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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21
Romance in a Watermelon.

John b. Dnnnon, q we'll known iron
worker living on Gibson street,
Youngstown, Ohio, has had roman
tic experience which has been based
on the receiving Of watermelon.
Some timo ago he purchased melon
it grocery store and on it he found
inscribed the name of Agnes Hillman,
Benevolence, Ga. Mr. Bannon wrote
to the lady, saying he had come into
possession of the melon bearing her
name. She answered, and a CORES.
pondencc ensued, which is still being
continued. Miss Hillman attends
college at Benevolence, but lives in
the southern part of the state, where
her father owns large plantation.
from which the melon came. She is
of rather small stature, with brown
eyes and golden hair. Mr.. Bannon
is thinking of taking trip to the At
lanta exposition, and says while there
he will wed the Southern girl. Chi.
cago Record.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21
Harvest Song.

No. ne summer days are over,
An the rees haf 10 left the clover,
aud the wheat is in its bin,
rhankfulness may well begin;
Fe, The summer, fair and pleasant,
Foy ths good gifts of the present
Time, and happiness therein.
Where the lake SO still and deep Is,
See. the lustrous water-lilies
still give forth their creamy glow,
There the rowers briskly row;
Others stroll along the shore,
For the summer tail is o'cr,
And this day no work they know.
To the orchard two are tending,
Where the apple boughs are bending
With their yellow fruit and red;
In great piles are heaped and spread
Apples mountainous and fair
ALI their fragrance fills the air
But the apple-blooms have fed.
All ] sec tho pretty maid,
In the apple-tree's deep shade,
Pick the gentian fair and blue;
But ier lover, near it, knew
He should have tho pretty flower;
And at length a fairy dover
He shall have the maiden too!
Joel Benton.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21
A Thrilling Moment.

A French archaeologist travelling
among the Andes in search Of knowl-
edge and specimcnt had great de-
sire to explore some caves in the side
of the precipices. They were doubt
less ancient tombs and would prob
ably yield him q treasure. He selected
favorite spot, therefore, rugged a
sort of chair or seat between two
leather cords and engaged two Indians
to let him down from the brow Of the
precipice. ga descent of 300 feet
made in this way" he tolls us, sis ex.
traordinarily long,"
However, he reached the cave in
safety and ON forcing passage into
it was rewarded by finding two skulls
and mummy, "thoroughly dry" he
says, "and pretty solid" He passed
a string through the eye-holes OF the
skull and attached them to his belt.
Then he took the mummy in his arms
and signaled to tho Indians to draw
him up. With his heels he defended
himself against the jutting rocks and
in n few minutes was almost on an
even with the top. The Indians knew
nothing about his load. just then
the yellow skull of one of their ances-.
tors appeared before their eyes, and
the idiots gave start OF surprise.
The Frenchman thought they must
have let go the cord.
'It was the affair of second" he
writes. "What passes in the brain of
a man at such an instant is indescrib-
able. l did not drop u yard, but /
experienced all the horror OF man
rapidly falling through space. My
hands let go the mummy, and while,
covered with cold sweat, was
helped over the edge of the cliff by
the Indians, the mummy bounded
from rock to rock and landed in bits
at tho bottom of the chasm."
He overwhelmed the Indians with
invective, but to no purpose. Such
dead men they assured him, if dis
turbod in their sepulcher, had the
habit of kissing the Indians, who per.
ished infallibly under their deadly
breath. One of the two declared that
his own father had died that way.
The other assured the Frenchman
that at the moment when the head of
the mummy showed above the edge of
the rocks it opened its mouth. II it
had not luckily fallen into the abyss,
it would have cursed them forever. =
Pittsburg Dispatch
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Fair Filtration.

