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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-08

This Thursday evening, Mrs. A.
r. Champney and Mrs. ]. r. Tyler
will entertain their lady friends at the
charming home of Mrs. Champney.
The ladies who hold invitations for this
social event may feel assured of a
pleasant reception.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-08

Yes, thank you, we can all find our
way home at night without any trouble
since we have electric lights.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-08

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Bears the 9The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature Of lIlzH1z1Zv
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-06-02
FOOLED BY BORROWED NEWS.
The Reason Luther Carter De.
cided to Subscribe.
BY ARNIE HAMILTON DONNELL.

"Buy, did you get the paper?" Mr.
Luther Carter put bis head out of the
sitting room door and spoke sharply
yep" Cyrus approached with easy
moderation and held it out.
"Well, l guess you stopped to print
it on a hand press. l don't know
where in the world you take
your slowness from" Mr.. Luther
Carter recrossed tho room. to his easy
chair, adjusting his spcctacles on the
way. His motions were all deliberate,
and suggested probable reason for
little Cyrus's sl0wness.
Mrs. Luther Carter glanced up dep.
recatingly from her mending. Now,
Luther" she said, with meek disap-
probation in her voice, "Now, Luther,
you haven't been borrowing Andrew
CANDLES newspaper again?"
"That's hitting the nail higher on
the head than you ever did before,
Jane Ellen"
but you borrowed it Yesterday,
Luther, and day before, and day be.
fore that"
"And day before that-keep her
a-going, Jane Ellen. l guess you can
go as far back as the food" Mr.. Car.
ter's laugh cackled unmelcdiously be.
hind the paper.
But It's dreadfully mortifying to
me, anyway, Luther. 1t does seem as
II we might take u newspaper ourselves
and lend II instead of borrow, spell.
Then we'd see how 1t feels"
One spectacled eye appeared above
the papers rim, followed shortly by
It's mate. Little Mrs. Luther wither-
ed under them. She fumbled for a.
new needle, clicking the scissors and
spools together nervously. She had
never ventured upon 20 bsAd . sug-
gestion before, and was already deep
" repentant
"Jane Ellen, you better darn those
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-06-02
d NAsHv,LLs r..

Ioo'oV'II1 NASHVILLE H. n.
- GOING EAST
No. 2-Ieaves New Orleans at TAO n. m. Ar
rives at Scranton ut 1856 p. m. Arrives in Mobile
at 1905 a. m.
No. 4-Leaves New Orleans at Ills a. m. Ar.
rives at Scranton at 200 p. m. Arrives at Mobile
Al ais p. IN.
No. 6.-Leaves New Orleana At 7:55 a. IN. Ar.
rives Mt Scranton at 1l:2j ~ M Arrives at Mobile
at 1910 y. IN.
GOING WEST
No. l.-Leaves Mobile 2:l5 p. m. Arrives at
Scranton 33S D. m. New Orleans, 7.O5 u. IN.
No. Sleeves Mobile SIS a. NJ. Arrives at
Scranton 4:2l a. m. New Orleans, 7:4O n. m.
No. 5.-Leaves Mobile ut 4a,4 p. m. Arrives at
Sci anton 5:35 p m. New Orleans. 8.35 p. M.
JOHN II. SANTA CRrZ. Agent.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-06-02
Chancery Court-2dDist.
n. G. HILL, CHANCELLOR.

n. y, HILL, tHAN'r'd"h.
I, tho connty of Pearl River on the first
Monday OF January and July and continue
sy days, vo, Marion fret district nm
the second Monday Of January and July and
continue six days. In the scrOnd district.
M the third Monday OF January and July
and continue six days.
In the county OF Hancock on the fourth
uondny of January and July and continue
elk days, r, A. H..
Monday of February and August and con-
VI" In The county of .Iyckson on the Second
Monday Of February aud August and con-
tnue six days.
in the county Ct Wayne on the second
Monday OF Jun" Nnd December, and continue
in the county OF Jones on the first Monday
ot March and September anG continue six
days, ,
Monday 0f March ana september ana con-
in the county OF Perry held in Augusta.
the First District. on the third Monday of
March and September and continue six days.
In the town Of llattlesburg. the Second nis-
trict, on the first Monday ofJune and Dece.n-
Der and continue six days.
In the county OF Smith on the fourth MOa-
day Of March and September. and continue
ok days
In the county Of Greene on Thursday afte.
the second Monday OF April and October and
continue three days.
In the county of CovingtOn on the fourth
Monday In April and October and continue
six days
In the county OF Newton on the first Mon
day OF April and November and continue six
days
In the county OF Laudcrdale on the first
~ Nnv nd liar md , nnti In, m,
twenty-iour days.
In the county OF Clarke on the third Mon
day Of April and November and continue six
DAYS
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-06-02

