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The free press., 1894-09-20
Education.
THE GEORGIA-ALA.
RUSINESS COLLEGE,

BU OlNLOO OOh0EOC,
Macon. GA, conceded 10 be the
iaroest and most practical IN the
sonth is giving Business, Short.
hand. Normal, Telegraph or Pen.
Art course for s25 90 and board at
5000. Also giving to one worldly
how or girl IN each county full
course FREE.
Write at once enclosing stamps
for particulars.
Capt. Dill, of Lacey, was in town
Friday night.
G. W. Ellis spent Friday and
Saturday in New Orleans.
It is an occurrence worthy of re-
mark when "a hours passes without
rain.
Pine Tree Lodge K. of P. now
meets on the 1st and 3rd Saturday
nights in each month.
Dick Johnson is building a cozy
cottage on the southeast side of
the railroad. opposite VIM. NJ. Aus
ainAe
Elisha Howard tnade Sunday
visit to Pearl RIVER and Nicholson.
Mr.. Howard has our thanks for an
acceptable remem brance.
W. C. Anderson is building a
side addition to his storehouse to
be occupied by Elisha Howard as
abarber and jewelry shop.
A Life Scholarship in the Geor-
;gia.Alsbsma Business College, of
Macon, Ca, can be had on reasons
able terms by Supplying at this Office.
Mrs. Sue j. Land arrived Sunday
morning on visit to her brother,
Col. K. II. Reeves. Mrs. Land was
enToute to her home at Mississip.
pi City from sojourn in North
Carolina.
W. W. Gentry, station agent at
Nicholson, was welcomed Sunday
visitor to Poplarvile relatives and
friend.. Mr.. Gentry's advent inva-
riably brings a "smile' to Old
Youths care.worn countenance.
W. G. Anderson, superintendent
of education, will examine teachers
at Poplarville on the following
dates: White teachers-Sept. 21
and %, and Oct. 10 and 20; colored
teachers-Sept. % and 20, and Oct.
,& and q.
William Royce "Uncle Billie'')
Is building a neat cottage on his
lot adjoining the residence OF
Sheriff Batson. The girls are won~
-dering if this step is an indication
OF matrimonial Intentions on the
part Of their friend, "Uncle Billie
4 Bill Smith, alias Joe Jackson.
colored, was arrested on the Cham
p'on Lumber Oompsny's log-road,
few nights since, by Sheriff Bat.
son. The negro is charged with
stealing a COW, and was wanted in
hattlesburg, to which point he was
taken BY the sheriff.
1t requires cash to run a print
ing ofice-cash for the purchase OF
s!o"ach fuel to keep steam up to
'ne proper physical and mental
working degree. Have no fears
soout plling on the financial fuel
we give q gilt-edge guarantee
'nat there will be no explosion.
SUMNER COLDs-Under the
aeading OF which belong Hay Cat
arh, Rose Catarrh, Hay Asthma,
nuu day Fever, are positively cured
~ humphreys Specific "77." For
rs,e ~ oy all druggists, or sent pre-
PAU upon receipt of price, 25 cts.
Woaress Wss Humphreys Company.
New York.
A. N. Bailey, a we'll known citi.
VIE w,s VI Eugene, Oregon, says his
w,,s .e mas for years been troubled
m su chronic diarrhea and used
III ;1"uy remedies with little relief uns
Tho ~ sue tried Chamberlain's Collie
wh;"e H,efa and diarrhea Remedy,
C,mn n'cn mas cured her sound and we'll.
nr; Me u a trial and you will be sur
The free press., 1894-09-20
TO HORSE OWNERS.

For putting horse in fine healthy con-
dition try Dr. Cady's Condition Powders.
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving
new life to an old or over worked horse. 25'
cents per package. For sale by druggists
Poplarviile Drug Company.
The free press., 1894-09-20

ohamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment
Is certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes,
Granulated Eye Lids, Sore Nipples, Piles
Eczema, letter, Salt Rheum and Scald Head,
25 cents per box. For sale by druggists.
The free press., 1894-09-20

