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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01
Nan, the NewsbOy.

| st. Nicholas, for August.
Nan, the newsboy, is among the
latest of the odd characters which
spring into fame from time to time,
out of the varied life of the great
city of New York. A year ago he
formed "a little band, consisting Of
himself and two others, TO patrol
the East River docks at night and
rescue persons from drowning.
Some charitable persons heard of
the boys, gaye them floating sta
ton to live in, boats; neat blue uni.
forms, and a small weekly salary to
devote their whole time to the work.
Nan's real name is William j.
O'Neil. He is thorough street
Arab in his manners, and uses the
dialect common amOug ragged
newsboys and boot blacks.
The regulations by which the as
sociation should be governed, ac-
cording to his idea, are few and
simple. AS jotted down with other
matters i'll his rough log-boob, they
are:
/. Members shall do whatever
the president orders them.
9. No one shall be member who
drinks or gets drunk.
3. Any members not down in
Dover dock, and miss one night ex-
cept in sickness, shall be fined fifty
cents by order of the president.
4. No cursing allowed. .
Spelling is not Mans strong point,
and | have taken the liberty to ar
range this according to the usual
custom. Nor does he keep records
in scientific manner. Case four,
in his list of rescued, sets down
only "a Jew boy" Case five is
" A red-headed boy who fell in the
water, but could not find his naIne."
The first meeting of the associa'
ton took place one pleasant day in
June, 1878.
awe was a-sittin' on Dover
dock" Nan says, "tellin' stories.
We got talkin' about how body
was took out most every day; and
some said two hundred was took
out in year. We'd heered about
lite-savin' on the Jersey coast; too.
So / says: Say we makes a. 'socia-
ton of it, boys, for to go along the
docks pickin' 'em up regular All
rightr they says, and they nomer-
mates me for president. We thought
we might as well be doin' that as
loafin' on cOrners.n
Might as well be brave and hu-
name fellows, that is, as idle and
dangerous loungers Yes, indeed
they might, and this modest way
of putting it is infinitely to Mans
credit.
The three have nothing very dis
tinctive in their appearance, except |
ing their plain uniform. Nan has
a rosy complexion and a serious
manner. He has sold papers al.
most ever since he can remember.
Edward Kelly is paler and slight
er, and has quite decided air of
dignity. Gilbert Long is sun
and has merry twinkle
in his eve. He looks as if likely to |
be the most recklessly persistent of
the lot iu any dangerous straights.
The three boys all we're born in I
Cherry street. Long has been a
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01
A White Race In Africa.

London Spectator.
Maj. Serpa Pinto, the Portuguese
traveller in Africa, who recently
turned up at Ddrban, has been lee
turing on his travels at Lisbon. In
his address, which is translated in
the Standard, he testifies distinctly
to the existence of a white race in
Central Africa, living in the terrific.
ry "between the Cuchi and the Gu.
bango." He himself spoke to men
OF this race, whom he describes rs
whittier than Caucasians," who call
themselves Cassequers, and are not
bad people, though totally nncivi-
lized. They have tufts of hair on
their heads, like short wool. They
have eyes like the Chinese, are
powerful, and live nomadic life.
1t is of course possible that an AL
bino family should have multiplied,
but 1t is more probable that a small
party of Vandals or Goths were
forced southwark, or tried to ex-
plore southwark, were compelled
by circumstances to remain, and
being separated from all behind
them by their color, have survived
as distinct tribe. An almost per
tectly white tribe exists in the
Atlas, the descendants, it is sup
posed, of Romans who fled to the
mountains for protection against
the barbarians, and as far as is yet
known, climate has little influence
on color. The Copts remain white
aud the Tasuannins were quite
black, though they had always
lived in a climate nearly identical
with that of Britain.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01

The most interesting sight at the
seashore is to watch a woman wade
into the brine, constantly in dread
of being swallowed whole by shark
and when she gets about up to her
neck to have the current trip out
her uudertoe and set her to tioun-
dering like porpoise. The reason
why it is interesting is because it
gives you chance to hy, or rather
swim, to her rescue, and theu have
the privilege of buying ice cream
for her couple of days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01
AN ESTEEMED GIFT.

