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The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-07-07
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ANIMALS THINK.
A REASON Why HORSES ALWAYS
shy AT NEWSPAPERS.
W. l. Alden in the July Pearson


The mortal terror OF newspapers 10
which even the most intelligent horse
Is a prey, is certainly a mystery. Ifa
horse meets a torn newspaper lying
in the middle of the road, he is seized
with conviction that it is on the
point OF tearing him to pieces, and
accordingly he falls into spasm Of
terror. presume that the scientific
explanation OF this fact is that the
prehistoric horse was severely abu>-
ed by the newspapers Of the time, and
that his descendants have thus inher-
tied horror OF newspapers,
But like most scieutitic explanations
OF familiar mysteries, this would not
be worth noticing. Why should the
prehistoric newspapers have insuted
the horse? Did the caye-men lose
Their money on horse-races, aud then
write abusive letters to the newspa-
pers. pointing out the untrustworthy
character or the horse? 1t is very
doubtful il they did anything Of the
sort, chiefly for the reason that news
papers did not exist in prehistoric
times. Newspapers appeared in Eu
rope about the time of the first visi-
tation OF the Asiatic plague, and, un-
like the latter peStilcnce, never left
us.
To come back to the horse and his
fear Of newspapers. 1t may be said
that the newspaper terrilles him be-
cause 1t moves in the wind and he
thinks it is alive. But the leaves of
trees move in the wind, and the hu-
man boy moves with or without wind
under the very hoofs Of the horse, yet
the horse is not afraid Of these things.
Clearly, lie is not afraid of a stray
newspaper simply because It may be
blown across his path. Moreover, he
is as much afraid Of a newspaper that
does not move as he is of one which is
in motion. 1t has been suggested
that the horse mistakes a newspaper
for deadly snake, a1d therefore tries
to get out of the way. That this is
not true is shown not only by the fact
that the horse SHES at II Republican
as readily as at socialist sheet, but
also by the fact that horses do no shy
at live snakes, whether they are dead
ly or innOcuous.
The true explanation Of the horses
fear of a newspaper is that in the code
OF equine etiquette it is considered
good form to appear afraid of newspa-
pers. All animals have their ideas as
to what is good form and cling tena-
ciously to them. The dog does not
bark at very young children, because
it is contrary to canine etiquette to dc
so. The cat, who is an inheXible
sticklcr for good form, plays with a
halfdcad mouse merely because play
ing with half dead mice is considered
among all cats Of good breeding to be
the correct thing to do.
The horse, knowing that if he did
not pretend to be frightened nearly
out of his life by a newspaper, he
would be regarded by all other horses
as an ignorant and ill-bred beast, shics
whenever anewspaper flutters into hi:
path.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-07-07
Petition for Liquor License

State Of Mississippi. Jackson County
To the Honorable Board of Mavor and Ahern'1
of tho town of Pascagoula, said county aN
State.
l. CHARLES BosrER. resident of the sail loss
of Pascagoula. a male person over The age o.
twenty .one years. ,lo hereby apply icra ,.en~"
retail vino,ls spItuOus, alcoholic ana NAV hlMI
In less quantities than one gallon az ID! P"s ="
business known rs the "Cottage,by lnt'~aa ,a ~
front street. in town, county ana S.ae, "a S% Mi
eSectfully refer to the recommendation ana P'f
n q below. Respectfully, ,,r,
- "'''"' CHAS B0SrER
10 the Honorable, the Board of Mayor ana a",, ams'
men Of the town Of Pascagonla III 'he '0"D''
of Jackson, State Of Mississippi .,,
We. the undersigned, majority OF inc l,s'asJJ saJ
voters. residents in said town Of PascagonM 'aa
county Of Jackson and State Of MISSISSIPPI rss u
spectfully represent that Chas. bostei s,n,r A
dent of said town OF Pascagoula 10 w" .v msh
Jackson and State of Mississippi maa .ns US and Va
person over the age OF twenty ohe saa"d ,euuta.
ton. and sober and suitable person 70 ,,s ri
license to retail viuous, spiiituons, aMovll ~sllou h
malt liquors in less quantities than ons i"siOea
accordance with law, at his .'su . ~ =" Toat
known as the Cottage ~ w. ,hst
street, in said town Of IN "u 'on, Hop
.ore respectfully petition aid ,e1Ies' sleep~
orable Boarl to grant said Charl Bs,s snd nsIi
to retail yinos, spirtuous alcoho',c a." viii
auors for tho term Of one year IN accon's.m sm,xu y
law. TO be used ut his place Of business " p.ea
the . Cottage by .the.Sea," in said Town "
goula a.. ,0h,s(
Hubert Francis Krebs Charles l Lnsns amg..a. s Csl
Albert Cook Bradford William .hus~ Aas1 1;rsjpr
Charles Rcwdnhm Charles Anthony oI,,s I,u.,l
Agricole Fusilier Chastahe iIelaire Krsss
John Toby ,..n Albert 0ss
~ George Anthony MsthieSa .,r, I.Auis
Gunwald Hansen foljussn william r0orgs ns Conry
George Washington La,nier vV1n'is ui Dsp,is
his Johh JI%oseph Welh
Henry x Dorner ,,,,u,.,, samuel Dod.a
mark. Wh''""' Csorrs psrs'ey
his +. rrsutliu Scove
Richard x Dennis Benjamin William GssMEE
cn.r,.. marx; Sd:,,r william ,,s. o.r' "; ":
Maurice Guichard Ar"''''" amt dibs
Iccrtify the above to be a correct asa 'lsd Jun
original petition on file in mS ny G,S'' Town Cert
u, 1897. A. D. hhhD' ~
June 30. 1909.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-07-07

