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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1902-08-28

Mr.. j. S. Hawthorne, who is erecting
.ss.,-sts 4 5fftisee over Big black at FISH
er's Ferry, was IN town today aud re.
ports the work progressing we'll. All
materials except the cement hsve been
delivered AT the site. and the sinking Of
the central or pivot pier will commence
Tuesday or Wednesday Of next week.
This pier is seventeen feet in diameter,
and will require about four hundred
barrels OF cement TO make concrete to
fill It.
The entire bridge Is three hundred
and thirteen feet long. sixteen feet wide.
The central or swinging span, Is one
hundred and sixty-five feet long. The
only wood in the entire structure is the
floor, which is three in ches thick.
white oak.
The plans aud specifications for this
bridge we're made by Mr.. M. A. Stanton,
who will also supervise the erection.
This bridge will open up fine terri
tory for Vicksburg's merchants. and the
hoard of supervisors have shown most
excellent judgment in building it,
VicksburR Post.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1902-08-28

Z Mississippi and the eighth congress
sional district are to be congratulated
on the victory Of John Sharp Williams
In the triangular contest last Thursday.
Williams has brains IN the Uranium,
and ideas IN the thinking cells, aud
ideas rule the world.
Sugar culture will have to be aban-
doued IN Louisiana some day, and
claims are made that the lands are unfit
for any other agricultural products.
The Mississippi river plantations were
once indigo fields until disease Of lha'
plant forced the farmers to cotton aud
rice. True, these river lands make SUI
perior rice to that OF the prairie rice
though expensive, because machinery
cannot be used in harvesting. Never
theless, ramie will be the future indus
try OF the state and the south. A de-
corticating machine for ramie has been
invented by Pierre Faure OF Limoges,
France. The decortication is thorough
aud does not iujure the fibre. The ma
chiue is transported Ia the field and Is
as easy TO run as a shresher. The bank
notes Of the Bank of France are printed
on ramie paper. and il will take the
place OF silk. The writer planted rsmie
ten years ego II grows like grass, re-
quires little cultivation, and does not
require replsnting being propagated by
roots, but is iif6cult 10 get rid of when
the land is needed for other purposes.
There is a farmer in Claiborne county
who has a flock Of black sheep, aud 1t
Is a sight to the curious. This recalls
an Irishman's wit 10 a country farmer
when boastIng OF his fine flock of black
sheep. He said he intended to raise his
entire flock of black sheep as the wool
would never fade. "Begorra when you
get that far along with them nivver more
Of a black will you have. Tis the black
sheep Of mi countrie and Hingland
which makes the breed run out"
IL viii surprise many GlaiDorniles 70
know that au evolution is on on Bayou
Pierre plantations-an evolution from
cotton growing to stock raising, or what
may be property called combination
farming, |. e., cotton raising aud stock
breeding. Among the progressive num-
bers may be mentioned the Gordons,
the Watsons, the Kennards, the Buffers,
the McMurchies, ct ais. "May they live
long and profit" says Rip Van Wrinkle.
Cotton picking begins this week in
sarnest Notwithstanding the suiphuric
heat. Crops have deteoirated within the
past three weeks-hot winds, shielding,
rust and black heart.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1902-08-28
Dry Spring and Summer.

There has been a very light rainfall
since April Ist. In fact, The period
from that date TO the present time, has
probably been the drYest on record,
though the heavy rains during the three
preceding months have brought the rain
fall up to the average.
During April the rainfall amounted
to only z.82 inches. April is usually a
wet mouth. aud this is far below the
average. In May it amounted 10 %
inches; in June to .26 OF an inch; IN July
to 4.88, and up 10 the present time IN
August as Of an inch. The total for
the Eve months is II.28 inches. The
average for the year Is about IS inches.
It will be seen that June aud August
we're exceedingly dry, the rainfall being
but little over quarter Of an inch.
The rainfall for the same five months
Of Ethe four preceding years is as fol-
iotuc.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1902-08-28
Land Transfers.
July.


