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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14
Renaissance of Athletics.

On the world at large the Olympic
games have, of course, exerted no in
fuence as yet, but I am profoundly
convinced that they will do so. May
be permitted to say that this was my
reason for founding them. Modern
athletics need to be unified and puri-
fed. Those who have followed the
renaissance of physical sports in this
century know that discord reigus SUI
preme from one end of them to the
other. Every country has its own
rules it is not possible even to come
to an agreement as to who is
am amateur, and who is not.
All over the world there is
one perpetual dispute, which is far
ther fed by innumerable weekly, and
even daily, newspapers. In this de-
plorable state of things professionals
ism tends to grow apace. Men give
up their whole existence to one par
ticular sport, grow rich by practicing
it, and thus deprive it of all nobility,
and destroy the just equilibrium of
man by making the muscles pre-
ponderate over the mind. 1t is my
belief that no education particularly
in democratic times, can be good and
aud complete without the aid OF
athletics; but athletics, in order to
play their proper educational role,
must be based on perfect disinterested-
ness and the sentiment of honor.
If we are to guard them against
these threatening evils we must put
an end to the quarrels OF amateurs,
that they may be united among them
selves and willing to measure their
skill in frequent international encoun-
ters. But what country is to impose
its rules and its habits on tho others?
The Swedes will not yield to the Ger.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14
Purifying a ROOMS Air.

The air OF room may be purified
in two hours by setting inside of it q
wide mouthed pitcher filed with pure
cold water. In three hours at most it
will have absorbed all the respired
gases in the room, leaving the air
purer by that much. but the water
will be too filthy to use, if one but
knew and could see what it has taken
in. 1t is estimated that q common
pailful of ice cold water will absorb in
six hours one quart of carbonic acid
and several pints of ammonia from
the air. For the purpose of purifying
the air the water is all right, but don't
use it to wash in or to drink. For
those purposes use fresh water, just
drawn, or use from vessels that are
always covered either by metal or
china, or by several folds of cloth.
like clean towel. Care in the use of
drinking water would avert many
calamnities, as typhoid and other mala-
rial fever. Washington Star.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14
4 & E|;!S(S.,,:lbildr rStl;sIISgs;o olumDI

the skunk farmer, the man who makes
his living by picking up lost things in
depots, theatres and hotels, and re-
turning them to their owners with the
expectation of being rewarded; the
clock winder, the man who collects
orange and lemon peels, and the syn
dicnte which is now engaged in rails
ing black cats for their fur.
There are still other queer occupa-
tions. A "rattlesnako farmer" who
lives in the Ozark mountains, makes
the products of his "larm," bring
money from three different directions.
The oil he sells to druggists, who have
regular customers that believe it to
be cure for hundred different ills !;
the skins he sells to would-be cow
boys, who use them ms hat-bands and
neckties, and the skeletons are always
a ready sale, the purchasers being the
directors of museums.
The man who wakes people up in
the morning, the old cork collectors
and the dog catchers are wellknown
characters in every large city.
The individuals who gain q liveli-
hood in pursuits that are strictly sci
entific are equally as numerous as
those who follow the more humble
callings. In the list of occupations
that are strictly scientific is the manu-
facture .of artificial eggs, artificial
coffee and false diamonds. Also the
industry of making buttons, combs,
penholders and other articles of u
similar nature from blood collected at
the slaughter houses. But the queer
est trade of all is carried on by two
young Pennsylvanians, who are max
ing regular business of extracting
the poison from honey bees. This
venom is supposed to be remedy for
various ills. .-Chicago Record.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14

Mr.. Gray Squirrel lives out in the park,
In a house that is up in Il tree;
He isn't afraid when he hears the wolves
bark,
And for tigers snarls naught cares he.
The lion may roar with voice that is deep,
And the bears may growl in their rage,
The owl may hoot when he isn't asleep,
And the bald eagle scream In his cage.
Mr.. Gray Squirrel minds not In the least,
When he hears all that terrible noise;
For he doesn't get frightened at bird or at
beast,
And will hardly run even from boys.
Over he comes in front Of my seat,
And up on his launches he stands,
And the nut that hold, pack-full OF good
meat,
He will eat right out of my hands.
Oh, he's good fellow, is this Mr.. Gray,
Oh, right good fellow is he!
like him first rate, and in his own way
think that he rather likes me.
james II. Perry, in Chicago Record.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14
A GRATEFUL MILLIONAIRE.

