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The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-10-05

A remarkable birth Is reported from
Mary's Home, In Miller county, about
thirty miles from Jefferson City, Mo-,
where Mrs. Henry Smith, wife of tie
maker, gave birth to five baby boys ut
one time. They are reported to be
we'll and weigh IA total Of thirty
pounds. Smith has d remarkable
family. He las been married less
than seven years and Is the father Of
sixteen children. Only one time has
there been born a single baby. The
others are two pair Of twins, two pair
OF triplets and the Quintette.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-10-05

A street fakir in Kenton, Kan, did
a thriving business selling electric
belts until some one examined one OF
them. Then IL was found that be.
meath a strip of gauze was a layer OF
dry mustard. When the wearer per.
spired a little the mustard was moist
ened and set up burning sensation
and the deluded victim believed cur
rent Of electricity was passing through
him. Before all this was discovered,
however, the fakir had smelled dan
ger and was on his way TO another
gullible neighbOrh0od.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-10-05
ANOTH CIGARETTE VICTIM

Okolona Messenger.
The Messenger regretfully records
the death ofWillLyles, which sad event
occurred at the home of his father in
Monroe county on Sunday morning
last. Poor Will was a kind-hearted,
gOodnatured youth, whose besetting
sin was cigarette smoking, and this
abOminlble vice, we are told, so un-
dermined his health, that when at
tackled by typhoid fever, he was unable
to withstand it's ravagcs. The Mes
Senger does not often refer to the
follles OF men, after the Grim Reaper
has claimed his own, and never with
any other intent than TO benefit the
living, In this instance our purpose
Is to call the attention of other young
men to the results of IA habit which
had wrecked the nervous system and
thus destroyed the chances for recov-
cry from severe illness. Often have
we expostulated with him over the
evil effects OF the cigarette habit,
but no avail. May his untimely fate
prove a warning to others similarly
afflicted, and cause reformation.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-10-05
ON THE VALUE OF FRIENDS

The Watchman.
We do not always realize how much
OF the happiness Of life we owesto our
friends. 1t may seem to be tlcpvial
thing that you have conSiderate and
congenia neghbors whom you like to
meet on the street. or run in and
spend an evening, but when you re-
fleet how pleasant this association iS
and what it would mean TO yOu 0I
your family to remove to some strange
place, where you had to make ac
quaintances all over, you begin u
look at the matter In a different light
After you have passed a certain aye il
is almost impossible to make new
friends, and such people change OF
residence to place among strangers
is little less than Il calamity. 1t is
not merely sympathy and the sense OF
human companionship and interest
that our friends give us, they arc a
most valuable means OF education, II
they are wise, alert and thOughtful.
A friend who is student will give
you in an evenings pleasant chat, the
insight into many volumes. And
even when your friend does not have
attainnents beyond your own, 1t Is
worth while 10 correct your point OF
view upon many matters by discussion
aud argument. But remember that
he who would have friends must show
himself friendly, and you cannot ex'
pect to reap the choicest fruits OF
friendship unless you are willing to
contribute your share to the common
stock. 1t Is fine art to get friends,
and to keep them.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-10-05
NUMBER 81.
MONEY TALKS
THE SOUTH AND THE SUBJECT OF M
PERIALIsM-As SEEN FROM sENA-
TOE MONEYS VIEW POINT.

