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QLhtBemovni't-Stnr THE SWEET POTATO. Editor Democrat Star. Knowing your loyalty to our "Cow Counties," or pine woods, I feel sine you will do what you can to aid the production of our chief apiculture the sweet potato. Webster says of the potato (Irish) t hat "it has proved one of the greatest blessings bestowed on man by the Creator, and that it has often contributed to prevent famine. " If -Webster had lived on this coast, lie would have written equally as well of our sweet potato. If you will look at the representation of a sweet potato in Webster's picto rial Illustrations you would think it a picture of figs or other small fruit. The sweet potato Is, or was a native of East and West India, and of China, but I think none of the varieties of the sweet potato ever attained to per fection until our old friend Doolcy got up the Dooley or round loaf yellow yam. This variety, if planted in new rich land, will produce as early and as much as any other, and it is by far the best of all the varieties. The sweet potato is very arbitrary as to the soil in which it will grow. No living man has yet learned how to niakegood yam potatoes on old land. Our pine woods land, if fertilized a little, will make good potatoes for two to three years, but after that period there seems to be wanting some mat ter or chemical, without which this potato will not thrive well. If you try to replace this necessary matter by any fertilizer yet known, the potato will split open and almost turn inside out and make such a queer looking thing that even the "mother potato" would hardly recognize it as a "little yam." Eight here comes in the great est hindrance to the extensive culti vation of the sweet potato. If sweet potatoes could be raised, year after year on old land that has been cleared of stumps, etc., so that they could be planted or replanted, watered, worked and gathered by harvesters and other machinery that could be made for the purpose, then any of our farmers eould cultivate twenty to one hundred acres of them. If any man will find out, and tell us how to raise good Dooley yam potatoes on old land, and then tell us how to keep them from rotting, he will confer a greater boon on mankind than did George Wash ington cr Abraham Lincoln. There is some singular facts eon- tccted witli the potato quest ion. I am now nearly fifty years old, and have been "setting out" and "scratch ing" 'taters ever since I was a "shirt tailed" boy, and I have inquired of, and discussed potatoes with all the potato kings of the country, yet If there Is any well defined or settled plan, in either producing or trying ti save or keen them. I don't, irnniv whut it is. The old darkey's plan of eating an up ociore tugging tune is the one . mostly followed. Soon after the war one traveling up North would seldom find sweet pota toes at the best hotels, hut now the yam Is found on every first-class bill of fare. I think 1 shall try to get the next Legislature of our Statu to offer a re ward of ten thousand dollars to any man who can invent or discover a fer tilizer by which good yellow yams can be produced on old land ; for I repeat with all candor, that such a fertilizer would be worth millions ;of dollars to Mississippi alone. The sweet potato is the most digestible of all foods, and like the old negro's rabbit "good for anything and at all t imes." Real ly, I'd like to have them at least three times a day. If writing this "love letter" to the sweet potato should lead to the dis covery of some fertilizer by which it can be made to