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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-29
The True Laxative Principle

OF the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup of Fig, has perma-
nently beneficial effect on the human system
while the cheap vegetable extracts and min
eral solutions, usually sold as medicines, are
permanently injurious. Being well informed
you will use the true remedy only. Manutac-
tured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-29
GOOD roads require something nc

GOOD roads require something more
than the labor Of farmers measured
out in the spring payment of a petty
poll tap. In fact, farmers might de-
vote half their time to working on
the roadp and country highways would
then show but little improvement
over their present condition. 1t is
not more work that is needed, but
better plans; the methods of cOnstruc-
tion must be scientific. This means
that there must be new profession
of highway engineering. 1t may con-
stitute a branch of civil engineering,
but it will extend into field which
the civil engineer has not the time to
enter. Schools and colleges should
make provision for this new profess
sion. The course Of study will in
clude first the Importance of good
roads. The student must know that
their uses are commercial, social, po-
litical and military, and to what eX-
tent each of these elements of our
national existence and prosperity de-
ponds upon the common means of in
accommodation. This involves a
history of highways, extending from
the time of the Romans and Egyp-
tians, since it is well known that
their supremacy in the world Of their
day was largely due to magnificent
roadways. There are many points Of
distinction between road and a
street which the student must mas
ter. Coming specifically to the road,
attention must be given to its eX-
pense or economy. Then will follow
the questions Of shape or cross-sec-
ton, surface or finish, direction or
alignment, and grade or inclination.
There is much to learn on the sub
jects Of location, workmanship, main
tenance and legislation. The mere
enumeration Of those points is suf1i-
Gent to show that good roads depend
upon technical skill quite as much as
railroads and bridges. They can
never be had by the aimless blowing
and scraping which the pathmaster
throughout the country orders every
spring, not even though the work ex-
tended through the year. 1t must be
that every farmer realizes the money
value Of good roads. in the western
wheat region" reads statement in
the tenth census report, according to
the estimates received, it costs the
ordinary farmer more to carry a
bushel of wheat a mile than it does
the ordinary railroad to carry a ton,
consequently when we get west Of
Lake Michigan it rarely pays to grow
wheat more than twenty miles from
rail or water transportation" Hav-
ing been convinced of the enormous
odds against him in his competition
with the rest of the world, the farmer
is helpless in the effort to equalize
the conditions, so far as reaching a
market is concerned. He must turn
his roads over to some one who knows
what they lack and can supply it.
The highway engineer is necessity
of the future.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-29
The Only One Ever Printed.


These is 8 inch display advert isement In
this paper, this week, which has no two words
alike except one word. The same is true OF
each new one appearing each week, from me
DR.. Harter Medicine Co. This house places u
Crescent on everything they make and pub
lish. Look for it. send them the name OF the
word and they will return you BOOK, BEAuri-
rUL LIrHOGRAPHs or SAMPLES FREE.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-29
August
Flower

l have been troubled with dyspep-
STA, but after a fair trial of August
Flower, am freed from the vexatious
trouble-J. B. Young, Daughters
College, Harrodsburg, KY. | had
headache one year steady. One bottle
OF August Flower cured me. 1t was
positively worth one hundred dollars
to me-. w. Smith, PM. and Gen.
Merchant, Townsend, Ont / have
used it myself for constipation and
dyspepsia and it cured me, 1t is the
best seller ever handled-C. Rugh,
Druggist, Merchandising, Pa. o
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-29

THE movement that has sprung up
all over the country for good roads is
now taking the shape of demand
that there be roadmaking exhibit
OF some kind at the Worlds Fair. Ii
it is merely frightful examples that
are needed Illinois can furnish all Of
them.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-29

BRowns Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Mala-
ria. Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-29

J. s. Parker. Fredonia. n. Y, says: Shall
not call on you for the 500 reward, for be-
lieye Halls Catarrh Cure will cure any case
of catarrh. Was very bad" Write him for
particulars. Sold by Druggists, 15c.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-29

There are 81 eco women telegraph opera
to is in the United States, and the numper is
growing.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-29

