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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-29
NJ RIXEY's BIZ.

Mr.. John H. Rixev the present represen-
tatlve from the Eighth Virginia District
introduced a bill December u, 1897, but
has never been able 20 secure a report
on IT, TIE text follows.
"Be IL enacted by the senate and House
Of Renrcsentativcs of the United States
~ America in Congress assembled That
of any money in the treasury not other
wise appropriated, the Secretary of the
Treasury Is hereby authorized and d.
recfed 10 pay TO the treasurer of the
Mount Vernon Avenue Association, char
tered by the laws Of Virginia. said
Mount Vernon Avenue Association being
the assignee of the State of Virginia. the
sum of one hundred and twenty thousand
dollars. with interest al six per centum
from the date of the respective advances
made by the state OF Virginia until paid.
being the sum loaned by the State Of
virginia 20 the United States through
President George Washington for the
purpose Of constructing public buildings
az Washington for the use of the Fed
eral Government which said appropria-
ton shall be i'm full satisfaction and
payment Of the amount heretofore
claimed by the State OF Virginia on said
account.
Sec 2 That the money hereby appro-
priated and directed 10 be paid 10 the
assignee of the State Of Virginia shall be
expended in laying out, opening, CON
structing aud for the improvement OF
public avenue and highway described in
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

The devices of savage mothers to
avoid being bothered by their children
are numerous, yet none of them is
stranger than that of the Dahomey
woman who simply wraps it into the
shawl or scarf with which she covers
her own loins and let's it hang there
while she goes about her work. The
women take keen interest in all the
fighting, for there is picked band of
O thousand Amazons that marches to
war with the other warriors. The
average temperature of this delightful
country is about 80 degrees, so the men
and women do not overburden them
selves with clothing. Their children
run around naked as soon as they can,
and their mothers do not devote very
much time to their education. The fact
that women take part in the hunting
and fighting make them far more highly
respected than is usually the case
amoag savages. Then, too, large
number of the women are taken as
wives by the king, and not few are
devoted to the service of the national
idol, so that there is quite scarcity
of women, and as a consequence they
are in great demand and respected ac-
cordingly.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09
OUR NATIONS CAPITOL.
Interesting Items From the Seat OF
Government.
CEN. WHEELER MA Es 4 STATEMENT.
The Old Warrior Could Not Be Induced
to Advocate Construction Con-
trary to tie Intent of the
Constitutions Trainers.

With reference to his attempt Satur-
day to secure recognition for the pur-
pose of addressing the house, General
Wheeler said
''Seeing there was nothing to be
done in the house, / asked unanimous
consent to speak for five minutes. !
was not recognized, but Mr.. Payne
minutes. I then asked that before
that motion was put that l be permit
ted to address the house for three min
utes. If the speaker had submitted
to my request, 1 am confident no mem
Der of the house would have objected.
What intended to say was as follows:
''No one reveres the constitution
more than myself and I could not be
induced to advocate a construction
contrary to the intent of its trainers.
"When 1 received the appointment
as major general of volunteers last
May was requested by persons whose
desires l could not disregard not to
resign my seat in congress. I found
that during the present congress
thirty three Of its members had been
appointed to offices and that none of
them had resigned their seats in con-
gress. 1 examined the decisions and
precedents On the subject and found
that during the Ito years of the exis-
tence of our government hundreds,
and possibly thousands, of the men,
bsrs of congress had accepted offices
during their terms and that none of
them holding temporary Offices like
mine had ever been unseated. [ found
that the decisions of the courts, even
including four decisions quoted by
General Henderson in his report, to
make the ground that the inhibitions
found in the constitution with regard
to officers referred to offices of per-
manent character and not of a tempo
rary character. I also found that the
attorney general of the United States
had rendered an elaborate opinion on
the subject. He took precisely the
same ground and held that an office in
the volunteers was not such an office
as was inhibited in the constitution. l
was anxious for the matter to be
brought up in the house and fully dis
cussed, 80 that the decision would be
in harmony with the spirit of the con-
stitution." .----...-I
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09
FAMILIAR SCIENCE.
Heat is a sensation of warmth.

