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THE FLOWER SHOW.
Fine Display OF BulbOus Plants at
the Early Spring Exhibit.

Last Friday evening the Flower
Club held its show of bulbous
plants at the residence of Mrs.
Heath, and fine assortment OF
beautiful plants were on display.
The prizes awarded were as fol-
lows:
Best collection of bulbous plants,
Mrs. L. B. Allen.
Best collection of hyacinths, Mrs.
]. w. Heath.
Best collection of jonquils, Mrs.
L. J. Butler.
Best collection Of tulips, Mrs. I.
w. Heath.
Best collection of narcissus, Miss
Pearl Taliaferro.
Best single hyacinth bloom, Mrs.
J. w. Heath.
Best pot of hyacinths, Mrs. ].
w. Heath.
Best bowl os hyaclnths. Mrs. L.
B. Allen.
Best bowl of narcissus and jon
quils, Miss Lucille Heath.
Best Gala lily. Mrs. S. We'll.
Most artistic pot, Mrs ]. W.
Heath.
Best pot of freesias, Mrs. D. c.
Anderson.
Best display of vioIets. Miss
Louise Anderson.
Most artistic centerpiece, Miss
Lucille Heath.
Best collection of plants in bloom,
Mrs. George Acker.
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To Be Commended.

Upon invitation of the w. c. 7.
u. the ladies of Port Gibson met
at the residence of Mrs. R. w.
Magruder last Friday afternoon for
the purpose of considering the ad-
visibility of forming a Civic
League. rhe attendance was a
large and representative one. Up
on request Rev. DR.. Melvin met
with them, and gave very inter-
esting and instructive talk on the
subject, in which he set forth the
advantages of such an organization,
and also described some of the
duties and lines OF work it would
be necessary to undertake. After
he had closed his remarks, it was
moved and seconded that such an
organization should be formed, and
DR.. Melvin was requested to take
the chair. After several nomina.
tions, Miss M. Person was elected
president; Mrs. Byron Levy, vice.
president; Miss Ottilie Redus, Sec
retary, and Mrs. Acker, treasurer.
An executive committee was then
appointed, to consist of the Off
GERS and Mrs. R. w. Magruder
Mrs. Sam We'll and Miss Fannie
Naasson.
There were about fifty ladies
present, and nearly all, if not quite
all, were enrolled as members OF
fhe League. With such an execu-
tive body, and such large enroll
ment, there ought to be some eff
cient work done, and our town
made to blossom as the rose.
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The Brotherhood.

On February 18th a few of the
men of the Presbyterian church
were formally organized into a
Brotherhood. AS yet no definite
plan of work has been determined
upon. The object of the organi-
cation, however, is general, and,
consequently, may be adapted to
local needs and conditions. In fact
ii is our purpose to make the or
ganization so simple and informal
as to meet the needs of the men
who, as yet, are inexperienced in
Christian work.
The members of the Brotherhood
feel the need of cultivating the
spirit of comradeship and brother
| ly love; they are anxious to see th'
men of the town working shoulde
to shoulder as united body 70
the good of the church and th
IgIory of the Master. In order tha
this end may be realized, the pas
tor is requested to extend, throug
the courtesy of the Reveille,
imost cordial invitation to the me
OF the evangelical churches of th
town to become members of tn
brotherhood. It is hoped that eac
man will take this as a persons
invitation.
MIR. w. C. Guthrie, the pres
dent, or Mr.. William Herlitz, Il
vice president, will be glad to di
! cuss the matter with the men, gi-
d ing them all the necessary info
nation as to the work of the Brot
erhood. It is especially desire
: that every man VINO is interests
: in the work will hear Mr.. c. I
i Alexander on the 24th Of II
d month. Be sure to come, brin
it ing with you your ftiends.
d w. f. CRESON.
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Joint Debate Friday Night.

The public is invited cordially
to the joint debate on Friday night,
22nd, between c. H. Academy and
French Camp Academy. Two
young men from each side will
speak. The question is one rela-
tive to Foreign immigration. The
above two schools and Millsaps
Prep school form an organization
that debates each other on the
same question every Spring, each
school having the opportunity to
debate both sides. Two of these
contests have been held already,
and the last one will be held in
Port Gibson in the Female College
Chapel on the above date, begin
ming at 7:3o p. M. There will be
no charge for admission. and the
public is promised an interesting
discussion.
