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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-08-21

In an appropriate and timely ar
raignment Of the oycrstuffed Sunday
newspaper, which appears in Every
Month for July, the Prophet con.
cludes as follows:
"The fact is that the Sunday papers
OF to-day are being stuffed to bursting
with nonsense 50 fragrant, so dlvcrsi-
fed and so eXuberent as to cast dis
credit upon the intelligence of anyone
who purchases them. Better no fifty
pages, no Illustrations, and no more
than the bald recital of unpictur-
esque detail" common to the papers a
generation since, than such a wild.
%cntangled, disorderly array Of matter
as now constitutes a Sabbath journal.
Such subjects as the ones above al
luded to do not enlightcn The people.
Far from it; they lead the minds OF
the uncducated astray, fill them with
decisions and attract their attention
to silly importances. Not only this.
but journalism grows less and less DO
tent for good, or it perverts the pub
lie taste, which will naturally crave
more sensation, and so push the pa.
pcrs to greater depths, unless the
State should intervene. Further
more, journalists arc made to stoop to
the lowest and meanest labors, to
bend their minds and accustom them
selves to the most trivial, wretched
and revolving details in order to sup.
ply the great demand for sensational
matter. Men of talent beginning
their life's work in newspaper offices
are thus perverted and mentally des
formed, and then sent out to help
shape the nations affairs. The talents
and energy of ambitious women are in
voked to further the cause OF sensa-
tionalism, and those who should be
preserved to womanliness in all things
are forced into fields where their ef-
forts can be productive Of only the
vilest and most pitiful results"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-08-21

Cows tormented by flies fall of In
their milk rapidly. Here IS prepare.
tion which is said to be infallible- for
keeping al! insect pests away from
cattle. Get a quart Of chloronaptho-
leum. 1t costs about 50 cents. Take
a little OF this from time to time and
mix II with 80 times its own bulk Of
water. II you take a spraycr or brush.
and sprinkle this over your cattle as
often MS twice n week. 1t will keep
away all flies. So Says Il. p. Smith IN
The American C~ultivator.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-08-21

EYES," said the old man, addressing
his young visitor, 81 am proud or my
girls, and would like to see them com.
fortably married, and as1 baye made a
little money they will nat gosto their
husbands pennyless. There's Mary,
q years old, and a real good girl. !
shall give her $1,000 when she marries.
Then comes Bet, who won't see 38
again, and ] shall give her 10000;
and the mar who takes Eliza, who is
40, Will have $l5 5000 with her." The
young man reflected a moment or So,
and then inquired: "You haven't
one about 50, have you?'-Laporte
Reppblican.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-08-21

u YOU pecd printing o. any
sepd Il u bisolIce.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-08-21

Capt. Frank Burkitt, editor of the
Ok0lOna Messenger hoists the name of
w. J.. Bryan for President, with the
following 'string" attachments
Provided he accepts in good faith the
nomination rendered him by the Peo-
pies party convention, with the
patriotic purpose to defeat the gold
Standard"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-08-21
WOMAN YACHT BUILDERS J.

N|Hn .l. --.udk
Yachtswomcn are numerous e'O =.
not to be considered phenomena ~
longer. But women who know ~ !.
to build yachts arc not common ~. .
Boothbay, Me-, however We ~. !.
family. which has been deso'ea
slhpbuilding for generations, 'lsS 's
feminine members who have 'ol'v.s N.
the trade Of the house. MISS ~
and Miss Mary Rice are as mpo '..
members Of the Brm as their o'''s' Ss
Miss Lizzie can build u boat, a',u \.
Mary can design one. They Dc.I - y
else their skill and work oa''
sllOrS,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03
. Self Denial.

