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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26
NIARRIED,

Miss ANNIE ID. Ku1ER of Brooksviile,
was married tO Judge J. 5. HAMN, of
Meridian, last "Wednesday evening. bon
after the performance of the ceremony
the bride and groom lcft ON the train for
Miss Roger Is well-known here. having
Taught school at Moss Point Academy,
where s e made many warm friends. And
Judge Hamn, our former most efficient
and highly esteemed Crcnit Judge, has .
large circle Of admiring friends through
out the Coast counties. Hence We voice
popular sentiment in extending eoagratH-
latiOns and wishing them a full cup Of JOY
and a complete measure of coujugal love
and happiness.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

The New York Telegram points
out u favorable feature in the
Morrison tariff scheme. The con-
sOlidation Of the lowest grades of
wool, it says, is heartily commend.
ed by those who are charged with
the collection of the duties. Those
grades have given rise to nearly
all the appraisement troubles, and
slippery dealing has given certain
manufacturers of carpets and
coarse WOODEN fabrics immense adj
vantages, which have amounted to
almost a monopoly.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26
JUDGE EVANS AND DESMET CASES.

Special to the Times-Democrat,
MERIDIAN, Feb. pa state
ment was made Some days ago that
Judge Sylvanus Evans, chancellor
of the Seventh Mississippi Judicial
District, had made up his decision
in the celebrated DeSmet eases,
and that the decision would be in
favor of the creditors. Chancellor
Evans is here tonight, and states
that the report is incorrect. He
says that his decision will be pro
mulgated ut the next session of his
court at Scranton, Miss, on next
Monday, and that no Que except
himself has The faintest notion of
what the decision will be.
We presume the reporter of the
above refers to IA statement made
in the DEMOoRAT-STAR last week
that it was rumored that Judge
Evans would decide the DeSmpt
cases ia favor Of the creditors.
That statement wills correct, and
Judge Evuhs did not and could
not say To the contrary. But il II
vas desired to make Judge Evans
SAY that rumOr WAS not correct il
was Il t3ilurc, it the concluding re-
marks arc tue. The output of it is
that 'ye reporter undertook To get
Judge Evans by the ear and make
him say "goose or gander' aud re-
main non committal all the while. In
fact, nobody has said, so far as We
know, Judge Evans had given him.
self away. He is not that kind OF
Il Judge But suppose, in tue kind
ness of his heart, he has uninten-
tionally committed himself to the
extent of leavinga favorable i'm
preston on some anxious mind.
Whose business is it if he is not
miSreprescDted, that an opinion is
formed and expressed.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26
la Bni stc Create a National pilot
Service.

A lispal f;h to the fines DsMosp4t
OF the 10l inst., contains the fol.
lowing Of l%terest to pilot service .
Dir. Hafier, OF Pennsylvania. in.
trOduced a lgUlll IN the House to era.
ate aud cat Olish y pilot service az
the United 4tates, and to regulate
the pilOtage ~ vessels IN the ports
and harbOrs iAlOng the coast OF tha
United StatesA The bill divide. i'm
pilot stations illk0 separate classes,
regulated by thofdepth of water mi
the port or haruors where the attn.
ton Is located Ports or harbOrs
navigable hy vessels drawing over
twenty feet OF water shall be irst.
class stations, narigable By vessels
drawing not ever tHehty feet sec.
ond class not over fifteen feet
third-class; not OverN twelve feet
fourth-class ; not over ten feet fifth.
class. Pilots OF tue first class shall
receive $3.50 a month, OF the second
class $l25 a month, of the third
class 800 u month, of the fourth
class S9Oa month, of the fifth class
SO Il month, aud 0ntsof the pay of
pilots may be dedacted the cost of
their clothing aud subsistence. ri.
lots may be transferred from one
station to another of the Glasses to
which they belong. A Board OF
Examiners shall be appointed tor
each pilot station, to DO composed
of pilots of the highest class serv.
Ing at the station.
Applicants for places in tile yer.
vice must be citizens Of the United
States and over tweut-One years of
age. The Secretary of the Treasu-
ry will license those who are sue.
cesSful.
Each pilot station is to be in
charge of a superintendent, to whom
all disputed questions are to be Q
terreh.
Pilots who have reached the age
OF seventy years, and those who are
unable to perform services by reason
OF disability incurred in the line OF
their duty, may be retired from tho
service, aud u pilot SO retired shall
thereafter receive tor the rest Of
his natural life One.half Of the reg
ular pay OF Il pilot of the class In
which he vas cOmm lSsIOned ut the
time of his retirement. Appren-
ticeS are TO serve six years before
receiving Il license.
When boats or vessels are owned
by any licensed pilots in any port,
or harbor, and at the time OF the
passage OF this act such boats or
vessels are actually nsed by. snch'
pilots or company OF pilots, in the
pursuit of their business OF pilots,
such boats or vessels may be pnr.
chased 10y the Secretary OF tho.
Treasury ut u fair valuation to bS
ii xed by appraisemrnt.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

