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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

Heavy rains and wind storms
prevailed throughout the North on
the Och. AT Brooklyn, N. Y, a
building was blown down, killing
two men and injuring others. a
dam broke at Morriston, n. j., and
20 people are missing and many
have persisted.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

Z An exchange says that splitting in |
public places and conveyances has
been declared an unsanitary and in.
tolerable nuisance IN New Yoyk. :
and subjects the offender t. ~ 10 10 +
ment. ,n - .
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30
OUR SEA POWER.
SHIPS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN
CASE OF WAR.
The Battleships, Cruisers, Gunboats
and Monitors Ready or to Be Re-
lied Upon-Thirteen Armored
vessels-Torpedo Boats.
TN these DAYS it is natural to take

TN these days it is natural to take
account once more of our availa'
able ships in order to see what we
z can rely upon in case of early
need. We must strike out, of course,
most OF the relics of our old wooden
navy. although some of these would be
Of service by reason of the batteries
they carry.
But, taking the new war vessels, we
find, to begin with, thirteen armored
ships of four different types that can
be counted on. Five of these are bat
tleships. The Indiana, Massachusetts
and Oregon are of 49, tons dis
placement, and the Indiana has shown
speed of over 154 knots. Their main
batteries consist of four 13-inch, eight
9-inch, and four 6-inch guns, with
twenty 6-pounders, six 1-pounders,
and four Gatlings in the secondary
battery. They carry Is inches sol
armor on the sides, and II and Is
inches on their heaviest barbettes and
turrets. and are unequaled, it is be-
lieved, in their combination of armor
and armament, by anything afoat.
The Indiana is ready for service to-
day, and her two sister ships are
nineteen-twentieths complete, so that
all three can be relied upon from this
time forth. Two other completed bat.
tleships are the Maine and the Texas,
the former of 66S2 and tho latter of
6315 tons. They were built for II
knots, and the Maine exceeded that
speed on her trial, although then she
was not carrying her normal weights.
The Texas carries two 12-inch and six
6-inch guns, and the Maine four TO-
inch and six 5-inch guns. The former
has "a and the latter 20 secondary
pieces. The Texas has IL inches OF
armor on her sides and turrets, and
the Maine also IL inches on her sides
and barbettes. Both are ready for ser.
vice.
Passing to the armored cruiser New
York, she is of 5000 tons displacement
and 81 knots, carries 10 inches of
armor on her barbettes, 81 inches on
her turrets. and inches on her sides,
and has six 8-lnch and twelve 4.inchJ
guns in her main and twenty pieces in
her secondary battery. Her protec-
tive deck is 6 inches thick on the
slopes and 8 inches on the flat. The
ram Katahdin, of 2155 tons, has IL,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

W. S. Hull, an expert architect,
assisted by other experienced
ou'iaefs' recently examined the
capitol, and report that building
ready to fall. Mr.. Hull warns the
legislature, and says that every
man who enters the portals takes
long chance of being crushed in
the collapse.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

George Mcdonald, colored, at
tempted to assault thirteen year.
old white girl near Vosburg, He
was captured and well logged,
Rev. George Travis, cclored, man
ipulatlny the whip. Mcdonald was
then ordered to leave the neigh~
borhood.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

me bill which was introduced in
Congress in the early part OF the
week to prevent the bringing off of
prize lights in Territories of the
United States has passed both
House and Senate, has been an,
proved by the President, and is
now added to the statute book.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30
RAMS HORN BLASTS.
Warning Notes Calling the Wicked to
Repentance.

Cd made most
for those whose
eyes are best
No m q n c a n
honor God who
d | s b o nors HIM
self.
Whatever love
undertakes to do,
1t does well.
Self righteous
ness is as hard to
cure as cancer.
Many eople
fail by not max
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

The earthworm is merely stomach or di-
gestiYe organ without any modern appliances
ana improvements to 1t.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

:, FITS stopped free by DIR. KI1Nr,s GRrAr
= ,ERVE REsToRER. No fits after first DAYS use-
marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 90 trial hot
'ie Tree. DR.. Kline 03l Arch st, Phila., Pa
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30
], nola, who was on a visit to
: .ster, Mrs. Reed. Reed mad

