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my own business and let the board alonel'
By strenuous effort and special dispensa-
ton the name of the Sheriff was placed on
the ticket, Then one day the prospective
Sheriff came into the Patriot office and an
nonnced to Mrs. Wilson; Il.
"If Pm elected, you'll get all the print.
be friends us
Mrs. Wilson Is a politician In another
sense too. She has something on every.
body whom it Ii possible TO have anything
on. She is always prepared TO produce
the cross sectional and perspective views
Of anybody's career, showing what he has
done In or out of office, politically or other<
wise. and Of course she has her paper to-
Il seldom have to publish anybody's
record. says Mrs. Wilson, .but it's mighty
good thing to know all about everybody,
especially about those who have ten-
dency 70 get smart and try to run things
Mrs. Wilson knows how to play politics.
but she never makes political speeches and
ordinarily plays the game only as IL conaeS
up In her newspaper work.
Strangely enough Mrs. Wilson is not Q.
i rabid woman sufragist.. She w9uid IKE
iporo properly in her own right than doesi
the average voter In the county, and yea
she has NO say as TO what she shall be taxed,
But her. desire to. vote win never. carry
her her to the point. she says, where she WIZ
She always votes for msn1bers Of the
Board Of Education, and has done 30 ever
since the Legislature gave her the right
q number Of years ago. sometimes sh95
goes to the poll. with her husband; some~'
Mrs. wilson writes every line Of local
matter that goes into the Patriot, prepares
the advertisements, keeps. the books and
oollects the bills. II necessary shs can
set the type gnd run the press or the ga I
up again. SIC knows her business: I,
But with hll her mastery of business
details she fs an excellent housekeeper.
People ell over the county know this. and
1t is seldom that day aoes by withous
ask her for recipe for current jelly OF
what sort Of cash her daughter should
wear with her commencement dress.
And II anybody In the county has ques-'
tion that seems unanswefable and on whfch
the encyclopedias and almanacs are silent
they cail up Mrs. Wilson. Usually she ID
able to give them an answer or, as she says.
she at least makes bluff at 1t. One day
she was surprised to have q man call AZ
her Office and ask her to draw up his Will.
he said. you're the wisest person around
these parts and want you to do it, And
she did. 50
On Saturdays Mrs. Wilson spends the
greater part Of the day entertaining s9b-
scrikefs In her Office. Women who drive
In to do shopping leave their babies with
Mrs. Wilson for an hour or two while they
look about the stores. II Is not unusuatt
for Mrs. Wilson to sit In her Office with q,
subscribers baby on her knee while shea
talks with politician from a remots pres
cinct about whether Bill johnson or George
Wheeler would poll q larger vote for Sheriff.
Perhaps at the same time there Is o womatr'
waiting to ask her what sort of goods shss
ought to get for her new shirtwaist
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never does write any letters. She just
goes right ahead feeding on your stack
OF chips for the remainder of the evening,
because, she says, lts bad luck, the worst
Kind OF bad luck, for her to buy q new
stack, aud anyhow It's so much trouble
counting them and seeing il they're right
ara you've got that frisked feeling when
you get through with her too.
=, Then there's the womanr-she was In
the other night too-who, having lost 10
or 10 cents, and the evening growing late,
wants ely hands TO play the game at a
hqndred kilometers an hour gait.
hush up. now, everybody, and play
poker, she snaps at the folks who open
Their mouths about anything, and Deal
the cards, II you pullease,' she chops at the
deaier who hesitates for half a minute to
smut her wad Of gum. and : Deed I think
lts shame the way you're all pokins
along and all like that.
leaving aside the misery end Of 1t, you
get into that tablet needing stage any
time you play. poker with women, for the
reason that II by some miracle you dc
happen to win Is or % cents OF their money
you're looked upon as q mean old thing,
and u you drop bundle to them you know
you're mark, and there you are.
But we win teach 'em the game, WON'T
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THE SUN, SUNDAY. AUGUST .. 1908.