M. E. MELVIN, Pres.
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reason to thank God for the dis
covery OF the proof of the genuine,
ness of the Pauline Epistles, SC
long hidden, but disclosed at this
special time.
Here again, "Man's extremity is
Gods opportunity" and We have
another striking illustration of how
God turns human wisdom, in its
lofty pride, into fooIishness.
Verify the "Word of God" stands
sure and we'll guarded-still a
lamp to our feet and light to our
path.
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necessaries and many Of the in
dulgencies of life
1t was the next year, in 1909,
that Blennerhassets removed to
Claiborne county, Fe, il Feb
ruary, 1870, he purc ed q beau
tiful and fertile tract woodland,
comprising 1000 acf i've OF six
miles southeast Of Port Gibson.
Here, in a primitiv forest-home,
he lived until De mber, 1873,
when be sold The pls ation, which
he had named LaCa 3
tThe srd and last inataliAssns viii deal with
Port Gibson.l
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TO PASTORS AND OTHER
CHRISTIAN WORKERS.
The Bible Is Wonderful in Its En-
durance and Preservation.
psalm IlO:12O }
BY REV. J. c. QUINN. pH.D., LID.

I. The Bible has successfully
withstood every assault which has
Ebeen made upon it in ancient
shines and in modern days. Men
shave repeatedly tried to destroy it,
lDut in vain. Julian, the apostate,
yand CELSIUS, both raised their voices
against it, but in vain, for they
Fpassed away, while it was daily re-
eceived by ever increasing numbers
edf believers.
Nearer our own time Voltaire
Tom Paine thought to brush the
Bible aside as a superstition, but
khey also lhaye gone and the old
hut, ever new Bible still lives and
works, on human hearts and lives,
moulding Christian character and
purifying society.
Unfriendly critics have in all
ages sought to discredit it, but
only to reveal more clearly the
vast treasures of truth which it
contains for all who will receive
them in faith.
The Church of the Middle Ages
tried hard to keep the Bible from
the people, but escaping from the
prison house, it has rapidly gone
into the world translated into more
than thousand tongues with its
illuminating, saving and purifying
lpower.
Did you ever stand on the sea
.shore and watch the rising tide
rush in upon q giant rock7 1t wa
but a little while, and then th'
waters rolled back, but the rocl
remained intact, its position un
changed. So stands the Bible i'm
pregnabIe against all the virulen
assaults-which ancient and mod
ern criticism have made upon j
and being, as it is, the Word {
God, it will stand forever. Wor
derful bookl
q. The Bible is a wonderfl
book-in its Preservation. It
an interesting study to consid
how God has preserved the Bib
for us through the centuries.
Take an illustration: The gu
tations every copious) of t
Church fathers carry us from Il
manuscripts of the fourth centu
right up to the original writings
the Apostles themselves. It
claimed that were the New Test
ment blotted out of existence
could be written again from t
quotations and references in t
writings oil. the Church fathei
Note the following incident;
Many years ago. says Thon
Cooper Gin "Our Bible BY Chi
Leach) party of scholars met
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CoRREcTIoN-Last weeks article
of this series ended as follows:
"This pioneer minister is thought
TO have been perhaps Rev. Mr..
Butler, who finally settled not far
from the present town of Fayette,
ETC." The name BUTLER is typo
graphical error. It should be
BULLEN.
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destroyed and every copy of it had
been lost by the end of the Third
Century. Could it have been col
lected together again from the
writings of the fathers of the sec
ond and third centuries7"
The question startled the COM
pany, but all were silent. Two
months after one of the company
called upon Sir David Dalrymple,
who had been present at the din
ner.
Pointing to a table covered with
books, Sir David said: "Look at
those books. You remember the
question about the New Testament
and the fathers7 That question
aroused my curiosity, and as !
possessed all the existing works of
the fathers of the second and third
centuries, / began to search, and
up to this time l have fonnd the
entire New Testament-except
eleven verses.
