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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12
CHARLESTON IN THE WAR.


Detroit Free Press
The city of Charleston was under
siege 5S5 day :, and over 800 days
under fife. N hen Gilmore got bis
"swamp Angel" planted aud sent
word that he wauid open FIRE on
the city, the citizens af Charleston
laughed over the message. His
guns weu five miles away, aud the
Idea that he roHld do the city any
harm was toe ,b,ard 10 entertain.
IL is just mid,Ieht.
W-r-rr! SIS SIS! Scream-rus -
hangl
Glmore has sent his first shell
INTO the city. II strikes u brick
building opposite the postoffiee and
explOdes with "A crash which turns
1000 people out OF bed. Men who
heard the horrible screaming = of that
great she'll AS it came over the ga.
ters of the bay will never forget
the sound.
In live minutrsa second one came,
bnt this iallec to explode aud is now
on exhibition at Major Willis office
on the wharf. II just dts iuto and
Just flls nail keg. BY the time
the third one arrived alI Charleston
WAS awake and full ot alarm aud
horror. This was the beginning OF
siege which bias no parallel in
American warfare. Day after day,
week after week, month alter month.
with only intervals of Il few hours
ut u time for the guns TO cool 0r
some new move Ia he made, the
hombarlment continued. Graut
did not care TO injure Petersburg.
Gilmore would have wiped Charles.
ton off the face OF the earth it he
had been able.
That first nights experience WAS
enough to arouse the city to action.
Not u buildiug ia the lower part of
the city was safe from The big shells
loaded with Greek fire. Under the
advice OF the chief of tue fire de-
partment every house kept a ready
supply of water on hand in barrels
aud other vessels. In some dis
tricts bodies OF minute men were
formed, who would rush to the spot
where Il shell fell aud quickly sab
due the flames. M case Il fire was
started. The business streets were
all paved With eobble stone. These
stones were taken up aud dumped
into the sea, and it was u wise pre-.
caution. Scores of shells fell upon
the streets and buried themselves
III The sand and exploded without
damage.
BY and by The people became
used to the-sltuati0n, and seemed
to 90 to bed without any more fear
than would have been shown in
New York. While the street cars
ceased to run all other business was
transacted as usual, aud during the
hottest hre OF the whole siege men
we're loading vessels at the
wharves, various factories were
running and children were plsA ing
in the public parks. Federal his
tory pictures Charleston In ruins
aud filed with woe and desolatian
within thirty days after Gilmore
opened fire. AS matter OF fact
business WAS not suspended for a
single hour. While u few families
left the city, other eame Ia, and af-
ter the first fortnight the shells
were looked uppu rs Il matter OF
course. Probably not more than
thirty inhabitants were killed by
missiles direct, and both the big
fires bad their origin in other causes.
As Charleston begall--!aughty,
iInperious and detant--so she re.
manned TO the last, and when evac.
uated the Southern Confrderacg
was drawing its last breath OF lite.
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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12
Josh Billings Guide to Health.

Never rHH into debt, not If yr
can find anything else to run III
TO.
Be honest, if you cln; il you
kant be honest. pFay for help.
Marry yung, anh If yu make II
bat, keep.cool aud don't brag about
il.
BE kind to yure mother-in-law,
and, if necessary. pay for her
bostrd al some good hotel.
Battle thoroiy once week III
sott water, kasteel sope, aud avoi'l
tile boots.
Exercise in the open air, bis;
don't saw wood until yu are obliged
to.
Laif every time va feel ticklesi,
and laff once In while enny
how.
Eat hash washing days, aud b.
thank phul If you have to shut
yure eyes to do IL.
Hold. the baby half the time,
aud aIlwuss start the fire in the
mornings aud put on the ten.
kettle.
Don't jaw back it only proves
that yu are az big phool az the
other phellow.
Never borrow what yu are able
to buy, and allwnss have sum
things yu won't lend.
Never git in a hurry: vi can
walk Il good deal further IN day
than yu can run.
Don't sware; it u.ay convince
yu, hut 1t is sure not TO convincr
others.
Ii yu have dauters, let yure wifi
bring them mp; If she has go.
common sense she eau beat a,
yure theorys.
Don't drink too much nu cider.
and, However mean yon may be-,
don't abuse a kow.
Luv and respekt yure wife emmy
how; it is II good deal cheaper
than to he all the tins wishing ste
aaz somehow different.
Don't fool with spiritualism +; il
ia like being moderate drinker.
sure to beat you at last.
Don't have emmy rules for long
lite that you won't break; be pre-.
pared today to die tomorrow liz
the best creed for long lite kuo
of.
Keep yure he'd cool and yure
feet dri; aud breathe thro yuru
noze as much az you kan.
Dou't he a klown II yu can help
it; people don't respekt emmy thing
mutch that they kan only laif
ut.
II va kant half take a whole
one "a whole loof IL much bette.
than no bread.
Don't miss emmy phun, not ii w
hav 10 20 ten miles out oi yure way
to find it.
Don't keep bat one dog; there Is
no mau but pauper able TO keel'
three.
NOTE.
BY trleing to folio the abuve
guide for health and happinez ths'
Billings family has bekum wlnlt
1t iz.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12

