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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-21

Out of her breast there sprang rosebush,
And out of his briar.
They grew till they grew to the church
top,
And then they could grow no higher;
And there they tied true lovers knot
Which made all people admire"
AS stern and solemn as was Moses,
the lawgiver, he was not unmindful of
the beauty of flowers, for when he
planned the first sanctuary that was set
up in the wilderness he directed that
his cunning workmen should ornament
the golden candlesticks with carvings
of fowers-open flowers. When Sol
onion designed his magnificent temple
the molten brass was ornamented with
representations of flowers, and so was
the cedar carved with figures of open
flowers. The Bible makes mention of
flowers, but not by name, except the
lily and the rose. Il am the rose of
Sharon and the lily of the valley"
Consider the lilies how they grow.
They toll not-neither do they spin;
but Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these"
/ notice in late New York paper
that the culture and sale of flowers has
largely increased in that city; that 40
years ago the sale amounted to only
sixty thousand dollars year and that
for the year just passed the sale of
roses alone was nearly six millions, and
that it was not uncommon for mil
lionaire to spend ten thousand dollars
for flowers for single entertainment.
This is a good sign, and may be help to
save Sodom-I mean Gotham-from
destruction. l wish that all our pub
lie schools would encourage the pupils
to study flowers.
There is little simple botany that
even child can understand, and it
will tell them why the kingly house
of the Plantagenets took its name
from a hower-the Scotch broom
(planta genestha) with which Henry
II had himself scourged for heinous
crime. And why the geranium means a
cranes-bill and eglantine needle and
nasturtium a nose twister, etc. The
origin of the names of flowers is q
funny book to me.
These school boys and girls keep me
pretty busy answering their questions
and doing their perplexing sums, and
most of them inclose stamps in their
letters. / will conclude this letter by
giving them a sum:
A man sold SOW and pigs for S1S.
He received as much for nine-tenths
of pig as he did for one-tenth of the
SOW. How many pigs did she have?-
BILL ARP in Atlanta Constitution.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-21

Il think l must have made mis-
take" said the man who stood in
the door of the dental parlors and
looked about him.
perhaps So" replied the dentist,
who was sharpening up gum-cuttins
lancet
MY wife, you know, has been teas
ing me for the last five years to get my
photograph taken, and this morning
finally set out to have it done"
And got in the wrong shop" said
the dentist.
Il see this is no photograph gallery,
'No."
''But dental parlor?'
eyes"
"Well, I've made mistake. but I'm
glad of it. Here. let me sit down and
have three teeth yanked out, and III
put the old photo off for another five
years. "-Chicago News.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-21

1t is evident that the fast selling
books of no particular literary merit
but with the clements of popularity,
have changed the standards of ac-
ceptance in the leading publishing
houses. Most Of the new novels that
are being put on the market now could
not have secured Il second reading two
years ago They are simply the pub
fishers dice, thrown in the hope that
a luck number viii be turned.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-21

Australian papers are offering prizes
for the best designs for a national
flag to commemorate the new era in
augurated by the Commonwealth. The
most valuable is q check for $3.50, Of
fered by the Australian Review of Re
views, and in this competition thc six
Australian Premiers are to be the
Judges.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-21

The instructor in physical culture
at the jefferson Medical college says
that the physical training of the new
l3entury will have for it's main object
Nthe increase of the exerciser's vital.
ity and the purifying Of his blood. 1t
is encouraging to find professional
teacher of gymnastics who sees
higher use of his pulley weights and
parallel bars than the building up Of
a mans biceps at the expense Of his
strength.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-21

Sam Lewis, late of London. may
have been a heartless Shylock while he
lived, but his will is certainly beneV-
client document, with its requests OF
s4.75O.OOO to charities and hospitals,
nearly half of it to provide dwellings
for the poor of all creeds."
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-21

Many inventions designed to eype-
dite the speed of communication by
telegraph or telephone lie mouldring
in the model room of the patent office.
Out of the ruck of devices there have
been taken here and there one which
has been applied to conditions of pub
lie serrice; but for the most part these
inventions have been permitted to rest
in obscurity and almost unused. Pow
erful corporations have brought them
up, and being practically the only Gus
toners for such articles, have been
enabled to consign them to oblivion.
The announcement that the Pupin de-
vice, patented last summer, has been
purchased and i> to be utilized by the
Bell, Telephone company stamps this
new invention as a rarity in the field
of electrical Intercommunication.
Should it realize the glowing promises
madesin its behalf by electrical ex-
perts, the entire system Of world inter
course by wire would Be eventually
transformed. s II
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-21

