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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-07-12
A HEN WITH TEETH.
Now York Times.

Now York Times,
Nathan Ritzic, a poultry dealer of
No. 1913 Suffolk street, has d hen with
out beak or bill, but instead a large
mouth with lips clearly defined and
teeth which car be easily felt. She
has a nose, forehead and extraordi-
nary large eyes, which show %intelli-
gence, like those Of a dog. The face
resembles that Of a monkey. The
tongue is unlike that of any fowl and
she licks her chops like a cat. She
bites off a piece Of bread crust. hold
ing it with one claw while she eats.
When asleep she brcathes like a quad
ruped, with a sound very much like a
gentle snOre. She weighs between
five and six pounds, and was brought
from the country a few days ago with
other fowl.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-07-12
WHAT WE NEED.

New York Post.
There are quantities Of unused sill
yer com in the United States now. 1t.
Is piled up in the vaults of the treas
ury. 1t cannot get out; the govern
ment has tried in more ways than one
to get rid of it, and to no purpose.
Mr.. Bryan, Of Nebraska, has frequent
ly attacked the treasury for not pay
ing out the peoples money" But
the people will not take their money.
They prefer gold they very much
prefer paper; they show every year a
greater and greater fondness for pri-
vate paper, such as checks and drafts.
In proportion as communities get
more active, intelligent and wealthy,
the less call there is for hard dollars
at all. No doubt there arc communi.
ties that like them; no doubt, in
places like the country districts of the
South, where there Is much more
truck and barter than real purchas-
Ing, where one hundred cents is a
deal of money and a five dollar bill a
serious sun to possess, these gold,
big, hard, white dollars, of which
twenty weigh more than a pound, and
are quite a load to lug home in a
stocking, are greatly looked upon asa
sign Of real wealth. This same Mr..
Bryan urged a more abundant coinage
of silver dollars, because they would
be favorttes among our colored people,
and lead to boarding. The object Of
sensible ~inanciers and economists IS
to promote confidence between men
and nations. There Is no greater
sign Of this confidence than the vast
increase Of transactions where very
little coin, very little that can os
called money at all, Is used; where
book accounts running up into mill
ions are settled all over the world by
transfer OF credits. This Is banking
What we want IL an improved bank.
Ing system, not q fresh supply Oh
either silver or gold, but, as ex'
FaIrchlld said last night, q
banking system. And when
get rid Of the silysr,craze, we shall
have it.
~S~
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-07-12

DR.. Sawyer:-After suffering four
years with female weakness | was
%pursuaded by a friend to try your Pas
titles, and after using them n year
/ am entirely well. ] cannot recon-
mend them too highly.--Mrs. NJ. S.
BROOK, Bronson, Bethel Branch Co.,
Mich At Scranton Pharuacy,S cran.
bon, and J. W. Stewards, Moss Point.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-07-12

Backbone Is needed IN politi''
much Ms In rc''rlci
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-07-12

Gwandma,' said Mollie, looking at
the wrinkled face of the dear old lady,
VI links you ought to 60 10 the laun-
dwy and Diet your head ironed."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-07-12

White blackberries were a curiosity
brought into Americas, Ga, by a far
mer a few days ago. They were iden-
tical with the ordinary blackberry in
form and flavor.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-07-12

James, are you cooking dinner"
"Yes. sir. the cabbage is boiling in
the mill pond, the eggs frying in the
sand, and the beef roasting on the
roof y
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-07-12

DR.. John a Brooks, a Memphis
Christian church pastor, has resigned
because members OF his flock would
not stop playing progressive euchre.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-07-12

The Encyclopedia Britannica's ac-
count OF the war has been denounced
by Confederate Veterans of New Or.
leans.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-07-12

: All kinds OF Job Printing done at
tire. DEMocRAT.STAR Office on short
notice and NJ satisfactory prices
Sntnpp but iirst-class work sent ont.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-07-12

