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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03
Southern Forests Disappearing.

Charles Moln, Of The United
States forestry bureau, writes in
the Engineering Magazine: The
facts disclosed by the investigation
OF our southern pine iorest-, and
the Management Of their timber
resources, eahnot Lul lead 10 the
conviction tha, we have already
entered upon an era involving
their complete extinction. Stu.
pendous as these II sources appear,
any doub, about their depletion in
a comparatively brief period will
he removed ii, on The other hand,
those figures are cOnSilered,which
relate to The ever-lnrreasing draft
on The forests. No one is more
aware Of The Inevitable result Of
the present treatment of the for
ersls Than those actively engaged
in reaping The harvest Of timeber.
to matu which nature required
centuries Of time. There Is no
need TO dwell here on The calami-
ties winch would follow the eX.
linction of the industrial AMI COM
merclal interests connected with
The forests, upon which 50 many
thousands of people are dependent
for their existence, or to contem
plate the evil consequences Of the
destruction of the high forest. over
large areas. in affecting existing
conditions Of climate and soil.
These themes have become trulsmS
which in our day can escape 10
one taking an acllve interest IN af'
fairs affecting our material wei
fare. Still, with all the light af.
forded by science AMI the teach.
ings of national economy, there
exists "A popular disregard to mat.
tprs pertaining to forestry, and
lutle Roadway has been made in
the attempt, through State action
or otherwise, 10 secure 10 posteri-
~ some OF the advantages IF the
forest wealth now enjoyed in this
country and considered so indis
pensable TO our proSperiiy.'
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03
A FRENCH INCIDENT.

J There are no people like the
! French. The clearest r%easoners.
they are the most volative people
in The world. AT one lime crazy
for Independence, at another bow
ing down before soae name des-
pot. Lovers of law to-day. It's as
sassins tomorrow. In literature.
behold the same extremes. Mark.
ed simplicity and innocence walk
hand in baud with advertised vice
and immortality. The statesmen
Of France are continually going
out and fsA,ing opera boz fife duels
with each other. Her whole life
seems a, vast aud uninlelligible
paradox.
But TO our bone. Several years
AGO the celebrated French aslron-
omer and mistic, Camille Flam-
marion, was a guest al the country
seat OF a Russian countess, whose
husband was a French official. She
was much impressed with his
scientific theory about the inhabit
ability of other worlds, and he
was much impressed with the
beauty of her shoulders. With the
Iranknes> of Il sentimental French
man he gave expression to his adj
miration.
Several years passed and he had
almost forgotten his charming
hostess in The chateau among the
mountains OF the Jnra, when a
package came TO his observatory
containing a large piece of beauti-
fully white skin, thick and cold.
With it was the following letter:
Dear SRI hereby carry ont the
dying wish Of woman who
strangely liked YOU. She made
me swear to send you, the day ful.
lowing her death, the skin from
those beautiful shoulders winch
you 50 much admired the eve
ming you were bidding her fare
well. Her desire is that you have
bound in this skin the first copy Of
the first work that you shall have
publ he'd after her death. | for
ward yoii, my dear sir this legacy,
as | had vowed to do.
The letter bore the signature of
a wcll-known physician. FAM
MARION was somewhat startled at
the reception OF this strange lega-
cy, but he sent it to a tanner, who
worked on it for several weeks.
and made of il a beautiful leather
With il he had his last book.
Earth and Heaven" bound, and
on it he had stamped in gold let,
tiers, Souvenir d'Uue Morle.'
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03
CHE Remur STA,
Gen. Forests Bill Of Far.

