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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-08-04
Sixty Years Of Married Life.
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.

ASlSkThUu.
A year ago last spring Mrs. Henry
Is. Shetland, OF Gibson township, Sus-
%quehanna county, said to her hus.
band: "Henry, we ought to plant
some flax this year." The aged farmer
hadn't raised a cropof flax in thirty
nine years, so he asked What for,
Elizabeth ?" swell, you know, Hen
ry," replied the good old wife, III we
live till a year from June we'll have
been married sixty years, and !
though 1t would be nice to give a par
ty and receive our guests In the same
Kind OF clothing we wore when we
stood up to be married down in Con-
necticut in 1888. We've got all the
old fax tools stored away, and If you
will raise some fax, Henry, III spin
and weave it and make a nice home
made suit for each of u.s."
Farmer Shetland was eighty-six and
his wife eighty at the time. Both
were rugged and healthy, and when
the old farmer had thought the mat
ter over for a moment, he exclaimed
"By George, Elizabeth, I'll dc itm
A few days aftcrward the old farm
er prepared a piece Of rich ground
back Of the barn and sowed a batch
OF fax, The aged couple watched It's
growth every day with anxiety. The
crop was excellent, and when it got
ripe in the fall Farmer Shetland
gathered 1t, beat the seeds from the
tops, and spread the straw on the
grass to rot. In November he tied it
up in bundles and packed it away in
the barn.
On a beautiful sap morning in
March Farmer Shetland brought out
the flax and stood it up along the
south side OF the barn. The wind
was In the north, and, in a day or so,
the flax was dry as bone. Then the old
farmer broke it, swingled it and turn
cd 1t over to his aged wife, who i'm
mediately tied up her head, shut her.
self in the kitchen and hctchelled the
flax till all the tow was separated
from II. The next day she got the
Old spinning wheel from the garrett,
oiled it up and began to make it buzz
unsteady. Farmer Shetland came in
smiling and happp while his wife was
spinning.
sd rather hear that wheel than a
piano, Elizabeth" he said. ut is
like old times"
$50 1t does, Henry ; but l can't
make the wheel 60 as fast as l used
TO-"
In a few days the old lady had spun
all the flax and reeled it into skcins.
The next thing she did was to boil
the skeins in a weak I've of wood ashes
to bleach the yarn, and when that
was done Farmer Shetland rlnsed the
skeins in the brook till all the I've was
out. Mrs. Shetland began ut once to
weave the yarn in the old loom, and
by the first of June she had woven it
into cloth.
Within three weeks the old lady
cut and made a frock and apron for
herself and a whole suit for her hus-
band, and on June Goth the aged
couple, dressed in their homespun
linen garments, celebrated the sixth
eth anniversary of their marriage
In a company Of three score relatives
and friends.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-08-04

Why don't chickens and birds blow
of the roost? Because, says the
Globe Democrat, the mechanism Il
the leg and foot OF a chicken or other
bird that rOOsts on a limb is o mar
vel OF design. 1t often seems strange
that a bird will sit on,a roost and
sleep all night without falling of,
but the explanation is perfectly sim
pie. The tendon Of the leg Of the
bird that roost is 20 arranged that
when the legs are bent at the'knee
the claws are bound to contract, and
they hold with a sort Of death grip
the limb round which they arc placed.
Put a chickens feet on your wrist and
then make the bird sit down, and you
Will have a practical illustration on
your skin that you will remember for
some time. BY this singular arrange
ment, seen In only In such birds as
roOst, they will rest comfortably and
never think Of holding on, for It ia i'm
possible for thsm 10 let 20 till they
stand up.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-08-04

by referring to the monument Vi
the graphic arts we may find repre-
sensations OF basket cradles and alSo
of the little beds on rockers.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-08-04
Jenklnsyilc's Big Industry.