Iohu McDougall to Abe Titche; all
section al, range east and lots 2 and g,
section TO range east; lss acres, the
Harris place; SIo6.s7.
B. d. Armistead to P. Y. Miller; a
tract Of land. N. z. Corner section 2,
township II. range 4 east, portion OF
the Harrington lot In the town Of Her
manville; STas.
Isidore Zadek ct ux to c. W. Kelly;
lot s, square S, old town of Port Gibsoni
$3.50.
Fannie B. Durland to Abe Titche all
section 7r, township 10, range east
and part lots aud 9, section 7. town.
ship 10, range east; $50 acres. the Hsr
ris place; sz8.I5.
Joanna A. Gordon to Abe Titche: all
section al, township 10, range east
and part Of lots and g, section 7, town
ship 10. range east, I5S acres, the
Harris place; s7a5.
Fannie B. Durland to Henry Campbell
100 acres, part of Dotson place. in Sec
tiou So, township -, range } east; s37 so.
John McDougaIi TO Henry Campbell:
100 acres. part Of Dotson place, iu Sec
liop So. township T5, rauge 3 east; S767.-
so.
T. ]. Segrest ct ux to A. NJ. E. Church:
one scrt In section as, township 10
range a east; S..
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1902-08-28

! Burning Of Judge wade's Residence.
Editor Reveilie:
There Is an item Of history that
think very few people ever heard Of
outside Of the immediate family, tho I
understand that Claiborne makes men.
liou Of It in his history of the State
only slight mention-.hat is the burn.
ing OF the residence Of Judge I. R.
Wade Ia the early 4o's.
relate il as it was given TO me BY
one that was contemporary with the
event. Il was brought about IN tue fol
lowing way: The Judge was having
some land cleared aud he had rather an
obstreperous young negro man that had
been guilty OF some mlsdemeanor and
went to chasEise him, when he ran, an
the overseer ordered favorite negro to
catch him, aud as he attempted 10 do SO
the culprit stuck his Ak mp to the eye in
the negro's back, killing him instantly,
aud for which deed he took to the woods.
While In the woods he, with the assist
ance Of two old African negroes, cou.
cocted a plan to burn the house and kill
or burn the entire family L is also
stated that they enlisted the old cook
in the plot, and that She used some
thing in the coffee that caused them or
all that drank it 10 sleep very soundly.
Only one failed 10 drink Of it, DR.. Wal
ter Wade, aud he il was that aroused
the family In time TO save all, except an
infant of Mrs. Adelaide Wade. As she
came down the stair- they fell IN with
her and one OF tile men servants pulled
her out by her hair, but The infant they
failed to secure. The culEril, It Is said,
stood At the front doorio kill Judge
Wade with au Ak as he came out, but
his courage failed as the Judge came IN
sigat. The Judge took immediate steps
to catch the young negro, which was
done with hands in short order, snd
then the whole plot was unearthrd. The
two old negroes, who. 40 doubt, were at
the head of IL, were taken 10 an old
house out in the field. chained in there
and the house burned down on them,
Theyoung negro was turned over 10 sew
eral parties 10 hang him, none OF the
family being present. In the course Of
few days the family wanted to know
where It was done, an6they C,he parties
interested with the Work) )could mot shrw
up, and il was found that they bad slip
ped him over to louisiana and sold
him for SI2oo. When closely pressed
with the matter, they went over and
brought him back, and he was promptly
executed near he scene Of Ills dastardly
crime. The old cook was hung up sew
eral times by the neck, but not killed.
am not sure but what she revealed the
entire plsn.
me foregoing was related % me- .sps -
years ago, aud Gihere ase,any iuaccuFa-
cies or errors hope they will be correct
ed by some one who is better acquainted
with the facts than 1 am. Such is one
Of the few crimes Of this character CON-
mitled By the slaves Of the South long
before the war.
READER"
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1902-08-28

wANTED-A TRUSTWORTHY GENTLEMAN
or lady in each county to manage business for
an old established house Of solid financial stand
ing. straight. bona hde weekly cash salary
Of $500 paid BY check every Wednesday with
all expenses direct from headquarters, Money
advanced for expenses. Manager, $40 caxton
Bidq.. Chicago.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1902-08-28
Dysentery Cured Without the Aid OF a
Doctor.