Toacher-"What is an assignee ?"
key Failupski-"T,er bruder-in.law
OF der man vot fails"
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-10-24

he ever worked from IN a business
experience of some eighteen years.
we have been told that all the i
ron furnaces Of the country have to
rely on Pittsburg, Pa, for all these
furnace appliances, if so, through
their not being able to get them
nearer, a good field is now opened
for this particular supply right here,
and as furnaces are starting into
blast in every direction from us, this
place should have the business in
stead Of sending north for supply.
If the arguments good that the fur
mace and cotton mill is gong to rev.
olutionize these trades, all the ap-
pliances used in connection with
these manufactures ought to be made
on the spot and save delay in waiting
for goods from long distances.
We look upou the successful cast
lug of these things as a good omen
and trade ought to be worked up
for them, which in connection with
the valves to be made would help the
business of this section.
Now, Sequachee casts tuyeres and
tuyere coolers for blast furnaces: it
also makes valves iL IRON or brass.
Perhs ps some other things may turn
up, but these alone should make Sc
quachee a live, busthng town. May
1t be so.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-10-24
LOCAL.

We don't have any croquet now.
Why?
Sam Pryor went to Jasper Tues
day.
Mr.. W. S. Pryor visited Jasper
Monday.
Mr. Gustatson visited South Pitts
burg Friday.
Mr.. Jas. Degnan returned from
Chattanooga Saturday evening.
Miss Kate Haynes has returned
home from her visit to Victoria.
We are Indebted to NJ. Campbell
for copy of the Coming Nation.
Mr.. G. Gabel has left Chattanoo-
ga and gone to Birmingham, Ala.
Mr.. G. Sherman went to Chatta-
nooga Friday returning same even
ing.
The painting of the store front OF
Mr.. Sherman's brick looks encourag-
ing.
We do wish road could be built
up the mountain, so one could get tC
the top easily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robbins Of Klmbal
and family visited Mr.. and Mrs
Haynes Sunday last.
Mr.. and Mrs c. Ii. Davidson anC
baby went to visit Mr.. b. Alder Sat
Wday returning Monday.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-10-24
BRASS,
And Brass Casting
Success which Ought to
mean a New Industry
for Sequachee.

Thursday last on invitation of the
managers we paid visit to the Sc
quachee Valve Works, more partlc-
ularly to see the casting of tuyere
cooler for the 7. @. l. R'y Co.
1t will be remembered that in Feb
ruary last Custafson Bros. took pos
session of the plant of the Sequachee
Manufacturing Co., which was form
erly operated by the McKenney Ma
chine Company, Of Baltimore, their
purpose being to make the valve of
which Mr.. c. J. GustafSon is the in
venter. Since that time a small
force has been working, and foun-
dry and cupoIo, and other appliances
for melting metal have been con-
structed with blast connected from
main building. Besides this many Of
the machines have been reconstruct
ed for making the parts of the valves
and for the completion of them aft
er being cast.
AR. Gustafson is his own pattern
maker and that very essential part Of
the work Is done in the northerly end
of the building. Altogether great
change has been made in the ar
rangement and location of machinery
for the new business, the successful
fruition of which we ardently desire.
Accompanied by Mr.. Gustafson we
made an examination and found the
valves in process of completion from
the rough casting to the nearly com
plete valve and the various parts
connected with the same, IN their
different stages OF manufacture.
OF the merits of the Gustafson
valve, which is made in many sizes,
there seems to be no doubt, and il
embodies the principal of instantan-
eous cutting off steam, ETC., by di-
rection of leverage. Where used
they are giving satisfaction, and we
are told parties are clamoring for a
supply to fill demands, Passing to
the office we found the Misses Gus
tafson in charge busily engaged In
making blue print drawings for pat
terms. These ladies take care of the
Office work and many other details
and anything they have charge Of il
is safe TO say is well done, and thsil
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-10-24

