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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
EARLY CIRCULATING LIBRARIES
The Popular Institution Has beeh u
Existence for Hundreds of Years.

mr., pon.,ar Institution Has Been IL
Existence for Hundreds of Years.
From tine 1mmemorial, says All
the Year Round, booksellers shols
have been the favorite resort OF all
touched with the love of letters ana
in the days gone by, when the art OF
Advertising was practically unknown,
if was only by frequenting the shops
where sold that possible purchasers
were able to learn what was gong on
in the publishing world, to know
what new books were IN course OIL
publication and to hear and exchange
the latest literary gossip. These early
hook lovers. one may be quite sure,
would be certain to while away many
A leisure hour by Stamping" the
wares on their hosts counters, and
would read, or at least dip into, many
volumes besides those they actually
purchased for more leisurely con.
sumption at home. And hence might
arise. very naturally, the custom or
formally lending out books to read
for a monetary considerations mus,
at the end of Kirkman's "Thraclan
Wonder" published in 1861, the
bookseller makes the following an.
noupcement: 'If any gentleman
please to repair TO my house aforesaid
they may be furnished with all man
ner of English or French histories,
ron1ances or poetry, which are to be
sold or read for reasonable considera-
ton" 1t is not quite clear from the
last few words whether the books
might be taken away to be read, or
whether tlle reading was to be done
in the booksellers shop. But that
books might be taken home IS evil
dent from the remark Of character
in Neyile's fPoor Scholar" printed
in 1862. Step to booksellers, he
SAYS, land give him this angel, which
I'll END you, for the use OF the
1nany-languae ed bibles lately pub
lish't for week. Their price is
twelve pound. When you have got
them to your study, invite your father
to your chamber, show him your Ii
brary and tell him you are twelve
pounds out of purse for those large
volumes" This was an Ingenious
way of getting around the relieving
officer" but it is doubtful, after all,
whether the lending system was put
into practice to any great extent.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
Etching.

When etching is done by the aid Of
electricity wire is soldered to the
plate to be etched, by means of which
an electric current is passed throueh
the etching solution, which is made
much more dilute than in the case of
ordinary etching. THIS action il
much increased in intensity, and, in
many cases, acids, which under ordi.
nary circumstances are insert, can be
used, as, for instance, copper and
weak sulphuric acid.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
Qualified to Speak.

Now, then, who is the plaintiff in
this case:" asked his Honor as a case
was called. No RI ply. 81 ask who is
the plaintiff in this case?" continued
the court.
81 don't know anything about plant
ifs replied a man in the corner, as he
slowly rose. but if you are asking for
the chap who was chased a mile and a
half, and then mopped all over his own
barnyard by two desperadoes, I'm your
man.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
800 Reward. 800.

The reader OF this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all it 9
stages and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
,naSc ,s Smu uf rre 70
tional disease, requires "a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood an mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of tIe disease, and giving the pa
tent strength by building up the constitution
and ASS sting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Do lars
for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
of test 'monals. Address
+. j. CHENEY & Co. Toledo, o.
sH- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
A MAN WITH A HISTORY.
THE TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE THAT
BEPEtL JOHN w. THOMAS, OF
THETA. TENNEsSEE.


