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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27
Nhelrmnrrat-S Star
ACROSS TIE SEA.
WE MAY SOON BE ABLE TO TALE by
TELEPHONE.

T%elcplIoning under the ocean has
long been the puzzle of some OF the
best electricians in this and other
countries, says the London Mail.
Now a Russian Edison, one Kids
cliewsky, claims to have made a dis
coyery that will do away with the ef-
feet Of distance in decreasing the
intensity of sound transmitted. So
confident is NJ. Kildischewsky that
his instrument will solve the problem
that he has j%ourncycd to London to
talk with New York over the trans
atlantic cables. Already. he says, he
has talked through the water Of the
River Don, and has found no difficulty
in hearing plainly a distance Of over
100 miles. With the great trans
atlantic cables and their electrical
equipment he promises to make a
London whisper heard in New York.
II the Russians apparatus does its
work, wealth untold is his, but the
wise men OF electricity cannot bring
themselves to believe that this tri-
umph yer space has at last been
achieved. The great obstacle to be
overcome in cable communication is
what is known as the inductivc ca
pacity Of the wires. The close proX-
unity Of the conducting coil to the
armor and the presence Of the water
surrounding it will have a positive ten
dency to rctard the flow Of the cleo.
trio current. A vast amount OF
money has been expended in the vain
effort to obviate this.
1t was found, however, that the in
ductive capacity could be lcssenod by
the use OF more delicately adjusted
instruments. The lowest audible tone
over a telephone wire on land, under
favorable conditions, is equivalent to
sixteen vibrations per second. 1t is
impossible TO attain anything like
this speed IN IN ocean cable. The av-
erage vibrations per second over the
Atlantic cables does not exceed four.
In other words, while several hundred
words a minute have been sent over
land wires by means OF IN automatic |
sender, the highest rate Of speed Of
the ocean cable is about 25 words.
All the experts who have given the
subject of a submarine telephone close
study agree that it would necessarily
have to be at least three times as large
as a telegraph cable in order that the
voice could be heard at such a dis
lance. To lay such a cable it is cal
culated would cost between 81, 900. 600
and 81, 000, 600, but it is doubtful
whether there is Il ship afloat large
enough to do the work. The Russian
inventor claims that 10y means of his
discovery it will be possible to speak
Over the existing cables. II the plan
succeeds we shall be able to add ap-
other wonder to the nineteenth cen
tuay.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27
UTILIZING OLD o
AFTER BEING TWICE WORN OUT THEY
ARE MADE INTO VARIOUS
ARTICLES.

Old shoes are not waste from the
standpoint Of modern industry. Az
ter they have done their service and
are discarded by the first wcarcrs a
secondhand dealer restores the worn
shoes TO something like their former
appearance and they are sold again to
be worn a little by the poorer classes.
When the shoes are finally discarded
by them they are still good for various
purposes, says the Los Angeles En-
press. In France such shoes are
bought up in quantities by rag dealers
and sold to factories, where the shoes
are first taken apart and submitted to
long manipulations, which turn them
into Il paste. from which the material
is transformed into imitation leather,
appearing very much like the finest
morocco. Upon this material stylish
designs are stamped. and wallpapers,
trunk coverings and similar articles
are manufactured from it. Another
French industry using old dilapidated
shoes is the transforming Of old into
new footwear. This is the principal
occupation Of the military convicts
imprisoned in the Fortress of Mont.
pclicr. There the shoes are taken
apart, ali the nails are taken out AMI
then the leather is soaked in water for
some time to soften it. From those
pieces that can be used are cut the up
pers for childrcn's shoes and parts of
the soles are similarly used. The
smaller pieces of leather are applied
to be used in high Louis XIV heels,
We're so much in style a few
years ago. Even the nails Of the old
shoes are used again. They are
separated by a magnet, which attracts
the steel nails, While the copper and
brass nails are carried on further.
The price received for the old copper
alone almost pays for the first
cost of the old shoes. Clippings and
cuttings OF leather are also used. being
turned into a paste from which arti-
fetal leather is made, and what is not
good enough to serve for this purpose
is sold, with the swcepings, to agri-
culturists in the nclghborhood, who
use this waste with great success as a
fertilizer.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27
A CUBAN PATRIOT AND CHRIS
TIAN.

