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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-11-18
Secret Societies.
SCRANTON.


LOO. +. Scranton Lodge No. 45. meets ev
cry Tuesday evening at Odd Fellows Hall ut
13Oo'clocx. W. ID. Hughes. N. G.; +. u. Beckt,
secretary.
Scranton Encampmcnt No. 32. meets every
81 and lth Friday evening at Odd Fellows
Hall at 7:ao o'clock. Vincent Ros,C. r.; +. ID.
Bcrkt, scribe,
Knights OF rythias. Mississippi Lodge No.
y, meets every Thursday evening at Odd
Frederic building, Delmas avenue and Ker street.
at 7:'M o'clock. Henry Jacobs. G. G.; Il. f
Browne, n. OF T, X. OF 4. 4 :.
r. 4 A. NJ. Gulf Lodge No. 4l9. meets End
Wednesdays In each month ut Odd Fellows
Secretary,
.Woodmcn of the World. Scranton Camp No.
". !: D. Becht. &C; II. Fitzenrictcr, A. L.;
b. f. Browne, Clerk.
MOSS POINT.
a, Ness Point Lodge No III. I. q. o. F.-Everv
Monday night, N N. Watkins, n G.; A. II.
smith g.; d. Chamhellin, Secretary.
Moss Point Encampment No. s-First aud third
FRIDAY nights NJ. NJ. Watkins. q. p; N. NJ. Cud.
ahac H. p; W. Stewart, scribe.
Pascagonla Lodge No. aO2, A. F 4 A. NJ
every third Saturday night G. W. ONcil W. Nh
u IT, Wood, So 'rctary.
pascasonla Senate No. ass. Ancient Essenic
ulaer-EveIy second and fourth Tuesdays In each
a"h'n' sa l. w. Adams, senior senator; J. J. McIn-
Gosh, secretary.
woodmen of the World, No ss.-Second and
n i"lth Fridays in each month. George W, Neil.
Clerk nc. Herring, Consul Commander, c. o.
sentry.
chapter No. 100. meets every second Satur-
NY won n each month II. l.. Howe, II. r.; U. H.
WOOD. Secretary.
EuiV 4
ouli Lodge No. 24s4. knights OF Honor
s"a,' %es's second and fourth Saturday nights In
NV" 'on'h' W. Fred Herrln, Dictator.
NM, Maights of pythias, Moss Point Lodge No. 49,
Vaa.a van IsC o'clock. r. NJ, johnson, q. c.; VIC.
'faei X Il. s. and NJ. +.
Rssnlnn,a Rss lnnarles Lodge, A. +. 4 A. NJ. No. i3o-
r;vIt'ar ;SIa'ar communication first Wednesday
Wsdnooi Wdu oi each month. For lecture third
mun,.a.y. mun,nusaay. St. Johns days. Annual com.
b%"s,a.ons b"r ~ 2ath of June and 9th OF Decenl-
y gaCn M year. C.S. COLLARD. W N.
ESCATAwpA.
oase X. Of i. No. ais holds regular meetings
homns o"na ana ~ fourth Saturdays 10 each month.
Aspoiter. ~N'"Vo'' 'o"" W. sS'' y
OCEAN SPRINGS.
Vrean Springs Lodge No. IS K. Of r. W.
p. ,ancieave, G. G.; A. p. Kotaurn, v. c.; D.
.;'.g' H;"sng' r.; y. l.. Tsrdv, N. ofM.; r. D. Wig
EsS;s.,. EsWn, n; = !" A.; W. Lorsnsen, l. G.; G. W.
VANCLEAVE.
thas Eel Lodge No. l2s, meets Saturday before
MIsss SUI ~ sunday In each month Mt Vnnclenve,
rsta,v VIZ Ramsay. W. M; =. Bradford, Sec
DAISY.
s.D,a.Ny Lodge No 42l, A.F. 4 A. ~, meets
i"'wW[asy wsy before third Sunday in each month
"alker. W. NJ: II. o. Finrrv, Secretary.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-11-18
ME AN' PAP AN MOTHER.
When l wuz a little chap,
a.,

