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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
The TAPPING RebelliOn.7

The new Boxer outbreak ominously
recalls the TAPPING rebellion, which
began in 1850 and lasted over period
of fourteen years, being the result OF
a popular cutlery against the existing
dynasty and genera. dissatisfaction
owing to the reforms which had been
promised being unfulflled.
The province of Kwang-se was the
first to rise in open revolt, and chose
for a leader Hung whose
energy of character and political and
religious enthusiasm speedily gained
for him the support of the discomfort
ed. Selling on the longing for a re-
turn of an absolutely Chinese dynasty,
he proclaimed himself Emperor, under
the title of Teen Wang, or the Heaven
ly King. Having embraced Christi
anity, he professed to abhor the vices
of the rulers both in their laws and in
private acts. Crowds gathered to his
standard. Without much difficulty he
succeeded in subduing the neighbour
ing provinces.
The war which England proclaimed
against the Tartar dynasty, and in
which France joined in, seemed to aid
and abet his scheme, but upon the
complete victory of the allies COM
bined force was sent out against the
rebels under the late General Gordon.
which was successful in utterly de-
feating Teen Wang, with whose fall
the whole rebellion came to an end
in july, 1864.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
Heroes i'm the monkey Kingdom.

One species of monkey, the African
mandrill, has won immunity from cap
tivity by consistent and incorrigible
viciousness and intractability. Thou
sands of the tribe fought, bled and
died in the cause, and, like the old
guard, they died but never surren-
dered. There should be a monument
to those mandriils who made way for
liberty in Winkelreid style, and
showed the big grasping balloons AMI
the frightened chimpanzees and the
smaller Asiatic hordes that the tall
less invaders might capture their bod
les, but couldn't subdue their proud
spirit. Now, as result of ancestral
heroism, innumerable mandrills are
sportively swinging by their tails in
African forests, serenely sure that
they will not be disturbed.
"They're a bad lot, the mandrills.
1t don't pay to bother with them,"
say the dealers; but the Banderlogs
know that the mandrills are heroes
New York Sun.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
Sizing Him Up.

He-"What splendid girl you are!
Do you really think there is another
person in this world as jolly as you
are?"
She-"Oh! 1 don't know. l may be
q Jolly individual, but l think you're
n iollier." -Philadelphia Press.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19

Julius-"Our bookkeeper bores me
to death telling me about his blamed
old rheumatism"
Julia-"Julius, you haven't any mind
at all; why don't you drown him out
telling him about how awfully | suf-
fer with neuralgia| -Indianapolis
Journal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
why He Objects.

"Fvery good true woman has right
to expect that some man will marry
her" said the dear creature.
yes" answered Grouchman, land
that's one reason why | am so I'M
alterably opposed to woman's rights"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
THE MERRY SIDE OLLIE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. $50:

Sweet Consolation - That Made a Diff
ference Pull Together - One
Sided ArrangeInent-NeedsM More Than
Harlan Object Lesson, ETC., Etc.
TIN hurt more than you" spake the faith
er,
''When I punish you, son. and thereat,
The boy raised his head as he sobbingly
said,
"Well, there's some satisfaction in that"
Chicago Times-Herald.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
II Would Depend.

Employer-"A According to your ere
dentlals you are a man of unimpeach-
able honesty. How much wages do
you ask?"
Honest Applieant-"That depends.
If you have cash register in the
shop l should have to ask $50 week.
If there is no register l should be
satisfied with S15."-Boston vran-
script.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
Peoples Ways.