Fair play Filtration.
The true reformer is never out ofa
job.
Faint heart is often won by fair
lady.
Folly is simply pleasure which
hurts.
Theory makes laws for necessity to
break.
A fault acknowledged is fault re-
paired.
You can't be happy if you expect
too much.
Fate means anything which gets the
best of u.s.
Charity is something everybody else
should have.
Happiness is something which can
not be earned.
The ideal husband seldom outlasts
the honeymoon.
A woman always expects to patch
an injury with smile.
People who wish to do good don't
stop to make resolutions about 1t.
The husband who is proud Of his
wife should occasionally tell her go.
Time is turned backward in its
flight every time woman tells her
age.
No woman is so pretty that she
doesn't like to be told OF it occasion
ally.
Don't argue with fool; it sounds
queer to to hear man talking to HIM
self.
Sometimes tbs better to have loved
and lost than ever to have loved and
won.
To some men the best wife is the
one that will put up with the most i'll
treatment. M t
One-h the world doesn't know
how the other half lives, and nine
tenths do not care. New York
Press. sr-a.-r-sss rs~-ss-t9fs s='si rs
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21

to the paintings on the walls. 1t was
well the conspirators were no> there
to hear them. 1t might have given
them shock,
Given the pianny's gone" said
Mandy, wringing her hands, "the
dear old pianny where Ann Maria
learned to play Hang up the Baby's
Stocking afore she was 10 years old |!
/ couldn't have believed it; and my
hit-an' miss carpet that l made with
my own hands-and the red table,
cloth, the cheerfullest thing You
could see it for mile when the door
was open and we was lighted up; and
my picters of the children taken every
year of their lives-its worse than
robbery. don't doubt they meant
well, but it's broke my heart !"
81 near broke my back tryin' to set
in one of them new tangled cheers" :"
said the old man, spurning the smart
chair with his foot, II do wonder,
Mandy, if they left us anythin' to set
on?"
They've left the clock" said
Mandy, I'm thankful for that! /
declare, father, it seems like an old
friend" and holding fathers hand she
stood long before the venerable time
piece, regarding it with loving eyes.
1t was near daylight when the two
old people had seen the last of their
new possessions, and arranged them
to their entire satisfaction. The fancy
candle had burned down to O mound
of green and yellow wax, and been
replaced by straight, uucompromis-
ing tallow home made, that shed a
serene light on two old faces that
looked very tired, but wore q con-
scious expression ofpoace and triumph.
And even in their dreams they
smiled.
'To think of it'll" said Ann Maria,
when she tells the story; "after all
our planning and contriving, when we
went over the next day to sec how
they wore enjoying their new sur
roundings, they had put back every
article of the old stuff we moved, rag
carpet, photographs and all, and
packed the new things up in the attic !!
They wouldn't have new chair nor o
table-cloth, nor anything. Said the
things weren't comfortable Talk
about the Ephraim being joined to
idols father and mother could give
impointers out of their experience,
and she sighed over the degeneracy OF
age. Detroit Free Press.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21
The Brave Little Peccary.

OF the few American quadrupeds
for which an intelligent hunter enter
tains certain amount OF respect the
Collared Peccary is one. Although he
is only little fat-sided, high-shoul-
dered hog, wild and uneducated, yet he
Is plucky fighter when nngry-and
like a true child of the Wild West, he
gets mad quite easily. 1t always an
noys him very much that any one
should dare to go a-gunning for him,
and Mr.. A. 3. Baker Of the Washing
ton "Zoo" points to long slit in the
side of his leather leggings as an il
lustration OF what Texas Peccary eau
do when he is very angry.
This species has very wide range,
being found from the Red River OF
Arkansas as far south as Patagonia.
In Texas it is no longer abundant save
in the low jungly bottom lands along
tho Rio Grande. 1t does not go in
great droves like the White Tipped
Peccary, and it Is seldom that more
than oight or ten individuals are seen
together. The time was when they
were much more ready to fight than
they are now but like all other dan
gerous animals, they have learned to
fear men and their deadly firearms. -
st, Nicholas.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21

1t seems strange that the pirates
who infest the Gulf of St Lawrence
cannot be routed by the Canadian
Government. They have for long
time followed the business of looting
vessels that have been cast ashore, and
many complaints have been made by
ship owners who have sustained losses
through their operations. Rochester
Union and Advertiser.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21

Miss Lilly nestlos familiarity on the
lap of young gentleman who has
been paying his addresses to her big
sister all through the springtime OF
this year.
"Tell me, sir, are you we'll OFF,"
eyes, my little pet
"You are very well OFF,"
"Why, what difference can it make
TO you whether / am rich or not?"
"You sec, my sister said yesterday
that she would give five dollars to
know if you were we'll of, and should
like to earn the money.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21

