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BROTHERS, get.
Here sou will find Books, Toys,
Uandiee, Fruits, Fireworks and
other Christmas goods in profnSlon
Also spiGndii assortment 0f Dry
GoodS, Groceries and general mer-
chandisr.
:asy- The Old and young, the grave
AM gay can be suited at MOORE
BROTHERS.
Nr. Sau.n-l Mitchell, Of Pearl.
ington, and MISS Lucy Toulme, of
Bay st. Louis, wele married on the
14th.
MIR. and Mrs. II. e. Allen delight
fully entertained number of the
society beaux and bellies Saturday
night,
Capt. r. X. White left Wednes
day night of last week for a ten
days visit to old home points in
Alabama.
The Sylvest & Welch saw, gin and
grist mill, near Franklinton, La. :,
burned. Loss about $1,000, insur~
ance $1,000.
The brilliant physiognomy of
Mart Thompson, of hattie sburg,
illuminated our town on Monday,
Ihe sun wasn't in it.
Very little business was trans-
acted at the recent session of Mari
on county circuit court, at Pnryis.
The grand jury found only three
bills.
A largely attended sociable was
given at the residence of w. E. Her.
ren last Friday night. Participants
were heard to remark that the oc-
casion was "unmeasurably enjoys
able"
SCHOLARSHIP For SALE.-We
have scholarship in Wyatt S Busi-
ness College, at Meridian, which
will be sold cheap for cash Apply
at this Office. See college adver~
tisement.
Misses Beulah and Lorena Talley,
the fascinating little nieces OF Mrs.
A, Il. Miller, left Monday for their
home at Covington, VA. These two
merry maids will be- sadly missed in
juvenile circles.
The live merchants of Ellisville
re- doing most Of the editorial work
for the two papers Of that little city.
This is striking Indication Of the
level-headiness of the merchants
and the business prosperity Of the
community.
The follow ing apropos item is
from the Sea Coast Echo:
"The mau who spends his money
liberally for Chri-tm presents IS
doubly a philanthr1pist; he makes
the L, cciver Of the pr serts happy
: nd add, bis money to thatln active
circulation, thus b .neti'iag every
BODY, himself ihciuIed.'
II. 3. Bostwick, representing
the Meridian Machine shops, was
in tawa last Thursday interviewing
The r:ill men and circuls.ing tmong
his old friends. Mr.. Bostwick re-
ports that tie mill business gener.
ally is imp~oring, aud he locks for
IN cary resumption Of The former
active work in thai line.
That splendid family journal, the
Detroit Free Pres, is offrring to
send lis famous iwelvp~p weekl.
tour months on trial for twenty
ceuts-clubs Of eight one dollar.
No paper in America enjoys a
greater reputation for genuine hu-
nor and literary excellence. Our
reader, cannot invest twenty cents
10 better advantage. The address
s Detroit, Mich.
THE ONLY HICKS ALMANAC. !
The Rev. III r. Hicks Almanac
or 1891 is the first and only alma
rae entirel ly written and published
1y the great storm prophet, hime
elf. Il is an elegant book Of "a pa
s, besides the cover. with an at
ractive, original design on tho
;over. 1t contains Prof. Hicks
monthly weather forecasts COM
,lete tor the year 1894; all he cur
ent Astronomical phenomena for
,ach month, finely illustrated, In.
,lu9ing four eclrpses and the tram
<, =, <.. & N /
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]. N. GA n N S
STORE.

