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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15
Prosperity Of our Gulf Coast.

The United States census reports
give the population Of these coast
counties Of Mississippi, upon which
their prosperity may be estimated.
Hancock county-In 1880, 6,439 in
1890, 1929. Increase % per cent.
Harrison cOunty-In 1880, 1885; in
1880, l2,4s4. Increase So per cent.
Jackson county-In 1880, 1907 in
1880. I1,21O. Increase A per cent.
The population OF the State 1880,
l,13l,579. In 1890, l,2s4,ss7. Increase
13 per cent.
Average increase OF these coast
counties 46 per cent. While these
census figures credit these three our
ties with a per cent. increase nearly
three times greater than shown for
the State, these are some important
facts that added greatly to the sig
nilcance Of this larger per cent. in
crease.
The Illinois central r. r. Co., has
been the great active agency at work,
to promote immigration to this State,
along its lines, with the Mobile and
Ohio Company as a lively factor,
working in the interest OF East Mis-
sissippi, through which that line
passes. Since neither Of those lines
Of traffic reach this coast, it has de-
rived little or no benefit through their
eficient immigration efforts.
Numerous industrial and immigra-
tiOn conventions have been held in
cities on the Illinois Central under
the auspicies OF State officials at such
times as said railroad company could
have in attendance, large excursions
from the North. by appointment of
the Governor, representatives Of the
YazOO bottoms or Delta" have been
brought to said conventions as dele
gates, TO crate on the rare HEALTH
and other attractions OF those Sec
ti0ns that formerly were con 'idered
almost uninhabitable for any except
negroes and mules.
For reasons best known to the pro-
mOters, these coast counties have
been left without representation in
said conventions, hence the inability
to present to the health and home
seekers gathered there, the superior
attractions Of this coast.
Thus unaidcd by railroads aud i'm
migration conventions, this coast
keeps in the lead.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15
Ghelemnrraf-Sfa

A good story is going the rounds Of
the daily press, wherein d mucb
coveted bridegroom came to grief.
The Boston Herald gives the follow.
ing version.
All the girls In Il, lave been
trying to catch Adrian Van der Sluuis
for a long time. To-day are laughing
ut him.
A fair maid won him, and they were
married Wednesday night. After the
blushing bride had received the con-
CALCULATIONS Of her friends, she, lean.
ing on the br%idegroom's arm, led the
way to supper. The brideal cake was
a beautiful thing, covered with a thick
layer OF soft sugar and chocolate.
The cake had been too tempting for
the brides little sister. She had
helped herself to a quarter section or
it, but being unable to cat 1t before
the wedding commpany went into
supper. had hidden 1t under the table
on a chair. That was the chair On
which Adrian Van der Slouls sat, aud
Adrian Van der Slouis wore fine Law.
endcr trousers.
He did not know that the cake
lurked there.
When he arose. from the wedding
feast and led the way out of the room,
the guests began to laugh.
The bride, a woman OF nerve q nd
quick perception, hurried Adrian and
his lavender trousers into another
room. Then with a sponge she ap-
piled gasoline where it would do the
most good, and soon all evidences Of
the chocolate were removed.
The happy couple returned to their
guests.
But Adrian was i'll at case. Bashful
at best, he was damp with perspira-
tion and gasoline. He felt he must
do something to distract attention
from himself. So be passed around a
box Of fine cigars. Each man took
Ohe and lighted 1t.
Then Adrian Van der SlOuis took
one, bit of the end put 1t between his
lips. Then he took a ~red-headed sui.
pller match and scratched It on his
lavender trousers.
There was a puff-a blaze-a yell Of
agony.
"I'm %afire," cried Adrian, ~clutchinp
his coat tails.
BY way of rendering the promptest
assistance, all the young women
shrieke1. One man seized the water
pitcher, another ran to the we'll.
Only the bride kept her wits about
her. She grabbed upa hairy mat and
put out the incipient confagration.
Adrian's trousers were ruined aud
lie ate his breakfast to-day from the
mantcl. But, worst Of all, the girls
who tried to win him are laughing at
| him.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15
The ONION OF THE CRUSA DERS.
What May Be Demo With the Little
Vegetable.
New York

