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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07
A Military Bicycle.

A bicycle has been invented that is
a model of military usefulness. In adj
dition to enabling the soldier wheel
man to cover ground quickly it affords
a temporary protection for two men in
case the skirmishing party is sur
prised, and also a refuge for them in
the night and during bad weather. In
front of the handle-bars is fitted a
hardened plate of nickel-steel, which
serves not only as means of defense
when the bicycle is thrown to the
ground, but platform for carrying
equipments and rations while on the
march. A similar attachment Is
erected back ofthe saddle. On these
platforms outfits for two men can be
transported during military opera
tons; where roads are too bad for
wheeling the soldier will find it much
easier to push seventy-fve or q hun
dred pounds of baggage on wheel
than to carry it on his back. During
an attack these shields furnish con
siderable protection from rife-fre at
q fair range. When the bicycle in
fantry comes to halt for the night, an
ordinary tent may be rugged over the
machine, which is kept rigid by guy.
ropes; this will give shelter for two
men. The rifles are carried under the
top bar of the diamond frame.
ans Home Companion.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

the same way have the same rankness
and insolent air of health that the
tomatoes show. This was poser Ito
some of the members of the commit
tee from the Massachusetts, Horticul-
tural Society who visited the place
some days ago. The house is in COM
petition for the society's prize for the
chest house of tomatoes" and men,
bers of the Committee on Vegetables
and Gardens made visit of inspec-
ton. The party consisted of the fol-
lowing: Patrick Norton, J. H. Wood
ford, Warren Howard Heustis, George
D. Moore, Varnum Frost, Jackson
Dawson. Henry D. Wilson, from the
society, President George Cruik-
shanks, of the Massachusetts Fruit
Growers Society, and A. A. Mar
shall, well-known grower of Fitch
burg.
The carnation proposition, which
particularly staggered the committee,
was how the "pinks" could do well
with this amount of water, when it
has been the practice of the flower
grower to use water sparsely in the
cultivation of this standard flower.
But "the old order changeth," and
the flower growers will have to e1-
plain this in some way.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07
Where People Dress Alike.

In Yucatan, Central America, sisters
dress precisely alike, even to the icing
of Il bow, the turn of button, ~ the
flower in the hair. In the tropics la-ge
families are the rule, and one may see
in that country girls in groups of from
three to bakers dozen who belong
to the same family, as their clothes
will show. 1t is thus easy to distin-
guish the members of a family any
where. In Anam men and women
wear their hair in the same way, and
dress almost alike. Earrings and fin
ger rings are worn by the women only
The men and women of the Cree tribe
of Indians dress alike, except the or
namentation of their leggings, which
is vertical for men and horizontal for
women.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

Avoid reading in a dark room, in
the dusk of evening, or by a poor
light. Avoid reading during sickness
and after measles, scarlet fever and
any exhausting disease, Avoid read
ing while lying down. This is an I'M
natural position, straining the eyes
and producing congestion. Avoid
reading in stopped position, for this
interferes with the return circulation
and congests the eye and the brain.
Avoid rubbing the eyes with the hand
or with rough cloth, but rather
bathe them in cold water twice day.
Avoid prolonged use of the eyes for
near or fine work; rest the eyes by
looking at objects at g distance. Avoid
dazzling lights and sudden changes,
and never use the eyes when every
thing appears hazy and the letters
blur, but obtain suitable glasses.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07
Krupp's Profits,

Some time ago Krupp, the great
gunmaker of Germany, furnished field
guns for the German Government at
$1145 each; competitors afterward re-
ceived orders for the same kind at
S464.30. Thereupon Krupp reduced
his price from S1145 to S452 each.
For shrapnels Krupp received S2.03;
his competitors furnished them at
S1.19. Krupp furnishes nickel plates
for the navy at double the price they
would cost if competition were posi-.
BILE. The process is known to every in,
telligent manufacturer, but the Navy
Department imposes conditions that
render competition out of the ques-
ton. No wonder Krupp can afford
to make costly presents to the EN-
peror.-New York Press.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07
"Lincoln's Code"

