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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-25

karl's Glover Root, the great blood purifier,
gives freshness and clearness to the complex
ion and cures constipation, % cts, so cts, 81.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-25

During the Civil War in this country
there were 254, 100 cases Of rheuma
tsm among the Union troops.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-25

You will never fall into the DEVILS mire as
long as you pave your way with Bipie
promises.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-25
ASSIST NATURE

AOCioA NhlUM
a little now and then
i'll removing offend.
ing matter from The
stomach and bowels
and you thereby
avoid a multitude
Of distressing De.
engagements and dis.
eases, and will have
less frequent need
Of your doctors
service.
Of all known
agents for this pur.
pose, DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are
the best. Once
used, they are al
ways in favor
Their secondary ef
feet Is to keep th.
bowels open and
regular, not to fur
Their constipate, 3
is the case with
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-25
our PRiNCELY DOMAIN.
No Danger of: Crowdsng on Uncle Sans
Farm Yet.

No Danger of. Crowding on Uncle Sans
Farm Yet
We hear much talk about the avail
able land in this country being oc-
cupied, says the California Fruit
Grower. 1t is great mistake. A
comparatively small part Of the area
of the United States is occupied for
productive purposes The following
facts will be Of interest as showing
that less than nine per cent. of the
area Of the country is occupied In the
production of staple crops.
BY the figures OF the Department
of Agriculture for 1893, we reach the
following facts relating to the crop
area:
Acres Acres
Cora. ..... n. 80, 465 Hay .......... 49613, A6s
Cotton. ....... 240yO,0O0 Tobacco. 702,952
Rye. ..."...... 2,038,ls5 Oats ........ 9,67o,ooJ
Barley. ........ 3220,31 -----
Buckwheat. 8l5,G14 Total. 1875 831 ,o6O
The total area of the United States
is 3,570,271 square miles, or 2, 1884,
073, 440 acres; hence it will be seen
that the principal crops produced re-
quire less than nine per cent. OF tho
total area. Or course, there IS a large
part Of the 81 per cent. Of the whole
area not cultivated, which Is not now
and never will be tillable; yet 1t
must be entirely clear to the man
who has travelled much in his own
country that the capacity for produc-
ing the necessities and even Injuries
of life, is practically unlimited over
the immense domain of the United
States And when we reflect too,
that the yield per acre Of all tue
crops named above is pitifully small,
owing to our barbarous methods Of
farming, it will be seen that they
who are already groaning because our
productive areas are becoming ex-
hausted are unduly moved in the
wrong direction. We already pro-
duce too much Of almost every crop;
but should necessity demand or high
prices encourage, the yield of every
cultivated acre in the United States
might be easily doubled.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-25

II afflicted with eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp
cons Eye Water. Druggists sell at 25c. a bottle.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-25
RAMS HORN BLASTS
warming Notes Calling the "icho" W
pcntance.

DELICIOUS zeal
too often has a
stony heart
THE devil prob
ably loves a
stingy man.
HAPPINESS Is
never found by
running after it.
THE man who
is not a friend
will never have
one.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
The Anything Man.

Tho applicant inquired Of Q mer.
chant for work.
"what can you do9" asked the EN-.
ployer.
"Oh, anything"
Don't want vou," said tho EN-.
ployer, and after some additional talk
the applicant departed.
Later another came In.
"What Gun you d0." inquired the
employer % before.
II can't do anything" was the
half ASHAMED confession.
That's all right; YOU 20 out
there and the foreman will put you
to work"
A friend who had seen the whole
performance. was - much interested
that he became inQuisitive.
II don't quite understand" he
SAID questioningly, why you took
one aud let the other 90. The arst
one seemed to be an intelligent fel.
low"
eyes" explained the employer.
"but I've got no use for these men
who can do anything; they know II
all. Possibly the others may not
prove to be any better. but when you
ind man who. can't do ANYTHING
you do stand some chance Of teach.
Inv him."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
Deadly Passengers Cars.

