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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-06-17

"Flippers not patriotic? Nonsense!
You don't know what you are talking
about. He's one Of the most patriotic
men In this town" "Well, I'd like to
know how you make 1t out. He was
one Of the loudest advocates OF war
before war was declared, but l haven't
heard him say q word about enlist
ing." "Oh, that doesn't signify any.
thing. He's taught his wlfe's parrot
to say Remember the Maine. ~
Chicago News.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-06-17
LIFE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
How the Natives of the Islands Pass
Their Time.

The Phlllpplnes, and especially Ma-
nila, the capital Of the Island of Lu
zon, are now the subject of wide in
tcrest throughout the country, says
the Nashville American. The islands
may become part Of this country.
In our opinion, it would be contrary
to public policy, but the chances are,
whether we acquire them permanent
ly or not, we are to hear considerable
Manila. Is there money TO be made
there? Can one live there and in com
fort? are snmc of the questions which
will be repeatedly asked, now that we
are sending soldiers and sailors to
hold the Philippines.
1t is hot in Manila, for it is just Is
degrees above the equator. The hot
season begins in March and ends in
June, and then begins the rainy sea-
son. But the climate is healthy, and
there is no yellow fever. The mean
temperature is about 81 degrees. Hur-
ricane and earthquakes are occasional
visitors and when they do come do
considerable damage. In Manila cock
fighting is practiced With great as
siduity. The cock pits arc licensed by
the government, and yield about 5000.
900 per annum. A good cigar can al
ways be had, one factory alone en-
ploying 10000 women, and amuse-
ments such as good music by military
bands in the plazas, theatres, etc,
serves to while away the time. The
city is Inhabited by Spaniards, ma
tives, Chinese and the European COM
mercial colony. 1t has several palaces,
many pretty villas, numerous church
es, public buildings, hospital a
cathedral, a university, and academy
of arts, conyents and monasteries.
The population, including suburbs, is
about 35O,O00. Hemp, sugar, cigars
and coffee are the chief articles Of ex.
port.
In an article in the New York Even.
ing Post we find the following inter-
csting description of life 10 Manila:
"In Manila, in times of peace, the
whole city slunbers from II to 3.
Carriages disappear from the streets,
the shops draw down their blinds and
the little one horse tram-car is about
the only sign of life. At 3 the mcr-
curry begins to sink little and life
rcvives. At the English officers
serves tea, toast and Jam to customers
and clerks, and at the community
pays final visit to the tiflln rooms
before driving tn the promenade or to
the uptown club, at Nagtajcn. II
they went to the promenade at the
Luneta the foreigners saw hundreds
Of carriages circulating. around a
slightly raised eclipse, 4 900 feet long,
whose centre was marked with q large
bandstand, and whose surrounding
roadway was guarded by mounted po-
lice that kept the carriages In flle.
And nobody but the Governor General
and Archbishop can turn his carriage
in the opposite direction from the
general left to right movement. ~ =
OF course, anybody that SO wished
went behind the scenes and smoked
there. In fact during Almost pathetic
scene In Faust one OF our American
sea captains, who was somewhat the
worse for a shore dinner, once walked
across the stage smoking long cigar
and took his hat of to the audience,
which had been stirred up almost TO
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-06-17

It. has been definitely determined
that Admiral Sampson is Of North Of
Ireland Scotch extraction and that he
has a brother who 10 . down.East
farmer. Now let the guns be fred.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-06-17
VOLUME 81.
rrHE COURTS.
the REGULAR TERMS.
Circuit Court-2nd Dist.
TuAD. A. WOOD, JUDGE.
,I,pp A. WHITE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY

Waller A. WHITE. DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
= A., oor,tv of Wayne on the second Monday
~ n,unarv ~" and JULY and continue six days.
OF ,he county of Pearl River on the third Mon
III ~ "" .nr and October and continue six days.
oE| the county of Marion. second district. on the
fOn"th m Monday Of January and July aud continue
5avs In the first district on the first Monday
sN r'n,,o,r "H and August aud continue six days
o' y, .he county of Clurke on the second Monday
~ Inn and August and continue twel q days.
OF fsn'" n nnty of Jasper on the first Monday of
v,rch .p II" and September and continue twelve DAYS
In the county, of Greene on the second nanaay ana
VI the county of Hancock on the fourth Monday
= woy and November and continue six days
VI in the comfy of Harrison on the second Monday
- Nav and November and continue six DAYS.
VI In thc county Of Jackson on tho fonith Ionday
og April and October and continue Twelve DAYS
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-06-17
LOUISVILLE d NASHVILLE r. r..