IL YOUR Back Aches, or you are all worn out
coed for nothing it is general aeoillty.
Rrown's Iron Bitters VIII cure you, make you
strong, cleanse your liver, and give good APP
petite-tones the nerves.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-29

The druggist who mistakes NOR
phine for quinine has reappearcd in
New York. He is almost on a par
with the man who rocks the boat.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-29

Hackmen of Chicago have the word
"Union" painted on each side of the drivers
seat
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-29

Ifaffiicted with sore eyes use DR. lsaacThomp-
sons Eye-water Druggists sell at 25c bottle.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-29

The Socialists of Paris have collected a
fund wherewith they are to publish daiiy
tabor paper
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-29

Great distress prevails among the IL, O0O
idle employees of the tin plate factories III
Wales
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-29

the bronze cents, such as are in circu.
lation now, were first coined in 1854.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10

they went all over the house, even
down TO the cellar where tho ghost
was supposed to do his rattling at tho
dead Of night. And Mr.. Vaudeville,
still with his eyes fixed on Natalic's
bright gypsy face, decided that tha
property needed repairing thoroughly,
and invited the widow aud her
daughter TO visit him in New York
while the renovation took pace.
"My sister will be there TO chaperon
us" lie said, "and | will endcavor to
show my little cousin Nat.y some of
tie things best worth seeing in our
great metropolis"
"Oh." cried Natty, with her great
eyes gliticring like pools of jet, show
nice that will bel Oh, Cousin Mande-
ville, | do like you so muchlr
"Will-shc dare to say that one year
from tolay?" he asked himself, with a
curious sensation at his heart. For she
was so young aud prctty-so like
rarc-ripc peach with tho bloom still on
its chccks.n
Upon the next years first Of April,
Mr. Luray came to his chief with an
anxious face.
"That old Morand Mansion, sir"
said hc--'I understand ii is in perfect
order, now, painted and frescoed
throughout, with the ground laid out
by landscaro gardener. Am to
put il on the list of TO Le;sr"
"No," said Vaudeville, brusqucly,
81 propose to occupy it myself as
summer residence"
"You, sirl'
81 am to be Tarricd next week."
said Mr.. Vaudeville, "Io Miss Natalie
Vanc. Aud we shall live there for the
ire cnt."
That was William Mandcvillc's love-
idyL -[Ncw York Ledger.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10
Interesting Items From Everywhere.

A god brick recently shipped from
YUM, Arzona, TO San Francisco Is said
o be worth $4,000. a residences con.
.tructcd of bricks like this would cost
several dollars more than most people
,an afford to pay.
In a hail-stOrm in West Virginia re-
Gently The hailstones were like great
hunks Of ice, and smashed windows and
made large holes in the tin roofs Of
houses that got in their way. IL these
storms woul be more accommodating
aud come along in summertime the ice
bills of the f4thers of some OF us would
be very largely reduced.
CLOCKS are regarded MS curiosities by
th9 llindoos, aud for this reason half u
lozcn or more timepieces are o ten found
il the apartments of the wealthy Hin
Instances They arc not used as time
pieces, bat simply for ornament, since
The old fashioue way of telling the hour
Of the day in India, by calculating the
number OF bamboo lengths the sun has
travelled above the horizon, is entirely
satisfactory to the natives. 1t is said
that in the country police stations in
India, where this European division Of
the hours is observed, time is measured
by placing in tub of water copper
pot in which small hole has been bored.
1t is supposed that it will take one hour
tor the water to leak into the pot so as
10 fill it and sink it. When the police
nan sees that the pot has disappeared
40 strikes the hour on hell-likc gong.
If he is smoking or DOING, the copper
pot may have disappeared several
minutes before he discovers the fact;
out the hour is when he strikes the gong.
-lHarper's Young PeoDle.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10

