The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-25

door was left open and he carried OH
half of a boiled ham. He stole eggs
and butter and carried off hats and
books and bonnets and kept us contin-
uaIly alarmed.
One day our old peach man, who
lives sixteen miles away, came up with
a load of fruit and I gently persuaded
him that he needed smart dog, so he
tied him in his wagon and hauled him
home. asked him the other day how
the purp was getting on. "Fust rate. "
he said. "When got him home that
night turned him loose and fed him,
and the next morning he beat me up
and run six chickens before breakfast
and chawed on 'em. I give him a de-
cent licking and reformed him. That
night he followed the boys to the
woods and caught 'possum and he's
gettin' to be fine dog" He dident
have room enough here in town to
expand.
As a general rule women are not
fond of dogs. They prefer cats. The
dogs are in the way and take up too
much room, and are always scratching
for feas and when bad weather comes
they track up the house and want to
lie ty the fire.
My old friend Foote told me that he
and his old oman had lived together
ffty-two years and there was never q
cross word or hard thought between
them about anything excepting dogs.
81 was fond of dogs" said he, land
my wife despised em, and just as soon
as they followed mo into the house she
would take the broom or something
and maui 'em out, especially in muddy
weather, for she was powerful neat
housekeeper and I wasn't"
GLOW many dogs did you keep, Mr..
Foote?"
"Well, you see in my younger days l
was powerful fond of fox hunting and
I kept four good fox dogs most of the
time and then [ had a squirrel dog
and rabbit dog and 'possum dog
and pinter. That's only eight. That's
reasonable, thought, but my wife
didn't and she used to let me know it
sometimes"
But our good old dog is dead and
we all miss him Nobody ever struck
him lick, or had to say cross word
to him. He was dog, but he was
gentleman in all his department. l
wonder where can get good young
dog to raise to take his place. The
winter is coming on and rs soon as
the chicken thieves find out that Lad
die is dead they will come prowling
around. Higher education hasn't
stopped the niggers from stealing
chick ens.-B1LLA ARP in Atlanta Con-
stitution.
Mr.. F. T. Bullen, the author of ''The
Cruise of the Cachalot," says a good
word for the modern battleship, in the
London Spectator. He says that the
modern ships are restoring the old
lines of beauty. Monstrosities like the
French Hoche and Charlemagne are
going out but in the British Formid-
able the battleship type is reverting
more to that of the merchantmen.
"Their spacious freeboard catches the
seamans eye at once, for a good free
board means not only a dry ship, but
plenty of fresh air below as well as
a sense of security in heavy weather.
Then when tested in Atlantic gales
tone is never wearied of wondering
at their splendid stability and free
dom from rolling which makes them
unique fighting platforms under the
worst weather conditions" Then
they steer perfectly, "a range of over
three and half degrees on either side
of their course being sufficient to
bring down heavy censuYe upon the
ouartermaster." Mr.. Bullen is both
cred by these boats" since going
into action one of the first
things necessary would be to
launch them all overheard and
let them go. secured together, so that
tney might be picked up again" He
crimly admits that there would be no
means of escape in case of sinking,
for nothing would be left to float.
The Hartford Courant thus pre-
cents the other side of a much dis
cussed question: ut would be in
terestlng to know how many men,
women and children have been killed
because the horses behind which they
were riding had not locked tails
Nothing makes a horse behave ugiier
and more uureasonably than to get
his unlocked tail across a rein. Down