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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-10-19
nHE COURTS.
the REcVLAR TERMS.
Circuit Court-2nd Dist.
THAD A. WOOD, JUDGE.

THAD A. WOOD, JUDGE.
WALTER A. WHITE, DIsrRIcr ATTORNEY.
=. ,,o county Of Wayne on the second Monday
,,1sn"ary II NM and July and continue six day. ,S, -
count, Of rsr RSsT na eannns con hS a sa Ss Ss
day u sonnty OF Marion, second district on the
tb IN IN Monday Of January and July and continue
on.n nOI I'm ihe first district on the first Monday
and August and con continue ss SsyS Ssys
uv ID ,ne .uu md August and continue twelve days
VI ,hs .ounty Of Jasper on the first Monday OF
March an i and September and continue twelve days
March ar 'ht and September and continue six days.
In the county Of Hancock on the fourth asE Monday
OIL IN IN GtSscounty of Harrison on the second Monday
=, - Nav .r' and November and continue six days.
vi ~ tbs county OF jackson on the fourth Mounday
If a April G and October and continue six days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-10-19

A Michigan woman has reversed the
usual rule. She warns the public
through the press that she will not be
responsible for debts contracted BY
her husband.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-10-19

Mr.. McKinley's great and good
friends, the Chinese, are still burning
missionary property, while pretend.
Ing to be engaged In Furnishing Boxers.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-10-19
DEATH OF AN OLD CONF
VETERAN.

After lingering illness, NENCER
endured with great fortitude
a soldier, Mr.. ORA PINKNEY
passed away at his home on 1
road, near Scranton, Saturday,hrat.d al
at 7:3O o'clock, aged 6S years.
Mr.. Barnes was q native of No Gas.
lima, and during his infancy hi
came to Mississippi and settled
roll county. He was q printer
sion was wa,, ,ntorm,aa VI W. W Equip
extensive reader and had the fPted in
remembering what he read, whl'
him an entertaining conversati}lly 15,
When wars rude alarm bt
peaceful quIetude and put in mi No
great struggle between the doo n m
was among the first to respo|s5 a. m.
call of his adopted State for tr 45 a. m.
for four long years followed th@ @a9 90 a. n, M
fortunes Of the Confedercy un Il IN m
to succumb to overwhelming
All, how he loved the South
speaking of the defeat Of the 100 y. m
arms he became sad. 1t was h ;lS 40 a. m m,
that his old comrades act as pak:4s p. m
Outof six, four were old sol I;lo a. m
other two strong Southern symt !. IO ~ a. = IN !,
In 1886 he was appointed Il |6:a5 n m
keeper of the Pascagoula ri} ,o1no :,
which position he held until '''' ~
compelled him to resign, si1 pent' and
time he has lived in retiremek coaches,
farm. He leaves noble antng cars.
wife who stood by him duringbset office.
Illness. King.
His funeral took place from 4s.tf
tist church, of which he was d
funeral was $, well 'sel,' attended. sl.'''lh H'lhdry
were laid to rest in the Protes
terry at Pascagoula.
ION fame's eternal camping
And mI riD1y ispt ssa3si tsnt i vtS Work.
The bivouac of the dead" -
Mr.. Charles Lyons, resideOtheTS,
place for the past thirty "
peacefully at his home on Dd
nue. last Friday at 8 O'Clock ..
golden age of eighty years.
well and favorably known, nd
hncted n raetau~o~t. .-N'
Delmas Arenue, opposite Court House.
e. A. GRlGSBY.
Proprietor.
Scranton. Miss, June ID. 1900. ls-ly
DR.. E. Frank Griffin,
DENTIST.
Scranton, Miss.
Has located permanently In Scranton
)ffice In the Palace Pharmacy building, OF
Delmas avenue.
June 10. 1893 l8.tf
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-10-19

Chairman Jones of the Democratic
National Committee calls on all per-
sons to furnish him with information
. save money. JOHN Y. MNattempt
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-10-19

The New York Morning Telegraph
says, Ohio will 60 for Bryan by 100000
majority.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-10-19

Hanna's example has had badef-
feet at his home. -Four menshefs Of
the Cleveland City Council are chafR-
ed with having received hfibos.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-10-19
Jackson County Officials.

