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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20
Have Fish Memories 2

at is widely accepted that fish pos
sess a certain degree of memory
says Professor Edinger, of Germany,
that they recognize persons, that
they know what places to frequent
and what places to avoid, according to
the experience they have gained; that
having once been caught by a hook,
they know one again when they see
it, and so on
1t is an odd fact that the fish in
freedom is much more intelligent
than in captivity. Whether 1t dulls
the senses to be confined within a
limited space enclosed by glass walls,
or whether it is the absence or the
indefinable something which fingers
in the running stream and makes 1t
doubly delightful no one knows. Inc
very best counterfeiter of Nature has
always been unable to bring about a
condition that was an exact counter
part of the one she could create her
self. In appearance certainly the diff
ference is not perceptible. but that 1t
lies there none can question.
The trout, the shyest of all fish when
man has once become in the least de-
gree familiar, is held to be the leader
of his race in point of thought devel-
opment.
The fish with which we are most
familiar-the pike, the pickerel, the
bluefsh-are all about alike in mat
tiers of thought. The gorgeous yell
low striped perch is keen little chap,
and, though he bites at the right sort
of bait with little provocation, it is
usually because he is very hungry and
has cast wisdom to the winds. AS
a rule it can be safely stated that the
harder a fish is to catch the more it
thinks; just as is the case with human
beings-the more stupid person is
the easier he is to deceive, while with
people of keen thought the reverse is
the case. The shad is another fish
that seems to have almost human per-
teption occasionally.
The founder is stupid. Perhaps it
is because he has his eyes on one side
of his head and can only view the
world in a one sided way. 1t may be
also that it is for the reason that he
spends the greater portion of his time
in the mud Mud is not conductive to
thoughtfulness. Anyway, the found
er is as stupid as it is possible for a
fish to be.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Notes of Interest on Agricultural
Topics.
Mineral Manures for cIoyer-Much From
Little-Breeding Sows to Sell. Etc"

Mineral Manures for clover-Much From
Little-Breeding sows to Sell. Etc"
Etc. cr,,
1t is very rare that a good breeolns
SOW of fit age and with plenty of teats
will not bring much more than her
pork value il sold as a breeder. Al
she has proved her capacity for breed
ing. and especially if she have thrill
ty litter of pigs by her side, the SO"
and pigs are sure to bring many times
what they are worth to fatten ana
kill. Everybody recognizes that this
is good kind of stock to hold. NOW
while grain and feed OF all xmas Is
very cheap, the business Of growing
hogs for breeders cannot help pelng
profitable one. Part of the stock
should be pure bred, of some one OIL
the breeds whose characteristics are
firmly established. But If breeding
sows to sell as breeders be the end
aimed at, it is not important that tne
breeding SOW should be pure bred.
A coarsely built, rangy SOW, crossed
with a pure-bred boar, will farrow
more and thriftier pigs than will
SOW and boar both pure bred 1t is
for this reason that the pure-bred
hogs are always higher priced. IL
is necessary to have the pure-bred
males, to fix on the progeny the habit
of easy keeping, rapid growth and
early maturity. But these character
istics in full development do not make
as profitable an animal for pork pro-
duction as a cross where the larger
bodied SOW can furnish much more
thrifty growing pigs than can the
SOW that is herself pure bred.-Boston
Cultivator.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20
TURKEYS FOR MARKET.