We are all going to be poisoned now
by the deadly pas enger cor. In the
laboratory Of the Imperial Board Of
Health OF Germany, experiments were
made. between January, 1891, and July,
1892, by which the seeds Of consamp.
ton were found In abundance In the
dust collected, not only on the floors
but on the walls and seats of cars.
Samples OF dust were taken from Is
compartments OF ~ different pass.
enser cars and III animals were In.
Oculated with them. Part OF these
died very soon thereafter of various
contagious diseases before they had
time to de, clop consumption; Of the
rest, killed four to six weeks a. ter in.
oc latiOn. three had tubercic. These
three, however, were inOculated with
sleeping car dust, taken, not from
the floor, but from the walls, cushions,
and ceilings Bacteria Mt the rate OF
70, 800 per SQUARE inch were found on
the floor OF q fourth class car, and b..
400. -, 200, and $1,000 per square
inch on the floors OF the third, second,
and first class cars Thus, even in
the latter. the average passenger, who
usually has ct least hali o c0mpart.
ment to him elf, says 5000 square
inches OF floor, has an army OF ~.
500, 900 deadly enemies aiming at
his vitals on the DOR alone, to say
nothing OF other millions In lroat and
rear on both TANKS and overhead.
1t wOulG seem impossible to escape:
but the board Of health Ia said to
have reported niea ures Tor removing
or reducing the danger, which the
railroads are considering. -Rallroad
ia cite
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
ly during sea voyage than on shore.
Pigs, ducks and snakes are the only
creatures that are apparently totally
influenced by the sea.
Washington and Irving.

Washington lrvlng's father was q
Scotchman who had settled In New
York q dozen years before the Revolu-
ton. Diring the Bri h occupation
of Manhattan Island the 1rvings we're
stanch patriots, aud did what they
could to relieve the suffering Of the
American prisoners In the city. A
few months be ore the eva uatiOn day,
which the inhabitants of New York
were to keep as holiday for q entury
after, Washington Irving was born,
on April 3,l7s3, being, like BENJAMIN
Franklin, the youngest CT many sons.
The boy was not baptized until after
Washington and his army had en-.
tered the city. "Washington's work
is ended" said tho mother, 'and the
child shall be named after him."
New York came out OF the Revolt.
ton half in ruins. and wasted by its
long captivity; its struggling streets
filed only the toe Of the Island, and
II had les. than Is, 900 Inhabitants
but the little city began to grow
again as soon "a peace returned. 1t
was IL New York, In 1859, that
Washington took the oath as the hfst
President Of these United States
One day not long thereafter Scotch
maid.servant Of the lrvings', struck
With the enthusiasm VIII CHI every.
where greeted the great man, fol.
lowed him into shop with the
youngest son OF the family, and said,
"Plcase, your honor, her g q BARN
was named for you" Washington
placed his hand on the head OF the
boy, and gave him his blessing. -
Brander Matthews, 10 May St
Nicholas
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
together Different.

II have some poetry here, air.
said the young man In the newspaper
office, (which I should like to bring
to your attention.
poetry"
"Yes, SIR"
1--WE don't use IT,"
''But this"
IL know oil about that It's q
work Of peculiar merit-one that is
right In sympathy with the topics
OF the day, novel In idea aud all that
sort Ut thing but we--dOn't-want
it."
And the editor shook his pen
fercely at the young man and glared.
',rhen I'll try some other paper.
came to this one because our firm
considers IL u good advertising me.
dium"
whats that9"
"You see, that is . poem on our
new brand of cologne and a. We rav
extra rates for this kind Ut advertis.
ing l thought Id see you about hav.
Ing IL 70 10 just ~ it's written"
And II Is related that that young
man went out Of the Office with two
perfect to cigars, q concert ticket and
moro apologies than he would usually
need In Q lifetime. detroit Free
Press
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
The Right kiNl.

He was an Englishman with title,
and he was gentleman in all the
term implies. He was a busy man,
however, and until he came to Amer.
lea society had seen little OF MIN.
When he came to New York he was
grabbed at by the best society O! that
town and his lie almost made q bur-
den to him.
"Ah," exclaimed q fashionable w0.
man to whom he had said something
of his trials, 'you dent ike this?
You astOnish me-"
II am scarcely accustomed to 1t,
madam" he said alphabetically.
"And you don't cultivate sOcietys
All the people you meet here do; and
you should"
1T doesn't need cultivation where
I live" he explained, and the ex.
PLANTATION went
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
A Fable.

