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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-09

Borrowing MoNEY.-When a
farmer borrows money, mines times
in ten he will pay the interest.
even if he has to do without sugar
in his coffee or shoes on the feet OF
his wife and children. But pay
the principal hardly. After wear,
ing out his life and %beggering his
family he dies without land enough
to hold The bones of himself and
his family TerdS Farm and Ranch.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-09
She Got the diamond Ring.
From Life.

From Life.
Papa" sid Penelope, turning
suddening from the piano, with a
pretty blush playing on her cheek,
"do you think | am too young to be
e-e-engaged Z"
of course | do" growled her
father; ''now who in the world
has put The idea of marriage into
your head? What's his namet"
"Oh, he hasn't asked me yet, bat
well, YOU know"
Yes, 1 know all about it, and |
warn him that he'll know more
abcutit il he comes fooling around
you any more. Now, what do you
want to think about such things as
that for, Nellie! Haven't you The
best home in the world g'
20. yes, papa but it would be
awfnlly nice Ia be engaged,
think"
'How nice 2"
o, nice 10 have a young man
coming TO see me every evening
"Humph! I'd like TO catch him
coming to see you every evening"
"And il would be nice TO have a
diamond ring
Haven't you enough rings! 7"
"Well, | haven't a solitaire"
"oen," said her father seriously,
"if | buy you a solitaire ring will
you promise faithfully 10 give up
all thoughts of this young man =
"Yes, papa" she answered.
"Very well, then remember
your promise. You shall have The
to.mSfrow, although it's sad
piece of extravaganza" groaned
The old gentleman, as he walked
painfully out of the room.
"Well," said Penelope 10 herself,
rs The sound OF his footsteps died
lway, 81 may not be very smart
put | think that's The easiest way
% get a diamond ring l ever heard
If yet. | must tell The o,her girls
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-09

II is seldom that you hear of any
good that the Chinese have done
in America, but now The San Fran
cisco police say they have got
away with The Troublesome hood.
lums affecting hat city. How ?
BY teaching them 10 smoke opium.
The habit totally unnerves them
and render them incapable of do.
ing mischief.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-09
GMD Star
WiTERTgL0ys W. BEER.
Brewers Who Complain That abundant
Fruit Has Injured Their Business.
Philadelphia Record.

"'"'''lbF" 'N'''
That the beer trade should be-
affected by The cIleapnesS Of water.
melons seems almost beyond be-
lief. Yet such is the fact. AS more
Than one Philadelphia brewer
knows, and more than one PhIla.
delphia saloon-keeper will admit,
TO his sorrow. There has been a
Noticeable decrease in the produc.
ton OF beer during The past month
and quite a number Of brewers
have expressed The belief that the
state of affairs has been brought
about solely by The fact that The
refreshing and ihIrst.qucnrhing
melon has seldom been so ulenti.
ful or cheap.
One Of the largest brewers in
Philadelphia is the originator Of
the melon theory. Il have noticed
for some time" he said Yesterday.
THAT orr orders we're falling off al
a RAPID rate. ThIsi is very unusual
at This time of The year, and | i'm.
mediately began to speculate as to
the probable cause. Alter consid
cradle investigation | have come
10 The conclusion that the secret
lies in the fact that, instead of
drinking beer 10 keep cool. a large
percentage Of The population OF
Philadelphia has been eating wa.
termelOus.'
During The rot, sitting summer
nights, when in The thickly popu-
lated sections of The city sleep j.
almost out of The question, it has
long been a custom, among The
laboring classes more particularly,
to indulge in the aIIuring paslime
of rushing The Growler' or ''chas-
lngi The duck" While the prac-
lice has often resulted lisastrOuslv.
a case Of enlargement of the head,
at least, being "A natural result, it .
is not prompted through vicious
ness. Few persons who are not
acquainted with low life IN Phila
delphla can realize The discom-
which these people undergo !
hot weather. Many of
them, who are not habitual drink !
ers, send Tor a kettle OF beer sim
ply because the beverage is cool
and for a time, at least, makes
The heat less unbearable.
But now the luscious and harm. |
less melon has largely supplanted /
the ioaming malt as a cooler.
Where once the command was.
~'llere, Patsey. TAX de kittI. and
90 down to Murphy's, and git Ten
worth av beer, there's a guide
by, an yell git a sup when We
come back" the boy is now dis
patched for a melon, and the result
IS that The thirst is quenched and
he heated blood Is cooled without
he aid Of an intOXicant and with
1ut an iLtoxicanl's unpleasant re.
Many sdloon-keerers throughout
hensington and Richmond and
lulie a number in the southern
.ection Of The city, who depended .
entirely for their patronage r
N the working people, complain i
hal their night business has fallen
If very much. One Ken.ingt1n 60
nan expressed himself as being at II
loss to account for The depres
of trade until his attention 8
as called To the watermelon heo. q
y. 'Py chiminy exclaimed the Il
I'd faced Teuton, dots shoost it. =
y didn't | INK me off dat" And s.
e Immediately rushed out 10 ex "a
ostulate with his friend, the green s'
ROGER next door, tor stealing his IS
'ade init dem tam va'erlouve. NJ
Dd cantermalOns." "o
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-09