A RESOLUTION has been intro.
duced in the House of the Legisla-
ture, based upon the editorial which
appeared in the DEMOCRAT STAR
last week headed "LOwry Island"
The resolution was introduced by
Mr.. Burk lit, OF Chickasaw, and
was referred to joint standing COM.
mitteeS to investigate public Offices,
as 1t charges that the money ex-
pended tor the survey of Lowry
Island was not authorized by law,
and that the survey was not made
by the proper officer. So the ball
is started and we predict that when
it is unwound an interesting spec
tacle will he presented. We are at
the service of the solOns when
needed,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26
DIspUTED AUTHoRsHIP. ~.

DISPUTED AUTHORSHIP. We
find the following in the Christian
at Work of January 14i
Andrew Harper, who died recent
~ in Mississippi, was the author OF
a piece of American humOr known
as the "Hardshell Baptist sermOn,'
the text of which declared Gam
he plaped upon IA harp Off thousand
strings; sperits of just e made
perfect"
That is not according to the truth
of history. Andrew Harper aided
in "hxIng up the description of the
preacher" but the real author of
the "sermOn" was the Rev. Henry
L. Lewis, a Methodist preacher, and
at the time a member OF the Mis-
sissippi Conference. 1t was writ
ten out in the office of the Brandon
Republican at Brandon, Miss, and
was published in that paper in the
year 1854. Mr.. Lewis got the sug-
gestiOn and outline OF the "sermon"
from 4 speech by j. s. Morris, ESQ,
a young lawyer, delivered at some
cOnvivIal gathering. But he wrote
and embelished it, as it appeared
III the public prints. 1t was copied
into nearly every paper in the
United States aud has gone into
many books of wit aud humOr.
Mr. Lewis was a sparkling coH
veTsatiOnalist, bad a seemingly in-
exhaustible fund of anecdote, and
a unique histriOnic talent. He was
a popular temperance lecturer aud
the central figure of every social
gathering. 1t is said that he would
sometimes stop at a church door to
finish Il laughter provoking anec-
dOte he was relating, but within
the church and Ia the pulpit he
preserved a serious and dignified
demeanor. His preaching was sol
emn aud impressive, never favored
with wit or weakened with jest or
fippancy. AS a genuine humoriet
be had genius that mighthave made
him distinguished. In 1866 be To-
Gated and subsequently removed to
North. Louisiana, where be died
some years agO.-Nese Orleans
Ckristien Advocate.
According to our recollection the
AdUOcafe has not traced the real
origin yet. The "sermon" referred
to was really written by q drunken
tramp and dead. beat. Judge Josh
Morris aitervard got bold Of itand
delivered it in q speech at Water
proof, la. It afEerward got into
print very much IN the manner re-
lated b. the Advocate.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

THE Dallas Ne'es says that y
large number ofthe men who helped
to steal the Presidency from Mr.
Tiiden in 1877, are still in ptticc..
1t this lie true, and there is IN
TO 6elive Vt is, President Cleveland
should show that he is champion
Of reform and good government by
putting The rascaIs oaf.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

