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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03

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trust. itmeyer, the king of the sugar
tempt, # now oeing tried ior con-
lions asf FOR refusing to answer quess
The trial ked by senate committee.
attracts a crowd daily,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03

The heterogeneous mill at Ocean
Springs burned last week. Loss
about $40, 900; no insurance.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03

at Decatur In1s examination held
10, Schearerd last week, Rovll.
fully passetE12 years old, success
license. IA and was awarded a
err in the le is the youngest teach-
1 United States.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03

John Adams, aged 10 years, of
Barataria, La, suicided on account
Of disappointed love.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03

Hon. " hitelaw Reid will repre-
sent the United States at Queen
Victoria's jubilee.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03

The long fight against the Missis-
sippi flood is practically at an end.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03

Thursday, June 3, 1897.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03

PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT
POPLARVILLE, MISS.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03

Two negroes are to be executed
at Columbus, Miss, July 8.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03

ONE DOLLAR In ADVANCE.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03

A. 6. RUSSELL, ST., Editor.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-11

Christian Endeavorers. The principal
features of the days work consisted of
bright speeches in the open air at the
Van Ness avenue stands, services at both
paviIions, including the State convention,
and general sightseeing by the visitors.
At the Mechanics Pavilion in the fore
noon brief talks on the aims and objects
of the convention were the order of the
day. The State convention, a full ac-
count of which appears, was matter Of
great interest to the vast multitudes as
sembIed in the Pavilion in the evening.
There was much interest in the services
at Woodward's because of the speech of
Miss Bickford. She is one of the most
prominent of all the women in the United
Socisty in the work of the great society
of Christians
Thousands of the visitors took a day
off to see the sights in the City. The
park was full to overlooking, the beach
was crowded and Chinatown was over
run with thousands of the curious.
Those of the visitors who have made a
careful study OF the churches of the City
and of the general system of religious in
struotion, speaking of the matter yester-
day, said that the San Francisco denomi-
nations compare favorably with those of
the East,
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-11
To-day's Programme.

MECHANICS PAVILION Meeting
in the interest of the Lords day, Presi-
dent Francis E. Clark, DID,, Boston,
Mass, presiding, Robert Hush and, San
Francisco, CAL, musical director; 2:3o,
praise service; 2:45, devotional exercises,
conducted by Rev. A. j. Kinzer, Lyons,
Iowa; ESQ, anthem by the choir; 3, ad-
dress, "Woman's PART" Miss Matilda
Kay, New York City; 3:I5, address,
Modern Forms of Sabbath Dissertation I"
tie Rev. w. H. G. Temple, Seattle,
Wash; $40, singing; 3:45, address,
"The Civil Saboath," the Rev. Josiah
Strong, DID,, New York City; 4:Io,
address. "Ihe Claims of God-Keep 1t
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-11

shall come out from your society I?
Systematic work should be done in this
wav; will you hold the hands OF those
who are standing for the Lord in the port
service Z"
Following this came the symposium OF
State secretaries on the topic "How can
we make the committee work in our vari-
GUS societies more effective?' Presiding
Officer Hill announced that ach speak
wouid be limited TO three-quarters of a
minute and notified them that they would
be promptly called down when the time
had expired. He seemed to feel, however,
that he was privileged character, for he
occupied more time In the introductlons
than the SPEAKERS occupied in their re-
marks. Nebraska was first heard from in
the person of Secretary Tucker, who took
Just thirty seconds 10 make most ener-
getic speech, in which he told more than
most people can say in as many minutes.
He said:
"1he one thing that appears to me Is
the need of executive committees 10 do
the work of this institution. Remem Der
that you all have a part. II your nmmlt-
tee does not meet weekly see to it that the
chairman calls on your committee to do
the proper work. Rene III ber,- IN your
planning G, that Christ should be the foun-
dation.. Do not fail to have good report
at the end of the month. Plan to see to
IL, ano do see TO II, tnat Jesus Is tn6
foundation of all, and 40 it because you
love him, and then your work will be well
one."
Minnesota was represented by Miss
Carrie A. Holbrook, who said: I'VE can
do our best work by emphasizing the fact
t. at We are laborers together, grouped to-
gether as committees to do d. finite per-
sonal work of The master and to do work
for his sake Emphasizing, strongly en-
phasizing the thought that no duty is
small in the sight of God and that no
work is unimpor ant in his sight is the
thing that will tend to our upliflment and
power for good, for God will be back
OF it,"
Miss Calvert OF Washington spoke for
that State as follows: "The most effec-
tive aid of the committee work of the local
societies was found in the lists OF ques-
tions sent to each society to be answered,
and sent also, to the State secretary. Here
is a sample of the list:
Have you prayer-meeting commit
tee?
"How many members has. itf
"H ow often do YOU meet /?
"Do you meet before the regular prayer
meeting timer
.'How many fail to report on the even
ing of tn cir meeting?
"These questions give an idea OF the
work that should be done by the commi
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-11

