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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

al have caught and killed plenty Of
big ra's In my time. but the biggest
ones werc captured along the wharyes."
said old Jack Gregory. or English
Jack, as he is called By his acquaint.
ances Gregory Is n little old fellow.
not more than live feet In height. aud
pressing close upon his sixtieth year.
lilo lives In Camden, on William street.
below Roydon. When he starts olt on
his rat-catching expeditions he is nj.
ways accompanied by two little Scotch
terriers chained together With n box
Of fcrrets thrown over his shoulder.
English Jack" presents an odd pict-
urc.
II have followed rat.caiching for a
living for forty years" said Gregory,
but tho most vicious chaps are gen.
orally found along the wharycs, near
where the sewers empty into the river.
They grow up in the eve and event.
ually find their wayto the waters cdre.
and there they settle permanently or
else take up quarters IN the warehouses
near the docks. don't mind a job Of
Hearing = stable Of rats. That's fun
for mo. But when | am called upon To
clean out n warehouse ! always know
that II means tough work. with proba.
biz tho loss of three ferrets. Nine
times out of ten a rat will run away
from a ferret, and when they enrergc
from their holes my dogs and | Just Law
for them aud Kill them as soon as they
show themselves. but | have had many
4 valuable ferret killed by wharf
rats. The rats being used TO eating
garbage, greedy devour everything
they come across. and grow TO BE-
tremendously large. | have seen lots
that were a. big as eats, aud fero-
eious fellows they were, too. lrcmcm.
Der once OF n pitched battle that took
place between three OF ms ferrets and
live rats down at the sugar. boiling
house on Delaware avenue. below
South street. Each rat was from
fifteen TO eighteen inches In length.
and must have weighed from four 10
i've pounds apiece. They had Il hot
aud heavy Tor . quarter Of an hour.
The ierrets fairly ehcwed the rats 10
pieces. aud came out victorious.
though they got severely bitten them.
selves. Subsequently,. one Of the fer.
rets died. That night | succccdcd In
killing ninety rats. But I have seen
larger rats than those In my time. A
few years ago my dogs caught a rat
down al the Washington avenue grain
elevator which vas much bigger than
. cat IL was two feet long. and
weighed twelve pounds. He must
have been quits old. aud unusually fat.
| guess he was the king rat about the
elevator. was very anxious 10 cap
ture him alive. and 4 was hard work 10
drive the dogs of, 80 eager werr they
10 put "A end 70 him. Hs had fought
them hard. Notwithstanding HI. ase.
and the dogs had their dsnder I'M /
managed 70 drag them away. and then
threw q net around him and brought
him home to Camden. | doctored him
for three weeks and he wounds healed
pretty veil A saloon. keeper near The
old nsvr-yard made me An oasr al
trsniy dollars. and | sald the rat 10
hlm 10 plare - exhibition. lie did not
make much BY The venture. a he
.aioonr ke-psFs wife w. AFRAID o. he
~ ~ -, boiag Asstsns y ~ ~
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

that SO many people sink into untimely
graves when we consider how they neg,
lect their health. They have n d~isordered
Livor, deranged Bowels, Constipation
Piles or diseased Kidneys, but they let Il
20 and think they will got over ii.u II
grows worse, ether and more serious com
plications follow and soon 10 Is too lato te
save them. II such people would take
Kidney Wort II would preserve their
lives. IL acts upon the most important or.
gans purifying tho blood and cleansing
the system, removes and prevents those
disorders and promotes health.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

iir Edward Waters. Patent and Trade
marks Office, 81 liouFas street, Melbourne,
Australia, wfitati ions of ny igusti oli
suffered with lo0tb.aetls aud rheumatism
and after trying numerous other remedies
without relief, tried Jacobs oh II WINS
rubbed on tho choeh aud plugged IN lhe
tooth, and we'll rubbed In FIR rheumatism.
IN both eases tho cure WINS Immediate an1
complete, and IN neither case has tho pain
returned.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