comprehension Of the details of pat
terms, castings and other minutie is
something astonishing. Besides the
alterations made in machinery, we
looked at patterns upon patterns for
the various sizes of valves which
bore evidence of good workmanship.
But we did not come to look at
valves entirely. Some time since
this fem received a contract from the
7. G. 1. & Il. r. Co., to make cast
ings to be used in connection with
their blast furnaces and we came to
see how it was done.
In order that our readers may get
an idea of what these castings are we
must go back little, and say when
we heard that tuyeres were to be
cast in Sequachee, we had no con
eepuon or idea as to what they were
and how applied but we found out
and here it is.
The blast pipe which is attached
to the furnace has to be connected
and if possible prevented from burn
ing out and the pipe is held in place,
first by what is known as a monkey
then, outside that tuyele, and theI
a tuyere cooler, which looks like a
large flower pot, inside Of which 8
double rim is cast to admit of the
continuous passage Of water to keep
the end of the blast pipe or nozzle
| cool and from burning off by its too
close proximity to>the melting metal
The cooler is the heaviest piece and
weighs from Wis to 420 lbs, the
tuyere proper being smaller aud con
sequently lighter.
For some weeks efforts have beer
made to cast these coolers success
fully and after eight attempts, ont
only being a success, the moulde,
then in charge Of the foundry retired
and was succeeded by Mr.. [. Swan
son Of Chattanooga, an experienced
mechanic, who took hold and cas-
seven perfect coolers in succession
each one perfect and satisfactory
The metal of which they are made i
a composition of copper and bras
and for each casting about 700 lbs
of metal is melted and in its reduct
ion suffers a loss OF Is per cent. S
it can be readily seen how necessar,
1t is that no failure should occur
We found Mr.. Swanson a quiet
practical man, who is evidently wei
informed IN his business who inform
us chat with the appliances at thi
foundry, and by increasing the force
four or five of these coolers could b
cast daily, and in passing, compli
mented Mr.. Gustafson's pattern
highly as being perfect aud the bes
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-10-24

Mr.. Joseph Walker Of Beersheba
Springs and his sister, Miss Hattie
are visiting Mr.. End Mrs. Kllgore.
A child Of Mr.. Brooks Owen who
died Saturday was buried Monday
on the extension of Maine avenue.
The frosts OF Sundqy and Monday
say, ''Get up your sweet potatoes"
Three white frosts generally mean
rain.
We are glad to receive subscrip-
tions from Rochester, N. Y, and
Kansas, which adds new state to
our list.
We plead guilty to desire to
sample roast of the pork raised by
Mr.. VIM Owen on sunAowers and
artichokes.
We congratulate the people Of
Jasper on the fact that Rev. L. M.
Cartwright is to remain W ith them
another year.
Thanks to the enterprise of Mr.. @.
H. Davidson, we got some coal and
fires night and morning are very enc
joyatl3 now.
Job work can be done while you
are In town at our office. Give us a
trial and you will be surprised at the
satisfaction we give you.
We hear that George Coppingtr
has hired the Walker place at the
head of Dixon Cove and that Mrs.
Foster and family will move there.
Miss Hattie Walker who has been
spending the summer at Kimball, IS
about to visit her parents at Ber-
sheba Springs on the other side of
the mountain.
Next Teachers Institute will take
place at Deptford, Friday and Sat-
urday, November | and 2 The
next one after that will probably be
across the State line.
But the nuts, walnuts, chestnuts
and hickory nuts, how they keep rat
tling down and how the childrens'
expand as they carry home their
well-tilled bags for winter use.
Mr.. l. Swanson went to Chatta-
nooga to visit his family Friday and
returned Tuesday. He proposes
if he can make satisfactory arrange
ments to move his family here soon.
The mountain sides looking in any
direction in the valley are just now
grand in the CLINT of the various col
: ors. AS the sun strikes them it
makes an exquisite mosaic. The
woods are not ali a flame here with
sumac as at the North, but. have
some lovely under r-tones which are
very soft aud pleasing.
You can earn IS each day ogiving'
, our absolutely indispensable house,
hold article away. New plan o.
l work, making experience unnecess
!. airy and success certain for eiCher SCI
in any section, Sample dozen free
Credit given. Freight paid. Ad
j. dress, MELRosE M'F'G. Co.. 50 Mel
rose Park, Ill. Oct 10, At
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-02

