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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-19

On account of the civil war there
are 100000 people drawing pensions
from the United States government.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-19

Seven thousand dollars worth OF
improvements will be made to the
Alcorn A. & NJ. College this summer.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-19

Don't fail to read all our new adver.
tisements this week II you wan TO
know what Is going on 10 the world.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-19

In the New England States 1t Is no
unusual thing for q good waterfall to
sell for $1,000.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-19
Let the law be strictly enforced.

Five hundred tons Of Alabama iron
was sold lost week in Genoa, Italy.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-19

Grover has gone t. Leesburg, Va,
where he will lsh for trout.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-19
of TITLES

Abstract of Titles to Land IN Jackson County,
Mississippi.
have the only Abstract Of Titles to Lands
In said county, and Am well prepared to exam
inc titles and furnish abstracts.
H. BLOOMFIELD, Attorney,
Scranton, Miss.
September 20, 1895, 3l-f
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-19
THE DEMoORAT-STAR ENDORSED.

We, the undersigned citizens OF
Ocean Springs, Miss, approve, and
most heartily indorse the views ex-
pressed in the editorial of the last
issue OF the DEMocRAT-STAR, upon
the subject Of Sabbath Observance"
0. Switzer, +. Buttner,
A. Jackson, G.. W. Davis,
+. Nj. Dick, VIM. Sigerson,
S. NJ. Bilbo, II. S. Hyatt,
NJ. 9. Vaughan, L. Il. Bragg,
Ross A. Switzer, +. J. Lundy,
w. A. Horton, VIM. ID. Bullock,
L. b. Lynd, Newc0mb Clark,
Narcise Seymour, &. II. Buttner,
A. V. Rosambeau.
Ocean Springs. Miss, June II, 1896
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-19

Messrs. Godfrey Merit, W. II. Nc
Intosh, Geo. Il, Sage and w. 7. West,
prominent business gentlemen from
Mobile, comprised their representa-
tive committee.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-06-19

A. V. Rosambeau.
Ocean Springs. Miss, June II, 1896
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05
HUMOROUS.

--He-"Madam, you have my assur-
auoe that / am q gentleman!" She
Il have no reason to doubt your sssus-
snce."-Harlem Life.
An Idea.-"An' phwat are yez n
dom Wild that pig in the sea?" ''Shure,
an I'm making salt pork sv him sfore
/ kill him."-Truth.
Paw" said Tommy Tucker, Fam
descended from the monkey ?" mot on
my side of the house." replied Mr..
Tucker, with much positiveness.-Tt-
Bits.
-Mamma-"Johnny, fear you were
not at school yesterday" Johnny
HIN! TIL bet the teacher told you.
A woman never can keep a secret
Boston Transcript.
-Bacon-"In Venezuela they have
trees which look exactly like umbrel-
las" Egbert-"I should think they'd
be afraid TO leave them out all night
then."-YonkeB Statesman
During the Interval. - Robbie
Papa, do green apples always give a
boy pain4" Bingo-"I believe so.
Why?" ~ was wondering if this was
going to be an exception to the rule
Brooklyn Life.
Prince de Cont was not fastidious
on the subject of the mass. He wished
to have for his almoner Able Provost,
the author of "Manon Lescsut." Mon
seigneur," said the able to him, 81 have
never said mass" Never mind" says
the prince, II never hear it."-London
Figaro.
tive got a great mind" said the
young man, ITO go west and grow up
with the country" But you don't
know anything about agriculture" II
know that. But there are one or two
sections where there seems to be so
many politicians that believe an ener-
Retic man could come pretty near get
ting monopoly of the fnrming."-
Washington Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05
AMUSING SEA DOG.
This Canine Chews Tobacco and Blows
Out u Match.

