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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-23
Odd. and ends.

The necessity Of leaving the skin
open to the action Of air is shown
by the fact that child who was
coated with gum and then covered
with gold leaf, 10 represent a cher
ub at the coronation Of Pope Leo
x, died few hours alter the op-
Grafton.
In a.recent' charge 10 The grand
jury, Judge Murphy, Of San Fran
cisco, said: "Opium is a greater
factor in the downfall Ol youth than
Whiskey. There is hardly a con-
firmed criminal behind the, bars
who is not a morphine 6end, and
hardly a lost woman who is not o
slave 10 the habit.n
An exchange Gays that a Chicago
man, during the whole of his life
time, has never taken any medicine.
lie has constantly consulted doctors
and chemists, and all the medicine
they prescribed for him lie put a.
way in room. The result Of this
strange fancy il that he has now
1900 bottles Of medicine, 1870 box
es Of powders aud $40 boxes Of
pills.
The results Of dsh-iarming are
remarkable. Prof Huxley says
that an acre ol land will produce ia
a year a ton Of grain, or two or three
hundred weight OF meat. The same
area Of water, however, will yield
q greater weight Of fsh in a week.
There is no reason why fish should
not bo made an important part Of
the diet, and with a well managed
fish pond on every farm large .
mount 0f excellent food could be
produced al a very small expense.
1t 10 believed that there are re-
markable libraries stored away in
the buried cities Of Yucatan. These
ancients must have been highly civ
ilized. since they had a written Ian
guage and alphabetical characters.
it is the hope of lie PlongeOn, the
explorer, to present 70 the scientif-
ic world some Of their old manu-
scripts. He discovered that Free
masonry existed in prehistoric
times, and has brought to this coun-
try photographs Of old masonic
symbols which correspond very
nearly with those now in use.
MIR. G.. w. Hamblelon. Of Eng
land, has proved that small or dis
cas-, d chests may be greatly deyel-
oped even in middle lite. His
method has been successfully APP
piled 10 treatment Of consumption.
One patient gained five inches in
chest girth and passed a medical
examination for life insurance. An
other gained three inches in chest
measure, and physicians could de-
lect no sign of the previous disease.
Mr.. HambIelon says: II have no
doubt whatever that science has
gained another victory in the con-
quest Of a great enemy OF civilized
man."
When women comprehend the
baleTul influence ol dust on the
health, hair and complexion. they
will banish carpets, upholstering
and unwashing draperIes, at once
and forever, as the great receptacles
and absorbents of dust. House
dust. which is mainly dead animal
matter thrown off by clothing and
beds, is deadly to lungs and hair.
Housemaid's consumption is gener-
ally due to breathing the dust Of i'll
xept chambers, and the layer
which collects al the roots OF thr
,air kills it and causes The most Of
he falling out Of which matrons
before. forty.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-23

The extent 10 which the practice
prevails among the women and girls
If Chicago is heartrending. / en-.
Joy the acquaintance OF not a few
young ladies whom / could almost
pronounce without a fault If it were
not for this. / know few things
more disquieting than the sight OF
n rosy-faced maid chewing away for
dear life between the pauses iD her
conversation As a rule, the faster
the gum chewer talks the faster she
chews, until her efforts in the lat
ter direction attain their climax IN
a series OF disjointed aops or clucks.
The practice, they say, grows upon
its devotees,a y confirmed gum. chew
er being as lost TO all efforts at re-
form as a confirmed opium-eater.
II l had my way every chewing.
gUm manufacturer in the United
States should be indicted tomorrow
for persistent assassination Of Iemi-
nine attractiyeness. ss.-Chicago Jour-
nal.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-23

Henry Wilson, the postmaster at
Welshton, Florida. says be cured q
case OF diarrhea OF long standing In
six hours, with one small bottle Of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhaa Remedy. What O apleas-
ant surprise that must have been TO
the sufferer. Such cures are not IN
usual with this remedy. Tn many in
stances only one or two doses are re-
ouired 10 give permanent relief. 1t
can always be depended upon. When.
reduced with water it is pleasant to
take. For sale by DR.. w. d. Redus.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-23

Enaacc.. ..enant Of the MUTUAL LIFE
3x POLICY HOLDERS
Port Gibson, Miss. January 18th, 1903.

