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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
Yellow Fever Situation More Hopeful.

WAsHINGToN.-The most encourag-
ing news about the yellow fever situa-
ton in the south yet received came in
official dispatches to the marine hos
pital officers Friday. Surgeon Murray,
one of the experts at McHenry, Miss,
wired an official report that he be-
lieved the yellow fever is confined to
the town of McHenry. Surgeon Car
ter, who has been making thorough
investigation in that field, reported
that he had nearly completed the in
vestigation of the place and houses
along the line running into McHenry
south of Hattiesburg, and that there
is no fever at any of them. The au-
thorities are very hopeful, but by no
means confident that the danger is
past
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
gAMMOTH STEEL PLANT.
birmingham to Have One of the Greasese
Industries in the south.

Industries In the south.
The Alabama Steel and Shipping
company was organized at Birming-
ham Saturday as an off-shoot of the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
company, with a capital stock of $780,
600, and with authority to issue bonds
to the amount of 81, 100,0 This
company will build and operate o
81, 900, 900 steel plant at Ensley City,
six miles from Birmingham. The fol
lowing directors were elected at o
meeting of the stockholders; J. X.
Mcdowell, N. +. Barker, p. H. Earle,
Walker Percy, G. b. Mccormack, Ru.
fus n. Rhodes and j. III. Barr. The
directors elected these officers: Presi'
dent N E. Barker; vice president, j.
X. Mcdonald; secretary and treasurer,
p. G. Shook. The entire capital
stock and issue of bonds have been
subscribed for. Among the subscrib-
ers are the Louisville & Nashville rail.
road for 100000, the Southern rail
way for like amount, James L.
Woodward, president Of the Hanover
National bank of New York, $3.50, 600,
and Moore & Schley, of New York,
500, 200.
The contract for the construction of
the plant has been let to the Wellman-
Seaver Company of Cleveland, o., and
the management announces that work
on the plant will begin within the next
thirty days. Citizens of Birmingham
take $3.50, 900 of the bonds. The new
steel plant will embrace twelve open
hearth furnaces with a capacity of fifty
tons each per heat and adequate bloom
ing mill capacity to break down to
four-inch billets, total of LOCO tons
of eighteen-inch ingots per day. In
addition to the steel mill, 5000 dwell
ing houses will be erected at Ensley
City for the occupation of the en-
ployes of the plant, who will number
several thousand, including those who
work at the coke ovens, iron furnaces,
etc
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
MOB LYNCHED FOUR NEGROES.
Troops Sent from Mont gomery to We
tumpka. But Arrived Too Late.


Last Tuesday night VIM. Garden,
wife and brother-i law were muir
dered, robbed and burned at their
home, about seven miles north of We
tumpka. -Four negroes were arrested
suspected of having committed the
crime, and were lodged i'll Jail at We
tumpka. Thursday night large mob
from the country assembled and bat
tered down the doors of the Jail, broke
open the steel cages and took the men
out to the scene of the crime. There
were about ] 100 men assembled, and
after confession of guilt by two of
the negroes and statement that i'm
plicated the other two, the Infatuated
mob took the negroes to neighboring
tree and swung them to limb. The
four were Sol Jackson, Lewis Speir,
Jesse Thompson and Camp Reese.
Troops were sent from Montgomery,
but did not arrive in time to prevent
the lynching.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
No Reinforcements for shsfter.

There is little likelihood that a sec
ord expedition of 5000 men to rein
force General Shafter at Santiago will
leave within the next few days as has
been reported. The necessity of send
ing these additional forces is questioned
by high military officials. The main
consideration just at present is the
equipment of an expedition of greater
dimensions than any heretofore dis
patched with Porto Rico as the object
i've point.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
Inlil Elect Ching East.

GIeRALTAR-The captain of Ger
man steamer which arrived here Fri
day morning reports having sighted
the Spanish Cadiz fleet off Ceuta,
north coast of Africa, about opposite
and seventeen miles southwest of Glib
raltar. The warships, it is added,
were going in an easterly direction.
The feet consisted of two battleships,
four large cruisers and four torpedo
boat destroyers.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
Hobson's Exchange.