This Canine Chews Tobacco and Blows
Out Match.
Grip" is the name given remarle'
able dog that follows the fortunes of the
Neptune liner Ohio, on account of the
tenacious hold on life he has shown, he
having fallen from the ship into mid
ocean no less than three times, says the
New York Journal. He is n cross be-
tween Bedlington and a Skye terrier,
and does many things that other dogs
do not do.
He will eat raw potatoes ravenously,
but will not touch meat. The sailors
have taught him to chew tobacco, and
he has developed taste for whisky and
water, under the influence of which he
does many foolish things and shows q
bad temper.
He will blow out lighted matches.
He has one trick of standing on his
hind legs and by little twist throw
ing into the air and thence into hi
mouth any article placed on his nose.
His brightest accomplishment is to
select at word of command given coin
out Of n collection composed of half
penny, penny, sixpence, shilling and
half-crown, which are laid on the floor
Of the captains cabin, Grip being sent
below, with the commands: Bring me
the shilling" or whatever IL may be
that Is asked for.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05
LIVELY GOLF GAME.
Requires Little Room and Is Played b.
Sides from One to Four.

Requires Little Room and Is Played by
Sides from One to Four.
More than n score of years ago square
and circle or small golf was popular
outdoor game in England. 1t has, how
ever, never been played in this country.
The game has some Of the character
istics of golf, and offers an excellent
opportunity for training to mastery
of the latter favorite pastime. Not the
least of it's advantages is found In the
fact that, like golf, it admits of varia-
ton in the area of the ground played
over, while smooth surface Is not es-
sential.
Whatever the size of the ground de-
termined, it must be laid out as nearly
as possible in square. The diagram
shows the method used in marking she
ground.
For example, the space chosen might
be ten yards square. In that event, the
center circle would be about d half yard
in diameter, the others Of the same size.
Each of the squares would be one yard
square. In any other extent of playing
surface the relative aren OF the parts
would be the same.
Each Of the players must be equipped
with a mallet, as in croquet, hockey
stick or golf stick. There is no neces-
sity for uniformity among the players.
One may prefer the mallet, another Il
curved stick.
There is one ball only, which must be
hard and about the size of the regula-
ton baseball.
The number Of players may be any
number from two to eight. An expla-
nation of the game MS played by the
last named team will be easier.
The eight are divided into two sides
Of four each. The in" side then occu-
pies the circles, A, b, C and ID, the "out"
side taking the four squares.
When all are in position the player at
A strikes the ball toward b, trying 10
drive it within the circle. II he is sue
cessful in this attempt, the player at B,
in his turn, drives the ball toward c.
The player ut C, if the shot be accurate,
sends the ball to d, If possible. The
player at d must then drive it to o. II
this Is uohe, Tic game 10 WIZ III 'he
following games the positions of the
two sides are reversed.
If the player at A fails in his shot
the playerat 1 has the ball, and, taking
1t to his square, drives 1t toward 2. II
the ball gains that square, the .'out'
side continues with 1t, endeavoring t.
send it from square to square until the
center is reached, when the game Is
won by that side.
The rule is that whenever a player
fails in shot, the player OF the oppo-
site side, whose location is nearest the
balls stopping place, gains possession
of the ball for the next shot.
The most important positions are
those of the players at and ID, since II,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05
CARES SLAVE.

II was the budding Hay-time.
The white boughs overhead;
ooh, give to me some play-time,
Good Master Care" said.
I saw his head begin to shake :.
mot now; just wait and sec
TIL give to you q holiday
When paintings DONE" said he.
II was the glowing summer:
How cool the woodlands shaded
Again an eager conner,
"Oh, give to-day" I prayed.
Old Master Care his forehead knit;
1.-THE grass il ripe to NOV;
Work on till haying-time is past.
And then I'll let you CO."
II was the glad September;
The maple leaves were red.
ooh. Master Care! Remember.
You promised me-" said.
"And you will find." he answered me,
..Tll keep my promise true.
And you may sport when harvest's done.
With nothing else to do"
Now winter winds are blowing
(How weak I feel and oldO
And, by the hearth, bright glowing.
/ SILVER with the cold.
And Care sits down beside me.
And counts up one by one.
The tasks that have done amiss,
Or 1 have left undone:
While /, low muttsrirg to myself.
Wish had laughed and sung,
And had my share of honest Joy
When was strong and young.
Marion Douglas. in Harpers Bazaar.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05
Siberia's Railway,

