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The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-13

The next few months will cover the
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close of the second session of the Fifty
Sixth Congress.
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The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-13
Leon
Steam Laundry Co,
CHARLOTTE, N. G.

No pains or cost has been spared
to have this laundry one Of the
best equipped in the South. Our
machinery is the newest and best
that can be had, and we employ
skiIlee white people only. We
have been in operation long
enough to turn out work that is
FINISHED AS NEAR PERFECT
as it is possible to make it. White
people object when they learn
that their washing is mixed, as is
usual with other laundries, so
We do not take Nego Laundry.
We ask you to give us a trial,
through our agent, and feel sure
you will be we'll pleased. If you
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we will be glad to show you
through.
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The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-13

If you want neat stationery
we can furnish it.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-13

The first census of the United States was taken
p 1870 Since then every succeeding ten years
Che result of each census has been as follows
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-13

Here you have the figures of a basis of calcula-
hon The problem now is: What will be the
population of the United States, excluding recent
acquisitions but the total of States, Territories
Ind the District of Columbia?
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-04
eli Has a Laughing Mania.

A dispatch from jacksonville, Fla,
says: Farmer Eli Geiger, of the Oke-
onokee swamp region, IN Georgia IS
the boss laugher Of the world. lie
laughs necessarily, aud his hilarty
has frequently broken up camp'meet-
ings and been a drawing card to many
circuses. His mania was born in him,
and will follow him to his grave.
Eli laughs all day and all night, and
will laugh all the days Of his life.
When Els brothers were babies they
wspt as they slept and bawlet as they
aprawled on the floor, only ceasing
when their mother dosed them with
castor oil and turpentine. But Eli
laughed when he was baby, and be-
cause Of his hilarious disposition his
mother gave him much sugar and
soothing syrup. Now Eli is such
iolly fellow that he wants to attend
every circus that comes to town, and
he never misses one. His peculiar
"huah huahs !" are so loud and
hearty, and he laughs 50 incessantly,
that his presence in a circus always
draws large crowd. As it is worth
the price Of admission to any circus
to hear Eli laugh, everybody enjoys
he performance. Eli attended a
camp-meeting one night, and the
preacher in the midst Of funny an
ecdote, said "Git there, Eli, and Eli
shot up toward the roof Of the house
and huah, huahed, fit TO Kill a blind
government mule, as he fell sprawling
on the benches. Eli laughed till his
eyes filed with glad tears, and the
preacher went wild and tore out
hanks Of imaginary hair from his bald
head, and yelled for the police.
The service was broken up for that
night, and Els friends prevented bis
being arrested for disturbing the SER
vice.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-04
The Use of Tobacco by Boys.

Mothers, as a rule, feel badly when
their boys take up the use of tobacco.
Its use has been prohibited the boys
at the Naval Academy at Annapolis,
and at the Military Academy at West
Point. Army and navy surgeons have
studied and observed its effects on the
students. DR.. a. l.. Gihon, Of the
United States Navy, gives the follow
ing as its effects on the students of
the Naval Academy:
l. That it leads to impaired nutri-
ton Of the nerve centers.
2. That it is fertile cause Of
neuralgia, vertigo and indigestion.
8. That it irritates the mouth and
throat, and thus destroys the purity
of the voice
1. That, by excitation of the optic
nerve, it proyokes amaurOsis and other
defects of vision.
3. That it causes tremulous hand
and intermittent pulse.
6. That one of its conspicuous ef-
fects is to develop irritability of the
heart.
7. That it retards the cell change
on which the development of the
adolescent depends.
This is a formidable bill of particu.
lars, and yet each of these charges is
preferred by the best authority, and
what is more, each is substantiated by
an abundance of clinical evidence.
Perhaps one more item which II
of still more consequence, is the fact
the boys who use tobacco are gener-
ally satisfied with a lower place IL
their studies than the non-users
This was brought out in the French
schools some years ago, when in every
instance the smokers stood lowest il
all their markings. Mothers can and
should use their influence against
tobacco, and possess themselves Of tbs
best arguments and manner of usins
them effectively.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-04
SHEPHERDSTOWN W. VA, THURSDAY, JANUARY A. 1900.

