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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-18
A singular Case,

The following extraordinary story
comes TO us from Cambridge, England
a railway porter, about thirty years OF
age, was recently seized with bronchitis,
and was supposed to have expired in the
throes of that dreadful ailment, which
Stays every year its thousands of little
children and of aged people, simply be-
cause extreme youth is equally with ex-
treme age too feeble to clear the bronchial
tubes by a vigorous and sustained effort
of coughing. The railway porter sup
posed to have departed this lie was duly
laid out and placed in a coffin. As his
assumed dissolution had been sudden,
the coroner was consulted on the pro.
priety of holding an inquest. Some I'M
certainty in this regard appears to have
reigned in the mind of the medical man
whohad been calledin in, but at any rate, the
railway porter lay in his coffin two days,
at the expiration of which he quietly
got out Of it, and, to the inexpressible
amazement and alarm Ofthose present in
the chamber Of death, sat himself down
in a chair. 1t i stated that, in order to
alleviate the severity of the spasms OF
bronchitis, the patient mother had adj
ministered to him a sleeping draught,
which had produced a deep and lengthy
stupor, but the effects of which had stop
ped short Just on this side of the grave.
Commenting on this curious case. the
London Telegraph remarks that there
are advantages in keeping a corpse above
ground for four or five days, or even for
a whole week, after death. Among all
the Latin races, interment within four
and twenty hours is the invariable and
vigorously enforced rule OF police and
had this poor railway porter been a
Frenchman, an Italian, or a Spaniard,
he would have been duly screwed down
and carried away, insensible, but still
alive, to the cemetery. Into any consid-
of the waking up of the supposed
dead man, the mind, appalled,, shrinks
from entering. Who that has visited
the Musee Wirth at Brussels has not
turned away shuddering from that in
effably CHASTITY picture of the living hand
and arm, corrugated with the supreme
agony of effort, protruding from the half
raised lid Of a coffin too hastily nailed
There is no corpse within that
bic, but a living creature vainly striving
10 burst his Cerements. Cases of prema-
.ure interment are, there is every reason
o believe, %lamentably prevalent on the
continent; especially when cholera or
other epidemics are raging. The most
erious objection to the English system
les in the fact that it is only the corpses
If paupers which are conveyed to NOR.
and that the supply of dead.
even for plupers, is insufficient
Cbe remains of the respectable classes
ire coiiined among the living, and are
permitted to remain there for days
o~gether, poisoning the atmosphere and
Verifying the survivors.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-18

10 prObably h. not generally appfeciatedi
says the Chicago Age, that he United States,
with a population less than that Of Germany,
has more miles of railways than all seven Of
these great powers combined, our mileage
being nearly eighty thousand, against
seveuiy.siS thousand six Hundred and
twenty.
Tho extraordinary measures which
Great Britain is taking in the matter of get
ting her vessels Of war In readiness for i'm.
mediate service are not ~ q character TO
allay the fears Of those Englishmcn who be.
! eve that their country is drifting into a
war in which il will need to put forth all its
energies to escape defeat. If England is TO
be drawn into the war she is not making
any too great haste in her preparations.
The condition Of affairs is greatly changed
since the Crimean war. Russia is much
more powerful than she then was; while
England will have to fight the battle single
handed which she fought in conjunction
with France twenty years ago.
a cable dispatch conveys the intelli-
gencc of the death of Henry Sawyer, for
~twcnty.three years L. s. consul of Pari-
marble, colony of Surinam, South America.
The immediate cause of his death was injury
received a few DAYS before at the hands of a
sailor Of whom, in his official capacity, Saw
yer had been called upon to take c0gnizance.
The sailor struck him a violent blow and
otherwise maltrcated him, INJECTING such
internal injuries as TO result in his death.
At the time Semmes was in command of the
privatcer Sumter he put in at Surinam for
coal and supplies. Sawyer quietly bought
up all the coal in the city, so that the rebel
commander was unable to get a lump. a
planter offered to furnish Semmes with a
quantity which he had on his sea-shore es-
tate, whereupon Sawyer hired all the scows,
punts and boats in the harbOr, 20 that
was obliged to use his own boats to
,oal up with. In consequence of which
'emmes was detained in the harbor for up.
yard of a week, whereas he intended to re-
gain only Il few hours. In the meantime
dispatched a message to the United
tates steamer then lying at Cayenne, but
or treachery Of the commander .
llOwed the Sumter to escape to the sea =
gain, and the commander was subsequently !
for his conduct.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-18
Wanted TO Share the Blessing.

