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rapid sketching of the nearest reeds. A
wild duck is put in with a few incisive
lines perfectly true in movement. and
while the foliage on the right is in great
dark masses, in the center and to the left
of the composition it is presented in slen-
derest grace.
Mr.. Buckingham has a representative
selection of Haden's work. including the
Lancaster River" which Haden classes
ahead OF his other plates. The suggestion
OF water in the foreground is here given
by a perfectly clean space with very fine
results. These etchings are valuable at
present. and, as they become rarer than
now, their price will be increased tenfold.
NJ. Brunet-Debaines, whose etching
ranks among the best Of the Freneh school,
is represented in the collection. Few mod
ern elchers, as critics assert, have pro-
duced such uniformly good work as be.
Mr.. Buckingham has his splendid picture
of water Lilies" ~ consider It GEM"
said he, pointing to the large etching with
pride. ut is really fine picture. The
The morning call., 1894-05-13
RECENT PUBLICATIONS

OUR MANIFOLD NATURE.-This novel,
by Sarah Grand. viii add another leaf to
the laurel crown of the author of "The
Heavenly Twins" The book contains
six storisc-''studies from life," they are
termed 10 the preface. This preface, by
the way. is worth reading. 1t contains in
brief Mrs. Grand's theory of writing. To
be true 10 life is her sole am mbition, to be
interesting her only art. And however
one may differ from her theory as evolved
in the preface. there will be a unanimous
verdict in regard to the present result, and
that verdict will be that these stories are
extraordinary, whether we consider the
power and delicacy of the diction, the in-
sight into the heart of life in all Its
aspects or the vividness OF imagina-
tion that conceived the characters
and made them seem living entities
ITO hold the mirror up to nature" has
been no empty fancy; it has been success
fully done in these stories. The subject
of "Eugenia" Is indeed an oft-told tale.
with different ending, however Brink
hampton, man about town, has reached
the age of discretion, 30 or thereabouts.
and wishes to settle down and 'slye
cIeany" thereafter. For this purpose he
wants to meet girl, something nice and
fresh, with money, for wife-some one
who has lived all her life at the back of
beyond, never been anywhere nor seen
any one TO speak of and is refreshngly
uusophisticated enough to mistake the first
man who proposes 10 her for an unsuIlied
hero OF romance. And | mean 10 be that
man, don't you see? He meets just such a
girl and proposes, but finds he is not the
man. The moral of the story is one with
which every decent man must agree, that a
wife has the right to claim the same purity
in husband that he demands in his wife.
The second story. the best one in the col
lection, is "The elbow Leaf" study in the
necessary results of false training on girls.
The education given 10 many society girls.
making their sole object Ia life to be the
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shining on a river, while all around is
gloomy rs before the break of day. 1t is
so full of sentiment. Hamerton says of it
that no sudden delight in the unaccus-
toned spectacle Of a sunrise ever yet gave
the town-bred artist such knowledge of
the dawn mystery as this. 1t is already
one of the classics"
Of the American etchers good deal of
adverse criticism used to be heard. but
they have steadily advanced until at the
present time they are in the foremost
ranks Whistler, native of New Eng
land, has shown what an American can
do. His etchings or the Thames and
Venice are among the masterpieces, and
some Of these are in Mr.. Buckingham's COL
lection. Other examples of the American
school, if school have developed on this
side of the Atlantic. are the stchings
was born in New York in 1861,
and after studying art there went
to Paris where he studied under Boulangei
and Lefeyre. ''His Cape Ann Willows"
said Mr.. Buckingham. ''is probably the
finest dry. point etching in tue United
States. He Is regarded as one of the first
American etchers. but has returned to
water colors and oil paintings" This
picture compares favorabiy with the
European plates previously mentioned.
Parrish, Philadelphia etcher who
learned to etch without a teachers aid,
displays much originality of thought and
method, which is greatly admired. His
Gloucester Hsrbor" is. most effective
and picturesque etching with wonderful
drawing. The only one here Is in this col
lection. Another American etcher who
has gone TO the top is Moran, whose
picture If cattle drinking is perfect pas
roral, with effects that few etchers can
produce. Everything about it is pure and
simple nature. His cows are not surpassed
by The efforts OF other modern etchers.
The other particularly good etchings
which Mr.. Buckingham has are plates by
Short. the English etcher, Martin. Logros,
Meryou, Van Muyden. J. Veyrassat,
Waltner But there are many more, all
forming a collection OF which any connois-
seur might feel proud.
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"ON THE BANKS OF THE GEM"
lAIfer Yam S'GraUesande's famous etching.]

