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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-25
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

White quartz with great deal oi
free gold has been struck near Hill
City, in the Black Hills.
At Salem, Mass, the Roentgen ray
discovery is asserted to have caused
hair to grow on a bald head.
The kissing sound produced by ser.
pents is greatly exaggerated, as the
quantity of air contained in a snakes
lungs is too small to produce a loud
sound when elected.
Cohn, a celebrated bacteriologist,
says single germ could, under favor.
able conditions, multiply in three dayf
to 4,772, 900, 900, 900 and make o
mass Weighing $500 tons.
The lower jaw of the serpent is
connected with the upper by means OF
cartilages and tendons, which are
extensible, and the snake can thus
swallow an animal larger in circum.
ference than his own body.
The blood flows almost 90 freely
through the bones as through
the flesh Of very young chill
dren, but as age comes on, the blood
vessels in the bones are almost filled
by the disposition of matter.
W. H. Dali, returning from his ex'
animation of the coal fields of Alaska,
has brought back with him to Wash
ington pieces of fat of mammoth
preserved in ice, this being the first
discovery OF mammoth in the flesh OF
the American continent.
A new remedy was recently sug.
gested for cold in the head. The
treatment consisted of few slight
taps with rubber hammer on the
forehead, just above the root of the
nose. Iu6 ulSCONcCcI VI Uuio ACh1Soy
,lnims that slight shocks upon terminal
nerves have the effect of causing the
blood vessels to contract.
A British army surgeon is authority
for the statement that the cause oi
death is clearly shown in the express
sion of the face of corpse on the
Geld of battle. He states that those
who have been killed by sword thrusts
have look of repose, while those
killed by bullets usually have pain OF
an intense nature clearly depicted.
The heat of the moon is only about
one. one hundred and sixty thousandth
part of that which We get from the
sun. The moons temperature is about
that of the freezing point. A strange,
unexplainable phenomenon is that
when the moon is eclipsed its heat
suddenly disappears, and does moi
come back for an hour and a half after
the eclipse is over.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-25
Caring for the Birds,

The temporary organization of the
Pennsylvania Audubon Society. the
object of which is to prevent the de
struction of native wild birds, has
been completed. The members of
the society pledge themselves not to
use feathers of wild birds for orna-
mentation, and to encourage the pro-
lection of native birds. A circular
sent out by the society states that
several species of wild birds, includ-
ing the heron, egret and tern, have
already been exterminated by the de-
mands of fashion. Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-25
Travels in a Chest.

The other night some workmen,
opening at the railway station chest
purporting to contain bottles. found
inside an individual named Ieitung'
who claims to have Travelled In fhis
fashion over most of the European
lines. He was alive, but weak, as ne.
had spent six days in the box since ne
started from Bale. He accordingly
WAS taken to the hospital. He said his
object in visiting Rome was to carry
out experiments with an impeuetra-
BILE cuirass, of which he claims to be
the inyeptor. Westminster Gazette.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-25
Found a Meteor in His Field.

Frank Newell, farmer, residing in
the town of Hilton, Wis, while plow-
ing in his field was greatly surprised
to strike what he thought was huge
stone. Knowing his field to be clear
of all such distractions it naturally ex-
cited his curiosity. After a short in
yestigation the stone, which was of
spherical shape. proved to be an aero
lite or stony meteor. 1t was covered
with small, stony scales resembling
;singlass, and was SO hard that drill
would not affect it. The mass weighs
$50 pounds. Chicago Chronicle.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-25
Salt Makes Coal Last Longer,

"It may sound like nonsense, but ii
is true all the same, said a coal deal
sr, "that coal over which has been
sprinkled a strong solution of salt,
will last much longer than it other
wise will-what will be saved in coal
will more than doubly pay for the salt
and trouble. Some of my customers
tell me they use pound of salt IN
each two quarts of water. Hot water
lissolves the salt more readily than
,old, though either would do. The
salt in some way adds a lasting III
gredient to the coal. Salt was the
main constituent of the various coal
ines so extensively advertised few
years ago, and by which SO much
money was made. ANY one can try
the experiment in small way. First
see how long one scuttle full of coal
will last. Next try the same amount
of coal, over which the solution OF
salt has been sprinkled. Washing
ton Star.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-25
DoctOring a LiOncss.

