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The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24
ANIMALS PREDICT oUAKEs.
Dogs Deserted a Chilean Town
CrocodiIes Leave the Orinoco.

Dogs Deserted a Chilean Town
CrocodiIes Leave the orinoco.
Domestic animals seem to be es-
pecially susceptible to the approach
of the quake. In 1926 in Chile every
dog fed from the city before the in
habitants perceived the faintest hint
of the impending catastrophe. In
1867 in Java Immediately before the
earthquake every rooster crowed
shrilly ard left the doomed town. In
1858 in the city of Iquique the terri
| fic disaster was announced many
hours beforehand by great swarms OF
screaming gulls and other sea birds
which flew inland : On the Orinoco
crocodiles invariably leave the river
on the imminence of earthquake.
Five days before the earthquake
that destroyed Elike in 373 B. c., is
said to have driven to the surface Of
the earth mice, moles, weasels, SER
pents that nest underground. Before
the Sicilian earthquake of 1888 ami
mails came to the surface, as well
as various creatures of the sea, es-
pecially fish, in stupendous numbers,
among them also such as are found
only in the greatest depths of the
water The unrest of the animals
also heralded the coming of the re-
cent Sicily and Calabria seismic dis
asters.
The basis Of this remarkable in
stinct of animals, reptiles. birds and
fish is held by many observers to be
responsible for their early perception.
Others attribute to these creatures
an unknown sixth sense, in its way
as enigmatic as the sense of locality
in many animals. Others say it is
the sense of hearing or their sensi-
bility to agitation that enable ami
mails to notice the effect of the oc-
currences in the interior of the earth
long before mankind with courser
senses can perceive it.
But in this case has arisen the OBJ
lection that the delicacy of the AMI
NAL senses exceeds that of the finest
seismographic apparatus. The ami
mails can foretell earthquakes with a
probability that approaches certainty,
and we by no means have satisfactor-
lily explained their superiority tc
mankind in this regard Chicago Trt
bune.
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Free Postage.

When the postoflco was first open
I'd at Kai Feng, China, the clerks had
q fight with some men who bought
stamps and refused to so away until
the stamps were licked and stuck on
their envelopes for thom The for
eign postofIlces in Palestine are us
ually convulsed by spirit Of keen
competition If a parcel exceeding
the regulation weight or size is tn
ken to an Office and refused, the trav-
eller, in the majority of cases, has
only to threaten to take it to rival
of1ce and it is straightway received
without a murmur. SO keen is the
rivalry between some of these Offices
that residents in Palestine possess a
free post within certain districts. Be
tween Jaffa and the surrounding col
onies, and also within Jerusalem, the
German and Austrian offices make no
charge for the delivery of local let
ters.-Chicago News
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Dress for the Equestrlenne.

The fair riders who take their own
horses into the ring must follow a
set of rigidly prescribed rules in
dress. The horse show judges are
punctiliously particular that every de-
tail of formal horse show etiquette
be observed and a gray habit worn
in the evening would be very bad
form indeed. The fair rider must
also use a side saddle, no matter what
her personal preference may be. IN
the evening she must wear well
fitting black melton or broadcIoth
habit, black boots, a high silk hat
and white or very light neckwear.
In the afternoon she may, If she
chooses, don a gray or checked habit,
tan boots and more informal hat.
The women who ride with special
hunt clubs wear pink coats like the
men. and the vivid hunting pink
which, as everybody knows, is a bril-
liant scarlet-makes a delightful
dash of Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Rio Smile came On.

In Pennsylvania town where the
Friends abound a prim old Quaker
spinster recently attended the mar
riage of her granddaughter, young
person who had in the course of his
q years received much discipline at
her hands
The old lady was at her best on
this festive occasion, and, at pause
in the wedding breakfast, the happy
bridegroom looked over at her with
a beguiling smile.
'Tell US why thee never married,
Aunt Patience?" he said, teasingly.
'That is soon told, William" said
the cid Quakeress, calmly. ut was
bccause I was not as easily pleased. as
Try wife was. Circle
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How lie Knew.

