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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-10-26
Low Price Of Cotton Seed.

In order TO arrive at a true and
correct understanding as to why the
price of cotton seed should be placed
at such a low figure in the Memphis
district as we'll as elsewhere, the
COmmercial.Appeal has intervie we'd
the oil men of that city on the sub
iect, and the result is summed up
as follows:
'Now as to the cause of the big
decline. In the first place, and
generally, il is natural that while
every other department OF trade, and
other products are depressed and at
much lower figure than in 1893,
cotton seed and the mills must also
be affected and cannot retain the
high mark of a year ago. There
will be nearly 80 per cent more
seed offered for sale this season
than last year, say the mill men,
and the best grade of long cotton
being quoted at its present distress
ing figure, practically destroys all
demand for the lint cotton taken
from the seed, Of which the mills
were wont 10 derive a dollars worth
from every ton of seed. Now the
value is hardly half so much.
"The products Of the oil mills are
bringing nothing like the market
prices quoted one year ago. Cot
tonseed oil sells now for twenty
cents per gallon in contrast to 80
in 1898, and mea! is at present
worth but SIC a ton, whereas it
brought $40 at the corresponding
period last year. The decline in
oil is largely produced by the de-
preston in the lard market. Genu-
inc lard has been falling off q little
each day for quite a while now, and
as the price Of real hog lard falls,
the various compounds of cotton
seed oil must be sold at a CORES
pondingly lower figure in order to
secure any sale at all, for men will
buy pure lard always when its price
and that of the compound are prac-
tically the same. Accordingly the
product Of The oil mills is depreci.
ated.
"Now then, say the oil men, TAX
ing into consideration the greatly
increased supply of seed this year,
the low price of ordinary cotton and
the resulting depreciation of lint to
nm alnnoak valualaco mint. ranoaro
bering, too, the fall in and the pres
ent price Of the mill products-oil
and meal-and then taking $15 per
ton as the natural and legitimate
price Of seed in 1893, il will be found |
that the proportion between the
price now and the price then, and
between conditions now and then
will be proper. Surely no charges
Of conspiracy can rest upon the oil
mills and their owners in the light
Of these facts, say the mill men,"
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Mr.. J. II. Wallace, a well-known
Mississippi farmer, who is now six
" years old, contributes bit Of an
ti-calamity information to the Kos
ciusko Star with the Introductory
remark:
Il am now nearly sixty years
old, and from the time can re-
member there has arisen once in a
while a cry Of bard times" and he
supposes the same cry will not fail
70 be heard from time 70 time. for.
ever. lie then proceeds to show bv
actual figures that the cotton pro-
ducsr is not really as bad of as the
calamity h0wlers would have him
appear TO be. He first gives a copy
OF a bill Of goods he purchased in
Kosciusko in 1882, FOR which he paid
IN cotton at II cents a pound. Fol.
lowing this table he gives what the
same bill Of goods would have cost
him in 1894, with cotton at 6 cents
pound. For easy comparison The
Register consolidates the two tables
given by Mr.. Wallace, with tho pri.
ces OF 1882 and 1894, rs follows:
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Kiss me, and say good-by;
Good-by there is no word 10 say but this,
Nor any lips left for my lips 10 kiss,
Nor any tears 20 shed when these tears dry;
Kiss me and say good by.
Farewell, be glad, forget;
There Ia no need to say "forget," know,
For youth is youth, and lime VIII have IL 80
And though your lips are pale and your eyes
wet,
Farewell, you must forget.
You shall bring home your sheaves,
Many and heavy, and with blossoms twined
OF memories that 60 not out OF mind
Let this one sheaf be twined with poppy leaves,
When You bring home your sheaves.
In garnered loves Of thine,
The ripe good fruit OF many hearts and years,
Somewhere let this lie gray and salt with
tears.
II grew too near the sea-wind, and the brine
or life, this love Of mine.
This sheaf was spoiled in spring,
And oyer-long was green and early sere,
And never gathered hold In tho late year
From autumn suns, aud moons OF harvesting,
But failed in frosts Of spring.
Yet was Il thine, my sweet,
This love, though weak as young corn with
cred.
Whereof no man m ay gather and make bread,
Thine, thoughit never knew the summer heat ;
Forget not quite, my sweet.
-Alldrsp Lang.
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Endorsement Of the MUTUAL LIFE