Port Gibson, Miss, January I7th 1893
.s G Mclaurin and Bernard Forster, Special Agents
hao pleasure recommend your company the high
With the Of the Of John p Taylor de-
@ has been entirely honest and honorable every respect
every promise and obligation the first regular COM
1 which my father insured would further state that the re-
going the rounds the effect that The Mutual Life held the
due and requested that take additional
ace instead entirely without foundation whaever! Yours
% company of several in which my father insured that made
and paid claim without expense consider The Mutual
eoa the VERY companies in every respect
Most Respectfully, J. NJ TAYLOR,
Executor OF the Estate Of John P. Taylor.
The false reports circulated by friends and agents OF other
@ against The Mutual Life proves their inability cope with the
et largest and best company in the world.
Fl. G. McLAURIN. Special Agent.
Port Gibson, Miss, January 7th 1894.
Il & McLaurn Special Agent:
carry heavy line Of insurance The Mutual Life Insurance
W New York. and find its methods fully up the advanced
ghv in life insurance take pleasure in recommending
F-y iohe inuring public Respectfully, J. McC MARTIN
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-23

THE secretary OF the Elkhart Carriage
fr,gnrn1@ M that their prices win be lower
M. dsapd than ever. He wishes ua To ask
nmr lrr readers n0t 10 purchase anything In
fhe lInp 0f carriages, wagons, bicycles OK
harnass until they have sent cents in
TfnrnDa to pay postage on their liz page
~MfnIngnc. WE advise fiie readers uf THIS
nnDcr t0 remember bis suggestion.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-23

Miss Mary z. Burt, who has recently
returned TO Chicago from Greece says
that the common school children oi
Athens are taught ancient and modern
Greek. French, and sometimes English
Unlike American children, they have
no aschool readers" but as soon as they
are able to read they are put at once
into the classics of their own literature,
A. that before they have reached years
~ maturity they are familiar with
Homer. Xenophon, Herodotus, Plutarch
and the dramatists. They do not reclte
nursery rhymes, but instead learn the
best myths Of Hellenic literature.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-23

For N pain In the side or chest
there in nothing 40 good as piece of
flannel dampened with Chamberlain .
Pain Balm and bound over the seat
on pain. 1t affords prompt and per-
manent relief; used la time viii often
prevent n cold from resulting IN
nncumonia. This same treatment 10
sure cure for lame back. For sale
by DIR. wv. y. Redus-
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-23

A definite agreement is reported 30
have at last been concluded between
Baron Hirsch and the Russian govern
ment concerning the emigration Of
Jews from Russia. The baron under
takes and the Russian government con-
sents to have three and a half millions
of Jews taken to other countries with
in twenty-five years, or 100000 year.
The government has reserved the right
OF an absolute control over the opera
tions of the emigration scheme. The
number Of emigrants shall increase
from year to year. In the present year
q, 900 shall emigrate, the number TO in
crease as the preparations by the baron
grow more eficacious. He will estab-
lish emigration bureaus all over the
Russian empire, to be controlled by a
central bureau at st. Petersburg. The
emigrant Jews cease to be Russian sub
jects and are not bound to become
soldiers in Russia or to pay for exemp-
ton from that duty. A guarantee Of
Of 100, 900 rubles must be placed in the
hands Of the Russian government 70 be
used to pay for expenses that might be
caused by any Of the emigrants going
hack To Russia.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-02-16
Deaths.
With It's line.

Mrs. Sallie Campbell widow Of John
Campbell, dec d, and mother Of Mrs. Dr..
Henry NJ. Patterson CT Staunton. ard of
Mis-. Smythe, wife of II. NJ. Smythe, Z. S.
Minister to llayti, died on the Sd lust, at
the home of her son, Dr.. @. j. Campbell,
near Monterey, Highland, aged seventy six
years. Hell funeral took place at the Pres
byterian church, conducted by Rev. MI.
Lambert, and she was inferred in the GEM
e!ery at Monterey. Mrs. Patterson was
with her through her last illness. Mrs O.
j. Campbell is i'll with pneumonia and her
little daughter, Sallie, has typhoid fever.
Miss Matte Ii. Brown, who Was for
some time q teacher in the Public Schools,
died at her home on Fayette street on Mon
day last, in her twenty-third year. She
was q daughter of the late William G.
Brown Of the Z. s. Revenue service, and
sister of Messrs. Heber, Charles and Ebert
Brown. Tho Fredericksbu Star says "a
telegram was received here to-day announce
iHs the death Of Miss Matte Brown, which
ton, Va, yesterday afternoon at O'Clock.
It will he remembered that Miss Brown
taught one Of tile grades of the public
schools here last year and was greatly es-
teemed by all who knew her. She was
consistent member of the Methodist church,
South, and was a teacher in the Sabbath
School during her sojourn here.''
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-02-16
Notable Public Services OF the StonewaIl
Brigade Band.