A woman is losing confidence in
herself when she has a supply of pic
lures finished from an old negative in
stead of asking for new sitting.
The rose gives its perfume without
demanding a price; therefore the true
artist should produce for the pleasure
of it, But some artists have wives
and children.
When a man is in love the homeliest
old witch can make him believe in her
charms.
The world has new been set back
very far by the era lg of anyone's
brain in q steeplecl
Many a man W tined Tor con-
temnt of court ' dare to talk
back at home lmes-heralu
In 1898 t. scum stored
away 222,f 3'4Sl Eng,
lisb Scot. ideals, and
GO 7o2 oreign and
! colonial
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A most remarkable case of migra-
tion among birds is that of the plov-
ers, which start from Nova Scotia and
go to the northern shore of South
America in practically one continuous
flight. Comparatively few of these
birds rest at Bermuda and the Bar
BADGES.
During the past winter, which has
been marked by uncommcnIy high
temperatures in the Northern Hemis-
phere, q similar elevatio., of tempera-
ture appears to Rave occurred in the
Southern Hemisphere, which, Of
course, has it's summer when we have
our winter. In South America, South
Africa and Australia exceedingly hot
weather was experienced while our
part of the world was enjoying a mild
winter.
Studies of the Zodiacal light made at
sea lead Mr.. r. J. BABYLON, formerly
of the British Navy, to remark that
the air ov>: tie Pc .ific Ocean appears
clearer and better adapted to celestial
observation than that lying over the
Atlantic Ocean. Honolulu is admir-
ably situated for clearness of air, an{
it may become an important outpost
in astronomy. It,has already been Sc
the study of the vibrations of the
earth.
There are some wet spots on what
is known as 'the dry land" In the
Kameruns, West Africa, the meteor
ologists have just reported a small
area over Which three hundred anC
seventy-two inches of rain fell in a
single year. Even this is droughty,
compared with Cherra-punji, among
the hills of Assam, where the record
shows a mean annual rainfall of four
hundred and seventy-fve inches, or
nearly forty feet. In Oregon, where
they have eighty inches of rain, the
Californians say the people are web
footed" The Water-soaked Hindus
and Africans should develop fins and
gills.
Before the Biological Society in
Washington recently Mr.. III. W. Odds
presented the results of his studies of
bird music. Wonderful as it ems,
he said, it is fact that some of the
birds use the human musical scale
He showed by example how the songs
of certain birds are Enthusiastically
governed by the intervals that COM
IL
clans, like their human compeers, wan
der from the key He thought that
there was no escape from the con-
clusion that birds are subject to a
musical evolution which parallels our
own.
The filtration of the water supply
of cities by means Of sand filter-beds.
or mechanical contrivances, has rapid
ly advanced in this country during the
past ten years; but it is far more
general in Great Britain than in the
United States. Mr.. Allen Hazen, an
authority on sanitary engineering.
AYERS that the fact is July established
that the death rate from typhoid fever
is materially lowered by the filtration
of the water supply. In Great Brit
al cities containing an aggregate
population Of more tnan 10000 900
people use sand-filtered water sup
ply, and the result, it is claimed, is
shown in Londons freedom from ty-
phoid. In the United States only one
tenth of the towns and cities have
filtered water.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
For Prospective Benedicts.

"What is the honeymoon, pa?'
"Well, the honeymoon S the only pc
Rod in a mans life during which he
considers it funny TO come home and
find that his dear little wife hasn't
dinner ready on time."-Detroit Free
Press.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
Premium on Originality.

Writer-"But you promised me reg
ular rates. There were over three
thousand words in that article
Publisher-"Yes, l know; but there
were so many words repeated again
and again. There is the word and
for instance, occurring in the first
page no less than seventy-tve times"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
One Who Didn't Change Boarding Places

First Boarder-"What a gloomy
looking person our landlady is!
shouldn't be surprised if she had a
skeleton in her closet"
Second Boarder-"A skeleton? one
of her old boarders, then, III war
ant."-Puck.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19

"This," said the editor, describes
the invention in graphic style, but
you haven't made it complete"
Nor" said the reporter.
no. You haven't said thaS it is
destined to revolutionizc the industry"
Puck.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
A one-sided Arrangement.

an this country we give up more
in tips to various persons than we
lose by burglars"
Yes; and we can't have the consola-
ton of firing pistols off at them as
they get away"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19

The Bridemaid (after the ceremony
Weren't you frightened nearly to
deathY'
The e-"Frightened? Why, I
could hardly keep from laughing right
out to see how ridiculous poor Harry
looked"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19

"My wife and agree perfectly about
some things" remarked Mr.. Meekton,
with a gentle smile.
'Indeed?"
"Yes. When anything goes wrong
| take it for granted that it is my
fault. And Henrietta always thinks
so. too. "-Washington Star.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
That Made a Difference.

Dick-"He married, did he? Well,
some fellows don't know when they're
well off,
Jack-"Well, in this case he knew
the girl was well off"-Puck.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
Hitting the Mask.