A fox who was being pursued by
the hounds came upon q hare sitting
In the bushes and called out:
III anybody inquiries for me please
say that you haven't seen me ior q
month past"
"Oh, l couldn't do that" reptile
the hare; "that would he lying"
"Very we'll, then, suppose You
take = run across to yonder fence
and back and tell me II there is any
snow on the other side?"
with pleasure" answered the
hare, and away she sailed.
The hounds got sight Of her as she
sped along, and directly the whole
pack were hard ut her heels.
'That comes OF being too good, I"
chuckied the fox, as he saw her final.
ly Overtaken. "The skin OF q hare
who died or truth isn't half as valu.
able as the pelt OF q fox who lives
In lien
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
Little Prigs.

A conceited child, says Harper's
Bazaar. Is decidedly disagreeable
object: the more SO that conceit Is
not o natural development Of child.
hood. Yet when we see the pains
taken by most people to make little
prigs Of their children, the wonder 10
not that a few become stilted and
eager to show OF their accomplish.
ments, but that the majority remain
spontaneous and charming.
In many families a clever speech
on the part Of q child Is seized upon
by his admiring elders, repeated In
his presence with delighted com.
ments, re.repeated to visitors who
happen to call, and, In fact, told over
and over till II becomes wearisome.
The child's vanity, thus fed, grows
with great rapidity and the next
clever speech or the next pert re.
tort Is made with q view to the au.
dience. II IL 10 not received with
reclamation the little speaker feels
disappointed, and In q way defrauded
Of his just rights
Talk more about me-" insisted q
little 5.year.Old the other day, when
there occurred lull In the CONVEX.
sati0n o: his mother and friend.
Not to mention the boredom en-.
dured by the polite visitor, who 10
expected to listen to the recitatiOns,
songS and piano recitals Of little
Learners In season and out OF season,
the children themselves get Q wrong
point Of view when constantly
called upon to take prominent part
In the entertainment OF company.
The proper place Of children, so long
as they are In the nursery and In the
school room, IL In the background,
and q very beautiful feature Of the
background they are when brought
up we'll. To force them aud theil
studies. their amusements, even
their prccOcity. upon the direct at
tention Of older persons not immedi.
ately belonging to them IL . mistake.
II makes them little priyS or little
pedants and In either role they are
not attractive.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
HIDING FROM THE TAX MAN.
A Connecticut Yankee who flas Taken .,
the Woods In Defiance,

A Connecticut Yankee who HAS Taken to
the Woods In Defiance.
A Glaston bury man had taken to
the woods to avoid the payment OF a
military tax, says the Hartford
Courant He.is in hiding, and his
three sisters are the ravens who are
feeding him. The case is most un.
usual and arises out of a feud between
the tax collector and the member Of
the GlastOn bury family The Weldon
family lives In the northeastern part
OF Glastonbury. The family consists
of David Welded, an old man two
sons, Alfred and Albert. and three
daughters, Ranging from 10 to 35
years old. The Weldens are pros.
porous farmers. The tax collector
of the town Is Carl Dean. lie has
had considerable trouble 10 collecting
taxes In this part Of the town, and
the Weldon family particularly has
refused point blank to ray Its taxes
The family was visited by the col.
lector Saturday, and since q refusal
has previously been made to pay taxes
he took Sheriff GriswOld with him.
Albert Weldon was the only member
Of the family at home, the others
having taken to the woods. Albert
Weldon Is q week, delicate sort of
fellow, and on this account his family
claims that he Is exempt from the
military tax. On the tax collectors
order no was taken along and put into
the Hartford jail. The old man
Weldon has long passed the age at
which q military tax Is collectible,
and he has returned from the woods
to his own Preside with his daughters.
Alfred Is an eccentric character, and
Is known as the ''village lawyer"
He was In East Hartford, Sunday,
where he was safe. out Of the jurisdic.
tioD Of the authorities. 10 one of his
friends he said:
"Gol darn that Carl Dean. He
stands bout as much show OF
catchin' me as Coxey's army does Of
capturin' congress Foxes have holes
and sO've !, and I don't have to de.
pend on mama from heaven for
eatin', nuther. Carl Dean swore bv
all the gods he'd collect that military
tax, but by Jcerushey gol darn, he'll
have o tine time d0in' it."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
LcprOsy In North America.

