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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01
Horrors Of Turkish Execution.

tAdrianople Correspondence LONDON 1lmes.I
As we walked about the town yesterday
morning we could not avoid coming upon
five street executions and witnessing the
whole disgusting proceedings, not that
they were to me any novelty, for during
the two or three days was in Adrianople
it seemed as if could never get out OF
the sight of men dangling in the air. As
soon as likely looking shop is reached,
say one with sun blinds supported with
brackets officer cries Halt" and a
soldier, carrying stool aud a rope, steps
on one side and arranges the latter over
the bracket. The man steps on to the
stool, the moose is placed around his
neck, and he is drawn off his feet. There
is no drop, but in every case l am told
the poor wretch dies justas those We saw
did-that is to say instantaneously, and
apparently with little pain, being, in
fact choked, instead of having his neck
broken. / have dwelt upon this, not tC
satisfy the morbid craving for details il
such matters, but to call the attention ol
some scientific man to the subject; for
if your patent drops and new-fanglec
hanging apparatus are not so mercifu
as the older method of hanging, ther
our capital criminals are punished in e1
cess of what the law demands. To b.
hanged by the neck till one is dead is ,
different thing from having the necl
partially broken and the circulation o
the blood, and perhaps the nervous sys
sem generally, stimulated into intens'
activity.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01

day believe that my professional en-
thusiasm must have driven me nearly
mad.
1t suddenly struck me to assure my
self of the real character of the subject
which lay before me. | slowly lifted
the sheet.
Yes, terrible to relate, it was the white,
livid corpse of Fritz.
As let the sheet fall with sicken-
ing sensation at my heart, the clock
struck eight.
The hour of his appointment with
Hilda's father.
Terror, disgust, for moment over
came me, but taking up a celebrated
French work on surgery, tried to prime
myself TO be again the surgeon.
1t took, however, a couple of glasses
of brandy and three pipes to work me
up to the proper state of mind.
Then was rem0rseless.
Coldly began to lay out the instru-
ments. My eager and terrible longing
to try my hand upon a whole corpse re-
turned.
Binding myself to the fearful nature
of the task / was about to impose upon
myself, / advanced toward the table.
My sight was confused and uncertain.
Suddenly l reflected that my subject
was not undressed.
/ had to remove the wretch's clothes.
Rat-tat-tat.
The rap was sharp and decisive. What
could be the matter? Z
The police were after me, was my first
| iHno Thnr fhara Tho xur1d nd
monstrous notion that was summoned
in some supernatural way.
There was no hesitation about my
manner. | opened the door.
A dark saturnine figure stood looking
at me. With some such impulse as in
huenced Faust at times, retreated, my
Germanic fancy raising the idea in my
head that Mephistephiles stood before
me. A moments reflection convinced
me that Albrecht stood in the doorway.
"Well," said l.
"In the name of heaven!" he cried,
"what have you done with Fritz
l was just going to cut him up"
"Alive, you savagep he said.
"Alive, man, what do you meanW
"Have you not found it out, Harry?
IHdHk heaven, AN HOG 100 ldteI AIteT
left you, went back to the Casino,
and, assisted by four Baden-Baden fell
lows, made Master Fritz drink little
more than even he is used to. When he
woke this morning we gave him re-
fresher, with laudanum in it, and, our
selves little wild, sent him to you as
dead man."
Not dead!" / cried.
81 hope not. Having dispatched him
here by four comrades, l kept the ap-
pointment with Hilda, and, old boy, have
been accepted. l just recollected that it
was past eight-aud knowing your zeal
in the cause of science, hurried off, for
fear you should really murder poor
Fritz
My indignation was too.great to allow
me to reply. Next day left, and it was
months afterwards, when, at Hilda's
own solicitation, that forgave Albrecht.
But you will never get me to visit that
place again.
Fritz declares that he is only waiting
his opportunity to show how he appre-
ciates my first attempt at dissection.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01
Sensible Almost to the Last.
cleveland Herald j

Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Mulcahy lived on a
farm. They were shrewd and thrifty,
and had the reputation Of being "close. t."
Finally Mrs. Mulcahy sickened and was
about to die. Finding herself nearing
her end, she expressed desire to put
things in order before that event oc-
Cured, and old Tom prepared to listen.
"Tom," says Mrs. Mulcahy, "there's
Mrs. Smith, up at the crossing, she owes
me $1.S0 for butter; see you get it,
"eSinsible to the last, my dear; sim
sible to the last" said Tom. "Ill get
it."
"Then, there's Mrs. Jones, up at the
Greek, she owes me S1.50 for chickens" !"
"Ah! look at that for a moind; she
forgets nothing"
'fAnd Mrs. Brown, in the village, she
ownes me $3.50 for milk"
"D'ye hear that? Sinsible to the last;
sinsible to the lastl Go on, my dear"
"And-and-"
"Yis."
"And Mrs. Roberts, at the toll-gate
l owe her"
"Ahl poor dear! poor dearw broke in
old Tom hastily; show her moind doe:
be wandering! Sure we've allowed hel
to talk too much entirely, so we havep
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01

ACTORS have their superstitions.
TonysPastor stated few of them to a
reporter of the Albany Erpress recently
in this way: Well, now, there's no show
man ON the road who would think of
letting lady be first to pass through
the doors when opening them for per-
fOrmance. There's sort of feeling that
it brings ill-luck. Then there are cross
eyed people; many veteran ticket
seller loses all heart when one presents
himself at the ticket window. A cross
eyed patron and bad house generally
go together. A cross-eyed performer
would be regular Jonah. With cir
cuses there is a superstition that man
with yellow clarionet brings bad luck.
And then there are superstitious notions
about going on the stage from the wrong
side, and beginning study or rehearsal
on Friday, and a dozen other things"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01
A Campfire Reyerie.

From s'A Bed of Boughs," by John Burroughs !;
Scribner for Noyemberi
Not the least of the charm of camping
out is your campfire at night. What
an artist What pictures are boldly
thrown or family outlined upon the
canvas of the nightl Every object, every
attitude of your companion is striking
and memorable. You see effects and
groups every moment that you would
give money to be enable to carry away
with you in enduring form. How the
shadows leap, and skulk, and hover
about Light and darkness are in per-
petual tilt and warfare, with first the
one unhorsed, then the other. The
friendly and cheering fire, whataequaint-
ance we make with it! We had almost
forgotten there was such an element, we
had so long known only its dark off
spring, heat. Now we see the wild
beauty uncaged and note its manner and
temper. How surely it creates its own
draft and sets the currents going, as
force and enthusiasm always will 1t
carves itself chimney out of the fluid
and houseless air. A friend, a minister
ing angel in subsection; fiend, fury,
monster, ready to devour the world, if
ungoverned. By day it burrows in the
ashes and sleeps; at night it comes forth
and sits upon its throne of rude logs,
and rules the camp sovereign queen.
Near camp stood a tall, ragged yellow
birch, its partially cast-off bark hanging
in crisp sheets or dense rolls.
That tree needs the barber" said
o-J Il Ioyo N oo1 fror,, liz
tonight"
So after dark he touched match into
it and we saw the flames creep up and
wax in fury until the whole tree and its
main branches stood wrapped in heets
of roaring fame. 1t was wild and
striking spectacle, and must have ad-
vertised our camp to every nocturnal
creature in the forest.
What does the camper think about
when lounging around the fire at night
Not much-Of the sport of the day, of
the big fish he lost and might have
saved, of the distant settlement, of to-
morrow's plans. An owl hoots off in
the mountain and he thinks of him; If
a wolf were to howl or a panther to
scream he would think of him the rest
of the night Is it Is, things flicker
and hover through his mind, and he
hardly knows whether it is the past OF
the present that possesses him. Certain
it is he feels the hush and solitude OF
the great forest, and whether he will OF
not all his musings are in some way cast
upon the huge background of the night
Unless he is an old camper-out there will
be an under-current of dread or hall
fear. My companion said he could not
help but feel all the time that there
ought to be sentinel out there pacing
up and down. One seems to require less
sleep in the woods, as if the ground and
the untempered air rested and refreshed
him sooner. The balsam and the hemlock
heal his aches very quickly. If one is
awakened often during the night, as he
invariably is, he does not feel that sedi
ment of sleep in his mind next day that
he does when the same interruption oc
ours at home; the boughs have drawn
it all out of him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01

A LETTER from New York to the
Springfield Republican says that more
woman dry-goods merchants are buying
goods at the great jobbing houses this
fall than was ever the case before.
Women bought of one firm ten thousand
dollars worth of goods in one day.
"Their purchases were not large, but
very discreet and discriminating. They
knew exactly what they wanted, and
paid cash or its equivalent"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01

