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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-06-23
Colors and the Eye Of Man.

Science gives us many interesting
details about what the human eye has
been and what it may become. The
most ancient written documents attest
that in times most remote only two
colors were known, black and red.
A very long time elapsed before the
eye could perceive yellow, and still
longer time before green could be dis
tirguished. 1t is remarkable that in
the most ancient languages the term
used to designate yellow insensibly
passed to the Specification of green.
The Greeks had, according 10 the
generally received opinion, the color
faculty very highly developed, and
yet authors of the highest repute tell
us that in the time of Alexander the
Great, the Greek painters knew but
four colors, namely, white, black, red
and yellow. The ancien,s had no
words to designate the colors of blue
and violet, therefore they always re-
fcrred to them as gray and black. 1t
is thus that the colors of the rainbow
were only distinguished gradually {;
the great Aristotle knowing only four
of them. 1t is a well-known fact that
when the colors of the prism are
photographed there remains outside
the limit of the blue and the violet
Gin the spectrum) distinct impression
which our eyes do not recognize as a
color.
Psychologists tell us that it is rea-
sonable to suppose that as the color
organ in the human species becomes
highly developed, and even before the
eye becomes what the opticians would
consider ''perfect," this outside band
will resolve itself into color perfect
ly discernible. Only one speculation
remains: When the educated eye of
the year 2500 has discerned and named
this now indistinct color, will another
shadowy band appear to be classified
among the colors 500 or 1000 years
later on?-IPhiladelphia Press.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-06-23
The LnXury of the Law.

Ten years ago two Pennsylvania
farmers got into trouble about little
patch of land, the only valuable thing
about which was cherry tree. Final
ly one of them chopped the tree down
and the other sued him for its value,
which was assessed at $3.2 The
case has been tried several times and
final judgment has just been rendered.
The plaintiff won his suit and getr his
SS. 25, for which he has lawyers fees
to pay amounting to 1929. Defendant
has TO pay his lawyer s24o and foot
the costs, amounting to 1887 more.
So these farmers pay for their fun
and the tree total of Sl552. to say
nothing of lost time and narrowed
feelings. - IAusnta Constitution.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-06-23
The s.TOilette' of Paris.

1t is not without great outlay of
money that Paris, France, keeps up
the well deserved reputation of being
the daintiest and cleanest of all great
cities. The "toilette" of Paris costs
annually considerably over 81, 100, 900.
Part of this amount is devoted to the
purchase and maintenance of spades,
pickaxes, wheelbarrows, watercarts,
disinfectants, sand, brooms, etc. The
rest is used to pay the 2600 men and
600 women who every morning re-
move offal or mud. This small army
of street cleaners is divided into 149
brigades, each of which is commanded
by so-called captain, just like
soldiers would be.
Every man or woman has an APP
pointed task; some wash the side
walks, others attend to the cutters,
others look after the areas or throw
sand on the streets and boulevards,
which twice a day are inspected by
one of the street-cleaning corporation.
This explains why the thorough
fares there are almost as we'll kept as
the interior of a Flemish house, and
also how it is that refuse or dirt is SO
seldom met with as is the case in other
great capitals. II New York Tribune.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-06-23
"Mr. Morris! |"
"Miss Carleton!"
"How came you hereW

"I might, with better reason, ask
how came you here? For was cer-
tain fifteen minutes ago." lie added.
seeing her surprised and bewildered
face, "that l saw you cross the pave
men, opposite Hebe Hall, in a black,
lace dress covered with gilt stars, and
enter the ballroom door,
"Oh, no." cried Katie. 'I--I had
long ago given up all idea of going;
and Henrietta Lacy asked me for the
loan of my dress, as she hadn't tine to
make up one for herself. 1t was
Henrietta you saw, not me-"
".Henrietta, eh?" repeated Evan
Merris, slowly, as certain light broke
in upon his brain. always suspected
that cir. was not quite straightfor.
ward in her dealings, and I'm sure Of
it now, Miss Carleton"
Then, after a pause, he asked:
care you disengaged this EVENING""
"Quite."
"May I come up and sit with you"
al shall be delighted" answered
simple Katie, flushing all over.
The next day Henrietta Lacy came
around to Katie's room, with the black
lace dress folded up in flat paper
parcel.
"Pm so much obliged to you, DEAR"
said she. 81 had such charming
evening""
$50 did l." said Katie, who longed
for some congenial ear into which to
pour the story of her happiness. "Mr.
Merris spent the evening here"
"Mr. Merris!"
eyes. And, oh, Hetta, only think
He has asked me to be his wife, and
we are to be married in February ;
and l don't know how it ever chanced
that so much happiness should be III
store for me-"
Henrietta Lacy bit savagely at her
nails, as she listened. So all that plot
ting and planning had been in vain,
after all. And the magnet, Love. had
attracted Evan Merris to the right and
rue, after all.-TThe Ledger.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-06-23
NO.33.
Hope.


