davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13
ABSOLUTE FREEDOM.
1.-THE Cuban People VIII Admit of No
Other Solution,o Says Gomez.

Other Solution,'' Says Gomez.
The New York Herald Thursday
prints the following letter from Gen
eral Maxine Gomez, Commander-in-
Chief of the Cuban army, dated:
In the Field, Dec. 26. 1897.
''You ask me for my opinion regard
ing what effect the autonomous regime
about to be implanted by Spain in
Cuba might have toward the pacifca-
ton of the island ? The Cubans in
arms do not propose to give up, and
shall never yield, in their struggle
with the metropolis until they have
established their absolute indepen-
dence.
''No matter what number of liber-
ties are granted to Cuba by the Span
ish government, even in case Spain
should reserve for herself no other
right than to keep the Spanish flag
over Cuba as symbol of nominal
sovereignty, she will not succeed in
ending the war.
''Ihe Cuban people will admit of no
other solution of the present conflict
than whereby Cuba shall be recognized
as a member of the sisterhood of free
nations"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13
Ta. indians in the interior of Canada

The Indians in the interior OF Canada
still adhere to the primitive mode of
disposing Of the remains Of their dead,
the corpse, attired in new suit OF
clothes. being placed on a platform
some ten or twelve feet high. Those
living nearer to civilization have adopt
ed burial, but even then the new suit
of clothes is indispensable, and the body
is placed in an upright or sitting posi-
ton on some hillside facing a lake or
river, that the eyes Of the dead may see
the canoes or chimans passing by
Favorite weapons are invariably inter
ved with the bodies.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13

She was. much frightened. but poti,,,
that In intervals in which her stomach '' ~
not annoy her, her hearts action h0s0 ~.
normal. Reasoning correctly that b c,a a
gestion was alone at fault, she procrs "
the proper medicine to treat that t ron1su
and with Immediate good results ~.
appetite came baek, the choking spells 4.
came less frequent aud finally ceased, Bs n
weight, which had been greatly reducsI
was restored, and she now weighs nors
pure and her cheeks rosy. ''''
The case is of general interest became.
the disease Is very common one m,
others may know the means Of cure ~
give the name of the medicine used-n,
Williams Pink Pills for Palo People. TSc,,
pills contain all the elements neces,a,r
give new life and richness to tho blood IA
restore shattered nerves.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13
The RAIN.

Hear the tapping of the rain,l
Tripping on the window pane
Like gay, nimble-footed fairies
Dancing In a field of grainl
How the new drops dart and pass
Till they press against the glass.
Lightly as the fragile fingers
OF "a dainty, dimpled lass!
Obi these pixies of tho mist,
Jeweled, all, from heel to wrist,
How they glitter as they gather
To some Aforementioned trystl
How they romp across the dim
Spaces OF the day, or swim
In vapor surf with Zephyr;
Playing hide-and-seek with himI
Obi the rain OF field and town,
Darling, sdrifting, dawdling ,downs
Careless o. its brief existence
And creatioi smile or frown!
Wasn't it but yesterday
That we heard the shower say,
.tCheer upl time is but moment;
Make the most of work or playV
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13
STATE OF OHIO, CRY OF TOLEDO,


FRANK !. CHENEY makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of F. j. CHENEY
4 Co. doing business in the City of Toledo
viii nav the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of CATARRH that cannot
be cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
l--j presence this 9th day of December
! SEAL A. ID. 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
--i Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system Send for testimonials, free.
FL. CHENEY a. Co., Toledo, ..
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family pills are the best.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13
City Cousins and summer Boarders

