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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-05-02
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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-05-02
MARINE and COMMERCIAL.
Port Charges.

Fresh water lie per gallon delivered
alongside.
Pilotage So per foot, actual draft, COM
pulsory.
stevedoring-Timber Sl-1001.35 per
load; deals 6J09Oc per load; coastwise
10c0Sl per load; lightcrage of ballast 7Oc
per ton.
Labor per diem-Foreman 81; holders s.;
winchmcn 81
Harbormaster S. each vessel.
All vessels arriving between the LIST of
April and 18th of November must report
at quarantine station before they will be
permitted to anchor. ~.
Physicians charge s. for boarding each
vessel. An extra charge Of IS, and cost of
chemicals, for f~umlEation.
h'ei"SS "i"i." waeci oh .no pai ifom
va! ~ No'eni"ei ~ iec'j November 10
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Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-10-02

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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-01
A Word to tho InquIsitive.

There were some mad men in a certain
Kentucky post-otflce recently. A postal
card was dropped into the lcttcr-box ad-
dressed to ''Rcv. John Penobscot, -.
-. 1t was an or iiuary card, and the
postmaster was all ordinary postmaster.
lie took it up, glanced at the address,
turned it leisurcly over and read: &c,
-, May Q, l979.-You, to whom this
card is not addressed, and who, neverthe-
less, have the check to read it, are a con-
tcmptible, unprinciplcd sneak and prying,
pusilanimous coward. George Il. Dugan. -
The postmaster laid the card down gently
and lounged to the other end of tho house,
softly whistling "Nancy Lec" In due
time the clerk came upon the card, peruscd
it, threw his hat upon the floor, stamped it,
and made the night hidcous with the howls
of his pet dog which he kicked in the ribs
How the card Jared with the various route
agents through which it passed it is impossi-
bic to say; nor do we know whether it was
read by the woman who is postmistress at
tho office where the Rev. John Pcnobscot
is supposed to get Lis mail; but the report
is that on the day it reached there she
smashed large bottle of ink on her hus-
band's head, spanked the children all around
and chewed up ninety-fivc cents worth of
wax We cannot be too careful never to
write on pastal cards anything in the least
calculated to wound the sensitive dclicacy
of the post office peoples feelings.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-01
PeeulIarlties OF Some Animals.

Cats are atfectionate; they love
young chickens, sweet cream and the
best place in front Of the Fireplace.
Dogs are very faithful; they will
stick to bone after everybody else has
deserted it.
The donkey is an emblem Of patience
but 1t you study him closer, you will
find that laziness is what is the matter
with him.
The eagle Is the monarch of the skies
but the little kingbird will chase him
to his hiding place.
Monkeys are initiatives; but If they
cant initiate some mischief they are
not happy.
Hens know when it is going to rain,
and shelter themselves; but they will
try to hatch out glass egg as honestly
as they will one Of theft own.
The elephant has the least, and the
rabbit the most eyes for Its size; and a
rats tail is just rs long as Its body.
The roof Of thoroughbred dog's
mouth is black; so Is the bottom of a
cats foot who Is good mouser.
The serpent and the crab change
their clothing each year; the raocoon
lives all the winter long on the NOM
ory of what he ate In the summer.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-01
a Close Shave.

"A picturesque incident is narrated
concerning Gen. Chanzy during the
time of his Imprisonment under the
Commune. He was closely watched,
ana when one morning lie asked for a
Darbor to shave him, that individual
was only allowed to enter escorted BY
TWO national guards. The day was
dull and the light bad, and the knight
OF the basin moved the general about
several times, complaining that he could
not zee, and that the guards were in the
way. Grumbling, they fell back little
and the barber began his work. Pres
emily he observed that he had never
seen man more difficult to shave, and
adding "How hollow your cheek is !!
Come, General, Ia Prouencaden' he
thrust his thumb into the Generals
mouth to press the cheek outward. The
prisoner was for the instant naturally
enragcd, and was about to protest,
when he become aware that some small
object was lying on his tongue. The
shaving finished and his visitors gone,
he placed himself in the only position
In the cell in which he could not be
seen, and took from his mouth what
proved to be u little roll Of paper, on
which was written: "Keep up your
courge; you arc not forgotten. This
will not last long. Saisset." 1t was II
true prediction; in Il few days the
General was liberated by an order from
the central committee,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-01

