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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-10-25
BILL ARP'S HOLIDAY,

Another place to spend money.
The circus is just OVer and now
the family talk is about the expo
Sition. Atlanta can get up more
things and more ways TO get the
peorle there and make them spend
their money than any town OF Its
size in the Union. II this thing
don't stop she will gobble us all up
soOner or later, and there will be
no remedy but to move there. Bill
Glenn says he is going to move
there right away, for he knows 1t
will have TO come. 1t is like Newt
Tumlin's politics. He said that
the only way TO get even with
the Republican party was TO JON
'em. But Newt didn't join 'em.
He Joined the church and went TO
preaching, which is better. like
Newt; like his big bosom and his
heart; | like to hear his big mouth
roll out language. 1t comes in such
stream and so honest and unpre-
medltated and full OF human kind
ness. ! love TO meet him on the
cars and feel The warm grasp OF
his hand and hear him say, "Why,
howdy, Bill, God bless you: how Is
the wife and children. Why, l
amt seen you since the woods was
burnt. Where are you going and
where have You been? Did you
say your folks were well, but OF
course they are or you wouldn't be
travelling around. How is Sam
Jones and where Is he nOwg l see
that DIR. FELTON, is hammerng
away in the Legislature. l used to
be a member and had a power OF
fun. 1t is a good place for fun but
the poorest place on the face OF
the yearth to serve the Lord and
cultivate piety, 1t took me five
years to repent and get forgiveness
and pet back 10 where | was before
| went there. The road to the bad
place Is all down hill and slick as
ice, but if a feller stops before he
gels there and tries 10 turn round
and 90 back, dog my cats if it amt
the hardest work in the world TO
climb that hill again. It's slip up
and scotch, and slip down and
scotch, every hundred yards, and
the devil pullin' at your coat tail
every step of the way. How did
YOU say your wife was, l think
skout Won ond about her every
Sunday And there is Henry
Grady, who got me in that scrape
with The English Lord, when did
YOU see himg He's runnin' the ex-
position now, and he'll run 1t for
all IFS worth, and more too, | reck-
on. Did you ever see such feller
to run thingsg Pm lookin' for HIM
10 run for governor, and he'll do 1T
/ if he gets a lair chance, ana the
bows will elect him, TOO. He's no
dark horse nor scrub, and he's a
climbIn' all the time. But Henry
is young yet-why, yes, he amt
noihin' but a boy, and has got time
enough vet, plenty Of time. What
= niIv he didn't buy him about ten
acres of land and farm a little
inst enough TO get into the alliance
and head the corncern, and then
Ihe farmers would have whoOped
him ND and right into the govern
or's chair when Gordon got out Of
IL But Jno. b. Gordon is the big
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-10-25

MARRIAGE FAILED THAT Tine
Secretary Noble has decided that
husband and wife cannot prove up
homestead entries to adjacent
tracts of land, even though they
maintain separate residences for
the required time. In November,
1855, j. f. Tanning and Lydia A.
Lavener made adjacent homestead
entries in the Niodrara land district
of Nebraska. In the April follow.
ing they married and erected a
house on the dividing line between
their entries, and thereby claimed
to have established appropriate
residences.
Mrs Tanning also proved that
she was careful to occupy The enc
of the house located on her entry.
Fannlng's entry was allowed and
hers rejected. - Nebraska State
Journal
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-10-25
&. w. Morrill,,
Insurance Agent, Civil Engineer
and Surveyor,
Biloxi, Miss.

Represents the best Fire aud Marine
Insurance Companies, with aggregate
capital Of over Sixty Millions, all OF
which have complied with the laws OF the
State of Mississippi, thus giving perfect
guarantee to the insured.
CIVIL ENGINEERING AND SURNEflNSii
also attended to, and maps of Towns and
Tracts Of Laud handsomely and correctly
made. III.
Those desiring my attention in either
line of business will please address me at
BiloN, Miss.
October 10, lSSs. 'S-9
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-10-25
Undertaking Establishment
B. Il. PICKETT,
SCRANTON. MISS,

i oLhIA ICA'5 HioDJ
Keeps on hand complete stock of
Baskets, Cases, Collins, Robes, Innings.
Handles, etc. His stock consists OF
Everything needed in this locality folI
burial purposes. He guarantees salts
faction in every case intrusted to his
care. Calls night or day al my rcsi-
idence OF place of business will receive
prompt attention.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-10-25
9 cpa~,pn A. II. FRANK.
s. CRONIER & CO.,
GENERAL KEPAIRERS,
MOSS POINT, MISS.

