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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-08-06

legal books and political science and
all the other things you know so much
about, and little den for my novels
and books of verse. confess to lik-
ing some one to Judge new book
with me-but promise not to bore
you in that way, Anna"
"The housekeeper, in the intervals
between beautifying the home and 60
ing to church, could probably read
them with you," said Miss Beggs.
'Tsn't it queer, 1 had thought of
that very thing-lf we should chance
on cultured woman. Now, Anna,
doesn't it seem a possibility? Won't
you consider"
81 consider" said the lawyer, ris-
ing to her feet with sudden vim, "that
you are insulting me, Henry West t!
After our long friendship, l should
not have expected this of you. may
have been Indifferent to marriage,
from personal point Of view, but I
have always considered it a sacred
institution. To be asked to join with
you in such an arrangement as you
propose" she broke off and for the
first time since she had been admitted
to the bar tears came into her eyes,
and her voice trembled
The man with womanly tastes was
pleased at the sight of the drops on
her cheeks, and he bent over and kissed
them away.
Dearest he said, twill you be
my housekeeper?"- The New Bo-
hemia.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-08-06
Meaning Of Flowers.

Mint is symbolic of virtue.
The bell flower is symbolic of graft.
tude.
The horse chestnut is indicative OF
luxury.
The honeysuckle symbolizes bond
of love.
The peach blossom indicates SUBJ
mission.
The American cowslip indicates
devotion.
The white daisy is emblematic OF
innocence.
The candytuft is an emblem of in
difference.
The box is regarded as symbolic of
constancy.
The Gala lily is emblematic Of fem
mine beauty.
The arbor vitae is indicative of un-
changing friendship.
The primrose is in England an en-
blem of Inconsistency.
The oat plant is in Italy regarded as
emblematic of music.
The china aster is set down as indie
ative of remembrance.
The red carnation is regarded in
Spain as an emblem of despair.
The myrtle plant has always been
regarded as an emblem Of love.
The pink is considered in the south
of France symbolic of pure affec-
ton.
The lotus of India is emblematic of
life; in ancient Egypt it was a death
flower.
The purple columbine OF both Eng
land and Scotland is symbolic of de-
termination.
In the south of France the handing
of sweet pea by n young woman to
a young man is polite way of stating
that she is tired of his company.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-08-06
RATS STEAL HEAVY NAILS.

California is n state of big things,
and not the least interesting among
them is the huge wood rat found along
the slope of the Cascade mountains.
Besides being big, the rat Is psofes-
sional thief. He steals anything and
everything, and is the taxfor of the
natives as we'll as of gnnting parties.
Forest and Stream ,hls some amusing
stories of raids, wade on camps by rats
which casrfed away knives, forks,
spoony tin plates, towels, cartridges
ard III sorts of cloth and rags that
could be used as lining for their nests.
The same paper tells of an effort at
building done by pair of these rats
which beats all records for rat archi-
lecture. They selected the top of the
stove in hunters cabin for the site,
and while the hunter was gone they
built their house. They used railroad
spikes for the walls. securing them
from railroad shanty 200 yards from
the cabin.
In building the house they laid the
spikes with the utmost regularity and
arranged them so that the points all
stuck ont. After building the wall up
to the proper height the rats filled the
interior with soft stuff and had quite a
comfortable home when the hunter re-
turned and outsed them without the
formality of writ of eiectment
1t is not always that rats put the re-
suits of their theft to such good use.
Many things are stolen apparently for
the love of stealing, and with no in.
tention of using the stolen articles. In
the matter of the railroad spikes it
seems that the rats knew what they
were doing, for they stole enough
spikes to erect their house, and no
other iron entered into its construc'
ton. Perhaps one of the rats had
visited large city and secured some
IDEAS about building by watching the
erection of a modern sky scraper, and
was SO pleased with the scheme that
he resolved to adopt it himself. AT
any rate the rats built homo that
embodied in its construction many OF
the features of the 20story buildings
in New York.
This particular rat has many queer
habits not common to rodents, and
he is an interesting study for natural.
lists. Residents of the locality which
the rats inhabit, however, maintain
that the rats are nuisance, and the
thieying rascals are killed whenever
possible. 1t is all right to study a
criminal until your own goods have
been purloined, and many California
settlers have suffered from the depre-
dations of the wood rat, and so they
have sworn vengeance on the pestifer-
GUS but jolly little rodent that steals
merely for the pleasure of stealing.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-08-06

