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The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1894-08-03
A SONG or MIDSUMMER.

She is dreaming down there by the sea-
A maiden with violet ewes
And pure, sweet face like some white-robe'
saints.
And there, as the daylight dies,
| can see her stand, in the shadows gray,
Like spirit, tall and fair,
With the wan light shed on her queenly head
With itN crown of midnight hair.
0, treless, inscrutable sea
Let your foam and your ripples be light
As your waves ceaseless ron
Sings a song to her soul
OF the prayer in my heart tonight
She is dreaming down there by the sea-
And the soft stars glimmer and glow,
As they biandly blink from the vault above
On this fair sweet maid know.
Do they whisper to her of broken vows
From the cleaning arch on high
Do they speak to her yet of great regret
OF a faith that will not die?
O, cleaning, inscrutable stars!
Shed upon her your tendcrcst light,
And tell her, say,
In your indolentwav,
Of the PRAYER in my heart tonight
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Secret Societies,
SCRANTON

10. O, +. Scranton Lodge No. IL, m eHts ev
cry Tuesday evening at Odd Fellows Hall MT
t:;0 o'clock. J. p. Fox, N, c.; L. D. Becht
Secretary.
Scranton Enrampmcnt No %. meets every
I'd and 4th Friday evening at odd Fellows
Hall at 1:30 o'clock. II. ). Rourke, c. F.; v.
Ros Scribe.
Knights of pythas Mississippi Lodge No.
So meets every Thursday evening ut odd
Fellows Hall ut T:a0 o'clock, W. A. Cox,
G, G.; b. + Browne, X. of s.
knights of Honor. Scranton Lodge No. 1884.
meets every I'd and 9Th Monday evening at
Odd Fellows Hall ut 1880 o'clock.
+. A. NJ, Gulf lodge No. 40 meets lst
Fridays In each month at odd Fellows
HALL, NJ. &. Pankry. W. NJ: Geo. j. Santa
Cruz. Secretary.
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SCRANTON, MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY, AUGUST

''That were the right sort Of thing
for U.S." said the Cock.
Yes, yes, | wish we were there"
replied the Ass. Then these animals
took counsel together how they should
contriyc to drive away the robbers,
and at last they thought of way.
The Ass had to place his fOre-iect
upon the windowledge, the Hound got
on his back, the Cat climbed upon the
Dog, and lastly the Cock flew up and
pcrched upon the head Of the Cat.
When this was accomplished, at a
given signal they commenced to per-
form their music the Ass brayed, the
Dog barkcd, the Cat mewcd, the Cock
crew and they made such IA tremen-
dous noise, and 50 loud, that the
pancs Of the window were shiyercd
Terrified at the uncarthly sounds the
robbers got up with great precipita-
tion, thinking nothing less than that
some spirits had come, and fed off
into the forest. The four companions
Immediately sat down at the table,
and quickly ate up all that was left,
as if they had been fasting for six
weeks.
AS soon as the four players had fn
ishcd, they extinguished the light ant
each sought for himself a sleeping
4 place, according to his nature and Gus
/. tom. The ASS laid himself down upol
9 some straw, the Hound behind tn
r door, the Cat upon the hearth near til
y warm ashes, and the Cock flew upo
/. IA beam which ran across tue room
, Weary with their long walk they 500
y went to sleep.
At midnight, the robbers perceive
" from their retreat that no light wa
q burning in their house, and all al
i pearcd quiet; so the captain saif
l. I'VE need not to have been frightenc
II into fits" and calling one of the ban(
he sent him to reconnoitre. The me
Sc senger, finding all still, went into ii
| kitchen to strike light, and, takln
I'd the Cats glistenng fiery eyes for liN
lc Goals, he put lucifer. match to then
I'd expecting it to take fire. But ii
Nv cat not understanding the joke, tie
in his face, splitting and scratchln
IS. which dreadiully frightened him,
n that he made for the back door; b
th the Dog, who lay there, sprung up al
| bit his leg: and as soon as he limp
III upon the straw, Whereupon lay t
as Ass, it gave him powerful kick Wi
its hind foot, This was not all.
np the Cock, awaking at the NOS
cel stretched himself, and cried from t
N. / beam, ck-a-d0odlc-d0o, cock-a-d(
?n dlc-doo;" :"
Then the robber ran back as well
e's he could to his captain, and Sa
?m .sAh INV master there dwcllS hor
All, MY llldslCI, UllOIN NhNll' '''i
IN bic witch in the house, who spat
all me and scratched my face with
I'D long nails; and then before the d'
an stands man with knife, who che
ed ped at my leg ; and in the yard tn
ut lies Il black monster, VINO peat
lot with great wooden club and,
sides all, upon the roof sits a Jud
IN who called out, Bring the knave
an do" so ran away as fast a. coul
IN After this the robbers dared
he again go near their house: but eve
a thing prospered so well with the f
,or town-musician of Bremen, that t
all did not forSake their situation. Z
ar there they are to this day, for Il
,at thing | know.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1894-08-03