Southwestern Presbyterian.
We have had the pleasure, in COM
mon with many citizens Of New Or
leans, Of hearing Rev. DT. Alberto j..
Diaz, 4 naturalized citizen of our
country, whose incarceration and sem
tcncc to death, without trial, by Gen.
Wey!er, 50 stirred Baptist circles in
this country, and issued in such a Wig
Urous rem0nstrance on the part of the
American government as to arrest
proceedings and secure his release.
followed, however. by summary ban
ishmcnt from the island. With suf-
liclent foreign accent to give piquancy
to his %utterancc, lie is Il pleasing
speaker, holding his hearers by a play
full humor and touching pathos. His
address to Il large audience at the
Baptist church was devoted about
equally to patriotism ana religion.
According to him. Cubans have as
much cause for rcbelling against
Spain as did our revolutionary sircs,
and many of the reports of Spanish
victories are unreliable. His story Of
the conversion OF his father and moth
err, n OF whom was an intldcl and
the other was a bitter Romanist, pro-
vOkcd tears from not il few eyes un-
used to weep. His own conversion
and the overcoming of his fathers
skepticlsm by the simple reading Of
the New Testament in a Spanish
translation, suggested to our mind
the large possibilities of CUlportcur
Work among our Romanist popula-
tion. As the head Of "The White
Cross Society" of his own origination,
he had access to both armies, and is
therefore an eyewitness of what he
repeats. In the light Of this circum-
stance, the following extract from a
reported interview with him, pub
lishcd in the Picaynne on the subject
of Spanish atrocities, will be read
with Indignation:
"lcs, | have had a great deal Of ex-
pcricncc in the war. | have seen it as
it really is, and | can say, truthfully,"
he continued, THAT the reports about
General Wcylcr's crucltics are not a
bit exaggerated, lie is the king Of all
the butchers. | have myself cured
numbers of women and young girls
from gunshot wounds inflicted by the
cruel Spaniards, and have seer in the
short time Of fifteen days, within a
radius OF five miles from Havana, not
less than 100 slaughtcrs of innocent
people, barbariously murdered by this
generals minions. Some of them were
forced to dig their own graves and
then stand over them to be shot"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27

A young lady of Leakc county was
in town Wednesday last, marketing
her crop. Unaided she produced three
bales of cotton and one hundred
bushels of corn. While she disclaims
being a new woman" she shows that
she is Independent Of the sterner sex
and abundantly able to forego the
luxury (?) of Il husband.
Knpnip,I,n r o1no.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27
KOSciusko Ledger.

The American Bimetallic Union
has determined to keep alive for the
next four years the question of the
coinage of gold and silver at the
ratio OF 10 to ], regular headquarters
to be maintained at Washington City.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27

Flaxsecd is one of the best rene.
dies for a cold on the lungs. Use the
seed either ground or whole, pour over
1t boiling water, steep it and drain off
the liquor, thin it sufficiently SO that
it can be used for a'drink. To every
bowlful add the Juice of one lemon
and sugar to make it palatablc. Drink
freely of this whenever thirsty, or
ottencr if there is little thirst. The
result is wonderful.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27

An eastern editor recently offered Il
prize OF $50 for the best written pro-
p0sal Of marriage by a lady. lie Sc
lectcd one written by a rich widow,
and answered with a letter of accept
ance, and when the lady refused to
marry him he sued her for Il breach OF
urOmiSp.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27

The board Of Supervisors in session
at Columbia this week ordered that
letting Of a contract on the first Mon
day in December next for the building
ofaS20, 900 brid &C across Pearl river at
Columbia.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27

1t Is said that the Standard OH Co.
put 81, 900, 900 In the Republican cam
paign fund to huy votes for Mckinney
1t Is noticeable fact that the OH
not rs good rs It was before tue elce'
ton. VIZ Edcr II II Ia watcred'
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27
BEAUTY IS HEART DEEP.

Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney in Ladies' Home Journal.
"Hcauty is but skin deep" That Is
il skin-Gecp saying. Beauty is heart
deep. 1t is out of the heart We desire
it. 1t is out of the heart it grows.
This is not a mere saying like the
other. 1t is the fact and secret that
we are eager to penetrate. There is,
indeed, a skin-dcep beauty; a mere
%uncarncd, unliyed, bodily inherit.
ance: but out of some heart, through
some life-carning, it must always have
been originated and evolved. The
grandcst beauty may wait, its secret
glory not shown forth for a lifetime;
covered in with n plain, ever ungainly
exterior, as a noble building is rough.
ly boarded up while it is being care.
fully wrought 10 Its perfection. Many
a woman goes through the world like
this. Or the true beauty may be 50
tender in its beginnings that it needs
to be hidden, shicldcd--not made sign
Of before it's time-lest it should be
spoiled and perish in the exposure.
So the final heritage waits, while a
present outer poverty is permitted,
which, like the opposite condition,
may have come down through some
OF ancestry; the outer betrayal
OF Il far-back, inner want. OF such
waiting, a little further on, a wonder.
full lOvcliness may be born. A plain
woman, with beauty in her soal. has
often been the mother of a marvel
Ously beautiful child. Beau.
ty Is a seed in the nature. IL will
terminate, bud, leaf out, blossom.
the beauty is inside yOn, AMI alive,
you will-some time, s0mewllere-0e
Il form of beauty. How else did God
make out Of His own beautiful
thought, the beautiful world? You
have only got to live, love on and walt.
You shall have your birtliright. Ger
tain Of this, will you care II even u
loes not wholly come to you within
The threcscorc years and temp When
come Of age you shall possess
your estate. Only-nevcr barter u
lway for a mess OF pottagc you nap
pen to he hungry for.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27

The Weekly with tho New York
Worlds Great Tri-Neekly edition Sl.5O
per year for the Two papers. INVARIABLY
IN ADVANCE.
Sample copies of the Daily or Weekly
Commercial Herald or Iri- Weekly World
sent on application. Address.
COMMERCIAL HERALD,
Vicksburg, Miss.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27

Here is an advertisement that re-
Gently appeared in an English paper
"a lady in delicate health wishes to
meet with a useful companion. She
must be domestic, musical, an early
riser, amiable, Of good appearance,
and have some experience in nursing.
A total abstaincr preferred. Com
Portable home. No salary"
A few days aftcrward the advertiser
received by express a basket labeled !:
''This side uD-with care-pcrishablc."
On opening it she found a tabby cat,
with a letter tied to its tail. II ran
thus:
"Madam-In response to your adj
rertisement, am happy to furnish
you with q very useful companion
which you will find exactly suited to
your requirements. She Is domestic, a
.good vocalist, an early riser, possesses
an amiable disposition, and is con
sidercd handsome. She has had a
great experience as a nurse, having
bpc33ght up a large family. / need
scarcely add that she Is q total alb.
staincr. AS salary is no object to her,
she will serve you faithfully in return
for a comfortable home"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27

The Kosciusko Ledger asks what
kind OF a rosette is Mr.. Cleveland,
anyway. W. think he is a very dead
cock In the pit.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27

THE CHURCH AND TRUsTs.-At tne
opening Of the seventeenth session Oh
the Congress Of the Protestant Epls'
copal Church Of the United States ~
Norfolk, Va, recently, the topic "
discussion was: GLOW Can oocla'
Unity be Best Obtained" Professor
Gould, in his reference to the dcgeh'
cracy Of public conscience, said'
"Amid this material civilizatlo"
sits the church, complacent, serene
part of it, bone OF It's sinew, slncw .,
its sincw, instead Of being Its mortar
foe. 1t is because within the churc"
there are men whose operations W
business are not compatible with tne''
professions. Ono Of the most g'ga"'
tic trusts, whose fraudulent opera
tions a~stonislied and shocked tho
country, has on Its board OF directors
two Sunday-schoOl superintendent
and other mcn high in the counc'lso "
the church."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27

1T is very kind Of you, madam"
said the tramp, ito give me such Il
fine dinner" Don't mention 1t, you
poor man." said the kind-heartcd wO-
man. But | will repay you said the
tramp, gratefully. "l1l tell all my
pals that you are a finty-heartcd old
tcrmagant that amt never known how
to cook nothin' decent, so they'll give
your house the go-by, and won't never
bother you"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27

Annie Weir, Il former slave, VINO
sued her old master at Louisville, Ky,
William Weir, for twcnty-four years
pay at SO per week, has been given Il
verdict OF $3.50, which is about half
the amount she asked for. She had
worked for him ever since her .eman-
cipation without wages on his agree
mcnt to lodge, clothe and feed her as
long as she lived. Upon his second
marriage he discharged her.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27
BOYCOTTING A NEWSPAPER.