brought home molasses, gin, gum
arabic, licorice, and two or three other
things, which were to be mixed with
the yoIks of six eggs and heated over
the fire, and he needed no help. He
had mixed according to recipe which
had cost him S., but when the COM
pound began to heat up the smell was
not agreeable and the taste did not
suit his palate.
"Wbile it is the duty of consump-
tive to swallow cure without kick
ing" he mussd, as he looked about
the pantry, Il might as well mix in
something to tickle the palate. I'll
Just shake in little ginger. I've
heard that consumptiyes craved gin
ger"
The ginger didn't seem to make
much change, and he grated in a nut
meg and then poured in half bottle
of vanilla. He was slowly stirring
the contents of the kettle and Won
deIing if lemon or two wouldn't
make it Just right when the compound
suddenly foamed up and boiled over
As it ran over the edges of the kettle
there was flash, sheet Of flame, and
smoke Ieaped to the ceiling. Mr..
BOwser was in his slippers, and just
after the burst of fame had singed OFT
his eyebrows and curled his hair he
felt something hot strike his feet. Mrs.
Bowser heard a yell and then a couple
Of bumps which Jared the house, but
she sat still. She heard Mr.. Bowser
strike chair and pitch over it, scram-
bic up and bang open the back door,
but she held her chair Then she
knew that he was galloPing about the
back yard, and she heard people cry
ing Fire" but it was not until the
fremen were banging away at the
door that she rose up. The house was
full of smoke and smell, but there was
no fire. The fremen had been gone
ten minutes, and most Of the smell
had aoated out upon the night air
when Mr.. Bowser entered the sitting
room and stood before her, He was
dilapidated man. He had suffered
for the cause of humanity. He lifted
his right foot and his left foot-he
gestured with his right arm and his
left arm. He wanted to say some
thing-he wanted to utter hundreds
of words with six syllsbles, but his
feelings overcame him.
eyes, I know quietly replied Mrs
Bowser, as she looked at him. Eyes
you want to say that | made another
attempt to assassinate you, and that
the limit has been reached and divorce
must follow, but you can't get it out
If I were you I'd go to bed. -
And like one in dream he dragged
his legs after him from stair to stair
wondering and wondering, but speak
ing no word, and an hour later, wher
Mrs. Bowser followed him, she founc
him in bed with the clothes drawn "
to his chin and look of benevolenc'
on his face. He was dreaming o., say
ing the lives of 5000 of his fellow
creaturs annually, but as she gazed OF
him his toes began to twitch, the look
Of benevolence faded into one Of sur
prise, and the odor Of singed hair filled
the room and made him sneeze in
lonesome way.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-04
sI.oo A YEAR.
NEW VOL. 35.---NO. 8.
Sleep.

What is sleep? We do not know.
We can only say that it is condi-
tion belonging to almost every animal
organism, which seems naturally
brought about by the activities of
that organism, and which in some un-
explained manner helps to reinstate
the exhausted energy Of The brain and
muscle. As to the sleep of plants,
the true phenomena Of sleep are re-
strictsd to the brain and the higher
senses there can be no sleep where
these are absent.
Certain phenomena concerning sleep
have been well observed but the
organic condition or sum of conditions,
on which these depend, remain so en-
tire mystery that We cannot venture
on tolerable defining of sleep. Let
us be content with defining some of
its leading characteristics. Look at
that child wesried with play, he has
thrown himself upon the ground, and,
resting a flushed cheek on one arm,
he lies there breathing equally, with
mououless limbs, eyes closed, brain
shut out from lights and noises round
him. Ifyou touch his hand be with
draws it; if you tickle his cheek he
will impatisntly turn his head aside
but, even should he turn his whole
body round, he will not, perhaps
open his eyes-will not know who
it is, or what it is, that molests him
he will not wake. His mind, en-
ga ged in dreams, is disengaged from
external things they make impress
sions on him, excite sensations IN HIM,
but these sensations are not wrought
up into knowledge. His senses are
dormant, or but feebly. active, and his
brain is busy with dreams his limbs
IL otionless, his fingers relax their
grasp and the muscles of his neck
support his head. But the heart beats
vigorously, and pumps the blood IN
cessantly all over the body, the chest
expands and contracts, the stomach
and ntestines digest, and all the
secretions are going on.
We thus perceive how superficial
is the analogy of sleep and death,
supposed by the ancients to be broth
ers and even by moderns supposed to
resemble each other so closely that
death is called an eternal sleep. But,
strictly speaking, there is not only no
true antagonism between sleep aud
life, there is not even an antagonlsm
between sleep and waking. In death
all the activities peculiar to the vital
organism ceases; in sleep they all
continue. > Sleep is a form
of life, not cessation Of life.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-04
Roberts Three Wives.