Probably Mark Banna and Bill
Mckinley have trightiule dreams
Of the embalming beef business the
American people are going to do next
year
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-07-07
Mhelsnurrat-St,,

,,l.a. Ine board of trustees of the ~,
University has declined a AZ AS s'ate
,ur the timber on the State uuiv,sa,s ri, ss's
ty lands, allowing ten years t',ss'si' to .".
and 1928 y. for the lands and Il tho suall ,,l
Der. THIS was a cash of,s, '"s ,''. 'ln'
i0'7is acres Of land that has bee" -, 10 sas
ented' and included, when uats,ss! ta pat
the remaining grant that has sa'eo
been patented. Evidently the -. hos's ses
OF trustees believe that il will, ooald
to realize better price for these,ss.e aO,e
than they have as yet been of,esas auus
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-07-07

rne Lauderdalc Scimeter says II
A'ien is'Is to carry that county BY a
yoteOf , 2tol.it II badly fooled In n,
signs Of the time
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-07-07

Brain-fag is largely the resu,, !.
people not wishing to admit ,hs. =.
they eat too much. '"a'
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1899-07-07

One thing may be said in fayo, =.
Mormonism; 1t doesn't throw ,hs ~ "
tire burden Of supporting huss,as s ~,
upon one woman. 'aua
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-10
STATE NEWS.

The Roxboro Courier saws that it Is
reported that another passenger tram
will be put on the Norfolk and Western
between Lynchrburg and Durham.
The grape growers say the prospects
for good crop are fine.' There will
also be good crop of cultivated and
wild blackberries. The blackberry
growers at Southern Pines are getting
ready to ship their crop.-Sanford EX-
press.
A generous gift is that of Col. A H..
Belo of Texas. in presenting TIE Belo
House of Salem as home for the nome
less, and noble motive IL was taat
prompted ito do good and perpetuatc
the memory of his father AID mother
Winston Sentinel.
The Express learns that quite Il force
of hands are employed at the coal mine
recently opened on. the Taylor place
between Cumnock and Gulf on Deep
river. Mr.. S. Z. Langdon, who was
formerly connected with the Cumnoc%
mine, has charge of the business at the
mine. He has laid off a town there
and erected nice office and several
other buildings.-Sanford Express.
At meeting held in Newberm Mir.
w. J. Edwards and Mr.. d. E. Mclver,
of Sanford, sought to interest the peo-
pie of Newborn i'm the plan to sell the a.
and y. c. road to the Edwards syndi-
cate and extend it to Sanford. Mr..
James A. BRYAN also spoke opposing
the plan. The journal says there seem
ed to be no change of sentiment on eth
err side from that previously held by
those who were lat the meeting"
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ELON COMNIENCIElNIE NT.
A New Professor Chosen-Degrees Con
ferred-A Successful Year.

