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The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-21

enchanting still. She sees herself
rObcd in gowns OF India's richest
dyes, her hat is wreathed in flowers
and the ostricll's downy plume, while
on her heaving bosom rests the gem
whose brilliant light rivals the shin
the sun.
Such were Myra's thoughts and she
tremblcd AS she lookcd up into his
face and read it for a moment.
"You are too much Of a gentleman
to speak as you have unless it comes
from your heart"
Then she rested her head upon his
breast, and said:
Wherever you ", l will 60; youl
home will be my home, and your God
shall be my God" OMEGA.
Orange Grove. Miss, Jan. II, 1893.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-21
Chancery Court-2d Dist.
n. G. HILL. CWASCElioR.


In tho conuty ~ Pearl River on the ars;
Monday Of January and July ana commune
six days. nf...
the second Monday ot January and 'n,y ana
continue six days. In the second district.
on the third Monday Of January and July
In the county OF 'iIsn 'ork on the fourth
Monday Of January and July ana continue
In the county ot Harrison on the first
Monday of February and August and con-
In the county Of jsckson on the Second
Monday Of February aud August a"d con-
In the county Ct Wayne on the second
Monday Of Jun" -.nd December. and continue
SIX davs.
in the county Of Jones on trc Rrst Monday
OF March and september ann continue SIX
days.
In the ronntv Of Jasper on the second
Monday Of March aud September ana con-
tinue six days.
the First district. on The third Monday of
March and September and continue six days.
In the town oi iintticshurg. the Second Ms
trict. on the first Monday 0i Junc and Dcct NJ
ber and continue six days.
In TIC county 81 smith on tue % i"rt rom,sn. M"a,
IN thc county Of Greene on Thursday xftri
the sccond Monday OF April aud Oc'nbcr and
continue three days
In she county " Covington on the fourth
Monday In April and October and contini,
six days.
10 the county Of Newton IN the first Mon
day Of April and November and continue si'
days.
In the county Of Iaudcrdalc an the 0rs
Monday nf May and November and continue
twenty-fOur days.
In tho county of Clarke on thr third Mon
day of Arril and November aud continue 81!
dAvs
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-21

The Kansas City Journal tells about
an old farmer, who, with his wife,
went to Il circus the other day. lie
had about $75 in change in his pocket,
and as 4 matter Of prccaution took
along u revolver. knowing that he
would not get hume until late ut
night. After the circus was over the
OLD man spicd II shell game and tried
to beat II. In about ten minutes he
had lost s75. His wife was present ut
the periol nance. She concluded hat
the old man had got up against u
Irregular swindling game" as she
termed it, and decided to help him
out. She took the revolver out Of his
pocket and puked it under the nose OF
the operator Of the shell game and
coolly told him to give back the old
mans money. The gambler handed 1t
over, and, turning to the old farmer,
she said: "Now, pa, we'll 20 honis a,
you can't never 90 to another circus
rs long as you live"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-21
IN OLD MANS DIE.i.M
ny OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

Oh for one hour Of youthful Joy!
Give back my twentieth spring!
I'd rather laugh - bright. haired hoy
Than reign u gray-hxired king.
on with the wrinklcd spOils OF nge.
Away with lcxrning's crown!
Tear out llfc's wisdom written page.
And dash Its trophies down.
One nome Mt let my life-blOod stream
From bOyhOod's fount OF fame.
Give me ,ne giddy. reeling dream
Of life Nil love and fame!
My listening angel heard the prayer,
And calmly smiling said:
III hut touch thy silvered hair,
Thy hasty wish had sped.
But Is there nothing In thy track
To bid thee f0ndly stay.
While the swift seasons hurry back
To end the wishcd-fOr day"
| All, truest soul of wOmankind.
Without thee, what were HE?
One bliss I cannot leave behind
I'll misconceptions
The angel took n sapphire pen
And wrote In rainbow dew:
The man would be II boy again,
Aud bs II husband, too"
And Is there nothing yet unsaid
Before tho change appears?
Remember, all their gifts have fed
With those dlssOlving years"
Why. yes; for memory would recall
My fond paternal joys;
] could not bear to leave them all;
I'll ltake-my-girl-an and-boys!
The smiling angel dropped his pen;
why, this will never do;
The man would b. n boy again
And be "a father, too"
And so laughcd-my laughter woke
The household with Its Noise
And wrote my dream, when morning br
To please the gray -haired boys.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-21
Secret Societies.
SCRANTON.