"I am Just up from a hard spell Of
hux" (dysentery) says Mr.. T. A. Pin.
ner, a we'll known merchant of Drum.
moud, Tenn '1 used one small bot.
tie Of Chsmberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and was cured with.
ont having a doctor. I consider II the
best cholera medicine in the world. =
There is 10 need of employing doctor
when this remedy is used. for 20 doctor
can prescribe better medicine for bow.
el complaint IN any form either -foi
children or adults. II never fails and Is
pleasant 10 take. For sale by DR.. II. {.
Pope Port Gibson, and E. ID. Barron,
Martin, Miss.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1902-08-28
AUGUST.

w. c. Montgomery TO S. M. Russum :
30 acres In sections 90 and 81, township
II, range east also I32.So acres In
section 81, township II, range east !
Gas.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1902-08-28

Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it fails
to cure. E. w. Groves signature is on
each box. zsc.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1902-08-28
MALARIA AND
YELLOW JACK

1.-THE widow Of DIR. LazeaFe, who, in
the employ Of the Government, went
to Cuba, was inoculated with Yellow
Fever through mosquito bites, and died,
applied to Congress for relief to-day"
The above tells of the sad culmina-
ton Of a series Of experiments by the
Government, all of which proved con-
clusively that the familiar mosquito is
a dangerous vehicle for carrying Ma
laria, 7Yellow Jack, /" and other malar-
ial fevers.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1902-08-28

Next Monday. Sept. Ist, will be the
beginning of the busy season. The
stores, which have been closing al 6:3c
p. m, will be kept open until late IN
the evening. and cotton picking ard
marketing will begin 10 earnest. The
summer Is supposed TO end at that time
though the weather remains hot.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-01
APOSTLES OF EATING LESS.
Food Facdists Have Had a Great Year
for Their Theories.

1t has been fine year for the increas-
ing thousands who have fads about their
food. The high prices of almost every
thing in the market have given the OPP
portunity. The advocates of no break
fast, of meat once day, of no meat at
all, of certain kinds Of vegetables, of no
kinds of vegetables, of nuts only, OF the
absolute avoidance of nuts, of raw fruit,
Of fruit only when cooked, of neither
coffee nor tea nor saSsafras, and of all
the other things, or of any part Of things,
or of no things az all. have come forth,
not singly, but in battalions. and have
told US how 10 live 10 be to Il hundred
if we don't die.
1t would be gross ingratitude not to be
thankful to these advisers. They are
sincere. They want 10 do good. They
give their time for the benefit of others.
They are sad TO think Of ignorant thou
sands going to early graves ON full Stom-
achs. They raise their warning voices
against safety People should stop eat
ing before they get enough. The old say
ing about losing what is left on plates
finds no echo in their doctrines. Eating
for the sake of eating is n sin. Eating
all the things that are offered is wicked
ness So they find something bad in
every number of the bill of fare--from
typhoid fever in raw oysters TO dyspepsia
and vain regrets in pie.
They have right to their convictions.
A man down in Virginia went without
food for thirty days this year. but like
as not they doubled the price of his board
for the next month. People use the
starvation plan for many ailments. Many
of them 90 To health resorts and pay 500
to the hotel doctor, who strikes off from
the bin Of fare all the good things they
would like TO eat. The hotels get their
savings. the doctor gets his big fees and
they get--hungry. But most OF the fad
dists have their imaginations in their
culinary departments, and it is not rea-
sonable Of them TO expect the robust
members of society TO follow their ex-
amples. 1t may be wrong, but the aver
age American wants breakfast. 1t may
hurt him. but he will have meat He
may be jeopardizing his very soul. hut he
likes to play with the menu all the way
from soup to satisfaction. And some
how il agrees with him. Look at the
other nations. We don't know of any
that beat him when the food or the fuel
within him works its way 10 results in
the progress and civilization of mankind.
Saturday Evening Post.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-01
Helped EycrYNodY.

Gainesville, Texas. Oct. Mrs. r..
Il. Burton, formerly of Eureka. Kan.
las been at 507 Gladstone street. This
city. for some time. While here Mrs.
Burton has been the means of doing
much good by introducing to her sick
friends remedy which 1t seems is
very popular in Kansas, but which has
not been very much heard of In this
neighborho0d. 1t is called Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and in every case where ii
has been used it has produced wonder
full results.
Mrs. Burton has good reason to speak
well of Dodd's Kidney Pills for they
have done much for her and her fam
lily. She says: II must tell everybody
what Dodd's Kidney Pills have done
for me and for as many of my friends
as have used them.
Il had very bad case OF Kidney
Trouble. for which l had been doctor
ing for n long time without benefit. l
saw Dodd's Kidney Pills recommend
ed. | tried them and was completely
cured. My mother and my brother
We're Ill and they took them and were
soon Wen sgain.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills have done much
for u.s.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-01
Paper as Fuel.