Capt. James Dinkins. assist.
GENERAL Passenger agent If II,',l
llnois Central railroad, is , '"e Il,
admirer OF The late General IRA
Forrest, and thinks that h; S.b'
does mol furnish his eoual N
cavalry commander. He Was s,,a
F"rre>l much during the war WI" !
never tires OF telling of the G.,""""au
ais successful exploits aaairs, u.
enemy. says the Memphis. oom~s
mercidl. 0om'
Speaking of General Forr.., ,
said Capt. Dinkins to an old ,ah',
c onrade the other day, .',lil ,'a
ever hear the story Of the l' 'Sa
who interviewed HIM in New Yo'l.
after The war? NO2 "A
General FOrres, was alwavs ,
early riser, and on this occa,i" ~"
had gotten up, put on his s,.a,
ard trousers and was s,llinc %
the side Of the bel. While sit;na
on The bed thinking over his b'aS
ness matters. The door was .n%
denly opened by a typical Ma,
England old maid. She had ON y
close fitting jacket and wore a Sun
b"nn.t, waS%ery tall and slpnde,
with the corners of her month
drawn down, and very small ,blarg
eyes. She held the door Omen
fearing, no doubt, some harm
might ccme TO her.
"She asked: is this the rehsl
General. Forrestg
"The General answered, .Yes
my name is Forrest
"'Well.' she SAID, 4 am Going i,
ask you a question, and | want The
truth. 60 not want any evasion
| want TO know if |, is true as Stat.
cd, that yon killed all the loo,
colored people At Fort Pillow. /
want 10 know right this minnle'
Yes said General Folresl. 4
killed all the men and women and
ate the babies tor breakfast
The oil maid fed. giving scream
after scream until she reached N,
street. The people N the hole
rushed to The Generals rooms t,
ascertain the cause, and found hin
and Captain Forrest in conyu!
s!ons OF laughter.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

Could you give me something to
ca, ma'am y asked a tramp at a
house on Lafayette avenue.
"No,' answered the woman. at
the door, curly, "we've nothing
Tor ,ramps."
THANK You, ma'am.' and he
turned mcekly away. drawing The
skirt Of wrelched coat about
him to ke' out Tie cold, binding
storm.
Il might give you some old
clothes il you will wait until ! ca,
pick them ont" said The woman,
moved bclhe appearance of the
forlorn figure.
He waited outside with the ther-
mometer near zero, waited a long
time and whislled fannie Laurie
for company.
Then The woman Of the house
returned, opened the door a crack,
and handed him out a linen dusler
and a straw hat.
Thank you, ma'am,' said lhe
tramp gratefully ",here's is JUL
one thing more"
I'VE haven't any drinking va
ter; the pipes are irozen," she IN
terrupted.
s.No, ma'am, hut If | might make
so bold as to ask for an old f,n. Il
would 20 so beautifully with th'
suit of clrthes.'
But she said she drew the linz
at fans, aud shut the door in hi;
face.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03


AT the Worlds Fair next year a
Pennsylvania firm will exhibit a
map of the United States. ISx24
fee, made entirely OF pickles. veg.
etables, fruits, etc, preserved by
the company which makes The ex
hibit. The Stale lines will be az.
curalely shown, and the lakes and
rivers will be represented by vine.
gar. The larger cities will be rep
resented 10y pieces. The whole
will be covered by a single piece
Of plate glass, which is being rade
specially for the purpose. The
expense OF this interesting exhibit
Of the plckling and preserving IN
duslIy will be $4,000.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

There is a point near the famous
Stony cave, in the Catskill mo un.
fains, where Ice may be found on
any day in the year. This locality
is locally known as the Notch and
Is walled IN on all sides by steep
mount aims, some Of which are more
tina! 1900 feet high.-St. Louis Re.
public.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

Bananas are to become a useful
article TO manufacturers, says
Kate Fields Washington. Ont OF
them can be made not only a
bread flour, but also sausage and
beer, while the juice of the peel
contains a really indellible ink
and a superior article OF vinegar.
The fibre of the peel is TO be ulil.
lzed in making a cloth which is
said to have great strength and re-
mlrkable beauty.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

A Nebraska man advertised for
a wife. He said he wanted ga
Sourhern girl who would be vii.
ling to demonstrate her ability To
cook by preparing a meal in his
presence" A Texas girl answer
ed The adveltisemesi The adver.
liser came ON aud watched her
cooking dinner. When she had
finished they dined together and
were married Two hours afterward,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

Mamma-Dd yon and ElNe'
play church with your dolls! Ir
lie Dora-We tried TO, but We
codldu't cause we hadn't any Oy
for a preacher. We dressed W
Joh,my's jumping jack an !rlea -
him, hui he WINS a little loo llve9,
for a regular church, 10 we lurl'''
1t into a revival.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