Port Gibson Miss, January 18th, 1893.
Messrs G. McIaurin Bernard Forster Special Agents
II affords me pleasure recommend your in the high
terms With US Of the estate OF John Iaylode
ceased has entirely honest and honorable in every respect full
6Iro every promise and obligation the first regular
In which my father would further state that the
bort going the the effect that The Mutual Lie held the
due the requested that we take out additional su
ance instead is entirely without foundation haeyer Yours was
M o or several father insured that made
proofs and paid claim without expense consider Inc Mutual
ife one OF the VERY companies in every respect
Most Respectfully j. M. .tnH LIZ = IN
tt etf TT a Executor OF the Estate Of John p Taylor
The false reports circulated by friends and agents OF other COM
r AGAINST The Mutual Life proves their inability cope with the
oldest largest and best company in the world
o007 e H c. McLAURIN Special Agent
et asANnH2 Port Gibson, Miss, January I7th 1894
H. G.,cackaurin, Special Agent: 49, ,,., 4,e ro
Nrv heavy line Of insurance in The Mufua ne insurance
- e ~ York and find its methods fully to the most advanced
in life insurance take pleasure in recommending your COM
anv tothe nsuring public Respectfully j. AacCs
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We have received from a distin.
guished Georgian the following brief
but pointed communication:
We are often told nowadays that
wheat, corn and other farm products
were never so cheap, and that il
all comes from currency legislation
adverse to the agricultural interest,
Is this true?
l was reading to-day a "Memoir of
S s. Prentiss, edited by his broth
er, Mr.. G.. L. Prentiss. This book
contains many letters Of the great
orator. Among others | find one
dated August %, 1927, written to his
mother from Cincinnati in which he
says, "Corn is sold for ten or twelve
cents a bushel and wheat for
twenty"
Are corn and wheat that low now /?
Did we have any "Gold-bug" legisla-
ton in 1927? INQUIRER.
The above query is respectfully sub
mitted to the local calamity howler,
which contends that the suspension
Of silver coinage has driven the price
OF cotton down 10 the present figure.
While the calamity howler is on the
stand we would like 10 ask it il what
il terms ''gold bug legislation" is re-
sponsible for the fact that Georgia
has more provisions than she can eat
In a year, the South, for the first time
in her history, is selling corn to the
West and that the condition OF the a.
verage southern farmer is better than
It has been for thirty years. Atlanta
Journal.
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This is the actual experience Of a
farmer as reported by himself
When the totals are examined re-
markable coincidence is found. Tn
1882 il required 1868 pounds Of cot
ton at IL cents TO pay the bill and
in 1894 1t required 364 pounds Of
cotton at 6 cents to pay ii.
The free and unlimited 16 10 |
silverite will argue that this co:nci-
dence is to he explained by the fact
that silver has also declined in val
ue or, as they now commonly put
it. because gold has appreciated in
value. The very patent fact that
the price Of silver has not declined
in the same proportion with agri-
cultural products is something
which the silveriles ignore. They
point with pride to their argument
that both silver and products have
declined and that the alleged de-
monelization OF silver has been the
cause.
The Register has called the atten-
tion Of the silver cranks TO the very
simple fact that If cotton had fallen
no more in price than silver the
cotton producer would now be get
ting 10 cents a pound for cotton.
No silvarite has yet attempted to
answer this. There is no other an
swer but what IS found in the plain
everyday statement that both are
governed by the law Of supply and
demand. II a free coinage law had
been passed by the extra session Of
congress in August n year ago, and
the price of silver had been forced
up to its par value, Sl.29 an ounce,
a figure 100 per cent higher than its
present commercial value, no man,
other than q fool, would claim that
cotton would be selling in Mobile
to-day at III cents a pound yet
this idioiic argument is constantly
used by silVerites and unfortunate
", such argument finds favor with
some gullible people. Mobile Reg
Ister.
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From the bleak room her sad glance turned
without.
Naught there but stony streets with winter
gray;
Yet Ger = neighboring housetop, hemmed a
bout
BY beetling walls that shut the sun away,
A tree uplifted bare boughs 10 the air.
withered hope that might grow green and
fair.
''Yon tree" abe said, "shall be my calendar,
And give me back the Spring. Thus shall
know
When fern fronds dipin streams that flow afar,
And dogWood 'boughs are white, and roses
glow
Whel honeysuckle weaves its golden bower,
And May-time laughs, and all the worlds in
flower"
But when the sky smiled blue. the breeze grew
soft,
And hush Of sunset made the vide air shine,
Still the tree raised its naked b0ughs aloft,
And 10 the sunshine's call returned no sign.
Not all the witchery OF warmth and light
Could bring renewal TO It's hopeless blight.
-. Il. w, ia Times Democrat.
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There is no medicine so often need
cd in every home and 80 admirably
adapted to the purposes for which it
is intended, as Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. Hardly a week passes but
some member OF the family has need
of it. A toothache or headache may
be cured by it. A touch Of rheuma-
tism or neuralgia quieted. The Sc
we're pain of a burn or scald prompt
lv relieved and the sore healed IN
much less time than when medicine
has TO be sent for. A sprain may be
promptly treated before inhamma-
ton sets in. which insures cure IN
about one-third Of the time otherwise
required. Cuts and bruises should
receive immediate treatment before
the parts become swollen, which can
only be done when Pain Balm is kept
at hand. A sore throat may be cured
before it becomes serious. "A trouble
some corn may be removed by ap-
plying il twice O day for q week or
two. A lame back may be cured and
several days OF valuable time saved
Dr. a pain in the side or chest relieved
paying a doctor bill. Pro
cure a fifty cent bottle at once and
gou will never regret it. For sale by
Dr.. w. ID. Redus.
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Odds and Ends.

