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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-04-30
Fair Warning

ApriI 30 1897
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-04-30

April9 0, IL!
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-06-18

Sam Byrd, who lives some u,s' ..,s
in the country, thinking t'ia' "' ,,.,
lonely and would appreciate 'q an
pet, presented US, a few Gays " ''a M,
immense gopher. Mr.. BYRD cOu. ~ se
have made IA better SeIecI'o"' ',n,l
understand that this peculiar adj.
is built on the order OF coun' ''ncro
tors, It is said that the Southern ,N,, ",
conner SU,S' &C. can live a merry, happy life 10, ,%
seven years or longer without ,0o onnro
drink, consequently they a '',o.p de.
pirate companions for those WD .ah,ls,
iinouent subscribers compel ,'.os ,l
on promises and an air diet S,n lD1 Press.
. New York editor in speaking as.. ~
the toast "The Editor" 9, a., a Az
ISOLATION Of that State, said a !. a' seeet
Of f' ruod things hi from snIch y, We , ,hers
the following; "occasionaIs IN our
is ts' a good soe,it deal Of competition ....1 4 I 10.
business. | have noticed !. . email
stances where a newspaper .,.sir q
town had a hard time m neJp II
i living a another is started to ''
starve to death" i,
lie who makes up his m''u ns,hiue
came into the world to 40 ' vnl b
and then goes to work to 40 ~ tne ops
Of service to mankind lie ' : men.
who will make his mark an ~ hut .
II may be an humble nam 10
will be we'll worth pre'e' Via lihs
will not be forgotten wlieu'
ended.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-06-18

away a boat the dayit j. lowered away
until the boat swings clear o. the out
side Of the vessel and then the boat IS
lowered away 10y the ordinary process.
Chief Oniccr Thompson was found in
charge Of the vessel and was exceed
inply courteous and polite, While lie
was showing the reporter around Cap
tain Tierney arrived and he also eX-
hibited the same spirit Of hospitality
which, in fact, characterized every
one Of the officers who was %cnCOunt-
cred.
The fact that the ROyallst is in port
is not generally known and no doubt
that, nov that a description Of the
vessel is given, there viii be many
who will take a promenade on the
lcycc to see the curiosity, MesSrS
Meletta & Stoddart are the agents Of
the vessel in this port, and no doubt
more Of the same class Of vessels will
come to this port in the future. The
style Of ship is specially well adapted
to waters where there is a possibility
OF a deep draft vessel entering port.
Last week the above steamship
at Horn Island with 700 stand
ards Of pitch pine lumber.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-06-18

Robert f. Craig, Jr., Of YazoO City.
Miss, is in Washington and is trying
to interest Congress in the proposition
to put a duty On Egyptian cotton.
He has recently been among the East
crn manufacturers and finds that the
interests Of the long staple producers
in the Yazoo delta are suffering from
the importations Of the Egyptian
product.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-06-18
Qhe1rmnrrat-S Sta,
PLklN TALK.