A new iron ore field has just been
opened at Michipicoten, Ontario, which
it is thought may flood the lake mar
ket next year. The ore is described as
q brown hematite, more like the
Southern ores than the Lake Superior
hematite.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-21
Where Newspapers Don't Discuss Psliti


1t is in Russia and Turkey, of all
European Estates, that the press CEN
Esorship i$ most Vigorously exercised.
The newspapers of Russia. for in
stance, are forbidden to discuss polit-
zeal affairs. which causes an absence
of 'leqding articles" Cons edtorials),
and so concern themselves mainly
with literary or scientific matters; for
eign books and periodicals entering
the country are frequently nfntilated
by the authorities, portions Of even
such a work as an encyclopaedia being
occasionally blocked out.
The censorship in Turkey has been
hofiored by the ridicule of Mark Twain
in 1.-THE Innocents Abroad" '1mag-
! ine," he says, 1.-The Grand Vizier, in
solemn council with the Mag nates of
the realm, spelling his way through
the hated newspapers, and finally de-
liYering his profound decision. This
thing means mischief; it is too darkly.
too suspiciously inoffensive; suppress
it; warn the publishers that we can
not have this sort of thing; put the
editor in prison" There are not more
than $4,000 newspaper readers in all
Turkey, according to an interesting ar
ticle by Frederic Whyte, writing on
Journalism in Turkey in Sells
Worlds Press, and the newspaper ed
itor has to contend with the most Sc
we're and Illogical censorship, of which
Mark Twain's gibe is but slight ex-
ggeration.-"New" Lippincott.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-21

Lord Rosebery wants the nation
of shopkeepers" to send its young
men abroad to learn how to keep shop'
Talk about sending Goals to New
castle!
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-21
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MARCH 20.

Subject: Jesus Crucified and Bur'eI
Luke xiii, 35-53-Golden Text,
Cor. w., 3-Meinory Verses, DC, AZ
Commentary on the Days Lesson.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-21

Minnesota is one of he State which
are constructing new capitol buildings
of elaborate design and large cost. The
Minnesota capitol is to be built Of
white marble, to be ornamented Wild
SCULPTURE and to cost 100000. When
completed it will bear some resem'
blance to the Treasury Department
building at Washington, but will have
a very much finer appgoach and be-
sides picturesque doM with six sup
porting figures of marble, each nine
feet high. The State capital of MINNIE
sofa is St Paul.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-21
QUEER INSURANCE CLAIMS.
One Wanted Damages For Black Eye Re
ceived at Peace Meeting.

"
One Wanted Damages For Black Eye Re.
ceived at Peace Meeting.
The other day one of the best known
English accident insurance companies
received a claim for $50. The insurer
had received a blow in the eye which
compelled him to stay in dark room
for Il month. In the column "cause of
accident" were written the sardonic
words: Went to peace meeting"
The unusual candor with which some
of the insured write is amusing. In a
recent case. in which Il client had suf-
fered from a broken collar bone, there
appeared under the heading ''cause of
accident" DO not know GntoXicat-
ed)."
Some clients imagine that if they do
not send a infinitely detailed account
OF the accident they will receive no
compensation. 1t is only in this way
that one can account for this state
ment; Il had words with my wife.
She came toward me with shovel,
and in lea ing the room 1 tripped over
the mat and sprained my ankle"
Here is a claim for injured feelings:
81 was returning from business yester-
day, when my brotherin-law entered
the train. He called me an idle rogue,
and by doing so degraded me before
all the passengers. Can l recover dam
ages from your company"
A well-known American insurance
company once received claim from q
woman whose husband was insured
against total disablement. She said:
MY husband is quite unable to write.
He had serious fall last week, and
the doctor says he will never be able
to work again" Doctors and magis-
trate's certificates to this effect were
inclosed AS the certificates @were
somewhat curiously worded, the com
pany made inquiries and found that
their highly respectable client had
been lynched.
Many of the genuine claims are eX-
ceedingly comic. bitten by an ader''
(sic). and "knelt on by bull show
the curious accidents that happen to
country people.
Trapped finger in a cash till is
decidedly suggestive.
Some of the domestic accidents have
their lighter side. One cannot but
be amused at the hard working house
wife who claims damages because o
elothespeg fell from the line and struck
her in the eye. We can imagine, also,
that it was q youthful husband, who,
FULL of anxiety to see his charming
young wife. caught hold of an insecure
door-knob, which gave way and pre-
cipitated him headlong down Il flight
Of steps. Half n dozen accidents a
years are caused by coal exploding il
the fire
Either painters have q more repre-
hensible habit of dropping their paint
pots on passers-by. or else insured
people spend the bulk of their time
under painters ladders. Insurance
companies always regard claims fol
damages done by paint with little
suspicion.
Surely the gentleman who put the
lighted end of his cigar in his moutf
never expected to get compensation
A servant girl, earrying tray, fe,
down stairs and Woke her leg. She
was uninsured and. of course, got
nothing, but in her fall she burst oper
the doors0f a room in which a mar
was shaving In his fright he gashed
his chin badly and his claim for com
pensation was paid.-London Mail.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-10-05
BEAT THIS BEET.