Thus God Himself preserved
the Word for US. "Wonderful
Bookl"
Until very recently the Old Tes-
lament has been the battle ground
of the Higher Critics. The Penta-
teuch and Daniel have been again
and again assaulted, but Archaeol-
ogy has come to the rescue in due
time and cleared up all difficulties.
Now the New Testament is be-
ing assailed by those same self
opinionated critics, especially in
Germany. But God keeps guard
over His own "Word" and the
gates of Hell cannot overturn it.
See again, how God, in His own
time, makes the assaults of these
critics praise Him.
| AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY
Not long since the proprietor 0
some land at the entrance of th'
Appian way in Rome (mentione'
by St. Paul), which was used as
market garden for the cultivation
of fruits and vegetables, was hav
: ing his ground trenched up deepe
than usual to bring to the surfac
+ the subsoil, when the workme
: came upon slabs of stone which
on closer examination, proved I
i be the roof of a large vault. Upo
s these slabs was found an inscril
r ton: ga vault for members
e Caesars household" On effectin
an entrance there were man
}. tombs found therein with inscril
Ie tions dating from the birth
Ie Christ to the death of St. Pau
y And what is remarkable, the nam
IF of five of the entombed are Tr
is phena, Tryphosa, Urbane, Herm
A. and Patrobus, mentioned by $
if Paul in Romans chapter XVI.
le The value of this discovery Ct
le scarsely be overestimated, as
S. successfully refutes the recent ii
ory Of the German critics that t
as EpistIes OF St. Paul are not gen
S. inc, but were written by otht
at during the second. and third cs
n. turies. Here in the discovery
On opportune) is an indisputable v
i. dication of the truth Of the Pauli
,se authorship Of the Epistles t
enlbear bis name. Here we hI
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Give 1t back 10 me!' Cameron was
pleading, piteously. "Giye It back to
me! 1t is private matter. Give 1t
back to me, or destroy it before my
eyes. Burn It, here, before me-"
Let me have It, Mr.. Bryan"
asked, and turning to the unhappy gem
tleman | said: "You1l trust me, won't
you, Cameron? III destroy it, unread,
If you wish it."
mo, no no." he objected, earnestly
"Give 1t back TO me-"
But even as he demanded it, Bryan
put 1t In my hands; and spreading I'll
out-for 1t had been crumpled to pei
let In the inyalid's clutch-I was about
to humor him, when the superscriptionI
caught my eye and held It.
The envelope bore the name and ad.
dress: Donald McNish, Taylors Ho.
tel, New York City, U. S. A."
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told YOU, Cameron, that you must not
leave your bed unless | am with you"
saw Cameron cover under the up
braiding. In his eyes | read terror,
and all my sympathy was aroused on
this instant. Bryan might be carrying
out DR.. Massey's orders. but he APP
peared to me unnecessarily harsh.
What were you dolng?" he insist
ed; and then saw him roughly grasp
his patients arm, and hold 1t up, re-
Yealing a tightly clenched hand.
"Mr. Bryant" | cried In remon-
STRANGE. Gently, gently. Remember"
But the nurse paid small heed to
me. He was busy opening the doubled
fist.
stood now where could look Cam
eron squarely in the face, but my gaze
was elsewhere. 1t was his left hand
over which Bryan was engaged, and
from his wrist to his elbow the sleeve
Of his white night robe had been
pushed back, exposing a sinewy fore.
arm, marked precisely as Bryan had
described 1t.
scrutinlzlngly bent forward. The
tattooing was indisputable, and, as the
nurse had said, 1t bore no evidence OF
being recent work.
Up to that moment had hoped
against hope that in some way or 9TH
er misconception had occurred.
had hoped, | suppose, for the perform
ance Of some miracle which would ex-
onerate this man. And now that hope
was obllterated by those blue-pricked
letters ID. M. N. beneath an almost ex-
act facsimile Of the black smudge
which had taken the place of signature
on each Of the three threatening let
ters-the black smudge, of which Cam
eron, wearing 1t then indellbly upon
the cuticls, had dared to feign utter
ignorance.