Mechanical Toys. Games, Dolls,
Mario Lanterns, Guns, Vases, Al~
bums, Books, Fire Works, Fancy
Caudies-in fact Holiday Goods of
all description, and at prices lower
Than ever dreamed of before.
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Vul
And friends
merry Christmas
And happy New Year.
Our prospects for enjoying
pt royal holiday is Frightening
msiderably-we have been pre-
Msd a head of cabbage, and two
nbscribers have INQUIRED as 10
hs amount they owe, For these
ass'ing reasons, and because we
haye no assistance ID our work (be~
'ng editor, composltor, pressman
snd devil, we think several days
rest 10 in order. Therefore subs
scribers need not look for their
regular paper next week. Provi-
dence willing, we shall greet you
sgain January 4, 1894.
N Tom Shaw, an aged negro, died
Monday night.
Nj dogs are dying Of cholera in the
Feall river settlements.
W. Moore spent Friday and
saturday in New Orleans.
Mrs. Vim. Badon has been qnite
AlOr the past two weeks.
Pfof. Fl. C. Yawn, of Lumber.
H @n' was in town Saturday.
ss Ar' Moore, of Magnolia, was a
a'e Visitor 10 his Poplarville rela-
''" iiv@.
~ Dan Carver, of Nicholson, was
(. n'oWn the other day on business
= n 'at.
derm Darling went to New Or
" talS Sunday morning and returned
= isnday night.
I'M Gam killed a 15~months' old
aeon Monday that weighed when
Sssssd 1856 pounds.
a!l,. RI. ine christmas tree festivities
, u 'a oe held at the NJ ethodist church
~ Ssss next Saturday night.
GENT W not fail to attend the concert
ItaI 20 gwen at the High School
".s dali on Friday night.
y ssSSs X ". Dearman, of Pnrvls, was here
h0S w., s.'a' days during the week on
'as'si0nal business.
Rod /, 'end the FREE PRESS as a
labor s's'lnas present to your girl,
,rp, VINE relative or friend.
,u0D' iaegrip seems to be spreading
nes' ~ Tue entire country; several
bus'' '''s are under treatment here.
10 oa, ~ sSe ora a sore throat there is moth
~ ,A smn s"er than flannel baudage
achp lpened almp with ChamberIain's Pain
D. cn,. II will nearly always effect
will ,nsS, u one nights time. Tnis
ecept hs,isSs also favorite for rbeu-
lsys,a and has cured many very
ps' Als ~ /, vases. 30 cent bottles for
ssoA Poplaryille Drup Oomnanv.
.sA
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We Are In 1t,

We are in it-yes, we're IA it
We are IN "the swim, you bet;
And tins is true as Scripture writ:
"You'ii BARGAINS at MOORE
BROTHERS, GET"
Here sou will find Books, Toys,
Uandiee, Fruits, Fireworks and
other Christmas goods in profnSlon
Also a spionjii assortment 0f Dry
GoodS, Groceries and general mer-
chandisr.
:ty-The Old and young, the grave
AM gay can be suited at MOORE
BRO HERS.
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THE ONLY HICKS ALMANAC

The Rev. II r. Hicks Almanac
for 1891 is the first and only alma
nae entirely written and published
by the great storm prophet, himN
self. II is an elegant book of GA pa
G s, besides the cover. with an at
tractive, original design on tho
cover. 1t Contains Prof. Hicks
monthly weather forecasts COM
plete tor the year 1894; all he cur
rent astronomical phenomena for
each month, finely illustrated, In.
clu6ing four eclrpSes and the tram
all OF the planet Mercury; an arti-
Gle on "Faundation Facts" giving
the philosophy aud ess ential points
of Prot, IiIcks' weather system; a
paper on the use of haromsters and
scient tic instruments; an article on
longitude and time by the leading
authority on time in this country.
accompanied by an excellent map,
aud other useful articles. The price
of thus excellent little work is
twenty-five CEN rs.
1t will make an excellent holi-
day present for your intelligent
friend. For sale by all newsdealers;
or write and send % cents to the
publishers and it will be cent post
paid. "Word and Works" Pab.
Co., ST. Louis, Mo.
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The STANDARD HOME MIXTURE and SOUTHERN sOIU-
GUANO material of the hghess
grad cbainable, regardless of price.
sto Fertilizer worth the asked for
it, prof those who it, thereby
curing permanent place in the esteem of the people
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NE. |
| cent Ro1
|an elao''|
| he forp,i|
! secilon'I
Is lines |
nd busi']
forget1
tho Uut1
;, ,reachtb1
| Liam.
[,as will |
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INC &c Of ola cold.