Perhaps the principal object Of tho
revision of the United States paper
money is 10 make the backs of tho
notes more open-that is, less covered
with the engraving-so that the silk
dbres shall be more distinctly visible.
The distinctive paper now in use no
longer has the two threads Of silk
running longiludnally through the
note, but in their place are two
stripes, each half an inch wide or so,
of short rcd aud blue silk fibrcs scat
tered thickly in tho palcr, in such
manner that they show only OIL the
reverse side of the bill.
These two fibre stripes practically
divide the note Into three sections of
about equal size, and this feature Of
iibrc in the paper is held to be an
almost absolute safeguard against sue
cessful counierfeiting. But that is
only one Of several devices employed
to insure the inyioability of the cur
rency.
Each notc has an entirely separate
design, the work Of which is so open
as to show readily any error of all at
tempted counterfeit, and no portion
of the design is repeated on the same
note; SO that no small part could be
engraved by a skilful operator and
then duplicated by mechanical pro-
cesscs to fill any amount of space, as
has been the case with some Of the
previous "paper money" of the Gov
ernment.
The geomctrical lathe work Of the
new designs is said 10 be the most ex-
quisite and c implicated ever executed,
and snclI as TO utterly battle any at
tempt at its Illicit reproduction
Paper World.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10
A lIangman's Rcyc &c.

According TO the New York World
ex-llangnan Berrys book of expe-
ricnccs as koko seems TO have fallen
with some fluness. Theirs is one
amusing incident, although Its hunor-
Gus side doesn't seem 10 have inn
pressed Mr.. i rry. Some years ago
he was travc'iug by rail in one of
those famous compartments of which
We read queer tales from time to time.
Ills three companions in this coop,
which seems TO be so coatrived as 10
permit of unlimited insult TO an unof-
fclsssing passenger, nppe.srod 10 bo
gentlemen, and what is more, APP
pearcd TO have taken strong dislike
TO Mr.. Berry. lie soon discovered
that they had in some way identified
him as the public executioner, and
they lost no opportunity Of expressing
in visible an audible and even tangi-
bic fashion the contempt and loaihing
with which they regarded his eyes,
hands and-particularly his shins. lie
didn't make al cutlery, however. Two
years afterwards Mr.. Berry went TO
Carlisle on a Professional tour. He
was thcro called on to hang Mes,rs.
Ru'igr, Mar in and Baker, whom lie
identified at Il glance as his fellow
travellers and tornentors.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10
HinllOO Penitence.

The llindOOs care mere for the
brute than for human creation. An
ahir- j. C., cowhcrd-was carrying Il
calf and let it drop, breaking the neck
of the animal. The bralimins excom-
municat5d him for six months; no
member of his family was allowed TO
shelter or feed him; he had TO make
number of pilgrimagcs in a nemdi-
CO, Is garb, with n rope around his
neck aud the tail of the calf lie had
killed on his shoulder. Returning
home after six months he had to live
in hut by himself built for the pur-
pose. There he must be purified A
barber shaved the hair off the head and
face of the peniient and pared his
nails. Another man came and burned
the hair and nails and set tho tenn
porary hut on fire. After that the
malcfac or had to battle in the river
until his skin was clean, when he
could come out Even then he was
only purified but not yet reinstated in
the caste of cowherls. He had first
10 feast Gf.y brahmins and 100 of his
brother ahrs bcf re he could be re-
ceivcd back in the fold.-IChicago
Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10
Learned Children.

Mrs. Mary f. Burt Of Chicago, who
has recently returned from Greece,
says that the common school children
of Athens arc Taught ancient and
modern Greek, French and sometimes
English. They have no school
..rcader" such as alll ct American chill
dren, but as soon us they are able to
read they are put into the classics of
their own literature, SO that long
before they have reached mature
wears they are familiar with Homer
Xcnophon, IIcrOdotus, Piuarch and
The dramatists. Instead of reciting
nursery rhymes they learn the best
myths of Hellenic literature. One little
girl of an age at which American
children are beginning to appreciate
the beauties of "hickory, dickory,
dock." gave Miss Burt graphic re-
cital of the labor of Hercules.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10
nueWLAR6e'S PLUGS, The Great Tobacco ~
tHEW tidotel-Price 10 Cts. At all draggists
who Did vhatY