Not alone with the opponents to his
taking seat in the nations Lcgisla-
ture has Copgressmsn-elect Roberts to
deal. The diplomacy he has learned
in dealing with three wives will give
him an advantage in dealing with the
storm of opposition he has aroused
that perhaps would be wanting if he
had but one wife and had lived hap
PLY with her. Sarah, legal wife, and
Celia, first plural wife, who live with
in two blocks of each other, barely
speak. Their children play together
and call themselves brothers and Sis
ters, but neither mother seems to
manifest particular concern for the
other. They unite in disliking Mag
gle Shipp, second plural wife. For
years they spoke Of her as his mis-
tress, refusing to believe that she had
been sealed to Roberts.
Maggie Shipp stood this as long as
she possibly could, then wrote to
Roberts, who was in Brooklyn. He
wrote in reply his authority to her to
declare herself as his third wife. When
Roberts took his Salt Lake City wife
to Centerville to introduce her to his
other wives, Sarah refused to meet
her. Celia took her in, with wo-
mans graciousness to one for whom
she has some particularly hard knocks
in reserve. Sarah is opposed to polyg-
amy, although the daughter OF a
polygamous husband. When Roberts
told her, FIVE years alter they were
married, that he had been commanded
to take another wife, she resisted vlg-
orously, but her sense Of religious
duty would not permit her to refuse
to accompany the new woman, being
sealed, through the temple with her
husband.
An anti-polygamous cousin OF Sarah
declares that Roberts and hiS first
wife have not lived together for seven
years, although he has his library at
her home and spends third Of his
time there. The cousin relates the
story of the last straw in the strained
relations Of the first wife. He de-
clares that before Sarah last baby
was born, Roberts went to his second
wife and did not return until the
child was a week old. On his return,
he knelt down, the informant says, by
the side Of her bed, and prayed for
the mother and her child. But when
he began to pray for Celia, his second
wife, and her children, Mrs. Roberts
No. sat up in bed and declared
pray for your other wife in her
house if you want to. You shall not
do so here !"
In ordering her husband from the
room and refusing to live with him af-
terwards, Mrs. Roberts is supposed to
have violated the teachings Of the
church. Soon after, Roberts moved
his second wife to Centeryille, and
established her in rented rooms, where
he spent most of bis time.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-04

willie, said his father, what good
resolves are you going to make for the
New Year, I'm not going to fight
with Johnnie Jones any more, re-
Piled Willie. I'm glad to hear that, "
said the father but why did yOr
make that resolve ?" Cause" was
the answer. 81 always get licked. !.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-04
WISHING.

Do you wish the world were better !
Let me tell you what to do.
Set watch upon your actions,
Keep them always straight and true.
Rid your miuds Of selfish motives.
lie, your thoughts be clean and high.
You can make little Eden
OF the sphere you occupy.
DO you wish the world were wiser?
Well, suppose you make start
By aCCumulating wisdom
In the scrap-book Of your heart.
Do not waste one page on folly
Live to learn, and learn to live.
Iiyou wan, TO give men knowledge
You must get it, ere you give.
DO you wish the world we're happy
Then remember day by day
Just to scatter seeds Of kindness
As you pass along the way
For the pleasure Of the many
May be ofttimes traced to one,
As the hand that plants an acorn
Shelters armies from the sun.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-04
brown Wagons.

@. 9.. ~Ne,uS, all sizes and
iu.. Warranted.
Oenuine Oliver Chilled Plows
and Repairs,
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Corn Planters.
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lows.
''T Sosa Champion Hay Rakes, tt
We s,' and Granger Hay Rakes,
,. pp,,'''l.e@ Binders and Mowers,
B. Brown cu.ae.-or..
T33.' W55 and Doa5.e,sdovel Plows,
Slt S1-t' Sewing Machines,
T.l-' p. and Tool Grinders,
and Machinery.
low. C,Eh Cs,2ch j, large and our prices are
'' anu See US Respectfully,
a. $. CAMBRIDGE & co.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-04
Troy Steam Laundry

For frst-class up-to-date Laundry try
Troy Steam Laundry, Strauther Pendle-
ton, Agent. All orders left at Mr.. Pen
dleton's store will be called for. We
collect on Tuesday and deliver on Fri
day. Respectfully,
STRAUTHER PENDLETON.
June 8, 1S09-tf.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-04

A young lady was acting temper
arily as hostess, and her time was
much occupied. One of her admirers,
a nervous and absent-mlnded lover.
perceived that this would be the case,
and to facilitate matters be deter.
mined to bring affairs to point. He
didn't get chance.
"Afterward, says the object Of his
sacred devotion, Il found this mem
orandum on the floor, where be had
dropped it in his agitation. II ran
thus
Mention rise in salary. Mention
loneliness. Mention pleasure in her
society. Mention prospects from Uncle
jim. Never loved before. Propose. "
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-04

First Tramp-Nobody can say that
YOU have a submarine face.
Second Tramp-What do you mean3
First Tramp--It's never under
water.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-04

Percy (fervently)-"DOes your IA
ther suspect that you love me p
EtheI(ecstatically)-"NO, Percy; be
he thinks I've got malarial
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-04

Medical advice can only be given BY q
medical man or woman; one educated
and trained in the profession OF medicine.
Cochise review., 1900-10-16
LOST IN A GREAT CAVE.
Note Pound in a Bottle PurpoxtaaG to Be from Hopeless Wan.
 derer.

