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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-05-17
SHE WAS READY.
AND ANGELS HAD BRUSHED HER
FACE, LEAVING LIGHT DIVINE.


FACE, LEAVING LIGHT DIVINE.
Times-U
A golden head Of female youth and
beauty lay on the pillow Of mortal i'll
ness, and the flushed cheeks and un-
natural brilliancy Of eye told only two
plainly the swift approach Of the
dread visitor.
All winter long those who loved her
told themselves In hopeful accents
that "the warm spring weather would
bring her strength and improvement, "
and for a short period gladness and
Joy reigned in the household, as she
indeed seemed to imbibe new life from
the budding trees and flowers. But
not for long; a deadly lansuor seized
her, and she faded before the loving,
watchful eyes as lovely flower cut
from its parent stem.
And now they had told her the ply
sician's words. Her very hours were
numbered.
II knew it long ago." she said, ''send
for him, please"
They knew who "he" was, and in a
short while she turned her head and
saw him standing at her bedside, and
what worlds Of anguish filed his fne
dark eyes as he gazed down upon her,
his darling, his only love, who was
soon to have been his wife.
"Havc they told you, dear, that am
to die?"
"Don't-for Gods sake!" he NUT
tered, brokenly, as he dropped upon
his knees and buried his face in the
golden hair which swept in such ricl
profusion over the pillow.
"You will not grieve, will you dear:
You will be strong and brave and think
some time of the poor girl who died
loving you?"
A shudder agitated the powerful
frame its supplicating attitude at
her side and a groan burst from his
lips, which told of the mental anguish
he was undergoing.
"Poor boy, poor boy. ] fear it viii
be harder for you than for me, bu'
promise me you will not grieve."
The dark head next her own wa
shaken in hopeless negative, but h
did not raise his face, and she reached
over and lightly rested one transpar
ent little hand on the close-cut browI
hair.
A gentle breeze from the st. John
river gently moved the curtains at tn
open window and a mocking bird II
the topmost bough of the orange tire
outside poured forth his wealth Q
liquid sony.
"How sweet and fair the wOrl
seems now" she murmured to hel
self, as she gazed out and upwar
into the infinite blue Of the SOuther
sky.
And the mocklng bird sang to til
lengthening shadows In the golde
glory of the perfect afternoon, and tn
J from beside the bed remained rigi
and immOvable.
The shadows fell, the twilight deeI
ened and the birds song Of Joy die
away 10 plaintive cadence.
They lifted him and led him out, ft
she had already gone to make one
the shining thr0ng which stant
, about the great White Throne.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-05-17
WE WOULD SUFFER MOST.
Birmingham News.

Birmingham News.
Deprecated currency would do the
South more damage at this particular
time than perhaps any other section
OF the country. The New Orleans
Picayune is correct when it says that
the notion that it will be a good thing
for the Southern people to pay their
debts with deprecated dollars has its
drawbacks. Put 1t into operation, 1t
may prove to be a boomerang. The
South is inviting Northern capital and
Northern immigration, and 1t cannot
attract capital to pay with depreciat.
cd money.
The Boston Herald thinks there is
no part Of the country which has 50
much to lose by any attempt at par
tial repudiation as has the South. The
drift OF capital and population Is
southwark. The rich natural resources
Of this section invite development.
Capital and confidence are prime me-
cessities here, and by the aid Of both
the development Of the South would
10 the near future be rapid beyond all
precedent. But capital must not be
repelled and confidence destroyed by
the debasement Of the standard Of
value. That lesson has been pretty
well learned In the North. TIL 1t hat
made lasting impression everywhere
there will be no rest from the agita
tion which bids fair to be drag OF
the prosperity Of the country for some
time to come.
Then let the Southern people heet
the lesson and keep out OF dangerouI
experiments with the finances VI tn
Union.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-05-17

Two preachers away out In the
blizzard swept, drouth stricken Ne
braska, have solved the problem Of
hard times. They attributed the
whole trouble to the opening Of the
Worlds Fair 10 Chicago on Sunday.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-05-17

Andrew Jacksou's advice 70 boy
friend: my son, l have 10 6dvice 10
give you ~ to politics. only think tor
yourself ana let conseiepce ~ ypuf
snidcss
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-05-17

The value Of the Vatican, the Pope's
residence In Rome, and Its treasures
In money would exceed slsO,0c0,coo.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-05-17
vANCLEAvE.

Esell Lodge No. ~. meets Arst Saturday in
Havcns. W. M; r. O. Rubls. Secretary.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-05-17
OCEAN SPRINGS.

Ocean Springs Lodge No. S. X. Of P. ".
s. vanclcsve, c. G.; A. p. Kotsum, V. C.: O..
Koung, p; E. i. Tardv, N. Of NJ; r. d. Wig
ginteS, N. st A.; W. Loreuscn, !. o.; U. W.
Madison, o. G.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-05-17
Secret Societies.
SCRANTON.