Washington, Sept. Ex-senator
Money, Of Mississippi, in an interview
in the Times takes the position that
the foreign trade of the South or of
auy other part Of the Urited Stairs
has not been stimulated to a single
degree by the Republican pnliry OF
imperialism. The South, he said.
makes cotton and sells nothing else,
but there is NIT une shirt more worn
IN The world on account OF tlis war.
THE only way we can advance tue
price of cotton he argues, ''is to in
crease the use Of it, as supply and
demand regulate prices ous every.
thing. ~
" "The people Of the orient produce
enough to meet their own wants, and
we cannot trade with them unless we
can produce something to meet these
wants. They produce cotton. which
is produced in the SouthernsStates ~
they produce hemp, that cornpetes
with the middle Western State; tl,ey
produce rice and sugar, which com .
petes with Louisiana and South Caro-.
lima, and they produce tobacco, which
is IA staple Of several States Of this
Union. They produce those things
that we produce and desire tn sell
and it is idle to talk Of building up
business with the Filipinos when we
are simply raising up competitors
against the farmers of the United
States, not only the rice farmers, but
the wheat farmers.
I'VE find that rice is the food of
more than half of the human race,
who never see nor care to see Il grain
OF wheat. If we ever advance our
trade, we have got to increase the
wants Of the people with whom we
trade, aud the people whom we have
Subjugated to our control have no
wants that amount to anything. They
are children of nature. a towel is
considered by gentleman in some
parts Of the Philippine archipelago as
Il complete wardrobe and there is
more cotton stuff made into night.
gowns in the City OF Washington than
is worn BY allsthe Philippine islands.
They have material that is better
than cotton, which they manufacture,
and which is as beautiful as silk.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-10-05
| nrE ECOURTS.
TIVE REcplAR TERMS.
Circuit Court t-2nd Dist
THAD A. WOOD, JUDGE.

WAITER A. WHITE. DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
A.. county of Wayne on the second Monday
,a""y and continue '1 ,ss aay, ,% Mo0
In tse cea",r md October and continue six days.
day oi np panntv of Malion. second district on the
IN M tDy Wo,day of January and July and continue
l21n dsrs In the first district on the first Monday
y ~ February and August and continue six . days
rahTuspv y "T and August and continue twelve days
IN ,hs county Of Jasper on the first Monday Of
March and and th. s weys Meuasyv Of
v..oh ~ ~, and Sentember and continue six days.
nIh IN he @ county of Hancock on the fourth Monday
. Nav and November and continue six days.
IN nth tGo county of Harrison on the second Monday
=, N Nav W, and November and continue six days
u IN Nm tbe county of jackson on the fourth Mounday
Of Aprl and October and continue six days
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-10-05
Jackson County Officials.

=, tho Courts-F. II. Lewis.
Clerk oi % tat rsy- sy Collector-R. J. Loughridge.
Shsln aTD Arthur II. Smith.
IIeai...un,rr--Wlie 2. Ramsay. - n co,,n
sa' HOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
-, prown, president; Simeon George RI
voneJ I'O n o. Furry, Andrew Altman.
V'"'''' BOARD OF HEALTH.
v.vs,s president; l. P. Delmas., secreta
RkM!!nrsr! NJ. M. Evans, B. +. Duke, quar-
'as nhyslciar.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-10-05
THE SUPERFLUOUS SPEAK.

han men in Greater New York. Gen.
us.
Well.
We d0n't care;
Men are horrld things anyway.
And the more of US
The better
How good it is
10 know that we
Are always heart-wli0le,
Fancy free. '~-r 4
No galling chain
or welded bliss
Can bring US such
Delight as this.
We are perfectly independent,
And what's ours
Is ours.
And just to think;
1t isn't until we are out OF school
Or our older sisters
Are married OFT,
Or sOmbody with money
Comes along,
But forever and ever and ever.
Oh, 10y beyond expressing.
Oh, bliss serene.
OF wandering in medows
or everlasting green!
Ours is Il protractcd season
OF perpetual peace,
With never a sock to darn,
Never shirt to mend;
Never man to sit up for
Till 3 a. m;
Never cent to beg for,
Never a husband to thank,
Never "A cook to plead with
Never baby to spank.
Isn't it perfectly grand?
Spinsters by right Of birth,
We are the only real
Birds of Freedom,
And we rise and scream
In a manner that makes
The Eagles feathers curl.
And lifts the Starry Banner Of tn,
Free.
Clean off the end of the flagpole.
We are the stuff
That new women are made Of:
And although we do not vote,
Or wear whiskers,
Etc.
We yield our necks
TO the yoke of no tyrant man.
And We acknowledge no superiors
Nor lords OF creation.
As run the rivers to the sea
Through placid fields that lie
Along their cool and quiet banks
Beneath restful sky;
As peaceful as the patient stars
That light the sleeping skies,
Our lives, as undisturbed as they,
Move on to Paradise,
Where, according to
The Good Book,
There is no marrying
Or giving in marriage;
And then whose turn will it be
To give somebody
The everlasting ha ha?
So there.
w. j. hampton in New York Sun
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-10-05

