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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-03-12
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON

in the metropolitan papers, puU !
viii try to tell the truth about 1t
far as he goes. There was IA gre;
combination Of efforts to make NJ
MckiuIcy'S Inauguration the mo
memorable in the history OF the cOu
try, and there was but one thing
prevent 1.-THE hearts OF the mass
Of the plain American people-tl
PRODUCERS Of skill and labor, were n
here. Everything that Republic;
money could do, assisted in every d
tail by the Cleveland admlniStri1
was done to make the inaugurd
a brilliant ucceSS Mr.. Hanna h
perfect organization OF commit
and no money and pains were sp
TO attract a large attendance.
weeks their papers have been adve
ing it, the corporations and III
powers rXcrted themselves, Mr., Z
! land, through his secretaries, had
+ army and navy out in full forced
j.. caused a large turnout OF the DIS
= <,,ton, crord and the We;
I N"''o'' '" , .
p bureau iehC us 'dIudoic aSe'o.du
I providing one of the lOycllest 81
: davS that eyes ever beheld.
j. Mr.. Mckinley and all his neigh
: from Canton arrived ON the 2d
lluoart anu MS &c" Jc'sI1
- came Tue NdIIe uaS' WI l''.'iu
ms ilah'"oT>illppeiS VIuic -"
earlier dllu lIle army VI uH!Cc'oeI
:. nave Occll coming on every liam
y month Mr' iiauua mao d lalee
y wei OrgaHlAeu supply VI loCdi oou'
n tees VINO had il compete plos'dl
ranged Inc clty was one llaN
buntlnGs ana llass ana al was III
- feet readiness Tor the coming Vi
- conquerlng nero
Y At II O'Clock fTeSluenJ oIe'e
$ ana PfcSldcnl-C lecI MCKINNEY, u
IL army escort, drove uo"il l'h
wanna avenue whlcll wa ooruv
with humanity from the "hiIe IL
TO the Capitol, where lau gazing
n thousands OF people TO witness
10 new ruler place ms hahu on Ille III
ana swear 10 40 WfaC no man
eartn ever ana or ever VIII w
whole duty TO the Whoie people
of address hardly ellclued an app'a'
-. That finished, the new PRESIDENT
the cX- president drove pack 10
d W hlte House, again passing along
It. line of thousands OF people, Olt
he after having become President IN
he created no enthusiastically an
> CaSiOnal delegation OF Ol1ice-Scel
10 raising a Onc-horse power cheer.
lis From a grand stand. the conSt
n ton and decoration of which cost
+, cral thousand dollars, President
d kinley reviewed the welI-fed and V
nd clothed army and naval forces
RS were on dress parade with full
Al the District National Guard,
posed mostly OF government emplo
who we're also parading on full pa
the expense of the government;
IL Grand Army Of the Republic. al
hS whom are pcnSiOned and thOu>auC
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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-03-12

President Mckinley has issued his
proclamation for an extra session OF
Congress- to convene on Monday'
March 18th.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-03-12

Grover Cleveland relircs to the
shades Of private life "a dcSpl'ed
man by the true democracy OF the
nation.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-03-12

viii any Mississippi Democrat fop
over to Mckinley now?
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-03-12

Kansas is in the lead again with a
law making it a penitentiary offensc
for a man to remain IN a state Of sin
gle blessedness.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-03-12

Ex-senator blanchard has been APP
pointcd to succeed Justice McEnery
ON the Louisiana Supreme Court
bench.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-03-12

1t is now Senator Marcus Alone
Hanna.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-03-12

our AGENTS IN NEW ORLEANS.
Me.,r.. McENERY a
P%icnyume building.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-03-12
HIS PAPER IS ALL HOME PRINT

scranton, MISSISSIPPI:
FRIDAY MARCH -, 1897,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-03-12
CONTEST NOTICE.

KORFKT r. NILSON N.T,,
February ~, 1877.
The Press., 1897-12-30
OUTWITTING AN EDITOR.
An Exciting Political Scheme In whicl
 McCullagh Figured.

