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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-26
I'll NJ OF FOWLS.

BY watching the appearance OF the
comb the health Of the fowls may be
easily noted; when the comb looks
white, pale or black, something is
wrong great thirst is another sign,
and a nervous, restless disposition
also gives warning sometimes a hen
will 60 mOping about with dropping
wings, but with no other sign of sick.
ness; whenever the comb, however,
does not show a bright scarlet in color,
and the fowl is not lively, 1t should at
once be examined; there is no parti-
cu!ar color for any disease that is in.
dicated by the comb, as the pale or
black depends upon the stage Of the
disease, for very often the comb will
be pale and then turn black, but the
poultryman may depend upon his
fowls being in full health when the
combs arc a bright scarlet, and
especially during the laying season. as
the first sign the pullet gives OF begin
ming to lay Is the color OF comb.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-26

Neat and tasty Job work executed
At this once.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-26
MARRIAGE MAXIMs.

A good wife is the greatest earthly
blessing.
Make marriage Il matter OF mora
judgment.
Marry in your W religion.
Marry into a different blood ano
temperament than your own.
Never talk mt one another, either
alone or in company.
Never both manifest anger at once
Never speak loud to one another,
unless the house is on fire.
Let each one strive to yield Oftencsi
to the wishes of the other.
Let self-abnegation be the daily aim
and effort Of each.
The very nearest approach tn domcs'
tic felicity on earth is in the mutual
cultivation of an absolute unselhsh'
ness.
Never find fault unless 1t is perfectly
certain that a fault hls been commit,
ted, and then prelude it with Il kiss,
and lovingly.
Neglect the whole world beside
rather than n another.
Never allow a request to be repeat
cd. IL forgot is never an acceptable
excuse.
Never make a remark at tile expense
of the other; II Is meanncss.
Never part for the day without low
ing words to think of during absence
besides, It may be that you may moi
meet again in life.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-26
GRATITUDE AND GRUMBLlNS'

The trouble with the world Is tna'
1t is always hunting up something "
kick about. We complain because y
Is cold In winter, and ask In summer
in sarcastic accents, II this Is NOV
enough for you. We are not thank
full bccausc we have bread and nea..
We grumblc because It amt cake aOu
terrapIn. 1t has been said that "
ciety IL composed Of two classes;
those who hive large appetites aau
no dinners at one end, and those WV
have large dinners and no appe''.e'
at the other, and that both are ' u's
sst,s6cd. IN the midst Of all WI.
discomfort comes q still, small so'c'
Ifom Kansas. Now Kansas, wle..
khe cyclones blow and dust sto'u'
howl, where the grasshoppers cav "
everything when Theresa good c'Op
and the drought parchcs when 'os'.
aren't floods, is the last place any -
would expect gratitude for olcss'as,,'
But IN editor Of q country p'r
thinks differently, AMI Is reaso.ss.
thankful for small fayors. ~
recent editorial on "Our Blessing :.
49,, A - eoll the 0tuet
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-26
A MOVEMENT ON FOOT THAT
DID NOT PAY.

Deacons who pass around the con-
tribution box In church know how
hard times are. 1t sec ms to them
that this country has a currency sys-
tenn based on the free and unlimited
coinage Of pennies and brass buttons.
People take advantage OF the fact
that salvation is said to be without
money and without price, and they
don't want to pay the preacher.
Hence arises the necessity OF church
sociables and affairs to try to coax
money out Of people With ice cream
and strawberries and amateur tleat-
ricals. A church in New York which
found itself In debt, recently gave a
queer performance that might literal.
ly be described as u church feet. All
the women In the congregation stood
behind a curtain, which was raised
just sufficiently to exhibit their feet,
and they were then auctioned oil to
the highest bidder. The plan Is said.
though, not to have given great salts
faction, as the girls with pretty feet
were not all with pretty faces, and the
fellow who paid a good round sum for
the society Of the posscssor Of Trilby-
like extremitics, was whooping mad
when he found it was his grand
mother. Indeed, the affair vas pro-
ductive Of so much hard feeling that
it was decided in future to raise
money by the timc-honorcd custom
OF feeding those who think more Of
their stOmachs than their souls.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-26

A curious piece Of real estate soon
TO be auctloned of at the Exchange
IN London comprises freehold Of the
Island volcano In the Mediterranean,
with numerous mountains and two
live cratcrs. The island Is one OF the
AeolIan group, of the north coast Of
Sicily, and Is fivc miles long by two
and . half broad. Vines and fg trees
flourish on 1t, and the opportunity Is
flne one for some rich man who
loves Thcocritus and would like to
have 40 island home all to himself
s~reclinlne on the mountain side, with
our focks feeding below and the blue
sicllian Sea 10 the distance. "-Chlcagp
Tribune.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-26
A SURPRISE.


