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right results. Try them. o. G. Schae-
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Las Vegas optic., 1913-09-17
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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
THE GOOSE GIRL

Georde D. Pa kers dramatization
of Harold Mac Grath's novel The
Goose 1lrl' VIII the attraction at
t e Warfleid theatre OH thursday the
s1th. A pretty little romance runs
tn rlYv, in whith politics play
a prominent part, while tears and
laughter are frequent throughout the
four acts. the vely atliosph re OF
the play take one back to the far
a way lands Of the -. II rland -.
t e quaint, crooked streets thatwind
in and about that gives its name to
the famous "Krumerwe4, ;" and the
Inn of the "Schwartzen Adler"
heightens the illusion and tie scenic
artist has laid himself out in reproduc-
ing exact replicas oi the various seem
es of the play.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
vANCLEAVE news

Fred Berry Of vestry visited this
place last Friday.
Lewis HavSns listed friends At
Barny Saturday and Sunday.
Earnest Havens visited Cedar
Lake on business MonIay.
Mr. and Mrs Jeffries have returned
from Mobile, where they have been
Spending their honeymoon and are
boarding at John Nc Donnals.
Miss Lula May Lockard returned
to Columbus, Miss. Monday, where
she is attending school.
Misses Willie May and Lois Tay-
lor visited Mt. Pleasant Sunday.
The Vancleave Basket Ball teams, :
boys and girls, have accepted tn.
from Vestry and will play
two games at Vcstry Saturday.
J.P. Russ Of Bay St. Louis has
taken charge Of the Mcleod and
Dantzler store at this place.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
Bringing Up O Dog.

"A writer In Country Life In America
gives some advice on the bringing mp
of dog AS he tells it, the process
looks easy enough. The first and most
important lesson for a pup to learn is
to stop anything ne may be doing when
you say "Stop" and to continue when
you say "All right" Ii well learned
this will explain to him all future com
mands. After this comes the lesson to
lie down when you command Down
and to stay down while you leave him
For this latter it is best to tie him to
something and then If be does not drop
when you call Down" from distance
return quickly and, scoldins. push him
down forcibly. A caress and taste OF
food should be bis reward If be does
right
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
SYSTEMS IN GAMBLING.
Monte Carlo Just Smiles at Them and
Keeps on Winning,

There are only two games played at
Monte Carlo-rOulette and a simple
card game called trente et quarante
One Is assured that these games are
played quite fairly and that the per
centage in favor of the bank is 81 to
GO. Whatever 1t may be. this certain
percentage In favor of the tables over
comes all systems that human ingenuity
can work. cut by any law of averages
NJ. Blan>' will permit you to play any
way you like. and TO double your BET
as often as you like until it reaches
5000 francs at roulette or 10000 francs
at trente ct quarante Then you must
begin over again, for It is quite clear
that If one were permitted to double
indefinitely 1t would only be ques.
ton of time and sufficient money -
put II. Blanc out of business.
Thus it happens that NJ. Blanc, whc
takes no chance. wins against all those
who are permitted to take any sort OF
chance they like. Sir Hiram Maxim
disposed of all systems when he shat
tered a poralar delusion in these words
"If red has come up twenty times in
succession 1t is just as likely to come
up at the twenty-frst time as it would
be IL 1t had not come up before for
week. Each particular coup Is govern
ed altogether by the physical condi,
tlons ex.. lg at that particular In
slant. The ball spins round a great
many times in groove. When its mo
mentum is used up it comes In contact
with several pieces of brass and finally
tumbies into a pocket In the wheel
which Is rotating In an opposite direc-
ton. 1t is pure and unadulterated
question of chance, and 1t is not in
fuenced In the least by anything that
has ever taken place before or that
will take place In the future. Mel
Vile Davisson Post In Saturday Even
ing Post.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
JUSTICE AND JoLLITY.
They Mixed Punishment and Merri-
ment In the Good Old Days.

