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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
Novel Wedding Ceremony.

The novel spectacle of man and
woman dressed in bridal costume rid
ing on yoked bicycles up to clergy
man and going through tho form of
marriage was witnessed by an audience
of over 600 curious people in the gym
nasium of Temple College quite
recently. Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Robb, active members of Grace Bnp-
tist church, whose happy welded life
is of eighteen years standing, were
the central figures in the act, and
they took their wedding VOWS anew
before their pastor, Rev. Russell II.
Conwell.
The central part of the floor was
roped off, and rs Mr.. Conwell took n
position at one end of the enclosed
space door at the opposite end swung
open and a pair OF daintily-attired
little fower-bcarers rode forth on
coupled wheels. After making few
turns around the arena, they were
joined by five sets of bridesmaids and
ushers, and finally by the bride and
groom, all similarly mounted. The
attending couples were Louis Kirlin
and Miss Marian Neisser, Frank Barto
and Miss Ada Tracey, Charles Briggs
and Miss Ola Hummell, Frederick
Wishart and Miss Olive Logan, Lie
wcllyn Propert and Mrs. Frederick
Wishart. The flower bearers were
Muster Harrison Barcus and Miss Edna
Winner.
Pink cycling suits, with leggins and
iaunty caps to match, added to the
charms of the fair maids. Their es-
corts wore knickerbockers and had
pink carnations on their coats. The.
bside and groom wore white costumes
and rode on white machines, she car
rying big bunch of chrysanthemum
and he displaying big bunch OF red
and blue on the lapel OF his coat.
Slowly they circled about and then
lined up in front of the minister, dis
mounted, and the pledges of eighteen
years before were renewed. --Phila-
dolphin Record.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
Esa'll1ildpSnsGsSol q

taking he hose, allowed jet of water
to play ieely over them. Their de-
light in the performance rewarded
him for he trouble, and he kept on
until he fought they had had enough
cold waite to satisfy them. Then he
laid dowi the hose preparatory to
turning OF the supply.
Now cam Tom chance. That wise
elephant VS. quite sure that another
bath OF th deliciously cold water
would add his enjoyment, and accord
ingly he poiessed himself of the hose.
and holdiE it with his trunk, be
turned the ream upon his own head,
When he ws thoroughly cooled he
performed alike kindly office for the
Duchess, an ken on at his self-im-
posed task ntil sc signifed that she
also was satidedl
From that timNom was intrusted
with the man gen 1nt of his own bath
and that o tH Duchess, having
proved himself ly nble to carry it
through to tie dnplete satisfaction
OF the parties ncerned. YOUTHS
Companion.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
Large Blocks of Granite.

Recently block of granite weigh
ing 1,217 tons was used as the pedestal
of the equestrian statne of Peter the
Great at st. Petersburg, Russia, hav-
ing been transported four miles by
land over n railway and thirteen miles
in a caisson by water. The railway
consisted Of two lines of timber fur
nished with hard metal grooves, be-
tween which grooves were placed
spheres of hard brass about six inches
in diameter. On these spheres the
frame with its load was easily moved
by sixty men working at the capstans
with treble purchase blocks. Another
large block, measuring 35x16x14
feet, was few months since taken out
at the Craigneth quarries. near Dali
beattie, Scotland. It's weight was es-
timated at $50 tons.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
vol VII
Once in a While.

wtile the sun shines out
once u ! ! srcbiug skies are a perfect blue
Anu - = wbile mid clouds Of doubt
once y tairest stars are peeping through.
rA,.u "a,ss lead down by the meadows iair'
Oar ,risre p",, tbe sweetest blossoms nod ana
=, aside our cross OF care,
ANU W Once in a while.
a.. IN while within our own
onse s - ,aa, i tbe hand Of steadfast friend;
o..s Y" IN while we hear tone
'I y, love with the hearts own voice 70
blend.
,,a the dearest Of all our dreams come
true, -,
,,a on life's way is golden mile
!. A.. y ,hirstine NJ flower is kissed with dew,
DD'- Once In a while.
oooo in while in the desert sand
W Va And a spot OF the fairest green;
N a while from where we stand
W Tho hills Of Paradise are seen.
.ad a perfect joy in our hearts we hold,
inv that the world cannot defile;
|wa t,sde esrths dross for the purest gold,
Once in while.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
Rumor Had Preceded Him.