Col. Bryan says the report that he
has promised anyone q cabinet posi-
tion in the event he Is elected, is false.
That he has made % such promise
and will make no promise Of any kind.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-10-05
Tommy-Say paw.
Mr.. ElapV-Well?

Mr.. Flagg-Well?
"What kind OF man is called y
trimmer
Er-well, he's one Of those fellows
that hasn't the nerve to be a shirt
waist man, but goes around Juggling
his coat on bis arm"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-10-05

The membership OF the National
League ofo Democratic Clubs has
crossed the million mark and is still
growing, which is good evidence Of
the trend Of public sentiment.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-10-05

Corbct has sailed for New York and
says that heintends to sue the news.
papers who have aspersed him.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-10-05
THE YOUNG MEN OF TODAY.

Commercial'Appeal.
The young men of today are too
tinicky-too much given to self-analy.
sis, too .pampering. Their shoes
and neckties cost more each year than
did the entire wardrobe Of their
grandfathers. They feel sense of
degradation in small beginnings and
podding, and they wait for success
ready made to come to them. There
is not a young man 10 the country who
would initiate Ben Franklin and
march through the streets munching
loaf of bread while looking for en-
pluyment. He dare not, indeed, be.
cause society has become also tinicky
and he would be arrested as a tramp.
The young man OftOday wants capital.
Trusts and combines and corpura-
tionS distress him He cannot be
president Of bank or judge Of Il court
the first week he is from school, and
he feels, like he famous Eli Pussley,
| that he has no chance"
A form Of conjunctivitis com monty
called pink eye is prevalent in New
York just now, and at almost every
hospital physicians have been called
upon to treat the disease. During the
past week four physicians at the Post
Graduate Hospital, in Second avenue.
have treated tlfty-Seven cases. At
the Vanderbilt Clinic DR.. Ward V.
Holden and his assistants have treat
ed more than seventy cases. Thurs.
day they had thirteen cases, and Fri.
day fifteen. At the Manhattan Eye
and Ear Inflrmary the doctors have
had seventy.four cases under treat
ment during the week In the pubic
offices clerks and messengers have been
compelled to ask for leave Of absence,
giving as reason that they have been,
suffering from weak eges. A hundred
patrolmen are troubles with the dis
ease and fifty firemen are on sick leave
on account Of II.
The New York IA woMd have
us belisse thatxll read Mr.. Nc
Y;olavSx ~ tap NJ f7k - -. tfrs >a.,..
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-10-05

The New York IA wouad have
us beliese thatylt read Mr.. Nc
Kinley'e Inter q ~ hleote. Il says;
"President i1sef u &c.
ceptancc t66blss 49, Ilng Asd dwlthl
a piano fr0et When you look atat
first you thinklt is a financial sargu-
ment, but when you let down you find
1t is an apology for imperialism"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-26
MHCHAELlAN BROS,
124 Washington Avenue.