In the Southern Home Journal for
May is the conclusion of a highly in.
teresting account OF the Mississippi
Secession Convention, by Col. J. l..
Power, the only man present who was
not member of the convention, he
being admitted as member of the
press.
Among the sgners we see the names
of DR.. r. d. Isom, of Oxford, and
Col. J. A. Orr, of Columbus, who are
among the few survivors of the sign
els. This article should be read and
preserved by all Mississippians who
at least aspire to be well informed.
Col. Power read this account of the
meeting before the State historical
society at their meeting at Natchez
and it will therefore be published as
a part of the proceedings of that
meeting which all members will re.
ceve. The following is the close Of
the article:
"Old Glory has still a star for every
State, and for every State IA star. And
as to the issues of the past, solid
South has long since endorsed that
patriotic invocation Of the great cap.
tain of the Federal armies, Let US
have Peacc!
"This sentiment finds expression on
each Memorial Day, for when flowers
are strewn over the graves of those
who died for the Lost Cause, the
resting places of those who won are
not forgotten for the Old Confederates
and So
Under the sod and dew,
Waiting the Judgment Day
Under the laurel the blue
Under the willow the gray
The great events now occurring are
a guarantee that Civil War will never
again desolate the fair land; and may
He give US the grace, the wisdom and
the courage to protect and preserve
our institutions from foes within and
foes without"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-06-02
NAMING THE BABY.

Parents and guardians are becoming
more and more impressed with the
foOishness and improprcty Of giving
fancy and nicknames TO children, and
it is growing quite common when we
inquire the baby's name to learn it is
Margaret" Elizabeth" Gertrude"
or Eleanor" ss'SOhn," David" or
Richard" and to hear it so address,
cd from its entrance into the world.
Thus from the very first baby is in
invested with a title which is an as
surrance of dignity to its three score
and ten.
We cannot criticise the parent who
seeks to give her child a name en-
bodying a meaning with the fond hope
that it may grow in character accord
ingly-as Grace" Faith" Mercy"
etc. Although the qualities may not
emulated, these are sensible names,
and not to be condemned. There can
be no disapproval of the thought
which prompted the name, nor can it
be robbed of it noble significance.
The passing of fancy names Is a
mark of intellectual improvement.
All honor to the parents who have de-
termined upon their departure by in
stituting the new old fashion of giv-
ing solid, substantial names to their
offspring and insisting upon their use
without change or modification. No
girl or boy need ever be asha med to be
called by any Of the good old names
which have so long and we'll stood the
test and been borne by so many great
and good men and women.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-06-02
NUMBER 16.

the death Of Andrew Candles uncle!
Luther Carter read and re-read the
date. Then he got up and went out
of the house.
When at supper time he came back,
he remarked briefly to Cyrus as he
went through the kitchen:
1--WE subscribed for the newspaper
myself, Cyry, so | guess you won't
need to go borrowing any m0re.n
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-06-02
rHE COURTS.
TINE REGULAR TERMS.
circ,,it Court-2nd Dist
Trad. A. WOOD, JUDGE.

