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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30
Beware of Ointmsnts for Cartarrh That
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and com pletely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never be used eI-
cept on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans. a. the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can posi- bly, derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. j.
Cheney & Co. Toledo O., contains 10 mercury
and is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buving Halls Catarrh Cure be sure to get
the genuine. 1t is taken internally and is
made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney Co.
Testimonials free.
sN- sold by Druggists, price TIC per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

OF the $50 stamps which have been
issued the values have ranged from
one cent to $1,000. Five dollars is the
highest value among postage stamps,
but newspaper stamps reach the 500
mark, while revenue stamp may rep
resent IS ,000
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn ?

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot-Ease,
a powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or New
Shoes feel easy. Cures Corns. Ingrowing
Nails. Itching. Swollen. Hot, Callous. Sore
and Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe
Stores sell it. Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address. ALLEN S. OLMsTED, Leroy, N. Y.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30
Costly Wheels.

1t is said that Queen Margherita has
the most beautiful bicycle in the
world. The wheels are of gold, and
the frame is richly inlaid with jewels
and mother Lady Dudley,
one of the famous beauties of Eng
land, has a white enameled wheel,
whose handles are of ivory,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

Lillian E. Hall has been appointed corone +
of Cowley county. Kansas, by Gov. Stanley.
She will fill an unex PRED term and will per-
sonRlly examine all such cases as hitherto
have been investigated by her male prede-
pacx
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30
Her Everlasting Duty.

When a New England woman starts
to go upstairs, she always asks her
self whether it is her duty to begin
with the right or the left foot, and
what relation her step bears to the
great laws of the universe.-Garden Of
Eden.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30
Wl7z7Es7zs

You will never find our Doc
tor out. He is here to give
advice without charge to those
who need him to those who
don't, sometimes. He doesn't
always recommend the Aver
medicines, because the Aver
medicines are not "cure-alls. "
Perhaps if we tear a leaf
from his correspondence it will
show you what we mean. Here
is a letter which came last
March.
"DEAR DR. AVER:
l want your advice for my little boy
He is getting very thin. He has no appe-
tite. He is fifteen years old. When he
was four years old he had lung fever, but
his health was good until two years ago
Since then he is failing fast. The doctors
here say he has the bronchitis. He spits
all the time awful bad The splits are big,
thick, and white. Yours truly,
Mrs. MARGARET MURPHY,
March 80, 1900. Kinbrae, Mimi"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

1t is reckoned that the household and per-
sonal refuse of all kinds and street sweepings
of a town amount to about half ton annual
ly per head of the population, or in London to
5000 tons per week.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

There are twenty large oyster packing es-
Establishments in Norfolk, Va. and it is esti-
mated that they handle 2,500,0o0 bushels an
nualiy, representing a value OF $20J0,0OO
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

1t requires no experience to dye with Put
NAM FADELEss DYES Simply boiling your
goods IN the dye is all that's necessary. Sold
by all druggists.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tee til ng. softens the gums. reduces infiamma-
ton, allays pain cures wind collie. &c. bottle.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

The Best Prescription for Chtlls
and Fever Is a bottle of GRovE's TAsTELEss
CELL TONIC 1t is simply iron and quinine In
q tasteiess form. No cure-uo pay. Price Soc.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use OF DR.. klines Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and trea Sc free
DR.. X IL. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch ST. Phila, Pa.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

The extensive arid regions of northern Mex
leo a re TO be irrigated by canals from aid ex-
tended by the federal and state governments.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

Indigestion is a bad companion. Get
rid of it by chewing bar of Adams Pepsin
Tutti Frutti after each meal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

l do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and colds.-JoHN F.
BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb 10, 1900.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

South Carolina c1tton mills are now prepar-
ing to turn out finer grades. because the war
in China has curtailed the demand for the
coarser goods
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

The prince of Wales has been presented by
a British officer wi tn the sword which Gen.
Cronje wore during the early part of the Boer
war.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30
Groves Tonic broke up days spell OF fever which
a physician thought would last several weeks.