In North America leprosy seems
TO have acquired such small hold
that the limited number of cases
which have occurred there are we'll
suited to study this question of con.
tagion, says writer 10 the Fort.
nightly Review.
In July, 1873, Dr. Robe Ian au.
th0rity on the subject) stated that
there were only three cases OF leprOsy
In Maryland. Two OF these cases
had the following relation TO each
other: A man named Brown, In
Baltimore, was leper His next.
door neighbor, q married woman with
o large family and whose husband
was In good health. became o lcper.
She had been some years In the
neighborhO0d and the families were
intimate.
At one time there were some lep.
ers In Louisiana, but they have al.
most entirely disappeared. In 1860
q Nine Ourblanc, whose father came
from the south of France, developed
leprosy. She died In 1870, leaving
four sons and two daughters. The
first, second, aad fourth sons, and a
daughter became Iepers. They had
all lived with tho mother. A nephew,
who lived In the neighbOrhOod, and
q Young woman not related to the
family, who had nursed the mother,
became leprous, as we'll as young
man, also not related, who had often
selpt with the fourth son, In 1875.
Since 1920 there has been q small
leper colony In New Brunswick,
which first appeared in that year In
the person OF certain Ursulc Ian.
dry. From that case the disease OK.
tended, and In 1884 there were In the
10, arctic twenty.f0ur leper patients.
Here lepr0sy developed In healthy
Siduals after they had slept with
lepers
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
Effect OF the Sea Upon Animals.

All animals when taken for sea
voyage become tanner, and even the
widest seem to be overcome by a
certain feeling OF dependence and
helplessness Monkeys generally SUI
fer greatly from mal'de mer, Birds
are affected by the sea, for they never
sing during a voyage. Fowls and
geese soon become thin. and cocks
generally cease to crow: duck how.
ever retain their usual spirits and
appetite. Cats and dogs usually be-
come very uneasy on the sea; the
former turn shy and hide themselves,
aud the latter keep as close as posi-.
BILE to their human protectors. Oxen,
butialoes, and horses make friends
with strange sttAndsnts more quick.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
Women a. Station Masters.

Women are now acting as station
masters In Australia. The Railway
Commissioners OF Victoria have, &C.
cording to Irish Society, placed 200
OF them In charge OF railway stations,
thus affecting q saving OF over 10, 900
pounds per annum. The Commits.
sioners say that women perform the
duties Of station masters ut. the small
stations most satisfactorily.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
Asking Advice.

A paper which was published In
Paris recently contained the follow.
ing unique advertisement: "a young
man OF agreeable presence, and de-
sirous Of getting married, would like
to make the &C luaintance of an aged
and experienced gentleman who
could dissuade him from taking the
fatal atenn
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09
Why Fish IL Plentiful,

No wonder the fish crop Is never
short" The founder lays 7,O0O.-
900 eggs annually; several others
from 1000, 600 to 5000, 900; while
the turbot 10 credited with deposit.
ing from 1900, 900 to $4,000, 900
during each breeding season.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09

WHATEVER God requires US to do
we can do easily II we will but trust
In Him for grace. The yoke OF Christ
is easy and his burden is light
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-06-09

TRUE p0liteness needs nv credit
with the court tailor
The Globe-republican., 1894-02-09

The next morning he came again.
His medicine, nights sleep, Nelly's
care-something seemed to have given
the poor old patient a fresh lease of
life. There was no need that Nelly
should stay with her any more; but
she went to see her daily. and it was
curious how often DR.. Jacks visits hap
peneG at the same time.
One night the doctor had left his
horse at home, and he and Nelly
walked away together They talked
about the lingering sunset, and the
soft south wind. and even the old
woman; for Nelly. woman-like. was
struggling desperately to keep DR..
Jack from saying what she desperate
~ wanted to hear. But at last it came
"a half-blunt, half-awakened speech,
yet with DR.. Jacks honest heart in it.
'I've lived all these years just to
earn your esteem, and now I find I
don't care thing about that unless
can win also your love-
think Nelly's answer must have
satisfied him, for she is Mrs. Jack
Green now; and that valentine-worn
and old, but choicely framed-always
hangs over the doctors study table
Louise Chandler Moulton, in n. Y.
Weekly,
The Globe-republican., 1894-02-09

