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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08
WHY WOMEN GOSSIP.
BESSIE L.. STAPLET0N.

IT'S a sad evil under the sun and !
have often wondered how heightened"
women can afford to indulge in an in-
humanity that makes countless thou
sands mourn"
Doubtless there is something wrong
with the woman who gossip. 1t may
be she needs intelligence. II you will
notice her home. she has but few, If
any, books OIL papers, she doesn't read.
Yet when company comes, or she goes
out calling, she must appear interest
ing, hence she needs must gossip as an
alternative.
Again, a woman will gossip because
she is morally diseased. There are
women who are so low and sensual
they are never satisfied until they
drag Others down to their level, and if
their tongue is their only weapon, they
use it numerically.
Then again, the gossiping woman
suffers of something like s0ftening Of
the brain. There is at least one soft
spot in the brain, for no woman, whose
brain is thoroughly solid and healthy,
will take it upon herself to air her
neighbours affairs. Why, indeed, should
it concern her whether there be
"silyer in the silver closet" etc, OF
gold in the chest, so long as lei
neighbor treats her with all due def.
crence.
"Oh, the rarity of Christian charity
under the sun"
Many a heart has been wounded be
You'd cure, many a pure reputation
stabbed to death by goSsiping woman
There IS evil enough in the world
God knows, but it is beneath the wo
manly woman to detail and report it
She was not made for this degrading
purpose. Why will she stoOp to it
But rather she was placed here to keel
the atmosphere IN which she lives a
pure as possible, and fragrant will
gentlcness and charity. Are you bless
ing your neighbor with your hallOwct
influence? Is your tendency to maxi
her life brighter, her home happier
her faith in mankind stronger? Re
member that ''charity Of speech is a
divine a thing as charity of action
To judge no one harshly; to miscon
ceiye no mans motive; to bcliev,
things are as they seem to be unit
proven otherwise; to temper judg
ment with mercy, surely this Is quit
as good as to build churches, establish
asylums and found colleges"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08

The merchant who does business in
a town without advertising at all is
simply a sponge on the enterprise Of
the merchants who do advertise. The
n~on-adyortiSer gets a part Of the bene-
fit Of the money spent by the enter
prising men who do advertise, and
thus do the sponges impose upon their
enteprising neighbors. No merchant
who advertises should patronize any
mar in any other line Of business who
does not advertise, in fact, no enter
prising, pushing mar should spend
his money with the men who are mean
enough to sponge off the enterprise of
their neighbors. Whenever the bust
ness men of a town quit advertising
they begin to lose ground at once
nothing is truer. The Indirect adj
vantages of advertising are greater
than the direct. Nothing would pro-
mote the business interests Of a town
more than the live, energetic business
men to form themselves into an assO-
cation, every member Of which should
be pledged to a certain amount OF
newspaper advertising each year. 1t
is better for any man In any line Of
business to have all men IN his line
advertise literally along with himself
than to have him do no advertising.
Liberal advertising by a large number
of dealers in any line draws many
buyers to the town in which they are
located. -Charles City Citizen.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08
THE DEVIL.

Universalist Herald.
1t is believed by many, that not
withstanding God is almighty, and
desires the ultimate happiness Of all
His offspring, yet a being called the
devil, is possessed Of more power than
omnipOtence than ITSELF. for, while
God saves one, the devil destroys one
hundred. God would save all if he
could-this is His ruling desire, but
alas. the enemy with which He has
to contend, is more crafty and power
full than omnipotcnce. The prevalent
theology Of the day involves this idea,
absurd and %rcpugnant as it is. That
an omnipOtent God can be circum
vented by an enemy greater than ON
impotence, is the climax of abSurdity
According to this theology, our AL
mighty Father is weak and pOwcrles,
in the hands of the arch adversary o
man. God is doing all He a tt
further the work of salvation anC
would do more, but the devil prevents
Him. How such an idea dishon0r.
God, diSthrones him-snatChes thu
sceptre from Him, and places it If
the grasp Of the devil, who is drag
ging millions to the realms OF endless
torment, while God is doing all HI
a to counterfeit his ncfarious de
signs, but cannot,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08
HER TEN COMMANDMENTS,

