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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-02-02

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cfarka esat.ts. hrsf Mnnd&r i February
.nd kasnzs. eonllnuirg teeiTs dsgs.
EsupeE eazhly, frs, Aoaass n hasee
srd -. szahsf, ecn.inaing s~elss laws
Lardsrizle esnnts, h4ss Aee'lav N ?
h..A Iannary ceftinaiag I've is-fonf liidi'
slA. fr4s Il hnssuess requirEs
Wavaa tsnnfy. aist Ncz5nr Y Aprl
sra ocsoHer. eastnsaing i saaNs
GrAene easntg second Menaey IN April
sna Oefohsr, coAhru.ns AZ esfi. :.
Perry eesntv. shlrd Monday Ia Apiil
aud 0etoh~f. csntinui1g six dess.
aarfhs caznly. fourth NaiaaF ~ April
.pd s}dlehsr. coatinnipgssa days
fiAncork coanty. llrst &ouday af,sg tho
fsattA holftay u Aprilsana October, con
-inainK twetve days.
Hsrfison county, third Monday after
the fourth Monday Of hpl;l sad oe,onoa'
osntisains sis ds>s.
Jackson ctauts. fsnrtA Monday afteF
foasth MondaY Of April snd October, con-
tinaiay twelve days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-02-02

walking 4frf flte minister, aud pa
vas fll1oNinx a bassock at two
cats fhat Nere chwiag eash other
under the piano, aud ma Was irving
to get her iilzzes back on her head,
aud Tie eAlir eirl Was standing on
Us fyange with her dress pulled
up irving 40 scare eats With her
striped Sfockmgs, and the com.
mltlee hg'okr np. Well, 10 tell the
truth, "a kuew that l bad siMe
thing 10 Kifh the muss, aud
bssted me, M yauked me around
until bad rarry my arm In a
sling; but. n rs tho nss making
such q fuss ahoat i.few cats. Ma
said she never waiIed to.have any
company agaiu, cause spoiled ev
cry thing. But l got even With pa
for basting me, this morning, aud
l dassemt 90 houe. You see, ma
has cot u great big bath spoage
Us big as u chair cusaIon and
this morning took the sponge
aud filed it With warm water, aud
took tie feather cushion ouI at tue
chair pm sits In at the Table, and
put the sponge Ia it, placv, aud
covered 1t over with The cushion
cover. aud when We all got set
down to the table pa come IN aud
set down on II to ask u blessing.
He started in by clusing his eyes
and placing his hands up In front
OF him like a letter v, aud tAeu he
began 10 ask that the food We were
about to partake OF be blessed, aud
then he WIS going to ask that all
OF us be made to see the error of
our ways, when he begau TO hitch
around, aud he opened one eye aud
looked ut nae aud | looked as a boy
can look when be knows the pan !.
cakes are getting cold, aud pa he
kind OF sighed and said, "Amen'
sort OF snappish, aud got up aud
told ma he didn't feel well, aud she
would have to take his place aud
pass around the sassaige aud sweet
potatoes, aud be looked kind OF
scarf aud went out with hand on
his pistol pocket, as though he
would like TO shoot, an,l ma she got
up aud went around aud sal IN pas
place. The sponge didn't hold
more than halt a pail full Of water,
and | didu't want to play no joke
on ina, cause the eats nearly
broke her M, but she sat down
aud WAS JUST going to help me,
when she rung the bell aud called
the hired girl, aud said she feIt
~ though We neuralgia was com.
lug on, andSht would 20 to her
room, aud told the hired girl to
sit down and help Henuey. The
girl sat down and poured ont
sume coffee, and then she sail /:
"Holy Saint Patrick, bnt behave
those pancakes are burning aud
she weut out in the kitchen. |
drank my coffee, aud then | put
the sponge ia the bath roon, ami
| went up TO pa and mas roo
and asked them If should 80
ailer the doctor, aud pa had
changed his clothes aud got on his
Sunday pants. aud said never mind
rhe, doctor i guess We will pull
through aud Tor me TO 20 to The
devil aud Icane ofer here. say there
no harm INA little warm water, Is
therel Well, l'd liAe to know
what pa aud ma, aud the hired
girl tlionght. | am The only
healthy one IN our family.
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Chancsry Court, seventh District


