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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-16
GOING TO FUNERALS,
New York Ledger.

New York Ledger.
II am 0iien led 10 WONDER" said
"A lady, as she Returned home from
the funeral of a dear friend, "what
sentiment oi The human heart il Is
that prompts strange people who
haven't The slightest interest in the
deceased or the family to 20 TO
every funeral within reach. 1t
seems as though there was in many
minds morbid curiosity that leads
them 10 present themselves on
| such occasions. and stand around
and look on with eagerness, watch
ing every movement, aud feeling
almost deirauded if any thing i'm
portant ESCAPES their notice. Such
tendency should he chec ked in
The " ung, aS The sentiment is not
by any means credilable one, and
often leads Ia the most absurd ex.
hibiiion of curiosity.
Il remember being presen! some
lime sinceat the funeral of a neigh
hor. The services were held in the
| church, and. as is the custom in
many places, the casket was open
| I'd so that The friends might lake a
last look al the departed if they 20
desired. The people from one
idle of the church passed around
10 he front. where the casket was
placed, and down the opposite
side aisle, either resuming their
seats or waiting in the vesl;bule.
My attention was attracted by a
group Of children in he little pro-
cession, and. 10 my surprise, again
and again the same children passed
around the fronl and down the
SIDE aisle. crossing at the rear of
the church, again to fall into line
ard continue the round and round
m rch No one seemed To observe
them or put a stop 10 their prone
made. | couldn't help but wonder
whether haI wasn't The SORT OF SEN
timent which, permitted in the
vOnng, makes inveteraie and in
c"rrislb'e iheater-yoers in later
life.
"Ii is fondly 20 be hoped that
the time will come when all funer-
ais Will he held in private houses,
and as far as possible ut evening.
The services are much more i'm
pressive at night, aud an ordinary
private house l.. or should he, amp
ly sn fiicienI la contain those whose
legitimate right !, is to be present.
VERY few persons, except those
in public life, have a sufficient
large circle nf rquaintances 10
warrant a church funeral. OF
course, as affairs al present stand,
custom rules in this as in many
other mat ers, but there seems 10
be gradual narrowing of the lin.
its OF funeral congre gallon.
Where here are many persons
al lie church u j. often line case
that the announcement is made
that he inierment will be strictly
private. This L.. or should be,
sufficient bar In he presence of The
curious, who often 60 TO such
places merely 10 crafty a morbid
sentiment"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-16
THE RULING RACE.
Atlanta Constitution.

|
| When the visionary sentimental.
lists and equally visionary paIli
sans IF The North dream OF eslab
lishing black supremacy in any
quarter of our republic, they turn
their backs upon history, and re-
fuse 10 profit by It's Lessons.
our discussion OF The race problem
IL was always struck us that W,
should study radical conditions in
India. In That country caste has
survived many centuries and many
civilization, and is as strong to-
day as it was thousands of years
ago. Bayonets and laws have
been powerless against it. If We
would see the most striking Illus
lTation Of white supre macy TO be
found in all The world, we must
look at this strange land, The era,
die of the races and garden Of The
sun. The five or six hundred mil
lion people in India were conquer
ed by few thousand British
troops. They are held in absolute
subsection by an ab,urdly small
minority of whites. Tie British
army occupies every stronghold
and point of vantage. The soldiers
are comparatively few in number,
but their prompt and bloody sup
preston of every outbreak has
made them as much feared as il
legion of devils. England's policy
OF force has made her flag and her
laws respected throughout the jun
giles and deserts of this vast EN-
pire. One may travel through dis.
lriots | 200 miles square and ste
only two or three while faces.
Even on the railway lines The tour
lst NAV 20 hundreds of miles not
seeing white man. The natives
are so well trained that they run
railroads and large industries, and
faithfully carry out the orders OF
their white bosses. There are L.
700 natives 10 every white man in
India. If the people should rise
in revolt without arms they would |
be numerous enough 10 massacre
all the Caucasians in the country.
II seems marvellous, but ii is true
all the same. The will power and
The determined courage of the few |
Anglo-SaXons in this almost
boundless territory are generally !
recognized and dreaded that an
EngIishman is as saie in he remot-
est country district AS he would |
be in his native land. Now, it
should be recoIlecled that he dark
skinned races Of India, are in
comparably superior to the Afri-
cans. They had "A religion, a civil
ization, cultured society, magnii.
icent cities, aud disciplined armies
centuries before The Anslo-Saxons
had emerged from barbarism. But
their dark skin-ihat unmlsiaka-
BILE badge or brand of inrerioril v
stamps them and fixes their status
when they come in contact with
The whites. If one Anglo.Saxon
Is more than a match for LOO
blacks India, miller Conditions pre-.
valling here, there will ever be a
reversal of that ineXOra-
Bile law of white supremacy which
s part of the outcome Of the
.urvival of the fit,est. Again We
'ay tn lhe students of the race
Look at India! !!
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-16
QUEER MONKEY STORY,
LIEUTENANT FIDE t. CLARK.

