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JO7TINGS ABOUT TOWN
Flry.two excise arrests yesterday.

William TaEsert 81 years old, laborer out OF work
ana hOinelesh lea or Jumped into the North River
yesterday afternoon from old Pier ~. lie Was got out
unconscious and he died soon after.
Paul Papa and Francis LAbarbA Italian abor.rs had
Ehl last night ~ the hallway Of 5i BIeecker street
ana Polceman zimmerman interfered, Papa Ihrsw
him down and the two rolled over and over and out
upon tho side walk. Papa Was arrested. and LAbArba
went TO st Fincents Hospital prisoner "
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DIES MorNEs Ia. Aug. 2O.-The Register this
morning announced the candidacy OF A. B.
Senate. This makes a field Of four on the re-
publican stde-Hepburn. Year. Cummins. and
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KeceptIon by the Ponc.

ROME, Aug. 20.-The Pope hold a reception
this afternoon in honor OF his patron saint.
Joachim. whose feast was celebrated to-day
He conversed at length with Cardinal Parocchi
and Abb6 Brugd concerning the progress 81
work on the new Church Of ST. Joachim. Tho
cupola Of the church will be made OF alumi-
mum and will be 200 feet high.
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ROUND LAKE. N. Y. Aug. 20-The series Of
Myer concerts closed last night with a very
large audience. having been a great success.
Among the artists were: Wood. Mckee. Tir-
Zah. J.. Hamlin. A. Hobart, Smock and Miss
great distinction.
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For many years Dartman George has dis
pensed oysters and small clans from stand
In James street. near Cherry. Last evening a
man came to his stand. and taking a vinegar
polite up from tho counter. struck him on the
lace and head. fracturinR his skull George
was taken to the Cham beers Street Hosnltal ~
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ERIE. Pa-. Aug. 2o.-The steamer Oneida,
owned by Davidson OF Bay City. was burned in
Lake Erie this morning. Thevessel was COM
manded by Capt 7. E. Black. with n crew OF
light. The Captain and his crew got ashore in
the boat The steamer was valued at $50, 600.
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PHILADELPHrA. Aug. 20.-James McHugh and
Charles McFadden, both young mon, were in
stantly k illed on tho Reading Railroad at
Manayunki suburb, of this city. early this
and were crossing the track when the WI
Transport express struck them.
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Russian. Flee, for Behr,nr Sen

SHANGHAI. Aug. 2o.-It is reported here that
an Ice breaker has been taken to Vladivostock
to keep the harbor open during the winter
for the Russian squadron to be stationed on
the Fast Asiatic coast.
The principal duty OF the Russian vessels at
this station will bo the preservation OF the
seal fisheries in Russian waters OF the Behring
Sea
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BUDAPEST. Aug 20.-Cholera has been dis
covered In szolnok, ffty-four miles east OF this
city.
BERLIN. Aug. 20.-A student who passed his
holidays in Marseies died to-day of cholera
at his home In Donaueschingen In Baden.
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The Herald In Its New Building.

The Ne'o York Herald took possession OF its
new uptown plant last night. The building
sons took advantage OF the Opportunities 10
made. 10
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THE HEART PUMPS

the blood through mAny miles Of piping mostly jos.
under the akin Are these little pipes veins fresh
healthy channsls or simply covered sewers breaking
Out By ssias or ,ins 70 ths w16sRS Pd
TUTk, 1875 West AID A.. n. Y. send stamp Tor boot
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superior accom- I'M ojatons at popular prices
81 per day and upward. according to location,
AMERICAN plan. Rooms also on the European
as heretofore. Warren II. Leland. Manager
dHr-
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Socialist Demonstration In Vienna

VIENNA. Aug. 20.-More than 30. 900 Social
lists made n demonstration in the Prater to-
day IN favor OF universal suffrage. There was
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Democratic stat. Committee.

II Is reported that the Dem ocratic State Com
mittee will meet on Saturday at 10 A. Nj In the
HOFFMAN House to name date and place for
holding tho state Convention.
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The Weather.

The rain ended in this city at p. N. yesterday Tho
Total fall was 2+S inches. Of which 80 inches fan
Saturday night; average humidity 80 per cent; wind
northeast average velocity seven miles all hour
highest oncial temperature 20. lowest 81
The Thermometer at rerry's pharmacy in TuK sUs
building recorded the temperature as folows;
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-21

For all forms OF dIsordeTed stomAchs use
BromoseltZeE A palAtabie, prompt cure-Ada.
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III Jersey city and Hoboken.

