The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-29

get their WISDOM In tnat way. ney
require a personal application OF
all maxims before they can be ap-
preciated; yet probably not one
parent in 20, 600 thinks to talk plain.
ly and kindly 10 his children from
the age of Is aud upward, concern"
ing the firts who infest society, as
well as of the countless unforesee-
able slips which may cause broken
heart.-Ex.
Dogs are reported to be dying
of black tongue on Bluff creek, in
Jackson county, and the people are
apprehensive that stock will be-
come affected with the disease. 1t
is very fatal in its effects, and If it
should break out among the cattle
serious losses would follow. We
are not wholly without sympathy
for dog in misfortune, still it
would be a good thing If the dis
ease would confine itself to the
canine tribe.-Biloxi Herald.
Mr.. Frank NJ. Chapman, of the
Museum of Natural History, COM
piled list of the birds which he
saw on the hats of women recently
in New York City, during two after
moons. Forty species were reprea
scented. In all he saw 173 wild
birds, or parts of Shem, Oh hats.
OF these birds, at least thirty-two
varieties are protected by law
during all or a major portion of the
year. A Boston court has just
decided that it Is unlawful to wear
feathers of bird that is protected
by law, and a similar law exists In
New York State.-Scientific Amers
can.
A peculiar disease, which appar~
emily causes cattle to become in.
sane, has struck the vicinity Of Mt,
Clemens, and veterinarians are
puzzled. Several cows have died.
-Edmore (Mich.) Journal.
A Southern white man who would
] juin the republican party for the
purpose of getting q little govern
ment Office is more contemplate
than the man who would Gre chaw
his tobacco or borrow cigarette
snipe from niger boot-black. +"
In truth, he is so dirty and cons
temptible that be would turn the
stomach OF a scavenger beetle
Commonwealth,
A young lady, whose sense of
shame would not permit her to ad-
dress a certain unmarried clerk in
ordinary English, called for a pair
of garters thus: at is my desire to
obtain a pair of circular elastic APP
pendages, capable of being cons
tracted or expanded by means of
oscillatiEg, FURNISHED steel appli-
ances that sparkle like particles of
gold leaf set with Alaska diamonds
and which are utilized for keeping
in position the habilrments of the
lower extremities which innate del
icacy forbids me to mention" The
clerk fainted.- Scott County Reg
lister.
Leaving a good farm with a big
family and moving to town is an
undertaking that should be well
considered, then considered again
and again, and the conclusion to
remain on the farm should be held
with an infiexible determination.
The farm is the only place where
success is assured and happiness
permsnent.-Slidell Item.
Mrs. American Hen earned over
$500, 100000 last year. This was
more than the value OF all the pro.
auctions of the silver and gold
mines and of the pensions paid our
old soldiers; more than the value Of
the wheat and tobacco crops, put
together, and thirty millions more
than the value of the cotton crop.
Thus II will be seen that Mrs. Hen is
a very much moderated and mod.
est MISUNDERSTANDING.
Rejected lovers need meyer de-
SPAR; there are four and twenty
hours in day, and not a moment |
III the twenty-four In which a wo-
man may not change her mind
DE Finod.
The grand Jury of Lauderdale
county has been bribed by the blind |
tiger keepers aud hop tea dealers
not 10 return indictments for VIC.
lations OF the dram shop law
Meridian Herald.
Tom Watson labored on a Eve
column article 20 tell bic people
y hat Killed fopulism ~ a political
party. He could have made il
much shorter and clearly; Bryan
did lt.f-ifeayane.
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