And yet, asked myself once more,
how was 1t that / had never noticed
1t before? Again and again | had seen
that forearm barred. Surely would
have observed so odd mark; certain
ly would have been perplexed by
those three uniting initials.
There. now!" Bryan was saying.
Back to bed with you. Cameron. What
did you want this letter for, anyway
II 1t was necessary for you to have 1t,
couldn't have got 1t for yon2"
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CHAPTER XIV.
Another Problem Crops Up.

D EHSAbOE FEOplSfN STOp6 Ops
There are, dare say, those who will
not hesitate to charge me with an uni
pardonable lack of perception. Ever
from your own telling" they will prob
ably declare, I'VE realized from the
first that the creature you discovered
at two in the morning, supporting him.
self by means Of Fifth avenue area
railing, was not Robert Cameron, but
his physical counterpart, and not
very deceptive counterpart at that"
| shall not dispute the justice Of the
criticism. AS look back at 1t all now,
| sometimes wonder, myself, how l
could have been so blind, so credulous
And yet there Is something to be said
on the other side, too. An able advo-
cate, | believe, might make out a fair
ly strong case tor me If were dis
posed to defend myself; which, as 1t
happens, am not, since the verdict
can make no possible difference either
to you or to me, and would only delay
the elimination Of our narrative.
Nevertheless | must tell that for
some minutes after reading the letter
which had so OPPORTUNITY fallen into
my hands stood at the foot of the
bed, and in the glare Of the blazing
electrics, studied with keenest scru-
tiny the face which had SO deceived
me.
In general contour and individual
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manner Of its commission.

a b H.
manner Of its commission.
But, even admitting that there was
neither invention nor misrepresenta
ton in the narrative, | was now more
than ever convinced that Robert Cam,
eren had no part in It,. and that in
placing even the slightest blame upon
him an egregious error had been com.
milted.
| What you tell me-" said, at length,
is very interesting, but | do not see
Just how 1t applies to my tortured and
now missing friend"
The Vice Consul in an unguarded
moment forgot himself.
You no can see?" he queried, laps
ing for the nonce into the vernacular.
Il certainly can not"
Mr. Yup Sing INDUCED In the shadow
/ of an icy smile.
"Your friend, Mr.. Clyde" he said,
with brief impressive pause between
each word, "and Donald McNish are
one and the same man."
Up to this point | had maintained
my polse. had listened with feigned
respect and denied myself the satisfac-
ton of Interruptions. But at this pre-
posterous claim, could contain my.
self no longer. Before the slowly
spoken sentence was complete | had
sprung up, restless with impatient In
dignation, my blood throbbing In my
temples, my hands itching to throttle
an honest mans traducers.
THAT" | cried, hoarse with exas-
peration, lis damnable lie!"
If expected retaliation was disap-
pointed. Yup Sings scanned yellow
face continued an immobile mask for
whatever emotion he may have felt,
and Chen Mok placidly consulted his
memoranda.
Robert Cameron" I went on, my
passion whetted by their indifference,
has been a gentleman of leisure and
fortune always. OF all men in the
world he is the last to be accused Of
such crime as this. A seafaring man!
A smuggler of coolies! 1t is too pre-
posterous even for discussion. And
| want to tell you now, Mr. Yup, and
you, too, Mr. Chen, that | shall leave
no stone unturasd to bring to justice
those who are guilty of having made
This unthinkable mistake. Hitherto
have been unable to get clew. But
what you have said tonight does away
with that difficulty Both of you shall
answer, now, to the authorities"
AS | spoke | edged toward an cleo
trio push-button, at the side of the
chimney-piece, and at the last word,
pressed it.
That Checkabeedy, following my in
structions, had remained within close
call was demonstrated by his prompt
appearance.
Telephone the police station"
commanded, ito send two officers here
at once"
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Tie Vice Consul here added word
Moreover" he said, and his accent
was in marked contrast with the mer.
chants perfect English, I'VE have cor.
roborative evidence. 1t happened that
the lorcha sank In what you call
shoal water Six months later she
was declared a menace to shipping.