The recent troubles Of Africa have
called public attention to large num-
ber of interesting persons living in
the southern portion of that conti-
uent. Among others who have been
conspicuously noticed is Mr.. "Barney"
Barnato, who has made great for
tune in Africa, and of whom Cape
Town journal tells the following in
teresting anecdotes: When boy Mr..
Barnato went to the London Jews
Free School, which has produced so
many leading Jews of the day. When
be left, his teacher, who was much at
tached to him, gave him penny and
his blessing. The years rolled by,
the friendless youth had made his
wonderful career in South Afrie4. and
the little "Barney" had become per-
sonage. About the time when half
London and Paris were going crazy
over the hotation of the Barnato
Bank, Barney" was seized with a
fancy to visit his old schoolmaster.
With great difficulty be managed to
hunt up the old man.
"Do you recollect," he said, when
they met--"Do you recollect giving
yonr little Barney penny when he
left school thirty years ago? Here it
is back again and with compound in
tcrest," aud Herewith he handed the
scho oolmaster check for $525. -Har- :
per's Round Tabl.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14

the running. The stern parent would
write the daughter and aunt the
next day announcing his unalter-
ablo discision. But that worthy
young son heard it all and showed
himself chip of the old block by
writing letter which he mailed that
night after bold midnight ride to the
nearest railroad station. The hitter
was to Whirlock and exposed the
whole scheme. He came to me in the
gloomiest despair. There was no hope,
for if Madge received the final words,
either through the mail or Duiow, she
would never go back on her promise.
g See here, Whirlock, I said to
him, marry the girl tonight. She
cannot get tho letter before morning.
p" But Dulow is sure to come.
He'll only get in there over my
dead body, provided you arrange for
the wedding
"This put new life into Whirlock
and he rushed for the aunt's. He told
both the women in q determined way
That it must be now or never, giving
Miss Frowley just enough light to
make her anxious. They carried the
aunt right off her feet and she was
won completely when Whirlock sug-
gested that no one but the man who
happened to be her favorite minister
should perform the ceremony.
"We crowded matters as rapidly as
consistent with having the aunt stay
with u.s. She lived on retired street
and early in the evening l took up my
duty at the front gate as guard, with
an understanding that Whirlock
would pin his handkerchief in the
window when the contract for life was
completed.
Minutes never seemed SO long to
me, though. I had q friend slowly
driving cnb back and forth. I did
not know Dulow, but when I saw a
man hurrying from the nearest street
car track, I had no doubt as to who it
was.
Mr.. Dulow?' I said rs he ap.
preached, and with message for
Miss Frowley?"
GA very important onc,' he an
swered.
Right in here, announced, as l
hustled him to the cab. I'll take you
to her, and we were off before he had
time to gather his wits. Ny friend
drove like mad. A mile away Dulow
grew belligerent. but l assured him
we would soon be there. By circu-
itous route we returned and there
waved the signal OF triumph. Dulow
rushed to the house only to meet Mrs.
Whirlock and leave in towering
rage.
"Next morning Dulow had war;
rant out for John Doe, but he could
not be found. Now he is q great
friend of the Whirlocks and even of
the people on the old Massachusetts,
farm. Detroit Free Press
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14
FRUIT INSTEAD OF CANDY.

