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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-01-12
TheDemnrrat-S Star
WEN DE STARS FELL"
TIE TINE THAT JUNGLE Benz AND
SAL "JINED HANDS,

A. Hurt in Chicago Tribune.
Dess push de gate open, boss, and
cum right in."
This was the friendly invitation
that greeted me as l stood me pleas.
ant summer afternoon before the hum.
bic cottage OF Uncle Ben, ''the oldest
inhahitant" Of Chattanooga, Tenn.
The old man sat in a rude chair in
the open yard, smoking his cob pipe,
lazily watching the clouds as they
Heated over historic Missionary Ridge,
Lookout Mountain and the shining
waters Of the picturesque Tennessee.
Near by stood his faithful, sad-eyed
donkey and an old, dilapidated wagon,
completing a perfect picture Of the
now very rare old-time Southern
darkey-a ghost OF the vanished years.
How old ARE you, Uncle Benz" l
asked as took the profiered chair.
"Rless you. honey, / don't 'zactly
member, but l wuz a right smart chap
wen dc stars fell"
when was that?"
Law, honey, amt you nebber heard
Of it? Mars John used to say it wuz
back in the '3Os."
And did the stars really fall?" l
asked in order to draw the old man
out.
''C"'so dcy did. Dey fell des like it
wuz rainin' gold, IN cracked wen dey
struck de ground des like meat In de
fryin' pan. Mars John and everybody
WIZ prayin' and a hollerin: "De jedg-
mentday done cum" l was roastin' a
big yam and prayed de Lord not to
take me fore de later wuz done.
"Bimeby Mars John he cum and say,
sezee: Ben. yOu's a good niger, en- l
been thinkin' long time I'd sot you
free. You's free now, en- you en- Sal
can get married. Thinks l, it wuz a
right poor time to jine hands, boss,
wen de Judgment day wuz a breakin'.
Mex mawnin' yer cum Mars John
en- say, sezce: Ben, hitch up old Shady
and pillow dat piece o stubble land mex
to de big road
Den l up and say, seq I: 'Marster,
rs free and me and Sal gwihe to mar.
ry. You told Yesterday rs Free Den
Mars John he kinder shut dat lef'
cross eye 0'his'n and sezee: You black
rascal git out-dat was den; dis is
now An denhe say something bout
de devil bein' a monk wen he sick, and
de same old devil wen he we'll. 1t
WIZ DIES like de old song:
MY old marster promised me
Dat wen he died he'd sot me free.
But my old marster lead and gone,
En- still old San,bo's hillin' up dc corn"
"Leastwise Sal and me jined hands,
on ! dun have six more wives since
den" continued the old man confldep.
italy. My wives, boss, have been
mighty unhealthy, until l got de old
oman sittin' dar. She's number sew
en-. en- ! spcct III kick de bucket fore
she does"
And good natured number seven
chucklcd, and said most emphatically
there would never be a number eight.
When l left the cabin the sun was
shining low behind the Raccoon
Mountain, and Uncle Ben was hum.
ming the words of an old plantation
sercnade. something like this:
"ne ole bee make de honey-comb.
De young hce make de honey.
DE niggers make the cotton en- con.
In de wife folks gifts the money"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-01-12
HUMIIsfaIY

INyas summoned as a Witness
at court the other day, and l have
felt humble eversince. IfyOu want
to feel what an insignificant serf
you are, just have a Deputy Sher.
if serve you a summons to appear
at Court. Ever since / have been
dancing attendance ut the Court.
room / have gotten to be humble
indeed. The other day through
sheer humility, l sold a lady a
$500 bed room suit for $3.50,
and this humility still clings to me.
Now, | would suggest that people
desiring furniture had better call
and buy during this week while
this fit Of humility exists. 1t is
sure that instead Of increasing
prices as | should, that l will al
most cut the figures in half, suffer.
ing, as Lam, from acute humility.
w. q. Tie
The Humble Furniture Dealer,
2l7 to 223 Royal Street, : : NEW ORLEANS.
Noeemler ~ N~. +oam
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10
WILL IT Sc DURSTOKs

