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hctmocratrtit A FI1EAK OF MATURE. One of nature' remarkable freaks Is the fellow who has it in fur the editor. He may be the man whose name you have forgotten to mention the last time he opened a keg of nails, or one who is desirous of obtaining one hundred percent morecredit for hard ly doing hit duty than he would de serve had he always been at li is post. s he should have been, and performed nwauiy withrully, or It may he the fellow whom the publication of the truth hurts, a discarded employe, a narrow, t-eltlsli politician who thinks he is the head of the universe and wants compliments because he lets you live and breathe the same air as he breathes. Whatever he Is or where ever you And him he's funny, Is he's not ridiculous. Rut he takes himself seriously and wants so to be so taken. He might divert a dollar's wort h of work from you annually, that you would have had to do on credit, or cause some old delinquent subscriber who has owed you for four or five years to pay up and stop his paper. It I very hard to tell the extent of damage lie might inflict. ANALYTICAL. At the seventh ward resgistration booth Tuesday tiiglit. an old negro ap plied for his certificate, says the Mem phis Scimitar. The clerks propounded the usual category of questions to him regarding his age. the period of his abode in the State and city, his place of residence and like matters. Finally he was asked to name his occupation. "I belrngs to de city scrimitatory force,' was his reply. "Whatsortof organization is that?1' asked the hewlldered clerk. "Why, Just scrimitatory, dat's all. We scriniinale things." "Well, you have sprung a new oc cupation on us. What, kind of things do you scriminate?" "Cats and dogs and horses and mules evrything dat's dead 'cep'n folks." answered the negro. Then It dawned on the clerk that he belonged to the crematory depatiuent of the city scavengers. MISSISSIPPI PEARLS. llillneint.) Mall. What is known as the Allen pearl at Prairie du Chien has attracted unusu al attention. It weighed 100 grains and is said to be the largest perfect pearl ever found In the Mississippi river. It, whs recently purchased by William M. Moore, of Comanchie, la., What he paid Is possibly not exactly known. A gentleman who is closely associated with Mr. Moore says . he paid 13,000 for It. Mr. Moore has lived all his life on the river and has learned a good deal about pearls. He borrowed money two years ago with which to make his first purchase. Since that time he has cleared over 5,000, according to reports of persons who claim to know something of his affairs. Howes Bros., of Clinton, are among the buyers, and it is safe to say that the pearl industry between this city and the Minnesota State line nets the finders more than 20,000 a year. The clam diggers are rushing for the upper river beds, most of them congregating in the vicinity or Prairie du Chien. where there is a bed more than ten miles long. It Ison this bed that the tine pearls are found In con siderable numbers. The' rush up the river has been like a Klondike excite ment. The houseboats hnvo ho on towed up the river, and have slipped tneir tents and gone up on the boats More than 1,000 are camped along the river there, and the whole business is overdone. At every town alonir the river scows are being marie, and great Is the demand for clamming outfits The finding of n few thousand rii lars worth shells by the diggers has created a regular raid upon the river. it is safe to say that the man who sticks to his clamboat and hooks will do much better than those who spend their time hunting pearls. "Peruna Hill" Sullivan. our Senator comes to the front again as defendant, In a breach of promise suit for $50,000 bronght against him by a white lady rormeny or oxford. In wh ch th irr pressible Senator Is charged with all sorts or things Of course he says It's an attempt to blackmail him, but at tempts to blackmail are not usually accompanied by sworn affidavits. Poor Senator! he will have precious little virtue left! We regard the election of "Peruna Tlill" by the Legislature as a stigma upon .the fair name of Missis sippi, from which it will take many years to recover, As a representative at the Nation's capltol his moral character is an Insult to the decent manhood and womanhood of this cow menwealth. Lawrence County Press. A Brest many Colorado women be came righteously Indignant and stay ed away from the polls Tuesday be cause partisan newspapers persisted In printing this sort of campaign ad vice: "Don't scratch; you'll be ashamed of it afterward; and It's sure to be found out.-Atlanta Journal. A Chicago shoe dealer says country lllrls have the smallest feet; that a otry Kirl who wears a number three shoe Is couiDelled tn . h,. , vm viiMc , a size or two sizes larger after living In the city a short time. So It Is true that In the city there l a chance for advancement nir a country girl. Subscribe for the Demcrat-Stah All new of the county it printed. ALICE'S Live Oak WHISKEY SOFTENED BY ACE. Awarded Gold Medal at Atlanta Exposition. Is the best and purest Rye Whiskey sold in the South. ft. F. BALKE & CO., Proprietors, CINCINNATI, U. S. A. Oratri milled to our head offiea will fc iWd from oar Mtreat accredited distributee, juijirr.iMo. 24-Cm I II Ik Ininilk SasM, lo Pi. L The Great Through TRUNK LINE, BETWEEN CINCINNATI, LEXINGTON. LOUISVILLE. EVANSV1LLE. ST. LOUIS. NASHVILLE, MEMPHIS, MOBILE MONTGOMERY, NEW ORLEANS, Without ciiange and with speed un rivaled. Sho'test and Quickest Route frotn New Orleans. Mo bile and Montgomery to Pullman Cars without change to Nash ville. Louisville. Cincinnati, Chi cago, with but one change to all NORTHERN AND EASTERN CITIES. Tliroutfh Coaches from (!luittnnniii:i and Nashville to St. Louis, connecting direct for Cities in the Northwest. IMMIGRANTS Seeking homes on the line of this Road will receive special rates. See agents of this Company for rates routes, etc.. or vrite C. P, ATMORE. G. P. & T. A.. Louisville. Ky. f-' STTTIT dZ CO- INSURANCE AGENCY, Over Two Hundred Million Fi . e Assets. For Mississippi Coast, office at Ciloxi, Miss. Fire, Life, Accident, Employer's Liabil-tj and stein lioi'ir Insurncc. Representing tht Strongest and Most Liberal Corroames in the World. '.ivenHHtl tt Lmxlou & tllobc IiiNiii-Hin-e ConiftHiiv. of Kiiulantl. liitval liiHiiram-B Company, of Liv1hm1. Kwrljuiit. rim'uix IiiMiram't. (.'miipiinv. t' Brimklvn, Niw York, llarttmil liiHiiramvlJtmipanv. nf Ilartfortl. I'min. Mirlmiiic K & TrailrnT Inaiiranrr (:,miaav. Orlimiw. La North American InMinuire Co.. ot North Amwnra. Cult-ilnnim, Inwunutri Co. .Mutual Life, of New York, Mottish I'nlou National, of Srntluiin. TraTvlrra' Aci'iilrut lumirume Company, of rlartfonl. Coup. All of thrakorrrnnipanii-a have cimplinl with tlio lawn of tlm Slut of MiaaiMippI, thua rn trctinc tlirirpatrona, Itraiiloa ronttibiitiiig largely to the n-vnme of tbn Sum and county, by their own apecial liceu, aud that of their atent. Losssei an Pali Cash without Discount without waiting the usual Sixty lays. t I . an in, 1 1 - Outoliec 19, 1900 1898. BaTABIilBHBD 1803. Yal Fabian, H.Lochte&Co., WHOLESALE GROCERS. ,1ml Importers ot Coffee, Wines, Liquors, No8. :tl9 to 325 Tclinupitoulas, and 424 Natchez sts SKW ORLEANS. LA. Ancnst :il. 1!)00. 