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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-09-23

The society editress OF the N. O..
Picayune clips the following very
interesting item from contemporary:
"AccUrding to u recent French au-
thor, we have inaugurated dancing
carsq on the railways to beguilc the
tendium OF the long journey between
San Francisco and New York. This
Is indeed good news. We have grown
accustomed to dining cars and trav'
ling barber shops and afternoon teas,
and manicures and French maids and
all the comforts Of a hotel en- route.
Now, 1t seems, we arc to have So
cial life, as well as bodily ease during
the Hve days that connect the Allan
tic with the Pacific. We will waltz
out OF New York, two-step through
Chicago gallop past Omaha, and Vir
gin a reel into San Francisco, per
haps engage dances for the re
turn trip before disbanding. 1t viii
all be very merry and picturesque ant
a novel way Of making ones debut IL
society. In June and September
when the college students are crossing
the dancing car would coin none!
and the rest Of the time 1t might b
fitted up as a gymnasium for individ
ual exercise. But American ingenuity
will not reach the climax until we gel
q tiled and heated swimming car"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-09-23
NUMBER 80.
THE COMMISSARY CLERK WAS
RATIFIED.

The speaker was Colonel In the
regular army Of the United States.
He carries Mauser bullet In the
fishy part OF his back, and he is hero
10 Detroit convalcscing.
"The trouble" he said, with the
boys In Cuba-their not being given
sufficient rations and all that-was
the result OF the appointment of civ.
illans IN the commissary department.
The agents and clerks OF this depart.
ment down in Cuba didn't know any
thing. They were most easily ratified.
and once let c0mmissary clerk get
ratified and It's all of In getting an
order filled. Let me tell you Of case
In point. 1t was the day before the
fight at Caney. My men had been
eating salt pork SO long that their
mouths were sore. We were at rest
and the boys were sitting around and
smoking and talking Of the prospects
OF the 6ght. when I decided that It
was a good time to 6ive them q square
soldiers meal. Now there Is nothing
more relishcd among soldiers than
flap jacks. Ever eat hap-jack cooked
in the field Op a spit canteen? Well,
you probably wouldn't care for a sec.
ond serving, but with the soldiers 1t
is different. l told them was going
to send a courier back to cOnmissary
headquarters with an order for flour,
molasses, baking powder and salt.
They knew what that meant, for these
are the ingredients OF a military flap.
jack. The boys yelled their approval,
and I thercupvu dispatched a good
man who would see to 1t. knew
that the stores were received that day.
BY and by he returned, saying that
the stuff would reach us that after.
noon. Along about 4 o'clock the mule
wagon was sighted, and again there
went up to the sky lusty cheer from
Il thousand throats parched with salt.
Fires were built In anticipation Of the
hap-jack supper, and every one was In
the highest spirits. The mule wagon
was driven into the regiments lines
and unloadcd. What do you suppose
that civilian commissary clerk had
sent us. You don't know? I'll tell you.
Nothing in the world but some baking
powder and salt. What do you think
Of that? The order had come SO unex.
pected that it had ratified him and he
had forgotten the molasses and flour.
So the boys went into the fight at
Caney with nothing in their stomachs
but chunks OF salt pork and Il. c.
biscaits.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-09-23

"If a newspaper man knows how
many knocks lie receives behind his
back he would adopt another calling, !"
remarked q citizen the other day.
The citizen was mistaken. The
newspaper man who succeeds
expects to be maligned by every law.
breaker, swindler and hypOcritc, every
carping critic and every lover OF
notoriety who Is ignored. The news
paper man who expect to 20 through
life without being mlsreprescnted and
unjustly censured should make ar
rangements to die young.-Tylcr Dis.
patch.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-09-23
THE LUMBER TRADE.

