The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-13

in the United States struck Gallas
tin this week. He is W. h. Will
Jams, aged ID years. He wears
knee pants and has the appearance
of child, but he is bright, shifty
fellow and seems to understand his
business. He represents Fall City
Manufacturing Co., Louisville, KY,
and while here took several good
orders. He went from here through
the upper Cumberland county,
Gallatin Tennessean.
A QUESTION.
The publisher ola newspaper has
one thing to sell and one thing to
rent. He has the newspaper to sell
and the space IN his columns to
rent. Can anyone inform us why
be should be expected to give
away either the one or the other :
He can if he so chooses, and he
does, as a matter of fact, furnish
great deal Of space rent free. But
it does not follow that he ought to
be expected to do SO. 1t ought to
be recognized as a contribution. ex-
actly as would be the giving away of
sugar or coffee BY grocer. But,
strange to say, it is not looked up
on in that light at all, yet every-
body knows that the existence of
newspaper depends upon the rent
of its space and the sale of the pa,
per, as a merchants success de-
ponds ON selling his goods instead
of giving them away.-New York
Copy Hook.
Life is largely what we make it.
If we practice viewing matters
through blue lenses we may expect
thing to assume blue cast. This
is true of all phases of life. There
is no such thing as negative pow
err ID social or business life. We
are either working for good or evil.
Maybe you are not saying anything
for your town. If not, you might
almost as we'll be talking against it,.
To inspire others you must have
faith yourself and as an evidence
of this faith lose no opportunity to
say good word for your town.
Biloxi Review.
A church for bicyclis,s is to be
built In st. Louis. Riders can take
their wheels with them into the
pews. The novelty will be com.
plete if permission to smoke during
hours of worship is given to the
patrons of the church.-Picayune.
To all men, everywhere, Catholic,
Protestant, Jew or Pagan, God
promises eternal life to the men
who are seeking eternal life, pro-
vided they seek It not by forms
and ceremonies and creeds of ex-
ternality, but by patient continu-
ance in well doing.-Rev. Lyman
Abbott, Congre gationalist.
All persons who die In SwItzer-
land are buried at the public ex.
pense, whether rich or poor. The
consequence is that all funerals are
uniform, and there is no more pomp
or display at that of the rich than
at the obsequies of the poorest
Natchez Democrat.
Schools of Michigan City, Ind.
under the inspiration of member
of the board of education, Martin
Kruger, celebrate Bird Day.
when a special study of song birds
Is made aud addresses upon them
. are delivered. The custom has
spread to other towns of northern
Indiana and is SAID to be making
it's way into llnois.-Ex.
People who assumed last fall that
the United States has not enough
money, will be interested to know
that the money in circulation today
in the United States Is nearly lao
million dollars greater than year
ago. The treasury figures show
the circulation on April 1, 1897, to
be 1869, 0OO,694, while that of April
|, 1896, was about $1,52S, 1853, 900.
That additional al millions is a
very tidy little sum.-Toledo (O.)
Blade.
George D. Prentice once said with
beautiful aptness: ISLANDER pre-
ceeding from the lips of beauty is
like a black spider crawling out
from the petals of a rose." But he
did not tell us what Islander pro-
ceeding from the lips of man or
preacher was llke.-Democrat~Star.
1t is stated that there are nearly
half million men in the United
States who are waiting 10 clear
themselves of judgments and obi.
cations and go back into business as
soon as they can obtain discharge as
bankrupts. Those who have failed
in business and given up their all
to creditors should have an oppor.