Far away in Surlnam on the
north coast of South America, near
to the primal forests oi that great
continent, ~ a missionary station
belonging to the ialhers of Rolter
dam. The fathers not only preach
lhe gospel 10 The Carybe and
Ilatchinmankin Indians, but they
also teach them how to cultivate
the fertile ground and raise crops.
The woods OF South America are
populated by millions OF monkeys,
parrots and terocIous beasts. The
latter, however, finding plenty OF
food seldom approach human
habit aiions. Only a shOri time
ago one of the fathers stopped IN
New York on his way TO The old
country and he told the writer a
very queer story about The inielli-
gence of monkeys. The question
whether The quasi-humans can
reason or not will probably be
never satisfactorily decided, tui il
is sste 10 Say that their instincts
are wonderfully developed The
power oi reasoning, alter all, is The
divine attribute of mankind. Yet
he Surinam monkeys in his case
acted with So much deliberations
that they puzzled the pious faith
erS.
Last year, the venerable monk
said, we planted five acres with
corn. 1t was hard work. Corn
growing involves a deal of manual
labor. and The great heat down in
Surinam is no: in favor of bodily
exerlions and exhauSls man very
suon. The corn however began to
grow beautifully and our painsiak-
ing was richly rewarded. We felt
sure that the harvest would repay
our efforts and labor a hundred
luld.
The ears had Just began 10 ripen
when 10 our great surprise one fine
morning We found great part OF
the cornlield destroyed and the |
ears taken away.
We did not Know what to think |
of IT but suspected the Indians tu
be The thieves. So We decided Io
watch, and, If possible, save the |
rest.
The next evening two oi us took |
our guns and hid ourselves in The |
field. Ii was a clear moonlight |
night when 10 our great surprise
what seemed a whole regiment oi
monkeys alighted from The nearby
woods. They were Of all sizes,
small and large, and with an ola
round shouldered monkey walking
IN 'front.' OF them He evidently
was The commander-in-chIef.
The watchers kept their breath,
avoiding carefully to make any
noise, and awaiting lurlher devel-
A, the same time they
made sure they could not be seen.
1--WE did mol want la kali any of the
bruIes,r continued The iaIher. who
had been one of the guard, 'but
only wanted To frighten them to
such an extent thai they would
never dare TO come back again.
Suddenly we heard single yell
ringing through The starlight night
followed by an internal thousand
fold re-echoed howl which | as
sume made the AIR tremble aud al
mort frightened Us out of our boots.
Sure enough the monkeys had
discovered our presence, and the
old monkey had given The signal
Icr attack or hasiy retreat. Luck
lis enough Tor US II was the latter.
You can mol imagine how rtdicu-
Ious and sublime this retreat was,
on accOunt Of lis velocity and con-
fusion. Yet in less than a few !
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-16
DoN'T LET HIM TAKE Your Arm.

DoN'T LET HIM TAKE Your Arm.
Ladies, word on "A very impor-
TAM subject. The hext Time one
of you go out walking with a
masculine escort, and that escort
catches you by the arm, graspine
II above the elbow or making "a
scoop of his hand and holding
your arm at and below the elbow,
snub him then and there. He Is
i'll bred if he attempts any such
familiarity, and nothing but a
snub will cure ill-breeding No
81 irited lady should permit such a
Thing. Ii is becoming altogether
TOO common, and a few well dI-
r.rted shubs will be necessary to
cure he custom. Take his arm if
he offers it in gentlemanly way,
and IhsIe is no reason why you
should not take 1T; but do not
permit The vulgariiy first spoken
of. A French correspondent says /:
The laie M. Mei-sonier, though a
great artist. was small man ply
sically, while his second wife was
said tn be The largest woman in
PARIS. Very shortly after the.
were married they went out walk
ing anil madame offered her arm
t. her husband. So deeply was
the sensitive nature Uf the artist
wounded the relations Of the new
ly married couple were almosi
rupiured. and he scarcely forgave
his wife.'-Philddelphia Press.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-16

