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Middletown transcript., 1896-04-04

| sing in grand New York church fol
a large salary; but singing to Christ,
with the voice God gave her. was new
dea which had never before occurred
| to her.
That night she had a very strange
dream. She was wandering through a
beautiful garden, which sprang up In
the midst of waste place. 1t was FL
led with roses and lilies, and other
flowers, "and the trees had birds in their
branches. She walked through the
paths of the garden, and looked with
delight on its beauties. Its Odors
seemed like those of Paradise. "Why
are you SO beautiful and so fragrant"
asked she of the flowers, in this desert
place where there is no one to admire
and be charmed with you?" "Our Be-
loved always walks in his garden"
murmured fair, white lily, "and whom
should we be so delighted to charm as
the King of kings, who is the author
of all beauty, and from whose name all
perfume springs?"
A nightingale was singing such liquid
notes of melody that the hu nan sim
gers heart almost stood still for joy at
the sound. "How can you sing so-oh,
how can youp-to these common birds
that do not understand? asked she,
trembling withthe delicious excitement
caused by his strains. But the bird
kept on'singing. not needing her speech,
and the golden notes seemed to crystal
lize into these wor1', a. she Iist,ned:
"And he hath put a ns-y song in my
mouth, even praise unto our God;
many shall see it and fear it, and trust
in the Lord"
And as these words sounded in her
ears, she awoke; physically and spirit
ually. Conscience was asking her
sternly, "Have you ever sung 1.-THE
song of praise unto our Godp You
have entranced congregations, and won
golden opinious of men; but have you
ever broken your alabaster box, and
poured its ointment of greatest price
on the feet of your Saviour aud your
Lord?" And lying there, face to face
with conscience, in the middle watches
of the night. sue was compelled t., AN
swer honestly, ''I never have"
Doris slept no more that night, and
was astir early in the morning to offer
her services, not only for Easter Sab
bath. but until she should go to fulfill
her engagement in the city in thu fall .
The fame of. her voice "went abroad
throughout all that region,' and people
who had never attended church bstore.
flocked to hear her, and ''took In the
preachiu' along with it.''
The minister, encouraged by the un.
usual attendance, preached, 80 thepsople
said, "some mighty powerful sermons,
I tell you;' ;''with the result of great re-
vival during the ensuing winter. Doris
disclaimed the honor when he called it
her 'sharvest of SOULS but he smiled as
he assured her that the faith which
''cometh by hearing" would not have
been theirs had she not drawn them to
that "hearing'' by the music of her
voice.
The 'new song" put inner mouth had
been blest. ''Many had seen it, and
feared, and had trusted in the Lord. y
Ep,corth Herald.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-04
Doris So
.....New Song
AN EASTER STORY.

AURA Br i'll. and
M a r t b a V a q
Meter we're q
COMMITTEE o |
two'' on the pro-
gram for Easter
services In the
church. Every
thing had been
arranged for but
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-04
For over Fifty Years.

An Old and well tried remedy.-Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used
for oyer fifty years by millions of mothers
or their children while teething, with Pc
feet success. 1t soothes the child. softens
the gums, allays all pains, cures wind collie
and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Is
pleasant to the taste Sold by druggists in
every part of the world. rs cent bottle.
las value is incalculable. Be sure and ask
for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup and get
no other kind.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-04

Our WOman's
.....Column
THREE JEST FOR MANKIND.