08-1 v Steamships Requiring Bunker Coal at Horn Island or Ship Island may be promptly supplied by applying to Mobile Coal Co., 67 St. Francis St., July 20, moo. Mobile, Ala. SEMira O. ItAXDALL, J. i. roan. Vmiirnt. SGRflNTON II. 8. KOVRKK, Vanhier. cms. ir. juiiaiiox. Awistant VathUr. Fritz D. Becht TONSORIAL PARLOR KKEHS AVENUK SCRANTON, MISSISSIPPI SHH1NG HAIRDRESSIHG In the highest style of the art ... , Hguad-Coid BATHS ' I Am tlnw IIMn..iu1 4 .-l - i m eo.liLhatt on 8ho'rt notice. My outfit iy of the moat Improved pattern. OIVK ME A CALL. P. D. BICH Stat Bark, SCRANTON, MISSISSIPPI. Capital Stock Paid in, $50,000 00. Surplus & Net Undivided Profits, $14,000 00. J. W. STEWART, I'usMcr Moss I'oliit llriinch. F. J . LUNDY. Cashier Ocean Springs llriinch. Transacts a eeneral Hankinr Business. Sufatv T)nnsit Boxes for rent, rans-ini? in nru-n f'mm Al t &7 nur mar Interest paid on Time Deposits in our avings Department. OFFICE HOURS: - - 9 A. M. TO 3 P. M. Slrootora : W. Suwurt. Ed. Mitchell. O. Uandall. (. M. Luff. J. 1. Ford. V. li. August 3. 191)0. Miiyerb. K. . Lundy. 35-1 y il MATERS CHAIR CO. UII01 CITY, TERR. h we have found out how to make a common X EUREKA! X EUREKA!! X EUREKA! ! ! Q Which means Just what it al- j ways meant, "I havefouud V it!" In this case, (hat X X j&3-Slat Double Cane Seat Chair, ( which cannot come to pieces f ir it wanton to. HowT Thirl cut tells it. A jf (iUKKN Post and a Honk Dry f2Korsr,on the ends of which f arecttta"knot"hy pur patented K machine, don't forgot (hat. Drive dry round into hole of Xereenpos't. Result? Inevitable. KWreen wood Shrinks around the "Knot" on the round. Its Ki there forever. See the point? Ynnr dealer will cnaranteethat Xthey will ko through anv kind of Xinas frolic or "bear lluht. that's we jruarantee to him. When you Imv a set of them, you are petting iikiii looms for the 4th and nth ceneratmns. Prettiest oart. thev cost no mnre thnn the other kind." Ask for them. Have noiieothcr. If von' can't imr tlu-m Tit IS. MiVKIN I'lllIU CO Cnln I 'it. . '!'.... J he only manufacturers who are not afraid to guarantee their Chairs. fpt,.mbcr7. V.m. 30.3m Indestructible Chairs f 2 PATENTS . I. (PENDING) m . w MEETZ, IBACH & CO, WHOLESALE DEALERS IS Flour and Vptahlps I n v ' h Is Natures friciEHTRNLESS. Palatable, Vegetable dSMKONSMnnca 5T.L0UI3,M0,U.5.A. A liarmless palatable, vegeta ble female remedy, for acute and chronic female diseases, CURES Henstnud IrregplariUes, Exaggerations, Suppressions, Convulsions. Cramps, Hysterics, Internal Pains, Nervousness, Helancholy, Headache and all Female Disorders. For full particulars write to C. F. Simmons Medicine Co,, St. Louis, Mo. All letters strictly private. JuDdSfl. 1900, f!fllTnU.Krw a m Wl. M. WATKINS.RE?Sa,te;'0'"' I..7I 5H0E&S. MOSS POIiTT. MISS. KULI, LINE OF LADIES, MENS Htld CHILDUENS' SHOES ;Of the celrbrated Hamil ton & Brown wane. . , Can supply you with grate coal, stove wood, fire wood and charcoal CHEAPER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. October 5, 1!I0. TFull Hue of FURNITURE and COOK STOVES on easy payments. 343tn CHAS. G. ROH, WII PRODUCE WHOLESALE FRUITS. VEGETABLES. POULTRY. EGGS, BUTTER. CHEESE. MERCHANT, M N. I'mnmmi- anil I TVT-kl51 Alo : StiwIH, I. i'iiiuiiV ilia, 5e N. Fnmt : Mail orders promptly filled. October 12. IWiU. Whit Walker, T'"inil, 333m L. MOORE, I ARTHUR Real Estate Agent, SCRANTON, MISSISSIPPI, Ho has improved and unimproved Real Estate timbered lands, wild lands.oyster grounds, truck farms, or any property you desire in Scranton, Paseajroula, Moss Point, or any portion of the country for sale at reasonable terms. AnyouedcrHlrliiK to tllitpuite of any Property will do well to ronmilt him. October la, Uuu. .li-ly lS1 WILE, Alift Mny U, moo. I'. K. LA JUT AX, Traveling (Salesman. 