Guan8Jay. Three hundred
Spaniards were killed and many
wounded, among them Gen. Can.
nella. The insurgents lost forty
Killed and sixty wounded.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

NO matter how mad man may b
hi hat.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

never read a book through merely he
cause you have begun -Withersnoon
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

Ordered that N. Batson, ex.sher-
if and tax collector, be and he is
hereby relieved of the following
amount OF uucollected State taxes
of 1895, to.wit:
Personal roll, S 5G.43
Land roll, 295.02
Errors land roll, 37.4S
which amounts are chargeable TO
w. L. Scott, the present tax col-
lector.
The petition of NJ. G., Blackw veil
and Others asking the Board to al,
low the FREE PRESS and Day Book
pay for publishing the proceedings
of the Board for 1896 is rejected.
The following sums are allowe.
officers and members of the Board
for this term o.Wit.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

BUT PINK PILLS MADE IT POSSIBLE
TO EAT ANYTHING.
Get Your Digestion Right and Your
Health viii Take Care of ITSELF

Get Your Digestion Right and Your
Health VIII Take Care of Itself.
From, the Star. Washington. D. c.
aDr. williams Pink Pills miraculously
cured me of two diseases and have otherwise
done me vast amount OF good" said Mrs.
Z. A. Meeker. Of No. 2O7 Third street, South
east Washington, D. c., to a Star reporter
to-day.
'For many years was q sufferer from
muscular rheumatism In its worst form, and
in addition had stomach trouble 10 such an
extent that for long time could eat moth
ing stronger than beef peptonoids. The
rheumatism commonwealth my back and not
only extended Into my left arm, almost par
alyzing 1t from the shoulder to the elbow,
but attacked my hips and limbs with such
vehemence that 1t was impossible for me to
20 out on the street without being supported
by an attendant.
II was attended by four different ply
sicians--not all at one time-of both the al
lopathic and homeopathic schools, ana there
were times when I was covergf from my
neck to my feet with porous orr some other
kind of pasters, for tried syefything OF the
sort that was reconmended'by my friends.
During the greater part Of this time my
husband and SON wsfe urging me 70 take
DR.. Williams PinkTPills, but l steadily re-
fused to do so.
"About two years or two and half years
ago the physician who was then Attending
me- and have had none since. said to me,
Mrs. Meeker, there Is no use for me to come
and see you any more; you nave muscular
rheumatism, a disease incident to old age,
and you cannot be cured. l will give you
soms ION for your blood, aud when this
pressed Ption runs out you can geti renewed.
If you Get much worse you can send for me.
m but will not again call until am sum
"Ck course l was much discouraged, but
still tried a noted massage treatment thor
ougkly, but without the slightest effect. At
lasYmY husband persuaded me to try the
PINK Pills.
want to- -Chsn I began taking
in}their effica Nbelief that they
wbuld benefit L. Nta. please my
husband and son,> TIN. dow
over, took themio>- S<NneF.
And about the end 81 Z6s.:
dny great surprise ths z. IN
much better that ha~ ~G>
on beef peptonoids, but S>.
dulge In more solid food. G[<,
$50 told my husband that 60
Pills were evidently doing me gooc.
try them for another month.
~ continued to use them as directed :.
during the second month my eyesight, whic./
had been very bad for long time, began tor
improve, and 1t was much more pleasant for I
me to go on the street, though still hal to
be attended on account Of my weak limbs.
"How many boxes of the Pink Pills took
in all could not begin to tell, as there were
periods when would stop using them for a
week at time. But from the time l COM
until felt l could safely cease TAX
ing them was about fifteen months.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

he flat. The SSSo sDe9tn1 ,a after n,.m ny
- IONS ana mas ministry, during w 1asatss,
,t.s';,sittndes she has remained s'eadias'
r. rnle resolved upon at the beginning
NJ her reign, namely, to abide by the
decision of her ministers Gu all ques,
go ~ state In this way the royal
sigSsture has come to be regarded I,'e.a, ~
a mes frmality. In tastes victoria e, ,l's
Is thoroughly, conservative. She is Dit
..u,r onnosed $o>the new woman move
mont in England> New ideas, in fact'
NO d,snlensing I'd her majesty on gen
eral principles. $ he has positively l sa,
hidden the use Fl electricity in hef
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30
10
ALL POINTS.