During my illness your Chill Tonic proved OF
Beneficial efect being highly endorsed by my family ply
scan bottles broke up days spell of fever which at
thought by the doctor would last for several weeks
Your excellent remedy having tremendous sale through
out this section more so than all other Chill Tones combined
as am informed by various druggists
Yours truly, A. ROSCOWER,
Godsboro. N c.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take LAxLrIvE BRoMo QUININE TABLETS All
druggists refund The money If it fails to cure.
E. W. GROVES signature is each box. Csc.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

Under British rule the cotton crop OF
Egypt has doubled, and now amounts
to over 500 100000 pounds year.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

Mothers must not forget that DR.. Moffett's
TEETaINA (Teething Powders) will cure their
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

The telephone was first practically used in
England in 1876, when over ll5 miles of wire
existed between London and Norwich.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30
And this is the way the Doc
tor answered Mrs. Murphy:


r'DEAR MADAM:
1--WE enclose our book on The Throat
and Lungs, in which we trust you will find
just the information you desire
"You should begin at once the use of
this Cherry Pectoral for your son, giving
it in moderate doses. Then procure some
good preparation of cod-liver oil, as
SCOTS Emulsion, and give him that, as
we'll Pay particular attention to his diet,
giving him such nourishing foods as rare
steak, lamb chops, good milk, eggs, etc.
Above all, keep him out of doors all that
the weather permits. There is nothing
that will do him more good than plenty of
fresh air. Let him live out of doors all
that is possible. By carrying out these
general suggestions we shall hope to hear
soon that your son is improving in every
way. Very truly yours,
April S, 1900. J. C. AVER"
You see, it wasn't only the
Aver medicines that we recon-
mended. The first idea Of the
Doctor was to cure that boy.
The result is told in this letter:
"DEAR DIR. AVER:
"My little boy has improved so much
since l received your advice that want to
write and tell you how thankful l am.
"When l first wrote you, on March
co. he only weighed 50 pounds, but now
he weighs 81 pounds; and all this gain
since the 9Th of April, when l first began
to follow your directions.
"Please let me thank you again for what
you have done for my boy.
July II, 1900. MARGARET MURPHY"
Perhaps it was the cod
liver oil; perhaps it was the
Cherry Pectoral. Probably it
was both. But, more than
either, it was the good, sound
advice the Doctor gave in the
first place. We are here to
serve you in just the same way,
and we will tell you the medi-
cine for your case or tell you
what medicines to avoid.
Five out of ten of our cor
respondents need doctor
rather than a prepared medi-
cine, and we tell them so. If
the doctors only knew it, we
are working with them every
day.
7. c. AVER COMPANY,
Practical Chemists, Lowell, Mass.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30
KIDNEY TROUBLES OF WOMEN
Kiss Frederick's Letters Show How She
Relied Mrs. Pinkham and Was
I'm

Kiss Frederick's Letters Show How She
Relied on Mrs. Pinkham and Was
Cured.
yellow, muddy complexion, feel tired
and have bearing down pains. Menses
have not appeared for three months |;
sometimes am troubled with white
discharge. Also have kidney and blad-
der trouble.
have been this way for long time,
and feel so miserable thought would
write to you and see if you could do me
any good. - MISS EDNA FREDERICK,
Troy, Ohio, Aug. 8, 1899.
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM Il have used
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound according to directions, and can
say have not felt so well for years as
! do at present. Before taking your
medicine a more miserable person you
never saw. / could not eat or sleep,
and did not care to talk with any one
Now feel so well 1 cannot be grateful
enough to you for what you have done
for me. Miss EDNA FREDERICK, Troy,
Ohio, Sept. 10, 1899.
Backache Cured
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Il write to
thank you for the good Lydia E. Pink
ham'sVegetabl Compound has done me.
1t is the only medicine l have found
that helped me. l doctored with one
of the best physicians in the city of
New York, but received no benefit l
had been ailing for about sixteen years,
was 50 wsssk Sd nesy2us that | could
hardly walk had continued pain in my
back and was troubled with leucorrhea
Menses were irregular and painful.
Words cannot express the benefit have
derived from the use of your medicine
l heartily recommend it to all suffering
women" - MRS. MARY BARsHINGER,
Windsor. Pa.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30
Desirable Sch oIarships

