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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-03

s:t on = slender spit of turf which jutted
ont ~ the tail of the eddies stood a girl
iufantly engaged with a Ay-rod; loung-
ing ever the gray parapet Of the bridge
xsvsre : couple of men lazily watching
5 hess
C,nAsof the men was tall and Clark: he
/ xnstvssred to. the name of Dunca-,. The
3 other Was shorter. built and had lighter
) hair end him his companion addressed
rs Billy.
The pair Of them were moving leisure
ly through the country, in company
With q house on wheels. yellow
raixted caravan which was then rest
I Ing just down the turn of the road
The shorter man removed his pipe
4 Ind spoke:
Il, see that cast? BY Jove, it was a
neat one Couldn't have done it better
-risen him again. and-no. not this
s titne, my lady. But you'll go on. won't
yos2 He's n fat t,yo-pounder. and you're
, q keen sportsman, can see that.
Three other casts were made without
i. result but at the third the fish rose
again. and was snugly hooked in the
{ lropper.
..l'hat Tvs March Brown for a ten
pound note. exclaimed Duncan with
e an access of interest as the trout shot
or like q flash diagonaliy down strea m
5-.Ah, now she's giving him the butt.
md that's checking the pace. He'd
Z break her if he got tangled in the over
playing him like an old hand"
e. AS he spoke the spring of the bend
ing rod stopped the two-ponnder
rush. and the fish began doggedly to
return to the summons OF the slowly
turning reel
The unrelc nting tension of the line
wore down his strength, and his caPtor
felt blissfully sure of success. In another
minute or SO he would bic gasping and
showing silver beneath the bank at her
: feet.
She reached a hand round for the
- landing net, which hung from q ring
in her creel-strap. aud had partly
q drawn it out, when of a sudden the
honeycombcd turf beneath began &c
bend and break down.
She Aaw.the danger and tried to steE
backE4but the movement was not IN
: time. She lost balance, slipped anc
fell, and the next moment had rolled
of sideways with q splash into the
shining water
BY the men on the bridge no word:
were spoken. They left the bridge a
either end and raced down the rugged
bank on different sides, Duncan crashing
through hazel bushes, his companion
stumbling madly over tumbled bowl
s1erS.
Reaching the bottom of the strag
Cling fall, each left the bank ant
splashcd into the deeper water dressed
as he was. Duncan swimming with
side stroke. the other racing agains
him on the breast. The current wa
very rapid, but as to where it was talk
ing them neither gave a thought.
Each was wholly intent upon beins
first to reach the form which wa
swirling on ahead, now halt sub
merged. now wholly beneath the sur
face
Then Billy got knocked out of tn
race He fouled an island of weed
that was being swept along by the cur
rent and felt their Shiny tendrils wra
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-03
He Had Seen Them.

He had been talking to the pretty
girl from Boston about his observa-
lions and experiences in the west.
did ,you,'' she inquired, ''ever see
any of the Indians known as 'Excava-
torso
"As which--oh-er. yes and he
fastened to assure her that he had
seen any number of ''Diggcrs "-Wash-
incton Star.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-03
The other day was told of little

The other day was told of a little
girl who attended a distribution of
prizes given by the society for the pre-
vention Of cruelty to animals. She had
won. YOU must know. book as a
reward for writing the best essay on
the subject given. and. with the other
successful children, was undergoing a
viva voce examination. We'll, my
DEAR said the gentleman who had
given away the prizes. ''can you tell
me why it is cruel to dock horses tails
and trim dogs ears?'' BECAUSE" an
swered the little girl. what God had
joined together let no man put asun-
der. Leisure Hour.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-03
WORSHIP HUMAN BEINGS.
4 Sect in India Whose Chief Divinity H
Victoria.