GOING EAST.
No 2-Ieaves New Orleans at 7;40 p. m. Ar
rivcs at Scranton at ll;00 p. m. Arrives in Mobile
at 1910 a. M.
No 4-Lcaves New Orleans at lll5 H. m. Ar
rives at Scranton at 200 p. m. arrives at Mobile
al 3:15 p. m.
No SLEEVES New Orleans at 7:55 a. m. Ar
rves at Scranton at ll:23 II. M. Arrives at Mobile
at 1910 y. IN.
GOING WEST
No. 3.-Leaves Mobile Bis a. nj. Arrive& at
Scranton 4:tg a m. New Orleans, $40 u. m.
No. l.-Leaves Mobile 2:l5 p. M. Arrives at
Scranton 3:39 D. m New Orleans, 7:l5 y. M
No. 5-Lcaves Mobile at 40a p. IN. Arrives at
Scranton SOC p. NJ. New Orleans S:lOp IN.
John II. SANTA CRUZ. Agent.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-06-17

An exchange remarks: "The ram
Katahdin might do good work In San.
tlago harbor, but its'maclllnery b out
Of order" A singular butt for = ran.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-06-17

J. I. Ford.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Scranton, Miss.
VIII practice in all the courts of the second
| judicial district. and the Supreme and Fed
eral courts. Office In Scranton State Bank
building.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-06-17

DAISY.
g. nalsy Lodge No 42l, AT. b A. NJ, meets
H",WMrday before third Sunday in each month.
a. walker W. NJ; u. o. Furry, Secretary.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13

vegetables for which it is famous.
MANY of the vegetables of Ireland are
sent to England and to France,
But Ireland has beautiful spots as
well as wretched ones. There are III
ireland today, five hundred castles III
which live the descendants of the old
kings that ruled Ireland years ago.
Many of these castles were stand
ing then, and the richest legends gather
around them. Lying around the castles
are great estates in which live the far
mers and their families. They raise
crops upon them and take them to
market and sell them and pay rental
to the estate which rents them the
land.
If st. Patrick could see Ireland to-
day, he would mourn over it and doubt
less-for he would have the head and
heart to straighten matters out-be able
to right it soon The trouble, where
there is trouble in Ireland, lies with the
ignorance of the gentry. The estate OF
the Earl of Ava contains an irish castle
with five hundred acres. Upon this
five hundred acres live five farmers
Years ago they paid a certain rent to
the overseer. Today they cannot pay
that rent, yet the overseer demands it,.
When they say that the land is growing
poor and needs fertilization, he refuses
fertilizer. and every year there IS
trouble on that estate. A little personal
supervision and little more considera-
ton with the farmers, and they would
become willing tenants That is the
trouble throughout Ireland-the igno-
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.ooKg TODAY IN THE HOMES or PEAsANr AND L.ANDLoRD.