Innocent gossip with no malice in
it has often a charm for the best oil
people, as, indeed, why should IL Dotf
The person who takes little interest,"
i'm the loves and hates, fortunes and
misfortunes of his neighbOrs is far
more likely to he the possessor Of a
cold heart than of a superior mind
but there is such a thing as being too
nquisitiye.
In the days when our grandmoth-
ers were girls, there came OCCASION
ally into the family of good deacon
with nine children village dress
maker of the kind immortalized by
Mrs Stowe in "The Minister'S Woo1
ing" y
She was neither as delightful nor
as daring as Miss Prissy, but she had
all of that good woman's interest in
other peoples affairs, and always
looked forward with particular pleas;
ure to the week during which she cut
and fitted for the deacon's girls.
knowing that his house was in some
sort social center, where she was
likely to hear plenty of news and en-
tertaining anecdotes.
One day she arrived late for work,
and. as she entered the house, caught
a glimpse of the six daughters al
ready assembled in the family sitting
room, with their gowns and patterns,
their workboxes, and their new roll
Of "Injy muslin"
But none cf them were at work, for
one was telling the others a story OF
such absorbing interest that they sat
breathless and spellbound, with hands
fallen in their laps or needles sus-
pended in the air.
The sight was too much for the
new conner. With one mitt on and
one off, her unfastened pelisse drag
ginQ from her shoulders. her bonnet
faskcwsaGd itsloosAnee strings streaEF
ing, she appeared suddenly among the
astonished girls, crying as she came:
what? What? What is it? Who
did WHAT"
She was answered, although giving
a full answer involved the retelling
Of the whole story; but her comprc-
bensiye inquiry bec1me thereafter a
family byword.
Among the dcacon's descendants to
this day. if one shows signs of too
great inquisitiveness, it is sufficient
for any other member of the family
to ask, with lift of the eyebrow:
"Who did what?"-Youth's Com
panion.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10
ahOrers in AIaSka.

The working-man need not complain
in Alaska. Three dollars day, with
board and lodging provided by his
employers. are miners wages. Indian
workmen in the mines receive two
dollars day, aud "fild themselves.
The cost of provisions adds dollar a
day for each white cmployc to the
expenses of the mining company,
and with these items in the
operating expenses, any fractions of
dividends sufficiently prove the rich
ness of the mines. Hydraulic mining
begins in May and lasts until October;
and unless they are situated in snow
choked canons, difficult of access, the
quartz-mills can run all the year
round. Tho great Treadwell mill on
Douglas Island lllundcrs night and
day, winter and summer. grinding
out in the twelve months ending with
last May s769, 765. SO-sufiicient to
answer TO all that has been said
against Alaska's being or becoming q
grent mining country IIarpcr's
Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10

Writing With the Left ii MI.

From the st. Louis Globe Demo.
,rat: The number of men who can
write legibly with the left hand is
7ery small in this country, where the
lact of being ambidexterous is not
appreciated at its full worth. Sir
Edwin Arnold remarked while in st
Louis that in Japan every child is
iaught to write with either and both
aands, and he hinted that this was
lot the only evidence of sound COM
mon sense he met with while in the
kingdom Of the Mikado.
/ learned to write with my left hand
some years ago, in consequence OF
he impression created in my mind
oy reading the arguments of Charles
Reade on the subject, and now /
,hange my pen from hand to hand on
The first impression of weariness.
There have been many remedies
suggested for what is known as writ.
sy's cramp, and many writer's alter
cate between the pen and the type
writer; but the simplest plan of ali is
to acquire the art Of writing with eli.
iher hand and change from one to the
other on the first suspicion Of fatigue
1t is quite easy for a child to learn
90 write with the left hand. and al
though after tie muscles have got
set with age it is more difficult, al
most any man can learn to write with
li3 left hand in a week, and to write
about as well with one hand as the
)ther in less than year.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10

A RICE trust has been formed IA
this country. ~ eeslness must goI
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10
Signs of Coming Age,