In an assault and battory case tried
N Cleveland court the prosecuting
witness testified at length that the
defendant had knocked him senseless
end had then kicked him for several
'linutes.
"If this mans attack rendered you
unconscious, demanded the magis-
trate, how is it that you know he
kicked you when you were DOWN."
This question seemed to floor the
witness. He was lost in reflection
for some moments; then, Frightening,
he replied:
81 know it, your Honor, because
that's what I would have done to
him if I'd got aim down Circle
Magazine
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Announcement has been made by
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railway that it has completed year
of operation without fatal accident
to a passenger. This record is for
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1909,
in which approximately 20,O00,000
passengers were carried. The record
is regarded, by the Chicago Daily
News, as the more remarkable in
view of the company's statement that
its fast train from Chicago to Denver
showed a perfect score by being on
time at terminals every trip. During
the previous year the road carried
1.016,454,000 passengers one mile,
as shown by the annual report, so
that even if one passenger had been
killed the chances against fatal in
jury would have been over billion
to one for each mile of road travelled
through eleven States. The company's
trains in that year covered 15,OOO,-
600 miles. A similar record is
shown by the Pennsylvania system
for the calendar year 1908.
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According to the opinion of Mr..
Thornton, who presided at a confer
ence of the foreman tailors of Lon
don, mems dress will soon undergo
a great change and the present styles
will give way to more classic" gar
ments. Knee breeches and fancy
waistcoats will be introduced, and
the superiority of these garments
over to-day's long trousers and waist
coats will insure their popularity. A
Russian nobleman who visited Lon
don few weeks ago said that he
cared little whether the style was in
troduced or not, he would adopt it.
Two things were necessary, he said,
''shapely calves and courage. - He
took with him forty-eight waistcoats
made of various patterns of embroid-
cred silk.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

Doctor-You have no reason to be
lieve, madam, that your husband shot
himself Intentionally?
Madam-Oh, dear, no! It was pure
Iy accidental. But is he seriously
hurt?
Doctor Quite seriously; but 1
think we can save him.
Madam-What are you going to do
now with all those horrid surgical in
struments?
Doctor-We are going to probe for
the bullet
Madam-Yes? Well, doctor. while
you are about it, will you be good
enough TO see if you can't find a gold
collar-stud I lent him last week and
that he carelessly swallowed Tit
Bits.
German East Africa has been rails
ing sisal hemp since 1892 from plants
imcay.0d from Florida.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24
An Amblquous Laudatjon.

A well-known divine was preaching
one Sunday morning on the subject
Of "The Great and Small Things of
Creation" To illustrate his thought
that nothing was either too vast or
too tiny to be Of interest to God, he
proceeded in these words:
"The Creator of this immense uni
verse created also the most infinite
sinai atom in it. The Architect of
these vast mountains fashioned also
the tiniest thread of gold running
through them. The God who made
me made daisy. y."-Lipuincotts.
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Those ~eaily L-aaIers.

A farmer was driving in Elk street
4 few days ago. Coming close be-
hind him was a fire engine.
Look out for the Fire Depart
ment!" shouted a man on the curb.
The farmer pulled in close to the
curb, and after the engine had pass
ed started toward the middle of the
street again. Then hook and lad
der crew whizzed by and took off one
of the rear wheels of his wagon.
Il told you to look out" said the
man ct the curb.
Il know you did," said the farm
er, "&nd l did look out, but look at
what those drunken painters with the
wagon load Of ladders did to my rig!'
-Euff1IO FYnrees
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A country boy returning to the
mountains, after a year of study in
a city, and looking about his native
place, said, For the first time in my
life 1 begin to understand what peo-
pie mean when they come up here
and say that this is beautiful" He
had taken long step, AYERS the
Christian Register, in the process Of
education.
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TIE STORY OF THE PEANUT
SHELLS.

