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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
CLOSER VIEW OF HALL GAME

Hall Game, the author. who Is now
visiting this country to deliver a series
of lectures and to superintend the pro-
duction of his dramatization OF the
Christian" has had remarkably sue
cessful literary career He was the
son of blacksmith. From crofters
cottage on the Isle of Man he has risen
TO be the owner of great castle on
the island This castle. with its stone
work and its towers, reminds one some
what OF Windsor, although OF course,
1t is not nearly so large or SO magni-
ficent.
Hall Gaines study Is large. square
room. with bookcases ranged on two
sides. 1t has no desk, for the author
of The Manxman" never writes at
a desk. He holds the paper on his lap
and uses a fountain pen. The chair
which he uses while writing was once
the property OF Dante Gabriel Roset-
IT, the poet and painter. When at
work on a novel he does his writing
between and s in the morning, and
spends the rest of the day in riding
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

In London there is a woman, Miss
Penman, who has control over more
than 500 conductors in the employ of
the London Tramways company. Miss
Penman is the only woman in England
who occupies the very unique position
of superintendent of street railway
conductors, She engages all the con-
ductors-500 all told-and the inspect
ors, receives their reports from day to
day, and superintends the numerous
details appertaining to the distribution
of tickets, the checking of the mems
daily returns and the dismissal of men
when occasion arises.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
The "Floa,ing" Population.

1t seems an easy matter to compute
the FLOATING population" of the land,
but to estimate the real population
afoat is quite another task. A recent
computation as to the population afoat
on the Atlantic, however, calculated
that last year there was daily average
of 1861 vessels at sea, with A, 800
men in their crews. Every day also
1904 steamers, with crews numbering
%, 263 men and 32, $50 Passengers were
afoat on the Atlantic This made a
daily average for the year of 5,155 YES
sells and 1870, 727 persons spread over
the whole Atlantic surface.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

The average dsrstisa u . silver eein
In circulation is tventy-seven years,

The average duration u . silver coin
In circulation is tventy-ssvsn ysars,
In Morocco, when the sultan msr-
ries, every subject il expected to con-
tribute wedding present.
An establishment has been opened
in Paris for the sale Of water OF the
river Jordan fer baptism, when the
parents desire 1t, and can aherd to
purchase 1t.
Green rests the eyes, the resting Of
the eye often means to rest the nerves,
and the refreshment Of the eye is as
necessary to comfortable life As the re-
newal of the other bodily forces BY
food.
Bad weather may be predicted from
the sudden rise and falls Of wells.
Curiously enough, however, small and
rapid changes Of barometer are more
certain to affect wells than large
changes.
Senior Cristobal, the cat rescued
from the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Co
lon after that vessel had been demol-
ished off Santiago, is to be exhibited
at the Chicago cat show. The cat was
presented by the sailors of the Oregon,
who rescued it, to Captain Clark.
Japan with population of As, O00,-
900 has 900 towns that have more than
100, 900 inhabitants. In 1886 the num-
Der of such towns was lit. Osaka has
increased from $50, 900 to $4,000 in
habitants in ten years. Yokohama
from SO, 900 to 100000. Kobe from
80, 900 to 1856, 900. Toxic has now q
population of 1900, 600.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
A Railroad Across the Desert

Leroy Beaulieu, an eminent French
scientist, is forming French syndi-
cate for the construction of a railroad
across the desert CT Sahara. He
argues that Britain could not have
checked the French progress in Africa
if this railway bad been built some
years ago when it was first proposed.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
How's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY g. Co.. Toledo. o..
We, the undersigned, have known F. J..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business trans
actions and financially able to carry out any
obligation made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Tole-
do, Ohio.
wALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 15c. per bottle. Sold by all Drug
gists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

1t all troubles have gone. My monthly
sickness used to be SO painful, but have
not had the slightest pain since taking
your medicine I cannot praise your
Vegetable Compound too much. My
husband and friends see such change
in me. look SO much better and have
some color in my face"
Mrs. Pinkham invites women who are
i'll to write to her at Lynn, Mass, for
advice, which is freely offered.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
Different View.