Bodv Covered With Lumps-Csald Not
Eat and Thought He was Going to
Dry Up-His Recovery the Mar
vel of Tennessee.
(Frona tie NGsiriHe, Tenn, BGnner.)
Mr.. John W. Thomas, Jr., OF Theta, Tenn,
Is man with a most interesting history
At present he Is interested in blooded horses,
for which Maury County is famous.
Sew people, take it" said Mr.. Thomas
to reporter who had asked him for the
story of his life, "haye passed through as
remarkable chain OF events as have and
remained alive to tell the story.
at was along in 1884, when was working
IN the silver mines OF New Mexico, that my
troubles began /; at first l suffered with In
digestion, and so acute did the pains be-
come that went to California for my health,
but the trip did me little good, and July i'm
pressed with the idea that my last day had
nearly dawned upon me, hurried back here
to my old home to die.
"From simple indigestion my malady de-
veioped into chrome inability to take any
substantial food, was barely able to creep
about, and at times l was Frustrated by
spells Of heart palpitation This condition
continued until one year ago.
"on the 18th OF April, 1893, I su fdenly
collapsed, and for days l was unconscious,
in fact was not fully myself until July. Ny
condition on September 1st was simply hor-
rible l weighed but seventy pounds. whereas
my normal weight is l65 pounds. All over
my body there were humps from tho size OF a
grape to the size Of a walnut, my fingers
were crampe1 so that could not more than
half straighten them. l had entirely lost
control OF my lower limbs AMI my nand
trembled so that | could not drink without
splitting the liquil. Nothing would remain
on my stomach, and it seemed that / must
dry up before many more days had passed.
81 made another round OF the physicians,
calling in one after the other, and by the aid
of morphine and other me iicine> they gave
me, managed TO livethough barely through
the fall"
Here Mr.. Thomas displayed his arms, and
Just above the elbow OF each there was a
large irregular stain as large as the palm OF
the hand and OF purple color the space
covered by the mark was sunken nearly to
the bone. "Thst," said Mr.. Thomas, sis
what the doctors did by putting morphine
into me.
"on the 18th OF December, 1898. just eigh
months after took permanently TO bed-It
shall never forget the, date-my cousin. Joe
Foster Of Carers Creek. called ON me and
gave me- box of DIR williams pink pills
for Pale People. saving t1ev had cured him
of partial paralysis, with which | knew he
had all but died. 1 followed his directions
and began taking the medicine AS n result
stand before Won today the most surnr,sad
man on earth. Look at my hand il is "a
stendv as yours INV face has n healthy look
abont it / have been attending to NV duties
fora month Since beoan taxing the Mills T
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
Swearing Won't Help 1t.

Swearing may make fire burn, OF
1t may make deck hand hustle, but 1t
won't help letter, or Ringworm. If
YOU use Tetterine, it will make you
comfortable and save swear words. oo
cents at drug stores or post paid from
!. r. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
When Nature

Needs assistance it may be best to render 1t
promptly, but one should remember to use even
the most perfect remedies only when needed.
The best and most simple and gentle remedy is
the Syrup of Figs manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
pro1rcssiye Minnesota.

Minnesota T. not very old State,
but she has already more than S.
600. 900 invested In public buildings,
aud $40, 600, 900 in her school fund,
with 1000, 900 acres of university
land vet unsOld.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11

The house of the late Charles
O'Conor, at Nantucket, should possess
especial interest for women on account
of its being without closets. The
architect was young relative of Mr..
O'Conor, and the house was finished
before either man noticed the def
cheney.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11

covery even after the disease has pro-
crossed so far as to induce repeated bleed
ings from the lungs severe lingering cough
with copious expectoration Including tu-
bercular matter), great loss of flesh and ex-
IRENE emaciation and weakness.
Do you doubt that hundreds of such cases
reported to us as cured by Golden Med
ical Discovery were genuine cases of that
dread and fatal disease? You need not take
our word for it. They have, i'll nearly every
instance, been so pronounced by the best
and most experienced home physicians,
who have no interest whatever i'll mis-
representing them, and who were often
strongly prejudiced and advised against
a trial of Golden Medical Discovery"
but who have been forced to confess that
it surpasses i'll curative power over this
fatal malady, all other medicines with
which they are acquainted. Nasty cod
liver oil and its filthy "emulsions and
cases and had either utterly failed to bene-
fit, or had only seemed to benefit a little for
a short time. Extract of malt, whiskey,
and various preparations of the hypo-
phosphites had also been faithfully tried
in vain.
The photographs of a large number of
those cured of consumption, bronchitis,
lingering coughs asthma, chronic nasal
catarrh and kindred naladies, have been
skillfully reproduced in a book of 100
pages which will be mailed to you, on
receipt of address and six cents in
stamps. You can then write to those who
have been cured and profit by their ex-
perience.
Address for Book, WORLDS DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11