In the bright little paper issued bv the
Stonewall Brigade Ba, d, in aid of their
coming Bazaar, they appropriately give
sketch Of lis services i'll the last thirty-nine
years. It says:
his historic association was organized in
1900 under line hasue OF The Mountain Sax
H"fH Land, Which Eame it retained until
the commencement OF the civil war. at which
time 1t mustered in as the Fifth Virginia
Regiment Band" Being recognized by Gen.
'o'oheWali Ja ckson as The best band i'm the
hence Its present name.
The band served during The entire four years
OF strife, and the members were often exposed
to great danger, as they acted as assistant
surgeons and helped to bear the dead and
wounded from the field. They also did hos
pital duty, and several OF them could, in war
times, ala putate leg or au arm lis we'll as a
regular sargeon. Only two Were killed in
battle.
At AppomattoY, Gen. Grant issued an order
to allow the .nembers Of the hand to take
their Instruments home with them. which are
now Oh Exhibition i'll their band hall.
The band occupied post of honor at the,
funeral Of Gen, Grant in New York and has
attended nearly all of the famous military
events in this country.
1t performed the official musical ceremonies
at the reinterment Of jefferson Davis; render
ing that grand marcia Tunebre' written
especially by Professor Reinhardt of Rich.
mond; at the unveiling of four different mon.
uments to Lee and jackson at Lexington and
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-02-16
A Colonial Minuef.

The Staunton correspondent Of the Rich
mond Dispatch sends that paper the toll
lowing:
'The Stannton branch of the Society Of the
Daughters of the Revolution have determined
on beautiful function, which promises to be
par excellence the society event of the season.
Mesdames Lyman Chalkley, Kate Kilby, for
meTly of Richmond, and sister of Mrs. Charles
F. Taylor of the capital city, and Mrs. Alex
ander Parish Robertson are the prime movers
in the entertainment, which is to be meIange
of colonial dances. Many of the young socie-
ty people have been invited to execute the
graceful steps Of the minuet, and already the
ladies and their escorts are practicing the Sir
Roger de Coverley gait.
'After the ball is over collation. is to be
served. This entertainment is to be held after
Lent in the splendid old mansion on Church
street, which was the lifetime home of the
Hon. A. Ii. II. Stuart. The management has
cieverly culled some of the fairest roses in
Staunton's rosebud garden of girls and will
present brilliant bouquet of feminine faces.
''lhose in the minuet are Misses Mary Pat
tcrson Miller, Maria Baldwin Ransom, Lucille
kilby, Annie &c Pras Child, Laura Taylor,
Minnie Mccoy, Fannie Kent Harrison and
Matte Baldwin Wayt; and Messrs. Rhodes
E. r. Nelson, Robert Blackford, Benjamin
Biaekford, George H. Bell, Kenneth Mccoy,
j. Walker McChesney. Victor L. Denny and
ii. Dunbar Murray
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-02-16
The Wheat Market.
TFrom the Philadelphia Record, Feb.

ElOitl tH5 L ullduG1 plld IGCOiQ, req. y.
All previous low price records have been
broken by further decline Of 81 to 35s cents
per bushel in tue wheat markets. The con-
tinued weakness in values has been due to eX-
tensive liquidation by operators who have APP
parently become tired Of waiting for the long
expected advance in prices. Holders have been
disappointed by the meagre reduction in yisi-
bic stocks, By the character of the export
demand, and the continued absence of reports
of injury to growing crops. But the stocks of
wheat concentrated at commercial centres,
which are now approximately S0,000000 bush
els, were even Target Year ago, when the
New Y DIRK price was l6 csnts per busheI high
Ell; and vastly larger Invisible supply must
have then been in existence, as all authorities
agree that the crop OF 1898 was at least 100-
900 900 bushels less than that of 1892. Exports
continue moderate; but the shipments Of wheat
ard flour from both coasts since January
have been only 1000, GOO bushels less than
they were during the corresponding period
last year, and tie decrease in exports since
July been less than ~, o0G, 900 bushels. Some
improY enent has Teen noted this week i'll the
demand for spring wheat for the United King
in the foreign demand for any description.
The interior movement of wheat continues
light. There has been a considerable enlarge
nent i'll the Western corn movement, Which,
i'll connection with the decentralization in the
wheat markets, has tended to depress prices
z to 3 of cent Fer busllel. Current values
of corn are fully 10 cents per bushel lower
than they were year ago.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-02-16
Tie Tablet 10 the late DR.. Mcfarland.