An ARKANSAS administrator made
the following endorsement on the back
of n doctors bill: "Thls claim is not
verified by aflilavit as the statute re-
ouircs. but the death Of the deceased
is satisfactory evidence to my mind
that the doctor did tue work
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1894-08-03

Taking the earth as the center of
the universe and the polar star as the
limit of our vision, the visible uni
verse embraces an aerial space with a
diameter of 42O, 900, 100000 miles and
d circumference of 1929, a., ,000,0 900
miles.
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w. 7. MARTIN.


what dis country wants said
Uncle Nose, 'is some contraption
where a man can drop a nicklo In de
Slot an' git religion.
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II Was a Bird Cage.

July %, 1894. -
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-03-01


'You ara aIiag 20 run aaOGy, IsGn!''
epe epea ruled lIgeddsPen be vas dSGnR BE Pr1in 1
this bachelor planter, surrounded by
his blacks and acknowledging none
other than his own will.
This marked character was a man be-
low medium height. His figure inclined
very decidedly to portliness, and be-
yond long, narrow mustache and thin
imperial of black and gray his face
was clean shaven. Iron gray hair in
abundance crept out from under the
white felt hat he generally wore, and
his mixed suit of gray was illumined
by ruff1ed shirt and broad spreading
cuffs of the finest linen.
Self willed and eccentric are weak
words with which to stamp this gentle
man s actions. In the long days of his
idleness, when the legislature was not
in session, the negro was an unfail1ng
source of amusement and study to him
and his sole diversion, for he despised
books from the day he left college, and
beyond a sporting journal and a paper
from a neighboring city he had no
periodical. Of course he was Wing.
Upon the day which L have selected
to open a page in the experience OF
Major Crawford Worthington he was
sitting upon his broad veranda, which
swept back from the front around to
the shady eastern exposure and over
looked the spacious back yard. Two
score pickanninies in short shirts had
scrambled in front of him for small Sill
the ground beneath. The tears wrung
| from him by their contortlons and fun-
nv postures had dried upon his cheeks,
and weary of the sport he had turned
away the black athletes by means OF
few gourds of cold water skillfully ap-
piled to their half clad forms, had set
tied back to enjoy the afternoon and
fell a-dreaming.
He remembered, in that easy method
common to dreams, how years before
he had sat upon that same porch watch
ing a favoriIe old negro catching chick
ems in the ward. Isam!' he had said,
and moving with jerky little motions
that seemed always to attune themselves
to his masters moods as expressed in his
tones Isam had minced mp the steps.
''Isam, he had continued, you are
fixing to run away!
He remembered the startled look that
swept over tn funny littlc mans coun-
tenance ancsx s1ns7ser:
Lord nirss7J Mass Craffud, who
ev'r hyah de like er dat?'
"Yes, sir, and you are fixing to start
right away"
There had been genuine grief in the
negro's voice as he replied:
!" 'Fo' Gawd, Mass Craffud, You dur
got de wrong niger dis time. Isam il
nigh onter so year ole, en- he ain new
lef' de place on er run yet. No, sahr
Isam, however, spurred on by the
suggestion, had really run off. and thu
overseer had secured the country fol
him in vain. The black was enjoying
freedom beyond recall, but one morn
ing while the major was breakfastinl
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The Advancement of Women

