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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-08-05
THE ORANGE CROP.
Something About the Profits Of
the Florida Groves.

Seth French, of Jacksonville,
Florida, an old and experienced
orange grower, gives the following
as an estimate OF the cost OF an
orange grove. according to locality /:
Cost OF ten acres of and for a
grove, $50 to 800; cost Of clear
ing, slO0 to 2l50; cost of iencing,
$50 to sI5; cost OF breaking, $50
to s25; cost OF serting out 800 trees,
$500 to $3.50 or $500; cost of care
and tertilizlng five years, $500 TO
$1,000; total cost, $500 to 81. $40.
In addition to this the young trees
cost, ready for setting out, 80 to
80 cents each. At the age OF nine
or ten years from the seed the trees
begiu to produce, the average be-
ing abont 500 oranges to the tree.
For the next two years the increase
in production is rapid, bciug about
1000 oranges per tree each year.
There are quite a lot OF trees in
Florida th.t produce 10000
oranges, but these are aged, having
been planted before the war.
Oranges, like apples, have their
"offn years, but ut fifteen years
from the seed it is safe to say that
the trees will produce on an aver
age 5000 oranges each. There are
iifty trees to one acre, according to
Mr.. French's figures given above,
though il is usual to set out sixty,
which at 5000 per tree, would give
1000, 900 oranges as the yield Of
the ten acres. These, at ouc and
u half cent u piece as they hang
OH the tree, the average price this
season, would give $22, 500 OF the
ten acres. This estimate, let it be
borne IN mind, is low one, for
some Floridians are this year real.
king $4,000 from six acres. The
Florida orange crop this year is
much larger than ever before.
From such counties as are easily
accessible the figures point to u
crop Of about 10000 boxes. In
putuam county alone tho 1870
yield was nearly $500, 100 orr nges,
and next year, with the large mum.
Der oil blooming trees that will
como into bearing, the crop will
amount to 25,0OO, 900 oranges. 1t
will require u train OF ten cars once
a day for ninety days to transport
the crop OF this county.
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Exchange.
Statisticians say that daring the
year 1879 there we're expended for
Intoxicating drinks in Germany
$3.50, ,00O, 900; In France, o58O, 900.
900; In Great Britain, t75O, 600, 900,
and in the United States o720, ,OO0,.
OOO--a total of 127, 900, ,OO0, 600 |
What u waste of money If it
had been expended in mauufac-
tnres, it would have passed intv
the wealth of the country, aud
yielded u return In taxnfIou. But
instead of this, It has disappeared,
aud lett behind II crime ahd pow.
erty, which increases the taxation
on those who have been provident
enough to save their money. Thus
even from the standpoint Of politi.
cal economy, its expenditure has
been ruin0us to the nations.
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Jackson county, first Monday of March
And September, continuing 9 days.
Harrison county. second Monday in
March and September, continuing Q days.
Hancock county, third Monday In
March and September, continuing 8 days.
Marion county, second Monday after
tbs fourth Mon lay in Mrch and Septem-
ber. continuing 8 days.
perry county, first Monl lay after the
,th Monday in March nd September, con.
tnuing 8 days.
Greene county. fourth Mondays In
March and September, continuing . days.
Wayne county, fonrth Monday after the
fourth Monday Of March and September,
continuing days. .
Clarke county, first Monday in May and
November, containing 9 days.
Lsuderdale county, third Monday Of
Nay and November, continuing II days.
Kemper county, sscond Monday in May
November, continuing : davs
Monthly Rules Of Chancery Court ON
the second Monday In each month.
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An English paper, whose editor
is undoubtedly = married man, con.
Iains the following essay on NO
men:
. i believe there is more pepper,
more saltpeter, more tartar, more
aqua fortis, aud more pluck in wo-
man nature than any other nature
extant. All these, however, lie DOR
mant in thin sack, woven Of mod.
esty, timidity. coyness and gentle
tleness- Once shake them up and
You may look out for a blaze, nc
eompanied by a peculiar kind Of
thunder.