The following telegram has been re-
ceived at Washington from Commodore
Watson: Son the 14th Instant | sent
Captain Ludlow on the Maple under a
flag of truce, with full power to nego-
tiate exchange of Hobson and the
seven petty officers. Chief of staff
answered by letter that, after refer
ence to Madrid, the captain general
will communicate by flag Of truce.
Captain Ludlow will, if possible, have
exchange made as desired and soon.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
General Miles Returns to Washington.

Maior-G General Miles, general-in-
chief of the army, accompanied by
Colonel Maus, Major Davis and Colonel
Greenleaf, of his staff, arrived in
Washington Friday, after having di-
rected the departure of the first army
of invasion to Cuba. 1t had been his
intention to remain in the field, direct
ing the succeeding expeditions, which
will follow rapidly from this time for
ward, all of which it can be stated are
part of well matured offensive CAM
paign.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
,onv.v,tv AMONG contemporaries

Longevity Among contemporaries
The following are among the worlds
eminent men and women born early In
the century who are still living: Gen.
George Sears Greene, late U. 3. A.,
aged e5; DIR. James Martineau, the
ologian (brother of Harriet Martineau),
and Hon. David Wark, Father of tho
Canadian Senate" 9S; ex-senator Brad
bury, of Maine, 95; Ernest Legouve
French Academician), 81; w. Il. Glad
stone, Cassius NJ. Clay, Admiral Sir
Henry Keppel, R. N, r. w. Thompson,
ex-Secretary of the Navy QS7O, 80;
Pope Leo KILL, Lord Armstrong, In
ventor, and Senator ]. s. Morrill,, OF
Vermont, So; Samuel Smiles, author,
Charles L. Tiffany, New York jeweler,
SO; Baroness Burdett Coutts and Gui-
seppe Verdi, composer, "a; Prince Bis
marck, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and
Adolph Mcneil, German painter, 81; ex-
Senator II. l.. Dawes (Mass.), ex-Jus-
tice s. ]. Field date Supreme Court,
Rev. Newman Hall, Philip James
Bailey, poet, Park Goodwin, and Russell
Sage, 81; King Christian OF Denmark
Theodore Mommsen, German historian,
Sir Joseph Hooker, botanist, ex-senator
]. M. Palmer Qll), and Bishop Williams
(Ct), 81; ex-senator w. NJ. Evarts IN.
", Baron Reuter-, ex-senator George
8. Boutwell,, ex-senator Wade Hamp'
ton Is. O., 80; Queen Victoria, EXPIRE
mier Crispi, John Ruskin, Lord Play.
fair. Duke Of Cambridge, Julia Ward
Howe, Bishop Huntington IN. ~, and
ex-senator Reagan (Tex), 70; Herbert
spencer, Florence Nightingale, Susan
B. Anthony, John Tenniel, Punch
cartoonist, Prof. virchow, Rev. Dr
storrs, Ristori, the actress, Due dc
Broglie, Sims Reeves and Sir w. IL
Russell, 77.-Self- Culture.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
The Chinaman can write all day he

The Chinaman can write all day, he
can work all day, he can stand for a
whole day in one position, weaving.
hammering gold, or cutting ivory, with
out once being attacked by nervous
ness This popularity makes itself ap-
parent in early youth. The Chinaman
can bear any kind Of bodily exercise.
Sport and play are to him unnecessary
labor. He can sleep anywhere and In
any position-amid laundering ma
chimes, deafening noises, the cry OF
children or the wrangle of grown peo-
Pile; on the ground, In bed. or on
chair. In his own innocent way the
Chinamsn y almost > sybaEttes
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
Prayers for Columbus.

Prof. Park of Andover figures rath-
er amusingly in the "reminiscences of
the late Prof. Schaff, just published.
In 1912 Schaff, being privat-docent. at
Berlin, introduced Park to his German
friends, among the rest to Kahnis. He
relates that, under the continuous pelt-
ing of Parks questions, Kahnis finally
exclaimed in despair: God forgive
Christopher Columbus for discovering
Ap,pricaf'
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
BRIEFLY MENTIONED.