During Saturday nights storm the North
Hudson County hallway Company's stables in
West Hoboken were struck by lightning. Ono
horse was killed. but the damage to the build
ing was slight.
A brakeman on the Delaware Lackawanna
and Western Railroad received a shock whie
standing on top OF n freight car at Dover. and
Of q passenger train and taken to Hoboken.
The storm caused considerable damage In
the hill section Of Jersey City. especially on
the west side. Trees were Knocked down and
cellars flooded. and there were a great many
washOuts In tho streets. Fruit trees suffered
considerably. and the truck gardens in the
Greenville section were damaged.
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There is general satisfaction in the Eighth as wal,
In other regiments over the announcement that Can't
W. A. Cornell Eighth Regiment had been sentence to
dismissal by a general court martha
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company G. Twsnty'third Regiment. or a considera.
BILE portion OF its members to be very much
aissnhshed with Lieut. H. De Witt Hamilton and would
hke him to resign some efforts toward this end ara
being made by some OF tho members
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Tho first battalion Of the Seventy. nrst Regiment
hope 10 arrange for Held day Van Cortland, PARK
shortly Company II contemplate an outing ere on
Labor Day,
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section OF the track. about 100 feet long.
on the New Havon Railroad. was washed out
OF place a short distance this side of the Mt.
Vernon station by the storm on Saturday
night. The o'clock accommodation train
was rushing toward the station yesterday
morning when the engineer heard a dozen
Italians all shouting to him to stop.
He stopped so suddenly that the people in
the train were forced Involuntary to bow
their heads to the backs OF the seats. Then the
train was backed to siding and ran around
the washout; The men in a switch tower
break did not signal the engineer.
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Joseph Calvin OF 1873 Prospect street. Brook
Ign. last night took to the Fulton street police
station Maggie Deegan. aged & years. Nellie
o. and Amy. 4. Mr. Calvin found the children
on Saturday night. while the rain was coming
down in torrents. standing under wagon Mt
the corner OF Bridge and Tallman streets.
that they had been driven from their home at
65 Tallman street by their father John.
Mr.. Calvin took the children to the police
station to have them turned over to the chill
dren's society. Tho police went to Deegan's
house. but the man could not be found Mrs.
left the house Of their own accord and did not
return home again.
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Company q. Forty'seventh Regiment had an outing
nj Enscos's Park Rockaway Beach, yesterday after.
noon. Lieut. II C. Barthman. Company |, has been
elected Captain.
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Ths annual inspections of the First and Second
brigades will commence about Sept. 10.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-10-12
The Sermon That Was Not Preached

The Rev. William Dayton Roberts,
pastor of the Temple Presbyterian
church, devoted several of his earlier
years to newspaper work as a reporter
on a morning paper in this city. He
tells of the following incident: ''lt
was announced that on a certain Sun
day evening prominent clergyman
would deliver a sermon on a religio-
scientific subject then being much dis
cussed. was sent on Sunday after
noon to get an advance copy of the
sermon. The clergyman had had the
foresight to have two copies made, as
he supposed it would be wanted for
publication, and gave me, as he sup
posed, the duplicate copy. had sew
eral other assignments to cover, and
did not return to the Office until late
in the evening, when, to my surprise,
| discovered that l had two copies of
the sermon. 1t was then too late to re-
turn the original manuscript for use,
and l learned the next day that the
clergyman, when he found his sermon
was gone, had to preach on another
subject and announced from the pull
pit that reporter had taken his manu-
script and he must therefore, take an
other text. My paper next morning
printed three columns of the sermon
that should have been preached. -
Philadelphia Press.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-10-12
Human Life in the Glacial Epoch.