Heat is a sensation of warmth.
The sun is an inexhaustible source
Of heat.
Electricity was known to the an
cients; they knew that when amber
1.-THE Greek word for which is electrom)
is rubbed, it acquires the property OF
at HtEaf& nRA qthae o oSssis
Electricity, like heat, exists in all
matter; but it is often in latent state;
friction dis urbs it, and brings it into
active operation.
lightning is accumulated electrici-
ty, discharged from the clouds, which
electricity is produced by: ~ The
evaporation from the earth's surface.
(2) The chemical changes which take
place on the earth's surface. (3) Cur
rents of air of unequal temperature,
which excite electricity by friction, as
they come in contact with each other.
lightning sometimes kills men and
beasts, because, when the electric cur
rent passes through man or beast, it
produces SO violent an action upon the
nerves, that it destroys life. 1t is,
therefore, dangerous to be in crowd
during thunder storm. IL Because
mass of people forms a better con-
ductor than an individual. ~ Be-
cause the vapor arising from a crowd
increases its conducting power.
Thunder is the noise made by the
conclusion of the air when it closes
again, after it has been parted by the
lightning fash. A part of the noise is
owing to certain physical and chemical
changes produced in the air by the
electric fluid
| Water is fluid, composed of oxy-
gen and hydrogen in the proportion Of
eight parts of oxygen to one part of
hydrogen.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

There is more Catarrh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put tog ether
and until the last few years was supposed TO
be incurable. For great many years doctors
pronounced it local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly falling TO
cure with locai treatment pronounced 1T IN
durable. Science has proven cat arrh to be a
consti Cutiona disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure
manufactured by f. j. Cheney d Co., Toledo,
Ohio. is the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in doses from
10 drops to a teasp onful. 1t acts directly o.
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to cure Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address Z. j. CHENEY 81 Co., Tole-
do, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

Pneumatic thimbles for typewriters
and pianists are the latest devices for
nerve economy. The incessant and
regular pounding of the sensitive fin
ger tips renders the owners of them
nervous wrecks in majority of cases,
to say nothing of callous and cracked
finger ends and broken and split nails.
The new thimbles are of rubber, com
ing in sets, according to the size of
glove worn, and are said to not only
save the nerve shock, but also to in
crease the speed and strength of the
stroke.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09
ROYAL Wedding Cake.

Royal wedding cakes are never
sent out until they have matured at
least six months. The actual baking
process lasts from five to seven hours.
So great is the demand for cake on
the occasion of royal wedding that
the makers have always a stock OF
1000 pounds in the seasoning room.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09
Light Effect,

Prof. Zickler recently found that a
ray of ultra violet light transmitted as
many as 200 meters lover 200 yards)
will work a telegraph instrument at
that distance. Rays of this kind
have the property of causing an cleo
trio spark to pass between two highly
charged conductors, which but for the
light would not spark. This effect is
made to work the telegraph instru-
ment,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

Rudolph Falb, the Austrian astron-
omer, names November IA, 1899, as
the date on which the world will come
to al end by violent contact with
Biela's comet, the same body which,
according to prediction, was to have
annihilated us in 1882. If this last
prediction and calculation comes true
a great deal of business connected
with the late war, the beef contracts
and Senior Aguinaldo, will have to
remain unfinished.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09
~HOBSON's RISE.
The Greatest Material Promotion Ever
Given as a Recognition of Gallantry.

Given as a Recognition of Gallantry.
The Presidents nomination OF Rich
mond P. Hobson to be advanced ten
numbers, from No. on the list OF
assistant naval constructors, is said by
naval officers to constitute the great
est material promotion as recogni-
ton of gallantry in the history OF the
naval service. It will make Hobson a
captain at the age of 30. His adj
vancement amounts to $50 numbers
in the line of the navy, which is re-
markable in comparison with the SIN
gle number secured by Admlra
Dewey, eight numbers by Admira
Sampson and from three to five eacf
by other officers during the war with
Spain.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without it, Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean. by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
uurites from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish plmples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,--beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, i0c, &c, 5)c.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09
OPEN LETT'lJEbp!a K0M
Jennie e. Green and Mrs. Harry
Hardy.

JENNIE E. GREEN, Denmark, Iowa,
writes to Mrs. Pinllham:
81 had been sick at my monthly
periods for seven years, and tried
almost everything 1 ever heard of, but
without any benefit. Was troubled
with backache, headache, pains in the
shoulders and dizziness. Through my
mother l was induced to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
1t has done me so much good. / am
now sound and we'll"
Mrs. HARRY HARDY, Riverside, Iowa,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham the story OF
her struggle with serious ovarian trou-
BILE, and the benefit she received from
the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. This is her letter:
"How thankful l am that / took
YOUR medicine. was troubled for
two years with inflammation of the
womb and ovaries, womb was also very
low. was in constant misery. l hau
heart trouble, was short of breath and
could not walk five blocks to save my
life. Suffered very much with my
back, had headache all the time, was
nervous, transformations were irregular
and painful, had bad discharge and
was troubled with bloating. I was a
perfect wreck. Had doctored and
taken local treatments, but still was no
better 1 was advised by one of my
neigh bors to write to you. ] have now
finished the second bottle of Mrs. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and am
better in every way. lam able to do
ell my own work and can walk nearly
a mile without fatigue; something I
had not been able to do for over two
years. Your medicine has done me
more pood than ell the doctors.''
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09
NOTES OF SCIENCE.