The Winona Democrat does not 90
things by halves when it comes to
putting Mississippi products. MS
latest is a beet story which can moi be
beat and would be hard to believe fit
were not a product Of this favored
state. This beet shows that Nissis-
sippi can't be- beat. says the Demo-
crat:
Scott Harvey. a colored farmer, re-
siding six and a half miles east Of
town. brought us "Wednesday the
largest beet we have yer seen.
II weighs ~ pounds. is > feet long.
, feet in circumference, and the
length Of both root and stalk is -
feet.
Scott f., am old-time, "beto' de war
darkcy. who has lived ffty-seYen
years in sight Of his birth place, and
has never ret failed to raise his own
meat and bread.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-10-05
SOME OF THE ENTERPRISES AND
ADVANTAGES OF GRENADA.

~ vi
Grenada has a large number of i'm
portant enterprises, which make her
not only the best trading point and
cotton market in this section. but an
educational center Of much import
ance.
Besides her large mercantile estab-
lishments, banks, hotels, electric
lights, water works and sewerage Sys-
TEN and other advantages and conve-
nienceS Of a modern. up-t0-date town,
Grenada has a number of important
enterprises and institutions that
would be a credit to most any town in
the State.
Grenada has a first class telephone
system and two telegraph offices.
Grenada has one of the largest and
best cotton congresses in the State,
which has been an important factor in
making our town a first class cotton
market.
Grenada has a large cotton seed oil
mill, which is one of our most impor-
tant enterprises, and has also done
much for the building up of Il cot
ton trade. Grenada has the Lowry
Round Bale system for baling cotton.
which is n Of the latest and best
systems for packing and baling cotton.
! Grenada has two Of the strongest
banks in the State. Grenada has two
large and l%ourishing building and loan
associations,
\ Grenada ma, two saw mills. which
are also enterprises Of Importance.
Grenada has a large lumber yard
& which is one of our most Successfu
h and valuable institutions.
" Grenada has cotton gins. which ar
modern and u%p-to-date, and offer ST
perior advantages to III farmers i
. putting up their cotton.
Grenada has griSt mills, which al
an important enterprise for the a
commOdation Of our farmers.
Grenada has brick yards and a ii
= ing factory.
Grenada has three institutions
/ learning, which are the pride of Il
Z town.
The Grenada College. for young
dies, is one of the oldest and most il
. portant institutions of learning
Z Mississippi.
@ The Grenada Graded School cam
4 be excellcd by any in the State, al
offers rare inducements for people
Y locate here for the education OF tho
. children.
a The Grenada Business college is
Z most successful institution. viii
- has sprung up in our midst.
- And Grenada will o o have a sta
and other timber factories. There
more good timber for the manufactu
of slaves, heading, farm i%mplemeu'
wagons, SpokcS and many other tnin
around Grenada than most any I'll
town in North Mississippi. In ia,
we are Just awakening to a realiz3ti
- of our vast natural advantages. ]
"a only for the manufacture of tiWh
but for other enterprises, and {
town is beginning to feel the inSpi
q tion of future growth and prospcri'
II She invites capital and will meet .
who come. on half way ground.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-10-05
THE GRENADA FAIR.

