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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1882-07-21
4 THIRD MRS. PERRY.

sls amt the same sort rs your
|, 0Ss ~;,,. Henry said Mrs. Perry,
n '"'' y" ominous closing OF her
y, lip over the lower one.
:, :. p Perry called herself a devout
,;.s' All through the country
s,. y. held IN estimation as one of
/ vi, of the earth, comforting be-
~. : .ick bed, efficient in 4 neg
- = househoId, and welcome
'rhere. Aud when Alice May
y "a the old houisstsad - her
= !. .scoud J. wite, she naturally
Is.isn With reyerential saeefien
En- venerable white cspl'ed old
|s's;xpstheart!7 X; the young hus.
Ii hsd said, looking fondly into
/ y srss -. Of his bride, as they stood
~, ,be blossoming boughs OF the
I..s ~ trees on the soft May night
Kan he tirst brought her home,
h you think you can be happy
lam. Harry the young wife had
~, II iika n littlo para.
tx.r
|Bat Mrs. Henry Perry soon found
n that Lilac farm was something
|s,s practical than her ideas OF
krsdie. r
N nou,t know how to churn" said
|rs Perry, senior, in amazement'
|Wby. Alice, where were you
Iougbt up! Harry's first wife
k,usht nothing OF churaing twenty
buuds Of butter Of "A morning, De.
[lps doing all the house. work, aud
biting breakfast tor four hired
|en.r
Alice colored to-the very roots OF
N luxnriant chestnut brown hair.
/ know nothing about the coun'
h, dear Mrs. Perry she said, for
h was too shy to use the tender
krm mother" unless by special
byi,ation. which had pot been ac-
Crle,l.. al was educated, You know
\ bosrding.schoelj after | gradu'
|td | taught school until | met
|eury, and---'
al dare say,r sid Mrs. Perry,
|py; "but II you arc going TO be
iarmer's wife, II Is high time sou
tqmiuted yourself with some oi
b. duties pertaining to your posi-
ion, Ny sons first wife, now, was
modrl.n
"Alice looked eagerly up.
Please, Mrs, Perry said she
tell me what she used to do. OI
,our@, | have had no experience,
Dut ~
8well,n said Mrs. Perry, looking
'p to the top fringe of the curtains
md touching the tips OF her fingers
together, "she had a
aculty; Dorothy had. She was =
amous cook. She baked fresh pie'
very day, for no one eau be ex
'ected to like stale pies. Her hol
biscuits were like flakes
! snow, and We mostly had wafiles
Or supp r, with honey aud fresl
She always got up al
our o'clock Of 4 Monday mornin /
. do the washing. Henry's shirts
AVE never been the same since
)sruthy was removed. And | wisl
iou could have seen her ironings
IAe sewing circle met here ones l
Month, and tho tess Dorothy 20
y were u talk Of the neighborlool
aud there was n Sister OF lndustr,
setting here once a fortnight, ant
10 "Singers' Symposium 1ver,
'tner Friday. She was a noble
'sa!te& 'hristian, Dorothy was
Ind she did all the falnil,
exing. She could not reconcile I
ner own conscience aud her hus
'snd's income, she said, to hir,
ach work done.r
And Alice, who had committed
u enormity Of having a 1res
lade BY a dressmaker, colored scar
= and hung her head.
Then at butchering timer pro
sedsd \ relentless Mrs. Perry, senior
Dorothy alwava ma.ia tha trim,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1882-07-21

Down in Texas, when they want
to express loathing for u man, they
say be Is mean enough to hand .
pint bottle filed with water to a
friend on dark night.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1882-07-21

Why is the letter B like q man
sitting ut the extremity of a branch
Of a treei Because it makes the
end "bend.n e
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1882-07-21