Senator Hoar and the District of
Columbia co0ns are troubled, be.
cause The Paris. Texas monster
was denied the ordinary means
OF establishing his innocence. The
champions are worthy Of The
cause.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

The Aber leen Examiner gives
this advice TO the farmers: Put
IN an acre or two of Jerusalem ar.
tichokes this year for your hogs,
and let the hogs do the harvesting.
1t will prove The best investment
IN meat that yOn ever made"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

President Iinco|n's advice 10
his children: Don't drink, don't
smoke, don't use bad language,
don't gamble, don't lie, don't
cheat. Love your fellow man,
love truth, love virtue, and lie
happy"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

Mrs. S~lrongmind-l never cou ~
see any particular reason why y, u
Mis- .isSippi river should be ca' ,al
he father If waters. why ~,
the mother Of watersi M,s
S'rungmind's husband (ge.'las
near the door)-B Because my o so''
il hasn't the mouth of an Alna'''
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

Catherine de Medici always
wore a wide black skirt, a black
pointed bodice with wing sleeves,
a black collar, ruff shaped, and a
hood that came down III a point
over the forehead.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

The McGaraham clam is up
again in the Senate. The bill bear
ing the fortunes of this hope de-
ferred victim is 50 drawn as to
AVOID the objections under which
its predecessor was wrecked.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

Recent thorough tests have com.
plelely negatived The common
opinion that pine trees are damag.
ed and deteriOraied for lumber by
the extraction of the %turpentine.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

Lizard skins are now being used
for card cases. purses. pocket.
books, etc, and a man doesn't
Know at what time he may pull
one Of The creatures out OF his
pocket.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

As the winter cold subsidies
there are breakings out Of choler.
inc at Marseilles, Hamburg and
other European ports which augur
i'll for the ensuing warm season.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

A man in love with pretty IN sss
man doesn't love The gro'ina nth
walks on or where she w;''As'
The other fellow.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

A negro miner at Knob NOsa !
Mo-. Tell elchiy-iour iee' COZ. Ths
shaft, striking on his head a
force Of the conclusion broh ';o ID
shoulder, but his head sVs'''" :
only u scalp wound.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

If the devil can only show that
the preachers walk is not quite
as straight as il ought TO be. he
doesn't care how well he breaches.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

"The cheek Of Some people y
simply amazlng," said the young
mother.
"Whal is the trouble now y ASK
ed the caller.
"Ihat horrid newspaper ll'n
who lives across The street sel'
over this morning TO ask II no
could borrow the baby for two OF
three hours, as he had to get up
Baby Ruth poem for his pap'es,
and wanted to study the dialect
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

With all his lack of principle
and moral defects Gen. Ben i.
Auller Was man who was noted
for his brilliant repar'ee, and The
follow ing anecdole which was re-
lated at the time he was running
lnr the govcrnorship OF Massachu'
sets, is worth reproducing:
care yru a Republican, my
friend Z" said Gen. Butler to
man who interrupted one Of ti'
meetings when he was on lNe
stump by asking about those
spoons. :,
~ am proui 10. say that am
said the lnlerrupler. :,
"Well SCI was | when | s'oe
those spoons" said the general.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03

An Oregon hunter claims TO
have killed 100 elk during his life.
time.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-04-03

