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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-03
Brander as an Insurance Man.


AS matter of fact. this institution
was wreck when Brander took hold
of it, and presumably had been such
ever since the death of A. J. Bryant.
1t had continued running i'll desultory
sort of way, and might have been going
vet but for Brander. lie at once
branched out for Eastern business, and
established agencies in reckless fash
ion. AS consequence the company
cot a lot of rag-tag business over the
mountains and in the Northwest.
Wherever it had risk fire spread.
and the agents promptly drew on the
company for the amount of the policies,
while declining 10 hurry themselves III
the matter of RENTING premiums.
This style of business continued until
$685., 600 of unpaid premiums were out
.4--Aing in the Vast. but erandar al
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-01-18
Another War.

Jokes at The expense of severe
"school-ma'ams' who have passed the
boundary OF youth are numerous and
sometimes a trife unkind, but the
following will bear repeating, as it
was heartily enjoyed by the teacher
of whom it is told:
The class in American history was
up, the subject under consideration
being the civil war; After some
earnest discussions of causes, effects
and the like, a pupil arose and began
to give certain astonishing informa-
tion regarding a battle at which he
said his uncle had been present. -
His teacher replied that the anec-
dote could hardly be true, as the
uncle in question was near her age and
was not born until after the close Of
1.-The war.
The boy looked a little chagrined at
being proved so evidently in the
wrong, bnt after few moments of
embarrassed silence he said, with an
air OF one who has much the best OF
the situation:
"Oh, but, Miss w., did not mean
the revolutionary war;
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-01-18
Flax In the lEitcd States

Authorities agree upon the subject
that flax of Il medium quality can be
successfully raised in many parts of
the United States. The difficulty is
in the handling of the straw and sep
aration Of tie fiber. In some in
stances it has been moved like wheat
or oats. This causes loss of fully
three inches of the very best part Of
lhe fiber. The straw should be care
fully pulled and tied IN straight
sheayes and then retted, if possible,
in clear running water A stagnant
pool or pond detracts from the quality
of the fiber.
With an ordinay crop. fax-growers
in Ireland realize $40 to $50 per acre
for their crop, and in some instances
as high as 800 per acre has been OBJ
tained. The average last year was
between 800 and so. The process OF
preparing the fiber is very tedious and
requires skilled labor.
Most, ifnot all the flax raised in the
United States is for the seed. In 1889
there were but los tons of fiber pre-
pared, although there were sown l.,
3lS,69S acres, from which there were
produced l0.250,4l0 bushels of seed
Conditions have not changed materi
ally since, SO far as the preparation
of fiber is concerned, although expert
ments have been made on the Pacific
coast within the past two year,
which have had in view the prcpara
tion of the fiber for spinning anC
weaving purposes, which have beer
quite encouraging. There is no rea
son why the cultivation of flax for The
fiber should not be largely increased
in the United States, as there is NJ
secret about the growing, scutchins
or retting.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-01-18
Seventh Day adventiStS Give Up Worldly
Possessions.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, January i.
The Seventh Day Adventists, who
last year gained notoriety through
presenting to their church various
articles of value, the whole aggregate
ing about So, 600, last night made an
other New Years Offering in the pres
ence of several Thousand people. A
close estimate Of the value of the
articles presented has not yet been
made, but it is believed to be not far
from $4,000 One of the elders, be-
fore the gift giving began. preached
short sermon in which he expressed
his belief that the end of the world
was near at hand, and the violent oc-
eurrences of the time indicated it.
Among the articles heaped on the
platform when the gifts were called
Tor were watches and chains, brace.
let's, silverware, clocks rings, ear
rings, and, in fact, nearly everything
in the jewelry line that could be con.
yertcd into cash. Nearly forty BIZ
cycles We're also given. The whole
collection is to be sold and the pro-
ceeds devoted to extending the theo-
rles of the order.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-01-18
Chancely Court I'D Dist
W. TfYnIrsrnN rnANc,

