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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-06
THE OLD HOMESTEAD.


Enshrined in my heart is an old fashioned
homestead,
Alone on the heights, in the woods by the
sea,
| love ITS old rafters and wide, honest
chimneys,
Where kindness enkindlcs warm well
comes for me.
How fair are the faces that often have
gathered
Around mid the roses that grew by the
door;
But the faces will fade, and the roses
must vanish,
And the faces that knew them will know
them no more.
Bow oft in the morn, meath the old silver
naples,
have dreamed on that lawn sloping down
to the bay;
Where / watched the white sails OF the
outgoing vessels
Drift on toward the sky, till they vanish
eu away.
ALI, where are the ship of life's early
morning,
Youth fieighted with hopes and the
treasures of yore9
Alas, they have gone like the barks sail
ing seward,
And the hearts that once knew them Will
know them no more.
When the twilight has flown through the
hushes of evening,
And the noonbeams fall soft Oh the sill
very foam
What music, and voices, and lovers with
laughter
Have dwelt in the fragrance around that
old home,
But the music must cease, and the voices
grow silent,
And the lovers will part when their kisses
are Ger,
For the roses must iade, and the faces
float skyward,
And the old homes that knew them VIII
know them no more.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-06
To Sweeten Flat Pine Woods Land.

A good dressing Of unslacked
lime, made from shells, where they
are to be had, or ordinary stone
lime, six or eight barrels TO each
acre, and scattered broadcast, is
recommended by Correspondent
OF the Dispatch, Farmer and Fruit
GrOIcer, who says;
"Afler which any of the three
following crops will finish the pre-
paraliou ofthe ground, with the ac-
companying cultivation
"llarrow and plow thoroughly
and plant either upland golden
seed rice, COW peas or sweet pota-
toes.
Il am 10 great advocate for COW
peas, except when planted by ueo5
ple who thoroughly understand
their use, as n green fefH Ger, to be
plowed under before forming the
pods. The sweet potatoes leave
The ground generally clear and free
and bring the grower something 10
eat also, while the rice, cut green,
when about eighteen inches high,
is good food for any kind Of live
stock, but rice requires good deal
of fertilizer and leaves such stocky
roots 10 be plowed up that there Is
much more work with it alter
wards in again clearing the ground.
perhaps the most important in
formation TO give is on The subject
of drainage, and If possible, when
people get FLAT woods" they
should select land with sufficient
natural fall, so that the surface wa
ter can be got rid Of by the aid OF
/ bitches. Ii the land is so fiat that
the water will not flow of, then the
bitches must be cut prOporiionaie-
| ly deep aud wide according 10 the
area cultivated"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-06

"Thern were two men at hand
who could back the engine up TO
Pine Oak, and Ella Insisted upon
doing il herself until the doctor
told her hat her place was by her
father. Then she urged them to
run the engine slow and took her
seat by her fathers head. The dead
we're taken in another ear, and the
train pulled ont like a funeral pro
cessIon. 1t took nearly two hours
to get her father home, and he was
abed for several months. The girl
gave up her place III the depot and
nursed him until he was able to SIT
on the piazza and watch the train
90 by.n
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-06

Husband-Now, here's thing,
Nellie, that | wish TO ask your
opinion about. 1 am reading some
items Of philosophy here, and one
of these items states that there is a
fool IN every family.
Wife-Well, you lost $50 at po-
ker the other night, as you confess
ed 10 me
H-Yes, my dear.
Wand you buy what is called
pools sometimes i'll the expectation
of making great strike ?
H-Well, that's fact. But
what has that to do with there be-
ing a fool in every famiIys
WI am coming to it. Now
you have left your family-lhe
family composed of your brothers
and sisters-you left your family
when YOU married me.
H-Thaps correct,
W-Well, there's no fool in your
family now.
Then the husband fell into deep
meditation, while his wife watched
him out of the corner Of her eyes
Boston Courier.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-06
A. BLUMER,
MOSS POINT, MISS,
PROPRIETOR Of
Moss ?piistGriisE MIL,
AND DEALER IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Usually Keptin tirst-CIass Store.
Furniture and Housekeeping
Goods Of all Kinds q 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.
Gits, homty, Chops, Cracked Corn and
Feed of all kinds sold at lowest market
prices aud delivered free OF charge within
city limits Cuying feed in large qnanti-
ties enables me to get the benefit OF
wholesale prices, and can therefore sell
as cheap as the cheapest.
CUSTOM SHOE DEPARTMENT where
a person can ger the best Shoes for the
least money. NOpapcr soles, paste-hoard
counters or wooden heels are used in my
Shoe Factory-n0ne but genuine oak
tanned leather, and defy competition as
to prices and quality.
Also, have always on hand tilst-class
handmade Shingles for sale at reasonable
prices.
Thanking customers for past patronage
invite continuance of same.
Respectfully, A. BLUMER.
Goods Delivered Free Of Charge.
October ?, 1asS. 3-ly
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-06