CleIsSs ~ !, and Tax. Collector-R. j. Loughridge.
SSs,esss.urer-Arthur IL; smith.
ilsesss.sMor-Willie r. Ramsay. ~ c
cup BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
,..v Rrovn, president; Simeon George, X. q.
,ons, n, o, Furry, Andrew.Allman.
''" BOARD OF HEALTH.
NJ N,yer., president; |. p. Delmas., secreta-
A. H,res:urer; NJ. M. Evans, b. +. Duke, quar-
nair physician.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-10-19

Bryan is gaining every day, in fact,
his gains already insure his election
In November.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-10-19

the BURLINGTON re

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New Through Trains to PortlanPplled the
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for Kansas City. st. Joseph, Nortend MISS
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Washington. Tacoma. Seattle, PugS.
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the short line and time saver TO til n dove
Northwest. TO the Puget Sound In r
Through coaches, chair cars (sei ana was
standard sleepers and dining cars vfleljcious
tourist sleepers from Kansas City
the main Travelled route st. LOuif
Northwest. -,
Number s. "Nebraska- Colorado IRON. Mr..
mid. day train from st. Louis for Mercban
Colorado, Utah, Pacific. Coast one ~
Denver. Also for st. Paul, MinneaSaVe he
beyond,
No. Is, at S:l5 p. M, st. Louis TO Kansas
City. Omaha, st, Joseph, Kansas, Nebraska.
Colorado Utah, Pacific Coast, via Denver,
also TO the Observation-Disclosures, Washing
ton, Oregon. via Lincoln and Billings.
Please write:
IN. MERRILL. L. W. WAKELEY,
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Atlanta, Ga. st. Louis Mo-
HOWARD ELLIOT,
General Manager, St. Louis, Mo,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-10-19
LOUISVILLE q NASHVILLE R. a,

LoUisvillE d NAeHviLLE r. n.
GOING EAST.
No. 2.-Leaves New Orleans at 7:45 D. m. Ar
ives at Scranton ut 1856 p m. Arrives in Mobile
at 1905 a. m.
No. l-Leaves New Orleans at Ills q. m. Ar.
ives at scranton at 2:07 p. m. Arrives at Mobile
at 312 p. m.
No. 6-Leaves New Orleans at 1855 a. m. Ar.
rives at Scranton at 11:25 A. m. Arrives at Mobile
At 1910 y. m.
GOING WEST
No. l.-Leaves Mobile las p. m. Arrives at
Scranton 2:59 D. m. New Orleans. 6:35 p. m.
No. 3.-Leaves Mobile 3:15 a. IN. Arrives at
Scranton 4:2l a. m. New Orleans, TAO a. N.
No. 5.-Leaves Mobile at 4;31 p. m. Arrives at
Scranton 5:3l p. m New Orleans, $50 p. m.
In effect June 8, 1899.
JOHN II. SANTA CRuIZ. Agent.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-10-19

cy shall.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
saIt and Gnnes.

Doubtless the remedy for gapes
which is recommended by our CORE
spondent is beneficial. but our readers
when using it must remember that an
excessive quantity of salt viii kill even
old fowls. Do not throw it on the
ground. If you use it. limit the guam
tity, says Poultry Keeper.
while on my way to Union Mills
! stopped along the way to talk with a
lady about p. K, and she gave me a
remedy for gapes. She tried it and
also a preacher at Door Village, the
latter having lost about 100 chicks, and
after treatment the death rate stopped.
He fed salt-just threw it on the
ground and let them pick 1t $50 this
lady Informed mel. Since then I've
lost one, and another one had it. ! lust
took a pinch Of salt between thumb
and finger, opened the chicks mouth.
put in the salt and then held the
CHICKS head in drinking water, so as
to wash the salt down, and in five min
utes the chick was picking something
to eat and has been all right since.
Now, If the above is worthy of publica-
ton, just publish it for the benefit of
P. &. readers. &C. G. Cotton.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05

Now is the time for general cleaning
out of the poultry house A good coat
of whitewash should be applied in or
der TO brighten things up, make the
rooms more cheerful and purify the
air. This should be thoroughly done
so as to get it in all cracks and holes,
so that it will not only sweeten up the
quarters, but rid it of any vermin that
may be harboring there. All this work
should be done in good season, so as to
avoid the cold damp weather.
We should also make preparations
now for winter rations by getting in
store q supply of beets or mangels
small potatoes and other stuff. These
may be boiled and mixed with bran or
NEAL for it does not matter whether
we keep fowls for market purposes,
layers or fancy breeding, the best sys-
TEN is to give ut least one meal Of
cooked food each day during the win
ter and about three times a week in
the summer. In ordinary weather |
prefer to feed the most at night, but in
very cold weather would give light
feed in the morning also. A mash
seems to keep the fowls in much better
condition, makes them more thrifty
and helps young stock to increase their
steady growth.-V. NJ. Couch in Farm
Poultry.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
MIR. Hnyden's Strenuous Hen

