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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

Annie Williams, wife of Andrew
Williams, ,colored, who lives at Short
Creek gave birth on Thursday night
of last week to Il girl baby weighing
80 pounds. The mother and child
are reported doing we'll. The Herald
believes this to be the largest baby
on record ana the report is vouched
for hy one of the most reliable men
in the eOunty.-Yazoo City Herald.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

Kearney p. Speedily, St. Louis
youth Owed from the Eads bridge,
a distance Of 81 feet, and did not
receive a scratch. This was the
Y reatest plunge dive ever ATTEMPTED.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

There are $500 helpless flood
sufferers in Sumter county, Ala,
and the injury to crops is estimated
at 100000.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

The chief beauty and glory of our
form of government is the people
rule. Long live Democracy, but
down with all traitOrs.-Merldian
News.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

A cyclone struck Peoria, Lake.
H., aud capslzed the excursion
steamer Fulsom. Twenty persons
were drowned.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

An NJ I. and X passenger train
was held up by a gang of masked
men at Adair, l. T., last Thursday.
Inc robbers secured about $40, 900.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

The Governor of Alabama has
called on the people of that state
to contribute to the relief of the
ovei flowed suffers Of Sumpter Co.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21
0IrP WORLDLY BUSINESS.

Tho reason we have so many deao
failures is that parents decide !of
children what they shall do, or cnllu.
/ rem thems elves, wrought or oy some
wh,m or fancy, decide for 'hems
selyes without any imp'oratlon OF
Divine guidance. So we have no"
10 puIpits men making sermons VINO
onght to be in blacksmith shops
making plowshares, and we have III
the law those who, Instead OF rum
ING the case their clients, ougnt W
he pounding shoe lasts, and doctors
who are the worst hindrances "
their patients' conyalescence, ana
artists trying to paint landscapes
who ought to be embarrassing ooard
fences. While there are otners
making bricks who ought to DC re"
modelling constitutions, or SHOWING
nlanes who onght:to be transforms
ing literatures. Ask God about
what worldly business you shall an'
dertake until you are 80 positive
YOU can in earnestness smlte your
hand on your piow handle, or your
carpenters bench, or your Black
stones commentaries, or your med
ical dictionary, or your DR.: Dicks
Didactic Theo ogy, saying: "For
this end was born.'-T. DE Witt
Talmage.
STUB ENDS OF THOUGHT.
The liar catches fish with his
mouth.
The man who Is perfectly satisfied
with himself finds no one OF Ike
opinion.
A dowdygwoman is natures mis-
takes.
Good victuals are the greatest
good to the fewest number.
A receipted bill is an evidence OF
honesty
Age turns it's back to the future,
youth to the past.
There is not one dog in a thous~
and that will wag his tail and not
mean it.
No man is a better husband than
he is lover.-Detroit Free Press.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

1t has been decided that female
clerks in government departments
can marry and retain their positions.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

The estimated total losses by the
fire vt St. Johns, Nova Scotia, is
$15,000,OOO.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

The democrats of the third con-
gressiouaI district have unanimous
" nominated Hon. L. q. Catchlngs
to succeed himself.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

Several papers state that move
Is quietly on foot to secure the par.
don of Col. W. L. Hemingway.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

John Hurley, who has been ser,
geant-at'arms of the New Orleans
city council for a number of wears.
died few days ago.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

Fitzsimmons is training at Bay
St. Louis for his coming fight with
O'Brien, of England.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

Richard A Griffin, popular
young business man of Nc ridiap.
died Saturday.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

Hon. Geo. s. Dodds, of Copiah
county, is a candidate for congress
against Gen. Chas. E. Hooker.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
A, e. STEVENSON,
OF ILLINOIS.

