The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-12-20
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PRAISE FOR THE sorr1

zen. Francis A. Walker, Of M,
chusetts, an eminent Republlss'
that State an ex-Unlon soldIe,
served a term Of imprlsoums.,
Libby prison during the war
nothing but kindly feelings u,
South. A short time ago In 4.
dress to the students Of the NJ.
chusetts Institute Of Technolos,
said things which astonished ~.
ands OF people In New England =
know very much less about the s...
than he because they have never
In in II and mingled with Their h,'''
or Americans Of this section o, \
country. The Hartford Times
menting on the remarks Of. Gem!
Walker, has this to say;
General Francis A. Walker, n,,.4j
dent Of the Massachusetts Jns,,,.'1
OF Technology, In an address ia 4.
students Ut his sophmore class I'M a.
effects OF the civil war upon Amerl,,.
life, expressed the opinion tla,
immediate granting Of suffrage Tan.
freedmen after the war was il,,
vised, as he believed there should h.
been bothT property and an edu.'
tional qualification exacted. liz ,,a
that one of the most unjust measn,.
Of reconstruction was to force MI
white people Of the South TO educ,,.]
their formcr slaves. Many Of MI
S0utherncrs had been reduced by th..
four years. struggle from ahlucns N
poverty, and to place upon them suA
a burden was a great wrong. 1t va|
clearly the duty Of the Federal n,,
eminent. Another remarkable STAR
ment made by General Walker W.
that there were no men more unius,
maligncd than the poor whites'oft III.
South. He had seen much of lhs,
during the war, and challenged an,
one who could observe the iortltua
with which they endured severest mi
vatl0ns, their ch~cerfnlness IN luor
forced marches, and their subllm.
courage In battle to say they were pa
men Of surprising strength OF cllans
ter. Since the war these same penps
have become the main stay Of tx
South. Hc pointed ont that sincelh
close OF the war the Southerners haze
undergone a most marked and. ~plcm
change OF feeling and as they wu
then the b~it4rest foes of the Unim
so now they ethe most ardent "a
enthusiastic supporters. 10 d
South We mist look rather than !
the North r0S our great patriots
A BIRD SIXTEEN FEET IlIGI
The skeleton Of a giant extinct BIZ
now on exhibition In the museum
Christ's Church, New Zealand, gu
one Il faint idea Of the gigantic form
OF animal life which once existcdO
this planet. The skeleton Is that
a moa, a bird formerly indigenous
New Zealand, but which is believed
have become extinct about 1000 yea
ago. Even the tradition Of the o
tives fail to give any account whaleu
OF this archaeological wonder, wiki
Is now only known by its bones, thu
being occasionally found in the cav
where they have lain for ages, proiC
ed from the disintegrating effects
the weather.
A noted British scientist writes
follows concerning the moa I'VE
Niagara is to 0rdiary waterfalls, 4
m0a was to the bird tribe. II
logged TO the Titans which dwell up
the earth in the days of the dodoal
the muStudon. IL was A lM
time before the %incrcdulous Mallri
lists could be induced to admit OF Y
possible existence Of such a gieapl
bird ON the earth's surface Mt any '
riod ri the globes history. W IA
years, however, several cntcrprlsl'
na~turalists have made trips To N
Zealand from both Europe and. Ame
ca for the solc purpose OF examln'
and reporting upon that marve'O
skeleton"