Old gold is very rich, not only in
monetary value, but in strange and
interesting suggestions. Most of it
is in the shape of dilapidated jewel
ry. A worn band of gold comes in.
1t was once a wedding ring and must
have been held precious beyond all
price by the bride who wore it dur
ing her honeymoon. In after years,
as it was worn and worn till it was
almost worn away. it must have fuc-
tuated many times in value.
The ring does not say whether its
owner was happy OF not. The link
of gold may have bound together a
loving husband and wife, or it may
have connected widow with heaven,
or with the coldness of steel it may
have held her like a galley slave
chained to a companion that she
hated
The ring tells none of these things.
1t is old fashioned and worn, and
that shows that it has seen long serv-
ice. Perhaps it was worn by stran-
gers, being superseded by another
wedding ring, or perhaps it was q
precious family heirloom handed
down from generation to generation
The purchaser rubs it on smooth
stone until it leaves a yellow mark.
A drop of nitric or compound acid
discolors this mark so that the expert
assayer can tell the purity of the
gold. Then it is carefully weighed
and paid for at the rate perhaps of
or cents a carat. Herald.
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l have just been listening to a few
of the cyclone tales that number of
strangers have been telling this morn
ing. and the evident relish with which
they We're received is simply remark
able. Some of the most tiresome old
stories have been related right here
as being recent occurrences, and a lot
of follows have stood about, saying
yes, yes and Just SO, when it
seems that most any one could brand
the tale as nonsensical and an imposi-
ton. One tall, timber cuss with a
never work. look related that down
in Texas a cyclone swept the country
last year in the neighborhood of Par
ma, and among other things swooped
down over large barn without
touching it, into the yard, where it
blew all the feathers off a flock of
chickens and then passed up over
the house i'll front without harning it.
Another party stated that after a
cyclone near Dayton, o., he found
some straws driven several inches
deep into hard oak trees and all by
the force of the wind. He actually
maintained that straw when per
fectly balanced and driven with suf-
ficient force could be made to pene
trate any substance and not break
The stories that have heard this
morning coming from sensible men
as truths would be laughed at as hu-
morously ridiculous if they came
from black faced comedian on a
variety stage. Louis Globe-Dem-
Oc1.at
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youthful pepravitr.

Youthful depravity is always
shocking, but it is sometimes anus
ing, remarked a friend to The Man
About Town. 4 was walking up
North Eighth street about month
ago, when a girl not over 10, poorly
clad, ran past me and darted across
the street to meet boy not two
years her senior. Say, Jimmie, but
youse goin ter ketch h-lwhen youse
gifts home, she yelled at him. 'Wot
furl' asked Jimmie. 'Mammy's sent
me ter hunt fur youse, and, say, but
she's hot fur -youse stayin away.
Youse1l git licked shure,' and the
little girl fairly danced in pleasurable
anticipation of Jimmie's troubles
when he met his mother. There was
no pleasure in Jimmie's countenance,
however, and he started home with
the sullen doggedness natural to boys
on these momentous occasions.
Ihad stopped to listen to the above
dialogue and followed close behind
the couple as they went homeward.
What was my surprise to hear the
little girl say to her detected brother;
Say, Jimmie, I'll square youse.
swiped these 10 cents from the old
woman, and now youse can run over
there and get coal all over youse
hands and tell her youse had a job
packing coal for some guy" Jimmie
grabbed the money, ran over to the
coal pile, and the last I saw of them
they We're hur1ying home, confident
that Jimmie had been squared. st.
Louis Republic.
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Travelling With n Cnt.

Cats should never be expressed
from one place to another, as they
are easily frightened when confront
ed by strange persons. They will,
as rule, be better contented if they
are allowed to see where they are
going. have had very little diff
Guilty in travelling with cats. One
successful method tried consisted in
placing pussy in a covered basket
with holes sufficient for ventilation.
When comfortably settled in the
cars, she was taken from the basket
to her owners lap. and she made no
attempt to escape Another cat was
taken from her basket and placed in a
cloth travelling bag with a soft draw
ing string, her head being left out
and the bag being tied loosely
around her neck to prevent her es-
cape. Being carried in the arms of
her owner and spoken to occasional
ly, she remained quiet and evinced
an interest in all that was transpir
ing. Cats are sensitive to a soothing
tone of voice and to a gentle touch
Ladies Home Journal.
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rhe court was RIght.

A certain lawyer came into court
one day in a very decided state of in
toxication. Aware of his condition,
he rather brusquely told the judge
that he desired continuance of his
case
ssWhy sol" asked his honor.
"Well, do not know that there is
any particular reason, responded the
bewildered counsel.
''Mr. said the judge, eying
him severely, lit is the opinion of the
court that you are inebriated."
Your honor, u answered the law.
yer, Il have pleaded in this court fo1
many years, and this is the first time
Ihaye heard your honor render g
correct decision. am drunk.
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Eaeot. of sIotIern pu,lets.

