The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-04-22

ing say, May we never meet in the
drawing-room of dolefulness, but
abide always in the parlors of per.
petual pleasure 10 a heaven Of ever
lasting happiness Howard Sax
by.
We think that the above decoc-
ton would prove as palatable as a
mintulep In August.
HIS ONE DESIRE.
Don't want no small postofice
With red tape On the door;
Don't want no foreign mission,
For I'd be seasick, shore!
I've jumped clean off the Office train,
But I'd be happy now
If Bill McKlnIey'd stop the rain
An let Teller plow!
Atlanta Constitution.
The necessity of paying small
bills is urgent. Every man feels
that he should have every dollar
that is due him, and the failure of
persons to pay small bills when
they are able to do so tends to
tighten tinancia! affairs, and pros
duce individual and general strin-
gency in money matters. If peO-
pie would reflect how many debts
a dollar would liquidate, and how
much the community would be ben
Gifted by general payment OF small
accounts, much relief would result
from the payment of little bills.-
Edmore Mich Journal.
A very remarkable coincident in
dates Is the fact that on April LIST,
1890, the Planters Oil Mill, of this
city. was overlooked by the Missis.
sippi river; that just prior to April
lst, 1895, the same mill was de>
stroyed by fire; and that on April
LIST, 1896, the boilers of that mill
exploded with such disastrous loss
to life and property. And this year
on April 1st, the river water would
again have overlooked the mill had
not the offic built a private levee
around their property for it's pro-
lection. which we sincerely hope
will save them from any serious
loss, as they still have large stock
of cotton seed on hand.-Greenvile
Democrat,
The people in the river districts
are sand. bagging the levees; the
powers have blockaded Crete;
Weyler has captured a Cuban gems
eral; the Cubans have won their
1193rd victory "without the loss of
man." Mckinley has gone off for
rest without a gun or fishing
tackle, and the fowls of the air are
exchanging congratulations with the
fishes in the sea.-Fayetteville (Ark.)
Sentinel.
Millions Of capital is now await
ing the action Of congress on the
tariff bill. Its enactment will be
signal for activity among the fac-
tories of the East, in the beet-
growing sections of the West, in
the cotton fields and factories of
the South. in the manufacturing
establishments of the Mississippi
valley, and on the fertile fields of
the Pacific slope.-Toledo (Ohlo)
Blade.
That Gen. Catchings has labored
earnestly and efficiently in the in.
terest Of the levees, common hon.
esty will not admit any one to deny.
He is regarded today as the best
authority in congress on levee mat.
ters, and it is discreditabIe to the
candor of the paper that seeks 10
belittle and discredit Catchings in
this regard. We are not with Gen.
Catchings on the financial ques.
ton, and the writer was opposed
to him for the nomination. But
all of that does not so warp our
judgment and fire our prejudice
that we are thereby blinded to any.
thing good 10 him. He is man of
great ability, of large and varied
legislative experience, and in mat
tiers pertaining 10 the levees he
probably has no peer in America.
The metropolitan press of the
country all unite in according 20
Gen. Catchings this distinction. To
succeed In inducing the federal
government TO take hold of the
Mississippi levees and solve that
great problem will undoubtedly
place him ''irst In the hearts of his
fellow counlrymen" of the delta.
1t will be an accomplishment we'll
worthy Of the labor of a life time.
and the people of the delta will not
forget the man who achieves it.
Greenwood Commonwealth.
A horseshoe was discovered en-.
bedded eight iDchus in an oak tree
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