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The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1902-03-14
NEEDS NO COMBINATION.

The Vicksburg American Is con-.
planning OF the newspapers Of that
city doing great deal Of free ad-
vertising. This Is Il general com.
plant. Newspapers these days
charge about nifty cents an inch for
space and get paid for about ffty
cents Il column. The papers OF the
State should organize and put up their
advertising rates and keep them Up II
they have to suspend other work to
keep the printers paid up.
Hattiesburg Progress.
There is no need to organize for the
purpose of putting up advertising
rates. Every newspaper should reg.
ulate its own rates. The News has
recently raised it's advertising rates
tifty per cent because 1t believed that
the paper was entitled to receive
a better rate than it did a few years
ago. Its increase Ia circulation
and the general government OF the
paper Justified the raise and the mer.
chants and other business men have
readily agreed with the management
Of the News that this was the case
and are cheerfully paying the advan.
ced rate.-JackSon Evening News.
- S.
A CHURCH BUILTOF ONE TREE.
Liverpool Post
Think OF an entire church being
constructed OF the wood from a single
tree! Santa Clara, Cal. has such IL
house OF worship. In 1859 the frst
Baptist service held IN that region
was conducted under an oak tree.
When the same Baptist society deci.
ded to build church the site on
which the tree stood was selected.
This monsterO Of the forest, which cast
an acre of shade, was then cut down
at IA height OF twenty-five feet and
the timber was cut into lumber. The
bly, stump was partially followed and
allowed to stand as the church tower.
A high steeple was erected on it and
the church was built from the lumber
made from the giant oak. When the
church was completed 1900 feet Of
lumber remained unused. The build.
Ing is thirty feet wide by seventy feet
deep. 1t is a strong and handsome
structure and is one Of the sights Of
Santa Clara.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1902-03-14

GREAT SALT LAKE SINKING.


The decline in the surface OF Great
Salt Lake Is causing apprehension
among the people OF Utah. This In
teresting body Of water has been
steadily sinking for a number OF
years, but the causes Of its decline are
not well understood. 1t Is thought
by some that the lake Is subject to
cycles OF change which correspond to
like cycles OF years Of heavy and light
rainfall, and that it Is now under.
going ono OF its low water periods
from which 1t will soon revive. The
movements In the waters haye also
been thought TO be related to the de.
velopment Of agricultural and grazing
interests, which divert large quanti.
ties OF water from the streams which
feed the lake for use upon the lands.
During past years the cutting OF the
timber on the nciR Rhboring mountains
has been unusually heavy, practically
destroying the forest protection OF the
head waters of number Of streams
whose waters flow into the lake. The
cutting OF these forests is supposed to
have injured The flow Of the streams
and thus tn have effected the lake
level. Great Salt Lake is the means
0f considerable resource TO Utah and
the value Of property near the lake
and certain lines 0f business are said
TO be unfavorably affected by its de.
cline. The matter Is there considered
Ut so muclI Importance that the
United States Geological Survey has
been asked to make an investigation
into H..
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1902-03-14
GLASS FACTORY ON HORN
ISLAND.

St. Louis, March D, l%z
Editor "Old Reliable
An Eastern company has lus'
bought a sand hill, a little west OF ~
Louis, and will expend two million
dollars building a glass factory i.
Glass is made OF pure white sano'
called silica. and lime and soda asO !
used in melting the sand. The saa'
and the fuel to melt the sand and t*
lime are practically all the mate''an
needed in the business. At Biloxi an0
Scranton we have the shells TO ms'
the lime. At Horn Island we na"
the purest sand. At Port Art0u'
Texas, we have the best ilel OIL ~
earth. and it can be floatco "
Horn Island in barees at a nom'u''
cast, thus making Horn ls'ano w. y.
bcst and cheapest place on eaF'N :"
making glass. ,..,,a
l suggest that you. and other "OO's s
holders" look this scheme up' ' Y.
build 10 a business, the materials y
.,h,,,,, 90 ,noyha,,stablc, and tne ue'
mand for the product increasing =, :,
or course, when we strike W. .,,, q,
Wilson Springs. that w''' rrc !"
better ". n
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1902-03-14
TO GROW LARGE WAITE
MELONS.