New York Tribune.
The basket OF shallots on the huck-
sters' stalls in II great markets are
taken by the average marketer to be
ordinary onions. No doubt many a
worthy person has wondered why
marketmen sold red onions by the
quart basket, like strawberries. The
shallOt, however, though a near cousin
to the onion, is not an onion, but a
much more valuable vegetable, selling
for about five times as much as a regu-
lar onion, and 1t is so excellent for
certain sauces that all that are brought
to the market find ready sale. The
shallOt has a mild onion favor, pc
culiar to itself. 1t is the onion of Pal
~estine, which was introduced into Eu.
rope by the Crusaders, who found it
growing on the plains Of AscalOn-
whence the name of "ascalOt" or ''es-
%calot," which has been shortened to
shall0t. The deeds of the Crusaders
are forgotten, says an enthusiast, but
the little onion lives forever.
Tartare sauce IS one OF the most ex-
cellent Of the long list of delicious
French sauces, some OF which have
been known for centuries in their ma
tive country. Tartare sauce owes its
excellence chiefly to shallots. True
epicures declare that the onion cannot
be successfully substituted for the
shallOt in this sauce. Make a good
mayonnaise dressing Of the yolk of
one egg with oil, vinegar and salt; add
a heaping t%easpoOnful OF mustard, two
shall0ts minced or grated, a small Gu
cumber pickle minced, and a teaspoon
full OF capers minced. A small pinch
Of cayenne is sometimes added, but
this is a matter OF taste.
A tartare sauce must be pleasantly
piquant, not prepared for 'palates
grown callOus," hut so seasoned as to
give the dish OF fried fish or the broil-
cd chicken or outlet a relish. 1t Is a
good sauce for a hot summers day.
Like all the best French piquant
sauces, and unlike English prepare.
tions OF the deviled variety, tartare
sauce is an agreeable assistant to
digestion, not a stimulatOr OF an
over-surfeited appetite.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15

Some merry writer unknown to US
has very neatly described the polite
ian in the following psalm of politics :
1.-THE politician is my shepherd, |
shall not want any god thing during
the campaign. lie leadeth me into
the saloon for my votes sake. He
flleth my pocket with fine cigars and
my beer glass runneth over. He in
quireth after the health Of my family,
even unto the fourth generation.
Yea, though | walk through the mud
and rain to vote for him and shout
myself hOarse, when he is elected he
straightway fOrgetteth me. Yea,
though l meet him in his office, he
knOweth me not. Surely the wool
has been pulled over my eyes all the
days of my life"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15

They may laugh at the justics OF the
peace. Sometimes they deserve it, but
here is one, a son Of Gcorgia's hospit.
able soil, who is certainly a poet at
heart. He has devised a new form OF
marriage ceremony which concludes az
follows:
by the authority vested in me as ar
officer of the State Of Georgia, which Is
sometimes called the Empire State OF
the South; by the fields of cotton that
lie spread out In snowy whiteness
around us; by the howl Of the coon d0p
and the gourd vine, whose clineinp
tendrils will shade the entrance TO you,
humble dwelling place; by the red and
luscious heart Of the watermelon,
whose sweetness fills the heart with
Joy !; by the heavens and earth, In the
presence Of these witnesses, l pro,
nounce you man and wife,"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15
America One Hundred Years Are,

Every gentleman wore u quene and
powdered his hair.
Imprisonment for debt was a COM
mon practice.
There was not a public library in
the United States.
Almost all the furniture was i'm
ported from England.
An old copper mine in Connecticut
was used as a prison.
There was only one hat factory, and
that made cooked hats.
A day laborcr considered himself
well paid with two shillings a day.
Crockcry plates were objected be-
cause they dulled the knives.
A man who jeered at the preacher
or criticised the sermon was fined.
Virginia contained a fifth Of the
whole population Of the country.
A gentleman bowling to a lady al
ways scraped his foot on the ground.
Two stage coaches bore all the travel
between New York and Boston.
The whipping post and pillory were
still standing in Boston and New
York.
Beef, pork, salt fish, potatoes and
hominy, were the staple diet all the
year round.
Buttons were scarce and expensive,
and the trousers wcre fastened with
pegs or laces.
There were no manufactures in this
country. and every housewife raised
her own flax and made her own linen.
The church collection was taken in
a bag at the end Of a pole, with a bell
attached to rouse sleepy contributors.
Leather breeches, a checked shirt, a
red flannel jacket, and cooked hat
formed the dress of an artisan.
When a man had enough tea he
placed his spoon across his cup to in
dictate that he wanted no more.
A new arrival in a Jail was set upon
by his fellow prisoners and robbed OF
everything he had.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15