"What shall we do with our girlsY
isn't such hard question to answer as
it used to be, and now think of it,
"What shall we do with our boysF is
growing to be something of problem.
Girls are branching out in n manner cal
culated to strike terror to your heart,
when you consider the fact that they are
expected to inhabit that realm popularity
referred to as ''sphere" and look up to a
man, depending upon him, believing in
him, deferring to him, and the problem
about the boys is how to make them to
match her. The women have been made
to match the men for a long time-in
fact, ever since the Greater invented Mis-
tress Eve.
1t really looks as though circumstances
were hedging about Us that rather com
pei us to fashion the boys after better
pattern in order to make them a match
for the girls. It's rather good sort of a
scheme, and it leads up to host of bet
ter things, such as we have been led to
believe belonged to the millennium.
The advancement of women has regu-
larly been the cause of sowing the seeds
of socialism among the entire sex. They
are gradually learning to demand more
things-justice, among others-and to
learn that they only obtain by demand
ing.-Haryot Holt Cahoon.
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"Don't, Mass Craffud, dom do it
honey! You mout let de meanes' nigg'r

"Don't, Mass Craffud, dom do it
honey! You mout let de meanes' nigg'
ON az place y ..oa.. en dUre ain no
tell.u wat Il happ'n. You git DO
chill n fey n cat'piller n bad craps,
sho's yer Lorn. oh. Lordy. Lordy.
Lordyl Dere, now, tank dc Lord!''
The major had calmly persisted in his
efforts to extract Il plug until his knife
blade snapped. With great pretense
of rage he persisted with the broken
blade until finally, sure enough, out
fell the plug. In an instant tho negro
had seized it and thrust it in place
again. and with his back to the tree was
begging SO piteously the major could not
resist.
''All right, idiot, he said laughing
ly. LEAD the way. l won't trouble
it,"
Isam moved off without much ado,
and the major, who was not built for
running races and climbing fences, had
as much as he could do to keep up.
The negro wagged his head ominously
as ne hurried along.
"Dere ain no tellin but wat dat mig
g'r dun got loos' en- gun his curvortin
roun 'fo' now. One time lightnin bust
ed er tree ov'r dere, en- seben er dem
plugs drap out En- dat summer de ty-
phoid fev'r struck seben nigg'rs, en- de
las one NV IN died spang dead. Ain
nev'r had dat fev'r 70 er sence ON de
place. But dey do say" continued
Isam, now anxious to communicate his
extensive knowledge of the subject,
'ef dem folks had n burn de light
FUN dat tree nuthin'd happ'n. Bet
you can't git er nigg'r n Baldwin
county ter burn eny mo- NV de light
nin's light 'ud, en- nifty few go'n ter
rake pine straw bout dere."
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alone, and his two servants who attend
ed the table were busy with fybrush
and waffles, Isam suddenly stood in the
doorway. His clothes were torn and
soiled, and his face wore a hangdog
look that was in truth comical. Since
that day old Isam had run away an
nually about the same time of the year,
and this without any apparent cause.
Evidently this was what the major
was thinking of, for smiles came and
went upon his face like shadows un-
der the swaying mimosa. And when at
last his eyes fell again upon the old ne
gro:
"Isam!'' he said, just as he had spo-
ken years ago.
Yes, sir, and the jerky little tones
were the same.
"You are fixing to run away, Isamp'
"Mer' and again that reproachful,
protesting voice.
Yes, you; just as you have for
years. You are getting ready to start.
| have had my eye on YOU for a week.
But, said tkg major, fixing his lips
after the Worthington fashion. Il am
going to know this time where you go
and why you go. -
There was silence full mi 1ute; then
the negro sp0k0:
Mass Craer.d, deed en- 1 dunno
'zactly how ct is. Hit jes' sorter strikes
me, en- I'm gone TO l know't. En-
dat's er sollum fac, sho."
Well said the major, then go
when it strikes ycu. 1t is q relief to
get rid of you occasionally. But if ycu
get off this time without letting me
know whenyouGtart l II cut your earsoff
when you come back-if don t.
And Isam believed him.
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Flying Machines.

BENJAMIN Franklin us-d 10 compare
the balloon Of his day TO child who
would presently come 20 mans estate.
He thought the aerostation was in en-
bryo, and in due time would do marvel
GUS things. But his aspirations, one
may now say, were too sanguine.
Our aerial achievements are still liter
ally Sin the air." the flights Of our best
aeronauts are involuntary. They are
"blown about with every wind" IL Is
true that the parachute has been brought
to considerable perfection, but that is not
flying, but falling. 1t is something to be
able to fall softly from a great height,
but it is not much. Ithardly seems worth
while to go mp so far in order 70 come
down again.
This reflection applies to the very latest
improvements in the science. The wing
ed man of Steglitz has, we are told, "ac-
complished Journey Of ESQ yards" hut
this merely means that, starting from
tower he has built for the purpose with
a spring board, or from steep hill, he
has flown down that distance.
As for the aerial machines of various
kinds that are to ''revolutionize warfare
by dropping dynamite over cities and ar
mics, they may be marvels of mechanical
science, but they have never yet risen TO
the occasion" or even risen at all. Even
the Maxim" invention has, l under
stand, never left the rails" which, al
though great virtue in a locomotive, is
very little credit to a flying machine
London News.
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CHAPTER LII