founded glasses. still pulling at his vusa
oonfounded naustache.
Il appreciate your devoshun. my most
wutby fripd." he replied with cordial con-
desoenshun. Lacked your attindance here
for DOODLE porpoise. Fist. 70 introduce
you to my afianced. Miss Alike Won Stsu-
ben. who, as you may know. 10 conneoshun
OF my house" :,
Il didn't KNOW rejoined the Council
Ginsral, sbut am glad TO know now
And thin those furrin faoilitashuns took
place which are 30 long and 90 loud 70
sPrapsc these oddsr sintlemen shud be
included In our W suggested the Council
sNope,' replied the Count. 'thsy are
waiting to conclude q financial transacshun,
In which take q certing impussenai In
Whin' the Council -Gineral had waddled
OF to oillbrate the glad .evint by hisself
there was an embarrassed pause as WHIT
parcel OF cats hesitate whedder to begin
their scratching again, Jarge was suiky'
! was sad. old Won steuben IN nutter a,ips oe-
snoshunlsss with downoest eyes. like wan
whose fate Is still ip doubt.
But she wasn't long tn that DELICIOUS
uuandairy between hope and fear. That
Johnny on the spot Ola Count was ready Tor
the ~ a hsrs nysf was Esn has
to thimseives at least.
"Yis, dearest Alike" he began. Il am the
very table Count Frederick Won Steuben.
Let me lay my titles and wealth with my
heart at your feet.
Don't tink deceived you, sweetheart.
wuds, iwhin fust avowed my love, said
] was under false colors, that my name
was not Won Steinmetz and that the Won
Steubens had no such conneoshuns; all, all
was and is most true.
said that met your brudder;; that !
on good brit, that fell in love with your
dear pictur'' at fust slanct; that was why.
kefn, false In pusson, but true In heart, to
win you t'roo mysilf before the trut shud
And again Aline. .'roxins hsrsilf intS s4s his
not get thin free,
IVORY no Longer, tespioted and pros
Count, tunnin' alfably to the agitated old
banker. 'I'li have you 90 beslavered with
titles and orders that the inimory Of Stubbs
sh,arfo shalr foriver remain IN the muck where 1t
.P'rsps I may have seniethin' to say on
Are yo.i still there1' demanded the Count
hotttly. Methought you wud have the
good judgmint, la your universal pecula-
shuns, to Also silently steal away.
you stink. II In any way you dare moliet,
BY the slightest wud or gfanct, this Teddy
or this gentleman or mysilf. III spind half
my FORUM In bringing you bot TO justice.
Do you want this forgery now? Wud you
like to utter it in the banking hus? You
have my full permissun..
But large, shaking his hambros'al looks,
med moodily for the door.
what do We Retf' he asst rueful.
'aeti We gft,' answered prompt.
And git We did.
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THE CAPTURE or MOSBY.
A Military Expedition That Was Not .
Success.
From hs Yoath's Com mpanion.

From ar YoNfk'a Com panion
Gan Jobn q, Mosby. ths Confed derats oaval-
rvmSn nsed In tell Of A comic incident which
hsnnsnsd IN the sbeuandoah valley in 1854.
Mar Millvood a re pimept OF cavalry halted
ons nj aht and vent into esmp One OF the
man who vas hungry. sl,pped awav and
vent an IN the neiahborhood to net some-
thing 10 sat He rode up to a cabin on a farm
to conos ont
nssro woman. known at that time Al an
iota,iiesnt eontraband. opened the door and
ssksd him what he wanted, The soldier
Cishsd ko he asaured Of his safety before dis.
rnnmnt,no snd vhiis esLino hIs snnner 40
The sun., 1908-08-09
SMUGGLING IN PHILIPPINES.
Swift Boat Brings Centraband Goods
Frsm Oriental Ports to Islands.
From tks Monita Times.