How unlucky you have always been
with your love affairs said Mcbride
pityingly to his friend Tenterhook.
"On the contrary" replied Tenterhook,
every girl ever fell in love with has
married some one else. Judge.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
HALL GAME.

about the country or in taking long
walks.
The Manx author has a host OF
friends in America, and his not infre-
uuent visits to our shores are usually
occasions for lionizing him. Some OF
his more enthusiastic admirers claim
to find in Hall Caine a striking like
ness to Shakespeare. Perhaps this
may be the case-in appearance.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
A Tie in Births.

1t is curious fact that exactly as
many boys as girls were born in Lon
don during the week before last ,34S
OF each, making 1896 births in all.
Such a 'tie' is of rare occurrence.
There was, however, similar equality
in the second week of May, 1894,
when l, 167 of each sex were born.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
The Acme Of Domestic Discipline.

A perfectly trained husband is one
who gives - the impression that the
hardest work of his life was in coax
ing his wife to marry him.-Atchinson
Daily, Globe. $50
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

London's county council has decided on the
municipal control OF the water supply of the
dist ct and will try to get q
chase, '.by agreement or by compulsion, v the
property of the eight companies that are now
providing the water.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

There has just died at Vaslui, Mold
avia, Greco Roumanian priest, named
Georgia Moldoveanu, who is said to
have lived 1913 years. He leaves two
children, one of whom is aged 80 years
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
beauty is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means clean skin. Nc
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood aud keep 1T clean. by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all inn.
puritics from the body. Begin to-day tt
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blaokheads
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,- beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, DC, PIC, soc.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
Queer.

"Was your ship crippled by the
rtorm?" asked the reporter. She was
not" replied the captain, though she
lost all Of her hands. Indianapolis
Journal
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

Br. William r. Brooks, director of the
Smith Observatory, Geneva, N. Y, has
reached his majority" in cometary discov-
cry the comet recently discovered by him
being his twenty-first
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
Don't Tobacco Spit and smok. Your liz. Away

To quit tobacco easily and forever be mag
netic, full fife, nerve and vigor take No-To-
BAG, the wonder-worker, thatmakes weak men
strong All druggists, SOC or ST. Cure guar
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New YORK
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

It is said that many owners of large pear
orchards in France are under contract to
send their entire product to a firm of wine
merchants in the champagne district
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
COULD NOT SLEEP.
Mrs. Pinkham Relieved Her Of Az
Her Troubles.

Mrs. MApGE BABcocK, 176 Second
St., Grand Rapids, Mich, had ovarian
trouble with its attendant aches
and pains, now she is well. Here
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

Prairie dogs are increasing so rapidly in
Western Texas that the people are holding
public meetings to formulate some mode Of
protection.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

When passenger trains are telescop-
ed the passengers are apt to see the
stars.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

German University students have increased
in number from about 10000 twenty five
years ago to 32,24l last year. The increase Is
out of proportion to the population.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

The largest wrought iron pillar Is
at Debit in india. 1t is sixty feet high
aud weighs seventeen tons.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

The largest wrought iron pillar is at Delhi,
in India. 1t is sixty feet high and weighs
seventeen tons
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

Two hundred thousand families, it has
been calculated, are living in London on
about S. a week. 40
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

Mrs Winslow' Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie. 25c. a oottle
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
NO TIME TO LISTEN.

He-My dear, I have just written a
little masterpiece. 1 call it--ah--
"How to be master of the household. -
Wouldn't you like to hear it
'No, Samuel. I'm going off for a
days golf. You stay with the twins
until | return.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

Prof. Kitridge, of Harvard. is said to be
the only man living who can read Eliot's
Indian Bible.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

Chain shot was device of De Witt, .
Dutch admiral In 1885.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy athartic, cure constipation forever.
l0c, &c. If G. G. C. fail druggists refund money.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

Germany has so far established three
postoffices ON the Chinese coast.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as Cough medicine.-F. NJ. ABBOTT, 1888 SEN
eca St, Buffalo, N. Y, May Q, 1894. 3N3
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
WIT AND HUM0R.
Ip.to.Daie Jokes and Wittieisms From the
Comic Papers.
A TOUCHING TALE.

