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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-10-12

Mr.. Abram j. Davis, o. Ocean
Springs, connected with the construc-
tinn train Of the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad, in using an adzc The
other day accidentally made a miss
lick and cut his knee just below the
joint. DIR, VI. Mdore was called aud
dressed the wound and Mr.. Davis was
sent home. The wound is not consid-
ored serious and il is thought hc win
be on duty again soon.
-Messrs. F. ID. Bcchi, j. w. Rnh-
erts, G. ID. Moore, ]. w. Stewart,
John Robinson an1Charles Emerson
went out OF afwo days camp hanl
this week in the heighborhoud Of NJ.
VIM. Howell. Their baggage wagon
was well filled with good things before
leaving here-l6 loaves Of bread, meat,
ole gallon of ny poison aud other
too numerous to mention. The
first days hunt enough squirrels were
killed TO feed the party, the next day
l67 were captured, aud The happy
hunters returned home satisfied.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-10-12

HEWN TIMBER.
New Classification. Timber placed on
the market will bring 9 to 10 C per cubic
for 100 feet average, and chasing b. |
good. Common and poorly manufactur-
ed not wanted.
SAWN TIMBEE
Sawn Timber brings 10 to II cents per
cubic foot. on basis OF ~ feet average, av.
erlge quality.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-10-12

METHobIsT-Ilev. j. 7. Draka. pastor,
Preaching every Sunday. Prayer meet
ing every Thursday evening.
P~EfsBYrEEfNN Rev. b. .. Byers, pas
tor. Preaching every Sabbath Prayer
meeting every Wednesday night.
Preaching ut Scranton every third sun
day at 4 p. IN.
BAPrlsr-Elder o. D. Bowen, pastor.
Preaching first sabbath in each month
and Saturday night preceding.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-10-12

Ii has teen estimated that dur
ing a life time Of ihree score years
and ten the blood OF a human be-
ing travels 4292.400 miles ana
that his heart beats 2,53S,909 times.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-10-12

On Thursday morning, October 4, 1899,
KATE Louise, daughter Of Mr.. aud Mrs.
Is, Is. klebs. aged Z years and 9 months.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-10-12

RI Mills, Of Texas, has receIv-
ed his ninth nomination fer Co..
gress
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-10-12
MOSS POINT
Department
LOCAL
GnursT.

OLIVER WOOD. JUSTICE OF THE PFAcE.
Regular terms OF Justice Cont for Dis
tfict No. 3, every second and fourth Sat
urdaY IN each month.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-10-12
No microbes here.

wouIl like them.
Don't let the hatcher sell y"lu
tough meat.
Don't let lie nilkman give Won
watcry milk.
Mr., S. G. Ramsay was in :own
"Wednesday.
-Puscagoula street needs shcllirg
very bad.
More DIV cling houses are needed
in this town very bad.
Rev. j. j. Lovett, of Vancleavr,
was here Monday looking after his
property Interests.
G. Nelson has just received from
Cincinnati II large stock ofladies and
misses fine handmade shoes.
REV. c. n. a. Yonce will preach
IN The Lutheran Church at Escaiaw-
pa Sunday at II o'clock, a. ut.
Tie Lutheran Church, when
completed, will be one of The neat
est church ulitices in town.
Write 10 MARKS Bargain Store
aud get prizes for bargains. 1t will
pay you. 8 and 10 Dauphin ST.,
near Commerce, Mobile, Ala.
-Tony DAVIS, the French barber
trom Mobile, is now al Gecht's tronso-
rial p%arlors. Tony IS clean shaver
Try him,
deputy United States Marshal
Charles L. Watkins, Of Mississippi
CITY, was in town Tuesday looking
alter his official business.
lion. /. Il. brown, Internal ltey-
cnuc Collector, was in town Tuesday
looking after the Governments bust
ness. lie gave the DEMocRAr-STAR
office Il call.
5000 mems, boys and cliildr2ns'
suits for 81, $I2i, $I.75, $3.50 10 IS,
worth three times the money, At
MARKS BARGAIN STORE,
n..ht. 9, aaar u,or,o
Mobile. Ala.
The flying horses have flown back
10 Scranlo The climate Of Moss
Point did not agren with The horses.
"
-'"'N''" 0'""'H mas :"
~ "n =" nam" w."
"il'' INV "''''' We w." ~"
'"'""'' """ "''''' '"' N
~
-Houng Mcn.iI o want II neat,
hl'e' iaSt'ohab'e sum "l rio''eS' 90 Il
"noe ~ : Neis'"S ~ '"s J"9' w.
,.,a, ,h
ra.,na .,t,t-"
a. his residence uear ,o,yn nm sam.
d,v. and wa. burinJ sunday evening
by The X. of l.. Reuben vas 65 years
Of age.
Mr.. T.. r.. Cowart. oc tbc firm or
Cowurt q Bro. Commission Mar
chan,s Of Mobile. was in town Tuos.
day ON business. This firm gets ouito
a Trade from This ,own aud Moye
Point and they we'll deserve it.
Ar HALF pRIcrs,-Drv goods
clothing. shoes. boots. hats. cloaks
underwear and oihor goods ,no mauy
ia mention. w,iIc e,r ,ri.os =, ,
MARKS BARdMNS TonE, |
8 ana 10 Dauphin 81 near Commerce. {
Mobile, Ala.
TIM Roorl or M.,or al ALL.
mon or C-,..,ton 49,. -
-.
oI.''" any pave WI Mo"udY, a
~, ~ '".,
u 80 " "e ~'esis""''o" ol ar y !
"io"ie' No" mere Is all opPor- I
'ullI'y LOT some seil-sacrlllclhg cilI- :
zen to get an Office OF honor aud c
profit. Il
Go to DR.. w. A. Cox's drugstore +
for school books. lie has a good y
slocN s"ch as are used in the schools
Oh 'hlstowh, and at very reasonablens'
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-10-12