A bloody revolution is in progress
in Venezuela.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

The Board of Trustee of the
State Industrial Institute and Col.
iege, at Columbus, elected the fol-
lowing teachers for the ensuing
year: Miss Mamie Black, of Oko.
Iona, mistress of music; Miss Co.
rhine Kennal, of Crystal Springs,
assistan. mistress of masic. Miss
Duffy, of Nashville, Tenn., was
elected to take charge of the in
Urinary department. She lis tram.
ed nurse.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

1t is thought that congress will
ADJOURN the latter part of this week.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

Daz has been reelected presi-
dent OF Mexico without opposition.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

Natural gas has been discovered
near Little Rock, Ark.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

ave obtain patents for protec-
ton, not tor ornament. Send for
our valuable pamphlet. Dubois &
DuBois, Inventive Age Building.
Washington, D. G. Mention this
paper"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

Cyrus w. Field died ut his residence
at Dobb's Ferry, N. Y, on the 18th
inst,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21
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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

pURLISHED WEEKLY AL
POPLARVILLE, MISS.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-07-21

A. u. RUSSELL, ST., Editor.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-30

1t was ablaze with light, and there GER
tainly must have been several thousand
lanterns, for candle power is the only
hSht uset- IN China. 1t may seem in
credible that nation of 400, 000. 900, so
much older than ours, and with such
vast natural resources, should in the
Nineteenth century be practically with
out railroads, without a telegraph, with
out telephone, without any postal serv-
Ice and without any governmental mint.
But 1t is still more incredible that they
should be without anything in the way
OF hight at night other than candle power.
But the effect of this is certainly rs
pleasing as anything l have seen either
in America or i'll Europe. The light of
every candle shone through some gayly
colored lantern, and over the whole scene
there was that soft radiance which nei-
ther gas nor electricity can produce.
however we of America may attempt
to belittle the Chinaman, there is little
justification for it. True it is he is far
behind us III many ways, but he has
Abilities peculiarly his own, and what
ever he does attempt he succeeds in.
There is great deal of what we call
red tape Ill this country in everything
official i'll China. You can get some idea
of the forlnality of things when 1 tell
you that before l reached the august
presence of Lii Hung Chang was pre-
sented Ill turn to seven different officials,
each higher than the one who presented
me. Finally l reached the prime min
lister. BY that time 1 was very much
worked up, and scarcely able to make Il
good presentation of my case through
the interpreter But any nervousness
that L may have felt was doubtless over
come by the rich presents brought, and
which were placed mt Ii Hung Changes
feet with great ceremony.
My instructions had been to walk uD
to the foot of the throne, bend my knee
and bow low. did this and remained
there until commanded to rise. Stand
ing before the prime minister 1 stated
my case with all the eloquence of which
was capable, and the fact that was
finally successful justifies me III part in
saying that eloquence won the day. Be-
fore left LII Hung Chang had promised
me all l asked for, and more. Return
ing from China l brought with me Of
fetal grants of concessions more valu-
able perhaps than any one had ever OBJ
tanned. That they are not now being
put to practical use is due only to tho
fact that English capital, through its
American agents, has interfered and
temporarily Frustrated my plans In
the end, however, l am confident that
American genius and enterprise and
capital will win the day even against
British gold and British cunning"
WALTER WELLMAN.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-30

nento. 1t was erected in 1913 by Swiss
gentleman OF the name OF Sutter, who had
won the title OF captain in the kings
guard at Paris.
Suffer came to California and went into
stock raising. He located rs New Helve-
tin and built the fort-fsr protection
against Indians-that afterward became
famous. 1t was over this fort, on the
morning of July II, 1916, that John G.. Ere
mont hoisted the American flag upon re-
ceiving information that Commodore Sloat
had captured Monterey, an net which end
ed the Bear war"
The fort eventually lost it's dignity and
became a storehouse for hay. During that
period of its usefulness the tile roof was
taken off and II modern one of shingles and
rafters put in its place. Several years ago
the building was purchased by the state,
and since then it has been unoccupied.
The fort will be incloscd in an immense
wooden buildin~ ~ " TUNES
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-30
1t Always Makes Him Laugh.
Especial Correspondence