WHAT Is ISLANDER What
words will so touch n man in his Of
flee, profession, or trade depends
very much upon the position of the
man. Thus it not necessarily, nor,
indeed, generally, sldnderous to
call a man Il rogue, a cheat or a
Swindler, tor there are many trades,
and perhaps some professions, in
which IA man may be thorough sue
cesSful and yet Il cheat or impos
ter. This curious reason for the
Immunity OF such expressions when
spoken is not, as one might sup.
pose, a mere humorous suggestion,
Tor it has been gravely held that it
is NOT a Islander to call Il successful
%tradrSman an sinfcrnal rogue and
Tor analogous reasons II is not libel
0nS to call n newspaper "the most
vulgar, ignorant and scnrrilous
journal ever published" since that,
it is assumed, not without some
reason, will not necessarily dlmin
lsll it's circulation. To say OF Il
trader that he is i%nsolvent, or OF a
professional nan that he is want.
ing in skill, is of course ii SANDER
but 10 impuie To either immortality
woald not, unless it could be shown
that such imputation caused pecu-
mary loss. The words must i'm.
peach a mans professional skill OF
official conduct. Thus II is Il Sian
der to say a Law yer "knows no more
law than Il cow but you may call
n Justice OF the Peace II tool, ass, or
or blockhrad. with IMMUNITY, tor
no special ability is expected from
Il Justice of the Peace, aud such
words do not imprach his integrity
or imput" corruption Forensic
Facts and Fdlldcies.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26
TO ADVERTISERS.

The DEMOCRAT-STAR
is the Oldest newspaper on the
Mississippi Gulf Coast ; has a
larger BOND .fde circulation
than any other newspaper in
this section; therefore, it is
the BEST advertising med
ium. Advertisers, bear this
In mind.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26
INSURANCE AND PRIVILEGE TAXES

On the first page of the DEMO
CRAT-STAR we publish a decision
recently rendered by the Supreme
Court of our State, which settles a
question of great interest to mer.
chants who carry insured stocks
1t lays down a precedent which is
fatal to insurance where one valua-
ton of stock is given in paying
privilege and a greater valuation in
securing insurance. For instance !:
The law requires a privilege OF $50
to be paid OH each store where the
stock some times exceeds $1,000,
but never $4,000. Now, if the mer-
chant carrying snch a stock accord.
ing to his valuation when paying
his privilege, procures insurance OH
$4,000 worth of stock, under anOth.
sr provision of the Code he will be
considered as one conducting Il
business in violation OF the law,
and must loose his insurance, so
Tar as invoking aid from the courts
is concerned. Now, as insurance
companies understand this, they
will, of course, look after the valua.
tions merchants give when paying
their privilege hereafter, and voc
be unto the man with two yalua
finnS
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

In the estimates of engineers for
the next fiscal years appropriations
by Congress for the improvement
Of Louisiana and Mississippi ; we
ind the following for this State
Mississippi-MariOn and Tom
bigbee river, 100000; Tombigbee
river to Vienna, e27, 900; Tombig-
bee river below Vienna, 100000; ;
Noxubee river, e25, 900; Pascagou-
Ia river, $1,000; roadstead into
Back Bay, e50,0O0s Horn Island
Pass, e36, 000s Pearl uver below
Jackson, $4,000; Pearl river TO
Carthage $4,000; Pearl river to
Edinbnrg, $4,000; Yaz0o river,
$4,000 Big SuDfoger river. e15,
900 ; 1chnla Lake, $4,000 ITALIA
hatchie river, $4,000; Yallabusha
river, $1,000 Sfeele's Bay0n,
$4,000; Big Black river, e27 900.
These estimates vii be consider.
ed By the rivers and harlsor com
nitfoe when this State is rsaohed.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

THANKS to the committee of ar.
rangemeuts for a complimentary
ticket to attend the grand masque.
rade ball, to be given by the Ocean
Springs Fire Company No. 1, at
their hall, Mardi Gras evening,
March 9th.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

Mt. JOHN HARAHAE, formerly
conductor on this division of the
Louisville and Nashville road, died
of heart disease last week. The
deceased was a brother of Col. j.
4. Harahan, the General Manager
Of thisroad. He was aged 81 years
and a native Of Boston, to which
city bis body was sent for inter.
ment.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

