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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-09-07

COUNTY DIRECTORY.
Chancery ard Circuit Clerk, n Batson;
Sheriff, W. T. Scott; Treasurer, ]. l..
Strahan; Assessor, G. w. Bilbo; Superir-
tendent of E lucation, II k Rouse; Sur
veyor, A J Lsdner.
Char Gerry Court, Second District-Chancel
lor n. c. Hill. Regular terms, first Mon.
day in January and July, six days
Circuit Court. Second District-Judge T. A
Wood. Regular terms, third Monday in
April and October. Walter A. White,
District Attorney.
supervisors-J A Moody, President, g W
Smith, E Williams, w c Stewart, A
Ii Smith
CHURCHES
Methodist-Rav w H Huntley, pastor.
Services first and third Sundays In each
IN nth. Sunday school $50 m. Prayer
meeaing w. dnesday night.
Baptist Chui ch-Rev w B Hocomb, pastor.
Services ,,c,ud and fourth SabbathS
Sunday school 10 a m. Prayer meeting
Ihur.dav Eipht-
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-09-07

CITY DIRECTORY,
Mayor-D. F. Archer.
Treasurer-W w. Strahan.
Clerk-R. H Reeves.
Marshall. w Ford.
Board Of Aldermen--W. T Scott, N. Bat
son, J. NJ. Thornhll, J. A. Moody, j. S
Moody.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-09-07
SECRET SOCIETIES.
MASONIC.

Sherani Byrd Lodge, No. 353 F, & A. NJ
Rev. w. W. Mitchell, w. NJ
II. II. Blbo, Secretary.
Nee's every second Saturday at Q o'clocl
D. m.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-09-07

WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
Junip'r Lodge No. 267.
r. f. Wilkinson, G. c.
T. Lawless, Clerk.
Meets every second and fourth Monday
nights
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-09-07
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

Pine Tree Lodge No. 90
W |. Tham's C. c.
N. b Birson, X r. s
Meets every Friday evening at 8 o'clock
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-16
SKIM-MILK FOR CALVES.
Some Valuable Information Brought
Out by Tests at the Iowa Ex-
pertinent station.

The best method of raising calves ON
skim milk is a matter of interest to
every farmer. In some tests made at
the Iowa station it was found that the
best and most economical gains were
made on cornmeal and skim milk Lin
seed meal also gave lower and more ex-
penslve gains and was in every way less
satisfactory than either oatmeal or
cornmeal and flax seed. 1t may be that
theresults of these experiments are con-
trary to prevailing opinion concerning
the relative value of these feeds. but it
is not unnatural or in any way unreal
sonable that the carbonaceous grains
should be more suitable for feeding
with skim-milk than highly nitrogen
GUS product like linseed meal. Skim
milk is nltrogenous itself Some expert
ments were made in Holland to test the
effect of increasing the fat in skim-milll
for calves, or adding starch. Enough
whole milk was added to skim-milk to
make the desired amount of fat. When
starch was fed it was cooked to a paste
in the skim-milk. About "a per cent. of
the starch was digested, the coetficient
OF digestibility being as high as in the
case of the adult animal. The addition
of starch to the ration diminished the
digestibility of protein somewhat. 1t
was, however, on the whole considered
satisfactory. When it is possible to
supply skim-milk containing protein,
and the supplemental carbonaceous
material in an inexpensive form, the
profitable feeding of calves is assured.
In the experiments cited above carbo-
hydrates, either in form of starch or
cereal grains, were successfully COM
bined with skim-milk and in this way
the animal was supplied with an abund-
ance of protein and energy and made
good growth.-Ohio Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-16
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