Jacob Sennell was struck by light
ming and killed at Oneonta.
The Cumberland Presbyterian
church at East Lake was struck by
lightning and afterwards blown down
II. j. Harrison, OF Huntsville, has
been commissioned by Colonel H. H.
Sargent, of the Fifth United States
Volunteers, composed of immunes
from Alabama and Mississippi to raise
u company OF men i'll his section
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
To Establish state Quarantine.

The state board Of health was i'll
session at the capitol Friday, State
Health Officer Sanders, of Mo bile.
presiding. 1t was resolved to
request the governor to establish a
state quarantine against yellow fever,
and under the provision of the law the
governor will accede to that request.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
Arat.,,.y Avoided.
From he Democrat. Goshen. Ind
M, -...-.t,.t. % n o,arp "a a n al NV n dul

FROM Inc DeNtocTots uosso"f <"e~
When neuralgia is accompanied by duh,
heavy pain near the heart, frequently be-
coming intense, 1t generally terminates
fatally. Mrs. Nancy Flynn, who lives near
Goshen, Indiana, survived such an attack
and her advice is worth needing.
,In the fall OF 49," she said, II began
to have trouble with my heart. There was
A sharp pain in my breast which became
rapidly worse. The doctor was puzzled
and put me under the influence OF opiates.
These sharp attacks followed one another
st intervals and became weak and had
baggard look. l was constantly In pain,
seldom slept and had no appetite.
"At the end OF two years l was c0nhneu
tors agreed that my death was only mat
tar of "A short time.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

RoME.-The pope has proposed to
Spain to negotiate peace on the basis
of independence of Cuba and the re.
tirement Of Americans from the Philip
pines. The pope will agree to treat
with the United States on behalf of
Spain.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
Resumed Bombardment of Guantanamo

MOLE ST.. NICHOLAS. News from
Guantanamo bay shows that naval OPP
erations there continue most active,
and with the advantage on the side of
the Americans. Friday the American
vessels resumed bombardment of
Guantanamo town, and in the course
of one and one-half hours threw into
it seventy-shells, great majority of
which appeared to have been effective.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

The jury in the case of Thomas Col
Inns, charged with the murder of J. l..
Howell at Bessemer, returned verdict
finding the defendant guilty of man
slaughter in the first degree and fixing
the punishment ut ten years in the
penitentiary.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

The smallpox in Prattville has be-
gun to spread, and the town authori-
ties have begun to stamp it out. There
are four cases in town aud one has re-
soyered, making five cases in ALL
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

Robt Tourney writes II can with conf
dence recommend nR. MOFFETT'S TEETH
and surest medicine ever used for Teething
children and the Bowel disorders OF our
Southern country" TEETHINA Aids Diges-
ton, Regulates the Bowels and makes teeth
ing easy.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
Beauty In blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy, liver and driving all i'm
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, --beauty for ten cents. All drug.
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, SOC.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
Oldest Piece orGlass.

The British museum contains the old
lest specimen of pure glass which bears
any date This Is n little lions head.
having on it the name of an Egyptian
bling of the eleventh dynasty.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

The Alabama negro republican lead
ers met in convention at Birmingham
the past week and nominated full
state ticket, headed by Rev. A. j.
Warner, of Birmingham, for governor.
This action was taken by the leaders,
who are discontinued with the action of
the regular state convention in failing
to put republican ticket in the field.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

Among flowers the chrysanthemum is said
to live the longest after being cut.
Signals used by ships at sea date from 1885
They were invented by the Duke of York
afterward James III.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
One Bank Failure.

san Marine. the little republic in the
npennines, has proved that it is up TO
tlate by having a bank failure and ar
resting all the directors for fraud.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

zone day
/ noticed In
a newspaper
a n 1t . m
q b o u ( a
woman hav-
/ N g b ee n
G u r Q d of
neuralgia Of
the heart by
DIR. WILL
iams' Pink
p Ill s for
Pale People
and l con-
cluded I o
try them.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
Facing starvation.