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I set at tn table
Tween my mother an my pap:
Eat all l 'uz able,
Pap nd feed me from one side,
Nanny from TIL other
Tell ye we wuz chums, them days,
Me an psp-an' mother.
Through til woods AM pastors;
Pap he afays he'd cane,
Mother n med pick astcrs;
Sometimes they's sister long,
Sometimes TIERS brother,
But they arays wuz US three "a
Me an pap an mother.
d.. h,,., ..
Held Is head down, thinkin',
Didn't pear to hear us talk
Ner tn cow bell clinkin';
Love streaks oil 'peared worried out
Bout one thing ernuther'
Didn't arays understand
Pap-thats me an mother.
,oo, .;c. . ..u
Left tn farm behind me:
Thinkin' o that partin' yit
Pears to choke an blind me;
Course I'd be all safe an good
With my married brother,
But we had t part, us three,
Me an pap an mother.
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Changed. an pale an boller.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-11-18
VOLUME 81.
mHE COURTS.
THE REGULAR TERMS.
circuit Court-2nd Dist.
rHAD. A. WOOD. JUDGE.
,,,rp A. WHITE, DISTRICT ArroRxEr.

A.. county of Wayne on the second monday
10 'ne .,r s"ad and Inly and continue six days
Of a,is" ths county of Pearl River on the t;,, Mon
c and o,tssG Msnn ana sseo"a s"mSs asrct M on the
niOsW Wa"aay t"" Of January and July and continne
fsra ,s "' In the first district on the first Monday
sx xE,,,.,v aTs and August and continue ak days
!, fsp,' Se county of Curkc ou the second Monday
10 hr,py 1ne and August and continue twel 'e days.
fsptus "a,ntv of Jasper on the tirst Monday Of
% ,he eud ua Ssntem,er and continue twelve days.
marry 9 hs "" so,ty Of Greene on thu sccon! Monday
# March and September and continue x, Mx McUd,v "n
is,u. onJ u" Noyember and continue six days.
Of NAY az" onn,y of Harrison on the second Monday
~ m.. ,n' and Voyemn.r and continue six davs.
Of ~, To cornty Of Jackson on tho fourth Monday
=, auril and October, and continue twelve days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-11-18

The Chicago Chronicle says: "When
the administration straightens out
the war department, which will be no
small iob--it should turn its attention
to the peculiar promotion system 10
the navy by which it Is impossible to
reward one officer without injuring
Others. BY this system, indeed, a
competent officer who has never trans
gresscd the regulations in his life Is
likely to sustain as severe loss Of
prestige as he had been convicted by
court martial OF some serious Offense.
The late war with Spaia has furnish
ed several exexamples OF this charac.
ter. Commodore Watson, for instance,
has been reduced several numbers In
rank, not because he has been guilty
Of any misdoing, but because Samps
son, Schley and Philip have been pro.
NOTED over him. That is, IN order to
reward certain deserving officers, it is
necessary, under the navy promotion
system, to degrade other deserving
officers. The injustice is capable oi
correction and 1t should be corrected.
The obvious way to do 1t would be
to abolish the absurd number" sys'
TEN and make promotions SQUARED,
from the lower to the next highei
rank.
The age-herald., 1898-11-16
The Two Houses Organized.

The selection of Senator Cunningham as president of the senate ,and of Representa- tive Waller as speaker of the house, places two experienced and capable men in two very important places. They are both men who are familiar with law-making meth- ods. who thoroughly know the state, and wno will give their best efforts to progress and enlightened legislation.
 The duty that falls upon these two emil nent and trusted sons of Alabama, in con- nection with the selection of the standing committees. is not exceeded in importance by any other single demand in the state government. The shaping of every bill at least is entrusted to committees, and very often these committees exercise a veto power that outranks the final authority en- trusted to the chief executive of the state. But everybody will feel that the committees will be formed by President Cunningham anu Speaker Waller to the expedition of the public business the welfare of the state, anu the confusion of the lobby.
The age-herald., 1898-11-16
Gen. Wheeler and Annexation.

The people of Nashville presented Gen. Joe Wheeler with a sword, and here is what he said in the eourse of a speech ac- cepting 1t:
 The history of the last 3eq years has con- clusively shown that colonial governments alone can retain permanent control of for eign markets. The establishment of depots in the Philippines will give us the greatest advantage of standing with American products at the door of the great Orient which has population of over 50 ,00O 000, and will enable us to successfully invade that vast country with our commercial en- terprise, and I am not one of those who fear either territorial or commercial ex- pansion, and am a firm believer that it would be in our power to instill the prin- clples of American civilization in the peo- pies of that newly acquired territory
 The question as to our policy has passed beyond argument, for we are now the trus- tees of Cuba and Porto Rico. I am not one of those who doubts the ability of this country to meet every condition When God allowed the victory of liberty 1t was for good purposes.
 During the last thirty-five years we have shown the world that in art in agriculture and in manufacture we lead In the last four months the world has also learned that on land and sea we excel all nations of the earth.
 With the Nicaragua canal and the Sand- wich Islands we are near to the great Ori- ent, where there are 5O0,0OO 900 people to be clothed and fed. It looks to me that with a depot in Manila, the very border of that great Orient, we could sell our cotton cloths instead of the raw material to them
 Gen. Wheeler is a practical man. He handles army and his congressional dis trict and broad public questions equally well. He is never visionary, never a dream- CT. The Philippines present to his clear or political and all admit that commer- cially- speaking a protectorate control at least would be very desirable.
The age-herald., 1898-11-16
JUST SwAMPED WITH PRIDE