These are the new commandments
ten,
Which wives now make for married
men.
l-Remember that | am thy wife,
Whom thou must cherish all thy
life.
Thou shalt not stay out late at
night,
When lodges, friends or clubs in
vlte.
3-Thou shalt not smoke indoor or
out,
Or chew tobacco round about.
Thou shalt with praise receive my
pies,
Nor pastry made by me despise.
5-My mother thou shalt strive to
please,
And let her live with us in ease.
6-RememOer It's thy duty clear,
TO dress me well throughout the
year.
Thou shalt in manner mild and
meek,
Give me thy wages every week.
S-Thou shalt not be a drinking man,
But live on prohibition plan.
9-Thou shalt not flirt, but must al
low
Thy wife such freedom anyhow.
10--Thou shalt get up when baby cries,
And try the child to tranquilizc,
These my commands, from day &c
day,
Implicitly thou shalt obey.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08
HER WEEPINGS OF DEFENT

A London paper is graycly discn@
ing the question, SHOULD woman
weep" That depends on the woman
and the weep. If she is ugly, and ld
weeping is the result of temper and
makes her nose red. decidedly she
should not. Neither should she weep
if she gurgles and shifts, or il it maGs
her eyes swell and grow red. Its
also perfectly useless to weep on be-
pillow in the dead Of night, when no
one is the wiser for it. Again, ii ki
mistake to be always whimperlns
Those tears are like the constant
dropping of Il little rain that will wear
away any patience in course Of time
But the woman who can weep grace
fully, whose tears run gently and "a.
tlletically down her check, or whose
eyes can appear drowned in tears
knows what she is about when SHE
wccps. She would weep whcncvei
she thinks the subject demands IT.
and she will generally get the thing
she cries for. The average woman
knows when and where to weep.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08
ThrDrmnrrafzSt +,
THE LIAR.

Water Valley Itemi,er.
? The liar is just about tho .t,..
sinners. lie is an importan, f,a, p
destruction everywhere and in NJ -
relations OF life. In politics n" 't'
up Justify, and waves back ,rnr "'s
orously, when it is seen comm,
front to discover some v~llloiny n ~ Ie
on the program for t~ransaction "''
social life, his great eyes are co',n.,i
t''rned upon the concerns Of liro
many IA purely virtuous action a'
to pay the penalty of pcryersion ''''
the foul monster who H.. "0A
respect for either persons or ,h,. ~
The liars location seems To no ""SN
where and everywhere, from ,Ho ' %%'
tcring circles of thu a. ,crctho sl'
pits of degradation g. / aslallr Nv
not at all fastidiouS ABOUT indir,,t,.
or probabilities, orany ching eliza t1"l
requires circumspection. Ta vin
just as readily about a religious ,' 4
Ject as he will about the size n,
snake the number of fish he c,u",,
the meaness Of his mothcr,in.law n.
weather, or any other subject he d0,,
or don't know anything about. n.
sentimental liar don't appear soN,dE
not having a wicked purposeI in yicv-
but the statistical liar, vildan roe.
less, just dives and gets bottom, ,,i
brings up black mud from tho w,,''
of superlmposed turpctude. Il /
matter OF supreme indifference toli,
whether he ruins the prospects d
section or an individual whe,hc, !,
hlnders commerce or tlirottles todp,
whether he traduccs charactO, II
debases principle; whether he main,
- ""lu, !
Christianity or brushes its adyoc,tu
There is considerable game in Soma
liars; they will tell one lie, and I'M.
tell forty more to get out of that Or
This Is sometimes called shrcwdnm
God pity the man who would cca
this evil habit by attaching to II NM
Important name ''shrewdncss.n hi
simply downright, bra2en lying, nOh
ing more nor less. Take lying on, a
the world and sin will be deprived A
its greatest weapon, and r%igltclN
ness will cover the earth as the yatpy
that cover the sea-, The scaldg
breath Of the malignant liar. reaching
out to smut and conlamiuate cIaue
ter, reduce reputation and weaker
virtue, Is the greatest instrumentalNJ
to the reduction Of rectitudc.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08
THE ELBRTA or GEORGIA.
THE ORIGIN OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
PEACH.