Seattle Post Intelligencer.
There are five objects OF curiosity
at the county Jail. They arc the five
musmeesfrom Yokohoma imported for
the yoshowara OF Seattle, the five little
maids who came to grief a few days
ago on account Of the restriction laws
OF the United States. They are at
present in the rooms set apart for
women prisoners, where they are kept
in seclusi0n, safe from the eyes OF in
Quisitivc strangers. When any one
is present the bright-faced, black
haired subjects Of the mikadO keep
their almond eyes cast down. One en-
ploys herself with a strengthening
book, the leaves Of which she turns
from right to left; another has Il pack
OF forty-cight Enthusiastically painted
playing cards; still another, with del
lcatc white hands, busily dresses down
her nails with a manicure file, and OF
the two others one sits with hands
clasped and the other lies on Il cot,
her face buried in the blankets. Tho
prisoners do not understand English
at all, and when they speak to n an
other they use only monosyllables.
The musmces ale modest and meek
in appearance, but yesterday morning
tlsy gave Jailer Bufkman u surprise
he will never forget as long as he lives
lie had thought his involuntary visi
tors from an Orient were in need Of
ablution, and he prepared a bath fol
them. Then he walked to the cells
to tell them about it. Unfortunately
he cannot speak japanese, except t.
say "OhiO," and when he talks he Is
obliged to use the sign language. lie
conidehtially motioned to the group
of five, and then vigorously rubbed
his hands up and down his sides. Tho
message was quickly understood and
the little Japanese girls were quick ia
act on the suggestion. Before the
taller could turn around one of the
girls was n living picture Of Rousin's
famous picture entitled "After the
Bath" and tho remaining four were
scarcely better attircd than Adam
and Eve when they put on their dress
suits Ia the Garden Of Eden.
The jailcr was unmindful of the
delightful custom OF Japan, where
these same girls had been accustomed
to assist their brothers by pouring
buckets OF water on them while bath
ing, and, as he tells the story himself,
yelled his face behind the steel bars
Of the cell. There the captlycs held
him captive until they had sportcd In
the water to the hearts content.
The five little Yokohama girls seem
to have formed the idea that they
have been bought by the jailcr, and
that lie is their absolute owner. They
obey him well, although one of them,
when his back Is turned, softly
mocks his hcarty laughter.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-26

A newspaper published In an
Oklahoma town, where the women
recently carried the election, sent the
following order to a supply house
"Plcase send US one small cut Of a hen
Women carried the election here. ant
| suppose we will have to swing out ;
hen instead Of Il rooster"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-26

The value Of Canada's forest pro-
ducts is estimated at $50, 600, 900 an
nually. or this over $50, 900, 0O0 goes
into home consumption. Most of the
balance is exported to the United
States and Great Britain, much the
greater portion coming into the Unit
ed States nearly SO, OOO, 900 worth, 1t
estimated.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-26

OThe large racing cutter Meteor, be.
longing to the Emperor of Germany,
and which proved TO be a very fast
sailor, is built Of American elm from
the Keel up to the water line. Above
the water line mahogany was used,
The vessel was built by a Glasgow firm.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-26

Tho individual who denies the ex
istcncc OF evils and abuses that arc
notorious, or Affects Ignorance OF
them, Is either a fool or a knavc. The
best policy" Is the honest, straight.
forward policy, that seeks the right,
and without fear or favor advocates
free-handed justice to all.
The record-union., 1896-02-19
MILITARY EXPANSION.
The Matter Discussed by the Japanese
House of Representatives