"Nill you have srme Of the dessert
Mr.. DumleyP" in ui~d the landlady.
Dumley politely allowed that he
would.
'aDo you know" he remarked. A. he
gated at the very narrow little piece Of
whortleberry pie VIII h was tent him.
that | would hardly call this = dessert
NO. VIA. would you call itF' shs
demanded
An oasls"-x T. sun.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

"A correspondent tells Of a unique
costume at the recent children's carnl
val ut Saratoga. A little boy, foui
years old, appeared a Cupid ENGAGED
He was clad in 4 tunlc OF white feath-
ers. with n pair OF white and rose-col.
ored wings attached TO his shoulders,
and carry ing u gilded bow and arrow
An immense pa rot cage OF gilt wlrt
was placed over him, aud the ingenious
mother was rewarded with the surprise
that her production created among the
audience.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23
No. 100000.

This Ia the number actually reached
this week by the Mason Il lIamlin Organ
ind Piano Company in the regular mum.
boring u their world-renowned cabinet
organs. Having commenced business
In 1854, tho average number Of organs
produced per annum has been 1900,
which Is 100 per week for the entire
1900 weeks Of their business career. The
Mason & Hamlin organs have been sent
10 every civilized country. and their sale
never was greater than at the present
time, averaging from 10000 TO $4,000
organs per annum. Boston Journal.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

Stephen Whitlock. n youth Of Lyon.
N. T., attempted 10 test his digestive
organs recently by eating at one sitting
n pint n ice-cream. two quarts OF cher
ries and o quart OF peanuts. lie died
soon aiterward In great agony.-Baga-
10 Err rcss.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

Tho Philadelphia Ledger remark
that If people woull gil half as much
attention to their diet As thcy do Ia
schemes for teco ering their health
after il has been .imnaired. they would
run very little risk Of needing tho adj
vice OF u doctor or a change Of air.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

Tho latest dodge Of tho New York
pickpockets is for u half.grown DO, To
, ause n ball to bound up against n
dress. and while pretending TO
be alter the bal tho pocketbook Is cap.
y. Sun,
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

"A Bodie man i writing = treatise
on Hos TO Keep the BABY QUIET II
= understood thai he say l. very sim.
plsi thai all that i necessary l. 10 smess
the chlld's hands with n. o. mosas.e.
and give Il = bunch u feathers 10 pias
With The hahe vii 4 = ssif. II, !
he feathers from one hand 10 The Other
u eay IN psfisss senseat -Dssvsr
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

nfTo match that bonnets Feathers,
ribbons, velvet can all be- colorod to match
that new hat by using the Diamond Dyes.
Zoe. for any color at the druggists. Wells,
Richardson g. Co., Burlington, Vt.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23
HOPES To mn cuarn.

"Mr. Hrnok. near Albany. was llnpct sf =
Win Nanerfs II lai eaten thruugh his uuv y.
hlputh and throat. The time Of . draih NHe
auestlnn Ola WY short time. lie rfayd ~ !
~ slHefiuH vas 90. grt n. y u = has had ~
III eI.ct on him. lIls tmpros emrnt II ~. IS
Ee AL feel sur ofhh b*luE p-ff. rltt errrd tnir'
W. II. 0ILHEBr. AlhasI
Our T~rvaiise on Bloea snd ska Diseases fHsaf
10 applicants
SWIFT SPECIFIC co. Drawer 1 Aiitnia 4
ny uaaee. 80 ". III 81 phitaariphis osH
Chestnut II.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

la the South the feeling l. growing
that The man - rczdv to hand out .
pistol on me least provocation IL = COW.
sFd In comparison With The common
eally, Who ights with bic hsh.--GAt
80 Hgrsid
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

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tsIkar I'll e%UHRebiaI ielsaM II tha ~.
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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

TEN thousand dollars would not pur
chnse from me what Swift's Specific hni
done for mo. 1t cured mo Of rheumatism
caused by malaria.n
ARCHIE THOMAS, Springfield, Tenn.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