The following Is from the New Or
leans Trade Journal:
Tie fact that our bank clearings for
the first six months Of the year are
over 25 per cent larger than the banner
year Of 1892 il enough to show that
the business activity Of this country
has resumed Its normal course after q
long hiatus.
The large crops and high prices
therefore OF last year now promise to
be followed by still more bountiful
yields this year. At least such returns
as haye been made up to date SO indi.
cate.
The effect Is already being seen In
the lumber situation. All OF the dis
tributing and consuming markets re.
port unusual activity for this season
OF the year, while the initial or mill
points report a mass Of orders or in.
quiries though early In the season.
Railroads are now face to face with
insufficient equipment and orders are
being placed for all kinds Of material
Manufacturing industries Of all kinds
using lumber are again buying.
The export trade again show:
both activity and promise. Occas
frcights are again on normal basis,
so that European dealers can again ap
pear in the market. The outlook fol
Cuban and Porto Rlcan trade Is fat
tcring and the South will probabl!
be called upon to furnish the create
part OF the demand from that source
AS it will run largely to merchantabl
it will fit In admirably with the En-
glish and continental schedules.
The farmers OF the West will thi
year be large buyers and the yards ar
already preparing for a liberal move
mcnt in that territory. The East viii
also increase its orders over those Of
year ago, for its factories are now busl
ly employed and it is getting part O
the prosperity Of last years Wester
and Southern crops.
On the whole there Is every indica
tion of very prosperous year, an
the best Of all it has already starte'
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-09-23
A NEW VIEW OF THE WAR.

Rather an original view OF the
Spanish American war was taken by
a gay young member OF the New
York 400 the other day. So far as
she is concerned, apparently, the
central idea Of the whole struggle lies
In the fact that acquisition OF terri
tory in various parts OF the globe
means that those who can afford to
do so will have In each a bungalow in
the Philippines to spend the winter
In now and then, Then there'll be
villas in Hawaii, where they'll go for q
few weeks each year, and camping
grounds or something OF the sort In
the LadrOncs. The canaries, should
think, would make a nice place to go
to in the spring. don't happen to
know how many OF them there are but
il there are anything like enough to
20 around IL seems to me 1t would be
nice for each Of us to own an island.
Then II WatsOn's fleet Is successful as
of course it will be how jolly it will be
for us to at least, really and truly,
own Il castle in Spain. Altogether,
you know, the prospect is not half bad.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-09-23

The State press Is not taking kindly
to the apologist aud defenders OF Sec
retary Alger. The Meridian Star says:
"Algcr hos been tried and found
guilty and any man who undertakes to
defend him draws attention more tc
himself than the condemned secretary.
Tho Yazo0 Sentinel Is very severe.
1t says:
ssRus Algcr n getting ready to run,
just like he did during the war. He
Is adding sowardlce to his record Of
criminal Incompetence"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-09-23

PRlvATR's PRAyER.-Our colonel,
who art In headquarters hallowed bc
thy name; to thee VIC come that work
may be done, that we have discharges
that will give US our freedom, and giev
up each day our sowbelly aud hunk,
and give US Q pay day that we may pay
our debtors. Lead us n0t Into Cuba,
but deliver us from the army, and
thine shall be the power TO b elected
to any ONCE that thou nnayest Wish 70
hold forever, In the future. Amen.
ny a High Private In the Rear Rabk
Co. II. Second Arkansas volunteers.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-09-23
Secret Societies.
SCRANTON.

