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The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-12-13
MISSISSIPPI POLITENESS.
HOW VIEWED AND APPRECIATED BY
THE MOBILE REGISTER.

The Mobile Register, under the
headlines of mississippi Politeness,"
says that Sir Walter Raleigh, while
escorting Queen Elizabeth down the
muddy lane, which served in lieu Of
paved thoroughfare, came to pool
Of muddy water which extended
from curb to curb. 1t was not broad
nor deep, but it was wet, so Sir Wal
ter doffed his velvet cloak and with IL
made causcway for the queen to
cross upon. Delightful Sir Walter |!
He probably had full stock OF cloaks
at home, nevertheless he established
a record and deserved credit for 1t.
Up in the Yazoo Delta OF Mississippi
there lives a young man who could
give the Englishman cards, spades
little Casino and win hands down.
We do not know his name but he in
habits Yazoo City and his address can
be obtained upon application to the
postmaster at that place. The story
goes that this young man while ac-
companying his queen" from the cir
Gus encountered slough of such pro-
portions that it could not be crossed
dry shod without the aid of wings.
Our hero had no wings, not yet vel
vet cloak; in fact, he did not even
have an overcoat; and, what is more,
the young lady, in her modesty, fatty
refused to let him tote her across the
puddle. He was equal to the emer-
gency, however BY lying flat in the
dampness, he made footbridge OF
himself, and over this the fair one
tripped as lightly as the gemsbock
over the Matterhorn. After this,
when first-class article OF gallantry
S wantsd, send to Yazoo City. There
alone is it to be had.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-12-13

"The bloomer Dress" says West
ern humorist, sis pair of trousers
very baggy at the knees, abnormally
full at the pistol pockets and consider
ably full where you strike match.
The garment is cut decollete at the
south end, and the buttons tied around
the ankles or knees to keep the mice
out. You can't put it over your head
like you do your shirt, nor around
You like corset, but you must sit on
the floor and pull it on just as you do
your stockings, one foot at time In
each compartment. You can easily
tell the right side to have in front by
the buttons on the neckband."
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-12-13
THE BICYCLE GIRL.

She gldcs like dream from my vision
In the morning all dewy and gray;
A nymph from the gardens Elysian
She dashes and flashes away!
Past meadows and groves where the sing
ing
or birds all melodious swels.
My heart hears the silvery ringing
OF the beautiful bicycle bells!
She's a bicycle, bicycle girl,
With hair Of the LOWEST curl;
She's fresher than clover;
My heart she rides over:--'
She's bicycle, bicycle girl!
Her cheeks with the crimson is glowing
With all the rose could impart;
The brceze-the mad wanton!-is blowing
A kiss and curl to my heart.
Past meadows where wild birds are wing
Their way: Over velvety dells,
She gides, with rayaging ringing
OF the silvery bicycle bells!
She's Il bicycle, bicycle girl,
With hair Of the LOWEST curl;
She's fresher than clover;
My heart she rides overt
She's II bicycle, bicycle girl!
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-12-13
nHE COURTS.
THE REGULAR TERMS.
Circ,1it Court-2nd Dist.
SAMUEL II. TERRAL, JUDGE.

y
,,uEs n. NEVILLE. DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
In the county Of Lauderdale. on the first
Nnndav of January and July and continue
'nIn' In ibe county OF Noxubee. on the second
unnday of February and August and con-
tinue eighteen days:
aar NJ March and September and continue
'TT' Tn the county OF Clarke, on the third Mon
day Of March and September and continue
twelve days. ea. u
dny of April and October and continue SIX
days. c,a o,, tho soo,nd
Monday Of April and October and continue
81, s'Il Ike county Of Pearl River. on the third
Monday of April and October ana contln le
81 In ne county of Hancock, on the fourth
Monday of April and October and continue
In the county of Harrison, on the second
Monday of May and November and continue
In the county OF Jackson, on the fourth
Monday of May and November and continue
twelve days. MA. n,.,,,+ ~,
the third Monday Of June and December ana
continue six days. In the Second District
on the second Monday OF June ana December
and continue six days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-12-13
THE LORD LOVES CHEERFUL
GINERS.