There is soon to be new country
to visit and new way of going round
the world. 1t seems only the other day
that Jules Verne's man went around in
so days, and thought it a considerable
feat. The record for circumnavigation
is now Sc days, or thereabouts. Baron
Hilkoff, the combination Of American
mechanic and Russian prince who was
in this country recently, said that when
the railroad across Siberia is finished,
which, he thinks, will be In four or five
years, the time Of getting around will
be cut in two, and from 30 to 33 days
will suffice for IL. He allows ten days
TO cross Siberia from st. Petersburg,
ten days from Vladivostok to San Fran
cisco, and 10 days from there to St.
Petersburg again. Early In the next
century, then, the tired American may
turn his face eastward when he starts
on his months vacation, and keep IL
turned that way until he gets home.
Just about in time to resume his work.
Harper's Weekly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05

alarm. All was hustle and excitement
about, the shed at such moment. Fore
man Grant shouted his orders in shrill
voice as all were slipping on their boots,
rubber coats and fire hats.
"Willie and Jake, grab the axes!
Davy and Jonas take the hooks!
Charlie, grab the roof rope" he would
shout.
The goats came Gathering out, and
the fire brigade was OFF with n bang,
the gong on the front Of the wagon
changing loudly. The company's mas
cot, fox-terrier dog. ran, barking,
ahead. Around the corner they would
speed to the house OF engine No. 35,
often arriving there before the regular
company had started out. They re-
manned at the fire house ready to no
spond to any alarm that might come in
while engine No. IS was away.
Since school began the young fire
men have taken vacation, but next
summer they will organize again. The
New York World prints an interesting
picture Of their fire patrol wagon maxi
inc n run.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05

when they gain the ball, they fail to
place it in o, they lose the winning
stroke, and the player on the opposite
side nearest whom the ball is gains the
mastery of the ball.
The ball must never be touched after
It is driven until it is fully stopped.
II It Is interfered with while In mo-
ton the last player may repeat his
shot.
II the ball passes beyond the limits
of the course at any time 1t Is next
played from the square or circle nearest
the point where II left the ground.
Any number less than eight appor-
lions two or more squares or circles to
each player, as may be necessary. The
game can be played by an odd number
by a proper allotment of squares.
Three games constitute an ordinary
set on a large ground, five on a smaller
one. The fact that II can be played on
rough ground, without the even lawn
necessary for croquet and tennis, is of
mportance.-Boston Globe.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05
Little Girl and the Cakes.

When the japanese boy or girl begs
for story the mother OF father some
times tells him this little fable about
the little girl and the rice cakes: "Once
n little girl was told by her mother to
make rice cakes. But the little girl
wanted to play shuttlecock, and left the
dough in the bowl. A little imp in the
shape of frog came and when the little
girl was in the midst Of her play he
threw the dough into the air. II fell
upon the girls head and streamed down
over her shoulders until she was en-
tirely covered. Her mother came. and,
supposing It was all dough, threw her
into the oven. And 30 the naughty lit
tie girl was baked in rice cake"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05
BOYS. FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Brooklyn Youngsters Have Lots OF Fun
with q Toy Patrol Wagon.