Nobody stands on pillar now, OF
lives his life upon bread and water, OF
does his work or eats his dinner clothed
in hair shirt, which, by the way
must, one would think, have gradually
become to the habitual wearer at least
as bearable us flannel is to skins accus-
toned to the touch of linen garments.
We have to deny ourselves, if at all, in
little things, and if we never do it, how
is the habit, which is by no means in,
stinctive with the natural man, ever tC
be generated? That seems sound, and yet
it is by no means clear that our grand
fathers, who cultivated small self de-
mails, were less selfish than ourselves,
and they were decidedly less philan-
thropic.
Monks Of the stricter orders are very
little better, if at all, than English cler-
gymen, and men who go periodically in
to training, which involves much severe
self denial, do not emerge from that dis
cipline models either of character or of
conduct. london Spectator.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03
Making Marriage Easy.

a London weekly says somo wise things
concerning the need of an "idcal matri.
monial agency" for the timid man and the
woman whose manner may DO mistakenly
interpreted as rcpcllant. According to
tho brilliant originator of tho plan, such
an agency would not only soryo to break
tho leo between tho constitutionally timid,
but otherwise cstimablc, but would also
servo to widen the circlo Of acquaintance
of those who planned marriages "of con.
vcnicncc. For" snys tho writer, "ii
there wcro no marriages In England OK.
cept among parties of whom each was il
love with tho other, there would, wo foal
DO an abnormal number of celibatos
among both sexes ~
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03
u Have Sick Child This is Surely a
Message of Hone.

This is the best Of news for parents
OF weakly or stckly children, " is 3
fact that our people have heretofore not
mad the same opportunity for having
their children who suffer from chronic
or lingering complaints treated and
cured by eminent specialists in child
ren's diseases as do the residents of the
great cities whore such skilled physi-
clans reside. In other words, our PEG.
pie have been debsrred from seeking q
cure for their children by the great
physicians, owing to the cost of travel
to the large city and the high fees
charged by such physicisns.
Here, therefore, is chance for the
cure OF the children Of our community
which should not be lost DR.. Greene,
OF 35 Wess 14!h St., New York City, who
is beyond doubt the most successful spe-
cialist in curing diseases of children,
offers to give free consultation by m ali
in all cases OF children's complaints.
Parents have the privilege of consulting
DR.. Greene by letter, describing their
children's diseases and he will, after
carefully considering the symptoms.
write letter fully explaining the
trouble, telling everything about their
complaint so plainly that you will un-
derstand exactly what ais your chill
dren. He will also give his advice.
founded upon his vast experience and
wonderful success In treating such cases,
as to just what to do to effect cure.
Ali this will cost you nothing and you
can thus have consultation with the
best-known physician and acknowl-
edged most successful specialist in the
world without leaving home and at no
expense whatever. The doctor Is the
discovefer OF that greatest OF medicines,
DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy and has discovered many other
moht valuable remedies. Write to him
now about your child, for this is chance
of cure which you may never have
again,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03
FRUIT AS A MEDICINE.
Its Use Is Always Advantageous In Certain
Forms of Disease.

AS n medicine look upon fruit rs a
most valuable ally. When tho body is in
that breaking up condition known rs
scurvy tho whole medical profession look
upon fruit and fresh vegetables as the ono
and only known remedy. believe tho
day will como when science will uso it
very much moro largely than 1t docs now
in tho treatment of many of tho everyday
ailments. Impure blood means govt,
rheumatism, skin diseases, ricketts, and
other troubles. AS it is proved that fruit
will purify and improve tho quality of the
blood it must follow that fruit is both
food and medicine combined In fovers l
use grapes and Strawberries, giving them
to my patients in small hut frequent doses;
oranges and baked apples if tho others arc
not obtainable. For rheumatism plenty
of lemons arc invaluable. White girls
with miserable pallid complcxions want
quart of Strawberries n day; where those
nro not obtainablo bananas which contain
much iron, are good substitute. Proba-
bly, of all fruits the apple stands unrivalcd
for general purposes in the household.
Either raw or cooked it can be taken by
nearly everybody, and it contains similar
properties to tho other moro delicate fruits
To my mind tho pear is moro easily di-
gcstcd than tho apple and for eating I'M
should be used when green cannot DO OBJ
tanned. II soaked for few hours before
cooking they mako capital substitute for
fresh fruits, and they come cheaper to the
consumer
For preserving fruit 7 look upon bot
thing in glass bottles rs tho coming thing.
Not by tho use of chemicals, such as sal
icylic and boracic acids and tho various
personalities made from them, but simply
by protecting it after cooking from the
fcrmenting germs in the atmosphere 1t
keeps for years turns out even moro pala-
table than green fruit and is equally di-
gestiblo and contains all the virtues of
freshly cooked fruit. Canned fruit is not
SO good. The acid of tho fruit dissolves
up tin and lead from tho tin, and have
seer serious cases of illness as u re-
sides fruit should be sold much
.A-o' bottles than in tins rs tho bot
oturned and used again.-Pop-
Monthly.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03

