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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-08-02

This was an extinauisheI, and
Helen Durand was precisely the
young lady 10 stand by any decls-
ion once II was made.
As for Mr. Haldane, he was con
vinced that he had always intend
ed to marry Helen. Most certain
~ Why had he called upon Mrs.
Durand and her daughter every
week Tor years
Ii is needless to say that the
mothers strong approval, the low
ers earnest pleading, and the young
girls long concealed regard for her
suitOr, at length out weighed her
objections to the "antidole," and
at Mrs. Van Hyden's party Helen
Durand first figured as a beauty
and belle-such is the effect Of
happiness on most girls.
1t was delightful 10 see The con
sternalion depicted on the widows
countenance when she first noticed
the diamond cleaning on her dress
makers little hand. Poor woman!
she knew she was vanquished.
Consequently, when Egbert re-
turned from escorting Miss Durand
to her door upon The eve OF the be-
fore mentioned social gathering,
he found. the ladies of his house
cold awaiting him in their common
sitting room.
"Egberi, | hope, out of regard
for your fathers memory, there is
no truth in the runor thaty you con
template bringing that Helen Du-
rand the dressnaker to preside
over our home, which"
(which for so many years has
been SO regallY presided over by
another dress-maker. Madam,
your marked success i'll The posi-
ton renders me ayerSe to going
outside Of your old profession for
your successor. Only, as Miss Du-
rand suggests, Two of a trade sell
dom agree, and Rosewood Cottage
will be ready for yourself and
Belle by the end OF the month.
One thing more: The continuation
of the allowance | am now making
you will depend upon the manner
in which you treat the lady who
has condescended to honor me with
her hand"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-08-02

When subscribing for a newspa-
per get the best. The Times Demo
crat of New Orleans-Daily and
Weekly. 1t has the largest circula-
tioV
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-08-02
NU UMBER %.
Family Names In Norway.
Perrin in Zion Herald.

NJ. l., Perrin in Zion Herald.
Here al Laerdal mystery has
been unrivaIed. While waiting
recently for a primitive shoemaker
TO sew up a rent, | saw that he
wanted 0 talk. | seized the OPP
portunily TO make hIm tell his
grandfatker's name, his fathers his
own, his sons, his grandson's, and,
in The event, The possible names
for his 'sOnssonssOns." | have been
driven furious in trying 10 discover
relationships. Grave yards, even
family grave-yards, have given no
cew. Now / have it! Suppose a
mans name is "FrithJen.' That
means he owns a house and farm,
the name Of whichis FrithJem. Bear
in mind, the leudal system doesn't
exist in Norway, as in Sweden
and in n measure all over Europe.
In fact, The last trace of rank aud
prerogative of any kind was abol
iShed in 1921. Land Is moi rented
to the many of the few. Each man
owns his own land in this thorough
| ly democratic country; or, rather,
more strictly speaking, the land
possesses that man for The time
and the farm gives him his name,
say FrHhJeir. Now the mans IN
dividual name is Ole. His child Is
christened Olaf, say. The rest OF
the child's name is, not Frithjem,
but "Ole'o son )" The whole name
is Olaf Oleson The son Of Tins
child, if christened Nil, will have
for whole name Nil OIafson. The
IS" or the possessive genltive ID
sometimes retained, making the
possible name of The latter's son,
Ole Nilsson. In this swinging back
and forth Of Ole Nilsson and Nil
Oleson among The apparently un-
connected SONS and grandsons who
have no name in common, the
name of FrithJem is lost sight of
except as the name OF the farm
and of the old man. When he
dies, The son who keeps The farm,
generally The eldest, receives the
name-the only inheritable title III
The land. The other children go
off to America nowadays. or pei
haps son builds a house on some
hitherto considered inaccessible
ledge, and having first named the
farm, receives from 1T a family
name. If he doesn't found col
ony he neyerhas any "other name"
Frightfnl work for genealogists
The daughters signify their rela.
tionship by putting datter on the
end Of their fathers first name; as
Johanna NiIsdater. or course.
in the cosmopolitan cities, The
modern European fashion has 10 a
great extent supplanted the older;
but the foregoing dissertation ex-
plains the fact that about every
body's name ends IN son or sen,
"Anglicized. The letter is neither
80" nor SO" but a distinct letter III
the Norwegian alphabet. This also
helps explain the abundance of
names which community OF 100
inhabitants may have, according as
The speaker calls the place by The
name Of the church, of the promi-
nent feature in the landscape, or of
the farm winch after his notion is
the most important in the place.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-08-02
Why SOME PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH.

