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Arizona silver belt., 1894-01-20
Wartime shlnpln.ter. Just Redeemed.

N 'AfN A-'a' Ntf+'tfAf
 During war times tho municipality ol Albany issued on it's own credit fraction al currency redeemable on demand at the city treasurer's or chamberlain's office. Most of the fiat money was redeemed within the five years subsequent to ;he end of the war. and during the seventies the chamberlain would be called upon to changea few coins. It was believed that all had been taken up.
 Yesterday however, Chamberlain Hills was visited by two young ladies who showed him a quantity of the currency issued in 1862 and asked him what 1t was worth To the chamberlain's questions as to how it had come into their posses sion the elder replied that in looking over the effects of relative lately de- ceased it was found stored away in an old box along with many war cuTios Mir. Hills promptly handed over the counter in good bills the face value of the money, between S25 and $50.
 A singular coincidence connected with the transaction was that Chamberlain Hills himself paid out the currency re- deemed yesterday to the original owner over 90 years ago. Albany Journal
Arizona silver belt., 1894-01-20
Immigration Diverted to Canada.

The rigid inquiries now instituted at the ports of tho United States to keep undesirable immigrants out of the coun- try are likely to divert immigration into Canada, where it is welcomed, and tho minister of the interior is already re- joicing in the prospect of increased pop ulation. What is chiefly interesting to an outside observer is that countries which do not generally export their citi- gems are now beginning to do so. France, for instance, is contributing settlers, not toQuebec, which is already fully stocked, but to the northwest territories, and Dutchmen are beginning to flow into Manitoba. It is less satisfactory to find that Chinamen continue pass over into British Columbia, though eventually they are certain to be swamped there.- Westminster Gazette.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-01-20
The Gather-no.saoss Young Man

Young men who are everything by turns and nothing loHgR may possess even more than average ability, but they never make good business men. As rolling stones gather no moss," neither do these shifty creatures add any power to their chRaeter or wealth to store. They are respectable trainps. always on the move from one vocation to another, often waiting like Micawber for some thing ta turn up."-Dry Goods Econ Sais,
Arizona silver belt., 1894-01-20
A Ring on His Hands.

''Is Harkins worrying over the fact that Miss dc Riche tilted himT'
 No; but it annoys him exceedingly to think that the ring she gave back was purchased at her fathers store and paid for, too, by Joyew-Harper's Bazar.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-01-20

Hortensius, the Roman orator, had a memory so wonderful that on q wager he spent a whole day at an auction, and at night repeated all the sales, the prices and the names of the buyers
Arizona silver belt., 1894-01-20
mnrlh.. rnlr Dor rnrties.

Nearly every train that goes out of this city for Chicago has several box par ties" on board. These are entirely diff ferent from the box parties at theaters, but have been christened by the train hands with the same name. They are little groups of people beat on taking an economical glimpse Of the great exposi- tion, and who, in order to cut down their expenses to the lowest notch, have had packed at thome boxes of luncheon of suf- fcient magnitude to last during the trip. At each meal hour the members of the box parties draw these boxes from under the seat or sit in groups with their luncheon on their knees and chat as com tentedly as if they were at d gorgeously appointed hotel. Sometimes an exchange is effected of boiled egg for tomato or bit of fruit for some ham, and the fel- low who has had the forethought to bring a few bottles of beer is prime fayorite with the other passengers. Philadelphia Record.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-01-20

The properties and use of the mariners compass were known to the Chinese cen ituries ago. It was brought to Europe in the thirteenth century and first used on the Mediterranean.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-01-20
Tho Fnct Remains.

Miss Azure Hughes--I emphatically deny that tho educated woman is ashamed to admit her age.
 Giglamps-But all the same l notice she doesn't put her college year after her name. Vogue.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-01-20

The smallest tree in Great Britain grows on the summit of Ben Lomond. It is the dwarf willow, which is mature when it attains the height of inches.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-01-20
SHIL0H'S CON S U M PHO N
 CURE.

