The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-12-13
WHERE TO WINTER.
Detroit Frte Press.

u There is one popularity about
swinter resorts Of the gulf coast, aud
/ that is they "hnnt in c0uples."-
aWherever you find one you find
aanother. These resorts are always
ssitaated ON a bayou, and there is
Gone pleasant resort on one side of
athe bayou and another equally
8pleasant on the other side. Thus,
Ave have East and West Pas
scaqoula, separate merely by a
1 Sslrelch of wafer and OF Islands,.
8lhen there is Ocean Springs and
ABiloxi, separated by a wide stretch
sof the Bayou Biloxi, and connected
4by The long four miles treslle- work
a5ridge of the Louisville & Nash
svi.le Railroad. Then there is Pass
aChri,tian and Bay 81. Louis, sepa-
Grated by Bayous ST. Louis and con-
Snected as The others are by The
along treslle work bridge. The
climbers OF these bridges have all
ITO be creosoted, and the creasoting
BIS done in large establishment at
EScranton, not the Scranton of
sPennsylvania, but a Scranton
gclose to Pascagoula. There is
aan insect in those southern wa
atels which has a terrible name, the
gteredO RGUdlis, but its actions are
Teven more terrible than its name.
gAny pieces Of timber that lie in the
9walers of the gulf or the bavous
aconnected thereto are completed Y
shoneycombed by this insect. But
Sthere is one substance that this in
gsect can't bear, aud that is creOsote.
ESQ that all limhers that are driven
Gin for piers or railroad bridges
Hhave to be creasoted, and then
gthey last practically forever
4 Ocean Springs is so called be.
gcause of three or 7our celebrated
Springs in the neighborhood. They
Eget the name of ocean" because
Slhey are not near the ocean at
Gall, or even near he gulf, but in
Gland. These springs were noted
3among the Indian tribes long be-
sfore the discovery OF America, and
sthey are probably the celebrated
sFountain of Youth that Ponce de
sLeoa searched in vain for. When
sIberville landed at this point in
sl699 he called The place Biloxi,
snamlng it after the tribe of Indi-
sans that trequented the locality.
Flt is very curious thing that Bl-
slcXi means "broken Jug, and that
saround the springs there are al
ways to be seen a number of jugs
waiting to be filed, and natural
ely enough, as the spring flows into
sartiticial stone basins, the jug thUt
goes often to the fountain, as the
scripture says, is broken at last
And so it seems a pity that the
fname Biloxi, finally went to The
splace across the river and that
sNew Orleans physician christened
sthe place Of broken jugs" by the
name of Ocean Springs. Still,
tOcean Springs is rather a pretty
sname, and Ocean Springs itself is
certainly pretty place. lis one
sof the highest and most rolling pOr-
stions of the Gulf coast, the highest
portion being over thirty feet
above tide water. Ocean Springs
contains three hotels and numer-
/ sous pleasant villas. 1t is the fa-
svorile wintering place for Michi-
! gan people. and also frequented by
many from Ohio and Indiana. In
Summer it is a resort for the peo-
! pie of New Orleans. So The town
sof Ocean Springsi is practically both
a summer and a winter resort. Be
tween Ocean Springs that ought TO
4 be named Biloxi, and Biloxi, which
Ought to be named something else,
There is a bridge about four miles
Hong. Sitting in the cars a person
gieels as If he were raisroadlng over
fthe ocean. Standing on the rear
aplatfOrm as the train goes across
the bewildering procession OF tim-
Der running to the rear, that long
straight bridge, with the rails COM
Ing to a point far in the distance is
a sight to be seen,
Biloxi has a lovely sloping san
Idly beach which is the typical and
delightful feature OF all the Gulf
Towns. There are miles of she'll
ipaved roads. Along the gulf roads
are the hotels and villas. Biloxi
{ has any amount of history TO its
sname. Ii was at one time practic-
ally the capital of Louisiana, and
at that time the great city OF New
4Orleans was merely colony. AT
this point was planted the first
French settlement in Louisiana.
7Here was landed the first shipload
Iof negroes that ever set foot In A
5merica. Like all other places along
K the gulf Biloxi is famous for It's
Fishing and shooting. 1t is also a
inoted point Tor the gulf oyster, and
here are several canning factories
where oysters, shrimps, and prawns
are put up. Over a hundred YES.
sells are engaged IN the oyster in
dusiry alone. Biloxi is more than
double the size of lis neighbOr,
Ocean Springs, and from 1000 to
1900 northern visitors spend the
winter IN this charming resort
In summer long excursion trains
run out from New OrleanS and
bring hundreds Of the inhabitants
Of that city 10 enjoy the gulf breez-
es of this famous old town.