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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-23
MRS. MULLIGAN'S MISTAKE.

"1ll go and try" said Mrs. Har.
per, as she had SAID many and
many times of late. And she
took out her neat little note book
and Jotted down the address.
She was thirty il she was a dav.
a thin little woman, with rather
plnched features; a nervous habit
OF flushing holly when agitated
a pair oflovely big shy brown eyes
and a timid manner. She rose
from the horsehalr rocker, took
her gray woolen shawl and de-
mure bonnet from the closet, dom
ned both, tumbled in a drawer
for gloves, and then took up the
Tribune for last glance at the ad- |
vertisement which had caught her
eye:
WANTED-A lady to keep books in a
y, w small dry goods store. Apply at 6
West Madison street.
She laid The paper aside with a
sigh; and went out and down the
stairs. In the hall below, appar.
SHtis just ABOUT 10 ascend, aD-
peared portly individual arrayed
in a bedraggled cloak and red
worsted hood. The attire was IA.
nilliar to Miss Harper. /,
"Oh, is it you Mrs. Mulligan Ys 1
Mrs. Mulligan looked up. Ie
"Ah, then, but I've found We at [ I
asl Such search as I've had for c
he number, Miss Sure they di- C
ected me wrong at the ould board a
lg house" " Y
Miss Harper, about to turn back.
lddenly remembered that she :,
as losing time: and might miss >,
le situation. :,
'5o right upstairs and get the n
olhes Yourself, Mrs. Mulligan n,
pen The drst door 10 The ielt M
ou ~ md The bundle ready. Irs n
he sofa. By the way. put more ~ n
lrch N The skirt than you ala M
e last iime.n - ~
: sYes'mn "
Miss Harper opened the haultb,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-23

AR. CLEVELAND will probably
take tnp to Europe after he va.
Gates his Office. ="
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-23
SenSitiVeness.
Churchnnan

| Churchman
How many idiosyncracies of
temperament, as they are called
really have their rootin one or otb.
er me cardinal sins. and only need
TO be stripped OF the resDecfabIe
name under which thew now mas
querade to be as heartily desnIsed
as lhey deserve. A sermon which
we heard not long since was devot-
eu 10 this unmaskIng of foibles.
ana among Others drew attention
TO what goes under the name of
'sensltiveness." This was traced
back to pride, and the assertion
made that self love, egotism, was
really the cause of most of that
over-sensitiveness which is com.
monty attributed solely to deIica-
cy OF organization. What a reve-
latIon The suggestion is. If "a man
Is hlled with Christian spirit. ia
Ihlnklng OF Others, working for
1thers from morning ill night. he
Will have no time wherein to mor-
'idly count up the slight, fancied
'r otherwise, which his neigbbor
las put upon him. Half the 0uar-
els IN The world, the jealousies
nd misunderstanding which make
lie hard, which mar, aIasl tbe
NIFTY of the Christian Church 90
IlevouslY, are the fruit of this
anne lnordlnate self love. If anv-
hlng OF the Christ spirit of self-re.
uaelatlon were within us, these.
llngs were impossible in our lives,
he plea of ''sensitiveness' NAV
xcuse and cover up selfshness in
le eyes of men, but such evasions
srve not TO deceive God. Forget
ourself and you will soon forget
inquire whether the world treats
ou with all consideration due,
1u VIII have too much of the
asler's work on YOUR hands 10 b,s
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-23

II !. not The water without the
snip that sinks it, but the wafer
within il. 's
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-23
THE COURTS.
THE REGULAR TERMS.
CIRCUIT CoURT-SEcoND DIST.
SAMUEL II. TERRAL. Judge.
JAMES H. NEVILLE, District ttorney.