The suoosss of this Great Cough Cure f. without 8 parallel in the history of medicine. All druggists are authorized te ssh 1t 6n a pos tive guarantee, test thas fo ether oure car successfully stand That 1t may become known, the PIoprietors, ct sh szsrzraus ex- pense, are placing Sample Botsie Free intc every home in tfrs United States and Canaae If you havd | Cough, Sore Throat, CT Bron chitis, use it, for 1t will cure yeu. If you, child has the Group, or Whooping Cough, use 1t promptly, and reliefis sure. If yen ersa< that insidious disease Consumption, use is. Ask your Druggist for SHIL0H's CURB. Price 10 cts, 50 cts. and sl oo. fyour Lungt are sore or Back lame, use shileh's Poreos Plaster. Price g cts. For sale by aa Drug 0ists and Dealers.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-01-20
NosT NOTED clSIRlIns IN IHE WnaIl

Has his methods now in book form. md for sale, fully Illustrating his most approved. methods of Altering Colts, Spaying Cattle and Dogs, especially Ridgling Horses, etc, Also showing his ropes and instruments, and tell ing the best after treatment og castrated stock. Very importanttoal to all stock owners and castrators. For prices and particulars of book write him at Charleston, Coles Cc., III.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-20
NUMBER 9.
THE TOMATO.
Strange Manner In Which II Was Intro
duced Into This Couutyy.

A great many years ago a man from
the Bermuda Islands was sent to the
Jail in York county, Pennsylvania, for
some offense, writes Rosa Autumn.
He had with him a few seeds OF the
tomato, which he planted in the Jail
yard. But before the plant grew to
maturity he was discharged. No one
knew the name Of the plants or their
nature, but through curiosity they
were taken care of, and they grew to
large, fine plants and were covered
with strange fruit, and as the fruit
ripened it changed from green to a
brilliant red, and became an object Of
wonder and admiration to the inmates
of the Jail. Mrs. klinefelter, the lady
keeper, caustioned the prisoners
against eating any Of the fruit, as she
was sure it was poisonous.
Just when the fruit was fully ma
tured the Bermuda visitor revisited
the jail and asked to see the plants.
When this was granted him he took
some Of the fruit and, sitting down,
asked for pepper, salt and vinegar and
commenced eating the supposed poii
sonous fruit, which lie appeared to
enjoy very much, informing Mrs.
Klinefelter that the fruit or vegetable
was the tomato or love apple, and she
would find it wholesome and nutri-
tiOus. The seeds were distributed
among the friends and neighbOrs Of
the iail-keepers, and for many years
it was cultivated more for an orna-
ment than for table use, but by de-
grees II began to be fully understood
and appreciated, and then soon grew
into general use.
remember when the tomato was
grown only for an ornament, and
large, fine specimens put upon the
mantel and left there until they were
rotten, and l remember well the first
that were cooked and eaten in our
family, and we all soon became very
fond of them, and now l suppose there
isn't vegetable eaten that is so gen
orally liked as the tomato, with one
exception, the potato.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-20
NE STOOD 1T LIKE A MAN.

lie went down to the dentists to have tooth
pulled out,
And he stood il like man.
The dentist went to punching,
To gouging and to hunching,
While the forceps kept a-crunchng,
And he stood it like a man.
He had a spell of sickness that kept him in the
house,
And he stood it like a man.
He felt all sorts OF turnings
Of his insides, likewise burnings
OF his brain, and painful eliurnings,
And he stood it like man.
He got up in the middle Of the midnight with
his twins,
And he stood it like man.
There was absence of caoric,
And his words weren't metaphoric,
AS he gave them paregoric,
And he stood it like a man.
lie went to do some shopping with his wife on'
busy day,
And he stood il like man.
He went to forty places,
Sampled silks and furs and laces,
Till he laid down in the traces,
And he stood it like Il man.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-20
Chancery Court-2d Dist
", r, HOUSTON, CHANCELLOR.