tra.- ...
every hun> .o- .-s
In fact, the con.,
commodations by ev..
average carries only ono liz.
ger by every other train. Clear,
limo as that it cannot pay to have Ii.
class carriages mt oil, yet there arc very
curious varieties in tho local taste for diff
forences of grade i'll various parts of the
country.
In Scotland, where there are no second
class carriages, great number of people
dislike travelling third. And as result
100000 in every 80, 900, 600, or in every
20 passengers, travel first class, and very
often numbers of tho lowest section of tho
trading class are found travelling first. In
ireland, again, where there is a very wide
preference for distinctions of grade, no
less than about quarter of tho whole
passenger traffic is either first or second
class, and only about three-quartors GO
third, the exact proportion bong that out
of "a, 500, 900 passengers /, 500, 600 40 first
and 1926, 600 second. Again, on q purely
urban line like tho North London only 60
per cont go third class and the remaining
40 por cont go either first or ond-Lon.
don Spectator
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03
The Earth,s Swift Motion.

Everybody knows that the earth makes
ono complete revolution on It's axis once in
each "a hours. But few, however have
any idea of tho high rate of speed at which
such an immense ball must turn in order
to accomplish tho feat of making ono rovo
luton in day and u night. A graphic
idea of tho terrific pace which tho old earth
Keeps up year after year may be had by
comparing its speed to that of cannon
Dali Tired from II modern high pressure
gun. Tho highest velocity ever attained
by such missile has been estimated at
1,G2G feet per second, which is equal to
milo in 3 2l0 seconds Tho earth. in
making one complete revolution in tho
short space of 24 hours, must turn with {.
velocity almost exactly equal to that of
the cannon ball. In short, It's rate Of
speed nj the equator is exactly ,507 feet
per second. This is equal to II miles n
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03
STREET CLEANING.
Thero is Money Enough In tho Appropri-
alton to do Little.

Thcro is Money Enough Ia tho Appropri-
alton to do Little.
To THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES: From
the tenor of your editorial in Sunday
mornings TIMES, ii Is evident that you
are under the impression, as great
many other citizens are, that the failuI Q
of Council to supplement the street ap-
preparation Is tho cause of the filthy
condition Of the streets in the business
portion Of the city,
desire to say that no blame for this
can attach to the City Council on &C.
count Of not making an appropriation as
large as was desired.
Under the law the sanitary inspeott T
Is required to remove ell nuisances or
substances causing o nuisance; but
this is not the only remedy which can
be applied. According TO the auditor g
statement to me there Is still standing
to the balance of the street app,oprias
ton at least $3.50, and as 1t docs not
cost more than SIS for one cleansing OF
the streets some further explanation
should be required than TO queotion
why Council has not made larger sp-
Precipitation. l have been informed that
the streets have not been swept or
cleaned for nearly month.
/ cannot appreciate the reason fer
leaving the streets in this condition
unless It be for the purpose OF raising a
popular feeling in favor Of an additional
appropriation Qarger than good bust
ness and the financial condition would
justify. II this be the case the or co.
must necessarily materalizs.
Very respectfully,
JAS. r. TERRY.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03
AN INNOCENT INTRUDER.
BE Engaged Rooms. but Then Found That
He Was Not Welcome.