-RnRilah lgb printers acknowledge
lbat tie commercial printing dgne IL
Ameflea il faf hyperion ~ iiiat n
England
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

The Free Masons claim 10 have
1896 lodges distributed throughoui
the world, with a membership OF H.
i6o.5l3.
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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

A COUNTER ifritnnt-Tho woman win
goes shopping, yot buys nothing. -Bos,0a
IOsL
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

-pounty was paid on forty thou.
sand wood bucks In New hampshire
lasi wear.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23
"A correspondent tells Of a unique

Is recommended for salt. rheum, Itch, scald
head, impetigo or any other skin eruption.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

NOTHING "sirikes oil" so effectively as
lightning .-LoteH Courier.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

WHAT time by the clock Is the hest for a
punt A joke takes best when Il strikes
one.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23
Glenn,s SULPHUR soap

A BAsK-rgLLER bellies his name whsn he
conceals his d~efalcations.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

INTERESTING % AUTHORITARIAN
Oldest cup on record: The hic.cup.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23
20 Years
A CANCER FOR TWENTY YEAR,

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neck. Patent POTASH sni Nsrenfy NlstHrfa
stead Of curing the Cancer. hal The tsr u Al
alHlth upper part Of my budy. Ny general hesfli
bfuken d9Nn. and my Hfe waa drapslrti Of ~
eutd ~. sound and veil. ThIs new inaae u !
sste to me can not be MEASURED bv snY rM1
thnet 1wu my life aur thu support ~ ng fl t
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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

hcEu1c Male m Penn lie fatn W. 10 ~ ws.s !
HuINIO lnf our HbBis. Entirely new. Pa ~ |
vile MEMORIAL co., IA Home b., ciness.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-31

MAY esasoLc, closed at s81sc; june soAN,
Gle, closed at 89Hc; July H991zc. closed
at e0xc August 90ss@9fzc; No. 2 Chicago
spring e3k Oe6azc. Corn strong during most Of
the session; opened shade higher, advanced 4
axe, declined &c, closing &c higher for May
nc higher for June and &c lower for July
than yesterday: cash 515s054xc; March
and April 81 g 523sc, closed at 81 &c; Nay Sc q
@571Sc, closed at 56%c; June 57G57 &c
closed az 57@5T1sc; July 581k15oHc, closed at
5SHc Oats in fair demand opened firm, reced-
ed and closed A9zc lower; cash 29h 031 4 G;
March and April 2e1s 029 &c, closed at 29k c :
May 331s O33Yc, closed at 33Se; June 3si.@
2992eAc, closed at 291291Sc; year 27Zc. Rye
dun at 62c Flax seed firm at 1885, Pork in
fair demand and steady; cash Sf7.s5; May
81. 900f7. 971z, closed at 81. 0017.92K June
Sis. 00G1 S.O75l, closed at S18.00G18.021z; July
S18.0THG 1S12H; year S15.92A. Lard in
fair demand and 21135c lower; cash Se.2
@9. 80; April SO 30; May 39.377x@9.45, closed
at S9.37z09.40; June S9.45G9.55, closed at
S9.471S so; July S9.5509.e0, closed at So S.
Bulk meats quiet; shoulders S735; short ribs
Sc. so; short clear $685.. Butter quiet and nm
changed; creameries 30G34c; diaries 2602sc
Eggs TIC. Whisky steady and unchanged at
S1.17.
Receipts, 10 900 barrels Of flour; 1900 bush
els of wheat; $4,000 bushels of corn; 1914, 900
bushels of oats; 1000 bushels of rye; $4,000
bushels Of barley. Shipments, $4,000 barrels
of -four; $4,000 bushels Of wheat; 10S 900 bush
els of corn; 1876 600 bushels Of oats ;23 900 bush
els Of rye; $1,000 bushels Of barley.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-31
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Mr.. D. w. Wilson Struck by Project
ing Timber and Instantly