The Jackson News is indn,,ir.
some plain talk In regard To tho ',m
ure Of the Legislature or some ono d..
to build a new capitol. 1t saws inS
leading editorial.
"Thc Legislature has adjourned -,
the net result is that in time If no -
the State will issue $500, 600 maro
bonds, and for this exquisite nI4,sn'.
taxpayers will ante up to the cy,on,
ofslo,OOo. The Legislature adiournas
without providing for the buildipo =,
a new capitol.
The taxpayers CT the State are %.
ing 10 hold somebody to blame for tbio
prolllgate waste of their money ana
the News does not believe tha, w.
Legislature will be made to Share oil
the blame. There has been Soma
great laundering at this Session and
as the people understand the onos.
tion they VIII put the blame where !,
belongs. The News, of Course doo.
not mean that the Governor 10 on,
tirely to blame for this nasco, Inn, bo
is partly to blame. This paper he.
lleves II he had let the bin becoo,o =
law Mississippi would have had A now
capitol which would have beop ,
credit To the State.
The arguments made on the Aoor n,
the House but strengthed the oninion
OF the News that The objections made
BY the veto message are not good
ones, 1t is extremely doubtful i,
there is a new capitol built beto,o
1900 and the same old disgrace Of a
building Will serve the State until
then. II there are any people wbo
look pleasant when they contemplate
that $4,000 Of the peoples money
has been Squandcred and they have
nothing to show for il, they are Ger.
talnly very extraordinary people. II
is probable that when the capitol com.
mittcc decided to try and pass the
bill over the Governors veto instead
Of bringing in a new bill that they
made a mistake. 1t is Just barely
possible that a new bin might baye
been passed before adjournment, but
after the fight was made on the veto
message it would have been impossi.
bic to have passed it. The capitol
question will not he touched on az
the January term.
There was entirely too much poll.
ties mixed up with this meeting II
the Legislature, and in consequence
the peoples money and the peoples
business went to the dinguatiOn bow.
vows"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-06-18

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NEEDED NEARER HOME -'''VVr
rcn," observed the Rev, Mr. uoou,
man, turning up his coat coI'aI 'OO
rubbing his hands together " VAIN
them, Il don't blame you 'ua' u"
many of you are preparing o'e",'
The building is uncomtortao'y 'Ou'
Several of the panes in the wlNuo" VI
rectly behind me have been o'OA''
out by the boys Of the nelgno,' D,.T 1
and under the circumstances ] '"'I
not preach the missionary Se'"'u ~aa
had prepared for this morning ~.
collection for the benefit OF '"'
then, therefore, for obvious ' y ,,o,
will not be taken up, We VIII ~
n stanza OF From Grcenlanu'N'
Mountains and be dlSnl'''O'
Chicago Tribune.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-06-18
TMnrmutrat-Ss Star
A %TURRET-DECk SHIP.
TIE ROYALIST Is A TYPE OF
THE FUTURE FRElGllTER.
\ HER ADVENT HERE Is A MATTER
OF INTEREST TO THE CONNER
CIAL COMMUNITY.

80. Plcayune, May Goth,
There is a marine curiosity in the
port Of New Orleans that is, a curloS'
ity rs far as the port II New Orleans
is concerned. The curiosity is the
turret-deck steamship Eoyalist, which
arrived here from Liverpool on the
10Th inst. The Royalist is a steel
vessel Of such peculiar shape that to.
the eye Of a nautical critic She would
he almost deemed d mOnStrOSlty. The.
ship is a kind Of modification tor may
he an Improvement upon the modern
whalcback steamship which several
wears ago created such a furOre in
maritime circles, and which it was
promised would rcyolutiOnize marine
architecture. insofar as hulls were con
cerncd. The first whalebaCk, how
ever, did not prove a success, and the
English Shipbuildcrs appropriated all
the best features Of the w~halcback
and. it is claimed, improved upon
them. and the result is the turret-
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ran now be seen lying at the wharf at
the head " Orange street in the First
district. The Royalist is certainly a
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and The outside filled in and rounded
or The origjn3l whaIcback vessel
WAS 4 cylindcr, while the turrct deck
yrssl mas l,. her name implIcsI tur.
rcf G.rk. which extends from the bow
10 the stern. The bow Of the Royal
ist is not unlike an ordinary vessel if
viewed from a point directly in front,
but about fifteen feet ait the upper
work runs straight back, while the
lower continues to bulge ont for some
distance and then turn in a gentle and
uracpful curve. conforming to a model
hull to the stern; narrowing aft, unit
the superstructurc is again met. and
farms mart nf the line The sides aro
turtle hork tothe nornpndirul0r sides
Of the superstructure. the hull being
oncrrSed.
Tho mnsjye power Of the peculiar
yhunaH prqft il Il I-tlDIt p&IulSIDn en-
oina NJ madam TYNE 1MLhas a nominal
~horconovor If 25u The cyifSders are
ro,nortivo,v 80 10 and % inrnes in
d;,aoor ond DIVA ono wLoo1 mr. mo
~noI,or Tho cnnsumrtinn ~ coal fnr
tventv.rour hours ayerages % tons
and the speed Of the vessel. with a full
load. say 500 tons, is ten knu'S ncI
hour. The vessel carries SS3 tons Oh
water ballast and has a grain capacity
OF 254,3l6 cubic feet. Her draft wher
loaded is q feet & inches and her Goa
carrying capicity in DunkerS is Sc
tons. She has two boilers, each - by
IS feet. and, although her masts ar,
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-03
Scattering THE ENEMY.
His Pipe Proved Mightier Than His
Trusty Gun.