Blthe poetess at the gateways OF the soul!
Dear, sycophant. that dost so fond'y
cling
To even our worst of sorrows! Bark
whose wing
Dauntessly voyages to- illusions goal
Needless if it be shadow, if rock and shoalI
White bird that carollest thine unwesry-
ing
Trebles Of song; like those by new-borB
spring
Lured heavenward from some blossom Tinted
Ah, Hope, thou art sweet when mad seas
glass wild skies,
When war. pest earthquake riots In Bit
ter glee,
Or yet when tyranny tortures and en-
slaves;
But sweetest when thy shape phantasmdi
flies,
A luminous dream named Immortality,
Over the darkness of earth's myriad
gravesl
i --[Edgar Fawcett, in the Cosmopolitan.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-06-23

Experiments were recently made to
determine which portion of hide of
leather gave the best results when
made into betting. Four strips, each
eighteen inches long and two inches
wide were cut and carefully tested in
a machine. One of the pieces from
the centre of the hide broke at a
strain of 2490 pounds, equal to IA, $40
pounds per foot of width, while the
strip from the upper part of the
shoulder parted at 1880 pounds. -
New York Journal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-06-23

two hundred and fifty vessels, from
the yawl to the one-hundred-ton
schooner, employing nearly two
thousand men, are now actively en-
gagged in creating an annual revenue
of nearly 81 900. 900.
Sponges are found in the Atlantic
as far north as Jupiter Inlet. Tho IN
dustry at st. Marks, at the head of
the Apalachicola (Wakulla county,
competes sixth in rank with Key
West. Most of the output goes 70
New York, about one-third being ex-
ported to Germany, France ana
England. Statistics are very scarce
regarding this valuable industry.
Sponges are caught by men who ore
sent out in boats from vessels Each
boat is furnished with yawls and two
men, one of whom slowly paddles the
boat along, while the other searches
the bottom of the sea. For this he is
provided with common water bucket.
into the bottom of which a piece of
window glass is fixed. When a
sponge is seen he takes the grappler,
similar to those used to grapple
oysters, and his helper SO directs the
boat that the fisher can catch the
sponge and tear it from its fastenings.
The bucket glass is used mostly in
stormy weather. At other times the
waters are clear enough to examine
the bottom at depth of twenty feet.
After the sponge is taken out Of the
water it is cast upon the deck of the
vessel or upon the beach and exposed
to the sun from twenty -four to forty
eigh. hours, until it dries. When it
is cold, or is frosty, or blowing a
gale, the sponge lives for four or five
days. When dried the sponges are
placed in "crawls," made by driving
stakes in the water to prevent them
from being carried away by the
waves.
In three days they are taken out and
pounded with wooden clubs and again
cast into the crawls. This process of
pounding and washing is kept up un-
til all the animal matter is removed.
The sponges are then strung in
punches and allowed to dry. When
sold the proceeds are divided, half go
| ing to the vessel, the balance to the
captain and crew, the captain getting
small percentage more than the
others.
The sponges are then trimmed down
by men with shears, the loose pieces
and the roots clipped off and the
sponges dipped into lime water, in a
solution of one quart of lime to eight
gallons of water. They are then
ready for the merchant.-[New York
Mail and Express.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-06-23
Repayment.


ath The elm-trees' arching shade,
@ayly the flowers arrayel,
f',OR little maid was straying.
FeS fag, outside this paradise,
Femedy ed in with longing, hungry eyes,
Les tals Tito join her playing.
|the OH
wb;a ngth she SAW his earnest gaze,
A. e springing down the grassy ways.
Poor boy, 10 sad and lonely,
iaau stbis.v she whispered, low and meek,
|ou 70 " ljps close pressed against his cheek,
Eanse dsFor / haye Kisses only"
|e and
|ledisI i passed away. The child of eight
eoOd line maiden tall, sedate,
|orat;,, With lovers in plenty.
Etronr she in the garden stood;
nj ie her, in happy mood.
fingered q youth of twenty.
Fapted ar May" he said, with solemn face,
to gsust myself to your kind grace,
And humDiy crave your pardon.
|nen,, lst return without delay
1 no,yft that you bestowed one day
prs,, On me IN this same garden.
tlat lie treasured II for many years,
|nt g1ray Of hope mid doubts and fears;
|the MI hope you never missed it."
|mede turned her face in mute surprise
way Iii; the rogue with smiling eyes
ban b Bent down and kissed it.
= [Harper's Weekly.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-06-23
lQ[E BLACK. LACE DRESS.
BT AMY RANDOLPH.