From the Denver Post The great election fight is fit, an folks that
 used to sheer At me for marryin' my Jim are knocked
 all out O geer! They scurcely know just what ter do, or
 what they'd ort to say, To see me top 'em all in sich a 'ristocratic
 way. They said at he was no account an called
 him Lazy Jim," An told me would rue the day I coupled
 onto him; Now each un feels her sland rous words
 stckin' in her craw, Fur he's elected constabul to regulate the
 law. They done their best to throw him down;
 talked bout his shiftless life, An even hurled their sneerin' rocks at me,
 his honored wife Tof how I went with Simon Shocks, an
 was so sweet on him Afore I shuck the clerky snob an sdled up
 to Jim They said couldn't bake a pie a Christian
 ort to eat, An that I allus burnt my bread, an had a
 mans size feet. An now I guess their cup O woe Il be Fur they won't dar to cheep since I am
 Mrs. Constabul. heered they gave or Crazy Sam a sheep
 to git his vote, An ol maid Mag a pound O tea If she
 would turn her coat; An Deacon Hart, that sings an prays an
 leads the Sunday school, Went back on us to git the mortgage lifted
 off his mule. But spite O all their party tricks an bold
 rascality Jim got some thirty-seven votes an Bill
 ings twenty-three;
 bustin' full, When he come home an tol' me was Mrs.
 Constabul. I'll git dress like Mrs. Pratt, whose hus-
 ban keeps the bank, An mebbe striped stockin's, too, In keepin'
 with my rank; An Jim's a-go;n to wear white shirts an
 collars an cravat. An says he reci1ons he must git more
 judicial hat. He says he'll show vox Populist, as placed
 their trust in him, They d'dn't make no fatal break In honorin'
 my Jim. we'u both just do our best to make his
 big constitu'ncy Feel mighty proud that they reposed their
 trust in him an me.
The age-herald., 1898-11-16
HOW HODsON WAS PLEASED
-om the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Now that Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac, is no longer our guest it may not be ungracious to relate little incident that occurred dur ing his stay here It is proof of the loy- alty of the Scotch for their own, although the principal in this affair Is truly Ameri- can, having a son who was in the volun- teer army throughout the war. Lieutenant Hobson was attending reception given in his honor by a prominent physician of the city, and many of the fair women of the municipality were crowding around him,
 eager for handshake or passing word of conversation. The Scotch lady was stand ing by his side with friends and they were carrying on quite copversation with the nations hero. After satisfying herself that she had actually stood in the shadow of a famous man and had talked with him, one of them. with an attempt to be superf1u- ously complimentary. said to her friend. My Mrs. H., don't you wish you had a son like that?" 'T don't know about that quickly replied the one appealed to; ~I have three sons, and I think every one of
The age-herald., 1898-11-16
ONE GLASS OF WINE.
Persons Who Think That It Changed the
 Course of Politics in This Country.
n the Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta Constitution. t-F
 It Is said that a single glass of wine prob ably wrecked the democratic party in 1S6O The story Is worth telling. After the breaking up of the national democratic convention at Charleston the party in Geor- gia held a state convention. Great excite ment prevailed. The leaders of the party could not agree. It was a critical period
 The majority report indorsed the seceders or bolters at Charleston, while the minori- ty report opposed their action. The lead ing champion of the minority was Herschel V. Johnson, and his followers were confi- dent that his eloquence and logic would carry the day. 7f
 It is quite likely that such would have been the case but for an unfortunate mis- hap. Ex-Governor Johnson began his speech before the noon adjournment on the second day, and concluded after dinner.
 Old men who remember that speech say that it was a powerful argument, and the impression gained ground that after the noon recess the speaker would demolish his opponents with a few sedge-hammer blows.
 But the over-conf1dent friends of the mi nority report were doomed to disappoint- ment. Johnson felt the strain of the morn ing session so much that he was unable to eat anything, and he took glass of wine upon an empty stomach to strengthen him. self. This was fatal mistake. That one glass of wine perhaps changed the destiny of the nation!
 The great orator resumed his speech, but the wine had nauseated him. He was hazy verbose and unntelligible at times His style and argument lacked vigor, consis- tency and positiveness. His friends looked at one another in despair. The men on the other side were exultant. It was evident that the speaker had damaged his own cause.
 Then Howell Cobb and Henry R. Jackson followed each other for the majority report They spoke with an air of expectant tri- umph and captured the convention.
 The majority report was adopted It is unnecessary to follow the history of the next few weeks. The national democracy was completely disrupted and put two tickets in the field. Lincoln was elected and the country was plunged into civil war. Had Johnson succeeded in inducing the Georgia convention to adopt his con- servative ideas, it is safe to say that other southern states would have fallen into line with our commonwealth, and the national united.
 This is the story of what little glass of wine did. It ruined a great party, caused a disastrous war, and besides the loss of life. cost the south over four billions of dollars. Perhaps this is rather speculative but there are many who believed it gen. ation ago.
The age-herald., 1898-11-16