"D5 you Know the surcst indica-
ton Of old agc?" asked D.. Reed of
a number of friend, at the Lindcll
Hotel, ST. Louis, recently. "The
surest indications in man." he con-
timed, 'are moist eye, a dry palm
and shrinkagc OF the calf Of the
leg. All these indications arc due 10
some action of The nerves consequent
npon advancing years. In the matter
of the eye, the fifth section is inter-
fcred with, and it is this which causes
flow of wa'cr. The dryness of the
spaina Is f,ssssdecd by IN ht,v frense
with iiic functions of the body also
due TO the action of the nerves, and
the shrinkage Of the leg follows from
similar causes. In old age, too, you
notice some men bee jmc more corpu-
lent than in the earlier portions of
their lives. With drinking men the
change is often produc. d by the guam
lity of saccharine which they consume
with their drink, and with those who
do not drink it follows from other
physiological Changes. As 10 the hair
becoming gray, il results in the major
iiy of cases to the partial closing of
the hair cells and the reduction of
the quantity of natural coloring mat
ter which the closing produces. With
women he dimness of the eyes docs
not come so soon as it does in men. "
-[Chicago Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10
"Dying Place. of the Guanacos.

The guanacos-animals of the camel
tribe which have been largely domcs.
ticatcd in South America-have a
"dying place" at the sou hcrn extrem-
ity of Patagonia. 1t is a spot TO which
all of these beasts inhabiting the neigh.
boring plains repair at the approach
of death TO deposit their bones. Dar-
win first recorded this strange instinct
of theirs, and his observations have
since been fully confirmed by others.
Accurately speaking there are several
of these dying places, the best known
being on the banks of the Santa Cruz
and Gallegos rivers, wherc the valleys
are covered with dense thickets of
bushes and trees of stunted growth.
There the ground is scattered thickly
with the bones of countless dead gen.
erations, the animals in most cases
having crawled, before dying, be.
meath and among the bushes.-TWash-
ington Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10
4 Dark Mystery.

Good Little Boy Does majority
rule in this country?
Father-Indeed it does.
Good Little Boy-Then how does il
happen that one bad little 10y can get
all us good little boys irto so much
mischief !-TG)od NewsJ
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10

The largest rose tree in the United
States is in Ventura, Cal. 1t is a
Lamarque, three fde& in circumfer-
ference, first branch <aentv-one
inches in circumferen, en has
10000 roses at one times
The Newtown bee., 1892-10-28
FOR THE WORLDS FAIR.

There is chance for the boys and
girls of Newtown, and throughout the
county as well, to make an exhibit at
the Worlds fair at Chicago. Secretary
I. S. Gold of West Cornwall of the
state board of agriculture wants to Sc
cure collection of the native hickory
nuts, chestnuts, ,etc, to exhibit there. To
secure the best call is made upon the
boys and girls of the state to make col
lections of different choice varieties OF
all kinds of nuts and present them for
exhibition at the winter meeting of the
state board in December. One gentle
man offers s. as premium, which will be
given to one exhibitor, or divided accord
ing to merit. Doubtless others will be
pleased to increase the gift. The guam
tity should not be less than two quarts
of each variety. They should be dried
moderately. Now is your chance to
hunt up your favorite hickory nuts,
chestnuts, butternuts, and hazelnuts and
make comparison Due notice will be
gwen of the time and place of the win
ter meeting, and how to send the collec-
tions.
The Newtown bee., 1892-10-28
TOWN TOPICS.
GET YOUR WHEEL.

The Connecticut division Of the League
of American Wheelmen are now taking
census of all cyclists in the state, their
object being to secure legislation making
the penalty of cycle theft as high as for
horse stealing. Every wheelman is re-
quested to give the enumerator the de-
sired information when he calls. Emu
merators are authorized to receive prop
ositions for membership. The division
offers reward for the arrest and con-
viction of any cycle thief, when the
wheel belongs to a member of the organ
ization. They employ a lawyer whose
services are free to every member whose
rights as a wheelmap are infringed upon
and who is at present engaged on plan
to secure uniform set of resolutions re-
garding cycling in all towns. At pres
ent one town requires the wheelmen un-
der penalty of 81 to display a white light
after sundown, another town says a red
light or $40 and another says green
light or Sl4. One town says the wheel
man must blow whistle to announce his
approach while another demands a bell
to be rung. The division is also laboring
to secure a change in this, making some
reasonable uniformity, to raise the legal
penalty of cycle theft, to secure free car
riage of wheels on railroads where ac-
companied by the owner and to secure
some system of improved highways in
place of our present mud and dust baths.
Full information may be had of the chief
counsel, Calhoun Latham of Bridgeport,
CT. The state membership is now 2533.