The theory that the modern bullet,
fired from the modern rife, makes a
less serious wound than the old fash
toned bullet seems to be disproved by
the results noted in recent warfare.
1t has been generally stated that the
modern bullet, small leaden core
with steel covering, little larger
than an inch of ordinary lead pencil,
would go cleanly through flesh and
bone, and the results would be more
disablements and less loss of life. The
contrary has been noted, however
in the campaign by France in Daho-
mey. The Lebel bullet is found to
have an explosive effect. 1t tears its
way through flesh and bone, making
terrible wounds, usually with fatal
results.
The bullet from the Austrian Mann
hcher rifle is found to act in similar
way. A soldier was accidentally
killed near the Vienna arsenal two
weeks ago by bullet from a Mann
hcher rifle, and the postmortem
showed that far from simply pune
turing and passing through the body
it had made hideous wound. The
steel covering appeared to have
broken off from the leaden core on
contact with the body, and the two
pieces spread in the body with an eX-
plosive effect, causing almost instant
death
1t is said the Austrian authorities
contemplate trying a new form OF
bullet. If they do, it will not be
necessarily from humanitarian i'm.
pulses. From the firing party's point
of view especially a bullet that dis
ables but does not kill is far better
than one that kills, because it puts
more men of the opposing force out
of action. A dead soldier is out of
every ONES way, but wounded one
needs attendance, and the greater
the number of wounded the more
the army is embarrassed in its OPP
erations.-New Orleans Times Demo.
crat.
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jerome K. Johnson, who lives in a
fashionable fiat II Olive street, st.
Louis, is perhaps tie best known Wis
iting barber IN the United States.
I'm tell you all about my business
with pleasure, said he. although
there is nothing much to tell. ]
worked IN the shops down town for
several years. sometimes made
SIS week. and sometimes didn't.
II scarcely ever had a Sunday to my
self and but little time to spend with
my wife, and determined to give
the business up and go at something
else. One morning one of my Gus
toners came in and told me that if ]
would come, to his house every day
and shave him he would pay me lib
orally for my trouble. That sug-
gested the idea to me of becoming a
visiting barber
Il soon secured contracts from
others Now shave about 20 per
sons each day at their homes and re-
ceive 81 week from each one. My
customers are wealthy men who
arise late in the morning. Two of
them are bankers They want to be
shaved between and s o'clock.
Five others are physicians, who do
not usually leave their homes before
10 o'clock. Then have capitalist
who wants my services at half past
10 o'clock, and the others are young
gentlemen of leisure who lie in bed
until come. 1t was hard work at
first to make the hours suit.
My salary amounts to $40 per
week That seems like a good deal,
but it is cheap when you understand
it. National Barber.
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political Union of North America.

The area of public lands between
the Red river and Rocky mountains
In Canada upon which the best hard
wheat can be successfully grown,
stated by Professor McCoun at 200
COG, 600 acres. is one half as large as
that of all the rebellious states. If
one fifth part of it was under cult
walton, yielding 12i bushels per acre
the average yield of wheat in Man
itoba in 1891 was % $40 bushels per
acre-the total yield would be 500
600, 600 bushels, or in value greater
than our entire cotton crop. This is
only one of many sources of wealth
to be gained by the peaceful consum-
nation of continental union.
The political union of the United
States and British North America can
be peacefully consummated by the
wise expenditure of less than one
tenth of 1 per cent, or one-thousandth
part of the cost of the civil war to date.
leaving out of the calculation the
value of the property destroyed and
the destruction of human life. All
parties agree that the preservation of
the territorial integrity of the Union
was necessity, and that its cost
pas been justified by events since the
use of the war.-Francis Wayland
in New York Sun.
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AFTeRMARp.