We can offer a pointer on market
ing turkeys that we discovered while
buying turkeys in the city market,
and that is the superiority of the med
ium-sized turkeys over twenty to
twenty-four Founders, as sellers. Peo-
pie, as a rule, do not want enough
turkey at one time to lay banquet
spread, and consequently they pick
for something small, or not exceeding
medium in size.
The hen turkeys always sell first,
simply because they are more suited
in size to the wants of the ordinary
family. Then the smaller gobIets go.
and lastly the pride of the flock-the
biggest tom in the lot-and he usual
ly goes at discount of two or three
weights.
A turkey that weighs from ten to
fifteen pounds dressed is plenty large
enough. The people don't want a
turkey as big as a hog, but they do
want fat turkey.
1t seems to us that there is a good
deal of room for improvement in
breeding turkeys for the market. That
a bird shorter in legs and neck, and
very full in the breast, would be more
desirable. One that would be meaty
and plump, and capable of taking on
a great deal of fat.
The heavy weight, tall, rawboned
toms that weigh twenty-five to forty
pounds may be suited to a barbecue
feast, but they are not the kind that
a man with an ordinary sized market
basket looks for when he goes to the
city market.
better sale for turkeys all the year
through. if they were grown more
with a view to compact body, meat
and fat, than for large size and coarse
structure.-H. B. Geer, in Midland
Poultry Journal.
PROTECTING FRUIT FROM FROST.
The following from the California
Riverside News would doubtless be as
CnSStiNC III oSiy ih6 tuC ldNdScS VI
King Frost on our Georgia fruit farms
as it apparently is in protecting Cali
fornia oranges and lemons. The News
says:
THE experiment at the ranch of
the Meacham Brothers, on Cypress
avenue, was a success in demonstrate |
ing that the system which has been |
evolved by these gentlemen, and
which they perfected in their minds !
several months ago, will save the or
anges of this valley against the cold |
est weather that has ever been ex-
perienced here, with several degrees
IF heat generated to spare. If generally
put in practice throughout the valley.
Mara is no doubt about it. During
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

+ ,-Be cheerful" says the man who ia
easy in his circumstances, missing no
loved face at the table, nor by the
hearth. But does he ever consider how
hard 1t may be to be cheerful" when
the heart aches, and the cupboard Is
empty, and there are little fresh graves
In the churchyard, and friends are feN'
or Indifferent, and even God, for the
time being, seems to have forgotten us,
so desolate Is our lot? How difficult for
one man to understand another In such
differing circumstances! How easy to
say. "Be cheerful How hard he would
and 1t to practice, were he stripped of
all life's brightness!
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20
THE SHIPPING OF FRUIT.

Within the past few weeks there
have been great many things sale
and written about the last years frui
crop and some of the disasters thai
attended it..
The apple crop in certain sections
was enormous, and if it had beer
properly marketed. would have beef
a great deal mare satisfactory THAI
reports show.
The Western New York Horticultuf
al Society, at one of their meetingF
took up this subject, and treated Il
in most sensible and satisfactory
fashion.
The President said that a great dell
of the trouble was caused by bad pacl-
ing and lack of proper attention 70
sorting. Apples had been sent IMP
market that were absolutely unfit fF
sale. One commission merchant df
clared that if the poor half of the crP
had been left in the orchards the COT
dition of the market would have bef
better, prices would have ruled high
er, and fruitgrowers would have ri
allied more for their product. Bts
there seemed to be desire to see
how many barrels of apples they could
ship, and these, too, without due re-
gard to the quality or condition. The
Fruit Growers Association have time
and again distributed copies of the
rules by which all shippers should be
guided. There is nothing of greater
value to shipper than the reputation
for good and carefully selected fruit.
1t is worth while to make at least
three grades, and there should be no
variation in the quality of these
grades. 1t is poor policy to put up
barrel of fine fruit, and, just for the
sake of filling in, throw in, somewhere
about the middle of the package, a few
very inferior specimens.
The commission merchant or pur-
chaser Immediately discovers this poor
fruit. and the reputation of the grow
er suffers. 1t would be very much
better to put the poorest fruit at the
very top of the barrel If it must go
in at all.
1t was for many years the habit of
one fruit grower to pack the very
choicest specimdens at the bottom Of
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

