The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-03-02

Not a marsh coast or a coast
of peninsula sand, bat a coast
where sea aud hand shake hands
together. A coast of health, pleas.
ure aud comfort as we'll as a pro-
ductive land coast. A coast
abOunding in tropical luxures,
tropical sea breeze and surf bath,
but comparatively free from sea-
storms, free from cyclones and de-
structive tides. We have a coast
of. pure air. Our south breeze
comes to US with the purity of the
driven snow, fresh from off the face
of the great salt, warm watered
Gulf uncOntaminated by contact
with aught that is impure. 1t
strengthens, invigorates, purifeS,
aud in the summer coOls and CON-
forts. 1t acts as u tempOriSer in
summer aud winter, keeping the
thermometer below 100 in summer
aud above 20 in winter.
Our sonth winds prevail, but the
wind is not always from the south,
or integral points thereof, and it is
well it is 80. We have as welcome
winds from the north aud integral
points. Who has not heard of the
health and healing virtues of the
piney woods. These we have to
our north. No scattering, dry
hard scrub pines, but "a great, beau
tiiul forest of the yellow, long leal
rOSin pine. Standing tall, straight
aud majestic, sole reigning mon
archs of thousands of broad acres.
Souehing through their long, bright
green needles, gathering their heal
ing balm as the bee gathers honey,
comes our north breeze, and we
haze health OF lhng, health OF liver
and constitutions only to be i'm
paired by our own gross violation
of natures laws. Nature has done
all for us we could expect.
But while nature sc grandly
caters to the healthful requirements
| of man, the beasts of the field, the
fowls OF the air, the fishes of the
sea aud the vegetation from which
all feed also flourish in proportion,
Whenever a pine is felled by the
wOOdman's axe its shade removed,
and its needles decayed "a green
sward of succulent, luxuriant grass
takes possession of the vacant spot.
The soil, a black and yellow loan
slightly und1latIng, but more basin
than hill retains aud holds abund-
ance of decayed vegetable matter,
and other plant food, and is capa-
bic of being toned up to the high
est state of cultivation. Our sea-
son of vegetable growth is not
measured by the two divisions
summer aud winter. The growing
season for grass, tree, crop and
flower includes spring, summer aud
autumn, and for many hardy an
nuals even winter also. Hence,
stock, aud this is a fine stock cOun-
try, browze TO good purpose aud
gather all their sustainence for nine
months of the twelve. Men may
pursue their occupations, not Ouly
in the factory, the Office, or at the
forge, but in the open air, in the
field, sowing, reaping aud harvest
ing throughout the entire year.
No billiards aud snow storms,
sleets and freezes drive him from
his work to nurse fires, eat, sleep
aud exhaust his hard earned sub
stance. Here be goes regularly on
with his occupation. Asa gardner
he gathers in abundance an untold
variety Of the finest and most val
Hable vegetables OF the world, as a
horticulturist he gathers from bis
own "vine and fg tree the finest
of tropical aud semi-tropical fruits,
being in a laud Of flowers that ever
lastingly bloom bis bees yield mp
aud replace their honey at short
intervals for almost the entire
year, his calves, colts, lambs aud
pigs need no Nursing or hot-bOusIng,
bis fowls grow fat, flourish aud
greatly multiply, bis planted oys-
tiers yield iron three 10 Eve hun
dred per cent. per anuum, while the
waters abound with the finest Of
nsh.
Bat to make up The complement
for Jackson comfy, she has a large
navigable river, the Pascagoula,