There are many muscles in the hui
man body control of which has been
lost through ages of disuse.
The longest tree in the world lies
broken and petrified at the end of a
defile in northwestern Nevada 1t is
said to be 666 feet long.
The Gersoppa falls, on the Sharavatti
river, in south Kanara, India, are larger
and more magnificent than Niagara.
The water makes clear drop of $50
feet.
The United States has more mer-
chant vessels than Great Britain. She
has 22,7O5 vessels of 4,749,73S tons,
while Great Britain has 2O,6O1, of s.
953,171 tons.
When you have blood upon your
hands, first wash them in pure Wa
ter. Using soap at first is mistake,
as soapy water does not dissolve blood
rapidly. Clear water and a nail brush
should come first, soap next
Many clocks with weights and wheels
were in use in England during Chau-
GERS time, and most of the monasteries
of the fourteenth century possessed
clocks, though these were used to show
the astronomical movements, as. well
as the passage of hours. Throughout
the fifteenth century clocks were made
mostly by armorers and blacksmiths,
as they were constructed of iron and
steel.
The aggregate national debt of Eu-
rope exceeds 1923, 900, 900, OOO according
to consular information procured by
the state department, and officially
published. The exact figures for each
country are given as follows: England.
1898, SIG, 500; France, $6,24S, $50, 900;
Germany, 50 $40, $50; Russia, $4,-
759 ,437, 900; Arstria-Hungary, $2,574,-
378,5OO; Italy, 81, ,S12; Spain, ST..
79S, SS0,799
To thread a needle hold it with the
ring and little fingers of the left hand,
instead of with the thumb and fore
finger, as is the usual way. This meth.
cd, according to DR.. Joseph NJ. Jack
son, leaves the thumb and forefingeT
free to grasp the smallest bit of silk
or other suture material as it passes
through the eye and pull it to a safe
distance on the other side. This does
away with the Slipping back, so com
mon in the old way of changing hands,
and incidentally decreases profanity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-16
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

If possible, raise your own cows, but
If you have to buy, test every animal
before you purchase, by milking her
yourself.
1t takes years of perseverance and
experience to build up a good dairy,
but only few weeks of mismanage-
ment to tear it down.
A thunderstorm is looked upon as an
adept in the art of souring milk, but |
dread careless milk-pan washer much
more.
If some dairymen would let political
fences alone and repair their farm
fences prosperity would come to them
galore.
Of late years we hear less and less
about the worn-out lands of the east
ern states. Why? Because they are
being rejuvenated into some of the most
profitable dairy farms in America.
The butter maker who tries to pro-
duce good butter and cneese from poor
milk has harder task before him than
reaching the north pole. Dairymen,
take note of this, as you aerate your
milk, and wash and scald the dairy
utensils.-American Cultivator.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-16
PERCENTAGE IN GAMBLING.
The Houses Good Reserve of Capital
Will Always Break the
Small Players.

In all gambling games" said an old
time sport, there is a percentage in
favor of the house Anybody, except
a born fool, knows that a man couldn't
afford to equip an establishment, hire
help, pay rent, and defray all the hun
dred and one incidental expenses I'M
Less he derived a profit that was based
on some fixed principle and not depend
ent on mere luck or chance.
Just where the profit comes in, how
ever, is something that very few peo-
pie understand. Most of them imagine
it is derived from some slight advan-
tage in the arrangement of the game,
such as the zero numbers in roulette
or the splits in faro, but they are very
much mistaken. 1t really depends on
principle that applies to all games alike,
and might be termed the percentage of
capital
strange as it may seem, could take
a capital of 1000 and begin pitching
nicllels, in which the chances are per-
fectly even, letting the players guess
either way they wanted to- and would
make steady profit, day in and day
out. The secret is this: The average
player has only a limited amount of
money, and a slight run of bad luck
wipes him out. He is obliged to quit,
and somebody else takes his place,
while the house keeps right on through
good luck and bad, continually swell
ing its reserve with the cash of the
broken players. To simplify the mat
ter, suppose have 100 pennies and you
have one, and we begin matching. One
loss breaks you, but l can stand 100
losses before having to quit. You may
have a squirt of luck at the start, but
in the long run l am morally certain to
wipe you out. That principle of the
percentage of capital is at the bottom
of the profits of every gaming house in
the world, from Monaco to Long
Branch. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-16
RANGE OF DEWEY'S GENIUS.
1t Includes Il Method of Converting
to Better Ways Sheep-kiII-
ing COllies.