Helena Letter to st. Paul DisDatch:.
With the growing conviction in this state
that United States Senator Clark will be
unseated as a result of the charges OF
bribery and corruption preferred against
him, political gossips are beginning to
speculate upon his successor. Montana
is politically divided into the east and
west sides by that portion of the Rocky
mountains chain between Helena and
Butte. And as Senator Thomas HI. Garter
Is a resident OF this city, many are In
clined to believe that Governor Smith
~Would-should occasion arise-app0int q
west slider. II
In this case J. II. Durston. editor OF
the Anaconda Standard. the personal or
gan Of Marcus Daily. receives the most
ted, 1t is argued, Durston, who had con-
Quoted the fight for DAILY, should ecure
the plum. The Standard has been most
aggressive in its attacks upon Clark, and
the whole campaign gainst him has been
conducted from it's Office, as DAILY, the
spirit behind the throne, has been i'll In
New York, n unable to give the mat
ter any attention other than general di-
rections. Durston is given the entire
management of Days political affairs
and is doubtless his choice for senator
So confident Is Durston of. being Clark's
successor. he is now in Washington learn.
ing the ropes"
But the Clark faction, while not admit.
ting that their chieftain will lose his seat
maintain that il he does. enough inf1u'
ence can be brought to bear upon Gov
ernor Smith to prevent the selection Of al
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10

iAnaconda man, for the governor has de-
cided views upon trusts, and. ~ the Ana
conda company 10 the embOdyment OF
that evil. he would abstain from abetting
a branch OF the Standard Oil company,
J which is reputed to be the largest stock
holder in the so-called copper trust. In
this event, 1t Is not~improbable that +,
August Heinze. a copper magnate OF
Butte, another former New Yorker, who
Is very a~ntagon.stic to the ~Amalgamated
Copper company, will secure the appoint
1nent. tt IA
Another slate-maker processes to be-
lieve that. should Clark be unseated. Gov
ernor Smith would himself resign, with
the understanding that Lieut. Gov
Spriggs would appoint him as Clark's
successor. This is regarded as remote
however. Ex-Gov. j. X. ,Toole, of Helena
and w. G. Conrad of Great Falls. are also
prominently mentioned as aspirants FOL
the toga. The latter gentleman was thu
DAILY candidate In the legislature thai
elected Clark, and had a large following
But the appointee. whoever he may be
would serve but ten or eleven months, al
the legislature .cOnvenes in regular SEES
sion next January, and if Clark fails t.
retain his seat, two. senators will then bt
elected. u ~
If the legislature, Ia republican, which
while not wholly probable, owing to thu
large number of democratic hord-ovel
senators, is by ne mean impossible, al
normally Montana is republican by 5000
plurality, eliminating. the silver issue
Thomas H. Carter will doubtless succeed
himself for the six-year term, while fol
the four-year vacancy. Hon. Q. +. God
dard and Thomas c. Marshall are regard
ed as the chief candidates, Should thu
legislature be democratic. It is believed
Clark will again be a candidate (provid
ing he loses his present seat, along will
HeinEe, Smith. Durston. Toole and Con
rad. At any rate. this promises to be tn
most lively political year known to Mon
tana history. t.eY-. .t
ed. NOte:-The correspondent to tn
Dispatch seems to have overlooked tn
fact that Heinze Is a r~epublican.l
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10

argue that four men contributed a sum
of money equal to $3.50 for every voter
in the state, for legitimate ca mpaign
purposes, for no such amount could have
been honestly expended in any election
ever held in Montana. The prodigal use
of money by the democratic party in the
first state campaign a been initiated
by the active workers in that %organiza-
ton in every political contest Of impor-
tance since, whether it was a fight for
supremacy at the polls or an effort to
control the law-making agencies of the
state.
com to the surface, like boils on the at
f1icted body of the patient Job, it Is
time for the s~elf-respecting citizens OF
Montana to rise up in judgment against
the gang of habitual political boodlers
who have brought down upon fair
state. the wrath of the nation and the
contempt of the American people. Yes.
let the corruption of. the democratic
party be made an issue-a paramount
issue, if you please-and let the God
fearing, public spirited, self-respecting
members of that political organization
step out of it's atmosphere of crime and
join hands. with the republicans In an
effort to effect the redemption of a great
| state. No higher duty lie before the
| voters of Montana.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10

Mr.. Clark Joined hands with Mr.. DAILY,
each contributing $500 to the demo-
cratic campaign fund; then Mr.. Clark
was nominated for congress by the dem
ocratic party. He was twice officially
selected as the democratic candidate for
United States senator, and then, at a
still later date, was elected to that Office
by a democratic legislature. This morn
ing, however, the Anaconda Standard
asserts that the democratic party had
disowned Mr.. Clark! The Standard has
a great head. -
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10
SUGGESTION. TO
THE VOLUNTEERS,