Ripans Tabules cure hives.
Ripaas Iaboles case the tlaes.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

6uutain that can Siake INC
the harbor where you can
age.
t like, l ask you-not per-
8 one brother might talk to
YOU not like to have a pill
i YOUR head on? Aud would
zen you retire at night, to
ell, whether you wake up to-
lg at 9 o'clock or sleep the
no waking? We'd you
fsothis awful 'ainty
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

,speed exceeding 16 tS
dp her sloping sideSnto
inehes thickshe massacre
b, e.npl the destruction
~ No peace out OF God,
.ntain that can Stake the
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

.Bnows's BaoSoH1A1I.IeK, Il Hssties-
md convenient ROY IA and killed his
~, =, a'1.s@ Wiley Sellers, of
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

Our pamphlets are not advertising circulars circulars
ing special fertilizers, but are Praetcai "o''
are really helpful to farmers n"
the asking, -
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-01-30

It<hls property for the e sst , a1i
%his suraties. ~
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-18
The Public Service In China.

Ex-Secretary John W. Foster. who
was the confidential adviser OF the
Emperor of China in the peace negotia'
tons with Japan, contributes a paper
on THE Viceroy Ii Hung Chang" to the
Century. Mr.. Foster says or the
Viceroy:
He does not regard the competitive
educational system of admission to the
public service as a perfect method, and
more than once he has recommended ia
his Emperor material notifications In
the existing system. But 1t must be
confessed that it has stood the test OF
centuries with much benefit to China,
and its practical operation has demon.
strated that it possesses two merits OF
inestimable value to any nation; first
1t brings all the offices of the empire
within the reach Of the lowest subject;
and secondly, 1t diminishes the incent
ives to, and opportunities of, corrupticu
and fayoritism In securing entrance
into official life. But in China the com.
petitive examination ends with the ad
mission; beyond that step promotion
must come through other methods. Ii
Hung Chang secured the right of ad
mission to office through his assiduous
application to study, and every succeed
ing step In his upward career has been
attained by his own genius and cApa
eItv
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-18
Cowboy Way of shooting.

For some years past the cowboys OF
the wild and woolly west have employ
ed a process called flaming the ham
mer' In using their pistols. fs do this,
they either take the trigger OF or tie 1t
back, and work the action by striking
the hammer with the thick part of the
palm of the hand. This method has the
advantage of discharging six shets In
the time required for the s~elf-cocker to
discharge two by the ordinary method.
The requisites for use Of the pistol ln
this way are a large hammer, a plant
handspring. extremely smooth action.
and a cylinder-stop operated from the
heel of the hammer instead Of from the
trigger. This style of pistol has become
90 popular that one Of the big Eastern
firearms companies is going to put d
line Of triggerless pistols on the mar
ket. The tools for their manufacture
have already been completed, and the
new type of revolvers will soon be on
sale.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-18
Wonderful, Feather Work,

Among the strange tribes Of men
about whom little /, known are the
Chamacocos, living on the upper Para
quay river. AD Italian artist, Signor
Boggiani, who visited these people not
long ago, has given a vivid descrip.
ton of their appearance and customs.
Like all wild tribes in warm countries,
they wear very little clothing, but they
excel in the art of making personal
adcrnments from the feathers Of birds,
That country abounds with birds Of
the most beautiful plumage, including
par OTIS, toucans and trogons, whose
feathers r dazzling In color, rheas
with gray plumes, musk ducks of q CLOS.
sy black color eGret3 with feathers OF
pure white. and spoOnbllls of a delicate
pink hue. The Chamacocos combine
all this wealth of colored and graceful
plumage In an artistic manner, and
some Of these savages tall and of per-
feet shape, walk their forest glades In
habiliments more brilliant, II less am.
pie. than a Paris modiste could pro
duee
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-18