In the county of Winston ON the third Mouda,
of January and July, and continue six days
In the county Of Lauderdale, on the fourth Mon
day of January and July and continue eighteen
days.
IN the county Of Noxubee, on the third Manday
Of February aud August and continue eighteen
days
In the county Of KemTer, on the second Monday
Of March and September, and continue twelve
days.
In the county of Clarke on the fourth Monday of
March and September and continue twelve days
In the county Of Wayne on the second Monday
OF April and October. and continue six days.
In the county of Greene, on the third Monday of
April and October aud continue six daYs.
In the county of Perry. on the fourth Monday of
April and October and continue ak days
in the county of Marion First District, on the
second Monday Of June and third Monday of De.
cember, and continue six days. la the Second
District, on the third Monday Of june and second
Monday Of december, and continue six DAYS
In the county Of Hancock, on the second sfonday
Of May and November and continue twelve days.
In the county of Harrison, on the fourth Monday
Of May, and continue twelve days and on the
fourth Monday of November, aud continue six
days fs.f
In the county Of jackson, on the second Monday
after fourth MOrday Of MAY, and continue six days
and on the first Monday after the fourth Monday
Of OfHOvombcr, and continue twelve days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-23
d POEM BY IRWIN RUSSELL
Port Gibson Reveille.

Port Gibson Reveille.
1.-The following graceful verse,
are copied from the Port Gibson
standard of October 10, 1871, tc
which paper they were contribu
ted by the brilliant Irwin Russell
then a youth about 18;years of age,
They were called forth by some
lines in the preceding number of
the Standard by Miss Sallie Mas.
sle-the Ishmael to whom Irwin's
poem is dedicated. By the way
Miss Massie had chosen her pseu.
dyenym because, as she said, her
poetry would share the fate of
lshmael -" every mans hand
would be against it," The verses
quoted below were never ackuowl.
edged by MIR. Russell, but their
authorship was confded 10 the
present writer at the time of their
publication. Hastily and careless
~ written, they have no great
poetic merit, but are, nevertheless.
Of The most gifted spirit our town
has ever produced.1
SHIPS FROM THE SEA.
TO "IsHMAEL."
with trembling hand she launched them
On the evcr-shifting tide,
And she stood on the beach and watched
them
Far ont on the ocean glide,
III their shadowy shrouds had mipoled
With the mists they had sailed to meet.
nd the rainbow tinted masses
Received her fairy feet.
-er dearest hopes were their cargo,
Her fancy furnished the chart. s
nd to guide them upon the voyage
The compass was her heart.
'lth their gossamer pennants fying 9
AND their silken sails outspread, a
Ell strange mysterious ocean 1
The goblin vessels sped, d
hen the years had passed she waited :.
on the golden sands of the beach 81
lat her long expected flotilla a
Was destined never to reach :.
ID she asked of the murmuring sea- u
breeze, q !.
ana aSaln OF the waves around, q,
re my vessels homeward bound fv 81
u there came to her never an answer 81
The asked in vain of the wave.- "A
Il the signing breezes swept past her oL
md never an answer gave; Oa
she patiently watched and waited ia
or the coming of her ships,
the bloom of her beauty had faded. soI
nd smiles had forgotten her lips. rel
asst when its fetters were broken, nm
er spirit fled over the sea tht
earch of her long missing vessels.-
herever those vessels might be, BILE
ne country OF dreams and of spirits. he;
wrecked on treacherous strand, gla
found her good ships and their cargo. bro
IT hopes, buried deep in the sand. die
II we know when we launch them TAX
e way our vessels will roam, ran
Anow we when to expect them, ii
sver, returning home. cart
me they come preciouslv laden age
I'M short and from nrosnororo +r;n. "a
ONE of us are vai,lv watinr indI
the coming home Of onr shin. shri
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-23