TOUCHING TALE.
The play wright with his manuscript
Went sadly on his way,
Three score and more of managers
Refused his play that day;
Then from corner dark there sprang
A robber bold and masked,
And of the author, with a gun,
His life or money asked.
1--WE nothing but this play, I'll
swear"
Replied the trembling scribe;
"All say it is not worth the string
With which the covers t ed %
The robber snatched the manuscript
And fled without delay.
/ "Thank Heavenl At last p the play
wright cried,
ga mar who'll take my play y
DRY GOODS AND VERBS.
Elbow did you happen to lose your
situation % 4atE
''Too much accuracy. 1 was show
ing piece of goods to customer
who asked me if it would wash. And
/ said no, it wouldn't, but if she'd
get somebody to wash it [ thought it
would stand it,"
AN INDICATION OF HIS POWERS.
"They say Triggsby is one of the
smoothest takers in the business.
"Well, they're right. If Triggsby
wanted to, I'll bet he could go to the
general office of the gas company and
induce them to put in electric lights.
A TRIFLE THIN.
Barber (insinuatingly)-Your hair
is tritie thin, sir.
Victim (grimly)-So is your chance
of selling me bottle of your justly
celebrated hair restorer.
KwANG ST. MARKS AN EPOCH.
"a man can die for his country but
once" said the Court Philosopher.
II presume, was the Chinese En-
peror's comment, that you are quot
ing something written before my
day"
LITTLE GEORGES RETURN.
ELLEN, has George come home
from school yet 90 called Mrs. Snaggs
TO her servant.
''Yes, ma'am," came back the an
swer. E
"Where is he 90
81 haven't seen him.
Glow do you know, then, that he's
home ?"
Because the cats a-hidin' under
the dresser"
FAILED TO coNCILIATE.
As the conventional young man sat
talking with the conventional young
woman the conventional stern father
came in.
The young man would fain be So
ciable and at ease.
The open door" -began he.
1.-The front door is open at this
minute, said the father.
CHALLENGED FOR CAUSE.
Attorney for the Defense-Now,
then, will you please have the good
ness to tell us whether you believe in
Furnishing people for committing
crimes?
Would-Be Juror do.
Attorney suppose you can read
and write, too, and that you some
times do those things?
Would Be Juror-Yes, sir.
Attorney-Challenged for cause.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
Papa (severely).-Did you ask
mamma if you could have that apple
Three-year old.-1es, sir.
''Be careful now. ask mamma.
''Trllly, papa, | asked her, but she
said / couldn't have it. ="
NO TIME TO LISTEN.
He-My dear, 1 have just written
/ little masterpiece. | call it-ah-
'How to be master of the household. -
/ Wouldn't you like to hear it
"No, Samuel. I'm going off for a
days golf. You stay with the twins
I
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

No-To-Bnc for Fifty Cents. iF
Guaranteed tobaccohabitcure. makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 50c, ST.. All druggist
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
THE NEAREST TO 1T.

"Miss Ainsley used to say that she
would never marry any one who didn't
have plenty of rocks.
Eyes, know, but that was years
ago. Now she is going to compromise
with herself by taking an old fellow
with sandy complexion, this being
the nearest she can get to her original
proposition. W f
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. l0c or 2jc.
IfC. G. G. fail to cure, druggists refund money
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
CHALLENGED FOR CAUSE.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE

Papa (severely).-Did you ask
mamma if you could have that apple ?
Three-year- old. Yes, sir.
''Be careful now. I'll ask mamma.
'sTruly, papa, asked her, but she
said / couldn't have it. "
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29

To Cure . Cold in Ono Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. &c.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
THE WAY 1T WAS.