81 wish," said doctor the other
day, as he watched n group of school
children troop out of candy store,
where they had been spending their
pennies, "that could form a society
among little folks, in which each
member would take a pledge to spend
all his pocket money for fruit instead
of candy" 1t seemed funny way OF
putting it, didn't it? But the physi-
clan was very much in earnest, and at
.5he moment it probably occurred to
him that, as children like clubs, an
anti-candy club would be very good
ono for them. He wanted to do two
things, to stop their eating the un-
healthful sweet and to coax them to
eat more fruit. An apple or banana
or nm orange can usually, one or the
other of them. be bought for the price
of a little candy, and the fruit is much
better in every way than the sweet. -
New York Times.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Coral does not grow deeper than
forty fathoms. Placed deeper, it dies.
Coral found below forty fathoms ln-
dicates that either the bottom has gone
down or it has fallen from the forty
fathom depth.
Careful experimenting has shown
that through a certain depth of water,
where only so per cent. of the red rays
passed through, there were GO per
cent of orange; yellow, 80; green,
90; indigo, 95.
Carbon monoxide is deadly, being
composed of one atom of carbon aud
one atom of oxygen. One-half per
cent. in the air will cause poisonous
symptoms, and more than one or two
per cent. may be fatal.
In total ecllpses animals have been
known to fall asleep, showing the lat
ter condition due not really to habit,
but to actual removal of light, whose
absence SO acts upon the nervous sys-
tenn as to invite repose.
Women have better perception OF
color than men. An eminent author
ity Oh color blindness asserts that un-
der very severe test the color vision
of one man in five is defective, while
the average is one in thirty.
Professor McKenrick, Glasgow uni
versity, showed at the meeting of the
British assoclation new apparatus,
prepared by himself and Lord Kelvin.
by which the deaf might be enabled
to enjoy the rythm of music.
To stop leaks in vessels an Ohio
man has device consisting of a reel
placed Mt the side of vessel, on which
is wound heavy fabric, one end on
which has n hook for fastening it to
the keel of the vessel, the other end
being drawn tight by winding up. the
reel.
Shad are of different families, which
come from the ocean to the rivers
along the Atlantic coast to spawn.
| The shad of Florida are not the same
as those of the Hudson, or-tsss- s-s
nectcut, or the Susquehanna. The
same fish comes each year to the par.
ticular river where they were born.
and in their appearance are slightly
different. Each river is the home OF
| q separate colony.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14
Great Redwood Slab.

In New Whatcom, a seaport town
and the county seat OF Whatcom
County, the northwest county in
Washington and in the United States.
is erected on the outer edge of side-
walk on one of the principal street
corners an immense slab or section OF
one of Washingtan's biggest red fir
trees. The slab, being cut directly
across the diameter of the tree, like q
butchers cutting block, is set on
edge, the greatest diameter extending
upward, the bark being on its entire
circumference, says the Mining aud
Scientific Press.
A stranger naturally feels inclined
to walk up to the slab and measure 1t
by its height, and is surprised to find
that it would take another man stand
ing on his head to extend to the top
of it. Then he steps back pace and
reads tho following inscription, neatly
painted on a board attached to the
face OF the slab:
"Tree from Loops Ranch Forks,
Whatcom County, Washington. The
tree was 465 feet high, 220 feet to first
limb, and 33 feet IL inches in circum-
ference at the base. If sawed into
lumber it would make 96, 345 feet 1t
would build eight cottages two stories
high of seven rooms each. The tree
is about 4SO years old, according to
the rings. If sawed into inch square
strips it would fill ten ordinary cars,
and the strips would reach from What
com to China"
The section shows the tree sound to
the core.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14
VOL. VII.
over and Over Again.

Over and over again
M matter which way turn,
always find in the Book Of Life,
Some lesson have to learn;
,,,ust take my turn at the mill,
must grind out the golden grain,
..nst work at my task with resolute will,
Over and over again
We cannot measure the need
ofeyen the tiniest flower,
Nor check the flow OF the golden sands
That run through single hour;
put the morning dew must fall,
And the sun and the summer rain
uust do their part and perform 1t all
Over and over again.
Over and over again,
The brook through tho meadows flows,
And over and oyeragain,
The ponderous mill-wheel goes;
Once doing will not suffice,
Though doing be not in vain,
And blessing failing us once or twice
May come II we try again.
The path that has once been trod
Is never SO rough to the feet,
And the lesson we once have learned
is never 80 hard to repeat
Though sorrowful tears may fall
And the heart to its depths be riven,
With storm and tempest, we need them all,
To render us meet for heaven.
Josephine Pollard.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14
TWO NAUGHTY BABY BEARS.