Elon College, n. c., June 9.-(Spe-
clad. )-Commencement exercises were
concluded last night with the musical re-
cital which was highly enjoyed by a
large audience.
Prof. Z. J. Kernodle, who is now pro-
fessor in a Virginia college, has been
elected for the year to fill the chair of
Natural Science. Prof. w. c. Wicker,
who holds that chair, has been given an
honorary scholarship at Johns Hopkins
University.
The degree of ID. D., was conferred
upon Rev. G. ID. $. Nellie, of Connect
cult. He graduated at Yale, lis a vice
president Of the alumni association, was
chaplain of a crack regiment during the
war, has Travelled extensively and is
one of the strongest preachers in Com
necticutt.
One-third of the students at Elon
came from Virginia, which has given
largely to the erection off the plant.
The music for the commencement has
been furnished by the First Regiment
Band which captivated the people by its
excellent music. The band lis credit
to the State and ought to be kept to-
Gether.
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Additional Testimony as TO the Merits Of
Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy

The Editor of The Stanly Enterprise
says:
Afbemarle, n. c., May 1Sth. 1886.
Dear Mrs. Person.
| am complete convert to faith in
your Remedy. | wrote you about my
mother of her having been attacked at
regular intervals with erysipelas her hav
ing an ulcer on her ankle, swollen leg,
etc. And further, after taking TWO bot
ties of your Remedy as prescribed h1w
she broke out with terrible itching
numor. Well, after resting on the
strength of what she had taken for
a few days, she commenced it again and
| am thankful to say it has done fer
her what II years treatment from
doctors and other remedies failed to
accomplish. In less than two months
your Remedy has driven the erysipelaS
from her system, (she not having had
a single attack since commencing your
Remedy the swollen leg has been re-
duccd to normal proportions, and that
ulcer on her leg, which had been there
in an unframed and running condition
for II years, has entirely neacd, and,
praise God your Remedy has doue for
my mother what doctors could not do,
and what we had lost all hope pf ever
being done for her. Despite her -
years of age, she can walk two miles
with more ease now than she could
walk two blocks before. / feel like
singing your praise for what your Rene
DIV has done for my mother, and | SHAH
take pleasure in recomm al ling It on
all occasions. | am
Sincerely,
J. ID. BIVINS.
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WOULD NOT SUFFER so AGAIN
FOR FIFTY TIMES IT'S PRICE.

I awOke last night with severe pains in
my stomach. | never felt so badly in all
my life. When | came down to work
this morning | felt so weak | could hard
ly work. | went to Miller & McCurdy's
drug store and they recommended
Diarrhoca Remedy. 1t worked like
magic and one dose fixed me all right.
1t certainly is the finest thing l ever
used for stomach trouble. l shall not be
without it in my horse hereafter for |
should not care to endure the suffcriEgs
of last night again for fifty times its
pricc.-G. II. Wilson, Liveryman, Bur
gettstown, Washington Co., Pa This
remedy is for sale everywhere. Bobbitt-
Wynne Drug Co. and FL. T. Hicks.
Druggists, Raleigh.
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The Wilmington Messenger tells of a
young girl at Burgaw who placed note
in basket Of berries requesting the
purchaser to inform her of the price
paid for the same. a reply was duly
received stating that 80 cents a basket
was paid for the fruit. Commission
house returns showed that the grower
received only s cents per quart. The
truckers are trying now to find "a method
third of the retail prlce of the berries.
Upon their success largely depends the
future growth of the immense trucking
interests of the East
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LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

One size smaller after using Aliens
Foot Ease Il powder to be shaken into
the shoes. 1t makes tight or new shoes
feel easy: gives instant relief to corns
and bunions. It's the greatest comfort
discovery of the age. Cures swollen
feet, blisters and caIous spots. Aliens
Foot Ease is q certain cure for ingrow
ing nails sweating, hot, aching feet. At
all druggists and shoes stores, DC. Trial
packages free by mail. Address, Al
len S. Olmsted lie Roy, \. Y.
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SPANS GREATEST NEED.

Mr.. r. F. Olivia. of Barcelona, Spain.
spends his winters ut Aiken, ). Z. Weak
nerves had caused severe pains in the
back of his head. On using Electric
Bitters. Americas greatest Blood and
Nerve Remedy. all pain soon left him.
All America knows that it cures liver
and kidney trouble. purifies the blood.
tones up the stomach. strengthens the
nerves, puts vim, vigor and new life
into every muscle. nerve and organ of
the body. If weak, tired and ailing you
need it. Every bottle guaranteed, only
30 cents. Sold by all druggists.
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SOME DOCKERYS ARE DEMOCRATS.

