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The daily sentinel., 1901-08-05
STARVING BOOMERS.
Luckless Landseekers Stranded in
Oklahoma and Suffering for
Necessaries of Life.

El Reno. o. L, Aug. 4.-Hundreds OF
homsseekers who failed to draw claim
in the new Kiowa Comanche country are
selling their tents. horses and wagons at
a sacrifice In order to reach their homes.
Many others who have camped Oh the
borders Of the land for months, expect
ing that it would bs open for "ruh,"
are destitute and suffering is already ap-
parent
Hundreds are drifting south toward
the three projected towns Of Anadarko,
Hobart and Lawton, hoping that some
thing may turn up. Many merchants
ana professional men drew claims, while
hundreds OF needy men have found
themselves without either the hoped for
land or money sufficient to purchase
necessities.
The following special agents of the
government land offices were appointed
today to auction off the town lots in
three sites recently selected IN the newly
opened country:
Col. N. j. O'Brien OF Colorado for
Lawton; A. J. James Of Kansas, for
Hobart. and j. B. Queen, for Anadarko.
The daily sentinel., 1901-08-05
Shaffer as a Preacher.

On recent day, at the headquarters
Of the strikers, their war Office, in Pitts
burg. President Shaffer stood between
two members OF his stsff, his arm arou nd
the shoulders of each.
Turning to a visitor, Shaffer said.
"The recognition OF the rights OF all
men who work in rolling mills to organ.
ize. This is what the Amalgamated as
sociation is fighting for"
what must be the form OF recogni-
tion?'
"rhe signing OF our wage scale, not for
some, but for all OF the plants of the
United States Steel company"
Shatfer was ten years preacher, says
Golfers weekly. His ex. srience as
pulpit orator now comes in handy on
the labor rostrum. In each address to
strikers he advises the men to acquire
the church-goin9 habit. and to drink
not. He makes frequent use OF the word
God fearing. In conversation his do
livery Of ordinary remarks is ministerial
His eyes have the far-away look Of
dreamer. This new to fame leader was
worker befors he was minister-and
after. At 15 he went to work in a roll
ing mill. At "a he WAS master OF the
three principal branches iron, steel and
tin. Then he entered the ministry.
Sedentary life broke his health. In the
pulpit he could use only brain. In the
mill he could use both brain and Drawn.
SO, otter ten years. preaching he went
back to his old trade as boss roller.
Three years ago the Amalgamated asso-
citation elected him to his present posi-
tioh Now I'm tied to this Office at
SIS week." he said, while in the mill
used to often make my 1923 a day. OH
that is not so much. There's Andy Day,
the greatest roller in tho country-you
can see him at the mill across the
river-often makes his $50 day. The
average pay the year rou, for steel
workers, however, is not over 81 . day.
When Shaffer loft tho pulpit and re-
turned to tho rolling mills he weighed
only l4O pounds. In few months he
weighed 2lO. Which shows that
rolling n.ill is not such an unhealthful
place.
The daily sentinel., 1901-08-05
MADMAN MORGAN
He Rases Like Roaring Lion
and Withdraws Offer to the
Strikers.

New York, Aug. 3.-President Shaffsr
OF the Amalgamated association declares
the strikes will tie up every steel trust
mill. The trust employs 10000 men,
whose wages aggregate sa95,000 day,
or $2,975, 900 week.
Tomorrow begins struggle between
labor and capital beside which whatever
has gone before in the history OF such
ware 10 a mere skrmish between out
poets.
j. Pierpont> Morgan has detied the
steel workers-he met their executive
committee in conference-at least that
was the idea of their coming to the Of
6ce OF President Schwab of the steel
trust and the wrath Of q nan who does
not know what it is to be crossed mount
ed to the brain OF the great capitalist.
organizer and director OF massed millions
and the cnference bscame a lecture.
As il they had been children caught
smoking, Morgan lectured them. scolded
them and told them they would never
learn by experience, and by every means
in his power let them see that he regard
cd them as 30 many billets in the great
steel structure.
Those who were there say that Presi-
don't Schwab Of the steel trust sat with
face ashy and full Of sorrow while the
foremost figure in the trust world roared
at the strikers. The upshot of the whole
thing is that Mr.. Morgan would not
abate lot of the terms he offered before
to tn. men who have chosen TO interfere
with what he has determined shall be.
He told them his offer and then he told
it, and on their own heads be the conse-
quences.
His ultimatum was the same proposi-
ton he made BEFORE and TO some OF his
friends he later said that he would en-
force his idea OF what should be though
it broughs him ruin. Before the striker
preside 1t had concluded his calm state
ment Morgxn's face was the color Of ma
hoRany. At the finish he bounded TO
his feet, and with clinch.d fists con-
fronted the mon He rejected their
propositions, withdrew what he had Of
iered before, and smiting his palm with
his right fist shouted his ultimatum.
They say his voice rose to scream as he
concluded. He crushed his hat down
over his eyes. tore out OF the room and
dashed back to his Wall street office.
The daily sentinel., 1901-08-05
Business College Items.