Harl's Glover Root, the great blood purifier,
gives freshness and cearness to the complex
ion and cures constipation, - cts, 50 cts, 81.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teethlng, softtns the gums, reduces infan ma
lion, allays pain, cures wind collie 25c. IA bottle
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11

SOME men would never marry
they could not marry grass widow
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11

III afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
sons Eye Water Druggists sell at 25c u DO. tie.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-10-11
TAKE STEPS

Z
can be cured. There
the evidence of
hundreds of liv-
ing witnesses to
the fact that, in q
all its earlyD
stages, consuinp-D {
ton is a durable
d i S e aSe. Not
every case, but a
large percentage
cases, and we belle
Mlly 9S per cent.
cured by DR.. Pierre
Golden Medical /
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-11

days. Two months a 70 and a day from
the time Patrick Eugene Prenderga,t
committed his crime the death watch
was set at his cell to remain with I'M
renting vigilance until he is led to
the scaffOld.
There was an impressive silence in
the courtroom when the verdict was
brought in. Few OF those who were in
the courtroom when Judge BlentanO
gave his instructions to the jury had
left, for there was q general feeling
that the jurors would not be long in
arriving at a verdict. 1t took the
Judge twenty-five minut-s to read
his instructions, the jurors stand
ing while they We're being given.
The instructions concluded with forms
OF Nerdicts to tit every possible con-
cluSion at which the jury could arrive.
These. together with all the letters
and papers which had been introduced
in evidence, were handed to Bailiff
Bussc, who led the jury to n of the
jury rooms adjoining the court room.
AT the same time the prisoner was
taken lack to the Jail to await the de-
alterations of the twelve men who held
his fate n their hands. Judge Bren-
tanO retired to his chambers, and tho
lawyers and visitors at the trial, among
whom were q large number of ladies,
remained in their places o. gathered
in groups to dis cuss the outcome.
An hour after the jury retired Bailiff
Busse wa informed by the jury that
they were ready to appear in court.
He Immediately notified the Judge and
passed out through the covered pas
sageway leading to the Jail to notify
the officials there to bring the prisoner
into court. Those in the court room
knew when they saw the bailitf pass to
the jail that a verdict had been reached.
AT one all conversation ceased. The
jurors with grave faces filed in and
took their accustomed seats. The
Judge took his place on the bench.
The prisoner. pale and anxious, was
you agreed upon a verdict" inquired
the judge. Most of the jurors bowed
assent: some of them answered audi
bly,. Hand your verdict to the clerk
to be read, and Juror Suffer. who had
been chosen foreman. handed the
folded document to Clerk Fitzgerald.
While the clerk in measured tones
read the verdict every ear was atten-
tive to catch its Hateful words.
Scarcely was the reading concluded
when Clerk Price and Bailitf Busse,
who stood on either side of the prison
er, started with him toward the Jail.
They had nearly reached the exit from
the courtroom when the Judge called
them back that the prisoner might be
present when the jury was pol ed. To
each juror the clerk put the question::
WAS this and is this o your ver-
dict" and each. as his name was called,
rose and answered, 1T was and is"
When the last answer was given the
prisoner, supported by the two officials,
was taken back TO iail. You. gentle-
men of the jury, al discharged from
further duty" said the Judge. Mr..
Wade made the usual motion for a
new trial, which the Court directed to
be entered, and the Prendergast trial
was ut an end.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-11

