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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30

| would make answer, ''lo her
young men," and education, cour-
age and cOnsecraiIOn are their i'm.
peratiye needs. The day Of physi-
cal proves Is at an enl. Mind
has been enthroned in lis stead.
When men were healheu reform
meant rebellion, and lis weapon
was lie baltle-aX. In The blazing
civilization of the uinieenth cen
Jury, reform means progress, Il
broader liberty, higher intellec-
lualily and morality, and lis weap-
on is The peaceful ballot. Ap-
plause. | wonld have the young
men Of our State and nation real
ize that Che day is forever past
when, like a painted ship upon a
painted ocean, we may Idly rest
in cnntentlnent and tancied securi-
ty. Their services are more urgent
ly needed to shape the destiny Of
our political government to-day
than when the bugle cal! summon
ed them to The defense OF their
State and section upon The ensan-
guiued field, OF battle. No sweet
er incense ever asccnGed to heaven
than that burned 10 righteousness
upon a nations altar Engraved
upon the statne OF that kingly
Georgian, Benjamin Hill, are said
to be the glowing words Of patriot
ism 'lle who saves his country
saves all things, and all things
saved will bless him. Who lets
him country die. lets all things die,
and all things dying curse him"
In these days of our country'S
need, | would appeal with DIR.
Holland :
"Giyc us men A time like this demands
Great minds, great haarts, true faith and
ready hand2;
Men whom the lust of Office cannot buy
Men who possess opinions and will
Tall men-suu- -crowned-who live above
the fog,
In public duty and IN private thinking.
For while the tricksters with their thumb
worn croeds,
Their large professions and their little
deeds,
Miugle in selfish pride, 10 ! Freedom
weeps,
Wrong rules the land, and waiting JUS
tice sleeps"
When the youth Of our country
have buried the bitter annimosi-
ties the unreasonable prejudices
and false hefesies Of the past in
the common grave Of oblivion ;
and, eXallmg patriotism, will each
perform a patriots duty, then, and
not ill then, will that ideal vision
Of prosperity, fraternity and hap
piness, which has long seemed like
a fleet-lading mirage OF unreasOn-
lug fancy. become Il tangible reali-
", and heavens blessing, like a
peaceful benelclion, rest over and
upon us, thoncelurh and forever.
I Prolonged Applause
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30
WASH GOODS.

See our line of ), s, 10 and l2t cent India
Linen.
Sec our line of s, 7, 10 and 12t cept Check
Nansook.
Challies at and 6 cents yard.
Extra Width 12t cent ChalIes, in short
lengths at 10 cents yard.
We have one case of soft finished Scotch
Ginghams, worth II! cts, we sell at lOcts.
Shirtlng Prints for 5 aud 6 cents.
Percales new patterns, : cents.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30
ACAREER OF CRIME.
"Reminiscences Connected With the
Copeland Clan.
Meridian News.

Meridian News.
The recent finding Of the treas
ure in Newton county, which was
buried by John Copeland has re-
yived many "reminiscences of tins
noted robber and murderer and
his gang.
In an Interesting interview with
Judge Hancock II NeicS reporter
learned the following facts con-
necled with the trials of James
and John Copeland, in Perry coun-
ly. Miss
james Copeland was tried for
murder twice before Judge Daw-
son and convicted and his case
carried TO the Supreme Court and
reversed and remanded for new
trial.
Copeland was kept in custody
III jackson for six years and then
tried before Judge Hancock in
1856 IN Augusta, Perry county, and
was again convicted and Then exc
cuted at that place by being hang
ed. The gallOws upon which he
was hanged is still standing.
John Copeland. his brother, was
in the same Indictment and was ar
rested and tried one year after at
the same place before Judge Han
cock. The several trials Of Jim
Copeland i'll that county made 1t
almost impossible TO get a jury,
and when John Copeland's case
came on he had brought into that
county a number of his friends
from Florida who had by precon-
ceIted arrangement made them
selves eligible to jury service in
having lived IN the county and
Stale twelve months.
After eXlau>ling The legal vehire
in tins case and The regular Jures
also, the sheriff then summoned
The byslauderS. and there was no
difficulty in finding from them IA
jury who had not formed or eX-
pressed an opinion in this case.
Alter getting all these prelimlna-
rieS arranged, John Copeland
came into the county and made ef-
forts to avoid arrest. The day up
on which he was tried was a bitter
ly cold November one, and The at
torneys on both sides made long
speeches.
Judge Hancock begged District
Attorney Geo. Wood to make his
argument briet as the evidence
was convincing, being the same
that hung James Copeland, and
Just after his speech was concluded
aud the jury had retired, he asked
the district attorney for an alma
nae for the purpose of seeing what
was the date Of the last Friday in
the month, as he intended to SEN
tence him 10 be hung on that day.
In few minutes the jury returned
with a verdict Of not guilty, great
ly TO The surprise of The judge and
every body else.
The sheriff, DR.. Pitts, now ot
Wayne countv, was then ordered
to relieve Copeland from custody.
About dusk Copeland, fearing
came into Judge Han
cocks room and asked his pr0tec-
lion. His attorney advised him 20
pull for the woods at once"
which he did, and swimming Leaf
liver made good his escape from
he armed mob which made its ap-
a few minutes later. The
settlers who came from Florida,
evidently for the purpose of clear
ng their pal, John Copeland, all
eft that county III a few days after
he trial.
1t was evident from this fact
hat the Copeland organization
MAS large in Florida aud else
where, aud John Copeland is prob
ably still living.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30
WELCOME TO THE PRESS ASSOCL1-
TION.