scene of life and labor even more ami
mated than below. All around, but
chiefly Oh two opposite sides, is erected
framework of timber called the "stag-
ing,' estimated to have cost $3.50, 600.
1t Is built in three tiers, like three
story house, and each tier is hoorcd to
afford standing-room for laborers.
Firmly set all along each tier of this
staging are hundreds of wooden wheels
about four feet in diameter, with a
crank on Zach side to be turned by four
Katiirs. The iron ropes run from ev-
cry part of circumference, but differ
greatly in length-somc extending ver-
tically down the reef, some far out into
the center of tho mine, and others to
varying intermediate distances, but
each to It's own CLAIM. Such rope is
stretched from the bearings of each to
Its corresponding claim below, where it
Is made fast to post sunk firmly in
the ground. Thus wheel, a wire
rope and "claim," be it only IL six
teenth, are inscparable and equal in
number On these wire ropes the "blue
stuff' Is hauled in buckets, by aid of
the windlass, up out OF the mirc.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-01

of this friend l should have died ere this.
lie heard of me by my name, and when he
learned that | was from Ernsworth, and
was the son of Silas and Mary Walsh, he
bent all his energies for my release. lie
spent thousands of dollars in enlisting and
equipping men for the work, and with his
own hand struck down my savage captor,
and took me thenceforth under his care and
protection. God bless him! And be YOU
ready, both, to bless him, for he is coming
home with me"
Upon their bendcd knees that night, the
rejoicing parents thanked God for all His
goodness, and called down blessings upon
tho head of the unknown prcserver of their
son.
And, IN time, radiant and strong, their
Philip came home to thcm-camc home a
bold and educated man, fitted for the battle
OF life-came home knowing enough of
lifc's vicissitudes, and prepared to apprcci
ate its blessings
ana win Ihlllp came man of middle
agc-a strong, frank faced, handsome man,
with gray eyes and curling hair.
''This, said the son, when he had been
released from his mothers rapturous en-
brace, "is my preserver Doyou not know
him 2" '' ~
The doctor looked, and shook his head
lie did not know.
But the little woman observed more
keenly. Upon her the light broke ovcrpow-
eringly.
"isit, she whispered, putting forth her
hands-sfs thames Ammerton?"
Eyes, y said the mana stranger now no
more. 81 am james Ammcrton! And |
thank God who has given me opportunity
thus to show how gratefully remember all
your kindness to me, my more than mother. -"
And he held her hands, and pressed them
to his lips, and blessed her again and again,
telling her, with streaming eyes, that she of
all the world, had lifted him up and saved
him. ...
That evening Mrs. Walsh, sitting by her
husbands side and holding one of his hands,
said to him: ::
% "Oncc upon n time pebble was kicked
about in the waste of sand. A lapdary
saw it, and picked it up, and when he had
brushed away the dirt from it's surface, he
applied his chisel, and broke through the
crust, and behold-a diamond, pure and
bright"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-01
THE EVENING HOUR.

