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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-09-08
The Philosophy OF Content.

Oliver Goldsmith.
But as every period of life is marked
with its own disappointments, you
must learn to endure them. Disap-
pointed love makes the misery of
youth disappointed ambition makes
that of manhood, and senseless ava
rice that of age These three attack
us through life and it is our duty to
stand upon our guard. To love, we
ought to oppose dissipation and en-
deavor to change the object Of the af-
fections; to ambition, the happiness
of Incidence and obscurity, and to av-
arice the fear of soon dying. These
are the shields with which we should
arm ourselves and thus make every
scene of life, if not pleasing, at least
supportable. Men complain Of not
finding place of repose. They are
in the wrong. They have it for seek
ing. What they indeed should COM
plain of is, that the heart is an enemy
to that very repose they seek. To
themselves they should impute their
discomfort. They strive within the
short span of life to satiate thous-
and desires, each of which alone is
unsuitable One month passes and
another comes on; the year ends and
then begins; but man is still un-
changeable in folly, still blindly con-
tinuing in prejudices. To the wise
man every climate and every soil is
pleasing; to him parterie OF flowers
is the famous valley of gold to him
the little brook the fountain of young
peach trees to such man the melo-
dy Of birds is more rayishing than
the harmony of full concert; and
the tincture of the cloud preferable
to the tincture Of the finest pencil.
The life of a man Is a journey, q
journey that must be Travelled howey-
er bad the roads or the accommodate
tion. II, in the beginning, 1t Is found
dangerous, narrow and difficult 1t
must either grow better in the end or
we shall by custom leard to bear its
inequality.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-09-08
CONE SOUTH.

With the close of the Worlds Fair
the attention Of the people Of the
country, and especially those Of the
West, will again be attracted to the
Sunny South. The development Of
the resources Of this section has only
just begun, and until recently these
resources were hardly known outside
of our immediate vicinity. In an in
yitation to immigrants given by the
Memphis Ledger, that journal says:
"For number of years the West
has attracted new settlers to its
broad domains. New England farm
ers found they cound sn0t compete
with the West in the growing Of cere-
ais, and so they abandoned their rocky
little farms and sought the new coun-
try. Those who have remained in
New England have devoted them
selves to market gardening, dairies,
fruit raising etc. OF course, there is
no big money in it, but it has shown
the New England farmer how he can
retain the old home and make living
out of it. Those whu have settled in
the West cannot be said to have inn
proved their condition much. They
have virtually given up the society Of
their fellow men, and surrendered
their home life. There is no joy on
the prairie, and halt the time there is
no profit. For about six months in
the year the western farmer lives in
the ground. The winds blow against
his hut, the snow falls in fierce drifts
that push their way through solid
doors and there is wall of the eIc-
ments around his place that produces
silence in the barnyard and stiles the
voice of every living thing. For six
months in the year the western farm
is little better than sheOl. Of course,
people who have any aspirations above
those of the beasts cannot be long sat.
ist1ed with life in such place, and
hence many farmers are casting their
eyes toward the South. Inevitably
there will be flow of immigration
this way. We have an eQuable clim-
ate, and even in our severest winters
: the only thing one has to fear is a
little wet spell. Our soil is probably
the best in the country. 1t Is capa-
( BILE of producing a more diversified
crop, and there is no reason why the
| intelligent and industrious farmer in
this section should not raise anything
that he needs. The Southern States
can raise corn, wheat, oats, rye and
barley; they offer splendid induce
: ments for viticulture and fruit rails
: ing, and the time is not far distant
when the advice of the people will be
9 $50 South, young man." Our miner
G al resources are virtually undevelopet
: and thus another field is offered to thu
! man of pluch and energy. Therefore
}, the South is the place.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-09-08
CHANCERY COURTS SECOND DIST.
W. r. HOUSTON. Chancellor.