The following beautiful welcome to the
Press, written by that accomplished poet
ess and cultured lady, Mrs. A. +. Fox, of
West Point, was splendidly read by Miss
Lutte Beall, the charming daughter OF
Hon. Fred. Beall, on Wednesday, May
IL, 1890:
Far back in the shadowy years that were,
Vhen Time. with his sandaled feet,
Trpped carelessly By, like loter
Agaze on an idle street.
On the turbulent breast of an angry sea,
Mid tbe tossing of waves in strife,
Aud the shrieks of the storm in its freu-
zIed glee,
With terror and darkness rife,
gallant ship, with a chosen crew,
Sailed on the tracklcss deep.
But stout of heart were the daring few,
And the pilot her coulse would keep.
Bravely it breasted the oceans wrath,
Steady the pilot, Truth,
Held the staunch ship on its stormy path
Till the lightning skies had ruth
And the moaning winds, all their fury
speht,
Like Il sorrowing spirit creep,
Conquered and cowed, by their rulers
sent
To their cavorns amid the deep.
Timidly out from their cloudy wells.
Silently, one By one,
The glittering stars in their beauty trail,
Their march through the night begun.
Anon, the moon, in her regal guisc,
Queen Of the slrmbering wave,
Steps forth mid the brilliance of starry
eyes,
In her slvery light to lave.
But now as the sails through the waning
night,
Why paleth her jeweled crownE
Aud why, as wrath before coming light,
Casts she her scepter down
A stronger power must rule the sea-
Aud quick to the sombre west,
She, with gliDteriug train must flee,
Aud fade into nothingness.
From open portals of rosy dawn,
With banner of crimson cloud,
BY the twelve hours, swift coursers,
drawn,
Comcth the couqueror proud.
With tossing names of his shining steeds
He speeds through the tightening morn,
Till far in the east the fair dawn recedes,
And Noon her bright crown has won.
But whether he sceptre Of night or day
Rulcs over the ocean wide,
Whether angry and white meath the hur-
Iicane's sway,
Or smoothly its waters glide,
Steadily Onward the brave ship goes,
Manned by both age and youth,
Calm and undaunted, through veal or
woe,
Is the Pilot, whose name is truth
Would you know the ship with lis sailors
true,
That travels he sea of life,
Nor veers when the skies wear the temp
est's hue,
With the winds and the waves at strife
The true journalist ship, and it carries
freight
More precious than dust of gold,
Honor and vutue, and pride Of state,
KnighthOod and freedom bold.
And to- day we take to our hearts and
homes,
The crew of his gallant barque,
That, tirelessly, over the ocean roams,
Though he heavens be bright Or dark.
Now, wrong and oppression, the alien
crew
That saileth their pirate ship,
And flieth their banner of raven hue,
FROM Freedom, its pride TO strip,
Must feel the weight of the deadly blow
Struck by the arm of Right
Aud at the feet of the conquerer bow,
Whose motto is "RigM is Might"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30
Mosquito is the Largest and Best Assorted
35c. Bobinets $i.25 Each.
DRESS GOODS.