A certain country doctor, who was
also the village dentist and surgeon,
was severe looking man, and had be.
side the reputation of being most she
roic'' in his methods of treatment, SO
that many people stood in n kind of
terror of him.
One day he was passing house that
was in process of building when he
saw boy fall from a pretty high lad
der. Pulling up his horse the doctor
jumped out of his sulky and hastened
to the rescue.
"Are you much hurt, my boy?" he
asked as he came near.
"No, sir, answered the boy, spring
ling to his feet and hobbling away as
fast as he could. ''No, sir; not a bit.
In fact, I feel all the better. Youths
Companion.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
A QUEER PLACE TO RIDE.

Did you ever hear of such a thing
as bicycle riding on shipboard? The
Kaiser William one day in his royal
yacht passed the warship Hoheuzol-
lern. He noticed that strip of lin
oleum was spread on the deck OF the
ship land that four of the officers
were practicing on their bicycles, per-
forming what a small boy would call
''stunts." The emperor sent for the
officers and asked them why it was
that when he was on board ship there
was no bicycling, and he was told that
the first officer had forbidden any
cycling on board. The emperor is an
expert bicyclst. He Immediately in
sisted that wheel should be brought
and the captain of the ship appear at
once. He insisted that the captain OF
the ship should mountt the bicycle and
begin to learn to ride, and now at the
proper time there is bicycling on the
deck of the great German warship.-
The Outlook.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
THE ELEPHANT PLAYED THE H osE.

The elephants of Central Park, New
York, are not the least interesting of
the animals to be seen there. The
care of these huge creatures is as
truly matter of concern to their
keeper as if they were children, and
: he is very much in earnest about
making them comfortable. He affirms
that two elephants, Tom and Duchess
by name, can do everything but talk,
and even in this particular they are
not altogether deficient, since they
can make him understand them almost
as readily as if they could speak.
Though elephants are natives of hot
countries, Tom has been so long in
America that he finds extreme heat
trying. In the excessively hot weather
that occurred during the past sum-
mer, when all New York was suffering,
Tom hid not escape, and his very
manifest discomfort troubled the
keeper.
Hoping to afford some relief to the
much tired animals, he let Tom and
Duchess out into the yard, and then,(
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
He Raised Them.

A few nights ago miner from the
North who had lately sold a claim,
had money to burn, and was in an in
cendiary mood, come down to Spo-
kane to make the currency bonfire.
He was rather rusty looking when he
struck Spokane, but he was hungry,
and before going to barber shop or
bath, dropped into an uptown restar-
rant to get something to eat. There
was but one waiter, and he, busy car
rying champagne to party at another
table, paid little attention to the hard
looking miner. Finally the waiter
was called over, when the miner
said:
"See here, kid Do | eat?"
"Sorry, can't wait on yoa now,"
was the prompt reply, "but the gem
tlemen there have just ordered fifty
dollar dinner"
"Fifty-dollar dinner be hanged |!
Bring me 500 worth of ham and eggs
and be quick about it! Do | look
like a guy who can be bluffed by a
mess of popipjays?" He was waited
upon promptly. Spokane (Wash.)
Review. N
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
A SMART SPIDER.

A gentleman said that some time be-
fore he had broken the guy of large
spiders web. The spider came out of
his den, made careful examination
of the aecident-for accident he evil
IDENTIFY took it to be-and then-what?
Why, he secured his web by two guys
instead of one, both of them different
ly attached from the one that was
broken. In order to do that the
spider certainly must have reasoned.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Blushing is disease, in the opin-
ion of an English medical scientist.
Occasional instances have been found
of perfectly pure native iron in mete-
orites.
A German Las been granted patent
on sewing needle made with the
center and eye end fiat the rest of the
needle being round.
1t is said that surgical instruments
are now made of wood, which is after
ward completely covered with a layer
OF nickel, electrically deposited.
The initiative committee of the
French chamber has reported favor
ably on bill for ubolishing the Paris
meridian and adopting that taken from
| Greenwich.
A Chicago burglar, recently ar
rested, boasts that with the aid OF
electricity he can cut into any safe in
the city, and without making enough
noise to waken o cat.
Baron Kaulbars, Russian astron-
omer, was led by his observations of
the last solar eclipse to PROFOUND the
theory that there are in the sun vast
accumulations of electricity which in
huence comets and meteors.
DR.. Burton Ward declares there is
one infallible symptom indicating
whether one is sane or not. Let a
person speak ever SO nationally and
net ever SO sedately, if his or her
thumbs remain inactive there is no
doubt of insanity.
Two assistants at the Koch Insti.
tute IN Berlin have made experime nts
in vaccination which show that healthy
persons can be protected against
typhus. The vaccine material can be
easily preserved and applied, and it is
believed that the new discovery will
prove particularly valuable in the
army.
The finest wire in the United States
is said to be made at Taunton, Mass,
This metal is exactly 1-500th part of
an inch in thick kuess-much finer than
human hair. Ordinary wire, SCe,. =
though Of small diameter, is drawn
through holes in steel plates, but, on
account Of the wear, such plates cam
lot be used in making the hair wire.
The Taunton factory uses drilled dia-
nonds for that purpose
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
FASHIONS IN poLLS' EYES.