A tough nut: Whati exclaimed
an Austin Justice 10 a colored cnl
prlt. have you the audaciIy to say
that you do not recognize this
pockctbook I Yes. sab. But il was
found in your possession. In my
what, did you say, jedge' In your
POSSESSION. This pocketbook was
found in your poekei, sir. jedge,
YOU has done tole two sto les about
dat ar. Fust. yer said hit was ioun'
IL my persession, and den yer
loved hit was fouu' IN my pocket
Bote dan yarns csn't be true. Ef
de indges on de bpuch can't tell the
dro0t, hits NO wou'.er dat poor
miserable niygah like me got led
astray. The justice drew u long
breath and once more producing
the pockethnok said: You denied
Just now that you had ever seen
| this pocketbook. | now ask you
again, did you ever see this pocket.
book before Why, of course. Hit
am dc same one YOU showed me- d
minute ago. Yer must be lositl' yei
mind, jeslge. Renlalfled to jail
without bail.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12

The official use of rum il ,leclin-
ing among the British. General
Sir Garnet Wolseley oppose the
serving of spirits to men in the
army or the use of wine by officers.
The spirits sent out to Egypt for
the British feet went bnck to Eng.
land, and John Burns, OF the Oun.
ard company, has substituted tea
and coffee for grog on board Of the
Cunarders.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12
LOVE AND BUSINESS.

In the cosy little private Office
appertaining to their business house
sal Halliday and son. Halliday
was n bluff, heavy old fellow OF any
or thereabouts, with a pair of keen,
bright eyes, which tsinkled iuces.
sanity, aud was seated in his chair
With heels upon his desk. Son WAS
a young man of twenty-five, tall,
dark aud handsome, clad In a suit
of navy blue flannel, aud was seated
on u corner of the desk looking
down upon his father.
"Who is the object Of your all
devouring passion, eb, Dick, my
boy T. The OLD gentleman asked.
"Some chit Of a school girlf
Her maine is wilkins replied
the young man. "She Is a widow,
double widow, will say, for she
had been married twice, aud is,
come, don't let your chin drop 10
snch AN alarming extent, Tor
outside of nll ihlt she is worth
fifty thousand dollars, although
that, in my case, Is "A feathers
weight in the scales. She il actually
twenty.six, but looks ten years
younger. AMI is as pretty rs a
picture. She has one child, Il
daughter, who is at school in Paris,
but, AZ abe Is M beifess to 800, 900,
shs is not AN iucumbrance by any
MEANS"
"Dick Halliday, you're a fool y
exclaimed the old gentleman! "The
woman il almost old enough to be
/, our Mother
I" Not quite as bad as that.n :
81 say, sir, she's almost old
enough to be your mother! Have
you committed yourself-she has
ensnared youi7
"Don't you remember our old
agreement, father, that when
thought OF marrying would con.
suit with you before taking the
stepf | will therefore Introduce
you to Mrs. Wilkins, let you study
her character, and then abide by
your decision for | have no doubt
as to what it will be-"
"Ahw said the old gentleman,
that's better. That's decidedly
better. You may introduce me,
Dick, aud promise you my unbi.
asing opinion OF tho bewitching
creature
"All right. When will you goF
"To-night, tomorrow. any time
you please; but see here, Dick, to
change the subject, how about this
London business It's going to
ruin.n
"Well, | suppose we will haveto
send man to look after it."
"Send r cried the old man, "that
won't do at all; one or the other OF
us must go. we've turned entirely
too much of late, and home inter
ssts- are almost rs bad as our for
eign. Nov, Dick, III tell you what
III do. II you will go to London
and straighten things up, III give
you my answer concerning yoni
/ flame the moment you return. I've
been over so often that the very
Thought OF going makes me sick
/ Come. what do you say. Dick !
| IF you desire IL, father, LII 60
certainly
nThen that's settled. Where ar
/ you of to nows'
IL was going up to the Astor, ,bn'
I'll wait uuiil evening, and. then yor
.yran accompany me-"
y 1" ALI right, Dick, all right; onl,
SslS.'t commit yourself. Beware O
widows, yon know
That evening Halliday aud sol
repaired TO the Astor house ant
we're cenAuctsd to one OF tue pli
vate parlorsy In few minutes
Mrs. Wilkins entered, aud II wa'
plain 70 be seen that the old gentle
mnn was amazed. He did no
wonder ut bis SONS intatuation
and aftprwarl acknowledged Der Il
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12