Double width Beige, Stripes to match, 10
cents
SurahS in all shades.
Fancy Striped and plain Beige, l2i to Is
cents yard.
Nuns Yelling, 10 to 2j cents yard. All
shades.
All coors in Henriettas, 20 cts. % cts and
IS cts, extra value. Send for samples.
All cOlorS in Caahmsres 81 cents a yard.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30
!IT|BLUES'['ORE| III.
CHEAPEST CASH HOUSE In MOBILE.

when wanta Calico Gingham Wocd
India Linen and Em6oered Skigs yon will find we give the best
m extra Inducements Plaid and Striped Main
closing
@ @ want Cap Hat Suit of Clothes for the boys
possible 1t will
car our you can't do that send for samples Our quotations
and we arenO
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30

HOSIERY FOR LADIES AND MISSES

Ladies' Full Finished Black hose, Ladies'
Black Hose, every pair warranted or
money refun led, 25 cents,
Ladies' Lisle Hose, in Black and COlors,
10 cents.
Chnd's Ribbed Hose, full finished. to 6,
only 10 cents per pair.
School Children's extra lengths, 8 to ., 10
cents.
Misses Black Lisle, 81 to 7, 25 cents.
Infants Hose in Solids and Stripes, to 8.
Misses Full Finished Ribbed Hose, to &,
only y! cents per pair.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30
HOSIERY FOR MEN AND BOYS.

Seamless Socks 10 cents.
German Hose, worth l2t cents, We sell at
10 cents.
Genuine Maco Socks. l2l cents
Gents Fancy Drop Stitch, Solid Colored
Socks IL cents.
Cents Fancy Striped, Full Finished, 6
pairs for 81.
Geuts British J Hose, IN stripes and solid,
u cents per pair.
Gents Fine CAME, high spliced heel,
double sole, worth 40 cents, we sell at
2j cents
Guaranteed Fast Black Socks, % cents.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30
Misses cossimers 65c Ladies', 75c. Guaranteed First
Quality.

MEN's AND Bows UNLAUNDRIED SHIRTS.
Shield Bosom Shirt, b and so cents.
Mems and Boys Plated Bosom, 80 cents.
Mems Shield Bosom, open back, IS cents.
Mems 81 Shirts, plated fronts, 80 cents.
Mems Calico Shirts. MI sizes, 3j cents.
Mems Percalc Shirts IS and 95 cents.
Mems Chambray Shirts, only 75 cents.
Night Robes in plain a ID fancy, so and IS
ceuts, for men and boys
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30
OVERSHIR

Boys Domet Shirt, plain bosom, IS cents.
Boys Domet Shirt, plated bosom, 40 cts.
Mems D0met Shirt, plain bosom, 81 cents.
Mems Knit tOveIshrt, lace front, 40 & 80 cts.
Mems Plated Bosom D0met. 80 cents.
Mems DOmet Shirt, with yoke, 50 cents.
Mems Knit Shirts, plain and lace front. 70
and 30 cents.
Fine French Flannel in new patterns,
from 95 cents to So,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30
UNDERSTANDS.

Ladies' Ribbed Vest only 10 cents.
Ladies' Fancy Ribbed Vests in stripes, 20
cents.
Ladies' Lisle Vest, worth 75 cents, only 80
cents.
Ladies' Fancy Striped Vests, so cents,
Gents French Balb. Shirt, so cents.
Gents Fancy Striped, color guaranteed,
- cents.
Ladies' silk Vest in pink, blue and cream.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30
We clip the following from a
Crawford Hndianal paper:

Crawford (Indiana) paper:
There are 300 colored residents
in the town, an3 three c0lored pu-
pills have finished The course at the
high school. These pupils wish TO
graduate just like their white
classmates, but the teachers and
white pupils object. The colored
pupils insist upon graduating and
taking part in the exercises of
commencement day. They also
insist upon inviting their families
To The banquet and other features
of the commencement occasion.
The teachers a,e firm, and the
col0red citizens haye held an in
dignatio1 melting. No letter os
sympathy from the pre- esident was
read at that meeting.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30
We make Specially of Black Goods offer Extra
Inducements.
woRKlNGMEN's FURNISHINGS.

Working Shirts, %, 30 and 35 cents
Jumpers and Overalls. 30, 80 and Is cents
Jean Pants for Men and Boys, so and 65
cents.
Painters OveTals, 45 cents.
Good Strong Suspenders, 10, % and -
cents.
Knit Overshirts, 40, u and 80 cents.
Domet Overshirts, %, 80 and 75 cents.
Fine French Flannel OveIshirts, IS cents,
81 to So.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30

4 Georgia editor received the
following miSSive from a dear de-
llnquenl, recently: If you say
another word IN your paper about
The money l eve you, will come
10 town and maui the devil out of
you.' The editor replied "Come
along and do il. My vile says I've
had The devil in me for ten wears,
and If you can succeed in getting
him out, perhaps lhere'll be peace
in The family afterwards.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30