Some of the merchants of st. Louis
have b~oycottcd the Post Dispatch on
account Of the course that paper Dur-
sued in the presidential campaign.
The Post. Dispatch was an advocate of
free coinage of silver, and some of the
merchants have been charged with
conspiring to freeze out the paper.
Several Of the w~orkingmen's Bryan
and Scwall clubs have held meetings
and decided that they would under
take to prevent and injustice to the
paper. The following resolutions are
in line with those adopted by most Of
the clubs
"Resolved, That the Twenty-sevcnth
Ward Branch of the Workingmen's
Bryan Club proposes to keep up the
good fight against monopoly and line
up for action under the same grand
leader in the battle for the people.
which must eliminate in seating Will
liam Innings Bryan in the White
House in 1900, a the president of the
whole people; and be it further
Resolved, That we hereby express to
Colonel G. II. Jones u high apprccia-
tion of his manly and courageous fight,
through the medium of his able news
paper, The POSt-D Dispatch, for the
cause OF free silver and a free people.
and we call upon all wOrkingmcn to
stand by their colors and use all their
influence with their friends aud all
believers in a free press and free
speech, to defeat the advertising boy
colt which certain st. Louis mer-
chants have instituted against the
Post-Dispatch, and WI suggest they
can best accomplish this by giving
their patronage to those merchants
who advertise in the Post-D Dispatch.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-11-27
COMMERCIAL HERALD,

The Daily and Weekly COMMERCIAL
HERALD, printed at Vicksburg, Miss. The
Daily is the leading paper in the State,
and takes the full Associated Press Dis
patches over its W leased wives by !;
special operator.
The Weekly is issued every Friday. and
is u comprehensive review of all import
ant events culled from the State aud
Metropolitan papers mp to tho time of
going tn press.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-04

THE MARKETS..

CIHC INNATI, April g.
FLoUR-Winter patent fairly quotable at
S3.GO@a0O, do fancy, s3.251S5 so; do family,
So 1903 90; do extra, Sc 25 az so: do low grade.
81. $50: 10; spring patent. S3 55d13 s5 do fancy.
So 00@330; do family, 8, G00.75 Rye -four,
northwestern, 81 55Q1o. IS; do city S26002 20
per barrel
WHEAT-No cred quotable at 7,Mc per bu
on track
CoRY-Sales: No white and No Q mixed
Quotable at S1c on track.
OATs-Receipts are not large but offerings
are q little urgent and the market continues
dnll No mixed quotable at .lc on track.
HoGs--Select shippers, none; select butch
ers', Si7o03 70; fair to good packers, $3.50
3 65: fair to good light s36j@3 S5; common
and roughs, St e5dD350
CATTLE-Fair to good shippers, So 25(l4 90:
none OF the best on sale; good to choice BUTCH
ers'. S3.75640o: fair to medium, So 1903 65;
common, S.50ll300.
SHEEP AND LAMBs--Sheep--Extra So ESQ
as: good to choice, S32b6s60: common to
fair, Ss.50G3.l5 Lambs-Extras, S4.65l14 20:
good to choice. s425dD46o; common to fair.
So 2514 90
VEAL CALvEs-Fair to good light. o. 500
5.o5; extras, $3.50: common and large, 81 75Qa
425.
WooL-Unwashed: Fine merino, per lb. SO
DC; quarter-blood clothing, is@i4c; medium
delaine and clothing, l41l5c coarse. 12Dl4c:
| medium combing i5c Washed: Fine merino,
X to Xxx. per lb iS114c. medium clothing. 100:
delaine fleece. l5Dl6c long combing, Iit0i5c:
quarter blood and low, l30l4c.
PITTSBURGH. April q
CATTLE-Prime Sl2sDl30: good butchers,
80 so14 10; rough fat, So 0o1a75 calves. $500
| 276
| HoGs-Prime, a. 10d415; pigs and common
Workers, stO0Q64 05; roughs. 81 756b35o
SHEEP-Choice, 81 9oQ54 10; prime, e2 1903 s5;
fair o. 4t@s65; common, sSooasSo Lambs.
BALTIMORE, April .
| WHEAT--No. . red spot and April, 72NGt7bc;
May ,6sx@7oc; July. 7o4c; southern. 7o07Sc.
CoRE-Mixed spot and April, S46l3isc May.
34A@34ac: steamer mixed, 3.A 933c; SOUTH
| ern, 34Mc.
oArs-No. white western, 2ea2enc; No q
mixed do, 24tsc N
RYr-weak: No 9. 4e@4snc near by; 44X0
| 45c western.
cte lIN BUFFALO. April q
CATTLE-None on sale; market dull; veals.
| a. 00l1425
! HoGs-Heavy hogs, sss5Qa 90: mediums.
u 90; mixed packers. sa.95QbLOo, Workers.. "a. 10
| @4l5 light lots, 81 l5l4s0 pigs, sffO04 20
!. SHEEP AND LAMBs--Good To choice lambs,
s4.$014 70: culls to fair, 81 0o0A15: good handy
mixed sheep, sa60d3s5; choice weth ers, 90
G4io; fancy heavy, o. Oo1aoo f}sig
.- +s ~ CHICAGO. April 2
Calls on May wheat opened at esX and 60.
sold at esK064c; last price 6SXc. Puts opened
at 63G63hc. sold between es and 63A0osHc.
last price Ssh@eS4sc.f f'p'A ~
Calls on May corn opened at 2shc. sold AZ
eoSUesho; last price sohc Puts opened ~
2sSsc the only price 81 tia N
va i'sH 4' sIsDIANAPoLIs, Ind, April
CArTLE-Good to choice shipping. sa esQDa 90;
medium TO good shipping. " 40nae0 f9tt
HoGs-Good to choice medium and heavy,
sa s51a95; mixed, sa7b1a %; choice lights. q Is
@loo lgsFtff ifi
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-04
CONDENSED NEWS,
Gathered From All Parts of tho Country
by Telegraph.