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1S.-Corre-
steamer City of Pekin;
TOXIC (Japan), Feb. 1S.-In dis
cussing the Budgetary items relating to
military and naval expansion, the
japanese House of Representative has
observed great privacy. Twice its de-
bates have been held with closed doors,
but enough has transpired to afford a
glimpse of one important phase of ma
tional policy.
Debating the periods fixed by the
Government for completing it's schemes
of expanded armaments, the House
naturally considered the fact that, after
the completion of the Siberian railway,
Russia will be able gradually to concen-
trate at Vladivostock force aggre-
eating 2000 900 men. In what degree
would Japan be menaced by such a
contingency, and what capacity to meet
it would she possess at the time?
These were among the questions de-
bated by the Representatives, and they
arrived at the conclusion that, although
Russia might perhaps succeed in mass
ing a great army at Vladivostock, she
could not possibly maintain it at such
an immense distance from it's base of
supplies by means of a solitary railway.
Maritime communication would be es-
sential, and any line of sea communica-
tions would be exposed to attacks by
the japanese navy, which, by that
time, will be fully three times as strong
as the Russian squadron now assembled
in Eastern waters.
The record-union., 1896-02-19

evening of fun. Speaking of costumery,
while Corinne and all the ladies of the
troupe dress richly, the stars robes and
hair fairly blazed with diamonds and
other precious. stones, and she wore
them in designs and fashion to give best
effect to her adornment and her pretty
face and figure. The extravaganza,
which bristles with clever things, will
be repeated tonight for the last time.
The play will be given without any
abridgement, we are assured, and in
all fullness, for while the troupe leaves
at midnight it has ample time and it's
baggage does no go forward until to-
morrow, so that there viii be no cutting
or rushing of the piece.
At the Clunie Opera house Milton
and Dolly Mobiles and the Hallett Com
pany in Mr. Mobiles sensational play,
Law and Love-" have made a great hit
and are now assured of fine houses
nightly. The play is well staged,
played without error or OVERRIDING and
close up to an exacting ideal 1t will be
rel eated each night this week.
At the opening of the box office of
the Metropolitan Theater yesterday for
the Paderewskt concert the demand
fer seats was gratifyingly large. The
sale indeed has been a notable one, and
the assurance beyond question given
that the house viii be a very large one,
and possibly every seat viii be taken.
The great pianist is now positively to
fill the date written for him. The box
Office will remain open every day to
the Paderewski date. At the rate seats
are now selling, however, none will be
left untaken when the curtain goes up
on the artist on March I'd.
The box Office of the Metropolitan
Theater will open at $50 this morning
for reservation of seats for the 'Trilby'
engagement Thursday evening. The
prices are the usual figures, and the
Palmer Company is pronounced one of
superior order. 1t is organized espe-
cially to go abroad and into countries
of the most exacting taste in things
dramatic
The record-union., 1896-02-19

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1S.-A bank
robbery unprecedented in boldness in
San Francisco took place this morning
on Market street.
Shortly before 10 o'clock three masked
men entered the Market-street Bank in
the Spreckels building. They ordered
the Cashier, w. S. Hopkins, to throw up
his hands. He hestated, and a shot
was fired at him. The bullet flew past
his head and struck a desk
Bookkeeper j. F. iHayhurst advised
Cashier Hopkins not to resist, and the
three men sprang through an aperture
in the wire netting over the counter.
They seized Hopkins and Hayhurst
and thrust them into the open money
vault. They tried to close the door on
the two bank officials. but did not sue
ceed.
The thieves then gathered all the
money on the counter, placed it in a
sack and made their escape. No one
saw them leave the place.
If three robbers were bent only on es-
tablishing a record for boldness and
cleverness they certainly accomplished
their object, for the detective force is
unanimous in the opinion that it was
one of the cleverest jobs ever executed
here by this class of criminals.
From financial standpoint, however,
it was somewhat of a disappointment,
for the ROBBERS got very little money.
The Market-street Bank, as the con-
cern is called, is a small office situated
in a large room on the main floor of the
building, just beyond the elevators, and
partly under the stairway leading to
the floors above.
It is reached by a small ordinary
door, which, when closed, hides the en-
tire interior from the view Of the outside
world. In fact, a location better adapted
for the purpose of bank robbers could
not be found than this little establish
ment, and it was the realization of this
that probably prompted the invaders
this mornig to act so boldly.
Once inside the bank, all that was
necessary was to close the door and they
could proceed with their work with lit
tie fear of interference except from
those behind the counter.
Cashier Hopkins is singularly reti-
cent about stating the amount of the
banks loss. He told Chief Crowley,
however, that the amount of money on
the counter would not exceed 500 1t
can be definitely stated that the robbers
did not stop to bother with the vault,
as the steel chest in w2<@ch the coin
is kept was locked ana tie combination
had not been touched.
President Lillis, Cashier Hopkins and
Accountant Hayhurst had a consulta
ton tonight with Captain Lees, and
the Captain advised them, for pruden-
fiaI reasons to make public the exact
amount stolen by the robbers. The
total amount stolen was $4,000. OF
this there was in currency 5000, in sill
Yer S400 and in gold $4,000.
The bullet fired at Cashier Hopkins
was found on the floor behind the
counter, about twenty feet from where
it struck, and is now in the possession
of Captain Lees.
The record-union., 1896-02-19
CARNEGIE TURNED DOWN.
Refused Honorary Membership of
Chamber of Commerce.