This" said the school friend, who
had not seen her for year, ''this is
the girl who vowed to me that she
never would belong to any man.
81 don't" said she, who had been
married the matter of some months
or SO, he belongs to me-"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
RIGHT ON TIME. THEN.

He-By George, you never we're on
time in your life. You're always
keeping me waiting. You nev-no,
I'll take it back. [ remember now
that there was one exception.
She (sarcastieally)-Oh, indeed
And when was that, pray?
He-When you met me at the altar.
You bet you We're right on the dot
then.
READY FOR SETTLEMENT.
"That Harkins will case which has
been in the courts for several years
will soon be settled now said Law
yer Habeas.
"Yes," assented Lawyer Corpus,
II understand the property is about
all gone.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-29
LITTLE GEORGES RETURN.

As the conventional young man sat
talking with the conventional young
woman the conventional stern father
came in.
The young man would fain be So
ciable and at ease.
The open door" hogan he.
1.-The front door is open at this
minute, said the father.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-07-29
rtings for the Ears.

IL is said that earrings are coming
In again, but few women nowadays
will be found willing to have their ears
pierced and dlsflgured with pendants.
The custom Of wearing earrings has
come down from the earliest time.
Among the Athenlans it was sign
of nobility to have the ears pierced.
Among the Phoenicians the wearing
of earrings was a badge of servltude.
the same custom obtaining with the
Hebrews. The latter people said when
Eve was expelled from Paradise her
ears were bored as a sign of slavery.
The Egyptian women wore bangle
hoops Of gold in their ears, which were
regarded as the wearer's choicest pos
sessions and We're parted from only
under direst stress. The golden calf
was supposed to have been made en-
tlrely from the earrings of the people
Among the Arabs the expression ''to
have a ring In one's ears" In synon-
ymous with "to be slave and to the
present day an Arab who has been
conquered by another, places q ring
through his ear as a token.
The wearing Of earrings was so gen.
erai in Rome and the jewels were SO
heavy that there were professionals
known as ear-healers, who tended the
cars OF ladies' who had torn or injured
the lobes with The weight of the pend
ants. At one time Roman men wore
rings IN their ears, while in Greece the
children wore ring In the right ear
only.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-07-29
THEIR osrAr Loss.


Sow Pcscic Manage TO Lose Their
Vlta in au Emergency.
Ludlcrous Incidents will creep 10 at
lines OF tragic events. and after the
irst shock Of n tragedy is over, one
iears OF these little side Issues, and
iemehow or other they seem TO soften
he harshness Of even fatal occur.
euce. says the Atlanta Journal. On
saturday evening, when the fatal col
ision took place between two cars on
he Traction line. one Of these little In
.idents cropped out. People were hur.
'ying hlthrr aud thithor, looking after
he wounded and dying, wien IN en-
)loye Of the street railway company
anne upon a young man rushing to and
no in the most frantic manner.
Whats the mafter?" asked the street
ar man, in the tones Of one who
cared the worst.
"Oh. I've lost my hat. I've lost my
iair' moaned the young man, In seem
fg anguish. while his eyes roamed
searchingly over the wreck.
ooh. IL that is an" said the street
ar employee. seemingly relieved that
mother fatality was not suspected,
don't worry; the company will give
you another hat"
That's all right enough said the
excited young fellow. "hut your blam-
I'd company can't give me back that
lat,n and he rushed excitedly on. In
search Of his missing tile.
And yet that IS one OF the klndliest
rouths Of Atlanta. The boy was sim
ply bewildered by the tragic event in
which be had been so Immediately con-
,erned.
Older men than he will lose their
heads at such time.
Twas IN railroad wreck once in the
Indian Territory. A passenger train
and a freight tried to pass on the same
rack, and there was a fearful smash
up.
In the vicinity of one of the sleepers,
found a gray-haired man walking
lither and thither rapidly, peering with
searching eyes here and there into the
! debris.
The conductor of the Pullman coach
saw him, and, rushing up, grabbed the
man by the arm.
ITS all right. sirr' he exclaimed. In
the tones Of one who brings good It'd
Ings. "Your wife and little girl are
over there, and they are all right"
"Ah, yes" said the gray-halred pas
senger, with seeming Indifference
much obliged. but you haven't seen
anything of Masonic watch charm
anywhere. have your and his fingers
toyed with the end Of a watch chain
from which a pendant had evidently
hung.
A half hour later the man was In the
Grst rank of the interchangeable workers
who were engaged in rescuIng the
wounded from the wreck.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-07-29