Mr.. D. 9. Ballantine is taking work at
the Business College.
Mrs. E. B. Moore who has been quite
Ill, is convalescsnt.
Leo Henslee has accepted a position
with the Boston shoe store.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gard spent the last
week In Salt Lake City and Ogden.
Miss Martha Yetter enrolled in the
commercial course at the college this
morning.
Mrs. J. M. p. Martin and children
have returned from visit with relatives
and friends in Missouri.
During vacation the Business College
will be arranged to accommodate moro
pupils, several now typewTiters added
and many Improvements made which
will be Of material benefit to both teach
srs and students.
The daily sentinel., 1901-08-05

The complimentary band concert
which was announced to be given Tues
day night by the Modern Woodmau
band at Dowrey's corner. has been post
poned until one week later.
The daily sentinel., 1901-08-05

Another change Of tho moon occurred
the past week. also the ownership Of tho
Collbrap Stockman. Pitts i Zinke are
now sole owners and editors and Miles
Overholt will rest up for short time.
The daily sentinel., 1901-08-05
Rates Reduced +!

The Fidelity Saving Association
are now Loaning Money at 8 per
cent. per annum monthly pay
ments.
CERTAINTY OF CONTRACT.
The loan plan offered by The Fidelity is
that of paying off a loan by easy monthly
payments. The contract is definite and GER
tain. BY its terms it cannot run beyond the
time fixed, but stock participates in earning
and may mature sooner. 1t is not loan
upon the building loan plan as usually pre-
sented by associations. II differs from
such plan, in that:
No fines are charged the borrower.
No commission charged the borrower.
The maximum number of payments re-
CURED to pay off is stipulated in the note.
The sum required to pay off and cancel a
loan. or any part of it, is stipulated in the
note for each period.
Certainty and monthly payment plan is
an advantage to the borrower. The debt
can be paid off before maturity without pen
atty. The borrower by easy payments gets
out of debt. Straight loans for term of
years are too often renewed.
Our rates are low and loans
made on definite plan. Our office
is I'd door north of postoffice on
Fourth street.
The daily sentinel., 1901-08-05

On a recent day, at the headquarters
OF the strikers, their war Office, in Pitts,
burg, President Shaffer stood between
two members OF his stsff, his arm arou nd
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-08-09
Port Of PaSCaQ0u|d,
EMBRACING
Scranton, Moss Point and PaScasOula.

On Pascagoula bay, Pascagoula and
Escatawpa rivers, with population
Of upwards of 10000, representing the
largest lumber interests on the Mis-.
sissippi Sound Coast, the most i'm
portant shipping attraction and fish,
cries that are uneQualed by any other
point between New Orleans, La, and
Mobile, Ala.
As manufacturing region 1t is
bristling already with many Of the
industries Of commerce, which are
abundantly supplied by nature from
both land and sea to make them sue.
cessful and to induce the establish
ment of Others that will add to the
prosperity Of the future.
The healthfulness Of the three
places is noted. As pleasure resorts
they are so closely connected that
denizens and sojourners are enabled
to enjoy the delights of both country
and seashore comforts and divertise-
mentS.
An affinity of social and business
regard exists that renders the trio vir.
tually one community. For particu.
lars address the
PAsCAGOULA COMMERCIAL CLUB,
Scranton, Mississippi.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-08-09