AAA nv Doh yOAA
FRIEND" a wise
girl once said to
me, "until you
have made him an
gryseen him hun
CRY, and caused
him 10 miss a
train and wait
three-q u arters s
of an hour at a
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-04
country station. /"


If man is nice and thoroughly aud
completely gentleman, oneneverknows
quite how nice he is until one has seen
him hungry, and yet not ridiculous, OF
spiteful, or vulgar.
Another girl l knew once kept her
fiance waiting an hour and half for
his dinner. He met her with a smile.
"Were you trying to find out whether
shall be patient husband not?" he
said. and that was all. She did not
marry him. She said she was quite
sure that a man who restrained him.
self SO unnaturally before marriage
would make up for it proportionately
afterwards, ,and remined me of William
the Conquerer's love story. Do you
know it? He was guile an unimport-
ant person at the time and was on a
visit to Matilda's father, who was q
very great man. Matilda thought very
little of him and snubbed him when he
made love to her. One day she irritat-
ed him SO much that he slapped her
face. She instantly agreed 10 marry
him. She said she was quite sure that
man who was brave en- ugh to strike
her when he was helpless in hel fathers
castle would be too brave to Ill-treat
her wher she was helpless in his.
And she proved to be right in the long
run.
Yes, my friend was right; we never
thoroughly like t, man until ae have
given him an opportunity of making
lis thoroughly dislike him, and he has
not availed himself of it.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-04
Asthma, Hay Fever

and kindred ailments absolutely cured by a
newly discovered specific treatment sent by
mail. Pamphlet with references, mailed free.
Address, Worlds Dispensary Medical Associ-
alton, 66S Main street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-04

Mr.. Klock-Do You find that alarm
clock l sold you usefulP
Mr.. Shotwell-Indeed, I dol killed
cat with it last night.
The free press., 1896-07-09

A Galveston, Texas, special of
the 4th inst. to the Illness Demo
crat says:
"The first bale of cotton OF the
new season arrived last night. 1t
was shipped by 2. A. Bodet, Duval
county, and was sold at auction at
the Cotton Exchange, and purchas-
cd at 10 Lice per pound. The
bale weighed 542 pounds, and class
ed strictly middIing, Of good, strong
staple. THIS bale is six days
ahead of last seasons, bat behind
those of the two preceding years.
The free press., 1896-07-09
The Commercials al~Appeal's Jack

The Com mercial~ Appeals Jack
son Bureau has the following to say
of the school distributions:
"The auditors Office is now busi-
~ engaged IN sending warrants to
the various county and mu0ioipal
treasurers for their portion of the
June distribution of the common
school fund. AS has been before
stated in this department, the delay
ia making this distribution was
caused by lack of funds in the treas
ury. The distribution had to be made
from the sale of the bonds. 1t is
due in Juue, and would have been
promptly made on that date but
Tor the above reasons. Treasurer
May aopes to have the entire issue
sold and money in the treasury by
July 10, so az 20 have as little de-
lay as possible IL cas- Shng the school
warrants,
The free press., 1896-07-09

Ihe picayuue's Mississippi edition
OF Monday, was one of the finest
papers ever published in the inter
est of this State, and will win that
great journal thousands of addition.
al friends in this commonwealth.
Mississippi should distrlbnte thous.
ands of copies of this superb issue
OF the Picayune broadcast throuoh.
out the North and West, and there.
by reap a rich reward.
The free press., 1896-07-09

Oying to our going TO press so
early in the week, we will not be
able to give the results uf the Dem"
ocratic National Convention until
next issue. We find 1t Impossible
to make any predictions regarding
the nominees or the tone of the
platform. We feel confident, how
ever, that the great statesmen who
are on the ground, will do the best
they can for the interests Of the
nation.
The free press., 1896-07-09
The CIarion>Ledger contains the

The Clarion>Ledger contains the
following sad information:
"a telegram received from Mr..
J. ii. williamson announces the
death Of his vile at Mobile, Ala,
where she had gone to receive med
ical treatment. Mrs. Williamson
was the editor of the State Line
Graphic, and a writer of great
strength and beauty, a lady OF many
Christian virtues and a most pop
uIar member Of the Mississippi
Press Ass ociation.
Mr.. Williamson has been most
unfortunate, having lost three
wives while yet a young man. His
first wife died, his second, Miss
DolIie PITTS. of Jackson, was as
sassi0ated one night while he was
away from home, aud his third is
now dead.
In his deep sorrow, he has the
sympathy OF the community.'
The free press., 1896-07-09

