The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-02-13
EXCHANGE FL ASHES.

The best thing TO be done with
respect to The law against ""pistOl-
totIDg" is to enforce it. lift is not
enforced keep on trying to enforce
il; and if no more can be done than
to conflne the practice to the vi
cious whom no law can perfectly
control it will still be a good and
effective law. Ii is never possible
to entirely suppress any evil or
criminal practice; but that does
not argue the iDeflicacy of penal
statutes.--COmmercial Appeal.
A COW belonging TO Mr.. Jasper
Ellie, a South Side Dairyman, is
the mother Of E pair of twin male
calves, which are very much alike
in every particular, so much so in
fact, that it is with great difficulty
any o1e can distinguish one from
the other. They are Of good size,
with no physical defects whatever.
M erldian News.
Evaporated potatoes, prepared in
the same manner as evapOrated APP
pies, are to be put on the market
from Minnesota next fall. Last
seasons potato crop was so large
that many millions OF bushels were
wasted. and experiments were made
in eyap0ratlng potatoes. The ex-
perlments were successful, and two
big factories for preparing potatoes
in this manner are building.-Amer-
lean Farmer.
MIR. l.. Letorey is possibly the
happiest man in town. If he is not
he ought to be. A golden star has
blossomed over his head which ans
nounces tidings of great joy. Let US
explain: MI. Letorey owns a large
tract Of land in Morgan county, KY,
where immense wells of oil have
been discovered. This means a
fortune for our friend and towns,
man and we gladly shake his handf
Sea Coast Echo,
One thing is certain-tbe natit
al convention this year can gain
nothing by attempting to straddIe
the financial issue. The wisest
way is to adopt an honest mon
etary plank, which can not be in
terpreted one way in Colorado and
another way in New York.-1oledo
(Ohio) Blade.
One Of the most neglected aud at
the same time one of the most prof.
table parts Of a farm is the orchard.
1t is doubly neglected, for many
farmers neglect to plant an orchard,
and others neglect it after planting.
Yet there ia scarcely farm that
would not be greatly increaseel -
value if an an orchard of., = n n
fIuit trees were set upon non a1bs' CT
but few orchards whiehsog, and the =
well reward the f9Un a host has as a 2
most ass,duoga1oE HsS A IT a. ABB Abb,
ington Post>fbowV ' Are these men all a
A o., ride tree branch2 The reply ;;
EARNED" And they. march on.
"hsaffid- s-ange army, with that strahse
en5 At Bsy, So ana AZ Hbi s1 ns takes
stSimb of a tree and throws 1t down, ana
fine first platoon of soldiers come up, and
.hev throw down their branches, and the
,econd platoon; and the third, until all
around about the temple OF Berth there Is q
nile of tree branches. The Shechemites look
out from the window OF the Temple upon
what seems to them childish play on the |
narts of their enemies. But soon the Hints are
struck. and the spark begins to klndle the
brush. and the fame comes up all through
the pile, and the red elements leap 10 tno
easement, and the woodwork begins TO piaze,
and one arm of fame Is thrown up on the
right side of the temple, and another arm o.
nnme is thrown up on the left side OF the
temnle. until they clasp their lurid palms
under the wild night sky, and the cry OF
| sFjrei' within and "Fire" without announces
the terror, and the strangulation, and tine
doom of the Shechemites, and the complete
overthrow OF the temple Of the god Berth.
Then there went up shout, long and loud,
from the stout lungs and swarthy chests OF
Abimelech and his men as they stood amid
the ashes and the dust crying, victory,
victory!''
Oh. my friends, the gospel is not syllo-
gism; it is not casuistry; 1t is not poiemics' OF
the science of squabbles. 1t is blood red facti
it is warm hearted Invitations II Is leaplng,
bounding, flying good news; it is efhorescent
with all light it Is rubescent with all sum.
merry glow; it Is arborescent with all sweet
shade. I have seen the sun rise on Mount
r Washington, and from the Tiptop House, but
I there was no beauty in that compared witt
the dayspring from on high when Chris
gives light to a soul. have heard Parept
sing, but there was no music in that com
pared with the voice of Christ when He said
'.Thy sins are forgiven thee; go In peace,
: Good news! Let every one cut down brancl
l. OF this tree of life and wave it. Let hin
r throw it down and kindle it. Let all the wa
:, from Mount Zalmon to Shechem be file
. with thetossing Joy. Good news! This bon
n fire of the gospel shall consume the last TEN
l. pie of sin, and will illumine the sky wit
s. apocalyptic Joy, that Jesus Christ came int
=, the world to save sinners. ANY new pla
'! that makes man quit hissin, and that pro.
D. trates a wrong, am as much in favor OF
le though all the DOCTORS and the bishops, an
70 the archbishops, and the synods, and tn
20 academical gownsmen of Christianity san'
10 toned 1t, The temple of Berth must CON
ut down. and do not care how it comes.
Still further learn from this subject tn
power of example. II Abimelech had 81
down on the grass and told his men to 80 an
get the boughs and go out to the battle, the
would never had gone at all, or If they ha
It would have been without any spirit (
effective result, but when Abimelech go
with his own ax and heWs down a branC