produce sweet pota toes on old land as well as new, then I will have deserved a monument to mv memory. Laudon, quoted by Web- Bier, says mat it was the swekt potato of which Shakspearo wrote. I have never seen his verses on this uiuiuu, )vi 11 ne nveri now ana in mese parts tney would read about as follows : The way to cure a scalawae, A blooilr-shirlcr or carput-bngor, Or if he be a South-hater Just let him eat one uncut later. For- The Yankee has his pork and beans, The Englishman his beef anil bread, No other race that I hare aeen Are half no smart or o well fed ; Vet all nlust say now or later The best of all is nur tater. llcspcctfully dedicated to Hon. A. A. Vaughaii, the potato king of Jack son county, by his old friend and school-mate, M. A. DEES. Mohs Point, Miss., Sept. 30, 1BU5. "The sound money men," says the New York World, "do not propose to diminish uy a dollar the silver now In circulation, or to take from it any of Its legal tender powers. They have no thought of discrediting any of the money we have. Their sole purpose Is to kerp all of It upon n sound money basis, so that every dol lar of It shall buy a hundred cents' worth of goods at all times and In all place." This Is a fair statcny; nt of wie purpose of the sound money men, and it la so brief and simple that it can be nnderstood by any one. It should satisfy all honet men, and we oeticvo that it will Anally prevail. wuia money men would not re uee the amount of money In clrcula- '7 silver men would di minish the amount of monov in t u wtent that gold now enters Into the m mcan "'I "Hvcr and do gold. 0f,J.'.c!2?,2.Bak,n N. c Ecltiive Aja-iit for the l'oilowinff High Grade Ilirylrs : Victor Tiievcles, Airent for Jackson countv, price $100. descent Ilicycles. Agent for Moss Point and Scranton, e !K). 7". ."0 and $40. Monarch Bicycles, Agent, for Moss Point, price $125, $100 and 905.? August !,!'). . 25-3ni Broom corn culture is becoming quitea profitable Industry in the delta. The Tunica Independent says: There has been enough broom corn raised in Tunica county this year to supply the State of Mississippi with brooms for a year or two and there fore there seems to be no demand for the straw. One person in the Robin sonville neighborhood has 125 acres of the straw on hand, while a goodly number of the farmers have from four to ten acres of the same article. IT I p Sing Lee, of San Jose, one of the wealthiest Chinamen in Califor nia, offers a half interest in his mer chandise business and $.1,000in cash to any reputable young American who will marry his daughter, Moi Lee. Several efforts have been made to kid. nap the girl, and Lee is afraid if she does not marry the high binders will succeed In abducting her. Dr. Sawyer: After suffering tour years with female weakness 1 was pursuaded by a friend to try your Tas tilles, and after using them one year I am entirely well. I cannot recom mend them too highly. Mrs. M. S. tiitooK, Uronson, Hcthel Branch Co., Mich. At Scranton Pharmacy, Scran ton, and J. W. Stewart's, Moss Point. Mcdonald, march & co. MARBLE WORKS, Mobile, Ala. CheaDGst and Best in the South. May 10, 18J5. 12-ly HEALING SPRINGS HOTEL. OPEN ALL THE YEAR. Buy tickets to linckutiiunu Stution. Mohilo & Ohio Kiiilioiid. wheie you will li ixl II. P. llouron with freo UwMn to Weekly Boarders, to convey you to the Springs. Tlio Wutor is a poKil ivo cure for nil Si oniLcli, Liver. Bowels. Kuluev. Bludiler and Skill Discuses, nnil Tiles. Being bettor lirepnreil to iiccommniliit e tliose seekina; nHltli, tlinn ever, with nice rooms for .SO jtu-sts. A trial of this witter Hull that, is linked. tor further iiil'oiiiniiioii. mlilress. 