A little bright-eyed three year-old wa
seated in his high chair ct the dinns.
tlble. Mamma had arranged the iltl'
uneasy, while for a moment his sprigng
illness and fun had made him the observe
of the whole family. She had plsGpt.
him snugly at the table, pinned OF w
bib, and succeeded in getting the nIr
mischievous han Is quiet and making DE-
hush. when his father proceeded 10 >,
the blessing. While this was in ProgTsTE
our little chubby made a discovery.
was, that all the plates were in enc Pts
at " papa's place. and, as it seemed y
him, were put there to get the bene%
of the solemn ceremony. So, scarceI
waiting for the Amen" he held o~
his own plate in both hands, sayins'
+" Please, papa, pray on my plate, too
Christian At HOrk,
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-18

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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-18
A Primitive Pluto Funeral,

An cid Piute Indian departed fol
the happy hunting ground, by way
of old age and general debility,
from the camp on the hill back of the
city hall last night. 1t is not the cuctom
with the Piutes to bury their dead, and
in this instance they merely carried the
corpse a few rods from the camp and de-
posted it on the ground. City Marshal
Brennan, learning this morning hat the
corpse was lying on the hillside, COM
manded Capt. Sam to have it properly
buried. Sam is an intelligent native and
made no objections to complying with
the marshal's orders; but five other In.
dams standing by, whom he asked to as
sist in the burial, positively refused to
have anything to do with it. Upon this
the officer threatened that unless
they proceeded to bury the dead Indian
forthwith, he would arrest them and
have them fined $4,000, 900 each. This
threat had the desired effect on the In
dams, and the funeral commenced. They
wrapped the corpse in a robe of rabbit
and tied it up with ropes, making
a bundle in the ?hape of a ball. This
they dragged over the hill to an old shaft,
into which they dumped it without cere-
mony. In reply to a question as to the
of the Indians death, a dusky
maiden who was an interested spectator
at the funeral, replied Heap too dam
Ild.-Austin (NeU } RereiWe.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-18
THE WEST,

Indian Greek Nation) Journal: "The
Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians live
under the shadow Of Fort Sill. Yet the
horses and mules with which they have been
blowing their corn-felds through the day
are stolen at night. Many of them ale left
without mules to work with"
The surrender of Crazy Horse and his
band, added TO the others of the worst
fighting Indians on the plains, who have
come into Red Cloud and Spotted Tail
agencies during the past ten weeks make a
total Of over $500 souls. With these have
been nearly 5000 ponies and numerous tro>
pixies from the Custer massacre. All have
reached agencies in suffering condition, and
aver that General Crooks policy of dealing
with allies, and his vigorous field work have
combined to produce the result. Warriors
of this band report Sitting Bull with 300 or
400 lodges on Dry creek, $50 miles north of
the Tongue river cantonment.
A Salt Lake City dispatch says that in
he tabernacle Sunday Brigham Young arose
1t an unexpected moment and broke forth
n an address to the saints and sinners which
ave the latter to understand that if they
blood they could get plenty of it.
nd indeed, that they we're likely to have
lore of il let out of their veins than they
ould spare at an early period. Many dis
rect gentiles are quietly arranging for the
smoval of their families at the first sign of
n outbreak. The Mormon legion are drill
lg in meeting houses, barns, stables and
orrals in Salt Lake CITY and minor towns.
'reeehloading rifles have been shipped in
reat numbers in the last fortnight to this I;
lace.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-18