N. o. Democrat.
Mrs. jerks has been interviewed
about that $500 treasury clerk
ship she holds. She does not care
so much about that, she declares;
what she esteems and treasures far
more than any other gift is pho
tograph of John Sherman, given to
her by John himself. 1t is a gift,
she boasts, which no other woman
in the department. possesses.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01
CHANCERY COURT-7TH DISTRICT.
GEORGE WOOD, Chancellor.

Jackson county, first Monday of March
and September, continuing 6 days.
Harrison county. second Monday in
March and September, continuing days.
Hancock county, third Monday in
March and September. continuing 6 days.
Marion county fourth Monday in March
and September, contkhing 6 days.
Perry county, first Monday in April and
Uctober continuing 6 days.
Greene county, second Monday in April
and October, and continuing 6 days.
Wayne county, fourth Monday after the
fourth Monday of March and September,
continuing 6 days.
Clarke county, first Monday in May and
November, continuing g days.
Lauderdale county, third Monday of
May and November, continuing IL days
Kemper county, second Monday in May
November, continuing days
Monthly Rules of Cbancery Court on
the second Monday in each mouth.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01
PASCAGOUI4A MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY, AUGUST l. Is

tln-smlth's apprentice, ana Kelly
leather-cutter.
They have with them also five
unpaid volunteers who serve a
night. The force is divided into
three patrols.
Cherry street and Its vicinity
abound in tenements, sailor board
ing g-houses and drinking saloons
The upper part of South street is a
kind of breathing place for this
squald quarter. 1t is much favor,
ed by idle urchins especially. who
find a hundred ways to aInuse them.
selves among the boxes aud bales.
A breeze blows from the water
across the edge of the dusty, coffee.
colored piers, and gives abreath of
fresh air. t
The fish dock and the old "dirt"-
dock in Peck Slip on summer eve
nings are white with the figures of
bathers. Often, too, even " hen the
law was more stringent against it
than now, they found means to
swim in the daytime. They
wrestle and tumble over one anoth-
er, remain in the water for hours,
swim across the swift stream to
Brooklyn and back, and dive to the
muddy bottom for coins thrown to
them by spectators. .
This was the training school OF
our life savers. Accidents were
very frequent here, and the boys
made many rescues without think
ing much of them.
Their house is little box of a
place, painted bright blue, moored
under the shade OF the great Brook
lyn bridge, and close to both the
Fulton and Roosevelt street ferries.
The front door of the establishment,
as it might be called, is through a
hole in a dilapidated fence; then
down a ladder, and perhaps across
a canal-boat or two to where it lies
wedged in the crowded basin. They
have q row-boat, and "A lite.saving
raft Of the catamaran pattern.
Inside, the station has three
bunks, some lockers to hold miscel-
laneous articles, a small stove in IA
corner, and a small case of books
contributed by the Seaman's Friend
Society. These are largely ac-
counts of courage and ingenuity in
danger likely to be appreciated by
boys in their circumstances. When
they unbend after duty Is over, Nan
plays the banjo and what he calls
the "cordeen," and there is quite
social time.
Nan had saved eight persons,
Long six, and Kelly four, before
the association was formed, and
Nan had received silver medal
from the United States Lite Saving
association.
His most gallant case was the
rescue OF three young men over
turned from a row.boat by collision
with the Harlem steamer Oft Elev-
enth street. He was selling his
papers on the dock at the time.
When his notice was attracted to
the accident, he at once threw the
papers down and plunged in. He
was taken ont himself in q drown
ing condition.
" When you drowns," he says,
speaking feeiingly from experience,
= not ching you ever did but |
t comes up in your head. Then,
nay be, after that, you hear a kim |
y noise like music in your ears"
Longs best case was the saving |
If a son OF Police Sergeant Webb's |
II Dover dock, and Kelly's of a
Roy at Bay Ridge, who drew him
lown twice in the effort.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01
BRING THE MILLS TO THE ooTrol

BRING THE MILLS TO THE COTTON.
Charleston News and Courier.
There is certainly no reason why
the South should not look forward
to the time when manufacturing
capital will largely seek employ
ment in the cotton States, where
the raw material can be had at the
doors of the factories. The cotton
mills which have been started in
the South have been very success
tul, and the number is increasing
every year. We repeat the watch
word first given, ten years ago, in
these columus-bring the mills to
the cotton.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01