at the ironing fre, and reducing
her pretty complexion TO scarlet, in
cooking buckwheat cakes for break
fast.
al want to be one," said Alice,
wistfully.
She cut utsquares of bright-colored
calico isto patchwork, she studied
the eook cry book until her head
achsd, she caught heavy cold
working over buttsr In the damp
dairy house, and sprained her wrist
washing clothes, which, afler all,
looked dim and dirty. She rose
early and went to bed late; she
counted eggs, MIXED up whitewast
uuaSls ;ssrseH sick cesppiIg up
nausa u. meat, and strained her back
lifting a kettle of pickles OF the
fire, and still she strove resolutely
on.
"I should like to do just what
Dorothy did," she said to herself.
"I don't think Henry il quite
pleased when l am 20 busy in the
kitchen OF an evening that | can't
spare time to come in aud hear him
read the Waverly novels aloud.
Aud my feet ached so this morning
with the cream skimming that l
could not walk with him to the hay.
ing ground. But l am doing my
duty, and that ought to be reward
enough
That same afternoon, however,
poor Alice was forced to fee to her
own room with sick headache, aud
seek the refuge Of her pillow. There
Mrs. John Bonney, a cheerful little
neighLor, found her.
"Sick are you p asked Mrs.
Bonney.
81 am not very well," acknowl.
edged Alice.
"Ah," said Mrs. b., 81 thought
So"
I" What do you meanf' asked
Alice.
{" Why, you've been killing your
self BY inches,' said Mrs. Bonney,
"as fast as you could. I've seen 1t
all. Pm not your next.door neigh
Dor tor nothing"
~ am trying to do my duty
pleaded Alice, with filing eyes,
"rm tryingto be like my husbands
irst wiie.rs
"Fid,llesticksr said Mrs. B.
Like Dorothy Parker, indeed.
Why she was nothing on earth but
q household drudge, and she finally
drudged herself to.death, without
anybohy ming particularly sorry
for her. She never visited, she
never read, she never kept up with
the progress OF lite's march around
her. Any machine could have fill.
ed her place.
"Mrs. Bonney, you ought not to
talk so," said Mrs. Perry uneasily,
ATS the TRUTH" said Mrs. Bon'
ney. However, do as you please;
i,'s a privilege people generally
claim, | have observed; kill your
self u you like. Perhaps the third
Mrs. Perry will be n little more
sensible.
So Mrs. Bonney put the bouque!
Of re,i tea. rose buds, which she had
brought, into water, and tripped
auchingly home, while Alice,
clasping her hands over her throb
bing temples, tried to ask her
self whien was right, herself ol
Mrs. Bonney, and in which direc
tion her path OF duty really aud nc
taally lay.
And it was at this critical mo
ment that she heard the nasal
monotonous voice Of her mother
in-law, down stairs, talking to hei
husband, aud uttering the sen
tence which opens our sketch.
"She amt the same sort as your
tirst wife, Henry" said Mrs. Perry
senior. Aud she never will be
let her try as she will. She hasn'l
got the faculty, you see."
She lay there quite still and
quiet, with closed eyes. She never
opened them when Henry Perry
himself tiptoed into the room, and
believing her asleep, tiptocd ou1
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1882-07-21

Paul 8afrazhDo,
(successor 10 Edward II. Rrimbls.)
Dealer In
FOREIGN a DOMESTIC EXCHANGE,
Collector Of Drafts, Bills, Accounts, and
all description Of Banking business.
SHIP AND INSURANCE BROKER.
PascugoMla and SesaAton, Hiss
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1882-07-21

the elder matron.
"To engage dressmaker and
seamstress, ffrst,1 said Mrs. Perry,
junior, "and to get . strong girl to
do the house work, next"
IA girl,r screamed the old
lady. Dorothy never -"
.sNo,n said Alice; 81 know she
never kept . servant. Bus Doro.
thy cleaned and churned and SOW
ed herself ou. of the world. I've no
intention Of settling my own career
in that sort Of q way. find that
| can't do the work Of this farm my
self, without breaking down my
health, shutting myself out Of the
world of books and science. / do
not think my husband desires such
. sacrifice ----"
nOf course | don't, said Mr.. Hen.
ry, promptly. 1.-THE house has
been a. lonesome as . qonvent
since you buried yourself IN the
kitchen and dairy. | married you
for a companion, not . drudge
Have half d doseu servants If y0t
like, Alice, only let us- have books
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-24