Odds and Ends.
II a man received three dollars A
day, and saved every cent of II. one
thousand years would elapse before
he could be master Of a million.
The Bank Of England is the most
extensive banking institution in the
world. II employs over 1000 clerks
and the buildings cover eight acres.
The largest known flower is the
rafflesia, an extraordinary parasite
OF the forest trees Of Sumatra, which
measures three feet in diameter, and
weighs 10 pounds. The odor is
that Of tainted meat.
Only two per cent Of the sea is in
cluded inside depth of 500 faith
oms, while seventy-seven per cent
lies between 500 and 300 fathoms.
If the land were filled into the hol-
lows, the sea would roll over the
earth's crust to a uniform depth Of
two miles.
The ancient therapeutic method
Of licking the cornea, as dogs lick
the eyes OF their puppies, is still a
popular remedy in Greece. DR..
CJstomiiis, Of Athens, was lately
induced TO try it in a number Of Sc
rious cases, and reports marvellous
ly successful results.
It has been claimed that the yew
lives q thousand years, an age once
thought incredibly great; but to
the giant trees Of California must be
assigned life far exceeding a thou
sand years. The least estimate Of
their age is 1900 years, and some
place it at 1000 years.
Dry rot is a contagious disease Of
timber. Good authorities state that
it can be carried by saws and other
tools which have been in contact
with injected wood, and that such
transition and impregnation is often
the cause Of the mystfriously rapid
decay Of originally sound timber.
In q deer hunt in Tennessee, the
frightened animal turned suddenly
when the hounds were close at its
heels, and running up 10 one of the
hunters, tucked It's head under his
arm, as il for protection. No one
had the heart to kill the pleading
animal, and the hunt was aban-
doned.
The dreams Of the blind aie OF
great Importance. and the fact that
persons born blind never dream
of seeing, is established by tho in
vestigations of competent inquirers.
So far as we know, there is no proof
Of a single instance of a person born
blind ever in dreams lancying that
be saw.
Newspapers are the best things
for cleaning lamp chimusys. Put
the least bit of kerosene on a piece
when filling the lamps, then rub
the chimneys until they shine It
is more easily and more quickly
done than washing them in soap
suds, they look as we'll and are less
liable to crack.
A phy sician, speaking of the per.
feet health of the children in a New
York orphan asylum, said: "It is
easily explained. These children
have no mothers 10 pamper them
and spoil their little stomachs with
candies and other improper food.
Besides, they are fed and trained
systematically here, which fond
mammas often overlook"
In answer to the question,
"Where do sea birds get drinking
water pan old sailor says that he
has often seen them far out in the
ocean flying around and under storm
clouds, drinking the drops of water
as they fell, and chattering like
ducks 10 a pond. They smell a
rain-squall one hundred miles away
and fly for it with tremendous
sDeed.
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"Many Of the citizens Of Rainsyille
Indiana are never without q bottle OF
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the
house." says Jacob Brown, the lead
ing merchant Of the palce. This Re-
medy has proven Of 50 much value
for colds and Group in children that
few mothers who know its worth are
willing to be without it. For sale by
DR.. w ID. Redus.
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Respectfully soliclts Patronage.
University
MISSISSIPPI
I0rty-Third session opans Sent. 1sth.