W.
MR.. AND MRS. s. ROBERTSON
request your presence
AZ too marriage Of their daughter
MAMIE,
to
GEO. w. ELLIS.
at their residence, 29th St. and Ave. n.
Thursday evening, September 9th
at $3.50 P. NJ.
Birmingham, Ala.
1894.
The above interested parties are
numbered among our most.bichlv
priced friends, and it is with more
than ordinary feelings of earnest.
ness that we take the advanced
liberty and privilege of wishing this
handsome and popular young couple
oil the earthly happiness that heaven
can bestow.
Col. j. D. Ryan, of Ellisville, has
embarked in the commission busi-
hess In New Orleans, for the sale
of western and country produce.
The colonel, however, will not con-
fine himself exclusively to dealing
10 produce, but Will buy or sell for
you anything from a shit to ship
"a toothplck to ten-story build
ing. Col. Ryan is one of the best
known men in Southeast Mississlp-
pl, and his place of business at
312-314 Tchonpitoulas street, will
no doubt become the favorite head-
quarters of a host of city visitors.
We wish Col. Ryan unbounded
success in his new venture.
Some cooks are at loss what to
serve with different meats as a rel-
ish. The following table of condi~
ments would be to "kiug's taste:''
"Wlth roast beef, grated horse,
radish; roast mutton, currant jelly
roast pork, apple sauce; boiled
chicken, bread sauce; roast lamb,
mint sauce; roast turkey, oyster
sauce; venison or wild duck, black
currant jelly: brolled fresh macker-
ell, sauce of stewed gooseberries;
boiled bluefsh, hite cream sauce ;
broiled shad, boiled rice and salad;
compote of pigeons, mushroom
sauce; fresh salmon, green peas
with cream sauce; roast goose,
apple sauce"
A. W. Reed and family lett last
Friday for New Orleans, where
they will ia future reside. MIR.
Reed has been in the employ of
the Poplsryille Lumber Company
for the past three years, occupy
ing the position of engineer to the
entire satisfaction of his employ ers
and feilow.workmen. Mr.. Reed
has always been noted for prompt,
ness, efficiency and sobrety, and
his departure is sincerely regretted
The best wishes of our community
follow Mr.. Reed and family to their
new home.
A small frame house O short dig
tance north of the section houses,
on tho east side of the railroad,
burned about o'clock Wednesday
night of last week, The house was
occupied by Walter Woulard. Wal
ter says the mosquitoes were troub'
lesome, and when he woke up fight.
ing the pests he found the room in
flames. Ae supposes the lamp,
which he had not extlnguished,
caused the fire. The house was
owned by Col. j. F. Cooke, was not
Of much value and was uninsured.
All that remained of George W
Bilbo returned from Hattlesburg
Saturday morning. The four de"
grees of the Hattiesburg chapter
were conferred on George Friday,
the ceremonies lasting from 2 p. m.
until II p. m. George looked some
what fatIgued, but was delighted
with his experience and will no
doubt continue his travels in search
of that which all good Masons so
ardently desire to obtain.
The merchants in every town in
the state, where there is news
paper, advertise-Poplarville ex'
cepted.
/ tHLo.. Nob,;o1 foofc hic firm mnpf
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-02-16

Scientific jour nails in England speak
appovingly of a new method of manu-
featuring caustic soda, chlorine and
other chemical products directly from
sea water with the aid of electricity.
There is an immense saving of time,
labor and material In the process 1t is
readily seen that man gets a fresh
grasp on the boarded treasures of
nature through such discovery. Per-
haps the most interesting suggestion
made in connection with this new
method of manufacturing chemicals is
that of Science Gossip to the effect that
electricity may yet enable us so to purify
sea water as to fit it for drinking pur-
poses One of the greatest terrors that
confront the shipwrecked would be
banished by such discovery. provided
that the electrical apparatus could be
made portable enough to be taken OF
in a boat
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-02-16
swiss Matchmaker.

Watches were made in Geneva ~
early as 1900, and now that watchmak.
ing has become q national industry In
Switzerland schools for the perfection
Of this profession have been established
there. The principal one of these is
L'Ecole Municipalc d'Horloeeris ein
Geneva A boy enters this school at the
age Of fourteen and works ten hours
for eleven months Seven hours out
of every week, however, are given to
various studies- The second class re-
quirss a stay Of Eve or six mon tbs;
the third six or seven months; the
fourth six months; the flfth-when the
work is growing very complicated
eight months; the sixth thirteen
months and the seventh and last class
about one year, making about Ave years
in all. At the end of the five years each
boy has made twelve watches, which
are his own property.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-02-16
a BIG CLAM MINE.
Thousands OF the Divalves Stored ut the
Mouth OF ABE aware Bav.

