The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-02-17
Editorial and Otherwise

she leads in family prayer.
Why is Bicketts applying for an increase Of
pension He says the agent pulled his leg so
hard that 1t has lamed him for life.
Judge Allen, elected United States Senator
for Nebraska, in an interview, intimated that
he would vote with the Democrats.
Texas editor demands a law compelling
actors to wear their clothes on the stage. Send
q ballet troupe out there and silence that man.
If Queen Liliuokalani had married some
good Western man like Peter Jackson, she
might have knocked that revolution over the
ropes.
Miss Theresa Katz and Mr.. NJ. A. Grief
were married at West Point, Miss, on the Gath
ult., and thus the West Point Katz came to
grief.
The Cleveland Progress says that the people
are apt to forget two Of the most important du-
ties of lfe--praying to the Lord and paying to
editor.
1t is not generally known that son of Pres.
iucHt lNItT Will Do VI tuC heAs
Congress. He will represent the second vir-
ginia district.
"Now is the time to twist the tail Of the
British lion," says the Brooklyn Standald-
Union. Yes just as the Republican party is
going out Of power
General Green Clay Smith in letter from
Washingto to the Kentucky Advocate says the
soldiers of the civil war are dying at the rate
of % 900 per yeer.
Several white men have been convicted at
New Albany, in this State, Of "white capism,"
and will likely serve a term in the penitentiary
for their msdeeds.
There has been such fatality among the
great men Of the nation this winter that 1t
| must make those that are left, if there are any,
| feel rather nervous.
On the first Tuesday in May the I. o. o. +.
throughout the State will have grand parade
in the city Of Jackson, in which seven hundred
members are expected to participate.
Editor Watterson's paper says that the man
who would sneak up the backstairs and drink
| his whisky from flask while the editor is
writing dry editorials in the sanctum, de.
serves the contempt Of mankind.
The Queen of the Sandwich Islands has
something of name herself, but it is short
and sweet in comparison with that Of hel
daughter, the Princess Victoria kaweklu Kai'
ulsn Lunnaillo Observation-Disclosures.
Here is chunk of philosophy from the per
Of Georgia editor "Start newspaper in q
wilderness and a town will come to it. After
the town gets there, its first business is to kill
to paper and fight over the editors funeral ex-
penses."
A French doctor recently celerated his ont
hundredth birthday anniversary and the fac
was commented upon that among the large
number present who had been his patients nj
one was over so years old, and more of them
were much younger.
This is the way tired Georgia editor puts
it: ave are plum worn out with these people
A man gave us hen for one years subscrip
ton. The hen proved To be good layer, ant
now--hanged if he amt suin' us for the eggs
on the ground that they were not in the bill
of sale ~
All the leading nations Of Europe, excep
Great Britain, have protective tariffs. Grea
Britain has tariff for revenue, which yield
about twenty thousand pounds, or hundre'
millions of dollars. Wages are much highe
in Great Britain than in any protective coun
try in Europe.
Lorrin A.. Thurston, chairman of the com
mission appointed to come to Washington an
ask for the annexation of Hawaii, is the lead
ing lawyer of Honolulu, and was Premier i
the first revolutionary Cabinet in 1888. II
was born in Hawaii, which his parents, Ameri
cans, visited as missionaries.
Here is the country editor who tells th
truth and nothing but the truth "There
I more joy over one sinner who pays in advanc
and abuses the editor on every occasion tha
over ninety and nine righteous men who Dor
d row the paper and sing its praises withou
contributing a cent to keep it out of the poe
house,"
!. Postage stamps were introduced into thi
country in lsi5 by the postmagters Of s.
Louis and New York. The United Statds di
: not adopt them until ls47, the issues of tn
two cities having been experimentally p,
forth by the postmasters. st. Louis was II
first place in this country to use the adhesiv
stamp.
, On the Sth inst. the electoral vote Of II
United States was counted, the two houses
Congress meeting in joint session for tn,
purpose. After the last certificate had bee
read and footed up, the vice-President d
clared that. Grover Cleveland, of New Yor
and Adlai E. Stevenson had been elected Pre-
ident and Vice President, respectively, for II
, term of four years, beginning March 4, 1898.
.el A st. Louis woman has lately perfected
: singular invention. She has applied for
Q patent to cover the process of making "swe
potato four" The processes are those
peelng the potato and kiln drying tho peel
that it will keep for any length Of time as
!. food for live stock Of grinding and drying u
potato into three distinct grades Of -four, III
also Of slicing and drying II in the form
"Saratoga chips"
Superintendent Chas. Marshall Is putting
order the great l.. / N. railroad bridge at B'
81. Louis, and the Gulf Coast Progress TIL
how thoroughly be is doing the work ~ f
= lows "Every piece Of pling supporting 4
bridge ia being incssed in sewer pipes, whi
Is soldered together. Sand is then put into I
IS casing until the same is filled. An ext
y heavy bolster is being placed beneath I
" present timbcrs which support the cross III
Between the cross ties will be Aoored 4
u gravel will be placed thereon, this latter st
being taken a. precaution against 6re. 7
nost nj the vork involves the expendituro