11. J. PETTUS. Proprietor. Heiitiiiu; Spnius. Al MityiEi. M4. 14-6in MAGNETIC NERVINE. It told with wrllltn Guarantee to cure Fits, Dinl- SetSiHcadKchA nnd byex owMveusenfOpium, Tobacco find Alco hol; Montnl Dpreiu Bton. BoftAnlnornf the Brain, eamlnf Mtry, Intanlty nnd Death t Darreness, Imuotonoy, Loat Power In either box. premature) Old Aef luvoiumnry ijooHett, cnuted by ovor-indulgnce, over-fzerllnn of the Brnln nnd Irrora of Youth. It uiyw to Weak Orgum thfir Natural Vigor and doubtmi the Joys of ltfe; cures Lucorrheoa and Femble WakuoM, A month'n trent ment, In plain package, by mail, to any add reus, $1 6nr dox, e Dozen fo. wiin every fn nrutr wo rivo a tfrtttan fiuirintM to curs or rnfund th tnnnnt. Circular free. Ouarautee laaued ouli by our e&- eluirive agent. Dr. W. A. COX, Dnwlst, Scranton. Mw., andJ. W. STEWART, Drug fflKt, Mrms Point, Miss. March 8, 1895, 3-ly WRITE TO-DA"! 2BJJBta nirviM jrmir nn mill itoatulflen urtilirnn tlirnniih mr ARnta Directory Jmnnal to huuilrals of l'ub IMwn, Mmnifa tur.TPi suit lalcra in A unit CiiMHla. from whum vn will .....n.. IU reliable tmniiraa Hrius from Sd to IJOO a month b ma.1. V. will mwlr. a ,, Bf July til, jd; DANTZLER, MOSS POINT, MISS., NoticE, Be careful where yon buy wine for your stomach's sake. On SATURDAY, AUGUST 17lh and. each Saturday thereafter, until further notice, we will sell one-halt dnncn rejrnlar size bottles of our choice brands ol T-Kalou Wine as fol lows : 1 bottle Champagne, 1 bottle Tokav, 1 bottle Port, I bottle Sherrr, 1 bottle White Wine, 1 bottle Claret, All for $1.75. We lead, but d.i not follow and hare no branch houses, but take this means of intro dneinir our wine. Call earlv if von wish them delivered. To-Kalon, HIM and 305 St. Charles street, New Orleans. H. A. llKADFOBl), Pro prietor. .Mail orders solicited. June 2S, 18j. M. (. FEOllE, 19-3m i it! m Krelw Avenue. SCRANTON, MISS. Good lJelivoicd to Horn and bliip Islands Fllli 12. October I'l. l,-'!lt. r,-H JULES SARRAZIN, COKNER DECATUU and UlisULlNES STREETS, NEW ORLEANS. LA. Miiiiiiliictmei- and Wholesale Dealer in 11GAUS, CIGARETTES, Tobaccos, Pipes, Snuffs & Smokers' Articles. Having enlarged the, ciipiioitT of my liiulor.v. I inn now iilili) to biiji ply inyr.iiKtiiiiii'i'N nt "Knek bottom" prices with my own iiuike. unit nil oilier bmmlsof ('ijjiiis. Cigurottes, Slinking and Clmwing '1 olmecns, Sunn's, mill Smokers' Articles, at short mil ice, Decemlier 4. 18!i. 48-1 v NN N N N N N N N N NN... N NN ... mm r n 1(1111 R P.. K P.. imn K K HRR U R.. II H.. a . I'.l.l.l THE 3IiAI. Louisvi Through Trunk Line Between Cincinnati, Lexing ton, Louisville, Evanville, St. Louis, and Nashville, Memphis, Mont gomery, Mohile and New Orleans. Without, clumse iiml with spaed nnrivnl cil, Shortest n nd quickest loiilo from New Orleans, Mobile, mid Montgomery, to Pullmiin Curs wilbnnt, clism;o to Nnsli villo. Lonisvillo, Cineinmiti, Cbicuo, with but one choline to nil Northern Eastern Cities. Tli ioiik'iI Coucbes from Chultanooj;:! uml N.mliv'.lle to St. Lou's, connectiug dirovt lor Cities in tbe Northwest. Imminrantc aurktni; hotura on Hn of thl lllllliyiailia mad will rt.iDivp.pM'tnl niton, Nee ii go n Is of this Coinpbiiy for lutes, routes, etc.. or write C. P. ATMOKIS , O. P. AT. A., Louisville. Kv- SMOKE THE PARK CUBAN HAND-MADE 5c CIGAR 5c SOLK AQKNT, FINLAT, DICKS & CO., NEW ORLEANS. C. E. Baundkii8, Miiiinger Clnr Dep't. Aprils. 181)5. ?-0in MOBILE DYE WOR S, J. J. TVEDT, PiioPMiKTon,iS CleaniniE & Dyeing. ALL KINDS OK EKPA1RINQ GENT'S CLOTHING. 