The next important step in the evo-
luton of the peace idea belongs to the
present century, and is due to the en-
lightened initiative of the United
States. This step consisted in the
preparation of a manual containing a
code of rules for the conduct of land
warfare. Keenly alive to the newt
able sufferings incident to the great
civil conflict then being waged, Abra-
ham Lincoln commissioned Francis
Lieber to prepare a series of rules for
the conduct of the armies of the Re
public in the field which Should set
bounds to the passions of the soldiery.
In pursuance of this commission, a
code of rules was prepared and adopted
which has since been known as
Lieber's Manual; it was published in
1868, and proved blessing to soldier
and civilian alike. SO obvious, in
deed, were its good results that other
nations rapidly followed the lead of
the United States, and similar manuals
were issued by Great Britain, France,
Germany, Russia, and other powers
Popular Science Monthly.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

she tells herself, one does not feel
the pain so keenly as at twenty.
One evening he calls. Lilliard is
out and Naomi alone. He looks
strangely nervous-for him-for Col
quhoun is one of those broad-minded,
healthy-souled men whose strong
masculine personality always seem to
bring an invigorating breeze into a
narrow, feminine household.
81 have called to tell you I shall
have to say good-by," he said alb
ruptly. 81 am going away on Monday. -
"Going awayl" Naomi echoes
family.
eyes, for four years. Ny business
requires me. And 1 have come to-
night toto say something that means
a great deal to me-that all my future
happiness depends on, Miss Romer. u
Naomis heart is still. The blow
is coming, then.
"I think I can guess what it u.s.
she says, wondering if her voice
sounds strange and unnatural. "Mr.
Colquhoun, l will do the most can.
I desire your happiness as much as
as Lilliard's."
He seized her hands.
"Then-you are willing? You have
have thought of it?' he asks, lit
tie unsteadily.
"I have no right to be anything
else," she answers, smilingly. "Il
Liliard is willing, that is all you can
require"
He looks at her in bewilderment.
"Lilliard? I do not understand
you, Naomi. What has Lilliard to dc
with it? Don't you understand, dear
that I love you as much-nay, more
thosandfold more-tbap ever? Ma
omi, it was not my fault that I have
been silent all these years; my letter
the last one-was returned, marked
'Left-no address, But I have never
ceased thinking of you, and now
want you as my wife. Naomi, Naomi,
after waiting all these years, am I tc
be disappointed at the last?"
ooh, stop" Naomi cries, little
wildly. T-I thought it was Lilliart
you cared for, not me-"
"Lilliardl" He grows holder then
and, drawing her within his arms, lay:
the sweet face against his breast.
"Why, billiard and I are very goot
friends, but she knows the truth
Naomi. My darling, is that why you
have been so cold to me? have some
times thought the past was dead tc
you-dead and buried--you were SO
cold. But it is not so, Naomi? YOU
still love me, my sweetheart Of Ions
ago?"
And Naomi's answer, though too
low for any ears but his to hear, il
evidently heard by Martin Colquhoun
for he bends his head and then an(
there triumphantly kisses her.-The
American Queen.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

Mr.. Mulhall has undertaken to cal
culate the energy or working power
of the people of this country since
1910. He reduces these things to
foot-tons, a foot-ton being q power
sufficient to raise one ton one foot in
a day, and in this calculation he finds
that in 1910 the energy of the people
of the United States was represented
by 1886, 900 foot-tons daily, or
1920 foot-tons per inhabitant; in 1850,
10000, 900 foot-tons, or 1910 foottons
per inhabitant, and in 1895, 128-,
100000 foot-tons, 1850 foot-tons per
inhabitant. This shows that the col
lective power of our population has
more than trebled since 1860, steam
power having multiplied fve-fold in
the thirty five years of his calcula-
ton; the strength being shown APP
proximately in horse power of steam,
in 1895, including fixed engines, To-
comotives, and engines used on steam
boats at l6, 400, 200, or 240 horse
power per 1000 Of the population.
Two hundred and forty horse power
represents the energy of 1852 men
supplemental to each 1000. Accord
ing to Mr.. Mulhall, this energy is
more than double the European aver
age, SO that 1t may be said that
0,O00, 900 of Americans represent as
much working power as $50, 900, 600
of Europeans. Carroll d. Wright, III
Gunton's Magazine.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07