StNNN ON.
LOO. r. Scranton Lodge No. Is. mcetsrv
ery Tuesday evening ut Odd Fellows Hall Mt
$50 Oo'clocS, W. D. Hughes. N. g.; +. D. Beckt,
secretary.
scranton Enrampment No. 70. meets every
Cd and 9TH Friday evening at Odd Fellows
Hall ut $40 o'clock Vincent R0s,C. r.; +. ID.
Bekt, scribe.
Knights OF rythias Mississippi Lodge No.
q, meets every Thursday evening Mt Odd
Frederic building, nc'mas avenue anl Ker street.
at 1:m o'clock. Henry Jacobs. y. e.; B.
Browne. N. Of T. II X. OF X. 4 :.
Wednesdays in each month xt Odd Fellows
HAL. jos, $. P0rtls W. NJ: VIM. g. Parker.
Secretary.
Woodmen OF the World. Scranton Camp No.
g. u. Eccht. &C; II. Fitxenrieter, A. Ii;
b. r. Browne, Clerk.
MOSS POINT.
The following orders meet in Stewards new hall
Moss Point Lodge No. III. I. q. u. f. Every
M"nday night. NJ NJ. watkins ~ O.; A. II.
smith v g.; b. Chambcllin, Secretary.
,, Moss Point Rnc,mpment No. s-rirst and thirl
Friday nights N. NJ. Watkins. G.. r.; N. M. Cud.
ahac, II. P.;J W. Stewart, scribe.
Pascagoula T.olge No 90s. A r l. A., NJ
Rvcry third Saturday night. q. W. UNcil, W. 81.
U. II. Wood, Sc retary.
pascagoula Senate No. as. Ancient Essenic
orlrr-Every second aud fourth Tuesdays IN each
month, I. W. Adams, senior senator, J. J. McIn.
t'sh, secretary.
Woodmon Of the World, No. as-Second nn,i
iMuth FRIDAYS in each mouth Georges w. Neil.
Clerk; H. G. Herring, Consul Commander; g. q.
sentry.
Chapter No. l0s. meets every secuna Satur-
1,y IN each month. II. l.. Howe. II. r.; q. II
wood. Secretary.
Gulf Lodge NO zlsl. knights Of Honor,
meets second and fourth Saturday nights IN
each month"; w. Fred IierrIn. Dictator.
knights Of pythias, Mass Point T.odge No. ile.
Wsf's Ws every first and third TMexlay At Stewart
Ta.l ~ 1890 o'clock. +. N. johnson, Z. c.; W. e.
'eaeh. X Il. s. and NJ. y.
p'Ch pst CHARLES Lodge. a. Y. A. NJ. No. 100
SECULAR communication first Wednesday
WIZ WSaI ot each month. For lecture third
,,.u,ay. "ua,nesuay. ". Johns days. Annual com
Ssr S%",fa,cns nf sacn .h Of June md ;'.I os Dccs
'''' HILL" Secretary.
ESCATAwPA.
Lodge K. Of II. No. 3ils h,lds regular meeting,
SM ~. second and fourth Saturdays In eaeh month
Rnun,.ss Rrn"mas u. Rigge, Dictator; john W. Jones
ocsAs SPRINGS.
Ocean Springs Lodge No. Sc X. Of p. W
?. .ancleave, c. G.; A. r. Kotzuin, v. c.; o
M;"ang' r.; b. l.. Tardv, N. of NJ; Y. d. Wig
'"son, VI; At A.; W. Lorenxen, !. g.; G. W
VANCLEAVE
,hasel n.eli Lodge No. <26. meets Saturday befort
NJ. NJ snd ~ sunday In each month At vanclcavc
rets., ns W. Ramsay. W. NJ; y. Bradford, sec
DAISY.
DAISY Lodge No AL, AT. / A. NJ, meet
S',mmrdsy before third Sunday in each month
a. walker. W. ~; II. 0. Flnrry, Secretarv.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-09-23

We believe history will lndorsc the
claim that Of our generals 10 the 6eld
Wheeler has d0no the best service, and
Of these 10 the camps Lee ID BY far
the best. They learned their trade IL
ahard school, but they leurned " we'll.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-09-23
WHERE TOWN AND COUNTRY MEET.

Away, where stretches that hazy line,
Where town and country meet.
That line where the city's confines lie,
And begin the meadow 80 sweet,
1t seems to me that mystic spell
Possesses my heart and brain,
When | cross the bound'ry and enter awhile
To walk In Natures domain.
feel, as catch the first sweet breath
or clover.sccnted air,
That higher power my whole soul claims,
And pause for moment there,
And wonder II waiting st Heavens gate,
With all lfes battles complete,
shall not feel as do when stand
Where the town and the country meet,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-09-23

It is said that peaches are 80 plcn.
tiful 10 Georgia that they are fed to
the hogs: the choicest can be bought
for twenty cents a bushel.
Partially rotten ones sell In this
market at twenty cents a dozen.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-09-23
VOLUME "a.
rrHE COURTS.
THE REGULAR TE6@S.
Circuit Court-2nd Dist.
THAD. A. WOOD, JuDaR.

THAD. A. WOOD, JuDGR.
WATER A. WHITE. DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
=. tho county Of Wayne on the second Monday
- January and July and continue ,in .h "ayS s,dMon
,.i ~ Wv Anril and Octocr and continue six days.
d.S|h ,hr COUNTY Of Marion second district. o, the
ln M ,nr WonSay Of January and July and continue
loi'" I.ys In the first district on the first Monday
~ ~ February and August and continue .,r Maays
~ tnu .,,,rv and August and continue twM 'e days.
~ ,he county Of Jasper on the first Monday OF
v.n.h n md Septemhcr and continue twelve days
As'h ,n IN" county Of Greene on the second Monday
Of Mach and Septemher and continue .,s Mvs. Hays.
~ waD ' and November and continue ak days.
in the county Of Harrison on the second Monday
-, ua,. and November and continue ak dAys.
"ua ,T. " countv Of Jackson on tho fourth Monday
ol Anril and October. aud continue twelve Gays.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-09-23