Down in the basement of the Zoo
the other afternoon the young lioness,
Juliet, was out OF her cage with her
teeth bared, and one or two of those
present forgot that they had not seen
the tiger and started upstairs.
But Juliet was under the influence
OF ropes, with a strong man at the end
of each. There was a rope on every
one of her feet and another around her
head and shoulders. The more she
struggled the worse it turned out for
herself.
When she became quiet, veterin-
ary surgeon clipped some OF the fur
from her back with pair of horse
clippers, and then made little holes in
her hide with a hot instrument When
the b.,,ieoss was finished, Juliet looked
as though she wore a hugh porous
plaster on the back. That is the way
they orformed an operation on the
lionese.
Ju.et was skylarking with some
other lions about a month ago and
fell oy + on her back in the cage. The
result WIS that she could not stand
much on her hind legs, and was unable
to jump as a good performing hon
should jump.
Mr.. Rcstrick had about given up
hopes in the case when DR.. W. l.. LIE
Baw, of the Harvard school of veteri-
nary medicine, heard of it and prof
fered his assistance. 1t was evident
that there was something the matter
with Juiiet's spinal column. There
fore, this operation of firing" as they
call it, was decided upon, and lr. LIE
Baw performed it. The lioness was
loosed in her cage, and foot by foot
she was roped Just as they rope an
elephant on all fours when they wish
to throw him.
1t was all anxious moment when
Juliets cage was opened. The sight
of doctors and newspaper men on the
outside did not reassure her, nor she
them. She got moro room without
asking for it. But finally they got
her out, and by pulling on the ropes
soon had her comparatively helpless.
The only thing she could work pro-
perly was her throat, and when the
hot iron had gone over her back once
or twice she saug for Romeo, or some-
thing. When she was placed back in
the cage she cooled down and seemed
to think it was all for the best, and
she smiled in her own way whenever
any one came close to her cage.
Juliet is four years old, and has
| three more to cover before she can be
, full grown. The injury she suffered
some time ago has thinned her some
what, but it is hoped that in few
weeks she will be as spry as any lion
| ess could wish TO be in captivity. -
| BOSTON Herald.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-25
Two Separate Branches.

81 have to help Johnny with his
mental arithmetic every evening, ;"
said the young woman. "and it is a
nuisance.
''Do you--er-tin that celebrated
problem about one plus one equals
one?" asked the young man.
81 said mental arithmetic, not SEN
tlmental, /" said the young woman. with
great dignity. Indianapolis Journal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-25
Copying Their Elders.

"Willie, why do you behave SO to
your little sister? You've been boss
ing her around all day"
Were only playing, ma" pleaded
Jennie in her brothers behalf. "He's
pa and I'm you. - Harper's Bazaar.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-25
The Old Woman's Money.