fBrixht Western Girl Making sue-
cess Of Masculine Vocation.
II would rather sell horse than SIT
down to q sumptuous banquet,7 said
iiss Kitty Wilkins. the famous horse
woman. A well-formcd, bright-eyed
woman, with a voice as soft as spun
silk, and that grace Of manner which
marks the eonvcnt-bred glrl-this is the
personality that surprises those who
meet Miss wilkins for the first time,
expecting to see perhaps counterpart
Of that woman famed in two continents.
as Judge in horsefcsh, the late Mile
Morgan. Mile Morgan wore a vide
brimmed straw hat, gulitless of trim
ming, and crunched under a broad
black ribbon down over her ears; her
feet were encased In mems coarse
lcetl,er boots, and as she stalked about
~ barnyaYd her dress skirt lacked IL
Inches Of reaching the ground. But tic
slender young woman Of Idaho who
travels all over the country with her
car loads of wild horses Is dressed en-
tirely In the conventional style. Her
blue serge dress is OF finest weave, her
necktle of the latest fashion, and her
hat one Of those large affairs of velvet
and feathers which is the ideal Of every
feminine woman.
The ranch on which Miss wilkins
lives is about 800 acres in extent, and
besides her father, mother and brother,
a regiment of cowboys make their home
on the place. The family owns vast
tracts of other land, and has between
5000 and 6,0oO horses. There are cat
tie also in largo numbers, but Miss VIII
kins takes little account Of them. The
horses are her chosen spirits. The
horses are turned out 10 the four winds,
winter and summer. When the deep,
cold SHOWS fall and human beings are
killed in the storms, the horses have
wisdom enough to find some sheltered
gully and enough vegetation to live on.
They are not given any food by their
owners, but in the spring they come to
the open land again. as fat and sleek as
the pampered carriage horse. =.
Miss Kitty Is lover Of all athletic
sports and is so agile that she mounts
her pony from tie ground, but she can.
not bring herself to the thought Of
wearing boomers or Of riding astride.
She has an old-fashioned idea that such
things are unwomanly. and when she
rides she wears long blue skirt and
L. 4.
Her slde-saddle she finds entirely com
Portable, and though she throws the
"riata' as well as any Mexican. her
skirts have never hindered her in the
nxerclse.- St louis Glnhe- nemncrnt
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-07-29
NERVOUS DEPRESSION.

., a.,
a wplpsn WIN tle D. ,', ~ very ui,-
'oinior'''o'c person, one = i.oe,cai'
unhappy a,,.. ire9usnliS' .'ss,eficai' 3
ING e ' Oh 'he iil mo. knowh rs
'ne oiues' nearly Always Wi1ht"o.
'hen' results from diseased organs OF
seneii'ion'
- = d source OF wonder 'nae IN 'nis
aee oi ausanseu nlsuical science any
Peison snogiu SUI peileVe mat mere ',
lorce oi WI ana determination VIII
overcome depressed spirits ana nerv-
BUSINESS ,!,s IN Women lhesc troubles are
'nd,ca'lons Oh disease-
hssrs "oman VINO uoesnt under
3 1 agr eon'isioh should N'rlte 70
y nm mass 10 afs- rln,lhain Tor her
auNiee' ucr auNlec IS tnOrough COM