The stream is caltnest when it nears the tide,
The flowers are sweetest at the evontide,
And birds most musical at close Of day,
And saints divinest whom they pass away.
Morning is lovely, but holier charm
Lies folded close in Evenings robe Of balm
And weary man must ever love her best
For morning calls to toll, but night to rest
She comes from heaven and hor wings doth
bear
holy fragrance like the breath Of prayer
Footsteps Of angels follow in hor trace,
10 shut the weary eyes Of Day in peace.
All things are hushed before hor as she throws
O'or earth and Sky her mantle Of repose
There is a calm. beauty, and power
That morning knows not, in the evening hour
Until tho evoning, we must weep and toll
Plow life's furrow, dig tho weedy oil,
Tread with sad foet our rough and thorny way
And bear the heat and burden Of the day.
On when our sun is setting. may we glido,
Like Summer Evening down the golden tide,
And leave behind us, as we pass away,
Sweet, starry twilight round our sleeping clay
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-01
CaInpbells and HIacdonalds.

A good story is told of the Marquis of
l.ornc and two Glengary ILighlanders who
called on him recently. Ever since the
massacre at Glencoe, In which the Camp
bells did the bloody work of the Crown, the
clan Campbclls have been in bad odor with
tho clan Macdonald, and other sects; indeed
1t is a provcrb that the Macdonalds and
Campbclls "canna eat O the same kail-pot. -
The Glcngary men, Macdonads to the back
bone, were in Ottawa on business, and after
much debate, resolved to pay their respects
to the Marquis of I4ornc as the Governor
| General, not as the son of the Calum Nor.
On their way to the hall they talked the
matter over again, and one of them sug-
gested that perhaps the Marquis, being a
Campbell, would refuse to receive a Mac.
| donald, in which case their position would
be humiliating. At the gate they met the
Marquis with Major dc Wintons and taking
them for servants, tho IIighlandman asked
If the Marquis would care to have stwa
Maclonalds'' to call on him. His
Excelency replied that the Marquis bore
no malice to tho Macdonalds, and that Sir
John Macdonald being his first minister, 1t
was clear the Macdonalds had forgiven the
Campbells. F'Forgiye the Campbells!'' y
cried one Of the visitors, 'forgive Glencoe
Sir John is paid for that; lie has eighty
thousand dollars year for it.; but the, diel
take me gin we forgie or forget" and will,
this tho choleric Gaels turned their faces
toward Ottawa. The Marquis, however,
disclosed himself, and, after hearty hand
shaking the feud was temporarily healed,
The visitors were turned over to the Argyle
shire piper, who is q prominent member of
the household, and by him treated 80 hand
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-01
Red and White Vino.

Physicians and others in discussing
the qualities of wine, and the effect IF
different kinds and vintages on the h,.-
man system, have arrived at the CON
clusion that red wine is less injurious
to health than white wine. The SUBJ
ject has been revived latterly in the
Spectator, and the following reason has
been given for the difference in effect:
Red wines are rich In tanning; white
wines are not; the natural difference
being that the astringent principle
forms counteractioii to the stimulat-
ing influence Of the alcohol contained. !.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-01
A South African Dinmond Mine.

From Whatever direction one comes
from the surrounding plain, the most
prominent sight Is the lofty range OF
sand mounds, rising up from out the
center of the town, and overlapping
everything. These are composed OF
earth from the original thirteen sur
face acres of the Kimberly mine, and
thrown up around the edge of the
gradually-deepening pit, just as the
ant on smaller scale piles up circu-
lar ridge around it's hole. By diamond
"mine" in"Africa is meanta a pipe of sew
eral acres superficial area and unknown
depth, running straight down through
stratified layers Of shale. Each pipe,
and there are only four, is filled in to
the level Of the general surface of the
plain with sand. tufa, and diamond
bearing brecoia or soft rock. The
Kimberly pipe or mine has now been
excavated to a depth of about $50 feet {.
Most Of the streets Of the town con-
verge to It. We walk to the edge of
the rock which surrounds it, called the
''reef," and before and beneath us ex-
tends an abyss-a huge, oval-shaped
cauldron-open full to the skies. Over
its edge lies a sheer descent of $50 feet {;
across It, from side to side, stretch of
l 900 feet, or fifth ofa mile. Coming
even as one does from the life of the
town, the first look into the mine is a
fascinating and bewlldering one. Lit
tie by little facts unfold and steal upon
The attention. One talks to his neigh
Dor as to deaf man, for u steady hum
or roar fills the air, chiefly made up of
human voices and the whlr of buckets
ascending and descending OH their wire
ropes. Ten thousand men are working
below and around us, in the pit and
around its edge. All Is in plain sight
for there Is no burrowing under ground.
Far below, little black pigmy men-so
they seem in the distance--are moving
about, but not singly or at random, for
closer observation shows that they arc
working in groups, each group upon a
certain well-dofined square patch Of
solid earth, at which it is picking and
delvlhg, or walking to and fro over It,
carrying little buckets Of loosened
soil. In their midst sits or stands a
white overseer, or the master himself.
Spreading over the whole excavation
Or pit, cauldron, pot or basin, which,
ever conveys the clearest idea, like a
SPIDERS web on dewy morning, run
innumerable little white threads--so
they seem as they glisten In the sun.
Follow one such thread to our feet, and
1t will be found to be a shining wire
rope, worn white with constant use.
And here on the edge or brim, called
as we know, the "reef,'" we find a
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-01
"Isaisetl -