City Cousins ana summer Board ers.
In sketch on Peaceful Valley" pic
turing life in an ideal rural community
Mrs. Lyman Abbott, in the Ladies'
Home Journal, presents this realistic
picture: Let US spend a
winter in Peaceful Valley as an expert
ment The summer visitors will have
gone. The city cousins who find it
very convenient to spend few econom-
ical weeks with Cousin John on grand
fathers old farm, to ride about In his
plain, springless wagon, to enjoy the
cream and fresh butter, and Cousin
James home cooking with the great
advantage of having saved a good
many dollars to be put into added
luxury and festivities in town, will
have departed. Gone too, will be the
city boarders,' who can find more fault
in an hour than any other class of peo-
pie, and who show great powers of en-
durance by staying on in places and re-
turning to them year after year, where,
according to their unvarying testimony,
the food is poor and the beds are hard
where there is no meat worth eating
where the insects and flying things are
Fostering, where it is too hot or too
cOld,' and where, generally, SO far as
the landlady ever hears, things are
about as uncomfortable as they can
possibly be-"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13
PITH AND POINT.

Ouizzer-"Has Jones happy home
ife?" Guyer-"Yes; he's away most
Of the time. Judge
Some girls who wear an air of in
nocence seem all the time to be trying
10 make it rustic, like silk petticoat.
Puck.
"Awkwardness is great misfor-
tune" sighed the nursemaid, as she
accidentally dropped the baby down
the well.-Life.
We won't be satisfied with the car
of progress until it has comfortable
seats for the passengers who now have
10 hang onto the straps. Puck.
Reporter-"You didn't get all the
way to the Klondike?" PilgriIn-"No;
I was lucky enough to starve almost
to death before going over the Pass.
Puck.
The Wife-"What a sweet smile
there is on the baby's face, john!'
The Husband-"Yes, he's probably
dreaming that he's keeping me awake. :"
Standard.
Jinks-'aThat remark of yours shut
Robson up very promptly, didn't it?o
Filkins (complacently) - Yes; l
rather think il took the wind out Of
his tires. Puck.
Doctor Ito first aid to the injured
ssWhat is the first thing to do
when q bicyclist has an accident?"
Miss Sprockets (wisely)-"Ofer
safety pin. Puck.
Sunset Sims (drowsily)-"Dey say
de Prince NV Wales never wears a suit
NV clothes more dan once" Weary
Willy-"Well, needer do we-only it's
longer once. Puck.
First Boy-'My uncle went to the
Klondike, struck claim, and sold 1t
for two million dollars" Second Boy
with sneer)-"That's nothin'; my
uncle owns saloon therer' Puck.
"The reports from the sick girl are
encouragingP" every. The doctors
are quite confident that what they at
first feared might be freckle is only
cancer, after all. Detroit Jour
nal.
Borax-''I am man who is not
afraid to tell my wife just what I
think" Metax-"Oh, to be sure.
But since you married you have been
afraid to think. '-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Dorothy-'T wonder how Mrs.
Walker manages to get on with her
husband? He is such a slippery fell
low" Mildred-"My dear, she just
walks over him rough-shod. Detroit
Free Press.
Perry Patettic--"You are a singer,
I don't think. Your voice sounds like
the wind BLOWN across an empty Jug. >
Wayworn Watson-"Why shouldn't
it? I amt had a drink fer two days"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Joaner counting out money!
"Here's the fifty dollars promised
you for restoring the pocketbook /
lost" Doaner taking money. )-"Oh,
say there's only forty-eight dollars
herer-Roxbury Gazette.
Johnny-"What is the riddle of the
SPHINX" Papa with a meaning
glance at mamma)-"The riddle of the
sphinx is this: How can she, being at
least part woman, sit there year after
year and century after century with
out ever saying word? All, my boy,
I guess it'll never be answered either"
Cleveland Leader.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13
Two Royal PArtakors of SNUFF.

Two noted English women who
snuffed Unfortunately were Queen Anne
and Her Grace of Marlborough. 1t
was this circumstance which called
from Lord Bollingbroke this splendid
sneer:
''The nation is governedby pair Of
nauffers-no wonder the light of it's
glory is extinguished. - Chicago
Zines Herald.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13
peep Diving Operations.