A London mill;ner has inyented
a cork bonnet. lis made wholly
of the bark Of the cork tree and Is
very light.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-06

The following, quoted by the
Lancet Clinic from he Dublin Far
meI''s Gazette Is valuable to every
one that owns q horse, writes j. NJ.
Sanders, NJ. d.; Of Magnolia, S. o.:
The toal is born with twelve
! grinders When four front teeth
have made their appearance the
colt is II days old, and when the
next four assert themselves its age
will be about % days. The corner
teeth make their appearance when
! the f0al is s months old, anG these
latter atlaTn The height Of the front
teeth al the age OF year. The 2
year-oId has the kernel-the dark
substance in the middle Of the
tuoth's crown-ground out of all
the front teeth. In the third year
the middle front Of teeth are shit
ed, and when 3 years old these are
substituted by the permanent (or
horse teetA, which are larger and
more yellow than their predeceS
sors. The neXt. four teeth are shit
ed in the fourth year, and the corn
er teeth in the filth, giving place to
| the permanent nlpper.
Al years of age horse has for
fy teeth, Of which twenty four are
grinders, far back in he jaw, with
which we have little to do. But
be II remembered, horses nvarla-
bly, have tusks, which mares very
rarely do. Before the age OF q IS
arrived al, the tusk is full grown'
and has a slight groove on its IN
ternal surface (Which generally dis
appears with age the tusk lisell be.
coming more rounded and blunO,
and at the kernel or mark is worn
out of the middle front teeth. There
will still be a difference Of color III
the center Of the tooth.
The tusks have now attained
their full growth, being nearly or
quite an inch in length, convex
without, concave within, tending
to point and the extremity some
what curved. Now, or perhaps
some months before, the horse may
be said to have a perfect mouth.
AIT years the mark, described is
very nearly worn out Of the tour
centre nippers, and fast wearing
away in the corner teeth, especially
in mares but the black mark still
remains in the centre of the tooth,
and is not completely filled up I'M
til The animal is s years old. AS
he gels on past Z The bride teeth
begin 10 wear away.
Al S The kernel has entirely dis
appeared from all the lower nip
p9rs, and begins to decrease in The
middle nippers. II is now said to
be "past mark of mouth" There
are indications, however, after this
age which will enable very
shrewd observer to guess very
closely at a horses age, but none
that can be relied upon by obsery,
ers. As horses become advanced
i'll years the gums shrink away and
the teeth exhibit long and narrow
appearance; they lean more for
ward and assume and drched shape.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-06
CHANCERY COURT-SECOND DIST
cyLVANUS EVANS, Chancellor.

In the county of Lauderdale on the first Monday
of JanuaGy aud July, and continue twelve days
In the county OF Newton. on the third Monday
of January and july and continue six DAYS
In the county of Hancock, on the first Monday OF
,hruarv and August and continue six days
In the county of Harrison, on the second Monday
,fFcbruary and August, and continue six days,
In the county of Jackson, On the third Monday
of February and August, and continue SIX days.
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
ofMareh and September, and continue six days.
In the county of Perry, on the thir Monday OF
March and September, and dcontinue six days.
In the county of Marion, First District on the
third Monday Of May and November and continue
six days. In the Second District on the second
Monday of May and November, and continue SIX
days
In the county of Jones, on the first Monday oil
April and October and continue. six days.
In the county of COvington, ON the second Mon
Ilay in April aud October, and continue six days
In the county of Greene, on the third Monday Oh
April and October. and continue six days
In the county of Smith, ON the fourth Monday oil
April and October, and continue six days.
In the county of Wayne, on the first Monday OF
May and November, and continue six days
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-06
A FAIR ENGINEER.
Newark Call.

