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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28
SAVE YOUR CORN.

The papers are telling about farmers
wood or coal, corn being the cheapest
fuel there, considering the low cost of
production. This looks like a waste of
material. and is probably owing to ex-
ceSsiye charges Of transportation. The
consolation the Western farmer has is
that his loss is net his fault. He is the
victim of other mems greed. Now, MIR.
Farmer. are you not burning corn out
in your barnyard, not exactly in the
same way as the Western farmer, but
burning corn all the same? You know
that your animals are kept alive in
cold weather by heat, and that their
heat is made out of the corn they eat;
that the colder they are the more corn
they must eat or they will have to
draw on their bank account of fat laid
on earlier in the season. You also
know by this time that warm stable
greatly helps to heat the cows. and
you thereby save at least % per cent.
of the food they eat, compared with
these fed the same amount while ex-
posed to the weather This has been
proven over and over again. Why not,
then. get some planks, old or new. and
make sheds or stables for all the
stock! Stop burning corn in the stable
lot. and also save the manure from be-
ing trampled in the mud Of the stable
lot, where it is not only lost. but be-
comes offensive. Get n move on you:
save corn and manure. and have
greater respect for yourself.-Home
and Farm.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28
..r,.. o,a y.II,v A,nrnao.' =

when Ella wheeler wfla.x vrqts the
pcem. having for title the same neadnR as
thie article abe touclnd s. chord that VI
pra.eil In thousands OF hearts. for aver
A,ranac- DTbs Old yellow Ainianne OF
Inc poem. Is intimately associated with tno
days and Jcud. OF a large part OF tho word y
n1,.ulat;ou Hcy Iatge part oil the popu-
Sa..an :nis general statement may inciuae
can 10 gathered from the fact That tns
vearly is.us OF Ayers Almanac Is iron,
IL COO. 600 10 q, 00, 600 copies. 1t IS printed
in twenty-eight editions and IN some
eighteen languages, Including, BESIDES Eng
lish-Spanish, Portuguese. Dutch, urrnAn'
swedish, Danish. Norwegian, bohsminI',
WEIGH. Italian, Preach, etc. Inc o'o s.y,o
almanac is looked upon by many as Iol,c
OF antiquity, especially the patent meui
cine almanac" whose jokes are the pu'1
often OF the very papers III whose columns
they frs appeared. But there are aiinahaSs
And nlmanAcs- Ever since Df. ny1
Almanac has been put out 1t has employed
as high class Of mathematicai ana as.Io-
nomicaI talent as 10 available in the country.
Tn. result il that it stands on par, IN
respect Of the reliability OF its data aud the
accuracy Of its calculations with the U. ..
Nautical Almanac, and testimony TO TINS lact
is found wear after year in the letters, ro-
ferrsd to the almanac department OF tne
company. from students and mathematicians
in various PARTS OF the world In us pef-
manencs and reliability Ayers Almanac
stands ms a very fitting type OF the aver
Remedies-Indispe nsible in the family ann
reliable every day liz the year. Inc 1871
edition of this useful almanac Is now IN
course OF distribution through the druggists
OF the country.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28
THE FESTIVE PEANUT.
interesting Facts About Profitable South
EN- Crop.