Harness, Furniture and Mattresses re-
paired or made over m manner hat car
not fail TO give satisfaction. Also bphoi;
steripr in an its branches. Buggies ana
Carriares painted and striped IN any style.
Also buggy Tops repaired aud made g
orler. Satisfaction guaranteed "a ~ "ofA.
Cive us a trial. s. CRONIER 4 CO.
Opposite john T. Krebs' store.
OctobcT n, lo59. ."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-10-25

An Eastern man has devised n
plan for getting rid of the smoke
from The locomotive of a passenger
tram. He constructs ali passenger
coaches with a section of a large
sheet iron conduit overhead in each
one. When the cars are coupled
those conduiis Join together and
form a continuous tube from one
end of the train to the other. The
smoke is discharged into tins, and
emerges from il at the end Of The
train. The plan is said 10 work
veIy well.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-10-25

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THE COURTS.
THE REGULAR TERMS.
rrpcTIIT COURT-SECoND DIST.
SAMUEL Il. TERRAL. Judge.
.,rctT NEVILLE, District Attorney.

i
n--,onuf, of Winston, on the third Monday
u l'o.,' tno rvI and July and continue six days
Of Jahu aorntv Of Iauderdale, ON the fourth Mon-
ID II ,fJ January and July and continue i1shteeh
days, - N-,v,,lcp ON the third Monday
,rhresry II in1 and August, and continue eighteen
DAYS -. ,ounty of Kemper, on the second Monday
~ WsrCb and September, and continue t"eiNe
days. .r rlarle IN the fourtl, Monday of
- u ~ ~ nd Sentcmber and continue twelve days
AT't IN tbe county of Wayne on the Seconu hohu"S
III g ,rI and October and continue six days
0I a ba county, of Greene, on the third Monday OF
LII ln and October and continue SIX daIs.
~ tbo connty of Perry, on the fourth MONDAY OF
III III t onJ Octoberand continue six days
a th" " county Of Marion First District on the
u.i Iu w Vomday of June and third Monday Of De-
recunu rl., and continue six days. In the Second
ySluui,t nnt an thc third Monday of june and second
iuIsaIsr7 us"Is7 of bccemher and continue SIN days.
"TlI Tn Ge county Of Hancock, on the second Monday
sH,,' ~ ~, and November aud continue twelve days.
In tbs county of Harrison, on the fourth Monday
= ~ Wa" @ and continue twelve days, and on the
q S'rr4% % Monday OF November, and continue SIX
days c,,..,. -, ,,,o sacopd Monday
,ea, fourth Monday of Nav, and continue sly days,
enJ an tbe first Monday after the fourth Mohuay
~g ~ yovembcr and continue twelve days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-10-25
THE STAR STABLES.

For good teams, prompt attention
! land one price to Ill, call at the star
5Stables, b. f. Pickett, proprietor, foot
: of Krebs Avenue. in sight of the depot
and Noy's Hotel, aud especially equip
ped for the accommodation of the trav-
.cling public.
f- A nice glass enclosed Hearse is also
tkept at the Star Livery Stables, which
Els always at the service of the public,
with careful driver, on short notice
4 Mr.. J. W. STEWART is my only authorized
agent at Moss Point to take orders for CoFFINsI
! Octeberl les9 y Nv
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-10-25
Usually Kept in First-CIass Store.
Furniture and Housekeeping
Goods of all Kinds a Speciality.