cacy and significance OF the etcher's lines
to see the beauty in pictures cut into cop
per plates. which insight does not come at
will along a royal road. And then there
exists a difference of opinion about lines
in pictures. and many points of divergence
in criticism which influence the popular
view. The consequence is really good
etching is not common as oil-pain tings or
water-c0lors, and a collection of echings
either modern or antique, is regarded with
quite as much curiosity rs anv collection
Of rare curios. 1t is held. however, that
indifference to etching is wholly incom-
patible with high art culture.
In San Francisco there are only three or
four collections worthy of the name,
where the best examples Of modern etch-
ing can be seen. William Greer Harrison
has small number, but every one is
gem. Miss Bourn has gathered in her
home bn Broadw way a great variety of
plates representing different schools and
The morning call., 1894-05-13
NATURE IN LINES.
The Art of Etching in
Many Moods.
COLLECTIONS ARE RARE,
Something of Remarkable Lot Of
Plates That George Buckingham
Has Gathered Together.

Hamerton, who is considered to be the
foremost critic on the art of etching, has
asserted in his work Etching and Etch-
ers" thai the existence of the art is not
yet generally known. The word is gener-
ally known, but not the meaning of it. In
non-artistic circles it is used to express
drawing in pen and ink. And although
ten years or more have passed since this
bold assertion was made there is still little
advancement in the popular mind regard
ing etching. No doubt the fault lies in a
proper appreciation for the etcher's ex-
Qutsite delineation of nature in her moods
that appeal most eloquently TO the finest
feelings. Whether or no. an etching of
real merit by one of the few men VINO take
rank among the masters of their art is a
rarity even in homes where art is set up as
a household god.
1t takes keen perception of the deli
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and there. This etching is regarded as a
perfect model for three great qualities
whose union is rare. 1t is both very ten
der and very strong and at the same time
very reserved. The consequences is har-
mOny OF cOmnete impression in which
nothing is insufficient and nothing exces-
slve. In an etching like this the blank
paper is far from being meaning gless; II
means the spotless. lneless texture of sky
and water which in nature is so pure.
Another rare and costly etching Is the
"Shere Millpond. Surrey" by Haden. the
London etcher. VINO was enabled through
his art TO found the Royal Hospital for In
curables in his native city. The same
critic has said of this picture that. with
the exception of one plate by Claude, this
is the finest etching of a landscape subject
that has ever been executed in the world.
Delicacy and strength are combined iniit.
The strength is not expressed by violence,
but by the unimaginable richness of the
great soft masses of near foliage and the
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The variety does not intrude unpleasantly,
for excellent taste combined with good
judgment anu collectors love for pleas
ing effects has obviated all that might be
overlooked by a less cultured amateur.
with an etching enthusiast Ii is very much
me same as with bookworm-a scholar
Will not have an Indifferent library
critic has said that the little public.
loving the art on high grounds, is natn-
rally 1astidious. The buyers of etchDgs
are more fficult to please than the buy
ers OF pictures. The extensive sale of bad
etchlngs would do no good to the art. AID
II etching We're popular it Is n OF likely that
etcherS would work down to a low popu-
lar standard, as SO many painters are COM
PEELED to do in these days or starve.
Every picture is subjected TO exactest
scrutiny. Details. technique, conception
and artistic qualities are considered
mlnutely. and, alter all this, tie general
effect. 1t may be reasonably expected
that man competent 10 judge after THIS
merciess fashion could so arrange great
number of plates upon walls that thelr
very presence, so harmonlzed in tones by
careful estimates of values and effects.
would not appear in the least remarkable.
This is exemplified IL MIR. BuckiDgham'S
hundreds of etchlngs.
4 favorite and highly priced etching is
''On he Banks of the Gein." a plate by
Van 5 S'Gravesande. Dutch etcher 1t
has a prominent position among the other
pictures. OF this famous plate Hamerton
has written: This Is one OF the most
perfect etchlngs produced by the modern
schools, so perfect indeed, that il l were
restricted to the possession OF SIX modern
etchings this should be one of them." The
material is nothing but river shore with
few trees and bushes and windmill.
The sky and water are both great TRANQUIL
spaces of white paper, the one varied by
four or five very light stTeaks OF cloud and
a few BIRDS, the other by bits of vegetation
rising above the surface, and ripple here
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French Government selected it to dis
tribute through museums In France as
being one of the most beautiful of etch-
ings. 1t is goiEg TO be classic, because
there are so many fine qualities in 1.-THE
trees and sky, clouds and landscape, the
water and placid lilies. and the wonderful
lights and shadows.
Here is classic, too," ne continued.
turning 10 a little etching bv Samuel
Palmer, who is one of the few really great
English eichers 1T is called The Early
Poughman.' See the morning breaking
over the distant mountains aud the light
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then upstairs through the house ones eve is
constantly rested 10y one exquisite picture
after another. Examples Of all classes of
work are here. The very best of the
masters of modern etching are represen ted
in ali their fullness and versatility. Enter
ing the doorway to find oneself sur
rounded by these subdued interpretations
of nature without even flash of color TO
disturb the vision or distract the mind
from truths expressed by artists OF re-
nown is like passing from glarl1g sun
into some retreat where gentle nature
affsrs a soothing influence TO the senses.
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1t Is Not Forgery.