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fpr = biegsing ff svcf and ever
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Win lfther aslper on hpr hos1m,
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,i1ng the people Who hung nm Ills tetrhIH1.
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Though The row NJ proud thsrsecs. listening,
She pre- .eCd ~ thr fect ~ the Infd.
Nov WY sb0uldst thou hinder tho Master"
said Ieter " with children like these
Feest not how from morning 100 evening
tie tsHrhcth and helleth disease %"
The Christ said "FOfbid not The children
IofWit them tu rome unto me"
And lie took In His arms little Father,
And Rachel lie sat On His kuee.
And the heavy heart Of the mother
Wa lifted ail c1Tth's cares shove
And lie laid Ills hand on the brother,
And blest them with teuderost love.
And lie said 10 tho babes In Ills bosom,
cot such Is the Kingdom " Heaven
And strength for all duty's trials
That hour 10 her spirit was given.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-18

The state board of health of Massa.
chusetts has issued an elaborate circular in
regard to hydrophobia, describing the symp'
toms of the various stages of the disease,
and affirming that an attack can be generally
avoided if the wound from a rabid animal
be thoroughly washed and cauterized at
once with a white.hot iron or nitrate of sill
yer. The circular sets forth that pet dogs
which are kept in heated rooms are
overfed, and stray ours, which have no abid-
ing place and are half starved, are more
likely to go mad than other dogs.
Mr.. Horace Days speculation at Nj
agara Falls has not proved a success but
the company that has bought the water.
power for $71, 200 ought to make money out
of it. Mr.. Day valued his property and fran
chise at over a million and actually sold one
two hundred and iiftieth part of the power,
a short time ago, for $4,000. But even Nj.
agara Falls is of small p%ecuniary value if
you have not the means to make use of it.
The water power that was sold yesterday is
something tremendous. 1t is estimated at
100000 horse power, to produce which by
team would require the annual oonsump-
ton of about all of the coal produced in all
the mines of the world.-PkaadeLphia Times.
The New York Express, of Saturday
last, under the head of Food for Europe"
said Give steamers sailed to-day from
this port "loaded to the muzzel," but net
with powder nor ball, arms nor ammunition,
but chiefly with wheat, corn, bacon, beef,
lard, butter and canned meats.
beef goes by hundreds OF tons, bacon
by thousands of boxes, lard by hundreds of
There is also a remarkable ship.
men of agricultural implements-one hun
lred and fifty tons by one vessel for Liver.
pool, fifty by another for Germany, with four
hundred boxes of sewing machines for Glas.
COW. All this is apart from the shipments of
)tton, tobacco and other articles"
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-18
Ring Sickness.

This is not dissimilar from sea sick
ness it requires long experience in a
ring to overcome the nausea consequent
upon going round and round in one di.
r~ection. One of the most difficult things
for a circus rider to overcome is this
sickness. Clowns and ringmasters SUI fer
from it greatly, at first, from merely see
ing the horses go round and round but
even after years of experience, a ring
master (whose principal business in the
ring is to keep the horses up to a certain
gait, and not merely to give cues to the
clown, il a horse balks or gets behind
time, and he is obliged to keep close
upon him, is very likely 10 suffer from a
pronounced fit of sickness at the stomach
after he leaves the riDg.-Scicntife
american.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-18

LITTLE four-year-old Lulu was very
much afraid in the dark, and for that
reason had great dread of bed time.
Complaining of this to a friend one day,
she was told that if she would remember
always that darkness and light are
alike to God" she would no longer be
afraid. The next morning, upon enter
ing the breakfast room, the little one ex.
claimed Well, Mrs. =, | was 'fraid
agin last night" " Why, how was that?"
the lady, "did you not remember
what / told you 2" ooh, yes" replied
Lulu al 'membered IT, but the 'fraid is
in me, and can't be got out of me
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-18