An Exciting Political Scheme In Which
 McCullagh Figured.
 When David R. Francis was candi- date for governor of Missouri, his friends succeeded in using The Globe Democrat to further his chances of cleo tion. Editor McCullagh had turned on "Our Dave" as Mr. Francis is known in St. Louis, with his short paragraphs with telling effect, and Francis friends got together and concocted a scheme to offset the editorial work of the paper. They wrote out a display advertisement, and at late hour of the Saturday morning immediately preceding the election of 1888 took it to the counting room of The Globe Democrat. The clerk on duty gave the copy casual looking over and without word accepted 1t. It occupied a full page, and at length and in glowing terms set forth the "great business capacity and eminent qualifications of MT. Francis to occupy the gubernatorial chair of Missouri.
 That advertisement caused the big gest row ever witnessed in newspaper office in St. Louis. When Editor Mo Cullagh found what had been done, he ragged and stormed for a week. The fast mail had distributed the paper all over Missouri before McCullagh had his at- tention called to it. He left his quarters at the Southern hotel on trot. Reach ing the corner of Fourth and Pine streets, he found the streets and the office of The Globe Democrat jammed with people, who were clamoring to stop their subscriptions. McCullagh had filled a column on the editorial page with 'squibs' strongly opposing Fran cis and advocating the Republican nom- inee, but the big display of Francis friends was the first thing seen on open ing the paper.
 MT. McCullagh at once issued an ex- tra, in which he deprecated the over sight by which the advertisement had found its way into the paper, but it was some time before The Globe-Dem- ocrat office recovered its equilibrium St. Louis Letter in Chicago Record.
The Press., 1897-12-30
Tobacco an Essential.

In 8 general order issued recently the president virtually recognizes tobacco as an article essential to the well being and sustenanoe of the soldier in times of great exertion, as we'll as in times of peace and routine. The order, which emanates from the war department, reads as follows:
 "Under the authority vested in him by section 1146, revised statutes, the president hereby establishes an emer- genoy ration for troops operating for short periods under circumstances which require them to depend upon supplies carried upon their persons. Its compo- nent parts are as follows: Bacon, 10 ounoeas hard bread. 16 ounces; pea meal, 4 ounces, or an equivalent in approved material for making soup; coffee, roast- ed and ground. 9 ounces, or tea, half an ounce sacoharin, 4 grains; salt, GA ounce; pepper, A ounce; tobacco, half an ounce"
 The secretary of war directs that this emergency ration be resorted to only on occasions arising in active operations when the use of the regularly establish ed ration may be impracticable; that, although it's nutritive qualities permit its use on half allowance, it will not be 90 used except in cases of overruling ne cessity and never for a longer period than ten days, and that not more than five days emergency rations be carried on the person at one time.
 By order of the secretary of war, the subsistence department will provide tough parafin paper for wrapping the bacon; will furnish hard bread in grease proof packages the pea meal in cylin drical packages, and the coffee, tea, saccharin, salt, pepper and tobacco il suitable packages. Wa ashington Star.
The Press., 1897-12-30
ANCIENT WATER HEATERS.
People Two Thousand Years Ago Had
 Some Practical Conveniences.

People Two Thousand Years Ago Had
 Some Practical Conveniences.
 . In two of the museums of old Roman antiquities at Naples there are several water heaters, which indicate that the principle of the water tube, the crown ing feature of modern boilers, was fully understood and appreciated some 9, coo years ago. MT. W. T. Bonner of Gin. cinnati has been Investigating these heaters and, found them to be as inter esting as they are beautiful. One of them consists of an outer shall 12 inches in diameter and nearly IT inches high, surmounted by somewhat hemi- spherically shaped top. Inside this shell is an internal clyinder, also having a hemispherical tCp, which is 10 inches in diameter and 12 inches high. The two shells are connected at the bottom by rim, like the mud ring of loco motive irebox, and the space between them was filled with water The grate was formed of seven tubes made from sheet bronze, rolled and soldered or brazed. These tubes open at both ends into the bottom of the space between the shells, thus forming a water tube grate for the fuel to rest upon.
 Charcoal was probably used with this heater and was placed on the grate through an opening 4. 8 inches high and { inches wide, closed by beautifully decorated door. The gases from the fire escaped into the outer air through three small openings formed by tubes cross ing from the inner to the outer shell about 5.6 inches above the grate. The whole apparatus was raised about 12 inches on tripod so as to allow air to reach the fuel. In another boiler of somewhat the same type the outer shell has the form of an urn, while the inner shell rises from a water tube grate to an opening ill the side. It is 12 inches in diameter at the widest part, 17.6 inches high and supported on a tripod about inches high. Its general shape is much like that of the silver cream pitchers known as the Paul Revere pat terms, although, of course, it is much larger and has top closed by lid. It has been suggested that these utensils may have served at some time to heat wine as well as water, which sugges- tion appears reasonable, as many his torians state that the Pompeiians made great use of hot drinks. It may be that they were found ill one of the termpodi or cafes, of which there were several in Pompeii Boston Transcript.
The Press., 1897-12-30
Number 40.
THE ORIENTAL FIDDLER.