| New Orleans Picayune.
1t has been a matter of controversy
how far the end justties the means in
getting money for good purposes.
There are occasionally found people
who object to the extorti0n of church
fair where you get in for % cents, and
out for $25, and who say that the
rattle Of charity bazaar differs from
no other gambling except that no.
body but the directors ever win the
prize quilts. or course, all recognize
that the man who wrecks railroad,
or organizes trust that ruins and
bcggarS thousands of his fcllOW-mcn,
can square himself with heaven by
building a church or school. That
comes under the head of flnancering
which is respected SO. much in this
world that it must count in the next.
A gambler from Ohio, who had made
Il big fortune in a saloon and faro
bank, says that last winter he attend
ed IA colorcd church in Florida where
the preacher announced that special
blessing would be asked for all con-
tributors. One brother put in dime.
"De Lord bless Brer Jones" cXclaim-
ed the preacher. Brcr Johnson, God
bless you for that Quartah." When
it came to the gambler, he fshed out
$40 bill. what name 2" asked the
almost brcathless collector. "It does
Mt matter. l am a gambler from
Ohio" "Gamblah from Ohio" shout
ed the collector. The pastor rolled
up his eyes and dropped on his knees;
Twenty dollars from de gamblah
from Ohio! May de good Lawd pros
per him in his business"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-12-13

Uncle Joe Cannon Of Illinois proba-
bly, sizes up the situation correctly 10
the following forecast Of the dolngs OF
the present congress:
Thcre'll be a lot Of flddlin' an talkin
an resolutin', an investlgatiD', On
blufin' an making faces, an playing
buucombe an t1rin' the popular heart,
but when we get through we'll find
we have not donea blamed thing but
pass the appropriation bills. An th'
quicker we do that an 60 home th'
better.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-12-13

At a special meeting of the local
council of PEBBLES, O., Marshal Ed
ward S. Gregg was authorized to buy
curfew bell. This will be rung at 8
o'clock each night, except on Sunday.
At that hour every boy between the
ages Of 6 and IS and every girl between
the ages Of 6 and 16 who Is out OF doors
unaccompaned by parent or guardian
will be arrested and fined not less than
81 and costs.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-12-13

Sorrows are gardeners they plant
flowers along waste places, and teach
vines to cover barren heaps. The
common duties Of life, unbles sed, are
but as fences of stone or timber, but
blessed with sorrow each stake carries
its twining morning glory, and mosses
picture the stones and glowing ampel
opsis tufts the walls with autumnal
red. F0rbearance, courage,
toughness, endurance, the ability tt
meet trouble are not be vanquished
by it, but tranquilly rejoice in it, are
elements of manhood.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-12-13
AUTUMNJL DREAMS.
BY BAYARD TAYLOR.

When the maple turns to crimson
And the sassafras to gold.
When the gentian's in the meadow
And the aster's on the void;
When the moon is wrapped In vapor,
And the night is frosty cold.
When the chestnut burs are opened,
And the acorns drop like hail.
And the drowsy air is startled
With the humping of the hail,
With the drumming OF the.partridge
And the whistling Of the quail.
Through the rustling woods l wander
Through the jewels Of the years,
From the yellow uplands calling,
Seeking her that still is dear;
She is near me in the autumn.
She, the beautiful, is near.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-12-13
SCRANTON MISSISSIPPI, DECEMBER 1895.