thouagd aaig ssi ~ sltgs ysa n
many saiiie Milisf'
made = spflar ~ ne a,sf col 49,
huffying ~ me stable. Rhsa fhe 10
GENTLEMAN kii0Tai me-
Remember nv condition. The iaaf
th0umnd dollars ! iost. find chat ~
mel md yDu eln Many Hallis Wliief
end w pf1gi1e ~ you Buf n You
fail ~ bring NE ne m0ney, I say 6ay,
and pefhaps ~ . gysri wbile h. eame
Few along chat fad as faat ~ R10i
hofse flesh could caffy me bat felt Ike
q guilty wretch, W ! knfit down ~ The
stone md passed NY hand heaeafh it
A rleam ~ happincs crossed my heart
w. ! held the package To- ms hand
Wy FRET impulse was b. hurry home ~
last ~ bed hithef. Hut rejecting that
my speedy return might throw y suspi.
cion On The affair I allowed the horse b.
walk nearly the whole distance.
Grandmother met me Vt the door. @he
said my grandfather had been counting
the minutes since I lcn. lie WA still in
the sitting room,
! held the package up, and grand.
mother kissed me.
" You are . good boy " shc said, L" and
I1l see that your grandfather does the
right thing by Sallic Miller
Here you are, SIR, d I shouted, COM
ing into the old mans presence, and
placing the package in his hands.
Thank heaven % he deyoutlv ex.
claimed. 81 had given it mp, nv boy.
Did you have much of a search? Where
did you discover il ?"
Just where ! said you lost it. On
the spot where we broke the shaft"
Grandfather examined the package
and found it all right. Then he Rugged
me, and pulled my ear, saying:
Now, you scamp, you can marry Sal
lie Miller. Bring her home here, for she
no doubt requires n good deal Of instruc
ton in housekeeping, aud your grand
mother will make her fit to keep your
house from running to waste"
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-18

A scHooLBoY's idea i, ii you tap a
maple You geiEyrup, but If you tap an
oak you don't get tapioca.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-18

Readers, these things happened many
years ago. All the landmarks about the
farm have long since passed away; but
there is still a large, fiat stone by the
roadside, as one rides out from the town
of Randolph, and | never gaze upon it
without recolIecting how intimately my
destiny and that old rock are connected.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-07-11

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80 s '.s,is s.s.,sx 81. 81
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Since we left che rcdshale we have seen but
| few COWS. Aud for the last tlay We have seen
I but tive or three. We have made INQUIRY
Iabout the matter. ana we are informed ,l,ev
! don't paw here. thsy DOM tbqIve wen unon
j 1,iue naktnre And tlan tha b,,ttar ,,s,bans
/ Is kind If turpentinish. al 4 sBut If tl,es.
deuced mosquitoes would give milk. the herd
ers would soon ret rich. or ciat the New York
market. ri seems Is III that ii some Of these
/ Connecticut yankees would invent sonu kind
! Of machine bv which ahesa littln feI1ox>
could ID caurht. nnt, tho al out o,,t IL fl,em.
/ ii might prove < so,,rca Il vpalt Il fhis ,,ayk
of our state. and IL the oil would burn Is wan
! as The insects themselves do las tl,ev III Ill
to many candles---it might bring kerosene
down little. Although mon Homeopathle
! principles--siasilir siails5us cs.raat,sr~-s,ot
| a little OF this oil mipht find sale 10 Tie ne,-
pie hereabouts to cure the bites Of those whioh
were fortunate euouvh Ia cscane fbe vanke.,s !,
| trans. :F :. s 9. Nv.
-As I s;t.here- vritiaa,~ r-bear. ths.voiee.,o
some twelve kor1fifteenxwhipporwills. De-.
lichtful music they make. Eli? lam think
| ing that If there could be added few biz
bull-froos, with their BIG bass notes. The
maten music Of this forest would be most
oharminp-beat the sireLs Of olden times all
to pieces.
lis tho wear here for the seventeen year
locust, (cicqda; septsudcceu) and the woods
are ringing with their iiorrid noises. Well.
indeed, to be frank about. the. matter. ali ma.
tufe seems to have turned la 10 give usn rood
time Of ii tonight. b N
ielle q O'cLOcK A. NJ, FRlpAT.s
We left camp bear mosquito Cove at
O'Clock this morning, and visited the village
Of Toms River. This Is smart little village,
containing many pleasant homes and several
thrifty looking Iilaees Of business. Is fl at
the head Of the tide water on a small river
from which il takes its famc s
The country around this village is undulat-
Ing and pretty we'll titled. We seq wheat
fields andsSye fields. clover fields and timothy
fields, corn fields and oats fields, and not afew
potato fields. The people here wear shoes
and'eomb their heads, and wash their faces -
Our experience for thelast twenty-four hours
has been such as tosmalse MS take note of such
things. and we think too that they are
healthy practices they make folks look SO
much better. A human form, Terminated at
one extremity by bare feet, as big rs bake
ironss and as black and at tho other with a
| face like the outside of the bottom Of 4 ten
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-11-23