Master Corrie. son Of George G.
Coleman, shot a large black rabbit
in his fathers yard last Tuesday.
The animal was larger than The
ordinary bunny. a third larger, AMI
'oal blark, the boIiom OF is feet
covered with long white HAIR, and
the lip OF nose al.o white. This is
the firsl black rabbit we ever
heard sf. aud musi have resulted
from a cross between The MsIs-
ga~car black aud white hare and
our common old fisli eolion tail.
fAberdee. Weekly.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-16

| minutes all TIE mOnHtI> IlaI I'll
appeared in The forest, and tn
night ha | become as silent All,
quiet As before.
We then returned homes beini
satisfied that our Surlnam neigh
bors were the thieves, and We ais,
felt convinced that They would no
come back again, at least moi tha
very same night.
What a mistake was male! The
monkeys were great deal smart
er than we were, and when The
morning dawned The first COLDER
rays of old Sol revealed Us the facl
that another eoodly part of oul
cornfield was gone.
The brutes evidently. after ouI
departure, had come back and find
ing everything safe and quiet had
carried away all The corn they pos.
slbly could.
1t was really too bad for them,
for you must know that at no sea
son do they lack any food IN Suri.
nam. Naturally we felt very much
diSgusted with their actions, and
| decided that We would watch
again and try 10 save the rest Of
The corn under any circumstances.
To this purpose we dug big hole
in the ground. The hole was to
serve as n hiding place. We fell
certain that il We were hidden in
this manner the old monkey could
not discover US.
On the following night the army
of monkeys arrived as usual in
good military order on the battle
field. Again The old general led
them. He did it with great care.
From time 10 time we could see
him halling and looking cautious.
ly around. This he repeated sew
eraI times until the cornfeld was
reached. Then, with a sudden
rush, the field was taken by storm.
AtdhiS moment | fired what af.
forwards proved to be IA deadly
shot.
The screams, The yelling and
bowls which followed the gun re-
port was simply dealening and the
confusion among the animals be-
lond description.
The apes fled in every direction.
They soon. however, realized that
their general was missing, and no
sooner had they done so when hall
"A dozen or So returned TO look for
the Old man. They tried to hil
him, and seeing that the old fellow
was unable to move, they tried tn
carry HIM away. / felt now very
sorry for having fired The shot, and
would have gwen The whole corn.
field for moi having done so. We
both fastened 10 the spot IN order
to assist the wounded monkey sol.
dier. On nur approach The other
monkeys dropped their dying COM
rade and like the rest took to the
woods.
The dying animal was an old,
fine specimen. and the expression
IN his eyes pilIlul sight to behold.
He had his long forearms cross
ed and his hands he kept pressed
on The bleeding wound. We shud.
dered, for had nature given him a
tongue To speak he would surely |
have said To Us: "Huw cruel OF
YOU 10 kill me for d little corn, you
Iha, have come from dist AM shores
Ia tell the people OF This country |
If the God of love and thou shalt
noi kill"
We took The poor fellow 10 The
station; notwithstanding all care
ne died Two days later. We shall
never shooi another mOnkey,neser
mind how much corn they steal.
Il was too bad sight, aud 10 my
asl day shall not forget he teyi
read in that monkeys eyes:
Thou shalt not kill"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-16
STAND BY YOUR TOWS.
Duty Of Newspapers and citizens In Be.
half Of Their Hsmes.