In these days of scarcity of fuel it
may be interesting to know how one
thrifty housekeeper, with more leisure
than money, has warmed her house for
years during the two weeks or so in the
fall and spring when heat Is needed in
The morning and evening only. She uses
old newspapers and prepares them for
combustion by twisting them into fagots.
For the furnace she tears the paper in
half, doubles each half together and
twists it tightly. For the fireplace
heater she separates the sheets, crumples
each together and finishes by giving a
slight twist. while for the small stove
IN her sewing room, or for n CRATE that
is sometimes used in a north room, she
merely gives the paper close crumple.
She finds it better to prepare the fuel
pretty near the time of using it. as it
burns better if it has not been allowed
to gather dampness. This fuel is pre-
pared at odd times, usually at dusk. by
the mistress and her children. and is kept
IN huge bags made of castoff garments.
and these form measures for the
alnounts needed.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-01
On the Verge OF Bright's Disease
A Quick Cure that Lasted.

CASE NO. 30,611.-C. f. Boies, dealer
in grain and feed, sos South Water
Street Akron, o., made the following
statement in 1896, he said: Ever since
the Civil War l have had attacks of
kidney and bladder trouble, decidedly
worse during the last two or three
years. Although l consulted physicians,
some of whom told me / was verging
on Bright'S disease, and l was contin-
ually using standard remedies, the ex-
cruciating aching just across the kid
neys, which radiated to the shoulder
blades, still existed. AS might be ex-
pected when my kidneys were in a
disturbed condition, there was a dis
tressing and incOnvenient difficulty with
the action of the kidney secretions. 4
box of Doan's Kidney Pills, procured
lat Lamparter & Co.'S drug store,
Ia week that l continued the treatment.
The last attack, and it was particularly
aggravated, disappeared"
Three Years After.
Mr.. Boies says in 1899: "In the
Ispring Of 1896 l made a public state
|nent Of my experience with Doans
Kidney Pills This remedy cured me
OF a terrible aching in the kidneys, in
the small of my back, in the muscles
of the shoulder blades, and in the
limbs. During the years that have gone
by l can conscientiously say there have
been no occurrences of my old trouble.
My confidence in Doan's Kidney Pills
Is stronger than ever, not only from
my personal experience but from the
experience of many others in Akron
which have come to my notice"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Boies
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, n. Y. For
sale by all druggists, price 80 cents
per box.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-01

peru-na is known from the Atlantic
to the Pacific. Letters of congratuiation
and commendation testifyinS TO the mer-
its of Pc-ru-na as a catarrh remedy are
pouring in from every State in the Union.
DIR. Hartman is receiving hundreds Of
such letters daily. All classes write these
letters, from the highest 10 the lowest,
The outdoor laborcr. the indnor arti-
san, the clerk. the editor, the statesman.
the preachcr--all agree that Pe-ru-na is
the catarrh remedy Of the age. The stage
and ros!rum, recognizing catarrh as their
greatest enemy, are especially enthusiast
tic in their praise and testimony.
Any man who wishes perfect health
mest be entirely free from catsrrh. Ca
tarrh is well-nigh universal; almost om-
niprescnt. Pe-ru-na is the only absolute
safeguard known. 4 cold is the begin
ming of catarrh. 10 prevent colds to
cure colds. is to cheat catarrh cut of its
victims. Pe-ru-na not only cures ,ata;Th,
hut prevents Every household should
be supplied with this great remedy for
coughs, colds, and so forth.
The Governor of Oregon is nm ardeHt
admirer of Pe-ru-ns. He keeps it con-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-01
EN- FAMILLE.

Where are the summer girls nows''
The summer girls are back in town.
From Bangor to Oshkosh;
Fair kathryne's dainty arms so brown
Are helping mother wash.
And cebonair Lucille, who wore
Some stones rs big ms panels,
Is back in her department store,
Dispening Canton hannels.
And gentle Jane and Claribel,
Teresa and Irene.
Nina. Ethel and ESteile-
All girls Of gracious mieu.
W no turned down foreign noblemen a.
And titled loyal lighters
Are getting each five dollars per
For pounding on typeWIiters.
And Tcssic Penhyn- Aston Brooks,
Who was of royal stock.
Is canVasSiaG subscription books
ON How TO Darn a Sock
And paSte-bejeweled Genevieve.
VINO said she Snubbcd q rich lord.
No longer hears the pillows heave-
She's working ut her switchboard,
F. p. Pitzer in Smart Set.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-01
wAINEs VETERAN HUNTER.
ss0an Trapping at Eight Years, and is
Now Ei.hty-fOuT.