a Sect in India Whose Chief Divinity Is
Queen Victoria.
There is a sect in OriSSa, in the Bengal
presidency, who worship Queen Vic
toria as their chief divinity. Col. Ora
ham also discovered that her majesty
was an object of worshi p in the temple
of Phodongo-Lama, at Tumlong. in
Thibet.
A sect in the Pun ia b worship n deity
whom they call NiklSal Sen. This Mix
kali Sen was none other than the re-
doubted Gen. Nicholson. and nothing
that the general could say or do damp
ened the enthusiasm of his adorers.
NJ. du Chaillu tells that some of the
African savages looked upon him as a.
superior being, and the South sea is
landers worshiped Capt Cook as
deity. Even when they had killed him
and cut him up into small pieces the
Inhabitants of O-vyhee fully expected
him to reappear and frequently asked
what he would do to them on his re-
turn.
Lander. in his Niger expedition, says
that in most African towns and viii
lagos he was treated as a demigod.
Lord John Lawrence has been wor-
SHIPPED among the Silks in northwest
India. Three years ago a man named
Juriung Tain, q district commissioners
for the Russian government at Gar
higivSlx, in the northwest point OF
Siberia, imagined he was god. Sub
sequently he declared himself to be
the chief divinity in the Yakutskan
pantheon. Divine honors were paid to
| him, and he was carried through the
settlement daily. On special occasions
he was accompanied by wonderful
procession, when he was carried by
eight richly-dressed men, seated in =
richly-ornamented chair, which was
| adorned by the wings of partridRes,
| bells, horses tails and ribbons. while
| before him was q band of dancers. His
career, however, was q short one, for
| he was arrested by the military au-
| thorities and sent to Vladivistock,
| where he is now confined in lunetac
| asylum.-ChicaGo Times
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-03
A Chain of Sundays.

1t is a strange fact, but one said to
be true, that every one of the week
days is for some nation a Sunday, or
day of rest. Monday is the Greek Sun
day; Tuesday is the day OF rest among
the Persians; Wednesday among the
Assyrians; Thursday among the Egyp-
tians; Friday is the Sabbath day with
the Turks, and among the Jews Satur-
day is kept.-B oston Herald.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-03
AN HONEST BRITISH SEA DOG.
Spins q Yarn How the Lightning Left
the Sky to Bite g Sailor's Ear.

Spins q Yarn OF How the Lightning Left
the Sky to Bite a Sailors Ear.
The skipper of the ALBANIA, just in
from far Dundee. has a haiti of obscrv-
ing very curious things ut sea. On a
voyage he completed several months
ago, he can very nearly through the
middle of a sea levia than. This time
the truthful skipper struck. when only
two days out. a storm that knocked the
stach old ship just like cork about.
smashed her starboard rail and sent
her ventilators off a-1ying down the
gale. But that was not the worst of it.
When off the Georges banks rain fell
as if J. Pluvius had emptied all his
tanks. and from the darkness and the
food there came a thunder bolt the like
of which no man has seen since Pega-
sus was a colt. 1t burst upon the
skipper, SO he rhythmically tells, like
a flaming concentr ira ton of forty thou
sand hells. 1t lit upon the foremost
truck. then scooted down the spar and
leaped aft to the flying bridge, muck
like drunken star. The second mate
saw its approach and crouched in
deadly fear. It Kissed close to him.
he says, it scorched his star-board ear.
Then down into the middle hatch he
saw the bolt cavort. and, like fam
| ing snake. squirm in and out of every
port, and finally it lowered DER the
| quarter deck and sped away in the
| directi of the quartermaster's head.
| He lodged it very cleverly. and, with
an awful whoop, it killed Off every
| rooster in the empty chicken coop
You may believe this you maynt,
| but that fine old sea dog, the steam
ships skipper, says it's SO. and he's got
I it in in his log.
This shippers name is Foreman.
When he has a yarn he'll spin it in d
| way that makes you certain that
Clark Russell isn't in tn. Y. Sun.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-03

VICE Hung Pen, who was reported
to have left Arizona year ago with
his pretty American wife. after losing
. fortune, is now reported from Africa
as having good claim in the Matabele
country that will moro than replace
his vanished million.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-03
A Doubtful Case.

The garrulous young mans chin
hadn't been still for three hours. The
last half hour had been devoted to eau
ton in speech.
'sIt is very difficult thing he said,
''for any person to say nothing"
81 don't know as to that disscnted
the young woman very gently. ''You
have been talking all evening. De
troit Free Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-03
She Wanted to See 1t.

do you like to look at the hogs?'
said Farmer Richland to his little niece
from the city.
EYES, indeed. uncle replied the in
telligent child, ''but I can't make out
yet which pig it is which gives the
homeless bacon."-Pittsburgh Chroni-
Gle.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-03

what is the correct English of it?
Do you collect o bill or collect debt?'
1.-THE English of it is You can't do either
just noug..-N. Y. Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-03
Learning From Experience.

