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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-07-25

A Georgia Convict Kills Himself on
Eve of Pardon.

A Georgia Convict Kills HimseiI on
Eve of Pardon.
ATLANTA. GA Porter Stocks, con-
Wet in the penitentiary camp at Mine.
ola Ga, walked in the dining room OF
the camp physician Friday, picked up
! nistol and Shot himself. Stocks was
oprominet young Atlantian and was sent
~ the penitentiary for five years ID
1899 for killing Alf Cassin, his intimate
friend. just before shooting himself
stocks handed his watch to DR.. Howell,
the camp physician. "Good-by, sara
stocks He walked out on the porch
and fred at his own heart His death
occurred Saturday morning Hls iftner
savs that he mas petition ready to pre-
sent TO the governor asking for his son
rardon. Some Of the strongest lnfiu-
snees in the State were behind the apph-
cation for pardon. No cause Is assign
ed for his desire to commit suicide.
stocks father was once the weaitniest
coal dealer here, but spent all ne hho 70
save his sons life.
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ALEXANDRIA PUBLIC BUILDING.
STATE ENCASIPMENT.
Tully a Thousand Troops I'm Camp or
TO Arrive.

TO Arrive.
CoLUMBUs, Miss. = AT sunrise We'd
nesday, gun was fired and camp John
NJ. Stone was formally opened in this
city. The camp is in charge of Capt.
II. X. Bailey, United States army, who
was detailed by the war department.
The following infantry companies are
in camp: Columbus Rifiemen, Colum-
bus; Queen City Guards, Columbus;
yicksburg Southrons, Yicksburg;
Natclez Rifles, Natchez; Walthall
Guards, Meridian; Eflisville Rifles,
Ellisville; Henry Light Guards, Aber-
deem; Corinth Rifles, Corinth; Noxubee,
Rifles, Macon; jeff Davis Volunteers,
Fayette; West Point Rifles, West Point;
Cadet Rifles, A.. & NJ. College; Caledo-
lia Rifles, Caledonia; Issaquena
Guards, Mayersville; Bolton Rifles,
Bolton. The following batteries:
Columbus Light Artillery, Columbus;
Warren Light Artillery, Vicksburg;
Thornton Artillery, Pass Christian;
Gulf Coast Guards, Biloxi. The fol-
lowing cavalry: Prairie Guards, Craw-
ford; Oktibbeha Guards, Sessum.
There are about one thousand troops in
camp. This will be the largest gather
ing of State tr7eDs ever known In the
gfefe
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BLOODY AFFRAY.
Two Men and a Woman Killed at q
Tennessee Picnic.

Two Men and a Woman kiiled at
Tennessee Picnic.
NASHVILLE, TENN.-A special to the
American from Gallatin, Tenn, says:
One of the bIoodiest tragedies ever wit
messed in this county took place Satur-
day at a picnic in the northern part OF
this county, in which. three persons lost
their lives West Dixon. OF this place,
carried his wife, who is woman OF BAD
character, to the picnic and soon after
a fuss arose which was soon a pitched
battle. Dixon and wife took seat IN
a wagon and when William Davidson
man some go years Of age, was passing
the wagon Dixon drew his pistol ana
without warning shot him through the
head. killing him on the spot. lie ana
wife broke to run and crowd OF ten
or fifteen of Davidson's friends started
in pursuit, shooting at them at every
opportunity. Finally Dixon feil 70 the
ground mortally wounded, having been
Shot several times His wife was also
shot twice. being fatally wounded
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A WIFE BEATER KILLED.
A kentucky Brute Slain While Whip
ping His Wlfc--She May Die.

ping His Wife--She May DIE.
LOUISVILLE, KY. A special tc
the Times from Sergent, Ky, says
rhe first double murder in Pike coun.
ty for several years and most horri-
bic one, occurred Thursday morning
on Russell Fork of Big Sandy river,
near Fish Trap, in quarrel between
John Matney, a well-known and infu-
ential citizen, and Will Thacker, a des
perate character. Matney came upon
Thacker brutally whipping his wife
with a club in the public road near
their home, with their infant children
crying and begging them to quit fight
ing. Matney ordered him to stop
beating his wife, VINO was then uncon-
scious, and he would not heed him but
continued beating her, when Matney
pulled him from his wife. Thacker
then pulled a dangerous knife from biz
pocket and cut Matney quite seriously
about the arms. Matney opened fire
on him in self defense, shooting him
three times, once in the head, arm and
breast, from which he died in few
seconds by the side of his unconscious
wife, who it is thought, viii also die.
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ADDITIONAL REINFORCEMESTs.