American Agriculturallst.
Among the whole list Of peaches,
both old and new, there is no variety
that has attained a higher place in
public estimation than the Elberta.
1t is liked equally well by the grower
and consumer. About p years 40
DR.. Samuel II. Rump, Of Georgia,
raised about 1900 Seeding peach
trees from seeds saved from the
very choicest named varieties, and in
the whole lot there wa but mt that
be deemed worthy enough to preserve.
This was the product Of a cross be-
tween the Chinese Cling and Crawford
Early. He bestowed upon it the
name liberia, in honor Of his wife,
and it has in turn been an honor to
its namesake. Knowing something
and hoping more Of its good qualities,
he planted extensive orchards of It,,
from which he shipped large quanti-
ties of choice fruit, and realized prof
liable returns. 1t was not long before
other peach gro Scrs learned OF the
good qualities of the Elberta and
began to plant it, first in the Southern
States, where it had already proved
its great value beyond question, and
then in the Northern peach growing
section. 1t has proved to be n OF
the standards in all regions, from
Georgia to Michigan, and from Con-
necticut to California. The tree is
vigorous enough to make a good or
cllard tree, spreading in habit, and has
large leaves, somewhat like its parent,
and is hardy in tree and bud as the
average Of varieties. 1t ripcns its
fruit a little before mldscason, or
about with Old Nixon Free. The
fruit is about the average in size and
oval In shape, with a suture on one
side. The color is lemon yellow, with
a blush on the sunny side. The flesh
is rather pale yellow, tender and juicy,
yet firm enough tOship well. In flavor
there is nothing lacking. Altogether,
there is perhaps at the present time
no peach, for all sections and pur-
poses, quite SO valuable as the Elberta.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08
ANSWERS IN SCHOOL.

A happy faculty of making shots
at answers to questions, says Harper's
Weekly, is possessed by some English
school children, c. g.:
"What are the chief mountains of
Scotland -
"Ren Nevis, Ben Lomond and Ben
Jonson." n
Give one proof Of the world being
round?"
1T says in the Bible: World with
ont end"
GLOW many senses have wc-namC
them? :"
ave have two scnscs-right and
wrong"
These answers may be capped by one
given by a Harvard student nearly
twenty-five years ago.
"Why did the Romans call the vino
blowing in a certain direction Nj
gcr?"
because it blew from the abode O.
the Ethiop."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08

A shower Of dust fell on the deck of
the ship Scottish Dales when she was
far out at sea off the coast OF the Ar
gentinc Republic On a voyage which
ended at Tacoma, Wash, last week.
The captain says the dust was very
fine and of Il light buff color. As the
dust storm blew toward the ship it
looked very much like snow. The dust
fell thickly over the deck and rigging
of the vessel. The captain supposes
it came from some volcano In active
eruption.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08

Many women are worried by a con.
slant tendency to perspire freely in
the palms, which ruins their gloves.
This is an expensive distemper, for !
know woman who spoil new gloves
simply in one wearing. For this use
magnesia. Get it in square blocks,
and rub it thoroughly into the skin
before putting on the gloves. Rigor-
ously adhered to, the effect is entirely
desirable.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08

Nearly all the leading cities of the
South are taking active steps to sccure
the location OF Battle Abbey" in
their midst. Associations are being
organized to secure the needed $780,
600. When 1t is built, it is said, the
first statue to be set up in 1t, will be
to the memory of Matthew +. Maury,
OF Virginia, the pathfinder of the
sHas.' A subscription has been start
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08

A young lady went to her friend
another young lady-in a condition OF
mingled sorrow and anger.
''That llorrid Miss Jones has been
saying that | paint"
Never mind what Miss Jones says,
my dear, il she had your complexion
she'd paint, too"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08