THAD. A. WOOD, JrpGE.
w.,,rr A. WHITE. DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
y. thu county, of Wayne on the second Monday
# January and July and continue SIX n days .i.,v
aa" ,rs rnnnty of Pearl River Oh the fhitiM Mon.
!" y" ,n,ij ard October and continue six days.
dasWh ,hr county of Marion, second district. on the
~ i.n Monday of January and July and continne
ieli," n.,s In tbe first district the first Monday
:. S FeIra,v and Angus, and continue six aays.
=, .he rouutv of Clarke on the second M"ndav
" tnn and August and continue twel 'e days
OF II the county of Jasner on the first Monday OF
vasoh ~ and Septcmher and continue twelve days
Maleh ,a co,,ntv of Greene on the second Monday
=, y March and September and continue six DAYS.
nthe county Of Hancock on o." i"tG %.Hs MONDAY
VI n ,Le countv of Harrison on the second Monday
:, uo" and November aud continue ak davs.
" IN NJ" thq county of Jackson on the fourth nonday
:, Anil and October. and continue twelve days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-06-02

Mrs. q. P. Greenfield, OF Colorado
Springs, COL, will drive stage coach
at the Paris Exposition in 1900, crack
Ing the whip over SIX prancing white
horses. The managers OF the exposi-
tion have just closed a contract with
this enterprising woman to drive visi-
tors about the grounds In true West
ern style. 1t Is said that she will re-
ceieve 5000 and her expenses for the
six months In which she will be on
duty. Mrs. Greenfield, having an In
valid husband and family to support,
began driving few summer visitors
about Manitou and the Garden Of the
Gods years ago. Now she ID the pro-
prietress OF ncuvishinR establish.
s.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-06-02
OUR SOUTHERN GILL.

We take pleasure in reproducing from the
rleans Stases the following poom written
lrs. Josie Frazec Cappleman, of Okolona, wi
AS read by her at the recent convention of
'nited Daughters of the Confederacy held
ackson. The poem IS one Of merit and ref
'uch credit to it's author. While the Soutl
irl, whose place is first IN the hearts of the So
m people for beauty, fddelity, admiration
ravery, still the historian and poet alike are ,
4 this day painting her in words as the beaut
icture she presents to the admiiing world
Greeting Daughters of the Southland,
'Tis plea tonight bring;
From the fulness of my feelings,
OF the Southern girl sing;
From the realms of truth and glory,
With their rich and radiant flowers,
A wreath I'd Gull. and crown her
This Southern girl of ouls.
Waken soul and let me paint her
Paint her picture with my nen,
Even as sometimes see her ~
In the mazy walks OF men.
'Tis face all pink and dimpled.
A cameo set in curls,
With eyes the brightest shyest-
One of our Southern girls.
She is well-poised, queenly creature
As she moves to tune and time,
And graceful as the lily
of her own soft, sun-kissed cline;
With an air half pride, half pathos;
A voice like biooklets purl;
With ways tina; haunts and hold one
Our gracious Southern girl.
Hers heart as pure as star CLEAN,
And fresh as heavenly flowers
Whose fragrant, peary petals
Mark the ages, not the hours;
'1is heart sweet tuned, responsive
A heart that throbs an thrills
With tenderest emotions
A Southern bosom fills
Hers the mind FOR plan and action
Hers the will to dare and do.
Hers the courage Of conviction,
Hers the soul Of al that's true.
On the PAGE of art and science
Her bright winged thoughts unfurl,
Keeping mental pace with masters
Our brainy Southern girl.
Duty calls and soft she cometh--
Not, Oh men. to take your place;
Not unmaidenly and mannsh
Would our girl with You keep pace.
Not her wish to rule or rob yon,
Nor one right to take away;
But she needs to work as men do,
And, as men, to win her pay.
Hers sire yc loved and honOrcd,
AS ye battled side by side;
Brave was he, and kind nd.eomtly,
With his higl,-born Southern pride
sAnd to-day his proud-souled daughter
Trusts to you-her fathers friend
For the same chivalric honor
Yc gave him to the end
Then, Oh help her, noble Soutlironl
Yc of Gods best mem
Come, help her with your wisdom,
And help her with yorr pen;
And perchance some wintry morning,
When your hopes lie dumb and dead,
When your life seems all reverses,
,,;,,. o., ,.n,, ;,,oaI
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-06-02