Congressman w. M. Denny opens
ed his canvass at Niles City on the
4th inst. aud has also addressed
the people at several other points.
Mr.. Denny has appointed the fol-
loving pieces for joint debate for
such Of his opponents as desire to
meet him on the stump, where they
will be allowed equal time with him:
McComb City, Friday. 10th, s p.
M; Magnolia, Saturday, 11th, II a.
M; summit, Saturday, 11tb; y, .,
t. JN"o'T' IT., = Ls>nAsJ, 18Th, i
IN; CenteryiIle, Tuesday, 14th, 8 p,
m; Monticello, Friday, l7th, ! a.
m; Columbia, Saturday, 18th, II a.
m. Williamsburg, Monday, Goth,
y m; E!iisvilIe, Tuesday. 21st, s
p. M; laurel, Wednesday, 22nd
5 p. m; Augusta. Friday, oath, 8 p.
M Lumberton, Saturday, 25th, s
?. m; Purvls, Monday, 9th, II m;
Ioplaryille, Tuesday, 28th, II a. m.
Nicholson, Wednesday, 29lh, IL "a.
m; PearIngton, Thursday. Both, 8
p m; Bay st. Louis, Friday, 3lst, s
D. ln.; Pass Christian, Saturday Au.
gnst, lst, 8 p. m.; Mississippi City,
Monday, 3rd, IL m.; Biloxi, Mon
day, 3rd, 8 p, m,
The free press., 1896-07-09
WHICH is YOUR WAY?

The man who is satisfied to lei
somebody else do his thinking for
hlm will read but one or two pa.
pers. He will gulR down what tn e
editor Of his party paper tells him,
90 to the polls and vote the party
ticket, and then retire within him
self, quite sure that he has done his
duty. But the man who wants To
know the "other side" and to be
able to make up his mind for him
self will not be content with this
plan, least Of all during a great
political campaign like the present,
He will read Public Opinion(pubhsh.
ed at New York;, get all sides Of
every Important public question,
political, social, religious, educa-
tonal and others. And then he
VIII form his own Conclusions and
acl upon them. Specimen copy free.
~ '5O per year. Special rate for
lhe campaign three months, fot sol
cents.
The free press., 1896-07-09

The Meridian Herald calls atten.
ton to the fac5 that it takes a four,
null tax to run the public schools
Of Mississippi, leaving a two-mlll
tax TO pay all other expenses in run.
nlng the machinery of the Slate.
The free press., 1896-07-09
Der scGiptarf
lar and chari

a pitcher of ice water laid in a
newspaper, with the ends Of the
paper twisted together to exclude
the air, will remain all night in apy
summer room with scarcely any per-
oeptible melting Of the ice.
The free press., 1896-07-09

The Cosmopolitan for July, pubs
lished in New York at 81 year,
was unusually interesting in read
ing matter aud III the way of artistic
engraVlngs and illustrations. It's
price is within reach of all.
The free press., 1896-07-09

VIM. T. Patton, state tax collector
of the fourth district, New Orleans.
shot himself through the head.
dying within an hour. Cause un.
known.
The free press., 1896-07-09
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

For CoNGRESs-6TH DISTRICT.
We are authorized to announce
HON. WALTER NJ. DENNY,
of Jackson county, as candidate
for Congress from the Sixth Cons
gressional District Of Mississippi,
subject to the action of the Demo.
cratic party. Election in November.
The free press., 1896-07-09

DR.. James G. Beldeo, The vener-
able and beloved physician of New
Orleans, died Sunday evening.
The doctor was in his 74th year.
He was one of the pioueers of
homeopathy in the South.
The free press., 1896-07-09