The German war Office is
seriously thinking OF substituting a
new pattern OF repeating rifle for
breechloader now In use In the Ger
man army. Several bait alions will
soon be experimentaIly armed with
this weapoiA-
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12

A well-known Bostonian, VIII
hns recently returned from Enropa
was asked how he enjoyed his sfa
abroad-which be hal DIVIDE
about equally between London nj
Paris. 10, very well,n be replie
a trifle indifferent, "but | dill M
have COOL dish Of beans while
was gone. Lam glad to got bons.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12

A firm in Crystal Springs tele-
graphed their Wholesale liquor
house that two barrels OF whiskey
recently sent had frozen, n,aud wanted
to know what they were going to
do about 1t. They replied, do moth.
ing, sent sou summer whiskey.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12

A matchmaker of Middlebury,
Connecticut, has manufactured u
clock which, at striking, carries
out a representation of Garfeld's
assassination. Guiteau Ares !; the
president falls. The scene shifts.
A funeral service is represented !;
suddenly a door opens and reveals
Guireau on the galiows.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12

Washington Post: The treasa
rer Of the United States receive
on Saturday $4,000 for account
the conscience fund, purpofting 1
come from ~. r., an Attorie
III. r.. is not sleceiyiHg the nnl' ,
an to his profession, It might =
well euongh 70 prepare tor III
millenliinuE.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12

A letter was received ut the
Washington Post Office, recently,
addressed to Seuator Oliver 2.
Morton, who has been dead fur five
or sir years.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12
sKArs II. BLooMFIEI
seal K BLOOMFIELD.

j 5RNEYs & coUysELoRs AT FLAW
Scraaton, Miss.
lin practice In all the Courts Of Jack,
county, Missfssippi. Each partner viii
tinue to practice in his individual ca
'ty In tll the Courts Of the Seventh
fcial District
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12
DR.. NJ. Moore.

SCRANTON, MIS-.
Iahlishod IN Office on Delmas ave-
here he may be found when wanted.
end calls day Or night, in or ont
and at seashore. Hasins y been
busly Engaged in The prace ice Of
for fwnnty-four years h the
lels conIidapt OF being able to re-
bnd cure nlauy. Makes special
u teAEolls dissaass. H. IN.
esIion Give hiB trial.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12

Ia. Anderson.
Ind Counsellor at Ldw,
IBScranton, Miss.
lice In all the courts of the
strict. Will give prompt at
k,se collection of debts. and
)ances promptly.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12
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PROFESSIONAL.
n. SeaI.

Il. Seal.
cstls,sEIAoR oRATLAw
lssippi t'iiy, Miss.
llallthe G ,urts Of the Seventh
|fict
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12

d. u. Chidscv,
n A CoUNsELL0R-AT-LAW,
! Scramton, Miss.
tire m all the eesrts Of the
lieiaI district.
,hidsey's drug store.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12

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Clarke con ~ ~ Monday IL February
and Aaxsas, Eeulin tt1e!ve dsyr
aenper eodHty, krysl <Silsits-1hi Ma.ch
asa sePtslas1r eennulng twelve days.
- annstsl ounfy ydrst Monday In July
sAa 49, sannas sontinpg twrnty-four judi-i
s'sl rasys y business cquires. /
80 s"afne county. 1rs Monday in April
octooer, continni.g six days.
80 Isesns r county, secsid Monday In April
- os.opef, contlnu sg six days. T.,
..ss ss1y county. thirH Monday In Anhii
-. vstobrrs continuing six days.
- Iaaen county. fourth Monday In april
~ oeteeer, continuing six days.
n*nessk county, first Monday afteH the
,sa-i 1871 koffay q ApriIsana October con-
Has Hsas Twelve days
n.ss'.s. county. shira hena.y " .shss after
zs days.
HK 81 StGszs.s,.r-zs ny six days
Il county, third Monday IN March
rmbcr, continuing six days.
county, second Monday after the
icnday iu Starch aud September
ulnx sis days.
n county, first Monday after the
Monday In Mar'h aud September,
haing six days.
enc county, fourth Mondays In March
sltember, continuing six days.
~ county, fourth Monday after the
Rapday Of March and September,
six days. !,
ounty, iint Monday In Ma Hsnd
continuing ak days.
ale county. third Monday Of
Novenlber, continuing twelve
er county, second Monday in Nay
embrr, continuing ak days,
Is rules oisChaueurv Court on the
pulay in each month
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-01-12
NOTE.