The Hawker of the East Adopts the Gam
 bling System.
 The hawker of the east is picturesque in costume and of many nationalities. His sunny smile and white, gleaming teeth are of the very essence of the blue the street and appeal to passersby to buy his wares He fits from cafe to cafe and interviews loungers smoking their mar giles in the open air. He adopts the gambling system as being more direct appeal to human passions. In his hand he carries 8 lucky bag. When he enters 6 cafe, he invites you to dip your hand in the bag and try your luck for a pair of live turkeys, a beautiful Egyptian shawl shimmering with gold or silver em- broidery, or some other of the many ornaments peculiar to the east. It is diff cult to resist his persuasive eloquence.
 The method of procedure is this: In his lucky bag the hawker carries 200 numbers. The figures are neatly inscrib- ed on small slips of stiff paper. These are rolled and curled up in the lucky bag, which resembles pillow case more than anything else. When the peddler enters the cafe, his quick eye soon de- tects likely customer. To start by do- ing & trade will greatly enhance his chances with others. Terms are arrang- ed, say three tries for half franc. Then you guess, perhaps three times, at the lucky number, say between 100 and 12O, as arranged
 On drawing the first number you pay down your half franc Of course the odds are very much against you. The hawkers in Cairo and Alexandria make . very fair harvest when these cities are full. As much as 15 to IS francs for turkey which costs 5 francs is pretty good profit. Somebody, of course, wins 1t in the long run
 The articles disposed of in this way comprise boxes of splendid peaches and other fruits. soap, flowers in great va riety, plants and the beautiful poin- settiA turkeys and other live stock, game in season, fish, dates a great va riety of ornaments, cunning devices in clocks, furniture, etc.
 There is another side to the picture. The eastern hawker would not be con- tent with the mere gamble for a lucky number without exercising his natural ingenuity. While he is talking to a would be 'futterer" he drops his hand into the bag and begins shaking up the numbers. These, it should be explained, are made up in patches of tens and twenties, which are composed of a slightly different qualities of paper. In l the bag is false bottom. So delicate is Hassan or Abdul's touch that he can distinguish one batch from the other with his hand Instantly you select your numbers he switches them off into the reserved compartment. You may easily be tricked half dozen times in this way without knowing it. The face of the hawker on such occasions is study.
 Never for @ moment does he relax his attention to you His smile is sunny as the eastern morn. His respectful gra ciousness never leaves him. Magazine.
The Press., 1897-12-30
What Manhattan Island Was.

Never say Manhattan Island when you mean the island of Manhattan. The briefer term was properly applied in such a way that now it cannot be ap- piled at all. The place that bore it is no longer discernible. Manhattan Is- land was a knoll about an acre in ex- tent which lay near Corlears Hook, sur rounded by marshes and partly sub merged by high tides. Later omit be- came the center of a place which did us noble service, but again has been oblit- erated, save for the lingering nickname of Drydock Village. Here were built most of our ships in the days when no ono could build them quite as well as we.-Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, in Cenfrru
The Press., 1897-12-30

Who can fail to take advantage of this offer? Send 10 cents to us for generous trial size or ask your druggist Ask for EIy's Cream Balm, the most positive ca- tarrh cure. :. Full size 50 cents,
 ELY BRos.i 56 Warren-st., N. Y. City.
 suffered from catarrh of the worst kind ever since a boy, and 1 never hoped for cure, but Ely's Cream Calm seems to do even that. Many acquaintances have used it with excellent results--Oscar Os- trum, 45 Warren Ave, Chicago, III.
The Press., 1897-12-30

There is no medicine in the world equal 10 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for the cure of throat and lung diseases. This is a fact that has been proven in numberless cases. Here Is sample of thousands of letters received: II have tried Chamber lain's Cough Remedy while suffering from a severe throat trouble, and found imme- Ciiate and effective relief. can unhesi- tatingly recommendi 1t. t."-EDGARW. WHIT TEMoRE, Editor Grand Rivers (Ky.) Her. aid. For sale at the drug stores of F. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, and G. l.. Phillips, South Coventry.
The Press., 1897-12-30