W. IT1OUSTON. CHANCELLOR.
~ IN ,he finnty Of Pearl River. on the first
iohn'shy e January and July and continue
II the County of Marion. First District. on
~ ~ ssc,r i Monday OF January and july ana
toiiti.lu, ssn AVS. III the Second District.
", ", ,mr ,.i .h,ru Mpnday Of January and July
~ ihecouil, N of Hancock. on the fourth
~ a.,xs uary and .iulySnd continue
In the r0tlil u. 80 ~ a., .
Monday Of Fetty on Har''snn. on WI WI , t..n
tit,nr IN DAYS sbruary and August ana con-
n,nt.y Nh ~ Fey Of Jackson. on the second
iinue Tx daysbfuary and August and con
,;n,lay ~ .Iu4y OF Wayne. on the second
iv ,lovs j. and December. and continue
,e M,,r,,h nn,fy of Jones' on Che first Monday
Gavs September and continue siN
- Mn',.h andy OF Jones. on the nrst Monday
dnys September and continue siN
Ia tho con
Monday OF Mhty OF Jasner. or .ho IeCoi"
tlnua Six dnysrch ana septe'hoer anu con-
lii the eount ,
the First NisYy or rPffy' nS!d III hugusuh
March and Sesrict. On the third Monday OF
In the toy'n ,ditemiibr and continue six days
trirt. on thct3 Hattteshurg. the s,clnd iiis-
her and cunt,s Monday OF June aud Decetn'
In thn ro,luniIe six days,
day Of Maichy oi rn'ilh on 'he Iouf'h Noh
siydays. and September, and continue
,ba s,,,.aaa Niys9f Greene, on Thursday aft9l
co;,finne NJ N, e nrii and Octoher ai!t
:. In the couiHfy. 9f r'oyngion. on the f,nrll
Monday IN Npril and October and ca,tta,,,
SIX days. "''
In the conaty OF Newton on tho first v,,.
day of AYNi. .and November aud continuy ii,
DAYS. N+-3 o.
In ,he ee9',rfy Of ,Laaderdale. on the frs
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-01-18
THE ORDER OF THE uOO.HOO
Meet In W0bile and Initiate TWenty.Thrce
Members.

Mobile Register, 18th inst.
Yesterday was Hoo-Hoo day in Mo-
bile and the cats and kittens deported
themselves around the hotels and
'meoued' and enjoyed themselves to
the fullest extent. The Order OF Hoo
Hoo's is mystic society composed Of
lumbermen throughout the United
States, and as quite large number
in this section had expressed desire
to become initiated into the feline
mysteries, meeting was called yes
terday. The Hoo-Hoo's celebrate
everything on the ninth day, and the
annual concatonation is held on Sep
tember 0 Of each year, or the ninth
day Of the ninth month. The after
noon meeting was held at Temper
ance Hall and was called to order at
200 o'clock. The following officers
were present: Shark, e. r. Couledge
senior Hoo-IIuo, I. l.. Magee junior
Hoo-IIoo, George NJ. Griffin bojum,
NJ. l.. Millmott: scrivenater, George
| YOule; bandersnatch, s. s. Henry
custicaticon, w. l.. Killduff ; gurdon,
A. r, Shaw.
The night session was held in the
par0rs of the Southern Hotel at S:0l
o'clock and was presided over by Past
Shark of the House Of Ancicnts B.
Arthur Johnson, Of Chicago, who ar
rived yesterday from New Orleans
The sessions were held behind CLOSED
doors, but it is understood that {
resolution Of thanks was rendered
Mr.. Johnson, and that the following
well-known gentlemen, who were pur
blind kittens, had their eyes opened
that is to say, were initiated into th'
mysteries Of the playful family
John Woodson Wood. Mobile; Five
Winfield Manahan, Chicora. Miss.
Frank Marian Mcmillan, Pine Barren
Fla; Walter Albert Zelnicker, Mobile
Augustine Meaher, Mobile F.; Lorenz
Motley Dantzler, Moss Point, Miss.
William S. Colson, Moss Point, Miss.
Fritz Coon Cohmer, Moss Point, Miss
James Edwin Noble, New Orleans
Richard Holmon Vidmer, Mobile
Thomas Atkins Colson, Moss Point
Miss; John Patrick Carey, Bagdad
Fla; Carey Wyde Butt, Mobile; Wi
liam S. Stewart, Mobile; John Franz
lin Cameron, Mobile: William Marcl
Mobile Thomas Dennis, Mobile
Robert John BOle, st. Louis; Jackso
c. Miles. State Line, Miss; HERNIA
LOUIS Blanchard, New Orleans Chas
, L. Petriken, Selma: Franklin Mir
johnson, Pine Barren, Fla; Willial
Calipcr Dequcde, New Orleans.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-01-18
MISSISSIPPI NEGRO.
Henry Green, Of Scott County, is the
Name Of This Prosperous Darky.