The following story of Dewey comes
from London county, Va, and so far
as can be ascertained has never before
got into print. 1t happened while he
was still commander and when he was
visiting an old acquaintance, Hender-
son Davis. Dewey has always been a
lover of animals, in witness of which
may be noted his affection for his dog,
Bob, now one of the members of The
olympia crew. During this visit in Vir-
ginia he saved the life of sheep-steal-
ing dog, and what is more to the pur-
pose converted the dog to a better
mode of life.
The victim of the future admiral's
kindness was a big collie named Pan,
4 fine dog and good sheep dog in the
daytime, but with the fatal vice that
sometimes developes in collies of killing
sheep after dark. When Pans 'Jekyll
and Hyde" mode of life was brought to
light. he was condemned to death, the
just fate of every sheep-stealing dog,
for the vice is a serious one and gener-
ally deemed incurable. Dewey was in
terested in the case, and begged leave
of Mr.. Davis to reform Pan, or at least
to make the attempt.
\ stay Of execution was granted, and
the big collie was led out to the barn
where about a hundred head of sheep
had been driven in. Dewey took his pa
tent and prepared for heroic treat
ment. All four of the dogs feet were
tied together, sailor fashion, and he
was laid down just outside the barn
door. The lower half of the door was
closed and the upper half left open;
making a hurdle that an active sheep
could clear at jump. Dewey then
went inside and started after the old
bellwether with a club. The sheep
vaulted through the half open door and
landed with all four feet on the pros
trate and repentant Pan. Every other
sheep in the barn started, and after che
habit of sheep, to play follow my lead
err" Every one of the bunch hoped
over the barrier and every one landed
on the sheep-killing dog outside. As
kipling says in his Dacoit ballad:
Fourteen stone from height discharged.
Is bad for Bob with a spleen enlarged
There is no record that Pans spleen
was enlarged, but he had other troubles
before all those sheep got out of the
barn. Every sheep hit him with from
one to four sharp hoofs, and by the time
the barn was empty he looked like "A
hoormat that had been left out all win
ter. In fact there was some question
whether he would ever return to active
life again. He did in the course OF
time, but the most ardent persuasion
could never thereafter get him into the
same ten-acre lot with the mildest man
nered sheep that was ever sheared. He
was saved for a warning to all sheep
stealing dogs, but his career as a shep-
herd was ended.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-16

the animal to turn around. This stan
should be from six to eight feet long.
In one of the posts staple the end of
chain long enough to easily reach across
the stall. This chain should have a
hook at the other enc. A ring is bolted
into the other post to correspond to the
stapled end of the chain. After the
animal has been driven into the stall,
hook the end of the chain into the ring
and it is as secure as though stan
chioned. The advantage of this mode
is that it is easier to operate. One does
not have to drive the animal in and
then go around to its head. Then it
is inexpensive. Besides this, the hair
is not rubbed off the neck as with
stanchion, which means much to a man
who takes pride in his stock or is rails
ing show animals. Ohio Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-16
COST OF DRINK TRAFFIC.
The various Items of Loss Suffered
by the NntiOn-An Appalling
sum.

There are so many elements which
enter into the consideration of the total
money cost of the drink traffic to the
nation that a full estimate cannot be
given. Some OF the most important
factors are here considered. The wear
1890 is chosen, as the data are most
complete for that year. The figures for
the direct cost of the traffic have al
ready been considered. The direct cost
is estimated to be the retail cost of the
traffic, less the net receipts. national,
state and local, from the traffic. Among
the indirect losses from the traffic is the
loss of work by the persons who drink.
From data in Wheeler's "Prohibition.
the Principle, the Policy and the Par
ty," we estimate that there were $780,
900 hard drinkers in the country in
1890. In the authors Handbook on
Currency and Wealth" figures are given
IN detail to show that the average wages
in 1890 were 1854. On this basis the
37,150000 hard drinkers should have
earned S1,327, 100000. But it is safe to
say that on account CT drink they failed
to earn at least ten per cent. of this,
or $132, 900, which loss can be set
down to drink. At the same time the
loss and waste occasioned by these
drinkers in their work caused a large
loss to others whose work depended
upon theirs. This we estimate at one
half the loss to the drinking men, or
SOC, 1875 900. From the data in Mr.. Wheel
ers book we estimate that there were
at least $4,000 deaths of drunkards in
1890. He also shows that their death
was FASTENED, on the average, by 7.3
years on account of drink. The earn
ings of $4,000 workers at 1854 year for
7.3 years amount to $116,2S9, 900, which
is lost to the country through the death
of the drinkers. 1t is difficult to realize
the tremendous effects upon mans well
fare which would be effected by his
abandonment of the liquor habit
Christian Work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-16
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Southern cotton mills find it difficult
to obtain sufficient labor.
The output of the East Indian cotton
mills last year was in excess of the
demand.
Three times as much American ma
ehinery is sold in Australia now as
three years ago.
Barbed-wire fences are used extern
sively in South Africa, and most of the
material is imported from the United
States.
Missouri's poultry and egg crop last
year was greater in value than the
value of the combined shipments of
wheat, oats, corn and hay.
Compared with year ago. there has
been an increase in the whole northern
region of the United States of $4,000
cotton spindles only, whereas the south
las gained more than 100000 spindles,
)r six times as much.
Harlem fiat owners are talking about
organizing an association which shall
nave for its object the securing of legis-
alton that will give them the right to
lold the furniture of tenant who tries
to leave without paying rent.
A German physician says that all the
senses do not slumber simultaneously
They fall into insensibility one after
another. First the eyelids obscure
sight, and the sense of taste is the
next to lose susceptibility. Smelling,
hearing and touch follow in the order
named, touch being the lightest sleeper
and the most easily aroused.
The atmospheric ocean surrounding
the earth is frequently disturbed by
gigantic waves, which are invisible
except when they carry parts of the
air charged with moisture up into a
colder atmospheric stratum, where sud
den condensation occurs. In this man
ner long, parallel lines of clouds some
times make their appearance at great
height, marking the crests of a ripple
Of air waves, running miles above our
heads
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-16
QUEER TALE OF ARCTIC SEAS.
Ship That Had Been IcebOund for
Fifty Years Drifts Into the
HnrbOr of COrvO.