NOW k~A%s~ANJ ~NS~'
r.o town of Bingham is the home of
A.a4bon r. Moore, undoubtedly the oldest
10 in Maine. Mir. Moore IS ~ years
y i's ace erect of figure, and still able to
pa his share of a tramp through the
We killed at 2T6 moose, 200 caribou.
s01 bear and many deer. At ) years OF
4 90 he began trapping and he has fol-
Siewed it every season since.
NV father he says, was the ferry
IAN at the time, and he gave ne Two
mall steel traps, which | set near the
&farry ut a point where muSkrats aud
8-,ini were plenty, and this, my first eff
an. met with good success. | was SO
NAL that | could not spring the traps
3aiore. and | had to take the animals
8c9rght TO my father, who removed them
mi reset the traps The money secured
From those skins was the first ! ever
Earned Before long, however, / was
ohle TO look after the traps myself, and
from that time on L took many fur-bear-
&;nr animals each season. As | became
SoIder had gun aud hunted small game
snJ killed many partridses, which we"e
.aien at our table.
"At fourteen years of age | killed my
FIRST moose, r large bull. and soon after
that my career as Il trapper and hunter
n beran. and 1 have devoted most of my
atime To II since.
when | started out in life / deter
mined that / would always tell the
truth, never drink spirits or use to-
4 bacco
"Moose and caribou were very pieuti-
fpl about here in those days and | killed
many of them, taking the meat down the
river and selling it, often realizing Sl00
for moose and nearly as much for II
caribou, besides having the hides, tallow
and shanks left for my own use.
II ran down on snowshoes most of the
Eo76 moose l killed. and / think that
must have found some of the smarteSt
moose in the woods in the number, but
never yet found one that | could not
catch the first time | started him in the
morning under favorable conditions, and
without he help of either man or dog
Some would run five, some ten, and Il
of them sooner or later. Bangor (Aie.)
ICOmmercial.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-01

There was a small spot of coffee on tic
mcnu card that lay upon II table ut Il
mu"h-croWdcd Broadway restaurant
The hawkeyod manager saw it,
Excuse me- he said to the man who
was about to order supper. and he tore
the clrd into several pieces, says the
New York Sun.
He then took card that was SpotlcSs
like the other appointments of the place
and handed it 10 the guest. The latter
had not noticed the spot upon the card
and asked what was the matter.
The manager explained that an imper-
feet menu card was rs mnch Of blot
upon his establishment as Il badly cooked
or badly served dish.
We do or own printing" he said
and YOU viii notice that each card bears
u date. The date is that of today.
The paper and printing cost rs about
$50 day. and as we keep open seven
days u week the annual cost of mcnu
cards i not . bad income.
In old times ana times not 50 old
card might last for two or three days. or
even more. Now. new cards are provid-
cd each day. and might say that nearly
every other item Of expense connected
with the business has kept pace with the
increased cost Of menu cards.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-01

Cant. Titus, chief of detectives. has
had o double relay Of men 10 meet every
incoming Atlantic steamship since the
cable reports reached New York of the
expulsion of american guns" aud
''glafiers' from Paris and London. II"
ddvcnturers. having been driven out of
the two best capitals Of Europe for their
business have no recourse but to return
to their own city. Most of them come
back with fat bank rolls, for the past
year or two have been the best in oil
the history Of graft abroad An or
nearly all Of them are known to The po-
lice of New York, and not few who
went away in some haste and stress of
weather left behind their souvenirs in
the form of photographs, which still
adoTn the rOgncs' gallery. Capt. Titus
says that If these pilgrims expect to
spend the winter here in peaceful activity
they will he disappointed. He has no
IDEA Of accepting the discard Of Scot
land Yard. The grafters viii he closely
watched and if they attempt 10 turn a
trick viii be brought without recourse or
delay to the front Office, photographed
again and warned 70 leave town. Or.
if they he found on the street with no
apparent means of support, they will be-
''yagGed." \ vac with $4,000 or $780,
600 in his pocket would be a cu-iO, even
at 300 Mulbc~r- street.