the experimenting, In one hour the
thermometer rose ten degrees. The
earliness of the hours o'clock
leaves no doubt as to the cause OF the
change of temperature. But one trlal
ia not all that is to be made. They
will be continued under all circum-
stances and conditions, and all inter-
ested are invited to be present.
"The system is very simple, and as
inexpensive as simple. A piece Oh or
binary chicken wire screen four feet
souare is fastened at the corners to
four stakes set in the ground. Six
inches in thickness of wet leaves or
straw is placed on the screen, with a
can of crude petroleum underneath.
When the oil is lighted dense white
smoke arises, which soon fills the or
chard, and SO heavy that it does not
rise much above the tree tops. Tnere
ia an entire absence of the sooty smoke
which, in experiments in years gone
by. proved unfit for use because OIL
the injury to fruit, but in It's stead is
a white smoke. 1t is shown that
twenty of these screen baskets are
ample for ten-acre orchard. II these
experiments continue to prove sue
cessful there never need be another
frosted orange or lemon in the val
ley"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20
The Jetties of Galveston,

There is not in all the world any
thing in the way of harbor improve
ments at all to be compared with the
great work of jetty construction that
the United States engineers have just
completed at Galveston" said Con-
gresham Hawley, who halls from that
city, and is also the only Republican in
the Texas delegation. Mr.. Hawley, who
is one of the leading business men Of
the Island City, was telling SOM
friends about the results of Unclf
Sans munificent expenditure for deeE
water at his home.
Ihere are two jetties," said hee
"one Z miles in length and the 9TH
er 5, and the distance between the1b
clear out to the open sea is about 7.Of
teet. They are built of sandstone anp
granite in the most thorough and sub
stantial way, and they will stard as cIb
everlasting monument to the skill ard
wisdom of the engineers. They are an
unqualified success. We have now f6
feet OF water on the bar, and in a yead's
time can count on 80 feet, for the VOL
OF securing goes on constantly.
The practical benefits of deep watk
gre shown by the fact that in 1896 be
value or "sRPcts- from Galveston hakr-
Dor was 60 per cent greater than for
any year in its history, despite the low
prices of all kinds of produce. ! do
not believe, in view of the great trib-
utary country behind it, that it is tho
view of an enthusiast or visionary
when the prediction is made that ere
many years Galveston will be one OF
the greatest marts of commerce in the
United States. From this time for
ward there is no limit to the expan-
sion of her shipping interests, for
with ample sea room and depth OF
water she can accommodate the mer-
chant craft of all countries. "-Wash-
ington Post.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20
A GOOD WORD FOR CORN FODDER


By all odds the most helpful corn the
dairyman can grow to supplement hay
and grass is corn, writes E. l.. Vim
cent. in Farm, Field and Garden. we
have been slow to recognize this fact
but necessity often opens our eyes TO
facts to which we might otherwise
remain blind. Never within the re-
collection of old dairymen have the
meadows and pastures of this country
been in such bad condition as they
have for the past few years.
This is due to the intense droughts
which have prevailed during those
seasons killing the grass roots and
preventing good catch of seed, add
ed to open winters in which the ten
der roots have lain bare subjects tc
the terrible effects of the severe frosts
In this dilemma we have turned tc
corn as the only hope of salvation
The result has been a complete over
turning of past methods.
Last year for the first time | put in
good crop of corn. Foreseeing light
grass crop lay at the bottom OF my
decision, I used our state corn for
seed, and put it In with a planter
three feet apart and six inches in the
row. AS far as it went l used my
own barnyard fertilizer; when that
failed used commercial fertilizer
mixed about half and half with land
plaster, using about four hundred
pounds per acre. AS soon as the rows
could be seen | began cultivating and
kept it up until the plants were toe
large for longer tilling.
The result was grand crop of corn
| cut it just when the ears were be-
ginning to glaze and husked the larg-
est ears leaving the small ones to &C
with the stalks. l had a very fine lot
of good corn that way.
When the pastures began to fail
commenced cutting the stalks to feed
green; and all the past winter | have
fed my COWS two rations per day OF
cut stalks, with hay, at noon. The
ears husked from these stalks l have
had ground, cob and all, and fed with
the cut corn, and am now adding bran
and other milk-producing grains as
my COWS are coming into milk.
My hay NOW still shows good bal
ance on the right side, whereas men
who did not put in corn are buying
hay at round prices or relying upon
-
what corn has done for me. l shall
hereafter rely upon it more than ever
in the past.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20
Merit Wins.

