The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-03-25
EXCHANGE FLASHES.
THE WISE MARY


Mary had a little iamb,
It's fleece was white as snow,
And Mary had patent on
This little verse you know.
National Recorder.
Let us have fswer laws, and
those which remain on the statute
books may be better observed.
When the new legislators, fresh
from the people, as they proudly
designate it, meet in their state
ca pitols let them go at once to the
matter of appropriations, pass upon
the necessary bills for the contin-
uance of the government, and then,
except for matters which demand
attention, adjourn Atlanta Cons
stitutiOn.
An Arkansas paper puts the case
thusly: sit is said that New York
girl kneads bread with her gloves
on, but that is no news to us. We
Knead bread with our boots on
we knead bread with our pants on;
aad if those subscribers who are 50
much in arrears don't pay up soon,
we will knead bread without any
thing on.-Ex.
Jim Harrison, the section fore
man at Sunnyside, has a brother
who lives at Guyton, On the Cen.
trial railroad. The latter was very
much troubled with bad dreams.
Seeing an verti Sc m n t
where someone offered for 81
cents TO send receipt that If fol-
lowed would prevent dreams he
sent on his half dollar. When he
heard from his remittance he was a
disguised man. The receipt read !:
"Don't 90 TO sleep and you wont be
troubled with dreams" -Atlanta
Constitution.
If all human beings we're equal
and alike from birth, then the doc.
trine of human equality would have
some solid basis; but since, from
the very beginning of existence,
the most distinctive individual
differences are found, it follows
that the only equality that is pos
sible is in the right Of each to have
the opportunity to do his or her
best with such faculties as he or she
may possess. Under existing COM
ditions there can be no other equal
ity.-Picayune.
A bill has been introduced ia the
Michigan legislature to tax spins
sters aud unmarried men. We
have no word of defense for the
men. But why levy q tax on
women who are willing and anxious
to get married any hour of any day?
1t is brutal. Atlanta Constitution.
/ The mayor of Bowling Green,
Ky, got drunk several days ago
and changed the place to Bowling
Red. OF course, there was moth,
Ing remarkable about that; but ia
! soon as he had sobered up he ar
raigned himself before himself and
imposed "a fine for drunkenness,
and subsequently joined the church.
The chances are that the mayor
, will hold up the fine during good
. behavior. Commercial Appeal.
Fame is vapor; popularity an
accident; riches take wings; the only
earthly certainty Is oblivion; Ito
man can foresee what day may
bring forth, while those who cheer
today will often curse tomorrow
Horace Greeley.
PROSPERITY HAS COME.
We see it sticking out 400 rods
that we are going to be compelled
to enlarge the News Banner. 1t is
an actual fact every week that only
about half of the gas, taffy, feath-
ers, hullabaloo, wisdom, war paint
and noise that we have on hand can
be used; there is no room for it,
and the rest has to be stored away
in the h6ll-box. In nine cases out
of ten it spoils before the next ls-
sue Of the paper.-Troy (Tenn,)
News:Banner.
| Kind friend, if Satan had his due
Would l be here to pen
| This trifIng jingle, or would you
Be here to read 1t then?