Jaetson esgnty. first Monday OF March
.rs. a-ptemhsr, continuing six ,days.
Harlan county, seroud Monday IN
March ana september, continuing six DAYS
fIaueecE s5dbty,tkiId Mendsyi In March
ane seotamhrr, coutinui1x ak dass
Mntlor eoenty, second Annasy nterthe
fourth MnMday Ia Nar,'h anu september
continuing six days.
perry eornt,, first Monday after tho
fourth Monday in Msruh aud September,
confianiae six days.
gtseno Genntv, ioarth Mundays'n March
ana senteplbcr. continuing six lays
Wayas eoenty. fplrih Monday after the
fourth Monday OF March ana september,
continuing sx days.
Clarke eouutv first Monday in May aud
Noyen,b0r. cous,aaing six dass
r.aaderaale couuty third Monday OF
May AM Heyou1er, continuing twei'e
jaya. =.
KeHinsr county, s,eond Monday IN May
and November, continuing air tsys
Mauthiy rnlea d Chsneery conft on the
CSC ofd Mua.hy in zach month.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-02-02
For the Demoerat-star.
Hickory Grazing.

Small farmer Of jackson county,.
Mississippi, made enquiry Of the
Mobile Registers Ag. Asa Ed.
about grating the pecan and got
the satisfaction the boy did who
went to the goats house for wool.
As the season for grating the pecan
is at hand, and there Is some curl.
osity or interest manifested on the
subject, give my experience having
trees from eight to twenty-five feet
high, grated on the hickory. Al .
rule, the Carya family, which in
clndes the pecan and black walnut,
are not as easy to graft by common
methods as the pear OF applicant
least above ground, but one Of my
largest now eight years old, / 10
grated some two feet and y half up
on hickory stem . couple ofinches
in diameter. It's circum0renoe b
now tweuty-three inches, and the
contrast between the smooth ,vhitesf
hickory stock and the rough brown
bark Of the pecan growing a it
strikes the attention Of every one
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-02-02
MARY Il. NEEL.

Some antiquarian, delsing am''
the musty torbs OF tue lmst, ha'
dug this omen out OF the Hallein
inan uscrIri .e
II christulas ou = Monday be-
A great Winter that year You'll see.
Aud full Of winds both loud aud shiip;
But, in Summer. truth to tell,
Stern winds shall then be ana strong,
Full of tempest lastiug long
While battles they shall multiply
And great plenty OF lrasts shill die
They that be born that day, ween,
They shall be strong each one and keen !;
He shall be found that stealeth ought;
Tho thou be sick thou dicst not.
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wAsHlSGroS's WIFE.



II. A. Brek. contributes to the
Ricnnsah Wal dispatch the fol.
loving letter received 10 response
~ 4 v qaesi fsn.u him through that
paper for definite information con-
eeraing the family OF Mrs. Martha,
sife ot Gen. George Washington !;
WILLIAMSBURG. Va, Oct. 20, 1852,
Mr. Brock My Dear Sir:
Mlrlha Danhrldgr was born at her
ancestral homestead. T" Elsham,7 Ia
New Keul sseaniv. Va, Sunday,
MAY Sth, l733. Her maternal an-
cestor was the Rev. Orlando Jones,
Il native uf Wales, who was estab-
lished on tue banks OF the Potomac,
aud Was buried Ia the grounds OF
The old Brusoa Parish church, In
this eitA, nov the Oldest English
church ~ use In America. as II
dates from 1882. We first heard
il Cosaaial as.nsls ot Miss Dan
bridge a, a dazzling belle at The
court OF Coy. Dunwi,lslie, at WI
liamsburs tue seat OF government,
where SHE met Col. Daniel Parks
Custis, ol a ArtIugt6n," on the east
cru shore ut Virginia, the sou OF
the Hou. Jonn Cuslls, and as MS
father had heeu before INN. 4 mem
Der o; tue King's Council, aud at
the deliberations oi whlcn hr %as
in attendance. The mretlng
ripeued into love. Thr marriage
was al first opposed hy the father
OF the gr"om, hui IL l'49 Col. Gus,
lis bore his bride 10 his " Whllc
House, on tho banks OF thr
Pamunkcy, 10 Nea Kent county.
Tarer children blessed the happy
ualou, the iirst of whom, n son,
a,ing Ia infancy, was soon follow.
ed h, the father. aud Mrs. Cuslis
was left ~ young, beautiful aud
and wealthy widow, the exrentiix
OF an estate appraised ut E3o,O00.
In 1853 Washington, attended by
u servant, crossed the Pamunkey
on \ military mission OF importance
at Williamsburg. Stopping Tor y
moment at the house oi Il friend, u
MIR. ChamberIaync, in Vixen,
connty, he was pressed to remain
lie ut first decliied, but the gracrs
Of Mrs. Custis,. who was a guest At
the house, quicled the scrup'es ol
the speeding warrior 50 etlcctnnIl,
that his stay was prolonged fo'
two days aud n night. lie had
met his domestic i,le, lnd Mrs
Custis became Mrs. Washington on
the 9th Of January following, IN
ceremony beiug performed by TIE
Rev. David Mossom, AZ 81. Petcr'
church, in New-kcnt county, and
near The White House Oi th,
two surviving children OF Mrs
Wasbins stw b, her tirsI marriage, d
lovely daughter lMartha) died u
ITO Ia the 17th year OF her age
ami her son. coI. John Cnstis. an
aide di camp on the sta OF hi'
illustrious stepI',ther IN on'
gloriuus struggle tor uational IN
,Iepeu,ieuee, died Of malignant
| fever ~ Ethan, on the 25th Day
Of October, 1881, while IN camp
from Williamsburg and YORKTOWN
were Resonant with the pHihs u
tue triumph that endcd the weary
md bitter struggle. Col, Custi'
had married in l775, aud lett f'u
children, one ot whom WIS ~
father Of the vile Of our graua hero
Gen. Robert Il Irpe, Mrs. WASH
iugtou died III 1901, l AN ver'
truly yours,
MARY Il. NEEI..
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who were the Mound builders.
pnpnlnr seinncs Monthly.