"Do you believe he said, as he ten.
derby strolxed her hair. do you be-
lieve that a deep, abiding love like ours
can ever die out?''
Not now, George. don't" she re-
sponded. But it always did in my
previous engagements ."-Chicago Rec
ord.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-03

-Shc--''Denrest, suppose you didn't
love me nearly as much as you do now.
would you marry me?" He-''You bet
I would. You don't know how much
I think of your father"-N. y. Herald.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-03
J..
= q s THE OTTER MAN.
q 1A First sight and Love at
s s;:ssssssss Second Sight

b E r I v E b
brawled . noisy
tn d . that the
bridge had list
ened to unmoved
for some hum
dreds of years.
and then, - it
wearied W / t h
tn is prohtless
exertion, drew
itself up with
d i g n / t y and
swept a l o n g
with deep. rapid
a n d noiscless
current.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-03
A Sensible Youth.

How do you begin to shave. Chap.
pie3'
All follow the good old wule.
deah boy, youah know; drst catch
youah haiah. ''-Truth.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-03

Lieut.. Said Rute, recently dis
patched by the German government as
military attache to the German con-
sulate at Beyrout (Syria). is cousin
of the present sultan of Zanzibar. His
mother, sister of the late sultan. fell
in love with q commercial agent from
Hamburg. married him despite the
protests of her family. and returned
with him to Germany, where her hus-
band was killed by a street car running
over him. The kindly old emperor
made provision for the exiled princess,
whom her family would not recognize,
and had her son, the Said Rute. edu-
satcd 1T his expense.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-03
A Drawing-Room Screen.

A lovely screen may be made for the
drawing-room by covering three panels
with pale pink plush, and appliqueing
large artificial blush roses in the fol-
lowing manner: Buy as pretty roses
as you can get and of any color that
goes well with the plush. Press them
in Il heavy book just as you would press
a natural flower. When considerably
flattened arrange them with their buds
and leaves in the panels and with heavy
floss silk to match, cover the edges of
the leaves that lie fat on the material,
fastening the rest down in their place
with few stitches. The leaves may
be covered in the same way, and the
stems as well, SO that when finished
the effect is of an embroidered bass
relief and is exceedingly effective.
ANY other artificial flowers that will
lend themselves to this method of
treatment may be used in lieu of roses
and will look equally we'll. These
floral screens make a particularly pref
ty background if low chair is placed
in front of one of them.-N. Y.Tribune.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-09-28
Moss POINT DEPARTMENT.

The many friends OF Miss IvOn Gar
ner, who is at present attending the
Conservatory of Music at Cincinnati,
will be pleased to learn OF the honor
bestowed upon her by being chosen
from among four hundred lady stu
dents to act as bridesmaid at a we'd
ding the following notice Of which
we clip from the Cincinnati Inquirer
Of last week:
ANther Of Yesterday fair brides was Miss
Georgia Meyers who was welded last evening
at 5:SD O'Clock to Mr.. Oscar Shepherd Of New
York City. The marriage was s,Lemnixed in
the spacious recital room of the Conservatory
Of Music, ON East Fourth street, which was.
transformed into q perfect bower Tor the happy
event.
The grand old Fosnl in its bright array re-
called the good old DAYS when the Lytfes sud
McLeMs entertained so sunptuously their
distinguished guests. In the same bay where
the bridal couple stood. stood years ago the
inimitable Dickens aud General Grant, who.
was feted by John Il. Mclean. apon bis return
from his trip around the world.
Palm and ferns banked the msntels and the
stage alike, and roses filled the large' vases
aud were sprinkled, on the draperies in the
bays.
The impressive ceremony was read BY Rev.
Z. X. Bell, of the English Lutheran church,
and the exquisite bridal music was played bv
Mr.. Theodore Bohlman, and for the first time
heard here.
The bride is a lovely and talented girl. and
the possessor of a beautiful soprano voice Of
high range. She III a great ~favorite at tho
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-09-28
Primary Election Ordered for Tuesday,
November q, 1894.

