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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28
HUNTING FOR PEARLS.
Two Stars In This PerlIous Line of
Work.

Two famous pearl divers recently
visited San Francisco to buy a large
quantity of air puuDs, diving suits
and like paraphernalia of the sea. Opu
and Taipu are their names, and they
are generally regarded as stars in
their perilous line of work. They were
born on one of the islands Of the Dan
gerous archipelago group. They speak
good English, however, and both are
thoroughly familiar with the civiliza-
ton of West Australia, where they
have spent most of their lives as pearl
hunters. says the New York Telegraph.
Taipu is the principal native pearl
merchant of the many hundreds who
have embarked in the trade since the
natives of the Paumotu islands first
dabbled In that form of commerce. He
owns a pearling dredger and a ship;
both are engaged in the trade in south
western waters. His ship, however,
Is a mere hulk that travels less than
ninety miles. along the coast. They
depend principally upon pearl shells
for income, since to stake earnings on
the pearls alone would be to invite
loss. Valuable pearls are not frequent
enough to make it pay, but the com
mercial mother-of-pearl Is made from
the shells that they deal in, When
it comes to hunting for the real pearl
there is not any kind of scoop or
dredger than can take the place of
mems eyes; diving and treading the
deep is the only way to find valuable
pearls. AS a rule, these are some dis
lance apart, scattered over the rocky
bed of the ocean. Sometimes a man
will pick up a fortune in few weeks
and sometimes he will hardly make
expenses In a season. Pearling is still
profitable, for the crude shells are sold
at from $500 to $3.50 ton, and there
is always a chance that a diver may
make enough in one day to quit for
life 1--WE do not dive farther than
sixty to 100 feet" said Opu, "for the
pressure is too great. Even at these
depths men cannot remain down over
five or ten minutes, and the average
life of the deep diver is short"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28
Navy nishop of Columbus.

The Rt. Rev. Henry Moeller,the new
" appointed Catholic bishop OF Column
bus, has been chancellor OF the arch
diocese of Cincinnati for over twenty
years. He was born in Cincinnati IN
1910, and was one of the first students
in the American College at Rome. In
1879 he left his pastoral duties at
Bellefontaine, Ohio. to become secre-
tary to Bishop Chatard. Since 1880 ne
has been with Archbishop Elder OF
Cincinnati.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28
sADsrATE OF CAPTURED BoERs
Cronje Was a Beaten But Not
Crushed Foe.

Crushed Foe.
The thing was CALAMITY done, and
we may all well be proud Of this
achievement of the Canadians. An
examination of the lager disclosed q
state of affairs which it would be i'm
possible to describe. The wreckage
and confusion were bad enough, but
the filth and stencil were such as TO
make one feel sick, says a London
News correspondent. Within a space
of 100 yards lay over forty dead
horses and a half dozen dead oxen.
Men themselves were only buried SIX
inches beneath the soil. No regard had
been paid to sanitary arrangements
at all. They drank the water within
a few feet Of petrifying carcass,
Wounded men lay about uncared for,
their wounds undressed, left to look
after themselves. In most cases gan
creme had set in. Slight scratches,
which with ordinary care would have
entailed two days rest only, had de-
veloped, into huge liberated cancerous
oOl oul dONOOlo WliO WIN SAANA Q ~
of over two hundred such cases, de-
clare that nine-tenths must die. Com
pared to the horrible conditions under
which the Beers had for the past ten
days lived, our fire was mere chdld's
play. 1t proves the indomitable pluck
call it obstinacy If you like-of
Cronje. 1t was only the gen
eral who made the men hold
out so long. The prisoners
for most part seemed pleased when
taken. Cronje was sullen; beaten
but not crushed foe. To us 1t felt like
death to remain five minutes in the
place where the Beers had spent ten
days. Ones stomach turned against
the fetid stencil of rotting bodies. For
day one could not get the smell out
clare that had it not been for the
Canadians getting so close to them
they would have held out for some
days yet; and with food it would have
been weeks before they would have
surrendered, it may be interesting &c
say that one prisoner told me that
they knew that we were longing tc
wipe out Majuba, and that they
thought that if they allowed us tc
charge with the bayonet none Of them
would be allowed to live, even had they
shot our soldiers down by hundreds
The Beers, besides having a whole.
some dread of cold steel. is capable OF
arguing with himself.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