An Arkansas paper says: 'Tht
printing press has made presidents,
killed poets, furnished bustles fol
beauties and punished genius with
criticisms. 1t has curtailed the pow.
er Of kings, graced the pantry shelves
and busted. 1t has converted bank.
ers into paupers and made lawyers out
Of college presidents. 1t has educated
the homeless and robbed the philoso.
pher Of his reason. 1t smiles, and
cries, and dies, but 1t can't be run tn
suit everybody, and the man is q fool
who tries It,"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15
A MESSAGE
70 CONGRESS,

An Army by Coxsy commanded,
70 have things their W way have
planned it,
For they know Growers wrong,
And they'll teach him ere long
(11at is-if they do not get stranded }.
There are tramps from the South, that
is sunny;
There are tramps fro them woolly West,
funny;
But It's pleasant to see
Them IN concord agree
Chat for work they're not c%lan,orlng.
but money!.
Now the Presidents taking to guying.
SO when Coxey ''gets there he'll he
sishiu.;
For there might he a break up,
Aud general shake up
(And new fixtures he'll have to be
buyiug).
II he would but know it IIl tell him.
Of enc who great bargains will sell him,
In the furniture line
All that's dainty aud fine,
Latest fads in antique, ante-bellum.
His good name here its useless to
mention,
TEBAULTS trade hardly needs more
extension.
Down on Royal you'll see
That sales largest can be,
Where such handsome goods catch your
attention,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15

That st. Joe paper that says a New.
ton man ran down q jaok-rabbit on
bicycle, Is a liar. We lived twenty.
seven years out 10 Western Kansas,
the native heath Of the animal, and
We never yet have seen a jack.rabbit
on a bicycle.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15

The DEMoCRAT.STAR lob Office
turns out artistic job Printing, Just
a. good In every respect as can be
done In New Orleans or Mobile and at
prices TO suit the times.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15
Our Mediterranean Sea.

The Atlantic Journal pays the fol-
lowing glowing tribute to "Our Med
iterranean Sea"-vicws held in com.
mon by all who are familiar with the
facts and natural condition OF climate
and resO urces:
"'The Gulf Of Mexico will some day
be the Mediterranean Sea of the new
world.
As the old world sprang up around
the waters OF the Mediterranean, and
empires OF var and empires Of COM
merce grew to greatness on its shores,
80 will the waters and shores Of the
Gulf be the next great theatre OF hu-
man enterprise and endeavor. As
there was but one Mediterranean in
the old world, there is one Mediter-
ranean in the new.
Along the shores Of the Gulf, the
new empires Of the world will grow to
power. There is not on the globe, a
sheet Of water SO favorable TO COM
merce and SO richly endowed.
The Mediterranean nOurished the
mightiest nations Of the world and
flOated for 1000 years the gold laden
ships OF Phenicia and Solomon, the
olive and grape and wheat galleys Of
Greece and Rome, the magnificent
argosies Of Naples, Genoa and Venice,
and the g%alleons OF Spain.
The Gulf is not like the Mcditer-
ranean, dependent upon its shores.
Tie long, broad sweep OF the Missis-
sipi drains not only its matchlcss
valley, but bears on its own bosom
the tribute from the Ohio, Cumber-
land and Tennessee, draining the best
sections towards the east, and the
Missouri draining the exhau stless
northwest.
Again the Gulf will vet be the
ocean highway Of nations. 1t Is the
great natural basin Of the two CONT.
nents. 1t Is said that two blocks OF
VOID II dropped one each In the
fountain sources OF the Amazon and
Mississippi, would meet on the waters
Of the Gulf. In . few years a canal
or ship railway will connect the At
lantic and Paclfc-not at panama,
but at Nicaragua. Over the waters,
then, Of the Caribbean and Gulf will
pass the merchant fleets OF the world
- they girdle the globe.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15