m
Of tssenty.one y. schools. Departments
a.. science, Literature and Arts un-
Wa,I' 'Gl' vi corps Of able instructors.
mon. -, furnished y laboratories. Depart
Sba n' oi Law in charge of Hon. g. d.
lsrnnS5 lrauSs' School Of Pedagogy en-
ieaooI oIu and adapted to the needs Of
Looa.e:r LuerS IN the state. Expenses low
S11a'lon unexcelled in healthfulness.
man. rudia faculties for special work in
catalogue to - '"'O''""''o" "a
a.0o A'sERT 3. FULTON. Chancellor,
|O University. Miss.
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"I would rather trust that medi-
cine than any doctor I know of, says
Mrs. Hattie Mason, Of Chiffon, Carter
county, Mo-, in speaking Of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. For sale BY Dr.. W. d.
Redus.
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Most people enjoy tho music Of IN
lorest-beariDg notes.
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Children Cry for Pitchers Csstofs..
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THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

One Friend Left Mamma-If
yon are so naughty, Dorothy, no one
will love you. DorothY-Yes, man.
ma ; l know some one who will love
land the Bladder / am the more he
loves me. Mamma-Why, Dorothy,
whom do you mean? Dorothy-The
daviI
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asssll:s
tY lls,I
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AFRlCA's DIAMOND KING.
Enormous Fortune Gathered by One Mar
In the Kimberley District.

Enormous Fortune Gathered by One Man
In the Kimberley District.
d. 1. Barnato is the king OF Africa's
diamond fields, and is said to be the
wealthiest diamond miner In the world.
The story Of his career reads like a
page from the Arabian Nights"
BarnatO went to Cape Town In 1879,
comparatively poor man. Three
years later he bought the first claim
In what Is now the flOurishing town Of
Kimberley. the center Of the diamond
mining industry In Africa. The price
he paid for IL was inconsiderable.
In 1881 he owned four claims, which
he flOated into company for about
100000 q claim. He was now on q
sound financial basis. In 1884 he
bought another tract of land, paying
the highest price ever given in Kim.
berley. But he made from that spec.
ulati n alone SlOO,OOJ. With the mon.
ey now ut his command, he be an o y
Grafton, In diamond mining stocks.
His system was to amalgamate diff.
ferent mines and thereby centralize
capital. At the present time he rep
resents One.half of the diamond OK.
ports OF tho Kimberley mines. One can
estimate from Mr.. Barnato's holdings
what his income must be. Diamonds
Weighing ~. OOO, 900 carats, or seven and
half tons, have been found at Kimber.
ley since he purchased his first claim
In the rough, their aggregate value Is
$3.50, OOO,COU.
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Imitation Gold.

Ono Of tho journals devoted to the
jewell rs art says that, among the
many metallic substances empl ~ d
ut D. esent for producing metal close.
ly resembling gold, one OF the most
erfect as we'll as admirable imita.
uns 10 obtained by the following
process Ono hundred parts by
weight are taken OF pure copper, four
teen parts OF tin or zinc, BLK OF mag.
nesia, hfty.six Of sal.ammOniac,
eighteen OF Quicklime, aud nine OF
cream Of tartar. The copper Ia melt
ed, aud to this are successfully and
gradually added tho magnesia, sal.
amnlOniac, quicklime, aud cream Of
tarter, each by itself, In the form OF
powder. The whole Is stirred fol
half an hour. the zinc or tin being
added In small pieces, and stirring II
resumed and continued till the whole
Is melted, the cruiciblc being theu
covered and the mixture kept In q
molten condition for the period Of
thiity.ave minutes After this the
dross Is carefully and entirely re-
moved. ana the metal Is poured int(
mOulds. The substance thus pro
duced has q fine grain, IS Malleablc
aud does not easily tarnish.
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Ditlu't believe IL.