The grittiest hen in America lives in
Alsea, Ga. Her right to be called a
brave hen has been tested, and no one
who reads these lines will deny that
she is ever likely to shrink from any
duty, public or private. She is not
only a brave hen, but a strenuous
hen.
She is the property of one of the
Hayden brothers. They also own a
thrashing machine. The latter was
taken out of the shed for the first time
last week, and small field of grain
was thrashed to see that the machine
was in good running order. When the
job was finished, the machine was re-
turned to the shed, when, to the amaze
ment Of all. there, in the corner of the
separator, sat the strenuous hen. I'm
der her was a nest of eggs that she
was endeavoring to hatch. She had
been ON the nest when the machine
was taken out She was there when
the belts and pulleys began to whiz,
when the fan began to sing and when
the riddlers began to shake and rattle.
The wind from the fan ruflled her
feathers and almost took her breath;
but like the boy on the burning neck,
she staid Mt her post. What her
thoughts were when the swift cylinder
began to chew up straw cannot be
guessed.-EXchange.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
N-rsca I,n- snhnnIs-

At the second annual meeting of the
Louda School Nurses society the
Countess Of Aberdeen occupied the
chair. This society was founded lit
lie more than two years ago with the
object Of Supplying visiting nurses t.
elementary schools in poor districts 1t
is found that when nurse visits a
school regularly ills among the children
practically cease to exist. 1t is a known
fact that the fever hospitals Of London
are for the most part filled with chill
dren whose parents allow them to run
about until they are actually stricken
down. SO it is obviously work Of
economy for the nurse to detect and
exclude cases Of illness from schools,
where infection always spreads so rap
Idly
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
WEIGHT OF TURKEYS.
An Expert Discusses This and Some
Kindred Matters.

Kindred Matters.
will never believe that the demand
for immense weights required by the
standard ana turkey raisers is wise.
have lost the heaviest turkeys ! ever
owned simply from being overfat, and
/ do not feed very much for flesh
either. 1t Is not unusual for me to lose
sales because l cannot quote as heavy
weights rs are demanded, Vet l have as
large turkeys as any fancicr l sold
lady a young tom last spring which
weighed without being fattened 30
pounds. \ few days ago she wrote
asking if l did not send her an old
tom, not in the spirit Of complaint, but
the tom is SO large that she thinks he
must be = years instead of ! year old.
know overfat stock is not good for
breeding purposes, and so does every
one who has given the subject any care
full attention, yet a turkey must weigh
so many pounds regardless of conse-
quences. If the would be purchaser
would be satisfied with standard
weights, then there would be some
reason in the demands, but l have Of
ten received inquiries in November for
young toms weighing 80 pounds or
over Now, everybody with common
sense knows or should he taught that
in this climate it is almost impossible
to make a young tom weigh 80 pounds
in November or even December, and
that to do so is an injury to breeding
qualities. From January TO March
young toms may weigh from % to 80
pounds without any special effort at
fattening them. l prefer a pullet from
10 TO Is pounds rather than one heav-
Ter, and ! know that voice the senti-
mentS OF some of the best fanciers in
the southern states. The overlarge
hen does not lay so many eggs, nor are
those she does lay so fertile.
This year one of my turkeys laid
over 20 eggs. l have forgotten the eX-
act number but there can be no mistake
about it, as l put her on farm with
another pullet The other died and
this one laid over 20 eggs. OF course
she was not allowed TO sit. She weigh
ed IL pounds in February and now she
is one of the largest hens ] have ever
owned. think she will weigh by De
cember "a to % pounds / did not
keep her for her size, but for her blood
and made a special mating with tom
from my first prize birds, thinking
the young would get size from the pa
ternal side, but the mother has ecliDsed
all expectations. 1t is not often fe-
males go so far beyond our eXpecta-
ton, though they do often fall short
of it. ! can generally tell how tom
will develop but sometimes the largest
pullets do not make the largest hens
Mrs. 3. G. Mackey In Reliable Poultry
Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05

