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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

BY request OF Monseigncur Blenk,
Bishop Of Puerto Rico, the collections
next Sunday at both masses in the
church Of Our Lady Of Victories Will
be for the hurricane stricken people Of
that unfortunate district.
W.. Ten BRINK, Pastor.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
NOTICE.
DR.. F. B. FERRTLL.
>DENTlST,~

Moss Point, Miss. Office. opposite Stewards
drug store.
Extracting and filling teeth without pain.
Artihcialteeth inserted Immediately after
extraction. Crown and Bridge Work a spe-
cialty.
c1-Work guaranteed. prices reasonable,
patronage solicited.
July %, 1899. M-6m
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
Sectional parts Of harness at
b. D. VALyERDE'S.
LAUNDRY.

The Peerless Laundry has made ar
rangelnents with the Southern Laun-
dry at Nashville, Tenn. to do all
their laundry work for Scranton and
Moss Point during quarantine. II you
have any laundry work to be done,
send lt To McInnis Bros. Moss Point,
or L. ID. Becht, Scranton on Mondays.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
MARRIED,

At the residence of Mr.. White, on
Bayou Cassotte, Monday, Sept. 4, 1899, at
8 o'clock p. m, Mr.. ROBERT WALTERS
and Miss WILLIE BANFIELD, Elder f.
p, Scarcliff, officiating.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
Hill. Real Estate Agent
MOSS POINT, MISS.

VIII sell real estate improved or unim-
proved. and attend to all business pertaining
to real estate matters. Rice lands that can
be irrigated, II speciality. Persons having
lands for sale will do well to list them with
me, Correspondence solicited.
exs- Office at residence.
August %. 1900. Sly
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

The great success Of Chamberlain's
Collie. Cholera and Diarrlloea Remedy
in the treatment of bowel complaints
has made it standard over the greater
part of the civilized world. For sale by
McVea Young. jul4-ly
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
FEMALE WEAKNESS CURED.

ENMA1H "
I was troubled with severe female
wsa for over six months. l was
treated by six very prominent phys
clans without any marked benefit.
NV mat doctor was a skilled specialist,
and ne told me the only hope lay In
an operation. l heard OF Smiths Sure
Kidney Cure, and after using II for
one month I find myself cured, and
evotf tile doctor who last treated me
noWg f0nOunces me well.
MRS j. r. FAvER, Atlanta, Ga.
Price SO cents. For sale at j. w
Stewards Mos Point and Scranton
Pharmacy. jy2l-2m
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
MARINE.
N

OFFICE DEMoCRAES1AR,l
Scranton. Miss, SeptsNrnr sfy
REPORT for week ending SUPPLEMENTARY Z
ENTERED.
Sept. II. Brit. sch Syanara, Venner, 800 tons
from Kingston, ia.
CLEARED.
Sept. s. Am sch Oscar q BY L.. N. Dantslef Lum.
her Co. for Havana with 233, 697 feet lumber
value g, sos
Sept. 3. Nor blk Argentina by Hunter, Benn & Co.
for Sunderland. Eng. with liza feet lumber
and 6l0, 800 feet sawu timber, value 1866 So.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

Call and see my opening stock OF
dry goods, shoes and notions.
i. ID. NALvERDE.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
Aueust is, $50
DANGER SIGNAL.

Remember that your kidneys act
as the cesspool OF the human body,
into which all the impurities OF
the system are continually dumped
for publication, and when the Kidneys
fail to properly preform their func-
tions il Is signal Of further compiled
tions. The liver becomes clogged, the
blnod Is filed with uric acid poison,
the heart becomes involved. and
unless the proper remedy Is applied,
your case will soon be beyond the
reach OF human skill. Smiths Sure
Kidney Cure will cure you in less
time and at less expense than any
other medicine In the world, and It
Is guaranteed. Price so cents pet
bottle. II you cannot obtain II
from your druggist write direct to the
company.
Price 80 cents. For sale at J. w,
Stewards. Moss Point and Scranton
Pharmacy. jy2l-2m
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

Merchants and business men can
have their orders promptly filed at
the DEMoCRAr.STAR Office FOR any
and all kinds OF job printing. Inc
style Of printing the best and prices
reasonable.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
WORD TO MOTHERS.