against the logged and disciplined
valor of British regulars-the soldiers
that could return to the charge for the
third time through that murderous fire
from the blazing breastworks Of
Bunker Hill? How was he to meet the
successive armies of Howe, of Clinton,
of Burgoyne, of Corvallis, which that
proud and ample navy landed upon our
devoted shores? 1t was herculean
task, and not another man but Wash
ington, in all America, could have per-
formed it. Greene could have come
nearest to it, but even his rare good
Judgment, caution and skill would have
fallen short somewhere in the long
trial. 1t is no wonder that the great
leader himself should have been re-
peatedly defeated; that his little army,
though full of courage and patriotism.
should have qua;led and retreated so
many times before such a foe. With all
our patriotic Fourth of July boasts and
exultation over the defeat of the Brit
ish fred coats" let us not forget what
soldiers those fred coats" were. Gates
would not have conquered at Saratoga
bIrRCyut llttSl uOu DCCA SOLlECACd W
rely upon Hessians and Indians.
Here and there in the conflict, as at
Trenton and Princeton, by his courage
and dash, Washington showed himself
the great soldier, ready to seize and ia
prove opportunities; but it was not in
such deeds as these, or in battle any
where, that his consnmmate leadership
was seen. Beyond his approved cour-
age, his ardent patriotism and rare good
Judgment, it was here, as everywhere,
by force of his moral greatness, his
greatness of character, that Washing
ton won. In the face of defeat and dis
aster, in the retreat through the Jer-
seys, in that rout on the banks of the
bloody Brandywine, in the terrible re-
pulse at Germantown and in the gloom
and despair of that dark winter at VAL
ley Forge, it was the unconquerable
will, the long enduring patience, the
serene faith of the great leader that
saved the cause. And it was for the
reason that the people saw all this that
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-04-03

A handsome gown, but very quaint
and old fashioned looking one, was OF
biscuit cashmere with three rows of
twisted taffeta silk around the bottom.
There was narrow belt and rosette of
the same, and very wide bretelles Of
the same changeable taffeta, giving the
shades of dull green and garnet. This
would look well in almost any of the
nonwashing goods. The gown buttons
in front or in the back, as is preferred.
There really is now the greatest lati-
tude for individual taste in the matter Of
trimming. Every one can have what
she likes. 1 believe that if one woman
were to sew a fringe of clam shells on
the bottom of her dress every one would
think it lovely, but every one will be
wearing lace of some kind in less than
six weeks from now, and that will, with
jet, be the leading garniture for all gar
ments, supplemented by ribbons.
n '2' = OLIVE HARPER.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-04-03
Althongh brave and gallant soldier

Although brave and gallant soldier
in his younger days, he had never COM
manded any large body of men, or an
army in the field. The difficulties OF
his position at the head of the revolu-
lionary army were formidable and
ipmense. He had no organized gov
irnment or nation behind him, but
Dnly a few scattered colonies, sparsely
populated, stretching along the At
tantic coast from Canada on the north
to the Gulf of Mexico on the south. He
had no army, even, worthy OF the
name; only a few thousand patriotic,
but hastily gathered, poorly equipped,
undisciplined militia. Without gov
eminent, without a treasury, without
money or military chest; without an
organized and disciplined army, but
with only a brave and patriotic people,
fred by oppression into revolt and re-
volution-with all these tremendous
difficulties, Washington entered upon
that momentous struggle with the
oldest, richest and most powerful gov
eminent in Europe-a government that
had stood for a thousand years; a gov
ernment with treasury filed by
tribute from the untold riches of India
and the commerce of the world; a gov
eminent with a standing army of
veterans, with a navy that had thun-
dered in power and victory on every
sea: a government which under the
genius of the elder Pitt had only
recently wrested the American con-
tinent itself from the power of
France on the Heights of Quebec
where. Wolfe met that death of glory.
1t was against such a power as this, 1
say, that this untried revolutionary
commander, with such scanty prepara-
ton and means, was to contend. What
could he do with his raw, undisciplined,
unpaid, ragged, barefooted levies
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-04-03
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
A Patriotic Tribute to the Nations
Greatest Hero.
His Name stands Unexcelled and Majestic
Among the Great Men of the Earth
Rare Blending of Moral and
intellectual Qualities.
Especial Letter. I