13-ly JOHN Y. MORGAN, Star Livery Stables TJFDERTAZER, WOOD, COAL AND SHINGLES. Kerosene and lubricating Oils. Hauling Done on Short Notice. EALER IN A n mint 31, 1IHI0. KCRANTON, MISSISSIPPI. -iy fl I Mnflnnalfl Pn Ui J, IVIUUUIIUIU W UUi, Monumental Works. With our present eciulptnwit we can mid du produced The best Grades of Cemetery Work possible, and will muko close prices to nil milking Inquiries'. llmhtnuj Work a Spmatt,,. Vi AU Work trunnM a !. . September 38 .. N' E-H "d St. Loul Streets, MOBILE, ALA. 33-6lii D. MECIER'S SON, THE RENOWNED ... CLOTHIERS atd HATTERS, For CHEAPNESS and FAIR DEALING. v Two Blocks from Canal-DAUPHINE STREET-Tfo Blocks from canal NEW ORLEANS, LA. i iy J SOLID, WIDE VE .TIBULED PASSENGER TRAINS. Lighted Through out with the Celebrated Pisntdi Gas Healed by Steam. Finest Equip ment operated in the South. Note this Schedule. In effect July 15, iaoo. Lv. Mohliu.7..;7.'. Ar.Mirldian...... Ar. l'liatuniO(it,'n..77 Ar. Memplila Ar. Hot SiprlngH Ar. JKo.f . I 8 H0 a. nr . 11:40 p. 111. I f:40 p. m. No, 2. 10:;l5 k m. 0:45 a. m. B:'.HI a. m. Itivcu. , Ar. LuuiM-jllo. Ar. Cincinnati. Ar. St. LoiilTTTT 7:ir a in. I 5:;mp. in, ll:m p. 111. I 1MHI a, m. 1 H:U'i a. m. Iiwvi a. iii. Ar. ('hlrtiL'ii Ar Uetroft. Ar. Kiaeara r"ull. ,,, Ar. New York ar. RniiKnsL'lty I 8:Ui p. m. Ar. Denver.... aw a. ni. A r. St. Paul. 7:44 . ni. 7:01) p. m, 4:;jo p. m. 7:15 a. in S IHp. ni. a. m 7M tt. pi. I 8:15 p. m 6:8(1 p. ni. I 7:15 a. m 7:30 a. nv 7.10 a. m ... I H:4(la. m. t:,)p. m. Throinili trains Noa. 1 and 8arrivc at Mobile at e:.Kl a. ni. and U:4.'i p. m. Noa. H and 4 have entirely new equipment, aud are ventllmled from end to end. Non. 1 and i have vestlbnfrd drxt-elaw coaches, mid all four trains have vei-tibuleditleeplnirrara. For ratea, time, ticket and further Information write to or call at Mobile and Ohio Ticket. oBJce. under Battle Houae, (t. W. KINO. ti ,nnn Honengcr aud Ticket Agent. July lj, 1000. 4j.tf May 31, MID. Dr. E. Frank Griffin, DKNTIHT. Scranton, Mlna. Hub loe.Hted penoBiiently In Scranton Office In the Palace Pharmacy bulldlnn, on UelmM avenue, . June is. im. , . ig,tf Subscribe for tht DEMOCRAT-STAR, HkIvp all thenowaof " the county ana Htate. It liaa alo a large nlrcolutlng, and la therefore a . Good Advertising Medium. H. P. BUCKLEY, 8 Camp Street, JYEW ORLEANS. Has on hand a Pine Stock of American :: Watches, -AT LOW PRICES, ALSO 4T ewolry, j3octvcloa. Watches and Jewelry Repairing a Specialty ARE YOU IN NEED OF GOOD $ JOB SPRINTING? Sthe A. DEMOCRAT-STAR Job Printing office isffli fully equipped wltlijgk everything necessary X lor turning out thev best of work in the A most modern style of r tneart. ' COMMERCIAL WORK. MISCELLANEOUS, Such as letter. note0 arm oiu neaos we4 irilHrant.ao atit iufun. ' tion as to style and0 stationery. 0 weaainK and visiting fc eards.ball invitations. V bonk and poster work. price-lists, circulars, tags, etc., etc. T 9 Will receive careful V t ' and prompt attention D t for any work In oura I line. V SEND US YOUIl ORDERS g gcraaton Home .aundry" Qukkent DiUnru. New Plant-Finest work. Our Prices no Higher tlun otners. Olothca received In the - morning r'oturued in the eveninjt. In extreme canes we do it in four to Ave hours, Delntu Amiue, opimmte Court-Bourn E. A. QRIQSBY. Proprietor, Hcrautou, MihM., June IS, IU00, uiy SPECIAL RATES 1 VIA Union Pacific Railroad to all Leading Western Points on SEPTEMBER 16th. OCTOBER 2d and 16th. Kor particulars, address " ' ' J.T. ALOAU, Oen'l Airent. St. Louis. Mo. Hoptcmber H. 1000. t ai-am f ECHO CAFE,! Chas. L. Krebs, , ' Proprietor, Ilclmai avenue, two doora weat of the court-home, , SCUANTON.MUa. E , Best brnntlaof WIllMUKM. WINES. '. fc COKDl AI.S. fe MALT UQI OHS, fc October ID, 1BV0, . 3 w t"t. i hut a berrer...... " &l W the report!,;. !; O ''tl'ec.,ntroveraia, '7'it tya'.uUtbetri.fectorin8i '"Hoi yeltslJ teers, durinhe ca rtnd v and 1899. ti.r. alendl'f Jear,,. 