Mothers of children affected with
GROUP or a severe cold need not hest
tate to administer Chamberlaln's
Cough Remedy. 1t contains no opiate
nor narcotic in any form and may be
given as confidently to the babe as
an adult. The great success that his
attended its use in the treatment or
colds and Group has won for it the
approval and praise 1t has received
throughout thd United States and In
many foreign lands. For sale by McVea
Young. )ul4-ly
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

Read the s'Old Reliable" DHNo
tCRAT-STAR u you want 10 keep up
with the procession, but don't borrow
! your neighbours copy. subscrite.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
Sets of Harness at b. d. Valyerde's
NOTICE:


Train No. 6. due at 11:25 am. and
train No. | due at 1881 p. IN. areais.
continued.
Trains No. 4 and 5 will make local
stops.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08

We defy competition in the exeeu
tlon Of ncnt Job work.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-09-08
Long Distance TeIephoning.

Mobile, Ala.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
A JONAH ON SHIPBOARD.
Recurring Misfertune. Soon Make .
Crew Believe q Passenger
a aHoodOo."

1t does not take long series of mis-
fortunes overtaking a ship to convince
her crew that lineal descendant of
Jonah and an inheritor of his disagree
able disquali seations is a passenger.
So deeply rooted is this idea that when
once it has been aroused with respect
to any member of ships company,
that person is in evil case, and, given
fitting opportunity, would actually be
in danger of his life. This tinge of re-
ligious fanaticism, cropping up among
class of men who, to put it mildly,
are not remarkable for their knowledge
of Scripture, also shows itself in con-
nection with the paper upon which
good words" are printed. 1t is an un-
heard of misdemeanor on board ship to
destroy or put to common use such pa
per. The man guilty of such an action
would be looked upon with horror by
his shipmates, although their current
speech is usually vile and blasphemous
beyond belief. And herein is to be
found a curious distinction between
seamen of Teutonic and Latin races,
excluding Frenchmen, says the London
Spectator.
Despite the superstitious reverence
the former pay to the written word,
none of them would in time of peril
dream of rushing to the opposite ex-
treme, and, after madly abusing their
Bibles, throw them overheard. But the
excitable Latins, after beseeching their
patron saint to aid them in the most
agonning tones, repeating with fren-
zied haste such prayers as they can re-
member, and promising the most cost
ly gifts In the event of their safely
reaching port again, aften turn furious
ly upon all they have previously been
worshiping, and, with the most horrid
blasphemies, vent their rage upon the
whilom objects of their alteration.
Nothing is too sacred for, insult, no
name too reverent for abuse, and should
there be, as there often is, an image of
saint on board, ii will probably be
cast into the sea.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
A SECOND RIP.
An Old Timer Who Thought Mr.
Gresham Was Still Pcst-
master-GenersI.

A Dewhiskered individual walked into
sic post office department the Other
day. He seemed to have a very clear
i1ea Of what he wanted, but he didn't
know how to get at it. lie went into one
of the rooms and stepped up in front
of desk, says the Washington Post.
II want to see Mr.. Gresham" he an
nounced to one of the young lady clerks.
"Mr. Gresham!" she exclaimed; Il
don't know him."
Walter Q. Gresham" insisted the
man with the whiskers. 81 want the
postmaster general"
why, Mr.. Smith is postmaster gen
eral," answered the clerk.
"Smith?" queried the visitor. "The
name sounds kinder familiar, but /
reckon don't know him. They'se a
whole pack O. Smiths in this country,
an they amt no kin. neither. Whar's
Mr.. Gresham? Been fired ?"
Hes dead" answered the young
lady, solemnly. HE was secretary of
state after he left here"
The old fellow never batted his ewes
at the statement. He simply said 'Uh-
huh" and walked out, while those in
the Office wondered If he was not related
to Rip Van Wrinkle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
THE FOREIGNER IN JAPAN.
Change of status In OMcial Circles
within the Last Few
Years.