A charge of forgery has been pending in
Police Court 8 for some time against E. ID.
Crennap, who was accused of forging
searcher of records certificate and causing
it 10 be attached to an abstract of title to
certain city lots. Judge Joachmsen ruled
that the forgery OF such certificate did
rot come within the cases enumerated in
tho Pauai Code
The morning call., 1894-05-13

Part Thirteen of % Picturesque Cali
fornia - will be ready for distribution
te-morrow. IL is devoted to the scenic
wonders of Shasta County.
The morning call., 1894-05-13
Hugh Craig,s Lecture.

Hugh Craig will lecture before the Geo.
graphical Society on Tuesday evening at
Unlor-square Hall on "Reminiscences OF
New Zealand"
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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-02

The Picket publishes a partial re-
port of a meeting held last night at
HOpewell church, this county, by
the colored people, the object being
TO secure a reduction Of land rent
for the ensuing year. From a reli-
able source we learn that the meet
ing was one OF unusual conserva-
tism. The tenor Of their petition
is of such a character as to COM
mend il to the dispassiOnate consid
Grafton OF the landed interests OF
the county
"Whereas, the protective tariff
and general financial misrule of the
past twenty. Eve years have impoy.
erished the people by enabling
few to so far control the price Of
farm products as to place thom be-
low the legitimate cost Of produc-
tion, and
"Whereas, the price OF our great
staple product-cOiton-is SO low
that il taxes half Of an average crop
to pay land rent, we therefore re-
spectfully petition the land owners
of this community and county to
take into consideration our condi-
tion and grant US such reduction Of
rent for the ensuing year as will be
fair and just. .D-Canton Picket, 10th.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-02

The salient fact In commissioner
Lochlen's report-an actual falling of
in the number Of pensioners Oh The roll
during the last fiscal year-has natur-
ally excited attention and comment.
Although no fewer than 3O,0S5 new
names were added and 2,S08 that had
been dropped were restored, yot tho
losses by death and other causes wero
such as 10 leave tho total on June SOlh
last al 96O,5z4, which was 5,468 less
than that OF twelve months previous.
Ii is Just twenty years since a SINH
lar natural reduction sci IN, during
Cen. Grants administration, and con-
tInned steadily for five years, includ-
ing the first part of the administration
OF Mr.. Hayes. IL left the number on
juno S0th, 1873, at 22S,998. Then
came n series Of extraordinary acts OF
congress that did not cease until they
had moro than quadrupled the roll
aud more than quintupled the annual
outgoes.
In these days II 10 a strange rehcc-
lion that the government In 1879 was
pa7inQ only $26,844.414 for q years
pension disbursements, and yet was
praised, aud rightly, for its liberality.
Now. af length, another period Of re-
duction has come and certainly no.
body can call Il premature, with
lapse Of nearly thirty years since the
end Of the civil warn. 4. Times.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-02