Holy" the Rev. Robert Johnston, Lon
don, Ont; 4:3o, adjournment.
EvanGelsttc Meetings-2:3O to 4;
WOODWARD'S PAVILION - For
men only, conducted by the Rev. j. Will
bur Chapman, DID,, Philadelphia, Pa,
assisted by the Rev. Ford c. Ottman,
Newark, N. j., and H. j. Mccoy, San
Francisco, Cal; c. E. Lloyd, Oakland,
Cal, musical director.
FIRST UNITED PRESBYTERIAN
Church = Evangelistic meeting for the
boys and girls, conducted by Secretary
John Willis Baer, Boston, Mass, c. N.
Hunt, Minneapolis, Mimi, and others;
the Rev. John Rea, Oakland, CAL, musi-
cal director.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
Church-For women only. Mrs. Francis
E. Clark, Boston, Mass, presiding; Miss
Ida j. Clinch, Sacramento, Cal, musi-
cal director; 2:3o, praise service; 2:45,
prayer service, conducted by Mrs. Scott
F. Hershey, Boston, Mass; 2:55, address,
Gone Woman's Power" Miss Katharine
S. Jones, New York City; BIS, address,
"Our Reasonable Service" Mrs. George
w. Coleman, Boston, Mass; 1886, sing
ing; $40, address, How to Reach the
Hearts of Oriental Women" DR.. Kin Eca
de Silva, Alameda, CAL, 3:55, singing;
400, address, "The Awakening Of the
Afro American Women" Mrs. Victoria
Earle Mathews, New York City; AGO,
adjournment.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-11

seats were vacant yesterday at the OPEN
ing of the morning session, and at no
time were more than half OF them filled.
Rev. James L. Hill, D.. D., Of Salem,
Mass, showed himself most efficient
presiding officer and kept the ball rolling
from start to finish, so rapidly that one
hardly had time to get interested in one
speaker before another would be on the
platform.
The in terest of the morning was CEN
tered in the symposiums, of which there
were two-one BY the State secretaries and
another by the mem bers. These were
supposed to be one minute talks, and to
the credit of those who participated 1t
must be recorded that none of them
re ached the limit of allotted time. While
all The talks were short it was proven most
concIusive.y that much can be said within
sixty seconds.
These sy posiums with a ten minutes
talk on IF oating Endeavorp by Giles
Kellogg cf San Diego and the report of
the treasurer of the International Union,
William Shaw of Boston, swung rapidly
along, and at exactly the minute set for
adjournment the audlence was dismissed
to participate in the Van Ness avenue
open-air meetings.
The rendition of the duet, winter
Than Snow" by DR.. Little and sister, as
we'll n the soprano solo, Jerusalem" by
Miss Ida J. Clinch. received hearty and
prolonged applause and were timely in
terruptions to the more prosaic talks
which were the feature of the day. Mr..
kellogg in his address said in part:
us it not a grand thought that thou
sands of men shall carry the glory OF God
ell over the world, and that these men
shall bring these glad tidings with so
powerful a result? What shall we call
such a work as thai Shall we call it
home MS ion work? Shall we call it
foreign mission work? All. friends, there
is chance here for the spread OF the
kingdom that we do not realiz We as
sumo, friends, to consider whether it is
possible for the Christian Endeavorer to
take UP a field thai has not been
adequately touched upon as yet. The
business Of this world, as Judson said is
to save men an1 bring them back 70 God.
There is an opportunity in this land that
perhaps YOU do not realize, nor the ease
with which it started. What does it mean
TO you in port cite S? 1t means simply
that if you have the word of God in your
neart you want to ge. it out into your life
and. into the lives of others. / wish that
l might recite some Of the incidents that
have occurred, as the words of the king
dom have been heard from shore to shore,
and, friends, to tell you about tn ose in the
inte nor. Have you no desire tn at hel
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-11