They are such tiny feet
They have gone SO short way to meet
The years which are required to break
Their steps to eyenness, and make
Them go
More sure and slow.
They are such little hands
Be kind things are 50 new, and life but
stands
A step beyond the doorway. All around
New day has found
Such tempting things to shine upon, and SO
The hands are tempted oft, you know.
They are such fond, clear eyes,
That widen to surprise
At every turn They are SO often held
70 sun or showers. showers soon dispelled
BY looking in our face,
Love asks for SO much grace
They are such fair, frail gifts!
Uncertain as the riffs
OF light that lie along the sky;
They may not be here by and by.
Give them not love, but more, above
And harder patience with the love.
Washington Critic.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-08-06
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Power from the Lachine rapids is to
be used for lighting Montreal, Can
ada.
1t is asserted that forty percent OF
the people of the United States are
color blind.
Pure lead has been found some
thirty feet under ground near Chester,
III. A company has been organized
to mine it.
The biggest bug in the world -four
ishes in Venezuela. 1t is the "ele-
phant beetle" and full-grown one
weighs about half pound.
The bones of the skull are arched
because in that form the greatest
strength is combined with the least
weight and quantity of material.
The Metropolitan Traction company
of New York City, is introducing
compressed air as the motive power
on its lines, saying that it is cheaper
than trolleys or cables.
Somebody has riled the health au-
thorities of Chicago by telegraphing
east that half the people OF the city
suffer with catarrh. They say that the
disease is no more prevalent there
than in other parts of the country.
In southwestern Europe, March Is
the stormiest month, while in the
British Islands and Norway, January
takes the lead in that respect. TAX
ing Europe as whole, the storms
preponderate near the eeasons Of the
equinoxes.
Mr.. Edison has invented an appara-
tus which changes the X ray into
light. HSsays that the light SO pro-
duced is exactly the same as the sun
light. He thinks that he has found a
better and cheaper light than the IN
candescent lamp.
Ferrel, high authority, believes
that upper air currents, proceeding
from the equator to the pole, and pro-
duced by heat in the tropical regions
are defeass'a' by the rAean Of n
cart 20 as to flow almost ea&. 8 :.
| certain latitudes.
Professor Bokai of Budapest ha
pointed out that not only has the u.s.
of antitoxic serum for diphtheria re
duced the death rate in that city from
81 to 81 percent, but it has reduced
the necessity of surgical operations or
the patients from about 80 percent to
| "a
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-08-06
VOL. vi.
The Isle or Long Ago.

,ronderful streamsis the River Time,
!. a eows through the realm Of years,
n fauItless rhythm and musical rhyme,
broader sweep and surge sublime,
4 Il blends with the ocean of years,
|, tho winters are drifting, like flakes of
snow,
the summers like buds between;
tho years In the sheaf-so they come
and they go
khe rivers breast, with It's ebb and flow,
I they glide in the shadow and sheen.
re,s a magical Isle up the River Time,
here the softest Of airs are playing;
ke,sa A cloudless sky and tropical cline,
a voice as sweet as vesper chime,
Ia tho Junes with the roses are staying.
The name OF this isle Is the Long Ago,
n we bury our treasures there
j are brows of beauty and bosoms OF
snow
y are heaps OF dust, but we love them so
ere are trinkets and tresses Of hair.
are fragments of songs that nobody
sings,
/ a part OF an infants prayer,
p's harp unswept and Lutte without
strings,
are broken VOWS and pieces Of rings,
the garments she used to wear.
are hands that are waved when the
fairy shore
The mirage is lifted in air;
Re sometimes hear through the turbu-
lent roar
voices we heard In the days gone be-
fore,
the wind down the river Is fair.
membered for aye be the blessed Isle
be day of our life till night.
hen evening comes with its beautiful
mile,
eyes are closing in slumber awhile,
that Greenwood" Of soul be in sight.
Benjamin f. Taylor.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-08-06
Origin of a Famous Phrase.

The phrase sub rosa (''under the
rose, '') has been said to have origin
ated from the many plots and con-
spiracies engendered during the wars
of York and Lancaster, but it is much
more probable that it arose from a
custom--now fallen into disuse, but
once very general among the nations
of the north of Europe-of suspend
ing a rose over the heads of the guests
at feasts, to signify that whatever
transpired was of a confidential
nature
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-08-06
Clever Fling at a Critic.