Washington, 4, 19O0.-Befieving
this country shou1d be n%eutralin the
war now progressing in South Africa.
and that the American, people should not
be divided into opposing factions as to
the merits of either side. for the political
benefit Of a few stump agitators and Of
flee seekers, your correspondent would
offer these suggestions: st44.3 80 Fs.
Despite the neutrality OF the govern
ment at Washington it is stated that
some of Montana's citizens are talking Of
organizing a force to join the Beers. Such
fight under the Trausvaal flag II they
please. 1t might aRo-happen that SYM
pathizers with the English decide to go
over there and join the queens army, re-
Numbering with gratitude that in our
own wal with Spain. the British govern
ment alone prevented a hostile European
demonstration in American waters and
was ready to fight side by side with our
own fleet against the combined powers Of
Continental Europe.
But think of the possible spectacle of
two Montana regiments in South Africa
fighting against each other in a foreign
war with which the American govern
ment is in no way concerned! Whatcould
be more absurd. han a lot Of Montana
soldiers, pro-Boer and pro-English, shoot
ing at one another because Joe Chamber
lain and Paul Kruger plunged their good
people into a wal to the death! Instead of
sending more men to Africa to serve as
targets for dumdum bullets and lyddite
shells, how much better would It, be to
or~o ~;vo ~ ~ ont for tho ro1iof IF thu
wounded on both sides! Speaking for the
English sympathizers in this community,
the writer of his would suggest that the
Sons Of st. George e. appoint q committee.
open su%bscr:ptions boolt4s 'aKd canvas
among themselves and their friends with
a view of raising a und for the benefit Of
the British sick and wounded, or else au-
thorize the Inter Mountain to receive do
nations. It would be a work of Christian
charity. The Boer sympathizers could do
the same thing and send their c%ontribu-
tons to the Inter Mountain or the Miner
or directly to the Boer government.
Such a course would be much better for
the Montana friends of the contending
nations than to allow themselves to be
worked by political demagogues, who
care nothing about the suffering on the
battlefield, or the griefs of widows and
orphans, but whose sole purpose is to
make themselves solid with one side or
the other for political effect. Nearly
every man who is abusing the British
government in Chicago. Washington, and
other eastern cities is making a play to
lcapture a certain "vote" in some district
he desires to carry. "
What would the American people have
thought If, during the Spanish war, the
English people had talked of organizing
regiments of soldiers to join the Span
iards in Cuba? What American did not
rejoice when England prevented Euro
pean interference and when in every legi.
Innate way her majesty's government in.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10

- +"--V-2"F - A%A~"
The Inter Mountains Washington cor
respondent states that It is. currently re-
ported that MI. Marcus Daily win take.
the witness stand. According to the
Anaconda Standard, however, Mr.. Daily
knows nothing about the senatorial con-
troversy. But should he conclude to tes-
tify it will give him am opportunity, to
deny the sworn statement Of ex-Gover-
nor Hauser that he contributed $40,000
to the democratic campaign fund in 1889.
AS the Standard has refused to enter a
denial ON Mr.. Daly's behalf, and passes
over the ex-governor's testimony with
the remark that t.'it is difficult to COM
ment seriously upon the testimony of
| Hauser," the president Of the ANAL
gamated company doubtless feels that
he should take the stand and protect
himself from the in%sinuation that he has
been spending money in a political way.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10

Dictated tts friendly interest in theasuccess
of American arms? That the people OF
Montana honestly entertain qiyergent
and opposite views OF the present wal is
natural enough. The Beers doubtless
have all the courage Of their strong con-
victions Of right. They are a liberty
loving n valorous Christian nation de-
serving Of all respect. The British are
equally convinced of the righteousness Of
their own cause and are fighting nov for
the very existence Of their empire. Let
us concede to eac side patriotism and
honesty of purpose. Instead, therefore, Of
helping either or both governments to pro-
long the. war and increase the %bloodshed,
let the people OF Montana, II they must
take a hand, devote their efforts and their
means to the alienation of the pain Of
the wounded and the proper care Of the
destitute. If Americans must express
their sympathies In a practical way they
can accomplish the best result by de-
creasing the flow of blood and increasing
the flow of the milk of human kindness.
The contending armies do not require
more men and more bullets. but more
medicine and more nurses. If the men
who want to join the burghers will send
Dom Paul, in cash, one-half the fare for
the journey to Pretoria they will be
saving human fife instead Of wasting 1t.
With money for nurses and medicines
Kruger will be able to get plenty Of men
out of the hospital. The same is true OF
the other side. In addition to all this, we
shall keep our own brave boys at home.
instead Of losing them in a foreign a
These. your correspondent believes. are
the sentiments Of the Inter Mountain: its
friends In Butte are legion and IT'S ad-
vice. II given ed~itorially, will not go un.
needed. Finally. why should the good
people Of Montana go to Africa In thei,
search for a subject of contention? Dc
MOI the senatorial investigation and the
Daiy-Clark feud furnish enough excite.
ment2
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
AWFUL FAMINE
That Is Now Making OF India One Vast