Little girls who still play with their
dolls may be interested to know what
sets the fashion in dolls eyes. When
Victoria became Queen of England,
more than fifty years ago, she was fair
and young, with very blue eyes, where
upon blue eyes became all the fashion,
and all the royal dollmakers of her
kingdom began sending blue-eyed
dolls from their factories. In Italy
and Spain, where all the great
beauties have olive skin and dark,
handsome eyes, blonde doll is quite
uncommon. japanese dolls have
twinkling, beady eyes, set in their
heads aslant, while the gayly dressed
dolly from Singapore looks from her
copper-colored face with a pair of
narrow, coquettish black eyes.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04

Nothing insures promptness of SER
vice like glistening bit OF silver or
gold placed in the ouistretched palm
of servant who has already been
paid to do the work desired.
10 insure promptness, it is said.
was gradually abbreviated, until the
first letters only of the words now
remain; and they have been condensed
into Que word-"tip
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
A Potato That Lifted a Ton.

Charles W. Simmons, who lives on
farm near Pleasant Home, recently
brought III from his farm a curiosity.
He discovered it while digging pota-
toes. 1t consists of late rose potato
grown in the root of tree. The
potato vine seems to have crept into
the root, and the new potato then
started down in the depths. 1t -four
1Shed In its strange surroundings and
developed into large aud well.formed
potato. The room in the root was too
small for its expansion, aud SO the
spud exerted not less than ton pres
sure on the root until the side was
split open. The root is about three
inches in diameter and six inches in
length. About an inch of the spud
protrudes from one end. 1t is quite
and all who have seen it say
they never saw anything like it be-
fore. Portland Oregonian.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
A BooK-LovER.

~ do love books p said Marjorie,
One morning as she played.
And so she did as you can see
This literary maid
The dictionary was her chair
The atlas big her table;
And dolls sat up on other books
AS straight as they were able.
And then they all partook Of tea,
And did as they were bid.
II do love books !" said Marjorie.
Now, don't you think she did?
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
A MAN WHO SLLS HIS WAY.

Almost any bEht day you may
see little old ma with a cane walk
ing slowly on som own-town streets
In Chicago. lie tranquil face,
long gray bear and he carries a
little black satch hung by strap
over his shoulder.
You will see at 10 how carefully
he walks, thrustinss cane out be-
fore him and feelifor the breaks in
the sidewalk. A then you will
guess that the eyes hind the black
spectacles which I told man wears
are stone blind.
But the old man cheerful enough
and he makes vetood living tray
cling about and de ring to his reg
ular customers the e monthly maps
sent out by a greatblishing house.
OF course he has to Ia the streets
a great deal, but he er gets lost
nor is he ever in dans The other
day friend asked hNhen he came
in with his maps how managed to
get around SO well. kindly old
face Lighted up.
"Oh," he said, "Iell and hear.
That's almost as goo seeing"
"But you can't smhe corners of
the crossings" suggl his friend.
very nearly" we answer. "Of
course you who see ! notice it So
much, but the city all of smells,
hundreds Of them, dferent. Near
ly every street and lty has its own
peculiar smell aud learned them
all. I believe I get around !
we'll enough, even couldn't hear.
1 always know VIII pass a drug
store or dry-e store, or u
saloon or shoe-sto barber shop
each has its smell, which
can be easily recoe on the street.
Just try it some til see. Then
the whole of Rivteet smells of
spices and South Nstreet of vege-
tables and fruit. always tell the
State bridge by thr of browning
coffee that comes big building
near the river. Cot in Washing
ton street. near 'orn is always
plain to he beca man stands
there selling fragnvender seed.
In q big Fore it to get around
by the o lor of '-coffee. dry.
goods, 1bhers, sdrugs. l never i
have th9 least tron reaching any Il
of the Spartmer i
"Besdes that, gh it may seem C
strangit to you, etreet and almost IL
every Iorner has'n smell, which u
1 hav learned tw, and SO 1 go 81
arouA without ficulty. But I IL
havelo take greAs not to get II
coldIfor if / do t smell as well b,
andhen l oftentrouble in max W
inghy way arc Ia
Ad thus the old man goes lie
abtt with his making the best at
ofll the sens has. Chicago be
RDrd. III
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
Thousands of Tons of Dust.

