The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-09-10
EXCHANGE FL ASHES.

EXCHANGE FLASHES.
Col. Merrill told reporter of the
Mobile Register on Saturday that
while abroad he made arrangements
vita capitalists to take the bonds
for the Kansas City, Mobile &
Jackson Railroad, and that as soon
as things were in a little better
shape the work would commence.
he said there was no question now
but what the road would be built,
but added that "the election in No
vember will have something to do
with the rapidity OF the work, as the
people interested are sound money
men and belieye that the silver
idea is rulnous to finance. If Brys
an is elected it may upset our plans.
| am advised that a force of men
are now at work clearing the right
of way. The commissary buildings
are up and they are located at the
big cut tweuty.three miles north.
west of Mobile on the rain line.
expect to stay here and be With the
work. / won't 60 north again un-
about the first of the year, and
then only on temporary trip" p
Coml. Appeals Jackson Bureau.
We are just a little afraid toe
much petticoaL is being brought in.
to Mr.. Bryan campaign. There
can be such a thing as too much Of
a good thing. - New Orleans States
Some Southern ladies have sc
far forgotten their dignity as to
write political articles. When a
lady begins in politics, she thereby
degrades herself, and it is a proof
that her domestic affairs and IN
headed. -Hattiesburg American
Citizen.
A century ago there was not a
mile of telegraph or telephone in
existence or a mile of railroad.
Now there are thousands of miles
of each, many miles of political
parties and hundred Of miles OF
office STANDARDIZATION County
Progress... ess
The Pascagoula Democrat-Star
wants to know "what is the matter
with the recent talked of special
session of the legislature ~ 1t has
been superseded, 16 to 1, by the
more recent talk Of an empty Treas
ury. Statehouses cannot be built
on wind, -Picayune's Jackson Bu-
reau.
Only 900 persons in 100000,
according to medical authority, die
from old age. while 200 succumb
to govt, 1S.400 to measles, 300 to
apoplexy, 1000 to erysipelas, 7 500
to consumption, $4,000 to scarlet
fever, $4,000 to whooping cough, &c..
900 to typhoid and typhus. and T..
900 to rheumatism. The averages
vary according to locality, but these
are considered pretty accurate as
regards the population of the globe
as a whole.-Detroit Free Press.
You have heard of Senator Joe
Blackburn's old servant who said
to another darby:
81 specks Mars Joe is the smart.
est man that ever cum to Wash
ingtoD.'
"Smarter dan Garfield 2"
EYES,"
Smarter dan G. ant %
"Yes.'
"Smarter dan Lincum 2"
"Yes.n
sis be smarter dan de Lord 7"
swell, now,' replied the old darky,
'Mars Joe is young yit."-Ex.
An Iowa editor thinks the law
could not be too severe on the
druggists who advertise medicine |
% improve the appetite. 1t is hard |
enough these times for a man TO !
'atIsfy the appetite he has much
ess a greater one.-FayettevilIe
Ark Sentinel.
Never, perhaps, since Adam was
'orn did our people hold to 80 MANY
[lffersnt opinions about govern
mental affairs as now. Every ia.
ivldual, from the biggest ignor-
nous to the wlsest in the land.
as his plans aud insists that this
overnment be ran by them. There
one thing sure, the foolkiller must
egln work at once or this nation
Ill go overboard.-The South