mosphere, a shining sky and general
abundance, there is nothing away from
Ireland that compares to Ireland.
But the shadow of poverty is over st.
Patrick's land. ireland needs her rich
men to return to her and improve her.
The Irish peasants need money and the
Irish landlords need capital Ireland
is disheartened. 1t belongs to a country
that is different from it in religion and
different in race traits and charac-
ter The heart of the Irishman is
as warm as the heart of the English
man is cold; the Irish tongue is as soft
as the English accent is accurate; the
Irish education is as flowery as the Eng
| lish is statistical; the Irish hope is as
optimistic as the English is pessimistic:
the Irish love of family and soil is as af-
| fectionate as the English is critical, and
| Ireland chafes at being linked with
horse that goes different gait
and pace.
Yet ireland as you see it today is
| fairly prosperous. No one is starving to
DEATH yet all are poor. The landlords
became discouraged during the days of
| Parnell, and since then have been un-
willing to improve the condition of the
tenantry. And the tenantry has become
more and more rebellious. To escape
paying rent, they flee to a country
where though they must pay rent, they
| have more liberty; and so the condition
of those who remain in Ireland becomes
more lonesome and more forlorn. That
is the lower class of Irish-those who
dig the ground and bring to town the
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it has freed part of itself only to be re-
claimed until it is today a part of the
English nation.
But st. Patrick gave Ireland that
which he himself longed for. He gave
them the Christian religion. When st.
Patrick, who was born in France, went
ton Of the most ignorant people. They
were ruled by kings and worshipped
idols. There was pope in those days
Pope Constantine, but he had very lit
tie rule in Ireland. When he heard
that young man named Patrick lived
in Ireland and was Christian, he asked
Patrick to work for him and become
his priest in Ireland. This st. Patrick
did, with such good results that he
Christianized Ireland
When ST. Patrick died, he blessed Ire
land and turned his face to the wall,
and, smiling peacefully, the historian
tells us, breathed his last. The watcher
near him heard him whisper: 81 have
done it, which meant that Priest Pat
rick had spread the Christian religion
throughout Ireland, and realized that he
had done so.
possibly a population of $4,000. But in
those days so many nations were wran-
Cling over the little green isle, that it
was hard to tell what people lived there
and what people did not. All that st.
Patrick attempted was to establish the
Christian religion, and having done
that, he died saying: "I have done it,"
ireland was in those days under
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rance Of those who own land.
But Ireland is a beautiful ireland
st. Patrick would be proud of It. He
would hold his hands over 1t today ana
say. II have done it, with more pleas
ure than he said it fourteen hundred
years ago. II is a religious Ireland,
God-loving and Godfearing. 1t is an
honest Ireland, warm in spirit and good
in character. 1t Is a home-loVIng Ire
land, and the people do their work faith
fully day after day and go to church
Sunday after Sunday year in and year
out They are people with a good char
acter and a good heart, and people
whom you love the more you know
them.
st. Patrick would find today in Ire
land $4,000 square miles Of territory.
He would find there 100000 people. He
would find manufactures and COM
merce, and he would find a very fine
set of Irishmen in place of the ignorant
ones he left. Gerald William Balfour,
Sir John Farrel, Lord Ashbourne and
the Earl of Cadogan are names to con-
iure with names that will be great in
history.
He would find its agriculture second
to none in the world, and he would find
great cities in place of riotous villages,
and high educational standard.
Throughout the isle he would find only
one thing lacking, only one thing craved
by the people, only one thing they do
not possess.
But may be that will come.
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kingly rule. King Dennis O'Flaherty
reigned and was succeeded by King
O'Rory. A long list of Irish kings is
on file in Irish records. They differ as
often as the historians who write them,
for Ireland in those days was so igno-
rant and so mixed up, so tempestuous
and so unsettled, that the kings ruled
two at the same time, and each king
thought himself proud could he hold
a thousand acres free from encroach-
ment.
These kings belonged to the fire-wor-
shippers and waged war constantly
upon the Christians. When they were
not fighting, they were defending them
selves from the worldly men of savage
tribes that swarmed down upon Ireland
from the north of Europe.