"Durn them slot machines" SAID
a Stony Fork man 10 his wife al the
shore end of the park bridge, wGo
was waiting for him on the outside
of a small tent. "Whai's the mat
teri" she inquired. "Why, durn
it all, Sairy," he explained, INSIDE
thar | seed one of 'em with a sign
over il readiu': "Drop a nickelih
the slot and find out what you
know" sand you dropped hve
cents into it 2" she asked Sharply
"Course | did," he admitted sheer,
ishly. Sand what did You geli
Nothing, Sairy. 'Taint fair. yes
it is, Henry. and il served you
jist right. Yon ought 10 kno%ed
that that was AZ you knowed OF
nevera dropped them I'VE
cents in thar sight unseed. Come
ON ; | guess you need watchih'.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-09

Tourist-Ilow long have you
been living here, my friends
Nalive-See hat big hill over
tharf
Tonrist-Yes.
Native-well, that was yere
when | came here.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-09

A cord of wood weighing $500
pounds will produce 1000 pounds
OF wood pulp.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-21
WASHINGTON.

PRESIDENT HARRISON vetoed a bill for
a $500, 900 federal building at Dallas, Tex.
congress yesterday passed the bill over the
veto.
TREASURY agents report that pirates are
Strengthening seals IN Alaska, and recon-
mended that the department protect the
rookeries IN order to prevent the extermi-
nation of the animals.
THE house Of representatives on Tuesday
passed over the president veto the bill
appropriating 100000 for the extension
Of the public building at Dallas, Tex
CmEF CLERK H. George, Of the Ogden
post office is charged with the embezze-
ment of s. 900, d registered package sent
on January 10th last from Sacramento,
Cal. to Omaha. The money was recoy.
cred
By direction Of the president, Col w.
y. F0rsn D., who was suspended By Gen.
Miles for his conduct in the fight at
Wounded Knee, was on Thursday restored
to his command. This action was taken
as result of the investigation of the
Wounded Knee fight.
A REPORT received ut the state depart
ment from Mr. Dingley, special statstI.ian
Of immigration, gave some interesting
points as what Wisconsin has been re-
ceiving IN the past ten years as immigra-
ton from Germany that decidedly affects
the character of the state, making it in
fact more a German state than any other
in the Union
TuE treasury department has decided
that tobacco imported and entered for
purchase prior to Oct, /, 1890, and now in
bonded warehouse, is dutiable by weight
at the time of its withdrawal for consump-
ton; also that seed wheat is dutiabIa and
that mahogany and ebony imported
in the log, rough or hewn, is free Of
duty.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-21
CRIME.