AS everyone knows, c. w Post, O
Battle Creek, Michigan, is not only {
maker of breakfast foods, but he is {
strong individualist, who believe;
that the trades-unions are a menace
to the liberty of the country.
Believing this, and being a nat
ural-born" scrapper for the right, a:
he sees it, Post, for several years past
has been engaged in a ceaseless war
fare against "the Labor Trust" a:
he likes to call it.
Not being able to secure free and
untrammeled expression of his opin.
ions on this subject through the regu-
lar reading pages of the newspapers
he has bought advertising space for
this purpose, just as he is accustomed
to for the telling of his Postum
STORY" and he has thus spent hun
dreds, of thousands of dollars in de.
nouncing trades-unionism.
AS a result of Posts activities the
people now know whole lot about
these organizations: how they are
honeycombed with graft, how they
obstruct the development Of legiti-
mate business, curtail labor's output,
hold up manufacturers, graft upon
their own membership, and rob the
public Naturally Post is hated by
the trades-unionists, and intensely.
He employs no union labor, so they
can not call out his men, and he de-
fies their efforts at boycotting his pro-
ducts. The latest means Of getting"
Post is the widespread publication of
the stoiE that a car which was re-
Gently wrecked in transmission was
found to be loaded with empty pea
nut shells, which were beins shipped
from the South to Posts establish
ment at Battle Creek.
This canard probably originated
with President John Fitzgerald. Of
the Chicago Federation of Labor,
who, it is said, stated it publicly, as
truth.
Post comes back and gives Fitzger-
aid the lie direct. He denounces
Fitzgerald's statement as deliberate
falsehood, and underhanded and
cowardly attempt to iniure his husi-
ness, having not the slightest basis in
fact AS such an effort it must be
regarded. 1t is significant that this
statement about the peanut shells"
is being given wide newspaper pub
licity. In the patent inside" of an
Eastern country paper I find 1t, and
the inference naturally is that labor
unionftes are insidiously spreading
this lie.
An institution Cor a mani which
will resort to moral intimidation and
to physical force, that viii destroy
machinery and burn buildings. that
will MAIN and kill If necessary to ef-
fects its ends, naturally would not
hesitate to spread falsehood for the
same purposes.
We admire Post. While we have
no enmity toward labor unions, SC
long as they are conducted in an hon
est, 'live-and-let-liye" kind of way,
we have had enough of the tarred
end of the stick to sympathize thor
oughly with what he is trying to do
He deserves support. A man like
Post can not be killed. even with lies
They are boomerang every time
Again we kroa0, for hasn't this Nwea-
pon, every weapon that could be
thought of, been used tand not sim
ply by labor unions) to put US out OF
business, too?
am going to drink taco cups OF
Postum every morning from this time
on. and put myself on diet of Grape
Nuts. Bully for Post! EdStoriaT IN
The american Journal Of Clinical Medicine.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

The dog and sled explorers simply
had to reach the goal this year, or go
out of business. Twelve months from
now, predicts the Kansas City Jour
nal, the perfected airship will be
sailing everywhere.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

Probably Forester Pinchot is right
when he says that "the lines in this
country are being pretty closely
drawn between those who stand for
good government and those who
stand for special privileges"
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24


The Poe cult, or craze, seems, ac-
cording to the Philadelphia Ledger,
to have reached an ultimate climax
in Mr.. Morgan's purchase of a copy
Of the pamphlet edition of two of
Poe's tales for the absurd price of
$4,000. It is not to the point to re-
call that this is probably more than
Poe received at any time for all of
his tales, a larger sum than was ever
within his reach. Though first edi-
tions of Poe are just now fad
among collectors, the present price
is really not dependent upon the IL
tie or contents of the pamphlet; it
is dependent wholly on it's rarity. If
it had been a more substantial book
more copies would have been pre-
served and could be easily picked NJ
in the shops. The preservation Of
this Shabby pamphlet of 1912. pub
Iished at '1evy," or its timely dis
covery. was an accident If anybody
should find another it would not bring
such a price. Being supposedly
unique. it is worth whatever anybody
will give for it, and Mr.. Morgan does
not count the cost when he covets a
rarity. whether it be any American
first edition or an italian primitive"
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

Says the Boston Daily Globe: War
parties in any country should not be
encouraged, particularly when a ma
ton has a profitable commerce with
other countries and when there is the
best Of commercial feeling. Canada
should save its money and put it into
the development of its remarkable
manufacturing and commercial re-
sources, which will soon require all
the new railroads now in process of
construction.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

Cuba has established a publicity
bureau. Let us hope, says the Louis
vile Courier-Journal, this is not a
scheme to boost the lottery game soon
to be in operation in Cuba.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24
4AslT AMONG ANIMALS.
How the Horse Learns Tricks-spar-
rows Guessing at Numbers.