The prospects for the success Of the
Grenada Fair grow brighter every
day.
The overhauling and Improvements
made to the buildings and grounds
and the work Of putting the track in
a first class condition has been FOL
lowed up by other Improvements.
among these, one hundred yards Of
racks for hitching purposes on the
outside Of the grounds and n hun
dred yards at the track.
More interest than usual is being
taken i'm the exhibits, and the displays
of live stock and agricultural products
promise to be very fine. while the I'M
usual interest the ladies are taking i'm
the floral hall display insures this TO
be a most elegant feature Of the fair.
Some fine horses are being trained,
a number of fast horses from the sur
rounding counties will be here, and
the running. trotting and pacing
races promise to he unusually good,
and will be a feature Of much interest
and importance.
one of the most magnificent iea'
lures of the Fair. and n which i
creating much interest. not only il
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-09
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

UnI'ol Stirl Land once Oregon Cliy.
Oregon MAY 20. 1901.
No.lcc Re hereby given tha, In COM
plnncr with the provisions NJ the act
" congress- NJ Juno o. 1873, entitled AN
net Tor the sale NJ timber lands In tho
states " California, Oregon. Nevada
aud Warrington Territory" ns extend
ed 10 All tn public lind states by act
ot August I, 1892 William w. Pope, OF
)ln'y County ~ Cntsop state OF
oregon has this lay illrd in this ONCE
hlS sworn statement, Ne b27i, for the
purchas" " lD' T. sec. 3. lots /. 2, and
T. ~ section NJ. 4. In township No. 9
north, range No Z wcz.. and win ofTcr
PROOF 20 show that the land sought N
more valuable for .ts timber or stone
than for agricultural purposes, and 10
establish his claim 10 said land before
the register ana receiver Of this office
AT Oregon city Oregon. on Thursday.
the Sth day NJ August 1901 lie names
as Witnesses
Mrs. Mary Dcnck of Olney. Clntsop
County Oregon, Sebastian Glaser. OF
olncy, Cltlop County, Oregon. Mrs.
AppollonIn Johnson. " Olney, Clatsop
County. Oregon; Sidney Del, OF Aslo-
RIA, 'lntspp County, Oregon.
Any and all persons claiming adverse
" the described lands are re-
nuest'd 10 illc their claims in this Of
fee on or before said sth dny Of Au-
gust l9Ol. CIlAS. B MOORES
Register.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-09

It s TO be hoped tha, the lead the
Public Library now possesses in the
contest for $500 in gold coin, TO b. Civ
en- by a number II merchants Of the
city to the individual or organization
receiving the greatest number u votes
will no, provide for all lis wants but
serving Of the earnest support of the
citizens # Astoria in its efforts 90 *
plnd. New books are constantly need
Cd and above all the Institution should
have a homs II its own. The $500
VIII no, provide tor a Us wants but
i; vii. 60 q long ways and the good
accomplished will be shared by ALL
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-09

The United states same Australia With
gdi output OF sJS,cOOCoO, ana Cana
da is third, with s2IOOO,Ooo, The Eng
'lsh-speakiug Nces mined over three
hfths Of all the gold produced las; year
and nearly half the silver Russia was
fourth in gold production, wish total
ot $2S,OONOoO Only a d,Eea mines are
open in ;Ae TranSvaal aui they arH
operating On a small scale. The sold
colaag, " the United States as; year
was @aoNN)0. or $9LooONO m're han
Is own yield. Gold ccm's from Cana
da and Australia IN considerable guam
ties to the msn;s ot ;his country, ana
much II he Kloni.ke SOLD Is mined 10y
Americans
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-09

In the yield Of gold and silver in the
year 1900 the United States led the
world. The amount Of gold mined in
this country was 37S,159O74, an Increase
Of s8,O63,653 over 1899. The silver min
ed reached a total Of S365769OO, a gain
Of 2,434574 ounces. The worlds proluc,
Of both was 1855, 100000 so tha; nearly
one-third Of the gold and silver add
ed 10 The worlds stock last year was
mined in the United State. Colorado
low leads the states 50 both metals.
In gold California is second, and Alas
ka has worked up TO third place with
South Dakota, Montana AMI Utah fol-
lowing in order Next % COloradJ in
silver production come Montana, U.ah
and Idaho Gold exists in the Southern
states but in such low-grade ores that
the production in that section las, year
amounted to only s25O.OOO. The worlds
production Of gold in 1900 was 1855 oO0
600 against 1911 100000 in 1893 a decline
entirely due 10 the Transvaal situation,
for elsewhere generally the yield of
gold has steadily increased. Only 81
100000 is credited to the Transyaal in
1900 when, but for the war, the amount
would have been S11O,OOOOOO. Next to
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-09
1.-THE lIILW AUKEE.' y