No barber knOweth whom he may
shave, and the man who rushcs into a
shop and drops into barber. chair,
without seeing who occupies the next
chair to the right or left may get badly
left, as case proved recently. A
solid old citizen in the Wholesale trade
was taking 1t easy, his face covered
with luther, when In came young
man who flung off his coat, bounced in
to chair, and called out:
Hurry up, now, for must get back
to the store before Old Blank does or he
will raise thunderi Hang him, he
won't even give fellow time to die -
The solid citizen turned his face to
glance at the other, and the barber no
ticed reddening OF his face.
"Going on q vacation this summer ?"
asked the barber who was preparing to
shave the young man.
"Vacatlon How In Tophet can get
away from old Blank? And If l could
he pays such a stingy, contemplate
salary that | couldn't afford even ride
on the ferry boati'
"Why don't you ask him for a raise P''
inquired the barber.
"Why don't ask for the hand of his
freckle-nosed daughtcr2 He'd dis.
charge me in minute, though he's
making money and can afford it. If
the old hyena would have stroke of
apoplexy tho junior partner might do
something, but such chaps always live
to be hundred years DID,"
Conversation ceased here, the solid
man got out Of his chair, took a brush
Ing and sat down, and when the clerk
arose from his chair and turned around
snow-balls would have looked black
beside his face. He tried to bow and
speak, but something wouldn't let him &,
and when he started to put on his coat
he held 1t tails. up and collar down.
He was still struggling with it when
the solid man rose up, looked around
and walked out, saying never word. &.
The BARRIERS wet the young mans head
and held cologne to his nose, but he
walked sideways when he went out,
and there was an uncertain wobble to
his knees. In applying for the vacant
position, state what shop you shave at.
-
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-01
a HlndOO'S Fent.

Among the hill tribes OF the Anglo
Indian frontier, cunning Is quite as
highly esteemed as personal prowess,
and there is ample foundation for the
native proverb that cit Is easier to find
snow In summer than to outwit Khy-
beree." But even these masters of
stratagem~ occasionally meet their
match, as the following adventure, told
In the language Of Its hero, a Hindoo
trader, sufficiently shows: "When I
started to 60 from Peshawar to Herat,
l knew that | couldn't expect to pass
the mountains without meeting rob-
Der or two, and made my preparations
accordingly. laid out all my money
IN several large diamonds, which l
bound around my head in a soiled rag, ,
made to look like the bandage Of a
wound. Then put on the raggedest
clothes could get. and loaded a donkey
with loaves of spiced bread, such as the
nountaineers like, putting good dose
of opium In every loaf, and away went
driving my beast before me. 1t wasn't
long before fell In with half a doz n
ghorumsaugs (brigands), who never
troubled them selves about me, seeing
what miserable object looked, but
flow at once upon the bread and de-
youred 1t all. The opium was not long
of producing Its effect, and as soon as
they were gil asleep took what money
they had, packed all their weapons and
the best Of their clothes upon my dom
key, and went on my way. But can
tell you, Sahib, took good care never
to travel by that road again"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-01
She Took tho Cow.