and maintenance during the time al
lowed Divide the total return by the
number of people and thus get the re-
turn per man. Compare this with the
cost per individual and the result will
determine the question of gain or loss.
The individual cost in these instances
was rightly reckoned at from $500 to
$1,000. 1t will be seen readily that tho
output of the camp must have been
fabulous even to have equalled the
aggregate of expense. The fallacy of
this method of reckoning lies in this
that II is not fair to measure against
the output of camp the total expense
of all the people in it, or to assume
that because the outfit of an individual
cost 81 900 at the beginning of the rush
it will continue to remain at this fig
ure. Again, as a matter of fact, the
output of the camp increases steadily
as compared with a fixed amount of
labor because of the increased eftic-
iency of that labor through better
understanding of conditions and
through the Introduction of better
methods.
In any business enterprise we expect
a large number of failures as a matter
of course. The figuAes of the CONNER
cial agencies show that but one of ten
enterprises is carried to success As
a cold-blooded business proposition
therefore, Alaska mining is as good a
business venture as merchandising or
farming. What is more, the proper
tion of success to failure in Alaska Is
really greater than one to ten. 1t is
estimated that at Dawson only one in
six of the inhabitants is engaged in
mining The five are carpentering,
keeping saloon, working for others, or
waiting for something to turn up. The
failure or success of the five should
not be included in the miners account.
1t is evident that with the smaller
number to add items to the expense
account the ratio of expense to return
would be materially lessened in the
miners favor.
Another fact against the statement
that the Alaska mines do not pay is
the shortness of the period on which
estimates are based. No man in ordiS
nary business expects to make a profit
of 100 per cent. the first year on the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-26

I'm perfectly confident that we will
have everything cleaned up by the end
of say Is months. Then the balance OF
1t will he our own velvet"
Good" she cried; "very good, in
deed! You see | wasn't mistaken in
YOU All you needed was an arous-
ing"
II met Miriam Barnes on the street
today" said Ford.
Annabel looked up little anxiously.
Yes" she said. "and Miriam smiled
on you?"
She did," laughed Ford.
And you?" inquired Annabel
"Oh, gave her one of my courtliest
bows, and passed right along"
we mustn't hug the shore too close
ly,' she abruptly said. We can begin
to take a few chances. We want
Miriam's papa to increase his good
opinion regarding us. What do you
think of taking hold of the Summer
tract in the East End?'
"What?" cried Ford. "That gilt t-edged
paradise! WHY, we couldn't touch It
with circus pole. Don't you know
that there are 200 acres of it, with
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-26
BUILDING SAND.
Half Million Dollars Worth Used
Yearly in New York.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Building sand, used in mixing NOR
tar, must be sharp sand, to make NOR
tar hold together, and hold to the
bricks. Such sand is not found every
where. 1t is widely distributed, and is
found sometimes in considerable areas
and sometimes in small patches. In
opening new road or grading an old
one, or grading off property, a man
may come across a deposit of sand
suitable for building purposes. In such
case he has found something that he
can sell, instead of simply earth for
the carting away of which he has to
pay. The demand for building sand
would depend upon its situation and
accessibility. 1t might be limited to
what was required for the new build
ings in the Immediately neighboring
district; but the sand would be worth
something.
Sand, such as is used for building
purposes is found on Manhattan
Island, under the earthly surface, in
those parts of the island that are not
rocky, and it is likewise found in the
territory included in the borough OF
Brooklyn, but the city's supply of
building sand comes from other
sources. from sand banks that are
easily and cheaply accessible; some
coming from Staten Island, and some
from up the North River, The greater
part of it comes from the north shore
of Long Island, from Cow Bay or from
Hampstead Bay. 1t is brought here
mostly in scows in tow of tug boats.
Sand may be bought in New York
and found here in stock like any other
commodity, like sugar, for instance, or
flour. 1t is sold by the dealer in
building materials, who keeps on hand
a supply, a diminutive mountain or
hill of it, enough for current demands,
or it may be shipped direct from the
sand banks to the consumer. The price
is ordinarily about fifty cents a cubic
yard. 1t is estimated the consumption
of building sand in this city and neigh
borhood amounts annually to about
100000 cubic yards, representing a
value of about half million dollars
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-26
CHANCES IN ALASKA.
Mining Considered as Cold Blooded
Business Proposition.