Oh. my love, why do You call mel
Why trouble my life any more1
Leave buried the love that bore you.
Why drag the dead past 10 my door2
I've forgiven the wrong that you did ne,
Forgotten II cannot be yet.
Silence and peace ask for.
Why yex ms with idle fegren
Our lives arc now lived asunder
That once Were SO near and so sweet;
Once in your arms you pressed me,
Now soul to soul only We meet.
Whore you now are that know not,
Yet surely know you are near.
Your heart to my heart is calling
And pleading for memories dear
Strange is the bond that still binds us,
In spite OF the love that is dead;
Silence or space is as nothing
Between as who thought to be wed.
Why are you thinking of me. dear.
Long after our broken troth plight?
Something Is telling me of you
feel you are lonely tonight.
Severed forever and always,
Yet never entirely free,
Why of our lest joy remind me.
Our happiness never to bes
oh, my love. why VIII you call me.
And all our past pleasures renew
Love of my life, first and only.
Ali. why COULD you not have been true2
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here, -hon, today. with faith as sure,
with ardor As intense and pure,
As when amidst the rites divine
took thy froth and plighted mine,
To thee. dear love. my second ring.
A token and pledge bring.
With this we'd. tn death Us part.
Thy riper virtues to my heart
These virtues which. before untried,
The wife has added to the bride
These virtues Whose progressive claim,
Endearing Wedlock,s very name,
NY soul enjoys. my heart approves
For Conscience, sake as wen as loves.
For why7 They teach me. hour by hour,
Honor's high thought, affections power,
Discretion's deed, sound Judgments sen
And teach me all things-but repenfance.
Samuel Bishop.
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with MIX. with MINK.

Orders from pompous individuals,
shouted when. the waiter is some lit
tie distance off, are sometimes robbed
of the desired effect-for instance, a
gentleman once called out to me,
Bring me cup of cafeau lait with
milk. London Tit-Bits.
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Sour MIX and Thunder.

Science has disproved the rural
belief that thunder sours milk. 1t is
now known that the souring results
from fungous growth and that this
fungus is peculiarly fatal to nursing
children The old time rural belief
was that the conclusion from thun
der acted mechanically upon the
milk and first soured and then solidi.
fed it The theory is a plausible
one, easily derived from observing
one set of facts without knowing
about the existence of others more
important TO the situation. 1t hap
pens that milk does sour during or
just after thunderstorms because the
atmospheric conditions then preva '
ing are usually of Il kind favorable
to the rapid development of the fun
gous growth that sours milk.-New
York Sun.
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Couldn't BE Done.

Lady On hoopskir1-1 wish my
portrait taken.
Photographer Take this seat, ma
dame.
"oh, but want it full length"
Hum. Very sorry, madame, but
my panoramic camera is out of or
der. New York Weekly.
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Terence, the Roman dramatist, lost
his manuscripts collection of 1Os
plays he had translated from the
Greek for use on the Roman stage.
He was unable to endure the loss
and drowned himself.
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On the James river in North Da-
kota and south and west of James
town there are four or five buffalo,
all that are left of the little herd
which made its last stand near Fort
Totem
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FOrete:Iing weather by Actions of birds

FOrete-Iins Weather by Actions of Birds.
There must be sound scientific laws
that rule the earthly conditions that
prevail, and when these laws are cor
rectly understood weather prophecy
ing viii be decidedly useful and
necessary. Aside from the scientific
end of it, it is remarkable how all
birds and beasts understand the sit
uation correctly. l have heard of
any number of animals whose pecul-
lar moves on certain occasions pre-
dict n storm or foul weather my
self have made study of one class
of fowls in this connection-the barn
yard pigeon. have had chance to
study them for good long while
now, and imagine that understand
pretty thoroughly what their moves
mean. have taken ordinary news
paper predictions and set myself to
watch that flock of pigeons to see if
they understood what was coming.
/ noticed that when a sudden storm
was approaching, although the sky
might be ever so clear, my pigeons
were always on the wing-circling
<AOOub anu dAOunu viii great UNREST
until the storm came. When a sea-
son of clear weather was on, my
pigeons always fly higher than usual,
bat not so often. They prefer to sit
on the barn roof or in the yard and
NOPE in the sun. About 24 hours be
fore the arrival of a cold wave
pigeons will begin to enter in and out
of their cOves without apparent cause,
remaining always close at hand.
These predictions have found infal-
hble up to date.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
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The biggest idol in the world is
Dia Buten, the japanese god, which
is over 60 feet high. The image is
made of copper. tin, mercury and
gold and has been worshiped for
more than u centuries.
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The highest inhabited place in the
world is the custom house of Anco-
marca in Peru, 10000 feet above the
sea.
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lla-What a lovely ball. Inev-
Dyed myself SO much in all my
Sys-Nor L.
FL danced every dance and
fezGS each time.
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