menL III INC 0COu via 0dyos
The mllkman who waters his milk
and the grocer who adulterates his
butter are not, after all. the products
Of our modern civilization. These
men, it appears. have an ancestry of a
respectable antiquity. Witness ar
edict which an antiQuary has discover
ed In the archives Of Puy-de Dome:
"Whosoevsr snail have sold wateres
milk, IN his mouth shall be set a. tube
and into the side tube shall be pouret
the watered milk till the doctor or bar
ber there present shall assert that the
culprlt cannot swallow more without
being put In danger Of his days. Who
soever shall have sold butter contain
ing turnips, stones or any other for
eign substance shall be seized and at
tached in a very curious manner to
our pillory of Pontet.
"Then the said butter shall be placed
on his head till the sun shall have
melted 1t completely, and in the mean
time the children and meaner folk OF
the villages shall insult him with such
outrageous epithets as shall please
them, subject to the respect Of Goo
and his majesty.
whatsoever shall have sold evil or
rotten eggs shall be seized by the body
and exposed In our pillory of Ponict
The said eggs shall be given to the
children OF the villages, who shall by
way Of joyful diversion throw then
In the face Of the culprit, so that al
may be full of merriment and laugh
ter"
Justice had humorous way with II
In those good old days. Paris Cor
London Telegraph.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
QUICKLY CONVICT
NEGRO OF CRIME
Tried and Sentenced to Hang IN
7 Hours After killing
GuIfport Chief.

Culfport Miss. Jan. 21.-With.
in seven hours after he had shot ano
killed Chief of Police Charles Dickey
to-day, percy Newkirk. negro. who
had been trapped by the officer while
in the act Of burglarizing store.
was indicted and sentenced to be
hanged justone month from this date.
Chief Dickey was extremely popu-
lar and feeling against the negro was
intense. Notwithstanding the quick
justice meted out by the court,
a large aud excited crowd thronged
the streets near the court hoGse and
Jail after the trial was concluded and
threats of lynching were freely made.
Chief Dickey was killed at 4:3O
IN the morning, when he, with two
Others officers, attempted to arrest
Newltirk and another negro whom
they discovered in the storehouse of
the Rolf Seeberg Ship Chandlery
Company. Several citizens and Of
ficers uroun1ed the builoing and
captured Newkirk, who confessed to
the shooting after he was placed in
Jail. He was indicted at 9, placed
on trial half hour later. convicted
at 11:15 after the jury had deliberated
but three minutes, and at 11:2O he
was under sentence of death. New
kirk implicated another negro. John |
carr, who escaped. the shotgun used |
in killing Chief Dickey was stolen
just week ago from a grocer in
Biloxi, Miss.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
YOUNG BROTHERS GO
TO MOSS POINT

After very successful week here
the Young Brothers Shows will de-
part for Moss Point, where they
will remain for the coming week.
The Pacagoula Firemen received a
benefit from the shows, and received
a nice little amount from it.
The Old Plantation, which IS
considered the besv attraction which
they have. is indeed more than
worth the price Of admission. The
songs and jokes which are carried
out throughout this show are al
new, and kept the house in a roar
of laughter nearly all the time. The
Air Dome shows some very credible
pictures. and all the way through
Young Brothers should be given
credit for carrying the best Of at
fractions.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
HELENA MISS.

Us. Mckenzie and son james were
at Moss Point on business, Monday.
Mito Kostoff was 4 business visitor
at Moss Point Monday.
! Edwin Lee was at Moss Point and
PascaeouIa on business Saturday.
T. H. Shoub was at PascagouIa
Saturday and at Present Is At Hurley
on business.
The Workmen on the Moss Point
and Big Point Telephone Co. were
Placing poles through here Tuesday.
Mr.. Barber is brsy with workmen
fencing his land for pecans and
nursery stock.
The G. |. C. (Cihs Industrial
Club met on Jan. n, 1913 with
Miss Hazel Chidsey. After the
usual work light rcfreshment were
served and the evening was delight
fully ended BY a ride on the merry
go-round chaperoned BY Mrs. Dean.
In last weeks paper an error was
made in giving the name Of the play
to be given by number Of young
adies Of Pascagoula. benefit Of
he Greenwood Cemetary, the name
given US was 'Stinstin Convention
which should havs been the
Spinsters Convention.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
CHANCE FORECASTS.
WINTERS Of Old Who Dimly Pointed to
Modern lnventiens.