G. W, @. B. and r. A. Delameter, the
alleged Meadyillo, Pa, bank wreckers.
have been indicted for ENLIGHTENMENT.
Ar Columbus, Kan, on Monday, Louis.
s. Holsey, Of Arizona shot and danger
ousy wounded his wife and then fatally
shot himself He died in few minutes.
A BURGLARY at the wholesale notion
house cf Joseph A. Bigel & Co., Of GIN
cinnati, o., is reported where silkE and
velyets " lued at so, 600 we're stolen.
Mas. ENLY HARDY, poor woman Of
Chicago. who has been deserted by her
husband took her owr life Tuesday night.
CoSNoRToN, the murderer Of Doe
Haggarty, is on trial ia the criminal
court
STATE 5 ATTORNEY LONGESECEER at
Chicago on Monday presented the evil
dence against iibson Of the whisky trust,
to the grand jury.
HARRY N fLEW 20 borrowed much
money, married handsome girl, and stole
watches NJ Chelsea, Mass, while pretend
ing to be the son Of President Bliss o. the
Boston & Albany railroad.
GEORGE j. GIBSON, the secretary Of the
Whisky Trust was arrested Wednesday
morning. He ia charged with com pring
10 blow up a Chicago distillerJ thar is
outside the trust. and with trying to bride
a government officer.
Ar Nashville, Tenn, the grand jury
bias returned true bills against John
Moran, charging him with murder il the
first degree, and Miss Agnes Phillips as
being an accessory to the murder of Miss
Mamie Dolan the adopted daughter OF
Moran
JoHN BRowN and c. H. Wyatt have
BEEN accused for the murder Of State SEN
ator =. b. Gillian al Alton, last March
Wyatt has made a confession duplicating
Brown and IA fellow named George Star
key.
Mrs. VANDERvER, who was arrested
some days ago at Poplar Bluff, Mo.
charged with numbering her husband,
has made confession that one Marion
Long shot her husband and that it was
plot between them
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-21
FOREIGN.

CouNr DE LEssEps is suffering from in
lucnza.
RIDER HAGGARD's eight-year old son
has just died at London.
TuE factions in the Irish home-rule
party are as far as ever from harmony
GUATEMALA and Honduras are said to
have formed an alliance against San Sal
yador
PEINcE RADMwuL is said to have lost
5000, 600 marks atgaming tables of Berlin
and Potslam.
KING HuMBoIT has offered title to
Signor Crispi, but the honor was refused
and Crispi has reopened his law Office.
HENRY NJ STANLEY has decided to give
all the gifts he received from the crowned
heads OF Europe, valued at $500, 900, to aid
General Booths Darkest England
scheme
TuE British steamer Thanemore with
a crew OF thlrty-four men and twelve cat
tlemen on board, has been given up for
lost,
THREE thousand unemployed men
marched into Toronto carrying black
flag with the inscription Work or
Bread
lr ia said that unheard-of crueties
are prcticed on the Jews in Russia by the
authorities, with the knowledge and con-
sent Of the ear.
TuE following cahlegram was received
from Chill IN New York Friday: Pisa
qua bombarded and burning. Blockade
ceased at Valparaiso -
TnE city of New Westminster, British
Columbia, was visited by a destructive
conflagration. The loss is estimated at
$500 000
FRoM Bulgaria comes the news that
padle~ski who murdered the Russian
General Seliverskoff in Paris, was deyour-
ed 10y wolves between Peillippopolis and
kazanlife.
A TERRIBLE storm has been raging on
the Schleswig coast The thawing snow
and ice along the Baltic are causing dis
aStrous floods, and the Revel and several
other exposed ports the situation ls ex-
ceedingly dangerous,
RuMoRs are current in regard to a
reasonable plot discovered in Sofia The
conspiracy is said 10 have for its object
the overthrow of Prince Ferdinand and
the members of his cabinet Several ar
rest have been made
ApECREE has been issued under the
authority otthe king of Italy forbidding
any one TO emigrate under the age of TWEEN
ty-fuur unless accompanied by the father
Of the emigrant This intended TO put an
end 10 the padrone traffic in children
MrssBs. DuloN and O'Brieu, landed
at Fakstoue, Eng. Thursday, from
France. and were Immediately arrested
by the police They will be taken TO Ire
land 60 serve t8e sentence OF six months,
pronounced against them last year for ai-
legged unlawful agitation OF the home rule
QUESTION
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-21
LATEST NEWS CONDENSED.
GENERAL NOTES.