Below we give an ingenious method
which II followed Is said TO greatly
increase the size of melons: Select
Two or more OF the largest melons in
TIE patch Tor treatment. Then All a
large bottle or jug with sweetened
water, cooked, place by the side Of
the side Of each watermelon selected.
A darning needle Is now thrust
through the stem of the melon, and a
cotton cord is drawn in until It's e0d
rests in the middle OF the stem. The
other end Of The string is run through,
the cork into tile bottle or jug contain.
the swcetcncd water. Nature soon
hcels the wound " the melon. Then
The melon will drink the sweetencd
water that is dwawn from the bottle
Through The cotton cord delivery
system. In this way the size OF the
melon is greatly increased. Try t..
s0mebody.
GOOD ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.
The following epigrammatical
periods are from President Porter.
Yale College: young ,nen, you are
the architects Of your own fortunes.
Rely on your own strength o. hody
and soul. Take for your star self.rc.
lance Inscrihe On your banner.
Luck is u fml. Pluck is a hero
Don't take ton much advice. Keen Ut
the helm and steer your own shlp and
remember that the art N command.
my IS to take fair share of the work.
!h'"k well Of yourself. Strike out.
AsS"'ne your own position. Put NJ.
'au'es 10 u cart. go over rough road
and the small ones go 10 the bottom.
..'se anose ,ie enviols ana iealous.
t'fe ao"vc the mark you intend ~
wv Energy, 'nvincible determine
uo"' WITH \ right motive, are the
y levers that move tic world. ncr,, s
sxcas. M Don't deceive. Dop't n,s,,. :, :
. satM you caa support I wife' ~ q.
Mvll Rssd al,e papers. Advs,.,.s -
ysss 'n.slness. Make moasy snd A .,c
.'sel ~! = Lovs ysNlr az ~ Y .xss n
u ~ T>p: zssI(( fstk 1s1 M - - n Z sss 4 x;
<Outtty aI35I
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1902-03-14
HOW NATIONS SLEhr'

London Health, "a on an
Considering that we a'' spou. II ,,,es
veraua oue.third Of our whole ''sss s
ia bed il is not wonderful that "a. : e'"r ',s
desl III J, q care, expense and trouble ,'s as
expended on our sleeping places, ,s,,., =
this country the unhealthy ,ea' as',''. "
bed tI il being driven out BY the nea''. sa !.
Icr mattress, which also 'u's' 's n,
i merica. French beds are noiso 60 =. -
thcIr hardness and German 0s", ,o,.'s. =.
50 se's'. rIdIculously short that 10. l"'s", y,
visitors are often much so' .o%. D's r. .re
,,'sm, .'.'m' Many Norwegian beds -. ~
nude made, % pull out from lesss:'', KS c,.o,r'i
hammock rules io South ano .s ss",s,s
America. 4, \ The Indians Of !. ua'.,i ~. i
.nlaIt most beautiful hamn'ocs. ,,s.,,y. -, \
sss.s, s's's v which they dye oe.s''.'1S', y =.
y ~ osse lIc upu maltInalais : % s.ss. -
s'V's. Win : sin. uncomfortable 's.. s.s
's' ,sss Il would take an Ens'''.Isd y : "a
ss.s. ssss !, sss sts.s accustomed tOs'sh e 3
4 ,"rsurs' u The Chinese use :. 's's s:,'s
bsdstesds, often clacFa'sv. ! /. ~.
MI tltelf only mattresses =. 49,
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1902-03-14

The illustrated industrial edition
Of the Laurel Chronicle is on our
exchange table this week, and we un.
hesltatingly pronounce it the best
gotten up edition that has ever come
TO our oiiice. And the beauty Of IL is,
all printed In the Chronicle printing
ONCE.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1902-03-14
gaeas',lpr,st.s,..
Ftealll lrrr,,