OeslrdDle ScnOIorshtps-
Two in each Southern State, are offered By
Elizabeth College, Charlotte. \. G. see adv
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-30

Ayers Hair vigor
Ayers Cherry Pectoral
Ayers Comatone
The Princeton union., 1900-02-22

Miss Robertson's books To the DESK for.
her and begged for 4 few words with
her on hcrway to lunch.
"About the umbrella?" she whis-
pcred
mo; about a more serious NATTER
Miss Robertson looked startled, but
said nothing.
1t was an ideal spring day, and the
air was like a breath OF heaven after
the tomb-likc atmosphere of the libra
ry. We strolled along the old-fashioned
street in which the library is situated.
1t was hard matter to begin. Miss
Robertson said but little, waiting,
somewhat uneasily, for me. plunged
in, and take some credit to myself
for the delicacy with which L did it.
I began the story just as if she had
nothing to do with it. I told her how
had been asked to trace the person
who had palmed off an old story upon
the Gazette, how had heard of a copy
of the Londoner in the Manhattan
library, and had finally discovered the
card bearing the name of the person
who had last taken out that copy of
the magazine. Miss Robertson had the
valuable faculty Of assuming interest
in story whether or not she felt any:
her eyes grew big with excitement as
I reached the climax. We had forgot
ten all about luncheon. What an
actress she was! Not a tre1nor of fear,
not even blush!
"And you actually found the card,
Mr.. Seymour! Well, do go on; what
was the name upon the card?"
YOURS" 1 said, slowly. 1 had to be
cruel, to be kind.
Mime" she exclaimed, with puzzled
smile
"Unfortunately, yes:'' My manner
was grave. Her smile f1ickered and
died out. Then suspicion of the truth
dawned upon her.
'Well-but-then if my name was
upon that card-then you suspect
that cheated your newspaper"
She had stopped walking, and was
very pale. But her dark eyes flashed.
''Oh!' she went on, without giving
me time to answer, 'how could any
one suspect me of such a thing? You
don't know me, but you might have
known that l. This comes of making
acquaintances in the street,"
Her tone was bitter, and her eyes
flashed scorn. She grasped the iron
The Princeton union., 1900-02-22

railing in front of a house. as if to
keep from falling. 1 began inwardly
to curse myself for having even dared
to suggest her guilt by my looks, if
not by my words. But I found my
tongue.
Miss Robertson | said, hurrielly,
you say that l do not know you. l
know you well enough to have wished
with all my heart and soul to be of help
to you. have not said that thought
you guilty of any wrong, or that l
even suspected you. But here is your
name coupled with this wretched case
In another hour l shall have left the
city and a professional detective VIII
be placed upon the case. He will find
this peculiar evidence. You can i'm
aginc what you might have to face
and what wanted to spare you. You
may have made my acquaintance in
the street, but, believe me, have done
you no harm. Everything I have seen
about you 1 have liked-very much
too much for my own peace of mind.
If we meet again"
'Wifl you kindly leave me?" she said,
coldly. Il must go back to my work.
1-nc'er want to see you again.
Il am going,' l said, land it is not
probable that we shall meet again.
[ am not given to intruding myself.
But IL we do meet again, try to believe
that the young man whom you met in
the street did his best to do you a kind
ness. I may be fool, but wanted to
help you. Good-by, and forgive me-"
had not gone dozen steps when she
stopped me. i
'Mr. Seymour" she said, quietly, and
with a vast dignity for so young a girl,
''you may be right; perhaps 1 ought
to thank YOU But l can't-you ought"
hero there was a suspicion of a sob
''you ought to have known. can for
give you only when you find the thief
you arc looking for. My father will
never forgive YOU"
She turned away with the air Of an
offended queen. But fancied 1 caught
the echo of another faint sob, and that
fancy was of extraordinary comfort to
me for the next fortnight.
1 am afraid the Gazette got but inGif-
ferent service out of me during those
next few weeks. I went to the Boston
convention, and while / listened to
speeches, dull and otherwise, my mind
was in the Manhattan library. AS to
what happened during my absence of
course I knew nothing. When the con-
vention was over and could get back,
my first question 70 Burton, made with
as Indifferent an air as I could muster,
concerned "Daisy's Quest"
"Oh," he replied. 1--WE gave it up. The
detective merely wasted week. It was
throwing good money after bad"
| breathed more freely, and for few
days tried to make myself believe that
L had dismissed Miss Robertson and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21
PLAY BASE BALL TODAY,
Iuzerne and Lackawanna Court
House officials VIII Contest.