Henry Bauer, the French dramatic
critic. before whom all the actors Of
Paris tremble, undertook to deliver
lecture the otheF day. and had bad
attack of stage fright. what are
YOU afraid of2"asked Baron, the come
dian. Bauer isn't in the audience." "
New Orleans Picayune,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-08-06
MOntana's School of Mines,

California has no such thing as
school of mines, although the richest
mining state in the Union. In this
respect she is behind Montana in the
march of progress. That state has an
organized school at Butte, managed
by a board of trustees, and that body
adopted plans for fine structure for
the accommodation of the school.
These plans provide for laboratories.
lecture-rooms and all other appoint
ments necessary to make the school
suited to the growing wants OF
Montana as mining state. The
Federal Government has donated
100000 acres of the public
lands for the benefit of the
school, and the last Legislature of
Montana authorized the board of
trustees of the School of Mines to
erect building not to exceed the cost
of 800, 900 and to equip it at a cost
not to exceed $15, 200. The act also
authorizes the trustees to accept dona-
tions, and it is expected that liberal
sum will be realized from this source.
AS result OF these liberal provisions
Montana will soon have an elegant
structure for the scientific education
in mining matters of its young men.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-08-06

Dora (shyly)-I became engaged
to Mr.. Atherton last night.
Cora-Oh, you lucky girl! You
are sure to have a perfectly lovely
time this summer now. You know
I was engaged to him last year.
Louisville Journal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-08-06

Illinois has mild compulsory edu-
cation law, and reasonable laws relat-
ing to the employment OF minors and
females in factories.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-08-06
ling Of Miss Anna Beggs.
BY KATHERINE BATES.

said lawyer Anna Begga, "no,
never marry"
at is a great pity" replied the
whom she was speaking, ''for
build make a delightful homo for
lucky fellow"
lawyer looked at him in sur
b you think 80 ?" she asked. 81
agree with you, for l am not at
nestle. You probably think so
70 it is your theory that women
make homes"
|, that isn't it," interrupted her
IL think you would make a
full home"
Beggs was silent; she crossed
7 and slipped down in her
meditating for a little while.
she said: ooh, l think not"
y not?"
II, it is generally held that one
Essentials of a homo is wifely
bon for the head of the family.
7 my custom to admire men"
7 is true," admitted the man
mans admiration for his wife
long way toward making a
Us another theory, isn't it?
ever see home properly
ed without wifely admiration?"
| can't say that / ever did.
ould be willing to try the ex-
if you would take me-"
you? Are you proposing to
Try West?"
e what I am working up to-
tended for some years to do
Tou had time to listen. You
trifie short of clients this
p-the extreme cold, no doubt
emed it good time Ito try
That is why l introduced
BY as a general topic; unless
lively disagreeable to you.
ike to make it q special
Eyer sighed. She was a
woman, with very long
her dark grey eyes, ana she
these convenient lashes as
cred the matter.
if you must talk it out ]
pw is as good a. time as any:
disappointed in you, Henry.
Pwn you for years. and /
rs counted on you as one of
ho would not want to marry
good many of those years ]
end to want to, said Henry.
lly. "In fact, l thought
20 were anxious to in spite
pntricities, were great idiots,
changed my mind"
amanl"
am not very much OF
bats the plea I am 60
this afternoon--the
ment. ! have gone
in the case. and il
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-10-17
Application for 4 Patent
Notes Ne. 40.
surrey Ne. ll74.

United States LaAd 0nes, l.
HALEY, ldahe, February IL, looo. 4
Notice u hereby given, that George 4.
Williams. whose post once ad9rses u A.
lants. fillmore county, state Of Idaho, has
made application for United States pat
entfor the
Yaba River DQim Site
claim, situats on unsurvsysd lands Of ths
United states, In Aiddis Boise Mining Dis
t1ict, Blmore county, State Of Idaho. coA-
sistin4 Of 5l4.9 linear feet Of the Mill Site.
and surfaces ground 4oe feet wide, being
survey No. lila, and described In the 6el1
notes and plat Of the o0acial survey on die
in this of1ics, with magnetic variation at -
degrees east, ~ follow:
Beginning at corner No. Of this claim.
feet 70 corner No. 5; thencs q. $50 So Z.
S44.s feet e corner No. 4. FrOm this corner
y. 4. II. II. No. bears n. go ~ Is" x
S,o02.7 feet; thence 8. TAO Is w. l00 fest e
corner No. l. the place Of beginning survey
Of The exterior boundaries Of this claim;
iselndine IN area Of acres applied tsr-
The said Aill Site claim being Of record
in the oll1ee Of the County Recorder q se1
mining district, ct Mountainous, In II
more county, State Of Idaho. The nearest
known locations being the Yube River Ne.
Mill Site and the Atlanta Ne. lode,
survey Ne. 6D A.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion Of the said xuhs River Min
site claim Or surface ground are required
- ME their adverse claims thereto with the
Register Ct the United states Land O16ca,
at Asilsy. 9tats Ut Idahe, within the sixty
days publication thereof. or they will b
barred BY virtus Ct the provisions q the
statute in such cases made and provided.
W. 81. BRODHEAD. Register.
direct that the foregoing Notes Of ap-
risd of sixty days ten consecutive wsaks)
in the KErCHun KEYsroxE, . weekly news
paper published 1t Ketchun, Blaine coun-
y, state Ut Idaho, being the newspaper
published nearest said claim.
W. H. BRODHEAD. Register.
First publication, February Is, A. ID. lsu4
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-10-17