The period atwhich the glacial epoch
existed in this country has long been
an interesting problem. With few ex-
ceptions geologists have united nplac-
ing the date within comparatively re-
cent times, and evidences are multiply
ing that the great ice age in North
America actually occurred during the
present era of human life. These evil
dences consist in the finding of stone
implements of ancient man in undls-
turbed glacial gravel.
Among the discoverers of these rel,
les is Doctor c. G. Abbott, distin-
cuished archnologist of this city. The
specimens were all found by him in the
Trenton gravels at Trenton, at record
ed depths and in undisputably undis'
turbed glacial deposits. Professor
Putnam also found specimens in the
same locality, and other scientists have
come upon implements OF stone IN
similar deposits in various parts of the
country. The most convincing, how
ever. is q find made some time ago by
w. C. Mills at Newcomerstown, Ohio.
In a glacial gravel terracein that town,
at the mouth of the Buckhorn creek,
he came upon a stone implement 10
feet below the surface, and which is
now in the Western Reserve Historical
Society of Cleveland. The gravel IN
which this relic was found was covered
bv six inches of sand, several feet OF
supplementary gravel and from three
to five feet of earth. - Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-10-12

100000 in 1878; $51, 900, 900
in 1885; 1916, 100000 in 1891,
and $74, 900, 600 in 1892. The largest
silver production in any one year in
the history of the country was in 1891.
which was $75, All, ,0OO The lar
gold productions were in the ten
from 1850 to 1860, at which time they
reached from fifty to sixty-five millions
per annum, the highest being $65, ,000,-
900 in 1858. During the past decade
the average gold production of the
gold mines of the country has been
about thirty three millions per annum.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-10-12
Pearls,

Very few people are aware that the
pearl-oyster is not in any way like the
oyster which we eat. 1t is of an en-
tirely different species, and, as mat
ter of fact the shells of the so-called
pearl-oyster are of far more value to
those engaged in ''pearl- l-tishing" than
the pearls. There are extensive pearl
fisheries in the Gulf of California, and
some of the finest pearls have been
taken from these waters. In 1881 one
pearl black one, was sold for $l0,-
900, and every year since that time
many pearls have been taken from
the beds in the Californian Gulf valued
at over $500 each. But such ''finds"
are very rare, and, as rule, the
pearls which are brought up are OF
very little value. The shells, however,
are very valuable; most of them are
shipped to Europe, where they are
manufactured into ornaments, knife
handles, buttons, and the hundred OF
other articles for which "mother-of.
pearl" is used.
Another fact concerning the pearl
oyster and the pearl itself is very little
understood. I have seen in books of
instruction both in this country and
in England the statement that "the
formation of the pearl in the oyster
shell is caused by a disease of the
OYSTER; and this statement is more or
less generally believed, as is also the
erroneous inference-to- be drawn from
it, that the oyster referred to is the
edible oyster. The mother-of-pearl Is
nothing more than series of layers
of nacreous matter deposited by the
oyster upon the interior of the shell,
and the pearl itself is perfectly
accidental formation. 1t is caused by
a similar deposit of nacre around some
foreign object. This foreign sub
stance may be grain of sand, a para
site, or some similar object; but most
authorities agree that it is more usual
ly an undeveloped egg of the oyster
around which this natural deposit is
thrown.
The largest pearl ever found meas,
ures two inches long, and weighs
three ounces. This is of Eastern or
igin. The largest found in the Gulf
of California did not exceed an inch
and a quarter long and was somewhat
larger than the egg of bluebird.
Many of the Californian pearls are
black and speckled. These are con-
dered more valuable than the whitel.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-10-12

one another, though there warn't
much betwixt us then. 1 s'pose she
might have told me what she knowed
about it on the stand, but wasn't
going to have her mixed up in the
thing. I lowed they couldn't convict
me because what 1 said was true.
''The jury fetched in a verdict OF
murder i'll the second degree, and ac.
cordin' to law that meant for life.
"They carried Mandy out of the
court room. Seems as though she
thought it was her fault some way or
mother. Mandy's been tryin' to get
me out ever since. She said if it
hadn't been for her they couldn't "a
shown no motive and couldn't "a sent
ne for life. L don't see what good that
"a done when they was all a'gin me-.
L made Il note of Mandy. She was
good material from reportorial stand
point. When L went out 1 asked the
warden who Mandy was. so you've
been talkin' with Washburn, have
you?" said he. "Well, Mandy is his
girl. They say she has been coming
down here from Paulding once every
year with petitions and signatures to
place before the Board Of Pardons.
Yesterday Washburn's sent ce was
committed, which, by the way, you
will find by looking on the press hook. :"
4 picture of faded little woman who
had asked me the year before in the
capitol if would please tell her what
time the Pard, n Board met, rose in my
mind said to myself, ''That was
Mandy"
As al he world does not throw
open its arms to released convicts. 1t
sees that all the windows in the house
are well secured at night, and that all
the doors have extra fastenings on the
day the papers announce new list of
releases. The people have not time
to go down to the prison and watch
the men pass out through the big gate.
They pay small sum each year to
have that office performed by big bur-
ly policemen. The policemen accom-.
pany the convicts down to the union
depot and see them off on their trains.
1t would be such pity to have them
go alone.
The morning of the day Washburn
went ont there was only one other pres
ent besides the policemen and report
ers. 1t was the worn little woman who
had asked me year ago in the capi-
tol if l would please tell her what
time the Pardon Board met Kate
Fields Washington.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-10-12
About Postal Cards.