The Aberdeen Telegram contaluS INC
following local item which will have wide
interest:
"Mr. A. S. Dockery. a bright young
attorney of Rockingham, was in town
last Thursday on legal business. Mr..
Dockery has the honor of being the only
North Carolina Dockery that is a Demo
ci-at. In speaking of the prosecution
of some of the citizens of MaXton in
the Federal Court. for political purposes,
he said that federal troops could not
have prevented the Anglo SaXons from
carrying the State last year and that
Federal courts viii fail to convict the
Maxton citizens of any crime
Mr.. Dockery knows as well as Oscar
Spears thar there has been no expec-
tation Of conyitting any of the gentlemen
who have recently been subjected to
the Angry SaXons,' as Il Laurinburg
negro called them, become aroused as
they were last fail, there is no power
that can withstand them.
While Mr.. A. S. Dockery is the only
North Carolina Dockcry who has the.
honor of hcing a Democrat" the Mis-
souri, Dockerys arc all Democrats, and
leading Democrats. The next Governor
of Missouri will be Mr.. 4. Nj. Dockery,
who has long Teen a leader of the
Democratic side of the Federal House
of Representatives. The father of Mr.
Dockery. who was Methodist preacher
and a Democrat, moved to Mis-
souri,. from Richmond county when
he was q young man. His
people were ali staunch Wings and
Baptists. The young man was convert
ed at Methodist camp-meeting and de-
cided to become ii circuit rider. If we
are not mistaken. he also about the same
time became imbued with the principles
of jefferson. Such radical departures
in religioa and politics were not looked
on with favor at home, and his radical
disagreement with all the other Dock
erys on politics and religion may have
been one of the causes that led him
to go West at a day when mighty tide
of immigration was crossing the Mis-
sissippi. BE that as it may, he became
leader in the Southern Methodist
church in Missouri living and preaching
the saving faith of .Iefferson's principles
for this life and Wesey's theological
standards for the world to come. His
mantle has fallen on his distinguished
SON, who bears resemblance to Mr..
Claudils DockeTy, of Rockingham.
The nomination of Mr.. Dockery for
Governor of Missouri would be gladly
hailed in all parts of the country. ale is
enc of the safest men Missouri has sent
to Congress since Tom Benton's day He
has done more to check extravaganza.
methods, and introduce better systems
than any of his colleagues As the sec
ond man ON the Appropriation Commit
tee, Mr.. Dockery has dope@the whole
county great service His retirement
from Congress is a national loss. He
would make Il I2odel Governor, for
he would know every detail of manage
ment and method in every department of
State government. introduce reforms.
put an end to the lobby that curses JEFF
ferson U,ty, rs it does most capital cities,
and look we'll to every interest of the
commonwealth. The best type of De
mocracy in america today is the Mis-
souri, type. AID Dockery stands vel.
Vest, Cockrell, Stone, De Almond and
tcm) as one of its leaders
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The Wilson people were agitatcd by
a false report that there was dead
horse on the water shed A little thing
like that ought not to trouble them
When Raleigh had dead horse some
years ago on the water she'd the water
was better than ever.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-10

Senator pritchard hasn't cast an i'm
portant vote since he was elected to
the Senate that Vance would have east
Vances ablest late speech on Consti-
tutional question was to deny the light
of Governor TO appoint Senator to
Il new term. Ills argument will stand
any test, but Senator Pritchard takes the
other side Of i. Which is right, Vance
or Pritchard?
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The Winston Republican asks, "Are
white men to be DISTINGUISHED" No,
but the great mass Of ignorant negroes,
to be prevented from injuring the State
and themselves. That's all the Constitu-
tional amendment will do.
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THE TIN PLATE COMBINE.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In no single instance is the tyranny of
the trusts better eXemplified than in the
case of the tin plate combine. This com
bine is most villainously gouging the
small manufacturers and consumers.
Tin plate sold as low as $50 a box
before the consolidation of the mills.
This permitted the manufacturers to
make a fair profit upon their product.
After the combine was effected the price
of tin plate was raised to 81 a box. This
is an advance of $40.
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IT is WE'LL TO HAVE BOTH.
Charity and Children


For the life of us we do not know
why a community wants to break itself
to raise $4,000 to build a cotton factory
that will declare 10 per cent, when cae-
fifth Of that amount will equip half a
dozen spoke and handle or chair fac
tories that will declare % per cent. How
do we know? Here they are in Thomas
Vile doing that very thing, and with the
labor of men, not babies. High Point
is rich and growing richer every day.
1t is full of furniture factories.
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LIVELY FOR A WAKE.