From the Washington Times.
 There will be no federal interference in the affairs of Wilmington, N. c. The state has a governor who was elected by the votes of the negroes, and if he does not call on Washington for aid there can be no excuse for intervention. The trouble is ended. The selfish white politicians who have made a profit from the political ac- tivity of the negroes were glad enough to get away with whole skins, regardless of what might happen to their poor tools. They are men who have sold negro votes at the national republican conventions and have had no other occupation than to act as agents for jobbery. They will not re- turn to Wilmington, and if the deposed mayor, aldermen and police go back 1t will be to let government and politics alone. The new officials seem to be sem sible, conservative men who deplore the necessity for their actions, and who con demn all unnecessary violence. They will disarm everybody except the police. and will protect the colored people in the en- joyment of all their legal rights.
The age-herald., 1898-11-16
The Steel City.
Fditor

Mir. Andrew Carnegie discussed the steel situation in speech at banquet given by the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce last week. Among other things he said:
 Gentlemen there is not district in this world to which the Pittsburg district can not today send steel and pay the freight and deliver that steel as cheap or cheaper than it can be made at the point of deiv- cry. If we except Colorado, to which the freight is greater than the difference in the cost of manufacture at the two points. Should the south be successful in its pres ent attempt to manufacture steel we may have to except another point. Colorado ex- cepted, the Pittsburg district has the whole world today at its feet. Pittsburg is in- deed the Steel City.
 No one should quarrel with Pittsburg man for glorifying his own town and works, although MT. Carnegie knows just what Birmingham iron is. He has purchased many a ton of it, and turned it into steel. He knows the price of Birmingham pig iron. He knows that where the cheapest iron is made there the cheapest basic steel can be made. He knows that Birmingham today makes the price of iron the world round. and he must therefore know that as soon as the needful capital can be gotten to- gether, Birmingham will make the cheapest steel, and will make the price of steel as it now makes the price of iron.
 MT. Carnegie is, however, justified in ex- alting his own town and works, as things stand. He is entitled to his spell of crow ing. He crows while he may. Birmingham would do likewise; and when the new Ens- ley mill is completed this town will begin at once to make few remarks as to cheap steel, and after 8 while 1t will challenge even Pittsburg's position as the Steel City, just as it formerly challenged it's position in the pig iron market.
The age-herald., 1898-11-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Where a woman coaxes man threatens. Nothing emits worse odor than taint- ed reputation.
 There is probably nothing drier than a temperance meeting.
 But few men cut their wisdom teeth uu- til after they get married.
 It's difficult to convince a schnoiboy that history repeats itself.
 Paradoxical though 1t may seem an cdd genius is a. genius who is not odd
 The thread of an argument often implies that the whole thing is mtrciy yasli
 It's all well enough to be up to date, but it's foolish to borrow trouble ahead
 No matter how proud girl may hr If her family name. she's seldom aserse to, changing it.
 When woman passes man on tht street and looks daggers at him he is eerl apt to feel the cut.
The age-herald., 1898-11-16
Unnecessary Legislative Obstruction,