MADRID, SPAIN-Six additional bate
ries of artillery will be sent to Cuba
during the present month, and during
the month of September reinforce
ments to the number Of 80, 900 troops
will be dispatched to that island under
the command of Poland Via.
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.,,relgn's Order 10 Boycott n. . onal
n,nk Notes Discusscd.--Civll Ser
,,ee Rules 10 be Applied 20 Pension
,.snrics. ---Cuban Cigar Makers
llust Co
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scHlLa President DRAKE Vus-PnsIdst wpERsuH Cashier
PORT GIBSON BANK
PORT GIBSON, MISSISSIPPI
Capital Stock $4,000 90

DIREoroRsWm Calm, Harding j. W. Person J McC Martin
? DraGe w W @ Guthrie Byron H. Levy n Walker shlg
National Bank York. Delta Trust and
banng Company Vicksbug Union National Bank York
VIII do general banking business Will
Will negotiate loans
eocno payment Of taxes other business
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naa i,s to be returned to Gray Gablaa q,
ssocelncation. The order applies - -
~, lv'einen IN the executive departmerts
me me extension covers all the emnIo,,aos
ovo IN number, in the pension aoenc;a, cio,
OF the country. These wera clesa;e &c, (
On July ! 10y the Secretary of the Int.
rlor and their salaries equalized Tbere
ale eighteen agencies, located nj Ar.
eusta' Me-, Boston, Buffalo. Cbicaao
columbus, o., Concord. n n ne,
Moines' Detroit, Indianapolis Rno~
VILE, Louisville, NIilwaukee New VI WI
Sl'y' Philadelphia, Pittsburr. San
City. ' washington
ADVERSE TO THE GOVERNMENT.
IL is said at the treasury build;no tho.
secretary Carlisle intends TO take an
appeal to the courts from the decision
"a 'he Board of General Appraisers IN
the case Of the New York sugar imnort-
eis' which was decided adversely r. tbo
government in New York This il tho
matter which has been pending beforo
secretary Carlisle for several months
ana on which adverse action could have
neeh avoided If he had but disposed of
the case long ago. As il turned ont
tne matter was taken before the Gener.
al appraisers, in another case. and their
decision was that the government had
no authority to impose fines upon the
importer for failure to specify the full
value OF the sugar on the shippers in
voice. The board decided, however
that the importer should paw duty ON
the basis of the polariscope test at the
port Of entry.
CUBAN CIGAR MAKERS MUST GO.
Commissioner General Stnmnf of
the Immigration Bureau, Saturday
sent telegram to Inspector Bethel. at
Tampa, Fla, instructing him in case
the Plant Steamship Company still re-
fuses to deport Cuban cigar makers
recently ordered deported under the
warrant OF the Secretary of the Treas
ury, to consult the United States attor-
ney for the district, and direct the col /
lector at Key West 10 proceed against
the company under section 10 of the 4
immigration act, which provides pen
atty of $500 for each oGense. In case
The company makes the point that il
cannot be required to deport the men
rom Tampa, they having landed them
It Key West.
ALEXANDRIA PUBLIC BUILDING.
Assistant Secretary Wicke has suspend
ID action upon the repairs to be made
n the Alexandria LA. courthouse and
lostofiice until the return Of Secretary
curtis, who is expected to be here this
week. 1t will be remembered that the
ettliDg of the foundation had caused
assures to form in each corner of the
'uil ling, and the purpose Of the con-
ractor was to take down each corner
n order to repair it. Secretary Wicke
wants Secretary Curtis to pass upon
his recommendation Of the supervising
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Letter From
Hon. ]. McC. Martin,