= lana you're not going 10 the dance,
'Ae Ser all, Katie Carleton?"
\, y, Henrietta Lacy was sitting in the
@ strr ,dest little third-story back-room.
men Itch was all the home that Katie
and slston had; square room, with
thqe y bulging window, looking out
'11on tho roof, and the walls covered
lIill coarse, zigzag pattern of GRIM
~ !. L non pea-green ground, while the
rr, rrot. well worn in spots and care
Nh NY darned, was of a nondescript
lorRk and design great sprawling
lves and scrolls bursting out in a
\ ngled Qcmplexity which would. have
ade y dosIener's; head swim.
But Katie cerlefon, humble little
. 1otopFApt eolorer though she was,
kasyou1o sail pretty, with yellow hair
swing away from her low, square
= rehead. Eched brows, and deep
j., zel eyes, while the confinement and
K pnotony Of city life had not yet
bien all tlic fresh roses from her
eeks.
For Katie Carleton, like many
other, haA loft comfortable, if not
luxurious, farmhouse home, with
~ idea that fortunes were to be
dscked up in the city as readily as
Nv ackberries on sunny stone wall.
EAm,or grill She had found out her
! istake soon enough, yet she had too
eN:uch pride TO return, a useless bur-
bn to the honest old uncle and his six
r ughters, who made cheeses and
EIsSs|ised poultry in the venerable pre-
Enhcts Of Elderberry Farm. Nobody
u Eshnted . governess; her little poems
ere returned, labelled "Respectfully
clined," from the newspaper
6ces; and the water-colored draw
'gs, whereby she had expected 10
'!ake the artistic world by storm. hung
! ~ tho circulating library window
- AL their margins were smoke-black-
i Ned and their bright colors hopelessly
Issni6hed, without anyone ever taking
~ trouble TO ask the price. And at
FtSsISt, jast - Katie was beginning to
ssonder whether death by starvation
As really euch a painful end, some
almdly soul told her of Il chance to get
lshploy mont from great photograph
Z y ss,Aablishmeut in the Bowery.
w Hetta Lacy was employed there, too
! lsnot exactly in Katie's humble capac-
f. y, but = the smart young lady who
~ceived tho customers, helped them
fth their bonnets and wraps, and
DblswelH general questions. She con-
a.lered Il quite condcsceusion on
/ W part to patronize Katie; and Katie
p~d too few friends to be specially
|GErticular about their quality. And
e, as Miss Lacy sat opposite her, in
~ 1ilac poplin dress. and with an
| lnciaf bird in her hat, one could but
ggIls Is of y paroquet that had somehow
&rod down into dove-cotc.
B's 4, said Katie, Iam not going"
u fhow why" said Henrietta,
y w. ats because Evan Merris
npprove of fancy balls"
N erric ought to be a better
= what is and what is not
a mere county girl like
a Katie, mixing a little more
u e blue for the ash of a
lud1 iced little boy b a cat in
II ~ 1are say!" 1 ,nrietts,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-06-23

The birth of the sponge industry of
Florida may be put down for the year
1852, when one Walter Lowe went in
the schooner Chestnut TO Anclote Key
and in several days secured a cargo of
sponges. These brought such profit
that other men embarked in the bust
ness. The Civil War crippled the
new calling. At its close the baby in
dusiry got on its feet, and has been
forward ever since. Some
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-06-23
HUMOROUS.