These figures might be misleading if
1t were not repeated that the best ten
results i'll each year are quoted. This
is done to show what can be accom-
plished. Poorer results will, as a mat
ter of course, pull the average down
considerably. This year, 1893, the
average amount received per acre for
all acres raised will be between 800
and so per acre.
The total acreage raised by farmers
for the Grand Island factory this year
was 2225. This excludes Mr.. Hayward
l%.eavitt. who has raised bects very ex-
tcnsively every year and has l32 acres
this season. The gentleman is excepted
because the other 2225 acres represents
about $50 farmers.
The improvement Company contract
to furnish 5000 acres of bects was
never carried out and the OXnard Conn
pany was compelled to raise its OWL
beets. planting in this year |, lS5 acres.
The present general sentiment among
farmers. and the list of cOntracta
already made for the season OF 1891,
indicate final results.
The prices on the whole will not
vary any in an ordinary season or at
any locality in this state where beets
can be raised at all. And yet while a
comparison will show a neat profit,
many farmers claim their experience
t. have been an expensive one. and be-
lieving that they had paid for their
whistle on one occasion. refused to
venture a second time. But the higher
rate now paid for beets is having Its
effect.
The Norfolk, Neb., factory, owned
and operated by the same company,
was built in 1891. 1t is we'll known
that the farmers in the vicinity OF that
factory have been steadily increasing
the acreage year by year, There Is
no material difference in the soil and
the beets are of no better quality, but
they take hold of the new industry
more theoretically and i~ntelllgently.
1t is believed that in 1890 the farmers
in the vicinity will furnish the factory
with all the beets that can be used.
The effect the new industry has on
AGRICULTURAL conditions is, as IA matter
of course. of the greater Importance.
But a few figures in regard to the 1ac-
tory will no doubt be of interest.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-11

Gov. Fishback, of Arkansas. has pub,
lished an open letter to President
Cleveland re- iative to the condition of
affairs in the Indian Territory. The
Governor believes they are such as to
cause the gravest alarm, and that they
may result di%sastrously to all the States
in the Mississippi valley. He believes
the Territory to be a very hOt-bed of
crime and lawles>ness and the rallying
place for all the desperadOes in the
country. He says "a very large per-
centage of the bank and train robber-
les which take place in the West are
organized or originate in the Indian
Territory. n Il v During the past
twelve months there have issued from
the States of Arkansas, Texas, Kansas
and Oklahoma Territory sixty-one
acquisitions upon Indian Territory au-
thOrities for fugitives."
Another evil which Gov. Fishback
thinks is due to the evil doors who
flock to the Territory is the demorali-
cation of the Indians. Assoc;atlng
with criminals, they themselves, in a
short time, become wholly corrupted
and ready for any lawless act. Finally
Mr.. Fishback says this state of things
suggests the very serious question
whether the time has not arrived for
the Federal Government to assert its
right of eminent domain over this
portion OF the national territory
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-11
CONDEMNED TO DIE.
TIE SLAYER OF CARTER HAIR
RlSON MUST HANG.
Prendergast Is Found Guilty of Murder
as Charged-Jury Alter One Hours De-
liberation Decides lie Is Sane-Makes
tic Sign OF the Cross.
Eeath the Penalty.

The Prendcrgast trial ended in Chi
cago on Friday, ana death is the PEN
atty dccrced against the slayer of Car
ter II. Harrison. The last word of
awful accusation was uttered by At
tOrncy y. >. Trude at noon: an hour
later the Judge charged the jury, and
siXty-t"O minutes after P~rendergast's
fate was committed to twelve of his
pcs q verdict was returned, which
read:
I'VE. the jury, find the defendant,
Patrick Eugene Joseph Preddergast,
guilty of murder, in the amer and
and form as charged in the indictment,
and fix his pun shment at death"
The assassin did not falter at the an
nouncemcnt of his doom; he bent his
head slightly, and. touching his fore
head with the tips of the fingers of lis
right hand. then bis breast, next his
left and lastly his right shoulder
making the sign o. the crOss"-he
mumhlcd the wor1s, "In the name of
the Father and of the Son and of tho
Holy Ghost" The trial was begun
Dec. e and occupied just twenty court
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-11
New Method OF PAYMENT.

Each year the farmers have raised
less beets. and in this fourth year of
the industry there was a smaller acre
age by individual farmers than in any
OF the preceding years. The results
OF those who did engage in the culture
are equally as good; the prices paid
this year equally as high. eve higher.
But there had until recently been a
feeling of a%ntipathy to the indu .try
that ed ven those who had been mod
erately successful in the new venture
to refrain. This antipathetic senti-
ment arose perhaps for the greater
rary from an opposition to the princi-
PIE of bounty giving. a little dissatis-
faction arose from the manner in which
the conn any paid for the beets-a scale
in accordance with the percentage of
sugar in the beet. The sugar company
was thereby led to wipe out the scale
system and Pay s. per ton straight for
beets in 1893. The following are the
best ten results of the past season:
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-11
TOOK A FIRM STAND.
United States Action as to Brazil Prevent
ed European Interference.