On a honeymoon tour recently
the young husband, going across
from Dover to Boulogne, was sud
denly very strange. "Are you i'll,
love ~ exclaimed the anxious
model wife. "Oh I! say, Alfred,
beloved, are you ill n He was a
fraid of being doubted. aud family
replied. III think the shrimps L
had for breakfast this morning must
have been alive
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01

1t is recorded in history that a
certain philosopher of ancient times
was one day asked, "What does q
man gam by telling lie 7" "Not
to be believed," said he "even
when he speaks the truth" Young
readers, bear In mind this answer
of a wise man.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01

The Troy Press, on July 5, gave
a glowing account of a brilliant
meteor which passed over that city
on the night of July A. The Troy
Budget of the sixth explains that
one of its representatives happened
to be present when the meteor start
ed. 1t was composed of tissue paper
and a blazing sponge saturated
with alcohol.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS,

Atlanta COnstitutiOn.
With the potato bug in Georgia,
and Grant returning to his native
shores, it would seem as though
we are going to have the most elab-
crate racket the republic has ever
Witnessed.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01
He COU II II S T..
REGULAR TERMS.
CIRCUIT COURT SEVENTH DISTRICT.
JAMES s. HAMM, Judge.
THOMAS s. FORD, District Attorney.

Lauderdale bounty, second Monday in
February and August, continuing Is days.
Keniper county, first Monday in March
Clarke county, third Monday in March
and September, continuing II days.
Wayne county, first Monday in April
and October, continuing 6 days.
Greene county. second Monday in April
and October, continuing 8 days.
Perry county; third Monday in April
and October, continuing 6 days.
Marion county, fourth Monday in April
and October, continuing 6 days.
Hancock county, first Monday after the
fourth Monday of April and October, con-
tinuing l2 days.
Harrison county, third Monday after the
fourth Monday of April and October, CON
tinuing & days.
Jack son county, fourth Monday after
fourth Monday of April and October, con
timing II days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01

OF course Paris has rumor that
the savages who assegaied the
Prince Louis Napoleon were not
zulus at all, but political agents in
disguise.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01

No matter how bad and destruc.
tive a boy may be, he never becomes
so degraded or loses his self-respect
sufficiently to throw mud on a cir.
Gus poster.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01
A STANDING OBJECTION.
Omaha Herald.

Onland aeralu.
The managers of the army re-
union, to be held at Des Moines in
September, have invited Mr.. Hayes
to attend, and they are encouraged
to believe that he will do so, unless
some more attractive free-lunch
route is opened tor him about that
time.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01

The Fourth of July returns are
all in, and show that two persons
talked to death by "orators" tor
every one killed by powder or fire.
works.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01

Little boy at the opening of the,
proposed spelling match: "Lets
start fair. grandmother, YOU take
Eebuchaduezzar aud Ill take cat.7
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-01
THE PRESS.
CULLJNGs FROM OUR EXCHANGES
TIMELY TOPICS AND COMMENTS.
REPUBLICAN LOSS.

Bangor Journal,
1t is rumored that Bob Ingersoll
is to become Christian. Another
republican loss.
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LETTER.
correspondence Democrat-Star:

HARRIsoNVrLLE, Cass county, Mo-,
July l6 l37y
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-22