Just ahead of me in the train the
other morning sat two men who were
telling the stories that are never old,
about the bright sayings of their
children. One of them, however, had
brand-new one about his four-year-
old George. This youngster had
been safely tucked in bed after day
of the most fatiguing play. He
yawned while being undressed, and
was all but asleep by the time he
found himself between the sheets.
His mother none the less insisted
upon his repeating the prayer of
childhood. He started sleepily, re-
curing prompting at the beginning
Of every line. Drowsiness had nearly
won the mastery by the time that he
had obediently got as far as "take my
soul"
"God bless" prompted his
mother.
George has a long list of relatives.
There was futter of his sleep-laden
lids as he Jumped them altogether
"God bless the whole shooting
match!"
And he was asleep at last.-Boston
Transcript.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07
Rainwater Purifier.

Rainwater is thoroughly purified by
new filter, which receives the water
into the lower chamber, allowing the
heavy impurities to settle, with gauze
partitions placed at intervals through
out the filter to support dltering ma
terial, through which the water rises
to the outlet ripe at the top.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

At the battle of Trafalgar sailor
found kneeling by his gun, as his ship
was about to engage the enemy, was
asked by the first lieutenant if he were
afraid. "Afraid," answered Jack, with
an expression of the utmost disdain,
mo, your hono. Il only praying that
the enemy shot nay be distributed
like the prize moiey-the greatest
among the officers"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

STA to remove the stigma that has Civ
en- Siberia its appalling name in the
world. 1t must stand no longer for in
carnated barbarity and espionage. Its
atmosphere must be made wholesome
Thus has the progress of commerce de-
manded the throttling of an age-old
villainy. The sweeping and lighting or
Siberia necessitate fewer exiles. Judi
cial inquiry will hereafter be the Off
cial sieve. Deportation must be re-
placed by other punishments, and pub
Lefty will bring it about that these will
be lighter.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

A curious move in trade from Eng
land to France is indicated in the re-
port of the British Consul at Calais
A London carriage builder, he states.
has established carriage-building fac
tory. turning out from POO to 800 car
riages year, not for the French hpt
for the colonial and British n ,rSet.
More curious still, most of the 0rs-
men and many of the materials art I'M
ported from Great Britain. ~ the
anne district a Birmingham firm with
British workmen, is making acce 9rtea
for bicycles and motor cars.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

Many new things come out of Alaska
One of the recent novel stories is to the
effect that one Martin Sievert, muir
derer at Iituya bay, asked to be
lvnched rather than await the laws
slow process, and actually signed Il
statement expressing entire satisfac-
ton with the proposed mode of eXecu-
ton" He was thereupon lynched with
neatness and dispatch.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

According to the Electrician, an in
yentor named NJ. A. Dufour has dis
covered a method to melt quartz and
utilize it for many of the purposes for
which glass is now employed. AS
quartz evolves no gases at the melting
point, which glass does, and as it is
as transparent as glass after passing
through the process. it is believed that
il can be used advantageously as sub
stitute in the manufacture Of mean
descent lamps.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

The fire losses in the United States
in 1899, as reported by the National
Board of Fire Underwriters, reached
the colossal total of $153,579, $50,
which is in excess of the losses for
any year since 1871, with the single ex.
ception of 1898, when they rose to-
S167.544.3T0. Indirectly, however, the
losses last year were probably heavier
than those of 1898, for the reason that
many extensive establishments were
destroyed which might otherwise have
been continuously operated on a rising
scale of profit. Nevertheless the fig
ures as they stand represent destruc-
ton of property so enormous that in
comparison with fire all other disasters
on land or sea seem almost trifling.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