"What is public worship, and how is it
affected by the pew systemP
This was the title to the l0-guinea prize
essay published by the "Chester Open Di-
ocesan Church Association, about 1876,
and written by the Rev. J. 5. Boucher,
NJ A, of the CarnavarOn TraLing Cot
lcge. 1t opens with the following lines
Some people go to Church, just for walk,
Some to stare, laugh, and talk.
Some 90 there to meet friend;
Some their idle time to spend.
Some for general observation
Some for private speculation.
Some to seek to find lover;
Some courtship to discover.
Some go there to use their eS es,
And newest fashions criticize.
Some t. show their own smart dress
Some their neighboI's to assess.
Some to scau robe or bonnet;
Some to price the trimming on it.
Some to learn the latest news,
That friends al home they may amuse.
Some to gossip, false aud true,
Safe hid within the sheltering pew.
Some go there to please the Squire,
Some his daughters to admire.
Some the Parson go to fawn;
Some to lounge and some to yawn.
Some to clam the parish dOles;
Some for bread and some for Goals.
Some because it's thought genteel;
Some to vaunt their pieus zeal,
Some to show how sweet they sing;
Some how loud their voices ring.
Some the preacher go to hear.
His style and voice to praise or jeer.
Some forgiveness to implore,
Some their sins to varnish DER,
Some to sit and doze and nod,
But few to kneel and worship God,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-08-02

Times-Democrat.

TimeS-Democrat,
A very strong protest has been
raised against The newly appointed
postmaster at Covington, La, w.
w. johnson, a colored citizen OF
Vaudeville. johnson is not a resi-
dent Of C0vington, and is unknown
to the people of that town; and
the fact that the bulk of its popu-
lGtion is white would render ii only
proper to have a white man in
charge OF the office there. 1t is not
customary in the North, and it has
not been so hitherto in the South,
to appoint negroes 10 such impOr-
tant Offices as postmasters in white
towns and communities like Gov
ington. The appointment of negro
postmasters at Ocean Springs, Bay
St. Louis and Covington all white
towns, where nineteen-twentieths
of the letters are written and re-
ceived by the whites, where the
postsffices are supported by the
whites and have nearly all their
dealings with them, is illogical, un-
wise, and unusual, for previous Re
publican Administrations found
white men the best to fill these of
fees.
The case in COviEgton is even
worse than in the two gulf coast
towns, inasmueh as Dir. Wanama-
ker had to 90 elsewhere and import
a negro for the local pOstoffice.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-08-02

Gov. Lowry should have the sup
port of every decent newspaper in
be land in the courageous and
public-spirited war that he is max
ing against prize fighting and the
accessories thereto. Already, as
we have pointed out, he has done a
great deal toward bringing prize
fighting and prize fighters into con-
tempt, toward making The people
understand that present laws are
adequate for the prevention aad
punishment OF this species OF bru-
tality, and toward concentrating
the attention of The whole country
on a nuisance and evil that can be
eliminated forever if other Gov
ernors and officers of the law act
as he has acted aud are sustained
by the respectable newspapers OF
the Iand.-N. T. Mail aud Express,
Rep.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-08-02

The banjo player, though not 3
soldier, is often on picket duty.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-08-02
CHANCERY COURT-SECoND DIST.
SvIvANrS EVANS. Chancellor.

In the county of Laudcrdale on the first Monday
of January and July, and continue twelve days
In tbe county OF Newton. on the third Monday
of January and July, and continue six DAYS. j.,
In Nh. county Of Hancock, on the first Monday Oi
.brllary and August, and continue six days.
In the county of Harrison, on the second Monday
,fFehrIary and August, and continue six days;
In the county of jackson, ON the third Monday
of February and August, and continue SIX days. j.
In the county of Clarke, on the first Monday OF
March and september and continue six DAYS.
In the county of Jasper, en- the second Monday
of March and September and continue six days.
In the county Of Perry, ON the thr Monday of
March and September, and continue six days.
In the county of Marion. First District, on the
third Monday Of May and November and continue
ak days. In the Second District, ON the second
Monday of May and November, and continue six
DAYS.
April and October and cOntinuejsix days
In the county of COvinston, on the second Mon
day in A. iii aud October, and continue six days
I'm the IL nty of Greene, the third Monday of
April and Oct0ber and continue six avs.
In the county of Smith, on the fourth Monday OF
April and Oct1ber and continue six days.
In the county Of Wayne. on the first Monday oil
May and November, and continue six days
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-08-02
A. BLUMER,
MOSS POINT, MISS,
PROPRIETOR Of
Mos. ?uiIstGtiisE MIL,
AND DEALER IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Usually Kept in First-CIass Store,
Furniture and Housekeeping
Goods of all Kinds a Speciality.