When petroleum is burned in z
lamp, according to DIR. Crafts, but
per cent. of the energy is utilized as
light, the rest being wasted as heat.
He also told the people of the Lowell
institute of Boston that in one motor
on the market % per cent. OF the en-
ergy of petroleum had been success
fully utilized.
Texans recently shipped their first
cargo of cotton for the Japanese mar
kets. 1t consisted of 10, 1872 bales and
was loaded on the Japanese steamer
Tamba Naru. She is said to be the
first vessel ever loaded at gulf port
for Japan, and will go by way OF the
Suez canal to Kobe, Yokohama, and
Nagasaki. Englishmen command the
vessel, but her crew is made up en-
tirely of Japanese.
Seven exploring expeditions operat-
ed in Labrador last year, and reports
from all have been received by the
Geographical and other societies OF
London. The consensus of opinion,
as derived from these reports, is that
the country is by no means such a
sterile region as has been supposed.
Geologically the formation of the coun-
try is very like that of the Klondike
region, and there are scientists who
believe that there will be rich discov-
cries of gold and other metals there.
| Vast forests of spruce pines exist, and
there are other valuable timber trees
of good size and commercial value.
Under colonial grants lumbermen from
Nova Scotia and Newfoundland have
arranged to cut timber there this
spring, and at least one we'll equipped
party Of mining experts and biologists
will make an exhaustive search this
summer for mineral wealth.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

In an official French investigation
of recent boiler explosions, 10 in num-
Der, not one of the boilers was found
to have had tubes of iron or steel, the
tubes being of brass in IA cases and OF
copper in one. In eight of the boilers
the tubes were more than four inches
in diameter.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

The Columbia has yielded more wealth than
any other river in the world. Its vast
schools of salmon have enriched thousands
of men. and given employment to innum-
cradle people.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

February may be called the actors month.
Henry Irving was born on Feb. .; Joseph
jefferson on Feb. 20, and Ellen Terry on
Fec. a. Irving Is 81 and Jefferson is 70
years old.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

Sir Sidney Waterlow, a former lord mayor
of London, who married an American VIE,
is now writing his memoirs. He Is now
II years of age.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

The Bell Telephone company, on the author
ity of the Western Electrician, maintains
nearly $4,000 miles of wires, and has over
l000, 900 instruments in use.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

Though the first tank steamer was built
only tn rteen years go there are now lS0 tank
vessels in existence, nearly all steamers
with register of 40l, 02+ tons.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

The death rate in Michigan in January was
le. 2 per thousand. This is the highest rate
known in the state and is ascribed to the
Of grip and kindred diseases.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
ton, alays PAL n. cures wind collie. 25c. Dottle
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

A scheme is under way to connect Liverpool
with all the manufacturing towns within
a radius of seventeen miles by electric
in the day time and freight at night.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Klines Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. R.H. KLINE, Ltd. 93l Arch ST., Phila., Ia
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

OF the 1880 students at the Uni
versity of Budapest 5000 study law
and 750 medicine.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

Piso's Cure cured me of Throat and Lung
trouble of three years standing.-E. CADY,
Huntington, Ind, Nov. IL, 1894.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

A recent government cen sus shows that in
India there are 5,S48,759 girls between the
ages of and 8 years who are wives, and
over 10000 who are widows.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

bill to make eight hours days work in
mines, passed by the Idaho house, has been
rejected by the senate.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full oflife, nerveand vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder worker, thatmakes weak men
strong. All druggists, 5Oc or 81. Cure guar
anteed, booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 80.
II {. G. G. fail to cure, druggists refund money
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
NC @oc. IVY. es AL druggists refund money
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

In indianapolis 1926 individuals pay taxes
on $4,000 or more of property.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09
"O,ly the First Step
is Difficult. ="