Spring has coma sas GIRLS
are peepins to the suash,a. sss y, the 'lolsa
caller here Sunday. 'a'apleasap,
wears it. ~ uef' because Al.
- Mr.. D. H. Scarbo,o ,,.,.
Tuesday. visited Bilo,I
~ Mr. Hardin called a, v, :.
"Wednesday. WE Sca'borp,
~"a,a thsl' ." 90 horse @ back riding v.'eI .a' s
Wednesday '' oeaar LAX.
Miss Buresia Scarbora !. .,.
friends in Biloxi. . visiting
James Scarboro was +. ,..,
visitor to s. H. Biloo's Tuesday, r''''*
Judy is getting smart in u. ii
"ays. We wonder how much 10 49, s,.e ~
a day. 0" NC makes
Shaw Ridge school has clos.a
N'ss Anna B Robinson has s" rs,s..'s ~
to her home. 'e'S'Ad
we nave got rid Of old "Autl.m..
your'n'se-in,evcrybody's bushes, "'' I
| Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, q, o..
springs were visitors here TuesS,, M
Grass is growing nicely and I. 4
hasn't made his arrival yet.
! wonder why he called him 'vusI
waiter Scarboro made a bus,s|
visit to this place Monday.
Henry Edwards, OF RAMSAY ,,,.,
on friends here Sunday.
! wonder II she got wet when 4.
fell In the branch.
we are sorry to note the illness l,
little Saora and Harry Cox. We ~
them a speedy recovery.
| wonder what makes her SO vain
MT Davis told me not lonp b.,o,,
MS DEATH" said Dr. ]. William Jops
In a lecture on Stoncwall jackson l,,l
week at Charlotte N, c., "thst h
had intended to send jackson to taxi
charge Of the army in the West; an,
with Robert E. Lee in charge OF th
army 10 Northern Virginia, an
Stonewall Jackson in charge Of tho,
Western troops, what might not ha,
been done? 1t makes me think Of
prayer heard in New Orleans.
good Catholic father, who had been
chaplain in the army was to pn
He began by telling the Lord wh;
good COnfederates We had been. ul
then he pronounced a nne cuIogy
StOnewall Jackson and concluded
saying, oh Lord, we believe th'
Thou dOcst what is right; we belle
that Thou hast decided we ought o
to succeed, and that we must be d
feated. But, oh Lord, before Th(
c0uldst defeat us Thou hadst first
remove Stonewal Jackson ! thil
for some wise purpose Of His own tl
Lord took Jackson TO Himself.
may be great sinner, yet l nev
could say that ! am glad we did o
succeed. | am loyal citizen OF th
country and | love the old hag, o
, Glory II is called, and II you won
take from it the glory won for II
' Southern men, you would have We
little left"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1902-03-14

p. W. Gwaltney, Of Smithneld, Va,
known as "the peanut king" owns
the largest peanut farm 10 the world.
He was In the Confederate army
and after the surrender at Appomat.
tox began the work which has earned
him the nickname quoted.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1902-03-14

The able district attorney OF this
district, Hon. W. A. White declines
to enter the race for Congress. Had
he consented he would have swept
the field.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22
Bombarding the Sky.

Prof Willis L. Moore of the agricul-
tural department in a recent report
ridicules the idea that storms of any
kind may be induced, dispelled or con-
trolled by bombarding the clouds.
Prof Cleveland Able of the weather
bureau agrees with his conclusions
and in a recent paper criticises Prof.
Franklin's argument for the rational
plausibility and possible effectiveness
of cannonading the sky with vortex
rings for the prevention of hailstorms.
DR.. Moore and Dr. Able should know
that a great many people in Europe
besides ignorant peasants believe that
hailstorms may be averted by the in
fluence of explosives, and the faith
they profess is too well grounded in
experience, or what passes for expert
ence, to be shaken by anybody's ipse
dixit No doubt they are mistaken,
but to show that they are would re-
quire that experiments be made under
conditions similar to those which have
established their confidence.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22

The Rev. DR.. w. S. Rainsford, rec
tor of st. Georges church, New York,
derives much enjoyment from the
criticisms of his sermons which he
hears from time to time. He has
an artful way of calling forth these
expressions, and enjoys telling of
some very frank replies he has receiv-
ed. He recently asked a young par
ishioner, who is an attentive listener:
We'll, Dorothy, how did you like
my Advent sermon?"
1T was very peculiar, DOCTOR" re-
piled the precocious 11-year-old. you
read SO many texts from the Bible.''
The doctor missed from the services
a stern-faced but kindly old woman of
New England stock, and sought her
out
Il have not seen you at church late
ly." he said.
THE fact is, doctor. have been go
ing to ST. So
Don't you like ST. George's?" the
clergyman asked,
Yes was the hesitating reply,
but there is not enough hellfire in
your sermons. You are too easy on
sinners"
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LIVING EXPENSES IN LONDON.

