The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-02-27
EXCHANGE FL ASHES.

iOf Iuue inic way a mno WO't UP
and spoke to BIN and said, "Your
face is familiar; where in the HI
did / meet your ~ don't know"
replld the ex governor. "what part
of hell are you from ?"-Commer-
cial Appeal.
Everybody is aware that the
horse is the cleanliesl Of all domes
tic animals. 1t will not eat any
thing but good healthy food, nor
drink any but pure water. A horse
would rather starve than swill the
rotten stuff often given to pigs and
cattle. 1t Is nothing but prejudice
that prevents us from eating horse.
flesh. A similar prejudice retarded
the introduction OF the potato a
hundred years ago. Horsefesh ie
the mos. nourishing of all meats,
and Its taste is hardly to be dis
tinguished from that of beef. The
flesh of horse fed on oats has a
smell similar TO goosef1esh. The
fat IS preferable to lard. Above all
it should be remembered that NO
flesh is so healthy as that of the
horse. Trichinosis ard similar dis
eases are unknown in horses. Tub
erculosis, very common in cattle, is
very rare in Observation-Disclosures
ZeitIng.
We often see man throw a pa.
per down and remark with an &C.
cent Of contempt that "there is
nothing in it anyway" We will
appreciate it if every one who feels
that way will get his pencil and
write half a column for next weeks
issue, not half column on one sub.
ject, but on ten different subjects,
as we have to do. Terry Headlight.
LAZINEss OF MIND.
There is a laziness of the mind as
well as the body. People loaf
mentally as we'll as physically. One
is to be despised quite as much as
the other. The man or boy who
sits about on street corners ana in
stores telling idle tales isfno more
a social nuisance than is he who
dawdles over his studies, or dreams
away the hours a wool gathering.
which should be employed in plan.
ming and thinking about the serious
Problems of life. The mind should
be held quite as rlgidly to disclp-
line as the body; for an aimless,
wandering, unappllable mind will
destroy ones usefulness quite as
much as slothtul, fabby, unskill-
full body,-Detroit Free Press.
Eugene Paul Brand has just SUBJ
mttted fearful weapon to the
German minister of war. 1t pnts
all Inventions III the sphere of death.
dealing instruments in the shade.
The Brand contrivaoce il gun.
whicEjs not loaded with powder,
but vita compressed gas A sim
gle charge will suffice for 250O shots,
and volleys of fifty shots each can
be fred in rapid succession. This
Brand new invention Is one of the
numerous and improved methods
of killing people that advanced
civilization ia now demanding. His
activity in destroying human lives
will doubtless win for him mon.
ument. -PIcayune.
RUNIoUs BIDDING.
Nearly, If not all the mail routes
in this section, have been taken bv
foreign contractors at prices that
will not pay the wear and tear of
the borsehesh necessary to trans.
port the mails. Now if local hid
ders will let these outsiders carry
the mails on the routes they have
bid IN, maybe they will have some
show next time the contracts are
let out. This thing of men bidding
OFT routes that should bring $500 or
S6OO for one~third that sum is all
foollshness, and the men who have
to 90 the work as sub-contractors
should see to it that these fellows
are made so sick of their baroains
that they will keep their hands off
and their bids In their pockets next
time.-Brandon News.
The Legislature should pursue a
broad and liberal policy toward
railroads. There is no agent known
to modern times that is such a
great developer and civilizer as the
railroad, There are MANY barren
and waste places in Mississinni
which are sadly in need of this
modern developer. The News homes
that before the Legislature adiourns
IL Will give the people chance to
repeal that section of the const,tna
ton which says that no citv or
county shall vote bonus to a rail-
road. Mississippi needs railroads
and needs them badly; and WIN
not give them a chance to helm
build them. There is a sentiment
10 the State which recognizes the