There was no such thing as native in
dustry in those days, and the Irish
people were contented to spin their
own garments with rude needles and
make their footwear with rough in
struments. They lived in barracks of
stone, and they knew not today what
tomorrow would bring forth.
st. Patrick himself though born in
France, was brought captive to Ire
land and afterward taken back to
France. He was we'll off in France, but
he resolved to return to Ireland and
do what he could for the country. He
remembered how the beautiful green
sward had dripped with blood, and how
the blue sky was red with the fires of
idolatry, so he determined to return
and devote his life to Christianizing
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Ireland.
There is no doubt that ST. Patrick
resorted to trickery in performing his
miracles of faith, for he was a shrewd
man, and he knew that to work upon
the ignorant classes, he must perform
wonders. So he soaked twigs with
water and then called in all the fire
worshippers. He heaped the twigs high
until they formed an altar, and then
he held his hands over the altar and
blessed it.
Now set fire to itr he cried, and
told the ire-worshippers to make the
fire burn.
When they failed in every attempt,
he said: "Now I will make it burn, and
touching a few dry twigs in the
middle, he set the fire flaming up.
This is the altar of the true God, :"
he said.
st. Patrick's ireland, as it is today,
has people who are all Christians and
a country that is all fertility. The crops
come up in early spring, and on st.
Patrick's day the Irish farmer is ready
to put his plow in the ground. The
ground is rich, and from it grow pota-
toes in abundance and all kinds of
fruits Nuts grow in Ireland as no.
where else, and the most shiftless
landsman can sit down and wait for his
crops to mature. 1t is a beautiful coun-
try, and even those who have left it and
come to another land to live, admit that
for beauty of scenery, for abundance
of fruits, for healthfulness of air, for a
-bountiful water supply, for clear at
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newspapers. I am doomed man.
Nothing on earth can save me! The
testimony of Ellen alone would convict
me. No chain of circumstantial evil
dence was ever more closely entwined
around an unfortunate wretch like me-
THE SEARCH.
must confess that when l came out
of the Tombs that night, 1 was puzzled.
The awfulness of The story and the cer-
tainty OF conviction were all that T
could bring to mind.
AS we stepped down the stone steps
the clock IN the Tombs was tolling IL
Drive me to the home Of Franklin
jarvis, | said to the lawyer Let me
in the front door and leave me Come
back for me in one hour"
| hardly knew what 1 intended to do,
although my mind was full of vague
suggestions AS the front door of the
fated house closed between me and the
street, shiver ran over me, in spite
Of my many experiences. and / walked
softly the full length of the hall and
seated myself in the little writing
room.
Taking up pen and ink, | took the
blank sheets of paper before me and
began to write as though | were living
the night Of the murder over again.
AS wrote, turned and laid the sheets
one by one upon small Cairo stand
back of me, which had evidently been
used for that purpose. for there were
blotters upon it.
Scarcely had | written page when I
thought | heard behind me a stealthy
step. On the second page, | heard it
again. Ihls time there were whispers.
listened and heard a voice say, For
the love of God, can it be he?"
sprang to my feet and turned
around
out upon the hall floor there fell a heavy
weight. 1t was man and over him bent
a woman.
You scared him almost to death.
sir, said she, Il told him that it was
only one of them detectives that they
are always sending here, but the back
OF your head looked so much like mas
ter's, that 1t scared him most to death"
why should that scare hlm?" I
asked.
Sure, sir, I don't know, but lately he
has been like like
AT this moment the man opened his
eyes.
Forgive me, forgive me.p he cried.
Il have dreamed of it day and night
forgive
II will forgive you nothing" said L
uutii you CONFESS now your curiosity
made you creep up behind your master
that night and read what he was writ
ing, Confess how you went upstairs and
killed your mistress and robbed her OF
her jewels; confess how you hid after
the others were called and pretended to
be asleep; and confess how you have
allowed an innocent man to suffer for
your crime"
Truly frightened now, the wretch told
how he nVprhpa rd fha frfta f.ral on the
morning and how he had planned the
murder Of his mistress. And how and
by what dastardly means he had found
the very description of the murder be-
fore his eyes and had followed It out
with awful correctness.
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Ireland belongs to St. Patrick!