Under ordinary conditions she would
have been dynamited where she was
But because of the tragedy. she was
raised. and examined; and the hole In
her bow proved the truth Of what we
had heard"
In spite Of the seriously impressive
manner OF my informants | was far
from credulous. Such crime might
have been perpetrated. but ques-
toned that the perpetrator, for his
skins sake, II for no other reason,
would ever have admitted the deed,
much Less have truthfully detailed the
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CHAPTER XIII.
A Tattoo Mark.

| - . ANASO Htal Ns
Though | spoke in my ordinary tone
the visiting Celestials gave no sign
that they heard me. | had expected
protestation. should not have beer
surprised had been forced to restrain
them-to make them prisoners, in fact
until the arrival of the police. But
neither Of them either moved or spoke
until the silence, in my nervously ex
cited condition, becoming unbearable
to me, l demanded
"By what right, Mr.. Yup, do you
make the assertion that my friend and
your enemy are one?"
With a supercilious arrogance Of
manner that maddened me to the limit
OF self-control, he made reply.
Il was coming to that, Mr.. Clyde,
When you SO unfortunately lost your
,emper. In stating the purpose Of our
visit think Informed you that 1t was
two'fCld. In the first place, we came
to give what you had asked for-infor-
nation. In the second place, we came
o request something from you-as-
sistance. The motive of the threaten
ing letters which Mr.. Cameron re-
ceiyed, l think have made clear. For
sixteen years my people, the kinsfolk
Of the victims of the Sable Lorcha,
have searched the world for the fiend
Who brought upon them a sorrow be-
ond any that you of the Occldent can
understand. To us of the Celestial
empire the tombs of our fathers are
cry dear McNish robbed these men
lot only of life but of decent burial"
THAT'S all very WE'LL" l exclaimed,
mpatiently but can't you see that a
errible mistake has been made? Why
nder heaven you should fancy that in
n. Cameron, a gentleman to his fin
,er-tips, you have found this outlaw
'lcNish is incomprehenslble."
Once more Yup Sing smiled his icy
mile and the Vice Consul made as II
o speak, but thinking better Of 1t, ap-
arently, maintained his stolid silence.
You were coming to that" urged.
"The man to whom McNish boosted
his deed was the man who identified
IN. They had been partners in the
ar East in the trade of smuggling
oolies. The one, | have no doubt,
as no better than the other; yet we
elieye that our informant was neither
irectly nor indirectly concerned in
ne particular piece OF brutality of
hich | have told you. Eventually, he
nd McNish quarrelled and parted. For
ONE years he lost all trace of him;
I'D then by accident, one day he came
pom him, here in America, living in
lace on Long Island Sound and mas
uerading under new name.7
"A resemblance!" | cried, in a pas
on Of indignation. "a mere resem-
ANGEL And on that you and your
Ople conspire to torment and alb
ct a purely innocent man. Was ever
uch an outrage heard Of Every one
II you shall pay dear for this error"
| might have been the fire wood
puttering on the hearth for all the eff
ect my yehemence had upon that
'recious pair Of Mongolians.
I'VE understand" the spokesman re-
lmed, that your friend managed in
me way to escape from his captors,
nd is now in this house"
Yes, II resumed holly. Hes here, !
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,CHAPTER-II-Cly has theory that
tne portrait was mutllated while the room
was unoccupled and the head iator re-
by Cameron. 0N'''N
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CHAPTER I.--Roberf Cameron, oap,.al-
Gi eonsults Philip Clyde, newspaper pub
letters he has received. The asst promises
sample Of the writer's power on GER
tam day. On that day tile head ia mvs-
teriously cut from portrait Of Cameron
While the latter is In the room,
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CHAPTER III-EveIyn Grayson, Cam
nnds the head OF Cameron's portreIi
nailed 10 tree, wnere = hat been used
as a TARGET Clyde pledges Evelyn to se-
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,,SHAPTER IV.-Clyde learns tina. a
chinese boy employed by Phlletus Muir
pny, an artist living nearby, had borrowed
rine from CameronS lodgekeeper,