Chance phrases In the literary works
of other days describe with uncauny
|'exactness inventions OF far later times
For instance, we find in the "prolu.
ssions" Of Strada the Roman which
were published in tic year 1917, what
might be held to embody a crude de-
scription Of wireless telegraphy.
Strada represents two friends as ear.
rying on correspondence by means of
certain tombstone which llas such
virtue in it that. If it touches two nee
dies when one of the needles begins to
move, the other, although at ever so
great distance, moves ut the same.
time and in the same manner"
In 1874 Robert Hooke published a
work wherein he observed that as
glasses improve the vision so ways
might be found to improve our other
senses 1T is not impossible" says he.
ito hear whisper distance of fur
long. and perhaps the nature OF the
thing would not make it impossible al
though that furong should be fen times
multiplied" This seems to be fair
forecast Of the telephone,
In "Guliver's Travels" Swift causes
his hero to relate In the voyage to La
puta that the astronomers there have
likewise discovered the two lesser stars
or satellites which revolve about Mars"
This has been held to constitute n ss.
tire on sham science Nevertheless
Professor Asaph Hall few years ago
discovered the two tiny satellites.
1t was more than LOO years ago
that Lucian gave an account OF the
manner wherein the inha bitants of the
moon drank "air squeezed or compress
ed into a goblet so that it formed
kind of dew. This clearly suggests
liquid air.
The same writer in "Vera Historic"
and at some length de.
scribes an aerial ship the sails of which
were inflated by whirlwind, thus i'm
peIling it through space to the moon.-
Harper's.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
Mississippi State Board of Health
BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS.

BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS.
Jackson, Miss. JAM, 2O-That it
Unnecessary for the government and
states to take cognizance Of the pro-
valence of pellagra and appropriate
sufficient sums Of money for study
of the cause of this dreadful disease
+; apparent from the great number
of deaths that occurred during month
of November in the State of Missis-
sippi. The record of the State
Board of Health shows that during
this one month 43 deaths were
caused by pellagra, of this number
Is were white and 81 were negroes.
1t is not a disease confined to any
certain locality but uniformly dis
tributed throughout the state. Pei
agra caused 81 per cent of all deaths
Turing the month of November. Of
the white deaths il constituted 2.5
per cent, while among the negro
deaths it was responsible for 2.8 per
cent of all their deaths. All ply
Sicians should cooperate with the
State Board of Health by reporting
all communicable diseases to the
County Health Officer of their coun-
Is il order that it may be known
What stops are necessary to prevent
he spread of disease among the
people of the state.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
joLTED HER DIGNITY.
-. Nation, &rs maIss and a spse.
" tasular Proesssi6n.

r.e, tell a story In army circles in
r..hfneton, wherein young nfatron
!, much dignity and a string Of army
S,u,es we're the principal actors. II
.nna,rs - that this young woman has
sr;ta a regal air, a circumstance that
AIDED much to the humor Of the stu
s.,o, in which she found herself. Also,
!. sbo,,ld be added. 1t is her custom to
.ryestIgate pretty thoroughly any new
ahose of life with which she comes In
contact Accordingly, on the occasion
~ her visit to an army post in the
vest she had everything about the
nost carefully explained to her.
One day, when her host and hostess
vere out Of the house, this young wo-
man thought it well to go to the cor
nj TO inspect the army mules. She
went among the animals. carefully ex-
aminIng each one.
She happened to wear costume of
very light color that quickly attracted
tbe attention of the animals, which
we're accustomed, like all army pack
miles. to be led by the whitest animal
among them. They slowly wobbled
fbeIr ears as they noticed the unfurled
white parasoI Of their visitor.
The young woman finished her In
snection and took her departure. AS
nhe left the corral. she heard steps be-
hind her. Glancipg back. she saw a
mule following her. while all the rest
NJ the animals were falling into line
behind their leader.
She was not afraid Indeed. she deem
ed fear quite beneath her dignity, But
she was startled, to say the least, and
ouickened her pace. The mule i'm
mediately in her rear increased his
pace too, and marched steadily along
with his nose just touching the back o!
the white parasol.
Then il was that the occupants Of
the long row of officers quarters were
astonIshed to witness the spectacle of
an extremely dignified woman coming
up the avenue. at gait that might be
termed compromise between her dig
nifty and a desire to run. with string
Of army mules behind her, the head OF
each Just touching the tail OF the one
IN front Of him. The young woman's
steps are said to have exceeded the
prescribed army stride by about two
feet. Her dignity was decidedly mot
on straight" There were about twen
y-fre mules In the procession
Youths Companion.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
Iha Enalish King.