Smuggling in the Philippine Islands Is
assuming proportions that make II q menace
to insular revenues. 1t will surprise the
orderly and law abiding to know that only
4 few days ago q casco Of khaki. smuggled
Into the country by way Of the east coast Of
Luzon. was fioated down Laguna de Bay
and the PasiG for distribution In Manila.
yet such Is the fact.
The cloth was dropped on the east coast
somewhere near Baler. Iugged across the
mountains to . secluded inlet on the lake
and boldly brought into Manila. Sleuths
OF the Governnaent got track OF It before It
was landed. but there was no way to stop IL.
There is smuggling too In the north coun-
try. but it, greatest home Is in the sulu archi-
pelago. with Borneo as its base. There In
that back alleyway OF the sea 1t has gone
on for ages without let or hindrance. Hun
dreds OF swift going vintaS are engaged in the
Illicit trade and heretofore they have carried
on the trafio In the light Of day.
II has never been anybody's business to
watch them. The trade was good for Borneo
and Spanish sovereignty sat lightly In the
sea Of the Dyaks. Amonth ago when lesis-
lattve committee went from Manila to investi-
gate the question II found hundred boats
loeding contraband on the Borneo coast and
Il stumbled upon q party OF ninety Chinese
who were coming to the Philippines by the
underground.
Suppression OF the use OF opium In the
Philippines has made the drug the great prize
OF smuggling. It has gone to fabulous price
In Manila, Iloilo. Cebu and other cities and
there are riches for the fellow who can run
It aoross the Sulu sea. And there IL money
In other articles. a. witness the innocent khaki
cloth that circied Luzon and came In by way
OF the Luguna excursion route. The Govern
ment Ii planning 10 meet the Sulu situation
by building . fast cutter. but two could do
- ~ sl..- tk~~- l.tn t>a
another for the north coast and later another
for the east coast
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he had pretty nearly pulled out. Alto
gether he had the appearance OF wan VINO
had been struck by lightning and escaped.
And again I had rising guam In my
throat. I had seen that type before, a.
sharper on shibboard, as speoulasor on On
elums, and niver had I known wan Of ne
kind not to oome'o out from trouble singed
but whole.
Old steuben july announced large, roilin'
his titles under his tongue. watched Won
Steinmetz, and he niver tunned q hair.
Wan glanot he shot at Alike, and II seemed
TO me there was an appeal to her fatt' IN u
CLASSY though IL were. Thin he advanced
erict and slight like military match
Il presume our old and honored friend
has alrddy told you Of my claim Of relashun-
Yes, be told me- answered large. and
ignorin' the proffsred hand he folded bis
arms with hot aif that wud put Napolyun,
the Juke of wellington and the Black
Douglas combined on The blink. f.
Il mean that the-female line Of the Won
Steubens has been extinct for the last
hundred years. Isn't that 30, Professorf'
And with that 4 got down to the generalesy
business and parsed and subjugated and
declined and fell of the Won Steuben line
you dyin' Of laughter be comparison.
At lengt' Won Steinmetz held up his hand
decoratingly
sUnly stop that catter Of dry bones. '
he said. -and will admit anything. I
am here under false colors- My name 10
not Won Steinmete, and the Won Steubens
have no such cohnecshuns. But he
stopped short es Alike gev little gasp
and drswed nearer to him.
But he contnnered. turnin' and ad-
dreesin' hisself with sort Of fierce energy
TO the girl, II have no base motive. met
your brother Carl In Europe. He told ma
upon good brit. He showed me your
pictur', dear; at wanst was vanished,
completely conjueated by your Celist'al
charms. kem, false in pusson but true
Of heart. hoping to win you before the tEut'
shud be known
herslf perilously into his arrns. sYou have
won me; and now the trut' cannot set u
frees r. ~
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Okiahesna's sinking Lands.

About twenty Ave acres of prairie land ly-
Ing between Keystone and Olive. In the
Creek nation. has sunk nearly thirty feet In
the last two years and 10 now covered with
water. Many Of the farmers are moving
their hcusss and herds and general gate
The whole country around this land sesms
70 be sinking gradually and the people. Of
TO EAppen.. Il IL the sappos sltion' Of sWveyors
and OF and gas men and others familiar with
'ssssss sss e isssRs Ron
The sun., 1908-08-09
HORSES SENSE or DANGER.
Animal Carried Owner Against His viii
Away From Peril Of Cioudburst.