Diving operations at great depth
nave proved successful Off Cape FINS
terre. all the silver bars from the
steamer Skyro, which sank in thirty
iathoms in 1891, having been brought TO
The surface. The working depth fof
the divers was never less than one nun
bred and seventy-one feet and was
often more. Dynamite was used 10
blow away the deck. The value OF the
silver was forty-fve thousand dollars
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13

Poor digestion often causes irr.,
OF TIE hearts action. This ir,,eosaiarily
may De mistaken for real, ORGANS llariiy
disease. The symptoms are much ~ neart
There is, however, a vast difYerannssal ne
tween the two; organic heart d ssna BE-
often incurable; apparent heart NUS, sase Is
curable II good digestion be restors .S1ase 3
A case In point is quoted from H.
Era, OF Greensburg, Ind. Mrs. Ellen isV S Ss
som, Viewpoint, Ind, woman forty.ts UO'
distressing stomach trouble I Tha With
generated by the indigestion nra0 u sasS
the heart and caused an irrepulp r;tsd Oh
action. She had much pain In her ~ 81 is
and heart, and was subIec to frean S'oaacA
severe choking spells, which war; en. ant
severe OF night. Doctors were triad !, NOS
the patient became worse, despondan. 'sIi
feared impending death. and
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13
Work on the Appropriation Bill.

Representative Boutelle, chairman
of the house committee on naval affairs,
has begun work on the naval appro-
priation bill. The important questions
of new ships and armor plate will not
be considered for some time, the pur-
pose being to settle first all the regular
items for carrying on the naval estab-
lishment and then take up the more
serious questions.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13
WILL DETERMINE SEX.
Remarkable Discovery Claimed to Have
Been Made.

According to the Vienna correspon'
dent of the London Daily Chronicle,
DR.. Schenck, professor at the Univer-
sity of Vienna and president Of the
archaeological institute, claims that
after twenty years of experiments he
has discovered the secret of exercising
an influence over animals and men SO
as to fix the sex of their offsprings.
DIR. Schenck declines to reveal il
until he has placed his discovery be-
fore the Academy of Science, but he
says the influence depends upon the
nature of the food consumed by the
female.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13
scboo, Roof Fairgrounds.

Land is so valuable in New York
that space cannot be afforded for school
wards. and 1t is proposed to have play
grounds on the roofs, which will be en-
closed by high railing.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13
Poison In silver.

Silver often kills those who handle
K, and photographers. makers of hair
dye, inks and other preparations turn
gray and are often overpowered by
deadly weakness. Wallpaper manu-
Sacturers grow i'll from arsenic. Zinc
II fatal 70 calico printers and makers
% saxsesuwsaum pipes.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13
oh. What Splendid Coffee.

Mr.. Goodman, Williams Co., ILL.,, writes:
From one package Salzer's German Coffee
Berry costing 15c l grew 800 lbs. of better
coffee than l can buy in stores at so cents
lbn A.
A package of this coffee and big seed and
plant catalogue is sent you by John A.
Salzer Seed Co, La Crosse, Wis, upon re-
cept of Is cents stamps and this notice.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13
Pensioners becoming Alarmed.

Since the agitation concerning the
publication of the list of pensioners
has commenced Commissioner Evans
has received several letters from pen
sioners requesting a cancellation of
their pensions.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13
Purely Disease.

Ec7cna is a local disease and needs local
treatment The irritated diseased skin must
be soothed and smoothed and healed. No use
to dose yourself and ruin your stomach yust
the only simple, safe and certain cure lor
letter, Eczema, Ringworm and other skih
troubles Atdruggists or by mail Tor % Genus
in stamps. j. T. Shuptrine, savannah, ga.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13

The Vicksburg (Miss.) Dispatch,
the new morning daily, has made its
The Dispatch publishes
the Chicago platform in full and an
nounces that it will sail BY this chart.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13

By the death of Lyman q. Solomon the
other day at Denver Col, that city lost me of
its first settlers. The deceased built the iirs
block of brick business premises IN the city.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13

Ex-President Cleveland and Lyman w.
Gage, secretary of the treasury, will make
addresses at the opening of the Winona Pre-
byterian assembly at Warsaw, Ind, next
June.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13