The king of England has no leGisIa-
tive veto. He must sign his own
death warrant II the two houses unar-
imously send 1t to him. 1t II ncticn
of the past to ascribe to him legisle-
tive power. He has long ceased to
have any. The prime minister 10 the
chief executive Of the British consttu'
ton. This King has the right 70 b
consulted, the right to encourage, the
right to warn. provided he can ma
anybody that wants to consult him or
anybody that cares to b encourassd
by him "a ANYBODY that viz. .atop 70
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
An eariand His Limit,

aIhe late Lord Dufferin," says w.
II. Rideing in 'Many Celebrities. :.
rcame in to luncheon very late one
day. and after he had apologized to
tbe hostess he whispered to me that
he had been detained by the late Earl
Of Kimberley. "A wonderful man-s
fascinating mani 1t is amazing how
much Re knows. He knows everything
-everything-all the corners OF tne
earth and all ;he men in IT. Except
n pause 'excep. when tc stcp. q
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
Old Time School Hours.

In Scotland. up to the middle OF the
eighteenth century, the usual school
hours were from 6 a. IN. till q p. M
with two breaks of an bour each. Some
schools opened an hour earlier and
worked SO long us daylight lasted NJ
alteration inAhe hours was mace OF
Saturday. and even on Sunday Ger
tain amount of school work was done
rhe holidays were restricted to daS
at Candlemas and at Whitsun, aah a
fortnight IN the autumn
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
LIE. Cox Buys Store.

L. E. Cox, one Of our most thriv.
ing merchants who has resided in
our city for the past II years, and
has been conducting his present
store for the past 10 years. has
shown his confidence in thewonder-
full possibilities Of the Port Of Pas
{ goula by purchasing the store
.auilding in which he has teen ops.
ating his store. M Cox has bu.l
up a very substantial business BY
his correousness and fair treatmenn
to all his customers.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
WASHINGTON NEWS
EXCHANGE LETTER

Archibald of s anton, Pa, Judge {
| the United .es circuit court de
tailed to servic' in tile federal iIom
merce Cour las been found guilt.
Of " High cri, $ and rhisdemeanor
in office. +" Judge Archibald is th'
ninth federal official to be impeach
ed, and his is the third conviction
Of a federal Judge. BY this con
viction he is Forever disqualified
for holding and enjoying any office
or trust, honor or profit under the
United States"
Presidential electors in all the
states have just met at the various
state capitals and formally cast their
votes for president and vice presi-
dent. This is the second step in a
presidential election. The next step
will be the counting of the votes in
tie hall of the House of Represen-
tatives, next month, in the presence
of the Senators and Representatives.
The last step is the Inauguration on
the fourth of March following.
A negro named Green has just
been speedily convicted Of a vicious
assault upon white woman. The
! Try ccndemmed the negro to death
by hanging. He had pleaded guilty
but the judge refused to accept that
plea. If it had been accepted he
Could have been sentenced only to
thirty years Imprisonment. Con-
tending that no issue was joined by
the refusal of the defendant to plead
not guilty, his attorneys took no
plrt in the trial and declined to eX-
anime any Of the jurors or cross ex.
nine any of the witnesses against
i'm. This is probably the first
II e in the history ST this country
a defendant refused to paltc-
ate in his trial where thapenalty
ghl te death.
Hon. A. F. Dawson, former Con
reSsman from Iowa, is in WASH
ngton to urge Congress TO use tht
United States arsenal at Rock Island
its full capacity, claiming that ii
NIL rSst 1t in a saving of more thai
4 million and a halt dollars to the
overnment each year.
Seclet,ry of Agriculture Wllsor
ayS that the increase in the volume
md value Of agricultural products of
lhe United States as the result of
community work is almost
= yond the comprehension of tie
avers ge citizen. He cites as an e;-l
anrle Scott County, Iowa, the flr:t
to employ experts, in which the
price of land averages $3.50 per acre
argely because of organizing COM
nunity effort. 1t is urged by hin |
that the farmers Of other countrle:
should organize, emplop crop eA
ert, and take advantage of tn,
federal appropriation for the develop
ment of the land.
tMen as well as women will marcl
II the woman suffrage parade or
March 3rd, the day before Mr.. Vii.
5 ms Inauguration.
President TAFT, who will take ur
the duties of law professor at Yale
after the close of his ad-
ninistration, will not toar the worlc
N the interest of peace arbitration.
He has completed plans for and ex-
-ensive visit in the south, after
which he will go to Yale University
for its commencement in June, and |
.hen TO Murray Bay, Canada, for a
hfee m1rths Stav.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
A kindness 70 the Fish.