He was sitting on the stone door.
steps in front OF the e.hy store in
%Jenkinsyille, high NJ among. the
mountains Of East Tennessee. lie
looked up lazily through his long,
shaggy eye brOws as we approached.
W. said: Good morning, sir"
Eli, he replied. Then he leaned
back and yawned a long, laxy yawn,
and asked:
Live fur erbout we're 2"
We told him we did not. then add.
ed, This is Il very attractive place
you have here.
"W-a-a-l, yep. Hitaira purity squar
town, but mighty onenterprisin'.'
Indeed"
"Hain't no gumption nur pullin' t@
gether, begar."
"We should not have thought so.'
"Y-c-p. Mighty slow to pull TO-
gether and hep things on"
"Y0u don't say"
Yep; two years ago we started q
tan yard over yunder with fine pros.
prospects, but the folks 'uz old fOgy.
ish and wouldn't patronizc hit. Mex
we started up a skulc out hyar at
Blackgum ford, but nobody TUX no
intrust and ded hit went. This had
a mighty kerfumuxin' feet on the
c'munity, but after while We got up
kourage an put up a jestice court but
hit played, an hit gin to look like
Jenkinsvillc 'uz ded gone. But a fl'
Ter KEN up hvar from Knoxville an
opened up a chaingang an the thing
wuz 4 rattling success from the start.
Everybody most tucka hry interest IN
hit an hit got the full support OF tne
haul beat. Yes, strangers, the con-
vict camp lisa howlin' success, an hl'
air the redccmin' industry OF jenkins
ville."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-08-04

We cannot be right with ucd DO
long as we are wrong with men.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-08-04

Nothing will do more to improve
the look than sunshine in the heart.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-08-04
Ghe1emorra-S Star
WHERE rs HE'LL LOCATED.
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
The ancient philosophers were Of
the opinion that the internal regions
were at an equal distance away from
all parts OF the earth's surface, which
may be the foundation of the modern
idea OF hell being at the center of the
earth. The. ancient Jews also locat-
cd the place OF torment at the center
OF our little sphere.
According to them there were three
passages leading to it; the Wilder.
ness, by which route Dathan, Korah
Adrian descended; the sea, because
it Is written that Jonah cried out to
God In the belly Of hell; the third
passage is a Jerusalem, because, it is
said, THE fire Of the Lord is in Zion,
and his furnace is in jerusalem
Mohammed said that hell had seven
gates; the first for the Musselmen,
the second for the Christians, the
third for the Jews, the fourth for the
S%aoeaus, the fifth for the Magians
the sixth for the Pagans and the
seventh for the hypocrites Of all re-
ligions.
Winston, the English astronomer,
believed that hell is situated on a
comet, and that one moment the
damned will be in the b~listering
heat OF the sun, and the next in a
region OF terrible cold.
Among Christian sects there are
two co%ntrovcrted opinions in regards
TO he'll; one concerning its locality,
the other the duration of its tor
ments.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-08-04

DR.. Mary jacob Putnam has been
elected president of the neurological
section Of the New York Academy Of
Medicine, being the first woman ever
elected to the presidency of a section
OF that institution since its founda-
tion, twenty-six years ago.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-08-04

GLOW is it with you ?" asked the
editor of a subscriber who was dying
In arrears. "All looks bright before
me-" gaspcd the subscriber. 81
thought So" said the editor: "In
about ten minutes you'll sec the
blaze"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-08-04
The Sleeps opinion Of Dogs.

If the sheep could talk he would be
heard to say "My greatest enemy is
the dog-the worthless pet of the
white man, the negro and the Indian.
The dog is my greatest terror, yet |
am expected to grow wool on my back
and to give my body for food while
the good-tor-nothing dog, whom l de-
spise, is permitted to live in utter
%idleness, produce nothing for maj or
beast Ito lie up and sleep all day
then take advantage of the night to
disturb me in my peaceful and lauda-
relations and subject me to a death
that is the most ignOminious Of
all other deaths.
while despise the dog, and be-
lievc with all my heart that he should
be exterminated from the face of the
earth, Il have less respect for the
whitel?) nan who has the authority,
in his law-making capacity, to pro-
tect me from my enemy and refuses to
do it,"
Is II not time in this enlightened
age, that the cry of the sheep should
be heard? Is it not time that the in
nocent lamb should be nurtured and
protected that he may pursue his
laudable, ayocation without molesta-
ton? Is it not time that the people
should come to their senses and take
such action that would give the sheep
the greatest freedom without coming
in contact with the destroyer?
mississippi found a George to save
the State from negro supremacy, and
sOone or later we believe she will
raise up some spirit equal to the task
Of freeing the State from the curse
that is slowly but surely circumscrib-'
ing an industrysthat languishes for
the want of proper recognition.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-08-04


A 'goldbug' story comes from
Texas. A mar was sitting in a dark
room a few nights since when he was
attracted by the buZzing of a bug
which was of a bright gold color. The
story goes on to relate that he was "a
supcrstitious man," and taking the
appearance of the bug as a favorable
omen. he followed it out into the
night. 1t stopped directly over an
old well in a deserted field then the
mar went to digging, and presently
discovered a number of gold dollars
and some few silver coins, and return
cd home, blessing his good fortune
and-the goldbug.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-07
". Tool, the Long odds.

