best. 1t effects n permanent cure aud the
most dreaded habitual sick headaches Weld
to its influence. We urge all who are
afflicted to procure bottle, and give this
remedy fair trial In cases of habitual
constipation Electric Bitters cures by giving
the needed tonic 10 the bowels. and few
cases long resist the use of this II edicine.
Try it once. Large bottles only fifty cents
at Melville Dorsev's drug store.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-11-22

Charity is warrented not to rip, tear,
rayel OF rln down at the heel.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-11-22
GOOD ADVICE.
BE Sensible, Be Reasonable, Be Toll
Grant.
IPittobOro Record. |


The election is now over and polltl-
cal excitement is subsiding, and with
it we hope that the party passion and
preiudiCes will also subsde. Because
men disagree politically is no reason
why they should get angry with each
other and act unneIghborly. There
are good and honest men in all par
ties, and there also are bad and dis
honest men in all parties. The people
as a whole intend to do right, to do
that which they honestly believe to be
best for them and their country, but
at times many of them are badly de
Ceved and misled. Ignorance usually
begets intolerance, and the more
ignorant a man is the mole narr,w-
minded and intolerant he is. MAny
men are so narrow minded that they
are not willing to tolerate any man
who differs with them either in relig-
ion or politics. And there are men,
sad TO say, who place politics above
religion, who actually have become
estranged from their brethren in the
church, simply because they fer in
politics. There are too many church, 5
throughout our country that have had
dissensions because of disagreement
in politics among the members.
Surely such sad and shameful state
of affairs should not exist in Chris
tlan country.
Therefore. now that the election is
over, the RrrOyH urges all its readers,
regardless Of their politics, to lay aside
the passions and prcjudices aroused by
the recent campaign, and to cultivate
Il more charitable, more neighborly
and 4 more Christian like feeling
towards their fellow men.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-11-22
We Must Go West.
tDanville Times. |

The prospect looks gloomy for the
election OF Democratic president in
1896 but our voice is still for war.
The great fight will be between the
silver men and the gold bugs, and the
Democratic wing of the party will go
West for a candidate. Adlai E.
Stevenson, it seems to US, is the man.
The South and the West must unite
against the East and defeat them in a
fair fight for the free coinage OF silver,
without waiting to hear from other
nations.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-11-22
iIUCkIeMS, ArniCa SalYe.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by NJ. Dorsey, druggist.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-11-22

The way to reach catarrah is through the
blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla, by purifying
the blood, removes the cause of the disease
and permanently cures catarrh. Take
only Hoods.
and effectively, Oh the liver and bowels
25c
The Van Buren press., 1894-08-25
IMPURITIES IN FOOD.
They Are Not as Common as Many Persons
May suppose.

They Are Not as Common MS Many Persons
May suppose.
Singularly exaggerated ideas con-
cerning the adulteration of food are
very generally held, according to DR..
IL. W. Wiley, chemist of the United
States department of agriculture. Sand,
for instance. is not sold with sugar-at
least in the United States. The granu-
lated and lump sugars in the market
are almost absolutely pure, powdered
sugar sometimes, though rarely, con-
tains little -four or starch. and low
grade sugars are impure chiefly
through the molasses and water they
are made to absorb in manufacture.
Not as good report can be
given of sirups. There is very little
pure maple sirup, most of what is
sold as such being mixture of glucose
or cane sirups with small proportion
of the product of the maple, while in
an imitation actually protected by
patent, the maple flavor is given by an
abstract of hichory bark. Liquid honey
is largely adulterated with glucose.
OF comb honey, however, only that in
bottles and jars is impure, the old i'm
preston that comb honey on the frame
is adulterated having been proven to
be erroneous. Ground coffee is SO
largely adulterated with chickory,
peas, beans, etc, that it is rarely found
pure, and even the unground berry is
initiated. Tea is rarely mixed with
foreign leaves, but frequently has its
weight increased by the addition Of
salts of iron and copper-materials
quite prejudicial to health. Cocoa and
chocolate are largely adulterated
with starch and sugar, and products
claimed to be greatly improved as to
digestibility may have little of the
virtues of the original cocoa bean left
in them. A danger in canned goods is
the use of adulterated tin, which may
contain as high as twelve per cent Of
lead, the organic salts formed by the
corrosion of the lead being always
poisonous. The common practice of
coloring canned peas with copper is
very Objectionable. The use of preserva-
tives, such as salicylic acid, is not with
out risk, while an occasional source Of
danger is the development of nitro
genous bodies called ptomaines in
preserved meats. The above are illus
trations of the principal food adultera-
tions, which, though bad enough, are
insignificant in comparison with the
startling reports that have been pub
lished. Much the greater part Of foods
we eat is pure and wholesome.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Van Buren press., 1894-08-25
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Potato Salad: One pint of cold
boiled potatoes, est into small pieces;
two tablespoonftils Of grated onions,
four tablespoonfuls of chopped beets.
Mix with the dressihF.--Ohio Farmer.
Spinach for chronic coiistipatioa,
celery for rheumatic troubles, TOMS.
toes, for action upon the liver, and
onions for their laxative properties are
all vegetables having valuable medici-
nal properties, and more agreeable
when well cooked than pills, powders,
and tonics.
---Old-fashioned housekeepers say
that the dough for cookies or ginger
bread is much fiofe eusily handled
and rolled and stamped the day after
it is made than on the same day. In
cool weather it should be set where II
will not become hard.-Farm, Field
and Fireside.
Iced tea may be palatable, bit IL is
certainly not wholesome. The better
way to make it is to fill the glasses
partly full of cracked ice; then make
the tea double strength and pour it
boiling hot over the ice. Then, If you
like, add your lemon and sugar. You
get less tannic acid in this way than
when the tea is allowed to stand and
cool before using.
Black berry Cordlal-A quart brandy;
two quarts black berry juice,t pounds
white sugar; one ounce each powdered
cinnamon and nutmeg; one-half ounce
each powdered allspice and cloves.
Boil the juice and brandy and the
spices these tied up in thin muslin
bags) for fifteet minutes. Take from
the fire, add the brandy, and when
cold, strait, bottle and seal.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Fancy Cakes: Beat the whites Of
two eggs and one tipful of fine granu-
lated sugar for fifteen minutes. ADD
the white of one egg and beat five min
utes more; add another white and beat
until stiff. Shape by using the pastry
tube into little cakes about table,
Spoonful on an unbuttered paper and
bake in very slow oven twenty min
utes. Before baking sprinkle some red
sugar, others with chopped nuts and to
a part of the mixture add some color
Ing or chocolate. Before serving put
two cakes together sticking them to-
gether with the white of an egg.
How can keep my hands white
and do my housework Is question.
Gloves save the hands from dust,
scratches and dirt SO, Hrst wear them
all the time When working about the
house. They must be easy and large.
Always use meal or bran in the water
when washing the hands, and only the
best SOAP Glycerine and rosewater are
good. but honey much better. Lemon
juice is Indispensable tosfemove stains
from the nails. 1t also prevents the
cuticle from going over the nails.
Lemon juice and salt will feitiove nll
stains from the hands, and is prefer.
able to soap. At night rub little old
cream or milk on the hands-a tea-
spoonful will be enough. Do not dry
the milk off The iiails mist be longer
than the fingers and of the same shape