Newark Call.
A bare.footed girl OF y years,
with roal-black eyes and loose fly
ing han, was playing around The
round-huuse on tuesday evening
lust as the sun was setting over
BERGEN Hills, end six or eight men
who were sitting around the ca
boose, where they are won't TO wait
every morning for their orders for
their regular trips to begin, were
watching her as she went from en-
CINE to engine, climbing over the
tanks, running out on the loot
boarus or sitting on the pilots and
dangling her suuburned feet. Two
Tin buckets full Of coal resting near
a discarded tie told why she was
around the yard, and il is evident
from her actions that she regards
herself as a privileged character;
'Il's S'prising how much that gal
has got to know about an engine
in The past year, said the blue,
eyed engineer Of 81, as he watched
her wipIng the bullseye of signal
lamp with the hem Of her ragged
rrock, TO the reporter OF the CdH.
Il believe she could run an engine
if she had halt chance, with what
she has picked up around here since
Mike was killed. It's just a year
next Saturday that he got caught,
and she has been around the yard
almost every day since. She'll git
over coming here when she gets a
wear or two more on her shoulders,
YOU can safely bet, and I'd like TO
know some way of getting her
some decent employment when she
gels 100 big TO be pickin' coal.
Maggie Ryan was the daughter
of AN old swilchman, who was run
over and killed in the yard when
on duty, and left a wife and three
children without a dollar IN The
world. Maggie was The Oldest child,
and she was made a pet of by the
men in the yard and al the round
house. No other youngsters are al
lowed around the ears and the en-
gines, and Maggie would not if the
rules were strictly enforced. AS
il is many dainty is set aside for
her from the dinner pals OF the
trainmen, and many fine lump oil
coal is dropped from the cars while
thev are passing Mrs. Ryan's cabin,
were she spends nearly the whole
week washing and ironing for the
railroad men.
Maggie is getting 20 be. quite a
woman - said Eddie Steward, as he
watched her antics on The engine.
speaking about her running an
engine reminds me of the only gal
| ever knew who could and did run
and engine, and run it for all 1t was
worth. | mean Sid Lawson''
daughter Ella, of Pine Oak. SID
taught his gal more about railroad
ing than her mother dld about
cooking and housekeeping, anC
y hen Ella was fourteen years o
age she knew almost as much abOu
an engine as her father did; H'
used to let her ride down TO Brad
ley's with him three times a week
and she'd SIT up on The box by hin
| and keep sharp look out ahead
Il was Greing for Ham Stonelak'
u then, and often. when Ella didn'
wani To wait for her fathers train
she'd hop on cur engine aud com
home with us. Old Barker sav
her ON the engine one day. and CAV
! her orders that she would never b
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-06

A good character when esiabli sh-
ed should not be rested in as an
end, but only employed as a means
OF doing still further good.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-06
A Small But Important Industry.

Baltimore Manufacturers Record.
In a recent issue of the MdnWdc-
tmrers' Record we called attention
to soap making as a small industry
that could be established to great
advantage and at very little outlay
Of money in nearly every town OF
the South, and large amount OF
money TINS kept al home which
now goes 10 New York, Chicago
and other Northern cities.
To-day we would call attention
to butter and cheese making.
The other day Il well-knOwn ply
sician and surgeon, who spent three
years in the lower Mississippi re-
glon during the war in hospital
service, and who wrecked his
health there, told to the editor Of
his paper of a little experience OF
I his with a creamery: Il was oblig
ed to seek perfect quiet" said he,
$50 l retired to little country
town III the hills Of Now Hamp,
shire. AS | became acquainted
with The various farmers, | found
that they made some butter, but
most oft of Indifferent quality, and
used quantities of nice milk 10 feed
swine; so just to occupy my mind
| agitated The creamery question,
and 10 encourage the movement
contributed $500. The farmers one
after another became interested.
We hired on old abandoned mill,
fixed il up at little cost, and soon
had Our creamery running. For
the first year we had hard shedding,
but the whole community soon be-
came interested in This, their only
industry, aud patronized it. As a
| result, we run at our utmost capacl-
ty all the time now, and sell all onr
products in Boston at fancy prices.
And this llltle invest ment which
made simply to help good work
along is now paying a very hand
some dividend.
This same experience could be
repeated all over the South. The
sweet grasses of the hillsides make
the finest of butter, and with the
longer season III the South, there
would not be the great expense OF
stall feeding the cattle for many
months as in this little New Hamp-
shire hamlet. Practical experience
demonstrates the fact that the best
of dairy products can be made in
The South. All that is necessary Is
little energy to perfect the organ
ization andlnterest all the farmers
in The locality, SO that the cream
cry shall be a cooperative one.
Butter can be made much better
and much cheaper in this way than
when each farmer attempts to
make il home and at the same
time keep up with his other work.
The outfit for such an industry IS
Inexpensive. A great convenience
TO such Az establishment is a good
spring or stream which can furnish
power, and also be relied upon for
cooling the milk and otherwise as
sistlng in the manipulation of the
products. Any live farmers al
! lance in The South has the resour-
ces at hand to build up creamery
and thus add TO the income OF each
person interested.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-06