The Memphis ArdldRche advises
Mississippi not 10 make the Judi
ciarv elective, for almost any
Governor is better qualified TO ap-
point Judge than The average
political convention or cOterie Of
politicians, for the reason that the
Governor Is responsible and the
others are not" The AraldRche is
right.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30

Miss Minnie M1rketie. OF Wa
ter Valley, won The pr.ze Offered
for Mississippi 10y the proprielors
Of the Youths Companion for the
hest essay presented by any school
in The State. The prize was fine
American flag which has been
hoiSied 10 the cupelo Of the Wa
ter Valley public school building.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30

No wonder cntion is king in the
South. The Snulhern States pro-
pace 1000. 600 Of the lO,OOO,O00
bales OF cotton that are annually
raised throughout the world.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30

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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
THE LIoN-TAMER's SECRET.
Nerve Is the Sole Cause of His Authorit
Over His Beasts.

Nerve Is the Sole Cause of His Authority
Over His Beasts.
The boldest in lividuals, who put their
heads two or three times day into the
lions mouth, have told me that the best
way to withdraw it from the gulf is, first
of all, not to open the acquaintanceship
with this experiment, and, secondly, to
perform it with great nerve. Nerve,
that is the great secret of the lion tanner,
the sole cause of his authority over his
beasts When he has studied a subject
for some time, endeavoring to master it's
character-and among the higher ami
mails the character is very individual,
very accentuated-one morning the man
quietly walks into the cage. He must
astonish the beast and overawe him at
once. AS to the training, it consists
and here quote the words of an expert
in such matters-in commanding the
lion to perform the exercises which
please him; that is to say. to make him
execute from fear of the whip those
leaps which he would naturally take in
his wild state.
There is one fact which no one would
suspect-that it is easier to train an
adult lion taken in a snare than an ami
NAL born in a menagerie. The lion of
the booth is in the same position as
sporting dogs which play much with
children; they are soon spoiled for
work. Pezon possesses five or six lions
which he has brought up by hand. AS
rule they live with the staff of the
menagerie on terms of perfect famili-
arity, but this frequently leads to tragic
accidents. Lions, even lions in fair.
will devour man in fine style. Can
say that the fear of such an accident is
ever sufficiently strong to make me
pause on the threshold of a menagerie?
No. cherish, and like me, you also
cherish, the hope that some day per-
haps we may see . lion=tamer eaten.
This contingency sometimes occurs, in
fact more often than is usually sup-
posed. For instance, without leaving
the Pezon menagerie, it is not a year
since the proprie 5or narrowly escaped
being devoured by his bear Groom. at
Chalons-sur-Marne. He would have
perished if his son Adrian Pezon had
not thrown himself. saber In hand, be-
tween the two eombatants and killed
the bear on the spot.-Acrobats and
Mountebanks
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
ERlCSSoN'S PURPOSE.
he Had Three Aims Which Govern,
All His Inventions.

he Had Three Aims which Governed
All His Inventions.
Setting aside minor inventions, three
distinct purposes are apparent in Erics-
sons iabors, nrst, to improve the steam
engine and extend the scope of its an.
pl1cation; next, to discover some
more economical and efficient method
for changing the mode of motion
we call heat into the mode of mo-
ton we call power; third, to force
the great maritime nations into declar-
ing the ocean neutral ground, by max
ing naval warfare too destructive a pas.
time TO be indulged In, and eaualizinp
the conditions of the struggle between
the greater and the lesser states. On
the accomplishment of this last purpose
depended, in Eriesson's Judgment, the
future of his native Sweden. Too weak
TO hold her own in a contest with any
great power, under existing conditions,
her only sure hope of defense is in neu-
tralizing the dominating factors of num-
bers and wealth by the efforts of genius
stimulated by patriotism. Love of
country was with Ericsson q supreme
passion. In this controlling sentiment
in the traits of character derived from
his sturdy Morse ancestry, and in the
training and experience acquired during
the twenty three years spent in his
Scandinavian home, we find the secret
of that exceptional development of sne.
cialized faculties which has placed him
in the very front rank of constructive
engineers Scribner's Magazine.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
plTA AND POINT.