Women hrsh is thought BY some
10 be a colilcetion, a composition Of
sugar aud molasses, or some other
saecharine matter. Grant that it
is all sweetness; set | would have
you know that When the acid Of
anger, insult, or Immature comes ia
contact with it, such an eifrrvcs-
cence occurs as Que never saw ex-
empli6ed IN ginger pop, scidlitE
powders or soda water. M
Woman, when put out Of tune,
are like summer storms. At drst
they are cloudy-make no noise,
but their thinking machines are
busy in motion. Then comes tho
thuuder-rippiug, teariug thunder!
and the lightning that flashes i1ors
their eyes Is enough to apRal sle
sloutcst OF hearts. You faH b wk
in vondermeuf, il not pel4esAy
amazed. Unwilling to retreat fur.
Their; aud not having the chance
or the courage to slip in a pitiiul
"boo " you stand and take 1t like
q hitched horse Ia y hail storm.
When the wrath Of the feminine
has nearly expired, you pluck M
courage aud ard down on her With
argument, reasoning aud srepri-
maud but is all this going to
make her turn tail 7 Not a bit Of
it. Having wasted her thunder
aud lightning, she begins to rain /;
she knows what effect that will
have. With inlpetnous showers
she dIenches the furious IRE that
burns in your bosom, and adds y
freshness fo every Ind and blossom
Of feeling.
Then you begin to give in--sho
begins to clear off-her sky grows
brighter, she goes to the expense
Of d smile, her whole horizon, land
scape aud ladyscope, look charm
ing, gay and serene, and you can't
help giving her q kiss, and ac-
knowledging beat.
SO you see, my friends, TINT the
women are bound to get the better
of us. In them you behold the
wild eat, the lamb, and dove. II
they can accomplish nothing by
letting loose their untamed feline
propensities, they give the juvenile
sheep a trial; and II that fails they
try the loving doye. With sne or
the other they ure sure to eject
their purpose.
They are csllled the weaker sex
but with what propriety It Is hard
for me to imagiue, for ! know that
many OF them are strong enough to
lift a barrel Of beer and drink out
Of the tap. They cxn draw like
horses. They draw ns to chluh--
draw US to the theatre-draw us
from our busiuess--drxw us into
trouble-draw us towel, any
where.
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had swept away The log, and the
glare of lightning revealed to us,
AS il we're IN clear daylight, the
figure OF the girl iu the boat who
bad now drawn up close to one side
Of US, as she was looking over her
shoulder we saw her face.
IL was pale but beautiful. Her
large eyes looked into the face Of
my friend, and | would have sworn
that at the sight of her face light
eued up, and a look of confidence
took the place OF doubt in her
gaze. Ernest snly spoke so that |
could hear him. "Beautitul! aud she
is pIueky too, Jack. What would
you give for such girl AS that r
My ouly reply was that she had
gotten US into Il pretty nice mess.
"Well,' replied the enthusiastic
Eruest, "pll forgive her that il she
will only let me help her out Of her
troubles.n
Both boats kept an even steady
progress shoreward. We knew
our bearing since the lightning
fairly revealed the shore. But it
was a terrific storm aud steadily
increasing, each succeeding wave
rolled a mile from shore. On we
pulled keeping our eyes to the
right waiting anxiously for each
fash OF lightning to catch "a glimpse
of the other boat and filed with
terror during the season OF dark
ness lest it should be overwhelmed
while we could not see to aid it.
The water was too rough to safely
effect a change OF the light freight
of the thin shelled skif to our
heavier aud safer craft and it was
tacltly agreed that this should only
be a last resource.
