The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-11-11
At PASCAG0uLA.
'ublic school is in full blast again.

bur master of the Port.
eompanied BY lady Lucy Beote have returned
TO New Orleans.
Mrs. W. o. Clark expects her brother; Ser
geant J. W. Braselman Of Co. +, Second Lou
isiana Volunteers, this week.
Capt. John Alberts, of Moss Point, showed
his jovial face on this Beach once more on his
return from jackson, La, where he took his
eldest sou to college.
| MIR. Gould, Of st. Louis, stopped over one
night at the Cottage by -the-S Sea for the spe
! cial purpose Of catching biz red fish, but not
having the right kind OF bait, he had to be
satisfied with string Of speckled trout and
mullet.
All Souls Day was favored with the most
beautiful weather. and our cemeteries were
alive with silent mourners quietly decorating
the graves of departed loved ones. At night
the Catholic cemetery presented weird ap-
pearancc, innumerable candles illuminating
the decorated graves. The Feraa, or All
Souls Day of Pagan Rome, was celebrated on
February 7th with solemn banquets given in
honor Of the dead, on one of which of unusual
splendor under Nero's abominable reign, Brit
annicus, the son of Emperor Claudus, aud
one of the converts of .he Apostle John u
Christianity was poisoned by Nero.
The article on Biela's comet in last weeks
DEMoCRAr-STAR has frightened some of our
good people out Of their wits. Some propose
a shotgun quarantine against that incendiary
tramp. L-liug Chang; our laundryvian re-
cnmmends the beating Of Chinese gongs as an
ntallible remedy to chase him away, while
other more sensible people suggest prayer
Callixtus by sending fierce Bull against the
comet. The writer OF that article, whoever he
may be, is worse juggler with the facts than
Ignatus Donelly, whom he criticises. Had he
read "RagnarOck" and "Lost Atlantis" more
carefully he would be convinced beyond a
doubt that the drift deposit of our cartf, usu-
nlly attributed to the action Of ice during the
glacial period, was really caused by the pass
age OF our earth through the tail of comet,
the comet getting the worst Of it, and being
split clear in two, from which we may reason
ably infer that Biela's comet was likewise
split in two by colliding with some other plan
ct or one Of the moons Of Jupiter, probably
in 1914. No doubt comets are full OF mischief
aud evil designs upon mankind and need
close watching, but they are Lot near as
powerful as generally supposed to be,
and by no means exclusively responsible
for all the tanines, pest licences, coullagri-
tions, ussassnailons and W iis us lSnatius
Donelly is said 10 ii Q them credit for.
Equally high authorities have established
the fact that it was the tail OF Mrs.
O'Lcary's COW upsetting a lantern in Il
barn, and not The tail of Bicla's comet,
which started The conildgration of Chi
cngo in 1871. and that it Was Russian
torches rather than Napolcon's great
comet of 1872, which set Moscow on fire.
e Lord acknowledgement, more than t.
nutus Donuelly himself, is responsible
for much of the supelstlolis attached to
!, comets, 1t seems that ono or more comets
attended the funeral of King Henry V,
for in ihc opening scene Of Henry vi We
u read Comets importing change OF times
= aud States brandish youi crystal tresses
q in tho sky. aud with them scourge The
bad revolving stars, That have consented
unto l,cnry's death.' Comets also wit.
0 nessed the foul assassination of Car A /
r exander II aud OF President Ga,!ield ii
The futcIul ytsll 1851, IN which, according
to Mother symptoms prophecy '',he wOr,
i; to All end should come. a A comet ;,ls'
+: eta,tied Agrlppila, the mother OF Mere
and coGsort OF Emperor Claudius just a
she had administered 10 him II ucl,ll,
d ni.htcap to make him siecp forever an,
Il vacato his throne for Nero, instead .
" Britannictls, his own noble sou. Numc;
y Gus o, her condolences OF comets and his
e toric events could be cited, but enough o
Il this for tho present. Bela's comet, in
terestiny us il may be to the wei equip
ped astrouomer,s is altogether too nsguili
u cant an object to attract general atten
# ton, but the debris of meteoric matte
following in its wake may possibly Civ
us IN exhibition of Extraordinary celesti;l
$. pyrotechncs in the latter part OF thi
"a month, and prepare us for the great 3
=. year shower of mcteors due in No,
)l 1879, following in the wake OF anohe
d comet. That stream OF metc0rs whic
q seems to be a regular belt all around th
orbit of the comet of lS6l with condens
j ell nuclei Mt at intervals OF 3 years. W
y cross every year aoou, Nos lo,' ~ ', ,4'l
id lhere was ho ,es'.s" ne,e .n;n "eor n',I
10 6pbt with Bieia's comet has been arran.
lie ed. 1t will take place down here Oh th
r. Heach III Leo sai,P.il'hea'u, "''s i',i
" sunset NoV' lo'n !" sum, ,'1 ~, ~ a. ~,
Como QUO ana ull W seo 'no p.,,'i, ini a., y,
SPARKS ny IN All olec'io'is' oss'o's W
ST. sun ana new mooh ma! 10. l'sG w
morning on schedule tlme' oe,nS oe'ni'
>" ed tor-awhlle over Gibeoh ~" ane sai'e
ie of Achelon at the command OF Lhper'