Says the Denver Republican recent
" said: "Dean Peck, In City Temple
last night, preached 90 the supremacy
of Israel, his subject being "A Jew Yet
to BE King Over All the Earth He
found his text In jeremiah, xiii, 5.
In substance the dean said:
"a Jew Is yet to be king over all the
earth. 1t has been so written by God,
and every prophecy of the Bible that
has been fulfilled with reference to
the Jews has been literally fulfilled.
The day and age Is coming when the
men Of all races and conditions will 60
up to Jerusalem to worship him who
Is to be the desire OF all nations"
The times., 1899-04-23

was determined to, exhume the body and
remove ii from the graveyard. A small
party OF citizens went TO the cemetery, dis
inferred the remains and reburied them
In ravine opposite the graveyard on land
owned by Col. NJ Nourse. McGirk' s
friends learned of this. and. determining
that they should not be outdone. went 10
the grave, disinterred the body Of tbs mur-
aerer. and replaced it in the original grave
In Holmead Cemetery.
This bold action only served to excite
all the more those persons having friends
buried there, and they determined TO ex-
hume the body again at all hazards When
the other faction was of its guard
they dug new grave east of the Holmead
burial ground. near a small stream, and
buried the body a third time. in a perfect
quagmire, over which ran the water of the
stream.
The second person hanged at the old
jail was colored man who had attempt
ed to assault an aged woman who lived
north of the city. near Gienwood Gene
terry Public indignation ran high and
there was much talk of lynching the negro.
A Slave Pen of Olden Times.
In ante-bellum days the McGirk Jail was
converted into a slave pen. 1t was here
that slave drivers confined their parcels OF
human merchadise until they could dispose
of them to their customers. Many ex-
citing scenes took place in the vicinity of
the old pen when some OF the slaves made
breaks for freedom and were chased
through the city.
Within stones throw OF the pen are
the historic Metropolitan Methodist Epis-
copal Church. which has been attended by
Grant, Logan, and Mckinley. and the
First Presbyterian Church. which was at
tended by President and Mrs. Cleveland.
The times., 1899-04-23

| ing caused the death of his wife. He was
given jury trial, found guilty of murder,
and sentenced to be hanged.
| Executed in the Open.
| The gallows were erected within stones
| throw of the Jail, and could be daily seen
from Pennsylvania Avenue. which was lit
tie more than rough country road in those
days The Capitol was not enclosed then
and was surrounded by many large forest
trees. West of the Capitol was stretch
of commons, and what is now Pennsyl-
vania Avenue was difficult to travel, being
covered with clumps of thorn bushes, briars
and thickets Among the buildings stand
ing in the vicinity of the jail at the time
was large three-story brick structure,
known as "Blodgett's Hotel" 1t was sit
uated on the site of the Postoffice Depart
ment Immediately around the old jail
were fourteen or fifteen old shanties occu-
pied by Irish laborers.
When the hour approached for McGirk
to expiate his crime he was hauled in a
cart to the place of execution A priest,
whose name is now hidden in the early
church records of the city attended him.
He mounted the scaffold resolutely. Once
on the platform he was asked whether lie
had anything to say, and spoke few SEN
tences in reply. His last words were:
when a mans characters gone lis
life's gone"
Having spoken, he glanced toward the
SUM- at the same time looking at the beam
to which the rope was fastened, and then
surprised the spectators by hurting him
self from the scaifold, with the rope around
his neck and before the '.iack-kesch,' as
the hangman was called in those days, hal
time to draw the cap over his face. The
priest shouted, "McGirk, don't take your
own lifet' and the Jack ketch'' clam
bered up the steps and tried to pull tie
dangling man onto the platform. He cnly
succeeded in getting McGirks feet back
on the scaffold the murderer's body st II
swaying in the air. The culprit seemed
determined to end his own existence, and
leaped from the platform again, made
three or four convusive shrugs with his
arms and shoulders and died.
Gathered CHASTITY Souvenirs.
The body was cut down and placed in a
coffin for burial. The spectators cut OFF
portions of the rope with their penknives
and took the souvenirs home. saying they
were good for the toothache and other
pains. The body was placed in cart and
hauled to Holmead's graveyard. north of
the city, for interment. This caused quite
stir among persons who had friends and
relatives buried in the cemetery, and it
The times., 1899-04-23
FIRE LADDIES OF
AULD lang SYNE
Days When Georgetown Was
a Village.
Citizens Helped to Haul Along
the Apparatus.
"Reminiscences of Period When
Firemen Were Volunteers, Who
Usually Fought at Fires.