SUFFERN, n. Y, Nov. 22.-While walk
ing up and down the piazza of the best ho-
tel i'll this hustling little place l met Il
man with long white whiskers, and, queer
as 1T may seem, rs soon us our eyes met he
burst into most violent fit of laughter.
l naturally felt indignant. rs 1 supposed
he was laughing Mt me- He noticed this
and said, by way of apology:
II was laughing Mt something that hap
pened up in Delaware county last summer,
and every time the memory of it crosses
my mind cannot control the wild desire
to laugh; it makes no difference where I
am"
II will forgive you," remarked, smil-
ing, ''if you will tell me all about this
queer episode that continually upscts you
with mirth.'
WELL" he began, cts all about mean
man who had flock of geese He was one
OF the meanest men who ever lived in Della
ware county, and he would do ANYTHING to
get something for nothing. or rather ut the
expense of neighbour. But lie ran against
the wrong man when he sent his geese into
John Smiths corn field to devour the corn
he had just planted. He sent the geese in
at 4 O'Clock one morning, and when Smith
saw them cracking their bills into the
ground and eating the corn with the rapid.
ity of so many Australian emus he got
SO mad he didn't know what to do
1.-The owner of the geese thought it was
great joke, little believing that the joke
was OH himself. The man who owned the
corn field went into the house and mixed a
lot of plaster of paris with some Indian
meal and gave it to the geese, and after
they had devourcd it the whole mass
turned into stone inside of them, and when
they began to feel uneasy, us if they had
eaten green apples, they went to the pond
for swim. and sank like SO many rocks
and were drowned" II. II. Nj.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-30
A REMlllaifsoENcg OF PATTI.
Max Marctzck Tells How She Made Her
Debut.
Especial Correspondence


Especial Correspondence.1
OMAHA, Nov. 21-The manager under
whom Nine. Patti made her first public
appearance says that interesting event took
place but few months short of forty years
ago. The man in question is Max Maret-
EEK, whose name Is not q familiar one now,
but for nearly q third of century he was
one of the best known impresarios in
America, and managed the touie of many
OF the famous singers of other days.
Twelve years ago he abandoned hazardous
operate ventures and settled down as a
private musical instructor He continues
to enjoy the friendship of the diva, and is
not averse to relating the circumstances
under which she made her debut
1T occurred in the spring OF 1853" he
said to me i'll recent interview in this
city, the year following the advent of
Jenny Lind in America. At the time l
was conducting the Italian Opera company
in New York, among whose members were
the father, mother, brother and sister of
Patti. Ono day they brought the little
girl to me to try her voice. They said she
was eight years old, but remember think
ing Mt the time that she was ten From
that" smilingly, you can figure the
madame's age pretty accurately, but as she
doesn't deny her age don't think she will
mind my telling this.
THE little girl sang by ear, but she had
voice which was notable even Mt that
early age. Her songs We're mostly popular
airs of tho day, and several of the Swedish
melodies made familiar by Jenny Lind
Our company was giving three operas and
one concert each week, and asked the flu
ture diva If she wanted to sing in the CON
cert the following week.
Yes, sir. What will you give me?' WAS
In,
thought since, that the business instinct
was developed in her earliest youth.
will give you that much candy
answered, drawing II finger around the
edge of tho swaziland in my inverted hat.
she expressed herself rs satisfied, and
she being a child of course straightway
forgot the pledge, though l intended to
make her little present of some kind.
The concerts were given Mt the old Trip
pier hall, OH Broadway, opposite Bond
street, and next door to the Central hotel.
When 1T came PATHS turn to go upon the
stage She asked for the candy l told bcr
had none and urged her to sing, but she
insisted on having her confectionery. |
next promised to go out and Gt& some
while she sang, but she declined that ar
rangement. 1t was late in the evening
and knew not where to find candy ut that
hour within convenient distance of the
hall, and So in desperation, 1 ran into the
hotel and asked the cook for some. The
cook had none, but suggested Offering
some little cakes, lady fingers and others
with frosting. These satisfied tho child,
and she went on with her part. She sang
several Swedish songs and made n very
favorable impression. Every time Mime.
Patti visits America we talk over that ex-
perience, and she always laughs heartily
over it," FRED BENZlNGER
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-30