STO} ES 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, homty, 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 benefit OF
Wholesale prices, aud can therefore sell
as cheap as the cheapest.
CUSTOM SHOE DEPARTMENT where
Il person can gee the best Shoes for the
least money. No paper soles, paste board
counters or wooden heels are used i'll my
Shoe Factory-none but genuine oak
tanned leather, and defy competition as
to prices and quality.
Also, have always on hand tirst-clas'
handmade Shingles for sale at reasonable
prices.
Thanking customers for past patronage
invite a continuance of same.
Respectfully, A BLuMER.
Goods Delivered Free Of Charge.
October ,, 13SS. Billy
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-08-02
THE COURTS.
THE REGULAR TERMS.
C0URT-SEcoND DIST.
SAMUEL II. TERRAL. Judge.

y
r,NES II. NEVILLE, District Attorney.
n the county of winston on the third Monday
IN Tt,'ar, VI" and July and continue six days.
o - .ha county of tauderdalc, on the fourth Mon
J,y # January and July and continue eighteen
uay'; ;ho couuty of Noxubee. on the third Manday
If February aud August, and continue eighteen
in the county of Kemper oir-the second Monday
=, March and September, and continue twelve
days. -, a.. e,,rtb Monday of
nh and September and continue twelve days.
In tbe county of Wayne, on the second Monday
,e A nriI and October and continue six days.
In the county of Greene. on the third Monday OF
A mil and October and continue six DAYS
IN the county Of Perry, on the fourth Mohuay Oh
.nTil and October and continue six DAYS.
In the county of Marion. First District on the
sacand Monday Of june and third Monday OF Dc,
"smbrr and continue six days In the Second
n;strict on the third Monday of June and second
Mondav Of december and continue six days.
In the county of Hancock, on the second MONDAY
oF Nav and November and continue twelve days
In tbo county of Harrison, ON the fourth Monday
of MAY and continue twelve days, and ON the
fourth Monday of November and continue SIX
days. a., l NFodo,,
after fourth Monday of Nav, and continue ak days,
and on the irst Monday after the fourth Monday
of November, and continue twelve days
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-08-02
TWO OF A TRADE.

Not a thousand miles from the
Empire City, is ii beautiful resi-
dence overlooking The Hudson,
there reigned supreme a charming
widow with a still more adorable
daughter.
On The morning of the fifteenth
of July, 1884, Mr.. Egbert Haldane,
the master of the aforementioned
residence, Cor perhaps | should
quality that descriptive clause, and
say the owner of the residence
aforesaid } was seated at his morn,
ing meal-a handsome man Of dis
tingnished appearance, age forty
Opposite him sat the widow, whose
youthful appearance would have
belied her thirty-eight summers,
had not the young lady on her left
shown such a wonderful resem-
blance TO her maternal parent, al
though The widow was Il childish,
clinging creature, while the daugh-
ter was a perfect Juno in size,
strength and temper.
1t was an angry expression from
Miss Belle which recalled Mr.. Hal
dene's attention from the all alb
sOrbing stock market.
"What is il, Belleg
"What is it, indeed? It's what
one always gets by patronizing the
deserving poor who have seen bet
ter daysp Here this abominable
Helen Durand has disappointed
me at the eleventh hour, because
she has, as she hypocritlcally puts
it, accepted Mrs. Van uyden's
pressing invitation to De present at
The party, and must of necessity
give some attention to her owE
dress for the occasion. She refers
me to that French creature on The
avenue, who she knows will not
suit me mach BETTER etc, etc. Suits
me much better! Very likely;
but who wants to change Toto"
"To pay an artists prices for
work when for one quarter of the
sum you can get it equally well
done by an old friend aud school
mate who has the misfortune tO be-
long TO that Objectionable class,
the deserving poor who have seen
better days."
There was a quiet satire in the
gentleman's voice which brought
an angry flush 10 the brow of the
young lady, and keen dart of sur
prise into the mild blue eyes Of
the gentle widow.
"Why, Egbert, do you know |
believe you are glad of it-glad
that l shall haye to pay that horrld
French person her outrageous
price ~
"No, my DEAR mildly interpo-
sed the widow, "you misJudge Eg-
bert he is only glad that Miss Du-
rand will be present at The Van
Hyden's on Monday evening"
II was the genlleman's turn to
flush now, and rising abruptly, he
left the room. A few minutes la
ter a maid servant brought in a
check for Two hundred dollars for
Belle, with the request that it be
allowed 10 supplement- her last
quarters allowance. That young
lady was Jubilant, for she dearly
loved TO spend all the money with
which her halfbrother abundantly
provided her-for That is the rela-
tionship existing between these
two, while the youthful widow was,
of course, step-mama 10 the grave
old bachelor.
Well-the ariless creatures In
terest in young Egbert rapidly as.
sumed a maternal aspect She
married The widOwer under the
mistaken impression that he was
the moneyed man Of the firm. and
found to her intense chagriu, a year
laler, that as a widow she was as
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-08-02
A newspaper and a newspa

