The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-04-10
NEWS In BRIEF

6OmcOouy says Jne average Siz
, of American families has: decreased
one.tenth since 1850.
Prohibition in now on trial in 10t
of the 1877 counties in Georgia, anC
will soon embrace the whole State
At the last official reception given
by. President Grevy, of France,
some young fashionabies, who
thought to introduce scarlet neck
ties for evening dress, were suma.
rally elected from the Elysee Pal.
ace.
Miss Addie Kurtz is the deputy
sheriff of Franklin county, Pa,
and she recently escorted seven
male prisoners from the county
jail to the penitentiary at Phila-
delphia.
The New Jersey House of Repre-.
sentatlves has passed Il bill requir.
ing all children between the ages of
seven aud twelve years to attend
school at least twenty weeks each
year.
AS a rather singular coincidence
the recent session of the Arizona
Legislature was organized on the
18th of January for the thirteenth
time in in Arizona. 1t adjourned
on the thirteenth, a1d had during
its session thirteen fights. There
was a tie politically in each branch.
The balloon is doing warlike
service at Suakim in giving British
officers a safe outlook over Osman
Digna's camp. The British Minis.
try wonld no donbt be profoundly
thankful if they could make a bal
loOn ascent high enough to see the
way out of their present difficulties.
The N. X. Fairbank Canning
Company, of Chicago, has received
cable orders for canned beef for
s in the British army to the ex-
tent of 100000 pounds. The
Armour Packing Company is also
in receipt of orders to supply 5,40O
600 pounds. The canning houses
are working day and night in order
to meet these demands.
About 3 o'clock one afternoon
lately a cOlored man toile1 up the
steps leading to the White House
pOrtico with a box about two feet
square, and said it was for the
President. On one side of the box
was: "GrOver Cleveland, Presi.
dent of the United S%tates," and on
the other, "FrOm the Fort Worth
Grocery Company, Fort Worth,
Tex.' Through the aperture be-
tween the boards could be seen the
leaves OF a massive cabbage. 1t
weighed twenty-One pounds.
The French Republic has had
twenty-one cabinets during the
fifteen years of its existence The
ministry has lasted a little
over two years, which, as thugs
go over there, is a long lite for a
French ministry. Iie usual term
Of existence ranges from ten days
to a year. Ifthe French don't like a
ministry they are not slow III voting
it out OF power; and they will prob
ably keep on trying one ministry
after another in rapid succession
without finding any whose course
will sccure it "a very long lease of
life.
A sympathetic ink, for writing
Oh postal cards, the Paper World
States is simply diluted sulphuric
lcid, one part by measure of acid
% seven feet of water. When the
nix is applied the card will at first
show roughende traces of the writ.
ng, but after drying these disap- !
lear, and the writing is as invisa- i
Die as though done with water
lone. OF course only a gold pen |
n a quill should be used with this !
IcId ink. IT it is desired to avoid !
he suspicion of sympathetic ink {
been employed, thecard may |
@ written upon across the first :
with ti%ucture of iodine, 7
Which will entirely fade out when /
eat is applied to develop the SYM a
athletic lux. I !