TO protect stock from Tics. aail
an old can, or better, a three p'ns .nd
and I'LL two-thirds full OF nan ..s,.o
half tallow and lard, melt 1t, anu WV" :,
nearly cool, add two tablespoons M
crude carbolic acid and about wv ,aI =,
of Kerosene oil. When coIo apps
horses or cattle with a swab IN spy~
over the body. On stock about ,v .nsr
other day will do, on the horse N al
ever you drive. This will not keel ,all
the flies away, but nearly ALL ANU
make your dumb animals sml'c'
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08

A new version Of an old JOKE fu', ~.
follows: Said the pastor 10 WV snu
parent p~enitcnt, "Dear slstc'' 10
a Christian ?" mo, sir; ! belo"s ;"
the choir"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08

considerable boomfs being worked
up In the Eastern States for ex-Gov.
Russell, Of Massachusetts, for the
head of the coming National Demo-
cratic ticket.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08

Liam
Many persons are puzhieo w wv"
what the terms four-pcnny, s'Np'"''
and tcn-pcnny means as app''u
nails. Four-penny means iour p 0"
TO the thousand nails, and slS'p'"I
means six pounds to the t'oO'a 'aa
and SO ON. 1t is an English term a".
meant at first ten pound mans ' W,
thousand being undcrsto0dl' ou' s"d
English clipped it to ten poun' ,.ny
from that it dcgcncrated until p0"',
was substituted for pounds m"'
thousand nails weigh lesS '"". ,a.
pound they are calico CacSs' O''''
etc.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08

We are strictly In it when 10 '"'
toaoIng neat and catchy JOB WORN
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08
p mas NO ANIMALS.

Japan Is a land without the dOOlcs
tic animals. 1t is this lack whrn
strikes strangers so forcibly in IOOSlAs
upon japanese landscapes. TleIcac
no cows-thc japanese neither GRIM
milk nor eat meat. There arcOulN'
horses, and these are imported hia'l'
for the use of foreigners. Inc |Ics"f'
carts in city streets are phllca aM
pushed 10y coolies, and the pleaSH'V
carriages are drawn by men, l'e'
are but few dogs, and these are ncl'l''
used as watch dogs, beasts oil ou'u'N
nor hunting, except by foreigners
There are no sheep in Japan ""u
wool is not used in clothing l"'''
arc no pigs pork is an unknown a." !.
Gle of diet, and lard is nOt uScu !"
cooking. There no goats or lhulc' "
donkcys. Wild animals are '"'',
however, and in particular oca'' -"
enormous size.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-08
The Columbia worlds fair medal,

AZ y'edg q; last. sui Ne fc,i9o"v ~
fi,iA ,.g .8n
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-08

practicable, says the New York Herald
1t is two-story affair. Downstairs are
the living room and the barracks for the
soldiers. Upstairs are the officers quar-
ters, while out on what might almost be
called balcony a field piece can be
mounted or a sentry take his stand OF
course, all these things are not in working
order while the railroad fort is moving
from place TO place. The car is unfolded
at It's destination.
All the walls, and the roof, IN which are
skylights, can be folded up in such a man.
ner that in its most compact form the car
wi IL occupy no more loom than that of an
ordinary freightcar. The mechanism by
means of which it is folded is located at
the ends. 1t is operated by system of
screws and cranks. which can be handled
by very few men.
Mr.. Bierstadt has made two designs for
this car. In one, as stated, the second
story is used for, officers quarters. In the
other the upper story is sort of observa-
ton tower. AT the same time it can also
serve almost the same purpose as the
turret to ship. Guns can be placed
most advantageously, and so solid is the
material of which the car is constructed
that il will endu-e recoil of considerable
force.
Again, there is ample space for posting
large number OF sharpshooters IN the
second story.
OF course this car, when constructed of
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-08
no ENABLE TIE DEAE no HEAR