THE Memphis appeal puts the
practical operation of protection
briefly, but forcibly. as follows:
III a woman who goes 10 house
keeping pays 80 cents for an iron
pot or pan. she gels 30 cents in
goods aud 90 cents worth of protec-
lion. Ifshe buys a clock for So she
receives - worth of clock and 81
worth of protection. II she buys a
sewing machine aud pays $50 Tor It,,
she gets Sl1 worth ct machine and
50 worth OF pr0tecllon.@
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-10-12

TnE Mobile tie SAYS The Mobile
Marine railway scheme appears to
have been abandoned, and Scran-
ton. Miss, is DOING al Of our work
that line.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-10-12
SIIUQUALAK
FEMALE COLLEGE: {.

This College. located in the beautiful
and healthy town Of ~Shuqualak. 81 miles
north Of Meridian. Immediately on the
Mobile & Ohio Railroad, will open its
ninth session on the
19fh of September .S'eat.
This College offers every advantage in
all the branches of female education.
The management is homr-like; the in
struclious broad and thorough the terms
tor and easy. Descrvedly The most popu-
lar boarding school for young Indies in
East Mississippi. FOR further particulars
Apply to
REV. l.. NJ. STONE.
President.
June %, 1858. lS.3m
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
Ho,c The Pr;acc Of Wales valt=es.

You wish to know how he handles a
girl in Waiting? Well, he is altogether
respectful.
You know by personal experience
what I mean by that. Some fellows
grab their partners as though they were
their wives or their accepted sweet
hearts, and hug them covertly ifnot per-
ceptibly. The Prince does not do that
at all. There was nothing caressing in
the firm but conventional encircling Of
his right arm. the hand of which was
placed just fatty enough to be support
ing to the fiat of my back With his
left hand he held my right, extended,
just as we do in waltzing here, and with
just grip enough to make you feel safe,
but with no pressure of improperly.
Oh, he was very nice indeed. My
right ear was close to his mouth. and
he chatteda little at first, until the
exercise made him scant of breath.
When we were through he left me with
courtly bow and the remark, "You
American ladies are certainly fine
dancers. London Truth.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26

Making Calls.

What a beautiful civilization ours is
supposed to be, growing in intelligence
and simplicity, and yet voluntarily talk
ing upon itself this artificial burden in
an already overtaxed life! The angels
in Heaven must admire and wonder
The cynic wants to know what is gained
for any rational being when city full
of women undertake to make and re-
ceive formal visits with persons whom
for the most part they do not wish to
see. What is gained, lie asks, by leav-
ing cards with all these people and re-
ceiving their cards! When woman
makes her tedious rounds, why is she
always relieved not to find people in?
When she can count upon her ten
fingers the people she wants tosee, why
should she pretend to want to see the
others? Is any one deceived by it?
Does anybody regard it as anything
but sham and burden? Much the
cynic knows about it! It is not neces-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
She J,'as Prepared.