Popular Sciences Monthly
d.. w. De Haas, after i careful
examination OF the SUPPOSED col-
nrctiou between the muund-
builders aud the ancient races OF
Mexico, has come to the conclusion
that 1t dors not exist. He e0nsid.
ers that the f0raier people were
hat little advanced beyond the
modern Indians, but thai they were
different. In the discussion that
followed the reading of DR. De
Haas paper in the American As
sociatiou, Judge Henderson oh
jectetl to the term mound build
err as one that conveyed u false
idra. Therr il no evidence, he
said, which will Justify us in sep
aratinx the aacieni aud alore mod
ern races, not a single feature
peculiar to tue 80 called montd
builders. The speaker had started
Out in the study OF American
archRalngs with the suppression
that th .se people we're distinct and
separate trom tln. Indians, but ht
had hceu compelled by the furce oI
facts to relinquish the theory. i
was improper 10 talk a,ont these
peopIr aslnlvsttTlols. for they were
- ........ 4..,x.s.t..,.i..fs, fhuli fln
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-02-02

The Ca'ifornian& are beginning
the experiment Of ostrich farming
on rather an exclusive scale. A
carload Of the hir'ls was sent to
southern California one day last
week by wav OF the Texas and
Pacific railway. The Texans are
now agltating the subject OF invest
ing In ostriches as Il reinnnerstive
industry. This news will br hail
cd with delight by the fnir sex,
who ii imagination are lalready
bedeckIng themselves with homo
grown ostrich plumes. The dear
creatures need have no fear that
the Immediate supply will render
these graceful decorations ICON.
mon.n
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II is the little things that fret
and worry us. A three .yrar old
boy may keep u mum ~ porfent
misery, whereas no such trial woallsl
accompany the presence ot bis
eighireu year old sister.
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Mark ~ ain on Woman.