The Age-Herald notes the arrival
in Birmingham of Henry Green, 4
thrifty negro Of Scott county, Miss,
who is on visit to friends in the
Iron City. 1t says he is an example o.
thriftiness and success, not only to
his colorcd brethren, but also to many
of his insalubrious white friends, who
spend so much time in cursing THEFT
hard luck and the ''free niger"
lie and his family by working have
b0ug ght and own in fee simple seventy
acres of good sandy lard. Hehas made
this year nlnc bales of cotton, plenty
Of corn to do him, an abundance OF
meat and to spare, sweet potatoes, an
ample supply Of ribbon cane molasses,
forage for all his stock, and has COM
Portable home. He has twogood mules,
brood mare, twelve head of cattle;
milk and butter in abundance-in
fact, so much of the latter that. as he
has no market, he uses it for grease.
His face shines; he has good clothes
and the air of contented man, all
the result of diligent labor and
frugality.
Oh, what land Of plenty, where
butter can be used for soap grease, q
land of milk and honey, of vine and
fig trees: land wherein one farm can
he grown cotton, corn, wheat, oatsi
rye, barley, rice, tobacco, tea, sugar
cane, peas, sweet and Irish potatoes,
pumpkins, kershaws, grasses, clover;
where apples, pears, peaches, figst
pomegranates, plums, grapes and all
berries flourish and thrive luxuriant-
ly, where garden vegetation of all
varieties grows in profuse abundance;
where every fowl thriyes, and where
cattle seldom need shelter and plough
ing can be done every month 10 the
year; where rains are abundant, and
drouth rarely comes; where cold is
rarely severe AMI heat never extreme
"a land Of sunshine and showers.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-01-18
Too uueh Color.

Judge.
Mojorie had. just returned from Il
visit TO the old homestead in Tennes-
see. where "a colored nurse, nearly a
hundred years old, was stll treasur-
cd inmate 1t puzzled her that Chloe
should be called "auntie' by her
mother and the family, but at last
she accepted the fact and did likewise.
Her playmates, trooping in to welcome
her home, began to enumeratc their
possessions acquired during her alb
sencc:
"l've got a black pony" crowed
Charley, eyultantly.
"I'yc got a new baby BROTHER cried
Jessie.
"Fm! That's nothing; I've got tw,
of EN- retorted Fred.
"Marjoric's eyes flashed "Oh." sllt
cried, "lye got ~ heap moro'n that
I've got an auntse'as old as Mofuscls
and black as tar"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-01-18
FALLEN FLOWERS.
By ARTHUR o'sHArGuSEssY.

One of the workers Of the world
Living toiled and toiling died;
But others worked and the world went on
And was not changed when he was gone,
strong arm stricken, a wild. sail furled;
And only few men sighed. =.
One Of the heroes OF the world
Fought to conquer, then fought To fail,
Aud fell down, slain in his blood -stainct
mail, -A
And over his form they stept;
His cause was lost and his banner furled;
And only woman wept.
| One of the singers among mankind
Sang healing songs from an o'erwrough
heart,
| But ere men listened the grass and wind
Were wasting the rest unsune like wave
And now of his fame that will ne'er depar
| He has heard in his grave.
One of the women who only love
Loved and grieved and faded away
All me! are those gone to the God above
What more of each can | say?
They are human flowers that flower and fall
This is the song and end of them all.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-01-18

Onion sets are the small bulbs pro-
duced from late seed on poor land and
taken up in the fail and dried. They
are planted on rich land in the spring
In rows twelve inches apart, and
three inches apart In the rows re-
quiring about twenty-four bushels to
the acre. The plant grows quickly
and makes marketable onions by july
or August. 1t is necessary To watch
the crop, and whso the swollen seed
stems appear thesc are twisted and
broken dovp TO prevent the forma-
tion Of blossoms, by whichthe growth
Of the bulb WIN be checked. Onions
may be kept quite safe II Thoroughly
ldricd and stored In dry, cold place,
land II frozen in the winter will not
take any harm II kept IN that condi-
tiou and thawed gradually tn ths
spring.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-01-18
Secret Societies.
StRANVON.