According to the estimates of Mr..
j A. Udden, who has studied the re-
mArkable phenomena of dust and sand
stSrms ia the arid regions of the
West, every cubic mile of the lower
ain during an ordinary 'dry storm"
contains at least 225 tons of dust,
while in severe storms of this kind as
muc ch as $4,000 tons of dust and sand
may be contained in cubic mile OF
mir. Dust-storms sometimes last for
twehty or thirty hours.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
He Dinated.

Spats-It's d'ul to listen to
funt Makarore Italian noble
in, on accoulae way he uses
5 vowels.
Socartoots--he does scatter
hem around lcuously. but he
iscriminates.
Spats- Why to you mean?
Socartoots-ems to favor I.
/. U.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04
WHAT HAPPENED.

Amt Patty awoke early with the
bright April morning, feeling sure
ometbing was going to happen. She
had heard High Top Calvin, the king
4 tbe flock, crow nine times at mid
biebt and Lympathy Limp, the lame
sbite pullet, was caokling before sun
ise As the moments passed, and
Auut Patty began putting on the gar
0epts that lay so smooth and orderly
bn high backed chair, she felt surer
nd surer her convictions would come
rue. She put one stocking on wrong
ids ont, the right shoe on the left
Dot, and skipped three holes in lac
ug her stays. She tried twice to put
10th arms into one sleeve OF her dress,
nd buttoned it by leaving two holes
the top with no buttons, and two
uttons at the bottom with no holes.
be co,lld no longer still her reason
pg but burst out
"Patty Prentice, are you fool?"
Just as she had got the refractory
atons into place there came pro-
baged knock at the porch door below.
"0h, dear mel" she said, "what's
Oming now? Somebody must be
ead." Her thoughts and tongue ran
Eftly as she tried to unite the night
Ap strings that in her hurry had got
ito hard knot. "P'raps it's Deacon
hopkins wife. Belinda johnson said
lst night the doctor said she couldn't
pill through; or maybe it's Martha
hmes' husbands mother; she's awful
feble. Or what if it should be Joe
|ackus boy Jiml He always throws
stone at Sancho every time he passes
ere'-Sancho is her cat-"They sny
ms likely to get killed any time.
Aunt Patty had conquered the
rings and hung the cap on the bed
PSI. She started down the narrow
airs, still thinking OF Sancho's perse-
tor, and repeating, "The Lord gave
d the Lord hath taken away
essed be the name OF the Lord. !"
pe crossed the kitchen and reaching
porch moved aside from the door
woodbox with its pile of tin pans.
Pnt Patty had not the protection of
man IN the house, ''But tin pans
Ike as much noise as man, any
pe'" she said, "and perhaps are as
od in protecting"
She slid back the bolt, turned the
tton, and asked anxiously,-
What is it?"
Mover wants you to come right
er'Aunt Patty, "a childish voice said.
Pne's got unexpected company.
Pn't stop to get any breakfast. I
i had none, NEWER"
Unexpected company, repeats
nj Patty. II wonder if the day will
y come when am not at the beck
call OF everybody's company and
ea'up mending basket" But she
cAes out, pats the child's head, and
aiy says, well, como in, Johnnie,
you can eat some doughnuts while
getting ready"
der doughnuts are known to every
= IN the village; they are gener-
Aina' or, as the children say, "not
noie. lis bright CLEAN of
snlne IN her lonely life that chill
'ose ner, and many childish sor-
una wrongs are soothed by her
y sympathy and the contents of
'lever-empty tin box in the square
board.
ua' Fatty is soon ready, for she is
"precise old maid who must leave
s'u'ng at an exact angle. She
says, There are old maids from
pu'slon,s and old maids from
~ and | am sort OF betwixt and
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-04

There are now 500 cotton mills in
the South.
Daily camera., 1897-04-07
Wart- Wort Sap for Cancer.