10. q. r. Scranton Lodge No. ~, meets ev
evy Tuesday evening at Odd Fellows Hall at
7:0 o'clock. ". F. A. Parker, N. G.; +. ID.
Il echt, Secretary.
Scranton EncanIpment No. IL. meets every
cd and 4th Friday evening ut Odd Fellows
Hall Ut 1880 O'Clock. L. T. DcJcan, q. r.; v.
ROs, Scribe.
Knights Of Pythias. Mississippi Lodge No.
~, meets every Thursday evening At Odd
Fellows Hall at 7:j0 o'clock. j. ". ALI
man, G. G.; b. + Browne, NJ. Off X. OF H.
Knights of Honor, Scranton Lodge No. 3S24'
meets every I'd and 4th Monday evening AZ
Odd Fellows Hall Ut 7:3o o'clock.
F.AA NJ, Cult Lodge No. 4lo. meets End
Wcduesdays 10 each month ut Odd Fellows
HALL j, 8. Portis. W. NJ: VIM. G. Parker
Secretary.
MOSS POINT.
+. e. A. NJ, Pascagoula Lodge No. 202,
meets every third Saturday IN each
month. +. Colmcr, W. NJ; Charles H.
W,n<l, Secretary.
Chapter No. 105, meets every sccOad
Saturday IN each month. X. l.. Howe,
H.P.:C. H. Wood. Secretary.
Gulf Lodge No, 24e4. Knights Of Honor.
u,ccts wc,ntl aud fourth Saturday nights
IN each mouth. W. Fred Herrin. Dicta-
tor.
Moss Point Lodge No. III, I. 0. o. f..
meets every Monday night " K. Of II
hall. J. w. Stewart, N. G j. W. Dean
Secretary.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11
Says a correspondent of the New

Says correspondent of the New
Orleans Picayune: 1t is strange,
passing strange, how easily some
men are "outraged" into the belief
thatthere is a burning desire on the
part of the people to elect them to
this Office or that, when, in fact,
"Many Voters" aud "Vox PopulT'
is none other than some political
Oily Cannon who has a use for
them, just as the monkey was used
to pull the chestnuts from the fire.
Snch men, men who thus take adj
vantage Of the unsophisticated, are
the scum of politics and float upon
the surface of the occasion. They
are not citizens Of whom the State
is proud.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11
Sheriff Sale.

Norman F. Thompson ! No. 1850 In Dis
Samuel w. Vance. }Parish. Louisiana.
py virtue of a writ of seizure and sale issued
- in above named suit, and to me directed, l
have seized and will proceed to SELL at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder, at the
front door of the Court House, in the town of
Benton, La, within the legal hours of sale, on
Saturday, May 4th, 1895, the following de-
scrlbed property, to-wit
That part of section "a, township 10 range
IA and that part of sections 10 and 90, town
ship ~ range IL, lying south of an east and
west line, commencing on the bank of Red
River IN section "a, township 10, range Ia,
35l links north of the quarter section corner,
between sections 10 and "a running east
through fractional section 81 and sections 10
and ~ to corner on west bank of Williams
Bayou, and containing 376 acres more or less
IN BOssier Parish, La, as per survey made by
e. McClenaghan, in March, 1887.
The above described property seized as the
property Of s. w. Vance.
Terms of Saie-Cash, without the benefit of
appraisement, to pay and satisfy the sum of
$6ol9 II with 8 per cent interest on $1287 Is
from Dec. l, 1892, till paid, less credits of
$406 IS Feb. "a, 1893, $254 98 paid Nov. and
Dec. 1893, 5000 81 paid Sept 5, 1894, and like
interest on $I2S5 II from Dec. /. 1881 and
like interest on $1,000 from Dec. !, 1894, and
all costs of suit, including 10 per cent on said
sum and interest as attorneys fees.
A. r. THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Benton, La, March q, 1895.
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The Baltimore w eekly Sun,

The Weekly Sun publishes all the news of
each week, giving complete accounts of all
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sion of new methods and ideas in agriculture.
Its Market Reports, Poultry Department and
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HA We YOU READ THE
Philadelphia Times
THIS MORNING. s D..

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Proverbs,

Whose rewardeth- evil for good,
evil shall not depart from his house.
Whose findeth wife findeth "a
good thing, aud obtaineth favor OF
the Lord.
T wisdom dwell with prudence,
and iind out knowledge of witty in
ventions.
The beginning of strife is as when
one letteth out water: therefore leav.
off contention before it be meddled
with.
How much better is it to get wis
dom than gold! and to get under
standing rather to be chosen than
silver.
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Bible Brilliants.