The modern fire engine and hose reel at
the No. fire station on NJ Street. between
Thirty-second and Thirty third streets in
Georgetown is among the things which in
dicates the great progress of the century.
For many years after Georgetown be-
came known as village there were no fa-
cilities for fighting fire. The town was
founded in 1151, but it was not until 1883
that measures were taken for the formation
of a fire company. In that year a lively
mass meeting was held at which subscrip-
tion was taken for the purpose of pur-
chasing fire engine and fire buckets. The
members of the department consisted of
every male inhabitant of voting age.
For years after the formation of the de-
partment there were few fires and the de-
partment was practically of very little use.
Finally on October 4, 1893, the corporate
authorities of the town having been offered
the use of the engine and buckets already
purchased, provided they took care Of them
and kept them in repair. passed resolu-
tion authorizing the mayor to designate a
person to act as chief. with salary not to
exceed $50 per annum.
The times., 1899-04-23

free delivery. In his report for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1894, he said
a The proposed plan Of rural free delivery, If
adopted, would result in an additional cost to
the people of about twenty million dollars for
the first year; and whatever may be the future
postal system of the country, l do not believe
the people are yet willing TO involve themselves
in such large expenditure for this purpose
Five per cent of this amount, expended on reas-
enable and economical lines in improving the
postal SYSTEM as it is now organized, would pro-
Suce more benefit TO the people at large than
would result from these very expensive extern
siHns. -a
The present Postmaster General is
strong advocate of the coming system.
Free delivery of mail in the rural dis
tricts of Great Britain has long been car
ried on
The times., 1899-04-23
A CURIOUS DREAM.
Daniel Boone Is Guided to the Grave
of His Friend.
(From the Louisville Post.)

From the louisville Post)
At Ash Grove, in Green county, Mis-
souri,, lives an interesting descendant of
the famous hunter Daniel Boone-Mrs.
Nellie Boone Frazer one of the early set
tiers of that part of the county. The
Boones went to Green county about fifty
years ago and formed settlement near the
present site of Ash Grove. When that part
of the county was organized into q town
slip it was named Boone, in honor of one
of the sons of the great explorer of the
Kentucky wilderness Mrs. Frazer is now
eighty-three years old, but one of the
most viVacious of the pioneer women of
southwest Missouri.
Mrs. Frazer says that her grandfather
was a firm believer in dreams, and tells
singular circumstance in connection with
the hunters career in Kentucky which led
the pioneer to attach more Importance to
the suggestions that came to him in Sleep
In one of his explorations in the wilder
ness of Kentucky Boone lost companion
They had separated one day while hunting
and at night the man did not return to the
place selected in the morning for their
camp. The hunter supposed at first that
his associate had pursued game too far for
his return in the painless forest. The next
morning Boone began to hunt for the miss
ing man and searched the woods hour af-
ter hour without finding any trace of his
friend Finally, coming to the conclusion
that the man had been killed by Indians or
become the prey of some wild beast Boone
left that part of the country and went back
to the settlement. But he could never en-
tirely give up the thought of finding some
trace of the lost hunter 1t weighed upon
his mind with strange persistence.
Several years after the disappearance of
the hunter Boone went back to the woods
where he had parted from his friend One
night while sleeping at his camp fire he
dreamed of finding skeleton and a gun
in big hollow tree. The dream was so
vivid that when the hunter awoke he still
had a distinct mental picture of the trse
and its surroundings, and believed he
could go to the spot.
The hunter lay awake the rest of the
night thinking about his dream, and as
soon as daylight came started out in the
direction his thoughts had taken when
asleep. The woods seemed familiar, as he
had seen them in his dream. and the hunt
er walked on briskly, guided by the i'm
preston the sleeping vision had left
He found the big hollow tree Just as he
had seen it in his sleep, and looking in o
the large cavity near the ground discov-
cred complete human skeleton and an
old rusty flintlock rife. The fulfillment
of the dream was so perfect that the hunt
er always believed that he was guided in
this way to the remains of his lost friend.
He supposed that his companion get lost
in the woods. and when night overlook
him crawled into the hollow tree TO sleep,
and there died of some disease. Had the
Indian killed the man they would have
taken his gun.