George Du Maurler, artist and
novelist, author Of "Trilby," died
at London Oct. 9Th.
The Democratic majority in Geor-
gia is estimated 1T 10000 against
q 600 two years ago.
W. N. Boynton, Of the Franklin.
O., National bank. has been SEN
tsncsd to five years in the psnitsn-
tiary for violation of the United
States banking law, to which Boyn.
ton had pleaded guilty.
Jesse James, Jr., has just declined
. proposition to 60 upon the stage.
SINGS the death Of Jesse James his
family consisting OF his wife, his
daughter and his con, have been liv-
ing quietly in Kansas City. The
home for seven years has bsen at
3404 Tracy avenue, . neat little cot
tags Of Ave rooms. SHADING on
twenty lave tsst Of ground, owned
By the widow.
A lamp exploded q The house Of
James Gardner Of Oskdals, CAL.
and sst 6rs 10 the house. Mr..
Gardner MAS reading and his IL
ysar-old con was il bed. The father
seemed 20 forget ths boy and
rushed out Of the house, with hi.
and dssh burning. He
thought Of The boy and sttsmptsd
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-10-17
Applieadon;fbr Z Fatent
Notieo 10. ~.
survey No. llN.
Uniaed ofatpo Land O@oe,

80 .
UA1eeo 6eeeee Land O@eei
8a&ley, Idaho, February u, OQ~
Nol1ce b horeey Etveo. that 0eoeBo =.
Williams, whose pest elnoe A4ateeo - At
lanta, clmors county, 9tate Of Idaho. h.s
made application Tor UAitod 6fa9ee rat
ene Ter ths
ero0so Creek Ne. 4 Wlll AoDo
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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-10-17
Wedding Bella

A nretty veddiax t2ok pl.ce It Bale
80. Odd. .o...oo. n..o,,.. ,,.h -.
81. -...,-~ 49, NJ. -,
"'Sn eea''.'''ss ps''s os.as ~ LAO
tis YORK q taat caty and II. William
Mccoy Of Ketchum.
The ceremony va performed bv Rev
-. ua-..a - -. p.-..,-..-;........
.' s'
q tue 'es'oeoee q tns Ot'os 1stnes, IT
William A. York, cos ef tho piooese cit.
issss ef III 0atssits. Mr. Jasas McCe,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-10-17

A late dispatch from Chicago says
M. J. w. Kelly, = delegate TO The
Nstional Convention Of Democratic
Clubs from Valparaiso, Ind, who
10 q student OF ths big Normal
school there, brings An interesting
bit of news Of how the 1900 stu.
dents in tho college stand on the
campaign. Il il significant from
the fact that fve-sixths Of The stu
dents are voters, and hail from
every State in tho Union, sxesps
three states ID the extreme East.
And it is;also > fact that the faculty
Of tho college are, with one or two
exceptions, TO ; man advocates Of
ID eold standard. 4 result Of :
poll of the students last vssk
showed that those 10 tavor Of To
slection Of Bryan and 6swall out
Numbered the Mckinley men : 70
l. Since til bsGinning - this
week 80 Of III se6dedts Who osioi-
nally declared fos gold havs eeas
over - Tho silver cause, notwieh.
- ine III laet that - every
Dvsilahle ocoAsioa IL psolsoeoEs In
vsi9h against the e)ection e Bryan.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-10-17