An amusing story is told Of the early
days Of the Margaret Louise home. The
home, as is we'll known, was built by
Mrs. Elliott T. Shepard as woman s
hotel, under the auspices Of the Young
Women's Christian association.
The first day the building was open
Miss Altman, the directress, was told
that gentleman had called to look ut
rooms. Taking it for granted that he
wished to engage board for some woman
relative, she sent an attendant to show
him the rooms. He expressed himself as
much pleased and engaged q suit. At
nightfall the following day Miss Alt
man was informed by the Mortified at
tendant that ga man had come to occupy
the rooms" which he claimed to have
engaged the preceding day. In the hall
her startled eyes recognized the dignified
gentleman of the day before, acoompa-
MED by colored valet with q dress suit
case in one hand, portmanteau in the
other, and with an expressman with a
big trunk bringing up the rear.
Miss Altman advanced and politely
requested an explanation. This caused
the gentleman to grow very red in the
face, while the valet rolled his eyes in
disapproval and the expressman waited.
The gentleman declared that he had
come to take possession of the rooms he
had engaged and had been refused the
keys.
"Oh, but you cannot occupy the
rooms!" she exclaimed. "This is a wo-
mans hotel" The valet dropped the
portmanteau, the expressman smiled,
while beads Of cold perspiration be-
spangled the would be boarder's brow,
as he explained, that going by, he had
seen the place and, mistaking it for
select hotel, was SO much pleased with
his inspection that he had persuaded his
nephew to come also and that prob
ably the young man would arrive by s
O'Clock. Then. with many apologies
no beat hasty retreat. That
Miss Altman received the ~ toat
proved to be dashi'1 si.t7
man, who, wher
innocent ~ o 4e ana
and LOG t,..t no
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03
SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.

The action Of the populaoe at BArce-
kingdom of Spain, shows that the Dons
are terribly wrought up over the action
OF the United States Senate in regard to
Cuba. Senator Sherman very truly said
in the course Of the debate on the 1880
lutions recognizing Cuban revolutionists
as beiligerents that Spain was proud
and sensitive nation, and that her
people would not hesitate to 20 to war
with the United States il Congress
showed disposition to carry interior
ence In Cuban affairs too far.
The recent outbreaks in Spain, es-
pecially at Barcelona, where the Ameri-
can consulate was attacked and the flag
OF this country insulted, proves that
Senator Sherman'a estimate OF the
Spanish character is o correct one, and
unless great moderation and prudence
is displayed by the Spanish and Aneri-
can governments, an open rupture will
certainly occur. Indeed, all OF Spain
seems to be fully aroused, and the hatred
~.
thing American by the people Of that
country is intense.
1t Is true the attack on the American
consulate at Barcelona has been
promptly disavowed by the Spanish
government as the act of mob, and
due reparation is promised; but the feel
ing among all classes in Spain Is 80 bit.
ter and resentful that the authorities
will havo great difficulty in preventing
some act which will lead at once to war
Already active war preparations have
been started in Spain and the action Of
the United States Senate yesterday pro.
viding for an increase OF the navy shows
that this Government ia alive to the
dangers OF the situation and is making
the necessary provisions for the future.
The situation from any point OF view
ia grave and portentous. Single handed
Spain would be no match at all for the
United States The conflict would soon
b 3ccidsd in favor of this country with
'n~ freedom or annexation Of Cubs as.
-Areo; out the nations OF Europe are
JEALOUS II the growing power OF the
American people and in all likelihood
one or more of them would not hes.
ttste in joining hands with Spain in
order to check It..
Already the cable reports that EN-.
peror William, OF Germany. desired to
send the queen Of Spain despatch, but
dn1 IT,
chancellor OF the empire. This tele-
gram in all probability would have been
as exaspersting to Americans as his cell
ebrated message of congratulation to
the president Of the Dutch Republic of
South Africa was to the English people.
At all events we are in the midst of
stirring times, and there ia no knowing
where nor how the present imh-l ~.
will end.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03
Exception In Favor of Rats.

They are very literal in Japan. Not
long ago bridge was built which was
GO slight that q notice was put up. "No
animals allowed to cross" But it was
found impossible to keep tho rats off it,
and in order to have rule which could
DO enforced the notice was taken down
md "No largo animals allowed to
cross" was pnt up in its place. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03
Appreciatiye.