What the Diner Has 30 Pay In All Res
taurants.
An American who, in the classical
language of his country, is at present
located in London wants to know
whether any city in the world is quite
SO niggard1y as our own. He has been
going the round of the London restau-
rants, and hiss encountered in the
management of them a spirit which.
distresses him.
There is, to begin WITH he says,
"a charge of from I'd to Cd for guard
ing your hat and coat in the cloak
room, and tip in addition is expect
ed. You want to wash your hands
another I'd or another Cd. and an
other tip. You take up the menu, and
behold! there is an intimation that a
charge of Sd each person will be made
under the guise of table money. This
charge varies according to the nature
of the place-3d is the lowest. cd per-
haps the average; at great many res
taurants it is Is, and in at least two
that have visited, Is Id.
The only difference is that
in the lower-priced restaurants
it is called table money and
in the higher-priced ones placed under
the captivating heading of convert. To
my mind an entrance fee, frankly de-
manded at the door, would be much
less offensive than to find yourself
asked at the end of dinner to pay for
the trouble and expense of cleaning up
the cutlery you have used"
His conclusion of the whole matter
is that London lives by imposing a
fixed tariff on the accessories that in
every other city 1 have ever been to
are thrown in gratis" and he thinks
that being a gentleman is one of the
most expensive professions an Eng
lishman can have. He declares it to
be an utter delusion that London is
a cheap place to live in--London
Chronicle.
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feet in length. with beam of eight
feet Ten inches below the gunwales
deck is constructed that, in the palmy
days of the craft, allowed reclining
seats for probably score of passen-
gers The timbers were spliced amid
ships, and holes still visible in the
decaying wood indicate that rawhide
thongs were used to draw the ends of
the beams together. The boat draws
three feet of water
There are no evidences of rowlooks.
In the stern are the remnants of a con-
trivance which probably did duty as a
steering gear. A pole twelve feet long
found with the boat may have been
used as a mast to support the MAIN
sail
From the appearance of the ancient
yacht it is evident that the old ship
builders of the Nile did not depend on
keels very much. Its bottom is as
smooth as that of a saucer. However.
when it is taken into consideration THAI
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22

The tasmak or veil may be black or
white, long or short, plain or embel-
lished with rows of drawn work or
tucks, and of any sort of fine, soft ma
terial The women of the middle and
lower classes wear for the most part
black wells from one to three feet
long; those higher in the social grade
wear white ones. and occasionally they
reach to the hem of the dress. These
are held in place by metal tube that
is fastened over the nose and lower part
of the forehead by cords securely tied
behind When worn with this habara,
in the orthodox fashion, there is moth
ing visible but the woman's bright,
black eyes. which see everything
going on
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22

the lille is not turbulent stream, the
absence of keel would not interfere
with the yachts good sailing qualities.
The wood of the hull is very we'll
preserved. Although the timbers are
decayed and worm eaten. time has not
been able in thousands of years to
part the joints and seams that the
Egyptian carpenters welded together.
On the starboard side of the hull are
the faint remains of hieroglyphic in
scriptions.
The ancient craft does not differ
greatly in form from the dahabiehs
which are used upon the Nile to-day
for carrying passengers. Every tour
list who has been to Egypt is familiar
with them. They are extremely agree
able vessels to ride in, and as one
glides along the clear, placid Nile in
the exquisitely clear moonlight of
Egypt, among its stupendous ruins,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22

The royal yacht in which Rameses
and other ancient kings of Egypt made
trips of state up and down the Nile
thousands of years ago has been placed
in the permanent collection of curios
in the Carnegie Museum at Pittsburg.
Pa.
The boat was dug out of the sand
near the bed of the Nile last year and
shipped to this country by Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie, who presented it to the
Pittsburg Carnegie Institute. In size
and shape it does not differ materially
from sailboats to be seen on inland
waters to-day. In its building not a
nail or screw was used. Heavy six-inch
cedar timbers forming the Lull are
dove-tailed together in unique fashion
"a trick in boat building known only
to the ancients.
To a modern shipbuilder the yacht
is a marvel of construction. 1t is thirty
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22
wales a. a Letter Writer.

The following anecdote illustrates
the present prince of Wales decided
objection to lengthy letter writing. Be
fore he sailed for his Australian tour
on the Ophir he promised friend that
he would from time to time send him
a long. newsy letter relating all the
features of the voyage. Many weeks
after the distinguished party had set
sail and after the prince had been on
Australian soil some time the friend
received the following -long. newsy
letter.: Dear, l promised you a
long, chatty letter. didn't I? Well.
now for it. Everything going famous
ly. Grand country, Australia Fine
scenery: great hospitality. Good time
everywhere and as happy as "a duke on
show could wish to be. Will write
you another long letter soon. Ever
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22