Subscriptions are being received by NJ ISIS
Janet Woods, and by any officer Of the First
Presbyterian church, Tor the tablet to be
placed in position to the memory of Rev.
Dr.. D. X. Mcfarland. We make the fol-
lowing extract from q very beautiful letter
written by member Of another denomina-
ton and enclosing contribution to the
tablet:
II send by mail contribution to the tablet
to be erected to the memory of DR.. MeFar-
land. 1t is given with real pleasure. l am
glad to have an opportunity to testify my per-
sonal regard and sincere esteem for him.
Moreover it is we'll to perpetuate, as far as
we can, the influence of a good mans life.
which ceases to be felt all too soon. 1t is
right to have something visible and tangible
to remind us of him. as the tablet Will of DR..
Mcfarland. It will be q perpcsual memo rial
of the beauty of kind and gentle soul that
embraced, l believe, the whole world in its
charity; of a man who tried always to live
up to the divine model which lie set before
others. am glad to have known and been a
friend to a man Of such exalted character,
and such pure and stainless life''
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-02-16
'Aa YsaSsssiiEs AID Inc l:.s.aasaaasa L
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The Vandelbilts are still buyitig c. Il Q.
and Big -Four stocks. This certainly proves
conclusively that the great family has the
most sanguine expectations Of the future
prosperity OF these two roads. III the past
few days they bought in large blocks of the :
stock at a good market rate. just what
price they paid OF how many shares were
transferred is not known, bat it is a matter
now of general information that they have
expended much more money in these prop
critics. They also placed more capital in
the steamship liue operating between New
port News and Liverpool, and they control
that vastly remunerative enterprise.
The Vanderbilts now absolutely control
the Big Four, Chesapeake It Ohio and the
steamship liEe. The steamship company
OWNS several valuable steamers plying be-
tween.the above described points. While
the project is bat a few months old the
lire has doue we'll, and its success seems
assured. There is no question about the
development Of the q. u O. 1t has already
surpassed the most sanguine expectations
OF the holders of the stock and bonds
The bill permitting the G. 81 0. Compa-
ny to enter Norfolk has passed both houses
of the legislature. 1t has bought wharf
property there TO the value of 1856, 0G0 To
enter that city with its rail line it would
have 10 build a branch line some fifty miles
i'll length from its Peninsula division across
the county of Isle of Wight and then bridge
James River. If it enters any other way
it will have TO do it by railroad ferry across
Hampton roads; but it has that already.
The probability is that the G. & O. which
now ruls over leased Huntington road
from Richmond to Newport News. wants
Il road Gifts own to deep water and is going
to Cross over to the Southside at Richmond
with its line.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-02-16
Why the Us1ited States is now
Borrowing Money on its
Bonds.

From the l'lilaa'elp hia Record, Feb. 49,
Wl:ea res:a 3nt JloYelana surral- ierssi his
office t., .resi,tant Harrison On the Eourtil of
lsarch. 1889 Secretary Fairchild's statement
showed surplus Of S1G5, 900, 900 in the Treas
larry. Nroi:l tie 4t OF March to July /, 1890,
the Secretary OF the Treasury paid out
self. 62o, III for Government bonds nt {. par
value OF ;;2lt.S;2 100 nearly So BOO .o01 in
pfe:Ii, lma to ;,idarS OF riibiic obi cations in
anticipation OF the periods of redemption
simultaneous ~ with the.5a flu ancIai tranS;tc-
tons The Rect, Congress passed the silver pl
chase act Hlici; seriously disturbed tbs pub
lie finances, and then prace sdeil to G plete he
Treasury surplus. The sul4i OF %Ii. 100000 was
given to the st ateS AS a refund of direct tax
paid in 1861 and liberal bountles were paid
to the sugar planters and steamship comnan-
les. With the pretext Of lessening the poor
mans burdens, The Mckinley tariff reduced
the internal tax OH 'the necessary of manu-
featured tobacco and increased to nearly. one
hundred per cent the taxes on such luXuries'
as wooden clothing. Boosting OF .'tiree
breakfast table, its author despoiled the
Government OF 500, 900, 900 Of fiscal revenues
from sugar and ir creased the taxes on table
cutlery. def and many articles of breakfast
Of which The Mckinley tariff stripped the
Treasury while despoiling consumers, would
have amounted to this day to S225, 00O, 600.
There would have then been no question OF a
deficit, no suggestion of an income tax, no
need to sell be nds to maintain the gold re-
serve, and no n onetary crisis.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-02-16