The LuZerne county court house
clerks will go to Scranton on Satur-
day and play a return game of base
ball with the young men employed in
the Lackawanna county court house
and the LuZerne county boys expect
to administer an even more stinging
defeat than that suffered by the Lack
awanna people at West Side park a
few weeks ago.
After achieving n certain victory
over the Lackawannaites the Wilkes
Barre boys will have a triumphal
march over the hills, bogs, hollows
and farmlands called Scranton and
three trolley cars will be pressed into
service as chariots. After the tri-
umphal procession the Wilkes Barre
| ans will dine at the expense of the
victims.
Yesterday Deputy Prothonotary Null
ligan received n letter from Clerk c.
j. Mirtz, captain of the Lackawanna
county court house base ball club in
which he says preparations for the
reception and friendly annihlation of
the Luzerne enthusiasts have been
| completed. The LackaNannaians ad-
wise the local tossers to refrain from
/ eating during the remaining days Of
the week that they might be prepared
| to do justice to the elaborate spread.
| The Scranton Traction company has
| offered the use of three cars and a
| trolley ride will be enjoyed after the
ball game. A general invitation is ex-
tended the lawyers and officials and
! clerks.
The party will leave for Scranton on
the Delaware and Hudson 1.3O train on
| Saturday afternoon. - Wilkes Barre
| Record
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21

Editorially, the Boston Advertiser
says: mot the least among many pro-
foundly startling phenomena which
arise out of the stupendous material
developments of the century now clos
ing is the fact that during the past
100 years there has come to be an un-
precedented demand for certain of
those natural resources which exist
only in a fixed quantity that can
not be increased. At any rate, there
are no means known to science for
increasing the quantity. A familiar ex-
ample is that of coal. The invention of
the steam engine created such a de-
mand for coal that more of 1t is con-
sumed now in one year than was con-
sumed in 100 years in any former epoch.
Men of science bid us consider what
we are to do, or rather what our chill
dren are to do when the coal supply
is exhausted, as the men of science
say it will be long before the end of
the next century.
1--WE do not know that any similar
alarm has been raised about the iron
supply, but we are expecting every
day to learn that some man whose
name is great in science is out with a
preulctlOn tnat mankind VIII presently
have exhausted all available deposits
in the iron mines of the world. AT
the same time, with the appalling
consumption of coal there has come
to be a nearly proportionate increase
in the use of iron.
"To illustrate, we need only alluda
to something which has taken place SO
lately as since the close of our Civil
War. Within these 35 years iron has
been substituted for wood as the prin-
cipal material used in building ships
of war. The wooden walls of England
have beome iron walls, and more re-
Gently steel walls. OF steel also are tht
naval armaments of every maritime
power on earth. A similar change
though not quite so materially com
plete, has taken place in the struc'
ture of ships for use as mercantile
and passenger vessels. Predictions
from high industrial authority are
that within the next few years tn,
use of iron and steel, in all kinds o.
building operations, will be vastly
more extensive than it has ever ye
been"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21
Tonight's Mass Meeting.

This evening at 7SO o'clock a meet
ing of the miners, drivers and runners
of all of the Delaware and Hudson
mines in this vicinity will be held in
O'Donnell's hall, North Scranton, to
discuss the present strike of the run
ners and drivers at the Grassy Island
mine at Olyphant.
The drivers and runners at the Eddy
Creek and No. mines have already
gone out in sympathy with the Grassy
Island strikers. and it is understood
that at this evenings meeting the
question of general tie-up of all the
company's mines will be discussed. The
Grassy Island strikers contend that
their wages were cut without due
notice.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21
Our Rails Abroad.