1t is matter of wonder how rich
ness of soil and moisture can be suf-
fcient to warrant such profusion of
vegetable life so crowded together as
is this. But this is the region where
one hundred and thirty inches of rain
fall is the annual supply, and if the
rich, black loan has any limit, neither
planter nor even deepest tree-root
seem to have found it out Tamarinds,
Jack fruit, bread fruit, mangoes Of q
score of qualities and favorlngs,
mighty cocoanuts, nutmegs, "pimen-
to" or allspice, oranges, lemons,
lines and shaddocks of the citrus
tribe, pine apples, guavas, jimblins,
cacao or chocolate berry, genips, pin
dars, yams of several sorts, cassava or
maudioc, sugar cane, bananas, plain
tains, coffee, arrowroot, ginger-the
we'll known "Jamaica Ginger" OF our
boyhood days-peppers of many
kinds; these and many other cultiva-
tions, useful there and valuable for
export may all be seen along seven
miles, For hereabouts is undoubtedly,
in the truest sense, the garden spot of
the island, though it is still much be-
hind some other parts in general
thrift and improvement. Outing.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21

SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Borings in Hart County, Kentucky.
have struck natural gas at depth of
about 200 feet.
A locomotive consumes on an aver
age forty-fve gallons of water for
every mile that it runs.
A French railroad company has or.
dered clocks to be placed on the out
side of every locomotive.
Special closed trolley cars, elabor-
ately illuminated, are now built for
the use of theatre parties.
"Brash" wood is porous, of red
dish color, very friable and regarded
as sign of age and decay.
M. Jansen, the French scientist,
claims to have detected water in the
atmosphere of Mars by means of the
spectroscope.
Army officials are now experiment.
ing with condensed soup. Consen-
trated hash and coffee lozenges are
already manufactured.
An Iowa man has invented substi-
tue for the pedals OF bicycle, which
is said to increase vaftly the power
and speed of the machine.
They say that DR.. HANSON, one OF
Professor Behring's assistants, has
discovered u cholera serum, which
works successfully on animals
Most European nations average for
the adult male five feet six inches;
but the Austrians, Spaniards and
Portuguese just fall short of this
standard.
A complete skeleton of q moa or
dinornis, the gigantic, ostrich-like,
extinct bird of New Zealand and tho
Connecticut sandstone, has just been
discovered in New Zealand cave.
Experiments were made in Austria
tho other day to test tho danger of
balloons being injured by bullets in
war. A balloon anchored 4, 225 feet in
the air was fred at and hit nine times
without being injured.
Linen can be marked by electricity.
The fabric is dampened with water
containing common salt in solution,
and a current is passed for about two
seconds from silver die, carrying
silver into the fabric wherever the die
touches.
A method has been invented by q
Hungarian for spinning ordinary wood
pulp, cellulose, rag cotton, and every
short fibrous material into yarn, from
which all sorts of textile tissue can be
made in the ordinary way, equaling
in appearance, durability, and fastness
of color the best cotton goods. The
fibre, whether paper pulp or textile
refuse, can be dyed before being spun
into yarn.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21
A New Acquaintance.

Mother don't like the looks Of
that boy who has just moved in next
door.
Small Son-Nuther do l. He's
awful wiry, and I'm afraid when it
comes to gettin' acquainted I'll be the
one to get licked. New York
Weekly.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21
Undisnaycd.

Cholley-Thought you were going
to marry Miss Kostique?
Gussie-Going to awsk her tonight,
NY chawnces are about oven.
"How SO, deah boys?"
"She must say either yes or mo-
Philadelphia Record.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21
A CRUEL KINDNESS.
BY MRS. NJ. L. RAYNE.