large barn. A house and Outbulldings near
by was swept away; owner unknown. On
the two farms of Peter Kraft the desolation
Is complete. Nothing is left standing. Trees
over a foot in diameter are torn up by the
roots and piled up in inextricable confusion.
Kraft was killed. James Deardorifs place
was the next, and 1t met the same fate. AT
John Dutlin's everything was carried OIL
He and his wife were injured, his boys leg
broken, and Miss Sharer injured. Isaac
Wilson was the next victim. One child was
found dead IN the road. Another had his legs
broken, and Wilson and wife are fatally IN.
jured. All the buildings are gone, Curtis
Hale and wife::are both injured and lost every
thing. South from Dufiin's are the Orr Broth.
ers, who lost all, and with their sister Jennie
are badly hurt. Charles Lineweaver lost all,
Robert Lyttle his nephew, met the same fate.
David Blainkenfelt and Nelson Nell lost many
buildings, but not all. The school.house east
OF Wesver's is a total wreck. John Ingham's
place, occupied by Arnold Benniman, Is in
the same condition. Thomas DOnnan was
the next sufferer, losing all, and he and his
wife are injured. George Ormstead's build
ings are all gone. Anthony Shuler had his
house unroofed, wrecked, and hurried on the
foundation. Colvin Ormston had large barn
moved nine feet off its foundatiOn.J no Williams
and Peter Duncan each had all their buildings
except their houses destroyed. South OF
Shuer's John Campbel's was wrecked badly.
Allen Fullerton lost all his buildings, and he
and his wife were injured. Mrs. Fullerton Is
lately from Chicago and Is now anxious to go
back to what she thinks is better country:
In this section the force Of The storm seemed
to come from the southwest, and the debris
was thrown to the northeast. Farther south
Harry Jones and J. A. Garnett lost everything.
This was the last trace of the full force OF the
storm. A short distance further, near Eng.
lish creek, few houses and barnes were NOV
ed from their foundations, but no serious dam.
age done. The cyclone evidently jumped from
this point TO the vicinity of Irish Ridge. The
time of the storm at this point is given at
9:15 1t is seventeen miles from Grlnnell.
The loss in the town OF Grnnell is estimated
at from 100000 to 100000; while the de.
structlon along the other 25 miles of It's path
cannot be much less. Several hundred persons
are left homeless by the calamity and many in
restitution. The.Governor OF Iowa has issued
a proclamation asking for contributions IN
aid of the sufferers, naming j. b. Grinnell, at
Grinnell Iowa, as the person TO receive them.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-24
Bucklen's Arnics SsIye.

The BEST sALvE In the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and ell Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles. tits guar
snteed 10 give perfect satisfaction or money re,
funded. Price Is cents per box. For sale by E.
Y. Griggs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-24

good article that has achieved success and
attained q worldwide reputation by its true
merits and wonderful results, Is always initiated.
Such is the case with DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption, coughs and colds. Already un-
principled parties are endeavoring to delude an
unsuspecting public by offering limitations Of
this most fortunate discovery. Do not be de-
ceived, but insist on having the true remedy, and
take no other. For sale by G. Gehring. Trial
bottle 10 cents.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-24

1t is said an old philosopher sought an honest
man with lighted lantern, and humanity has
since been seeking an honest medicine by the
light of knowledge. 1t has at length found II in
DIR. Jones Red Clover Tonic, which cures all di.
seases OF the blood, removes plmples, and acts
promptly upon the liver and urinary organs.
Only so cents bottle, 70 be had at all drug
stores. (cl
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-24
Sing, Oh Sing that Song Again.

Why, get q trial bottle Of DR.. Bigelow's Positive
Cure, and you will be answered. 1t cures colds,
coughs, consumption. whooping cough, and all
diseases Of lungs, and it will cost you nothing to
test 1t II you call at your drug store (c)
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-24

Women Everywhere use Parkers Ginger
Tonic, because they have learned by expert
ence that il overcomes dependency, Indiges-
ton, weakness In the back and Kidneys, ana
other troubles Of the sex
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-24
Murder and Suicide.

About s miles south Of Geneseo, ILL.,, on
Friday of last week, a horrible murder and
suicide occurred, OF which the particulars are
thus given IN a special to the Chicago Times
After getting dinner ready, and while her
husband and hired man were eating, Mrs.
Lindqust took her only child, boy about 5
years old, and went into the corn crib near the
house when she cat the boys throat with II
razor. killing him in few seconds. Then
she cut her own throat on each side and thro'
the wind pipe. After her husband had finish
ed his meal he went into the BARI, and heard
groans coming from the corn Grub, and upon
going into II found his son dead and his wife
apparently dying. With the assistance OF the
hired man the woman was taken TO the house.
At last reports she was still alive, but cannot
possibly recover. The victim Of this tragedy
and suicide Is the wife of Eric Lindquist, a
farmer In Munson township. The couple are
reported 10 have lived happily together, and,
with the exception that Mrs. Lindquis, has
shown signs Of insanity at times during the
past year, no cause can be attributed for this
horrible act
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-24
Flies and Bugs.