We want hustling agent in every
county to sell our latest improved
Plows. All kinds direct from the fac
tory to the farmer. Work right around
youl Hoilio' Birmingham, Ala.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13

George Ford, of Louisville, KY, II years
old, has been married seven times and the
age of his latest bride is II years.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reducing intiamma-
ton. allays pain cures wi nd collie. 25c. bottle.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13

England is suffering from an epidemic o
measles.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13

cannot speak too highly of Piso's Cure for
Consumption.-MR FRANK MoBBs, 2lo w.
I'D St. New York, Oct. 20, 1894.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13

Web to the length of two and one-half miles
has been drawn from the body of single
spider.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13

Use &C C c" Certain Chill Cure.
Best in the world. CERTAIN CURE Co.,
Evansville, Int
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13

To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money If it fails to cure. 25c
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13

Chew Star Tobacco-The Best.
Smoke Sledge Cigarettes.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13

Fufflnsss and Dark Rings uaderey.s
The symptoms OF liver disease may dhg
according to the circumstances, tenpsTa;,
ment, age, or constitutional weakness 2!
the individual. Not uDfrequently the son.
picxion becomes pale and sallow and llet
Is pufiinees and dark rings under ila
eyes. The functional powers OF the stomach
are impaired and there is loss or irregular
ity of appetite. These and all other dHT
dera Of the liver may be cured by that oA
reliable remedy, DIR. ". A. simmons Lse'
Medicine. Tho fact that imitators uDdsl
take to sail under our colors and sell on@
million dollar reputation of our Or. MA
Simmons Liver Medicine Is a complmen!m
our goods, but an acknowledgment Of ID
inability OF their article to stand on its om
merits, and shows an attempt TO unlaiY
appropriate the business OF another' wlS Sa
Isl unworthy of gentlemen, and the r1pM
should look ont for the limitations sna "
1pse TO have anything TO DO With tnsu'
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-13

Suffering loses all its charms for
woman II she has to do it in silence.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-02
DESERTED BY HIS WIFE.
F. C. Stricklopd, Recent ArriVol From Kansas, Asks tbe Assist
 once of the Police.

F. c. Strickland, a recent arrival from Kansas, who lives at 1911 Mission street. has reported to the police that his wife and family. consisting of two children, both girls, have deserted him. A few days ago he left for Fresno to find a house as he intended to settle there. While there he received the un- appeared and taken the two children with her. He hurried back to the city and found that the information was correct.
 According to his story he and his wife have been married for about ten years. On July l he sent his wife and children to this city while he remained in Kansas to dispose of his business interests there. He joined them here on December 15 at 1911 Mission street, where she had taken up a temporary residence. She was to join him in Fresno December 21, and when she failed to make her appearance he went to the postoffice and got a letter stat ing that his wife had decided to aban- don him and that he would never see her again. She had shipped the per sonal property belonging to him to Fresno.
 From information obtained by the police it is believed that the woman and her children left for the East over the southern route and Chief Lees has written to different points in Southern California to ascertain if she is located there.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-02
GOVERNOR GRiGGS.. ;. .... =..
 GOES LN THIS MONTH.
MU Be Nominated Lmmedfdtety on the Confirmation Of McKennn as a =.
 Supreme Justice. - :.