Mrs. VIM. \. Lake, aged IS years,
of Vicksburg, died last week, Mrs,
Lake was the widow OF Col. VIM.
A. Lake. who was killed by Col.
ChamberS, IN duel. IN 1880.
The free press., 1896-07-09

bo 1.,,1,o,dl4ent Diaz, of Mexico, will
ont m 'looss cn"os;t2 succeed himself witha
out opposite He has alraa6,,
held the office four .7,, mas an 7auJ
The free press., 1896-07-09

The Confederate reunion at
Richmond, Va, was attended by at
least 100, 900 visitors.
The free press., 1896-07-09

Frank {, Howard, ag> fortr.
two years, committed suiclt,0.
Biloxi by drinking carboiic acid
Financial trouble the cause.
The free press., 1896-07-09

John NJ. Outlaw, coIored, was
shot to death by mob near the
A. & NJ. College,
The free press., 1896-07-09

Moses Adams, Sr., died q few
days ago at his home, at Rock
House Creek, KY, aged lO2 years.
The free press., 1896-07-09

The Cretan insurgents defeated
the Turks on the 1s5 INST. killing
200 of them and capturing 3 of taeir
cann0nS.
The free press., 1896-07-09

The governments receipts anl
expenditures shows a deficit Of
$26, 900, 900.
The free press., 1896-07-09

Nathan Garner, a good citizen of
Smith county. was murdered by
one John Mathis, who escaped,
The free press., 1896-07-09

THE CANDIDATE.
Blow the bugles,
Beat the drums
Lo the candidate
He comes.
Ridln' early,
Ridin late;
Watch out for
The candidate !
Saw the ~ar tnfDugh
(Sure o that
Got his record
In bis hat.
Knows he's needed
by the State;
Save the country
Sure as fate!
Good at farmin';
Got plow
lp his back yard
RuStin' now.
Merchant-lawyer-
Doctor-all
Anything
The people call
Free religion
1n the lurch
If be didn't
Like each church,.
Bound to please yoa-
Beat the drums
Lo! the Candidate
He comes!
Atlanta Constitution.
The free press., 1896-07-09

Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, the
famous authoress, died at her home
in Hartford, Conn, on the lst inst.
The free press., 1896-07-09

The fight between Billy Smith
and Billy GalIigher, at San Fran
cisco, was stopped by the police in
the first round. The men coms
menced slugging from the start.
The free press., 1896-07-09

A freight engine on the l., & N.
X. r., exploded near Hurtselle,
Ala, killing three men, woundIug a
fourth, and wrecking eighteen cars.
The free press., 1896-07-09

Two large warehouses and sheds
and thirty cars burned at Calves,
ton, Texas. Loss about $4,000,
The free press., 1896-07-09

Isaac N. Marks. eyed 70 years, a
distinguished citizen of New Or
leans, died OH the Pad inst.
The free press., 1896-07-09

Hon. W. p. Tackett and Miss
Kate Dyson were married at Lex
ington on the ist inst.
The free press., 1896-07-09

jim Murray, ALIAS Greasy Jim,
will be executed in New Orleans on
Friday, July 24th.
The free press., 1896-07-09

Earthquakes have caused much
damage to buildings in Arequipa,
Peru.
The free press., 1896-07-09

VIM. Estes s. Co., of Enterprise
have sold out to their creditors,
The free press., 1896-07-09

Grasshoppers are doing great
damage to vegetation in Michigan.
The free press., 1896-07-09

The fourth congressionaldistrict
convention met at West Point on
the 2nd inst, Hon. A. T. Fox was
unanimously nominated for COM
preSS.
The free press., 1896-07-09

Henry Hamburger, one Of tbe
best known Masons of New Or
leans, died few days ago.
The free press., 1896-07-09

The drought at Dallas, Texas, has
been broken by fine rain.
The free press., 1896-07-09

a young colored glrl of Meridi.
an died last week from hydropho-
bia. She had been bitten by a ra5-
id dog several weeks ago,
The free press., 1896-07-09