A minister's wife, who is not so
serious-minded as her husband is, tells
some laughable stories, says the Boston
Home Journal, relating to marriage
ceremonies which her husband per-
formed while they We're living in a
newly-settled district in the West. This
minister always felt it to be his duty to
give each young couple q little serious
advice before he performed the mar
rage ceremony, and for this purpose he
usually took them aside, one at time,
and talked very soherly to each of them
regarding the great Importance of the
step they were to take and the new re-
sponsibilities they were to assume.
One day he talked in his most earnest
manner for several minutes to young
woman who had come to be married to
a ht-looking young man.
s!And now,' he said, in closing, Il
hope you fully realize the extreme i'm
portance of the step you are taking and
that you are prepared for it."
"Prepared?" she said, innocently !;
swell, if I amt prepared don't know
who is. I've got four common quilts
and two nice ones, and fou1. brand-new
feather-beds, ten sheets and twelve
pairs of pillow-slips, four all-linen table,
cloths, dozen spoons, and a good six
n11a1.t brass xett1a TT T ain't 7nanora1
no girl in this country ever was"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
They Change the s..eject.

eyes," he said, "life is so lonely"
ut is lonely sometimes she an
swered.
Wouldn't it he sweet to have little
cottage covered with ivy and honey
suckle and rose bushes?"
ooh! wouldn't it?"
And when q fellow came home tired
from business to have Il nice little wife
meet him at the door with kiss
"Y-e-e-s."
And then the summer nights, the
windows open, the sunset just giving
light enough in the coy parlor, and
you-I mean q wife at the piano singing
in the cleaning It would be lovely"
-think-it would-be-nice.
And then
At this point careworn woman came
around the corner with a pair Of twins
in perambulator. A dead silence fell
upon the summer air for little. Then
they changed the snbjcct.-,San Fran
CISCO Chronicle.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
KEEPING LETTERS,

1t is trouble, not good, that arises
from old letters. A package has fallen
into my care to be disposed of as
thought best. 1t contains letters, bills,
receipts, some papers of value, and 9th
ers worthless. In order to sort the
chaff from the wheat, they must be
carefully examined. All, what UNI
thought-of secrets they disclose-family
troubles of which the world never
dreamed; bitter heartaches where we
thought all was serene; love letters, sa-
cred for their time and place, ridiculous
now; q whispered suspicion of SANDER
upon name we thought was as pure as
snow, and we are left to wonder whether
it is true OF false. Old letters. What
can they be good for? Their mission is
ended.
Il may like to read them while recov-
ering from an Illness" says some one.
"Pshaw! as if these would be tonic
you needed at such time! Better far
breath OF pure air. We are all prone
to brood too much at such times, and
need no such help in that direction. Let
this plea for the burning Of letters be q
strong one. Business letters should be
filed and labeled. Have blank book
into which to copy such dates OF ex-
tracts as may be of value in the future
for references. This can be done when
letters are answered. Then burn them
and see the ashes. It is the sorrows in
stead of the joys, that most letters con-
tain. They are the safety-valve for
deep feeling from friend to friend, good
in their time, but sometimes worse than
useless in the future. Every day brings
new experiences. We are constantly
changing, and in many cases would be
ashamed of our own letters written ten
years ago.
Garfield said: when you pitch your
tent let it be among the living, not
among the dead. '-Sayah NJ. Bailey,
IN The Housekeeper.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
THE FLY SCREEN.
BY ROBERT J. Bunpk4r1

~,
an the screen.
calm and serene
-.,,,. window am seen;
u Through meshes fair
The light and ali
INT keep the fies out there,
And yet
You bet
The flies can get
,a INV shield of frame and net.
A little bit
do not fit,
,.1 IN each crooked place they fit;
|"'' With rain and sun
warp like fun
psore the summers well begun;
And now and then,
By careless men,
a., showed clear out to smash again.
! i. -, ut the boy, with careless lick,
T r through my breast the window stick.
r, nateut woman's faith in me,
=, .misf., warp. or cavity.
~, MEYER shaken he.
,,., shifting lacks she naends nv bsrs.
,,.s,,,s letter paper ON my scars;
And half heY Summer time is spent
In making straight what still stays bent:
IN picking me up from the ground,
Where once or twice q day I'm found:
In striving hard to make me fit
IN windows won't fit a bit;
Until Mt last anl in doubt
Il can't do this thing the best
,osx in the lies that yet are out,
Ind keep them in with I'LL the rest.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
MICS. MACk.AF AND JosEPu1yE,