In the many herd lists of Ninevite
kings the numbers of each sort are,
of course always given Hence. we
can scarcely think of the animals ia a
farmyard
Then follows list of birds most Of
which are not yet to be identified with
any certainty, though nearly all the
kilograms occur also in the lists of
offerings made to the Gods Such
birds were in all probability used for
food. The list ends with "the dove,
the swallow, the raven" Now, in the
| Ninevite version OF the story. Noah
sent forth, when the waters began to
abate. first the dove. then the swallow
and then the raven. The order
is the same. The raven would hardly
be kept in any domestic establishment:
few of the other creatures, except,
perhaps the antelopes would be kept
in a menagerie.
The extraordinary dimensions of
the building, the singular selections
OF animals, as remarkable for its
emissions as its contents seems suit
ed to no other explanation than that
we have here summary estimate Of
the size and contents of Noah's ark
| may add that the shape of the
tablet is unusual, one side being fat
and the other convex. The contour is
long oval like that Of a pressed fig
The writing reads the same way on
both sides contrary to the usual GUS
tom Of the scribcs who turned over"
from top to bottom and not from left
to right as we do and as in the case of
this tablet. The text is a sort of a
palimsest, in that several lines are
written upon partly erased characters.
The Geographic style seems to indi-
cate that this was an extract or ab-
stract from larger and probably an
older work.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-08-09
Chancery Court Second District.
STONE DEAVOURS, CHANCELLOR.

Inthe county of Pearl RiverOn the first Monday
q, January and July and continue six days.
In the county of Marion, first district, on the
scopd Monday of January and July and continue
,Y days. In the second dist let on the third Mon
dsy Of January and July and continue six days:
In Inc county of Hancock on the fourth Monday
0f January and July and continue six days.
In the county Of Harrison on the first Monday
of February and August and continue six days.
In the county Of jackson on the second Monday
Of February and August and continue six days.
In the county of Wayne on the second Monday
ofJune and December and continue six days.
In the county Of Jones on the first Monday Of
March and September and continue six days. Z
In the county of Jasper on the second Monday
Of March and September and continue six days.
In the county of Perry held in Augusta, the
Rrst district on the third Monday of March and
September and continue six days. In the town Of
Hattiesburg second district on the first Monday
Of June and December and continue six days.
In the county Of Smith on the fourth Monday
Of March and September and continue six days.
In the county Of Covington on the fourth Mon
day of April and October and continue six days.
fn the county of Greene on Thursday after the
second Monday Of April and October and continue
threedays
In the county of Newton on the first Monday Of
April and November and continue six days.
In the county Of Lauderlale on the first Mon
day Of May and November and continue twenty
four days.
In the county Of Clarke on the third Monday Of
April and November and continue six days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-08-09
SOMEOFTABOR'S EXPERIENCE

Last weeks Earlville, Illinois, Led.
ger, edited by T.. R. Tabor, contains,
the following in reference to his ex-
perience in the South.
The south has been spoken OF as
the land Of sunshine, ever blooming
roses, magnolias, bull pups, light bis
cults and cousins. The ways OF the
people are different from the ways Of
the people in the north, and yet a
northerner can find much that Is en-.
ioyable there, and II he Is deserving,
can make friends and reputation the
same as anywhere else.
Among some Of the noticeable things,
to a yankee is the absence Of profanity
in everyday conversation, the peculiar
names given common articles, and the
fact that membership in some church
is the rule rather than the exception.
Ia the north II "A person takes an In.
terest In your spiritual welfare he will
ask II you area member Of any church,
but In the south the question will be,
"Ot what church are you a member"
The fact seems to be taken for granted
that most everybody 10 identified With
some religious organization.
In correct speech the southernerl
probably make as many lapses q
northernerA but there is one particu
lar expression that q . sure, uufalllni
sign OF ! yankee" and that !,
y''hAdn's ssssSs \ ~ ~ ~ lbs1
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-08-09
COUNSEL.
ALICE CARY,

~ ALICE CARY.
Seek not to walk by borrowed light,
But keep unto thine own;
Do what thou doest'with thy might
And trust thyself alone!
Work for some good nor idly lie
Within the human hive,
And, though the outward man should die
Keep thou the heart alive!
Strive not to Danish pain and doubt
In pleasures noisy din;
The peace thou seekest for without
Is only found within.
If fortune disregard thy claim
BY worth, her slight attest,
Nor blush and hang the head for shame
When thou hast done thy best.
Disdain neglect, ignore despair,
On loves and friendships gone;
Plant thou thy feet, as on a stair,
And mount right up and on.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-08-09
Editorial and Otherwise
Beauty lives with kindness.

