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TO REDUCE THE COST OF U. =.
COURTS,

The incomes of Y. s. District
Attorneys and Marshals and Clerks
of the u. S. Courts will be matori
ally reduced if the bill reoommen-
ded by the House committee on the
judiciary shall be favarably acted
upon. Under the present system
OF graded fees, says the report pre-
pared by Representative W. A.
Stone Of Pennsylvania, "a premium
Is placed upon prosecutions. Dur.
ing the fiscal year of 1898, 1O,S61
prosecutions were instituted for
violations of the United States laws.
which resulted in 5000 convictions
and LEGO acquittals while 1874 of
the cases were nollo pressed. The
report continues: eve are justified
IN presuming that where the defen.
dant is acquitted,or the case against
him nolle pressed, the United
States had not sufficient evidence to
convict. We are led TO conclude
therefore that more than half of the
cases terminating during the fiscal
year were improperly brought. OF
course there are many criminal cas-.
es properly brought which result in
acquittals or are nolle pressed, but
IN the above showing the percent
age of acquittal and nolle presses
is too large, and we think justlfies
the belief that many of them were
instituted more for the purpose of
making fees than in the interest of
justice. And when we come to con
slider that it costs the government Us
much for jurors and witnesses in
cases of acquittal as of conviction,
we naturally conclude that If we
can diminish the number of cases
in the courts, that are not sufli-
GENTLY supported by the evidence,
we can save u great deal of expense
to the United States. In the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1891, it cost
the United States for jurors 9G7S, =
1885, and for witnesses 81, 49,
7?o.55. The salaries proposed by
the bill are 81 600 ia District At
torneYs, $1,000 for MarshAls and
graded salaries for clerks.
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symmetry of the womanly form.
Within the body, however. is great
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UNFIT TO BE BARRED.

Chicago Lawyer-So you say you
want divorce from your wife, eh
eyes, sir"
GLOW long have you been mar
riod ?''
"About week"
"Why, what grounds have you
for divorce at so early date after
marriage. Must be something uw-
full
eyes, sir; it is
"Well, what is it ?"
"Why--aa he's-she's low.
legged"
"Umph ! That's no ground for
divorce. Was she bowleggcd when
you married her ?'
Eyes, slr."
"Well, then, that settles il.
You took her as she was, she's still
that way and the contract is a good
one"
eyes, but didn't know she was
bowlegged until we got married"
"Well, you had better go home.
You amt fit to be married or any.
thing else. "-Exehange.
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While he is jail Gen. CoXEY will
have a chance to repent of taking
his army to city. where too many
doubtful characters had already
been sent in more conventional
way and it is Il real pity some Of
these latter cannot be confined in
Jail also, for tho general good Of the
country at large and the misguided
people who voted to send them there
to misroprcsent them, in such an
outrageous manner.
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The dominant note in all this
present clamor for woman suffrage
is the cry for justice. Perhaps the
best reply is to offer to give to
woman all the justice she seeks and
more-absoIute, stern, masculine
justice. Eliminate sex then en-
tIreiy from the Constitution. If
she must vote let her stand wholly
equal with man. Abolish the right
of power, the responsibility Of the
husband for the debts Of the wife.
take away her present right to
allmony and counsel fees, abolish
all sex legislation, and let her fight
from the masculine point for breach
of promise of marriage, betrayal and
all that long list Of actions IN which
the law now favors woman. Give
her all the justice she asks-full
measure, heaped up and running
over.
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You and your mother-ti-lnw seem
10 be on excellent terms When tou
were sick ! saw her sitting by your
bed"
'Oh. that was because the doctor had
Hrcscribcd "A sweat bath. "-Flicgcnde
Bisctsc-.
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No. S, a fast train, stops on signal
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rs heretofore, aud No. ~, the az
ternoon accommodation, is same as
heretofore, 1904. No. 4 is due now
at S:l3 in the evening instead Of t
1928, as heretofore, and the Way
Train at SOL in the evening inste d
Of S:48.
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q" The use ~ 'Castofia' r. 20 universal ard
~ merits ~ wei known that IL s,-r- "a work
~ superlrogatioH T. ondoruo 10. Few arc tie
Intelligent families who do not keep CASTOR
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"-or several years 4 have recommended
your Cu-t1ria,' and chE!l always continue 10
60 ro as IL has Invariably produced beneficial
rcsUlts"
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i,aih Street and stA AVE-. New York City.
o'frASY, - hURnAv STREET, NEw YoRJc CRY
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-09
Successfully Crossed.