Among "dressy women" says the
New York Star, may be mentioned Mrs.
Nlackay, who has annuity 1o4 dresses
made for her-that is, two for each week
IN the year-one street or visiting cos
tune and the other an evening or dinner
dress. 1t is unnecessary to make much
comment on this waste of material and
1t certainly is productive of good in pro-
vlding food and employment to her poor
sisters.
Perhaps she is emulous of the EN-
press Josephine, who according to an
old book published in 1900 changed
her dress four to six times a day, never
twice assuming plain gown. The
weekly allowance for stockings for the
Empress was four dozen of silk in sum
1ner, and in the winter two dozen Of
French silk hose and three dozen of the
finest cotton stockings. She used up
three dozen pairs Of gloves and shoes q
week, and she never wore any stockings
that had been washed, nor did she don
more than once the same pair of gloves
or shoes. The lace frills of her chemises
cost $40 apiece. Every three months
she exchanged her diamonds and other
jewels, or had them newly set according
to the mutations of fashion, and four
times 9 year her plate, china, furniture,
tapestry hangings, and carpets We're re-
newed. She had thirty-six horses in
her private stable, and her master of the
horse was empowered to dispose of
twelve steeds once a month and replace
them with animals of fashionable hue.
Once amonth, too, all the domestics in
the Empress household received fresh
liveries, and every thirty days her ward
robe was divided among her maids of
honor. Of these toilets the court lady
had four, with an equal number of sets
OF jewelry-one for the Tuileries, one
for st. Cloud, one for Malmaison, and
one for travelling. By touching certain
springs she could command for her bath
what perfumes her caprice required, the
reservoirs always containing 10000
francs worth of the finest doors. When
she wished to leave her bath, she had
but to touch bell, when, by me-
chanical continuance, she was lifted into
an elegant, moderately-warned, and
perfumed bed, where she was nicely
dried.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
TlIRIFTY.
lsan Francisco Examiper.1


The strawberry season never comes
in certain village in the West with
out the citizens thereof ind1lging in
some sly jokes at the expense Of one of
their townsmen, well-to-do but ex-
tremely penurious man, who sometimes
does things that some veritable misers
would scorn to do. A good part of his
income is derived from the successful
cultivation of an acre OF more of straw
berries, and he was never known to give
berry away, or to take less than the
highest market price for a single box.
Although he lives in large and
handsome house, he was never known
to entertain company, and his friends
and neighbors were, therefore, greatly
surprised when they one day received
neatly printed card, saying that Mr..
and Mrs.-well, say Smith-would be
at home OH certain evening from 8
until about 10 o'clock
Many Of the prominent residents OF
the town accepted these invitations, and
the house was full.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith received their
guests in the most cordial manner, and
little before 10 o'clock the dining
room doors were opened, and the guests
invited out to partake OF Strawberries
and cream, the strawberry season hay
ing just opened.
This unparalleled generosity on the
part Of their host amazed his guests,
and they sat down feeling some COM
FUNCTIONS OF conscience for the unkind
things they had often SAIL about his
stinginess. Before they arose, how
eyer, they were ready to zeiterate all
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
THEY COT TIRED OF POLITICS..

AS the rush and roar Of politics once
more rolls in upon us, it is instructive
to read what John Adams had to say
of the presidency in comparison with
other ways of spending life: eff ever I
get through this scene Of politics and
war, I will spend the remainder Of my
days in endeavoring to instruct my
countrymen in the art Of making the
most o their abilities and virtues-an
art which they have hitherto too
much neglected. A philosophical So
Getty shall be established in Boston, if 1
have wit al address enough to accom-
plish it." Jefferson also used to hide,
as far as possible, in the rooms of the
philosophical society. Washington was
at least a member. 1t is curious ths,
our ear:;-r history called to the :nSv,'
Of the most active life men whose
strongest predictions We're for schol-
arly retirement After all, is not the
real scholar the ablest business man p
Glcbe-Democrat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
WOMAN'S PROGRESS
Gossip about Matters in Which
the Dear Creatures Take
an Interest.
SEASONED WITH A LITTLE WIT.
A Column or 7wo Of Title Tattle Anen!
Aatronly Mothers, Modish Maidens,
and Merry Misses.
They Had Met BEFORE.