That he was from CaribOo there
was no doubt. Why, nuggets from
Omineca were nothing compared to
what grew" in Canboo, neither for
gold nor CHARS"
1T was back in the 5Os when my
partner set out to do a little work on
some ground we owned, and he had to
camp for the first night on the banks
of creek. He set out his pack, and
deposited at a safe distance several
sticks of giant powder, caps, and fuse
Then he went to the creek for pan
of water. While there he heard a
great rumpus, and, looking back, saw
big grizzly bear at his explosives.
He yelled and threw stones at it, but
the grizzly was too much fascinated
with the sweet-tasting giant powder;
but when Bill began to fire larger
rocks Mr.. Bruin got down to bust
ness and made a Decline for him
Bill did not stop TO discuss the
matter, bat went mp the nearest tree
like wildcat Now, peculiar thing
about grizzly bear is the fact that it
cannot climb tree; so Bill felt safe,
at least for awhile. But, though
grizzly is not a climber, he can play
waiting game to perfection, having
that faculty abnormally developed;
so he sat and waited for Bill's pleasure
TO descend Bill was much happier
up above, however, and had little use
for terra firma at that moment.
. Then the giant powder must have
occurred to the bear again, for he
walked over to where it was and COM
menced to gulp it down, taking for
dessert the cap and fuse. Then he
camped at the foot of Bills tree again
Bill was enjoying a smoke, when
happy thought struck him. A lump
of fuse was protruding from the griz-
zly's mouth; 80, reaching down as far
as he could, he knocked the burning
tobacco out of his pipe, and it fell on
the fuse A few moments afterward
there was a loud explosion, and Bill
descended to gather up enough bear
meat to keep him all winter" Van
couver World.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-03
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-03
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-03
THIS AND THAT.

"A criminal guillotined at Lislc,
France, the other day, contrived TO
keep his cigarette going until his head
rolled into the basket
Five fingers and thumb on each
hand distinguished negro boy Of
Newton, Miss. The extra fingers have
each only one joint
"A cottage near a small Georgia
towndisplays the following sign: "No
Quarringtine in IIeare. All Yaller
Fever Refusals Accommodated for
Cash"
After falling 80 feet into the hold
Of a steamer at Canton, Nd, and
striking on his head, q negro steve
dore strobe away laughing and unin-
jured.
--Naturalists have ascertained that
scorpions and certain kinds of spiders
are able TO make peculiar noises for
the same reason that rattlesnakes use
their rattles-to warn an enemy that
an attack is attended by danger
Sumner A. Leach, Of Pleasant
vile, Knox county, Mo-, has the hat
that his great-great- grandfather wore
at the time of his wedding, 40 years
ago. TWAS black beaver, with a very
wide brim, and cost seven dollars
when now.
Capt. Cooks clock spends the
declining years of its life in a queer
old museum in one of the oldest quar-
ters Of London. The stump Of the
very tree under which the explorer
was killed at Owhyhee in 1899 by the
South Sea savages is the next neigh
Dor to the clock in the museum.
The Prussian government is very
much stirred up over the discovery
that during the last quarter Of a cen
fury many of the documents which
tell of the greatness Of the fatherland
have been threatened with complete
destruction owing to the bad quality
of paper upon which they were writ
bon
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-03
COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
Plate That Printed a Picture with Blue
Sky and Water.