time to buy; it will pay the people to
wait. Months hence, land will be
cheap in Helena
Then, too, it may be the ultimate
wish of Montana to see what happens
in Helena before the state concludes
to build; possibly there may yet be an
other controversy over the capital.
This state wants a thrifty city
for its seat of government
none of the signs indicate that Hell
ena is the city answering that descrip-
ton. There is no doubt that real
estate in Helena has fallen off in value
since the announcement of last No
vember's result. This tendency may
be checked in tlme-Lump Gulch and
Missouri river dams are possibilities;
our aim is to be far But if within
five years these budding prospects
fail, it may suit the people of the state
10 look about for some city that is
able TO hold its own and name it for
the capital
This much is absolutely certain
Anaconda will never again be in
rivalry for the capital; never. The
"better element" in Butte settled that.
There is no appeal now or hereafter
from the decision respecting Anaconda
which Butte's forty per cent. filed last
November. The time will never come
when this little city will protest against
the decision which Butte rendered
three mon hs ago. You see, the works
might shut down, or, by some celestial
dispensation, Daily might live two
hundred years. 1t would never do;
Anaconda is forever not in it; and
Anaconda knows it. Just the same,
there are prosperous cities in this
state whose candidacy for the capital
would commend itself, in case Helena
continues to decline.
In view of these obvious conditions,
our recommendation is that the legis-
lature let the whole question of a
capital site go over. 1t may be best to
buy in Helena, if that city will not
give the ground; but If the state finds
at length that it must buy, it can pur-
chase cheaper by and by-and there
isn't any doubt about it. Some
eastern trust concern that has been
foolishly misled will be glad enough,
after foreclosure, to give the land and
give bonus toward the building.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-02
A Strange Law,

Kansas, anxious 10 retrieve her rep
utation, is endeavorlhg TO make train
robblng a capital otftnse. \ bill, hav-
ing this for its object, has been intro
duced at Topeka and is said TO have a
generous support Unless there is
some provision in this bill more strin.
gent than the present law governing
murder IN the Sunflower State, there
VIII be urgent need of more state pris-
ons unless there Is a failure in the
crop of train robbers
The laws of Kansas are such that
when a man IS convicted OF murder IN
the first degree, the death penalty is
pronounced but is not executed The
man Is sent 20 the penI,entI4ry for a
year and. If during that time. no new
facts develop regarding his guilt or IN
uoceuce, the governor may order his
execution This law has been in effect
for twenty years and no governor has
ever ordered the execution OF con
vIcicd murderer IN all that time. As
"a result of this, there are now about
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-02
A Needed X form.

The tidal wave of reform which is
sweeping across this republic is wash.
ing away many an institution which
has endured since the nation has ex-
listed and is obllterating many a time
honored custom that has been regarded
as part of our common law. Prece.
dents are disregarded and many evils,
petty and great, are yielding to the ir-
reslstlble force of the reform wave un.
til the world will look like new one
to the politician and the private citi-
zen if the onward progress of the wave
continues. The proposed Montana
law offers some protection to the can
dldate for office, but it leaves HIM ex-
posed to the assaults of the petty
| blackmailer in many respects
There is now before the New York
| legislature a bill which makes it a mis-
demeanor for anyone TO solicit for the
sale of tickets to any person nomi-
mated for public office This measure
will be hailed with del ght by every
man in America. From New York to
Ticonderoga, from Albany to Buffalo,
there will rise a shout of thankspiy-
ing and song of praise. To be pro :
tected from the solicitor for tickets is
blessed boon-to be protected by law
is foretaste of the millennium, an
experience which few men have ever
hoped to enjoy. No private citizen is
exempt from the persecution of the
canvasser for tickets, but when a man
becomes candidate for office his cup
of misery runs over.
Every body has had some experience
with these people who are the most
persistent hold ups in the world. But
once let man get his name on ticket
for election TO some Office and he is
meat for these sharks. lie has to buy
tickets for everything from a road
house dauce to church fair. lie is
importuned and threatened until he
has contributed financially to cock
fights, orphans homes, horse races
sacred concerts, spdrrlng contests.
charity balls, turkey ram es. local re-
form societies, and a hundred other
causes. lie does it because he has to.
The plague has reached limit where
it should be suppressed. Suffering
humanity cries out against it and prays
for relief. If the proposed measure is
successful il should be embodied in
an act of congress. There is but one
objection TO be urged TO it. Every
body will want 10 be candidate so as
TO come under the protection of the
law.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-02
INHU MAN.
Undertakers Fight over the Bodies of
Paupers.