IN q. r. Scranton Lodge No u. mcets"v
srv Tucsdny evening ut uhd Fellows Hall nj
7:ao o'clock. ". y. Hughes. Nc; u.s. Rourke'
secretary.
III and ith Friday evening Mt odd Fellows
Hall At 40 o'clock. J. :. Fortis. {. H.. u. ;,
Knights OF pythins. Mississippi Lodge 80;
~. mcets every Thursday evening NJ .nl.'
nt S:aC C'cImI. Henry Jacobs. c. G.; n. r
Rrowue, N. OF r. 4 X. of u. :.
ERA. NJ. Gulf Lodge No. w. meets ?no
Wednesdays In each month at Odd Fellows
Hall. Jos. :. Portis. W. NJ; Wm' q. 'arHer
woodn,cn Of the World. Scranton camp No
niF. II. Ecrht. &C; II. Flizrnrictcr. A. H..
B.F. Browne. Clerk.
MOSS POINT.
Tho following orders meet IN stewart new hall
Moss Point Lodge No. III. !. q. q. =. Ever,
Monday night. NJ ~ Watkins, n e.; \. u
Smith. v. c.; } T. Cham'r'lin. Secretary.
Moss Point Encamrment 10. s-pirst and third @
Friday nights. n. N. Watkins. g. r.; n. N. Cud
abac. II. r.; J. ". Stewart, scribe
rs.cacouls Io.lre M NJ. \ + 4 4. NJ
ryrrv th,r,i Saturday night. q. ". VNril. ". NJ;
C. II. Wood. Sc rotary.
pasrac ccu,a Senate No. l55 Ancient Essenit
Ordrr-Eyery second and furth Tucs,lays IN rarh
month. 7. ". Adams scnior sruator: J. J. Mcln
tcsh. secretary.
wccAmcn of the W"ld. No M.-S~cend aud
C,u,th Fridays In ca h m"nth,';~mgc ". Ndl
Clcrk; II. &. Herring, Consul Commander; & O.
Yates, Adviser Lieutenant; W. I. Mel"@
sentry.
Chauter No. iOS. meets every second Satur
day IN each month. H. l.. Howe. u. r.; {. II.
Wood. Secretary.
n,..ets scsoud and fourth Saturday nights In
each month, W. Fred Itcrrih. Dictator
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-21
rHE COURTS.
IME AfeWAR TERE.
Circuit Court-2nd Dist.
TNAD. A. WOOD. JrrmH.

WALLER 4. WHITE M.rErr ATTORNEY.
y. A.. -o,r,v NJ wayus on the second Men,lsy
os Js"mary and July and continue six days.
In The eonwfy af Pearl River On the third M"n'
dsy of April and alctotrr aud continue AK days.
In ths county ~ Marion. SECOND district. on 'he
fowrth Monday u January and July aml continue
ak dass In the first district mn the hrs' s!"nday
OF Fehr,ta,v aud August aiml continue Six days
In H. rwunty NJ Clarke o., ths s'..' Mos.lay
sf February and august and cnntinnc twrl's days:
In the county 1T Jaspr ON the first Monday "f
March and S-ptemhcr aud continue Twelve aays,
In the county of Greene on the .cc"nd Mo"dny
Of March aud September and continue s!S DAYS.
In tho county Of ilaneak On the fourth Monday
II Nay and November and continue ak tiays.
In the county Of Harrison on the second MomhaV
sf Nav and November and continue Az HAYS
In the county nf jackson Oh thu fourth Mom'ay
Of Arrii and October and continue twelve days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-21

An Omaha special OF recent date
says: "All the physicians In the city
are considerably puzzled In regard to
the nature OF an allment that is rap
idly becoming epidemic in the city.
The disease develops in a small pimplc
and covers the body. The pimples are
highly inilamed and finally scale Oh,
like scurvy. The disease was hrst
noticed about three weeks ago and
during that time it has spread with
such rapidity that II has become gen.
eral, over 10000 persons being affected.
Every barber shop In the cityis now
provided with u salvc which is dc.
signed t0 allay the Infamnlati0ns The
city health department has received
numerous reports which indicate that
the disease Is quite prevalent In the
public schools. II Is the general opin.
Ion Of physicians that the disease 10
caused by some germ that settles on
the skin, and this Is all that they can
say about It,"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-21

An Englishman never thinks OF us.
ing butter ut dinner, neither other
Europeans, but every American IL
recognized abroad by the too free dc.
v0tion to butter, as well as breaking
boiled eggs into Il glass. GastronOmy
Is 50 geographical that when u man
Is observed tn salt and pepper his
sweet potato he Is known ut once Ia
be foreign to Dixie land.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-21
WHAT Is A CHRISTIAN.