Editor-"And did you write this es-
say all by yourself?'
Literary Aspirant-"Yes, it is all
my own work"
Editor recognizing the source of
iD-"Well. then, Charles Lamb, | am
very much pleased to meet you. l
thought you died some fifty years
agor'
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
An Object Lesson.

"What is chagrin, map
"Chagrin? Well, Tommy, it is the
feeling you had yesterday when you
brought those kittens home from the
Jonases and l made you take them
bach. ",-Indianapolis Journal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19

He has been very low" said the
doctor but he will pull through"
Pull, Pullr' echoed the sick Alder
man, lit seems my existence depends
on pull. Chicago News
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
Needs More Than Hair.

Quinn-"To write poetry you must
have the hair of a poet"
De Fonte-"Thats funny! 1 saw
Scribe's wife with a handful of his
Lair the other day, but no one ever
heard OF her writing poetry"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
A Comfortable Arrangement.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Mrs. Montgomery
Mopps asked why we hadn't called,
and l blamed it all on you"
Edgar-"You deceitful thing"
Amelia-"Oh, well; next time You
see her you can blame it all on me"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19

h, IN ais Leart that he had made
his /. t voyage. The weight of his
heavy sea clothing was dragging him
down, and ne knew that the board
would not bear them both.
III die for him. he thought. at
may not save him, but l can do that"
He shifted his hold on the board and
moved up until his face was close to
that of George Belts.
kiss me, lad" he said, land if you
escape, don't forget old Nat Myers
The boy raised his head and pressed
his lips to those of the old sailor.
Il love you, Nat" he said.
Then Nat Myers, with u smile upon
his race, fell back to his old position.
Once George spoke to him, and he an
swered. The storm had ceased, but
the waves wer running high, and an
hour passed on. Then a league distant
George Belts saw the white sails of
the Arctic returning in search of those
she had lost. With glad cry The boy
turned his head to look back at Nat
but the sea was a blank. That brave
man had died in silence sooner than
bear down the frail support of the boy
he loved And the children of George
Belts love the memory of that brave
old sailor who died for their fathers
sake.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19

The principal steam railway system
in France is about to substitute cleo
trio motors for steam locomotives in
the suburban service between YER
sailles and Paris. The largest power
station in France will be erected mid
way between the two places to supply
the necessary current for the opera
ton of trains.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19

There are $500 square miles Of coal
fields in Great Britain.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19

Social and economic conditions, as
they are reported to exist in Guam,
seem almost idyllic. Almost every
one owns land, and lives happy In
cultivating it; and only men do that
necessary work, for the women re-
main at home, engaged in more ap-
propriate duties. No mans necessi-
ties constrain him to work for an
other He is his own capitalist and
hired man; consequently there are no
strikes, no lockouts-no "labor prob
lem" in fact, to perplex and disturb.
Since there is no effective demand"
for what the people do not produce
themselves, they do not need money.
There is neither store nor market on
the island in which household neces-
saries may be bought by exiles
from the outside world, and according
to Lieutenant Stafford, vice governor,
upon whose authority the more essen
tial facts stated above are based, "You
have to beg people to sell things" "
Obviously, modern progress aud mod
ern ideas have a wide field in Guam.
Siberia became penal colony in the
middle of the seventeenth century.
Under Nicholas l nearly 90, 900 Poles
were transported there. During the
nineteenth century it is estimated that
nearly if not quite 700, 900 men, wom-
en- and children were sent into Siberian
exile, for Russian despotism was no
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
lie wheel; don't let

sped on before the
nG Nat Myers and
the mercy of the an
sailor struggled on.
a cry Of joy, he saw
le end of the board.
my SON. he said.
lily, lad"
away" said George,
W the Arctic rush on be-
mind, sonny" and The
lrm about the lad, and,
his belt, raised the boy,
lay upon the board, and
him to it, face down, but
position that he could raise
foot or more from the
was swimming beside the
shing il before him.
lon't J l get on the board,
id Geo 9neasily.
mind " replied Nat, I'm
althou spoke so bravely,
l. l.. 4
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
sGse@s4@se4e
;TAE HARPODhL..
Ss-e-s-e.s-o..--o p

n silence the ship
moved on through
t h e ira n q uil
waves of the North
Pacific, the old Arc
tic, the lucky ship
of the whaling fleet.
She was built more
for storage than
speed, with her bluff
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19