BY trleing to folio the abuve
guide for health and happinez .th'
Billings family has bekum what
1t iz.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-24
THE HOME OF GOLD.
4 Pretty Story Of the sierra RIndre--A Low
er,a Unsuccess al Ruse.

A story about which there is q fascination
which it is impossible to resist when you
hear men tell il is that of the "Home Of
Gold" Somewhere in Southwestern New
Mexico, in the Sierra Madre, ii is sail Their,
Ia wonderful valley. Small enclosed il
high rocky walls aud accessible only by n
secret passage, which is known to but few.
is this extraordinary place. 1t is about tell
acres In extent, has running through II u
stream, which waters it thoroughly and
makes il perfect Paradise, with its exquis-
tie flowers and beautiful trees. In it are
thousands of birds of the most beautiful
plumage. Running across it is ledge of
pure gold about thirty feet wide, which glis-
tens in the sunlight like great golden belt
The stream crosses this ledge and, as 1t runs
mnrinurs around blocks of yellow metal a.
other streams do around pebbles. The ledge
of gold is supposed to be solid gold and to
run down into the centre of the earth. Tho
legend is of Indian origin and around it clus
ters number of Indian stories, in which tina
name of the Inflated Montezuma occurs fro
quently. The descendants of the Aztecs be-
lieve firmly that the day will come when
Montezuma will return and free them from
tho dominion of the descendants of the Con-.
questodores They believe that the money
necessary for this work will be taken from
the Madre d'Oro The secret of the entrance
into the valley is carefully guarded by a
tribe of Indians living near 1t, and among
them 1t is only communicated to the oldest
men, amid the solemn ceremonies of the
Medicine lodge. Having such a story to
work upon there is little wonder that tho
vivid Imagination Of the Mcxicans should
have built upon 1t tales of men who haye
found this wonderful place. One il that a
certain Jose Alvaraz, while wandering
through the mountains in search of game.
SOW the valley from the top OF the wall.
Finding that he could not hope TO enter by
climbing down, he took up his abode with
the Indians who guard the canyon leading
into It. The daughter of the chief fell il
love with him and betrayed the secret to
him. Exactly how she found it out they do
not tell Having been shown the entrance,
Jose went in and would possibly have gotten
away with some of the gold had he not
weighed himself down to such IN extent
that he could not get up the declivity Mt the
lower end of the passage. He was dscov-
cred and the Indians sacrificed him on the
golden ledge with all the terrible ceremonies
of the old Aztec religion. She, in despair
ct losing him, threw herself from the high
walls into the valley below. Hundreds OF
prospectors have spent months of toll trying
u ind the Madre d'Oro, but, 1t IN scarcely
uecessary to say, without result Las Bru-
a.. D~,,,hI;e0a .. cal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-24
PRIMITIVE PEOPLE.

Mexican life in this town, writes cores
pondent OF the Newark Adpertiser from
Passo del Norte, Mexico, presents score Of
picturesque scenes daily. There is sugges-
ton of old Spain among them, and one sus-
poets that the artist who illustrated "Span-
ish Vistas" in recent numbers OF Xarper's
Maqazine went no further than TO town on
the borders of Mexico TO fnd subjects for
some Of his sketches The customs Of the
people are quite primitive. They plow with
wooden plows having but one handle, and
drawn by oxen yoked by bar OF wood
Dashed TO their horns with leather thongs.
They bring wood 10 market on the backs of
burros or in clumsy old OK carts, having
huge wheels hewn from the heaviest timber,
and bodies of bamboo, and with DO iron
used In their construction. They stack their
grain in the middle of the field aud then
thresh il by driving horses and burros over
it all day long. The carry about in wine
skins (the veritable bottles Of the Scrip
lures, vide l., Matt, K. II, revised edition.
wine which has been pressed from the
native grape by the bare feet of the vim.
tagers in truly Scriptural style. And they
make rope by the roadside with the SIM
plest impl ments from the fbres Of the soar
weed
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-24
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THE FEATHER. BED COVERLET.