STOy Els are sold lower than New Or
leans or Mobile prices, as buy them for
spot cash direct from the manufacturers.
STEAM GRIST MILL-Fresh Meal,
GritS, homity, Chops, Cracked Corn and
Feed of all kinds sold at lowest market
prices. and delivered free of charge within
city limits Cuying feed in large quaint.
ties enables me to get the beneht OF
wholesale prices, and can therefore sell
Us cheap as the cheapest.
CUSTOM SHOE DEPARTMENT where
II person can get the best Shoes for the
least money. Nopaper soles, paste board
counters or wooden heels arc used IN my
Shoe Factory--none hut genuine OAK
tanned leather, and defy competition as
to prices and quality.
Also, have always on hand frst-clas'
handmade Shingles for sale at reasonable
prices.
Thanking customers for past patronage
invite continuance of same.
Respectfully, A. BLtlAlER.
Goods Delivered Free Of Charge.
October >, laS9 Silly
Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-03
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.

An important mass meeting was held
in Philadelphia last week. under the
auspices of the National Reform asso-
citation TO give expression to public
sentiment in favor of radical change
in the divorce laws. The Importance
of the movement brought together q
number of leading clergymen and
judges-the two professions directly as
sOciated with marriage and divorce.
Their opinions as to the best means to
stem the tide OF scandal and immortality
which threatens to engulf the courts of
the land are of great value, as they show
the drift of public feeling on question
affecting the purity of our homes and
the perpetuity of the state.
The divorce evil is appalling
in its magnitude. 1t spreads over
the entire country, and is fostered
by tax laws, mercenary lawyers,
and Indifferent judges. The statistics
collected by the federal commlssioner
of labor show that during the last twenty
years four hundred thousand divorces
were granted in this country. Illinois
is the capstone of this monument OF
infamy, having granted no less than
thirty-siX thousand divorces in that
time, and the evil is increasing by from
two TO three thousand year. Pennsyl-
vania reports sixteen Thousand divorces
in twenty years, and at present the rate
is between one and two thousand a year.
Colorado is now the mecca OF divorce
hunters in the west, and the press of
the state admit the disgraceful fact that
the laws place a premium on scandal
and make marriage mockery. The
laws OF Nebraska are also OF the free
and easy style, but fortunately the
judges have been particularly strict in
their enforcement and the state has
not acquired prominence as divorce
market.
How lcng can nation endure IL this
ratio OF divorce is maintained The
Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-03

purity and iptegrity OF home life is the
foundation bf the state. When, there
fore, lawsare made to undermine the
marriage relation and permit people to
marry and Separate on the slightest
pretexts, .ffe lawgivers make virtue a
football hnd legalize vice. In the
height of.its power and glory the
Roman republic did not sanction di-
vorce. lt preserved republican virtue
inviolate, But after the civil wars the
morals OF the people were corrupted,
vice ran riot and the social
structure was wrecked before the
northern barbariaus swept through
the country. Shall we permit the ma
tion to sink into an ocean OF immor-
ality Hike its Roman prototype, or shall
we rescue home life and manhood from
disintegration and decay
Two remedies for this. frightful evil
are proposed by the reform association.
One is by an amendment 20 the national
constitution, giving congress power to
enact uniform system OF marriage and
divorce laws, with courts of record, re-
marriage to be prohibited for year
after divorce and not then without
certificate from the court OF issue. This
is certainly the surest plan, but the law
should go further and limit divorce to
one cause, as in New York state. Any
attempt to secure a uniform system
Of state laws is hopeless undertaking.
Much immediate good could be ac-
complished by clergymen II they would
set themselves against indiscriminate
marriage. Hasty and sentimental
unions are the chief source Of divorce.
Possession of q license should not be ac-
cepted as evidence of honesty where the
parties are unknown to the .clergymen.
He should compel applicants to identify
themselves or show documentary proof
that they are free from impediments.
The clergy should begin reform at the
root,
Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-03
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN POLITICS.