That Is Now Making OF India One Vast
Charnel Pen.
The famine area in India is about
100000 square miles, and extends over
the central, south and northwestern
provinces, says Leslie's Weekly. No
pen could describe its awful horrors.
Some of the things proved by pho
Biography are too realistically horrible
to be reproduced in any publication.
and we print only few OF
the less frightful photographs
taken by the missionaries, because
many have not believed that such an
awful condition could exist In this CEN
tury of plenty and prosperity. Ema-
ciated beyond belief, the starving ma
tives crawl to the house Of the nearest
sahib, usually a missionary to crave
food but so 900 mouths have to be fed.
Fifteen dollars year will feed Hin
du, yet even this pitiable allowance
Is not to be had. The causes OF the
famine are the failure OF the crops, the
refusal OF the native princes to allow
their hunting jungles to be converted
into fertile agricultural regions, and
the mysterious disappearance OF a spe-
cial famine fund OF $100.000,O0O. col
lected by the government after the IA
mine OF 1877. The Hindu is a strict
vegetarian. The low-caste Hindu is
fatalist. So, when famine stalks abroad
the Hindu submits uncomplainingly.
Day by day he will subsist on less food.
until at last when mere shadow, he
will drag his bony self to relief sta
ton. There he may get food-or he
may not. If not, he crouches In some
corner, or out in the fields, under Gods
trees, and awaits the coming OF death.
The majority OF the victims are women
and children.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
A BRAVE BIRD.
True Courage Not Incompatible with
Nerycusbaa.

True Courage Not Incompatible with
Nervousness.
] suppose bird is the bravest crea-
ture that lives, in spite OF its natural
timidity. From which we may learn
that true courage is not Incompatible
with nervousness. and that herolsm
does not mean the absence of fear. but
the conquest OF It, Who does not re-
member the first time he ever ran
across hen partridge with her
brood, as he was strolling through the
woods In June? How splendldly the
old bird forgets herself in her efforts
to defend and side her young, Small
er birds are no less daring. One even
Ing last summer | was walking mp the
Ristigouche from Camp Harmony to
Mowetts Rock, where my canoe was
waiting for me. to fish for salmon. AS
! stepped out from thicket on to
the shingly bank of the river spotted
sandpiper teetered along before me-
followed by three young ones
Frightened at first. the mother flew
out few feet over the water. But
the piperlings could not fly. having
no feathers, and they crept onder a
crooked log. ! rolled the log over
very gently and took one OF the cow
ering creatures into my hand-a tiny,
palpitatlng scrap Of life, covered with
soft gray down, and peeping shrilly,
like Lilliputian chicken. And now
the mother was transformed. Her fear
was changed into fury. She was a
bully. fighter, an Amazon in
feathers. She few at me with loud
cries, dashing herself almost into my
face. ] was a tyrant, robber, kid
naper and she called heaven to wit
ness that she would never give up her
offspring without a struggle. Then
she changed her tactics and appealed
to my baser passions. She fell to
the ground and fiuttered around me
as If her wing were broken Look"
che seemed to say. II am bigger than
that poor little baby. If you must eat
something eat me! My wing is lame.
I can't fly. You can easily catch me.
Let that little bird go." And so |
did. and the whole family disappeared
in the bushes as If by magic. ! won
| dered whether the mother was saying
to herself, after the manner of her
sex. that men are stupid things, after
a female who stoops to deception in
righteous cause.-Dr. Henry Van
Dyke.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