How the f7orSo Learns Irtcks-Spar-
rows Guessing at Numbers.
The horse, as the most stupid of
all the dumb creatures man has made
his friends, has been painstakingIy
studied by e. r. Brewster. He is so
stupid that he can be taught any
thing that is. any habit-and having
no mind of his own. can be relied
ON to do exactly as he is told. All
the authentic tricks, whatever the
details, are worked in this way:
The horse is taught by endless
repetitions some mechanical habit. A
given signal. and he begins to paw
.he floor Another signal and he
stops. Press the proper button and
ae takes q sponge and xuhs u over
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

1t is calculated to annoy a gentle
man who is laboriously climbing a
pole to encounter another gentleman
gleefully sliding down, confesses the
New York Herald.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

Walt Whitman's birthplace has
been offered for sale, but no body of
American admirers came forward to
buy it. Here, thinks the Providence
Journal, is a chance for the English
men, who seem to regard the' author
of Leaves of Grass" more highly than
we do, to make a graceful acknowl-
edgment of the thousands of Ameri-
can dollars that have been spent in
purchasing or restoring" places OF
note in England.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

DR.. Thomas P. Prout, of Summit,
n. j., at the recent meeting Of the
Medical Society of New Jersey, pre-
sented his views on Medical Expert
Testimony" In his paper DR.. Prout
said that tne "befogging methods and
truth perversion of court procedure
at the present time were often use
less in attaining the ends of justice"
There were, he said, several ele-
ments in the court procedure whic
were handicaps in reaching the trut-
in cases involving expert testimony.
"The physicians proper ideal" said
the doctor, "in the pursuit of his vo-
cation is TRUTH but, he added, "on
the other hand. the ideal Of the prac-
tising attorney is something very diff
ferent."
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

Maybe in the economic future
women, speculates the New York
World, will be the wage earners and
men will become the domestic sex.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

A man would rather be bored to
death at the theatre, confesses the
New York Press, than enjoy himself
at lecture.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24


The game of football as played in
recent years, with disastrous conse-
quences to many players, is not sport
in the true and best sense of the
term. 1t is desirable, of course. ad-
mits the Baltimore Sun, that the
young men at our military and naval
academies should have athletic train
ing. 1t is good for them in every
way when the training is scientific.
wholesome, and in moderation The
same is true of all students in col
leges and universities. Physical ex-
ercise in the open air and in gymnasi-
ums has a distinct value. It makes
for that most valuable Of combina-
tions, the sound body and the sound
mind. But, while It is a good thing
to develo2 the muscles Of our young
athletes, 90 give them physical stam-
ina and confidence in themselves. it
Is not desirable in any point of view
tnat their strength and endurance
should be employed in a game in
which, as now played, every players
ife is in imminent jeopardy. Make
ootban a safe and humane spert. in
he best sense of the word. or abolish
:. This is the judgment and demand
enlightened public opinion
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24
H. H. oRIsLER.

In the old time it was said, att IS
good for man that he bear.the yoke
in his youth"
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

A lie. cast upon the waters, after
many days, breaches the Christian
Register, win come back again.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

munyonss Paw kayv Pills coax the lfvcr into
activity bv yente methods. They do not scour, grpe
or weaken They are tonic TO the stomach, liver
and nerves; .nvigorate instead ofweaken- They en-
rich the blood and enable the stomach to set ell the
nourishment from food that Is put into it. These
pills contain no oaiomel they are soothing healing
and stimulating For sale by all druggists n l0c and
25c sizes. Il you need medical advice, write Mum
yong Doc tors They viii advise to the best OF tner
abiiity absolutely free of Charge. MUNYON'S
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

The first time man falls in love
he thinks he will never get over it;
after that, confesses the New York
Press, he always knows he will.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

Most of the pleasure of living
comes from the ties of friendship
which bind us to one another, but
some of the most unhappy people,
interjects the Christian Register, are
those who make overmuch Of the good
opinion of their fellows.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