tees and serve as an impetus for the bet
ter work of the Master"
Michigan, too, sent a quick talker in
the person of Miss Parsons, who said:
open and close the committee meetings
always with prayer. Conduct the meet
ing's business as we would have our agents
conduct our secular business.
Rev. Frank Lewis testified for Vermont
as follows: ITO make committee work
attractive we must have regular commit
tee meetings. AT these meetings we plan
dennite work for each member. Each
mem Der carries out his work and report
is made at the regular business meeting
uf the society. Each county convention
offers banner for the best city of
monthly written committee reports from
any society within its borders. Our State
convention offers a banner TO the local
union that presents the best set OF written
reports from any society. The State sec
retary visits the State conventions and
explains the committee WORK in detail
and impresses upon them the necessity
for earnest, careful. systematic committee
work and to do its best for Christ and the
ch hurch."
Amos r. Wells of Boston, managing
editor of the Golden Rule, Familiarity
known IS caleb Cobweb." spoke for Mas
sachusetts. He said: ''If l had lungs of
leather and throat of steel and tongue
of brass and could talk for ten months L
would emphasize the Importance OF the
executive committee meeting. The So
ciety, without regular committee meet
ing, is like a train without schedule.
That smile will doubtless appeal to you
most forcibly. Have regular times and
places for the committees to meet and
present their reports whenever you can.
Open / he meeting with prayer, onilnue
it with prayer, close il with prayer. Spice
the meeting with lemonade and games.
Be sure to appoint an escort com mittee to
see the girls home"
Al the close of the symposium OF secre-
taries the chairman called for expreS sions
from the audience at large, and soon the
responses came go swift and fast that Mr..
Hill was mpelled TO call them down In
order to get chance himself once in
while. From all over the hall came the
response, and all told OF how they car
ried on the work of Christ all over the
world. From the tottering gray beard to
the little four-year old delegate from Oak
land the story of the battle against sin
was told, until it came time for the trus-
tees to give their suggestions for practical
work.
These suggestions were:
Dr. Patterson from Canada, Let Ener-
getic Work Be the Keynote
Rev. w. III. Mcmillan, of Allegheny,
Encourage the Timid Ones"
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-11

i " was on its good behavior
\ 81 again all day yesterday
w and many thousands of
the Christian Endeavorers and
other tourists refused to attend the
great pavilion meetings of their in
ternationaI convention, preferring
the halcyon forenoon at the park
or the Cliff. A great many, how
ever, compromised by going to the
noon prayer meetings and devo-
tional exercises held on Van Ness
avenue.
There were some good speeches
at all the meetings yesterday and
the $4,000 strangers had a long
bill of fare to choose from in the
matter of intellectual pabulum. A
marked feature of the exercises
was the DfeVlty OF the SpeecneS
and the general good sense in the
arrangement of programmes so as
not to worry the multitudeS as
Sembled.
The leaders of the local sot iety
say that the strangers are all de-
lighted with the climate and the
people of California, while the
leaders from abroad say that the
weather is so fine as to interfere
with the attendance of the meet
ings. They say, however, that it
is a praise of God to admire the
sublime things in nature that
abound here.
TITNnN
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-11
BRIEF TALKS
THE ORDER
Dozens of People Make Short
Talks at the Pa
vilion.

Ii one were to judge by the um Der
present at the morning meetings at Me-
chanics' Pavilion he would be prone to be-
lieve that Christian Endeavorers are not
early risers, for at least two thirds Of the
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-11
THE DAYS WORK.

Yesterday was busy day among the
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-11

O7ALIF ORNIA weather
i ~ was on its good behavior
\ 81 again all day yesterday
w and many thousands of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24
Seeing and Relieving.