One of the most interesting ques-
tions in consideration of present Japan
Is the changed status of the foreigner.
To be European or an American in
Japan twenty, ten, or even five, years
ago was to be a man of power and in
fuence. When foreigners were first ad-
mitted to the empire the japanese,
one of the shrewdest, most far-sight-
ed peoples of the world, adopted their
methods and their religion, hired them
as teachers, engineers and officers. Now,
according 10 Japan in Transition" the
first important book dealing entirely
with the new Japan, since they have
learned all the foreigners can teach
them in science, literature, art, war,
commerce, manufacturing in short, in
all enterprises, they are relegating their
instructors to the background with the
cry Japan for the Japanese 1t was
thought at one time that Japan would
in time become Christian nation. The
author of Japan in Transition shows
that almost all who accepted Christian
ity did so for the sake of the instruc-
ton which the missionaries alone could
give. In the army and navy the same
state of affairs exists. English and
German officers who fought for japan
throughout the China war were dis
charged for the reason that the mill
tary schools which were founded
through their efforts have developed
first-class officers. Everywhere the pol
icy of discharging the foreigner as
soon as possible has been adopted, and
in a few years foreigner in any kind
of an official capacity will be the ex-
ception. At present the ambassadors
of the powers are practically the only
foreigners who command and real re-
spect.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
SPANISH WASHERS.
Their Braxen EffrOntery on the Prin-
cipnl ThrOughfares Of
Spain's Cities.

Madrid streets are by no means alto
gether delectable. Some are broad and
well kept, but others are narrow, dirty
and malodorous. Worst of all, to my own
thinking, is the Madrid stare, which,
hardly less offensive than the Paris stare,
is more universal, says Madrid corre-
spondent of the New York Times. 1t
is amusing to see how fearlessly
maiden of Is years sallies forth alone,
while many Madrid spinsters of so
would not go a block unattended.
But why do you mind?" said u high
bred Madrid lady to me with puzzled
look. Men have their own heads full
of this Stiffness and they suppose wom-
EN- are as foolish as themselves. They
are much more careful, too, with for
eigners than with u.s." Another lady,
who, under stress of family misfor-
tune, was takingsa few boarders, told
me that she hadsnever received Spanish
gentlemen because of her daughters.
Foreign gentlemen, the Germans,
English and Americans whom | have
had here she said, "are very strange
iHdt, Dut IL lS I1uCU IICeT. HtN
treat the girls as friends and show the
same respect the last day as the first.
OF Spaniards that couldn't be expected
Our young men are all for lovemaking
and such nonsense. And my daughters
have no father or brothers to protect
them"
THAT very fact ought to be their per-
feet protection with gentlemen" said
"0h. Spaniards are gentlemen" she
legally hastened to declare. "They are
the most. gallant gentlemen in the
world. The trouble is they are lit-
tie too gallant"
Madrid is better than the cities of
Andalusia and worse than the cities of
northern Spain in its treatment of wom-
en-. a young Spanish girl cannot walk
alone, however sedately, in Seville. with
out running fire of salutations: "Oh.
the pretty face!" what cheeks of
roses!" Blessed be thy mother"
Give me little smile.." And even in
Madrid Spanish girls of my acquaint-
ance have broken their fans across the
faces of men who tried to snatch a kiss
in passing.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
GUILELESS TENNESSEE FOLK.
They stand Not nt All on Ceremony
and Say just What
They Think.

an no state in the south, and travel
In all, are people in the back districts
as guileless as in Tennessee" said
business man. 81 fancy that most or
the stories of their simple nature are
true. In some manner they get an ink
ling of what the world is doing, but
that is all they want. They do not trou-
BILE themselves with inquiry. They do
not know the meaning of an interroga-
ton point as applied for information.
was in town in the eastern end OF the.
state, where stranger is as much
sight as circus parade. A woman rode
up to the door of a store and looked out
from her sunbonnet; the merchant
went to the door just as he was, In his
shirtsleeves and pair or nankeen over
alls held up by rope.
"How do, Miss sarey; won't We
light? ?" was his salutation. ~c~sSs y
"'Reckon not to-day, Dave. Pap's
down with the vallers agin and wants
We to send i'm some of them new bit
ters We was tellin' him about The
young woman showed her bonnet back
on her head and took me in as she talked
to Dave.
"'fe mean Trust Schnapps. Miss Sa-
rey, | reckon said the merchant.
"'That's ii. Dave, cause pap said they
was to be charged up.
"TheD she readils1ed her bonnet,
picked up the reins, dug the heel Of her
shoe into the flank OF her nag. and as
the nag loped away Miss Sarey looked
back, and pointing at me. called out:
"'Say, Dave, when are you goin' to
kill it?
"The merchant apologized to mes or
thought he did. by saying that he reck-
oned was the 'fust man that ever come
to these diggin's in pair of shoes that
had no tannin'' IN. Y. Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
WHITE LIES IN SOCIETY.
Fair Frauds who Do Not Mean to
Fib, But just Can't Help
Doing So.