The first American postal card was
issued in May, 1873. During the 6rst
two months of their use there we're
1900, 900 used. During the follow
ing year 90, 900, 900 were used, and in
1878 the number had risen to 200, 000,-
900. In 1892 we used 3S6, 900, 600
postal cards, and 400. 600, 900 will be
about the number put pnt this year.
These cards cost the Government
thirty.fve cents per 1000, or at W
I n ot thisty fss ore csRk
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-10-12
Daybreak Song.

Full sweet Is the night loeust-haunted, noon
kist,
The noon-tide, strong creature and splendid,
But dawn has loveliness blended
OF health and keen hope and puissant de-
tight
wing, that shameth the languor OF night
Or stress of the noon with its urgence and
plight.
And so, when list,
Shaking slumher and sleep from mine eyes,
Soft somnolence scorning,
/ love to be under the skies,
| long to be up and away,
l lust to be out with the day
At lights first forewarnlng,
When the winds are all whist
And the magic Of mist
Is over the shine of the morning!
-[RIcHARD BURTON in the Independent.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-10-12
A Wide Choice.

Guard lat the Worlds Fair)-"l
advise you to go to your State build
inc and make that sort of headquar-
tors for receiving mail, writing letters,
resting, etc. What State are you
from?"
Drummer-"We which State
building is the most comfortable? ?"--
New York Weekly.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-10-12
HUMOROUS.

won't be long until the coal-deal-
er's victims find him lying in weight
for them once more.
A love-sick swain declares that love
is tickling sensation around the
heart that cannot be scratched.
Harmony is all right in its place,
but the barber and his razor should
never undertake to pull together.
Figg-"You evidently think I am
fool" Fogg-'I am grateful to find
that what think is evident even to
you"
Mrs. Bonton-"My daughter likes
to sing music of the highest class. "
Mrs. Malaprop-''N 'Natcherly, she be-
in soprano.
''Mr. Editor, am told you called
me swindler in recent issue of your
paper!" ''No, sir, we only print the
very latest news.
AS regiment, headed by its band,
marched by, little boy remarked,
81 say, ma, what is the use of all those
soldiers who don't play?"
Willis "He never fails to give me
q cigar to smoke when call on him.
sWallace s.He must be afraid you viii
smoke one of your own"
do not weep, because, forsooth
Whatever tears might fall
Are idle tears-that is to say,
They do not work ut all.
"Do you look to the future with
courage?" he asked the maiden,
eyes, she replied. ''Pa says nerve is
everything in the wheat business.
Papa-"Do you say grace at the
Seminary" Product of Modern Edu-
cation-"C Certainly. never heard OF
more than the one pronunciation"
Sarcastic Citizen: 'Traveling on
the recommendation of your physician,
1 suppose?" Hungry Higgins: "Naw,
on de recommendation of me lawyer"
Tommy-"Do you know when a
nail cannot be driven?" Mr.. Figg-
"No. When?" Tommy-"W'y, I
don't suppose a nail could be driven
If it was lead"
81 tell you that idleness don't pay.
The surest way for person to get
ahead is to keep moving" "Guess
you're right. That's the way four
or five tenants got ahead of me last
week"
Miss Marshmellow Ito young Leech,
druggist: "How much is it?" Young
Leech computing; "Blue mass, 5;
box, 10; label and wrapper, 5; pink
string, 5-25. Thirty cents please.
Nice weather.
Don't you know, Milly, that it is
very rude to turn around to look at
gentleman" Mother, 1 only turned
to see if he turned round to see if /
looked at him." "Well, If that's all,
that's all right"
"What's that girl singing?" said Mr..
Topfioor to the bell boy. '"Oh, Prom.
ise Me. >" replied the youth. "Well,
for goodness sake, go down and prom.
Use her whatever she wants and charge
it to my account. F"
Scene-Dining-room in fashionable
boarding-house. Lady boarder (about
to leave able)-"Will you excuse me,
please?" Gentleman boarder-"Wi
pleasure And still he doesn't know
why she has snubbed him ever since.
-------------s--
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His Last Application.