A horse owner at Clifton sent d
vo,,np stableman to Paterson the
otber dav to a doctor, as the young
ster had complained of feeling Ill
He told the lad to go to the first doc,
tors house on Church street ana nave
the bill charged up to him. The o9y DC, y
started out, and upon 1eachlng tne
TJ nbvsician's house read, "Ofioe hours
, to3" He did not go into the place,
although it was the physician VINO ta .
was friend of his employer ana ihe
n,ace M TO which he was sent, The laa
vent next door, saw the doctor ana
rotnrned mt to the track with pint
title of medicine. He happened tc
meet his boss in the betting ring anG
was asked, Did you see the doctor
told youa" ... door,
why WI so2" asked the horse owner
wei, when got to the house y1' y
smoke of, there was a board @ Out - ! -. =
B. and looking next door t1ere aront %oi !,
better odds at 10 to l. SO "en' =
there paterson Press.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-07
rittlstat Titmouse at Home.

Samuel Warren, the author OF
.0Ten Thousand a Year." desired to
be supposed to be always on the most
familiar terms with people of emil
nence. One day brother barrlster,
who knew this popularity of his,
called at his chambers, and In the
course of conversation Warren could
not help remarking that he was In
vited to dine with the lord chancellor
that evening. That's capital" " sad
his friend, "for 80 am l. So we shall
meet there" Warren looked little
nut out. But am sorry to say
am not able to go" he said. Really
| am sorry for that, and so will D'
the chancellor. I'll tell him how
sorry YOU are" After little more
talk the visitor rose to go, Don
trouble, said Warren, Ito say any
fling about me to his lordship to
night" 1T will be no trouble. lshal
only tell him how sorry you are
Whv notg" well, the fact is, sal'
Warren, with flush, II was not IN
vited." mo more, " replied the oth
er, with grin, was i."-Chlcag'
| POST
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-07
Bengalese superstitiOns.

Among the Bengalese it is said
that shouting the name Of the king
of birds (garunda) drives away
snakes. Shouting "Ram| RAM =
drives away ghosts. Cholera that
attacks on Monday or Saturday al
ways proves fatal. Cholera that at
tacks on Thursday never ends fatal
ly. The towering of the bamboo
means famine. In tanning II the
fan strike the body it should be In,
stantly knocked three times against
the ground. When giving aims, the
giver and receiver should both be OF
the same side of the threshold. 1t II
bad to pick ones teeth with the nails
If a snake be killed, it should imme
diately be burned, for all serpent'
that are so unwise as to permit o
having their lives taken are inhaoit
ed bv the souls of Brahmins, which
hone thus to escape and work mis-
chief The words snake" and n
Ger" should never be used after night
Fall Call them "creepers" and lin
sects" Never awaken a sleeping
physician. Morning dreams AWAY
come true.-Exchange.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-07
DEATH SIGNS.
Some Tests For Proving That Life Ha,
Gone Ont of tho Rodv

Some Tests For Proving That Life Has
Gone Out OF the Body.
1t has always been the aim of med
ical science to prove with absolute
certainty the existence of DEATH and
now that cremation is gaining large
numbers of advocates medical re-
searches and experiments in that di-
rection are more important than
ever.
The Lancet published recently Gn
account of experiments made by Ed
ward Harvard, who in some cases ap.
piled not less than 10 different tests.
Among these eight denoted that
death had actually set in, while two
spoke against the supposition that
life was extinct.
Among the positive evidences ad-
duced by the tests applied by Haw-
ard were total absence of heart
throbs, total absence of respiration,
uniformity of temperature of the
body and the surrounding atmos
phere, noncontraction of the muscles
and the muscle groups under the
electric current, appearance of brown
spots after subcutaneous injection OF
ammonia, rigidity, etc. The mega
tive results obtained by Harvard
were the fluid condition Of the blood
upon opening the artery, but as in
abnormal cases the blood does not
CONCEAL after death sets in this test
cannot be regarded as a reliable one.
OF greater importance was the alb
sence of another sign to which many
attach much significance, which il
that when the fingers of corpse are
held against an intense stream Of
hght, and one looks through the
space between two fingers pressed to
gether, a red line will be noticed IL
life, which is not the case in death
| In the case described by Harvard
however, this line was still visible
although death was incontestable
decomposition having begun. In an
other case this line was absent while
the lady was yet alive. Haward'
experiments demonstrate that tn
condition of the blood and the ab
sence of the red line are not Away
reliable death signs. While congealet
blood always denotes the existenc
of death, fluid blood does not alway
indicate that life is not yet extinct
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-07
Fruit as Medicine.