Gathered From All Parts of tho Country
| by Telegraph.
| At Petrola, Ont, Frank Conley,
champion light weight of Canada, de-
feated Tommy West, of California, in
FIVE rounds
The treasury gold reserve ut the
close of business Thursday stood at
s12s, los, ,404. The Withdrawals for the
day were SECS, 300.
In an interview with Capt. Gen.
! Weyler, of Cuba, published in Madrid,
he is reported as saying that he hoped
to end the campaign in Cuba in two
years.
Lieut.. Gen. Geo. Digby Parker, c. p,
has been appointed by the British gov
ernment governor of the Bermudas in
succession to Gen. Thomas Casey
Lyons.
Bids for the removal of the old United
States custom house at Chicago were
opened at the treasury Thursday.
Frank John, of Chicago, offered S47,-
800 for the work. a
United States Treasurer Morgan and
party have returned from New Orleans
where an examination of the sub
treasury in that city was made. Mr..
Morgan reports accounts accurate and
we'll kept.
Mrs. c. o. Cochran, of Bridgeport, O.,
was bitten on the hand Friday by a
tarantula, which escaped from bunch
of bananas. After killing the insect
she sucked the poisonous matter from
the hand and is recovering
Saratoga, N. Y, was visited by $5O,-
600 fire Friday morning which totally
DESTROYED Putnam Music hall, G. H.
Reeves paint store and r. Scanlan's
printing office. Several vacant stores
in the block were badly damaged.
Mr.. Edward f. Gardner, purchasing
agent of the Chicago & Northwestern
Railroad company, committed suicide
afternoon. Dependency is supposed
to have been the cause for his act.
The committee of the Nice regatta
have dismissed the protest lodged by
the Satanita against the Ailsa on We'd
nesday. In the race sailed on that day
the Satanity fouled the Ailsa and subse-
quently made a protest against her
President Fish. of the Illinois Cen
trail railroad, has accepted an invitation
to attend the third south and west
grain and trade congress tc be held at
Charleston, S. c.. and read a paper
upon the ways and means to facilitate
trade between those sections of the
country.
Friends of Armenia have announced
their intention to place a stained glass
window in the church at Hawarden as
memorial to the Armenian martyrs.
Mr.. Gladstone, who always attends the
church when at Hawurden, his son be-
ing its rector, will probably write the
inscription that will be placed on the
window.
The sheriff Thursday took possession
of the old established sash, door and
blind factory of Hermann Kirschhotf,
at Oakley and Milwaukee avenue, Chi
cago, on confession of judgment for
| $17,950 in favor of Eliza Kirschhoff.
Mr.. Kirschhoff later made an assign.
ment in the county court for the bene'
fit oe all creditors.