347 cases ,,f ."tk """J wUM1 sane. One hundred .!' furiN cases, or fie .7 per cent" . .. r'M njent recovered in -,n 'ecnnun 3.9 months. Zl" Wm, !'Xdiedand48re)i:;:eJ,I'H finety-six of the -u-. ""N POited on th. .... .r "'e troops servi nn in n,. I repliri and 32 of these , i8l'i ,r "," l,1',sec,'nmittedrfe,t J nan average per cent oi8n'l wo were impr((V(;di J j eleven remained not Hal or & SliOJi GOOD WORDS Foil THE SKIRT. New York Meillcal J0Urt,T Tl,n ..I . - u 1 1 tin npfln . .. approved of in the m.,ni ir.r Board of Ilea.,,,,, D, C. T 5 im. 1 official approval huM, ant bearing uPn school Z "V s"",e ,nswnc school teachers have been criticised f,,r ,I. m frts while in thediS dut ies; whereas, as is noinL 7 Dr. Lindsley, ihere is no aoic danger nf the introduction offc ase gernis lllUl tne 8cb , through the agency of theism which gathers much of tbe 9Ih nd disease g,nsofuiestreet. Fortunate, ly.the short skirt is gnmioK to he th, fashion, and for tl.ig reon, ml, than on sanitary grounds, themmu school teachers will nodoubt adopt It. lhe State Board of Health bnoi flcially reported one case of yellow fever ut Natchez, the patient being the wife of a Baptist minister. A necessary measures have be?n taken to prevent its spread, and no alarm need be felt from that source, Admiral Sampson's retirement in February will not break his family's connection with t lie navy, Tor he has three sons-in-law-Lieutenants Jack son and Roy Smith and Ensign Clu verimis in the service, and hissoo will probably enter the Naval Acade my next year. A Baltimore court lias confiscated to t he State the skins of 'M sunimlli killed in violation of the law. The skins were intended to adorn women' bats. Walter Rothschild, of London, has a collection of 84 turtles from all parts of the world. Some, weighing over 400 pounds, are believed to he about 250 years old, In 1845 the postage nn a letter from New York to Wisconsin was 25 cents. People wrote long hand 011 Hiin pa per to get the worth of their money but they wrote seldom. The New Orleans directory contain the narpes (.f "08 Smiths, nf whom 43 are plain John; "06 Williams; JIB Johnsons; 535 lirowns, and 443 Jones'. Who would have thought that the Illustrious naiuc of Jones is dftli on the list. New Orleans States. The Cumberland Telephone and j Telegraph Company, j Operates both local .nd M h j ance Tciepnotte war ui, kw eatlrfaotory connection J Orleans, Mobile, Jackson, Btn I Kongo ana intermedium t. Makes No Assessments. fniitracts. ... . . I la nosdible 1 1 Kates jusi as iow r, h. 1 I to make and maintain thehlRhesw efficiency of service. . . If present or prospective Mtoort bera Dbsirk Contracts "..T present rates, the Company wi I pleased to enter into aucn con..---f for a period of from one 1 month w hntam.h contraetsw" the President and Secretary ot Company. ' W. C. WEST, Local Manager, BCBAWTOW. MISS. The Dkmocrat-Star job 'office is aup plied with flrst-olMg atatlonery of all klndi, and our Job work ts of the bent, id M liberal price" for OMh, ' ' , r'M a A UBuat 17,1110(1. THE BURLINGTON WJ, ExpBcaa." No. 41. from ul ft0rH,eW? for Kamaa CI ..v. JoPn-.' Hon ebrlktt. Black Hills. " ""pjet Washlnnton, Tuconm. 8'ty,?i,g Mon" w,d Portland. Orejron. via BHW he oShcWhei chair ' standard aleepera nd dlnln ' w w, tourlat in'''",St UM w lh the main traveled rouw . mid-day train, from 1 t. U 1 , Dlbt Uolomdo. Utah, HfclHc. lnnepoli d ln-nver. Also for St. I'aui. w beyond, . . .. u. ixioUtoMKT City. Omaha. St. meph, Kn lie jwj Colorado. Utah, Paoljo ' "n, Wiablnr alaotn the Norttij-Mcj'JJB.n. ton. Oregon, rla Lincoln ano PleiiBe writes . w WAKKtK'. J.N. MKKK1LL. Jf 'oinJ. 0. Ho. Alt. V. PiJW St.. ue" uwks M 2