The BLAIR EDUCATIONAL BILL
This bill, providing Tor national
aid to education, is being vigorous
~ pushed by its friends IN Con
grrss, aud there is ,vrry reason tn
hope for it's passage. The Aber
deem Examiner, which gets it's in
SEPARATION from its editor, Major S.
a. Jonas, now in " ~asl.instOn, in
discussing the bill, says:
We still adhere To II original
view that it would be- tar better for
the country, aud in the direct line
of equity and justice, TO provide
for Il distribution i'll accordance
with the ratio OF population instead
of the ratio of illiteracy. In such
4 distribution We would get our tnll
share, and every State would be
treated fairly while no II of them
wOLld be punished, or ined, rs it
were, for having made great educa-
tional progress.
Ii the plan OF cOmpensating H.
literacy should become Il settled
policy of the government; it would
not be long before the New Eng-
land States would try TO show more
ignorant people than the Carolinas.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

WE r glad to learn that Mr..
Henry Watterson, the able and
distinguished editor of the Louis.
vile Courier Journal, is improving
and out of immediate danger. A
strong hope of his ultimate recove
~ is entertained.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26
OLE AGENTS.

The following gentlemen are authorized
to collect all dues to the DEMoCRAT-STAR
Office and receipt for the same:
Mr. H. F. Russell, Ocean Springs, Miss.
Mr.. Joseph C. Airey, Handsboro, /"
ar, Marion +. Baxter, P. arlington, ="
Mr.. N. Butchcrt, Pass Christian, i"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26
MARINE.

OFFICE OF THE DEMocRAr-STAR,
PAscAGouLA, Feb. 26, 1886.
Report for the week ending Feb. Is.
ARRIVED.
Br bk Charger whiteslde, 1860 toni from
Belfast 10 Hunter.
cLEAEANCEs.
Am sch Waldemar, Parker, go tom for
st. Johns, Porto Rico, BY Robinson
Co. with 1z2.9 0l feet lumber valued 1t
$2,2S3 and 100000 shingles vainet ut
500.
Nor bk Svaten, Sorenseu, 501 tond for
Cherbourg by Hunter with 356. 05a ieet
lumber valned at f4,935.
Nor bk Bravo, Christophe11en. t52 tone
for Mobile Ia ballast to mnaleT.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

LAND OFFlcE AT JACKSON, MIss.,
February IS, 1885.

80 ~N| "
February g, 1885,
Notice IL hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has Sled notice Of bic
intention 10 make fnal proof IN support
Of his claim, and that eaid proof will BE-
made before the Judge or ~ bis absence
the Clerk Of circuit court 81 JacElol
county, ct Scranton, Miss. on April ~
1856, viz William A. Farley homestead
No. l0l96 for the southeast ar, southwest
qr aud southwest ar, s0uthealt q. section
4, and northeast o. northwest q ana
northwest or, norlheast Or, section VI
township 3 south range 6 west.
He anne the following witnesses -
prove bis continuous residences uron and
cultivation Of said Land, vas 9odlcy
Hclveslion, Edward Byrd, Alexander Cal
lowag. Wiley n. Carter. an Of AmeIiena.
Jackson county, Miss.
JAS d. STEWART, Register.
February g. 1856 $50
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

REV. A. J. RYAN, the poet priest
OF the South, was in Wilmington,
Ohio, last week, where be preached
a sermon, which attracted consld.
cradle attention from the PRESS.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

THE HOUSE bill introduced by
MIR. Fl. McInnis, of Greene, Great
ing the Pascagoula timber district,
and also the Office of timber inspec-
tor, has passed the Senate and now
awaits the signature of the Gov
ernnr-
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

TBE Hattiesburg Herald wants
Hon. j. p. Carter to represent this
district in the next Congress.
APhnk.a is q young man Of talent
and 1 Democrat good and true;
but fht woods are fnll Of Congress.
ionsl atbitunis and Il Is hard 70
ten who aill be he fortunate one.
az q ro1rcolion win settle the mat
Icr ne lime IS Aussst.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26
THE Sontheru Press Association

The Southern Press Association
meets IN Augusta on the first Wed.
nesday in April, which is the 9TH.
The Augusta Chronicle extends a
~.'rdial invitation to all the men,
BEES of the Association to attend.
The membership embraces the pro-
rie,ors of the daily newspapers
irum Virginia to Texas that publish
the dispatches OF the Associated
Press.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

THE n. Y. Herald calls Senator
Sherman ga sinner against intelli-
gent financial convictions for the
sake Of personal ambition iu poll
tics.D
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

THANKS to our agent, Mr.. q. A.
Cramer, for u handsome pile of
greeDbacks, the result of recent
collections for the DEMOCRAT. STAR.
Let the good work go on.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

JACKSON needs Il bold, outspOken
Democratic newspaper. One that
will defend the peoples rights, and
put down aud expose wrong doing
in high places.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26
The Female temperance LCctu-
turer.