Siberia has suddenly become to Rus
STA what our own great West became
in the forties. Emigration has found
it. Agriculture has redeemed its
wastes. Unsupported mineral wealth
has gilded its gloomy ranges. A great
railroad has tapped its yastness. 1t
has been region; it is now country.
1t has thus become an object to Rus
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

A member of the Chicago School
Board wants to have the Czech Ian
guage taught in all public schools
where 80 per cent. of the children are
of Bohemian parentage. This sugges-
tion has reused an Irish member of the
Board, who advocates the teaching or
the ancient Irish language on the
ground that in many schools more
than 80 per cent of the children are
Irish.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

The mutilation of a great public
work should be regarded by the courts
as a serious offense. 1t is meaner
and more contemplate crime than pet
ty larceny and should be punished ac-
cordingly. The lookup, with no OPP
ton of fine, might check it. The mania
Is not mentioned in the medical works,
but it is very prevalent disease, es-
pecially here in America, thinks the
Minneapolis Times. Hardly historic
building tomb or monument has es-
capped the vandal hand of the relic hum
ter and the work of destruction goes
merrily on. The relic hunters are, in
the main, respectable as responsibility
goes, and for that reason it is probable
that Jail sentence would be the most
efficacious remedy.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07
SCSCG0SSG0cS SCGc0C0CJOOC
|, A SWEETHEART Of LONE AGO.
,CSSSSSHSGG0Ge

lex, tick, tick!
naomi, will you
stop that clock? 1
think it will drive
me mad. 1t is with
in the range of the
probable, not to say
the possible, that I
should 60 on con-
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07
RAISES IDEAL TOMATOES.
A METHOD OF SUB-iRRicATioN THAT
PRODUCES GREAT RESULTS.

Not Drop of Water Ever Goes on the
Surface of the Soil Which supports
the PIants-GeraniuIns and Carnations
Raised the Same Way.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

1t may not be generally understood,
but it is none the less valuable
fact, that by sending worn and filthy
currency to the treasury at Washing
ton any bank or individual can have
it exchanged for new and crisp bills.
OF course, the individual, himself
can not be expected to do this, but it
does seem that the banks should watch
the matter and keep the public sup
piled with clean and healthy paper
money.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

An official of one of the largest rail-
roads on the American continent said
recently: THE time has come for the
worlds coal trade. First, because the
facilities of this country are so much
greater than those of the old countries
The mines of England are worked for
the most part by the shaft system
These shafts go down into the earth for
thousands of feet, and must be sent
down still deeper from year to year.
The result is that the annual cost of
working these mines constantly in
creases. In the mining regions of
Pennsylvania the coal is dug out of
hill sides by means of horizontal tun-
nels. The cost of extending these tun-
nels remains practically the same for
any length. When one is exhausted
another is opened up at lower level
The labor situation in England is also
a cause OF handicap in her race with
the United States for the coal trade of
the world The English miner is paid
as a general thing certain percentage
of the selling price of the coal he digs,
consequently, he can work for time,
and then quit with impunity, to the
great Inconvenience of his employer
This year has broken all records in the
coal export trade of this country. Any
one of a reasonable turn of mind can
draw his own conclusions"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

Ohio has had thirty-eight Governors,
only thirteen of whom We're born in
the State. She has had five Presidents,
four of whom were born in that State.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

In San Francisco some enterprising
people are devoted to the fad of breed
ing Belgian hares, both for market and
as pets, and the result is such that the
Argonaut editorially warns the city
and state and country not to bring
down upon our unthinking heads an
other Australian rabbit plague. The
Australian experience is certainly
enough to make the Californians think
twice before they allow the present ex-
pertinent to go foo far. The produc-
tivity of this lit he animal is such that,
according to a moderate estimate, one
pair would be represented at the end
of the fifth year by the healthy total OF
3,S09,322. AS yet, they are not al
lowed to run loose, and their numbers
are not threatening, but it is pointed
out that in Southern California they
have already proved to be such pest
that San Francisco and the immedi-
ately adjoining districts have had to
be tried for change. 1t is worth
bit plague began in just this way, and
that what was thought to be a bene-
fetal experiment prevented any effec-
tive measures in spite of warning, I'M
til the rabbits became a public calam-
ity, destroying many millions of dol
lars worth of property and defying
all attempts to destroy them until Pas
teur provided an effective means of do
ing so by incubation.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