An intercepted report of the Spanish
commander in eastern Cuba shows
that the troops in and around Santiago
are facing starvation.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
New Zealand Co1ored Race Is Fast Sue
cumbing Before the Whites.

The Maoris of New Zealand seem to
be doomed to extinction in spite of the
fact that all the conditions surrounding
them appear to be favorable to their
survival. The quarrel between the
races is ended, and large tracts OF land
are reserved for them. The young men
are educated, 80 per cent. of them being
able to read and write. Their chiefs in
many cases derive large incomes from
rents of land and are represented IN
the legislature. A great Maori college
stands at Te Aut, Hawkes. Bay. and
not a few of the cleverer Maori youths
have passed through the classes OF the
New Zealand university. And yet the
Maoris, under that mysterious law
which makes cQlored race vanish be-
fore the breath of the all-conquering
whites, are passing away.
A conference of educated Maoris was
held a short time ago, and papers We're
read on the condition and prospects OF
the race. These are now published in
pamphlet form, and make very mel
ancholy bit of literature. 1t is declared
that 80 per cent. of educated Maoris go
back from their schools to mere saw
agery. The race, these representative
Maoris declare, is lower both in morals
and in vitality than 1t has ever yet
been, and threatens to perish. Yet ply
sically and intellectually the MAORI is
or was-the finest colored race in the
southern hemisphere.-New York Even
iaor pnSf
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your life Away.

To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
netic. full OF life. nerve and vigor, take No-To
BAG. the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong All druggists, 5oc or 81. Cure guaran'
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New YORK
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

The presentation of the freedom of a city
or borough in England is now a mere com
pliment, which does not confer any substan-
tial or exceptional privileges.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 90 trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. III. KLINE, Ltd. 93l Arch St. Phila, Pa.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

"When had finished one box / noticed
An Improvement In my condition, and when
had taken twelve boxes was completely
cured. Those pills have done for you
what we could not do said one OF my
nhvsicians. they have saved your life
tThat was two years ago and my heart
has not troubled me since. l believe owe
nv life to DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People, and take pleasure In telling 9TH
ers about them"
Among the many forms of neuralgia are
headache, nervousness, paralysis, apoplexy
and locomotor ataxia. Some OF these were
considered incurable until DR.. Williams
PINK pills for Pale People were formu-
lated. To-day thousands testify to having
been cured Of such diseases by these pills:
Doctors frequently prescribe them and
all druggists sell them.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

s The first postoffice was opened in Paris IN
I462 in England in 1851; in America in l'lO.
Some royal crowns are merely silk-wadded
cans ornamented with Jewels and pendants
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

Probably few people who visit London are
aware that one of the most novel sights of
the great city is that of the pigeons round
the public buildings.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

A man usually knows where he got
mis- hat, but when it comes TO his UNI
brella-well, that's another story.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

Eight thousand carrier pigeons are kept for
use in the German army.
Lourdes has been visited by an English
band OF pilgrims, numbering sixty persons
and including a bishop and eight priests.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

The whales nose is on the top of his head
at least his nostrils are situated there
water known as 'spouting." Whales spout
only when they are feeding.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

1t is estimated that there are 4OO,OOOOOO
mummies in Egypt.
A man in Berlin has adopted strange way
them for vivisection purposes
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

4 Mrs. Winsow Soothing Syrup for children
eelhing, sottens the gums, reduces intlamma-
ton, allays pain cures wind collie PC. a bottle.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

MOTTO Bac for Fifty Cents
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure. eGc. Il. All drnpgfsfs
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

Woman was born to love and be
loved and she fights it out OH that line.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
That Everlasting Irritating Itch.

i That escribes letter Eczema and other
skin disc ases. 50 cents will cure them-stop
THE itch at once. 80 cents pays for box OF
Tetterine at rugstores or postpaid for % cents
in stamps from J #. Shuptrine, Savannah, ia.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

6 X. Coburn, Mgr. Clarie Scott, writes Il
find Halls Catarrh Cure valuable remedy"
Druggists sell it, 75c.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