HAYES is beginning TO weaken on
on his "Southern policy" The eau
Gus committee of Republicans, con-
sisting of Edmunds, Cameron, Chris
tiancy, Bruce, KirkwOod, Hamlin
and Howe, are said to have exacted
a promise from Hayes that he would
not nominate Democrats hereafter if
suitable Republicans could be found.
Consequently the confirmation of
Mr.. billiard, as Minister to Brazil,
and of Mr.. Fitzsimmons, as United
States Marshal for Georgia, hangs
fire in the Senate.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-11-23

DR.. James, Commissioner OF
Agriculture, is of the opinion that
Georgia will make enough bacon and
corn this year for home consumption,
though the corn will have to be used
economically, on account of the SO
we're droughts which prevailed in
some sections Of the State during
the summer, cutting off the crop con
siderably. He says the large amount
of produce which was shipped ever
the Western and Atlantic Railroad
during the months of July, August
and September, passed through the
State for South Carolina, and from
thence shipped to Northern markets
and to Europe. So you see our
State is not in such a bad fix after
all.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-11-23

BELL AND FELTON,.

In the debate on the repeal of re-
sumption of specie payments IN Con-
gress on the l4th inst, representa-
tives Bell and FELTON,, OF Georgia,
distinguished themselves, SO much
so that Hon. Alex. Stephens pro-
nounces their speeches the best OF
the session. Their speeches were
in reply to Mr.. Chittenden, of Ne"
York, who styled the friends OF re-
peal defaulters and repudiationI'ts,
backed by the gamblers and bank
rupts of the country. Mr.. Chitten
den is a bloated millionaire, aud
when DR.. FELTON, got the floor he
fairly excoriated the New York gen
tlemau, "wrecking" him on the rag
eed edge Of defeat. We have read
the speech entire in the "Congres''
ional Record" and it was mastery
argument, creditable to DIR. FELTON,
in the highest degree.
There was quite scene when Dr.
FELTON, described the financial condi-
ton of the country as a storm and
hurricane at sea, in which ships
we're going down by the hundreds
and precious lives were being en-
quilted by thousands, while the
wreckers headed by the gentleman
from New York pointing at Chit
tenden), were standing on the shore
waiting to gather up the spoils and
asserting that things would right
themselves. Chittenden (who ID
somewhat deaf came over to the
Democratic side to hear more dis
,inctly, and made several fruitlesi
attempts to get a hearing, but wa'
laughed and shouted down, and was
told by Douglass, of Virginia, wher
he asked for minute of time, thai
the wrecker could not get a halt
minute. He subsequently got three
minutes of Hardenberg's time and
replied to FELTON,, denouncing the
attempt to repeal the resumption ac'
as involving the honor and TePuta'
ton of the government, and detri'
mental to the best interests OF the
whole country. But his speech was
impotent to change the good I'M
preston FELTON, made.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-11-23

Will be sold before the Court House door in
Dallas, Paulding county, Ca on the first Tines
day in December next during the legal hours
Of sale the following property to.wit: Lois OF
land Nos. 247 and 24o in Is district Sd section
of Paulding county. Levied on as the proper
ty of of Roberts & Collins to satisfy fila from
Paulding Superior Court in favor of Henry A.
Pa,tillo va. said Roberts s. Collins
Also at the same time and place lot of land
No 67A in Sd district and Sd section of Paulding
county. Levied on as 'ho property of W. n.
Rogers TO satisfy a Justice Court fila from
l003rd district G. N, in favor of Banks & Scott
va. w. If. Rogers, for balance purchase money
of said land Levy made and returned to me
by J. J. Lawrence, L. @.
Also at the same time aud place lot cf land
No. 73S in 3rd district, Bird section of Pauldng
county. Levied on the property of t. ii.
Owen to satisfy two Justice court ifas from
108lst district NJ, in favor Of II c Moody
VS.. T. NJ. Owen. Levy made and returned to
ME by j. c. Tibbits, L. c. This Oct. 3lst ISL
G. NJ LAWRENCE, Sheriff.