The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-08-27
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Blamed
New York Dispatch.

D great following of the plain peos
pie. But he has gained their ats
tention because he is an honest man
filed with wild enthusiasm for a
cause which, if carried to it's logical
will work tremendous
damage to the substantial interests
OF this country.-Picayune.
II don't yike you: Aunt Jenny"
said Wilbur, after his aunt had IN.
terferred with some cherished idea
he had in his mind. IAN if you
don't let me alone, I'll save up my
pottet-money, and buy tarir."
"A what ?" asked his aunt. ga
taplr," said Wilbur. "An' tapirs
they eat ants !'--Harper's Round
Table.
Secretary of State Power, IN re-
Spouse to an inquiry from one of the
departments at Washington, esti-
mates the present population OF
Mississippi at 1,394,60O, The cen
sus of 1890 gave total of ,289,6OO
the annual increase for the pres
cedlng decade being 1890. In
view of the steady increase of i'm
migration since 1890 the annual lns
crease for the six years since is es-
timated at 1880. 1t is quite prob
able that the present population Is
fully 400, O00-Cvmmercial Appeals
jackson Bureau.
Let us tell you something conf
dentially, dear reader, and that is,
about all any of us know about this
eternal botheration, the financial
question, is that there is something
out of JOINT, and it is awful hard
work to make both ends meet, but
inst what screw is loose In the big
machine we call the government, is
more than most of US can tell. 1t is to
be hoped that some of the so-called
wiseacres really do know, and that
they will give 1t turn and set all
of US on our feet again, after the
electlon.--So1thland.
The new 81 silver certificates now
command a premium of 25 cents.
At first the premium was 5 cents,
When 1t was discovered that the
word tranquility" in the extract
from the Uuited States Constitution
in the scroll on the front of the bill
was spelled wrong -only one "P
being used, the premium was raiss
ed to 10 cents. Then came the
news that the printing of the bills
had been stopped to correct the err
ror, whereupon the premium Was
advanced to 25 cents,-New York
Critic.
During the Revolution tbs money
Issued became greatly deprecated.
Judge Brooke, who at that time
was first lieutenant of artillery,
had "thirty~three and two~thirds
dollars in specie" due him, in lieu
of which he received "thirty>three
thousand and two.thirds of thous-
and dollars in the deprecated ours
rency. With it he "bought cloth
for coat at $4,000 a yard, and
$1,000 for the buttons" l do not
want to See lenewed the times in
which a cart-oad of money would
purchase next to nothipg,-George
r. Scott IN N. Y. Weekly Witness.
In answering the absurd populist
demand that the government shall
own and operate all the railroads
of the country, the New York
World shows that it would cost
Sl1 ,455, 220,006 just to buy them.
The total of money of every kind
in the entire world is s11, O6S, 2OO,s
900, or about S350,0O0,0OO short of |
the sum needed TO make the pro.
posed purchase. But the railroad |
purchase is not the only impossible
project of populism. Some of its
other demands" are equally ridic.
ulous.- North Mississippi Demo-
Graf.
Senator David 3. HIPS remark,
81 am Democrat has become
historic, politically speaking, On
the 18th of last March, in a speech
at Mount Vernon, H.. Mr.. Bryan
said with as much emphasis as Mr..
Hill, 81 am not a Democrat Mr..
Bryan also boosted that he would
not support gold candidate or
gold platform. Had the sound
money Democrats controlled the
Chicago convention Mr.. Bryan
would have left that body as MIR.
Teller did the st. Louis convention.
Therefore, Mr.. Bryan cannot com
plain If sound money Democrats re.
use to vote for him Toledo Blade.
The sooner the people learn that
heir prosperity depends upon their !
'wn energy and effort, the better. {
he man who sits down and waits
or the government or any other ]
gency, except his own Drawn and G
rain, 10 bring him to success, is un. r
t to BIZ citizen of this free and
republic, He contrib ,