A prudent man lives within bis
income, whatever that may be. ana
saves against a rainy day. Keep
your expenses within your income.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-06
EAST N1ISSISSTPPI
FEMALE COLLEGE,
MERIDIAN, MISS.

The 18th Session will begin Wednes-
day. September 25th. A comprehensive
and systematic course of study. A Full
Faculty Of comp tent and experienced
teachers. Special provision made for in.
structon in Instrumental and Vocal
Music. French, German, Drawing, Paint
ing. etc. Boarding Department well OIL
aarizcd and equipped. Attention given
10 individual needs. Number of board
ers limited Early applications must be
made to secure places.
For Catalogns aud Information, apply
TO rev. r. II. SAUNDERS, President, Me
ridian, Miss.
August .. 1899. 2l-2m
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-06

Backward, pin backward my
skirts IN their flight, make me
a child again Just for to-nlghti l
am so weary, aud my skirts are so
long, sweeping the pavelnents as |
walk along, gathering dirt from cut
of the street, looked at by every
one that | meet; mother. dear
mother, | know Pm a fright pm
back my skirts, mother, pin'm back
light.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-06
THE COURTS.
THE REGULAR TERMS.
rrRCTITT COURT-SEC0ND DIST
SAMUEL II. TERRAL, Judge.

rXNIES H. NEVILLE, Dls'rlrt AttorheA'
+f,a coupty of Winston, on the third Monday
~ r,,,,'ary ,,U and July and continue six days
9i ti county Of Lauderdale ON the fourth Mon
,,,, sf January and July and continue eighteen
dafS; ,bo county of Noxllbee, on the third Monday
osFehmary aud August, and continue eighteen
days 1yon,,,or on the second Monday
- March and September and continue Twelve
days. 90, tho fnurth Monday of
March and September and continue twelve days.
h' In tbe county Of Wayne, on the second Monday
3 nil and October and continue six days.
VI In the county of Greene on the thlId M0huay Oh
.nrii and October and continue six daIs.
In the county of Perry on the fourth MONDAY OF
.rH and October and continue six days.
In the county of Marion, First DISTRICT on me
aonnnd Nenday of june and third Monday OF ne,
so,rhor and continue six days. In the Second
nistrict on the third Monday of June and second
Mopdav of December. and continue six DAYS
In Ike county of Hancock, on the second Monday
of Nav and November and continue twelve days.
In tGe county of Harrison, on the fourth MONDAY
af Nav and continue twelve days and on the
Enrth Monday of November, and continue SIX
In the county of Jackson, on the second Monday
after fourth Monday of May, and continue SIX days,
and on the first Monday after the fourth Monday
"f November and continue twelve days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-09-06
e w. MOYriII,
Insurance Agent, Civil Engineer
and Surveyor,
Biloxi, Miss.