Everyone eats peanuts and scarcely
anyone knows anything about them.
The peanut crop is one of the most
profitable Of the South. The yearly
production of peanuts in this country
is about 100000 bushels of twenty
two pounds each the bulk of the crop
being produced in Virginia, Georgia,
Tennessee and North Carolina. These
4 100000 bushels constitute but small
proportion Of the peanut crop of the
world, as the expectation from Africa
and India to Europe in 1882 amounted
TO nearly 400,000,000 pounds, half of
which went to Marseilles 10 be made
into oil.
The largest amount of the Ameri-
can crop is sold by street vendors, but
quantities are used by confectioners,
chocolate manufacturers and CLIMAX
ers. Peanut oil is used for lubricatinS
and for soap, and is good substitute
fer olive oil, lard, cottolene and butter,
The residue from oil making, known as
peanut cake in Europe, is highly val
ued as cattle fodder and is also
ground into fine flour and used as hu
man food.
The Virginia running variety of pea
nut is the typical American peanut.
Its vines are large, with spreading
branches, growing fiat on the ground
and bearing pods over their entire
length. The pods are large and white.
There are many other varieties grown
in other states, some of them being up
right bushes instead of vines.
The peanut is sorted in the factory
into four grades, the first three being
sold to vendors, and the fourth sold to
confectioners fer making burnt al
mond" and cheap candies. The $10,-
600, 900 worth of peanuts America
uses are not counted in the staple food,
but are eaten at all intervals as lux
ury. The peanut is used by the plant
er as fattener for his hogs.
In the cid world millions of bushels
are made into oil, in which the nuts are
very rich, thirty to forty per cent. of
the shelled nut being oil. 1t has an
agreeable taste and is more limpid than
olive OIL Peanut oil is used as a light,
ing oil, but does not give a very bril-
liant flame. The peanut cake left after
the oil is extracted is sold for $50 a ton
in Germany and fed to cattle and
sheep. Experiments were made in
Germany on an army biscuit to be
made from peanut flour, but they were
not successful, though the flour is most
nourishing.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28


value Of beef cattle of the same quail
ty varies considerably during each
year, a well-kept, fieshy yearling steer
or heifer will yield a much larger
amount of money to the owner at that
age than the same would months after
wards, with its increased growth, says
w. L. Taylor, of Ohio, in Orange Judd
Farmer.
Hence the advantage of keeping
stock all the time in condition, ready
to take advantage of these varying
circumstances. This cannot be done if
we attempt to follow the ancient Gus
tom of growing before fattening and
finishing our cattle for the market.
Rich and strong grain need not neces-
sarily be fed in quantities that would
be detrimental to later growth should
we decide to carry our cattle beyond
The two-year limit, and at the same
time enough can be fed to have them
ready and desirable to the slaughterer
and perfectly satisfactory to the con-
sumner.
When the market price and other cir
cumstances demand longer feeding,
careful and judicious precautions in Sc
lecting stock will insure continued
growth and improvement, to repay all
the food and care we bestow, although
we may safely calculate that less
gain, as a rule, will come as greater
age is attained. But as an Offset to
this loss, there is generally better
demand and advanced price for the
more matured bullock than there is for
ore of less age and feeling.
The final effort in fattening for the
market need or ought not TO occupy
great length Of time. If the bullock
has had such attention as to insure the
proper and steady development we
are seeking, and such condition OF
flesh has been secured as to be in fair
shape for the butcher at any time,
and an additional season Of iattening
is desired. one hundred TO one hundred
and fifty days is long enough. Give dur
ing this time, or as soon during this
period as we have brought our cattle
safely to the point, all the grain OF
any kind th,t is available that they
viii consume, and pasture or other
similar feed with the grain.
The best plan in my experience, when
fall feeding, is TO place the grain in
suitable position ana allow constant
access to ii. This plan requires less la
bor ana the food is then partaken Of
at such times as the appetite demands
it, in such quantity as nature indicates.
Minute details of any particular
method or fancy scheme of feeding
have purp0sely avoided, for each
breeder must supply them by intelii-
gent attention.
Every animal disposed of In a thin
fieShed condition is at loss to the pro-
ducer, while by well managed work in
increasing growth and quality it would
insure a profit Then there will be an
evener distribution of fat and a great
Improvement in quality.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28
Legal Fees.