PORT GIBSON Mss. December
Mr. NJ Sear Special Agent Mutual Association cks
burg Miss:
My DEAR SRI have carefully inspected policies written
by When first delivered points
contract as Objectionable but submitted yourself
You promptly forwarded them to the Home Office The president
ny ms signature took the
al q them to satisfaction The policies contain only such safeguards
essential to the security Of all the policy holders II differs respect
policies written by the old line
while the security the assured equally the old
premiums almost twice The
this kind of insurance. and
proportions to be Of tie faithful
the Much has written published
detrimental but investigations
exgerans and the Of either
mendng and the policies writes With knd
yerg truly yours j. McC MARTIN.
few figures showing yourself per annually
your life insurance:
EXAMPLE:
Policy $4,000. Age
Would cost in old system company 1913
Annual cost IN Mutual Reserve 162 90
~
Annual amount during expectation Of life
pound interest would amount to $1,000 90
Correspondence invited
Thos. M. Searles, Special Agent.
p. o. Box 81, Vicksburg; Miss.
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WASTED WORDS.
Tremendous Loss Which Results from the
Use OF Silent Letters.

SSc VI ASttSIS.
when a nation noted, for it's Ian
guage for the first time" says NJ. Novi-
COW, a French writer. ut made pure
phoneticism, since 1t had no reason to
do the contrary. But spoken languages
modities every day. BY the fact even
that 1t is incorporated in something
material, the sign written languages
has more fixity. Too often nations
consider the photography of their faith
ers as something extremely holy. They
think they are committing sacrlege by
accommodating 1t to the needs of present
times. Then, little by little, writing be-
comes less and less phonetic, and final
ly arrives at the oldest alterations.
The same letters are pronounced in u
different manner, each sound is not rep
resented by an identical letter, and a
great number of letters cease to be pro-
nounced. These last constitute, there
fore, veritable waste. Without count
ing the silent sc" and the IS of the
plural, when they are required for
euphony, the French language con-
tains l3 per cent. of useless letters. Let
US calculate what their suppression
Woulu ILL., toiA thotSaiu ohN
eight hundred journals appear in the
French language. There Is perhaps an
average of 100000 letters in each of
them-the Petit Journal" contains
115, 900, the Figaro 122,0OO-and there
is an average of 100 numbers a year.
This gives los, 900, 600, 900 of letters in a
year, and of these the useless IA per
cent. make 100000, 900.
The composition. the correction and
the interlined words come to about $l20
for every 10000 letters. This makes a
useless expense of 81, ,9SS, 900 for the jour
nal printed in French alone. Those
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-16
Random Notes of
Life in London.
Some Interesting Sights Among the
Waxen Celebrities at Madame Tussaud's,

pottery and old Roman and Grecian
vases and lot of beautiful Etruscan
ware. We did only one more depart
ment and that was the rooms in which
the heather religions are illustrated,
all their holy books, their sacred altar
furniture and the clothes of their
priests. together with the ornaments to
be found in their temples, being dis
played. Those of Bhuddism, Brah-
minisni, Confucianism, Taorism, Shin
toism, and those other religions of In
dia, China and other pagan nations are
very handsome, their canopies and COW
erings for altars being stiff with gold
and silver embroiderings, and gaudy
with their bright colorings. The school
marin instinct must be strong within
me, for / again longed to have troop
Of history and geography pupils at my
heels, and to see them enjoy with me
the wonderful things to be seen here
and remembered ever afterward.
The morning of sightseeing quite
tired me out, as | dare say / walked
miles and miles, and looked at millions
OF things, and ! returned home to lunch
con with what Miss Radical calls a
British Museum headache and was
afflicted with aching joints and eyes
strongly in favor of the early closing
movement for whole day afterward.
But as | said before, | am going again
and again until / see it all.
Forthcoming Amuscments.
Monday l am going to the Eugene
Oudin Memorial concert at ST. James
hall. 1t is under the distinguished pat
ronage of II. X. H., the Princess Louise,
and his excellency, the American am
basador, and Madame Alboni is to sing,
as well as Madame Gomez, Bell Cole,
Ella Russell, Edward Lloyd, Benjamin
Davies, Lawrence Kellie, Signor Foil
and the Meister Glee singers. Lady
Halle will play violin; Chamirade and
Borevick will play pianoforte. So you
see what repast Of music / am antici-
pating.
| have been more busy this week and
have only had one little sip of dissipa-
tion, that being a dinner party where
everybody was much older and wiser
than | and most interesting and charm
ing as well. Sadie Kaiser.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-16