Tn the countyof Laudcrdalc, on second Monday
of Nav and November, and continue twelve days
Tn m, county of Newton, on the first Monday
os Nav and November and continue six days.
IN The county of Hancock, on the fourth Monday
of January and July. and continue six days.
In ihe county Of Harrison on the first Monday
ofF,huary aud August. and continue six days
In the county Of Jackson. on the second Monday
of February and August, and continue six days.
Iuthe county of Clarke. on the fourth Monday OF
Mav and November. and continue six DAYS.
In thr county of jasper, on the second Monday
of March and September, and continue six days.
In the county of Perry, held in Augusta; The
Fjrs, District, on the third Monday Of March and
September and continue six days; and III the
tow1 of Hatii,sburg the Sec' nd District. ON the
first Mondays in June and December, and contin'
uesix days
In the county of Marion, First District. on the
second Monday of January and July and continue.
six DAYS. In the Second l'ist,i,t, on the third
Monday of January and July and continue six
days.
In the county of Prarl,River, IN the first Mon
day of January and July, and continue six days.
In the county Of ones, on the first MonaaS oi
March and september, and continue six days
lntho county of Covington, IN the second Mon
day in April and Octoher and continue six days.
In the count Of Greene. an the third Monday o'
April and October, and continue six days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-09-08
David Hill "Roasted."

The New York Herald devotes the
following to the New York Senator:
Senator Hill has grossly abused
the high trust committed to his
hands.
His efforts to pass the PETER reso-
luton and precipitate irretrievable
ruin upon the people, prostrated and
suffering as they are under an unpre-
cedentcd panic, brands him traitor
to his country.
Benedict Arnold, for personal re-
venge, tried to deliver his country
men to an armed foe. David B. Hill,
to crafty his personal hatred of
Cleveland, tried to deliver them over
to the demons of universal ruin and
despair.
However, the country now has his
true measure, and even PETER, be-
whiskered crank" as he is, probably
has more influence in the Senate than
this man who so shamefully misrep-
resents the great State Of New York.
If anything were needed to complete
the revelation of lis sordid and petty
nature it would be supplied by his
speech Of vest erday-catering to the
free coinage elements of the West and
South, making impotent attacks on
the Administrations, grossly insulting
and willfully misrepresenting Secre'
tary Carlisle.
| Hill has hurt no one but himself
"He meant murder, but he has com
mitted suicide"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-09-08
PRIVATE JOHNS LITTLE TALK.
He Thinks the Remedy Proposed Worse
Than the Disease.

WIZ bAoS1oef
John Allen made one of his charac-
teristic speeches in Congress Satur-
day on the repeal of the Sherman bill.
He said that unlike most of the gen.
tlemen who had nmade speeches on
this important question, and who had
disclaimed being flnanciers and parti-
sans, he was both. Laughter,l He
had made the@Question of currency a
study for more than 40 years. But he
was not one of those tinanciers who
were responsible for the present strin-
gency. He had kept his money in
circulation. Laughter He had done
about 95 per cent of his business on
credit, but he did not think that was
a good plan, for his creditors were
now clamoring for him to do some
thing to restore confidence. Laugh
ter.
The country was i'll, but the remedy
proposed was not the proper one. II
reminded him Of the story Of the dar-
key, who, being left IN charge of the
farm, wrote to his employer "De
C ow has been sick. | think she is
well of the disease now. but ] think
she will die of the remedy | done give
her." laughter He (Mr. Allen
would like to cure the country of the
disease, but he did not want to vote
for remedy that would be worse
than the disease. He did not propose
to be driven or bullied into doing thai
Which in his humble Judgment woult
I'be bad thing for the great masses o
the people.
He had no quarrel to make with th,
administration. Why, in fact, in ;
private conversation with Mr.. Patter
son, Of Tennessee, they had agreed
unanimously that they had done more
than other men to bring about tn,
election Of Grover Cleveland. Cieve
land had been elected because he wa
known to have backbone and tn,
courage of his convictions. He (Mr
Allen) would like to know land thi
sentence Mr.. Allen drawled out) wha
the President would think Of some o
, the gentlemen of the House. Lou
, laughter and applause. 1t has bee
said by gentleman from New Yor
(Mr. Commings) that the South ha
nominated Mr.. Cleveland and shoul
now support him.
The Sonth had elected CLEVELAND
, but it had also elected its member
to this House. 1t might not be ba
, idea to pass bill to restore the par
+ ty between the executiv, and legisl;
tive branches of the government
+ Laughter and cheers.] Knowing til
q President as he did Laughter. L
> could pay that official no higher con
pliment than to do in his indiydu;
. capacity as member of this Hous
= Just what the dictates of his col
= science directed him to do, He W;
a sure that in following that course
= would meet with the Presidents a.
n proval. If not he would have to tai
/, back a thousand good things he ha
said about Grover Cleveland. [Laug
ter and applause
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-09-08
A MOSS BOSE.