toft tHIIeImdst uetIfefcu NJ Tue
dinner table OF the New England
Society in reply 10 the to'st wo.
man-0od Bless Her.
HThe toast inclndes the ser, uni.
versalIy, il is to work eomprehenz-
lively, wherpsocver she may be
found. Let Us consider her Ways
First, comes the matter OF dress.
This J. most important consider.
n ion In A sabIect ot this nature.
and mnst lie disposed OF before We
raa inivlligently proceed to cxnn'
inc the profouuder depths oi the
theme. For text let Us cake the
dress OF two ant;podal types, The
savage woman OF Central Africa
aud tho cultivated daughter OF our
high mo ern civilization. Among
the Faus. a great negro tribe, u wo- |
man when dressed for home or to 20
To market, OF 20 out talliug does
uot wear anything at all but just
her complexion. That IL all that
is her entire ouIit. 1t is the light.
est costume IN the world, but Is
ma,le of the darkest material. Ii
has often been tiken tor mourning.
It Il trimmiest aud. ueatest aud
gracefrlest costume that is now Ia
fashion it wears well, Is fast col.
Ms, doesn't show dirt; you don't
have to send it down town to wash
AMI have some OF it come back
scorchesl with the fiat iron, and
some OF 1t with the buttons ironed
Of, and some Of II pctriiied with
starch, and some OF il chewed by
the calf, aud some OF II rotted with
acid, aud some OF II exchanged for
other customers things that hasn't
any virtue, but holiness and ten
twelfths Of the pieces overcharged
tor aud the rest Of the dozen 'mis.
laid.' Aud it always its it is the
perfection Of a fit. Aud it is the
handiest dress Ia the whole realm
OF fashion. 1t is always ready, al.
wavs ncup.' Who's you call on
a Fan Lady, and send up your card,
the nired vlrl never says: /" Please
take q seat, Madame is dressing; ;
she will DC down In three quarters
OF an hour" No, Madame Is always
dressed, always ready to receive;
aud before YOU can gct the door
mat before your eyes she Is In your
midst. Then again the Fan ladies
don't 70 TO church to see what each
OF her Ias rot ON /; an, they doI'l
90 back home aud describe it aud
| sIauder il. Such is the dark child
of sa,apcry as to every day toilet,
aud ,hns curiously enough she finds
4 nonut OF contrast with the lair
dan hler OF civilization and high
lashIon--who often has nothing 10
wear and thus these widely sel,a.
r,,ei npes OF the sex meet suI,ou
commou uronud, Yes, such ia the
| Fau woman. as she appears iu her
simple uuostenlious. every -.lay toll
ct. But on State occasions she is
more dressy. At banquet she
wears bracelets; ut q lecture she
wears earrings aud "a belt at u ball
she wears stnckings, aud with true
feminine toudness for display she
wears them on her arms; at a fame
| raj she wears n Jacket of tar aud
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-02-02

BRowN's IRON BIrrERs
does not contain whiskey
or alcohol, and will not
blackcn the teeth, or cause
headache and constipation.
1t will cure dyspepsia, indi-
gestion, heartburn, sleep
lessness, dizziness. nervous
debility, weakness, &c.
Uss oaly Brcvn's Iron Bistess rade hy
Hvown Chemical Co, Baltimore. Crossed
rsd lines ard tsads-mark % wrapgs,
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postmasters ought to have the
stamp 81 reepectablllty about them,
but, we nrp sorry to say. some Of
them 10 not.
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Cash adyances-o ooprtlug ? rich
uidexs
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IheSecret

Of the universal success Of
Browns Iron Bittcrs Is sim
ply this: It is the best Iron
preparation ever made; is
compounded on thoroughly
scientific, chemical and
medicinal principles, and
does Just what IS claimed for
tho NOR and no less
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-02-02

By thorough and rapid
assimilation with the blood,
Il reaches every part Of the
system, healing, purifying
and Strengthening. Com
mencing at the foundation
itbuilds up and restores lost
health--in no other way can
lasting benefit be obtained.
pps.sss~ Ave-. cAIe.ss. N.-. ,
Ihavs beea a great sufferer from
avery~iesk stomach, heartburn, aud
dyspepsia IN as worst ibrm. Nearly
esesything ats yavs ne distrsas.
and l could eat bat lissle. have
tri<d everything recommended, have
tsken the prescriptions u dose1
physicians, bat cot no relief Until !
took Brewn's Iron Bitfss. l Aei
none Of the old troubles, and am
new man. | am getting much
stronger. and fsci hrst-rais. am
araiirosd engineer, and nov mako
my trips regularly. 1 can not SAP
too much In praise q your WONDER
III medicine. d. C. MACK.
National Republican., 1883-05-07

righteousness flows in the stream, mon weld
their swords into ploughshares; their spears
into pruning hooks, and the spider weaves
her web across the cannon's mouth. Art,
awakening from tho sleep of centuries, be-
gins TO clothe herself in strength and beauty
to construct q chariot on which speech out
strips the winds and oompetes with light
ning's flash. Science hammers from the
rocks their long buried secrets. weighs the
sun and measures the sky, foretells the
motions of the planets, and calculates
tho distance of the stars. Litera-
ture. new born, examines all the dreams
of sages. this lamp of the upper sanctuary
burning brightly in her hand Philosophy
no longer panders to carnal appetite or sordid
passion, but, with all the singing gladness of
conscious purity, becomes the guide Of our
higher thinking and the minister of our
hoier virtues And poetry--before how
sensual and trifing-now dips her sparkling
cup in the river of the "Water of Life" or,
bathing herself in the light Of heaven,
becomes for the first time holy. And
religion at length comes back TO be dwcller
in mans heart; and devotion lifts herself
from the dust and puts on the garments of
holiness and the reign Of vice and sensuality
is smtten as with dead palsy; and old
forms Of error, that have grown hoary with
age, are abandoned with disgust, or flung like
a stranded vessel to rot upon the beach and
the pride of tyranny and the lust Of power
sink down weary and silent in death, their
victims snatched like pearl from the dust to
be added TO the crown Of Jesus Christ.
National Republican., 1883-05-07
ARMY AND NAVY.