At this season everyone should take
a good spring medicine. Your blood
must be purified or you will be neglect
ing your health. There is a cry
from Nature for help, and unless there
Is prompt and satisfactory response
you will be liable to serious illness.
This demand can only be met by
the purifying, enriching and e..
Blood. .vItalizing
elements to be found in Hoods Sarsa.
parilla. That this is the best medicine
for you to take is proven by the fact
that it has the largest sales and accom-.
plishes the greatest cures of any medi.
cine in the world. 1t purifies the
blood, creates an appetite, builds up
the nervous system and reno....ss the
entire body. DO not be induccos - buy
anything else. Insist upon HOODS.
A Boys Life safed.
"I cannot praise Hoods sarsaparilla
enough for what It has donb for my boy
Some four years ago, when six years old,
George was attacked by hip disease in his
right leg. We had to get him pair OF
crutehes, with which hs,was able to move
about, but became badly deformed.. We
had to have his right leg lanced Just above
the knee. In few weeks second sore
broke out, both discharging freely. Agon-
izing pains afflicted him, he could not bear
to be moved, his growth was stopped and
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printed in the English language are
more numerous (there are 10000, and
they are larger. We must estimate the
number of their letters at least at 150,-
900 on an average. AS the number of
useless ones is II per cent. the same
calculation gives loss Of nearly $70O0.-
900 yearly for journals in the English
language. But press work and compo-
sition are not all. Useless letters also
take up paper. If each paper averages
1000 copies we have an over-eXpense of
$l5,60O,O0O for paper for English and
s3,6OOOO0' for paper for French jounr-
mails.
But that is not all, either. The text
must have been written before going to
press. A person can write as many as
1000 letters in an hour. The $4,000, ,00O,-
600 of letters in French and English
newspapers require, then, 100000
hours, that is to say, 100000 days work.
Estimate the work of journalists at So
day. on an average, and we have an
expenditure of $45O0,00O So you see in
all there Is loss for French, English
and American papers alone of 32,60O,-
00G per annum."
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March April May
Are Months in Which to
Purify Your Blood
the Best Purifier is
Hoods sarsapari||a
Vialzes and Eniches the Blood
and Enriches the Blood.

"My mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth
Wolfe, at the age of ~ years, was at
tackled with II violent form of salt
rheum; it spread all over her body,
and her hands and limbs were dreadful
to look ut. At the same time, my
little daughter Clara, who was just one
year old, was attacked by similar
disease, like scrofula. 1t appeared in
Large Sores
under each side of her neck; had the
attendance of the family physician and
other doctors for long time, but
seemed to grow worse. 1 read of
many people cured of scrofula by
Hoods Sarsaparilla. AS soon as we
gave Hoods Sarsaparilla. to Clara, she
began to get better, and before the first
bottle was gone, the sores entirely
healed up and there has never been
any sign of the disease since. She is a
Hoaithy Robust Child.
Her grandmother took Hoods Sarsa-
parilla at the same time, and the salt
rheum decreased in its violence and
perfect cure was soon effected. Ittook
about three months for her cure, and
she ascribes her good health and
strength at her advanced age to Hoods
Sarsaparilla. II has certainly been u
Godsend to my family Mrs. SOPHIA
WOLFE, Zalcski, Ohio.
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Saturday Reflections.