A most remarkable case of migra-
ton among birds is that of the plov-
ers, which start from Nova Scotia and
go to the northern shore of South
America in practically one continuous
flight. Comparatively few of these
birds rest at Bermuda and the Bar
BADGES.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-20

WHERE YOU CAN CATCH TROUT-spr1cs Cabin
w Canadensis Pa Seven different streams:
finest location in POcono Mountains modern improve
accommodations for families Particulars Of Price
Brothers. Send FOR booklet Cresco Station D. L & ". r r
New-York tribune., 1900-05-20
Summer hesort 0ui0es.
SUMNER HOMES
ON LONG ISLAND.
By the Ocean. Sound and Bay.

swept oy prevailing cool south winds Ocean
SUMNER HOMES book describing hotels znd
boarding houses free, upon application ticket otc.a
I'D and 1888 Broadway. 80 ave. st z r ana
foot New Chambers Resort Bureau 1870
broadway "orid Vacation Eureau 1882 Broadway: 5s7
Columbus ave and iS " l25Jh St. New York. s33
Fulton St; Eagle Summer Resort Bureau Broasway
Brooklyn. and P stations IN Brooklyn OF sand
&c in stamps % H VI SMITH. Trafnc Manager. = L
P r, Z Z City. " =
New-York tribune., 1900-05-20
Gonutrp Boaro Uanteo.

Gonntru Boaro Wanten
DOARD WANTED the summer BY gentleman and
ID wife. % hour from New-X0rk. terms
be reasonable and place convenient eoraatlns
Address r.. Box -. Tribune otace-
1cARD WANTED private falnil two caurscsunx
ID rooms. ana nrScc
require stable within
OF Grand Central station Address c. w Broad
New-York tribune., 1900-05-20

HIGHLAND DELL HOUSE, o spur Blue Ridge. be
Il tween Del Water Gap and Stroudsbury: elevation
100 feet capacity 125; booklet Address
J. F FOCLKE. Stroudsburg. Penn
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-07
CUTTING GLASS WITH SHEARS.

shape by leading the crack along with
some redhot object, such as heated
clay pipe stem or bit Of hot wire.
Having this knowledge, Bert readily
applied it. He started a crack in a
green mineral water bottle by heating
it in the blaze of gas jet and then
dropping a little water on the heated
spot. Sometimes the heating alone will
form the crack. When the cold water
touches the hot glass little star is usu-
ally formed, with many cracks reach
ing out from it: This star is formed
at some distance away from the place
where the real cutting is to be done.
For instance, If Bert is making tum-
bier from the bottom of an old bottle
he starts the crack near the shoulder at
the top. Then he pastes strip Of pa
per or snaps a rubber band around the
bottle to show exact1y where he wishes
to cut it off. Then he heats the end Of
the pipe stem in a gas or coal fame un-
til it is very hot. Carefully he presses
the end against the glass near one of
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-07
An Excellent Medicine.

One of the best features of a sea bath
is the salt water inadvertently swal:
lowed by bathers. 1t is wonderful
tonic for the liver, stomach and kid
neys. In many cases it will cure bill
iousness when all drug preparations
have failed. 1t is peculiarly effective
in ordinary cases of indigestion, disor-
dered stomach and insomnia, and has
been known to produce excellent re-
suits in many cases of dyspepsia. Clean
sea water, such as is to be had at any
of our numerous fashionable seaside
resorts, is full Of tonic and sedative
properties. 1t won't hurt anybody. In
deed, two or three big swallows of it
would be of positive benefit to nine
bathers out Of ten. 1t is not, of course,
a palatable or tempting dose to take,
but neither is quinine or calomel. You
seldom, if ever, see an old sailor who
is bilious or dyspeptic, or victim to
insomnia, and why? For the reason
that an ocean of good medicine spreads
all about his sky, and he doses himself
copiously with it whenever his mechan-
ism becomes the least bit deranged.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-07
Watering Places.

