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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30
HOW MUMMIEs WE'RE MADE.
Different Methods the Egyptians Prac-
tIced for Preserving Bodies.

Different Methods the Egyptians Prac-
tIced for Preserving Bodies.
There we're three different ways of
mummifying the body practiced by the
ancient Egyptians, the price being the
chief mark of distinction and cause for
the differences. In the first and most
expensive method the brain was e1-
tracted through the nose by means Of
an iron probe, and the intestines we're
removed entirely from the body
through an incision made in the side
with q sharp Ethiopian stone. The
intestines were cleansed and washed
In palm wine, and, after being covered
with powdered aromatic gums, were
placed In Canopic jars. The body was
then filled up with myrrh and cassia
and other fragrant and astringent SUBJ
stances, and was laid in natron for
seventy days. 1t was then carefully
washed and wrapped up in strips Of
fine linen smeared with gum. The
cost OF mummifying body in this
fashion was talent of silver, about
$1,000.
In the second method the brain was
not removed at all, and the intestines
were simply dissolved and removed In
a fluid state. The body was also laid
in salt or natron, which, 1t is said, dis.
solved everything, except the skin and
bones. The cost OF mummifying in
this manner was % minae, or $3.50.
The third method was employed for
the poor only. 1t consisted simply OF
cleansing the body by injecting some
astringent and then sailing it for 10
days. The cost was very small.
If the friends of the dead were too
poor to 60 to the expense Of even the
cheapest of these methods, the body
was soaked in salt and bitumen or In
salt only. In the salt and bitumen
process every cavity of the body was
filed with bitumen, and the hair dis
appeared. Clearly it is to the bodies
which were preserved in this way that
the name mummy" derived from the
Arabic mumia or bitumen) was first
applied. The sailed and dried body is
easily distinguishable. The skin is
like paper, the features and hair have
disappeared, and the bones are very
brittle and white. It may be noted
that the eyes were sometimes removed
and their places supplied by others of
ivory or obsidian. The hair was also
removed and made into a packet COW
cred with linen and bitumen. At a
late period the flank incision was COW
cred with metal plate, on which q
symbolic eye was engraved. The linen
bandsges employed to swathe the body
were three or four inches wide; the
length was sometimes as great as 400
yards. Levy.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30
The Same Old Circus.

wandered to the circus, John; I
sat beneath the tent and saw the man
from Borneo, likewise the tattooed
gent. I heard the toothless lions
howl, while men in spangled clothes
stepped fearlessly into their dens and
whacked them on the nose. I saw the
sacred elephant spout water through
his trunk, the salamander eating lead
and other melted junk; heard the
merry clown get off the jokes we used
to know when we were boys together,
John, some twenty years ago. The
same old horses waddled round the
same old kind of ring; the same old
comic vocalists proved that they
couldn't sing; the same old hippotamus
was granting with disgust; the same
old Persian OK was kicking up the
dust; the same old rheumatic acrobats
crawled painfully around. and the ossi-
fed contortionist was crawling on the
ground, and ladies rode bare-backed
steeds to music sad and slow-the same
old girls we used to see some twenty
years ago. -Minneapolis Messenger.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30
Rotary Oven Plate.

Women's inventions relating to arti.
Giles of attire, their fastening or man.
ufacture, and to household utensils
and appliances are no longer rarity.
The rotary oven plate, the invention
Of Olinda G. Naquin, of Rockport,
Tex, is nevertheless novel and inter-
ssting. It is made Of stamped sheet
metal, having two series Of oorruga-
tions, one set arranged like the spokes
in . wheel and the other set parallel
to the rim. In the center Of the plate
is depressed portion, which extends
below the surface of the plate so as TO
form pivot on which the plate can be
easily turned. The advantage OF this
arrangement is that it permits Of the
easy turning of food that is, being
baked, SO that should. one side be bet
ter done than the other. the latter part
may be placed in thqIlphefe of the
greatest heat. ~ 80
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30
Safe-Blowers at Work.

At Bluff City, Kansas, robbers
touched off a quantity of dynamite
that wrecked the safe and the front
end of the state bank and escaped
with 81, 900 in gold besides some sill.
yer and bills. This is the eighth
Kansas bank to be robbed by safe
crackers within three weeks. The
safe of the state bank of Clearwater,
Kan, was blown open Friday night
and So, 900 in cash and a number Of
notes taken,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30
Some s,.rrerlnr Computations.