Cripple Creek correspondence Derrer Neus.
That horse has the instincts Of impending
danger was demonstrated the other after
noon whsn an animal belonging to H. d.
Bwsher. county road overseer. refused to
act on the bit. ran up the mountainslde and
saved it's rider from death In oloudburst.
swisher was riding along Box Canon. q
narrow eulch. when the horse turned from
the road, and paying no attention to the
rider ran UP the riountainside and stopped
on q ledge twenty feet above. swisher was
mystifed until he saw water about eight
feet deep rushing down the ca non tearing
up bushes and upending everything movable.
The water was from q cloudburst abous
half mile further up the guich and the horse
had heard the noise OF the rushing water
before the rider.
Half mile Of the Box Canon road leading
to Florissant was washed out and bridges
carried away. Swisber remained on the
mountainside for an hour before hs con-
sidered Il safe to reenter the cahon.
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swerdf,sn Fights school of Dssnsh.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herold.
A 400 pound swordfsh engaged In battle
with q school Of doghsh wis captured by
the crew Of the schooner Galatea, which
arrived at 7 wharf yesterday.
The Galatea was at anchor OF Chatham
Saturday when the crew noticed a commo-
tion In the water. Two men rowed over
In dory and witnessed a remarkable battle,
The swordfsh vas standing Of whole school
Of doRflsh. The ewordhsh would charge
right and left with his weapon. One fish
after another was impaled upon his sharp
sword. while his side cuts sent many OF the
ish closed In on him and tore huge pieces
out OF his sides. He shook them on each
time, however.
TO the schooner and got harpoon. They
drove this Into the big Dab end hs gave upthe
nght.
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In bluff. two tonic way. the Council
Glneral came rushing into the room with
bot hands extended. With shout OF ~
he bounded up 10 Won steinmets and olappsd
him rHpturously 10 his buxzim.
sAch, my dear Count Frederick von
Steubeni- he cried. 'What Of delight It iss
TO zee you again.
There was q moment OF pslsied amase-
mint, and then Alike shot Elinp Of tri-
ump' at large. which must have hurt wuss
than the bulldog cud have done, % weak
and trimbiy did he lean against. me.
That little runt Of q Won steinmStz shook
hissef loose. stll squirting troo his con.
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and ! guess nobody viii question these
So the delegation came meekly back to
Lebanon and Mrs. Wilson got the post
Office.
Several years ago member Of the county
board Of election supervisors rebelled.
He declared that he just wouldn't talk
politics seriously with, any woman, let
that his name was sent in for reappointment,
but somehow or other 1t was missing from
the list when the appointments were an
nounced. His friends inquired Of Mrs.
Wilson II she knew how It happened.
him reappointed. That's why he wasn't.
/ sent word up to Columbus. That's all
there is to it.
aWell, after this said the men hotly.
syou'll please mind your own business!"
sAll right said Mrs. Wilson.
Just about that time the. Democratic
nominee for Sheriff was up for q second
term and made overtures to Mrs. Wilson
10 divide up with him on the county printing
he could give the Patriot. She pointed out
TO him that as editor OF the only Demo-
to the bulk Of the printing and the divyyine
up proposition was either bribe or hold
up, Therefore they became enemies,
IT wasn't long before Mrs. Wilson found
out that by an oversight the board Of cleo
ttons, some OF whose members had re-
ouested her to mind her own business,
had failed to certify to the name of this
nominee. She waited until about one
minute past midnight on the last night
within the time that the name might be
certified TO go on the ticket. Then she
called up a Democratic member Of the
board and asked him II the name had been
sGrauiousl' he exclaimed. 'this was the
last day and we have neglected TO send
that In. Why didn't you. speak about IL
soonerf'
sWhy,s Mira. Wilson reminded him. .don't
you remember that you FOLD me 10 attend 10
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somebody about nineteen pounds and
quarter lighter than a sheet OF tissue
the laughter OF the lady who's shown you
her no hand after having slugged you
peals out. oh, just peal upon peal. and
you feei Ike a damp soda cracker, and. oh.
It's just the finest little game that you ever
sat in IN all your born days.
Then there's the woman In the poker
game-she was In this game Of course
who never bets or opens anything In her
turn, but who after everybody's dropped
out except her and it's gone away beyond
Queens @ s' hat at you 70 ' don't want want a ANYBODY to
tossed their papes into the discard, and
then she says-you having already opened
ii-o., want to play. and open it, and
card OF the top OF the pack, and she Gays
that she guesses she'll just dub along with
the cards she's got, and you draw three
and don't help. and she's got one OF those
o-9e nour straights on yon.-ons to fiye-
timber wolf with left hind leg that's been
caught In a trap. for you thought, as you
had right to think. that. It was ell over
when it passed her couple Of times. and
iGsTe she comes .; along and a. hooks you when
And then she looks at you real cunnin'
and she says, oh. knew I had them all
the time, you old silly, only ! wanted TO
see what the rest were going TO do and
then II you begin to splutter about people
betting or coming In or dropping out in
their turn all the other women join hands
against you and seek TO make q pariah
oH oHt Of you, and you're tramp at each and
al stages Of the journey from then on.
Then there's the dear little fluffy wuffy
lady poker player-uh huh. che was In this
game too-who. sitting next TO you, reaches
over every minute or 80 and oops three or
four OF the top price ohips OIL your stack,
ssring that she really doesn't care 30 buy
another stack because she'B got 70 write
some letters in q minute anyhow. But shs
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looked up fearful, for in numbers there
Is allus peril. whin vans stock In trade Ii
pretince. Jarae's close shaved. clean cut
face was drawn tight and rigid over his
black beard. SO had seen II set whin at
poker he bluffed whole tableful into
involuntary bankruptcy
sYou. Professor he added, a. II In
answer, will be able to give us tho true
value Of this new and unex picted relaehun-
ship. Pray. Mr. Steuben. send for Won
Steinmeta at wanst.'
And while We waited / read Jarges
mind. He remtmbered enough Of what
had told him about the history OF the Won
Steubens to know that they had no suoh
oonnecshun; that Count Frederick Won
Steuben. whose shoes he was wearing. was
the last OF a race which had dwindled for
many generations from father to son
without the bloom Of feminine bud. and
that therefore this Stsinmetz must be Q
rival impostor.
read his purpose not to compromise or
tolerate but to grind the newcomer into
disgrace. and realized that the hearty
good will with which Alike had spoken
OF her oompanyun had much to do with his
resolushpn. But yet ! feared.
~ was hefoy euPPosdDio thoe Npn oteih-
metz wud venter unperpared into such q
coil. He had come from Europe. where
likely he was familiar with the appearance
Of the Simmun pure Frederick Won Steuben.
What II he made counter accusashuns?
Wud we be able to leap over the counter,
clogged as we were with that collecshun OF
old scrap known as our paAtf
Presently he KEN, did Mr.. Hugo Won
Steinmetz, dapper and mincing little
man. with faoe screwed up imperturbably
from the wearing OF glasses, and stubby
nnustachs which from long persistence
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-04-23
CAPT. WeIborn Out.