VIM. Weaver of Durbin, N. d., has
arrived In San Francisco with with a
number of @caitleo' which be viii ex-
hibit at the Midwiuter Fair. These
animals are the progeny of the buffalo
and a polled Angus COW. Tho cross
gives an animal larger than buffalo
and the skins are much superior those
OF the full-bIoodcd buffalo, the fur be-
ing finer and longer aud of the un-
form scal-brown color. Thcy are
worth from 800 to $3.50 apiece, but
one skin he got $3.50 for. The meat
Is at least so per cent finer than buffalo
meat, partaking OF the wildness OF that
animal and the high blood OF the poll
ed cattle.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-09
How n Hurts Farmers.

Under the Mckinley tariff the
farmer may take 500 worth Of
wheat to Liverpool and exchange
II for 800 worth Of goods. But IL
he brings the goods back be is stop
ped at the custom house and taxed
s5c on them. He must part with
another $50 worth Of wheat before
he can get his 500 worth Of goods.
That is, he must give $3.50 worth of
wheat for 800 worth Of goods. I'm
der flee trade he could get his 800
worth of goods for 800 worth of
wheat, and have $50 worth Of wheat
left to exchange for other goods or
10 invest. Now, doesn't the farm
er think that with wheat at its pres
cut price il would stand him in
hand to try the free trade plan for
awhile ? Doesn't he think he could
survive little longer if he could
keep the whole OF that wrelchedly
low price instead of having one
third of il taxed away from him ?
He ought at least to be willing TO
try the experiment and fnd out
whether there is any truth in the
two fundamental rules Of arithme-
tic.-Chicago Herald.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-09
There Must be a Change.

The present experience of the south
with cotton, says the TImes-Democrat,
is convincing IL of the necessity ol
some change in It's agricultural policy.
We have been able to get along with
cotton at present prices, and have bare
ly done so, but the south cannot enjoy
full prosperity without an improve
meni OF some kind. The old text, 'cul-
tivatc more food crops, which tho press
has lectured on so long must again be
taught. There has been some improve
ment in this respect, but that il has not
been as complete as 1t should have
been we all see. Compared with
1860 the cotton crop has doubled, but
the corn crop of the central cotton
states has not yet touched the figures
of 1860. This explains, to a large ex-
tent, WIZ cotton is low, and why the
southern farmers arc not more goncr-
ally prosperous. Those who have fully
accepted the warnings of the press aud
devoted more time to raising food pro-
ducts arc able to to realize how much
il means for this section, but the others
have much 10 complain of.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-09

The remark or great American
statesman, seventy years ago, that 9thc
greatest want Of civilized society is q
market for the sale and exchange of
the surplus of tho produce of the labor
of its mcmbors," was never as true of
any people as OF our own. There
Is not one OF our leading industries
that can find free and healthful play
within the limits OF our homo market.
Capital can combine and often does
combine, TO keep down production to
the paying demands OF that market,
but this Is done at the expense of the
homo consumer and TO the hurt of the
home lab0rcr. From the consumer Il
must gather profits enough to make
up for the ldleness of part of the
year or part OF its plant. From the
laborer II must take employment for
part OF the year or for part its plant.
Even under present burdens many
OF our producers are forcing their en-
try into other markets. With free
materials more OF them could do 80.
II Is most irrational and absurd out
cry that In so doing they may incur
the hazard of snrrendering the rich
aud reliable home markets for an un-
certain and less profitable outside
market. The ability of any industry
TO invade the--markets Of other coun-
tries implies its ability to hold the
markets of its own country against the
same competitors, aud 1t is a mockery
to talk of over production as long as
there are so many millions of hungry
people to feed aud so many millions of
ill-nlad people to clothe, aud only law
of congress to forbid that exchange of
the products of labor by which both
ourselves aud they could enjoy more
of the goods and necossaries Of liie.-l
Congressman Wslsoh in the Forum.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-09
Mexican AntIuuItiss.

Some interesting discoveries have
been made in the course of recent
excavations in the district Of Tlaxi-
AGO, state of Oaxaca, Mexico. A
number OF small metal images were
uncovered by the workmen in one
o. the oldest ruins a few days ago.
The images represent people OF ori-
entail appearance and dress, as we'll
as priests in their robes of sacrifice.
They bear hieroglyphics ofunknown
characters and are elaborately
wrought, with fine art lines shown
in every curve. The images found
thus far are of gold, either wholly
or in part, and are coated with some
unknown enamel, which has pre-
served them from all harm in the
many years they have been buried
in the soil. They will probably be
shipped TO the National Museum in
the city of Mexico, where they will
be placed at the disposal OF the scien-
titic world for further study. The
find is the most important of the
year in the domain Of antiquities,
and preparations are now being
made to conduct complete explora.
tion of the Tlaxiaco ruins for furth.
er evidence of the ancient civiliza-
tion which is known to have -four.
ished in southern Mexico. o.-PIcay-
une.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-09

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The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-09

JACKSON, Miss. FEB. %. 1904
Capt. William w. Moore,
Port Gihann. Miss.