Lite wouldn't be worth living 1t
we didn't have something occasion
ally TO break the dull mouOt0ny,
ana those who go regularly to drink
in the inspiration of temperance
lecturers would grow weary OF the
repetition of the oft. told tale If some
cranky woman didn't come Occa.
sionally from the great, good and
pious North with something fresh
to tell them, thrown in as lagni-
appe. Mrs. S. G.. Rice, OF Iowa,
performed this service for IA cOngre'
Cation of Prohibition worshipers,
Sunday afternoon, at the Cumbcr-
land Presbyterian Church. Those
who heard her were very much Of
tended at her remarks. One said,
among other things, that she was
surprised and shocked TO find the
lovely daughters OF Southland dip
ping snuff, etc. One lady in the
congregation rose aud told her that
il she would cOnfne herself TO her
text, they would be glad to remain
aud listen to her +; otherwise she
had better go back North and teach
tree love to the sweet lassies of
Northland, whose passions couldn't
even be cooled by the billiards. OF
the cold North. We have been
asked to write the old lady down.
We couldn't do it. Ii she hasn't
the politeness and refinement to
come among u people and be a
true woman, contiDlng herself to
facts, we claim to be too gallant and
manly to abuse her for what is a
constitutional iufrmity, because
she's a woman.-M eFididp NelpS.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

At Pascagoula, Miss, February 20, 1856
Mrs. ELIZABETH FARRAGUT, wifs of Coles-
tine Dupont, aged - years.
Mrs. Dupont wasthe last member ofthe
immediate family Of Admiral Farragnt.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

The Brandon Republican, under
the management of Eddie Frantz,
is Il "patent outside" ''the great
triumph of progress in journal.
ism -
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

If the deformity we see perched
upon The hacks Of some women
just below the waist band was nat
ural ; II 1t was placed there by the
hand OF Providence it would he
regarded as a very uukind dispen
s%atioh, an afiiction, and the poor
victims would 70 INTO s~eclusiOn
forever. But providence did not
put it there, it is artificial and we
regret to say newspapers are often
Mt the bottom of it.-CaRtOn Picket.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

DIR. II. l.. HOWE has been re.
appointed aud confirmed by the
Senate Superintendent OF Educa-
tioH of this county.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

The fund being raised for Mrs.
General Hancock has reached $2j,
265.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

some girls in Brooklyn have
organized an unmarried womans
association. They pledge them
selves never to marry and never to
allow themselves to listen to an
offer of marriage. Organization by
the ladies is generally tor the
accomplishment Of good, but if this
idea should become prevalent there
would be "wailing, and gnashing Of
teeth among the boys.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

CATnARINE COLES Washington
Letter to the New Orleans Plea
yune: Mrs. L. @. e. LAMAR, Jr., a
pretty blonde, and who dresses
magnifcenily, wore pink satin with
black velvet train aud bodice, a
Marie Stuart collar of velvet edged
with pink pearls, a fan cluster OF
pink feathers. Mrs. Martin, wife
OF a member from Tuscaloosa, Ala,
wore an imposing dress composed
entirely of black jet. Her guest,
Mrs. Maxwell, nee Hudson, of No
bile, Que of the loyeliest women III
Washingtons wore u low-necked
dress Of ivory satin with a tlchn OF
pleated white tulle that fell over
her beautiful arms. She is dark,
with a classic profile, and looked
as if she had stepped down from
some picture frame. Miss Eccle-
son, of Mississippi, and a very
handsome woman, chaperoned by
Mrs. Vsu Eaton, wore a a crimson
satin, shrOuded in black lace, with
a corsage bouquet OF "Jac" roses.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

CoFFBE and kisses are put down
II the list OF things indulged in to
injurious excess
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

MIR. JOHN B. COUGH, the great
temperance lecturer, is dead.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-02-26

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