A dlrector.a census, just COM
pfeted, gives tTehsbarg populao
tion OF 1G,243, suburbs excluded.
The free press., 1896-07-09
Image
Over three fh0t
, yY THH

Over three thot 30 NY TIL
collected in IN. e =, :,
months of April and 4 as priv
ilege TAX ON jacks and stations.
Calhoun county heads the list, hays
ing paid on twenty~four.
The free press., 1896-07-09

Fwant 1t. Alas, thut 'liei0 g. Y,,-,s,tinn of
Crnalsv 10 children, where children are pus
On the limits and whncked and cuhea !"
nj ear pulled and sehselessly ealieo
and answer sharp anf ffesS5a sil59ar'ib bas been do
ing iGYtG some more of his wild proph-
esying. He says the earth will col
Hde with a comet November 18th,
1899, and though badly crippled will
still be in the ring. But every liy-
ing thing will perish or be ehoked
to death on the gas caused by the
two bodies colliding. We believe
if human beings of this earth are
ever choked to death By gas it Will
be that kind distributed by Pitch
fork Tillman, Henry Teller, the
tear-drop boiler, or some othersuch
demagogues. Such gas has sutfi-
cient power TO choke neck of
woods until the red bills of South
Carolina turn black in the face
Newton County Progress,
The Herald learned from a gen.
tIeman of Kemper county, who is
in the city to-day, OF one of the
most sudden and peculiar deaths
that we have yet been called on to
chronicle. On last Tuesday, after
the usual days plowing in his crop.
Mr.. William West, Jr., who lives
in the Deighborhood of Antioch
Church, returned to his house and
told his wife that be wanted to take
bath and change bis clothing, as
he was going 20 die in few min
utes. Mr.. West appeared during
the day to be in his usual health
and not having manifested any
symptoms of disease that would
give grounds for apprehension of
so early a dissolution, his wife, OF
course, was greatly shocked by the
announcement he made. Prepas
rations for the bath were made,and
Mr.. West was soon appaTeled in
clean, white linen. He then laid
down ard as predicted by himsell
when he came to the house from hi,
work, was a corpse within few
minutes. He was an industrious,
useful citizen, and the Herald ex
tends condoieuce to, the bereaved
f mil y and friends. Meridian
Herald.
She is versed in theos ophy
And the mystic cathode ray;
She knows every occult theory,
And each adept of the day.
She can summon sleep hypnotic,
She can go into trance,
But she cannot darn a stocking
Or patch her husbands pants.
Memphis Scimitar.
Capt. William Eggleston brought
to this Office Wednesday quite {
curiosity in the vegetable kingdom
1t was cabbage of the most pro
life variety. The captain last yeal
planted patch of this peculiar
kind, and each stalk produced from
two to four solid, white heads
After the heads we're cut off the
stalks produced crop for fall use
and lived through the winter anC
produced a crop this year, making
third crop.-Carrollton Conserya-
tive.
Mr.. j. E. Gibson, an architect Of
Logansport, Ind, is in the city
with plans for the new capitol. He
brought with him two Photographic
of the building, showing how it vii
look after its completion. The plans
are very handsome and complete
in every particular. All the plans
will have to be in by the 18th o
this month, and from indications
there will be some thirty or forty TO
> the legislature to pick from when l
: meets IN special session.-Picayune'
7 Jackson Bureau.
+. THE CANDIDATE.
Blow the bugles,
r Beat the drums !
Lo the candidate
He comes.
Ridln' early,
Ridin' late;
Watch out for
The free press., 1896-07-09

largest crculat9n Of any scientific paper In the
man should be without it. Weekiv ns'iSens 8 sse,
year $50 SIX months Address, MUM K 20 Co .
PusLshLhs' 36i broadway, New York City. ~
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-22
"The Crime of "a"

