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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01
IFORDS.
by ADELAIDE A. PROCTOR.


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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01
THE COURTS.
THE REGULAR TERMS.
rrRcuIT COURT-SECoND DIST.
SAMUEL H. TERRAL. Judge.

IAMIS IL. M ihi'iSf
',.,,,,t, of winston, on the third Monday
~ i,,,,, t!u and July and continue six days
of JanunH HnrTtv Of Lauderdale, on the fourth Mon
IN y vi January and July and continue eighteen
days. af Novuhee on the third Msndny
.sF.hrnary ~ aud August, and continue eishtceh
days eIyop,nar an the set ond Monday
N Marcb apc gnd September, and continue twelve
DAYS. r Iu,,l,oo,, the foulth Monday of
mi, IN t,o and Srntemher and continue twelve days.
NM 4 th" rounty of Wayne, on the see0nd MONDAY
u anril ,r and October and continue SIN days.
OF Az n,,rtv of Greene on the third Monday OF
IN lit t,u and Grtober and continue six days.
~, th county of Perry, on the fourth Monday oil
IA ~ t' opd 0ctoberand continue ak days !
APlt 10 " connty of Marion. First District, on the
nnJ ln "a Monday of june and third Monday of De,
o,al.r so,"lr md continue six days In the Second
n,,tp;ot m the third Monday of June and second
iqs,Iay uS,,i,y Of bpcemher and continue six DAYS:
Tn tbe county Of Hancock, on the second MONDAY
ma and November and continue twelEeu uaNs
=" ia ,' c county of Harrison. on the fourth Monday
.e Mar and continue twelve days, and on me
Snrtb e, tt' Monday of November, and continue SIX
DAYS. c,, -, 40 saoo,,d Mondav
,sta, fourth Monday Of Nav and continue siN DAYS
and an the first Monday after the fourth MohdaS
ag "g Yoyember and continue twelve days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01
A SENSIBLE NEGRO PREACHER.
He Lectures His Congregation on the
Grace Problem" and Advises
them to Give up Politics.

The Tallahassee Floridian gives
the following notice Of a negro
sermon, which contained some
very sensible advice for he color
ed men who are ambitious TO be-
come the rulers Of the nation:
"A few Sundays since Rev. W.
Ii. Sherwood, pastor of the African
NJ. Il. Church, of Tallahassee, de-
liyered a lecture TO his congrega-
ton, having for his text, The Race
ProbIem.' Among other things he
SAID
"Man was made TO work. The
construction Of his hand is evidence
Of this. God made all mankind
to work; but The negro, He has
doomed to labor. II is left to his
choice, work or perish, for God has
ordained that the negro who steals
shall be caught, and the sooner we
recognize Ihls fact The sooner heay-
Ell and earth, which now seem 10
be against us will turn i'll our favor.
"1he recent race wars are but
the precurers OF awfuller times yet
Ito come. FuIurity Is impenelrable
by finite Judgment. No conform
ity Of circumstances enables US to
fully solve this problem, yet a
thoughtful observer of the signs Of
The times may iore>ee the ultima ale
issue. The problem admits Of but
one solution.
"Ihat is that the negro must
work. He must come out of poll
lies. There is nothing in politics
for the negro but death. Death to
The politician and death fer The
race he represents. He is 100
weak to stem the flood. The North
has dropped him and he cannoi
stand alone and maintain partisan
ground. In fact, he is not prepar-
ed, if allowed, to share so largely
as he thinks IL governmental al
fairs. Empowered with the use Of
the ballot too soon, he has almost
worked his ruin. He must get
some money. What The negro
wants is commercial power; then
bralns and morals, with these, he
can sway commanding influence.
Without these he must stay at the
bottom. God and nature put him
there, and | promise you the white
man will keep him there. You
who are dependent upon these
white people for employment had
better make friends with them.
II not, they will fill your places
with the poor element Of their
own race, and with a catapult Of
the combined forces of money,
wealth and intellect they will hurl
MS out, of, a1d down and under.
What trouble The colored man is
having he himself is making 1t.
The constant clamOr of tie so-call- |
ed leaders of the race for political |
position and power fills the white |
man with apprehensions of negro |
rule, thus tanning The flames OF
race prejudice. They wall not sub
nit To negro rule, and il cannot be |
expected of them Such Is unpre
cedenled. So sudden a change Of
slave to master more than often
hangs somebody-Haman and !
Mordacai examples. The negro |
race would be The same under SIM
ilarcircumslances. | Irepeat il, The
negro must work. Let him go to
10 the top by those res,siless supe-
riorities of wealth, character and
elevated upon This basis lie will
stand; without these he falls. He
must give up politics and come out (
or he will get killed out. | am
giving it to YOU straight"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01
Z, 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
eua,autee to the insured.
CIVIL ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING
also attended 10. aud maps Of Towns and
Tracts OF Laud handsomely aud correctly
made.
Those desiring my attention in either
Iiue of business will please address me at
Biloxi. Miss.
October 10, l--e. "o-As
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01
DUEL WITH POTATOES.
HOW A KENTUCKY PREACHER ONCE
WHIPPED A BULLY,
Alta a Constitution,