40-2 Diinpliin 8t......,.....MoHiLK, Ala. Oiiler by Express will receive prompt nt lent ion. August 30, 1893. S8-3m Job printing neatly executed at this office. Grc::r I HI I fl H DB&UTUU JR., a VAL 1VLI3IAIY, WITH 7 LOCHIE & CO., -WHOLESALE- GROOERS AND IMPORTERS OF WINES AND LIQUORS, Nos. 43 iind 46 Tolioupltoubis St., XKW ORLEANS. LA. 28-ly Alt". 31. 18!5. 11. P. BUCKLEY, . 8 CAMP STREET 8 New Orleans, - La, Has on Hand a Fino Stock of American Watches Al' LOW l'KICl'X also :-: Silverware, Jewelry, :-: SPECTACLES. Wiitcli & Jewel May 31, .',. I'eniiiring a Specialty 15-ly' II. Ill.OOMKIKI.I, W. VlNTBK, L. I). IIbRHIC K l'resideii'.. Yice-l'resMt. Gtn'l M'x'r. PAS0AG0QLA LAUD CO LA2TDS BOUGHT AND SOLD 02T COMMISSION. iio.mi;sti:ai)s locatkd a sw'ciiiil.v nuiile nt li inlliii;j uml dire of priipm ty I'.ir Nox-Ukhiukn i s TAX KB PAID, &e., Ac. Oillno Sc'Iianton, Jack sum t;o , JIiks. COlTC (iOlTII ami trow up with Hie country. llUKT'ON OOOUK. Sccrotiii'v. April 5. 1S9;. 7-l.v B Fritz D. D6Cbt; 3 tr TONSORIAL rS PARL0R,1 y KltKIH AVKNfK, JI SCKATO. M1S. Z SHAVING &HAiaDRFSSiNGzS In the liiglicsl, style jf of the ni t. .... 2 g- HOT AND COLD : 1 am now prepo.red' to give" gf lint uml cold lmtlis on short no- t ice. My out lit is of the most' improved patterns. JGIVE ME A CALL. P. D. BECIIT. 2 m ui minim In Poor Health means so much more than you imagine serious and i fatal diseases result froml trifling ailments neglected. Don t play with Mature s greatest gift health. ' Ityouirefitllni out of orti.wtak and Kenerally ex hausted, liervoui, have no appelll and can't work, begin at onceiak loi the moat relia ble atreiif Ihening medklne.whichla Brown 'a Iron Bit ten. A few bot tle cure beneftt cornea from the very tint dote 11 ttrtk, and lt'a plcaaaot ia una. It Cures DyimmU. Kldnev and Liver at - - - - w ' Neuralgia, Troubles, Constipation, Bad Blood Malaria, Nervoua allmenta Women's complaints. flat Antv ihm Mitubialt haarmaapA eaA f tinea on the wrapper. All ether ara aab- f will tend aet of fan Beautiful WarM's Blltutaa. Oi, rt,ralnt imn . atamna ws Fair View and book-tree. BROWN CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, M0. : Brown's Iron : Bitters i i SCRANTON. MISS., DEALER IN DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES, CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, FEED, HARDWARE, ETC. Stationery a Specialty. Frotcher'a Celebrated Garden Seed. PATRONAGE SOLICITED. ITGOODS DELIVERED FKEK.JU South aide Railroad, corner Delmaa Arenueand Frederick streets. July i9. 195. tv CHEAPEST The Bargain Mammotli Store. - 3 A Frcsll w-l ! stock of tiiimy groceries, . Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Tinware, Crockery, T1--.1. TV -A- oiiT.t: .r Shin Chandlery, GOODS DELIVERED FREE. DcJcan Sc Mitchell Company. BcnAivToivr, ivtiss. SoitKinbei 3D, lV'.U. E. W. MORRILL, FOR MISSISSIPPI COAST. BILOXI, MISS. Ol'VICB AT Fire, Life. Accitient,EmpIoyiir's Uatilitj and Steam Boiler Insurance. Hepiesent 11 the Strongest anil Most Liverpool A, London & Globe iiiKiintiien hoy ii I liiHiiniiice Compiiny. ot Liverpool. Knyl mil . I'litiMiix Insurance Cniiipiiiiy, nt Ibouklyii. New Vmk. PliaMiix liisiiiunce Oonipiiny, of Lonilon, LnliUiii. Unit I'm il Insiiniiieii Compuny, (it Ilin tlonl, Conn. ili i liiuiies A Ti iubtiH' Iii.hii i n urn company, of New Orion nt. La A moi ion n Kiioliiwiiriliic.MCiiniiiMiiy.nl Plii'it'lolliit. I'n. All ol t lie iiIk.vc cninpiinioit hove coinplioil with tint tows nt' tlio Stnte, nt' Missin- xippi, tlniM pio'rcting then (nitrons, bcsiili'S cotitnl ntini; iurolv to tbe idvciuio ol tlio Male uml county, uy tlioir own spue hi Lossses are Faid Cash without Discount Ootohoe 19. 