A specialist in skin diseases is author
ity for the following statements: "Pim-
pies, eruptions and similar skin diseases
of the face that are not hereditary may.
be cured in very short time by diet OF
laxative foods, varied according to the
season. l advise ornamenting the table
at each meal with whatever fruit is sea-
sonable and allowing the Individual to
be helped whenever and as often as he or
she may please. This serving the fruit
course at the end of the meal, when the
appetite is appeasel to repletion, is a
great mistake.
IF feel like eating an orange or a
handful of dates, l do so, whether the
soup has been served or not When the
dessert comes on, the chances are even
that won't want any. That's my gain
not loss, for if l hadn't eaten the fruit
7 should have taken dish Of ice cream
which little more than cools the mouth
and / would have had no room for the
wholesome orange or apple. Chicken
salads and patties. cheese, pastry and
number of other popular and indigesti
BILE dishes should have their turn at thu
end of the meal. The nearer the begin
ming such things as fresh, ripe berries
Juicy tropical fruits, asparagus caoli
flower, onions, beets, mutton, rare Julc!
beef, spinach, lettuce, squash and stewe'
seed fruits, such as figs, plums, prune
and cranberries, are served the better.
Detroit Free Press.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-07

General Manager Horace Young OF
the Delaware and Hudson railroad
said. II know ofan instance where a
tt,a Geographic order was received by the the
o,erator at a station directing a train
70 stop over at a certain point. The
telegram was handed to the CONDUCT, ,S1 :.
or Of the train, and he gave 1t to the
oH engineer 81 The latter stuck aoItotiv. it in a
hole in the lever of his locomotive,
60 that when he had his hand upon
fT fTe lever the telegram was in his
Grasp, and yet the order was diso, dis
Seyed' Beyed by him, the station was passed ,sssS
viii witbout a stop, and not until a crash ,ri
with a freight train came did either ne
the conductor, the engineer OF tnt ~,
tne Sronen, who were all cognizant o.
tne order. remember the telegram
New York Mail and Express
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-07

Wa have heard of captains majors
oo,onels, Judges, professors, ETC., un, =
tH' IL the whole thing has beeome no q
W Nuisance and almostintoleraOle, 0ou for m
Iet rs stop this nonsense ana 1Iy1 say ,,dep iOr
Il let t;uaa y" nIain mister" When mel. men
sane rnno once filed an Office, it IS .sS cour. as
nav hav9 10 continue to address them 4iii,ar. as
SeSy Os,cybOfor :. instance, Judge WalEer' Hen,
SUE SOinrel Bowies, Colonel KING ZAP "a
G lin Can't, Captain Rumoley' .;t1e. GtT,
s S,,t do let us cease to give tness snss w.
~ o1 men who never held the oliiU01 n,% :,
.t,.nnger 70 nv would think they now .;n ~
sIra oa sIled. We do not know va q u" =,
one on nan in Evergreen who mas, So, =,
glo son' r Of either present or pas. pIS ser .
reasO ioa apv claim to be addresseu address oD, =
lceSI otassor. $50 only two as captain iAis Ia
PsO' pr" as colonel. Evergreen 'A'"'
| Cfar
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-07
A ZINC LINED INTERIOR.
This Man's Digestive Apparatus Would
Make Mickey Finn's Goat Blush.

~AAA' HAeAh DlkNhNAN1 apparatus WOmIO
Make Mickey Finn's Goat Blush.
Those whose digestions are out of
gear would do well to pay visit to
the Royal aquarium, Westminster,
just now. There they will see man
whose digestion puts that of the
proverbial ostrich into the shade.
The owner Of this invaluable organ
is M. Meunier.
At the age of 2 it occurred to Meu.
nier that his digestive organs were
rather better than those of the aver.
age boy, so he began to take liberties
with them, with the result that in.
stead Of finding his digestion i'm
paired he can now eat all sorts Of
fearful and wonderful things. A
mixture of parafin and sawdust,
Jumps of coal and coke and bits Of
glass are a few Of the articles on
which he diets himself when taking
meal in public. Every day he gets
through large sized wineglass, bit
ing little bits as he goes along and
evidently experiencing no ill effects
His appetite is not by any means
confined to these, however. He will
eat a lump of phosphorus before
your eyes without the slightest hesi-
tation, while as for a lump of wood,
say part of the back Of chair, he
considers it u luxury.
There happened to be piece of
statuary in the room in which l in
terviewed M. Meunier, which that
gentleman stated he would have no
objection to eating in instalments.
Bits of cloth, carpet and china he
finds no difficulty in digesting-in
fact, whatever he can bite into small
pieces he can take internally. Bronze
is about the only thing he fears.
Strange to say, M. Meunier has
never been taken ill through the
agency of the extraordinary things
he manages to eat, and although one
would imagine that the continual
biting of glass, coal and other hare
substances would damage his teett
he still possesses a fine set, which has
in no way deteriorated since ne be
gan to play pranks with his inside
Pearson's Weekly.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-07