1t Is an old and u wise saying that
'seeing Is believing" yet everybody
knows that very often what we see,
ana therefore believe, proves to DO not
really true at all. As we grow older,
finding that our eyes have 50 frequent
ly deceived lis. We are often not salts.
tied with the evidence they give us
until we have verified It by touch az
smell or hearing or taste, or by look
Ing ut some doubtful thing from differ
cnt points of view, OF under n different
lighting.
We nre not willing to believe that u
conjurer actually draws rabbits from
Il mans ear or coins from the tip of his
nose just because our eyes tell MS such
tales. Sometimes our deceptlOns are
SO lasting that things must he made
wrong In order to look right, which
seems rather contradictory. II we look
ut the letter s or the figure 8 as care
fully as we can, the upper and lower
halves sem to be almost exactly the
same size. II we turn them upside
down, the difference In the size of the
loops Is quite astonishing, and we won
der how we could have been SO mis-
taken; yet perhaps the truth Is that the
loops are neither SO different nor so
much alike rs they seem to he, as we
see when we look at them turned upon
their sides.-St. Nicholas.
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dred thousand dollars for the little
pile OF brick. wood. iron, mortar and
dust that was to be taken down and
re-erected In the White City. Rut the
price was considered too stiir even for
those days and the negotiations fell
through. In order that the house might
not fall down the municipal fathers of
the little town ordered its immediate
demolition.
This historic structure stands. or
stood until quite recently, on II rocky
enlnence near the Jenaiscles Thor
tclty gateJ. II Is a frame building. very
rickety. ana hns been extensively re-
paired. There Is n legend that II dates
back to the year 1870 or lIGO. as do
many other buildings of Roda. That
Faust saw the light in one OF It's dlngy
rooms, with floors of tramplcd earth,
ani tiny windows In leadrn frames. Is
attcsrcd by several authentic state
ments In the town chronicle. ana also
In the Faust Buch. printed in 1851,
from which all later writers on the
Faust legend quote. ana which Is their
chief authority.
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science of the MOSQUITO.

There are four truths respecting the
mosquito which modern science ha.
established:
Flrst-A mosquito cannot live in air
free from malarlal poison. Unialntci
air has the same effect on him as Il
healthy community on a doctor. II d.
prives him of patents, ana he must ~
to less favored localities TO practice
his profession.
Second-The lymph, which flows
through an automatic valve when It
inserts It's proboscls. contains mod.
fled germ Of the malarlal fever. aud.
according TO the well-settled law Of
inocElatiOn. the Introduction of the
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PENNIES IN HAWAII.
General JoiIiAcati0n at Their Ap.
pcnrancc In HOnoiuiu.

General Joiliflcat,0n at Their Ap.
pcnrancc Ia HOnoiuiu.
The pennies have come.
And now Honolulu people who never
lived east Of the Rocky Mountains will
have all kinds Of red. white and blue
money. W. u. D!mond II responsible
for the innovation, and his customers
ar" ticklcd to death when they learn
that an article marked "Nctluced tO
Si9T" does not mean y. to the plr.
chaser.
II dld It," he said. yesterday. $50 tina,
we can make exact change. ana when
We give people u discount for cash they
will get full benefit of II. l believe
within u year other stores will take II
up and pennies will become current
coin In Hawaii. When that comes.
then they will probably bc accepted In
payment for stamps at the postotlice.
No. there II no danger of their becom-
Ing II nuisance: on the contrary, they
will be u convenience to shoppers.
Only certain number will he required
for circulation here. nnd there IL no
danger Of people boarding them long
enough to compel heavier importatlOns
Of the base coin.
"rhey were brought into use In Den.
yer. Colo. twenty years agO by prom.
lnent dry goods firm. and there was
roar from their rivals. 4 1O.cent piece
wns the smallest coin used up to u few
years before. then the nickel followed.
and finally the cent pieces. 1t was not
six months before every business house
In the city was using them. and the
man who introduced them was after.
ward asked to be Mayor OF the city.
run for Congress and all sorts Of
things. When he dies the city win
probably erect bronze monument to
his memory.
"YOu will understand that I do not
anticipate that any political preference
will be given me In the future for hnv.
Ing Introduced pennies In Hawaii. but
think Of the opportunities sign writer's
will have to prepare placarls reading:
a bargain ut M)c.' Everything goes
at xl.43,' nnd 80 on through the list.
Pennies are curiosity here, ana ] VIC.
late no confidence when I tell You that
the principal reason for my importing
few hundred dollars worth of the
little copper things Is merely rs IN ud.
vertlsenient."
''rhat they will he a convenience to
shoppers there Is no doubt and q source
OF amusement rs well. for the people
here will follow In the footsteps of
their cousins across the Watpr"--Ilou,
olulu Advertiser.
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SET THEM FREE.
Monsieur dc Lcsseps and His Out
WHITING of Mchcmet All