A Providence Or. ~ man has in
vented a top which will spin As min
utes, is of steel. three inches across,
and the inventor has made nearly 100
tops trying to form one which would
spin a full hour. An ordinary twirl
with the fingers is sufficient to spin
the top ten or fifteen minutes. But
it's best work is done when the affair
is wound with Irvine three feet or so.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

l concluded to try your medicine and
l can truly say it does all that you
claim for it to do.
Ten bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and seven pack
ages of Sanative Wash have made a
new woman of me. l have had no
womb trouble since taking the fifth
bottle. 1 weigh more than I have in
years can do all my own homework,
sleep well, have a good appetite and
now feel that life is worth living. /
owe all to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
be Compound 1 feel that it has saved
my life and would not be without it for
anything. 1 am always glad to recon-
mend your medicine to all my sex, for l
know If they follow your directions,
they will be ured."-MRs. ANNIE
THOMPSON, South Hot Springs, Ark,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28
Strawberries on Trees.

At last M. Ballet, the great French
specialist, has been enabled to grow
strawberries on plants of decidedly
treelike nature. The method is sim
plicity itself. The runners are
trained up vertically and tied to a
stake, in the same way that a pot
tomato plant is, and then the lateral
buds are pinched out. Result-a straw
berry tree ON a small scale.-London
Leader.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28
Medical Book Free.

know Thyself," a book for men only,
sent Free, postpaid, sealed, to any male
reader mentioning this paper; &c. for post
age. The Science of Life or Self-Preser
walton, the Gold Medal Prize Treatise, the
best Medical Book of this or any age, $40
PIP. with engravings and prescriptions
Only 25c.. paper covers. Library Edition,
full gilt, $3.50. Address The Peabody Med
zeal destitute, No. 4 Bulfnch ST., Boston,
Mas, the oldest and he in this country.
Write todaY for these books: KEYS TO healtn.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28
The Trouble with Slankina

I haven't heard anything from
Slankins for long time. He went out
west and got to be county treasurer
or something of that kind. How was
he getting along at last accounts?'
His last accounts, am informed, did
not balance "-Chicago Tribune.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

Allow me to thank you for the good
your Tetterine has done me. -Four
boxes cured me of case of letter,
after trying specialists and spending
several hundred dollars and getting no
benefit from them. Henry W. John
son, 281R Marietta street. 90 cents
box at druggists, or by mail from j.
T. Shuptrine. Savannah. Ga.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28
HIS Great Opportunity.

Applicant-Is there an opening here
for sharp young man? Employer
What can you do? Applicant Conf
dently)-Anything Employer-Very
we'll. Take my chair here and tell me
how to run my business on a profita-
BILE basis. We've been waiting years
for you to be born. Stray Stories.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28
Atlanta College of Pharmacy.

Well equipped laboratories; excellent
teachers. free dispensary where hun
dreds of prescriptions by the best physicians
are compounded daily by the students. Stu
dents obtain first-class practical instruction
as well as that OF theoretical nature. There
is greater demand for our graduates than
we can supply. Address DR.. George F. Payne,
Dean. az Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28
Are You Using Aliens Foot.Ease?

1t is the only cure for Swollen. Smarting,
Tired. Aching. Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns
and Bunious Ask for Aliens Foot-Ease.
powder to be shaken into the shoes, Cures
while Won walk. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores. 25.. Sample sent FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28
At the Dinner Table.