There is need Of concerted action or
State law providing suitable water
ing places for horses along the much
travelled roads. In the olden times the
roadmakers, when the road crossed
brook or ran along the edge of pond,
left places where one could drive in to
water the horse, and perhaps swell the
felloes of the wheels If the tires were
loose, but now the brooks are bridged
over to the width Of the road, and the
ponds fenced at the roadside to keep
animals out, because the water supply
for some town or village is taken from
it, and it must be kept pure. This is
all right when the town has provided
public watering places where man and
beast can quench their thirst, but
when economy prevails to such an ex
tent that these are not put up, and one
may drive on a much travelled road for
ten or fifteen miles without a chance
for the horse to wash the dust out of
his mouth, it Is time that provision
were made, even If we returned to the
village pump and watering trough.
They were very well where no brooks
were available, but the pump some
times would not work well, and some
times the driver would not work the
pump handle, and the poor horse got
lukewarm and filthy water, or none at
all, unless the driver wanted drink
himself.-American Cultivator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-07

the cracks, as shown in the picture. At
once the crack leaps out and follows
and Bert leads it around as much as
he wishes. When the stem cools off he
heats it up again.
When the bottle is cut off to tumbler
size the rough edges are smoothed
down with a fine file or a grindstone
and Bert has a fine new tumbler.
Besides this, bottle may be cut into
all manner of odd shapes -spirals,
bracelets and lenses-with the pipe
stem. Any boy can become expert at
it with very little practice. A pane of
glass may be cut in similar way.
There is another and older method
of cutting a bottle in two with a string
which may be tried when a pipe stem is
not at hand. Hunters and backwoods-
men often use it with great success, al
though it is not as sure and practical
as the pipe-stem method.
Two boys are necessary to do the
work. Take a very stout piece Of hand
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-07
Kingsley's Hidden Pipes.

Charles Kingsley's rectory of Evers-
ley was within a fairly easy walk of
Wellington College, where the late
Archbishop Benson was head master.
Benson, we are told by his son in the
biography of the archbishop, saw a
great deal of him. He told that once,
walking with Kingsley at a remote
part of Eversley, on common, the
rector suddenly saying, Il must smoke
a pipe" went to a furZe bush, and felt
about in it for time, presently pro
ducing clay churchwarden pipe,
which he lighted and solemnly smoked
as he walked, putting it, when he had
done, into a hole among some tree
roots, and explaining that he had a
"cache" Of pipes in several places in
the parish, to meet the eXigencies of a
sudden desire for tobacco.
The friendship between the two en-
thusiastic men was very intimate.
"What is Benson's character" said a
friend to Kingsley. who replied, Beau
tiful, like his face" On the other hand,
till the end of his life, Benson delighted
in talking of Kingsley, and spoke of
him with tears in his eyes.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-07
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CUTTING WITH A STRING.

woven string and give it a single turn
around the bottle. Each boy should
take hold of the string with one hand
and the bottle with the other. See-saw
the string rapidly back and forth, be-
ing careful that it rubs the glass al
ways in one place. Continue this until
the friction of the string has made the
glass hot where it has rubbed and then
plunge the bottle suddenly into a pail
of cold water. The glass will instantly
crack where the string has rubbed it.
Probably not many boys know that
glass can be cut with pair Of shears
and that almost as easily as If it were
pasteboard. 1t seems almost unbeliev.
able at first, but any boy can readily
prove it's truth by trying it. Provide a
large pail or tub of water. Hold the
pane Of glass under the water with one
hand and cut it with the shears held
In the other hand. The pressure of the
water prevents the glass from crack
Ing. 1t is not possible to cut straight
through piece of glass, as you would
through piece of paper. 1t must be
trimmed around the edges. where the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-07
Baseball in Biblical Times.

A member Of the Canton Theological
School, who is interested in the great
national game, has written a thesis on
"base ball among the ancients." From
this are cleaned the following interest
ing points which help to establish his
contention:
The devil was the first coacher-he
coached Eve when she stole first
Adam stole second.
When Isaac met Rebecca at the well
she was walking with pitcher.
Samson struck out a great many
times when he beat the Fhilistines.
Moses made his first run when he
slew the Egyptian.
Cain made a base hit Wien he killed
Abel.
Abraham made a sacrifice. l..
The prodigal son made home run.
David was great long-distance
thrOwer.
Moses shut out the Egyptians at the
Red Sea.-Canton Commercial Adyer-
tiSer ,.. ...s