While Will Russell, son of Chief of Police Frank Russell, of Bedford, Ind. and two other young men, named Orin Scisco and Nester Stevenson, were exploring cave on the farm of arman named Kern, lH. miles south west of Bedford, the other day, they discovered a mysterious note, which, if true, reveals the awful death of an unknown man.
 After going quite distance back in the cave, which is said to be about three miles in extent, bottle was dis covered at the top of high precipice in an indentation in the rocks, and was held in place by mud which had been daubed around it. Inc bottle contained . note, which read as fol. lows:
 Have been lost here since Sunday, De- cember 20, 1896. It Is now 1925 p. m, Decsm- Der S Am hungry and last oil all gone
 JAKE OLDEN. Lincoln. Neb."
 One the back of the note was writ ten; "Tell my friends died happy.
 JAKE"
 The bottle was of quart size and had contained coal oil as the note was saturated with it,
 The young men made thorough search for anything that might lead to an explanation of the mystery, but they were unable to go beyond the precipice upon which the bottle was found The depth of the declivity seemed to be about 50 feet apd wa ter could be plainly heard falling in the depths below
 On May l3, 1894, James Corbn and Martin Hansford undertook to ex- plore this cave and were lost through their light going out, and it was only after many hours of hard labor and perseverance that they regained the entrance
 Whether the note was written by some one who was really lost or as q joke is a mystery, but it is certainly possible that one cOu.d enter this great cave and become lost 4, search will be maGe again during the com ing week, when an attempt will be made to descend the precipice where the bottle was found.
Cochise review., 1900-10-16
RICH HAVE HARVEST DANCE
t1val Given by Mrs. Fish at Newport

The crowning event of the ssason of 1900 at Newport took place the other night-a harvest festival dance"--and it fell to the lot of Mrs Stuyvesant Fish to give this function Previous to the dance Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, who was associated with Mrs. Fish in the arrangements for the dance, gave dinner to HE guests at Rose Cliff. As soon as the dinner was over the guests entered the car. riages and automobiles and the jour ney to Crossways was begun. At the gateway of Crossways. surmounting the two massive stone posts, were two huge mock pumpkins made into jack O lanterns," each one 12 feet in cir conference and inside were brilliant calcium lights All the trees and shrubbery about the grounds were brilliantly illuminated by twinkling lights.
 The peasants dance took place in the drawing-room. All of the dancers were dressed in the Dutch, French and Hungarian peasant costumes.
 Fun was added to the affair by the harvest offerings presented to Mrs. Fish by the guests as they entered the villa. Mrs, Oelrichs had duck under her arm, Harry Lehr suckling pig, Mrs. Belmont shanghai rooster, Mir Dolan a gander, Mrs. Ladenburg a chicken, and other guests had vege- tables of all descriptions. At the end of the procession, and to cap the eli. max, appeared Herman Oelrichs struggling with calf.
Cochise review., 1900-10-16
Award. at the p.rl. E1po.it.oh.

Forty two thousand seven hundred and ninety exhibitors out of 75.53l have received awards at the Paris ex- position. The United States obtained l,9s1 awards, of these 2a0 were grand prizes, 4s6 gold medals, 5s3 silver med. als, 422 bronze medals, 270 honorable mentions, and a long list of gold, sil- yer and bronze medals of colfabora- tors. In the last exposition only 1000 prizes, including those for collabora. tors, were given. The prizes were as follows: Grand prizes, 55; gold med als, 2l4; silver medals, 300; bronze medals, 246; honorable mentions, 229, The names of those who received grand prizes or gold medals have been made public American.
Cochise review., 1900-10-16
The sprightly summer girl came out in A nAvv roiA fl pncka xra r paaoh NArv

The sprightly summer girl came out in new role at RockawAy Beach, New York, the other day. Shortly after mid night two alarms rang, and the nine volunteer hose companies at the beach started on . run for the Rockaway Beach Gas Light company's buildings, which were ablaze. Only four of the members of the Oceana hose respond. ed for duty, but they bravely tackled the job of hauling the heavy truck down the boulevard They had gone but few hundred yards when they were ready to drop from exhaustion,
 A crowd of young women in front of the Seaside house noticed the prsdica- ment of the Oceana company.
 Come on. girls" shouted . pretty young woman in superb evening gown, running out to the truck and catching hold of the lines. Her sx. ample was followed by twoscors girls, who ran with the truck to the scene of the fire and bravely assisted in cd. 1usting the hose for business.
Cochise review., 1900-10-16
Heating of Snbstances,

Water is the hardest of all sub stances to heat, with the single ex- ception of hydrogen gas, The easiest two are mercury and lead. which stand in this respect on nearly the same footing
Cochise review., 1900-10-16
Henrx nnnk npnn.it.

One hundred and eleven of the na. tional bauka If the United States hold deposits of tj000,0OO or more each a record that has never been equaled by any other nation.