Some remarkable results have been
obtained by M. Denisenko, Russian
physician, in experiments with the sap
of the wart- rt-Chelidonium Major,
Linn-which in Russia and elsewhere
is a popular remedy for warts. NJ
Deniserko has used this sap in cases
of cancer growth, where surgical treat
ment seem to have caused the growths
to disappear or become greatly re-
duced. A cancer growth in the esoph-
agus has so much diminished that
the patient, who formerly took liquid
food. can now swallow chopped meat,
bread and hard boiled eggs. Other
physicians are urged to test the remedy
that has produced astonishing effects,
in order to verify its apparent great
value. and to determine whether the
two deadly alkaloids contained in the
chelidonium sap are dangerous in long
continued small doses. On account
of it's poisonous nature the remedy
must never be tried without the pre-
scription of medical man.
Daily camera., 1897-04-07
Sherif's Sale.

BY virtue of decree of foreclosure and order
of sale issued out of the clerks Office of the dis
trict court of Boulder county and State of Colo
RADIO, and to me directed, whereby am com
manded to make the sum OF six thousand two
hundred and twenty eight and sixty-eight hun
dredths dollars, (622s.6S) and costs Of suit, the
amount of certain judgment recently obtained
against Amos Millice and Ada Nc Elroy, in favor
Of William T. Cornwall, out of the lands, tene-
ments goods and chattels of the said Amos
Millice, | have levied on the following property,
towit:
All the right, title, benefit and equity of re.
demption of the defendants, Amos Millice and
Ada McElroy, and each of them of in and to the
following described premises, towit: The south
half of section twenty-four (24) in township two
(2) north range sixty nine (69) west of the prin-
cipal meridian, together with the right to the
use of water for irrigatio purposes on the above
described land as derived from contract with
the Boulder and White Rock Ditch company.
Said premises lying and being situate in the
County of Boulder and State of Colorado
Therefore, according to said command, shall
expose for sale, at public auction, all the right,
title and interest of the above named Amos Mil
lice and Ada McElroy, in and to the above des.
cribed property on Saturday, the 18th day OF
April, 1897, at 10 o'clock, a. m at the south
front door of the court house, in the city of
Boulder, Colorado - 200,
Dated at Boulder, this 18th day of March, 1897
WARREN c. DYER.
Sheriff of Boulder County.
and Special Commissioner.
First pub March blast April l6, '9I.
Daily camera., 1897-04-07
USE OF SLANG.
Delicate Application of 1t Made by
SkiIlfuI AdentS.

Delicate Application of 1t Made by
SkiIlfuI Adopts.
The really amusing feature of slang,
says a writer in the Illustrated Ameri-
can, is not the expression itself so
much as the delicate and fanciful ap-
plication of it made by skillful hands.
"Dontcher know" has been establish
ed so extensively and generally that
the listeners ear takes no more notice
OF it than of a punctuation mark.
Nevertheless, it is an irritation to hear
it constantly repeated. "You under
stand me, you see what I mean?'
thrown in at the end of every SEN
tence, even though the conversation
may be about the simplest matter,
causes nervously intelligent auditor
to feel that he is being mistaken for
an imbecile. To ask man with special
emphasis if he understands, when the
subject before him could be under
stood by child of 2, borders on insult
The good-humored, pachydermatous
speaker has no appreciation of the ir-
ritation he is causing nor OF, the keen
sarcasm Of the occasional reply he
elicits. Slang seems to be the natural
mode of expression for the boy at
school and college. From him it
spreads to his sisters and not to know
the meaning of all the complicated and
arbitrary terms argues ones self out
of the world of youth. To be in SYM
pathy with it one must have at least a
bowling acquaintance with this strange
and ephemeral language.