The fame OF George Washington, the
hero of the American revolution ana
the founder Of the American republic,
will never grow old or lose TIE fresh
ness of its immortal youth. "a ssae CON
trary, wide and great as il row Isl 1t -
likely to grow wider AMI greater still
as the fermenting and heaving political
forces OF our modern times enter uPoG
the death struggle with the ancient sys-
TENS of lzingcraft and tyranny which
yet bear rule in SO large a part Of the
civilized wos.ld. As nation after nation
follows our eX1mple-e.s France has al
ready SO conspicuously done-and cuts
loose from monarchy and hereditary
nobility, the splendid name Of the great
hero and leader whose sword won the
independence of his country, and whose
wisdom founded and cemented, more
than hundred years ago, the first great
republic since the disastrous fall of
Greece and Rome, will shine with
constantly increasing luster
When great man is sent into the
world to accomplish a great work he
does not usually come with crown and
scepter. or any of the outward symbols
of power. Only a very few really great
men of action in all the worlds history
have been born to hereditary thrones.
Alexander and Frederick and perhaps
Gustavus Adolphus and two or three
others of lesser note, would exhaust the
list. The Caesar, the Cromwells, the
Napoleons, the Washingtons were not
born to the purple. No thnnders OF ac-
clamation or of cannon proclaimed the
moment of their birth; no sounding
titles were showered upon their baby
heads; no happy, anxious peoples hung
over their royal cradles. But better
far than all these honors and trapplngs
which have been so often wasted upon
the worthless scions of monarchy, each
one of these came into the world with q
scepter of power, a wand of authority
in his little right hand whic the great
God had given him, and which, though
invisible then, was to rule over men
and nations with more than kingly
sway.
There is no need to recount in detail
the story OF Westinghouse life. The
American people and the lovers of lib
erty throughout the earth already
know it by heart. The broad outline.
from his birth in Westmoreland, Va,
on the 22d of February, 1882, to his
death at historic Mount Vernon on the
18th of December, 1899, shows the sue
cessive stages of its development; from
the truthful and manly boy to the
youthful surveyor and gallant militia
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-04-03

officer who saved Braddockis army
from humiliation on the banks of the
bloody Monongahela; the young Vir-
ginia planter and ardent patriot, mem
Der of the colonial house of burgesses
and of the Continental congress; the
commander in chief of the American
army and the victorious leader of the
revolution; the wise and sagacious
statesman and first president of the
new republic-the liberator, hero and
father of his country.
1t is a happy circumstance, as 1T
seems to me, that this typical and
greatest American hero should come
from the best, unmixed, unpolluted
English and American stock. While
many of the leading generals of the
revolution were foreigners, like Lafay-
cite, De Kalb, Steuben and Kosiusco,
and others unacclimated Englishmen,
like Gates and Charles Lee, Washington
could trace his lineage back through
many centuries to the best Saxon and
Norman blood and through three gen
erations of like inheritance on this side
of the Atlantic. No American has ever
had better representative stock and
ancestry; coming from that solid mid
die class of landed gentry and proprie-
tors-the classes that produced Hamp-
den and Cromwell, and which has been
the bu1wark of English liberty for a
thousand years. With such an ances-
try behind him, and such interests CEN
tered in the sod of his native land, he
was a man fitted to step forward in de-
tense of the liberties of the colonies
against the oppression of the mother
country.
With his appointment to the city
command of the continental forces,
June 5, 1775, at the age of 43, the great
public career of Washington COM
menced So long had Providence been
holding him in reserve for this supreme
hourl The mighty seven years struggle
that followed was the fiery furnace in
which his character was tried and out
of which it came without tarnish or
alloy-the whitest, purest and brightest
in history. 1t is not claimed that
Washington was q great military
genius like Frederick or Napoleon.
He won in the great struggle not by
mastery strategy in his campaigns, or
by brilliant tactics in his battles. But
if he did not win many great victories,
like Leuthen or Austerlitz, he suffered
no great and crushing defeats like
Waterloo, and success at last approved
his generalship and crowned him with
never dying honor. He must be judged
here by the results So
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-04-03
Naw Yorlz,s Fifth Avenue.

An English resident in New York an
nounces his intention to write PAM
phlet on Fifth avenue. After a study OF
great cities in all parts of the world he
says that Fifth avenue is the only street
on earth that is representative of all a
great city's varied interests. Some
streets in foreign cities have handsome
private dwellings, beautiful clubhouses
and snowy retail shops, but none has all
these, together with churches, great
hotels, large retail houses and splendid
parks. No other that can show half Of
these things is one-third as long as Fifth
avenue The Englishman's only sorrow
is that his favorite thoroughfare has nc
theater, but he looks for that to come il
time.-NeW York Sun.