The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-06-21

The drouth prevailing here and
IN this vicinity is working injury |
to the crops and is, besides. render.
ing lie exceedingly uncomfortable,
The dust aud sand grit covers ev~
eryhody and everything. We must,
however, grin and bear it with
patience (as we do the fro wns of
fortune and the falr), remembering
that everything is for the best.
And what odds will it make a 100
years hence, no matter what Is
now2
Later-Sinco the above was put
in type, a general rain, which be.
gan falling at 2:3O p. M, Sunday,
has blessed this section and saved
the crops. AN electric and wind
storm prevailed and some hail fell,
but we hear OF no inflicted damae g.
When we say that our flowers could
he seen to laugh and grow during
the thrice welcomed downpour, no
one will accuse US of possessing
too elastic an Imagination.
When the BOYS go IN Moore
Brothers store they look wishfully
at those Jack Knives. 1t Is job
lot that Is very cheap.
Three ladies living near Quitman
were recently bitten.hy a mad dog.
At RockdaIe, Texas, a mad dog
nearly devoured little boy, and
afterward attacked a man named
Stevenson, badly decorating his
hands. Mr.. Stevenson finally got
the dog by the throat and with his
fist beat him to death. A young
lady OF De Soto was also badly bit-
ten by one of these rabld brutes a
few days ago. Many other similar
cases have occurred within the
past two weeks. We again relter y
ate what we have often said before
no dog should be permitted to.run
at large, from President Cleveland
most valuable hunter to the mean
est, yellow, egg-sucking, "nigger"
cur in the South.
1t is refreshing to listen to the
little girls ego on" oyer those pref
ty things at Moore Brothers.
The following Richmond press
dispatch IF the 18th will prove of
interest to all Southern women:
"The Richmond Howitzers, one
Of the finest artillery companies
that entered the Confederate army
from Virginia, last night inaugurated
a movement to erect q monument
to the Southern women of 1861 50.
At the meeting held $3.50 was
pledged by those present toward
accomplishing this object. A meets
ing will be held next week to ap-
point committees and lay tbs matt
ter before the public. This plan
was Endorsed by the State Grand
Camp OF Confederate Veterans at a
meeting recently held at Alexan.
dria."
Ifyou want TO shade those bright
eyes, why, get one of those
wide Sea~sides at Moore Brothers.
An exchange recommends the
following receipt for cheerfulness,
which is we'll worth tair trial:
ITO two parts of unselfishness
add as much fresh air as can easily
be obtained; stir in two hours Of
beauty sleep, a silver tongue (from
the tip of which all spite has been
removed), and an eye that looks
OuU Ou tuo OTiS uIoI el"c VI INK, NV"
this mixture throw a pinch OF hu-
NOR and sprinkle of the essence
of romance. And there you are.'
Well, those new patterns at
Moore Brothers are SO pretty, and
just one dress to each piece.
A. r. Miller will at once COM
mence the work of improving ana
completing the Miller House.
When the six or eight rooms In
the second story are ready for &C.
cupation, they will prove OF great
convenience TO the travelling pubs
lie, as this popular hotel is generally
uncomfortably crowded on account
of limited sleeping-room accommo-
dations.