The Dsrliagtoa, Wis.,, Journal says edi-
tos,aily Of popasar pstsat medicine:
I'VE know from expsrisecs that Cham.
bsslainS Collie, Cholera asd Dissfhoes
Remedy II ell that y claiosd for II, -
~ two occasions il stopped sxcruciating
pains and possibly saved - from a IN
timely grave. We would not rest easy
over night without il u tn houes." The
remedy undoubtedly saves more pats and
sunerinS thas cay other nsdiciee IN the
world. Every family should kesp It In
The house, for It Il sure 10 b nesded
sooner CT lster. For sale b. I. !. Lewis,
druggist.
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The attendance has increased
three this week, making . total en-.
rollmsnt Of sixty-three.
Miss Hannah Mccoy WAS una.
voidably absent one half day this
week.
The attendance % far has been
very regular, If the average 10 just
kept up W can easily have CON-
plets and satisfactory reports along
that line.
The general exercises each day
consist Of songs By the school, var.
led oooe in . while by short talks
or readings by the teacher.
The reqsisition for the new text
books has been made out and for
sarded to Supt. AcFsdden. When
'ne books arrive the work will BE-
more complete in some Of the
grades than it 10 - present.
Mature studies" for the little
'olk' il one part Of the programms
each afternoon. II 10 surprising
oow quickly some Of The little boys
and girls understand the points
Presented, and also how we'll they
retain them.
The school board had one Of the
large coal-bins filled With coal this
seek; supply that will last usy
qo'te . while. The school.room is
very pleasant, md With but little
s.te can b kept 1t IN even and
-vm'ortable temperature.
arrangements will b msde shortly
.'.et the election 70 organise . Lit
.!'!y club. The work will b made
:. .;l interesting and profitable q pos-
d.ole' and oil who fepl inclined %
70 ~ TO- will b invited 70 participase.
y! tas drst and secosd Grsdss oil
-: school are dismissed thirty |
;u .not:s before the ret, Il ~ noon
%S.st@ss:ion and also II Tie eyepisel
~ sxpIst Tas. ,othse erpdee. arsl
~ ~ ossaisssd uatil four tvest1 inI
s"s'aeea-:..:, q.
AND. AART1H, Tsacher. !
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K.tchum wse arraysd In holiday
...;rs yeslsrday:iu honor Of the IN.
.a:.. ; arrival d Senator Fred
81 g kubdis:: 'Fiags Heated from The
hhs.n,etop;sr and ) spirit Of general
Enthusiasm per.aded tho town.
Metropolitan Hail, where NJ.
Xnsois spoke, was decorated With
~ =. stars and stripes, and lovely
sorers in profusion were placed
.hare to give sweet welcome to
.hs distinguished speaker.
Hon. George =. Mile met senator
Doboi. At HALEY and escorted him
- Kstchum, arriving hsFs about 8
~. Az ws 80 to pesss The town
!. in blaze Of light from Immense
hon 6res, while anvil ealutse ars
.oundine . welcome % ldahe's stE
VI champion. We regret thst no
fsrth,r particulars can b given Of
NJ. Dubois reception and address
4 Metropolitan Hall until our next
isoue.
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IDAHO lByv0.

John Portlock, Of Brunsau, hi
gone out Of the sheep business,
having cold biz entirs band Of sheep
about 5000 hsad-to Fred W.
Gooding.
An spidemjc Of malignant scaslsl
tevsr 10 prevailing amoog IL chill.
drsn In boiss souniy. Ons eass i
reported where . child died d 1ve
hours altsr taking aick.
Rsperts from 0ibbonsville say
that the town . full Of idle Zen.
That there i not smploymsns for
ons.tsnth Of those who have gone
there TO sesk employment.
Nampa Loader: Tuesday eight
Nampa town lots, valued at $500,
were wsgsred on Bryan and AcKin.
Icy. The Leader will not publish
names Of the parties who are betting,
but the gentleman who 10 backing
Bryan will win.
Boise Mail: To-day 5000 Dubois
buttons were sent to different por.
tons Of the State BY the State cen
trail committee. If the demand for
the buttons continues, Boise will
have to start . button factory"
Charlss Cunningham, Of Pendls-
ton, Oregon, was in Mountain Home
last week with 800 head of fine
Aerino bucks for sale. In his no.
tice Mr.. Cunningham said: will
sell to tho right parties on one
years time, aud il Mckinley 10 not
elected, the buyer need not pay fer
them ut ALL" It is to b hoped
that some Bryan man took the
whole herd. Who ever got the
bucks got bargain. for it 10 = sure
thing that the buyer will not have
to pay for them. And when the
presidential returns come in won't
the aforesaid Mr.. Cunningham feel
like going up in the garret and med
itsting over his rash offer.
A Dispatch from Pocatello Oct.
9Th says: This afternoon At Hams
Fork near here while John Bysrs
and Miss Beatsice Bowcutt, aged l6,
were riding 4 railroad velocipeds, .
dog ran across the track in front Of
them, throwing the car off and pre-
the occupants heavily TO
the ground. Miss Bowcutt fell
across the track and died in . few
presumably from fright.
Neither Of the two were struck BY
the car and no other cause for the
death can be given. She was .
of John Bowcutt, section
foreman 1t Hams Fork.