Christ did not come 10 cramp any
ones manhood; he cahc tn broaden it,"
writes the Rev. Joln Watson, NJ. d.
(lra Maclaren). Oh "a Young Mans
Religious Life" in the January Ladies
Home Journal. ale did not come to
destroy our manhOod, he came to fuls
m it. A thoroughgoins Christian
man, with a stronger reason, kinder
heart, frmer will, and richer ifhaRln.
alton that his felows--Onc who has
attained to his height in Christ. A
bigot, or prig, or weakling Is a
halfdevcloped Christian, one not yet
arrived at full age.
What ought n Christian read?
Every book which feeds the intellect.
Where ought he to go. Every place
where the moral atmosphere is pure
and bracing. What ought he to d0S
Everything that will make character
Religion is not negative, a giving up
this or that, but positive, a getting
and possessing. II IA man will be
content with nothing but the best
thought, best work, best friends, best
environment, he need not trouble
about avoiding the worst. The good
drives out the bad. There are two
ways Of lighting dark roOm-onc is
to Dttack the darkness, with candlest
the other is to open the shutter, and
let in the light. When light comes,
darkness goes. There arc two ways
OF forming character-Onc is to cons
quer our sins; the other Is to cultivate
the opposite virtues. The latter plan
is the best because 1t Is surest--thc
virtue replaces the sin.
Christianity is not drill; 1t Is lifct
full, free, radiant and rejoicing. What
u young man should do is not to vcx
himself about his impcrfcctions. but
to fix his mind on the bright image of
perfection; not to weary his soul with
, rules, but to live with Christ as one
liveth with a friend. There Is one
way to complete manhood and that Is
fellowship with Jesus Christ
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-21
WHY 1T WAS DONE.

A little boy said to his mother the
other day:
"Mother, can you tell me why God
didn't make Adam little baby like ]
was?"
''Son, cannot tell you why God
made Adam IA man and not a little
baby like you"
The son became very much worried
because his mother could not answer
his question and began to cry and left
her. After thinking over it a while
lie came running to his mother and
said, Mother, ! can tell you why God
did not make Adam a little baby like
me, because he wouldn't have nobody
to wash and dress him."
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-21
WHERE DESTINY LED NE.

For tho DcmOcrat-Star.
Wealth and talent will avail.
Yet they may vanish ms We 60.
When on lifes rough sea We sail,
They will melt like the tropics snow;
But smoother We will find the SEA-,
II the pilot. when We start
Directs Us to the sheltered lea
Of woman's fadclcss, loving heart.
Some OF the following facts are
known to the writer. while others
have been rclaled-to me by gentle,
man Of Covington county. where some
OF the incidents transpircd, and his
vcracity l have never questioned.
Writers of fiction always select i'm.
aginary characters, and such as are
seldom realized. and they serve only
rs Il dccoy to allure ignorance and
folly into the snarcs OF vice and false.
hood. At the best, they arc apt t.
draw of the attention OF eager ani
inquisitivc yautl, from the acquisition
Of real and Important information
They study to set of their romance.
In an cxtravagant and bcwitch ne
style. Fancy has not led me In thi.
narrative, and fiction has had no hand
In the detail or coloring.
1t was early in the summer OF 1896
that Il young man bid adicu to homo
and friends In the central part Of The
State OF Kentucky, for an extended
tour through New Mexico and Ari
zona. Two years were spent In sur.
vcying and pcrfccting titles to several
large tracts OF land in the wilds Of
Arizona, near the confluence Of the
ella and Black rivers. This long and
perilous duty ended, lie l0ngcd for
brighter prospects elsewhere. liis
attention was at once directed To the
vast tracts of pine lands lying along
the Gulf Coast Of the State Of Missis.
sippi and extending north for over
two hundred miles. lie saw this was
a fine field for investment.
Al the same time he wished IN visit
a near and dear relative In the city ol
Jackson. lie brought with him q
letter Of introduction TO the writer
from an old friend in Pluenix, Ari.
zona, which was presented on the 3rd
day Of September, 1897, in the town OF
Scranton, where we CHANGED to meet
The letter ran as follows:
PHOENIX, Arix., August Ia, 1897.
Dear IL:
Allow inc to introduce u you m,
young friend ]. S. Mallcry. Mr.. NJ. |.
a gentleman Of means and visits youl
State IN business. Any assistance
you may render will be appreciated b!
your friend, PRESTON f. MURRELL.
On the following day Mr.. Mailer!
left by private conveyance for the in
terror OF the State, expecting tn pur
chase several thousand acres OF pin,
land from the State OF Mississippi
On the 7th day out hc arrived ut tn
little town Of Williamsburg, where h
found the people In wild state q
frenzy and hc was Stunned on ever
side. But there was one who prof
fcrcd the hospitality OF his home
where hygcia smiled and icvers ha
not yet come. l,ut the poison viru
was In his blood, and on the night q
the fourth day after his arrival ut u,
palatial home OF Mr.. W.. as he SLEPT
the prevailing fever seized his vital
and for days his sufferings were i,
tense, and life's uncertain tcnur
seemed ready to release her hold q
time. During all these days Of su6el
Ink a fairy form would conc and Y
like the moonlight on the crest OF
rccedlng wave. A moment seen an
In U moment gone. While tho fevt
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-21