Ethel, who was ten years old. was
studying her geographical reader and
learned that fish are placed In brine
before they are dried and prepared for
sale. After explaining that brine l.
very strong salt water the teacher
asked why the fish were placed In 1t
EthePs face was illumined with sud
den understanding. and she promptly
replied:
Because they are used to salt wa
ter."-Youth's Companion.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
A Nice Ioxable Girl.

Jack-The college ghl am engaged
10 picked me up on grammar before a
week had passed over our heads. Tom
-fou got of light and easy. The col
lege girl knew corrected my English
While ! was proposing to her, Boston
Transcript.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
eeonomizina.

u think saw your little boy chew
Ing tobacco as I came ln the gate
Yes: that was Johnny"
Mercy! Do you permit him to
chew?"
We'll. you see. that was an almost
new plug OF tobacco his father left
When he died. an 1t seemed q SIN to
waste it."-Houston Post.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24

81 tell you. Blnks." said the million
aire. with great gusto. talk about your
fun, There's none to equal that oil
earning a million. dollar by dollar
by ginger" said little Binks, what
a Iot of fun there is ahead of meF'-
uarper's Weekly.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24

MaudlBeatrix has lost twenty pounds
Iately-her new gowns are perfect sue
cssses, her sweetheart proposed to her
last night, her rich uncle died yester
day and left her million, and now
she has to go to his funeral today and
tryto, look sad.-Harpers Bazaar.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24

The pretty trainsc nurse r~'' 8
her patient. . young man Who wac %
ginning to get better
Shall ! turn your lad. slrr ~
asked IN her low. kind vos-a
mo. thank run. Mi~ Angel. esun
ID the convaIca~emt. -yss have turo-
ID Il alresdy.~-ycush's csneanosAI
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
Would Be Terrible.

'The doctors are going to operate o'
her."
whats wrong?"
something about the coat of he
stomach. understand"
81 hope they don't find It's out OF
style. She'd never get over that
Kansas City Journal.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
Sure op One Point

"Out late last night2 What time
did the clock say when you got in?"
81 don't remember what the clock
said, but I will never forget what my
wife saidT
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24

acknowledgements always reminds
me of mouse. Slobbs-Nonsense! II
he was anything like mouse his Wig
would be afraid Of him.-Philadelphia
n RAord.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
The Spirit of Love.

You will find as you look back upo'
your life that the moments That STAN
out above everything else are the mr
ments when you have done things 10
spirit of love- Henry Drummond
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24

A ,womafi's lot is not happy one.
II she hasn't anything serious to worry
about she begins to get fat-Chicaso
. Record Herald.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24

Never tell man that be has madt
: 1901 Of himself. Ii he knows 1t be
Yt angry, and he will eet snsYy
~ II be doesn't know It :,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-24
Your Blessings.

Ef you'lI stop courun' 20 troubles
Ter awhile niebbe you'll have time ter
diskiver dat you've had enough bless
ms fer Il good sized iifetime.-Atlanta
Constitution.