Finally we came up within less
than a quarter OF u mile Ol the
shore. In a few minutes We would
have been in comparatively calm
water. We turned to make tol
the harbor, but in SO doing the lit
tie boat came right across oul
bows. Its occupant had not
seemed TO realize what we wanted
to accomplish. She stopped a
moment to make up her mind, that
moment was u critical one. Hel
boat, which would otherwise have
cleared ours, stopped short In front
of it. We tried to back water
but a large wafer wave forced III
on, bang! up against the little
shell, and in au instant 1t was cap
sized. Ernest sprang forward and
caught the girl around the waist al
she was about to sink. He drew
her into the boat and held her In
his arms while | by few minutes
continued effort effected safe
landing just above the rivers
mouth.
Earnest escorted the yonng lady
home, accepted tho thanks OF the
old gentleman who was her father
While the rash girl was bcing
scolded. aud corrected by her
mother in another room. Ernest
and | called there during the re-
mainder Of the season. In the fall
the young lady, who was still y
schoolgirl, returned to the acad
emy in tue East, and Ernest re-
turped to New York, ut the deatl h
Of Ills father there, to take possess
ion ofa large property, they both
met again in Paris, on the fourth
day Of July, sixteen years ago, ]
received their wedding cards,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-08-05
WO0ING ONE HUNDRED YEARS
HENCE.

WOOING ONE HUNDRED YEAR
HENCE.
BY J. W. STARR.
j need no telephone wire,
To send my love to thee;
I'll write the message In the light
Twill 70 at once from me.
No secret then this light will tell
Through traetless space twill move;
As gently falls the morning dew,
Twill tell my tale Of love
Some little doubt Is entertained
II all this can be done
The lightning speed is unsurpassed,
Except by light cf sun.
Impressions by II may BIZ made,
Aud fixed upon the brain,
Unuttered by the human voice,
And not paper stain.
Rodger Bacon onse foretold,
The future, then unknown
Six hundred years, and now VIC have
The wonderous telephone.
Six hundred years may come and 60,
The mind can never rest;
Ills part Of God, He made IL so,
Good deeds are always blest,
'Tis divinity that makes the man,
The source of all his power,
Terrestrial, and celestial world,
He'll scan within an honr.
Orange Grove, Miss, Oct I, 1850.
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/ remember the event as well as
though 1t were only last evening,
and yet it Is now twenty years ago,
since my friend Walton first met
his wife floating OH the waters of
Lake Erie. Ii was some time In
the latter part Of June, Ernest and
l had started out tor walk after
supper, aud took our way down to-
ward The river. 1t was about sun-
set aud the lake looked 50 beauti.
ful aud calm in the soft light OF the
last rays OF the setting sun, that
We were naturally attracted toward
il. We hired the small boat OF one
Of the river men, and started out
for a long pull. The SUI had
scarcely set when the moon arose,
and az we pulled away to the west.
ward we looked back along the
golden path to the beautiful city,
our new home. One by one the
lights shown out from the houses
along the hills on either side ofthe
Cuyahoga' and lent additional en-
chantmcnt to the charmed scene.
The moonlight on the water, the
stars overhead, the distant lights
on shore, the quiet and the calm Of
all around, rendered only more In
tense by the rippling Of the water
at the bow Of the boat, and the
light FLASHING Of the oars, all tend.
ed to fill our then young hearts
with happiness supreme. ! have
loated on the bosom Of beautiful
Como, aud heard the sounds of mu.
sic spreading over the waters from
the villas on the shore. | have
lolled in q gondola as its listless
driver waited iis oar to the slow
measure Of his song 10 passing
dswn the grand canal. | have
drifted down the Ohio, and be-
tween the beautiful banks of the
Hudson, yet have never seen still
life on the water In more beautiful
form than right out there on Lake
Erie.
At times we laid on our oars and
silently looked around on the scene
We felt no inclination to dlspel thu
enchantnient BY conversation. W.
had rowed out q distance of nearl,
two miles. Alight fog had arisen
Now the effect tor beauty had
been heightened. We seemed 4
| tic ID the centre aud on the floor o
| q grand marble dome. Such wa'
| the effect Of the moonlight on tn
| fop around and above Us, that W
could zee ouIy a few hundred fee
| into the distance, aud when tn
eve could pierce no further ai
seemed . mass Of solid Wilderness
The only exit from this doom seem
| cd to be along the bright track o
the moons reflections. Now w
seemed alone, indeed as far re
moved from the great trouolou
world ns II ~ uere IL the midul
q lhe great ocean.
