The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-09-17
NUMBER 20.

Ike il al echo OF the Thousand love
tales OF the long ago breathed un-
der their branches, where the roses
bend and bloom as but sweet mem-
ories of the bea uties of Il regal race
of women, aud where the waves
that break on the shore seem to
bear the burden of "A dirge for u
day that is forever dead if only
these could remember there was
ever land SO famed in song aud
story as the sold South
Pascagoula has II beautiful loea-
ton on its live.oak shaded shores,
with the blue Cult, dotted with
islands, lying before it, and the
wide winding river washing its
western border. Had it received
as a direct increase the growth it
gave to its more modern suburbs,
or surrounding towns, it would have
been quite city by this time.
While these towns increase, with
tn cir manufacturing interests, the
future growth of Pascagoula must
be more dependent upon its popu.
Iarity as summer and winter re-
sort, and upon its eligibility as a
site for large hotels and fine resi-
dences. 1t is very certain that if a
winter hotel we're built on the same
scale as the celebrated ancient
summer hotel of Pascagoula, it
would receive a very liberal patron
age from the North. IL can now
accommodate three or four hun
dred people. In ten years it may
be made to accommodate as many
thousands.
The agricultural resources OF the
region around these towns are conf
paratively well developed.
TRUCK FARMS
are cultivated, whence large ship
ments of early vegetables are made
Northward every spring; and sum-
mer vegetables are grown to sup
ply the neighborlng canning facto-
ries. Some of the ente.prlsing land
owners are doing very wise thing.
They are clearing away the pine
forests and planting pecan groves
in their places. This whole sea-
coast seems to be well adapted to
the growth of these beautiful and
very valuable trees. All the fruits
indigenous to this region (Which
have been mentioned in preceding
articles of this series) thrive well
in The country around Pascagoula.
The writer who described Pasca
goula and said nothing abont
THE MYSTERIOUS MUSIC
yelling from the depths of its Won
fully melodious burg and river,
would be deemed behind the age.
Those who have gone before in this
business have drawn literally on
their fancy, and one must hesi-
tate before he accepts as final any
of these highly embellished legends
about inundated chieftains and i'm
mersed maidens. 1t is wonderful
that any man would be willing to
try his hand at that style of ll.era-
ture after Tom Moore'S iuimitdble
description of the fate OF the fire
worshippers oD the headland OF
Oman and the mermaid .lulled sleep
of the maiden linda beneath the
green wave. This sad music of the
, sea has been heard by many a race
for many an age. 1t comes in the
wild wall OF OceandB, who, with
tossing arms aud heaving breasts,
bemoaned the fate of PrOmetheus
chained to his sea girU rock, with
his vitals torn by vultureS because
he dared to flch the intellectual
fire which illumed the minds OF tie
very gods and the very goddesseS
he worsbiped only as vain mortal.
1t is waited from the warm, pas
SiOnately signing breath of the Tor
ellie, as, with shining tresses of gold,
white, twinlng arms, and rich,
ciiugiug lips, she draws the sinking
mariner down, down, down to a
death which those who have been
rescued from drowning, after pain
aud conciousneSS have fled, have
called a glorious, rapturous dream.
1t was heard by Ulysses, who,
houOriug his loyal mate, stuffed
cotton in bis ears to keep out the
Syrens, when if he bad lived ia
these modern times he would have
found it just as easy to hush their
music by trading back tue same
Kind Of taffy.
On many shores aud islands are
found today the strange singing
sands, and III many parts Of the sea.
For 1000 years have been heard by
men the weird music that rises IL
the lonely nights of PascagOula.
Amateur naturalists say that the
mysterious music OF Pascagouls
comes from a vast multitude OF fss
OF the drum species, to which th'
croaker, the drum, the reddish anS
, other vOrieties of the Ngill grinders
of the Gulf belong, whose drum
ming produces a monotonous hum
|, (which is heard OH still nights o
, when the schools of fish are unu
sually numerous. At times TO-
same music may be heard amoni
the islands or from the bays ia oth
er parts of the Gulf of Mexico
The city assessor OF Charleston
!, estimates that the damage easasea
. -. -. r.,t., ...affhouake viii amount