Flies, reaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, 20.
pbers. chipmunks, cleared out by Rough on
Rats l5c.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-24

aged 7. Not vestige of the house If left on
the ground, Mrs. Phipps owned thirty
geese and not one of them has feather left on
their backs-a singular freak. The storm tore
up green oak stump not over two and one.
half feet high and two feet across, and carried
1t bodily over half mile. The Phipps fami.
ly of six persons were all badly hurt, excepting
an infant which was not scratched. Jim
Phipps, son of Eli, lived just beyond. A
child lying asleep on the floor was blown
thirty rods against a tree and instantly killed.
The rest Of the family were caught up and
thrown IN a potato patch on the side Of the
house toward the tornado. All were badly
hurt. The next house was that Of Samuel
Chapman The family Of four were all ser.
iousy hurt. Dwyer Farnham lived next, and
he and his wife were both seriously hurt
Fosters family of seven persons were all
hurt and twenty head of cattle killed Hart.
fields house was turned over five times and
then took fire and burnt. Both he and his
wife are fatally injured. Fred Almore's fami
ly of three are seriously hurt. Ned Rice's
place was next reached. Ned was badly hurt
perhaps fatally. His wife and child are un
injured. There were two separate storms
which came together at Grinnell, and united
their force in line thereafter.
At Malcolm from the fairgrounds east the
ruin of dwellings, barns, outbuildings, fences
orchards etc, is complete tor eight miles and
extends south about two miles. In a track
Extending from half TO two miles wide there
Is litearlly nothing left Even the barbed
wire is stripped from the fences and the fields
are stuck full of the fragments of the destroy
ed buildings, presenting the appearance in
many places of an army. Several persons
were killed and many injured. Those who
suffered the greatest loss Of property were
James Mcclure two miles east of Malcolm
where everything is gone. Moses Jones los,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-24

Demorests Reliable Patterns, spring styles,
just received at Osman Il Hapeman's. Send for
catalogue.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-24

Near Chalsea, Wisconsin, Mrs. Sullivan,
whose husband had died some time ago, and
who has been supporting herself by taking
in washing, had been annoyed lately by some
one providing around her house at night On
Wednesday night OF last week man came
around as usual, but was frightened Oft. The
woman obtained revolver the day following
and resolved to protect herself against the
nightly outrage. Friday morning about two
O'Clock she heard some one trying to force an
entrance into the house She procured the re.
volver and ordered the man to leave or she
would shoot Her order not being obeyed, she
fired two shots, the balls taking effect IN the
head OF the man, whose name was Mike Far
rell. Thinking he was not seriously wounded
she went to BED, but when she arose in the
morning she found the dead body of Farrell
on her doorstep. The coroners verdict could
not be learned, but the opinion OF the people
is that she was justified in the act.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-24
Judge Lynch.

During a furious storm last Sunday night
Henry Huddleston, a colored man, visited the
dwelling OF white woman named Vaughan,
near Winchester, Tenn. When he got inside
the house desperate struggle ensued, she en-
deavoring to split his head open with hatch
ct, but in vain. He succeeded in his helllsh
purpose twice IN succession. He was pow
erful negro, % years old, but being well
known by the woman she at once gave the
alarm, and early next mornlnghe was arrested
and confined IN the court house. That night,
about 10 O'Clock, mob suddenly surprised the
guards, blew out all the lights IN the court
room, where he was held IN custody. seized
Huddleston and hung HIM to tree in the
court house yard, where Folsom was hung in
1866. Huddleston SAID he expected to be
hung, but denied having committed the rape.
The lynching occupied but few moments.
James Mitchell, OF Mount Sterling, Ken
lucky, waylaid and outraged farmers wife,
and was jailed. Five armed men took the
offender from the officers and hanged him to a
railroad trestle.
At Las Vegas, New Mexico, on the 18th,
four rustlers who bound and gagged Mason,
a storekeeper near Nesllla, recently, robbing
his store OF all they could carry, were over
taxed by Il Mexican posse and strangled. All
were Americans, but their names are unknown.
They belonged to gang of Arizona cowboys
and richly deserved their fate.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-08-11