Undertakers Fight over the Bodies of
Paupers.
KANSAS CITY, Kan, Feb. 1.-The burial
of the dead from the poor farm is causing
n merry war among the undertakers.
Some time ago the Sawyer Undertaking
company was awarded the contract for
burying the county poor, and the other
competitors have declared that rather
than allow this they would do the work
for nothing. They have assumed a war
like attitude toward the favored company
and body snatching. they declare, will,
until peace is declared, be the order of
the day.
Previous to the present difficulty the
competing undertakers made each pau
per's death the cause for fight, and they
frequently snatched the bodies from one
another in their eagerness to secure the
$40 fee. A tug of war over a body was of
frequent occurrence, and not until one
avaricious undertaken was luckless enough
to get away with a head, arm or leg, his
opponent securing the larger portion of
the body. did the disgraceful proceedings
cease. 1t only ceased, however, until
some other poor victim died, and then the
struggle was repeated.
To put stop to this work the coroner
asked for bids for caring for the bodies.
When the Sawyer company was given the
contract the other undertakers set up the
cry of fraud, and said that the bid was
not the lowest. There is no telling when
the disgraceful state of affairs which now
exists will end.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-02
What Are We Coming TOP


Public school. first grade, A. d. 1851
Teacher Ito applicant for admission -
johnnie, have you got a certificate OF
vaccination for smallpox"
"Yes, SIR"
"Have you been inoculated for Group"
"Yes, SIR"
"Been treated with diphtheria serum %
"Yes, SIR"
Had your arm scratched with cholera
bacilI?"
"Yes, SIR"
Have you written guarantee that you
are proof against whooping cough,
measles, mumps, scarlet fever and old
age?'
YES, SIR"
"Have you your own private drinking
cup?"
''Yes, SIR"
"Do you promise not to exchange
sponges with the boy next to you and
never use any but your own pencil?"
AYES. SIR"
Twill you agree to have your books
fumigated with sulphur and sprinkle your
clothes with chloride of lime once a
week 2"
"Yes, sir.
"Johnnie, you have met the first re-
quirements of the modern sanitarum and
may now climb over yonder rail, occupy
an isolated aluminium seat and begin
making P's and Q's as your first lesson"
Portland Advertiser.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-02

With all her defects In the divorce
and prohibition line, South Dakota
has demonstrated that her citizens are
made of the right stuff. When her
treasury was depleted by the embez-
Element of rascally officer and her
enemies predicted her ruin, prom nent
taxpayers of the state came forward
and offered to pay their taxes in ad-
vance, while money lenders made a
proposition to take warrants at par.
This confidence in the state is pleasant
to note and is proper rebuke TO the
walls of calamityites who foretold the
ruin of the new state. 1t is in marked
contrast, too, to the experience of
Kentucky when Tate robbed her treas
ury and of Alabama when Vincent
walked away with the states funds in
his inside pocket. 1t is a record of
which the whole Northwest may feel
proud.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-02

l. lnds GIV"n Ov 2 TO the Central Pacific.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The secretary of
the interior has approved the lists of
lands selected by the Central Pacific rail-
road under the act of June 22. 1874. aggre-
eating 1853 acres in the Salt Lake City land
district, Utah, and 81 .7OS acres within the
limit grant for the Union Pacific Railroad
company in the heyenne, Wyo., district.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-02

San FRANCISCO, Feb. Warm summer
weather drew a hlG crowd To the track to-
dav. \ lot of ordinary horses ran. but
they put up some good racing The favor.
ties won the second and last races. To-
morrow's running will he on the regular
track, which Is IN fair condition. Tro
Lr~sak handicap, two miles. will toe the
feature of the day. FIVE and ouc-h,If
furiougs-May Day Won, Melauita second
Mourta third: time, IA. Seven fur.on -
-G.adIator won, Little Bob second. Is
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-02

two hundred persons in the state peni-
Tertiary whose death warrants may ar
rive at any time.
The promoters of the new law either
desire TO have some means of lnsurIng
the hanging of man in Kansas or
else they want TO build some more
prisons
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-02
NOTED AUTHORS.
Mrs. Burnett, James Whtcomb Riley
and Eugene Field Write Book.

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett. James Whitcomb Riley
and Eugene Field have written a book,
which is now ready for tho press and will
he out in March. The title of the book
will he 1.-Two Little Pilgrims Progress; a
Story of the City Beautiful" 1t is proba-
bly, the first time IN the history of litera.
ture that three authors so well and favor
ably known as these have joined in coll
laboration.