Brooklyn Youngsters Have Lots OF Fun
with Toy Patrol Wagon.
Several Brooklyn boys have organized
fire department Of their own. The
ages of the little fircmen range from II
to 10 years, Ernest Grant, the foreman
and organizer of the company, being the
Oldest. They have a complete patrol
outfit, consisting of two goats seven
hands high In their bare hoofs, one reg
ularly constructed patrol wagon Of
small size made to fit the goats, one fire.
extinguisher improvised from tin
water-cooler and half-inch rubber
tube, one scaling ladder and all the APP
pliances found among the equipment Of
n modern patrol company's headquar-
tiers. The uniforms are blue overalls
and blouses, with rubber boots, rubber
coats, fatigue caps and gaudy red fire
hats of regulation block.
The goats names are Tom and Bill,
and they have been trained by the boys
until there is not horse In all the regu-
lar department which responds more
faithfully and quickly to the clang of
the alarm gong than do Tom and Bill.
With them the boys have made a quick
hitch" record Of ten seconds. No such
sleek goats were ever seen on the rock
ribbed hills of Shantytown. Tom is a
wiry -haired maltese and Bill boasts IA
brindled yellow complexion.
The boys live near the house of engine
company No. IS, and all summer long
each Of the lads was prompt at roll call
at eight o'clock every morning. Their
names were duly registered at lunch
time. All fire alarms and the time they
were sounded were entered in the blot
ter with red ink. In fact, everything
about the place was conducted just as
it is in n regular patrol house. All day
the goats stood in their stalls back of
the lilliputian patrol wagon ready to
dart out and place themselves under
the drop harness at the sound of an
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05
CHANGES IN THE EARTH'S AXIS.
Continual Slight Changes In All Parallels
of Latitude.

of Latitude.
OF all the astronomical problems I'M
der discussion Of late Yeas, one OF the
most interesting has been that of
changes in the earth's axis. 1t has been
found that the Imaginary line about
which the earth rotates once day is
not invariably fixed with reference to
the earth, but is continually changing
its position In that body. The term
"pole" has. therefore, to be taken in
two different senses: G) AS the end
of the shortest diameter Of the earth
this is fixed point, with reference to
the earth, as long as the earth keeps It's
shape. and may be called the pole of
figure" (2) the pole may be defined as
the end of the diameter about which the
earth is revolving, and this pole may be
called the pole of rotation"
1t is found that the pole Of rotation
is continually shifting it's position with
reference to the pole Of figure, along a
curved line of considerable compleSity.
The distance between the poles Us very
small, never as much as 40 feet. Large
ly through the unwearied researches Of
DIR. S. C. Chandler the motion has been
shown to be mainly composed OF two
parts. One part is motion of the
| pole of rotation about the pole of figure
| in circle of radius IL feet, with time
of revolution Of about 42S days. The
second motion is of somewhat the same
character, but with a period Of one year,
and the amplitude of this motion has
varied during the last half century from
four to twenty feet
Some idea of the actual motion may
he got by imagining n crank-arm IL feet
long attached to the pole of figure and
revolving once in 42S days. To the NOV
ing end Of this crapk-arm is attached
another, which gradually changes in
length and revolves once year. The
free end of this traces out the path of
the pole of rotation. The actual path is
apparently quite complicated.
One Of the principal effects of this
shifting Of the pole Is that the ATTITUDES
of all places on the earth are continually
changing. In fact, 1t was by this peri
odic variation in the latitude that the
motion of the pole was detected. All
parallels of latitude are continually
shifting, with range of motion of less
than 40 feet from the mean position.
There is little or no astronomical evil
dence Of any progressive change in the
position Of the pole of rotation, by vir-
tue of which it occupied position
greatly different from the present. APP
parently the former existence of trop-
ical plants and animals In what are now
polar regions of the earth could be ex-
planned on such a hypothesis; but no
one has yet been able to suggest prob
able cause in the axis of rotation, and
an explanation must be looked for else
where. The small, periodic variations
are the only ones about which we can be
at all certain.-Popular Science News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WHAT THE CLOCK SAYS.

What does the clock say. loud and clear.
Upon the mantel high?
Hark! only two wee words hear.
While snug In bed am l.
The whole day long II sang tick. tock!"
Now II has changed Its tune. this clock.
you're good! you're good!'' 1t seems t.
say.
When / have been quite good all day.
What does the clock say. loud and clear.
When lips have learned to pout?
How II should know I'm bad is queer.
I'm puzzled to find out
And yet when all the house In still.
a voice the whole room seems to fill.
"You're bad! quite bad!" hear 1t say:
Who told It l was bad all day?
George Cooper. In Our Little Ones.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05
An Amusing Introduction.