Three members Of the cabinet Day
Bliss and Long-do not use tobacco In
any form, and they therefore prob
ably enjoy Bliss all Day Long.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-09-23

Tho bsst woman ''ily| { might = !
dangerous nlrt L che were eeoeees
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13

hold converse, yov thint. now since they have
ing In through the blindpl Tho young woman
Is n a pfim shortwaistsd ball Rottn. and looking
Perhaps tho grand old General takos her
By the hand and they 60 away out of sound
OF the ticking clocks and talk of old times.
IL may DO that Just at tho spell Of midnight the
old prophet Of q clock. the one with the. beard of
dangling weights, warns the others to be silent
or to run down Just a little, and 30 slower. On
the 22d of February, II the portrait gets an ink
ling of the general lapse from labor on WASH
ington's account, it will be yet moro conscious
otthe likeness within III and something of dig
nifty and remotoness will penetrate even to the
fuEthest of pepper pot OF the lot.
tiquarics. and II somebody could only get hold
Of the Mint, issued by old Director Dc, Saussufe,
1t would create enthusiasm, aud. be worth q
dino or two. thati IL 10 proDerly authenticated, of
course. The first gold coin ever issued in these
United States used TO be treasured at Lausanne,
down on the Wntereo. The first coin of the
Mint was kept in the maiot line Of the family
until one day a girl descendant got hold OF It and
decided to change its form. She thought 10 would
be much nicer to have n ring than a coin to koeu,
so the old souvenir was merged Into q circlotduBt
as tho girls name was aftorwRrd merged In an
other family name than De Saussnre. The orig
lnal owner of the portrait, who sent IL to Phila.
delphie, came to New York last. summer and
took In the sights of tho town In thoiquist fash
incline OF life! He did not know the picture was
hore. 1t Is doubtful II he would have seen IL II
he had, but the portrait would have recognized
him. f "N E'ss. ~ rH N ru z
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13
PROTECTION FOR QUEBEC GAME.
Complaints That Poachers Have Been killing
ON tho salmsn and Trodt.

QUEBEC, Feb. 12.-The crown lands euthori-
ties of tho Province OF Quebec are at last
awakening to the necessity OF action to protect
its fish and game. Walter M. Bracket, the
salmon fisherman and artist of Boston, and
other American sportsmen have written letters
to the Hon. Mr.. Parent and Mr.. Joncas, who are
at the head of the fish and. game department Of
tho province. They say that in some rivers the
salmon fishing was all but completely destroyed
last year in consequence. of the amount OF IL
legal netting INDUCED In by poachers., Similar
representations have been made by Col. turner
Of Waterbury, now Consul-Ge General at Ottawa,
and by Gen. w. W. Henry or m now
members Of American ashing clubs that pay
heavy rentals to the Quebec Government for
fishing leases.
The fact has also been brought to tho alton
tion OF the Government that despite tho prohi-
bitiOn against taking trout In the winter season
country hotels. As an outcome OF the many
complaints made. inspectors have been dis
patched to investigate. The result has been .
large number OF prosecutions and convictions
but also for snaTinR caribou and for killing moro
Of these animals than tho law allows. Inc In
crease has been so large In the herds OF caribou In
this province during the last rev years Ihat uhere
has been an imnlOlIsc slaughter this winter IN
all directions. and Doth bere and in Montreal
pound. One OF the Government inspectors re-
ports no fewer than from. l3O, TO lbO moose
yarded in the townships of Hebort, BrehduL
and Boileau, in Lake st. John and Saguepqy
counties. The Government Is being Nrsed %
they viii certainly be slaughtered for their hides
by the Indian and half'breed hunters OF tho sur
rounding d~istrlctA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13
DIR. HOLMES AS EXAMINER.
PROF. JAMES'S ACCOUNT OF Az
.ORDE1L, AT, HAR11RD.