One Of the most distressing railroad acci-
dents that has ever taken place in this city
occurred on the St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba railroad about 1.45 o'clock yester-
day afternoon, resulting in the instant death
of Doris w Wilson, an estimable young
man whose parents reside in this city.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Wilson boarded
the passenger train for st. Paul, which left
Minneapolis at 80 O'Clock, and nothing of
note occurred until the train neared the
bridge which spans the railroad crossing at
reached the bridge, Mr.. Wilson stepped out
to the platform, and as he did so the up
bound train on the other track came along
AS the latter train passed he stepped down to
the lower step of the platform and, taking
hold of the iron railing, he leaned forward to
watch the retreating train.
Just as he did so his train reached the
bridge, and before he was aware of the dan
ger he was struck by one of the upright tim
bers, the shock being such as to knock him
from the train. When picked up he was
dead, his head and limbs being badly bruised
and mangled. The body was brought to
st. Paul and Coroner Quinn was summoned
It was taken in charge by Leigh, the under
taker, and an inquest viii be held at IL 80
O'Clock tomorrow.
Mr.. Wilson was twenty-six years OF age, a
carpenter by trade and unmarried. His pa
rents reside on Mississippi street and Mr..
Jacob Wilson, his brother, is the treasurer of
Little Canada township. He had been work
ing at Rice Lake and was on his way to St.
Paul to pass the Sabbath.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-31
Receipts and shipments Of grain, live stock,
Among the Commission Men.

With the continued spring weather business
steadily improves. There is no change in buffers
which are receiving fair amount Of attention
both for local trade and eastern shipment, prices
ara about steady with liberal supply. Beans are
dull snd quiet bacons and ham in better de-
mand; dried beef very scarce; cheese in good de-
mand and firm; dressed meats slower; no country
dressed in the market but considerable poor
southern meat imported at Sc0sHc. Flour quiet
but firm; hides scarce and a shade higher; fruits
in good demand and frmer; apples very scarce
oranges in good supply but prices frmer; lemons
slow and weak. Following are prices CURRENT
BUrTER-Recelpts liberal; grease, SC; packing
stock off flavor, 70sc; dairy, common TO fair, 10
@15c; choice roll and prints 16@1Sc; creamery
! 28@32137c.
BnANs-Commo, 81. 65@1 So; medium, $40
s.. 25; navy So. 500 1855.
BACON AND HAMs--Long clears bacon, 10s{c
dry salt 1oc; shoulders, 8K@9c; hams, 1917
Ola,
cHErsE-skim. 6A@7Ac; part cream, $40
9Ac; full cream old, 1914 @122l full cream, fall
l'l DRESSED MEArs-Beer country dressed, eh@
&c; city dressed, s01Oc; mutton, country
dressed, e07c; city dressed.9@sHc; veal, 10
oil.
500 Bakers xxx, S4.25@5.OO; low grades
4
graham S404e5 per barrel; buckwheat -four,
Sc. T5@700.
HmEs-Green, sailed, 71k Oslo; green, 6f97 /;
dry flint, Ice; calf, dry, 12%c; green lie; deer,
dry, 20@25c; antelope, 20@25c; elk, 20025c;
buffalo, S@10c, damaged y of
Woo1--Unwashed, 1S021c washed POO Csc
HoNEY-White clover, $4,000 ID; buckwheat
16@1selb.
Washington Territory, soc; New York
2Sc. Wisconsin, 25c.
NIALT--75c6o60c per bushel.
LTEsEED Ou--Raw, 56ci boiled SOC. Lin
seed meal $21@22.
Chickens, dressed, 15@16c per ID :;
turkeys, dressed, 1SG19c; ducks and geese, 10
6115c These prices are nominal, for scarcely
any birds are offered
RooTs-( Medicinal ginseng, $1.75@1.s5 SEN
eca snake root, S5@37c per ID.
FRUITs-Apples, 3.00@5.50 peddler's stock
So 50603. 90; pears, Easter Burre, 2.75013 25 per
box; Winter Nells, S4.5065.0O oranges.
Valencia, SS.O0@S.50 per case; Messinas
400; q Florida, $5.00G6.00; Messina and
Palermo lemons, S3.Oo@3.5O; Cranber
ries, 950011.0O; Malaga grapes, so h., s@S.
so; Figs, new, 16c, 1sc, zoe per h.; dates,
black in trails 7c@sc, fard in boxes, 12c per
10.
NUrs-Hickory, large, S1.OO; small, SIPS,
walnuts, 15c; almonds, 10000; Barcelona ha;
eel (flberts) i4c; pecans, 12013c; Brazil, lac;
peanuts, s@1Sc; Cocoa nuts, S5.O0@7,O0 per
100.
FURs-Mink, 5Oc@l 90; coon, 6o0s0c; lynx,
2.50@4.00; musk rat, winter 10c, spring re-
kits S04c: red fox, 1851 so; kits, 30D40c;
silver fox, 20.0O694000, cross 2.5066 90; otter
6.00@IO.Oo, fisher, 6.0O@90 90; skunk, SO075c;
badger, 5O@T5c; wild cat, 10000; house cat, 10
@25c; marten, 1.25G93 90; wolverine, 4 O0@5. 90;
wolf, 1.O003.O0; prairie wolf 75c01.O0; bear,
7.00@12 90; cubs, 100000; beaver, Lake su-
perior, 800 G4,OO per h.. Hudson bay, S.0O@
400 per b.. Dakota, 2.00@3 Copper ID.
SWEET PoTAToEs--Illinois, S4.5005.OO; Jer-
seys, S55006.00.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-31
CATHOLIC STATISTICS.
Erroneous Estimate by the Catholic
Directory Regarding the Dio-
enen of ST pauI