A story Is told OfA man who once
asked an eastern king II he could tell
him how TO avoid temptation.
The king told the man to take 4
vessel brimful Of oil, and to carry it
through the streets of the city with
out splitting one drop.
III one drop is split" said the king,
"yOur head shall be cut off," And lie
ordered the executioners, with drawn
swords, to walk behind the man, aud
to carry out his orders.
There happened to be a fair going
on in town, and the streets were
crowded with people. However, the
man was very careful, and he returned
to the king without having split one
drop of the oil. Then the king asked /:
Ibid you see anyone whilst you
were walking through the streets ?"
NO." said the man. 81 was thinl..
ing only Of the oil; l noticed nothing
else"
"Then," said the king, ''you notice
how to avoid temptation. Fix your
mind as firmly on God as you flxed 1t
on the vessel Of oil. You will not
then be tempted to SIM"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15

water.
The vicksburg Commercials Herald
is inclined to favor a law licensing
the carrying of concealed weapons. II
says:
"The laws against carrying con-
cealed weapons need reforming. Just
how they should be changed so as t.
limit the dangerous practice to the
nOrrowist limits, it is hard to say. AS
they are now they offer very little pro-
lection to ~peacable, law abiding citi.
zens. In every trouble between such
citizens and desperadOes, it generally
turns out that the latter are armed
and the former are at their mercy. II
the d%esperadoes draw concealed weap-
Ons and kill, the feeble jury system
protects them. We sometimes think
the better plan would be to license the
practice and put the license at such d
price as to bring in a good revenue.
And all those taking out license
should be required to secure the II.
censc publicly from the city or county
government and their names should
be published. If found carrying weap-
Ons without Il license they should be
fined and imprisoned"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15

The Pascagoula DEMocRAT-STAR
has passed its 50th birthday. IL is
one OF the newsieSt, brightest and
neatest papers published in the State,
fGrcenyille Democrat.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15

MARY Jane" said the rector, sol.
EMMY, "thc steak IN cooked to u crisp
and the potatoes are raw. You ha re
left undOnc the things that ought tn
be done, and cooked too done the
things that ought not to be DONE"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15

Papa" enquired the editors son,
what do you call your otice?" "Well,"
was the reply, the world calls an
editors ONCE to sanctum sanctorum."
Then lsuppose," aud the small boy
was thoughtful for a moment, that
mamma's once IL spankum spank
forum, isn't IT,"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15
NheRemurrat-S Star
Health, Industrial and Immigration De.
partment for the Mississippi
Gulf Coast.
BY II. s. HYATT, OCEAN SPRINGS, MISS.

BY H.. s. HYATT, OCEAN SPRINGS, MISS.
The gulf coast counties surpass all
other sections for stock raising.
1t is the only known place equally
attractive both asa summer and win
ter resort.
The greatest variety Of fruits,
vegetables and farm products are
suited 10 both soil and climate.
Transportation facilities and mar
kets are f~rst-class.
Oyster planting, fishing, bathing,
boating, fruits, flowers, and all the
luxuries and home attractions Of a
most delightful semi-tropical climate,
may be obtained aloug this coast fol
less money than anywhere else on the
con tinent.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-15

Wine is so plentiful on the Island OF
Cyprus, that it is not only cheaper
than water to drink, but that n mer-
chant who was having IA house built,
used wine in the mortar rather than
water.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-12-28
RAISING OF HORSES.
Prospect for the Future Not as Gloomy a.
Many Have Supposed.