| beauty IlVeS Wltn klnuHeSS'
All great men are in some degree in
spired.
Books, like friends should be few and
we'll chosen.
Three things to govern--temper, ton
que and conduct.
Three things to fight for-honor
country and home.
Three things to think about-life
death and eternity.
Three things 70 love-courage gentle.
ness and gratitude.
There is no grace in benefit that
sticks to the fingers.
Three things to hate-cruelty, ar.
rogance and ingratitude.
Beauty unaccompanied by virtue is as
. flower without perfume.
He who can take advice Ia sometimes
superior to him who can give it,
The way to fame is like the way to
heaven-through much tribulation.
Falsehood is never so successful as
when she bats her hook with Truth.
If you always live with those who are
lame, you will yourself learn to limp.
A man who cannot mind his own busi-
ness is not to be trusted with another's.
1t is comforting q kindness to deny ut
once favor which you intend to refuse.
Purchase not the friends by gifts,
when you cease to give such will cease
to love.
If men wish to be held in esteem, they
must associate with those only who are
estimable.
The excesses Of youth are drafts upon
old age, payable with interest about
thirty years after.
1t Is no use preaching Christ as the
Savior of Society If you neglect Him as
the Savior Of the soul.
Work for six days is the true worship
Of God and worship on the seventh the
best work for the world.
It ia not so much the repetition Of
Christs life SO much as the reproduction
of His likeness thatis needed.
True goodness is like the glow worm
in this, that 1t shines most when no eyes
except those Of heaven are upon 1t.
Flattery Is often q traffic of mutual
imeanness, where although both parties
intend deception, neither is deceived.
1t is safer to affront some people than
to oblige them; for the better man de-
serves the worst they will speak Of him.
The conqueror is regarded with awe,
the wise man commands our esteem, but
1t is the benevolent man who wins our
affections.
There are too many people in the
churches who will not want to 90 ia
Heaven because they can neither rule
nor ruin there.
There IL nothing that God judged good
for rs that He has not given MS the
means to accomplish both In the natural
and moral world.
There 10 nothing in the world really
beneficial that does not lie within the
reach Of IN informed understanding and
. wsll directed pursuit.
Show 10 the man who would 90 4
heaven alone II he could, and IN thai
man We Will show you one who vii
never b admitted into hssven.
| That which " acquire With most AZ
i hcultY ~ retain the lonoest, - thpee
4 Who h6vo earned ! fortune are nsuklly
= n y \! ~ :! \ = y y ~ = X y y
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-08-09

! such signs as are well known from
their use in the historical inscriptions
and | assign to them the meanings
which they always have in such texts
as concerns the dimensions of build
ings.
But this would be a very large
building, indeed. The great temple
OF Merodach at Babylon, by many
identified with the Tower of Babel
was only 1870 cubics high. If we con.
slider these dimensions as those of a
tower it must have been nearly a 1000
feet high. Such a height could only
be that Of mountain. Then it
would be difficult to account for the
presence of the animals recorded be-
low. There were no animals kept iu
the Tower of Babel so far as we are
told. The animals whose names can
be recognized are not such as we have
any reason to suppose were kept by
the kings of Nineveh in menagerie
or geological gardens.
The mythical character of the build
ing seems evident. The next two
lines give other dimensions in pre-
cisely similar terms to those used in
describing the terraces or platforms
on which the kings erected their
palaces. Interpreting the signs in
the same way as is always done in
such cases, the substructure Of this
strange building was 40 cuhics across
and 7SS cubics along its side. There
Is no suggestion OF height.
Now, the Ninevite version of the
Chaldean traditions above referred to,
contemplates the ark as Il "house" on
a boat or raft. 1t may be questioned
whether in these texts height" neces-
sarily means vertical height"
II not, we may suppose boat 7SS
cubics In length over all and 40 Gu
bics In breadth amidships, carrying
box shaped house $50 cuhics long, 800
cnbics broad and l20 cubics high above
the deck. 1t is possible that the
roof sloped from central ridge. AL.
so the dimensions given may be those
OF a rectangular raft. In either case
there would be free space 10 cubics
wide along the sides and sixty.four
cubics wide at the ends to serve as a
promenade. II we prefer to take $50
cubfcs as the height. part Of this may
have been submerged; but in any case
we should have a curious shape for an
ark, though one quite admissible for
an imaginary temple tower.
The animals named so far as ! am
able to recognize their ideographic
descriptions are dromedaries, camels,
horses, mules, asses, both male and
female of each species, forming one
group; then oxen and cows ofcSarious
sorts, sheep, goats, antelopes or ga
zelles, hares with their young ones,
and OF both sexes forming second
group. The flrst group seems to be
the animals, mans helpers and SER
wants, the second group Is possibly
those clean animals used for food. 1t
may be noticed that the antelope or
gazelle is frequently depicted as as
ISOLATED with Ishtsr or Venus, who
plays such q prominent part Ia the
tradition Of the noud. No numbers
arc given, 10 marked contrast TO the
Biblical naIfatlye, but there were evil
dentally pairs IN the drst group and
|it would moi be dlnicult " mako oue
ssys|a| \ \ tassths n eev!ea = \ lses q 7 : N
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-08-09
rHE COURTS.
TINE REGULAR TERMS.
Circuit Court-Second District.
JAMES II. NEVILLE, JUDGE.