1891. w. M. : : SCRANTON, mm mm' mmmm GllOCEIHES, NOTIOXS, DOOJS, SHOES .......AND...... General Mcrchaiu.ise. Leads In Low Prices ON EVERYTHING. January 6, 189."). LEON GODCHAUX, WHOLESALE AND KH1AIL Clothing. Furnishing Goods and Hats. Cor. Canal and Chartres THE LARGEST CLOTHING HOUSE SOUTH. Country orders solicited. measurement willingly sent fTnrpiuuair-rnriU uuuur vW NEW ORLEANS, LA. May St. 1J5. DR. TICIIENOR'S ABgyi'SBpyic. For Wounds, Burns, Bruises, Etc. Is Unequalled by any It G (JEES GOLIO, too, in Man or Beast, It makes Friends of ALL Pcaru, Misa., Sopt. 2t, '93. There la no belter Antiieptio on the market than Dr. Tichennr'a. Itli apleaaant and relia ble medicine for ita claims. Dr. W.H.Dath. Pars Cbrirtian, Mien., Sept.10,'02. TTarinir handled Dr. Tlchenor'e Antiseptic since I hare been in business, I And it nne nf the best sellers on the market. It la far superior to any of the so-called Antiseptic or Imitations. J. Edward Hansom, Druaririat. Mississippi Oitt, Miss., Popt.ldVJ. Dr. Tiohennr's Antiseptic cured ma of rerj severe esse nf Nenrslfria nf tha face. Mrs. Lilly Alixandir, Pro. Hotel. Sold by Druggists, Dr. W. A. COX,Scranton, March 15 1896. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. AND BEST. af-N a :vi tim Liberal Companies in t ho World. Ciininny, of England , ' 1 licouso, una t.lut ot tliMiriiiinnis without waiting the usual Sixty Days, 3:My CANTY, : MISSISSIPPI. 40-ly Streets, NEW 0KL2AHS, LA. Samples and rules for self- on application, free of charge R' S SONS OWNED. HATTERS ND- a FAIR DEALING. -0- -0 3 CrTBWfrn mirrn DlnnVn ftinm Pnni rg kJlftiJiii-lITU D1UMU 11U1U UQUi 15-1 v Remedy on the Market. Who Try It Hallis, Miss., Not. 17,1802. I hare found Dr. Ticbenor's Antiseptic good family medicine. Mrs. Lium Uotd. Boom Chitto. Miss.. Dec. 16. 'HI. I know Dr. Tichennr'a Antiseptic to be splendid remeflr ror toiic in nnraea. Joi. E.'MaOm, Pro. Lirery Btable Niw Ori.iaks. Deo. 12. 1880. I hare witnessed Hi effects nf Dr. Ticbe nnr's Antiaeptie and know its Tabic, and can therefore conscientiously recommend II. Ei-Oot. and Associate Justice Supreme Court at LKiuieisns. Wholesale and Retail by J. W. STEW A RT,Mon8 Point. ' -m CANNOT HEAD HIM. - SAM JOKES STILL A POW .rULrlT. f.i Louisville t'oat. The people of HopkioRville arc not rutininR over each other to make preparations for the coming of Rev. Sura Jones, the Georgia evangelist' He has visited the city throe tin) and It is said by many that his fourth visit will prove neither profitable nor healthful to the churches. It also said by many that the Georgian will not have any large crowds to hear hinj as he did on his former visits. But the people who talk in this wise'aro reckoning without their host. Saml- vai win - get mar jest me same, ton you catcli on, Bud?" He is one of tlm few ministers who draw ltirtte crowds anywhere and everywhere that a civ cuscould.Mt was said of him before his third visit to Owensuoro Unit h5 would not prove a drawing card and' would Utterly fall in any attempt to collect largo subscriptions as be had before, but he fouled tlio "whole kit and billn,' Hud." On his last night in the Daviess cap Ital he succeeded In securing $15,000 in suosenpuuns ror n new y. M. C. A. building, und also managed to scoop In about $1,700 lo feather uUtwn 4 ready downy nest. It will be an un usually hot day In tlu mid lie of J;n- try when Saru fails to get all be goes after. His crowds are always as large as he ants them, and he rarely ever meets