A clam mine. full of live clans, and
If great breadth and depth. HIS been
discovered at the mouth of the Della
ware bay. off the Fishing creek shore.
This hiss proved a valuable 6nl. ana
recently about one hundred boats. con-
tanning IRON three to five men each.
were at work on the mine. saws the
Trenton Free American. The product
OF the great bed is shipped daily &c
Chicago, a Spectator OF that city
agreeing to take the entire output Oi
the rhine at about thirty cents per hun
drcd delivered at Eennetts station. on
the West JERSEY railroad. There has
recently been a corner in the clam
market. nnd choice articles have been
sold at as high as ono dollar per hun
drcd TO restaurant keepers.
The pocket of clans covers wide
area Just beyond the low-water mark,
and. consequently. all who wish tc
NAV dredge without fear or favor. 1t
was discovered some da.> ago by vii.
liam Harper, OF Green Creek. who
found dozens of prime clans imbedded
deeply in small cake of ice washed
ashore close by Highland and Airing
ton beaches. Mar,:ing the spot care
fully he waited until the ice was en-
tirely out of the bay, and then taking
a boat he patrolled the bayside from
end to end until he located the mine.
For a day or so his liberal fin Is at
tracted no attention, but one by one
the idle fishermen and farmers rowej
out TO the mine and helped themselves.
The find being located beyond the low
water mar; the mine is public proper
ty. and is being worsiel for all it will
bear.
The other day over fifty thousand
clans started on their journey ives
from Bennctt's station. TIE bags
were piled so high as 70 almost hide tho
station house.
Every now ard then a discovery
something like this Is na7r, but the
present mine cZccc-s any precious FIND
known on the Allan &c coast. About
three years are required for clans t.
grow properly and attain marketable
size and flavor. This bed l. said by ex
perts to be about three years old.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-02-16
MILK CARTS m FRANCE.
They Arc Always Drawn BY Dogs ana
wsnaAa.

They Arc Always Drawn by Dogs and
wsosea.
No matter how zach an American
has heard of foreign milk carts drawn
by dogs and often by dogs and wemen,
ID always seems odd to see such .
strange team, says Harper's Young
People. Tho dogs have pretty harness-
es, and draw bright ogrcen carts, but
they look really unhappy. IA If they
had no pleasure in their work. They
trot along with their tongues out Of
their mouths, and when they meet an
other dog they cannot even stop to
bow to him. An American child would
say: Poor doggie!" 1t In said that
some countries have made laws prohib-
iting dogs from working as mnk-car-
riers, and In q few years dog millmen
may be a sight OF the past. 1t Is queer
that there are 40 many kinds of milk
cans in the world. In America milk Ia
carried in glasS bottles and In small
round tin cans. la England a pretty
tin milk-pan is used. furnished with .
brass handle and a wide brass hinge TO
the cover. The handsonest milk-cans
in the world are the great brass cans
which are seen in the little European
milk carts. They glitter like gold. and
the froth of the white milk makes pearl
rims upon the well-flled cans II is nc
wonder that American artists take
these cans horne To SHINE in dark cor
ners of their studios.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-02-16
THE CoLORS OF euoYs.
Each One Dean Message to ths Passing
koiiay.

Each Ono Dsars . Message to the Passing
kaiisT.
When ye~ enter any harbor in the
world where tho channel is marked by
buoys you will find that those on your
right, n you pcss in. arc painted red,
and those on your left black. IL you
should 500 one painted in rcd and
black horizontal bands the ship should
run a. close to 1t "a possible, because
that indicates tho cca;rr of q narTUw
channel.
Bnoys with red aud black vertical
stripes always mark the end of spits
and the outer and inner ends of OK
tcnsive reefs where there il y cha mel
on each side. Wh-a red snd tlacl:
checkers are painted on . buoy 1t
marks either rook in the open SOC or
an obstruction in tho harbor of small
extent, with channel all around.
II there ere two such distractions
and channel betw sen them TIE buoy
on the right of yon will have red and
white checkers and the one on your
left will have black and whito checkers.
wh~a a wreck ebstr,icts tie channel
a green buoy will DO placed ON The sea
side of the WRECK, with the word
'wreck" plainly psintea ON it ia white
letters, provided there lisa clear chan.
mel all around it; othsrw ise. an eve1
number will be rsiatOd in white above
the word wreck" when the buoy ~
on tho right side of The chan acl and IN
odd number if the buoy is On tao left.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-02-16
BORING IN THE SEA FOR OIL.
American Drl,lors at Work for the Aika-
dos GoYernmeut-