JENNIE JUNE, in one of her gossipy
letters, undertakes to explain why it
is that SO many young women marry
elderly men. She looks away from
money-which has generally been
brought into consideration of such al
liances-for the principal reason. The
young man of to-day, according to this
authority, is not the desirable young
man of fifty years ago; he is not so
thoughtful, sober, painstaking and con-
scientious; he lives at club, has no
love of home-life, nor desire to build up
character and reputation as man and
citizen; his ideas of life are bounded by
the theater and the doings of his own
little set; and in too many cases his am
bition is to own racer and be on inti-
mate terms with the ballet. Naturally,
mothers shrink from entrusting their
daughters to such youths as these, even
if they have the opportunity, and are
better pleased to bestow them on older
men-who have sown their wild oats
who know how little of value there is in
the temporary excitement of pleasure
who have, perhaps, been married once,
and have learned to value home and
the guarantee it affords for permanent
| happiness,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01

SALT LAKE Tribune: Seven veins of
parafin, the largest measuring fourteen
inches, have been discovered in south
ern Utah. Its commercial value has
not been ascertained, but we have no
doubt it can be found of general use.
Candles and soap of the purest and best
quality can be made oft, and also as
for lighting cities. 1t is said thousands
of tons of it are in sight.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01

SOME women in Atlanta have started
a cheap restaurant, where a good din
ner may be had for fifteen cents.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-06-29
G. II. WooD, Secretary.

EDITOR STAR: 1t may seem q singular
expression, to say rich poor lands, but
l know no other term more applicable.
The coast lands are said to be too poor
for profitable cultivation. | have al
ready intimated that with fertilizers
they may be made rich. Nor will it cos.
much to enrich them. There is moth
ing better for that purpose than the
marsh muck, which is plentiful near
the seashore, and some distance back.
That it will pay to raise sugar cane
has been proved by Capt. Hanson, i'll
the southwestern portion OF Jackson
county. Ii l am rightfully informed
he realized about $500 on half an Acre
planted in Louisiana cane. The soil
was plowed deep, and spread over
with quantity Of swamp muck, and the
cane grew to the height of eleven feet,
producing about 1000 pounds of sugar,
besides syrup not to mention $50 worth
of seed cane sold. This did not require
more labor than is necessary to raise
other crops.
Again: / heard of gentleman, resid-
ing in or near Ocean Springs. who raised
six barrels of Irish potatoes from half
bushel OF seed He fertiIi9ed, of course.
Sweet potatoes are even easier rsised;
and watermelous are exceedingly pro-
life. Yet some contend that this is
poor country, aud the lands too poor to
cultivate. 1t is not richer lands that are
needed; it is greater industry, better
and the eradication of the old
idea that there is wealth in the South
only in cotton. The truth is cotton pays
less for labor expended than any other
production OF the Southern soil.
ERA
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-06-29
The mcciing ai the Academy Enst
Friday Evening.

A meeting of Democratic voters OF
Scranton and PascagCula precinct was
held at the Scranton Academy, Friday
evening, June %. The meeting was
called to order at o'clock pm. by Mr..
John Boyer, and upon motion DR.. c.
Chidsey was called TO the chair and G..
W. Hightower was appointed secretary.
The object of the meeting having
been stated by the chair, upon motion
ballot was taken for the selection of
member of the county executive COM
mittee to fill the vacancy occasioned by
The departure Of Col. NJ. Smith, which
resulted in the selection If G. W. High
tower.
A motion was made and carried that
the chair appoint four persons to act
with the member of the executive com
mittee from this precinct, to form q
precinct executive committee, upon
which cor mittee the chair appointed
NJ. B. Richmond, j. W. Starr, Il. G.
Ry der and L. c. Saiter.
The sense of the meeting was then
taken as TO the best manner of nominal
ing caudidates-primary election or con.
ventjon-w which resulted in favor of pri-
mary election.
G. CHIDsEY, Chairman.
G. W. HIGHTowER. Secretary.
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inefficient First-Clnss ACcomm oiG ii ons
for Summer Guests-WiIi Some
body Gbyinfe our sad Drawback
and Open II No, Hotel.

