The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-02-20
MOST PERFECT MADE.

"Saturate the earth around house
plants every day with the coffee
left over from breakfast. 1t stim-
ulates them. Plants that have q
led or purple blossom will be rem
dered extremely brilliant in color by
covering the earth in their pots
with about half an inch of pulver.
lied charcoal. A yellow flower will
not be affected In any way by the
use Of charcoal"
Now. that the ladies know how
to utilize their old coffee grounds,
it is to be devoutly hoped that
they will never again be tempted
to spoil fresh coffee by mixing it
with stale grounds. We know that
charcoal odds to the brilliancy OF
flowers, but iron filings, which may
be obtained at foundrles or saw"
mills, are much more affective.
The New York World says that
spipsters should not
Tell mothers how to bring up
children.
Cultivate fondness for cats un-
til the children are all gone.
Drink much tea. 1t increases
the impression of spinsterlloOd.
Revile mon. Unkind persons will
recall the fable If the sour grapes
Don't grow dowdy. 1t is un-
necessary to proclaim ones lone
l;ness by ones clothes.
Collect statistics Of unhappy mar
riaSes. There are those who will
= say they do 1t to console themselves
mlk. Despair Of being the center o.
..vSe circle and the prop of some
long as there are othei
Is JUST q ooin-- %'cs people alive.
pursel"
81 know it-but--"
He stopped abruptly and turned his
face to the wall with groan.
Little Rose came to her mother,
with pleading eyes, at this moment.
Mamma, can Harry and | have |
Uncle Jared's Bible to look at the
funny pictures'
Mamie rose, reached down the
dusty book from its obscure resting
place and placed it on chair, where
the children could turn over the
leaves at their leisure.
''Be careful not to tear it DEAR"
she said, thinking sadly how all
the other gay wedding gifts had
vanished, and how this alone remained
a relic of the days of prosperity.
Uncle Jared was dead long ago, and
his money had gone to hospital
She was thinking of all the sorrow
full change ten years had wrought, as
she stitched away.
Mamma" cried Rose, from the
chair, here are two leaves stuck to.
gether!"
Mamie leaned over to see. The
child was right. Two leaves in the Book
of Psalms were pasted together by the
edges on all their sides. She took up
the scissors to separate them, with
vague, Indifferent sensation of curl
osity. To her establishment, two thin
slips Of paper dropped out.
"What are these?" said inquisitive
Rose. stopping to pick them up.
And Mamie, scrutinizing them
more closely, saw that they were bank
notes for five hundred dollars eachl
She sat moment in sort OF be-
wilderment-and then like sudden
came back to her the
stories she had always heard of Uncle
Jared's strange eccentricities. This
was one of them--the bridal gift he
had intended to bestow upon her, had
been hidden away in this strange cas-
ket. And now, like special Provi-
dence, it came to supply her utmost
needs!
She leaned over and placed her hand
upon her sleeping husbands brow-he
awoke with q start
II have been asleep" he said, look
ing confusedly at her with that strange
of reality and fancy which
sometimes follow us out of slumbsr.
81 have been dreaming that we were
rich!"
1--WE are rich, Frank" she said in
voice that trembled. And she told
her tale.
"a thousand dollars! We are rich
indeed X he exclaimed. 1T will cup
port ussdqtil r1y arm gots all we'll
again. 4 NJ
1T yenc1o that. and lave little