In ,hp county of Pearl River, on the first
hIandny Of January and July and continue
Biz days. p,. n,..,,.,. ~
tbn sprond Monday Of january ana july ana
cnntlnue sly days, In the Second District.
I'm The third Monday OF January and July
End continue six days.
i in the county of Hancock. on the fourth
k,ouday Of January and July and continue
| in he county OF Harrison. on the first
Monday Of February and August and con-
|tmue six days.
in the county Of Jackson. on the second
|noaday Of February and August and CON
|Nne six days.
Ia the county Of Wayne. on the second
Monday Of Iunc and December. six days.
In the county of Jones, on the first Monday
|ot March aud september and continue siA
days,
Ii the county of Jasper, on the second
Monday ol March and September and con-
tinae six days.
/ In the county of Perry. held In Augusta
|the First District. ON the third Monday of
March and September and continue six days
|ln the town Of lIattieSburg. tha Second Dis
,rlct Oh tha first Monday Of June and De-
|reHlb'r and continue six days. ..'
In the county OF Smith. ON the fourth Mon
|dy Of March and september, six days.
In the county of Greene. on Thursday AT.
BET the second Monday of April and Octo-
Der and continue three days.
ln'hc county of t0rington. on the fourth
NOnday in April and October and continue
siXdaYs.
In the ronnty OF Newton. on the first Mon
DAY Of Aprl and November and continue 81,
days,
In the county Of Laudcrdale. on the frs
Monday Of May and November and COntinu,
twenty four days.
In the county Of Clarke. on the thirt
Monday Of April and Noyembcrand continue
slS days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-20
The Georgia Clay Eaters.

There is no mistaking clay eater,
says the Atlanta Constitution.
Their countenances have a distinctly
original and unearthly cast. remind
ing you more of ia deaths head with
bone in its mouth" than anything
else. The childrc n bave large eyes,
set deep in the head and accentuated
by high skinny cheekbones. These
eyess lack luster and they glare with
leaden stupidity from the cadayerous
hollows. And as for the men and
women, compared with theirs the
face of an Egyptian mummy would
look fresh and beautiful.
The milky whtcness of the skin,
which they have in childhood, has
changed into a parched brown, which
falls in folds about their eyes and
nccks. Deep wrinkles Iadiate from
their mouths and spread in every con-
ceivable direction. You can easily
trace them, as they serve for conven-
lent acqueducts for tobacco juice.
The clay which they devour is not,
as some have supposed, the red variety
SO common throughout middle Geor-
gia, but as peculiar white kind, with
a soft and greasy feel, and found only
in certain localities. 1t is said to
contain arsenic, thus accounting for
the force of Of the habit and its effect
upon the system.
These beings make no attempt at
regular work. They exc out their
existence in the winter by selling
wood in town, and during the summer
the most energetic pick blackberrieS
and huckleberries, which grow in pro-
fusion there. Some OF them own don
keys, and these, attached to the little
two wheeled and non-descriptive ve-
hicles, are familiar sights along the
public highways leading to Milledge-
vile.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-20

Judge Dallas, of the United States
Circuit Court, has just decided, while
sitting in Philadelphia, that China
men cannot be naturalized. In his
opinion Judge Dallas says:
'It is necessary to refer only to the
act of Congress of May s, 1852, enti-
tle1, San act to execute certain
treaty stipulatiOns relating to
Chinese" by It's fourteenth section
it is enacted, "That hereafter no
State court or court Of the United
States shall admit Chinese to citizen
ship" and cannot accept the posi-
tion taken in argument that this Sec
tion became imperative upon the ex-
piration of ten years next after the
passage of the act. Its first section,
and the substitute for the section, ap-
proved July 5, 1884, relate only to
''coming of Chinese laborers to the
United States" The fourteenth sec
tion forbids the admission Of Chinese
to citizenship at any time after the
passage Of the act. 1t Is still In force
and Is determinatiye Of this case. The
appl lication Is refused"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-20
CROSSING THE PANCAkE."
A Time -Honored Custom in an Old English
School.

Shrove Tuesday was duly hOnOred
in Westminster school by the ancient
and honorable custom called Tossing
the Pancake" says the London Tele-
graph. Shortly before noon small
procession, headed by one of of the
abbey vergers, carrying his silver
wanda cook habited IN white and
bearing "A pancake upon a frying pan
being the most prominent figure
marched from the kitchen to the doors
of the "big school,"
Here the cook knocked thrice, and
in reply to inquiries from within as to
the cause of this interruption Of the
daily routine of schOol-life, prOclama-
tion of "The Cook" was duly made in
ancient form.
In the meantime the bar, which d.
vides the upper from the lower school,
had been drawn out, the boys being
congregated behind the division line.
The doors were then thrown open and
the cook and his attendants advanced
to the bar, when, swinging the frying
pan three times round the former
tossed the pancake among the expec-
tant youngsters, who scrambled gal
lantly for the possession of the largest
piece.
The youth who was fortunate enough
to obtain this portion immediatly ran
off to the deanery to claim the time
honOred honorarium Of two guineas
from DR.. Bradley. The pancake throw
er is entitled to half that amount. As
sign of the times it is worthy to
note that at Westminster school
women have now ousted men from the
precincts of the kitchen; and the part
of the "cook" in this ceremonial had
to be acted by white-turbaned aud
white jacketed male, pressed into
service for the occasion.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-20
How TO Tell 4 Girls Age.

