The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-01-12
then for his mercy, and have been
thanking Him ever since.
Lou NJ. TAYLOR.

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thanking Him ever since.
Lou NJ. TAYLOR.
To the Editor.
Pessimists declare that the human
race is degeuerating; that our fore
fathers we're mighty men, who builded
a great republic and that we, their
degenerate sons, are a race OF pigmles;
that we are chained to our desks In
the struggle for wealth; that NAM
mon Is the devirsity Of the hour; that
the victors become ''dudes" and the
vanquished are shattered wrecks.
This is alarming, but let us see how
much truth there Is in it. Our pugi.
lists could defeat those OF Greece or
Rome as easily as our armies could de-
feat that OF Caesars. The "Oregon"
with one broad-slde could annihilate
the feet OF Lord Nelson or the Span.
ish Armada. The Alps, which so ter.
rifed the soldiers Of Hannibal, we
climb for a pastime. The Matterhorn
Is only q breakfast spell. We plant
"Old Glory" on the t0pm0st peak Of
the Rockies, and there among the re-
gions OF eternal snow, dance a Jig and
sing "Ther1l be q hot time 10 the old
town tonight"
Degenerate; init" Why one Of our
bowling cowboys could rasso the
great Plantagaret, he OF battle axe
fame, the immortal Richard Couer de
Leon; yes, throw a .raw.hide rope
around his neck, and being mounted
upon a ''short-haired Cayuse" would
turn his face toward the setting sun
and scatter the remains OF poor
Dick" battle axe, suit Of mail, ETC.,
all over the alkali plains Ut the far
west. Did 1t ever strike you, thusly?
When all those knights were drawn
up In opposing forces at Acre, what
the outcome would have been II per.
chance a couple. Of our modern b.
cyclists, riding tandem, should sud.
denly take a turn around the lists.
Imagine A%thelstane, Frou de Beef,
IvanhOe, and how very hard they
would be to catch,
Jackson county has many possibili-
ties; let Others more competent write
OF her great saw mills, her ship yards,
her beautiful harbOr and her untold
wealth OF yellow pine timber. Some
other pen must tell of all these great
gifts. 1t is only OF her Fairgrounds
would say a word, for you know ''too
much work makes Jack a dull boy"
We are fortunate In it that nature has
set at our very doors one Of the finest
Fairgrounds In all the South. From
the wooded slopes Of Mobile, Perry
and Greene counties, to the wide
reaches OF the lower Pascagoula, then
along the shores Of the Sound, then
up the beautiful Escatawpa, with its
myrlds Of stream OF lake and lawns:
this is our playground.
"Acti0n and reaction are equal and
opposite" so says the mathematician.
1t is because the American at work Is
the hustler from away back, the Amer
lean at play is like a liberated school
boy. He gets out of doors with a
shout, and with rod or gun in hand he
plunges into the forest. He goes down
to the sea 10 yachts; he goes up the
streams in canoes; he camps In tents,
'shacks In the open, anywhere night
overtakes him, and is happy. There
is a unique charm about camping out,
There are beds, rubber beds, but all
old campers will tell you that nothing
equals the freshly cut bonghs of tht
aromatic pine tree. Some one has
said:
"'Tls night upon the lake; our camp Is made
'Twixt shore and hill, meath the pine trees
shade;
IT'S still; and yet what woody noises loom
'Gainst the back ground Of the silent gloom
One we'll might hear the opening Of q flower
II day were hushed as this"
In the waters Of this paradise Of th,
angler can be found every species q
fresh water fish, from the black basl
and rock salmon, to the finest perch
And then the bunting; bear, deer
wild turkey, grey and red squirrels
and on the lakes, bayous and lago0us
near the sound, geese. ducks, Ia shOr
all kinds Of water fowl. All! the spor
Of the hunter; there is a wild free mu
sic 10 the ~t0ngueing Of good hound
upon a hot scent, and a man must b
made Of the very coolest kind o
Bayou Cassotte" mud whose hear
does not thrill when he hears tn
clamor OF the dogs as they come near
or bis point Of vantage, the, hear
humping. the cramping Of the MUS
Giles, (Buck-ague this), the fight to cor
troll his ''mediaed. Diana" mot Aleck
Bangs Mississippi .Viager') as sh,
wObbles the spuft of flame, the thu
Of the falling body. the wild yell Q
triumph and the crazy war dane
around the fallen monarch Of the fol
est. A man never forgets things Xix
these. He shows plainly that unde
the veneer Of civilization he still re
tains the primitive instincts of sa,
agery and the tan Is not Of his fac
before he Is eager to try 1t all ovt
again.
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