Warren Cheney, in Ainsiee's.
If there is gold in Alaska that will
take years in the finding. and the popu-
lation at present and to be indicates
permanent white occupation of the
country, it is extremely pertinent to
inquire whether or not it is worth
while to try under the existing condi-
tions to get this gold. This is not 50
easy a question to decide as would ap-
pear Most writer's on the subject have
been inclined to take a pessimistic
view. The waste of health, energy an
money resultant from the unreasoning
haste of gold seekers, the rigorous con-
ditions of climate, the natural mac
feasibility of Alaska limiting the searcn
to the people fitted to undertake ii,
have all combined to make prophets
gloomy and advisers sour. 1t must be
admitted, too, that the proportion of
success to failures has been pitiably
small. 1t is probably large estimate
to allow that one in ten of the gross
number of the adventurers has taken
as much out of the mines as he put In.
This would seem to show conclusively
that mining in the Yukon does not pay
But a careful consideration of the con-
dition of the case will reveal that this
is not necessarily true. The general
argument against runs somewhat thus:
The output Of gold from a given camp
amounts to a given figure for a given
time. A stated number of people has
been in the camp during this period.
1t has cost each one of these people a
certain sum for transportation, outfit
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-26

good half mile strung along the ave.
nue?"
Good time to open it up, isn't it?''
inquired Annabel.
Splendid" replied Ford. But what
of that?"
That's something" laughed Anna.
bel. She paused a moment What do
you say to handling it on commission"
Great" cried Ford. But can we?"
Il think so. 1 happen to know that
the owner has confidence in our little
firm"
"The owner lives out of town." said
Ford.
"Our fame is spreading" said Anna
bel.
week later Ford was busy making
a plan of the famous Summer tract to
submit to the owner. He worked at it
with a wild enthusiasm. Here was a
piece of vacant land that hadn't it's
equal in the county. The lots would be
snapped up like wildfire.
The firm had been in existence just
six months when he came into the Of
flee late one afternoon his face glow
ing, his eyes sparkling.
"You look tired" he gently said.
Il am tired" she answered. 81 really
think" she went on slowly, that / will
have to give up the business altogether.
You are we'll started now, and do not
need me, and / think some of going
away"
Going away" he blankly echoed.
"Why, what would / do without you?
You've made me the man / am.
You've put new {life into me. II
can't spare you" He looked at her
with daHed expression.
"Oh, yes, you can" she said with
ghost of a smile. "You have learn
ed to walk alone very nicely. All you
needed was self-confidence."
He came IA little closer.
'Annabel," he said very slowly,
II will not ask you to stay here as
my partner-but as my wife"
She looked up at him with glisten-
ing eyes. Then she family smiled.
"The revised arrangement is in ev-
cry way satisfactory" she demurely
murmured.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-26

capital invested. Usually a much
longer time elapses before profit is
reached. The conditions of mining in
Alaska are such that no man can eX-
pect a material return from his claim
until he has been in the country HHo
years As n rule, it takes a year to
learn to prospect and to find a paying
claim. This accomplished, at least a,
season must be spent in developing ana
getting the pay dirt into the dumps.
At the beginning of the second season
the real cleanup begins, and the miner
finds his ultimate return. 1t is OBJ
Vious, therefore, that the returns from
a single year-especially as the mines
have been operated less than three
years altogether-are too incomplete
to constitute correct basis of estl-
mate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-26
1t Is Dangerous to Neglect a Cold.

Pneumonia is one of the most dam
gerous and fatal diseases. 1t always
results from a cold. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy will quickly cure a cold
and perhaps prevent an attack OF
pneumonia. 1t is in fact made espe-
cially for that ailment and has become
famous for it's cures over large part
OF the civilized world. 1t counteracts
any tendency of a cold toward pneu-
monia. Can you afford to neglect your
cold when so reliable a remedy can be
had for a trine. For sale by all drug
gists. Matthews Bros, wholesale and
retail agents. %
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-26
Indian Summer.

A soft wind moves through all the garden walks,
And, stirring gently, a. it onward blows,
Bends down the tall heads OF the hollyhocks,
And strips the petals from faded rose.
Light whispers all across the grasses run,
That sigh and pause and sigh again and sway,
Aud pigeons, prcening burghcrs of the sun,
Strut in its warmth The whole cAultant day.
The velvet nights, the days of lessenng heat,
The growing symphony Of Autumn's strain,
All weave in one melody complete,
The echo faint OF summers last refrain.
Alice Van Leer Cauick, in the New England
Magazine.