| Mrs. Mulligan had only lust re-
turned from the bedside of Maria;
chlld, paused in unpinning hel
CLOAK, as her visitors presented
themselves before her.
me holy saints be good to us
but it's Miss Harper
Yes, yes!' she cried impatient.
w but there's bundles
"Merchant of Venice dress,n in.
terPolaled the tall gentleman
she. "e"' oi'
spanish trousers of white satin
and looped with bands of crimson
satin; jacket embroidered, in gold
ana fastened with rhine stone But
tons" ~ =
Agatha was so bewildered with
MS rapid description that she said
hothlng more, imagining that all
was now made clear.
"Sleeves slashed with white SAT-
IN" prompted Mr., Chalmers.
Mrs. Mulhgan had arisen and
was staring at them aghast.
"Why don't you give if ia tba
gentleman" cried Miss Harper
venetian mantle made Of green
velvet embroidered in gold; Grim.
son velvet hat with Ieweled ai-
grette and white plume: 1eweled
belt and sword. Now, If that ISM
Identification, I'd like to know
what IS. So hand it over like
good woman, and don't stand there
staring"
Here Mrs Mulligan made a dive
for The cradle across the room
snatched her youngest from it,
who resented this disturbance of
his slumbers and began to howl
and recreated in terror.
"Patsy--oh Patsy! Mother.
sure there's lunytlcs here-luny.
tics!'
The two thus invoked appeared
to the rescue. Miss Harper went
over to where the man stood.
"Mr. Mulligan, what has got in. |
% your wife | don't know. She
ook by mistake for my washing
'undle belonging to this gentle
nan. We have come for it.'
"Eh" cried Mrs. Mulligan. "And
by didn't ye say so? Where did
e put Miss Harper's washin'
'other? Whist, will yep to her
cir,
The old woman, who had com. G
ehended only the question direct d
addressed 10 her, began tugging v
an object under the table. Chai- b
erS went to her assistance. In a
instant later he had pulled out a
Tub full OF water, on the top OF a.
'ated a crimson velvet hat, with tI
very limp and unlovely white pt
U me. Sc
"Ye put 'em TO soak?" yelled al
's. Mulligen. on
'Yis, an we told me to do it if | ell
sn't too bind"
Mr.. Chalmers gazed ruefuIly on
crimson and white spots visi- Ch
OF the costume of Antonio, and
IS Harper burst into tears. 70,
Oh, nonsense, nonsense, you ro,
snt do that!' he cried. cheerilv. or
tucked her hand under his arm ~
led her away. "Good night, ma,
!. Mulhgan." n", -"
-e was laughing heartily as thew aS dSt
INTO the carriage and laughed we
Tly all the way back, too. ed
-t was twice as funny as the an
y ball could have been, ,"he de- TO
ed. ~, ~
ell, the acquatanceship so Gu bac
sly begun ripened and deepen mol
nd one night in January, when reoI
'ok her to Haverly's to see owe,
lg' he asked her a question be- mon
n the acts, and this was the cv q
lion: =
ont you hate boarding?" is 81
es, honestly and emphatic thin
-, Othe
1O nu L ~ouiuH you IKE 10 nave will
,e ! ,;',,n mu,,'e 20 Oh your owns" bidly
ro,ba nv ID S.s" eIi or o
onn % 70 so,,, ~ oddiy on Tor has ?
80 80 ~ 9eT oh outtons ana rels
Ia do meicone !, me nome at and 1
crimsoned iuriously up to unitv
= SnsI, DaI"" uiL naIr. griev
Hu9'' mere lhe curtalnN same
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-23
Merchandise
lily kept in a first. class store.

Furniture and Housekeeping Goods Of al
Kinds Speciality.
STOVES are sold lower than New Or
leans or Mobile prices as l buy them fol
spot cash direct from the manufacturers.
| STEAM GRIST TMILL-Frcsh MeaI. .Grits,
Homlny, Chops, Cracked Corn and Feed
OF an Kinds sold at lowest market prices.
and delivered free of charge within CITY
limits. Buying feed in large quantities
enables me to get the benefit of Wholesale
prices, and can therefore sell as cheap as
the cheapest.
CUSTOM SHOE DEPARTMENT where
a person can get the best Shoes for the
least money. No paper soles, paste-board
counters or wooden heeels are used in
myShoe Factory-none but genuine oak
tanned leather, and defy competition as
to prices and qualify.
Also, have always on hand first-class
handmade Shingles for sale at reasonable
prices.
Thanking customers tor past patronage
invite continuance of same.
Respectfully, A. BLIJMER
Goods Delivered Free of Chdrqe.
OoVoocr < 1861. Billy
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-23