WASHINGTON, Jan-1.--Tt will prob ably be about the 2Oth of January be-. fore Governor Griggs of New Jersey enters upon his duties as a member Of the Cabinet. The understanding now is that Governor Grggs. will be noIii- mated immediately upon the confrnla- tion of Attorney-General McKenna as: a member of the Supreme Court: This confirmation will have to be followed by the confirmation of the nomination of Governor Griggs, and it: is: not thought it will be earlier. than the 20th of January before the New Jersey man takes his place in the Department of Justice.
 The President has decided upon a. number of nominations, which will go to the Senate next week. In addition to the new names to be sent in there will be. about TOO. or 800 names of per sons appointed during the. recess Of Congress. Nearly all of these are Post masters in various parts of the eoun- try.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-02
MiCHAEL EASILY WINS
 FROM THE FRERcHMAK.
Tdyiore Clearly Ho Match for the Midget Bicycle Champion From
 Wales.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-Men, women, boys and girls thronged every avail able inch of Madison Square Garden tonight for the regular indoor bicycle races which were held under the aus pices of the American Cycle Racing Association The board track was ar ranged so that the riders had to cover ten laps to complete a mile, and the measurement was. vouched for by three city surveyors. At 9 o'clock it was eS- timated that 10000 people were in the big building and there were half as many more clamoring for admittance at the entrances.
 The big event of the evening was the Michael-Taylore race. Taylore won the pole on the toss. The Frenchman's s gear was 94 and Michaers 1O6. The riders got on the scratch line at 10:2o. Taylore rushed off and caught the pacers on the first turn with Michael two lengths behind. Taylore rode like a whirlwind and at the end of the first mile led Michael by a length.
 In the first lap of the second mile Michael forged ahead, and at the end of the third mile he was one lap to gained a lap, and in the fifth he had the same distance to his credit. Tay- lore was outclassed in the eighth mile. and Michael passed him for the third time. Taylore'S saddle broke in the twentieth mile and in exchanging wheels he lost more ground, giving Michael a clear lead of mile all told.
 The Midget gained another lap at the close of the twenty-third mile.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-02

street with which to hang me. They had it arranged that I was to be in- vited to a certain place, where the plot compassed my life. I was to be bound, gagged and killed. My property. part of which was in other names in trust, was to be divided. I have evidence to this effect, and yet hope to. know the names of those who put up the jobs.''
 Turner denies all allegations that he fears the result of the trials pending against him. He says he has been maligned by enemies and has not until lately been given any fair hearing by the newspapers, which have often tried and convicted and denounced him as a swindler, simply because his enemies have had him arrested.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-02

:. Bill and the goat are features of life n on: Telegraph Hill, and the fame of their mutual affection is crystalizing into one: of the sweetest traditions of :: North. Beach. They have been regard . ed as inseparable. Now cold, gray :, walls divide them, Bill is in jail and .:weeps. to: get out. The goat is out, and because of inability to get in raises
 the voice of. famentation.
 : The pair undertook to help the glad New Year drift pleasantly to position =: on a flood of steam beer, but they mis- calculated their capacity. Soon it was :: observed that the twain had taken : more than any Well-regulated man and
 goat have any right to try to carry. ..: Small boys footed discordant notes of : jubilatioIl at them. Bill could not ac- = lively resent them, but the goat was game. He charged upon the hosts of '- confusion: and they fled in panic. Then Bill, congratulating the prowess of his /: :cornpanion,. became too noisy, and a ;: policeman lifted him into patrol wa . gon.
 Having watched the affair with tol- .: erable patience the goat concluded to participate: He gathered himself for
 a spring and he sprang. His hoofs came down in. the wagon, his head
 struck the policeman just at the solar :plexus, made him see stars, and. form .iilate ejaculatory remarks derogatory
 to the goat family. The goat settled
 down in the wagon with every appear
 a1ice of intending to stay as long as : Bill did; and the policeman did not say him nay, having nothing left to say it
 with.
 At the jail the real trouble begac.
 The goat wanted to follow his friend inside, but by an adroit move was headed off. He is not a goat easily to be baff1ed.' Withdrawing a few yards
 he lowered his horns and charged the
 iron door even as a battering ram the
 gates of Gaza. The impact jared the :. door. Throughout the prison rang the
 sound thereof until suspicion arose that an earthquake had come to town. Again and again the goat shot himself at the door.
 =. People who drew near from motives of curiosity didn't stay. Soon the goat was given all the room he needed But "a. jail door guarded by a large goat of :. rnorose disposition ceases to be useful. Necessity arises. for opening it occa- .sionally and necessity knows no goats. The two-horned dilemma had to be
 eliminated from the situation. No
 police duty was ever more clear, but some ;have been less difficult. If the
 beleaguered officers endeavored to peep out straightway the door would be
 charged and get ajar. When one of
 them actually ventured forth he felt
 like a gladiator entering the arena, to