A familiar namc for the chicago,
Milwaukee X ~. raul Railway known
al, over tho Union a. the Great Railway
running the Pioneer Limited" trains
every day and night between II. Paul
and Chicago. and Omaha and Chicago.
The only perfect train IN the world"
Understand: Connections are made
With all transcontlncntal lines. securing
to passengers the best Pcryicc known.
LuNunous coaches. electric light. steam
heat " a verify cqpalcd by no othc.
llle
See that your ticket reads via THE
Milwaukee" when going 10 any poln,
In the United States or Canada. All
,lrkrl agents sell them.
For rates, pamphlets or other lnfor.
nation. address
" CASEY c J. EDDY,
Trav. Pass. AEt. Gen Ag'.
Portland, Oregon Portland orc.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-09

Dr. George Ewing, a prac,lcIng phys
lcian ~ Smiths Grove, Ky, f1r over
thirty years, writes his personal expert
epca with Fo.ey'S Kidney Cure. For
years l have been greatly bothered wiki
kidney trouble and enlarged PROSTATE
gland l used everything known ~ the
profession without relief. until was in
ducei 80 US Foley'S Kidney Cure
After using three bottles was entirely
relieved and curei | prescribe It now
daily In my practice and heartily
recommend It's use % all physicians tor
such troubles. tor I can honestly s,aJe
I have prescribed il in hundreds OF
cases with perfect success Harts
Drug Store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-09

The As,orlan. which on the subject NJ
Columbia river commerce IS as mad as
a March hare. advances the ridiculous
doctrine that" government aQpropr.a-
tions to enable sea-going vessels TO as
cand the columbia river 10 Portland
are 4 fraud upon the rights Of every
producer in the Columbian basin" This
has the merit Of novelty, as it had
never occurred 10 Others that improve
men; Of a grea, river was an infringe
ment on the rights Of producers inhao'
iting the drainage basin Of that river.
The producers OF the Inland Empire
have slight concern in the rivalry be-
tween As.1ria AMI Portland.
this little city near the mouth Of the
Columbia can build up a grea; ocean
commerce. well and good. But whether
the produce OF the Ialand Empire shall
take ship al Portland or al Astoria.
the interests Of the interior will be
benefited by the improvement Of the Co
lumbia river. The deeper the channel
from Astoria 10 Portland, the cheaper
the ships can carry it, the lower the
rate the railroads must make 70 divide
the haul between those towns. II there
were no river. the railroads would have
all the haul, and would set their own
rates on the service. Up here the r.
gret has been that the ships could not
come further inland. I; would be a
great thing for the Inland Empire Il
deep water ships could ascend the Co.
lumbia and the Snake to the grain
fields and the ranges. In its narrow
seIfshnsss. Astoria would oppose all
Improvement Of these great waterways
above its docks.-Spoklne Washington
Spokesman Review.
The producers Of the Inland Empire
have much concern in what the editor
Of the spokesman-Review calls the
rivalry between Astoria and Portland
The farmer ot that section wants the
largest possible price for his wheat H
does not like to .hlnk hat natural con-
di.ions ami a strong demand for grain
can be 50 manipulated by shrewd rail-
road operators tha, profits Of his toll
shall BE- absorbed by transportation
charges. When the spokesm1n-Review
writer says that the deeper the chan
mel between the harbor and Portland
the cheaper the transportation both by
rail- and water he is amusing; when he
says that if there was No river the
railroads would have all The haul and
would charge what they pleased. hs is
ridiculous. II no river existed the rail-
roads would haul wheat from the In
land Empire to Astoria for the same
rate they now deliver it at Portland.
at Seattle and at san Francisco. ship
charters would be cheaper by reason
Of the absence Of the one hundred miles
inland trip, and the difference would
represent an Increased price for the
grain. The Astorian repeats wha, J,
has previously declared that under ex-
isting conditions the appropriations for
the deepening Of the channel from As
,oria to Portland is a fraud upon the
rights Of every producer in the Colum-
bia basin. and an injustice 70 the fed
eral taxpayers Of the country.