BOYD BROTHERS, drygoods dealers Of
Toronto, have failed for 500, 900.
STocKs Of wheat in northwestern ele-
yatOrs at Chicago, are estimated at ~, 397 =
SS7 bushels
TnE house on Tuesday passed bill APP
propriati1g 10000 for Oregon exhibit
at the worlds fair.
janus REDPATH. the American Jour
nalist and Irish nationalist, died IN New
York Tuesday morning.
SEVERAL gambling houses at Ashland
were, Wednesday night, raided by the
police.
Thomas Lowry, Of Minnesota, is being
urged as a successor for the late Secretary
of the Treasury Window
The excitement over the gold discovery
at FIorissant, Colo, hes been greatly in
creased by an assay OF dirt showing a
yield Of 10000 ? ton.
Ar Cortlandt, n. Y. Ia. Congressman
X. II Duell died Wednesday, aged sixty
six years.
TnE obituaries Of General Sherman in
the London newspapers are highly euo-
CYSTIC
The Sioux chiefs,who are now east visit
ed their children al the Indian school at
Carlisle, Pa, Sunday
THE Missouri court of appeals has decid-
ed that clubs cannot sell liquor without a
dramshop license.
CufcAGo, st. Louis and New York cap.
itaIists have organized company with
$4,000 900 capital to control the San
Miguel mining claims.
Ar Sacramento, Cal, on Tuesday the
house passed bill appropriatng 5000 coo
for the California exhibit at the world s
fair by a vote Of as TO o.
A BLIZZARD and snowstorm is forcing
the suspension of traffic in South Dakota
Iowa and Minnesota.
JAcoB NEssIY MCCULLoU0H, vice
president Of the Pennsylvania railroad,
died yesterday at Pittsburg, leaving an es-
tate wcrth $4,000 900.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-21
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

IuE old Case wagon company $ build
ing and contents we're destroyed 10y fire
Monday morning 40 Wouewoc.
Two brakemeu were killed by an acct.
dent on the Wabash, near ST. Louis, Mo,
Tuesday
Az old q. A. Il. man named Herman,
living ON "a homestead twenty miles from
Houghton, Mich. wds found nAEen 10
death In his cabin Tuesday night twas
not known how long he was dead
FouG men were killed and several
severely injured los an explosion i'm a
mine near Scotugde. Pa, Monday morn
ing.
Tpr eastern wing Of &C. Marys Hos
pital at Rochester, y y, was burned
Sunday night Tine 25o patients were
safely removed, but enc of the trvlleu was
killed The loss ls $4,000
Iris reported that large iron steamer.
while being towea from Jersey City, tip
ped ever onto the Jugs .ud sunk them.
Ten men ana reported drowned
Gur north bound passenger train On fine
Burlington Cedar Blpias ~ Northern was
dcutiled urar Budam, iowa, Monday
afternoon Three cars went down the
tlsr Thursday morning III the business
portion ot Aurora, lIl caused damage to
The extent u $4,000.
joins IaERNta. until recently south
side saloonkreper IL Chicago was accident.
any shot ana instantly killed by Mieme!
Cashin Tuesday morning
An Nahonine City, Pa, Tuesday morn
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-21
roLsror AND AGRrcuLrURE.

The doctrines Of Tolstoi are undoubted.
ly making an impression upon the popular
thought. The later books Of this almost
unique thinker have repched an enormous
circulation in all civilized countries, and
it would be strange if they failed to make
many converts to the Tolstoian theories.
Ons Of the oulcomcs Of the Russians rea-
souing about the vanity Of earthly great
ness and the perniciousness of what we call
civilization, is the belief that every able
bodied man should labor with bis own
hands. and IN the sweat Of his brow to
produce his own living direc, from the
soil Tolstoi dignifcs aRricul above
al other means Of getting living, and
would have the artificial employments
abandoned Bach 20 the land is the
cry Of his followers Accordingly the
count himself goes daily to the fields and
works with the peasants holding the plough
aud welding the hoe and the hayfork, If
lolstian ideas continue to gain ground we
may hope to sec agriculture looked upon
with more favor, and the unhealthy rush
to the cities in measure checked Per
haps Tolstoi disciples may yet solve the
problem Of New England deserted farms;
who knows?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-21
TRUE GALIANrRY.
As displayed by a nashfuI cowb,

At party given in st. Louis recently
was bashful COWBOY, who had mol been
in civilized society for several years. He
was a good-locking fellow and one of the
young ladies present kindly took an inter
est in him and tried to make him feel az
ease. He fell desperately in love at once,
and the hostess. noticing this, encouraged
him all she could.
In leaving the house the young lady
who hid taken a friendly interest in the
cowboy forgot her oyershoes, and the
hostess told the young Iochiuyar from The
plains that he might return them 70 the
girl if be wished The herder Ieaped az
the chance, an presented himself IN dine
time ut the Young lady house
Size was surprised to see him, but greet
ed him cordially.
"Iou forgot your oyershoes last night,
said he 3wGwrdIy, handing her the pack
age.
She thanked him, and opened it. why
there only enc oyarshoe hercl' "" e1-
claimed
Yes Miss. said the blushing viz
quero, earnestly. In bring round the
other one tomorrow, and only wish, miss,
tEat you were Cenrpede -Arg9naut
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-21
Napoieon's Attitude toward Kings