The bane OF the public schools Of
Omaha is the demoralizing interference
in politics by members of the school
board, and the improper influence
which members OF the board exert upon
teachers, janitors and other employees
who are subject to their caprice or
favor.
The most pernicious partisan that has
manipulated our schools for selfish po-
litical ends is Sheriff Coburn. He has
been the prime mover in all political
intrigue inside of the school board, and
to-day he eXerts more influence upon
our school teachers politically than any
other member of the board. 1t has been
Mr.. Coburn's boast that he never fails to
support an increase of salary whether the
applicant is entitled to it or not. No
wonder MIR. Coburn is the most popular
man in Omaha with the school ma ANS.
1t is true, Mr.. Coburn has offered to re-
sign his place in the school board in case
he is reelected sheriff for third term
Why didn't Mr.. Coburn step out of the
board years ago? Why does he want to
hold the two Offices? Is it not manifest
that he proposes this time as he has
heretofore to enlist everybody con-
nected with the schools in his political
canvass. 1t is an open secret that very
active canvas is being made for Coburn
by employees of the school board, and we
presume the teachers will again try to
make their influence felt for Coburn
next Tuesday.
All this is simply scandalous. How
can we hope to have efficient school gov
ernnent so long as the patronage OF the
hoard Of education is hawked about in
public schools are made appendages to
the sheriff's office?
No teacher can be blamed for trying
to reciprocate favors, but we appeal to
the teachers of Omaha in all candor-
how can they ask any reputable Q man to
cast his vote for Mr.. Coburn ia view of
his record. Can they un blushingly ask
any man to support for sheriff "a man
who gave tho freedom of the Jail and
placed IN charge of other prisoners a
man who on Thanksgiving day
struck his wife with a turkey,
amused himself by firing pistol shots
over her head and finally mistook her
for a burglar?
Do they want any decent man to sup
port for sheriff an officer who showed
such great tenderness to the Beechler-
King woman while she was in his GUS
tody on the charge of deliberate mur-
der?
If they do our teachers will ma
terially lessen the respect In which
they are individually held by the best
people of Omaha, and reflect no little
discredit on the entire public school
SyStem
Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-03
Classic Memories Revived.


Unlntelligent or unjmpressible indeed
must be that reader who does not feel
emotion on reading cable dispatch dated
"Athens," and describing the pageantry of q
royal marriage. The place and the theme
combine 20 work over mans Imagination
magic spell. 1t Is true, then, that the ancient
capital of the mental world is to-day the
capital of modern nation. There
sits at this hour monarch
on the throne of Theseus. Several
services in chapel and cathedral
have just been performed not far from where
once stood the Parthenon and the temple of
Jupiter Olympus. And millions of people
whose poetry. whose philosophy, whose art
whose intellectual inspiration have come in
great degree from the Greeks that were in
Athens 80 many centuries ago, now turn
their eyes toward a beautiful domestic scene
among the Greeks that are in Athens this
morning.
To many minds will occur those beautiful
lines of a poet who laid down his life in be-
half of that Grecian liberty, as truly as
Leonidas did at Thermopyle; poet whose ma
tive land was that of the royal brides
mother:
The isles Of Greece! The isles of Greecel
Where burning Sappho loved and sang.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-03

THE Cleveland, Ohio, Plain Dealer
has just issued, as a souvenir, an Illus
trated work giving the history of Cleve-
land, views of prominent features of the
city, and portraits of many of its leading
business and professional men. The
purpose of the work is to demonstrate
the possibilities of the city from what
has been accomplished. and the facts
are certainly of n character to warrant
the conclusion that Cleveland, now a
city of a quarter of a million population
and having extensive industries and
great wealth, is certain to attain metro
politan proportions. The work is me-
chanically excellent, the letterpress
being clear and clean and the illustra-
tions generally good. Its issue was a
commendable piece of enterprise that
ought to result in benefit both to the
Plain Dealer and to Cleveland.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-03
Making Pets OF Prisoners.

san francisco Examiner.
1t is to be presumed that there is some OBJ
ject in shutting people up in ialls, prisons,
houses of correction, industrial schools,
Magdalen asylums and the like, or we
should not go to the expense OF running
those institutions. Apparently, however,
the object is one that requires the co-opera-
tion of the prisoners themselves, for such
persons as dislike being shut up seem to
have no particular trouble in taking their de-
parture.
The greater part of the blame for the fire.
qucncy of escapes is laid upon the trusty
syStem--a system that is bad in itself and
that has shown its disadvantages in other
matters than the facilities it affords for the
emigration of its beneficiares. 1t seems
continually necessary TO remind prison Of
ficials that trusty and trustworthy are two
entirely different words. The trusty is still
criminal, still man who got into prison
by one offeuse and who might reasonably be
supposed to be none too good to get out by
another. From the way he Is often treated
one might suppose HIM to be confidential
clerk in prison for his health.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-03

