The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-03-26
EXCHANGE FL ASHES.
IMMORTAL MAN.

IMMORTAL MAN.
4 man. No line can measure
hIm. No limit can bound him
The archaugei before the throne
cannot outhve him. The stars shall
die. tut he will watch their extia-
guishment. The world Will barn,
but he will gaze at the confiagras
ton. Endless ages will march on;
he will watch the procession. A
man! The masterpiece of God
I Almighty.-Rev. 7. Dewitt Tals
mage, Washington, d. c.
PROFANITY.
Profanity is relic of barbarism
and an evidence of a low state of
living. It's repulsive and a gross
/ insult to decency. 1t places men
in the lowest society and robs them
of all self-respect. 1t takes neith-
err brains nor common sense to
swear, and generally speaking, the
less the brain the profaner the man.
Rev. c. B. Gruver, Lutheran.
Lock haven, Pa.
a Kansas crank sends petition
to Congress, through Senator Pef-
fer, asking that body TO make
| April 5, 'Resurrection Day." le-
gal holiday, in honor of the "King
of the Jews, who has always been a
true friend of the United States"
Here is another element to be
thrown into the witches cauldron,
out of which is to come forth the
, new political party.-N, Y. Mercury.
) The shy young man and timid maid
: In silence walt from week TO week,
Each wondering, modestly afraid,
Whose place it really is to speak.
Washington Star.
The Board of Supervisors of
1allahatchie county pays 500 for
the public alton of their proceed
e ings, and the legal rates for all 9TH
: er publications made by them. Be-
sides this, they give to their county
paper the printing Of all stationery
that can be done by if. That's the
t way TO keep up and support coun.
= ty paper Carrollton Conservative.
4 Do not allow your environment
r to trouble you for moment
, Meet the duty OF NOW, and take
no thought of that which is waits
ing, for it will never come in exact
ly the same form which you antici-
4 pate, and you can do nothing to
, prepare for it except to execute the
present commissions faithfully
Ex. ,.>.-.~'
Rev. W. B. Holcomb said in his
sermon last Sunday the lame man
had been placed at the entrance tC
the temple that the most people
: might see him; but probably the
# better place nowadays would be al
railroad depot. Guess the preach
er is not wide of his mark .-Lum-
e berton Day Book.
There is money in cypress logs
t Last week raft of 80 logs, cons
n tanning 35,S05 feet was foated to
L Slidell, La, by Mr.. G. W. Stockstill
and his son, Monroe, of the Nichs
olson neighborhood. They were
paid S161.55 for the 80 pieces oil
q timber.--Gulf Coast Progress.
. Mississippi will send eighteen
q delegates to the Democratic Matt.
II onal Convention with a free silver
al plank on their shoulder, and tEev
. will return with a sound money
, plank in both hands. for the nation.
i al convention viii not declare fol-
u Is to 1.-Coast Beacon.
i The cause of protection, like that
g OF free and unlimited coinage, must
o be in bad way. when offers come
from the one side to form a combi-
nation with the other. Heretofore
the protectlonists have been arro-
CANT and aggressive, and as a rule,
up to the present time have carried
things their own way, bat now they
u are willing 10 form any sort of com.
. binstion TO regain their lost pres
tige.-NatcheZ Democrat.
!, Oh! doesn't your life seem lank
= and long
When all goes right aud nothing
4 goes wrongi
: And isn't your life extremely fat
: When there's nothing whatever to
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