Suddenly Ernest, uhoae hear
seeme1 too nil - longer contal
|ifsslf ID silence, baz41 torth 90
||z@I<~ With III IIeeutIl1I tenor fUIc
s -. - Nara rnur ul fE1n1 GIn0|
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CHURCHES.

Baptist Rev. l. A. Haley will preach
at Moss Point tho first aud third Sabbathr
at Il A. NJ, and the second at 8 p NJ; at
Scranton the frat and third at . y. NJ,
and the second at II A. NJ. ut Ocean
Springs the fourth aud hfth Habbaths,
morning and night. Prayer Meeting at
scranton every Wednesday night. Bab-
bath School every Sabbath st 5 P. M. All
arc invited.
Nethodist-Rsv. J. P. Dancer will preach
y Scranton and Orange Grove the srcoud
md fourth Sslbsths VI each month, and
.t Ocean Springs tn 1rst aud third Sab
haths. Rev. J. n. Weems breaches at Moss
'Olnt every Sabbsth morning aud night.
PresbytcrIau = Rev. s. J. Bingham
rraches Il Moss Point the second and
hulth Sabbath mornings aud lights Of
ueh mouth.
Latheran.--Ilov. w. Lewerenz prenches
sIDutch Bayou every Sunday morning IN
Eatish st 10 O'Clock, excepting the
sssptl ,3rnday, when the services will be
esndncted In The German language.
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MASONIC MEETINGS.

Ppcagoula Lodge A. y. and A. NJ. No.
202-Meets at Moss Point the third Satur-
day night IN each month.
H. L. Howe Chaptcr--Meets at Moss
Point the second saturday night In each
month.
Calf Lodge Knights Of Honor meets at
Moss Point on the Hrst and fourth Satur-
day nights Of each month.
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Charley Parkhurst the Noted CAL
ifornia Stage Driver Dise0y-
cred to be q Woman.

Telegrams trom jacksonville re-
port u strange ending to an adven-
turous life, and discovery which
surpasses in its strangsness the
widest efforts Of fiction writer's:
The stage drivers of California
have, by their intrepidity, sang
froid and daredevil recklessncss,
mingled with cool calculation, be-
come historical characters. Hank
Monk AMI Ben. Foss are familiar
personages to all who ever heard
OF or lived in California. A third
worthy is TO be added in the per-
son OF Charley Parkhurst, who at
his death, achieved a celebrity
which, by its attendant strange
ness aud romance, places him 6rst
in the trio. To the miners of the
pioneering days, Parkhnrst was
known AS a stage driver Of renown,
whilst to us OF later date ho will
henceforward he remembered as "a
parsonage who kept u secret all his
long life unsupported anh in-
tact, aud oaly gave it up to =
power which either buries it for
ever from sight or strips away all
mystery aud makes it plain.
Parkhurst drove stage between
Stockton and Mariposa, aml shot
"Sugarfoot,n the noted highway
man, while on this line. He after
ward drove on the great stage
route from Oakland to Sah Jose,
aud later, aud for Il long time, be
was the "b0ss Of the road be.
tween San Juan aud Santa Cruz,
when San Francisco was reached
by way OF San Juau. But Park
hurst was OF both an energetic
and a thrifty nature, and When
RAJ, i'll. movements In the means OF
locomotion relegated coaches fur
ther towards the frontiers, aud
made the driving OF them less
profitable, 1t was not sufficient for
him that hc was acknowledged as
one OF the three or four crack
whips OF the coast. He rcsolutely
abandoned driving and went TO
farming. For dfteen years he
prosecuted this calling, VARYING IL
IN the wiuter times by working IN
the woods, where he was known
as one of the most skillful aud
powerful Of choppers aud lumber.