George, don't stare at Mr. Crum-
ley that way. 1t isn't polite" Il was
just waitin' to see him pick up his
glass of water. ma. / heard pa tell
you that he drinks like a fish. "-Cleye-
land Plain Dealer. y
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28
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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

Dick-"I lost $4,000 in less than
half a minute last night" Fred-"How
did it happen?" Dick-'I proposed to
Miss Bullion and she said No."
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

The subjects of Abdul Hamid are begin
ming to find out that American -four is better
than any they can get in Europe. Last yeal
Turkey bought about $25O,O0J worth of the
American product.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

According to an English consular report oil
engines are rapidly advancing in favor in
Palestine for the purpose of drawing water
from the deep wells 10 irrigate the orange
gardens. Hitherto, the water was pumped
by animal power.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

Edouard Bocher, who died at the age of 90
in Paris the other day, WAS for many years
the confidential adviser of the Orleans FAM
". and the center of most of the Orleanist
plots during che past forty years.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

E.B. Walthan & CO., Druggists, Horse Cave,
KY, say: Halls Catarrh Cure cures every
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

Herman Levi, who died in Glessen the
other day, was considered the greatest Wag-
merriam conductor in Germany, and as per
sonal friend of that composer conducted the
first performance of "Parsfal."
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

William J. Bryan, Congressman Williams,
of Illinois. and Richard Yates. who has been
nominated for Governor by the Illinois re-
publicans. were all in the same class in the
old Illinois college.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. klines Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. X. H. KLINE, Ltd. S3l Arch St, Phila, Pa
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

Antwerp newspapers are freely charging
that the Belgian authorities are practicing
the greatest cruelties upon the natives of the
Congo region. Stories of wholesale massa-
cres are circulated.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

Amedee Joullin, a native born California
artist. has been made a brevet officer of the
conferred in consideration of some of his
more recent work.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

Prof. Chas. P. Curd, st. Louis, Mo- writes:
We unhesitatingly attribute the recovery
and continued good health of our little boy
to TEETHINA (reething Powders).
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

If you want good digestion to wait upon
bar of Adams Pepsln Tutti Frutti
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

l am sure P,so's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-MEs, THos. Rob
BINS, Maple St, Norwich, n. Y, Feb. II, 1900
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

Ex-senator Thomas i. Reed says he will
write no more for the magazines. but will
devote his entire time to the law. He is tired
he says of being one of these blamed liter
fellars y
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
ton allays pain, cures wind collie. &c. bottle.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

Uncle Sam uses the best of everything.
Uncle Sam uses Carriers Ink. He knows.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE TABLETS All
druggists refund the money If il fails To cure.
Z. ". GROVES signature is on each box DC.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

Dyeing is as simple as washing when you
use PUTNAM FADELEss DYES. Sold by all
druggists
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-28

The Best Prescription for Chil1s
and Fever Is a bottle Of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL TONIC. 1t is simply iron and quinine in
q tasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price Soc
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-30
DEED FOR COLLEGE SITE.
Mormon Church Buys Ground or
North Main Street.

The 10x12 rods of ground facing
north and west on Main and North
Temple streets was conveyed by war
ranty deed yesterday by James Jack
to Lorenzo Snow, trustee trust of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
day Saints. The consideration paid
was $500
The ground described in the deed
forms the northwest quarter Of the
site which the church has agreed to
grant free for the Latter-day Saints
college, on condition that public spirit
ed citizens raise a fund to erect suit
able buildings on the land.
A warranty deed was fled fol-. record
yesterday with the county recorder
| conveying from John Henry Smith to
Lorenzo Snow. trustee-in-trus for the
church, S0x1151a feet of ground facing
east on Main street from 120 feet north
of North Temple The stated con-
sideration was $1,000. and the convey
ance includes a right-o along the
north and west sides.
This piece of ground is d very desir-
able site for a fine residence or for a
terrace, and it is not improbable that
it may be put to such a purpose in
affOrding home place for some of the
faculty and students of the church
| college when its new buildings are Oc-
| cU0ied
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-30
SAY IMPERIALISM
COMES FIRST