Surgeon William J. Simon has been ordered
to the practice ship Constellation,
Leave of absence for six months is granted
Second Lieut. J. +. Reynolds Lands, 1st cav
airy.
Naval Cadet o. Z. Wellar has been detached
from the Tennessee, and ordered to examina-
tion for graduation.
The Enterprise was at Cape Town, South
Africa, April g and was to leave in few days
for tho Island Of Madagascar.
The leave Of absence granted Capt. FrederS
ick A. Hinman, corps of engineers, IN special
orders. No. 259, Nov. g. 1852, is extended to
June 1, 1883, on account Of sickness.
The United States steamers Kearsarge and
Yantic arrived in Hampton Roads Sunday
from their winter cruise. The Vandalia from
Norfolk dropped down in the afternoon.
First Lieut.. George G. Reid of the marine
corps, has returned to Washington after a
cruise ON the Vandalia in the West Indies.
He is in good health, and looking as bronzed
as a Spaniard.
The extension of leave Of absence on sur
geon's certificate of disability granted Mai.
David Krause 9th infantry (then captain 14th
infantry, in special orders, No. 261, Nov. 8,
1882, is further extended six months on sur
geon's certificate of disability.
By direction of the secretary of war, para
graph 3, special orders No. 394, Nov IL, 1864
! War department adjutant generals office, Is
| revoked, and to complete the record of First
Lieut.. Zebulon b. Blethen, LIST Maine cavalry
| transferred from 1st District of Columbia
cavalry he is mustered out and discharged
| to date Dec. 81, 1864, to which date no con-
| tinued in service and was paid.
National Republican., 1883-05-07
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
STATESMEN SPARE THE TREES.
m, N. y,,Ffgor


Is IL true, as stated by some people, that the
owners of house lots in this city have no right
to the trees that they have planted in front
of their dwollings7 This question is Of espe-
cial interest Just now to the residents on
Fourth street, between l. and +, fronting
Judiciary square, where q row of linden trees,
of fine growth and deep shade protects the
dwellings very greatly from the summer heat,
beside being in themselves objects of beauty.
The late DIR. John b. Blake, always alive TO
everything which in his beloved city of
Washington looked beautiful, said that il he
were the owner of a house shaded by those
trees, ho would not take $1,000 apiece for
them" II is somewhat startling now
for those who have thought themselves the
owners TO be told that they have no right
to them, and that the authorities are consider
ing the propriety of cutting them down. II
would seem TO common sense reason and jus
tice that this could not be so, but the resi-
dents of Judiciary square are not prepared to
believe any outrage of this kind impossible
after seoing the pride of the square, the most
beautiful weeping willow in the city, ruth
lessly sacrificed to some whim of somebody
about two years ago. If there was any reason
for that piece of vandalism, it was one that
common sense and good taste fail to guess.
The only reason that we have ever heard sug-
gested was that some contractor had made a
bargain to set out so many now trees and
wanted the room which the beautiful willow
and its spreading branches took up. Such
things were common enough under the rule
of the board of public works years ago, but
the citizens Of this district have supposed of
late years that such despotism was ended If
1t still exists, let us know how and why, that
we may seek a remedy.
IL was during the reign of the aforesaid
despotism that some fine large shade trees in
this vicinity were marked for the AK and
the workmen began their work, but were
ordered peremptorily to cease by the owner
of the property whose front they shaded. The
workmen Went away and camo before day
light and cut them down.
Now, if the dwellers in this city are liable
to such experiences as this, it is surely not
beneath the dignity OF the press to call at
tention TO it, and If the citizens cannot make
the laws that govern them, they can at least
make the officers who perpetrate the outrages
so unpopular that they will be in danger of
losing Office, that last great and final catastro-
phe to the average man. II. q. l.