The eyeball is white because the blood yes
lsels that feed its substance are so small that
they do not admit the red corpuscles.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

After physicians had given me up, 1 was
saved by Piso's Cure.-RALPH ERIEG, Will
Transport, Pa, Nov. 3, 1893.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

A mans clothing usually has the buttons
on the right hand side, woman's on the left.
According TO a German authority the
scells
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
lOo, 20c. II G. c. g fall, druggists refund money
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

Lyon & Cos "Pick Leaf" smoking Tobacco
is the best of the best" 2ounces and cigar
cite book for 10 cents. Try it.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

Eight million pounds are computed TO
change hands in England yearly through
betting on races.
Scientists say that butter is the most nu-
tritious of all articles OF diet, with bacon
good second.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
BIB. Cures Mercurial Rheumatism

Scrofua, Syphilitic Rheumatism in its worst
form. Try II. sl.00 per large bottle, for 1850
press paid, by Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga.
s-Books OF wonderful cules sent free.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
Mi,,issippian, Going to TAMPA.

One thousand Mississippians, COM
posing the Second regiment, United
States volunteers, left Monday for
Tampa.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

n italy there are more theaters in proper
ton to its population than In any o1ner
country.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23

To Cure Constip pa ton Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic 10c or 25c
II z. Q. c. fail to cure. druggists refund money
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-06-23
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money ifit fails to cure. 25c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-02
THE ALLIGATOR TREE.
Mexican Legend OF the Origin of a
Strange Wood.
From the Mexican Herald.

From the Mexican Herald
Ross wemple has on exhibition at his
office a piece of light wood that promises
10 make a good substitute for pine in the
making Of shingles, flooring and for other
similar purposes This is a wood slightly
heavier than dried pine. It is OF Agnt
yellowish color. One OF the peculiar quai-
tiles of this wood is that it is even When
freshly cut down, practically dry. In the
pores of the wood, which are IN veins OF a
somewhat open nature, there is practical
~ no sap 10 be seen.
But though this wood is undoubtedly
very interesting to the real estate people,
for its probable future commercial Value'
il has a much more general interest on
account of a very pretty story connected
with il. The tree is known to the Indians
on the Isthmus Of Tehuantepec, VINO speak
Spanisb. as the rabo de lagarto, when IS
q literal translation of the Indian name
This means the tail of the alligator
The story that the Indians of the 18TH
mus tell of this tree is given below. The
tree has a roughish bark of a color that
has some resemblance to that OF an am
gator. On this bark grow long STUDY
thorns somewhat similar to those on
briar bush, but very much larger Inese
grow SO thick together that, at distance,
they give the tree somewhat resem'
blance to a young alligator. THESE thofh5
are simply excrescences on the park OF the
tree.
once upon a time all the alligators lived
In the warm waters of the rivers that flow
through the isthmus lands into the gun
and they were very happy, because they
were the most respected Of all the animals
on the coast not even man excepted; ana
this was because they were all very WISE
In fact they were so wise that the great
princes who builded the big stone houses
bowed down and worshiped them' ana
even wrought their images IN stone ana
earlthenware and placed them In the paint
"a baus Of their palaces, where they look
ed upon them as household gods. ms
nede the alligators very proud, as you
nav well imagine Now there was story
among the alligators that so long as they
STAYED in the warm fresh waters o. the
rivers ON the coast lands they would con-
Time to be respected. The older animals
had great respect for the creed OF their
tribe which they held in great awe But
gradually the younger animals began 10
forget these traditions or their ancestors,
or to look upon them with the contempt or
a neonle who iuew better than their
stupid and sunerstitious old fathers. One
Of the things that made the younger gem
GRAFTON of alhgators disconnected with
their lot was that they were not allowed
TO leave the warm lands. They would
travel. they said, and learn all about the
world. The old people enlreated them not
10 do this thing. for " they did trouble
would surely come OF II, for every ailiga-
tor knew that the traditions of their peo-
ple said that there was danger in the
mountains.
One day two men came and sat on the
side OF the river bank, where many of the
young alligators used to congregate during