PRoHIBIoN Law SUsTAINEp.-Tbe
consiii uiiona!ity of the Prohibition
law of Iowa has been sustained bv
The Supreme Court of the United
States. The point was the RIGHT
to manufacture intoxicating IL
quors solely for expectation to 9th
er States, despite the State law. and
lt was pleaded that the prohibitory
feature, in so far as the manulac-
lure for expectation was concerned.
was in conflict with the constitu,
uonal provisions giving Congress
the sole right 10 regulate Interstate
commerce. The case is that of ]
.. Kidd, a dlstiller, plaintiff IN er.
ror, VS.. /. Z. Pearson and s. J.
Loughras. The court holds that
the State law, prohibiting both The
manufacture aud the sails. except
Tor mechanical, medicinal, pulmo-
nary and saeramental purposes, is |
not in conflict with interstate com
merce provisions, and the decision /
1f the Iowa court is sustained.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-23

an exchange asks: @What is
nome without a newspaper 10
which a brother editor replies: at
IS place where old hats are sfuf.
ed iEto window spanes, where the
children are like pigs, the house
wlie Ike an aboriginal savage. and
Inc husband with a panorama of
the Dismal swamp painted on his
SHIRT bosom with tobacco jlIce.s
The Press., 1888-03-15

north. It has not yet appeared. No mails have been received in Stafford since the Norwich special on Monday evening, and no general New York and Boston mail since Monday at 10 a. m. Tho latest daily papers in town are those of last Monday morning. Up 10 this morning no passen- ger train had been run into Palmer on the B. & A. road. But prospects are good for an early breaking of the blockade, and il will surprise no one to hear at any time the whistle of an incoming train.
 Thursday, 113O a. m.--A snow blow driven by two engines has just arrived from the south, with Downer's train i'm. mediately behind, and both have proceed ed north. >'-
 Three days installments of Norwich Bulletins are the only thing in the way oi printed or written matter that Downer,s train, just arrived, brings to town this morning.
 On the whole, the N. l.. N. road need not blush for it's record, in comparison with other roads, ill raising the blockade.
The Press., 1888-03-15

TIE C., B. $ Q. railroad is moving freight and claiming to have abundant applications from competent engineers. The strikers on the other hand claim that the new employees are incompetent, and the state railroad con- Missioners evidently share this opinion. The railroad officials declare that the appearance of incompetenCy comes from outside interfer- Snce, that switches are mysteriously and nna- 1iciously turned to derail engines, and that intricate machinery about the engines is Be- crstly tempered with, that bolt heads have been found where they were evidently placed to do harm, etc. And so the affair goes on, each side claiming to have all the right on its side, and each confident of winning. A con- meeting road which, by threats ofits engineers to strike, had been induced to refuse to ham, de cars or freight for the O., B. & Q. has been enjoined by the courts not to continue in it's refusal
The Press., 1888-03-15

New London people found an oily scum floating on pool of water in the outskirts of the town last fall, and the result was the slow but persistent growth of 8 local belief in petroleum, deposit. Recently, money was subscribed for a scientific in- vestigation and boring for the oil, if such c course appeared to be warranted. Pro. lessor Dana, of Yale, has pricked the bubble. He writes to the New London committee 'sThe rocks of New London are crystalline have been made so by heat that would have expelled all oil or gas that might have been developed by the heat during the change of the rocks from incrystalline to crystalline. There ia no gas to be found by boring in that part (New London) of Connecticut, and no oil '' The question that now interests the New Londoners is: Who ''salted" that pool Professor Dana said, in recent interview, that there is only one place in the state where there is any probability whatever of finding oil in paying quantities. That is st MiddleAeld Falls, in Durham, where the soft rock is of slaty formation, and has yielded some oil by heating. Surface in dicatisns of oil, occasionally noticed in swampy lands, are no evidence of the ex- istenee of oil in any considerable quanti- ki@0 1ag sza .@@4
The Press., 1888-03-15

Ansonia Sentinel: s'Do you know, 3 said well-known physician to the report CT last week, ''that the habit of opium eat ing is growing to an alarming extent among females in Derby?" "No, sir, do not, replied the scribe; ''to what cause is it due p "Well, the habit is first formed by taking it in small quantities prescribed by physicians among other medicines. It seems to have more influence over females than males. Its secondary results are de- pression, but it is not quite so bad as the whiskey habit. You can tell an opium eater the moment you see one by the drawn, wrinkled features and glaring eyes. They seldom look you straight in the face. '
 "How do they feel while under it's infu. ence?" 70, going to glory, with every thing lovely, but it lasts only about an hour at time, unless the dose is repeat
 ed."
The Press., 1888-03-15