The presbytery OF Mississippi
will hold its next meeting at Rod
ney, in April, 1895.
The Presbyterian congregation at
Senatobia, Miss, will soon begin
the erection of a new church.
Rev. DR.. Venahle, president Of
Mississippi College at Clinton, has
accepted a call to the First Baptist
church Of Wick sburg.
Rev.H.J. Cumpsten was installed
was installed as pastor of the Pres
byterian church at McComb City,
Mississippi, on the 18th OF October.
Evangelist d. L. Moody lately
began q revival meeting at Bir-
mingham, Ala. Fully 5000 people
were present al the opening service.
A protracted meetingin the Meth
odist church at Westville closed
Oct. 14th. Three ladies and three
men we're received into member
snip.
The Baptisls Of Bonneville are
building a fine church. The Meth
odist congregation in the same town
are discussing the advisability Of
erecting an elegant stone church.
B A correspondent Of the Magnolia
Gazette gives the following denom-
national statistics of that town:
Total nun ber white Baplists 3d.
81 females, 81 males; 2l adult Cath
oIice; 17Episcopalians; ID Israelites;
methodists. females 81, males 20 F.;
Presbyterians 17. Citizens OF for
eien birth-Irish A Germans 1S
EngliBh 2.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-02

According to an eminent English
authority a goose lives fifty years.
The oldest city in the United
States, st. Augustine, was founded
IN 1865.
Mr.. Moody, the evangelist, says
that there has never been cancer
among the Hebrews, and suggests
that this may be due TO their absti-
nence from pork.
A British shipmaster ut New Or
leans reports that while of the
coast OF Patagonia butterflies were
blown aboard his vessel at dis
tance Of $50 miles from the land.
A traveller in Greece says that the
Greek language has never died,
some few learned men having al
ways spoken the classical idiom.
In that country the newspapers are
the chief promoters Of the literary
language.
Prof. Rudolph Virchow told the
convention Of anthropolOgists at
Innsbruck the other day that the
Darwinian theory of the origin OF
species. commonly known as Hevo-
lution," was unproven, unscientific,
and evidently false.
Professor J. A. Lintner places
the total number Of insect species
in the world at $4,000. OF those
found in the United States 1000 or
5000 species are fruit pests, and al
least 2l0 attack the apple.
The greatest elevation ever nj.
tanned By man is 81 900 feet-about
z miles this height having been
reached during a balloon ascent
made by Glaisher. At this distance
above the earth physical exertion
10 found to be almost impossible,
owing 10 the great rarefaction Of the
atmosphere.
China berries and leaves mixed
with corn will keep away weevils.
The same covered over meat
and scattered through il in layers,
will keep away shippers. 1t is al
30 said that to make a strong tea
from the leaves and pour il around
cabbage, will destroy cut worms.
What il known as the Draconian
code, originated by Draco, 62l B.
c., punished every crime with
death. The infiic.ion Of the death
penalty has practically ceased in
Belgium, Prussia, Bavaria, Dem
mark and Sweden, though not By
law abolished. Catherine III, Of
Russia, abolished capital punish
ment in that country, except Tor
treason, in 1877.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-02

Pat, Dennis and Jack Murphy
three industrious young farmers re-
siding a couple Of miles out, will
not suffer next year. no matter how
hard the times are. To say moth
ing OF their cotton, which is as good,
if not little better, than their neigh
bors' crops, because they work il
properly, they have already housed
HOO bushels Of corn, made up 1l0
gallons Of molasses, dug and banked
several hundred bushels Of potatoes,
and will next week start TO gather
an acre and half Of pinders. Be
tween them they will have 80 or
more hogs 10 kill when cold wealth
er comes. Itmay be further stated,
to their credit, that they have not
bought pound Of meat or bushel
Of corn during the past year, nor do
they owe a dollar they cannot pay.
Raymond Gazette.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-02