A .iap Of douhtful veracity Is re-
sponsible for this, according to Polly
Pry in the New York Herald:
Nothing amuses me so much," he
writes to me, "as to notice the efforts
of two women who have just been in
troduced to impress each other with
their importance.
ut generally takes some such shape
as this:
"I am delighted to meet you.
heard Mr.. Smith say such sweet things
about you
lawfully nice of you to say SO.
Which Mr.. Smith was it? The cousin
of the Vanderbilts?'
mot exactly-it was
"'We know the Vanderbilts very well.
And
"'No, it wasn't that Mr. Smith. 1t
was the one that we met at George
Gould's. He is
Ibid you go TO the Bradley-Martins'
great dinner?'
mo; it was awfully provoking, but
we had an engagement that night at the
Waldorf TO meet Prince
"'1ndeed That's the great trouble
In society; SO many dates clashing,
don't you know! Why, the night we
made up box party for the opera---that
wonderful performance of Faust" you
know-we had to give up attending n
musicale that
"And SO on and SO on, until the two
fair frauds retire to their respective
corners--I mean rooms-each satisfied
that the victory is hers"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
Lord Curxon'S Logical Justice.

An unfortunate clerk in one of the
government offices, with % years serv-
ice. recently took leave and overstayed
his leave by nine days. He was called
upon for an explanation. and in the end
the secretary ordered him TO be dis
missed. The clerk thereupon appealed
TO the viceroy. who called for an explain
alton of the circumstances. The secre-
tary showed that the man had not only
overstayed his leave for nine days. but
was hopelessly incompetent as well.
His excellency thereupon ordered the
man to be reinstated. and wrote across
tie secretary's explanation that he con
sidered the nopeless!y Incompetent
man was the one who took % years TO
find ont the Others Incompetence
Penang Gazette.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
HER SONS MODEL.
Mothers Devotion Sends Her Art
fst Roy to Paris for a Two
Years Course,

A young student at one of the large
art institutions decided last winter to
try for prize, says Harper's Bazaar.
he was under 20, and his competitors
were all older than he. He wrote his
mother about IT. begging her to come
and pose for him, saying that he knew
he could win if only she were his sub
ject. She had large family at home
TO look after, and a small boy hardly
two months old. Moreover, the spring
had come, never an easy time for q
mother to break away, pick up small
baby and establish herself alone in
distant town, merely TO sit as a model
for son. Most women would have
hesitated, as hopedfor prizes being un-
certain quantities, particularly for boys
still in their teens, and present home
duties being, according to all rules of
logic, paramount. But this mother did
not hesitate. Her son had asked her TO
come, and so proved a rare loyalty.
That was enough for her. At great in
convenience to herself she went, though
cheerfully, and the picture was paint
ed. Now the papers announce that the
young boy painter has won the prize!
This will send him for a two years
course of study to Paris.
II is like some old story of the mas
ters, and certainly few sweeter stories
of painters and their mothers have ever
been told.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
1T WAS THE TRUTH.
But Nobody Believed What He Said.
and They Suffered In
COuaeaueuce,


"A funny thing happened to me when
! had charge of our branch Office" said
a New Orleans cotton man, according
to the Times-Democrat of that city.
Our quarters were on the second floor
OF three-story building and the rooms
above were rented by very pleasant
foreign-looking chap who passed as a
chemist. / used to be detained at my
desk quite late at night and had my
curiosity excited by a singular noise in
the laboratory overhead 1t was a mo-
notonous click-clack, like heavy ma
the stairs and asked him what he was
doing that made such racket. oh, I'm
making silver dollars up there, he said,
laughing, and passed on. One night
about week later a city detective with
whom | had struck up an acquaintance
strolled in for a chat and smoke.
What's that queer noise up there 2 he
asked, presently, as the usual click
clacking started. oh, nothing much,'
/ replied. It's a friend of mine making
silver dollars 'Ha, hal laughed the de-
tective. Well. he's in first-rate busi-
ness. Wonder If he wants a partner?
Exactly two days later the agreeable
foreign-looking gentleman skipped out
and when the landlord broke open his
door, 10 and behold! there was as neat
a little counterfeitiDg plant as you ever
laid eyes on. The clicking came from
a machine for 'reeding' the coins. The
detective was mad as blazes, but /
couldn't help it. ] had told him the
truth"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
GIVE.