clothes, everything that heart could
desire, happy wife and Growing chill
dren with toys, for his rich uncle had
been there during his absence and had
provided all these things and would
come again. Oh, they were all so
happy But the printer felt a sinking
in his heart for he thought Of the
devil.
Now did he have everything that he
desired. A brown stone front, car
riages, horses, dresses, diamonds,
square meals 1.-THE greatest boon to
printers) but he was not happy.
His wife reveled in high seas and
spent the summers at the seaside.
Her bills were large, were always met
without protest. His suppers were
the talk Of the town, his racers on the
track, his boats on the water, his
winter home, his yachts, his every
thing, were the envy of his former
friends. His children learned to
dance the fan-dan-go under the most
approved teachers and his wife learn
ed to play the piano under the in
struction of a modern artist, for the
bills were promptly met.
He ran for the Office Of controlling
officer of an influential city and al
though the citizens attempted to i'm
peach him in the courts for what they
knew not why, he came out scathess
and his bills were promptly paid.
lie went to the sea coast and in
vested IN a fish net. but however
much the fish damaged his nets they
were always mysteriousiy repaired in
the night time.
He joined the clubs, wore clear
shirt every day, paid his debts
promptly, for he could not get over
the habit of havings things put down
run grocery store on credit, invested
in stocks, in mines and in divers ways
tempted fortune, but his losses were
always promptly met.
"Now am l indeed lost" moaned
the printer. He saw the dream of his
life fulfilled, his wife and children
happy, pleasant home, but he was
sad. "Woe, woe is me-" he moaned.
"Oh, devil, is there no release?"
His acquaintance of the bench in
the park was by his side.
"This is twice you have called me-
partner" lie said, "the third time you
know, hey, you remember the COM
pact
"Alas too WE'LL" the printer moan
ed. "Would that | was the happ,
youth | was when you first met me
would that | were back to my old pro
fession with its mysteries and joys.
TO them | may never return, but the
remaining time which l spend on
earth before come to thy clutches
shall be spent in happiness. Have
me an outfit prepared
"For what 2" asked the stranger.
"For country newspaper" replied
the printer.
The devil gave howl and vanished
through the window, leaving the
printer in much amazemcnt.
The next morning small boy
brought a letter to the printer with
ont date or caption. 1t simply read :
"Our bargain is off, this is Il receipt fol
what you have got. dnt know you was q
printer or would never have inferred into the
compact. struck one Of your class years
ago and he beat hell. Yours truly.
A slight scorch on the paper look
ing the impression Of thumb was
the only signature.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-12-13

At a wedding which was cele brated
the other day at the Church OF the
Heavenly Rest In New York, the bride
was six feet tall, the groom was six
feet and five inches, all Of the maids
were six feet tall and none Of tho
ushers were less than six feet and two
inches in height. In some respects 1t
was bigger affair than the Wander
bilt wedding.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-12-13

The Sharkey Tribune knows how to
hit back as will be seen by the follow
ing: "Mr. Ellis said In his sermon
Thursday night that the deyil had the
newspapers and legislators Of the
country. We hope he will never be
brought to the sad experience of the
fact that His Satanic Majesty can
also boast OF at least a controlling
interest In q few preachers"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-12-13
TINE TABLE VI. p. Il p,
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YIN EffECr OCIObEN - iov''J
No. leaves Moss Point 800 a. NJ, leaves
Scranton $40 Il. NJ. No. . leaves Pascagou'a
s3j a. m. leaves Scranton $50 u. M, arrives
at Moss Point 9;O5 II. m.
No. leaves Moss Point 1920 a. m. No. A
leaves Scranton 1880 a. M, arrives at Moss
Point Hos. a. m. Meets l.. 4 \. No. q, north,
at lO.42 am.
No. leaves Moss Point 1925 p. m. No. g
leaves Scranton 1855 p. M, arrives at Moss
Point 10 p. m. Meets l.. h n. No. North,
at l24G p. m.
No, leaves Moss Point 2.30 p. m. No. :
leaves Scranton 1880 p. NJ, arrives at Moss
Point 3;ij p. m. Meets l.. 4 n. No. South at
Sl2 m.
No. leaves Moss Point !f:45 p. M, leaves
Scranton 500 p. m. No. 10 leaves Pascagoula
$40 p. m leaves Scranton 5:28 p. M, arrives
at Moss Point j:i3. Meets j.. 4 N.No. south
at 5;2O p. m.
Nos. and run to Pascagoua.
Nos. and run to Pascagoula on SUNDAYS
Nos. and carry freight.
q. II. HOWE, President.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-12-13

An aged man by the name of"Old
Man Friday" passed through Jackson
one day last week on foot wheeling
wheel en- route to San Francis
co from Council Bluffs, Iowa. He is
for free silver.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-12-13

In 1881 the paper mills Of the United
States had a daily capacity Of 1880. 060
pounds, In 1885 It was $3.50, $50 poundp,
and now II 10 l4,102,6S0 pounds per
diem.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-08
A Glass Factory.