The man who rests lets others over
take him.
Its the man who wears secondhand
clothes who follows the fashion.-Ter-
re Haute Express.
The humorist is about the only man
who likes to have his work laughed 1T.
Boston Courier,
1t was Nine. Roland who said:
''The more know of men the more I
admire dogs"
Better be good than great. You'll
ness is overdone-Puck.
Unfortunate are those who have
just enough sense to realize their own
folly.-Texas Siftings.
When a man knows that he can not
get out of the mud his next impulse is,
to go in deeper. Globe.
There must be some peculiar fatal
ity among bright children, else there
would never be such dearth of bright
men and women.-Youth's Companion.
No man has a higher opinion of the
value of woman's love than the fellow,
who for some reason, has always failed
to win it-Somerville Journal
Character is much like cloth in ono
respect. If white, it can be dyed black;
but once blackened, it can not be dyed
white. He alone is happy and great
who needs neither to obey or command
in order to distinguish himself.-Geothe
The public opinion that strengthens
the right and keeps down the wrong
n hi fnl CO. Il II
honest 1t must strike quickly as we'll
as hard. 1t must aim at prevention as
well as cure of evil-doing. g.-Christian
Advocate.
If people wish to live we'll together,
they must not hold too much logic, and
suppose that every thing is to be settled
by sufficient reason. DIR. johnson saw
this clearly, with regard to married peo-
pie, when he said: "Wretched would be
the pair above all names of wretched-
ness who should be doomed to adjust by
reason, every morning, all the minute
details of a domestic day."
What honesty is in deeds, sincerity
is in words-the best policy. 1t is a
policy, however, to which the artificial
habits of society are not very favor
NHS ANA VI POllOcHCSSs Win ali
their utility, have this disadvantage,
that, in teaching to restrain the real
sentiments and ideas which can not con-
veniently be expressed, they are apt to
lead to the expression of others which
are not consistent with truth.-N. Y.
Ledger.
Not what man has, but the way in
which he looks at it, is the measure of
a mans wealth of possessions. If man
deems his present property as fully
enough for his needs. he is richer by far
than the man who, with ten times as
much property, is reaching out with
longing for a great deal more. Content
ment is Of ones self, and not of ones
position and belongings. He who is con-
tented with his present lot, would not
be likely to find contentment in any
other lot in the universe.-S S. Times.
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THE LOVE OF HUMBUG.
How the Human Family Is BeeuiIed bv
Shams and Pretenders.

How the Human Family Is BeeuiIed nv
shams and Pretenders.
II one may be INDUCED in the use of
little slang, it makes wise man tired
to see how persistently his compeers run
after and are beguiled by the latest
snams, and seem never so happy as when
they are being deceived. Especially is
this trait noticeable in the matter of
physical ailments. The family physf-
elan may measure out his prescribed
doses of quinine or senna, give the
patient plain, practical talk, and de-
part with the consciousness of dutv done
and the certainty that the subject win
leave the powders untouched ON the
mantel, unless he becomes frightened.
ana that his reputation as physician
Will suffer in consequence. But let
some travelling fakir come along, pitch
bis tent. swing out his flag, with ringing
OF bells and blowing of horns, and loi
the public is at his feet ready to be-
healed, willing to swallow the most
nauseous mixtures, if only they be
christened with npronounceable and
antranslatable names, anxious to nav
double the fees of respectable, respon-
sible physician, and bold to assert after
weeks diet of bread pills and rain wa
ter sweetened with molasses, that thew
are perfectly cured of imagined all
ments. and are urgent that their friends
shall share in their good fortune.
Science doesn't always receive the
support of the universal public; hum
buggery does. The street wizard, with
tangled hair and picturesque garb. can
extract teeth painlessly by the same
process which nearly murders the
patient II performed by an educated
dentist, dressed in nineteenth century
clothes and located in well-appointed
ONCE, The noble aborigine, in war
paint and feathers, dealing out mystic
oils, will carry of all the spare change
OF q community, while the village ply
sician grows poverty-stricken. The
dealers In patent medicines roll in
wealth; the vailed sibyl who prescribea
to her mystified devotees from dark
ened closet, gathers in the shekels; and
II the commonplace physician means to
hold his own he will soon be compelled
~ label his walls with cabalistic char
acters. consecrate them with mystic
passes and mutter 'tabracadabra's over
them as he gives them into the patients
hand. The common sense which a man
uses in the selection of a suitable coat
or hat seems 20 desert him utterly when
any trihing ailment attacks him. His
intellect wavers, and superstition, that
cunning fend always lying in wait for
humanity, betrays him unresisting into
the tolls of the mountebank We can
ros change human nature with our ex-
ordiums, but we can at least make it
allye.to its own weaknesses and incon-
sistencies. Milwaukee Sentinel