In the state Surveyors office is a
peculiar specimen of color photo
graphy sent in by one of the survey
or'S staff, young man named lie
Fevre During the summer Mr.. lie
Fevre was one Of a party of surveyors
who were engaged in rectifying the
east line of Herkimer county. This
line had been in dispute, and certain
Of the property owners, who, being
a preiudiced lot and set in their ways,
objected to being assessed for taxes on
the same property in two counties,
made such row that new survey
was instituted. Being an enthusiast
tic amateur photographer, Mr.. lie
Fevre took along his camera, and
spent much Of his spare time in tax
ing pictures of the locality which is
very beautiful.
At the outlet of West Canada creek
the surveyors fell in with a party of
young people who were camping
there in a cabin, and were made free
of the camp. The amateur photog-
rapher found the dining-room table
useful to lay his Photographic baths
on. One evening young New York
lawyer who was in the camping party
wandered into the dining-room, and,
fumbling around the table after a
glass, tipped one of the baths almost
over, spilling part of the contents on
the oilcloth covering the table. lie
hastily scooped the liquid back with
a spoon. In the morning there was a
spot on the cloth where the blue pat
tern had turned colorless. Mr.. lie
Fevre, in the course of time, de-
yeloped the negatives taken that day,
all but one, which refused to develop.
1t was a picture which he was particu-
larly eager to have; a view across
West Canada valley, including the
creek, taken under the most advan-
tageous conditions Of sunshine: so he
tried the negative with a second bath.
This time it came out clearly enough,
and to his great amazement the creek
and the'sky in the negative showed a
clear, solid blue, while all the rest Of |
the picture was dead in color.
He showed every one in camp the |
phenomenon, and then it was the |
lawyers turn to come forward |
and explain that he had tipped the |
bath over. A print was struck off, |
and was just like any other print; but |
the blue absorbed from the oilcloth, |
and distributed between the sky and |
the creek, still remains. BY what
process it went where it belonged in
stead of spreading impartially over
the negative, Mr.. lie Fevre is unable |
to explain, so he sent it to the survey
Or's Office as a curioisty.-N. Y. Sun.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-03

The brush trade is full of deception.
An experienced hand will, by touch,
tell if broom or brush be all hair or
mixture. But if ever in doubt pull
out or cut off suspicious hair and
applyea match. However we'll doe
tored, the deception will be shown at
once, Hairs will burn, rolling up ball
like, while a vegetable substance will
consume, leaving the charred portion
like n burnt match
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-03
PRINCE BISMARCK.
Has Not High Opinion Of the Majority
of Mankind