Let integrity aud uprightness pre-
serve me; for | wait on thee
Psalm XIV, q.
Let every man bide in the same
calling wherein he was called.-1.
Corinthians vii, 90.
Think upon me, my God, for good,
according TO all that have done for
this reople.-Nehemiah Y, 10.
For l was ahungered, and ye gave
me no meat; | was thirsty, and ye
gave lie no drink.-Matthew 70, A.
Wait Oh the Lord: be of good
courage, and he shall strengthen
thine heart: watt, l say Oh the Lord.
Psalm xvii, IA.
Let every one of you in particular
so love his wifecven as himself; aud
the wife see that she reverence her
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v, 33.
He viii keepthe feet of his saints,
and the wicked shall be silent in
darkness; for by strength shall no
man prevail.-I. Samuel i, 8.
Be perfect, he of good comfort, be
Of Que mind, live iu peace; and the
God Of love and peace shall be With
you'll. Corinthians xiii, II.
Take heed unto thyself, and unto
the doctrine; continue in them; for
in doing this thou shalt both save
thyse!f and them that hear thee
l. Timothy iv, 16.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn
OF me; for | am meek and lowly in
heart: and We shall find rest unto
your souls. For my yoke is easy,
and my burden is light.-Matt. xi, 30
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11

PURITY OF THE z REss.-Says the
Marlboro Md Gazette: "The rural
press of this State do not, We think,
as general thing pander or crafty
!, prurient taste for The immoral or
sensational. Yet in this age when
such a desire for the sensational and
immoral exists it is we'll for us to be
warned against gratifying it and
lending our aid to SOW broadcast the
minute details of criminal acts,
which only serve to excite the baser
passions which are latent in the
minds Of the young"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11

The Medical Record tells US that
prior to the discovery of the utility
of vaccine virus smallpox caused
one-tenth Of all the deaths which
occurred to the human race. It even
goes farther and declares that in
Europe alone not less than 50,0OO,-
900 people died Of the dread disease
during the Eighteenth Century.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11
A Chapter Of History.

Many people, North and South,
were surprised by Henry Watterson's
recent statement that as late as Feb
ruary, 1865, Mr.. Lincoln was in favor
of paying the Southern people for
their slaves. The indianapolis journal
took issue with Mr.. Watterson, but
the Louisville editor replied with such
an array of proof that the Journal
frankly acknowledged its mistake.
1t will be interesting to summarize
this almost forgotten chapter of his
tory. In march, 1862, Mr.. Lincoln
sent to Congress message suggest
ing joint resolution pledging the
government to give pesuniary aid to
any State which would gradually
abolish slavery. As late as February,
1865, he submitted to his cabinet a
joint resolution proposing the appro-
priation of $500, 600, 900 to be paid
to the states of Alabama, Arkansas,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Ken
sucky, Louisiana, Maryland. Missi. :
sippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ten
nessee, Texas Virginia and West Vir-
ginia. The payment was to be made
in 6 pee cent government bonds to
be distributed to said States pro rata
on their slave populations as shown
by the census of 1860, the considera-
ton being that all resistance to the
federal government should cease on
or before the first day of April, 1865.
In his conference with the Confeder-
ate commissioners at Fortress Monroe
he again repeated his proposition, and
said to Mr., Stephens: "Write union
at the top of this page, and you may
write under it whatever you please"
The President, of course, meant that
he would accept any reasonable prep
osition short of the continuance of
slavery.
If Lincoln had lived the South
would have escaped the evils of the
reconstruction period, and her revival
OF prosperity would not have been
delayed.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11

Somebody has pointed out that
more than one-half of the total saw
ings deposited in the banks of the
United States are in Massachusetts
and New York, but this condition of
affairs will not hold good ten years
hence, when tho tliversifcation of
industry has spread itself over the
Sonth.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11

A correspondent of the Ray mond
Miss Gazette sends that paper the
following extract from a letter writ
ten by DR.. Tom Smith, of Noxubee
county, in 1S43:
Money is very scarce. Cotton
worth 3 cents; pork 2 cents; corn,
per bashel, 124 cents; best mules
ESQ; best horses $50. Negro men
one year ago worth $1,000, now SELL
ing for $500. Silver worth 3 cents
On the dollar more than gold"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11

According to the State census of
1892, the population of Now York
City was 1,SO1,739. Since then it
has grown, according to the Health
Department of New York, at the
rate of about $4,000 year, and on
Feb. 2, 1896, by that departments
estimate, it was l, 997 1867.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11

Says Plntarch: Among men,
valor and prudence are seldom met
with, and of all human excellences
justice is still more uncommon. So
Genesis xviii. 32)-"And Abraham
said, Peradventure ten shall be
foand there. And the Lord said,
will not destroy it for tens sake.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11
Our Daily Reckoning.