In discoursing of locks and safes be-
fore the students of Nottingham Univer.
sity college Mr.. G. II. Chubb had much
to say upon an interesting subject. 1t is
curious that in the wooden Egyptian
locks Of remote antiquity many germs
are found Of the essential features of
good modern locks In China, where few
things change, well defined Roman
style of paddock is to this day in almost
universal use, but whether the Chinese
copied the Romans, or the notion by
some means found is way from China to
Rome, is a question it would puzzle a
Beckmann to determine. The simple de-
vice Of having the hollow stem or pipe Of
a key open at each end, SO that dirt or
other distractions could be pushed
through, is as old as the Roman empire,
Nevertheless hardly a year passes with
out some enthusiastic inventor rediscov
ering it and offering to part with his ides
for large money consideration.
Generally speaking, it is at the com
mencement of the medieval period tha'
we begin to find keys like our own. Th'
old puzzle paddock inits improved foru
was, it appears, the work of French
man named Regnier at the end OF thu
last century. The famous Cnubb lock
invented and patented in 1918 by tn
lecturers grandfather and great-uncle
owed its notoriety chiefly to its contain
ing a mechanism called "detector," b,
means of which the owner could tell
any one had attempted to open it with
false.key. Its details are so numerou
andvaried that it is said to be easier an
cheaper to make two of them to diffe
than to make two alike.-London Newi
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-07
A startling Example.

THE following, writes a correspoh'
aont is an actual occurrence IN d
nearby public school ,.o,oa with
Teacher-Give me sentence WIN
tbe word healed in It,
scholar-A lady pacdn
Teacher-stop right there. besm =
ooain' What was the lady's name' y,
as:;li,, ss:;cbolar-The lady | mean has nc
name. "a iodv with nc
0omeI IeeI Give her a name then. .,,.h.,
nain enSolar = Mrs. Smith touched S
cErist's 0g garment and was heSled 1ess
S5[issS ScnIIapso Of teacher'.-New Y0Fi
| Tribune.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-07
Un.tabIe equilibrium

0What a queer fellow y,1 you a'; ;ol1v
one one 'llpT III another quite down in q the me
and 1aa AZ You never seem able to MT
the happy mean; -, When my
~ "How can help ~ q y ,i@St a and
S5sp HSaro n my purse is heavy ;,,sst my nsti'
Tabt n-RotterdamschS N4
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-07
wrlukIs killer.

80 sensation has recently Teen %
Quite q Bo1ton ss4e@ by the successful ll aR p
plication of wool ioSai fat, Hf Of V Wrinkles.
the ssG s6a Applied 1Gi with rubbing 81 i ds pssasa q
directly pSa through the tstiT salH th Tissues be
a nut nGtrieGI AM a ancient dame has Is, SIo u,
ossie ossded in removing ysdS 1slIiy 5a2 tsnpiss an les
s"S GGTs he : y, ss1a@las 1a4eassSs Ti'
noDulAr, San 4 lEs lsAs-'s
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-07

Beautifully finished woven corsets
made of finest spun wool are among the
models set forth for cold weather wear.
They are light, durable and elastic, and
are formed of natural undyed wool,
matching the familiar undergarments OF
the same soft gray tint.-New York
Post.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-07

A Yankee stood on the ll', s1S'I - Liver. " ,
steamer s, and a holding a shilling ...sn sloas
pGel5j pp,3e5 out IF there's MAJ ;oI."S %ST I've
or chic i,,,naS a. come forward nov, soI s
not, not = nPp9uI 8our last and only eAAn'"'
Answers. -.------- ~'--
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-07

d Camphor trees have been planted
at Sanford, Fla, and give proof OF
adaptability to soil and conditions.
This is the identical camphor tree
from which all the camphor of COM
merce is obtained.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-07

The late Francis Parkman, the his
torian, was man who had always about
him an air of distinction that made tht
passerby turn to look at him. He wa
tall, stately and courtly, with old schoo
dignity of manner.