A we'll known astronomer calculates
that il an express train rtinning sixty
miles an hour day and night without
stopping, kept 1t up for $50 years II
would just about complete the diane
ter Of the circle made by The earth
III its yearly journey around the sun.
Now let this immense circle be repre-
sented by a lady's finger ring, and,
taking that as the standard OF meas
urement, the nearest fixed star would
be mile distant and the farthest visi-
BILE through the telescope at least
twenty miles.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30
How,s This j!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
3. ]. CHENEY & Co., Propss Toledo o..
We, the undersigned, have known F.; y.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business transac-
tious 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, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testim o.
malls free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30
lnsurrection in the Islands Seems to
Be Near the End.
PROVINCE Or 1lMB0AAGA sURRENDERs
Numerous Local Chiefs Declare 10y
atty to the United States--Last
Council of Filipinos Held.
Aguinaldo Abandoned
by Politicians.
A Saturdays cable dispatch from

A Saturdays cable dispatch from
Manila says:
The news which the steamship
Brutus brings from Dagupan dlspels
all doubts that the so-called Filipino
republic is crumbling like house OF
cards.
Anguinaldo is deserted or being
abandoned by the politicians, and the
army which fortnight ago was en-
trenched at Tarlac and exercised a
defacto government over nine-tenths
of the people of Luzon, is fugitive in
the mountains with small hope OF re-
establishing the machine. The army
is scattered in the hills on both sides
of the railroad and widely separated
detachments are within the Gordon
which Gems. Lawton and Wheaton
have created. Three provincial gov
ernors have arrived in Manila to re-
quest General Otis to install them in
their old offices under the new re-
CINE. DR.. Luna, a brother OF Cen
eraI Luna, and a prominent insur-
rectionist, has arrived here and his
friends and many others are applying
to General Otis for permission to en-
ioy the luxuries of Manila after
months Of separation from civiliza-
ton. There was no demonstration
over the victory here. The natives
appear to be unmoved and business
is unruffled.
The only large organized forces OF
insurgents known to remain are those
in the Cavite province, at San Mateo
and in the Zambeles mountains,
though several seaports have large
garrisons.
Aguinaldo began his retreat with
1000 men under General Gregorio del
Pillar. That force was probably d.
minished somewhat by desertion.
The last definite news as to Aguinal-
dos whereabouts is that he passed
through Trinidad toward Bayambong,
escorted by 200 men Of the Balacan
battalion, who had dwindled down
from 600 within a week. Gen. Mino,
who fought the $50 at San Jacinto,
is supposed to have joined him. A
letter from Mino has been intercept
ed in which the writer says that 200
of his men were killed or wounded,
that he had enough, and was going to
the mountains.
General Young, with the Macabees
and Chase's troop of cavalry, is still
on the trail of the rebels, but the
men and horses are badly used up.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30
INTERESTING ITEMS.

There are over $500 travelling libra
ries In the United States. Wisconsin
has 215. London has IS, 564, or nine
teen to the square mile. Sixty per
cent of them are on night duty.
Research laboratories are to be es-
tablished in various parts of India, I'm
der charge Of health officers.
The Union cigarmakers Of Tampa,
Fla, have enforced demand that
cigar factories be scrubbed and cleaned
onco month.
The general organizer Of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor in Wisconsin
estimates that the average advance In
wages in Wisconsin for all classes in
the year was Is per cent.
About half the cases appealed to the
Colorado supreme court are revised,
the majority Of them on technicalities,
due largely to the fact that the judges
Of the county courts are not necessa-
rily lawyers.
There are large furniture stores In
johannesburg and Pretoria, and the
better class Of Beers have their houses
furnished in the most modern styles.
In 1898 the imports OF wooden furni-
ture imports alone were valued at ST.
112, 900.
A medical man prophesies that if
for the next ten years the present rel
alive death rates are maintained, in
1909 there will be more deaths in the
state of New York from cancer than
from consumption, smallpox and IT,
phoid fever combined.
In the South Wales coal fields,
wages, which were 12i per cent. above
the 1879 standard at the commence
ment Of the strike, have once more
reached 27} per cent. above the 1879
level. and appear likely to change still
more as the winter advances.
In future all Russian students who
create or instigate disorder, whether
in the university or out, will be sent
into the army to serve one to three
years. The regulation applies to those
who persistently refuse to continue
their studies.
It is estimated that there are H.
900, 900 COWS in the United States de-
voted to butter making, and that their
average yield is 1875 pounds of butter
per year or total Of 1876, 900, 900, or
about eighteen pounds for each one of
the population Of the country.
The Illinois flag law, which prohib-
its the use Of the American flag or
representation Of 1t for advertising
purposes, has been declared unconsti-
tutional by Judge Gibbons, at Chicago,
on the ground that the informers' fee
clause is against the spirit of American
law.
Rev. Elijah Kellogg, the author of
''Spartacus to the Gladiators," known
by all school boys, is now nearly 80
years old, but he continues to minister
to the little church in Harpswell, Me-,
where he went in 1874, after his grad
uation from Bowdoin and Andoyer.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30
Prom Across the Continent.