Mrs Shoddy Tinsel-Oh, Mrs. Rich,
have you seen the lovely, lovely oil
painting Mr.. Cornice presented to my
daughter?
Mrs Rioh-No 1 have not. I did not
know Mr.. Cornice painted.
Mrs. Tinsel-Oh, most beautifully.
He dashed off this painting for Amelia
i'll half an hour. SO clever-he's an
architect, you know. though he studied
to be sculpture. Vogue.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03
Nth AFRICAN COOKERY,
Fare Carries Dismay
Man

bu..- tte eel, -t
Ae. rom. ol
Elepn.a a3 @
cious when qa..ad. cr
until it is rich u. ,o
OF making stew is p,.. eli 3. go
tribe, who uso the animals skin IS
ceptacle for water. Put in this wal,g
vegetables and pieces of meat and then
add redhot stones. This generates vast
quantities Of steam and makes the wa
ter boil without injuring greatly the
surrounding hide. At the end of an
hour the contents are cooked and the
water has become very fair soup, but
little peculiar on account Of the
amount of cinders, sand and fragments
of stone it contains. Still another tribe
cook locusts, grasshoppers, katydids and
the like, and say they taste great deal
like an overlooked shrimp. None Of the
native tribes, SO for as known, ever eat
the lion, but they have no such feeling
toward other carnivora.
The jackal, wolf and fox are more or
less popular. and are reported to give
very palatable meat. Where our people
hang mutton, game and the immortal
goose to season it and give it rich
flavor, many South American tribes Sc
cure the same result by burying meat
in the earth and leaving it there for
several days. No civilized man has ever
been able to eat it in this condition,
but the savages pronounce it delicacy
Of extraordinary merit Not alone is
cannibalism practiced to n large extent,
but our Darwinian cousins of tho mon
key tribe share tho same fate In the
districts where they are employed as
food they are very timid and fly at the
sight of human being even at great
distance. In other territories, where
they are unmolested, they are about as
tame and fearless as in South America
OF India. In nearly all Of these tribes
the woman is the cook and the waiter,
very often the butcher and sometimes
the hunter. New York Mail and Ex-
Dress
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03
car Turned

Iv"i 5rty Department.
points on the elevated
south ferry, for example, the
ls on the trains go through the cars
and pick up anything that may have
been left by the passengers and turn it
over to the train dispatcher at the sta
ton, who delivers it to tho superintend-
ent of the lost property department. of
the Manhattan Railway company, at 80
Greenwich street. There the article is
inspected and record Of the finding of
it, with description Of the article, is
made in book kept for that purpose !;
there is book for each division of the
road Then il is wrapped up, pAner y
tagged Or labeled, and held to await its
owner. Sometimes the ownership of a
package is discovered upon examining it.
Then if it is not called for the company
notifies tho owner Of the finding of it.
In this way articles are restored to their
owners daily.
Umbrellas are the articles most nu-
merously found. OF these there are found
from $500 to 5000 q year; they are OF
all kinds and qualities. The number of
umbrellas found increases from year to
year about i'll the same proportion as the
increase of travel. Next to umbrellas in
the numbers found come satchols, and
after them about III tho order named,
come hats, shoes, books and the various
things that arc done up in packages.
There are found also watches, diamonds,
hardware. music, bottles and i'll the
course of the year many other things III
great variety.
Altogether from tho various divisions
of tho road there arc turned over to the
lost property department about 80, 900
pieces Il year. About half of these lost
articles are called for. Articles of small
valuo are kept six months; articles of
greater value arc kept year. Things
not called for are finally sold by public
auction at sales held semiannually. =
New York Sun.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03
Conscientious.

"Wait one moment" said the emf
nent statesman to the reporter who had
come for the manuscript Of his speech
Il want to make little correction. -
And he made a hasty erasure where
he had written the bracketed word zap
plause" and the applause had failed
come in.-Chicago Tribune.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03
MISSIONARIES to be ExpeIled

BERLIN, March IA Constantinople
dispatch to the Lokal Anziger says that
at Russia's request the porte intends to
eXpel from Asia and Minor all mission
ariaa.