Proportionatcly to population, In.
diana has more money. to spend on
schools than any state In tho Union.
It was In Indiana, not 50 very long
ago, that the daughter of an old
White River farmer was reading tho
county paper to him. She had got to
the ''PersOnais," and red this:
"Mrs. Willie M0rritts. nee Black,
has returned from o visit to her par.
euts In indianapolis"
II don't quite understand that"
said tho old gentleman.
what don't you understand" In
Quired the daughter.
THAT part about "MrS Willie
Morrits nav Black WHAT docs that
nay black mean."
"Oh, that's french and means she
was born black"
"BOrn black" exclaimed the faith
or, excitedlv
Eyes; nee Is French for born"
well, II amt So" calculated the
old man, jumping up and shaking his
fist; l knOw,d her parents and the,
was as white as anybody that evel
lived In lndlanny, and I'll sec that
editor about It," but before he c0ulo
get away, the daughter explained
matters and the old gentleman cooled
down. "-k'ree Press.
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Mtsnaming q Child.

Not long ago u child was brought
to me for baptism, and when I asked
the father for the desired name, he
replied that 1t was Bathsheba, writes
tho Rev. Il. DE Witt Talmage, ID.
D., in "When Things are Against
Us" In the Ladies' Home Journal.
Now, why any parent should wish to
give to q child the name OF that in
famous creature OF Scripture times,
passes beyond my understanding. l
have often felt ut the baptismal altar,
when names were announced to me,
like saying, as did the Rev. Dr. Rich
ards Of MOrristOwn, New Jersey,
when q child was presented him for
sprinkling and the name given,
''Hadn't you better call it something
elseY' There Is no excuse for any
assault and battery on the cradle
when our language 10 Opulent with
names Dausical In sound and sugges.
tive In meaning, such as John, mean
ing 'rhe gracious gilt OF Cod; or
Henry meaning "the chief of q
household, or Alfred, meaning
"God 0nr.salvation"; or Nicholas,
meaning "vlHtory Of the people,; or
Ambrose. meaning 'immOrtai"; OF
And ew, meaning ''manly"; OF
Esther. meaLlng 20 STAR; Of Abb
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yermout,. First Mamie sugar.

Tho first maple sugar that was ever
made in Vermont was In Bennington in
March, 1863, the process taking place
in the first log cabin Of the first settler
Captain Samuel Robinson. IL Is not
known how many trees were tapped
from which the sap was obtained, nor
just where the sugar bush was located.
IL Is supposed, however, that the IN aples
grow along the hill which slopes sharp.
~ eastward from the old academy In
bennington Center.
The sap was caught In short sections
Of logs that had boon followed out TO
hold gallon or more. The season was
favorable for free run OF sap, tho
nights being frosty and the days still
and sunny. A small quantity only Of
sugar was made thirty or forty pounds
though a liquor cask Of good syrup
was obtained. Tho evaporation OF the
sap was performed In small domestic
iron kettles, purchased In Albany q
few weeks previously
The precise method Of tapping the
trees Is not known, though In some
cases in pre.llevolutionary times tho
ak, gouge and howell were used. This
Is all that Is known OF the history Of
the first sugar.making In Bennington,
and II Is singular fact that product
which formed SO important an article
OF diet with tho first settlers should re.
ceive no mention In tho preserved rec.
ords OF that time.
Tho only known source Of informa.
ton on tho subject Is In the diary Of
Hiram HARDWOOD, son OF Benjamin Har.
wo ID, who was the first child born In
Bennington. Mr.. Harwood's diary OK.
tends over twenty.six years. commenc.
ing In 1910, being q continuance OF MS
fathers diary begun In 1905. and Civ.
ing not only u minute record Of every
day OF life. but many facts relating to
the early history Of Bennington. The
facts relating to tho first sugar.making
were obtained In 1904 from Mrs. Marcy
Robinson, widow OF Captain Samuel
Robinson. Troy Times.
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Flying Fish.

Ofiicers OF the steamer Essex re-.
port Of q school Of tying fish In tho
kappahannOck River, virginia. Fly,
Ing fish swim In shoals varying In
number from dozen to q hundred or
more. They often leave the water ut
once, darling through the air In the
same direction for 100 yards or more,
aud then dcsc end to the water quick
ly, rising again, and then renewing
their flight Sometimes the dolphin
may 10 seen In rapid pursuit. taking
great leaps out OF the water, and
gaining upon its prey which take
shorter and shorter flights, valniy
trying to escape, until they sink ex.
hausted. Sometimes the larger sen
birds catch lying Dish in the air The
question whether the flying hsh use
their dns at all as wings IL not fully
decided. The power OF flight Is linz
tied to the time tho lis remain
mOiSt