Alta Constitution
This story is told by Dr. II. G.
Morrison:
Speaking OF ministers" 4" remark
ed DR.. Morrison. ''remindS me OF a
celebrated duel that occurred in
MiIlarstuwn, Grayson county, Ky,
in 1913. In that case preacher
was one of the principals in an at.
fair Of honor.
"rhe preacher was Rev Mr.,
Bowman, better known as Fight
ing Bill Bowman a long, raw bo-
ned, rough-and,ready kind Of a
man, full of riety and pugnacity.
'It another preacher got up In
The pulpit and started preaching
ii all depended upon BllPs views
on the subject rs 10 whether he
would submit to it or not. On one
occasion a brother minister lrled
1t, and his aad Bill's views differed
widely on the subject.
"'HerfS Brother Blank, remark
ell Bill, That doctrine isn't worth
pau cakes. Sit down and let me
show you how 20 preach
"Iu pursuance of his own ideas
OH The subject Bill then assembled
the pulpit and fred yolley after
volley Of orthodox gospel at the
heads OF his aStonished hearers.
THE CHALLENGE.
"Ihcre WAS no foOiShness about
Bill Bowman. He was good man,
a God fearing man IN his rough
way, but it was worse than folly 20
undertake to cross him when he
became satisfied that he was right y
"On the occasion in question
there was tough citizen in the
audience who had conceived a viO-
lent dislike for Brother Bowman
He was holy terror in GraysOn
county, in those pioneer days when
men raIed by might more than by
right
"We will call him Brown for
short, and whenever Brown got on
the war-path all those who did not
feel disposed to have their heads
punched or bodies bruised gave
him wide berth.
son Sunday he went 10 one OF
the churches included in Bill Bow
mans circuit with the avowed in
teniion of going for the preacher
at once and for all, and he boasled
of his determination among his
cr0nles.
"Brother Bowman heard of il,
and when he ascended the pulpit
steps he lad look about him that
was umiuous.
"He read the Scriptures, lined
out he hymns, offered lie prayers
and went through with the regular
routine.
"Then he took his text, and il
was one peculiarly appropriate tor
the occasion and The subject IN
hand.
"When he began preaching there
was no misiaking the drift of his
discourse. He went for the bullies
and rufIians without gloves, and
among the number he particular
lied Billy Brown, who sat scowl-
ing i'm a corner. Ol course Brown
was enraged. lie waited until the
sermon was about concluded, when
he arose and used some very point
ed language toward the preacher,
and then slrOde out.
The sermon was concluded with
a terrible deuunciailon Ol the bull
lv ard his conduct, and then the
preacher concluded the service IN
the usual way.
aOn The following day Bill Bow
man received challenge 10 meet
Bully Brown in open combat 10
settle the matter and remove the
stains from the bully's wounded
honor.
nBrojher Bowman was not back.
ward in the least particular, and
having the choice of weapons, he
selected them al once.
HONOR SATISFIED.
eThrnugh his second he notified
Bully BrnWH that be could meet
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01
G c,axtrp A. II. FRANK.
S. CR0NIER & CO.,
GENERAL WEPAIRERS,
MOSS POINT, MISS.