Music is the food of love. but three
'ourse dinners, if well-cooked and we'll
served, are Il very tolerable substitute.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

The dogs of Chicago through the reg
ular tax and pound fees contribute
$1,000 a year more to the city treasury
than the street cars.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

American cotton goods are driving
out all competitors in Manchuria and
the northern provinces of China. They
are lower In price and higher in quail
ity.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

A Russian editor was sent to prison
short time ago for saying that he
had q good thing in hand, but he doubt
ed if it would meet with the approval
of the press censor, and he, according
", had decided to suppress it. This
was construed into an offence against
his majesty, and he went to Jail for 1t.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

Another British concession made to
Ireland is that the red half-penny post
age stamp shall hereafter be green.
The change has the merit of not cost
ing anything.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

OF course, it Is not generally known,
but it is fact all the same, that the
government owns many thousands OF
acres of land In New Mexico that have
never been taken up. 1t is the finest
country in the world for stock raising
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

1t is said a new lumber syndicate
has been organized for the purpose OF
cutting into lumber the timber on 230,-
600 acres of land in Alabama. Of
course we must have lumber, but there
would be nothing wrong in compelling
that company, as we'll as all others. to
plant a tree for every one destroyed.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

The English language marches on
steadily. A newspaper conducted by
Americans has been started in Bang
kok, Siam, and twelve of the thirty
six printing offices in the city use Eng
lish type.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-07

Professor Martin Hartmann of Ber-
lin has written a book in which he
points out noticeable intellectual
renaissance in the Mohammedan world,
as indicated in the increasing number
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-06-28
FOR THE CHILDREN
what PIeases the Little Ones Gives En-
jOymeut 20 All

Any exhibition that pleases the
children is bound to be generally
popular, which fact has much to do
with the continued success of the
Great Forepaugh and Sells Brothers
Enormous Shows. Commencing with
the big double morning street parade
with its beautfuland ingenious fairy
land and Mother Goose pageantry,
special effort is manifested to pro-
vide superabundance of harmless,
high-class fascination and fun for the
little ones. The three circus rings,
the two elevated stages, the aerial
field and the vast area of the hippo
drome arena are the Fairgrounds
for companies, troupes, herds,
schools and families of the funniest of
fellows that ever put on motley wear
and the cutest creatures that ever
illustrated the highest and most ORR
ginal training skill.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-06-28
CURRENT EVENTS.

London is crowded with Americans, and
hotel keepers are reaping a harvest.
English athletes fear defeat at the COM
ing meeting with United States collegians.
An accidental overdose of morphine
nearly killed Nat Goodwin at Butte,
Mont
France is apprehensive lest the death
of Muravieff imperIl the Franco Russian
alliance
Stateand national prohibition conyentions
will be held in Chicago this week. the
former opening Tuesday.
The American derby at the Washington
Park race track, Chicago, was won by
Sidney Lucas, q twenty TO one outsider.
in 2:401k
Seven girls have sued stock yards firma
in Chicago for over $780, 600 damagse for
being blacklisted and for false arrest and
malicious prosecution.
terrific windstorm struck east of
Blanchardville, Wis. A number of cattle
were killed, and everything in the path
of the storm was torn up.
A mob in Livingston parish, Louisiana,
lynched Frank Gilmore, a white man, for
the murder of an aged woman who was
supposed to keep money in her house.
Louis Kellman, a wealthy merchant OF
Ashmore, Wis, was found dead in his
store, death being caused by asphyxia-
ton. Doctors say 1t Is a case of suicide.
A monster sham battle and military
maneuvers are the features of the enter
tainment programme for the Grand Army
of the Republic encampment week at
Chicago.