The human race has certainly been
evolved from barbaric into a partly
civilized state. At odd seasons the
old instinct crops out and regains con-
troll of us. Major Worthington had
entered upon his brief lapse into saw
agery, though he did not realize it. Ill
adapted as he was for foot journeys of
considerable length, the flush of new
freedom sustained him.
But the unwonted exercise told at
last. A halt must perforce soon have
been ordered, when Isam plunged over
a sharp decline and indicating a long
line of paler green and a denser growth
in front exclaimed:
Mos dere nowl"
The major knew the place. 1t was
the line of the Oconee river mapped in
verdure. Reaching the welcome shade,
he dropped down where Isam had al
ready pitched his bundle.
Mumbling after the fashion of old
darkies, meaning smile upon his lips,
which, after all, is merely thinking
aloud, Isam brought from the we'll
filled depths of his kit small stone
jug. Soon, after certain rites and cere-
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In a small village mp the river there Is
n man who makes his living by catching
the floating wood outof the river, drying
it and selling it for various purposes.
Some time ago he caught an extraordi-
narily large log which was too thick for
him TO chop with his AK. He went 10 ths
owner of n sawmill. one Of the infiuen
tial men OF the town. and requested tb'
loan of his crosscut saw.
mo" said the mill owner, 81 won't
loan my saw TO be dulled." "But 1 can
sharpen it again if / dull it," persisted
the man. But the saw was refused, and
the wood gatherer was compelled to use
his ak upon the big log. Some time aft
er this an ice gorge came down the river
and carried away a section of the bridge
that crossed TO the railroad station on
the other side. 1t was necessary for the
sawmill owner TO catch a certain train
that day to get to the city so as to make
connection for New York.
He went to the bridge, and finding 10
impossible looked about for a slxiff. The
only one ON that side Of the stream be-
longed to the old wood gatherer.
$50 mp to old Blanks house and tell
him want the key to his skiff, " said the
mill owner to his coaohman, who was
carrying his valise.
The coachman returned in a short
time with the wood gatherer in tow.
"What do you want, Mr.. L-!' asked
the old man.
"Why, I'm in a hurry and want your
boat to cross the river" was the impa-
tient reply.
"You do, do your retorted the wood
gatherer in dignifed manner. well,
you can't have it. You can just cross
the river on your crosscut saw"
And the business man had 10 postpone
starting for New York until the next
day.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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JOB PRINTING
~ OF ALL KINDS ~
PROMPTLY EXECUTED
Ar Low RATES.
HIS PASSPORT NOT SUFFICIENT.
Professor NIason's Experience nj the Ameri-
cnn Embnasy in London.

Professor Mason > Experience nj the Amerl-
can Embassy in London.
DR.. William p. Mason, professor OF
chemistry in the Rensselaer, Polytechnic
institute at Troy, who returned the other
day from n trip through Europe. gives
this account Of the reception he met with
at the United States embassy In London:
"It was the most humiliating thing I
ever heard Of" Professor Mason said.
with great Indignation. II had visited
the great educational centers Of central
and southern Europe, and through the
courtesy of our ambassadors. who fur
nished me with letters Of introduction.
was enabled to study tho colleges and
universities as thoroughly as I wanted
to. In Paris Mr.. Eustin, whom / had
never met before, gave me a letter upon
the strength of my passport which en-
abled me 10 visit the Ecole Polytech-
nique, where the rules governing the ad-
mission Of visitors are very strict.
"When I reached Aondon. 7 wanted &c
visit the Royal Military academy nj
Woolwich. Baedeker's guideboolg says
that no visitor is admitted there without
a card Of identification from the minis
ter or ambassador Of his country. /
went to the United States embassy and
saw the secretary who had charge of
those affairs. This is the conversation
that took place:
"'Can you give me card that will
admit me to the Woolwich academy
"'You will have to present some iden-
tifcation, he said.
"'Here is my passport
"'That is not enough
"'Not enough? What the devil Is a
passport for anyway Here is a descrip-
tion Of my person, and here is my sigma
ture, all attested by the secretary of
state
"'rm sorry, sir, but that is not suffi-
cient. You'll have to bring letter from
your banker
"'Well. here is my letter of credit.
Ny banker here knows nothing about
me. He only gives me money on the
strength of my signature, which is writ
ten on my letter of credit. Won't that
suffice for your
"'No. You will have to bring a letter
from him.
"'But supposing l had no bankeri
Wouldn't my passport suffice them
"'No, sir. It would not
"Well, went away pretty angry.
got letter from my banker Il did il
simply to see if he would give me one on
the strength Of my letter Of credit, but
did not use it in London. thought |
would keep it to show 70 Americans who
intend to go abroad. / never heard of
such an outrageous thing before. II a
passport isn't sufficient identification In
the eyes of a United States ambassador.
what is it good for anyway"
Professor Mason showed the reporter
his passport and the letter of identifica-
ton from his London banlxer.-New
York Sun.
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A. A. NILES.
WALTON'S
VERMONT REGISTER /!
(77th Edition.l
FOR 1894.
ENLARGED and IMPROVED.
is ~ o w r z a DY.