Harness. Furniture and Mattresses re-
naired or made overIu q manner nat ea'.-
not fail 20 give Satisfaction Also ph"l-
sferina ii an its hTaucles- buggies and
Carriages rainfesl and siriped in any = yle.
Also Bnaey Tons repaired aud made -
or,i.r. satisfaction guafanteed in ali, WORK
Gite usa trial. s. CROAlkR q co.
Opposite John I. krebs store.
October ll, ie-9. % 'h
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01

"Well, I'll be durned,7 remarked
an old farmer, rs he stood and
watched the electric cars move of.
"What's the matter, old gentle
man r. qneried a bysiander
why, was jus: thinkin' about
them there Yankee fellows Only
a few years ago they come down
hers and freed the nIggeTs- Nov,
dad burn 'em they've come down
here TO free the mules. .n-AtldHta
ConsfifnfiOn.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01
A. BLUMER,
MOSS POINT, MISS,
PROPRIETOR Of
Moss P.IiatGrIisE | MIL,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Usually Kepti First-CIass Store.
Furniture and Housekeeping
floods of ALI Kinds q Specially.

STO ES are sold lower than New Or
lenns or Mobile prices as | buy them for
spot cash direct from the manufacturers.
STEAM GRIST MILL-Fresh Meal.
GIits, 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 quanti-
ties enables me 70 get the beneht OF
wholesale prices, and can therefore sell
as cheap as the cheapest.
CUSTOM SHOE DEPARTMENT where
a person can ge6 HE best Shoes for the
least money. Nopa9er solcs, paste DO 'Id
c0anicrS or wooden heels are used in my
Shoe Factory-none but genuine oak
tanned leather, and defy competition as
to prices and quality.
Alsa, have always on hand iirst-cTHs'
handmade Shingles for sale ut reasonable
prices.
Thanking customers for past patronage
invite a continuance OF same.
Respectfully, A. Bll'MEk.
GGods Delivered Free Of Charge.
October ,, loS9 3l-ly
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01

Mr.. VIM. Goat-Say, Mana, will
Won take luncheon with meE |
know where there's a nice lot OF
fresh tomato cans.
Miss Mana Goat-Thank YOU,
Billy. but I've just ealen hall OF
Mrs. Moneys wash. and ! couldn't
hold anoi her mouthful
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01

General Host-Pathrick, ne
bhoy. yov'e had quoite enough 10
dhrink. Take me advoice: When
We get TO The top of The sthreet
ven see two cabs; take The frsi,
because, begorra, there's ouly one.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01

None but mean man vii up
braid his wife for powdering her
nose on a swealv day aud then
iurn around and comb his back
haru up over the bald spct on The
Tor If his head.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01

CHIP OFF THK OLD BLouH.-Molh-
er (pollceman's wife willie, I've
been shouting for you this half
hour. how is it you are never
around when you are wanted
Son-We.L mother, / suppose l
inherit il from father.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01

An Ohio man raised a certificate
from 81 to $1,000. but this method
Of raising money cannot be CON-
mended.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01

@Yoa say, my son. that you do
not stop to think when you begin
10 speak, but il doesn't matter 70
much II you only think to stop.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01

eTbrnueh his second he notified
Bully Brouu hat he could meet
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19

The startling discovery has been made
that Cuba is cracking. Numerous fis-
sures have suddenly appeared in the
earth near Matanzas. Some of them are
6oO feet long, twenty-four feet wide and
twenty feet deep. These disturbances
are no doubt continuation of those not
long ago felt on the south Atlantic coast.
Scientists find that the earth's crust
tmckens from the sea inland, and that
therefore the inland pressure is towards
the nearest coast line The crust there
and in the ocean beyond being thinner,
is more sensitive to central disturbances
than are other portions of the earth's
surface. The cracking of the earth in
Cuba, therefore, may be no more than a
continuation of that sliding of the inner
crust seaward which manifested itself
so forcibly at Charleston several years
ago.-Boston Budget.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
Insect Scavengers.