The mother who lost her infant
daughter, taken captive by Nebraska
Indians forty years ago, has just found
her living in Georgetown, ID. C., hap
PLY married and the mother OF seven
children. In this long interval she
had never heard OF her mother, from
whom she had been taken when only
six months Of age. A year later she
was recaptured from the Indians by Il
fOray NJ United States Infantry upon
the tribes in the neighborhOOd Of Fort
Randall, and found fostcr'mothel
In the wife OF one Of the soldierS,witt
whom she lived until she was ole
enough to marry, when she became
Mrs. Orlando Bradt, and took up he
residence In Georgetown, where sh
has lived prospcrously, with sons ant
daughters growing up around hcr
She found her mother through Il per
sistcnt search Of the pension records
which bore her fathers name an
they were thus happily restored t
each other.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-21

A new feature Of society journalism
In Kansas is the publication, along
with U list of wedding presents, OF a
list 0i the young men who have been
refused by the bride. This Is prob
ably done on The theory that IN such
affairs a list of the saved, ns well as
OF the fatalities. Ia legitimate news.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-21

Book and job Printing Of every do.
scr. ptiOu neatly exeUutssl ~ this ONCE.
Sc,nl yenr orders IN Alfonso.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-21

The following from an exchange,
while exaggerated some, Is 10 the main
true, and We reproduce il for the ben.
eft OF readers, some Of whom, in the
past, have seen ft to become offended
ut publications when "the half had
never been told"
"Discretion and forbcarancc OF
newspaper editors frequently save
many persons from startling expos
urcs. Ii the editor published one.
half what he hears the community
would be ripped wide open from CEN
ter to circumference. Editors are the
first to hear of gossip and scandal, in
discretion OF men and women, things
unfit for publication, intrigues, clan
dcstinc meetings, night buggy rides,
young girls going astray, Irritation Of
married women, am0urs OF men and
in fact all ncighborhood scandal. Ed.
itors generally know OF all the naughty
doings in community, no matter how
secret. II One.half they hear was pub
lishcd divorce suits would follow in
some cases, social Ostracism in others,
shotgun and gore, imprisonment,
lynchings, dcsolate homes, shame,
humiliation and misery. The editor
learns much of the shams and hypoc-
risy OF life, and II is Il wonder that he
believes in anything on earth or in
the hereafter. People who abuse the
editor the loudest sometimes owe their
standing in society to his fOrbcarancc.
Still, many who could be classcd In
this line. never, it seems, appreciate
tie course an editor takes, but instead
treat him and his business aS a side
issue to the welfare OF the community
and II they ratronizc his institution
at all the institution would be better
off without it. We have them here
and could put our finger on them any
lay-but we won't do 1t. Our reward
will come bye and bye. 1t will be
greater than some people think"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-01-21

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TIME TABLE
LOUISVILLE q hAsnv,LLs \. n,

LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE n. n.
GOING EAST
No. 2-IHaves New tElrans At 40 r. M Ar
rivrs at Scranton ut il;O0 y. M. Arrives In Mobile
At l2:lna. M.
No. t-lraves New Orleans At li:i5 a. m. Ar
rivrs nt scranton At 200 p. IN. Arrives at Mobile
Al Bis y. m. ti
M. 6.-lravrs New Orleans ut 7.5S n. IN. Ar.
rivrs ut Scranton ut ll:2i "A. IN. Arrives at Mobile
It i2:M D. III.
GOING WEST.
No. 3.-Icavcs Mobile al5 a m. Arrives nj
Scranton t:iD u. IN. New Orleans. $40 u. IN.
M. i-lHnvcs Mobile 2:la D. M. Arriycs a,
Srrnnton ;l::n' d. ~, New 0rlraus, Ills =. M.
No 5.-I.~xvoa Mobile at LOS r. N. Arrives NJ
scranton 500 y. N. New Orleans. &lO p. IA.
lOHN II. SANTA CRUZ. Agent.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-06-30