Pursuant to call, the new Demo-
cratic Executive Committee of Jack
son county met at the Courthouse at
Scranton, Sept. %, 1894. a quorum
being present, the committee organ
lied by elccting J. w. Stewart, Chair
man and j. Ira Ford, Secretary.
1t was moved and carried that a
Democratic primary election be held
on Tuesday, the 9th day of November,
1894, to ascertain the choice of the
Democracy for Clerk of the Circuit
and Chanccry court in the event Of Il
vacancy in said office; that the pri-
mary election be conducted by man
ayers to be appointed by the Exccu-
tive Committee that the primary be
held at the regular election precincts,
and as near thereto as the law per-
mits; that all known registered Dem
ocrats be permitted to participate in
the primary-thc Democracy Of the
voters to be determined by the man
ayers. McSsrs. ID. ID. Cowan, Il. II.
Lewis and II. Bloomfield. the appli-
cants, appeared before the committee
and agreed that Il plurality of the
vote cast in the primary shall cOnsti-
tute Il nomination.
1t was moved and carried that
meeting of the Executive Committee
be held or Saturday, November 10th,
1894, to canvasS the votes cast at the
primary and declare the result.
There being no other business be.
fore the committee the meeting ad.
jOurned. J. w. STEWART,
Chairman.
j. |. FORD, Secretary.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-09-28

Captain Ed. B. Rourke, was here
this week visiting relatives and
friends. Capt. Rourke has purchased
the Central Hotel and bar-rOom at
Plaquemines, La, returning to bis
place Of business Tuesday night.
Mr.. Elias Aarons, OF the large to-
bacco house OF Aarons. Mendclson &
Co., New Orleans, was In town this
week stocking our merchants with
the Daily States brand OF cigars.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-09-28
BUSINESS LOCALS.


Low prices still prevail at B. D.
Valvcrde's.
Candies, fresh cakes at Roberts &
Marcus corner grocery. ...
Smoke New Orleans States Cigars.
They are handmade and imported
tobacco.
Good coffee 20 cents, soul krout 10
cents quart at Roberts & March's.
Don + fail to call on +. r. Tutwiler
& Co. for the cheapest furniture when
visiting Mobile.
The best &c cigar on the market to-
day is the New Orleans Daily States.
Ask your dealer for them.
For the cheapest furniture pay a
visit to +. e. Tutwiler & Co., N. w.
corner Dauphin & Joachim streets,
Mobile, Ala.
We want the public to know that
we have been busy taking stock and
find that we can offer IA big lot OF
remnants below cost. Call early aDd
select your bargains
DEJEAN & MITCHELL.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-09-28

THE DEATH OF MR.. JOSEPR COOK.

The readers of the DEMOCRAT-STAR
doubtless remember the robbery of the
store of Mr.. J. =. Clayton and the
attempted murder of his nephew, Mr..
Joseph Cook, ut Black Bird Pond,
about n mile from this place by
James q. Smith and Charles Tagert,
on the night Of the 18th of April, 1893,
and taking all things together making
one Of the most atrOciOuS crimes in
the annals of the State, both boys
being about eighteen years old. Mr..
Cook received every attention that
love and skill could devise, and at
times there was hopes Of his recovery,
but since July last his suffering has
been greatly intensified by fever. His
naturally strong constitution at last
%Succumbed to the disease, and on
Monday last. oath inst, at II H., he
breathed his last at the home OF his
mother, in Jasper county, just seven
teen months and five days after the
murdcrOus bullets had pierced his
body. His brother, DR.. |. ii. c. Cook,
left nothing undonc that he thought
would aid in restoring him to health,
but all his efforts were futile, Ills
trip to New York and the operations
of the most skillful surgeons, upon
which he had built such high hopes,
gave only temporary relief.
Mr.. Cooks many friends here will
be glad to know that his trust was
strong in God, and that he had been
calmly awaiting the summons fol
several weeks. The DEMOCRAT-STAR
tenders coincidence to the bereaved.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-09-28
j. |. FORD, Secretary.
vlslied Bis Boyh0od Bsme Again.