Inen.
In course OF time he rented out
his station and went into the cat.
raising business, Oh lands be-
longing to +. A. Him, Of Santa
Crus. After raising u herd OF cat
tie be sold out that business, and
being q sufferer from sciatic
rneumatlsm ne sougu. Nss
iaoorolus avocatloh, an" went 70
raising culckens III tue ni'is oacA
OF Aptos. in THIS last occepa'lvn
he continued for years, but finally
yielded to his rheumatic trouble,
sold MS ranch 10 a forsusese, uo,
posted the proceeds or q part Oh
them, 10 tue oank OF "atsohS,,le,
and retired nom active lie 10 hve
GU the interest Of his money:
Near the seven mule house, out 9!
Watsonville, lsa little cabin, a''a
there, during the latter years OF
his lite, Parkhurst had resided
Last Sunday Charley Parsnuts',
the famous c0achman, tue ieaf'ess
fighter, the industrious farmer anu
expert woodsman, died oil cancer on
his tongue. lie knew that uea'n
was approaching, but diu hot re-
lax the reticence Of bis later years
other than to express u few wishes
~ to certain things to hs done ~
his death. Then, when the hands
OF the kind friends who had m'uis'
tered to tue dying wants eame 70
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Wis no boat norno person in sight,
and such was the illusion that it
scenes, to come up from the bosom
Of tue lake, as though some nymph
of the waters bad beentlrawn from
below TO join in the mortal's hymn
to youths divinity. Ernest heard,
too, the voice, but did hot check
himself on that account, but sang
to the end. For my part lay
back IN the boat and enjoyed TO the
full extent that rapture which is
only felt by the perfect but dumb
musician.
As Ernest was closing his last
lines, he moved quickly to his seat,
aud motioning me TO seize my oars,
We both bent hard to work. Ern-
est who had judged the direction
from which the noise came, direct
ed our boat toward II.
awe will see who it is n he cried.
/" Pul! hard.n
We fairly shot through the wa
ter. looked over my shoulder
aud saw a little dark object family
through the mist. 1t was undoubt.
edly the water.nymph's boat.
Then there was little feminine
shrek, q sudden movement, and
before We could get many yards
nearer the dim object was rapidly
moving.
snow for race,' cried Ernest.
A jolly pretty little laugh came
back through the mist--a dedaut
little laugh, too, jnst as though its
owner took the challenge, aud was
prepared for q contest. We tugged
away at our oars for i've, ten, tit- :
teen minutes, but despite our of.
forts could not gain an inch on the
fleeing craft, were hard press.
ed for breath. The perspiration
rolled of US in great drops; but
we would not surrender. We had
one time seen through rift in the
fog that the boat had only Que oc-
cupapt, aud that but slight {,
male figure. Could not we two
great college trained oarsmen over.
take that little slip Of a girl
"Confound the old tub!n NUT.
tered Ernest.
"Oh, il l had only my shell be.
meath me !" | added.
1t was no use. Tired and breath.
less We finally dropped our oars.
Then came q provoking little laugh
out of the fog bank from the direc-
ton in which the other boat had
vanished. But where were we
We had pulled out to great dis
tance. The moon had risen con
siderably, and of course bad chan
ged its position somewhat. We
knew the general. direction shore
ward, but it WAS very doubtful If
We could bit within a mile of it
shouh we atfemp pt To steer for the
river.
Then out of the for came again
The voice of fbe unknown song.
stress. Heavens! what lungsr n
cred Henry. 81 am all blown out,
aud there she has hardly rested a
minute from the mil and ia sing
mo again. Their il beqau TO grow
darker. The fog was getting very
heavy 40 that the moon became
dim. Was it fog alonef What
would we do II the moon should he
blotted out by a cloud. There
were no longer any lights visible
from the shore.
al am afraid we are iu danger,r
said Ernest. "And the ladyl 1t
Was We who drove her 80 far away
from shore.n
We called to her. She stopped
singing, but dill not reply.