Tarboro Southerner.
VIM. J. Bryan for dead man is de-
livering some very good speeches to very
large audiences. Rather lively times
even for Il wake.
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TRUSTS.

Trust in Leather,
Trust in A'eS.
Trust in Copper.
TIust in Nails.
Trust IN Whiskey,
Trust III Wine,
Trust in Iron,
Trust in Irvine
Trust in Pickles,
Trust i'll Glue,
Trust in Southern
Mountain Dew.
Trust i'm Harness,
Trust in Meal,
Trust in Dry Goods,
Trust in Steel.
Trust in Rubber.
Trust in Hens,
Trust in Paper,
Trust i'll Pens.
Trust in SawduSt,
Trust in Rice,
Trust in Green Goods,
Trust in lee.
Trust in cv'ry-
Thing | see,
But there is no
Trust for me.
G.. Y. Hobart, i'll Baltimore American
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THE WISH FATHER TO THE
THOUGHT.
The Anglo-SaXo

We cannot escape the conclusion
that with professed Democratic iewspa-
pers and men who are proclaiming near
ly year and half in advance the
defeat of the Democracy next year and
the reelection of Mckinley the wish
has parental relations to the thought.
To our way of looking ut things there
was never a brighter prospect for the
triumph of Democracy and never great
err need for it,
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RIGHT IN PRINCIPLE.
4 sheviIle Citizen

AShcVile Citizen
The Craig law is right in principle
and we have no doubt it will prove sat
isfactory to all parties in practice, and
all this clamor by Il coterie of people
who always cry out when they think a
corporation is being touched is entitled
to no consideration.
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THE AMENDMENT FITS IT.

Wadesb0ro Messenger.
ut calls for no courage at all to fight
trusts" says the Washington Post. The
Post would have been nearer the truth
if it had said it requires no courage
to make pretense of fighting trusts.
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HERE'S THE TRUTH.
Union Republican.

Union Republican.
If the amendment is ratified by the
people and should go into effect as it
stands it will disfranchise Il great por-
ton of the colored people, while not IL
single white person will lose his fran
chise. 1t will be a plain, clear cut dis
elimination against race-the colorcd
race.
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THE GREATEST DANGER.

The greatest danger that confronts Us
today is the rapid formation of trusts
and combines Even staid old North
Carolina is getting in the grip of these
monsters, and soft words about the
good they are doing may blind us to the
real situation, but will not relieve the
pressure if their iron grasp. We used to
hear about the immense power of com
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Spirit of The Press.
THE TRUST FRANKENSTEIN

THE TRUST FRANKENSTEIN.
New York Journal.
That respected authority of the Com
mercial Year Book, published by the
Journal of Commerce Bulletin, contains
a list of American trusts and combina-
tons. 1t is not complete of course, for
10 statistician can keep track of all the
operations of the trust promoters, but
it is accurate as far as it goes.
When the body of the book went to
press, in the middle of March, there
were 1916 of these combinations i'll cX-
istence Their common stock amounted
to S4247,9 1S91S, their preferred stock
to SS10,575,200. their bonds to S114,-
:}SS. 661. and their total capitalization to
So. So, $50, 779.
In the ten weeks between the time
when that list was closed and the 18th
of May so many new trusts were
formed that it was thought advisable
to insert a supplemental sheet to ac-
commodate them. There were 63 OF
them, making 40 in all. They issued
S962, 100000 of common stock. S49O.-
$4,000 of preferred stock, and STD
7S3. 600 of bonds. Their total capltallza-
ton was 81 .3S3. 800, 600, which brought
the aggregate capitalization of all the
trusts in the country On May 18th up
to S7.416235, TO. And more of them
are Matching every day.
Do you realize what seven billions
and Il half means!
1t is enough to run the government OF
the United States for fifteen years.
The interest on it, at the rate earned
by many of the trusts, would run the
government forever.
1t is a hundred dollars for every man
woman and child in the country-fve
hundred for every family.
1t is over seven times the bonded
debt of the United States, and more
than any other national debt i'll the
world.
But this enormous capitalization does
not tell the whole story. The sugar
trust pays regularly II per cent on Its
common stock. The last dividend OF
the American Bell Telephone Company
was Is per cent. The Standard Oli
paid 30 per cent.
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their good advice that they never have
any left for home consumption.