We sat in the little frontier hotel at
Pine Ridge Agency that stormy De-
cember night in 80. There were
number of us--all newspaper corre-
spopdents-and few interpreters,
officers and reservation employees.
The days previous had been full OF ex-
element for the Brule and Ogallala
Sioux we're engaged in the Ghost
Dance or Messiah Craze. About the
Agency General Miles had grouped
some 1900 troops; beyond their white
tents clustered the dingy tepees OF the
Indians some 800 of them.
We greatly enjoyed those evenings
iu the hotel. They brought back to
memory pictures of the old West
staging, buffalo hunting, Indian fight
inc. And what fund of information
the scouts, interpreters and cold tim
srs" poured into our willing ears
Each one could have talked all night,
and yet left the narration OF his expe-
rience unfinished then. We were es-
pecially interested in the singular
career of B. He had left home
in Connecticut, and after varied expe
riences in Iowa and Nebraska Joined
company of miners. and with them
entered the new mining camp OF Dead
wood. He was then but seventeen
years old. That same winter he car
ried the first mail out of Deadwood
to the Missouri river.
B. joined our circle while scout
was relating some experiences with
stage robbers in the early seventies,
and immediately entered into the con-
versation.
$50 far as know the smoothest
trick, prompted by desire to save
money, ever played upon stage rob-
bers occurred near Miles City in 10.
load OF passengers were almost with
IN sight of the town. They had been
travelling all day and were worn out,
Tor the roads were awful bad in those
days and all coaches bounced and
'wayed very much. Having come near
their journeys end they were congrat-
ulating themselves. Hold-ups had
been frequent. Two heavily armed
messengers accompanied each coach,
with orders to fire on any person act
ing suspiciously.
, Dear mel said an elderly man
GEAR the door, Tm glad we are safe.
have about $500 and if I lost it
don't know where / could get more
:" I can get plenty of money! said
travelling salesman, but the loss of
what have would put me to much
trouble out here among strangers
1.-Two miners and prospector, each
with large rolls. expressed their satis-
taction at passing dangerous points
safely. The next speaker was a little
old woman, kind and motherly in her
wsbs.
My boy has started a restaurant
IN town and is doing we'll. He wanted
me to come and help. SO here / am,
goodness knows far enough away from
dear old Ohio. I Thought be would
need his mother, for these mining
owns are wild, hear, and full of
temptations. I have only got 5000.
ftasall the cash I have in the world.
Fearing 'srobbers have put it in
place where Ia one would think of
booking. YoutAcannot guess wheres'
|oi course the saesses we're all wrong
Well, have pur $50 bills against
|'ae sole Of my Aot inside my left
|shoer
Capital said the elderly gentle-
|, man. No ono would ever think of
|.00k'ng : for money ih your shoes. In
'ne lar corner Of thsS front seat sat
| small, slender, blackdhaired man. He
ksDt between ~ a 4 !. little black
49, l& ;7 81 ~ -, lz e,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-25

The secretary for Scotland has ap-
pointed committee to inquire into
the alleged prevalence Of sheep steal
ing in certain parts Of Scotland.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-02-25
An Ignorant Teacher.

Cumso-Well johnny, how do you
like your new teacher?
Johnny Not much. She don't
know anything. Today she asked me
who discovered America. : Youkers
Statesman.
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stroll around the old tomb and down
through the streets Of the town. We
saw plenty of shops for the sale of en-
tiquities, as well provided with imita-
titiOns of modern manufacture: but 1t
was impossible to gaze from the sum-
NIT of the hill over the vast country
to the north and west without longing
to break into some of the many large
kourgans, ar burial mounds OF regular
conical form. which dot the landscape
in almost every direction.
/ mentioned this to an expert upon
our steamer, and he agreed with me
as to the desire, but added that expert
ence shows that where 1t is gratified
the effort almost always results in dis
appointment. Most of these mounds
he said, are merely the graves of noted
individuals of prehistoric times. In
the centre of the large ones is usually
found a skeleton horse standing with
a skeleton man on his back. This was
a favorte mode of burial for the old
Cimmerian chieftains, and very rarely
almost never in fact, are ornaments
of precious metals found among the
relics; while the remains of pottery are
usually of no value and of quite trifing
interest.
We left the roadstead of Kertch be-
fore sundown, and the next morning
found ourselves at Novo Rossisk, a
noble harbor, with every point on the
shores bearing evidence of the i'm
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mus, at the close of the twelfth CEN
tury spread Christianity among the
Ossetes and dotted their heights with
churches" However that may have
been, we found on the beautiful fresh
turf which surrounds the fallen towers
of her old castle, in the shade of the
big trees, a most agreeable place for
luncheon. But our desire to start for
the interior prevailed over every other
attraction. 1t was still early in the
afternoon when we took our places in
the train for Tifiis, the mountain rail-
way over which we were to travel hav-
ing at last been repaired, so that there
was a prospect of getting through to
the Georgian capital, though there had
been no communication with 1t by train
for a month or more.
We had scarcely got out of sight of
Batoum when the clouds that had so
long concealed the mountains disap-
peared, and we saw quite distinctly
the long range extending apparently
from west to east. Elbruz, with it's
double SUBMITS on the west, and in the
east Kasbek, a marvel of beauty,
worthy even to rival the solemn ap-
partition of the Jungfrau, as one may
behold 1t at sunrise from Interlachen
But Kasbek IL somewhat inferior in
grandeur, is the more beautiful of the
two, rising in a symmetrical though
slender pyramid, as we now saw it at
a distance of perhaps seventy-five
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Farewell Glirmpses
At F1Oderm r1eXiCO.
How Sunday Is Observed at the Mexican
Capital Growth of Evangelical Missions.
Some Disappointments-- General Observa-
tiOns.