Kansas City, Mo-, June 29.-General
Z. s. Corser, secretary OF the silver
Republican national committee, gave
out statement today in regard to the
probable action of the silver Republican
convention and incidentally a prophecy
of the lines on which the coming cam
paign will be fought.
He believes that the issue Of free
silver at f6 to l will be and 'ught to
be subordinated to the more pressing
question of Imperialism or anti-impe-
rialism.
There is not the slightest danger, "
General COrser said. that the free sill
yer issue viii be discTedited- We stand
on that just as we did in 1886. But all
intelligent bimetallists are agreed that
it cannot be made the great absorbing
question in this campaign because the
legislation ct the last congress has
placed il beyond immediate settlement
ION the Otner hand, the question of
republic or an empire is one which is 10
be settled at Once-nOw and forever.
Four more years of Mckinley and
Hanna would place that, too. beyond
the power of the Democratic party to
settle. The silver question is a great
question. but is one which the future
can settle. If in the next four years the
gold standard proves a good thing we
do not want a change; but if. as We
believe, it prove a bad thing, it will
prove its own undoing and will demand
a change
Mr. Bryan's declaration that there
are three great issues in this campaign,
free silver. Imperialism and the trusts,
is eIninently correct, but Of necessity
one of the three viii take pre-eminence
and that will be imperialism"
Charles A. TOwne viii arrive tOmor-
row and in conference with General
COrser and members Of the committee
Will complete the preliminary arrange
ments for the silver Republican con-
ventiOn
II is expected that Senator Teller of
Colorado viii be temporary chairman;
that J.. w. Brown of Ohio will be per-
manent chairman; Bryan will be named
for president on the same day that he
is named by the Democrats.
The silver Republicans would like to
name c. A. Towne for vice president.
but if the Democratic convention should
choose anotheE candidate it is expected
that the choice viii be ratified by the
silver Republicans.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-30
TERMS PROPOSED
BY TWO VICEROYS

Paris, June 29-It was announced
today that the Chinese legation here
had communicated to the French gov
eminent the text of a document cabled
by the viceroys of Nankin and Han
kow, June p, which is an agreement
between the viceroys and consuls at
Shanghai whereby, subject to certain
conditions, the viceroys undertake to
protect the missionaries and foreign
merchants in South and East China.
The text of the cablegram of the
viceroys TO the Chinese minister in
Paris is as follows: I'VE, the viceroys
of Nankin and Hankow, in order prop
erly to provide for the protection of
missionaries and foreign merchants in
the southern and eastern parts Of the
Chinese empire, have ordered the gov
ernor of Shanghai to submit to all of
the consuls and combine with them in
the following agreements:
Article 1.-The measures we have
taken have in view the protection of
the lives and property of missionaries
and of Chinese merchants without dis
tinction.
Article PIT is understood on both
sides that Shanghai concessions shall
be protected by the foreign powers.
Article 3-The viceroy of Nankin and
the viceroy of Hankow formally agree
to protect the properties of missionar-
les and foreign merchants in the val
ley of the Yang-Tse Kiang and in the
ports of Fou Chow and Hankow. Or
ders have been given by them to the
local authorities in the various prov
inees, forbidding the spreading of
false news and directing the arrest of
| the Boxers.
article 4-In ports where foreign
warships are lying they are authorized
to remain at anchorage on condition
that the sailors are on board.
No Warships TO be Sent.
Article 5-Should the foreign overs
send Warships to the Yang Use Kiane
without the consent of the governors
the latter are not to be held from the
misdeeds that follow China shall not
/ be called upon to pay indemnity.
Article 6-Foreign warships shall
not approach or anchor near the Woo
Sung forts or those in the valley under
/ any pretext, not even for the drill OF
/ sailors, in avoiding any misunderstand-
! ing or misfortune.
"Article All the foreign powers not
/ 70 permit their warships to approach
( or anchor in the neighborhood of the
! Shanghai arsenal and not to permit
/ their sailors to approach the ammuni-
/ ton manufactured in the arsenal and
| intended for the use against the rebels
and the protection Of missionaries and
! merchants. Should. however, a vice
roy or governor withdraw any ammu.
milton he must not be suspected.
Article SIN places thus far devoid
! Of troops, missionaries and foreign
/ travellers are not to go in order thai
they may not expose themselves TO any
danger whatever.
Article 9-The protection of the
| Shanghai concession shall be carried
! out with the greatest calmness anc
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-30
CITY ALMOST DEFAULTFD IN
PAYMENT OF BOND INTEREST