IT received the TstteYine couple OF
days ego. Tho few applications I've
made convince mo thst have at last
found in this fine remedy q cure for
Ecssma. I can soil few boxes to my
frields. What discount on, one dozen
Lot me know at onos. r. G. Bingley,
TOT Market street, San Francisco,
CAL" At druggists or by mail for %
cents by J. T. Shuprine.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30
Alarming Situation In Arkansas.

A special from Fort Smith, Ark.
says: 1.-THE houses at which non-union
miners are boarding were blown up
with dynamite at Huntington Friday
4ight. Ten deputy United States
narshals were sent there from Jenny
Lind. The strikers ARE apparently
growing desperate, and trouble Is be-
dc Yed to be imminent"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30

AgainsT tide, wind and d heavy
sea for af,least half her cruisex the
NEW bat tSship Kentucky made a
Record Of S77 knots an hour Safur.
day on he& officinl speed trial over the
I vernmeh course from Cape Ann tc
Boone Island and by her work
slowed tha she is a little faster thar
hsf sister 4 NJ Kearsarge, which re-
Gently was sent oyerthe same course
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30
Chloroform won't Work.

It has been found that an apparatus
for killing animals with chloroform In
England would not work in India, be-
cause the high temperature prevented
the concentration Of the chloroform
vapor. That this was the cause was
proved by the fact that by placing ice
in the box the animals were readily
killed.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30
victoria's New Tea House.

England's queen intendSsto add one
more to the list of tea houses on the
Balmoral estate. Each of these re-
treats il decorated to represent some
particular country. For instance, there
is "India,' which is furnished with
bamboo end Indian mating, while
'.China" is decorated with the celae-
Il 6mblems in beautiful colorines.
The neY tea house is4o be sAmerios, .
and VIII be put up il readiness for
next year. =
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30
Cour,,np blindness

Is what you ore doing when YOU neglect witch
lug. watery, bloodshot, sore eyes. Lconardts
Golden Eye Lotion cures near1y every eye dis
CASE Cools, heals and Strengthens Got
"Leonardi's" 1t makes strong Eyes.
Guaranteed or money refunded. Druggists sell
1t ut % cts. or forwarded prepaid on receipt Of
price By S. B. Leonardt q Co, Tampa, Fla.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30

The American Jexish Year Book,
Just issued, gives the Jewish popuie.
ton of This country 81 0l3. 800. 1t is
stated that of these D are 400, 900
in New York, $4,000 linois, Cd. QQ0
in Pennsyltania. so. o. - Ohio, 81.
600 in California, IS. . IN Maryland
and $4,000 in Missouriss~
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30

The largest unbroken area of grain
in the world was recently harvested.
1t is in MADEIRA and Fresno counties,
CAL, and extends over 25, 900 acres. or
about four square miles, an area nearly
one.fourth that OF Chicago.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30
Natural Gas In China.

Natural gas conveyed in bamboo
tubes was utilized in China years ago,
and one of their writer's mentions boxes
which repeated the sounds of persons
voices that were dead-a machine sim
liar to the photograph.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30

The Virginia Bar association has passed
resolutions favoring the celebration OF John
committee OF five to confer with the Ameri-
can Bar association on this subject
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30

The United States supreme court has decid-
ed that the word "Elgin" cannot be used as
a trademark to describe particular kind OF
watch for the reason that It is the name Of q
city where these watches are made.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30

A resolution has been passed by tho French
chamber allowing women to practice law,
provided they possess diploma OF licentiate-
fh-law. Tho vote In favor of this resolution
was $40 to III.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30

Each package Of PUTNAM FADElxss Dix
colors either Blk. Wool or Cotton perfectly
ct one boiling. Sold by all druggists.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30

The Denmark law in regard to drunken
ness provides that every intoxicated person
must be 70 paid for by the one who sold him the
last drink.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30

Piso's Cure cured me OF Throat and Lung
trouble of three years standing f. CADY,
Huntington, Ind Nov. Z, 1884.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30

The.word Bible me1ns simply book,
But It is now confined to the Book Of
looks.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30

Claims have been fled up to date
- 1cc1apt of damages sustained b
Anerican citizens through the Span
ish war to the amount of $25, 900, 900,
and the president is expected to sub
nit 9 recommendation to congress in
his message looking to the creation
Of commission to adjust these claims
and make provision for the payment
ofsuch as are found to be legitimate.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30

( OF 1000 persons ,onl35one reaches
the age Of 100 years.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30

Rev. Elijah Kellogg, the author OF
"Spartacus to the Gladiators," known
by all school boys, is now nearly 80
years old, but he continues to minister
to the little church in Harpswell, Me-. 4,
where he went in 1874, after his grad
uation from Bowdoin and Andover.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-30
Big Ffre at Little Rock.