/
The Catholic directory for 1884 has just
been published, which sets down the entire
Catholic population of the United States at
6,623, 176 and that of the diocese Of st. Paul
at $50, 200. The Northwestern Chronicle
pronounces the latter. estimate as wholly
inadequate and agree that if the en-
tire work has been compiled upon
the same basis as that referring to the st.
Paul diocese that the whole estimate is very
much below the actual Catholic population of
the country. There appears to be no reli-
able systematic plan Of getting at a trne
religious census of the country, and it is a
wise policy in taking the national census to
add a column to the census paper for "reli-
| gious beliefs The plan has been suggested to
make the calculation from the number of
baptisms recorded. This, no doubt, would
be an excellent plan progidingit could be as
certained just what ratio to the entire popu-
| lation the Catholic births in each diocese
form. For reasons which are obvious to all
| Catholics, the births among them are more
numerous than among many other denoni-
| nations of Christians and their ratio Of
| births is higher than the general
| ratio of the country, The ratio of births
| to the population in Minnesota is 1 to 1875
1 IN New 1Ork l 10 0o.S; IN LIMOS L 10 0S.U4,
in Wisconsin to 1873; in Michigan l to
35.7; in California to 43; in Colorado / to
4S; in New Mexico to Is. 4; in Connecticut
to "A, and the births of the whole country
/ bear proportion to the entire population of
! ] to 31.S. Now the number of infant bap-
! tisms performed in the diocese of st. Paul
for the year 1883 was 6, $50, multiplying by
325 the state ratio, we have a Catholic popu-
1 lation for the ST. Paul diocese of
| 209, 625 against the 100000
given in the directory. Now If
| the directory estimates are as much in fault
computing for the whole country as they APP
parently are for this decrease. There cannot
be less than 10, 600, 900 of Catholic souls in
this country. That the estimate given above
for minnesota is not an exaggerated one, is
evident from the fact that the Catholic births
in the year 1888 were at the
very least one-fourth the entire births
the whole state. now multiplying 100000,
the estimated Catholic population of the
state, by four, We have an entire population
of 500, 200, less by 90, 100 than what it was in
S2i But in two years the state has grown
little, only adding on the growth of ST. Paul
for one year, and we have population OF
over 900, 900, this leaves an ample margin
for the larger number Of births in Catholic
than non-Catholic families.
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