The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-05-13
Editorial and Otherwise.


Small pox in its worst form has appeared in
Chicago.
Mouse color is popular for ladies' gloves and
hats now.
Nearly 10000 feet of gas is yielded from one
ton of coal.
Fine stone coal hiA been discovered in Win.
ston county.
A kind word will go farther and strike harder
than cannon ball.
Wisconsin and Michigan Democracy are en-
thusiastic for Cleveland.
During last year 500 girls were graduated
from the Boston cooking schools.
More than six thousand men are now employ
ed on the Worlds Fair buildings.
The President has signed the Chinese excu-
sion bill. 1t is now the law of the land.
Senator Walthall voted for the Chinese cx-
clusion bill and Senator George voted against
it.
All public Schools in this State will hercaf-
ter be required to teach the history of Missis
sippi.
Representative Enloe called Commissioner
Raum liar the other day and ran him out of
the room.
One-half of the total wealth of the nation is
represented by the United States, Great Brit
ain and France.
BY recent act of Congress Mexican war
veterans are allowed a pension of $l2 instead
of SIS per month.
The State Liquor Dealers Association just
organized at Vicksburg is preparing to test
the dram shop law.
OF twenty-five applicants for first grade
teachers certificates in Clarke county, eight
passed the examination.
Miss Emma Morris has been oppointed post
mistress at the fourth-class postoice of ltta
Bend, Lchore county, Miss.
The Board of Supervisors of Yallabusha
county, at its April meeting, passed an order
to tax all dogs over one in each family.
The Meridian Daily Tribune has enlarged to
an eight page paper, and is now one of the
neatcst and most sprghtly newspapers in the
State.
The extensive steam saw and planning mills
of Mr.. II. Lienhard at Handsboro, we're COM
pletely consumed by fire last week. The loss
is between $25, 900 and $50 900, insurance about
$4,000.
Mr.. f. A. Bourgeois has been appointed
postmaster at the fourth-class postofiice, Of
Nicholson, Hancock county, Miss, vice NJ. +
Seal, removed.
The Third party movement is denominatcd
"a Republican aid society" by the Memphis
Commercial. 1t is called down here Repub-
lican "cakc-walk."
Gov. Boies is being doomed in the North
west for the first place on the National Demo
cratic ticket. lie would fill either place ac
ceptably to the people of the nation
MIR. William Astor did nothing particular il
life except to pile up money. He has beer
credited with an enormous number of millions
but well posted writer claims that the cstat
will not pan out more than S3O,OOO,OOO.
The State privilege taxes on all occupations
professions and callings are now due, and
not promptly paid to the sheriff the grand jur.
will attend to their cases at the June term o
the Circuit Court. Take due notice, and ac
: accordingly.
Under the new code, counties having owe
thirty thousand inhabitants can borrow none
on loan warrants to pay current expenses
other than judiciary expenses, and must lev
tax sufficient to pay all such warrants b.
January lst, following.
The rain-makers have been at work again i
Texas, and in an hour after using larg
amount Of explosives not cloud was seer
Those who formerly were firm believers in tn
. rain, now believe it is a humbug.
Mr.. J. A. Myer, of the Paulding Review, ha
J.. bought the Raleigh Defense, and will herea
= ter publish both papers weekly. Look on
Bro. Myer that you don't "over crop" YOU
self. One weekly newspaper is about as muc
as the average "rural rooster" can successful
I ly manage.
/ A citizen of this county and reader of Il
DEMocRAr-SrAR from his boyhood, now
grown man, is in Alabama, and writes us
send him the paper, as he says: at seems
me like am out of the world when can't g
the DEMoCRAT-STAR to read" Some poop
appreciate their home paper.
l Chicago is making strenuous efforts to i
duce Congress to appropriate the $5,o0O,O0O
aid the Worlds Fair. A strong lobby is
Washington advocating the measure, but NJ
Holman has ono eye on the bill while he kee
the other on the treasury, and the prospec
of the appropriation being made are not ve
hattering.
The editor of the Night Hawk, published
Oxford, Ala, makes the following statemc
of his personal and political characteristic
"We are the best bow-legged, box-ankled, pi
eon-toed, slough-footcd, spindle -shankt
whopper-jawed, crossed-eyed, freckle-fac
red-headed, crooked d-nosed, Aop-eared, tobacc
N chawing cuss of Democrat in this wh'
country. We are for Cleveland, Jones, l.
II Grant, All Truitt and Ed Caldwell, and
don't care durn who knows it."
Under the present law no person can reg
! ter who has not paid all taxes legally reqnil
Of him on or before Feb. |, 1890 and 1891.
persons to be entitled to register must be a
to read and write, and to read any section
the new Constitution Of this State, or und
stand any section Of the Constitution WI
read to him, or give reasonable interpre
ton thereof. All persons presenting the
/, selves for registration must satisfy the Reg