The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-12-04
LETTER FROM MOBILE.
Correspondence Demc crat-star.
MOBILE, Dec. |, 1876.

times are very dull IN M"olle, Ihi'
week promises to be an exception,
and lively streets, or streets alive
with people will probably rule
Tho FIRST season Of the Bias
combe race track Is i%naugurated
to-day, aud rs there are near one
hundred flying here, it will nc
doubt he a treat TO sporting men
1t is one of, If not the Oe~st.itted III
race courses in the South. The
stand for visitors is SO located aud
arranged that the races eau be seeI
all around the circle, which is one
mile in length, tue home stretch be.
ing oue-Quarter long. Everything
has been done to make ii attractive
and pleasant, and the track is il
good order, and the weather pro.
pitiOus grand sporC is expected.
This track in tunes past had a ia.
ti0nal fame, aud the present man.
agement intend 1t shall be restored
to its original place among the race
courses OF America.
Then we have a circus, which al
ways draws. 1t has long been a
wonder to me, this subtle charm to
"A circus. Old aud young, little and
big, white and black, all go to a cir.
Gus, and look at the same old sights.
hear the stale jokes OF the clown,
aud each and every Que ready to
laugh, until tits over, aud then re.
grets at the money spent, and VOWS
Of never going again dre in order,
until the next one comes along with
their red wagon, brass band, soiled
tiusel and rusty elephant ; then,
why we all have TO go take the chill
drell, you know, as, etc. Well,
you know how it is yourself.
often think it is their great adver.
tising that drawsthe great crowds
aud the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
words and sentences used that
does the business. Whoever beard
such Il sentence az this outside d
circus "The Redentigrated realm
of tented Wonderland" Why, it
takes ones breath aud makes you
think some new animal is captured.
One thing is sure they form the
great power of advertising, aud
business men might well make a
note of it. And speaking of that
reminds me that one of our firms
who largely advertise with you are
reaping II rich harvest of success
due largely to heavy advertising in
the first instance, supplemented by
sterling worth aud trulbtullY q
rying out their promises made.
allule TO the leading house of Viii
sou & Lozau0, dry goods men. 1t
never appears like dull times to
visit their store. So rapidly has
their business grown that they were
compelled to move into larger
quarters, aud UOw even they ap.
pear cramped Tor room. George
Hunter Wilson, the senior of the
firm, is an AlabaHiau, from Sum.
ter county, aud it has been my
pleasure to have known Inn since
his early childhood, aud as boy and
man his course has been most ex-
emplary. and never was aught
wrong whispered against him.
At the knees of Il Christian
mother he was taught truthiulneSs
aud upughtness. and to all who
know him, his word lisa bond. Mr..
LozanO is u Louisianiau, and al
though comparatively d stranger
here, he is by his natural urbauity
aud personal magnetism fast gain
ing IA hold on the hearts OF our peO-
pie. People often ask : elbow can
they sell goods cheaper than 9th
erS 7 aud the answer is ready and
reasonable. Almost all our mer-
chants do Il mixed business, that is,
cash aud credit. Their credit Gus
toners pay some in thirty, sixty
aud ninety days, and some bills run
six months, and when they adver-
tise a bargain it is as often taken
up by credit as by cash customers,
aud where money cannot he readily
aud rapidly turned over, profits
must he larger. This young firm
grasped This idea, aud sell goods
only for cash, ard rich and poor,
have an equal chance and conse.
qnently they can afford TO sell at
IA shorter profit than credit mer-
chants. Then they r capital men,
DO q live business, are u benefit to
any city, aud We wish them a long
and prosperous career. l don't
know that a jump from dry goods to
the Nicaraugeau Ship Railway is
larger than it was from the circus
to dry goods, but last week we had
a most entertaining lecture FROM
Mr.. COrthell, chief engineer of
Capt. Eads, on the merits Of this
railway, illustrated by maps and
views, which shows the great adj
vance in that science, and what a
few years seemed impossible now
looks so simple that the wouder is,
that it is not in operation. 1t vas
IA very enter tanning and educating
lecture, and was fairly attended.
The little ones are beginning to
dream OF Santa Claus, and wishes
aud wonders are numerous. What
a happy season it is for the little