Nellie was twenty when Jack Green
came back to Chester again. And now
he came Is a physician. just through
his studies. and anxious to build up q
practice. Soon his fame grew. His
patients were among the poor at first.
and he cured them; and then richer
people heard of it and sent for him.
But, while he took ali the patients that
came, he never gave up his practice
among those who most needed him.
His praise was in all their mouths.
There had never been any doctor like
this one.
Nelly was Miss Hunt now-for Ber-
tina had gone away from her into the
next country-and Nelly's grief had
made her gentle heart yet more gentle,
and her helpful spirit yet more helpful
Toward night, one summer day, she
had gone to see An old woman who
had been her nurse once, and had
found her very ill-quite too ill to be
left alone, and certainly in need Of
physician. So Nelly tore leaf from
her book. and wrote on
it a few lines. begging DR.. Green to
come at once, anu Cncn calIeO 10 the
first passer-by and entreated him to
take it to the doctor
1t was scarcely half an hour before
DR.. Green came in quietly and gravely.
He attended to his patient with that
careful consideration which made all
those poor souls whom he visited adore
him. Then he turned to Nelly.
'Who will stay with her to-night?'
he asked, ''for indeed she hardly ought
to be left alone"
81 shall STAY" was the quiet answer.
''Then come to the door with me,
please, and let me give you your direc-
tionS"
Nelly followed and stood there, in
the soft sun ner dusk-a pretty picture
with the wild-rose flush da wning in
her cheeks and new light kindling
her blue eyes. She listened carefully
to all his injunctions and then turned
as if to go. But he put out a hand to
detain her.
'How very much owe to you," he
said.
You, how?" And deep, deep GRIM
The Globe-republican., 1894-02-09
Cannibals In the Gulf Of California.

Unlikely as it may seem to some who
lead these lines, it is fact, neverthe-
less, that there is an island in the gulf
of California, not more than sixty miles
from the Mexican mainland, which is
inhabited by the remnants Of race of
giant cannibals. This startling discov.
cry was made by a west coast natural
list early in 1891, and has since been
confirmed by both United States and
Mexican explorers. Mr.. Mcnamara,
the scientist referred to, has a photo
graph of one of the men found by him
on the island, that individual. although
not one of the largest, being over seven
feet in height The island upon which
they were found is known as the Island
or Isle of Leri, and the original dicov-
erer says that there is every evidence
of cannibalism among them.-St Louis
Republic
The Globe-republican., 1894-02-09

own society until you have sunk s0low that
you don't know the difference between good
ness and badness But il you set out 70 be .
gentleman. and man Of honor. and faithful
worker you viii do good deeds and live .
happy life, and be worthy the everlasting es-
TEEN Of Your VALENTINE"
Nelly read it with rising color and a
little culver about her mouth, which
Bertha understood; but she read it
with a firm voice and careful. DELHI
crate accent.
"Then," she said, when she had fin
ished, Il shall burn up all the rest of
my valentines, and send only this one;
for it is what mean. in earnest, and as
old Aunt Smoke says: Eff it don't do no
good, it can't do HARM"
"To whom shall you send it, dear?"
Bertha asked, gently, little subdued
by Nellie's epistolary success.
81 hadn't made up my mind" Nelly
answered, thoughtfully; ''they all need
it."
''Oh, send it to jack" cried Kitty
Green. 'sHe boards with US, and he
needs it-bad enough. If ever boy
was full Of his pranks Jack is, and if
CsCA a wy CO1 AuCAtCN q III . OutS
Jack does r.ine"
A color clear and bright as flame
glowed on Nelly Hunts cheeks Had
she had dark-eyed Jack in her mind all
the while? She only answered, very
quietly:
Il don't mind. would just as lief
send it to Jack. That is. I'll send it to
him if you'll promise, on your sacred
honor, never in any way to let him
know who wrote it"
''Oh, wil-true as live and breathe.
I'll never tell him. and never let him
guess. if can help it."
'And all you girls?'' Nelly asked,
with The pretty pink glow deepening
in her cheeks. Twill you all prom
iSe?"
And they all promised, for there was
a sort of honest earnestness in Nelly's |
nature to which they found it natural
to yield.
So the valentine was directed in |
NeIly's most neat and proper manner |
to mir. Jack Green" and was dropped |
into the post Office with the rest of the |!