The Au,oer,,,s Wa, OF P,,,,,r o,..,,,,. 4.
Ono Candidate for tho DeErec .r M. n.
Examinations nt harvard In Forrssr
'Days-A Greek scholar ana Mathematics.
co,,ooo man NJ TO-DAY ma, with r,rh, .nvv
,ho go ,vi,h rh,oh ,hsir rr.dsoo..ors -, ,ht,,y
yoa-. or more 400 10, thrornh ,ho onr,icmirm
Tho oidor airn,ni a. nrone 70 ,yac ,ho,s 49,.
IN donrooa,ion -, ,ho nroscnt n,o,hodS =, asnn..
~ oi = ,0eenS 1uSo
tion and 10 declare Wit. no little emphasis that
,im,. cop,n,s,ins nv conrso and oar do :, mnoh
s,ne eohple.,nk n.o oouIse, ~" = uo u
more easily than was possible when 1 wasin
College; :. r pnS f tym1su OF tn,s propVs,.,on Is 's ".
psychologist, who tolls this story of the days
whom ho was in college, and tells It with the
comment.
And I'm not exactly lettering on tho verge of
tho grave with old age. ether SO it was not SO
very many years ago.
Prof: James. who is = brother Of Henry or ~ James me.
49, hus IL, - ,au... nsS !. ,ao, d..
During mis- mealoa, course n ne says no soos ,Iss
tells II, suggest. that Harvard might have scat
.on.s n.oaIas.t 49, hai.na ~ ss.,rt.ont 20
physicians perilous to life and limb. :
1.-THE examination was oral and lasted Just IN
hour and a half" ssysho "Tho'o ninety min
ten minutes to each. Each Of us as he came in
took q scat at . desk, behind which stood the
professor who was to conduct tho examination
In tbat narticui.r s,bieot. Tho nrofessor a,ked
the questions ana We answered tnem rs pest We
could. Out In the hall stood tho tanitor beside
= ny sVns' - T.,s.e ~.
minutes no pounded inc gong. rms "ss tne
aast, rnroh ,f,.r Tho r,,rn.r ~ your rrogrss.
ava cnnSre nart,es' NV recoIlec,ion ~ Tbah
I WAS asked and what / answered ia vague. On.
cont in one narticmIar. When 1 came Ia tbp
SSe y IN = = 1n vSh tSh Inc aen,aI inrr Oliver WcnSnSf
IJnIn,os nrssiSed 70 Se nInnjned in snatomv-
Ne Sase nf tSs bSain II 40 banncneS thet 4
, ,vn, y,o,I ~ an that smhject ana I gaye him
,ratt, !, ha,stira roniy ""N
pt.s ..3h we'll II Won Rnow that Won know eyory.
.l.-Or' 49, o.f,ur ~t1.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13
IN TIE PRESS AGENTS ABsENoE
Simple TaIea About o white sIk Dress, . Wa1
with PIumes, and an Ir0n Rsdstead. a

Simple TaIss About o white snk Dress, . Mse
with Plumes. and an Iron Bedstead. %.
Many of the theatrical press agents having
started for the Klondike in quest of gold. there
is an unfamiliar lack Of ingenuity about the
stories which are told to the police by actresRea.
Two actresses made complaints to the West
Thirtieth rtreet police yesterday. which
were notable for their lack of plot.
Miss Ootavia Barbe of tho French
Maid" company reported. that somebody bad
slashed tho black Jet trimming on her 5000
white silk dress and pulled some plumes out OF
her $40 hat. She had her property on exhibition
were invited thither to see 1t; but she had moth
ing to add to her plain statement of the case,
Mrs. William Post of 100 West Thirty.hfth
street, whose stage name In May lrwtn's COM
pany 10 Marion Gireux, reported the loss Of an
Iron bedstead which she said, had been stolen
Mira. Post said she wanted the police to watch
her cellar as she had another bedstead stored
there and she was afraid tho thieves would TO-
turn and carry 1t OF.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13
SAMUEL LAWS HONE CoH1Ne.
No Beat His wife with tho Coffee Pot ant
Threw. the Lamp At Her sister.

No Beat his wire with tho Coffee Pot ana
Threw. the Lamp At Her Sister.
"A eood.lookinn young woman put her head
out Of q seeond-story window at 467 West
Forty-sixth street. about z o'clock last evening,
and screamed for all she was worth. Her face
was covered with blood and she was evidently
in great fear.
Policeman Goetschiue dashed upstairs and
into the room. He found another woman lying
in a heap on the floor and q man standing over
her glowering al her. He arrested the man and
asked for explanations.
The woman who had done the screaming said
she was Carrie Hanson. The other woman was
Mira. Mary Law, herr sister. The man was
Samuel Law. Mrs. Laws husband. The
women said that after having been away
from home three days he returned last evening
and began to beat them. He threw q lamp 40
Miss Hanson and beat his wife on the head with
a coffee pot until both the head and the pot had
sent to Bellevue Hospital. Mrs. Laws wounds
were dressed and she remained at home. Law
was locked up In the West Forty.seventh street
police station. He said he was a painter. but
his wife said he was q letter carrier connected
with Station A. :