Has Not a High Opinion Of the Majority
of Mankind
Herr Rudolph Lindau, one Of
Prince Bismarck's most trusted sub
ordnates, who has for many years
been chief of the press department Of
the foreign office, has just published
a very interesting article about Bis
marck, for which he has been collect
ing material since he entered the for
eign Office in 1878 / quote his re-
mark on Prince Bismarck's contempt
of manklnd:
"The begging letters addressed to
man like Prince Bismarck number
thousands. Some time ago, when he
was i'll at Varzin, all the letters adj
dressed to him that were not of a
strictly private nature were sent back
to Berlin to be read and answered
there. The majority Of them CON
tanned most obedient requests, but
hardly one of the writers had any
claim on the prince One of the Of
ficials whose business it was to read
those letters-an orderly man and evil
IDENTIFY lover of statistics amused
himself by drawing up q list of all
the petitions for money. The total
amount of the sums begged for was
100000 marks. The prince did
not laugh when this was told him, but
shrugged his shoulders and put on a
look of bitter contempt On the other
hand, it is natural that quiet, decent,
self-rospecting people, who ask moth
ing Of him and do not wish to trouble
him with their private affairs, never
como into contact with him unless
they stand in some official relation to
him or have real business to transact
with him. SO it is quite natural that
he sees a great deal Of the low side Of
human nature, and it is hardly sur
prising that he is said to have become
skeptical, and even misanthropic. His
experience shows that human beings,
as a rule--a rule to which there are,
happily, many exceptions-do not
possesSproperpride; that they are dis
posed to abase themselves on account
of mere trifes; that there are many
braggarts among them, and that these
braggarts are easily duped. Prince
Bismarck is certainly well aware that
there are many very honorable people
in the world, but experience has
taught him that it is his i'll luck to
have intercourse with a comparative
ly small number of them. He clings
firmly to the few men and women he
trusts, because he knows them to be
his true friends; but he is suspicious
of strangers. His first thought when
he sees a new face may naturally be
We'll, what does this man want Of
me? This explains why he is general
ly feared, though his intimate friends
warmly testify to his friendliness and
amiability." - Berlin Cor. London
Standard.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-03
Some Plain Facts.

Grave errors, injustice, wrongs of
greater or less degree, arise from lack
of knowledge of the truth, and more
frequently from deception.
The most infamous case on record
of deception and injustice is the at
tempt to demonetize silver as a money
of final redemption in the United
States.
There is no learned Judge, skilled
lawyer, or court of justice that is
capable of reconciling the effort with
the constitutional laws that govern
the issue of money in this country.
The people have. been deceived,
officials in power, chosen to admins
ter justice under the laws, have
ignored their sworn duty, and given
aid to the scheme that has paralyzed
industry, reduced property values
one-half, and beggared millions.
There is no authority of law, either
specific or by inference, by which
gold alone is made the only money
with which to discharge debts, either
public or private. The effort to
make it SO is unconstitutional and a
national calamity.
Plain and ample information, facts,
and truth, concerning this almost sue
cessful scheme to corner the wealth
of the people, is now being printed
in the Cincinnati Enquirer, a news
paper which the combined power of
money has failed to muzzle or buy.
The Weekly Enquirer is only Zoe.
year. The address is
Enquirer Company, Cincinnati, o,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-03
A Bad-Debt Collector.

\ man in Paris finds a profitable
business in collecting bad debts by
stopping at a debtors with a wagon
around the top Of which are these
words; "Ihis buggy only stops in
front Of the houses of people who will
not pay their debts" Everybody,
and particularly business people,
dread the mans buggy so much that
they pay promptly
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-03
Reason for Agreement.

Gle agrees with me that my make
Of wheel is the best in the world"
Chats strange"
"Well, not so very. You see he has
a wheel just like mine."- Yellow
Book.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-12-03

r, B. McCullach will build 40
barrel flour mill at Conway, Ark.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-05
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Commissioners Not Agreed on Court
Honse Plans.
WATER PLANT IS EAPNlNG MONEY,
Prospect. That II VIII soon lie Made
Entirciy Self suppnrtinr-Wh-
lis Building sold.

Galveston, Texas. March i.--The matter
Of deciding upon the plans aud specifications
for the new court house has not yet been
complished. The commissioners court
and the committee Of the chamber OF com
merce sitting With the court were in ses-
sion today. but 30 decision was arrived at
between the plans OF the seven competing
architects. to which the contest has mar
rowed down. The architects are TO be FUR
Their heard In advocacy OF their special plans
and i, may be some time next week before
The matter is finally settled. There IS some
talk Of combination between the archi-
iects who are out and those who are in
npon certain plar. whereby the advantage
would be mutually enjoyed and a good deal
IS heard outside about one architect work
ihE IN the interest of another and Of com
bihations within combinations. The plans
being considered call for building which
VIII cost about 5000. coo. that being the limit
10 which the commissioner court Is willing
TO go