ssllva t.. Id s3uverilsif ili1d Il i5;y is iaavs
In ta ll.itise Mfr Gibson presented areai.
ton ef Iia;ii:ttta II Dangciieli Of CnlteI;er,
Annie Clay Crtnsl.au of Ri.lmond and a
number Of Others fof female suffrage.
Mr. Withrow has offered a bill making it
unlawful to hire cut peaitentiary ,canyicts on
any work OF public Improvement, building
railroads or trrn:;I ::,es, under penalty of
from $i0o to 81! IA ina.
The House committee has reported favora-
bly, Mr.. Butord's bill to require election
judges to string the ballots, and after ascer-
tanning the number of votes cast for each can
diGate to call the number in loud tone
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-02-16

'i',l:;ksf viii ssseesst. !
stis espectel that the Senate sllb-cdiiis
liiitte noas fevlslng the Wilson tariff Bib
will submit theft report to the fill meet
ing Of the Senate finance committee Tues
day next. 1t is stated upon reliable au-
thority that the subcommittee is disposed
to place Il duty OF Fifty cents per ton on
coal, one cent poI:nJ on refined sugar and
one and one eighth cents pound on raw
sugar. The subcommittee favcrs the re-
tention of iron ore upon the free list.
Referring to the argument of Republi-
can contemporary that the 100 proposed
amendments to the Wilson bill indicate
widespread dissatisfaction with it, the Buf
iaic Courier (Dem.) says: Judged by the
same standard, the Mckinley bill must i'll
Its earlier stages have been an extremely
unpopular measure. After it got into the
House and before it became a law it re
ceived l34 amendments.
The President on Monday nominated
Delaware Kemper of Alexandria, for CON
sui to Annoy, China, Capt. Jack Hudgins
OF Caroline county, Va, to lie U. S. Mar
shal for the Eastern District of Virginia
and VIM Ii. CulIingsworth to be postmas
ter at Richmond.
Senator Faulkner of West Virginia, ha
been elected chairman, and Messrs. Law
renee Gardner and James L. Norris Of
Washington, secretary and treasurer, re
spectiyely, Of the democratic congressiona
campaign committee.
Buchanan (8otetourt) Banner: "Dur
ng the past ten days we have entered quite
ii number Of new subscribers Oh our books.
Among them being Hons. ST. George Tuck
er: II. D. Flood and G. 2. Jones' y
MI. j. Hampton Hoge Of Roanoke, wllt
was recalled from the Annoy consulate.
was in Washington last week to collect
what salary WAS due him.
Congressman elect Turner Of the eth dis
trict, received 900 applications from his
constituents, for Office, before lie had eyeL
got his own credentials.
Tic President signed the repeal Of the
Federal election laws OH Thursday last. A
telegram says:
Representative Pearson of Ohio, the chair
man OF the House committee on enrolled bills
and Representative Tucker of Virginia, the
author OF the act, brought the enrolled cop,
10 the White House. Mr.. Tucker had Will
him gold pen with which Speaker Crisp and
Vice President Stevenson had signed the bill
and Mr.. Pearson brought blank receipt fol
it which he proposed to have the Presidens
sign and preserve the slip as asouvenir. Whei
he President had signed the bill and the re
;eipt with Mr.. fuckers gold pen, Mr.. Tucke;
told OF remark ex-Speaker Reed made thi.
morning when the repeal bill was announced
in the House. ''Ballot-box stufiing," drawled
Mr. Reed, ''has at last become legalized.'
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-02-16

N5tyilsi Iliiis lssa4f Rus II Newport ;ss ri.
son gt!.i has aisEiesscf iii New toai; seciely.
SHE has WORT some OF tlle splendid diamonds
which her mother has collected. She has net
been particularly successful in the world Of
fashionable society, despite the interest which
would naturally attach to the helress Of Macy
millions. Miss Sylvia Green goes oft, how
ever. but her mother thinks not of society,
not even of that in the boarding house where
she lives. Miss Green is % years old, tall and
plain featured. She has q fortune of S.. 600 600
in her owa right, besides being a prospective
shaTer with her brother in her mothers vast
estate The four members of this queer fami-
ly ale :aost of the time domiciled under four
roofs, thanks to the mothers eccentric parsi-
mony.