| stood before the bud OF moss rose
And watched her leaves as they unfolded
slow,
Till from the petals od0rs sweet disclose
The soul of the rare flower worshipped so.
And from the bud wondrous blossom oped
Which day by day sought with love to
crown;
Another rent the stem and cast her down.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-09-08

Never let any kind Of food remain
in copper or brass vessels after ID Is
cooked.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-09-08

know that the spectators had been
bulling it after they had bought it all
up, and when the hand they played
bursted the drop came. The produc-
er would be willing for his bread and
meat to be cheap to the poor. III he
did not get fair return for his own
labor, it would be a comfort to know
that the millions Of poor consumers
got more of it for their scanty wages.
But these greedy spectators in the
necessaries of life, these vampires
who buy by the million and hoard and
keep and bull after they buy are the
curse of both the producer and con-
sumer. The people understand all
this, and so whenever some schcmy,
ambitious fellow gets on the stump
and kildees around and talks about
Jeffersonian democracy and how
neither of the old parties can now be
trusted, they fall into line and look to
him as Moses sent to deliver them
from bondage.
But parties cannot remedy these
evils. There is a law now IN our
code forbidding the carrying of con-
cealed weapons and yet half of the
young men Of the town and country
carry them habitually. Just let a row
ora quarrel begin anywhere, even at
a camp meeting, and see how many
pistols are drawn. The trouble is The
courts do not execute the laws. The
courts fling this back at the people
and say why don't you prosecute-whl
do you dodge party duty-why do yol
fail to come up and testify? And sc
it seems that everybody is to blame
more or less for everything. Oul
preacher said last night that he had
been close observer Of the troubles
and Affections of mankind and il
nine cases they were thescrop thai
was planted. "What ye SOW tha
shall ye also reap" Even the povert.
that many of our people complain o
is the result Of their own planting
If young man spends most OF hi
time hunting and fishing and frolick
ing with a little whisky thrown in
and after awhile marries som
thoughtless girl and children are Dor
unto them the family starts out 0
the down grade and soon comes t
e poverty. They reap what they SOW
ed and they try to lay the blame o
G on other people, especially on til
. rich.
No, we can't regulate everything i
: this sinful world, but we must do til
4, best we can both by precept and c,
t ample. A bumblebee stung me 0
my bald head this morning. / said
: reckon il was for some Of my meal
t ncss-some crop that had sowed, BIT
n in few minutes one stung my wi
e on her head and ] can't account fl
e that. He made a mistake, l reckol
j The little yarmints have got a me-
Il under the floor in the upstairs piazi
b and because l stopped up their no
e the outsiders are vicious and wou
n sting an angel unawarcs. don
d know what such things were mat
d for, but maybe I'll know some tim
e l hope so. The body might be an a
a cident, but the sting in his tail W
not. AS the lawyers say, sit was pl
It there with malice aforethought" al
S that's the way he uses it.
l. RITJ, ARP
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-09-08