The following explanations why the
silver dollar should no longer be coined
were made in the house Of representa-
tives April o, 1872:
1t has become impossible to retain
an American dollar in this country ex
cept in collections of curiosities.-
Judge Kelley.
The silver dollar "has long since
ceased to be coin of circulation.
The gold dollar should be declared
the money unit."-Mr. Hooper.
The principal change proposed by
the bill was in "more clearly specify
ing the gold dollar as the unit Of value.
= The time has come in this
country when the gold dollar should
be distinctly declared to be the coin
representative of the money unit
Mr.. Stoughton. r,-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-22
STEWARDS ARGUMENTS.
Sound Logic for the workingman to Cor
slider.

slider.
The question will never be settled
until you determine the simple ques-
ton whether the laboring man is en-
titled to a gold dollar if he earns it, or
whether you are going to cheat him
with something else. That is the upshot
of the whole thing. y There have
been great many battle foughtagainst
gold, and gold has won every time. /
do not care how much you discuss it or
how many resolutions you pass, they do
not make any difference. You must
come to this same conclusion that all
other people have-that gold is recog-
nized as the universal standard of value.
1t is the measure by which your wealth
must be tested. 1t has been and always
will be the touchstone of measurement,
and when you depart from that and try
to figure up any other measure which
the world does not recognize you get
into confusion. Attempting to reconcile
them, 1t is idle to talk about. 1t is idle
to talk about compromising on any
other measure of value. The world will
not accept 1t. We have the experience
of every nation that has tried it, and 1t
has been tried in almost every civilized
nation. y Do not let US try to de-
ceive the American people. Do not let
US try to make them believe by some
hocus pocus of legislation that we can
give them something of real value-we
can give them a measure of value that
is better than the universal standard OF
mankind. Do not deceive them In that
regard Let them know the facts now.
1 believe that it would be highly injuri-
Gus to this country to again initiate the
currency. need not enlarge
upon the evils of deprecated cur.
rency. This country has felt that too
severely to require that should men
ton them. 1t matters not what kind
of deprecated currency you have, 1t
necessarily entails many evils. y
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-22
TRUE DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE.
Jefferson, jackson and Benton Were for
q Geld Standard.

Geld Standard.
Jefferson, in 1888, wrote: "Just
principles will lead us TO disregard legal
proportion altogether, to inquire into
the market price of gold in the several
countries with which we shall princi-
paly be connected in commerce. and to
take am average from them. 1 very
much doubt a right now to change the
value, and especially to lessen it,"
The house committee in 1921, report
ed: at is sufficient to know, by un-
happy experience, that its cratic of fif-
teen to one) tendency is to rid us of a
gold currency and leave us nothing but
silver"
The house committee in 1884, report
ed: "The desideratum in the monetary
system is q standard of uniform value.
I'VE cannot ascertain that both metals
have ever circulated simultaneously,
concurrently and Unfortunately in
any country where there are banks or
money dealers, and we entertain the
conviction that the nearest approach to
an invariable standard is its establish
ment in one metal, which metal shall
compose exclusively the currency for
large payments"
Andrew Jackson, in 1886, wrote:
"There is no fraud in gold. 1t is I'M
changeable and will do its Office every
where and at all times. Labor imparts
an invariable value to it."
Da,4o, L., 1904 eosl -, sTf
(gold) hos an intrinsic value, which
gives it currency all over the world TO
the full amount of that value without
regard to law or circumstances 1t has
a uniformity of value which makes it
the safest standard of value of property
which the wisdom of man has yet dis
covered. Its superiority over adj other
money gives its possessor the choice
and command of all other money"
Following this debate the act called
the administration gold bill" in
tended to put the country on a single
gold standard, was passed, las to SO in
the house and 35 TO in the senate, and
signed by Andrew jackson, president.
The house committee, in 1853, report
cd: Gold is the only standard of value
by which oil property is now measured.
1t is virtually the only currency of the
country. We desire to have the standard
currency to consist of gold only, and
that these silver coins shall be entirely
subservient to it, and that they shall be
used rather as tokens than as standard
coins"