A year or so ago we were led TO IN
quire whether any incubators were in
successful and profitable operation. AS
we received no response, we suppose
that nothing yet of any consequence
has been found out of the knowledge
that eggs may be hatched by artificial
means. We are the more inclined to
believe that no practical use has been
made of the idea to any extent, from
seeing in the schedules of some OF orr
leading poultry exhibitions, handsome
premiums offered for successful incuba-
tors, while so far as we have been able
to see, no reports of anything valua-
ble being offered has appeared. TAX
ing it for granted, therefore, that to a
considerable extent incubators have
been failure, it is worth while in
quiring why they should be so and
whether something cannot be done TO
remove the difficulties.
We know of nothing more likely to
be profitable for surely a regular sue
cession of good young chickens,
through all seasons of the wear, would
bring with it sure market; and un-
less the losses should be very large in
some unaccountable way it could not
but pay well.
We suspect that the trouble must be
that the young chickens are not raised
as easily without as with a mothers
care. Even when the chickens are
brought up by the hens that hatch
them, it is by no means ce' ain bus
mess. Very few are the persons who
can boast at the end of a season OF
having raised all the chickens hatched
while it is not at all uncommon for
people to lose third or even a half;
and we suppose that under absolutely
artificial treatment the loss would be
greater still. Nevertheless, those who
have had experience in this practice
could perhaps tell us exactly how it is.
We like to hear the details of failures,
| as well as to have accounts of success.
Very often when one reads of the
failure of another, the cause occurs to
| him when it may never strike the one
who fails and in this way the one who
tells of what he has failed to do, often
does as much or more good than one
who shows what he has successfully
done Indeed, it is more often than
not that people think they can succeed
where another fails, and some even,
who could never think to try what
some one else has done, will at once
think they can do what no one else
can. If incubators have anywhere
proven profitable we should like to
know about them; and if they have
been tried, and failed, we should like
to hear of the failure also German
| torn, Te2eor0,,h
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-08-11
The Deadly Fly Poison.

Whatever the annoyance of flies in
house, never use fly poison. This is
sold under the deceptive name of
''cobalt,' to be mixed with sweetened
water and set around the rooms to at
tract the flies. 1t kills the flies but
it kills children also. We have known
of two distressing deaths from this
cause, and it should be generally known
that powder sold under that name is
not cobalt at all, but is really metallic
arsenic, and a most deadly poison. There
should be severe penalty for selling
this most destructive agent under the
false name of "cobalt." Do not use it
either as ''cobalt" or in the shape of
'hy paper" A dark paper is sold,
labelled ''fy paper with directions to
put a piece in plate and keep it moist
This paper is impregnated with the
same deadly alsenic In Europe a
still more deadly fy-paper is sold,
which has been soaked in the deadly
cyanide, of potassium, Avoid them
all. The sticky fly paper which the
makers call ''catch 'em alive, OH is
any common paper upon which is
spread a thick varnish made by melt
ing together rosin and linseed oil it
is not dangerous, and acts only me-
chanically, by cruelty holding the
insects fast until they die. Quassia is
stated to be poisonous to flies; we
have not had occasion to try it, but
have no doubt of its efficacy. A
strong tea made of this, sweetened
with molasses, may be exposed in
| plates without fear or danger. 1t is
said that strong tea, well sweetened,
will act as a poison to flies. With re-
gard to the destruction of the mosqui
toes that may enter the house, we
should be disposed to make trial of
the Persion insect powder, pyrethum.
A small quantity of this burned in a
closed bedroom has been found to
destroy every mosquito. In France
pastilies made of this powder are used
for this purpose. The same end may
be accomplished by sprinkling some of
the powder upon the live Goals, on
shovel or in any safe vessel. The
powder is perfectly harmless to all but
insect life. -EaStern Agricultu..iSt
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-08-11
A Remarkable Scene.

A middle aged man and a 3.year old
boy were seen sitting together on a
doorstep in Portland, Me, one day last
week. The man was smoking a strong
pipe and the child was eating bread
and molasses. Their relations were
evidently of that intimate character
which does not impose the necessity
of conversation. Neither said a word,
but presently the man passed his pipe
to the infant, who at once laid down
his bread and molasses and began to
smoke in the most natural matter,of
fact manner imaginable. Having sat
lstied his desire for tobacco the Swear
Old handed back the pipe and went Oh
eating bread and molasses,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-08-11

The Colonel, who lives in the South,
was finding fault with Bill, one of his
hands, for neglect of work, and saying
he would have no more preaching about
his place-they had to many protracted
meetings to attend. "Bill amt no
preacher" says Sam, "lIe's only a
zorier." "Well, what's the difference
between a preacher and an exhorter T.
"Why, you know, preacher he takes
tex, aud den he done got to stick to
it. But q 'zoter-he lin brunch" i"