| T. is established and truly au
thentic concession that the many nd,
vsntsges and superb facilities which oul
own little seashore villa, Pascagoula,
possesses and affords those in quest ol
| health and pleasurable recreation are
at least equal, if not in the precedence,
OF that of any other watering.plsc ce
along our seacoast section. We have
an almost inexbaustible supply OF fish,
oysters and crabs, which can be easily
had at a comparatively low cost and
with but little or no trouble whatever,
while the delightful salt tathing-the
water being furnished by the gulf which
lies along oar shore-certainly enhances
and, in our estimation, renders it an in
ducement unsurpassed by our neighbor-
ing summer resorts, These facts and
figures are at once acceptably conceded
by all who once visits our town, but, as
we learn, the prevalent and universal
objection and drawback to this place
seems to be based upon prejudice at.
tributable to the utter lack and sad de-
ficiency Of frst-class hotel. But few
days since party of gentlemen from
the upper portion of the State came to
this place intending to remain for the
entire season. They were at once struck
with our beautiful town, but after only
spending few Edays were necessi-
tated to leave, the fare and accommoda-
tions not being what they anticipated
or crsved. These gentlemen stated
that could they have been properly ac-
commodsted. and have been able to re-
turn a favorable report to their friends,
at least $50 persons from their own Sec
ton would have come down immedi-
ately.
The above is only one OF the many
instances wherein is conclusiveiy illus.
trated the sad drawback TO this place
as q summer resort. We believe that il
some energetic and enterprising person
with little capital would locate him.
self among us, open irst-clsss hotel
and furnish good fare, he would have a
crowded house, make money and do
well. viii il be dones
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EGectunI Quarantine.

The people Of Bay st. Louis, Missis
sippi City, Biloxi, and other ports ue.
tween here and Mobile, with those in
Mobile itself. appear to DO very DESTROYS
of aiding the New Orleans board OF
health in establishing an effsctual quar-
antine against vessels from yellow fever
ports. DIR. Austin, himself an old res.
ident of u coan Springs, represents our
board Of health in this cooperation
movement New Orleans Delta.
Not only the people of PAscagoula
"appear to be desir1as of aiding the
New Orleans board of health" but our
board of health has been thoroughly or
gauized and has gone to work in earnest
in these matters, and is cooperating
with the New Orleans board of health
There is not the least apprehension
that the fever will be permitted to land
on our shores this summer.
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Proceedings of Executive Committee.

AT meeting OF the executive com
mittee, held at Scranton on the DAD o.
June, the following members were
present.
Beet No l, G. II. Wood (proxy): No.
2, A. O. Steede; No. 3, II. +. Griffin. e.
w. Hightower and G. II. Wood; No. a
A. f. Lewis. NJ. S. Park and H. G. Ha.
vens; No. 5, Wesley Ramsay.
On motion G. w. Hightower was ap
pointed a member of the executive
committee, vice Col. NJ. Smith, removed
from this State.
On motion it was unanimously car
ried that G. Fl. Wood cast the vote OF
beat No. as proxy.
On motion of Dr.. e. f. Griffin it was
Resolved, That the sense of this meet
ing is that the present county executive
meeting has the right and power to de-
eide on the manner and mode of nomi-
mating county officers, and call conven-
tions, and do all things appertaining to
executive committees.
The motion to hold convention in
stead of primary election was carried
by n vote of 7 to in favor of convention.
On motion it was unanimously
Resolved, That the method of nomi.
mating candidates for county officers to
be voted for at the ensuing November
election shall be by county convention,
composed of delegates of true and re-
liable Democrats from each and every |
election precinct, chosen by primary
meetings, on tho basis of our Demo |
cratic vote cast at the last Presidential |
election, provided that every precinct
be entitled to at least one delegate, viz:
Heiyestions store ! delegate, Wards
schoobouse |, Lavonia Grange l., Mrs
Nelson's |, Moss Point 3, Scranton 2,
Ocean Springs 2, Blnfr Greek 2. Birds
Ferry (Black Creek /.
On motion it was,
Resolved, Tha. sft Democratic Con-
servative county convention be held at
Oumbest Bluff, on Saturday, the 21st
lay OF July. to nominate a county
ilcket, ard to appoint delegates to the
Democratic State convention, to be held
It Jackson on the lst day of August, to
dominate State ticket, and to the sen.
Itorial district convention to nominate
candidate for State senator from the
ounties of Jackson, Harrison, Han I
ock, Pearl, Marion, Perry and Green. {
On motion it was the unanimous ,
pinion of this committee that it would |
ave much scrambling, secure a fair ex-
'ressi0n Of the peoples will, and insure I
nore harmony and unity of action s
mong the Democratic voters, by hold
ng all the election precinct primary
Meetings on the same day, therefore we
ecommend Saturday, the 14th day Of {
uly, ss suitable time. Z
Res lived, That the thanks of this
,eeting be rendered to MIR. B. j. Jane :,
or the use of his house for place of ',
leetlDg. t.
Resolved, That the Pascagoula STAR ii
ld Handsboro Democrat be requested
publish these proceedings. :,
A. e LEWIS, Chairman. :,
O. II. WooD, Secretary. u
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STAR-BEAMS.
Daylight is 81 ortening.
Sunday school Ut 4 o'clock.