Monsieur DC Lcsseps and His Out
WHITING of Mehcinet All.
Monsieur DE l.esseps. the builder of
the Suez Canal. wa, nothing II not pie
turesque His somewhat abrupt and
interesting uualies-for he did every
thing as II 1t Were bit of "play-act'
ing"-made him very much liked by
the Egyptian potentates In the old days
In that country, when the will of the
pasha was law. NJ. AnatOle France, II
new French academician. to whom the
task has lately fallen Of eulog!zlng his
predecessor In the academic chair-lhat
predecessor having been Monsieur DE
Iesseps-has found some new anec'
dotes of the great canal-bullder.
One of these relates to the time when
De l.esseps was in Egypt rs president
of 4 sanitary commission, In lS'i. In
this capacity 1t became his duty to in
spect Il great number of cOnvicts In the
Egyptian galleys, and among these he
found upward of four hundred Syri-
ans from Nazareth. all Christians, who
had been brought in chains from Syria,
political prisoners, as the result OF a
foray into that country by lbrahim
Pasha. the son of the famous 1lceroy,
Mehemet AL
The NaZarenes no sooner found an
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THE VALUE OF a DOLLAR.
What IL VIII do When lntciiiucntiy
In pended.

''If you can demonstrate to me that
you can actually relieve distress with
n dollar, ] Will give you what you
want"
4 rich cynic thus answered a woman
who had come To him for aid to help
the poor of their city. lie hoped 10
silence her and send her away.
'Wlll you come with mc!" said thc
woman. challenged In this novel man.
ncr.
Tho man consented. and the New
York Times relates the ont come.
Ia a few minutes the two entered m
nnsigh'ly tenement. The lady. who
knew her ground. led the man up two
flights of stairs into u cheerless room.
The floors aud walls were absolutely
barrsr. The only piece of furniture.
besides the bed. n chair aud n dllapl.
dated table, was small stove. in
which srant fire was burning.
There was u mlldlc-aged man In the
room with two children. each poorly
md thinly clad. The few dishes We're
empty. Dcsiltution could hardly bc
mOr. complete. The woman. acc,,s.
ubusNu w SUM I's'u''i' NiSu'S, Suou
learned what was most needed. and
frUm long experience. she knew Just
what to purchase.
please wait" she said to the rich
man. "while run around to the store"
Culi or coinpa ssiOn for this mute sui.
rsring, the gentleman waited. In a
quarter Of m hour a large groccr's has.
act, tille.l to the brim. was brought In
10 the room. Soon the little stove
threw ont comforting heat. and the
OslOr NJ food gave grateful cheer.
''D0 you think this charity well he.
Stsw'asl?' asked the woman, as they
left.
''indeel, I do" came the answer,
with q suspicious tremOr In the voice.
"Weil. here Il the list" He took Il
and rad. We quote II word for word
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OIL, al Frcnchman among them than
they began to beseecli him to do some.
thing to get them free. DE Lessers
had no diplomatic functions whatever.
but his heart was touched by the ap.
peal AMI rs he had already become
known to the vicerOy. ana felt sure
that he had made a favorable impress
sion upon him. hc set about procuring
the release of the prisoners.
Mehemct Al. shook his head when he
had heard DE I.essep's plea.
"Thpse are my son lbrahim's prison.
crs, he said. "and ] could no more
handle him In such n matter than ]
could handle the lightning"
But DE Lesscps was not to he put Cf
In such Il way. lie persisted In his ap-
plicat!on. AMI rs Mehemet had at that
time reasons for wishing to stand well
with the French. hc told DE Lcsseps
that he would quietly procure the lib.
cratiOn OF five prisoners u week until
they were all free.
He kept his word, and the Nazarcnps
began TO be set frJ In this piecemeal
way. But presently. when the fact bc.
came known among the Syrlans De
Lessep's doors We're besieged by the
relatives and friends of the remaining
prisoners. who besOught him to use his
powerful influence to caus, their
friends to be included In the next ba tcll
liberated.
The Frenchman was SO nearly torn
to pieces by these impOrtunate people
that he resolved make the fact a
means OF approaching the vlcerOy. He
had one Of his suits of clothes liter.
ally torn into tatters, and on the next
occasion when he was to see the Vice.
roy he wore It. Mellemet was natur-
ally astOnished ut such an extraOr,li.
nary costume.
"What has happene.. to You. Mon.
sier IL Francals!" the vlceroy asked.
"Oh. your hlghness." answered De
I.esseps. mo one but yourself has put
me into this plight; for In ordering
that those Naxarenes should be set free
at the rate OF five week. you have left
me the prey OF the families Of those
who remain In the galleys. They are
tearing me to pieces. and 40 1t will be
as long as any are left There were
four hundred and twelve; your high
ness, by computing. can see how long
! must 90 In rags!'
With 1t all he looked so serious and
pitiful that the viceroy, after laugh
Ing ut so extraordinary a piece of dip.
lomacy, ordered that all the prisoners
from Nazareth should be liberated at
once.