Housekeeper--"Here is telegram,
your nephew is dead . Property-Own-
or with growD sc Humphl Now, |
guess he wants money to bury himself
With"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-10-12
Reautiful Thoughts.
,od for a beautiful though

}, ,oet prayed for beautiful though
I,,s,eb 1R he might make the theme
W o song. ass#eet to the ear it caugh
rood.bird's music, nature-taught'
=. ,be laugh from a baby's dream
!, ,rav is good; to do, isbestl
nta though thy voice be dumb,
40 beart home within thy breast,
rsere they. as sacred things, may resi-
I'D heautiful thoughts will come.
~ ,1slq R. Ingersoll, in Youths Companion.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-10-12
CONVICT NO. l8,600.


ds large part OF my time IN a penn
.,,.;.rv where more than 1000 prls-
,,.,. we're confined. My newspaper
required Of me three feature" artl-
.l.s week, the subject to be taken
,om the lives and crimes OF the men
and women SO imprisoned.
One morning, on entering the penl-
..,tierV and proceeding to the book
,bicb contained the routine items for
the press, I found this slip:
no. ls,6Oo. Edward Washburn,
life prisoner, sentence committed to
trsnty.eight years, six months.
Here was something to be investi-
r.ed On making inquiry l found
tb,t Edward " ashblrn had been re-
siyed on a life sentence in 1870, and
that now, after lapse of over twenty
vssrs, the Board of Pardons - the
eternal source of hope for all prisoners
b that State - had acted upon his
uS. with the above result. Even i'll
ua@n good behavior pays.
Each convia has certain number
Il days deducted from every month of
.ltrm, according to the length of
Ii sntence, if he demeans himself
pqety. Thus it lies in the power
tl@ong g-time' man to gain years
diAom. Allowing Washburn the
tat1n each month for good con-
khring the entire twenty-eight
rr sentence, it caused his time to
4n on the following Sunday.
lie next thing to do was to see
lsrd Washburn himself. The SEN
Sans Of man who has been a con-
TiOr twenty years, who has been us
@pletely isolated from the outside
'ah as if he were dead and buried,
n who is then resurrected, called
A3to life and liberty, cannot be de-
aaOi interest to the most Indifferent.
0and my man wheeling ashes and
sase from the cook house. In this
SapatlOn he had been engaged for
''nteen years.
iae long years of prison life had had
'sa effect. The prisoner was an old
" broken in body and mind, al
'asa ne told me his age was AZ. /
pAlned that had permission to
: Win him, and would like to hear
'@ Als history. He smiled the
- smile OF enfeebled intelligence,
a'Hn on his wheebarrow and be-
'u pltlful obedience, which
-lS bespoke the prison discipline.
INV dld feel when heard L was
Svaed' Well, it was SO sudden
'u' mad to sit down. / had give
A0pes OF ever gettin' out long
''' Mandy was true grit, she was,
never give up"
aeAt words were unusual. 81
''ane nobody but myself for
/, ''ie' he went on. Who ever
:, q convict before, who attrih-
j.. "a'mself the blame for being in
i 'ui'eAtiary? Most convicts are
4 .'ceAt victims of villainous con-
a They never even dreamed
ihe the crime for which
Sc " serving sentence. Such n
in upright and deeply wronged
4 ~'n can be found nowhere else
Prison.
an aiong OF my bullheaded-
guess I'd better go back to
ss au'a of my story if you want
~ "a. When was about 10
''ason Scott and me took the
neafln' so acres of land close to
"a "a ), n is now. In them days
,b ,be only clearin' with a few
enn ), :. 'aSe was acouple of years
mi an me. His father an mine
= west from Columbianner
.'' md settled in Pauldin'. We
- ~, boys in them parts then
~ young folks exceptin' Man
5! 'sssered on clesriD, onr ,.n
n H., ia'hers agreed to give
20 ai'ef corn huskin' was
, \ We helped them good
= vase and me built a cabin
Y y. Intended livin' while we
- oAsSpia And olaa.,,,,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-10-12

The first mention of money in the
Scriptures was Abraham's purchase OF
4 sepulcher fer 400 shekels OF silver,
B, @. 1850,