A Would-be client once wrote to Par
case for his opinion, and enclosing a
$50 note. The other did not reply;
whereupon the man wrote second let
ter. Then Parsons answered that ne
had read the case and formed his Opiu-
ion, but somehow at stuck in his
throat" Whereupon the man, per.
ceiving what was amiss, enclosed n
500 note and got the opinion.
Nobody does anything well for norh-
ing, and certainly not a lawyer. Lord
Mansfield was so sensible Of this that
when ON one occasion he had to attend
to some professional business of his
own, he took some guineas out of his
purse and put them into his waistcoat
lus. Sir Anthony Malone, an Irish At.
torney- General, was so imprudent as
to omit this precaution, and, as Mr..
Crcake James informs US, was griey-
ously punished for it, for he was SO IN
attentive as regards some property he
bought for himself that he lost $15, 0D0
year by it. In future he caused his
clerk to make an abstract of the title
deeds Of any property he bought, and
lay it before him with a fee of i've
guineas, properly Endorsed, which the
clerk was scrupulously to account for,
after which Sir Athony made no more
mistakes, as regarded, at least, his own
Illustrated News.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28

A notice has been sent to the Army
and Navy officials that on and after
July 4. 1897. the American flag will
have fOrty-five stars. An order has
also been issued to the custodians If
public buildings to begin at once to
put the additional stars In all old flags
or secure new ones which must COM
ply with the order. There will be six
rows of stars. The first. third and
ffth rows will have eight stars each
and the second. fourth and sixth seven
stars each.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28
a Unique Republic.

The republic of G0ust is the snafiess
Ia the world Andorra is an empire in
comparison. Goust is about miie
square, and it houses 1870 persons. II
has been independent these 250 years.
1t stands or top OF a mountain by the
spanish border, near the edge OF
France and it gets aion. very co-s-
fortably without ever mixing itself il
ether peoples affairs. and without
reading the evening papers. or, so fan
as we know. tie morning ones. The de-
lectable 100 govern themselves by a
council one member Of which is select
ell to see that the business agreed upon
is executed. Matters go along very
smoothly. and Goustians are all tins
happier because nobody knows much
about chem and therefore they are un
enyled.-Kansas City Times.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28

which to figure. We doubt II fancy
fowls would pay better. considering,
of course, that we always have a ready
market for our geese BY crossing a
China gander on Toulouse geese large
goslings are obtained. quick to grow,
nicely marked, with medium length
necks. yellow bills and remarkably
easy to d0mesticate.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28
c,nt.yrL C.pnot Be Cured

With local applications as they cannot reach
the seat OF the disc use. Catarrh is IA blood or
constitutional disease, and in order To cure
1t you must take internal remedies Hall 8
Cafarrh uro is taken internally, ana acts d.
rsctly IN the blood and mucous surface. Hall
Caiarrh Cure IS not aquack medicine. II Was
prescribed bv one OF the best physicians IN this
country for years.. and il irregular prescription.
IT il compose OF the best tones known, CON-
rectlv on the mucous surfacrs The perfect
combination OF the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in curing ca
tarrh. Send for te timonins free.
~ CHENEY q Co, Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Hall,s EMMY Rl.is ..r-- tae best.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28
vices and Virtucs of Chinatown.

III you made with me a complete
koylr Of Chinatown. visiting every
k.ace where L Chiuaman dwel1s, when
you had returned you would sum up
what you had seen about az follows;
Places where opium was smoked by
Chinese in their own private apart
nents: about oue-fourth Of the whole.
Placea where opium was sold to whita
visitors who smoked and slept on the
premises, ard which is commonly call
ed an "op:rn joint: possibly TIRES
In your whole tour.
Places were gambling was in prog
ress: about one twentieth Of the whole
Placea where men were pursuing the
ordinary vacations OF life: nearly
three fourtts.-Century.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28

Insiln-The members tell zse that
-EaGWsr is one OF the best members OF
the Rockrib Athletic Association. Wab
iin-Why. he's no athlete! Dablin-
that's tl.le; but then lie pays his duea
regularly Eoxbury Gazette.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28

Dulzanc- spiains has refused to he3ees
Raat sight draft. GaSwell-peybaps he
:egarded Ii as an oversight draft
t'lttsburg Chronicle.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28

Over 100 90 cure. Why not lot N '-To-B as
Regulate or remove ynur ii sire Tor Tobacco 2
6iycs no eY, IN ,keI hellth and manhood.
Care guarant, eli. 20 cents and $l.UO, at all
druBs SIS.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28
noa 10 FIND OUT.