whether this little episode, despite all its
shrieking stacatto and fanfaronade, Is
really to be invested with the trappings CT
an epoch marking event. To us there Is
q suggestion that when the cruel war Is
over, not the least considerable of the
spoils will be precious deal of good, juicy
advertising for which the respective bene-
ficiaries will have neglected to pay so
much as one vulgar cent.
All of which shows that the late Phineas
Tecumseh Barnum was not the blooming
hayseed that he looked when he observed
that the American people love to be hum
bugged.
The proceedings of license court this
week have not been conducive to the hope
that LackaWanna county Will soon take
its place beside those fortunate counties
which have wiped out the drink evil In
the extent and variety of its liquid thirsts,
this particular portion of the common
wealth Is evidently still several degrees
removed from an ideal civilization. But
though the number of necessary" dis
pensaries of the fluid which begetteth jags
is still somewhat considerable, there is
eminent authority for the belief that
drunkenness, in Its per capita prevalence,
is on the decline. Scrantonians of twenty
years ago, contrasting the condition OF
things then with the conditions of today,
tell me that the progress of the commun-
ity upward toward temperate Indulgence,
If not even sobriety, is very perceptible.
Then, rows and brawls were numerous
even in the central wards, while the spec
tacle was not uncommon of drunken men
stretched in bestial surrender athwart the
travelled sidewalks. Now, the former are
rare, and the latter sight is not to be seen
at all. The requirements of employers
today are more rigid; intoXication carries
with 1t more of the sense of disgrace and
the liquor that men drink is milder and
less dynamic. All in all, If we are not
hustling forward with electrical velocity,
we are at least not standing stone still.
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There came to these shores, some
months ago a Frenchman who had
achieved a degree of eminence at home,
by the writing of several novels of atten-
uated intelligence. This man was NJ. Paul
Bourget. After brief Study of Amer
lea, covering a few weeks of observation
from hotel windows and car seats. NJ.
Bourget proceeded to write his impress
sions' of the native Yank. Among the OBJ
servations which he confided to the public,
for q consideration, was this one: II sup
pose life can never get entirely dull to an
American, because whenever he can't
strike up any other way to put in his time,
he can always get away with a few years
in trying to find out who his grandfather
was" which being interpreted, means that
some few Americans are bowling snobs.
The main point to this remark, however,
lies in the fact that ii was NJ. Bourgeois re-
payment for the exuberant hospitality OF
his American entertainers; Gallo recip-
rocation of the lionizing which certain
foolish fellow -citizens saw fit to bestow
upon him during the course Of his short
sojourn among us. Meant to be smart"
1t succeeded in being only caddish and un-
mannerly, having not even the merit of
novelty in its small favor 1t would how
ever never have been noticed, but for one
thing. That thing was the eagle eye of
that ardent patriot and jealous son-of-
freedom, the honorable Mark Twain.
-
Twain's sensitive spirit took offense ut
Bourgeois fling, and Twain accordingly hit
back The blow If inelegant was at
least forceful. Bourget had only spared
for points. Mark Twain struck out "for
keeps" He said: II reckon a French
mans got his little standby for dull
time, too, because when all other inter-
ests fail, he can turn in and see if he can't
find out who his father was" We will
frankly admit since one must take sides,
that this reply was cruel. 1t carried the
argument from plane Of flippant i'm
pertinence down to one of sweeping in
suit. 1t generalized France from the view
point of the Partisan bouley ards. AS well
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might Bourget, for example, have meas
ured all Scranton by the standard of ethics
and morals which obtains in, portions of
Oakford court. The Frenchman was
showing off his impertinence, for which
American editors were foolish enough to
pay him money. Mark Twain In his re-
sentiment at d small innuendo which was
really of no consequence, jumped clear
over the bounds of propriety and perhaps
without really realizing it, hurled an in
suit upon the entire French nation, touch
Ing matter of the utmost delicacy.
Bourgeois offense could have been, with
entire proprety, ignored as of insigniti-
canoe. Twain's rejoinder, on the other
hand, carried the war into Africa, wound
ing thousands of non-combatants.
But there appears, of a sudden. third
figure In the drama, to wit, one Monsieur
Blouet, otherwise known by the pen-name,
Max O'Rell. Painting, pulling and sput-
tering, this modern knight de la Gascogny
rushes into the lists, loudly proclaiming
himself the furious champion of scandal
lied French mothers. He heralds his com>
ing In the newspapers. coupling 1t with
blood curdling hints, and he soon after
ward realizes Ii to the extent of several
pages in the current North American Re-
view. O'Rell is fulsome-almost Kendall
esque-in his fiattery of his dear Ameri-
can friends" who have so literally con-
ttibuted Of their dirty dollars to his re-
fined and aristocratic needs; but he must
in all graciousness remind them that the
percentage of illegitimate children is only
seven in wicked Paris to nine in their own
New York, fifteen in Chicago and heaven
knows what in San Francisco. To this
clincher he adds perfervid enconia for
Mrs. Gallia and epithets for the aforesaid
Mark Twain, all Of which is of a certain
interest If the first yawp of nervous
French cad, when followed by the answer
ing, and let 1t be admitted. the vicious
growl of a Yankee mastiff, is to be deemed
Of sufficient Importance 10 warrant Il show
down of international morals. We have
glimmerings of a nascent doubt, however,