A person who visits glass manu-
factory for the first time is forcibly
impressed with its resemblance to
huge ant-hill.
Outside, the building is dingy with
SCOT and time, and the roof swells up
ward and appears to rest its weight
upon the great chimney which rises
sturdily from its centre. All about
the numerous doorways and under the
dust-opaque windows lie heaps of
worthless glass and scrap-iron which
the workmen have brought ont from
the building. Inside, everything is
hustle and ceaseless activity-iust
what would be expected of an ant-hill.
The workers arc running here and
there with glowing pendants of molten
glass on the erds of their blowpipes !;
cars with completed articles, yet hot
and soft, are being trundled from the
furnaces to the annealing room, and
the furnace men are fitting swiftly
back and forth among tho blazing
.glory holes where tho glass is
melted.
The air, even in midwinter, is kept
at a tropical temperature, and the
workmen rush about half-clad, often
showing the brown muscles of their
breasts and arms. And splendid look
ing men they are, too big and power
ful, with sufficient strength to blow
and swing a weight of glass which an
ordinary man could scarcely lift.
Their movements are also marked with
an easy deftness and delicacy of touch
which comes only with long training
in the manufacture of such fragile
substance as glass. In intelligence
and wages they are good deal above
the ordinary workman, and perhaps
no class of artisans is better organized
for its own protection. New York
| Adver tiser.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-08
A Remarkable Tablecloth,

The German Emperor is possessed
OF remarkable tablecloth, which was
presented to him upon the occasion
of his wedding by the women of
Schleswig and Holstein. Woven into
its texture arc a great number of
proverbs and notices. These had be-
come obliterated by use. The EN-
peror, however, being desirous of hav-
ing the words rendered readable,
caused the cloth to be sent to Berlin,
where it has been carefully cleaned.
The following are few of the prov
erds. "Whislt thou here have spass
(fun), be thou careful with thy glass )"
Endurance gives strengththat lasts" )"
"Do not believe all you hear, do not
say all you know, do not do all you
would like" "Always hope, never
fear;" important to despise the
past, well and maturely to contemplate
the future, well to arrange the pres
ent, and thus peaceful life is spent )"
81 await fortune according to my
idea;" "Heart seeks heart every.
where )" "Wisdom govern, peace
reign, love dwell, labor act, honor
grace. New Orleans Picnyunc.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-08

through the kitchen floor about two
and one-half by three feet square. Up.
on examining this opening in the floor
mass of cinders was discovered on
the ground beneath. Upon examin.
ing them they found the skull, the
spinal bones of the neck and half OF
the spinal bones of the back,
which had become reduced al.
most to cinders. They also found
part of ths thigh bone and large
part of the hip bone, and these also
were almost burned to cinders. The
feet were found in the shoes, the left
one reduced to II cinder and the shoe
partially calcined. The other foot
and shoe were reduced to complete
cinder. The other parts of the body
were reduced to a very light cinder,
leaving no shape of the former body.
The clothing was entirely burned.
The woman had weighed $50 pounds.
The remains, however, after having
been gathered together, were placed
in a box that would hold less than a
bushel. The entire remains weighed
twelve pounds. The evidence dis
closed the fact that the woman had
been q habitual drinker, had drunk
more than quart of whisky during
the previous day, and was intoxicated
when last seen alive, at eight o'clock
at night. 1t appeared as if she had
burned on the floor without strug-
gle. Why, however, tho floor did
not continue to burn was mystery.
The pine joist against which the re.
naming cinders lay was slightly
charred, and no other evidence of
blaze could be found. The skull and
hip bone were really the only evidence,
by which it could be told that human
body had been cremated there.
Bullets have been known to fatten
round a bone, asif the bone, having been
broken, had been thus joined togeth.
er by the plant lead. In one curious
case, bullet went exactly six times
IN and out of a skirmisher's body
without doing him any serious
harm. Knecling when firing, the ball
traversed the ribs, entering one side
and making its exit at the other, and
finishing its erratic course by entering
and finally taking its departure from
from the other arm of that curiously
perforated soldier.
A very curious accident happened
to commercial traveller in Omaha
who was walking from the railroad
station to his hotel in a gale of wind.
As he turned corner an English
sparrow struck him in the fnce. Its
bill pierced his eyeball and ruined his
sight. New York Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-08
TIE oXALIS.