There are some things a we'll
bred young lady never does
She never accepts n valuable
present from q gentleman unless en-
gagged TO him.
She never turns around 10 look
after anyone when walking on tho
street.
She never takes refreshments at
o restaurant with a gentleman after
attending the theatre unless accom-
panied by lady much older than
herself.
She does not permit gentlemen
to join her on the street unless they
are very intimate acquaintances.
She never accepts seat from a
gentleman in a street car without
thanking him.
She never goes driving at night
with a gentleman, whether to a par
~, or to church, or elsewhere, un-
less accompanied by some elderly
lady, or by her brother or father.
She never refuses u dance with
one gentleman and Immediately
dances with another.
She never takes more than q sim
gle glass Of wine at dinner.
She never laughs or talks loud IN
public places.
She never raises her lorgnette
and tries TO stare people she doesn't
know out Of countenance on the
street.
She never wears clothing so sin
gular or striking as to attract par
ticular attention in public.
She never speaks slightingly Of
her mother, and says she "don't
care" whether her behavior meets
with maternal approval or not
Household.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-02

Chas. Martin, Of Midway neigh
borhood, says that on Saturday
morning. Goth inst, about 5 O'Clock
he witnessed an immense and bril-
liant meteor in the northwest sky,
surprising anything OF the kind he
had ever before seen. It's move
ment was accompanied by a Sizing
noise and its Disappearance followed
by a cannon-like report. A deep
red streak in the sky, visible for
half minute or more, marked the
track Of the strange visitor. Ray
mond Gazette.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-02

Down in the night hear them
The voices, unknown, unguessed,
That whisper, and lisp, aud murmur,
And will not lei mo rest.
Voices that seem 10 question,
In unknown words, Of me,
or fabulous ventures, and hopes aud dreams
Of this and the world 10 be.
Voices Of mirth and music,
As In sumptuous homes and sounds
OF mourning, as OF gathering friends
In country burial grounds
Cadence Of maiden voices,
Their lovers blent with these:
And Of little children singing,
As under orchard treos.
And often, mp from the chaos
OF my deepest dreams, hear
Sounds Of their phantom laughter,
Filling the atmosphere.
They call 10 me from the darkness,
They cry 10 me from the gloom,
Till start sometimes from my pillow,
And peer through the haunted room.
When the face Of the moon at the window
Wears pallor like my own;
And seems TO bB listening with me
To tho low, mysterious tone,
The low, mysterious clamor
or voices, that seem to be
Striving In vain 10 whisper
OF secret things 10 me
or something dread 10 be warned or;
or q rapture yet withheld;
Or hints Of the marvellous beauty
OF songs unsyllabled.
But ever and ever the meaning
Falters aud fails and dies,
And only the silence quavers
With tho sorrow OF my sighs.
And answer 0 voices, ye may not
Make me 70 understand,
Till my own voice, mingling with you,
Laughs in the Shadowland.
james Whilo0nlb Riley.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-02

w. A. Mcclure, q welI-known cit
izen or Mckay. Ohio, 10 of che opin.
ion that there ia nothing as good for
children troubled with colds or Group
As ChamberIain's Cough Remedy.
He has used it in his family for sew
eral wears with the best results and
always keeps q bottle Of il in the
house. After having Ia grippe he
was himself troubled with severe
cough. He used other remedies with
out benefit and then concluded to try
the children's medicine and TO his
delight it soon effected q permanent
cure 25 and so cent bottles for sale
by DR.. w. ID. Redus.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-02

School hours, six Of them, are
long enough to confine growing
brain TO books, and there should be
no bringing lessons home. Active
exercise in open air should be the
rule, with plenty Of plain food and
an early bed. Again 1 lift my voice
in favor Of lawn tennis as an exer-
else for girls. During the summer
Just closed / have seen charming
child exchange pale cheeks and list
less gait for the bright tints and g.
lastic step that belongs TO her years,
and utterly lose alarming lung
symptoms that had begun TO cause
well-grounded apprehension. She
had learned 10 like tennis, and for
the last month of her vacation bad
averaged fifty games day.-Wm.
f. Hutchinson, NJ. d., in American
Magazine.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-02
The HOmochItto WIN be RrIdaed.

Wilkinson and Adams counties
are to be contacted by a bridge a.
cross the Homochitto river. The
Natchez Democrat says:
"Years ago oil the trade from up
per Wilkinson and not little from
other parts Of the county came TO
Natchez, but in recent years the
Homochitto river swamps have be-
come so nearly impossible that the
people diverted their trade to Wood
Vile and elsewhere. When the
bridge is built and the roads put
in good condition all this lost trat
&c will return, and Natchez will be
greatly benefited thereby"