oO'S Government
The Japanese government has had in
its employ for ovrr year past two OK
pert oil drillers tTom the Pennsylvania
oil region. who are experimenting Dor
ing for oil in the waters of the Japan
sea, one hundred and fifty yards from
shore. just outside Idzmozal =. a city
about thirteen THOUSAND popu-
iatlon on the northwestern coast
of Japan and about ffty-fve miles
southwest of Niigata. They have
met with success. This venture Is re-
garded by the Pittsburgh Dispatch az
promising some important develop
ments. especially as, instead of that
government importing the refined oil
from this country In the quantity they
have been doing, they have now erect
ed four or five rehneries. With these
they are refining their own oil, tho
producing of which is yet largely mad
equate to their demand. and also be-
ginning to refine the crude which they
import from the United States and
Russia. The most of the refined oil
which they import from this country
comes from Philadelphia. Their native
oil is similar to the Pennsylvania Oil,
but a little darker and of torty-three
cavity. The present price Of oil there
is from three dollars and twenty-five
cents to three dollars and twenty-ntnc
cents barrel, or in their native our
rency from four yam and ninety sen to
five van. A van varies with the price
of gold, but these drillers said it was
worth sixty-fve and three-fourths
cents in gold when they left.
At Idzmozalxi, which is noted as .
fishing town, the available shore line
is very narrow, it being occupied by
the city. Immediately back Of which
the mountains" about two hundred
and City feet high, rise. The wells
are crowding out into the waters OF
the sea, much as they have been doing
at St. Mary's reservoir in :he north
western part of Ohio. ABOUT four
hundred and fifty feet out the water is
only some three and one-half feet
deep. They usually put down a
cribbing of logs or timber, which they
fill in with earth and thus obtain the
necessary though somewhat limited
space upon which they can proceed
with their operstions and boring.
They run out to the derrick from
shore narrow walk upon which tho
natives carry to land on their backs
the oil. few gallons at time. La
Dor is very cheap there, and natives
work for seven yam month and
find" or board them..lves. yam be
ing, as before stated, about sixty
cents They are not organized. have
no such thing, as labor unions, snf
strikes are unknown. They have M
-. time for a days work. which il
practically during daylight, frequent
ly beginnirr work at the wells at foul
o'clock in ne morning.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-02-16
AN ANCIENT CHURCH.
n Wa Erected In tho Days OF George
Washing ton.

q Wa Erected In tho Days Of George
Washington.
There still stands in Fairfax county,
Va, a church for which George Wash
ington drew the plans. The rector has
recently written this description of the
old building:
Tho Pohick church, for which
Georre Washington drew plans, IL still
standing firmly on its foundstions.
The solid walls, eighteen inches thick.
are so we'll constructed that they will
defy for many generations, we trust
tho inroads of time. The exterior OF
the church presents the same appear
ance IL did when Washington drove up
to It regularly on Sundays in his ia
nous coach. The interior suffered Sc
verely during the late war. All the
woodwork; was destroyed except the
eornioe, which Is the only interior work
stiil eristiil- from YasIington's time.
The roof w. left q ruinous condi-
ton after the war. but the old timbers
ore still there, well protected by COW
orinC of COOL shingles. About eighteen
wears ago the chVrth was put In good
rspsir. though not restored to its
o-igirsl interior appearance, through
the k!uIpeas Of a gentleman then liv-
i. in New Yorl, city. Mach needs to
- done to restore the ehErch TO its
former antique i2terior. but it Is com
forta ole snd properly cared for"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-02-16