Daylight is 81 ortening.
Sunday school ut o'clock.
Several new announcements.
The mosquito crop looks promising
Not few strangers are visiting Pas
cagoula this summer.
A street railroad between Scranton
and the Seashore is the latest.
-Au interesting communication from
J. Il. S. Pitts will bs found elsewhere.
The Turnverein Association of Mo-
bile run an excursion train of six cars
to New Orleans this week,
A card of thanks will be found
elsewhere in these columns. Read it;
you may be Interested therein.
-Corsqts in great variety, at low
pri ,es, received this week at Dees' cash
store. Go and examine them.
List Sunday Bishop Hamberlin
baptized three converts into the fellow
ship of the Moss Point Baptist church.
--Calicoes of latest styles and pat
terms for the summer are now being
opened by Uncle Henry at Dees' store.
Mr.. VIM. A. Buck and family. of
Mobile, arrived here last Wednesday.
They will spend few months on oar
coast,
The Indianola, Capt. Boom, is on
the ways at r. D. Smiths shipyard,
where she will be completely over
hauled.
See the notice of "Sherif's Sale"
among the new advertisements, and be
on hand the 9th of August to bid in the
property.
The owners of the schooner Inez
Huston have had her hauled out on the
ways at Polls shipyard, where she will
be repaired.
For gilt-edge hutter. cheese, dried
fruit, ETC., we would commend the
house OF VIM. S. Goodsll, of Mobile.
Read his ad. in this issue.
We have for sale one of Beatty's
celebrated Pianos Tor Organs that will
be disposed of at great bargain. For
apply at this Office.
Capt. Dutch offers to take pleasure
parties to Horn Island regularly three
lines per week; fare only 50c for the |
-ound trip. See his notice elsewhere.
DIR. Blount wishes us to state that |
Mr.. Ludlow, his pharmaceutist, sleeps |
"a his drug store, and will attend to
at any hour Of the night. |
On Tuesday morning last Bishop |
Hamberlin baptized, in Pascagoula
liver, Miss Nora Nix, who had joined
he Scranton Baptist church the night
previous.
Captain Bloom, OF the Indianols.
brought to our port last week, from
Corpus Christi, o number Of mules,
horses and COWS, which be sold out at |
AIR prices. |
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Justice was dealt out to the following
parties this week by Judge Chidsey:
State VS.. Alfred Henry, assault and
battery. Fined 50 80 and costs.
State VS.. Peter Brown, assault and
battery. Fined $5 and costs.
State VS.. Alex. Thompson, exhibiting
deadly weapon with intent to kill.
Bound over to circuit court in the sum
of $500.
State VS.. M,rtha Brown, using obscene
and profane language on public street.
Fined $5 and c1sts.
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No man engaged in business in this
country makes more fair and generous
offers to those unaequainted with him
than does Darrell F. Beatty, Esq, OF
Washington, N. j., and certainly no
man keeps them better. Every instru-
ment he sells. piano or organ, is fully
warranted for six years, and. while he
sells for cash, and thus gives the adj
vantage Of the lowest prices, jet no
stranger is asked to advance dollar out
OF his own control, until he has seen
and tested the instrument. See his ad-
Yertisement in this paper, and if you
intend huying an instrument write to
him and examine his method of doing
business.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-06-29

Just received, and for sale BY N. A.
Does, a 10. Of commercial fertilizer,
which is an excellent manure for veget-
sbles. corn. sugar cane, etc, We would
sdvise our patrons to try IT, Will bs
soil cheap. See advertisement.