In the far North, where snow and
ice cover the ground even in summer,
two little Alaskan bears lived They
were not as large as the Examiner s
little bears, so one day in June while
their papa and mamma were away an
Indian hunter found and took them to
his wigwam down by a lovely bay
called Yakutat. Pretty soon n big
warship sailed into the bay and an
chored. The hunter knew sailors
liked little bears, so he took them in
his canoe and padded out to the
-hip. The sailors were glad to see
these baby bears and gave the
Indian some tobacco and took the
little ones for pets. The bears were
glad now, because they had all the
bread and milk they could eat. One
day an officer gave them q saucer of
honey, for he knew all bears love
honey. Then you should have seen
those naughty things. They quar-
relied and scratched each other till
they had to be put to bed without
supper. After that each had n saucer
of honey for himself to stop their
quarreling.
By and by they grew strong and
climbed the rope ladders with the sail
ors and didn't get bit seasick. One
day Betsy, as one little bear was
called, fell off ladder and hurt her
hip. Everybody WAS sorry. So the
surgeons were called, but when they
tried to fix her hip she bit them, and
they had to put her to sleep with med
icine. Then they doctored her hip so
she could walk again. Now these two
little bears were very funny. and
cute and cunning, but they
couldn't keep ont of mischief. One
night the big chest where all the ships
points were kept was left open aud
these naughty little ones climbed in
and played with the paints. In the
morning Oh, what sight! One little
bear was red and the other very
green. They were dark brown before
this. They were very sick. too, be-
cause they had eaten some of the
paint. They made every one laugh,
they looked SO funny, but the Captain
was angry and had them sold to a cir
Gus. Today instead of being sailor
bears and going around the world they
are made cross by bad boys poking
stick at them in their cages in the cir
Gus.
If they had not been naughty and
meddlesome such thing would never
have happened to them. but instead
they would still be living on board the
beautiful man-of-war and been petted
by the officers and sailors. San Fran
cisco Examiner
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14
Oil Fuel for GunbOats.

The German naval authorities have
decided to partially heat the boilers
of their NEIL DIVA with oil. The new
oil is called "neasut." 1t is strictly
a tar oil, a product of the distillation
of Ignite. aud is dark brown in color.
Special tanks will be constructed tor
1T on each vessel, and from these tanks
pipes will lead to the furnaces, and
the oil will be conducted thereto
through these pipes.
From the pipes it will be elected by
steam in spray, and the resulting
flame is very bright and absolutely
smokeless. So far as its heating
power is concerned, it is declared to
be greatly superior to coal. Another
feature which has served to recon-
mend it is its cheapness. The duties
of the stokers are also greatly light
ened by its use.
The time saved in getting up steam
is another consideration that carried
grent weight, for the effect of the
flame is instantaneous, and the high
est pressure can be obtained almost
Immediately. The value of this power
to a man -of.war is almost inestimable.
while the advantage to torpedo boats
is also very great. Philadelphia Rec
ord
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14
The Noise of Cities.

The Bridgeport, Comm Standard
says: 1t would seem as if the right to
make all the unearthly &nd untimely
and needless noises thk can 4
thought of was claimed as matter OF
course by the dwellers in cities. Nine
tenths of the disturbing noises are
needless, uncalled for, dangerous to
health, and should be abolished as
much as any other nuisances-
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14
A BOLD STROKE.