The returns from Maine are not yet
complete, hut the figures from 275
towns give LlewelIan Powers, RepubIi-
Il candidate for Governor, a plurality
of $500. The indications are that
Thomas B. Reed has been reelected
to Congress by II, 00O plurality. Com
gresham Dingley estimates his major
lty as rising 10, 900.
The miners and operators of the East
st. Louis tIll.) district have agreed Oh
a compromise.
w. X. Goodfellow testified in San
Francisco, Cal, that he had several of
James j. Fairs wills in his possession.
Poor business caused lsadore Argue
les, a cigar maker, of No. rs Maiden
lane, New York, to commit suicide by
shooting himself.
Fears of an attempt at lynching in
duced the authorities to remove Robert
Laughlin, the Brookvllle, KY, muir
derer, tn the Covington Jail.
DIR. ]. Sidney Hunt. of Queensland,
has dIIiNeu III OH FIdnclsCO 10 Hlu IL
remedy for Texas fever, which has re-
Gently broken out in Queensland.
Having taken the wrong train, John
MInter, OF Brooklyn, jumped from the
car while on the high viaduct at Han
cock junction, N. T., and was instant
ly killed.
The II. II. Lane Manufacturing
Company, makers Of Juniata bicycles,
at Huntingdon, Pa, made an assign
ment with liabilities at $4,000 and AS
sets $4,000. John r. Flenner was APP
pointed assignee.
Henry Wafford and his four sons,
of Green Bay, Newfoundland, were
drowned in the Straits of Belle Isle
while returning from a fishing cruise.
Henry Turner was bruised so badly
that he will die.
Charles McGovern. Charles O'Toole
and George Stevens were found dead
in a miners cabin, neal Victory, Col,
and Harry Doyle and John McDermott
have been arrested on suspicion of hay
ing poisoned them. .
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-18
rremendou. Gun Power.

Recent discussion of the best means
Of protecting our harbors In case Of
war has called renew I'd attention It Ell
per'ments on the power Of great guna
The result Of one Of these experiments
has been used as ar argument In favor
Of placing guns Of 16 inches calibre at
certain points on the coast. In the case
referred to q projectile weighing 1900
pounds vas fired from such a gun. The
taiget consisted Of a compound plate
Of steel and iron 20 inches thick, and a
second plate Of iron 8 inches thick.
backed by a mass Of squared oak tim.
Der 20 feet thick, backed by a granite
wall 8 feet thick, behind which was IL
feet Of solid concrete, while the rear
Of the target consisted Of q 6-foot wall
Of brick. The p~rojectile. fired at close
range. passed through the % inches Of
iron and steel. through the 20 feet OF
oak, through the 8 feet of granite,
thl ough the IL feet of concrete, and
more than half way through the 0 feet
Of brick behind them ALI What, say
the advocates of heavy guns for coast
defense, would be the chance of any
battle ship in existence against such
a projectile as that?
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-18
Tipping Hudson Bay.

Au
A curious result Of the slow changes
Of level going on at various points of
the earth's surface has recently beef
pointed out by Prof. Bell of the Geog-
raphlcal Survey Of Canada. This is a
gradual tipping up Of the shores of
Hudson Bay, as II some gigantic power
we:s engaged in an attempt to empty
that great basin Of water into the ad-
Joining sea. One of the earliest indi,
cations Of what was going on came to
the attention Of the officers of the Hud
son Bay Company when they found
that the water at the mouths of the riv.
era where their posts are stationed was
gradually getting shallower and navi-
CATION consequently becoming more
difficult. Examination shows that the
shore Is lined with old beaches of sand
AMI gravel lying as high as fifty feet
or more above the present level of the
bay When Hendrix Hudson, In 1910
discovered the great body of water that
bears his name, he wintered with his
ships on the east coast OF the bay In a
harbor which has now disappeared. or
at least has been 80 far drained off as
n longer TO be recognizable from his
description.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-18

Mention has been made In this column
Of the opinion Of Prof. Marsh and other
savants that the ancient human bones
discovered In Java by Doctor Dubois VI
yea or go ago must have belonged to a
being Of human characteristics, yet not
80 fully. developed as the man Of to-
day. The name "ape-man" has been
bestowed upon the creature supposed
to be represented by the bones In Ques-
ton. Recently Prof. Nehring has dis
covered, near Santos In Brazil, a hui
mau skull Of a low type, which Is de
scrlbed as agreeing in some respects
with the skull of the "ape-man." but as
indicating, also. a much higher capac-
ity. Some fragments of implements Of
artificial origin. the bones of fishes and
parts of the lower Jaw Of a toothed
whale, We're found near the skull
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-18
i%NoISCREET
Never Safe to Pen Matters Which
You Want to Keen Secret.