Back in the distance when the
earth was very young, it went around
so fast that the day was only three
hours long. The whole globe was IL
quid then, and as it spun around and
around at that frightful speed it t.
nally burst into two parts. The small
er Of the parts became the moon,
which has been sailing round the
earth ever since at an ever increasing
distance. These curious points are
not given on the 'suppose-so" then
ries Of an ignoramus, but are the well
matured deductions Of Dr. Ball, the
astronomcr-roya OF ireland.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-09-08

Francois de Merineu, 1855, wrote
the name of Mississippi on his map
as Messiyi; Hcnncpin, 1880, wrote it
Meschonipi; De Coke, 1893, called it
Mechasebe Father Marquette, 1873,
is the first to set 1t down as Missis-
sippi. The original word meaning
"father of waters" is from the Al
gonQuin and is spelled "Meche-sebo.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-09-08
THE COURTS.
THE REG UL1R TERM!
CIRCUIT COURT SECOND DIST.
SAMUEL II. TERRAL, Judge.
,,ps " NEVILLE. District ATTORNEY

J y
,oo,,,tv of I.autlerlnlc, on the first Mon.
IL III Isnna,y and July and continue thirty days
o'I Oths countyef NoSnbce on the serond , Man,as
or + February and August and continue eighteen
days. or V.mnar op tho first Monday of
March ar m and September and continue twelve M, days, 8,
=, III w. aaJ Ssn,cn,ber, anSi0Asnue twelve days.
M,'r ~ ,he county of Wayne, on the hist Monday
t aprii and October and continue , SIX days T, =,
III ~, n.I rtobcr aud continue six days.
"rI br county of Pearl-liivrr; on the third Mon
dav Of April and Oct be and continue , s,x MnT, aaEs
iu ,,'i ~" and 0etoher. and continue twelve days.
In thr county of Harrison. u" the second Monday
ofMay and November. and ren,in.s In twelve days.
.Ms', ~ and Nuyrmber and ctnit(nue twelve days.
o' IN % tbe county of Marion, First District ON the
.h;rl Monday of June and December, and eontinu,,
ss sH,'% d,ys In the Second District on the second
Wouday of June and December, and continue sin
days,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-09-08

David s. Patterson, Of Nebraska,
who has recently patented an iInprov-
ment on the drying gear Of locomot-
ives, is 75 years old, and has been to-
tally blind since Infancy.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-09-08

Miss Sallie Pierson, composltor,
has been appointed State organizer Of
the federation of labor for Indiana.
She has supported herself and moth
er for several years BY typesettIng.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-03
CHOOSE RIGHTLY.
The Kind of Timber for the
MayoraI Nomination.
WANT YOUNG AND VIGOROUS MEN.

Leu the Democracy Exert the Proper Dis
cretIon and Victory VIII Follow as
Surely rs Daylight Follows Darkness
Relegate Fossils and Raise up Ambition
and Enterprise.
As surely as daylight follows
darkness, will the democracy win the
coming municipal election, if it but
be guided in its choice of candidates
by the spirit of energy and enterprise
that is dominant in Rock Island at
the present time. This is an age of
progress, demanding young men of
ambition and public spirit and pride
at the head of things. From all in
dications so far made manifest, the
republican party in Rock Island as
elsewhere in the country. proposes to
renew its allegiance to fossilized
ideas and forms. The democratic
party is the party of progress and re-
form in these latter days. 1t demands
men of modern ideas to represenr it
in places of responsibility. So should
be its course in Rock Island this
spring.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-03
Geneseo's Merry War.