L. T. Payey, as Assignee for the) Highland Coun-
benefit of creditors Of JOhnW. ty Probate
Banks vs.. John II Guthriel Court.
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Secretary Sherman always talks
sense. There is no fOolishness in
anything he says, nor indeed in any
thing be does,-yide resumption.
Here is an extract from his speech
at Columbus:
''The advantage of our country is
that every man has a chance to fill
the highest Offices in our land if he be
but diligent. In this Republic there
is no royal road to place. All the
law can do is to give all men an
equal chance. Every man should
have equal rights, and no distinc-
ton should be made between citizens.
The black citizen, who has a heart
and wife; has the same right to life
and liberty as the haUghtiest white
man living. Every man who marches
to the polls exercises the right of a
freeman, and should be protected in
that right, whether he lives in the
sWamps of Louisiana, or sandbar-
rens of Carolina, or in this beauti-
full city. Democrats, Republicans
and Nationals should see that the
United States, and not Louisiana,
South Carolina, New York City, or
any city, make laws which secure
every man in the free enjoyment of
one vote at every election, and no
more. What we want is a fair election
law, having additional barriers, which
will protect the purity of elections,
and not the repeal Of those we now
have.
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Parior scene; Mrs. Brown. who has sDeni
the summer among the White Mountains
in search Of health, and who seems TO have
searched the whole mountain side without
being able to find a pair OF blooming
cheeks OF an inch of healtbfuI skin Mrs
White, who has remained at home because
her husband could not afford TO 90. but
whose fresh complexion and briSbt ewes
seem to have their bloom and BRIGHTNESS
from mountain breezes.
4 Mrs B.-Dear me, Mrs. White. how
well you are lookingl If you viii not
think me impertinent, let me ask how Won
can keep SO healthy in this dreadful CITY ?
have been TO the White Mountains, 90
there every summer, in fact, and I can't
keep of the doctors list at that
Mrs. W. (smiling).-IU tell you the
whole secret, Mrs. Brown. You remember
how poorly I was last spring, some days
even being confined to my bed. Dr.
told Mr.. White to send me to the noun
tains, but 1 knew he couldn't afford it. and
tried Dr.. Pierce's FavOrite Prescription.
Its effects were so marvellous that also
tried his Golden Medical Discovery. to
cleanse my system. In my opinion, one
bottle Of the Prescription and the Dis
covery is better than SIX weeks Of the
White Mountains for a sick woman. I
have only been out Of the city a week
during the whole summer; then my husband
and went to B1falo and stopped at DR..
Pierce's lnvalids' and Tourists Hotel.
The baths and mechanical apparatus for
treating patients were alone worth going to
see. Besides, our accommodations were
better than We had at Long Branch last
year, and the drives and scenery are su-
psrb. Let me advise you to use Dr.
Pierce's FavOrite Prescription, and try
the InTalids' and Tourists Hotel next sum
mer inste6d Of the White Mountains.
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For Good Work and Fair Prices,
[IEGAL NnTTGE.

Lydia COT, who resides az Harvard, Clay c0un-
ty, State OF Nebraska, Elizabeth Keys, Sarah Gar
nett and Margaret King VINO reside in the State
Of Nebraska, and John Campbell and Lucy Wool
lard, ,FEhOse places Of residence are unknown, viii
take notice that petition was dled agsinBt th' m
on the 2Sth day Of April, A. D. 1879 in the Court
of Common Pleas within and for the county OF
Highland, in the State of Ohio, by Philip F. Hans
borough, and is now pending, wherein said Philip
K. Hansb0rough demands partition of the follow
ing real estate, tO-Wit:
Situate, lying and being in the township of
Fairfield, in the county and State aforesaid, and
part Of John GFaham's Survey No, 3i65i and
bounded as follows: Beginning at a stone in the
middle point between black gum and dogWOod
(dOewOOd DOWN, the black gum is inches IN d.
ameter, bears s. IS degrees E. IL links, corner to
Monroe BTynut's tract Of land; thence with the
line thereof n. 15 degrees 3Omiuutes W. te4 44-lOO
poles, crossing branch at As $4,000 poles ano the
Martinsville County Road $50 called) at 179 pOles
TO q whiteOak, corner of Monroe BrTant's said
tract; thence with the line thereof h. u degrees
IS minutes y 43 4-lOU poles 10 WhlieOak and
black gum, corner 70 Bryant's said tracti thence
S. Is degrees 50, minutes f. " 65-l9O poles 70
stone in said County Road; thence with said road
n. u degrees 50 minutes Z. IS 66-lnO pelea 20
stone in said road; thence s. IS degrees 80 min
ute8 f. 1b6 27-lOl pOea1 crossing the oEancn RON
Richard Timberlakes spring at % 5o-lo0 poles the
branch from 8Onafhan Ellis spring az 4"A poles
and another spring branch at l2D l6-lOO poles1 70
stone in the line Of McTy Skipwortls iract OF
land; thence with said land S. 73 degrees g min
utes w. s. A4-lQ0 poles to q suEdFtrgas northwest
erly corner Of Mary SzipwOrth's tract and north-
westerly corner OF Thomas Shoemaker's nelIs.
tract Of land; thence with the line thereof 3 -
minutes W. 43 T2-lO0 poles 20 the begin
ninety acres and tl7q giaTtefe o.
an acre and thirtythree poles; and that, ater SIX
weeks publication of this NOTES, or as soon laef
after as counsel can Be heard, the said Pnlnp r.
will apply for an order that llaFtl-
ton may be made Of said premises or i paIiLloh
cannot be made without manifest iHjury, that then
such proceedings may be had IN the premises as
are authorized By law.
Dated this 2sth day Of April, A. ID. l6l9. -
PHILIP F. HANSBOROUGH. |
By CYRUS NEwBT, his Attorney. mylWI /
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Alcohol vs.. TObaceO-''FlOra'' after
66geriptOr.O