Plants continually in blossom and
requiring the least care give the most
satisfaction, especially when they
bloom during the dreary months of
winter. says Mrs. G. +. Underwood.
The oxalis is the most useful, all round
window plant in cultivation, being SO
hardy it requires but short rest and
it's bright green clover-like foliage is
seldom injured by sudden changes of
temperature. If pal altially frozen, q
dash OF cold water will restore its
beauty. The mammoth oxalis has
snowy foliage but not the hardy quail
tiles of the smaller variety and has
less profusion of bloom. The beauti-
ful, delicate, star-shaped flowers
surprise one daily. They delight in
sunshine and turn toward it and for
this reason are frequently used as a
window hanging plant. Its dropping
stems are graceful on q small stand as
a sitting room ornament. The pink
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-08
CONSUMPTION OF WHEAT.

The use of wheat for stock food
oomplicates the difficulty of determin-
ing the consumption of this grain. 1t
is calculated that in the West forty
per cent. of the hogs are being sup
piled this grain and that it is being also
fed in large quantities to all other
classes of stock. The practice is
spreading in the East in many Sec
tions, SO thar it would appear that the
farmers have themselves solved the
question what to with their surplus
wheat.
Wheat certainly is superior to corn
Tor growing animals, as it contains
about thirty per cent. more protein,
or tissue-building matter, than corn.
On the other hand, corn produces fat
and is the better food for finishing off
animals. The two grains are not
really rivals. The one serves as n
complement of the other. Farmers
will do well to study the eding ques-
tion and learn how wheat can be most
profitably converted into animal pro
ducts. New York World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-08
FEEDING POTATOES TO SHEEP.

There is no doubt of the value of
the potato for feeding to sheep, but
us this animal has but weak diges-
ton, it will be advisable to cook
the potatoes for them, and add bran
to the food. The starch of the potato
is very indigestible when raw, and, as
by cooking, the cells in which the
starch is contained are broken, and
the starch granules are swollen and
burst by the expansion caused by the
heat, the food thus prepared is fully
and easily digested. There is more
to be learned by experience in the
management of sheep than from
science, for this animal is peculiar and
always will be, and thus the results of
feeding other animals upon certain
foods do not apply to sheep. So that
it is wise, when one has got good
feeding ration for flock, to avoid
changing it, unless by the most care
full preliminary experiments. But ex-
perience has shown that potatoes,
boiled until they are mealy, in conse-
quence of the rupture of the starch,
cells, and fed with the usual ration of
bran--a pound for each full grown
sheep with quart of potatoes not
broken up, have been both digestible
and nutrltious-New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-08
PROTECTION FOR SMALL ANIMALS.

If large and small cattle or hogs arc
fed and housed together the smaller
animals will hardly thrive. They will
be whipped away from the trough and
get less than their share of the food /;
and they will be driven around or
from the shelter, and the large ami
mails will scarcely profit from the mis-
fortunes of their smaller fellows, as
driving the others from feed and
shelter will 'work off good part of
the flesh from the extra feeo. Some
times the smaller animals are seriously
injured and in the larger animals is
developed quarrelsome disposition
that is not desirable, to say the least.
Yet other considerations make it n
bad plan to confne small and large
animals in the same enclosure. Much
better results will be secured by put
ting only a few animals in the same
enclosure, and those of the same size.
New England Homestead.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-08
GROOMING FoR THE COWS.

Horses have much more often been
made pets than cows have been. So
far MS grooming goes the average COW
gets very little of it except what she
can do herself by rubbing her shoul-
ders and neck against the sides of the
stable in which she Is confined. Try
u curry comb and brush on the COW
rs well as ON the horse. Unless the
COW is very thin the curry comb will
be liked even better than the brush.
The dirt in u cows hair is always liable
10 get into the milk pail, as it is
brushed out when the mixer ruhs
against the animal in getting out of
the narrow stall. Boston Cultivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-08

The South American Colonization
Company is making considerable stir
in Arkansas City, Kan. Its object is
the colonization of tract of land of
over 1000, 900 acres in tho Republic
of Colombia, South America, which it
claims to own. The Rev. l. N. Mer-
rilield, of Arkansas City, is the Presi-
dent of the company, which is to be
cooperative. All property will be
held in common. But before sharino
in its advantages, colonists must take
800 worth of stock in the company.
Eack member of the commune will be
required to labor eight hours dav.
The company has agreed to pay the
Colombian Government certain price
for the land, and bring 800 colonists
1t will transport them in its own YES
sci, some time in March or April.
Agents are now drumming up colon
lists in the Southwestern States.