| The town had grown up to them and
kmost crowded itself into their front
boor, but they still lived on in the
ame old fashioned methods of the
bast half-century, clinging to the
khairs and tables they had when they
Eere married, even retaining the little
queaky, piano that had been Ann
1laria's before she married q rich for
$gnor and changed to Anita Marie.
The cradle sho was rocked in when a
baby, manufactured out of barrel by
Ter adorlng father, and covered skill
billy with rose colorcd chintz, had
been sent up to the attic, for it Of
ended her fine sense of esthetics when
he came homo to visit. The rag car
bet in the living room was the work
i leisure hours and had been in SER
ice twenty odd years, and the old
ban himself used to say lovingly,
Fhile he regarded it with admiring
|yes: you'll never make another
hrpet like that, mother ~ 1t was
Ike the last painting of great artist
phim.
And now the old people had taken
outing that was to last q whole
|eek, the result of o conspiracy in
|hich Ann Maria was chief mover,
ided and abetted by her sisters who
ere married and settled in the same
bwn, and whom she was then visit
pg.
While the old couple were gone
be conspirators possessed themselves
the key of the homestead, entered
stealthily and began what they con-
dered work of reform, which was
50 expected to be delightful sur
Flse to those interested.
well get that dreary old piano
ut Of the way first" said its former
wner, who had one now that cost a
pousand dollars, land the old rag
rpet; it gives me chill to see it; and
those dreadful framed photographs
nd chromos-I have few oil paint
gs that l brought down with me on
urpose to replace them; and that
y gtablecloth-Sophie, do you re-
ember when we used to learn our
SONS on that flaming thing? 1t
oks as awfully red as ever, doesn't
2"
Yes" answered Sophie, with
stinct sigh II wonder if we are rs
Pppy now as we were then, or if our
nditions depend SO much on sur
undings- fine furniture, for in
encep"
'Pshaw" said Ann Maria, with en-
lasis. 1--WE must move with the
prid or be run over. Here, take
ose old peacock feathers and stow
I'm away somewhere. suppose it
'u.Ii TT do to burn them? I once
ought the eyes in those feathers
tched everything I did. Well
I've grandfather clock because it's
hume and fad now in the best
clety, and the older it IS the bet
-
20 they tore up and tore down, and
. few hours really modern air
fyaded every nook and corner. A
pity new carpet, not too guy, but
% pleasing assortment of colors,
\ the place of the despised rag car
New chairs, a handsome rug,
Upholstered easy chair for "father"
u modern rocker for "mother,
lanted the long used furniture of
ast. and the faded old photo
were removed to make room
mart paintings in consistent
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21

1t is reported that warship of an
entirely new type is about to be laid
down by the British Admiralty,
Electricity is to be the motive power
and speed Of no less than thirty
knots is to be developed.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21
A Smart Youth.

She (coldly)-I hardly know hoS
to receive your proposal. You know
am worth million, of course.
He (diplomatically)- Yes-worth a
million other girls.
She (rapturously) = o! Jack i
Truth.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21

The industry Of whale-fishing still
survives in Iceland. One whaling
station has already captured seventy
whales this season.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21
Truth.

The jury. that tried Inspector Nc
Laughliu of New York City ran up a
bin OF S70S for carriage hire, taking
the air between times,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21

Three horses abreast is vagary OF
fashionable driving in Paris.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-18
IT IS ALL FOR CHARITY.
The Programme of the Olympic Clubs
Benefit for the Ohildren's
Hospital Fund.
Field and Track Events Which Will
Prove Highly .Interesting-Large
Crowd Expected.

With earnestness and zeal the members
of the Olympic Club have taken hold OF
their field day for the benefit of the Chill
dren's Hospital fund, and are straining
every nerve to have large crowd present
when the gates of the club grounds, south
of Golden Gate Park, open for the admit
lance of the spectators on Washington s
birthday.
The committee in charge of the benefit
have secured the ranks of the members
for entries for the club events, while the
best talent of other clubs has been secured
for the open numbers.
The bicycle races are expected to prove
the most exciting events of the day, and a
number of the crack riders of the coast
will compete in the three-mile open.
Strong efforts are being made to get Otto
Ziegler, the San Jose champion, to enter
for his appearance would be sure to draw a
big gate.
The track events, consisting of 100, 900
44O and 1000 yard handicap runs, are sure
to be interesting, as some of the best men
In the club have entered. The field events
on the programme will consist of throwing
the 16-pound weight, running broad lump.
running high jump and pole vaulting.
Both track and field at the grounds have
been thoroughly overhauled and placed in
condition, and with favorable weather a
handsome sum is sure to be melted for a
deserving charity.
The entries will close on Thursday even.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-18
EMMETS WE'RE VICTORIOUS.
They Give the Parnells the Worst
Defeat That Club Ever Met
at Gaelic Football.
The Men in Green and Red STRINGS
Played Well, but Were Very
UnIucky at Times.