TEE center of the assembly chamber in the new capitol building in Albany is occupied by . great framework of timber, supplemented by posts elsewhere, here and there, all to keep the stone ceiling from falling down on the heads of the law makers. When 8 member wishes to catch the speakers eye he either cranes his neck arou nd post, or ''scrouches down" to peer under cross timber. And yet this build ing, cracking and popping under it's own weight, has cost to date $1s, ,OoO, 900, and isn't finished yet. "It has cost" says New Yorh journal, "more than the Delaware and Hud- son Canal, los miles long the original Erie Canal, S6S miles long the Ohesapeke Ohio Canal, the Croton Aqueduct, the Washington Capitol or the New York and Brooklyn bridge"
The Press., 1888-03-15

THE lower house of congress has made an appropriation to a college in southern Vir- ginia, to make up for it's losses through the war, also has voted to give $1o, 900 to the owner of 6 race course in Virginia, on which the federal army encamped. The claims have not yet been presented of tue owner of the Libby building in Virginia, and of camps at Andersonville and other places in the south which were occupied by union soldiers.
The Press., 1888-03-15

Waterbury American We now under stand why it is Frank Stockton has to work only two hours Q day. ''Mrs. Stockton does fully half of her husbands work. She discusses all his plots, writes at his diOta- ton and frequently adds portions of chap tera. She is in every sense his chum as well as helpmate." In fact, come to think iE over, we do not see exactly what Frank Stockton nnds to do during those two hours.
The Press., 1888-03-15

JOHN l.. SULLIVAN and one Mitchell, fel low brute, and champion of some locality ol other, had pounding match across the water last Saturday. After thirty-nine rounds oi pounding it was pronounced draw game, both parties being tired out, though Mitchell was then considered to have the best chances of winning. It is creditable to Americana that there has been little pride taken in thein so-called champions success. The bulk od the better class of people did not even know that so momentous an event was at hand But Sullivan's prestige is broken by the re sult.. He was expected to pulverize his op ponsnt early in the fight, but Mitchell wsS i1 decidedly the best condition at the finish
The Press., 1888-03-15

HAD the mercury stood ten or twenty de grees lower on Tuesday we should have known the experience of first class western blizzard. Tho snow was deep and the storm binding It was sta1wart pedestrian that could have waded Q mile in the snow without utter ex- haustion. We can hereafter better under stand stories of the blizzards of the west.
The Press., 1888-03-15

HE venerable emperor of Germany 60 years Old) died on Friday. The crown falls from the head of the dead to that of the dy- ing emperor, the crown prince being evident ly at the threshold of death. The people thus have prolonged season of mourning before them, the present emperor being near ly as much beloved as was his father. The empire is thus passing through a trying pe- riod of changes in dynasty. The grandson of the late emperor, who is also a grandson of Queen Victoria, is young man, already having family, but still too young to have e known policy as his father has. The coun. Bellors of the dead Kaiser and of the dying Frederick William may or may not be the chosen advisers of the coming emperor. The people can only pray that ho may inherit the wisdom of his ancestors.
The Press., 1888-03-15

IT IS fun to get Outa weekly paper without the help of mails, telegraph, telephone, or exchanges. The freshest ''exchange' in the office bears date of Monday, March 12th."
The Press., 1888-03-15

BEcAUsH of no mails received on Tuesday or Wednesday and delays since, much core spondence received this week comes too late for publication.
The Press., 1888-03-15

Ia it good grammar when Pennsylvania papers declare that that states favorite son is her own Childs9
The Press., 1888-03-15

This paper and the Connecticut Courant, (weekly,) nrAisAed together $s2S, payable at this office in advance
The Press., 1888-03-15

HARM FOR SALE-One mile and half Il from Stafford Hollow, 50 acres of land, good va- rlety of Fruit Buildings in good repair, will be sold cheap on easy terms. Inquire of
 16mar2m J. c. HASSETT, Stafford Hollow.
The Press., 1888-03-15

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Stafford 1 Springs Cemetery Association will be held at Borough Hall on Monday evening, March 26th, at 7:30 D. m. W, D. HEALD, Secretary
 Stafford Springs, March IA, 1888.
The Press., 1888-03-15

ENOUND-A sum of money, which the own. N CT can hay by proving property.
 SPETIMAN
The Press., 1888-03-15

{Notices of births, marriages and deaths inserted free, when sent in by friends. Obituaries in prose or verse, beyond mere notices of death at half ad vertisng rates)