1t is a well known fact that girls OF
II marriageable age or older, especial
ly the latter, do not like to tell how
old they really are, but you can find
out, says an exchange, If you will fol-
low the subjoined rules, allowing the
young lady to do the figuring to suit
herself: First, tell her to put down
the number Of the month In which
she was born, then to multiply it by
2, then add 5, multiply by 80, then to
add her age, then to substract 36o ;
next have her add ll5, then tell the
amount left. In this grand total the
two figures to the right will tell you
her age and the other the month OF
her birth. For example-lf the
amount be s22, she is % years old and
was born in August, the eighth month.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-20
THE POPULAR WIDOW,
No Getting Around the Fact that She is
Just the Boss.

There is no gainsayng the fact that
the widow is the most popular woman
who fits across the maclstrom of So
cia. life. But the law of compcnsa-
tiOn sets the price on all iavors of fate,
and the widow, however gloomy or
shining her environments, is no ex-
ceptiOn to the rule.
Are you a loved and loving wife,
with the strong right arm Of the best
of men to shield and protect you from
the world and its calumny? Then
know that the removal OF that arm
means your own transformation in
the eyes of the world to Il person an
swering to an entirely different de
scription. The world steps up higher
in order to obtain better point of
view, and it ferrets out motive for
action where no motive exists, and it
regards you with suspicion where
there is no cause. The world has an
evil eye, and the lens through which
it observes distOrts objects passing
before it. The world has a vivid i'm
agination, also, and a prcdisposition
to mistake It's imagination for it's
memory. 1t is one of the traits for
which popularity compensates, or vice
versa, that the world keeps an eye on
widows, and their every action is
fraught with interest. In the en-
yironment of wldowhood woman must
needs pay the price.
Dickens immOrtalized Mr.. Weller
by putting in his mouth the words
"Samivel, beware of the vidders." The
expression has been handed down, ant
will continue to be, like any Othel
wise old saw that creates capital as
it goes, even where there is small
foundation to build on. George Wash
ington and Napoleon Bonaparte boil
married widows, each Of whom hat
two children, boy and girl, and II
is also a coincidence in history that
neither of them bore children to thei
illustrious lords.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-20
LrE COURTS.
THE REGULAR TERMS.
,;rc,,jt; Court-2nd Dist.
,1-u rERRAI.- .IEMiE.

cANITEL H. IEhhhh. ~ t ,.,
,urs il NEVILLE, DisrhIcr ArroRNhf'
.A.. 49, .,,nty Of Landerdale. on the iirst
In the c9"II' January and July and continue
lhfly aaaa,oty Of Noxubce. on the second
~ ntny ,ny IT"T of February and August ana con-
nae elsnvart .nnuty of Kemper. on the, first Mon
ID " afN March and september ana commune
(Eelv,s o., so,,nty Of Clarke, on the third Mon
IN t,yW yWarrh and September ana continue
Swsye days. w,y,e op the first Moss
u ~ Nv AnrIl and October ana continue s'N
Nays -, ,f Greene. on the second
N Eay Gn, of Anil and October ana continue
kiS days ,fpo,rl River. on the third
h,nnday n da Of April and October ana continue
s. uMs, ~ county of Hancock, on the fourth
h,oniay M Of April and October ana continue
Tt'I ra the vs." county Of Harrison. on the second
,lndav IN ,"y of NAV and November and continue
Twelve days. ,-,,.s,r -, thu fourtb
k,,nday ,m Of MAY aud November ana continue
Twelve days, ,, Mac, nist,s,t ~,
no third Monday of June ana December ana
Enotnup six days. In the second i'strict'
I w ,hs second Monday Of June ana December
snd continue six days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-20

F., An exchange says that these new
tangled doublc-dccked shoulders the
ladies are now wearing make IL impos-
sible for a near-slghtcd man to know
whether he is meeting woman or q
load of hay. II the craze continues
soon our narrow-guaged walks will
have to be widened or the men will
have to take the middle OF the street.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-20