The first step in Spring
should be to cleanse Natures
house from Winters aocumu-
lations. Hoods Sarsaparlla
does this 4vork easily. IT Is
Americas Greatest Spring
Medicine. IT purfies the blood,
as millions of people say.
1t makes the weak strong, as nervous
men and women gladly testify. 1t
cures all blood diseases, as thousands
OF cured voluntarily write. 1t is just the
medicine for you, as you will gladly say
after you have given it fair trial.
Bad Blood" Although past 70 years OF
age l am thoroughly well. 1t was three
bottles OF Hoods Sarsaparilla that made
me so after spending over SEQ in medical
attendance. Ny trouble was raw sore on
my ankle" Mrs. LOUISA MASON, Court
Street. Lowell, Mass.
Running Sores" After worrying four
months | gave my children Hoods Sarsa-
parilla and it cured them OF running sores.
Hoods Pills cured me Of dyspepsia and
constipation" Mrs. KATE Z. THOMAS, 81
Governor St., Annapolis, Md.
Consumptive Cough Five years
ago l had a consumptive cough which re-
duced me to a skeleton. Was advised to
take Hoods Sarsaparilla which l did and
recovered normal health. l have been well
ever since" MATILDA BRIDGEwATER, Cor.
Pearl and Chestnut SITS, Jeffersonville, Ind.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

The president expresses himself
we'll pleased at the general outcome OF
the session of congress just closed. He
takes a hopeful view OF conditions, be-
lieving that the failures of congress to
meet the requirements in several In
stances of the executive will not oper-
ate to embarrass the government serl-
ously. 1t was the purpose of the
president, had congress listened favor
ably to his request for authority, to
appoint four additional major generals,
to have named Generals Fitzhugh Lee,
Wheeler, Wilson and Wood.
1t was a bitter disappointment to
the war department that the sub-re-
quest of the president for authority to
appoint only the additional major gem
erals of regulars should have been
negatived 1t was the purpose to name
for that honor General Shafter in Or
der that he might retire with the lau-
rels he had earned. The general must
be retired by law on the 14th of tho
present month, and must go out with
only volunteer commission. 1t IS
the purpose to give him at least this.
One effect of the new army law will
be a severe gripping of the signal SER
vice and the Reorganization Of its
forces in the field. There are 600 vol
unteer men in the signal service and
all these will have to be discharged.
Their places could be filed by the men
re-enlisting as regulars but about
seven eighths of them already have
applied for discharge with the inten-
ton of leaving the service altogether.
Out of the total force of 500 men in the
service about $50 of them will be en-
titled to discharge with any other SOL
diers on the ratification OF the treaty
Of peace.
Admiral Dewey is again pressing on
the navy department the urgent need
of vessels of light draft as means Of
communication among the numerous
small islands of the Philippine group.
To this end the gunboat Vixen, which
figured bravely for a vessel of her
light caliber at the outset of the Cuban
campaign, has been ordered to be i'm
mediately fitted out at the Norfolk
navy yard for sailing for Manila. This
will take about month, and it prob
ably will be three or four months be-
fore she joins Dewey's fleet. The
Castine and the Princeton are now
speeding in that direction, but the
small craft equipment there will still
be inadequate. The department is
anxious to affYrd Admiral Dewey all
the assistance possible.
Admiral Dewey Saturday cabled
Secretary Long as follows:
Manila, March 4.-Please accept
for yourself, the president and congress-
and my countrymen my heartfelt
thanks for the great honor which has
been conferred upon me. DEWEY"
The president has nominated Walter
Evans, of Kentcky, to be judge OF tie
United States district court for the
district OF Kentucky.
* -
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

Admiral Dewey Saturday cabled
Secretary Long as follows:
Manila, March 4-Please accept
for yourself, the president and congress-
and my countrymen my heartfel
thanks for the great honor which hai
been conferred upon me. DEWEY"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

The president has nominated Walter
Evans. of Kentcky, to be judge OF TIE
United States district court for the
district OF Kentucky.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

To Cure q Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
refund money II 1t fails TO cure. 1oc'
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habitcure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 5Oc, ST.. All druggist.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09

l1as .d,f
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-16
CANNOT BE PASSED TOO SOON.

Had we not believed before that
there was necessity for a law provid-
ing for separate railroad cars for
whites and blacks, what we
saw at the depot Friday morning
would have convin ced us of it's ne
cessity. The first-class coach was en-
tirely monopolized by negro soldiers
some of the notorious Third North
Carolina Notwithstanding to their
homes from Macon, and the white
passengers occupied the second class
car. Among these were the wife and
children of the writer, who had to
ride thus from Hamlet to Lumberton.
Besides this inconvenience and dis
comfort, there were a number of ne
groes in the second-class car, and
smoke from cigars and pipes made
the tri p anything but pleasant. The
valiant colored fighters said they
would die before they vacated the
tirst-class car and being a tough lot
had their way. We have seen in
other instances where ladies had to
ride in second-class cars because ne
groes monopolized the tirst-class ones,
and want to see the evil corrected by
law. The bill to do this by provid-
ing separate coaches cannot be passed
too soon.-Lumberton Robesonian.