The war Department has reported
to Gov. Noel that it has determined
to make the suspension of Capt. Ira
c. Welborn, commandant of the
cadets at the A. and M. College,
permanent, and SO remove him.
That is all the State of Mississ-
ippi asked 1t had no desire to do
more than get Capt. Welborn away
from the College. The president
of thecollege had suspended him. for
cause. but the War Department
charges that President Hardy
should not have been so hasty-
that he should have spoken to Capt.
Welborn about the matter first.
This action on the part of the
War Department is on the report OF
Gen. E. A. Darlington, U. S. A.,
who was sent to Mississippi for the
express purpose of investigating
affairs at the A. and NJ. College
with reference to the removal oI
Capt. Welborn. 1t was found thai
Capt. Welborn has done wrong in
more than one instance especially
in taking the active open part he
did OIL the side of the rebelliou'
students and against the authori
tiles of the college.-Clarion Led
Ger
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-04-23
Some Incidents OF Grants Raid
Through Claiborne County

In "Our Women in the War"
supplement published in several OF
the state papers in behalf OF the
state monument to be erected to
their honor, appeared the following
letter from Mrs. Jennie M. Berry
of Port Gibson:
On the morning of that memoir
able day. April 80, 1868, when Gen.
Grant landed his troops at Bruins
burg, on his way to Vicksburg, my
father, who owned the adjoining
plantation, had started with my
mother and their children to return
to their home in Port Gibson, all
unconscious of the fact that theS
were going to get mixed up IN al
invading army. Not far from ou'
home our wagons were delayed, an'
my father went back to ascertain
what was the trouble, and he wa
captured and sent a prisoner to on
of the gunboats then in the river
Imagine my mothers consterns
ton at finding herself and littl
children in such predicament
Fortunately we were near the HON
of a man who had previously work
ed for my father. He came OF
and urged my mother to come an
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-04-23
Chairman LOmax Issues Call.

Greenwood, Miss, April I5.-
Chairman G. L. Lomax to-day is
sued the following call;
"A meeting of the State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee is here
by called to meet at II O'Clock April
90, 1908, in the Senate Chamber,
Jackson, Miss. This meeting is
called for the purpose of fixing the
time and place of holding the State
Convention of the Democratic par
| ty. All members of the committee
are requested to be present at said
meeting, as it is very essential that
a quorum of said committee be pre-
sent. respectfully ask that II
case any member cannot attend il
person. he would Immediately upol
the reading of this call send hi
proxy to ]. B. Stirling, Jackson
Miss, or to some other party il
Jackson.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-04-23


News was received here yester-
day morning of the death in St.
Louis of Frank H. Hammett,
former resident of Vicksburg, who
has been connected with the Boat
mans Bank in St. Louis for num-
Der of years. Mr.. Hammett was a
brother-in-law to H. c. Downing
of Home Park. plantation, and an
uncle of Mrs. T. NJ. Searles, and
also All uncle of the Hammett fam
lily residing in this city. The fun
eral will take place IN St. Louis
this afternoon. For many year:
Mr.. Hammett was connected In the
banking employment of severa'
banks in this city, before moving
to st. Louis. He was a man O
fine nature and character and hi
death will be sorely felt by his reIa
tives and friends -vicksburg Her
aid, 18th.