for by charity this winter than ever be-
fore. While this city is not so badly
of as to the INDECENT class as some other
communities, there is yet more destitu-
tion here than most of our citizens sup
pose, and in winter the ranks OF the
poor who need to be assisted are al
ways largely augmented. Many per-
sons who can manage during the warm
season, when the necessities to subsist-
ence are fewer, to provide for themselves
and those dependent on them, are
shut of from all resources in the win
ter, and the number OF such in Omaha
is greater than those who have taken
no trouble TO inform themselves have
an idea of.
In view OF the great probability that
the demands of the poor will be larger
this year than usual, and will extend
over a longer period, those who are in
a position to be charitable must make
up their minds to enlarge their
generosity, and they should also
give it prompt exercise. 1t is
not necessary 10 wait to be
asked to give, but find the channel
through which charity will be properly
and judiciously dispensed and place
your contribution there. tits desirable
that when the wants of the Door are
made known there shall be something
at hand to relieve them, for in great
many instances delay in giving relief is
dangerous. Some of the poor who seek
the aid of charity do not do so until the
last extremity has been reached, and
with such immediate assistance means
life. There ought to be some
organized effort to supplement the pub
lie distribution of charity, and it should
be institroed at once. The demand is
here already, and it is certain to grow
in volume as the winter advances. Let
there be prompt and generous prepara-
tions to meet it.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-03
Bon Voyage.


For q liberal slice of her uncle's millions
Miss Clara Huntington has purchased the
title but neither the affection or respect-it
is true either would be worthless-of one of
the first noble rascals of Europe, man who
has broken good mothers heart, wasted
ten fortunes on lewd women and won his
expulsion from club of gentlemen for dis
honesty.
1t was mighty poor bargain; about as
poor bargain as her uncle by marriage, G.
+. Huntington, made when he bought con-
gressmen by the assorted gross to further
his railroad schemes
1t ls true that Miss Clara, like Mr.. Coils,
got what she was bargaining for, but success
in such bargaining neither insures tho hap.
piness of the individual nor promotes the
welfare of humanity.
Such silly and INSCRIPTIONS people as tho
HuntngtOns do more to give America and
Americans bad name In Europe than ten
thousand honest souls who eat with their
knives.
We wish the Prince and Princess Hatzfeldt
joy of their castle on the Rhine and their
store of bitter and shameful memories.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-03

but respect for the manner In which he
sought 10 answer Mrs. Cougars charges.
I'VE do not see,n SAYS the Enterprise,
what Helen NJ. Cougar has proved by this
unless It be that she is afraid to meet
openly and fairly man whom she charges
with the grave offense OF selling his infiu-
cnce TO the liquor dealers"
The Fremont Tribune believes that "Rose-
water would have shown better discretion In
staying ut homo and denying the charges OF
bribery and subsidy made against him by
Mrs. Cougar through tho columns of his
paper But after he went 10 Tekamah and
had waited until the charges were reiterated
against him and he asked for hearing to
set himself Alright before that audience,
common courtesy and decency would
have suggested the propriety of giving him a
hearing. His subsequent arrest proves tho
malice behind 1t ALL"
The Lincoln journal devotes a large part
of its valuable space 10 tho Tekamah incl-
dent, two editorial leaders dealing with tho
subject under the captions of "Mr. Rose.
water in PERIL" and TN the Soupn These
contained nothing very profound or witty,
but IN little side squib the paper saws;
1.-The lady or the Tiger conundrum has had
its day, but the question, What was MIR,
Rosewater going to ask Mrs, Gougarl' will
go rafting down the corridors of the CEN
turcs long after the present generation is
gathered TO its fathers"
The Grand Island Independent remarks
that Mrs Cougar is "developing into a
slanderer instead of reformer. She is full
of the spirit Of intolerance and bigotry that
founded the hellish inQuisition, which such
as she would re-establsh to-day if they had
the power TO torture, torment and put to
death oil who might happen to differ with
them in opinion, Right of consci.
ence should not be confined to class or creed
yet such as she would create creed and con.
science for us all III prohibition
must be bolstered by ISLANDERS, lies, vilifca-
tion, personal abuse, then it deserves not to
stand. If it is afraid of open argument in
fair field then 1t ought to fall and all at
tempts to club 1t through must failn