A newspaper and newspaper
editor that people don't talk about
and sometimes abuse are rather
poor concerns. The men and busi-
ness that an editor sometimes feels
it his duty 10 defend at a risk of
making enemies OF another class,
are the first to show ingrali-
tude. The editor who expects TO
receive much charity or gratitude
Will soon find out his mistake; but
he should go ahead and say and
do what he conscientiOusly thinks
right without regard to frowns or
smiles.-Forest Register.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-28
American Pluck.

When the history of the latter half
of this country is fully written up,
one of the most interesting chapters
will deal with the remarkable re
Operative power evinced by our
people under the weight of crushing
disaster. Chicago rose from her
ruins more beautiful and majestic
than before, and what in some por-
tions of the world would have entire
ly blotted her out of existence, is
now acknowledged to have been a
blessing in disguise, and to have
made her a finer and more prosper
Gus city than she would ever have
otherwise bcen. Boston. Charleston
and othes cities since then have, to
a greater o. less degree, followed her
example, and we have no doubt but
Johnstown and Seattle will ere long
he added TO the list of those who
have snatched victory from defeat
Already the hum of business is in
the air at Seattle, and year hence
that city will he far advanced on
the way To more solidity and city
like aspect than she would have
reached in many year to come had
this calamity not overtaken her.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-28

Take Care of Your Confidence.

A man calling himself llarnes, of
New York, swindled Edward De-
Wolf, a wealthy farmer of Salem,
Conn, out of $3.50, few days ago.
Barnes visited DeWolf for the pur-
pose of buying farm for widow,
who wanted to settle two wild boys
in the country, out of the reach Of
temptation. The bargain was made,
and Barnes was to pay DeWolf cash
down the next day. The two men
were walking along the road, going
to look over another of DeWolf's
farms, when they met stranger,
who seemed to have plenty of money.
He finally drew cards from his peck
ct and threw them, face down, ON the
grass, and then offered to bet that
he could tell, blindfolded, which
card either man should select
Barnes replied that he understood
the game and could do it himself.
The stranger said he would bet $780,
900 against $4,000 that Barnes
couldn't do the trick. Barnes took
him up, but had only $1,000 with
him. He asked DeWolf to put in
$3.50 and he woulI give him $4,000
of the winnings, is it was a sure
thing. They dro' e to Norwich and
DeWolf drew $3.50 from the bank.
Then they met the stranger in a
lonely woods, by a, ipointment. The
money was placed in pile, and the
strange grabbed it and ran, -four
ishing a revolver. Barnes started
with DeWolf for town, for help, but
soon happened to lhink he had q re
volver with him. He would pursue
the villain and shoot him. The old
man DeWolf was dropped nj the
roadside. and Barnes drove off at a
furious pace after the rascal. He
hasn't caught him yet, at least De-
Wolf has not heard from either of
them since, or of his money
An exchange publishes the above
account and then adds. "DeWolf
did not read the papers" This is
probably true, for it is an old dodge
that has been written up great
many times. But it don't follow
that everybody v no is swindled is
an ignorant greenborn. New schemes
are concocted and old ores dressed
over, and they are often worked upon
men who do read the papers and
keep posted upon the wiles and
guiles of these consummate rascals.
Barnes, it is stated, had gained the
complete confidence of DeWolf, and
the latter did not suspect anything
crooked in his transactions with the
stranger. A man who has your zen
tire confidence" can do anything
with you until that confidence has
been broken. The nub of the moral
to this story is not "read the papers,"
but-do not give any man your en-
tire confidence upon short acquaint-
ance. Here is another nub to the
moral. DeWolf was ION the make"
himself. He expected to make 81 $50
in few minues, by putting up $3.50,
but the other fellows were too much
for him. The object of both parties
was the same. Each intended TO
take the others money without re-
turning an equivalent. They only
differed as to the means of getting
the money. In principle. one was
just as bad as the other. Whenever
farmer goes into any speculation
of this kind he deserves to be swim
died, and we have no sympathy to
waste upon him.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-28
Swept by the Tide Of Popularity

