The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-27

10.
EXCHANGE FLASHES.
NEWSPAPERS.
Newspapers are not the enemies
but the friends of righteousness
are not binderers. bat helpers, in
the fight. The power of the news@
paper cannot be overestimated.-
Rev. Geo. II. Combs, Christian,
Kansas City.
SUPERSTITION.
Men who doubt miracles believe
in mascots. They who smile at the
Chinese shaking THEN numbered
sticks in the Josshouse will nail the
horseshoe on the door for luck and
do all sort of foolish things for sucs
cess. They will go to a fortune
teller, which is equivalent to the
Chinese Joss, and to clairvoyants
and mediums and try to discover
the future.-Rev. William RAIDER,
Congregationalist, San Francisco,
Cal.
Man wants little here below;
He isn't hard 10 please.
But woman--bless her little heart
Wants everything she sees.
I'D.
In championiug the cause OF
right, Greece went to work in
about the same way that many
moral informers do. Greece did
not properly equip herself against
the Sultan and many moral reform
ers fail to properly arm themselves
against the devil. Both should
have taken st. PauPs advice on
this matter.-Pennsylvania Grit.
A young negro at Brennan, Tex
as, has brought suit against the
Texas and Pacific road for $50, 900
damages for being injured by a
freight train. Even during slavery
times robust young negro man
was not worth more than $1,000,
and since they were freed very few
of them are worth a cent.-Fayette-
vile (Ark.) Sentinel.
"ln God We trust" is about the
only thing left which the Missis-
sippi Legislature refuses to put a
special privilege tax on to raise
revenue.-Clarke County Times.
1t is time to deliberate. Samson
fell into trouble by having bis hair
cut, and Absolem lost his life be-
cause he did not have his hair cut.
Frequently a man is blamed if he
does or If lie don't, and man often
gets into trouble trying to keep
out of 1T. It's a strange world and
a mao hardly gets acquainted with
it until he has to leave it.--Un-
known.
1t is not what people eat but what
they digest that makes them strong;
tbs not what they gain but what
they save that makes them rich; it
is not what they read but what they
remember that max es them learned;
1t is not what they profess but what
they practice that makes men true
! MasOns. -Ex,
A GEORGIA JUBILEE.
| Cattle bells a-ringin'-
Color on the clod;
Mockin' birds a-singln':
Fix your fshln' rod!'
II. L. S.
The new editor of the Ohio Per-
itentiary News is No. 25,041. 1t is
to be hoped that he will get out a
better paper than did his predeces-
sor, No. 4-11-44.-Comm ercial. Ap-
peal.
North Carolina has tobacco
farmer who is Miss Sue M. Conner,
a very pretty young lady, who lives
near Madison. She does ali the
work of the farm herself and recent.
~ brought her crop of tobacco to
Wins ton. 1t was sold and brought
the young lady good, round price.
She raised the crop herself, came
to market with it, and looked after
the sales. All the warehouse force
had their shoes blackened and their
hair parued in the middle at this
sale.-Atlanta Constitution.
1t is a mere passage from one
world to another and all here are
but travellers at an inn. The earth
is a stage; life is role, and men
and women merely players. The
part of each is awarded by God, &C
cording to His judgment. And it
behooves us to exert our utmost
to act well our role, whether it be
long or short, the character of a
king or of a beggar. The charter
of the allotment is Gods affair, but
the manner of performance is ours.