The election of seventeen solicitors fills the hotels of the capital city, obstructs the transaction of important business, and leads on to numberless deals and an equal ly large number of recriminatons and fac- tional auarrels. The fifty aspirants for the seventeen offices. which are, with three or four exceptions. comparatively unimpor- tant, fill with their henchmen the capitol, making day and night hideous, while they swell the receipts of the licensed vendors of drinks that are not altogether soft.
 Does any one know why this state should be exceptional in the manner of electing solicitors? There may be, in the list of forty-five states, two or three more that permit their respective legislatures to be blocked by such business, but there are not more than that number, and the ex- ceptional cases are relics of a time when 1t was the fashion to distrust the people. The age of political middlemen is passing away in this country at least and this state should be freed from the solicitor ship blockade as speedily as possible.
 The people do not need agents in this matter. They are as competent to select their own prosecuting lawyers as they are to select their own judges; and the politi- clans who stand in the way of a change from legislative to popular elections should be kept in mind especially about election blocked by the present method, which is out of harmony with the age in which we live, and which should be speedily remved.
The age-herald., 1898-11-16
roorHPICKs FROM PORTUGAL

From the Philadelphia Times
 The best toothpicks made anywhere Tn the world come from Portugal. They are whittled by hand from orangewood splints by peasant girls, the only tools used being an ordinary jackknife. These picks are ns smooth as ivory, and will not break into splinters. They are expensive. Only one hotel in Philadelphia supplies them. The girls who make the picks receive less than 10 cents a day. As the duty on the foreign made picks is only 35 per cent, they can be sold here for less than picks of similar quality could be manufactured in this coun- try, despite the improved American ma chienry and skilled labor. The profit on American picks is almost exclusively on the cheaper products. Some of the Portuguese picks are highly ornamented with hand carving. They are too expensive for or chinery and skiller labor The profit on been imported into this country on rare occasions for use at notable banquets or as unique specimens of handicraft.
The age-herald., 1898-11-16
The Peace Negotiations.

This will no doubt be critical day in the rooms of the Paris commissioin; but 1t is scarcely credible that Spain will break off negotiations that would surely result in the capture of the Canaries, and possibly in the dispatch of an American fleet to the Spanish coast. The folly of breaking off negotiations on the part of Spain would be equivalent to surrender of all her colonies the rest of the Ladrones, the Caroline islands, and the Caparies-all would go, for Spain has no fighting ships, and the American navy is of good proportions and battle.
 Those who know Spain best, those who are familiar with the political problems that must be met at Madrid. agree in say- ing that Spain will accept whatever terms she can secure at Paris. Politics comes in- to the settlement, particularly from Mad rid, and to limited extent from Washing ton. The administration must have Q treaty that can be confirmed, and President Mckinley wants treaty that he can stand by In 1900, and perhaps glorify himself by before the people in the intervening time. If he throws overheard the chance to se- cure fair share of the Chinese trade. or if he agrees to pay too large q sum for a base near the Chinese coast, then he will hear from tho people in a manner that will be unpleasant. It is politics. either Spanish or American, that delays the preparation
The age-herald., 1898-11-16
THE KIND THAT GO TO HEAVEN From the Washington Post.

Over on Capitol Hill there's a Sunday school where young man know Is super intendent. He is an earnest, conscientious young fellow, and disagreeable as 1t may sound in me to say 1t, he means well. Sun- day before last he arose to give a little talk. Fl
 "Dear children" said he, 'T am very glad to be with you this morning, and when look into your happy faces am sure that all of you rejoice with me in the privilege of gathering together this morning to sing our songs of praise and to listen to the les- sons your dear teachers'-but then you know what he said. You know what they always say-Heaven bless them for saying it, too! Anyway, this particular superin- tendent said that this beautiful Sabbath was "only promise of the blissful hereaf- ter-of the happy land to which we all want to go." t@.'~
 And what is the happy land?" he asked The small boys on the front seat kicked each other surreptitiously and viciously. but nobody spoke till little Georgie said with a tone midway between a sniff and a gurgle:
 "Heavenv'
 "Ah! that's 1t! that's itr' said the super intendent. Little Georgie knew it. It is heaven And we all want to go there. And now, children, can you tell me what kind of little boys go there?"
 George was emboldened by praise. His head was dizzy with success. He rose in his place.
 .'Dead ones!' he bawled.
The age-herald., 1898-11-16
WHAT ONE MAN DID
he Philadelphia Public Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Does Philadelphia notice what Newport News is doing? A few years ago 1t was a wholly unimportant seaport town, having a fine harbor and railroad connecting it with the interior, but not dreamed of as a possible rival to the large seaports of the country. Now, it has lines of steamers to Europe, large and rapidly growing ship ping trade, a great shipbuilding yard, and is about to have $15, GOO, 900 plant for the manufacture of ordnance and armor plate. It seems destined to be one of the great cities of the country in a short time, and it's growth is due almost entirely to the energy of one man. It is a lesson to Phila- delphia, as well as a possible rival.