The warehouse of Hhes Bros. Hard.
wareAompany of Little Rock, Ark,
.~smas destroyed by firA.Saturday, the
i less being SITS, 600; Insurance $125,,
The record-union., 1899-10-15
CAROLINE.

CWritten for the Record Union by Clara
NJ Lingo
1t was an unusually warm day in
early May. / had been on duty but a
short time and was busy adjusting the
instruments, when a tired, quavering
voice behind me inquired: Has der
car gone? Vot dime comes der carp
Glancing quickly around, l beheld a
little, withered face, flushed and per-
spiring, peeping in at the open door.
AS 1 turned she repeated her ques-
tions. A relieved smile fitted for q
moment over the worn face when L
explained the train had not gone and
was not due to leave for nearly two
hours.
STOPPING, she lifted the two heavy
baskets of eggs at her feet, and enter
ing the Waiting-room, seated herself
with a sigh of relief.
She was a little, old woman dressed
in a gown of startling plaid, its great
fullness evidently having been gained
at the expense of the length, and with
the tight-fitting waist clinging to the
slender body she reminded me Of the
ladies had often made when child
from the oldfashioned hollyhocks that
grew in my mothers garden. A white
'kerchief around her shoulders was
folded primly across her breast, and
upon her head perched an old black
bonnet, much too large for the little
wien face it shadowed, and from
which, pointing grotesquely forward,
waved one solitary plume, its forlorn
appearance betokening long years of
service. There was a look of weary
patience in the faded eyes, and the
toilworn hands moved restlessly in her
lap as though unaccustomed to the
auxury of idleness. Once at least and
sometimes twice a week through the
long summer she came, loaded down
with the great baskets of eggs. She
invariably came early and always an
nounced her arrival by the same ques-
tions: HAS der car gone? Vot dime
comes der carp
/ often talked with her and learned
much of her life Her husband was
unkind to her and there was a blind
daughter at home .She sits all day
in the hail. the old lady told me III
her broken way, land does nothing"
And is she your only child?" in
quired compassionately.
A bright light came into the faded
eyes, and a smile spread over the
wrinkled face. "Oh, no. she ex-
The record-union., 1899-10-15
BRACES BODY AND BRAIN.
What Mariani Wine Does to
Stimulate, Strengthen and
Sustain the System.

Vim Mariani (Mariani Wine) is recon-
mended as a tonic by the medical profess
sion all over the world. 1t has received
written recommendations from more than
5000 American physicians.
Mariani Wine stimulates Strengthens
and sustains the system and braces body
and brain. 1t gives strength and is an
aid to health and longevity. Makes the
old young; keeps the young strong.
Mariani Wine is specially recommended
for all malaria fevers 1t gives sense
of buoyancy and vigor
Mariani Wine is furthermoe of special
value in case of Neuralgia. Nervous De-
bility, Muscular Relaxation, Mental and
Physical Depression and Exhaustion,
Overwork or Overstrain, Insomnia. Head
ache, Nervous Dyspepsia, loss of Appe-
tite, Emaciation and Consumption. 1t
builds up the vital forces and is power
ful rejuvenator 1t gives tirmness and
elasticity to the muscles and richness to
the blood.
Mariani Wine is palatable and suited to
the most delicate stomach. In the case
of pale, puny, sickly children it is used
with great benefit.
For overworzed men and delicate wo-
men Mariani Wine gives excellent results.
To overcome Malaria and La Grippe use
Vim Mariani in the form Of hot grog.
Mariani Wine is sold by all druggists.
Try it and you will find that it will Wei
sustain its reputation One word OF cau-
ton, however-let no representation or ex-
planation induce YOU to accept a substi4
tute, and thus avoid disappointment
To every one writing to Marianl & Co,
81 West 18th street, New York City, will
be sent. free, if this paper is mentioned,
an interesting little book containing por-
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press, Princes, Cardinals, Archbishops
and other distinguished personages in
dorsing Win Mariani.
The record-union., 1899-10-15
4 FEW POINTERS.

deaths show that the large majority die
with consumption. This disease may com
mence with an apparently harmless cough
which can be cured instantly by Kemp's
Ealsam for the Throat and Lungs. which
is guaranteed to cure and relieve all
ca ses. Price. 25c and SOC. For sale by All
druggists.