Ireland belongs to ST. Patrick!
The United States belong to George
Washington
France and Napoleon are one!
Bismarck and the German empire are
synonyms!
England and Cromwell are linked in
separablyl
Russia and Peter the Great stand to-
gether in history!
Gustavus Adolphus and Sweden are
iulIE together! gs bsa
China and Ii Hung Chang are the
celestial ernpire
Who can think of one of these coun-
tries without thinking of the man who
made it2
Ireland, as it is today, is st. Patrick's
ideal Ireland. 1t is not the ignorant idol
worshipping Ireland which he left. 1t is
velvet isle, with enormous Industries
and great peoplei
Yet it is still St Patrick's Ireland, for
he knew how 1t would wax and grow
great, and prepared for it,
Yet st. Patrick, could he see ireland
today, would be disappointed in it, be-
cause it lacks the one thing which it
wants 1t lacks independence. Ireland
is subject to Great Britain. 1t was ac-
quired by conquest in 1172 and has been
held by England in spite Of its numer-
Gus attempts to become free. AT times
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"a plot had come in my mind as
came up town in the cars and / re-
solved to write it While it was fresh
Aattering letter from publisher who
had accepted my latest story made me
resolve to supply him with another as
soon as possible.
This time my wife shall know OF my
work and be proud of it, l will enter
society and court the litterati, while
she enjoys herself with the butterflies :
said to myself, smiling as | dipped
my pen in the ink.
The plot of my story was a singular
one. 1t was the Murder of
Wife
with accuracy l. went into each
startling detail, and as ! wrote down the
bloodthirsty words, | saw that my anger
| for my wife was melting away, even
as the beauty of the story grew under
meath my hngers. When had finished
| saw that | had achieved what would
be the greatest work of my life, and
! that honors would come to me from the
punlc VINO would read my story.
W heh l & l5lu uoWh my PEN signed
Sigh o. selleI,
4h,,,oos.9 ooqi9 5.,id Iol sI 5 eiiat dSai1 IoE
reneated as 7 ,,silred tbroro ~, ~,
| halI sin intent With Tho Mot 10 'ii +
| couId NOT 40 tbat aooi, eot te,, ~, ~, :
sand dollars, W. 'iiou-
"'Did Won sneak sir9 inouired =
w,p, o,1;s y,oioo 81 leu
WHO is that? l asked.
"It is ELLEN, the cook. I heard
somebody walking around, sir. and
l came to see who it was
All right, Ellen, ] said; 1T is l. Go
hacl to bed And Ellen, who sleeps in
the basement, went back down the base
|
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said he 'NIy business carries me down
into Barclay street and the lower quar-
| ters of the town, and on that account l
| rise early every morning. For many
years my wife has not breakfasted with
me.
eve were married fifteen years ago,
and our story is an old one We mar
ried in poverty and were happy. We
grew to wealth and were Indifferent.
When fortune began to smile upon us,
my wife became ambitious and longed
to shine in the social set of which we
had read only a little and in gilded
paragraphs.
81 opposed her, and we quarrelled
sometimes gently, but more often Bit
terly. Our words at times rose high,
and when, as on a recent occasion, she
showed great extravaganza in her at
tempts to get into high circles. 1 would
leave the house and not return for a
week at time. Thus it grew steadily
on for the last five years, getting worse
and worse.
'I will tell you now" said he, hesi-
tating and half alphabetically, that for
the last five years since our trouble
began, I have been employing my spare
time in little amusement which / have
very rigidly kept secret from my friends
l have been writing stories. During
these periods when my wife and l were
| estranged and neither of us would
humble ourselves enough to make the
first approaches, 1 have withdrawn
from home and taking up my quarters
in hotel, have amused myself
evenings writing fiction This has been
my pastime, as other men drive horses
or seek the billiard table My stories
have been in print, and doubtless you,
Mr.. Martinot, have read many of them
under an assumed name. My wife knew
of my little pastime and ridiculed it,
When I wrote at home / could only do
it in the still hours of the night when
she was asleep.
Last Wednesday morning, at the
| breakfast table, my wife, who had been
extravagant Of late, brought up the sub
ject of a residence uptown She wanted
, to be opposite Central Park and to ride
with the swells Of Fifth avenue. l OPP
| posed her and She retorted sharply.
You viii regret this l said as
i rose from the table. You may regret
| it sooner than you think By Cod
cried, as the memory of the things she
had said swept over me anew. I wish
/ could go away and never see your
face again
"Of course was sorry for the words
as soon as / had said them, and during
the day l squared matters with my con-
| science by sending a basket of flowers
| to her even notified a real estate
manager that I was in the market for
an uptown residence.
Il was detained that night at my Of
fee, and when / reached home, the
church clock opposite was tolling the
hour of eleven. / went softly in at
the front door, and knowing that my
wife would be asleep at that hour, l
! walked through the long hall to a lit
tie study situated at the rear end of the
hall Here stood a small writing desk
and here / knew i could be alone for
an hour to quiet my mind from the
business events Of the day and to in
dulge in my favorite recreation of story
writing.