Squads have ceased to be merely a
dainty for invalids and a luxury for
the rich. The increase in the demand
during the past few years has been
wonderful We eat five times as many
as we did ten years ago.
This is the reason: Game Of all kinds,
such as snipe, plover and partridge,
has grown scarcer every year. So
squads have come into favor, and the
prices have become lower. 1t IS i'm
possible to know just how many
squads We eat here in New York city.
The amount is included in the 100000
pounds of poultry and game which
we consume daily.
What Rhode Island is to the turkey
New Jersey is to the SQUAD. The best
and largest white squads In the New
York markets come from western and
southern New Jersey and are called
Philadelphia squads. \ few come from
the west. Like poultry in the markets
here, they are never sold drawn-with
the entrails removed. They would not
be considered fresh.
The average weight of one dozen
squads is seven pounds. \ dozen birds
of the premium class often weigh
eight pounds, sometimes nine pounds,
and will bring 81. The average price
for the best class is SO a dozen.
The best buyers are private parties,
who take so many pair a week regular
ly the year round. Then come the no
tells and fine restaurants. The restau-
rants which give table d'hote dinners
at 81 or S1.25 each generally pay 50
a dozen for their squads. a lower
price is paid if possible, as every cent
on the meal counts, so finely is the
average made up on each plate. Some
times they can find squads to their
liking at Sl.75 dozen and very rarely
for $50 Dark squads are bought
You cannot tell the difference between
the dark and the white squads in soups
and pigeon pies. The light meat is
worth one third more than the dark
meat Put into the same dozen are
the small white squads of undersize.-
New York Herald
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
Whnt Makes n Fowl Sick.

An item, parentage unidentified, yet
so good and comprehensive as to r.
worth FASTING in every poultryman's
hat, was found in an exchange. 1t Is
as follows:
The most troublesome diseases of
fowls, with their causes, may be
summed up as follows:
Roup-Planted by only a neglected
slight cold
Cholera-Caused principally by over
crowdinG.
Diarrhea-Damp houses, filthy houses
and runs and bad feeding.
Canker-Dampness and filth.
Notwithstanding in drafts, also
damp houses.
liberated Throat-Ditto.
umption-Neglected cold.
Apoplexy, Vertigo and Epilepsy-Over-
feeding.
Sore Eyes-Damp houses.
Costiveness and Constipation-Im-
proper food.
Soft and Swelled Crop-Overfeeding
Indigestion and Dyspepsia-Ditto.
Pip-Damp quarters.
Bronchitls-Ditto.
Black Rot-Result of Indigestion.
Soft Eggs-Overfeeding.
Govt, Rheumatism and Cramp-Damp
houses.
Leg Notwithstanding and over
feeding.
Bundle Foot-High perches.
Scaly Legs-Filthy and damp quar-
tiers.
Chicken pox-Ditto.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
KILLING AND MARKETING.
Valuable Information For breeders
of Dncl,s md Geese.

of Ducks and Geese.
Ducks and geese should be killed by
bleeding in the mouth or opening the
veins of the neck. Hang by the feet
until properly Lled. Never pick just
before killing in order to save the
feathers. The feathers should be tax
en- off after they are killed, before they
get cold-in other words, while they
are bleeding rs at that time they
come out very easily, but if they are
picked before they are killed it leaves
the skin so inflamed that the stock will
not bring a good price. After the
feathers which are to be saved are TAX
en- off. the geese and ducks should be
SCaldcd in water as near the boiling
point as possible without boiling. Pick
the legs dry before scalding, hold the
fowl by the head and legs and i'm
merse, then lift up and down thrVO
times. if the head is immersed, it
turns the color Of the comb and gives
the eyes shrunken appearance, which
leads buyers to think the fowl has been
sick. The feathers and pin feathers
should be removed Immediately. very
clcanly and without breaking the skin
If the feathers do not come off readily
after the birds are scalded, wrap the
bodies in blankets for the purpose of
steaming them, but they must not be
left in this condition long enough to
cook the flesh.
Another good way TO remove the
down is to rub the feathers with pow
dcred resin before the bird is scalded,
and then the down comes off with the
resin, which makes a very good way
Of dressing ducks and geese, especially
geese. DO not pick the feathers off the
head, and it Is well to leave them on
the neck close to the head for a space
of two or three inches. The feet should
not be skinned nor the bodies singed
/ for the purpose of removing the down
or hair, as the heat from the flame will
cause them to look oily and bad. After
they are picked clean they should be
held in scalding water about ten sec
onds for the purpose of Pumping Them
and then rinsed in clean, cold water.
The best time to sell ducks and
geese is when they are young if they
are raised early. Most of the live
geese are marketed during September,
| October and November. There is a
/ good market for live ducks all summer
or, in fact, the year around, but after
the weather has turned cold it is bet
| ter to ship both ducks and geese dress
| ed. The larger they are the better
prices they will bring per pound. While
the market sometimes gets OverStocked
on ducks, 1t never has and never will
be overstocked on large, fat geese at
any time Of the year, as we have a
Jewish trade that is always looking
for large, fat geese, and as a rule they
are always scarce. We want to i'm
press on the minds of breeders that
they must raise large geese, Do not
forget that it costs no more to raise
large geese than small ones, and when
they come to the market they will
bring from two to three times as much
either by the pound or by the Dozen
Poultry Keeper
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05