WALTER A. WHITE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
:, ,be county of Wayne on the second Monday
:, II January and July and continue six days.
IN ths county Of Pearl River on the third Mon
,,r of April and October and continue six days.
N the county of Marion. second district, on the
sonrth Menday of January and July and continue
y, dars I'm the first district on the first Monday
~ February and August.and continue six days.
!" In the county Of Clarke on the second Monday
afFebruary and August and continue twelve days
In the county of Jasper, on the first Monday Of
March and September and continue twelve days.
In the county of Greene ON the first Monday Of
March and September and continue six days.
In The county Of Hancock on the fourth Monday
A. Nav and November and continue six days.
In the county of Harrison on the second Monday
of Nav and November and continue six days.
In the county of jackson on the fourth Monday
of April and October and continue six days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-08-09
STATE OFFICIALS.
JACKSON COUNTY OFFICIALS.

Clerk Of the Courts--F. H. Lewis.
Sheriff and Tax Collector-R j. Loughridge.
Treasurer-Arthur H. Smith.
Assessor-Wilie P. Ramsay.
Superintendent Of Education-D. d. Cowan.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
vohey Brown, president; Simeon George, r. G
Galloway, II. 0. Furry, Andrew Altman.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
?. X, Mayors, president; l. P. Delmes, secreta
~ and treasurer; N. NJ. Evans, B. F. Duke, quar-
lntine physician.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-08-09

London Times.
Many readers OF the Times would, l
believe, be interested in a fresh wit
ness to the Chaldean tradition Of the
deluge. The best known account of
this tradition is contained in the late
George Smiths "Chaldean Genesis"
There was given the first connected
account of the Assyrian version of the
old Babylonian myths concerning the
flood. This version has been drawn
up for the library of Ashurbanipal,
the last great king Of Assyria and has
been brought by Sir Henry Layard
from the ruins Of Nineveh. A more
complete edition consisting of all the
Fragments OF the story, preserved in
the British Musem has been publish
cd by Professor Haupt.
Unfortunately, the lines which once
recorded the dimensions of the ark
are defective, and though Professor
Haupt thinks 1t probable that the
length was 300 cubics while the
breadth and height were both 12O
cubics, we have no certainty about
the length. BY assuming that the
measure named in the text really de-
notes a half cubic, as was once held
by Professor Oppert the conjectured
length would agree with the 300 Gu
bics Of the Biblical narrative.
Now one of the tablets, probably
once in King Ashurbanipel's library
at Nineveh appears to give differ
cnt estimate OF the dimensions OF
Noah's ark. 1t is catalogued a ''lis,
Of animals and certain measurements
ETC." and was recently copied BY me
for my "Assyrlan Deeds and Docu'
ments," where the cUNNErFoRM text
will appear & No. III. A closer ex'
animation OF the contents has made
me think they deserve to DO more
widely known.
| There is no distinct statement on
! the tablet that the measurements re-
! Ter to the ark, but l fail to see with
what else the figures given are con.
earned. The frst three lines read
simply, 1880 cublcs long, 16o cubIcs
brosd snd 600 cubics high" The
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1901-08-09

Rev. r. B. Downer has In his pos
session a sword captured by his great
grandfather ELEPHALET Downer,from
British soldier in the revolutionary
war. April 25, 1875. 1t had been hand
ed down for several generations and is
now the property of Mr., Downer. A
reunion OF the "Downers OF America"
will be held at Buffalo, N. Y, August
26, 1901 and Mr.. Downer has been in.
vited to attend hut will be unable to
go. However, he will send the sword
as he has been requested to do. The
sword is in a remarkable state Of
preservation and has on 1t the French
coat Of arms and the words, "Po ur
LIE Roy, Dauphin Draggons," and
must have been captured by the
English from the French in one Of
their wars. 1t Is All heirloom priced
very highly BY Mr.. Downcr.
EllNville New South.