| The war at Geneseo between Mavor
and Editor Kiner and City Attorney
and Corporation President Dunn am
still goes merrily on. In his News of
this week, Mr.. Kiner says:
Mr.. Durham founded his belch of
abuse of the mayor on rumors he mad
heard on the street. His rancour vas
aroused because he had heard in some
vague way that the mayor mad
Threatened to sue his company for
$4,000 or $4,000 for letting the
north side school house burn. Being
pressed to specify where he got his
information, he spread his hands and
said it was all up and down the
streets. The truth is that Mr.. Dun
ham jumped on the mayor with the
idea that if the latter could be bluffed
from further investigation, the whole
affair would be dropped
Mr.. Durham, if you were convinced
that you furnished steam enough that
night, why have you not been anx-
ious to demonstrate it by test? If
you really thought it the fault of The
hydrant, why have you delayed locat-
ing the fault over month? Are YOU
not aware that the city has been in
danger all these days of delay?
Did you send Capt. Harrington
after A. H. Mertz last Monday, and
when you got the latter in your Office
try to induce him to not make an in
vestigation for publication in this
paper? Did you think he was hos
tile"
In alb the broad state. no newsp pa
per gave an officer of your company,
recently appointed to state office, a
more generous notice upon his APP
pointment than did the mayor in his
paper the week before the fire. Does
that resemble ''malice?"
1t all comes tothis: The city wants
the light and water pressure it is
paying for every month in cash, just
as any individual wants the goods he
paws for. And all the buffers that
ever bluffed can't keep the mayor
from insisting on the city getting her
just demands.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-03
A Parallel Case.

The republican city convention
may furnish a similar dramatic scene
to that enacted at the late Chicago
democratic convention. AS Harrison
pledged himself to Hesing, so has
McConochie given his word to
Schroeder that he would not be a
candidate this year. Who knows but
what Mr.. Schroeder in his righteous
wrath may take occasion to ventilate
the methods of the McConochie ring
sters, and give the cut-and-dried pro.
ceedings highly entertaining flavor
Is Mr.. Schroeder less gorgeous than
was Mr.. HesingP
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-03

The Jacksonville correspondent tc
the Sporting News says 1.-THE work OF
getting Illinois and Iowa in line once
more is going along at a good rate
Quincy will surely be with us and
Keokuk is working hard and will most
likely come around all right. Spring
field and Decatur can be placed along
with Cedar Rapids and Aurora as
dead letter towns.
Ispent last Sunday in Peoria. 1t is
dangerous to talk base ball there.
They say they have had enough to
last them a lifetime. They lay the
blame of killing the game in their
own town to .McCaull
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-03
McConochie After a Third Term.

Mayor McConochie is the first ex-
ecutive of Rock Island to reap the
benefits of the 81, 900 salary, and evil
dence is multiplying that he is per-
fectly satisfied with his Office and the
emoluments derived therefrom. The
work is probably easier than that
which he was formerly accustomed
to, and his hours are not long. There
fore Mr.. McConochie is anxious for
denomination and is working hard to
accomplish that end. He wants it,
and wants it badly.
Mr., McChonochie has either fooled
the Union or that paper is trying to
fool the public regarding the extent
his honor will go to secure renomi-
nation. Mr.. McConochie enjoys the
distinction of being a smooth poll
tician-at least he has been very sue
cessful in his political aspirations SO
far. But it hasn't required much
discernment to discover the absorb
ing ambition which possesses the
mayor to succeed himself indefinite
lv. His actions have indicated that
Mayor McConochie was a candidate
for a third term before he fairly en-
tered upon his second. He is not
only candidate for third, but
also for a fourth and fifth term.
And he will be nominated by the
coming republican convention. His
wires are well laid, and he smiles
knowingly when it is suggested that
he may not secure it. But will he be
reelected? That is much more
difficult problem for his honor to
solve.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-03
As to all the Candidates .

The same rule should apply a. to
all the candidates. As mayor of
contracted ideas may clog the wheels
of progress, no matter how energetic
the council, so the council may SER
iously acknowledgements exerting
the proper public spirit. Aldermen
of public spirit should be sent to the
council. Men whose ideas of progress
are well known should be selected at
the democratic primaries, and they
are the ones who will be elected
The same rule ought to apply to all
candidates nominated on the demo-
cratic ticket. The people are tired
of machine rule. They want some
thing new. A great many repu bill
cans have expressed their disapproval
in the life tenure idea in munic pal
offices which the party in Rock ISL
and has become welded to. They
want new men at the head of the
ticket. The democracy is in posi-
ton to provide them. The republi-
can party in control of the situation,
from present appearances, is not