luggage and worked my way up to the
prime minister of the Chinese empire,
and what with presents of costly silks
and diamonds at the end of n two
months trip found that my expenses
had reached the enormous sum of twenty
five thousand odd dollars.
GA small fortune, you might say, and
In truth it was, but i'll reality it was but
the beginning. There has already been
spent on these Chinese concessions GER
talnly not less than 100000, and it will
take as much more to secure them. What
Will they be worth? No man can tell. Mil
lions certainly, but how many? 1t takes
ones breath away i'll very truth when he
thinks of the possibility. Just think of
the value today of the entire railroad
system of the United States, the tele-
graph reaching into every hole and cor
ner of the land, and the telephone sys-
tenn now i'll nearly every city of any
size. Their value is billions of dollars
not millions. Such must ultimately be
the value of the same kind of property
i'll China, where there are 400 .OOO, 600
people, and where there is an area four
times the size of the United States.
Every Chinaman is on the make. 1
don't care how small he is officially, or
how young ho is in years, each and
every one of them is after the mighty
dollar. 1t matters not whether it is an
American dollar or British sovereign
or Chinese tael, it is all the same to the
pigtail gentry of the empire 1t is n
very raro thing indeed for a foreigner to
secure an audience with the prime min
lister of China; i'll fact it was even more
difficult than securing an audience with
James G.. Blaine when he was secretary
of state, and that, you know, was re-
garded as one of the most difficult things
in Washington.
81 had avery indefinite idea of Chinese
customs, and had assumed, with my
American ideas, that being presented to
the prime minister coupled with it a
presentation to his immediate family.
But 1 was doomed to disappointment.
On my way from Shanghai to Picking I
had heard a great deal about the Won
derful beauty of the wives of Lii Hung
Chang, and had looked forward to the
pleasure of meeting them. But during
my entire interview with the minister I
never set eyes on anything in the shape
of Chinese womanhood, Notwithstanding
the fact that he has some twenty odd
wives, each and every one of them with
as much curiosity as any American wom-
an that ever lived.
81 mentioned they had but one rail
road i'll all China, and that, too, but
twelve miles i'll length. There is moth
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-30

PRESENTED TO THE PRIME MINISTER.
placed at my disposal. The vessel was
such as is used only by the royalty, and
from this was convinced that my let
tiers of introduction to the Chinese Off
Gals were Of the very best. J. went
unattended, and was compelled to rely
altogether upon an interpreter whose
services I secured in Shanghai. But it
seems that the viceroy had issued an or
der that my person was sacred, and this
doubtlessly accounts for the universal
courtesy and attention I met with on
every hand.
81 do not doubt but what this atten-
ton was very largely due to the lavish
expenditure Of money. It is a univer-
sal custom in China to pay tribute to
everything and everybody, and in that
country no official considers it a crime
to accept bride. In fact they do not
consider it as bride, but rather as one
of their legitimate perquisites. started
in with the Cinnamon who handled my
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-30