Prospect for the Future Not as Gloomy a.
Many Have Supposed.
The price of horses has of late been
so reduced that farmers are Discouraged
in horse raising. The low prices now
prevailing are due to want of demand
on account of the electric car system,
which has been so generally established
throughout the cities and some parts
of the country for rapid transporta-
ton. This is, no doubt, in some part
the cause of the weak demand for
horses in the markets. There is, how
ever, another cause, which will be
found in overproduction. few years
ago the horse craze, as it may be called.
prevailed among farmers. and there
was scarcely anyone who was not breed
ing either frst-class roadsters or
blooded drivers
For these, for few years, first-class
prices were obtained, and the demand,
which was at the time fictitious one
produced sort of boom in horsehesh.
with an oversupply, and now there are
too many horses for the market, which
has for the time been somewhat dimiD-
ished by the electric car lines.
But good horses are always desirable,
and will in tho near future bring better
prices than now. Farmers will under
stand what they need, and for awhile.
perhaps, the supply will be short of
the demand, but the price will again
settle to a fair compensation for the
trouble and risk in raising good
horses. Good family horses will al
ways be in demand in the cities and in
the prosperous villages. Cars may
carry men to business, and women to
their shopping, but there is demand,
in hours not spent in business, for q
carriage horse to supply the need felt
by every well-to-do family that they
may have restful airing in the parks
and in the suburbs of the city. Farm
crs would do well to turn their atten.
ton to raising horses to supply this
want Horses should be raised of the
best blood not for the turf, but for the
| carriage, and as much care should be
| taken in their training for this purpose,
as is necessary to produce good condi.
! toned, quiet, trusty horses suited to
driving through all the hustle and
noises of the city.
This will require time and care in
| the trainer. but such horses will always
have a good sale, and can be profitebly
raised.
Give US good family horses and the
| demand will be sufficient to pay the
producer a good proft.-Farm News.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-12-28
GOOD THING TO HAVE.
There Are Many Reasons Why q Car
Should BE Every Farm.

There Are Many Reasons Why q Cart
Should BE Every Farm.
There are very few farms in this
country where a cart may be found,
and yet one of these vehicles is very
handy thing to have about many times
IN year. There is some sort of a
prejudice against cart, that has no
good foundation. A cart with cart
harness and a sober horse will often
take the place of team and wagon, and
at any time of the year when a small
load is to be hauled one horse can do
the work, if cart is at hand, instead of
going TO the trouble of hitching up two
horses.
For hauling seed to the field, or ma
nure, where little is needed, or for any
other light work, cart is better than
a double team. For hauling in such
crops as potatoes, for hauling feed to
and fro for the stock, and for many
other purposes, a cart may be used
to save using double team and two
horse wagon. This makes it a matter
of economy, and there is hardly a farm
in the country where cart would not
pay for itself many times over.
4 cart that has the bed so arranged
that the load can be dumped is the
handiest form to have it made in, as
the load can be dropped, whether it be
POTATOES or cordwood or coal, by SIMPLY
tipping it out. If the cart be made with
wide tires, it can be taken over places
with good load on it where an ordi-
mary wagon could hardly be hauled by
two horses.
The writer knows from experience
how much labor and wear and tear of
team and wagon is saved by having a
cart to hitch to when light loads are to
be hauled, and knows that they are
economical in time, tools and labor
Farm and Fireside.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-12-28
THE FARM REVENUES.
May Be Increased by Raising Good stock
for Market.

for Market.
The profit from the use Of grain in
winter feeding depends largely on the
intelligence of the farmer. Ii he IL
careful to use good stock and sends
every animal to market in prime con-
ditiOn he can make stock raising pay.
even in a depressed market, because
there is always a demand for choice
meat, and half cent more per pound
in the prices obtained makes a large
difference when several cattle are sold.
There is also double gain when an
animal is made fat, for in addition to
the extra cent or more to the price OBJ
tanned per pound there is also the gain
in weight. If steer weighing 1000
pounds and not in the best condition
sells for $40, and can be made to in
crease 300 pounds more in weight, sell
ing at Az cents per pound, owing TO
better quality, the value of the steer
becomes $50, or $12 more than the
original value, which should pay for the
food used to add the increase, while the
manure heap at the same time becomes
more valuable, and really without any
cost to the farmer.
The labor cost is the heaviest in all
operations on the farm, and in the eff
fort to make the grain and other food
bring more than the market prices by
conversion into more salable products
this item of labor figures very promi-
nently, but when it is considered that
the item of labor can be balanced by the
loss of time from inability to employ
labor during the winter season the real
cost of labor is the difference between
it's value and the time that would other
wise be wasted; hence any occupation
in winter that permits the farmer to
apply labor in some direction from
which he can receive remuneration is
a cloar gain, and should be so consid
cred. There is also the opportunity to
feed articles that are too low in price to
be sold in market, such as corn fodder.
turnirs, and even potatoes, which be
come all the more valuable when fed III
connection with grain, a combination
ration giving better results than any
single article that may be used exclu-
sively The use of shelter also reduces
the cost of food.-Philadelph Record.