The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-06-29
Editorial and Otherwise.

'tili living at the age OF ninety years.
1t is said that over 4,OOO,OO people in this
country live by the wages paid by railroad
If a snail's head be cut off and the animal
be placed in cool, moist spot new head will
be grown.
The government receipts for the fiscal year
ending June 3Oth, will $75,oOO,oOO short of the
Nellie Grant Satoris, New York report
says, is to marry Gen. Douglass, an old Con-
federate soldier of Maryland.
II is estimated that at the present rate of
progress the Grant monument in New York
city will be completed about 2O94.
The Pearl river News says that bcyclists
ride from Columbia to the railroad, thirty-two
miles and return in eight hours.
Gen. Stephen D. Lee, president of the A. 4
NJ College, at Starkville, will deliver the
Fourth of July Grafton at Jackson.
Ex-Congressman Bayne, of Pittsburg, COM
mtted suicide on the 10th inst. by shooting
himself in the head with pistol.
The Baptist Union has recently passed a
resolution declaring that there is too much
lynching in the United States.
Some of the United States Senator's have
grown so very sensitive that they flush up
when asked whether they will take sugar in
their tea.
An exchange wants to know "what the
world is coming to ?" From the present state
of affairs, it would appear that it has already
come.
The Memphis Scimitar says that the aver
age watch has 9s pieces and has to 90 through
1000 hands before completed. A bit like the
average politician.
Near Orlando, Fla, two fishermen were saw
agely attacked by several large alligators.
The fishermen had fallen asleep on the river
bank.
Two Mississippi girls recently walked dis
tance Of fifty miles through the country to
decide which should win a lover with whom
both were enamored.
DR.. J. j. G0ss, who was arrested some time
since as the chief of the Marion county white
caps, was released few days ago by the
grand jury failing to indict.
There's no use to whine or to holler,
While you roast in the oven at dawn,
just jump IN a celluloid collar
And let the warm weather roll on !!
Moustaches were originally grown as reins
by which slaves could be driven by their mas
tcrs. Now these reins have been turned over
to their mistresses.
Members of the North Carolina Democratic
State committee express their belief that the
party will carry the State by as large ma.
iorty as in 1892.
A young lady Of De Soto, Miss, who was
recently bitten by mad dog, was cured by
the application Of a mad stone belonging tc
Hon. A. r. Carter, of Ell,sville.
There lives near Winston, N. c., little
girl, six years old, who plays on any musica
instrument at sight. She has never had a
music lesson, and is a prodigy.
Near Fort Worth, Tex, u farmer recent,
unearthed the remains of human skeleton
while plowing in his field. A number of Con
federate brass buttons were found near by.
No matter how this world may go,
It's still the best we've found
When times amt good, Just think 'em so,
And they'll come round
1t is calculated that in Washington, Oregon
Montana, Nevada and Idaho there are not les
than 10000 half-breed horses for which n
market can be found.
Dallas county, Texas, which few years ag
thought that cotton was the only crop it coul
protitably raise, is now harvesting six hundre
thousand bushels of wheat.
Germany and Austria have about $50 cook
ing schools. A four years course is necessar
ere diploma is granted. Most of the hot.
chefs have diplomas from these schools.
The first Sabbath school was instituted i
1887. There are now in the United State
lOs,9 $50 Sabbath schools, with s,649,OOO scho
ars. The world has 2O,O7s,595 Sabbath schot
scholars.
There are no undertakers in Japan. Whe
person dies it is the custom for his neares
relatives to put him in coffin and bury hin
and the mourning does not begin until aftt
burial.
When the item of buttons was reached !
the tariff schedule not a voice was raised
behalf Of higher duty. There seems to
M longer disposition to tax the buttons of
poor mans clothes.
swarm Of seventeen year locusts too
possession last Monday of train near Lon
Branch, New Jersey, and for time it locke
Us though the passengers would have to abal
don the coaches.
When native New Zealander dies his bod
is buried in the earth, but after decompostit
has left his skeleton bare, the bones are take
up, cleaned and laid away in artificial tombs
Sam Jones in late newspaper article, say
"l,e 1t known once for all, believe in o
Cleveland and will be onlhim as long as the
IS button ON his clothes or sock to
foot"
The Missouri law, which has just come in
force, practically makes it felony for al
man to belong to pool, trust o. combinati'
which has in view the fixing Of prices or u
limiting Of production.
John l.. Sullivan had scrap with bott
the other night in Boston, and was knock
rut in one round. In the hands Of scrappe
truly great, the bottle is mgh'icr than y
hve-ounce glove. -s..f