If you sit down at set Of sun
And count the acts that you have done,
And, counting, find
One self denying act, one word
That eased the heart of him WI o heard,
One glance most kind,
That fell like sunshine where it went,
Then you may count that hour well spent.
But if, through all tile livelong day,
You've cheered no heart by yea or nay;
If, through it all,
You've nothing done, that you can trace.
That brought the sunshine to one face;
No act most small,
That helped some soul, and nothing cost,
Then count that day as worse than lost.
Author Unknown.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11

They. say if it was not for the
women of New Orleans all the
churches woaid be compelled to
close.-City Item.
Then, who would not say, God
bless the noble women of New Or
leansf
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11

Very well said by Thacydides:
sit is more disgracetal for men in
high Office to improve their private
fortune by specious fraud than by
open violence. Might makes right
in the one case; while, in the other,
man throws over his proceedings
the cloak OF despicable cunning.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11

" Many a genius" said Hamerton,
'has owed his best opportunities to
poverty, because poverty had hap
PLY excluded lin from society, and
so preserved him from time -devour-
ing exigencies and frivolities.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11

Time is the only giftin which God
has stinted Us, for he never intrusts
as with second moment until he
has taken away the first, and never
leaves us certain of the third
Rutherford.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11

The fayorite shoe for walking in
Japan is a straw sandal, which costs
about cent pair. They do not
last long, but can be had almost
anywhere.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11

Sophocles: What good man is
not his own friends The Psalmist
xix. lS) says "Men will praise
thee when thou doest good to thy
eelf.s
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11

Unless the foundations of a family
be properly prepared and laid, those
who are sprung from it must neces-
sarily be unfortunate.-Plut0rcA,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-04-11

We talk about the telescope OF
faith but I think we want even
mose tho microscope Of watchfol
and grateful love.-Hayergall.
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1895.

HONEST in MOTIVE.
FEARLESS IN iEXPRESSION.
SOUND IN PRINCIPLE
UNSWERVING IN ITS ALLEGIANCE TO
RIGHT THEORIES AND
irs RIGHT PRACTICES.
THHE SUN publishes all the news all the
i time but it does not allow its columns to
be degraded by unclean, immoral or purely
sensational matter.
Editorially, The Sun is the consistent and
unchanging champion and defender of popular
rights and interests against political machines
and monopolies Of every character. Indepen-
dent in all things, extreme in none. 1t is for
good laws, good government and good order.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-06
CLOSING PRICES OF CHICAGO STOCKS.
ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE.

Wednesday, June 5-p. m.
Considerable disappointment is felt the
present lack OF foreign supper, in the stock mar
ket. and there some pessimsts in the Street
who think that American securities are no longer
attractive to the investors and spectators abroad.
Their conclusions. however are rot based upon
sensible reasoning. otherwise they would not be-
come respondent over the situation as regards
European interest in our market Europe has not
been absorbing much in the way OF American Sc
curites in the last week. but this should not lead
to the belief that 1t will no longer be factor in
the market. for the general condition OF American
Investment properties Is such as to command at
no distant date fair share OF foreign attention
The intervention last week N the holiday abroad
and the scare reports about the condition OF the
crops here were sufficient causes to stop foreign
buying on the Stock Exchange. and in view OF the
extensive foreign movement in our stocks several
weeks ago the present situation is not altogether
unnatural II should also be remembered that
London papers have been advising against Amer-
can purchases. The market to-day was heavy.
ana the volume OF business small. London
prices were lower. and arbitrage houses sold the
stocks enjoying an international market 10 an ex-
tent sunicient to influence the rest OF the list.
Inc favorable crop report had a sustaining effect
FOR "A time upon the Granger shares. but appar-
entity lost Its influence under aggressive bear at
lacks. Trading was dull at all times. and inc
not unusual In the summer months.
or the Granger shares st. Paul and North
western were the weakest and at one time
showed losses OF per cent which was partly re-
covered before tho close The expected reduction
In the dividend OF Northwestern was used with
good effect by the bears. but as a probable re-
duction In the dividend has been known for some
time. and as such action will be In line with con-
servative management there really Is no reason
for the stock suffering from the declaration OF
lower dividend. When dividend has not been
and the logical effect upon the stock should be
benencial. The anthracite coal proprieors were
lower and Reading and Jersey Central suffered
losses OF 3 and per cent respectively. from ap-
parent selling for the short account. New-York,
Susquehanna and Western preferred lost ~ per
cent. In the Industrial list American Sugar Re-
ming declined at the opening. but remained com.
parativey steady. General Electric lost per cent
on the report that the latest negotiations be.
tween Il and the Westinghouse Company had
o 0een declared on Further liquidation In United
states Rubber common caused that stock to de-
cline. losing in the day ~ per cent With few
exceptions. the closing prices were ct net losseA