such favor at the NnlrlOcKS!
"And why should not be?"
well, I'm nn old enough friend to
speak plainly. Iadmit that there is
much about Whirlock that appears
genuine; but you are not their kind.
They're in tho swim, have wealth and
aspire to social leadership. You're q
literary worker, poor and inclined to
be Bohemian, if not a socialist.
The two are apt to merge, you know.
How did they find you out? Why do
they push you?
"You allow little for my merits. +"
"No, l allow all possible for the toll
sration of the Whirlocks, but am still
At loss. 1t is money, old man. that
ecures grace and favor from those
who hold imperial rank in our modern
society. Even genius must dazzle be-
fore it will attract the royal glance.
"You have simmered the thing
| down by an admirable method of ex-
| clusion. I was not born in the purple.
must stop enting if I stop working,
and am not genius. Therefore,
| there must be some unusual reason for
my being patronized by the Whir-
locks. We'll, there is. Does that lay
Your curiosity?"
"Only whets it, and you know it.
Be considerate for once and forego
the pleasure of tormcnting me"
"Just make note and an example
OF my magnanimity. l knew the
Whirlocks before they were married.
made them man and wife. No
danger of your inferring that I
performed the ceremony, but my in
tervention prevented Mrs. Whirlock
from being Mrs. Dulow."
ANY tragedy in this, Darley?"
"None of literal kind. The lady
in question was once the beautiful
Miss Frowley, daughter of rich
Massachusetts, farmer. He had Puri-
tanical sternness and she Puritanical
independence. When the two clash
you know there is bound to be more
Or less wreckage as result. Dulow
was young lawyer with more show
lnd style than practice. Whirlock
was solid young clerk, bent on a
successful business career. Both
we're fathoms deep in love with fair
Miss Frowley. She was not
sdliferent to either. but had a
peclded preference for Whirlock.
ne old gentleman was for Du-
ow, as was stiff-necked aunt with
nom the girl lived while polishing
n her education in Boston. There
as boy back on tho farm as tena-
'ous OF purple as his father, and he
us ior Madge, as she was called at
ome' With me as sworn friend OF
Drces,
Miss Frowley was SO pestered and
aagered that she automatically con-
'aea Willingness to marry Dulow if
y could not have Whirlock, and that
no event would she disobey q posi-
Se injunction from her father. Thus
'fewdly she softened the old gentle
aa and deferred the inevita BILE order
Y, = sne have nothing whatever to do
lsh Whirlock.
shortly after this armed neutrality
! Oeen established, Dnlow deter
'lea TO push his suit and made a
1''a' trip to see the father. They
lAaa the matter over with the. result
= ff0vley decided upon an ulti-
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14
Where Women Are Needed.

A feature of the population statistics
of Western Australia is the large pro-
ton of males to females. The dispar-
ity is maintained in the arrivals by
sea. At present there are As females
to every 100 males. -Pittsburg Dis
match.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14
QUEER TRADES OF QUEER PEOPLE,

QUEER TRADES OF QUEER PEOPLE.
Perhaps you've seen the little old
man who appears every day in Lincoln
park with basket on his arm aud n
blunt stick in his hand. If you watch
him closely you will SEQ him kneel
from time to time and pick the mush-
rooms which grow in considerable
quantities all over the park. When
his basket is full he goes down town
and sells his harvest to some big res
taurant.
1t may seem an odd way to make a
living, but there are hundreds of other
occupations just as strange and new.
There is tho professional rat-catcher,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14
Particulars Wanted.

Hardup- Gould you lend me ten
dollars until pay day?
Wiggins-H H'ml Does that mean
your pay day or the day you'll pay
me?-Trpth.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-14

It has been judicially decided in In
,iiana that sleeping car companies are
responsible for any baggage lost
through the porter's dishonesty or
carelessness.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-15

Nothing seems quite SO 10 keeping
with the spirit OF Easter as flowers, and
as gift they possess another sdvan-
tage, that of being as simple or as
elaborate MS one pleases. As to the
matter of fashion, cut flowers are no
longer 20 popular for this purpose.
They are largely supplauted by growing
plants which will live through the
Easter season. The jardiniere has been
popular, but the very latest fancy is a
handsome wicker basket filled with
SONS growing flower. On the handle a
delicate vine ia twined AMI it is
finished with bow Of grenadiue rib.
hon to match the shade of flower.
The Cape jasmine, or gardenia. is fad
at present, but the rose is always popu-
lar, particularly the American Beauty.
just now PINK roses are preferred to all
others, and the florist show several
exquisite varieties, almost, but not
quite rivalling this prime favorite.
Carnations are also quite fashionable,
bat my Of the spring flowers are in
equally good taste. and oven preferred.
as belonging peculiarly to the season,
and nothing could be made the MES.
senger of a brighter greeting than a
basket of growing azaleas, jonquils,
daffodils, hyacintbs, or lilacs. = Har-
per's Bazaar.