The late Lord Shcr5roo.le was an
albino, and to this defect in his eye.
sight painful scene in the house OF
commons was due Just before he be-
came a peer. lie W.; fpca,ier of IN
usual bri,liarce an power and came
into the house pr, Jared TO make a
slashing onslaught on the ministry.
His introductory rer' arl:s cave promise
Of a notable speech. bat h. had hardly
opened fire on the ministry before he
was reduced to utter hclplcssness by
the discovery that there was some con-
fusion in his notes, which owing to his
weak sigh: he could not rectify. "A
colleague attempted to assist him, out
the orator was so ulrervcd and moEi-
fed By this accident that he complete
" lost himself. The other members of
the house were profoundly touched by
the painful breakdown. The death of
Lord Sherbroo,le leaves but five living
ex-chanccllors of the cxchequer-Mr.
Childers, Sir Michael Uicks-Seach. Sir
William Vernon Harcourt. Lord Ran
dolph Churchill and Mr.. GladGtone,
who has four times hell that high Of
Zee. TIE present incumbent is Mr..
GoS-hcTto
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-02-16
Cremation In Olden Times.

The Smithsonian institution has
printed paper by DR.. j. +. Snyder de-
scribing an urn containing incinerated
human bones which was dug out of an
ancient mound in Georgia. The urn,
or vase. is nearly conical, eleven and q
half inches high. and was covered by
an inverted bell-shaped vessel fifteen
and three-fourths inches in height.
The ashes nearly half filled the vase,
and mingled with them were calcined
human teeth and fragments of bones.
Lying on the surface of these remains
were quantity of wampum and sew
eral small pearls that had been pierced
for stringing.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-02-16

The common water pump of to-day In
but an Improvement on Grecian in
vention which first came into general
use during the reign of the Ptolemies,
Philadelphes and Energetes, 2S3 to 22l
b. C. The name, which is very similar
in all languages, is derived from the
Greek word ''pempo," to send or throw.
The most ancient description we have
of the water pump is by Hero of Alex
an6er. There is no authentic account
Of its general use outside of Egypt pre-
vious to it's introduction into the Ger
man provinces at about the opening of
the sixteenth century. Pumps with
plungers and pistons were invented by
Morland. an Englishman, in 1874: the
double acting pump by De la Hire. the
French academician, some twenty years
later
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-02-16
THE INDIANS SUGAR.
How II Was Extracted from the Trees In
Vermont.


Vermont.
Ever since the Indians in the section
now known as Fletcher discovered
honey" in the maple trees, that dis
trict has been known far and wide As
the heart of the Vermont maple sugar
country. The way the red man ex-
tracted tho delicious compound was
somewhat slow as compared with the
present process. He used to cut a
slanting cash in the bark and insert in
the lower end gauge-shaped piece of
wool, from which the sap ran and
dropped into a poplar or Eastwood
trough. At the end of the season these
troughs would DO set up against the
trees and left until the following sea-
son, by which time the trougbs would
be thoroughly mildewed. This ma
tcrially added 10 the flavor of the alb
original sugar. but can hardly be said
to have improved it. The evaporstOr
of those times consisted of an iron ket-
tie swung from a sapling bent over a
stump. BY slow and tedious process
the sap was first heated and then
boiled in this kettle. often taking two
or three days boiling before it could
be srgared off. This was the way in
which the redskins and the early YER
monitors elsed out a ''sweetnin'" to
their tee and johnny cake.
In the best Fletcher groves Of to-day
long pipe or trough line runs from
Home central spot in the grove down
to the big storage tanks in the sugar
house. Here the perfected evaporation,
when under full Roadway, will convert
the first sap into strip in half an hour,
consuming about one cord of wood to
produce hundred pounds of sugar.
There are in the town Of Fletcher, at a
moderate estimate, thirty thousand
trees, this being probably within the
real number.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-02-16
An oSi-,ng Diplomat.

That H. >-e are all sorts and condi.
tioas OF wonea in society was shown
Ia the case OF a visitor, who, while
spendi-g a portion of the season In
Washington, attended large official
reception at which the diplomatic
eorps wa. well represented. After
gazing raptly at the queer little wire
hat without which the Korean minis
tar never appears in public this lady
surprised Mr.. Ye By Request that he
remove his hcalgcar for her more min
utc inspec:ion. This novel demand
was at once complied with by the min
iater. who sravely stood by while the
curious one turlo! AM twisted the
wire hat over and over tn her supreme
satiaflction.