Readers of war news must be struck
by the number of MORO Castles" with
which our forces have to deal. IIa-
vana's fort of that name is the best
known building in Cuba. When Adj
miral Sampson went down to Porto
Rico to shake up the Spaniards there
the principal fertilization he had to
deal with was another Moro Castle.
And word Of an attack by American
warshipS upon third Moro castle at
Santiago de Cuba the most important
port in the southeastern part of the
island. Some readers have probably
wondered how 1t happened that no
such castles were encountered at Ma
tanZas. CardenaS, and Cienfuegos The
name MORO Castle" IS found in the
fact that the word "Morro'' means
''prOmontory.' Many of the harbors of
Cuba are remarkable landlocked bays.
opening to the sea through narrow
channels, usually long and deep. They
are shaped somewhat like mans
hand. with the fingers more or less
spread and the wrist reduced In size
At Havana, Santiago, and some other
ports. one side of the channel connect
ing the inner bay with the sea ends in
bold. rocky headland. The opposite
| point Is lower and less conspicuous
| Where the higher and sleeper angle of
the shore, between the channel of the
! harbor entrance on one side. and the
| open sea on the other, Is crowned by
an elaborate fort. formidable In the
| times when it was erected. this FORTH
cation is usually and naturally named
| Moro Castle, or THE Castle of the
Promontory" At Cienfuegos there Is
no such fort, although the harbor l.
one of the typical bays of the Cuban
coast. with Il narrow entrance. One
reason is that the city Is comparatively
new, and it has become a place of i'm
portance since the era when Spain for
titled her American possessions witt
the massive and picturesque stone cas-
ties which modern artillery has rem
dered nearly useless. Besides tho
| shores are much lower there than at
| ''dHtlbSO' VI tNcu iIdN ana s1IlI JuiIl
| the chief city of Porto Rico. has plenty
| of room for a Castle of the PrOmon
tory" and it was natural that there
should be MORO Castle" to fight al
that port. MatanZas and Cardenas are
on rather low parts of the coast, an(
the latter IS a small place. SO they
have no "Morro Castle" This expla
nation Is sufficient to show why tn,
name made familiar by Havana's pic
turesque old fort is appearing continu
ally in the dispatches. and why 1t |!
necessary to discriminate between tn,
various MORO Castles" which figure
In the news of the day.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-06-30

f. Marion Crawford. the novelist
who has lived much IN Italy and owns
property there. points to the crushing
weight of the taxes as one of the causes
of existing discomfort among the ltal-
ian people. Taking national provincial
and co slmercial taxation together. he
himself pays upon the assessed income
upon n few acres of land ~ per cent.
upon the assessed rent Of his house -
per cent. and if he paid income tax in
Italy the Government would exact l3N,
per cent more. As there Is 10 limit of
estate, real or personal. below which
taxation is not applied. he finds it easy
to understand the enormous emigration
which of late years has crippled Italian
agriculture by scnSihly diminishing the
farming population, while leaving upon
the hands of the Government an i'm
mense area of farm land confiscatod
for overdue taxes. which no one could
be induced to take under til" present
conditions even as gift. Such con
ditlon of things lie regards rs simply
an incipient form of national bank
ruDtcy.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-06-30

tory lay not alone In these, but in two
small potent articles not usually asso-
Ciated with war. 1t seems that DR.. w.
Long Chapman, surgeon of the Cache,
was in Hong Kong when the American
squadron was there and he presented
to Admiral Dewey rabbits foot and
n four-l caved clover. Admiral Dewey
and Captain Gridley. of the Olympia.
tossed up for the charms, the Admiral
winning the rabbits foot, and the Cap
tain the clover which they attached 10
their watch chains before going into
action. While no further facts are
given by DR.. Chapman, 1t Is quite evil
dent from the result that the rabbits
foot was the left hind one. and that
the animal had been killed In grave
yard in the dark of the moon by a
ark-compleXioned man afflicted with
strabismus.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-06-30

Eve Chinese bind our feet and YOU
Americans your lungs" royal little
lady said one day to a missionary who
protested against the former cruel plac-
tice; lit is difference of custom, that
is all. except that ours Is the better"
Similar superiority IS felt by the ma
were recently Mortified by sight of the
corsets of an American traveller. After
examining the garment one asked If
she might touch her, and receiving per.
mission, exclaimed, 80 child of God
Have you really bones inside of you
We supposed that you must have been
made without them, since you wear
them outside"