"Under the microscope" says Mr..
Henry j. Slack, F. R. M. s., sit is seen
that as animal and vegetable matter rots
away, swarms of ferments come into
existence. For example, in a drop of
water the flesh of a dead water flea was
noticed in commotion while the writer
was engaged on this paper. Thousands
of U shaped vibrions were living upon
it. All were in brisk motion, straighten-
ing and bending their bodies with whip
like fiicks. They were company of
scavengers, sweetening the water by
chemical process necessary for their own
nutrition. Our rivers and ponds would
become factories Of deadly poisons, and
all the earths soil would be contami-
mated, if inexpressible myriads of mi
mute plants and animals did not attack
dead organic matter and cause its ele-
ments to enter into new and useful COM
binations If we find thousands of such
little fermentS at work upon a fragment
no bigger than full stop of this print,
what must be the numbers in operation
when tons upon tons are dealt with in
the contents of our sewers, in the ma
nures we put on our fields, and in the
vast multitudes of human and other
bodies that perish on land or in sea?"-
New York Telegram.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19

| One of the most successful men with
a fen hens that we know of, is Mr.. A. F.
Hunter, who conducts a small but very
profitable poultry farm near Boston. 1t
has been well said of HIM, she writes
sound common sense for his readers, and
he evidently knows what he is talking
about" His long connection with the
New England Farmer and contributions
to the poultry columns of other papers
has taught people to look upon him as
authority upon poultry raising topics.
He is an easy and pleasant writer who
has learned all he knows by hard earned
experience. For this reason alone we
believe he is especially fitted to edit a
poultry paper. And we are more than
gratified to receive a copy of new poul-
try paper,-entitled FARM PoULTRY,-
wherein Bro. Hunter figures as having
entire charge of the editorial columns.
The paper is to be published monthly
from the house of |. S. johnson Co.,
Boston, Mass, and is to be devoted en-
tirely to the interests of persons raising
poultry, on farms and in the suburbs of
towns. How to make money with
few hens is the motto of the new paper.
If any one can give points on that motto,
it is Mr. Hunter; for he has the faculty
of making his hens lay most when prices
are highest. Last year 113 pullets and u
old hens paid him Sl57 in one hundred
and tifty-four days, during the winter,
a record not easily beaten. The publishers
propose to give the readers of FARM
POULTRY from eight to twelve pages of
new, fresh, live, interesting experiences
of practical persons in each number, all
for the small sum of fifty cents per year.
A list of breeders and market men will
be published monthly, worth many times
the cost, to any one desiring to buy or
sell poultry and eggs. On receipt of 80
cents in stamps, |. S. johnson & Co.,
will send the paper to any address, one
full year, or sample copy for five cents.
:, ddress, FARNI-PoULTRY, % Custom
House street, Boston, Mass.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19

The September number of the
New YORK FASHION BAzAR introduces
the new modes for early. fall wear.
There are among its multidinous
engravings and colored plates cos
tunes to suit nearly all occasions and
meet every taste. The new styles,
so far indicated, are a modification of
the Empire and Directoire modes
which have prevailed during the past
season. Children's garments are
very pretty, and the cover of the
FASHION Bazaar presents some fea-
lures of the new fall and winter fash
ions for those little ones. The Sep
tember number contains a new short
story by William Black, entitled GA
Snow Idyl." 1t also contains the
continuation of the beautiful new
serial story, " Lenore Won Tollen,"
translated from the German of Helm
burg. There is the usual variety of
interesting miscellany. A sample copy
will be sent to any address on receipt
of 20 cents by the publisher, George
Mnnro, II to ~ Vandewater Street,
New York. By subscription, So per
year.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
THE WINDHAM DRUM CORPS,
Communicated