itli disappointment in any way. That he will bo heard by multitude, of people In Hopklnsvlllc next montli ou may rest assured. THE DEAF AND DUMB INSTI TUTE. Mr. J. K. Dobyns, superintenrlent of the State Instit ution for tlieerlu. ntion of the deaf and dumb-utiJack- son, miss., lias Issued tlic following ire ilar. '"The next session of tlie school opens Wednesdtiy, Oct. 2. There lire a (treat ruany deaf persons n Mississippi who are entitled to the privileges the Legislature bus so liber- lly provided and wlio are not taking ivantago of them. The reason of this, generally, is that they do not un derstand that their children can be educated free, practically. There Is no man In the State who is so poor but his children can be ccUicatid here. nnd given the knowledge, of a useful trade. Those who have dcitf chil.lren should communicate with me. We will admit any uneducated person of Lood moral character, sound In mind and body, who Is nott) old to learn and who is not loo young. 1 desire to call the special attention of the teachers of the public schools to this Institution, unci ask them to interest themselves in hunting up the unedu cated deaf In their different commu nities and semi me the names nntl ad dresses of their parents. Ae have two institutions, about one nnd a half miles apart, for white and color- ed." S ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK. The M;ieon Fii':n ;r view s tbe out look for MissUsiimi in the following encouragini; ui.uiner : At. no time tins Mississippi ever looked so prosperous as at the present. Hard times are rapidly becoming' thlnif of lonut atjo, nnd wc believe Unit the State Is moving on to a period or prosperity and success never before manifest In her history. Her farmers are making more and better com and raising more meat than ever before. From present lndication,lt is: fe to say that the food supply raised in tlio State this year, if properly distribu ted will not only be sufficient for tlie use of the people of the State for twelve months, but for two years. The can Is In better condition than for two years past, and will lnfni farmers predict that It will ev e anyformer production in tlie State. It Is probable that more hogs awl bel ter hofs are beliiR ramed tins yui than fur niitnv years previous. The raising of all food needed in w State Is a new departure, but a who . a . . I..,. fTl one. li leaves acouonsiiruiu3H"i' and proves the diversified possibilitea of the soil Inestimably valuable W farmers. HER ONE EXTRAVAGANCE. ttntt.v IT. lmrl led a hand-to mnuin existence for sixty years, when a ins tant relative died and left her tweuiy- fmi r i.hiviHiind dollars. Th rilrl larlw rewilved the news with the utmost calmness. She was too old nnrl atslrl n VwiHv to bo led into Htir- ttalngrash, but she said to a friend: "I ain't going to be reckless and tx travgant, but If I live to get all that money, I'm noin' to have whai I' wanted all my life, an' ain't ncr felt able to buy, an' that la pair of real nice aide combs wltU jrUo iflaM beads on 'em. I'll hav Wn combg If I have to go as high, aa fifty cents for 'em." ' ,- Betsy Johnson, colored aged 100 years, who died at Birmingham a few days ago, requested Mr. M. A. WW a descendant of the family she haa aerved for five generations, to bury her at Vleksburg by the side of hcroia master , and mlstree. Her request was carried out to the letter, Mr. Wlgga accompanying the remains am being tbe only mourner at the funurai. The etrongeat sort of ties still old generation of negro to "de whit folk," and vice versa, v - v. . v.A?r Outuber l'J, im.