d. s., Snowflake, A. T., asks Ameri-
ian Poultry journal: How large should
q building be for about so ducks ?
What is the best feed for young duck
Hngs?
The answer is: a building 10 by %
feet would be large enough. 1t should
be seven feet high and have a board
floor that will always be dry. Keep the
floor covered with straw or any other
dry, soft litter.
The best feed for little ducks is
wheat middllnSs mixed with 10 pei
cent of animal meal. Mix into a very
stiff dough and feed all they will eat
Give them plenty Of grit and pure wa
ter and feed all the green stuff they
will eat. Lettuce or fresh short grass
makes a good green feed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
The Figures VIII Sneak.

1t Is probable that if an accurate
census of poultry and eggs can be TAX
en- it will be found that the value
thereof will exceed $300,0O0,0O0. This
is an enormous sum and throws the
fancy" part far into the shade. 1t is
the great trainloads of poultry and
eggs going to the large cities that show
the magnitude of the poultry inter-
ests. With a population of S0,000,000
people and estimating that each per-
son consumes S. worth of poultry and
eggs in one year the sum is $40O,0OO,-
600. Then there is the large number
of eggs used In the arts. We are still
importing eggs, and our country does
not supply itself.
While the farmers largely assist In
this production, yet the cities, towns
and villages contain thousands who
keep small 1ocks. The hen is but a
small creature, but there are millions
of hens, and they produce something
every day in the year. In the face of
great array of figures and facts let
the poultry business have its proper
place, for it is the rival of any other.
Cattle, horses, sheep, swine and even
wheat are falling to the rear behind
poultry.
And yet 1t is styled a fancy" bust
ness and breeders fail to comprehend
the figures.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
QUEEN OF MISSOURI.

Biddie's Record Surprises Even
Those Who Think They Know Her.
The Missouri hen is a larger thing
than the Missouri COW or Missouri
horse, or even the Missouri mule-lar-
ger indeed than all the live stock in the
state.
She is larger than all the possible In
mates of the barnyards and all the
grain and other farm produce which
are grown in this great state.
l mean she is bigger in a commercial
way-in the matter of dollars and
cents
l don't suppose that one citizen Of
the state out of 10000 realizes the i'm
portance Of the hen. In the gathering
OF the statistics for my annual report
on the industries Of the state | learned
that even the farmers who raise the
hen do not realize her Importance as a
comparative wealth producer.
Briefly stated, the facts are that
Queen Chickabiddy and her product
overtop in valuation all the horses,
mules. sheep oats, rye, grass seed
cauc seed castor beans, cotton seed
tobacco, hay and straw by over $4,000
And the hen Is going to do better
than that in Missouri. All my informa-
ton shows that the industry Of raising
poultry has had a remarkable boom
within the last two years and that the
percentage of increase for next year
will be proportionate.
In 1889 the figures Of the railroad
and express companies showed that
166.9SS,710 pounds of poultry were
shipped by the Missouri counties. That
meant an increase of 36.907, 443 pounds
or over one-hfth in the dressed poultry
| business alone.
Missouri last year shipped 34,S75,04O
( dozens Of eggs. Adding the value of
I eggs To that of the dead chicken shows
/ that during the year the state secured
\ $t2,091, O4S..4 from the poultry raising
! busiueSs.-Thomas =. RiXey, State La
Dor Commissioner, in st. Louis Post
! DiSpatch
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
Nnlne of MIIIet Seed.

If gill Of millet seed and a quart of
corn could be compared in some man
ner, it would be found that more eggs
would result from feeding the millet
seed than from the corn. Not that
there is more nutrition in the seed, but
because the hens would quickly pick
up the corn and would be compelled
to work for each of the tiny seeds pro-
cured. One tablespoonful of millet seed
scattered over piece of ground or in
litter will induce the hens to seek for
food, and the exercise of so doing will
promote their health, give them good
appetites and increase the egg produc-
lion of every hen in the flock.