TO be lost. The money, s31. 200, would be
due in New York today, July l being
Sunday, and there were not hours
enough ahead TO send the remittance
in the usual way by mail.
When the seriousness of the situation
presented itself, Auditor Reiser had
Treasurer Morris join him in telegraph
ing the remittance through the bank OF
Wells Fargo & Co This was done,
and fortunately, there will be no hitch
in the bondholders getting their inter
est today in New York. the stipulated
time and place of payment.
The bond interest which was sent by
wire yesterday is for the July payment
on city bonds aggregating SI,24S,00O Of
the issues of January and July, 1891,
and July, 1892. the interest rate being 3
per cent.
There was no money in the treasury
to meet this large payment and the
city's overdraft account at the banks
had to be again depended upon, thus
running the overdraft up TO about $780,
000 IF the city had no credit at the
local banks until tax revenues are
available late in the fall the municipal
ity would probably have to go out of
business.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-30
NO NOMINATION
ON THE FOURTH

Kansas City, Mo-, June "a story
has been in circulation indicating that
plans have already been perfected to
nominate Bryan July 4, even if the
other business of. the convention, such
as permanent organization, report or
the committee on credentials and even
the platform should have to be post
poned. The few delegates here do not
take kindly TO the suggestion and say
that the convention should proceed IN
the usual order
While there is a sentiment in making
the nomination on the Fourth, 1t is
thought it would be carrying sentiment
too far. There are a number of con-
tests which must be determined and 1t
viii not be possible to settle on the
platform without some consideration,
Tt would be decidedly unusual 70
make the presidential nomination the
day the convention met and il might
also result in scattering the delegates
aud crowds. who would not care to re-
main after the presidential nomination
mad been made.
Kansas Has Five Headquarters.
The most elaborate decorations for
state headquarters that have been seen
at any convention are being fitted UP
for Kansas. The state has secured a
very large building on Baltimore ave-
nue. and the whole floor is being gor-
ge0usIy decorated with bunting, flags
etc
There are many pictures of Colonel
Bryan, but one n particular attracted
the eye of every visitor. being twelve
feet square with the American flag in
an upper corner. a $40 gold piece in che
lower corner and a silver dollar oppo-
site The Kansas men intend to keep
open house all the time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-30

A lapse Of memory on the part of
City Auditor Reiser as to the time when
the July paymeat OF interest on bonds
should be RENTED to New York. near
~ caused the high standing of Salt
Lake City's name in the financial world
for promptness in meeting its obliga-
tons to receive q shaking, TO the cha
grin of the people of this city.
1t is the custom Of the city auditor
and the city treasurer TO arrange at
least five or six days before senai-an-
nual interest payments become due, on
the first days of January, March, May,
July, September and November of each
year. for the remittance of the large
amounts so that they viii be in New
York in ample time 10 meet the de-
mands of the bondholders. This time,
however. the municipality came mighty
near being in default.
Auditor Reiser, who has had the
pleasure of drawing the big interest
warrants only once since he went into
Office, admitted yesterday that he had
forgotten to have the money sent off
nearly a week ago in the usual manner.
His lapse of memory dawned on him all
at once yesterday. There was no time