10. o. r. Scranton Lodge No. IS, m ccts ev
cry Tuesday evening ut odd Fellows Hall at
f;.0 o'clock. ". Il. \. Parker, n, e.; +. D.
Becht, Secretary.
Scranton Encampment No. 10 meets every
% and 9Th Friday evening at odd Fellows
Hall at 1910 O'Clock. L. p. DeJean, c. P; V
Ros Scribe.
knights of Pythias, Mississippi Lodge No
50. meets every Thursday evening at Odd
Fellows Hall at ,;30 O'Clock. j. W. All
man, G. c.; u. L Browne, NJ. of & X. Of X
& :.
Knights OF Honor, Scranton Lodge No. 1894
meets every q and ith Monday evening al
odd Fellows iiall at 1850 o'clock.
Il. & "A. NJ, Cuff Lodge No 4la, meets 2nt
Wednesdays IN each month at Odd Fellows
lall. j. $, Ports, W. NJ. Wm. O. Parker
Secretary
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-01-18

Some woman proposes that home
be built for "fallcn men.' The sar-
casm is not good, inasmuch rs fallen
men are not ostraclsed and are not
made to feel that they are fallen. But
should home be built, II would need
to be four miles square md one hun
dred stories high
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-01-18

Whaleships nowadays kill all the
sharks they can get, and find it ex-
trcmcly profitable. They are used for
making a substitute for cod liver oil.
The natives of the North Pacific have
also taken to shark catching. 1t pays
them better than cocoanut produce. G
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06

A Brooklyn man who was Convicted"
of burglary he did not commit, and
''pardoned" after he had served nearly
two years in Sing Sing, has sued the
state of New York for $1O1, S3S,2S dam
ages. OF this amount $4,000 is claimed
for injury to reputation and mental
and physical suffering while in prison;
the rest is his computation of the
amount he lost in business by this false
Imprisonment, with his attorneys fees
added. Since the state authorities adj
nit that he was innocent Of the crime
for which he was convicted, and his
pardon" was granted because Of his
innocence, they have very interesting
case on their hands to defend. They
may set up the claim that he is the
victim Of misfortune rather than
wrong, but the state is responsible for
its part in the denial Of liberty that
caused his suffering and loss.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06
Something worth Knowing.

The popular Chicago Great Western
railway Maple Leaf route will put in
service May 20 several new compart-
ment sleepers, the finest in use in the
West.
With this addition this line is en-
abled to offer travellers superior accom-
modations between Chicago, Dubuque,
Des Moines, Kansas City, st. Paul and
Minneapolis. Summer tourist tickets
on sale at all principal stations to all
points east, west, north, and south.
For information regarding rates,
routes, ETC., address any agent of this
company. f. IL, Lord, general passen-
ger and ticket agent, rooms 200, 2l0
Quincy Building, corner Clark and
Adams streets, Chicago.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06
NEURALGIA AND Boards.
One Wards on the other and tho
Bearded Man rs Happy.

The beard is generally regarded as
merely an ornamental object, except by
few says a writer in Pearson's Week
ly, who look upon II as time-saving
convenience Now, however, 1t appears
that the beard Is not only ornamental,
but decidedly useful, as those who do
not shave are much less subjected to
facial troubles than those who submit
to the razor. The reason for this new
theory Is very simple one. In the first
place, the beard is great safeguard to
all those who suffer from sore or weak
Threats, 1t Is a protection against neu-
ralgia, and, lastly, 1t Is now claimed to
be Of great assistance in warding off
toothache. DR.. Chabbert, celebrated
French physician, has come to the con-
cluslon that the reason why there are
so many more cases of facial paralysis
among women than with men Is because
the former have no natural protection
for their fair faces. 1t is true that men
are much more exposed to cold, frosts
and biting winds, which bring about
the affectation, than are women, but in
the few cases which have come under
DR.. Chabbert's notice where men have
suffered the patients have almost in
varlably been clean shaven. To some
men 1t must be relief to find that they
still have some ancient privileges as
yet unclaimed by the new woman" al
though there is a case on record where
one of these eccentric ladies even went
so far as to grow bushy beard four
and a half feet in length. She was
presented as prisoner to the car in
1924, having been captured from the
army Of Charles XII.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06
REIGN OF THE CANDLE.
Fifty Years Ago 1t Held Almost Undls-
puted Sway.

In domestic lighting, for nearly the
first half of the present century candles
held almost undisputed sway. Old
stagers may yet recall the dimly light
ed parlor, the fire burning softly in the
twilight, where the elders kept blind
mans holiday The bell Is rung and
Mary brings in candles, pair of molds
in tall brass candlesticks, brightly pol
ished, with snuffers Of steel, with jaws
that opened and shut with snap, and
something sinister in their appear
ance. There were plated candlesticks
and snuffers, too, for occasions of state
with silver branches that suggested thu
spoils of Jerusalem. But there was also
a Tampa stately edifice Of bronze that
lowered over the family circle at times
and shed a generous and genial light
when so inclined. But what demon
it was to smoke and to smell! And i
would burn, when it condescended tt
burn at all, nothing but the fines
sperm oil at a fabulous price per gal
ON.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06
Luck.