The Tradesman observes that "in
no feature of our export trade has
there been a more remarkable growth
during the decade than in rails for
railways, especially those of steel. The
total expectation Of iron rails in 1889
was but tons, and in 1898, 2,769 tons,
the value rising from $240 In 1889 to
$37,1J0 in 1888. In steel rails, however,
the growth was even more remarkable,
the number of tons exported in 1889
being 1898 and in 1898, 229,7S3, while
the value increases from s235,3S7 in
1889 to $4,613376 in 1898, and in the
fiscal year 1900 seems likely to reach
$4,000 900.
This increase has been especially
marked during the past three 1years,
the exports of steel rails in the fiscal
year 1896 being $5iO,T97. those of 1897
$2,4S2,20S, those of 1898 S4613,376, and
those of 1899 s5,2SS, 125, while the first
ten months Of the present fiscal year
show a gain of about s2000,O00 over
the corresponding months of last year
While this rapid increase is due to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21
This and That.

The Associated Iron Moulders of
England number 1921 mechanics and
376 apprentices
Cincinnati boot and shoe workers
have won an eleven-day strike for the
nine-hour wOrkday.
The International Typographical
Union issued twenty-One charters dur
ing May and June.
There was an increase of ABA in the
membership of the Switchmen's
Union of North American during the
last year.
After a twenty years fight, the
'Longshoremen's Union has succeeded
in almost entirely abolishing the con-
| tract system on the great lakes.
San Francisco building trades viii
demand an eight-hour wOrkday with
| out reduction in pay on and after Oc-
| tober /. At present the men work ten
| hours a day for $3.50.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad COM
pany has completed a storage place at
Weatherly, where it will store 175, 900
| tons of Buckwheat coal. Nearly 10O,-
| 900 tons of this small anthracite coal
is already side-tracked in cars at
| Weatherly and the company will hold
| it for rise in price, which is expected
Will occur next fall.
The various telegraph operators OF
| the Mahanoy and Hazleton divisions
of the Lehigh Valley are having their
knowledge tested on the proper hand
| ling of the switchboard in the form of
| ten questions, and as many diagrams,
the idea being to use one diagram for
each question, the marks thereon indi-
| eating every operators ability. Gen.
| orally speaking, the plan is endorsed
| by the brass Founders, but they all
concede they could with a great deal
more ease and desire make a diagram
which contained strip" for increased
| wages.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21
MORE BIG BLOCKS ARRIVE.
One of Them Broke Contractor
Stipp's Big Derrick Twice.

Two more consignments of stone for
the soldiers and sailors monument ar
rived yesterday, one carload by way of
the Erie and Wyoming and one by the
Delaware and Hudson.
Some of the blocks weigh as much as
five tons, and make il necessary for
Drayman George w. Brown to
strengthen the platforms of his big
wagons in transporting them from the
depots to court house square.
In unloading one unusually large
stone, yesterday afternoon at the
square, the wire cable on Contractor
Matthias Stipp's derrick was snapped
In twain and the stone allowed to drop
back on the platform of the wagon.
Fortunately for the wagon, the dis
tance of the fall was short. When the
cable was repaired and another at
tempt made to lift the huge monolith,
the swinging boom broke. The stone
dropped to the ground this time, clear
ing the wagon.
A car loaded with the Harrison Gran
ite company's derricks and tools also
arrived yesterday, over the Delaware
and Hudson road. The company's rep
| resentatives, however, are not yet on
the ground.
AMONG THE POLICE.
Onaccr II II Sinkfcld Of Steclton Daunhin
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-21
Breaker Boys on Strike.

The breaker boys at the Mt. Pleasant
COllicry went out on strike yesterday
for some alleged grievance, and when
company men were called in to take
their places, the strikers made threats
to do them bodily harm.
\ patrolman was called and dis
perscd the crowd. The company ofIic-
ials will adjust the trouble, and in all
probability the boys will return to
work this morning.