The man who is shadowed IL undeS
a cloud.
AS is natural it makes man hot to
be "fired."
No wonder the minutes fly so fast;
they are making up time.
When you see q man in . brown
study you may know that his goose 10
cooked.
He-I love you madly. She-N
certainly is madness for you to think
of loving me.
1t is the parachute performer who
runs the greatest risk of taking 80
drop too much"
Lady Ito her legal friend) d)-You
won't charge for question. I hope!
Lawyer-Oh, no; only for the answer.
1t is easy for the small boy to "make
clean breast Of it," but the rub
comes when you want him to wash his
neck.
Though humble Is his lot imongst mon
This much must all confess.
He is pushing citizen,
He runs hand express.
It is curious how woman who
screams at mouse is not startled by
millinery bill that makes Q man
tremble.
Shopper-Are those fast colors2
Clerk-Well, l should say as much.
You Just wash it oncs, and ses how
fast they'll run.
Algernon (who is much given to
talking in phrases) s)-Augelina, l love
you with fervor- a fervor-worthy
better cause!
A man never realizes how much
valuable advice his neighbors have to
give away until he announces his in~
tcntion to build house.
Deacon--How do you like the min
lister? Stranger--Very much. / have
nothing but praise to offer him. Yes,
l noticed that when passed the con-
tribution plate in your pew.
Mrs. Brown-I hear your husband
was run over by horse car last night.
Was he much hurt? Mrs. Boggs-I
can't tell until we agree upon the
amount of damages to claim.
My wife was once my autocrat,
But now, alas! I've two,
And all my pride has fallen fiat
Az what I'm bade to do.
For years she ever had her way
With some rebellion, maybe
But now just listen to her say.
"Come, hubby, mind the babyl"
"You like the old songs, don't your"
he said. "Yes," he answered, 81 be-
leve do" 81 wonder what it 10
that gives thcm their charm" 81
guess it's the fact that they are not so
likely to be sung"
She-I really don't think it is nice
of you to go and borrow money Of
papa so soon after we are engaged.
He (greatly surprised)-Why, you
are the first girl who ever objected to
it in all my experience.
"What became of that fool. Saphead,
who had more money than he know
what to do with?" Business man
! don't remember him. Was he
much of fool? "Perfectly idiotic."
"Tbe chauces are that he has dropped
into society,""
A gentleman lately dismissed q
clever but dishonest gardener. For
the sake of his wife and his family he
gave him character, and this is how
lie worded it, ~ hereby certify that A.
B. has been my gardener for over two
years, and thet during that time he
has got more out of my garden than
any man ever employed"
, 1892-08-30
Advertised Letters.
Truth About mat Canal.

The truth has been repeatedly stated, and
never denied, about the animus back Of
this canal project. Leigh Hunt, owner OF
the Post-Intelligeneer, and a number of his
business and political associates, own the
toWnsite of Kirkland, upon Lake Washing
ton and also own large bodies Of land con-
tiguous to the proposed artificial harbor.
Their purpose is to boom these holdings at
the expense of the general government and
the people of Washington. No one at
tempts to deny these facts. When they
are advanced only one counter cry is heard
-'yOu are fighting project that proposes
to turn loose millions of dollars in Wash
ington; you are dislOyal to your state. -
Men and brethren, if we have reached that
point where loyalty is to be measured by
greed and gOuging methods, in the name OF
consistency let us demand S50,0OO,OOO in
stead of $5,00O000 and be ten times as loyal
as the present standard prOposes.-Spo-
kane Review,
, 1892-08-30

short time, but they always failed. Then gave it
all up, thinking there was no cure for ne. Some
few months ago, 1 noticed your advertisement in
the Tacoma Morning Globe; thought / would try
the CUrICURA REMEDIES not thinking it would do
me much good, but to my surprise, three boxes Of
CUTICURA, one cake of CUTICURA SOAP, and three
bottles of CUrIOURA REsOLvENT cured me entirely.
My skin is now as white and pure that of achld.
l send my photograph. have many friends in
Chicago, H., and St. Paul, MINI.
JOHN Z. PEARSON,
?. o. Box 1902, Whatcom, Washington.
, 1892-08-30
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, 1892-08-30
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, 1892-08-30
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, 1892-08-30

Shen. Baby wassick, we gW,e her CastOria.
When she was a Child, she lied for Castorias
when she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, sheG gave them Castoria
, 1892-08-30
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Pullman, Wash.
, 1892-08-30


disease. When l first felt
1t, there appeared a few
small red spots on my
breast, and it kept on
spreading slowly. 1t start
ed the same on my back,
between my shoulders. A
few days after the spots
turned gray, and began
itching. Small scales would
fall off, so it continued
spreading all over my
body. l tried all the pat
ent medicines / could think
Of, or get hold Of. l also
consulted doctors. Yes,
thew would curq me in a