He Cat Saratoga, tenlerly)--I think 1
have met you before, Miss Smith; your
lace is very familiar.
She (coldly)-Yes, sir; and those
goods that you warranted would wash I
tried to give away to my maid.
And then the silence became SO wide
and solemn that you could hear them
pumping gas into the mineral springs
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26

they had ever said, for the attendants
who had served the berries and cream
quietly passed around among the tables
ana placed at the plate of each guest a
little check, on which was printed:
:, Twenty-Five cents. Please pay at
the door"
The host himself stood at the door to
luke the money, and blandly wished his
guests good-nipht.-Er
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
BEF1iRE OF TIE GAEVANLzED
LEMON SpFEEZEIe.

Wait moment, doctor; let's have q
glass OF Lemonade"
A large crowd was pushing and elbow
ing it's way toward the grand stand ut q
nearby resort recently when the above
remark was made to u tall, ine-looking
man who seemed to be suffering from
the excessive heat. His shirt collar was
unbuttoned at the throat, his cuffs were
turned back over his wrists and his APP
pearance was that Of :. man in his last
stages Of wilt. The Invitation to par
take OF the lemonade seemed agreeable
to him, but he no sooner got to the stand
where the light beverages were dis
pensed, th'tn he gave a glance and
started back, saying:
None for me. L admit that am
thirsty, and glass of lemonade would
be very refreshing but look--thnt settles
it."
With the handle of his palm-leai fan
he pointed to the hinge lemon squeezer
made OF galvanized iron.
why, doe, that's all right They
make the drink to order That WON'T
so Gifts only lemon squeezer
".The law should prohibit it's uss.-
Rather than drink lemonade made by
that machine l had rather drink thu
water from yonder horse trough The
lemon squeezer is made of galvanized
iron Or iron coated with zinc. Eyerx
time lemon is squeezed by it the citrie
acid of the lemon coming i'll consas:t
with the metal dissolves the zinc AND
forms an unwholeWme and poisonous
salt Zinc is u metal which is readily
attacked by the weakest acids, and nta
article Of food or drink should ever hS.
allowed to come in contact with it. FiaaS
ME place where they use t7lss
old-fashioned wooden squeezer or
where the lemon is nlacerste.s
in a porcelain glass vessel
and Eli gladly join you in Il glass OF
lemonade; but here, where they use Che
death-dealing zine machine-neyer:
Ne1U York Nal a7A1 Empress.
THE ROBBE,: IND THE 1'Ela 7vELgA-
\ Traveller who fell into the Hands
OF a Robber cn the Highway and was
Despoiled oi all his money was inclined
to Argue the Matter, saying:
"Come, now, but Convince Me that
this is Just and Honest"
Il have nothing to offer" replied the
n
Lawyer does the Talking, and we whaek
up even. When my duty ends his be-
gins
Moral: The jury was out only five
minutes before Eetn.ning q verdict OF
Not Guilty. Detroit Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
----------7.---------- ------------------------
IT WAS TOO LATE.

An old lady on Michigan Central
train discovered a couple across the
aisle whose presence called up all her
anxiety. The man was middle-aged
and the girl about eighteen, and when
he left the car for q moment the old lady
crossed over and said:
"My dear child, perhaps it isn't too
late yet"
For what?"
"To save you. Do you know you are
going to destruction
why, no."
@Well, you are. He crter be ar
rested
"For what?"
"For enticing you away from home.
The villain! I shall appeal to the con-
ductor to-"
much obliged, grandma, but please
DON'T" interrupted the girl. He was
a widower, but he's awfully good and
kind, and we've been married four
months. Please don't have him put off
the train or killed OF anything, for ma
will be at the depot in Detroit to meet
u.s."
Tie old lady went back and sat down
hard and stuck up her nose, and said
some folks was too awfully smart to
]iye.-Detron Free Press.