The issue ofthe new paper money that is to be printed in several colors, it will soon be reads for circulation. I Anyone who may have handful of the new bills will be able to separate them into differ ent classes, so that they can be counted at a glance, without the necessity of the present close scrutiny. There are only twos designs for each denomination, one for the face and one for the back because all will be alike, whether silver certifi- cates, bank notes or Treasury notes. It is thought that the greater simplicity of the new notes will make 1t more difficult to initiate them, paradoxical as it may seem. If you find a bill in your hand with a big spread-eagle on it you will know that it is $1 without looking for the fig ure. If you desire to know of which issue, you will look for the seal. If red, 1t is a Treasury note If green, it is silver cer- tificate, and if blue, it is a bank note. This line of design will be carried out on all bills from $1 to $1,OOO. Under the present system, there are twenty-seven patterns for bills from $1 to $1, 900. while under the new system there will be nine. One design each for the front sufices for the new issue.
The Press., 1897-12-30
HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill bottle or common glass with urine and let it stand twenty-four hours l; a sediment o1 settling indicates an un- healthy condition of the kidneys. When urine stains linen it is evidence of kidney trouble. Too frequent desire to urinate, or pain in the back, is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order.
 WHAT TO DO.
 There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great k idney remedy, fulfils every wish D relieving pain in the back kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passages. It corrects inabil- ity to hold urine and scaldiDg pain in passing 1t, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to get up many times during the night to urinate. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp Root Is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists, price fifty cents and one dollar. You may have sample bot tie and pamphlet both sent free by mail. Mention The Press and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,, Binghampton, N. |. The proprietors of this paper guar antee the genuineness of this offer,
The Press., 1897-12-30
A Secondary Maffer.

Mistress-Johanna,y you haven't cook ed anything today, and it's my birthday too.
 .Cook-Excuse me, I haven't quite finished my poem to you yet, missus. = Household Words.
The Press., 1897-12-30

There are about 100 grains of iron in the average human body, and yet so inn portant is this exceedingly small quan- tity that its diminution is attended with very serious results.
The Press., 1897-12-30

The first American college was liar yard, which was opened to receive stu dents in 1888, at Newton, Mass. now called Cambridge.
The Press., 1897-12-30

Cold boiled water tastes flat because it has been deprived of air. To restore air pour the water quickly from one jug to another.
The Press., 1897-12-30

SOMETHING To KNOW. -I It may be worth something to know that the very best medicine for restoring the tired out nervous system to 8 healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This medicine Is purely vegetable, acts by giving tone to the nerve centres in the stomach, gently stimulates the Liver and Kidneys, and aids these organs in throwing of impuri- ties in the blood. Eletric Bitters i'm proves the appetite, aids digestion, and is pronounced by those who have tried it as the very best blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try it.. Sold for 5Oc or $1.O0 per bottle at E. K. Taft's Drug Store. 3
The Press., 1897-12-30

GLAD TD1Nes.-TRe specific for-Dys- pepsia. Liver Complaint, Rheumatism, Cos tiyeness. General Debility etc., Is Bacons' Celery King for the Nerves. This great herbal tonic stimulates the digestive or- gans, regulates the Liver and restores the system to vigorous health and energies. Sample free. Large packages soc and 25c. Sold only by E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, W. P. Fuller, Somers, Odell & Jones, Staffordville.
The Press., 1897-12-30
Personal Ends.

"Saw you coming out of the barber's this morning." said the sociable board CT.
 ''I went in on business connected with purely personal ends, " replied As bury Peppers with. much dignity.
The Press., 1897-12-30

The white lily in the south of Europe, particularly in Italy, is an emblem ol sweetness, light and life. In some oi the country districts of the Italian pc. ninsula lilies are always placed on the collins of young girls.
The Press., 1897-12-30

''That is to say, got my hair cut and my shoes shined. ."-Oincinnati En- quirer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
HEARD ON THE STREET.