TO the topmost pinnacle of success,
Hostetlers Stomach Bitters stands
u shining proof of what genuine
merit, backed by the living force of
proven facts, can attain. The North
and South American continents, Eu-
rope, Australia, the West Indies,
Guatemala and Mexico have all con-
tribnted wide patronage and testi-
mony of the most favorable kind
but unsolicited-to swell the repu-
tation of this sterling remedy.
Among the maladies for which the
most convincing public and profess
sional testimony proves that it is a
benign curative, are chills and fever,
bilious remittent, dumb ague and
ague cake, dyspepsia, liver complaint,
nervousness, debility, kidney and
bladder complaints. 1t mitigates
the infirmities of age, hastens con-
valescence, has a tendency to pre-
vent ill consequences from exposure
and exhaustion. Persons of seden-
tary habits and laborious occupa-
tions will find it an ever useful tonic.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-28

The western corn crop il reported
to be about three weeks late when
COMPARED with 1888.


The western corn crop il reported
to be about three weeks late when
compared with 1888.
Heavy rains throughout Kansas
have put the corn crop beyond dan
ger from hot winds in the future.
A good deal of old corn is yet re
ported in farmers hands in Iowa,
but it will not move until the present
crop is assured.
1t is no wonder that some farmers
are always hard up. They raise the
kind Of stock, horses especially. that
no one wants badly enough to pay
the price for them that will justify
raising them.
The salt trust is said to be -four
ishing. but salt is selling at the
works in Michigan for 50 cents a
barrel When TIE cost Of the bar.
rel is taken out there does not seem
to be much left for the salt.
After the crops are harvested and
stored away is often the best season
to secure good drainage in the or
chard and garden, and it is very
important item in securing strong
healthy growth os trees.
Now is the time to give the blue
grass a good rest, n the pasture is
desired to furnish winter feed. If
given fair chance for the next
ninety days it will repay ten fold,
later on the consideration thus be
slowed
The man is rich who doesn't want
more than he has means to get
Some one has said that riches con
sist in the abundance of things q
man does not want, and there is a
great big pile of solid chunks of
wisdom in the saying
The sugar trust seems TO have a
s.rong hold on life, Notwithstanding
the attempt to break it up by legal
measures. The price Of sugar j., un
reasonably high, fifty per cent more
than it ought TO be, and there is
no immediate prospect of a drop.
A practical farmer who has tested
it thoroughly says seven pounds Of
dry corn fodder is equal to eighteen
pounds of hay. Two and half tons
of snch fodder is only an average
yield per acre, making an acre of
corn fodder worth as much Tor feed
ing as six tons OF hay.
Those who have tried it. claim that
the best and cheapest way to rid a
garden or field OF the purslane pest
is to seed the land with clover and
grass. These will soon choke out
the purslane and after few years
the ground may be again broken up
and be as clean as when new.
The advantage in sorting out the
fruit before sending it to maket, not
only includes quicker sale, but re
Allies better profit; and when there
is anything like full crop this will
be found the most profitable plan
with all kinds of fruit, whether mar
keted at home or sent a considera-
BILE distance away.
Parents should spare no pains to
make home cheerful spot There
should be pictures to adorn the walls,
flowers to cultivate, fruit and shade
trees, choice and entertaining books,
and instructive newspapers. The
tasteful planting of fruit and orna-
mental trees enhance the value as
well as the beauty of a place. A
plain, neat yard, with few trees and
shrubs planted about the grounds
and properly kept, would change the
appearance of many place.