This standard work of nearly 500
pages is the oldest and best known pub
iication in Vermont. In it may be
found railroad and township map of
Vermont and New Hampshire a com
plete almanac and diary for each month;
a complete Business Directory of each
city and town the Executive, Judicial
and Legislative departments of the
United States, and of Vermont; the
population in 1S80-90, Governor vote in
1892. and the Grand List for 1898, by
towns and counties; complete lists of
Railroads. Newspapers. National and
Savings Banks in the State; rates of
Postage and Internal Revenue Taxes !;
complete lists of Money Order Offices,
Societies. Associations and State Insti-
tutions, and much other General In
formation.
Several new features appear in this
edition, among which we call espe clal
attention to, 1st, an entire re- arrange
ment of matter; 2nd, a chapter on the
History and Geography of Vermont by
Edward Conant, Principal of the State
Normal School at Randolph, and author
of "CObants' Vermont" and = The
Civil Government of Vermont" by 5,
w. Landon, Principal of the Burlington
High School; 3rd, a copious Index
with cross-references, to both the con-
tents and advertisements.
No pains have been spared to make
the Register areliable book of reference
and at the same time keep the price
within the reach of all.
Retail price, Imitation cloth cover
25 cents each.
Board covers, so cents each.
The Register will be found on sale il
nearly all the towns, but if your Mer
chants do not have it we will send y0I
one postpaid on the receipt of the pric'
named above. A liberal discount Il
the trade.
THE HOME PUBLISHING CO.,
E. w. j. HAWKINS, Manager
BURLINGTON, VT.
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Read at the Thirteen Club.

Mr.. Henry Furniss, the caricaturist OF
Punch, has been compiling list of the
unlucky dates connected with Glad
stones home rule bill. Here they are
as he read them at the recent annual din
ner of the Thirteen club:
Home rule bill introduced on the 18th
of February.
Read first time on Friday.
Passed third reading on Friday.
And thrown out by the lords on a FRI
day.
Friday, Mr.. Gladstone refused an in
terview with the Irish Unionists.
March 13, second reading originally
fixed.
July 10, Mr.. Balfour opposed in and
out clause.
Friday, Duke of Devonshire spoke at
the great meeting at Edinburgh.
Home rule rejected. House adjourned
ON " Friday
Coal strike began on n Friday.
Government arranged conference on q
Friday.
Settled on Friday.
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Az AncIcnt ArtIole Indeed.

"That must be an antique" !" remarked
a visitor to n collector of bric-a-brac,
who was exhibiting his chief treasure-a
handsomely carved oak table.
Indeed it is" replied the other proud
ly. IL believe it to be the finest and
oldest specimen of furniture extant."
ut may be the finest, but not the old
est" remarked the other. "Why, l
have an Arabic table at home which
dates before the beginning of the Chris
tian era. In fact it is known to be moro
than 1000 years old"
"You surprise me" said the collector.
not little nettled by the remark. II
had no idea there We're any tables as old
as that. Is its history authentic? Whas
Is its characterY"
ooh, it's very simple" added tho
other. "It's the multiplication table.
It's history is perfectly authentic, and ne
for its character. why, that is perplexiSS
lat least to the small lboys,"-New NUri-
Herald.