Mr.. J. II. Gurney, in an article in
the Ibis. discusses a number OF facts,
collected from various books and pa
pers, regarding the age to which birds
live. Mr. Dresser. in his Birds OF
Europe" gives an instance Of raven
having lived siNty-nine years Mr.
Meade Waldo has In captivity a pair Of
eagle owls. one Of which is sixty-elght
and the other fifty-three years old.
Since 1864 these birds have bred regu-
larly. and have now reared ninety
three young ones. A Batelur eagle and
a condor in the geological gardens at
Amsterdam are still alive at the re-
spective ages of ffty-hve and fifty-two.
An imperial eagle of the age OF fifty
six, a golden eagle of forty-six and a
sea eagle of forty-two, and many other
birds OF the age OF forty downward
are also recorded.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
FOR MALARIA,
CHILLS AND Fever.
The Best Prescription Is Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic.
The Formula Is Plainly Printed on Every Bottle.
So That the People May Know just
What They Are Taking

Imitators do not advertise their formula
knowing that you would not buy their medi-
cine if you knew what it contained. Groves
contains Iron and Quinine put up in correct
proportions and is in Tasteless FORM The
Iron acts as tonic while the Quinine drives
the malaria out of the system. Any reliable
druggist will tell you that Groves is the
Original and that all other so-caled "Taste-
less" chill toncs are limitations. An analysis
of other chill tonics shows that Groves is
superior to all others in every respect You are
not experimenting when you take Grove's-its
superiority and excellence having long been
established. Groves is the only Chill Cure sold
throughout the entire maarial sections of the
United States. No Cure, No Pay. Price, soc
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
Leading Political EeonomIst.

Professor de Gustav Schneider,
whose declaration that Brazil must
soon become a great state under Ger
man influence, has been the rector of
the University of Berlin since 1897. He
is one of the foremost political econ
omists of Europe, and for years has
lectured In German universities on po-
litical science, economies and history.
Professor Schneider was born at He'll
bronn in 1888. and studied in the Uni
versity of Wurtemburg. In 1864 he
was called to chair in Halle, and
from 1865 to 1872 he was dean of the
University Of Strasburg. In 1882 Prof.
Schneider was transferred to Berlin as
professor of history of political science.
His opinions upon national matters are
Of great weight
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

Spain there are some ten million
Migratory sheeep, which every year
aNl as much as two hundred miles
|Dn the "delectable mountains,
aSt the shepherds feed them till
Y SHOWS descend. These sheep are
eoEn as transhumantes, and their
|Ica, resting places and behavior are
|sala'ed by ancient and special laws
|e' tribunals, dating from the four
|Nah century. At certain times no
II Is allowed to travel on the same
we as the sheep, which have a right
uale on all open and common land
ue way, and for which a road nine
II !ards wide must be left on all In.
''O and private property. The shep-
|~us lead the flocks, the sheep follow
~ Inc Hooks are accompanied by
.@ carrying provisions, and large
|'u which act as guards against the
|'"es' The merino sheep trave
|.I hundred miles to the mountains
\ 'ne total time spent on migration
rus and back is fourteen weeks
A' Spectator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

Sir George White. VINO has been
made G. c. V. o., has now no fewer
than Ave knighthoods. He is Sir
George White. G. c. b., X. C. 49,. G. c.
S. L.. G. c. |. f., G. G. V. o. Only two
other British subjects, not of the blood
royal have five knighthoods. They are
the marquis OF Dufferin and Lord Rob
erts, and they have but four each.
without their *. P.s. Among COM
moners, who cannot be X P.s. Sir
George White stands alone Indeed.
he is the only commoner with more
than three knighthoods.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

n
,.nsnese are getting anxious
~eIr physique, which is deterlo-
much that the land of flowers
!. course OF time become a land
u,s The military authorities
/ 1,coyered that their men cannot
/ ~ ordinary rife because it is too
:. ,bem and have been compelled
."ossoaence to arm them with
~ y sbort firearms. Recent In
E''.,,ous have shown that the stu
~, among the worst developed
tS.sns Of humanity on the face oi
4 ..,tb the finished product OF the
..,.s university generally present.
4, appearance of a puny, siekly,
|,,lopsd youth
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

.,slcal or whistling tree is a
y ,be West Indies. Nubia and
II possesses a peculiar
1us ,,., and pods with a split or
" edge The wind passing
" ,nese causes the sound which
flp ,be tree the name OF whist
barbados there is a valley
" nO trees Of this ch hiracter, and
Wv Wv ,rade winds blow across the
W constant moaning. deep-toned
~ heard from 1t. A species OF
~ ~sich grows very abundantly
y sodsn. is also called the whist
Y hy the natives.