Mr.. c. IL. Alley, one of our foremost
ship.chandlers and groccrs returned
home Monday after a most agreeable
visit of three weeks to relatives in
North Carolina and Virginia. We
clip the following from the Gold
Leaf, a newspaper published at Hen
dcrson, North Carolina:
"Mr. q. II. Alley, formerly OF Hen
derson, but now OF Scranton, Miss,
paid our town a visit last week after
an absence of many years. He left
here in 1853 when quite young and
has since lived in Mississippi and has
been very successful In business,
being now wealthy and prosperous as
we have learned from persons who
have visited him in his palatial and
hospitable home. Mr.. Alley Is a
nephew Of the late Albert Alley and
Is remembered by many of our older
citizens. He has many relatives in
this section, Capt. Joe Rem, being a
nephew of his. Mr.. Alley left for his
home Tuesday. He had been away
several weeks, visiting relatives in
Tennessee, North Carolina and Vir'
ginia."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-09-28

Misses Kate, Hulda and Celeste
Denny, left on Monday, to attend the
SESSION OF school at the Convent of
the Visitation at Mobile. They were
accompanied by their mother, Mrs.
W. M. Denny.
Mr.. Horace Bloomfield left Tuesday
morning for the upper part OF the
county on an clecti0neerinN tour, ac-
companied by MI. G. W. Garner, Of
Moss Point.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-09-28
"Hello, DEMOCRAT-STAR :"

AANiAo,
swell, who are you
"This Is a friend from Louisiana. l
noticed in your telephone column Il
gentleman of Handsboro telling about
a lady sitting down on a'log, which az
forwards turned out to be an alligator,
which reminds me of something that
happened to an old duck hunter down
in Louisiana. lie started out hunt
ing at 3 o'clock in the morning for
ducks, aud having got to Bastien Bay,
where the duck ponds were, and 1t
being too early to go in the duck
blind, and very cold, he saw a small
cluster of bushes near the shore and a
high spot. He Immediately headed
for the place, hauled his perouge up Ia
the bushes, kindlcd a fire and sat
down to warm himself. When day
began to break he launched his
perOuge to start for the duck blind.
But was surprised when he got In his
perouge and found that he was sew
cral miles out at sea In the Gulf OF
| Mexico, and that his island was moth
ing more than an alligator about
twenty-five feet long, with a lot OF
mangrove bushes that had grown on
! the mud upon his back
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-09-28
"IIcllo, DEMoCRAT-STAR :"

"IIcIlO, DEMOCRAT-STAR"
"lIello, what's wanted
"Under the caption Of 'Responsive'
the Biloxi Herald attempts to an
swer the article of tie Ocean Springs
Delegates in your last issue. The
Herald only points ont what it calls
the bad literature of the article, but
fails to apologize for its own u%njusti-
fable and undemocratic attack on the
convention. Now, Bro. Wilkes let us
put aside literature and practice
more democracy. The trouble with
Bro. Wilkes is that he fears Scranton
may get the custom house. 1t is a
well known fact that P%ascagoula is
the only seaport IN the State; that
she deserves the custom house and
will get.it. 1t is IA bitter pill for Bro.
Wilkes, we have no doubt. Let him
swallow it gracefully"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-09-28
"UellO. Captain "P. K.","

"llellO. captain II. Il"
"Among the wonderful fish stories
of the present era, this n deserves
to take d prominent place: While the
tug Native, was coursing around the
bay between Horn Island and Pascal
goula, there was eSpied at no great
distance Il movement upon the water,
which the party aboard took to be a
large school Of red tish or tarpon. In
medlately the Native was turned in
that direction and bore down upon
the supposed school of fish. Mr.. Eu-
gene Gautier grasped a large and
powerful harpoon and upon nearing
the desired spot stood aghast at the
| spectacle before him. Horrendum
monstrum, a veritable sea-mOnster,
in the shape of a devil fish, carrying
above each wing two large red fish,
was disporting himself upon the wa
tiers and seemed to be entirely heed
less or fearless of the Natives ap.
proacll. Collecting himself for "A mo-
ment Mr.. Eugene Gautier, a man of
gigantic dimensions, standing six
feet four in his stocking feet, raised
aloft the ponderous weapon and drove
it with lightenlng-likc rapidity and
Doctor Carver accuracy, Quivering,
into the spinal column of the terrible
leyiathan. In the twinkling of an
eye the waters were lashad into fury
and the sea monster, which measured
fifteen feet from wing to wing, had
stretched an inch and a half cable to
the size of an ordinary Irvine, while
the Native rev0lved upon the surface
of the waters like a top cast from the
hands of a school boy. The unequal
contest was carried on with relentless
vigor for fifteen minutes when the
harpoon was wrenched from its socket
and the mighty fish disappeared
through Horn Island pass. The par
ty was composed of Mr.. J. O'Donohoc
and family, of Algiers, La; Messrs.
Henry, Walter, Eugene and Adam
Gautier, of West Pascagoula."