The Wankon, (Iowa) Democrat
has the proper appreciation of the
duty of newspaper 10 lis town
according toour way # thinking
Alter a mars family and own pri
vale business, nothing shouid come
nearer to him than his own town.
lhe place where he makes his Nv
ing, the society IN which he maker
HI, home. Every public spirited
man is desirous of making his town
as thrifty and famous az he can. He
is occasionally called upon 10 aid
in industries which return no i'm
mediate dividends in dollars and
C MS, bat he remembers the in
vsslment is pro bono pablico, and
gives freely according tn his means.
And thus it is with a liberal, wide.
wake newspaper. II works for The
Good OF the town. on any and all
occasions, ith no hope Of reward
save The plaudits of the people ami
The prosperity of the community.
The Democrat says:
N0tJung ul any u"te can take
place IA n town without he enlir-
tnwn feeling its effects, MT dol.
lar i invested righllnlly, hui some
good Comes from il, if moi to the
nvesior Immediately he has al
least his share of benefits accrning
10 the people in common. There
is no family like our tan,iy, there
is no wife like our wife and there
should be no town like our town
the town we live IN. where We edu
Gale our children. the town whose
streets our baby's footsteps tread,
the town where we may some dav
sleep. and in this connection we
may say that we have always con
sidered it to be The duty ni the
newspapers published in any COM
muniiy to constantly advocate any
and every project that will pro
mote the prosperity OF The Town
aud its cllizen., aud such has beef
the course we have always pursu-
ID. NJ files of our paper. whert
eyer pnhlished. will show, and
even many OF the improvements in
Wankon during the past ten year,
were sugges, ed IN our columns aud
earnestly advocat, d until they |
were cnnsumaied We d" not say !
this boasingly, but allnde tn 1t
merely as an evidence of the in
fluence that newspap. can I'D
does have in community. We
hav. pursued this course because
we have considered it but SIMPLY |
"ur duty. There are papers pub
llshed, h. wever. and v"u meet not |
20 oul side OF our own county, per.
hap, 10 fad some of them, u at
vnu will scarcely ever find line
hich speaks meriloriously of lhe
Town from which it draws its prici
pal suslenance but YOU will find
n iis columns much ginmbling he
'ausP il does not receive a heiier
'a'rnnage from It's business men.
It Is the du Y ui the newspaper TO
.tanl by the town. and II is like
wise the duty of the business men
# the town To stand ty the news
,aper hat L. continually striving
- pr, mole their Interests and the
.''err-t- of the community al
arge.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-16

Mosquito. f"ld thy weary wings
and cross Thy legs mon tiny breast,
put up thy bills and horns aud
things. aud sink into thy finsl rest.
If Noah cnnld have forpSeeR The
future and killed the two mosqui-
toes that look refuge in the ark. he
would have rendered some OF the
strongest words in The English
Language unnecessary.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-16

One OF the las'esI developments
of Western civilization u a club Of
young women in Moberly, Mo-,
who have organized a ten cent
bank, into which they put a dire
every time thew are kissed, the
dime very appropriately being
contributed by the sisser.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-16

The oldest mule ih The UniIed
States l. v-nrrable objrrr oi in
ieresi IN Ray comfy. Mo. Irs
name is Julia. and u ~ 80 years Of
age. Aud 10y the way, it, v"iee is
ia o perfect stale Of preservation.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-16
THE COURTS.
THE REGULAR TERMS
CIRCUIT COURT--SECoND DIST.
SAMUEL II. TERRAL. Judge.

JAMES II. NEVILLE, District Attorney.
In the county Of Winston on the third Monday
Of January and July and continue six days.
In tks county of Lauderdale on the fourth Mon
day Of January aud July aud continue eighteen
days.
In the county Of Noxubee. on the third Msnday
of February and August, and continue eighteen
isys.
In the county of Keinper. on the second Monday
ef March and September and continue twelve
DAYS.
In the county of Clarke on tho fourth Monday Of
March and September, and continue twelve days.
In the county Of Wayne, on the second Monday
or nril and October and continue six days
In the county of Greene. on the third Monday Of
April and October and continue six DAYS.
In the county of Marion, First District. on the
third Monday Of June and December and
tinue six days. In the Second District on the
fourth Monday Of June and december. and contn
six days
In the county Of Hancock, on the first Monday
OF May and November. and continue twelve days.
In the county of Harrison, on the third Monday
Of Nav and November. and continue twelve days
Ia the county Of jackson, on the first Monday Of
June and continue six days, and December and
tIutiDue twelve days
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-16

Editor Watierson has a pei name
for baby Cleveland. He calls her
The star eyed Goddess.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-16

says:
1.-The effort 10 erect a soldiers
home in his State. should be push
ed to success by a united effort of
all our people. If once started
right. and AL help only a little, We
are bound 10 succeed. To erect
and maintain the home in his way,
will b. Eel, hy none. while it will
enable the gray-hesded vets 10 pass
heir last DAYS III case and comfort.
What citizen Of Mississippi, no,
matter from whence he comes,
would begrudge th mile to The
old fellows. win" WI soon s'pass
over the river io thu hade on The
other side"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-16

The Vicksburg Herald expresses
our sentiments in regar: 10 the
erection of a home for the disabled
X Confederate soldiers when il
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-16

My feet are wearied and my hands are
tired,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-15
ALAMEDA.
Charles Foster Met with a Probably
Fatal Mishap.