Refused Honorary Membership OF a
Chamber of Commerce.
CLEVELAND (O), Feb. 1S.-Andrew
Carnegie, the Pittsburg millionaire, was
refused honorary membership in the
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce to-
might. Mr.. Carnegie has long been an
active correspondent of the chamber
and has spoken before it ON two occa-
sions. The cause of his turn-down has
created a sensation in this city.
When J. w. Cowles presented Carne-
gie's name, L. A. Russell delivered a
bitter speech against Carnegie, whom
he denounced as an oppressor of the
poor, and challenged anyone to dispute
the statement The Chamber or Com
merce is a dignified body, Sut the scene
that ensued was much like a squabble
in a political convention. Some busi-
ness men sided with Carnegie, but more
opposed him.
Amidst much confusion a secret bal
lot was ordered, with the result as an
nounced by President Wilson NJ. Day
that Andrew Carnegie had been black
balled from membership in the Cleve-
land Chamber of Commerce.
The action of the chamber is an inn
mense surprise to the general public, as
it was supposed that the business men
here looked upon Carnegie as sort
of commercial demigod.
The record-union., 1896-02-19
ARMENIAN AFFAIRs.
Surrender of Arms by Those Who Held
Zeitoun Completed.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 1S.-The
surrender of arms by the Armenians,
who for months held the city of Zeitoun
against the Turks, has been completed.
Five members of the Hintschaks, an
Armenian revolutionary society, who
We're found in Zeitoun when the place
was conditionally surrendered TO the
Turks. have been conducted to the
coast for expulsion from the country.
AIurad Bey, late Imperial Commits
sioner Of the Ottoman debt, who fed
for his life from Constantinople about
the time Little" Said Pasha sought
refuge at the British Embassy, and who
has sought refuge in Egypt, has been
convicted of treason and sentenced to
death for issuing attacks on the Sultan
Murad Bey, after issuing a pamphlet
in Paris against the Sultan, took up his
residence in Cairo, there to direct the
Arabic press campaign against the
Ottoman ruler. The Sultan recently
demanded that the Egyptian Govern
ment turn Murad Bey over to him for
punishment The Government con-
suited with Lord Cromp. the British
diplomatic agent at Cairo, and then re-
fused to extradite a. man who. the Gov
ernment said. was guilty of no crime
against common law.
The record-union., 1896-02-19
WORKING TOGETHER.
johnson and Ford Are Acting in Har-
mony.

A special to the San Francisco
"Chronicle" from Washington yester-
day says: In order that all questions
as to Representative Johnson's attitude
toward the bill now before Congress ap-
propriating $250,000 for the erection Of
restraining dams may be set at rest,
Tirey L. Ford tonight wired William F.
Prisk of the Grass Valley Union" as
follows: johnson is not opposed to
the hydraulic miners, but will aid them
to the. best of his ability. He heartily
favors the appropriation of S250000 for
restraining dams. Any statement to
the contrary was the result of misun-
derstanding. He and / are working in
harmony" Said Ford tonight: Il
was not wholly in accord with Mr..
Johnson in his manner of presenting
our case to the Committee on Rivers
and Harbors, but he and had long
and satisfactory talk to-day and are
row working along harmoniously- If
the matter is pushed vigorously there
is a fair prospect of securing the $3.50
600 needed to unlock cur State appro-
priation.'
The record-union., 1896-02-19

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-The House
Subcommittee of Interstate and For
eign Commerce, having charge of meas
ures pertaining to the Nicaragua Ca
nal, met to-day and practically COM
pleted its labors. If it's present plans
are carried out a bill will soon be re-
ported to the full committee and sub
seauentIy to the House looking to the
completion of the canal. The proposed
hill has not yet been drafted, but on its
outline it provides for the speedy COM
pletion of the work under the direction
cf Government engineers, so that the
construction and operation of the
waterway when completed will be un-
der the control of this Government in
all practical and desirable ways.
The record-union., 1896-02-19
FUR SEAL INDUSTRY.
An Interesting Bit of Diplomatic News
Made Public.