Over in Wmdfall, recently, man and
his wife got to that point of disagreement
so graphically described in "Betsy and
am Out. " They decided to separate, and
the assets Of the partnership were divided
up until only the baby was left, when the
father said, "If you will leave the baby
with me Twill give you a good COW. !" The
mother considered a moment and decided
that q good COW was worth $50, and q baby
well, pretty poor property. So she took
the COW. II s .38 &
The daily gazette., 1879-10-24
HsssstissS a 7yOress.


AN RsCAPkD TIGER FROM MENA-
ToRREsDAI.E, PA.
Up at Torresdale, fourteen miles from
rhilAdelphis, the inhabitants had gen.
ulne tiger hunt yesterday morning. One
ofthe royal Bengal tigers, belonging TO
Forepaugli's meiIagerie, escaped the day
before u Frankfofd, six miles away, aud
went roaming over the neighborhood.
Andrew Hofineyer, a stone mason,
first became aware Of the animals pres
eDce, being ~ akened from his sleep In
the early mo ming by Its cries. He went
to see what II was, thinking that Il was
some one In distress, and found tiger.
IL. retired in . hurry aud getting some
help tn. y proceeded to make raid Oh
the animal with shotguns Ohe Of the
men, Allen Eckhart by name, had
heavy duck gun. 7al. ...r 81. ,.
They made many Intellectual atiem Is
to s''oo tn animal, aud at length at q
O'clock found hin, in q field, separated
from them by fence.
lie moved along The fence slowly un-
I'll he came to point opposite the place
Were the men were standing. Here hc
st pped moment aud, placing his paws
against . rail, looked over. The men
promptly proceeded to give him morr
latitude, retreating TO the nearest house,
which was occupied by q family named
Clary. Eckert requested Mrs. Clary To
leave the door open, 10 that In the event
Of his SHIT missing his objecb he could
retreat inside. The animal, meantime,
had taken himself OIL the f.nc. and W as
leisurely pursuing his way. Going down
within about thirty feet of him Eckert
leveled lis gun at him.
Just ~ he WAS about to fre he was
stopped by . yell from some Of the party
who advised him not TO risk II, ~ II he
missed and onl, served to rouse his IT,
gership, some Of them would loose their
lives. Without needing the .equest h-
went little cl0Ser and v bile the animal
stopped to LOOK At HIM. took deliberate
aim for the region OF the left shoulder
and freo. The tiger jmr ped hve or six
feet into the air and tell dead without a
groan. The meu with the bird. guns
p' Omptly rushed up and emptied tn COZ
tents VI each and every additional gun
INTO the dead tigers head. being evident
y determined that he shonld not come
life again.
The ANIMALS weight was 205 pounds, I,
VAS feet incbea long and over 3 feel
high. 1t measured 13t inches arount
the forearm. ..f 81
The daily gazette., 1879-10-24
LATEST CABLE NEWS.

LONDON, Oct. "a, 1910.
The report Of the illness OF Count
Schouvalofi is not true. ..,..
The United States .s'eamer Quinne-
baug has arrived.
The Steele reports that Gen. Cialdini
has withdrawn his resignatiol
The Sportsman announces that Hre
gins, the oarsinan, has retired Fl ON aqua
tics.
As q favor TO Russia the new Turkish
Cabinet have recalled the troops from
the East Roumelan frontier.
Information from Berlin, received in
Paris, indicates that the political rela.
tions between Russia and Germany have
improved.
Mr.. 7. Edison, nephew of the cele
brated American inventor, has died o
consumption In Paris, where he recently
arrived 70 superilhend his uncle's patenl
affairs,