Very little has been said, or at least
been seen in print, concerning this very
interesting little company of musicians,
and as great men, great events, and all
great enterprises of magnitude have their
names and deeds inscribed on the pages
of history, therefore, it is but fair that
the Windham drum corps should be
immortalized in some good way. The
name of the corps is taken from the town
of Windham, but it would be as appro-
PIRATE to call it the Windham County
drum corps, for many of its members
belong to other towns, and some even
from Windsor county. These men are
mostly boys" whose ages range from
20 to 80 years, and jolly good set they
are, with exceedingly good appetites,
Republican to man, and if Democrat
were to mediate to play with them
especially at a rally) there would be
discord right off. Their marshal is
resident of Windham, and very respect
ed citizen, whose soul must be full of
music, as none was ever known to escape
and had he ever done as much for the
missionary cause as he has done for his
drum corps, there would be nothing left
for those poor benighted heathen's to do
but to spread their white wings and fly on
to glory. The fifers never tire, and every
one of them would make good bellows
for blacksmith's forge, as far as wind
is concerned. The drummers-how they
will shake the sticks, but flesh and blood
cannot stand everything, and as fast as
one is exhausted and falls to the ground.
another is ready to pick up the drum and
go on with the time without losing a
single measure; those boys are mostly
orphans, as no one set of parents could
have survived their musical education,
that is if they practiced their lessons at
home. They have done great deal of
good in The world, and there is no doubt |
but for them, with the combined efforts of
the Londonderry g Glee Club" that Gen. |
Benjamin Harrison would not have been |
President of these United States today. |
They have been in quite good demand |
and always ready to play, the greatest
trouble being to get them to stop, and all
they charge is what they want to eat and |
drink, which is no small matter. Once |
ON time they were called to play for a
ith of July, or Republican rally, or
Sabbath School picnic. or something of |
great importance. There was a battery |
here from Baltimore, or some city north |
of here that sounds like that and al a |
certain stage of the proceedings were 10
fire a salute. Well, about 10: 80 O'Clock |
the corps were called upon to play, and
they began and played and played, and
when it was time to stop, still they kept |
on playing. They were asked to stop, |
but needed not-still they played on. A
time was given them, and then |
officers approached with drawn swords |
and commanded them to desist. To them
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
His Mouth Did 1t.

Major George S. Merrill, ex-com-
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army,
says of the Tanner case: Tanners
resignation is not surprise to me.
Weeks ago told him that be was
talking too much, and in relation to
his visit to Milwaukee | wrote him
one OF the strongest letters l ever
wrote to any man, in which l told
him it would be madness for him to
60 where he would be sure to do or
say something to break down the
already overloaded bridge. He took
no heed of friendly cautions, but
went to the encampment and deliver
ed that speech about widows pen
sions, which, in my opinion, was the
last straw. In his official position
he should have nothing whatever to
say concerning such matters of policy
but Tanners worst enemy has always
been his tongue. He poured out his
words indiscriminately, as from a
horn of plenty, with the result that
he was quoted with saying some
things which he didn't, but which he
could not disclaim. He did not real
ize that his end was so near or he
would not have gone on as he has
been doing almost to the last moment.
What could have been more indiscreet
than the style in which he mounted
the housetop and summoned the peo-
pie of the United States to watch him
while he made the wheels 90 round
or while he pulled a string and dangl-
ed the Secretary of the Interior at
the other end? He was all right at
heart on the pensions question, favor
ing liberal, but not unlimited, dis
tribution but what is the use of
talking! This is the end of Jim
Tanner, and it is his tongue that
killed him."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
OUTH LONDONDERRY, VT, THURSDAY 49,

no attention was paid, but kept theil
time-still they played on. Then the bat
terry was ordered to load and fire will
blank cartridges over them; this was
done twice, but the boys had got interest.
ed in their business and gave no notice
whatever. Then an oider was given for
battery to load with grape and canister
and fire into the the corps. Wives shrieked
and begged of their husbands to stop
playing. and with outstretched arms and
tears streaming down their pale cheeks.
implored of them to come away; children
screamed and screamed and clung to
their mothers dresses; horses reared
upon their hind feet, and tried to escape
their masters; officers and men had yelled
themselves hoarse, and We're running
hither and thither. Above all this din
could be heard the schrill squeak of the
fife, and the thunder of the drums. The
battery had been getting range on them,
and in one minute more that drum
corps would be sent to another world to
play. "Ready." says the sargent at the
gun, when 10 . there came voice from
the victualing department, saying dinner
not another note was heard from that
drum corps; the marshal struck out with
his right foot, and the boys were saved,
and the dignity of the concern maintained
1t is needless to tell how wives threw
into their husbands |
arms, and the little children to their |
fathers legs while on their way to the
able. but way had been found whereby
he corps can be stopped now at any
ime, and should any sceptical reader dis
believes has tale, why he is entitled to
he benefit of the dOubt