The invention OF Alabastine marked new
era in wall coatings, and from the siano-
point OF the building owner was most IN IN
Ginning branched out into every country OK
the civilized world. The name "kalsomine
has become SO offensive TO property owners
that manufacturers of cheap kasomlne
preparations are now calling them by some
other name, and attempting to sell on tno
Alabastine companys reputation.
Through extensive advertising ana per
sonal use, the merits Of the durable AiaDas
tine are so thoroughly known that tne Pouu,,
ME insist on getting these goods and Will
take no chance Of spelling their walls Tor Q
possible saving of ut the most but rev
cents, Thus it is again demonstrated tnat
merit wins, and that manufacturers OF nrs.-
class articles will Unsupported blythe people,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20
aRcd Handed Murderer.

Tetterine kills the germs of letter ECZEMA
Ncet ~ these are caused by the existence oil
inanitcsimal anamalculae. Tetterine murders
them al once and stops the agonizing itch, then
Nv mail Tor f0 cents in stamps. j. 7. Shuptrine
Savannah. Ca.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

Another quick piece of railroad en-
cheering has been done in England,
an old bridge at Loughborough being
removed, new steel bridge of eight
arches put in its place, and traffic
resumed within thirteen hours. The
bridge is peculiar in that the arches
are made of one piece of steel and rest
on steel pillars instead of brick work,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20
At Once.

Lord Bareacres-You have called re-
rarding the situation of footman? Was
there not one in the ante-room as you
came in?
xppllcant-There was. my lord.
There was a man with a writ for your
lordship, but l threw him out.
Lord Bareacres-You are engaged
Tit-BitS.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

Over 10000 cured Why not let No-Io, ino,
regulate or remove your desire Tor rnanhood
Cnre cuaranteed. 50 cents and $l.W at all
druggists.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

1t always makes a man mad to have
his wife start to read over let or old
fool letters he wrote her before they
were married.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

MI. Thompson & Co, Druggists, Couders.
,art pa. say Halls Catarrh Cure is the best
and AMY sure cure for catarrh they ever soid.
Druggists sell it, Ijc.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

Inst trv a 1oc. box OF Cascarets, the hheso
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
moss tier first days use of Or. kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and trcatlSe rec
DIR. II. IL. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch 81, Phlia. H.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20
No-ro..ac for Fifty Cents.

Every man who has great faith has great
mower for good.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

No man was ever converted while nursing
nm aching tooth.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

No person under 1G years of age is per
mitted TO enter theater or tavern III iie"-
EOland.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

An Investment in knowledge always pays
the best interest.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

1t is an unfortunate fact that clerical
morals do not always go with clerical garb.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

CAscARETs stimulate liver, Kidneys ,G anu
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe; loc.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

Piso's Cure cured me Of q Throat ana = h .nY
trouble of three years standlhg'-E' ONDi
huntington, Ind. Nov. II, 1884.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

The greater our growth in grace, the
greater our need Of common sense.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

When bilious or costive, eat Cascafe1
candy cathartic; cure guaranteed: ioc.' Soo'
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

Ifahlictedwith sore eyesuse DR.. Isaac Thomp-
SOM Eyc-1vater. Druggists sell at'5cper BOTTLE
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

In the reign Of Richard III, the use OF
post horses began In England.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

Candy or flowers for a man to give O
girl II only an acquaintance.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-20

It disgusts us to see others doing the fool
Ish things we do
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
PICKUPS.