The little word "again" once threw
a large assembly into fits Of laughter.
1t was at public meeting in New York.
One of the speakers, Rev. Mr.. R., had
the misfortune, when he tried to take
his seat, to miss his chair, and come
down at full length on the platform.
The accident caused not little subdued
mirth. When at last 1t came his turn
to speak the presiding officer intro
duced him In these words: REV. Mr..
R will again take the floor" The
reverend gentleman never met with 40
enthusiastic a reception al greeted the
arvy1ouncemenf
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05
Pr. the s,,, OF Rats.

A hog that was no bigger than a house
rat would hardly seem like much of a
hog, would II? Yet, In Australia there
is breed Of pigmy pigs no bigger than
that They are like the larger breeds
in every respect, except in the size Of
their squeals and their appctites. They
are said, too, TO be quite as unclcan In
their habits as are those with which wa
are familiar. $500
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05
A Distinction.

II suppose" said the native of Ameri-
ca to the foreigner, shat you find our
manners and customs very interesting
"Not exactly" replied the visitor, as
he gazed at fleeting bicycle girl
"what find interesting are your man.
ners and acknowledging Inter
Ocean.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05
Considering His Health.

Cleverton--You didn't take any vaca-
ton this year, did you?
Dashaway-No. I thought needed
the rest.-Life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05

1T is said by biologists that iron
in marketable quantities has been found
In every country on the globe.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05

The common copperas of commerce,
so extensively used as a disfnfectant
ia a salt of iron, the sulphate.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-09-02
GREAT BED OF COAL SAVED
Plank Ridge COlliery Given Life For
Another Ten Years.
SECURED THROUGH CULM FILLING
The Mine Still Contains at Least Five
Hundred Thousand Tons of Coal and the
P. & R. C. 81 I. Co. Expects to Take
Out Ninety Per Cent. Of 1t,

One Of the most emphatic exomplifcaHons
of the great advantage secured i'm coal
mining operations through the medium of
culm as a substitute for solid coal in a support
for the earth's surface is given by the opera
tiOns now in progress in a part of the In
dian Ridge coliery workings, formerly
known as the Plank Ridge mine. Several
years ago this part Of TIC mines was pac-
tically abandoned, but now it is again under
operation and bids fair to send out coal for
many years to come.
District Superintendent j. j. Bndigan was
met this morning shortly after having visited
and inspected the workings and from him it
was learned that colliery which was sup
posed to have been dmiued of all the coal that
could be taken out without great damage to
the surface, has again become n big producer.
About three years ago the p. & II. c. ~ |. Co.
started to take out bed of coal by robbng
on the west gangway from the Indian Ridge
shaft on the north dip for a distance on the
pitch of 2iO feet, width of 200 feet q width
of 200 feet and heighth of Is feet This
was so successfully accomplished that, in the
language Of the officials not a shovel full of
coal was left behind or lost. The company
is now running Culm into this great space
from the Plank Ridge jig house recently
erected for the purpose. This filling will be
completed in about Il month and then Il
second section of the mine will be robbed in
the same manner in which the sec
tion now being filled with culm
was worked. The operation is one
of the most successful filings ever made
in the Anthracite region and no less than
80 per cent of the coal that was left behind
years ago when the colliery was supposed to
have been worked out will be taken to the
surface and shipped to market Without the
filling the work could never have been under
taken, as the removal of the coal would have
pulled down the surface above the Plank
Ridge mines supporting many valuable prop
critics, the Lehigh Valley railroad double
track and the Shenandoah creek. Super
| intendent Badigau says the culm now being
introduced will afford as firm a support for the
surface as the natural one afforded by the
bed Of coal. 1t is estimated that there are at
least 5OO,O 600 tons of coal in the workings and
it is as fine quality of the Mammoth vein
ever found in the Anthracite world The
company expects to get fully 100000 tons OF
it, so that when the work is completed almost
the entire support Of the earth surface in
that section will consist of cum. 1t will
/ take about ten years to get the coal out At
! present 10 men are employed i'm the place.
| but this number is much increased as the
| filling progresses to stage that permits the
work of robbrng to be resumed. This work
/ is carried ON in the manner as places having
natural supports, or pillars are robbed.
Keudrick House Free Lunch.