The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-12-01
Editorial andOtherwiSe

Mayor Carter Harrison, Of Chicago left
property valued at &05O0Oo.
Azure, basar. chess, lilac. sash, scarlet and
orange are Persian words.
The yachtman who has won many trophies
has chance to be often in his cups.
The Alabama populIsts, with Kolb at their
head, are preparing to make another fight.
George Gould married an actress. but he is
violently opposed to his sister marrying an
actor.
1t appears that Hawaii climbed up the
wrong fagtaff, and Is now willing to back
down.
Liliuokalani is certainly remarkable wo-
man. She is allowing the men to do all the
talking.
1t is said that Cornelius Vanderbilt has
given &l,O0O, 900 to religious work in the last
two years,
1t Is said that the physicians who have ex-
amined prendergast, the murderer OF Carter
Harrison, declare that he Is not insane.
II the young Democracy is on top where
are the veterans who have stood by the par
ty in advcrsity and prosperity for many
years.
An exchange very aptly refers to the Third
party us "the ghost dance In politics" II
that sentence doesn't describe 1t, leave 1t
alone.
Hon. Frank X. Winchester, Of Natchez,who
had gone to Central America on business,
died suddenly in the city Of GuatanlalA on
the 1st.
The Harrison administration may not have
attempted to steal Hawaii, but it showed u
great willingness to act as receiver OF stol-
en- goods.
The total importation Of bananas to all
the ports OF the United States during the
last year we're l2,095,3S6 punches weighing
325.c0J tons.
Mrs. Amman z. Nash, editor OF the Gurdock
(Ark) Cannon Ball, fires this shot at her sub
scribers Not for love. nor fame, nor favor
but for cash.
The Boston Pilot says there Is no truth
In the recent report that the Pope has re-
moved the ban from all secret societies cx.
cept Free Masons.
Investigations show that color blindness Il
twenty times rs frequent among men N
among women. The difference Is ascribed tt
the use OF tobacco.
| South Americans ore squeezed dead by boa
constructors, but North Americans have to
buy folding bed II they want to indulge In
similar aiiusements.
The postoffice department consumed Fifty
six thousand dollars worth Of wrapping pa
per last fiscal year, and twenty Thousand
dollars worth of twinc.
In the matter Of well-kcpt county roads
1t is stated that New Jersey leads, and thu
southern New England follows.
The Kelley Institute ut Dalton, Ga, wa.
burglarzed few nights ago. The gold cur.
will have to be analyzed now to s,e how
much Of the ''stuiY" was taken.
Tho present annual consumption Of post
age stamps amounts to 2,71G0 0a6,2ll. which In
cludes ordinary, newspaper, periodical. post
age-due, and special delivery stamps.
| If. Childsen, of Erlanger, Ky. capture'
the second prize Of $1,000 offered by aSt
Louis tobacco firm In n guessing contest owe
the total attendance at the Worls Fair.
1t is now proposed to run bicycles wit
gas. As railroads have been run with tn
: same commodity, we see no good reaso
why the "gas raquet" won't work with bicy
cles.
According to a Chinese proverb. vas
chasnls canbe filed, but the heart OF ma
can never be satisfied That may be reas
on why there are 80 many heart failures o
record.
The devils plant" which clings close
the earth and bears beautiful red blossoms
Is SO poisonous that bees tasting Of IL liqui
drop always found In the calyx Of the flower
drop dead almost instantly.
II Is estimated that every person who ride
on railroad takes one chance In 1.4010l0 {
being killed. 1t now remains for some st,
tlstician to show that this IL the cause Of 1
many tramps hoofng 1t over the country.
President Cleveland has declined, wit
thanks. the invitation OF the Swan Lal
Club. Of vicksburg, to join Its members in
camp hunt. The President has more impol
tant fish to fry than are to be canght in Swu
Lake.
Miss Alice Fletcher, the cthnologst, r
ceived u a day from the government as
special agent OF the Indian Bureau, viii
making an allotment Of lands for Indl,
tribes This is the highest salary Uncle Sa
has ever paid any Of his daughters
The Legislature Of Alabama pensions
!. old Confederate veterans by levying a spe
ial annual tax of IL mills on the dollar
all the taxable property Of the State. viii,
Is divided up pro rata anon the old s0ldle
who make application for pensions.
, II Is impossible to please everybody. II
editor who tells the truth must expect to {
fcnd some people. The maiden lady vi
broke the mirror because II pictured
face with wrinkles Is by no means alone
! this world. She broke tho glass. but u
- wrinkles remained
The largest fsh caught In the Column
river no far this season was sturgeon mes
uring II feet 5 inches long and weighing
: pounds, which was landed at Knapptt
WASH, u week or so ago. The head alo
weighed 1bl pounds. and the Ash yielded
pounds Of edible meat.
In an interview In tho Meridian Ne'
Capt. ". II. Hardy. says there IL no Quito
for the Gulf : ship Island railroad. and u
no money can be had now to build any nt
'Es railroads In this country. III Congr'
~ should settle the question BY the adopt
wv Of some we'll defined permsnt policy,
which the volume Of money could be increI
M ed and made flexible No ~ to expand a
contract with the ebb and n0w Of the III
? business, money would soon become sbs
- dant. and the Gulf 4 Ship Island railrc
and other mcritorious enterprises would
renewed and pushed to completion"