Viii bottle or common water glass with
urine and let 1t stand twenty-four hours; .
sediment or settling indicates . diseased con-
ditioa Of the kidneys When surins stains
linen II Is positive evidence OF kidney trouble.
Too frequent desire to urinate or pain In the
back Is also convincing proof that the kid
aeys and bladder are out OF order.
WHAT TO DO.
There Is comfort In the knowledge so often
expressed, that DR.. Kilmers Swamp-Root,
The great kidney remedy, fulflls every wish
In relieving pain in the back, kidneys, liver,
Nadder and every part OF the urinary pas
cages. II eorrects inability to hold urine
and scalding pain In passing it, or bad effects
following use Of liquor, wine or beer, and
overeomes that unpleasant necessity OF being
compelled to GO; up many times during the
night to urinats. The mild and the extraor-
dinary effect Of Swamp-Root is soon realised
It stands the highest for its wonderful cures
Of the most distressing cases. Sold by drug
gifts, price fifty cents and one dollar. For
= sample bottle and pamphlet, both sent free
By mail. meRtion this paper and send your
full postoflco address to DR.. Kilmer d Co.,
Binghsinton. n. Y. The proprietors OF this
paper guarantee the genuineness OF this offer.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28

lIrs.W inslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tecthing snftens the gums, reduces inilama-
ton, allays pain cures wind collie. 25c bottle
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28
Nn-ro-l,nc for FIFTY Cents.

rod uction Ct wages is very often based
81 Ia half loaf theory.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28

Tam entirely cured Of hemorrhage of the
iHnps ny Pso's cure for C0nSumption.-LoU-
lisa LINDANAH, Bethany Mo. Jan. s, 1884,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28

EAsoARTrs stimTlnte liver, kidneys and
boWels. Never $ c ,en. weakol or grip; lec
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28

FlTSSiopped frPcand yrnred. No
IFS aftrr fr-t d1l = use Of lJH. KLINE'S GnEAr
NEhvkR. - onEi. Free s." RIM bolt eand trent
Use. end 10 DR.. Kline. .ol Arch ST., Phila Pa
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28
FINISHING OFF BEEF CATTLE
FOR MARKET.

Perhaps on general principles twelve
10 fwenty-four months is long enough
70 keep bullock probably. Az the
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28

JUST try u TO-. box of Cascarets, can1y ca
q W. ic. Inc tnvtr and bowel guator ma o.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28

ifaaiicte1 with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac ThoInp.
CONS Ey e-wnter. druggists sell ut 25c uer bot Q
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28

WHEN billions o. cost We, eat Casraret.
caisiy catharL.t cure guarantee |; lOc., &c.
Read ad. of Monarch Tobacco Co.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28

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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-01-28

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-31

Among recent queer testaments IN Ger
many are the following: Anna FIerfer
widow of wealthy merchant in Breslau
desired expressly that an orchestra should
play the "Blue Danube" waltz, her favor
lite tune, while her coffin vas being lowered
into the grave. The clergy, however for
pade this SIS likely 20 create a public sean-
dai. and the mourning" relicts conteutsd
themselves with having that waltz n1avas
a. home before the coffin was rnnvas .ha
I'd being taken Off meanwhile AIhyacs.
haGssr an old bachelor. died in Fregh,,re.
and left all bis property to hts fot,r bas,
doom companions. Bur they rad "a esrr,-
out The conditions of the will arxt ,bew,
being mat the body be tncinnrsfaa 80
esnes stFewn 70 the four winds fror. 49,
TOP OF the Felaberg "a high mountafn1 ara
then great drinking bout vas 10 ensas
curing which champagne rad 10 Cow In ,or.
rents IN 8auten. On the Rhine ano4ss-
CD bachelor. named Behsrke. died Isavtry
us entire fortune OF 10 600 roarks ~ 80.
Sas Nne creature Of the Grea. T.ns
breed. With the money a hous. was =, -.
purchased, and the dog was 10 be r,as,a-
OF = MS Keeper receiving a salary ~ ) oga
MARKS Der aHnum. After the doess ses.L
me property was 70 so 70 the gerIin -
name society. -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-31