Napoleon was on his way to the Erfurt
conference and directed all the details of
a splendid occasion Talleyrand quotes
from Nap0ieon's conversation with M. de
Remusat
lit strikes ine, he said 1--WE have very
grand names; | must have some; the truth
is that they alone can make good figure
at court. IN justice to tire French nobil-
lty, we must allow that it is admirable for
that.
Sire, you have NJ. de Montesquieu.
"Good!"
Prince Sapieha."
mot badr'
81 think two will be sufficient. The
journey being short one, your majesty
can always have them in attendance
Quite so. And now. Remusat, | must
have one performance every day. Send for
Dazincourtj he is the manager; is he
notP'
He is. Sire"
Il want to astonish Germany with my
magnifcence.
1T is, no doubt your majesty's inten-
ton to invite few great personages to
Erfurt; and time presses
"Oue Of Eugene's aides-de-camp starts
this very day, replied the emperor. I'VE
might let him know the proper thing TO
hint to his father-in-law lthe king of Ba-
yarial; and if one of the kings come, they
will all want to come. Then again he
added, no, we must not make use Of
Eugene for that; Eugene is not clever
enough, for what want but he is not good
at limiting Talleyrand is better; the
more so and here he laughed as he
will pose as my critic and declare that |
shall feel gratided by the kings coming.
Ii will be my business, afterwards, to
show that was absolutely Indifferent in
the matter, and then they were really more
in nv way than otherwise.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-21

ported back, with recommendations,
the bill abolishing the state board Of char
| tiles and reform and state board Of super.
visions and create the state board of con-
| troll. Gov Peck announced the appoint
nent of Michael Kerwin, Of Manitowoc:
Dennis ] Gardner. Of Plattey!ie. and Ira
A. HILL OF Sparta, members Of the state
board Of normal school regents. The ap-
pointments were conhrmeG
Assembly The bill per, hitting sheriffs
to offer rewards in cases of horse-steal-
ing was indednitell postponed; also the
bill Incorporating the city Of Phillips
Bills we're introduced aplropriating 81,
900 annually for the care. maintainence
and improvement Of the Wisconsin rife
range; authorizing the commissioners Of
public land to loan the S ate Agricultural
society $50, 900 at 4 per emit for the pur-
chase Of land and the construction Of
buildings for state fair purposes: appro-
priating TO Mrs Louise Melvin, Of Shaw
ano. $1,000 damages for killing IF her
husband BY the explosion Of a cannon in
the city of Madison limiting the time
that a supervisor Of county may draw
pay to fifteen days each year, except when
they are serving on committees, prohibit
ing non resident armed or unarmed men
from doing police duty in the state. and 20
prevent the smoking IF opium Another
bill came IN exempting sheritfs aud their
deputies from liability ia serving process
in good faith in civil cases. H. does not
etfec, their liability in criminal proceed
ings where the officers act frauduiently or
in bad faith: still another amends the law
in relation to peddlers license. Il requires
iteDerant peddlers or merchants 10 pay
license and when they become permanent
residents of the state such license 20 be re-
funded
FRIDAY, FEB. l3
Scnate-A resolution was introduced
calling on ex Treasurers Harshag and Nc
Fetridge fora statement of the interest
they are alleged to have receive on state
funds during their respective term Of Of
fee
Bills were introduced providing that
ballots shall be placed in the custody Of
the county judge removing the clause
which prevents the society from receiving
money from the state when liquor is sold
on the ground, and permitting persons
who have studied law five years 70 be adj
mitted to practice without examination
ASSemBiy.-Bills were introduced fixing
the pay for the publication of laws by
newspapers at $50; placing $50 Of the
amount collected for saloon license to the
credit of the general fund of the county
in which collected; providing for regis
tratiOn Of births, marriages and deaths by
assessors fixing the time at ten years in
stead of I'VE when county seat can be
changed by a vote of the people; prohibit
ing assessors from acting as agents or
solicitors OF insurance companies; en-
abiing members of church corporations to
organize insurance companies for the
purpose Of insnring church pr0persv