One of the most curious finds ever
made from the sea was that which came
to the Azores in 1858. The island of
ctAr;''ssfo-ysvas then in possession of two
beack-combers, runaway English sail
ors. There came drifting into a little
harbor one morning a craft which had
evidently been frozen in the ice for a
lifetime, and had lately been released.
1t had come down from Davis strait,
and was an ancient and battered hulk
without masts, bulwarks, or name. The
craft had been a bsig, and she was a Rus
sian. Her matches were on and her
cabin doors fast, and the hulk was buoy
ant. She had come out of the belly of
an iceberg. She had little cargo, and
that consisted of skins and furs in prime
condition. No papers were found in
her cabin, but it was figured that she
was sealer or trader, carrying a crew
of ten or twelve, and that she had been
provisioned for year. The -four found
aboard tasted like chalk, but the beef
was perhaps better than the day it was
put on board. She had been abandoned
when frozen in, and the dark color of
the woodwork and the growth of moss
proved that she had drifted for years.
Then she got fast in the ice, and be-
came part of a berg.
The date of a letter found in her fore
castle showed that she had been aban-
doned nearly half century before.
The hulk drifted on to sandy beach,
and the combers went to work on her.
They got out the furs, which brought
them $4,000, hoisted out a couple of bar
rels of beef, and then set fire to the
wreck, and little remained of her when
the story leaked out. That the hulk
had come down from the far north was
proved only few weeks later by the
log of an English merchantmen. She
reported passing great iceberg to the
northwest ef the Azores, and of seeing
curious object imbedded in it so feet
above the surface of the water. This
object was believed to be whale, but it
was probably the hull of the brig. Get
ting down into the warm seas, the berg
fell to pieces, and that queer old relic
found herself afoat again.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-16
SAID HIS OWN SERVICE.
Performed His own wedding Ger
emOny without Outside Help.