An Interesting Bit of Diplomatic News
Made Public.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-An inter
esting bit of diplomatic news was made
public, unofFicially, by Assistant Sec
retary Hamlin at to-day's meeting of
the House Committee on Ways and
Means. It was to the effect that the
State Department is now in correspond
ence with the British Foreign Office
looking to the appointment of joint
commission to investigate all the con-
ditions connected with the fur seal
Industry in Behring Sea, and to consider
and report what further regulations
are necessary for their preservation.
In order that the work of the COM
mission should be effective, it is desir-
able that Russia and Japan may also
become parties thereto, but their con-
sent, it is well known, can be easily
secured.
Assistant Secretary Hamlin appeared
before the committee with reference
to the Dingley bill creating a joint
commission, consisting of the foregoing
countries and for the foregoing pur-
poses, the adoption Of a modus vivendi,
pending the investigation of the COM
mission, looking to the protection of the
animals, or if these efforts prove inef-
fective, permitting this Government to
kill seals of both sexes on the Priby
loft Islands, the proceeds to be turned
into the United States Treasury.
The Behring Sea Convention referred
to in an Ottawa dispatch was signed by
Secretary Olney and Sir Julian Paunce-
fote over a week ago. 1t is now before
the Senate for ratification, and was re-
ferred in executive session of the Senate
February 11th to the Foreign Relations
Committee. It was discussed there on
Wednesday, and Senator Morgan pro-
posed to amend it by including the
claims of American citizens as well as
those of British subjects, which were
alone included inthe convention as laid
before the Senate as subjects for award
by the tribunal to be established.
Il is maintained by the British and
Canadian authorities that the United
States have practically confessed judg
ment, and that the only question to be
determined is one of damages. Mr..
Gresham offered 1926 900, but Congress
refused to appropriate it. It is not
clear to those handling the British side
OF the case as to how any counter claim
can now be set up on the part of the
United States. as is said to be proposed
by Senator Morgan, who was one of
the arbitrators.
The record-union., 1896-02-19
Jeanette Relic Finds.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-Doubts
having been raised as to Nansen's s
knowledge that the Jeannette relic"
finds, upon which he was supposed to
have based his voyage are distinctly
discredited General Greeley supplies
the fact that in one of the leading
American magazines in 1892 Nansen
and himself entered into an animated
controversy on the subject of the drift
theory, which was completely exploded.
Nansen was constantly confronted with
this article during his lecture tour in
England previous to his departure for
the north, geographers generally being
satisfied that General Greeley's state
ments were conclusive, and Nansen
never successfully combatted them.
The record-union., 1896-02-19
CHINESE NEW YEAR.
Wild Orgies characterized Last Nights
Demonstration.


Thousands of persons visited the
Chinese quarter last night while the
New Year festivities were at their hight.
The devil was furiously bombarded
with frecrackers and bombs, causing
an ear-splitting racket
In the afternoon man dressed in gay
colors, and with an immense and hid
eous mask over his head, representing
some sort of monster went among the
Chinese houses, stopping in front
Of each and engaging in queer antics.
The uncanny head bowed before each
door and made all sorts of demonstra-
tions.
If the purpose was to scare out all
the evil spirits, as some claimed, it
was no doubt a bowling success, for it
would be a daredevil indeed that could
perch itself over q doorway and gaze
ccmplacently at the thing on the side
walk
The record-union., 1896-02-19
Kruger to Go to England.

PRETORIA, Feb. 1S.-The speech de-
livered on Thursday last in the House of
Commons by the Right Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain, the British Colonial Sec
retary, had a good effect, and it is now
most probable that the Volksraad, in
special session, will give the sanction
to the proposed visit of President Kru-
ger to England in response to Mr..
Chamberlain invitation that he visit
that country to discuss the matters at
issue between Great Britain and the
Transvaal