Abraham Lincoln, after being mem
Der of congress, desired to secure a
clerkship in Washington, but he was
defeated by Justin Butteraeld. He
was disappointed, but had he not been
defeated he would have spent his life in
obscurity instead Of becoming presi-
dent of the United States.
oliver Cromwell was once on board
ship bound for America, but he was
taken back by constable, and the re-
suit was he became one Of the greatest
men England ever knew.
Ulysses Grant would not have been
a military man had it not been that
his rival for a West Point cadetshir
had been found to have six toes on each
foot instead of five.
The great silver mine, the SILVER
King" was discovered by the lucky ac'
cident of a proprietor throwing
piece of rock at lazy mule.-New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06
MISS WHITE AND MISS PINK.
Teachers Who Wear Different CoIors
for the Purpose of Identification,

Teachers Who Wear Different CoIors
for the Purpose of Identification.
Two public school teachers in this
city are twins and their resemblance lie
marked, says the New York World.
They are the Misses Fanny and Amelia
Purple. They teach in grammar
school No, As, in East Twenty-fourth
street, as substitutes. Miss Fanny,
after teaching for some weeks, was
taken i'll, and her sister took her place,
The pupils didn't know the difference,
Neither did the principal, Mrs. Tate.
why, Fanny, thought you were so
sick that you could not leave your bed, "
said Mrs. Tate to Fanny's sister. She
was assured that Fanny was sick.
After this episode the two sisters,
who had dressed alike, wore different
colors. Amelia chose white and Fanny
pink, and thereafter they were known
as Miss White and Miss Pink This did
not help matters much, so far as the
true identity Of the young ladies was
concerned, for it was necessary to re-
member the color Miss Fanny wore and
that adopted by her sister. Mrs. Tate
told a World reporter yesterday that
the resemblance between the two young
ladies was as great mentally as it was
physically. They not only had the
same likes and dislikes, but their intel
lectual capacity was the same, When
they were graduated from the Normal
college they got the same percentage
They are inseparable Their parents
are dead. They live with their uncle
DR.. Purple, well-known physician.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06

There is nothing in the cruelty Of a
man-governed world more cruel than
the deception complained Of by Miss
Willard and Mrs. Somerset in securing
their signatures as members Of the COM
mittee on the new woman's Bible. They
signed without knowing just what they
were subscribing to, and in that they
were just like the man who signed the
petition to have himself hanged. The
new woman movement ought to be
more careful about making such old
masculine mistakes in getting out
a woman's Bible.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06

George M. Pullman has con1ded to
an interested public his slowly formed
conviction that he was much happier
when he was poor boy earning his
living by his daily labor than now when
he is worried with his millions and
burdened with the weight of vast in
terests and business cares. Wealth, he
says, does not bring happiness, Mr..
Pullman is evidently getting ready to
buy happiness for the rest of his days
by unloading his surplus and with
drawing from the Millionaire club.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06

The instruction in the republic Of
Colombia has ended less pleasantly
than that in the republic Of Ecuador.
There was good deal of bloodshed in
the one, but little if any in the other.
The Colombian rebels are tired of trea-
son, the Ecquadorian rebels are amnes-
tied; Colombia was disturbed for
months, Ecuador for only few days.
President Caro- is a revengeful man;
President Cordero is the most forgiving
of rulers. For the fun Of the thing,
the warlike ways Of Ecuador are much
preferable to those of Colombia.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06

The old foolishness that women Of
learning, or eloquence, or brain, are
never pretty, or even good looking, is
extinct, and has been put on the upper
shelf among the dead scarabs Of old
Egypt. In this generation we have
women professors, lecturers, scholars,
authors, politicians, and philosophers,
who are beautiful indeed-far more
beautiful than those brainless women
Of old who left nothing better than their
pictures for our instruction.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06

Alfonso XIII, the child king Of Spain,
had battalion of little boys like him
self as a bodyguard while staying at
San Sebastian. Since his departure
they have been disbanded, each small
soldier receiving copy of his dis
charge in due form and a commemora-
tive medal from the municipality.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06

Y 1t cost New York $4,000 to secure
Jury that disagreed as to the guilt Of
Inspector Martin, What will 1t cost
to find a jury in New York that will
agree?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06
PaILLIPsBURa,
KANSAS.

senator-elect Dupont, the powder.
maker, ought to be able to contribute
some interesting matter to the maya
zines.