y. q. Cramond: My lease of the Col
umbia Hotel from Messrs Burke g. Flum-
erfelt is for two years instead of one as
stated in last weeks paper.
Jim McPhail; Have rented my farm
lands for term of years. Too much
other business to give farming the atten-
ton it requires to be conducted in a
thoroughly successful manner.
Postmaster McHugh: A new ruling
OF the postmaster general prohibits the
renting of postoffice boxes to minors of
either sex. It is done with view 10 putt
ing stop to calf-like courtship between
young rubber.necks and coquetish school
girls.
H. A. Fisher: Next season my firm,
the, Cargill Elevator Co., will supply
coal to local parties: The necessary ar
engagements and building of coal sheds
we're not completed in time to open up
this season. We have handled fuel
all along the line for several years past.
Chas Haugh: Am already in the ice
business again. Have two new houses
completed ready for its storage. Will
put up five times as much ice this season
as did last and guarantee to supply my
customers with all they want from the
opening of the season to October LIST.
Paul Gardnar. larna nnmhar Of
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
observation-disclosures on Childrens
Boots and Shoes

j. G. Berry, one of the best known
citizens of Spencer, Mo-, testiies that he
cured himself of the worse kind of pilea
by using few boxes of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. He has been troubled
with piles for over thirty years and had
used many different kinds of so-called
cures; DeWit,'s WAS the one that did the
work and he will verify this statement if
and one wishes to write him. II. D.
ALERT & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18

Buy your fur coat of Mathisen &
| Speckman.
Lots of money to loan on first mort
cages at Dickson & Dickson's.
Mitts and gloves! Well, I guess So
Get them at Mathisen & Speckmann's.
Stick for the big show and look over
Mathisen & Speckman's big stock at
Dresden.
Merchant John Trotter was a visitor
from Osnabrock yesterday.
| Our guaranteed line of Duck coats,
pants and vests at prices that defy COM
petition. At Mathisen & Speckmann's.
Mrs. Duncan Stewart is building two
story frame dwelling in the Dorval addi-
ton. It will be ready for occupancy this
| winter. ....
c. w. Holmes is handling North Da-
kota Ignite coal. Several parties are
trying it this season for the first time
with very satisfactory results
Jas. G.. Dickson returned home Satur-
day from Grand Forks, having been ex-
cused from further service as juryman
at U. S. Court.
The Gilbert alarm clock leads them all.
For durability and as tme-keeper there
are none bet ter. No house is complete
without one. They can be obtained
from A. 0. Void, the Langdon jeweler.
We ought to sell all the stoves that
will be sold in Langdon this wlnter-but
we won't. Some people are such poor
judges of value that they will pay from
two to five dollars for the same grade OF
stoves elsewhere. Get prices at Dedrick's
Jim Carson, we'll known here as the
old-time mail carrier between this city
and Hannah, has "done gone and done
it" in other words he's married. The
event transpired on Wednesday after
noon OF last week at the home of his
uncle, James Templeton, at Hannah, in
the presence OF about forty friends when
Rev. JAS. Austin spoke The mystic words.
The bride is Miss Susie J. Abbott, one
Of Hannah's popular young ladies. A
score of Jim's friends extend congratula-
tons.
Mathisen 4 Speckmann's line of under
| wear Is the topic Of conversation all over
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
NJ per cent off on Dry Goods, on Sat-
" urday, at Schulke & Moore's.
If your farm loan is due this
winter see ALERT for a renewal.

" lIUCl SCC HAlNA U AOA " INV " ess'
The ice rink problem is solved and It's
a settled fact that Langdon is to have a
skating rink this winter. Its location is
to be on Third street, one block south of
the Catholic church, the site being the
same one occupied by the Field rink
during the season OF 1867. The pro-
moters of the enterprise being Frank
Hart and Frank Coates.
The election of officers at the Masonic
hall of Lebanon lodge No. "a. A. F. & A.
M last Friday evening leave the official
family of that fraternal body identically
the same as during the past year. The
elective officers consist of:
w. M.-Wm. f. Winter. ~.
S. W.-O. G. Wentworth.
J. W.--Alex Mcdonald.
Treas.-Robert Meiklejohn.
ec'y-Robert Work.
The officers appointed are:
S D.--John E. Truax,
D.-Chas Chisholm.
Tyler. d. Salter.
S. S.-A. r. Stewart.
j. S.-Thos. Ullyott.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18

Disagreement for life by burns or
scalds may be avoided by using DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, the great remedy for
piles and for all kinds of sores and skin
troubles. II. D. ALERT & Co.