Represents the best Fire and 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 SURVEYING
also attended to. and maps of Towns and
Tracts of Land handsomely and correctly
nude.
Those desiring my attention in either
Iine of business will please address me at
octobcr 10 1sgs. 33-1y
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-31
THE DIVORCE BUsIN FMS.
Brother Gardner OF sbe Lfnse.Kiin
Club Discusses she sabieet.

al observe dat de semi-annual oc-
casion fur pitchin' into de divorce
courts is now at hand," said Brother
Gardner, as the meeting opened in
due and ancient form. 1t has allus
struck me as a mighty inconsistent
thing fur people to argue dat you kin
trade hoss which doan' suit-sell o
house you doan' like-bust up biz
ness partnership which are unpleas-
ant-give away yer dog and pizen yer
cat but yer mustn't part from the hus-
band or wife who is maxim yer life
one misery. tank de law that 1t was
wise enuff to forsee some sartin tings.
and among 'em de fact that people
would make mistakes in marryin'.
1t is only nat'ral dat dey should, and
when dey do divorce am the easiest
way out. II de law refused divorces,
elopements and murders would in.
crease hundred per cent.
"When you have tied up two peo.
pie who really love, honor an respect
each other-who kin bear an sacrifice
who can smile in adversely as well
as in sunshine-you hev' done q
blessed thing, an airth an heaven ar
the better fur II. But when you have
tied up two pussons who argy, blcker
dispute an hate-who see muffin alike
who kin neither love nor respect
you would hev' de heart Of Satan K
force 'em to continue sich life. Yot
couldn't do It. Dar would be murde
II no other escape offered.
can dar' am sartin pussons wh'
claim dat divorce induces laxity o
morals. Among all de scandals OF tn
last var hev you seen de name OF
divorced woman? 1t ar de wives an
gals dat suicide-not the divorces
women. 1t ar de wives and gals al
rested fur street walking and drunk
enness-not de divorced women.
"Me an my ole woman hev' stoo
by each other for nigh onto fifty y'ars
an we ar gwine to sail in de sam
boat cl'ar down to de bank of de dar
riher. We agree. We ar fitted fu
each other. We think alike. Bu
suppose we didn't? Suppose We qual
relied an bickered an wished eac
other dead? De law which woul
compel us to live together would be a
inhuman thing. ar glad ebery tim
| see dat divorce has bin granted.
wish de cost was only So an de tim
reduced to one day. Husbands woul
hev' mo- respect for deir wives-wivs
mo- confidence an trust in deir hui
bands. Free Press.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-31
BIG sLAUSHTER.
a Hand OF Cattle Run Down by a
Train Of Cars.

Train OF Cars.
The last Southern Pacific train from
Santa Monica Saturday night met
with rather q strange experience a
few miles this side OF the depot. The
train was coming up the grade at a
good speed when band OF 20 or 80
cattle was noticed by the engineer
capering around ON the track just
ahead Of the train. He whistled, rang
his bell and did everything in his
power to frighten the animals from
the track, but they paid no attention
to the noise, and, before he could
bring the train to standstill, the en-
CINE plowed into the band, and
quicker than fash cows, calves and
yearlings were flying in the air. Some
OF them were thrown 30 feet from the
track, but the majority rolled over a
few feet from the rails and died.
The train was considerably shaken
up, but the engine did not leave the
track, and when it came to standstill
cattle were found dead and dying on
all sides. Eighteen were killed, and
all day yesterday they remained
where they had fallen. People who
witnessed the slaughter say it was the
most horrible sight Of the kind that
they ever gazed on. 1t is common
thing for an engine to kill two OF
three cattle at time, but old railroad
men say they never heard OF such G
slaughter on the track before.
The railroad people claim that the,
we're not to blame for the accident
but the chances are that q claim viii
be put in against the company by tht
owner OF the stock.-Los Angeles
Times, August 10.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-08-31
81 a FOrk.over."

The Gazette notes the death at
Reno of William Campbell, Pacific
slope pioneer hotel keeper. Deceased
was proprietor OF the Depot Hotel at
Truckee when that town was known
as Coburn's Station, during the con-
struction OF the Central Pacific rail-
road.
A majority Of the guests at the
hotel at that time were railroad en-
ployes. 1t usually happened that a
number of them would strike q faro
game or poker joint on payday and
lose their coin before settling with Mr.
Campbell for their board. At tho
plates OF each OF these forgetful guests
Mr.. Campbell ordered two fork
placed, and when the question wa
asked why they were placed there, Mr.
Campbell replied; "There's fork
over"