Theo. Hart, in Pittston Gazette.
AS the last day of our sojourn in the
city of Mexico was Sunday, 1t gave an
opportunity to see how our neighbors
over the Rio Grande observe the Sab
bath. The appearance of the principal
streets of the city was little unlike
that of other days. Here and there
place of business was closed, but for
the most part, during the afternoon,
all lines of trade were proceeding as
usual, end not a few stores were open
all day. The scene about the Zocalo
or Plaza Mayor was unusually busy.
The flower market adjoining the great
Cathedral was a most attractive place,
Sunday being always an especially
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CHANGED HIS MIND.

~ want to get a good suit of clothes
made to order" he said to the tailor. Il
never had a suit of clothes made to order,
and my wife thinks it's time that l put on
little style.
Cert tlinly," was the reply. "You can
look over the stock and make'your sclec-
tion. And here Is a picture showing the
styles. You can make your choice from
that, as to how you will have the suit
made"
The visitor gazed at the picture, and
laying it down with a sigh turned towards
the door,
you're not going, are you?" said the
tailor.
"Yes. l hate to disappoint my wife and
to see You lose a customer. But l guess
I'm happier as ! am. I'm not vain, but If
this suit of clothes Is going to make me
look like a stiff-kneed, wooden-elbowed
craven image with glass eyes and a false
mustache, I'm going to go without it,
Washington Star.
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Starting in the morning from Sevas-
topol and driving with one or two
changes of horses, we traversed the
southern projection or the peninsula,
and at about o'clock in the afternoon
passed through the Gates of Baidar, as
the passage through the Iala Noun
tains is called. and looked down upon
one of the noblest spectacles in the
world. Immediately before us lay the
bounuless sea, the shore rocky and
broken, with villages, churches, castles
and little seaports, all made accessible
by the great road cut into the noun
tain side here and there, and then built
out upon walls over some abyss or val
ley below, alone enough to make the
name of Prince Worontzoff forever
meorable in all southeastern Russia.
The vegetation on the mountain
slopes toward the sea is wonderfully
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A Summer Journey from
New York to Moscow.
Odessa, the Crimea, and the Southern
Aspects of the Caucasus.

Hon. Charles A. Dana, in the Sun.
Our ship had scarcely been fastened
to the wharf at Odessa when a Russian
officer came on board and informed
me that orders had been given that
our luggage was not to be subjected to
Custom House examination, and,
upon my inquiring the source of such
politeness, l was told that it was done
at he Instance of DR.. Thomas E.
Heenan, an old friend of ours. who
for several years has been Consul of
the United States at that port. Dr.
Heenan appears to be a persona grata,
not merely with the Americans, Eng
lish, French, and other foreigners at
Odessa, but with the Russian officials
and Russian society as we'll He soon
afterward came on board in person,
and was most warmly welcomed. He
Informed us also of an amusing occur
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NON-COMMITTAL.