What might have been q serious in
ternational complication growing ont
of the Brazil an troubles is now re-
garded as having been practically set
tied by the firm attitude of the United
States in the matter. The SHARP re-
buke administered to Admiral Stanton
for saluting the insurgent flag and
the ma sing of arinOred cruisers
off the Brazilian o have GER
tainiy had a moro important pur-
pose than the more desire to maintain
an Indifferent neutrality between Mello
Pre- ident PeiXoto ~ the protection Of
citizens. A Washington dispatch says
some weeks ago that there was some
miral Mello than the disccn cnt of u
shrcwd diplomacy We're u.ed the
United States might become involved
in hostile relations with some of the
great European powers.
1t is we'll recognized by the friends
of the Brazilian Republic in this coun-
try that Admiral Mello stands fer the
monarchical clement in Brazil and
that he has been endeavoring to secure
the support of some of the great powers
in Overturning the republic. Mon
archist circles in Paris and some of the
other European capitals have been in
a tlutter OF expectancy regarding Mel
los movements, and it is declared they
have been looking to the young son Of
Count d'Eu. who is the grandson of
Dom Pedro, to become the head of the
restored empire.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-11
TARIFF WILL
Other Legislation Will Await the Passage
of the Wilson Bill.

A Washington dispatch says that it
is generally agreed among Democratic
Senators that the financial question
will be allowed TO remain untouched in
the Congress until the tariff bill shall
be disposed CT. Senator Voorhees, re-
piled to a question concerning his sill
yer bill that no effort whatever would
be made to press it until the tariff bill
should be out of the way.
Then. he said, the bill would
receive attention and he thought
it would prove the solution of
the problem. He said he felt confident
that after Senators and members had
an opportunity to examine it they
would see it's merits and put it
through both houses before adjourn
ing. Represe NATIVE Bland has also
said recently that he did not expect to
try to get up his free coinage bill in
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-11
the House until after the disposal of

inc house unIll aIter inc OlSpOSa OI
the tariff
There is more or less talk of Secre-
tary Carlisle's suggestion favorable
to the issuance of bonds to pro-
vide for the Government deficit,
but that with other financial questions
will probably go over until after the
tariff question shall be settled There
is q general feeling that primarily
the tariff is of greater Importance than
any other que ton at present, and tho
belief is gaining ground that there
will be a great effort to provide for the
deficit in connection with the tariff
bill in some way without issuing bonds.
1t is known that the silver men who
approve bonds have practically APP
pealed their cases from Congress to
the country, and they will be prepared
to use a vote for bonds against any man
who does not favor silver, and to make
the war all the tiercer On account of
bonds
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-11
quite Successful. and these tried the
work again in 1891. and the following
are the best ten results:

The season of 1892 was not quite as
favorable as that of 1891. owing to diff
fercnt climatic conditions. In the
early part. or 1T planting time. it was
extremely wet, and in the latter part
very dry. But the OXnard Company
made 1T more interest'n g for the beet
raiser by paying a somewhat higher
price for beets. us will be seen from
the table OF prices paid, which follows
further or.
The following represents the results
obtained by farmers in various parts of
the state in 1892:
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-11
FIFTY MILLIONS STARVING.
National Congress at Lahore Asks the Gov
rnmen to SuccOr Them.

The resolutions adopted by the Ma
ticnal Ind an Congress declare that
$1,000. O00 of people are on the verge of
starvation, and urge the Government
to take immediate steps to succ n
them. The resolutions adopted by the
Congress also recorded the deep regret
of the members at the hasty enactment
closing the mints, which it vas claimed
further burdened the people with tax
alton and disconnected important
trades and industries, notably the
cotton-spinning industry. In addition
the Congress emphatically protested
against the exchange Of compensa alton
to undomiciled European OF Eurasian
employees and banks. The next Con-
grcss will moot at Madras.