sonally moro popular in Washington.
Several years ago the count conceived
the idea of going into that compare
lively unknown country of the ''heathen
Chinee" and of obtaining certain valu-
able concessions for American capi-
talists.
1t never appears to have struck any
other progressive and aggressive Ameri-
can that this was the greatest field proba-
bly, in the world for Investment Here
was country with 00,0O0, 900 inhabit-
ants and an area SO great that even the
United States would be comparatively
lost if placed in one corner With all
this population and with all this terri
tory there was but one telegraph and
one railroad, not single telephone, no
letter carrier system, no government
mint, and, what was still more surpris-
ing, no system of governmental revenue.
The count determined to penetrate the
barriers which had been raised about
the Chinese empire principally by Brit
ish capital and British enterprise.
The greatest difficulty encountered by
the count i'll pushing his scheme. was
really i'll America He first had to over
como the natural prejudice in this coun-
try against foreigners. His scheme also
was so far away, and at the same time
so gigantic i'll its conception and the re-
suits it promised, that many American
capitalists who We're approached were
startled by its very magnitude. The
first man to take hold of these Chinese
concessions was no less n man than the
prominent banker, Wharton Barker. of
Philadelphia. Later the gigantic deal
had for its supporters such men as Colo
mel Elliott f. Shepard and the Chinese
minister at Washington.
So far the count has been unable to
produce these Chinese concessions and
deliver them over to his associates in
the enterprise. But he has by no means
despaired of accomplishing this result.
In fact he said today that he regarded
this as the work of his life and would
certainly succeed before he died. The
count claims that it is simply battle
between English and American enter
prise and capital, and that, as natural
lied American, he is determined to see
the thing brought to successful con-
clusion. After many months of work
the count finally sailed for China, backed
not only by American capital, but with
the letters of introduction which guar
anteed to him an introduction and an
audience with Ii Hung Chang, the
prime minister of the Chinese empire
and the seventh prince, the uncle of the
emperor. The counts remarkable ex-
I perience in China reads like fairy tale,
, and is best told in his own words. In
, describing it he said:
"On my arrival at Shanghai I was in
formed that shortly steamer sent by
the Viceroy Lii Hung Chang would be
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-30
Ii HUNG CHANG.

Ing, therefore, in the way of rapid transit
there. You either have to go by boat
or ride in q wagon train. Both are ex-
trelnely slow, and an ordinary journey
occupies two or three days. The aris-
tocracy of China and all visitors who
come with proper credentials are carried
about the streets in filters. When 1
reached Picking they took me to a hotel
and gave me suinptuous apartment in
which the predominating colors were
red and yellow. The house was built of
bamboo, the ceilings were low, but I
must confess that everything about it
was we'll built, and the effect on the
whole could not help but be pleasing. I
have heard it said that Cinnamon know
nothing of the harmony of color, but
my experience is that they usually get
all effect which is pleasing even to the
artistic eye.
Il shall never forget my first supper
in China. OF course 1 had to eat with
chopsticks, and do not doubt that my
efforts to impress the attendants who
were constantly about me with an idea
that l was thoroughly accustomed to
everything Chinese accounted largely
for the many subdued smiles L noted on
the stolid countenances of those who
served me. cannot say that this sup
per, or i'll fact any other meal of which I
partook while III China, had that self
satisfying result that good old fash
toned beefsteak and potatoes have for me
in America. TO be perfectly frank,
went hungry most of the time, and that
was my condition on the night 1 was
presented to Lii Hung Chang, the prime
minister of China.
"Shortly after dark high official Of
the government called upon me, and
through my interpreter informed me
that my presence was demanded at the
imperial mansion. had on my dress
coat, which made me all the more out
of keeping with the elaborate costumes
of the richly clad Cinnamon about me.
Thanked on either side by one of these
gayly dressed Cinnamon, marched out
and found litter carried by four sturdy
natives. The litter was covered with "a
canopy upholstered in the richest of
Chinese silk. On either side stood q
swarthy Celestial, flaming torch in hand
AS l approached the men bearing the
litter sank to their knees, so that might
step aboard. When 1 was comfortably
seated the curtains were drawn, the men
rose, and the procession wendell its way
slowly to the house of Ii Hung Chang.
There was no crowding about by the
common people, as there is in America,
for the common people of China are sub
dued and disciplined like an army OF
soldiers. There is no gaping mob there.
81 had heard that the palace was n
very beautiful building, but 1 was not
prepared fer the sight that met my gaze