Jim's a Gurus sort o. feller;
Scolds a terrible heap;
Been a-worryin bout the tariff
Tel he couldn't sleep.
When l ask him how the taxes
Takes effect on him,
Then his eloquence collapses-
"I dunno" says Jim.
Talks about the war in Europe,
And of tyrant foes;
Says "Hurrah' fur lots o. people
Thet nobody knows.
When l ask him whut's the reason
Fur his war-like trim:
Whut's the actual cause fur hghtin'-
81 dunno" says Jim,
That's the kind of occupation
Seems ter suit him best;
Frets bout things thet don't concern him
Never takes no rest.
When l ask him eff his income
Wouldn't be less slim
Ef he'd stick ter his own troubles
II dunno" says jim
Washington Star.
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dent to travel in a foreign land with no
knowledge of the language of the peo-
plea feeling of disappointment, as
we turned our faces homeward, that
we were compelled to make SO super
fetal and incomplete a survey of the
wonderful city Of Mexico and it's sur
roundings.
While the city is very compact. a
population of half a million necessarily
covers considerable ground and among
the most interesting places to strangers
are some of the historic points a short
distance outside of the city. We felt,
indeed, that ours had been little more
than a prospective tour and that if
we could return, and have at least a
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on our way to Tif1is we passed with
out much delay over the place where
the railway had just been restored. and
arrived at our destination before 8
O'Clock in the evening. Yet the next
day the rails were broken again, and
during the week that we remained in
Tifis there was not day when a train
could be sent to Baku on the Caspian;
and thus we were constrained to S!ve
up the idea ~ making a visit to Cen
tral Asia and [ the old city Of Tanner
lane
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miles; and though / do not like to
compare the Caucasus with the Alps.
having seen the Alps frequently and
from many points of observation, while
of the Caucasus | have only had one
or two satisfactory visions and these
rather too distant, yet l will confident
ly advise any enterprising person of
leisure to pack his trunk at once and
start for this wonder of the world in
eastern Europe. My sober judgment is
that, of al! the great mountain dis
plays, there cannot be any more noble,
more beautiful, or more impressive than
these little known groups of the Cau-
casus. But on this subject let us
pause for a moment, and listen to the
great poet of Russia:
Caucasus below me! Alone on the height
l stand above the SHOWS, OH the brink of
these awful sleeps,
An eagle rising from a distant summit
Floats inrmovably on level with me.
Here / behold the birth of rivers
And the first moving of the terrible ava
lanches.
Here the clouds hover quietly beneath me;
Through them l hear the roaring water
falls;
And see the naked hugeness of the rocks
Lower down the thlt MOSES, the dry
shrubs;
And there also the green shades of the
forests,
Where the birds chatter, where the deer
leap.
There also men build nests in the noun
tains
And the sheep crawl over the grassy
dcclivities,
And the shepherd climbs down into the
pleasant valleys
Where the Aragva rushes against the
shaded shore,
And the poor horseman hides himself in
some CreViCe.
There the beautiful Terck with fury
Plays and roars, like a young wild BEG st
Struggling with hunger to escape his iron
cage;
And he rushes against the banks, with
useless raging,
And licks the rocks with hungry wave.
In vain! There is no food for him, no
consolation,
And the dumb crags compress him ter
riblN
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THE MONASTERY ON KAsBEK.

THE MONASTERY ON KASBEK.
High over the family of mountains,
Kasbek, thy imperial tent
Cleans with eternal splendorS.
Thy monastery behind the clouds.
Like shrine descending from heaven,
Floats. scarcely visible, above the sum.
mits.
oh, distant, longed-for shore,
There, bidding farewell to all below,
Let me rise to supreme freedom!
There in a cell, cloud-envelOpel
Hide me in the neighborhood Of God!
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car for their friends. The cargadores
in the cities are men and boys licensed
TO carry baggage or parcels. They are
ubiquitous fellows, too. On arriving
at our hotel, in the city Of Mexico, as
our party of four stepped from the car
rtage a squad of cargadores took our
grips and carried them into the hotel
office. We supposed, of course, that
they were walters connected with the
hosiery, but were soon made aware
of our mistake when they demanded
fees for the service rendered They
are always on the lookout for q job,
and expect pay for anything done,
however trifling.
RailroadGrs are the best paid class
in Mexico, and these are largely men
from the United States. Most of the
native mechanics work very cheap, SOC
to I5c a day in depressed silver worth
only half that amount in American
CurrenCy-being the average wages.
An American connected with a print
ing house in the city Of Mexico told me
that job work was done there for less
money in their currency than is paid
in our money in America, but much of
the work done is very inferior.
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PI1I.Qull.

Most visitors to Mexico desire to
taste the pulque, their national bever-
age, which is the formented Juice Of the
masuey plant. Pulque more than one
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The immense historical interest Of
the Crimea has combined with a GER
tain comparative inaccessibility to pre-
vent the universal recognition of its
extraordinary natural beauty and at
tractlveness as semi-tropical region
quite near to the Caucasus. But it was
not until we had finished with the
sights and the memories of SeYastopol
and Balaklava that we came to appre-
ciate the strange charm of the Crimea
and the delight II has in store for trav-
ellars woh are not too much In a hurry