EDITOR NEws:-I see in the News that
| Bro. "Scriptor" wants "a rest" Does he
I was not aware that he had taxed his
/ physical and mental system 50 hard 70 prove
that the a6llss Of the use of tobacco was
"Horse" q. e. has done more evil TO our
Face) than that Of alcohol. We all know
that facts and figures prove the contrary.
I Our own observation establishes the same
fact. Therefore, people were not ready
to hear this" and therefore he (''Scriptor"
wants. to have "a rest, or to take nap,
until public sentiment comes up to his
standard. Then he will be ready for work
1t would then be more pleasant.
Is this the way our great refOrmers have
done? I think not. Look at Socrates,
Paul, Luther, Wesley, and "last but not
least," Murphy. If understand reform
ers, what they want is work"
Friend "ScriptOrs" course is certainly
doing the Temperance cause an injury
He is a gentleman of position. He has
written a book, aAd is Editor of the
Teachers Column in the News, and his
sayings carry weight with them. And al
we all know that great many Of our best
Temperance workers use tobacco, bis
course is calculated to cripple and destroy
a great deal of their usefulness, and to pui
arguments into the mouths of liquor sell.
ers and drinkers against the cause o.
Temperance.
! When there is a work to be done, anC
those engaged in trying to do it are no
able to succeed without help, then to sc,
persons standing Idle, and yet protestinI
that they desire the work to be done, appear
to me not only inconsistent. but almOs
ilamdRIy. FLORA.
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METEOROLOGICAL Observations
for AnFTs. 1870

NOZZLE E. MERCER, Sec'y.
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SINKING SPRINGS.

Fires have been raging at intervals, il
our vicinity, and tan-hark and fencing
and hundreds of acres Of woodland, hay,
been traversed with consuming flames.
Farmers are on the fret because of con.
tinued cool and dry weather, and failure
Of termination Of corn planted, and 2
years old corn for re-planting is in great
demand.
Mr.. 0. Baker, after a brief sojourn at
his paternal home in n. Y. City, has re-
sumed his post in the new firm.
Two list morJgage) recent cOnsignments
and adornments, to the homes of S. E. Rey-
nolds and M. Murphy. To the former, a
big boy! To the latter, a wee, winsome
lassie! JOSEPHAW.
Nsy 20, 1879
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Facts for Business Men.


If you have something to sell that others want,
you can find no better medium of information to
the public than live newspaper.
To give the widest publicity to this information
most economically, you can find no agent
so CAPABLE,
so INTELLIGENT,
so TRUSTWORTHY.
And Of such untiring perseverance, as q good
Newspaper.
The columns of the News are read weekly by
NEARLY TEN THOUSAND READERS.
It has now larger circulation than at any for
mer period, and
~ MUCH LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY
OTHER PAPER PUBLISHED IN
HIGHLAND COUNTY.
~ For proof Of this fact, we refer parties in,
terested to the Postmaster at HinsbOro, through
whose Office all theissues of the Hiusboro papers
are sent to the various pOst-OHioes in and ont d
the county.
Advertising terms reasonable. Sample copies
and terms Of Advertising sent free on application
BY mail.
HHlsbor0, May, 1879.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-22

We do not have to go so far South
as Okolona to find the simon-pure
Democratic doctrine nowadays. The
editor of the Evansville, Ind, Cour-
Ter, a blooming beacon light of Blue
Jeans Democracy, has laid down his
platform, and it reads as follows:
Down with the money power that
seeks to build an empire on the ruins
Of the Republic.
Disband the army if necessary to
give civil liberty,
Down with the national banks.
Down with the regular army.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-05-22

George K. Nash, of Columbus,
would be the unanimous choice of
theRepublicans Of Ohiofor Attorney
General, were it not that he and DR..
H. S. Babbitt, who is almost sure to
be the nominee for State Auditor,
are both residents of the capital city.
But We hope the Convention viii
agree to depart from usage in this
instance, and nominate both.