But the American visitor is never fully
staggered with the German bedroom, says
the Saxony scribe of the Chicago Nesos,
until he is handed candle and invited to
retire. The bed looks so white and clean,
and so smooth aud inviting and the candle
fickers so unsatisfactory, and the room APP
pears to be so cheerless in the unsteady
light, that he hastens to disrobe himself 1t
is rather difficult thing for an American
citizen who will sleep on a soft feaiherbed
without protest, but when he is asked to
sleep under one, that as he reasons the
thing out himself and gives his conclusions
expression in his native tongue, sit takes the
cake" And that is what he finds he must
do if he cares to sleep at all in Germany.
Here he has feather bed, and nothing else.
over him. In the dark he feels around to
gee if he hasn't made mistake, or If the
chambermaid hasn't made mistake. Un-
der him is a hard mattress-not too hard, he
thinks, but Just harl enough, and over him
there is no mistake about it's feather
bed. The more he handles, or rather paws,
his covering, the more difficult it becomes
10 manage it. The feathers are enclosed in
one immense white sack, and they are all
loose as they are in pillow slip. Every
time he moves they seem to move down
towards his feet, until long before he goes
TO sleep he finds it necessary to reverse the
thing or to beat ii out, 30 as to get some
thing like an equal distribution of feathers
and warmth over his body. But this is a
trick which it will take him weeks TO learn.
1t is as difficult TO master as the language.
! Many night he will awake and find all the
feathers settled in one corner of the sack,
where they are packed tight, while his body
is covered only by the thin sheeting of
which the gigantic fraud is made. And
many night he will wake up shivering, to
discover that his feather bed is lying on the
floor, having gradually worked itself out
But he win learn how to manage it in time,
so that not single piece of down will
change its place from the time he goes to
bed until the time he gets up, and it will
prove itself TO be such comfortable COM
panion during the night that he will wonder
how it was that he ever could sleep between
lot Of sheets, comforts, blankets, and
spreads as he did in America.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-24
DRIVING CRY HACKS.

Somebody with quick eye and ready
pen in Chicago has been studying the hack.
men-not the least interesting of the many
curious classes of people whom that re-
markable town produces. He says: One
If the Clark street men was the first to be
questioned and on being asked how bust
ness was inst now, observed that it was very
dull indeed. Yes," said the cabman
mournfully. ST reckon it is the dullest sea-
SON remember to have met with There
ID next to nothing doing, aud il things don't
change for the better pretty soon, it is going
to be poor lookout. However, the Fall
months are the best time of all the year,
and most all of us do pretty big trade then,
aud I expect business win now improve
right along"
"What would you consider fair weeks
earnings ?"
"If take in $45 week feel pretty well
satisfied with myself; but, you see. il Is 30
very uncertain. Now, here some nights
will stand perfectly idle, doing nothing at ALL
and people will come along and take the
hack before or behind me, and seem bent on
avoiding me, until begin to think they are
doing it on purpose. Perhaps will be sit
ting waiting and viii close my eyes for a
minute, when some one will come up, look
at me, and, seeing me seemingly asleep, will
pass by, and just as jump up and rush for
them they win have skipped into the next
cab and driven off, Then again, on other
nights will have my hands SO plump full
that don't know which way to turn. As
fast as l set one party down viii pick an.
other up, and the documents roll in hand
over fist. These lucky runs seldom last long,
however, aud If could average $40 or $5C
iweek the year round should be pretty
well content arc think was doing moder
ately WELL"
What sort of business pays the best ?"
"What we call the jerk running. That
is the short, quick. little trips, such AZ driv.
ing to and from the depots with families
and their luggage, backward and forward
from the theatres and the like. We get 81
or 81 apiece for these jobs, and for my part,
like them best"
1.-THE long journeys around town, then,
parties of youngsters on the spree, &C., you
don't like so well ?"
well, no; can't say that do. or
course, occasionally get hold of a paying
load that way, but the young fellows, az a
rule, are pretty shrewd. They most always
make n bargain before they hire hack,
generally paying up slick enough. Then
again sometimes strike au old sport, who
is not over-particular as to what he pays II
he is treated well, and who treats me liber.
ally. But this is not very often. The ma
jority of my customers know the value of o
30 bill as well as most men,"
The hackman here made bolt for q fare,
and ON securing him drove of.