never safe to Fen Matters which
You Want to Keep Secret.
Harriet M%artineau, who was very
deaf, always shifted her ear trumpet
when any one asked her a question she
dill no wish to answer. The late Cy.
us W. Field apparently did not heal
a question that 1t would be indiscreet
to answer. He had another good habit
Letters that II seen would cause Others
pain or might be misunderstood he de
stroyed as soon as he had read them.
The following true story proves the
wisdom of Mr.. Fields practice:
A distinguished educator had, with
considerable difficulty, persuaded q
millionaire to found a college. The ed.
ucator was to have been Its president
bu. unfortunately no neglected Aaron
Bu"r's advice: Talk as much as you
'plense. but don't wrire a word"
The founder, an uneducated man
vas full Of crotchets which, II express
ed IN the deed establishing the college,
would have greatly interfered with its
educational work. The educator, irri'
tated by the labor 1t required to elimi,
nate these whims from the founders
mind, one day wrote a complaining let
ter to a clerical friend. In which he mar.
rated his trials, and ended by saying OF
the rich man, - is an ass"
The clergyman, a careless. absent
minded man, put the letter into his hat,
ami called at the office Of a law firm to
transact business with one Of the part
ners.
While in the private office he left hii
ha: outside, and one Of the lawyers,
seeing the letter, and knowing the
handwriting Of the address, read 1t. OF
course he was not IL gentleman, and
was without moral principle; and his
subsequent conduct showed him a mis-
chief maker.
He retailed the contents of the letter
to a nephew of the founder, who was
bitterly opposed to his uncle's proposed
disposition Of his property. He report
ed il to the uncle.
The college was founded; but the ed.
ucator was never it's president. He
diel a bToken-hearted man, through the
carelesSness Of his clerical friend and
the meanness of a legal Paul Pry.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-18
New jersey Items

Isaac Caryl, a wealthy New Yorker,
was shot and killed by William Doing
near Allendale. Doing then shot and
killed himself. He is supposed to have
been insane.
William II. Aston, Of New Bruins
wick, choked to death while sitting at
the dinner table.
David Sorden, colored, WAS sentenced
TO three years imprisonment in the
State prison il the Camden Court for
stealing n bicycle. Samuel Stout was
sent to prison for one year for stealing
a wheel. B
William ID. Hale, of Camden, while
examining a revolver, accidentally shot
his wife, Minerva Hale, IN the neck.
Thinking that he had killed her, Hale
attempted suicide by shooting himself
in the head, but only inflicted a scalp
wound. The wcman's injuries may
prove fatal.
Thomas II. S. Hammersly. aged Al
years, manager of the Penny Magazine,
died at Atlantic City.
Bishop Scarborough laid the corner
stone for the new Episcopal Church of
It. Martins in the Field at Lumber
ton. 4
The Camden Grand Jury ignored
the complaint against Mrs. Mary Her
man, who drowned her two children
in the Delaware. She will o lie dis
charged.
The schooner A. A. Shaw, ashore off
%Brigantine, was fioated.
Hon. Mahlou Hutchinson, aged rs
years, a we'll known Burlington county
lawyer, died at his home at Borden
town. D
j.. II. Rossell, of the Oxmead road,
Burlington, found a land turtle on his
farm bearing the inscription CAS-. H.,
1922" on its lower shell.
When a shell got stuck in a breech
of his gun Samuel Hullings of Bridge
boro, pushed it in with his knife. A
physician sewed up the rents in his
face.
James NJ. Torrie, of Delanco, played
detective and recovered all the yalua-
bles which a domestic stole from him
a few week ago. He traced the girl to
a town zeal Reading, Pa. /
Commissioners Beldon and Black,
appointed by Justice Garrison to IN
vestigate the municipal affairs of the
city of Camden, made public their re-
port covering the investigation of all
the specifications against the various
city departments.
Mrs. Mary Herman, who was COM
mitted to the Camden county Jail
charged with having drowned her two
children in the Delaware river, was
released, the Grand Jury having failed
to find a true bill. =