Capt. William w. Moore,
Port Gibson, Miss.
My DEAR SIR: Il have your eE-
ieemed favor oflhe cath inst. dated
from Vicksburg, in which you in
form me that some friends in Clai-
borne county wish to know il /
would consent t0 be a candidate for
congress ut Ihe next election.
II gralifies me TO know that /
have been thought of for SD dis
tinguished n position from so many
parts Of the district and, especially,
from Claiborne, where my personal
acquaintance is not very extended.
/ have heretofore well matured
the matter and concluded not 10
be in the race. Not being favored
by the accident OF fortune, il would
be, in a practical sense, very fool
ish in me to embark in politics,
though, ii | had abundant mtans, /
should appreciate political honors
from the people OF my state as much
as any man in it. Besides this, j
have friends who are aspirants from
several counties, and two from this,
who are my neighbors, and / have
great disinclination to be placed
in position hostile to men | like.
After all there is little in this life
except the good will OF friends and
the happiness of home.
However, all these considerations
would go for naught, and l would
serve cheerfully from a sense of
duty if my services were esteemed
by ms to be necessary, or II /
thought they would conduce more
10 the public good than the selec-
ton of another. This can not be
the case in the present instance be-
cause the people will have an op-
porlunity to choose from several
efficient men who are honest. capa-
BILE, and would be true 10 their trust.
In this connection il is proper 10
say further that, while a bimetal-
list, I stand among those who ap
prove cordially both the admins
trations OF Mr.. Cleveland, and stand
among those who believe in his
statesmanshIp, his great qualities,
and his entire devotion TO the inter-
est of the masses of the people. / i
regard him as bimetallist ON the
only tenabIe ground, and regard |
the war against him rs a great Dem.
ocratic blunder, and do not care,
for nay OsCR advancement, TO engage, |
as an aspirant, in the factional
struggle in the ranks of the Demo-
cratic party which is impending,
because can accomplish more for
my convictions in the canvass dis
from personal candidacy.
Silver has certainly nothing to
expect from Republicans, and il
seems unwise to insure their sue
cess by splitting the Democratic
party, which, in my judgment, is
the only hope Of permanent pros
perity.
1t is gratifying that, while the
Mississippi senators and represent
atives have been forced to differ
from Mr.. Cleveland in some of his
recommendations, they have done
so without making any attack on
his Integrity Of purpose.
Very truly, your friend,
s. S. CALHooN.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-09
Deep Hole.

The deepest boring Of which We
have any knowledge up 10 the pres
ent time is at Parvschowitz in west
ern Silesia. The depth attained Is
6, ,66S feet, and the diameter of the
hole is only 2.75 inches. The work
has been temporarily stopped in or
der to lower special Thermometers,
which have been made with great
accuracy, into the hole, for the pur-
pose Of obtaining the temperature
at different depths. The boring
will then be resumed, and it is
hoped that the depth of $500 feet
will be reached.-Ex.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-09
Disastrous Season For Cattle Feeders.

A late dispatch from Austin, Tex
as, says:
"This season a great many beeves
have been fattened here for east
ern markets, and during the past
month a large number have been
shipped, the shippers losing large
sums on their consignments. A
prominent shipper says he lost e400
on a shipment of only ninety head,
and bis list shows that certain ami
mails be was offered $50 a head for
here at home only netted him fifty
cents each in Chicago. He and
other shippers contend that specu-
lators in the big markets keep
themselves posted as TO cattle being
fed, and knowing how long feeders
can hold them, refuse 10 buy until
the feeders are forced to sell, when
the spectators make their own
prices. Feeders here too are fall
ing out with cotton-seed meal and
hulls, saying their beeves in transit
lose flesh rapidly and look fabby
and bad on reaching their destina-
tion. Thus far this season has been
very disastrous TO feeders"
The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-09

@Perhaps you wonld not think so.
but n very large proportion OF dis
eases in New York comes from care
lessness about catching cold" Gays
DIR. Cyrus Edison. 1t IL such 8 sim
pie thing and so common that very
few people, unless it Is a case OF
pneumonia, pay any attention to g
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
Ieet Of the simplest precaution OF ev-
cry day life. The most sensible ad-
vice Is, when you have one get rid OF
il az soon as possible. BY all means
do not neglect it-7 DIR. Edison does
not tell you bow 10 cure q cold but
we will. Take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. Ii will relieve the lungs
aid expectoralion. open ihe sscretions
and soon effect permanent cure. -
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