from them one-a very dainty and poeticd
idea. Those Wild and ignorant poor chill
dren OF nature believed that the flowers.
after they perish, rise on the winds and
float away 10 the fair fields OF heaven. ard
flourish there forever in immortal beauty
The story OF TIE ornIthOrynchus Is also
good. he says it was perhaps the only
animal that did not 60 into tire ark At the
time OF the food but that fact did not
seem To bother 4 very much for he SAYS
there were plenty of logs floating around
on which 20 take rest when not swimming
AS 10 food. Il had plsaty. When il wanted
FISH II caught them. and when It wanted
eggs r laid taem-
india was quite new Geld for Mr.
Clemens. Some of the observations are
really very funny. Speaking OF Indian
railroads he says.
After awhile we STOPPED AZ little
wooden coop 81 a station Just within the
curtain Of the someer jungle place with
a deep and dense forest Of great trees and
scrub ard vines al about IL The ROYAL
Bengal tiger IS IN great force there ana -
very bold ard unconventional From this
lonely little station message once went 10
the railway manager n Calcutta. Tiger
eating station master oa front porch. tsie-
graph Instructions
II was there that had nv arst tiger
hunt 7 KILLED thirteen. we we're presently
away again. ard tse train began 70 climb
the mountains IN ore place sevan wal1
elephants crossed tire track. bat two %
them got away before could owsrtAks
fhem-'
Some q Ms stories. however, are as pa
shesic a. others ara Numerous. Instance
tie following;
story Of Father Damien
- We all know ahcut Father Damien
the frenc5 priest wh8 Voluntarily forsoox
TIRE ..eT.t ard went 20 Ire lepsr island OF
&sloks4 % labor among liz population %
soTroNfaI exileS. rho vat here IN slow
consuming misery FER death 20 cone and
Fele@Ss them from their sEoaelss. and Va
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-31

know that the thing which he knew before
hand would happen did happen; that he
became q leper himself, and died Of that
horrible disease. There was still another
case Of self-saerlfice. Il appears. I asked
after "BilIy'' RagsdaIe interpreter to the
parliament IN my tirne-a haE-white. He
was brilliant young fellow, and very pop
ular. AS an interpreter be would have
been hard 10 match anywhere lie used 10
stand up IN parliament and turn the En-
clish speeches into Hawaiian ard the Ha-
waiian speeches into English with a read
mess and q voiuhltlty thar was astonishing.
7 asked altar him and was tolv that his
prosperous career was cut short In a sud
den and unexpected way, just as he was
about 20 marry q beautiful haif-caste girl.
He discovered. By some nearly invisible
syn about bis skin, that the poison OF
lepTosy was IN him. The secret was his
own. and might ne kent concealed for
years; but he would not b treacher0us 70
the girl that loved him: he would not marry
her 20 a doom like his And so ne put his
affairs in order. and went around 20 all his
friends and hade them gOoG-6y. and sailed
IN the leper snip 10 MoioksL There he died
tire ioathsome and lingering death that ali
lepers Gle.
Ard o1s rTsat pity % Il al IL that
these poor sufferers are Innocent The
leprngy does 10. come OF sins xhtch they
committed. but OF ssns committed By their
ancestors. who escaped the curse 81 !sp-
roSv'
When he was on snipe1ar1 Mr.. Clemens
says THAI they farad fairly well They had
great many things which were provided
II Dssty ard cooked ny tha devil he also
tells q ar inaassittvs lady on saipboard
who Insisted On asking the sailors al kinds
os questions regarding the vessel. Once
she wanted 20 know shy tie vessel laoorei
80 hard ~ Sra way. Marx said tn2t ire
sailor tod her that f was because they
were going uphill toward tas equator. but
that wEsn they should once get over re
equator ard start eewnaiA they would ~.