The above picture of Harvard uni
versity is taken from one of the ear
lest Autographs made in this coun-
try, in 1928. The drawing was made
by A. G. Davis, celebrated archflec-
tural craftsman of that time in Bos-
ton, and it was copied on the 1itho-
graphic stone by William Pendleton,
who was the first photographer of any
note in Boston, and for that matter in
America.
The original print is remarkably
fine specimen OF photographic work
when it is considered that the process
of TYPOGRAPHY although discovered by
Senefelder thirty years previously, had
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22

one of her pictures at the Spring Elk
hibit and said, in the hearing of Ida
herself, that he had a notion to find
the girl who had painted it, and fall
in love with her? And, adding insult
to injury, he had expressed himself
as believing that he would marry her.
too, His impudence had made Doro-
thy stamp one small foot with anger
and resolve to make him sorry for
what he had said, some day.
I'll paint him carefully and exhibit
the picture next spring" she thought,
background of meadow, and all. Then
the self-satisfied Mr.. Van Dyke will
see that 1 prefer to use men-even his
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22
English railway ser.io. Poor.

English Railway Service Poor.
In every respect the United States
is superior to Eng and-comparing like
with like-but what is more notable,
in Germany and France railway travel
is cleaner, more speedy and cheaper.
No week passes that I do not run out
from London for country air, and
whenever + find a train that reaches
its destination on time I make a note
of it as a strange thing. And as to
overcrowding l have frequently found
myself in railway carriages wherein
passengers have had to stand up all the
way after having paid their fares. So
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22
a.tt. P.rcha from Peat.

Advices from Germany are to the eff
feet that a very satisfactory artificial
gutta percha has been derived from
peat, and great things are expected to
result from the discovery in cheaper
ing the cost of insulating ocean cables
Gutta percha is the only substance
thus far discovered for protecting q
wire against the corrosive action of
salt water, and the product is not only
nmite., out is controlled by an Eng
lish firm of cable manufacturers. who
own the forests in the East Indies
from which tb> gutta percha - Oh
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22
HE KNEW HER.

eoa. water Manipulator Recognises the
Description at Once.
The dexterous manipulation OF a sooa
fountain and the cashier at a restaur-
ant making speciality of after-theater
suppers were exchanging condolences
s.She is unlike other girls. SO natural
and sincere explained the cashier
Looks at you out OF the depths OIL
her soulful eyes when she talks 70 you,
doesn't she7" queried tbs soda ARTIST
sExactly-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22

far as my experience goes. can travel
with more speed and comfort in a Ger
man third-class carriage fom Berlin
to any big town like Hamburg, Frank
fort or Cologne than in a first-class
carriage in England. and it will cost
me about one-fifth of the English price
-Poultney Bigelow in New York In
dependent.
Ofcial Expedition.
Wife OF enthusiastically weren't
you home to dinner to-day?
Postmaster-Wel1, you see. had a
hurry call to Albany.
Wife-Didn't you know anything of
it when you went away from the house
this morning?
Fostmaster-No; I didn't look at
that letter you gave me to mail until 1
was halfway to the office, and when
saw it marked Tin haste of course 1
had to take the first train to the indi-
Gated destination and see that its in
structions were obeyed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22

Ida. laughing softly at her friends
expression Poor little painter! Isn't
it awful"
The most treasured valuable in q
large collection belonging to Robert
Van Dyke, Esq, to-day is a water
color portrait of himself in corduroys
painted by his wife.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22

~Favorite song is. oh, Promise
Me-
That's it,
.And when she sings it her soul
seems to fly out on the wings of song
and soar among the heavens? 2"
.'Yes, yes said the cashier, "but
how do you know? Are you acquaint-
ed with herr"
well, can't say exactly, but all
last summer was tied up with soul
full creature OF that class who drifted
out OF my life just as the ice cream
season Was waning and the oyster eat
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22
"It is pretty" she said.

will be a second .Sower.'" Once or
twice a fieeting smile curved the cor
ners Of her pretty mouth as she
thought of what Ida McCane, her
best friend, would say when she told
her how she had stopped one of Mr.
Van Dykes workmen in his labors
and made him pose for her; but Dor
othy was on her vacation and she en-
joyed doing things in the country that
she could not do in the CITY.
Then, too. although she cad never
met Mr.. Van Dyke. he was the one
person in the world " fom she be-
uaYed 3D. hated Had ~ not SEN
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22

yours, George After finishing the
letter the prince is said to have re-
marked to the princess. Wont our
friends at home be pleased to get all
the news I have told them in this let
ter?"