The two crack teams of the Gaelic Foot
ball Association met at Central Park YES
terday. The game resulted in very bad
defeat for the Parnells, the Emmets scor-
ing Il points to their opponents nothing.
1t was disheartening defeat to the Par
nelis, as they have previously played about
an even game with the Emmets. Nearly
every time the two teams have met during
the past three years the score has been
about even, with victories alternating. No
such score as y to has ever before been
made by either team while contesting with
the other.
The Parnells had an excuse for their de-
feat IN the fact that three of their best
players were not able to participate in the
game. Even with this handicap they made
much better showing than the score
would indicate. They came within an ace
of making goals dozen times, but were
beaten back by luck as well as by good
playing on the part of the Emmets
The players of both teams are remark
ably active men, especially when the size
OF some of them is taken into considera-
ton. The game was marked by good
deal of fouling on the part of the EmmetS
who therefore suffered the usual penalty.
At O'Clock the two teams lined up as
fo1iowc
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-18

this as self-protection, for what would
San francisco be in ten or fifteen years
from now if we went along in the old rut
1t can only be contemplated, as vacant
stores and houses, population decreasing
or at standstill, merchants failing and
real estate depreciating until it would be
most difficult to sell land.
"But this is now all changed. San Fran
cisco has to-day the brightest prospects
probably of any city in the United States.
The people of San Francisco should give
their heartfelt thanks to Claus Spreckels
for his noble work San Francisco needed
standard bearer, and found in that grand
old man the brains, the capital and influ-
ence,. and OF all other men California s
benefactor.
81 think if the new charter is adopted
by the people, l believe that with it's many
virtues it will very materially help city real
estate. 1t is charter for the people in
every sense of the word.
who would not be pleased to exchange
their Eastern homes of extreme summer
heat and winter cold for our glorious COM
monwealth? But Eastern people being
aware of our condition, hampered by ex-
cessive railroad charges, were deferred
from coming here. 1t seems to me we are
now getting some of the enterprise from
our Chicago neighbors. We had very
long sleep and are just awakening.
81 think that now capital will invest
heavily in San Francisco and in the State
generally. For while capital is attracted
by enterprise it is driven away by indiffer-
ence. believe there are just as great for
tunes to be made here now as there were
in 1S49. All that is necessary is to buy real
estate judiciously and hold it for a reason
able time. I feel sure that the natural
growth of the city will cause as great an
appreciation of prices as has already been
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-18

property in city and country. Confidence
has returned to stay. 1t is gratifying
change. This month we have done a
splendid business, better than for the four
months previously, and am firmly con-
WINGED, all by reason of this prospective
San Joaquin Valley Railroad.
1.-The future looks very bright indeed
People have regained confidence. San Fran
ciscans who were focking to Los Angeles
to invest, expecting it was going to be the
future metropolis, owing to reports that an
other railroad was to be built in there
have come to their senses. Many Eastern
millionaires went there and erected stately
business structures. In a measure don't
blame many people who did go to Los An
geles, because it seemed that San Fran
cisco did not have pluck enough to help
herself. Everybody wants to be with a
town that is going ahead. Many of our
merchants established branch houses at
Los Angeles, and Pm satisfied now that if
this railroad agitation had assumed its
present proportions several years ago there
would have been no necessity for going out
of town with branch establishments.
Il think great many merchants did
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-18

room in the Mozart house on Ellis street,
near Jones, where the steerer said friend
was who would give him the pass. When
the men entered the room Roberts and
Conlin were playing poker.
Stone was induced to enter the game and
soon picked up an ace full. He had no
money with him, but he agreed to the pro-
posal to seal the hands in an envelope and
leave them with the players while he went
to the Aston House, at $40 Pacific street,
for his money. When the envelopes were
opened Stones opponent was found to
have four deuces. Stone was afterward
told by acquaintance to notify the police.
Officers T. J. Coleman and G. H. Graham
were put upon the case. Stone went to the
Mozart House with the officers. Roberts
was found there and was arrested. The
policemen found Harry Walters, king
of bunko men, in the house and arrested
him also, though he had taken no part in
the robbery. He was charged with
vagrancy.
Officer Coleman found Conlin later in the
day and arrested him. He and Roberts
were identified by Stone, and were charged
with petty larceny and vagrancy.