Every newspaper has an occasional
subscriber whose soul seems to have
been made out Of fag end material.
A contemporary observed that he il
always glad when he is dropped from
the list. They generally refuse to
take the paper after receiving it year
without paying Tor it-a plain steal,
and the law makes it such, with an
insult added--or else they move away
without paying a nickel, or they all
at once discover that they get IT ir-
regular, and won't pay for It. In
either case II Is mere snap, such as
an honest man would not be guilty OF.
The proper way to stop a newspaper
is to pay up all arrears and then dis
continue it.-[Coydon (Iowa) Demo-
cratic
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-20

Col. Watterson expressly polishes
of Il contemporary in the following
language "If this newspaper had
been born a Bird he said, ''it would
have been a buzzard; II a beast, a
polecat; II u fish, q mud-cat; II .
reptile, Il lizard; II an insect, bed
bug
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-20
Secret Societies,
SCRANTON,

I. %. O. +. Scranton Lodge No. A. meets ev-
1:j0 o'clock. II. Buggc. N. g.; 9. Luce. Sec'y.
Scranton Encampment No. -. meets every
I'd and +th Friday evening at Odd Fellows
Hall atT:30 o'clock. II. Bugge, Q. p; " Ros
Scribe
Knights of Pythias. Mississippi Lodge No.
~ meets every Thursday evening Mt Odd
Fellows Hall at 1:W o'clock, Ia. Miller
&C: B. Browne. X. OF $.
Knights OF Honor, Scranton Lodge No. :ISa4
meets every 81 md lth Monday evening at
odd Fellows Hall at 1880 o'clock
i. & A. NJ. Gulf Lodge No. ~, meets lst
Frlsday. IN each month ut Odd Fellows
HALL. NJ. G, Pankey W. NJ; Geo. J, Santa
Cruz. Secretary.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-20

Capt. Fewell, Of Meridian, has been
heard from again. This time he pro-
poses that money shall be raised BY
licensing saloons in the city Of Me-
ridian to sell unbroKen packages to
build some railroad out from Meri-
dian. This Is about as wild as some
OF his other schemes. Under the law
of this State the saloon cannot %
licensed to sell In unbroken packages
nor can the city OF Meridian 70 INTO
the saloon business.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-20
SCRANTON
DIRECTORY.

ROBr. WEsTERBERG.(a Cat Noy's Hot ely,
Livery Stable. Teams to Hire.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-20

CHARLES LYONS, (Delmas Avcnue),
Eating House. Oysters. Lodging
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-06-30

The ancient Chinese believed that
music WAS of divine origin. and that
il WaS Il Gift from the gods to man.
They called it the twin sister of
poetry. and believed that it had mir
lclllouS power over man and beast.
An old Chinese hymn tells the story
of 4 shepherd who wandered into the
camp of Il great army and made the
soldiers SC homcSick, by playing fam
!Iihr melodies on his flute. that they
left the field on the eve of battle: 1.-The
ilut,' of Chang-lang. in that little
space. had stolen the courage of 5000
men"
Ancient Chinese instruments are of
very neat workmanship. There is Il
small violin called ur-kecn. which is
made of dark wood, the head covered
with Snakc-skin. 1t is not ornament
ed with any carved or inlaid designs,
but it is beautifully made. and the
wood is polished very smooth. There
are only two silkcn strings. tuned in
tifrhS. and played on with Il horSrhair
bow. A thrcc-String banjo. also COW
cred with >nnke-skin. has long neck,
the top of which. where the strings
are fastened. is carved To represent a
bat. There is also Il very ingenious
mputh-organ called ti-tZu. The body
is made of wood. and in it are insert
ed seventeen pipes. The notes are
made by stopping the holes in the
pipes with the fingers.
The Chinese are very fond of drums,
which they call kou. The oldest drums
wrr" of baked clay with Il skin head
fastened on with nails instead Of
bracrd cords. which made it impos-
Siblc to tune them as modern drums
are tuned The variations of tone
We're regulated only by the force of
the blow.
The notes of Chinese music read,
like the written characters. from right
to left. and the intervals of rhc scale
are different from those of the scale
adopted by the nations of the west.
The music is not very harmonious. and
sounds meaningless and jangling to
western ears. but it has pretty,
musical cadence that makes it attrac-
tive and interesting i'm spite of its fire.
uucnt diScOrds.-St Nicholas.