Even the gold bugs recognize and
concede that there is a silver lining to
the dark and lowering financial cloud
which has enveloped the land for the
past three or four years.
The announcement that His Excel
lency, President Mckinley and Hon.
VIM. j. Bryan would be present at our
grand interstate drill, would attract
tens of thousands of visitors to old
Santone. Why not make the effort
to have one or both of the distinguish
ed gentlemen present?
The recent establishment in San An
tonic of a couple of sanitoriums for
the cure of the jag habit must not be
accepted as an evidence that the jag
epidemic is on to any great extent in
our city. 1t is only sly recognition
that San, Antonio is natures sanitari-
UNI, and hither the afflicted, with
whatever ailment, flock for relief and
cure.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20

| unionism, which is envious of, hates
and seeks to destroy all thrift and re-
| joices in the overthrow of the honest.
burden-bearing worker and employer
of labor, as exemplified in Chicago and
some other large cities, in which Rev
Myron w. Reed believes, or If he does
so believe, he must, of necessity. also
believe that there is no hell and that
heaven is hell. Such is unionism as
practiced, though including within it's
membership not one-hundredth of the
honest laborers of the country, strives
by bluff, exaggeration, falsehood and
violence to enslave an labor. In Mas
sachusetts, alone, from 1886 to 1894. it
lost the workingmen, in strikes, nearly
five million dollars, and the employers
two million dollars more. Were the
figures at hand, AN infinitely worse rec
ord would be shown in Chicago. with
the added violence, assaults and de-
struction of property. Yet peaceable.
intelligent. industrious temperate work
men permit themselves to be dragged
around by representatives causing
such loss and crime, and, by contribu-
tons, extended in the name of humani-
ty, give countenace and aid to -sdcil
proceedings. 1t sows d1e6ntent, stirs
up strife between employees and EN-
ployer,deludes and pauperizes its mem
bers, destroys self-reliance and manli-
ness and in its more violent manifesta-
tions transforms men and women in
to bowling, raging demons, using vile
epithets toward their fellows and seek
ing to assault and murder peaceable
citizens on the public streets. If any
minister believes in this kind of union
ism, he is the minister of Satan. instead
of the gospel, the advance agent of he'll
instead of a messenger of peace ON
earth and good will toward men,
National Printer Journalist.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
THE GRANDEsT REMEDY.

Mr.. r. B. Greeve, of Chilhowie,
Va, certifies that he had consump-
ton, was given up to die, sought al,
medical treatment that money could
procure tried all cough remedies he
could hear of, but got no relief; spent
many nights sitting up in a chair;
was induced to try DR.. Kings New
Discovery, and was cured by use Of
two bottles. For the past three years
has been attending to business, and
says Dr. Kings New Discovery is the
grandest remedy ever made, as it has
done so much for him and also for
others in his community. DR.. Kings
New Discovery is guaranteed for
Coughs. Colds and Consumption. 1t
don't fail. Trial bottles free at F. Kali
teyer & Sons Drug Store.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
UNIoNISM IN CHURCH.
Violation of Private Rights-A Men
ace to Personal Liberty.

Violation of Private Rights-A Men
ace to Personal Liberty.
The Typographical Journal of In
dianapolis says that Denver union
No. 40 is, without doubt, the only prin-
ters' organization in the country which
appropriates money for the rental of
seats in a church. The union has for
some time past contributed to the sup
port of the Broadway Temple associ-
alton, which holds services in the
Broadway theatre-a large box being
rented by No. 40, for the accommoda-
ton of those members desiring to at
tend. The pastor of this temple of
worship is the Rev. Myron w. Reed,
one Of the few ministers Of the gospel
of the present time who espouse the
cause of the poor on all occasions.
This gentleman is a firm believer in
rades-uniOnism, and his discourses
are listened to with interest by those
who recognize thai the doctrine ex-
pounded is for the benefit OF all, rather
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
SOMETHING TO KNOW.

1t may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restor-
ing the tired out nervous system to
healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving tone to the nerve centres in the
stomach, gently stimulates the Liver
and Kidneys, and aids these organs
in throwing off impurities in the
blood. Electric Bitters improves the
appetite, aids digestion, and is pro-
nounced by those who have tried 1t
as the very best blood purifier and
nerve tonic. Try it. Ssld for SOC or
S1.00 per bottle at f. Kalteyer & Sons
drug store.