The principle on which DR.. Kendrick
based his idea is one which is but little
understood. Water is one of the best con-
ductors of electricity known. According
to the New York Herald, DR.. William
Harvey King o: New York. well-known
electro therapeutical expert, who has
studied DIR. McKendrick's discovery. said
a few days ago that the great difficulty
which had always baffied experimenters
in this line was that the batteries used
did not produce the perfect rhythmical
vibrations necessary.
1--WE have made this experiment with
the Faradic battery" said DR.. King, ''but,
to speak technically for moment, the
long period of cessation between the
make and the break destroys the
rhythm and consequently the sensation
is not transmitted. The European expert
has prepared special battery, the secret
of which ne still retains"
The process by which the rhythm of
music is transferred through the nerves
to the nerve center of the brain is clearly
described by DR.. King.
If you have ever been aboard a small
! steam vessel which was being propelled at
high rate of speed by machinery OF high
horsepower" said DR.. King, ''you have,
no doubt, felt the unbroken or rbythmical
vibrations going through the body of the
craft. Now. deaf person, under the con-
dition cited. hears these " ylbrations as we'll
as one whose auditory nerves are perfectly
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-08

committing depreiations. He climbed on
deck and stood over the hatchwavs listen
ing to the sounds that came up from the
hull, which resembled those made by the
falling of ballast on an iron keel. The
watchmap let down his lantern into the
hold and all sounds were instantly hushed.
ID 'fe rring closer examination until day.
light he then found nothing below to indi-
cate the presence of any person whatso-
ever. Considerably puzzled, he gave up
the investigation, but on his rounds the
next night he again heard precisely the
same sounds. These continued with occa-
sional intervals of silence all night and
for several nights, when the watchman
impaired his discovery to several of his
friends, who, impelled by curiosity, shared
his vlgils and were rewarded by success
sion of noises that rilled them with awe
and fear. All were completely at sea re-
gard1ng the mys terious origin of the dis
turbances. Reports spread about the mills
that there were ghosts on the Blairmore
and there are but few of the men now who
have not heard these strange sounds mat
nightly proceed from the deserted Gull.
A Mr.. Atwater, who lives at 532 Illinois
street, and who is not only a believer in
spirituaIsm but also claims to be we'll
developed medium, asserts that the Blair
more is haunted by the spirits of the lost
seamen, and claims that in visit which
he made alone at night to the ship his
neck was encircled by ghostly arms and
his hands clasped by invisible spirits.
Mr.. Atwater asserts also that he commu-
nicated with these and received from one
of than, q message to his homa in Soot
land relating to matter important to his
family. The message was sent, according
to Mr.. Atwater, and reply received by
him in which it was stated that an event
of great Importance to the family had
been settled by its means.
The mysterious sounds on the Blair
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-08

Aminiature car of this sort can be seen
Washington. 1t seems, OF course, an inn
practicable idea, yet the officers of the
United States army who have inspected
the model and listened to Mr.. Bierstadt
tell of it have expressed their entire faith
in the practicability of the idea.
1t was often said during the rebellion
that if some arrangement could have been
placed on the railroad, so constructed as
to contain thirty or forty men comfortably
and at the same time so fitted as to enable
the garrison to use small piece of artil-
lery and other firearms, whole sections of
the country could have been held by the
Union forces that, under conditions then
existing, had to be surrendered. Now this
is Just the thing. 1t can readily be seen
that the car when unfolded contains suffi-
cient room to give the wounded place
where they can be undisturbed.
The hunks are similar. to those in the
Fforecastle. of an old-iime merchantmen.
But there is plenty OF breathing room ana
windows enough to insure the requisite
amount of fresh air. The windows, OF
which there are manv, do not look as if
they would afford much protection, but
it is intended that IRON shutters, perfo-
rated with loop holes, shall be placed over
each opening. There is place for an
eight-pound gun on each side of the car,
and it Will be possible to use rapid-fire
guns very handily on the floor above.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-08

pee; to see him the speaker-out on the
yardarm clawing on reef earring and his
shirt flying away in blue patches to
'lu'ard" on the bosom of the storm in
stead of staying on his own back where it
should be. The spectacle of Judge Clark S
beamy hull barred to the stings and whips
of the shifting gale told against
o Keefes frail stitcher and when the
orator issued his decree of ostracism
Fisher, Walker, Fitch, Romer, Donovan
and White concurred. Micky Farrell
would have added his voice TO the official
protest. but he had shortly before seen a
gull looking mockingly at him as it
winged past, and he was in too much OF a
rage at the manifest insolence of the bird
to further burden his mind.
So the old men OF the navy laboriousIy