.Where are you n cried Ernest.
There is 4 storm coming up, and
| am afraid we are all in danger.
The moon will soon be out of sight,
40 that we will have hard work to
cet sborrward.u
A little cry of terror came FROM
the darkness.
ave must hurry home,n said
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THE COURTS.
c,pcuITC0URT-SEvESrHD DISTRICT.
issrs s. HANx, Judge.
TaoxAs 8. FORD, District Attorney.

s.aaerdale county, second Monday in
,L,ssry and August, continuing 15 days.
.~asr county, irst Monday Ia March
= srptember, continuing " days,
~ rsrks county, third Monday in March
"A ssptenlber, continuing y days.
~ wssns county, first Monday in April
.,S 6esober, eostinuing q days
90 eonnty, second Monday in April
No kpber, continuing 8 days.
psrry county, third Monday in April
u ostober. continuing Q days.
~ vsrieu county, fourth Monday m April
IA October, eontipuing 8 days.
- Hsreoek county, first Monday after the
ssrth Monday Of April and October, con-
timing u days.
sarth Monday Of April aud October, con-
tinuing 9 days.
isarth Monday Of April and October, con
tiuaing u days.
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DR.. M. C. Vaughan,
DENTIST,
Moss Point, Miss

Will attend all calls along the foast in
his profession. Parties desiring his SER
vices can address him ut Moss Point. Miss.
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PROFESSIONAL.


ATroRNERY 4 cOUNsELLoRATLAw
Mississippi city, Miss.
Practices mall the C ,urts Of the Seventh
Judicial District.
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GEORGE WOOD, Chancellor.

cHASCERY CoURT-7ru DISTRICT.
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ovRRxarnNG.

b
A physician, writing IN article on
rules sos che enjoyment Of good health.
has this 10 say about the too common
fault Of overating:
You must not continue to eat until
an oppressive fulness In the stomach
compels Jon to stop your feeding. II
you oveFeat, or gorge your stomach.
especially after hard work. or fatigue OF
any kisd, ycu check or disturb lks cir.
culaslon Of the blood: yoa cause IL 10
clog, or longest 10 sogs part Of the
body. and 10 consequences yoa may have
IN ienammstlos u lbs bssssls. o. bast
headache. 81 - sssssk a@s4 vith sp-
popisIy. On, u - ssaAsslsss sssloas
sttsak Of say slss sskss glses, pea may
bs sure tisst yss Ass4 ~ year gut
toay. v.llsssd yssr bsasi end inIasi-
ousiy affected yessv ks@lsh In sone way.
by ovsrssting. your ssia viii be a.
fectsd. snd bsssk cut In pimples and
bIotches; your syesight will be weak.
sned. o. yonr bowels will be copstipa-
ted. the action Of your heart and your
liver Will be deranged; and conse-
qucntly bad blood win be made, which
will show itself 10 aches and fevers
aud various diseases OF the body. Al
ways rest and cool of. after stros q ex
ertion Of AMI kind. before you tst down
70 cat.
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The formation and incorporation
OF the new railroad compaDy-the Ore
gon and Trsnscontinental- has pecu
liar significance and interest TO our
people. The extensive plans Of the
new organization evidently aim at Sc
sttle - the leading point. and as the
leading point TO be, Of Puget Sound and
Washington Territory. and make II one
Of the two terminal points Of the enor.
nous transportation system projected
the other being Portland. II contem-
platos the long hoped for building OF
the road via the Snoquslmie pass 10
Walla Walla. and it also contemplate
the building Of two sections OF road
necessary 10 connect Seattle and Port
land. Whom these are accomplished
aud the one may be In one year and
the other Ia two--450 miles OF standard
gage railroad will terminate in our
city. and We can 60 by that time In
Pullman Psiaca Cars direct to San
Francisco. Chicago or New York.