John u. Ihomason, " years of age,
OF Summerville, S. c., is probably the
first and only man who has ot1iciated
at his own marriage service. Mr.. Thorn
ason recognizes that he has done some
tIing remarkable and worthy of notice
and he tells OF the performance.
Some people will recall Mr. Thorn
ason's recital of his alleged desertion
by his wife, who carried several of his
children with her and was cruel enough
to leave word with him that he was
not the father of the children. Mr..
Ihomason endeavored vainly to find
his truant wife, but, not being able to
do so, concluded to have nothing more
to do with her and at the last session
of the legislature he petitioned for a
divorce, which was granted, of course.
Mr.. Thomason was not feazed in the
slightest. He said he wanted wife,
and he Immediately began to try to
get one. He found several girls whom
he thought he could love and finally
he seente7ed all his affections upon one.
Miss Emily Alice Lamb, who resided
about seven miles from Summerville.
She agreed to marry him and arrange
ments for the marriage were immedi-
ately begun.
Mr.. Thomson said that the magis-
trates and ministers had frequently
expressed their sympathy for him and
their Willingness to officiate when he
got a girl who would be willing to
marry him, but when he finally pro-
duced her they all funked and would
not perform the ceremony. Mr.. Thorn
ason was again not to be outdone, so
he decided to officiate at his own mar
riage. He secured a number of wit
nesses for the appointed time, which
was on the afternoon of April 80. Miss
Lamb was present, and when the time
came he said he called her and told her
to stand on his left. He then read the
service and at the proper place took
her hand. He made his own responses.
and at the conclusion he told the gath
ering that he and Miss Lamb were now
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomson, and they were
accordingly congratulated.
Mr.. Thomson said that he has been
marrying people for 25 years and he
saw no reason why he should not mar
ry himself. He says that he has dis
carded his former wife, who deserted
him last summer, and he lives happily
with his present wife, who, by the way,
is the third woman to whom he SAYS
he has been married.-C Chicago Chron-
icle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-16
Black seedIess Crane wanted.

viii some one develop black seed
less grape? We have white seedless
grapes, but suitable only to tie climate
of California, and now we want a good
black grape without seeds. Such a
grape would sell at fancy price on
he market. The fear of appendicitis
causes many people to take out the
seeds when eating grapes, and this
greatly detracts from the pleasure of
grape eating, a grape OF the charac-
ter described would bring a good deal
more than the common grape.-Farm-
Irs' RSfiGw.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-16

than four years old, who had fallen on
the sidewalk near him.
''Heigho, sis." he exclaimed, lifting
her safely to her feet again.
The little ragamuffin put up grieved
lip, and was going to cry, but stopped
when he spoke to her.
'Whew! barefOoted, and such a day
as this"-with a low whistle-"why
don't you run home, sis, and put on
your shoes and stockings before you
freeze your toes?"
Don't dot any shoes and stotin's.'
Don't got any, Ell? How does that
happen? Don't your father buy you
any shoes and stockings?"
"Oh, no." she answered, with a tone
that meant ''of course not" and a
manner Indicating that she considered
the reason quite sufficient; mo, my
papa diets drunk. Young Peoples
Paper,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-16
ARROWS.
If any help of mine may ease
The burden of another,

If any help of mine may ease
The burden of another,
GOD give me love, and care, and strength
To aid my toiling brother.
If you wish to keep out of debt, keep
out of the saloon.
The way to prevent drunkenness is to
destroy the cause.
Men are drunkards because boys are
tempted to drink.
1t is always something to know
you've done the best you could.
If you want a cool head and a clear
brain keep clear of the saloon.
Every true patriot will hit the drink
devil whenever he gets a chance.
Stop the cause and the effect will cease:
For the truths sake be a fighter,
Show the world life may be brighter,
Purer, nobler, lovelier. whittier,
More divine.
When man gets on the narrow way
he finds there is no room for crooked
dealings.
If we had a Tnillion pens everyone of
them would write: Train the children
to Danish the drink fend."
Are you satisfied that temperance
work is Gods work 2 Then go ahead
and do it, leaving the results to Him.
There are three kinds of people in
this world-the Wills, the Won't's and
the Can't's. The first accomplish every
thing, the second oppose everything,
the third fail in everything.
There is no life so lone and low,
But strength may still be given
From narrowest lot on earth to grow
The straishter up to heaven
National Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-16

Liquid air is so cold that mercury i'm
nersed in it turns solid and can be en-
ployed to hammer a nail. Yet when a
glass tube containing liquid hydrogen
is immersed in liquid air, the hydrogen
gently boils, ans gradually turns into
vapor, like water simmering over a
slow fire. The temperature of liquid
air is 312 degrees Fahrenheit below
zero; but that is "hot" compared with
the temperature of liquid hydrogen,
which is about APO degrees below zero.
Prof. Dewar finds it impossible to pre-
vent an open vessel containing liquid
deposit from having a whitish deposit of
solid air at the bottom, because the mo-
nent the air comes in contact with the
iquefied hydrogen it is frozen hard and
sinks through the hydrogen.-Youth's
Companion.