Charles Foster Met with a Probably
Fatal Mishap.
A boy named John Chase was arrested
Yesterday for threatening the life OF the son
of E. a. HodgkinS, In the vicinity of Bay
street.
While removing yesterday afternoon the
poles on which the wire of the 1re-alarm is
stretched the wire was cut and the fire bells
rang, needle5sly calling out the Fire De-
partment
The railroad company's well at Melrose
has been sunk to the depth OF $50 feet and
wat r has been reached, but the flow is not
considered sufficiently strong yesterday.
1t was found yesterday that some one had
been tamperng with the chemical engine ia
the Webb-avenue house, and the members
Of the Fire Department think that fire-bugs
are around.
1t is stated that the Southern Pacific Com
Dany will erect new depOts a. Mastic and
Willow street stations, on the broad-gauge
line, before the winter sets in. These will
be on the plan of the narrow-gauge depot
at Morton street.
The Unitarian Society of this city has
secured the services of Rev. Mr.. Dobson for
the coming year, at a salary of $500 per
aunum. MI DobSOn has been acting as
pastor for some months and has given sat
isfaction.
The charge is made that liquor is still
being sold in unlicensed saloons. City Mar
shall Rogers stated yesterday that If such is
the case he is not aware OF it, He and the
Ulcers under him suspect that certain in
diyiduals are selling liquor surrepttiously,
but are unable to secure any positive evil
dence against them.
The Board of Education has refused to
pay tile bills of the Artesian Water Works
for water furnished the schools since the
month of July, acting upon the advice of
the City Attorney. Tie schools are charged
at the rate of 40 cents per 1000 gallons, and
the City Attorney says it should be only 80
cents, according to the provisions of the
ordinance fixing water rates.
Charles Foster, II years old, met with a
painful and probably fatal mishap yester-
day. He was employed as shingler on the
new Wilson school-house, when the staging
gave way and he was precipitated to the
ground, distance of fifty feet, falling upon
a pile of bricks. He sustained a compound,
comminuted fracture of the left leg above
the ankle, and his spine was injured. He
was carried to his mothers residence on
Santa Clara avenue, and is in a critical
condition.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-15
IMPROVEMENT CLrBS.
They VIII Discuss the Railroad Problem
at q SneciaI NIeeting.

They VIII Discuss the Railroad Problem
at a Special Meeting.
The Federation of Improvement Clubs
met last evening at B'nai Birth Hall, on
Eddy street, L. A. Haywarls presiding
The Executive Committee reported that
the Board Of Fire Commissioners had prom
ised fre-engine, 10 be located at the juno
ton of Fifteenth avenue and San Bruno
road AIessrs D0ran. Edelman and Winants
were appointed a committee to keep this
matter before the proper authorities and
urge the purchase of an engine a once.
The Committee on Lights reported that
the Supervisors had decided to replace the
large electric mast on Cortland avenue
with eight small lights.
The matter of grading and matchmaking
China avenue came up for discussion. and
the contractors for the work received a
severe scoring ut the hands or half a dozen
members. One Of them stated that the
Mayor had signed the contractors bills
without waiting the customary thirty days.
Tie Executive Committee was instructed TO
make thorough investigation OF the mat
ter and report at the next meeting of the fed
Grafton, and II 1t IS true, as reported, tnat
the contractors bills have been signed by
the Mayor, strong protest will be made by
interested property-hOIders against the
assessment.
Charles Edelman brought up the subject
of tTanscontinental railroad, and strongly
urged the federation to fall in line with the
merchants. lie asked to hear from other
members on this subject, but J. Il. Bartlett
was apparently the only one who seemed TO
have any ideas in the matter. He thought
that the federation should do something to
assist IN the work Of bringing another rail-
road 10 San Francisco. San Francisco"
said he, is dead for the want of railroad
competition. The other members said that
the subject was neS to them and required
study.
a special meeting of the federation for
the consideration Of this matter will be held.