The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-03-16
NOTES AND COMMENTS.


ence Hall. An investigation was maoc'
and then il came out, although no one
had noticed the omission, that the copS
had been missing for several years iiom
among the shields Of the various oca.e'
that NAV be seen hanging side by sac
Cant Hanson, a member OF the renn'
sslyapia Board Of Worlds Fair Managers
Who wanted to have duplicate maze
for use at Chicago, can explain the Gus,
anne.nuce only in this way: "ln 1914
or whereabouts the Legislature appro.
priated 500 for the express purpose Oh
correcting certain dcfco:s which were
said 10 exist in the coat-of-arms used Oh
oficial seals. To accomplish this "ofh
a committee. consisting Of the Governor
ATTORNEY. General and Secretary OF state,
was aupointed and empowered to ACT
60 far as | know or can discover inns
committee has never reported. IL Is pos
siblc that the Committee appointed oy
the Legislature removed 1t IN 1912 10
have copies made. and that 1t now lies
hidden in some painters shop or IN soihe
ones attic or cellar.
ACCORDING to a Belgian gentleman
now in this country, the territory oi
Moresnet, living between Belgium and
Germany. is the smallest Government IN
the world. II has population OF nearly
OO) The people are devoted entirely
TO the tin mining industry. There is no
military service, and election days are
THINGS they never hear Of. There is
Senate of ten members who are appointed
by the Mayor lie gets place by being
appointed by two delegates, one IRON
Germany and one from Belgium. Inc
police force consists of one man. nc Is
paid out Of the annual revenue, which Is
about 200 francs; this also pays io'
the maintenance OF the roads ana the
schools. The territory was mace mae
pendent in 1916, to settle dispute.
GERMANY and Belgium both wanted 1t
on account Of its tin mines, but neither
of them got it. The territory contains
trife over two square miles of ground.
THERE are twenty well-built towns IN
Kansas without single inhabitant to
waken the echoes of their deserted
streets. Saratoga had n $50, 900 opera
house. a large brick hotel, n $50, OOo
school-house, yet there is nobody even
to claim place to sleep. At Fargo a
$40. 900 school-house stands on the SIDE
of the hill. a monument TO the bond
voting craze. A nerder and his family
constitute the sole population OF what
was ouce an incorporated city. THIS Is a
sad commentary on unhealthy booms.
Those Kansas towns, like Wichita, adver'
tised themselves as phenomenal boom
cities. For awhile everything was
lovely" but at last dry rot took hold OF
the boom towns and killed them.
TIE rural prophets say that the yield
of maple-syrup will be unusually good
this spring. According to one OF them {;
ait il well known To those engaged In
the business of sugar making that good
season always folows, ru ssyere wlatert
percentage Of sugar. Not only that, but
the trees yield larger quantity OF sap
then than they do after winter OF fire.
auent thaws. The snow in the interior
counties is very deep, aud unless remark
able warm weather should come it will
be on the ground until well along in
April. Sugar making will not commence
until late in the season, but when we get
at il we shall make more of the tooth
some sweet than we have made before in
years"
THE experience OF the man who re.
Gently sold his interest in q large manu-
featuring concern near Boston for over a
million of dollars, large part If not the
whole Of which he invested in Western
lands and Nova Scotia gold mines, and
who a few days ago found himself so
much impoverished by his transactions
that he was unable to meet a note for
$702. and had 10 90 to Jail, should be a
warning to other men who are not salts
fed with the constant and legitimate
profits OF a good business, but who wish
TO wake up Goulds or Nanderbilts after
the sleep Of single night.
THE cold has been excessive in st.
Petersburg, and for weeks wood fires
have been burned in the squares aud
streets Of the city in an effort TO make
necessary outdoor business endurable.
The streets have however. been practi-
cally deserted. The double windows in
the stores and houses are mostly iced
over, and frozen up. From north and
central Russia a temperature Of thirty to
thirty-nine degrees below zero is re.
ported which is twenty degrees
below the average In Siberia il has
fallen to forty Ave degrees below zero.
The severity of British Justice was
we'll illustrated at northampton recently,
where a trial for murder was in progress
The jury having been permitted to par.
take of lunch in their room, one of their
number profted by the opportunity 20
step out of doors and post letter The
Judge to whom this act was reported,
promptly gave the offending Juror sharp
lecture and fined him $3.50. He dis
missed the jury and new one was i'm.
paneled.
THE Refuse Disposal Company. Lon
don, has lately published pamphlet
on the question as TO the practical means
by which the dust refuse of towns can
be utilized for electric lighting purposes.
The company claim that 90, coo tons Of
house dust. il treated as they suggest
and burnt in suitable boilers, might he