The little brown seed in the damp earth re-
posing,
AL blind to the light and the beauty
above,
Is able to just feel its way through the dark
ness
Nor stirs the lone silence with one thrill
of love.
But when it looks out on a world full of sun
1t breathes life inspiring for leaf, bud and
flower;
Transfgured 1t lifts up a song and a bless
ing:
Its fragrant lips utter a message of power,
Bee where from its glittering throne in the
heavens
Burns clear and unfailing the light of the
star
Unconscious of all the bright beams 1t dis
1t sees but the other worlds shining afar
1t lives by imparting its warmth and Its
BY doing the thing II was given to do;
And the song of the spheres, that has puz-
zled the ages,
Is only their beautiful watchword: BE
true"
The drops that sink down out of sight in the
fissure
Some day in the future may shatter the
rock,
And send to the hamlet that dreams IN the
valley,
Disaster and woe with their pitiless shock.
But the pure, living fountain that bursts
from the hillside,
Like the laugh of a child or birds rip
pling song,
Refreshes, preserves and grows broader
and deeper
As onward forever 1t hurries along.
To give and to bless is the law of creation.
The one buried talent alone Is despised:
The riches invested are those that are
valued;
The light that is hidden can never be
priced.
Then help the poor world with its work and
its worry,
And hold up the hands that are ready to
fall,
For though He possesses the treasures OF
Heaven,
Our Master has need of the talents of all.
Julia H. Thayer, in Chicago Advance.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-12
<Logic Of John Mills, Miner :
i BY Henry J. Ames. Z


A s THIS is simply plain story OF
~ John Mills. miner, no introduction,
beyond statement of the identity of
the man. is necessary. Mills lived near
Rocky Canon, and had often aroused
the people thereabout Tor within a rahi-
US of rs miles) to a4state of interroga-
tive curiosity which had never been
fully satisfied. He dwelt alone. in
cabin not worth describing, because
Just such cabins have often been de-
scribed before. When he first appeared
he had said nothing as to his origin.
A tall. silent man of 40 years. he went
at once into his chosen field, prospect
ing, asking advice, and giving none.
Mills had good eye for "leads," and
had been moderately successful, for
several times he had developed claims
until they had begun to assume the dig
nifty of mines, had sold them and moved
on. In 1891 he located claim that
seemed promising, and for weeks toiled
at it single handed. He was strong and
skillful, and his progress remarkably
rapid, but occasionally he felt pang
of solitude, and thought he ought to Sc
cure help, not only for the forwarding
of the work, but for the sake of compan-
ionship. One summer day as this mood
was upon him, he heard voice at the
mouth of the slope marking the spot
where he had started into the side of
the mountain.
"Hello there!" said the voice, may
come DOWN."
Mills dropped the sledge just then
the patch of light. NO. he answered;
"I'll come up"
As he walked, curving his back, he
saw outlined against bit of sky a
sturdy figure and a head surmounted
by felt hat, the tapping rim of which
had been secured in front, and from
beneath which there escaped wavy
mass of hair tossed on the breeze. The
miner wondered vaguely why boy
should be SO handsome. Emerging
from the slope he Strengthened himself,
taking full breath of the sweet noun
tain air. Then he drew from his pocket
pipe and tobacco, filed, lighted. alb
sorbed few satisfactory whiffs, and
said, slowly: "Well?"
"rm Rube Jackson" said the boy, in
return; IAN I'm here for work"
John puffed on. Better come to the
cabin while yank little grub togeth-
er. / take it," he added, starting down
the patch, that ye're prospectin' with
out no stake?"
The boy did not understand this, but
he gave an assent, and started with
Mills, who noticed that the sole of the
visitors shoe tapped at right angles
with every step. 'I'll cobble il after
supper" was his comment.
But about the job, you know" the boy
put in, timidly, stepping high on ac-
count of the loose sole.
"Oh, that's all right" answered Mills;
ye're hired. Didn't l tell yeh?" And
they walked on.
In the evening they grew, in a meas
ure, confidential, although Rnbe did
most of the talking. as Mills cobbled
the defective shoe into a state of useful
ness. Before bed time Rube had told
of Sissie Campbell. She was back in
Missouri, where he himself had been
born and raised"
81 didn't have much money after
father and mother died." he went on,
simply, land Sue-her father has a pile.