An optimist, defines the Pittsburg
Dispatch, is man who just discov-
ers the discomforts Of each season
in time to be glad that it is over.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

Don't nurse a disappointment, eau
tions the philadelphia Record, unless
you expect it to grow and stay with
you for life.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24
WORTH QUo{lNG


If you have a good friend DOM,
1poil it all, warns the Chicago News.
by imposing On him.
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THE REVEILI4E

Published Every Thursday at
PORT GIBSON. MISSISSIPPI
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

Munyon's Cold Remedy cures cold in one day.
Price 25c. Munyon's Rheumatism Remedy relieves
in few hours and cures IN few days. Price 20es
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A woman has been appointed to
the chair Of mathematics in the Uni
versity of California, but the sterner
sex, boasts the New York World, will
still continue to furnish trainers for
the nine and eleven.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

The man who thinks that Sunday
IS the only day to lay up treasure in
heaven, declares the Chicago Tri-
bune, spends the week mortgaging it.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

In the sweet by and by, prophesies
the Springfield Union, we probably
will know whether the Sugar Trust
has discovered a way Of applying the
bent pin to the scales of justice.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1910-02-24

The dogmatic wisdom with which
an attorney sometimes undertakes to
express himself, explains the Wash
ington Star, is simply professional
energy and should not be confused
with exaggerated ego.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-16
SOME OKLAHOMA STATISTICS

Preliminary sheets of State Labor
Commissioner Charles Daughertys
1909 report give statistics concern-
ing, the telephone and wholesale bust
ness of Oklahoma that show great
vitality and growth in these branches
of commerce and industry.
The total capital invested in the
telephone companies reporting to the
labor commissioner is $6,413,30S for
1909 against S5,52O,S52 in 1908; re-
ceipts or gross income for 1909, ST.
9S4,999; for 1893, $i,740.236; wages
$S42,1S3 for 1909, ,$8lL767 for 1908.
The most interesting feature OF
the telephone report is that relative
1890 for 1909 against 1875 for to the
employees, who numbered 1908. 1t is
shown that ZOOS feminine workers,
nearly all of whom are exchange
girls the bulk of them receive be-
tween six and seven dollars per week,
the scale of wages and number of em-
ployees, running as follows:
Females, under $4 per week, AZ;
between s4 and SIS, 81 between So
and Sc, 266; between $6 and 81, 4S7;
between 81 and IS, 1877; between 50
and $12, eight; between $12 and SIS,
81. No female employees report earn
ing more than $15 per week Three
children under sixteen years OF age
report earning 81 and S5 per week.
OF the male wage earners 10 earn less
than 81 per week, nine between 81
and$5; one between S. and So; A
between So and 81; 81 between 81 and
$S $50 between IS and s9 70 be-
tween 80 and S12; AS between $12
and SIS; 16l between SIS and $40;
80 between $40 .and $25; tn ee over
$25.
Wholesale Business.
Wholesale houses to the number
of 1853 report capital of $3.50, ,095;
employing 1929 people; paying ST.
425,465 IN wages and selling $24,074,-
7Sl worth Of merchandise, groceries
medicine. milineries, dry goods, and
oiher commodities during the year.
AS against he wholesalers report
ng to the commissioner for 1908, a
great increase Is shown. For that
iear only ~ houses, with sales re-
ported of Si7,S03,29S
OF the 1909 wholesale establish.
ments, "A are Wholesale groceries;
the 1903 sales being $l09S0. 1906
Three packing plants reported $2,-
52S.436 in sales for 1909, against $2,-
lO0,3 900 in 1908. Twenty-three produce
wholesale report thai they sold 81
100000 in fruit and vegetables dur
Inn cir 90.
adjustments selling $905,0O0 during
1908. Thirteen implement houses re-
port sales Of $2129,571; poultry and
egg dealers, ten in number. report
S399,749 in sales: three dry goods and
millinery houses report an output OF
s90,S05: iwo sash and door factories
report an output of $i12,005; and
thirteen other miscellaneous whole.
sale businesses with total sales OF
81, ,S27, 900.